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Mike over at The A-Unicornist has a solid history of taking on the apologetics of believers who have managed to publish books. I took on a post by one of those apologists, David Marshall, who was responding to Mike. It wasn’t that I thought my assistance was needed (it wasn’t). I suppose I just felt like responding. It turned out to be unfruitful due to the surprising and abundant childishness of Marshall, but I’m going to put that experience in the back of mind and respond to another theist Mike has recently taken on, Randal Rauser. (In Mike’s most recent posts, he discusses Rauser’s censorship. Apparently Rauser wasn’t a big fan of having his beliefs taken apart, so he went on a deleting binge. As a result, I don’t think I’ll be posting on his blog – a censor cannot be trusted – but I will post here.)

The Rauser post that caught my eye was one in which he discusses why Jesus was never really tempted:

In their trials and temptations many Christians have drawn strength from Hebrews 4:15: “For we do not have a high priest who is unable to empathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who has been tempted in every way, just as we are-yet he did not sin.” (TNIV; cf. Heb. 2:18) Unfortunately, the significance of this passage is widely misunderstood, and thus its true force is often lost.

The problems are rooted in the erroneous belief that to be tempted means that Jesus could have sinned and that he was somehow enticed by sin (that is, he found it appealing but still resisted it). Both assumptions are deeply mistaken.

Rauser takes this on from two angles. First, he notes that Jesus is God and God cannot sin, thus Jesus was never actually tempted into doing wrong. It isn’t hard to see why this isn’t much of an answer. Rauser is noting two claims in the Bible – God is perfect and Jesus was tempted – and he is arbitrarily deciding that the claim to perfection must be true. That is, there is a clear contradiction, so Rauser effectively declares that the Bible is wrong in one of its claims. I’m sure he wouldn’t phrase it this way at all, but it’s plainly what he has done.

But, okay, maybe he’s talking about Jesus the Christ, not Jesus the man. So what of the man? Well:

“But what about his humanity? Couldn’t Jesus sin because he was a man?” Ironically, I argue that the opposite is the case: it is also because Jesus is human that he could not have sinned.

How so?

The key is to recognize that Jesus was not simply a man, but the perfect man. First ask what is it that makes human beings uniquely human? According to scripture, the answer is the image of God (Gen. 1:26-27). But while we are made in the image of God, Jesus is the image of God (Col. 1:15). That means that he is not just another man, but the standard and essence of human perfection.

This just brings us further down the rabbit hole. What does it mean to be “the perfect man”? Can the perfect man not sin? Does that mean he lacks free will? Can perfection be attained without free will? And what of emotions? Was Jesus able to feel guilt and envy and jealousy? Hatred? If he lacked basic human characteristics – free will, emotions, etc – then I fail to see how we’re describing a human at all.

So where does this leave us? Well, if Jesus was unable to experience, say, envy like any other human, then he wasn’t really human, perfect or not. That isn’t to say he needed to experience envy in order to be human, but he did need to have the ability to experience it. So let’s say that he could experience envy, but he simply did not. That’s all fine and well for the perfect human argument, but it fails the Jesus-couldn’t-be-tempted argument. That is, if he could experience envy (or any other human emotion), then he could be tempted. That then leads us to conclude that he could sin – which then means that he could be imperfect.

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But if Christ could not have sinned then what does it mean to say Jesus was tempted? Is there a contradiction between the statement that God cannot be tempted (James 1:13) and the statements in Hebrews that Christ was tempted?

Not at all. To resolve the tension we need to understand that the Greek word for temptation (peirazo) has two meanings: temptation and testing. God cannot be tempted in the sense of finding sin enticing. But he can be tested (1 Cor. 10:9).

None of this answers questions about whether or not Jesus could logically be a “perfect man”, but it does avoid the problem of declaring one Biblical claim correct while saying another is incorrect simply because it’s inconvenient that they contradict each other. That is, if the Bible only ever says Jesus was tested, then there is no issue with the claim that he is also perfect. This leaves me to wonder why Rauser bothered with his first claim at all.

As to the notion that Jesus couldn’t be tempted because he was “a perfect man”, I don’t see a satisfactory resolution. Parsing the original Greek works for one issue, but the whole point here is to demonstrate that Jesus could not sin. That, to me, destroys his humanity. It takes from the story of when he flipped over the merchant tables in the temple. If that wasn’t his humanity, what was it? He may have been righteous, and a few weak philosophies will justify using any means to achieve a desirable end, but he was also fundamentally human at that moment. Jesus’ sin in destroying the merchant tables cannot and should not be explained away.

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It’s a beaten up issue, I know, but I’m going to delve into the Problem of Evil. For purposes here, “evil” is synonymous with the objective evil theists believe exists.

This first set of premises comes from a friend, but I’m just going to copy them since they reflect what we all recognize as the form of this argument. (And, in fact, I wouldn’t be surprised if they were just taken from somewhere else for the sake of ease.)

1. If God exists, then God is omnipotent, omniscient, and morally perfect.
2. If God is omnipotent, then God has the power to eliminate all evil.
3. If God is omniscient, then God knows when evil exists.
4. If God is morally perfect, then God has the desire to eliminate all evil.
Evil exists.
5. If evil exists and God exists, then either God doesn’t have the power to eliminate all evil, or doesn’t know when evil exists, or doesn’t have the desire to eliminate all evil.
6. Therefore, God does not exist [as we know him]

This is an obvious problem for the Christian God (and other gods, but we’ll focus here). If God has all the listed properties and desires, then evil needs a special explanation. Of course, the most common response is that God has given us free will and that necessarily entails evil. But obvious problems arise from such a weak answer.

1. We’ve already agreed that God is all-knowing and all-powerful. This means he knows that the creation of free will is going to lead to evil. This is in conflict with the premise that God desires to eliminate all evil. That is, he has knowingly either created evil or created the potential for evil with the foresight that evil will actually happen. For the free will argument to work here, God cannot desire the elimination of evil.

1b. This argument assumes that free will is better than no free will. If, however, we agree that God chiefly desires the elimination of evil (and for him to be morally perfect, I think he must), then free will is not better than no free will.

2. Not all evil comes from human action. If we consider suffering to be evil, then Huntington’s Disease is evil, but we have no humans to blame. Whether we want to blame God or chance, God has allowed that evil to exist. That is, evil exists and free will cannot explain it.

3. Another argument, though less common, is that in order for good to exist, there must be evil. If this is true, then we must first look towards God. He is eternal and he is good. In order for this to be true, evil must also be eternal. If it isn’t eternal, but it is required for goodness, then God cannot be eternal. But God is the only thing that can be considered to be eternal. That doesn’t mean evil cannot exist; it must. It, however, can only exist as a property of God. If it isn’t a property of God, and good requires evil, then God has not been eternally good. That is, evil is a property of God by necessity of also making him good. But God is morally perfect; he can have no evil. If evil is necessary for good and God therefore has evil, God is not good. We’ve violated premise 1.

The fact is, there is no good answer to the problem of evil. This, however, unfortunately leads to the conclusion that if there is evil, God must not exist. But that isn’t the case. All this argument is saying is that God does not exist with the given properties. If, in order to exist in any form, one believes God must have those properties, then this argument does say he doesn’t exist. But if someone wanted to claim that God need not have all these properties, the Problem can be avoided. Or, if they say he need not obey human logic, then he can exist with or without evil all he wants. Of course, we can’t go any further in discussion since we’ve thrown logic out the window, and we have to admit that such a claim can be just as wrong as it can be right, but the Problem of Evil has been circumvented. (Naturally, it isn’t surprising that the best way the Christian God can work is with a lack of logic.)


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I am setting up a new Cannondale CAAD 10 and am unsure about the headset, it is a Si intergration System, so what is the correct way to set this up? how tight should the center cap bolt be? The Si intergration System seems to require a lot more force to loosen and tighten the center bolt is this normal.?
All the bikes i have had in the past i always tightened the center cap bolt very lightly until there was no play in the headset whenever i pulled the front brake and then tightened the two stem bolts.
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The 632, 633, and 634 all can store a "boot" screen and display it automatically when power is applied.

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I have recently released the version 3.10.1 of Actiona (yes, it's been some time). This version fixes a few compilation issues. As you may have noticed there was and still is no notification of a new version in the application, nor is it visible on my website.

The reason for this is that I cannot release this version for Windows because Actiona needs to be digitally signed.

This signature requires a certificate that need to be bought, and some documents that need to be notarized (a paying service here in the UK). The certificate, valid for 4 years, costs 240£ (260€). Notarization of two documents costs at least 140£ (160€), so 380£ (439€) in total. I have already bought such a certificate in the past, but it was only valid for 2 years, and it has now expired.

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April 5th - the date be, eh.

I'll be tying the Trout Finn and one other pattern.

If you want to "marry along", bring goose shoulder, goose primaries, duck primaries, pheasant of all types, woodduck flank, mallard flank or swan (if you got it). I'll send out the patterns tomorrow. Remember that you need matched pairs of feathers (a left and a right).

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Who won the money on the bet last night?

What dates are open for demo-ing some SSH patterns?

Lanny - thanks for getting the video gear all set-up.

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No money this time. ;) Video gear... argh. Glad I finally got it set up. :curse:

Uhm, speak to Woolly... the Program Director and he'll slot you in for a date.

Start tying up those SSH patterns eh... will try to swing by on Sunday with my camera. ;)

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So i have noticed that Technocraft Estoc looks same as Moonlight Greatsword from Dark Souls trilogy.

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Now why i post this in suggestions,well im a very big fan of Dark Souls having played all 3 games 10 times each and Moonlight Greatsword is one of my favorite weapons.Okay but what does it have to do with this game?

Well when i saw it i got rly sad because looks so awesome and i cant have it because i play necro and not tank class to use it.

So i suggest adding it as a skin for staffs.

Now i know you are all like "wow hold on a sec mate.it would look very stupid if you use magic with 2h greatsword" and i know it may look little silly but wait there is a good reason to add it as a skin because in Dark Souls Moonlight Greatsword does (wait for it.....................................) Magic Damage.

Yes you heard it,it doesnt do phys dmg only magic so why dont have magic users use it in warspear? :D

If somebody on forum says devs cant do it because licence or copyright shit il just point at them and laugh because its allready in the game as tecno estoc.

 And i forgot to add that Moonlight Greatsword has a special attack 54368-3-1401085456.jpg.

This attack basicly shoots out magic in form of blade wave,so if in warspear people ask how you can cast magic out of 2h sword i just say its called blade wave special attack :D

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It's techincally the tail of Seath so a name like "White Dragon Greatsword" would be a perfect. It would be a great skin for spears too.

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Spears and hammers have mdmg, some atleast.

Hammer & Spear skins for casters!

Silly, but nice to meet a fellow dark souls fan. :D As for myself, I'd really appreciate if we had scythe

skins that look like the storyteller scythe, pontiff knight scythes don't look bad as well.

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Can i has some Dank Souls with my Warspears? Thank you. :friends: Where's my Soul Geyser skill for necros i suggested a long time ago already. :aggressive:

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  1. hmmm, how much material is floating on top? It could certainly be yeast, but keep an eye on it. Also note how the beer smells at this point.

    This weekend, we bottled our scotch ale and are waiting for the bottles to carbonate.

    We also brewed a belgian white that is sitting in the fermenter now. I can't wait!

  2. Great! It sounds like you are on the right track. For sure replace the sugar.

    If you opt to boil instead of pour boiling water on top, do the following:

    1. Boil your water (use the same amount suggested in the kit)

    2. Put the remaining amount of water in the fridge or freezer to get really cold

    3. Add the malt and stir to dissolve (don't let it burn on the bottom of the pan!)

    4. Boil the mixture (wort) for a half hour (normally an hour or so, but you are not adding any hops outside of what is in the mixture).

    5. While this is boiling, start to activate your yeast in a small amount of warm water (boiling it and cooling it is best for sanitation; you could fesably use some cooled wort)

    6. Cool the wort down as fast as possible. I use a wort chiller to help this (copper coil that you run cold water through). You can put the mixture in an ice bath and add the chilled remainder of your water. How you do this will depend on how big of a pot you have. The key is to get it cooled to about 80 deg to be a nice home for the yeast.

    7. Once cooled and in your fermenter, add your yeast and mix well.

    8. Pop the top on and add your airlock.

    9. You should see some bubbles the next day.

    Remember the whole time to work with sanitized tools. I use Star San, which is a great sanitation solution.

    Enjoy the process!

  3. Hmmm, I dont want to mess with kit instructions, but regular sugar in your beer is a big no-no for real beer. It is just a cheaper way for kit makers to get a desired alcohol level out of a beer. Also a pre-hopped extract is usually a poor alternative to boiling real hops.

    I would say do as your kit instructs but then look into buying your ingredients from a good brewshop. They will be able to hook you up with good recipies and ingredients.

    If you want to do one thing that will make a difference in this batch; get a better yeast than what came with the kit. Find a good brew shop and ask for a liquid yeast that matches your style of beer.

  4. Wow, it only took me three years. Myself and a couple buddies took the plunge and got some brewing equipment.

    There is a great brewshop up on 145th and Greenwood called "The Cellar", they also sell wine and cheesemaking supplies.

    Our first beer was a pale ale that turned out ok, it seems to have a slightly off aftertaste that I can't really put my finger on...but it will get cha' drunk!

    We moved on to brewing a scottish ale that is in the secondary fermenter right now and smells fantastic. I can't wait to bottle it up. At the same time, we expanded our operation by another carboy and are in the process of brewing up some hard cider. The fermentation went pretty crazy and the yeast decided to spout off some Sulphur in the process so I just have to cross my fingers that the smell will go away.

    Brewing is fun!

  5. The Ladro I go to is on 1st and Union. They seem to do a good job, but the milk just isn't right.

    There are a bunch of cherry st. locations downtown and due to this they are kinda all over the board. In some cases you get just ok stuff, but some of the baristas know how to properly microfoam. Their straight shots are usually quite serviceable. I usually end up at either the one on 4th and Marion or 1st and Cherry.

    Yeah, Top Pot's coffee is fairly meh... Zeitgeist used to be pretty decent, but I have not been for a while. You are right though, doughnuts are great.

  6. I am not sure that I agree that Italy always has great espresso.

    I have had espresso, capuccino and caffe latte all over Italy, and although there are some good places (Sant Eustacio in Rome, Tazza d'Oro in Rome, a good place in Florence...)  But most of it is OK to average.

    For one thing the cost of espresso is regulated by the government!  Hard to believe, but true.  The cost of espresso or cappucino if you drink it standing at the bar is a government regulated commodity with a standard price everywhere - and not a very high price - like 80 Euro cents to 1 Euro.  If you sit down at a table it can be very much more expensive because it is not regulated - like 4 to 5 Euros.

    Which is why most Italians stand at the bar.  A number of Italians who are into quality food and wine have complained to me that the regulation means that there is huge incentive to use cheap beans in their blends.  Perhaps this is not the case, but that is what I've been told.

    Italy does not appear to have the intense focus on custom roasting, special blends, special pours.  Instead, most caffes serve standard products from big companies like Illy.  There are exceptions - like Sant Eustacio and Tazza d'Oro, but those really are exceptions.

    Italy does not seem to have obsessed baristas modifying machines to add PID temperature control, sawing the bottoms off portafilters and so forth.  I think all those innovations are driven by people in the US.  I don't mean to slight any Italian innovators accidentally, but so far as I know the espresso quality movement from a technical stand point seems to be American (and within America, driven from the west coast, and within the west coast, from the Pacific Northwest, and within the Northwest from Seattle).

    Granted I live in Seattle, and that may not be a dominant point of view.

    At the very high end, for the really best espresso drinks, I think that Italy has a couple of places that I really like.  But I suspect that there are more really fantastic espresso shops in Seattle than there are in all of Italy.  There are certainly more in the US than Italy - I don't think it is even close.

    This is totally true. I recently had my honeymoon in Italy and I don't think that the quality is even close to the best of the bunch in Seattle. What Italy does have though is a much higher base level of quality. While we have Starbucks etc.. here, the average espresso joint on the corner in Italy is much more concerned about proper espresso.

  7. My thoughts on the Seattle scene:

    Vivace is far and away the best and most consistent shop in town.

    The following places are also great, but in my experience have some consistency issues:

    Downtown Seattle for some reason doesn't have as good of coffee as the immediate surrounding area. The following places are good:

    Cherry St. Coffee

    Cafe Ladro

  8. Great new place in Shoreline/Seattle

    Fu Man Dumpling House does all homeade dumplings, noodles, soups, etc that are really great. I went this last weekend and had a great meal of steamed dumplings, hot and sour soup (the real stuff), chow mein, fried rice, and a "hamburger".

    Seriously, check it out.

    They are on the east side of Greenwood just south of 145th.

  9. Had another awesome meal at Mistral last night. It has been way too long since we had last been, but we have made it tradition to go to Mistral on our Aniversary so we finally made it in. God I love that place.

    I am trying to remember it now and it is a bit fuzzy since I didnt take notes so I am going ot hit you with the highlights:

    Hamachi & Kampachi Tartare w/ pinenuts and cucumber water- great opener as always, the toasted pinenuts were very present and played nicely with the smooth fresh fish.

    Fluke (I think) w/ shaved asparagus, green olives, and I forget the rest, I think there was a slice of lime!- I remember this being a very bold dish that worked very well. Kudos to the chef.

    Diver Scallop corn chowder w/ carrot cloud- The scallop alone is worth the price of admission. Just some top notch cooking and top notch ingredients.

    Lamb, potatoes zatar spice- you all know the potatoes. Need I say more?

    Spiced Mango puree w/ lavender ice cream- the mango was great, slightly spiced and quite interesting. I think the dish had lavender ice cream, but I am pretty fuzzy at this point.

    We also had some great wines to accompany the dinner, the pairings were just great. I always forget how great a good wine pairing can be, but I was reminded last night.

    Mistral News-

    There is a brand new branch of Mistral in Bangkok! Mistral is a chain now. :P William has been working very hard between the two locations to what appears to be great success.

    Look for a future Seattle based project coming up. Sweet.

    p.s. I just started working downtown. Lunch is much more possible!

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VN of the Month July 2004 - Dear My Friend

There are no plotge this month. If I am to choose among charage and moege, I'd get one with good text. Dear My Friend is my choice for scenario written by Masada (for two heroines). And just by chance it's the only masterpiece of the month.

1. Dear My Friend [040709] light 1
This light-hearted, high school eroge surrounds the exploits of a soon-to-be non-average student named Kyoichi Morikawa. The son of the odd paring of a nurse and a poorly-selling novelist, he’s been living his life in mind-numbing virtuosity. One auspicious day his father returns home after running errands with a girl (about Kyoichi’s age) claiming to be orphaned. Being the good Samaritan, our hero’s father adopts the hapless girl. Now Kyoichi must explain the extraordinary circumstances to his one and only friend. Furthermore, seeing the main character with a girl has caused several of the female student body to take notice of him...
It's a typical romance game without distinctive personality. But it's reported as a carefully depicted game with a solid scenario, so I hope to find it out myself while reviewing two character routes written by Masada.

2. Majiresu!! ~Omatase Little Wing~ まじれす!!～お待たせリトルウイング～ [040716] Studio Miris
The World Family Restaraunt Association holds a  prestigious national tournament.
Last tournament was won by protagonist's older brother who married the best waitress of the competition. One day older brother dies on his way back to Japan. His wife asks protagonist to take the lead, but this whole situation for him. But when team's coach collapses in the middle of the match even main character can't stay aside without giving a fight. He will take the challenge and become the best coach of all times!
There are so many comic moege, so let's introduce card battles to stand out. Not a good idea.

3. Brass Restoration ブラス・レストレイション [040721] Twincle Drop 1 2 3 4 5
The main character, Takiguchi Ryo, is a genius percussionist in high school who had a bright future ahead of him. But he loses his left arm in an accident.
The accident causes him to throw away his dream to become a percussionist like his father, and he loses all hope in life. Ryo tries to abandon music, but the girls around him encourage him to take up music once again.
Will he be able to find hope in his life and a passion for music in spite of his handicap...?
Game is localized and has English reviews even though it's a Doujin.

4. Haru no Ashioto はるのあしおと [040723] minori 1
The game is set in a small town in the fictional Mefukino, Japan, to which the protagonist returns after his experiences in Tokyo. Story is about his experiences on the following days.
Coming of age work. General has many advantages as it's possible to depict friendship in a natural way and move at a slow pace. And game indeed takes it time. Overall it's a normal growing drama as kids hurt others and themselves. Scenario is good for this kind of game, but text itself and protagonist are lacking. Routes branch very early, so there is next to zero interaction between heroines. Nothing stands out, so there is no impact.

5. Heavenly Guilt -Kami no Inai Machi- Heavenly Guilt -神のいない街- [040723] Tenshindou
There is a bar in a lawless city.
Main character is a cleaner to do shady jobs. He meets an innocent girl by chance, and that pulls him in a whirlpool of desire, love and hate.
Unfortunately, story is too simple for a full-scale hard-boiled work. But it's dark enough to include all kind of abuse. Playtime for one route is just two hours.

6. Hinatabokko ひなたぼっこ [040723] Tarte 1 2 3
Hayami Natsuki is an ordinary college student who lives with his sister. While searching for a part-time job he runs into (another) Natsuki, the manager of a popular coffee shop. Her twin-sister, Hinata, was his teacher, who he once had a crush back in high school. For the sake of the sweet feelings he once had for Hinata, Natsuki ends up taking the job offer at her little coffee shop. He also accepts the offer to live with her. Natsuki starts his new life where he shares the house with a couple more beautiful, attractive members of the opposite sex.
Hinata's sexy twin and their pretty little sister. All of a sudden, he has a new problem: he can't decide which one he wants!!
Game is localized and has English reviews

7. Hoshigari Empusa! ほしがりエンプーサ [040723] Takuyo 1
Koutenrin School is famous as being an elite institute, and only elite and gifted students are allowed entrance. Therefore, having an effective leader of the student body who demonstrates the school's ideals of "friendship," "wisdom," and "supremacy" is a must.
The election for the position of the student body president is not an easy one; gaining status among the students and their praise is necessary, and a task that is not easy to do alone. A candidate is encouraged to find a "partner" with which to develop a deepening friendship, who is diligent in their studies and will stay by their candidate's side for support.
Every year when election time rolls around, those students that believe themselves to be the elite of the study body try to make their mark, and the competition for student body president is a heated one. Gaining popularity among the students, attending school events, and finding a supporting partner are all vital to gain success...
There is an English review.

8. Seigi no Mikata ~Tadaima Kigae Chuu!~ せいぎのみかた～ただいま着替え中！～ [040723] Panda House
Main character works as social studies teacher. He has amnesia and only remembers last three years of his life from the moment of lying on operation table in evil organization headquarters. He was implanted a compact bomb into his head during that time to force cooperation.
There is a self-proclaimed female organization of justice "Astrea" at school. It's only a matter of time when two organizations clash.
Game is pretty funny as evil organization is rather mischievous than evil and justice organization is informal and doing nothing but organizing patrols. Main character is also a good man trying to change evil organization from inside. It does not make this game less fanservice with all the cosplay, though.

9. White Breath ~With Faint Hope~ ホワイトブレス ～with faint hope～ [040723] F&C FC02 1
Tsukasa is in his second year of high school, and is an ace striker for the soccer club. He enjoys his school life with his friends, and hopes it will never end. But one day, he is struck down by incurable illness, and a doctor tells him that his life might not last until the graduation day....
F&C is only good for graphics. So White Breath is an example of an F&C game with even graphics being ugly - worthless. SOL uneventful life kills the fun, and all heroines have the same boring development about solving some problem.

10. Tantei Jinguuji Saburou Series No.04: Toki no Sugiyuku Mama ni 探偵 神宮寺三郎 Series No.04 時の過ぎゆくままに [040728] WorkJam 1 2 3
As Jake meets up with his friend Scott Kingsley, he starts to reminisce a case from a year ago when he was asked to investigate a burglary of a mansion. During that time, Yulia finds a young boy who is searching for his mother. Little do they know that these two incidents are related to each other.
There are English reviews.

11. F Fanatic F ~ファナティック~ [040729] Princess Soft
Horror suspense adventure game, set in 19th century London, England. Players take on the role of newspaper journalist William Doustin. Will is on the trail of a killer who is offing young ladies in the dark, foggy streets of England's metropolis -- a case emerges that resembles the infamous Jack the Ripper mystery to a tee. When Will meets such famous literary characters as Doctor Van Helsing and Dr. Moureau, it becomes clear that the supernatural has something to do with the goings-on. The game utilizes simple adventure game multi-choice navigation and conversation systems and features anime-style graphics that seem to belie its somber themes.
Story is quite solid as there are multiple deaths on our way to finding the murderer. The actual story is about trying to prevent murders and getting the same miserable results. There is a True route to try and actually fix things. The repeated grim development leaves quite a dark impression, but it's a good alternative to nakige and utsuge.

12. Kaiketsu! Osabakiina 解決！オサバキーナ [040729] KID 1
Osabakiina is a character from Japanese radio drama. You play as a newbie manager whose goal is to make Osabakina into a big idol. Game features interactive dialogue sequences where selection determines further development.
Wow, developing a game for oneself to voice looks kinda selfish. Quite a lively game full of gags. The content is messy and main decision is done on day 7. It's a cheap small game fully cleared in less than 10 hours.

13. Americano, Please! アメリカーノ、プリーズ！ [040730] Actress
Main character helps around coffee shop where his sister works. The cafe becomes popular, and he explores opportunity to work there full-time after graduation. One day he learns that his sister considers an invitation to take the manager position in the different prefecture thus breaking them apart...
Story is too bad and short here. It's basically a common week, then a date in the amusement park. The flow is the same for all the heroines. That basically strips heroines off their personality, because it's just work-work-work-date.

14. Izumo 2 [040730] Studio e.go! 1
Yagi Takeru is a student who goes to Izumo Academy. He has no family but he spends his days with his friends like Yamato Takeshi who is his bestfriend aswell as his rival in kendo, Shiratori Kotono and her sister, Asuka.
One day, an abrupt earthquake changed the school completely. The teachers and the students disappeared and the school was infested with monsters. Takeru managed to escape from the school, but he found all his friends and even his town were gone. Then suddently people wearing odd uniforms appeared.
Compared to prequel there is no story sequences about major characters this time, so heroines feel thin and story the same for everyone. RPG part is good, but limited to dungeons which is kind of lonely landscape.

15. Lamune ラムネ [040730] NekoNeko Soft
Summer nears, with the protagonist Tomosaka Kenji continuing to attend the local high school.
"Won't something finally happen this year",
he thinks while feeling a somewhat throbbing sensation. At the same time a strange uneasiness grabs hold of him as summer vacation starts....
The various heroines he comes in contact with include his clumsy childhood friend Konoe Nanami, his energetic cousin Nakazato Hikari, his bright and honest little sister Suzuka and the earnest and duty-bound Isawa Tae-senpai.
There's no solid story, no special tilts, nothing to empathize ... so overall impression is weak. Game basically repeats Mizuiro structure - starts from childhood, we get to make a choice about heroine, then moves to modern time. Just one heroine stands out - the others get a really similar treatment.

1. Anata to Mita Sakura ~Shimaizuma~ あなたと見た桜 ～姉妹妻～ [040702] 13cm
Issei loves Nanako. But she marries his brother, Eiichi, after graduating high school. But a few years later, Eiichi suddenly passes away... And this spring, he starts to live at her house to join a preparatory school for university entrance exams. Later on, Yuka and Chigusa, Nanako's sisters, start to live there as well...

2. Gyakushuu 虐襲 [040702] Anim
A small country is defeated by overwhelming Empire forces. The defense was memorable by female Julia who struck down numerous number of impostors before fleeing the country.
After the conquest is finished Emperor swears to take her life and organizes search. On a moonlit night he burns a black heart in a ritual to find out her location. The assault begins now.

3. Miwaku (Charm) Moeru! Mimikko 魅惑（チャーム）萌えろ！耳っ娘 [040702] Gaia
Main character is looking for a girlfriend, but only finds a strange pet in the park. He takes it home, but pet grows into a naughty girl. What's her true identity?

4. Princess Pianissimo ~Naisho no Baieru~ Princess Pianissimo ～ないしょのバイエル～ [040702] Sol-fa-soft
A little piano's student!
Through the gap of her one piece dress you can see her panties. Can you keep your head straight?
Teach piano and other erotic things to Takashina Ayame.
Doujin Nukige

5. Choukou Sentai Justice Blade ~Himitsu Kessha de Go!~ 超光戦隊ジャスティスブレイド～秘密結社でGo!～ [040709] Maika
It becomes the boss of a secret organization of evil, and the heroine of splendid and noble-minded justice is made into the captive of pleasure. They are the orthodox school and a fall breaking game! This is the tale of the "boss" of the one secret organization of evil who stood up bravely in order to get the world. The hero who will be inaugurated as the boss of a secret organization of evil advances the intrigue that an army corps with vicious special capability is commanded, and the heroines of noble-minded and splendid justice should be made to fall, and should be made their faithful sex slave.

6. Kasou = Genjitsu ~Harem Simulator~ 仮想＝現実～ハーレム・シミュレーター～ [040709] M de Pink
Head Mounted Display has become a widely spread technology to visit virtual space. Main character attends online virtual courses at a private school. With time he starts to get interested in girls, but there are none around him. That is until the day he discovers a suspicious virtual space called "Harem Simulator".

7. Seido Maria ~Hakudaku Mamire no Zangeshitsu~ 聖奴マリア～白濁まみれの懺悔室～ [040709] Guilty
Main character lost his parents in an accident at an early age and was brought up at a church. He grows fond of facility manager girl, but his feelings only get ridiculed. One night he takes a walk and sees lights in one of the buildings. He peeks inside and sees his love interest having an affair with multiple men right inside the basilica...

8. Seikoujo 聖肛女 [040709] Black Package Try
Sister Rosaria is working at the village's local church. Everything has been peaceful and many days of happiness have passed. One day a new priest and a sister arrive...and her happiness is suddenly shattered. The two are imposters, villains on the run for theft and murder. But that isn't the only problem...the man is a former priest who sexually assaulted sister Rosaria many times in the past. Now, the village's peace is in her hands; if she doesn't obey "Father Edwards", he has sworn to kill every single one of the villagers...

9. Bonyuu Kissa Hitozuma Choukyou 母乳喫茶 人妻調教 [040714] Studio-74
The newlyweds life is grieved by accumulated debts. Wife gets lured to a cafe and fed with aphrodisiac food. Soon she starts to accept her fate as a lactating slave.
Doujin Nukige

10. Assault Angel Canon 突撃天使かのん [040716] Rasen
One day, Keiichi meets Kanon unexpectedly, and "Despire" suddenly appears in front of them. "Despire" attacks Keiichi, and the two crystals appear from inside him. Keiichi is pursued by "Despire" since then, and Kanon and her company fight against "Despire". But the girls gradually get involved in a series of insults....

11. Auction [040716] Sage
Main characters lives with maid and an older sister and leads a normal school life. But something starts to change. His sister is approached by a shady man and shy classmates start to behave proactively. Then one morning maid brings him an anonymous letter saying "Auction". This story starts at this moment, two weeks before protagonist's birthday.

12. Goukan Kyakusen ~Jigoku no Cruise~ 強奸客船～地獄のクルーズ～ [040716] Touchy
A luxury cruise ship "Tsukimiya" gets captured by terrorists. They ask main character to become a collaborator. He agrees in order to realize his feelings towards the girl he likes. No female passenger is going to be spared.

13. Inhou no Seijo ~The Nuns of Sexualministrant~ 淫奉の聖女 The Nuns of Sexualministrant [040716] TinkerBell 1
No matter how pure one’s soul might be, there is always a sin nestled in it’s deepest recesses. For most, these cancerous infections remain weak, openly recognized and rejected for their inherent dangers. But there are those who refuse to accept their own evils - individuals who foolishly blind themselves to it. These are the souls demons seek most, for they prove easiest to corrupt and twist. To deny one’s darkest natures makes them unimaginably easy to exploit, for how can one fight what they refuse to even acknowledge exists?

14. Kango Shichauzo 3 ~Kangofu-san wa Amaenbo~ 看護しちゃうぞ３～看護婦さんは甘えんぼ～ [040716] Trabulance
Main characters rents a room and works at a part-time job. The same apartment inhabitants Riho and Sayaka visit his job location where they become targets of nanpa. Protagonist protects them and kicks nanma men out, but gets in a traffic accident with a running bike and breaks a leg. He awakens at a hospital where female doctor is so grateful for saving Riho and Sayaka that she helps him lose virginity... twice. Immovable protagonist looks around and notices Riho and Sayaka who happen to be nurses at this hospital. This summer is going to be wild.

15. Kuro no Juujika ~Per Aspera~ 黒の十字架～per aspera～ [040716] Ferret
”Succeeding in commerce, the protagonist (Wolf) who returns home since a long time. However, it’s not the peaceful village that he used to know. The reality of the witch hunts, he had already known about thanks to the letter from his friend Franz, was more cruel than he imagined. It was clear that the people executed are innocent.
Acting as if blind to the gruesome circumstances, finally reaching home, he reunites with his mother and younger and lives peacefully…
At least for a short while, until one day when returning home after running an errand in a different town he is confronted with the fact that his own family is the next target that are to be hunted down as ‘witches’. And the fact that his mother and brother have already been captured.
Cue Wolf using his skills in stuff like making wigs, to infiltrate the place they are held in order to SAVE them!
Boys Love

16. Injoku Densha 淫辱電車 [040719] Studio-Sakura
Molesting adventure game in which you are to sexually humiliate a woman and her daughter. The mom is married and has big tits, and her daughter is popular in the school. Female characters are fully voiced. Saeko by: Kawase Yuzuki. Anna by: Miwa Seiko. This is a game to sexually humiliate and molest mother and daughter.
Doujin Nukige

17. My Pet Arcueid マイペットアルクェイド [040719] MOON GODDESS
Princess of darkness Arcueid wants to protect main character, but he has his own ideas on the matter.
Doujin Nukige

18. Kizuna Zero 刻無 零 [040720] Nekketsuya
Residents start to disappear in an old provincial town. But later they start to return possessing violent intentions. A mysterious group begins its operation at the same time with the incidents.
Main character discovers a crimson ring at the ruins, and from that moment he becomes in the center of these strange events.

19. Kyouin Oyako ~Chijoku no Cosplay Choukyou~ 狂淫母娘 ～恥辱のコスプレ調教～ [040720] Rasinban
Main character has an affair with his father's new wife. But he can't be satisfied with Kotono cosplay fetishism alone. He breaks his promise to leave Kotono daughters away from this and begins his hunt.

20. Gibo wa Tenkosei ~ Midarana Netori Nisshi 義母は転校生 ～ 淫らな寝取り日誌 [040721] That's
Sayaka, concubine of my father came this town as a transferred student. The days with gentle, pretty and big-breasted concubine. Nails her while father is not home!! At home and in school!! A Pretty puni junior joins them and they takes on a lot of sexual activities: double blow-job, cosplay sex, threesome sex.... A veritable barrage of sex and ejaculation!! Enjoy having sweet wonderful sex life with same age mom and her junior!!!

21. Full House Kiss フルハウスキス [040722] Capcom
Suzuhara Mugi is a 15 year-old on a mission. She is determined to somehow get onto the campus of Shoukei Academy, a super, super elite high school.
The school is huge and private and has tight security.
Mugi is searching for her missing older sister, her only remaining family, and she has been led to believe that someone or something on the campus of that school will help her in her search. Unfortunately the strict school security is preventing her from getting onto the school grounds.
However, her luck changes when she literally runs into Midou Kazuya the son of an insanely rich mega-corporation president, and an elite person at the school. Midou is not impressed with Mugi’s sob story about needing to get into the school. He is a very smug and arrogant rich guy. But he can be reasonable, and he eventually strikes up a deal with Mugi, he will get her onto the school grounds in exchange for some labor on her part, she must come to his house and work as a maid! He lives with 3 other guys, known as the La Princes in the super elite school.

22. Aoi Umi de Yarisuteya ~Zangyaku! Namadori Live~ 蒼い海でヤりすてや～残虐！ 生撮りライブ～ [040723] Zero
A middle-aged painter is a big fan of national idol Saori. He dreams about making her portrait and with that intentions finds a way to the fan-club exclusive voyage on a luxurious cruiser where Saori gives a concert. But negative emotions prevail, and events take an unexpected turn...

23. Black Gate -Kanin no Gakuen- BLACK GATE　-姦淫の学園- [040723] Image-Works
Narifumi Hosokawa prepares for his high school's culture festival with the Kadomori twins, Shizuku and Kasumi. While everyone is distracted, Shizuku decides to open a mysterious gate through the use of magic and travel to an alternate world. She has broken the oath of her family's heritage, as to protect the Black Gate from those who seek the enormous power that lies within the world. The remaining defenders of the Black Gate, consisting of female students and a female teacher, must travel through to the other side and return before any distruptions come to either dimension. However, Narifumi accompanies the group and Shizuku is waiting for them with some new allies.

24. Ijitte Princess ~Mou! Mata Konna Tokoro de~ いじってプリンセス～もう！またこんなところで～ [040723] Vitamin 1
Al is the prince of a new kingdom that has quickly risen to become the world’s most powerful nation. To quell the fears of neighboring rivals, and prevent the possibility of them uniting against a common threat, the King has commanded Al to marry a Princess in the name of goodwill. To this end, royalty around the world have sent their most beautiful daughters to broker lasting peace and usher forth a new noble lineage.

25. Kuro Yorimo Kurai Ao 黒よりも昏い青 [040723] LiLiM
There used to be a God who preyed on the villagers. The best thing people could do is hide. Then one brave man took a sacred Taira sword and decided to give abomination a fight. Man was victorious, but he could only seal the rampaging God inside his body. For a long time his descendants inherited the seal.
But now the creature has accumulated enough power to turn the owner of the body into a monster committing and killing humans...

26. Mashou no Nie 魔将の贄 [040723] Liquid 1 2
Our protagonist Vincent finds himself wandering around in the forest between two warring nations.
His plan: utilize his unparalleled skills with a blade to advance his standing in the world.
After hearing screaming and shouting off in the distance, he dashes over to investigate, only to find the ground littered with corpses clad in Katushan livery.
A group of bandits is advancing upon none other than the Princess Roxana of Katusha.
Realizing that this is the chance of a life time, Vincent draws his sword, cuts down the ruffians, and escorts the princess back to her castle.
Now, Vincent will not hesitate to destroy anyone in his path as he quests for power, glory, and the beautiful members of the royal family of Katusha...

27. River Trap [040723] ATP Projects
The river, that flows through your city... there is something mystical and majestic to it. And years after, you can't seem to avoid getting drawn to it. It is as if the river... liked you.

28. Sei Maries Gakuen ~Ikasete! Onee-sama~ 聖マリエス学園～イカせて！お姉さま～ [040723] Lilith Soft
Because of her love toward the adorable elder girl, the boy transferred to girls' school as a female student. Horny big-breasted girl, dyke who think that the boy is a girl....a lot of girls are waiting for him. Is he really able to make love with that adorable girl!?

29. Serina 瀬里奈 [040723] Atelier Kaguya TEAM HEARTBEAT
Young people are engaged in folklore studies at the university. Naoto Kosaka during the summer vacation gets a letter from his professor, who disappeared several months ago. Naoto interested in the contents of the letter, with a proposal to go to the mountain village for practical research, so he goes to Murakami Mori.

30. Taiiku Souko ~Shoujotachi no Sange~ 体育倉庫～少女達の散華～ [040723] West Vision
Once a time, Ryouta Nagase was a very successful salesman, mostly because he routinely supplemented/enhanced his commercial skills by seducing and bedding the female customers, but tragically his past life is now only a painful memory since that fateful day when he lost his job and perhaps even his drive to live after becoming impotent...
Drifting aimlessly from place to place, almost destitute, Ryouta is forced to seek refuge for the night in the gymnastics warehouse ("taiiku souko" in japanese) of an abandoned school somewhere in the countryside.
Unfortunately, the following morning he's discovered by Rikka and Miko, two little (but 18 years old of course, heh... ) girls who are using that same warehouse as a sort of secret room for their summer homework and other childi... , err "girly" activities.
Not wanting to expose himself to the authorities, Ryouta tries and succeeds in befriending both girls, but VERY soon the presence of the cute lolis combined with an unfortunate accident cause the unthinkable: Ryouta's most precious treasure resurrects to new life, and the two girls are conveniently close at hand.
And this is merely the beginning...

31. Trouble Trap Laboratory とらぶるトラップLaboratory [040723] Meriken
Main character wakes up at a laboratory bed with various sensors attached. Two people analize the sperm taken and give it a "pass" score. What are the contents of this mad scientist's experiments?

32. Zan! ~Ryoujoku no Yakata~ ZAN！（惨）～凌辱の館～ [040723] Acme.R
Her father, Saori Kanzaki, ran a small town factory. However, due to the recession, the company went bankrupt and had a large amount of debt. My esteemed father is abducted and lost, and my mother also suffers from serious illness. At such times, a creditor came to Saori to tell him a good story.
They will be admitted to the private Tenma Gakuen, a women's school in a dormitory system, as a tuition fee exempt student, and will introduce a part-time job for debt repayment. Saori jumps to the story that I can not hope for, and performs the transfer procedure. In late July, the last day of a semester, Saori will transfer. And I will come to the villa of the director Narusawa near the school for "I part-time job."
The villa of Narusawa, located on the Midorizawa Kogen, surrounded by mountains, forests and lakes, is a wonderful environment surrounded by dazzling greens, birds singing, and nothing more.
Saori "Can you live in such a wonderful place ..."
However, the excitement did not last long. In the evening of the day I arrived at the villa, I will be informed of the astonishing fact from Shiho of the underwriter.
Shiho "You work in a membership-only secret club. Sexually serve rich men."
Saori "Well, that's ..."
Saori, who thought that she worked as a housekeeper, cries and cries out in this too harsh reality. But after all, Saori is determined to "dedicate his body," to save the family.
Saori's days of hell began ...

33. Hate/Sty Night [040724] Team-Tanabe
A collection of ten rape stories with the girls from Fate/Stay Night.
Doujin Nukige

34. Dorei (Obey) 奴隷（オベイ） [040730] Gaia
Main character is a former civil who turns to criminal activity. He manages to become a sex educator at a church facility that nurtures sex slaves for the clergy.

35. Erokko Grow Up えろっ娘・ぐろぅあっぷ [040730] Black Package
The doctor received a call at his private clinic and was asked to cure two girls:
Kurumi and Kanata barely survived the accident that killed their parents, but while the injuries healed they both stopped to grow physically; Kanata also stopped grow mentally and has no memories of the accident.

36. Gakuen Prince ~Gakuen Seifuku Sengen~ 学園Prince～学園征服宣言～ [040730] Boy's Software
The main character of the game, Asou Takayoshi, nephew of the head of the financial group Ohkouchi, is announced that from the following week he will be transfered to the prestigious Love Wing High School.
Boys Love

37. Hadaka Apron Gakuen 裸エプロン学園 [040730] Sekilala
Main character does not have a girlfriend yet, but he has a distinctive ideal that he seeks in women. And that is "Naked apron looks good"! One day he goes to bed early and wakes up in a town where everyone wears naked aprons. This must be heavenly reward for his dedication!

38. Hitozuma Sekkan Kurabu 人妻折檻倶楽部 [040730] Haoh
Main character learns about secret club called “Married Woman Club” and its membership conditions. To get admitted he needs to prepare a married woman slave for exclusive ownership of the club. Protagonist assaults a suitable woman, trains her and explores the facilities club has to offer...

39. Ikusa Otome Valkyrie "Anata ni Subete o Sasagemasu" 戦乙女ヴァルキリー「あなたに全てを捧げます」 [040730] 1
In the High-Fantasy world of Midgard, the Humans, with the direct support of the Gods, are fighting a long and ferocious war for the control of their land and freedom against the Demons from the netherworld (...).
The main character is Duke, an Human half-blood commander in the demonic Knights of Darkness. A cynical but very capable leader, he's nevertheless openly despised by all other Demons, both for his ancestry and his "soft" practices (like, for example, to forbid his own troops the traditional butchering of captured enemy children). But, ironically, it's exactly Duke's unorthodox approach to strategy that could give the final victory to the Demons...

40. Kazoku Keikaku ~Soshite Mata Kazoku Keikaku o~ 家族計画 〜そしてまた家族計画を〜 [040730] Takayashiki Kaihatsu 1
Continuation of the Matsuri end of Kazoku Keikaku.

41. Love Fetish ~Fellatio Hen~ らぶフェチ　～フェラチオ編～ [040730] Erogos
Miku's fascinating lips do not live up to aspirations. Ayumu seems to know the solution. She suggests using her as a cushion. With that the stronghold draws closer to its fall.

42. Nyuujoku Hitozuma Jogakuen ~Ingoku no Yakan Hitozuma Choukyou Gakka (Nibu) 乳辱人妻女学園～淫獄の夜間人妻調教学科（ニ部） [040730] SQUEEZ
There is a unique class at this school - marriage training. It is supervised by director's son who trains girls into slaves there. Moreover, he has strict principles to qualify for admission. It's to have a G cup or bigger. He forces women to wear uniforms with their breasts exposed and participate in various humiliating activities.

43. Rashiel no Hakoniwa ~Shounen to Kaihou no Jumon~ ラシエルの箱庭～少年と解放の呪文～ [040730] B Works
Rei Saiga was born with a peculiar power to see into someone's mind when he touches them. This ability caused his parents to reject him, and he was taken in by the Kujo family.
After moving out, he lives his life as a college dropout fairly normally, until Takami Kujo comes to him with an odd proposal:
The Kujo family has made their money by selling off "Merchandise" (human slaves), and they recently found one who supposedly has the blood of both an Angel and a human running through him. Takami wants Rei to find out if this is true, and as long as he doesn't hurt the boy, he can do anything he wishes to find out...
Boys Love

44. Sakura Machizaka Stories Vol. 1 桜待坂Stories vol.１ [040730] Ivory
Contains two stories: "Friends to Sweets" and "花蝶楓月".

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As for Hinatabokko, the last line that was added in the English premise is really corny if not ridiculuous and uncanny. First of all while the twin sister here is sexy, the art is definitely not show that because Fue's art here is more focused on the cuteness. Second while granted it's normal VN where the man was need to choose a girl, I don't really think that Natsuki here is really confused when he chose a girl. And by the way the new lines about sexy and confused MC here is really added for English version, because when I checked Japanese version synopsis it tell us on how Natsuki's parents dead and the first paragraph of the English premise. Oh and they got the title wrong as well, because Hinatabokko actually mean 'Basking in the sun'.

That said, it's understandable though if the staff got it wrong on the translation (Actually it shouldn't be happen) because back at 2008 Mangagamer was still newbie and they probably lack of English speaker translator. Also for more trivia, actually Mangagamer was formed by four Japanese companies with Tarte was one of the company so maybe they only have Japanese staffs back then. Other than mistranslation on the title and the unneccesary addition of the uncanny premise, I guess it's more or less okay as long as you try to tolerate Mangagamer's early bad translation (I'm okay with it, although other people need to mind on that here).

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A once-reputable magazine used gunshot victims as a lever in the debate over medical treatment, using the claims of an untruthful doctor who would, apparently, say anything to advance his public health agenda.

Gunshot victims left waiting as horse dewormer overdoses overwhelm Oklahoma hospitals, doctor says” was the headline run by Rolling Stone on September 3rd.

The article originally ran with a photograph of people wearing winter coats and hats though temperatures in Oklahoma were in the 90s in the days leading up to the publication date. The doctor who made the claim has since been disavowed by the hospital system and it turns out that the hospital hasnt treated any patients related to the specified drug, and, most importantly, that every patient has received appropriate medical attention.

Theres more to this story that is, frankly, outside of the scope of the National Rifle Association. We exist to safeguard and promote 2nd Amendment rights; our focus and mission is a singular lane from which we do not deviate. This article popped on our radar due to the mention of gunshot victims, and its the latest demonstration that activists and the media have no problem exaggerating a problem – or concocting it, whole-cloth – if it suits their agenda.

After the hospitals statement, Rolling Stone changed the headline, swapped out the photograph, and added an update” to the top of the article. Not a retraction or a correction, but an update.” Thats how the media treats truth – as subjective. They acknowledged the hospitals statement and their own inability to confirm any such cases or delays in medical care at Oklahoma hospitals but left the baseless claim in the article. Hardline activists have trouble accepting the truth when it conflicts with their radical ideology.

We saw it when Shannon Watts of Bloombergs Moms Demand Action attacked the very rational actions of a mother who was saved by an armed woman as a child and who acquired a firearm to protect her own child from neo-Nazis. Watts tweeted that the woman, a Jewish political commentator being threatened by actual neo-Nazis, was acting out of privilege for acquiring a firearm.

Mike Bloombergs Mayors Against Illegal Guns” read the names of gun violence victims” during a 2013 bus tour, but apparently didnt think there were enough victims. They added the name Tamerlan Tsarnaev, the terrorist who killed four people and maimed or injured 264 others at the 2013 Boston Marathon. Tsarnaev was run over by his brother and accomplice Dzhokhar during a shootout with police. Four months after detonating bombs at a family event and then killing his brother, Rolling Stone put the terrorist on its cover with a photo more appropriate for a boy band than a murderous animal.

Anti-gun activists regularly combine homicide and suicide totals to stoke fear and push gun control. Weve reviewed papers that demonstrate a complete disregard for the relevance of data or unrealistic and contradictory findings. Weve even seen how so-called public health enables itself and how politicians will turn even a memorial service into a campaign event.

The one truth about radical anti-gun activism is that they know no bounds – there is nothing off-limits. Anything and everything will be used as leverage to guilt, scare, cajole, or mislead the public into adopting the radicals position. Reason and science are twisted to suit the unconstitutional ends of the would-be gun grabbers.

Elections in 2021 in California, New Jersey, and Virginia are the next opportunity to curtail the power of anti-gun politicians, but the best message can be sent in November 2022.

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*Impact* (1949) directed by Arthur Lubin with Brian Donlevy, Ella Raines, Charles Coburn, Helen Walker, Tony Barrett. and Anna May Wong.

This one had decent and dark story line that made up for its lack of being very Noir-ish stylistically.

Basically Walker and Barrett plan on killing her husband Donlevy an auto company executive working in San Francisco. I'd have killed him myself for the unbearably overly attentive husband shtick routine he was playing, lol. Anyway once the attempted murder goes haywire (a bumbling Barrett accidentally drives into a gasoline tanker and is burned beyond recognition), the police assume the body is Donlevy's.

Donlevy, who was conked on the head and left for dead regains conscious climbs into a parked moving van, passes out, and wakes up someplace in Nevada.

Humiliated and devastated by his wife's complicity in the attempted murder, Donlevy gets a job as a mechanic working for Raines in a fly speck town in Idaho. He does not reveal his identity and, lets his wife get indicted as an accomplice in his murder.

There is an unexpected twist. 6.5-7/10

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I absolutely groove to IMPACT!!! Saw it for the first time late night when A&E used to show classic films. I was transfixed! I have it on a PD compilation and watch it fairly frequently. As it's a PD flick, I'm surprised I don't see it more often on TCM if ever.

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You know what, guys? I have *IMPACT* on a video I picked up for a song, years ago, and for some unaccountable reason have never watched it. Well, I still have a functioning VCR, so I'm finally going to haul it out and give it a whirl. Now that it's been endorsed by all these charming and erudite film noir fans.

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Agreed "soft" noir.

Ok now back to "hard core" noir.

Watched *99 River Street* (1953) last night, I saw this recently on TCM but only from the about the the halfway point to the end, and from what I saw I though it was pretty good. Boy did I miss a lot of outstanding sequences.

Directed by Phil Karlson, with John Payne as ex prizefighter/cabby Ernie Driscoll, Evelyn Keyes as pixie-ish wanna be actress Linda James, Brad Dexter as dapper jewel thief Victor Rawlins, Frank Faylen as cab company shift boss Stan Hogan, Peggie Castle as ex-showgirl Pauline Driscoll

and Jack Lambert as mob muscle Mickey.

Basically Ernie and Pauline are having marital difficulties. Pauline thought she was marring the next champ but Ernie gets an eye injury and is banned from boxing. She resents the fact that she gave up a promising career and now she's married to a cabby. Unbeknownst to Ernie Pauline has fallen in with Rawlins who commits a jewel heist.

Keyes has a nice meaty role playing it slightly over-wound. Faylen is a sort of mentor to Ernie. The film has some great sequences a nice twist, and an interesting denouement on a great set piece. 10/10

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Saw this quite a while ago on TCM but re-watched it on Netflix last night. I almost forgot how good, in a non-conventional way this one is.

*Cry Danger* (1951) was directed by Robert Parrish, and stars Dick Powell as just released con Rocky, Rhonda Flemming as Nancy, Richard Erdman as Delong, William Conrad as mob bookie Castro, Regis Toomey as lawman Cobb, and Jean Porter as blond dish Darlene.

Nice opening title sequence of passenger train making its journey to the City of Angles. At Union Station, Rocky (Powell) is met by cop Cobb (Toomey) and the man who provided his alibi (five years late) that got him released from the pen, an alcoholic marine with a wooden leg named Delong (Erdman). Cobb buys the drinks and asks Rocky about the missing $100,000 loot from the robbery that got him incarcerated along with his best friend. Rocky sticks to his story that he was framed and that he knows nothing about the money.

After cop leaves the bar Rocky confronts Delong and he admits that he made up Rocky's alibi and that a greatfull Rocky should part with some of the hidden loot. Rocky tells him that he really doesn't know anything about the robbery but he knows who might and that is Castro (Conrad) a local mob bookie, headquartered upstairs at the Amigo Club, but he is greatfull for the alibi and befriends Delong. Before confronting Castro, Rocky first wants to visit his best friends wife Nancy (Flemming) who was a former girlfriend of Rocky's.

Delong & Rocky driving a decadent looking Nash Ambassador (that bobs up and down like a boat on an easy-glide suspension) go to find Nancy.

Nancy lives in a seedy run down trailer court near downtown LA. Rocky and Delong go to the court and rent a decaying trailer from a crusty ukulele playing manager while waiting for Nancy to return from work. While passing the time they befriend a cute blond sunbather named Darlene. Delong, Darlene, Rocky and Nancy start hanging out together while Rocky begins to unravel the frame that got him set to prison.

What's to like?

This is a great little noir all set in a rundown low rent neighborhood of LA replete with fleabag hotels, sleazy bars, and corner deli's.

The trailer park location is great, it provides a nice contrast to conventional all dark Noirs and it gives that creepy "just flipped over rock and bugs scurrying from the sun" feeling to the film. The park and its denizens provide a lot of amusing laughs interspersed with seriousness of the confrontations between Rocky, Castro, and Castro's henchmen.

The Nash Ambassador is a hoot, you can't help but chuckle everytime you see tough guy Rocky driving around in what looks like a ridiculous upside down bathtub.

Rocky's memorable confrontation with Castro, after Castro tries to frame him the second time.

Cutie Darlene who shows lots of skin while almost constantly sunbathing on a lounger in the trailer park.

A nice twist.

I'll give this one a 10/10. This needs a DVD release, please!

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"Cry Danger" is a very under rated piece of film noir.Plus a nice tour of L.A. in 1950. I always loved it and watching Dick Powell, who could deliver an off the cuff smart a**ed remark better then anyone.Even though he wanted the part of Walter Neff in "Double Indemnity", but lost to Fred MacMurray, he scored big with "Murder, My Sweet" and changed his image forever. Following with some fine noirs such as "Cornered", "Johnny O'Clock' and "Pitfall" he always delivered, even if the films didn't. Just wish he had done more of the tough talking style he did so well....

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Revisited *Killer's Kiss* (1955) director Stanley Kubric, with Frank Silvera as sleazy dime-a-dance hall owner Vincent Rapallo, Jamie Smith as boxer Davey Gordon, Irene Kane as ballroom taxi dancer Gloria Price and Jerry Jarrett as Albert (the fight manager). Could very well be the quintessential New York Noir, from the opening scenes of the old Pennsylvania Station, the decadence of Times Square to the industrial alleys and rooftops of lower Manhattan, it speaks volumes of what can be accomplished in a short film on a shoe string using real locations, and of the talent of Kubric as a director, writer, cinematographer, and editor.

The story is basically, a prize fighter falls for the taxi dancer he peeps on from across the air shaft in his apartment house, juxtaposed cuts of him fighting a loosing bout in the ring and her fighting off the advances of her **** boss establish the dynamics of the story. He comes to her rescue after Rapallo accosts Gloria in her apartment, and they hit it off. Exchanging hard luck stories they decide to take a vacation from the city and to travel West to Seattle to a horse farm that Davey's uncle owns.

Davey needs his money from his last fight and Gloria needs her paycheck. They arrange with Davey's manager to meet at the ballroom. All goes hay-wire and the events that propel the story to a memorable conclusion are started in motion.

BTY, If any of you haven't seen it some shots from the film are used on one of TCM bumpers, the one that uses the "Angel Eyes" tenor sax instrumental.

Definitely on the A-list with another 10/10.

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I watched Dr Clitterhouse yesterday, very funny movie. I like it when Bogie says the name Dr. Clitterhouse and also tries to put him in the deep freeze. Dr. Clitterhouse tells him that the cold would have kept him alive longer, and Bogie bought it.

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Wow! CRY DANGER sounds wonderful. I did some time in a trailer park myself!

To fredbaetz,

Powell would have been fine as Walter Neff. As long as he didn't sing!

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On TMC yesterday caught most of these or parts but seen most before with one surprize.

*Escape In The Desert* (1945) A remake of The Petrified Forest, Nazi spies infiltrate a hotel in the American Southwest with.Dir: Edward A. Blatt Cast: Jean Sullivan,Philip Dorn, Irene Manning. Edward A. Blatt. Philip Dorn, Helmut Dantine, Jean Sullivan, Alan Hale. Lot of obvious painted backdrop studio shots Never seen before, 5/10

*The Petrified Forest* (1936) D: Archie Mayo. Leslie Howard, Bette Davis, Dick Foran, Humphrey Bogart, Genevieve Tobin, Charley Grapewin, Porter Hall. Drags until Bogart shows up the Leslie Howard/Bette Davis romance is a snoozer. Bogart is Duke Mantee, escaped gangster, who holds writer Howard, dreamer Davis, and others hostage at roadside restaurant in Arizona. Seen parts but never the whole 6/10

*The Killers* (1946) D: Robert Siodmak. Burt Lancaster, Ava Gardner, Edmond O'Brien, Albert Dekker, Sam Levene, Virginia Christine, William Conrad, Charles McGraw. Ex-fighter found murdered, subsequent investigation. Story told in flash back. Great stylized cinematography with outstanding cast, excellent 10/10

*Where Danger Lives* (1950) D: John Farrow. Robert Mitchum, Faith Domergue, Claude Rains, Maureen O'Sullivan. Mitchum falls for suicidal Domergue who leads him on thinking that she is Claude Rains? daughter rather than his young wife. A confrontation leads to a fight with Rains landing blows from a fire place poker on Mitchum?s noggin before Mitchum lands a blow that knocks Rains out. Mitchum suffering from a concussion leaves the living room and Domergue finishes Rains off smothering him with a pillow. She lets Mitchum think that he killed Rains and the two flee towards Mexico Atmospheric, stylized not a bad Noir though Domergue doesn?t quite gel in the part . 7/10

*His Kind Of Woman* (1951 D: John Farrow. Robert Mitchum, Jane Russell, Vincent Price, Tim Holt, Raymond Burr, Charles McGraw, Marjorie Reynolds, Jim Backus. Mitchum blindly goes to Mexico for a payoff of 50 grand, discovers he's the soon-to-be-dead chump whose identity will help deported gangster Burr re-enter the country. Only saw part of it but Vincent Price is a hoot as a ham actor (I?m sure it wasn?t much of a stretch for him) Only caught the beginning and bits and pieces before I had chores to do. This has a huge write up in the Encyclopedia of American Film Noir will have to revist.

*The Big Sleep* (1946) D: Howard Hawks. Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, John Ridgely, Martha Vickers, Louis Jean Heydt, Regis Toomey, Peggy Knudsen, Dorothy Malone, Bob Steele, Elisha Cook, Jr. Raymond Chandler's first novel; detective Philip Marlowe (Bogart) becomes involved with wealthy Bacall and her uncontrollable little sister Vickers. Its ok but Bogart & Bacall are Bogart & Bacall and not Marlow & Sternwood. Caught this from after the first hour mark to the end, my least favorite Big Screen Marlowe, so far, but I haven?t seen the Brasher Doubloon yet 6.5/10

*Crime in the Streets* (1956) D: Donald Siegel. James Whitmore, John Cassavetes, Sal Mineo, Mark Rydell, Virginia Gregg, Denise Alexander, Will Kuluva, Peter Votrian, Malcolm Atterbury. Draggy drama of angry, alienated youth Cassavetes, who conspires to commit murder. Cassavetes always reminds me of a demented Jerry Lewis, saw just the end of this studio bound film boring, 5/10

*Side Street* (1950) D: Anthony Mann. Farley Granger, Cathy O'Donnell, James Craig, Paul Kelly, Edmon Ryan, Paul Harvey, Jean Hagen, Charles McGraw, Adele Jergens, Harry Bellaver, Whit Bissell. Part-time mailman Granger impulsively stealing $30,000 of blackmail money from a ring led by a crooked lawer, and finding himself caught between the crooks and the cops.

Holy Crap another great NYC Noir that I've never heard of, this one with the benefit of a big budget that Kubrick didn?t have for the ?Killers Kiss?. Great atmospheric location shots juxtaposed with seedy apartment interiors. A highlight is the grand finale cab vs. cop cruiser chase, through the narrow, deserted, Sunday morning streets of lower Manhattan, the high angle overhead shots makes it look like rats running around an elaborate maze, equals the chase in McQueen?s ?Bullitt ? in a different way. 10/10

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Great reviews of a great day on TCM, Joe!

Of these, I'd not seen two, and still have to see one of them!!! I enjoyed ESCAPE IN THE DESERT, even though it was clearly not up to par of the original film of which it was a remake. But I'd not seen it before and enjoyed it. I have never seen SIDE STREET yet, and need to! Fortunately I have it on a Film Noir Collection from WB, so one day I'll sit down and watch it! I always love Paul Kelly, so I definitely need to see it on that basis plus your great review!

I would disagree with you a bit on THE PETRIFIED FOREST, because I love Leslie Howard so much, all of that part of the film captivated me just fine, and Bogie's appearance just shifts it into another gear, but I loved it all, and would rate it 10/10. I'd also give a 10 spot to THE BIG SLEEP. I guess I don't care too much how they match up with the written form that gave birth to the film, but just relish their energy on-screen. It's a great film!

I agree with you about Faith in WHERE DANGER LIVES, I like the film, but it's...I dunno, not the best of the best. Mitch always fun to watch, but for most of this film he's kind of out of it, and doesn't really bring the energy I'm used to because of it. Or maybe he's just sleepier than usual! :)

You really need to catch HIS KIND OF WOMAN, I really dig it and would rate it a 9 of 10 at least!

Thanks for the great posts!

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WHERE DANGER LIVES is not super-duper noir, but I was surprised at how much I liked it. It's unpretentious drama; not too serious. Over before you know it. It's not OUT OF THE PAST, not CAPE FEAR. But it's solid storytelling. It's fun.

I have a couple of videos to watch this weekend. I've seen THE LINE-UP before, but that was years ago. Something called SLIGHTLY SCARLET? I don't how good this one will be, but there's one way to find out. I fell asleep on THE BRIBE a couple of nights ago. I'll tackle it again. The joy of video!

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> {quote:title=cigarjoe wrote:}{quote}

> *Where Danger Lives* (1950) Atmospheric, stylized not a bad Noir though Domergue doesn?t quite gel in the part . 7/10

I can understand why people think that, but I think she worked quite well. She is psychotic. As a psychotic, she is always a little distant, always not quite 'there,' other-directed, and we can't see 'the other.' She may have come across that way because of limited acting skills, but I think it worked, for the part.

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> {quote:title=ValentineXavier wrote:}{quote}

> > {quote:title=cigarjoe wrote:}{quote}

> >

> > *Where Danger Lives* (1950) Atmospheric, stylized not a bad Noir though Domergue doesnt quite gel in the part . 7/10

> I can understand why people think that, but I think she worked quite well. She is psychotic. As a psychotic, she is always a little distant, always not quite 'there,' other-directed, and we can't see 'the other.' She may have come across that way because of limited acting skills, but I think it worked, for the part.

I'm willing to give it another shot, like I mentioned so many Noir's back to back in one day seems to blunt their impact.

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*Side Street* starts out as an imitation *Naked City* with voiceover, etc., but soon enough turns into a noir nightmare. Cigarjoe, excellent comments about the climactic car chase.

If there were truth in advertising, *Crime in the Streets* would be called *Crime on the Set*. It's a Reginald Rose TV play expanded for the movies in the wrong way--that is, by giving us more of the same instead of expanding the focus. It's a crime story that morphs into a problem drama. The ending is definitely not noir. Don Siegel gives us an exciting but not bloody rumble to open the film, then it quickly bogs down. Siegel has trouble staging the personal scenes, such as the ones with John Cassavetes, his mother (Virginia Gregg), and his little brother. A gesture, a prop, a look out of the frame, a cutting rhythm, could improve the earnest dialogue. (Seeing part of Kazan's *Splendor in the Grass* the same day pointed up what these scenes lack.)

However, *Crime in the Streets* can be recommended to fans of John Cassavetes, very intense if too old to play an 18-year-old gang leader, and Sal Mineo, alarmingly pretty as 15-year-old Angelo, called Baby by everyone. Mark Rydell is just alarming as Lou, a psycho gang member with a king-sized crush on Cassavetes. Lou gets turned on by the idea of helping Frankie (Cassavetes) commit murder. Too bad the writing and directing don't match the level of the performers.

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Some interesting comments lately on this thread, and some sweet noirs reviewed ( is that oxymoronic..."sweet" and "noir" ? )

I own *Side Street*, it's on some noir boxed set I've got (I have quite a few, and I get them mixed up -I can't recall if it's on one of the good ones, or one of the cheapo sets that give you 9 movies or something, but they haven't been cleaned up. But I digress.)

Anyway - I love this film ! It's this kind of movie that makes me love film noir. It's got everything - the innocent sap who digs himself deeper and deeper into trouble the more he tries to extricate himself from it; the uncaring soulless bad guys, both the low life and the high life variety; a bar, appropriately dark and full of street types; a "Mcguffin" (Farley's stolen money/bonds) and a floozie with a heart of gold.

Best of all, it's got that fascinating cinematography, those mean New York Streets, and , as cigarjoe has mentioned, that great overhead shot of the city and all those little cars, looking just like dinky toys in a narrow grey city. The first time I saw this shot, I thought, "This is one of the reasons I love movies ."

Farley and sweet Cathy O'Donnell make almost as touching a couple in *Side Street* as they did in *They Live by Night*.

Altogether, this is a really enjoyable little noir, all the more fun because it's relatively obscure, so it's a pleasant surprise to discover how good it is.

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"On the other hand"... *Where Danger Lives* was a huge disappointment. Robert Mitchum has got to be one of noir's noirest ( made-up wprd alert ) actors, I'm an ardent fan of Mitch's, plus the great Claude Rains graces this one, although not for very long. With these two in the picture, how can it go wrong? But it does.

It's curiously lacking in energy.Yes, could be that Mitch in a concussed stupor for two thirds of the film contributes to this lassitude, but perhaps with another director or even another story altogether this might have worked. Dominique whatshername doesn't add much - I've heard she was a "protegee" ( aka trollop/tart/floozie) of Howard Hughes, and that's how she got the role.

The entire movie falls flat ( IMHO, of course). Even the little things I usually love about film noir, ie, cigarette smoke, rain, slinkiness, darkness, an uneasy atmosphere that doesn't know whether it's foreboding or anticipation, are either absent or half-hearted in this anemic flick.

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