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Feb 17th - Had my brother and my niece over for the afternoon. I spent a few hours with them, playing outside and we had a small lunch at home here. I gifted my niece with some love and patience - as I'm not very comfortable with children and am still getting used to even having her around, so I am still adjusting. They had lunch at my house too, and I gave her some things she found interesting in the house, that she could play with. My brother asked for a spare mattress of mine, so he took…
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2/15 - a small gift, but still something: Gave a few fruit cups to co-workers, instead of taking them home. I meant to take 4 home, instead of throwing them away at the end of the week, and gave the other 4 out, then I offered some to another coworker, who also took them home, so I gave him "mine."
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Monday, February 13, 2006
For Valentine's Day, a special recap of Last Night's "Bachelor"
Okay, here was the situation on "The Bachelor" going into last night's episode. Dr. Travis, aside from wearing a do-rag, was doing a pretty good job. He seems to be way less of a douchebag than previous Bachelors. He had narrowed it down to 3 women, gone to their hometowns to meet their families (who were all INSANE), and now it's time for the "fantasy dates".
First up, it was Moanna in Vienna. Moanna is the pretty attractive nut job. But she seems like the kind of nut job that's fun, at least for a few months. You know, the kind I usually go out with. She's that psycho sexy type, like, you want to see if you can fuck the normal into her (never works by the way).
So they're hanging out, and it's clear that Travis LOVES the crazy. He's making the foolish mistake I've made many times with many insane girls, so I can't really blame him for it. It appears that these two are doing the intense, passionate, we're in love and fuck everyone else thing that usually lasts about 3 weeks in the real world. But for now, it's all good.
At the dinner, Moanna looks incredibly hot. And it occurs to me that sometimes she's beautiful, sometimes not so much. She's a two-face. Unfortunately, both of her faces are crazy.
Travis gives her a long speech, which if you read between the lines, says "I'm going to pick you in the end but you have to excuse the fact that I'm going to go out with the two other girls after this and probably have sex with them, but it's for TV so it's okay." He's picking her for sure.
They go to the "fantasy suite" together and he tries to inject her with the normal, but I know it didn't take.
The next date is with Sara in Vienna. She is the unattractive one (she's not ugly by any means, but she's not nearly as good looking as the other two, and she's out of her league with Travis). She's a school teacher and from the same place as Travis and is completely smart and cool and normal, and they'd be perfect for each other...if she was just a little more attractive.
But it's clear to us all that she is stuck in the friend zone, and she's never getting out. They have a nice time together and she tries to step up her game by giving him the tongue. He's nice and he accepts the tongue, but I don't think it matters, the dye is cast.
At dinner, she gives Travis this great speech about how they are so compatible and she is totally, totally right about everything she says and it almost brings a tear to my eye. Not because it's true, but because it's true and she's still not going to get him. It's the simple law of hotness, and no amount of common sense can overcome it.
And the unfortunate truth is that you don't necessarily want to go out with yourself (especially when yourself is not as attractive as you). What I mean is, sometimes you want the crazy bitch. There's no explaining it but it's a fact. This girl is safe. She's boring. She probably doesn't take well to the dirty talk.
Third date was in the Alps with Susan, the anti-Sara. In other words, this chick is fucking hot!!! I cannot state this enough, she's gorgeous, easily the best looking girl they've ever had the show, and throughout the series it's been kind of sad for the rest of the girls because this girl is so damn hot. But of course, there's a problem. She wants to be an "actress" and move to LA. The way they talk about LA on this show it might as well be AIDS, cause that's how bad it is. "Oooh, she wants to move to LA, she's LA-positive and it might turn into full blown LA."
So there has been a lot of questioning of Susan's motives, which to me was shaky (obviously the girls were jealous), until Travis met her mom and even HER OWN MOTHER thought she was faking the funk! A Bachelor first! But I didn't really even hear any of that because I was so distracted by all of the hot.
They go climbing together and Travis drills her about this. She does a horrible job of explaining herself but Travis pretends to believe her. Then at dinner he questions her again, it's clear that Susan's in trouble. It seems Travis is somehow able to overlook her incredible looks and do the right thing. I, on the other hand, am having a Susan induced masturbation session. Damn, Travis is better than me in every way possible. Wait a minute, check that, I never wear do-rags.
Things are bad for Susan and she knows it so she pulls out the big guns: her boobies (which ironically, are little). She straddles Travis and goes to work. Sadly, she doesn't look like that good of a kisser. Unattractive Sara looked to be a better kisser, which I've found is usually the case. Hot girl/bad kisser is God's little fuck you to us.
We go back to Paris for the rose ceremony. See! Moanna's other face shows up, the not good looking one. Dammit. And there's unattractive, and then Hotty Mc-hot Hot.
First rose goes to...Moanna. I told you, unless one of her faces has a complete and utter break down, she's the one. And the second and final rose goes to...Sara. Seems that bad kissing was the final nail in hotty's coffin.
But the good news is, Susan's now infected with full blown LA! She's gonna need an injection of my special drug COCKtail. Sorry, that was horrible, and yet awesome!
Happy Valentine's Day!
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I'm glad we are on the same page when it comes to Susan. Hot but super fake. Moanna may be crazy but the other broads in the house were bitches. Sara is NOT ugly. She is an attractive, down-home Southern girl. Travis seems to have more speeches then any previous bachelors. But, the rose ceremonies al sounf the same! k-dawg
- Irwin Handleman said...
sorry, k-dawg, but you're just gonna have to take the dude's word for it. here's what the sports guy said (AFTER i said it, by the way):
"Poor Travis (the Bachelor) keeps trying to talk himself into Sarah because she's sweet and because they're both from Nashville ... only she's not nearly as cute as the other girls. So he's using all those code words like, "We have a great friendship" and "With Sarah, I'm interested to see if there can be a romantic connection as well," when the bottom line is that she's not nearly as hot as the other girls and he's really thinking about things like, "Is there enough money in my checking account to buy her a ring AND a boob job?" and "Um, could somebody dim the lights for me before we start making out?" Somehow she made the final two, and even better, he's probably going to pick her ... leading to the inevitable "Post-Bachelor" show when they reveal they broke up because they realized they made for better friends than anything, followed by his moving to Los Angeles and sleeping with every wanna-be model and actress in a 50-mile vicinity. I'm not even predicting this scenario, I'm guaranteeing it." - 11:36 AM
who is the sports guy?
- Irwin Handleman said...
bill simmons, from espn.com.
- luckyyou22 said...
So I just came across your blog and I think you are Afuckingmazing.
Sadly you didn't mention the looping of the makeout session with Sarah that made it last sooo long and made me wanna go puke in the bathroom. But hey, it's okay, whatever... - 11:22 AM
- Irwin Handleman said...
oh my god!!! i totally forgot to write about that horribile looping of that kiss! my bad. you are so right. while it was happening, i kept thinking "why does she keep smiling during the kiss?" and then i'm like, "oh, they kissed for 1 second and they're looping it A THOUSAND TIMES." i had flashbacks to the terrible porn i used to watch in college on my illegal cable (now i watch nothing but top quality porn).
i beg to differ, hot girls do kiss well. case in point: T


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I have a question is there any chance that I can get something done with this. I was just caught shoplifting with a friend at Kohls in Illinois. On the police report they officer that wrote it has made a mistake. It says this
Knowingly took possesion of certain merchandise offered for sale in a retail mercantile establishment ,walmart (but then it is scribbled out and says Kohls on top of it).......... having a total value not in excess of 150 with the inention of depriving the merchang, WalMart, permanently of the full retail value of such merchandise.
So what I'm wondering is is this mistake gonna do anything to the trial? The mistake is made on both my police report and my friends.
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Oh another thing this is my first time being arrested for shoplifting and I am 19. They said that my FAFSa grant was going to be taken away is this true????


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Cop Sued for Alleged Assault During DWI Arrest
Piscataway woman claims she was assaulted during a motor vehicle stop in October.
A Piscataway attorney has filed a lawsuit against a Hillsborough Township Police officer for "unreasonable and excessive" actions during her arrest for an alleged DWI in October.
Cynthia Hwang claims Officer Robert Fariello assaulted her following a motor vehicle stop on Oct. 18 on Amwell Road, near Piney Woods Drive, at 12:47 a.m.
Hwang was charged with driving under the influence, failing to keep right, driving with a cracked windshield, refusal and resisting arrest after the stop.
In a suit she filed last month, she claims Fariello "illegally assaulted, arrested and detained" her during the traffic stop, when he allegedly threw her to the ground, handcuffed her and placed her in the back of his patrol car, after she requested an attorney during a field sobriety test.
According to NJ.com, Hwang also filed a similar complaint with the police department.
The report notes Township Attorney Albert Cruz and Hillsborough Chief of Police Paul Kaminsky wouldn't comment on the lawsuit, although Kaminsky praised Fariello's general performance as an officer.
mary ann
10:07 am on Friday, January 18, 2013
Officer Fariello came to my aid twice, not very long ago. He came to my home promptly, with a wealth of information regarding a newly-born dear in my back yard.
I was then able to ensure the fawn's welbeing with the information he supplied.
His first visit concerned a very different matter and he "served and protected".
He was efficient, competent and at all times, I felt safe in his presence.
He is truly an officer and a gentleman.
Mary Ann B.
10:42 am on Friday, January 18, 2013
I don't iunderstand what her asking for an attorney while being arrested has to do with this story. Was she denied one or are the police supposed to let her sit in her car and call for attorney to come out. I guess if I was a drunk driving, arrest resistor, I would sue as well. Thank you HPD!!!!
Louis D.
12:02 pm on Friday, January 18, 2013
The problem in today's culture is that people have no respect for themselves. Hence, how can they have any respect for others? Not to mention a police officer. Be accountable for your actions.
Don't drive under the influence!!!
Louis D.
2:18 pm on Friday, January 18, 2013
Look at Locain case 3 times legal limit and she killed a women . Locain keeps blaming the women chasing here saying it was her fault not that she was tanked(intoxicated). All she got for murder was a slap on the hand a few years if she ever serves any time.
4:23 pm on Friday, January 18, 2013
Why don't the editors do research to validate the claims b4 posting such a garbage article. A good officer having bad information printed without the facts this looks like. Shame on patch....do more research and print better fact checked articles
John Patten
4:36 pm on Friday, January 18, 2013
Rbdog: I'm not sure what is you would like us to investigate—we are reporting on a legal claim made by a person, that is factual. Obviously, she has a different view of how she was treated when she was charged with DWI than police have, which is what the court will determine. What facts should we check?
9:21 am on Tuesday, January 22, 2013
rbdog- I agree with John that they printed the FACTS of what was reported. This goes along with my main problem with the Patch itself. They are quick to print accident photos from the sides of the roads showing license plates and other info to the public that I feel should not be out there. In this case, why not wait to see if those charges are thrown out or brought first, as they appear to hold no merit and all the patch did was put out a negative article about a great police force for NO wrong doing. We are quick to point fingers at the police because it is the "cool thing" to do but from reading this article, it sounds like maybe our police officers are real people who are doing an unpopular job.
Ro Blikesmen
1:25 am on Sunday, January 20, 2013
I had the pleasure of attending the Somerset County "Police Youth Week" back when I was in high school. Officer Fariello was one of the officers who volunteered (or was assigned, I really have no idea) to help run the program. Throughout the programs entirety, he was extremely polite, easy going, funny, and a great role model for my fellow kids in the program. A couple of years later he was one of HHS's resource officers where I saw him maintain the same attitude and demeanor (albeit sometimes more strict and serious as he was policing at this time) day in and day out. I'm more than 100% sure that the dash-cam will prove that Officer Fariello did not assault or abuse Ms. Hwang when he "unreasonably and excessively" detained her. Maybe if she knew how to properly operate a motor vehicle, or realized that you're not allowed to pound back a bunch of winecoolers right before you get behind the wheel, this non-issue never would've happened.
Ro Blikesmen
1:27 am on Sunday, January 20, 2013
Additionally, as I meant to include this in my intial comment, I'm pretty sure that by acquiring your license, you agree to consent to any future breathalyzer tests. If she simply refused, as this article leads one to believe, I would hope that she loses her license indefinitely.
Lou H
1:52 pm on Sunday, January 20, 2013
I personally stand by the character to which Officer Fariello holds while on duty and off is one of a respectable local citizen just doing his job. Driving while under the influence immediately puts you in the wrong. Police officers do not know what to expect when peering into a drivers seat window which heightens their anxiety. Simply following their orders eventually sets all at ease. Refusing to oblige only makes matters worse. If she wasn't questionably drunk then she shouldn't have raised suspicion. With the number one pull-over-offense in Hillsborough being DUI, can you blame him? Typical attorney behavior trying to find a loophole. Shame.
david furlong
8:16 pm on Sunday, January 20, 2013
I was pulled over by this officer and I got a ticket. Just like this train wreck, I was wrong and I had to deal with the consequences. Why do people sue when they are in the wrong? Why would this officer assault this drunk lady and risk losing his job, pension and benefits? The whole incident had to be recorded so why would he risk all of that? The simple truth is she was probably extemely intoxicated and couldnt even stand up. This officer was being proactive and prevented her from crashing into you or me. From my experience with him he was a stand up professional. I can say that even though I didnt get out of anything. I believe she should take her lawsuit elsewhere so we dont waste tax dollars showing the Township what a mess she may have actually been.
11:01 am on Thursday, January 24, 2013
Officer Fariello has and always be one of the professionals we as citizens would expect from our police force. It makes me angry that people who are ignorant utilize and waste our resources this way. Bottom line we have a police officer that follows the letter of the law. Everyone in this town knows who he is and what he represents. Our police officers are a big part of what this town offers. We all live here because of that.
11:04 am on Thursday, January 24, 2013
sometimes these cops will follow you on rt 206 for miles when you are not breaking the law. harassment it seems
1:08 am on Monday, February 4, 2013
Guilty conscience it seems....Maybe they just happen to be behind you going up or down the highway...ever think of that? If they wanted to pull you over, they would.
2:20 pm on Monday, February 4, 2013
What do you expect them to do? Stop at DD? Besides, I rather have a cop behind me than some drunken tailgater
11:25 pm on Monday, February 4, 2013
That's the only comment he seems to have. Apparently cops aren't supposed to drive behind cars on 206 at all...
9:20 am on Tuesday, February 5, 2013
Its more like harassment Maria. Following someone even on Amwell Avenue until they hit Franklin Township which at least 3 miles or so. That has happened to me. I was sober and loving it. If they pull you over for no reason they are violating your civil rights.
9:21 am on Tuesday, February 5, 2013
also why was this lady driving by Piney Woods at 1247am?


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As the gleaming white eight-foot-long African bull elephant tusks neared Bill Boykin's body, he had an overwhelming desire to run, a desire which would have been fatal. Boykin stood between the raging bull and two defenseless women. If he ran, the elephant would charge, trampling all in his path.
Using every bit of will power he could muster, he fought the urge to run and stood his ground. The huge bull stopped and snorted, eyeing Boykin up and down. Seconds seemed like hours as the aghast guests watched what was transpiring. The bull snorted again, turned and went on his way, leading his herd of 70 elephants to the lake's edge.
Moments later, the native guide ran up, armed with his automatic M16 rifle, but the moment of truth had already passed.
I read my prose out loud to my African travel mates as we clamored along the ruddy dirt road deep in Malawi's Kasungu National Park. They laughed. "You're embellishing," David Beard asserted.
I challenged them: "Is there a single word that's not true?" I demanded. Laughing even harder, they had to agree that I was right. Every word was true.
"It's just good writing, plain and simple," I said. "Y'all are failing to properly appreciate our African adventure."
Then just hours later, I had the chance to write some more good prose:
I remember the words of our fearless leader, Victor Smith. "It's a good road from Lilongwe to Mzuzu. A straight shot." Seems Victor forgot to mention the mountain range in between the two cities.
Because of the tobacco crop failure, the Malawian government, desperate for fuel to keep the electricity generators running, was harvesting trees rapidly. Huge swaths of clear cut land stretched as far as the eye could see. Fires simmered everywhere, burning off the leftover wood scraps.
Our van came around a bend in the road and suddenly everything went pitch white. Zero visibility. A steep mountain road. No time or space to turn around. A blast of searing heat penetrated our vehicle. We had driven straight into a forest fire.
We were soon coughing as the temperature rose rapidly. In the boondocks of the poorest country in the world, what was the likelihood of proper controls preventing accidental death from a runaway brush fire? Zilch. Well, this is it, I thought. Who would have guessed death by forest fire? At least it's on a mission trip. That will add some zip to my funeral eulogy.
If we didn't see headlights coming from the opposite direction within a few seconds, we were all dead. There was no time for introspection, only fear. Just as another hacking cough welled up from my chest, headlights emerged. We could pass through. No death today.
Or how about this one:
The guidebook said the dirt road to the Kasungu National Park took 45 minutes. But the guidebook was eight years old and years of rain had created unending ruts in the road, slowing us to five to 10 miles per hour as the dark approached and the gas ran low. We could always walk, but the leopards made unarmed walks dangerous. A few years ago, a cyclist died this way.
Just as the sun set, we passed by a remote village of mud brick huts with thatched roofs. We could see a band of villagers dressed in "juju" costumes - horrifyingly grotesque and scary. Juju, or voodoo as we call it in America, is the provence of witch doctors. All-night dances and strange rituals of which we did not care to be surprise guests.
The car stopped to navigate a huge rut. We looked out the window at the costumed villagers. They glared back. It could have been 500 years ago. I said a prayer for the engine.
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The tension at the African House was so thick you could cut it with a knife, as the Malawian police grilled us about our operation. Our finance director had been arrested and detained because one of the drillers didn't get his paycheck. Dare we go to the police station? Would they also arrest us? Should we flee to the embassy?
We explained that the Clean Water for Malawi money was a private charity and this was simply an accounting snafu we could quickly resolve."Ah, but you are a nonprofit organization. It is not your money. It is the public's money. You are accountable to us. Failure to do so is punishable by ten years in Malawi prison."
One of the police was tall and thin and the other short and fat. They were polite but insistent as they grilled us about our finances. After an hour of interrogation, the police called the meeting adjourned. But they would not leave. They hung around the hotel for hours, talking to themselves and generally loitering. Were they waiting for some compensation for their investigative efforts? Was this a set up or standard operating procedure? Finally, they drifted off and we collectively sighed with relief, still confounded by the turn of events.
moments later:
The police at the roadblock motioned for us to pull over. Oh no, not again. We had just minutes to get Peter out of jail, have him sign for the replacement gearbox at the FedEx office, withdraw a large sum of money from the bank, attend the Lilongwe Rotary Club, and head to Mzuzu to review our new operation there. Our schedule was impossibly tight. It seemed hopeless.
"Let's pray," Bridgett, our executive director, suggested. I led the prayer, apologizing to God for asking his intervention in such a direct, logistical way, pointing out we were on His mission and now needed His divine intervention. It was a bold prayer. I laid it on the line.
Then everything changed. As our prayer ended, the police waved us on. The cell phone rang. It was Peter. He had been released from jail and was waiting for us at the bank. It had all been a big misunderstanding. Everything was straightend out. We got the money out in no time flat. We discovered the Rotary Club met a half hour later and we were right on time. At Rotary, we met an American Embassy official who could assist us with any remaining problems. We got the gearbox and set out to Mzuzu right on schedule. That night we sat on a porch overlooking a beautiful lake full of hippos and marveled at the power of prayer.
It was a true African adventure.
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Not your mother's Ladies' Home Journal
By Rheta Grimsely Johnson/Syndicated columnist
I haven't seen the Ladies' Home Journal in about a million years, except maybe in the dentist's office when I was trying to avoid a television permanently set on Fox News.
Somebody's grandchild was selling magazines for a school project, and Ladies' Home Journal was the only one on the list I recognized. Now it comes to the house.
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Health care market needs oversight
By Gene Lyons/Syndicated columnist
Sometimes the best journalism explains what's right under our noses. In Steven Brill's exhaustive Time magazine cover article, "Bitter Pill: Why Medical Bills Are Killing Us," it's the staggeringly expensive, grotesquely inefficient and inhumane way Americans pay for medical care.
VA's appalling failures not recent
By Sid Salter/Syndicated columnist
While recent national press attention to ongoing problems at Mississippi's G.V. (Sonny) Montgomery Veterans Administration Medical Center in Jackson is welcome and needed, the failures of the overall VA service apparatus in Mississippi are not recent problems.
In short, former U.S. Rep. Sonny Montgomery — Mississippi's "Mr. Veteran" and author of the modern G.I. Bill that bears his name — must be spinning in his grave. There have been significant failures and poor service to veterans documented by state and local media since 2008. -
Dolley Madison politically savvy
By Cokie and Steven V. Roberts/Syndicated columnists
When Dolley Payne Madison became first lady in 1809, she instituted Wednesday evening gatherings at the White House where political rivals could meet and talk. They were called "squeezes" because so many people showed up and crowded the room. As Cokie wrote in her book "Ladies of Liberty": "All were welcome as long as they were appropriately dressed. And all went — skipping a Wednesday night might mean missing a vital piece of political information or being left out of a crucial deal."
Mississippi isn't immune from national college tuition trends
By Sid Salter/Syndicated columnist
Higher education in Mississippi has not been immune from national trends cited in a recent Center on Budget and Policy Priorities report which concludes that over the last five years, the global economic downturn and a "no new taxes" political climate have increasingly shifted the burden of higher education finance to students and parents at a time when enrollment is increasing and the percentage of state support is decreasing. -
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The Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the case of Shelby County v. Holder — a challenge to the Voting Rights Act of 1965, specifically Section 5, which requires states and localities with a history of voting discrimination against racial and language minorities to get "pre-approved" by the federal government before changing how elections are conducted or voters are registered. -
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The first day of spring! My favorite month, April, is just around the corner. Now we just need one big gullywasher to get rid of the pine pollen.
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No springtime ritual was better at Auburn than sitting on hard rocks at a nearby state park to let cold water rush over your feet. You wore cut-off blue jeans and Dr. Scholl's sandals, the unofficial uniform for coeds in the 1970s, and when you left, you felt ready to tackle tests, term papers and blind dates.
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While the battle continues between state Republicans and other fiscal conservatives intent on focusing on the long-terms costs of Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act and Democrats, health care advocates and state hospitals intent on focusing on the short-term benefits, the fact remains that one way or another, the costs of providing health care for the poor, the blind, the aged and the disabled will be paid by the taxpayers one way or another.
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Among the many irrational ideas about racial and ethnic groups that have polarized societies over the centuries and around the world, few have been more irrational and counterproductive than the current dogmas of multiculturalism.
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Jones: Samos Diary 13
Blog Post, October, 11 2012
Chris Jones
Jones's ZSpace page
A description of Golden Dawn's premiere appearance on Samos on Sunday 7th October 2012.
Street: "The Choice"
Blog Post, October, 10 2012
Paul Street
Street's ZSpace page
Reflection on a recent Frontline show.
Emersberger: Response to Questions I've Encountered on Venezuela
Blog Post, October, 10 2012
Joe Emersberger
Emersberger's ZSpace page
Response to Questions I've Encountered on Venezuela
Milstein: Occupy Anarchism
Blog Post, October, 09 2012
Cindy Milstein
Milstein's ZSpace page
I wrote the following essay exploring the relation between "Occupy" and "anarchism" for the anthology We Are Many: Reflections on Movement Strategy from Occupation to Liberation (AK Press, 2012), edited by Kate Khatib, Margaret Killjoy, and Mike M...
Kavanagh: The Debate Debacle
Blog Post, October, 07 2012
Jim Kavanagh
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The MSNBC meltdown after Wednesday's Presidential debate was certainly more passionate, entertaining, and instructive than the debate itself.
Bohmer: "The Afghanistan War and the Occupy Movement are Not Over;
Blog Post, October, 07 2012
Peter Bohmer
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Talk at the Event, Celebrating the One Year Anniversary of the Occupy Movement, and Against the Continuing U.S. War Against Afghanistan; Localization Not Globalization. "The Afghanistan War and the Occupy Movement are Not Over; Connect the Mov...
Emersberger: Rory Carroll – a stopped clock hoping to be right for once about Venezuela
Blog Post, October, 04 2012
Joe Emersberger
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Rory Carroll – a stopped clock hoping to be right for once about Venezuela
Johnston: An Update of Parsoc, Newcastle 2012
Blog Post, October, 04 2012
Jack Johnston
Johnston's ZSpace page
Various fronts on which parsoc is being advocated and democracy defended.
Kavanagh: Dimples on the Ass of American Justice
Blog Post, October, 03 2012
Jim Kavanagh
Kavanagh's ZSpace page
This is clearly separate and unequal treatment of one religious group, what Andrew Rosenthal (cited by Greenwald) recognizes as "a separate justice system for Muslims." Practices like this treatment of Abdalla Matthews render Muslims not just sec...
Lee: ELECTION 2012 BOYCOTT ACTIVIST NETWORK
Blog Post, October, 03 2012
Terri Lee
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Election Boycott 2012 is rapidly expanding. Some of the Election Boycott Activists include: Mark Smith, Ted Rall, Bob Carson and Linh Dinh. For resources and updates, view the ever-expanding website: www.electionboycott2012.org
Weber: Z's importunate enteaties for funds
Blog Post, October, 03 2012
Mark Weber
Weber's ZSpace page
Donating to Z should be considered an ethical imperative more than a selfish matter of what gets for the money.
Simpson: Seven days that shook the Windy City: Reflections on a Chicago teachers strike
Blog Post, October, 02 2012
Bob Simpson
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"The CTU is teaching the USA a lesson in working class love and solidarity. It's a transformational moment for the membership of the CTU and its allies. How can they transform the horn honks, the raised fists, the friendly waves and the kind words...
Chaffee: #S17 with Occupy Wall Street
Blog Post, September, 30 2012
Joel Chaffee
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We were at the Red Cube by 7:15am, joining hundreds of other Occupiers and supporters for the one-year anniversary of the Occupy Wall Street movement.
Wittner: How Hawkish Are Americans?
Blog Post, September, 30 2012
Lawrence Wittner
Wittner's ZSpace page
Many signs point to the fact that most Americans want to avoid new wars, reduce military spending, and support international cooperation.
Kwint: Revolutionary voices: Suki Chan's A Hundred Seas Rising
Blog Post, September, 28 2012
Marius Kwint
Kwint's ZSpace page
Review and link to website of installation project that makes sound art of interviewees' opinions and emotions about revolution.
Venkat: Coolies and the American Toilet Paper
Blog Post, September, 27 2012
Suki Venkat
Venkat's ZSpace page
United States government has started printing U.S. dollar notes like toilet paper and sending it off to poor countries like India and China, who gladly take these dollar notes undermining the interests of their own countries.
Noble: Anarkos
Blog Post, September, 26 2012
Scott Noble
Noble's ZSpace page
Crowd-funding project for documentary series on Anarchism
Emersberger: The Corporate Media Has a Horizontal Learning Curve on Venezuela
Blog Post, September, 24 2012
Joe Emersberger
Emersberger's ZSpace page
The Corporate Media Has a Horizontal Learning Curve on Venezuela
Kellecioglu: Global economic inequality - the billionaires vs. the penniless
Blog Post, September, 24 2012
Deniz Kellecioglu
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The Clos Vougeot was founded in 1112 by the Cistercian order under St. Bernard de Clairvaux. The monks began with a few acres of vines, and built a small chapel and press house at their edge. Over the next 200 years, various members of the nobility bequeathed a great many vineyards to the order, and during this period, construction of the wall surrounding its vineyards was begun. The wall enclosing the present 124 acres was completed in 1336, but it was not until 1555, under the 48th abbot of Cîteaux, Dom Jean Loysier, that construction of the present château was begun. From the outset white vines, probably of the Pinot Blanc variety, were cultivated within the walls of the Clos, and a certain proportion of white grapes were vinified with the red to yield a rosé wine.
At the end of the 1700s, when more deeply-colored wines began to be preferred, the Clos' white vines were gradually replaced by Pinot Noir. The Clos Vougeot vineyard remained intact in the hands of the church until the French Revolution; since then it has been fragmented, and today, there are upwards of seventy owners. The geologic composition ranges from chalky clay, high in pebbles, on the higher parts of the slope, to moist, compact soil richer in humus and with fewer pebbles on the lower. These variations in soil, and the numerous individual owners, account for the variation in the wines. Louis Jadot is one of the principal owners in the Clos Vougeot, with a 6.36-acre parcel assembled primarily from its acquisition of the vineyards of Clair Daü and Domaines Champy in the 1980s; Jadot controls, in addition to this, another 1.73 acres through long-term contracts. It is vinified to produce a rich wine of power and depth which retains a subtlety of body and elegant complexity, with full, fragrant and distinctly floral bouquet.
Ripe, velvety, old-viney fruit aromas and flavors dominated by blackberries and black cherries are marked by distinct notes of violets, toast and minerals in this wine, and are set in a powerful yet elegant tannic structure.
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Japan: New Smoke At Nuclear Plant, CBS, May 8, 2011:
Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO), Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency (NISA), and the Japanese government gave a joint press conference on Sunday and explained that an unusual amount of smoke that billowed from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power reactor on Saturday night was nothing to be concerned about.
"Steam is coming out from the spent fuel pool of the No. 3 and No. 4 reactors, and I'm assuming that due to shadows created by lighting, the steam appeared black. Therefore, we assessed that it's not smoke from something burning or that sort of thing," TEPCO's General Manager, Junichi Matsumoto reassured reporters at the press conference.
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- Email from Japanese gov't officials says high density radiation will be released May 8 if situation continues
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Meredith Choral Groups Present Halloween-themed Concert On Sunday, October 31, 2010, the 65 student performers who comprise The Meredith Chorale, Meredith Chorus, and Encore! presented their annual Fall concert in Jones Chapel. With dancing ghosts, bouncing balls, costumed conductors, and hostesses who passed out buckets of candy, the more than 400 concert attendees enjoyed both tricks and treats during this Halloween-themed performance. The Meredith Chorus, conducted by Danny Green, opened the hour long concert with Ghosts in the Chapel, a piece based on the theme song for the 1984 hit film Ghostbusters. Green, associate vice president for enrollment at Meredith, holds Bachelor of Music and Doctor of Musical Arts degrees from the University of Miami. Tricia Strong, a Meredith faculty member since 2006, led the Encore!, an eight member A cappella group, as they performed four songs that focused on the sweet side of Halloween. The groups opening number, Trick or Treat Suite, was a musical arrangement by Chelsea Stith, 11, of songs heard on candy commercials from the 1930s through the 1980s. The Meredith Chorale, conducted by Fran Page, head of Merediths music department and coordinator of music education, concluded the concert with four pieces focused on mystical creatures. Two of the pieces performed by the Chorale, Fairies and Che faceste? Dite Su!, which was performed in Italian, were inspired by Shakespeares plays. The Meredith Chorale, Chorus and Encore!, along with the Meredith Sinfionetta, will perform Winterfest Concerts on Sunday, December 5 at 3 p.m. and 8 p.m. in Jones Auditorium. For more information about upcoming music performances, visit www.meredith.edu/music/events.htm.


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As with almost any differentiated product, there is often a price premium associated with certified cotton. This premium encourages fraud by unscrupulous actors selling uncertified cotton as certified. A recent study commissioned by Solidaridad, an organization that supports the expansion of organic and Fairtrade cotton production, indicated that approximately half of the products marketed as "organic cotton" could not be substantiated.
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Import (retail) countries establish requirements and regulations pertaining to labeling the types of material and cotton used in textiles sold in their countries. Below are brief overviews of regulations governing marketing claims on or about cotton products in key consumer markets. Most voluntary standards use the following guidance for marketing claims.• Products made with 100% "sustainable" fiber content can be labeled as "sustainable" or "100% "sustainable"• Products with a minimum of 95% "sustainable" fiber content can be labeled as "sustainable cotton"• Products with a minimum of 70% "sustainable" fiber content can be labeled as "made with "sustainable cotton" [Note: Fairtrade only requires 35% content to be labeled as "made with".]
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No. If people want to spend their own money on it then that's fine by me (provided that they are told what homeopathy actually is). But the NHS should not pay for it. -
- CommentAuthorwarhelmet
- CommentTimeJun 12th 2009
Absolutely not. -
- CommentAuthorlarus
- CommentTimeJun 12th 2009
why not? According to Channel 4, approx £320m was spent on management consultants in a single year in England alone. I take it that you are quite happy for your money to be wasted this way as long as the evil homeopathic people aren't spending less than 1% of that...seriously?
Millions are wasted on drugs which do not work the way they are supposed to (aspirin), drugs to treat the side effects of other drugs or drugs which are downright dangerous (vioxx, etc), so why not spend a paltry (by comparison) sum on helping patients who cannot be helped elsewhere? -
- CommentAuthorbadsciencemonk
- CommentTimeJun 12th 2009
See the Shang report which I am sure you will be aware of -
- CommentAuthorgsmyth
- CommentTimeJun 13th 2009
Of course the NHS should continue to pay for homeopathy. Why not??? Homeopathy has been established as a discipline in its own right and has been available on the NHS since it's inception in 1948. Therefore, if critics wish to change this position, appropriate evidence would need to be brought forward.
Badsciencemonk, you have mentioned what has to be one of the best/worst examples of "bad science" ever published by the Lancet! This heavily flawed, hugely biased, poor piece of work is frequently used to prop up weak arguments against homeopathy. It is interesting that you refer to this and ignore the 4 earlier large meta-analyses which were positive, and the very substantial qualitative research which has been done which is also highly positive.
Anyone who thinks the NHS should stop paying for homeopathy will need to present much stronger evidence than the Shang report!
Homeopathy has been shown to be safe, effective and inexpensive and hugely popular with patients, who continue to report significant improvements following homeopathic treatment. Why would anyone wish to deprive such patients of this treatment? -
- CommentAuthorbadsciencemonk
- CommentTimeJun 13th 2009
"the 4 earlier large meta-analyses which were positive"
Could you just name those for the avoidance of doubt please. -
- CommentAuthorgsmyth
- CommentTimeJun 13th 2009
Haven't you explored the rest of this site badsciencemonk??? I am disappointed and surprised.
If you click on "Research" at the top of this page, you will be transported to a very informative section of the website for all the "Disciples of Scientism" out there. There you will find a summary of both the quantitative and qualitative trials done to date in homeopathy.
To save you the energy of such exploration at present however, I am happy to confirm the 4 meta-analyses as Kleijnen et al, 1991 BMJ, Linde et al, 1997 Lancet, Linde et al, 1999 J Clin Epidemiol and Cucherat et al, 2000 Eur J Clin Pharmacol. Before you go away to read up on the criticisms of these papers from your favourite writers, how about keeping your mind open and considering the matter intelligently and sensibly? -
- CommentAuthorjdc325
- CommentTimeJun 13th 2009
"why not? According to Channel 4, approx £320m was spent on management consultants in a single year in England alone. I take it that you are quite happy for your money to be wasted this way as long as the evil homeopathic people aren't spending less than 1% of that...seriously?"
Is your argument *really* that because money is wasted on management consultants, money should be wasted on homeopathy? Seriously?
"Homeopathy has been shown to be safe, effective and inexpensive and hugely popular with patients"
Safe and popular, maybe - but effective? I don't think so. And inexpensive? Not sure about this point: if you spend money on something relatively cheap that doesn't work, is it a good use of money? -
- CommentAuthorjdc325
- CommentTimeJun 13th 2009
You refer to Shang as a "heavily flawed, hugely biased, poor piece of work". Please justify this statement. -
- CommentAuthorbadsciencemonk
- CommentTimeJun 13th 2009
"To save you the energy of such exploration at present however, I am happy to confirm the 4 meta-analyses as Kleijnen et al, 1991 BMJ, Linde et al, 1997 Lancet, Linde et al, 1999 J Clin Epidemiol and Cucherat et al, 2000 Eur J Clin Pharmacol. Before you go away to read up on the criticisms of these papers from your favourite writers, how about keeping your mind open and considering the matter intelligently and sensibly?"
I did have a scan over the site but will look at the infmation in more detail. Thank you for your help.
I look forward to seeing your reply to JDC325 so that I can also take this into account -
- CommentAuthorgsmyth
- CommentTimeJun 14th 2009
The Shang et al meta-analysis of 2005 is widely regarded as a poor piece of work with many flaws.
Firstly, Shang et al were working under the direction of Professor Matthias Egger, well-known for his anti-homeopathy standpoint and heavily biased to start with and certainly biased towards ensuring an anti-homeopathy spin to the results. The bottom line was that they found "weak evidence for a specific effect of homoeopathic remedies, but strong evidence for specific effects of conventional medicines". Despite this finding, they managed to twist the conclusion that "this finding is compatible with the notion that the clinical effects of homoeopathy are placebo effects" !
They attempted to compare 110 homeopathy trials with 110 allopathy trials. Overall positive treatment effect was found in both groups. The final analysis was limited to the "best" 8 homeopathy and 6 allopathy trials - (it is interesting that they thought they found more better quality homeopathy trials than allopathy trials !) Thier false conclusion was then of course backed up by the deliberately provocative editorial, "The end of homeopathy"! We hear a lot about "bad science" - I would suggest this is a perfect example of such.
Shang et al's analaysis has also been criticised to be prone to selection bias, in selecting the 8 homeopathy trials and 6 allopathy trials to compare. We know very little if anything about the relevance or value of these trials - 8 trials of homeopathy cannot fairly represent the entire research literature ! Neither can 6 allopathy / conventional trials ! Some key papers are omitted while others were wrongly included. When they eventually did their statistical analysis they found a mean odds ratio of 0.88 for homeopathy trials and 0.58 for conventional medicine trials - hardly a spectacular result either way. In summary - the 2005 Lancet trial was inaccurate, biased, methodologically flawed, unreliable and grossly misleading. Sadly it has been taken up as some sort of magic bullet to rid the NHS of homeopathy. I could go into more detail, but don't really have the inclination to do so.
If you explore this site however, you will find further information regarding the Shang study -
Also, the results of the Shang study was questioned and effectively debunked by later analyses published in 2008 by Ludtke et al, and Rutten et al. You can read these papers at -
Rutten et al concludes: "Re-analysis of Shang's post-publication data did not support the conclusion that homeopathy is a placebo effect. The conclusion that homeopathy is and that conventional is not a placebo effect was not based on comparative analysis and not justified because of heterogeneity and lack of sensitivity analysis. If we confine ourselves to the predefined hypotheses and the part of the analysis that is indeed comparative, the conclusion should be that quality of homeopathic trials is better than of conventional trials, for all trials (p = 0.03) as well as for smaller trials (p = 0.003)".
I hope this is of some help. -
- CommentAuthorgsmyth
- CommentTimeJun 14th 2009 edited
"Homeopathy has been shown to be safe, effective and inexpensive and hugely popular with patients". Safe and popular, maybe - but effective? I don't think so. And inexpensive? Not sure about this point: if you spend money on something relatively cheap that doesn't work, is it a good use of money?
I'm happy to justify this statement also.
1. Safety - the safety profile of homeopathy is well known and has been well demonstrated. A review of the safety of homeopathy, conducted by doctors at the Royal London Homoeopathic Hospital looked at papers published between 1970 and 1995 for reports of adverse effects of homeopathy. This showed a very favourable risk profile compared with the majority of conventional medicines. Secondly, a further prospective observational tracking of over 1000 acute prescriptions in primary care recorded all possible adverse effects at less than 2%. Follow up case studies of each of these reports did not reveal any damaging reactions.
In case you are interested in references, these are:
Dantas F, Rampes H. Do homeopathic medicines provoke adverse effects? A systematic review. Br Hom J 2000; 89 (Suppl 1):S35-8.
Reilly DT, Duncan R, Leckridge B, Waddell D, Riley D, Edwards R. IDCCIM,
International Data Collection Centres for Integrative Medicine. The University of
Exeter 2nd Annual Symposium on Complementary Health Care. December 1995.
2. Effectiveness - this has been demonstrated through both quantitative research and qualitative research, some of which I have already referred to on this forum, with the remainder being accessible in other sections of this site. The effectiveness of homeopathy has been demonstrated over and over again in various sitautions. Unfortunately this is difficult for some people to accept and they continue to adopt the unscientific viewpoint that "it can't work, therefore it mustn't work" and have difficulty accepting the evidence when it is presented.
3. With regard to cost-effectiveness - as I have posted 2 lengthy posts, I won't go into detail on the data (but can do if required). To summarise, studies have suggested low cost for homeopathic medicines, with reduced need for other convetional services. The downward and costly spiral of specialist opinions and investigations for many patients in conventional care can often be interrupted when a whole person approach, using homeopathy as the first choice therapy, is adopted. A number of European studies have compared the prescribing costs of homeopathic and conventional GPs. These indicate that homeopathic GPs typically spend less on prescribing than their conventional colleagues.
You rightly mention the £320 million (according to Channel 4), spent on management consultants. Don't forget also, the £466 million spent on inpatients with adverse drug reactions each year! By comparison, the cost of homeopathy is tiny, and represents excellent value for money. -
- CommentAuthorbadsciencemonk
- CommentTimeJun 14th 2009
Well gsmyth I have only looked at the first study you mention on Pubmed - Kleijnen et al, 1991 BMJ - but on that the authors clearly state "CONCLUSIONS--At the moment the evidence of clinical trials is positive but not sufficient to draw definitive conclusions because most trials are of low methodological quality and because of the unknown role of publication bias" I do not find that a convincing argument of the eficacy of homeopathy.
I will have a look at the others though and will come back to you in due course. I can assure you that I am endeavoring to keep my scepticism in check and am doing my best to avoid "my favourite writers". -
- CommentAuthorwarhelmet
- CommentTimeJun 15th 2009
Interestingly, many homeopaths were opposed to the incorporation of "medical" homeopathy into the NHS. And I think you may well find that lay homeopaths would be opposed to increased "integrative health care" on the NHS if they understood the implications of what it would do to their "profession". -
- CommentAuthordocboz
- CommentTimeJun 17th 2009
Two points: NHS homeopathy costs roughly the budget of a 17 - 18,000 patient General Practice per annum (this is excluding the NHS management costs, district nurses, health visitors and community physios that make up primary care). This is clearly not the source of the NHS funding crisis, is it!
Secondly, lack of evidence is not a problem confined to homeopathy in the NHS. So if we are going to get into this discussion we need to apply the same approach equally and fairly across all areas of healthcare. Yet somehow I can't see anyone arguing over the indiscriminately pooled results of every trial of "drugs" ever conducted, which is what is being done with "homeopathy". All very wierd ... -
- CommentAuthorbadsciencemonk
- CommentTimeJun 18th 2009
My apologies for the delay in replying. I did review the site before my earlier post but would still like to look over the studies listed. I can assure you I will not automatically consult "my favourite writers" and so want to give these due consideration to the best of my ability. By my own admission I am a layman (neither professional medic nor homeopath) so I am afraid I may have to ask some more questions when I return. I hope this does not inconvenience anyone -
- CommentAuthorjdc325
- CommentTimeJun 26th 2009
"Also, the results of the Shang study was questioned and effectively debunked by later analyses published in 2008 by Ludtke et al, and Rutten et al."
I beg to differ. I refer you firstly to this: doi:10.1016/j.homp.2008.12.003 - the analysis by Rutten and Stolper contains misconceptions of Shang et al., contains some important errors, and does not show that the Shang et al. study was an invalid analysis.
As for Ludtke and Rutten, their conclusion stated that "Our results do neither prove that homeopathic medicines are superior to placebo nor do they prove the opposite...it occurs that Shang's conclusions are not so definite as they have been reported and discussed." Their paper may have been titled "The conclusions on the effectiveness of homeopathy highly depend on the set of analyzed trials", but the conclusions on the effectiveness of homeopathy *do not* highly depend on the set of analyzed trials, if an appropriate test is used.
Frankly, I'm wary of anything published in the journal "Homeopathy", given the 'memory of water' papers and the subsequent papers I've read that were published in that journal. The quality of the published research in "Homeopathy" seems to be very poor indeed. -
- CommentAuthorjdc325
- CommentTimeJun 26th 2009
"The effectiveness of homeopathy has been demonstrated over and over again in various sitautions."
By "various situations" do you mean poor quality trials that are highly prone to bias? -
- CommentAuthorDavidJ
- CommentTimeJul 7th 2009
"According to Channel 4, approx £320m was spent on management consultants in a single year in England alone. I take it that you are quite happy for your money to be wasted"
What makes you think that the money was wasted? -
- CommentAuthorMichaelPeleHussain
- CommentTimeMar 12th 2010 edited
! We should have the right to choose what type of medicine we use on our bodys, as we are paying for it (tax). why we have to pay for Private Homeopathy, & then have to pay for NHS toxic Drugs ect... !
They want homeopathy band because:
its having Having a positve effect on healing people...
a negitve effect on the phamacutical drug money making industry & all the other stuff... -
- CommentAuthorimageh
- CommentTimeNov 25th 2012
Homeopathic preparations are based on pseudoscience. No real science exists to give any credible mechanism. (See the entries under the heading on mechanism.) There is no doubt about the efficacy of placebo for some conditions, and homeopathic treatment is nothing other than placebo. The learning from this is sadly ignored, because the time and sensitivity of practitioner care is the issue here. However lying to patients about preparations and medicines is clearly unethical, and giving any credibility to the nonsense that is a homeopathic preparation is both dangerous and immoral.
An example of a practitioner - clearly not well trained in the scientific use of evidence-based medicine, (or of much science for that matter) despite having a medical qualification is that of Dr Michelle Langdon, found guilty of serious professional misconduct and banned from practising medicine for three months by the GMC. She treated several patients ineffectively with homeopathy and failed to use available evidence based treatments, to the health detriment of her patients. In common with others who "believe" in homeopathy, she invoked other forms of pseudoscience, and got support from David Tredinnick - the initiator of the early day motion to overturn the government's science committee investigation into this whole question. He is also reported to believe in astrology. If true, that fits. People voted for him! Amazing...
The source of this information: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/2666411.stm
Check it out, and be in no doubt homeopathy has no basis. -
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Alex? why do i feel that felix's silhouette is coming up next after alex.
Haha, I didn't think so. Also, that makes me think he was probably Diamond (if there is one) But, Why would they release a concept silhouette of Alex before two smaller antagonists? So now I doubt that guy is even that important. At least not compared to Alex.
Hey, it's Alex! Good, we probably get to beat his face in at some point. Because what's a JRPG without an long-haired bishie to beat up? I agree with Teanji and Erase. She looks a lot better in the full concept art. I hope she knows good Psynergy. Harmony... looks kind of boring in his art. Like I've seen that design somewhere before. Ah well. Because at this point they're running out of significant characters to show us. But I doubt we'll be getting site updates after next week and the Jap release.
i doubt that too.samsneeze may be right. we're not sure if this is alex or the masked one. its either of them or the mask man and alex are just one person perhaps. what could be alex's reason to hid his face in a mask.
I didn't say it was the masked one. It is clearly Alex. Most likely.
well we don't know, maybe alex is the masked man. just a thought.
It is speculated that Alex will return in Golden Sun: Dark Dawn, based on one of the videos released on the main website for the game. At the start of the video, when the Golden Sun is shown forming, you can see a blue-haired figure standing at the top of Mt. Aleph, which may be foreshadowing his return. It could also just be a recap of TLA's end events that may be shown in the game itself. A masked individual with turquoise blue hair who briefly appears alongside Spade in one trailer scene is also speculated to be Alex.
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thanks for that info. i wonder why would alex hid his face after all this time...


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