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Unless you live under a rock you are likely to be aware of the movement in Congress and government to pass restrictive gun control legislation. With a series of unfortunate mass shootings over the past few months there is significant momentum involving emotion rather than logic to "just do something" in response.
From my perspective – which is one of the Constitution, as well as being a survivalist worried about certain, specific events which may happen in the future- I totally disagree with any further gun control measures. Any further laws which restrict my ability to defend myself, my family, and my community is unacceptable.
In case you are not up to date with what is going on – let me summarize briefly what is being discussed:
- The Wicked Witch from the West Diane Feinstein is planning to introduce a bill in the Senate towards the end of January which, if passed, will be the most restrictive national modern day gun control measures since the AWB in 1994.
As it is written now – the Bill will ban magazines capable of holding more than 10 rounds. A huge shopping list of firearms will also be banned. Importation of numerous firearms will be no more. Current weapons and magazine look to be grandfathered in – however registration with the ATF will be required.
Beyond Feinstein's Bill…….
- There is information suggesting that legislation will be brought forth making all semi-automatic centerfire rifles capable of holding a magazine containing more than 10-rounds a Class-3 Firearm. This would cause anyone owning such a firearm to pay a $200 tax on said firearm – each and every single one of them.
- There are pro-Gun Control fanatics, in and out of government that want an all out ban on firearms. This would involve confiscation of all firearms.
- Ammunition is another target of Gun Control. I have heard rumours of a 50% tax to be levied on all ammunition as a way to decrease the supply in existence. People would not be able to afford to purchase ammunition as in the past – and the cheap ammunition would be shot – thus the overall supply would diminish.
- Reloading is also being targeted. High taxes on primers – the heart of a complete round – have been suggested.
- Permits provided to citizens allowing the purchase of ammunition is also something being considered. Citizens would only be able to obtain a certain number of permits within any given amount of time – at a cost. As an example – need a couple boxes of .308 to hunt with? Go buy two $25 permits for one box of ammunition each.
- Disposable ammunition – Ammunition created with a shelf life of 18 to 24 months. How? Primers that degrade over time.
Now – I understand the emotions behind the terrible events like that in Connecticut. I really do. There is too much violence, too much crime. I could go on and on. My first inclination is why in the world would law abiding people have to have their rights taken away because of a teeny, tiny percentage of the population? There are somewhere around 340 million people in this country and a few nuts do evil things and the vast majority of us are being looked at as "potential" evil-doers. Since we all have the potential – then it must be all of our rights to be effected and taken away?
Care to get some insight into the anti-gun crowd? Check out these links:
There are many politicians that will have no problem standing in front of a camera and make statements like, "I voted for a bill that will help protect our children." and "I believe in the right to bear arms, however something needs to be done to protect the innocent." The fact that none of these laws and restrictions will have an effect on those that wish to do evil will be unimportant. Most of the crooked politicians in Washington follow polls and vote for what is popular and will get them votes. They also vote on that which will get them the most campaign contributions. So – if convenient, they will ignore facts like it is not the gun that commitments a crime – rather it is the person behind the trigger.
So what do we do now? In my mind – two things:
Number 1: Contact your Senators and Representatives and let them know if they vote for ANY gun control measures you will vote against them in the next election. Period.
Below is an email template that you can use to write to your local Congressman. I found it somewhere on the net – works for me.
Dear Senator/Congressman XXXXX,
This letter is in reference to any legislation currently being introduced in the House/Senate that would further infringe on every American's constitutionally protected right to keep & bear arms. I demand that you OPPOSE any & all measures aimed at stripping away our freedoms in the name of "gun control."
I have decided that I am now a one-issue voter. I do this because I'm a law-abiding citizen who is sick and tired of having his rights stripped away by people that are ignorant on the subject. Those that take the time to study the issue of "gun control" know that when you restrict the right to self-defense from lawful citizens, crime actually increases in those areas. This is because by definition, criminals do not obey the law (if they did, they would not be criminals.) I do not believe that restrictive "gun control" measures have ever saved a life. In point of fact, & as seen on the campus of Virginia Tech., "gun control" actually costs lives!
I want to be perfectly clear here… elected officials and political candidates who support ANY form of restrictive gun control WILL LOSE MY VOTE and the votes of my family members. Please do your part to cast the flawed concept of "gun control" on to the ash heap of failed ideas.
Best regards,
To find out who your local Congressman is – use these links:
Number 2: Prepare! That is what we do, isn't it? If you have firearms – get extra magazines and ammunition. How much? As much as you can afford. Do not have firearms? Buy what you can afford and then get the needed accessories and ammunition. Do it now. You just never know what is going to happen.
For clarity – below is the actual wording from Diane Feinstein's website on her proposed Gun Control Bill.
Following is a summary of the 2013 legislation:
- Bans the sale, transfer, importation, or manufacturing of:
- 120 specifically-named firearms;
- Certain other semiautomatic rifles, handguns, shotguns that can accept a detachable magazine and have one or more military characteristics; and
- Semiautomatic rifles and handguns with a fixed magazine that can accept more than 10 rounds.
- Strengthens the 1994 Assault Weapons Ban and various state bans by:
- Moving from a 2-characteristic test to a 1-characteristic test;
- Eliminating the easy-to-remove bayonet mounts and flash suppressors from the characteristics test; and
- Banning firearms with "thumbhole stocks" and "bullet buttons" to address attempts to "work around" prior bans.
- Bans large-capacity ammunition feeding devices capable of accepting more than 10 rounds.
- Protects legitimate hunters and the rights of existing gun owners by:
- Grandfathering weapons legally possessed on the date of enactment;
- Exempting over 900 specifically-named weapons used for hunting or sporting purposes; and
- Exempting antique, manually-operated, and permanently disabled weapons.
- Requires that grandfathered weapons be registered under the National Firearms Act, to include:
- Background check of owner and any transferee;
- Type and serial number of the firearm;
- Positive identification, including photograph and fingerprint;
- Certification from local law enforcement of identity and that possession would not violate State or local law; and
- Dedicated funding for ATF to implement registration.
Let's hope none of this comes to pass. Lets hope that logic prevails over emotional exaggeration.
– Rourke
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12,820mAh, anyone?
Apple's 17in MacBook Pro comes installed with a humungous 12,820mAh battery, a disassembly of the newly shipping system reveals.
Mind you, since the thing weighs a hefty 6.6lbs/3kg, how often users will be relying on battery power remains to be seen. We suspect this boy is going to spend most of its life on desktops, plugged into the mains.
'Willya look at the size of that thing.'
But we digress - back to the take-apart, conducted by iFixit, which removed the ten tiny screws holding on the MacBook's baseplate to reveal the monster power pack that runs almost the full length of the laptop's 39.3cm front - the remainder is the length of the system's 2.5in HDD.
The battery weighs 1.25lbs/570g - 20 per cent of the laptop's weight. Apple claims it delivers up to eight hours' runtime.
Interior design
According to IFixit, the laptop's User Guide grants owners permission to remove the backplate, undoubtedly to allow them to access the machine's two, bunkbed-configuration memory slots. But the battery sports a sticker warning punters against pulling out the power pack. The sticker's attached to both battery and optical drive so it'll tear if anyone tries the maneouvre.
You have been warned
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Three University of Rochester computer science students will head to China for the world finals of the Association of Computing Machinery's annual competition in February
The University of Rochester has become the first school in six years to beat MIT in the regional finals of the oldest, largest, and most prestigious computer programming competition in the world, popularly dubbed the "Battle of the Brains."
University President Joel Seligman called the whole team into his office today to congratulate the three team members Ian Christopher, Dennis Huo, and Xiaoqing Tang and their advisor Daniel Stefankovic for winning the Northeastern North America region in the Association of Computing Machinery's International Collegiate Programming Contest.
In order to win the competition, the University of Rochester's team outscored all of their closest competitors - MIT, Harvard, Brown, and McGill - in the five-hour battle which took place over the weekend at the Rochester Institute of Technology.
The team will head to Harbin, China for the world finals from Feb. 1 to Feb. 6.
"It's rare that someone other than MIT comes out on top on our region, so it's really a feather in U of R's cap that they beat them," said Paul Tymann, the regional contest director. "It was remarkable how quickly they could solve the problems, and really, in the end, that's what allowed them to win."
As a regional winner, the University of Rochester will be one of 100 teams out of a pool of 7,109 teams from 1,838 universities in 88 countries that will have a chance to compete for the international title.
The regional contest was comprised of eight tasks in which the teams were asked to write computer code that would solve particular problems. For instance, teams were asked to write a code that could take two words of the same length from the dictionary and transform one of the words into the other by choosing the shortest possible set of intermediary words in which each word differs from the previous word by only one letter (i.e. blood, brood, brook etc.). The team that succeeded in accomplishing the greatest number of tasks in the smallest amount of time won.
The University of Rochester and MIT were the only two schools that solved all eight problems correctly (third and fourth place teams Harvard and McGill, respectively, each answered seven correctly, and fifth place Brown answered five). Rochester beat MIT on speed, though, finishing with a combined time of 16 hours and 10 minutes - almost three hours shorter than MIT's 18 hours and 51 minutes*.
"They practiced a substantial amount and I think that showed," Stefankovic said of his team.
In the world finals, Rochester will face the best teams from around the globe including traditional powerhouses like Russia's St. Petersburg University of Information Technology, which has won each of the last two years, and China's Tsinghua University. In the last three years, MIT was the only US university to finish in the top four places (it finished second in 2008 and fourth in 2007).
*The time for each problem is calculated from the beginning of the competition. For example, if a team gets the first problem at the one hour mark, the second at the two hour mark, and the third at the three hour mark, its combined time for those three problems is six hours, even though it only took three hours to solve the set.


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Maine woman charged with deliberately burning 6-year-old son's hand to teach him a lesson
THORNDIKE, Maine (AP) � A Maine woman is facing charges for allegedly burning her 6-year-old son's hand on a wood stove on purpose to teach him a lesson.
Police say 30-year-old Michelle Dunworth, of Thorndike, is charged with endangering the welfare of a child and domestic assault.
Police say two of Dunworth's children were playing last week when the boy accidentally pushed his 7-year-old sister against the stove, burning her. Dunworth then allegedly held the boy's hand against the stove to show him what it felt like.
Police say the second- to third-degree burn covered the back of the boy's hand and wrist. It was discovered by school officials.
Dunworth is free on bail and scheduled to appear in court next month. She told police both children were burned by accident.


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In the wake of the meltdowns at the Fukushima Daiichi plant, scientists and lawmakers are struggling to deal with the vulnerability of spent fuel, both as a hazard and as a potential terrorist target. One solution includes moving away from nuclear pools and into dry casks.
According to the New York Times:
Several members of Congress are calling for the fuel to be moved from the pools into dry casks at a faster clip, noting that the casks are thought to be capable of withstanding an earthquake or a plane crash, they have no moving parts and they require no electricity.
But, as with most things, moving this fuel is dangerous. As in "lethal dose in seconds" dangerous if the workers moving it are exposed. So companies like Exxon Nuclear have set out to mitigate these risks as much as possible. It's just expensive to do so. Check out the video below to learn more. [NYT]


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The NBA and me are talking again, may get back together
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Pardon the interruption here. Most people who pick up the Post know me as the hockey guy, the guy who has covered the Avalanche since, gulp, 1995. When it comes to sports, I'm definitely a hockey guy now. You cover it this long, you can't help it.
But there was a time when — many years in fact — I would put myself up against anyone as a basketball junkie. Ask me anything still about the NBA from approximately 1976-89, and I will probably answer it right. Ask me anything about my team then — the Celtics — and I will get it right. I have a collection of approximately 200 VHS tapes of Celtics games from that era, and I watch 'em all the time. I read Zander Hollander's yearly basketball player thumbnail book religiously, played basketball all day long, and went to Johnny Most's basketball camp as a 13-year-old (best story: the legendary, late Celtics radio announcer once yelled at me because I was torching his son, Lester, in a pickup game at the camp. I can still hear Johnny's cigarette-stained voice yelling "Come on Les, pick 'em-up and lay 'em down against this red-head kid."
(Another strange occurrence of me being yelled at by a legend for my play on a basketball court came from reclusive author JD Salinger, who was a spectator in a game between my Hanover, N.H., team and Cornish, the town he lived. After I drew a foul by flopping on a charge, the irate Salinger stood and bellowed that I was a "thespian" on the court).
My earliest memories as a kid playing sports were on the small court at the Ray School in Hanover where the baskets had chains for netting. The sound of those chains clinking after a swish shot were a symphony to a little kid's ears. When I reached nearly 6-5 in high school, I finally reached an indescribable moment – dunking a basketball on a regulation rim.
No doubt about it, I was an apostle on fire for basketball – a rabid fan before the Bird-Magic-Jordan eras all hit.
But then, basketball and I started to grow apart. Maybe it was just normal stuff, a guy reaching into his 20s, starting to hit the work world, without the time to devote to playing and watching the game all day. Larry Bird's retirement didn't help either.
But it gradually devolved into a full-fledged divorce. I started to hate watching the NBA, starting in the late '90s or so. Like a lot of guys my age who loved the game as kids, something went really wrong around then. The prima donna attitudes, the ridiculous contracts for guys who barely even played, the slowed-down style of game, the overcoaching, the fatcat "fans" who got all the courtside seats, the horrible officiating that always favored the home team and the stars, the stupid PA announcers insulting your intelligence and assaulting the senses with all that yelling. (That last one still applies).
I seriously probably did not watch a single NBA game, from start to finish, from 2004 through this past week. Not even when the Celtics beat the Lakers in Game 7 a few years ago. That's how bad it got.
And then I got assigned to cover some of this Nuggets-Lakers first-round series. OK, I thought, just another assignment. Go out, cover the Lakers' locker room as best I can and move on, I thought.
And then something happened. Walking on the court on the morning of Game 3, when the press was allowed to go out there and talk to some of the Lakers, something happened. That old feeling again, of being on a court, hearing the basketballs bounce, the sounds of the nets as shots swished through. It felt…good.
And then, covering the games themselves and watching them – really watching them – things started to swirl inside again. "Double the post", I began saying to myself in inner coach-speak. "Watch the pick-and roll!" "Box out!" "Foul! Where's the call!"
And then came tonight's Game 5 in L.A., where I watched from the couch. It was a great game. I am not supposed to have a rooting interest – and I don't – but I actually caught myself going "Ohhhhh" after one of JaVale McGee's monster dunks. I started getting…nervous…toward the end. Not at all like the old days of literally praying and sweating and swearing and squirming through every shot of a Celts' playoff game, back when basketball and I were going steady.
But still – I was into it, squirming through some of those last Nuggets shots, and holding my breath when the wondrous Kobe Bryant and Ramon Sessions put up 3s in the final seconds. It was…really exciting. And now I'm jacked up to help cover Game 6 at the Pepsi Center. I am as excited to see this one as any upcoming Capitals-Rangers or Kings-Coyotes NHL playoff game. I feel I know all the players now in this series, all the little storylines. That is what makes you start to care as just an observer. I want to see how this thing turns out now.
Will I be watching a lot of the NBA playoffs if the Nuggets bow out Thursday? Probably not. A lot of other things are on the plate, and there are still some things that have to be patched up if the NBA and I are going to fully get back together again. I still detected a fair amount of arrogance among some of the players on both teams, which is just a turnoff, period. The officiating still drives you crazy, and the PA announcers are truly obnoxious. So are many of the goofball highlight-show media people who only show dunks and try, and fail, to sound hip with their failed standup comic routines.
But the fact that there is any chance at all of me watching some NBA even if the Nugs bow out is progress. The NBA and I are talking again. There really is a chance we could get back together. But we'll need to take it slow. There is also a chance this was just a one-time fling. I'll let you know how this turns out.


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Charlton delighted with Van Gaal
Sir Bobby Charlton is sure Louis van Gaal is the perfect man to right the wrongs of last year's woeful season for Manchester United.
United are embarking on a new era with Van Gaal at the helm following David Moyes' disappointing 10-month spell in charge.
Under the Scot, who was selected by Sir Alex Ferguson to succeed him, United endured their worst campaign in Premier League history, finishing seventh.
Van Gaal appears to be slowly putting United back on track. The Dutchman has enjoyed a successful pre-season tour so far, registering wins over Los Angeles Galaxy, Roma and Inter Milan.
And off the pitch the players have responded well to his demands for unity, strength and commitment.
"It's marvellous. I am so pleased with the way it has turned out," Charlton, the club's record goal scorer told MUTV.
United have been quick to make their move in the transfer market this summer, sighing Luke Shaw and Ander Herrera last month for a combined fee of £55million. More signings are expected.
The Moyes era began with a failed attempt to sign Herrera and his compatriot Cesc Fabregas.
Charlton, a director at Old Trafford, concedes errors were made in Moyes' only year in charge.
"We struggled a little bit last year and maybe a few people made a few mistakes but I don't think we will make them now," said the 76-year-old, who made 758 appearances for the club.
"Hopefully we will be well-served by a really clever man."
Of the failures of Moyes' reign, the biggest was his failure to qualify for the Champions League.
Van Gaal believes his team have a chance to prove they still belong among the European elite on Saturday though when they face Real Madrid, who won their 10th Champions League trophy last term.
United will play the Spanish giants on the outskirts of Detroit, where a record 109,000 crowd is expected at Michigan Stadium, more commonly known as the 'Big House' as it is the third-biggest sports arena in the world.
A win will guarantee United a place in the International Champions Cup final - and Van Gaal thinks victory would also go some way to proving his men are still a force to be reckoned with.
Reflecting on the three wins he has registered so far, the United boss said: "We played against AS Roma, who were second in the Italian league, then against Inter Milan, who were third in the Italian league.
"Now we play Real Madrid and it is nice to play against such teams, so you can show you are at least equal."
Making Monday's final, and beating potential opponents Liverpool or Manchester City to take home a prize of 1 million US dollars (£600,000), would be a perfect way to round off what has been a successful tour for Van Gaal.
After their exploits in the United States, Van Gaal will take his squad back to Manchester, where they play Valencia at Old Trafford before the season begins on August 16 against Swansea.
Van Gaal has always been a fan of the English game and he is looking forward to experiencing his first taste of Premier League football.
"I have always looked to matches of England," said Van Gaal, who lists Charlton and Nobby Stiles among his favourite United players.
"I like the atmosphere of the English games.
"To work for the biggest club in England and the world makes it more of a challenge for me."
Cristiano Ronaldo, meanwhile, has stepped up his fitness work at Real Madrid's base in Los Angeles in the last few days and could feature against his old club.
Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti later confirmed at his pre-match press conference that Ronaldo would not feature at the Michigan Stadium as he wants to keep him fit for the European Super Cup tie against Sevilla in Cardiff on August 12.
"Ronaldo is working hard but we won't put him out tomorrow," the former Chelsea boss said.
"He will begin training with the squad (in Spain) after the tour as we plan to use him in the Super Cup."
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GENEVA — In Geneva this Friday, a broad range of stakeholders will formally launch the new Strategic Plan 2010-2012 for eradicating wild poliovirus.
Polio eradication sits at a critical juncture
Across Africa, 10 of the 15 previously polio-free countries re-infected in 2009 have successfully stopped their outbreaks1. Key endemic countries are witnessing historic gains against the disease. Nowhere is progress more evident than Nigeria, where case numbers have plummeted by more than 99% – from 312 cases at this time last year, to three in 2010. In India, for the first time ever, the remaining endemic states of Bihar and Uttar Pradesh have not reported any wild poliovirus type 1 cases concurrently for more than six months.
Time to build upon gains already made in 2010
This meeting in Geneva is being held to build on the gains already made in 2010 and to galvanize new action on polio eradication. Last month, the World Health Assembly welcomed the new plan while expressing deep concern about the US$ 1.3 billion funding shortfall (out of a budget of US$ 2.6 billion) over the next three years. This financing shortfall is a serious risk to the eradication of polio – activities are already being cut back or postponed due to a lack of funds.
The Ministers of Health of Nigeria, Afghanistan, Angola and Senegal, among a number of other senior health ministry officials, existing and potential funders, vaccine manufacturers and key partner organizations will attend the meeting – co-hosted by WHO Director-General Margaret Chan and the new UNICEF Executive Director Tony Lake – to discuss the implementation, monitoring, economics and financing of the new plan.
WHO Director-General Dr Margaret Chan called on the international funding community to stand tall for polio eradication. "The next three years, and especially the next 12 months, are critical to the polio eradication initiative and, by extension, the entire international public health agenda."
Plan builds on major lessons learnt
The new plan builds on major lessons learnt to date, including findings from a major independent evaluation examining the remaining barriers to eradication. It introduces district- and area-specific strategies to target the ever-shrinking remaining reservoirs of poliovirus, exploits the game-changing bivalent oral polio vaccine to increase the impact of immunizations, and tackles health system weaknesses. The success of this plan now hinges on implementation of activities at field level and the provision of adequate financing.
Adequate resources needed to eradicate polio
Partners in the Global Polio Eradication Initiative are examining every possible option to seek fresh funding while managing existing cash flow to limit any threat to the immunization plan. The risk of not stopping polio in endemic countries was made clear when a large type-1 outbreak originally from India spread to Tajikistan early in 2010 where, to date, it has paralysed 239 children. Tajikistan had been polio-free since 1997. This highlights the urgency of capitalizing on recent gains made in the polio-endemic countries.
"Polio eradication remains an urgent priority for our foundation," said Tachi Yamada, president of global health at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. "We call on donor governments to also prioritize polio as we seek to eliminate these last, most difficult cases."
"The complete eradication of polio is an absolute goal and it requires absolute commitment from us all," said UNICEF Executive Director Tony Lake.
"Rotary believes the new Strategic Plan provides the blueprint to achieving the goal of polio eradication," said Carl-Wilhelm Stenhammar, 2010-11 Chair, The Rotary Foundation. When Rotary initially launched the effort in 1985, 1 000 children were being paralyzed daily by polio across 125 countries each year. Rotary has since contributed more than US$900 million in that time, and the incidence of polio has fallen by more than 99%.
Global Polio Eradication Initiative
The Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) is spearheaded by national governments, WHO, Rotary International, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and UNICEF. Since 1988 (the year the GPEI was launched), the incidence of polio has been reduced by more than 99%. In 1988, more than 350 000 children were paralyzed each year in more than 125 endemic countries. In 2009, 1 595 children were paralyzed in 24 countries. Only four countries remain endemic: Afghanistan, India, Nigeria, and Pakistan.
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Germans are great about clean energy. I want to move there anyway, but if people really think the Pentagon report was "leaked"...god help us all. (i know i know arnie is austrian.)
And I wouldn't underestimate the Republicans and any potential PR bounce-back. As soon as conservatives start talking about global warming, they'll have a very neat and tidy 4 point plan that every middle american will think sounds just great and plausible and the liberals won't have one, and everyone in the center will think "well, at least the conservatives have a plan..."


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|Nov 23rd, 2011 06:05 AM
|Fathom Zero
|It just occurred to me that Frank Miller makes the ugliest stuff ever. Jesus, look at that. That's awful.
|Nov 22nd, 2011 02:00 PM
I signed up just to post this, BTW.... stumbled across this site while looking up FM's Robocop and have loved most every other article in the series, hope you do some more soon.
I just watched "Robocop 2", and it wasn't as bad as I remembered. Aside from the main whole in the plot -- how anyone in their right mind would think the major drug kingpin for the city would make a good test subject is beyond me -- I think it holds up pretty good, maintaining some of the biting satire from the first while delivering action that is a step up from the previous installment. A number of times while watching this movie and smiling at some of the jabs at corporate America (or just generally the concept of privatizing the police force), I thought to myself "I wonder just how much of Frank Miller's script made it into the movie?" I assumed the high-minded ideas were his.... and how WRONG I was in that assumption. How brutally stupid in both concept and execution. I thought for sure the drug-kingpin-as-Robocop-2 was the height of ridiculousness, but then I come across the corporate chick taking over the robot body? Too much, waaaayyy too much. I had the same problem with the artwork you had, though it makes the book look more fun than it actually is. Wow, I hate myself for reading this.... at least I downloaded it rather than go out and BUY the damn thing!
|Aug 16th, 2008 02:41 AM
|Frank Miller's Robocop: It may not be accurate storywise, but it will blow your fucking mind!
|Apr 8th, 2008 05:26 AM
Ouch my brain hurts...Proto you poor man, one would not wish even the worst of enemies the torment of actually having to read the pile of crap that is Robocop2.
Crazy Frank...one can but wonder what he will come up with next.
|Apr 6th, 2008 07:38 PM
|The Robo-Pimpslap will be in my mind til the day I die now, as well as on my picture screensaver. Thanks Protoclown.
|Apr 6th, 2008 05:03 PM
|Okay, I thought I was the only one who noticed that, Yaanu! I feel better.
|Apr 6th, 2008 01:55 PM
|Also, I'm pretty sure Lewis' boobs grow a few sizes at the end of the comic.
|Apr 5th, 2008 11:01 PM
|Count Mek
Holy crap that was terrible, I actaully feel sorry for that lady cop whose clothes seemed to be destroyed by air.
Good article though.
|Apr 5th, 2008 10:31 PM
|Kilgore Cod
|I'm a huge fan of the first movie but never cared for the sequel. I had been hearing for years how different the finished movie was from Miller's screenplay and was very interested when I found out there was a comic book made from that screenplay. Once again I-Mockery has saved me money!
|Apr 5th, 2008 11:28 AM
|mew barios
|i guess the random electricution panel could've been drawn already as a reference to the part in the movie when he grabs electrical wiring to wipe out the new directives, cuz it looks a lot like that. and then they realized that part wasnt going to be in this comic and.. no i give up
|Apr 5th, 2008 03:51 AM
|I love Robocop 2, it's so over the top and, especially at the time, really dark and funny.
|Apr 5th, 2008 03:26 AM
|Ancient Echo
|The only thing I can remember as bad as that is Jar Jar Banx.
|Apr 4th, 2008 09:22 PM
|Lord Forte
I actually loved the Robocop 2 movie. When I watched it first time as a kid, I was horrified by some scenes, but at the same time loved every second of the movie.
But this comic seems awfuly bad and I don't even want to touch it.
Good review mr. Protoclown.
|Apr 4th, 2008 07:26 PM
|Looking at the art, it reminds me of some of the art in the movie parodies they do in MAD Magazine. If I had a name, I'd spill it here, but alas, my old 2003 MAD issues are in my closet, probably without their covers.
|Apr 4th, 2008 02:15 PM
Wow. Completely insane, and that art is AWFUL.
Those "gritty" gore scenes actually make me dizzy.
|Apr 4th, 2008 02:08 PM
|Batman and Robin. Crap. I blame Jeff Loeb.
|Apr 4th, 2008 02:07 PM
I had to register just because of this article. Because I read this comic. And it hurt me. A lot. At the time, All-Star Batman and Superman hadn't come out, and I had convinced myself that maybe Dark Knight Strikes Again was a fluke. I hadn't read that much Frank Miller, but I'd read "Daredevil: Born Again", "Batman: Year One", and "Dark Knight Returns". This book was my road to recovery. Fuck you, Frank Miller. You should stop writing things, and everyone knows you're going to ruin "The Spirit".
The one saving grace for these books was that I didn't wind up paying for them. I don't like it when Frank Miller's angry "women are either hookers or nothing else, god why can't all boobs be covered in blood" semen gets on my money.
|Apr 4th, 2008 12:18 PM
Well maybe we should find Frank Miller Screenplay in order to find what percentage of it is in the comic
For some reason, I kinda like the movie robocop 2 but then it have been a while since I saw it
Kinda funny that for a guy that miss his wife he kiss Lewis at the end
|Apr 4th, 2008 11:14 AM
|Frank Miller is bat-shit insane.
|Apr 4th, 2008 05:11 AM
*Brain Falls Out*
Jaimas' Brain: Fuck this shit, you're on your own, man.
|Apr 4th, 2008 04:05 AM
|I've read the comic and seen the movie, and let me tell you - while the film is no gem it is a hundred times better than this. At least you could tell what was going on more than half the time.
|Apr 4th, 2008 03:21 AM
|Proto, is there any chance you will look into Robocop Vs. Terminator? Br.Boogie already looked at the game, and it's sure to have even more Frank Miller insanity.
|Apr 4th, 2008 03:01 AM
|By the way, is it me or it just looks like the cover features RoboCop showing a huge eyeball through his visor?
|Apr 4th, 2008 02:56 AM
|Ah, I always suspected that girl Lewis was hiding something... Underneath her uniform!
|Apr 4th, 2008 02:45 AM
its like tons of grit + the film + w/e masturbation materials kids w/o internet could get their hands on all into a blender together.
atleast itd make more sense than the film i did see.
kinda, i think?
gyah, so confusing.
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Yesterday, Carly Rae Jepsen's new track entitled "This Kiss" was leaked on the Internet, prompting the song be released to iTunes.
With a new album due out on September 18 entitled Kiss, it was only a matter of time until the tracks started leaking on YouTube.
"This Kiss" embodies the pop vibe of Jepsen we're used to. The catchy song has a distinct '80s feel. Written and produced by Redfoo of LMFAO, Carly says it's her favorite track off her upcoming release.
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Even for one attuned to the feints and evasions of politics, it can be difficult to discern exactly where some of the US Senate candidates are on important social issues.
Take Democrat Stephen Lynch. He calls himself prolife, but in this campaign, he's also said that he supports Roe v. Wade. Not only that, he has adopted what is effectively a pro-Roe v. Wade litmus test for US Supreme Court nominees.
That's almost as muddled — excuse me, nuanced — as Republican Mike Sullivan's stand on gay marriage. Sullivan says he is a traditionalist who believes marriage should be between a man and a woman. But he's a traditionalist who would vote to repeal the federal Defense of Marriage Act, which restricts federal marriage benefits to traditional unions.
How to explain that untraditional traditionalism? Well, Sullivan is also a federalist, which makes him think the matter of gay marriage, including whether to recognize those from elsewhere, should be left to the states. Add his sense of fairness to his federalist outlook, and it leads him to conclude that the federal government should grant full marriage benefits to same-sex married couples in those states that allow gay marriage. Thus it is that the complex interaction of Sullivan's principles leaves him with a stand that can appeal to both sides!
As you can see, all this can get very confusing very quickly. To help sort it all out, I asked each candidate's camp to detail his stances on abortion and gay marriage.
My conclusions: The two hopefuls most clearly supportive of abortion rights and gay marriage are Democrat Ed Markey and Republican Dan Winslow. Lynch, Sullivan, and Republican Gabriel Gomez have positions that sometimes seem closer to straddles than forthright stands.
On the GOP side, Winslow is unequivocally in favor of both abortion rights and gay marriage. If the high court were to overturn Roe v. Wade, Winslow would support federal legislation to guarantee a woman's right to choose. He thinks the court should overturn DOMA — and that Congress should repeal the law if it doesn't. He also believes married gay couples should receive federal benefits and that under the US Constitution, each state would be obliged to recognize same-sex marriages performed in other states.
That's stronger than Sullivan, whose stance on gay marriage is outlined above. On abortion, Sullivan's team says he's prolife, but that, if Roe v. Wade were overturned, he'd leave the issue to the states.
Winslow is also more forthright than Gabriel Gomez, who also supports gay marriage and also thinks DOMA should be overturned, but whose camp didn't specifically answer questions about extending federal marriage benefits and whether one state should recognize same-sex marriages done in another.
Although Gomez calls himself "personally prolife," he says that he is not "going to D.C. to change the law." He further says that Roe v. Wade is "settled law in Massachusetts." His campaign didn't address what his position would be if the Supreme Court overturned that decision.
Of the two Democrats, Markey was strongest on both issues. On gay marriage, he gets credit for longevity; he was one of the 67 congressmen who voted against DOMA back in 1996.
That said, Lynch, who as a state legislator in the 1990s was usually opposed to gay-rights initiatives, now has the same basic position as his rival. Both want to see DOMA overturned or repealed; if that happens, both think the US Constitution would require one state to recognize another's gay marriages, and both would also support legislation to ensure that.
Despite Lynch's recent evolution on abortion rights, Markey is stronger there as well. As noted earlier, Lynch considers himself prolife, but supports Roe v. Wade. His camp says that in his view, overturning the law wouldn't end abortions, but simply move them to more dangerous settings. Nor does he declare, as Markey does, that he'd have an abortion-rights litmus test for Supreme Court nominees. But he gets to essentially the same place; his campaign says that if a nominee "clearly expressed" a desire to overturn Roe v. Wade, Lynch would consider that person a judicial activist and oppose his or her nomination.
If the high court does overturn the law, Markey would support federal legislation to guarantee abortion rights. Not so Lynch. He "would leave the issue to the states," his campaign says.
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again set the record for the most Worlds with 70+ boat fleets for any International ISAF one-design keelboat class-- four Worlds over the last ten years, quite a remarkable achievement!
The J/80 dominates the European one-design racing circuits and France, in particular, where it is by far the most favored racer-cruiser. Indeed the Coupe de France (French Cup) circuit, organized by the French J/80 class, has nearly 200 boats that participate in the circuit of ten events every year.
The City of Marseille is hosting the event in a remarkable setting; a wide-open gateway to the Mediterranean and the second largest city in France, Marseille is a multi-cultural metropolis with international influence. Furthermore, Marseille is the European Capital of Culture in 2013 with a great many events organized as part of the celebration.
From the sailors perspective, Marseille is at the centre of water-sports in the Mediterranean with a fabulous sailing area, recognized as one of the finest in France thanks to its 2 natural bays, a vast, protected race area, easily accessible from the harbor, and its steady sea-breezes. No wonder major sailing events have been sailed in Marseilles; including the America's Cup circuit, the World Sailing Games, the World Match Racing circuit (on J/80s no less), the Medcup and the MOD 70 European Tour in 70 foot multihulls.
The sailing schedule starts with a the practice race Monday, July 8th followed by five days of racing with up to three races per day, concluding Saturday, July 13th. With 119 teams from 12 countries (France, Spain, USA, England, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Sweden, Poland, Switzerland, Russia, and Oman) many will be looking to see how well they've improved their performance over the past year of sailing and training with their boats. No question, there will be some new faces that will surprise some in the top ten and the event may possibly be the first to dethrone the "Spanish armada" that have dominated the past few J/80 Worlds.
As the most recent World Champions, the Spanish are determined to retain the title but the chances of sweeping the top three spots on the podium may be more difficult this time. They're sending seventeen boats with many of their top teams, including the current World Champion José María Van der Ploeg sailing FACTOR ENERGIA; past World Champions Rayco Tabares on HOTEL PRINCESS YAIZA and Carlos Martinez on ZHIK/ NOVASAIL; and Volvo 70 TELEFONICA star and World 49er Champion Iker Martinez sailing ENBATA 80. That's a formidable group of sailors!
The French are countering with many top teams, including Eric Brezellec's INTERFACE CONCEPT, Simon Moriceau's INTERFACE CONCEPT II, Vincent Vandekerkhove, Pierre-Loïc Berthet at the helm of Nicolas Lunven's GENERALI, Laurent Sambron's ATLANTIS, Luc Nadal on GAN'JA and the team of Arthur Herreman/ Romain Bethune sailing MATCH THE WORLD!
The next strongest group of teams may be the British and Swedish teams. The Swedish teams include Anders Rosenberg sailing DYNAMANT, Ingemar Sundstedt, and Lars Gellerhed on MK-PRODUKTER. The British teams include Jon Powell's BETTY, Patrick Liardet sailing AQUA-J, Allen Higgs skippering JUICY, and Stew Hawthorn sailing J'AI DEUX AMOURS- all very strong teams with a shot at the podium and certainly the top ten.
Highlights of leading teams from other countries include the lone American team sailing- Brian Keane's SAVASANA; top Netherlands team sailed by Laura Vroon on JOI DE VIVRE; Thomas Dehler's ANEGADA from Germany; Massimo Rama's JENIALE! from Italy; Asrar Al Ajmi sailing TEAM AL THURAYA BANK MUSCAT from Oman (the first Omani team to sail a J/80 Worlds); Pawel Boksa on MOONRAKER from Poland; Maxim Kuzmin on J-BLUE 8 from Russia (the first Russian J/80 team to sail a Worlds); and Yannick Preitner sailing POLYTECHNIQUE FEDERALE DE LAUSANNE from Switzerland.
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Montreal-based photographer Benoit Paillé has been working on a fascinating series of landscapes using a bizarre lighting method involving a suspended glowing square. The images above are not photoshopped, the 1×1 meter light is instead hung in the center of each photograph and the resulting image shows the unique form of illumination that creeps into the surrounding area. Paillé says his goal is to redefine what a landscape photograph is by questioning its reality, creating a kind of poetic moment in space and time. You can see many more of his Alternative Landscapes on Flickr.


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Perhaps overkill, but before applying the new patch, I went into Control Panel/Programs and did a "repair" of Windows Live Essentials. Then I downloaded the above update, d-Mail.msp, and applied it. Somewhat confusingly, when you run it, it also says it is "repairing" Windows Live Essentials.
At any rate, calendar pops up quickly with crashing anymore. This is on Windows 10. Good luck, all.
Here is the note from the above link, as of shortly before kickoff Sunday, 12/20:
Known issues about this update
•Issue 1: After you install this update (that was released before December 17, 2015), you may find that the program crashes soon after start.
Solution: Microsoft has identified the cause and has released a fix that addresses the issue for affected users on applicable platforms. To fix this issue, install this update that's released on December 17, 2015.
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Venezuela publishes decree with Chavez signature
CARCAS, Venezuela – Venezuela's government has published a decree signed by President Hugo Chavez, while his vice president said Wednesday that the ailing leader also sent a message of gratitude to the military for its loyalty.
It was the first time the president's signature has appeared in the Official Gazette since his latest cancer surgery in Cuba more than five weeks ago. The decree issued Tuesday and published in the government newspaper on Wednesday names former vice president Elias Jaua as Venezuela's new foreign minister. The signature is printed along with the presidential stamp.
Current Vice President Nicolas Maduro, who has been in charge of the country during Chavez's recovery, announced Jaua's appointment at a National Assembly session on Tuesday.
Chavez has not made any public comments since his operation last month, his fourth in 18 months. He has been fighting an unspecified type of pelvic cancer, and his silence has fed speculation about his medical condition.
Before the decree was published, the opposition had questioned the legality of the new foreign minister's appointment, citing a lack of publicly released documents with Chavez's signature.
The opposition has also been demanding more information about the president's condition.
"If the president of the republic can sign decrees, I call on him to appear, speak to Venezuela and talk about everything that's happening in that government," top opposition leader Henrique Capriles said Wednesday.
In a televised speech to soldiers, Maduro recalled meeting with Chavez in Havana earlier this week, saying the president was pleased with how his allies have been working together.
"We were with the commander in chief 48 hours ago, and yesterday we spoke with Minister Jorge Arreaza (Chavez's son-in-law), and he really feels great happiness to see, when we described how we've been interacting, the work we're doing constantly," Maduro said.
"He told us to transmit to the Bolivarian National Armed Force, from his heart, all his gratitude for so much loyalty from you all."
The government says Chavez is being treated for "respiratory deficiency," but it remains unclear how much longer he could remain in hospital in Cuba.
Addressing the troops, Defense Minister Diego Molero said the military will be watching for any "disturbance" of public order.
The opposition has called for a protest in Caracas on Jan. 23 to denounce what it called an unconstitutional postponement of Chavez's inauguration. The government says it is also organizing demonstrations on that date, the anniversary of the fall of the country's last dictatorship in 1958.


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Rated 1 out of 5 by Jon and Nancy from Visually unappealing Received this as a gift. While the herbs may be usable, if you are looking for a pretty way to display them...this is not it.Date published: 2019-12-28Rated 1 out of 5 by Santa from Dead on arrival This swag wreath was all grey and no color to it at all...doesn't look anything like the photo so it is very misrepresented here. Would not buy another oneDate published: 2019-12-13Rated 2 out of 5 by Lola217 from Disappointed I was very disappointed with this herbal swag. It looked old and doesn't have much smell to it unless you put your nose right on it. I understand that it's probably been sitting around for awhile, but I did expect it to be more fragrant and not look so drab.Date published: 2019-12-11Rated 3 out of 5 by Lorrel from Over-Priced I was so looking forward to receiving it, but it was a disappointment. While it smelled good, I.e. herbal, I expected it to look fresher and be more substantial for the cost. Will I order it again once I've snipped off the herbs, I'll let you know after I've made some soups and stews with these.Date published: 2019-10-04


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My Daddy died at the average age men die in the US (78 years old), from the most common disease men die from–heart disease. Yet, Daddy was anything but typical. He was a big teddy bear of a guy who made my world right again.
I was adopted at the age of four. My early years weren't easy.
My birth mother suffered from schizophrenia (severely and eventually permanently hospitalized), and addiction to alcohol and gambling choked all the life out of my birth father. My sister and I lived with my father's co-dependent/enabler grandmother and was abused by a boarder who lived in her house.
Not a great beginning.
I don't share this with you to make you uncomfortable or to get sympathy points because my life didn't stay that way. I was adopted and received layer after layer of personal healing and insights that allow me to incorporate this experience into my being.
Healing took a long, long time.
My adoptive Daddy was a big part of that. He was 54 and Mama was 50 when they adopted me. That's taking a big chance–but it also shows what a void they had to fill.
He died when I was 23 years old. Too young for him to die–and too young for me. But he isn't really gone.
He has become a part of me now–his songs, his stories, his gestures, his wisdom–I carry him every day.
I see him just like I did when I was six and playing baseball in the backyard–he was my "seated" lawn chair pitcher. I broke his garage window. Don't know that he got too upset.
I remember the summer we had a contest and ate 38 watermelons. He told me vines were going to shoot out my ears. I hoped they would. Every time my nose tickled, or I hiccuped, I got excited.
I remember when I was 12 and just starting to like boys–Daddy drove me to the skating rink each Saturday night and picked me up at 11:00. I know he really didn't want to get dressed and traipse out that late, but he did. I remember when he asked me if that boy kissed me. I lied and said, "No, Daddy." He knew. I knew. But I couldn't say the words–not to my dad.
I remember when I brought home countless boyfriends and the disgusting look he'd hide behind his newspaper. No one was ever good enough for his little sweety-pie.
Eventually, one was, and I married him. He loves my dad as much as I do. That's why we're still married. He reminds me of that honorable man who changed my life and he's the daddy to our three girls. His face lights up when his daughters just walk into the room. His face lights up when I walk into the room.
That's why I keep him.
The power of a great dad changes a child's life. And it keeps changing it. Even after our dads are no longer walking on this earth. Whispered wisdom, needed advice, family traditions and that sense of security never goes away.
I never got to be my dad's caregiver the way I did with my mom. But I promised him we would take care of her. That promise got me through some rough times.
I hope you enjoy a short excerpt from my forthcoming book, SAID CHILD.
It's about our night time ritual and coming home after church. (Being raised in church means I have many, many memories of life on the pew). Perhaps this excerpt will spark one of your own favorite memories.
The greatest thing we can do for our dads on Father's Day is simply to remember.
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Daddy slid next to us after his usher and elder duties of collecting and counting the money were complete. We'd all squeeze into the pew making room and he'd have to pull on his coat a few times to get comfortable. He'd reach in his shirt pocket and in one continuous smooth move, a gold package of Butter Rum Life Savers appeared and the fleshy underbelly of my tongue salivated. I got one, he got one and he'd wink. Mama preferred peppermint. Peppermint reminded me of the nausea of backseat card rides.
I'd roll the butter rum disk around in my mouth and hold it vertical between my teeth, my tongue reading the raised letters as if in Braille. I'd lay my head against Daddy's arm, recognizing the texture of his different suits, and then he'd put his arm around me and poke his finger in my ear. I brush it away and he'd smile without looking at me. I snuggled up waiting for my butter rum Life Saver to dissolve so I could get another one. As the preacher's words droned on and on, I knew we'd never make it home in time to see the Sunday night Disney movie. We never did. Missing all my favorite TV shows was the worst part to me. I'd have to run a fever or throw-up to get to stay home.
Daddy covered my legs with his jacket and patted me until the sounds and lights muffled, dimming into soft shades of gold as I watched my eyelashes fold again and again, the world faded fuzzy, then black.
I barely remembered most of the car ride home on Sunday nights and Daddy would place me between the cool sheets long after I was too big to be carried, my lanky legs scraping the bed and the quilt slid in place.
Daddy half-whispered, half-growled, "My baby done gone to sleep, Lord bless my little sweety-pie."
He'd sing me to sleep and I'd always ask for Mr. Moon:
Oh Mr. Moon, Moon, bright and shinin' moon,
Oh won't you please shine down on me.
For my life's in danger and I'm scared to run,
There's a man behind me with me with a big shot gun,
Oh Mr. Moon, Moon, bright and shinin' moon, oh won't you please shine down on me. Boom, boom, boom.
Happy Father's Day, Daddy.
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The leading British telecom Vodafone is leaving Facebook's digital currency project, Libra. Vodafone is the latest of a series of companies, which recently decided to withdraw from the project amid growing regulatory pressure from major central banks and many governments. Most notably back in October Libra Association was also abandoned by Paypal, MasterCard, Visa and eBay after the European Central Bank, along with the Bank of England and the governments in Berlin and Paris warned that crypto currencies such as Libra pose a risk to the global financial system. Read more
The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has charged Sergii "Sergey" Grybniak and his company Opporty International, Inc. for conducting a fraudulent initial coin offering (ICO), which has scammed investors of $600,000 with unregistered digital asset securities. The SEC's complaint alleges that Grybniak and his company have illegally raised the money from nearly 200 investors in an ICO of the so called "OPP Tokens", which were sold using a SAFT (Simple Agreement for Future Tokens) agreement. Read more
After earlier this month the UK Gambling Commission (UKGC) announced that after April 14th 2020 clients of gaming websites will no longer be able to use credit cards to fund their bets, some experts and analysts say it is high time that the UK's Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) do the same, as quite too many retail investors rely on their credit cards to make deposits on forex and CFD trades. "Debt shouldn't be creating more debt for the retail consumer", says Rod Martenstyn, former CEO of GKFX, quoted by Finance Magnates. Read more
Unregulated forex brokers Forbslab and eTrader247, along with several other alleged scammers, have been the latest additions to the warning list of Spanish financial watchdog – the Comision Nacional del Mercado de Valores (CNMV). ForbsLab is an offshore broker that has already been blacklisted by Luxembourg's financial watchdog, the CSSF. The broker is allegedly owned and operated Walsh Invest & Trade Ltd or Kayescent Corp., a company registered on the British Virgin Islands. eTrader247's website, on the other hand is completely anonymous, lacking any company information whatsoever. Read more
Patrick McDonnell, CEO of Coin Drop Markets, was sentenced to 33 months in federal prison and also ordered to pay $224,350 in restitution, after pleading guilty to cryptocurrency fraud last year. The Federal court in Brooklyn issued the sentence on Thursday. Through his company Cabbage Tech Corp., also known as Coin Drop Markets, the 47-year-old New Yorker defrauded at least 10 victims of around $194,000, plus additional virtual currency funds, for a total loss of $224,350, officials said. The criminal activity took place between November 2014 and January 2018. Read more
Broker specializing in online trading becomes club's Official Trading Partner for four years, through 30 June 2024. FC Barcelona and FBS have reached a new global partnership agreement, whereby the broker specializing in Forex trading is to become the soccer club's Official Trading Partner for the next four years, through 30 June 2024. This partnership will be a boost to Barça's global commercial strategy, as part of the consolidation of its international expansion to ensure it continues to be a benchmark club both on and off the field. The agreement was made official at an event held at the Camp Nou stadium attended by Mr. Read more
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) expects that the new regulations imposed on the retail forex and CFD brokers in the UK will lead to an overall reduction of their profits of between 6% and 10% - a decline which by the year 2021 may reach between 38.5 million GBP and 55.3 million GBP. The data comes from the latest FCA impact assessment, published on Thursday, which measures the effect of the new leverage restrictions, adopted back in 2018. According to the current rules, applied both in the EU and the UK, the maximum leverage a broker might offer its clients is 1:30 for major forex pairs, 1:20 for most CFDs and 1:2 for crypto CFDs. Read more
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