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Results of Operations and Financial Condition, Other Events, Financia
For the three and six months ended June 30, 2013, Altisource Residential Corporation (the "Company") had estimated taxable income of approximately $3.3 million and approximately $1.4 million, respectively. Below is a reconciliation of U.S. GAAP net income to estimated taxable income for the three and six months ended June 30, 2013:
Altisource Residential Corporation
Estimated Taxable Income (Unaudited, in thousands) Three months ended Six months ended June 30, 2013 June 30, 2013 U.S. GAAP net income $ 5,227 $ 4,243 GAAP/tax differences Gain on mortgage loans GAAP unrealized gain on mortgage loans (7,165 ) (8,293 ) Tax gain on mortgage loans - modifications 1,758 1,758 Tax gain on mortgage loans - REO 1,534 1,595 Net GAAP/tax difference from gain on mortgage loans (3,873 ) (4,940 ) Capitalized advances 932 1,244 Interest income, advance recoveries and other items 982 877 Total GAAP/tax differences (1,959 ) (2,819 ) Total estimated taxable income $ 3,268 $ 1,424
Estimated taxable income is a non-U.S. GAAP measure that management uses in connection with monitoring its compliance with certain REIT requirements. Estimated taxable income is presented for informational purposes and should not be viewed as a substitute for net income as defined by U.S. GAAP.
The information in this Item 2.02 is furnished solely pursuant to Item 2.02 of
this Form 8-K. Consequently, it is not deemed "filed" for the purposes of
Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that Section. It may only be incorporated by reference in another filing under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Securities Act of 1933 if such subsequent filing specifically references this Item 2.02 of this Form 8-K.
On September 9, 2013, the Company announced that its Board of Directors declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.10 per share of common stock, payable on September 30, 2013 to all shareholders of record as of the close of business on September 19, 2013. This quarterly dividend is intended to partially satisfy the requirement that a REIT must distribute at least 90% of its annual REIT taxable income to its stockholders. This distribution primarily reflects earnings from the deployment of the Company's $100 million initial capital contribution and the proceeds from its repurchase facility. A copy of the press release announcing the dividend is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.
Residential Mortgage Loan Acquisitions
In August 2013, the Company agreed in principle to acquire a portfolio of residential mortgage loans, substantially all of which were non-performing, consisting of an aggregate of 2,966 mortgage loans with approximately $922 million of unpaid principal balance ("UPB") and approximately $790 million in aggregate market value of underlying properties for an aggregate purchase price of approximately $537 million. The loans were originated by various entities related and unrelated to the seller. The Company is actively conducting secondary due diligence on this portfolio. Subject to satisfactory due diligence results and final agreement on terms, the Company currently anticipates completing this acquisition in two separate closings in the third and fourth quarters of 2013. There can be no assurance that the Company will be able to reach a definitive agreement with the seller regarding the acquisition of this portfolio in whole or in part on a timely basis or at all.
In June 2013, the Company agreed to acquire for the Department of Housing and Urban Development ("HUD") and SerVertis
REO LLC ("SerVertis") two separate portfolios of residential mortgage loans, substantially all of which were non-performing, consisting of an aggregate of 2,698 mortgage loans with approximately $470 million of UPB and approximately $370 million in aggregate market value of underlying properties for an aggregate purchase price of approximately $253 million. The loans were originated by various entities related and unrelated to the respective sellers. In August 2013, the Company consummated the acquisition of 1,854 of these mortgage loans with approximately $322 million of UPB and approximately $252 million in aggregate market value of underlying properties, which included all of the SerVertis loans and a majority of the HUD loans. The HUD-sponsored sale requires two separate settlements for the transaction, and the Company currently expects to consummate the acquisition of the remainder of the HUD portfolio in September 2013. There can be no assurance that the Company will acquire the remainder of the HUD portfolio in whole or in part on a timely basis or at all.
Caution regarding forward-looking statements
All statements other than statements of historical facts included in this Current Report on Form 8-K are forward-looking statements that are subject to uncertainties that could cause actual results and achievements to differ materially from those expressed in such statements. These uncertainties are in some instances beyond our control. Words such as "expect," "will" and other similar expressions identify forward-looking statements, although not all forward-looking statements contain these identifying words. The forward-looking statements contained herein speak only as of the date they are made and are qualified in their entirety by reference to the risks and uncertainties described from time to time in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
(d) Exhibits. Exhibit No. Description Press Release Announcing Quarterly Cash Dividend, dated Exhibit 99.1 September 9, 2013

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The dilapidated highway was hot, but once Peter veered north on the remnants of the Baltimore Pike, the aptly named black locust trees—growing even in the cracks of the asphalt—provided a canopy shielding man and horse from the relentless August sun. He let his appaloosa gelding drink from a stream and dunked a faded Nationals cap before replacing it on his bald head. They were upstream of the Zone and the water here was more or less safe. A crossbow cradled under his large right arm, he kept a careful lookout.
After taking care to ride five hundred yards downstream to befuddle any trackers, Peter headed up the steep bank into a narrow canyon. Little sunlight filtered down through the dense forest, and Peter walked his horse up the deer track, careful to avoid the tripwires.
"Hector?" he called out as he wiped the sweat from his gray stubble. He was in better shape than he had been at thirty, when he had been designing artificial hearts while lunching on super-sized fries, both pursuits relegated to folklore post Fracture. But working eighteen hour days on the north side of fifty was taking its toll on his body, as were the lingering effects of radiation poisoning.
The only reply was the ragged chirp of a blue jay. Peter crouched low, spinning around, listening. The crossbow was ungainly in the heavy underbrush, and he would only get one bolt off. He was not as good a shot as his wife, a former member of the ill-fated 2024 Olympics archery team, but it was hard to miss at short range.
"Hector?" he called again, his voice a third higher this time. A twig snapped to his rear. Peter spun and fired into the brush. A squeal and a thud. He rushed forward, knife in hand, but the four-point buck was dead.
"Whassup, mi hermano?" A huge man with rough hands yet an unsullied complexion poked his head out of the camouflaged mine entrance. He had a longsword slung over his back and a tarnished Glock in his belt.
Peter paused from reloading the crossbow. "Nothin' bud." The proper response to the challenge. He embraced Hector and guffawed. Peter was himself a large man, but he was dwarfed by his wife's muscle-bound older brother.
"We can't eat that one, bro. He's hot." Hector pointed to the gray stump where the deer's left ear should have been. They dragged the carcass a hundred yards downwind of the mine.
"Bring any whiskey?" asked Hector. "Busting all these big rocks into small ones makes a man thirsty."
Peter tossed him a grimy bottle, a corner of an old Absolut label still visible. "Provisions too, thanks for asking." He waved a hand at the saddlebags filled with jerky and tins of cornmeal. "Yolanda even baked you a rhubarb pie, if it didn't get squashed."
"Pie and whiskey, now that's a twenty-first century lunch." Hector laughed, his youthful countenance belying his own fifty years, his booming voice a mix of New York urban and New Mexico chicano.
Peter could never understand how a man who worked as hard as Hector, who had seen so much combat, could stay so baby-faced. Not to mention the jet-black hair, considering no one had manufactured hair color products in fifteen years. Peter subconsciously traced his own furrowed cheek with a leathered palm.
They ate in silence, efficient and quick, like wolves over a kill.
"The Army wants three thousand arrows. Guess even our blue-clad friends are running low on bullets," said Peter as he downed the last of the watered down whiskey.
"¡Mierda! Are we finally invading Virginia?" asked Hector, as he flung his kitchen knife into the cabin wall. It quivered, the hilt within an inch of the oaken plank. "If so I'm reenlisting."
"You'd need a Geiger and an NBC suit. The Zone is still hot down past Petersburg."
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"The California Annexation."
"Makes sense, but sure makes us look like imbeciles for retaliating on Richmond." The Chinese Empire had forcefully annexed SanFran the day after 7/12. The world had been focused on the catastrophe back east; no one opposed the land and technology grab.
"Never bought that 'we're here at the request of the citizens' speech by Lord Mayor Wang. Guess they really were after that biotech research facility."
"Roger that. We used to get all our best toys from the military wing of that lab."
"Ruthless devils."
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Peter stared at his ragged nails, blinking back tears. On the twelfth day of July, 2042, he and Yolanda had been helping her best friend Alexandra raise a barn to house a forge. At a few minutes before noon, they had clutched each other helplessly as the mushroom cloud, centered not far from their Victorian in Georgetown, blotted out the sun.
"So when does Colonel Saleem need his arrows by?" asked Hector.
"Tuesday a week. But it's not Saleem; rather a Sergeant Forrest, out west at Fort Harper." After the Fracture, Harpers Ferry had been fortified against the anticipated invasion by the NewConfederacy. An invasion that never happened once the Québécois fleet arrived in the Gulf, intent on annexing Louisiana into Le Grande Empire.
"I'll go chip some flint." Hector headed into the mine and Peter reluctantly climbed back onto his even more reluctant appaloosa.
Four weeks later, Peter and Yolanda were roused by an incessant pounding on the door of their 1980's ranch house. It was Hector. "It's two frigging thirty in the morning," said Peter. "Enough with the hammering." The other family in the house—Alexandra the blacksmith and her husband, a veterinarian who had lost a leg down in Dallas when the Texans had seceded—was, or had been, asleep.
"Bed… diablo… traitor… puta…" Hector continued into a multilingual diatribe. Peter only understood one fifth of the Spanish, but he got the gist.
"Master Sergeant Bedford Nathan Forrest, US fucking Army, soon to be permanently retired on the end of my fucking sword." A whisper rather than a roar.
A sword indeed hung from his belt, but rather than one of Alexandra's hand-forged longswords, this was a plasma sword, with an energy beam that coated the beryllium-plated blade with a soft glow. Peter had heard rumors of such weapons but had never seen one. Peak technology.
"Turn the light saber off. You're wastin'." Yolanda said. Wasting energy had been a felony since the thirties, at least while there were still police and judges.
"I got me three more juice packs," he said, his speech slurred, but he switched the weapon off nonetheless. "You're right, bro. Don't want the damn thing to blow up. Antique plasma technology is about as stable as a cardboard shithouse in a monsoon."
Yolanda had pulled on a tattered hoodie, a nondescript gray not unlike her radiation thinned hair. After smelling her brother's breath, she deftly removed the cap-less flask from his hip pocket. With one arm over his broad shoulders, she gently guided him into the kitchen, lit a candle and proceeded to grind a spoonful of charred coffee beans in a wooden mill. Soon the faint aroma of fresh-brewed coffee, a pale reminder of better days, filled the unheated kitchen.
"You rate, bro," said Peter with a faint smile. Yolanda rationed their coffee like it was gold. With sea trade at a virtual standstill, coffee was in truth worth more.
"If you show up again at my house drunk as a Swedish sailor, mi hermanito," with emphasis on the ito, "I will grind your brains into masa de maíz."
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Yolanda looked at Peter then put another pot of coffee on while Hector staggered back outside to the outhouse. When he returned his grief had been replaced by resolve.
"The NewConfederate cavalry cornered a group of runaway slaves a few miles south of the Maryland border. Soldiers from the Fort Harper garrison, armed with longbows, aided the rebels in blocking the ford."
"Our arrows?" asked Yolanda, as she slammed the pot back on the old stove. "That bastard."
A bang on the wall of the adjacent bedroom interrupted her.
"Sorry." She lowered her voice. "They blocked the Tubman line crossing?" A reincarnation of the Underground Railroad, named after the Civil War abolitionist Harriet Tubman, had been successfully crossing over the West Virginia border for months. Yolanda and her brother donated supplies to the Tubman conductors whenever they could, as many of the newly enslaved southerners were Hispanics.
"Yup. Two hundred and fifty-eight escaped slaves died; forty-seven more were recaptured." He took a sip of coffee. The kitchen was quiet now. "But it gets worse."
"Worse?" asked Alexandra softly. She was standing in the doorway in a faded nightshirt, leaning on the hilt of a gleaming broadsword.
"Fort Harper seceded. Our former buddy, Sergeant Forrest, US Army, is now Major Forrest, NCSA Army and the fort commander. He's got the captured slaves staked out in the sun." He spat, then grabbed an old towel and cleaned up his spittle.
"And what is Colonel Saleem doing about this?" asked Peter.
"Not much. His forces are stretched too thin defending the border. There's talk of raising a militia company, but I think it's just talk."
"I'll raise the company," said Yolanda. She scrounged up an old blanket, threw it at her brother and slammed the bedroom door behind her.
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Peter also knew when: October sixteenth. Like his wife, he had minored in history. For his part, he was renovating a Civil War era Gatling gun that he and Alexandria had requisitioned late one night from a local museum. Peter was neither a thief nor soldier, but this was about family.
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Dressed in camo yet looking like a medieval longbowman, Yolanda captained Maryland's first militia company of archers. Colonel Saleem had loaned her a cavalry squad, led by his own daughter Fatima, ostensibly on maneuvers. Alexandra, her two-handed battle-axe resting over her broad left shoulder, had marshaled a dozen farmers armed with a hodgepodge of melee weapons from her forge: axes, swords of various types and even a six-feet-long halberd.
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Yolanda's archers would be watching from above with the night vision scope that had magically appeared from Fatima's saddlebags as a gift from her father. The rebels had blown a section of the B&O bridge, enough to stop trains but still traversable by foot. The night before, Yolanda had hugged both her husband and her brother goodbye. "Go with God, but send the slavers to hell."
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The stars and stripes once again flew above Fort Harper. For seventeen minutes and twenty-three seconds.
Trouble arrived on horseback, accompanied by an armored Toyota, an '18 Prius hybrid that had long since been converted for military use. A Gulf War III vintage M60 was mounted over the sunroof. The rebels had two companies of cavalry, one wielding sabers and the second armed with bows like Mongolian horse-archers.
"Trap!" yelled Yolanda to her militia troops, "Fall back to the bluff."
"Fatima, take the flank," ordered Hector. The young lieutenant withdrew her cavalry to the west of town. "Peter, crank up your antique peashooter," he added, then dropped into the tall grass and vanished.
Peter clambered into the back of the Dodge and manned the Gatling gun. He turned the newly forged crank, spewing hundreds of invaluable bullets at the cavalry charge. Flight after flight of arrows followed in retaliation, along with a spray of shells from the armored Prius and a Molotov cocktail. He was thrown from the Dodge by the blast with a shredded left leg and an arrow of his own making embedded in his right arm. After crawling halfway under the truck, he applied pressure to the gaping wound in his leg with his one good hand. The Prius turned its attention and machine gun to Yolanda's troops digging in on the bluff, albeit at an ammunition conserving rate of fire.
Peter watched with dread as the saber-wielding cavalry approached him, then veered west to counter the Fatima's sudden charge from behind a dilapidated café. Her attack was a feint, and she raced her few horses back behind the crumbled gas station. He momentarily forgot the pain and the welling blood as he spotted a slight movement in the tall weeds of the parking lot.
As the rebel cavalry, sabers flashing, thundered two abreast between buildings in pursuit, a crossbow bolt and a throwing knife in close succession took down adjacent cavalrymen. The next pair crashed into their fallen comrades, and the next pair of horses spooked and threw their riders. The lead elements were eighty yards out before they realized their rear had been ambushed. As the rebel commander, Major Forrest himself, in a colorful reproduction of a Civil War cavalry officer's uniform, wheeled and rallied his vanguard back toward the ambush site, Fatima's troop reappeared on foot, enfilading the rebels with arrows and bolts. That part of the battle was over in forty seconds as the major surrendered ingloriously when his hat was shot from his head.
The majority of the rebel company, blocked behind the pile of horses and riders, regrouped and charged at Hector's hidden position. Peter watched in fascination and horror as he saw Hector rise suddenly, the plasma sword—blade glowing faintly green—replacing the crossbow. A hundred horsemen, sabers drawn and screaming what they must have thought was the long forgotten rebel yell, converged on their solitary ambusher. The balance of the horse-archers unleashed a volley of arrows toward Hector that missed him but killed four of their countrymen.
Hector stood motionless, a barbarian warrior from a 2D movie, plasma sword raised two-handed over his head. Peter squirmed out from under the truck, his left femur protruding through his tattered pants leg, but he had to see. He stuffed a fist into the gaping hole where his thigh had been but this did little to staunch the flood of blood. Yolanda took the opportunity to order her melee troops to swarm the now isolated Prius. Alexandra led the charge, taking scores of bullets before she collapsed, dead. Three of her farmers were also mown down before they overran the Prius, impaled the gunner and captured the driver.
Hector waited until the lead cavalry riders closed in for the kill. He sprung—in a leap that covered an unbelievable five yards—and beheaded the lead horseman. Balancing upright on the back of the rearing horse, he bounded onto the next horse like a CG hero of Peter's boyhood video games, with a flying dropkick that fatally unseated its rider. A shoulder roll on the ground under the fast approaching second echelon was followed by a slit cinch and belly, but the plasma generator on the sword detonated, frying Hector's right forearm up to the elbow. Hector grunted as a falling horse temporarily pinned him to the ground, but with a stream of Spanish curses he lifted the half-ton animal with his good arm and squirmed out from under the carcass. He lunged with unimaginable speed to the side, grabbing the blade that had been swinging at his head with his bare left hand and wrenching it away. He reversed the saber with a flip, and gutted two more riders as they plunged past.
A volley of shells from the captured Prius broke the morale of the remaining rebels. They wheeled off, but not before Hector dragged three more riders from their horses. The horse-archers followed, abandoning their bows as they fled.
Peter smiled to himself and released his death grip on his shredded leg, allowing the blood to gush out over the crumbled asphalt. The azure sky faded to gray as he lay on his side, the smile still frozen on his face.
To Peter's great surprise, he awoke, shockingly pain-free, and more importantly, distinctly not dead. Hector and Yolanda looked down on him, one on either side. Hector had a large syringe in his right hand, red but clearly already healing from the plasma burns. "Now you really are my brother," he said, with a wry smile.
"For a Princeton man you're a little dense. Didn't you major in bio-engineering?" Hector was still smiling.
"Nanobots." Peter opened a door in his mind to an earlier life that he kept sequestered.
"When Hector said he was ex Special Forces he meant special in more than one way," said Yolanda. Her own smile burned through layers of grime and blood—perhaps hers, perhaps not—on her face.
Peter nodded as he sat up, tenderly touching his left leg, which, like Hector's arm, was healing as he watched. "Were you, are you, one of those Augments." The question tailed off to a statement.
"We were injected with nano-robotic augmented viruses, resulting in enhanced motor skills, strength and longevity. Peak technology, pre Fracture." The professional soldier recited this as if he was reading from a handbook.
"So are you an Augment like me?" asked Hector rhetorically. "Not exactly, but you'll never lose at arm wrestling again, and you'll live an extra sixty, seventy years."
Understanding stabbed Peter in the heart. "That inoculation, it was a booster. Your booster." A tremendous gift of life.
His next thought, of outliving his wife, must have been written on his face, or else augments also had telepathic powers, for Hector nodded and added, "Not to worry, mi hermano, I have one more dose for mi hermana." He smiled at his sister, then turned back to Peter, "You'll be fletching arrows together for a good long time. Perhaps one day you'll design artificial hearts again."
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No the reason why they put the Rock over Cena is because they think the fans want to see 3 matches between these two. Also all Cena said for a year was The Rock could not beat him at Wrestlemania so if he won the first match what would that have proven? Getting Cena to walk out and say I told you so?
Hell, I don't want to see three matches between the two. They should have had it at Wrestlemania 27 and been done with it. Waiting a year build killed alot of anticipation for it, not to mention the bickering between the two. They should have had Rock come back, challenge Cena to a match at WM 27. Had Cena win and at WM 28 Rock could have challenged for The Streak or even the WWE Championship. It's like like a feud with Cena is the ONLY thing they can do with The Rock going into Wrestlemania.
But unfortunately Rock won last year, so it makes sense for the top face to get his biggest win of his career.
Cena winning would have proven that he is the top guy of this company and he's beaten them all besides ending the Streak. They would have booked him as he should be booked, as the top guy who's unstoppable. Making Rock win made no sense but put over The Rock and the Attitude Era a superior to the current era. Which makes no sense at all. It's like if they put over Hogan over Rock at WM 18, same thing. No, they put over the present over the past at that show. For some reason, they put the past over the present which WWE hardy ever does, especially at big time shows.
As for the aftermatch: They could have had him be all happy because he's done with The Rock. have him say his next goal is the WWE Championship. Than, when he's about to leave, Brock Lesnar's music hits. It's basically the night after WM 19 all over again, but Cena doesn't threaten to leave. Lesnar comes back, and wins at Extreme Rules. They have Lesnar dominate Cena, and injure him to the point where he'll take time off. Since Lesnar beat the top face, he runs rough-shot over the entire company, winning the WWE Championship from Punk at Summerslam.
The only reason Cena won at Extreme Rules was because he lost at Wrestlemania to The Rock.
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I also can't believe how much you let Cena ruin your own lives by doing what he does.
You all may make fun of people with "IT'S STILL REAL TO ME DAMN IT!" for the young kids or marks or whatever, but you guys are even worse than them. You have this deep-seeded legitimate rage for Cena and his fans to the point where you let it affect your day to day life.
Grow up. Seriously.
If you don't understand why John Cena wins all the time, maybe professional wrestling is not for you.
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Spring wildfire season is a dangerous time for those living near wooded areas. One Albemarle woman's home had a close encounter with a brush fire. It was quite a scare for longtime Albemarle County homeowner Freda Campbell.
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Busy week. But first, I need to remind everyone of what April 16 means (outside of the wrestling event listed below).
April 16, 2007 was the date of the Virginia Tech Massacre, where 32 were killed and 17 injured by a shooter on the campus where I got my undergrad degree. Five years later, Hokies from all over gathered around to remember...
Wrestling is nothing compared to something like this. That campus in Blacksburg, Virginia is where I met my wife, and created so many memories with family and friends that will never be lost. The shooter took 32 lives on that day, but he couldn't remove he spirit of a community that will be strong forever.
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The graphic above says it all...The New GLOW was a complete and total disaster. The show went down on April 16, and most of you likely didn't know anything about it. It was supposed to be used to introduce GLOW's Season 5 stars, including our own Buggy Nova as "Donna Dead," and even promised television at one point. What happened was an event that no one can be proud of, and the promoter alone is to blame.
Yours truly has the inside scoop—I have multiple sources that were at the event and were able to provide me with the details, including the unfortunate treatment of several talents on the show.
Here are the issues...
Several wrestlers, including OVW talent Taeler Hendrix, Buggy Nova and Kitana Vera, weren't paid for their appearances on the show. Making matters worse was the fact that the promoter was caught fleeing the building without paying the talent. Seeing the timeline is even more interesting: the show ended at 10:00 PM, and the talent was still at the venue at 1:00 AM being told he would be there but "couldn't pay them yet."
After the wrestlers had to leave he venue—presumably so it could close—the promoter said he would pay them in the morning. The next morning, he was nowhere to be found.
The promoter had included overnight accommodations at The Gold Coast Hotel for the night of the event, and the night before for a few of the talents as well. However, on the night of the show, the wrestlers were informed that the promoter was "screwed out of the rooms," and had to make other arrangements. Those arrangements were a $39/night motel that wasn't cleaned before any of the women arrived. Making these matters worse was the fact that only one hotel room key was provided—and no one knew where the motel was. Once they found the motel, they watched a prostitute being picked up in the parking lot. After seeing the room, the talent decided to make their own hotel accommodations, at their own expense.
According to one of my sources, OVW star Taeler Hendrix actually paid her own way to Las Vegas and back to Louisville, Kentucky. Even if you get a good deal, that flight can run over $300 easy. Taeler was reportedly told that her travel wasn't able to be covered, yet the travel for Sara Del Rey reportedly was. Outside of travel was the transportation. The promoter promised limousine service for all transfers. Now, having traveled for business I am well aware that "limousine transportation" can sometimes mean a town car or other type of upscale vehicle. Instead, I heard about transportation being provided by the promoter and his business partner—men arriving alone to pick up young women they had never met before…when those women had been sold on private, purchased transportation. When the talent finally had to leave the venue on Monday night, they were taken to the motel in a van—driven by a stranger. More on that stranger in a moment. The final transportation story comes the next morning. Remember that Taeler Hendrix flew herself to the show? Well no one was to be found on Tuesday, so no one was there to take her back to the airport. So she reportedly missed her flight, incurring more personal expense. The charge to change that flight? $75, reported to me as also being the booking fee for her appearance—which was never paid, either.
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"Event management" is apparently an oxymoron here, since there wasn't any. The talent was promised catering as part of their deal, by Kraft Food. Now, I don't know if his meant packages of instant Mac-N-Cheese or what, but it didn't matter. No food was provided. They were also promised a professional hairdresser and make-up artist. If you watch any of the original GLOW, you'll see that this is a necessity to achieve each character's originality. The "professional" hair and make-up artists were Roxy Astor, the promoter's girlfriend, and her daughter. The "professional" photographer? Roxy's daughter's boyfriend. The "professional" sound technician? Roxy's son. The promoter wasn't alone—he had at least one business partner. That business partner also happened to be the mystery man driving the van that I mentioned earlier. Well the business partner didn't get the hotel room he was promised either, and also didn't get paid.
This event took place on Monday, April 16 in Las Vegas, NV. This is important to know because the Cauliflower Alley Convention was in session in the very same Las Vegas. Vendetta Pro Wrestling also ran a show—on the same night. So with a built in audience of several hundred conference attendees, what the promoter draw? Nineteen people. 1-9. And some of those were friends and family, likely lowering the paid total. Advertising was limited to a Facebook page—that has since been deleted.
I want to elaborate on just how bad it is to draw 19 people to this show. In Las Vegas--during a wrestling convention—I could draw 19 people to watch Patrick O'Dowd take a crap.
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Now, to a person, everyone that I have talked to has told me that anyone associated with the original GLOW was great. Even the promoter's business partners were great to deal with. But all of those people got screwed, too—by the promoter, his girlfriend and his family.
So who is this winner? I'm so glad you asked!
Eric Rolphe Nyenhuis, or Eric "Danger" Nyenhuis as his alternative moniker on Facebook suggests, is the swell guy who promoted this event. Now, it's hard to believe things would go wrong, I mean when he "acquired" GLOW back in November, he made this earth shattering press release...
I know it's hard to read, so here is the actual text courtesy of "Eric Danger's"
Facebook page
Geogous Ladie of Wrestling...Something that was a part of television history for 4 Years..
I have now aquired the rights to GLOW and have now layed a business plan to bring it back !!! There will be new charcters and the Old School ones story lines vignettes and YES we will be back on TV sanctioned under the NWA Hollywood.
I am naming a GM a former WWE Female superstar to handle the daily operration and there will be a NEW GLOW Champion and sorry it wont be a crown but an actual title belt...
I am putting a lot into this and I hope you embrace tyhis as I do.
Eric Danger Nyenhuis/CEO
GLOW entertainment
The only danger related to Eric "Danger" Nyenhuis is towards anyone who works with this guy.
To date, talent is still trying to get this guy to make it right. The ball is in his court, so to speak. I think we all know how that's going to end...
You Decide:
I don't even have the words for this guy...
You know what, that's actually not true. I do have words...
Eric Rolphe Nyenhuis is the lowest form of low. Forty-seven year old uncles living in family member's basements look to this guy to feel better about themselves (when they're not busy commenting on my column!). I've said before that Dave Marquez was once hard to work with. But he gets things done, and I've never seen nor heard of him stiffing anyone. Hell, he paid me $75 to be a ring announcer at his event in Phoenix's historic The Celebrity Theatre in 2007, and I wasn't even promised a payday! I personally watched Johnny Kennedy run a great promotion in Rising Phoenix Wrestling into the ground because he couldn't keep his personal insecurities out of his business practices—but he always paid his talent. Now while I don't get along with Johnny to this day (something about me being successful in this business and him being known for giving up a minimum of three times and blaming everyone else for his own failures), I've grown to really respect Dave Marquez. So much that he now has his own graphic! But those two are McMahon and Crockett compared to Eric Rolphe Nyenhuis!
So many people have destroyed this guy on Facebook and elsewhere as well. I wish I could say no one would ever work for him again, but this
wrestling. I'm sure if he pays his talent in full 10-15 days before the scheduled event and provides then with a hotel food per-diem up front they'd be willing to do business. But c'mon, the guy was probably depending on the (non-existent) gate to pay the $75 booking fees of his mid-carders!
So please spread the word: this guy is a complete and total piece of trash. Which is an insult to actual pieces of trash.
Last week I used the phrase "I remember Bound for Glory" in my preview for TNA's annual steel cage extravaganza titled Lockdown. Even my haters have to admit it—I was right.
Let's have a look at the card and results, shall we?
Lethal Lockdown: Team Garett (Garett Bischoff, Austin Aries, Mr. Anderson, AJ Styles & Rob Van Dam) vs. Team Eric (Gunner, Bully Ray, Christopher Daniels, Kazarian & Eric Bischoff)
This ended up being the opening match, and was a great choice at that. The actual talent in the match—you know, anyone not named Bischoff—worked hard and delivered. The most telling moment of the entire night came here, as the crowd was rabid in cheering for and demanding the fourth man entering the match be on Austin Aries. He was the most over guy on the show. After a barrage of finishers, all of the talent laid around waiting for the Bischoff's to finish their business, as Garett smacked Eric wih a guitar overfilled with baby powder. That ended the match.
My Prediction: Team Eric – WAS WRONG
World Tag Team Championship: Samoa Joe & Magnus (champions) vs. The Motor City Machine Guns
While Lethal Lockdown was the perfect choice for an opener, this was the worst possible match for this spot on the card. The crowd was dead, even for the MCMG's entrance, which was botched when the wrong music was originally played. The match itself was good, but the flat crowd hurt it big time. Joe & Magnus won, which was the right call.
My Prediction: The Motor City Machine Guns win the TNA World Tag Team Championships – WAS WRONG
Television Championship: Devon (champion) vs. Robbie E
One of the highlights of the night came when Robbie E delivered an amazing backstage promo on Devon. The kid has real talent, and could really make an impact (pun intended) if they allowed him to. That said, he lost short match to Devon after bumping his ass off for the ring veteran.
My Prediction: Devon retains – WAS RIGHT
Knockouts Championship: Gail Kim (champion) vs. Velvet Sky
Velvet wasn't as bad as I had predicted here. But this match was too short to be anything memorable. Velvet's singles career has peaked, whereas Gail is a great heel champion. The right Knockout won.
My Prediction: Gail Kim retains – WAS RIGHT
Matt Morgan vs. Crimson
Unlike almost anyone I've heard from, I enjoyed this match. The work was good, the story hey told made sense, and the manner in which Crimson won was perfect. I think so many of us were turned by the thought of these two going at it again that the match wasn't given a fair shake. I liked it.
My Prediction: Matt Morgan unceremoniously ends "the streak." – WAS WRONG
Kurt Angle vs. Jeff Hardy
Reports are that they were going for a Triple H-Undertaker feel here. I can't say they captured that magic one bit. But they did put on one hell of a match, and once again the right guy went over. I'd call this the match of the night, easily.
My Prediction: Jeff Hardy wins after two huge highspots – WAS RIGHT
Knockouts Tag Team Championships: Eric Young & ODB (champions vs. Sarita & Rosita
This was announced during the pre-show, so there was no prediction. This was a throw away match that was only good for the shot—from behind—of Rosia & Sarita walking to the ring.
World Heavyweight Championship: Bobby Roode (champion) vs. James Storm
This was the big one. The match that the company had built towards since two weeks after Bound for Glory, if not subtly building to before. It was James Storm's night. It's his hometown, the crowd was going to be insane for him. No way Storm doesn't win the title here. Right? Yeah...I remember Bound For Glory. James Storm did land the Last Call Superkick—and a second that sent Bobby Roode out the door and to the floor—win by escaping the cage.
My Prediction: Bobby Roode wins…clean – WAS RIGHT
This was a good show. But the crowd was bad. They were hot for the opener, cold in the middle, and hot for the opener again. I liked the set-up of the arena, and the type of stage they used. The whole thing felt like a mix of ECW and ROH. The talent all worked really hard.
But the finish, as usual, negated the good that was done all night prior.
The match order was odd as well. Why would you cart out that tag team title match right after Lethal Lockdown, when you could have wedged the Knockouts or Morgan-Crimson in there. And given how over Devon is (you can't deny that), his match should have been involved in the spacing as well.
So I'll call it a solid outing by TNA that—once again—fell short of its potential.
You Decide:
What are your thoughts on Lockdown?
And I'd love to see more Scarlett Bordeaux!
Posted By: SilentOx (Guest)
Working on that, bro. Working on that!
Yes Maria should get a shot in VS since she beat Rima.
Posted By: Still Guest#8287
See, I listen to my readers!
I'm voting for Beth just to spite you and your obsession with Buggly...
Posted By: Guest#0109
I'm done explaining this...
Beth is like that girl you met on vacation in the summer before your first year in high school.
You were stuck with your parents and little brother at a lake house. It was nothing but parents and little kids at the beach and then you saw her.
She was lifting canoes out of the water, so you went over to help, but really you just wanted an excuse to talk to her.
She had little problem lifting the massive steel nautical behemoths over her head and placing each gently on the trailer, while the best you could manage was to drag them onto the beach, but she never mentioned it, choosing to spare your ego.
You spent two weeks together and she became your first real girlfriend. It was perfect. You didn't drink, do drugs, or have fun like all the other kids your age, and she never made you feel like a pussy for being...well..a pussy.
When you finally got back home, you told all your buddies about her. How beautiful and fun she was, how she liked Pepsi just like you and was intrigued by your high-minded sanctimony.
Then at lunch on the very first day of high school, you saw her. You were shocked to say the least, seeing as how she never mentioned she would be going there as well, but you were too excited to care.
As you approached the table, your eager anticipation began to dissipate. With each step, you felt slightly more nauseous.
Had you not noticed her jaw shared the same dimensions as the grill of a 1957 Chevy?
Or that she seemed to not have forearms, but rather her stubby arms were just giant biceps, abutted only by equally large triceps?
Or that when she laughed it sounded just like Andre the Giant?
Then you recognized some of the girls at the table and it finally clicked.
She wasn't a girl you had just met over the summer. Although you'd never spoken to her, you had in fact gone to school with her since 4th grade.
Later you realized that you had suffered from "Acute Illusory Sensory Deprivation", a condition commonly found in prison inmates and men trapped on a deserted island.
Due to the absence of girls your own age for a sustained period of time, you will quickly project beauty onto the first such girl who "breaks" the sensory deprivation, thereby creating the illusion of being attractive.
Suffice it to say you continued walking right past her table and when she called out your name, you quickened your pace.
Buggy...definitely Buggy.
Posted By: Frisco Kid
Good job, bro.
Also what happened to Terra Calaway, she used to have a column on 411 where she would pretty much bash the Divas and sometimes the Knockouts, then 411 posted a match that she was involved in which wasn't very good and it got bashed in the comment section. I haven't seen her put out a column since then, I guess she can bash other women wrestlers but couldn't take it when it was happening to her.
Posted By: Guest#1649
You know, as a card carrying DeMarcette (I just had to throw that in there) she's not that hard to find. Why don't you ask her yourself?
This week I'm going to apply the "face" test to versus. As in, which girl would you rather have sitting on your face?
Definitely Buggy.
Scarlett Bordeaux: Nice ass. Can she wrestle?
Posted By: the ghost of Buddy Rogers
I see what you did with that first one, and I like it! As for Scarlett wrestling…does it matter?
And I'd just like to nominate Scarlett Bordeaux to the Hall of Bang. She's easily in their class.
Posted By: Guest#5503 (Guest)
No one gets an automatic trip, but she could easily compete.
Sure Velvet Sky can't wrestle and is iffy on the promo (she did make the Knockout's Lockbox Challenge almost seem reasonable), but there was no way VKM saw Ultimate Warrior as a good wrestler or promo guy. Velvet gets a relatively strong reaction for a KO, so so gets a push.
Posted By: Guest#8264
You make a good point. And since the fans pay the bills, maybe that method isn't all wrong...
And I see what you are doing with Buggy vs Beth giving your girl Buggy a easy 1st round win,but she IS very pretty,don't understand the people who have said otherwise or base the fact of she isn't "well-known" therefor they vote for the other girl because she IS "well-known".
Posted By: DisgruntledTNAfan
I gave away my Versus "booking strategy" on my radio show once. I book like in the manner that the UFC builds a fighter. This was Buggy's second win, though. She has much tougher competition as she goes for #3.
I just two minutes ago got finished talking to a couple of legitimate (nee, non-illiterate and knowledgable) wrestling writers who are pretty well known, and 95% of the conversation was laughing at you and making fun of you and laughing at how "making a demarco" has become an actual, popular term on wrestling sites when describing a mistake. I...I mean, I guess it is a good thing that you are so well known. Though I am guessing that WHY you are well known isn't something you would want to brag to your kids about. LOL at you!
Posted By: Guest#4785
Murphy Landis, is that you?
Your obsession with Buggy is creepy. And you claim you're a married man? Yeah right. Unless they made it legal to marry your hand.
Posted By: Guest#2683
See above.
I can tell you that I'd vote for Scarlett, based on these pictures alone, over every woman in your hall of bang. ... Also, I'm looking forward to Lockdown on the same level I was Wrestlemania. I know many reflexively hate TNA and I was largely with you for much of the last 10 years, but I'm telling you, TNA has been excellent for the last 9 months or so. ... If you're even the slightest bit open-minded, check out Lockdown, I think you will be pleasantly surprised and get more than your money's worth.
Posted By: Barry O
Barry makes a good point. Lockdown was a good show, it was hurt by the ending.
GOOD GAWN DAYUMN!!!! That Scarlett is one FINE ass "redhead". Any chance of adopting HER? =)
Posted By: CottonMouthWolf
So, are you REALLY excited about Scarlett?
But I'll tell you what, I can't say that I haven't considered that idea. Here's one to hold you over...
Photo Credit: George Mario
I'm voting Beth just because I don't like how your giving Buggy an easy path to the HoB.
Posted By: Guest#8729
Wait until next week...there will be a lot of conflicted voters out there.
I mean, not hating or anything, but the Frisco Kid's posts aren't THAT funny. Not enough to dedicate a weekly spot to anyway
Posted By: Guest#3289
Good thing it's not your column.
The douchebag contingent on 411mania is expansive and can't resist turning on something popular/good just to prove how cool they are.
Posted By: Guest#9378
Frisco knew it was coming, trust me.
Have you considered that DeMarco has given him the "That was uncalled for" section in order to encourage others to at least try and be amusing...even if it's just a guffaw?
By all means humor is all about individual tastes, but if Frisco Kid is Louis CK, can't somebody try to be Adam Sandler or Chris Rock? This is supposed to be for fun and entertainment.
Posted By: Ronnie
Ronnie doesn't always post…but when he does…he's...
Beth. Although I doubt the fairness in this vote. You're going to give Buggy the win, regardless, aren't you?
Posted By: Minnie Sota
Nope, I'd never rig the vote. Buggy knew that going in, too.
I agree 100%. How many chances does Velvet get? TNA broke up TBO and gave her an opportunity to shine on her own and all it did was expose her. (BTW - Winter/Angelina had SO much potential but that was wasted too. But that is another story.) They need to put Velvet in a team to hide her weaknesses or make her a valet for a team like the MCMG's because a a singles wrestler she sucks. Ms. Tessmacher surpasses her in every area (including having a better ass.)
Posted By: #I'mjustsayin'...
Velvet Machine Gun could be like Stacy Dudley? I'd be down for that. And judging by Thursday's Impact, TNA read your comment!
First off, I don't like writing this, but this is something serious that I feel I must comment on. Greg, I am a big fan of your columns, I think you are funny. Maybe not the best writer, or most knowledgable when it comes to wrestling, but you seem like a talented, good guy. Certainly someone who has worked hard to overcome any troubles in life that you had, and that is something to be admired for. But this is kind of an issue that I don't agree with, and it is as much as for your safety as everyone elses. ... Greg, I know about the trouble you had in your life, everyone does. I assume you paid your debt and you received help with your issues to help you control certain....urges. I know you, like everyone else knows what I am talking about. And I have no reason to believe that you aren't better.
However, if your wife left her children alone with you, a registered, convicted child sex offender, then that is something you all may want to reconsider. For starters, what kind of mother would do that?
Listen, Greg, I know the past is the past, and I am glad your wife can forgive you and look past what you did to those poor children. And I don't judge, that's for God. But for everyone's safety, especially the children, maybe next time you should look into a babysitter. And maybe suggest to your wife that she make an appointment with a counselor herself. Again, what kind of a mother leaves her young children alone with a convicted child sex offender? That isn't right. ... Take my advice or don't. But I wish you and your family the best of luck in the future. And if you really are cured of your demons, then God bless you and your family, and I will pray for you and pray that God continues to keep you strong each day and helps you to be strong enough to fight of those "urges" everytime you walk past a playground or an elementary school. ... God Bless you, to the whole De Marco family.
Posted By: Guest#0925
If you saw my Murphy Landis comment above, you might be wondering what that's about. Well, this moron e-mailed me...and he's a coward, despite e-mailing me.
So, as you can see, my response was simple. I asked him for the "list" he's compiling. And he's a pussy, so he stopped responding.
So I ask you, my loyal readers...have fun with this guy! Murphy Landis: email@example.com
I want to bring another great indy promotion to your attention, and that's Alpha 1 Wrestling. They've been doing a lot of good lately, and they have a huge event this weekend.
Here is the card, courtesy of their site:
This event will feature one of the biggest main events in the history of Alpha-1 Wrestling. With the events that have transpired at Immortal Kombat we found our new #1 Contender & Main Event 2011 RPI Winner Cheech vs. Current Zero Gravity & Alpha Male Champion "The Ronin" Josh Alexander April 22nd, 2012. In a Ladder Match for BOTH Titles!
Also "All Ego" Ethan Page, Johnny Wave, Scotty O'Shea & Alessandro Del Bruno vs. the tandem of Jimmy Jacobs, Ashley Sixx, & Dysfunction Lead by Kyle Davenport in a heated
4 - on - 4 Elimination Tag Team grudge match!
Plus a Co-Main Event:
Strong Style Showdown
Joey Kings vs. Eddie Kingston
Maybe you haven't heard of most of the talent? All the more reason to check it out on Saturday! If you've seen Cheech before, he's grown into a great competitor. And Josh Alexander has been a great champ. Plus, they have Jimmy Jacobs, regularly feature Michael Elgin, and have rising star "All Ego" Ethan Page (coming to a Greg DeMarco Show near you!).
Check them out at
This weekend, Pro Wrestling Guerrilla presents DDT4. This annual tournament has become known for some amazing tag team action, and usually a storyline twist or turn along the way. PWG compiled another great field for the 2012 addition. Take a look at this year's event, as well as some of the history behind this yearly tag team extravaganza. This year's event also includes PWG World Champion Kevin Steen defending his world title in an "open challenge"—the results of which should provide on surprise for the night's card.
Pro Wrestling Guerrilla presents DDT4
Saturday, April 21, 2012, 8:00PM, American Legion Post #308, Reseda, CA
DDT4 Tournament First Round Matches:
Sami Callihan & Roderick Strong vs. El Generico & Willie Mack
Future Shock (Adam Cole & Kyle O'Reilly) vs. The Dynasty (Joey Ryan & Scorpio Sky)
RockNES Monsters (Johnny Goodtime & Johnny Yuma) vs. Fightin' Taylor Boys (Ryan Taylor & Brian Cage-Taylor)
The Young Bucks (Nick & Matt Jackson) vs. Super Smash Bros (Player Uno & Stupefied)
Kevin Steen defends the PWG World Championship in an open challenge.
History of the Dynamite Duumvirate Tag Team Title Tournament:
This is an annual tag team tournament hosted by PWG in Southern California. From 2007-2010 the event was contested for the PWG World Tag Team Championships, but in 2011 and 2012 the titles were not on the line.
Past winners:
2007 – El Generico & PAC (defeated Jay & Mark Briscoe in the finals)
2008 – Jack Evans & Roderick Strong (defeated El Generico & Kevin Steen in the finals)
2009 – The Young Bucks (defeated Bryan Danielson & Roderick Strong in the finals)
2010 – El Generico & Paul London (defeated The Young Bucks in the finals)
2011 – The Young Bucks (defeated Kevin Steen & Akira Tozawa in the finals)
For more information, visit
You Decide:
Would you order an event like this on PPV or iPPV?
The Greg DeMarco Show, presented by 411Mania.com/Wrestling
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This week
: Australian sensation
Niki Nitro
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, presented by 411Mania and streaming worldwide through the Voice of Choice Nation—airs live every Tuesday at 10:30 PM eastern time and is heard by over 10,000 listeners throughout each week. Discussing current events in professional wrestling—including RAW, Smackdown, TNA, Ring of Honor and many US independent promotions and regularly features guests from Ring of Honor, Pro Wrestling Guerrilla, Dragon Gate USA, Evolve and countless other promotions, Greg and Patrick present opinionated analysis on the wrestling world that remains rooted in a love, passion and respect for the business. The show is presented live on Tuesday nights by 411Mania at http://www.411mania.com/wrestling and streams worldwide each Saturday through Monday via Bruce Wirt's Voice of Choice Nation at http://www.vocnation.com. You can reach the show via e-mail at firstname.lastname@example.com, Facebook by searching for "Greg DeMarco Show" or Twitter @gregdemarcoshow.
And Mick Foley appeared on the mothership VOCNation.com show!
And Mick Foley was LIVE in the VOC Nation to talk about his comedy tour, his wrestling career, and more. Join the Voice of Choice, Nemar Wells, AC Smooth, and Wrestlingmarx Erik for 2 hours of fun in the VOC Nation. Listen
We're going old school OVW this week, with this random gem...
Ohio Valley Wrestling
Mark Magnus (Muhammed Hassan) & Nikita vs. Alexis Laree (Mickie James) & Johnny Jeter
Ohio Valley Wrestling, November 11, 2003
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I know, you want more Scarlett. Patience, young Jedi. For now, I bring back an old favorite of mine, definitely before the PG Era. It's Ken Shamrock's "sister" Ryan Shamrock!
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Versus: Maria or Eve?
What do you think of the story behind GLOW?
What did you think of Lockdown?
Would you check out PWG or A1 Wrestling?
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Seniors at Cortland Acres in Tucker County had a chance to talk with Senator Joe Manchin on Thursday.
Manchin answered questions from seniors from his office in Washington via SKYPE.
Seniors at Cortland Acres normally have lawmakers visit them in person during a special event. Well, this special event took it a step further as Sen. Joe Manchin talked with them via Skype during National Nursing Home Week.
"Having the senator do this Skype event, is excellent. We've used Skype in the past individually with families and overseas with servicemen, but we've never had this opportunity which was, the senator's plan," said Don Black, Cortland Acres administrator.
Seniors asked Manchin five different questions on topics ranging from stem cell use for multiple sclerosis to residents who are on Medicaid to children having more gym time. They even asked Manchin if was going to run for president.
"Sometime our industry is forgotten for the elderly and our folks as the senator saw are healthy, asking excellent questions," Black said.
Seniors who talked or listened to Manchin said they were pleased that he took the time.
"I think it was very excellent because these people don't get to see many celebrities and the fact the senator did appear to them, I think they were very happy about that," said Martha Nichols.
This Skype event is one example of how technology is allowing everyone to stay connected with each other.
"Often times we have many challenges with not being able to get to somewhere, and transportation is costly, and we have to figure out ways, other ways can get services to our facility and so technology is really helping us," said Lois Nelson, of Cortland Foundation.


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By this point, I'm pretty much out of the Socialist Party. Mostly I just stopped going to meetings and answering phone calls, which is pretty much a pattern I'm used to by now. I think we can chalk it up to a combination of laziness and a distinct feeling of wasting my time. It turns out I'm not actually a very good idealist. However, I'm still on all the mailing lists, which means my inbox is periodically filled with various party things. Sometimes they're worth a look. In this case, this one'd be a very good reason to ditch the party, even if I hadn't already:
As many of you will already have heard, the racist EDL have decided to "hit" Tower Hamlets on 20th June [They've now called it off, which is why I'm posting this.]
[Blah blah blah various theory bits]
We are now participating in a broad local campaign United East End, set up to organise a massive community and trade union demonstration on Sunday 20th June. Unfortunately, the SWP and UAF are playing a central role in this which means there is no class content to their statements and Tories are on the platform of the rally they have organised for the Sunday before (this Sunday)! Nonetheless they have been forced to co-operate with other local forces [emphasis mine]
I mean, seriously. The nazis come to Tower Hamlets, and you're complaining about being on the same platform as the SWP? The mind boggles. The Tories I can half understand, given how they've been quite happy to use racism (tacit or otherwise) as an electoral tool, but the SWP? And UAF? Jesus. And we wonder why the British left can never seem to put up a united front. Petty, territorial bickering of the worst kind.
And as for the EDL, I'll leave it for Batman to tell it like it is.


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