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April 4, 2014 Bruce Allen Morning Links
Sports Media Musings: On "Big Show: Unfiltered", Baby Boomer's C-Section Comment, & More
The Patriots bringing in Johnny Football for a pro day, then re-signing Patrick Chung was The Hoodie at his best. This has been the most interesting offseason since, um, the last offseason (the Brady paycut [Which somehow was criticized? God, I love the sports media!], Welkahpoloooozzzzah, Everything Gronk, and finally Aaron Hernandez, double murders, and Angel Dust … Unreal.).
Wait, Angel Dust was part of last year's offseason discussion??? OK, OK: 2013 > 2014
Before some media takes, let me serve up a quick self-promotion alert: I wrote about the Bruins and Peak Talk for the Metro today. Read it.
OK – onto a few media notes. Feel free to say hello on the Twittersphere, @Hadfield__…
Early thoughts on the "Big Show Unfiltered": It's OK. And OK may be enough for Glenn Ordway & Co. – much to my surprise, I willingly listened to commercials, which truly distinguishes the program from, say, a podcast. I felt like I was listening to a radio. Only on the Internet.
Anyway, about the commercials, which, before going any further, need to be discussed … Because Connecticut School of Broadcasting is still a thing!! I'll be completely honest, for the longest time I thought it was a joke, a scheme, or even the basis of the movie "Accepted."
(Side Tangent: "Accepted" is a B- Comedy featuring Justin Long (Drew Barrymore's old BF, also the guy in the Apple commercials), Blake Lively (before she was BLAKEEEEE Lively), and Lewis Black.
And, yes, even two-time Academy Award nominee, Jonah Hill.
Good stuff. Hollywood is the greatest. But, yeah – I 1000000% believed GO CSB was a fictional place where dreams go to die.)
OK, back to "Big Show: Unfiltered." This iteration is basically a DIY, rough cut version of the original "Big Show." Can they grab enough momentum to simulcast beyond Sirius? I'm not sure. I mean, clearly, there's an audience for Pete Sheppard, Ordway and the guy that does the great Terry Francona impression, I'm just not it.
(I know, I know – this is despite Sheppard's abrasive Tony Massarotti impressions; if nothing else Pete's going for it … whatever "it" is.)
"Sometimes it takes some time to remember where you were headed in the first place and the people you intended to go there with."
For me, early questions about "Dale & Holley" Part Deux mostly revolved around whether bringing back what was never really broken as an admission of past failures … or just WEEI's acceptance that they are, for the time being, the alternative – as opposed to the FLAGSHIP STATION! …?
One thing's for sure: It's not the sexy move, or a game-changer. This play for WEEI is a means to survival through reliability. And, all things considered, with the revival of "Dale & Holley," the Boston sports fans are winning here.
(Yes, that's right – I'm going positive, which almost feels borderline crazy to do in terms of media analysis.)
Look, upon conception, our hope for "The Sports Hub" did not necessarily circle around a precipitous demise for the men of Entercom (although, in some circles, seeing hubris wilt and decay was a nice byproduct). All told, reasonable sports fans just wanted WEEI to be better, and, typically, competition breeds excellence or, at the very least, improvement in quality.
Well, it took longer than expected, but, finally, mercifully this has happened.
Think about it: The morning at WEEI is better. I still can't believe "Dennis & Callahan" made it through the storm unscathed, although who knows, maybe, at times, the two hosts were "hiding under their desks." Either way, their improvement is palpable; heck, you could argue it's undeniable. Kirk Minihane has proven himself a worthy foil to John Dennis and Gerry Callahan, and it's kind of compelling radio.
(An aside: This will sound like I'm an ageist, but I could do without the obsession over Johnny Manziel's girlfriend. Really, guys. You're old, and it's weird. But seriously, try harder.)
The afternoon, meanwhile, over on 'EEI is a relic in the best possible way, and a sound option for audiences to check out instead of their counterpart, "Felger & Mazz," which has evidently decided to become a different show than when it began its run. Dale Arnold, almost immediately, has rediscovered his rapport with Michael Holley. Something Holley never could harness with Ordway, or what we can now the Misguided Mike Salk era.
(Another aside: Consistently adding a third man to the "Dale & Holley" rotation is a nice twist, too. But how about less Christian Fauria and more Matt Chatham, please. Thanks.)
Up on the dial, "Toucher & Rich" didn't land the Torey Krug-80s hair metal voice over segment, at least not as much as the comparable "Rad Marchand" skit from a few years ago, but the fact they're still churning out stuff like "Motley Krug" is a good sign. It's what they do best.
And the duo poking fun at Johnny Gomes' "Just PUSH PLAY, the story is already written" comments was perfect. To their credit, they absolutely nailed the Ultimate Warrior-Haxsaw Johnny Gomes comparison. The dialect is eerily similar.
Speaking of "Toucher & Rich", I thought Fred Toucher's take on Richard Sherman's column about DeSean Jackson's release from the Eagles on Peter King's Monday Morning QB site was not only thoughtful, but poignant.
In the piece, Sherman argued about, well, a few things: 1) That saying DJax is affliated with gang is irresponsible; 2) You don't turn your back on people you grew up with; 3) Jackson's teammate — Riley Cooper, earning an extension, a year after his racist remarks at a country concert went viral; 4) The Jim Irsay free pass.
Toucher's main contention is that you do turn your back on friends at some point, basically, because if you hang out with shit for long enough, you'll start to smell like it, too. It's a fair counter; measured and realistic.
I didn't agree, however, with Toucher's co-host, John Wallach, when he said Sherman, who is no stranger to media relations, will have to learn to pick his battles. If we're enabling the nonsense floated out there from time to time in sports media, then I have zero qualms dealing with Sherman going off the rails. Dude's a top cornerback with a unique perspective to offer on the matter. I don't have to agree, but I'll certainly be interested.
"Everyone is just waiting for their next Wikipedia Edit."
"I'm much more offended by Gerry Callahan's gay-bashing."
Those were my initial thoughts about when reading reaction to Boomer Esiason's comments regarding Mets second baseman Daniel Murphy's paternity leave (which fell on opening day):
From CNN:
During a conversation on his radio show with co-host Craig Carton, Esiason, a father of two, said he would never have done what Murphy did.
"Quite frankly, I would have said C-section before the season starts," said Esiason. "I need to be at Opening Day. I'm sorry. This is what makes our money. This is how we're going to live our life. This is going to give my child every opportunity to be a success in life. I'll be able to afford any college I want to send my kid to because I'm a baseball player."
I don't have children, I'm turning 28 years-old next week, which means I'm really only 23 years-old (Someone, I don't know who, just decided it was totally acceptable for 20somethings to act like kids even as they broach their 30s. I won't fight this. Thank you, mystery man.) But I have three sisters; I get the complications around reproduction, and can attest that Boomer is stating stupid words behind a stupid premise.
But you know what? PEOPLE ARE STOOOPID.
Rich people are stoopid. Everyone's stoopid. Fuck, that ignorance – you know, being stoopid – is just as much a part of 'Merica as saying 'Merica!
We live in a world where athletes, not just college athletes, pro athletes, with a kajillion dollars, get Catfished! Yes, by Catfished, I mean keyboard romance gone awry, someone conned by an idiot imposter on an online dating site.
(Moreover, that "Catfish" is actually a television show – yes, a television show – is mind boggling. Knowing Nev Schulman has been out there, fighting to the good fight, trying to illuminate what is, in fact, real love, and what's not, for over three seasons all because the South have yet to figure out how to do 12 seconds of Internet research through Google Images search, could be the most American thing ever.)
So, we're all stupid, from time to time anyway. Then, let's ask ourselves, why are talking heads, most of who are former athletes, the subject of this type of scrutiny? Even Callahan, a fantastic writer, whose views on the radio have become increasingly acerbic and forced, has a right to be stupid. Again, 'Merica!
To that end, who cares what Boomer Esiason thinks about this topic? Like, really, this is what we're going to get upset about. If you're an ardent listener to his show, that's one thing; but it's almost as if the Internet pushes OUTRAGE Button, and all chaos breaks loose.
And Boomer, predictably, issued a subsequent apology, because apologies are part of the news cycle in 2014.
I'm all for calling an idiot out for saying idiotic shit on the radio, but where do you guys stand?
Memo to Danny Picard: Keep Going
Dig Radio Boston flounders; Danny Picard's show, "I'm Just Sayin'", keeps on keepin' on. If nothing else, Picard hustles. In the past, his show has been simulcast on CSNNE.com, 1510 Boston, among other outlets. But now he's back to hosting solely on his website and iTunes.
Earlier this week, Picard had an interesting rant about the move away from Dig, other subjects in the media (like the Jerry Remy-NESN story) earning too much attention, and even went on a tangent about his distaste for sharing a co-host during his weekend appearances on WEEI.
As a fellow writer, with much less success and longevity compared to Picard, I can sympathize with his frustration with breaking into sports media. There are very few Xander Bogaerts' in the media. Youth is quelled by barriers. Hustle and passion are part of success – and, sometimes, the journey to prominence is better than the destination itself – but, at some point, you have to break through.
I still think Picard will. If you want something bad enough, you'll find a way. This is a town where Mike Adams has had a daily radio show for the better part of a decade.
As always, thanks for reading. @Hadfield__.
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19 thoughts on "Sports Media Musings: On "Big Show: Unfiltered", Baby Boomer's C-Section Comment, & More"
srh says:
"Then, let's ask ourselves, why are talking heads, most of who are former athletes, the subject of this type of scrutiny?"
Seriously? Uh, because they have radio shows that reach millions of listeners? Because their antiquated views about how men should "MAN UP!" are pretty pathetic in this day and age? Because while he has a right to be "stupid" (and I would argue that's a pretty generous label for these comments) I also have a right to be outraged on the internet.
Here's a better question- why give a take on this topic if this was the best you could come up with?
This Red Sox ring ceremony sounds like a royal wedding! PBS in charge?
I was surprised that Kate and William weren't there.
A few thoughts…let's see how they go over.
– On Boomer's comments. The real issue which is being lost in all the name calling, grandstanding and apologizing is prioritizing what is important in the modern world. I wonder what Boomer's thoughts would have been in regards to Sandy Kofax missing game 1 of the 1965 world series to honor his commitment to god and be in Temple for Yom Kippur. It seems to me Boomer's point was the business of baseball is more important (because of how much a player is played and the reliance on the player by the team) than the once only birth of a specific child. The idea that we even have to debate this tells me a certain segment of society has their priorities all wrong. The fact that an ex athlete, who has a special needs child that he has raised millions of dollars to help both the child and other's like him needs to be reminded about what is important in life and what isn't seems beyond stupid to me. Lastly, that MLB and the MLBPA did not come out with a strongly written statement in support of Daniel Murphy is also puzzling to me.
– On the Big Show Unfiltered. I think we are going to have to disagree. I have listened a few times and the production value sounds like it was produced in someone's basement. The commercials are a real problem (I wrote about that the other day) and the quality of the guests is bad. But I think the real problem and I touched on this the other day is that the show thinks it is an extension of what is taking place on other Boston shows. As such it comes off as amateurish. "Look at us…we can talk about the same things as WEEI and 98.5". Unless they are picked up by terrestrial radio in the next 6 months it will not make it. There is no substance to it. There is no compelling reason to listen.
– On Dale and Holley redux. My feelings on Mike Holley are well covered. I think Dale carries him when they are together. I think the show will do respectably in afternoon drive, because if Dale could carry Eddie Andleman he could carry anyone. Having said that F&M is a much better show. Perhaps the lasting effect of D&H as direct competition will be a forced change in the F&M tone away from screeching hot sportztakes and back towards measured intelligent observations that often but not always go against the BBWA, The Patriot Toadies, The Green teamers, and The Globe's hockey coverage.
– On Danny Picard. I don't see it. Not in the Boston Market. I have tried to listen a few times on the weekend and it is like talking sports with my 10 year old nephew. He knows a lot of facts but has zero insight. If Picard were smart he would go to a small market somewhere else (Seattle, Omaha, KC, Jacksonville, or Minneapolis) and really learn the business. That means developing contacts, developing relationships with players and management. Developing a voice that does not sound forced to be objective. Lastly, learn how to interview…either a guest or a caller.
Homer Greenz says:
Yes it is deniable. Dennis & Callahan (and Kirk) is a terrible radio show.
Classic Tony Mazz tonight in the post game show after the loss to the Brewers. His phony contrarianism is happening on a deep psychological level. We finally have evidence of this. I give you the Tony Mazz Hindsight Bias:
Mazz said that Farrell should have walked on to the field and discussed with the umpires, the Middlebrooks non-tag at third base in top of the 9th inning. The point being, even if the umps don't review the play, this stoppage could alter the course of history. In other words, Tony Mazz thinks that Farrell can predict the future. I am not kidding and Mazz obviously had no what what he was doing when he said this.
He incorrectly cited the concept of the butterfly effect (again, giving Farrell the powers of prediction), stating that if Farrell had "shaken things up" and caused a different course of history, than perhaps Mujica would not have thrown the meatball later in the inning.
Whenever I think of the Connecticut School of Broadcasting I think of insufferable Jack Edwards.
This would be interesting:
http://boston.com/sports/football/patriots/2014/04/06/report-jacobs-family-could-buy-nfl-buffalo-bills/Qqmbw3BiNW9jqB3WE8unJN/story.html
Jeremy Jacobs might buy the Buffalo Bills? A division rival? And own the Bruins?
He's not allowed to, under NFL rules about owning more than one team (including non-NFL), but could easily do what Stan Kroenke did where he either divests himself of the Bruins or has a son buy it, but obviously using his money (3.1b net worth).
Boy, would that ruin every ounce of good will he's earned himself over the past five years. He'd go right to last, well beyond FSG, on "detestable ownership", even if it was a family member. I can't even imagine the media bleepstorm if this were ever to happen.
APNDaveR says:
He's earned good will????
nufced says:
With D&C(&M) regaining steam and Dale back on with a rejuvenated Holley WEEI desperately needs to address the gaping crevasse from 10-2. You can almost hear the radios clicking off when M&M open their abysmal torture of the airwaves. I may be reaching here but the short-lived Sheppard and Zook show on nbc revealed a promising host in Darwin Zook. He's is familiar with Boston sports and did a great job with Pete Sheppard… (not an easy task). Team him up with someone like Bradford or Minihan from 10-2 and you might have something…
Zook is not the answer. He is not ready for the big leagues. Midday has always been a problem. It has significantly less listenership than Morning or afternoon drive. Stations program it the same way only with slightly less expectations. There is a reason WEEI tried the Fabulous Sports Babe and other syndicated shows in that spot over the years. They relegated Eddie Andleman there after his afternoon show started to shed listeners. The real solution to the mid day slot is a different format. One that is less caller oriented and more guest/expert oriented. A show that does more long form exposition on topics. If they continue to leave the format as is…they will continue to struggle because the people listening to midday are less likely to be getting in and out of cars (as they are morning and afternoon) and more likely to be at their office desk. They do not want the repletion you get with morning and afternoon drive.
I enjoyed listening to Zook much more than listening to Mutnansky. I listen in my office from 8:30 to 5 every day and while I agree that more substance and fewer callers from 10-2 is the way to go I want to an intelligent, well-spoken host like Dale Arnold. I like Zook's delivery, he is more along the line of Dale, team him with another qualified anchor and I think he'd do a good job.
I know we had a few threads going back that suggested it. Quite a few of us were in favor here, esp. if Dale was hosting, which looks like that won't happen. To me, his strength is the longer-form stuff, or anything w/less callers. I'd be interested to see how that would do going up against G+Z. It'd be, again, an almost 180-degree opposite to what SportsHub offers, similar to the 6-10 spot, where you might bring along a loyal following. But, on the host, if they're using Dale 2-6, who would host it there 10-2?
I think there are people who could do more long form interview stuff both inside the market (Tom Curran, Mike Reiss, Bob Ryan, Joe MacDonald, Rob Bradford, Ryan Johnson) and outside the market I am sure there are a host of people who we do not know who do good investigative work that would translate into good radio if they did not have to deal with callers.
True. I forgot to think that if you had a more 'long form' centric show lacking callers, I think that the 'host' part is less on the traditional side, so you have more options.
Would it work here? I think of kids younger than me, which FM tries to capture, and do they have the interest, let alone attention span, for it to work? I know the < 30 isn't all of the "younger demo" but I wonder if we're past the point, culturally, where this would work? (IE: Do you have to F+M it at every slot?) It works on Sunday in the 9-12 Dale slot, but have they ever counted ratings there and can you just 1:1 that over? I'd love input from someone in the industry.
Blumpkin says:
Now is the time for WEEI to strike back and make a push in the afternoons. Anecdotal, I know, but many people I know, in the last few months, have been turned off by F&M's direction. Not all Boston sports fans are dumb and unable to see past the uber-contrived takes. (We voted with our ears to deport Salk, right?) I would like it of on eof you guys could count thenumber of times during teh F&M Show we hear these words solo or in together – "Mike," "look," "like." Mazz has become a 15-year-old girl – "Mike, look, like, I think NESN has a decision to make. Like, Jerry Remy, blah, blah.."
Andy Dursin says:
Mutt & Lou need to exit. True middays dont mean as much as afternoon drive but if D&C and now Dale & Holley have a bit of momentum — at least compared to where the station has been — then it's pertinent that EEI scrap Mutt & Lou. They're painful, especially Mutt.
agramante says:
Yeah, Mutt isn't cutting it. He comes across as a juvenile who doesn't understand or much care about sports. (Like John Saucier, who'd rather talk about his drinking exploits than anything to do with sports–why does he even have a job at that station?) Lou I think is a good second man. He's been lovingly mocked with the old baseball moniker Utility Lou, but I do think he brings a mild, even-keeled temperament to any show (I think he'd've been a dynamite pairing with Felger, in no small part because he'd do a better job of maintaining his own identity than Mazz does). Even though the media role of "former athlete" is frequently mocked, not only does Lou have a well-spoken way of describing a locker room, but he does his homework. He can speak with knowledge about teams and sports other than the Red Sox and baseball (unlike, say, Zo). I'd be sorry to see Lou go. The problem is, who would they bring in to replace Muttnansky? I have no suggestions. I can only suppose that Felger is pulling every string he can reach to keep Beetle at the Sports Hub.
oldguy says:
>The problem is, who would they bring in to replace Muttnansky?
Hopefully Kirk Minihane. I always thought him and Lou would work well. At least I did before he started on D&C.
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Season Review: Women's Basketball Lays Foundation for Future Success
Signature Win: The Phantoms overcame adversity to hold on for a 50-47 victory over Lehigh Carbon Community College on Dec.3. "We had two players foul out and were still mentally tough enough to pull out the win," added head coach Dawn Grant. Tied at the end of three quarters, the Phantoms outscored the Cougars 11-8 in the fourth to earn the hard-fought victory. Paige Patterson and Bryce Johnson led the way with 17 and 14 points, respectively.
Season Notes: The Phantoms, competing at the club level for 2019-20, finished 5-9 overall. The five wins on the season matched the single-season victory mark for wins since joining the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) … The team scored a season-high 86 points in a victory over Harrisburg Area Community College on Nov. 16 which also included season-high marks in field goals (38) and assists (21) … The Phantoms shot a season-best 62.5 percent from the field (20-for-32) in a narrow 53-49 loss to Camden County College on Dec.7 … Showing evidence of a season of growth, the Phantoms suffered a narrow 53-47 loss to Bucks County Community College on Jan.16 but not before coming back from a 20-point deficit to almost claim victory. "I felt like this was a defining moment for our team because Bucks initially beat us by 40-plus points in an early-season scrimmage," offered Grant … Patterson led the squad with 13.0 points per game and 3.9 steals per game while also topping the squad with a 72.6 percent mark from the free throw line … Lorraine Marrone paced the team with 9.2 rebounds per game … Paige Wright was the team leader in assists with 3.2 per contest … Johnson, Marrone and Wright started all 14 contests for the Phantoms with Johnson ranking first in minutes played at an average of 30.5 … The 2019-20 campaign marked the first year on the sidelines for head coach Dawn Grant. Grant beamed with the pride over her first year on the sidelines. "The coaching staff is extremely proud of how our players competed all season," said Grant. "Each player improved in all aspects of the game and they were a pleasure to coach."
Honors: Fall 2019 President's List - Sophia Porras, Molly Ryan, Paige Wright
Looking Ahead: "We are excited about what the future holds," reflected Grant. "We are looking towards bringing in more players for next year that will continue to grow our program on and off the court."
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Irvine511
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Originally posted by Strongbow
Is that how you also feel about the nearly 500 Americans that have died serving in Afghanistan, that "Bush killed them"?
and i say that for you, because you, and ONLY you, think that Iraq and Afghanistan are exactly the same thing.
so, to keep it simple, yes.
but, in reality, it's more complex than that, one being a war that was pretty much deemed a necessary response to 9-11 right up until we diverted resources away from Afghanistan when they had OBL cornered in the Tora Bora Mountains in December of 2001.
Iraq never, ever should have happened, and had there been any other president in office, Iraq would never, ever have happened, certainly not in the ass backwards bone-headed arrogant wasteful careless and destructive manner that it did.
that is Bush's war. only Bush felt this was worth going to war over.
but if you'd like to belive eth same thing about Afghanistan, go right ahead.
Originally posted by Infinitum98
Yea, he was. They are both Muslim, and both are anti-U.S., hence they must be involved together in 9/11, right?
one was a socialist secularist, the other a religious fundamentalist.
one wanted nothing to do with the other.
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Originally posted by Irvine511
and had there been any other president in office, Iraq would never
How can you be so sure? Crystal ball?
only Bush felt this was worth going to war over.
What are you talking about? Most people thought this war was justified. Most Americans did at the time. Most members of Congress did at the time- or at least until things started going bad and they backed away from their vote.
Originally posted by 2861U2
i'm sure.
Americans thought the war was "justified" under the premise that SH had WMDs and was going to give them to "terrorists" and float a bomb up the east river and lower the upper east side. THAT is how the case was made to the American people -- fear of Saddam's weapons capacities, and don't let anybody tell you any different. variations on this theme were made to different audiences, but look at ANY of Condi's and Cheney's and Rumsfeld's speeches from 2002-3, and all you will find are references to Saddam's WMD capacities and "mushroom clouds" and "9-11."
the WMDs turned out to be bogus. totally false. and the American public was manipulated and the hurt and fear and sadness of 9-11 was ruthlessly manipulated to get the country into a war that was always only about oil. just talk to STING, he'll tell you it's only about the oil. but oil would never, ever have garnered the administration enough support to invade, as most Americans would be fine sending soldiers to defend *us* but they would not be fine sending their kids to die to defend *oil*.
the deterioration of the security situation due to the total absence of post-war planing, total incompetence of the Bush administration, and the on-going civil war between the Sunnis and the Shia just compound the original dissatisfaction with the war which started with the realization that the American public had been lied to, that WMDs were a fantasy, the books were cooked, and that this has been the greatest failure of intelligence in our lifetimes.
you can say "Germany and France agreed with the intelligence," which is only partially true. everyone thought that Saddam had WMDs. that is true. but there was no agreement on the success of containment, or the success of UN weapons inspectors who were pulled out of Iraq in order for the US to invade. and, finally, there was NO agreement on the "actionable" nature of the intelligence. it is not a science. some intelligence is better than others. and you act on the best intelligence there is, you don't shape intelligence to support whatever you've already decided the action is going to be.
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Spin, spin, spin...
Most fell for it.
Obama most liberal senator:
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Top Al-Qaeda Commander in Afghanistan Killed:
CAIRO, Egypt — One Al Qaeda's top commanders in Afghanistan, Abu Laith al-Libi was killed according to a Web site used by militant groups, reported the Washington-based SITE Institute which monitors the internet.
While the claim could not be verified independently, the announcement appeared as a banner in a section of the Web site reserved for affiliated militant organizations.
"As the banner was posted ... by a webmaster of the forum, it seems as if the announcement of his death has been confirmed to the forum administrators," noted SITE in its statement.
Al-Libi was an Al Qaeda training camp leader who has appeared in many Internet videos and who the U.S. says was likely behind the Feb. 2007 bombing at the U.S. base at Bagram during a visit by U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney that killed 23 people.
A knowledgeable Western official said that "it appears at this point that Al-Libi has met his demise," but declined to talk about the circumstances. "It was a major success in taking one of the top terrorists in the world off the street," the official said. He added that the death occurred "within the last few days."
Al-Libi was a key link between the Taliban and Al Qaeda.
He was listed among the 12 most-wanted men the U.S. offered a US$200,000 reward for five.
Pakistani counterterrorism officials say al-Libi — "the Libyan" in Arabic language — has served as an Al Qaeda spokesman and commander in eastern Afghanistan. They say they have no information on his current whereabouts.
Al Qaeda's media wing, al-Sahab, released a video interview with a bearded man identified as al-Libi in spring 2007. In it, the militant accused Shiite Muslims of fighting alongside American forces in Iraq, and claimed that mujahideen would crush foreign troops in Afghanistan. Al-Libi made no reference to the Feb. 27 attack at Bagram.
Maj. Chris Belcher, a spokesman for the U.S.-led coalition in Afghanistan, said last year that al-Libi was a guerrilla fighter "knowledgeable about how to conduct suicide bombing missions and how to inflict the most civilian casualties." He had probably directed "one or more terror training camps."
In a tacit admission that terror camps have continued to operate on Afghan soil since the Taliban regime's ouster more than five years ago, Belcher said al-Libi had been the subject of "especially close focus" by U.S. intelligence since 2005, when U.S. forces destroyed a militant training camp believed set up by al-Libi in the eastern province of Khost.
But he described al-Libi as "transient," moving where the Libyan thinks he can count on support.
"Terrorists like al-Libi use the rugged terrain of the Afghanistan-Pakistan border to conceal themselves while they plan violent insurgent activities. Our sources indicate that Abu Laith al-Libi favors tribal regions, including North Waziristan," Belcher said.
North Waziristan is a lawless enclave in neighboring Pakistan where last year the Pakistani government reached a peace deal with pro-Taliban militants. U.S. officials have since expressed concern that Al Qaeda could be regrouping in Pakistan's border zone.
joyfulgirl
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Obama's speaking here tomorrow night. Too bad I'll be out of town. It would have been interesting to see how I felt about him in person. I definitely would have gotten tickets, too, since because of my work I was included on an early invitation list. Oh well. I'll have to hear about it from my colleagues.
U2democrat
Location: England by way of 'Murica.
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Aw too bad you won't get to see him. Whether you like him or not, seeing him speak in person is quite an experience.
I'll be seeing him, and possibly Hillary as well Feb 9
phillyfan26
Well put.
Location: Orange County and all over the goddamn place
I'm proud to say that I never fell for the pro-war hookum.
anitram
Location: NY
Originally posted by martha
Neither did most of the rest of the world...
I did, though I was 12 and lacked the cynicism of today's PF26.
Hopefully you can all forgive young PF26.
and Michael Moore was indeed right.
[q]We like non-fiction and we live in fictitious times.
We live in the time where we have fictitious election results that elects a fictitious President.
We -- We live in a time where we have a man sending us to war for fictitious reasons.
Whether it's the fictition of duct tape or the fictitious of orange alerts we are against this war, Mr. Bush.
i mean, he was right about everything. from the duct tape or the orange alerts -- which Tom Ridge has admitted were fabrications and political tools -- he was right. and he said so in early March 2003.
Originally posted by anitram
obviously not the citizens of Nicaragua or the Dominican Republic. they wholeheartedly believed the good and virtuous intelligence. after all they sent troops -- this is proof of everyone's agreement with the danger that Saddam presented to the world.
Originally posted by phillyfan26
I did, though I was 12
Being 12 lets you get away with a lot.
Is this suppose to be a bad thing?
The single most important document that fully embodies the case for war is resolution 1441, not the cherry picked words in speaches liberals like to choose from during the time period. Americans have known about Saddam and the threat he has posed to the global energy supply and global economy for years. Thats why they supported the 1991 Gulf War which saw the largest deployment of US military forces since World War II, and its why they supported the US and other countries best efforts to try and contain Saddam in the intervening years from 1992 to 2002. There are many other regimes in the world that have WMD or could have WMD, but what makes Saddam different is his actions and behavior in threatening the global economy, his massive use of WMD, his proximity to the planets vital natural resources, and his unwillingness to comply with 17 UN Security Council Resolutions passed under Chapter VII rules of the United Nations.
I got news for you, the 1991 Gulf War that involved the largest deployment of US military forces anywhere in the world since World War II had nothing to do with defending United States Soil. It was about defending the oil reserves in the Persian Gulf that are so vital to the average American citizens way of life. The American public understood that and supported the 1991 Gulf war. So this idea that Americans "would not be fine with sending their kids to die to defend oil" is complete BS.
Most of the American public understands how important oil is to the US and global economy. The United States has been committed to defending such reserves of oil for 60 years now. Jimmy Carter even threatened to use Nuclear Weapons to defend the Persian Gulf! Its the one area of the world that the United States would defend almost without question and its been like that for decades!
The WMD threat was not bogus at all! Thousands of stocks that Saddam was required to account for remain unaccounted for according to the UN Weapons inspectors and the US military. In addition, multiple programs related to the production of WMD that are in total violation of the 1991 Gulf War Ceacefire terms were found after the country was extensively searched by the US military following Saddams removal from power. Even if Saddam did not actually have WMD at the time of the invasion which has not been proven, these programs show that it was still without a doubt his intention to build up such an arsonal that he could use to threaten the region and the world. With the sanctions and weapons embargo in ruins in late 2002, invasion and removal of Saddam was an absolute necessity.
the deterioration of the security situation due to the total absence of post-war planing, total incompetence of the Bush administration, and the on-going civil war between the Sunnis and the Shia just compound the original dissatisfaction with the war which started with the realization that the American public had been lied to, that WMDs were a fantasy, the books were cooked, and that this has been the greatest failure of intelligence in our lifetimes
The American public was not lied to and it was never incumbent upon the United States or any coalition ally to find WMD stocks after the war in order to justify the war. The war was clearly justified based on Saddam's violations of 17 UN security council resolutions vital to the security of the region and the planet. VERIFIABLE DISARMAMENT is the key term here, and its the red line when it comes to taking decisive military action. The Coalition was not going to wait for Saddam to repeat the events of August 1990 before it acted in a decisive action which is why the security council resolutions were passed under Chapter VII rules and not Chapter VI rules, which meant that military force could be used to enforce the resolutions if Saddam did not comply.
Saddam has used WMD more times against his people and his neighbors than any other single leader in history. Its not a fantasy that Saddam has failed to account for 500 pounds of Mustard Gas, 500 pounds of Nerve Gas, 1,000 liters of Anthrax as well as thousands of other stocks. Its not a fantasy that the US military found active programs related to the production of WMD that were in clear violation of the 1991 Gulf War Ceacefire terms. Its not a fantasy that Saddam had launched 4 unprovoked invasions and attacks of 4 different countries in the region and still had nearly half a million troops, 3,000 tanks, over 3,000 armored personal carriers, 2,000 Artillery pieces, 300 combat aircraft, 100 Helicopters and some unmanned drones.
There have obviously been mistakes in the occupation of Iraq but that in no way changes the necessity of removing Saddam and the need to stay in Iraq long enough to build a stable country that does not threaten its neighbors and will not require the US military to return for an even more costly war years later.
The facts as of 2002 show that there were NO sanctions or weapons embargo covering the Syrian/Iraq border at all! NOTHING! The facts also show that there were huge holes and violations along the Turkish/Iraq border, the Iranian/Iraq border, the Jordan/Iraq border and to a lesser extent, the Saudi/Iraq border as well. Countries like France, Germany, an Russia violated the flight ban and started in the late 1990s and the early part of this decade to actually weaken the sanctions and embargo regime. Even if containment was a serious option, it relied on full proof sanctions and a weapons embargo that were essentially dead by 2002.
But the most important issue here is Saddam's willingness to comply and all the evidence shows that he was unwilling which meant that he had to be removed. The inspectors cannot disarm Saddam or prevent him from getting WMD unless Saddam is willing to cooperate. If Saddam had been willing to cooperate, he would have shown the inspectors the programs he had running at the time related to the production of WMD when the inspectors first got on the ground after having been blocked from entering the country for four years! He also would have accounted for the thousands of stocks of WMD that UN inspectors said he had not done so in clear violation of the UN resolutions and Gulf War ceacefire.
US military action against Iraq throughout the 1990s including Desert Fox in 1998 was not based on specific technical intelligence, but on Saddam's compliance or lack there of with the UN Security Council Resolutions and the Gulf War Ceacefire that he signed on to.
Colin Powell said it best:
"It is not incumbent upon the United States to prove that Saddam has WMD, it is incumbent upon Saddam to prove that he does not have WMD" through compliance with the ceacefire and UN resolutions.
Saddam never did this and had no intention of doing so, and that is why he had to be removed. Whether or not WMD A was found under building B was irrelevant to military action in the 1990s and was irrelevent to the invasion and removal of Saddam in 2003. Verifiable Disarment and compliance with the ceacefire and resolutions was the most important determining factor for military action, not specific intelligence which has always had questionable value. All the intelligence prior to the first Gulf War on Saddam's WMD proved to be wrong, and the USA discovered he was 1 year from a nuclear weapon instead of 10 years. The war was approved by the United Nations in resolution 1441 along with resolutions 687, and 678, and the occupation has been approved by the United Nations every summer since 2003.
Removing Saddam was an absolute necessity, and the need to stay and rebuild Iraq to prevent it from becoming a threat again is just as necessary as the same operation going on in Afghanistan.
Potential presidents from Colin Powell to John McCain all would have removed Saddam from power. Both of them supported the decision to remove Saddam in 2003 and still do today. Both of them understand that rebuilding Iraq is just as vital if not more vital than rebuilding Afghanistan.
The United States never diverted any significant military resources away from Afghanistan in order to invade Iraq. Deployment for the invasion of Iraq did not start until August of 2002 over 6 months after Tora Bora. Even then, only a few brigades of the 3rd Mechanized Infantry Division were deployed to Kuwait. All of the other Brigades including those from the First Marine MEF did not start to deploy to Kuwait until after the first week of January 2003.
In addition, the United States DOUBLED the size of its military forces in Afghanistan as it started to begin the deployment of troops to Kuwait for the invasion of Iraq.
You have two countries that both face political problems, sectarian conflict, active insurgencies, terrorism, economic hardship, and are trying to build strong security forces, and develop functioning and capable governments to provide services to the people. Iraq is more important though do to its natural resources and proximity to the Persian Gulf, unlike Afghanistan. It also would be easier for Al Quadia to establish a base in a country where they speak the language and are the same ethnicity unlike Afghanistan where they are foreigners easily spotted by the locals.
It would be interesting to see Obama or Clinton address why they support completely different policies in two countries that are facing the same difficulties and threats and are both vital to US and global security in 2008. Unfortunately, no one has challenged them on that issue, primarily because to many are stuck in the simple minded arguement about the reasons for the initial invasions of each country, so much so that they can't see the situation and security realities of 2008 in both countries.


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Red Hat Enterprise Linux and the Trickle-Up Effect
Wednesday Nov 17th 2010 by Paul Rubens
It's not unusual for a software release to trigger a hardware refresh. With the release of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6, many OEMs are counting on it.
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The announcement of a royal wedding is a cause for excitement among loyal subjects, but it's also an opportunity for assorted tea-towel vendors, commemorative plate makers and many other people to make a great deal of money off the back of it.
And so it is with enterprise server operating systems. Last week's release of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 6.0 generated much excitement from its loyal customers. Many of Red Hat's partners are hoping the release will provide them with an opportunity to make a great deal of money off the back of it, too. Although the RHEL 6.0 server OS includes numerous significant new features -- a new hybrid 2.6.32 kernel; support for more cores and memory; better reliability, availability and serviceability (RAS) capabilities; the ext4 file system by default; and so more -- it was hard to discern that from the clamor of Red Hat (NYSE: RHT) hardware partners preparing to make money by selling more of their lovely server boxes and associated services.
HP for one certainly sees RHEL 6.0 as an opportunity to boost its sales, both to existing customers and to "UNIX defectors" -- companies looking to ditch their existing UNIX setups and move to open source software. Most of those are likely to be disgruntled ex-Sun customers, said Scott Farrand, HP's VP Infrastructure Severs and Software. "There is definitely a march from UNIX to Linux, and a preference to use x86-based hardware. Given that, and the 'situation' at Sun/Oracle, most are coming from Solaris/SPARC," he said.
HP (NYSE: HPQ), naturally, is ready to welcome Oracle's Solaris customers into its corporate fold, and it has set up its market stall with UNIX-to-Linux migration services, programs that help convert the UNIX source code of proprietary programs to Linux, and of course its Proliant server range on which to run all of this software. "In the Linux world people are used to buying hardware, system code and services from one system provider. They want one throat to choke," Farrand explained. He said defectors will get the benefit of HP's Proliant server management tools for Linux, including the iLO3 coprocessor (which can be used to help reduce energy consumption by 20W-30W per server), Virtual Connect fast failover, HP's own YUM repository of server utilities and device drivers, the SmartStart scripting toolkit, HP's Insight Control for Linux management tool, and cloud-related tools like HP's Cloud Maps which can be used to specify the cpu requirements, network connections and other variables needed for a given workload to be rolled out in a private cloud on HP hardware. (Of course Solaris users could just migrate to Oracle Enterprise Linux, but Farrand doesn't see that as much of a risk: "We are not seeing Oracle showing up as a Linux competitor," he added.)
The situation is pretty odd, when you think about it. One one hand, HP is trying to tempt Sun/Oracle's UNIX customers to abandon UNIX and defect to Linux, while on the other hand it extols the benefits of its own HP-UX UNIX to its existing UNIX customers. You can't help thinking that if HP's Red Hat 6.0-based Proliant offerings are really as good as it says they are, then it's going to be increasingly hard for HP to keep a straight face while selling expensive HP-UX solutions to its UNIX customers.
It seems HP wants the best of both worlds -- not unlike a Royal Wedding tea-towel vendor who tries to make an additional buck or two by selling "Down with the monarchy" buttons on the side.
Paul Rubens is a journalist based in Marlow on Thames, England. He has been programming, tinkering and generally sitting in front of computer screens since his first encounter with a DEC PDP-11 in 1979.
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confirmation of ferdinand duda, lakewood, oh. july 22, 1923 (2)
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Pentecost Lutheran Church, Lakewood, OH, c. 1922
A view of Pentecost Lutheran Church in Lakewood, OH, c. 1922. This congregation was incorporated in 1918, as a suburban "satellite" of Holy Trinity Slovak Lutheran Church, downtown Cleveland, under the shepherding of Holy Trinity's pastor, L.A....
Confirmation of Ferdinand Duda, Lakewood, OH. July 22, 1923
The Confirmation Class of Pentecost Lutheran Church, Lakewood, OH, on July 22, 1923. Ferdinand Duda, son of Andrew Duda, Sr. (founding family of Slavia and St. Luke's Church) is shown on far left in back row. The Andrew Duda Family helped to found...
Printed program for dedication of St. Luke's new church facility, Nov. 14, 1993
The cover and a page listing the name of worship service officiants in the printed program for the dedication of the newly built facility for St. Luke's Lutheran Church. November 14, 1993.The 16 page program included liturgies and hymns for the...


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Here's today's Flashback: From March 28, 1978, an article (from all things) The Star tabloid — a real full color article on the launch of the Trek movie (a feature less common then than it is now). You can see the estimate for the movie was 15 million dollars, I believe when it was all finished it came to something like 40 million (but I'll have to check my facts). You'll note that as ever the picky Trekkie, I was always on top of clerical errors in these old articles, here noting that Grace Lee Whitney was mis-identified as Christine Chapel, even as the real Chapel, Majel Barrett is standing at left in big picture, you can see my teenage scrawl identifying her in the margin, as well as the mis-caption of the lower right hand pic, and cross outs of other mistakes involving Waler Koenig and Grace. And the flashback is naturally backward too! Oh these Trek amateurs! At least Grace looks ecstatic, probably hoping that this would bring back some good work. I always liked Grace, a crime she was screwed over in the original production because Gene wanted Kirk to have more space babes!
Here's today's flashback: A four page (!) article from a 1977 movie magazine, (Probably TV Radio Mirror) raving about the Star Trek revival, this time asking if Nimoy and Shatner would be along for the ride. At the time I thought it would never really be Trek without Mr. Spock, and millions agreed. A lot of great stills here (if some are backward, which always happened in these pieces) The commentary is definitely of the era, with commentary mentioning Hank Aaron, M*A*S*H, and Fonzie. It appears the writer of the piece had a ball writing this; he or she must have subtly influenced my own style of prose, as it is very giddy with a lot of parenthesis and exclamations, and silly captions! I remember liking how it described Nimoy as 'darkly good-looking'. Must have read it a hundred times. I think that I was happy that a 'major' magazine was taking Trek seriously. But I just can't take Shatner seriously in that white prom tux and super collar!


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Lisbon inspires Spanish fashion designer Ion Fiz
The geometric elements in the cobblestone designs, the romantic feel of narrow streets sided by house with balconies and flowers, the romantic decadence of the city's palaces and private houses and gardens and the glazed tile motives were just some of the elements that have sparked Spanish fashion designer Ion Fiz's imagination whose collection "Lisboa" is now available worldwide.
The feel you get when visiting Lisbon is that of a romantic city. Ion Fiz wisely used flower patterns to convey that feel in elegant dresses and accessories. The selection of colours, in white and ochre tones is an important element in this collection, matching the theme and concept of "Lisboa".
"The reason for this collection was a trip I did to Lisbon, a city I just love", says Juanjo Fiz, the man behind one of the most interesting designer brands in Spain, the man who smartly combined the right patterns, colours and materials to create a collection inspired in the capital of Portugal. This collection can be seen as a true homage to the city, to its contemporary and romantic nature and to that certain element of decadence that attracts so many foreigners to this city, all perfectly summoned in the garments and accessories created for this Spring/Summer. Ion Fiz, whose main reference in national and international fashion is Cristobal Balenciaga, worked "in collaboration with the prestigious fabric makers "Gastón y Daniela" with whom I have created silk, linen and cotton fabrics for this collection", he said.
The contemporary designs of the cobblestone streets of Lisbon and in the glazed tiles adorning the walls of iconic contemporary buildings were smartly used in men and women trousers, bags, ties and espadrilles.
The "Lisboa" collection is currently available in shops worldwide and pretty soon at the designers own online store to be launched this month. "We will launch the online store at www.ionfiz.com offering menswear, womenswear and accessories, along with catwalk collections and special Fiz re-editions". The online store is just another step in the career of this talented and highly productive fashion designer, who studied in Bilbao, worked at the famous fashion house Pertegaz and who has recently opened his atelier un Madrid. The Spanish capital, where he we saw the collection Lisboa for the first time in September, was also the stage for his AW fashion show. Last February he surprised the audience once again at the Mercedes-Benz Madrid Fashion Week with his AW collection "Sui Generis" featuring structured and vertical lines in silk, wool and lurex materials. As for the colours the garments in off-white beige and sand tones did catch our eye, particularly the use of stripe and fishbone patterns elements in jackets, dresses and blouses.
Bye bye Brazil
The clichés we have associated with autocratic regimes materialised and came back to haunt the country. The social project that was there to try to put an end to inequality appears to have been cancelled. The future does not bode well for Brazil.
It's 2001 and I am landing for the first time in Brazil. One of my best friends had been in the country for some years teaching English and visiting him before he moved back to Europe presented a good opportunity to know the place. I got on the plane in early June and landed in Recife on a warm night at 9 P.M. My British friend and his girlfriend picked me up at the airport and we got on the car. On the way to the city centre modest and poor houses made of wood dotted the lanscape. That is the first image i had of Brazil, far from the postcard image of the country we see in travel agencies. But then again it was nothing new. Airports are usually located in the outskirts where lack of urban planning is commonplace in many countries. I went to bed exhausted and woke up the next day eager to see the view from my friends' third floor in that central neighborhood of Madalena, Recife. Trees, lots of trees, buildings and small shacks between them marked the landscape. I left the building past a first guardian and then past a second guardian and had my first contact with a local, a boy throwing stones at a tree to collect some fruit I could not identify, something like a huge walnut. I would see him later that day and everyday selling these nuts by the traffic lights. In a country where people experienced difficulties nature was being generous here. He was probably a regular as he was greeted by his first name by the people entering and leaving the huge building on the other side of the street. Dozens of people I later identified as servants, maids and cleaning ladies walked in and out the building while those I later identified as their bosses left the building in fancy cars. I learned that having a maid or servant or cleaning lady was extremely cheap and should you have a nice salary by European standars you could afford having the whole package. I got on a taxi and took to the beach. Along the boardwalk, sided by huge buildings with penthouses, men and women with fit bodies and fashionable running gear engaged in a number of leisure and sports activities. I got a chair in a designated area, deemed safe for western tourists so I was told. I had a swim and spent the day at the beach drinking bear and eating what was being offered, from bean soup shots to pineapple through oysters and the lot being sold by people from the nearby favelas. The rich and well-off on one side and armies of people selling all kinds of things for 1 real, catering for their leisure needs. How nice and typicall and convenient. I would be back here to Boa Viagem on a number of occasions, mostly to the shopping centre where the affluent people of the city seemed to spend the day, buying European and American clothes, shoes and accessories at triple the price. And I would come back to this affluent area to visit some friends, being stopped every time by man with a shotgun guarding the building. These concrete fortress were the preserve of the white, dominant Brazilian and such wealthy living conditions had to be preserved and protected from those deprived of such riches.
The next day I decided to explore the city centre. The human landscape was entirely different. Most of the people had a darker completion and came from the small towns around, shopping for food and clothing. Others had settled here looking for a job, far from their arid lands where opportunities lacked. The city centre was a vivid melting pot of people from nearly all walks of life. I later learned that the affluent people were scared to come here or simply avodied the place. And so therefore the streets of this city with broad avenues, where huge buildings, reminiscent of the Dutch colonialization combined with typical Portuguese houses were there for the common citizen to enjoy while the rich, the affluent and the tourists were left only with one avenue guarded by armed policemen on either side. In a country with a big class divide the common people had the most beautiful part of town for them, despite the number of derelict buildings that, should they be renovated and painted would make Recife one of the most beautiful cities in the world. Mango beat was a great booming culture at the time, attracting those wishing to dig deep in their roots and popular culture, It was one of the most interesting phenomena, combining tribal beats, traditional sounds from the northeast and electronic music. After samba, bossa nova and other popular sounds here was a sound that cleverly combined tradition and technology. I liked that mix and felt like digging deep in these roots, which I did when I learned to dance a tribal-like dance called caco at a loal party. The next two weeks were spent exploring the city and around, thanks to the curiosity and openness of my British friend whose characteristic I cherish the most is his capacity to adapt to local cultures discovering the best in them. Thanks to him I walked without fear everywhere; I drank in small street bars and had cookies made by big black ladies dressed in white in Olinda, went to parties whose hosts owned half the land around, travelled in taxis and combis and danced in popular parties in the city centre. I had three weeks of fun, met nice people and learned the ways of the place. And I could go on and on. The place was beautiful, the landscape was fantastic and the people were friendly. It could be paradise. But it was clearly not. There was something that I could close my eyes to, it was there all the time. The social divide was huge and I just could not pretend it was not there. And it is still there. The country was extremely unfair. It had rich or poor, practically no middle class. It's been fifteen years now since I was there for the first time. I got to know more Brazilians in Europe during these years and in recent times the tale being told and the news that came out spoke of a country that was fighting poverty. Brazil was showing a new face. Brazilians from modest families were travelling now to the first world not just to work as waiters, there was a growing number of people who were now studying in European univesites after having had the chance to study in local universities in their hometowns and I told a university was created in the middle of a favela in Rio de Janeiro. Things seemed to be changing and planes were no longer flying upper class Brazilians alone. People from nearly all walks of life now could travel or buy electric appliances. The middle was slowly becoming a reality and 40 million people had been taken out of poverty. In light of this I began considering the possibility of going back to witness it and I even booked a ticket. But in the light of recent events, I fear I will be faced soon with a greater social divide. By the time you read this the president of the country will have been evicted, after having stood there tall and proud in a macabre trial, abandoned to a great extent by her people and by the international community that once praised her . After the sad events all the clichés we have associated with autocratic regimes will materialise and come back to haunt the country. The social project that was there to try put an end to inequality appears to have been cancelled and in the light of the recent events I cancelled my ticket until further notice. Bye bye Brazil!
Carlos Tomé Sousa
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The apartment should be perfectly clean and everything in it should work when you move in. If the landlord is too lazy or cheap to have the place cleaned when showing it to prospective tenants, that's not a good sign.
Get any "promises" to fix this or install that in writing. You can even mark right on the typed-up lease – that is totally fine. Hand-written sentences "Landlord agrees to have washer fixed by move in date. Landlord agrees to upgrade windows by X date" etc.
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If multi-story or above-ground: No broken steps on the stairwell, handrails in good shape.
In general, the idea is to get a feel for how well-maintained the place is. If it's not in good shape now, there's no reason to believe it ever will be. Beware of promises! Good luck and happy hunting!


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Some thoughts about: God, family, ministry & coffee.
As I continue the series of Top Five on Tuesday I thought I'd invite you to our current hopes, dreams, wants & needs (okay, not really needs, but it rhymed well). Today's subject, the top 5 things we would do in our family if money were not an issue!
The criteria: the top 5 are less "dreams" and more reality of what we really would want to do if money were not much of an issue (or if it were there, here's how we would responsibly handle the funds to meet the desires in the Aaby household.
Without further ado, this list.
Honorable Mention: A FANTASTIC and warm family vacation. Okay, this is probably the one indulgence that will show up on the list, but we'd love to get away for a great family vacation (someplace warm sounds good right about now).
Five: A new deck! We love entertaining in the back yard. The summer BBQ, time in the kiddie pool and easy access to the play area in the backyard would all be enhanced by a newly designed, fully functional deck!
Four: Several updates to the interior (kitchen, bathrooms, etc.). We love our house, but it certainly could use a few "new" touches if we ever wanted to sell it. I always find it interesting that many people spend big time bucks to update their house in order to sell it (just so the flyer can say "updated"). Well, my belief, update and enjoy for some time, then you can still put the all-important "updated" on the flyer, but the double bonus, you actually enjoyed the updates!
Three: New Fence/Landscaping. Our house has three different fence lines, one on the west side of the house (still in decent shape), the south side (falling over) and the west side (several boards falling out/out already). On top of the fence-line there are several little landscaping improvements we need to make in order to keep the yard in okay shape. The fence is the most immediate need, but how to approach our neighbors with the suggestion and then figuring out who is really responsible seems to prevent us from moving forward to quickly… that and the cost!
Santa needs a new landing surface at our place!
Two: New Roof. It's funny to think back to 2004, when we moved back to WA (from AZ). When we made an offer on our house we asked the current owners to consider replacing the roof… well, they didn't do that and the house was too good to pass up, so we went forward. Well, five years later and the roof is still the original 1989 Cedar shingled surface. We're praying it makes it through (at least) one more winter!
I'd take one of these!
One: Replacement Vehicle(s). I am very thankful for our two wonderful Toyota vehicles. The Avalon is now 11 years old, whereas her baby brother (the 4Runner) is 10 now. I still suspect that they can go a good number of years, however, three growing kids and two aging (and higher mileage) cars does not make for a great equation. So, if the money were there, I'd say we would first get Elisabeth into something larger (Sequoia, Highlander or dare-I-say, a Sienna… we're not minivan fans, but might go to the dark-side if we have to).
Okay, which one did you want to pay for? We're taking sign-ups right now, hurry, only five options remain!


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Native American Tribes & the Indian History in Turtlepoint, Pennsylvania
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Way before the terms Native American or Indian were created, the tribes were spread all over the Americas. Before any white man set foot on this territory, it was settled by the forefathers of bands we now call Sioux, or Cherokee, or Iroquois.
For centuries, the American Indian developed its customs and heritage without disturbance. And that history is fascinating.
From Mayan and Incan ruins, from the mounds left in the central and southern regions of what is currently the U.S. we have learned much. It's a story of beautiful craft work and deep spirituality. Archaeologists have unearthed highly advanced structures and public works.
While there was inevitable tribal conflict, that was just a slight blemish in the tale of our ancestors. They were at peace with this beautiful continent and deeply connected to nature.
When European leaders dispatched the first vessels in this direction, the objective was to explore new resources – but the quality of climate and the bounty of everything from wood to wildlife soon changed their tune. As those leaders heard back from their explorers, the motivation to colonize spread like wildfire.
The English, French and Spanish rushed to slice up the "New World" by shipping over poorly prepared colonists as fast as possible. At the outset, they skirmished with the alarmed Indians of America's eastern seaboard. But that shortly gave way to trade, since the Europeans who came ashore here learned their survival was doubtful without native help.
Thus followed decades of comparative peace as the settlers got themselves established on American land. But the pressure to push inland followed soon after. Kings and queens from thousands of miles away were anxious to find even more resources, and some colonists came for independence and opportunity.
They wanted more space. And so began the process of forcing the American Indian out of the way.
It took the shape of cash arrangements, barter, and famously, treaties that were almost consistently ignored after the Indians were pushed off the land in question.
The U.S. government's policies towards Native Americans in the second half of the nineteenth century were motivated by the desire to expand westward into areas occupied by these Native American tribes. By the 1850s nearly all Native American tribes, roughly 360,000 in number, lived to the west of the Mississippi River. These American Indians, some from the Northwestern and Southeastern territories, were confined to Indian Territory situated in present day Oklahoma, while the Kiowa and Comanche Native American tribes shared the land of the Southern Plains.
The Sioux, Crows and Blackfeet dominated the Northern Plains. These Native American groups encountered adversity as the steady stream of European immigrants into northeastern American cities pushed a stream of immigrants into the western lands already occupied by these diverse groups of Indians.
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The early nineteenth century of the United States was marked by its continual expansion to the Mississippi River. However, due to the Gadsden purchase, that lead to U.S. control of the borderlands of southern New Mexico and Arizona as well as the authority over Oregon country, Texas and California; America's expansion would not end there. Between 1830 and 1860 the U.S. practically doubled the amount of acreage within its control.
These territorial gains coincided with the arrival of troves of European and Asian immigrants who wanted to join the surge of American settlers heading west. This, combined with the discovery of gold in 1849, presented alluring possibilities for those prepared make the long trip westward. Therefore, with the military's protection and the U.S. government's assistance, many settlers began establishing their homesteads in the Great Plains and other parts of the Native American group-inhabited West.
Native American Policy can be defined as the regulations and operations developed and adapted in the United States to define the relationship between Native American tribes and the federal government. When the United States first became a sovereign country, it adopted the European policies towards these indigenous peoples, but throughout two centuries the U.S. tailored its own widely varying policies regarding the evolving perspectives and necessities of Native American oversight.
In 1824, in order to administer the U.S. government's Native American policies, Congress created a new bureau within the War Department called the Bureau of Indian Affairs, which worked directly with the U.S. Army to enforce their policies. At times the federal government recognized the Indians as self-governing, separate political communities with varying cultural identities; however, at other times the government attempted to force the Native American tribes to give up their cultural identity, hand over their land and assimilate into the American customs.
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With the steady flow of settlers into Indian controlled land, Eastern newspapers published sensationalized stories of savage native tribes committing massive massacres of hundreds of white travelers. Although some settlers lost their lives to American Indian attacks, this was not the norm; in fact, Native American tribes frequently helped settlers get across the Plains. Not only did the American Indians offer wild game and other supplies to travelers, but they acted as guides and messengers between wagon trains as well. Despite the friendly natures of the American Indians, settlers still presumed the likelihood of an attack.
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To soothe these fears, in 1851 the U.S. government placed a conference with several local Indian tribes and established the Treaty of Fort Laramie. Under this treaty, each Native American tribe accepted a bounded territory, allowed the government to construct tracks and forts in this territory and agreed not to ever go after settlers; in return the federal government agreed to honor the boundaries of each tribe's territory and make gross annual payments to the Indians. The Native American tribes responded peacefully to the treaty; in fact the Cheyenne, Sioux, Crow, Arapaho, Assinibione, Mandan, Gros Ventre and Arikara tribes, who entered into the treaty, even consented to end the hostilities amidst their tribes in order to accept the conditions of the treaty.
This peaceful accord between the U.S. government and the Native American tribes didn't hold long. After hearing tales of fertile acreage and great mineral wealth in the West, the government soon broke their pledge established in the Treat of Fort Laramie by allowing thousands of non-Indians to flood into the region. With so many newcomers heading west, the federal government established a plan of restricting Native Americans to reservations, limited areas of land within a group's territory that was earmarked exclusively for their use, in order to grant more property for "" non-Indian settlers.
In a series of new treaties the U.S. government forced Native Americans to give up their land and migrate to reservations in exchange for protection from attacks by white settlers. In addition, the Indians were allocated a yearly stipend that would include money in addition to food, livestock, household goods and agricultural tools. These reservations were created in an attempt to pave the way for heightened U.S. growth and administration in the West, as well as to keep the Native Americans isolated from the whites in order to decrease the potential for conflict.
These deals had many problems. Most significantly many of the native people did not altogether grasp the document that they were finalizing or the conditions within it; further, the treaties did not consider the cultural practices of the Native Americans. In addition to this, the government agencies accountable for applying these policies were weighed down with poor management and corruption. In fact most treaty conditions were never carried out.
The U.S. government almost never fulfilled their side of the accords even when the Native Americans migrated quietly to their reservations. Shady bureau agents repeatedly sold the supplies that were intended for the Indians on reservations to non-Indians. Additionally, as settlers required more property in the West, the government constantly reduced the size of reservation lands. By this time, many of the Native American people were unhappy with the treaties and angered by the settlers' endless appetite for territory.
Angered by the government's dishonest and unjust policies, some Native American tribes, including bands of Cheyennes, Arapahos, Comanches and Sioux, fought back. As they struggled to maintain their territories and their tribes' survival, over a thousand skirmishes and battles broke out in the West between 1861 and 1891. In an effort to make Native Americans onto the reservations and to end the violence, the U.S. government reacted to these incursions with significant military campaigns. Obviously the U.S. government's Indian policies were in need of a change.
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Native American policy changed drastically after the Civil War. Reformers believed that the policy of forcing Native Americans into reservations was far too harsh while industrialists, who were concerned with their land and resources, looked at assimilation, the cultural absorption of the American Indians into "white America" as the lone long-term method of assuring Native American survival. In 1871 the federal government approved a critical law stating that the United States would no longer deal with Native American tribes as sovereign entities.
This law signaled a drastic change in the government's relationship with the native peoples – Congress now viewed the Native Americans, not as nations outside of its jurisdiction, but as wards of the government. By making Native Americans wards of the "" government, Congress believed that it would be easier to make the policy of assimilation a broadly accepted part of the cultural mainstream of America.
Many U.S. government officials viewed assimilation as the most practical solution to what they deemed "the Indian problem," and the sole lasting means of guaranteeing U.S. interests in the West and the survival of the American Indians. In order to accomplish this, the government pressed Native Americans to move out of their traditional dwellings, move into wooden houses and turn into farmers.
The federal government enacted laws that required Native Americans to abandon their traditional appearance and way of life. Some laws outlawed traditional spiritual practices while others required Indian men to cut their long hair. Agents on more than two-thirds of American Indian reservations set up courts to impose federal polices that often restricted traditional ethnic and religious practices.
To hasten the assimilation operation, the government started Indian schools that attempted to quickly and forcefully Americanize Indian kids. According to the director of the Carlisle Indian School in Pennsylvania, the schools were designed to "kill the Indian and save the man." To be able to accomplish this goal, the schools compelled students to speak only English, dress in proper American fashion and to substitute their Indian names with more "American" ones. These new regulations helped bring Native Americans nearer to the conclusion of their original tribal identity and the start of their existence as citizens under the complete control of the U.S. administration.
In 1887, Congress enacted the General Allotment Act, the most significant component of the U.S. government's assimilation program, which was intended to "civilize" American Indians by teaching them to become farmers. In order to achieve this, Congress wanted to create non-public title of Indian property by dividing reservations, which were collectively owned, and providing each family their own stretch of land.
Additionally, by pushing the Native Americans onto small plots, western developers and settlers could purchase the remaining land. The General Allotment Act, referred to as the Dawes Act, required that the Indian lands be surveyed and each family be provided with an allotment of between 80 and 160 acres, while unmarried adults received between 40 to 80 acres; the rest of the territory was to be sold. Congress hoped that the Dawes Act would breakup Indian tribes and encourage individual enterprise, while lowering the cost of Indian supervision and serving up prime property to be purchased by white settlers.
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The Dawes Act proved to be catastrophic for the American Indians; over the next generations they existed under policies that outlawed their traditional approach to life but did not provide the vital resources to support their businesses and families. Splitting the reservations into smaller parcels of land caused the significant decrease of Indian-owned land. Within three decades, the tribes had lost over two-thirds of the territory that they had controlled before the Dawes Act was passed in 1887; the majority of the remaining land was sold to white settlers.
Usually, Native Americans were duped out of their allotments or were forced to sell their land in order to pay bills and take care of their families. Because of that, the Indians were not "Americanized" and were routinely unable to become self-supporting farmers or ranchers, like the makers of the Act had desired. This also produced resentment among Indians for the U.S. government, as the allotment process sometimes destroyed land that was the spiritual and cultural focus of their days.
Between 1850 and 1900, life for Native Americans changed radically. Due to U.S. administration policies, American Indians were forced from their housing as their native lands were parceled out. The Plains, which they had previously roamed alone, were now filled up with white settlers.
Over all these years the Indians ended up defrauded out of their land, food and approach to life, as the federal government's Indian regulations shoved them inside reservations and attempted to "Americanize" them. Many American Indian bands would not endure relocation, assimilation and military loss; by 1890 the Native American population was lowered to fewer than 250,000 persons. Due to generations of discriminatory and ruthless policies instituted by the United States government between 1850 and 1900, life for the American Indians was altered permanently.
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The Faking of Pelham 1-2-3
WARNING! If you intend seeing the Hollywood nonsense entitled "The Taking of Pelham 1-2-3" do not read further—this post contains spoilers and was produced in a household containing nuts.
I'm willing to suspend my disbelief in order to be entertained, but the Hollywood producers, scriptwriters and directors have to make it at least possible, if not easy, to do. The so-called plot of this ridiculous movie fails utterly to do that. I can only assume that they think no one will notice the implausibility of their offering.
Stated baldly, it actually isn't that bad: gang of crooks hijack subway train, take hostages, demand ransom, have bold getaway plan. It's quite hard to mess that up, but the writer (Brian Helgeland) and the director (Tony Scott) have succeeded brilliantly in doing just that.
The crooks demand 10 million dollars for the safe release of the hostages. Now 10 million dollars is not an inconsiderable sum of money, but it obviously just didn't sound like enough to the movie makers, so they concocted a far-fetched sub-plot in which the hijacking of the train was, by some unexplained mechanism, supposed to make the stock market collapse and the gold price go through the roof. The crooks would make a further fortune by exercising put options on the former and presumably selling the latter. One of the problems I have with this is that the movie was made long after the 11/9 (yes, I do insist on putting the day first) terrorist attack on the World Trade Centre which despite its horrifying ferocity did not do to the markets what the perpetrators of this awful movie would have us believe a mere train hijacking would do.
The chief crook is played by John Travolta. Apart from his membership of an absurd cult, he is in contention, along with cricketer Graeme Smith, for the most punchable face on screen. If I were to meet either of these people in the flesh I would probably end up either in prison or hospital because I would not be able to resist putting my fist through their fatuous features. However, my propensity for unprovoked violence is not apropos; the almost bovine stupidity with which Muffin Face (Travolta, I can't remember his screen name) goes about screwing up his crime is.
Had he worn a striped jersey, Zorro mask and demanded the ransom money be delivered in a sack clearly labeled "SWAG" he would not have been caught any quicker. This pea-brain allowed all the hostages to see his nauseating face, he left his fingerprints all over the train, he yacked non-stop over the radio to the hero of the piece like a housewife with her tits balanced on her neighbour's garden fence–in short he is possibly the most incompetent crook in cinematic history, but his getaway plan could have redeemed him had he carried it out properly.
The gang were to reach the basement of the Waldorf-Astoria hotel through a disused subway tunnel. This they did, but they hadn't properly thought out what they should do after they had successfully arrived at the hotel, so they walked out the front door with, unbelievably, the money still in the cases the cops had provided. How dumb is that? What would you have done?
I would have booked two rooms in advance at the hotel, one in my own name and one not. I would have hired an oke to check in in my name with a couple of empty suitcases. He would leave the empty suitcases in the decoy room, then proceed to the other where he would order a room service meal while the hijacking was in progress, giving me a solid alibi. On arrival at the hotel, I would go up to the first room and transfer the money to the empty suitcases, then go to the second room with the money in the suitcases, leaving the original bags in the first room. The oke would then leave, and I would wait until the heat was off, then depart for the airport and a comfortable life somewhere warm. The end of the movie would go something like this:
INT. DAY
A PLUSH HALLWAY IN THE WALDORF-ASTORIA HOTEL.
Freeze!
OKE (FROZEN)
Don't shoot! I haven't done anything!
What kinda weird talk is that?
I think he's trying to say he aint done
nuffink.
That so, bud? Where you coming from?
I've been having a business breakfast
with a client. Room 1124.
COP 2 (PUTTING HIS GUN AWAY)
Yeah, OK. We just spoke to that dude.
Sorry to have inconvenienced you. Have
a nice day.
That's most kind of you, officer,
but I've already made other plans.
EXT. DAY
THE TAXI RANK OUTSIDE THE WALDORF-ASTORIA HOTEL. MUFFIN FACE (TRAVOLTA) SUPERVISES THE STOWAGE OF HIS GUCCI BAGGAGE IN A YELLOW CAB'S BOOT (OK, TRUNK FOR FUCK'S SAKE). HE CLIMBS INTO THE REAR SEAT AND THE DOOR IS CLOSED BY THE HOTEL'S LIVERIED DOORMAN. ROLL CLOSING CREDITS AS THE CAB DRIVES OFF WITH MUFFIN FACE SMIRKING TRIUMPHANTLY THROUGH THE BACK WINDOW.
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Cardinal Raymond Burke has said that the Pope's newly released post-synodal exhortation cannot change Church teaching and practice, emphasizing that the document is not magisterial.
Such a view of the document is both a source of wonder and confusion to the faithful, and potentially a source of scandal not only for the faithful but for others of goodwill who look to Christ and his Church to teach and reflect in practice the truth regarding marriage and its fruit, family life, the first cell of the life of the Church and of every society.
Burke likewise emphasises that pastoral practice cannot be in conflict with doctrine. It is not possible to separate doctrine and practise because if a practise is legitimized that is contrary to Catholic thinking – such as giving communion to divorced and remarried couples who are living in a state of adultery – then automatically one affirms a heterodox doctrine.
Datzzza aniizzza, but Bishop Chaput has just days ago announced that all the world's Bishops will be required to report to his chosen Vatican overseer on how they are implementing Amoris Laetitia in their dioceses. Then what if a Bishop responds with Cardinal Burke's attitude as expressed here? Could Cardinal Burke have under-reacted to Amoris Laetitia as a few Bishops and Cardinals, and laymen's critiques suggest?!
Tell me if I'm correct or wrong!
We all know change is not always good, and in recent times, it has been disastrous. The pope ( the new one) is a bit of a rabble-rouser who confuses his flock in a time when we so desperately need clarity and courageous defense of 2000 years of Catholic Truth.
Said Daniel " He will not regard the god of his fathers, but in his own estate(Privately)worship a strange god- a god of forces" & to this the present American Pharaoh carries idols of a certain hindu monkey warrior god, denoting man evolved from the monkeys, in short Evolution as god,against the FAITH which is not the same as evolution as science. Now when Evolution becomes believed as god, it goes against the FAITH such that there is created a vaccum in ones heart in place of God & this vaccum eventually gets filled with man as god revealing the serpents words at Eden "Ye be as god's", unto the Prophecy of the Abomination of Desolation to take place as spoken by Daniel & confirmed by Christ.
Again said Daniel" He will have no regard for the desire of women" which god given desire of women is to bring forth children, to which he brings in various cunningly crafted policies to the desires of the flesh, in short promotes Sodom & its Agendas , against the basic Family order, against REPRODUCTION.
Now God who sees the end from the beginning, for the sake of the woman unto mankind eventually to his Redemption & Salvation, put in two wedges between the serpent & the woman 1)The Enmity for the sake of the FAITH 2) Put her desire unto her man from whom she was made, for the express purpose of REPRODUCTION, against Sodom.
The present Pharaoh is not the Antichrist but one in the order of the 666, who have been coming over the years unto the fulfillment of the said number. Where each of them have a commoness to aggressively promote Evolution & Sodom against FAITH & REPRODUCTION.
Interestingly St. Pope Pius V excommunication of QE1 was to the condemnation of Freemasonry out of that 'ole iniquity, the very Entity of the serpent off the Enmity, for the basic but hidden belief of freemasonry is nothing but Evolution as god , to promote man as god, at the cost of god, simply against the FAITH. Likewise the warning of St. Pope Pius X against Modernism(applied to faith) where he specifically stated it to be Evolution, even to man as god indicating the Abomination of Desolation & by so doing was indeed revealing the Prophecy of Daniel.


We are excited for tomorrow! Opening Reception for Jason Reblando: New Deal Utopias is scheduled for 3-4:30pm with live music by Cathy Grier Blues+Grooves. Welcome and Artist remarks are set for 3:30pm. Please join us! You'll also see 2018 permanent collection acquisitions, a sampling of which includes work by Patrick Farrell, Christine Style and James Cagle. Big shout out to The George Kress Foundation for supporting this exhibit as well as to our partners at the Third Avenue Playhouse, Wisconsin Arts Board and the National Endowment for the Arts. Cheers to a great start to the Miller's exhibition program for 2019!