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David Lee made a surprising appearance Thursday evening as the Golden State Warriors upset the Denver Nuggets 4-2. Lee injured his hip in game 1 in the first round and was supposed to miss the entire playoffs, however, the power forward entered the game 6 and played for a little over one minute before sitting out the rest of the game.
When Lee was asked how he felt on the court, he said, "No stability. When I went to backpedal, I couldn't even really feel my right leg. It's not so much pain, but I definitely have limitations. We'll just have to see what this break brings. If I'm feeling the same way I am tonight, it's going to be difficult to expect much. But it's already come so far in a few days, I think it can be even better by the time we play San Antonio."
In all likelihood, Lee was trying to do his best impersonation of Willis Reed. It wasn't so much of his scoring and rebounding that Lee came on the court for, but rather to inspire his teammates and boost the morale of the already raucous Oracle Arena. And you know what? It worked.
But it probably won't work again in the next series. Lee was playing on one leg and even if he had two legs, it wouldn't be enough against the likes of a Tim Duncan.

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WASHINGTON -- Jordan Zimmermann took a shutout into the seventh inning while Roger Bernadina and Rick Ankiel provided the offence as the Washington Nationals beat the Colorado Rockies 2-0 on Sunday to head into the all-star break with a .500 record for the first time since 2005.
This amounted to a rout for the Nationals, whose previous 10 victories had come by either one run or in extra innings. They ended a three-game losing streak, too -- and each of those defeats were by a single run.
Zimmermann (6-7) went 6 1-3 innings, allowing four singles. He also struck out six and didn't walk anyone, continuing his impressive return from reconstructive elbow surgery.
He was nearly matched by Colorado's Jhoulys Chacin (8-7), who gave up one run and four hits in seven innings.
Bernadina hit a broken-bat RBI single in the sixth, while Ankiel hit his third homer of the season, off reliever Matt Reynolds in the eighth.
Nationals closer Drew Storen worked around a two-out double to earn his 23rd save in 26 chances.
This was the third time in Zimmermann's last six starts that he didn't allow a run. He also has pitched at least six innings in 13 consecutive outings.
It probably did not hurt this time around that Rockies manager Jim Tracy held three starting position players out of the lineup so they'd get an extended rest because of the midseason break that begins Monday: Carlos Gonzalez, who recently missed four games with a bruised right wrist; Ty Wigginton and Chris Iannetta.
"We're obviously very hopeful that we'll be ready to completely rock 'n' roll by next Thursday," Tracy said, referring to Colorado's next game.
While the Nationals are 46-46, the Rockies fell to 43-48; they were above .500 at this point of each of the last two seasons.
Washington was 52-36 at the all-star break in 2005, the team's first year in the nation's capital after moving from Montreal, but finished that season 81-81.
On Sunday, neither team got a runner as far as second base -- let alone home -- until the bottom of the sixth inning.
Zimmermann allowed singles to Todd Helton in the first and seventh, Ian Stewart in the fifth, and Chacin in the sixth.
Chacin was even better for stretches. He retired Washington's first 11 batters, until Ryan Zimmerman bounced a single through the left side of the infield with two outs in the fourth inning.
The Nationals didn't have a second baserunner until the sixth, when Ian Desmond led off with an infield single. Zimmermann sacrificed him to second with a bunt, and Bernadina flared a hit to right to make it 1-0.
Helton led off the seventh with a blooper that ticked off the glove of sliding left-fielder Laynce Nix, and after Troy Tulowitzki popped out, Zimmermann was done. On came Ryan Mattheus, who got two quick outs to end the inning.
Not until the eighth, with all-star Tyler Clippard on the mound, did the Rockies put a runner on second base. Stewart singled, and pinch-hitter Wigginton walked, before Clippard struck out pinch-hitter Jason Giambi looking, then got Mark Ellis to fly out.
Notes: Rockies 3B Stewart made a nice catch on Wilson Ramos' foul pop leading off the third, leaning over -- and nearly tumbling over -- the railing in front of the visitors' dugout. ... Nationals RHP Clippard said Rockies SS Tulowitzki offered to give him a lift on a plane to Arizona for the Midsummer Classic. ... Gonzalez came in to play centre field as part of a double switch in the eighth inning.
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File photo of tourists crowding a street in the west end in Sant Antoni de Portmany on Ibiza Island - by Jaime Reina
An unprecedented 60.4 million foreign tourists came to Spain last year, spending an estimated 45.1 billion euros ($61 billion), according to industry association Exceltur.
The visitors came mostly from Britain, Germany and France, with a jump in Russian tourist numbers, too, it said.
"It was a really good year which gives us a lot of hope after some difficult years," Exceltur president Amancio Lopez told AFP.
Indeed, tourism is pivotal to the Spanish economy, which emerged in the third quarter last year from a two-year recession, still dragged down by a 26-percent unemployment rate.
"We think tourism should be an engine to help improve the Spanish economy, as it always has been," Lopez said.
But Spain believes it can better exploit its attractions.
"Obviously, the most sought-after destinations are for sun and beach holidays whereas urban tourism has suffered a bit," Lopez said.
"I think Spain has a richness not only for sun and beach holidays but also for cultural, gastronomic and lifestyle holidays," he said.
Though industry estimates have yet to be confirmed by government numbers due Tuesday, Spain clearly enjoyed a boom in 2013.
"It was a really good year," said Jose Luis Mendez, treasurer of the Spanish Confederation of Travel Agencies, CEAV, which estimated foreign tourism numbers in 2013 at "close to 60 million".
Tourism, like the automobile industry, accounts for about 10 percent of Spanish economic output and last year's performance should place Spain as the world's number three destination.
Like his colleagues, Mendez said Spain had been typecast as a sunny beach market, overshadowing a wealth of cultural, gastronomic and rural destinations.
Britons and Germans tended to prefer the Canary Islands off Africa, French tourists were drawn to Catalonia, and Russians liked both Catalonia and the Balearic islands such as Majorca, Mendez said.
Besides Spain's own attractions, however, one of the keys to its success in 2013 was misfortune in Egypt, where months of violent clashes and demonstrations turned visitors away.
Egypt lost 2.5 million tourists from June, said Exceltur vice president Jose Luis Zoreda. "Curiously, Spain's tourists grew by 3 million," he added.
But tourists hardly stepped foot in Spain's interior, where destinations were already suffering from a decline in domestic Spanish tourist numbers because of the economic crisis.
"The results were not good in the cities, except for Barcelona," Zoreda said, with Madrid doing worst and all inland tourism down except for the wine-growing Rioja region.
The Rioja region in Spain's north specialised in wine tourism, providing a good example for other parts of the country, the tourism official said.
"Spain must grow with a distinctive element of its own," he said.
However, "a large proportion of the demand we got from Egypt has been budget tourism," Zoreda admitted, urging Spain to develop a higher-quality, more diverse offer.
More than half of Spanish tourism businesses -- 54.8 percent -- reported lower profits last year, according to Exceltur.
"The situation clearly benefited sun and beach tourism. Nevertheless we are facing difficult situations in other areas that rely on domestic tourism and have not been able to benefit from foreign tourism," agreed Juan Molas, president of the hotels confederation CEHAT.
"You must not forget that 70 to 80 percent of our visitors choose beach destinations," Molas said.
"That is the great challenge for Spanish tourism: to sell and spread the word about all the tourism products in the rest of Spain."
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Hurricane Harbor is set to open in late May 2014, and will include an 800,000 gallon wave pool, a multi-slide tower, an a children's water play area, among other water attractions.
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- Calories: 342
- Calories from fat: 25%
- Fat: 9.6g
- Saturated fat: 2.3g
- Monounsaturated fat: 1g
- Polyunsaturated fat: 0.1g
- Protein: 24.3g
- Carbohydrate: 38.5g
- Fiber: 1.4g
- Cholesterol: 39mg
- Iron: 1.8mg
- Sodium: 1178mg
- Calcium: 343mg
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- 2 teaspoons capers
- 1/4 teaspoon crushed red pepper
- 1 (6-ounce) package Italian-style cooked chicken breast (such as Louis Rich)
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Shakespeare invented more than 1,000 words when he was writing, and now we might be able to find out how. Two New York booksellers believe they have found Shakespeare's annotated dictionary, John Baret's An Alvearie or Quadruple Dictionarie. Although scholars aren't quite convinced, you can read the dictionary in full to decide for yourself.
It takes about 10 years for a new word to pass through the fine-mesh editorial process to publication.
The Telegraph catches up with John Simpson as he prepares to retire from his role as chief editor for the Oxford English Dictionary.
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Are there any SP fans in Germany, Switzerland or Austria?? We've got some fantastic news to share with you!
Summer begins tomorrow when Simple Plan releases "Summer Paradise (ft. Sean Paul)" in two handy-dandy bundles, just in time for you to start the season right!
If you're a fan of digital, load yourself up with the digital 4-track single bundle featuring these songs:
- Summer Paradise feat. Sean Paul
- Summer Paradise (No Rap Version)
- Astronaut (Naked Version)
- Loser Of The Year (Acoustic Version) [Bonus Track]
Like CDs better? You can buy your Summer Paradise CD single from Amazon!
Get ready for a great time because #SummerIsHere!
-The no rap version of Summer Paradise will probably be appreciated.
Am I the only one who can't wait to listen to Astronaut's "naked version"?
Toronto, ON (February 24, 2012) – The Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (CARAS) is thrilled to announce Montréal band Simple Plan as the recipients of the 2012 Allan Waters Humanitarian Award, sponsored by Bell Media. Through the Simple Plan Foundation, the JUNO Award–winning band has donated more than $750,000 to youth-focused charities since December 2005, helping both young people in need and children facing life-threatening illness in Canada and abroad. Thanks to the incredible success of the group's most recent benefit concert with the Montréal Symphony Orchestra last fall, the Foundation will reach the outstanding milestone of $1 million in donations in 2012.
The Allan Waters Humanitarian Award recognizes outstanding Canadian artists whose humanitarian contributions have positively enhanced the social fabric of Canada. Named after CHUM Ltd. founder Allan Waters, the award is made possible by funding from Bell Media's CTV-CHUM Benefits. It will be presented to Simple Plan band members Pierre Bouvier, Chuck Comeau, David Desrosiers, Sébastien Lefebvre and Jeff Stinco during the 2012 JUNO Gala Dinner & Awards on Saturday, March 31 in Ottawa, Canada's Capital.
"Words cannot express how grateful we are to be the recipients of this award," said Simple Plan band member Chuck Comeau. "To be recognized by CARAS and the JUNO Awards is a true honour for us. As a band we have been very fortunate to receive the constant support of our fans, which has allowed us to continue doing what we love for the last ten years. Because of that, we believe that it is extremely important for us to give back, and the Simple Plan Foundation is our way to do this. We are very proud of all of our Foundation's initiatives — they have helped to define us as a band and have become a large part of who we are. There is no question that the Simple Plan Foundation will continue to grow and that we will be able to help our communities for many years to come."
Simple Plan kicked off their Canadian tour last night (February 9th) at the South Okanagan Events Centre in Penticton, BC and played the following set:
Shut Up
Can't Keep My Hands Off You
When I'm Gone
My Alien
You Suck At Love
Thank You
Your Love Is A Lie
Summer Paradise
Covers Medley: Fuck You (Cee-Lo Green)/ Dynamite (Taio Cruz) / Raise Your Glass (Pink)
Jet Lag
This Song Saved My Life
Welcome To My Life
I'd Do Anything
Loser Of The Year
I'm Just A Kid
You wanted it and you got it! Simple Plan will be sitting down to chat with you this Saturday night, live from their Canadian Tour in Vancouver! All you have to do is log on to SimplePlan.com this Saturday to join us.
Want to make sure you have the right time (hopefully I have listed them accurately below!):
2/11/12: 6pm PST | 7pm MST | 8pm CST | 9pm EST
2/12/12: 12am (Brazil) | 2am (London) | 3am (Italy, France, etc) | 9am (Jakarta) | 10am (Singapore) | 11am (Tokyo) | 1pm (Sydney) | 3pm (New Zealand)
2012 is here and the boys rang in the new year in style. Check out today's vlog of the boys rehearsing for their New Years Eve performance as Niagara Falls! SP are currently in China on their Asian tour before they tour Canada next month. Check out all the tour dates to see when they'll be in a town near you!
Beijing, China (Jan. 6) Setlist
From Sim: Right before the guys went on stage to sound check, they wanted to wish you all a very happy and healthy new year!. And that they will be touring all over the world in 2012. So get ready world, here we come…!!!!
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This albummarked the band's return to their core pop-punk sound, which had been overshadowed in their previous couple of releases. Get Your Heart On! really embodies the charms of Simple Plan and has to be one of the best pop/rock albums of the year.
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Simple Plan has teamed up with Bluenotes to help support Kids Help Phone by designing a super-amazing shirt that you'll be able to scoop off the shelves now throughl Dec 18! There's a design for guys and a design for girls, both of which are guaranteed to get your heart on! The tees will be…


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What I always loved about Howard the Duck is that his most memorable battles are either with a crazy lady on a bus or (as in this case) his own head.
In this nightmare, he is put on trial for terminal negativism and risks being sentenced to life imprisonment in his own rut, but he defends his tactical retreat/minor breakdown and declares he will come back spitting. And he does it a little something like this.
There's a fine distinction, and it gets a bit annoying when people can't tell the difference.


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Hey. I need you to quit taking advantage of my ban and telling lie about me to GxD, because he's not going to listen to you. I talked to you here because I figured you need an account. Listen, I want nothing to do with you, or your crew anymore. You've all tried and failed at bring me down, and that proves how bad of a friend you are. Hopefully, you don't reply like a troll (that you are) and tell me something reasonably. And to think I thought you were a god person. Man, it's amazing what humans like you do to get rid of people like me. I hope something terrible happens to you in the future, so you can understand where I'm coming from. Blue NinjakoopaTalk 20:35, 24 January 2009 (UTC)
- And lol, you're mad at me! How cute <3 Blue NinjakoopaTalk 20:37, 24 January 2009 (UTC)
lol you scanned? xD Dude, you obviously want me to hate you. But it's okay. I don't hate you, since this is the internet, you're just absurdly annoying. Blue NinjakoopaTalk 20:40, 24 January 2009 (UTC)
Hmmm, let's see your 2nd grade style reply and leave it with a reply of my own <3
- "Listen, i wanted to be your friend. But you wont stop calling me a scrub, insulting me and my friends, saying my crew is gonna die."
- I was joking, dude. I take it you don't watch YTPs, huh? And I thought you were cool when you arrived, but you're just an immature prick. :-/ You're a scrub because you're not active in the Smash Community, and you think that you're better than everyone else. You'll never learn that way, dude, and getting mad over simple things doesn't help either.
- "I havn't done anything. TBH I just can't be bothered to even read your messages that just either insulting or critisizing me."
- And yet you replied. Wow, that's like talking to a wall, TBB! :D You've really accomplished something! I don't insult or criticize you, I just push your buttons so you can strive to improve.
- "You deserve that ban. Thats all i have to say, BNK."
- Again, yet you still talk to me. Make up your 3 year old mind, dude.
- "And no matter what you say, your insults arn't working. They're just annoying instead of insulting."
- I figured you'd try and use the words from my previous message against me. Since you can't spell correctly, it just makes you look like an idiot. :| And insults aren't supposed to "work".
- "Carry on if you must, don't say i didn't warn you though. "
- From what? Gee, I'm kinda frightened! Since I didn't flame at you here, there's nothing that will get me in trouble. You owe me an apology. :-/ Blue NinjakoopaTalk 20:54, 24 January 2009 (UTC)
Yes you do. You egged me on, knowing I'd reply with hurting your little feelings. If you do, we can forget all of this, but I'm afraid you've scarred your chances of ever being my friend again. Blue NinjakoopaTalk 21:01, 24 January 2009 (UTC)
lol you did it again! xD I never wanted to be your friend either, I just wish you'd quit annoying me. Every time you try to back your foul mouth up in a Brawl, I always win, and I'm terrible with bad connections. We could Brawl, but you removed me from your roster (figures, little boys like you take things WAY too srsly lol) And lol you lol are lol a lol scrub lololol You just don't want to accept that you suck, and that you aren't the best in the world (I've said that before, but you ignored me and thought it was "preposterous poppycock". Well, bye! When you go to hell, I hope you enjoy it there. It's the least I can do for all I've done to hurt your wittle feelings. :3 Blue NinjakoopaTalk 21:22, 24 January 2009 (UTC)
This is pointless. You keep taking my words (:3) and trying to use them against me. I guess I hurt your feelings a little too much, didn't I. Since I'm not that type of person, I'm willing to apologize if you are. And lol, JtM (never capitalize the 't') is good, much better than you, since he actually strives to improve. =) Oh, and you don't even know him, so why are you trying to use him against me? You know he hates you, and that I'm his friend. xD Blue NinjakoopaTalk 21:32, 24 January 2009 (UTC)
HAI. Blue NinjakoopaTalk 21:40, 24 January 2009 (UTC)
MORNIN. Blue NinjakoopaTalk 16:59, 25 January 2009 (UTC)
You're still mad at me? Man, forget it. (I saw what you were telling MG; noone gets mad over the internet, except for litle boys like you). Forget our friendship, I'm not giving anymore chances. Bye. {{subst:User:Blue Ninjakoopa/sig}} 02:36, 27 January 2009 (UTC)
- .....What exactly is going on here? SLJCOAAATR 4 6 8 15 16 23 42 108 305 316 15:00, 22 March 2009 (UTC)
- Bleh. Just trying to keep an eye on things, and came upon this. I just wanted to make sure we didn't have a big problem going on. SLJCOAAATR 4 6 8 15 16 23 42 108 305 316 15:05, 22 March 2009 (UTC)
- Yeah. I've seen you you on Smash Wiki. I believe you're familiar with Unknown? SLJCOAAATR 4 6 8 15 16 23 42 108 305 316 15:09, 22 March 2009 (UTC)
- Yeah, I've got Brawl. If you're trying to ask for a fight, trust me, you will win. SLJCOAAATR 4 6 8 15 16 23 42 108 305 316 23:04, 26 March 2009 (UTC)
- Yeah. I've seen you you on Smash Wiki. I believe you're familiar with Unknown? SLJCOAAATR 4 6 8 15 16 23 42 108 305 316 15:09, 22 March 2009 (UTC)
- Bleh. Just trying to keep an eye on things, and came upon this. I just wanted to make sure we didn't have a big problem going on. SLJCOAAATR 4 6 8 15 16 23 42 108 305 316 15:05, 22 March 2009 (UTC)
water and i han=vwe the same analogy. he thinks some jokes that put me down are funny.The Chosen One of Fire 15:12, 22 March 2009 (UTC)
you two need to learn not to flamethrower each other. just shut it.The Chosen One of Fire 15:18, 22 March 2009 (UTC)


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Reason #427 to avoid mosh pits at rap concerts -- rappers like George Watsky launching themselves like a missile into the crowd from 35 feet in the air!
Watsky -- an up and coming rapper from San Fran -- was performing in London on Sunday when he climbed onto the light rigging above the stage, and hurled himself into the first few rows of the crowd.
Watsky survived with just some bad bruises ... but his fans didn't do so well. A woman in the audience broke her arm, and a guy suffered back injuries.
Watch the video -- it's totally insane, and arguably criminal on Watsky's part.
That's nothing .... try a 68 ft stage dive!!! http://youtu.be/tpwY-QROrQg
That's is INSANE!!!!!!!!!!!!
What a dumbass! He's lucky he didn't kill anyone. Hope he's saved up some money, cause he's about to get the crap sued out of him! IDIOT!!!
Not insane: STUPID!!
That's so freaking STUPID!! If I was there and he fell on me like that, I would sue his A S S!!
Mosh pits at rap concerts? I don't think I've ever seen that, and that wasn't a mosh pit. He just jumped into the crowd like an idiot, and he's lucky the crowd was so friendly. We would have both made the news in a pretty bad way if he'd have landed on me. The moron could have killed someone, or himself!
What a stupid azz POS! His career is over before it started, I hope! But then again you have all of those loser's clapping and cheering him on! I hope the woman with the broken arm is ok, but the guy with back injuries, could be f.cked forever! I hope they sue him!
There's a rapper named George WATSKY?!?!?! Not the coolest sounding name for a rapper.
I hope the people in the crowd sue the hell out of that dip.
?? Who ??
I hope they sue the he$$ out of this stupid ass.
Can any of these crappers do their own thing without having to steal someone else's riff. Pink Floyd band members are the ones who sould sue for using their stuff in a crappy song, not to mention the unfortunte people he landed on.
Any thing over a couple .lbs falling from that height can put someone in a coma, a 100 pound human coming down from 35 feet is like having 3500 pounds land on you. Now this a valid reason to sue an AEG.
So I guess just "singing" or mumbling the words is no longer sufficient. Dumb azz. The lawsuits are going to make him want to take a second dive!!!
thats was so stupid and unnecessary
completely pointless….
seems like a cry for help…..


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Misguided Plans for the Baghdad Zoo
After the tragedy that befell the Baghdad Zoo in the first Gulf War and the heroic efforts of Lawrence Anthony to bring relief to the animals imprisoned there, I thought the zoo had faded into gentle obsolescence — but I was wrong!
It appears that plans are now afoot to spend something in the order of $500 million developing a 50-acre site where the zoo is currently located in the centre of Baghdad to create a US-style theme park with rides, amusements ... and an expanded zoo.
It does seem to me that this is an entirely flawed strategy for a number of reasons. The first, not least, is that Baghdad is, to all intents and purposes, a war-zone. The thought of what those animals must be experiencing as shells explode and bombs go off, can only be imagined. The idea that anyone would want to bring more animals in seems to me to be without reason.
But there are other aspects to consider.
There are huge humanitarian requirements in Baghdad which are still a daily survival challenge — shortage of water, power outrages, security, education and health. Iraq's natural environment has been starved of cash to support conservation and environmental protection in many areas and surely could do with this sort of funding.
Iraq's indigenous wildlife species are firmly off the radar. We hear precious little about what is happening to species found only in that part of the world. Conservation has taken a distant backseat.
Then there is the question of cultural suitability. Do the people of Iraq, and more specifically, the people of Baghdad, want a western-style US-conceived fun park imposed on their city? Are the rides and sideshows and captive animals on display really what they would desire if they had the choice?
According to Fox News in April one of the moving forces behind this development, a Mr. Llewellen Werner, Chairman of C3, a Los Angeles-based holding company for private equity firms, is quoted as saying, "I wouldn't be doing this if I wasn't making money ... mostly everything here is for profit."
If peace is to come to Iraq through winning the hearts and minds then I would suggest that a fun park and a zoo, a distraction at best, and a waste at worst, is not the route to go. I hope that the Government of Iraq reconsiders this proposal most carefully.
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1. Wyoh
Huge thanks to Glenn for wearing his super-fashionable Simon Jester t-shirt, and giving us a shout-out. Feel free to send us your Tea Party pics – with or without SJ gear, just get out there – and we'll post them up on our site. TANSTAAFL!!April 1, 2009 - 8:03 pm Link to this Comment | Reply
2. Herb
When I think of all these concerned citizens doing their duty protesting and holding up their signs, I think of…
All the illegal immigrants who will be going to work that day.
Yes, while one group will be complaining about those liberal socialists taking the money they worked hard for….
The other group will actually be working hard!April 2, 2009 - 3:06 am Link to this Comment | Reply
3. Sissy Willis
Herb: Whassa matter with you?
Oh, yah. "Progressives" know better than we do what's best for us little people.
We should just shut up and let our betters lead us to the Promised Land. Have a nice day.April 2, 2009 - 3:37 am Link to this Comment | Reply
4. Herb
Who said anything about progressives? Not I.
But if you want to assume that I'm "progressive" because I find these Tea Party protests disingenuous, silly, and pointless, that's fine with me.
Code Pink called me a fascist pig when I said the same thing about them…
Bottom line: If the goal is to get some media attention and a pic of your clever sign posted on Michelle Malkin's blog…then go have your Tea Party.
If the goal is to actually accomplish something…then you might want to do something else.April 2, 2009 - 4:39 am Link to this Comment | Reply
5. Seamus
No one goes to a teaparty for attention Herb. The MSM only does violence and that usually involves Greenies, Ecofacists, Anarchists and Liberals. Wait and see the results after the biggest teaparty of all.April 2, 2009 - 7:28 am Link to this Comment | Reply
6. Bill Perron
HERB: Protests do plenty to draw attention to a problem, it is sort of like advertising. But since you are a socialist you really wouldn't understand the concept of capitalistic actions and promotion of ideas that further the development of a product or service.April 2, 2009 - 8:26 am Link to this Comment | Reply
7. whyyeseyec
Tea parties are a great idea but expect the leftist anarchists to try and disrupt as much as possible and the MSM will minimize the effects….April 2, 2009 - 10:10 am Link to this Comment | Reply
8. DWalla
Hitting the Tea Party here in Salt Lake City on the 15th.April 2, 2009 - 10:33 am Link to this Comment | Reply
9. californiataxslave
Herb's an idiot. Our votes, letters to the editor, phone calls to politicians are already ignored, and now he's telling us that protests are a waste of time? He's basically telling us to roll over and play dead while left wing fanatics prosecute this coup de tat to completion. Well I for one won't let this country fall without a fight, and yes, tea parties are one way of fighting back.April 2, 2009 - 10:13 pm Link to this Comment | Reply
10. FreedomRanger
EVERYONE, GO TO THE TEA PARTIES…….MAKE A SIGN…….BRING LOTS OF FRIENDS……This will work, and THEY know it! Was anyone out there at Fullerton, CA Mar. 7th? I was……WOW! You'll never forget it!!!!
FreedomRangerApril 2, 2009 - 11:03 pm Link to this Comment | Reply
11. Herb
"9. californiataxslave:
Herb's an idiot."
On that, there can be no debate. But you know who else was an idiot?
Cindy Sheehan, who thought that if she camped out in Crawford long enough she was going to end the war in Iraq…despite the fact that you can't end a war by camping out in Crawford.
So when you ask: "Our votes, letters to the editor, phone calls to politicians are already ignored, and now he's telling us that protests are a waste of time?"
Perhaps you might want to ask yourself how holding up a sign and chanting "Hell no, we won't pay" is going to get a different result?
Bottom line: Protesters of ALL stripes need to figure out that there is no correlation between their activities and their desired results.
So if you're all excited about these Tea Party protests, ask yourself how holding a sign on a street corner is going to get you what you want?
Also, contrary to Bill Perron, I don't think attention-seeking is the main motivation of these protests. I think it's more of a kind of impotent catharsis, to make yourself feel better, to make yourself feel like you're contributing something…even though in real world measurable terms, you're just standing on a street corner with a sign, which accomplishes nothing unless you're begging for change.)April 3, 2009 - 12:54 am Link to this Comment | Reply
12. anothertaxslave
Protesters of ALL stripes need to figure out that there is no correlation between their activities and their desired results.April 4, 2009 - 7:03 am Link to this Comment | Reply
13. Bob in Brownsville
Ole Herb thinks he is right because, since media is manned by Liberals, his views are broadcasted more then the centrist views. At some point he will wake up … hopefully it is before his grandson is born with more debt then it cost to educate the lil one.
With a little luck, all this commotion will cause a true leader of the people that has unshakable American values to surface. Who ever he / she is, they will have to be tough, informed and have no life cuz they & their family will be attacked relentlessy & personally by the left.
Whatever happens and whatever we do in these Tea Parties, we MUST NOT use violence, nor should we be silenced.April 4, 2009 - 9:24 am Link to this Comment | Reply
14. DennisR
What do we do after the tea parties? We head for D.C. in September. Details at http://pushbackuntil.com. If you cannot be there, send this URL to everyone in your contacts list, and try to get on local/national talk radio shows to publicize it. We need several hundred thousand people there. If we do not take this seriously, our country is toast. Because Congress is driving us over Bankruptcy Cliff. They must be stopped from ruining our country!April 4, 2009 - 10:47 pm Link to this Comment | Reply
15. one of my own
If a million black men can pull it off, don't you think you white people should be able to do the same?April 5, 2009 - 7:46 pm Link to this Comment | Reply
16. view from afar
hello, if tea parties don't work, why does America exist Herb? I think it is an apt metaphor, especially since social liberals seem to think that they have all the knowledge of the past and how things should be…April 6, 2009 - 1:31 am Link to this Comment | Reply
17. Michele
I watched "THE PATRIOT", over the weekend. I was reminded of the founding of our country, when farmers, shopkeepers and freedom loving people stood against the King(politicians in our day) and won our LIBERTY. April 15 is the day when the modern day Minutemen take to the streets to tell our government that we're not going to take this taxing-spending, taxing-spending, anymore. Wake up America, our very existence is being threatened.April 7, 2009 - 1:49 pm Link to this Comment | Reply
18. Al-in-Big-Bear
Look, Herb has a point. Going to a Tea Party is fine. By all means find a tea party and have a good time. But along with that we need to demand that true conservatives start running in local, state and national level primaries. Send the RINOs into retirement. Back up conservatives with volunteer time, money and even a few prayers (OK, lots of prayers…and money…and time). Vote and convince your friends and family to vote for the right candidates. Organize local efforts and get active.
Events like tea parties will get some attention, and they can help build a base of people who get motivated. But by themselves they will not have a lasting impact.April 7, 2009 - 7:05 pm Link to this Comment | Reply
19. mark perkins
Ted Kennedy, Nancy Pelosi, Harry Ried and all the loser left, have as their leader a non-citizen whom they worship. It was OK to mock, belittle, and curse President Bush, but now their Messiah must not be criticized in any way. Have you tried to buy ammo lately? There is none. Our country is losing its freedoms by the minute. The tea-party may seem small, but as we "socialize", more and more will wake up and unite.April 14, 2009 - 11:49 am Link to this Comment | Reply
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A photographer in Galway, Ireland captured what he believes is the ghost of a 19th century nun at a historic area known as the Long Walk.
"The image was not visible either before or after the photograph was taken and was not captured in any of the other photographs," Jonathan Curran told the Galway Independent. "She just seemed to appear for a moment and disappear."
I've had experiences in my house that aren't bad, my mom had our house blessed by my mom told me that there are spirits everywhere good and bad and they can help you and guide you if you just ask, I for one believe there are friendly spirits in my
House even though my basement freaks me out, anyway when my brother was little he told me he saw his guardian angel, he woke up late one night and saw this blue light that was outlining a Person and he became scared but the blue light started coming towards him and when it did he felt that he was okay and was protected, my sister on the other hand told me that she's had things happen to her in her old room (my current room) I assumed she was just trying to freak me out but as soon as I moved into that room my mom had put some kid toys in my room for a while and one of them was a turtle that played music and every night I would wake up to it playing for no reason, wasn't moved, no one was in my room but me, another time I was being scolded so I went to my room and I hear someone whisper in my ear "hide" I ignored it but it did scare me, another time I was in my kitchen and my basement door started rattling and it only does that when someone is walking downstairs but seeing as I was the only one downstairs and my brother was asleep upstairs, it was kind of weird, it kept happening so I assumed it was my brother trying to freak me out so I start yelling at him to stop and he yells from his room "STOP YELLING IM TRYING TO SLEEP" I got freaked out and kept ignoring it but it got louder and I finally got so pissed off that I yelled "WHO EVER IS DOING THAT KNOCK IT OFF" it stopped. Other times I've felt as if someone had walked through me or I walked through something like spider webs or mostly it's like I've lost gravity for a brief second which then is followed by goosebumps all over me. One last brief story then I'm done, my brother stayed out at our family's cabin after his wedding with his wife and her family and his mother in law told him she woke up and saw a man sitting at the end of her bed and she was scared but then he smiled at her and she felt safe, that following morning while giving her a tour and showing her pictures of my family he points out my grandpa who had passed and she said "oh my god, that's the man that was at the end of my bed!"
A fireman responding to an accident took this photo in Malaysia. It wasn't until after the pictures were developed that the haunting creature under the bridge was discovered. Could it be the soul of someone that perished in the accident?
this was a picture taken of a car wreck, were the driver walked away unharmed…after developing the picture this angelic figure was in front of the vehicle. however, this was not seen at the time the picture was taken
Interesting question, as we all would love to experience something definitely paranormal! But would you buy it?
A couple who set up a CCTV camera to catch vandals were left aflutter when it captured this eerie footage - of what they believe is a 'child ghost' leaping over their car. Lisa Rigley, 44, and husband Phil, 51, set up the camera outside their home after a spate of attacks on their cars. But they were stunned when they spooled through the footage and saw a strange shape fly into their driveway and clamber over their Volvo Estate.
Mrs. Mabel Chinnery was visiting the grave of her mother one day in 1959. She had brought along her camera to take photographs of the gravesite. After snapping a few shots of her mother's gravestone, she took an impromptu photo of her husband, who was waiting alone in the car. At least the Chinnerys thought he was alone.
When the film was developed, the couple was more than surprised to see a figure wearing glasses sitting in the back seat of the car. Mrs. Chinnery immediately recognized the image of her mother – the woman whose grave they had visited on that day. A photographic expert who examined the print determined that the image of the woman was neither a reflection nor a double exposure. "I stake my reputation on the fact that the picture is genuine," he testified.
Carol and friends were visiting the historic ruins of Llangollen's Vallé Crucis Abbey. But it wasn't until she studied the photos back home in Liverpool that she realised what she'd captured on camera.
"We captured a 'man' in the window although there was nobody else there when we visited. It's a very clear picture and has not been tampered with in any way.
We took two shots of the same - part one in colour and one in black and white. The black and white photo clearly shows a man in the window."
A tourist snapped this photo at Devil's Den in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. According to the tourist, there were no re-enactors in the area, and she didn't see the figure until she reviewed her pictures. Do you think she captured a ghost?
According to Brad Steiger's Real Ghosts, restless spirits and haunted places, there was only one other photographer in the church beside the person who took this picture. Neither of them recalled seeing ghost or any flesh-and-blood person standing there who could account for this image. Because the figure is all in black, it has been theorized that the apparition could be that of the church minister.


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Inside the mind of an (anonymous) yarn bomber
Berkeleyside has been following the city's yarn bombing movement since May when KnittaPlease conducted a stealth knitting operation on a piece of public art on the Berkeley-Oakland border. Another anonymous graffiti knitter, Streetcolor, has emerged more recently and focuses on covering sign- and lamp-posts, mostly in Berkeley.
Streetcolor's latest work can be seen on Fourth Street. We tracked Streetcolor down to find out more about the story behind these somewhat illicit, often whimsical, pieces of street … Continue reading »
Police offer 17k reward in latest killing
Berkeley police and the Bay Area Crime Stoppers are offering a $17,000 award for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person who killed Marcus Isiah Mosley Jr. when he was sitting in his car on Friday, July 17.
Mosley, 29, was killed around 5:11 pm as he sat in the driver's seat of his car, which was parked on the corner of Russell and Milvia streets. The assailant or assailants fired multiple bullets into Mosley, according … Continue reading »
Big Screen Berkeley: Metflopolis
By the time this is published, the 15th San Francisco Silent Film Festival will have concluded. So consider this a warning for next year: if you plan on taking public transportation to the Castro Theatre for an evening show, don't bother going. Last Friday night's screening of the (almost) fully restored print of Fritz Lang's Metropolis began at least an hour after it was scheduled to start, and rather than spend a rough night on the streets of San … Continue reading »
Series of arson fires set near campus
UC police and Berkeley fire and police officials are investigating a series of at least 10 small fires south of campus that they believe were deliberately set.
The string of arson fires started Friday, July 16 when someone set fire to a number of trash cans along Telegraph Avenue. One can was set on fire in front of a Subway sandwich shop, another on Channing, and a large one on Bancroft and Telegraph.
On Saturday, July 17, at 3:28 am, … Continue reading »
Claremont Canyon fire-trail path closes for repairs
Hikers on the Claremont Canyon fire trail take note: the Tanglewood path that leads from Tanglewood Road to the entrance of the trail at Stonewall Road (pictured above) will be closed for (much needed) repairs from today, July 20.
It is expected to re-open on Tuesday August 3.
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