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Saturday, September 10, 2011
Ontario election is up for grabs
The polls suggest that Ontarians are likely not thrilled with the choices available to them on October 6. By the time the writ was dropped this week, the healthy lead that the Conservatives had held was essentially gone and the election was beginning to look like a 3 horse race. Then at the end of the first week a Harris/Decima polls was suggesting that the Ontario Liberals had an 11-point lead over the Conservatives. Now this might be a rogue poll, the sample size was very small, but it no longer looks like a sure thing that Tim Hudak will be Ontario's next Premier.
All through the winter Dalton McGuinty was trailing badly in the polls, but a string of later summer announcements are showing that the Liberals have been holding back. The Liberals have targeted voters that might be harder for Hudak to attract - students, women, new Canadians and seniors. Their promises include tuition grants, bringing back doctors' housecalls, tax credits for hiring immigrants and expanding spots in teachers' college programs. But after 8 years in power the Liberals are carrying some excess luggage. He is presiding over a ballooning deficit. He has introduced new taxes on three occasions (health premium, eco fees, HST) but has attempted to characterize them as something other than taxes. Taxpayers do not like evasiveness.
But what irks me is the growing nanny state. No one wants the government to tell them how to live, like the ban on cell phones while driving or the ban on junk food in school. No one really likes McGuinty who appears cold and aloof. The long list of senior ministers that have left his Cabinet is not a good sign.
Hudak has been labeling McGuinty as the 'Tax Man" for some time. Yet he has been slipping in the polls. When the Liberals proposed tax credits for hiring immigrants, Hudak suggested foreigners were being selected over Canadians. Not sure there is a wedge issue that Hudak doesn't like. His pocketbook issues has been resonating well with voters until Rob Ford stumbled through the summer months. The only politician that had a worse summer was Muammar Gaddafi. The waste in Queens Park that Hudak planned to eliminating began to sound too much live the gravy train that Ford was going to put an end to. Although Hudak is not the Tax Man, he has no plans to eliminate the HST, health premiums or the eco fees.
As for Andrea Horwarth, hardly anyone knows who she is. I think she was expecting a boost on the campaign trail from Jack Layton appearances. She still is getting some benefit from the strong NDP showing in the federal election but will it earn them any seats on October 6. She seems to be throwing out the same pocketbook issues as the Conservatives - lower gas and heating oil prices by eliminating the HST which is not going to help the deficit.
My prediction right now is a Liberal minority government though there is lots of time for some further shifting.
10 years since 9/11
June 18, 2004
Paul Johnson, an employee of Lockheed Martin working on Apache attack helicopters in Saudi Arabia, who had been kidnapped in Riyadh on June 12, is beheaded by a group claiming ties to al Qaeda. Saudi security forces kill four suspected terrorists, including the man said to head the local al Qaeda organization.
On its opening weekend Michael Moore's controversial film Fahrenheit 9/11 is the number one film in the country, with $21.8 million in ticket sales — instantly becoming the highest-grossing documentary of all time. The film, harshly critical of the Bush administration's response to the September 11 attacks and the war in Iraq, had earlier won the highest award at the Cannes Film Festival.
June 29, 2004
Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi announces that the Iraqi Interim Government will assume legal custody of Saddam Hussein and several other senior members of his regime the following day, and would be indicted on charges of crimes against humanity, genocide and war crimes the next day. The prisoners will remain in the physical custody of the U.S. until Iraq has a sufficient security infrastructure in place to hold them.
Body Disposal 101: Don't ask a neighbor to dump it in their trash
Tacoma police say a man suspected of dumping a body in a bin asked his neighbours for permission before placing the corpse in the receptacle. Police spokesman officer Mark Fulghum says after the 20-year-old suspect talked to his neighbours, they went to the bin in the 500 block of East 36th Street and saw the victim's body. Fulghum says the couple left the area, spotted two gang unit officers nearby and told them about the body and their neighbour's request to use the bin to dispose of it.
As the officers were investigating, the suspect walked out of a nearby residence and was taken into custody. A woman who asked not to be named or show her face out of fear of repercussions said her next-door neighbor came to her home and asked her to help him dispose of a body. "(He asked) if we would help him, that he just killed somebody and there was a dead body in his house, and if we would help him dispose of the body in the bin in the alley," she said. "He was really calm and laughing about it, so we thought it was a joke at first."
The woman said her friend found the body in her bin a short time later, when she said the suspect opened the lid as she was waiting to put some rubbish inside. "He lifted the lid and that's when she saw the body in there ," the woman said of her friend. "(He said) 'What do you think of this?' I think it's absolutely bizarre." Fulghum says the suspect admitted putting the dead man in the bin, but has given three or four different versions about what happened.
"He's given a few different variations of what took place," Fulghum said. "So right now, we've got to sort out those and match the evidence and get the true story." The Pierce County medical examiner is performing an autopsy to determine the cause of death. Fulghum says the victim's identification has not been confirmed yet. The suspect has been booked into the Pierce County Jail on suspicion of murder.
Friday, September 09, 2011
10 years since 9/11
May 28, 2004
The Iraqi Governing Council chooses Dr. Iyad Allawi to be Prime Minister when sovereignty begins on June 30.
May 30, 2004
Militants attack two oil industry office compounds in the Saudi Arabia town of Khobar, killing 22 and taking more than 50 hostage. After a 25-hour standoff, a raid by Saudi security forces frees the hostages and kills the operation's leader, said to be a senior al Qaeda operative. The other three gunmen escape.
June 2, 2004
In a major expansion of the military's "stop-loss" program, the Pentagon announces that thousands of soldiers in units less than 90 days from deployments in Iraq or Afghanistan will be forced to remain in the Army past the end of their service terms, for the duration of their units' deployment.
June 12, 2004
Bassam Kubba, Deputy Foreign Minister in the Iraqi Interim Government set to take control on June 30, is killed by gunmen while driving in the Adhamiya neighborhood of Baghdad. Two days earlier, Deputy Health Minister Ammar Al-Safar had narrowly avoided an assasination attempt.
June 16, 2004
A report by the staff of the independent 9/11 commission finds "no credible evidence" that Iraq had cooperated with al Qaeda in staging the attacks. According to the report, Osama bin Laden had approached the Saddam Hussein regime, but had been rebuffed.
The world according to Larry David
Thursday, September 08, 2011
Drunk elk of the day
"I thought it looked pretty bad so I called the police who sent out an on-call hunter. But while we were waiting, the neighbours and I started to saw down some of the branches and then the hunter arrived with a saw as well," said Johansson. The group tried to make the elk more comfortable but to no avail. It wasn't until the fire brigade arrived on the scene and managed to bend the tree to the point where the exhausted elk could slide out of the branches that the animal was finally freed. According to Johansson, it looked very much like the elk was severely drunk after eating too many fermenting apples.
Drunken elk are common in Sweden during the autumn season when there are plenty of apples lying around on the ground and hanging from branches in Swedish gardens. While the greedy animal was reaching ever higher to reach the delicious but intoxicating fruit, it most likely stumbled into the tree, getting itself hopelessly entangled in the branches. And from what Johansson could gather, this particular animal had been on a day-long bender. "My neighbour recognised it as the animal that almost ran into her car earlier in the day. She was pretty sure the elk was already under the influence," said Johansson.
When the inebriated elk was freed, it lay for a while on the ground, seemingly unconscious. After emergency services had ascertained that the animal was still alive, Johansson was told to keep an eye on it and call the hunter straight away if it seemed to be suffering. But by the morning the hungover animal had stood up and cautiously moved a few metres away. After a while it went on its way, although Johansson suspects it is still skulking around the neighbourhood. "We often see elk stuffing their faces with apples around here but this is the first time we found one perched in a tree," he said
Woman calls ex-boyfriend 65,000 times
Dutch prosecutors are charging a 42-year-old woman with stalking after she allegedly called her ex-boyfriend 65,000 times in the past year.
The 62-year-old victim from The Hague filed a police complaint in August due to the persistent phone calls. Police arrested the suspected stalker Monday, seizing several cell phones and computers from her home in Rotterdam.
Hague prosecution spokeswoman Nicolette Stoel said Thursday the woman argued to judges at a preliminary hearing she had a relationship with the man and the number of calls she placed to him wasn't excessive. The man denied they had a relationship.
The court ordered her not to contact him again.
That is one cray woman. That works out to 5,416 calls per month, 1,250 calls per week, 178 calls per day or 1 call every 8 minutes. Can you imagine a call every 8 minutes for an entire year. She is eventually going to hunt him down and cut off his pecker. I know she's got it in her.
Woman stuffs her dead roommate in suitcase to avoid trouble
A Bronx woman admitted Tuesday stuffing her dead roommate in a suitcase and ditching him outside an abandoned home - but insisted she did nothing wrong, sources said.
Monique Exum, 36, packed roomie Johnny Davis, 73, up after finding him dead in their Fish Ave. apartment May 31, prosecutors said. She insists she only removed the body to avoid trouble.
"My friend told me if someone dies in your apartment you go to jail, so I got really afraid,' she told cops. "I didn't know what to do."
So she wheeled the suitcase down three flights of stairs to the porch of an abandoned house at 1309 Needham Ave. in Williamsbridge, prosecutors said. She wrote "rest in peace" on a strip of cardboard and left it atop the luggage.
And there Davis' corpse sat for three months - until a neighbor on Sunday called cops to report a suspicious package. Investigators found his badly decomposed body inside and tracked down Exum.
The medical examiner will conduct an autopsy to determine the cause of death. Exum was charged with improper body removal and is being held on $500 bond. Cops continue to investigate.
"It's like a bad Samsonite commercial," a law-enforcement source said.
10 years since 9/11
April 30, 2004
Photographs published in U.S. media outlets bring to light the physical and sexual abuse of Iraqi prisoners at Abu Ghraib prison near Baghdad.
May 8, 2004
American contractor Nicholas Berg is beheaded by Iraqi militants, who claim the grisly murder was in retaliation for the abuse of Iraqi prisoners at Abu Ghraib.
May 17, 2004
A suicide bomber kills the President of the Iraqi Governing Council, Izzedin Salim, and six other people.
Wednesday, September 07, 2011
Gumby botches robbery so badly no one notices
San Diego police say a suspect, dressed up as Gumby, tried to rob a 7-Eleven on Labor Day.
The botched robbery happened just after midnight Monday in Rancho Penasquitos.
Surveillance tape shows the costumed bandit telling the clerk he is being robbed and reportedly demands a pack of cigarettes and cash. The flexible suspect then tried to pull out what he said was a gun from his costume.
Apparently flustered, Gumby dropped 27 cents on the floor and left the convenience store empty-handed.
Police say the clerk thought the robbery was a joke and pocketed the spare change. He didn't report the incident until his boss saw the tape hours later.
Obviously some sort of sociology experiment. Would anyone take you seriously if dressed up as a kids character? Clearly the answer is no. I'm guessing Pokey would also walk away without any money.
Are the Maple Leafs good enough this season?
Brian Burke didn't make too many changes to the 10th place Toronto Maple Leafs during the offseason. He added two forwards. two defensemen and two assistant coaches. However, the Leafs have already undergone a considerable make over and there are only three players on the roster (Nikolia Kulemin, Mikhail Grabovski and Luke Schenn) who were on the 2008 opening day roster.
The Leafs have been woefully weak at centre since Mats Sundin left for free agency (or was pushed out the door). Since that time, the teams offense has sputtered. The signing of free agent Tim Connolly is expected to address this weakness and hopefully push Phil Kessel to the 40-goal plateau. Connolly is a skilled player with a long history of injuries. I don't see how a change of scenery will have an impact on his health. Still Burke signed him for only 2 years so the risks are relatively low, except Connolly on the sideline isn't going to help Kessel's production. The Leafs were able to pick up Matthew Lombardi's contract from Nashville because Lombardi has yet to recover from a head injury that he incurred 11 months with no certain timetable for recovery. Should Lombardi make it into the Leafs' lineup and Connolly remain healthy the Leafs will actually look good at the centre position. In fact last season's number 1 centre, Tyler Bozak, would be relegated to the 4th line.
Picking up Lombardi turns out only costs the Leafs some cash and cap space but no significant player, prospect or draft pick going back to Nashville. In fact, the Leafs were able to pry away defensemen Cody Franson in the deal which provides the Leafs with another solid young defenseman. In addition, Brian Burke used a second round draft pick from the Tomas Kaberle deal to acquire John-Michael Liles as a replacement for Kaberle on the powerplay.
More important, Burke forced coach Ron Wilson to address the moribund special teams by firing Keith Acton and Tim Hunter and replacing them with Scott Gordon and Greg Cronin. The anemic Leaf offense can largely attributed to a weak powerplay. A significant number of goals in the NHL are scored on the powerplay and the Leafs for far too long have had to rely on goals while playing 5 on 5. Too make matters worse, their penalty killing was also weak. If the new coaches can improve the special team situation then a playoff spot is a possibility.
Yet no team makes the post season without strong goaltending. The Leafs management believe they have the real deal in James Reimer based on his 37-game stint last year. They better be right because they have no backup plan. Other than Jonas Gustavsson, no other goalie in the system has even played one NHL game.
Burke has suggested that these improvements are enough to overtake a couple teams in the East and put the Leafs in the playoffs. He wouldn't name which teams he considers to be vulnerable and I'm not sure it's that self evident. Washington, Boston and Philadelphia, despite their emake, are still the cream of the East. Pittsburgh is an elite team even if Sidney Crosby plays only half a season. Tampa Bay certainly looks to be an improving team. Meanwhile the Rangers and Buffalo strengthened themselves considerably during the off season. That perhaps leaves Montreal vulnerable but passing the Canadiens will only put the Leafs in 9th spot. So it will a dog fight once again to make the post season.
TV weatherman awakens in hot tub next to naked dead man with 'dog collar' around his neck after drug and alcohol-fueled party
It may be part of his job to predict when a storm is on its way, but he never saw this one coming.
Police in Arkansas said Tuesday that they are investigating the death of a man found in an unfilled hot tub with a sleeping TV weatherman.
Maumelle police officers were called to the home of Christopher Barbour Monday morning where they found the body in the hot tub.
Mr Barbour, told cops that the dead man and meteorologist Brett Cummins of Little Rock station KARK, were guests at his home Sunday night for Labor Day weekend party.
Police were told that the trio was drinking and snorting drugs.
Mr Barbour said that he awoke the next morning to Cummins' loud snoring, and found the weatherman in his hot tub with the nude body of Dexter Williams lying next to him.
Williams' face was discoloured and he had with a chain around his neck - described by police as a 'dog collar.'
There were also traces of blood in the hot tub, police said.
Maumelle police Lt Jim Hansard said investigators haven't ruled out foul play in Williams' death.
Don't you just hate it when you wake up from a massive bender to find a dead guy in your hot tub wearing a dog collar. I know my wife would be really pissed. Especially if there was a lot of blood. Funny how the police suspect foul play? I wonder why?
Weed enthusiast can't change name to "NJWeedman.com"
NJ-born Robert Edward Forchion is a staunch and dedicated marijuana activist who has participated in just about every weed-related activity there is: he's a practicing Rastafarian who has opened up his own temple, he's been a "marijuana smuggler," he's operated a medical marijuana dispensary, and he's run for political office several times unsuccessfully with pot platforms. More recently, he's been fighting to legally change his name to NJWeedman.com. But The Man won't let him!
Forchion, who lives in California now, filed a petition to have his name changed legally to "NJWeedman.com" after his website. Ultimately, the courts decided against him for three reasons: domain names aren't forever, and people would be confused if he ever lost the domain; Forchion's legal name would be forever associated with a website that advocates a currently illegal activity; and NJ already rejected Forchion's requests to change his name.
10 years since 9/11
January 28, 2004
David Kay, the former head of the U.S. weapons inspection teams in Iraq, informs a Senate committee that no weapons of mass destruction have been found in Iraq and that prewar intelligence was "almost all wrong" about Saddam Hussein's arsenal.
February 18, 2004
In an interview with the London Telegraph, Iraqi National Congress (INC) president Ahmed Chalabi says he has no regrets about passing faulty intelligence about Iraq's Weapons of Mass Destruction programs to the U.S. government: "As far as we're concerned we've been entirely successful.... That tyrant Saddam is gone and the Americans are in Baghdad. What was said before is not important. The Bush administration is looking for a scapegoat. We're ready to fall on our swords if he wants."
February 23, 2004
U.N. envoy Lakhdar Brahimi issues a report to the Security Council concluding that the earliest that credible, direct elections could be held in Iraq would be late 2004 or early 2005, and recommends that Iraqis themselves draw up a plan for the makeup of this provisional government.
March 2, 2004
Suicide attacks in Karbala on Shiite Islam's holiest feast day kill more than 85 and wound 233 others.
April 1, 2004
Four American private security contractors, all former members of the U.S. Special Forces, are shot and burned in their cars in Fallujah. A cheering crowd dismembers the corpses and hangs two of them from a bridge over the Euphrates River.
April 4, 2004
Militias led by radical cleric Moktada al-Sadr begin coordinated attacks in the southern Iraqi cities of Kufa, Karbala, Najaf, al-Kut, and Sadr City.
U.S. troops begin an assault on Fallujah.
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Tuesday, September 06, 2011
Russian comic grabs 1,000 pairs of breasts for Putim
Husband ordered to pay wife damages for lack of sex
The 51-year-old man was fined under article 215 of France's civil code, which states married couples must agree to a "shared communal life".
A judge has now ruled that this law implies that "sexual relations must form part of a marriage".
The rare legal decision came after the wife filed for divorce two years ago, blaming the break-up on her husband's lack of activity in the bedroom.
A judge in Nice, southern France, then granted the divorce and ruled the husband named only as Jean-Louis B. was solely responsible for the split.
But the 47-year-old ex-wife then took him back to court demanding 10,000 euros in compensation for "lack of sex over 21 years of marriage".
But a judge in the south of France's highest court in Aix-en-Provence ruled: "A sexual relationship between husband and wife is the expression of affection they have for each other, and in this case it was absent.
"By getting married, couples agree to sharing their life and this clearly implies they will have sex with each other."
Hey guys if we lived in France we would all be suing our wives.
10 years since 9/11
November 2, 2003
A U.S. Chinook helicopter is shot down by insurgents near Fallujah, killing 16 soldiers and wounding 20 — the heaviest one-day loss of coalition troops since the end of major fighting.
November 27, 2003
President Bush makes a secret Thanksgiving Day visit to Baghdad in an attempt to boost morale among coalition troops.
December 13, 2003
U.S. 4th Infantry Division captures former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein in Adwar, a small village near Tikrit.
January 11, 2004
Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, the most influential Shiite cleric in Iraq, says that members of the country's interim government must be selected by direct vote rather than in regional caucuses as the U.S. wants.
January 15, 2004
Tens of thousands of Shiites hold a peaceful demonstration in Basra in support of direct elections.
Monday, September 05, 2011
Rose McGowan is 38 today
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In the 2007 film Planet Terror
Man jailed 10 days for failing to return library books
Christopher Anspach was sentenced Wednesday to 10 days in jail for failing to return books and other items he checked out earlier this year from the local library.
When Anspach did not respond to repeated attempts to contact him via telephone and certified mail, Newton Public Library officials turned the matter over to police and the city attorney, according to District Court records.
Anspach pleaded guilty August 31 to a misdemeanor theft count in connection with his failure to return 27 separate items (books and other media) that library brass valued at $770.67. Along with being ordered to pay restitution to the library, Anspach was fined $625.
It's about time Iowa got tough on crime. Once they round up all those punks refusing to return library books, they should go after the litter bugs, the criminals who do not pick up their dog's litter and those bastards they refuse to recycle. Crime does not pay in Iowa!
10 years since 9/11
June 8, 2003
U.S. and British intelligence experts conclude that the two trailers found in northern Iraq — which the Bush administration continues to insist are mobile biological weapon factories — are part of a mobile system to produce hydrogen for weather balloons.
July 7, 2003
In a statement, the White House admits that the claim by President Bush in his State of the Union address that Iraq had attempted to obtain uranium from Africa was based on forged documents: "We now know that documents alleging a transaction between Iraq and Niger had been forged…. The other reporting that suggested Iraq had tried to obtain uranium from Africa is not detailed or specific enough for us to be certain that such attempts were in fact made."
July 14, 2003
Journalist Robert Novak publishes an article in which he discloses that Valerie Plame, the wife of retired diplomat Joseph C. Wilson, is a CIA "operative."
July 24, 2003
The independent 9/11 commission releases the declassified portion of an 800-page report on findings stemming from its investigation of the September 11 attacks. Commissioner Max Cleland tells United Press International that the White House had delayed the publishing of the report for fear that it might undermine its case for war: "The reason this report was delayed for so long — deliberately opposed at first, then slow-walked after it was created — is that the administration wanted to get the war in Iraq in and over ... before (it) came out."
August 19, 2003
A truck bomb at the U.N. Headquarters in Baghdad kills the U.N. Special Representative to Iraq, Sergio Vieira de Mello, and 21 others.
Sunday, September 04, 2011
10 years since 9/11
March 22, 2003
"Shock and awe" airstrikes on Baghdad continue.
Gen. Tommy Franks, commander of the U.S. Central Command, says during a news conference in Qatar, "There is no doubt that the regime of Saddam Hussein possesses weapons of mass destruction. As this operation continues, those weapons will be identified, found, along with the people who have produced them and who guard them."
April 19, 2003
Baghdad falls to U.S. forces. Some Iraqis cheer in the streets as American infantrymen seize deserted Ba'ath Party ministries and pull down a huge statue of Saddam Hussein. Larege-scale looting of government offices takes place throughout the city.
U.S. authorities in Iraq seize a trailer at a checkpoint in the northern city of Mosul. The government will later claim that this trailer, and a similar one discovered on May 9, are mobile biological weapons labs.
May 1, 2003
In a speech from the deck of the aircraft carrier U.S.S. Lincoln, President Bush declares that "major combat operations" in Iraq are over.
May 6, 2003
Ambassador L. Paul Bremer III is named Presidential Envoy to Iraq and Administrator of the Coalition Provisional Authority. He arrives in Iraq on May 11.
New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof, citing unnamed sources, breaks the story of former U.S. diplomat Joseph Wilson's February 2002 trip to Niger. The major source for the story is later revealed to be Wilson himself.
Mom left child in baking in car -- while she went to tanning salon
A Colorado mom is in hot water with cops after leaving her toddler in a hot car – while she went to a tanning bed.
Imene Nouis, 31, was cited for child abuse on Thursday after cops removed her toddler from her car in Parker, Colorado.
Cops said temperatures had reached a blistering 135 degrees inside the potentially deadly vehicle, Fox 31 reported.
"I had a bad judgment," Nouis told 9NEWS on Friday. "Obviously, I'm going to be punished for it."
An alert witness called cops after spotting the helpless kid inside the car, with windows rolled up and the air conditioning off, according to the report.
"I put my ear against the driver side window and I could hear the baby crying," an employee of the tanning salon told 9News.
After cops rescued the child, employees at the tanning salon went to get the neglectful mom from her tanning bed – where she had been frying for about 12 minutes. She reportedly told cops that she didn't want to wake up the sleeping child and decided instead just to leave her in the car.
Later, when reporters caught up the shamed mom, she was holding her daughter in her arms – who appeared to be happy and smiling.
"As a human, tell me one person that hasn't made a mistake," she told 9News. "Thank God it wasn't a detrimental mistake."
At least she had rolled up the windows and locked the doors so nobody could steal the baby, though! When you combine this story with the one about the mom who left her kid in the rain to go drink in a bar, you start to get the idea that there's no "perfect" weather for abandoning your kids in public places, even temporarily.
Woman accidentally gets office high on cannabis brownies
Coffee break brought on more than a caffeine buzz for some Victoria office workers who unwittingly nibbled marijuana-laden brownies this week.
Victoria police said they received a call Monday of a possible poisoning at a downtown office building on Vancouver Street.
Three employees, all at once, had been taken to hospital with similar symptoms, including light-headedness, numbness in the limbs and disorientation.
Investigations led to the office refrigerator and some brownies which, it turned out, had been baked with marijuana.
All three workers had eaten the baked treats.
The brownies had been brought in by one woman who had discovered them in her freezer at home.
Her son admitted to police he had baked the chocolate treats a year ago, stored them in the freezer and forgotten about them.
No action was taken, even though a criminal charge of possession of a controlled substance or administering a noxious substance could have been laid.
However, it is expected that the son will take part in community work to hold him accountable.
"Look at that plate of brownies sitting over there by the laser printer. Who would do that? Who would leave a whole plate of delicious, gooey, chocolate fudge brownies by the laser printer, and force me to stare temptation square in the eyes like that? I bet Kathleen from marketing brought those in. I shouldn't have one. Don't do it. But they do look good! Oh fine, maybe a quarter brownie, just to satisfy the craving. Wow. I ate two brownies. Piggie. They weren't even that great. Why am I laughing? Do I have something on my face? I feel like I have ladybugs all over my face. I never actually noticed this before, but the VP of Sales looks exactly like a Latino stegosaurus. What am I even talking about? Why do my hands suddenly feel as heavy as bowling balls? You're freaking me out! Stop it! Wait — you're me! When did I start staring at myself in the bathroom mirror?! Just walk back to your desk and get through. This. Day."


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Waltham Restaurants home
2003 07 21 -
Margaritas (Mexican Restaurant & Watering Hole)
opened it's 16th location (the first in Massachusetts)
at a prime site in the Cronin's Landing building at 227 Moody Street on July 22.
Now headquartered in New Hampshire, the chain opened
its first restaurant in Orono, ME in 1984. The restaurants
feature the decor of the Guadalajara area of Mexico, and
serve a wide range of Mexican specialties.
The renovations since Ciros closed early this year include
enclosing the bar and addition of walls to create smaller,
quieter rooms. Brightly colored cushions on the benches in
the booths, colorful tiles on the tables, and an eclectic
blend of Mexican artifacts create a comfortable, festive
A full range of Mexican specialties are available, including
margaritas from 5.25 to 6.25, appetizers from 3.99 to 8.29,
salads from 4.29 to 9.99, fajitas from 12.49 to 15.49, grilled
entrees from 12.49 to 16.79, favorites, 10.49 to 14.99, vegetarian
from 9.49 to 11.29, and burritos priced at 8.29 to 9.99.
A regular Margarita was large, and mixed just right.
The Queso Fundido appetizer (6.99) was an artfully arranged plate of
nachos, chopped tomatoes, cheese, a green sauce with a little
touch of brown mole.
We had the Original Steak and Chicken Combo fajitas (13.99) and
the Margaritas Famous Tester (Combinacion de la Casa) of
a chicken burrito, cheese enchilada, and a beef taco with Mexican
rice & beans (12.29).
Entree portions were generous, and delicious.
The service was very attentive and quick, but this was a
pre-opening party. If they can keep up with a Friday
or Saturday night crowd, this could become a very popular
2003 11 14 - review by Nicole and Shelley -
On Nov. 14th, we went to Margarita's for an early dinner. Very good
service, complementary tortilla chips and salsa, large portions. Prices
in the $$ range. Lots of variety on the menu. The place seems busy
most nights (we've been there before), but they have a call ahead
seating service and they offer takeout. Not open for lunch. They have
events scheduled every night there's a full moon. If there's a long
wait, there are a number of tables available on a first-come-first-serve
basis at the back of the bar area (not available to anyone under 21 if
not accompanied by an adult). We split the Beef and Chicken Combo
Fajitas ($13.99) which was more than enough for 3 fajitas each. Very
good. On previous visits I've had their Tijuana Chicken and the
Tequila-Lime Chicken, and they tasted reheated. Stick with the Tex-Mex
fare if you can.
2004 11 29 - review by John Connelly -
I visited Margarita's twice in the fall of 2003, both without anything
good to say. The first time was about a month after it opened. We were
seated right away, and it was crowded, so I had some pity when no one
came over and greeted us. After about 10 minutes of no one greeting us,
I grabbed the first person I could find (who worked there) and told them
we hadn't been seen by a waiter. That server brought over the chips and
salsa (good salsa) and told us someone would be with us shortly. After
another 15 or so minutes, I finally got up and went to the hostess
station to ask for assistance. Someone eventually came over, took our
order, apologized for the delay, and disappeared. The food showed up
after another 20 minutes, and the server came back to drop the check,
but not to check on us, and get more drinks for us. I asked to speak to
the manager, who apologized and gave us his card, telling us to come
back and try another night (no gift certificate, no coupon) because it
was just a very busy night.
Two months later, my friend and I went back and tried again. This time
it was late on a weeknight, and it was slow. Very slow. Service was
once again non-existent (the server wandered out of the section to chat
with the receptionist is my guess.) On top of that, the shredded
lettuce that came with my friend's taco platter had sand in it (not a
few grains, it was gritty!) I'm in the food business, so I try to give
people leeway (which is why I came back again in the first place),
however it will be a cold day in Hell before I enter the doors of that
establishment again, especially when there are two other Mexican
restaurants within 3 blocks.
2006 11 21 - review by Karen -
They say, the further you are from the boarder of any ethnic food, the worse it will be. As a transplanted Californian, I crave good Mexican food. In my native Santa Barbara, there are hidden gems of small restaurants with platters of great food served on simple Formica tables and old chairs. The Taqueria in Waltham is great for this old style authentic Mexican food, but sometimes I crave a good margarita too and something a little more north of the border. Margaritas used to fill the bill nicely as a place you could take friends who could barely stand the heat from buttered toast and whose idea of ethnic food was Taco Bell. However, something delightful has entered the kitchens at Margaritas and it is called spice. Somewhere the taste-buds of chili busting college students have entered the fray of Moody St. restaurants and as Emeril says, have kicked up a notch.
As one begins their meal munching on fresh tortilla chips while sucking a nice Cuervo Margarita on the rocks, I plunged my chip into a chunky tomato salsa, complete with visible onions, cilantro and spicy jalapeno seeds. Ahhh. There is some notable heat here. Vastly improved from the older menu of watery and flat salsa with no taste, except of preservatives. Spicy salsa was a good sign of things to come.
Imagine my surprise in seeing authentic fish tacos on the menu. Once I tried them, I was hooked. Two corn tortillas stuffed perfectly with a blend of crunchy on the outside, tender on the inside Talipia fish. Added to the fish were corn kernels, fresh purple cabbage slaw, onions and cilantro. One bite and I was in heaven. I later have substituted this with their fresher flour tortillas which stand up to the mounds of crunchy goodness, rather than the ones made of corn which collapse with the bulk of ingredients.
If you arrive and there is a wait for a table, amble back to the bar. There is a whole room which is annexed to the bar and serves regular restaurant food, perfect if you are in rush for a movie. Service was prompt, the waiter was pleasant and the food arrived quickly and hot.
So, a green light for my review. The fish tacos are a bargain at only 10 bucks and the margaritas are perfect after long hours at the day job.
2006 07 08 -
Paisano opened up last week, so we drove by to check it out. The new
owners moved the focus further south of the border, replacing the
barbeque and Tex-Mex food with Mexican and Guatamalan dishes. Parking
in the restaurant's lot is still limited, as it was when this was
Buckaroos, but there was plenty of space across High Street. The
exterior is now a cheerful yellow, and the tables outside in the front
are now topped with umbrellas, giving an brighter appearance. We were
seated immediately in a booth on a busy Saturday night. The salsa was
brought to our table after a very short wait, and I ordered the El
Presidente margarita ($8). The salsa came in a small carafe accompanied
by a bowl, into which I decanted the contents with some difficulty. The
salsa itself was watery, with a medium spice level. The waitress
returned in a little while with the drink, and took our orders.
Jennifer ordered the Pollo Asado ($10.99) from the selection of
Guatamalan plates, and I had the Enchiladas Mexicanas with mole sauce
($8.99). Mexican selections range from $6.99 to $8.99, and Guatamalan
dishes from $4.99 to $19.99 for the large Guatamala grill. I noticed
orders of Churrasco ($13.99) on the tables of several nearby diners. As
I sipped my very good margarita, we noticed that the interior had been
spruced up by flower boxes and other bright touches. Our waitress did
stop by several times, but no food appeared. Finally the hostess showed
up, and apparently had to replace our lost order. The servers were
trying, but it is clear that they are still gearing up, so I expect this
will get better with time. Our entrees finally arrived with small
tortillas on the side, and rice and refried beans on the plates. The
enchiladas had just the right amount of spice, and were tasty, as were
the sauce covered pieces of chicken in the Pollo Asado. All in all, I
would say this is a promising establishment, but I'd like to check it
out on a weekday night, and try the Currasco.
2006 07 10 review by Dorothy D -
New restauarant -- on the site of the former "Buckaroos" -- and really
really REALLY bad.
"Nachos" -- plate of cold tortilla chips, doused with liquified beans
(yes, you heard that right) and that yellow tasteless
almost-completely-fails-to-resemble-cheese stuff which adorns "nachos"
in movie theaters.
Chicken enchiladas -- rice, beans, and two folded-over tortillas. On
top of the tortillas, a handful of shredded chicken. Barely inedible. A
few bites were consumed.
Chile rellenos -- fried chili, including cubes of (unmelted) white
cheese. rice and beans. Whole platter covered with some watery liquid,
so the chile rellanos was horribly soggy. Even less edible than the
If you can save other diners from this dreadful exerience, please do!!!!
2006 07 13 review on the Tish's Dish site
2006 07 19 review by Jen -
Paisanos, alas, is not a restaurant for vegetarians. I checked their
online menu before going, and was reassured by the "burrito vegetariano,"
but when I got there, I was informed that it wasn't actually vegetarian,
as there was lard in their refried beans. When I inquired as to whether
the rice was vegetarian, they also shook their heads sadly. The only items
on the menu that I could find that were vegetarian were the quesadillas,
which normally come with meat, but they'll server them without, and the
nachos. Steer clear of the nachos. All they are is a plate of tortilla
chips with some gloppy melted cheese poured on them, then a little more
cold cheese sprinkled on top of that, along with some tomatoes, onions,
and jalapeños. The quesadillas weren't bad, but if you don't like
sour cream or guacamole, be sure to ask for them without, as they put both
inside the actual quesadillas. But their drinks are both cheap and good,
and the chips and salsa were fine, so I didn't come away feeling terribly
cheated. My carnivore husband enjoyed his entree, but they forgot to bring
his appetizer, which we only realized after leaving the restaurant, so
the service leaves something to be desired.
2010 03 05 review by Bob M -
I have now been to Paisanos many times. At its best, Paisanos serves great Mexican food with nice ambience (a serviceable Mariachi band on the weekends). But things are very uneven-- it's really geared up for the weekends (Fri-& Sat) and struts its best stuff then: Hot food and good sevice, and great ambience. But, (and this es muy importa! on "off" days-- Sun thru Thurs. it's slow and reverts to a hangout for regulars and staff with awful service by very young chicas, and meals that need to be reheated, in my own experience. If you pick your days (see above) Paisanos is an authentic Mexican restaraunt with excellent food, an attentive and friendly staff, and very Latino atmosphere (unlike the "gringo tacky" Margheritas on Moody Street. On off days, if you know some converstaional Spanish you can still get their best stuff:
(i.e.) "Este comida es muy fresco!!!!! Puedo tener lo mas caliente por favor?" And it will be muy bien!!
2008 10 16 -
I saw a newspaper article claiming this small establishment had some of the best tacos in the
area, so I checked them out. They're near the River Street end of Willow Street, with an
entrance next to a biker bar. A small front room has 4 or 5 tables packed in, and the rest
of the place is the kitchen. The menu features tacos from 2.00 each, burrito breakfasts,
chimichangas, and more specialties. Platillos (Plates) range from 2.50 for tostadas to 11.50
for Fajitas De Camarones featuring grilled shrimp. I tried the recommended Cabeza taco,
and the Al Pastor. The Cabeza was a little on the bland side, but the other was delicious.
Picco De Gallo, 2.00, was excellent, good and spicy. I'm looking forward to trying some
more of their dishes. They open at 10am every day, but are closed on Tuesday.


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I agree with everything you're saying here and more. I'm using the LFG system to gear up and actually learn to tank on my pally (which has always been ret/holy). It is a great system to learn as I have to deal with DPS constantly pulling before me, or pulling off of me, however please, when I state that I am still relatively new to tanking at the beginning of the instance (which I always do) then, please, please allow me time to set the standard, or leave and allow someone else who will.
The answer to all of these problems is simple.
Relax, and let the DPS die. When that DPSer has a 50G repair bill from being retarded, blowing up the meters isn't as much fun. They're not going to kick you. You're the tank. They don't want to wait 20 more minutes for a new one.
It's even more fun when you place bets in guild chat on how long it takes him to rage-quit.
Firstly, Heilig, my guild does that all the time. I've won maybe 5g more than i've lost on those bets.
Secondly, I am also trying to get gear for my tank set, and practice a little on normal dungeon runs. Unfortunately, my tank gear set is not good enough for tanking heroics, so I don't. Mainly I dps, and yet I still notice alot of those "Ha, I'm top dps- *boss-smack-to-the-face*" kind of people.
Hoggersbud said...
I'll kick a tank. When you don't know what the defense cap is. When you have spirit gems. When you have outlands vendor gems. When well, you're just a ret noob who queued up as a tank with no intention of actually tanking.
Either that, or I'll drop group and burn 15 minutes elsewhere.
Try to know the tactics for any of the more difficult bosses, Violet Hold is tricky because there are several bosses to know, etc. Be sure you have at least 23k health and 535 defense and you'll be fine (just to be clear I've tanked heroics including a timed CoS run with under 24k health and we did fine - the larger number just helps to reassure people) Although I have even been called not good enough to tank Trial of the Champion HC with above 24k health and 340 defense, I also had the achievement proving that I had done it before but apparently I must have conjured some sort of sorcery to get that. The guy was actually quite amusing to be honest.
The moral? Watch for idiots and asses, you could be the best tank in the game but somebody will still think your not good enough.
gabreil.the.undestined said...
I have to agree with ppl that say let the DPS die. I mean most of the time it teaches them a lesson and they get the picture. But sometimes you get those that are thick in the head and it takes a few times and then they end up /rage /drop grp lol
But yes I feel you pain as a tank :D
slartibart said...
Actually had this happen today to me;
I'm generally ret spec, as I got burnt out on healing in TBC and enjoyed being in a less stressful role.
Now I'm dual specced prot, and it's an obvious godsend in getting emblems, which are solely for building up my tank set at this point.
I had a fury warrior today, who was exquisitely geared (4k+ dps, he was mostly all ICC gear), but insisted on setting the pace. I let him, all the way up to the iceblock room in Nexus, where he proceeded to get dropped on almost every pull. I'd rez him, and he'd be the first to charge into the next group of mobs, where I'd again not pull them until he died.
I think after about 5 deaths (every pull in that hallway) he got the picture.
There was nothing being done by him except extra stress on the poor priest, and granted, plate dps has a bit more leeway with a shred of over-aggro, and one or two hits from an errant mob; but for the life of me, I couldn't figure out what this guy wanted.
I was essentially chain pulling, and as you said Matt, all these tactics do is slow the run down..... and if you've got a cranky tank, they start to cost you money.
As a healer I refused to heal a rogue that was facepulling with a fishing pole equipped last night, he got mad. He tried to reset anub and didn't bother to check his vanish cd, twice and wanted me to heal him after he screwed up our timer by waiting 7 seconds to release so I wasted 6.5 seconds of a rez cast.
Complete moron.
After someone says something I am like "um, I wouldn't know, I put the moron on ignore after wasting my time" He died 3 more times. Still didn't learn. He then tried to kick me from the group. (To be fair I had tried to kick him after he managed to get us killed once)
Folks, there are 2 people you don't piss off. The tank and the healer. The reason we see 30 second queue time versus 20 minutes is because no one wants to heal or tank for the morons out there that ruin what should be a 15 minute instance and make it take over an hour.
Amen, let the damn dps die. But be nice to them otherwise. We (the community) are quickly getting into the dps vs tank/healer camp, which sucks. Something wrong, we heals/tanks blame the dps, usually with reason, and the dps points the finger right back at us.
Gone are the days of marking every mob, of CC on every pull, on waiting for mana and full buffs. I'd frankly like to see tougher instances in cata. but that's another topic. I guess my point is with the new system there is no real cost to either get into a group or leave a group, so all that stuff goes by the wayside, and when there is any trouble fingers start pointing instead of the group pulling together.
I just got out of a lowbie RFD run on a priest alt where I had a Lock that just had to AOE the universe on every GCD. Poor druid tank could barely keep up when the mobs were ebeing lit up before the bear even reached em.
Lock's guildie buddy kept screaming at me in chat:
"Healer heal to lock."
"Healer WTF is your problem, heal the lock."
"Healer, L2Hot the lock!"
So I just played a game of seeing if I could keep that lock between 10-40% health throughout the entire run w/o him dying... :D
Of course... the run took a lot longer than it should have... lowbie priest, mana regen sucks. Healing the lock and then healing the lock's hunter guildie and pet and the bear... I had to drink every other pull.
Can I send him a a 1g bill for the drinks I'm buying? :D
If the fool had kept aggro off himself... we could have steamrolled through.
On my tanks... DPSers doing that is just par for the course.
I'm surprised when I see it on my lowbies. At level 36 you expect idiot play.
But at level 80 in a heroic... come on people... learn to not pull and learn to manage your aggro.
CrimsonEyedDeath said...
Honestly, I think that's what I'm going to do. I try not to be 'that tank', the obnoxious kind. While I'm stupidly overgeared (by and large completely geared for ICC25), I run heroics for the Frosts, and to help my girlfriend gear her druid so she can maybe get to be a full member of the raiding guild.
But at times.......the dps just frustrates the hell out of me. Yes, I'm not pulling the entire room, no you DON'T have to help pull stuff.
I swear, I need to make a macro to click and outline 'if you pull extra stuff, I'm LETTING it kill you, moron. Maybe next time, you'll let the tank pull'
Another addendum should be for healers: the same way there's DPS pulling like they are in a hurry to go to the bathroom (if you need, just say so geez), there are TANKS that cannot WAIT for healers to DRINK UP.
Shaman healers, specifically, for the most part burn their mana when the tank cannot HOLD aggro and they burn on the DPS, so then, when the fight is over, the tank checks his rage/mana/runic and moves on like nothing happened; he doesn't check if everyone isn't at full health or the healer's mana, and keeps pulling.
Then after a wipe, he asks what the hell are you doing all the way back there. That happened to me, with a "guildie" (I am a social member in a raiding guild, and it seriously makes me consider not being there, because that is far from social - I am there because my IRL friend's there, but I thought WoW is a GAME and supposed to be fun, but not when things like that happen.)
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/votekick xiyangyang02
Now that that's out of the way.
I tank on my DK. I've only had one noob who insisted on overaggroing me, a rogue. Naturally, when I realized he was from my server... /evilgrin... IDK how many other servers do this but I used the old "(rogue) plans on quitting the game, pst him for gold" trick. Kind of a jerk move but he deserved it. Just someone else to put on /ignore for those of you in Emberstorm--except I dunno if I should name names.
How WoW has changed... I remember when being a tank didn't make you the group the lead, it was the person who knew the instance the best. I remember when we didn't have threat meters, and managed threat by remembering what attacks used in what sequences would pull after the tank had used certain abilities. Oh, and we had to walk uphill both ways in the snow too.


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Board members present were John Gohr, Bill Fluhrer, Dennis Staudt and Ann Sullivan. Also present were Jeff Sherman, Zoning Administrator. Roll call of Board members was taken and four (4) of the (5) members were present with Ron Muff being absent. Roger Hansen and Attorney Kit O'Donohoe were present on behalf of Carville Cabins Homeowners' Association and Jeremy Deutsch, Eldon Parker, and William Wadey were also present.
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