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Welcome back!
We are in the last weekend before Election Day and I cannot stress enough how important it is that we vote, and particularly that we vote "No" on ballot question 2.
I am encouraged by the support that a "No" vote is having as more individuals and organizations get to know more about this bad legislation. I was particularly happy to read Vicky Kennedy's OPED last Saturday in the Cape Cod Times opposing Question 2 in which she recalled how the doctor's predictions on Senator Ted Kennedy's life expectancy were not accurate, allowing him to spend his last year in a very meaningful way.
The New York Times published an article in its on-line edition last Sunday from Doctor Ezekiel J. Emanuel, a Jewish doctor and the brother of Chicago's Mayor Rahm Emanuel, opposing Assisted Suicide.
Also today, I was encouraged by the Boston Globe's editorial recommending readers not to support Ballot Question 2. All those are good signs and my hope is that as more people know about this legislation, they will oppose it. I want to share with you my column published in The Pilot this week.
Four steps in the final four days to defeat assisted suicide
Regular readers of The Pilot and CardinalSeansBlog.org are aware of the many reasons we in the Church oppose assisted suicide and urge a vote of "No on Question 2." Our faith tells us that suicide is always a tragedy and should never be presented as a "compassionate solution." The medical community and advocacy groups for the disabled have pointed out the lack of safeguards and other flaws in Question 2. Others oppose Question 2 because they think laws involving life and death should be discussed in the legislature, not through a ballot initiative process.
Polls show that support for Question 2 has dropped significantly. There are three principal reasons for this. First, nearly all newspaper editorials have endorsed the "No on Question 2" position, including the Boston Herald, Worcester Telegram and Gazette, Lowell Sun, New Bedford Standard Times, Salem News, Fitchburg Sentinel & Enterprise, Cape Cod Times, The Pilot and others. Most newspapers have also included well-written Op-eds from doctors, disability-rights advocates and regular citizens persuasively stating why Question 2 is wrong for Massachusetts.
Second, the television and radio commercials produced by the Coalition Against Physician Assisted Suicide (CAPAS) have been effective at pointing out the significant flaws in Question 2, particularly the fact that it does not require a patient considering assisted suicide to consult with a psychiatrist, palliative care expert, or even a family member. The commercials have also emphasized that these lethal prescriptions could be picked up at a local pharmacy and would involve ingesting 100 capsules of Seconal, all at once, and without a doctor present. Voters have been horrified by those facts and agree that a death like that would not be "dignified."
Third, and perhaps most importantly, "word of mouth" from people like you has been tremendously important. The heartfelt concern of a friend or family member will always be more memorable and persuasive than even the best television advertisements or newspaper editorials. Thank you for your outreach to family members, friends, neighbors and work colleagues on this issue.
It is projected to be a close vote on Question 2. To defeat assisted suicide, we especially need to win the "word of mouth" campaign over the final four days. I'd be grateful for your help. Here are 4 specific steps that I think are critical:
(1) Vote and help others to get to the polls. Voting is a privilege and a right, as it is a direct way we participate in helping to shape our society to protect the vulnerable. Every vote counts, especially on this issue. Please also reach out to friends and family members that don't drive and ask if they need help getting to their polling locations.
(2) Personal outreach to at least 10 people through phone or direct email. A phone call or a personally addressed email from you could be the first time someone hears about this important issue. Please share with them your concerns about Question 2 and ask them to think about it before voting on Tuesday.
For an email message or a personal phone call, you may want to say something like, "I'm contacting you because I am concerned about Question 2. It promotes suicide, instead of palliative care, as a solution to those suffering from terminal illness. Question 2 has many flaws, such as no required consultation with a psychiatrist, pain management expert, or even family members. Doctors, including the American Medical Association and the Massachusetts Medical Society, urge a vote of "NO on Question 2" and state that terminal diagnoses are often wrong and shouldn't be used to make life and death decisions. I'd be grateful if you considered this information before you cast your own vote on Question 2. Thanks very much! P.S. More information is available at www.SuicideIsAlwaysATragedy.org and www.StopAssistedSuicide.org."
(3) A message to your contacts through Facebook, Twitter or a general email. The power of electronic media to reach hundreds and even thousands of people at once is an amazing technical advance. That is one of the reasons I have utilized my Twitter account (@CardinalSean) to share my own messages about assisted suicide in the hope that all my Twitter followers will "retweet" (forward) my messages instantly to their followers. In this way, one frequently retweeted message has the potential to reach hundreds of thousands of individuals. If you are on Twitter, please send out your own messages or retweet mine. If you are on Facebook, please like the archdiocesan Facebook page and then "like" its messages on assisted suicide. If you are not presently on Facebook or Twitter, please consider sending an email to all your contacts.
For a short Twitter message (which is limited to 140 characters), you may want to write something like, "Question 2 is flawed. Please join me in 'Voting No on 2.' www.StopAssistedSuicide.org. Please retweet."
(4) Pray for the grace of understanding, courage and discernment. It is a good practice that people of faith pray in the days leading up to any important decision, including casting their votes. Ask God to increase your understanding on difficult issues, to increase your courage if any of your votes are a hard choice, and to help identify those you should reach out to with your concerns and messages on the issue of assisted suicide. God wants to be present with us at all moments of our life.
Please understand the impact each of us can have individually and collectively when we share our views in a civil and respectful manner. Let's choose to grow old in a society that views our cares and needs with true compassion, offering genuine support in our final days. The choices we make on Election Day will decide whether this is the kind of caring society we will leave to future generations. Please join me on Election Day to stop assisted suicide by voting "No on Question 2."
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I want to start my regular weekly posting with prayers towards all those affected by Hurricane Sandy. Having experienced a very serious hurricane when I was bishop in the West Indies, I have come to appreciate the force of nature.
This last hurricane that we experienced here in the Northeast was incredibly large. Although the damage in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts was limited compared to other parts of the country, it caused an incredible amount of suffering and distress to millions of people living on the east coast of the United States. Our heart goes out to the people who suffered the brunt of this hurricane, especially in places like New Jersey and New York.
I also received an email saying that in Cuba, in the Archdiocese of Santiago, incredible damage was done to homes, churches, and businesses. In Haiti there was also a lot of suffering provoked, particularly by the rains. Here in Massachusetts we experienced the winds, but not so much the rains. A lot of people do not realize that in hurricanes oftentimes it is the water that causes the most damage and deaths.
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Upon my return from Rome on Friday, I met with all the Boston seminarians and Father Paul Soper at the Cathedral of the Holy Cross.
We prayed a holy hour, vespers and dinner. Father Soper made a presentation on pastoral planning and the New Evangelization. We had a dialogue with the seminarians, which was very interesting
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Saturday, I came to the Pastoral Center in Braintree to celebrate Mass for those who attended the fourth annual Archdiocesan Justice Convocation, Celebrating the Social Dimensions of Vatican II.
One of the themes was physician assisted suicide, the big issue that we face here in Massachusetts. We were very grateful to all of those who participated. People were very enthusiastic, for the experience of the day. There was a lot of participation. We are grateful to the organizers for all their work.
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Later that day, I went to Peabody for a Mass at St. Adelaide's to close the 50th anniversary celebration there.
We blessed a picture of St. Adelaide. The music program was beautiful.
They had several musicians playing trumpets to accompany the choir. It is a very lively parish with lots of young families, and I was happy to be a part of their celebration.
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On Sunday, we went to St. Ann's in Somerville for the blessing of a new handicap accessible entrance and elevator and the moving of a tower bell. They had renovated the church just beautifully. The Mass was trilingual for the Haitian and Latin American communities. They had wonderful choirs singing Spanish, English and Creole French. Father Brian McHugh has done an extraordinary job in the parish there. The church looks stunning. It was very, very crowded. The singing was just beautiful.
Sunday was also the day that I addressed all of the parishes through video or audio, giving a homily. The Sunday Gospel was the story of Bartimaeus, a blind beggar in Jericho, and I related that to the physician assisted suicide Ballot Question 2.
At St. Ann's, of course, I said the homily live.
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Each year we gather with the deacons to celebrate a Mass for the deceased members of the diaconate community, their wives and family members.
Father Bob Butler was here because of Father Richard Butler's association with the diaconate program. We light a candle for each of the deacons who died in the last year. It is always very well attended.
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Monday, of course, Hurricane Sandy hit. Armenians are not deterred by wind and rain like postmen of yore. So, I met the new Armenian Catholic bishop of the Eparchy of Our Lady of Nareg, Bishop Mikaël Antoine Mouradian, who was ordained around one year ago. With him was the Armenian Catholic pastor, Father Rafael Andonian and Michael Charchaflian, who is studying to become a permanent deacon.
His diocese takes in all of the United States and all of Canada. He is living now on the West coast where the largest numbers of Armenians live.
He brought me a lovely gift, a wooden box with an Armenian Cross on it, and inside on a piece of marble from Armenia an etching of the baptism of the king of Armenia by their apostle St. Gregory the Illuminator.
It is a very old Church that traces its origins back to the fourth century.
St. Gregory the Illuminator
They have a monastery on one of the islands near Venice called San Lazzaro, that I visited a few years ago, which is a center of Armenian culture and Armenian history. The monks there are the order that many of the Armenian bishops belong to.
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Tuesday, I went to the 11th annual "Partnership for Success" dinner for friends of Cathedral High School.
They raised around $1.2 million. They honored John White, one of the board members. It was a beautiful evening
They had a film about Cathedral High School and three students spoke there, one graduate, who is now a student at B.C., and two seniors.
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Wednesday I recorded a message sharing Church teachings on end of life issues for young people, and making them aware of the reasons that I am calling on Catholics to be involved in this issue. The message has been distributed to all Catholic high schools in Boston and it will be shown to the students before Election Day.
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November always begins with the beautiful feast of All Saints, at which the Church honors all of those who have gone before us marked by the sign of faith and are now living in God's presence and interceding for us. This is not just the canonized saints who are known, but all of the anonymous saints. I always compare them to the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. There is much holiness out there that we do not recognize during people's lives, but God sees their hearts and rewards their fidelity and love.
On the first of November we honor them, and it is followed by the Feast of All Souls on Nov. 2, which is a very special day of intercession for souls in purgatory who are in the process of purification in preparation to enter into God's presence.
It is along with Christmas only one of two days when a priest is authorized to celebrate three Masses. I usually celebrate one in the morning, one at noon, and one in the afternoon.
This year it was a joy to be able to celebrate that second Mass with my auxiliary bishops and the workers here at the Pastoral Center.
Until my next post.
In Christ
Cardinal Seán


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The Anaheim Ducks have agreed on terms to re-sign right wing Corey Perry, matching the commitment they made to captain Ryan Getzlaf earlier this month, the team announced on Monday.
Perry, who has spent his entire NHL career with the Ducks while playing alongside Getzlaf, will sign an eight-year contract, reportedly worth $69 million, to equal the length of Getzlaf's latest deal.
"It was definitely a huge factor that he did stay here and he's committed here," Perry told reporters, of Getzlaf. "I called him last night right away when I found out what was going to happen. It's an exciting time for both of us."
Perry is currently serving a four-game suspension for an illegal hit last week that is scheduled to end on Wednesday.
He is among the Ducks team leaders with nine goals and 15 assists as Anaheim is on top of the Pacific Division with 46 points.
The 27-year-old Perry also helped lead the franchise to a Stanley Cup in 2007 while capturing the Hart Trophy in 2011.


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If you thought AJAC's annual Canadian Car of the Year (CCOTY) TestFest was just a bunch of car-crazy automotive writers flinging new cars and SUVs around a handling course and then voting for the ones they liked the best, you'd be partly right—but mostly wrong. AJAC's CCOTY scoring system is probably the most advanced and sophisticated vehicle awards voting system in the world—a system that has been continually refined over the 24 years that the awards have been given out.
It starts with qualified automotive writers who belong to the Automobile Journalists Association of Canada (AJAC), the largest and most respected association of automotive writers in Canada. Only those journalists who regularly publish new car reviews and test drive a minimum of two cars per month are qualified to vote. This year, approximately 80 journalists from across the country attended the annual CCOTY TestFest in Niagara, Ontario to drive, evaluate, and vote on over 60 new 2013 model year vehicles. Each journalist is assigned to two or three vehicle categories and must spend a minimum of 30 minutes driving each car on public roads with the option of driving on a handling course where appropriate (ie. sports and performance cars). Journalists must drive all the cars in each category in a single day in order to compare them back to back. Over the five days of testing, a typical journalist drives between 20 and 40 different cars.
The voting ballot for each car comprises 21 different evaluation parameters—such as Driver Position & Ergonomics, Engine Smoothness/Refinement and Ride Comfort—and voting journalists must give each a rating between 1 and 10. To help them compare cars, journalists have access to independent performance data compiled by AJAC test drivers just before TestFest, as well as a full specifications sheet for each vehicle.
Testing begins on Monday, and after two and a half days of testing, journalists' ballots are tallied by independent auditors, KPMG, who keep the results secret until the category winners are announced on Thursday evening. On Friday, journalists must then drive all the winners they haven't already driven, and rate them all on a separate ballot using six different evaluation parameters: Merit, Value, Environment, Safety, Market Significance, and Emotional Appeal. The top three finalists will be announced on January 25, 2013, and the Canadian Car of the Year and Utility Vehicle of the Year will be announced at a special awards presentation during the Canadian International Auto Show on February 14, 2013.
But wait, there's more!
To compensate for the wide variation in vehicle prices even within categories, the AJAC Car of the Year committee developed a Price Factor that basically gives more points to cheaper cars and fewer points to expensive cars by applying a percentage factor to the vehicle's prices. For example, the price factor for a $20,000 car is 0.935 while the factor for a $50,000 car is 0.865. If these two cars were in the same category, the price factor would increase the final score for the $20,000 car by 7.99%. The full Price Factor table can be viewed on AJAC's website.
In addition to this, AJAC's Car of the Year committee developed a comprehensive Weighting Factors table that adjusts scores based on the premise that the importance of vehicle characteristics varies depending on the type of vehicle. For example, fuel economy is more important in a city car or economy car than in a luxury car, and acceleration is more important in a sports car than in a minivan. As an example, in this year's Small Car Under $21K category, the weighting factor applied to each Fuel/Energy Consumption score was 11 percent while in the Sports/Performance Car under $50K category, the weighting factor applied to the Fuel/Energy Consumption score was 4 percent.
With so many cars and so many journalists involved in the Canadian Car of the Year TestFest, it's a wonder that it all works so smoothly. Most of the credit must go the volunteer efforts of the AJAC Canadian Car of the Year committee, whose members have dedicated many years to improving and upgrading the scoring system. Also deserving generous credit are eager volunteer students from Georgian College who keep track of all the car keys using a sophisticated electronic barcode system. And finally, there's AJAC's talented IT mastermind, Ryan Blair, who keeps the computerized vehicle tracking system and voting system running smoothly.
If you know of another vehicle awards program that is more comprehensive than this, we'd like to know about it!


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Dear Jodie: On July 2nd, the band I am bassist in, called STUCK – because we are stuck in prison – performs live and amplified for the other inmates. We're going to play Sunshine of Your Love (Cream), Johnny B. Goode (Chuck Berry), Red House (Hendrix), Little Wing (Hendrix), Tightrope (S.R. Vaughan), Voodoo Child (Hendrix), Star Spangled Banner (Hendrix, a solo song by lead guitarist Terry), and All Along the Watchtower (Hendrix).
Each day I practice four to five hours on acoustic bass, and practice in the sound studio here amplified on electric bass Monday & Thursday nights from 6 to 8 pm. I study 1-2 hours of music theory each day. Candidly, I have no talent or gift musically, I've always known that, but by intense concentration and work ethic, I hope to become a competent bassist. The other musicians in the band – Terry, the lead guitarist; Grizz, the vocalist and rhythm guitarist; and SAP, the drummer – are outstanding musicians. Grizz instructs me in the bass each day. No one else is available to play the bass and I'm the only person here who has shown any dedication to it, so I was drafted into the band, even though, as I say, I'm very rough and unskilled by any measure. My only ability is I can pick up the notes required to play quick enough, but I have no style, gift, talent or smoothness – yet. In six months I hope to be a competent bassist. The advantage I have is great instructors, commitment and time to jam/practice and even perform with these incredible musicians.
I can't believe I'm in a band, as my ability does not justify it, but I am excited nonetheless. I have been welcomed into the circle of ten really excellent musicians that make up the two bands (Stuck, and Out Of Bounds). They are all always practicing or studying or writing songs or developing new licks, songs, riffs, etc. I am the only one who is a novice, but they are all very helpful and always ask for my opinion on their new songs and they'll perform them for me to comment. I really enjoy their company and that they welcome me into their exclusive little clique.
In fact, that is my life here: I read music or musical biographies, and study music and practice the bass all day when I am not doing assigned tasks or eating, sleeping, etc. Songs we are going to do for the Labor Day set include ZZ Top's My Head's In Mississippi (one of my favorite ZZ Top songs, I can't believe I'm in a band that will be playing this song!!!!), Dire Strait's Sultans of Swing (love this song too), Ozzy Osbourne's Crazy Train, Badge by Cream, Manic Depression by Hendrix, and Purple Haze by Hendrix. I'm hoping we can do a Nirvana song in the set, like Smells Like Teen Spirit, Come As You Are, or Heart Shaped Box.
So far, while incarcerated, I've read biographies of Hank Williams, Bob Marley, Kurt Cobain, Led Zeppelin, Jimi Hendrix, Buddy Guy, Donovan, and am currently reading "Fire & Rain 1970" about that year's music/career by Simon & Garfunkel, Beatles, James Taylor and Crosby, Stills Nash & Young, and then I'm reading Off The Rails, the biography of Randy Rhodes with Ozzy Osbourne. I'm studying music theory, including reading music, understanding the guitar, harmony, chords, and all the details about music theory that boggle my mind for the most part. Like I say, I have little talent in this area but a lot of commitment I could never have had (Rockin' in the) outside (free world). So I am making good use of my time, I think, and enjoying this process of becoming a competent bassist, and grateful to have such outstanding musicians to work with and teach me.
I'd like to thank Jodie, Dana Larsen and Rebecca Maverick for sending me loads of great guitar song books, Ree Lynch (sent me Neil Young), Tyler Markwart (sent me the complete Bob Dylan song book for guitar), Catherine Leach (sent me Eagles, Willie Nelson, Neil Young, and others), and those who sent me Gordon Lightfoot, Guitar For Dummies, and others to round out my music book/song book library.
The other good band here, Out of Bounds, has written a great song called Prince of Pot". Spike, the writer/singer, wrote such a wonderful song about me. It was inspired by the CNN show with Tommy Chong (who is in one line of the song) wearing the FREE MARC shirt, which all the inmates here saw on TV. He says I have had a profound influence on him here (he's been here about 40 days, I've been on the bass about 40 days), which I'll explain in detail when you visit because it really is a touching story. Just the usual me, but it sometimes has this great effect on people. Spike says he's not angry anymore, he wants to stop being a jerk to his wife and he wants to be a good man now to her and his young daughter. He said his wife loves me for that. His songs are really wonderful and he could be big one day. All his songs are about his Dad (died), his daughter, and his wife, beautiful sensitive songs, and learning from his past stupidity and bad behaviour. Really prolific outstanding song writer. He said I've been great to everyone in the music clique, especially him. Terry says the same thing, all the musicians in our clique are improving dramatically, even Terry, who is already brilliant beyond compare, because I inspire them with my kindness and musical depth (history wise), and because I work so hard at the bass, so all the others are really putting forth a great effort to improve their art. And they are. These guys are all terrific musicians, but they have all really gotten so prolific and brilliant in the 45 days I have hung out with them.
I am going to be the guest bassist on the "Prince of Pot" song when they perform it on the Labor Day weekend. I can guest bass for one song in the other band, especially the one they wrote about me! They think that will be cool. So I'll have to learn the bass of that song too. I told them we'll get your BCMP jam night leader Adam Bowen to organize a band to record the song when I forward you the lyrics and music score, and then the band members in here can get a relative to play the YouTube recorded version over the phone to them so they can hear how Adam's band performs it. Isn't that neat?
As of Thursday, June 30, I'm not nervous but very, very excited, and maybe by showtime Saturday, July 2, I'll be nervous (a little), but after 45 days straight of four to five hours practicing, I feel confident. The rest of the band and the other musicians think I'm doing remarkably well! Yay for me! Tonight I had a great rehearsal, 150 minutes in the studio, we went over all our songs, whew! I'm pretty sure I have them all okay. We doubled the bass tempo of Johnny B. Goode, and boy did I sweat by the end of that one. It will be our finale song, and it will be 98 degrees Fahrenheit (36 Celsius) when we perform, so I'll be really sweating after that show!
I love you, and appreciate everyone's kindness and support. Can't wait to see you on July 3rd and 4th!
Your musical man,
Marc Emery
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Confessions of a Blogger
The right-wing noise machine has been having a field day with Randi-gate. Once, they smelled blood in the water they attacked Talking Radio and other liberal blogs (here and here) like a school of piranhas going after fresh meat. They shouted with glee over the apparent discrepancy between what actually happened to the liberal talk radio host (which we still don't know) and how it was initially reported.
Randi Rhodes spoke out for the first time at the beginning to her October 18 show. The lib talk show host told her listeners that she "was watching football in an Irish pub. I went out to smoke a cigarette, and the next thing I knew I was down on the cement, face down, bleeding. I don't know if someone hit me from behind, or if I fainted because I hadn't eaten all day."
Talking Radio was responsible for those initial reports. Not the New York Times, the Washington Post or CNN. Not Keith Olbermann, Wolf Blitzer, or Chris Matthews. Just this "tiny little blog" as Brian Maloney AKA the Radioequalizer has smugly reported.
Here's how it happened. We were about to close up shop in the evening of October 15 when we picked up on a string started on Democratic Underground about how Jon Elliott, Air America Radio's late night talk radio host, had reported that Rhodes had been attacked outside her New York City apartment.
We recorded a delayed broadcast of Elliott's show and posted a report including some of his comments about the attack. We are not going to repeat those comments because Elliott has subsequently issued of retraction. (You can see Elliott's comments here and his retraction here)
Early on the morning of October 16 we noticed that a story was posted on the on-line edition of the New York Daily News by radio reporter, David Hinckley. The story claimed that "cops and [Rhodes'] lawyer say reports that she was mugged near her Manhattan apartment were bogus."
("Bogus"? That's unsual language for a cop or lawyer to use)
What reports were they referring to? That's right -- it was the article that we posted in Talking Radio late the previous night. So how did the Daily News, one of largest newspapers in the U.S., find out about a report generated by a "tiny little blog." Well, most likely they read about it on the Drudge Report. It seems that Drudge picked up on our story almost immediately.
We know this because we started receiving hundreds of comments starting at about 5 AM. According to Google Analytics, 80% of those comments were linked to the Drudge Report's web site.
Well, once the Daily News article was released, a media feeding-frenzy erupted. The story was reported in all of the New York papers – the Post, the Village Voice, Newsday, and even the Times. The Associated Press filed a story, which was carried in dozens of American newspapers.
Several right wing talk radio hosts picked it up including Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity, and it was featured on several segments of the Fox News Channel. Needless to say the story was hit in blogosphere. Just Google <"Randi Rhodes" "Talking Radio"> and you get over 300 hits! And just think, if we closed up shop like we usually do after the Colbert Report, this probably wouldn't have happened.
Sorry Jon and Randi.
Now right wingers love to be righteous. They love to catch the "liberal media" f—king up." Liberals don't really get all worked up when conservatives mess up. We have this web site called Media Matters, which reports on right wing lies and misinformation on a daily basis. Check it out right now. Media Matters is currently reporting on about a dozen faux pas's by right leaning TV personalities and talk radio hosts that occurred during the past 24 hours. Just another day in the office.
However, the right wing pundits were not happy just blasting Talking Radio and Jon Elliott. They couldn't just take their shots and move on. No, they have now become the purveyors of bad information about Randi's Manhattan tumble.
Here are a few of the embellishments and out lies that our friends in the right-wing media have put out over the last few days
Gawker.com reports that Randi had imbibed 14 Ketel bloody-Marys before plunging to side walk. This was also reported in the Rupert Murdoch-owned New York Post. (If I drank four Bloody-Marys I'd be flat on my back.)
One right wing blogger suggested that the whole matter was just a publicity stunt by AAR.
The conservative publication the American Spectator listed several examples of crazy liberal outrage over the alleged attack on Randi. One of the targets, was yours truly. Shawn Macomber wrote "the proprietor of Talking Radio wailed, 'These whack jobs appear determined to do whatever it takes to silence the opposing point of view'."
Well, we did say that, but not in reference to Randi's misfortune. Our comment was about right-wingers, who shoot up talk radio stations, issue death threats, and beat and kill lib talk show hosts. I presume that the editors of the American Spectator would agree that such psychos are "whack jobs."
On his radio talk show earlier this week, Fox News commentator John Gibson, addressing John Elliott's accusations that right-wingers attacked Randi Rhodes, identified Elliott as Rhodes' "sometime substitute host." For the over a year now, Elliott has worked full time as a late night host on AAR. He rarely, if ever, has substituted for Rhodes.
But our favorite was the Maloney's feeble attempt to gain some attention at the expense of Rhodes' misfortune. In his latest post on the matter, Maloney said "in this exclusive, Radio Equalizer- created video, listen as Randi digs a deep hole for herself."
What exclusive? Maloney was referring to a recording that he made of the first seven minutes of Rhodes' October 18 show. You could have listened to it live at 1 PM PDT on Thursday or if you missed it, you can pick it up right now on the Whiterosesociety.com or watch it on You Tube.
As of 12 midnight PDT, Maloney's "huge blog" had 1 post, that's 1,402 less than our "tiny blog."
For a much more detailed account of right wing hypocrisy over this matter check today's post on Liberal Talk Radio.
As New York Magazine said regarding Randi-gate.
"Oh Talk Radio fans! You are all so insane"


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Baitasi House of the Future is located in a historic hutong area of Beijing. The client is a tech company focuses on the smart homes. The commission is to create an experimental house that suits the future lifestyles of young people.
Baitasi is one of the well preserved hutong neighborhoods. The original site had a 30 sqm house and a 80 sqm yard cramped with illegal building works.
When we talk about house we are talking about home. The house of the future should represent such a lifestyle of young people. They can fluidly shift between work and home. Access and convenience are more important to them than ownership. The possibilities of home space outweigh its physical dimension. The boundary between home and society is blurred by the rise of the sharing economy, nomad workers and technology. Our lives are fragmented and can not be accommodated by a fixed layout. The original house is wood framed. To minimise construction work and reveal the beauty of traditional Chinese wooden structure, we replaced the decayed roof and removed all the interior partitions. Two moveable furniture modules and one fixed module are placed under the new roof. With the moveable modules, the house can have four different layout options. According to the needs of the residents, it can shift from a three bedrooms house ...
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I have an original DS, red. I was thinking about getting a DS Lite. I didn't like how, when you put in a GBA game, the game sticks halfway out! I still like the orignal DS.
I have a white PSP. I don't really play it much. I have a few movies. Also, I have a few SD cards with music on them. So, it works out for music, movies, and games.
I think that I would pick the PSP. But the DS comes really close.
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I had both a Nintendo DS and Sony PSP for awhile. I got kinda bored with the Nintendo DS after awhile though... I don't know, just wasn't my style of system I guess...
The PSP is nice because it allows me to have two things that I love with me at all times: Music and Games. Although I mostly use my PSP for music when I'm on the go walking around town, it's nice to have a good game to play while waiting in line at conventions or during gaps between my classes at school. My current obsession with the PSP has been playing Guilty Gear though. LOVE THAT GAME!
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Man, hard decision indeed. I've got both but play my PSP more often. I think it's because of the better homebrew scene (as far as emulators go, at least).
I'd say to just look at what games from both systems you'd want to play most and decide from there.
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I have no loyalties to platforms - mine kinda lie in franchises. When a game comes out, I usually think "oh boy, now I need to get my hands on that system".
I'm enjoying the PSP at the moment, and with custom firmware, the neat additional things one can do is a very satisfying experience. I find that when I'm not in the mood to read a book, I curl up on the couch to play it for hours at a time.
However, if you commute, I find the DS to be more appropriate to fill in the time. If price is an issue, I would consider the DS since the cost of the system is relatively cheaper. Games for both platforms tend to be about the same in terms of pricing.
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Well, I own a PSP and have a 4GB stick to go with it. Haven't regretted my purchase even once, since it was actually cheaper than what a DS+R4/M3+1GB microSD combination would have cost here.
With custom firmware, the PSP is basically a portable entertainment center. I use it mainly to play games, read manga, watch anime and browse internet from WiFi hotspots, in this order. I own a decent amount of PSP games, I have also converted some of my old PS1 games for my PSP (PS1 emulation can be also done without custom firmware, unlike someone else said in this thread), and I also spend time with emulators, mainly SNES and GBA. I use PSPComic to read manga with PSP. Watching anime with PSP is also very enjoyable, and since it uses H.264+AAC in MP4 as the default format for videos, the episodes don't take much space from the stick either (one episode is usually around 40-70MB converted) and it looks very good too. You can even turn softsubs into hardsubs pretty easily when converting.
So I'd say that PSP is a great purchase, if you're into homebrew, since you can do so much with it. And there are lots of great PSP games out nowadays too.
Of course, DS has some great games too, and it's a shame that I won't be able to play some of them, but never have felt that I made the wrong decision when I bought my PSP. Maybe I'll get a DS someday to go with my PSP, but for now, my PSP is plenty enough for me.
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DS all the way!! Fun games, awesome graphics, innovative and most important.. LONG battery life!!! (I played DQMJ for 6 hours straight without recharging batter) Get a R4 and you're set life on DS. With tales of innocence, DQ9 & KH coming, what more can you ask for hehe
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I think it all depends on what games you like. I've owned both handhelds and ended selling my DS because I didn't like alot of the games. The PSP's graphics are far superior to the DS' as well. Alot of people tend to say that the DS' game library is way more fun, but I think otherwise. I only liked the Castlevania series and some of the first party Nintendo games. As for my PSP, I ended up getting a ton of games that I love. Alot of PS RPGs were ported so I ended up getting Valkyrie Profile, Tales of Eternia(US Tales of Destiny 2), Breath of Fire 3, and Final Fantasy Tactics. And as for non ported games, I got MGS PO, MGA, Lumines, Rengoku, Loco Roco, GTA LCS, and Blade Dancer. And the rest are Initial D Street Stage(ported arcade game), Parappa the Rapper, The Legend of Heroes games, Tekken, and Hot Shots Golf.
And for those who said the Ds are getting the Final Fantasy games, the PSP has FF, FFII, and FF Tactics. And they're getting Dissidia Final Fantasy, and Final Fantasy VII: Crisis Core.
And MAYBE if we're lucky enough, we might get Suikoden I&II and Star Ocean.
But if you're impatient you could always just mod your PSP and get those yourself. =P
And as for Nintendo's "innovation". Does anyone ever recall something called the Power Glove? And remember the DS isn't the first hardware to apply a touch screen with a game, nor was it the first hardware to apply two screens with a game. It was the first to apply the touch screen and another non touch screen to a game. Very innovative. The Wii... well the Power Glove comment above says it all. Nintendo has been trying new things for a while, and have failed time and time again, but only recently did the "something new" actually succeed. I for one think it's all a fad. I seriously doubt the new generation is going to be super motion activated mega ultra high speed infrared bluetooth high octane controllers.
If nintendo goes far enough with this so called "innovation" then we might as well carry a real sword and shield, and hit something with it. =P
And no, I'm not a Nintendo hater, nor a Sony fanboy.(I was raised on the nes, playing FF and Ninja Turtles) I just think the hype the DS and Wii get is laughable.
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Part of a series of panoramas taken in and around the Citadel (Kastellet) of Copenhagen, Denmark. The Citadel is part of the fortifications of old Copenhagen, dating back to the 17th. century. Although still a military installation, the Citadel if open to the public and used for many events.
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What if she shows up with the kids and you aren't at the door to turn her away - another guest opens the door, your partner answers the bell - and by the time you see them she and the kids have coats off, perhaps are drinking or eating an appetizer? Much more awkward than dealing with it ahead of time.
Her: Lemme call Aunt J, she's doing something for the cousin's kids and she invited mine. I'll call you right back.Ok, wait, her Aunt J is AWESOME with kids and throws these crazy great kid parties. Amanda's cousin has kids pretty close to her kids ages and her kids would probably rather be there then at our adult party anyways. So Amanda wants to bring her kids because....why? Just because I told her she can't? This woman is in her 30s!! She called me right back.
Oh my. She sounds a boor. I'm not a fan of the martyr routine, and the heavy put-upon sighs are a huge pet peeve of mine. You handled it exceedingly well. I'm pretty sure I would have been terribly rude and hung up or disinvited her.
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will a 02-04 wrx throttle body work on my ej22???????
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throttle body questions
Started by wakesyco , Apr 20 2010 03:29 PM
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Posted 20 April 2010 - 03:29 PM
Posted 20 April 2010 - 06:03 PM
Posted 20 April 2010 - 06:33 PM
beacuse the throttle body on the wrx is a passanger side throttle cable and the one on my ej22 is drivers side and wont allow my tmic to fit because it hits on the bov
Posted 20 April 2010 - 08:52 PM
Take off the BOV, problem solved.
Posted 21 April 2010 - 04:37 AM
Take off the BOV, problem solved.
Awwwwww, but what about the "whippppsssshhh?" How the hell is the car going to run without that sound???
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I didn't see a dedicated tasting note thread for this wine so I figured I would start one.
Decanted for sediment then poured. Just starting to brown at the edges. On the nose, this wine is very young smelling. Lots of dark fruits and berries with some cedar as well as a hint of eucalyptus. On the palate there is ample fruit concentration with well balanced acidity and tannin. On the palate this wine again is youthful in its fruit and packs a pucker on the finish.
The 89 Sociando smells, looks and tastes like a wine at least 5 years younger than the stated vintage. This is tremendous quality/price ratio and it beat out several more prestigious wines at this particular tasting including both the 1989 and 1990 Cos d'Estournel! Last year, I had a 1996 Sociando that also was my wine of the night.
Affordable Bordeaux that is really well made and has the stuffing to age! That's convincing enough for me to plunk down some cash on 2010's.
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I had this wine last year and it was showing nicely, but I agree it is very young for it's actual age.
Got a few of these at the last Vintages auction. Have to say that I was underwhelmed.
Tobacco and lavender on the nose.
I tasted cherry popsicle stick, sour cherry, pencil lead, rosemary and black tea.
Way better with food.
Good, but I expected more from such an famous vintage. That said, I'm not exactly an expert on bordeaux, and true bordeaux-lovers would probably like it better than me.
I score this 89 points,This message has been edited. Last edited by: bman,
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Had another bottle today and liked it a bit better. TNs were similar but the wine seemed have a bit more complexity and pizzazz, perhaps because it sat 2+ hours in the decanter first.
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I had this a couple of years ago and it was drinking very young. I still really enjoyed it and I believe that the fruit will eventually outlive those very stern tannins. I would like to try it again.
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