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Braving cold, windy conditions, the Blazer boys track team brought back first place honors from the Shawnee Mission South Invitational April 12.
Boasting four individual champions and one relay champion, the Blazers outpointed runnerup Olathe South 109-104. Shawnee Mission Northwest had 99, Blue Valley Northwest, 71 and Shawnee Mission South, 67.
"I was real proud of the kids effort,"said Coach Brian McGee. "Everyone stepped up their effort and competed well. We showed a lot of improvement."
Seniors Ben Carpenter, Travis Reed and Matt Mayeske led the gold medal parade. Carpenter cleared a season best pole vault of 14'-0" while Mayeske claimed 110 meter hurdles ( 15.5) and 300 hurdles (41.6) titles.
Meanwhile, the 400-relay team of Dakota Steuber, Marcon Waters, Jaylon Radel and Traevohn Wrench took first in a time of 44.1.
Wrench earned a silver medal in the 100 meter dash in 11.59 and Dalton Shump sailed 19"-9" in the long jump. Travis Reed threw the javelin a season best 163"-4" for second place. Waters earned a bronze medal in the 400-meter dash in 52.88.


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WASHINGTON — President Obama's proposed authorization for the use of force appears to be straightforward: "deter, disrupt, prevent, and degrade" the future use of chemical weapons by Syria.
Yet at the same time, Obama — and a growing number of members of Congress, which is slated to vote on the proposal next week — insists that US officials would not design any strike that seeks to topple the regime or involve US ground troops in a civil war.
It is a paradoxical mission for the Pentagon, which is built for winning wars. Any strike against the Syrian regime, military specialists said, must be painful enough to force President Bashir Assad to rethink using poison gas but not so damaging that it could dislodge his grip on power or lead him to let loose on his own people or his neighbors.
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Manic Digger is an open-source implementation of block-building games as made famous by Minecraft. Manic Digger aims to be a generic platform ontop of which you can create your own game-types and scenerios. Through server-side scripting, any type of block-building game should be possible.
Manic Digger 2015-08-22 has been released. This mostly is a bugfix release but also introduces some features long requested by the community.
It's been a long time since the last update. There has a lot of work been done to make this game better and so today we present you a number of cool new...
Sorry its been so long for any kind of update here: The versions currently downloadable here may be removed soon, BUT there are now ongoing 'nightly...
In an attempt to move the project onward, I held a contest to find a suitable replacement for the current textures.
New game client inbound, with a host of updates that were requested by the community at the Manic Digger forums
Following the naming system here at indieDB this is Ver 0.3d and contains some rather major game updates
After some time, and probably Some aggrivation from poor exe. Linux will be getting a native port soon, no more virtual machines and what not!
Bug squashing ahoy, and the long awaited return of minecarts, major improvement regarding in game lag. version release date: 2011-01-24]
A newer Version 0.3 file (release b), contains same basic game with same updates as 0.3a but with additional bug squashing.
Following on from the 'patch' to the previous version, exe had been nimbly coding in some much needed engine optimisations. And here comes that version!
exe has, due to the recent discovery of 'server overload', decided that a new updated server be distributed. This is the same 'version' as the previous...
I have to vent some aggravation at the community here at indieDB, my page for manic digger is constantly being hit with reviews for 1/10 by 'fans' of...
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Manic digger, we all know it lacks 'enemies' and 'monsters' ... so here for your perusal is the Monster Editor!
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The 2013 Billboard Music Awards have arrived and music's biggest names are in the house to perform live. Before they take the stage, though, first they'll walk the blue carpet.
Scheduled to perform are Justin Bieber, Taylor Swift, Selena Gomez, Nicki Minaj, Chris Brown, Pitbull, Christina Aguilera and many, many more. The show is hosted by "30 Rock" star Tracy Morgan.
Will Justin and Selena arrive together or even have anything to say about each other? Who will end the night wishing they'd worn something a little less tragic? The only way to find out is to check out the blue carpet pre-show, streaming live.
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Last week, we talked about how attendees and athletes at the London Olympics had the option to bring and fill reusable bottles rather than buying soda or bottled water. On its face, this is a big win for sustainability, but how helpful are bottled water refill stations if you can't find them?
After a couple of readers commented on the original piece saying that they brought their own bottles and couldn't find any refill stations, I'm wondering how many stations there are and where they're located, so I tried to find info on the official London 2012 website.
The Visitor Information pages for Greenwich Park, Eton Dorney, and Olympic Park don't mention the refill stations or where you can access drinkable tap water. I also checked the maps for those locations and don't see water refill stations listed. Of course, you can always refill your bottle at a bathroom sink, but that's not the same as an official spot to refill bottles.
I'd love to hear from you guys in the comments! Did you attend the London Olympics? If you found one of these elusive refill stations, let us know where it was! If not, I'm interested in how many folks tried to do the sustainable thing and couldn't.
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Why does one need a "refill station"? What's wrong with the bathroom?
We have been to the London parks (e.g. Victoria Park) where they have massive screens and other entertainments for folks to get together and watch.
There were numerous water stations which we used regularly – so the water was plentiful, cool and tasted fine.
The bathrooms at these sites consist of rows of portaloos – that is the type of 'bathroom' Johnny Knoxville would tip upside down with someone locked inside (and not the type you would wish to drink water from!)
We are going to the actual Olympics on Sunday and will be taking refillable bottles to avoid paying £2.50 for a small plastic bottle of water or cola (and hoping for better bathrooms!)
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Another image from one of my "road less travelled" camera trips. This chair sits in an empty field just off the Elysian Viaduct.
Perhaps someone watches the traffic from it
...or waits for a train to pass
...or watches the sunset against the downtown skyline backdrop
...or maybe it's just junk in a vacant field.
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There's little denying that 2013 was a marvellous year for videogames, a well deserved swan song for the sternly loyal long lived last generation of consoles – Playstation 3 and Xbox 360. 2013 was arguably one of gamings best years in recent memory. But who cares, old game is old – right? The moment Playstation 4 and Xbox One were released last year gamings most dedicated communities suddenly cast their expectant gaze forward. So then, to celebrate the beginning of 2014, and a hopefully yet another fantastic year for gaming we've decided to count down a top ten list of our most anticipated titles slated for release this year, things are starting to heat up as we enter the top three with #3 Destiny.
Over a decade, that's how long it's been since developer Bungie changed the landscape of console FPS forever with their original Xbox title Halo: Combat Evolved. Today almost every FPS released onto consoles, yes even the gargantuan Call of Duty franchise, owes it existence to the ground breaking sci-fi shooter that launched in way back in 2001. Indeed if former Infinity Ward employees working at Respawn revolutionised online FPS games with their Call of Duty franchise then it was invented by Bungie. After years of success with Microsoft studios, and five iterations of the Halo franchise Bungie grew bored of working on the same series. So after production on Halo: ODST finished their team split in two with one side starting work on a new title: Destiny. After work finished on their last Halo game "Reach", they handed the keys to Halo to Microsoft and moved in with Activision, who agreed to publish their latest creation on PS3, PS4, Xbox One and Xbox360.
In many regards Destiny isn't an exotic change in direction for Bungie. The first person shooter has it's feet firmly planted in the studios area of expertise, sporting a sci-fi setting with hordes of varying alien species baring down on the human protagonists. Set in a dire future Destiny sees the human race all but extinguished excluding one city on Earth who was saved by a giant ominous white orb named "the traveller". With the help of the mysterious ball the last of humanities forces survived to regroup, and now strive to retake the solar system from a host of vicious extraterrestrial forces that threaten to wipe them out. Alien vs humans is a formula that struck gold for Bungie in the past so it's hardly surprising they've returned to the premise, what's more their knowledge of alien design is borderline masterful thanks to work on Halo – most gamers can easily identify a grunt or elite in a matter of seconds, so iconic is their appearance. From what we've seen that visual mastery is evident here.
Despite returning to their traditional stomping ground the team at Bungie isn't complaint. The team is seriously committed to not only pushing themselves, implementing a host of gameplay features new to them, but also by joining the new revolution of persistently online worlds that foster sociability. Most intriguing of all Destiny's promised systems is the ability to earn loot, much like Gearbox's quirky Borderlands series Destiny encourages players to team up to tackle progressively more powerful foes netting better equipment for their character – whether it be armour or weaponry. Player avatars will be selected from three different variants of human, but more importantly three different classes – the "space wizard" warlock, the heavily armoured titans and the rougish hunters. How dramatically the different choices will affect gameplay isn't yet known, regardless it'll be a welcome layer of customisation as each sports a noticeably unique aesthetic.
No matter the players race or class they'll be tasked with defending The City and reclaiming our civilizations colonies on local planets that have been overrun by varied hostile aliens. Destiny is unique in that players won't be alone in their quest, as the world is persistently online they'll be automatically match making on fly placed in teams with those who naturally suit to them. This all sounds very reminiscent of a traditional MMO; Bungie are quick to point out this isn't the case though as players can only see those they're currently matched with, unlike a full scale MMO where it's possible to communicate with anyone on a shared server. Instead Bungie calls Destiny – a shared world shooter. Of course Destiny can be tackled completely alone, with the exception end game encounters, but where'd be the fun in that?
Bungie's track record with first person shooters is phenomenal, it's impossible to point to a bad game developed by the company; that's what makes the prospect of Destiny so reassuring. Carving through hordes of well designed aliens with close friends is always a treat, a prospect that's made all the more compelling by the presence of an engaging story, world and generous heaps of shiny loot. The shared world idea might not be everyone's ideal situation, but it's a fresh take on the FPS genre which could turn out to be the next big game changer – if not you can always turn it off. It's been a decade since Bungie altered the console FPS landscape forever – maybe it's time they did it again.
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Ray Allen, Kevin Garnett, Rajon Rondo and a host of others did not play for the Boston Celtics. The offense was carried by Aleksandar Pavlovic with 16 points, surpassing his previous season high by 6 points. Chris Bosh, Dwyane Wade and LeBron James did not play for Miami, which was led by Dexter Pittman (12 points) and James Jones (11 points).
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When they rewrite the story of the Lockout-shortened 2011-12 NBA season, the first thing they better mention is the shocking number of disposable players that came from out of the shadows and into the light. Rubio, Lin, Green, Jenkins, Robinson, Mullens, and on and on and on, until you get to J.J.
Please, blog, may I have some more?Jerryd Bayless had himself one hell of a weekend. He partied with porn stars in Vegas, he won big at the craps tables, he even married Kim Kardashian, only to divorce her 20 minutes later. Oh yeah, and he had lines of 28/9/6/3/1/3 on Friday followed by 29/6/2/4/5 on Saturday.
Please, blog, may I have some more?Mike Miller is set to to make his season debut with the Heat today, which is particularly fortuitous (if I may use that term on a family blog) as the news makes the rounds of Dwyane Wade likely missing more games has resulted in thousands of monkey-punches to the groins of thousands of fantasy basketball teams.
Please, blog, may I have some more?Boston, Dallas, Memphis and the Lakers share one win amongst themselves and 10 losses. So understand me when I tell you that everything – absolutely everything – written here is a complete guess. So it goes when you're watching basketball as messy as this.
Please, blog, may I have some more?In his mammoth tome, The Book of Basketball, a work I begrudgingly call both comprehensive and wholly entertaining, Bill Simmons shares the theory that 24 is the pivotal age for athletic shooting guards. He uses Jordan, Bryant, McGrady, Wade, a 25-year-old Iverson (lost five months as a high school senior sitting in a jail cell) and David Thompson as examples.
Please, blog, may I have some more?Skiles said he'd only play Michael Redd single-digit minutes to work Redd into the swing of things. Then he played him more than 15 in his first game of the season because he realized this is Milwaukee and there is no swing.
Please, blog, may I have some more?Houston's Kyle Lowry dropped seven threes last night, making it 24 bombs in six games. That's a league-high, the current franchise best and a wicked, wicked third-tier keeper option for your team come the fall. Lowry is ranked 16th in the league in assists and 15th in the league in steals per game, which ain't too shabby considering he was just a seagull on the submarine's radar during the preseason and was drafted in fewer than 25 percent of this season's drafts.
Please, blog, may I have some more?I hope the Thunder did a little something special for the Velvet Hoop last night after he – again – pulled his team through to another victory for the second time in as many games. Maybe the coaching staff picked all the red pepper off his DiGiorno pizza, or perhaps they should reupholster one of the locker room lounge chairs with bright turquoise fabric and paint a face on it so Kevin Durant has his own Pee-Wee's Playhouse Chairy to relax on after games like last night's.
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1960s vintage acetate mini shirt dress. White dress has blue stripes, a pointed collar and a darted bust. There are buttons that run down to the hips. Dress has a chest pocket with a button and the sleeves taper at the cuff with one button. Labeled Rawson Square of Nassau Bahamas
Navy blue, rayon blend wiggle dress and matching jacket. Dress has a square neckline front and back. There are thin white stitched stripes below neckline and a wide white band beneath that. It is darted at the bust and vertical darts rise up from the waist. Skirt has a set of diagonal pleats descending from the waist that open up on front side and a back kick pleat. Dress closes with a back metal zipper. The jacket is open down the front and the bottom front has same details as the neck. L
Luscious, mod, brown, textured poly, go-go, micro mini dress. This super cute dress has stitched down seams that run from the neckline to the hem and backside has vertical darts. The collar has a floral embroidery in green, blue, brown and tan. The cuffs have the same embroidery. Dress closes with a back metal zipper. Labeled "Ajax New York".
60s cream synthetic, dress with a black and white houndstooth check print, there are also half squares in red, black and green scattered throughout. The elongated bodice has a fold over collar and a darted bust. Skirt is pleated and has stripes at the bottom. The sleeves taper at the cuff with one button and it has a back zipper. Labeled Danielle California.
Bold 60s graphic print blouse with a paisley, floral, dots and check print in vibrant shades of blues, pink, lime green, purple, white and black. Blouse has a pointed collar, green buttons down the front and a box hem. Labeled Lanie J.
Vintage crochet 60s mini dress in shades of blue red green and mustard. Neckline has a red ribbed band and the bust is darted. Dress has a sash at the waist and closes with a back zipper. Vintage dress has not been worn comes with original hang tag. Labeled Jps.
Fabulous hip-length coney rabbit fur coat! Vintage late 60's to early 70's. In excellent condition! Someone tried to swipe this from our buyer as she was purchasing it! Very hot look - Guaranteed to impress! Features: * Genuine rabbit fur in natural colors * Generous collar of faux shearling * Wrap style with one gorgeous marbled button and original leather belt included! * Hip length = perfect for over skinny pants or jeans! * Soft, dark brown satin lining matches belt color Absolutely gorgeous coat!
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We're listing a massive amount of listings tonight, and I'm in the middle of a photo shoot right now - there are some AMAZING pieces in here! Right now I've got on a Geoffrey Beene 70's silk chiffon ruffled gown, and I just photographed a 60's Rudi Gernreich yellow linen a-line dress, some incredible fur pieces, and phenomenal winter coats!
Vintage dress with a sprinkling of yellow flowers on waffle-weave white cotton. Wide A-line trapeze cut with on-seam side pockets. Faux button panel front with bow at neck, the dress really just slips on over the head. Wear it loose, or with your own belt.
Cute & Classic! Dark rose pink angora blend vintage cardigan has adorable scallop edges, thick plastic buttons. Made of a 50/40/10 angora/wool/nylon blend.
The exact color of ink on rag paper, this simple shirtwaist dress brings you back to "Gay Paree." Button placquet halfway down the front that ends in an inverted box pleat. Sleeves are hemmed deep for optimal cuffing. Perfect with your black belt (the one shown is not included.) Nicely handmade of lightweight woven silk.
Offered for sale is an early 1960's navy blue dress with matching jacket. This set could be considered a cocktail outfit or just a special occasion outfit. The color is a medium navy blue and the fabric feels like a linen/silk blend. The dress has a set-in waist with corded trim and two little side bows. There's hidden slit pockets right in the front of the belled shirt. It is sleeveless with short caps, round neckline and closes in the back with a long metal zipper. The jacket is short box style with long sleeves, lay back collar and a one button closing in the front. The button is a huge fabric covered with a loop to close. The dress is not lined but the jacket has a perfect silky smooth navy blue lining.
This beautiful Marie St Claire creation has an empire waist with the bodice being all black silky brocade, short sleeves and mandarin collar. The A-line skirt area is done in black velvet. It is completely lined and manufactured with all the quality you would expect from a Marie St Claire.
Absolutely gorgeous early 60's cocktail dress. Warm golden yellow color. Layer of beautiful draped chiffon over bodice. Chiffon sleeves are ruched up the sides. Dress has spaghetti straps under the chiffon. Closes with a center back zipper and a self fabric button. No Label. Note - A few small marks and pin pricks on skirt of dress. CONDITION: Very Good SIZE: Bust - 34" Waist - 26" Hips - 36" Length - 37.5"
60s -No Label- Womens ivory, dark brown and black woven-in houndstooth check in wool tweed with cotton gauze backing, black rayon taffeta lining, A-line double breasted cape in mid-thigh length, with pointed collar, armholes have welt trim, cool swinging London look
Super cute, 1960s mini, cropped top or vest in a tartan plaid that includes shades of red, black and white. Top crosses over to one side and closes with black ball buttons and trimmed in a black grosgrain. It is darted at the bust and has two faux, flap pockets. It is fully lined and the fabric content is probably a lightweight wool blend. Labeled "Mam'selle by Betty Carol".
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ADORABLE! Simply adorable! Pink and white gingham check dress with corset tie front. Fitted bodice has princess seams for a tailored fit. Decorative ties in front are laced through fabric loops. Short set in sleeves. Fitted waistline accented with self fabric piping. Skirt is softly pleated into waistline for a soft feminine flair. Metal back zipper. Unlined. We estimate this will fit a modern size 6 the best, however please refer to measurements. Estimated vintage late 50s, early 60s.
Fabulous Mod coat by the legendary Pendleton brand! Circa 1968. Perfect Mod / Carnaby Street! In near mint condition - even the extra buttons are included! Features: * Cranberry colored felted wool fabric * Military-styled epaulets on shoulders * Buttons down front * Sleek, styled, fitted shape * Mandarin collar (appears folded in photos but isn't!) * Fully lined in matching cranberry red satin * Front slash pockets
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From one of the best vintage dealers in the world of the internet, even more specifically, the world of Ebay, comes this dress that somehow ventured from my neck o' the IRL woods to hers--perhaps not such a glorious journey. Perhaps so. Coco of California takes up its not inappropriate residence amid the Ossies & Zandras & Varons & Bates--until, that is, it arrives in all its festive glory at yr house.
"I am more like an artist than a clothing designer," he said [more or less] soon before he died. Absolutely, one must concur two decades later. If a perfect cross can be made from the comingling of art, craft & design, Mr Gibb must take its eternal crown. From a well deserved, too belated retrospective at the Fashion Museum in Bath, one which began last month [1008] & will run for one year [to end in 1009].
THE SKIRT.... So Rich Bohemian Hippie And In A Word...Simply Stunning!!! The Velvet Fabric Is Scrumptious... Lighter And Thinner Than One Expects..Lined In Lightweight Almost Irridescant...... .The Quality As Always Is Unmatched .....Gorgeous Pucci Print In Such Pucci Distinct Colors...2 Shades Violet-Eggplant ,Plum, Turquoise , Vivid Green, White, And The Infamous Black Lines..... Zipper Up Front ...ZIPS FROM BELOW THE KNEE UP... Opens All The Way To The Waistband...Leave As Open You Please ...If Totally Zipped THis Still Has A Vent Of 14 Inches... Has Side Zipper To Get In And Out Of It... This Exquisite Skirt Looks As If Never Worn In Mint Condition... ( Has A Barely Visable Spot On Lower Side Of Skirt- And A Small Mend On The INSIDE Waistband Under The Hook And Eye- CAN NOT BE SEEN WHILE WEARING... ) We Are Still Calling This Pucci Beauty Mint! A Pucci To Make Your Girlfriends Green With Envy And For You To Live Absolutely Passionately About ...
.....& marked down by half, yet. Bill Gibb's greatest collaborator, Kaffe Fassett, who also once worked w/ Missoni, now here for Peruvian Connection.
.....lined in pink satin. Few designers from any other continent, of any genre or decade could best Mr Blass during his creative ascendancy [the two decades preceding his 1980s commercial sovereignity]. Often the relief of his genius is most starkly visible in his coats. Example exemplary here, w/ its lining recommending it beyond nearly-as-noteworthies. Had we any available space at home [a place the drummer calls "The Loft," & I call Elsewise Abandoned Industrial Wasteland] this one would neverve hit stylehive. Itd be here, languishing among some even finer brethren. Blame it on the economy, blame it on Cain, but we here at Rock & Roll Provenance House are due in lieu to inaugurate a selective liquidation of one of Los Angeles' foremost collections of hipster vintage. As w/ this, as w/ that: my loss is the world's gain.
Lightweight cotton calico print vintage cowgirl dress with black lace trim. Prairie skirt is full enough for a crinoline or two, with ruffle tiers front and back, plain sides, fabric belt is included. The blouse has 3/4 sleeves and a dart-fitted waist and is meant to always be tucked in, as its pinked and un-hemmed. The blouse measures 40 inches in the bust, 30 inches in the waist, and 23 inches long. The skirt is 27 inches in the waist, 30 inches long. New-old stock with tags, never worn and in mint condition.
Add descriptionSuper sweet 1960's polyester swim suit from Sears! Hello, Summer! Features: * Stretchy polester fabric in vibrant red, royal blue, and classic white * Skirt-style one-piece with "panties" underneath! * Halter style neckline attaches at back of neck * Ruched fabric below bust + soft cups leave room for larger cup sizes Super fun summer swim suit!
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THE most commented-upon plant in my whole garden is not one of my prize hydrangeas or the euphorbia amygdaloides I rave about to any and all visitors, or the great white oaks. No, the single most noticed plant by visitors (including Adrian Higgins of the Washington Post) is the hardy kiwi (Actinidia) that softens the look of my super-sized deck.
After "What IS that?" the next question is "Does it produce those ugly brown fruit we buy in the store?" And the answer is no – that kiwi plant isn't cold-hardy. Hardy kiwis ARE supposed to produce berry-sized fruit, though, and I'm still waiting. Flowers appeared after 5 or so years and one would think that fruit would follow, right? The problem is that it grows like KUDZU and I hack it back several times before those berries have a chance of forming. Oh, well.
So I usually warn visitors that hardy kiwi will eat your house if you're not diligent about cutting it back, and I hope this last photo illustrates that point. It shows about a week's worth of growth protruding out from the railing. I kid you not – this thing grows about 25 feet a year, at least a foot a week, and the total clippings from each prune-job fill up 2 large trash cans.
Care instructions for hardy kiwi typically suggest cutting back severely in early spring and I'd say that's a fine idea. And don't stop cutting it back til the leaves drop.


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This is the story of a fearless girl and her encounter with the wicked cold wind god
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Very John K-ish
The actual movement and animation sucks, but the drawings are fucking beautiful and really funny.
Blew my mind!
That was like watching an old "Spumko" animation like Ren and Stimpy, but on the nastiest PCP freak out ever. And I bloody loved it. Everything from the animation to the music was fantastic. You have a satan-given talent my man, and you use it well!
shitf*cking piece of shitsucking poo!
braindiarrhea, as we love it <3
keep up the messed up work!
hooray for magical rainbow peodophile!!!
that was hilarious lol especially the ending
Remembers me of FF8 lawl
^and that's what I had to say...
Good again...freaky animation as ever...remind me of ren and stimpy god that was a gross show :D


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Marc Trestman will make his regular season debut as coach of the Chicago Bears at home.
The team will begin the season at Soldier Field for the fourth consecutive year and they will host the Cincinnati Bengals on Sept. 8. Trestman becomes the fourth consecutive Bears coach to open with a home game. The Bears won four of their previous five season openers under ex-coach Lovie Smith.
The NFL released the regular season schedule Thursday night and the team has been assigned four games in prime time beginning with a Week 3 trip to Pittsburgh on Sept. 22 that will be broadcast on NBC. Two weeks later, the team will host the Giants on Thursday, Oct. 10, on NFL Network. The first meeting with the Packers is at Green Bay on Nov. 4, an appearance on ESPN's "Monday Night Football." The Bears play on "MNF" again Dec. 9 when they host the Dallas Cowboys, who they defeated on a Monday night last season.
The Bears play at Detroit on Sept. 29 and then come home to host the New Orleans Saints on Oct. 6, four days before the Thursday night meeting with the Giants. Then, they have 10 days to prepare for Robert Griffin III and the Redskins in an Oct. 20 game at Washington. The Bears are off the next week in Week 8, so the break comes in the middle of the season.
Coming out of the off week, the Bears are at the Packers on Nov. 4. They then host the Lions Nov. 10 and Super Bowl champion Ravens on Nov. 17. The Bears are at St. Louis Nov. 24 and at Minnesota Dec. 1 before the Monday night meeting with Dallas. They close out the season at Cleveland Dec. 15, at Philadelphia Dec. 22 and with a Week 17 meeting against the Packers at Soldier Field on Dec. 29.
The NFL could flex a game into prime time on Sunday beginning in Week 11 when the Bears host the Ravens.
"It's always fun," Trestman said of the schedule release. "It's not who you play, it's when you play them. Whoever we play, it's who we'll be playing that day and we'll be excited about it, I can guarantee you that."
Here are some schedule nuggets:
— It has now been nine years since the team's last appearance on Thanksgiving. In Lovie Smith's first season in 2004, the Texas native took his team to Dallas to face the Cowboys in what was a dreadful game. Craig Krenzel started at quarterback for the Bears vs. Drew Henson for the Cowboys. Neither quarterback finished the game. The Bears last faced the Lions on Thanksgiving in 1999 at the Pontiac Silverdome, three years before Ford Field opened.
— This will be the third time the Bears have faced the Cowboys in four years, giving them an opportunity to tangle with former defensive coordinator Rod Marinelli.
— The Bears will play the Eagles for the sixth time in seven years. The Bears have won four of the previous five meetings.
— This marks the third game vs. the Steelers in 15 years. Former Bears wide receivers coach Todd Haley is the offensive coordinator in Pittsburgh, where his father Dick has a longtime scout credited with helping draft many of the franchise's Hall of Fame players during the 1970's.
— It's rare the Bengals come to Soldier Field. Their visit will be only the second since 1992.
— The game vs. the Packers on Dec. 29 will mark the seventh time Green Bay has played at Soldier Field in the second half of December or later (Jan. 2, 2004) in the regular season since 2004.
— The Bears are 25-35 all-time on "Monday Night Football" and 13-19 on Sunday nights. The team is 4-4 on Thursdays with a 1-0 record at Soldier Field.
— The Bears are 17-3 in their last 20 season openers at home. That dates back to 1984.
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I couldn't sleep last night.
It was the first time in as long as I can remember that I sat down and finished an entire single player game in one day. I'd done it before with six hour Call of Duty campaigns, but that's not really the same, and doesn't compare to what just happened with BioShock Infinite.
All in all I spent about 10 hours with the game, 12 if you count an extra few that had me rummaging around in the darkest corners of the map scrounging for loose change and attempting to find just one more Voxophone that would give me just another scrap of the plot to analyze.
I couldn't sleep because after finishing the game, my mind was swirling attempting to properly sort out the brilliant, bizarre, beautiful ending of the game. No spoilers yet, but there will be later and I will clearly mark them.
I could make this post a simple "Part 2" of my review from yesterday, but the truth is, not much has changed gameplay-wise from when I was only six hours into the game. I can finish it up quickly now if you like.
As I said before, the city of Columbia is stunningly beautiful, but I will say I liked it more before it was all blown to bits and in flames after the fighting starts. At that point, it becomes like most other FPS landscapes. Combat is decent, but there are other games that do similar systems better. By the end, nearly every fight was reduced to me launching my enemies up in the air and blowing them apart with a shotgun blast each as they remained suspended and helpless. I'd occasionally use the shield to get out of a jam, or possession to take control of a particularly beastly bad guy, but really, power and gun switching is mostly done out of boredom, not necessity. Looking back, it may have been nice to fight from a less utilitarian perspective, and try to have a bit more fun combining other vigors and skyline jumps and the more obscure guns. But it's not actually necessary to progress.
I stand by my statement that I think the game could benefit from creative puzzles using the litany of powers at your disposal. But what we have instead is a game that hands you a key and tells you to go find a lock, or gives you a cipher and tells you to go find a code. It's a lot of walking around and searching the same areas over and over, and these side quests don't qualify as true puzzles. Similarly, as I've mentioned, combat is hardly a problem solving exercise either, though that may change on the highest difficulty levels.
At the end of my review yesterday, I wondered if BioShock would turn from a great game to a legendary one by the time I was through. I've had countless people ask me to cut through the crap, and say whether or not this sea of starry-eyed reviewers giving the game perfect scores are just blowing smoke, or if Bioshock Infinite is truly something to behold. A generation-defining game.
In the end, I believe it is.
Yes, I have my gripes about gameplay, but that shouldn't be held against the title too much. After all, looking back to some of my favorite titles over the years, most had their issues with gameplay. Mass Effect was a mediocre third person shooter at best across all three games. Heavy Rain and The Walking Dead were my favorite games of those years, even though actual "gameplay" was nothing more than dialogue choices and rather painful quicktime events.
What all three of these game have in common is their story. Each had interesting characters and a fantastic central plot that elevated them past the issues they had with actual gameplay. Conversely, you can have a game with great mechanics, but if the story isn't there, it's not usually enough. I'd put Dishonored in that category, for one, and perhaps a few of the Assassin's Creed games as well. Sometimes a great plot and fantastic gameplay come together as one, an honor I would give to Deus Ex: Human Revolution or Portal 2.
BioShock Infinite's story is simply phenomenal, and it's the ending of the game that really brings home what an unreal experience it all is. So, rather than do a simple part two review where for fear of spoilers I'd have to say something like "And just wait to the end, it'll blow your mind!" I wanted to actually discuss it with those who have beaten the game already, or those who are simply curious. It's so complex and layered that it needs an incredible amount of analysis, and I wanted to help facilitate that discussion.
I'm not the best person to do this of course. I have relatively little knowledge in fields the game discusses like Quantum Mechanics or String Theory, and can't add much from an actual science perspective. But I can talk about what we saw unfold, and try to extract a coherent series of events from a story that is a purposeful jumble.
Now, this is where the spoilers start. By clicking on this article in the first place, you may have expected this was coming, but now we're going to go into exhaustive detail about the story of the game, and the ending in particular. I'm going to give my own recap and take on things, and I invite any of you to take to the comments to put forth your own observations and theories, along with answering any questions I may have for you all. If you haven't finished the game yet, you may want to bookmark this post to come back to later.
Here we go:
First, it's probably a good idea to talk a little bit about the "Multiverse." It's the core concept of the game, and is where the "Infinite" in "BioShock Infinite" comes from. The idea is that there are infinite universes out there, based on everything that ever could have possibly happened in the history of time.
We are living in one of them. This world, this universe, is the one we all know and tolerate, and there's no way for us to get to or even see any of the other ones. But somewhere, there's a universe where Adolf Hitler fell off a horse as a boy and died, and the world changed because of that. There's one where a meteor missed the earth and the dinosaurs still roam free.
But it's not just big events. There's a universe where you had toast instead of cereal this morning. There's one where you took the side streets instead of the freeway on the way to work. If you're trying to imagine what it's like if there's a universe for every choice or random occurrence that happens across our entire planet and universe, it's impossible to process. That's where "infinite" comes in. There are infinite possible universes, and BioShock focuses on a few of them with one man as the center.
That man would be Booker DeWitt, whose strings you're pulling in the game. To recap, you've been sent to the floating city of Columbia to find a girl, and bring her back to New York to pay off some old gambling debts. When you arrive at this city in the clouds, you find that it's run by an egomaniacal old man, Father Zachary Comstock, and the girl, Elizabeth, has the unique ability to tear holes in the universe, and traverse space and time, making her a very valuable commodity indeed.
Then the parallel universes start. Elizabeth takes you through "tears" in the fabric of space-time and you cross over into new universes that either already exist, or that she's creating herself. For example, you want a weapons dealer to make guns for the revolutionary force of Columbia, the Vox Populi. In your universe, he's dead, but Elizabeth opens the door to a possible one where he's not, and the now-armed rebels storm Columbia and set it ablaze. In this new universe, you learn that you, DeWitt, also existed, and were killed as a martyr for the cause.
The end is where things start to get all twisty-turny. Elizabeth is snatched up by Comstock, and you walk through a tear into a possible universe where you never got to save her. In this one, she's effectively brainwashed by her father (or not-father, but we'll get to that later) into becoming even more of a monster than he was. A vision you've seen earlier comes to pass, the zeppelins of Columbia rain fire down on New York City (in the 1980s) as an elderly Elizabeth looks on. "You can stop this" she says when you find her, and gives you a key to changing the past, the ability to control the monstrous Songbird to ensure Elizabeth is safe and Columbia never wrecks havoc on the planet below.
You're ripped back into the old universe (or a new one?) and you're able to save Elizabeth from her fate. You hunt down and kill Comstock, but before he dies, he tells you to explain the truth to Elizabeth. To tell her why it is she lost her finger and how you're the cause of all of this.


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CARSON, Calif. (Wednesday, December 7, 2011) – The LA Galaxy today started selling what is sure to become a holiday favorite in soccer circles, the LA Galaxy Holiday Pack, which includes four tickets to the 2012 home opener, two championship mini-scarves and a certificate to gift wrap and give out this holiday season, for as low as $96. The Galaxy will open their title defense of the 2011 MLS Cup championship on Saturday, March 10, 2012 at The Home Depot Center.
The time, opponent, and broadcast information for this game will be included in the entire regular season schedule, which will be announced upon its completion in the coming weeks by Major League Soccer.
The Holiday Pack is a great gift for any soccer fan, but especially those would like to see the players receive their championship rings and club raise their championship banner in person at The Home Depot Center. Act fast and be one of the first 100 fans to purchase a Holiday Pack and receive a free section upgrade and two $50 game cards to the ESPN Zone L.A. LIVE.
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Check out the new screencast presenting the Genode Live CD 10.11. For those of you who like to get a glimpse of the recently released Live CD but hesitate to download and boot the ISO image, the Genode developers have prepared a screencast on Youtube with a guided walk-through.
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Fortunately, the pieces you're mentioning are already there.
I haven't looked into koffice yet. One would need to take a closer look at kdelibs and their respective dependencies. These dependencies must be resolved by either porting the libraries or reimplementing their interfaces. For example, if koffice happens to rely on dbus, we would need to find a way to emulate (parts of) the dbus API on Genode.
That said, I think there are quite a few interesting engineering problems to tackle but I see no fundamental road block that would prevent such an endeavour.


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TAIPEI, Taiwan -- Nan Ya Plastics Co. (南亞) yesterday announced that it is poised to benefit from a rebound in the performance of its memory-making subsidiary at the company's shareholders' meeting yesterday.
The company's DRAM memory maker subsidiary Nanya Technology Co. (南科) recorded significant improvement in performance results over the course of last year, on account of improving conditions throughout the global memory market. Nanya Technology in the first quarter of this year recorded a net income of NT$6.1 billion, of which NT$2.3 billion is contributable to its parent corporation. In addition, a shareholders' meeting earlier approved a 90-percent capital reduction totaling NT$215.6 billion. According to Nan Ya Plastics Chairman Wu Chia-chao (吳嘉昭), upon completion of the capital reduction, accumulated losses derived from its investment into the memory maker subsidiary may recede to the NT$17.4 billion benchmark. Meanwhile, foreign institutional investors are expecting the DRAM producer's performance to rebound from the red, and yield a net income of about NT$17.4 billion, vastly exceeding the NT$8 billion of last year. In addition, Nan Ya Plastics Co. stands to receive a windfall of NT$6.4 billion from the projected earnings of NT$17.4 billion by Nanya Technology this year, through the holding of a 37-percent stake in the memory maker subsidiary. Prospects for Nan Ya Plastics however, remains under pressure, due to heightened competition from Middle East-based natural gas producers, and U.S.-based shale gas producers, in addition to the overflow of production output originating from China's petrochemical sector. The company noted that demand for electronic materials, plastics and polyester manufacturing remains robust, and that it is not expecting significant slumps in performance.
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Obama in Afghanistan to Sign Deal to Continue War Through 2024
President Sneaks Into Country to Sign Document, Bypasses Congress
Months of "not quite public" Obama Administration efforts to negotiate a still-secret pact to ensure that US troops will continue to occupy Afghanistan through at least 2024 came to an end today, with a "not quite public" visit to Afghanistan by President Obama to sign the pact.
The first reports that President Obama had landed in Afghanistan for this A totally unannounced visit were quickly followed by denials from both the White House and the US Embassy in Afghanistan, which condemned the reports as untrue. Later they conceded they were true, and made no attempt to explain why they lied in the first place.
The terms of the deal, which will govern US military operations in the country from the start of 2015 through the end of 2024, have not been made public, and as with President Bush and the Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) in Iraq, there was no effort to consult on the long-term pact with Congress.
Interestingly, with the ink now drying on the document and the US officially committed to the occupation of Afghanistan for another decade, officials are continuing to tout 2014 as the "end" of the war. This speaks to how the 2024 date, though openly discussed by the Karzai government in Afghanistan and privately acknowledged as part of the secret pact, has not been publicly presented to the American public. When they will officially spring it on us remains unclear.
The signature comes as the war continues to worsen, and with the release of a new report from the Pentagon which insists that the "strategy is sound" for the conflict. Despite the length of the report, there was little indication of what the strategy is, beyond "stay the course," and what the goal toward which the strategy is aiming, beyond "staying through 2024."
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He's a usurper, so we can ignore or nullify anything he signs. He does not have the authority of the U.S. government or of the people of the United States.
how dare barak obama usurp the great and noble throne of america
if only we had a legitimate emperor all would be fine
That's a pretty irresponsible and inane comment Paul Bass. It would appear you don't consider the subject of a lawful government very seriously.
and how exactly is obama any less lawful than any past president.
and how is he usurping,
if anyone is being unlawful its the congress in allowing his actions-
OK, Paul, I guess you haven't kept up with this issue, so I'll briefly go over the facts.
Every president has to be, among other requirements, a natural born citizen. A natural born citizen is a child born to two U.S. citizen parents on U.S. soil. obama's father was a British subject, so obama is not eligible to be president because he is not a natural born citizen.
Additionally, the birth certificate offered by obama a year ago, as a result of law enforcement forensic examination, has been shown to be fraudulent.
Evidence now appears to be overwhelming that obama is a fraud and a usurper. He was assisted in his usurpation of the presidency by members of both parties and huge amounts of illegal campaign contributions.
Additionally, the 2008 election was the first time in American history that neither major party candidate was a natural born citizen (yes, that means that McCain was also NOT a natural born citizen as his birth certificate shows he was born on Panamanian soil, not on a U.S. military base as has been asserted). The election in 2008 was the most corrupt election we have ever had with fully 35 million too many ballots cast and counted.
So, in summary, there is 1) no evidence that obama was and is eligible to be president, and 2) the election fraud in 2008 was so extensive that it is impossible to determine who actually legally won the 2008 election.
Under ideal circumstances, the 2008 election should be considered null and void, and obama and his marxist minions should be thrown out of office, arrested for fraud and criminal behavior against the American people, and tried in a court of law. We have no acting president at this time. We have a criminal oligarchy and totalitarian regime that does not abide by our federal Constitution nor by our country's laws, which makes all actions made by obama and this government null and void.
This is a legal issue, not a political issue, or a racial issue – it's all about the law.
so who was the last legitimate president?
That's a really great question. There is a paper on public fraud and corruption (by John Sutherland) that suggests we have had crooked elections for decades, and so maybe we are just now learning how bad things have become. Bush was at least a natural born citizen, but there are those who allege that he stole the election because of the Florida delegates, and there could be a lot of truth in the allegation. I just don't know.
I do know that we act like a third world country when it comes to electing our federal presidents. It's sad, and I think the only solution is that the electorate become alert to the ongoing fraud and corruption, get actively involved in the governing process, and actually punish public servants who act in defiance of our laws.
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Really, does anyone care about this?
Does it matter on iotta? No it doesn't. It's the discussion for Internet Autists. President elected is president. Basta.
"lawful government"
A rare Jewell………… Lasts only a microsecond in the dark….. a nanosecond in light ………. Man is corrupt………….
You guys just don't quit, do you? This question regarding eligibility has been settled – in the courts. In all the cases where those filing complaints have been determined to have standing, the courts have all ruled against them. All of them. And if you do some research instead of getting your talking points from Glenn Beck and The Donald (a fine pair of sources, btw) you'd find that the term "natural born citizen" has been argued and ruled upon for many, many years – and it's has generally been settled. Even if you throw out all the BS regarding where he was born and the nationality of his father, the fact that Obama's mother was a US citizen entitles him as a natural born citizen. Again, you can attempt to argue, it is your right, but there has been a preponderance of case history that codifies the point.
So do us a favor, since those who generally comment here are interested in reasoned and generally fact-based discussions, go back to RedState or TownHall where you'll feel more at home. Please. Or you can stay, if you like, and be ignored which is usually how birthers are treated here – because they don't deal in facts.
With all due respect, I am a fraud examiner, and I do research before I make any decisions or statements. The information I presented, although summarized, is factual, and does not represent anyone's talking points. If in fact, you believe I am incorrect in any statement I have made, the onus is on you to do the research. I have done mine, from the legal perspective, from the political perspective, from the historical perspective, and from the documentation perspective.
And, as disingenuous as you appear to be, you full well know that aside from a recent, single, and errant lower court decision in Georgia, there has never been a court case that has addressed and decided on the merits of the case. None.
From your comments about natural born citizenship, it is clear you do not understand the definition. I would suggest that before you get your panties in a twist about this subject matter the next time, that you do some research, and when you challenge someone who has actually researched the topic, you have some specific facts to support your claims. Right now you are coming across as an obama sycophant. Is that what you are trying to do?
The definition is relatively clear: "…one who is entitled under the Constitution or laws of the United States to U.S. citizenship "at birth" or "by birth," including any child born "in" the United States, even to alien parents (other than to foreign diplomats serving their country), the children of United States citizens born abroad, and those born abroad of one citizen parent who has met U.S. residency requirements."
As for the court cases, I was not referring to the Obama challenges, such as the Taitz silliness, but was talking about cases questioning the definition of "natural born citizen" which seems to be the underpinning for the birther argument. There are many instances since the founding of the country regarding that point – and here are just a couple:
Naturalization Act of 1790
Naturalization Act of 1795
U.S. Supreme Court in its 1939 decision in Perkins v. Elg
14th Amendment
Murray v. The Charming Betsy (1804)
M'Creery v. Somerville (1824)
A View of the Constitution of the United States of America, William Rawle (1759-1836), the U.S. Attorney for PennsylvaniaAnd Lynch v. Clarke which is commonly accepted to be the decisive ruling.
But at a much lower level, if your argument that Obama isn't eligible to be President, why haven't a preponderance of legal authorities, of all political persuasions – hell, what about all the lawyers who are in Congress? – why haven't they stepped forward and, since there doesn't seem to be any question in the birther mind, made their case? If all the lawyers in Congress and all the legal experts from all those Law Schools are silent, then, well, why?
Answer that and we can move forward. Otherwise, in my mind, your argument remains without merit.And even tho the question adds nothing to the point of the discussion except change the subject, I am not an Obama sycophant, supporter, voter, admirer – take your pick.
You left out Minor v. Happersett. Per Mario Apuzzo:
"… the last time the U.S. Supreme Court ruled on the matter as to what is a "natural born Citizen" was in Minor v. Happersett, 88 U.S. (21 Wall.) 162 (1875) (decided after the Fourteenth Amendment was adopted in 1868 and holding that "all children born in a country of parents who were its citizens became themselves, upon their birth, citizens also. These were natives or natural-born citizens, as distinguished from aliens or foreigners"). What Minor said about a "natural born Citizen" was confirmed in U.S. v. Wong Kim Ark, 169 U.S. 649 (1898) (acknowledging and confirming Minor's American common law definition of a "natural-born citizen" but adding based on the English common law that since "'[t]he child of an alien, if born in the country, is as much a citizen as the natural-born child of a citizen, and by operation of the same principle [birth in the country]'" (bracketed information supplied), a child born in the United States to domiciled alien parents was a Fourteenth Amendment "citizen of the United States"). This American common law definition of a "natural born Citizen" has never been changed, not even by the Fourteenth Amendment (only uses the clause "citizen of the United States" and does not mention "natural born Citizen") or Wong Kim Ark, and therefore still prevails today. Both those U.S. Supreme Court cases define a "natural born Citizen" as a child born in a country to parents who are citizens of that country."
Why hasn't anyone stepped out? Perhaps Doug Casey has the answer in this article:
http://www.caseyresearch.com/articles/ascendence-…BTW, I have studied this topic for four years and I really don't give a rip if you think my arguments are with merit or not. I'm comfortable in my understanding of the huge fraud and corruption inside the federal government and in the two political parties, and in the definition of natural born citizen.
Who the hell do you think is making him sign this?
Why does this article say 2024 when in his speech he said 2014? http://washington.cbslocal.com/2012/05/01/obama-d…
Walter Cole
Who cares? Do the Taliban or Afghan people care what those two bozos sign? Our true departure date will have nothing to do with secret or open deals between Karzai and Obama. If history is any indication, the Afghans may not permit us to leave – we may just have to fight our way out, and will not be permitted to take our toys with us. The agreement is childish and irrelevant and probably has much to do with American elections.
How much would that cost the working man and women in America, 24 billion dollars a year, 12 billion dollars a year, how much..? Hamid Karzi finnaly solde Afghanistan to the highest bidder, so now that everything is signed by Obama and Hamid Karzi, Afghanistan has become a legalized entity for US to occupy. Obama did promissed that he will end the occupation when he was runing four years ago…, among other thing…? then again lying is part of the government job, otherwise there wouldent be any government who falsifies the wording democracy – democratic, to a deal making occupation – machinery around the world.
"The Enabling Act — when used ruthlessly and with authority — virtually assured that Hitler could thereafter constitutionally exercise dictatorial power without legal objection." Wikipedia…
Neocons = Nazis …. (The abused & kin become the abusers)
Bush Election= Hitler Election
911 = Reichstad Fire
Patriot Act = Enabling Act
Afghanistan & Iraq = Poland *& Czechoslovakia
NDAA ss1031 = Berlin Laws
Bush Adm. = Forth Reich
Obama Adm. = Fifth Reich
All while the stupid American public says "Support the troops! America America America!"
There is evidence for why the U.S. is there, but it is not talked about very much. Lots of cover up.
I'm a little unclear as well. So it will take until 2024…for what again?
Are there still a few insurgents and children of insurgents left who don't know what we're doing there either?
I would have thought by now the Army would have killed them all, and the ones they spared, they killed their women, kids and livestock as a warning…no more killing of coalition, Afghan Army or foreign collaborators – accept our carpet of peace or we will bury you beneath a goatskin of bombs or something? -
this gives them time to lock up all the mineral rights.
wars r u.s.
The fact obomba had to sneak into the country during the dead of nite after 11 years of occupation says it all. And he has the gonads to obligate us thru 2024? Couldn't you just puke?
El Tonno
Progressives are hailing and fapping. So it must be good…
http://thinkprogress.org/progress-report/presiden…"President Obama Seeks The Right Balance In Afghanistan"
Striking the Chord Between Ending the War and Offering Long-Term Support
Yesterday, President Barack Obama signed a Strategic Partnership Agreement with Afghan President Hamid Karzai, outlining a plan to withdraw combat troops from Afghanistan by 2014 and to continue aiding the Afghan government through 2024. The agreement assures the Afghan people of long-term support during a time of transition, sending a clear message that the U.S. is committed to more than just military security — in fact, the agreement sets up a new bilateral commission to address corruption, political reform, women's rights, and human rights abuses in the country [they say nothing about adressing haemorroids and other scourges of humanity]. It also contains a clause pledging that the U.S. will not attack another country from its bases within Afghanistan [oh yeah?]
Obama detailed the points of the agreement in an address to the nation from Bagram Airfield in Afghanistan last night. In his remarks, Obama acknowledged that the American public has grown weary of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, pledging to both end the longstanding U.S. involvement and remain committed to building a lasting infrastructure in the region. This was not a "mission accomplished" speech; instead, Obama noted that there will be "difficult days ahead" and that the "enormous sacrifices of our men and women are not over," balancing the need to bring troops home with the need to set up political, economic, and military stability in Afghanistan before declaring an end to the war [notice the fakery of an summoning up some kind of trade-off that needs to be expertly handled]
George W. Bush's war in Iraq — which President Obama opposed from the beginning and eventually brought to an end [I thought the Iraqi kicked him out?] — drained valuable energy and resources from Afghanistan, the country Obama has always considered to be the real priority [oh yeah?]. After over ten years of U.S. military involvement in Afghanistan, which marks it as the longest war in U.S. history, the newly-signed strategic partnership agreement now offers a way forward amid murky waters. A review of some political challenges that currently face the country:
Blah blah blah the chocolate ration will be augmented by a full 20%…
2024? Ha ha ha! Delusions of Empire. This sh*t doesn't have till 2014 much less 2024. Although, maybe they've been listening to Johan Galtung that gave the final date of collapse as 2025. But even though he was right on the money with Russia, I think he over estimated that date with this runaway train.


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No fuss and no cleanup makes this side dish recipe a great choice for your next outdoor grilling meal.
Nonstick foil makes for super easy clean-up and allows you to use less spray. If you're using regular foil, just lightly spray the side that will be the inside of the packet with canola oil cooking spray. Regardless of what brand you use, I recommend going for the heavy-duty stuff, as it will be less likely to rip or puncture on the grill.
Foil packets can be prepped ahead and refrigerated until ready to cook. They are perfect for grilling on a gas or charcoal grill, or even over a campfire!


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"Feed A" trailer
We are proud to present the debut trailer for our upcoming film Feed A. The film stars Jaylen Sansom, Michael T. Perrotti, Ross Pivec, Michael Jefferson, Trevor Swann, Legend Simmons & Jacob Tuten.
Feed A was written & directed by Killer Goose co-founder Clarke Mayer, who over the past year and a half has worked relentlessly to bring his initial concept and vision to the screen. We sincerely hope you enjoy it.
The film is currently being prepped for festival submission and will be making the rounds in 2012.


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With the Sundance Film Festival concluding another 10-day edition Sunday, Indiewire's review coverage of the lineup came to an end as well. Of the 115 features that screened in Park City this year, Indiewire reviewed 30 titles, including films from every section of the festival. Links to all of them can be found below in alphabetical order.
"Ain't Them Bodies Saints"
Long before its title credit comes up, writer-director David Lowery's "Ain't Them Bodies Saints" establishes a gorgeously elegiac tone. From the opening shot, in which outlaw Bob Muldoon (Casey Affleck) engages in a scuffle with fellow robber and wife Ruth (Rooney Mara) before learning that she's pregnant, Lowery conveys a hauntingly antiquated world that transcends its routine plot. As beautifully shot as it is performed by its two leads, "Ain't Them Bodies Saints" channels genre expectations into sheer poetry. Read more here.
"Everything has a risk to it," says the late Dr. George Tiller in the opening moments of "After Tiller." It's a prophetic statement that defines the movie's stance. In 2009, Tiller, one of only five licensed physicians performing third-trimester abortions, was shot to death by an extremist while the doctor was attending church. Directors Martha Shane and Lana Wilson follow the experiences of the remaining four doctors in the wake of his death, emphasizing the nobility of their practice even as they face mounting pressure from the far right. The documentary compellingly illustrates how the regular perils of their profession make them martyrs for a tragic need. Read more here.
"Before Midnight"
With "Before Midnight," Richard Linklater has completed one of the finest movie trilogies of all time. Nearly 20 years have passed since Jesse (Ethan Hawke) and Céline (Julie Delpy) met on a train in Vienna and spent a passionate night together in "Before Sunrise," then abruptly parted ways, only to tentatively pick up where they left off nine years later with "Before Sunset." That movie ended without resolving a tantalizing possibility: Would Jesse, now a successful writer stuck in a dead-end marriage, truly miss his flight back home and spend more quality time with Céline? "Before Midnight" answers that question while asking many more as it consolidates the full power of the earlier movies into a masterful treatise on the evolution of romance. Read more here.
Nobody from SeaWorld agreed to an interview for "Blackfish," Gabriela Cowperthwaite's searing take on the theme park's mistreatment of killer whales and the dozens of deaths that have resulted from it. Instead, the majority of its subjects are ex-SeaWorld trainers frustrated by the negligence they witnessed up close and willing to speak out. Nevertheless, based on the evidence on display in "Blackfish," Cowperthwaite's case against SeaWorld would change little even with an opposing point of view. The movie makes a strong case against the captivity of killer whales under sub-circus conditions, but the stance is made even more horrifying because so little has changed in the history of the organization. "Blackfish" is less balanced investigation than full-on takedown of a broken system. Read more here.
"Blue Caprice"
From the outset, "Blue Caprice" reaches for authenticity. An opening compilation draws from news reports of the infamous Beltway sniper attacks in which a pair of men picked off random victims for several weeks before authorities finally caught up to them. In spite of this foundation, however, French director Alexandre Moors makes no grand claims to veracity, and includes neither the typical "based on a true story" title card that so often implies authority nor an end credit summing up the fates of everyone involved. Instead, Moors isolates a well-known drama with the fleeting nonfiction prologue and explores it from the inside out: It's not an attempted reenactment, but it does aim to get at certain truths. Read more here.
Greek director Athina Rachel Tsangari's terrific coming-of-age drama "Attenberg" was largely about a young woman coming to terms with her body. While playfully irreverent and sometimes borderline surreal, "Attenberg" nevertheless rooted its exploration in a conventional storyline made fresh. Tsangari's 35-minute avant-garde follow-up "The Capsule," one piece of an installation work commissioned by the DesteFashionCollection, advances similar ideas in lively, shocking abstractions. It is truly a capsule of the filmmaker's vision boiled down to radical expressivity. Read more here.
There is an immediate sense of change afoot in "Computer Chess," Andrew Bujalski's fourth feature as writer-director, visible to anyone familiar with his previous work. While Bujalski's influential "Funny Ha Ha" — along with follow-ups "Mutual Appreciation" and "Beeswax" — were almost defiantly shot on 16mm film and focused on the interpersonal relationships of chic young adults, "Computer Chess" is a period piece set 30 years in the past and shot on low-grade analog video. Experientially, however, "Computer Chess" falls in line with its precedents while achieving much funnier, offbeat results. Read more here.
"Crystal Fairy"
The comedic stylings of Chilean director Sebastián Silva and Michael Cera couldn't have less in common. Silva, whose talent for dark humor became evident with 2009's Sundance award winner "The Maid" and further solidified with 2010's "Old Cats," probes the shadowy regions of domestic life and elevates them to absurd heights. For Cera, whose understated delivery has been ingrained in American pop culture since the advent of "Arrested Development," every aside comes across like a punchline. Silva unearths humor where appearances would suggest none exist; Cera always seems on the brink of delivering a neurotic joke. Read more here.
"Art is a demon that drags you along," says 80-year-old visionary painter Ushio Shinohara in first-time director Zachary Heinzerling's delicate portrait "Cutie and the Boxer," but neither Shinohara nor his supportive wife and fellow artist Noriko are looking for a cure. Heinzerling's beautifully shot, painfully intimate look at the aging couple's struggle to survive amid personal and financial strain is both heartbreaking and intricately profound. This is a story about creative desire so strong it hurts. Read more here.
Touted as the first feature-length adaptation of comic writer David Sedaris' work, Kyle Patrick Alvarez's "C.O.G" arrived at the Sundance Film Festival with plenty of hype generated by fans of the original. A short story from the author's anthology "Naked," it's the kind of low-key, reflective story that opens up well to the written word: The plot, fairly thin and random, comes secondary to the internal journey of the main character. But movies rely on images, sounds and real experience that don't necessarily imitate the written word. Some reviews of "C.O.G" have singled out the way that Alvarez (with his sophomore effort, following the sleeper hit "Easier With Practice") has nailed Sedaris' tone. But does make it a good movie? Read more here.
"The East"
Suspenseful, ludicrous, fascinating, and utterly unsubtle, Zal Batmanglij's "The East" plays like an unholy mash-up of "Martha Marcy May Marlene" and "Alias." The film builds on the themes of cult and identity that Batmanglij and his star Brit Marling explored artfully in their breakout debut "Sound of My Voice." But here, that psychology is in the service of a fast-paced espionage potboiler. As Sarah, Brit Marling plays a former FBI agent turned private security consultant who is paid to infiltrate a radical environmental group called The East. She more than confirms buzz that she will be one of film's next major leading women, and she's working with a strong set-up for a thriller in a community that couldn't be more relevant in the age of Occupy Wall Street, and which has led to very mixed results on American screens (See: "Battle in Seattle"). There's plenty to admire, but ultimately this thriller is as overheated as a radical's rhetoric. Read more here.
A labyrinthine descent into the grotesque extremes of a Disneyfied society, "Escape From Tomorrow" is surreal for many reasons and wholly original because of them. It's also a daring attempt to literally assail Disney World from the inside out. This loosely constructed, starkly black-and-white directorial debut of Randy Moore, which follows a family on their twisted final day of vacation in Disney World, takes place throughout the theme park behemoth and appears to have come together without an iota of permission. Moore portrays Disney World as the ultimate horror show — and gets the point across in nearly every scene. Read more here.
Moments after New Years Day 2009, 22-year-old Bay Area resident Oscar Grant was shot by a police officer at the Fruitvale BART station in an altercation that didn't call for it. The officer, whose actions were captured on numerous cell phone videos, claimed he mistook his gun for his taser and eventually went to jail — but the damage was done. Grant, the father of a four-year-old attempting to get his life together, died the next morning. His death led to protests in the area and national discussion, but the particulars of the life lost in the scuffle received less scrutiny. Read more here.
"The Gatekeepers," a startling exposé of Israeli intelligence agency Shin Bet, delivers an unequivocal indictment. The handful of former Shin Bet heads who deliver candid accounts of their reasoning for various destructive assaults in the constant horn-locking with their Palestinian neighbors initially come across as unsympathetic war-mongerers. However, director Dror Moreh allows the movie to exclusively unfold through their voices, humanizing them to the point where their logic and humanity fall into distinct categories. For every shocking justification of murder, there's another moment where they confess frustration and regret, resulting in a refreshingly even-handed portrait. Read more here.
"The Inevitable Defeat of Mister and Pete"
Director George Tillman Jr.'s filmography includes star-studded studio projects like "Men of Honor" and "Notorious," but you wouldn't guess it from the ultra-sincere "The Inevitable Defeat of Mister and Pete," an earnest tale of two lower class kids spending the summer on their own in the Brooklyn projects. The movie hails from a tradition of sentimental, character-driven indies largely based around the strengths of a handful of performances not typically represented in current cinema. To that end, it succeeds, and owes much to the investment of its young leads. But while it contains many earnest ingredients, "Mister and Pete" never obtains the tidy balance of its rhyming title. Read more here.
"Interior. Leather Bar"
William Friedkin's 1980 East Village crime drama "Cruising," in which Al Pacino memorably goes undercover as a gay leather enthusiast to apprehend a killer, remains as divisive and controversial as it was upon its initial release. "Interior. Leather Bar," a 60-minute collaboration between queer filmmaker Travis Mathews ("I Want Your Love") and James Franco, aims to reenact the 40 minutes Friedkin cut from the film in order to secure an R rating, footage that was subsequently lost. In doing so, it also attempts to provoke strong reactions from the audience, but with far greater intellectual finesse. Instead of merely presenting imagery bound to titillate and create unease in equal measures, "Interior. Leather Bar" takes the form of a behind-the-scenes peek at the production to question the societal forces that engender the material's contentious nature. As a fleeting essay on sexual biases, it encourages a thoughtful debate, but leaves too many questions dangling to solidify into much beyond a dashed experiment. Read more here.
Matthew Porterfield's sleeper hit "Putty Hill" was heralded for its keen melding of documentary and narrative traditions into a poetic exploration of a small Baltimore community impacted by a young man's sudden death. The movie drifted effortlessly from one environment to another, constructing a sense of place through a collage of emotions, offhand exchanges and occasionally breaking the fourth wall. Porterfield's follow-up "I Used to Be Darker" similarly weaves realism and a rigid storytelling structure together with affecting results, even though it adheres more closely to familiar patterns in its perceptive examination of a deteriorating American family. Not your typical divorce drama, "I Used to Be Darker" stings harder than most. Read more here.
The first scene of "jOBS" plays like an Apple commercial. Set in 2001 at an Apple town hall meeting, the introductory sequence finds company visionary Steve Jobs (Ashton Kutcher) addressing staffers by revealing the first edition of the iPod. With John Debney's symphonic score emboldening Jobs' optimistic delivery, the man describes the iPod as "a tool for the heart" and the room applauds. The lack of irony borders on the creepy. Read more here.
Linda Boreman, née Linda Lovelace, took the porn world by the storm with her breakthrough performance in 1972's seminal blue movie "Deep Throat," but few audience members cared about her life offscreen. That's technically the focus of "Lovelace," a tame look at the actress' rise and the abuse she faced from husband Charlie Traynor behind the camera. The very existence of the project suggests most people don't know the whole story. But many do, thanks to Lovelace's tell-all memoir "Ordeal," the publication of which arrives at the climax. Like the public narrative of Linda Lovelace at the height of her fame, the movie lives in a fantasy where it has something important to say. Read more here.
It's always something of a gamble when filmmakers operate outside of their safety nets, but Sebastián Silva's movies have never played it safe. Both "Old Cats" and "The Maid" took the mold of family dramas and transcended them with a mixture of dark humor, physical violence and miscommunication. The tricky balance paid off, but with "Magic Magic," Silva hits a wall. More formally ambitious than "Crystal Fairy," one of two movies directed by Silva and co-starring Cera that premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, "Magic Magic" takes the form of a serious-minded thriller but lacks a reason to care for any of its characters. Cera, playing against type in a stony-faced role, sends this project further out of whack, a shame given the caliber of talent associated with its creators. Read more here.
Cherien Dabis' 2009 directorial debut "Amreeka" followed a family of Palestinian immigrants trying to make do with life in suburban America. Her follow-up, the substantially more polished and enjoyable "May in the Summer," tackles the inverse premise: A high-minded New Yorker dealing with a vastly different world while visiting her family in Jordan. Unlike "Amreeka," however, "May in the Summer" focuses less on culture clashes than the universal cycles of familiar problems that transcend cultural specifics. With its pre-wedding jitters plot, the movie hails from a well-worn tradition, but Dabis manages to shake up conventions with her fresh setting while sticking to familiar ground. Read more here.
With his last two features, "Tony Manero" and "Post Mortem," Chilean director Pablo Larraín quickly established himself as the preeminent chronicler of his country's lingering demons from its years of oppression under the dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet. For his third and most accomplished work, "No," Larraín has traded the allegorical track for the real thing, delivering a lively, mesmerizing drama about a national call to action during the 1988 referendum on Pinochet's presidency. With a full-bodied turn by Gael Garcia Bernal as its anchor, "No" broadens Larraín's range by replicating historical events in engrossing detail. Read more here.
David Gordon Green's career since his acclaimed 2000 debut "George Washington" has taken one of the more bizarre paths of contemporary American filmmakers. At first heralded as an emerging Malickian poet of southern life — a quality that continued with follow-ups "All the Real Girls," "Undertow" and the stirring "Snow Angels" — he then took a sharp turn into studio comedies. While Green's take on the vulgar man-child stories popularized by Judd Apatow were more naughtily unhinged than most, only "Pineapple Express" generated some appreciative fans. "Your Highness" and "The Sitter" left many wondering if the elegant craftsman behind Green's first four movies was gone for good. Read more here.
British filmmaker Ben Wheatley has earned a following on the genre film festival circuit for a pair of distinctive movies with two very different moods. His 2009 debut "Down Terrace" followed a family of criminals through a series of amusing misadventures, suggesting Wheatley's proclivity for enlivening dreary circumstances with an odd sense of play. However, 2010's grave "Kill List," in which a jaded hit man struggles with marriage problems, went great lengths to expand his range. With the arrival of "Sightseers," Wheatley's aesthetic strengths finally start to fall into place. This hugely entertaining tale of serial killers in love neatly merges the neurotic black comedy of "Down Terrace" with the morbid twists of "Kill List," inching close to defining the director's overall style. Read more here.
South Korean auteur Park Chan-wook's filmmaking always dances a fine line between sublime and absurd genre ingredients. "Stoker," his first American-set, English language picture, is no exception. It's tempting to resist describing the movie in terms of the cinematic traditions it calls to mind: Alfred Hitchcock's "Shadow of a Doubt" meets "Heathers," Park's creepy tale of a peculiar family wrapped up in murderous antics continues the twisted pleasures that define the director's filmography. Read more here.
"Stories We Tell"
Sarah Polley's efforts behind the camera have showcased tender performances attuned to nuanced fluctuations in shared screen chemistry. Both her Oscar-nominated 2006 directorial debut "Away from Her" and the recent "Take This Waltz" explore the deterioration of relationships in minute detail. While her third feature, "Stories We Tell," marks a shift to nonfiction for the filmmaker, it similarly foregrounds the subtleties of human expression and the secrets embedded within it. A blatantly personal account of her Toronto-based family's rocky developments, "Stories We Tell" marks the finest of Polley's filmmaking skills by blending intimacy and intrigue to remarkable effect. Read more here.
Last year's anthology horror production "V/H/S" was a revelation mainly because it took the overly familiar found-footage genre and exploited it to the fullest extent. The sequel, "S-VHS," achieves a similar goal with more frightening extremes. Containing only four spectacularly gory shorts directed by emerging genre filmmakers, along with an equally unsettling wraparound tale, "S-VHS" lacks some of the original's subtleties but delivers a nearly unbroken series of visceral shocks. The last movie was a wild ride with several stops along the way; "S-VHS," once again produced by the Bloody Disgusting production team known as The Collective, pushes full throttle ahead the whole way through. Read more here.
Shane Carruth's 2004 time travel drama "Primer" provoked endless scrutiny for its heavy reliance on tech speak that the director refused to dumb down. His long-awaited followup, "Upstream Color," also maintains a seriously cryptic progression that's nearly impossible to comprehend in precise terms, but its confounding ingredients take on more abstract dimensions. An advanced cinematic collage of ideas involving the slipperiness of human experience, Carruth's polished, highly expressionistic work bears little comparison to his previous feature aside from the constant mental stimulation it provides for its audience. This stunningly labyrinthine assortment of murky events amount to a riddle with no firm solution. Read more here.
If there's one positive result from distributor Fox Searchlight's decision at the Sundance Film Festival to pay nearly $10 million for "The Way, Way Back," it should be this: It will remind people about "Adventureland," a far superior movie about an awkward, frustrated teen spending his summer working at an amusement park. Read more here.
Writer-director Jim Mickle has steadily established himself as a horror filmmaker that treats the art of shock value with rare maturity. In his feature-length debut "Mulberry Street," he funneled a cheesy monster movie into a metaphor for gentrification and urban decay; in his follow-up, "Stake Land," he imagined a B-movie universe of vampires versus humans with soft-spoken exchanges and lyrical imagery that instantly called to mind Terrence Malick. "We Are What We Are," Mickle's loose remake of Jorge Michel Grau's 2009 Mexican cannibal tale, brings the filmmaker's distinct blend of the elegant and the macabre to its ultimate realization. Outdoing the original by a long shot, Mickle's slow-burn take on the story is poetic, creepy and, finally, satisfyingly gross. Read more here.