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Anthony Rotondo

Anthony Rotondo (born 1957) is a former member and captain of the DeCavalcante crime family before eventually becoming a Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) informant.[1]

College and made man

Born in Bergen Beach, Brooklyn to "Jimmy" Vincent Rotondo, a capo in the DeCavalcante crime family that later became acting underboss in the New Jersey based of the family, operating in the New York faction before he was gunned down on the orders of Lucchese crime family Underboss Anthony Casso in 1988. It is estimated by US law enforcement that sometime in the mid 1980s, Rotondo, a Mafia associate with graduation from Nazareth HS and a bachelor's degree in business administration from St. Francis College in Brooklyn was inducted into the DeCavalcante crime family under reputed family boss "John the Eagle" Giovanni Riggi. He lived in Dyker Heights, Brooklyn until his arrest.

A favor for John Gotti

After being recognized as a made man in the DeCavalcante crime family for less than five years by US law enforcement, the New Jersey family was reached out to by new reputed Gambino crime family boss John Gotti, in 1989, to do a favor for him; the execution of Fred Weiss, a jammed-up private sanitation magnate considered a candidate for becoming an informant. [1] According to prosecutors Miriam Rocah, Michael McGovern and John Hillebrecht, the late Gambino crime family garbage king and reputed captain, James Failla, was the catalyst for Gotti’s request, and in dialogue with members of the DeCavalcante crime family. On September 5, 1989, in his home, Riggi told Rotondo "that the DeCavalcante family had to get the job done at any cost", according to an FBI report obtained by Jerry Capeci. After impressing the importance of the effort on Rotondo and selecting mobsters for the task, Riggi instructed Rotondo to tell DeCavalcante associate, "Vinny Ocean" Vincent Palermo, to visit Riggi the following day. (This is according to a report by FBI Agent Nora Conley.) On September 11, one day after Rotondo spotted Gambino crime family mobsters on the prowl near Weiss’s Staten Island home, the DeCavalcante hitmen James Gallo and Vincent Palermo moved into high gear, climbed into his car and shot Weiss repeatedly, killing him instantly. It was after this incident that Palermo was inducted into the family, but also where Rotondo now was recognized as a caporegime of the DeCavalcante crime family.

While serving the family as Caporegime in the early 1990s, Rotondo was reportedly involved in extortion, loansharking, illegal gambling, arson and drug trafficking activities in the Elizabeth and Newark factions of the DeCavalcante crime family. He frequently worked with reputed capos Philip Abramo and Giuseppe Schifilliti, the fierce Consigliere Stefano "Steve the Truck Driver" Vitabile, and even the reputed Acting boss Jake Amari. During this time, two highly regarded family members had been disposed off by the imprisoned John Riggi; Louis LaRasso, longtime Underboss, and the former Acting boss "Johnny Boy" John D'Amato, who is believed to have been murdered because he was homosexual. Confirmed later by Rotondo, it was indeed himself who informed Amari and Vitabile that D'Amato was 'swinging', after hearing the rumour from D'Amato's girlfriend who D'Amato had just gone into an argue with. D'Amato's body was never found.

Death of Jake Amari

However, in 1997, reputed Acting boss Giacomo Amari died of stomach cancer, which triggered a violent power-vacuum in the DeCavalcante crime family, with Elizabeth faction leader Vincent Palermo and Newark faction leader Charles Majuri both attempting to restructure the DeCavalcante family, however, John Riggi, serving 15 years for racketeering and extortion, used Stefano Vitabile to form a Ruling Panel consisting of Elizabeth faction leaders Girolamo Palermo and Vincent Palermo (no relation) and Charles Majuri of the Newark faction. In this way, the Ruling Panel could continue to run the DeCavalcante crime family as normal, however, after a failed assassination-plot hatched by Majuri on Vincent Palermo, Palermo used Rotondo in organizing soldiers James Gallo and Anthony Capo to murder Majuri in retaliation for his plans, however, this attempt also failed.

Arrest and turncoat

As Vincent Palermo kept ruling North Jersey with iron fists, as he organized the murder of reputed DeCavalcante crime family soldier Joseph Masella in 1998, and plotted to murder soldier Frank D'Amato and his strip-club manager Tom Salvata, the US law enforcement launched a massive attack on 40 members of the DeCavalcante family on December 2, 1999, arresting every family captain and charging them with labor and construction racketeering, drug trafficking, extortion, illegal gambling, loansharking, robbery, murder and conspiracy charges. This led to it that reputed soldier Anthony Capo eventually agreed to turn state's evidence first, and testify against all his former associates, however, Capo was in Rotondo's crew, and as Rotondo faced life imprisonment, he too agreed to become an informant and testify that Vincent Palermo had ordered him organize the murders of John D'Amato, Joseph Masella, Charles Majuri (although this never happen), Frank D'Amato (although this also didn't happen) and even his club manager Tom Salvati, however, Palermo himself would not go down for the death penalty, and joined Capo and Rotondo into testify against the entire DeCavalcante crime family in 2002.

Turned FBI informant in 2003, Rotondo testified in a federal racketeering trial that began in February 2003, about the homicides of Fred Weiss, Louis LaRusso, and Joseph Garafano. Rotondo is presumably in the Witness Protection Program.[1]

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Rudolph, Robert. "Mob Story: How a crime family turned dysfunctional", May 9, 2003. Retrieved on May 17, 2010.

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You might not want to consider yourself a tourist, but let’s face it, we’re all tourists once in a while – especially when visiting New York City. You’d be nuts not to start with the best Manhattan attractions if you’re planning a trip to New York City. Though it is not the city’s largest or most densely populated place (those honors go to Queens and Brooklyn, respectively), it is the geographical and cultural heart of the city. These are the 12 Top-Rated Tourist Attractions in Manhattan, NYC.

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12. St. Patrick’s Cathedral

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The Mother Church of the Archdiocese of New York and the seat of the Archbishop is St. Patrick’s Cathedral and It is considered to be one of the Top-Rated Tourist Attractions in Manhattan, NYC. The sanctuary is the largest Gothic Catholic cathedral in the United States, and it is located on Fifth Avenue across from Rockefeller Center. Every year, more than five million people visit this international landmark, which was dedicated in 1879. You can also take a guided tour of the cathedral’s interior to learn more about the building’s history and structure. On some days, tours begin at 10 a.m. For more information, go to the website.

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On levels 100, 101, and 102 of the World Trade Center’s One World Observatory, tourists can enjoy panoramic views of New York City from the world’s tallest building. The tour begins with a Jetsons-style arrival through Sky Pod elevators (some of the world’s fastest), which lead to a two-minute video presentation on the 102nd floor of gorgeous city pictures.

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Ellis Island is a historical site that opened in 1892 as an immigration station, a purpose it served for more than 60 years until it closed in 1954. Located at the mouth of Hudson River between New York and New Jersey, Ellis Island saw millions of newly arrived immigrants pass through its doors. In fact, it has been estimated that close to 40 percent of all current U.S. citizens can trace at least one of their ancestors to Ellis Island.

9. The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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The Metropolitan Museum of Art, also known as the Met, is New York City’s largest and most extensive art museum, as well as one of the best in the world and is among one of the Top-Rated Tourist Attractions in Manhattan, NYC.. Incorporated in 1870, the museum opened two years later. In 1880, the buildings in their current location in Central Park were completed.The main building facing Fifth Avenue, designed by Richard Morris Hunt, was completed in 1902 and as of 2016 was called “The Met Fifth Avenue.

8. South Street Seaport

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In 1967, the South Street Seaport Museum was founded to preserve many of the buildings, ships, monuments, and the overall historic area which has become a popular destination for visitors and locals alike.

7. The High Line

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This aerie has a distinct New York vibe to it. The space, which is built on an abandoned railway track, is ingenious in its use of recycled industrial detritus, which is essential in space-constrained Manhattan. But what we like most about the course is how it takes you above the city while still keeping you grounded in it: Where else would you stroll through a field of wildflowers or relax on a green lawn as cabs speed past?

6. Theater District

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The Theater District has undergone a serious transformation over the last century. During the early 20th century, the area was known as home to history-making families such as the Astors and the Rockefellers and was officially named for the New York Times original headquarters on the square in 1903. The post-Depression era saw an influx of downtown-bred music, dance, and drama venues (hence, the term “Theater District”), and a mid-century decline followed by a city-led commercial rebrand and tourist boom. Today’s Theater District is a hub for awe-inspiring happenings around every corner. Theatre District is considered to be one of the Top-Rated Tourist Attractions in Manhattan, NYC.

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Standing tall on Liberty Island in New York Harbor, just off Lower Manhattan in New York City, the Statue of Liberty is among the USA’s most beloved sights and an enduring symbol of liberty and freedom. This statue, however, was not conceived by a resident of the United States. Édouard de Laboulaye, a French political theorist, suggested Lady Liberty Enlightening the World as a gift to the United States in 1865. Years passed until the dream became a reality. On what is now known as Liberty Island, the 22-story statue built by French sculptor Frédéric-Auguste Bartholdi was unveiled in 1886.

4. Central Park

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Central Park is America’s first landscaped public park is one of New York City’s most famous attractions, having been featured in numerous songs, novels, and films.

Central Park, perhaps one of the most well-known parks in the world, is a man-made marvel. It is not only America’s first public park, but it is also one of the most popular, with over 25 million visitors per year.

Its grounds, which are located in the heart of bustling Manhattan, provide a safe haven not only for athletes, daydreamers, artists, and strollers, but also for tens of thousands of migratory birds each year. One could easily spend an entire day wandering the grounds, admiring the nearly 50 fountains, monuments, and sculptures, as well as the 36 bridges and arches.

3. Empire State Building

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In the late-1920s, as New York’s economy boomed like never before, builders were in a mad dash to erect the world’s largest skyscraper.When completed in 1931, the colossus loomed 1,250 feet over the streets of Midtown Manhattan. It would remain the world’s tallest building for nearly 40 years until the completion of the first World Trade Center tower in 1970.

2. Rockefeller Center

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f you’re visiting the city for the first time and want an area to spend a whole day in, the Rockefeller Center complex is an easy choice. Without having to go more than a couple blocks, you’ll find some of the most iconic NYC attractions, plenty of great shopping, restaurants, shows, and more.The Rockefeller Center is also graced with the creations of 30 great artists, commissioned around the punchy theme ‘Man at the Crossroads Looks Uncertainly but Hopefully at the Future.’ Paul Manship contributed the 18ft Prometheus, overlooking the sunken plaza, while Lee Lawrie made the 24ft-tall bronze Atlas, in front of the International Building (630 Fifth Ave).

Come the festive season, Rockefeller Plaza is where you’ll find New York’s most famous Christmas treeCeremoniously lit just after Thanksgiving, it’s a tradition that dates back to the 1930s, when construction workers set up a small tree on the site. In its shadow, Rink at Rockefeller Center is the city’s best-known – and smallest – ice-skating rink (which becomes a cafe in summer).

1. 9-11 Memorial

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The 9/11 Memorial & Museum is the country’s principal institution concerned with exploring 9/11, documenting its impact, and examining its continuing significance. Honoring those who were killed in the 2001 and 1993 attacks is at the heart of our mission.Located at the World Trade Center in New York City, the 9/11 Memorial Museum tells the story of 9/11 through media, narratives, and a collection of monumental and authentic artifacts, presenting visitors with personal stories of loss, recovery, and hope.

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MB Podcast – The Final Week

The latest episode of the Magpie Brûlé podcast is now live. In this episode, Cam & Alise talk about the latest developments from the 44th General Election, the last leaders’ debates, how they went down, the tone of the campaign as we enter the final week and a couple last words about the campaign & social media attacks on Indigenous women who speak the truth. You can listen to it below, download it on Apple Podcasts or wherever you download the finest podcasts.

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Saturday I joined CTV News Channel with Akshay Tandon for the “Political Pulse” panel along with Colin MacDonald and Maureen Harquail. We reviewed the fourth week on the campaign trail, the release of the NDP’s platform costing, what we are looking for in the last week and more. You can check it out below.

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The Morning After: The Last Debate of #Elxn44

Last night we saw the lone English debate and the final debate of the 44th General Election campaign. With such a tight race, two previous debates in French that have barely moved the needle and so much for all leaders to gain or lose, the scene was set for a night that could make or break this race to be the next Prime Minister of Canada. And what we saw last night really spoke to that reality, especially given how some leaders reacted (or overreacted).

While the previous two debates were lifeless, last night was the polar opposite. All the leaders had to come out swinging, as they were tested by strong questions from the moderators. While some commentators on Twitter (mostly those known to support the Liberals) complained about the format of the night and the intervention of lead moderator Shachi Kurl, I didn’t see it that way. The format will always be a problem with a 5-person debate, so there’s no silver bullet to solve that issue. But for Kurl and the performance of all questioners, I have zero complaints there. In the past many of the same people have complained about moderators letting leaders run roughshod over each other and not controlling a thing. So I really appreciated Kurl’s direct, factual and firm managing of this event. I hope that Kurl is brought back to do another debate when we come around to that point next time.

When it comes to the individual performances, there is a lot of ground to cover. Liberal Justin Trudeau formally threw aside any pretension of his former “sunny ways” and came out swinging, wildly at times and rarely landing. Under heavy pressure from all side, he came across as angry, bitter, frustrated and made some factually questionable statements, especially in regard to his record on reconciliation with Indigenous peoples. The worst example of this came when he denied that his government was fighting Indigenous children in court, which brought this real-time fact check:

Folks, that was the ultimate factcheck right there, by the very person who brought said case before the courts and completely caught Trudeau out. It made him look craven and just plain bad. He looked even worse when he actually had the nerve to say that NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh was actually “harming reconciliation” because he was being so “cynical”, which was a moment that felt like a massive gaslighting exercise against most Indigenous peoples in this country. It also reminded me of his worst moment in the 2019 English debate, when he accused Singh, the first non-Caucasian leader in Canadian, of not doing enough to stop racism. It was the same “you should be grateful to me” kind of attitude that we’ve seen snippets of throughout his time as Liberal leader, but this time was much worse. It was condescending, speaking down and treating others with disrespect because they dared to call him out on his crap. And that’s before we even get to his punching down at Green Leader Annamie Paul with his quip about caucus management. He showed a very different side of himself, and not his best side. That performance was not one of someone who was confident in himself or his prospects, and they showed.

Conservative Erin O’Toole stayed on message for the most part. While he didn’t score any big hits against Mr. Trudeau, he didn’t sustain any fatal blows either. He got a couple of shots in but really, he spent the night trying to keep his nose clean. Compared against Mr. Trudeau, he looked much better, but that really isn’t saying too much in the grand scheme of things.

Bloc Leader Yves-François Blanchet played the usual role of the Bloc leader in the English debate and lost nothing by his performance. He was sullen, angry and clearly didn’t want to be there, complaining multiple times about not getting enough time even though he wasn’t trying to get in on the discussion. His attacks on the moderators as well came off as very bad, as well as his third time using the section of the debate on reconciliation to try to paint himself as the ultimate victim. It was the kind of performance that would make most people cringe, but he has no shame in his game. It was all deliberate because he feels that it will help him out. We’ll see if it actually does this time.

As for Green Leader Annamie Paul, she fared much better this time around, scoring strong points while making a good impression. My biggest take away from her performance though was to think of the “what if?”, as in “what if her party wasn’t imploding all around her?” She gave a good performance, but her party is in no state to build on it. Given her position with her party, the infighting and the must-win nature of her race in Toronto Centre, it’s possible that another loss on September 20th will mean that was the last time Canadians will get to see her on such a stage before a national audience. We’ll see if that comes to pass, but I couldn’t help but note it at the time.

But for me the best performance of the night belonged to Jagmeet Singh. When Mr. Trudeau aimed his anger at him, Singh replied with a sunny demeanor, facts and pointing to Trudeau’s own record. He stayed on message, connecting through the screen and made the case that Canadians have another choice beyond voting red or blue. He not only performed well himself, but when contrasted against Trudeau bitter, sullen approach to the night, he looked that much better. He showed why he continues to be rated as the most popular Federal leader in the country and put his best foot forward. It was his best night for the campaign so far.

Now if this debate will actually change much remains to be seen. The last two debates barely moved any needles so it’s totally possible that this one won’t either. But honestly, we won’t know until we know. The fact is that every leader had a goal last night and were aiming for a certain performance. Everyone didn’t come away from the night having done so, which means we’ll see a lot of desperate behaviour over the next 10 days. But one thing I feel safe in saying is that in this crazy campaign, if that debate didn’t move any votes, nothing was going to in this election.

Reasonable Debate

The next two nights will feature what could be two of the most pivotal moments in this election campaign; the French and English national leaders’ debates. The old adage says that “debates don’t change elections, unless they do”, and there is a lot of truth there. But given the tight nature of this race and the stakes, it feels like if anything is going to break the log jam in the polls that we’re currently seeing, surely these debates offer the best chances.

That being said, actually being on that stage the next couple of nights matters, giving each of those leaders a chance to make their marks. We’ll see the leaders from all five national parties with seats in the House of Commons and who met the criteria to participate; the Liberals, Conservatives, NDP, Bloc Quebecois and Greens. That composition is being questioned by some, a topic that I wasn’t planning on touching. But then columnist Andrew Coyne came out with a piece on this, and I believe it required a direct reply:

I should be clear right at the start here, as I have been on radio & tv when asked about this; I don’t think that the PPC’s Maxime Bernier should be on that stage, and I’m comforted that the Debate Commission set criteria and actually stuck to it. Remember, Bernier was on that stage in 2019 and it was questionable if he should have been. This time clear requirements were put in place, and they were followed to the letter. That is a good thing, and I’ll come back to that.

But Coyne is taking the opposite view, for reasons that I take issue with. I don’t think that Bernier should be on that stage for many good reasons, but if he had met the criteria, he would be there, period. He didn’t miss the criteria by much, so it was within his hands to get there. My problem with Coyne’s view basically comes down to what appears to be the premise of his argument; PPC supporters are conspiracy theorists, suspect that “the fix is in” and that should be answered to.

Coyne rightfully points to the noxious and ignorant nature of the PPC’s rhetoric and Bernier’s own over the top crap. He then considers the question about “how should the wider community react to this phenomenon?” and arrives at the following answer; we should basically validate their suspicions by taking them seriously. Or as he put it, “when dealing with people who believe powerful people are meeting in secret to conspire against them, it is generally best if powerful people do not meet in secret to conspire against them.”

I have to admit that this approach and those last words is what sent me to the keyboard today, mostly because of what he is basically suggesting; that rational people following facts and rules in society should change our approaches and how we rationally act because some irrational people are seeing irrational things that aren’t there. He basically suggests that if we don’t take there crap seriously, we’re proving that their crap isn’t crap at all, but oh so real. In short, he’s suggesting that we validate their irrationality. That today sounds completely nutty to me, if not downright naïve, a word I never thought I’d use to describe words written by a columnist I respect, even if I don’t always agree with.

And here is the thing, there might have been a time when I would have been more willing to subscribe to Coyne’s suggestion here. Yes, there are some people who back the PPC who have fallen deeply down insane rabbit holes and we hope could be brought back out with some kind discussion, patience and understanding. Early on, I would have agreed that leaders should try to do just that. But we’re now at a point where PPC members are showing up at other parties’ rallies, screaming, swearing, throwing things and calling for harm to other leaders. A PPC candidate in London went on Twitter calling for Justin Trudeau to be executive while another in Niagara tweeted about arresting and doing worse to journalists. Hell, Bernier himself put out a video just the other day he told a rally in Kelowna that “when tyranny becomes law, revolution becomes our duty”.

Let’s be clear everyone; we’re not living in a fucking tyranny and there is no need for “revolution”. So why in the Hell would we, as law abiding and respectful citizens, validate that kind of dangerous lunacy by treating such vile shit as worthy of our respect? Worse yet, why would we give that leader four hours of prime-time national television in order to spew his racist, ignorant shit to the public? Also, in a time when we’re trying to fight this COVID pandemic, why in the Hell would you let a COVID denier on stage who is unvaccinated himself while trying to convince others not to be?

This isn’t a matter of having a simple disagreement in policy or having a “different take” on how our politics should be done. It is reasonable to have respectful discussion on such matters. But this is something completely different, because almost all of what the PPC is running on is based on conspiracy theories, lies, crap and threats. There is nothing reasonable about any of that. By treating that party as “reasonable” or making it acceptable to discuss this crap isn’t going to bring those people back out of the rabbit hole. If anything, it’s going to validate their burrowing and their new fascinations with these fascist fantasies.

In the end, it doesn’t fall to the law abiding and rational public to make the irrational feel heard when they spew their irrationality. That’s not to be mean, but it’s just a fact of life. To do so only justifies the unjustifiable and feeds the irrationality. Worse yet, indulging them won’t do any more to cure those of that irrationality. Those who see conspiracy theories around every corner will continue to, no matter what approach we in rational society take. It’s dangerous to the health of our democracy to continue to bend over backwards to try to please a tiny, irrational minority that has no interest or desire to be pleased.

Rules are rules and these rules set up were very reasonable. I see no value or reason to upend them now, especially when we consider the noxious and dangerous voice it would bring to the scene. I’m more than fine that Maxime Bernier won’t be on that debate stage the next couple of nights, period. While our debate set up isn’t perfect, this situation where Bernier isn’t invited isn’t an example of that imperfection. If Bernier and Co. want to be on that debate stage next time, they’ll need to do it by following the rules; either win a seat or get high enough in the polls in time. If they pull that off next time, we’ll worry about that then but for today, the PPC hasn’t earned their spot and that’s more than alright.

“Our Position Hasn’t Changed”

This election campaign has not been what some had hoped for, and many had expected. The Liberals were expecting a sleepy, boring election that would naturally end with their return to Parliament with a glorious majority, which was why they sent us all to the polls in the midst of the 4th wave of the COVID pandemic. That’s far from how things have gone, with the Conservatives no leading, the NDP continually rising and the popularity of Justin Trudeau continuing to drop.

Ever since the wheels started to come off the Liberal campaign, they have been grasping at straws trying to find something to staunch the bleeding, something to do the usual Liberal trick of scaring progressives into supporting them to stop the big, bad Conservative. Most of those attempts had fallen flat so far, mostly because of the lack of trust in Trudeau and the fact that his election call was the only thing that put anything at risk.

Also when they have tried to attack the Conservatives on issues like private involvement in the health care system, it rang hollow because the Liberals have allowed for the same things to happen. It all came off as quite desperate. But finally the Liberals have seemed to have stumbled upon something they feel is working, or will work; gun control. Specifically, we started to see attacks like these from Mr. Trudeau during last weeks TVA debate in Montreal:

First off, I must say off the top that there is something unnerving that we’re having this pandemic election and there are so many huge issues at play, yet we’re on gun control. Not that gun control isn’t important, but it hasn’t been anywhere close to the top of peoples minds as people try to stay healthy and are worried about their jobs. But the Liberals feel they have their way to create the much-needed boogeyman in blue, and they are hitting at this hard.

For this to work though, it wasn’t enough for Trudeau and Co. to hit on this endlessly. It also required for the Conservatives to botch the response, something they had managed not to do now for a few weeks. It looked like maybe, for once, the Conservative team might avoid stepping on the rakes spread out around them. But that would have been too much to ask for. Firstly, Erin O’Toole spent a couple days refusing to answer the question about what he would do regarding assault weapons, which clearly didn’t put the story to bed. Finally he was forced to respond, and here is what he went with:

If that had been the answer the first time or the first day, he was asked the question, this attack might not have hurt as bad. But the delay and dithering just pilled on more and more pain. Of course, taking this position of basically turning his back on a part of his platform during the campaign was going to hurt him with some in his base, which was the first shot in the foot here that maybe could have been avoided with a quicker response. They might not have been able to avoid that shot, but given the way things were going, it might have been possible. If that was where this all ended, he might have muddled through it all, but of course, it wasn’t. Here’s what came next:

First off, having a sitting member of your caucus go public basically saying “don’t worry, he doesn’t mean it”. No better way to send that signal to say when asked about this that “our position hasn’t changed”. You knew that once that got out, the press following the O’Toole campaign would ask him what was up. Surely it was legit to ask about why his candidate and caucus colleague was saying one thing while he was saying something very different. But when asked, O’Toole fumbled this badly, point blank. When asked if an O’Toole government would change the classification of those weapons in question, he refused to rule it out. He tried to couch it in saying that he didn’t want to “pre-judge the process”, but that doesn’t wash here, especially when his caucus members are basically suggesting what the result of that process will be.

And with that response, O’Toole got his second shot in the foot. In the process, managed to look duplicitous to both members of his base that are upset about this issue and to other Canadian voters who are considering voting Conservative. Seriously, what’s the value of your word or promise if you refused to say that you’ll uphold it? Cripes, this was just bad, all around, and what makes it worse in my mind is that it was something that you could see coming. The Liberals have gone after the Conservatives for so many elections on gun control, just like they have on social issues, health care and others. For the longest time they have talked about the Conservatives “Hidden Agenda”, and most of the time it worked for the Liberals. How were they not ready for attacks like these? They knew what was in their platform and it’s totally reasonable to assume that they should have seen such attacks coming.

With that being the case, you would think that they would have had lines in place or some kind of response ready in case this time ever came. Yet here we were, in a campaign where the “hidden agenda” attacks were falling flatter than flatter and they weren’t ready for this attack that many could have seen coming from a mile away. Earlier in this campaign polling was even showing that more Canadians believe that Trudeau was the one with the hidden agenda, not O’Toole, so they should have been in the best position possible to fight this off. It seemed like maybe, for once, this old tactic was going to fail miserably. Yet in this moment, right before this week’s debates, O’Toole has managed to give the “hidden agenda” CPR and brought it back to life. Bang, bang, two shots from the chamber into the foot, all because he was trying to have his cake and eat it too!

Will this episode change the outcome of this campaign? It’s hard to say, but its clearly stopped any momentum that they had built up to this point. If the Conservatives end up losing this campaign, people will be able to point to this mistake as the turning point that brought it about. We’ll see what comes of this, but it continues to amaze me how unprepared some can be for what was clearly coming, if everything was going well. You’d think you’d plan for something that has been done to you time and again. But as this shows us, we can never really assume much, or at least we shouldn’t.

What You Need to Know: A #CdnPolicast – #Elxn44 Week Three

The latest episode of Bluesky Strategy Group’s “What You Need to Know: A #CdnPolicast” with my colleagues Geoff Turner, Neil Brodie and Alyson Fair is now out. In this episode we talk about the third week of the 44th General Election campaign, the current state of the race, and what we’re looking for in the week to come. You can check it all out below:

MB Podcast – Halfway to Election Day

The latest episode of the Magpie Brûlé podcast is now live. In this episode, Cam & Alise talk about the latest developments from the 44th General Election, the tone of the campaign as it hits the midway point, the Liberal platform release, the upcoming party leader debates and a couple last words about those protests at campaigns, both for the protesters and the protested. You can listen to it below, download it on Apple Podcasts or wherever you download the finest podcasts.

Talking the Protests During #Elxn44 Events on CTV News Channel

Saturday I joined CTV News Channel with Todd van der Hayden for the “True North Politics” panel along with Jamie Ellerton and Marcel Wieder. We talked about the growing number of disturbing protests at various campaign events during this election, the venom and anger found at them, why we’re seeing this, how this result was years in the making and much more. You can check it out below.


text: Yesterday I joined Kristy Cameron on CFRA’s “Ottawa Now” along with Anthony Koch. We talked about Thursday nights second and final American Presidential Debate between Donald Trump and Joe Biden, how this debate compared to the debacle that was the first one, how the new “mute button” feature affected the proceedings and how both candidates performed. You can listen to the audio below starting at the 17:00 minute mark.


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From sebb <>
Subject Re: Licence headers in template files
Date Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:33:23 GMT
On 6 February 2012 19:38, Greg Stein <> wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 13:18, Ross Gardler <> wrote:
>> Sent from my mobile device, please forgive errors and brevity.
>> On Feb 6, 2012 5:26 PM, "Greg Stein" <> wrote:
>>> On Feb 6, 2012 11:41 AM, "sebb" <> wrote:
>>> >...
>>> > Perhaps the answer to "Why is a licensing header necessary?"
>>> >
>>> > is relevant here.
>>> >
>>> > The README file is generally not going to be modified - or seen in
>>> > isolation - so it's not so necessary for the end user to know its
>>> > license from the file itself.
>>> >
>>> > However, the template files are specifically designed for
>>> > modification, and are likely to be seen without the LICENSE file, so
>>> > IMO the enduser should see the AL header as part of the file.
>>> That would be my thinking, too.
>> Not in this specific case, I think.
> You keep refining the description :-P
>> The original template files are not modified directly, neither are the
>> output files. Modifications are by token replacement in the simplest form
>> or by creating a completely new template to override the original (at which
>> point the user can define their own licence).
> Personally, I call that a tool problem. Seems there ought to be some
> kind of comment directive that won't get included into the output. Put
> the ALv2 notice in that comment.
> And you're saying "supply a new template", but who knows what people
> will do? Is there anything that prevents a downstream user from
> editing these templates before packaging? Probably not. Sure... you'd
> *like* them to provide a new template as part of Best Practices, but I
> doubt that is forced.
>> If the user generates their widgets from these templates the files we are
>> talking about will be included in larger files, which do contain license
>> headers. Final outputs will therefore always have an Apache header, there
>> may be user specified headers surrounding their own contributions.
> Gotcha. Yeah, that would be ugly, and it gets back to having some kind
> of a "don't place <this> into the output" block.
>> The final outputs should never be edited, it's the widget definitions (the
>> tokens referred to above) that get edited.
> Sure.
> Elsethread, I think Craig's suggestion is effectively saying "if the
> file is shorter than the text, then we will declaratively state there
> is no creativity in it." I'm not sure that is proper, but can
> certainly see the argument.

There are probably quite a few Java interface definitions that are
shorter than the AL header, but I think they should surely still have
the header.

> Cheers,
> -g
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Subject: Re: Lobby for Motif Development for NetBSD
To: Sean Berry <>
From: Jason Thorpe <>
List: current-users
Date: 12/06/1996 08:57:52
On 6 Dec 96 09:29:42 GMT (Sean Berry) wrote:

 > I would be willing to pay $99 for a correctly done usable i386 Motif port.
 > That's (last time I looked) the rough price the Linux people are charging,
 > and is reasonable (by my perceptions) for anyone with a need for it.

I'd also be willing to purchase Motif for the i386 (or alpha, if it
were available), if the price were <= $150.

Jason R. Thorpe
NASA Ames Research Center                               Home: 408.866.1912
NAS: M/S 258-6                                          Work: 415.604.0935
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[Kmymoney-devel] [Bug 312649] Cannot delete account

vin vinney.p at gmail.com
Sat Jan 5 18:31:58 UTC 2013

--- Comment #3 from vin <vinney.p at gmail.com> ---
(In reply to comment #2)
> Looking at your other bug entry, might this be an investment account too?
> If so, does it have stocks and/or prices?  If so, they will need to be
> deleted before the account can be deleted.

All kinds of accounts, checking, savings, investments. Could it be because I've
created them with starting balance? If so its completely counter-intuitive. I'd
suggest instead of bluntly disabling, enable it and pop up a message if it
cannot be done, explaining why. Better, allow deleting and orphaning the
transactions (or deleting the transactions automatically).

At least document the limitations...

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Monday, March 19, 2012

"Low-level radioactive water leaks at Tokai nuclear plant"

The Mainichi Daily News

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- [excerpted] "Some 1.5 tons of low-level radioactive water leaked from a storage tank of a nuclear reactor in the process of decommissioning at Japan Atomic Power Co.'s plant in the village of Tokai, Ibaraki Prefecture, the Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency said Monday..."

Majia here: The article states that the water was used to "decontaminate" radiation protection suits, as well as other objects.

One has to wonder what is really going on here, especially given rising radiation levels in Japan.

Are the recent earthquakes creating problems?

How long can the truth of what is happening in Japan be hidden?

1 comment:

  1. I think they been hiding these types of leaks for decades.

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I need YOUR help!

Walk up to any ‘stranger’ on the street.  Say those words… I need your help! for ($), (A job), (A car) etc. You already know what will happen.  They will just walk away. You won’t receive anything.

There is however just one person who will stop &  take the time to listen; and give you exactly what you asked for!

That person’s name is Jesus Christ!  He made many thousands of promises.  Each of them requires you to do something simple.   Believe, Obey,Trust & Spend time with HIM, –  LEARNING… .. His Words.

YOU, have absolutely nothing to loose by sitting @  HIS feet and listening to What HE has to Say!

Don’t put this off.  It is the most important decision you will ever make in your life. For it is that decision which will lead to eternal life (for accepting HIM into your life) or Eternal damnation for refusing  HIS free Gift of Salvation for YOU!

The Choice is all yours to make!  Jesus is about to return very soon.  Keep your eyes on Israel – That is God’s time piece as to the imminent Return of Jesus Christ.   The time is at hand.  It is time to get ready.


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Compare and Contrast: Beauty Pie SPFs 25 & 50

Beauty buffs know that SPF is a must not only on sunny days but an important skincare step whatever the weather. Whilst strong sunlight contains a lot of UVB rays that can lead to sunburn (think B for burning); all daylight contains UVA rays which are responsible for around 80% of premature skin ageing (think A for ageing). Wearing SPF religiously on days that you spend time outdoors, even if it’s cloudy, is the most effective step you can take to keep your skin looking as young as possible for as long as possible. Beauty Pie make two great untinted SPF options:

Super Healthy Skin Ultralight UVA/UVB SPF 25

Beauty Pie market their first SPF as a triple threat: sunscreen, hydrating moisture milk and foundation primer in one. The formula contains several ingredients with skincare benefits:

  • Liquorice Extract to reduce redness and soothe the skin
  • Hyaluronic acid is a powerful moisture magnet that smoothes and plumps the skin
  • Betaine, naturally derived from sugar beet, increases hydration levels

When I tried this product it instantly became my holy grail sunscreen. It is super lightweight and sinks into the skin quickly leaving no white cast. I use this as both my moisturiser and SPF. This silky sunscreen is cruelty free, fragrance-free and suitable for all skin types. If Beauty Pie were able to boost the protection up a tad to SPF 30, in my view, this would be just about perfect.

Featherlight UVA/UVB SPF 50 Sunscreen + Primer

The second SPF launch from Beauty Pie is a 2-in-1 SPF 50 and primer. This state of the art sunscreen contains a proprietary blend of UV filters that incorporate new technology and smart Chromophores. The cutting edge formula absorbs harmful UV waves, fights sunlight-induced inflammation and reduces the skin-aging effects of UV radiation. Vitis Vita Grape Extract detoxifies and rehydrates the skin plus protects cells from UV-induced protein degradation. Tomato stem cell extract is a natural blend of peptides and sugar molecules that act in synergy to significantly reduce the level of stress-induced reactive oxygen species. This SPF is also suitable for all skin types but does contain fragrance which some feel should be a no no in skincare due to its potential sensitising effect. That being said I don’t feel that this contains high levels of fragrance as all I really smell is SPF when I apply this. This one is even lighter in texture than the SPF 25 whilst offering double the protection.

Directions state to gently smooth upward and outward onto clean, moisturized skin as a final, age-preventative step in your daily skincare routine. Wait 60 seconds to fix, before applying foundation or powder.

I put sunscreen on my face, neck and the backs of my hands on a daily basis as these are the areas that are always exposed to daylight. I only tend to apply SPF to my body if I am planning on getting some sun. I recently got caught by surprise after spending a sunnier than expected day in a friend’s garden. Here you can see what a great job the sunscreen did on the area I applied it (I wish I’d gone all the way up my arm!!):

This really does also function as a great primer as my make up was intact after that hot day in the sun.

L – Ultralight SPF 25 R – Featherlight SPF 50: Swipe left to see blended out onto my hand

The sunscreens have a lot in common:

  • Both provide UVA and UVB protection
  • Both hydrate the skin
  • Both function as primers
  • Both are cruelty free
  • Both are suitable for all skin types
  • Both come in a squeezy tube that is identical other than the text printed on it
  • Both contain 50ml
  • Both are currently priced around the £10 mark for Beauty Pie members

The biggest difference between the two is the level of UV protection provided. The Featherlight offers twice the level of protection of the Ultralight. Whilst Ultralight boosts skins natural level of sun protection by a factor of 25 times, Featherlight offers 50 times the natural protection. If you are not spending an extended period of time outdoors an SPF 25 may be adequate. SPF 50 would be preferable for any significant period of sun exposure. As much I like the Ultralight SPF, I was waiting for Beauty Pie to release a higher factor so was quick to purchase the Featherlight version which did not disappoint. In addition to having greater protection the Featherlight also has more scientifically advanced UV protection. To me Featherlight feels like a version 2.0 of the Ultralight: It gives double the protection, is more scientifically advanced and is even lighter in texture. I would describe Ultralight as a very lightweight lotion and Featherweight as a milk. The Ultralight is a 3 in 1 sunscreen, lightweight moisturiser and primer whereas the Featherlight is a 2 in 1 SPF and primer with a greater focus on sun protection above other skincare benefits. Other than providing hydration, the skincare benefits of the Featherlight focus exclusively on preventing UV damage whereas Ultralight’s formula offers additional skincare benefits detailed above. Another difference is the inclusion of fragrance in the Featherlight only. So if your preference is to avoid fragrance in your skincare the Featherlight won’t be for you.

Final Thoughts:

These are both lovely light SPFs that absorb into the skin quickly without leaving a white cast. Both of these sunscreens occupy distinct niches in my spf wardrobe. If I am in a rush and need to combine my SPF and moisturiser into one step I will reach for the Ultralight. I will tend to reach for the Featherlight on sunny days due to the high SPF. My personal preference is for a pore filling primer that contains dimethicone so I will usually use a separate primer over the top of each of these products. Although I highly recommend these both; If I could only pick one I would go for the Featherlight due to it’s SPF 50 protection and advanced technology.

Super Healthy Skin Ultralight UVA/UVB SPF 25 is £9.90 for members and £35 for non-members and Featherlight UVA/UVB SPF 50 Sunscreen + Primer is £10.15 for members and £45 for non-members at this time: Member prices reflect actual cost prices which can fluctuate.

Have you tried either of these SPFs? Is so what are your thoughts?

Both sunscreens are available to purchase exclusively from:

makeverydayluxe is affiliated to Beauty Pie however I am a paying member of the club and purchased the products myself.

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DIY Swarovski Headband

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Olympics-Archery-World champion Ellison knocked out as Turkey's Gazoz wins gold

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TOKYO (Reuters) -The world's top-ranked male archer Brady Ellison was knocked out in the quarter-finals of the Olympic individual event on Saturday, ending his quest for a first gold at his fourth Games.

American Ellison lost 7-3 to Turkey's Mete Gazoz who went on to win the event and claim his country's first gold medal at the Tokyo Games.

"The Olympics are definitely the biggest thing that we shoot. It is just harder to win the Olympics," Ellison told reporters.

"Every match is different. Every moment is different."

The 32-year-old set a world record in 2019 and was taking momentum into the Tokyo Olympics as he targeted his first Olympic gold.

Nonetheless, Ellison said he was happy to be reunited with his wife and an infant son who crawled for the first time early on Saturday. His Slovenian wife is also an archer.

"I get to go home to them and go do all that fun dad stuff that I've been missing out on for the last month," he said.

"I'll be back in Paris and LA."

Born into a family of archers, the 22-year-old Gazoz, whose father was national champion, secured Turkey's first Olympic medal in the sport.

"In the gold match, you can't talk technique. You can win the match if you have strong mentality," Gazoz said.

Italy's Mauro Nespoli claimed silver and Japan's Takaharu Furukawa bronze. Furukawa also won bronze in the men's team event.

South Korea's Kim Woo-jin, a two-time Olympic gold medallist, lost 6-4 to Taiwan's Tang Chih-Chun in the individual event quarter-finals.

South Korea has dominated the Olympic archery tournament, winning gold in the two team events and women's singles, but will not complete a clean sweep.

"This is what life is. Not everything has a happy ending," Kim said.

(Reporting by Ju-min Park; Editing by Christian Radnedge and Ed Osmond)

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Card size is A3 (297mm x 420mm)

All our paper is FSC accredited so you can be reassured it comes from responsibly managed forests

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It is difficult to show accurate colours or the quality and finish and weight of our paper and card on a computer screen. If you are unsure of its suitability for your purposes we always suggest you place a small order first or order a sample card to try before placing a large order.

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Connecting a playback device

This unit is equipped with three types of video input connectors (HDMI, component video and composite video) and three types of audio input connectors (HDMI, digital audio and audio).

Select input connectors on this unit according to the connectors equipped on the device you want to connect.

If the device connected to this unit is equipped with an HDMI connector, it is recommended to use HDMI connections.

In the HDMI connection, audio and video signals can be transmitted through a single HDMI cable.

Connect devices to this unit as indicated by the input sources printed on the audio/video input connectors of this unit.

The source that is assigned to the HDMI IN, DIGITAL AUDIO IN, COMPONENT VIDEO IN, VIDEO IN and AUDIO IN connectors can be changed. See “Input Assign” on how to change the input source assigned to the input connectors. link

To play back audio signals that are input to this unit on a TV connected via HDMI, set in the menu “HDMI Audio Out” to “TV”. link

To enjoy content that is copyright protected by HDCP 2.2, use a playback device and TV compatible with HDCP 2.2 only.

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Resetting factory settings

Perform this procedure if the display is abnormal or if operations cannot be performed.

Various settings are reset to the factory default values. Make settings again.

Ope Resetting X4
Turn off the power using Power Button .
Press Power Button while simultaneously pressing INFO and BACK.
Remove your fingers from the two buttons when “Initialized” appears on the display.

Before returning the settings to the default settings, use the “Save & Load” function from the menu to save and restore the details of various settings configured on the

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Welcome to "Man with two dogs" - the family website for dog owners and dog walkers.

This is my countryside diary which appears each Saturday in the Dundee Courier newspaper.

The heather and the hedge

December 23rd, 2017

img037CHARLES EDWARD Louis John Casimir Sylvester Severino Maria Stuart – a bit of a mouthful, but that was Bonnie Prince Charlie. I wonder how well he’d have got on in the playground – at least the one I remember – if his school mates had known his full name. But I doubt if the Wee Academy at Montrose was ever graced by royalty.

The Young Pretender, the Young Chevalier, Lady Nairne’s ‘Charlie is my Darling’ – from the moment he unfurled his standard at Glenfinnan, at the head of Loch Shiel, his good looks, presence and charisma touched the hearts and patriotism of women of all ranks, young and old, who flocked to kiss his hand. Lady Nairne’s parents were strong Jacobite supporters and expressed their sympathy for Charles’ cause by naming their daughter Carolina (female equivalent of Charles) in his honour.

After the tragedy of Culloden he was the ‘Prince in the Heather’, the quarry of the greatest manhunt in history as he evaded the increasingly desperate efforts of the Hanoverian government troops to capture him. With the Jacobite cause convincingly lost, he escaped back to France and never set foot on his native soil again. From the security of distance Jacobite sympathisers expressed their support for their absent monarch in toasts to the ‘King o’er the water’.

What brought on this outpouring of Jacobite sentiment was driving with the Doyenne to Blair Atholl and passing the Meikleour (pronounced McClure) Hedge which stands alongside the A93 road from Blairgowrie to Perth. At more than a hundred feet tall and a third of a mile long it holds the record in the Guinness Book of Records as the longest and highest hedge in the world.

Enduring devotion
Its story is that in 1745 Robert Murray Nairne and his wife, Jean Mercer of Meikleour, began to plant a beech hedge to mark a boundary on their estate. Robert, a staunch supporter of the Prince, answered the call to arms and joined the Prince’s column on the march to Inverness, leaving the planting unfinished. A year later Robert fell on Culloden’s bloody battlefield, and his grieving widow left the hedge to grow freely as a living monument to her husband’s memory.

Another landmark associated with the Bonnie Prince are the “Steekit Yetts” (Closed Gates) at Traquair House at Innerleithen, between Selkirk and Peebles, reputed to be Scotland’s oldest continuously inhabited house. Forced to abandon his march on London to claim his throne, Prince Charlie made a tactical retreat back to Scotland and spent a night at Traquair.

Tradition says that the following morning he bade farewell to his hosts and marched down the main avenue from the house to continue his fateful journey to Inverness. He passed between two imposing gateposts each surmounted by a bear – hence the more popular name of the Bear Gates. As an act of defiance towards Hanoverian George II, the fervent Jacobite 5th Earl of Traquair locked the gates, vowing they should not reopen until a Stuart king once more sat upon the British throne. And the yetts remain steekit yet!

There were bonnie fechters amongst the women too, such as Lady Anne Mackintosh of Moy, wife of the clan Chief. Theirs was a strange matrimonial arrangement – she was a staunch Jacobite, while he fought on the Government side. Colonel Anne, as she became known, raised the Mackintosh men to fight for the Prince. They led the charge at Culloden, suffering dreadful casualties.

In Lady Nairne’s poem ‘The Women are a’ gane wud’ (mad – for Prince Charlie, of course), the second verse starts ‘My wife now wears the cockade….’

Flower of Scotland
Legend has it that when the Prince landed at Glenfinnan, he plucked a white Burnet rose and pinned it to his bonnet. Forever associated with the Prince the rose is regarded as the origin of the white cockade, or bonnet badge, worn for recognition by the Jacobite clansmen during the battle.

The 1745 Jacobite Rising was probably ill-fated from the outset – in part from the Prince’s own wilfulness, but in part for listening too much to poor advice and failing to recognise and heed good advice. It was the dénouement of Culloden that really did for him. The Highland charge of the clans was no match for Butcher Cumberland’s disciplined Hanoverian troops – it was clansmen fighting yesterday’s war against well trained, well armed, experienced troops.

Fugitive cave
Beyond the head of Glenesk, in Glen Mark, is secret Balnamoon’s Cave, with its romantic fugitive story. It was the refuge of Jacobite James Carnegy-Arbuthnott, the Rebel Laird of Balnamoon, or Bonnymoon, near Brechin.

He was a captain in Lord Ogilvy’s Forfarshire regiment and survivor of Culloden’s bloodbath. Protected by the glen folk, for a year he escaped detection by the Redcoats combing the glen in search of him. He was finally betrayed by the local Presbyterian minister who, strangely, met an untimely death. By sleight of clever legal argument Bonnymoon’s political transgressions were dismissed.

It’s all history now. Bonnie Prince Charlie would have been King Charles III, but – there’s another prince in waiting.

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S you All of you I ll own you Every inch of you I m a man who is always in control of verything in my world My world my rules And you have to play by my rules I ಪರಿಸರದ ಕತೆ Parisarada Kathe especially demand control when it comes to the women in my bed Do you understand what I m telling you Drake Donovan is your sexy very dominant and controlling alpha male He likes things to be done with order and precision So when Evangeline catches hisye he wants her and won t stop till he claims her Instantly he takes control of Evangeline s life He moved her into his apartment provides for her financially into his apartment provides for her financially has her monitored 247 Suddenly Evangeline s whole world is shaken when she instantly trust Drake to take care of her I do Drake God help me but I do I feel safe with you I ve never felt so safe in my life Drake and Evangeline instantly falls into this relationship that was insta lust and insta trust Drake made it known to Evangeline that she must obey his orders and in such he would provide for her financially and open her sexually Their relationship is very one sided in such that Drake holds all the power and Evangeline is swept up in this whirlwind of money and obeying and trusting Drake Evangeline doesn t know what to make of this new found relationship because she was so used to providing for herself Little by little we see Drake stripped down Evangeline and parts of the old Evangeline gets lost as she tries to submit and let Drake take over But what happens when Drake destroys the trust that Evangeline had for him Can Evangeline go back to the man who made her feel like just a property I only meant that our lovemaking won t always be as it was tonight I The Fiend Next Door enjoy a variety of methods of sex Rough soft hard sweet Bondage spanking you at my complete mercy me in control at all times Injoy kink I like the idea of my woman being available to me at all times Mastered may not be the book for veryone since the heroine is not very strong but I feel confident that Maya Banks will showcase a new strong Evangeline in the second book While the sex scenes were hot there were some scenes that had me on the fence since I wasn t xpecting it But other than that I really njoyed reading Mastered and getting to know the secondary cast of characters whom will I assume play an integral part to the storyline The writing as always was sexy and addicting I wanted to know about Drake Donovan and his business I will just was sexy and addicting I wanted to know about Drake Donovan and his business I will just the last 20% will definitely have readers devouring the book so fast and that cliffhanger nding had me intrigued and I can t wait to see what awaits for Evangeline and Drake Review can also be found on Four Chicks Flipping Pages Banks I am a big fan of Maya Banks but this book was really disappointing it was just so predictable boring and yet another over done dominant Alpha male Billionaire Drake Donovan with his sexy side kicks Maddox Silas justice and Zander who always gets what he wants and he wants Evangeline an innocent country girl who moved to the big city to work in a bar to support her sick parents back home Evangeline s character is a boring air head and Drake wants to mold her into his sex slave you would get out of having a tooth pulled at the dentist than this book Narrated by the sexy voice of Jeremy York and The Return of the Carter Boys: The Carter Boys 2 even his talent couldn t save thi. Tinct told her to run but her heart said stay and walk the fine line between pleasure and pain Though she wasn’t sure she couldver completely surrender the primal part of her wanted to try A Meditation on Murder even knowing this man could break her in ways she never imagined Because once he possessed her he owned her and it would be too late to turn back She can only pray that he doesn’t destroy her in thendComing May 2016 The Enforcers Book II Dominated.

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1 StarThis review is actually painful for me to write Why Because I used to love this author I adored her Sweet series and her Travis early KGI series so I know what she s capable of This book I felt like I was reading anntirely different author I never thought I d read a worse take on Ds than FSoG but this took the cake I kept reading in the hopes that it ll get better and regretted that fully when I finished Also the mere fact that the term of ndearment angel is used almost 200 times had my ye twitching the AI Weiwei: Beijing Photographs, 1993-2003 entire time Allow me to really break down my thought process here and in doing so this will contain spoilers It can t be helped Since I still can t form coherent thoughts onverything that didn t work for me let s do this in the form of a uiz I ll give you 2 scenarios along with my reaction and let you be the judgeYou re a special snowflake that s idealistic and super sweet After holding on to your virginity until you finally gave to a worthy man who then proceeds to unceremoniously dump you you re heartbroken Your friends say the best thing to do is to dress up in your best duds go to an The Bubble Economy: Is Sustainable Growth Possible? exclusive club BY YOURSELF and show him what he s missing Your reactions isA Demean yourself thoroughly because you re nothing special and shouldn t haveven tried to get a man but go anywayB Allow your girlfriends to dress you up and then go out drinking somewhere TOGETHERMy reaction You go to said club and get accosted by your douchenozzle of an x and borderline assaulted by him The mysterious owner of the club Drake that saw all this on his monitors calls you up to his office and has his bodyguards come down to scort you his monitors calls you up to his office and has his bodyguards come down to The Social Machine: Designs for Living Online escort you Go up there because you re completely subservient see the owner and realize how hot he is and then allow him to go down on you on his desk barely a hot minute afterntering his officeB Go up there then kindly thank the owner for his offer of cunnilingus but tell him you won t let him near your special oyster without at least knowing his medical clearance spank you very muchMy reactionAfter the hot Collision Course: Endless Growth on a Finite Planet encounter Drake demands to see you again but doesn t bother asking you He tells you that you will be at his house tomorrow at 7 When you don t show up because you have to work he sends his bodyguard to bring you to him after your shiftnds at 4am YouA Go with them because it d be rude not toB Flip the guard the bird then proceed to your bed because it s freaking 4 amMy reactionDrake tells you that he wants to be your lord and master your complete submission without doubt uestion or knowing fuck all about him He wants you to uit work he will financially support doubt uestion or knowing fuck all about him He wants you to uit work he will financially support struggling parents buy you a house and give you two million dollars All after meeting him onceYour reactionA Put up a half hearted attempt to argue but give in anyway because there s just something about the way he makes you feelB Tell him you ll take his 2 mil and promise not to report his ass to the policeMy reactionYour Lord and Master Drake has lots of bodyguards They re all broody and intimidating so youA Make them cupcakes and make them all fall in love with you because you re such a Speeshul Snowflake And They snowflake and they t help but fall for your self depreciating idealistic and naive waysB Wonder what the hell it is that Drake does that he needs so many. From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Breathless Trilogy comes the first novel in the Enforcers series a bold new direction in 10 PRINT CHR$(205.5+RND(1)); : GOTO 10 (Software Studies) erotic romance thatxplores the games men and women play and the price they’re willing to pay for pleasureWhat he wants he takes with no remorse or guilt She stood out in his club like a gem unspoiled and untouched A lamb among wolves she clearly didn’t belong Drawn to her innocence he watched as. Men guarding himMy reactionI have none at this point because I give upYour best friends are rightfully concerned about your uick capitulation After you drop verything including your home where you live with your roommates and your job one of them visits you and proceeds to interrogate Drake and his intentions and threaten him to never hurt you Your reaction isA Dress them down because how dare they slightly insult one of the bodyguards you just met three minutes ago
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also how they not be happy for you and uestion your uestionable and naive decision making How Dare TheyB Think that clearly you have badass friends and you had a have badass friends and you had a of insanity then follow them homeMy reactionSPOILER ALERTYour Lord and Master Drake decides to bring in a total stranger to have sex with you while he watches because that s his will and he s convinced you d njoy it You ve never met or heard of this manYouA Hop on the bed and spread your legs while waxing poetically inside your mind about how wonderful Drake is and secretly Your Everyday Art World enjoy thencounterB Slap the shit out of Drake kick the stranger in the balls and make a run for itMy reactionYou still have no clue about who Drake is what he does for a living or really any tiny detail about him So youA Give him your unwavering trust while telling him you hope to Why Photography Matters earn hisventuallyB Begin to uestion shit because you re normal and not a speeshul snowflakeMy reactionNow if you answered mostly A congratulations you re the heroine If that s something you can look past you d likely Doreen Valiente Witch enjoy the book If you answered mostly B s Title MasteredSeries The Enforcers 1Author Maya BanksRelease date 29th December 2015Cliffhanger Yes HEA view spoiler na hide spoiler Genre EroticaType Book 1 of The Enforcers seriesPOV Third PersonRating Drake Donovan was a successful businessman One of his many ventures was a nightclub called Impulse where only people with the right look and the r ARC provided by publisher inxchange for an honest review He tasted and smelled divine Hot alpha badass male Arrogant Confident And so yummy looking she couldn t fathom that she was standing in his office while he was thoroughly kissing her in a way she d never been kissed before It s no secret that I am Maya Banks fan Duty Free Murder ever since I read her Breathless Trilogy I was soxcited and couldn t wait to get my hands on Mastered and meet Drake Donovan While I know there are some mixed reviews on this book I happen to agree that yes there were scenes that had me uestioning the heroine s judgement and how realistic the story is BUT I did happen to find the story ntertaining sexy hot and suspenseful Evangeline is a good girl from a small town who moved to New York in order to financially support her parents whom are not able to support themselves due to their health and circumstances Evangeline s life consist of work work and work So with a non xistent social life she has her guards up But when she finally decided to take a chance on dating she was humiliated when her boyfriend dumped her right after she gave him her virginity So when her friends decide it was time for Evangeline to let loose and show her Hsi K'Ang and His Poetical Essay on the Lute ex boyfriend what he had lost Evangeline neverxpected her one night at VIP Venous Catheters exclusive club in NYC will lead her to Drake Donovan The price She was surrounded by men who saw what he did but no one but him could touch her He summoned her to his private uarters He sensed her fear He also recognized the desire in heryes And he knew she wouldn’t leave before he possessed her She had no need to know his secrets Not until he had her under his complete and utter control What he wants she isn’t sure she can give him The moment he told her want he wanted she couldn’t resist Ins.
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Can't Use Offense as Agg.

Proof of Element of Offense Not to Be Used for Aggravating Factor - Trial court erred in finding an aggravating factor in defendant's prosecution for second degree sexual offense, G.S.  14-27.5; evidence necessary to prove an element of the offense could not be used to prove any factor in aggravation, G.S. 15A-1340.16(d), and to prove the element of force, the State used the same evidence used to prove that defendant took advantage of a position of trust as an aggravating factor. State v. Corbett, 154 N.C. App. 713, 573 S.E.2d 210 (2002).


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IOG On Involved Blood Draw

State v. Fletcher and Warrantless Blood Draws

I’ve blogged before about G.S. 20-139.1(d1). When a DWI arrestee refuses to submit to a test for alcohol, that section allows “any law enforcement officer with probable cause” to “compel the [arrestee, without a search warrant] to provide blood or urine samples for analysis if the officer reasonably believes that the delay necessary to obtain a court order . . . would result in the dissipation” of alcohol in the arrestee’s system.”

I argued in my prior post that in a routine refusal case, an officer should get a search warrant rather than rely on G.S. 20-139.1(d1), which should be used only when circumstances suggest that obtaining a warrant would be unusually time-consuming. Yesterday, the court of appeals decided State v. Fletcher, which confirms my basic point, but also suggests that the courts are willing to allow warrantless blood draws under circumstances that really aren’tthat unusual.

The defendant in Fletcher stopped at a checkpoint and exhibited several signs of impairment. He was arrested and taken to an Intoximeter. Compressing the facts a bit, he refused to provide a sample, and the arresting officer took him to the emergency room for a warrantless blood draw, the results of which confirmed his impairment. He moved to suppress the results, arguing that there was nothing unusual about the case that justified a warrantless blood draw, but the trial court denied his motion and the court of appeals affirmed.

The appellate court noted that G.S. 20-139.1(b1) is essentially a statutory codification of the exigent circumstances exception to the search warrant requirement, as applied in the context of blood draws. And it found sufficient exigency in the following facts: (1) the magistrate’s office was 12 miles away; (2) it was often very busy on weekend evenings, meaning that a search warrant application might not be considered immediately; (3) and the emergency room was likewise often very busy on weekend evenings. The officer estimated the total delay associated with going to the magistrate’s office, procuring a warrant, and executing it to be two to three hours. It looks like the trial prosecutor did an excellent job of presenting evidence supporting each aspect of the delay.

Two things stand out about Fletcher. First, the facts here are not extremely unusual. At least for officers who regularly use Intoximeters that aren’t adjacent to a magistrate’s office, all three of the factors present in Fletcher will often be present. So although obtaining a warrant when possible remains advisable, it appears that the court has adopted an expansive view of exigent circumstances in this context. Second, the court specifically rejected the idea that the admissibility of retrograde extrapolation testimony undercuts the exigency, an argument I considered in my earlier post. All in all, it’s an important case, and one that most officers will like.

4 Responses to “State v. Fletcher and Warrantless Blood Draws”

Bill says:January 20, 2010 at 11:47 am

I have discussed this issue with several people in NC and their conclusion is it stinks. As a health care professional and an infrequent drinker and a driver who hates to see someone driveing while impaired i also agree it stinks.

Raymond Evans says:January 22, 2010 at 9:48 am

I think this is great. As the supervisor of the officer in this case I was somewhat involved. Since the law came out in 2006 I have been “compelling” blood draws on people who refuse and have urged my officers to do so as well, and this solidifies what we have been doing. Good job Carrie!!! and to Bill who said it stinks, all i ask is why? if you are not impaired whats the problem? it would only prove innocence. Our local hospital “health care professionals” supports the law and consider it a public service to draw the blood for us.

T.J. says:January 24, 2010 at 5:12 pm

“if you are not impaired whats the problem? it would only prove innocence.”
Ah, the old “only the guilty use the Constitution” argument. Thank goodness these tests are never wrong! It’s the same old “show us your papers” argument that governments have used since Germany, and long before that as well.

Why did you put “compelling” in quotes? Do you not consider it compelling? Do people not have the right to tell you “No”? “We’re from the government. We’re here to help.”

I’m sure those “health care professionals” (again with the quotes) are more than happy to tie someone down and insert a needle into that person’s body against their will and without a court order. No risk to them at all. Praise Big Brother!

Prosecutor says:January 27, 2010 at 2:38 pm

Spoken like a true defense attorney, T.J. Just do not ever forget my and Raymond Evans’s both swore oaths to find the truth, no matter what it is. Your oath is to do whatever it takes to get your guy off, no matter what the truth is, and no matter how the truth is distorted or hidden.


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I didn’t mean to sound so pessimistic

Kevin Drum offers some commentary on my take on the uncertainties of 2015.  But keep in mind, by focusing on uncertainties the inquiry has an intrinsic pessimistic bias.  Lots of good things will happen in 2015 too, it’s just that they aren’t very uncertain.  Catch-up growth will continue in most nations, even if at slower rates in many cases.  Medical progress will lumber along.  Poverty will diminish.  Poems will be read and utils will sparkle in people’s brains.  A number of good books will be produced and you will be able to read about some of them right here on MR.  Washington, D.C. will continue to become an interesting city.  More and more people will experience the joys of parenthood.  Indeed there is quite a good chance 2015 will be one of the best years the world ever has seen!

But again, the uncertainties of 2015…those are mostly going to be negative.

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#Caturday Katya Does GIMP

KATYAcKatya Graymalkin here.

Our rat terrier friend Kessie got cartoonified and solarized for Thanksgivukkuh, so I decided to mess around with The GIMP on Mom’s computer and fancy up a picture of me.

Here is the original picture:KatyacloseupAnd here I am as the Ancient Egyptians would have shown me in mosaic:

KatyaMosaicAnd how I would look if Picasso had immortalized me in cubist style:

KatyaCubedFinally, here is Steampunk Katya:

KatyaOldHow cool is that? As Mom would say, “Way, that’s how!” (My mom is kind of weird. But I guess you knew that, already.)

A WRITING PROMPT FOR ANIMALS: How would you like to be immortalized?

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  1. Jane

    December 7, 2013 at 10:25am

    I think with an eternal fountain of catnip-flavored water.

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    • Marian Allen

      December 9, 2013 at 8:22am

      Katya is following the education of Sneakers with great interest. She says the first thing she would teach a new kitten is to run away and stay away. Personally, I admire Miss Elvira very much; I think Sneakers will make a worthy trainee, and I look forward to her eventual posts to The Opinionated Pussycat!

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Tag Archives: Creem: America’s Only Rock ‘N Roll Magazine

A Whacked-Out Sunday is Certainly Underway in Crazeysburg!

Just one of those days, gang.

I did not want to get out of bed (eventually, though, I did).

I did NOT (capital letters there) want to get on the treadmill this morning, but after sitting on the edge of my bed and staring at stuff for almost 2 hours, I finally forced myself to go downstairs and get on the fucking treadmill.

Then I showered. Washed my hair. I have all the earmarks of someone who’s actually doing stuff here this morning, but I am struggling to make that happen.

Mostly, I know how depressed I can get if I avoid doing stuff, so I try to just make it happen. Plus, I’ve lost 7 pounds now. 5 more pounds and I’m back to pre-COVID weight. So I don’t want to lose sight of that.

Well, that documentary on Creem Magazine (Creem: America’s Only  Rock & Roll Magazine), was really good.  I can’t emphasize enough how that magazine shaped my perception of myself and music and New York City in the 1970s, and had a lot to do with me moving to NYC in 1980 (rather than to Nashville, which was where a lot of people said I should have moved).

It was really cool to see the interviews with some of the musicians who were around my age, who were also just as influenced by Creem. It was quite a magazine, there was just nothing like it.

The documentary is mostly about the people who started it and how & why it got started, and the personalities involved (many of the writers there became quite well known). Lots of 1970s-excesses, though, which lead, sadly to suicides and accidental deaths by overdose.

Plus, the zine was so indescribably politically incorrect that by today’s standards, people now would start twitter-storms and social media hate bombs. All that nonsense. There was never a racial problem with Creem — because back then, the music from the black communities and the white communities usually mixed. But the writers at Creem were often insensitive to absolutely everyone’s feelings — expecting the people they wrote about to stand up for themselves (they did!). And they were also writing simply to provoke and to get readers worked up and involved.

The magazine was actually really fun. And fucking funny. (For the reader, anyway.) I definitely enjoyed watching the documnetary and taking that trip down memory lane, where people weren’t so intensely hung up on stuff (politics).

Plus, I miss rock & roll. Which is just basically dead now.

Creem magazine's wild misfit days of sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll

All righty. Good news continues to develop regarding Tell My Bones, but I still can’t blog about it. But it’s certainly helping me feel like there is something on the horizon besides more and more COVID and more and more shouting about politics.

I’m hoping to just focus on Thug Luckless: Welcome to P-Town today, but then tonight!!! Season 7 of Endeavor begins on PBS!!!!! And I, for one, cannot wait!!

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Well, I think that’s about it for today, gang.  I hope you have a terrific Sunday, wherever you are in this wonderful world.  Thanks for visiting. I leave you with the Everly Brothers this morning! I am currently listening to their Greatest Hits during the wee small hours of dawn. And this is certainly one of them: “Love Hurts.” (If you’re too young to know who the Everly Brothers were, they were actual brothers from Kentucky who sang and harmonized together like angels.) (Egos eventually got too big and they split up, but before that happened, they had tons of huge hits.) Okay, well, enjoy! I love you guys. See ya.

Yay for Difficult Women!!

Good morning, gang. What a lovely Saturday it is here in Crazeysburg.

I’m finishing the laundry right now and beyond that, I have nothing on my plate today but working on Thug Luckless: Welcome to P-Town, so what could be nicer?

And this evening, I’m streaming the new documentary film Creem: America’s Only Rock ‘N Roll Magazine (!!!).

Creem was my absolute most favorite magazine of all time, and when I was a teenager, I looked forward to every single issue with every fiber of my being, because to me, it was my only connection to the outside world — to what I considered the “real” world. (And I believe, even all these decades later, that I was right.)  Stream the movie here. Here’s the trailer:

On a similar note… Yesterday’s issue of Please Kill Me had a great interview with Angela Bowie Barnett (aka Angie Bowie) by Lucretia Tye Jasmine. (Hence the title of today’s post.) If you are not old enough to remember David Bowie’s career, a point came when he was extremely famous and Angie left him, and then the PR machines and Bowie’s management, etc., did their best to silence her, discredit her, de-materialize her, and just plain disappear her.

I honestly believe that David Bowie would never have figured out how to become “David Bowie” if it weren’t for Angie.  In the beginning, she was his manager. They created everything about his onstage persona together. Working really, really hard to come up with a version of “David Bowie” that could actually sell records. (It took years to accomplish that, btw.)

And now that Bowie is completely and thoroughly, 100% dead, people are more interested in what she has to say about the past.

My favorite exchange from the interview:

Responding to my question, “Was David the love of your life?” Angie says, “Excuse me?”

I repeat the question, falteringly. “Good God, no!” We laugh. “I had a headache with David, I really did. And it wasn’t anything to do with him. It was to do with the people stealing the business from me…I was furious.”

But managing someone’s career is tedious. “They’re totally and utterly egocentric. Not at all interested in anyone else on the planet. Dealing with them becomes tedious after ten years.”

Their breakup didn’t feel like a betrayal.

“I was dying to get out.” David’s drug addiction made him the best liar. “I just couldn’t stand it. It was nauseating. It made me sick. So I just wanted to get it over with and be gone.”

“At a certain stage, you just stop. You’ve realized…it’s enough now. And you want to move on.”  — Lucretia Tye Jasmine, PleaseKillMe.com

And here is the accompanying photo!! Angie, Iggy , Lou Reed with Creem magazine!! Photo by the great Lee Black Childers.

I was a huge fan of Bowie’s from 1973 onward. I really was. But he was always a shifting “persona.”  A carefully crafted character. He was  never just himself in public, in the world. Ever. I had no feel for who he really was as a human being, and when he died, I didn’t miss him at all. Because I never felt “who he really was”. He was sort of just a big PR machine that made music I usually really liked.

Well, the music lives on and I still like it, but I have no real idea who the man was and, actually, at this point, I don’t really care.

Unlike people like Lou Reed and Iggy Pop, Keith Richards, Ronnie Wood, Tom Petty, even Elvis — those guys wore their whole hearts & lives right out in the open, all over themselves; whether or not it got really messy. They weren’t just trying to sell records and concert tickets. They were (are) human beings.

Okay. So!

Yesterday, FIRE (the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education) sent out a press release that just made me completely insane (you can read it here), about a student at Stockton University in New Jersey who is facing a fine and suspension because he had a photo of President Trump as his background on a zoom conference and other students  felt “offended, disrespected, and taunted.”

It is absolutely unbelievable how intolerant and fearful so many young liberal Americans are now when people have points of view that differ from theirs. The spinelessness is just unreal.

“In my day” — we were all just thrown to the wolves and you had to figure out how to survive. No matter your race, religious beliefs, sexual preferences, etc. We were all just sent to school and we had to figure out to survive it, you know?

Trump is the fucking President, whether you like that or not. He got elected through the electoral college. It was legal. He got elected. He’s the President. Fucking deal with it. A reminder to just go out and fucking vote during an election year. Jesus.

And though it would be legal, it’s not “threatening” like using Hitler, or Goering and Goebbels and Himmler, with tons of swastikas as your zoom background. (Although I am wont to put American Leftist students onto a dangerous path that leads to men like them.)

This absolutely terrified way of non-thinking is truly prevalent, gang. It’s in universities all over the country and it’s been going on for a lot of years already — but it is getting worse. And it’s not just students, it extends to faculty members, too. (Even tenured professors are getting death threats, and online hate campaigns, and threatened with disciplinary actions for the opinions they hold.) (You might recall the director of my play, Tell My Bones, was told to take down one of Helen LaFrance’s paintings as his zoom background because his (white) colleagues accused him of behaving like a white plantation master with a bunch of slaves. And it made them “uncomfortable.” Fucking ART makes them uncomfortable — and he’s so fucking liberal; it’s ludicrous. ) (I can’t even really tell you how furious that made me. There aren’t even enough words, really.)

It really is just out of control. I got so fed up yesterday, that I wrote a letter to the Dean of Stockton University.

And I guess, as long as we have a Constitution in place here,  I’ll just keep writing letters now. Sometimes it actually helps, gang, when people think the world is watching them. (I used to write tons of letters for Amnesty International, for people in various countries who were wrongfully imprisoned — and the letters worked.  The people were freed. From fucking prisons in awful places.)

The Constitution means everything to me.  It kept me out of prison when John Ashcroft and the President George W. Bush crew were trying to round up Internet-based pornographers all over America and get them into federal prisons. It was fucking scary.

But that same Constitution covers everybody’s rights to free expression in America — even for Republicans and various conservatives, who perhaps would have preferred that I had gone to prison. It doesn’t matter what side of the fence you’re on. You have your right to express what you believe.

All righty!! I’m going to get on with this wonderful day and go work some more on Thug Luckless: Welcome to P-Town. (My Constitutional right to free expression in action, all day long!!!)

Last night, I was listening to e e cummings read some of his poetry on YouTube. So I’ll leave you with a little of that today. It’s old, of course, and not the clearest sound quality, but it’s still pretty cool to listen to his actual voice. So, hope you enjoy. Thanks for visiting, gang. I love you guys. See ya!


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