This page contains a description of each of the 48 metaprogram patterns that the iWAM questionnaire measures. The following descriptions help you interpret the results of your iWAM Profile Survey Graphic Report. If you have questions or concerns, please contact your LAB Profile Consultant.
The first 16 scales, the operational factors, are presented as binary patterns. For each pair, the first scale is explained in normal type. The other scale is shown in italics.
OF1: Action Level: This person has a tendency to initiate. This person has a lot of patience.
OF2: Action Direction: This person has a capability to remain focused on a goal and maintain that focus over time. This person is motivated by finding and correcting problems.
OF3: Evaluation Reference: This person wants to decide for themself. They provide their own motivation. This person prefers to get the advice and opinions of others.
OF4: Task Attitude: This person is always looking for a better way; an alternative. This person is highly efficient when following procedures.
OF5: Task Orientation (Scope): This person works with and thinks about large 'chunks' of information. This person is detail oriented.
OF6: Communication Sort (Interaction): This person is focused on nonverbal communication. This person is focused on the content of the message itself.
OF7: Work Environment Type: This person wants to work with people around. They want to work alone.
OF8: Work Assignment Type: These people want sole responsibility for the work they perform. This person wants to share the responsibility with others, and prefers team projects.
So1: Sameness: This person wants everything to remain the same.
So2: Evolution: This person wants things to evolve over time, and adapts to change easily.
So3: Difference: This person must have change.
Wa1: Use: This person simply begins the task; they work best when they can get the first step out of the way immediately.
Wa2: Concept: This person completely develops an idea or theory; needs time to think things through.
Wa3: Structure: This person organizes the resources; establishes lists and identifies the relationships.
The Temporal Processing patterns indicate how persons are oriented when thinking about time.
TP1:Past: This person concentrates on the past and uses experience to help make decisions.
TP2:Present: This person concentrates on the present, the 'now' and tends to be practical.
TP3:Future: This person concentrates on the future and tends to be a dreamer.
McClelland's Motivational Criteria: Is this person motivated by these three factors?
Mo1: Power: This person is motivated by situations where they have power, authority, and control over people and things.
Mo2: Popularity: This person is motivated by situations where people like them, they can participate in taking care of other people, and they can be a part of the group.
Mo3: Performance: (synonym: Achievement) This person is motivated by situations where they can achieve. They want to be noticed for what they have achieved.
The Norming Patterns are related to the 'unwritten rules' for the culture. How do people interact and what is expected of each other. We indicate the high end of the scale in normal type and the low end of the scale in italics.
N1: Assertive: people know the policies and rules and are willing and able to tell others know what they should do. They are not ready to tell others what to do.
N2: Indifferent: people have rules for their own lives, and these people don't involve themselves in other people's work habits. of other people. They care about others, and are concerned about other people's actions at work.
N3: Complacent: They are willing to follow the rules and policies of the organization.
When they know the rules, they are excellent examples of what the rules define as good conduct. They do not feel the need to conform to the organization's rules.
N4: Tolerant: people know the rules and policies for themselves but do not feel it is appropriate for them to impose those rules on others. They are intolerant of the actions of others.
The following 8 patterns indicate how a person is convinced. The first four represent the channels by which they gather information, and the second four are related to how the person massages that data to be convinced.
Co1: See: people must be able to see something to get convinced.
Co2: Hear: people must hear how, or hear about something in order to be convinced.
Co3: Read: people must read information or instructions to become convinced.
Co4: Do: people must actually do it in order to be convinced about something.
Co5: Number of Examples: people must have the data a particular number of times for them to be convinced.
Co6: Automatic: people only need a small amount or even partial information and they quickly project the rest of the information. Then, they decide based on what their projections.
Co7: Consistent: people are never quite convinced. They need to get information every single time to remain somewhat convinced.
Co8: Period of Time: people need to have the data remain consistent for period of time for them to be convinced.
The Interest Filters of the person indicate what the person needs to work with or manipulate to feel successful. It is what must be in the environment.
IF1: People: A High People person works best with people and their feelings.
IF2: Tools: A High Tools person works best with tangible tools and instruments.
IF3: Systems: A High Systems person works best with the process of things.
IF4: Information: A High Information person works best with facts and knowledge.
IF5: Money: A High Money person is concerned about money and keeping score.
IF6: Place: A High Place person is concerned about the geographic or social/political position.
IF8: Activity: A High Activity person focuses on activity and needs to manipulate activities.
For more information, read a more general description of the 16 categories of metaprogram patterns.


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America Isn't as Powerful as It Thinks It Is
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5 Very Important Things About the World Nobody Knows
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Stephen Walt writes that the future will be determined by a handful of big questions: What is China's future trajectory; How good are America's cybercapabilities; What's going to happen to the EU; How many states will go nuclear in the next 20 years; and Who will win the debate on U.S. grand strategy?
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In the Middle East the Russians Aren't Coming: They Are Back
Chuck Freilich
| Aug. 13, 2018
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Chuck Freilich describes Russia's growing influence across the Middle East and North Africa, which includes conventional arms and nuclear reactor sales coupled with deft diplomacy. Vladimir Putin, he argues, is exploiting U.S. disengagement from the region to restore Russia to Great Power status.
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A Playbook for Taming Donald Trump
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Stephen Walt has four answers to the following question: What should other states do about U.S. power?
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The World Wants You to Think Like a Realist
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If you think like a realist, many confusing aspects of world politics become easier to understand, writes Stephen Walt.
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Rhetoric Aside, the US Commitment to Preventing Nuclear Terrorism is Waning
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With the world focused on the United States and North Korea, it's easy to forget that every president for a quarter-century has said preventing nuclear terrorism was a national security priority. This includes the Trump administration, which identified in its Nuclear Posture Review that nuclear terrorism is one of "the most significant threats to the security of the United States." It appears, however, despite this strong rhetoric, the administration may not be putting its money where its mouth is.
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North Korea Crisis Presents Risk, But Also Opportunity for U.S. and China
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Will the 21st century be defined by great power war or peace? By prosperity or poverty? The answers depend largely on the course set by Washington and Beijing.
The Effects of a Single Terrorist Nuclear Bomb
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The escalating threats between North Korea and the United States make it easy to forget the "nuclear nightmare," as former US Secretary of Defense William J. Perry put it, that could result even from the use of just a single terrorist nuclear bomb in the heart of a major city.
At the risk of repeating the vast literature on the tragedies of Hiroshima and Nagasaki—and the substantial literature surrounding nuclear tests and simulations since then—we attempt to spell out here the likely consequences of the explosion of a single terrorist nuclear bomb on a major city, and its subsequent ripple effects on the rest of the planet. Depending on where and when it was detonated, the blast, fire, initial radiation, and long-term radioactive fallout from such a bomb could leave the heart of a major city a smoldering radioactive ruin, killing tens or hundreds of thousands of people and wounding hundreds of thousands more. Vast areas would have to be evacuated and might be uninhabitable for years. Economic, political, and social aftershocks would ripple throughout the world. A single terrorist nuclear bomb would change history. The country attacked—and the world—would never be the same.
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Why Kim Jong Un Isn't Afraid of Donald Trump
Jon Wolfsthal
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Most Americans think North Korea is a crazy place, led by a crazy man bent on global destruction. This view, of course, is almost completely wrong and explains in part why the current public discussion about what to do with a nuclear North Korea is so unsatisfying. Far from crazy, Kim Jong Un has been methodical and careful enough in advancing his nuclear and missile programs to suggest that he is deterred by America's overwhelming military capabilities, and at the very least is not eager to spark a military conflict—at least not yet.

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July 24, 2016 9:15PM ET
Lil Wayne Cuts Short Weed-Themed California Concert After 10 Minutes
Rapper ditches Medical Cannabis Concentrates Cup performance 10 minutes into hour-long set
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Lil Wayne abruptly exited his performance Saturday night at the Medical Cannabis Concentrates Cup, leaving the stage just 10 minutes into his scheduled hour-long set at San Bernardino, California's NOS Center.
Wayne performed four songs, including his verses from French Montana's "Pop That" and Gucci Mane's "We Be Steady Mobbin'," before the rapper looked at the side of the stage and sang, "Don't you ever call me to do this shit again. Don't you, ever, ever, ever, ask me to do this shit again." Midway through the next song, Wayne marched offstage and didn't return, XXL reports.
In a statement, High Times, who hosts the event, said of Wayne's unexpected early departure in a statement, "We have no idea why, after a stellar performance by B.o.B, Lil Wayne suddenly ended his performance after just four songs when he was contractually committed to performing for an hour for the fans. We are truly baffled by why Lil Wayne would do this in front of thousands of Cannabis Cup attendees – in total disregard for his fans – and are awaiting an explanation from his team."
Lil Wayne has not commented on the abrupt exit on social media, but fans have been voicing their disappointment regarding the rapper's set in the comments of Wayne's Instagram post promoting the event.
Wtf @liltunechi ? After 2.5 songs you drop the mic and walk off stage? #hightimes #lilwayne #disappointment #tenminuteset (The show was incredible up until this moment) #sadstoners ? #drdina420 #therealnancybotwin
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Ligusticum porteri Coult. & Rose
Family: Apiaceae
Porter's licorice-root, more...Porter's Wild Lovage, Osha, Porter's licoriceroot, Porter's ligusticum (es: chuchupate, osha)
[Ligusticum brevilobum Rydb.]
Al Schneider
Plants of Gila Wild
Western New Mexico University Department of Natural Sciences and the Dale A. Zimmerman Herbarium
Ligusticum porteri is an upper elevation herb which grows out of moist hillsides. It has compound umbels of small white flowers and terete, ridged fruits. The leaves are irregularly divided.
General: Perennial, 50-130 cm tall; stems 1 to several, stout, robust, glabrous to pubescent; plants bearing a taproot and fibrous root crown. Leaves: Basal and cauline, alternate, compound, ovate in outline, 9-30 cm long, 3-4 times ternate-pinnate with ultimate segments pinnately lobed or incised, 1.5-8 mm wide; petioles of the basal blades 8-32 cm long, cauline blades sessile or nearly so. Flowers: Inflorescence of several terminal and axillary compound umbels, rays 12-30, 3.5-12 cm long; phyllaries, if present, several, linear, 2 cm long, margins entire; pedicels 8-20 mm long, subtended by 3-5 linear bractlets, 15 mm long; petals white, 2-8.5 mm long; styles about 1 mm long; flowers June-August. Fruits: Schizocarp, oblong, cylindrical or slightly flattened laterally, 5-8 mm long, glabrous, ribs narrowly winged. Ecology: Streambanks, slopes in aspen or coniferous forests in rich, fertile soil; 1300-3500 m (4300-11500 ft); Apache, Coconino, and Yavapai counties; southwestern U.S. Notes: Refer to Conioselinum scopulorum for distinguishing characteristics between these two species. Our specimens, as here described, belong to var. porteri. Porter-s licoriceroot can be direct-seeded in the fall in upper elevation restoration projects. It also establishes from planted rhizomes with apical buds. It is a host plant for the anise swallowtail butterfly. An infusion of the root is used for body aches. Crushed or dried roots mixed with water or alcohol may be taken for sore throats, dry cough, and minor chest colds. Editor: Springer et al. 2008
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Recalling A Simpler Time When Perverts Made House Calls
Posted by Smaktakula in Crime, Culture, News, Stupidity
anachronisms, Brody Hall, Corry, dingus, exhibitionism, flashers, full Monty, genitals, intoxication, junk, man-meat, Pennsylvania, pervertry, perverts, public nudity, your mother must be very proud
Exposing Your Junk To Perfect Strangers Is A Time-Honored American Tradition.
The modern world changes with such baffling rapidity that innovations in technology, fashion and language are transforming yesterday into an unrecognizable anachronism. The information age has rendered obsolete the newspaper, the personal letter and the DMV. Thanks to the plethora of pornography available at a keystroke, even the naked human body has become a curious relic of a bygone age. Pennsylvania pervert Brody Hall made a game effort to turn back the clock on our cynical era by returning some of nudity's whimsicality and sense of fun. But like so many other gentle dreamers, Hall found himself crushed beneath the weight of an impersonal, uncaring societal juggernaut.
A devotee of the lost art of flashing, Hall treated his hometown of Corry, Pennsylvania with an up-close-and-personal view of the young man's dingus. After ensuring that he was sufficiently liquored up, Hall knocked on random doors throughout the forgotten backwater, rewarding those who answered with a full Monty. Hall later explained that his intentions were to "scare the children."
Your Mother Must Be Very Proud.
But as with so many lofty goals, Hall's plans met with an insurmountable obstacle: an uncaring, anesthetized society with no time for such old-timey foolishness. So it was that Hall's luck ran out when he unknowingly displayed his genitals to Corry's chief of police, who wasted no time in bringing an end to the exploits of the dangling do-gooder.
The local authorities contend that society is safer without being forced to regard Hall's waggling man-meat, and perhaps they're correct. Maybe there's no longer any room in this age of instant gratification for a charming relic of yesteryear like the flasher. Still, society owes a debt to men like Brody Hall. Thanks to small core of dedicated craftsmen who continue to practice exhibitionism, a charmingly anachronistic piece of our heritage is being preserved for posterity.
Horatio Coxswain, The Legendary 'Marysville Masher,' Was Famous For Exposing Himself While Riding A Bicycle.
A Funny Story About Clowns
Posted by Smaktakula in Culture
Bozo, Carrot Top, clowns, Insane Clown Posse, John Wayne Gacy, Joker, KISS, Michael Jackson, mimes, Pennywise, pervertry, Smaktakula's hatred of clowns
By Tardsie (from the common folklore)
In which we retell an old tale about a boy and his tormentor.
The Greasepaint Horror
Clowns: We Just Don't Like 'Em.
When Johnny Weems was just seven years old, he begged his parents to take him to the circus which had just come to town. Having never been to an actual circus, the boy's head was filled with visions of fabulous and impossible beasts, of acrobats performing astounding feats, of circus peanuts and of iridescent cotton candy spun to the size of a basketball.
At first the circus proved to be everything Johnny had imagined. He gawked at the sideshow grotesqueries and flashy barkers lining the concourse. He pestered his parents vainly for a dollar to play one of the midway games, and a little later, driven half-mad by the smell of frying batter, importuned for an elephant ear and was once again disappointed.
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Johnny's heart galloped in his chest as he took a seat between his parents under the big top. The three cheered the antics of Lord Leopold's dancing poodles, and gasped as the Family Garamond cheated death time and time again on the trapeze, soaring untethered for long moments through naked air, and then, grabbing the waiting bar just as rude gravity began to reassert dominance over human pretensions of flight. Caught rapt by it all, Johnny couldn't remember when he'd had so much fun.
When Mr. Chuckles the Clown gamboled into the spotlight, Johnny had no way of knowing that with this harlequin would come his own complete ruination. The clown's face was painted in a garish red frown, which rendered somewhat ironic the very-visible grin beneath the greasepaint. Clots of hair the color of a Los Angeles sunset and the texture of steel wool stuck out from under a broken-brim fedora perched atop its head.
Mr. Chuckles danced across the big top, stopping once or twice to perform a slapstick routine for the laughing crowd. Then, the clown came to a stop at a point on the ring almost directly below where Johnny and his parents sat in the grandstand.
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Johnny and his parents laughed in nervous surprise when a spotlight suddenly shone down on them. Without their knowing it, the clown had nimbly stepped up the riser until he was standing over them, the spotlight marooning the four in a tiny island of light in the big top's inky sea.
"Why hello there, young man," the clown said to Johnny, its voice booming and merry and dark, "How do you do?"
Johnny turned first to his mother and then to his father—both were studiously looking elsewhere—before looking back at Mr. Chuckles and offering a tentative "Hello?"
Pennywise, The Malevolent Glamour From Stephen King's IT, Is Unique Among Clowns In That He Only Kinda Sucks.
Then Mr. Chuckles said, "I've got a question for you, my lad," he said, trailing off and leaving the audience—Johnny included—waiting on his words. In a tone of overdone mock-seriousness, the clown asked, "Are you, sir, a horse's head?"
"No," said Johnny, giggling a little.
Mr. Chuckles pointed at Johnny, the mouth-beneath-the-mouth a black O of derision, howling hysterical laughter. "Didja…Didja hear that, folks?" Mr. Chuckles managed between fits of laughter. Cocking a thumb in Johnny's direction, the clown said to the audience, "If he ain't a horse's head, this kid must be a horse's ass!"
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The crowd roared, the sudden explosive laughter swelling the tent, homogeneous and titanic. Running through it like an errant stitch was Mr. Chuckles' vulgar staccato cackle.
Johnny's parents weren't laughing. Their scarlet faces were exquisitely expressionless as they fled the laughter that seemed to dog them all the way to the car. Johnny's parents did not speak to him for almost three days, taking their meals in silence and passing the boy wordlessly in the hall, lips pursed in unvoiced, implacable disapproval. When Robert and Julia Weems finally did speak to their only son, it was to upbraid him for embarrassing them so badly by turning out to be the horse's ass they had all along known he would be.
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Life grew no kinder toward Johnny in the ten years that passed before the circus returned to town. He was an unpopular boy; no school friends came to play at his house, or he at theirs. Johnny was hardly ever invited to birthday parties, and his own birthdays were sad, solitary affairs. Puberty only exacerbated his awkwardness, transforming the pallid and china-delicate boy into an oily, ugly, spastic thing that no one really liked to look at or to have around. His nights were choked by bitter dreams haunted by the hysterically cruel laughter of some half-remembered demon of latex and greasepaint.
Late in his senior year of high school, Johnny summoned the gumption to ask out Tiffany Cox, although Johnny was not altogether sure that the girl whose honey-bond hair and deep, understanding eyes had enraptured him since her she had shown up at school on the first day of second grade even knew he existed. Johnny caught a break when Tiffany told him she'd go out with him, but only if he'd take her to the circus, which had just come to town. "Nobody else wants to go," she admitted. Johnny couldn't say just why the thought of the circus filled him with a sudden, bowel-loosening hysteria, but the thought of spending an hour or two alone with Tiffany was enough to steel his resolve and push his vague terror into a dusty corner of his consciousness.
"Oh My God, No! I Never Tried To Fool Anyone. Just Look At the Way I Dress, Honey. The Only Reason I Never Went Public Was For Bruce's Sake. Mr. 'I'm-Not-Gay-Even-Though-I-Have-Great-Sex-With-The-Joker.' Oh Mercy! That Bitch Has Some Serious Daddy Issues."
Johnny invested all his energy into planning the details of the date. At the door of her parents' home, Johnny presented Tiffany with a bouquet of flowers which had cost about as much as a used car, but the smile with which she favored him made all the extra hours he'd spent washing dishes at Hunan Garden seem a bargain.
They were both laughing by the time the time they stepped out of Robert Weems' Pleistocene-era Buick in the strip-mall parking lot where the circus had taken root. Over the next hour as they strolled the midway, Johnny discovered that in addition to being the most beautiful girl in the world, Tiffany was also a hell of a good time. They both took turns at Pitch 'Em, Johnny secretly hoping he might win a stuffed bear for Tiffany, even though he knew full well the games were crooked.
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The two of them munched on candied apples as they took their seats under the big top. When Tiffany said simply, "I'm having a great time, Johnny," the young man was glad for the darkness that hid his flushed face and grateful, unbelieving tears. It was the best day of his life.
The crowd roared when the ringmaster made his grand entrance to open the show, which—initially, anyway—proved to be a good one. Tiffany and Johnny delighted at the antic feats of Lord Leopold and his seven trained poodles, and marveled at the gravity-eschewing prowess of the Family Garamond on the trapeze. When the dauntless Sir Rodney Braveheart thrust his unprotected head into the open jaws of a lion, Tiffany pressed her face into Johnny's shoulder. He found himself wishing the moment could somehow be stretched out like taffy and thereby made eternal.
Magical Scottish Clown Ronald McDonald Created His Eponymous Fast-Food Chain To Bring Happiness To Children All Around The World. That, And To Fuck The Hamburglar.
Then Mr. Chuckles strolled into the ring, sucking the warmth from the afternoon like marrow from a bone as dark memories long-buried flooded Johnny's brain, erupting unexpectedly from the dark clay of his subconscious. The clown had changed not at all from the thing in those dark recollections, including the fedora which was no more or no less broken than it had been a decade before. The garish frown was still belied by the savage and big-toothed grin which lay beneath it like a waiting viper.
The clown's eyes fixed instantly upon Johnny, and to the young man's horror, Mr. Chuckles began to jog toward him, climbing the riser until he was standing next to Johnny and Tiffany.
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The clown hushed the obedient crowd with an exaggerated wave and turned to speak to Johnny, its voice painting even the far corners of the tent with dark hilarity, "I've got a question for you friend," the harlequin asked, pausing a moment before finishing, "Are you a horse's head?"
Johnny blinked for a moment, dumbfounded. The same question as before, Johnny remembered, but there had been a catch; it was some kind of trick question. Even as he thought these things, he heard himself answer, "No."
The grin spread like oil beneath Mr. Chuckles' Day-Glo frown, displaying an uneven collection of yellowing, tombstone teeth. "Well then, you must be a horse's ass!" The clown pointed at Johnny and began to guffaw, the crowd howling in jolly agreement. Although he could not look at her, Johnny knew that Tiffany was laughing, too.
It's Commonly Believed That Mimes Remain Silent Throughout Their Routines. This Is Not Entirely True. If Kicked Squarely In The Nutsack, They Will Make Noise.
Johnny slunk out after Tiffany, laughter trailing him as before, as if it had stalked him like a patient beast for all these years. When he finally caught up with Tiffany, she was brusque. "I'll walk home," she said, leaving Johnny to stew alone in the mocking laughter which still clung to him like a repugnant odor. Tiffany Cox never spoke to him again.
The years which followed extinguished any pale hope Johnny might have entertained that he would leave behind with his youth the misfortune he bore like a scar. He settled for a girl named Stella Stubinski, a round, beady-eyed thing about a million light-years from the decade-gone Tiffany Cox. Johnny dropped out of junior college just three credits shy of his associate's degree to marry Stella when she got pregnant, forever dooming his long-held ambition to own a lawnmower repair business, relegating him instead into a life of repairing lawnmowers for other people. Stella bore two more children before running off with her YMCA Tai Chi instructor, leaving Johnny with three snotty, yowling brats who were the spitting image of their mother. It was about six months after Stella left that Johnny's doctor told him he was sterile, and undoubtedly had been since puberty.
His Favorite Party Trick, "The Thriller," Ensured That This Smooth Criminal Had To Leave Japan In A Hurry.
Johnny endured the myriad daily indignities of his dead-end existence with a fatalistic aplomb, surviving by looking beyond them with the monomaniacal fanaticism of a zealot to the time when he might take action against his troubles. He never questioned the source of his woes. His myriad miseries, he knew, sprung from a single, malevolent source: Mr. Chuckles the Clown.
During the twenty grinding years which passed before the circus stumbled once again into town, Johnny scoured the newspaper every week for news of it with the same fatalistic intensity as an old man reading the obituaries. When at last he saw that the show had come home, Johnny felt neither a sense of elation nor of terror over what was to come, but rather the calming feeling of an incipient denouement, as if great gears had come together and a tremendous but invisible machine had come roaring to life, ready to put the world in motion.
John Wayne Gacy: If Serial Killers Had A Uniform, This Would Be It.
Johnny arrived at the circus in his rusted-out Sentra. He moved like an unseeing apparition past the sideshows and carny games, ignoring the barkers' calls inviting him to donate what little money he had into one of their unwinnable scams. He didn't glance around until he was under the big top, and then only to find his seat in the grandstand.
Johnny sat through the parade of acts and characters–the grandiloquent ringmaster, Brunhilda the Dancing Bear, a new generation of Flying Garimonds and a superannuated Lord Leopold with his pack of arthritic, and by now entirely blind, poodles. Johnny's eyes were cast through time rather than space, waiting for the implacable arch-enemy with whom he found himself inextricably bound either by the vagaries of indifferent fate.
Even before Mr. Chuckles sprang into the spotlighted darkness of the ring, Johnny could feel the terrible coldness of its coming. The contours of time grew fuzzy as the clown neared Johnny's section of the grandstand. The coming greasepaint horror comprised the whole of Johnny's vision; it was as if he and this thing were the only two beings in existence. Johnny had come here a broken man with nothing to lose and just this one shot at redemption.
Listen Carefully, Children. First You'll Want To Pierce Its Heart With A Wooden Stake. Then, Cut Off The Head And Stuff It With Garlic Before Burning The Body Parts Separately. Do It Now, Before It's Too Late.
The combatants' eyes met a final time as Mr. Chuckles bounded up the riser, stopping in front of Johnny's seat. Lifetimes passed before Mr. Chuckles spoke. "Why, hello there, Sir!" the clown said, the cheery warmth of its voice belied by the cold deadness in its eyes. "I'd like to ask you a very important question." Then, pausing dramatically, "Sir, are you a horse's head?"
Johnny began to act even before the question had left Mr. Chuckles' sneering lips. The clown stepped back in what Johnny thought might have been a brief moment of fear when Johnny stood, righteous energy coursing through the ruined man like an electric current, alive with the joyous certainty that his moment had come at last and had found him worthy. This was the moment for which he had been born; in this struggle to define his existence, he would slay the beast or be slain by it. Bursting with implacable purpose, the words sprang from his lips just as he had practiced them a thousand times, ringing true and clear throughout the tent, a stinging, righteous riposte to the infernal harlequin:
"Hey," Johnny said, stabbing an accusing finger at Mr. Chuckles, "FUCK YOU, CLOWN!"
Age Ain't Nothin' But A Number To A Clown.
The Eternal Pervert
Posted by Smaktakula in Celebrity, Crime, Culture, Stupidity
Celebrity Death Watch, credulity, dead celebrities, Elvis > Michael Jackson, Elvis Aaron Presley, former child stars, future drug overdose, Jim Morrison, King of Pop, Kurt Cobain, LiLo, Lindsay Lohan, Michael Jackson, pederasts, pervertry, perverts, skepticism
The line between healthy skepticism and credulity is razor-thin. Sorry, kids–Michael Jackson is dead.
The King Of Pop Is Touching Little Boys In Heaven Right Now.
Jim Morrison? Dead.
Kurt Cobain? Dead.
Lindsay Lohan? Tick . . . Tick . . . Tick . . .
You'll notice we didn't include Elvis. Some things are too serious to joke about. ∞T.
I Swear, Officer–I Thought The Lady Was Already Dead When I Tried To Have Sex With Her
Posted by Smaktakula in Crime, Culture, Culture, News, Stupidity
douchebaggery, Kansas City, mashers, Melvin L. Jackson, Missouri, molestation, pervertry, sex crimes, sexual assault, stupid criminals, WTF?, you got a real purty mouth
Seriously, Where Can You Go To Meet Nice Girls Nowadays?
No one will argue that attempting to sexually assault an unconscious woman on a city sidewalk in broad daylight is not only breathtakingly callous, but utterly moronic as well. Yet apparently, that's just what one man did.
"Were I To Do It All Again, I Imagine I Would Take Better Care To Ascertain That The Victim Was Truly Dead Before Deciding To Embark Upon A Course Of Molestation."
But what separates 48-year-old ne'er-do-well Melvin L Jackson of Kansas City, Mo, from the rank-and-file masher is the novel excuse he provided to the authorities upon being caught in the act. The reason for his heinous shenanigans, Jackson assured the police, was because he assumed the helpless woman was dead, adding that sexually assaulting an unconscious woman was "simply disgusting."
"Hey Girl--You're Kinda Quiet. That's Okay, I Don't Like Talking All That Much."
TSA Employees Now More Hated Than Child Molesters
Posted by Smaktakula in Culture, News
bunglers, child molesters, clowns, creepy old perverts, douchebaggery, even Jesus thinks Fred Phelps sucks, groping, hated organizations, idiots, inappropriate activity, incompetent boobery, pederasts, pervertry, Reverend Fred Phelps, short eyes, Transportation Security Administration, TSA, Westboro Baptist Church
Ridiculously Low Pay And The Opportunity To Surreptitiously Grope Strangers Is A Surefire Way To Attract The Best And Brightest.
Given the several recent high-profile blunders by employees of the Transportation Security Administration, their already low standing in the community has plummeted even further, dropping their societal acceptance ratings below even sweaty, giggling child molesters, long regarded as society's bottom-feeders. TSA employees can take a dubious comfort in knowing that although they are the most reviled and lowest-paid drones in all of the transportation industry, excluding perhaps Bombay rickshaw-wallahs, the TSA is at least as well-regarded as are the screaming jackals of the Westboro Baptist Church.
"I Don't Care Much For The TSA, Myself."
Feel That The Total Lack Of Privacy And Myriad Degradations Of TSA Checkpoints Just Aren't Worth It.
"The TSA's Crude Recklessness Gives Honest Pervertry A Bad Name."
"Hey,--Don't Lump Us In With Those Assholes!"
Posted by Smaktakula in Celebrity, Cinema, Culture, Music, News, Religion, Sport
American Indians, Baseball, bingo, blackjack, cockfighting, Dodger Stadium, dodo, drugs, Geronimo, hackers, Harry Reid, headlines, Iran, Jim Carrey, Los Angeles Dodgers, Native Americans, Navy SEALs, nudists, nutmeg, Osama bin Laden, passenger pigeon, pervertry, Robitussin DM, Shania Twain, Texas, untalented stars, whippets, whiskey
In which we opine on various news headlines without reading the articles.
The Costars: Jim Carrey paired with penguins ~ With each film Carrey reaches further down the evolutionary ladder in his thus-far-futile search for a less-talented co-star.
Hackers group says it will attack Iran Sunday ~ The best attacks are unannounced.
Armless Dude Throws Out Ceremonial First Pitch At Dodger Stadium ~ Figuratively, one assumes.
He May Look Dangerous, But Actually He's Quite Armless.*
Police Bust Cockfighting Ring at Texas Children's Party ~ We hope they're talking about chickens.
Were Navy SEALs justified in shooting an unarmed Osama bin Laden? ~ Funny–the dodo and the passenger pigeon were just debating that very thing!
American Indians object to 'Geronimo' as code for bin Laden raid ~ Geronimo is a hero to Native Americans and an inherent part of their culture. The tribes also objected to the code names 'Bingo,' 'Blackjack' and 'Whiskey.'
Come On Now–Jack Daniels Does.
South Korean man found crucified in abandoned stone quarry; police investigating ~ Hopefully the authorities kept an eye on him for a few days–a couple millennia ago, one of these things got a little out of hand.
The University Has No Clothes ~ Sounds like the college we remember.
Harry Reid Injured by Parked Car ~ He has great health care, so why not?
Fake Bin Laden Photos Fool Some Lawmakers ~ America's legislators, like her public, are remarkably easy to fool.
Turns Out This Is A Fake.
Wearing Only a Smile, Nudists Seek Out the Young and the Naked ~ And how is that different from what sexual predators do?
Man killed in tractor collision has been identified ~ To get yourself killed in a collision involving vehicles which travel slowly in straight lines and rarely meet, you've really got to be trying.
"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"
SHANIA TWAIN NEARLY LOST VOICE OVER DIVORCE ~ Currently she and her ex share joint custody.
Teen high on bath salts allegedly kills neighbor's goat ~ Bath salts? Who gets high from bath salts? Get yourself some nutmeg or Robitussin-DM at your local Albertsons. While you're there, grab a couple whippets.
"I Can Hear My Hair Growing! Can You Hear It? It Goes 'Skriiiiitch! Skriiiiiiitch! Skriiiiiitch!' Oh God, I Am So Fucking High Right Now."
For more fun with Headlines, you'll want to check out:
Promethean Times Responds To The Headlines
Headlines II
Headlines III
*Apologies. ∞T.
Disney Unveils New Forum For Online Predators
Disney, internet, Mickey Mouse, NAMBLA, pen pals, pervertry, social networking, Togetherville, you got a real purty mouth
"Huh-Hi There Little Buddy! Huh-Who Wants His Picture On A Milk Carton?"
Disney recently announced its purchase of Togetherville, a social networking site aimed at children ages 6-10, a group heretofore excluded from the social phenomenon. Industry insiders contend that a demand for such services already exists, and reckon that the move will help to peel more pre-teens away from non-internet–and therefore useless–activities such as playing outside or spending time with family and friends.
Wildlife Authorities In Kenya Issued An Amber Alert Today. Citizens Are Advised To Be On The Lookout For A Blue 1980s African Pachyderm.
For a generation completely stymied by the concept of pen pals, Togetherville will be first instance of remote social networking among young children. Proponents claim that an early introduction to such sites greatly increases a child's ability to make superficial friendships, which in turn can help her develop life skills such as obsequiousness and insincerity, which will enable her not only to survive, but thrive on her quest toward middle-management. Likewise, early indications show that parents are pleased with Togetherville's potential, which in studies has been shown to increase "shut up time" in children by a whopping 75%.
You've Got It Easy. Previous Generations Were Occasionally Forced To Talk To Their Children.
Disney's announcement is expected to be warmly received by pervert activists, who have long been working to change societal impressions of pedophiles, particularly among children. The North American Man/Boy Love Association (NAMBLA) could not be reached for comment, as the majority of its membership is hard at work fabricating online personae.
If It Makes You Feel Better To Know It, This Guy Loves Your Kids At Least As Much As You Do.
Cunning Runt Realizes Babysitter Fantasy
Posted by Smaktakula in News
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This Crafty Homunculus Devised A Way To Ensure He Was Molested By The Babysitter Every Time.
People said Mark Anthony Richardson, Jr. was stupid. A loser. A Do-nothing. The authorities called him a firebug, and no less than his own mother claimed that her 21-year-old son "lives in a fantasy." And yet somehow, this much-maligned misanthrope managed to pull off –literally–one of the cleverest acts of pervertry heretofore seen in America. But like the similarly-named Roman general of historical renown, Mark Anthony flew too far too fast, and came plunging to earth.* The Oklahoma City man now faces one count of sexual battery and seven counts of outraging public decency.
The plan seemed foolproof. Mark Anthony responded to Craigslist babysitter postings by posing as a man named David who needed care for his severely autistic adult son, Alex. Alex still wore diapers, David explained, and would need someone to change him. Mark Anthony, who stands a Hobbit-like 4'9″, would also play the feeble-minded "Alex."
The Tiresome Singer Is Culpable For Myriad Crimes, But Babysitter Groping Isn't Among Them.
The unsuspecting babysitters, believing him severely disabled, were happy to oblige the pint-sized pervert, even when he showed up in a taxi at 2:00 AM, naked but for a soiled diaper. Mark Anthony was nothing, if not committed.
The midget's ingenious ruse lasted for some time, during which babysitters changed his diapers no fewer than seven times. Once, on an overnight stay, Mark Anthony was able to cop a feel from his babysitter's eighteen-year-old daughter. When the daughter awoke and complained to her mother, she was told that the diminutive groper couldn't help himself, and to just go back to sleep. It seemed that Mark Anthony had found the million-dollar secret.
That Mullet Could Not Have Given A Clearer Indication Of What Was To Come.
But beauty is ephemeral, and so too are beautiful things. Gradually, the babysitters became concerned when Mark Anthony would repeatedly became sexually aroused during the changing, and would sometimes run away, forcing his victims to tackle him. It was not long before the authorities entered the picture.
The tiny freak's mother, who spoke to the press on the condition that her name not be used, acknowledged that Mark Anthony–on probation for a 2008 arson conviction–has "some mental disabilities," and that her son needs to be institutionalized. She also indicated that she hoped no one would ask how so handicapped an individual, and presumably in her care, could be out at night committing crimes without her being aware.
"Houston, I'm Doin' #1 Right Now!" Astronauts Also Wear Diapers, But For A Different Reason.
The party's over for Mark Anthony Richardson. If he is convicted–and given the evidence against him, acquittal is unlikely–the puny creep will be forced to register as a sex offender, and so will end any chance he might have had of repeating his clever acts of ribaldry. But others, with records as-yet unblemished by sex crimes, may still assume the mantle which has been so rudely torn from Richardson. In this way, the shrimpy weirdo's filthy burst of ingenuity should not be viewed in terms of his sad fate, as it is the fate of only one man. Rather, see his Christ-like sacrifice as necessary to promulgate the Good News of his message. Dirty little Mark Anthony has struck a victory for us all.
Laugh All You Want. Dressing Like This Makes Smaktakula More Comfortable.
*Icarus. You're thinking of Icarus. ∞T.


NORTHWEST GLENDALE — When Stanford pitcher Mark Appel, who was widely projected as a potential No. 1 pick, fell all the way to eighth on the first day of the Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft Monday, the writing was on the wall for some draft day disappointment.
The theme certainly carried over for local prospects hoping to hear their name called on Tuesday when the draft resumed for the second through 15th rounds.
Right-handed pitcher Alex Muren, a member of last season's inaugural Glendale Angelenos squad, was the only player with local ties to be selected Tuesday, as he was scooped up by the Minnesota Twins with the 370th overall pick in the 12th round.
Even that was a slip from what some had prognosticated for the Cal State Northridge junior, but not compared to the waiting-in-vain game that befell some other local athletes.
"I'm definitely surprised not just about myself, but there's guys that I've played with that definitely should have gone a lot higher and didn't," said Crescenta Valley High senior Troy Mulcahey, who had hoped to be taken early on Tuesday, but instead will have to wait until today when rounds 16-50 play out. "In my eyes the draft was really [unpredictable]. No one knew that a bunch of these guys that were supposed to go in the first round were going in the 10th and 11th, so it's a big shock to a lot of us."
Mulcahey was referring to fellow high school seniors Trey Williams from Valencia and Virant Hunter from Adolfo Camarillo, who both ended up going later than expected in the 11th round.
A four-year starter for the Falcons, Mulcahey seemed to indicate he is now leaning toward playing college ball whether or not he is drafted today.
"[I'll be watching] just to see where I'm going to go," Mulcahey said. "As of right now, obviously I'm looking at the draft, but now I'm starting to look at colleges. Maybe [I'll] go for a year and try to get drafted higher. As of right now, I don't know. We'll see."
Muren, an Angelenos all-star last summer, went 5-8 for the Matadors with a 5.30 earned-run average while striking out 47 batters in 91 2/3 innings.
"I can't comment as to his decision until he makes that decision, but I would say that we discussed prior to the draft letting him just see what happened during the draft and if he got drafted I thought that he would go out and play professional baseball," said Angelenos Coach Tony Riviera, who has Muren listed on his current roster, but that will eventually be a wait-and-see development considering Muren's signing decision. "Alex has shown velocity as high as 95 miles per hour this year. ...I just think that this kid is a strong competitor and he needs to go out and start his professional career. I think that going higher next year is always a possibility, but why prolong the inevitable?"
Riviera had high hopes for a host of other Angelenos going in Tuesday's rounds, including Matthew Young (Cal State Dominguez Hills), Randall Fant (University of Arkansas), Crescenta Valley graduate Chad Nacapoy (Cal State LA), Hoover graduate Sako Chapjian (Cal State Dominguez Hills), Devon Ramirez (Cal state Dominguez Hills), Greg Fowler (New Mexico Highlands) and Glendale Community College's Alonzo Gonzalez and Cameron Gardner, but there have been no takers so far.
"I'm very surprised that Matthew Young wasn't taken much higher," Riviera said. "That kid is a true five-tool player with star power.
"I'm very surprised that Alex wasn't taken much higher, but I think from speaking to scouts and scouting directors, I think that nobody really had a handle on how the draft was going to play out based on money and based on slots and everything else. Nobody had a concrete plan and it seemed like everybody had a different philosophy on how to approach the draft.
"I think what you're going to see [today] is a lot of [college] seniors taken. The reason that I believe that is based on the way slot money is right now and the collective bargaining agreement, it's not gonna make sense to draft a high school player and not know signability."


Bye, summer movies. Thanks for The Big Sick and Dunkirk. I laughed a lot during Girls Trip and Spiderman: Homecoming and Ingrid Goes West. Nice job on Wonder Woman. Otherwise? I'm not surprised that box office receipts were down 12 percent compared to 2016. Baywatch, Logan Lucky, King Arthur, Transformers 5, Dark Tower, Pirates of the Caribbean 5, Detroit, The Glass Castle and Rough Night all faded faster than my tan from that weekend in upstate New York. That's why I speak for all movie buffs when I say BRING ON OSCAR SEASON. I'm salivating over the thought of prestige dramas and controversial endings and Cate Blanchett in a costume. Here are my fall movie Sweet 16 picks. See them and weep. That's a good thing!
The Story Send in the scary clown! In 1989, a group of adolescent pals in a small Maine town are terrorized by a shape-shifting demon (Bill Skarsgard). Their de facto leader, Bill (Jaeden Lieberher), believes "IT" also kidnapped his little brother.
The Buzz Um, did you see the trailer? The adaptation of Stephen King's 1986 best-seller looks ridiculously frightening. The similar Stranger Things comparisons are inevitable but the combination of a fresh-faced cast, quirky humor and a terrifying villain could make this a sleeper. Provided it doesn't give you nightmares.
The Story A married couple (Jennifer Lawrence and Javier Bardem) have their relationship tested when another twosome (Michelle Pfeiffer and Ed Harris) unexpectedly show up at their doorstep.
The Buzz Lots of secrecy surrounding the latest from Black Swan director Darren Aronofsky. "The themes are just huge," Lawrence told Vogue. "They're. . . I can't use the word I want to use, but the movie is unique." That sure clears things up! Ps. Press folks received big bloody hearts as promotional gifts from Paramount.
The Story Tennis pros Bobby Riggs (Steve Carell) and Billy Jean King (Emma Stone) take to the hard courts in 1973 to prove which gender reigns supreme. Spoiler: King is the queen.
The Buzz This is the first time reigning Best Actress Oscar winner Stone has played a real-life figure. She chose wisely. An estimated 90 million watched the match on ABC and directors Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris (Little Miss Sunshine) took all the vintage footage to make their film as authentic as possible. Love it.
The Story Jeff Bauman (Jake Gyllenhaal) loses both legs after two bombs explode at the finish line of the 2013 Boston Marathon. With support from his girlfriend (Tatiana Maslany), he tries to piece his life back together.
The Buzz Bauman is the first to admit he's no hero. Yet there is something inspirational about his emotional and physical quest to rehabilitate himself. Gyllenhaal is terrific in the role. But that fact that Bauman and his wife recently split up IRL may taint the onscreen happy ending.
The Story Picking up 30 years after we left off, an LAPD officer (Ryan Gosling) searches for missing Blade Runner Rick Deckard (Harrison Ford).
The Buzz Noooo! Sequels are wrong because they never live up to the originals! Wait, what's that? Stylish director Denis Villeneuve (Arrival) takes over for Ridley Scott? Gosling is appearing in his first big-budget action film? He told EW that it's "thematically rich, romantic and special"? Never mind. I'm in.
The Story Chadwick Boseman (42, Get On Up) plays Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall in an origin story. The then-NAACP lawyer must rely on a white attorney (Josh Gad) after the judge forbids him to speak.
The Buzz Thanks to Black Panther, Boseman is seriously on the verge. It will be good for him to flex his acting muscles in a dramatic biopic once more before the Comic-Con crowd gets to him. Marshall is already screening like crazy for film critics — a promising sign.
The Story Author A.A. Milne (Domnhall Gleeson, Star Wars: The Force Awakens) returns from World War I a changed man. He copes by reconnecting with his wife (Margot Robbie) and son, Christopher Robin (Will Tilston). And he writes Winnie the Pooh.
The Buzz Delving into the complicated story behind the beloved story has become a mini-genre in the past decade, ranging from Finding Neverland (Peter Pan!) to Saving Mr. Banks (Mary Poppins!) Milne's biography is somewhat obscure, though it can be tedious to see how the edges of a book get frayed. Can the Winnie the Pooh tale emotionally resonate without an overdose of sap?
The Story A 12-year-old deaf girl (Millicent Simmonds) in 1927 runs away from home and goes to New York City in search of a movie star (Julianne Moore). Fifty years later, an 11-year-old boy (Oakes Fegley) embarks on an adventure in NYC's Museum of Natural History. What is the connection?
The Buzz This is one my favorite films to come out of the Cannes Film Festival. Directed by Todd Haynes (Carol) based on a book by Brian Selznick (Hugo), it's a beautifully crafted and elegant story about the power of unconditional acceptance. Bonus: It's a solid choice for kids too old for the My Little Pony flick.
The Story Matt Damon, Julianne Moore and Noah Jupe play a '50s-era family who are victims of a home invasion. Oscar Isaac is the investigator who thinks that something stinks in suburbia.
The Buzz Some actor named George Clooney directs this crime comedy. His record is, shall we say, spotty: The Monuments Men and Leatherheads badly missed the mark; Ides of March and Good Night and Good Luck got the job done. Joel and Ethan Coen co-wrote the screenplay, which may help put this in the plus column.
The Story Three Vietnam-era Navy vets (Steve Carell, Bryan Cranston, Laurence Fishburne) reunite to give a proper burial to Carell's son — who was tragically killed in the early days of the Iraq invasion. Set in the early '90s.
The Buzz Richard Linklater co-wrote and directed this dramedy, which is purported to be a meditation on the passage of time and the nature of truth. Wouldn't expect anything less from the man that gave us Boyhood and the Before Sunrise trilogy. This is the opening selection of the New York Film Festival.
The Story Thor (Chris Hemsworth) and his old friend The Hulk (Mark Ruffalo) team up to stop Hele the Goddess of Death (Cate Blanchett) from destroying his homeland of Asgard. (Ragnarok = "the doom of the Asgardian Civilization.") Even Loki (Tom Hiddleston) pitches in!
The Buzz Both Iron Man and Captain America achieved their greatest successes with their third stand-alone installments. Perhaps Thor will uphold the tradition. Blanchett's presence will help, obviously. But the God of Thunder must do it without two of his most prized possessions — his hammer and his glorious mane of long blonde hair.
The Story Take a wild guess. The 1930s-set mystery, based on the Agatha Christie classic, features Johnny Depp, Kenneth Branagh (who also directed), Daisy Ridley, Michelle Pfeiffer, Josh Gad, Judi Dench, Willem Dafoe and Penelope Cruz.
The Buzz Which person aboard the Europe-crossing train is a murderer? With that starry cast, the culprit may not even matter. Despite all the Oscar nominees in the bunch, this project is pure popcorn: The Express is not making stops along the international fall festival circuit.
The Story Augie (Jacob Tremblay), a fifth grader, suffers from the congenital disorder Treacher Collins Syndrome. His parents (Julia Roberts, Owen Wilson) send him to a public school for the first time. Stephen Chobsky (The Perks of Being a Wallflower) adapts the 2012 bestseller.
The Buzz Hmm. . . This could either be the 2017 version of a treacly After-School Special (google it, Millennials!) or a heartwarming story of perseverance. That photo above concerns me a tad.
The Story Batman (Ben Affleck) recruits Wonder Woman (Gal Gadot), Aquaman (Jason Momoa) and the Flash (Ezra Miller) to save the world against an intergalactic enemy.
The Buzz Iffy. Joss Whedon took over directing duties from Zack Snyder, who had to bow out for family reasons. And the last D.C.-heroes-join-forces extravaganza, Batman V. Superman: Dawn of Justice, just didn't fly. That's a lot of pressure on Gadot's slender shoulders. Let's see if she can save the day for the second time in six months.
The Story For years, competitive skier Molly Bloom (Jessica Chastain) ran underground VIP poker games. She got indicted — then, blessedly, told all.
The Story A dashing American student (Armie Hammer) travels to Italy during the summer of 1983 to stay with a professor and his family. There, he has a budding romance with the man's teen son (Timothy Chalamet).
The Buzz This gem from January's Sundance Film Festival finally premieres in theaters — in a plush late fall slot, no less. The poignant coming-of-age gay love story just might be the Moonlight of 2017. Trust me: You will know its name by Oscar time.
Which fall movie are you most excited for? Share below!


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BROOKFIELD -- Though fiery rhetoric is commonplace in plenty of political campaigns, the war of words in advance of next week's Republican town caucus reached a new level this week.
The party's town committee charged that a local doctor, who recently announced his candidacy for first selectmen, is supported by an "angry" group of residents bent on spreading "lies, innuendo and insults."
The candidate in question, Dr. Robin Appleby, announced late last month he is running for the first selectman's post, much to the chagrin of party leaders who vetted interested candidates through the Republican Town Committee.
That committee last month endorsed Bill Tinsley as its candidate for first selectman. Tinsley beat out former first selectman Jerry Murphy, who had been recommended by the RTC's vacancy committee.
Appleby could not be reached for comment, despite several messages left on his cell phone Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. An e-mail message sent to him Tuesday was not answered.
In announcing his candidacy, Appleby, a local obstetrician and gynecologist, said his decision to run for office was prompted by the "fiasco" that resulted from the high school renovation project and the fighting that has become commonplace in town politics in recent years.
"I think a lot of people in town are really frustrated with all the fighting and chaos," he said. "I just want to offer them an alternative."
But party leaders say Appleby's claims don't add up because of his support from the "Brookfield United" blog and Steve DeVaux, a Brookfield resident who sends e-mails about town issues under the nom de plume of "The Cranky Yankee."
"Through anonymous Web postings and attack e-mails, the individuals behind this effort have proven since 2007 they will say or do anything to get their way," a statement released Saturday by the RTC on behalf of Marty Flynn, its chairman, and Steve Villodas, its vice chairman, reads.
"Just last week alone, they began an all-out smear campaign against state Rep. David Scribner, who has admirably served Brookfield as a legislator and treasurer for many years."
DeVaux was recovering from surgery Wednesday, but in response to an e-mail seeking comment said: "It is one of my core beliefs that I served my country, my town and my family so that all could hold and express opinions free from personal attacks through voluntary service in wartime and on the Board of Education over many years."
Earlier Wednesday, a message distributed on The Cranky Yankee electronic mailing list referred to Flynn as a "tubby Buda" and the RTC as a "cadre of nondescript losers."
"I think that Mr. Flynn and Mr. Villodas have a right to their personal opinions on behalf of the BRTC and have supported that right by defending it, albeit it is not the venue that I would choose," DeVaux went on.
"I hope that they do so at their caucus for Dr. Appleby, a man who has served humanity, his community and his family with distinction."
The RTC statement lamented the tenure of First Selectman Robert Silvaggi -- who recently announced he is not running for re-election in November -- and said many of his supporters have transferred their allegiance to Appleby.
"The failure of the Silvaggi administration has destroyed morale in Town Hall, decimated Brookfield's spirit of cooperation, and deflated the confidence citizens should have in their town's chief executive," the statement said. "It will be remembered as the administration that divided the town and could not move it forward.
"Mr. Silvaggi's supporters, many of whom are not even registered Republicans, are well aware the community lost confidence in him long ago. Therefore, they have staked their hopes on promoting a new face to carry on the same agenda."
Flynn said Thursday that party leaders think it was a mistake to let attacks on Murphy -- who in 2007 lost to Silvaggi by 10 votes -- go unchallenged, and did not want to make the same mistake twice.
"This sort of stuff has been going on for some time," he said.
The party's caucus will take place Tuesday in the Brookfield High School auditorium.


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Calder Race Course will not hold any overnight stakes through the rest of its meet that ends Jan. 2, 2009.
Calder began its 2008 live racing season April 21. In its latest quarterly report to the Securities and Exchange Commission, parent Churchill Downs Inc. said total handle at Calder was $397 million through Sept. 30—31% lower than the $574 million for the same period in 2007.
Calder's net pari-mutuel revenue fell 24%, from $59 million in the first nine months of 2007 to $45 million in the first nine months of 2008. Part of this year's decline is related to contract disputes between Calder and the Florida Horsemen's Benevolent and Protective Association.
Amid contract disputes, Calder cut average daily overnight purses by 30% April 22. It restored those cuts July 7. But on Sept. 12, it cut average daily overnights 17% from $180,000 to $150,000.
"The complacency stems from having enjoyed a monopoly--and now finding they have to compete for an audience they once took for granted."
We are not there yet. Not even close. Look at the current ADW fight in the US, or with recent horseman and track fights in Canada - they are shutting out racing customers as almost an afterthought, like they do not matter. Worse yet, we have the greatest medium to grow this sport we arguably have ever had and they can't figure out what to do with it, except squabble over percentages. The monopoly will not die, eventhough the fork has been stuck in it for over ten years.
I don't think horse racing as a betting sport is obsolete, not at all. Actually it is tailor-made for the internet. The folks in charge just have to find a way to make sure that they find a way to grow back the bond and trust with their customers, and exploit racings reach by pricing properly on the web. If they do not, I fear we will be a footnote of wagering history.
Trackmaster blog looks at ADW and mentions HANA. "ADW wars a Lose Lose Situation"
Blogger looks at racing revenue and casino revenue. Conclusion: Our lack of foresight in changing our product and delivery has us getting our asses kicked.
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It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
Lionel Barrymore: Mr. Potter
Mr. Potter : George, I am an old man, and most people hate me. But I don't like them either so that makes it all even.
Mr. Potter : [to George Bailey] Look at you. You used to be so cocky. You were going to go out and conquer the world. You once called me "a warped, frustrated, old man"! What are you but a warped, frustrated young man? A miserable little clerk crawling in here on your hands and knees and begging for help. No securities, no stocks, no bonds, nothin' but a miserable little $500 equity in a life insurance policy.
[Potter chuckles]
Mr. Potter : You're worth more dead than alive! Why don't you go to the riffraff you love so much and ask them to let you have $8,000? You know why? Because they'd run you out of town on a rail. But I'll tell you what I'm going to do for you, George. Since the state examiner is still here, as a stockholder of the Building and Loan, I'm going to swear out a warrant for your arrest. Misappropriation of funds, manipulation, malfeasance...
[sees George runs off]
Mr. Potter : All right, George, go ahead! You can't hide in a little town like this!
Mr. Potter : George, I am an old man and most people hate me. But I don't like them either, so that makes it all even. You know just as well as I do that I run practically everything in this town but the Bailey Building and Loan. You know, also, that for a number of years I've been trying to get control of it. Or kill it. But I haven't been able to do it. You have been stopping me. In fact, you have beaten me, George, and as anyone in this county can tell you, that takes some doing. Now take during the Depression, for instance. You and I were the only ones that kept our heads. You saved the Building and Loan, I saved all the rest.
George Bailey : Yes, well, most people say you stole all the rest.
Mr. Potter : The envious ones say that, George. The suckers. Now, I have stated my side very frankly. Now let's look at your side. A young man, age 27... 28... , married, making, say, $40 a week.
George Bailey : Forty-five!
Mr. Potter : Forty-five. $45 a week. Out of which, after supporting your mother and paying your bills, you're able to keep, say, ten, if you skimp. A child or two comes along and you won't even be able to save the ten. Now, if this young man of 28 was a common, ordinary yokel, I'd say he was doing fine. But George Bailey is not a common, ordinary yokel. He is an intelligent, smart, ambitious, young man who hates his job, who hates the Building and Loan almost as much as I do. A young man who's been dying to get out of this small town and on his own ever since he was born. A young man... the smartest one in the crowd, mind you... A young man who has to sit by and watch his friends go places because he's trapped. Yes, sir, trapped into this small town and frittering his life away, playing nursemaid to a lot of garlic eaters. Do I paint the correct picture or do I exaggerate?
George Bailey : Merry Christmas, Mr. Potter!
Mr. Potter : And Happy New Year to you, in jail! Why don't you go on home? They're waiting for you!
George Bailey : I'm in trouble, Mr. Potter. I need help. Through some sort of an accident, my company's short in their accounts. The bank examiner got there today. I've got to raise eight thousand dollars immediately.
Mr. Potter : Oh, that's what the reporters wanted to talk to you about.
George Bailey : The reporters?
Mr. Potter : Yes. They called me up from your Building and Loan about an hour ago. Oh, there's a man over there from the D.A.'s office, too. He's looking for you too.
George Bailey : Please help me, Mr. Potter. Help me, won't you, please? Can't you see what it means to my family? I'll pay any sort of a bonus on the loan, any interest, if you still want the Building and Loan...
Mr. Potter : George, could it possibly be there's a slight discrepancy in the books?
George Bailey : No, sir, there's nothing wrong with the books. I've just misplaced eight thousand dollars. I can't find it anywhere.
Mr. Potter : You misplaced eight thousand dollars?
George Bailey : Yes, sir.
[Mr. Potter looks at his bodyguard; they both know that George is lying and covering for Uncle Billy]
Mr. Potter : Have you notified the police?
George Bailey : No, sir. I didn't want the publicity. Harry's homecoming tomorrow...
[Mr. Potter chuckles]
Mr. Potter : They're going to believe that one. What've you been doing, George? Playing the market with the company's money?
George Bailey : No sir. No sir, I haven't.
Mr. Potter : Is it a woman, then? You know, it's all over town that you've been giving money to Violet Bick.
George Bailey : What?
Mr. Potter : Not that it makes any difference to me, but why did you come to me? Why don't you go to Sam Wainwright and ask him for the money?
George Bailey : I can't get a hold of him. He's in Europe.
Mr. Potter : Well, what about all your other friends?
George Bailey : They don't have that kind of money, Mr. Potter. You know that. You're the only one in town that can help me.
Mr. Potter : I've suddenly become quite important. All right... if I gave you a loan, what kind of security would I have in return, George? Have you got any stocks? Bonds? Real estate you can use for collateral of any kind?
George Bailey : Well, I have some life insurance. A $15,000 policy.
Mr. Potter : Yes. How much equity is in it?
George Bailey : Five hundred dollars.
Mr. Potter : Five hundred dollars? And you ask me to lend you eight thousand?
Mr. Potter : [on the telephone] George, there is a rumor around town that you closed your doors. Is that true?
Mr. Potter : Oh, well, I'm very glad to hear that. George, are you all right? Do you need any police?
George Bailey : [into the phone] Police? What for?
Mr. Potter : [into the phone while the nervous bank president looks on] Well, mobs get pretty ugly sometimes, you know. George, I'm going all out to help in this crisis. I've just guaranteed the bank sufficient funds to meet their needs. They'll close up for a week and then reopen.
George Bailey : [to Uncle Billy] He just took over the bank.
Mr. Potter : [into the phone] I may lose a fortune, but I'm willing to guarantee your people, too. Just tell them to bring their shares over here and I will pay 50 cents on the dollar.
George Bailey : [into the phone] Aw, you never miss a trick, do you, Potter? Well, you're going to miss this one!
Mr. Potter : [into the phone] If you close your doors before six p.m., you will never re-open!
[there is a loud click as George hangs up]
Real Estate Salesman : Fifteen years ago, a half-dozen houses stuck here and there. There's the old cemetery, squirrels, buttercups, daisies. Dozens of the prettiest little homes you ever saw. Ninety per cent owned by suckers who used to pay rent to you. Your Potter's Field, my dear Mr. Employer, is becoming just that. And are the local yokels making with those David and Goliath wisecracks!
Mr. Potter : Oh, they are, are they? Even thought they know the Baileys haven't made a dime out of it.
Real Estate Salesman : You know very well why. The Baileys were all chumps. Every one of these homes is worth twice what it cost the Building and Loan to build. If I were you, Mr. Potter...
Mr. Potter : Well, you are not me.
Real Estate Salesman : As I say, it's no skin off my nose. But one of these days this bright young man is going to be asking George Bailey for a job.
Mr. Potter : Have you put any real pressure on these people of yours to pay those mortgages?
Pa Bailey : Times are bad, Mr. Potter. A lot of these people are out of work.
Mr. Potter : Well, then, foreclose.
Pa Bailey : I can't do that. These families have children.
Mr. Potter : They're not my children.
Pa Bailey : But they're somebody's children, Mr. Potter.
Mr. Potter : Are you running a business or a charity ward? Not with my money!
Pa Bailey : Mr. Potter, what makes you such a hard-skulled character? You have no family, no children. You can't begin to spend all the money you've got.
Mr. Potter : Oh, I suppose I should give it to miserable failures like you and that idiot brother of yours to spend for me!
Little George : He's not a failure! You can't say that about my father!
Pa Bailey : George. George. Quiet, George. Run along. Run along.
Little George : You're not! You're the biggest man in town!
[Pushes Mr. Potter]
Little George : Bigger than him, bigger than everybody!
[walks out]
Mr. Potter : [groans] Gives you an idea of the Baileys.
Mr. Potter : Peter Bailey was not a businessman. That's what killed him. Oh, I don't mean any disrespect to him, God rest his soul. He was a man of high ideals. So called. But ideals without common sense can ruin this town. Now, you take this loan here to Ernie Bishop. You know, that fellow that sits around all day on his brains in his taxi, you know. I happen to know the bank turned down this loan, but he comes *here* and we're building him a house worth five thousand dollars. Why?
George Bailey : Well, I handled that, Mr. Potter. You have all the papers there. His salary, insurance. I can personally vouch for his character.
Mr. Potter : A friend of yours?
Mr. Potter : Uh-huh. You see, if you shoot pool with some employee here, you can come and borrow money. What does that get us? A discontented, lazy rabble instead of a thrifty working class. And all because a few starry-eyed dreamers like Peter Bailey stir them up and fill their heads with a lot of impossible ideas!
Mr. Potter : He
[Peter Bailey]
Mr. Potter : was a man of high ideals, so called. Ideals without common sense can ruin this town.
Mr. Potter : Ernie Bishop, you know the fella who sits around all day on his brains in his taxi?
Mr. Potter : The Bailey family's been a boil on my neck long enough.
George Bailey : You're not talking to someone else? You know me, remember me, George Bailey?
Mr. Potter : George Bailey. George Bailey, whose ship has just come in. Provided he has enough brains to climb aboard.
Mr. Potter : [Harry's won the Congressional Medal of Honour] How does slacker George feel about that?
Uncle Billy : Very jealous, very jealous. He only lost three buttons off his vest.
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Q: What is the technical reasons behind omitting new Object methods from object prototye in javascript? Object constructor function got several methods during the past updates of js like apply, assign, entries, fromEntries, keys, values...
These would be excellent candidates to be included in object prototype.
Object.prototype.values = function(f) {
    return Object.values(this)
}

We could even combine them to implement map or filter:
Object.prototype.map = function(f) {
    return Object.fromEntries(Object.entries(this).map(f))
}

// now we could do...
obj1 = {a:1, b:2}
obj1.values() // [1,2]
obj1.map([a,b] => ['x'+a: b+1]) // {xa:2, xb:3}

This syntax would have been unquestionably superior compared to eg.
Object.fromEntries(Object.entries(obj1).map([a,b] => ['x'+a: b+1])))

But even
obj1.entries()
    .map([a,b]=>['x'+a: b+1])
    .fromEntries()

is much more readable.
Backward compatibility doesn't seem to be a problem, since further objects in the prototype chain would mask the methods (eg. Array.prototype.map would still work properly).
Other route was taken, and there must be a technical reason. I'm pretty much curious what it is.
Are there any examples (possibly in legacy code) where the above approach would fail?

A: Having too many extra properties on all objects is problematic because it would be difficult or confusing to use those names as regular keys on objects.
For instance, values is a valid key name on an object, e.g. {values: [1,2,3]}. In the example in the question, if this property could be modified, then calling .values() on an object would not always work. If this property is non-configurable, then it would be impossible to use values as a regular key name, which is undesirable.

A: Adding to what Unmititgated already stated, adding these methods to the prototype would make them unavailable on objects created from null, which shouldn't be the case on newly introduced object methods.

Object.prototype.values = function() {
    return Object.values(this)
}

let obj = Object.create(null);
obj.name = "Peter";
obj.age = 34;

console.log(Object.values(obj)); // works

console.log(obj.values()); // error

The proposal for Object.hasOwn explicitly mentions this aspect.

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Barcelona rule out move for Griezmann?
According to a recent report from Marca, Spanish giants Barcelona have ruled out the possibility of a move for Antoine Griezmann. A potential deal being struck between Barca and Atletico Madrid for the Frenchman has been a popular source for discussion over the course of the last few years, with Antoine outright stating last summer that he was going to stay with Atletico. Barcelona have apparently moved on from the possibility of bringing him in, focusing their attention on a series of other top forwards.
Barcelona certainly don't have a shortage of attacking options, but that's never stopped them from stacking the deck before. Griezmann is still a hot commodity and he's still one of the world's best footballers, and such a reputation could quite easily see Barca come back around one day.
There's no guarantee of that but both parties quite clearly have some kind of attachment to this deal still, even a year or so later.