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The Regulator's View
A conversation with Michael Krimminger '82, partner, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton, former general counsel, FDIC
"I don't believe that we necessarily need to break up the large banks or companies, but I believe that we need to make sure that they pay the actual social cost of their size and complexity."
— Michael Krimminger '82
As deputy to the chairman for policy and, from November 2010 to May 2012, as general counsel of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., Michael Krimminger helped the agency address domestic and international banking issues and develop regulatory changes and policy initiatives in response to the financial crisis. In a nutshell, Krimminger describes the financial meltdown of 2008 as a "perfect storm" of opaque transactions; the evaporation of investor confidence in the markets; a highly-leveraged system in which risk was grossly underestimated; and an inadequate statutory infrastructure. The long period of unusually favorable market conditions also led regulators themselves to ignore danger signals and fail to take action to stem excessive risk-taking by regulated financial companies, he says. In combination, this led to both the markets and regulators failing to take action against a growing shadow banking and mortgage-origination system until the bubble burst and the crisis spiraled out of control. As Krimminger describes it, the inadequacies of the statutory frameworks to deal with such a broad market disruption led to necessary, but unfortunate, actions to prevent an even greater destabilization of the financial system.
In late March, Krimminger, now a partner at Cleary Gottlieb in Washington, talked to Duke Law Magazine about the regulatory reforms that have emerged in the wake of the meltdown. An excerpt of the conversation follows.
Duke Law Magazine: What have been the most significant regulatory improvements since 2008?
Michael Krimminger: I would point to four things. First, there is now a framework in place to provide for an additional level of advance planning — resolution planning — and prudential and market oversight by the Financial Stability Oversight Council. This is provided by Title I of Dodd-Frank [the Dodd–Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act]. That's something you didn't have before. Bank holding companies over $50 billion, of course, were always subject to oversight, but now you also have a framework that can subject designated non-banks, so-called SIFIs [systemically important financial institutions] to an additional level of oversight.
The caveat to Title I is that it is very much dependent upon what the regulators actually do with it — whether or not they take action to make it work. … In short, it remains to be seen whether regulators will be able and willing to take timely action in the future.
The resolution-planning element is a significant development. Under Section 165(d) of Title I, the FDIC and the Federal Reserve have adopted a joint regulation requiring the largest financial companies to prepare detailed resolution plans demonstrating how they could be wound down under the Bankruptcy Code. This will require the companies to take a hard look at how they do business and whether they need to take action to simplify their operations to provide a credible plan for their resolution under the Bankruptcy Code. That's a tough standard. And I think we need to make sure that's implemented in a very aggressive way.
The second major thing is that there are now a series of steps being taken to improve the resiliency of the financial system. It includes things like moving derivatives over to central counter-party systems where possible, trying to reduce dramatically the use of over-the-counter derivative transactions — you can't eliminate them entirely — and reforms such as the Volcker rule, which can have some impact on de-risking parts of the system. These reforms remain under development through rulemakings — and as with many other parts of Dodd-Frank it all depends on how those rules are finally adopted and how they are actually implemented. The best rules in the world are useless unless they are actually enforced.
The third major area that's really vital for change is the Title II resolution authority. Under Title II of Dodd-Frank, if the Bankruptcy Code is viewed as creating too great a risk of contagion effects across the market if it is used to wind down a financial company, the FDIC can be appointed as a receiver and resolve the company in a way to minimize the disruption from the failure while making sure that shareholders and creditors bear the losses. It's done in a way that would support the market's overall liquidity and keep the market functioning. That's something we didn't have in 2008 and that's why Treasury chose to propose TARP and why the FDIC participated in providing support to certain companies. That cannot be repeated. If the market understands there is a viable and credible process for closing down these firms, then investors and the market will be more likely to internalize a new reality that these firms are no longer too big to fail and to actually make them pay the freight for the risk they pose to the system. Market participants must come to view the largest, and most complex, financial companies as potentially subject to failure and, therefore, to look at their credit quality on a true market basis, rather than with the expectation of government support. This is critical if we truly believe in free markets.
And that relates to the fourth element — addressing the cross-border operations of the largest financial companies. I'm pleased to say that the level of cooperation and the working relationships on the international stage — often behind the scenes — between the regulators and resolution authorities around the globe have shown tremendous improvement and development. These developments are particularly critical in the key jurisdictions where U.S. companies have the vast bulk of their cross-border operations and exposures. Of course, some people still say, "You can't deal with these international [problems] because U.S. firms have operations in 100 different countries." … While true on its face, the fact is virtually all U.S. firms, no matter how involved they are internationally, have more than 95 percent of their exposures and operations in fewer than 10 countries. And 80 percent, roughly, consist of operations in the U.K. or through the U.K. So we have been focused specifically on developing relationships and developing joint planning and parallel reviews for resolution planning for British firms and U.S. firms with U.K. authorities. There has been a tremendous amount of progress. … It's an effort closely coordinated with the Federal Reserve and the OCC [Office of Comptroller of the Currency] and other regulators.
The key thing from a U.S. perspective is that the key reforms very much reflect the resolution regime that was adopted in Dodd-Frank and it is built very fundamentally on the FDIC's resolution process for banks that's been in place for 70-plus years. In effect, the Dodd-Frank and FDIC resolution process is the international model.
I [was] a member of the Resolution Steering Group for the FSB and the Cross-border Crisis Management Working Group, and a number of other multilateral efforts. These efforts, in my view, have made a big difference. Europe is moving ahead with reforms that will help implement these things. The British are very aggressive in moving ahead with planning and reforms. And this is something that is going to be a major effort over the next few years. It's going to make the likelihood of a cooperative resolution of a major financial firm, if one gets in trouble, exceedingly more likely than it's ever been in the past.
DLM: How has Dodd-Frank changed the prospects for future bailouts of troubled financial firms?
Krimminger: Dodd-Frank modified Section 13(3) of the Federal Reserve Act in one significant way, but mostly in fairly benign ways.
The significant way is that you can't provide liquidity support or bailout support for a specific company. That's a good thing. Look at it this way: At the end of 2008 and in 2009 as the smoke was clearing from the rubble, we had maximized moral hazard and minimized market discipline because we essentially guaranteed the capital structure of the 19 largest financial firms in the United States. To address that, we needed to put market discipline back in and minimize moral hazard. Really, the only way to do that is to say "We're not going to be doing bailouts in the future." So Section 13(3) needed to have a restriction put into it so that you couldn't do an individual firm bailout.
But 13(3) continues to give very broad terms for the Fed to provide system-wide liquidity support. And that can be done in a variety of ways as has happened in the past. It just can't be targeted on a single company.
This all has to be viewed as part of a reform package that includes a new resolution regime. My view is this: If you believe in a free market, you have to believe in the freedom, so to speak, to fail. And financial companies should not be put on any kind of golden pedestal any more than any other company. We have to make sure that we have the ability to provide liquidity to the system — which is what 13(3) does and what the provisions for the debt guarantee program that the FDIC can offer under Dodd-Frank does. And if you can't survive based on overall liquidity to the system, then you need to be closed and resolved. We just need to make sure you can be closed and resolved in a way that doesn't create a catastrophe for the system itself. That's what Title II is about.
DLM: It's January 2013 and the president, whoever it is, asks you to make two recommendations for improving the overall system further. What still needs to be done?
Krimminger: I think I would want to make sure that there is complete administration support and aggressive advocacy for implementing the additional capital and systemic stabilization efforts that we put into place as a result of the crisis. There should not be a backing off of that. That includes things like making sure that the Basel III capital standards are put in place; making sure that liquidity standards are put in place; making sure that you put in place a more realistic structure for money-market mutual funds, commercial paper and other things. That would be one of the key areas that I would say [needs improvement]. Some of that involves making companies pay the cost they would impose upon the system if they were to crash, and therefore would lead to some simplification of financial companies.
I don't believe that we necessarily need to break up the large banks or companies, but I believe that we need to make sure that they pay the actual social cost of their size and complexity. And if they can operate efficiently after paying the social costs, then that's fine. If they can't, they need to de-risk or reduce themselves in size so they can be a more functioning part of the normal financial system. …
The second thing I would suggest is a real drive by the administration at the highest level to ensure that there is a cooperative effort brought to bear on cross-border issues with other countries across the globe. This should entail taking a real hard, fresh look at the global financial system and identifying how we can make sure that it is more resilient in a way that promotes economic growth but doesn't do that at the cost of creating a boom-bust cycle internationally. … Right now the international infrastructure is very much focused on a North American and European framework, with the addition of Japan and some other countries. We need to bring into the international/global financial system, in a very clear, cooperative way, countries like India and China that are becoming more involved, but we need to make sure that they see the current international infrastructure and framework as being very much in their interests. I don't rely upon people's good faith or countries' good faith, but I think that if you make something in someone's interest, they will be more predictable in their reactions to it than they would be if it wasn't.
DLM: Are there limits to the ways regulation can address problems with transparency that may be due to complexity?
Krimminger: There are definitely limits to regulation. That's why I've always been a big advocate of a supportive infrastructure that does two things. First, it has regulation in place that requires certain standards to be met. Of course, regulations can be gamed and you have to understand that this is just part of life, because people are very smart in the financial markets.
The other thing you need to do is make sure the market infrastructure supports the regulatory goals. An example would be that you need to have certain requirements regarding risk retention and securitization so that people have skin in the game and also requirements that transaction structures and reporting are sufficiently transparent so that the risks can be understood by investors. And then you ensure that the market infrastructure puts in place a sort of risk/reward incentive for that. So you make sure there's transparency. And if there's transparency the market will — if you believe in markets — be more likely to reward the "smart money" than the "dumb money," because people will have an advantage if they can actually understand what's underlying the transaction. I think transparency will help lead to a somewhat reduced level of complexity. I would even go so far as to have some limitations upon the level of complexity you can have in securitization deals. There are a lot of other types of transactions, of course — credit default swaps and collateralized debt obligations and others can be incredibly complex, but I think you can't do it just by regulation. That just creates other opportunities. You have to make sure the market structure itself supports the regulatory goal.
Sometimes it's very easy to be cynical and dismissive of reforms or say that they should have waited for further studies of why a particular crisis occurred, or that the reforms didn't go far enough. But I think we've got to look at the broad picture. We had a tremendous crisis, and many of the people around Washington and New York, particularly, want to forget we had the crisis. We need to push ahead with reforms that will make a difference in the areas that are most significant to that particular crisis. It may not prevent the next crisis, but it will probably mean that we have a more resilient system going forward. And that's all to the good and is certainly something we should support as opposed to saying it didn't go far enough or, as some people would argue, it went too far.


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COMMENTARY: Somebody else's problem
(RNS) IBM's decision to cut loose 110,000 retirees from its company health plan continues a disturbing trend toward addressing problems by evading responsibility.
Rather than attack the problem of mounting health care costs -- a health care system that delivers less and costs more -- the tech giant unloads its retirees onto health-insurance exchanges and, eventually, onto taxpayers.
General Electric and Time Warner have done something similar, and an estimated 29 percent of companies are studying the idea.
In a similar manner, anti-abortion forces resist steps that would make it more difficult for young women to get pregnant and fight any steps to end pregnancies.
Instead of fixing a broken educational system, politicians cut school budgets, discourage classroom teachers, issue tests to measure how little U.S. children are learning and pour money into helping the advantaged stay advantaged.
Instead of giving an inch on gun controls, the gun lobby offered the insane suggestion that classroom teachers pack heat.
Rather than reform a health care system that favors the wealthy and harms the poor, New York state officials want to close more hospitals serving the poor -- beyond the 26 it has already closed in New York City.
Punishing the victim goes on and on. Raleigh, N.C., police threatened to arrest church members for daring to feed the homeless. New York City police stop and frisk young black men who would much rather have jobs than stand around on street corners.
The victim is an easy mark, of course. Clever bankers maneuver unsophisticated elderly into taking out reverse mortgages on their paid-for homes. States bail out foolish politicians and bureaucrats by unleashing casino gambling and lotteries on the unwary.
An attitude of scorn emerges. If some are suffering, it's their own fault. They should have paid attention in class -- never mind the hunger and chaotic home lives that dulled their desire to learn.
The poor need to get jobs, say the smug, while blocking efforts to create jobs. Immigrants just need to go home, say descendants of immigrants.
With money on the table, who cares about the victim? Businesses want customers, not liabilities. Schools want better test scores, not high-risk students. Churches want to throw dwindling funds at improving Sunday worship, rather than caring for the needy. Gun sellers want sales, not safety.
By their very nature, victims are tiresome. They lost. The pretty and handsome won, those born to privilege won, those lucky enough to get a good education won.
How do we deal with mounting resentment among downwardly mobile citizens? Funnel more wealth to the undeserving 1 percent, while subjecting the 99 percent to a maze of rules, police actions, dwindling benefits and a surveillance state.
Victims put up with it because victims become accustomed to losing. It isn't just abused women who protect their abusers.
I continue to believe that faith communities should, could and someday will step into this breach. If any organization has a charter to care for the least of these, it is churches.
Do we have the heart? I don't know. When push comes to shove, many are in it for Sunday enjoyment, not for the least of these.
(Tom Ehrich is a writer, church consultant and Episcopal priest based in New York. He is the author of "Just Wondering, Jesus" and founder of the Church Wellness Project. His website is www.morningwalkmedia.com. Follow Tom on Twitter @tomehrich.)


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Quick science lesson: Scientist Erwin Schrödinger had a thought experiment where you put a cat in a sealed box with poison. In a nutshell, at a certain point the cat is both alive and dead until you unseal the box.
No, he didn't kill a cat to test this out so far as I know. But apparently SouthPeak Interactive and developer FORMation wanted to make an iPhone game in his honor; and instead of making it about gassing cats to death, it's about rats and mazes. Isn't science awesome?
In Schrödinger's Rat, players control a chalk ball with the accelerometer and tilt it through the many twists of 117 mazes. Each maze is a test of an element on the periodic table. I'm not sure what any of this has to do with quantum physics or Schrödinger, but it is something else to do on your iPhone and iPod Touch for only $0.99.
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Vacation rentals are especially popular in mountain destinations, and ski season bookings spike in the fall. "Vacation homes that can sleep large groups go first," explains HomeAway's travel expert Melanie Fish. "If you're traveling with a smaller group, there is more flexibility, but don't wait too long to find that perfect ski-in/ski-out. By mid-November, half of the mountain homes rented on our site are already booked."
Here are five reasons to book a vacation rental this winter:
1. Better value. The average vacation rental runs 1,850 square feet while the average hotel room is 325 square feet. For those keeping track at home, that's more than five times the space of a hotel room. You can expect to get twice the space at half the cost per person when you rent a vacation home instead of a hotel room. Furthermore, extra space means room for your skis and snow gear.
2. Access to amenities that you don't have to share with anyone. Perhaps one of the most overlooked perks of a vacation rental is that you often get the amenities and perks of some of the best hotels but without having to share them with anyone else. This can include anything from a hot tub to an outdoor fireplace. You don't have to reserve it, pay extra or visit only during certain hours.
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It all started with One Piece. Last fall, Macau-born Sunny Lin exploded on the scene with a cosplay of One Piece character Boa Hancock. Online in Asia, she was declared the closest the world would get to a real life Boa.
Lin was able to parlay that into magazine spreads, such as this on her way to become a superstar. Then, says Taiwan's ET Today, something changed.
Just as she was going supernova and slated to appear in a movie, she emailed her manager, supposedly saying she wanted to cancel her contract. It's exactly clear what caused the change, but she apparently wrote, "It's not that I don't want to be famous, but there are many things I cannot talk about yet."
Her manager, Lilian, told ET Today that it's "regrettable" that she was not able to continue on the road to stardom.
While Lin doesn't seem to have addressed directly what prompted this yet, she did write online that she doesn't have any plans for the future. "I just want to be happy," she wrote. "That's not material or money, but happiness from living by being honest and upfront with my own feelings."
Fans were worried that Lin was leaving the entertainment industry; however, she appeared on Facebook this week, to calm those concerns by saying not to worry and adding that she would be definitely able to start anew. Hope everything is okay for her as she begins her new journey.
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Ronald H. Filler is an expert in the area of financial services law. He joined the faculty in 2008 as a Professor of Law and the Director of the Financial Services Law Institute.
Professor Filler teaches several courses for both LL.M. and J.D. students including Derivatives Market Regulation; International Financial Services Law; Regulation of Broker-Dealers and Futures Commission Merchants; Financial Services Seminar and Workshop; and Regulatory Policy and Advanced Research Seminar. Professor Filler has also arranged for many NYLS students to serve as externs at some of the leading financial institutions and financial regulatory governmental agencies, giving them important first hand experiences regarding the practice of law in this highly complex area. He has taught several courses on derivatives law at three other U.S. law schools, the first such course was taught in 1977 at the Chicago-Kent College of Law. At Chicago-Kent, he was the Founder and Director of the Commodities Law Institute, which was the leading CLE provider on Futures Law between 1978 and 1995.
Before joining the NYLS faculty in the spring of 2008, Professor Filler was a Managing Director in the Capital Markets Prime Services Department at Lehman Brothers where he had principal responsibilities over a variety of business and regulatory matters. Before joining Lehman Brothers in 1993, he was a Partner and Member of the Executive Committee of Vedder Price Kaufman & Kammholz, a large Chicago-based law firm. He has spoken at several hundred conferences and seminars involving various financial regulatory issues, with a special emphasis on the Dodd Frank Act that was enacted by Congress in 2010 and its impact on the financial community and the public.
Professor Filler currently serves as an Independent Public Director of the National Futures Association, the industry's self-regulatory organization, and of NYSE Liffe US, a futures exchange majority owned by the New York Stock Exchange. He serves on the Regulatory Oversight Committee (ROC) at this exchange. At the NFA, he has chaired a Special Committee, which oversaw the audit practices and policies of NFA, which is the primary regulatory auditor of most financial institutions involved in derivatives, and serves on several other NFA committees. Professor Filler is also the Chair of the Global Markets Advisory Committee of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission, the U.S. federal regulatory agency that oversees the derivatives markets. Throughout his 35+ years in the futures/derivatives area, he has served on several boards and advisory committees of U.S. exchanges and clearinghouses and other industry organizations.
Finally, Professor Filler has written extensively on several issues involving the financial services industry, with a special emphasis on customer asset protections.
Co-Author of a Casebook on the "Regulation of Financial Derivative Instruments (Swaps, Options and Futures)", Published by West Academic (May 2014)
Co-Author of the Teacher's Manual to "Regulation of Derivative Financial Instruments (Swaps, Options and Futures), Published by West Academic (May 2014)
Co-Author of Ask The Professors: What is the Impact of the Recent DC Court's Opinion in SIFMA et al, v. CFTC on the CFTC's Cross-Border Guidance?", to be published in the October 2014 issue of the Futures & Derivatives Law Report.
Ask the Professor: Did the 7th Circuit Properly Rule in Sentinel II?, 35 Fut. & Deriv. L. Rep. (April 2014)
Co-Author of "Ask the Professors: Did the European Court of Justice Properly Rule By Dismissing the U.K.'s Attempt to Annul ESMA's Regulation Banning Short Selling?, 34 Fut. & Deriv. L. Rep. 25 (March 2014)
Ask the Professor: How Will The Seventh Circuit Rule In Sentinel II?,33 Fut. & Deriv. L. Rep 21 (November 2013)
Ask the Professor: What Is The Impact on MF Global From The Recent UK Supreme Court Decision Involving Lehman Brothers International (Europe)? 32 Fut. & Deriv. L. Rep. 1 (April 2012)
Ask the Professor: "OMG! What Did MF Global Do?", 31 Fut. & Deriv. L. Rep. (November 2011)
Consumer Protection: How U.K. Client Money Rules Differ From U.S. Customer Segregated Rules When A Custodian Firm Fails To Treat Customer Property Properly, 24 Journal of Taxation and Regulation of Financial Institutions 25 (May/June 2011)
Ask the Professor: Portfolio Margining – How Will Dodd-Frank Impact Its Utilization?, 30 Fut. & Deriv. L. Rep. 8 (November 2010)
Ask the Professor: What Is Margin And How Is It (Or Should Be) Determined? 29 Fut. & Deriv. L. Rep. 15 (March 2009)
Ask the Professor: Who Has, Or Who Should Have, Jurisdiction Over CDS Clearing?, 29 Fut. & Deriv. L. Rep., 11 (January 2009)
Are Customer Segregated/Secured Amount Funds Properly Protected After Lehman?, 28 Fut. & Deriv. L. Rep. 1 (November 2008)
Ask the Professor: Give-Ups After Griffin — What Changes are Needed Now? 19 Fut. & Deriv. L. Rep. 1 (March 1999)


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Maria "Manding Karya" Alcordo-Cabigon
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Daughter of Alfonso Alcorisa Alcordo and Filomena Gonzales Molina from Barotac Viejo, Iloilo.
Prodigious writer; her works first found publication in 1902 when it was an all-male world (using various masculine pen names); wrote drama, novels, poems and essays; except for mega-hit advice column in Bisaya, chose to be a freelance writer; her weekly Panid ni Manding Karya received an average 20 letters a day seeking advice (a thousand internet hits today?) which she tried to answer personally (and mailed to the person) those that could no longer be accommodated in her column.
Married to Filomeno Tapia Cabigon of San Fernando with 4 children two of whom died in infancy. I was delighted to read in the Marriage records of 1897 that one of the witnesses to their wedding was Gliceria Tapia, my maternal great-grandmother.
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Paul caught on hot mic: 'We're gonna win this, I think'
There's always something special about hot-mic incidents. Most political figures, by the time they've risen to a certain level of prominence, tend to be guarded, scripted, and careful to stay on-message. When there's a live microphone picking up their unvarnished comments, it offers the rest of us a peek behind the curtain.
Mitt Romney's "47 percent" remarks immediately come to mind, but don't forget that some amazing moments from George W. Bush's presidency came when he didn't know we could hear him.
And now Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) have joined the club.
For those who can't watch clips online, here's the transcript:
Paul: "Do you have a second?"
McConnell: "I'm all wired up here, um."
Paul: "I just did CNN and I just go over and over again, 'We're willing to compromise. 'We're willing to negotiate.' I think, I don't think [Democrats] poll tested 'we won't negotiate.' I think it's awful for them to say that over and over again."
McConnell: "Yeah, I do too and I, and I just came back from that two-hour meeting with them and that was, and that was basically the same view privately as it was publically."
Paul: "I think if we keep saying, 'We wanted to defund it. We fought for that and now we're willing to compromise on this', I think they can't, we're gonna, I think, well I know we don't want to be here, but we're gonna win this, I think."
Let's unpack this a bit.
First, to hear Paul tell it, this fight ultimately boils down to talking points. If Republicans stick to the phrases Paul likes, maybe they'll "win this." Whether those talking points are coherent or accurate apparently doesn't much matter.
Second, and probably more amusing, is McConnell complaining that Democrats are saying in private what they're saying in public. Well, sure, of course they are.
Republicans may be so caught up in their own nonsense that they've lost sight of the basics, but when it comes to their government shutdown, there's nothing left to "negotiate" – both sides already agree on identical spending levels. The government's closed, not because Democrats are stubborn, but because Republicans insist on trying to gut the Affordable Care Act.
McConnell and Paul may not understand this, but when they say they're "willing to compromise," they're referring to an inherently ridiculous posture – they want to take away health care benefits from millions of Americans, but they'll settle for taking health care benefits from fewer Americans.
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When the Corporate Mainstream Media Controls The Question, We Don't Ask Any", thus forfeiting our right to the Truth, endorsing what is done in our name by the Globalist New World Order. "The only burden we should carry in life is the heavy sword by which we must behead the beast of Apathy". - Glenn Gordon
Saturday, 8 October 2011
Nazi legislation sweeping across the UK and the people do nothing
|Remember, they're laughing at you
because they believe you're too dumb
If you are one of those people who think that what is written here is political opinion, then you have much more waking up to do than you self delusively and arrogantly think, since similar observations were made on War Criminal, Tony Blair.
- With the unelected Nazi Tory coalition heaping on one draconian
- totalitarian legislation after another, the Brits barely even notice it, only because the corporate owned mainstream media don't inform them about it. The malleable Brits would rather be spoon fed deception and lies from Channel 4 News, (founded by Margaret Thatcher in 1984) and the notoriously right wing BBC.
- Now, the Tories have introduced a limit on bailing out banks. You may think that this is a good thing. However, you must remember that it was the banks who got Britain into the crippling situation it is currently in, NOT the last Government as the Nazi's would have you believe, since it is a "global" crisis. Remember that traditionally, the banks are the Tories bed buddies, and they steadfastly refuse to prosecute them and safeguard and protect them and their bonuses. What smirking George Osborne's announcement this week means is that if your bank folds and you lose your life's savings, the Government no longer guarantees a return. In other words, your savings are no longer protected, so that £20,000 you saved as a nest egg, you can kiss that goodbye as Cameron and his buddies steal it for their Swiss account.
- George Osborne announced planned legislation to abolish employment tribunals, meaning that an employer can abuse and discriminate you as much as they wish, including drastically reduce your wages.
- Legal Aid has been abolished for those who cannot afford to protect themselves.
- Teresa May announced plans to abolish Human Rights. Bilderberg member, Kenneth Clarke was reigned in by heartless Bilderberg waterboy, David `Nero' Cameron for drawing attention to it.
- Charities being targeted and funding withdrawn for helping the vulnerable, such as children, the sick, disabled and the dying.
- New measures announced to further scapegoat such weak, pathetic people who drain earths resources.
Think this is all exaggerated? Or, perhaps, you'd rather take comfort in convincing yourself that this is another blogger expressing political ideology and loyalty. If this is the case, then remember that I have previously attacked War Criminal, Tony Blair for murder, who profited in £millions from peoples blood, and even worse, he ruthlessly tried to justify it, just as Cameron did, as the first leader to visit Egypt after its downfall, with a sales team in tow to sell weapons. The sadistically cruel Cameron along with high ranking Freemason, Nicholas Sarkozy also recently brazenly visited Libya to take stock of the Gold and Oil they had just stolen.
If you're reading this, then instead of doing nothing, do something now, instead of taking comfort in false hope. Remember, Cameron's entrance fee to hell are those he takes with him, including you.
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Apple chief Tim Cook angrily told global warming skeptics to sell their Apple stock if they don't agree with his promise to cut greenhouse gas emissions.
Cook became visibly angry at Apple's annual shareholder meeting when confronted by a member of the National Center for Public Policy Research, a conservative think tank, which had previously put forth a shareholder proposal for Apple to disclose how much money was spent fighting greenhouse gas emissions, according to the Guardian. The proposal was overwhelmingly defeated, yet Justin Danhof of the NCPPR continued to question Cook's decisions and ask that he commit to only investing in profits rather than environmental or other causes.
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What ensued was the only time I can recall seeing Tim Cook angry, and he categorically rejected the worldview behind the NCPPR's advocacy. He said that there are many things Apple does because they are right and just, and that a return on investment (ROI) was not the primary consideration on such issues."When we work on making our devices accessible by the blind," he said, "I don't consider the bloody ROI." He said that the same thing about environmental issues, worker safety, and other areas where Apple is a leader
Cook's final riposte to Danhof, "If you want me to do things only for ROI reasons, you should get out of this stock."
Not surprisingly, the NCPPR accused Cook of withholding information and likely profits from shareholders.
"Too often investors look at short-term returns and are unaware of corporate policy decisions that may affect long-term financial prospects," Danhof said in a statement after the meeting. "After today's meeting, investors can be certain that Apple is wasting untold amounts of shareholder money to combat so-called climate change. The only remaining question is: how much?"
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A Warhammer: Invasion Spotlight by Guest Writer Torsten Krämer
Soon, with the release of Days of Blood, the first Battle Pack of the Eternal War cycle, we'll get units sporting the new Ambush and Raider keywords, other units using the new experience mechanic, our first Mission quest, and of course the first of the cycle's new, inexpensive legends.
The last cycle concluded with a Dark Elf legend, the beautiful Anethra Helbane (Shield of the Gods, 102). The next cycle begins with a Dark Elf legend, the not-at-all beautiful Crone Hellebron (Days of Blood, 1).
While we are not shallow and don't care about appearances, Hellebron herself cares deeply. That Morathi (Legends, 37) forbids her from using the Cauldron of Blood (Core Set, 109) to regain her youthful appearance makes Hellebron bitter and vengeful…even by Drucchii standards! And in Warhammer: Invasion The Card Game, Hellebron comes ready to take her anger out on your opponent's deck.
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When we first got a glimpse of the new legends, all of whom share a unique drawback, the question on everybody's minds was: Will they be worth it? Are the advantages they offer good enough to make up for having to burn three zones to win? In the case of Hellebron, there might be no need to ponder this. Who cares about burning zones when your goal is to run your opponent out of cards? Of course, you still need to attack to benefit from Hellebron's effect, but you can be more opportunistic, striking at whichever zone happens to be weakly defended, spreading the damage among all three of them.
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With a coven of witches set to invade Invasion, how does Days of Blood help the forces of Order deal with such menacing new threats as Hellebron? The High Elves send a new Dragon to the battlefield, the Empire sets up watchtowers to gain strategic advantages, and the Dwarfs work steadily toward building a perfect defense…With Doors of Karak Hirn (Days of Blood, 6) they take a big step toward their goal. This unique support not only limits Hellebron's opportunism, it will interfere with many an opponent's plans by forcing him to face focused defenders and Fortifications in the other zones if he can't tear down the Doors – a task that only becomes more difficult the longer it takes!
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text: Interview with JD Fortune: Fortune's Phases Andrea Seastrand July 4, 2012 Interviews 30 Since competing for and winning the coveted spot as INXS' vocalist on Rock Star: INXS (2005), JD Fortune's bumpy journey has been chronicled by the media, for better or worse. Through it all, his fans have supported his work, matching his dedication, loyalty, and faith with their own. Now with a new band, he spoke with me about where he's been, what he's learned, and where he's headed with the members of Fortune. Good to talk to you. I'd like to focus on your work with Fortune and not so much on INXS. Who's that? (Laughs) I remember when you won Rock Star: INXS and were glad you won. Admittedly, you were filling some huge shoes. Does it feel like a lifetime since you were on the show? No, because I just have not stopped. I mean, I really haven't stopped. There was a two year period where I didn't even hear from the band. I just kept writing. It feels sort of like I was never even in INXS. It feels like I've been with Fortune the whole time because we all get along so well. We had a conference call last night and were talking about how much we miss each other and the vibe about just playing together. When we play we really play and make the songs the stars. We just have fun with it and I said if we make the songs the stars, they'll be our passport to hopefully connecting with people all over the world. In terms of your past and present situations, where are you, creatively and personally speaking? There's a certain freedom that any artist will tell you comes when you get to play what's inside of you. Although I did write INXS' last platinum hit, "Pretty Vegas," I felt in my heart that they weren't going to give me another opportunity to write, especially because the best they did was to put out four records of previous hits, you know what I mean? The next four albums they did after the Switch record were releases of four albums of stuff people already had. To me, that's a bit narrow in vision, near-sighted. I was trying to get my songs together and work them into some of the band's stuff because they had some world class writers like Andrew Ferris. But I think what had happened was unbeknownst to me Andrew was writing with the current guy that's in the band (I don't know his name). So when I was writing stuff he'd just keep putting me off, saying "Yeah, next week, yeah yeah." And then it just never happened. So a lot of songs on this record are to do with that journey I went on, not only with myself but with the departure from the band. Then finding, getting along with, and falling in love with the band I'm with now. I met this guy, Luther Mallory, who is the bass player, and he co-wrote a couple of the tracks, "Painfully Perfect" and "Bullet," which will be our first single. From there we met the guitar player and drummer and people started falling into place. The band's only three months old and we sound like we've been together 20 years. It's amazing. I think if a previous fan of what I'd done with INXS was to come to this concert they'd see a really seamless transition. First of all, this show has 10 times the amount of energy that an INXS concert had. My bass player in this band is 31 years younger than the bass player in that band. So there's a huge difference there. Not only in how hungry they are but also in how real they are. They've never been catered to or treated like the massive talents that they are. They're just completely humble and the nicest bunch of assassins I've ever met! It sounds like you're in a place with some kindred spirits now, even if you've only been together for three months. Yeah, and I dare anybody to say this band is not sound. We have a record together and are hitting the road, which was pretty much what I was expecting to do after Switch and that tour. I thought we were going to go back into the studio, write, and put out another record. For all intents and purposes, if we were still a band we'd probably be on the third record right now and everything would be copasetic but everything's a blessing in disguise. Things didn't work out with INXS, but at least you weren't spinning your wheels. There's a certain freedom that I feel that I never felt with INXS. There was a certain lack of respect I think, too. [Pauses] Instead of saying anything bad about INXS, let me tell you what the difference is here: In this band I'd come down with bronchitis during a recording session and basically we were a family and everybody was asking me how I was feeling. Prior to that my experience would have been, "Yeah whatever, mate. We all get sick so suck it up." This time around, these guys are the real prize of this whole experience. The guys I'm working with now are just total rock stars and they're great. There's a sense of realness to it now. Before, we came off the show, to a platinum record, to a hugely successful tour to kind of cricket, cricket, cricket. So INXS had 11 or 12 studio records to fall back on but I wasn't ready to go. I was really chomping at the bit and nothing was happening. At that time, I believed in INXS so much and felt I had an obligation to not jam with anybody else. I would have felt really awkward if I'd woken up one morning and INXS had a new singer which, ironically, they did. I've said it before and I'll say it again: I'm nobody's sports car that, whenever they feel like pulling the tarp back on, they can take for a ride. This is full-time commitment for me. It's not a video for me; this is my fucking life. And your music has been featured on some TV spots and you have a dedicated following. So that must mean a lot as well. Yeah. A lot of times on my Twitter page I try to post positive statements and inspirational quotes. If it weren't for my fans that have supported me throughout all of this and my journey with INXS—they've put up with a lot. Basically I'm here to protect the integrity of their experience, what they signed up for. Like, they didn't sign up to go through this weird Ferris wheel of a trip here. They signed up to get entertained and, as the man said, "Some dance to remember and some dance to forget." Basically, the band I'm in now understands what we're doing is a privilege. In the other band, they thought it was a right. Know what I mean? Is that inevitable in some way for a very successful band? Well, this experience for me has taught me that it's okay to trust people right off the top and it's okay to trust people that have belief in what they're doing. If you believe in what you're doing, then everything is pure. If there's an ulterior motive or a hatched plan—like we're going to do a charity event just so we can get some publicity—to me that's gross. I do it because I love it. I do it because I really love connecting with people and I think I've been blessed with the ability to hear a stranger say the most beautiful and profound four or five words together, even though they don't realize they've even said it. I'll write it down in a notebook and it becomes the start of a song. You had some lyrics posted on your website that you found scribbled down when you woke up one morning. What was that about? Do you keep a dream journal? Oh there's been a couple. I do keep a dream journal. Last night was a weird one. I dreamt I was at a dinner table and everyone was wearing baseball caps and the queen came and sat down—maybe that's because of all of this Jubilee stuff that's been happening—and nobody took off their hats but I took mine off. Then everybody else did too, except for two people at the table. I can't be sure, but I think (laughs) one of the people who didn't take off his hat was the Kurt Russell character from Big Trouble In Little China, honest to God. And I think the other person was Lil Wayne. So that was quite an eclectic dream, I had to write it down. I also wrote a song called "After Midnight" just the other day, all about getting down after midnight, this sultry, sexy kind of thing. Are you coherent while you're writing your dreams down or are you scribbling in your sleep? I'm a very light sleeper so when I get up it's like laser accuracy within 30 seconds. If I don't write it down throughout the course of the day I'll forget all about it, which is why I started keeping the journal. I had a dream that Ted Poley from Danger Danger would only allow me to interview him if I was high and the pill I had to take was called a BRNG pill. I have no idea… Oh nice! Are you high right now? No, no, I'm not! And I've never interviewed Ted Poley. I don't put a lot of weight in odd dreams. They're strange but sometimes easy to interpret. You know, it might just be the smallest thing you see, like in your peripheral vision, like a kid tripping in the mall or something and you don't even pay attention to it. Then a month later you wonder why you've dreamt about a kid tripping in a mall. I think that's the joke, right? That when you die it's all been a big dream phase. Fortune will be at The Stone Pony on July 10. For more information, go to jdfortune.com or check him out on Twitter @jdfortunemayhem. 30 Responses phyl July 4, 2012 JD has built a strong following through his talent and how he shares his music with fans. I am not surprised that fans (myself included) are coming from far and wide for this show – as far away as Bermuda, at least four Canadian provinces, California, Minnesota, Maryland, NY, Pennsylvania S. Carolina and N. Carolina and that is only what have heard of so far – going to be a great party with awesome music courtesy of FORTUNE! Reply Meesh July 4, 2012 An interesting interview, Fortune sounds like a real positive move forward for him. Appreciated the sentiment regarding the strangers that put it on the line to support his creative endevour over the long haul, no matter what. I have greatest respect for those people. PeAce and keepin it real from Oz. Reply Jilly Bean July 4, 2012 You, sir, are a right royal jerk. I can't believe how you talk about the band of "brothers" that you claimed INXS was to you. I, for one, am totally tired of your stories changing (almost daily) – to always try to make yourself look like your poo don't reek. Reply J Voyageur July 4, 2012 No his story didn't change daily. He didn't know what was going on at first, and when he did he was in no position to say it publicly. Now that the situation has changed he has an opportunity to speak his mind. It's as bad as I thought it was while it was happening and my heart broke for JD, it was cruel. Now, I'm looking forward to seeing his talent unleashed with his new band Fortune, to see him soar on the wings of his own talent and with his new bandmates. It's going to be a great ride. Reply GCD July 4, 2012 Thank you, JD, for all you give, every single day. I believe in your talent and in the goodness of your heart. You gave that other band far more than they gave you. In the long run, you will be far better off. Fortune rocks and your fans are there for you. No Matter What. Reply Denise Deebirdz July 4, 2012 I look forward to a FORTUNE show soon! The road is long but the party is not over. I'm loving your songs JD and tremendously appreciate you sharing. I hope the conversation continues dot dot dot on a bed track. Rock on! Reply chris July 5, 2012 INXS has lost their best chance at being in a band again. Their new pony will only lead them to show playing for 500 people in backwoods clubs. JD is an artist and INXS are a bunch of washed up hacks that are royally screwed. Let's see them try to tour America again. They can't because no one is interested. More power to JD!!!! Reply Quinn July 5, 2012 I really hope it goes well for JD as he was treated so badly by INXS. He was their ticket back to the big time but Chris Murphy in all his wisdom decided to dump him and go with the nonentity that is currently fronting the band. I really loved the JD era INXS and saw them 6 times but if he has the right material JD will shine with his new band Fortune because of his charisma. Good Luck, theres a lot of people rooting for ya Reply Shaz July 5, 2012 I was a loyal INXS fan… for many, many years. When Michael died, the world lost a precious soul. I was saddened, but I didn't deny the Farriss brothers the right to keep doing what they loved. Without Michael, the Farriss brothers had lost their shining star, but the music still lived on. I like many watched RockStar INXS with keen interest… and I quickly fell in love with JD. The Farriss brothers' did too (smart)…. but let's face it…JD's path and INXS's path were *not* the same…. INXS is indeed a band of brothers – with a particular style – they have no need to change. Yes, it is a shame, and yes, letting JD "go" was definitely their musical loss… but, this gave JD an opening to find his true path… and JD's ability to re-invent himself is a credit to the depth of his soul and his need/desire to give his all to his fans. JD heading FORTUNE means the world will now gain something very special. JD's soulful voice and depth of character will shine through his new music. Thank you JD for letting your fans be part of your journey, for sharing what is in your soul, and letting us still hear your beautiful voice . Lets keep the conversation going (from an un-ashamed Aussie fan). Please let us keep focus on the music! It's all about the music… Reply babs July 5, 2012 I have faith in what JD can do with his written word and voice. I can't wait to get blown away on Tuesday. While I'll miss him singing with my favorite band of the past 30 years, I'm also looking forward to finding a new favorite in Fortune. Reply Snježana July 6, 2012 I'm a huge JD's fan and I'm so so so happy he's got his own band now and heading a tour!!! I loved him with Inxs as well but the band didn't let his talent shine in all it's beauty. Now he'll perform his own songs and I know he'll set any stage on fire, wherever Fortune will play! Reply Janna July 7, 2012 "they've [fans] put up with a lot. Basically I'm here to protect the integrity of their experience, what they signed up for." What a bunch of disingenuous drivel! I have been a fan since 2005, but no more. The media needs to be aware of his agreement with a group of fans (referred to as "Patchers") who paid JD $250 each when he was down and out after his 1st dismissal from INXS. In return for the $250, JD promised VIP status at concerts (among many other perks). He has chosen not to honor his commitment to these fans who have "put up with a lot". The adage: fool me once, shame on him…fool me twice, shame on me applies here. I won't fall for his BS again. Integrity matters to me – so he has lost a fan and know he has and will lose others too. Reply Janna July 7, 2012 In case the media is interested…I have a copy of the "V Reply Janna July 7, 2012 I have a copy of the "VIP Warren Members (the briar patch kids)" agreement that proves JD is not honoring his April 2009 commitment to fans for "lifetime", "never expires" membership and privileges. How quickly he has forgotten the fans who supported him along the way. Reply Sherry July 7, 2012 "The sun never says to the earth, 'You owe me.' Look what happens with a love like that. It lights up the whole sky." ~ Hafiz Reply J Voyageur July 7, 2012 Just leave already Janna. You hadn't be there or participated in years. Seems like the ones who either never participated or stopped participating long ago are the people crabbing the most. For me, that membership was and remains an INVESTMENT IN AN ARTIST. It was a roof over his head and food on the table when then idiots of INXS abandoned him. You got tons of downloads and the opportunity for conversation with him – WHICH YOU PASSED ON. That's on you. You lurked or bitched but never positively contributed. You were not there – at all. So take your 15 or so FREE DOWNLOADS (probably more), your personalized Warren Member package and go away. Reply GCD July 7, 2012 I was totally satisfied with the experience. I'm looking forward to more. Reply GCD July 7, 2012 Janna, circumstances changed beyond his control. No one could have predicted that INXS would have been so short-sighted and uncaring AGAIN. I don't care about the VIP experience that didn't happen. I CARE ABOUT JD, and am delighted that he is moving forward. Reply Michele July 8, 2012 Hey, J Voyageur. Don't jump on Janna for speaking her mind. Not every JD fan feels the same way you do. Degrade her for not being around? Maybe she wasn't chatting with you, but she was "around" and she has ALWAYS appreciated JD for the talented artist he is! Maybe Janna hadn't contributed to the coffee klatch in quite awhile, but I was around! And I waited and waited for JD to pay some sort of attention to the "lifetime" members on his site. He didn't pay attention. He made a new site. We can quote the sun and the moon all day long, but that doesn't change the fact that you don't always get what you pay for. JD is no doubt going to kick some major ass with his new band "FORTUNE." He is one talented dude, no doubt about it. But I gotta say that each and every fan who has stuck by him all this time is entitled to their opinion, whether their beliefs coincide with yours or not. "You lurked or bitched but never positively contributed." Wow. Heavy words there, J Voyageur. I'm not impressed. Reply Janna July 8, 2012 Hey Janette (aka Jet, aka J Voyageur) Glad you're totally satisfied, but not everyone feels as you do and it would be nice if, for a change, you would respect that. As I posted in response to your comment on his FB page, just because I hadn't participated by posting in the Patch in a long time does not mean I did not continue to support him as I had since 2005. One, I don't have time to follow the idle chit-chat – much of which had absolutely nothing to do with JD. Two, I got fed-up with the self-righteous indignation I got simply for expressing a different point of view. As for "never positively contributed" – wow NEVER?!? That's pretty bold hyperbole. And you wonder why I chose not to participate in the Patch?!? Ask the ladies who I helped with technical advice so they could stream the Vancouver Olympics performance. I'd say that is just one example of "positively contributing". As for my 15 or so "free downloads", I think I have maybe 4 or 5, not 15. And they weren't "free" – they were part of our investment in the "Death of a Motivational Speaker" experience. What you don't get – it's not about the money or me staking some sort of claim of what I am due or owed. I, too, considered the membership an investment in him when he was down and out. Had he tried his best and not had any concerts in a solo endeavor, I wouldn't feel as I do now. However he IS having a concert. As a result, I don't think it's too much to ask for him to honor his commitment to fans who supported him on this journey. Reply Janna July 8, 2012 GCD, "Janna, circumstances changed beyond his control." I understand that. Had he not had any concerts after INXS or remained with INXS, that's one thing. I could understand that he would not be in a position to offer any VIP experience. However, I do not see how his current circumstances prohibit him from taking a few minutes of his time to personally greet the fans who have stuck by him through the lean times. Reply GCD July 8, 2012 Janna, have you ever made a promise you were unable to keep? I bet you have, even if you don't remember it by now. That, is what I believe happened. I think your choices now are: accept the fact and stay, or accept the fact and leave. I don't think pointing this out to him again and again will get you the desired result. You may just have to wait until the Fortune band travel to your neck of the woods and see what happens. Reply Janna July 8, 2012 GCD, I think everyone has made promises they could not keep – myself included. But what prevents him from taking a few minutes of his time to greet the patchers who are in attendance? I am not holding him to each and every Warren member item, because I realize many of them cost money and he is just ramping up his new career. I just don't see why he can't keep that one promise when he is having a long-awaited concert? If there are extenuating circumstances that prohibit this (I can't imagine what they are since he is already having a M&G), it would be nice if he had explained that to patchers before shutting down the site. That would have gone a long way. If I made a promise I couldn't keep, I'd at least explain why – not simply ignore it. What you don't seem to understand…it's not about me or what *I* want or expect. Even if Fortune having a concert right down the street, I don't expect to meet him. It's a matter of principle…either honor the commitment or explain to fans who have stuck by for years why you can't. Simple as that. Reply Janna July 8, 2012 GCB, Just wanted you to know that I appreciate you not making this discussion personal even though we disagree on this issue. Reply J Voyageur July 8, 2012 Janna, Glad you know who I am. This is his very first concert after being let go by INXS twice. This is still a lean time for him. He's not flush with multiple leg concert tour cash…yet. Hell the cd isn't even out. He's had to foot the bill for recording and this concert/tour that hasn't happened. Not to mention just daily living expenses. Sheesh you want a really fast return on your "investment". As for "supporting JD", helping INXS stream a concert is not the same as supporting JD once he's out of INXS. You helped C. Murphy stream the 30 year old business. Cool thing to do, just a false equivalency in this instance. The differing points of view you expressed in the patch are very much like what you've written here. Not a particularly friendly or even diplomatic form of expression. As for site conversation, you could have moved the conversation in a JD direction if you wanted to. There were threads specifically for that. Others did – gave him feedback on all those samples downloads and blog entries. Ultimately, it boiled down to what members chose to talk about, chose to do. Some of us really wanted to talk to JD about his music and blogs, others made different choices. And, when you could have come in and talked about the new music in the last couple of weeks you chose not to do that as well. Which is perfectly fine. It's your choice. Reply Janna July 8, 2012 JD (IF you happen to read this) and fans who were offended by my post: I sincerely apologize for the tone I used in my post yesterday at 10:09 am. I stand by my criticism, but I should not have made it personal. Until yesterday, I was holding out hope and giving JD the benefit of the doubt – that he would make M&G arrangements for Warren member in attendance on Tuesday. I was disappointed to see he made a different choice…and I let those emotions get the best of me. So again, apologies on word choice. Reply Janna July 8, 2012 Janette, It's not a "return on investment" and I fully realize he isn't flush with cash right now. But it would cost him nothing to take a few minutes to add Warren members to the M&G he's already planning. If a Warren member would still like to give him the $200 for the VIP ticket, that's fine. I didn't help INXS stream a concert. I don't respect C. Murphy or the band. I helped patch members who wanted to watch JD (and his backup band) be able to stream the Olympics performance where JD was ON FIRE! I'd say supporting fellow-fans IS positively contributing to the whole JD experience, which includes when he fronted INXS. I have shared HIS music and triumphs (like CBS TV air spots) on my Facebook page. But you wouldn't know that because your gauge of participation is only his former website – one in which the man himself hasn't participated on much in the last couple years. As for the new music over the last few weeks, you're right. I listened to it all and I could have posted comments. I opted not to because I know they wouIdn't have been well-received. For example, I LOVED the raw, acoustic "Tension", but do not like the latest version. I feel it's over-produced. But I know all too well that I would have been jumped on for daring to dislike any of his music or for having a different point of view. This discussion is a case in point. Setting aside our divergent points of view, enjoy the show. I am sure he will be in top form. Reply J Voyageur July 8, 2012 Janna, Thanks for the streaming clarification. And he was on fire that night. Clear communication is important. This conversation demonstrates that point. I stand by my previous comments about the meet and greet. You are certainly entitled to your opinion as am I. And I respect your opinion about Tension, though I don't share it. We could have had those kinds of conversations on that site, talk about the particulars of a song without taking it personally. I never said I was going to the show. Hope you have a good weekend. Reply lolapalooza July 9, 2012 JD and FORTUNE…..give er hell tomorrow night. I'm just pissed I can't be there. Reply sooveryou July 9, 2012 I thoroughly enjoyed you when you were with INXS and wish you nothing but success with your new band FORTUNE. Looking forward to hearing more music written by you. I am a little confused on how or why participation or not on an artists website in a "chat" room constitutes how much one has supported an artist? J Voyageur….wow…. "Just leave already Janna. You hadn't be there or participated in years." RESPECT is not a word that should be in your vocabulary. Reply Leave a Reply Cancel ReplyYour email address will not be published.CommentName* Email* Website Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment.


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It's close to running David. Got to be either timing, piston/valve seal or or not enough heat. There isn't much else it can be unless you feel some binding somewhere.Bill
How does the new wick compare to the old one ? Could it be worth trying it after your modifications but still using the old wick ?
How good is the bore? Have you tried with the original eccentric.It looks as though the valve could be a bit tricky to get to seal.Ian S C
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That is definitely getting closer David, too close to give up now.Bill
Very close in deed, David!Have you tried to play with the "timing" of the engine? One of my vacuum engines needed quite a bit "advance" meaning the valve needed to close before BDC. Don't give up...
I was wondering if the valve spring might be a bit too strong, it's a bit of a balancing act to get it just right.Ian S C
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Thursday, June 24, 2010
Why, yes. I do reek. And I'll gladly tell you more about it
"Which is it? Am I fat or pregnant?" I barked.
So in I went this morning to tell her.
She took the news well, much better than I'd anticipated. I finally could let my bump hang free and stop walking backwards. I was about to jump on the chair and sing "The hills are alive" when she asked the question I've been hearing a lot lately: "Was this planned?"
Ex-fricken-scuse me?
The question stops me every time. Was this what? You want to know whether Chuck and I knowingly boinked with or without using protection? Why?
It's this pregnancy's question du jour—and people aren't subtle about asking. My cousin's congratulatory email actually went like this: "Yipee! I'm assuming this was planned?"
Assume away, bitch.
I mean, really.
I've spent a lot of time trying to figure out the motives of these nosy people. Maybe they see life as one big Lifetime movie? Maybe if I say, "No, the baby wasn't planned," they enjoy imagining that Chuck and I were in the throes of passion and that Chuck suddenly screamed, "Dear God, no! Your Nuva Ring just bounced off the chandelier! What will we do if we have to bring another child into this stable, loving home? How could this have happened to us, a happily married monogamous couple?"
Then they imagine Chuck being really mean to me while I bake pies at a dusty old diner and mac on my married gynecologist.
Oh wait, that was Waitress.
I was about to dedicate more time tonight to my psychological investigation (there's nothing on TV and what else is there to do in Mulletville on a humid Thursday night) but a foul, rancid smell has been distracting me. A rodent—or one of Chuck's shoes—has died behind an upstairs wall. No matter what I spray or what ridiculous contraption I plug into the wall to spread its flowery, morning fresh douchy goodness, the smell won't go away.
It's downright foul.
But. I'd rather have people sniff me and ask why I smell like decomposing mouse than the Dreaded Question. That's how much I hate it.
What about you? What pregnancy question do you/did you hate with a passion? If you don't have children, what question do you hate, in general?
40 comments:
- Unknown said...
People actually asked me how much weight I gained! Which, I don't know, really annoys the shit out of me. The first few times I was really taken aback, then after the fifth or so time, I was able to calmly come up with a non-answer: "Exactly what the doctor said I should."
What the frick is wrong with people?
Congrats, btw. Long-time lurker, first time commenter. As cliche as that is...
:) Robin
- June 24, 2010 at 10:48 PM
- NHGirl said...
"Did you get your tubes tied?"
Seriously, for me, a question doesn't get more personal than the birth control of choice for one's rest of their life.
Also, it was more the behaviors than the questions that pissed me off. Like, when someone rammed their grocery cart into my 8 month preggers belly. Really, a little consideration would be nice. And, the unsolicited touching and rubbing. The old asian ladies were the worst with that.
Congrats, by the way!
- June 24, 2010 at 11:14 PM
- Gretchen said...
Um, how about, after having a boy and a girl, "SO, are you done now?" I think that's presumptuous. Like, oh a boy and a girl so now you've got both. So, you're all set. No need to have more, right?
And, don't even get me started about when I got pregnant with #5. The looks on people's faces when they said, "Is this your first?" and I answered "No, my fifth." (not exactly sure how I was able to get out in public without my other 4 ankle-biters, though). But the look on their faces. Disbelief. Possibly misheard. Temporary insanity.
I guess I should say, "y'know, we don't live in CHINA."
- June 24, 2010 at 11:22 PM
- Roshni said...
"why don't you try for a girl?"
"Sure! And, I assume that if we have a boy AGAIN then you're ready to adopt him?"
- June 24, 2010 at 11:23 PM
- Suzi said...
I have 3 boys so the big question when they were still in diapers...."When are you going to try for a girl?" Mind you these boys are 15 months and 16 months apart. I would say the cards are not in our favor. When am I going to try for a girl....how about NEVER!
- June 24, 2010 at 11:25 PM
- Christy said...
"Was this planned?"
I HATE that question! with our second my mom wasn't even happy at first. all she said was something like "well, this is a bit sooner than you thought, huh?"
I loathe that question! and I loved your post!
- June 24, 2010 at 11:46 PM
- Cyndy Bush said...
I am so blown away by people's rudeness. I mean NOBODY should really be asking that, but I could see a very close friend or family member MAYBE. I was so bitchy when I was pregnant, if anyone had asked me that I probably would have stabbed them.
- June 25, 2010 at 4:42 AM
- Lindy said...
My sister is pregnant so I like to ask her if she is having twins or not.
I wonder if she finds this annoying?
- June 25, 2010 at 8:40 AM
- AmyBow said...
In addition to seconding every comment posted, I like at the end of the pregnancy when people start asking "should you be doing that?" when you do normal things - LIKE WALK.
- June 25, 2010 at 9:09 AM
- Sandy said...
I am a non-mom. There are not really any questions beyond, "Why don't you want kids," rather there are only statements like, "Of course you're self-centered, you don't have kids," or the implications that I am somehow inferior and unchallenged because I am not in the Mom Club.If I don't tell someone, they have no idea why I don't have kids. While you Moms have to endure those endless questions and advice while pregnant, perhaps you might be a little more sensitive to the fact that our lives are not necessarily easier because we are not mothers. Some of us would have welcomed those pesky pregnant questions, but will not be given that opportunity.
- June 25, 2010 at 9:40 AM
- Missy said...
I can't say there were many annoying questions (maybe the one about how old I was), but what yanked my chain was complete strangers touching my belly. PLEASE! At the very least ask first. Even though I'd really like you to keep your hands to yourself!
- June 25, 2010 at 9:55 AM
- The Mother said...
Why do pregnant women incite total strangers to ask personal questions?
Guys in elevators ask when you're due or if you know the sex yet.
My solution? Hang a sign around your neck:
24 weeks
DON'T tell me your pregnancy horror story.
- June 25, 2010 at 10:02 AM
- VandyJ said...
Are you going to have anymore? Are you done having kids or are you going to try for a girl? I hate both of these questions. Noneya beeswax people.
- June 25, 2010 at 10:28 AM
- brokenteepee said...
For the entirety of my child bearing years it was - when are you going to have a baby and now that I am post menopausal it's - why didn't you have a baby.
As if my only function in life was to reproduce.
No offense to anyone with babies.
- June 25, 2010 at 11:48 AM
- Brandy@YDK said...
I was pretty much an oversharer when I was pregant so I'm sure people got all kinds of information that they didn't even ask for. they walked backwards from me a lot. lol.
- June 25, 2010 at 11:56 AM
- Keely said...
"So, about time for another one, huh?"
Yeah. I'll get on that, when you solve the mystery of my infertility.
Seriously, if you don't have exactly one boy and one girl exactly 2.5 years apart (and no more and no less), you're a freak and people are allowed to comment.
- June 25, 2010 at 12:47 PM
My daughter will be 3 in September. If ONE MORE PERSON asks me if/when we are going to have another baby, I will ... I don't know, everything seems anti-climactic after the first part of the sentence ... probably squirt them with pepper spray. Or give them a zap from my stun gun.
- June 25, 2010 at 1:11 PM
- Judy said...
"Aren't you too old?"
When I had 3 children 14, 12 and 10 and was pregnant for my 4th, which was planned and the other 3 weren't. Oh--yeah--I was all of 32.
- June 25, 2010 at 2:17 PM
- Magpie said...
There was a woman in my office, who knew we'd been trying. She walked by my desk one day and said "are you pregnant?" (I hadn't told anyone but my boss.) After I said yes, she said "you're showing" and walked off.
Yeah, people are friggin' weird.
- June 25, 2010 at 2:40 PM
- Stacie said...
Oh, I just thought of one.
"Are you having twins?"
"Are you sure?"
I think I'd know this. We're not living in the 80's anymore.
I don't know why people find it amusing to ask that question, "Are you having twins?"
- June 25, 2010 at 3:02 PM
- KyAnn (like Cayenne Pepper, only HOTTER) said...
Great Blog!! I am your newest follower.
- June 25, 2010 at 6:29 PM
- JoAnna said...
I don't have pregnancy questions that I hate, but I hate it when people ask when I'm getting married. It's all I can do not to say "I don't know, when are you getting divorced?" because it's that offensive to me!
- June 25, 2010 at 8:28 PM
- Frogs in my formula said...
Sandy, I never thought your life was easier because you didn't have kids. I'm sorry I make you cook eggs and corn every time you come to my house. I love you.
- June 25, 2010 at 8:53 PM
- Julia said...
I think I am actually to damn scary in person and nobody asks me nothin,' especially when I was pregnant. Maybe it was the perma grimace I had while pregnant, and that I could have killed someone very easily during my torturous pregnancies if given just cause.
I kinda wish I had a good one for you but I don't. Sorry. Give me an F for today.
- June 26, 2010 at 1:05 AM
- Unknown said...
No kids here so my most hated question is "When are you going to get married?". It's getting worse now that my boyfriend and I have been together for 3 years and that I'm in my mid-30's... Oh, and it's usually followed up with "You're not getting any younger you know." Bite me buttmunch.
Congrats on the bun!
- June 26, 2010 at 7:31 AM
- Unknown said...
We have three girls and everyone asks, "Are you going to try for a boy?"
"No. I'm going to try for sanity with the three I already have."
The other question that blows my mind is, "Did you husband have a vasectomy?"
"What? None of your business."
- June 26, 2010 at 7:36 AM
- Jenni said...
"Was it planned?" is one of my least favorite, and I got it a lot since I got pregnant with Miles when Oscar was only 9 months old. I also hated it when people would say I looked like I was due any minute, particularly when I had two months to go. I also hate how within moments of delivery people want to know if/when you are having another. Thanks, folks, but my vagina is still bleeding. I'll think about that tomorrow.
- June 26, 2010 at 9:49 PM
- Busy Mom in Iowa said...
I get huge when I'm preggo because I'm only 5'1" and my children were 8lbs 6 ozs and 8lbs 15ozs. About half way through ppl started asking me when I was due. When I would tell them, they would say, are you sure it isn't twins??? Or they would tell me I must be ready to pop anyday when I still had 3 or 4 months left. Seriously?? They are basically telling me I am huge. I finally decided the next person that asked me if I was sure I wasn't having twins I was going to say no, but you looked like you've put on some weight too..are you sure you are not pregnant? Luckily no one else asked me when I was having a bad day!
- June 27, 2010 at 11:05 AM
- Busy Mom in Iowa said...
Oh, and about the strangers touching your preggo belly...that one just blows my mind. I've heard it happened to tons of ppl, but never me...people I did know knew that it was hands off though other than hubby and my older son. Really I don't rub your belly, what makes you think you can rub mine?
- June 27, 2010 at 11:10 AM
- Mrsbear said...
It's almost like in being pregnant common courtesies no longer apply to you.
With my fourth, I often got "You're getting your tubes tied, right?"
But the rudest by far was the question I got from my supervisor when I announced my third pregnancy at work. "Do they all have the same father?"
WTF? Really?
- June 27, 2010 at 1:23 PM
- twirl unabashedly said...
guy at work asked me if the baby was my (ex) husbands. i stood with my mouth agape in total shock.
so, i told him it was his daddy's baby and walked off.
- June 27, 2010 at 1:26 PM
- Sheila said...
I always hated the "what do you want boy or girl?" I started to imagine having the opposite and they find out that I wanted the other gender and it screws them up for life. So my standard answer would be I don't care - and my first two I didn't care, but after having a couple boys I was DYING for a little girl, but I never told anyone that I wanted a girl.
- June 27, 2010 at 5:15 PM
- Jeanne Estridge said...
Is it possible (I ask hesitantly) that your sense of smell has grown keener due to (planned or unplanned) hormones?
I was eighteen when I got pregnant with my beloved daughter. I believe the only question I was ever asked was, "Are you even old enough to be pregnant?" and of course I wasn't....
- June 27, 2010 at 8:07 PM
- Stephanie in Suburbia said...
I think people will disagree with me, but I was actually really irked by "wow, you don't LOOK pregnant." I was very sensitive about that, particularly b/c I gained about 10 lbs in my first trimester so all I could think was "oh my God, you mean I always look this fat??"
- June 27, 2010 at 8:54 PM
- Maggie said...
"I bet you're really hoping it's a girl...you wouldn't know what to do with a boy".
"Gosh, I can't believe you managed to get pregnant at your..well...your weight"
Stupid people.
- June 28, 2010 at 5:34 AM
Poverty is stranger to industry.....................................................................
- June 28, 2010 at 7:24 AM
- rachel... said...
Hmm... I have never been particularly sensitive to pregnancy-related questions and nosy-ness and usually I don't mind answering.
The only thing that really sticks in my craw now is that it seems I'm constantly being asked: "Oh my! Are they all yours??"
(No, duh. I just some extra blonde kids along to the grocery store for fun, dummy. And thanks for making us feel like a family of freaks. Uh oh. Feel a blog post of my own brewing...)
- June 28, 2010 at 2:28 PM
well? was it planned? ;)
sorry - couldn't resist!
- June 28, 2010 at 8:16 PM
- Marinka said...
That's crazy that she asked that. Like anyone would intentionally get pregnant. Oh.
- June 29, 2010 at 7:01 AM
- Doodle Momma said...
While a stay-at-home-homeschooling-my-three-stepchildren-and-pregnant-with-our-third-in-three-years mom I would hear, "Are they ALL yours?" at the grocery store. A lot. They fell into two groups, the kindly, God-Bless-You-aren't-they-all-well-behaved group and the Oh-My-God-how-disgusting group. (You know the latter all got their rocks off watching "19 kids and counting" and sneering)
Anyhoo -- the kindly group would chat and I would be kindly in return. The others? I would smile sheepisly and say, "I know what you're thinking. I WAS 13 when the oldest was born!" and watch as they couldn't get away fast enough because, you know, irresponsible parenthood is contagious!
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I had a dream about you and ghosts. The ghosts were fierce and dangerous and I needed you to help me fight them. In the dream, time was compressed and day turned into night and back into day over and over.
I woke up feeling ill-at-ease and strange, my thoughts of you entirely irrational. I barely even knew you and, anyway, I don't believe you can expect someone else to fight your demons for you. But still, you know, maybe sometimes the battle is actually won together. I guess that's just one more thing we'll never know for sure.
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After that whole thing about him winning a Red Smith Award that he probably shouldn't have won, Albom's stayed out of the spotlight. Or, wait, no: He's written a play and developed a TNT show. And, somewhere along the way, he found time to visit the Apple Store and write about it.
From the Detroit Free Press:
They say there are nine planets in the solar system. But that is not true. There is a 10th.
The Apple Store.
On this planet, no one has a job or anyplace to go. They simply drift all day in an endless swirl of new products, most of them white. You need no food, no water. You can stay there for years with your mouth hanging open.
One such Genius signed me in (on a handheld device, which I'm sure took my vital signs and spat out my SAT scores) and another summoned me to the Genius Bar, where the Geniuses presumably pour each other blue drinks like those "Star Wars" creatures, and where a redheaded female Genius with the tattoo of a something crawling up her arm looked me in the eye, smiled sweetly and said, "You pathetic imbecile."
She didn't say those words. That's just how I felt. Actually, once I told her what the problem was, she nodded pleasantly, gave a brief explanation of several possibilities and told me, "Don't worry." I felt like a man whose doctor looks at a troublesome X ray and says, "It's nothing."
I wanted to kiss her sneakers.
Then came the questions.
Genius: "Do you back up your data?"
Me: "Sure."
Genius: "Do you have a Time Machine?"
Me: "Who doesn't?"
Genius: "You may need to bring it in."
Me: "Sure, no problem."
I did not realize a Time Machine was a device Apple sold for data storage. I just figured the Geniuses had mastered time travel and assumed the rest of us dummies dropped by from the 17th Century.
"After we reload the Time Machine, we can add RAM, upgrade the graphics card, increase the memory, maybe click in a terabyte," she said.
"Good, good, yeah, yeah," I said, nodding as if I had the slightest clue what she was talking about. A friend reminded me to be grateful because at least she lived in this country and wasn't talking to me over the phone.
She then wrote me a prescription, told me to drink lots of fluids and had me make an appointment with the nurse on the way out.
You keep doing you, metropolitan daily newspapers. Roll over, Red, again.
Mitch Albom: Apple Store like a land far, far away [Detroit Free Press]


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The Sodshow: Graham Hall, Irish Beekeepers Association
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This week the Sodshow is a hive of activity as we travel around the country learning about bees and worms. In Dublin Peter Donegan talks to Graham Hall of The Federation of Irish Beekeepers' Associations all about bees. This marks the four year anniversary of the first time Peter sat down with the ever jolly Graham to learn from his vast knowledge of bees.
This week we also travel down to Cork where Belle Norman (aka Limmster) is out and about enjoying the sun and telling us all about her new wormery. We also find ourselves down a garden in Kildare as we hear from David Corscadden. He too is out in the sun and shares some top plants to attract bees into your own garden. All that, so much only on Ireland's only [and award winning] garden radio show, The Sodshow.
The Sodshow is brought to you with thanks to by the very lovely Greensax.ie
Show Notes:
- Iris Bee Keepers Association
- How to become a bee keeper
- Find your local bee keepers group
- Peter and Graham meet in 2009
- David Corscadden Blog, Twitter, Facebook
- Welcoming bees into your garden
- David's Powercourt Blog
- Belle Norman Blog, Twitter, Facebook
- Wormery-Journey with Limmster
- Original Organic Website
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