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You may have heard: Town of Greece v. Galloway didn't go our way. In a 5-4 split, the U.S. Supreme Court found that local governments do have the right to open public meetings with sectarian prayers, albeit with certain restrictions. Justice Anthony Kennedy, writing for the majority, noted that towns can't exclude non-Christian clergy from delivering prayers, and that prayers can't proselytize or denigrate non-believers.But in a concurring opinion, Justice Clarence Thomas took things a bit further, writing that the First Amendment "probably prohibits Congress from establishing a national religion." That word – probably –is weighted here and indicates a general suspicion toward the way the First Amendment is currently interpreted. It also introduces a sweeping defense of the establishment of religion at the state level."At least six States had established churches in 1789," he wrote, and later added, "The import of this history is that the relationship between church and state in the fledgling Republic was far from settled at the time of ratification."That unsettled relationship could arguably be interpreted as democratic growing pains. There are, after all, many rights that Americans currently enjoy that weren't codified at the time of the Constitution's ratification; over time, the original text has been amended to abolish slavery, prohibit voting discrimination and grant women's suffrage.
But Thomas clearly views history through another lens. "That lack of consensus suggests that the First Amendment was simply agnostic on the subject of state establishments; the decision to establish or disestablish religion was reserved to the States," he wrote.He also pointed to our founding documents and their references to a deity as further evidence that the Constitution's framers didn't intend to prevent the total disestablishment of religion.To call that argument a creative interpretation of the First Amendment would be a charitable understatement. It's a line of thinking to be expected from debunked pseudo-historians like David Barton, not a Supreme Court justice.
Thomas also ignores the reality of the Fourteenth Amendment. Yes, the First Amendment was originally a limitation on Congress. The Fourteenth Amendment, a post-Civil War alteration, changed that. Thomas simply overlooks this history.Fortunately, this proved too extreme for the rest of the high court. For now, it remains illegal for any local government to affiliate itself with a particular system of belief. But there's some support for the concept. Last year, the North Carolina legislature introduced a resolution that, had it passed, would have declared Christianity the official state religion. That bill was inspired by another lawsuit over sectarian prayers at government meetings.The bill, which Americans United opposed, died, though not before North Carolina became a national laughingstock. However, Thomas' opinion in Galloway is a troubling reminder that these views, while extreme, aren't without support.The second section of Thomas' opinion addressed the subject of coercion. In it, he argued that the First Amendment's religion clause does not protect individual citizens from "subtle coercive pressures," as we argued before the court, but rather from more heavy-handed legal coercion. A town could affiliate itself with Christianity but as long as its citizens weren't subject to legal penalties for refusing to participate in Christian prayers or worship at public meetings, there would be no First Amendment violation.Here, he found an ally in Justice Antonin Scalia, who signed onto this section of Thomas' opinion (Scalia refrained from endorsing his defense of localized establishments of religion).Their definition of coercion doesn't leave much protection for religious minorities, and that's little surprise. Those who argue against a robust wall of separation between church and state tend to ignore the individual rights of religious minorities. It's certainly true that America, at its founding, was majority Christian, and remains majority Christian now.But that religious landscape is changing swiftly, and even if it weren't, it's worth remembering this: A government that allows majority beliefs to trump minority rights is no democracy. And it is unquestionably true that a democracy, not a civil religion, is what the Founders intended to establish.Town of Greece v. Galloway is settled. The problem of local government endorsing religion is not. If Thomas' opinion is anything to go by, there's still plenty of work to do.


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AS I compile these notes at least two weeks ahead of publication, the feast day of St Valentine is now past, and as anticipated on that day, the birds of our countryside began to sing that very evening and also select their mates – and so did a fair proportion of humans!
After attending a St Valentine's Day event in our village, I returned home to find a pair of robins singing near our garden – both would be males, and I think they were engaged in a gentle and civilised battle about declaration of their territorial boundaries for the coming nesting season. Certainly, bird activity since St Valentine's Day has noticeably increased and we can expect nest building and more singing probably before these notes get into print. Some may already have made an earlier start.
Prominent among our regular garden birds is a small flock of goldfinches that have made themselves known within the last two weeks or so. I do not know where they roost or where they have come from but during the daylight hours, they seem to flit from tree to tree, invariably making their presence known by a loud and very pleasing twittering noise that involves the entire flock. This is widely known as a charm of goldfinches, and it could be a large family group or a mixed flock.
As I write these notes, the trees are still leafless but in spite of that, once the birds descend upon the branches, they seem to disappear. It is difficult to see them with the naked eye and even with binoculars the tiny birds are hard to spot among the branches. Once the leaves appear, the goldfinches will be almost impossible to observe and they do recognize the wisdom of visiting or roosting in evergreens of various kinds.
These are small members of the finch family, only around the size of a blue tit, but their colouring is beautiful and distinctive. They fly with the familiar bouncy flight of the finch family and can be quickly identified by their white underparts and warm soft brown upper parts. However, there is a good deal of black on the head and their wings have strong black edges with yellow centres. The tail is also edged in black.
Probably the most recognizable feature of a goldfinch is the red face and forehead, distinguishable in the both male and female, but not in young birds. The plumage of the chicks lacks the bright colours of the parents.
If you are fortunate enough to have a charm of goldfinches visit your garden or the immediate neighbourhood, you will recognize the loud but pleasing chattering from the highest branches of a nearby tree. Even with binoculars, the flock may be invisible among the branches, especially when buds, leaves and blossom appear. However, the birds do not appear unduly nervous near humans.
A few years ago my wife and I went for a country walk, part of which was through a long avenue of decorative small trees planted by the landowner. The trees were young and not then in leaf, but as we entered the avenue, a charm of goldfinches settled in one of the nearest trees. Their chattering was very loud and as we moved along the avenue, so the goldfinches kept pace and moved with us until both they and we went our separate ways. I do not know how many birds would be within that particular charm, but I would estimate in the region of 100.
Not surprisingly, the goldfinch was a popular cage bird in former times but thankfully, those cruel days have gone. The finch family in this country comprises more colourful birds – the chaffinch, for example, has a red body, grey cap and black and white wings, whilst its cousin, the brambling, looks very similar but with more black and white upper parts.
The bullfinch is heavier than most of its relations and also has a red breast but with a grey back, black tail feathers and a white rump. Bullfinches are not popular in orchards and parklands because they love tender new buds on trees and seem to favour those on fruit trees as well as hawthorn buds and a variety of seeds from trees and flowers.
Another bruiser is the hawfinch with its powerful beak along with black, white and tan colouring but this is a secretive bird that is rarely seen and it spends much of its life in woodlands where it seems to favour hornbeam trees.
When I was a child living in the North York Moors, the chaffinch was said to be the most common bird in England but in the 1950s, its numbers had decreased. This was thought to be due to changes in farming methods but now it seems, chaffinches are again very numerous.
NOW that March has arrived, we can expect a crop of weather prognostications and rural wisdom from a variety of sources. The lore of the south may not apply to the north and so, when we read those words of wisdom in the coming days, we must treat them with some caution.
This is reflected in one of my reference books published in 1898. It contains more than 200 close-printed pages of weather lore that has been collected from the whole of our country with Scotland and the Welsh borders being included as well as parts of Europe such as Holland, Spain, Portugal and France.
I think the most simple piece of lore, and one that is very well known, is "March is the month of many weathers" and it is enforced by another well known piece of wisdom – "A peck of March dust is worth a king's ransom". This would appear to suggest that a dry but windy month augurs well for everyone and this is reinforced by a piece of Scottish lore that says, "Dust in March brings grass and foliage". It is widely believed that a March that is too dry and warm, however, will bring harm to farmers' crops.
Across the Channel in France, it is claimed that if March has April weather, then April will have March weather. Old Norse folklore said that the lengthening month of March wakes the adder and blooms the whin while on the Isle of Man, it was believed that a new moon on a Saturday in March is enough for seven years. I am not sure how to interpret that but it is widely believed that a mild and warm month of March is no good for agriculture and in fact harms the farms and crops.
A fairly general belief was that upon St David's Day, which is March 1, it was wise to plant your oats and barley and it was also necessary by the following day, the feast of St Chad, to sow your peas whatever the weather but it was vital the seeds were planted no later than the feast of St Benedict, March 21 once regarded as the first day of spring and the spring equinox.
March weather is often a challenge and there is an old belief, quite widespread, that the end of March borrows three days from April – and they are usually stormy and cold. They are widely known as the Borrowing Days. We can but wait and see.


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[Ashen Snow] One Day Left [Bo 7.3]
January 2013
edited January 2013
Five days, you've been told five days was all you'd have. This is day five. Its your second day out with the pack heading towards Harridan's legion. Under your care, everyone has healed up for this, even you (you're at 0-Harm).
This morning, you were woken up at what Jin called "the ass crack of dawn" to ride with Stripes and his Excellent Cyclists (which Manx rejoined and is riding along on Shayla, giving you hateful glares and refusing to talk to you). Your mission today is to hit and run on Harridan's Advance Force, which consists of three other cycle gangs (led by Horz Durves, Seitenna and Twisty Ties). You outgun them, they outnumber you. Wolf's plan is to hit them hard, then pull back up the mountain, letting them chase you so the force on top of the mountain can pick them off.
Roll +Sharp. On a 7-9, choose two of the below to be true. On a 10+, only one is true. Fail, and they're all true. Good luck sucker.
* Stripes Excellent Cyclists turned on you, went over to Harridan's side and now it is four gangs to one, you're deep in the shit and you've got to get the hell out now
* Your buggy, which was driven by Mac, with Wolf in the front and you and Jersey in the back, was just hit by a rocket: everyone took 3-Harm; who died?
* Harridan's figured out a way to tug at Spector, he's trying to do it right now, you've got a -1 Forward on Weird rolls until you stop whatever he's doing
Hugs and Kisses,
Your MC
January 2013
#DiceRoller( 2d6+2 )
January 2013
The ass crack of dawn is pretty fittin. It's hardly even light out, but the adrenaline's got me wide awake. I'm more nervous than I'm tryin' to let on. I've always hated this, goin' out into battle. Mostly cause I'm lookin' around wonderin' who's gonna die, who I won't be able to save. But I talked Wolf into lettin' me come. I want to be with him when he's out fightin' Harridan. Cause if he gets hurt, an' I'm the only one who could save him, I want to be there so I can. Same goes for the rest of the pack. I've been really tryin' not to push them away too. Mac's been really nice to me. I mean, he likes to tease me about that kiss cause it makes me turn all red. I was kinda afraid he'd try to tease me about Jin...but he hasn't. Which I appreciate more than I could say. There's nothin' funny about what happened with Jin. Jersey's still been pretty gruff, but he eased up a lot after that day at the church. Wolf told 'em all what happened inside. They all had different reactions, but their feelings towards Harridan are one an' the same. I'm pretty sure if any of the pack sees that sonuvabitch, they'll tear his throat out with their bare hands.
I keep glancin' in Manx's direction. Before we set out this morning, I went an' found her. I tried to tell her I was sorry, that I was a fuckin' dumbass. She kinda cut me off halfway through, turned her back on me. So I told her back that I probably deserved that, but it didn't change the fact that I was sorry an' that I didn't mean any of the shit I said. I guess I really fucked her up though, cause she's still glarin' at me whenever I glance over at her. I feel awful.
We're about halfway to Harridan's Advanced Force when two things happen kinda at once. First, I feel Spector wince. Which is really weird, cause I've never ever felt anythin' like that before. I immediately focus on him, an' he starts tryin' to sharethink what's wrong. It takes a bit, he can't seem to get more than a few words out at a time. But eventually he gets out that Harridan is tuggin' on him somehow, like he's tryin' to pull him out of my head. I'm startin' to fall into a panic, tryin' to figure out how the hell Harridan learned about Spector an' how to stop him an' what this will mean, an' that's when the second thing happens.
Stripes rides up next to us an' winks at me, a sorta pleased as punch smile on his face. I'm starin' warily back at him when suddenly there's more bikes hemming us in, slowin' down so we have to slow down. I glance over at the other buggy with Jin, Scar, Sable, an' Nuff, only to see that they're gettin' hemmed in too. An' when I look back, I'm just in time to see that Stripes has a gun pointin' straight at me. I'm frozen in my seat, lookin' down the barrel as Stripes demands in a harsh voice that we pull over right fuckin' now.
January 2013
It looks like Stripes has not only turned, but he's going to try and bring you in alive for Harridan's pleasure.
Mac doesn't even flinch, he guns it immediately. Jersey throws himself in front of you, pulling you behind him and he takes a shot to the head. Manx's shotgun roars on the other side of your buggy and the driver's rear tire blows out, throwing you into a quick spin.
You hear more shots ring out and the Advanced Force is almost on you.
"Tire's blown, it'll take a change!"
Mac yells
"We don't have time!"
Wolf yells back as he starts spraying and praying, more to get Stripes to veer off than to hit him
Jersey is a heavy sumbitch and he's on top of you, not moving.
What do you do?
January 2013
"Jer...Jersey! Jersey!"
I'm frantically tryin' to tell if he's alive. He's got me pinned to the seat. He's way too heavy for me to move, so I find his face with my hands, feelin' wet sticky blood under my fingers.
"No. No. C'mon. Don't die. You dumbass. What were you thinkin? C'mon!"
He just saved my life. Possibly at the cost of his own. I'm not even botherin' to find a pulse. I'm gonna try to use Spector, try to save him. Fuckin' Stripes! I can't believe Manx would be a part of this!
January 2013
Healing Touch on Jersey
-1 from Harridan
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January 2013
Acting Under Fire
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January 2013
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January 2013
You pull what you can of Spector and heal Jersey, literally pull him from the grave back into his body. He'll carry a wicked scar on his face from the bullet wound. But he'll live for now. Until the next shot hits him.
You hear shots all around, but you can't pull yourself free without some help. I mean, sure, at some point, you can crawl out from under him, but some help would be nice.
Wolf's reloading, you hear Manx's shotgun blaring and Shayla screaming by. Then a grenade goes off, it is crazy out there. You could just hunker down, it would be so easy. Soooo easy to just hide, right?
January 2013
As soon as I feel Spector pull Jersey back, I let go an' start tryin' to squirm out from underneath him again. No way in hell am I gonna just hunker down an' hide! I gotta get up so I can see. I might not have a gun, but I can try to hurt people like I hurt G-String...well, at least I can try. Right?
I hear Shayla pass by an' I feel sick.
I scream as loud as I can.
"Manx! Stop! Please!"
January 2013
Sounds like you're trying to win Manx back to your side? Beg her for help?
Roll a Manipulate. You've got a -1 Forward for this based on situation.
January 2013
I keep workin' on gettin' free from Jersey, but I can still hear Shayla. Is Manx still close by?
"Manx, I'm sorry! Please! I was lyin! I lied! I'm a shittyass friend, ok? You're my best friend! An' I couldn't...I didn't want you to get hurt! I was scared you'd die! An' I'm so sorry! Please, Manx!"
I feel kinda stupid, hollerin' at her over gunfire when I can't even tell if she's listening, but hell, I gotta try. She's my best friend.
January 2013
Manipulate Manx
(-1 from Harridan & -1 forward)
#DiceRoller( 2d6+1 )
highlighted for 1xp
January 2013
For my advance, I used "get +1 to any stat" and increased my Cool to +1.
January 2013
You're yelling at the top of your lungs. You hear Wolf get out of the buggy while Mac is still there, cursing up a storm and firing at anything that moves. Then finally you worm your way up to the front seat where Wolf was. You see a sawed-off in the floorboard, then something slams into your door, hard. (take 1-Harm)
Rambler just sideswiped the vehicle and he reaches down to snatch you up by the hair. He's busy trying to yank you up far enough to pull you onto his bike, then ride off. Its a ballsy maneuver. He's all rotting teeth and a bristly beard and screaming,
"C'mere bitch, gonna ride you home! Hyah!"
You're trying to pull back. I mean, giving up a handful of hair to avoid being drug back to Harridan is a fair trade, right? So you're pulling and Mac had slid down to take cover and he's trying to stay the fuck down but still get a bead on Rambler without blowing your head off... then Rambler's head pops open from about ten different wounds and he sprays some messy blood and gore forward onto you and Mac and falls off his bike like a sack of potatoes. You see a little Asian girl on a big bike ride past, then in front of the buggy. It's Manx, she shot Rambler in the back of the head.
All around you, the battle is pretty rough. Stripes is somewhere not far from Manx, on his back, Wolf is choking the life out of him. The other buggy is still functional and Scar has climbed up on the back, she's pulling back a tarp and you hear Keeler and Dong, the last two cyclists, scream,
"Fifty Cal!"
and they break and head back towards the Advanced Force.
They ride for about fifty yards, then you hear a crack. Two seconds later, Dong's head snaps forward and he falls off his bike. Twenty more yards, Keeler's sidewinding, then you hear another crack. Then pop, Keeler catches that in the side of his head and falls, too.
Manx hasn't ridden off. She stopped Shayla and dropped her guns, stepped off the bike and rose her hands. Nobody has dealt with her yet. But you have a feeling she's next.
Wolf finishes choking Stripes, then pulls out a k-bar and cuts his throat, to be sure. Then he runs back to you, talking on the radio and to Mac, they know who he's talking to, but its hard for you to tell exactly,
"Scar, when the column gets close, light them up. Mac, change that fucken tire, now! Sabe, you got eyes? What do you see? What? No prisoners, no time for it..."
What do you do?
January 2013
edited January 2013
I just about go flyin' when somethin' slams into the side of the buggy next to me. I probably would've too, cept Rambler grabs me by the hair, I grit my teeth an' fight back as hard as I can. I'm tryin' to get out of the way so Mac can shoot the sonuvabitch, but then suddenly his blood is sprayin' over us an' his grip slacks. I yank away from him as he falls an' that's when I see Manx. I flash her a grin, an' snatch up the shotgun on the floor. I take a second to peer over the dash of the buggy, tryin' to figure out what the hell is even goin' on. Then I see Manx gettin' off her bike an' I jump out of the buggy, crouchin' beside it for cover. I end up right next to Wolf, tryin' to listen to what he's sayin' an' yellin' at Manx at the same time.
"Manx! C'mere! Hurry your ass up!"
What'd Wolf say? No prisoners? I smack his arm to get his attention.
"Wolf! That's my friend! Don't shoot her!"
EDIT: Bones is wearing her leather jacket which is 1-armor, canceling out that 1-harm.
January 2013
edited January 2013
After you yell over at her, Manx limps up towards you real quick and when you hit Wolf, he says,
"Hold up, Sabe."
He glances over at Manx, then back to you, then heads back with Mac to work on the tire.
Manx comes up to you and punches you in the arm,
"You're as shitty a friend as I am a bodyguard. But I saved your ass this time, didn't I?"
She flashes a smile.
January 2013
edited January 2013
"Yeah you did."
An' I'm so happy to see her smile that I throw my arms around her real quick. It's not a long emotional hug, but I don't really hug people, an' she knows that.
I stay next to the buggy, the shotgun in one hand, eyein' the enemy an' tryin' to spot anybody who looks important or in charge. Are they advancing? If I can, I'm gonna try to attack anybody who looks important with my...power or whatever. What'd Harridan call it? Bein' psychic? Anyways, the G-String thing. I'm gonna try to do that again. You know, be helpful.
January 2013
But first I'm going to Read the Sitch
#DiceRoller( 2d6+2 )
January 2013
Which enemy is the biggest threat?
January 2013
edited January 2013
Yes, they're advancing. Three motorcycle gangs, picked for speed, armed to the teeth. They are shock troops, set up to hammer things down and move on. Like locusts. Sable is already sniping away, but she'll run out of bullets before she runs out of targets. Your shotgun is a waste, really. By the time they're in range, you've got one second to make your shot before they're on you.
There is one rail-thin guy that looks like one of the leaders, he's riding a big Harley. You recognize him by his puzzle-piece tattoos across his head and face. Its Twisty Ties. How do you know him?
The biggest threat is time. Wolf and Mac are trying to fix that flat and things aren't going well. Scar will put a hurting on the gangs with that big fifty caliber machine gun on a turret that the pack has out and ready, and Nuff is a good driver, so Jin will be able to pop of some shots with his AK-97 while they try to keep the second buggy safe, but you can see it, there isn't enough time.
On the side of the gangers, there's a girl, a big thick girl with what looks like a homemade grenade launcher. She's in a sidecar and she's probably the biggest threat once things go all slammy together.
If someone could hold up the gangs for a minute, both buggies could be up and running and have a chance to get away. As it stands now, your buggy will be the focal point of the gangs and the second buggy will try an defend, but end up having to move on. Also, in their rush, nobody has moved Jersey. He's a sitting duck in the back of the buggy.
January 2013
I take in the scene with a grim sorta realization. We need time. We desperately need time.
"Hey Manx, remember when you offered to take me for a ride on Shayla? That offer still good?"
I ask her in a low voice, but I flash her a smart ass smile.
"What'dya say we try to slow these assholes down so my brother can get that tire fixed?"
January 2013
edited January 2013
Manx laughs,
"Of course I remember, Bonesie. C'mon, let's go cause a ruckus!"
She dashes for Shayla with a whoop and starts standing the bike back up and hops on, starting it.
You hear Mac curse loudly,
"Bloody tire iron! Damn this thing!"
Wolf calls out,
"Jin! Not sure we have time to get this buggy moving before they hit! Get Jersey over to your buggy!"
Jin hops out, starts over to your buggy to grab him.
Jin heard you, he sees your shotgun, then he tosses you his AK-97 and comes up to hand you some grenades,
"Emmy, I'm sorry. I didn't stop. I'm sorry."
Then he's back to grabbing Jersey and trying to pull him out of the buggy.
January 2013
I catch Jin's hand, stoppin' him for a second. We haven't really talked at all since...since it happened. I've been avoidin' him, an' I think he's been kinda avoidin' me too. But right now, with death all around, I want to make sure he knows that I don't blame him.
I let go of his hand an' take a breath.
"It's not your fault, ok? I'm sorry I've been avoidin' you. I don't...I don't hate you or anythin. I don't even blame you, honest. I'm really just glad you're free now.'
I give him a half smile, then I glance over at Manx to see if she's ready. I've got the grenades stuffed in the pockets of my leather jacket, an' the gun slung over my shoulder. I guess I'm as ready as I'll ever be.
January 2013
Jin grabs the shotgun from you and nods, that's all you have time for. Then you're hopping on Shayla and wrapping an arm around Manx. She screams out some odd ululating war cry and guns the engine, then tears off straight for the gangs. She leans into it and the bike just sings for her, hair flying and she's laughing like mad.
Manx screams at you,
"We gonna try and get them to chase us? Or play chicken?"
January 2013
"Whatever it takes!"
I scream back in her ear. I'm holdin' onto Shayla with my knees clenched tight. With my hands, I'm readyin' the gun.
"Just get close enough for me to put some holes in 'em!"
Her mad laughter is infections an' I'm grinnin' along with her. This is so stupid, so dangerous. But what the hell. It's not like I've ever chosen the safe route.
I've got the gun up an' ready. As soon as we're close enough, I'm gonna spray the front line with bullets. But in the meantime, I'm lookin' at the girl with the grenades an' I'm gonna try to scream my own war cry into her mind as loud as I can.
January 2013
Direct-brain whisper projection
(-1 from Harridan)
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January 2013
The thick girl with the grenades hunkers down in fear from you, ducking to make herself a little smaller in the sidecar (it isn't working). It seems that she might think you're the reason some of her friends' heads are just exploding out of nowhere (that's Sable). But you get to her.
Manx guns it and turns to give you a chance to full broadside. Now, this, as you know, is rather stupid. And brave. But lots of the first. So, let's see you Seize by Force their attention. If you gain definite hold of it, the tire is fixed by the time they reach Wolf.
This is 3-Harm coming your way (before armor or anything else). It would be more in full combat, but you're only hitting the first wave.
January 2013
Seize by Force
#DiceRoller( 2d6+1 )
January 2013
I take definite hold of it.
I inflict terrible harm.
January 2013
The gangers were headed straight at you and Manx. She gunned Shayla until the last possible second. A few shots fly past you, but you both crouch over the bike and she just loses the little windshield and a side-view mirror, takes a nick in the thigh.
Then she turns the bike and you open up on them. You catch two of three in the face, tear up some tires and make a hell of a racket. Their perfect line of madmen breaks. You become the rabbit and they're a big-ass pack of wild dogs. You become the new scent and they're chasing and spitting and screaming at you. You take 3-Harm from the shots fire in your direction. Both you and Manx have 1-Armor so you're getting lit up.
Manx is about to fall off the bike and she yells back at you,
"Bonesie, hold on!"
She throws down a leg and does a 180, then zips back towards the buggies in a long arc, just running past them. Most of the gang takes the bait and the ones that don't have to pull up to avoid a pileup. Manx is laughing and screaming obscenities and she takes another hit. You see it, the blood spray on the right side of her gut, the side facing away from the bikers. She gasps and nearly falls off the bike, so you end up taking the handlebars. You both nearly wipe out then and there and you spend a couple seconds trying to figure out how to co-pilot the damn thing.
that's when you hear the budda-budda-budda of Scar on the fifty cal and she just lays down a line of death behind you. The cycles scatter and everything goes to hell in a handbasket. But by the time you manage to get close enough to see Wolf and the pack, Mac is starting up the buggy and Wolf is gesturing for you to come back.
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SilverWing v. Bonner County
This appeal stemmed from a dispute between SilverWing at Sandpoint, LLC ("SilverWing") and Appellant Bonner County, Idaho (the "County"). SilverWing sought to develop a residential hangar and taxiway adjacent to the Sandpoint Airport for residents who wished to park their aircraft in their home garage. SilverWing alleged that "[i]n 2007, the County provided to SilverWing an ALP that reflected the existing location of the Airport's runway, and made no mention or reference to any plans for the runway to be moved. At the same time, the County promised that there were no plans regarding changes to runway location which would be incompatible with SilverWing's development." During the initial stages of engineering for the development, the County informed SilverWing that it needed to move the taxiway from where it was originally planned onto County-owned airport property, to accord with the County's Airport Layout Plan (ALP). SilverWing proceeded with its development based on the County's assurances, and built a taxiway and other infrastructure, including streets, to support its development. Once the taxiway was built, SilverWing learned that the placement of the taxiway was not approved by the FAA. After several years of legal maneuvering, SilverWing proceeded against the County in court, ultimately on a theory of promissory estoppel. After trial, a jury returned a verdict in favor of SilverWing. The County filed a motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict ("JNOV"), which the district court denied. The County appealed. The Idaho Supreme Court reversed the district court's ruling on the JNOV and vacated its ruling regarding attorney fees. The Court determined the district court erred with respect to JNOV on the claim of promissory estoppel: "SilverWing actually got what it claims the County promised—an FAA approved taxiway in the location where SilverWing built it. SilverWing can now sell its development with no regulatory uncertainty." View "SilverWing v. Bonner County" on Justia Law
Posted in: Aviation, Contracts, Government & Administrative Law, Idaho Supreme Court - Civil, Zoning, Planning & Land Use
City of Idaho Falls v. H-K Contractors
The City of Idaho Falls ("Idaho Falls") appealed an order dismissing its breach of contract and waste claims against H-K Contractors, Inc. ("H-K"). In 2005, H-K entered into a written contract requiring it to convey a parcel of property to Idaho Falls. The contract required that H-K initially grant Idaho Falls a storm drainage easement "over and across" the parcel. H-K was also required to convey fee title to the parcel at a future date, in no event later than March 1, 2010. H-K failed to convey the property to Idaho Falls as required. In 2016, Idaho Falls sent a letter to H-K requesting conveyance of title. H-K responded by refusing to convey title to the property, claiming that in 2009 a city official had orally informed H-K that Idaho Falls was no longer interested in the property. Based on that alleged representation, H-K decided to invest in the property to make it profitable. Idaho Falls filed a complaint against H-K for breach of contract and waste. H-K moved to dismiss the complaint based on the limitation found in Idaho Code section 5-216, alleging Idaho Falls' claims were time barred because they were not brought within the five-year statute of limitations governing contract actions. Idaho Falls countered that the statute of limitations did not apply to it as a subdivision of the State of Idaho. On January 3, 2017, the district court dismissed Idaho Falls' complaint as time barred. Idaho Falls timely appealed, claiming the district court erred in enforcing the five-year limitation set forth in section 5-216. The Idaho Supreme Court vacated the district court's judgment, finding it erred when it determined the term "state" in Idaho Code section 5- 216 did not include Idaho's municipalities. Because Idaho Falls was the "state," the district court erred when it found its contract claims against H-K were not "for the benefit of the state." View "City of Idaho Falls v. H-K Contractors" on Justia Law
Posted in: Civil Procedure, Contracts, Government & Administrative Law, Idaho Supreme Court - Civil, Real Estate & Property Law, Zoning, Planning & Land Use
United States v. Black Canyon Irrigation Dist.
This water rights appeal stems from two consolidated subcases, numbers 65-23531 and 65-23532, litigated in the Snake River Basin Adjudication (SRBA). The subcases concerned the United States' late claims filed in January 2013, which asserted "supplemental beneficial use storage water rights" claims under the constitutional method of appropriation to store water in priority after flood-control releases. The special master recommended that the State's motion for summary judgment be granted, concluding the Late Claims should be disallowed because, as the Director of the Idaho Department of Water Resources (Director) recommended, the Late Claims asserted rights that had not been claimed when the underlying water rights were adjudicated and decreed. Alternatively, the special master concluded the Late Claims should be disallowed because, as intervenor Black Canyon Irrigation District (BCID) asserted, the decreed water rights already authorized the rights the Late Claims now assert, and hence, the Late Claims were unnecessary. The district court agreed with the special master insofar as the Late Claims were precluded. However, the district court rejected the special master's alternative recommendation that the Late Claims were duplicative of the rights already decreed and unnecessary. The district court entered judgment reflecting these conclusions. The United States appealed the district court's ruling on preclusion, but finding no reversible error, the Idaho Supreme Court affirmed. View "United States v. Black Canyon Irrigation Dist." on Justia Law
Posted in: Civil Procedure, Environmental Law, Government & Administrative Law, Idaho Supreme Court - Civil, Zoning, Planning & Land Use
Idaho Board of Land v. Hudson
Philip Hudson appealed a district court's grant of partial summary judgment in favor of the State of Idaho, the Idaho State Board of Land Commissioners and the Idaho Department of Lands (collectively, the "State"). The district court found that Hudson violated the Idaho Lake Protection Act (the "LPA") when he placed fill in the bed of Priest Lake without a permit. Hudson disputed the location of the Ordinary High Water Mark (the "OHWM") and argued the fill was placed on his own property to protect it from erosion. Hudson argued that there was an issue of material fact regarding the location of the OHWM, which made summary judgment improper. Finding the dispute regarding the OHWM was not a material fact in determining whether Hudson violated the LPA, the Idaho Supreme Court affirmed summary judgment. View "Idaho Board of Land v. Hudson" on Justia Law
Posted in: Civil Procedure, Environmental Law, Government & Administrative Law, Idaho Supreme Court - Civil, Zoning, Planning & Land Use
Paslay v. A&B Irrigation District
At issue in this matter was landowners' recourse against an irrigation district for diverting a portion of their water source to other landowners within the district. The appellants-landowners owned farms in Jerome County; A&B Irrigation District (the "District") distributed water to these farms and others throughout its service area in Jerome and Minidoka Counties. The District serves two distinct sub-areas in its district: Unit A and Unit B. The water the District distributes comes from two sources: (1) surface water from the Snake River and associated reservoirs, and (2) groundwater from the Eastern Snake Plain Aquifer. These two water sources were historically what separated Units A and B, and many owners based their land choices in the 1950s on the water source. Unit A farms have received surface water exclusively since the District's inception. For decades Unit B farms received only groundwater, but the District converted approximately 1400 Unit B acres to surface water in the 1990s in response to decreasing groundwater supply. Appellants claimed the Project primarily benefited Unit B landowners at the expense of Unit A by diverting a portion of Unit A's sole water source (surface water) onto Unit B land and "diluting" their annual water supply. Additionally, the District divided Project costs equally among all landowners despite what Appellants claim was the Project's primary purpose: to help sustain Unit B farms as their groundwater supply continues to decline. The landowners brought an action for a declaratory judgment regarding their constitutional water and property rights. They also sought injunctive relief against the irrigation district for a breach of fiduciary duty. The district court granted the irrigation district's motion to dismiss on all three of the landowners' claims. The landowners' appeal centered on two issues with respect to their three claims against the District: the legal standard under which the district court dismissed Appellants' claims, and the court's substantive determinations under that standard. Appellants contend the district court erred both procedurally and substantively in dismissing all three counts in its amended complaint. Procedurally, they claimed the district court improperly considered matters outside the pleadings in dismissing all three claims under Rule 12(b)(6), rather than converting to the Rule 56 summary judgment standard. Substantively, Appellants contended that Counts I and III were justiciable as presented on the face of their amended complaint, and that res judicata did not bar relief under Count II. The Idaho Supreme Court found after review that the landowners failed to demonstrate justiciable claims in their Counts I and III, and that the district court erred in dismissing their property rights claim in Count II by considering matters outside the pleadings under Rule 12(b)(6). View "Paslay v. A&B Irrigation District" on Justia Law
Posted in: Civil Procedure, Environmental Law, Government & Administrative Law, Idaho Supreme Court - Civil, Zoning, Planning & Land Use
Schweitzer Basin Water Co. v. Schweitzer Fire Dist.
Schweitzer Fire District (the District) appealed a district court's grant of a writ of prohibition on behalf of Schweitzer Basin Water Company (the Company) that prevented the District from taking proposed enforcement action against the Company related to perceived flow-rate deficiencies of fire hydrants owned by third-party homeowners and installed on the Company's private water system. The district court granted the writ of prohibition after concluding that the District did not have jurisdiction over the Company under Idaho Code section 41-259. The district court awarded attorney fees and costs to the Company after determining that the District's position was without a reasonable basis in fact or law. The District timely appealed. After review, the Idaho Supreme Court found the district court correctly concluded the District did not have jurisdiction over the Company's water system under 41-259. Finding no other grounds for reversal, the Supreme Court affirmed the district court's judgment. View "Schweitzer Basin Water Co. v. Schweitzer Fire Dist." on Justia Law
Posted in: Environmental Law, Government & Administrative Law, Idaho Supreme Court - Civil, Zoning, Planning & Land Use
Hauser Lake Rod & Gun Club v. City of Hauser
This appeal originated from a claim for attorney fees under Idaho Code section 12-117. The district court held that Hauser Lake Rod and Gun Club, Inc. was not entitled to attorney fees under section 12-117 because, even though it had prevailed against the City of Hauser in a code violation dispute, the administrative tribunal that reviewed the dispute was staffed with both County and City officials. According to the district court, section 12-117's definition of "political subdivision" does not include administrative review tribunals staffed with officials from multiple governmental entities. The Idaho Supreme Court concluded the district court erroneously interpreted Idaho Code section 12-117 by concluding the Joint Board was not a "political subdivision:" the decision of the Board of County Commissioners was the act of a political subdivision. The statutory definition of a political subdivision expressly included counties. "As with any corporate body, a county may only act through its human agents. Under Idaho law, those agents are the Board because a county's 'powers can only be exercised by the board of county commissioners, or by agents and officers acting under their authority, or authority of law.'" View "Hauser Lake Rod & Gun Club v. City of Hauser" on Justia Law
Posted in: Civil Procedure, Government & Administrative Law, Idaho Supreme Court - Civil, Zoning, Planning & Land Use
Ada Co Hwy Dist v. Brooke View, Inc.
The Ada County Highway District ("ACHD") appealed a district court judgment awarding $148,390.21 plus prejudgment interest and attorney's fees to Brooke View, Inc. d/b/a The Senator ("Brooke View") as just compensation for a parcel of property that ACHD condemned and took possession of under the State's eminent domain powers. ACHD argued on appeal that the district court misconstrued the law when it allowed Brooke View to recover the cost to repair damage to a wall on Brooke View's property, which the jury found had been caused by the construction of improvements on the taken parcel. After review, the Idaho Supreme Court found the district court erred in instructing the jury on "just compensation," and those instructions prejudiced ACHD. Furthermore, the Court found the district court erred in admitting certain evidence on events, activities and damages that occurred during construction of improvements on the property. The Court vacated the award of attorney fees, and remanded this case for further proceedings. View "Ada Co Hwy Dist v. Brooke View, Inc." on Justia Law
Posted in: Government & Administrative Law, Idaho Supreme Court - Civil, Real Estate & Property Law, Zoning, Planning & Land Use
Hoffman v. Bd of Local Improvement Dist No. 1101
Appellants appealed the district court's denial of their motion for summary judgment and the grant of summary judgment in favor of the Board of the Local Improvement District No. 1101 and the Ada County Board of Commissioners (the Boards) in a case regarding assessments levied on properties within the Sage Acres Local Improvement District. Appellants also appealed the district court's award of attorney fees to the Boards. Ada County Ordinance No. 780 established the Ada County Local Improvement District No. 1101, known as Sage Acres Local Improvement District (LID). The ordinance was adopted in 2011. The purpose of the LID was to construct a water delivery system for residential and irrigation use by properties within the Sage Acres Subdivision (Sage Acres) in Boise. water system was completed in 2014. Appellants challenged the creation of the LID and Ada County Ordinance No. 809, which confirmed the assessments levied on properties affected by the LID. In 2013, Appellants filed a Notice of Appeal from Assessments; the district court set the matter for trial in 2014, and ordered the parties to mediate no later than 90 days prior to trial. Prior to mediation, the Boards moved for summary judgment, arguing that Appellants' claims were not legally or factually supported. Finding no reversible error in the district court's grant of summary judgment in favor of the Boards, the Supreme Court affirmed. View "Hoffman v. Bd of Local Improvement Dist No. 1101" on Justia Law
Posted in: Civil Procedure, Government & Administrative Law, Idaho Supreme Court - Civil, Real Estate & Property Law, Zoning, Planning & Land Use
Rangen, Inc v. North Snake Ground Water Dist.
This case arose out of a permit application to obtain a water right filed by the respondents, North Snake Ground Water District, Magic Valley Ground Water District and Southwest Irrigation District ("the Districts"), to appropriate water from Billingsley Creek on real property owned by appellant Rangen, Inc. After the Director of the Idaho Department of Water Resources denied the application in a final order, the Districts petitioned for judicial review. The district court set aside the Director's final order. Rangen appealed. Rangen historically diverted water from Billingsley Creek. Before the Department ruled on the Districts' April 2013 application, Rangen filed a competing application on February 3, 2014. Rangen's application sought to divert 59 cfs from Billingsley Creek for fish propagation, with the same source and point of diversion elements as the Districts had requested. On January 2, 2015, Rangen's application was approved for 28.1 cfs for fish propagation with a priority date of February 3, 2014. This permit had apparently not been challenged. Department employee James Cefalo presided over a hearing on the Districts' application and subsequently issued a Preliminary Order Issuing Permit in which he found that the application was made in good faith, did not conflict with the local public interest, and otherwise satisfied the necessary requirements. Therefore, he approved a conditional permit authorizing the Districts to appropriate 12 cfs from Billingsley Creek for mitigation purposes with a priority date of April 3, 2013. Rangen filed a protest of the hearing officer's preliminary order with the Director. After the parties briefed the issues, the Director subsequently issued a final order overturning the hearing officer's decision and denying the application. The Director concluded that the Districts' application was made in bad faith and that the application was not in the local public interest. The Districts petitioned for judicial review, asserting that the Director abused his discretion and exceeded his authority in denying their application. On judicial review, the district court set aside the Director's final order, concluding that the application was neither made in bad faith nor counter to the local public interest. The district court also rejected Rangen's arguments that the Districts' application was incomplete or speculative and that mitigation is not a recognized beneficial use of water under Idaho law. Rangen appealed again. After review of the district court record, the Supreme Court concluded the district court did not err in its judgment and affirmed. View "Rangen, Inc v. North Snake Ground Water Dist." on Justia Law
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Britain undergoes periods of democratic introspection about once every decade but what is often a frenzy of calls for constitutional change quickly subsides and the country returns to its normal state of constitutional lassitude. Britain is not unique in doing this—crises in the body politic globally tends to lead to existing governmental structures baring the brunt of public opprobrium with the emergence of new political parties saying that they have the solution of the nation's woes. So what does democracy actually mean in Britain and why is our attitude to it so ambivalent?
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The problem is that our constitutional and political structures have not been keeping pace with the changes in how people experience democracy. In one sense that may not be a bad thing since constitutional change needs to be a considered process—rapid constitutional change is often poor constitutional change. But the lag between people's perceptions of how democracy works for them and a responding repackaging of constitutional structures to reflect those perceptions has resulted in a growing dissatisfaction with Westminster politics and its seeming inability to do more than adopting the classic 'we know what's best' approach to challenges to its legitimacy. This is reflected in the falling numbers of people who votes in elections, further reducing their legitimacy and the legitimacy of those elected to public office—why should we bother to vote when it doesn't change anything? Our democratic system is linked almost exclusively to the question of voting rather than taking a broader view of democracy as a participatory process—the campaigns in Scotland clearly show what the impact of active participation are and their effect on voter turnout. Our representative system based on the notion that 'if you don't like what we're doing you can vote us out at the next election' is today insufficiently responsive to people's democratic aspirations. Whether an English Parliament is the solution to this is unlikely—it simply adds another tier of already discredited politicians.


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Join us for an afternoon of summer fun! Come listen to music on the grounds of the Dawes House (225 Greenwood Street, Evanston, IL), watch Kevin Kelly's hilarious and entertaining magic show, enjoy a serving of Andy's Frozen Custard, and enjoy free admission to the Dawes House! This is a summer favorite for kids and adults and it is entirely free!
Event Schedule:
The Ridgeville Band, 1-2 pm
Kevin Kelly's Magic Show, 2-3 pm
Face Painting for Kids, 1-4 pm
Dawes house Open for self-guided tours of house and viewing of exhibits, 1-4 pm
Plus: Kids' Games, Popcorn, Lemonade, and Andy's Frozen Custard
Don't forget to download the free Pokemon Go app so you can enjoy the Pokestop and Gym at the EHC.
If you have any questions about our Ice Cream Social you can email Grace Lehner or call 847-475-3410.
Saturday, July 23, 2016 (rain or shine)
Evanston History Center,
225 Greenwood Street, Evanston
225 Greenwood Street, Evanston
1:00 – 4:00 pm
Admission: Free and open to the public!


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Excursus IV: Primary Information
From artists' books, magazines, and museum catalogues to opening announcements, advertisements, and event scores, printed matter has long been a dynamic element of art discourse and practice. But these materials, ephemeral by nature, have not always been preserved. Today, with our unprecedented access to information—virtual, downloadable, on-demand—there is a renewed interest in print's material dimensions and the ways publication can be both a historical resource and a platform for art-making.
Excursus is a multifaceted initiative at the Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, in which artists, designers, publishers, and other cultural producers whose work engages the archive and publication are invited to create a platform for more intimate programming, alongside an online residency.
For Excursus IV, Primary Information has been invited to delve into ICA archive and to reflect on its contemporary potential. Through an engagement with ICA's own critical history of publishing, Primary Information's project will unfold over the coming weeks with a series of events in the installation and interventions on the Excursus website…


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We've worked with the Institute of Health Visiting to create a one-day bereavement care workshop for Health Visitors. The training workshop is fully IHV accredited.
Our bereavement care workshop aims to provide Health Visitors with the knowledge, insight and skills to provide high quality, sensitive care to parents who experience the death of a baby, before, during or shortly after birth.
Here's what some Health Visitors have said about the training:
"Extremely good training day! Everything was important to my practice and I feel better equipped to deal/care for bereaved families. Thank you (every health visitor should do this training day)"
"The whole day was fabulous. Very informative, very well delivered and very appropriate. Enjoyed every aspect of the day. Thank you"
"Thank you for a fantastic and well delivered study day. I feel more confident that I can approach families who have had a child bereavement. I will now be more aware that fathers also play an important part and also require as much support as other family members"
"This was a really great workshop that should be included as mandatory training. Every parent has the right to be supported through their loss and have the opportunity to talk about their experiences"
Maximum Capacity 20 participants
Timing 0930 – 1630 (6 Contact hours)
If you are a Health Visitor and are interested in taking part in a Sands training workshop, email us at email@example.com


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Cold and offshorePosted by: Don on July 21st, 2017
Hello Friends,
Icy wind but heaps of chest to head and a bit waves at the point thanks to around 3.2 metres of 11-sec south swell. Tide was a 1.4m high at 0610 and will be back to a 0.4m low at noon.
Wind was coming from the west at 13-20 kts as I tapped out these words. The Bureau says that both it and the swell should weaken a tiny bit around midday. There's a 30% chance of a shower along the coast but it should mostly be partly cloudy today.
If you don't mind a chilly change in the carpark, it shouldn't be too bad once you're in because the water is around 19C – which is about 10 degrees warmer than the air at 0745.
The Goat rolled out his forecast last night, so if you're wondering about the outlook, have a look!
Weather Situation
A deep low pressure system near New Zealand and a high pressure system over southeast Australia are directing vigorous south to southwest winds along New South Wales coastal waters. The high is forecast to move slowly eastwards across New South Wales today and during the weekend, with coastal winds easing in response. Winds are expected to freshen and shift west to northwesterly on Sunday as a weak cold front moves across the south of the state.
Forecast for Friday until midnight
Strong Wind Warning for Friday for Sydney Coast
South to southwesterly 20 to 30 knots, decreasing to 15 to 25 knots in the middle of the day.
2 to 3 metres, decreasing to 1.5 to 2 metres during the morning.
Southerly 2.5 to 4 metres, decreasing to 2 to 3 metres during the morning.
Partly cloudy. 80% chance of showers offshore, 30% chance elsewhere.
Large and powerful surf conditions are expected to be hazardous for coastal activities such as crossing bars by boat and rock fishing.
Saturday 22 July
South to southwesterly 10 to 15 knots shifting northwesterly during the morning. Winds reaching up to 20 knots in the evening.
1 to 1.5 metres, decreasing to 1 metre during the morning.
Southerly 3 metres, tending southeasterly 3 to 4 metres during the morning.
Partly cloudy.
Large and powerful surf conditions are expected to be hazardous for coastal activities such as crossing bars by boat and rock fishing.
Sunday 23 July
Northwesterly 15 to 25 knots turning westerly 20 to 30 knots during the evening.
1 to 1.5 metres, increasing to 1.5 to 2.5 metres during the evening.
Southeasterly 2.5 to 3 metres, decreasing to 1.5 to 2 metres during the afternoon.
Mostly sunny.


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I wanted to have a new page to highlight a company that has been very generous to me by letting me be a first user of their product for free and allowed me to give them my insight into their product and melanoma.
One of the things you need to do as a melanoma patient is regularly check your skin and moles. I used to do this with a ruler, circle ruler template, a camera on close up setting and numerous papers with blank body outlines that I could mark with pencil and arrows with the size and description of my moles. It was a bit messy and disorganized, although I tried! It took awhile to find my pictures and see if there were changes, or if a mole was new or not. And the pictures often turned out blurry. Lighting and shadows were an issue.
Then two years ago the developer of a molescope approached me and asked if I would like to use their product and give them feedback. A molescope is a device you attach to your phone to take very high resolution photos of your moles with correct lighting. The pictures are so clear and far more detailed than any I was ever able to take. And the app allowed me to track where on my body the moles were. Over time the app will let you see the time progression of your moles to see if they have changed. What peace of mind!
This month they are having a $50 off special. They gave me a special code for my followers giving them and extra 10% off making it only $40 this month. It is usually $100. The 10 % code will still work after Dec 31st, but the $50 off will no longer be in effect. Follow the link below in orange and enter my discount code of MISSION10.
Link: MOLESCOPE


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The Ranter's Box holds serve with a nail-biting 77-74 victory over Jersey Diva Mom! She will move on to meet the winner of Mommy Confessions/Reckmonster in the next round which will start late Saturday / early Sunday.
Congrats to Jersey Diva Mom for the battle she put up. She will now go to the Consolation Bracket.
Can both of you submit your 2nd blog links for the next phase as soon as you can, please? Thanks!
*** Less than 4 hours to go on the battle between This Daddy's Blog and Guys, Boys, & Men! *** --->
List of 1st Round / Play-In match-ups, blog post entries and results here!
Friday, March 25, 2011
Rant On!
at 1:09 PM
Labels: jersey diva mom, stunner, the ranter's box, tournament
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Nail-biting? Absolutely!ReplyDelete
My poll ends at midnight. I'm trying to think of ways to prepare for a MAJOR SURGE from my opponent. More whoring out is needed!!
I have a Roledex of potential bribe takers standing by, but they've caught on to the "no money involved" scam I pulled on them yesterday... you might offer drugs? Most of them seem to be of that type.ReplyDelete
As a matter of fact, my vote could be had for the right narcotics...
LOL! You guys are a trip! I'm glad that you're enjoying yourselves.ReplyDelete
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Jose Antonio Vargas, a Pulitzer prize-winning reporter who has worked for the Washington Post and Huffington Post, has revealed that he is an illegal alien. Vargas came out as an illegal alien as part of a coordinated media campaign with the New York Times and ABC News seeking amnesty for illegal aliens like himself.
Vargas also revealed that he breached White House security by using a fake ID, including when he covered a state dinner. And that a superior at the Washington Post knew and approved of his actions.
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Vargas made the revelations in an article he authored that was published in the upcoming New York Times Sunday Magazine.
Vargas writes that at age 12 he was sent to America from the Philippines by his mother to live with his naturalized American citizen grandparents. His grandfather Lolo repeatedly broke the law to get Vargas in the U.S. and to keep him here, Vargas writes.
One day when I was 16, I rode my bike to the nearby D.M.V. office to get my driver's permit. Some of my friends already had their licenses, so I figured it was time. But when I handed the clerk my green card as proof of U.S. residency, she flipped it around, examining it. "This is fake," she whispered. "Don't come back here again."
Confused and scared, I pedaled home and confronted Lolo. I remember him sitting in the garage, cutting coupons. I dropped my bike and ran over to him, showing him the green card. "Peke ba ito?" I asked in Tagalog. ("Is this fake?") My grandparents were naturalized American citizens — he worked as a security guard, she as a food server — and they had begun supporting my mother and me financially when I was 3, after my father's wandering eye and inability to properly provide for us led to my parents' separation. Lolo was a proud man, and I saw the shame on his face as he told me he purchased the card, along with other fake documents, for me. "Don't show it to other people," he warned…
…The "uncle" who brought me here turned out to be a coyote, not a relative, my grandfather later explained. Lolo scraped together enough money — I eventually learned it was $4,500, a huge sum for him — to pay him to smuggle me here under a fake name and fake passport. (I never saw the passport again after the flight and have always assumed that the coyote kept it.) After I arrived in America, Lolo obtained a new fake Filipino passport, in my real name this time, adorned with a fake student visa, in addition to the fraudulent green card.
Using the fake passport, we went to the local Social Security Administration office and applied for a Social Security number and card. It was, I remember, a quick visit. When the card came in the mail, it had my full, real name, but it also clearly stated: "Valid for work only with I.N.S. authorization."
When I began looking for work, a short time after the D.M.V. incident, my grandfather and I took the Social Security card to Kinko's, where he covered the "I.N.S. authorization" text with a sliver of white tape. We then made photocopies of the card. At a glance, at least, the copies would look like copies of a regular, unrestricted Social Security card.
Later, with the help of sympathetic teachers, Vargas obtained a driver's license in Oregon using subterfuge and a fake Social Security card.
Vargas parlayed his illegally obtained identification documents into a job at the Washington Post. He writes he confided in a superior, Peter Perl, who allowed him to continue working at the Post as an illegal alien in violation of the law.
About four months into my job as a reporter for The Post, I began feeling increasingly paranoid, as if I had "illegal immigrant" tattooed on my forehead — and in Washington, of all places, where the debates over immigration seemed never-ending. I was so eager to prove myself that I feared I was annoying some colleagues and editors — and worried that any one of these professional journalists could discover my secret. The anxiety was nearly paralyzing. I decided I had to tell one of the higher-ups about my situation. I turned to Peter.
By this time, Peter, who still works at The Post, had become part of management as the paper's director of newsroom training and professional development. One afternoon in late October, we walked a couple of blocks to Lafayette Square, across from the White House. Over some 20 minutes, sitting on a bench, I told him everything: the Social Security card, the driver's license, Pat and Rich, my family.
Peter was shocked. "I understand you 100 times better now," he said. He told me that I had done the right thing by telling him, and that it was now our shared problem. He said he didn't want to do anything about it just yet. I had just been hired, he said, and I needed to prove myself. "When you've done enough," he said, "we'll tell Don and Len together." (Don Graham is the chairman of The Washington Post Company; Leonard Downie Jr. was then the paper's executive editor.) A month later, I spent my first Thanksgiving in Washington with Peter and his family.
In the five years that followed, I did my best to "do enough." I was promoted to staff writer, reported on video-game culture, wrote a series on Washington's H.I.V./AIDS epidemic and covered the role of technology and social media in the 2008 presidential race. I visited the White House, where I interviewed senior aides and covered a state dinner — and gave the Secret Service the Social Security number I obtained with false documents. [my emphasis]
Vargas writes that he explored his legal options when he was younger. When told he would have to leave the U.S. and be banned from returning for ten years, he opted to break the law. Now he is running a propaganda campaign for illegal aliens with help from his friends in the media.
A big concern though, is the security breach at the White House of someone using falsified documents to gain access to the president. Jeff Gannon was crucified by liberals and the media for using a pseudonym, but not fake documents, when he was a White House reporter. There were calls for Congressional investigations into how Gannon gained access to the White House, even though Gannon used his given name, James Guckert, to obtain clearance to enter the White House.
Vargas' case, however, does cry out for investigations and prosecutions. Who else is in the media is using fake identification documents to gain access to the White House and the president? Who else has the Washington Post helped breach government security with fake credentials?
Vargas is rolling out a group called DefineAmerican with which he is campaigning for the DREAM act for illegal aliens. He also has a video clip on YouTube where he makes his case.
Late in the day Wednesday, details of the machinations behind the political/media campaign of Vargas' story came out.
The Washington Post published an article, Post responds to ex-reporter Vargas's revelation that he's an illegal immigrant, by Paul Farhi. The article failed to address the national security concerns of one of the nation's leading newspapers knowingly sending an illegal alien with falsified identification documents to report from the White House.
The Post was working with Vargas to publish his article about his being an illegal alien. After fact checking and editing, the Post got cold feet when it learned Vargas was still not being truthful.
Given the subject — a reporter's dishonesty about his personal life — The Post subjected Vargas's story to an unusual degree of scrutiny. One red flag popped up during weeks of checking: Vargas hadn't disclosed that he had replaced his expired Oregon driver's license with a new one issued by Washington state (the license had enabled Vargas to pass airport security and to travel to distant work assignments). Vargas later conceded that he had withheld the information on the advice of his attorney. The disclosure set off internal discussion about whether the newspaper was getting the full story from its former reporter.
In a brief interview Wednesday, Vargas declined to discuss the matter. "I made a decision that I wouldn't get into [discussing details about the story] at the end of the day," he said. "I wanted The Post to run the story. They had to do what they had to do and so did I."
Vargas then contacted editors at the New York Times magazine. The newspaper found his story so compelling after seeing a copy Wednesday, just 48 hours before the magazine's June 26 issue was to close, that its editors decided to rush the article into print.
Politico's article on the Vargas story, Why did Post kill Jose Vargas story? by Keach Hagey, provides background on the public relations effort behind Vargas, but again fails to report on the national security implications. The article does report that Vargas and his political team are working with his colleagues in the major media to promote his political agenda.
The campaign, now officially known as Define American, began taking shape in March, and by April, Vargas and his cohorts had hired Hiltzik Strategies – strategic communications advisors to stars like Glenn Beck and Katie Couric – to handle their media.
…(Jehmu) Greene (one of the co-founders, with Vargas, of Define American) said Vargas's story is simply the beginning of a sustained campaign to make immigration a key issue in the 2012 presidential and congressional elections.
"We have a strong desire to shift the conversation from the very typical 24-hour news cycle coverage of immigration that currently exists, to use all of Jose's expertise as a journalist, and to bring support from his colleagues, to change how they cover it as an issue and not have it be so polarizing," she said. "So we are sharing Jose's story as an effort to get others to share their stories."
Vargas also worked with ABC News on his campaign. The network's interviews with him are scheduled to air Thursday on World News Tonight and Nightline, and Friday on Good Morning America.
While the Post opted to not publish Vargas' article, the paper decided to publish a series of staged propaganda photos of Vargas a Post photographer took to accompany the now killed article.
Vargas is hoping to become the poster boy for the DREAM Act. That may be, but he is also facing becoming the poster boy for Americans sick of arrogant criminal aliens stealing the American dream from American citizens and legal aliens.
Vargas' breach of security at the White House ought to be of concern to every American regardless of their position on amnesty for illegal aliens.


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If you want to survive, you have to follow the rules…
Mikayla Morgan is wanted for her mother's murder. She's been on the run for almost a year now, avoiding not only the police but the real killer. Tired of running and desperate to clear her name, she breaks one of the most sacred rules: never return to the scene of the crime.
Every bounty hunter on the Eastern Seaboard is after the Morgan girl—but Shaun Denver and his partner snagged her. She's a piece of work, and Shaun can't decide if he wants to kiss her or kill her. When things take a sharp turn south, Shaun does the only thing he can think of to keep her close—he handcuffs them together.
As the danger mounts and the killer closes in, the chemistry between them threatens to explode. Shaun and Kayla will need to break all the rules if they hope to get out of this alive.
I am not sure how to feel about this book. The whole setup was okay, being cuffed together, but it isn't the first time I've read a story that started of that way. For most part of the book, the focus was on trying to find out who was the real killer rather than trying to get those handcuffs off. Seeing the way Mikayla grew up and Shaun is a bounty hunter, you'd think they would have learned how to pick locks.
If you can see past that bit of weirdness than it is a good story, though it could have been better. Let's start with Makayla. She is now eighteen years old and her mom got murdered last year. Since her prints were all over the scene the authorities and apparently bounty hunters have been after her. Now being on the run is actually not something new for Mikayla, she and her mom have been on the run her entire life. Don't ask me how they did this and Mikayla still ended up pretty normal. I feel like this story would have worked better and had been a bit more believable if she had been a couple of years older.
Shaun is also young, only twenty and a bounty hunter, though it quickly becomes clear he should have chosen a different profession. He's had a terrible childhood, which he shares with Makayla, who as far he knows killed her own mother. I think he trusts her way too fast, way too early into the story. Pretty much from the moment they are bound together, secrets start spilling out from both of them.
There is some mystery and action in it, but it's almost a backstory for this growing romance between Shaun and Mikayla. Is this story believable? No. Is it enjoyable? Yes. As long as you don't think too hard about certain things, it is definitely possible to enjoy it.
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The Author
A native New Yorker, she lives in the middle of nowhere with her husband, three dogs, and sometimes guard bear, Oswald.
Her first book, Touch, came out in November 2011 from Entangled Publishing. She is represented by Kevan Lyon of Marsal Lyon Literary Agency.


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This is at least our third or fourth year of having a garden. There is something extremely satisfying about going outside and picking a meal right out of the garden. It's like I'm getting back to my pioneer roots–pun most definitely intended. But I though always have big ambitions, I always feel a bit disappointed. Why are all my tomatoes holey? Who is eating my zucchini plants? How come I have so many big healthy green bean plants but they only seem to yield a handful of beans at a time?
This year I planted seeds in a starter tray. I was very impatient for them to sprout and finally they did. Then, strangely, all of my little sprout-lings started to turn brown and die. More water, I thought. They need more water. But alas, I was wrong. All of my sprout-lings died an early death, never making it into the ground. It turns out I had "over-watered them." I didn't even know that was possible. I quickly started my second batch of seedlings, knowing that I would be getting them into the ground later than I had hoped.
Now my garden is bursting with giant zucchini plants, squash plants, green beans, cucumbers and sweet peas. The peas are my favorite and unfortunately, not exactly thriving. I pick off three to four that are ripe at a time but not even close to enough for a side dish at for dinner. Same with the green beans which are my second favorite….I've gotten a few handfuls but nothing more. At this rate, I feel like I'd have to plant an acre to even come close to feeding our family.
The zucchini, my least favorite vegetable, seems to be the easiest to grow. My plants are huge–huge–and are yielding plenty of zucchini. So far I've made zucchini stewed with tomato and onion, breaded and baked zucchini slices, and I just made an incredible pot of zucchini soup. Even Cooper likes it. I think I'll just stick to the soup and freeze a few batches. There's something about harvesting my garden and "putting things up" for winter makes me feel like I am pioneer on the frontier, like one of my heroes, Laura Ingalls Wilder.
My cucumbers–I can't even find them. I think they are hidden somewhere under the giant zucchini plants. I don't know if they will yield anything or not because they are not getting much sun. Today I even thinned out my zucchini plants to let some sun down to the lowly squash and cucumbers. I tried to transplant it to the edge of the yard, but I just checked and it's flopped over and wiltey. Oh, well. I have plenty more!
As some of you know, I've started composting with worms–red wigglers to be exact and man do they go through compost quickly! It's amazing just how fast they can turn a few pounds of vegetable scraps and leaves into a dark, moist, juicy (yes, juicy) soil. Though I've read the best time to mix in compost to a garden is at the end of the season, after the dead plants have been removed or right before you plant. However, I couldn't wait so I've been digging little holes next to my plants and dropping some compost in, hoping that the rich soil will act like a shot of organic plant food for my veggies. I don't know if it's working but it gives me an excuse to play with my worms and dig in my garden.
Have you been gardening this summer? What did you plant and how are things coming along?