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Premiere 24 October.
Musical. The Göteborg Opera's major musical for the season is "Guys and Dolls", an absolute classic in its genre.
A musical about gambling and love on Broadway
"Right on target." DN
"Genuine performers from the musical genre in all the roles." DN
Dance numbers that takes your breath away." SvD
"First-rate singing and music." GT
"Brilliant spirit of performance." SvD
"A fifties-feeling through and through." GP
"The whole ensemble maintains an extremely high level of performance." GT
"Ingenious choreography, striking costumes and exquisite lighting design." SvD
In this production we find the team behind the great success of 2006, Cats, reinforced with the well-reputed conductor Nick Davies from London's West End. In this production he will conduct a large musical orchestra with everything from delicate violins to jazzy saxophones. The director, Hans Berndtsson will recreate the spirit of the times of the original and allow for this, one of the world's greatest musicals, to blossom out in full bloom.
Watch a clip from the performance.
The story is based on a novel by the American journalist Damon Runyon and revolves around players Sky Masterson and Nathan Detroit, young Salvation Army soldier Sarah Brown and nightclub singer, Adelaide. The author was a personal friend of Al Capone and had a preference for portraying gangsters, female actresses and professional gamblers from the underworld around Times Square, New York City.
"Guys and Dolls is a magnificent musical that suits our stage perfectly. It will be pure entertainment with big band feel to the music, big-time dance scenes, street-smart dialogues and, what's more, romance." Lise-Lotte Axelsson, Opera director.
The work had its world premiere on Broadway in 1950, where it was performed 1200 times and won five Tony Awards, of which one was for the best musical. The film version came in 1955 with Marlon Brando, Frank Sinatra, Jean Simmons and Vivian Blaine playing the main parts. Guys and Dolls had its first Swedish performance at Oscarsteatern in Stockholm in 1953, under the name of Änglar på Broadway (Angels on Broadway). It returned to Oscarsteatern in 1997 and has been performed at several Swedish theatres through the years, also with the title Pysar och slander (Lads and Fads).
Watch pictures from the performance.
Leading actors.
Sarah Brown Evelyn Jons.
Evelyn Jons is from Gothenburg, trained at the Balettakademi as well as Teater- och Operahögskolan in Gothenburg.
Since graduating in 2001 she has played parts in the majority of musicals in the Nordic countries. She has, for example, played the part of Fantine in Les Misérables at Tröndelag Teater in Norway and Sugar Kane in the musical Sugar at Norrbottensteatern. She has also portrayed Nancy in Oliver at Östgötateatern, Anita in West Side Story both at Värmlandsoperan and Vasa Teater in Finland as well as Mrs Lyons in Blodsbröder (Blood Brothers) at Värmlandsoperan. Evelyn Jons has also interpreted Theodorakis in the performance Bouzouki at Det Norske teatret in Oslo and been a soloist with Göteborgssymfoniker as well as Kringkastingorkestret in Oslo.
At GöteborgsOperan we have previously made Evelyn's acquaintance in the musicals Jesus Christ Superstar, A Chorus Line and as Grizabella in Cats (in 2006).
Sky Masterson Timo Nieminen.
Timo Nieminen has worked as a singer and actor since 1985 and has participated in over 80 productions in theatre, opera, musicals, films, radio theatre as well as in his own theatre, show and stand-up performances. He has primarily worked in Gothenburg, at Stora Teatern, GöteborgsOperan, Stadsteatern and Folkteatern. Among his many roles is the title role in Sweeney Todd at Värmlandsoperan in 2007, Riff-Raff in GöteborgsOperans production of The Rocky Horror Picture Show in 2006 as well at at Stadsteatern, Daddy is Cooking with Elvis, Hingsten Pekka (Horse) in Allt eller inget (All or Nothing), Berger in Hair and Tiger Brown in Tolvskillingsoperan. At Folkteatern he has played the Officer in Ett Drömspel (a Dream Play) and the Son in Min Modiga Mor (My Brave Mother). Timo is also current in the feature film Kid Svensk by Nann Huolman as well as in an electronic-adventure of Schubert's Winterreise with Malin Dahlström from Dishdishdance.
At GöteborgsOperan Timo has also participated in My Fair Lady and most recently at the world premiere in the spring of 2009 of Vandekeybus' dance performance Black Biist.
Adelaide Anna-Maria Hallgarn.
Anna-Maria Hallgarn alternates between musical and theatre stages and soloist singing commissions. She received her training at Balettakademien's programme for musical artists in Gothenburg and has thereafter participated in several musicals. In 2005 she played the leading role in Kharmen at Göteborgs Stadsteater. At Malmö Opera she has participated in Zorba. She has also worked on musicals including Cabaret, Jekyll & Hyde and Godspell.
At GöteborgsOperan Anna-Maria Hallgarn has played the part of Vera in the newly-written pop and rock musical Grymt! (Wicked) that had its premiere on our Skövde scene during the spring of 2008.
Nathan Detroit Erik Gullbransson.
Erik Gullbransson is a singer, an actor, an entertainer and a conferencier. Erik Gullbransson is a versatile artist and known, not least, as one of the country's few male jazz singers. In the beginning of the 90s he started the Nat King Cole Session that has successfully been on tour, on and off, since then. He has also released two solo albums, Ögon känsliga för grönt (Eyes sensitive to green) and Hon & jag (She & I). He is often booked as a guest artist with big bands and orchestras all over Sweden and has also participated in a number of cabarets. As a musical artist he has also played roles such as Thenardiér in Les Misérables, Graf Arco in Mozart!, the narrator in Blood Brothers and Judge Turpin in Sweeney Todd.
At GöteborgsOperan Erik Gullbransson has taken part in Les Misérables, Jesus Christ Superstar, Miss Saigon and most recently he played Alfred P Doolittle in My Fair Lady. He has also participated in several Epiphany concerts.
See Guys and Dolls start on the quiet at Liseberg.
Sin and Salvation in New York's Underworld.
Hans Berndtsson, director In the musical Guys and Dolls there is a colourful gallery of characters with gambling-crazy gangsters, light-footed good-time girls, pious Salvation Army soldiers and no-nonsense guardians of law and order. It will be a juicy piece for the successful team behind Cats, with director Hans Berndtsson in charge, to put their teeth into.
Update it to the present times? Modernise the language? Throw in some Gothenburg references? No, no, no, is Hans Berndtsson's immediate answer.
"I intend neither to flirt with Liseberg nor with Göteborgs Hamn", he says with a good laugh.
"The setting is Times Square, New York, in the crossing between Broadway and 47th Street, exactly as in the original. And I promise, even those who have never been there will know their way about. Neither do I feel any need to dress up the ensemble in leather and rivets nor let the story take place in the 1960s as some versions I have seen", Hans Berndtsson continues. He is also content with Hans Alfredson's old translation into Swedish.
"It is true that the vernacular from Södermalm in Stockholm is very close to the New York slang of the original text, but Alfredsson chose to create his own slang, which I have modernised somewhat."
Elisabeth Wikström
Excerpt from an article in GO Nyheter no. 4 © 2009.
Costume sketches by Jaana Fomin.
The Loveable Criminal.
He usually has a nick-name that describes something in his appearance (Mickey Mad Eyes), his background (Bobby the Jew) or a skill (Sam the Butcher). In the world of film he is a smart guy in a well-tailored suit. On the stage he is a cunning charmer or a slightly dense bodyguard. Somewhere on his body he has at least one weapon. He is a gangster.
Sky Masterson and Nathan Detroit in the musical Guys and Dolls are not the worst kind. They are neither hit men nor mafia lackeys. They do not rob people, but they gladly play their money off them. Both of them support themselves by illegal gambling in the New York of the 1950s: Nathan in his capacity as the one who organises the gambling evenings. Sky as one of the big gamblers (he got the name Sky after his high stakes). In feature films like The Godfather, The Untouchables, Scarface, Casino, Mafia Brothers, Donnie Brasco and Carlito's Way the gangster is of another, rougher kind. He is part of organised crime where one earns money from the protection racket, money laundry, narcotics and smuggling of weapons. To shoot to defend oneself or the crime enterprise is part of the job. In one of our most popular TV-series with a gangster theme, The Sopranos, the Italian descendant New Jersey clan are engaged in garbage collection and disposal. Not so glamorous, but lucrative if one manages it with Soprano methods. Tony Soprano does not consistently dress in tailor-made suits like his cinematic ancestors, but is vain in his own way and gladly wears a heavy gold chain around his neck with his expensive track suit.
No matter what he actually does there is something about the gangster that makes us love to love him. He is not like other criminals and brutes. Even the word gangster exudes nostalgia and suspense, rather than murder and brutality. According to the dictionary, however, he is a "...unscrupulous professional criminal, who usually operates in an organised group".
A gangster might well be a professional criminal, but he is one with finesse. He dresses exclusively and surrounds himself with beautiful things and beautiful women. Loyalty and honour are his prestige words and the family, his own family and the crime syndicate, go before anything else. High up in the hierarchy he is also a well-oiled businessman with major financial power.
For some this is enough to hold the gangster in unconstrained admiration, or at least the romantic image of him. A criminal with a code of honour is, after all, quite cool. For scriptwriters he provides ample material and new versions of the gangster pop up frequently in literature, on stage, on the cinema screen and on our TVs.
The journalist and author Damon Runyon, on whose novels the musical Guys and Dolls is based, was himself acquainted with the gangster king Al Capone and depicted the underworld in the US of the 1920s and 30s in a pithy and entertaining way. The gangster in his stories works in a "business organisation" and is only sometimes forced, against his will, to defend himself with violence against malevolent competition.
In reality, the gangster was probably no more sympathetic then than he is now. Today one finds him in large criminal organisations that are hard to get to since illegally acquired capital is quickly pumped into legal businesses. In Roberto Saviano's book, Gomorra from 2006, which later became a film, the complex criminal activity of the Camorra clan in Naples is portrayed, an activity that exists on all levels and controls whole societies. In Swedish literature too the contemporary gangster has come under the spotlight. The book Svensk maffia (Swedish Mafia) by the journalists Lasse Wierup and Matti Larsson describe in detail the structures of the criminal motorcycle gangs which rely on one hundred percent loyalty and brutal violence à la mafia model. Jens Lapidus best-selling novel Snabba cash (Quick cash) is about drug trafficking within the Yugoslavian mafia in Sweden. Karolina Ramqvist's novel Flickvännen (The Girlfriend) puts the focus on the wife, seldom portrayed in gangster contexts, the one who prefers to know as little as possible about her husband's doings but is happy to enjoy the fruits of his work. The fact that the gangster is somewhat an icon can also be seen in contemporary music. In hip-hop, for example, gangster rap has become a genre of its own. The texts consist of verbal attacks on society in general and the police in particular, but are also largely a cocky boasting about the rappers' fortunes and status symbols in the form of luxury cars, jewellery and designer clothes. Not quite as sympathetic a gangster but nonetheless admired by many young people who dream about 'becoming someone'.
Perhaps part of our infatuation with the gangster can be explained by the notion that he quite simply appeals to a rebellious, forbidden side of us. It is more fun to cheer for the guy who is smarter than the system, than for the policeman who follows the law to the letter. What is more it is easier to identify with a decently dressed gangster who protects his family and who wants to make a bit of cash by smart deals, than it is to relate to a simple supermarket robber with addiction problems.
That is why we continue to watch mafia films and hope that characters with names like Stefano "The Animal" Fabrini will get away and save their skins in the end. We laugh at the stupid gangsters Harry Clark and Jack Diamond who intend to extort money from Fred Graham in Kiss me Kate. And we want prim and proper Sarah Brown to fall for Sky Masterson in Guys and Dolls, despite the fact that he is a slippery type who has only invited her out so as to win a bet.
From GöteborgsOperan's general programme 2009/2010.


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Part of the government's EUR45.5 billion austerity package, the new tax comes at an already difficult moment for wind-energy firms. A troubled economic backdrop and ongoing uncertainty over future incentives have made financing projects a challenge.
"The only certainty we have now is that we have a new tax to pay," said Paolo Tabarelli de Fatis, vice-president of wind energy association Anev, at the Eolica Expo conference in Rome last month. Anev warned the so-called Robin Hood tax could cut investor returns by 10% and endanger some EUR10 billion in investments over five years.
"We didn't like the Robin Hood tax before and we don't like it now," said Alberto Biancardi of energy regulator AEEG, which has cautioned the tax could mean higher electricity bills. Catia Tomasetti, head of project finance for Italian law firm Bonelli Erede Pappalardo, said investors become wary when retroactive changes are made affecting the investment case for a project.
Renewable-energy firms and grid operators were previously exempt from the tax on energy companies, which had been set at 6.5% and applied only to firms with annual turnover above EUR25 million. Enel Green Power has estimated the tax will cost it EUR25 million a year to 2013. Transmission system operator Terna forecasted the tax would cost it EUR80 million in 2011 alone.
Stefano Tosi, institutional affairs director at Terna, believes the new tax may not even be a good way to raise money, explaining that tax revenues could suffer if Terna and others are now forced to cut back investments. Grid upgrades could also be delayed. To counteract these risks, Terna wants future stimulus measures to include a provision by which energy firms increasing investments over the next three years would see the tax reimbursed.
Meanwhile, the government acknowledged that legislation with details of a new incentive scheme would not be available before some time this month. In this environment, Tomasetti said, only projects with good wind resources that could survive on little or no incentives are being financed.
With interest rate spreads ballooning, debt-financing interest rates now stand at about 6% compared with 3% in 2008, said ICQ Holding CEO Luigi De Simone. Debt-equity ratio is now roughly 60:40 compared with an average 80:20 then, he added. "Even to get that you really have to work on convincing the banks. Non-recourse project financing doesn't exist any more either. Banks want a hundred guarantees," he said.

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PORTLAND, Ore. – Two goals in five second half minutes denied the Colorado Rapids their first away win since April 12, as the Portland Timbers claimed only their second home win of the season.
The Argentine pair of Maximiliano Urruti and Diego Valeri bagged second-half goals to erase a 1-0 deficit in a 2-1 defeat of the Rapids, in a crucial Western Conference showdown on Friday night.
Urruti finished off a beautiful team move in the 72nd minute and Valeri made sure of three points with a swerving long-range blast to put an exclamation point on the Timbers' first home victory since May 3.
With the win, Portland (4-6-9) jumped over Chivas USA into seventh place in the West with 24 points earned from 20 games, leaving the Rapids (7-5-7) empty-handed for the first time in four games and stuck on 27 points from 19 games.
The Timbers also snapped a four-game winless streak, but there were some tenative moments in front of a packed house at home.
Colorado, playing without suspended starters Vicente Sanchez, Nick LaBrocca and Shane O'Neill, made their first threat of the night pay off when a perfectly weighted through ball from Dillon Powers led to a dangerous shot by Deshorn Brown that Timbers goalkeeper Donovan Ricketts parried out for a corner with a diving save.
On the ensuing corner in the 16th minute, a Drew Moor header was first saved by Ricketts before the rebound was driven right back into the hands of the big 'keeper, but not secured and eventually bundled over the line by Brown despite a last-ditch clearance attempt from Valeri.
The Rapids nearly added on in the 35th minute when former Timber and Oregon resident Danny Mwanga, who earlier came on for an injured Brown, set up Carlos Alvarez for a clear look on goal. His shot beat Ricketts but rolled just wide.
Portland finally got on the board with under 20 minutes remaining when Jack Jewsbury, played in down the right beautifully by Will Johnson, sent in a cross for a charging Urruti to chip in at the near post.
Then, five minutes later, Diego Chara set up Valeri in space from approximately 30 yards out for a fading blast that a diving Clint Irwin had no shot at saving.
And with newly signed Designated Player Liam Ridgewell making his Timbers debut at center back, the Rapids' chances were few and far between down the stretch, giving the Timbers the much-needed victory.
Colorado return to action next Friday when they play host to Chivas USA, kick-off 7.30 p.m MT (TICKETS).
MLSsoccer.com Men of the Match
|What We Saw
|Diego Valeri
|Turned the Timbers' loss into a win with pieces of individual brilliance on both Portland goals.
|Liam Ridgewell
|Made his presence felt immediately in the Portland backline, especially in the final 10 minutes after Portland had taken the lead.
|Marlon Hairston
|One of the most energetic players on the park in the first half, had plenty of positive touches and found space well


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Veterans and the "Occupy" movement.
It started with this posting at Addicting Info:
The thousands of indefatigable Wall Street protestors, risking their eyes and recording equipment against Wall Street's personal jack-booted thugs in the NYPD, recently garnered even more support– the US Marines. That's the type of support that may make an NYPD cop think twice before he decides to go all Tiananmen Square on a group of teenage girls, armed with chalk and cardboard signs (maybe it's because they are spelled properly?).
The Occupy Wall Street movement may have thought it broke new ground when the NYC Transit Union joined their movement, but that ground just tipped the Richter Scale with news that United States Army and Marine troops are reportedly on their way to various protest locations to support the movement and to protect the protesters.
That part obviously caught my eye. But what came next was worse, the article cites to Ward Reilly, who on his Facebook claimed:
"I'm heading up there tonight in my dress blues. So far, 15 of my fellow marine buddies are meeting me there, also in Uniform. I want to send the following message to Wall St and Congress:I didn't fight for Wall St. I fought for America. Now it's Congress' turn.
My true hope, though, is that we Veterans can act as first line of defense between the police and the protester. If they want to get to some protesters so they can mace them, they will have to get through the F*ing Marine Corps first. Let's see a cop mace a bunch of decorated war vets…
We can organize once we're there. That's what we do best. If you see someone in uniform, gather together. A formation will be held tonight at 10PM. We all took an oath to uphold, protect and defend the constitution of this country. That's what we will be doing.
The problem with this section is manifold.
First, Ward Reilly hasn't served in the military since 1974. And he never served in the Marine Corps. And his service was less than exemplary (including a stint AWOL.) And his truth telling has been an issue in the past. For instance, as my friend Jonn once noted, Reilly claimed:
[Reilly:] I served, proudly, for 32 months in Germany in the 1st & 16th(Rangers) as a mortar gunner, starting in 1971, when I volunteered for the infantry at age 17.(With 2 full years left in the ground war in Viet Nam)
I went where the army sent me…that what soldiers do. I could have just as easily been sent to Viet Nam, but I got lucky.
[Jonn wrote:] Well, that part about "two full years left in the ground war" isn't exactly true. Reilly joined in October 1971 – ground forces in Vietnam were being reduced and by August 1972 all combat forces had been withdrawn.
That "(Rangers)" in Reilly's statement jumped out at me when I first read it, so I did a little research and found that the 16th Infantry Regiment call themselves "Iron Rangers" and that's why Reilly added it to his bio – hoping to scare every one into thinking he was a Ranger.
It's like the 7th Infantry putting (Cottonbalers) on their unit designation because that's their nickname (from the Battle of New Orleans when they fought the British from behind cotton bales). Could we assume that they're actually qualified to bale cotton?
The second problem is of course, that active duty people (and veterans too for that matter) aren't supposed to be showing up at political events in uniform. The premise of our military is that we answer to civilian authority, and showing up as if the military is supporting something like this is verboten.
Anyway, we do know there are veterans out there. Here's a few videos that show that. Some context on the first one, since I looked into it. Apparently there are two parks that the protestors have been using in Boston, Dewey and the Greenway. The protestors were allowed to be in Dewey, and in the Greenway up until midnight, but they didn't want them camping there for the simple reason that the city just spent $150,000 planting shrubs and cleaning it up. When 1:00 am rolled around, so did the police.
Now, it is perhaps unfair to share that one without a look at one guy who is legit (Ryan Cahill), and taking part in the occupy movement.
Now the ridiculous "Veterans Today" (no link for them ever) is calling on all Veterans Organizations to send our people into the street in support of the movement. That is unlikely in the extreme to happen. We didn't take a position on the TEA party officially, and we won't be officially taking a position here. Not sure why they even would think as an organization we would. I'm certain that many of our Legionnaires are out protesting, and probably an equal number are watching it on TV at home grumbling about the protestors.
As Lincoln said, A house divided against itself cannot stand
The reality is that The Legion is a microcosm of veterans as a whole. And our people run the gamut from the far right to the far left. I know prominent Legionnaires who have either served as, or served under, politicians on the Democrat and Republican side. I even know one Legionnaire who served three different Governors, a Republican, a Democrat and an Independent.
I remain somewhat ambivalent. If they have a common cause, I haven't figured out what it is, and I hate to waste taxpayer money on security and clean up. But, the Constitution allows for a petition of redress to grievances, and I guess that is what this is. Hopefully at some point someone will articulate the specific intent.
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Bill Earls (not verified)
October 13, 2011 - 2:05pm
Occupy Wall Street movement
I agree with the idea that service people in uniform should not show at any such movement, political rally because doing so implies that the military supports one cause or another, one candidate over another. On the other hand, I think it's okay to say "I'm a veteran...and I support..." whatever the cause is: Obama for President, McCain for President, Occupy Wall Street, the Tea Party because your status as a veteran - someone who has taken an oath, offered to put his/her life on the line - may establish some credibility. I have nothing but contempt however for people who say they're veterans when they are not or even who inflate their status. They should be called out and publicly humiliated.
Mike T (not verified)
October 13, 2011 - 2:42pm
Vets and the occupy movement
I think its way too early for any significant group like our Vets to show support for any protests when we can't establish who's behind the movement, and the protesters can't articulate what it is they really want. Reminds me of "Viet Nam Vets aginst the war" in my day. Keep in mind, a lot of these Cops are also Vets! It's just plain stupid.
Joseph Kearney (not verified)
October 13, 2011 - 2:42pm
Veterans in Occupy?
No way. A real Veteran would not support the communists who are behind this movement.
Mike T (not verified)
October 13, 2011 - 2:44pm
Vets support for the Occupy movement
Amen Brother.
Myrna Arnold (not verified)
October 13, 2011 - 3:04pm
Are you saying a "real"
Are you saying a "real" veteran would rather support the Koch Bros who paid for the busses to the Tea Arty rallies, as well as the professionally printed signs?
Dale A (not verified)
October 13, 2011 - 5:10pm
Real veterans support the
Real veterans support the constitution, as the Tea Party does. The Kochs are citizens as we all are, they support them selves, as we all are entitled to.
JJ (not verified)
October 13, 2011 - 5:13pm
Veterans and the occupy movement
No, The fascists in that well-financed "grass roots" Tea Party think that they're being lions while they really are just angry sheep--you're absolutely right! It's time people woke up to the real danger here.
T Brown (not verified)
October 14, 2011 - 2:07pm
I do not know about other cities, but here in Orlando, the Tea Party folks appeared to be all new to politics. I have been involved in Republican campaigns for 20 or 30 years and these folks were all new folks. I think I saw one person I knew from politics at each rally. There were thousands there. Different folks had different concerns, like opposition to the Federal Reserve, but I think the general mood was concern for massive deficits and the possible monetization of the debt and that sort of thing.
Generally have seen no social issues concerns expressed, just the deficit thing and the Federal Reserve.
T Brown (not verified)
October 14, 2011 - 2:12pm
JJ (not verified)
October 14, 2011 - 3:53pm
Veterans and the Occupy movement
T Brown, Actually that sounds positive to me--frankly I wish that Conservatives would also embrace Conservation as they once did. You know, not every single issue has be part of a political battlefield. Look, a political dialogue is healthy, as long as people are essentially well meaning and are willing to discuss and not turn to intense negativity. I've seen to much of it from both fringes, and if I've done it I'm not proud-Lincoln had it right when he hoped that "the better angels of our nature" can emerge.
cruzer (not verified)
October 27, 2011 - 5:41pm
Occupy Wall Street and beyond
The Occupy Wall Street movement continues to gain momentum precisely because it is a collection of many different points of view all coalescing around the fundamental complicity of Wall Street banks and finance firms along with the top 1% of wealthy individuals in the near total collapse of our financial system. Where was all that "personal accountability" when those individuals both real and on paper, were about to lose everything? It was missing. These parasites, yes, qualifying even in Ayn Rand's philosophy, who produce nothing but take their "winnings" from betting, came crawling to the American taxpayer to bail them out by "socializing the losses" their greed has resulted in. First it was Bush and TARP, then the Obama administration carrying on the Bush policies that has attracted the massive protests in this country. There are no reds hiding under the beds. This is a response to a group of people calling themselves capitalists until they failed.
The protesters, I count myself among them, want there to be personal accountability of those who actually created the financial meltdown - and it wasn't average Americans wanting to buy a home.
The fact that these protests have occurred across the country even in small towns, says something about the willingness of average Americans to take their right to peaceably assemble for a redress of grievances into an actual physical manifestation. I am a veteran and I support any and all Veterans who take part in these protests. This is very much in the tradition of the "Bonus Army" protests in the late 1920's. Let's hope our Government does not resort to the same measures today. Protesters then had a valid complaint as do the protesters today.
Vito4260 (not verified)
October 13, 2011 - 2:45pm
Are you shi**in' me?
How your jumping on the socialist/communism bandwagon, huh? GET A CLUE! Don't disgrace our proud military falling for mindless dronings of a bunch of idiots wanting nothing more than to collapse our economy. YOU HAVE GOT TO BE SMARTER THAT THAT!
Busyman (not verified)
October 13, 2011 - 2:54pm
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Dave (not verified)
October 13, 2011 - 3:11pm
I do not understand how any veteran can say this. If I remember right, Wall Streets derivatives brought down our economy. Many people have been directly impacted by job loss. Something they did not cause but was caused by greed and deception. The United States Constitution gives these people the right to protest. I thought we all swore to uphold the Constitution! The people collapsing our economy are those people who make over $250K net a year who have had their taxes cut. Also the 1 Trillion we spent to bail out Wall Street. Americans use to pay there fair share. In fact during President Eisenhower's years the tax rate on the wealthiest Americans was 90 percent. Don't try to rewrite history. This just happened in the last few years.
Dale A (not verified)
October 13, 2011 - 5:33pm
This was not caused by Wall
This was not caused by Wall street a street can not do anything. The words Wall Street are catch words used by the guilty to blame other people. This mess was caused by bad goverment. If you will check your world history you will find all major catastrophies were caused by bad goverment, no individual or group of individuals have the power to do this. Your inferance that people making over $250k have had their taxes cut is proven wrong. The majority of income taxes collected come from rich people. The reason we are the wealthiest country in the world is because we have economic freedom.This allows us to use our money to create more wealth. Goverment does not create wealth it destroies wealth, look at Europe. We all need lower taxes to finance more growth.
JJ (not verified)
October 13, 2011 - 5:54pm
Veterans and the Occupy movement
...Yet the wealthiest 1% control 90%(!!) of the wealth in the US--that disparity has gotten way out of whack--and, in a way, Dale, you have one valid point--it was BAD GOVERNMENT that got us here: trickle-down/supply side economics is all just a way of making sure that those wealthy can buy the government they want--it's not an even playing field. "Allows us to use our money to create more wealth?" For whose benefit? Public education is under financed, higher education can drive students into lifetime debtors--so how do we as a society benefit working so disconnected from this economic disparity? And the unfortunate reality is that practically all politicians sell out,
Lt Scrounge (not verified)
October 13, 2011 - 10:56pm
Sorry JJ but you are
Sorry JJ but you are incredibly ill informed. Let me educate you a bit.
1. Wealth is accumulated assets.
2. Income is the process of accumulating wealth
3. Income tax has absolutely NOTHING to do with wealth (accumulated assets) only the ability to accumulate wealth. Once the wealth is accumulated, income taxes will not impact the wealthy. It will however insure that those who work hard to accumulate wealth will have far less success doing so, thereby INCREASING the amount of wealth controlled by your imaginary 1%. Therefore, the means by which to spread the wealth around is to REDUCE tax rates thereby encouraging productivity and investment.
For example, despite being a trust fund recipient with full access to hundreds of millions of dollars of wealth accrued by his boot legging father, by modern Democrat standards Ted Kennedy would be considered upper middle class because his only claimed source of income was his Senate salary of $170,000 a year. Do you really consider the Kennedys as middle class?
The entire economic melt down was a result of bad government. It was a result of the community reinvestment act that was used to require banks to make loans to people without the ability to repay them. The loans were then bought, without adequate underwriting, by FNMA and FHLMC and converted into securities that were sold to investors who were unaware that the securities were NOT the A+ rated bonds that they were presented as. While the legislation was designed to allow people of limited credit to purchase a home, once the Clinton administration started using the Janet Reno Justice Dept to threaten and intimidate banks, and Clinton appointees Jaime Gorelick, and Franklin Raines began gaming the system to pad their wallets, it went out of control pushing the economy ever closer to the drain. Repeated attempts by the Bush administration to rein in the out of control FNMA and FHLMC were met with loud, obnoxious protests from Democrat politicians, most notably Maxine Waters who claimed that the investigation that lead to Franklin Raines resignation was entirely racially motivated. I guess the fact that he had collected over $95 MILLION in bonuses over a 7 year period (over $25 million of which he returned to avoid prosecution) didn't have a thing to do with why the auditors said that the accounting at FNMA bordered on fraud under his tutelage. Gorelick (one of Reno's deputies and later a member of the 9/11 commission) walked away with over $25 million in bonuses during her term at FNMA. She has returned NOTHING.
Wall Steet was conned into investing in mortgage backed securities issued by FNMA and FHLMC that were touted as government backed A+ rated bonds when they were in fact little more than junk bonds. The problem was that there were billions upon billions of dollars invested in these securities that were lost when those securities went bust. Government policies caused the near collapse of the market and with it the economy. Not the actions of brokers. BTW why aren't you and others protesting the huge bonuses (still into the millions annually) being paid to FNMA and FHLMC executives? Those aren't bonuses paid to employees by a company, they're bonuses being paid to bureaucrats with tax payer money. For that matter, why do liberals protest the salaries of business executives but don't say anything about the insane salaries paid to athletes or entertainers?
JJ (not verified)
October 14, 2011 - 4:26am
Veterans and the occupy movement
Educate me? EDUCATE ME?? Listen blowhard, you can write volumes of excuciating deatils of all the accumulated "sins" of all those Dems you so obviously choose to blame for every economic boondogle in our national economy--you mention no villians here but Democrats--and you still don't get it, do you? This is not a partisan issue for me--I'm not just blaming Republicans for feeding at the Trough of Greed--did I ever say that the Kennedys are "middle class", or argue that Joe Kennedy wasn't a bootlegger? Did I ever say that professional athletes or entertainers weren't earning bundles? By your logic though, their income helps to buoy the economy while encouraging excellence (at something). You're tilting at windmills, not arguing with me.
We all know that income tax doesn't really reapportion wealth-it doesn't touch accumulated wealth-which is precisely why a wealthy Franklin Roosevelt was able to sell the idea initially to calm the panic of the wealthy families and politicians he knew. On a similar note, it's awfully difficult to argue that corporations which publically trade on the market aren't acting "in the public interest" when they make decisions which help to maximize their profits--every Union invests for the benefit of their members and every retirement plan has similar investment diversity --investments which both shore up the economy (and "Wall St.") as well as making unionized workers part of the economic cycle. I never called Capitalism a curse--it's just the incredible gap between that wealthy 1% and everybody else which is so jarring--and it sure isn't a partisan issue (not with our "two" Parties, anyway) Why do we have a deduction for "business expenses"? That's easy; to encourage the reinvestment of capital--a smart billionaire simply keeps buying more, invessting in development, and earning essentailly "nothing" in a fiscal year as his profits and losses/expenditures in development flatline. Raising taxes wouldn't touch that dynamic--and no politician, Republican or Democrat, in the US would ever dream of suggesting the elimination of that deduction. No reapportionment of wealth here. Tax breaks abound in a system like ours, and I'm not surely suggesting that they are all wrong. Similarly, though, it's hard to criticise those same corporations who shift all their jobs overeas, increasing the pain of the American working class(or actually unemployed or under-employed class), when they can manufacture their products at "slave wages" in (Communist???) China, when that action supports the fiduciary duty they owe their shareholders (who, as I mentioned, might be the very unions who are thereby supporting their own extinction) to improve their profit margin.
The problem for me is the absence of protective tarrifs with teeth and more than that the priorities our system has---with no commmitment to public education(including Headstart--which was a success), national healthcare, sensible energy development, veteran healthcare, and many other programs which improved the society as a whole, by cutting taxes we underfunded needed supports in our economy and put unholy pressure on the majority-eclipsing the American Dream for millions. No, don't presume through your partisan posturing that you "educate" me.
J. Guidry (not verified)
October 14, 2011 - 7:36am
Lt Scrounge, you are right on. It is obvious that the folks who are blaming Wall St for all the economies ills are not students of history. The CRA of the Carter era was the starting point for the current economic mess. Then doubled down over the decades by "progressive" administrations. These folks need to go back and look at how it all evolved since the early part of the 20th century. Few realize that the democraps have been behind it all, including the battle for Civil Rights. The left hijacked credit for the civil rights movement once they saw it was futile to continue fighting against it. And, the evidence clearly points out where the problem began. Those who will refuse to see the evidence as you pointed it out, just don't want to come to the logical conclusions directed by the evidence.
Those who refuse to see that the far left is behind these protests need to study more history of how the left destroys countries. They are blind or ignorant or both. Sad.
Kudos, Lt Scrounge, keep up the good posts.
JJ (not verified)
October 14, 2011 - 8:38am
Veterans and the Occupy movement
That's just weird-- you say"the left hijacked credit for the Civil Rights movement once they saw it was futile to continue fighting against it" You never heard of lefties Eugene Debs, A. Philip Randolph, The International Labor Defence and the Scottboro Boys trial, the African Blood Brotherhood? . I don't know what history book you read...you think the left fought against the Civil Rights Movement? Not on this planet.
BT (not verified)
October 18, 2011 - 11:53pm
I believe the idea that if we
I believe the idea that if we took all the wealth and divided evenly among everyone in a short time the very same 1 percent would eventually control 90% all over again. Its not government or stealing that make these people wealthy its knowledge, hard work, sacrifice and a host of other qualities that gets them there. That's why most people who win the lottery end up broke after a few years.
cruzer (not verified)
October 27, 2011 - 8:07pm
BT it is not their hard work
BT it is not their hard work and sacrifice that got them there. No one gets that rich all by themselves. There is some measure of work but, It is who they know and what they have on one another that makes for the power. For that reason only, you are probably correct those same 1 % would regain control IF We let down our guard again.
Our mothers and fathers or grandparents helped put through the Glass Steagal Act (I hope I spelled that correctly) which prohibited exactly what got us into this mess - the merging of consumer banking with investment banking - in other words, Billionaires got to play with OUR money FOR FREE- just like in the 1920's. Then when they lost it all they wanted it to come out of OUR checking accounts and not theirs. At least in the 1929 crash, the wealthy tried to right the markets on their own because they at least had the dignity to be Americans first and wealthy second.The protests are aimed at this fact and the lack of accountability so far. You want to defend those who are afraid of personal responsibility, that is your right.
I don't mind people getting wealthy, I do mind those who want to come crying when they lose it all through their own actions.
It was and is knowing fraud on the part of the financial sector that caused this meltdown despite all the railing against Fannie and Freddie who did NOT do the bundling of securities and who did not rate the securities that failed and who did not make up the derivative model of gambling, er, investing that FAILED. The protesters are saying quite clearly we should not be rewarding failure at the top. If you want an example of what is still wrong look at the last CEO of Hewlett Packard who got almost 23 million FOR FAILING miserably. Not only that he failed at the job he had before that! And yet, the top 1% want us to believe they have to pay such big salaries for talent - if their only talent is to fail and collect a big bonus let the rest of the American people in on it.
RWIce (not verified)
October 27, 2011 - 7:27pm
Bad Governance
This was caused by BAD GOVERNANCE… we can vote out bad governments (so far) until they destroy the Constitution of the United States. Yes the wealthy 1% controls 90%. The 1 % at some point took the risk to get rich. Who do you work for? Is he/she rich? FLAT TAX and everyone pay's the same. Yes I have heard that is unfair for the lower end folks, But is it? They at the lower end get all kinds of hand outs freebees. Stuff the upper middle/middle class don't get.
I am the 53%
December 6, 2011 - 1:20am
Public Education is funded
Public Education is funded just fine if one removes administrative redundancy and union gouging. Why do you rail against the successful? These folks already pay the lion's share of the nation's taxes. Why are you in favor of punishing the successful, they have done exactly as they should. They strove to be the very best they could be and succeeded at doing so. Why do they owe anyone a living at their expense? If your answer is they can afford it, that makes you in favor of theft. Being able to afford anything is not an automatic obligation to provide (or purchase) that thing.
If you are upset by these people making a profit, quit purchasing their products. Go out and manufacture your own products. If you don't like the cost of any given college or university find one that doesn't cos as much. However, regardless of where you finally choose to go, the cost of attending is your cost and no one should pay for anyone else to attend an intitution of higher education. The rich (whatever that means) owe the rest of the nation nothing in addition to what they already pay in taxes.
Finally, if you can't find a job, or are under-employed, blame the government for running our industries off shore. Wall Street and bankers didn't do it. Right now the only thing that bankers are guilty of, is not loaning money that the government gave them. In the long run, this too is the government's fault. The President's administration handed out TARP bonuses to the banks at the onset of the administration and the country got screwed. BLAME the Obama for not seeing it coming; it is his fault, not some esoteric thing labeled the rich.
December 6, 2011 - 1:23am
Public Education is funded
Public Education is funded just fine if one removes administrative redundancy and union gouging. Why do you rail against the successful? These folks already pay the lion's share of the nation's taxes. Why are you in favor of punishing the successful, they have done exactly as they should. They strove to be the very best they could be and succeeded at doing so. Why do they owe anyone a living at their expense? If your answer is they can afford it, that makes you in favor of theft. Being able to afford anything is not an automatic obligation to provide (or purchase) that thing.
If you are upset by these people making a profit, quit purchasing their products. Go out and manufacture your own products. If you don't like the cost of any given college or university find one that doesn't cost as much. However, regardless of where you finally choose to go, the cost of attending is your cost and no one should pay for anyone else to attend an intitution of higher education. The rich (whatever that means) owe the rest of the nation nothing in addition to what they already pay in taxes.
Finally, if you can't find a job, or are under-employed, blame the government for running our industries off shore. Wall Street and bankers didn't do it. Right now the only thing that bankers are guilty of, is not loaning money that the government gave them. In the long run, this too is the government's fault. The President's administration handed out TARP bonuses to the banks at the onset of the administration and the country got screwed. BLAME the Obama for not seeing it coming; it is his fault, not some esoteric thing labeled the rich.
Aardbark (not verified)
October 13, 2011 - 2:47pm
Occupy Wall Street
I'm very proud of every veteran that is participating. We have witnesses a shift of wealth from the middle income and lower income classes to the very wealthy. Gee, why can't they pay their share. Why do they have hundreds of accountants to find every possible way to screw the government. We do need a tax code overhaul but we can start simply by removing all the special breaks for oil, farmers, construction projects, and so forth. Oh, don't touch the depreciation for landlords, because I am one. :)
Vito4260 (not verified)
October 13, 2011 - 3:14pm
Redistribution of wealth...
I recall serving in the military to PREVENT shit like this from happening. You petty sniveling tells me you never amounted to much in life and your one of those CRYBABIES that blames all your problems on everyone but yourself. STUDY HISTORY! READ THE CONSTITUTION!
Mike Tomczak (not verified)
October 13, 2011 - 2:50pm
Vets foor the occupy movement
Shameful. We don't even know who's behind it, nor what they really want?
A lot of the Cops who "alledgedly mace little girls" are Vets! This whole protest thing is tired.
As a Vet myself, I find this an embarassment.
Jason B. (not verified)
October 13, 2011 - 3:13pm
Mike, they have video of it
Mike, they have video of it all over the internet, it's not "alleged".
December 6, 2011 - 1:31am
Well, yes and no; the
Well, yes and no; the students that were ordered to disperse (stop blocking a public way) and refused by locking arms making it harder to remove them. The police used non-lethal force to remove them as they are entitled to do.
However, there were no little girls or little boys in the group illegally blocking a public way.
The use of the word little in relation to these folks is blatantly false.
Dan (not verified)
October 13, 2011 - 3:07pm
Veterans and the Occupy movement
Veterans as well as other U.S. citizens should be able to support this movement just as many have supported the tea party and other movements. Like any other organization, if you don't agree with it, just don't join it. But don't try to dictate what others can or cannot do.
Jordynne Olivia Lobo (not verified)
October 13, 2011 - 3:10pm
OWS & uniforms
Are there Communists invovled in these chiefly unarticulated Occupy protests? Probably. Do Communists run or puppet these protests? Probably. Is it illegal to be a Communist? Nope. It's the union participation that really galls me - especially if the unions are public sector workers unions, whose members jobs and fat bennies packages and pensions are pumped-up by what amounts to blackmail of our elect. As far as wearing military uniforms in these gatherings is concerned, I have just two words of Great Depression precedent for everyone to ponder: the Bonus Army, and look what Dougout Doug MacArthur did to those poor guys and their families.
Marnyarnold Arnold (not verified)
October 13, 2011 - 3:13pm
What do they want? They want
What do they want? They want the rich to pay their share of the bill for democracy, for a change. They want jobs, especially for those who did their duty only to return to no job, no home, no future. They want an education that will not cost them the next thirty years of their lives with no job to pay it off with. They want the banksters, whose greed and treason have brought this country to it's knees, to go to jail for their fraud, embezzlement, and theft. They want what their grandfathers had: a chance to work for a living wage that will give their families a decent life.
As Americans who answered our country's call, isn't that what we wanted for ourselves and our children.
cruzer (not verified)
October 27, 2011 - 6:13pm
You are right. We want
You are right. We want accountability.
RWIce (not verified)
October 27, 2011 - 7:33pm
You want accountability, I too want accountability! I demand accountability from the Political Leaders who have allowed this to happen! both Republican and Dems and Independants... I am infuriated at the elected officials and I VOTE. I wish I could vote for them all because I would vote them all out and start new. Sorry for the few good ones like D Issa
Mike Wood (not verified)
October 13, 2011 - 3:22pm
The Anti-Wall St Movemont
As a old Veteran, I would never support this Marxist Movement..... If there are any Criminal actions commited by the Wall St people, then charges shoulds be filed on those responciable & let the courts determine the outcome... This is only a showing by the extreme left using any & all people to further their cause.. Collapse & Restart the Govt System into the New Socialist/Marxist System they want America to become.......
S/SGT Lynn (not verified)
October 13, 2011 - 3:58pm
You are 100% right!! I am bewildered by VETS defending what is a SOCIALIST movement!!!It is time for OATH KEEPERS to take up arms and be prepared to defend the CONSTITUTION against all enemies!
RWIce (not verified)
October 27, 2011 - 7:36pm
I am with you
Oath Keeper, 53% and 100% for the Constitution of the US.
Doug (not verified)
October 31, 2011 - 11:24pm
"The spirit of resistance to
"The spirit of resistance to government is so valuable on certain occasions, that I wish it to be always kept alive. It will often be exercised when wrong, but better so than not to be exercised at all. I like a little rebellion now and then."
Jason (not verified)
October 13, 2011 - 3:27pm
Not sure I've ever read of
Not sure I've ever read of thread of comments as lame and uninformed as all this crap. Seriously, where are you people getting the "Red Scare" from? Have you lost it?
This is what this is about. If you're not pissed about this, they YOU are the one-party lovers. "Communists", give me a f*cking break.
cruzer (not verified)
October 27, 2011 - 8:24pm
Point taken. I find it odd
Point taken. I find it odd that events where participants went ARMED and proudly took pictures of being armed in public gatherings were barely noticed by police but unarmed protesters are continuously monitored by Police at a cost that far outweighs any threat. I am not sure which minority involvement I should be more concerned about.
Anonymous (not verified)
October 17, 2011 - 3:11pm
Do you know anything about
Do you know anything about Thomas Piketty and Emmanuel Saez? Don't just look at the chart find out how the economist determine income. Be very skeptical it isn't what it appears to be.
cruzer (not verified)
October 27, 2011 - 6:17pm
Thanks for the chart. Maybe a
Thanks for the chart. Maybe a picture can prove the point to those who appear dogmatically challenged.
robert petersen (not verified)
October 13, 2011 - 3:34pm
Bravo, Jason
It's the uninformed who are on display here who really put this nation at risk of falling further and further into Fascist rule. Jason-you called it on the button, I couldn't have said it better.
Jason (not verified)
October 13, 2011 - 3:58pm
Now THAT is funny. Aw, I
Now THAT is funny. Aw, I just want to pet one of them and tell them life will get better.


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No sooner had Larry King made his brief, classy announcement that he's stepping down from his weeknight CNN talk show this fall, did the ongoing speculation about his replacement hit overdrive.
That's understandable – King, for a quarter-century, has been the bespectacled, increasingly craggy face of CNN and his name alone invites royal puns about succession. Besides, the media loves a good who's-next TV story, even if slots on the network nightly newscasts, late-night talk shows and afternoon gabfests aren't as vaunted as they were in the hey days of Cronkite, Carson and Winfrey.
But we'll posit that the key question isn't what big name should be CNN's next marquee host as much as what should the show become?
These, of course, are intricately related queries – the host's personality and journalism chops, or lack thereof, will drive the program. But perceived star power shouldn't drive CNN's decision.
We'll suggest that CNN executives take their time this summer to think hard and creatively about how to reclaim the hour the network once staked out as its own – and take the franchise into an uncertain future.
When "Larry King Live" debuted 25 years ago, CNN was the only 24-hour cable news network, and the show was the only place in primetime where viewers could see live interviews with newsmakers of the day, and the occasional celebrity.
King's conversational, non-confrontational style, if not exactly hard-hitting journalism, generally served the viewers well, particularly early on. He was interactive before the Internet, letting callers ask the tough questions – a device he transferred from his storied, too-often-overlooked career in radio.
He got out of radio before the talk branch of the medium became dominated by those trafficking in, at best, provocation, and, at worst, hate. But King, whose ratings have plummeted in the last year, is exiting TV in an age where partisanship, sometimes bordering on demagoguery, too often fuels news network talk shows.
Which leaves CNN executives with tough decisions: Do they go the way of the competition and enlist a host with an unabashed point of view (like King's choice of guest for Tuesday's announcement – Bill Maher)? Do they go to a hard-news-of-the-day format, ala "Nightline" in the Ted Koppel years (Anderson Cooper or someone else in the CNN stable)? Do they go for a "personality" and let celebrity power the show (King's professed favorite Ryan Seacrest)? Do they go for someone as comfortable with fluff as gravitas (Katie Couric)?
Or do they rewrite the formula in a bid to attract a younger audience that doesn't care much about time slots and is more likely to get its news, commentary and insight online than from TV (your guess is as good as ours)?
The decision likely will say as much about the quest for ratings as it will about CNN's long-term commitment to retaining its image – accurate or not – as the news network for viewers who haven't necessarily made up their minds.
King, especially in recent years, took more than his fair share of ribbing and criticism – for everything from his personal travails to his off-the-cuff, sometimes cornball, occasionally clueless, questioning style. But let's give the man his due: unlike many TV show hosts these days, he does more listening than talking.
As for CNN's next big idea, we're all ears.
Hester is founding director of the award-winning, multi-media NY City News Service at the City University of New York Graduate School of Journalism. He is the former City Editor of the New York Daily News, where he started as a reporter in 1992. Follow him on Twitter.


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A surfer in Santa Cruz was running late for his competition so he was forced to improvise.
That improvisation came in the form of a jump off a cliff 30 feet high and into the Pacific Ocean.
"He timed it perfectly," photographer Allen Hughes told The Daily Mail.
The same could be said of Hughes, who captured the spectacular photo of this anonymous surfer in midair as a huge wave cascaded behind him.
Hughes was alert to the possibility that an intriguing scenario was unfolding at Lighthouse Point.
"Everyone else was watching the surfers out at sea, but then I noticed this guy running along Lighthouse Point," Hughes told the Mail. "I watched for quite a while and before each heat the surfers would climb down to the end of Lighthouse Point and make a smaller 10 foot jump.
"I noticed this guy run down to the end, he was late for his heat."
That was Hughes' cue to lock in on him.
"I could tell he was anxious so I focused my camera on him and before anyone knew it, he ran and jumped off the cliff," Hughes said. "He timed it perfectly and landed just behind the white water and paddled out. I never did find out who he was. The cliff itself must be 30 foot high and the waves were maybe higher."
Although we can all marvel at the artistic quality of Hughes' shot, it ought not to be overlooked that the surfer got away with a rash decision. Not to be a ghoulish buzzkill here, but the outcome could've been far less favorable.
Hopefully this was crazy enough to dissuade any copycats jumpers, and perhaps it can be a lesson to all surfers: Pay attention to the time.
For those hardcore photography buffs that might be curious about the gear, according to Metro, Hughes, 65, captured the moment with a Nikon D300S.


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Minka Kelly may be the "Sexiest Woman Alive", but being dubbed "Babe of the Year" isn't a bad consolation prize for Scarlett Johansson. The Hollywood goddess recently had the title bestowed upon her by GQ, reports the New York Daily News.
ScarJo lands on the cover of the forthcoming "Men of the Year" issue, which hits newsstands November 23.
In lauding the famously curvaceous actress, the men's magazine says that, "At 26, she remains fresh-faced, curious, trying on new moods and outlets of expression as easily as she changes her hair color. This is what we love about Scarlett: that she's game, that she's good, that she can try on all these guises without seeming to try too hard. And all the while still seem genuinely like the observant, inquisitive (and very cute) girl in transition we fell for in Lost in Translation."
U.S. & World
The starlet, who is part of one of Hollywood's young power couples - she's married to actor Ryan Reynolds - maintains that she's not that interesting when she's off the silver screen.
"I'm still trying to figure out what to do when I'm not making movies," she said in an interview with the magazine. "I just don't do that many things."
Selected Reading: GQ, NY Daily News, Newser


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US national team midfielder Graham Zusi reached international hero status on Tuesday night when his stoppage-time goal to tie Panama erased a miserable Hexagonal qualifying campaign for Mexico, giving the USMNT's fiercest rival one last chance to qualify for next summer's World Cup in Brazil.
The reactions of El Tri fans in the minutes and hours following Zusi's inadvertent heroics, some captured in these Internet memes, swept across the Internet like a tidal wave. Even television broadcasters kneeled at the feet of the USMNT and hailed them as heroes and saviors. Zusi is shooting for free vacations for life, and maybe he should get them.
Now back with his club team, Sporting Kansas City, Zusi was recognized on Thursday as the savior of Mexico's World Cup dreams by a small group of El Tri fans, spearheaded by local Spanish-language radio station La Gran D, at the club's training facility.
Zusi was presented with the following framed photo — the Saint Zusi meme spawned on Tuesday night — and a plaque of thanks from La Gran D on behalf of all Mexican soccer fans.
Picture being presented to @gzusi today by Mexico fans pic.twitter.com/RKwernqEj9— Thad (@TheBackpost) October 17, 2013
To go along with the Zusi picture pic.twitter.com/xBwYXHaSHH— Thad (@TheBackpost) October 17, 2013
And then this happened.
San Zusi @gzusi #USMNT pic.twitter.com/HsAVkIt9dE— Thad (@TheBackpost) October 17, 2013
Forever immortalized #sanzusi pic.twitter.com/Hhp5uQCSxm— Sporting Kansas City (@SportingKC) October 17, 2013
This happened after training today #saintzusi pic.twitter.com/EUzAcpQn2Q— Sporting Kansas City (@SportingKC) October 17, 2013
That's an Internet photoshop meme, turned real life and this is now beyond our comprehension of awesomeness.


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Meggy Macintosh is a 15 year-old orphan, living with relatives in Edinburgh, who longs to emigrate to America. She is sure that she will find adventure there and locate Flora MacDonald. Meggy secures passage to Wilmington where she makes friends and even finds Flora. Meggy loves America, but the coming of the Revolutionary War tests that love.
Check this title's availability in the UNC-Chapel Hill Library catalog.


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T ricky bullets beget tricky problems, death-wise, legal-wise and otherwise. The yearly appearance of ammunition new and strange reminds me of the kaleidoscopically colorful fishing lures that change constantly on the merchandise hooks at Walmart. They're designed to catch anglers, not fish.
The new bullet on the block this year is a dazzler. The Multiple Impact™ Bullet (MI™ Bullet) is made by Advanced Ballistic Concepts. When fired, the slug separates into three pieces tethered by cords. The array spins like a propeller and upon impact saws a salad-bowl-sized slice out of the bad guy.
The advertising emphasizes that, because of the array's 14-inch spread, even dithery amateurs (your name goes here) can't miss. The photos show targets zapped impressively at 25 feet. You might infer that, with such ammo, you can shoot attackers from farther away!
Dream on.
When you fire in self-defense, you have two problems: staying alive and staying out of prison. Behind the attacker comes the popo, and behind them the Red Queen, Angela Corey, and her prosecutorial minions. Unless the attacker is a stranger who breaks into your home, and the corpse you create drops conveniently inside the threshold, nothing will be certain. Here's a more likely scenario:
You foolishly drive at night through an ash-can neighborhood like mine, where lowlifes lean on lampposts 24/7. Everybody on the block except you is selling crank, crack, heroin or a combination thereof. At the red light at Market and Union, a guy yells, "Gimme your car," then pulls a pistol and fires. His bullet misses. Yours hits.
Everybody stares at the twitching corpse. Nobody notices a kid who grabs the bad guy's gun as it skitters across the asphalt and then disappears at full gallop into the shadows. You and God know it was a righteous kill, but you're the only ones.
As God will not be your witness, you have only the onlookers. Some will be serving time on probation or free on bail. Some will be … More
"Off with his head!" shouted state attorney Angela Corey, the Red Queen, after she declared she'd prosecute Michael Dunn a second time for Murder One. The first jury hung, or choked, on whether the rage triggered by raunchy rap and some "fuck you"s was sufficient to constitute premeditation in the shooting death of Jordan Davis.
"Off with his head!" echoed Seventh Circuit State Attorney R.J. Larizza. The Knave of Hearts, he stole Corey's tarts by charging Christopher Fries with Murder One after he shot Paul Crookshank in a beery brawl outside the Giggling Gator, a louche lounge somewhere between St. Augustine's Bridge of Lions and the Road to Perdition.
Corey's prosecution of Dunn was incompetent, as the learned Larizza's will be, because both are overcharging their defendants. Murder One requires premeditation, defined thusly by the Florida Supreme Court: " 'Killing with premeditation' is killing after consciously deciding to do so. … The law does not fix the exact period of time that must pass between the formation of the premeditated intent to kill and the killing. The period of time must be long enough to allow reflection by the defendant."
Do prosecutors think enough time elapsed between the "fuck" and the "you" of the Dunn case to constitute premeditation? Do they think, in the Fries case, that the moment between the smack of the haymaker and the splat of butt on asphalt was long enough for any meditation, pre- or non-? In the vapor of law school seminars, where angels dance on pinheads splitting hairs, it's clever to argue the existence of "instantaneous premeditation." Try selling that to a jury.
As annoying as prosecutors' soap-operatic flourishes (weeping relatives, TV-camera indignation) is their practice of presenting a jury with a smorgasbord of frequently unappetizing charges. Corey indicted Dunn for first-degree murder, second-degree murder, manslaughter, attempted murder, attempted manslaughter, launching a deadly missile … More
If I hear more twaddle about Stand Your Ground, I'm gonna hurl. It's a single sentence in Florida's self-defense law that says, when attacked, you have no duty to retreat, but can shoot, stab, bludgeon, punch, kick or bite to save your life. Many states already have, or are adopting, similar language.
The notoriety of the phrase derives from ignorance, willful and otherwise. Stand Your Ground sets the boundary for the area in which self-defense may lawfully occur. It was not applicable in the Trayvon Martin shooting, since George Zimmerman was not standing but, according to two eyewitnesses, flat on his back. It was equally inapplicable in the prosecution of Michael Dunn, who will spend the rest of his life in prison precisely because he did not stand his ground, but instead charged Jordan Davis, killed him, then fired into a retreating vehicle. Florida law denies self-defense claims to aggressors.
So why the uproar to change the law? A peek behind the political curtain will suffice. During Stand Your Ground appearances in the capitol rotundas of Tallahassee, Columbus, Ohio and Springfield, Ill., the weeping families of the dead stood front and center before the cameras. On either side, however, were the real players, the plaintiff's bar. Conspicuously absent were prosecutors, defense attorneys and police.
Civil attorneys are not parties to prosecutions, so what's their interest? It's the second part of the Stand Your Ground law, which in Florida says: "A person who uses force as permitted … is justified in using such force and is immune from criminal prosecution and civil action."
In Stand Your Ground states, you can't sue anyone for wrongful death and civil damages who is found to have acted in self-defense. Likewise, it's nearly impossible to sue someone acquitted on the basis of self-defense.
After a loved one is killed, it's customary to call a personal injury lawyer before you call an undertaker. There's no criticism here. It's … More
It's nearly spring, a time when college students tire of N-dimensional geometry puzzles, the raptures of Wordsworth and the difficulties of deciding if Napoleon was a hero or a monster. Soon they will flock to Florida to spend their parents' money and give Anheuser-Busch distributors a second Christmas.
The dummies will go to Daytona Beach to find chill winds, a cold ocean and sharks too sluggish to nip off hands and feet as they do so playfully in summer. The smarties will head south to Key West, where temps will be in the 80s and the hibiscus in bloom.
Even better, Key West cops will have changed procedures. Instead of making misdemeanor arrests, they will issue Notices to Appear for indiscretions such as carrying open booze and beer containers, wee-weeing on historic buildings, ralphing corn dogs and fries into the crystalline waters, indecorous display of magnificent breasts, and the usual scuffling over women, sports teams and manhood.
The miscreants will be processed immediately through ad hoc Spring Break courts, fined $40 and assigned eight hours of picking up beer cans, sandwich wrappers and used condoms from city streets. The punishment is condign and leaves enough credit on Mater and Pater's cards to stoke local merchants, hoteliers and restaurateurs before the next hurricane comes.
Under this mild regime, roisterers are duly restrained and returned to school without criminal records that cause annoying problems with future job interviews and scholarship applications. It's all quite civilized.
These NTAs work in Key West at Spring Break, but they could work everywhere all the time. Consider Jacksonville's petty offenders. They are, alas, less frolicsome than the college kids. They drink, drug and brawl through the Kit-Kat and other noisome clubs. They holler at, pound, bite, scratch and yank out the hair of their spouses and fuck-buddies. They don't use lights on their bicycles at night and — horrors — often walk on streets … More
There's nothing like a marquee murder trial to bring angry litigants, gang hitters, attention-seekers and nut jobs out of the moonshine and into the sunlight. Security was sure to be tight at the Michael Dunn murder trial last week. So, disguised as a doddery senior citizen, I checked it out. I limped through the metal detectors, stumbled upstairs and down, and stuck my nose into offices, jury rooms, courtrooms and bathrooms.
I placed suspicious packages in trash cans and news boxes, carried metal through the magnetometers unchallenged and spent an hour in an ideal sniper hide, ranging targets and pondering how many people a bad guy could kill with a Walmart rifle with a not-so-straight barrel.
I hobbled around the building several times, pushed doors and poked into the unfenced power boxes near Clay Street to figure out how to pop the brass JEA locks, open the doors and blow the juice. Inside, for an hour, I cased the metal detectors from a nearby bench, stared intently at X-ray screens, scrutinized pat-downs and wand scans, and made obvious notes with a bright red pen in a huge black-and-orange folio.
Nobody said squat. To vanish from official scrutiny, it is only necessary to blink frequently and mutter at odd intervals, "What's the frequency, Kenneth?"
Several months ago, Folio Weekly published a cover story, "Soft Target" [Sept. 11, 2013], in which I concluded that the $112 million a year the city spends on courthouse security is largely wasted, that security fails to meet the minimum standards set by the National Center for State Courts, and that a non-clever killer could easily place a bomb outside the building or carry a handgun inside to blast whichever juror, witness, attorney or judge had annoyed him.
So, with extra guys laid on for the Dunn trial, was security any better?
Nope. Let's review:
1. Metal detectors. I carry about eight ounces of metal in an artificial knee and always set off the detectors. Not once in the dozens of times … More
When I was young, shooting rats on rocks was what you did in Neptune Beach in the summer. Before the federal government spent millions to pump sand from offshore to restore our local beaches, there was, at high water, no beach at all. There were rocks and rats.
The rocks were granite boulders; the rats were flossy 5-pounders, fat from eating dead fish, garbage, sea cooties and the occasional oyster. Against gray rocks, gray rats are almost invisible. The key to shooting them is to use bleach. When you pour it into the crannies, the rats boil up with white bulls-eyes on their fur where the Clorox hit.
With bourbon in a Dixie cup and a box of shells, I whiled away many afternoons blasting vermin, yukking it up when the ricochets whizzed overhead, watching the slugs splash into the ocean.
At no time while I was blowing up rats did it occur to me that someone might walk or swim or drive a boat into one of those bullets. I never inquired as to the range of a .22 magnum fired from that rifle. Bourbon, bullets and a hot sun will do that.
No doubt you're thinking, "Those were the bad old days. In this shiny new century, that stuff is strictly illegal." You'd be strictly wrong. Discharging firearms from private property was legal then. It's more legal now.
Back in the day, cities and counties could limit shooting with ordinances for zoning, noise abatement and health and safety. Now they can't. In 1987, the state Legislature passed Florida Statute 790.15, which bans local governments from enforcing any firearms ordinances. In 2005, then-Attorney General Charlie Crist wrote the definitive opinion: "It is well settled that absent a general law stating otherwise, local governments have no authority to regulate firearms in any manner."
There is an exception: Local police can arrest anyone shooting recklessly or negligently. This sounds more important than it is. Any violation is a misdemeanor, subject to the misdemeanor presence rule that requires … More
At first glance, George Zimmerman's painting of State Attorney Angela Corey, executed in vermilion, carnelian, rhodamine, yellow and orange, is bizarre. With its rough strokes, it resembles the maniac wall daubs that are de rigueur for television serial killers who always have human blood around to paint runes, witchcraft symbols and mysterious messages.
To Duval County Courthouse denizens, however, it's hilarious. Corey is famous for the erubescent rages for which her predecessor, Harry Shorstein, fired her. When she terminated Ben Kruidbos, the IT director who testified that she withheld evidence from Zimmerman's attorneys, the rubor of the ensuing litigation and the uproar in the press were of equal magnitude.
Among criminal defendants, she is the scarlet virago of maximum charges, maximum bail and maximum sentences. To her supporters, she is justice incarnate; to her detractors, outrage incarnadine.
Red becomes her.
Who knew that George was a wit? Not the nattering classes, which pegged him as a loser and cop wannabe, terms repeated endlessly, like echoes in the empty canyon of modern journalism. I suspected otherwise, initially when I listened to him speak Spanish, his best language, and later when he arrived at trial with a quarter-million bucks he'd scored on the Internet for his defense. The sale of his first painting, of an American flag with blue stripes, for $108,000, reinforced this impression.
In exacting some tiny payback on his tormentor, his choice of weapons was interesting. Nearly all prisoners, under a rough blanket in the solitude of a cell, dream of smashing the skulls of the prosecutors who put them there. Zimmerman chose, instead of a club, the paintbrush.
This is insightful. Most elected officials are notably humorless and irony-challenged. When teased with a funny painting or a bon mot that has more than one meaning, they're helpless.
Zimmerman made his artwork by projecting a photograph onto canvas and painting over … More
You can almost understand how, when Michael Jackson pimped a kid out from under his parents, the mom and dad would fall for it: limos, jets, front-row seats, shopping sprees at Neiman. About those teddy-bear sleepovers? No worries. Gimme my Rolex!
It's more difficult to get why Rayne Perrywinkle and her daughter Cherish jumped into a van at a Dollar General on Lem Turner Road last June with a strange man who offered them a Walmart gift card. She then allowed her 8-year-old daughter go alone with this man, supposedly to a McDonald's inside the Walmart.
Donald James Smith was a four-time loser with jolts for indecent exposure to a child, kidnapping, kiddie porn and burglary. He raped and murdered Cherish, then dumped her body along a muddy bank of Half Branch Creek among the camphor and pine.
He's on trial this week for capital rape and murder one. His only options are life or the needle. Smith himself prefers the slow drip of the death cocktail. Having spent much of his adult life in Florida prisons, he knows that child murderers don't do well. In general population, he could look forward to nightly after-dinner beatings, which prisoners prefer for dessert over the eternal vanilla pudding.
So how do these monsters cozen parents and cozy up to kids? They are extraordinarily insinuating. Child molesters have the intellects of adults but the emotions of children. They can empathize because, deep down, they are children. They know exactly what fascinates kids because it fascinates them. Often they stock their houses with the best candy, the best games, the most fun stuff. There are ice cream bars, toys, stuffed bears, horses and monkeys, and Hello Kitty in every shade of pink. Their houses are one big rock candy mountain.
Molesters take advantage of parents' exhaustion. They're always available — and I do mean always — to babysit or run errands. They can be so, so charming. The kids have so much fun. You needn't worry about a thing!
They fixate … More
When properly executed, the political fix is as mysterious as the movements of a conjuror's fingers. The marionettes may prance in full view upon the boards, but the hands that move their limbs and mouths are hidden in the shadows of a black velvet curtain. Before the media can glom onto the goings-on, the illusionist vanishes into the governmental gloom, then tiptoes out the stage door unheard and unseen.
Sheriff John Rutherford, a master of the bureaucratic arts, was uncharacteristically clumsy in his recent voiding of traffic tickets and a Notice to Appear issued to WJXT's Ashley Mitchem. First, the background: Mitchem is an on-air reporter for Channel 4. A beautiful, cheerful scofflaw, she regularly roared along First Coast thoroughfares at speeds prohibited to the lumpen law-abiding. Twice-warned, she was, on strike three, issued a traffic ticket and an NTA — a criminal summons — for the improper display of a Fraternal Order of Police decal, which is a misdemeanor most maleficent in our Sunshiny State.
The lady howled; the sheriff fixed. Usually, this would be a ho-hum exchange of favors among the media and political elite. This time, however, some emails leaked; the Times-Union clamped onto the story like a starving pitbull, and the sheriff, astoundingly, admitted to the fiddle in print.
This surprises. A more deft politician would have whispered a word to the state attorney and presiding judge and the entire matter would've been null-prossed into oblivion with nary a trace leading back to Police Memorial Building.
The moral drawn from this roadside episode was that a bullyboy cop had mistreated the lady, and the issuance of a criminal citation for a bumper decal was an outrage that cried to heaven itself for justice! No ordinary person, etc.
This conclusion is incorrect. The fraternal decal statute is one of those absurdities the Legislature routinely writes into law to pacify clamorous lobbies with no expectation that it will actually be … More
'Twas the night before Christmas,
And Glocks were on butts,
The knives were in jeans,
And kids texted, "WAZZUP?"
"SCRAP," someone said.
Badass motherfucker
Damn straight, U SUKR!
The cops said the kids who were fighting around the Regal River City Marketplace Stadium 14 theater on Christmas Eve weren't using social media. I don't believe that. New scrappers kept arriving though nobody sent up a flare. When it comes to the Internet, cops are behind the times — circa when Facebook was cool.
The kids know that cops, parents, friends and frenemies can search their phones. Maybe they used apps like SnapChat that let texts pop up on friends' phones and then vanish into the ether seconds later. Cops can retrieve them from the smartphone's flash chip, but that requires a data extractor and a warrant.
Perhaps that's how messages similar to the doggerel at the top of this column flashed across screens in Jacksonville's raggedy Northside, and why 600 teenagers who did not have Christmas Eve dinners to attend showed up ready to rumble. According to the arrest and incident reports I read, and the video I saw, the mob attempted to flash-rush the building but bounced off the locked doors.
Inside the theater itself, off-duty Officer B.R. Smith called it in, and within minutes, 60 cops came swarming. In the parking lot, the popo were on the receiving end of some "fuck-you-cracker" taunts, while girls pulled hair and clawed at boobs and faces and the boys jumped on the roofs and kicked in the body metal of those wretched Impalas local cops use as cruisers.
The police deployed pepper spray to melt hearts and minds, moved the mob away from the theater, separated out the little kids so they wouldn't get hammered, organized a parent pick-up zone for non-combatants and made five arrests — three juveniles and two teenagers over 18. Laurie-Ellen Smith, a Jacksonville Sheriff's Office flack, was dispatched to explain things to … More


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* cl.C (1 hit) > d d + B > (S)DM qcb db f + K
A fancier version of the below combo that takes off slightly more damage, and involves the stomp cancel glitch timing (more on that later).
A fancier version of the below combo that takes off slightly more damage, and involves the stomp cancel glitch timing (more on that later).
* cl.C (1 hit) > f + A > (S)DM air qcb db f + K
With DM deals about 50% and sets up a mixup afterward (see DM section).
With DM deals about 50% and sets up a mixup afterward (see DM section).
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* cl.C (1 hit) > qcb + A x 3
Meterless combo, which scores a hard knockdown, sets up an easy crossup situation, and is safe on block.
Meterless combo, which scores a hard knockdown, sets up an easy crossup situation, and is safe on block.
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Kim was the strongest Tae Kwon Do master in the world. But then he got old, and even lost to this scrub called Freeman (who is literally quite a free man) so his sons started fighting in his name. However, Chang and Choi keep convincing him to join KOF tournaments so he keeps on truckin'.
Gameplay Overview
Kim is an in-your-face character who wants to keep hitting the opponent with moves until they make a mistake. Most of his specials are safe on block, and he can annoy with long pokes and divekicks. Adding to this is his good jump arc which allows him to crossup standing opponents with just a hop. While he has tools to deal with anti-air, his reversal options are not entirely threatening, and he can be forced into mixups on oki. With some meter, Kim is able to up his bnb damage to make him more threatening, so playing him second or last is a good option.
However, if Kim is put in the first position so that he has no meter, or rather played in EX Mode, he can utilize the stomp cancel glitch without worry of having a DM come out. His offensive prowess sharply increases, and the opponent will not have time to have built meter for a GC Roll, CD counter, or DM reversal which lets Kim really go for a guardbreak.
In-depth Analysis
Kim has a lot of ways to break down defenses. The first is simply by keeping an opponent trapped and unable to act long enough that they take a risky action, which you capitalize on. All of his good specials (aka all but the charge moves) are safe on block, or can be spaced to decrease the likelihood of being punished. Divekicks are deceptively good for throwing people off, especially considering you can do one off a backwards jump. The f + A's range, combined with its startup will fool opponents into trying to take an initiative, only to be hit by kim's foot. Even if you don't cancel Kim's stomp, you have a bit of frame advantage in which you could sweep, toss out a far A, hop, or reach to the opponent.
His solid set of normals lets him do a good part of the typical high/low mixup. cr.B pressure can be used to soften the opponent up for a hop-in, keep them blocking, allow you to go for a frametrap, or you can use the initiative for a crossup j.A. Crossup setups include:
- After landing qcb + A x 3, jump forward j.A
- After cr.D, run forward into hyperhop j.A or crossup "B" version divekick.
- cr.B, hyper/short hop j.A can crossup
If they crouch, a short jump is the better option. The setup can even cross up standing opponents, but sometimes a hyperhop is needed depending on their standing hitbox/spacing. A hop is usually safe though since if you don't cross up you can continue your pressure, and you can be ambiguous on whether or not you do cross them up.
- C Throw, run forward, Hyper Hop j.A. Can utilize the Player 1 crossup glitch in the corner by doing a normal jump which will have to be blocked as a crossup.
- D Throw, run forward, Hyper Hop j.A
On defense, he can combat offenses by sticking out the correct normals, or by relying on aerial tricks to frustrate/confuse the opponent. cr.C, along with j.CD, j.B, st.B and st.D will shut down jump attempts if you utilize the correct move for the correct jump, which is a matter of knowing hitboxes and spacing. Far A works here as a defensive tool to stop opponents from running in on you, as well as forming the start of your offense.
Finally, on stomp cancels: EX Mode makes for easier consistency and increases Kim's walk speed so you have to worry less about running forward each time or accidentally triggering his ranbu. However, this forces your entire team to play EX mode, and it's possible to do the loop in Advanced mode if you can grind the execution of running forward and canceling close C on the first hit. Either method will take practice to perform the loop.
Normal Throws
- b or f + C - Kim does a spinning slam with his feet. Breakable, unrollable, back turned.
- b or f + D - Kim tosses the opponent backwards with his legs.
C throw preferable cause unrollable and back turned cross-up.
Special Moves
- Sanren Geki (qcb + P x 3) - Kim's rekka in '98. Always use the "A" version as the knockdown is better, hits more consistently, is safer on block, and the finisher is an overhead. Unlike other rekkas in this game, Kim does not move forward at all throughout his series, meaning you can't combo into it as easily or pressure as well with it. However, it is safe on block (only a GC roll can somewhat punish it depending on if you stop your series as they roll it) and works as a great pressure tool in that sense. Works best off a cl.C or cr.C, but the first two kicks will connect off a cr.A/cl.B.
- Hangetsu Zan (qcb + K) - Kim does his signature wheeling kick, which is not an overhead and does not knock down. It can function as a psychic anti-air, but is generally a bad idea. Punishable if Kim strikes deep into the opponent, but safer if he tips them. Due to this, the "D" version should not be used. The "B" version is only going to combo off of a C move, or from a canceled into f.B. Overall it can be applied as a pressure move to cancel into when outside of Kim's rekka range.
- Haki Kyaku (d d + K) - Ooh baybee. While this kick seems average at best, it's what can turn Kim into an offensive monster. First, the kick hits low and for a gimmick it will nullify grounded projectiles. The key to this move is that it is DM cancelable, but there is a programing glitch in that if Kim has no meter for a DM and inputs his (qcb,db,f + K) motion as it hits, he will cancel the Haki Kyaku, get pushed back only slightly, and have an enormous frame advantage. The frame advantage is large enough to allow Kim to run forward and do another cl.C into this move on block or hit. In fact, he can combo or blockstring three of these loops. If the opponent blocks this lockdown, they're forced to eat huge guardcrush potential, and if Kim lands a guardbreak he can continue his rep and guarantee damage from the situation.
- Hishou Kyaku (air qcf + K) - Kim can perform his divekick any time in the air, although doing it instantly or "TK-ing" it is pointless since Kim hits multiple times on the way down and wont land any if you do immediately. This multi-hitter is the more offensive form of his divekick, and it works as a great move to annoy and pressure with. The "B version causes Kim to descend at a sharp angle downward, and the "D" version goes further forward on its descent. This move is safe on block, and gives a frame advantage on hit (enough to combo off a crossup divekick even). You can link a far A off the weak version of the divekick on hit, or at the very least it becomes a tight frametrap. Deals strong chip damage, but be careful to not whiff the divekick as the recovery can be punished.
- Ryuusei Raku ((b) f + K) - A really silly move that you should not be using much. Kim does a low-hitting slide, then follows it up with a downward kick which isn't an overhead nor does it connect consistantly on hit often.
- Kuu Sajin ((d) u + P) - You should only use this move off his low hitconfirm, and always use the "C" version for more damage.
- Hien Zan ((d) u + B / (d) u + D > d + K) - Kim's razorkick. The "B" version is better as a reversal, but will still lose to large/deep hitboxes that reach deep into Kim on wakeup. Because of this, it's not a really solid reversal. If the enemy jumps in or does a sloppy aerial meaty, fire this bad boy off. The "D" version is easier to stuff, but you can follow it up with d + K for a hard knockdown.
Desperation Moves
- Hou'ou Kyaku (qcb db f + K) - Kim flies the full length of a screen and goes into a ranbu when he reaches the opponent. Adds on good damage as a combo ender, but is punishable on block. Also it's worth noting that it has a short amount of startup invulnerability up until the active hitbox comes out, so it can catch fast or poorly executed meaties to an extent as a reversal.
As soon as Kim touches the ground, run forward and you can cross under the opponent if they are not cornered. If they tech roll recover you force an ambiguous crossunder alone from the setup, or if not you have more time to set up your next mixup.
Note, can be activated if you omit the db motion; qcb f + K will register the DM.
This super may be done in the air.
- Hou'ou Tenbu Kyaku (air qcf hcb + K) - Divekick DM. Works as a good air to air if you're above the opponent, but nowhere near as good as Leona's V-slasher. However, you can buffer the motion on the ground to activate the DM faster and lower on the ground, usually to catch a poke. Hard to punish on block, so if you want to throw out a DM and try to snag the enemy pressing a button, go for this instead of his ranbu. On whiff the recovery is fierce, so watch out.
Fastest Attacks
- 0F: C throw; D throw
- 2F: cl.C
- 3F: cl.D
- 4F: cl.A; st.A; cr.A; cr.B
- 5F: cl.B; st.B
- 7F: st.D; cr.D
- 10F: CD; cr.C
- Best jump-ins:
- j.A (Can crossup.)
- air qcf + B (As a croossup.)
- cl.C (1 hit) / cr.C > d d + B > (S)DM qcb db f + K
A fancier version of the below combo that takes off slightly more damage, and involves the stomp cancel glitch timing (more on that later).
- cl.C (1 hit) / cr.C > f + A > (S)DM air qcb db f + K
With DM deals about 50% and sets up a mixup afterward (see DM section).
- f + A > (S)DM air qcb db f + K
Works even from the tip of f + A.
- cl.C (1 hit) / cr.C > qcb + A x 3
Meterless combo, which scores a hard knockdown, sets up an easy crossup situation, and is safe on block.
- cr.B, cr.B, cr.B, cr.A > (d) u + C
Kim's low hitconfirm. Omit excess cr.B as needed based on spacing.
- cr.B, cl.B / cr.A >
- (S)DM qcb db f + K
- qcp + P x 2 (Stop on second part as the thrid will miss.)
Requires close proximity.
- (cl.C (1 hit) > d d + B > qcb db f + K, run) x N, any combo
Kim's stomp cancel loop. Only work without meter. Can be finished with a stomp canceled into a (S)DM if you built enough meter doing the loop, or finished with cl.C (1 hit) > qcb + A x 3.
- air qcf + B, st.A
- Simple buffers:
- cr.B, cl.A / cl.B > (S)DM qcb db f + K
- cr.B, qcb + A/B > db f + K (As cr.B is not cancelable, qcf + A/B will chain into a normal attack.)
- cr.B, cl.A / cl.B > (S)DM qcb db f + K
Strategy Corner
- MAX: cl.C (1 hit) > qcb + A x 3
deals ??? than
- cl.C (1 hit) > f + A > air qcb db f + K
Keep this in mind, when you need to decide whether to trigger MAX or keep meter for a DM.


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