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Posted March 11, 2010 On another thread it was pointed out that I was criticising David Aaronovitch's book, Voodoo Histories: The Role of the Conspiracy Theory in Shaping Modern History, without actually reading the book. http://educationforum.ipbhost.com/index.php?showtopic=15439 This is a valid point as I was basing my comments on the reviews the book had received. Andy Walker and Mike Tribe urged that I read the book and so that I would be in a position to debate it with them. I took up that challenge by ordering it from my public library (I could not bring myself to pay good money for it). In the introduction of the book Aaronovitch claims that the book was inspired by a BBC film producer, Kevin Jarvis, who claimed that "the Apollo moon landings had been faked by NASA and the American government". Aaronovitch was shocked why such an intelligent man should believe such a ridiculous story. My response would have been similar. However, Aaronovitch's next step is to lump this particular conspiracy theory to all other conspiracy theories, by claiming that "we in the West are currently going through a period of fashionable conspiracism". He adds: "Books alleging secret plots appear on the current affairs and history shelves as though they were as scholarly or reliable as works by major historians or noted academics. Little distinction is made between a painstakingly constructed biography of John F. Kennedy and an expensive new tome arguing – forty-four years after the event – that the president was killed by the Mafia." Aaronovitch is implying that historians do not concern themselves with conspiracy theories whereas these books are written by journalists after making a "quick buck". Of course Aaronovitch is a journalist who admits in the introduction is trying to make money out of the subject matter (he claims that the royalty statements will determine whether he has put the last seven years to good use). I will return to this subject later because Aaronovitch constantly shows his ignorance in the role of historians in dealing with political conspiracies. Aaronovitch is enough of an academic to realise that you have to first determine your terms of reference (he studied history at Balliol College, Oxford, but was sent down after failing his first-year exams – I am sure we would have got a different book if he had completed his studies). However, this causes him problems. "If a conspiracy is defined as two or more people getting together to plot an illegal, secret or immoral action, then we can all agree that there are plenty of conspiracies." (page 4) Aaronovitch considers two alternative definitions by historians Daniel Pipes and Richard Hofstadter. He rejects these because they do not suit his purpose and so he comes up with his own definition: "I think a better definition of a conspiracy theory might be: the attribution of deliberately agency to something that is more likely to be accidental or unintended. And, as a sophistication of this definition, one might add the attribution of secret action to one party that might far more reasonably be explained as the less covert and less complicated action of another." This is so woolly that Aaronovitch is virtually saying that a "conspiracy theory" is anything I say it is. However, I will try to assess his work based on his definition of conspiracy theory. The problem for Aaronovitch is that anyone who has read much history is that the past is full of proved "conspiracies". People in power have always used this power to try and control events. Their power is based on working closely with others in their position. In a democratic society, these people are forced into trying to prevent their actions from becoming public knowledge. The problem for them is that they are competing for power with other groups who share different political philosophies. This means that sometimes, the government itself is a victim of a political conspiracy. In the introduction Aaronovitch looks at some suggested political conspiracies in the 20th century. His brief survey of US history leads him to argue that "not counting Watergate, which was a rather pitiful botched conspiracy to cover up an attempt at political espionage, the Iran-Contra affair of 1985-6 is the closest the US has come to a full-blown conspiracy." Even this admittance shows Aaronovitch's lack of knowledge of these subjects. He understands Watergate as a Nixon conspiracy rather than as a conspiracy against Nixon. The same is true of Iran-Contra. He has only understood the surface conspiracy of Reagan against the will of Congress rather than the conspiracy against the Jimmy Carter administration. These mistakes would have been corrected by the reading of just one of the standard texts written by historians on these subjects. However, his bibliography and his notes (only 15 pages in a 327 page book) show that he has not read any books on these subjects. In his study of 20th century UK history he only comes up with one political conspiracy, the Zinoviev letter of 1924. He quotes from Gill Bennett, the chief historian of the Foreign Office, who concluded that the letter had been forged by anti-Communist White Russians and passed over to MI6 who believed it to be genuine (of course it was MI6 who believed there was WMD in Iraq). Aaronovitch then goes on to quote the Labour foreign secretary, the late Robin Cook, "there is no evidence that MI6 forged the letter. There is no evidence of an organised conspiracy against by the intelligence agencies." (4th February, 1999) I am sure the Foreign Office told Cook that the Labour Party had not been a victim of a conspiracy organized by the intelligence services. However, Aaronovitch seems to be unaware of Christopher Andrew's book, The Defence of the Realm: The Authorized History of MI5 (2009). Andrew is no friend of conspiracy theorists but after being given access to previously unclassified files he has had to confirm that MI5 were indeed involved in a number of political conspiracies. This includes the Zinoviev letter. On page 149 he points out that on 9th October 1924 SIS forwarded the Zinoviev letter to the Foreign Office, MI5 and Scotland Yard with the assurance that "the authenticity is undoubted" when they knew it had been forged by anti-Bolshevik White Russians. Desmond Morton, the head of SIS, provided extra information about the letter being confirmed as being genuine by an agent, Jim Finney, who had penetrated Comintern and the Communist Party of Great Britain. Andrew claims this was an "outrageous lie" as the so-called Finney report does not make any reference to the Zinoviev letter. Of course, it did not stop there, the forged document was then sent to the Daily Mail, a newspaper that was running a campaign against the Labour government. Andrew also argues that it was Joseph Ball, head of B Branch who passed the letter onto Conservative Central Office on 22nd October, 1924. Ball later went onto work for the Conservative Party, as Andrew points out: "Ball's subsequent lack of scruples in using intelligence for party-political advantage while at central office in the later 1920s strongly suggests" that he was guilty of this action. http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/CRIballJ.htm It is clear in this case that Aaronovitch's comments on the Zinoviev letter is just based on a casual look at newspaper cuttings. While this might be the research method used by a journalist writing an article on the subject, it is not acceptable when you are writing a book about past events. Especially as the main thrust of his argument is that people who write conspiracy books are not historians (and have not studied the evidence rigorously enough). Anyway, I am posting this on the assassination of JFK thread and will now concentrate on the way Aaronovitch deals with this subject. In fact, it only covers 15 pages and appears in the chapter, "Dead Deities". He starts of by quoting from his mother's diary who wrote on the 23rd November 1963: "everybody abuzz with Kennedy assassination. Man called Lee Oswald arrested. Wonder if it is a frame-up, he is billed as having communist associations." Aaronovitch's mother, like his father, were members of the British Communist Party, and so it is not surprising that she reacted in this way to the assassination. Aaronovitch argues that it was not unusual for the left to think that JFK had been killed as a result of a right-wing conspiracy. It was not only those on the left who thought this. A poll carried out in the US showed that one week after JFK's death, 29% thought that Oswald did not act on his own. However, he claims that it was Mark Lane, with his article in the left-wing National Guardian in December 1963, that instigated the idea that JFK had been the victim of a right-wing conspiracy. Aaronovitch dismisses Lane as a left-wing activist (he was the only public official arrested as a Freedom Rider). He also points out that most of those who played a public role in the claim that JFK had been a victim of conspiracy in Britain were on the left (J. B. Priestley, Michael Foot, Bertrand Russell, Victor Gollancz, John Calder, Bishop of Southwark, etc.). He quotes from the article by I. F. Stone, who he describes as "one of the most prominent progressive US journalists", who "warned the Left that they were falling prey to the same paranoias as the American Right" for arguing that JFK was a victim of a conspiracy (5th October, 1964). Stone believed, as did many on the left at the time that JFK was just a traditional conservative politician, and was an unlikely target of a right-wing plot. This was not an uncommon feeling on the left at the time, it was definitely my view of the assassination, however, we now know from declassified documents, that JFK had moved to the left in office and at the time of his assassination, was involved in secret negotiations to end the Cold War. I would suggest that Stone would not have been so convinced of Oswald's guilt if he knew what we know now. He then goes onto to suggest that Lane made a good living out of pushing the conspiracy theory. It is true that Lane's Rush to Judgment (1966) did sell well. However, he fails to say that the earliest conspiracy books by people like Thomas G. Buchanan and Joachim Joesten had to go to Europe to find a publisher. It was only after the success of Lane's book that convinced US publishers that there was good money to be made out of the JFK case. That is the way capitalism works. He dismisses the early books on the case as being written by journalists. He tries to undermine Richard H. Popkin's The Second Oswald, by claiming that while he was an academic, he was a philosopher rather than a historian. It does not seem that Aaronovitch has read any of these books and they do not even appear in his bibliography. Aaronovitch then goes onto argue on page 123 that: "If one reads the Warren Report, the circumstantial evidence that Oswald was the lone killer seems overwhelming." He then goes on to list this "circumstantial evidence". For example: "he worked at the Texas Schoolbook Depository…" etc. He ends the passage with "the words slam dunk come to mind". I am afraid that is the kind of analysis that Aaronovitch provides in the book. Aaronovitch goes onto attack the critics of the Warren Commission by claiming that most of them would not have read the full report. It is unlikely that Aaronovitch has read the report. If you go to the very skimpy notes you will find that he only quotes the report via Gerald Posner's Case Closed (2003) Larry Sturdivan's The JFK Myths (2005) and Vincent Bugliosi's Reclaiming History (2007), three books that do appear in the Bibliography. In fact, the only pro-JFK conspiracy books that appear in the Bibliography are: Madeleine Brown's Texas in the Morning (1997), Robin Ramsay's Who Shot JFK? (2002) and James Di Eugenio and Lisa Pease's The Assassinations (2003). This is clearly not a very exhaustive study of the case. What is worse, he seems completely unaware of the House Select Committee on Assassinations that carried out an investigation into the assassination of JFK between 1975 and 1976. The published report claimed that the Warren Commission "failed to investigate adequately the possibility of a conspiracy to assassinate the President." The report was also highly critical of the Secret Service: "The Secret Service was deficient in the performance of its duties. The Secret Service possessed information that was not properly analyzed, investigated or used by the Secret Service in connection with the President's trip to Dallas; in addition, Secret Service agents in the motorcade were inadequately prepared to protect the President from a sniper." The House Select Committee on Assassinations concluded that "scientific acoustical evidence establishes a high probability that two gunmen fired at President John F. Kennedy." It added that "on the basis of the evidence available to it, that President John F. Kennedy was probably assassinated as a result of a conspiracy." One can see why Aaronovitch was not keen to examine the findings of the Select Committee on Assassinations report. But to completely ignore its existence is unacceptable. This is especially important as the US official government position is that there was a conspiracy to kill JFK. The issue is not really about if Oswald was the lone gunman but who was behind the conspiracy to kill JFK. Aaronovitch makes much in his book that conspiracy books are written by lawyers and journalists rather than historians. While this is true of anti-conspiracy books, it is not true of conspiracy books. It is true that many historians, when writing about JFK, tend to leave the assassination of him well alone. However, as far as I am aware, no historian has ever gone on record as saying the Warren Commission got it right. Those historians who have looked at the assassination, people such as David Kaiser, Gerald McKnight and Michael Kurtz, have concluded that there was a conspiracy to kill JFK. Aaronovitch's book has nothing to tell us about the JFK assassination. As a journalist who is attempting to write a book as quick as possible, he does not have the inclination or the skills, to investigate the considerable amount of material relating to the case. However, maybe I am not a careful enough reader and maybe Andy Walker and Mike Tribe can point out what I have missed. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted March 11, 2010 Those historians who have looked at the assassination, people such as David Kaiser, Gerald McKnight and Michael Kurtz, have concluded that there was a conspiracy to kill JFK. Then there is historian Robert Dallek, who wrote a biography of JFK without even looking at the assassination. In his book An Unfinished Life, Dallek, if we give him the benefit of the doubt (he could just be a deliberate xxxx), displays plain ignorance, an apparent total absence of research on the assassination, by repeating the lie (so necessary for the magic-bullet theory) that JFK was shot "in the back of the neck." (By Lee Harvey Oswald, of course). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted March 11, 2010 In his study of 20th century UK history he only comes up with one political conspiracy, the Zinoviev letter of 1924. He quotes from Gill Bennett, the chief historian of the Foreign Office, who concluded that the letter had been forged by anti-Communist White Russians and passed over to MI6 who believed it to be genuine (of course it was MI6 who believed there was WMD in Iraq). Aaronovitch then goes on to quote the Labour foreign secretary, the late Robin Cook, "there is no evidence that MI6 forged the letter. There is no evidence of an organised conspiracy against by the intelligence agencies." (4th February, 1999).... It is clear in this case that Aaronovitch's comments on the Zinoviev letter is just based on a casual look at newspaper cuttings. While this might be the research method used by a journalist writing an article on the subject, it is not acceptable when you are writing a book about past events. Especially as the main thrust of his argument is that people who write conspiracy books are not historians (and have not studied the evidence rigorously enough). In fact, the passage in the book comes directly from the Wikipeda entry on the Zinoviev Letter. That helps to explain the lack of references in the book: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zinoviev_letter Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted March 11, 2010 To correct every mistake, supply every detail deliberately avoided and provide context where it was omitted would take a book four times the size of Aaronovitch's, so great are his failings. Had Aaronovitch intended penning a book on what gives rise to conspiracy culture, he might have argued that it is the direct result of the disconnect between what the government tells the governed, and a contrary reality that the governed know to be true. JFK assassination = official lie. Vietnam = official lie. Watergate = official lie. Iran/Contra = official lie. Iraq War I = official lie. 9/11 = official lie. It is not difficult to understand the need felt by the governed to fashion alternate explanations when the official ones are so wholly divorced from reality. How much official malarkey must one swallow before one is entitled to puke it all back up? That might have been a worthwhile book, and might have advanced understanding of the issues it contained. But that book isn't what Aaronovitch has written. We all know someone like Aaronovitch; smugly self-satisfied that he has a monopoly on the truth, yet unwilling to bother proving it. Page after page of false equivalence, false assertions, refusal to acknowledge - let alone address - key issues, etc. But an unstinting volley of insults at those who question official versions of reality that are patently false to all but those whose own credulity requires them to remain silently incurious. This book presents nothing new about any of the topics covered - indeed hides from its readers much that is new and worthwhile knowing - and even less about the man who wrote it. It was a foregone conclusion Aaronvitch couldn't find a conspiracy even if he were in the midst of one. He's already demonstrated as much. Recall that this author was a gung-ho cheerleader for Iraq War II, the premises for which were fraudulently cooked and rushed toward with the hysteria of panicked teenage girls: "If we don't take Hussein out, he could lob a nuke into Whitehall in 45 minutes." The more Iraqi ground that was covered by UN weapons inspectors who found nothing, the more shrill and panicky became the advocacy for war by Blair, Bush and their various sycophants, Aaronovitch among them.. Those who favoured this course now say they did so on good faith, having been duped by faulty intelligence. Again, palpably false. The intelligence used to promulgate this crime against humanity was invented and selected for its provocative value, not because of overwhelming credibility. Those who have studied the issue know that members within the US and UK intelligence community warned strongly that the cherry-picked "evidence" was questionable at best, manufactured specifically to trigger war at worst. Joe Wilson was not alone in such wariness, merely made the most famous at the behest of the war criminals who plotted this outrage. Now that the invading countries court bankruptcy and untold volumes of blood has been unnecessarily shed, it would be fitting for those who were so wrong to admit it. They don't, of course, because they claim to have been operating with the best information available, and after 9/11 it was more critical to be proactive than to be right. With blood on their hands, they remain wholly unrepentant, assuring all who still bother listening to them that they acted only for queen and country. This is a necessary ruse, for the alternative is to unmask themselves as vile sociopaths of the first order. Unsurprisingly, they now prefer to claim stupidity and incompetence rather than cop in public to even lower motives. Aaronovitch has already claimed stupidity and incompetence, on his own behalf and that of the war criminals whose callously indifferent plans he championed. He's also made it clear that he, personally, didn't need any fancy pretext to justify the illegal war against Hussein; ousting him from power through unprovoked force was a sufficient means and end. http://www.guardian.co.uk/g2/story/0,3604,945381,00.html I was never in favour of this war mainly because of the threats of terrorism or WMDs. Getting rid of Saddam (and therefore the myriad afflictions of the Iraqi people) was enough. But the weapons were the pretext on which the invasion was sold to a lot of people in this country, and was attempted to be sold to the people of the world. The British dossiers, released last autumn, claimed that Iraq had continued to produce chemical and biological weapons, drawn up military plans for their use, retained illegal missiles capable of carrying WMD warheads, and concealed equipment from the weapons inspectors. At the United Nations in February, the US Secretary of State, Colin Powell, presented evidence claiming that there were mobile laboratories and showing clear signs that the Iraqis had moved material to escape inspection from UN teams. Put together, all this was argued as constituting a clear breach of UN resolutions that therefore required urgent action. That "urgent action" could far more easily have been locating those "mobile laboratories," for if Colin Powell had been able to identify and locate them before, surely such a feat could be accomplished again, particularly with a UN team on the ground that was briefed on precisely what they were seeking. One is hard pressed to imagine how US intelligence knew about such "mobile laboratories," yet they were as invisible to UN inspectors then as they have remained to this day. But that option of seeking WMDs was foreclosed because the intent was regime change, not disarmament. These claims cannot be wished away in the light of a successful war. If nothing is eventually found, I – as a supporter of the war – will never believe another thing that I am told by our government, or that of the US ever again. And, more to the point, neither will anyone else. Those weapons had better be there somewhere. Yet now we have a book in which Aaronovitch advocates the readers should believe the self-same governments whose credibility he, himself, had foresworn seven years ago. Such rank hypocrisy should be drawn to the attention of anyone gullible enough to think Aaronovtich's book has something new to offer. This man couldn't see a criminal conspiracy for which he was a leading media mouthpiece, in real time while it happened, and even with the benefit of hindsight cannot admit the ways in which he was used - unwittingly or otherwise - for that criminal purpose. But this is the man we should entrust to educate us about historical conspiracies? This is the man we should believe when he rails against cranks, hysterics and mentally defective conspiracy believers? Physician, heal thyself. There is a cure for ignorance. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted March 15, 2010 Another good review of the book is by the historian Joseph E. Green: http://www.ctka.net/2010/voodoo.html It includes the following: By and large, this is not an evidential book. He doesn't address the major assassinations in any detail, apart from Kennedy. His entire take on RFK is summed up as: "And if you thought JFK had been killed by 'them,' then why not his brother, gunned down in California in 1968?" [6] Alas, in his chapter on the JFK assassination, although he does not rely on simple rhetoric for his attacks, the evidence he sites is vastly out of date. There is nothing new in his discussion, particularly in light of Bugliosi's recent Reclaiming History. If Bugliosi can't prove the Warren Commission thesis in 2600 pages, then Aaronovitch will not be able to do so in 30 or so. However, he at least gives it a try, which is more than we can say about his assessment of the other political murders. Aaronovitch's point of view on Oswald is as follows: If one reads the Warren Report, the circumstantial evidence that Oswald was the lone gunman seems overwhelming. He worked at the Texas School Book Depository, where, on the sixth floor, after the shooting, his rifle was discovered inside an improvised sniper's nest. People had seen a man at the sixth-floor window, had seen the rifle barrel, had heard the shots. Oswald was the only employee unaccounted for after the shooting, and he was picked up shortly afterward in a cinema, having just shot a policeman looking for someone of his description. The words 'slam dunk' come to mind. [7] Did I say the author was trying? OK, maybe not so much. Without going into the evidence for all of this (see Jim DiEugenio's series on Bugliosi [8] for a detailed rundown, as arguing with Aaronovitch is both redundant and silly given the scale of the other battle), note that he just restates the Warren Commission's conclusions. When one looks into the detailed evidence, the case falls apart. Aaronovitch isn't going to volunteer that the rifle was ordered under a different name, that the FBI initially failed to get prints off the rifle, that the FBI's own nitrate test cleared Oswald of the murder, that the rifle changed shape three times before settling into the form of a Manlicher-Carcano, and that the State would never have been able to make a case against Oswald for shooting the policeman J.D. Tippit, much less JFK. "The detail is overwhelming," he complains. [9] Yes, it is; such is the price for doing the investigative work. Unfortunately, if you don't do the work, you are going to end up ineffectually repeating the same balderdash that nobody believed in 1963. And, of course, he does. He calls the idea that Oswald shot at General Edwin Walker "an incontrovertible fact," an embarrassing statement which he may want to delete in future editions. [10] He says of Norman Mailer's book Oswald's Tale that "It is suggestive that one of the eminent Americans who initially advocated the notion of conspiracy changed his mind when he began to study Oswald the man." [11] It is indeed suggestive of the fact that Mailer desperately needed money to help him with the IRS, but apart from that it is unclear just how liberal Mailer was in the first place. Having gone through a substantial amount of personal correspondence located at the Harry Ransom Center at the University of Texas, I can say that his political views were not consistent with his public statements; among other things, one of his best friends was G. Gordon Liddy. The rest of his short JFK discussion, encased in a chapter entitled "Dead Deities," will convince no one but the already convinced. And anyone convinced by his evidence doesn't understand the concept. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted March 15, 2010 Another good review of the book is by the historian Joseph E. Green:http://www.ctka.net/2010/voodoo.html It includes the following: Aaronovitch's point of view on Oswald is as follows: If one reads the Warren Report, the circumstantial evidence that Oswald was the lone gunman seems overwhelming. He worked at the Texas School Book Depository, where, on the sixth floor, after the shooting, his rifle was discovered inside an improvised sniper's nest. People had seen a man at the sixth-floor window, had seen the rifle barrel, had heard the shots. Oswald was the only employee unaccounted for after the shooting, and he was picked up shortly afterward in a cinema, having just shot a policeman looking for someone of his description. The words 'slam dunk' come to mind. [7] A clear-cut case of journalistic malpractice. Even if every point in this "slam dunk" case were true none of it would preclude other shooters. Aaronovitch presents no case against conspiracy, but pretends otherwise. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted March 15, 2010 Physician, heal thyself. There is a cure for ignorance. So what do you think this proves? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted March 17, 2010 (edited) So Robert since you normally come across as a rational person I would like to hear your explaination at to how a newspaper article indicating a Japanese attack on Singapore or perhaps the Phillipeans or perhap Hawaii might be immenent supports the CT FDR had SECRET information he witheld from the commanders of Pearl Harbor the Japanese were going to attack there. Don't you think the commanders of the US base read the paper? Edited March 17, 2010 by Len Colby Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted March 17, 2010 (edited) Just for clarification the article never indicated directly that Pearl Harbor or other US targets were considered likely targets it was about the possibility of an attack on Singapore then a possession of Britain which was already at war with Japan's ally Germany. They had already seized French Indochina and forced the Dutch to accede to their demands in what is now known as Indonesia. It did however say "it was announced that Cavite, Philippines, will hold nightly blackouts while U.S. forces in Hawaii Thursday were placed on 'alert.'" Which seems to indicate an attack on the US was considered possibilble the part that followed indicated this was not considered likely: Meanwhile, a closer German-Japanese tie-up in an effort to drive British and American interests out of the Orient was foreseen by informed sources as a possible result of the critical situation. This alternative was regarded as more likely than Japanese acceptance of American terms. It was said that if Japan despairs of reaching an understanding with the United States she might give active instead of lukewarm support to the Axis program by furnishing Germany with supply stations and fueling depots to enable maintenance of a formidable fleet of Nazi raiders in the Pacific to harass British and American shipping while Germany helps Japan cut off American supplies to China. But even if you were to read too much into the sentence about the American territories it indicates US commanders were advised and ordered to be prepared for a Japanese attack. The ones at Pearl Harbor were court marshaled for failing to do so. Further despite claims the article was referring to the weekend of December 6 - 7, it's first sentence makes it clear it was referring to the weekend of November 29 – 30: "WASHINGTON, Nov. 29 (UP) -- Cancellation of leaves in Singapore tonight coincided with a widespread belief that Japan will strike somewhere over the weekend. Unofficial sources said Tokyo was apparently desperate because she feels the Cordell Hull-Saburo Kurusu talks are near collapse and may strike in an effort to 'break encirclement.'" EDIT: Formatting error fixed http://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/articl...ews/local01.prt Full text if you are willing to pay: https://secure.townnews.com/shared-content/...er=0&amex=0 Edited March 17, 2010 by Len Colby Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted March 17, 2010 So at that point, the British had done all the work in creating Adolf Hitler, and Mussolini, beforehand. And we had in the United States at the same time, our financial establishment, under President Wilson, under President Coolidge, and so forth; and our financial establishment was just as Nazi, as the British, who were supporting the Nazis. But, then Pearl Harbor happened, Japan's attack, which had been something originally planned by the British in the 1920s, because the British were afraid of the United States developing a naval capability they couldn't control. So therefore, they agreed, at the arms negotiations of the 1920s, to have the Japanese take the assignment of taking on and destroying Pearl Harbor. And the Japanese were happy to do that, for two reasons: First of all, Japan had been convinced by the British Prince of Wales to make a war on China, which continued, as you know, from 1894 to 1945, off-and-on warfare. So, the Japanese, who were already conducting this war against China, looked at the U.S. as an enemy who might interfere with their war on China. So: the Pearl Harbor attack. But, the Pearl Harbor attack mobilized the American people, in a way which is somewhat similar to what happened recently in the United States, by the swindles, by these gigantic swindles which are stirring up the American people toward hatred against the financial community, because of these swindles. So, at that point, Roosevelt had political control of the situation, because of the hatred against this process, and many of the fascists went underground and changed their names and went into new organizations to come up later; and, it is that element which dominates the United States today, from the top down, especially under three Bush Administrations. And the Bush family was one of these pro-Nazi families. And it's still one of those pro-Nazi families! So therefore, we have this crisis now, which was created by this kind of mess. We have, with the British financial establishment, the British Empire—it's not the British people, it's the British Empire—and this imperial force which is running most of the terrorism in the world today, and most of the drug-trafficking in the world today, has now made itself extremely unpopular. In the meantime, because of the way they ran the operation. The United States, economically, has been systemically destroyed in its physical-economic capability, since the day that Roosevelt died; Truman began to do that, immediately. Because, you have to understand, that the British Empire is not a friend of the United States; and the United States as a nation, is not a friend of the British Empire. Those of us who are patriots know, the British Empire is our enemy. And the British know, that we, the United States, are their most deadly enemy, if we ever get organized to do something about it, as Franklin Roosevelt was prepared to do. http://www.larouchepub.com/lar/2009/3612di...h_back2fdr.html Share this post Link to post Share on other sites


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I've read Warren Buffet's advices about getting rich, it's really amazing, and i would like to share it with you. If you don't know who Warren Buffet is, well, he is the richest man on earth: net worth of $62 billion. He earned most of his fortune by trading solid shares on the stock market, with the idea of always "buying what you know". And now you are going to read 10 ways to get rich by the man himself and some comments by me:
1 - Reinvest your profit > Got a nice payment from your business, don't go buying a bottle of Veuve Clicquot and throw a party. The beginnings are always the hardest parts, it's like a plane taking off, it's hard and it's necessary a lot of throttle for it to leave the ground, and the same applies for business, once it's already flying, things get much lighter.
2 - Be willing to be different > Mainly when talking about internet business, once a man has an idea, the cattle follows and copies him nonstop. Be ahead of your fellows, or at least, be in a different path.
3 - Never suck your thumb > Gather the maximum amount of information and make a decision. Sometimes when you think too much, the opportunity is already gone, or it has different conditions.
4 - Spell out the deal before you start > Make clear to anyone involved in a deal what are all the details about it, it will avoid a lot of posterior irritation, i personally had enough headache because of lacking clearness in some contracts.
5 - Watch small expenses > This is rather vague, but a lot of people spend really ridiculous amounts of money with useless things, like cigarettes, or who knows what kind of odd habits one can have.
6 - Limit what you borrow > My interpretation of it tells one should even never borrow any money unless that he is in a situation where there are absolutely no options left.
7 - Be persistent > If you are persistent enough and optimistic, you may beat competitors that are bigger or better established than you.
8 - Know when to quit > This is really something that applies to all life fields. There's a point where you can't reverse the situation and the only way to avoid further losses is to quit it.
9 - Assess the risks > I pretty much liked this one, because i am doing it myself since a long time ago. Whenever you face a situation involving risk and uncertainty, try to consider what are all the best possibilities and the worst case scenario to see how it's going to end, and know whether the payoff is worth trying.
10 - Know what success really means > This is the best part, just read Buffet's quote:
"I know people who have a lot of money," he says, "and they get testimonial dinners and hospital wings named after them. But the truth is that nobody in the world loves them. When you get to my age, you'll measure your success in life by how many of the people you want to have love you actually do love you. That's the ultimate test of how you've lived your life."
I guess I don't even have to comment on this one.
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How to open an offshore account
Today i am going to talk about a very useful topic for many of us who have business on the internet. Nowadays it's quite easy to open an offshore bank account, and no matter for what reason you want to do it, here are some nice advantages that opening an offshore bank account can bring to you, here we go:
-People who want to bank in multiple currencies, you can leave an offshore bank account in a currency different from the one of your country, eventually earning from it in case your national currency is going through a devaluation process.
-Those who are seeking international access to their money. In many countries international bank transfers are limited, and even online shopping can be very difficult, the offshore bank account can solve this situation.
-And finally if you want to have more privacy about your funds. For example: you hate your wife, you don't want her to know where is your money is, so this is for you my friend.
Specifically an offshore bank account can also be of benefit to some expatriates residing in low or no tax countries as any interest earned on offshore bank deposits is paid without the deduction of taxation.
If you are already successful enough in your business and it has branches in more than one country, and offshore account can facilitate your financial life in different levels.
So once you have decided that you want to open an offshore bank account, you will need to open it. Choose your destination country, bank and account type. I would just recommend options that allow you to movement and manage funds mostly or totally online.
What you will need to open an offshore bank account are notarized copies of your personal identification, this is required due the anti money laundry policy worldwide.
In the next topic on offshore accounts i will give you a few suggestions of nice banks you can choose for opening your offshore account.
Sunday, February 8, 2009
Affiliate Marketing - Choose Quality over Quantity
A lot of people are into affiliate marketing nowadays, it is an important source of money for internet business individuals, but sometimes webmasters forget that their site traffic is based on its content rather than on how many affiliate banners they have on their side and top bars.
The first thing one should consider while choosing affiliate campaigns to display on their site is the attractiveness it has to your traffic. If you put a coffee brand affiliate banner on your toy-related website, the odds of getting significant profits from it are slow. You have to choose only affiliate campaigns that make at least a bit of sense or that are related somehow to your site content.
One therefore can say, "The more the better, if one visitor has more options to click, he has more chances to click on something". I don't think that is the best way to pursue profit on affiliate programs, a big quantity of banners and buttons on your site that don't match will bring pollution rather than profit.
Analyzing each affiliate program qualities is a complex process and probably there is no perfect formula for it. If you think your visitors will most often click a banner rather than buying a service, if you should look for pay per click affiliate programs, otherwise if in some cases they might sign up for a service, even if the ratio is lower than the PPC ones, if you can get enough people signing up through banners on your site, it can be very profitable. The EBay affiliate program pays 16$ for each new costumer they get through their affiliate program, so if thanks to your site content it's possible that ebay will have new costumers, it is indeed a good way of getting money.
Finally you should give a chance for every affiliate program, join the program and give some time to see how effective they can be for you, but don't exaggerate on the number of ads on your site, it will decrease your website popularity and even if they could seem harmless in some corner of your template, you will eventually lose traffic and the number of paid posts offers.


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Hong Kong megastar Maggie Cheung played a Hong Kong megastar named Maggie Cheung in her first Olivier Assayas collaboration, Irma Vep, but her turn as the castrating rock widow Emily Wang in Assayas's Clean (opening this Friday) is actually closer to Cheung than "Cheung" was. "Emily is me," Cheung says. "People always have me play characters so different from how I am, whereas Olivier thinks what I am is the most watchable. He wanted to make a film that was close to who I am and how I look in everyday life."
Cheung says she used her own clothes for the movie and kept the electric-frizz hairdo she was sporting at the time. "Olivier insisted that I make it straight again, but I said if it goes straight, how would it be different from Irma Vep? I thought the hair would help the character be the mess that she is without trying too hard." For Cheung, who splits her time between Paris and HK, one of the most difficult parts of the shoot was the French dialogue. "I speak French on an everyday basis, but doing it in a film is much harder than in real life because you can't stop to think what you want to say. But I thought Emily shouldn't speak fluent French because she maybe lived in France for two years 10 years ago. So I was confident that I didn't need to learn my French lines. But when we were shooting, Olivier didn't allow that."
Though they were in the process of finalizing their divorce, Cheung says she and Assayas remained professional throughout the filming. "We didn't have a fight where I would walk off the set and say, Fuck you, I'm never coming back! Nothing like that happened. I'm not sure whether people were disappointed or glad." Cheung insists she still admires Assayas as an artist. "I liked Cold Water a lot. Paris Awakening was good too, but he wasn't as mature as he is now. Les Destinées, I liked a lot. But I didn't like demonlover, and I know a lot of people did."
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From left: January Jones, Elisabeth Moss, Jessica Pare, and Christina Hendricks, the ladies of "Mad Men," posed for a photo. Next
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British actress Michelle Dockery was nominated for Best Actress in a Drama Series for her role in "Downton Abbey." Next
Actress Kerry Washington was nominated for Best Actress in a Drama Series for her role in "Scandal." Next
Actress and Comedian Rachael Harris is known for her role in the movie "The Hangover." Next
Actress Laura Prepon of the Netlflix original "Orange is the New Black." Prepon is also known for her role as Donna on "That 70s Show." Next
British actress Lena Headey of "Game of Thrones," which was nominated for Best Drama Series. Next
Winner of the Emmy for Best Lead Actress in a Comedy Series Julia Louis-Dreyfus stars in the HBO series "Veep." Next
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Steven Soderbergh with his wife Jules Asner. Soderbergh won the Emmy for Best Director in a Mini-Series or TV Movie for his movie "Behind The Candelabra." Next
Tony Hale won the Emmy for Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series for his role in "Veep." Next
Producers Jerry Weintraub and Susan Ekins showed off their Emmys for their movie "Behind the Candelabra." Next
Actor Dan Bucatinsky won the award for Guest Actor in a Drama Series for his role in "Scandal." Next
British actor Kit Harington is Jon Snow in the nominated TV drama "Game of Thrones." Next
Winner of the Best Actor in a Mini-Series or TV Movie award Michael Douglas. Douglas played the famous pianist Liberace in the movie "Behind the Candelabra." Next
British actress Emilia Clarke is Daenerys Targaryen on "Game of Thrones." Next
Actress Jane Fonda of the HBO drama "The Newsroom." Next
Writer and director Judd Apatow of thje nominated comedy "Girls" and wife actress Leslie Mann. Next
Actor Peter Dinklage of the nominated drama "Game of Thrones" and his wife Erica Schmidt. Next
Actress Laura Dern of the nominated comedy series "Enlightened." Next
Rolling Stones lead singer Mick Jagger (back left) meets director Mel Brooks. Next
Actress Lena Dunham was nomiated for Best Actress for her role in the comedy series "Girls." Dunham is the creater of the series, and a writer for the showas well. Next
Actress Allison Williams of the nominated comedy "Girls." Next
Winner of Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series Bobby Cannavale. Cannavale plays Gyp Rosetti in the series "Boardwalk Empire." Next
True Blood actors Anna Paquin and Stephen Moyer. Next
ctress Cheryl Hines is best known for her role as Larry's wife on "Curb Your Enthusiasm." Next
From left: Actor Michael Douglas, winner of Outstanding Lead Actor In A Miniseries Or A Movie for his role in "Behind the Candelabra," Richard Plepler, CEO of HBO, and Steven Soderbergh, winner of Outstanding Directing For A Miniseries, Movie Or A Dramatic Special for his film "Behind The Candelabra." Next
Actor Jeff Daniels (center), winner of Outstanding Lead Actor In A Drama Series for his role in "The Newsroom," celebrates with co-stars Marcia Gay Harden (left) and Jane Fonda. Next
Actress Julia Louis-Dreyfus (L), winner of the Best Actress in a Comedy Series, and actor Tony Hale, winner of the Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series, celebrate together. Both star in the comedy series "Veep." Next
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Actress SofÃa Vergara (left) and guest. Vergara stars in "Modern Family," which won the award for bet comedy series. Next
Actor James Cromwell (right) won the award for supporting Actor, Miniseries or Movieand. He poses with ex-wife Anne Ulvestad. Next
Actor James DuMont of the series "Treme." Next
Actor Hugh Dancy of the series "Hannibal" and Emmy-winner Claire Danes of the series "Homeland." Next
Actresses Morgan Saylor of "Homeland" poses with co-star Morena Baccarin. Next
From left: Chairman of Twentieth Century Fox Television Gary Newman, Jeanne Newman, Chairman of Twentieth Century Fox Television Dana Walden and Matt Walden pose for a photo. Next
Actor Nolan Gould plays Luke Dunphy on the Emmy-winning comedy series "Modern Family." Next
Actor Ty Burrellplays Nolan Gould's father in "Modern Family." Next
Singer Paula Abdul poses with director Nigel Lythgoe, former producer of "American Idol" and current judge on "So You Think You Can Dance." Next
Actress Jane Lynch is known for her role as Sue Sylvester in the series "Glee." Next
Actor Jesse Tyler Ferguson of "Modern Family" poses with husband Justin Mikita. Next
Australia native and television host Renee Bargh is the co-host of "Extra." Next
Actor Zachary Quinto, who played Spok in the movie "StarTrek" is also known for his role in the television series "American Horro Story." Next
Actress Sarah Paulson of the miniseries "American Horror Story." Next
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Established in 1991, the GEF helps developing countries fund projects and programs that protect the global environment. It is comprised of 178 members and has made grants totaling $8 billion.
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Some people would screw up a free lunch. And on July 8, one way to do that was to not dress up like a cow.
Yes, fast food chain Chick-Fil-A, purveyor of fried and grilled chickens, declared it "Cow Appreciation Day." And two ways to show your love for our bovine friends are to celebrate them in black and white garb — and to not eat them.
Chick-Fil-A handed out free food to any customers dressed like cows, throughout the day, and they even awarded participants on a scale. Cow accessories earned a free entry item, but full on cow costumes were awarded with a full free meal.
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Sofia Vergara from ABC's Modern Family at the 21st Annual GLAAD Media Awards in Los Angeles.
Oprah Acknowledges Seven GLAAD Media Awards As Groundbreaking Show Comes to a Close
The Oprah Winfrey Show – now in its 25th and final season – has produced more than 120 groundbreaking shows devoted to telling the stories of gay and lesbian people. Included among them was a 1997 episode in which Ellen DeGeneres told the world that she is a lesbian. That particular show, Oprah pointed out, was the first of seven to be honored with a GLAAD Media Award. Read More...
Celebrities, Media Respond to GLAAD Media Award Nominations
The countdown to the 22nd Annual GLAAD Media Awards began with the release of GLAAD's 2011 nominees! Celebrities and media outlets are celebrating their nominations on Twitter, Facebook and in the news.
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Arkansas Supermarket Censors, Then Possibly Uncensors Elton John Cover
One of GLAAD's Twitter followers alerted us to a grocery store in Arkansas that had put a censor shield over a magazine featuring a photo of Elton John, David Furnish and their newborn baby on its cover. GLAAD quickly took action and phoned both the grocery store and the company's headquarters to ask that the censor shield be removed. Just hours after our call, the company released an official statement apologizing for the incident and removed the shields. Read More...
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Dear Friends,
Happy New Year. As you read this, GLAAD is busily gearing up for our Media Awards ceremonies in New York City, Los Angeles, and San Francisco. This year, as we celebrate 25 years of amplifying the voices of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) community, we find ourselves entering a new chapter; the next 25 years. While we still have to defend our community from inaccurate reporting and offensive stories about our community, we find ourselves in the unique position to help guide new media like our partnership to take anti-LGBT hate messages and threats of violence off of sites like Facebook.
Not only are we more active in new media, but with getting new voices and stories in front of Americans. We're launching a People of Color Media Training to develop a group of passionate, visible, and diverse leaders to speak in national media outlets on issues that impact LGBT lives. Our Religion, Faith & Values team works with denominational groups and faith leaders to help elevate their voices in the mainstream media. And, in conjunction with the National Hispanic Media Coalition (NHMC), GLAAD is preparing a joint complaint to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) against the Spanish-language television talk show "José Luis Sin Censura" in response to a string of violent on-air attacks against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people. Why? Because when people in these communities here our stories, acceptance and understanding about LGBT people grows.
Through our common commitment to sharing stories that build the support for equality, we can move into our next chapter together.
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Jennifer Aniston Voted Best Holiday Guest!
In the holiday season showdown Kate Middleton's in second place, and everyone wants Paula Deen in their kitchen.
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Have you ever wondered which celeb would be the best cook or holiday party guest? Yeah, so have we. Luckily for the gals who have stars on their minds this season, HomeGoods has done the legwork for us!
Conducted by researchers at Wakefield, the HomeGoods Survey polled 1,008 adults in the U.S. to learn how various stars would fare in a festive little showdown.
Bettys, which celebrity would you want to sit next to you at that food coma-inducing holiday feast? If you said Jennifer Aniston, about 30 percent of those polled would have agreed with you. We're expecting some fierce competition to snag a seat next to this leading lady!
Coming in second with 21 percent of the vote was Kate Middleton. And despite the endless royal wedding coverage, we'd have to say that we wouldn't mind hearing a little palace gossip from this princess. In third with 16 percent was heartthrob Brad Pitt. All we have to say to that is YUM! Rounding out the top five were Charlie Sheen with 12 percent and Ashton Kutcher and Kim Kardashian with 11 percent each. We don't mind funny man Ashton, but the voters who chose Charlie and Kim can keep 'em.
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Foodies, take note: Paula Deen took the vote for the most in-demand holiday chef with 37 percent of the vote. In her wake were Gordon Ramsay from Hell's Kitchen with 20 percent of the vote, Martha Stewart with 14 percent, Giada De Laurentiis and Tom Colicchio with 10 percent each and Anthony Bourdain with 9 percent.
And if you want to make that holiday bash totally unforgettable, 31 percent of people polled said Rachael Ray would be the perfect guest! Jay Leno and Kelly Ripa tied for second with 17 percent of the vote, followed by Conan O'Brien with 16 percent, Chelsea Handler with 11 percent, and Rosie O'Donnell with 9 percent.
HomeGoods also funded a study that might just pull the plug on that popular practice known as re-gifting. The nationwide survey found that 65 percent of people believe that they've been on the receiving end of a re-gift. But many of them were probably just as guilty of re-wrapping that neon holiday sweater and handing it off to someone else! As it turns out, 54 percent of Americans have re-gifted a present and 36 percent did it more than once.
Just remember: if you manage to snag a celeb guest this season, don't be caught re-gifting and invite us over!
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Richardson Electronics Ltd. (NASDAQ:RELL) had a loss and missed Wall Street's expectations, BUT beat the revenue expectation. The revenue beat is a positive sign to shareholders seeking high growth out of the company.
Richardson Electronics Ltd. Earnings Cheat Sheet
Results: Adjusted Earnings Per Share decreased to $-0.01 in the quarter versus EPS of $0.21 in the year-earlier quarter.
Revenue: Decreased 9.47% to $35.18 million from the year-earlier quarter.
Actual vs. Wall St. Expectations: Richardson Electronics Ltd. reported adjusted EPS loss of $0.01 per share. By that measure, the company missed the mean analyst estimate of $0.
Quoting Management: "Unfortunately we did not see the global economic recovery we had expected in fiscal 2013, which resulted in lower-than-anticipated demand for replacement tubes particularly in the semiconductor wafer fabrication, textile, and wood drying markets. In addition, we experienced a drop in demand for medical monitors due to uncertainties surrounding healthcare reform, which had a negative impact on capital spending by our customers. As a result, we did not achieve our operating margin goal of 5%. Throughout the year we took steps to reduce our costs, and we continue to evaluate our resources to ensure maximum efficiency without putting the Company at risk of losing talented people or missing key opportunities for growth," said Edward J. Richardson, Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President.
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FARMINGTON — The Farmington Art Boosters will be having a craft and vendor fair at Henry Wilson Memorial School from 10am to 3pm on April 12.
In addition to hand-made craft items, we will have numerous home party vendors. including Tastefully Simple and Pampered Chef.
We will be selling homemade cookies and the Venture Crew will be providing the concession stand with a variety delicious choices for lunch.
Come on out and support arts in our schools. For more information call Kathy at 603-978-5741
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But how long do these relationships tend to last? I know monogamous marriages don't have an incredible track record, but is serial polyamory any better than serial monogamy?
I ask because
my situation
feels somewhat unusual in these circles. My wife and I started this discussion very recently, when she developed romantic feelings for someone who was already a close friend and happened to be openly poly.
...we built a life together for the last decade-plus, and it can grow and change, but nothing can be allowed to damage it or substantively detract from it. I'm not sure how common that dynamic is, how long external relationships can last for people in situations like ours, or even how monos going poly tend to do a few years down the line.
But it goes back to the question of "how long does any poly relationship last?". So, I'm asking. Gimme stories of endurance. I want to hear particularly from people whose situations started out like mine, but also from anyone who wants to chime in. I freely admit that I don't know enough about any of this. Fill me in.
You asked for stories of endurance, so I will share a bit of mine. My "version" of polyamory is heavily influenced by the type of "group marriage" demonstrated in the science fiction novels of Robert Heinlein. In a sense, I've considered myself polyamorous since before the word was invented (in 1992 I believe). So much so, that when I got together with MrS, 20 years ago (and my first "relationship") I told him that he should just read everything that Heinlein ever wrote and then he would understand me a LOT better. (Lovely man, he did just that
We ironed out some boundaries and ... well, have been together ever since. Our early boundaries (they have evolved over time) included no limitations on my interactions/relationships with other women (this hasn't changed). And, within the first year, I had developed a FWB type relationship with one of his close female friends. That relationship still exists today.
Several years later I had a conversation with a bi-curious (female) friend of mine along the lines of: What if you found a girl who was really into you but wasn't willing to be with you if you were with a man (MrS)? My answer was that leaving MrS was not, and would never be, part of the deal.... and this would be understood from the beginning. My relationship with a girl could take any form that she felt comfortable with except one that dictated what my relationship with MrS could be. She would not need to meet him if she didn't want to. But she could never be a secret from him or demand a change my relationship with him (other than negotiating time management and other practical concerns). Anyone who has talked to me for 5 minutes knows that I am married and how important MrS is in my life...there is barely a significant story of my life that doesn't involve him in some way, so it's not as though it would come as a surprise.
My relationship with Dude has been the first "outside" relationship that has evolved past FWB - and it is getting on two years along at this point and, unless something drastic happens, could conceivably last "forever" (in the same way that monogamous relationships can last "forever" - until they don't). There are no constraints on how far or how long that relationship can go - the only caveat is that (as above) me leaving MrS is not, and never will be, part of the deal. In our current configuration, our "version" of poly looks a lot like a woman with two husbands, an old one and a new one - who love and care for each other as well (platonically, they were best friends for years before I met and became involved with Dude). Dude has informed me that should the two of us (me and Dude) ever break up, he still gets to be friends with MrS (because MrS came "first"
I don't know if that helps your understanding any, but you asked for stories...
Me: poly bi female, in an "open-but-not-looking" V-plus with -
MrS: hetero polyflexible male, live-in husband (24+ yrs)
Dude: hetero poly male, live-in boyfriend (5+ yrs) and MrS's BFF
SLeW: platonic girlfriend and BFF
Lotus: "it's complicated"
+ "others" = FBs, FWBs, lover-friends, platonic G/BFs, boytoys, etc.
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Volunteers will pick up abandoned shopping carts from streets and washes in the southwest-side Midvale Park Neighborhood from 8:30 to 10:30 a.m. Saturday.
Pima County Supervisor Richard Elías' office said in a news release: "The cleanup is the beginning of a larger discussion about how Pima County and the city of Tucson will mitigate cart blight, encourage retailers to track their property more effectively, and educate consumers about their cart use."
The volunteer effort is co-hosted by Service Employees International Union Local 48 and United Food and Commercial Workers Local 99.
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Gasoline prices around Arizona are lower for the second consecutive week.
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That's a decrease of nearly 3 cents from last week and almost 19 cents lower than this time last year.
Tucson has the lowest average gasoline price in Arizona at $3.49 a gallon, also down 3 cents from last week, while Scottsdale has the highest at $3.85.
This week's national average is $3.69 per gallon, down by almost a penny since last week.
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As if the last few days haven't been difficult enough for the Susan G. Komen Foundation, now it's been revealed that former George W. Bush press secretary and current GOP operative Ari Fleischer helped the organization find a new senior VP for communications. Fleischer confirmed that he was involved in the search for a fee, but Think Progress is reporting his role extended into grilling candidates about how they would handle Komen's partnership with Planned Parenthood. Given that Komen has come under fire for politicizing cancer screening, this latest revelation could complicate its efforts to repair the damage done by the scandal.


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Gatorade® National Girls Basketball Player Of The Year: Mercedes Russell
WNBA All-Star Maya Moore Surprises Standout with Elite Honor
Mar 20, 2013, 12:30 ET from The Gatorade Company
SPRINGFIELD, Ore., March 20, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- In its 28th year of honoring the nation's best high school athletes, The Gatorade Company, in collaboration with USA TODAY High School Sports, today announced Mercedes Russell of Springfield High School (Springfield, Ore.) as its 2012-13 Gatorade National Girls Basketball Player of the Year. Russell was surprised with the news at school by WNBA champion and gold medalist Maya Moore, who earned the same distinction in 2007.
"When I received the award, it was a really significant moment for me, so it felt great to surprise Mercedes with the news and invite her into one of the most prestigious legacy programs in high school sports," said Moore, WNBA Rookie of the Year in 2011. "Gatorade has been on the sidelines fueling athletic performance for years, so to be recognized by a brand that understands the game and truly helps athletes perform is a huge honor for these kids."
The award, which recognizes not only outstanding athletic excellence, but also high standards of academic achievement and exemplary character demonstrated on and off the court, distinguishes Russell as the nation's best high school girls basketball player. A national advisory panel comprised of sport-specific experts and sports journalists helped select Russell from nearly 440,000 high school girls basketball players nationwide. Russell is now a finalist for the prestigious Gatorade Female High School Athlete of the Year award, to be presented at a special ceremony prior to The ESPY Awards in July.
A two-time Oregon Gatorade Player of the Year, the 6-foot-6 senior center averaged 25.1 points, 12.3 rebounds, 5.5 blocks, 3.9 assists and 2.0 steals per game while shooting 70.3 percent from the field this past season, leading the Millers (24-4) to the Class 5A state championship game. A McDonald's All-American Game selection, a 2013 Women's Basketball Coaches Association All-America Game invitee and a two-time Class 5A State Player of the Year, Russell was a finalist for the Naismith Girl's High School Player of the Year Award. She concluded her prep basketball career with 2,273 points, 1,642 rebounds and 562 blocked shots.
Russell has maintained a 3.15 GPA in the classroom. She has volunteered locally on behalf of Oregon Amateur Basketball, the Special Olympics, a community beautification project and an elementary education literacy-outreach program. She has also donated her time coaching youth basketball and serving the needy during annual holiday seasons.
"Mercedes is just really athletic, has a great sense of timing and causes you not only to change your defense but, more importantly, your offense," said Paul Brothers, head coach of Willamette High. "You can talk all you want about her ability to score and rebound, but I think she allows everyone on their team to gamble on defense because she's there to swat away anything near the key."
Russell has signed a National Letter of Intent to play basketball on an athletic scholarship at the University of Tennessee beginning this fall.
"Without question, Mercedes is deserving of recognition as the nation's best high school girls basketball player based on her statistics on the court and the impact her accomplishments have had on Springfield High School's success," said Gatorade Vice President, Brand Marketing Morgan Flatley. "But she is also a shining example to peers and aspiring young athletes of what a leader and a student-athlete should be. She represents everything we hope for in a Gatorade Player of the Year recipient."
The Gatorade Player of the Year program annually recognizes one winner in the District of Columbia and each of the 50 states that sanction high school football, girls volleyball, boys and girls cross country, boys and girls basketball, boys and girls soccer, baseball, softball, and boys and girls track & field, and awards one National Player of the Year in each sport. The selection process is administered by the Gatorade high school sports leadership team in partnership with USA TODAY High School Sports, which work with top sport-specific experts and a media advisory board of accomplished, veteran prep sports journalists to determine the state winners in each sport.
Former notable Gatorade National Players of the Year include:
- Super Bowl Most Valuable Player Peyton Manning
- WNBA all-time leading scorer and rebounder Lisa Leslie
- NFL all-time leading rusher Emmitt Smith
- Two-time beach volleyball gold medalist Kerri Walsh
- Three-time 200-meter World Champion Allyson Felix
For more information on the Gatorade Player of the Year program, including nomination information, a complete list of former winners, and future announcement dates, visit the Gatorade Player of the Year Web site at http://www.gatorade.com/poy, on Facebook at www.facebook.com/GatoradePOY or follow us on Twitter at www.twitter.com/Gatorade.
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Mercedes Russell Breanna Stewart Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis Chiney Ogwumike Skylar Diggins Nneka Ogwumike |
Springfield/Springfield, OR Cicero-North Syracuse/Cicero, NY Mater Dei/Santa Ana, CA Cy-Fair/Cypress, TX Washington/South Bend, IN Cy-Fair/Cypress, TX |
High School Senior Univ. of Connecticut Univ. of Connecticut Stanford University Univ. of Notre Dame Stanford University |
2006-07 |
Maya Moore |
Collins Hill/Suwanee, GA |
Minnesota Lynx |
2005-06 |
Tina Charles |
Christ the King/Middle Village, NY |
Connecticut Sun |
2004-05 |
Abby Waner |
ThunderRidge/Highlands Ranch, CO |
ESPN Analyst |
2003-04 |
Candace Parker |
Naperville Central/Naperville, IL |
Los Angeles Sparks |
2002-03 |
Candace Parker |
Naperville Central/Naperville, IL |
Los Angeles Sparks |
2001-02 |
Ann Strother |
Highlands Ranch/Highlands Ranch, CO |
Univ. of Colorado (Coach) |
2000-01 |
Shyra Ely |
Ben Davis/Indianapolis, IN |
Indiana Fever |
1999-00 |
Shereka Wright |
Copperas Cove/Copperas Cove, TX |
Texas Tech Univ. (Coach) |
1998-99 |
Nicole Kaczmarski |
Sachem North/Lake Rononkoma, NY |
Broadcast Analyst |
1997-98 |
Tamika Raymond |
Chaminade-Julienne/Dayton, OH |
Univ. of Kansas Asst. Coach |
1996-97 |
Nikki Teasley |
St. John's at Prospect Hall/Frederick, MD |
Retired from WNBA |
1995-96 |
Jamie Walz |
Highlands/Ft. Thomas, KY |
Highlands HS Coach |
1994-95 |
Stephanie McCarty |
Seeger/West Lebanon, IN |
Univ. of Toledo (Coach) |
1993-94 |
Monick Foote |
Samford/Wilmington, DE |
Professional/Israel |
1992-93 |
La'Keshia Frett |
Phoebus/Hampton, VA |
Univ. of Georgia (Coach) |
1991-92 |
Katie Smith |
Logan/Logan, OH |
Washington Mystics |
1990-91 |
Michelle Marciniak |
Central Catholic/Allentown, PA |
Univ. of S. Carolina (Coach) |
1989-90 |
Lisa Leslie |
Morningside/Inglewood, CA |
Retired from WNBA |
1988-89 |
Lisa Harrison |
Southern/Louisville, KY |
Retired from WNBA |
1987-88 |
Vicki Hall |
Brebeuf Preparatory/Indianapolis, IN |
Professional/Europe |
1986-87 |
Kris Durham |
Union Catholic/Scotch Plains, NJ |
Seton Hall Univ. Grad. |
1985-86 |
Susan Anderson |
Mt. Baker/Deming, WA |
Univ. of Texas Grad. |
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Before I could finish asking Katherine what books she's excited about, she had slapped two in my hand. My hand hurts, but all the better for y'all, who can now take a peak at her picks.
Two Boys Kissing by David Levithan (a young adult title)
"This is an incredibly spiritual book — about gender identity and how it shifts — a compelling look at how humans connect passionately and how human wounds and self-perception can control us. In this work, the power of love redeems. Told by those who lived with and died from HIV/AIDS — a Greek chorus of sorts — this was an intense and thought provoking read."
Longbourn by Jo Baker
"Do you love Jane Austen? Do you love "Upstairs/Downstairs" or "Downton Abbey?" If you answered yes to both these questions then you will truly enjoy Longbourn. This is Pride & Prejudice meets these two awesome shows. Intelligent and engrossing fiction!"
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Potential side effects of laser surgery for eye cancer
Side effects can occur with any type of treatment for eye cancer, but not everyone has them or experiences them in the same way. Side effects of laser surgery will depend mainly on the:
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Haiyore! Nyaruko-san (Xebec)
Article contents (original date of post 10/3/11): "Manta Aisora's comedy about Cthulhu deity-turned-girl already inspired 2 Flash-anime series A promotional advertisement for Manta Aisora's Haiyore! Nyaruko-san comedy light novel series has announced that a new television anime adaptation has been green-lit. XEBEC will animate the new series. The story of Haiyore! Nyaruko-san centers around Nyaruko, a formless Cthulhu deity of chaos (Nyarlathotep) who can take on the shape of a seemingly ordinary silver-haired girl. Mahiro Yasaka is a normal high school who is chased by aliens one night, until Nyaruko saves him. Aisora launched the light novel series with illustrations by Koin (Kanokon: The Girl Who Cried Fox) in 2009, and Softbank Creative published the seventh volume this past April. The novels already inspired one video series and one television series of Flash-animated shorts by DLE Inc." Source: Mangaoh **** Quote:
"The official website for Xebec's new Haiyore! Nyaruko-san television anime series relaunched on Tuesday and revealed the anime's staff: Original creator: Manta Aisora (GA Bunko/Softbank Creative) Original Character Design: Koin Director: Tsuyoshi Nagasawa Series Script Editor: Noboru Kimura Character Design, Chief Animation Director: Shintetsu Takiyama Music: monaca Music Production: DIVE II Entertainment Animation Production: Xebec The site also confirmed that the cast members from the previous Haiyoru! Nyaruani net anime series and Haiyoru! Nyaruani: Remember My Mr. Lovecraft television anime series are returning and presented new key visual art. Kana Asumi as Nyaruko Eri Kitamura as Mahiro Yasaka Miyu Matsuki as Ku-ko Rie Kugimiya as Hasuta [Via 0takomu]" **** Finally - it has its own website: http://nyaruko.com/
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I honestly do not know what to think about this. On one hand moeified Nyarlathotep would cause Lovecraft to spin so fast in his grave the would dig all the way to the dreamlands. On the other hand its so insane it works way to well with Nyarlathotep. I just don't know.
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1. Haiyoru! Nyaruani ... which had nine 2 minute eps - often these can be found all bundled together in one file. This is the ONA, I believe. 2. Haiyoru! Nyaruani: Remember my Mr. Lovecraft ... which had eleven 5 minute eps officially, but had an extra ep added on towards the end (i.e. 12). This is the "official series season 1", I guess. And what Xebec will be doing will be the "official series season 2", most likely. These are based on a LN series ... a manga adaptation exists and I think there has been a drama cd released as well.... Anyhoo ... for those who did not know there is a thread on the shows that have aired which can be found HERE. Umm ... I hate to say this, but.... Let's see....Here is a pic of the "cast" from the 5 minute ep series: From left to right we have the Lovecraft mythos deities: Nyarle (?), Cthulu, Nyarlathotep, Atlach-Nacha (?). So ... umm ... yeah. They DID "moeify" Cthulu. **** On other fronts one of the reasons why I like this story is precisely because it pokes fun at Lovecraft's stories.
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Meeting My Niece Libby for the First Time
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Eric is basically just a giant teddy bear, so he's an awesome dad. Libby was tons of fun to be around and we caught her at an amazing age. In front of our eyes, in the few months we were back in the States, she went from crawling to standing, then started saying words, then took her first steps. Soon after, she was walking and talking and asking about everything in the world. "Whaaat's thaaaat?" she said in an awe inspired whisper again and again. I immediately fell in love.
I will post photos and videos to prove she's adorable. She's at least twice as cute as all the other kids on the planet, except for my other nieces and nephew, who on their best days are equally as cute.


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