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Fund raising event scheduled for April 5.
For a fun, fast-paced way to receive great Oklahoma art and support the Mabee-Gerrer Museum of Art, plan to attend Off the Wall 2013 on Friday, April 5 at 6:30 p.m.
For $50, participants receive admission for two and one ticket for artwork by an Oklahoma artist or an artist friend of the Museum.
Artwork viewing starts at 6:30 p.m. with music provided by Oklahoma Baptist University student violinist, Victoria Smith. Hors d'oeuvres and drinks, as well as homemade desserts provided by the Mabee-Gerrer Museum of Art volunteers, will be served.
At 7:30 p.m., the pace speeds up with drawings for paintings, sketches, basketry, photographs, pottery and other works of art created by local artists. Special guest, Jim Brown, retired Oklahoma Baptist University professor, will emcee the event.
With each drawn ticket, patrons have just 30 seconds to choose a piece of art "off the wall." If attendees want a better chance for an art piece, which they especially like, the $50 ticket may be upgraded by paying $25 or $50 more.
Random drawings begin with the upgraded $100 "Eat-my-Dust" tickets. To purchase a ticket, visit www.mgmoa.org/offthewall or call (405) 878-5300. All proceeds benefit the Mabee-Gerrer Museum of Art 2013-2014 Special Exhibition Season.
The Mabee-Gerrer Museum of Art is located on the campus of St. Gregory's University, 1900 W. MacArthur St. in Shawnee.


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Latest update : 2012-05-10
Waiting for Hollande: French foreign policy beyond Europe's borders
He won't be untested on the world stage for long. No sooner will François Hollande be sworn in that he will jet off to Berlin, Washington, and Chicago for sit-downs and summits. On foreign policy, French presidents always seem to grapple with two shadows – that of their immediate predecessor and that of Fifth Republic founder Charles de Gaulle.
- Pierre CONESA. Former French Defence Ministry official; Author of "The manufacturing of an enemy, or how to kill with a clean conscience";
- Judah GRUNSTEIN. Editor-in-Chief, World Politics Review;
- Vincent JAUVERT. Senior Correspondent, Le Nouvel Observateur;
- Annemie NEYTS-UYTTEBROECK. Belgian MEP (from Brussels).
Produced by François Picard, Anelise Borges, Mary Colombel, Christopher Davis.

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Wednesday, December 26, 2012
Open Thread -- Vox Populi
120 comments:
- AndrewPrice said...
For anyone wishing to discuss current events without doing so in a holiday thread, here's an open thread!
There's a lot of depressing news out there. :(
- December 26, 2012 at 12:04 AM
- K said...
You want depressing current events?
I didn't get my request for a brand new Porsche Carrera S AGAIN this year.
- December 26, 2012 at 3:38 AM
- Patriot said...
Vox Populi?.....Okay......Since we seem to have such an issue with voters voting themselves other people's money, why don't we have some restrictions on who should be eligible to vote? There was a reason why only landowners had the voting franchise in our Founders time. They knew that once a people found out hat they could vote themselves the product of others hard earned labor, then we were through as a free society. Could that be part of the problem of why we are in the mess we're in today, debt-wise?
A modest proposal.....for discussion......Who should be allowed to vote? "Citizens?"...ala Bradbury's view? "Party" members ala Social Democrats views? Anyone wanting something from "the government" ala current views? "legals?" "Illegals?" anyone anywhere in any country? What designates a "legal" voter? Time in country? Family ties? Oath of citizenship?
I believe we have so abused the notion of democracy, and that voting has become so corrupt, that we must look at the franchise again if we expect this governing experiment to continue into the 21st century.
With that said.......I think we are DOOMED under current practices.
- December 26, 2012 at 8:00 AM
I'm optimistic that Piers Morgan will be deported. At least do humanity a favor and cancel his dullsville show.
Only 364 days until Christmas.
Happy New Year!
- December 26, 2012 at 10:37 AM
- AndrewPrice said...
K, That is an outrage. What is Santa thinking?
Writer X, That is a cause for optimism! LOL! Thank you for the Christmas warning, I'll start my shopping now. ;)
- December 26, 2012 at 11:15 AM
- AndrewPrice said...
Patriot, We should replace our system with a random number generator and handle all elections that way. How could random chance do worse than we've been doing?
- December 26, 2012 at 11:17 AM
- Anthony said...
Looks to me like nothing will happen after the school shootings.
I agree with Andrew that the big problem is nutjobs running loose, but nobody really seems to be serious about putting them away. Many liberals are focusing on guns and many conservatives are focusing on everything but guns.
If only mental care facilities had a vocal lobby...
- December 26, 2012 at 11:20 AM
- AndrewPrice said...
Anthony, Sadly, that's the human condition. We avoid difficult solutions like the plague. And when you add in a politicization of an issue, real solutions become impossible because people end up fighting over the shape of the table around which they will negotiate.
And mental health is an issue neither side wants to discuss because it can't be solved with the usual easy solutions -- it will require hard choices.
- December 26, 2012 at 11:25 AM
- tryanmax said...
Patriot, as unhandsome as the notion is, I do believe you are onto something. It is incorrect to say that the march of human history is toward greater and greater freedom. Rather, it is an oscillation between liberty and bondage, perhaps featuring growing amplitude and shortening wavelength--but I'm getting overly specific.
As Franklin said, "Only a virtuous people are capable of freedom. As nations become corrupt and vicious, they have more need of masters." The implication for democracy is that corrupt people appoint their own to leadership believing they will be dealt with leniently when the reality is that the unjust dole out the harshest punishment.
- December 26, 2012 at 11:25 AM
- AndrewPrice said...
tryanmax and Patriot, You're probably right that people are too stupid for Democracy to really work... BUT...
1. It's counterproductive to wish for a smarter electorate or to hope that we can change the voting system in some way that goes against the tide of history. This is our system, we need to deal with it.
2. The fact that people are stupid is no excuse for our failure. In fact, it only enhances our failure. People are herd animals and they are easily led. If we understand that, then we can use that and lead them where we need them. The failure is not theirs, the failure is ours for not finding the right way to win them over. And to me, there is an obvious reason why that has happened. The problem is that conservatives don't want to hear it... and it has nothing to do with policy.
- December 26, 2012 at 11:30 AM
Andrew.....I don't think people are stupid at all. I think they vote for the easy solution.....and always will. Why wouldn't someone vote to take others money if the opportunity is there? So maybe "democracy" itself needs updating.
- December 26, 2012 at 11:41 AM
- AndrewPrice said...
Patriot, I think it's a lot more complex than that. Otherwise, the party promising the goodies would win 90% of the vote. I think people do a much more delicate balancing act in their minds, considering many more factors, than conservatives realize. And I think all the talk right now on talk radio about "low information voters" completely misses the point that conservatives have turned off the electorate.
In other words, the idea that we lost because Obama promised lots of goodies is an evasion. We lost the election because WE lost, not because Obama won or because voters got stupid.
- December 26, 2012 at 11:46 AM
- BevfromNYC said...
Hey everyone! Merry Apres Christmas! I just got back from Disney World (and boy are my feet tired!) You know, it really IS the happiest place on Earth. More on that later...
- December 26, 2012 at 12:09 PM
- AndrewPrice said...
Welcome back Bev! :) Did you get Mickey's autograph?
- December 26, 2012 at 12:12 PM
- tryanmax said...
I should have been more clear about being "onto something." I had a number of earlier thoughts that I let go because they got really long. There are some lost nuggets in there; maybe I can recover one or two. I only meant it as far as people will vote themselves into bondage if given a good pitch and a ballot--essentially what you're saying, Andrew. As such, I'm certainly not wishing for something which history has never before provided.
You're absolutely right that the larger issue is that conservatives "don't want to hear it" where "it" is any number of unpleasant realities. I would say that those conservatives have actually joined the herd. And from my perspective, many of the solutions are sickeningly simple. Majority of them boil down to mere rhetorical shifts, but on the right one can't call crimson scarlet without being accused of abandoning principles.
The left has tried to say that the right is imploding for as long as I can remember, but this may be the first time they are right about it. I'm not listening to Rush today, but the last several times I have, he's just not making any sense any more. He's talking about coerced confessions and weird stuff like that, like the Gestapo are running things. And both sides have been hand-wringing about civil unrest for some time now, which is starting to make me worry about self-fulfilling prophecy, if you know what I'm saying.
- December 26, 2012 at 12:12 PM
- AndrewPrice said...
tryanmax, You're just trying to get me into trouble aren't you? LOL!
The short answer is: yes.
Conservatism has killed itself by painting itself as deeply extreme. (Although oddly, they try to blame the MSM for labeling them as extreme even as they rush to claim the mantel of most pure and to pour out hate on all who are less pure.) I actually mention this in an article upcoming after the new year. No other ideology or party has ever tried to sell itself to the public as "we are the extreme fringe," but that is exactly what conservatism is doing -- everyone else claims to be moderate and "of the people."
A rhetorical change alone would go a long way to fixing the problems conservatism is facing right now, but because of two decades of programming, that is impossible. Instead, the preferred solution seems to be calls to greater purity and to be more extreme and more offensive to the people we need to win over -- Rush is calling them "low income voters" as if that is any way to win people over. So it's full speed ahead into KoolAid land.
Right now, the best thing that could happen to conservatism would be if the Republicans and the few intelligent conservatives left used people like Rush to triangulate against and relaunch the party into the rhetorical middle just as Clinton did.... "we're not with them, we're new."
- December 26, 2012 at 12:25 PM
- AndrewPrice said...
P.S. All the conspiratorial talk is sucker bait for idiots... low-information voters... who don't understand that Rush is feeding them bullsh*t to keep them riled up.
- December 26, 2012 at 12:27 PM
- tryanmax said...
Agreed on the sucker bait, but if you throw enough chum into the water, eventually...
- December 26, 2012 at 12:31 PM
- tryanmax said...
Oh, and I would N - E - V - E - R try to get you into trouble, Andrew. Honest! ;-)
- December 26, 2012 at 12:32 PM
- AndrewPrice said...
Well yeah, but that's the goal... anger/fear = ratings.
As an aside, I got into an argument with someone over Christmas about this "low information voter" crap. They were laughing that Rush was calling anyone who didn't vote Republican that. I pointed out that it is counterproductive to insult people we need to win over. They didn't want to hear it.
So let me throw this out there, if anyone is upset at me calling Rush listeners "low information voters," ask yourself why it should upset you... if you really think it doesn't upset the people we need to win over.
- December 26, 2012 at 12:36 PM
- AndrewPrice said...
LOL! Sure. Actually, I don't mind. I'm here to speak my mind whether it makes me popular or not.
JUST wait until you see my first proposal for the new agenda. People are going to have a fit... especially when they realize I'm right.
- December 26, 2012 at 12:38 PM
- tryanmax said...
And as long as we are making "Modest Proposals" of the Swiftian variety, I had this brainstorm with some relatives over the weekend. You have to have your head pretty deep in the sand these days not to know that there is no "Social Security Lockbox" let alone any equivalent for the other entitlements. In other words, most everyone seems to be okay with the idea that the younger working generation is picking up the tab for the older retired generation. I could have a debate with myself on that topic, so whatever.
Here's the crux: under that system, it's not a cash buy-in; it's a flesh-and-blood buy-in. So wouldn't it make sense, then, that in order to receive Social Security and all the rest, one should have to produce and raise some children? I'd even allow an adoption caveat for those who can't have children on their own.
Now, I can already imagine some of the objections to just this basic introduction, so allow me to address them as I proceed. The first objection might be that such a system would encourage overpopulation, but that isn't necessarily so. After all, one's benefits need not be in direct proportion to the number of children raised. If a maximum benefit were established, say only up to three children, then there would be a disincentive to produce any excess offspring?
Why three, you say? Wouldn't two children per couple maintain the population replacement rate? You are, of course, correct. But we are compassionate people, are we not? What of the disabled, whether by birth or injury? We simply cannot off them, can we? (Can we?) NO! Thus, a certain number of additional people are required to offset those who, though no fault of their own, are unable to contribute to the system.
It has probably crossed your mind that there are also a certain number of people who will not, for whatever reason, turn themselves to gainful employment upon adulthood though they be perfectly capable. Alas, I have no perfect remedy, but I can propose a means to minimize the occurrence. I would never suggest that we coerce all men to labor. Such an idea is anathema to this whole exercise. However, I would propose that one's retirement benefit not be tied to one's wage or salary during their own productive years, but rather be tied to the productivity of one's children (making certain allowances, of course, for the parents of the aforementioned disabled.)
As I said, this does not ensure that every person upon adulthood will work gainfully, but it will provide such an incentive to the parents to encourage productivity in their children that one could expect a minimum of such individuals. And seeing as how certain shiftless individuals are generally identifiable while they are still young, the parents could, at their own choosing, direct their efforts at instilling work ethic at the remaining children to encourage even greater heights of production from them!
Doubtless, there are other scenarios and circumstances I have not yet considered, and I have already pointed to some allowances that need to be made but have not sorted myself. But I think you can see just from what I've briefly outlined that what I propose is a superior system, not only in its means to care for the aged of our population, but also to encourage the productivity and prosperity of our nation into the future! What could go wrong?
- December 26, 2012 at 1:07 PM
- Individualist said...
I think you are trying to teach a History of Morals and Philosophy class from Starship Troopers.
Despite the cartoonish mockery of his ideas as displayed in the films Heinlein was making some prescient points that those who vote should be those who were willing to put their life on the line for the country.
- December 26, 2012 at 1:10 PM
- Individualist said...
As regards to Social Security I would point to the controls the US government decided to place on company pension plans in the late 60's early 70's, namely ERISA. It stands for the Employee Retirement Income Security Act and is a rather complicated peicer of legislation. We accountants not so lovingly refer to it as Every Ridiculous Idea Since Adam because of the complicated pension accounting questions we have on reporting requirements on the CPA exam.
The key is though that in the 60's many company's had a "pay as you go" retirement system. They set it up so that the new workers paid the pensions for the retirees. Some companies would actually take the excess payments made and loan themselves money. In the late 60's during the Whip Inflation Now era many companies downsized leaving the number of workers too few to pay the retirement pensions.
Congress made ERISA to force companies to report their undeclared pension liability, to force them to disclose the moneys alloted to the fund and even required that the company fund it.
Pay as You Go was outlawed by congress as being too risky for a public corporation. Funny but Pay as You Go is actually defended by democrats like Carville.
- December 26, 2012 at 1:19 PM
- BevfromNYC said...
YES!!! I met Mickey Mouse!! I got a private audience with him in his dressing room...well there were 20 other people, but it was almost private! It was truly a thrill. Loved, loved, loved Disney.
- December 26, 2012 at 4:03 PM
- Patriot said...
Individualist......"Want to know more?" :) Actually, that is really the nub of my point....when there are no restrictions on voting, we get into the situation we are in now, where one party unabashedly trolls for votes from people who want more of what others have. I think we will see more Gerard Depardieu's and his attitude towards the state confiscating more and more of his earned wealth to support those unwilling and/or unable to work, and to have them live ever more comfortable lives with 'basic' necessities to include TV's, internet service, cell phones with "free" plans, etc...etc...etc.....
Andrew....consider this thought experiment.....Should the vote of an illegal immigrant count as much as someone who's family settled this country and sweated and died for the right to vote for the last 3 centuries or so? And the illegals' vote is to take away from that American what his family died for. That is the point I'm trying to make when I posit that perhaps we need to have a few more restrictions on who is able to vote in this country.
- December 26, 2012 at 4:37 PM
- BevfromNYC said...
FYI - Just in case you haven't heard, 89 yr. old former Pres. Bush's conditioned has worsened. He has had a persistent cough and has been hospitalized since Thanksgiving. He was scheduled to go home for Christmas, but he he is not doing well. Hopefully, he will improve, but a few prayers wouldn't hurt...
- December 26, 2012 at 4:45 PM
- Mr_Severus_Snape said...
I hate to sound like a smartass, Bev. Being a theme park enthusiast, I have to say Disneyland at Anahiem, CA is the true "Happiest Place on Earth"! Yes, the resort is much smaller than Disney World, but it feels much more authentically magical than DW. Walt Disney, himself, actually walked in Disneyland, unlike Disney World. DW just feels too commercial, too "give-me-your-money"-ish. Anyways, I'm glad to hear, you had a lot of fun! I really want a Dole whip, right now!
- December 26, 2012 at 6:11 PM
- Mr_Severus_Snape said...
Don't worry about it, Bev. Bush Sr. is one tough SOB. He went sky diving for his 90th birthday, for pete's sake! lol
- December 26, 2012 at 6:15 PM
- Mr_Severus_Snape said...
I agree, Patriot. There should be a filter on the voting process! Or else more FDRs, Obamas and Bushes will win the Presidency.
- December 26, 2012 at 6:22 PM
- AndrewPrice said...
Ooof. I'm back. Just spent the day here: FOGO and am now planning to explode. :D
- December 26, 2012 at 6:32 PM
- AndrewPrice said...
Bev, That is amazingly awesome! You've got to tell us more about it. :D
- December 26, 2012 at 6:33 PM
- Mr_Severus_Snape said...
Man, all this talk about elections here, makes me recollect Election day 2012, again. Truly an depressing day... We could've elected Romney, surely a more qualified man for the job, a man with no skeletons in his closet, who's also an accomplished businessman and governor, but that won't cut it with the American people, just because he's either rich or a Mormon (or both)! *sigh*
- December 26, 2012 at 6:36 PM
- AndrewPrice said...
tryanmax, Uh...
I would propose that one's retirement benefit not be tied to one's wage or salary during their own productive years, but rather be tied to the productivity of one's children.
... is both brilliant and utterly insane. I'm betting you have plans to a functioning doomsday machine in your basement! :D
- December 26, 2012 at 6:37 PM
- AndrewPrice said...
Snape, We have no idea what would happen if we put someone competent into the job... better stick with incompetent and corrupt.
- December 26, 2012 at 6:39 PM
- Mr_Severus_Snape said...
I guess you have a point, Andrew. If we had competent people in DC, Commnentarama would've probably never existed. Blogging about politics would've been more boring! Or in a worse case scenario, Commnentarama would've been an left-wing site! lol
- December 26, 2012 at 6:46 PM
- AndrewPrice said...
Snape, I would gladly trade one blog for a world in which we had nothing to complain about with our government. But in truth,. there would always be call for Commentarama as a place to exchange ideas... or recipes. ;P
- December 26, 2012 at 6:49 PM
- Mr_Severus_Snape said...
Hmmm, Recipes, you say? I like the sound of that! lol
- December 26, 2012 at 6:54 PM
- AndrewPrice said...
Fortunately or unfortunately, we can stick to politics for now. :)
- December 26, 2012 at 7:00 PM
- BevfromNYC said...
Ooooh, a recipe section! Here's one -
Chill martini glass, chill vodka
Pour chilled vodka into chilled martini glass*...drink.
Optional: garnish with olives or a twist of lemon if necessary.
- December 26, 2012 at 7:17 PM
- AndrewPrice said...
Bev, Why does that sounds like a vodka shot in a martini glass?
- December 26, 2012 at 7:27 PM
- BevfromNYC said...
Andrew: Well, and the problem is? It's a great recipe that I am sure will be very popular for the next 4 years...
- December 26, 2012 at 7:30 PM
- AndrewPrice said...
Bev, No problem at all. And I think you are right... there will be much to "celebrate" in the next four years.
- December 26, 2012 at 7:41 PM
- tryanmax said...
Andrew, technically speaking, I don't have a basement, unless you consider that it is a basement apartment. But that doesn't answer your question.
- December 26, 2012 at 9:59 PM
- AndrewPrice said...
Yeah, that's an evasion. LOL! So what kind of doomsday device is it?
- December 26, 2012 at 11:05 PM
- T-Rav said...
Question: Can I substitute Everclear for the martini?
- December 26, 2012 at 11:42 PM
- BevfromNYC said...
T-Rav - Unless it is a very SMALL glass and you only have 1 for the entire night, I do NOT suggest your substitution. I have experience in this,so trust me! It will not turn out well. ;-(
- December 27, 2012 at 8:20 AM
Memo to Commentarama-ians:
The recipes posted here must be used with caution. Do not use them while driving or operating heavy machinery or while driving heavy machinery. Or while plotting the destruction of humanity with small furry woodland creatures or any kitties. And especially do not feed to any kitties who are plotting the destruction of humanity!
That is all.
The Management
- December 27, 2012 at 9:01 AM
- tryanmax said...
The best kind.
- December 27, 2012 at 10:13 AM
- AndrewPrice said...
The best kind! LOL! :)
- December 27, 2012 at 11:00 AM
Addendum to Memo:
Do not operated dooms-day devices while using any recipes posted on this site...]
You know who you are, Tryanmax!
That is all...for now.
The Management
- December 27, 2012 at 11:05 AM
- AndrewPrice said...
This is excellent...
You may recall that a New York newspaper published a map with the names and addresses of people who are registered to own guns in NYC. Well, a blogger has gathered the names and addresses of the staff of said paper and just posted it. LINK.
Naturally, various journalists are upset about this and are calling it "misplaced." I guess it's not so funny when your Nazi-like tactics get used against you, is it?
- December 27, 2012 at 11:09 AM
- T-Rav said...
Wait. How can you misuse a doomsday machine? Isn't the worst-case scenario happening when someone uses it properly? I demand explanation on this.
- December 27, 2012 at 11:13 AM
- AndrewPrice said...
T-Rav, A proper doomsday device should bring about a swift, clean destruction of the world. If you set it wrong, you could end up just maiming the planet... or causing people to vote Democratic, which results in a long, slow, painful, protracted doomsday of incompetence.
- December 27, 2012 at 11:20 AM
- BevfromNYC said...
"...a long, slow, painful, protracted doomsday of incompetence."
But wait, doesn't that mean someone has already misused a doomsday device? Oh, yeah, it was on Nov. 6, 2012...
- December 27, 2012 at 11:24 AM
- AndrewPrice said...
Bev... yep... the Obama Bomb.
- December 27, 2012 at 11:31 AM
- rlaWTX said...
The Obama Bomb: We Come in Peace BOOOOM
Happy recovery week (the week between C'mas and NYear)!
Have you chosen which resolutions to make to break?
- December 27, 2012 at 2:53 PM
- BevfromNYC said...
Yes. Proposal #1: I resolve to not say anything unkind about Obama for one year...no, one month...no, one week...no, one day...okay, one hour, but that may be pushing it.
- December 27, 2012 at 5:41 PM
- T-Rav said...
Bev, how about this. Think for an hour about how nicely he dresses.
- December 27, 2012 at 6:17 PM
- AndrewPrice said...
Who? That JFK wannabe?
I'm with Bev, one full hour is really pushing it.
- December 27, 2012 at 6:22 PM
- BevfromNYC said...
T-Rav - I didn't say I would not THINK anything unkind. I just said I would not SAY anything unkind...for on hour...maybe.
- December 27, 2012 at 6:39 PM
I resolve to talk to a doctor about this odd sensation in my leg.
- December 27, 2012 at 9:12 PM
- AndrewPrice said...
I resolve not to call for the brutal murder of any more film crews as I did HERE
... at least for three weeks.
- December 27, 2012 at 9:17 PM
- BevfromNYC said...
Andrew - Will that be consecutive weeks or just total weeks?
- December 27, 2012 at 9:20 PM
- BevfromNYC said...
Hey, Chris, maybe you can just not talk to anyone ever again...
- December 27, 2012 at 9:22 PM
- tryanmax said...
I resolve to get on drinking and quit the wagon. *hic!*
- December 27, 2012 at 9:32 PM
- AndrewPrice said...
Oooh, nice thinking Bev! Ok... I resolve not to call for the brutal murder of any film crews in at least two weeks this year! :D
That's one resolution I can probably keep!
So tell us more about your visit with Mickey!
- December 27, 2012 at 9:36 PM
- AndrewPrice said...
tryanmax, Well said. ;P
- December 27, 2012 at 9:36 PM
- tryanmax said...
Piers Morgan opened his mouth and said something stupid again (but I repeat myself). You may hear elsewhere that Morgan said that "it's time for an amendment to the Bible." On that, I'm sure he was just being a cheeky Brit, so I let it pass.
The real takeaway from his conversation with Pastor Rick Warren is this exchange:
Warren "Opinion changes, but truth doesn't."
Morgan "We're going to agree to disagree on that."
- December 27, 2012 at 9:55 PM
- AndrewPrice said...
I love the Deport Morgan petition. :)
As for Warren v. Morgan, I'd happily deport them both.
- December 27, 2012 at 9:59 PM
- T-Rav said...
Here's what Warren's comeback should have been: "Fine, as long as we can agree to disagree on the propriety of doctoring photos of war crimes, Piers."
- December 27, 2012 at 10:28 PM
- AndrewPrice said...
Personally, I'd prefer just to see them enter the Thunderdome to settle this. :)
- December 27, 2012 at 10:30 PM
- tryanmax said...
While I can't say that I am particularly fond of the whole evangelical megachurch ethos, I still find Rick Warren infinitely more tolerable than Piers Morgan. Besides, that limp-wristed limey wouldn't last two seconds in the Thunderdome. The pastor could give him a Purpose-Driven Beatdown.
- December 27, 2012 at 11:39 PM
- AndrewPrice said...
I'm trying to come up with some way to refute that... but I can't... not one word of it.
- December 27, 2012 at 11:45 PM
- tryanmax said...
Hey! Season 1 of Star Trek: TOS is now streaming for free on Hulu.
- December 27, 2012 at 11:50 PM
- tryanmax said...
Today's lesson in Russian logic: Refute charges of human rights abuses and false imprisonment by denying orphaned and abandoned children placement with families--because that'll show them how kind and gentle you really are. Also, avoid any comparison between squalid prisons and a decrepit orphanage system.
- December 28, 2012 at 9:33 AM
tryanmax -
The various Trek series are also on Netflix Instant and Amazon Prime.
I briefly mentioned a couple more showbiz deaths on the Film site. I think most people will be familiar with the second man's work, at least to an extent.
As for Warren v. Morgan, I couldn't care less. I know next to nothing about Morgan and I don't watch his show, yet I instinctively dislike him. :-)
- December 28, 2012 at 10:26 AM
- AndrewPrice said...
tryanmax, I thought it was only American families who are evil?
Scott, Which dead Morgan are you hating on? ;P
- December 28, 2012 at 11:24 AM
- tryanmax said...
Andrew, that's true. But then, it's American families that do most of the adopting, so...
- December 28, 2012 at 11:30 AM
- Mr_Severus_Snape said...
Rick Warren seems like a decent enough person. He helped a lot of people. Piers Morgan, on the other hand, makes me despise all Brits (and Europeans for that matter)! Yeah, I'm kinda Xenophobic towards people from Europe...
- December 28, 2012 at 11:40 AM
- AndrewPrice said...
tryanmax, The key is AMERICAN. That alone will make him popular. Everybody loves to hate Americans... they copy us in every way... but they hate us.
- December 28, 2012 at 11:41 AM
- AndrewPrice said...
Oh, Scott's talking about that Warren v. Morgan. Ok, I missed that. I thought he was talking about some dead celebrities.
Snape, What I find so amazing about the Euros/Brits is the arrogance and the hypocrisy. At this point, I much prefer people from anywhere else in the world myself.
- December 28, 2012 at 11:43 AM
- tryanmax said...
It just saddens and sickens me. I know how it is for families who are adopting and how painful it must be for the ones that have been cut off. Once a family gets their child assignment, that child immediately becomes "theirs" in their mind. And Russia requires a lot of stuff to be done in person, so these families have flown halfway around the world multiple times and have already met these kids and in some cases have started bonding. It's as though those families have been torn apart before they were even stitched together, and it makes me weak with sorrow.
From my perspective, it isn't the least bit crass to compare it to what the parents of Newtown were put through, only in this case the children's lives aren't over, so they suffer as well.
The sad reality is, it is highly unlikely that anyone else will adopt these kids. Most of the rest of the world holds onto backwards notions that family is blood and adoption is something shameful and strange. But at the same time, they regard Americans who adopt as "stealing" their children. It's truly a bizarre mindset.
Furthermore, the children in Russian orphanages are more than likely disabled--FAS is very prevalent in Russia--meaning they are even less likely to find adoptive families. And the state simply isn't the entity to care for such children.
Beyond all this, it's just a statistical reality that children who's adoption process is aborted rarely ever get assigned again. In other words, terminating the process all but guarantees the child will remain an orphan permanently. And given the state of Russia's orphanage system, Putin's temper tantrum has all but ensured that these kids will wind on the street or as criminals and prostitutes.
But, hey, at least they won't be "stolen" by those nasty Americans. /rant
- December 28, 2012 at 12:17 PM
Andrew -
Yeah, I was referring to two separate things: Morgan vs. Warren...
...AND two dead film/TV veterans (composer Sir Richard Rodney Bennett and Thunderbirds creator Gerry Anderson).
As I said, I don't have a dog in the Morgan/Warren/2nd Amendment fight, BUT while I have no love for Warren, I seem to instinctively dislike Morgan and that's without having seen a frame of his show. :-p
- December 28, 2012 at 12:33 PM
- AndrewPrice said...
Scott, Yep, Morgan's a real arrogant, smarmy c*cksucker. They should deport him.
tryanmax, All I can say is that hopefully these people will adopt American kids.
- December 28, 2012 at 12:37 PM
- BevfromNYC said...
FYI - It's my birthday today. You may now pay homage to me...;-)
- December 28, 2012 at 6:33 PM
- Kit said...
It is disgusting. Here is a Washington Post on it.
Putin's passing of the law may be done to keep the perception of the US as a violent, dangerous, and impoverished place compared to the happy and prosperous Russia -a perception he needs to keep in order to remain in power.
Also, most Russians support the law because they see the US as more dangerous for children than Russia.
- December 28, 2012 at 6:39 PM
- Kit said...
"tryanmax, All I can say is that hopefully these people will adopt American kids."
Apparently its harder to adopt kids from the US than from a foreign country.
- December 28, 2012 at 6:42 PM
- Anthony said...
Putin is a piece of work. That being said, international adoptions are always risky as heck because the legal systems of the countries where adoptions are popular are very, very, very, very crooked.
Well to do Americans (international adoptions are not a poor man's game) who are desperate to adopt but don't understand the system (pretty much all of them) are easy marks for unscrupulous lawyers.
Problems the kids have are withheld from adoptive parents (part of the explanation for the infamous case where a woman decided to return the troubled kid she had adopted the way one returns shoes) and sometimes to get the babies adoptive parents tend to want, they are separated from their real parent(s) by coercion, lies or just plain theft.
- December 28, 2012 at 7:39 PM
- T-Rav said...
Part of the issue here, I think, is that Russia has for some time been plagued with a long-term population decline, in some ways even more serious than that faced by most of Europe. I've heard that they're turning it around of late, but it has become a big issue among the Russian versions of pundits and policy groups, and some of the ultranationalists in the crowd have proposed solutions up to and including the legalization of polygamy (as it would result in more offspring per person). So, it may at least partly be that Putin wants to show he's doing something about the situation by keeping Russian youths in Russia, and preventing a further population drain in that direction. Kind of a small factor in the demographics issue when you think about it, but then, this is exactly the sort of solution I would expect Russia to come up with.
- December 28, 2012 at 7:46 PM
- AndrewPrice said...
Adoptions in general are tricky. I know some people who tried to adopt a child here and weren't told the kid had some very severe anger conditions. They were basically unprepared to deal with what they were given.
T-Rav, I suspect Putin is just grandstanding in response to some event in the news. That seems to be his style. He's like a malicious Bill Clinton.
- December 28, 2012 at 8:22 PM
- AndrewPrice said...
P.S. Happy Birthday Bev! :D
- December 28, 2012 at 8:34 PM
- T-Rav said...
Andrew, no doubt. And keep in mind, Putin never met a way of exploiting Russian nationalism/chauvinism he didn't like.
Happy Birthday Bev! I'll get the black helicopters to do a fly-by in your honor. ;-)
- December 28, 2012 at 8:38 PM
- AndrewPrice said...
T-Rav, Isn't that the truth. I put it down to impotent rage.
- December 28, 2012 at 8:48 PM
- BevfromNYC said...
T-Rav - I was wondering what that sound was? Are the kitties going to come over for cake?
- December 28, 2012 at 8:52 PM
- T-Rav said...
Bev, if by "cake" you mean "yellowcake"....
- December 28, 2012 at 11:35 PM
- tryanmax said...
My mother worked in international adoption for over a decade, and the only safe generalization to make is that it's not safe to generalize. One country may be very corrupt, another may really have it's act together. Whether it's harder to adopt domestically or not depends on which country you're comparing to. I suppose it's also safe to say that most popular perceptions about adoption are incorrect.
- December 29, 2012 at 3:12 AM
- BevfromNYC said...
Well, T-Rav, if by "yellowcake" you mean vanilla with chocolate frosting, then yes. Sorry if the kitties were disappointed.
- December 29, 2012 at 9:30 AM
- Kit said...
"Whether it's harder to adopt domestically or not depends on which country you're comparing to."
I bow to your superior knowledge.
- December 29, 2012 at 2:14 PM
- tryanmax said...
Kit, not to drop to many knowledge bombs, but I've been doing some brushing up in the last couple of days and, apparently, the international adoption landscape has changed drastically in the last 5 years or so (the time since my mother left the field). Lots of countries have raised barriers to foreign adoption, in most cases sparked by national embarrassment rather than concerns for child well-being.
A notable exception is South Korea, who used to be the #1 choice of Americans adopting internationally. They have actually implemented successful policies to improve orphan welfare and have reshaped domestic public opinion to be far more favorable of adoption. They have raised barriers to international adoption, but not without raising domestic standards as well.
Meanwhile, things in the US have gotten far easier, to the point where domestic adoption in the US has outpaced foreign adoption for the first time in decades these past few years. So much for that misconception! I'm sure a number of factors are at play, but one of interest to me is that domestic adoptions are a lot more secure than they were before.
I don't know if you recall the Baby Jessica and Baby Richard custody battles in the 90s, but those scared a lot of people away from domestic adoption for good reason. They revealed many of the loopholes that could legally undo a costly, time-consuming, and emotional adoption. Those holes have largely been closed in the years since.
- December 29, 2012 at 2:37 PM
- AndrewPrice said...
tryanmax, My adoption by Sam Walton got reversed when he found out about it. :(
- December 29, 2012 at 2:47 PM
- BevfromNYC said...
Andrew - You too?? I've been trying to arrange my adoption by Warren Buffet. Don't tell him...
- December 29, 2012 at 3:11 PM
- tryanmax said...
Bev, don't waste your time. He's already said he won't leave his inheritors anything.
- December 29, 2012 at 3:23 PM
- AndrewPrice said...
tryanmax, That fits with his treatment of the country.
Bev, Try the Koch brothers.
- December 29, 2012 at 3:28 PM
- BevfromNYC said...
Not the Koch brothers! Didn't you know they are evil, evil, evil! My dear old soon to be Daddy Warren loves to help people! I mean, he pays his secretary more than he's paid! What a guy!
- December 29, 2012 at 3:46 PM
- AndrewPrice said...
Bev, That is true. Your daddy Warren loves to help people, especially himself... to taxpayer money.
- December 29, 2012 at 10:37 PM
- AndrewPrice said...
For those without access to the any news whatsoever, North Guam State defeated Muppett State 41-1 to win the Commentarama Bowl. It was played in Saudi Arabia... before a crowd of certified virgin goats.
The one point came on an extra point that was let stand after the touchdown was ruled to be against the word of Mohammed who is not big on the forward pass.
This was a proud day for Commentarama and we hope to become part of the BCS next year. :)
- December 29, 2012 at 10:42 PM
- tryanmax said...
72 virgin goats? I guess, technically, it counts. *baaah!*
- December 30, 2012 at 2:53 AM
- BevfromNYC said...
Commentarama Bowl? Cool! Even better than the Obama Bowl that pits House Republicans against...well...everyone.
- December 30, 2012 at 11:02 AM
- Kit said...
"Lots of countries have raised barriers to foreign adoption, in most cases sparked by national embarrassment rather than concerns for child well-being."
If they want their children to rot then I guess its their choice. Let 'em.
And we shouldn't be surprised Russia is more willing to play politics even at the gross and negligent expense of their own people (K-19, Chernobyl).
- December 30, 2012 at 12:50 PM
- BevfromNYC said...
For everyone to enjoy! Dave Barry's Year in Review
- December 30, 2012 at 6:32 PM
- Individualist said...
The NEw York Journal (I beleive that was their name) published the names and addresses of Gun Owners because they fear them and want label them with a scarlet bullet around their neck.
Andrew has pointed to a blogger that printed their names and addresses.
So here is the question. How many of these noble minded journalists will now go out and buy a gun to protect themselves from people that might do something to them because the "Crazies" know where they live.
And if they do will they then have to post their names and addresses on their list of gun owners.
You can't write comedy this good. You have to live it.
- December 30, 2012 at 6:45 PM
- BevfromNYC said...
Indi - You'd think that this would be fodder for comedy, but no.
Though you might enjoy this -
***Warning*** Foul language, so if you are sensitive to that, don't watch.
- December 31, 2012 at 8:54 AM
- tryanmax said...
Too funny! (Here is a clickable LINK.)
You know, if the film industry were serious in its stance on gun violence, the MPAA would move to rate all films with gun in them at least an R and to classify "shoot-em-up" films as NC-17. Of course, that will never happen.
- December 31, 2012 at 10:12 AM
- tryanmax said...
A brief lesson in why you should never jump to conclusions: If you've been following the Benghazi investigation at all, you know that Hillary Clinton bumped her head and (surprisingly) received a concussion preventing her from testifying. Upon this news, the right-wing media went into a furor, suggesting that Hillary was faking it and offering up all manner of speculation about the alleged coverup. Now it turns out that Hillary has a blood clot and everyone who called her a faker looks like an ass. Good job, asses!
- December 31, 2012 at 10:15 AM
- AndrewPrice said...
tryanmax, Excellent point about films... except they toe the company line that films don't influence people. Everything else does... but films don't.
On Benghazi, the conservative world has become hopelessly conspiratorial.
- December 31, 2012 at 10:49 AM
- BevfromNYC said...
Sorry, but I am still skeptical about Hillary's illnesses. she was scheduled to return to DC today. She was seen partying and photographed in DR over Christmas. However, her spokesperson says she was not there, but declines to elaborate where she was...
- December 31, 2012 at 11:06 AM
- AndrewPrice said...
Bev, She's in rehab... hence the "drunk texting" comment. Who knew Obama wasn't joking!
- December 31, 2012 at 11:56 AM
- rlaWTX said...
*Happy belated birthday, Bev!!
*I think one of the reasons Warren and others of his perspective and position irritate me so much is that they let these great "teaching moments" slide by with nary a decent response. If you are going to the "the voice" of a huge group of people, get your head out of -um- the clouds, and think and respond more quickly to the inanity you encounter!!!
*Conspiratorial Conservatives: yeah. my brother is pretty convinced that Bloomberg orchestrated Newtown so he'd have a cause after he gets out of office. He (my brother) gets highly annoyed with me when I sigh deeply when he starts on one of his rants, but since many things I do highly annoy him (and for many other excellent reason) I don't care much. However, for him to have bought into the idea so firmly, there has to be many others out there tossing the concept about. SIGH.
*Happy New Year, y'all!!!!
- December 31, 2012 at 12:50 PM
- AndrewPrice said...
rlaTWX, I'm hearing idiot conspiracy theories about Newton coming all kinds of conservatives at the moment. It's deranged.
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1) Blue/Black Bob Long Millennium. My first gun. Bought it new.
2) Purple Pumpmag
Built it from scratch. My first Automag
3) Red AKA VLM. I had been after this for a couple years. Finally got it in 2005
4) Teal AKA VLM. Wasn't looking but a call from a friend saying he was selling it was all it took.
5) Punishers Customs "Bad Fishy" Bob Long Millennium
6) Custom Bob Long Millennium. I was told G3PB did the Milling
7) PTP FX/STO Autococker, Jungle Nights. Technically the wife's gun. But she has no desire to play.
8) AKA Merlin
9) AKA BlackWidow Spyder #0016
10) Custom Bob Long Millennium
11) AKA VLM Spyder, G3PB Milled.
12) AKA VLM Spyder, Custom milling by DC ano by ATMF
13) AKA VLM Spyder "Envy" Custom milling by Jackel Machine.
14) Custom Ano Bob Long Millennium
15) Euro Xmag.
16) Shockwave Emag, Gold color really brings out the milling. Its the color I envisioned it when designing the body.
17) E90 Classic RT. Its a Bastard creation. When it works I would put it against any mag. Its that fast. When it works.
18) M90 Classic RT Pnuemag
19) SC Pumpmag. This is the gun I designed the M86 for.
20) Adrenaline Impulse. Yes SP may have sucked but they made some nice stuff.
21) Kapp Lava Autococker. This was a gun I bought. It is how I bought it. It was a special order gun and is 100% original.
22) BPS Twister Lite autococker. Original Ano. I have the tanks for it but they are huge so they are stored elsewhere.
23) Blue Smear 98 Rightfeed Autococker. It matches my M90 RT Tanks a 114 so I dont store it one the gun.
24) FBM Gothic Spyder "Plague"
25) CCI Phantom. Probably have more into this little toy than any other gun. Its addicting.
26) 98 STO with a BPS Reflex kit. Its a monster that will shake itself apart. Loctite is its friend.
27) Custom Karta Emag, Caustic Anodized
28) Red/Black Bob Long Millennium. Still new in box.
29) Bob Long Millenium Spyder, Black Mako framed.
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30) Niche Nemesis #3 of 30.
32) Carbon Fiber Minimag
33) ANS GX4 Autococker, Gloss Pewter
Ive got several others in parts laying around that need to be reassembled purple smear Minimag RT Zgrip for example. A second shocwave that is at ano right now, 2 more millennium spyders waiting for assembly.
I honestly feel like I'm forgetting some.
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After running a personal-best time at the Royal Cross Country Challenge Oct. 11, senior Dana Morin led the Blue Devils Friday with a 13th-place finish. The Sheridan, Wyo., native ran a time of 18:37.57 in her third competition of the season.
Fellow senior Colette Whitney, in her second meet of the season, crossed the line in 48th place and clocked a time of 19:19.54. The finish marks the second competition this season Whitney scored for the Blue Devils.
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Delaware's top politicians unveiled five gun control bills on Monday, which was the one-month anniversary of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in Newtown, Conn. In that tragedy, 26 people were killed in the second-deadliest school shooting in U.S. history.
Gov. Jack Markell, Lt. Gov. Matt Denn and Attorney General Beau Biden unveiled proposals to ban the sale of automatic weapons and large-capacity magazines, increase background checks required for obtaining guns and require reporting of lost and stolen firearms and ban possession of guns near a school.
The state politicians unveiled five gun control bills on Monday, which was the one-month anniversary of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in Newtown, Conn. In that tragedy, 26 people were killed in the second-deadliest school shooting in U.S. history.
The proposals to address gun safety issues in the First State in the wake of the Connecticut tragedy drew harsh criticism from the National Rifle Association, yet they drew praise from the Delaware State Education Association, the state's largest teachers' union.
Markell, Denn and Biden were joined by Delaware Secretary of Safety and Homeland Security Lew Schiliro, members of the General Assembly, police officers and members of the faith-based community for the unveiling of the gun safety legislation at the Carvel State Office Building in Wilmington.
"The gun safety measures we are proposing will strengthen our ability to keep guns out of the hands of those who should not have them," Markell said. "No one wants guns in the hands of people with ill intent. We must not arm those who would harm.
"Instead, we must enact stronger laws to protect our communities," he said. "Reasonable gun safety laws, improvements to school safety and increased access to mental health treatment are three ways we can do better. This package of gun safety measures is directed at individuals who might impose violence with a gun."
In a prepared statement, the NRA described the proposals as an "anti-gun agenda" pushed by Markell since he first ran for governor in 2008.
"Not only is he rejecting the Supreme Court's repeated ruling that the Second Amendment protects a fundamental, individual Right to Keep and Bear Arms, but his proposals directly violate Article I Section 20 of the Delaware Constitution which says, 'A person has the right to keep and bear arms for the defense of self, family, home and State, and for hunting and recreational use,'" the NRA statement said.
But Delaware State Education Association President Frederika Jenner praised the state recommendations.
"The legislative package unveiled today includes commonsense measures to limit access to certain weapons and to prevent guns from getting into the hands of people who shouldn't have them in the first place," Jenner said. "We are as concerned about guns in our neighborhoods as we are about guns in our schools."
Legislation on each of the proposals is scheduled to be introduced in the General Assembly by Jan. 24. That is the last legislative day before the General Assembly breaks for Joint Finance Committee hearings.
"Our proposals focus on two important goals: keeping guns away from dangerous people, and protecting victims from the weapons most likely to be used illegally," Denn said.
Biden said the proposals were a reasonable and sensible approach that would improve public safety and respect the Second Amendment.
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A steamy Hell Gate Transit late in the afternoon. Most of the recreational boaters have headed home for the work week and we have the Gate to ourselves….more or less.
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Nice shots. Interesting perspective too! Did you climb up the bow pole of the barge to get them? FYI I'll be taking BIANKA (world's first electrically propelled Nonsuch) into New York to be part of the flotilla that welcomes Reid Stowe back to NY in mid June. I'll be drifting down the East River and of course be giving the Tugboats a wide berth and monitoring ch 13 & 16. Do you know of any Tugs going to be part of the flotilla?
Looks like you had a great front row seat for the Hell Gate transit. I like the trip down the East River myself. I enjoy it even more now with electric propulsion. I get a kick when my boat is drifting faster than the cars on the FDR Drive. I also really like those time lapse journeys of yours.
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How would you compare a Hells Gate transit to a Cape Cod Canal Transit?
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I was kind of thinking no more pictures, we are getting close to delivery.
Close to delivery indeed! Thanks Luke, frame feels awesome in hand and its much lighter than i expected! Now to decide on Ano:
oh my
thats pretty efin sexy.
man i want one
still have so much stuff to get done though.
http://www.automags.org/forums/showt...RKM-3D-Designs"You play stupid games, you get stupid prizes." RU
someone get me a towel
Luke you really did a killer job with these! Check out the milling in here!
I was a little surprised to see you didn't mill all the way through! Makes for a nice "shelf" to put an mpa3 on though i suppose.
Also the trigger you came up with is perfect, exactly what i had in mind.
oh he did his ultra milling on the grips.
now i have to have one
working on the funds as wee speak.
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Thanks for the pictures and comments SV.
Pics don't do it justice. The feel of this frame is great. I'll pics when I finish swapping over the safety and trigger pin.
Just sorting out details with the tonsixers for ano!
Did you guys put some air threw them? (Figuratively of course)
i sure did! bolted right on and fired perfectly.
Me when I unboxed it: oh-la-la
Me when I held it: **** its light!
Off to anno soon.
trying it on my other markers:
waiting for warp's cf mod
still a work in progress
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Thanks for posting the pictures.
Looking forward to some double trigger pics as well.
Sorry, single trigger here as well. Swapping the SS body soon for XMT's new AL Classic RT body. I haven't decided yet if I'm going to keep the splash anno. It's classic but I thinking black and chrome for the finished color scheme.
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Been a long time lurker, this project is gonna take a long time for me, so i just wanna put some pics up since someone asked if it can be modded for a sleeper
hopefully the pics comes out alright lol, anyways, the lpr sticks out a bit, but with the awesome panels it fits perfectly fine =D
Cant wait to see it completed.
So is anyone planning a single trigger pneumag build with one of these frames?
sorry to be off topic for the time being but do you know if the saftey can come straight out of a intelliframe(just need to know if its gonna take a short or long spring)? thanks
This is the frame I'll be doing on this run. Disregard the sharp edges, the exterior will be EXACTLY like the first batch.
This angle shows the internal changes.
The Pneumag parts give you an idea of location and space inside the grip.
The MPA has enough room that you shouldn't have to modify it. You can set it up with a Palmers 90 and not have to do any additional dremeling.
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Of course like many children of my generation I recall reading Enid Blyton. I was a Secret Seven reader.
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Monday, October 5, 2009
We need some time...
We'd hoped to have some profound summation to the year that was, but today, we're just a mess of emotions that we'd prefer to keep to ourselves until we can sort them out into something coherent.
The Ack gave us all lots to ponder over the weekend on Cito, and we highly recommend a look there. Also, Stephen Brunt pretty much wrote exactly what we were thinking all of last week, only in a much more eloquently elucidated manner that we'd never be able to replicate. So you can read his take here. (Reading Brunt makes us hate our self just a little bit.)
As for us, we're going to stare off into the distance for a while and see if any of this makes any sense to us anymore.
42 comments:
- eyebleaf said...
Quite the few days, eh? What a shit show. It's going to get better, Tao. It has to. Alex Anthopoulos!!1
Here's my ode to Ricciardi: Long live J.P.
- October 5, 2009 at 10:57 AM
- The Ack said...
To reverse the Brunt self-loathing, I recommend digging up Steve Simmons' masterpiece on Ricciardi's firing.
Self indulgent nausea inducing fucking barferrific bullshit.
Fuck 2009 and everything this season stands for (except Hill, Lind, Doc).
Oh, and Cito saying Snider has to earn a job next year? Oh, fuck.
- October 5, 2009 at 11:07 AM
- Tao of Stieb said...
Fuck Cito.
- October 5, 2009 at 11:11 AM
- The Ack said...
How close are we to saying "Fuck Beeston"? The clincher for me will be if Cito returns at the expense of Arnsberg/Butterfield.
Clearly, it's not gonna be AA's call.
(and speaking of which, how much bullshit is involved with this "the new Prez will decide AA's fate". If they are as close to naming the guy as Beeston would have us believe, don't you think they'd get advance sign-off? of course they would.)
- October 5, 2009 at 11:22 AM
- Darren Priest said...
Well, big standing O from me, boys. You provided good reading daily all season for nothing other than love of (the) game.
I hope you keep it up in the off-season. Looks like it could be interesting.
- October 5, 2009 at 11:23 AM
- Tao of Stieb said...
Fuck Beeston. Fuck Cito. Fuck Nostalgia. Fuck Flashback Fridays. Fuck Back2Back weekend. Fuck Leyva. Fuck Tennace.
Fuck it all.
- October 5, 2009 at 11:31 AM
- The Ack said...
Thanks Priesty. I don't often mention it, but the positive reinforcement is appreciated. I'm like a Pavlovian dog, man.
Now back to our regularly scheduled 'Fuck Everything' vibe.
- October 5, 2009 at 11:35 AM
- eyebleaf said...
I'm with Priesty; you guys made it all a little bit more worthwhile. Well done, both of you.
And just like how THE BEEST said he supported Ricciardi after the "mutiny," they're saying the same about Cito now. Gaston is gone. Hopefully, he will resign. Save some god damn semblance of pride. His legacy certainly took a beating this year. He needs to save some of it.
Fuck everything and everyone, yes, except Alex Anthopoulos.
- October 5, 2009 at 11:42 AM
- QJays said...
Bravo tao. This whole season ended rather oddly and abruptly (funny, given we knew it would be done after #162) - nice thing about being a blogger is that you don't have to pass off some knee-jerk reaction as though it were thoughtful analysis. Just reflect.
Ack: on the "the new Prez will decide AA's fate". - it is true that they would likely get an OK to do so, but that doesn't mean the person plans on keeping him. I'm sure the Prez-to-be wasn't planning to fire JP as soon as it happened, and therefore couldn't have possibly said "I guess I'll have to conduct interviews for a new GM before I officially become the Prez."
So my guess is the response was simply "Sure, put AA in there since somebody needs to stand on the X. But no promises once that I turn my full attention to this team that he'll stay there." To be fair, we expect that the new Prez will re-consider the current GM upon arrival, whether it is somebody who has been in the position for 8 years or 8 days.
- October 5, 2009 at 12:13 PM
- eyebleaf said...
The Cito is old enough to be AA's dad. There's no way this situation can work. Cito must go.
- October 5, 2009 at 12:15 PM
How soon do you think JP will be on the Drunks's podcast?
Or, even better, them hosting a call in show with JP, that would be amazing....
Blair and Brunt show why they write for the Globe and Simmons writes for the Sun.
- October 5, 2009 at 1:03 PM
- Tao of Stieb said...
Fuck Simmons. Fuck him right in his smug fucking face.
I hope the Sun goes tits up, and Simmons is left writing for the fucking Metro. Or the Buttcrack Expositor. Or whatever.
Fuck Simmons.
- October 5, 2009 at 1:05 PM
Has Snider done anything to earn a job next year??? NO!
On Cito:
"Years later, Shawn Green would say: 'Now I understand what you were trying to do,' and Alex Gonzalez came up a few years ago saying: 'I know now what you were talking about."
Guess what internet Hacks. Cito might know something about raising ball players.
- October 5, 2009 at 1:14 PM
- Tao of Stieb said...
Aaron Hill wins Comeback Player of the Year Award.
Something to feel happy about.
- October 5, 2009 at 1:15 PM
- The Ack said...
@ QJays - here's the problem with that scenario....
Let's say Beeston waits until November to name his replacement ("...maybe this month, certainly by next...."). So we're at November 1 when the new guy is announced. Unless he has his own man queued up for GM - and by your admission, he shouldn't, since he needs to evaluate AA on his own - we're at mid-November if he names his own "new" GM.
That means the team is nearing the winter meetings without beginning work on the "strategy" going forward, since the GM will be the guy putting forth said "strategy".
Which means the team is again a directionless shitshow of a franchise for 2010.
That can't happen. Even Beeston and his nudge-nudge-wink-wink replacement has to know that. AA is said to be getting to work on the strategy as we speak. Somebody else starting from scratch mid-November would just further the fucking gong show.
- October 5, 2009 at 1:15 PM
- Tao of Stieb said...
Cito always loved Alex Gonzalez. There was never any controversy about how he was used.
And as for Shawn Green...If that's what he really said to Cito (and we have only Cito's memory to rely on), then I'd bet he was just being nice.
Cito has never really done much for young players. And he's never going to get another team like the 92-93 teams.
The whole point of everything in life is to adapt and adjust. Cito hasn't, and we shouldn't be holding out hope that in his 60's he's suddenly going to develop those skills as a manager.
(And BTW, no one had bigger Cito love than me over the past decade. I WANTED this to work.)
- October 5, 2009 at 1:20 PM
What exactly in Steve Simmon's column is wrong? Everything he says is true!!
- October 5, 2009 at 1:25 PM
Beeston already has his guy chosen but it is probably someone who works for one of the playoff teams.
Beeston said he has no reason to believe that the incoming President will not allow AA to remain as GM.
How would he know that unless he has talked to the incoming President?
- October 5, 2009 at 1:27 PM
A hat tip to Tao and Ack for the great writing over the season.
- October 5, 2009 at 1:33 PM
You are one stupid motherfucker. No intelligent fan wants JP retained. What have we won in 8 years?? Nothing! We haven't even sniffed the playoffs in 8 years. You can make all the excuses you want about payroll and Boston and New York but JP had money and he has used over 40 million dollars in paying off players who didn't play for us.
Either you believe that the Jays can one day make the playoffs or you believe it is impossible with Boston and NY. If you believe they can then clearly JP was not the man.
Eight years and he still couldn't develop a catcher or a short stop.
He was shit.
- October 5, 2009 at 1:37 PM
- Tao of Stieb said...
"Either you believe that the Jays can one day make the playoffs or you believe it is impossible with Boston and NY."
That' my friends, is what we in the business (what business?) call a false dichotomy.
But here's what I believe: I believe that it is going to be extraordinarily difficult for the Jays to ever get over the hump in AL East, because if the Sox or Yanks ever have down years, they will blow up their budget and expand on the payroll disparity that already exists.
If the Jays are to become contenders, they've got to capitalize on the season here or there where one of those two teams slips back because of injuries, retirements or moves gone awry.
But to do that, they are not going to have the luxury of a long rebuilding process because they'll have to be ready EVERY YEAR to capitalize on those momentary lapses by the big two.
And what will this mean? A lot of years of 84-88 wins and third place finishes.
Just like what we got over much of the 8 years under J.P..
Switching the GM isn't going to make the balance of power in the AL East shift dramatically. It's just going to give the media a different narrative. And God knows those guys love when somebody else provides them with a new narrative, because god forbid anyone should look harder at their subjects to develop a more profound understanding of it.
- October 5, 2009 at 1:52 PM
- Tao of Stieb said...
Also, anonymous:
Marco Scutaro was one of the most productive shortstops in the Majors this year. So, there's that.
- October 5, 2009 at 1:54 PM
- eyebleaf said...
Way to put your name behind it, Anon.
I think The Ack nails it: this team needs direction. Any direction. The whithering isn't helping.
And I agree with Christopher; Beeston's guy is with a playoff team right now. Once he's done, he'll be introduced.
- October 5, 2009 at 1:54 PM
- Tao of Stieb said...
And if you weren't so preoccupied with deciding who is a stupid motherfucker and who isn't, you might recognize this: That catcher and shortstop are the two most difficult positions to develop.
Go around to 25 teams in any given year, and they are probably talking about their catcher of the future and their shortstop of the future.
If Ricciardi failed there (and the jury is still out on Arencibia and Justin Jackson), he's not alone.
- October 5, 2009 at 1:57 PM
- Torgen said...
Justin Jackson is still the Shortstop of the Future? I thought we'd moved on to Tyler Pastornicky.
- October 5, 2009 at 2:03 PM
- Tao of Stieb said...
Oh yeah, Pastornicky.
What he said.
- October 5, 2009 at 2:07 PM
- Darren Priest said...
Do these anons ever get tired of being taken to school? Geez, boys, that's why I never take a questionable position.
Speaking of which, how about that Erin Andrews?
- October 5, 2009 at 6:50 PM
- QJays said...
@ Ack,
Yes, that's possible. I don't know enough about what months new Presidents have been named in baseball in the past, nor whether they already have a person to name as GM in most cases. And just to clarify, it wasn't so much an admission that the new Prez can't have a person ready -- really, even if the new Prez has a person ready at a moment's notice, the Jays probably don't install him/her in advance of naming the president. (as an aside, if the Jays have said that AA is working on strategy, that is a much better news release than saying that he is sitting on his thumb - but that's all I see it as being)
My impression is that AA being named GM really changes nothing, which was basically my point. So we don't "know" something about where the team is going simply because AA currently holds the job anymore than we did when JP held it. That said, it's possible that AA will keep the job -- I just wouldn't hang my hat on it as a "hire by the new Prez" at this point. He may also go back to AGM.
I would assume that the new GM will be someone close to the game who can handle the winter meetings after a month on the job, and that these meetings alone do not determine that a shitshow is in order regardless -- of course, if we just expect a shitshow as the most likely outcome, we have nowhere to go but up, right?
- October 5, 2009 at 7:42 PM
- SP said...
I guess not developing a home-grown SS is a valid complaint, although Hill was a SS and probably could still do it if needed.
But complaining about catching prospects? Seriously, who cares? During JP's tenure, we've had Greg Myers' career year (125 OPS+), then the solid Gregg Zaun (97 OPS+ in his time as a Jay), and then Barajas and his awful OBP, which he made up for with his power and arm. Not much to complain about.
Cash, Quiroz, Diaz, Arencibia, and Jeroloman are/were all solid catching prospects under JP who couldn't/haven't yet put it together. Whatevs.
- October 5, 2009 at 8:35 PM
I realize it is a little early for this, but humour me for a moment here... Can the Jays move Lind to 1B & free up some cash for a mashing corner outfielder? If so, is this a viable batting order for next year?
Scutaro (SS)
Hill (2B)
Lind (1B)
That mashing corner outfielder
Ruiz (DH)
Welles (CF)
Encarnacion (3B)
Snider (the other corner)
Barajas (C)... or his replacement
Of course this begs the question: who the hell is this mystery "corner outfielder" - an obvious flaw to my plan. Is this a lineup that can get us the goods or am I full of shit here? Overbay would be traded for prospects.
- October 5, 2009 at 8:46 PM
- SP said...
Overbay is signed through next year and is paid about 7M/yr so you're not getting much for him unless you eat salary.
There really is no mashing FA hitter out there that would put this team over the top. I don't think even a Bay/Holliday type wouldn't be enough; they are complementary stars. The best way to get that true mashing cleanup hitter is the trade route. So basically, Halladay for Prince Fielder.* Who's with me?
*Halladay (and the Brewers) would have to approve the trade, but fuck it.
Seriously, we need drastic changes. That half-assed shit isn't gonna put this team over the top.
- October 5, 2009 at 9:20 PM
So we wait until next year & break the bank to get Joe Mauer!
- October 5, 2009 at 9:41 PM
- Jayszone93 said...
So I had to do it, a bit of a defense of JP Ricciardi who I feel got a bit of a raw deal all in all... Click my name for link... Let's discuss!
- October 5, 2009 at 11:00 PM
Tao, you are spot on. Make sure you're competitive every year, and hope lady luck comes knocking. Outsitde a consistent $120m payroll, that is the only way the Jays can achieve anything.
I've felt that way for a while, but never before have I seen someone state it in the blogdom.
Waiting on Lady Luck is a crummy deal, but it is the best hand available.
- October 5, 2009 at 11:08 PM
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- October 5, 2009 at 11:25 PM
- Joanna said...
Let's start another blood feud. I think Cito should at least say Snider has to earn a job next season. It should focus young Travis, gives him a specific goal and for someone prone to sulking and being stubborn, that could be career making. He might be the wave of the future, but it's not the future yet.
Hate Cito all you want, but you can't say that the work that he and Adam Lind put in didn't work wonders.
- October 5, 2009 at 11:29 PM
- Joanna said...
Btw, 'bleaf, Brunt's point is basically my point about the Back 2 Back celebration. Just expanded.
- October 5, 2009 at 11:35 PM
- bkblades said...
Can I say the time Cito spent with Lind was certainly awesome, but it seems like he did it at the expense of the other 24 players on the team. With the so-called "mutiny". isn't that playing the proper devil's advocate? I mean, if Lind responded so well to Cito, why wouldn't other players respond the same way?
But no blood feud, Joanna. You have your hands tied with Tao and Eyebleaf.
Oh, and thanks for another year of superb writing Tao and Ack.
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- eyebleaf said...
Joanna: Back to Back World Series champions. I won't let you tarnish the glory.
- October 6, 2009 at 11:49 AM
- Joanna said...
I'm not tarnishing the glory. I'm just saying, that, lumped together with all flashback hirings, when the team was such a mess in the present was a problem.
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Shock did a slightly better job at explaining himself; but his answer was still muddled. "I think everybody has a set of beliefs on issues, social issues in particular, that are a reflection of how they were raised and their set of beliefs," he said.
What left Schock-watchers especially confused about his own opinion on the matter was past statements where he said he was firmly with the majority of his party where LGBT matters were concerned. Shock voted against the repeal of "Don't Ask Don't Tell" and including sexual orientation as a hate crime.
He had stated flat out that he was against same-sex marriage last year, according to BuzzFeed's Chris Geidner. He told the gay journalist that he was in favor of retaining the Defense of Marriage Act. He did add, however, he had not "really thought too much about it."
Schock has been the subject of widespread gay rumors, which he has denied many times. In September, Michelangelo Signorile of SiriusXM's OutQ asked Schock at the Republican National Convention outright if he was gay.
His answer seemed to some (OK, to many) as evasive at best. "Those questions are completely ridiculous and inappropriate," he told the gay author and radio host. "I've said that before and I don't think it's worthy of further response. I think you can look it up." Shock then abruptly cut off Signorile from going further.
That didn't do much to squelch the rumors, especially when Schock commented on Paul Ryan's body when he was in a gay neighborhood in Tampa, Fla., during the convention. TMZ filmed him walking past stores selling gay-related items while dishing about the former GOP vice president nominee's super-worked on physique. Ryan expressed a number of times during the 2012 presidential election that he was a gym rat and went into detail about his exercise regimen.
When someone asked Schock if he has any fashion tips for Ryan, he said, "I think Paul's in great shape. I think a little bit of leaner attire to help accentuate that physique he works so hard to, you know, maintain."
Gay rumors have plagued Schock since 2004, when a Chicago newspaper reporter asked him pointblank if he was gay. In 2010, Schock wore white jeans, a hot pink gingham button up Polo shirt and a teal belt to a White House picnic. While there's certainly no "gay" way to dress, Internet wags had a field day with his outré attire. Schock was apparently so upset by the online attention and tweeted he had "burned the belt." (Some, it should be noted, would construe the ceremonial destruction of a hated piece of clothing on a ritual pyre as itself kind of, well, gay.)
Whether gay or not, Shock showed that he could probably score with either sex when he appeared on the June 2011 cover of Men's Health. Even the most rabidly anti-GOPer had to grant that his six-pack abs and hairless carved torso were impressive.
Watch the clip of Schock answering the gay marriage question below:


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Vote for Rubino
To the Editor:
I urge my fellow Rockville Centre residents to vote for Lynda Rubino in the school board election on Tuesday, May 21.
I've known Lynda and her family for many years and have always been impressed with her abilities. She is a Certified Public Accountant and a caring member of our community.
Given the economic climate we find ourselves in, fiscal transparency is essential in all endeavors. Mayor Francis Murray and our village trustees have delivered in local government. We can expect the same from Ms. Rubino when she sits on our school board.
Please vote for Lynda on May 21. I know that our school district will be well served by her.
Michael J. Rabus
Rockville Centre
Rubino for school board
To the Editor:
We write to voice our enthusiastic support for Lynda Rubino for Rockville Centre school board, and ask our fellow residents to vote for her on Tuesday, May 21.
Five years after the economic crisis of 2008, the RVC school board has proposed a school budget that will, for the first time, exceed $100 million. As recently as 2003, the school budget totaled $67 million for roughly the same number of students. The $100 million budget proposal arrives a mere three months after passage of a $46 million bond to repair school infrastructure and add a turf field to SSHS.
RVC residents pay some of the highest property taxes in the nation, and the school tax portion is almost 70 percent of that total bill. Even with the recently enacted New York state tax cap, the rise in school taxes shows no signs of abating, threatening the ability of young people to afford their first house and our seniors to remain in the village in which they raised their families.
As parents with children in the RVC schools, we believe that an effective school board member must know how to balance what's best for our children with fiscal responsibility to taxpayers, and have a willingness and ability to collaborate, to debate tough issues honestly and to be held accountable to all constituencies of the school district. The candidate best suited to accomplish all of this is Lynda Rubino.


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With weather putting a damper on valuable practice time for the EHS golf team, the Wildcats hope to start their season next Monday at Prairie Trails.
With weather putting a damper on valuable practice time for the EHS golf team, the Wildcats hope to start their season next Monday at Prairie Trails.
The Wildcats boast a relatively experienced squad for the 2013 season.
"We are looking forward to being a very competitive team this year. We return all starters that went to regionals last year," said El Dorado coach Pete Cisneros.
Junior Travis House who is a two-time state qualifier will anchor the Wildcats team.
"We also have a good group of young player who will be pushing for varsity spots," said Cisneros.
Cisneros looks for junior Jared Haury to improve on his personal best scores as well.
"We will need good rounds from Wes Haines, Tanner Clites, Isaac Johnson and Connor Scanlon," said Cisneros. "I know all the players have worked hard on their game in the off season to help us become better."
The Wildcats have 12 players coming out for this season.
"The kids are a good group and will be working hard to make themselves and teammates better," said Cisneros.
The biggest concern for this team will be how they face adversity from hole to hole this season.
"If we do struggle in the early tournaments, will we be able to overcome these problems and regain focus for league and regionals," said Cisneros.
With a solid squad of veteran players looking to improve their scores the Wildcats could turn some heads this spring.