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Tue, Apr. 15th, 2014, 11:06 pm
TPP Recap (long!)

I'd post to Livejournal more often if it would let me sign in! Logging on only works half the time, and when it fails it locks me out for a while just in case I'm a robot. Sigh.

Anyway, I wanted to revisit TwitchPlaysPokemon, to let you all know how this experiment in directed meme generation has gone. It's a surprising history. It's also very long.

Very very very long, with lots of images. You"ve been warned.Collapse )

Sun, Mar. 9th, 2014, 12:54 pm

I know, I know, this journal has been seriously lacking in pictures of the Extradimensional Retriever. But yesterday was Cinder's first birthday, so now I *have* to post a picture. Here's a rare moment of good behavior.

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Sat, Feb. 22nd, 2014, 07:55 pm
TPP is what your shaman tried to warn you about.

You all know that I'm interested in shamanism and the development and evolution of memes. So it should come as no surprise that I've been enraptured by Twitch Plays Pokemon.

If you haven't heard of this week-old phenomena yet, here's an excellent introduction. Or read this article about how TPP has become a proxy battle for the internet's soul. If you're just interested in fanfic potential, I'd suggest starting with these comics, part 1 and part 2.

In the span of about a week, we have seen gods born, been assigned prophets, and had entire pantheons arranged around them. These gods were syncretically aligned with good and evil (or Democracy and Anarchy, if you prefer. Or vice versa, if you prefer.) And right now there are 100,000 people trying to exert their will on this meme, and an estimated 22 million more following its every fluctuation. It's breaking and threatening the underpinnings of the internet. Legends are being born. Sociology textbooks will be written, all about the last nine days and the unknown number of days to come.

As a shaman in training, this entire ordeal scares the hell out of me and fascinates me at the same time. It's like peeking into a God factory and seeing it make sausage. We have cracked open the engine case of our fantasies and are fiddling with the wires. What a cool phenomena. I hope it doesn't end in tears.

Tue, Feb. 11th, 2014, 03:25 pm
Should I apologize for re-surfacing? :)

Haven't posted on LiveJournal for a couple months, it seems. So I might have surprised some of you when I used Twitter today. I have an explanation -- I just heard about the #CarinaPitch event and wanted in on it, so I used Jacob Doe's twitter account to throw in a pitch for Platinum Donkeys. I don't think I'll be using that account much more, but I'm considering getting another account to use Twitter.

I haven't been journalizing because there isn't much to talk about. Winter has been so severe that I don't want to go out. Cinder is growing, and Jack has melded into the family. Both dogs have cabin fever, so they bother me a lot at my computer, which means I'm not as productive as I'd like to be. Still writing ORTL -- it's at about 40k words now. Genocide Man is doing well, although I haven't restarted ads yet.

I have a big backlog of things to do in my free time. I've made a list, and in the interest of posting content here I'll share that list with you. This list doesn't even contain the sudden commissions that I'm doing, like the Minicon t-shirt or an LoL comic contest I'm going to enter. It also doesn't contain home chores (the blizzard damaged the roof so I need a new one, and a pipe in the bathroom has cracked). This is just writing/comic stuff.

It's not too much to handle but I feel overwhelmed. I'll feel better when the thaw comes. Hope you're all hanging in there as well.

My TBD list...Collapse )

Tue, Dec. 31st, 2013, 01:45 pm

Just a note -- the web host for Genocide Man is down. It's not just my host, Bluehost. Any site even slightly related to Bluehost, such as Hostmonster or Channel.UK, is also dead at the moment.
So it's not me, and it's a big enough problem that I'm sure someone is working to correct it, even on new year's eve.

Wed, Nov. 27th, 2013, 04:51 pm

The best kind of Jews are the ones who, as a tradition, eat bacon cheeseburgers for Hanukkah. I love people who don't take religion too seriously.

Thu, Nov. 21st, 2013, 08:53 am
Today on Genocide Man...

I did mention that I have a new artist, didn't I?  He is Michael Yakutis of Webcomic Underdogs, and he's terrific.  He's also convinced me to do chapter covers in color.

Wed, Nov. 6th, 2013, 04:55 pm
Puppy's first snow

Boy, I am terrible at taking video.  Or maybe my phone is too old for it.

Wed, Oct. 9th, 2013, 12:32 pm
The best way this could end, for most of those concerned.

I'm not saying that Obama *is* playing ten-dimensional chess, but if he *were* the timeline might look like this:

October 17th:  America hits its debt limit.  The markets freak out.

October 21st (the next Monday): Obama announces a meeting with Asian leaders including Chinese Premier Li Keqiang and Japanese Prime minister Shinzō Abe, saying that the American/Asian summit can no longer wait for the government to re-open.

October 22nd:  Obama announce the forgiveness of $2 trillion dollars of debt in return for concessions involving Nepal and islands such as Midway and Taiwan.  The debt limit is no longer a factor.  In fact, because of the lower debt we now have lower interest payments and are no longer running a deficit.  With the stroke of a pen the US is now running a surplus.

October 29th:  Thoroughly humiliated, Speaker of the House John Boehner kills himself in an incident involving a tanning bed and auto-erotic asphyxiation.  The House votes to re-open the government.

October 31st:  Children are sent trick-or-treating for Halloween with the added warning to not take too much candy or the ghost of John Boehner will take their government away.

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2005 Volvo V70 Question: 2005 V70R with 159000 miles. Asking $12000.00, should I be scared?

Vehicle is spotless inside and out. It has all scheduled maintainance up to date and some. Owner recently replaced the rad due too a tiny leak. No accidents, no rust. I'm used to getting rid of vehicles with this kind of mileage. I have only ever had domestic vehicles. Your candor is appreciated. -
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2003 Ford Expedition Q&A

2003 Ford Expedition Question: when I turn on heat or air in the rear It makes a clicking/popping noise help

when air or heat is turned on in the rear of car there is a constant clicking noise it is coming from the passanger side of suv back in third row vent area, what is this . make it stop -
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Wednesday, December 5, 2012

HCA Midwest Health System and CareSpot to Establish Urgent Care Centers in Greater Kansas City Area

HCA Midwest Health System and CareSpot have established a joint venture to bring as many as six urgent care centers to the Greater Kansas City area starting in early 2013 and continuing throughout the year. The new partnership would make CareSpot and HCA Midwest the leading urgent care provider in the area.
Convenient, high-quality healthcare
“Urgent care is an important aspect of HCA Midwest Health System’s vision to provide our community with a quality, comprehensive health system," says M.L. Lagarde, president of HCA Midwest. "Our expertise as a health network can best bridge the continuum of care between urgent, primary and acute care. Our partner, CareSpot, has a proven track record of delivering a highly convenient, less expensive alternative to emergency room visits for non-emergency injuries and illnesses. Our partnership represents a significant step forward in bringing increased access to extraordinary and affordable healthcare in the communities that we serve.”
“Our joint venture with HCA Midwest is an exciting opportunity to partner with a well-known, high-quality healthcare provider in the Kansas City area, expand our base beyond Florida and Tennessee, and move into other markets where there is strong demand for urgent care centers," says CareSpot CEO Michael D. Klein. "Customers want more convenient, high-quality healthcare, and that's what we'll deliver. Online and mobile scheduling tools at allow customers to book appointments, compare center wait times, and even save a spot in line — this helps them easily get in and out so they can start feeling better quickly.”
The new urgent care centers will offer healthcare services to treat non-emergent medical problems that can develop unexpectedly and require immediate attention, filling the gap between primary care physicians and hospital emergency rooms. This partnership offers patients the staffing benefits and expertise of a proven network of urgent care centers combined with the broader resources of a large hospital system if a higher level of care is required. The new centers will operate as CareSpot in partnership with HCA Midwest Health System. CareSpot will manage daily operations.
CareSpot is the largest urgent care provider in Florida
With nearly 500,000 patient visits each year, CareSpot operates 30 urgent care centers in Florida and is the largest urgent care provider in the state. Headquartered in Brentwood, Tennessee, the urgent care company currently employs more than 500 people and plans to double in size over the next 18 months.

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The Grassroots Case for Phoenix – Update – Update2

Update: Please don’t get distracted thinking that I’m a huge supporter of Phoenix or anything, this post is about control and who has it. The grassroots controlled party OR people who look at us as an obstacle.

I was at the CD4 GOP convention Saturday. Well, I visited CD3, 5, and 4. But ended the day at CD4. Near the end, Pat Anderson announced that the MNGOP has already decided to hand over its database operations and ownership to outside group(s), that everyone running for state leadership agreed and that it was going to happen. She said this is exactly what the DFL does and its time for the MNGOP to do so as well. – I’d heard the rumors about this, and have even supported the idea in the past.

The idea is supposed to be along the line of “The Colorado Model” where business, owners, big donors, or other interest groups or associations, etc  (like the Chamber & MN Biz Partnership) and/or “Super PACs” take over  and run the database. They build a system (or buy one), clean up the data, and allow people to use it. Its a good model if you have a singular goal, or agreed upon terms. It works very well for the DFL because their base knows that a Democrat winning is the most important thing. We as Republicans, have more principled values, and winning isn’t always all that matters. Many believe some if not most Republicans in public office are no different than Democrats.

When it comes time for the DFL GOTV machine to kick into gear, they push straight ticket no ‘ifs, and’s or but’s about it. They don’t moan and kvetch over this guy or that gal that voted this way once or didn’t pay their BPOU the respect it thought it deserved. Nope, for the DFL, the only thing that matters is that (D) after the name on the ballot and their activists, volunteers, and GOTV goon squad will fight tooth and nail for each and every voter to cast their vote for the Democrat, no questions.

MNGOP activists don’t work that way. While we need to learn from many of the DFL’s tactics in operations, our activists are not lemmings or slaves. If you take a good honest look, the DFL is an anti-grassroots party. Their conventions have checks and balances built in to prevent “getting it wrong” and if they do, their endorsed candidate usually loses in the Primary anyways to who ever the Unions want. Heck, they have quotas to get elected Delegate, walking sub caucuses designed to derail proceedings from the floor of taking control of the business before the body.

But enough of why I am glad I am not a slave in the DFL party.

The 3rd party database model for the MNGOP is probably going to have a buy in process. So if a candidate wants to have the data, there will be a fee or commitment made. I’m not sure if that would be financial, or pledge, or what. But just because BPOU Chair from SD99 says so and so is good so send them the password (like we currently have), isn’t going to fly when someone else owns that data now.

There is apparently a growing desire to go with a 3rd party database  in the MNGOP. Meanwhile, there’s also chest thumping about fighting June Primary because it would allow the Chamber and rich people to undermine the “grassroots” endorsement process.

Do you spot the huge problem that I do?

On the one hand we want to hand over control and ownership of our biggest resource (data) but on the other we don’t want to trust these very same people in candidate selection.

Why is this a problem? In the DFL, if a local BPOU or CD isn’t doing what it is told to and the DFL needs that District for their plan, they send in the unions or send the work through an outside group. One of their local volunteer leaders isn’t cutting it or doesn’t like the candidate, in comes the paid professional staffer to run local operations.

While I see the merits of that strategy when it comes to winning at all costs, I know that MNGOP activists would scream ‘top down’ and say that you are supposed to walk on the green side of sod not the roots. (attempt to be funny and clever. FAIL)

On a statewide basis this could work, I do believe we GOP activists have to approach endorsements with a much more, just let the primary sort it out” approach. Sorry, but 2 duds in a row and well, fool me once….. I do fully support the endorsement process for Congressional & Legislative races. Its just that a contest of “last man standing” (how I explain the Caucus/endorsement/Delegate selection process) to have 2000 people decide who is best to appeal to 2 million Minnesotans is proving its own faults. The only people to have had any electroal success statewide in Minnesota have run in spite of the objections of the grassroots, that can’t be ignored.

Here’s an example of why the 3rd party model has serious flaws.

DFL Senator Terry Bonnoff is supported by right leaning groups that are likely to have control of the new 3rd party owned database Pat Anderson mentioned on Saturday. The MN Chamber endorsed DFLer Bonoff in 2010 over Republican Liberty Caucus Chair Norann Dillion and again in 2012 over GOP grassroots endorsed David Gaither.

If you are naive enough to think that the people “allegedly” ready to spend their 3rd party war chests to fix our data problem, are going to give a crap if the Executive Committee from SD99 hates the chosen candidate…. Heck, GOP State Rep. Ernie Leidiger endorsed the DFL opponent for GOP Sen. Ortmann. That kind of crap doesn’t work in the business world, and chances are, the business community and professionals are not going to have much patience for the usual grassroots infighting. They will see it as unproductive and quickly solve the problem, and that won’t be finding a new candidate. That will be cutting the problem out of the loop.

Going forward, if the MN Chamber or 3rd party entity,  controls access to the database, what happens to the GOP endorsed candidate or primary winner is different then theirs? Who gets the data? On whose authority? And what if the BPOU doesn’t agree? Do they pull support or access if our guy beats their gal because they know our guy just can’t and/or shouldn’t win?

Think about this folks. You wanna hand over “the data” to the very people you don’t trust to pick the candidates. What happens when grassroots activists pick a candidate other than the Chamber does? Who gets the data? Look at it from their point of view, they have a vested interest in winning elections, not our principles or platform.

Phoenix is far from perfect. I get that. But the party owns it. The party controls it. And the party is responsible and held accountable by the grassroots.

Now let’s get in to the case for why we should stay with Phoenix.

We own it, for better or worse, but *WE* own it. The Party owns it and everything in it. No one can tell us what we can and cannot do with it, and more importantly, no one can tell us what we can do “to” it.

Short of someone finding about $1.5 million dollars laying around give to the party to buy a brand new system, to replace all our VOIP phones, servers, websites, and other things, (This is above and beyond the current debt) the only other options are the 3rd party “Chamber” model” or the RNC system. I’ve gone over some of the bad points above on the 3rd party model so let’s look at the RNC system.

I believe the RNC system is no longer called Voter Vault, its something like Data Center or what not. But here’s the big rub, scrapping Phoenix and going tot he RNC system doesn’t remove the Phoenix budget line item from the party’s budget. From what I understand, we don’t just plug in to some server in DC. Its a DC based system but run locally. Basically they wrote the software, and we have to run it here locally.  We would still have to run and maintain that data here. (Just like we are right now.) It is shared back and forth, but we would still need staff, servers, resources, and money to run the RNC system for just Minnesota.

The fact of the matter is, in some states or select Congressional Districts, yes the RNC helps and pitches in, but given the condition of the Republican Party of Minnesota compared to the footing of the DFL’s and the recent electoral calamities that we have put forth for statewide officer, the RNC wisely won’t waste resources here on a losing proposition. Nor should they in my opinion. They shouldn’t subsidize  poorly run and performing state parties. Its time for the grassroots to share some blame in our state party’s last 4 years. Everyone is great at pointing fingers until they get in front of a mirror.  I’ll save that for a later time, but the point is, we elected Carey, Sutton, and Brodkorb as well as endorsed Emmer & Bills. The results speak for themselves. So does that ash heap over there known as the party.

Frankly I am getting sick and tired of fighting over who to blame for what went right and what went wrong.

Unless Joe Mauer retires from Baseball to run against Mark Dayton, the RNC & Governor’s association are not going to even take a phone call from Minnesota. And if we still haven’t had anyone begin to start talking to the general public and not focussed entirely on GOP Delegates, until next May or June after the endorsement, they will block our phone number because that’s too late.

And even if Matt Birk does run against Al Franken and we have the name ID battle on the same page, the NRSC & RNC are not going to even consider spending a dime in Minnesota. Their logic firmly grounded in the 2012 US Senate results where the grassroots candidate had the worst election performance in modern history for a statewide candidate from a major party, and there have still not been one single set of reforms or at least mea culpa’s over the condition of the party or quality of the candidate. (And yes, I am looking at you grassroots)

In my opinion, the notion of “I hate Phoenix because it doesn’t do what I want so anything has to be better”, it is a lateral move at best, but one we would regret forever.

Because the chance of a Republican winning statewide in 2014 appear to be, logically, somewhere between slim and fat chance. Its funny, because that’s about the same odds as us getting a bunch of big names in for fundraisers or for RNC staffers and national money to be airdropped in. So if we think that the RNC system we agreed to use, should be changed to do something that works for a BPOU or even if we at the State level want it to be able to perform some new specific function, the RNC isn’t going to change it just for us. Its a one size fits all solution and that’s a problem. Minnesota is a unique state.

Admittedly, I never seen or ever used the RNC system so maybe it is perfect. But what if it isn’t? What if it can’t do everything that Phoenix (whether it does it well or not) currently does for us? What if they don’t allow every single endorsed candidate to use it? During GOTV, I may or may not have seen  local volunteers deciding to add local candidates to GOTV calls. Some may have even  written the names of their County Commissioners into the script, or strayed from it in ways that would be, let’s just say, hard to explain to certain people. Some locals like to do things their own way, and more power to them, but when you buy in to someone else’s system, you work for them now. Its everything on the RNC’s terms. Go ask Bill Paulsen to tell you about the RNC… in case you missed his stump speech.

No matter whether we go 3rd party or RNC on a new database, we’d lose grassroots control and make the Republican Party at all levels virtually useless.

No more meaningful endorsements, no more database. Well what good is a state party with a 3rd party owned database who also controls the candidate selection? Do you think they will care if you endorsed someone else for Mayor, County Commissioner, or State House than they did? Do you think they would have left your phones on, if they knew you were going off script? No, they’d shut you down from DC. Your phones would go dead on GOTV weekend. There’s no incentive for big donors to give anymore. The State Party and all its affiliates would shrivel and die because, unfortunately, a platform is not enough to stand on let alone run a statewide organization on.

Plus, do you really think that they will actually give the grassroots access to the system? I’m guessing it would be read only and you won’t even be able to make changes if you find out someone is really a Democrat, but is marked as a Republican. Either way, they will have delays in updating as chances are it will be verified first. If you think Phoenix is slow, just wait until Minnesota is the lowest priority on that RNC data guy’s list and he  has a stack from every other purple or swing state ahead of Blue State Minnesota’s.

Just think about the logistics for a while folks because this will have lasting effects on the party. While we may enjoy conventions and monthly meetings, they will serve no real purpose. The people with the power and control will no longer be at those meetings.

So, on to the case for Phoenix.

Since we own Phoenix, we can control not only who has access (as in candidates & BPOUs) but also how it works and what it can do. If there’s a problem or glitch, we can fix it. If it doesn’t do something we need it to, we can fix that. That’s something that will not be possible with the outsourcing options. Yes, it takes money to run our own database, and no it hasn’t been done that well. But just like we hastily and for suspect reasons went to Phoenix, change for change’s sake is not a good enough reason.

Phoenix isn’t perfect, it may not even be good, but its the best option we have to keeping grassroots control of our party. Its going to take work. Its going to take money and effort to get it better and the data better. But, that’s going to have to happen anyways. Someone will have to fix the data, the system, the question is, after its done, who has control of it?

The grassroots, or the people we are supped to be afraid of taking away our endorsement process?

Update 2: I’ve talked to a number of people today.  Contrary to what Ms. Anderson said, this is NOT a done deal and  most people are wondering who she was talking. Maybe this will make them realize that they shouldn’t trust her, but hey, that’s just me.

But there is something happening. And it has to. The question is about who controls controls access and how. Its become clear today that there are different tiers involved, and not everyone understand they aren’t at the head table.

I thought I had the full picture, but did not. Still don’t, but the more I learn the less worried I am. That being said, its a major change and people should be aware of what is happening.

Chose your party leaders wisely,.
I trust Keith Downey, Kelly Fenton, & Chris Fields to make the right call at the State Executive Committee level.

Like Bringing A Spork To A Howitzer Fight

Another Example Of How To Win So That You Can Be A Happy Hyphenated Republican

Minnesota United For All Families alone spent $12.4 million on the 2012 election.

You cannot affect the change from the minority.

Add that to the millions and millions from other Democrat friendly groups, and you will begin to see down the rabbit hole.

What is the plan Stan?

OPEN THREAD: What’s The Plan For The MNGOP?

I started writing something last week about the future of the Republican Party of Minnesota. What it needs to change, stop doing, and the lessons it must realize and come to accept.

And not just lessons that need to be learned by the people who hold election certificates, elected party leaders, señor staff, strategists, advisers, etc., but also the lessons that the activists and base need to understand. What its is that sets us apart, in a negative way, from Democrats when it comes to party operations.

I’m still working on my piece and trying to decide if I actually want to publish or release it. I’m debating my future in the party, as far as being active in the party side of things. This piece is helping me work through that decision in my head. But its more like an open letter, or a speech I’d love to give.

But I am curious as to what you all think we should do differently, not at all, or start doing. Or maybe you think everything is just fine. Please share.

From The INBOX: Andy Please Ready This

I was forwarded the Anoka County Watchdog email today and asked to read it. This portion of this week’s email is very important for everyone to read and remember the next time the election cycle heats up and the same people are telling us how and who we need to win.

Just take a look at campaign finance reports. To be honest, there are some flat-out
embarrassing fundraising numbers in there. You can’t win without the proper resources.
It’s that simple. It’s a fact that some candidates lost because they didn’t raise
enough money and/or didn’t door knock hard enough.

And that’s not anyone’s fault except the candidate’s. The candidate alone is responsible
for the effort. The result is influenced by many factors but a strong effort on
the part of the candidate is often times a necessary ingredient, especially for
Republicans, who have no “gimme” seats.

Which brings us to the amendments. Simply put, the amendments backfired, failing
to deliver the turnout punch many had hoped for.

In fact, the amendments went the other way, motivating turnout for the crowd opposed
to the amendments.

The Watchdog spoke with a political operative who was involved with a liberal organization
working to elect DFLers to the legislature.

This operative was of the strong opinion that the amendments, especially the marriage
amendment, increased DFL voter enthusiasm, especially in college areas.

He chalked up the defeat of Rep. King Banian (R-Saint Cloud) to the amendment battle,
as well as the legislative losses of both Travis Reimche and Phil Hansen in the
Moorhead area.

In addition to firing up college crowds, the gay marriage amendment no doubt helped
to contribute to the gender gap the GOP experienced.

Moreover, the campaigns for both these amendments were horribly executed. The people
responsible for these campaigns were outraised, outspent, outhustled, outworked,
and outthought.

Remember, the forces behind these amendments had the initiative. The ballot questions
were selected and passed by the legislature at the time of their choosing.

The ball got fumbled in a big way and many people paid a price for it.

To watch the photo ID amendment drop like a rock in the polls made both the Emmer
and Bills campaigns look like Karl Rove masterpieces.

Talk about a need to rethink things. We thought the Emmer campaign was the worst
major campaign in party history. And then came the Bills campaign. And then came
the photo ID campaign. And the marriage amendment campaign.

Four catastrophic campaigns in back to back cycles.

We’re making it way, way too easy for the Left. This has got to stop.

May these people never work in politics again. Find another line of work.

Hold Fast, Stay True

I’m seeing many Minnesota Republicans panic and begin the oh too easy finger pointing olympics. I know, I know, I’ve been guilty of that too, and I’m sure eventually I’ll open a vein and opine on what went wrong.

But right now I am seeing the men separate from the boys. Some are already threatening to leave. Others have thrown their hands up and called the 2014 US Senate race for Franken, and others are looking for their next big paying gig.

The fact is not all of 2012 was bad. There are some glimpses of hope and examples of success. Overall things suck though and that’s an institutional problem with multiple causes.

The Republican Party does have some hard decisions to make coming up. How big should the tent be, do you tolerate destroyers for the sake of unity, do you have that candid conversation with social conservatives, do we need to finally address the platform reforms because the public has no clue what we really stand for, and what is it that we really stand for?

And most importantly, what is the party organization structure really for?

Because due to the losses, the Democrats will use their unchecked power to pass June Primary weakening the party endorsement process. Which after the last 8 to 10 years I think is a good thing. So then what does the party do?

I’m seeing reason for hope. I’m seeing the things that can be improved upon to make sure 2014 isn’t such a surprise. Because the fact that we were all caught flat footed, well, not us in the 6th District because we kinda kicked some ass, but that we had no clue the majorities were at risk and that Cravaack was toast, isn’t something that only a small number of people can take blame for.

We all have to do better. We can fix this. Its not the end, just another opportunity to save Minnesota and the country.

I’m not one looking to make me better in politics, I’m looking to make Minnesota a better place to live. Because after this election, its bad, but I’m not going to run away just because the going is getting tough.

The next 2 to 4 years will be tough on America, but Patriots and people who love liberty and freedom don’t run away scared of the amount of work it will take.

Hold fast and stay true Republicans.

What He Said

Its almost like he was watching races in Minnesota the lat few cycles. Worth the read!

Richard Mourdock – Why He Lost

I want to start by thanking Richard Mourdock for his courage.  Not only did he choose to run for office, but he chose to take on an Indiana institution, Dick Lugar, in the primary.  I was a vocal supporter of Mourdock early on because I believed his heart was in the right place and that he wanted to go to work for Hoosiers.  On the issues there was no questioning his conservative credentials.  I believed he would be a great Senator for Indiana.  What I didn’t anticipate was an inexperienced campaign staff, party division, and a divisive comment that would sink his campaign.

Read the whole thing!

It doesn’t matter how much you agree with the candidate if the candidate can’t win. You have to be able to win, that doesn’t mean you change what he says or believes, but you have to understand that winning isn’t just a message.

Yippie Ki-Yay!

Tonite we’ll see if hard work paid off, but today there is still more to do. #GOTV #mngop #mnred Calls, wave signs, leave no vote uncast

I was going to try to write a post for today convincing people not to be idiots. It would have talked about how the people who left the 2008 Rochester convention so upset with the Republican Party and Norm Coleman that they voted for Dean Barkley and then plotted to take over the party and have their revenge in 2012. Well we have them to thank those Liberty loving Americans for Obamacare and the laundry list of other radical leftist oppressive policies Obama accomplished in his first 2 years with Senator Al Franken.

I was supposed to go enjoy my Summer, I was lead to believe there were better Republicans than me who cared more about the country than me, who could help the party more, blah blah blah well ….

They disappeared as soon as the work needed to be done.

America needed help and they were nowhere to be found.

Yippie Ki-Yay …

Yippie Ki-Yay

I’ve been getting lots of thanks and kudos for what I’m doing politically. For those that don’t know, the lack of blogging isn’t by choice, I’m just too damn busy after the 18 hour days. I don’t take compliments well. I thank you all who have gone out of your way, said, or sent messages, and apologize if my response wasn’t like I’d just won an Emmy, but well, I don’t feel like what I’m doing is special.

I tried to find this on youtube, but couldn’t and have to get back to doing stuff, but this quote from Live Free Or Die Hard kinda sums up how I feel.

… Trust me kid, nobody wants to be that guy. [I do this] because there is nobody else to do it right now. Believe me if there was somebody else to do it, I would let them do it. There’s not, so [I’m] doing it.

There are hundreds of thousands of GOTV calls to be made across Minnesota. Not just for Romney or Bachmann, or you Congressional Candidate, but also for the people who will prevent Mark Dayton from unfettered access to your checkbooks, the Legislative candidates are critical in this election.

I beg you, please find a call center and volunteer. Whether you can volunteer all weekend like some already have, or can only spare 5 minutes, please, show up and help us make some calls.

I’d love you to come to our CD6 offices  and help as our goal is to make the most calls in the state, but just show up at anyone of these MNGOP offices and help. I don’t care where, just show up.

We have a bunch of people already helping, but there’s never enough. We need you.

I’d planned on sitting back and letting other people prove me wrong, prove that they knew better, but it turned out that ….

Point is, I’m not even supposed to be here.

We Need You – GOTV

The story over the weekend, that Minnesota is in play for Romney, is great news. But there is one thing required for it to become a reality, you.

The only way we can end our 50 year drought of Republican Presidential candidates winning Minnesota is for you to show  up and help with GOTV.

The only way we can prevent DFLers from retaking the majorities Minnesota House & Senate and allowing Mark Dayton to buy his blankcheck Legislature, is for you to show up and help with GOTV.

The only way Republican Congressional candidates are going to win is for you to show up and help with GOTV.

Notice a trend here? That’s correct, all these candidates need YOU to show up and help with GOTV.

Just a couple of hours spent making phone calls i what could make the difference from President Romeny or Obama, Congressman Graves or Bachmann, Speaker Thissen or a Republican, or Majority Leader Tom Baak or a Republican.

We all need to remember the key to political parties and activism isn’t about just winning our own election, its winning enough to hold majorities, so Republicans hold the highest offices, gavels, and set the agenda.

We can’t maintain the majorities with out your help.

We need you.


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Auguries Gold ♥ Obama

November 9, 2012

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Obama and Bernanke: A match made in precious-metals heaven.

Gold was up (at press time) $49 (+2.9%) for the week to $1,726, and silver was up $1.37 (+4.4%) to $32.24. GoldCore argued October 7, “Obama’s election means that quantitative easing, ultra-loose monetary policies and currency debasement are set to continue in the world’s number-one economy, which is bullish for gold—and indeed silver.”

One hopes that no Auguries readers made the mistake of betting money on the Presidential prediction that appeared in this space last week. Your columnist should have read his own analysis more carefully before venturing into wish fulfilment.

Hurricane Sandy has become a government-mediated FUBAR of almost-Katrina proportions. After running out of water, FEMA has now fled the scene due to “weather.” Yet an NBC exit poll shows that 68% of Obama voters agreed that “Obama’s hurricane response” was an important factor in their decision. And the nature of his response? He showed up, looked concerned and was photographed with the Governor of New Jersey. Welcome to the United States of Reality Shows. Expect sales of bomber jackets to soar.

Blogger Vox Day, who was similarly wrong about the election, confessed, “I think it is safe to conclude that I should stick to economics and societal predictions rather than political ones. Polling clearly trumps pattern recognition with regards to the latter.” Seconded. He was wrong for the same reason as this column: “Twenty years ago, or even 10 years ago, a president who eked out 1% quarterly GDP growth (which is artificially inflated by a $1.2-trillion ‘G’ spending deficit) and jobs numbers that don’t even keep up with population growth would be doomed.” Oh, well. Obama promised “change,” and by God, he’s delivered it.

In any event, the sun will still shine; birds will still sing; and precious metals will continue to appreciate. Stocks perhaps not so much—the Dow Jones is down 434 points since Tuesday. Jim Rogers told CNBC that Obama’s triumph is “not going to be good for you, me or anybody else.” Except for one group of investors. “Today, I’m going to short more bonds, more US government bonds. I’m going to buy more commodities, both base metals and precious metals. It looks to me like money printing is going to run amok now; spending is going to run amok.”

Jonathan Ratner reports in the Financial Post November 8 that Edel Tunny of UBS concurs. “Now that roadblock [of electoral uncertainty] is removed, gold investors can refocus with more clarity and pre-position themselves ahead of the important event risks up ahead, not just of a fiscal nature but also monetary policy…. Gold could not have asked for a better outcome. Now it’s up to buyers to step up to the plate.”

At Gold-Prices.biz, Bob Kirtley sings from the same hymnal: “The so-called fiscal cliff will not be met head on; the approach will be one of extending some of the tax cuts now in place and a watered-down strategy of fiscal prudence. Budget ceilings will come and go, and the deficit will grow ever larger…. The demise of the dollar and other fiat currencies brings with it an increase in the price of hard assets.”

The chorus grows louder at the Gold Report November 7. Jeffrey Nichols, managing director of Precious Metals Advisors: “The best of all possible worlds for gold investors.” Adrian Ash of BullionVault: “Selling gold short—in anticipation of further falls—has proved a foolhardy move plenty of times in the last five years of crisis. And Obama’s second victory has so far only confirmed gold’s jump against a backdrop of everything else sinking.” Peter Cooper of Arabian Money: “With President Obama safely back in the White House, investors in precious metals can justly feel that the President’s promise that ‘The best is yet to come’ is aimed at them.” Axel Merk of Merk Investments: “The Fed’s increased emphasis on employment is here to stay. The market rewards this certainty by bidding up gold, selling off the dollar versus all major currencies.” Chris Vermeulen of the Gold and Oil Guy: “Gold looks ready for a run to $1,800.” Jack Farchy of the Financial Times: “The vote for a continuation of the status quo…could set the scene for a strong gold rally toward the end of the year, analysts and traders said.”

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Take a Retreat and Detoxify your Soul by Certified Coach/Retreat Leader Victoria FittsMilgrim

We live in a world that is speeding up at exponential proportions. Whirling and swirling, racing on the Hamster Wheel, and continually multi-tasking are not the state human beings were meant to be in. On many levels our hormones respond to this lifestyle by continually being in an over-stimulated state, creating many levels of imbalances and toxicity in our lives. Connecting with what truly matters to us is very difficult, if not impossible, when living your life this way. Here’s a solution that can restore you and bring you back to a centered and joyful way of being: Guided Retreats!

Many people live in a state where they are just reacting to life and feel they have no control or sense of being in charge. When we are on this path of being outer-directed, it’s common to lose track of who you are, what you value and where you’re headed. At this time in our history, more than ever, we are being called upon to re-center ourselves in a healthy way for the sake of our individual lives, the lives we touch and the future of our planet. We are being called to discover what will nourish and sustain us in order to redesign our lives to be meaningful and fulfilling.

In order to do this, we must step away from the Hamster Wheel. There needs to be not just a psychological separation but also a physical separation from all the hooks we have in us from our family, friends and work/life commitments. Taking a retreat is about creating the sacred time and space – described by the Greek word Kairos – to hear your own voice, your True voice deep inside. This is the voice of your authentic self who knows what you value and the dreams that will bring real fulfillment to your life. As author Joan Borysenko, author of Your Soul's Compass put it, "To get clarity of vision on your life, you have to get away from it". If clarity is what you seek, Retreats are the answer.

Along with partaking in treatments to detoxify your physical body, one must also reach into the Heart and Soul of your life to gain more clarity and wisdom for the journey forward. This process, of detoxifying your Soul – or closing your Power Leaks – is possible when guided by a skilled Retreat Leader. Understanding how you leak your own power, whether via weight issues driven by low esteem, creating negative relationships via unskilled communication, or endless people-pleasing, is the first step to making empowering change towards more well-being. Look for an experienced Retreat Leader that can help you find personalized strategies for effective action.

Engaging in activities that use your right brain - the center of your imagination, intuition and creativity - helps you find new perspectives and revelations about how to live a life where you are aligned with your True self. Some of these inspiring activities include reflection, creative self-expression through art, movement and song, meditation, and focused time in nature. The natural world is often the path home to ourselves. In our busy, overtaxed culture we forget to connect with the beauty and acceptance we find there. We can avail ourselves of the clarity and insights that are available when we return to nature. It is a Source of rejuvenation for our Soul.

Each one of us has the potential to be a genius (yes, really!) as we bring our unique gifts to the world. Learning how to consciously choose our actions, in line with our deepest values creates a life on purpose with deep meaning. When you live this internally-directed way, unconditional success if possible. You are aligned with the abundance all around us and experience synchronicity and magic on a daily basis. Life is a golden adventure, a joyful dance with everyone and everything. Happiness is accessible at any moment, not something you have to wait for. Isn’t this the life that calls to your deepest self? Take a step in service to your True Life and gift yourself with a Retreat now.

Victoria FittsMilgrim, PCC directs True Life Coaching & Retreats in Durango, CO. With over 25 years in the field of personal transformation she has been a Certified Coach/Retreat Leader since 2002. Her retreats offer a safe, loving and fun environment to come home to your True Self. She is the real deal when it comes to sustainable and positive personal change. Find out more about Victoria and her retreat offerings for 2009 at

Darlene Siddons said...

hi there...

have you ever thought of having a empowering video made for the memory of your retreats...i produce such a product and would love to share it with you..

other retreat leaders are using these videos for mementos for the attendees and for advertising their upcoming events...

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loong said...

i'm chinese ,welcome to take a retreat in china,happy everyday,
please comment if you have the time


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Script for Leatherface 3D Currently Being Rewritten

If there has ever been a franchise that failed to live up to its potential then it is The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. Although the 1974 original is considered a seminal classic, worthy of being placed alongside Psycho and Night of the Living Dead as important works of art, the subsequent series has been inconsistent at […]

My Bloody Valentines: A Comparison

Remakes by their very definition are derivative. No matter how much a filmmaker injects new themes and ideas into a movie, the very fact that it is a recycled concept means that there will be various plot points and set pieces that resemble its predecessor, much like with a sequel. But it is how that […]

I Spit On Your Cover: Make Your Choice

The remake of I Spit On Your Grave (1978) is coming to DVD/Blu-Ray on Feb 7th in the UK and Feb 8th in the US – practically a simultaneous release. For the Brit version (both formats), Anchor Bay UK are holding a public vote for which of six covers should feature as the sleeve ‘flipside’.

The Future Of Madman Marz

Joe Giannone’s Madman (shot in 1980, released 1982) has experienced a resurgence with slasher fans in recent years similar to the Sleepaway Camp movement. Yet this has all been contrary to the increasing rarity of the film since Anchor Bay’s DVD went out of print. But that’s about to be remedied as Code Red DVD […]

David Tennant joins Fright Night remake, McLovin is Evil Ed

Former Doctor Who star David Tennant will play vampire killer Peter Vincent in the new Fright Night remake.  Christopher Mintz-Plasse (McLovin from Super Bad) is the new Evil Ed.  They will join Colin Farrell, Anton Yelchin, and Toni Collette in the Dreamworks feature.

Fright Night remake in the Works

Wow, the remakes news just keeps getting worse.  Colin Farrell is set to play the lead vampire in Dreamworks new remake.  That’s right, fear fans, one of the dullest actors in Hollywood is going to play Charley’s (Anton Yelchin)  “charismatic” vampire neighbor.  Mr. Woodcock director Graig Gillespie is in charge of this trainwreck and Marti Noxon handled […]


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NBA 2K14 PC User Review

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NBA 2k14 is the strongest basketball game to be released in the last ten years. The 2K series has long been the stalwart product of the genre, boxing out other franchises like the Live series, and it uses its position to continue to excel. The core of 2k14 continues on down the same path that the prior entry, 2k13, established. Fortunately for basketball fanatics this is not a bad thing as the gameplay has reached almost unparalleled realism.

NBA 2k14, as a basketball simulator, is unrivaled in the world of video games. Every time that I would drive to the hoop as Derrick Rose I could feel the twitch of the controls respond to my every movement. The game manages to capture both the strength and the speed of this superstar. If I were to instead play as Steve Blake I would have a distinctly different feel for the game. This is a merit to how realistic the game has become. Gone are the days that you are getting scorched by end of the bench rotation players. If you play as a superstar the game feels like it and if you play as a scrub then the same thing applies.

Controls in the game are fairly similar to last years entry with a few exceptions. The new "Assist Pass" system is a joy to utilize. By hitting your LT/R2 buttons you will be able to send no look and cross court passes to your other players. For drive and kick teams this allows for a whole new strategy to be employed. It is a risky maneuver, just like in real life, but can quickly pay dividends with a hot shooter. The shot stick also seems more concise and you won't be spending time accidentally sending up junk shots because your thumb slipped a little bit.

The game modes are the same throughout sans the Dream Team mode that was used often in online play. Euroleague teams have been added instead. The Association is still where most ballers will spend their time as they try to craft the perfect team through years of gameplay.

The lone new gameplay addition this year is the "LeBron: Path To Greatness" story driven gameplay. In this mode you will begin your career as LeBron James as he currently is: the leader of the Miami Heat. From there you will decide his future in the league. It's a fun distraction but not near deep enough to warrant prolonged game play.

The graphical enhancements in the 360 version of 2k14 look incredible but they don't hold a candle to the next gen iterations. In the XB1 and PS4 versions you will feel like you are courtside at a real NBA game. The commentary is spot on and even the sweat on your players brow looks realistic.

NBA 2k14 is the best basketball sim to be released on last gen systems, the Xbox 360 and PS3, and a great starting point for the next generation of ballers.


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Swarovski 3293 24mm Chessboard Sew-on Rhinestone Crystal

Our SWAROVSKI ELEMENTS chessboard cut crystal rhinestone is a design masterpiece. This gorgeous piece in a geometric square is shaped for maximum sparkle. The transparent crystal color of this 24mm rhinestone highlights the quality and consistency of these unique treasures. Please note that when using flatbacks, you should never use a glue gun or super glue (cyanoacrylate) as they will damage the foil backing on the rhinestones. Also be aware that while flatbacks are terrific for adding sparkle to clothing they should never be dry cleaned. Please follow the cleaning care instructions on your glue; many glues require that clothing be air-dried. If you do machine dry always turn the article inside out before being placed in the dryer to avoid damage.
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Camp Chef Bulk Propane Tank Hose Adapter

When you're doing a lot of outdoor cooking and baking in your Camp Chef oven, you can count on this durable hose adapter to keep it going strong. It allows you to power the oven with a bulk propane tank, which is especially helpful for slow-roasting, smoking or long-term camping. The perfect partner for your Camp Chef oven. Adapter makes it easy to attach the portable oven to a bulk propane tank. Sturdy, 5-foot-long rubber hose has rugged brass couplers. Designed for outdoor use only.
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Ford Takes One Step Closer to Auto-Driving Car

Ford debuts Active Park Assist and Active Brake Assist, two technologies that will automatically park your car, and automatically keep you from hitting another car as well.

Hands on with Ford's new technologies that help you park, and the will also apply the brakes when a collision is imminent.

From Ford:

Active park assist helps drivers parallel park with the touch of a button and without ever touching the steering wheel

Active park assist uses ultrasonic-based sensing system and electric power-assisted steering (EPAS) to steer the vehicle into a parking spot - EPAS also improves fuel economy up to 5 percent, while reducing CO2 emissions and enhancing performance, compared with traditional steering

Launched in mid-2009, the innovative technology is available very affordably on the Ford Focus, Explorer, Escape, Flex, Lincoln MKS and Lincoln MKT

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Friday, June 24, 2011

AS THE WORLD DIES Wikia Page is Now UP!

I've been contemplating putting up a Wikia for the AS THE WORLD DIES books for sometime now.  I just kept putting it off because I knew it would take a bit of time to set up.  After talking to the gentleman who optioned the TV/Film rights for AS THE WORLD DIES tonight, I remembered I had already a done a lot of the legwork for the Wikia.  Last year I wrote up short character biographies for most of the main characters as well as some of the supporting ones for the producer.

Excited, I went ahead and stared up the Wikia which you can find here.

I already have a few of the biographies up and I will be adding more very soon.

Since I know the fans of AS THE WORLD DIES can be very die-hard about their favorites, please let me know if you think anything else should be added to the character biographies.  I have a few ideas for categories, but I'd like to hear your thoughts.

Also, feel free to send me any fan art you're willing for me to put up.

Thanks again for all your support and enjoy!

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  1. Too cool. Best of luck with the re-release of The First Days.

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MCN is adamant the bike on this cover is the real deal, the actual 2010 Honda V4. We were pretty skeptical, so we asked them what the deal was. "The V4 story is real. 100 per cent real images and tech info," they told us. "That cover shot is completely real...just coloured in from the original black and white image." Apparently, they found low-res, black and white images "in the public domain" then colored them in and cleaned them up for publication. Honda committed to producing a bike based on the V4 Concept last November, so we know something's coming. Do you think this is it?

Since MCN relies on some advanced, futuristic technology called "printing" to bring its motorcycle news to readers, they're not sending us more details or images until tomorrow. Anyone have a copy of today's issue that they want to scan for us?

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Wednesday, July 14, 2010

This just in!

TMZ said in a press release today that the audio of a man yelling at his ex wife is in fact NOT Mel Gibson as previously reported. Instead, it is thought to be of a man from Massachusetts going by the name of Waffles.

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Bayne_S said...

Waffles lacks the cajones to take any steps necessary to improve his life.

Getting arrested and removed from house would be an improvement over his current lot in life.

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Mayfield ready to show fans he “has hands” with HBO debut

SAN FRANCISCO – Karim Mayfield strutted around the Fillmore District with an air of confidence. It was the same coolness he carried when he roamed the streets as a youngster in the Bay Area neighborhood preparing for a fight. Mayfield was known on the streets as “The Hard Hitta”, a brawler who everyone knew “had hands” and would defend his turf. He didn’t seek fights out, but never backed down from a challenge.

On this Tuesday night though, Mayfield was days away from a different kind of fight, one that if he prevails, will give him an established identity in a craft he took up at the advanced age of 20. With his HBO debut against action brawler Mauricio Herrera on Saturday at the Turning Stone in Verona, N.Y. (10 p.m. ET), he plans to show the whole world he “has hands.”

“You gotta’ show you have hands,” Mayfield told RingTV.com. “There ain’t no running to your family members, you gotta prove yourself. And you gotta look good doing it. I need a good showing overall. You can’t just win nowadays, if you want to be on TV you either have to be in a war, you have to be overly dominant or you have to knock somebody out. I look forward to dominating and getting him out of there.”

Mayfield (16-0-1, 10 knockouts) turned pro at the advanced age of 25. It’s rare for a fighter to start so late and have success, but Mayfield knew he had a future in boxing when he was a wide-eyed amateur in camp with undisputed welterweight champion Zab Judah in 2006, helping Judah prepare for Carlos Baldomir, a bout he lost in the 2006 in THE RING’s Upset of the Year.

“I not only held my own, I was the best sparring partner in the camp,” said Mayfield. “That was the big moment for me. Going into camp I had read in Ring magazinethat he had broken one of his sparring partners’ jaws and broke another one’s ribs. So going in there it was a little mind-boggling. After a few rounds I’m like ‘Woah, what’s going on, maybe he’s just having a bad day,’ but being in camp the whole time I saw it wasn’t him having bad days, it was me having good days.”

The 31-year-old Mayfield turned pro six months later and hasn’t lost since. He made a statement on ESPN 2’s Friday Night Fights with a knockout of Ray Serrano in May, which catapulted him to the HBO date with Herrera, who is coming off a decision loss to Mike Alvarado in April in a brawl.

“He’s definitely a game opponent, he comes to win, he comes to fight,” said Mayfield. “I think it’s a good matchup. I don’t look at it as a tune-up, I don’t look like I’m in over my head at all. He’s definitely going to be a good test for me.”

Mayfield believes his street fighting past helps him in the squared-circle, giving him the tough mentality needed to brawl it out when necessary. It’s something he learned during a rough upbringing in San Francisco.

“People think ‘oh, it’s San Francisco, but in every city there’s a grimy part and a grimy neighborhood,” said Mayfield. “I probably have about 40 obituaries of friends who died. There was a lot of drug dealing going on, a lot of shootings and murders and things like that. There were definitely projects around and you had to hold your own. You had to make a name for yourself in the streets, to be known as a fighter. I wasn’t a tough, mean guy or anything like that. But they would say “Karim’s got hands”. I was known for having hands.

“There’s no weight class in the streets. If you talk the talk, you have to be able to walk the walk. Anytime anyone would want to get into it with my cousins, I would be like [I’ll fight you]. I just wanted to fight. I wanted to be the one that fights their battles. I would have a lot of street fights. I was a cool guy but [people on the streets] knew I liked to fight.”

Though Mayfield has a brawling background, he has recently linked up with 2011 BWAA Trainer of the Year Virgil Hunter, best known for molding Andre Ward into one of the best fighters on the planet.

“He’s helped me to be able to use my skills and do certain things that I may not have known what to do [in the past],” said Mayfield. “Overall he’s helped me to work on my strengths and to also fix some of my weakness, like not using my left hand and not using my jab. He hasn’t tried to make me a full-fledged technical fighter, he’s still letting me be me.

The fight with Herrera was originally slated to take place in Aug. on ESPN 2’s Friday Night Fights, but Herrera pulled out with a back injury. It turned out to be a blessing in disguise for both fighters.

“It’s a bigger stage, bigger pay, and it’s the same opponent,” said Mayfield. “I welcomed it with all open arms. I had a good opportunity to be able to train for this date. A lot of times I’ve had two weeks’ notice but this time I had a full camp.

With a victory Saturday, Mayfield can make his case for being one of the new names to watch in the sport.”

“It keeps me on HBO. It gives me a chance to fight one of those top 140 guys. Any one of those guys with a belt, it’s a natural for me to call out one of those guys [following a win].”

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Ministry – Relapse

LL Cool J once famously proclaimed, “Don’t call it a comeback, cuz I ain’t never been gone”.  And I guess in truth, Ministry have never referred to this as a comeback, and certainly Al Jourgensen has never been gone.  Dead almost, in 2010, but not gone.  This album comes after a 4 year hiatus, though, and to my ears this is not your father’s Ministry.

I certainly don’t mean that in a bad way, but if you are expecting something along the lines “The Land Of Rape And Honey”, or “Psalm 69”, you will be surprised by this release.  There are songs that are almost straight up metal and songs that are pretty much straight ahead rock, and very little of the industrial craziness that endeared this band to me in the 90’s.  But it is still well done and the vitriol that we expect from Mr. Jourgensen is here in spades.

The album starts off with “Ghouldiggers”, and if you ever wanted to hear a rant against the music business and the glorification of dead artists, put this track on right away.  Almost 8 minutes long, you know exactly how Al feels about the biz after this one.    “Double Tap” rants against the perceived video game mentality of the military and its actions overseas.  Just to be clear, those are Ministry’s views, not mine.  But a couple of solid tracks to start of the proceedings.

I have to be honest, though, the rest of this album took a while to grow on me.  I’ve listened to it several times now and I can find things that really dig, but it did take a while.  Again, because of what my expectations are for a Ministry album.  I really had to wrap my head around this somewhat new direction, and then I enjoyed it.  I still think it is a little telling, though, that in my opinion, the best song on the album is a cover of S.O.D.’s “United Forces”.  The band really rips into this track and they sound like they really buy into the message.

As far as topics covered, we have “Kleptocracy” which addresses the greed of the haves in ripping off the have nots.  We’ve got “99 Percenters”, and if you can’t guess what that one is about you must have been a spider hole for the last year or so.  “Get Up Get Out N Vote” talks about the elections process in the US and how we need to clean house on Capitol Hill in the next election.  So there is no shortage of topical interest on this album.  If you are a Ministry fan simply because you like Uncle Al’s rants this release will be right up your alley.
Overall, I like this album and I would recommend it, but with the caveat that if you are expecting old school Ministry, be prepared for something new.

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PROVIDENCE, RI – Businessman Anthony Gemma launched a Democratic primary challenge to Congressman David Cicilline Sunday evening. Gemma focused most of his criticism on Republican candidate Brendan Doherty.

Gemma says he plans to create jobs and change how members of Congress do their jobs, but he provided no details. He says he thinks Doherty is out of touch.

"Brendan Doherty lives in the public sector bubble," Gemma says. "He doesn't have a clue about the problems facing Rhode Islanders, let alone the solutions to the problems."

Doherty's campaign responded by calling Doherty a proven leader. Gemma didn't mention Cicilline by name. But in a thinly veiled reference to the incumbent, Gemma says he'll never have to apologize for lying to voters. Cicilline apologized last week for downplaying Providence's financial problems as he was running for Congress in 2010.

Gemma declined to take questions from reporters before quickly leaving his news conference.

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PROVIDENCE, RI – Rhode Island's highest court heard arguments Wednesday on whether it should repeal an agreement between Deepwater Wind and power company National Grid.

The agreement allows National Grid to spread out the costs of renewable energy to everyone connected to the power grid. This means companies that buy from another utility but use National Grid for distribution must pay for wind energy.

State Senator Josh Miller supports the agreement, and says this is the fairest way to pay for wind energy.

"It may be triple the market rates, but it's for a very small fraction of the energy requirements going forward," says Miller. "And I think it's worth the initial investment on the beginning of a groundbreaking project."

An attorney representing two manufacturers says the deal would harm commerce in the state.

Representative Lawrence Ehrhardt is opposed to the entire project. He says he's not against seeking alternative energy sources; it's just that this project is too expensive.

"The fact of the matter is, that this state in today's market can purchase all of the renewable energy it wants to from existing or planned facilities," says Ehrhardt.

The plan is to build an eight-turbine wind farm off Block Island.

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Roman, Portrait of Agrippina the Younger (detail), ca. 40 CE, Anonymous gift

From her high pedestal in the gallery, she looks down at us. We gaze up, noting her broad forehead, large eyes set below thin eyebrows, bow-shaped lips, square jaw, dimpled chin. Coiled ringlets frame her face and her wavy hair is gathered at the back to form several braids. In ancient Rome, this portrait would have been installed just as high, if not higher. The woman depicted is an empress, after all. This is a portrait of Agrippina the Younger, who lived 15–59 CE, one of the most powerful women in ancient Rome. She was related to all of the Julio-Claudian emperors, the first five emperors of Rome, and was great-granddaughter of Augustus, great-niece and adoptive granddaughter of Tiberius, sister of Caligula, niece and fourth wife of Claudius, and mother of Nero. Ancient Roman writers criticized Agrippina as ambitious and ruthless, likely because she ventured far beyond the boundaries of the prescribed role of women in Roman society. She is said to have written a memoir, now lost, but her portraits give us an idea of how she wished to be represented during her lifetime.

Portraits of Agrippina the Younger invariably depict her facial features—most notably the slightly protruding upper lip and small chin—as resembling those of her brother, Caligula. This is not unusual. Members of the imperial family underscored their elevated position in Roman society by evoking the appearance of the ruling emperor in their own likenesses. Ubiquitous in Rome and throughout the empire, portraits of the emperor and his family adorned public squares, baths, markets, theaters, libraries, and temples. These portraits made the imperial family present to Roman citizens. In the first few centuries of the Common Era, Rome dominated a vast territory, without the benefit of modern mass media. In that world, visual art provided an important mode of communication. It is in that context that we must imagine this portrait of Agrippina, which was likely originally attached to a draped body.

Agrippina’s portraits spoke of power and her important role in Julio-Claudian dynastic succession. During the reign of her brother, Caligula, Agrippina appeared in statuary groups with her younger sisters, Livilla and Drusilla. Together the sisters formed an important element of Caligula’s imperial imagery, even appearing on coins. After Agrippina married Claudius, she was portrayed as an empress. She was also honored as Nero’s co-ruler in the early years of her son’s reign.

Only the marble head of this portrait is ancient. The creamy white marble was imported from the Greek island of Paros. Prized for its luminous translucency, Parian marble was imported for imperial portraits, and the workmanship here is worthy of both the material and the subject. The surfaces are sensitively rendered, from the polished smoothness of the skin, to the fleshiness of the cheeks and their underlying bone structure, to the shadowed depth of the spaces between the eyes and brows, to the dramatic and varied treatment of the hair. The use of a tiny drill is evident in the thin, undulating line separating her lips; a larger drill was employed in the curls that frame her face. Agrippina’s pupils were once painted, as were her hair and lips, and a touch of pink may have colored her cheeks. Ancient statues of white marble were typically painted, often in vivid colors.

The magnificent bust into which the ancient head is inserted is not itself ancient, but it does give us an idea of the coloristic effect of ancient statuary. A taupe-colored tunic, a draped green mantle, and a socle (or simple pedestal) comprise the bust. Both the tunic and mantle are composed of pieces of stone joined together with mortar. The banded cream and taupe stone of the tunic is calcite or, more accurately, travertine (often erroneously called Egyptian alabaster). The green mantle is made up of many pieces of verde antico, a serpentinite-marble breccia from Thessaly in northern Greece. The socle is of Sangarian marble. In style and form, the closest parallels to the composite bust date to the 18th century, and it is likely that the ancient head was acquired in Rome and subsequently inserted into a bust for display. (Wealthy aristocrats often returned home from the Grand Tour with souvenirs to decorate their homes.) Before the portrait was acquired by the RISD Museum in 1956, it was owned by the Marchioness of Linlithgow, and probably displayed in Hopetoun House in Scotland, home of the Earl of Hopetoun (later the Marquess of Linlithgow). Its function then did not stray too far from its original role in antiquity, to designate power and to highlight status, this time for a British earl.

Here at the RISD Museum, the portrait of Agrippina provides us with insight into one of ancient Rome’s most colorful and powerful women. The portrait gives us hints about how Roman sculptors made portraits, and how 18th-century sculptors incorporated ancient elements into “new” compositions. It teaches us that individual objects can have long and often complex histories. But above all, the portrait demonstrates the lasting power of images.

Behen, Michael J., in Diana Kleiner and Susan Matheson, eds. I Claudia: Women in Ancient Rome (New Haven, 1996), 62.
Clark, A. M., “An Agrippina,” Bulletin of the Rhode Island School of Design, Museum Notes 44 (May 1958) 3–5, 10.
Ridgway, Brunilde S., Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, Classical Sculpture (Providence, 1972) 86–87, 201–204.
Wood, Susan E., “Diva Drusilla Panthea and the Sisters of Caligula,” American Journal of Archaeology 99 (1995): 457–82.
Wood, Susan E., Imperial Women: A Study in Public Images, 40 BC–AD 68 (Boston, 1999), with earlier references.

For their generous help in testing and identifying the different marbles, the author extends her many thanks to the following geologists: Peter Gromet (Brown University), James Harrell (University of Toledo), Norman Herz (University of Georgia), Lorenzo Lazzarini (University of Venice).

Gina Borromeo
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Hot girl #2: His name is Juan. I bet his last name is Morales.
Hot girl #1: Why?
Hot girl #2: Cause hes smart, sexy (very, very sexy) and powerful.
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1. A surname (not only of El Salvadorians and what have yous) for Hispanics all over originating in Seville, Spain.

2. Surprisingly, it is very becoming as a nickname for the person carrying the last name.

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2. "Ay, yo Morales! What 'cha up to man??"

3. Hey your last name is Morales which is 'morals' in Spanish. . . .but you don' have any!
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A mexican and el salvadorian sur name. Usually people who are very money hungry and determined to make it at whatever costs!
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My shirt is mo betta than yours.
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My car is mo betta' than yours.
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Mobetta meaning fly, sassy, hot. Term of endearment.
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n. the sexual act of fellatio, focused on the testicular region

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Fuck my uphole you cha-cha sucknut.

Man that girl aint nothin but a sucknut.

Hey lil baby why dont you get on over here and sucknut on me.
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Someone the other day was telling me something so graphic about thier personal life and I said to myself "WTMI".
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Sneak peek at Weird Horrors & Daring Adventures: The Joe Kubert Archives

Fantagraphics has a first look at Weird Horrors & Daring Adventures: The Joe Kubert Archives Vol. 1, the upcoming 240-page hardcover collecting 33 of the late artist’s stories from the pre-Comics Code era — “they are more thrilling, violent and sexy (by contemporary standards) than much of his later, Code-constrained work” — with fantastic titles like “Bloody Yesterday,” “Marion Gilmore … Queen of the Waterfront Gangs” and “Death’s Pool!” It’s not all blood and violence, though, as the collection also features stories from Meet Miss Pepper and Abbott and Costello Comics.

The $39.99 book doesn’t ship for another couple of months, but Fantagraphics is offering a 22-page preview on its website.

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Gee, I hope Fantagraphics does a better job reprinting these Kubert stories than they’ve done with the Steve Ditko archives. At least two of those books have missing pages and the poor graphic design on Volume One’s Table of Contents make it impossible to read. The typeface on the TOC is so small and so dark that it merges with the dark background.)

Fantagraphics editor Kim Thompson said in an Amazon review thread for the Ditko archives that they would be correcting that volume in reprints and that the book’s editor was mortified that the mistakes had gotten past him. I’ll bet they are doing multiple passes from now on to catch those mistakes from happening.

Nope, not a single page out of order.

Funny story, though. In reviewing the material for this volume, we discovered that one of the stories had had two of its pages printed in reverse order in its original (and, up to now, only) publication. Which must have been really embarrassing back then, as it’s only a 4-pager. Being Fantagraphics, of course we had to have a discussion about whether to correct the error or stay true to the idea of re-presenting things the way they originally were and add a note up front explaining it.

So, I’m curious — what would you have done? And how would you justify your decision to the Jake Earlewines (discerning readers) of the world?

By the way, I think one thing the Kubert school teaches is to make sure the pages are clearly numbered when the job is turned in. This was an instance where Joe himself learned that lesson the hard way.

And it’s hard to see how the Table of Contents for this book could be made more legible. Check out the PDF linked to above to see for yourself. It’s as sharp as a laser in the printed book but still pretty good on screen, too. Anyone have trouble reading that?

— Mike Catron, Fantagraphics

The photograph above, by the way, is taken at an oblique angle that makes the book appear much slimmer that it really is. This is a thick, hefty book. (I thought the camera was supposed to make people and things look fatter, not skinnier!). Watch for a video to be posted later that shows the book from the side, so you can see for yourself what I mean.

– Mike Catron, Fantagraphics

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'NCIS' TOPS TV: The CBS drama is once again the week's most watched television program. Photo:

Here’s the list of last week’s most popular TV shows, according to the latest Nielsen ratings.

1. “NCIS,” CBS

2. World Series Game 6: St. Louis at Boston, Fox

3. NFL Football: Indianapolis at Houston, NBC

4. “60 Minutes,” CBS

5. “NCIS: Los Angeles,” CBS

6. World Series Game 5: Boston at St. Louis, Fox

7. “Walking Dead,” AMC

8. “Dancing With the Stars,” ABC

9. “The Voice” (Monday), NBC

10. “Person of Interest,” CBS

11. “The Big Bang Theory,” CBS

12. “Sunday Night NFL Pre-Kick,” NBC

13. “The Voice” (Tuesday), NBC

14. “Blue Bloods,” CBS

15. NFL Football Seattle vs. St. Louis, ESPN

16. “Castle,” ABC

17. “Criminal Minds,” CBS

18. “The Blacklist,” NBC

19. “The Good Wife,” CBS

20. “Hawaii Five-0,” CBS

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Today in entertainment history: Oct. 23

Today in entertainment history: Oct. 23

WAY BACK WHEN: Russell Brand and Katy Perry were married on Oct. 23, 2010. The couple divorced two years later. Photo: Associated Press

A look back at the memorable moments that happened on Oct. 23.

1941: The Disney film “Dumbo” was released.

1978: Maybelle Carter, the matriarch of the musical Carter family, died. Maybelle was the mother of June Carter, who became Mrs. Johnny Cash. Maybelle Carter was 69.

1984: Musician Bob Geldof watched a documentary on the BBC about Ethiopia’s famine. He was so moved he called his friend, Midge Ure, and together they wrote the charity song “Do They Know It’s Christmas.”

1992: Country singer George Strait made his movie debut in “Pure Country,” in which he starred as a country western singer.

1995: A Houston jury found Yolanda Saldivar guilty of murdering Tejano singing star Selena. She was sentenced to spend at least 30 years in prison.

2004: Ashlee Simpson walked off stage after the wrong vocal track was played during her performance on “Saturday Night Live,” which revealed she was lip-synching.

2010: Singer Katy Perry married comedian Russell Brand at a tiger sanctuary in India. They divorced in 2012.

Today’s Birthdays: Singer Barbara Ann Hawkins of The Dixie Cups is 70. Director Ang Lee is 59. Jazz singer Dianne Reeves is 57. Country singer Dwight Yoakam is 57. Singer “Weird Al” Yankovic is 54. Bassist Robert Trujillo of Metallica is 49. Singer David Thomas of Take 6 is 47. Drummer Brian Nevin of Big Head Todd and The Monsters is 47. Bassist Eric Bass of Shinedown is 39. “So You Think You Can Dance” host Cat Deeley is 37. Actor Ryan Reynolds (“Van Wilder,” ”Two Guys and a Girl”) is 37. Singer Matthew Shultz of Cage The Elephant is 30. Singer Miguel is 28. Actress Jessica Stroup (“90210″) is 27.

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And then there was that OTHER crappy thing I did ...

First off, yesterday's quote was from Sixteen Candles. I can't BELIEVE that nobody got that. I guess I really AM old. *sigh*

So anyway, we were on our way back from the cardiologist in Ithaca on Monday, driving through all the dinkytown speed traps between there and here, and we were going through this one particular town. Candor. It was Candor. You've gotta love a town called Candor, right?

So we are driving down the main drag, doing the 30 mph speed limit, because, speed trap, and there's this dude meandering up the sidewalk with a plastic bag full of cans, collecting empties from the side of the road.

And as I'm driving toward him, he bends down to pick up a can, and just kind of ... crumples onto the sidewalk. It was this slow-motion collapse.

And I was all, like, "hahaha DRUNK!" Another plastered hobo passes out while collecting cans to pay for his next 40-ouncer.

But then I was, like, "what if he ISN'T drunk? What if he's suffering from a medical condition? Maybe I should stop!"

And you know what I did?

I kept. on. driving.

F*CK that shit. I had just gotten some very bad, awful, no-good news, I had a scared cat in the back of the car who had been in her carrier for HOURS at that point, and I kept right. on. going.

And you know what? I don't feel bad about that at all. Sue me.

Domestic Kate said...

I should have gotten that quote. I knew it sounded familiar.

While I would also feel bad about the crumpling man, I probably would have done the same thing even if I didn't have a scared cat in the car with me.

Holly said...

It is the circle of life. If you'd hit him with the car, you'd have stopped.

h- who never cried at the dying hobo scenes in movies but is still a compassionate, good person most of the time anyway

rockygrace said...

Kate, glad I'm not alone, here.

And Holly, I should get a t-shirt printed up, saying, "is still a compassionate, good person (most of the time anyway)."

I should probably clarify that it was a busy road. It's not like the guy is still lying there, waiting for another car to come along.

Logical Libby said...

I would have kept driving too. I would have called 9-1-1, but I would have kept driving. I've heard too many stories where the good samaritan gets shived.


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Roman Kusayev, Russian born, moved to New York City at the age of 9. Having grown up in a family of cosmetologists and hairdressers, his pedigree is innate. Roman began his career at the age of 17 working in one of the most prestigious hair salons in NYC, John Barrett Salon, at Bergdorf Goodman.  Roman trained along side the most talented hairdressers in the world for 5 years.  He took his extensive knowledge and expertise downtown as a master stylist working for Butterfly Studio and remained there honing his edge for the past 10 years.

Roman has been written up as an expert stylist in Marie Claire, Cosmopolitan, and is named one of the top stylists in NYC by Allure Magazine.  His clients include the top Fashion editors and celebrities such as Danica Patrick, Patty Lapone and Mandy Patimkin. He has now created his dream team with the launch of his first luxury salon and spa called Roman K Salon located in the heart of New York City.

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253 5th Avenue, 5th Floor
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Tuesday, January 7, 2014

Time Lapse Night and Day Video Of Winter Storm Herucles Seen From Roosevelt Island Balcony - Was Not Even Close To Being As Cold As It Is Today

It's absolutely freezing outside today in New York City. Hope you can limit your time outside and stay as warm as possible.

Here's a time lapse video of a Roosevelt Island Winter Day, January 3, viewed from a Rivercross balcony looking south towards the Queensboro Bridge.

The creator of the video, Radu O explains:

An 150x compressed time-lapse clip of a cold and very windy winter day (January 3, 2014, the first day of Winter Storm Hercules) as viewed from a camera attached to our balcony door, aiming South-East. You can clearly see the Eastern branch of the East River and Queesnboro Bridge (recently renamed Ed Koch, after the late NYC mayor) and, to the left, the Western extremity of Long Island, Long Island City. A full frame HD picture (1980x1200) was taken every 5 seconds, and the frame rate of the clip is 30 frames per second. In the lower left corner you can see the time stamp. The film covers the day between 06:16 (6:16AM) and 17:50 (5:50PM).