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Friday, February 29, 2008
skippy's friday nite music club
eric clapton & mark knopfler - cocaine
mark knopfler, of dire straits, joins eric (among others) on this classic live in 1988.
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thanks, bitch!
Labels: amnesty day
32 years later
it is 32 years since paddy chayefsky's network was released and it doesn't ring truthy; it rings true:
it is the international system of currency which determines the vitality of life on this planet. that is the natural order of things today. that is the atomic and subatomic and galactic structure of things today. and you have meddled with the primal forces of nature. and you will atone. Am I getting through to you, mr. beale? you get up on your little 21-inch screen and howl about america, and democracy. there is no america; there is no democracy. there is only ibm, and itt, and at&t, and dupont, dow, union carbide, and exxon. those are the nations of the world today.
i gotcher legacy for ya right here
(reposted from blanton's and ashton's, where we know the difference between a poke in the nose and satire)
Thursday, February 28, 2008
skippy's thursday nite music club
corky & the juice pigs - only gay eskimo
Labels: skippy's music club
hull no
four months after the biggest environmental disaster in u.s. history, mccain voted against requiring double hulled tankers.
to this day, exxon is the only oil company that doesn't use double-hulled tankers to ship oil in and out of alaska. - gristmill
dose of environmental reality
people drinking well water vulnerable to contaminants. more than 2 million people across the state are living with the prospect that the water they use daily for drinking, cooking and bathing could be tainted with dangerous toxins. -fayetteville observer
china belches, b.c. coughs, you pay. do not be fooled--those toxin-laden clouds of pollution in china are also making their way across the pacific and piling up against the west coast. - asian pacific post
growing food crisis as bio fuel subsidies undermine free markets . the announcement by josette sheeran, executive director of the u.n. world food program, that the globe's main provider of food aid may have to start rationing is not just bad news for countries like afghanistan and ethiopia that depend on its supplies. united press international
Labels: environment, food supply, pollution, water
tooth and consequences
...according to healthcare tourism international, a nonprofit accreditation and information organization set up to monitor the medical tourism boom, an estimated 1 million americans will travel abroad this year for some of sort of medical service, up from the national coalition on health care's figure of about 150,000 in 2004. of the procedures sought, 40 percent will be dental related. a recent article in the new york times on the dental tourism phenomenon cited a boom in luxury travel packages designed around dental procedures. a root canal followed by a little fly-fishing in costa rica? why not? the money you save can justify a short vacation. - sf bay guardian
Labels: healthcare, travel
birth canal
almost since those words were written in 1787 with scant explanation, their precise meaning has been the stuff of confusion, law school review articles, whisper campaigns and civics class debates over whether only those delivered on american soil can be truly natural born. to date, no american to take the presidential oath has had an official birthplace outside the 50 states.
"there are powerful arguments that senator mccain or anyone else in this position is constitutionally qualified, but there is certainly no precedent," said sarah h. duggin, an associate professor of law at catholic university who has studied the issue extensively. "it is not a slam-dunk situation."
mr. mccain was born on a military installation in the canal zone, where his mother and father, a navy officer, were stationed. his campaign advisers say they are comfortable that mr. mccain meets the requirement and note that the question was researched for his first presidential bid in 1999 and reviewed again this time around.
Labels: constitution, mccain, prez campaign
look, senoras and horsemen...
if the guy who called himself guitanguran is reading this, i just want to say that i am truly sorry for being such a mean-spirited prick to you...
Labels: life
Wednesday, February 27, 2008
skippy's wednesday nite music club
vinnie moore - meltdown
some mighty fine pickin' on that there gitar!
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why can't lolcats spell?
(via brilliant at breakfast)
rip william f. buckley, jr.
william buckley, with his winningly capricious personality, his use of ten-dollar words and a darting tongue writers loved to compare to an anteater's, was the popular host of one of television's longest-running programs, "firing line," and founded and shepherded the influential conservative magazine "national review."
he also found time to write more than 50 books, ranging from sailing odysseys to spy novels to dissertations on harpsichord fingering to celebrations of his own dashing daily life. he edited at least five more.
rick perlstein, unabashed liberal, waxes:
addendum: others point out buckley's on-the-record racism. but like senator byrd, he rounced his youthful embracing of hatred in his later years. national post:
there are a host of other issues on which buckley moderated his politics. in the 1980s, he said that if he were a black south african he would probably support the african national congress, a statement that shocked fellow conservatives. this independence of mind continued to the end of his life. not too long ago, he admitted that the iraq war was a ghastly mistake, again annoying his intellectual fellow travellers. he was learning until his last days.
Labels: conservatives, passings
so do we all have to get egged in the shower now?
one of our favorite scenes in movies is in life of brian, when brian tells the masses gathered outside his window that they are all individuals.
every one of the thousands of people agree in unison: "yes, we are all different."
one lone, feeble voice protests: "i'm not..."
that is how we are feeling these days.
via makethemaccountable, bob somerby over at the daily howler explains how we are all matt drudge now.
it would be hard to find words low enough to capture the work of these two cheerful bovines. even as of this morning, drum still hadn't updated his post to include howard wolfson's conference call, in which (quoting greg sargent at tpm ), wolfson "strongly denied any official campaign role in pushing the photo of obama." having mooed his affirmation of drudge, moo-cow kevin withdrew from the scene, failing to comment on wolfson's statement. and if anything, moo-cow [josh] marshall played things even dumber—as he often does in these latter days. as he so often does now, marshall rushed into print with a premature judgment (the clinton camp surely did it!), then back-pedaled in a rambling, barely-coherent "update" (same link)—a non-clarification clarification of a type he has come to master. incredibly, marshall eventually linked to sargent's story—while pretending that wolfson's statement didn't go beyond what had already been said. not being stable-boys ourselves, we won't bother to scoop josh's piles; you can limn his posts for yourself.
we, at first, were perplexed...buzzflash linking to drudge? we then went to memeorandum, where we found a great number of liberal blogs linking to and discussing drudge's allegations.
we read a few posts about the subject, most notably josh marshall's piece, as discussed by somerby above. we were confused, and confused about two things:
firstly, why was everyone assuming that the clinton campaign was behind this email? (assuming there even was an email...we saw no evidence provided; absolutely nobody said "hey, i got this email today." it was all very passive "a friend of a friend..." sort of allegations.)
there was no actual proof, and nothing but denials from the clinton camp; tho, apparently, the clinton campaign didn't deny it stridently enough for some people.
but more importantly in our minds was the second question: why the hell was any lefty blog at all even bothering to type the letters d - r - u - d - g - e when sourcing a story? (and a third question: how could they not vomit on their keyboards as they were doing so?)
readers of this space know how we have bemoaned the breakdown of civility amongst previously respectful blog writers in the wake of the current dem nomination process. we knew things had gotten bad. but for god's sake, award-winning liberal blogs were now quoting matt "i am the eggman" drudge! has it gotten that bad?
we were amazed that such prominent and heretofor logical bloggers would take the pseudo-ball from drudge and run with it. people were engaging in the same logical fallacies and deficient rumor-spreading that they had previously berated the hardly-ever-right wing for doing the last 5 years.
we also amazed that so many people didn't stop to question, publicly and on the record, the lack of evidence that drudge offered. what has happened to blogtopia and yes, we coined that phrase?
we weren't surprised to hear cnn and msnbc wax self-righteous about guesses and rumors; that's what they do. but it's not what we do.
no matter which candidate we (read: you) are supporting or endorsing, the thing that separates us (read: the other lefty bloggers) from the multi-millionaire media and hardly-ever-right wing bloggers (or used to, at least), is our insistance on the truth uber alles. party, agenda, individual politicians, even our own previously-written words would (or should) take a back seat to reality and truth.
and certainly, passing on unsourced maybes and unprovable what-ifs is nowhere close to the truth.
that's why we at skippy are proud that we didn't touch this "story" with our ten-foot poles.
that's why, when bob somerby says that we are all matt drudge now, skippy's feeble voice cries out, "i'm not."
we are saddened by this latest foray into national-inquirer gotcha politics on the part of the lefty blogs.
oh well. we suppose there's only thing we can do...
say hello
Labels: say hello
dupage two, freedom zero
the group of eight demonstrators included members of dupage peace through justice coalition, dupage against war now, and women in black.
some held signs reading, "dissent is patriotic", "resist illegitimate authority", and "this is free speech". others distributed leaflets with information about an ongoing legal battle between dupage county law enforcement officials and local peace activists; jeff zurawski of downers grove and sarah hartfield of naperville, aka "the dupage two", who were arrested weeks after they displayed an impeach bush & cheney banner while standing on a public walkway above interstate 355 in un-incorporated lombard.
news about the dupage two case has been reported in mainstream publications like the the daily herald, chicago suburban news, and the chicago tribune. it's made its way around the internet, too, at: chicagofreespeechzone, the progressive, crooks & liars, freeway blogger, michaelmoore.com, after downing street, and other sites…
the collins law firm in naperville, il is representing the dupage two pro-bono. attorney julie anderson said today that jeff and sarah will not be put on the stand to testify at the hearing. she also mentioned that the sheriff's deputy who filed the charges is a witness for the prosecutors and the truck driver who called 911 is a witness for the dupage two. hmmmmm?
those who would like to express their opinions regarding the case may wish to contact the dupage county state's attorney:
joseph birkett, state's attorney
503 n. county farm rd. wheaton, il 60187
(630) 407-8000
630-407-8151 (fax)
Labels: free speech, freeway blogger
republican call girls
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Tuesday, February 26, 2008
skippy's tuesday nite music club
giovanni martinelli - celeste aida - from giuseppe verdi's aida
most everyone has heard of the great enrico caruso, but few outside of hard-core opera fans know of giovanni martinelli, who many (including caruso himself) thought to be the heir-apparent to caruso's career. the two, who met at the met (an opera pun) were good friends, and caruso passed on his costume for pagliacci to martinelli.
tho this vitaphone film doesn't have the dolby technology of today's recordings, you can still hear the effortlessness in martinelli's singing, and the great control. as with all great opera singers, martinelli acted with his voice, while also exhibiting great bravura in sustaining his high notes confidently.
in this aria, ramades, preparing for battle, dreams of great victory and also of the slave girl, aida (who is an ethiopian princess captured into slavery) , with whom he is secretly in love. this is considered to be one of the most beautiful arias in verdi's oeuvre.
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barack and hillary should be so loving
which reminds us of that old stand-by black people love us!
dear network moderators
how about questions on:
the environment.
anything about the disasterous environmental state of our country (let alone the world). oh, h**l, forget the boxer or brief questions...i want to know "paper, plastic or your own?"
companies shuffling off pensions to the government to handle.
not a freakin' sound coming out of anyone regarding this, especially after their secretive switch to riskier investments to try to shore up a $14bn deficit.
walter reed hospital.
yeah...remember the horrible conditions. changes haven't been made. why not bring that up in discussions of healthcare. especially now since senator byrd has been taken there this evening...but i don't think he'll get the shabby treatement our soldiers are being given. hey, and here's another question...why is the government paying disney $800,000 for a 4-hour seminar to "train" walter reed employees?
how foreclosures are affecting cities.
cities claiming chapter 9 bankruptcy because of disappearing tax base and how that will affect the economy and people's lives.
national security risks at home due to needed equipment in iraq.
what about missing national guard equipment needed by states to deal with emergencies...yeah, natural disasters or terrorist attacks. it's a national security issue. not a peep from the candidates on display tonight.
and so much more. i'm so tired of these gab fests. we need to be asking some seriously tough questions instead of skating on superficial happy talk spin sessions.
Labels: debates, homeland security, national guard, walter reed
the imperial governator
gov. arnold schwarzenegger may issue an executive order jump-starting a controversial plan to build a canal around the delta, sources familiar with the matter said monday.this is just wrong. it's democratic.
doing so would bypass the legislature, which is divided over whether such a canal should be built. - stockton recordnet.com via aquafornia.
Labels: california, governator, water
comcast casting call
comcast admitted to paying its employees to sit in at a f.c.c. hearing on net neutrality at the harvard law school today, depriving angry protesters from their right to sit in those folding chairs. despite the venue being filled to over capacity, keeping some people from entering, not everyone inside seemed appreciative of their privilege. one comcast employee admitted on tape, "i'm just getting paid to hold someone's seat, i don't even know what's going on." - the consumeristif they won't even let the public in, how do you think they'll do when confronted with little bloggers and small mom & pop businesses who won't fork out a bazillion bucks to be found on the web.
got a problem with comcast? tell "comcast must die"
save the internet!
Labels: fcc, net neutrality
the wiki room
Labels: blogtopia
down the penrose lane
if you ask us, neither candidate is worth bleeding over
via the daily background, here's a youtube of the news report:
now, dennis kucinich, maybe.
happy blogiversary
Labels: blogiversary, blogtopia
Monday, February 25, 2008
skippy's monday nite music club
the hives - two timing touch and broken bones
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soon to be senator mcdreamy (nebraska)
is looking for a logo for his senate campaign. if you can't send him a design...toss him some greenstuff.
scott klebb for senate.
"hi, i'm a mac"..."and i'm a defendant..."
the lawsuit said microsoft's labeling of some pcs as "windows vista capable" was misleading because many of those computers were not powerful enough to run all of vista's features, including the much-touted "aero" user interface.
Labels: technology
get your track shoes ready
"regulators are bracing for well over 100 bank failures in the next 12 to 24 months, with concentrations in rust belt states like michigan and ohio, and the states that are suffering severe housing-market problems like california, florida, and georgia," said jaret seiberg, washington policy analyst for financial-services firm stanford group.- wsj via calculated risk.tip o'kangaroo tail to duncan.
Labels: banking, financial markets
missing.....minnesota "meeses"
the gift of the moose
Originally uploaded by Steve took it
the case of the missing minnesota moose. is it parasites, or climate change, or both, that's killing minnesota's moose?
....something strange is killing the moose of northern minnesota, and wildlife scientists hope moose 294 and others like it can provide some clues as to why. the task is urgent: in the course of a few years, the number of moose in northwestern minnesota has plummeted to near extinction. - minneapolis star tribune
how horrible for an american
to don a traditional piece of clothing of another country when visiting that country.
where was the reich wing outrage when laura bush donned a hijab when visiting the middle east?....oh, i guess it's only unamerican when a democrat does something like that.
Labels: laura bush, middle east
action alert: tell the asspress they are
it's incredible that a news source which purports to be legitimate would embrace and perpetuate this kind of stuff; common sense dictates that it should stay where it was birthed, in the right wing sewer. nevertheless, we're in a rather fluid time, when the boundaries are being established about what is going to be regarded as acceptable for the rest of the race, so it's time to come down hard and set the limits. what pickler did is out of bounds...
the ap probably doesn't care a whole lot about what you think, but it does care what the papers who subscribe to their wire service think. so we've set up a page where you can plug in your zip code and automatically send an email to the papers in your area who syndicate the ap and let them know this is beneath what you expect their coverage to be -- for this election cycle and beyond.
especially if you live in some state that's less likely to get a lot of attention like new york or california, please take time to send an email. we want to blanket the country as broadly as possible and let every paper know that this kind of journalism is unacceptable -- and that you're watching.
send a letter here.
Labels: action alert, multi-millionaire media, obama
happy blogiversary
steve benen is a good friend to this blog, and he writes one of the least snark-filled sites around. here's to a great 5 years, and 5 years more!
Labels: blogiversary, blogtopia
too bad she didn't write the scripts for 1, 2 and 3
star wars, episode 4 - as explained by a three-year-old
Labels: entertainment, movies, pop culture
mad about (or, at least, at) ralph nader
vet vote
then donate to votevets.org here.
Labels: action alert, mccain
Sunday, February 24, 2008
skippy's sunday nite music club
nina simone - house of the rising sun and go to hell
the astounding ms. simone gives a sexy, soulful jazz spin on the old standby.
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who needs repubbblicans when we can fight with ourselves? or, can't we all just get along?
but we have to say that we are most unsettled by manifestations of that fight that have been creeping more and more into otherwise reasonable people who write here in blogtopia, and yes, we coined that phrase.
we don't mind when bloggers, who have chosen one side or another, point out various insufficiencies and hypocrisies on the part of the opposing candidate; that is, after all, why bloggers blog.
but as of late people whom we admire and respect have begun silly sniping towards each other, simply because of what has been said on blogs about the two dem candidates.
and folks aren't just pointing out bad logic or inconsistent arguments; there are a lot of personal digs being thrust about. things have gotten so bad that it's almost as if we don't even need the hardly-ever-right wing bloggers as targets for our wrath. it seems that we'll all be happy hating other progressives, simply because of whom they endorse for the dem nominee.
the dem daily takes great exception to booman's taking great exception to talkleft:
and it's impossible that they can just shrug off their performance in the primary and get back on board for the general. they have so little credibility…who would want them as an ally?
"for the first time in my adult lifetime i am really proud of my country. and not just because barack has done well, but because i think people are hungry for change." - michelle obama (video)the love i have for this country does not depend on a political campaign predicated on the notion of "change."
the love i have for this country does not depend on one person, certainly not some politician with a slogan that others have used, which he has re-used.
the love i have for this country does not depend on aiding the winning of someone for president, without a clue what he or she is offering in the guise of one word, "change."
the love i have for this country does not depend on ignorance of what patriotism requires to serve a personal goal.
my uncle dick certainly didn't serve his country and get battle fatigue in wwii so people could pick and choose pride in this nation based on personal association to some politician, forgetting the greater glory we all serve through our country's ideals.
the thing that really bugs me about this taylor marsh post, though, is how much it stylistically resembles this bit of vintage wingnuttery, michelle malkin's "john doe manifesto":
you do not know me. but i am on the lookout for you. you are my enemy. and i am yours.
i am john doe.
i am traveling on your plane. i am riding on your train. i am at your bus stop. i am on your street. i am in your subway car. i am on your lift.
i am your neighbor. i am your customer. i am your classmate. i am your boss.
i am john doe.
i will never forget the example of the passengers of united airlines flight 93 who refused to sit back on 9/11 and let themselves be murdered in the name of islam without a fight.
i said earlier that i like and respect taylor. she was a delight in the few minutes we had to converse face to face at ykos, but i think it would be good for her to scootch the chair away from the computer for a couple days, dust off her hands, and maybe go rent a batting cage or take out a wall in her house with a sledgehammer.
we have said this before and we'll say it again...neither one of these candidates are progressive! hell, they are barely democrats, at least not democrats in the roosevelt/kennedy definition.
you can make the case that getting a dem into office will be good for the dem party (assuming the dems retain a majority in congress). we can and have argued that that's not going to make a difference, but we won't go into that again here.
what you shouldn't do, if you are a blogger, is start accusing fellow progressive bloggers of such things as manipulation, losing touch w/reality, meglomania, igorance, hatred, and other deadly sins usually reserved for labeling of gop bloggers.
let's remember, we're on the same side here. it doesn't help to burn any bridges that we might have to cross again after denver, when we need to ban together to defeat mclame.
if someone you admire seems to be going over the edge, the best way to handle it, in our opinion, is with a private email. and make sure it's a polite email, and well-thought out, and prefaced with a plethora of your positive opinion of that blogger.
we need each other. we don't need to fight.
we must hang together, as ben franklin said, or we will surely hang separately.
addendum: well, it could be worse:
Labels: blogtopia, hillary, obama, prez campaign
oscar prediction thread
what's your best guess?
update: the jokes weren't as lame as we had feared. but one thing we didn't predict, but are very happy to see, is marion cotillard's win for her turn as edith piaf in la vie en rose.
Labels: entertainment, hollywood, movies
rovian highschool mocking mentality
"some would say, let's get everybody together, let's get unified. the sky will open. (crowd laughs). the light will come down. celestial choirs will be singing. and everyone will know we should do the right thing and the world will be perfect."
mocking a fellow democratic party presidential candidate after saying that there was honor in being on the same stage as him. mocking americans who choose obama over her. mocking those who hold religious beliefs...on sunday no less. i don't know who is advising the clinton camp...but it seems that they really don't want the woman in the white house.
huffpo has the video up now.
Saturday, February 23, 2008
skippy's saturday nite music club
frankie lymon & the teenagers - why do fools fall in love?
this is their appearance on the frankie lane show from the 50's.
frankie lane? wait, that frankie lane?
yup...rawhide, high noon, mule train...and this little number from the early 70's...
frankie lane - blazing saddles
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blog headline of the day
Labels: clinton, hillary, prez campaign
hey, hillary...here's a novel idea
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YWCA of Machester - $650.00 Catering/Venue
more here.
deep in the heat of texas
"as the second most populous state, texas' delegate count is large, and an obama win of the magnitude indicated by our survey would most likely propel obama to the democratic nomination," according to jerry w. thomas, president/ceo of decision analyst. "it is still two weeks to the march 4 election, and many things can happen, but as of today, obama has a commanding lead."
Labels: clinton, democrats, hillary, obama, polls, prez campaign
how can you spoil a garbage dump?
a spokesman for nader did not immediately return a call seeking comment.
kevin zeese, who was nader's spokesman during the 2004 presidential race, but is no longer working for him, said friday that nader has been actively talking to "lots of people on all sorts of levels" about the possibility of making another run.
zeese said he could only guess what nader might do, but added: "obviously, i don't think ("meet the press" host) tim russert would have him on for no reason."
readers who follow skippy know that it is our learned opinion that it took more than ralph nader's candidacy to get the country in the mess it's in now. (we also credit a lazy, snide press, a crapload of money from special interests, dem leaders more interested in perserving individual jobs than doing well for the country, a well-financed gop infrastructure at key local positions, a couple of dem prez candidates who refused to respond to coordinated attacks, not to mention a supreme court well-stocked by former gop presidents.)
so calling nader a spoiler in today's climate is like pointing out a rotten banana in a garbage dump. the problems that got us here are far more wide-spread than one ego-maniac gumming up the works.
however, he is just a jerk.
(tip o'the kangaroo tail to make them accountable for the link!)
addendum: joe gandelman of the moderate voice has a round up of national opinion, blog opinion, and his own opinion.
Labels: nader, prez campaign
Friday, February 22, 2008
skippy's friday nite music club
frou frou - must be dreaming
the young lady singing lead is none other than imogen heap before her makeover.
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insert your own punchline here
sometimes they just write themselves, folks.
Labels: aWol
they're not saying "boo," they're saying "hillaryyyyy"
as richard says,
at which point the crowd booed her - the only such display of the night. but instead of cutting her losses and leaving it, she ploughed on, and even told obama to "look at the youtube of these videos". xerox? the youtube of these videos? anyone under the age of, oh, 30 would have found all of that amusing, reminiscent of ted stevens' "series of tubes". it smacked of both confection and confusion, a desperate hunt for a "where's the beef?" moment.
skippy is himself a stand-up comic. we can assure you, that if a comic uses a joke from another comic's act without permission, it's plagiarism. but if the comic says to the other comic, "hey, that'a funny, can i use that?" and the other comic says, "go ahead," then you can bet the first comic isn't going to stop his routine in the middle of a show and tell the audience "the previous joke was lent to me by my good friend shecky slapstick." it ruins the rhythm and the impact of the gags.
and clinton's insistence on hammering her point home is ruining the rhythm and impact of her campaign.
and her jokes.
Labels: clinton, debates, democrats, obama, prez campaign
we can't bottle it up for future use
Lake Powell 2
Originally uploaded by P-Kittye
Labels: drought, environment, water
mclame: i'll gladly pay you tuesday for a privately-funded presidential campaign today
federal election commission chairman david mason, in a letter to mccain this week, said the all-but-certain republican nominee needs to assure the commission that he did not use the promise of public money to help secure a $4 million line of credit he obtained in november.
Labels: fec, mccain, prez campaign
set your tivo's
a former republican campaign worker claims that president bush's top political adviser, karl rove, asked her to find evidence that the democratic governor of alabama at the time was cheating on his wife, according to an upcoming broadcast of "60 minutes." - tpm
..according to simpson's statement, william canary, a senior gop political operative and riley adviser who was on the conference call, said " not to worry about don siegelman" because "'his girls' would take care of" the governor. canary then made clear that " his girls" was a reference to his wife, leura canary, the u.s. attorney for the middle district of alabama, and alice martin, the u.s. attorney for the northern district of alabama. - newsweek story quoted on demcat's diary over at the great orange one's site.and in september, on hbo, another must see
taxi to the dark side, a documentary about an innocent afghan taxi driver tortured to death by u.s. officials at bagram air base, has received wide critical acclaim since its debut in april at the tribeca film festival. the new york times's a.o. scott said, "if recent american history is ever going to be discussed with the necessary clarity and ethical rigor, this film will be essential."
...in a press release on thursday, hbo announced that it has bought the rights to taxi and will show the film in september 2008. - think progress
Labels: attorneygate, teevee
it's like a gorey car accident
italian spiderman
Labels: entertainment, movies, pop culture, snark
we are just honored to be nominated...
the lovely brandy of moue magazine has graced this humble space with the coveted excellent blog award.
we had no idea we were even nominated, but we are quite proud to accept on behalf of everyone here at skippy international.
the rules of the excellent blog award stipulate that once a blog receives it, that blog must then pay it forward to ten other worthy blogs, thus spreading the accolades around blogtopia and yes, we coined that phrase.
brandy herself received the excellent blog award from her bud maryannaville. and so we are proud to award this prestigious prize to (in no particular order):
zaius nation
zen comix
whiskey fire
vidiot speak
vagabond scolar
mike, the mad biologist
the galloping beaver
echidne of the snakes
drinking liberally in new milford
the culture ghost
cookies in heaven
blue girl, red state
blue gal
badtux, the snarky penguin
these blogs are all excellent, and certainly deserve a cyber graphic as much as we do!
Labels: blogtopia
Thursday, February 21, 2008
skippy's thursday music club
alice smith - dream
alice is a nybased chanteuse getting lots of buzz along the club circuit (we first ran into her talent in the sf club scene), and everyone is predicting that she'll breakthru into the big time this year. she reminds us of alicia keyes with guts (and we'll take her r&b stylings over amy crackhouse any day).
Labels: skippy's music club
change of address card
and morse is also moving in real life too. so stop by and say hello.
love flies out the door when money comes innuendo**
**ps: big prize to whoever can name the person who made the quote we used as a headline for this piece (extra points for where it was said).
Labels: gop, lobbyists, mccain, prez campaign, scandals
mushers mushing in mush
the starting line for the sled-dog race is being moved to an alaska town 30 miles north because climate change has left the previous spot without enough snow.
..the competitive start is march 2, a day after the ceremonial start in anchorage, on trucked-in snow. - latte times
Labels: global warming, sports
hillary's xerox moment
"...what's not at stake are any of us. all of us are going to be just fine no matter what happens in this election. but what's at stake is whether america is going to be fine.?"
"...you know, whatever happens, we're going to be fine. you know, we have strong support from our families and our friends. i just hope that we'll be able to say the same thing about the american people."
tip o'kangaroo tail to politico
Labels: clinton, john edwards
yes we do
Labels: snark, technology
bad b.a.d. housekeeping
we are so sorry to be this remiss in keeping up our blogroll, especially after we photoshopped a great blogroll amnesty day banner from some old communist revolution posters (notice everyone except the front blue collar hero guy, the evil capitalist, jon swift and skippy, are chinese).
however, real life concern and recurring flu have kept our maintenance crew from updating those new blogroll additions from our early february blogtopia tantrum.
however, we are pleased as a platypus to welcome to our blogroll these great sites we found in the last blogroll amnesty day celebration:
moue magazine
over the cliff, onto the rocks
writechick press
the great endarkenment
wet machine
daisy's dead air
balls and walnuts
and jonestown.
Labels: amnesty day
Wednesday, February 20, 2008
skippy's wednesday nite music club
meatloaf - two out of three ain't bad
Labels: skippy's music club
but diebold was only used in azerbijani
Labels: clinton, foreign policy, mccain, obama, prez campaign, snark
moooooooove on
cattle inspections thwarted. slaughterhouse rules are easily sidestepped, according to usda. an agency audit warns of a health threat. - latte times
the humane society has the graphic visuals of what was happening at the plant that was a major supplier of school lunch programs around the u.s. conditions at a chino slaughterhouse that prompted the recall of 143 million pounds of meat should lead to greater scrutiny of the federal agency charged with protecting the nation's food supply, lawmakers said tuesday. - riverside press enterprise.
Labels: food safety, food supply, usda
things aren't looking good for mclame
firstly, zogby tells us his polling shows that while mclame would beat clinton at this point, obama would beat mclame 47% to 40%.
worse, tho, jeralyn at talkleft says the nytimes is reporting that mclame has been "tied to" a 40 year old blonde lobbyist:
when news organizations reported that mr. mccain had written letters to government regulators on behalf of the lobbyist's clients, the former campaign associates said, some aides feared for a time that attention would fall on her involvement.
addendum: marc ambinder sez the lady's name is vicki iseman...
addendum: thomas at blue indiana tells us why he's not scared of john mccain (mainly because the mclame campaign is so incompetent, they haven't met the criteria to get their candidate on indiana's ballot yet).
Labels: mccain, prez campaign
the borrowed words of a powerful speech
parke wilde at u.s. food policy reminds us of that memorable speech. reminds us how borrowing words does not diminish the powerful message...doesn't diminish the power and ability of the speaker.
Labels: martin luther king
communitistic conservatisim
the research led the woessners to conclude that if higher education wants to attract more conservatives to the professoriate, it should smooth the way financially, offering subsidized health insurance and housing for graduate students, and adopting family-friendly policies for professors.
Labels: conservatives, education, right hypocrisy
just asking
didn't will farrell already make this movie?
not to be snide, but will farrell's range is beginning to make adam sandler look like alec guinness.
not that we don't appreciate the traffic
Labels: blogtopia, snark, technology
immigrating on the nerves
the immigration "issue" operates the same way in america, except that it's not confined to fringe rightist groups—it's the mainstream. whenever things start to go sour for the elites—a war not turning out as planned, large-scale theft sending the economy into a spiral, etc.—immigration suddenly pops up again as an issue. while mr. and mrs. average white american are getting royally screwed, the people who own the country start gesticulating towards mexico. those brown people are causing this! and then mr. and mrs. a.w.m., who are patriots and wouldn't be caught dead protesting the war or questioning the wisdom of corporations, get all hot and bothered over illegal immigration and end up voting for the yelling, pointing, bloviating, anti-immigrant candidate.
that's how it's supposed to work. i'm not sure it's working that well this time. people are still more worried about the war and the economy for some reason. and the latino voters are getting pissed off. if you were wondering why bush's immigration proposals were moderate compared to the frothing of the rightists ("moderate" meaning in the current political lexicon "slightly less insane"), i can tell you it was not because bush could give a tiny fraction of a damn about immigrants (or anything but his pathetic self and his rich handlers' checkbooks), but simply because karl rove wanted to claim a chunk of the latino vote. the nativists, however, are ruled more by their hate than their desire to win elections. they would have none of rove's machiavellian strategy, and the result is that the republicans are facing the probable loss of the latino vote, a devastating blow which, if there's any hope in this world, will flush them down the electoral toilet.
in the meantime, contemplate the wholly artificial nature of immigration as an "issue." the media talks about it, therefore it's an issue. if people hear about it often enough, they start to believe that it must be an issue. the losers who listen to am radio are told (ordered) to consider it an issue by the usual gang of insane demagogues, so of course they believe it. lou dobbs yammers about it every night, and i guess that's good enough for me. let's build a fucking wall around our country!
Labels: immigration, latino
Tuesday, February 19, 2008
skippy's tuesday nite music club
the monkees - nine times blue, w/johnny cash - everybody loves a nut
Labels: skippy's music club
our condolences
Labels: blogtopia
aloha ahiahi! mahalo nui loa
manoa elementary school's cafeteria was packed and the line to sign in wrapped around the outdoor blacktop and playground area as more than 3,200 people lined up an hour before they could vote.
"i'm 60 and this is my first time voting," said manoa resident alysa kealoha.
...clare hanusz, 39, said this was her first caucus anywhere and she decided to do it for the first time "because hawai'i finally matters."
"it's actually exciting to think that my little vote can be part of a collective change," she said. - honolulu advertiser
party officials are expecting a record turnout to exceed 10,000 voters, compared with the roughly 4,000 people who voted in the last caucus in 2004. - honolulu star bulletinour blogging buddy, linkmeister, is in the aloha state and has more.
las vegas mayor to imperial valley farmers....
Labels: food supply, water
more gop family values
law enforcement authorities, both the fbi and county sheriff's office, who are conducting a child pornography investigation, seized two computers, videotapes and printed materials when they searched the republican's home in hagerstown 2 weeks ago.
"for me, this is deeply embarrassing," mckee said in a statement. "it reflects poorly on my service to the community."
Labels: ethics, right hypocrisy
a wisconsin farmer
as farmers, we are told we need to compete in the global marketplace. they have both said they want to level the playing field so we can compete fairly with farmers around the world and we will win. no, we won't; we won't win, and neither will farmers anywhere else in the world. clinton has some history with agribusiness corporations monsanto and tyson and the world's largest food retailer, wal-mart. Is it part of their corporate philosophy to let farmers win?
...they both support local and regional food systems -- buy fresh, buy local. good, but what will they do to make it work? will they take food out of trade agreements and encourage american farmers to grow food instead of commodities? or will food, like health care, be just another money maker for corporations?
...do they plan to do anything to rein in the power of multinational grain corporations? those corporations now dump our cheap subsidized grain on southern nations, undermining the local economy and, as in mexico, driving farmers off their land and across the border to work in the united states. there's your immigration problem; our corporations created it, and walls and fences won't cure it.
do they know the term food sovereignty? it is a simple concept. it recognizes the right of people, all people, to grow the food of their choice -- food that is nutritious, safe and culturally appropriate. food sovereignty demands that food be healthful, green, fair and affordable. the only problem some might see with this idea is that people would profit, not corporations.
from a guest post over at grist
Labels: corporations, election, farmers, food
obama accuses clinton of plagiarizing mitt romney's approach to winning
wisconsin democrats identified obama, not clinton, as most likely to win in november, according to preliminary exit poll results.
yet another primary contest loss was another blow to clinton, who struggled to hold on to the support of some of her core groups -- white women, less-educated and lower-income voters -- while obama enjoyed sweeping support among younger voters, winning whites under 30 by his biggest margin to date, according to exit poll results.
addendum: mrs. skippy adds, for the first time in 26 years, she's proud of this blog.
Labels: clinton, democrats, huckabee, mccain, obama, primaries
happy blogiversary**
** yes! talkleft coined that phrase!
Labels: blogiversary
say hello
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Monday, February 18, 2008
skippy's monday nite music club
ll cool j - goin' back to cali
Labels: skippy's music club
words to live by
Labels: blogtopia
the plagiarism's the thing
on the call, wolfson said: "sen. obama is running on the strength of his rhetoric and the strength of his promises and, as we have seen in the last couple of days, he's breaking his promises and his rhetoric isn't his own"...
obama closely echoed a passage from a speech that deval patrick, now the massachusetts governor, used at a campaign rally when he was running for that office in 2006…
here's patrick at a rally for his gubernatorial campaign on oct. 15, 2006, during the final stretch of his successful campaign against then-massachusetts lt. gov. kerry healey (r):
"but her dismissive point, and i hear it a lot from her staff, is that all i have to offer is words — just words. 'we hold these truths to be self-evident, [applause and cheers] that all men are created equal.' [sustained applause and cheers.] just words – just words! 'we have nothing to fear but fear itself.' just words! 'ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country.' just words! 'i have a dream.' just words!"
here's obama on saturday night at the democratic party of wisconsin's founders day gala in milwaukee:
"don't tell me words don't matter! 'i have a dream.' just words. 'we hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal.' just words! [applause.] 'we have nothing to fear but fear itself.' just words — just speeches!"
an obama official said: "they're friends who share similar views and talk and trade good lines all the time."
obama apparently ad-libbed the remark, which was not in his text.
even if obama lifted it whole from his bud gov. patrick, the accusation still smacks of desparation on the clinton campaign's part.
it's particularly shallow, especially in light of clinton's continual emphasis on how unsubstantive obama is when it comes to actual policy. if obama is "all hat and no cattle," as sen. clinton recently implied, why pick on what a stupid hat it is? we'd suggest she concentrate on the lack of livestock.
joe gandelman of the moderate voice then points out that wolfson couldn't guarantee that clinton isn't guilty of the same crime, ie, lifting bits from other folks' speeches for her own, but even if she was, it wouldn't be that big of a deal. joe goes on to say:
it all depends on what your definition of "ism" is.
to make matters worse, hillary then pointed out that obama's theme of "the audacity of hope" is a direct lift from jesse jackson's "keep hope alive."
"also, episode four of the star wars saga is known as 'a new hope.' we know that george lucas made that film back in the 70's, way before obama decided to make speeches."
but hillary didn't stop there. "for over 27 years, nbc aired the bob hope christmas specials every holiday season," she said. "in every episode, the word 'hope' was used at least 42 times, if not more."
"he's a plagiarist, for sure. jayson blair told me so."
addendum: it has been pointed out to us that gov. patrick himself plagiarized his speech, lifting words from thomas jefferson, franklin roosevelt, john f. kennedy, and martin luther king, jr. the bastid!
double addendum: don davis, over at the satirical political report, takes a look at the real plagiarism problem.
Labels: hillary, obama, prez campaign
double bubble, toil and trouble
as the brad blog pointed out last week, tens of thousands of currently uncounted ballots cast by non-partisan voters who chose to cross-over and vote in the democratic primary, but who failed to ink in a second bubble meant to instruct voting machines to count the ballot as a democratic vote, can be counted accurately, as per the voter's intent, if logan bothers to check those poll rosters.
bowen, who sent a 3-page letter [pdf] to logan after our article pointed out that he was simply wrong, in his own report [pdf] to the county supervisors, when he claimed that it was "impossible" to determine the intent of the voters on those ballots.
it's not, and bowen clearly seems to understand that, as evidenced by both her letter to logan, and comments she made last friday on northern california national public radio affiliate, kqed where she said she was "shocked" to hear that the debacle had happened in several elections previously...
but, as the brad blog continuously points out, maintaining election integrity is an on-going job.
Labels: california, election integrity, primaries


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This Christmas Day, I offer you the gift of a story told by a new client:
I see that going into the sweat lodge in remote northern Ontario when I was 17 is something that I can use to propel me through birth. The experience was a powerful one then and now, as I face a long pregnancy and its culminating labour, the event is taking on new significance and its power is spinning in the expanding darkness of my womb.
I went into the sweat lodge to heal. I didn't even know what parts of me needed healing. All I knew was that I was being offered a chance to experience something profound that might just change the course of my life. The sweat lodge itself was like a womb - dark inside but for the orange glow of rocks heated by fire until they took on their own light. The air was wet from water sprayed periodically on the burning rocks that would immediately vapourize and turn the tight dome into a small ocean that housed us all. There were perhaps ten girls and two men - our first nations guides on this journey into the Sweat.
Once we had all gathered inside and been given instructions the animal skin flap of the sweat lodge was closed and we were cradled in primal darkness. I could feel the other girls breathing around me. I could feel the warmth of their bodies and their anxious energy. We didn't know where we were journeying to or what sort of people we might be once we emerged from our process of rebirth. It was a moment very similar to what I have been experiencing in my state of early pregnancy, where very little has changed on the surface of things but I can feel strange ripples of energy coursing through my body and smell the electric smell of great change rolling in like a summer storm.
My memories of the Sweat are hazy. But images flash back to me like prophecies. I think there was a drum. The steady heartbeat of the world reminding us of our embodied state. The sweat has four stages each marked by one of the sacred herbs--sage, sweetgrass, cedar, and tobacco. At the end of each stage the lodge would be opened and we would have the choice to leave or to stay on for the next stage. We could decide that we had learned what we came to learn or that we needed to go deeper to reach whatever lesson was meant for us. Inside the sweat lodge I descended into the core of the earth to access the essence of myself. I imagine labour will be much like that--a spiralling downward into the most secret spaces of the soul where reserves of power you never imagined you had can be accessed and put to use.
I floated in the humid air of the sweat lodge as the ceremony commenced. It wasn't long before I was soaked with the wet air and my own sweat that poured out of me like rain. My body slowly emptied itself of fluids and I'm sure that I became severely dehydrated. Stories poured out of us with the sweat. We told of our young lives' greatest hurts, the things that were holding us back and torturing us. Tears began to mingle with the sweat. Girls cried out in pain or because they saw visions emerging from the blackness. Each time the flap was opened at the end of a stage some would leave, desperate for water, content that they had gleaned all they could, or simply exhausted physically and mentally.
I was becoming worn down myself. My body needed water and I was deeply aware of that. But I couldn't bring myself to leave. I was sure that there was something at the end of all this that would be worth the suffering and somehow, amidst the agony of the Sweat I was able to embrace the experience as transformative. By the end of the Sweat I was deep within my own body and had become animalistic in my thoughts and movements. I was lying on the dirt floor of the lodge with my head in the lap of another girl. I was screaming a low animal scream that originated deep in my throat and resonated at my core. I clawed the ground like a dying creature letting the earth bury itself under my nails. I thought that I might die yet refused to leave until the flap was opened for the final time.
I find that my memories of the Sweat sound much like the experiences of labouring women who find intense beauty amidst pain, fear, and confusion. Labouring women connect to their animal selves just as I did in the suffocating final moments of the Sweat. And while I wasn't comfortable or even fully conscious of the world around me I believed that I was safe. I believed that the guides wouldn't let me come to harm, that the girls would hold me. This feeling of safety in the midst of chaos will be crucial to birth as well. I will need to feel that I am held in competent arms and that I will be told if there is real danger at hand. I think that if I can maintain a feeling of safety that I will be able to bear whatever pain or discomfort comes my way and hold on to the belief that bodily trial can be a gateway to spiritual truths.
When the sweat was finally over I lifted myself up off the earth and ate canned fruit that was being passed around. As liquid and sugar entered my body I felt deep relief and also a great sense of well being for having made it to the end. I drank water and water has never again tasted so pure and delicious. When I stepped out of the lodge I was given a moment that will forever be a part of my personal mythology. I emerged from the heat of that womb and into the cold fresh air of the northern summer night. The sky was spattered with stars and I walked carefully on unsteady legs to the edge of the lake where the water was black and silent. I let the air cool me and many of the girls swam in the midnight waves, coming fully alive after touching the edges of death. Time had lost all meaning. I have no sense of how long I stayed in the sweat lodge. It could have been minutes or hours. All I know is that I went in when the sun was still up and when I came out it was long past sunset.
I will hold on to the sweat lodge when I enter labour. I will let time lose meaning and surrender to the animal impulses of my body - letting it cry out when it needs to and growl deep in the throat and belly. I will let myself be cradled by my husband, the midwives and doula who will attend me. I will remember that I am safe so that I can ride out the waves of birth without getting lost entirely. I see suddenly the the sweat lodge was a gift that I didn't see the full value of at the time. It was a perfect preparation for birth given to me in days when I never expected to have a child. How strange that I can travel backwards now and see new aspects of the experience and new ways to apply it. I have already been both the mother and the child: The labouring woman clawing the earth in wild torment and the new baby crawling from the womb into the wide wide world under the slowly gyrating sky. May this experience give me strength and courage in the months to come and at the moment of birth.
(Months later, she gave birth in the room that was her husband's when he was a boy, buoyed by her experience in the sweat lodge.)

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Nothing in life is simple -- especially when it comes to romantic relationships. However, some people make things harder than they need to be.
When all those little habits that your soul mate possesses evolve from endearing idiosyncrasies to the bane of your existence, chances are the spark has started to fade.
If you find that your relationship is losing its "oomph," there are many options available other than breaking up.
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Sometimes the easiest and quickest way to get that lost lovin' feeling back is to actually transport yourselves back in time.
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Or go dancing and ask the DJ to play "your song." Or bring out those photo albums and love letters you've been collecting over the years and sit together by the fireplace talking about all the great times you had.
Once you remember what made you guys sizzle as a couple in the first place, those old emotions and chemical reactions are likely to heat up all over again.
Plus, a stroll down memory lane is a lot less expensive than couples counseling or divorce court. And so is our next tip ...
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You can't spend all your time reminiscing about the past -- that is just the beginning of the rekindling process. It is just as important to try new experiences together.
Tandem bungee jumping is always good for sparking the adrenaline rush you need to feel forever bound.
But if that's a little extreme for you, try something new in the bedroom, such as new lingerie or maybe even try a little bit of role playing.
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A little old, a little new, and a little of our next idea will go a long way ...
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When is the last time you told your partner why you love him?
Sure, you might be in the habit of saying "I love you" on a regular basis, but after a while those words start to become as pedestrian as "how was your day?"
Sometimes we need to hear from our loved ones why they love us -- we need to hear about those quirky little things we do that make them laugh and endear us to them.
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If you concentrate on re-establishing that physical connection, you'll find the romance you used to take for granted will soon find its way back into your relationship.
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Did you know that adjusting the clock up by an hour in accordance with daylight savings time increases you chance of a heart attack?
Circadian rhythms are biological cycles that occur in humans, animals, insects, plants, and even bacteria with a period of approximately (circa) one day (diem). These rhythms are determined internally by a part of our hypothalamus and are synchronized perfectly to our 24-hr days by the sun and other cues. This internal clock mediates daily variation in everything from hormone levels, to sleep/wake cycles, feeding behaviour, thermoregulation, to bowel movements and cardiovascular function, among many others.
It is largely due to these predictable circadian rhythms that risk of a myocardial infarction (heart attack) is significantly highest in the morning (by about 40% as compared to other times in the day).
Right as we awake, our cardiovascular system is in the most compromised state –systolic blood pressure and heart rate show the largest upward spike in the morning, blood vessels ability to dilate in response to increased blood flow is compromised (relative endothelial dysfunction), blood clots are more likely to form, and the ability to break them up is at its lowest point in the day. Is it any wonder then, that the first snowfall – shoveled early in the morning by people at risk – always leads to a spike in heart attacks?
Interestingly, the 1hr shift experienced by citizens of many countries (most notably Europe and North America) during the fall and spring in accordance with daylight savings time also has a detrimental effect on cardiovascular risk. The problem lies in the fact that our circadian clock takes time to adjust, and it is best adjusted by changes in day/night or light/dark cycles – not simply the adjustment of our watch. Thus, the few mornings after the clock change our internal clocks are at odds with our watches and particularly in the spring – when one hour of sleep is lost, we wake up with our cardiovascular system being in an even more compromised state than normal.
A 2009 study in the New England Journal of Medicine clearly shows this effect. In the study the authors investigated the number of heart attacks in Sweden the week before and the week after the 1hr clock changes in both the spring and fall. As would be predicted, individuals had an approximately 5% greater risk of having a heart attack immediately after the 'spring ahead' clock change compared to the previous week.
The authors rightfully suggest that individuals at risk of cardiovascular complications would be better off changing their clocks more gradually (i.e. by 15 minutes, starting on the Friday before the change). More importantly, avoiding strenuous activity and stress right in the morning may also be a valid suggestion.
An even better strategy from a public health standpoint would be to do away with daylight savings time altogether.
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2012 NAIA Men's Soccer Players of the Week - No. 9
By Chad Waller, Director of Communications and Sports Information
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tom Halsall of Lee (Tenn.) has been named the NAIA National Men's Soccer Defensive Player of the Week and Felipe Silva of Hannibal-LaGrange (Mo.) has been tabbed National Men's Soccer Offensive Player of the Week, the national office announced Tuesday. Halsall and Silva were selected based on their performances from Oct. 22 - 28 and were chosen out of a pool of conference/independent/unaffiliated groupings.
Halsall, a 6-foot-2 freshman goalkeeper from Manchester, England, was instrumental in two key victories for the Flames last week. His efforts helped Lee to earn a berth in the Southern States Athletic Conference (SSAC) Tournament. Halsall posted three saves in the 4-1 victory against Truett-McConnell (Ga.) on Oct. 24. In a road match at No. 12 Southern Poly (Ga.) on Oct. 27, he earned a 1-0 shutout as he halted four shots on goal. The shutout was just the third time this year (in 15 matches) that Southern Poly was held scoreless.
On the season, Halsall is 7-7-1 overall with 54 saves and a 1.78 goals against average.
Silva, a 5-foot-8 junior forward from Belo Horizonte, Brazil, ended his week with five goals, three assists and 13 points in a 2-0 week for the Trojans. In the 8-0 win over Benedictine-Springfield (Ill.) on Oct. 24, he went for a pair of goals and helped out on two others. Three days later, Silva had a hat trick to go along with one assist in the 10-3 win over Lindenwood-Belleville (Ill.). Silva has compiled four matches of two-or-more goals on the season.
Silva ranks fifth in the NAIA in total assists (14), eighth in total points (44) and 21st in total goals (15). The 44 points sets a Hannibal-LaGrange single-season record.
For a complete listing of all the national statistical leaders, click here.
For the complete player of the week calendar, click here.
Offensive Nominees: William Awagu, LSU Shreveport (La.); Hugo Gonzalez, Dakota Wesleyan (S.D.); Stiven Ospina, Houston-Victoria (Texas); Joe Sbarro, Benedictine (Kan.); Loic Miliani, Belhaven (Miss.); Kyler Grimes-hopkins, Ottawa (Kan.); Devin Moore, Taylor (Ind.); Tim Krautheim, Ashford (Iowa); Yazeed Davids, Lindsey Wilson (Ky.); Francis Tabi, Point Park (Pa.); Victor Cruz, William Penn (Iowa); Lucas Cordeiro, Oklahoma Wesleyan; Tyler Fischer, Aquinas (Mich.); Juan Sebastian Lara, St. Thomas (Fla.); Chris Ochieng, Milligan (Tenn.); Stephen Owusu, Science & Arts (Okla.); Mikey Wall, Rocky Mountain (Mont.); Jonathan Cabale, Martin Methodist (Tenn.); Septi Danciu, Concordia (Ore.); Jesus Avalos, Calumet (Ind.); Emmanuel Onywera, San Diego Christian (Calif.); Alex Vukic, Menlo (Calif.).
Defensive Nominees: Reece Harris, Park (Mo.); Zach Chambers, Olivet Nazarene (Ill.); Bradley Abrahamsen, Houston-Victoria (Texas); Casey Clark, Doane (Neb.); Lorenzo Munoz, Wiley (Texas); Ben Clark, Tabor (Kan.); Nate Byarlay, Baker (Kan.); Kevin Miller, Taylor (Ind.); Patrick Kinsella, Ashford (Iowa); Mitchell Kelman, Point Park (Pa.); Mason Bandy, William Penn (Iowa); Ryan Mcentee, Oklahoma Wesleyan; Jesper Kallqvist, Northwestern Ohio; Sully Shattuck, Cumberland (Tenn.); Kyle Coleman, Warner (Fla.); Michael Eggen, Rocky Mountain (Mont.); Daniel Dunleavy, Martin Methodist (Tenn.); Jorge Gonzalez Giron, Bryan (Tenn.); Pablo Garcia, John Brown (Ark.); George Bundy, Evergreen (Wash.); Alex Cozzi, San Diego Christian (Calif.).
2012 Men's Soccer Players of the Week (Offensive; Defensive)
Week 1 (Sept. 4): Will Monsour, Belhaven (Miss.); Henry Moody, Texas at Brownsville
Week 2 (Sept. 11): Brad Lyons, Concordia (Mich.); Andi Hoffer, Thomas (Ga.)
Week 3 (Sept. 18): Will Monsour, Belhaven (Miss.); Milco Risteski, Robert Morris (Ill.)
Week 4 (Sept. 25): Joe Sbarro, Benedictine (Kan.); Luke Baxter, Bellevue (Neb.)
Week 5 (Oct. 2): Richard Isberner, Rio Grande (Ohio); Kyle Breckan, Cornerstone (Mich.)
Week 6 (Oct. 9): Naissim Ayadi, Mobile (Ala.); Dennis Kramer, Southern Poly (Ga.)
Week 7 (Oct. 16): Jordan Green, Hastings (Neb.); Vignir Johannesson, Auburn Montgomery (Ala.)
Week 8 (Oct. 23): Gaetan Massiah, Mobile (Ala.); Patrick Kinsella, Ashford (Iowa)
Week 9 (Oct. 31): Felipe Silva, Hannibal-LaGrange (Mo.); Tom Halsall, Lee (Tenn.)


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NEW YORK, N.Y. - McDonald's is fighting to hold onto customers in the U.S.
The world's biggest hamburger chain said sales at established U.S. locations fell 1.7 per cent in the first three months of the year as guest counts declined. After a decade of consistent growth, sales also declined last year as McDonald's struggled to roll out an array of new menu items and fend off competitors.
CEO Don Thompson said in call with analysts and investors Tuesday that the company is working to improve its operations and marketing in key regions, including the U.S.
"It's important to underscore it will take time for consumers to notice the changes and reward us with increased visits," he said.
While acknowledging that McDonald's continues to face numerous challenges, Thompson stressed that the decline in U.S. guest counts in the latest quarter was largely the result of severe weather. Last week, however, Chipotle said its sales rose 13.4 per cent on stronger customer traffic.
The disappointing performance in the U.S. reflects the struggles McDonald's is facing as people flock to chains that position themselves as higher-quality alternatives. Thompson has noted that people with more spending money increasingly seem to be heading to such chains and that McDonald's needs to focus on underscoring value for its more cash-strapped customers.
The focus on keeping prices affordable has pressured profit margins, particularly given rising costs for ingredients. In the U.S., McDonald's said its ingredient costs rose 3 per cent, driven primarily by protein. Inflation is expected to continue at a similar level for the second quarter before easing in the second half of the year.
In the meantime, McDonald's is trying to adapt to shifting eating trends in a variety of ways, including the rollout of new prep tables in the U.S. that can hold more sauces and toppings.
The idea is to eventually offer greater customization on its menu while keeping orders easy to assemble for workers. Speed and accuracy have been an issue for McDonald's as it stepped up the pace of new menu items.
McDonald's, which has more than 35,000 locations around the world, said global sales for April are expected to be modestly positive with "market dynamics" expected to remain similar to 2013.
For the quarter ended March 31, sales rose 1.4 per cent at established locations in Europe and 0.8 per cent in the unit encompassing Asia, the Middle East and Africa, offsetting the decline in the U.S. Overall, global sales edged up 0.5 per cent.
Profit fell to $1.2 billion, or $1.21 per share. Analysts expected $1.24 per share, according to FactSet.
A year ago, the company earned $1.27 billion, or $1.26 per share. McDonald's Corp. noted that the year-ago results were boosted by income tax benefits.
Revenue edged up to $6.7 billion, but was shy of the $6.71 billion Wall Street expected.
Shares of the Oak Brook, Ill., company edged down 10 cents to $99.57 in afternoon trading.
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The Vikings announced the $50,000 grant on Monday. The grant, which is split by the Vikings and the NFL, will give every football program in those school districts a certified athletic trainer. TRIA will also conduct neurocognitive baseline testing for concussion management and offer ACL injury prevention programs.
Vikings trainer Eric Sugarman says the initiative is aimed at preventing injuries and helping players who do get hurt recover from those injuries.
The Vikings and Bears are the first two teams to use the program, but the NFL says three others have applied and another 10 have expressed interest.


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Russia ordered the removal of the first secretary at the Canadian embassy in retaliation for the expulsion of a Russian military attache from Ottawa earlier this month, said a Canadian government source, not authorized to speak on the record.
The Harper government also called in the Russian ambassador for a diplomatic dressing-down last week as pro-Russian gunmen seized government buildings in several eastern Ukrainian cities following Russia's annexation of the Crimean Peninsula last month.
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Prime Minister Stephen Harper sent Baird to several eastern European countries to stress Canada's support, after calling Russia's actions in Ukraine a threat to world peace. Harper said the pro-Russian groups in eastern Ukraine were "Russian provocateurs sent by the Putin regime.''
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As well, five NATO mine-hunting ships sailed from the German port of Kiel on Tuesday bound for the Baltic Sea, as part of the alliance's efforts to strengthen its presence in eastern Europe amid mounting worries over Russian intentions.
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It's usual for many people to document your lives with photographs, but the voting booth may not be that place.
Several states have laws against bringing in photographic or recording devices into the polling place, and your smartphone counts as one of those devices, according to AllThingsD. California law states, "After his or her ballot is marked, a voter shall not show it to any person in such a way as to reveal its contents," and although it doesn't expressly say online, we think it's a good bet that it probably also means taking photographs of it with your smartphone.
Wisconsin recently informed voters not to tweet photos of their ballots or put them on Facebook -- but both state party chairs did so anyway (and then removed them.) And one voter in North Carolina was relieved of his smartphone when he whipped it out at the polling place.
We think it's great that people are excited to be voting and we applaud that. However, it's illegal in many states to take pictures of your completed ballot or bring in photographic equipment to the polling place. While we don't know if anyone will actually be arrested on election day for doing this, it will likely annoy polling place officials. Save your photos for outside of the voting booth and the building and save yourself a lot of trouble.


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The trouble with subcontractors
Why is it so hard to get subcontractors to show up?
Here's what I've observed (and feel free to tear apart my arguments):
There are two factors in this situation: The E-myth and priorities.
The E-myth (based on a book of the same name) states that it's a myth to think a tradesperson will automatically make a good entrepreneur. So you have excellent plumbers, masons, electricians, carpenters, drywallers and flooring installers who may know everything in the world about their craft, but little about being in business or managing their time. I find many of these people are overly optimistic about what they can accomplish in a given day, so they over-schedule and then fall behind. Also, because so many construction workers who are in this country illegally accept a lower wage, legitimate and licensed subcontractors have to lower their fees to stay competitive. So, it's a mess out there.
As for priorities, subs (as http://www.typepad.com/t/app/weblog/post?id=36759196&saved_changes=1&blog_id=1295744#they're called in the industry) will tend to service the clients with the best potential for profitable future work. And if you're a homeowner acting as your own contractor, you will be on the bottom of that list. On the top of the list are contractors who pay quickly. Second on this list are contractors who pay slowly.
Plus, homeowner-run jobs are generally hectic and disorganized. The plumber shows up to install the faucet and finds that the tile setter didn't finish, and the tile setter didn't finish because the carpenter left something undone, and the carpenter left something undone because he wasn't sure what the plans said, and the plans weren't complete because the designer wasn't getting enough money to put all that detail in there, and the designer wasn't get paid much because he needed the work and promised to do the design cheaper than anyone else would. And so on.
When you hire a subcontractor, you have to be aware of the pressures they have and the likelihood these pressures will delay your project. You should expect subcontractor delays with the same certainty you expect traffic on the way into work Monday.
The alternatives are to do the work yourself, hire a fiscally sound contractor who is at the top of the subcontractor's list of priorities, or hire a contractor who uses most of his or her own employees and who has a reputation for finishing jobs on time.
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