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The Charge
The incredible true story of a nation in chaos.
Opening Statement
The Day Reagan Was Shot extends a gripping premise: show the power struggles, confusion, gaffes, incompetence, and general chaos that ensued after the White House and America learned that an attempt had been made on President Reagan's life. Writer and Director Cyrus Nowrasteh has obviously done his homework and come up with a frustrating and sometimes terrifying narrative. But this DVD is exasperating because of the squandered potential. The retelling is dull (even when intellectually dramatic events are occurring), the video quality is poor, and the extras are worse than nonexistent. If offered any two episodes of The West Wing for The Day Reagan Was Shot, I would take one of the episodes and not feel cheated.
Facts of the Case
Alexander Haig is frustrated at the lack of respect extended him by the new blood that President Reagan brought to the White House. Seething with frustration, harboring squelched ambition, and recovering from triple bypass surgery, he is the poster boy for stress.
None of those issues magically disappear when he finds out that President Reagan has just been shot by John Hinckley. With the President in surgery and Vice President Bush in transit to Texas, Haig becomes the senior cabinet member at the White House. He also incorrectly believes himself to be the third in line of succession for acting president.
Haig sets up a crisis control center in a White House situation room and tries to maintain order. Besieged by political infighting, erroneous press reports, faulty equipment, incompetent personnel, and a sense of accountability, he struggles to make sense of the crisis at hand. Tension increases when Caspar Weinberger announces he has raised the state of military readiness. Tension escalates when satellites reveal unusual Soviet submarine activity.
Meanwhile, Reagan's situation is precarious. At first they believed he had not been shot. Then they realized he had a bullet lodged between his heart and collapsed lung. Finally, the young doctors learned that the bullet was designed to explode on impact.
Acutely aware that The Press and America are screaming for answers, and disdainful of others' abilities to handle it, Haig gives a press conference. Under stress and the assumption that he is acting president, Haig makes his infamous announcement: "I am in control here."
The fit hits the shan as matters worsen on all fronts. We know Reagan survives. The real drama is in how close the world came to mass destruction due to America's incompetence at critical moments.
The Evidence
At his honor's request, the court reporter just read back the Facts of the Case. Hearing it highlights how blandly The Day Reagan Was Shot handles Cyrus Nowrasteh's fascinating script; it sounds more exciting than actually watching the movie. Part of the blame goes to Cyrus Nowrasteh himself. (We'll get to that). Paramount makes it a big deal that Oliver Stone executive-produced this picture, but none of Stone's frenetic signature is present. This has two effects: unmatched expectations and bewilderment at the conservative camera work.
It is hard to explain this, but I'll try. The story is well thought out. The subject matter is weighty and terrible. The events as they stand are dramatic and moving. And the acting is fine. But the scenes seem stripped of drama and tension. Example: at one point we learn that no one can find the key to launch the nukes, even though a rain of Soviet missiles is thought to be heading toward American soil. You'd think it impossible to film such a scene without some level of dramatic tension, but no one seems particularly worried. They all kind of look around, leaf though procedure manuals, yell some, and then point the finger at someone else. On an intellectual level, I know that is precisely the point: missiles heading towards America, incompetents in charge. But the scene is so devoid of fear, responsibility, or human reaction that I instinctively assumed there was no real crisis, and the dramatic irony never materialized. This basic problem is replayed over and over. Events are intellectually horrifying, but the movie captures it with such sardonic detachment that the drama of the event itself is subverted.
To better cover its ass, the prosecution presents Exhibit Two, which is a minor spoiler. Hinckley sees Reagan and walks up to him with his hand on the butt of his gun. He shoves people out of the way. Slow-mo Reagan smiles and startles as flashbulbs go off. Hinckley looks menacing and smug. Reagan wobbles and looks stunned. It is an artistic, dramatic assassination scene. But wait! Hinckley just shakes Reagan's hand and walks away. Later, they meet again, and this time there's no tension, wonder, or art. Hinckley pulls out a gun and starts blasting with no buildup. We see people running around in panic, but we can't really tell what is happening. This second scene is dramatic waste. An impression of chaos and the knowledge of shooting, with no emotional impact.
I think much of this can be attributed to the directing. The events seem carefully staged. Being carefully staged is expected, but seeming so causes a scene to feel wooden. Cyrus Nowrasteh was the impetus behind the whole idea, and it is clear that he wanted his version of events to be faithfully depicted. But this is a case of too many hats placed on one head. Had Cyrus written the script, provided artistic direction, and left the directing to someone else, The Day Reagan Was Shot might have had both intellectual interest and emotionally powerful drama. The direction is just too focused on factual accuracy, and lacks fluidity.
By the way, The Day Reagan Was Shot is very much political. It is tempting to factor in the political angle, but this review will stick to a discussion of the movie and DVD. Politics has no place in this courtroom!
The frustration I have with this DVD is not limited to the antidrama. For starters, the image is poor. It is victimized by crawlies, particularly in the whiter areas of the image. The colors are desaturated with poor contrast, giving everything a grayish cast. There are regular digital blemishes. Finally, the transfer is overly soft.
But the most grievous charge levied against The Day Reagan Was Shot is the lack of extras. There are none, a crime of which many DVDs are guilty. Yet this movie almost demands extras: how was the script constructed? What is the reaction of actual political figures of the Reagan era? How closely did Haig's press conference and the resultant press frenzy mirror actual footage from the time? The lack of extras is compounded by some incriminating evidence. The original Showtime broadcast of The Day Reagan Was Shot was bookended by two features: an hour-long New York Times documentary called "Bulletproof: Reagan After Hinckley" and "At Reagan's Side," 20 minutes of interviews with some of Reagan's staff. A more satisfying moviegoing experience could be provided by watching a videotape dub of Showtime on Sunday, December 9 between the hours of 8:00 PM and 11:00 PM. The video would look about the same, and the extras would have been a hell of a lot better. The last time I checked, three hours fit onto a DVD. What's the excuse?
The Rebuttal Witnesses
The casting is superb. Dreyfuss is convincing and gives a complex interpretation of Alex Haig. Holland Taylor and Richard Crenna aptly portray the first couple without giving into caricature. The acting is the best element of The Day Reagan Was Shot. Unfortunately, the acting seems stilted. I suspect the culprit is the direction, with pace (editing) as an accomplice.
The script is fascinating and the interpretation of the events is intellectually satisfying. I imagine a documentary on the making of this picture would carry more drama than the picture itself.
Closing Statement
The Day Reagan Was Shot has potential that simply doesn't materialize. Had this movie been created prior to the television program The West Wing and not last year, his honor would be more lenient and consider it a harbinger. But The West Wing is superior in every way. The lighting is better, the action is grittier, the acting superior, emotional impact heavier. And The West Wing lacks the one advantage The Day Reagan Was Shot had going for it: historical impact of one of the most dramatic events in the last 30 years. There's no way around it. The Day Reagan Was Shot doesn't stack up, Oliver Stone or no.
The Verdict
On counts of repeated blandness, I find The Day Reagan Was Shot guilty. It is to serve no less than four years in late night isolation. On the charge of political revisionism, Oliver Stone is free to go on the technicality that we did not try the charge in this courtroom. Which brings us to the charge of "Extras Deprivation." Due to the grievous disregard shown by Paramount, especially heinous because of the easy access to fine extras that aired in close proximity to the original broadcast, I find Paramount guilty as charged. They are to serve a life sentence of providing feature-rich DVDs.
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text:
Diamonds Are Forever (1971)
Slumber Inc. Attendant: The stiff, ehm, the deceased back there... Your brother, Mr. Franks?
James Bond: Yes, it was.
Slumber Inc. Attendant: I got a brudder.
James Bond: Small world.
Mr. Wint: The scorpion.
Mr. Kidd: One of nature's finest killers, Mr. Wint.
Mr. Wint: One is never too old to learn from a master, Mr. Kidd.
Blofeld: Right idea, Mr. Bond...
James Bond: ...But wrong pussy.
[after sealing Bond in a coffin and conveying him into a crematorium's furnace]
Mr. Wint: Very moving.
Mr. Kidd: Heartwarming, Mr. Wint.
Mr. Wint: A glowing tribute, Mr. Kidd.
Sir Donald Munger: Tell me, Commander, how far does your expertise extend into the field of diamonds?
James Bond: Well, hardest substance found in nature, they cut glass, suggests marriage, I suppose it replaced the dog as the girl's best friend. That's about it.
M: Refreshing to hear that there is one subject you're not an expert on!
[Tiffany Case opens the door almost nude]
James Bond: That's quite a nice little nothing you're almost wearing. I approve.
Tiffany Case: I don't dress for the hired help. Let's see your passport, Franks.
[Bond gives her his passport. She looks it over]
Tiffany Case: Occupation: Transport Consultant? It's a little cute isn't it? I'll finish dressing.
James Bond: Oh, please don't, not on my account.
Felix Leiter: I give up. I know the diamonds are in the body, but where?
James Bond: Alimentary, Dr. Leiter...
[Plenty O'Toole is thrown out of the window by some goons perhaps from the 10th floor, and lands in the middle of the hotel's swimming pool]
James Bond: [looking down] Exceptionally fine shot.
Slumber Inc. Attendant: I didn't know there was a pool down there.
Blofeld: The satellite is at present over... Kansas. Well, if we destroy Kansas the world may not hear about it for years. Perhaps New York, with all that smut and traffic... might give them a chance for a fresh start. Washington, DC. Perfect. Since we have not heard from them, *they* will hear from us.
[a couple of oil workers open a hatch down to the oil pipe, and James Bond comes up to their surprise]
James Bond: Thank you very much. I was just out walking my RAT and seem to have lost my way...
[to a rat]
James Bond: Well, one of us smells like a tart's handkerchief.
James Bond: I'm afraid it's me. Sorry, old boy.
[Bond tastes the Mouton Rothschild wine served]
James Bond: The wine is quite excellent. Although for such a grand meal I would have expected a claret.
Mr. Wint: But of course. Unfortunately our cellar is poorly stocked with clarets.
James Bond: Mouton Rothschild IS a claret. And, I've smelled that aftershave before, and both times - I've smelled a rat.
[Bond sees Saxby gunned down after trying to assassinate Willard Whyte]
James Bond: Saxby!
Willard Whyte: Burt Saxby? Tell him he's fired!
James Bond: [Plenty O'Toole enters Bond's hotel room] Well, if you'd like to come in, Plenty.
Plenty O'Toole: Oh, how pretty, what a super place you have!
James Bond: Mmm...
[Plenty kisses him; Bond unzips her purple satin dress and it falls from her, leaving her almost completely naked except for her purple high heels and her transparent pink panties]
Plenty O'Toole: [holding up a finger, moving back] Just give me one second, lover.
[she walks into the bedroom]
James Bond: [Bond picks up her dress and tosses it onto a couch. He turns on a lamp and finds a goon pointing a gun at him] Good evening.
[other lights come on, revealing another goon, also pointing a gun at him]
James Bond: Well, I'm afraid you've caught me with more than my hands up.
Plenty O'Toole: [being forced out of the bedroom by a third goon, her arms folded across her chest protectively] Hey, what the hell is this? A pervert's convention or something?
[the other goons come over and pick her up, carrying her over to the window]
Plenty O'Toole: Now listen, you can't do this to me! Stop that! I've got friends in this town!
[she is thrown out of the window and lands in the pool]
Plenty O'Toole: Hi, I'm Plenty.
James Bond: But of course you are.
Plenty O'Toole: Plenty O'Toole.
James Bond: Named after your father perhaps?
[to Tiffany while he's in bed with her]
James Bond: Presumably I'm the condemned man and obviously you're the hearty breakfast.
Mr. Kidd: Well, they're both aboard, and I must say Miss Case seems quite attractive...
[Mr. Wint glares at him]
Mr. Kidd: ...For a lady.
Mr. Kidd: Heh heh heh heh!
[James Bond is lucky with the dice while gambling]
Plenty O'Toole: You handle those cubes like a monkey handles coconuts.
James Bond: Good morning, gentlemen. ACME pollution inspection. We're cleaning up the world, we thought this was a suitable starting point.
James Bond: What can I bring you back from Holland?
Miss Moneypenny: A diamond? In a ring?
James Bond: Would you settle for a tulip?
Miss Moneypenny: [Bond leaves; she sighs longingly] Mm, yes.
[Plenty O'Toole is found face down in a swimming pool]
Tiffany Case: She's...
James Bond: Dead. Supposed to be you. The next link in the "pipeline".
Tiffany Case: What are you talking about?
James Bond: Poor Plenty must have stumbled in here looking for you.
Tiffany Case: I don't believe you!
James Bond: A dentist is dead in South Africa. That little old lady in Amsterdam. Shady got his last night. They've missed me once. And you're next. Now, who's your connection?
Tiffany Case: You sound like a cop to me...
[Slaps her]
James Bond: Who's your connection?
Tiffany Case: All I know, his voice is on a phone. They got me this place and told me to wait for further instructions.
James Bond: You'll find that rather difficult to hear underwater.
[last lines]
Tiffany Case: Oh, James.
James Bond: Oh, yes. What were you about to ask me?
Tiffany Case: James, how the hell do we get those diamonds down again?
Blofeld: Well go on, go on, it's merely a lift. Or should I say elevator? In any event I'm sure you'll find it far more convenient than mountaineering about outside the Whyte House.
Tiffany Case: [while Q is playing the slot machines, winning big every time] Hi there, Mr. Q. Are you having any luck?
Q: I'm being somewhat successful, thank you.
Tiffany Case: [reading Bond's ID card planted on the deceased Franks] My God! You just killed James Bond!
James Bond: Is that who it was? Well just goes to show, no one's indestructible.
Tiffany Case: Go blow up your pants!
Mr. Wint: Curious... how everyone who touches those diamonds seems to die.
Blofeld: Tiffany, my dear. We're showing a bit more *cheek* than usual, aren't we?
[Tiffany takes the cassette out from her bottom and hands it to Blofeld]
Blofeld: [to the guards] Take her below and lock her up with Mr. Bond.
[the guards take her to a cell]
Blofeld: What a pity, such nice cheeks too. If only they were brains.
[referring to the cassette]
Blofeld: Destroy this, Metz.
[Bond has shoved a tape in the rear end of Tiffany's bikini bottom]
James Bond: Bitch. Your problems are all behind you now.
M: We do function in your absence, Commander.
James Bond: Weren't you a blonde when I came in?
Tiffany Case: Could be.
James Bond: I tend to notice little things like that - whether a girl is a blonde or a brunette.
Tiffany Case: Which do you prefer?
James Bond: Well, as long as the collar and cuffs match...
Sir Donald Munger: You have been on holiday, I understand. Relaxing, I hope?
James Bond: Oh, hardly relaxing, but most satisfying.
Tiffany Case: Listen, you can drop me off at the next corner. This whole thing is getting a little out of hand. No regrets, but when you start stealing moon machines from Willard Whyte, GOOD bye and GOOD Luck!
James Bond: Just relax, I have a friend named Felix who can fix anything.
Tiffany Case: Is he married?
[after being pulled over by the sherriff]
Tiffany Case: [sarcastically] Relax, you've got a friend named Felix who can fix anything.
James Bond: Unfortunately, so can Willard Whyte.
[first lines]
James Bond: [tossing Japanese man around] Where is he? I shan't ask you politely next time. Where is Blofeld?
Japanese man: Ca-Ca-Cairo.
Blofeld: Making mud pies, 007?
James Bond: What do you intend to do with those diamonds?
Blofeld: An excellent question. And one which will be hanging on the lips of the world quite soon. If I were to break the news to anyone it would be to you first, Mr Bond, you know that.
Blofeld: Good evening, Mr Bond.
James Bond: Blofeld?
Blofeld Double: Good evening, 007.
Blofeld: Double jeopardy, Mr Bond.
Blofeld Double: You killed my only other double, I'm afraid. After his death, volunteers were understandably... rather scarce.
Blofeld: Such a pity. All that time and energy wasted, simply to provide you with one mock, heroic moment.
Willard Whyte: Baja? I haven't got anything in Baja!
[Mr. Kidd conceals a bomb inside the dessert]
Mr. Wint: And for dessert, the piece de resistance... a Bombe Surprise.
Tiffany Case: Mmm! That looks fantastic. What's in it?
Mr. Wint: Ah... But then there would be no surprise, Madame.
Shady Tree: [to James Bond] You dirty double-crossing limey fink! Those goddamn diamonds are phonies!
James Bond: Surely, sir, there's no need to involve our section on a relatively simple smuggling matter.
M: Sir Donald has convinced the PM otherwise. May I remind you 007, that Blofeld is dead. Finished! The least we can expect from you now is a little *plain*, *solid*, *work*.
Tiffany Case: Darling, why are we suddenly staying in the Newlywed Suite at the Whyte House?
James Bond: In order to form a more perfect union.
James Bond: [when introducing himself] Bond, James Bond
Bambi: [seductively] I'm "Bambi."
Thumper: And I am "Thumper." Is there something we can do for you?
James Bond: I can think of several things, off hand...
[as Bond, still incognito as Peter Franks, removes his underwear to seduce Tiffany]
Tiffany Case: Why, Peter, there's much more to you than I imagined!
Marie: Is there something I can do for you?
James Bond: As a matter of fact, there is... there's something I'd like you to get off your chest.
Blofeld: Well, well, well, look what the cat dragged in.
James Bond: Welcome to Hell, Blofeld.
[choking a girl to get information]
James Bond: Speak up, darling, I can't hear you.
James Bond: [playing craps] I'll take the full odds on the ten, two hundred on the hard way, the limit on all the numbers, two hundred and fifty on the eleven. Thank you very much.
Plenty O'Toole: Say, you played this game before.
James Bond: Just once.
James Bond: Well, that's a neat trick.
Blofeld: As La Rochefoucauld observed, "humility is the worst form of conceit." I do hold the winning hand.
Willard Whyte: I see you've met my friends Bambi and Thumper
Tiffany Case: Keep leaning on that tooter, Charlie, and you're gonna get a shot in the mouth.
James Bond: Klaus Hergersheimer, checking radation badges... Klaus Hergersheimer... checking radiation badges?
Mr. Slumber: Mr. Franks? I'm Morton Slumber. Please accept my heartfelt condolences at this most difficult hour
James Bond: [as Peter Franks] Well, he is heading for a better world, Mr. Slumber. There's some consolation in that.
Mr. Slumber: Now then, if we're ready to begin the final journey...
[actives control panel]
Mr. Slumber: [Ethereal music rises, curtains part, and the casket travels on a short conveyer through a small hatchway into the cremation furnace]
Mr. Slumber: [cutting off music abruptly] Ah- May his soul rest in peace.
James Bond: Oh, yes... yes, Amen.
Mr. Slumber: Now if you would care to follow me into my comfortable office Mr. Franks, we will bring you the urn... Oh, I'm so happy you chose our Half-couch Hinge-panel Slumber-on Casket. I'm sure your brother would have appreciated it
James Bond: Oh, I'm sure he did.
James Bond: Tiffany Case? Definitely distinctive.
Tiffany Case: I was born there, on the first floor, while my mother was looking for wedding rings.
James Bond: I'm glad for your sake it wasn't Van Cleef & Arpels.
[a knock on the door; Mr. Wint and Mr. Kidd, posing as host and a steward, brings into the couple's suite a romantic dinner]
James Bond: [puzzled] There must be some mistake. I didn't order any...
Mr. Wint: No mistake, sir. On specific instructions and with the complements of Mr. Willard Whyte: Oysters Andaluz, Shashlik, Tidbits, Prime rib au jus, Salade Utopia...
[Mr. Kidd sets the timer for the bomb in the fake La Bombe Surprise]
Mr. Wint: ...and for dessert, the piece de resistance...
[Mr. Kidd shows the fake dessert]
Mr. Wint: La Bombe Surprise.
Tiffany Case: Mmm! That's looks fantastic. What's in it?
Mr. Wint: Ah, but then there would be no surprise, Madame.
James Bond: Pity about your liver, sir. Unusually fine Solera. '51, I believe.
M: There is no year for sherry, 007.
James Bond: I was referring to the original vintage on which the sherry is based, sir. 1851, unmistakable.
Sir Donald Munger: Precisely.
Blofeld: You press "L" Mr. Bond, the word "Lobby" begins with "L".


text:
A horrifying story out of Missouri: A mother was run out of a small town after her daughter blacked out at a party filled with older high school athletes and was left, with clear marks of rape, on the front lawn of her home in freezing weather.
The Kansas City Star details how the small town of Maryville turned against a newly-arrived family after 14-year-old Daisy Coleman reported that an older athlete had sex with her while another older male videotaped, after she was given an alcoholic drink at a party that left her barely able to stand. Her friend, a 13-year-old, was also made to have non-consensual sex.
After a thorough investigation by the local police however, clearly implicating 17-year-old Matthew Barnett in the sexual assault, charges were inexplicably dropped by the prosecuting attorney. Barnett, coincidentally, is the grandson of a prominent former Missouri state representative.
Star reporter Dugan Arnett writes,
Sexual assault cases can be difficult to build because of factors such as a lack of physical evidence or inconsistent statements by witnesses. But by the time his department had concluded its investigation, Sheriff Darren White felt confident the office had put together a case that would "absolutely" result in prosecutions.
"Within four hours, we had obtained a search warrant for the house and executed that," White told The Star. "We had all of the suspects in custody and had audio/video confessions.
"I would defy the Kansas City, Missouri, Police Department to do what we did and get it wrapped up as nicely as we did in that amount of time."
The parent of one of the teens at the Barnett house that night was the only one to comment briefly to The Star: "Our boys deserve an apology, and they haven't gotten it yet."
In a later interview, Rice [the prosecuting attorney] called it a case of "incorrigible teenagers" drinking alcohol and having sex. "They were doing what they wanted to do, and there weren't any consequences. And it's reprehensible. But is it criminal? No."
Robert Sundell, who represented Barnett, echoed that sentiment: "Just because we don't like the way teenagers act doesn't necessarily make it a crime."
In a recent retweet, he expressed his views on women — and their desire for his sexual attentions — this way:
"If her name begins with A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z, she wants the D."


text:
The 5 Most Badass (And Possibly Insane) Athletes Of All-Time
#2. Rulon Gardner is Clearly Cursed but Just Doesn't Give a Shit
In the 2000 Olympics, unknown pudgy American wrestler Rulon Gardner came out of nowhere to beat the Russian who was favored to win the gold (the Russian won the gold at the last three Olympics and hadn't lost a match in the last 13 years). Comparisons to Rocky IV are tempting, but the matchup was less Rockyish, but more like John Candy versus the giant Grizzly bear in The Great Outdoors; if the bear was a menacingly stoic communist, which we assume most bears are.
All of this happened despite the fact the universe clearly wants Gardner dead.
The Badassery:
As inspirational as it was, a single Olympic win by itself wouldn't be enough to classify a Mormon dairy farmer as a true badass. And the fact that he only won a bronze medal in the next Olympics might seem like a bit of a letdown, until you consider that by then he had a toe amputated due to frostbite. And that leads us to the meat of Gardner's badass credentials.
We're just at the tip of the ice-toe-berg.
The aforementioned amputated toe was a result of frostbite from being stranded on a wilderness trip after his snowmobile broke down. Years before, in grade school, he was impaled by an arrow during a show-and-tell incident (but badass props of his own to the nine-year-old that brought a crossbow for show-and-tell.). In 2004, he was hit by a car while he was on his motorcycle.
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Death's most recent (and spectacular) attempt on Rulon's life came in 2007, when he survived a fucking airplane crash. Gardner and two others were onboard when the Cirrus SR-22 crashed into a lake. After impact, the trio swam over an hour in 44-degree water (finally shedding the Unbreakable comparisons by showing that water obviously wasn't his kryptonite) and then endured overnight without fire or shelter in below freezing temperature.
Then he fought a man on the Great Wall of China.
We're not sure if the constant string of disasters prove that God is out to get him, or if his survival shows that Mormonism is the one true religion.
#1. Ted Williams
Simply put, Ted Williams may very well have been the most manly American ever. He wanted to be the greatest hitter who ever played baseball, and refused to let anything, including two separate wars, get in the way. He cursed like a sailor, refused to wear a necktie and included his hotel number on autographed baseballs signed for beautiful women.
"Neckties are just maxi pads for your throat." - Ted Williams
On the final day of the 1941 season, he refused to sit, even though he had a .39955 batting average that would have been rounded up to an even .400--a mark no one had reached in years. But Williams rejected the idea of sitting out and played in both games of a doubleheader. He went six for eight, and finished the season at .406. No one has hit .400 since.
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Williams career was interrupted by war not once, but twice. During WWII, despite being classified 3-A and at no risk to be drafted, he voluntarily joined the military.
But how else was he going to legally kill foreigners?
Williams could have received an easy assignment playing on the service baseball team, but instead, he joined the V-5 program to become a Naval aviator. He would miss almost four years of his baseball prime while serving.
Eight years later, he would be recalled into the Marines. Again refusing a comfortable "goodwill" job playing baseball, Williams flew into 39 combat missions, survived a crash landing and was good enough to spend part of the war as John Glenn's wingman. Yes, the same John Glenn who was a good enough pilot to later move beyond planes and start flying into space.
Space, like most women, was just steps away from being slam-fucked by Ted Williams.
After retirement, having mastered baseball, war and (presumably) lesbian twin menage-a-trois, Williams decided to complete the holy trinity of first half of the century manly acts by becoming one of the greatest deep sea fishermen of all-time. He became so good that he was named to the International Game Fish Association Hall of Fame alongside Ernest Hemingway and S. Kip Farrington. Yep, THE S. Kip Harrington.
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Even though he died in 2002, Williams's most badass moment may be yet to come. That's because shortly after his death, his body, or at least his head, was cryogenically frozen. For "The Splendid Splinter," death, like war, might be nothing more than a temporary annoyance. It's entirely possible that when all is said and done, Teddy Ballgame's most badass act will be returning to save the world from the Alien Zombie Invasion of 2546.
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5 Reasons There Must Be Corpses Buried Under the Batcave
#2. Bruce Wayne's Full Time IT and Janitorial Staff Will Know
The primary purpose of the Batcave in every single incarnation of the character is that it's the command center for Bruce's crime fighting operation. There are many monitors and computers and scanners and communications equipment, and behind each you have servers and routers and high-speed internet connections. According to the character's mythology, the Batcomputer is on par with the FBI computers. And, it'd have to be -- he's doing the same job. He needs access to the same criminal record databases, etc.
The difference is the FBI has entire rooms full of people who do nothing but maintain their systems. Somebody who knows where each network cable goes.
So who's going to handle Wayne's Internet security, and program all of his proprietary software? He doesn't just have Windows 7 Professional on his Batcomputer. Otherwise, what use is it?
"Ok, Mr. Wayne, so you need our best system, only with bat logos everywhere. And we can't tell anyone what we are working on. No problem!"
And this equipment will break. Even if Wayne wasn't the target of every criminal hacker in the world, the Batcave itself will do the damage for him. It's a cave. There is standing water everywhere, and more dripping from the ceiling.
You can never completely keep the moisture out of the systems, and that means corrosion. Also, there are insects, rats and other rodents, the kind that like to chew on electrical wires and data cables. Not only do you need IT staff (constantly, every time something malfunctions) but you need exterminators working around the clock. You're asking for an infection or disease otherwise.
And that's not even talking about the everyday maintenance that would come with a facility located in a huge cave. For one, you have the bats. Thousands of bats shitting on all of your stuff all the time.
Yeah, that's guano in an attic from a couple of bats. The cleaning work would never end. Who's going to do it?
Alfreeeed ...
Then you have all the other moisture-related problems, like mold, and mosquitos breeding in the stagnant water. If you use pumps to keep the standing water out, then someone has to maintain the pumps. If you run massive dehumidifiers, someone has to maintain those. If you run air filters, somebody has to change the filters. And that's just the special, cave-related stuff -- you still have the routine issues with plumbing and wiring and climate control that you would get in any building, each problem requiring a contractor to go inside the Batcave without a blindfold.
So each guy, what, signs the same non-disclosure agreement as the construction workers? That's fine as long as you can threaten them with firing if they disclose anything. But what about after they leave? What's to stop them from blabbing to everyone who'll listen about their job working in Bruce Wayne's Batcave?
"You bet your ass I'm posting the blueprints on Facebook."
It's at this point you realize ...
#1. There is No Incentive For Anyone to Keep Quiet
So you have all of these people, somewhere between a few hundred and a thousand, who have signed non-disclosure agreements to not tell the world they installed the bidet in Batman's bathroom.
But why would a signed form keep somebody from blowing the lid off the operation? Sure, agencies like the CIA make contractors sign a secrecy agreement before they can walk in the door (along with a complete background check, etc) but the CIA is part of the government; they can arrest you if you leak secrets to the bad guys. Bruce Wayne has no such power. All he can do is dress up like a bat and beat the shit out of you. And by that point it's too late.
Karate is powerless against the might of Twitter.
Maybe you're thinking that since Bruce is rich, he could just buy off everybody, in exchange for their silence. But how could he outbid the competitors for that information? In The Dark Knight, they were going to pay half of all of the mob money in Gotham to the Joker to come up with a plan to expose Batman's identity. That was a pile of money as tall as a house. Two of them.
OK, maybe sheer moral obligation would keep anybody from selling out Batman to the Joker (tough to swallow, even if they are all OK with the morality behind vigilantism), but not even that matters. As of the last few minutes of The Dark Knight, most of Gotham thinks that Batman is a bad guy. So not only would they feel no need to protect him, they'd feel obligated to turn him in. The fact that there are people who would pay millions for the information is just the cherry on top. The money wouldn't have to come from the Riddler or Scarecrow -- they could just cash in on a book deal. Hell, the FBI is probably offering a reward for him by this point. And somebody among Bruce Wayne's contractors has gambling debts, or a sick mother who needs money for her medical bills.
And don't forget drug addiction!
So, there is no amount of money that Batman could pay a contractor to keep his mouth shut because someone else would always pay more. Say the mob would pay $15 million for the identity of Batman. Is Batman going to pay everyone $15,000,001 to keep quiet? $15 billion collectively? OK, how does he keep all of those transactions secret? And then what's to stop one of the laborers from taking the hush money and then ratting him out? It's not like Bruce can demand the money back from jail.
So Bale Batman is in a hell of a conundrum. What does he do with the contractors who built the Batcave? Does he just keep them down there by force, cutting off access to the outside world?
Does he kill them?
"Lucius, you can quit after I just get this cave built. It's for the greater good."
We're thinking there's literally no way to handle this problem other than to have a montage in Dark Knight Rises where Batman sneaks into the apartments of his day laborers, one at a time, and stabs them with a Batarang. Nothing else makes sense.
Conclusion: Batman Simply Won't Share Credit
At this point this probably all sounds like ridiculous fanboy nitpicking, but this is actually kind of important. Remember what we said at the beginning -- the whole appeal of Batman is that he's alone, unable to share his burden with anyone truly close to him. And he manages just fine -- he's a friendless genius with no real social skills. He succeeds all by himself. That's the message of Batman. You don't need anyone if you're capable enough.
"Batman says its OK that mommy doesn't come home anymore."
But the Batcave shines a light on that ridiculous lie. Batman doesn't fight crime alone, it's physically impossible. Behind him has to be hundreds of probably poorly paid staff, many of whom go home smelling like bat shit every night, all of them bearing the same burden of secrecy that Bruce Wayne bears (if the Joker finds out you work for Batman, you and your family are dead). Only these guys don't sleep on a billionaire's mattress every night.
And they don't get the thrill of catching The Penguin or seeing their work make a difference. They just grind away, day after day, running the cables and installing the anti-virus software and rooting out the Bat-toilets.
And, of course, the Bat-Gutters.
We never see these people. They never get their moment on camera, they never get an action figure, they never win medals or get so much as a "thank you" from the people of Gotham. Even though without these nameless workers, Batman would just be some rich dipshit running blindly around town with a grappling hook, looking for crime.
Maybe that's part of the problem with the world, that all of the kids want to grow up to be Batman, but nobody wants to be the guy who takes out Batman's trash. But those people have to exist.
No one ever talks about the Bat-Proctologist.
Well, assuming Batman hasn't killed them.
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[natural gas]
Fig. 1 illustrates the annual gross
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Venezuela. High crude oil prices have helped domestic GDP
growth, suggesting a healthy economy.
Fig. 1. GPD and
inflation rates for
Venezuela, 20062011.
Despite the economic shocks that have rocked the global GDP
since 2008, Latin Americas economic growth has remained
above the world average. However, 2012 could be challenging in
terms of growth. Inflation and stronger currencies in Latin
America could slow economic expansion in the region. Most Latin
American countries will experience the effects of higher energy
prices and the likely recession in Western Europe, as well as the
recovering-but-weak US economy.
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significantly over the last few years. Since 2009, Venezuela
has become more dependent on imported petrochemicals, including both basic
petrochemicals (ethylene) and derivatives (polyethylenes).
Several expansion programs announced between
2005 and 2009 have been delayed or canceled. Meanwhile, the
government, through PetroquÍmica de Venezuela
(Pequiven), continues to develop a methane-based industry, and
is increasing capacity for fertilizers and methanol production.
Political highlights. Since assuming the presidency in 1999,
Hugo Chavez has survived a coup, an oil strike and protest
movements against him. Of late, his most important battle has
not been with the opposition party but with health issues.
Venezuela held presidential elections in October and
reelected Chavez. New investments in the oil, energy and
petrochemical industries continue to depend on the outcome of
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Natural gas. Among the regions major economies,
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Planned expansion of ethane-based capacity
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canceled. Braskem and Pequiven were working on the Jose project from 2007 to 2010, but both
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polyolefin capacity growth in Venezuela.
Fig. 2. Global
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Petrochemical industry. Venezuela uses gas, associated with
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crude oil production means reduced gas and ethane availability
at El Tablazo (now called Campo Industrial Ana Mariá
Campos or CIAMCA), where supply is now limited. Olefin plants
at CIAMCA continue to operate at reduced rates due to
inadequate ethane supply. Large capital investments and strong
government support will be necessary to increase gas
Venezuela has four production sites for petrochemicals, as shown in
Fig. 3. The largest petrochemical site is
CIAMCA, located on the west coast. The Jose petrochemical site
on the east coast of Venezuela will continue to produce methane
derivatives such as ammonia, urea and methanol. The El Palito
refinery is equipped with a reformer
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Fig. 3. Locations of
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The program has been mentioned rather frequently in the last few print ads, even going so far as to change all the prices of eligible blurays to the "with coupon" price, however I haven't been able to find any more information online about which DVD titles are eligible for trade in. I was wondering if anyone had any experience with the program.
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I haven't used it yet, but my impression is that it is any movie, not one from a list. I bought the Austin Powers movie set, so I'm going to probably bring back my stand alone Austin Powers 3 DVD and use that. I'll report back.
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I was going through compressing a bunch of archival myisam tables using myisampack
It was making decent progress until it got to the most recent tables. The overall database is a set of archives for a single production table. Each archive version represents 1 quarter of a year going back several years.
Nothing has drastically changed in the data being stored or the average row length. The individual archives have been growing with time as there simply are more on more rows each quarter over the previous one.
Up until the most recent 4 quarters the rate of compressing/rebuilding the index (which is only a single int PK) was around 14-16k rows/seconds.
The last ones were crawling along only doing about 1k rows/second. Even right from the start; it wasn't like it started of as fast as the others and then suddenly slowed down after getting so far into it.
There wasn't any spike in general system load or i/o contention from other processes when it started slowing down.
Has anyone experienced this? Is there something myisampack where it's overall rate of progress it should be expected to tank when compressing a table over a certain size?
Edit: Since these are myisam tables I should point out they are all in the same datadir and all stored on the same physical array.


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I currently store my gear in a mansard, which is above my flat in the attic floor, and that I use as workroom too (Computer, NAS, and so on). In summertimes temperature may climb above 30°C/86°F and stay there for multiple days (and nights). I am concerned that plastic and rubber may become brittle and break, as well as the sensor of the camera or other (lens-/filter-)coatings may suffer. So I am wondering if these temperatures may damage my gear and which environments are best to store photo gear in general?
If you see the Canon 600D specification sheet here it says:
If the manufacturer guarantees it will operate within those temperatures it will be safe to store it within those temperatures, especially as I believe a lot of operating specifications given by manufacturers are pessimistic, electronics will likely work outside of those temperatures even though manufacturers won't guarantee it.
That said, I would be more worried about humidity and dust than heat personally so storing within a sealed container would be my recommendation.


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On December 27th, Retired General Norman Schwarzkopf died at the age of 78.
One Allen County man remembers the days he spent working side-by-side with Stormin' Norman in the deserts of Iraq.
"The General thought he was in his final assignment and would retire from the army and live happily ever after, but on the 2nd of August in 1990, Saddam Hussein attacked Kuwait and everything changed from then on," Retired Col. Roger Murtie says.
"Saddam Hussein did not have all of his military force in Kuwait. If he did it would all have been destroyed," Gen. Schwarzkopf said in an interview shortly after the war.
Col. Roger Murtie served on General Schwarzkopf's staff as his last Aide De Camp from May 1990 until March 1992.
At the time he was Major Roger Murtie, working in the deserts of the Middle East throughout the Persian Gulf War.
He aided the General in historical events like Desert Shield and Desert Storm, which ended Iraqi occupation of Kuwait lead by U.N. Forces
"It was our last largest military operation at the time and it was the most successful and shortest campaign in and of our recent memory, and it was the General's personal leadership that helped ensure that," Murtie says.
Murtie says while in Iraq he was with Schwarzkopf for all but seven hours.
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The 10 Best Sarcastic Black-White Buddy Cops
If you watch enough cable in the middle of the night, you'll notice that roughly a third of all movies and TV shows produced since 1980 chronicle the zany antics of racially mismatched crime fighters. Each black-white buddy cop duo is different, some of them aren't even technically cops, but they all have one thing in common: quick-witted banter that is a little too clever for the life and death situations in which these guys are constantly finding themselves. (Also, the white cop is usually a divorced chain-smoker.) Here, we offer the 10 best examples of the trend that put an end to racism, or at least racism that isn't hilarious.
Billy Crystal & Gregory Hines
Running Scared (1986)
Back when Billy Crystal was still relatively amusing and Gregory Hines was still relatively alive, they starred in what is perhaps the most homoerotic of sarcastic black-white buddy cop films. To see why, you could sit through Running Scared, or you could just look at the above picture, in which the two weak-bearded smartasses hold each other tenderly in standard genital-to-anus formation. In short, their banter in Running Scared seems more like flirting than anything else.
Also, please note the pair's matching tights and scarves-that really says it all.Typical Sassy Exchange
Costanzo: Let's bust 'em.
Hughes: For what?
Costanzo: In this neighborhood, a Mercedes is probable cause.
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Bruce Willis & Samuel L. Jackson
Die Hard with a Vengeance(1995)
Our list's first pairing of a hungover Bruce Willis with an outraged black sidekick, the third Die Hard film is also the most recent instance of this time-honored formula. (We've decided to pretend 14 Blocks didn't happen, mostly because Mos Def does an annoying impression of a retarded guy for the entire movie even though his character isn't supposed to be retarded).
In Die Hard with a Vengeance, Zeus Carver-who is only pretending to be a cop for the day-and John McClane race through the streets of New York, blowing stuff up and trying to pour water back and forth into milk cartons or something. It's fun to watch, but the pair's antics don't make a bit of goddamn sense in hindsight. Still, you can't argue with a movie in which Samuel L. Jackson spends 50% of his screen-time screaming like he's being electrocuted by his own blackness.Typical Sassy Exchange
McClane: You're a racist! You don't like me because I'm white!
Carver: I don't like you because you're going to get me killed!
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Don Johnson & Philip Michael Thomas
Miami Vice (1984-1990)
Working the Miami beat in the '80s was a tough task, but Crockett and Tubbs let the criminals know they meant business by wearing pastel blouses, sporting women's blazers, and chuckling at their pet parrot. Fortunately, the Miami Vice writing staff loaded the show with sarcastic dialogue in order to distract viewers from the fact that these two slapdicks would be castrated immediately if they ever actually ran into the likes of Tony Montana.Typical Sassy Exchange
Crockett: Man, it's so hot you could fry an egg on my face.
Tubbs: Hope I never get that hungry.
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7.) BUTLER & McKENNA
Burt Reynolds & Norman D. Golden II
Cop and a Half (1993)
Okay, so we've never seen Cop and a Half. No one we've ever met has seen Cop and a Half. We're not even sure that Burt Reynolds ever took the time to see Cop and a Half. But the fact still remains that the only reason it was made was so that Burt Reynolds could spend 90 minutes looking surprised and talking shit to a little black kid. And there's simply nothing that Burt Reynolds does better than talking shit to little black kids.Typical Sassy Exchange
Butler: So what you got under the hood?
McKenna: I got an engine, and in a minute, you.
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(be sure not to miss a disturbing clip from their sex scene at 1:37): http://youtube.com/watch?v=-Que-7kzfSU
6.) (tie) AGENT J & AGENT K
Will Smith & Tommy Lee Jones
Men in Black (1997), Men in Black II (2002)
Man, if there's one thing that gets a hip young black fella's sarcasm motor going, it's aliens. And it there's one thing that gets a seasoned white cop's going, it's a hip young black fella being surprised about aliens. Also, the slang pisses him off.
An interesting historical footnote: several teens died of alcohol poisoning in the late '90s while attempting to play the MIB drinking game, in which participants take a shot every time Will Smith lifts one eyebrow and says, "DAMN!"Typical Sassy Exchange
Agent K: I don't suppose you know what kind of alien life form leaves a green spectral trail and craves sugar water, do you?
Agent J: Aw, man, that was on Final Jeopardy last night. Damn, what did Alex say?
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6.) (tie) CARTER & LEE
Chris Tucker & Jackie Chan
Rush Hour (1998), Rush Hour 2 (2001)
In each of the two Rush Hour movies, Carter speaks to Lee in a manner that would get literally any employed person fired. (Unless, of course, your job was writing mildly amusing ethnic slurs.) But since the racial hatred is presented alongside wacky explosions and slick editing, it's passed off as sarcastic banter. Thanks, Rush Hour movies, for showing us that xenophobia can be a real hoot! Chan may not be technically white, but Tucker makes it abundantly clear that Chan isn't welcome in the black community.Typical Sassy Exchange
Carter: Oh, hell no! You didn't just touch my goddamn radio!
Lee: The Beach Boys are great American music.
Carter: The Beach Boys gonna get you a great ass whuppin'.
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Top 10 Frozen Treats
Those scorching summer days can be pretty sluggish. Beat the heat with these tasty frozen treats that are sure to cool you down and keep you energized.
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Frozen Grapes
Grapes are a nutritious and juicy treat. Add a cool twist by freezing the little buggers. Make sure to use red grapes (green grapes freeze completely solid, making them almost impossible to eat). Rinse, dry, and remove grapes from stems. Place in a bowl and freeze. For an extra sweet touch, place frozen grapes in a zip-lock bag, add a packet of Jell-O powder, shake, and serve.
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