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ROCKFORD — A couple of hours after U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin was at the Chicago Rockford International Airport announcing that a Wood Dale company will build a $40 million jet maintenance and repair operation in Rockford, U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk was at UTC Aerospace Systems pitching the curious case of the Export-Import Bank of the United States.
Known as the Ex-Im Bank, it was established in 1934 to finance and insure foreign purchases of U.S. goods for customers who can't accept the credit risk. Its mission, simply, is to create and sustain jobs by financing sales of exports to international buyers.
The Ex-Im Bank operates on three-year terms with its current term expiring at the end of September. It is the rare issue that both President Barack Obama and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce agree upon — the president and the chamber believe the bank needs to be renewed.
But the bank is facing real peril. New House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, a California Republican, is on record saying the bank's charter should be allowed to expire. Three bank officials were dismissed this year on corruption charges. And tea party-aligned groups such as the Club for Growth and Heritage Action for America are campaigning against the bank, saying most of the funds go to large companies such as Boeing and Caterpillar, which don't need the help, and that private lenders can handle smaller deals.
So Kirk, who is co-sponsoring a bill to extend the charter with Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), is on a road show of sorts with Ex-Im Bank Chairman Fred Hochberg. The two visited NIU-Rockford on Monday before driving over to UTC Aerospace Systems.
Hochberg and Kirk pointed out that just in its 2013 fiscal year Ex-Im Bank approved more than $27 billion in authorizations to support more than $37 billion in U.S. export sales, which support more than 200,000 jobs across the country.
They noted that 90 percent of the deals are with smaller companies that couldn't find a bank willing to take 100 percent of the risk. Locally, the companies that have used Ex-Im Bank's services include Ingersoll Machine Tools, Martin Automatic and Ingenium Technologies of Rockford and vending machine manufacturer Seaga Manufacturing of Freeport.
"We're the lender of last resort," Hochberg said. "For many companies, if we can't do the deal then the deal doesn't happen."
Paul Wild, one of the founders of Ingenium, said the Ex-Im Bank essentially insured a deal it was doing with an Asian company. For a small fee, if the Asian customer didn't honor its bill then the Ex-Im Bank would pay the money.
"This was the first time we were doing business with this customer and we wanted to make sure we got paid," Wild said. "We're a small company. If we do the work and don't get paid we don't have the resources to go overseas to file suit."
Wild said the deal has led to more deals and more jobs.
Hochberg and Kirk said even the big deals for Caterpillar and Boeing are important. Dozens of Rock River Valley companies supply those manufacturing giants, and Hochberg estimated that eliminating the Ex-Im Bank could cost UTC Aerospace Systems as much as 40 percent of its business. UTC Aerospace Systems employs 2,200 people in Rockford.
"We can't let ideological purity get in the way of an organization that supports the jobs of thousands of people," Kirk said. He said he remains confident that he'll gather enough support to extend the bank's charter.
"I believe President Obama will keep us in session until we get an agreement," he said.
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LONG BEACH, Calif. — As dolphins and pelicans fed on schools of sardines and anchovies Thursday, rescue workers released an endangered olive ridley sea turtle back into the wild after having undergone rehabilitation for nine months at the Aquarium of the Pacific.
"Now it's up to her,' said Lance Adams, the staff veterinarian at the Aquarium of the Pacific. "It's nature, it's fate and the environment determines her final outcome. I'm really happy that she did well and I'm really happy we're able to let her go.'
The Marine Animal Rescue received calls in January about a stranded turtle on Venice Beach. When the turtle was brought to the Aquarium of the Pacific, she was underweight and hypothermic.
After stabilizing her temperature and helping her gain 34 pounds, staffers found that she also had buoyancy problems, which prevented her from properly diving for food. If the problem persisted, the turtle would have had to stay at the Aquarium. After seven months, she started diving normally again.
"Her body just healed the problem on its own,' Adams said. "Her lungs were probably damaged because it was so cold. It just took a long time to heal because they're slow healers.'
Scientists from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration have attached a global positioning system to the turtle's back to track her movements and behavior.
"Our agency monitors activities that affect marine turtles on the water, so when we get a live, stranded animal, we want to make sure that it's rehabilitated and can be released successfully,' said Tina Fahy, a fishery biologist with NOAA. "We're also interested in where she goes.'
The turtle was transported Thursday beyond the breakwater, about seven miles off the coast, where Aquarium of the Pacific staffers gently released her into the water. After a few flaps of her fins, she glided briefly near the surface before she disappeared from sight.
"Doing this makes us feel like we're supporting the mission of the Aquarium,' Adams said.
Other agencies that helped with the release of the turtle are the Port of Long Beach and Harbor Breeze Cruises.
To view the turtle's movements, visit www.aquariumofpacific.org.

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Huskers Set for Three Matches in Lincoln
Lincoln, Neb.- The Nebraska mens tennis team (1-2) returns to the Nebraska Tennis Center this weekend to face No. 41 Drake (5-1), No. 30 VCU (6-1), and Creighton (1-0). Nebraska takes on No. 43 Drake on Friday, Feb. 8 at 6 p.m., No. 31 VCU Sunday, Feb. 10 at 10 a.m., and finishes off the challenging weekend with Creighton at 6 p.m.
The Huskers knocked off Illinois State last Friday for their first win of the fall season. They were not able to finish as strong in their second match against Oklahoma State, falling 4-3 to the Cowboys.
Tom Blackwell continues to lead the Huskers 3-0 at the No. 5 singles position. Eric Sock pulled out two victories for the Huskers last weekend. .
The Huskers have struggled in doubles play, losing the doubles point to Illinois State and Oklahoma State.
Nebraska in the National Rankings
Nebraska began the spring season at No. 74 in the ITA Divison I Men's Tennis Rankings. After falling at No. 36 Louisville, the Huskers slipped out of the top 75. The Huskers were ranked in the top 75 throughout the 2012 season, climbing as high as No. 38.
Looking Ahead
The Huskers will be back on the road following this weekends play, traveling to Johnson City Tennessee to battle No. 74 East Tennessee State and No. 60 Georgia State on Saturday, Feb. 16.
Scouting the Bulldogs
Head Coach: Davidson Kozlowski
2013 Spring Record: 5-1
2012 Stats: Overall record: 24-3 MVC: 5-0 • Region: 0-0 Home: 13-0 Away: 5-2 Neutral: 6-1
vs National ranked: 0-1 vs Regional ranked: 0-0
Scouting the Rams
Head Coach: Paul Kostin
Assitant Coach: Martin Stiegwardt
2013 Spring Record: 6-1
Scouting the Bluejays
Head Coach: Tom Lilly
2013 Spring Record: 1-0
2012 Stats: Overall record: 9-10 MVC: 0-5 Region: 0-0 Home: 8-5 Away: 1-5 Neutral: 0-0
vs National ranked: 0-0 vs Regional ranked: 0-0
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Mikkail Jamal Shaw, 19, has been charged with armed robbery and conspiracy after he turned himself in Tuesday night, police spokesman Jim Sughrue said in a statement. It wasn't clear if Shaw has an attorney.
Police were also looking for other suspects, Sughrue said.
Officers were called to an apartment about a mile from North Carolina State University, where McCreery is a sophomore, around 2 a.m. Monday. McCreery was visiting the apartment when three armed men broke in and took wallets, cash and electronics, investigators said. No one was hurt.
McCreery, 20, won TV's "American Idol" in 2011 and was named best new artist at the Academy of Country Music Awards the next year. He also has been a pitchman for Bojangles' Famous Chicken 'n Biscuits.


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Schilling's shot at a complete game was derailed in the seventh. He allowed only a two-out walk, but needed 28 pitches. After the eighth, he was at 103 (8-4-0-1-4). Brendan Donnelly pitched the ninth. (box)
Eric Hinske got the offense going with a triple in the second inning. He and JD Drew scored on a fielding error by Gary Matthews in center. A wild pitch scored the 3rd run in the following inning.
With two outs in the sixth, Julio Lugo walked and stole second. Hinske walked (and finished the day with a triple, single, two walks and three runs scored). Then David Ortiz and Manny Ramirez stroked RBI singles. Papi belted a three-run tater to dead center in the 8th.
The Tigers topped the Blue Jays 10-7, so we're back in first place. The Yankees are floundering in 4th.
Hector Carrasco / Curt Schilling, 4 PM
Eric Hinske starts at first base, batting 2nd. ... Carrasco gets the start as Kelvim Escobar was put on the 15-day disabled list with right shoulder irritation.
MLB.com's Tom Singer has a nice piece on Papelbon's apperance last night. It begins:
Four years later, Bill James' message is finally getting through.Singer refers to James as "the renowned baseball numbers-cruncher", although James is nothing of the kind. But I'm nitpicking -- stuff like this is still good to see.
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Daniel Ellsberg, the military analyst who in 1971 leaked the top-secret Pentagon Papers detailing the history of U.S. policy in Vietnam, tells NPR's Weekend Edition Saturday that unlike Bradley Manning and Edward Snowden, he "did it the wrong way" by trying first to go through proper channels — a delay that he says cost thousands of lives.
"I really regarded [it] as anathema ... leaking as opposed to working within the system," Ellsberg says, speaking to NPR's Linda Wertheimer. "I wasted years trying to do it through channels, first within the executive branch and then with Congress."
"During that time, more than 10,000 Americans died and probably more than a million Vietnamese," Ellsberg says.
"That was a fruitless effort, as it would have been for Manning and Snowden," he says.
Ellsberg, then an analyst with the RAND Corporation, leaked a study of U.S.-Vietnam relations from 1945-1967, known colloquially as the Pentagon Papers, handing over the document to The New York Times, The Washington Post and other newspapers.
The release of the Pentagon Papers proved politically embarrassing for President Richard Nixon and the Watergate break-in, which eventually led to Nixon's resignation, was part of a broader White House effort to identify the source of such leaks.
Ellsberg was eventually charged with espionage, theft and conspiracy, but the charges were later dismissed, unlike the case of Army Private Bradley Manning, who was convicted on similar counts last week for releasing secret diplomatic cables and other material to Wikileaks.
The decision to go public with the Pentagon Papers — which detailed a pattern of deception regarding Vietnam and the Vietnam War that spanned several presidential administrations — was a difficult one, according to Ellsberg.
"I decided it was worth a life in prison to do that," he says.
Asked whether he thinks Manning and Snowden, the CIA contractor who leaked details of secret U.S. electronic surveillance activities to The Guardian newspaper, had been discerning in what they chose to release publicly: "Yes, that's obvious with Snowden," he says.
"The public has been very misled about Manning, I would say," Ellsberg says. "They talk about his being indiscriminate. That's simply false. Like me and like Snowden, he had access to communications intelligence higher than top secret. He gave none of that out."
Since The Guardian's exposés, based on information obtained from Snowden, first broke in June, "the whole focus has been on the risks of truth telling, the risks of openness, which are the risks of democracy, of separation of powers," Ellsberg says.
"I've really heard nothing at all about the risks of a closed society, of silence, of lies," he says.
This is WEEKEND EDITION from NPR News, I'm Linda Wertheimer. Now this is one of the most famous leakers in U.S. history.
DANIEL ELLSBERG: I really regarded it as anathema to think of leaking, as opposed to working within the system and giving our criticisms within the system that looked to me entirely legitimate.
WERTHEIMER: That's Daniel Ellsberg. In 1971, the New York Times published the first of what became known as the "Pentagon Papers," documents leaked by Ellsberg, which contained an accurate but secret history of the Vietnam War. Ellsberg, who was at the time a military analyst at the Rand Corporation, had contributed to the "Pentagon Papers."
The documents told a very different story from then optimistic one being sold to the public and to the U.S. Congress. For more than a decade, Ellsberg had agonized over the lies and the body count.
ELLSBERG: Do I keep my silence, go along with presidential deception, not reveal it to Congress of the public, or should I take what I knew was the very great risk of giving Congress a real indication of where the country was going on this? And I decided that it was worth a life in prison to do that.
WERTHEIMER: Daniel Ellsberg was eventually charged with espionage, theft and conspiracy, though the charges against him were later dismissed. He spoke to us about U.S. Army Private, Bradley Manning, who last week was found guilty of espionage after he leaked thousands of documents to WikiLeaks. And he talked about NSA leaker Edward Snowden, who was just granted temporary asylum by Russia and moved out of the Moscow airport.
We spoke with Daniel Ellsberg at his home yesterday and asked him about the "Pentagon Papers." When you made the decision that you felt like you ought to reveal to the country and the Congress that President Nixon was not being straight, how did you decide what you wanted to leak? I mean, what would make a difference?
ELLSBERG: I didn't have at that moment the documents that would have demonstrated that. All that I did have was the history of Vietnam decision making from 1945 to 1968, 23 years ended before Nixon came into office. But I hoped that proving that four previous presidents, or five depending who you wanted to count, had deceived the public in very similar ways and people should guess that the present president's following in their footsteps.
WERTHEIMER: Does it make a difference in your own mind that you tried not to do it, that you tried to get other people enlisted in your cause before you did it?
ELLSBERG: Not really in my own mind. I'm given credit for that now, in contrast to Snowden and Manning. I did it the right way. I would say I did it the wrong way. I wasted years of trying to do it though channels, first within the executive branch and then with Congress. During that time, more than 10,000 Americans died, and probably more than a million Vietnamese.
So that's not a point of pride with me that I did what I should have done going through channels. That was a fruitless effort as it would have been for Manning and Snowden.
WERTHEIMER: Do you think that, particularly Bradley Manning, but also to some extent Snowden, were discerning about what they were trying to release or trying to bring to light?
ELLSBERG: Yes, that's obvious with Snowden. The public has been very misled about Manning, I would say. They talk about his being discriminate. That's simply false. Like me and like Snowden, he had access to communications intelligence higher than top secret. He gave none of that out. He deliberately choose to put out information that was, as we would say in the Pentagon, only secret, which was frankly below the level that I had time to read in the Pentagon where I was for a year.
Apparently I was missing more than I realized because this secret material he put out, which I would have thought was pretty routine, actually revealed a great deal of criminality going right up to the White House. I was surprised. Apparently it's become so routine to violate the law in terms of turning people over to be tortured and refusing to investigate it, that it doesn't take anything higher than secret to do that anymore.
WERTHEIMER: The most recent leak of documents from Snowden did, I think, give some considerably insight into the kind of surveillance that the NSA is doing, specifically search queries that analysts could do to find something suspicious. Isn't it conceivable that this could give potential terrorists a window into how to avoid capture?
ELLSBERG: The whole focus has been on the risks of truth telling, the risks of openness, which are risks of democracy and a separation of powers. I've really heard nothing at all about the risks of closed society, of silence, of lies.
WERTHEIMER: Well, let me ask you about that. What do you think are the secrets that should be kept, circumstances that must not be leaked?
ELLSBERG: Oh, very specifically, the overhearing of suspected terrorists, people you have probably cause or reason to believe are associated with terrorism. No problem getting warrants for that. And of course, that needs to be kept secret. The secrecy of getting everybody, listening to everybody, protects no one. As Senator Leahy has pointed out, they have been able to come up with no convincing evidence that that dragnet program has prevented any terrorism. As I say, these risks of advantage to terrorists, I wouldn't say totally implausible or unreal, but hypothetical, not realized, whereas the risks of our closed policy are measured in real blood.
Remember, they talked about Manning and then later Assange and then later also Snowden as having blood on their hands. Well, they haven't found any, whereas the hands of the people who are using their judgment to keep these secrets from the American people are bloody up to their elbows.
WERTHEIMER: That's Daniel Ellsberg, who is famous for leaking and helping to publish the "Pentagon Papers." Mr. Ellsberg, thank you very much.
ELLSBERG: Thank you for having me. Thank you.
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A six-run first (10 batters, 46 pitches, 7 hits) off Lackey provided the cushion. The first four Boston hits were a double (Pedroia), home run (Ortiz), single (Ramirez) and triple (Drew).
John Lackey (3.07, 140 ERA+) / Clay Buchholz (MLB debut), 1 PM
The Clay Buchholz Era has begun!
In 21 combined starts at Portland (AA) and Pawtucket (AAA), Buchholz posted a 2.15 ERA (117 innings). He leads all minor league pitchers with 164 strikeouts.
Red Sox Nation will be watching to see if Buchholz's extraterrestrial curveball is the real deal. Buchholz also commands a plus changeup and an above-average slider, while his fastball runs in the mid- to low-90s. He will likely benefit from facing the Angels, an aggressive lineup lacking in thump.Buchholz was chosen by the Red Sox in the 2005 First-Year Player Draft as compensation for departed free agent Pedro Martinez.
It looks like Buchholz will be sent back down to Pawtucket after the game and Jacoby Ellsbury will be recalled for today's nightcap.
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Apparently, Boldin wants to be traded from the Cardinals. The Cardinals will probably be looking for secondary help if they agree to trade him.
I wouldn't mind giving up Carr and Pollard and perhaps a 3rd rd. pick for Boldin. I think the Chiefs would rather have another high pick lining up opposite Flowers at CB anyway. Pollard wouldn't be such a big loss considering there are people in the organization who like Morgan more than Pollard already anyway.
Boldin at 27 would give us the #2 WR we've been searching for, whether its Bowe or Boldin.
I can hear it now; Bowe, Boldin, Brodie, Brad, Brandon, Branden, Brandon, Barry and Brian.... "The Kansas City Killer B's" :lol:
But in all seriousness, this would allow the Chiefs to use their first rounder on a LB and their second rounder on a CB and with Tank and Turk emerging on the Dline, you'd have to think the defense would be pretty close to finished.
I don't think another high pick would need to be expended on the Oline like was necessary this year. Herb Taylor will probably be either the next RT or OG. With he and Richardson developing, I just don't think it would be crucial to spend a high pick on the Oline again.
Considering the Chiefs could afford to trade away these players and picks, I think making a strong push for one of the best young WRs in the game would be a great move for a team in search of offense and a big time #2 WR.


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January 14, 2007
Pedro Has A 19-Year-Old Son?!
Pedro Esmeli Martinez is a relief pitcher in the Mets organization (stats).
Martinez is quiet about his private life, but I believe he has four children, including two younger kids with his fiance.
Someone at SoSH said that the talk on WEEI was that Pedro had adopted this son (though the two men have very similar builds). If not, he was conceived right around Pedro's 15th birthday.
59 comments:
- L-girl said...
Perhaps he is a family member, such as a nephew, that Pedro adopted. That is not uncommon in Latino families (and other more traditional cultures) when one person can provide more financially.
Just a thought.
- January 14, 2007 at 2:24 PM
- redsock said...
Or Pedro was doing more than just sitting under that mango tree!
- January 14, 2007 at 2:55 PM
- L-girl said...
Pedro has never looked like the mango tree type to me. :)
- January 14, 2007 at 5:12 PM
- 9casey said...
Or maybe Pedro is older than he says he is...Shoot I am sure we all know someone who had a child at 15...
- January 14, 2007 at 10:51 PM
- Peter N said...
He is an adopted child! I thought you knew! Hi to you...hope all is well! P
- January 15, 2007 at 10:24 AM
- SoxFan said...
Interesting... could be his biological child
- January 15, 2007 at 1:05 PM
- L-girl said...
We all know *women* who had children at 15. I bet very few (none?) of us know any man who fathered a child at 15 and acknowledged it as an adult.
- January 15, 2007 at 3:19 PM
- Jan said...
looks like Pedro may have had a VERY good 15th birthday, and a very BAD 16th one. -Mulceber
- January 16, 2007 at 1:26 AM
- Jere said...
Any updates on this? Peter says he's adopted, yet I can't find that info anywhere.
- January 16, 2007 at 9:38 PM
- Fenway Blogger said...
I have read somewhere Pedro has an adopted son in the past. Pedro is known for a good changeup!!
- January 17, 2007 at 8:56 AM
- Peter N said...
It's public knowlege! I wouldn't have said it if I didn't read it from the AP....but you can't always believe what you read. Of this, I'm sure!
- January 17, 2007 at 12:27 PM
- L-girl said...
It's public knowlege!
So are Santa Claus, the Resurrection and the Bush presidency - yet they're all fictitious.
Forget public knowledge. Folks around here like evidence.
- January 18, 2007 at 11:15 PM
- L-girl said...
And for the record, I think he's probably a family member who Pedro adopted (called a kinship adoption in the US). I just wouldn't state it as fact.
- January 18, 2007 at 11:42 PM
- 9casey said...
I 'll give you Santa Claus. The Bush Presidency may not be good but it is real, and the Resurection, that's something I choose to beleive in . It is amazing how you can take something and twist it , like Pedro having a son adopted or his own, something that is none of anyone's business, Redsock mentions it, I believe just because it was some news in a slow red sox news time, and then you take it, and somehow get a shot in at Christianity, unbelievable.....You never cease to amaze me....
- January 19, 2007 at 10:37 AM
- Jere said...
So you think a person can be dead for years, and then come back to life? And you're calling someone ELSE an asshole?
A shot at Christianity, ha! Christianity better have a thick bullet-proof vest on after all the damage it's caused.
"Back up in your ass with the resurrection."
Also, Trot's an Indian.
- January 19, 2007 at 10:59 AM
- 9casey said...
I didn't call anyone an asshole..
That's not fair..
I said what I said and that's that I was speaking to L-girl and I am sure she will comment..
But I will not get in a battle about beliefs ...
This is definetly not the forum for that....
- January 19, 2007 at 12:34 PM
- Jere said...
"I didn't call anyone an asshole..
That's not fair.."
You did not, in the literal sense, call anyone an asshole. I agree.
- January 19, 2007 at 1:53 PM
- redsock said...
Children, please.
- January 19, 2007 at 2:32 PM
- L-girl said...
It is amazing how you can take something and twist it , like Pedro having a son adopted or his own, something that is none of anyone's business, Redsock mentions it, I believe just because it was some news in a slow red sox news time, and then you take it, and somehow get a shot in at Christianity, unbelievable.....You never cease to amaze me....
Well, I'm so glad I'm amazing! Thanks!
However, you've missed the point entirely.
I was listing things that I think are fiction. You of course are free to believe whatever you choose.
I'm also free to post whatever I choose, and if Redsock thinks it's out of line, he'll let me know.
To my knowledge, Redsock has no rule banning political or religious views on JoS. If he makes such a rule, I'll abide by it.
In the meantime, those of us who think the Ressurection and Bush calling himself President are as fictitious as Santa Claus might get a chuckle out of it.
Those of us who don't agree with that can be offended or bored or amazed or whatever.
Have a nice day.
- January 19, 2007 at 2:55 PM
- L-girl said...
By the way, I didn't think that 9Casey called me an asshole in his post, literally or otherwise.
- January 19, 2007 at 2:59 PM
- Zenslinger said...
Assess the truthfulness of this: Trot Nixon at $3m is the bargain of the offseason for the "Tribe".
l-girl, you're starting with a baseline that Santa doesn't exist. Although I am about Pedro's age, I may not be far above him in emotional maturity, so take it easy on Santa Clause. I still believe in him.
Although I must say I lost all faith down 3-0 in 2004.
- January 19, 2007 at 3:13 PM
- L-girl said...
so take it easy on Santa Clause. I still believe in him.
Each to his own. :-)
I'm quite fond of the Dorothy, Toto, and the whole WofO gang myself.
- January 19, 2007 at 3:37 PM
- 9casey said...
Thank You , for not thinking I was calling you anything......
If I missed the point.then thats my fault......
Redsock did you delete for the cussing or the ridculousness of it all?
Lgirl said:
"In the meantime, those of us who think the Ressurection and Bush calling himself President are as fictitious as Santa Claus might get a chuckle out of it.
Those of us who don't agree with that can be offended or bored or amazed or whatever"
It's just hard for me not be offened...
If in the past I have ridiculed your view points or beliefs..I apologize....But I am just asking for the same respect, whether from you or Jere......
I am by far the best catholic in the world but my faith has got me through some tough times in my life.....and sometimes when it is mocked it tends to offend.....
- January 19, 2007 at 3:48 PM
- Jere said...
I guess I have to explain myself on the "calling someone an asshole without using the actual phrase" idea. 9Casey was mad at L-girl for taking a shot at Christianity, as if she was somehow an asshole for taking some other topic and bringing it around to a shot at his religion. My point was that he's th esilly one because what he's defending is something that reality proves DOESN'T exist.
But then, in classic "avoid the issue" arguing style, he takes one little thing I say, focuses on it, and turns it into a different argument. Nobody cares about the semantics, we all know what he said because it's written right there.
- January 19, 2007 at 4:14 PM
- Jack Marshall said...
Yikes! I take a couple days off from checking JOS and a religious war breaks out!
Look, nobody's stated opinion about what they do and don't believe should "offend" anyone. You may disagree with the opinion, and you may think less of a person who holds an opinion that you find repugnant (Mel Gibson,Michael Richards...), but unless the opinion is aimed at you personally (as in Simon Cowell's recent "I think you look like a bushbaby" comment to a pathetic "Idol" auditioner with large eyes)
there is no justification for "taking offense."
People just have to stop chilling open communication by being "offended;" expressing informed opinions to each other is how we learn. Unless all beliefs of any kind (politics, religion, philosophy) are open for debate, we trap ourselves in ignorance. Right?
I'm not even offended when people say they love the Yankees. I think they're despicable, but I'm not offended.
- January 19, 2007 at 4:22 PM
- redsock said...
Belief in the Resurrection is not a hallmark of only one religion (if I recall), so I don't think saying that it's fiction was a shot at any one commenter's religion, just as generally mentioning the falsity of the claim that Bush was truly elected to his current office isn't a shot at any one commenter's politics.
P.S. I deleted the name-calling and general vapidity and stupidity of the two comments.
- January 19, 2007 at 4:26 PM
- Zenslinger said...
I don't blame someone for getting offended when their beliefs are reduced to something "reality proves DOESN'T exist." (How the hell does reality prove such a thing?)
I teach World Religions. Since we were starting class today (as we always do) with this quote from sociologist Emile Durkheim about how to approach the study of religion, it might just be within the realm of usefulness to quote it here:
"What I ask of the free thinker is that he should confront religion in the same mental state as the believer...He who does not bring to the study of religion a sort of religious sentiment cannot speak about it! He is like a blind man trying to talk about colour.
Now I shall address the free believer...Without going so far as to abandon the formula we blieve in, we must forget it provisionally, reserving the right to return to it later...
There cannot be a rational interpretation of religion which is fundatmentally irreligious; an irreligious interpretation of religion would be an interpretation which denied the phenomenon it was trying to explain."
- January 19, 2007 at 4:37 PM
- Jack Marshall said...
"There cannot be a rational interpretation of religion which is fundamentally irreligious; an irreligious interpretation of religion would be an interpretation which denied the phenomenon it was trying to explain."
Boy, this lost me.
So one has to accept the phenomenon to challenge it and deny it? Talk about a Catch 22; I'd call that stacking the logical deck. One can certainly enter a discussion of religion by saying, "Show me. You are positing that which has no logical, rational or theoretical basis. The burden is on you to give me a concrete reason to consider supernatural phenomenon. I'm open-minded, but that doesn;t mean that I'm going to accept naked faith or ancient dogma without something more."
- January 19, 2007 at 4:57 PM
- Zenslinger said...
I don't take the study of religion to be the apprehension of proof of supernatural activity and don't encourage my students to do so either. All religions can be easily mocked as being superstitious or unscientific. The question is what is the religious phenomenon mean? You can deny God exists, but not religion.
Durkheim's saying that if you're an atheist or skeptic, you have to believe a little bit, provisionally, to understand what it's all about. And if you're a believer, you have to put aside your beliefs to some extent (again provisionally) to understand a system different from the one you believe in.
- January 19, 2007 at 5:08 PM
- Zenslinger said...
"You are positing that which has no logical, rational or theoretical basis."
It occurs to me that your quote could also apply to baseball fandom. For Durkheim, The Joy of Sox has the same basis as religion does -- not a logical or rational, but a social basis.
I have no problem with the notion that Red Sox Nation is a religion. It's just one that displays its miracles a little less often than we would hope.
- January 19, 2007 at 5:13 PM
- 9casey said...
Jere said
"My point was that he's th esilly one because what he's defending is something that reality proves DOESN'T exist. "
Maybe to you it dosen't.
There is a difference in arguing and discussing, and actually mocking . To put the Ressurection in the same Class as St. Nick and Bush is mocking , in my opinion..
And Jere quote me all you want say I'm silly for what I write, I have no problem with that , but don't say I wrote something I didn't.....
- January 19, 2007 at 5:39 PM
- redsock said...
Durkheim's saying that if you're an atheist or skeptic, you have to believe a little bit, provisionally, to understand what it's all about.
Really? Wouldn't you just need some knowledge about it (how it works, what is required, etc.) in order to understand more of what it's all about?
- January 19, 2007 at 5:40 PM
- 9casey said...
faith: belief that is not based on proof.....
That's all I am going to post about this subject.....I promise
- January 19, 2007 at 5:42 PM
- Jack Marshall said...
Z: I don't know that "mocked" is a fair characterization of a straightforward description of the apparent features of a belief (just because something appears supernatural doesn't mean it couldn't exist.) Who denies that religion exists? Surely one can believe that religion exists, that it can be an important part of the social and civil connective tissue of civilization, that it can be vital in giving individuals a bold linear constant to guide them through chaos, that it can be a useful tool in self-examination and personal growth, and still not "believe." Any belief system that claims that I have to abandon rationality to consider it is cheating.
- January 19, 2007 at 5:42 PM
- L-girl said...
There is a difference in arguing and discussing, and actually mocking . To put the Ressurection in the same Class as St. Nick and Bush is mocking , in my opinion.
I'm an atheist, and a Jew. If I can live in this society without taking personal offense at the myriad references to god and Christianity everywhere I turn, I think a believer in the Resurrection should be able to read one sentence on one blog that expresses beliefs different than his own without having a little hissy fit - even if those beliefs are expressed with a sardonic or slightly mocking tone.
Someone mocked your beliefs? Well boo fucking hoo. Get over yourself. It's not enough to be part of the majority, you have to be insulated from the slightest bit of mocking or jokes?
And supposedly we progressives and feminists are the ones who are so sensitive!
* * *
If I had substituted "Zeus" for the Ressurection in that statement, I doubt 9Casey would have cared. (Just an assumption, correct me if I'm wrong.)
But in my belief system, Christianity is no better and no worse, no more plausible and no more foolish, than belief in Zeus. But oh my, can't make fun of Christianity.
If your beliefs are worth a the paper they're printed on, they can stand up to a little bit of mocking.
- January 19, 2007 at 5:45 PM
- L-girl said...
Any belief system that claims that I have to abandon rationality to consider it is cheating.
All religions require that you abandon rationality. Faith is not rational.
That in itself doesn't make it bad or wrong, in my opinion. The best of what humans are is often irrational. But religion itself is highly irrational.
- January 19, 2007 at 5:49 PM
- Jack Marshall said...
Actually, 9casey, there's a lot more evidence of the Resurrection than there is that Bush wasn't elected. The latter belief is sort of a religion with the Angry Left that has no basis in fact, law, the actual events, the vote count, mathematics, the Constitution or anything else...but it's comforting, they love it, and as long as they don't proselytize too much, it's OK. One difference is that the Resurrection supports a philosophy of love, and the 2000 election mythology supports one of hate.
I'm going to play video games with my son now. I'm sure I'll hear the explosion from the North in his room....
- January 19, 2007 at 5:55 PM
- L-girl said...
there's a lot more evidence of the Resurrection than there is that Bush wasn't elected.
No explosion. You're just wrong. If you want to review some of the mountains of evidence that has been compiled proving this fact, Allan and I will be happy to send email you documents and links.
On the other hand, if you want to close your mind and make broad statements about the "angry left" - as if the issue doesn't transcend political boundaries, as if fair elections only matter in terms of winners and losers - you share that perogative with many of your ignorant compatriots.
I would think someone who expresses such concern about ethical behavior would care about fair elections, the cornerstone of democracy. But maybe it's just too scary to contemplate that you don't live in a democracy anymore.
- January 19, 2007 at 6:01 PM
- L-girl said...
and the 2000 election mythology supports one of hate.
Hate? I can't imagine how you think this has anything to do with hate.
Do you imagine we'd be any less upset about stolen elections if Gore or Kerry had been placed in the White House? If you do, you haven't the slightest idea who you're dealing with.
And that's both 2000 and 2004, by the way. Both have been proven beyond any reasonable and rational doubt.
- January 19, 2007 at 6:08 PM
- Zenslinger said...
I need a beer.
I wish there was some baseball on to go with it.
- January 19, 2007 at 6:33 PM
- redsock said...
I would think someone who expresses such concern about ethical behavior would care about fair elections, the cornerstone of democracy.
I cannot improve on this sentence.
The latter belief is sort of a religion with the Angry Left that has no basis in fact, law, the actual events, the vote count, mathematics, the Constitution or anything else...but it's comforting, they love it
Yeah, we love it. We loved it soooooo much that it (along with a mountain of other shit) compelled us to uproot our lives and move to another country. Jesus, Jack, what are you on?
An observation: People who speak definitely about things they actually know nothing about always sound like morons.
- January 19, 2007 at 7:08 PM
- Jere said...
"I deleted the name-calling and general vapidity and stupidity of the two comments."
I'd like to defend my deleted comment as witty and anything but stupid. You can check my track record, I don't go around giving one word, derogatory comments. That one might have appeared that way, but it was done to make a point: We talked about whether or not someone called someone (blank), and when they attempted to blow off the argument, I responded simply by calling them that same (blank). It will live on in my file of great lost comments:)
- January 19, 2007 at 7:17 PM
- Zenslinger said...
In my mind, I am ordering my second beer.
- January 19, 2007 at 7:24 PM
- Jere said...
"And Jere quote me all you want say I'm silly for what I write, I have no problem with that , but don't say I wrote something I didn't....."
I already agreed with you that you didn't literally use the word "asshole." What you wrote is there and my response is there. I can assure you I'm not trying to twist your words or fool anyone. My comment was right after yours, and I reacted to it. If somebody called you a douche and you saw that guy and said to him, "Hey, what's with you calling me a douchebag?" And he said, "I never called you that." Well, wouldn't you be pissed if he started calling you a liar, and turning it into a fight about exactly what term was used, when you both know what he meant? It's like in Taxi Driver, when Travis tells Iris that Sport called her a "little chicken." Sport totally didn't say that, but we all got the point.
"How the hell does reality prove such a thing?"
Because there's no physical proof of anyone ever dying and coming back to life. (Nikki Sixx doesn't count--remember, I said, originally, dead for years) Or, interestingly, that there's a "hell."
- January 19, 2007 at 7:25 PM
- Zenslinger said...
Reality does not show that the Ressurection did not take place. Hard to prove a negative.
- January 19, 2007 at 11:19 PM
- Jere said...
It's all made up, man. Just a story, nothing more.
- January 20, 2007 at 11:40 AM
- Jack Marshall said...
Redsock,Laura, you lovely and passionate people, I guarantee you that not only do I know what I'm talking about, I have done about as much research on it as one possibly can and maintain a professional life.
In addition to reading most of the books on the subjcet and watching every bit of the controversy as it unfolded, being both an attorney and a specialist in US Presidential elections myself, close associates of mine in both parties were involved in the recount and court challenges, and one ne of my closest friends, an specialist is computers and statistics, was an expert in one of the law suits. Speaking of ethics, I regard the constant claim that the election was "stolen" as a classic "Big Lie," and one that has unethically undermined, unfairly and dangerously, the public's faith in the integrity of the electoral system, and to some extent was calculated to do so for political gain.
The fact that people who obviously have intelligence and civic dedication would believe it is just sad; that it would ever play a part in making someone leave their country is tragic. I know you had other reasons, and by definition they would have to have been better ones.
This is indeed a baseball blog, and I have no desire or need to educate you or anyone else by going through the tons of crystal-clear evidence on the topic, including the complete results of the multiple media-run "recounts" which, at very least, proved that it was impossible to settle on a definitive vote count when the error margin of the available tally measures were larger than the vote disparity I have both analyzed and taught the key decisions in the case. Disagree if you want, but don't tell me that I don't know what I'm talking about. It is arrogant, insulting and ironic, as the statement itself claims knowledge of my background and study of the issue that you do not have.
My comment was more than justified, given Laura's gratuitous (though not offensive!)and deliberately provocative pronouncements about religion and faith, because the anti-Bush election arguments are similarly based on faith, or perhaps determination of the "don't confuse me with facts, my mind's made up" variety. I could (and in more appropriate setting, have) eviscerated the astounding argument that the US government plotted the destuction of the Twin Towers, a fantasy right up there with Holacuast denial and the Moon Walk Conspiracy. It blows my mind that intelligent people believe such bile, and yes, it IS motivated by hate...and the hate is supported by the unfounded belief that the Bush administration is an "unelected" government.
I would NEVER call either of you "morons," and I do take offense at that, as I do to being called "ignorant" as I am lumped in with some "ilk." You don't know me, guys...I have no "ilk."
In fact, I'm shocked and annoyed...and I am certainly not "just wrong." Stating that the 2000 or 2004 elections were "stolen" is the result of one of three things: bias, ignorance, or willful dishonesty. Because I know you are honest and sincere,that leaves bias. That's no crime; we're all biased somewhere. But it doesn't make you correct.
Don't call me a moron again, please. I think That's a fair request.
- January 20, 2007 at 12:27 PM
- L-girl said...
Jack, either your research was extremely biased, or you're lying. Had you done even a fraction of the research you claim, you would know beyond any doubt that both the 2000 and 2004 presidential elections were stolen.
Also, no one here called you a moron.
Redsock said:
"People who speak definitely about things they actually know nothing about always sound like morons. "
If that applies to you - if you sounded like a moron because you spoke definitively about something you know nothing about - it's easily avoided. If not, then you have no complaint.
I find your patronizing -- "you lovely and passionate people" -- extremely irritating. I've refrained from mentioning it in the past, but I'm really friggin sick of it. If you could manage to address me without that, I would greatly appreciate it. If you disagree with me, disagree with me. I don't need your fake stroking to mollify it. It's condescending, and I wish you would cut it out.
- January 20, 2007 at 3:05 PM
- L-girl said...
that it would ever play a part in making someone leave their country is tragic. I know you had other reasons, and by definition they would have to have been better ones.
It's a huge part of why we left. Sometimes I think it's the base reason, from which all others spring. I prefer to live in a democracy.
- January 20, 2007 at 3:07 PM
- L-girl said...
Disagree if you want, but don't tell me that I don't know what I'm talking about.
When it comes to this, you do not know what you are talking about.
You are wrong.
That's not an insult. It's a fact.
- January 20, 2007 at 3:09 PM
- redsock said...
The US Supreme Court ordered a halt to the counting of votes in Florida before all of the votes cast had been properly counted. That is a fact.
The final result of the 2000 election was thus left in permanent doubt. We will never know who truly won the 2000 election.
The Supreme Court was forced to stop the democratic process because, as Justice Scalia admitted, a continued recount would be "casting a cloud upon what he [Bush] claims to be the legitimacy of his election."
Bush's 2000 victory was unproven, illegitimate and wholly undemocratic. That cannot be denied.
- January 20, 2007 at 3:44 PM
- L-girl said...
There are a lot of other facts - about both elections - you're not stating. I admire your restraint. :)
- January 20, 2007 at 4:50 PM
- Jack Marshall said...
Sorry...You guys are ridiculous on this topic, to be blunt. You act as if what you believe is a "fact" when the majority of serious, unbiased historians, attorneys, judges (read Posner's book) and jounalists think otherwise. The definition of a fanatic: someone who is ceratin beyond reason that he or she is right, when unbiased and thorough analysts have concluded otherwise. Yours is only the majority opinion among a relatively small group of like-minded people with whom you habitually confer. The Daily Kos and Robert Kennedy Jr. agree with you. I ain't impressed.
You don't want facts, you want indictments. If you looked even half-way at the situation as it occurred, you would know that the election was going into the House of Representatives under the best case scenario for Gore, where he would have lost anyway. Period. The Supreme Court's decision (the 100% right one, which I had predicted weeks earlier) only avoided an interminable delay.
The Pro-Bush decision by the Florida (Democrat-appointed)judge that was overturned on a partisan 4-3 vote in the state Supreme Court was a slam dunk: the Gore team and Bois made a weak, weak, weak, argument, not even supported by their own experts. Did you listen to all of the arguments and read the transcript? I did. Ditto the Bois Supreme Court argument...poor. Did you listen to all of that? Read the tramscript? All the opinions? I did. Read many Supreme Court opinions, do you? I read about 75% of them (it's part of my job), and the court is NOT a bunch of political hacks.
The Florida Court decided to follow a terrible Massachussetts precedent in controvention of State law...THAT's a fact...by allowing non-votes to be treated as votes, using standards that were not the same from county to county. There was no "properly counted"...if you had a smidgeon of understanding of what went on, you wouldn't say such an ignorant thing. THAT's why the recount was halted...read the damn opinion.
NO recount was ever going to tell who "really" won, because the votes were too close. Read some statistical analyses of the problem if you don't believe me. You can't "steal" an election by 500 votes...its too unpredictable. Bush was L-U-C-K-Y. Get it? No Nader, Gore wins. No idiotic Democratic chairwoman in Palm Beach approiving a stupid ballot, Gore wins. Fewer Democrats too dumb to make sure that their card was punched out right, Gore wins...and nobody talks about anyone trying to steal anything.
I know the "evidence" you think you have, and it's crap...which is what 85% of all historical accounts will record.
I have always attempted to convey genuine respect for you guys because I read the foaming at the mouth venom you write on the other sites, and it's clear that this stuff isn't something you can discuss dispassionately...hence anyone who disagrees with your fantasies must be "lying" or "a moron." You feel deeply about this stuff. I get that. But your degree of certitude is absurd given your extreme views. And the facts, the realk facts, in contxt with events, do not support your theory.
The system worked despite an election too close to call. You decided to pick up your marbles and leave. Too bad.
And I'm sorry if I offended you by trying to be respectful. I'll avoid that next time.
- January 20, 2007 at 6:58 PM
- redsock said...
Posner's book
Please. Posner is a hack. Giving him the time of day is like turning to Chass for baseball analysis.
The Daily Kos and Robert Kennedy Jr. agree with you. I ain't impressed.
Yup, all four of us. That's it. Quite a minority opinion. I have no interest in anything Status Quo Kos says.
the Gore team and Bois made a weak, weak, weak, argument, not even supported by their own experts.
We agree here. Completely.
The Florida Court decided to follow a terrible Massachussetts precedent in controvention of State law...THAT's a fact...by allowing non-votes to be treated as votes, using standards that were not the same from county to county. There was no "properly counted"...THAT's why the recount was halted
So as long as the standards varied -- which they did in Florida and do all over the country -- there was no obligation to actually count the votes?
Why do we bother counting any votes ever, if the standards vary across the country?
You can't "steal" an election by 500 votes...its too unpredictable.
But you can successfully disqualify and turn away as many minority (usually Democratic) voters as possible to hopefully narrow (for example) a gap -15,000 to -400. Then it's off to the courts where anything is possible.
I know the "evidence" you think you have, and it's crap...which is what 85% of all historical accounts will record.
News flash, Jack! The "stolen election" remains a wild kooky conspiracy theory. You put it in the same category as the faked moon landing.
I have always attempted to convey genuine respect for you guys because I read the foaming at the mouth venom you write on the other sites, and it's clear that this stuff isn't something you can discuss dispassionately
always attempted to convey genuine respect?
Your acting skills are slipping.
At what other site do I write "foaming at the mouth venom"?
You can drop the smug act, also. I'm being just as dispassionate and calm and rational with my typing here as you are. So fuck you.
- January 20, 2007 at 7:27 PM
- L-girl said...
"given our extreme views"
Yes. It's extreme. The United States is extremely fucked up. The democracy is extremely broken. The people being killed in Iraq are extremely dead, the people doing the killing are extremely murderous and growing extremely dead inside.
Meanwhile, smug self-styled ethicists who read a book on the subject can keep their blinders on while their country slides down the toilet, while the cronies of an unelected government get rich off other people's misery.
Yeah, it's extreme. You're extremely blind. But better blind and dumb than leftist, right?
Posner. You're telling us to read Posner. That's the expert you're holding up - and we're supposed to take you seriously.
I picked up my marbles because the things I value are dead in the United States. Because I value justice and democracy more than I value a design on a flag. If that makes me foaming at the mouth, I'll wear it proudly.
- January 20, 2007 at 7:43 PM
- L-girl said...
The Daily Kos and Robert Kennedy Jr. agree with you. I ain't impressed.
Yup, all four of us. That's it. Quite a minority opinion.
By the way, it doesn't matter how many people believe in or agree with something. Jack Marshall ought to know that popularity has no bearing on the validity or veracity of any idea or theory - especially in a country where the populace is grossly underinformed and/or misinformed! Surveys are still showing that a large percentage of Americans believe Iraq was responsible for 9/11!
The day I agree with a majority opinion in the US, someone will be feeding me baby food in a nursing home in Ontario and I'll think the nurse is Mick Jagger.
- January 20, 2007 at 7:52 PM
- L-girl said...
Then it's off to the courts where anything is possible.
And where the deciding Justice admitted that she did not want a Democrat in the White House because she was soon retiring, and wanted a Republican to choose her successor.
Or did you forget that O'Connor said that?
Don't worry, I didn't want the fucking Democrat either. I just wanted an election, instead of an installation.
But then, I'm a foaming-at-the-mouth fanatic. Regular folks don't care about such things.
- January 20, 2007 at 7:54 PM
- L-girl said...
To anyone who might be reading this exchange, now or in the future, if you are interested in another perspective on the 2000 election, especially what happened in Florida, I highly recommend "Unprecedented," a film by Robert Greenwald, available on DVD.
About "Unprecendented" and Robert Greenwald's other movies.
- January 20, 2007 at 8:36 PM
- redsock said...
I wonder what Good Ol' Unbiased Posner has to say about this.
- January 21, 2007 at 12:37 AM


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Welcome to our Garden Party. Tune your TV to CNBC Network and join us for dogdom's ultimate armchair quarterbacking. Please say hello to your host when you come in and then feel free to mingle. It's like any other open house. We always have a few surprise guests drop in.
Monday, February 10, 2014
Welcome to our Garden Party. Tune your TV to CNBC Network and join us for dogdom's ultimate armchair quarterbacking. Please say hello to your host when you come in and then feel free to mingle. It's like any other open house. We always have a few surprise guests drop in.
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The Dog Show Poop annual Garden Party is now open. Tune your TV to CNBC, grab your favorite beverage, and join me for a night of doggy fun! Please say hi to your host when you come inside. Welcome!ReplyDelete
First up tonight is the Hound Group. There were surprise winners in Afghans and Salukis.ReplyDelete
I watched live streams of the breed judging today on my norebook, my iPad, my daughter's iPad mini, and my iPhone. I've never had the chance to watch so many breeds at Westminster.ReplyDelete
Any favorites in the Hound Group? The Whippet, GCH CH Sporting Fields Bahama Sands made an surprise appearance and took the breed.ReplyDelete
While my Group pick was defeated in the breed, this Afghan is a BIS winner.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousFebruary 10, 2014 at 7:15 PM
Anyone know where I can watch this live online? I really want to watch the groups but I don't have cable :(ReplyDeleteReplies
Sadly, I think CNBC and USA contracts don't allow live streams during the evening broadcasts. We will try to give you as much of a play by paly as we can. ;-)Delete
- AnonymousFebruary 10, 2014 at 8:01 PM
Thanks! :) found out at the last minute they weren't streaming groups online so I had no time to prepare >.< tomorrow I'll be sure to see the groups and BIS though!Delete
The Basenji is a BIS winner and is always owner handledReplyDelete
The 13 Beagle is from Thailand and is a BIS winnerReplyDelete
My B&T Coonhound pick didn't make the trip from Washington State.ReplyDelete
This Bloodhound, Nathan, is one of my picks. The judge has put a more scent hounds than sighthoundsReplyDelete
The grey and white Borzoi epitomizes the elegance of the breed.ReplyDelete
This LH Dachshund is an unusal color, handled by Doxie specialist Carlos Puig.ReplyDelete
The WH Dachshund has that Terrier-tude!ReplyDelete
Biff, what a doll.ReplyDelete
Hi, MillValleyGirl, welcome back!ReplyDeleteReplies
Nice to have you doing this, Billy.Delete
Pat Trotter is the most successful owner/handler in WKC hsitory with ten Group OnesReplyDelete
I understand she turned down a judging assignment because she would like to win one moreReplyDelete
Handler Brian Livingston handled the top Pharaoh Hound is historyReplyDelete
How many of you have actually seen a Podengo in competition?ReplyDeleteReplies
I saw one in Dallas in December.Delete
That's one nice Redbone. Don't be surprised if judge Johnson takes a fancy to himReplyDelete
Michelle Scott has won BIS at Westmisnter twice.ReplyDelete
This Saluki won the breed over some serious competitionReplyDelete
Anyone notice that the 2013 Number Two Hound, the Harrier was absent today?ReplyDelete
This Whippet is my pick for Group OneReplyDelete
Picks? In addition to the Whippet, I like the Bloodhound, the Afghan, & the RedboneReplyDelete
Judge Johnson has given the Basset a Group One in the last yearReplyDelete
Bloodhound, GCH CH Flessner's International S'CessReplyDelete
Whippet, GCH CH Sporting Fields Bahama Sands
Basset Hound, GCH CH Sanchu-Topsfield Eeenie Meenie Miney Moe
Wolfhound. CH Kuriann Of First Avenue
I had both the Bloodhound & the Basset in my original WWW (Whom to Watch at Westminster) postReplyDelete
Nest uo, the Toy GroupReplyDelete
All of my picks made it through to the Group, the MinPin, Classie, the Peke Rodger, the Toy Poodle, Beauty, and the Pug, Rufus.ReplyDelete
The MinPin, Classie, is the winningest MinPin in historyReplyDelete
She is also close to breaking the record for a Toy Dog. That record is held by a Peke shown by David Fitzpatrick who is showing the Peke, Rodger, tonightReplyDelete
Judge Keke Kahn is from Florida as is the MinPin and PugReplyDelete
While Ben is a nice Affenpinscher, he ain't JoeReplyDelete
This Griff beat some impressive dogs to get to the group tonightReplyDelete
In addition to the nine year old Cavalier, we will se a 13 year old Schipperke tonightReplyDeleteReplies
I had no idea he's that old.Delete
The King Charles English Toy Spaniel is a BIS winnerReplyDelete
I an Italian Greyhound in my lap as I watch thisReplyDelete
I have an Italian Greyhound in my lap as I watch thisReplyDelete
Very nice ChinReplyDelete
This Maltese bested a couple of top winning Maltese in the breedReplyDelete
We've yet to see my top four picks in this groupReplyDelete
Classie is one impressive Toy DogReplyDelete
David won BIS here in 2012 with another Peke, GCH CH PalaceGarden MalachyReplyDelete
The Pom is always a scene stealerReplyDelete
The Smash Kennels just about owns the Toy Poodle variety. This is the latestReplyDelete
Judge Kahn has given this Pug two groups in the last yearReplyDelete
This is Luke & Diane's latest Shih Tzu. I like this oen better than their last twoReplyDelete
As I get older I keep getting smaller Terriers/ Maybe my next will be a SilkyReplyDelete
This Yorkie is named Billy, whioch gets him extra points from meReplyDelete
After ten years with Maltese, I will never again show a dog with bows in its hairReplyDelete
I am sticking with my original picks, MinPin, Peke, Poodle, & Pug.ReplyDeleteReplies
- AnonymousFebruary 10, 2014 at 10:21 PM
I took one look at the Pom and figured he'd be in the ribbons. Fabulous boy!Delete
Surprised she did not pull the PoodleReplyDelete
MinPin, Cavalier, Peke, & Pug. I get three out of fourReplyDeleteReplies
- AnonymousFebruary 10, 2014 at 8:34 PM
Wow, great job! Let's see what the next group brings us...Delete
Miniatrue Pinscher, GCH CH Marlex Classic Red GlareReplyDelete
Cavalier King Charles Spaniel, GCH CH Grantilley Galaxy Moon
Pomeranian, GCH CH CR Chase What Matters
Pug, GCH CH Caper's Sirius Endeavor
Make that the Pekingese, GCH CH Yakee Easily Persuaded in fourthReplyDelete
One of my Non-Spoting picks, the Chinese Shar-Pei, GCH CH Shine's Deck the Halls, decided not to enter and another, the Bulldog, GCH CH Mytooys Epic Against the Wind, was beaten in the breed. However, my two top picks the Standard Poodle, GCH CH Brighton Lakeridge Encore, and the Tibetan Spaniel, GCH CH Kan Sings Tenzin, made it throughReplyDelete
Look for the Bichon Frise, GCH CH Saks Winning Card. His handler, Scott Sommer, won BIS here with another Bichon, JRReplyDelete
The other two spots are up for grabs. Contenders will be the Dalmatian, the French Bulldog, & the Xoloitzcuintli (pronounced Show Low Eats Kent Lee)ReplyDelete
Breeder judge Jean Hetherington chose tis Bulldog our of a big entryReplyDelete
This is a BIS winning Shar-PeiReplyDelete
Why isn't the Lowchen more popular? You don't have to do the stupid haircut,ReplyDeleteReplies
- AnonymousFebruary 10, 2014 at 10:20 PM
Try living with one...they are nearly impossible to house-train and frankly are a little psychotic. That said, we do love ours but we'd never have another.Delete
This Standard Poodle is my pick for Group OneReplyDelete
This is the Top winning Schipperke in history. TJ is 13 years oldReplyDelete
It's nice to see a Tibetan terrier without an overabundance of coatReplyDelete
Here's that Xolo I was talking about, Armani in suedeReplyDelete
Any favorites?ReplyDelete
That is a BIS winning Shiba she pulledReplyDelete
Standard, Tibbie, Mni, & DalReplyDelete
- AnonymousFebruary 10, 2014 at 9:11 PM
Thank you so much for doing these updates! I really appreciate it as I can't watch the show tonight.ReplyDelete
Does anyone know where you can see the group judging on-line if you don't subscribe to TV?ReplyDelete
Standard Poodle, GCH CH Brighton Lakeridge EncoreReplyDelete
Tibetan Spaniel, GCH CH Kan Sing's Tenzin
Miniature Poodle, GCH CH Bellefleet's Living In The Fast Lane
Dalmatian, GCH CH Spotted Bliss Oreo Delight
The Herding Group is the most anticipated group. There's a lot of money riding on the Old EnglishReplyDelete
However, the German Shpherd just beat him in Decemnber at the huge AKC.Eukanuba National ChampionshipReplyDelete
However, the OES was a huge fan favorite last year when he wentReplyDelete
Reserve Best In Show
The OES looked stunning at the recent Portland shows!ReplyDelete
In addition to the OES & GSD, I like teh Puli and the SheltieReplyDelete
Wow, that Beardie is way too trimmedReplyDelete
IO love the feral look of the Cattle DogReplyDelete
This Aussie has been coming on strong of lateReplyDelete
Bouvier breeder/owner/handler Elaine Paquette was Dogs In Review's Breeder of the YearReplyDelete
Am I the only one that still confuses the Finnish Lapphund and the Icelandic Sheepdog?ReplyDeleteReplies
- AnonymousFebruary 10, 2014 at 9:39 PM
Yeah, that happens to me too xPDelete
I worry that all these new breeds are taking attention from existing breeds that need supportReplyDelete
Swagger still has the crown behind himReplyDelete
The Pembroke ring was one of the toughest todayReplyDelete
This Puli has a nice short backReplyDelete
Sunny is a BIS winnerReplyDelete
The Puli was the Herding Group's Show Dog of the Year with more Herding group wins than any other dogReplyDelete
Brother is on!ReplyDelete
Like I said, OES, GSD, Puli, & Sheltie. Anyone like the Corgi?ReplyDelete
How about the Bouvier?ReplyDelete
Wow! Now that's an upset!ReplyDeleteReplies
- AnonymousFebruary 11, 2014 at 1:22 AM
Billy, this may just qualify as the Understatement of the Year.Delete
Cardigan Welsh Corgi, GCH CH Riverside Telltail Coco PoshReplyDelete
Puli, GCH CH Cordmaker Topsy Turvey
German Shepherd Dog, GCH CH Wolf Creek's Galaxy of Merivern
Old English Sheepdog, GCH CH Bugaboo's Picture Perfect
Thank you all for coming! Join us tomorrow for the big finale!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousFebruary 10, 2014 at 10:02 PM
Wow, unexpected result!ReplyDelete
Can't wait for tomorrow, all my favorite groups are there! :D thanks for providing updates :) will be here tomorrow as well


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The journey of former state rep. Zachary Wyatt from filing resolution against an Adair County judge to dropping out of race to study in Hawaii makes the No. 3 top local story of 2012.
Leading up
The year started with Rep. Zachary Wyatt, a Republican, filing a resolution in the House aimed at bringing about impeachment proceedings against Judge Russell Steele for what Wyatt said were serious breaches of ethical conduct.
That resolution went nowhere in the state legislature.
Wyatt then announced in March he was seeking re-election to his seat in the Missouri House, but a month later withdrew from the race, saying he was leaving politics to use his G.I. Bill benefits and study marine biology at the University of Hawaii.
Coming out
In late April, Wyatt spoke out against the so-called "Don't Say Gay" bill, aimed to prohibit discussions of sexual orientation in schools.
A week later while delivering a statement asking members of the House to withdraw support from the bill, Wyatt said:
"I ask you to stand with me as a proud Republican, a proud veteran, and a proud gay man who wants to protect all kids, addressing bullying in our schools."
"I am not the first or last Republican to come out. I have just gotten tired of the bigotry being shown on both sides of the aisle on gay issues."
The aftermath
Wyatt attracted media attention from across the nation, campaigned for Republicans in Massachusetts and attended an event at the White House.
In northeast Missouri, Republican Nate Walker took the GOP spot on the ballot for District 3, opposing Democrat Rebecca McClanahan. In November, Walker won convincingly, taking 57.4 percent of the votes cast.
Meanwhile, Wyatt is no longer planning to head to Hawaii, instead choosing to attend Creighton University in Nebraska. His ultimate goal is to earn a law degree and practice environmental law.
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10. Jason Haxton goes Hollywood
9. Kirksville responds to Buddy Pack crisis
8. Kirksville R-III implements drug testing
7. NEMO Heart Health hit 50 AEDs
6. NRMC opened its own heart center
5. Kirksville R-III installs artificial turf
4. Arnold Stephen Barber wins appeal
3. Wyatt, Walker and McClanahan
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Rex Burkhead Wins the Heisman of Character
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Too bad Leo Durocher never got to meet Rex Burkhead. The legendary major league baseball manager would have been forced to change the name of a book that claims to talk as straight as a hard-hit low line drive. Some of us remember that book entitled "Nice Guys Finish Last."
And that title would reflect the exact opposite of Burkhead, who, in essence, won the Heisman of Character in the opinion of a UNL grad and orthopaedic doctor suggesting that title at the end of this column. Burkhead is, after all, only the third captain in the 21-year history of the Allstate AFCA (American Football Coaches Association) Good Works Team presented by Home Depot Thursday night during ESPN's annual tribute to the biggest stars in college football.
Even though Burkhead taped his response for a prominent segment in the prime-time production, he must have left an impression because Good Morning America hosts went out of their way Friday morning to praise Burkhead and the inspirational relationship he's built with Jack Hoffman, his 7-year-old "little buddy" fighting brain cancer, the No. 1 killer in children.
Sugar Bowl Recognition Awaits Good Works Team
Burkhead "embodies the true spirit" of the Good Works Team, said Kathy Mabe, the All-State West Regions president who explains why Burkhead received the rare honor of captain of a Good Works team that will be honored at the 2013 Allstate Sugar Bowl in New Orleans. The recognition will be one day after Burkhead helps lead Nebraska against No. 6 Georgia in Orlando's Capital One Bowl.
Burkhead won't be the only Capital One Bowl player honored in New Orleans. Georgia quarterback Aaron Murray also will be honored as a member of the 2012 Good Works Team, which is comprised of 11 players from the NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision and another 11 players from the NCAA Football Championship Series Subdivision, Divisions II, III, and NAIA.
The N-Sider points our readers to six links at the top of this column. All reinforce something Husker fans already know – Rex Burkhead redefines the meaning of "good guys" who compete in such a physically demanding sport.
All About Community Contributions, Serving Others
The Good Works Team recognizes competitors for their contributions to the community and their service to others off the field.
In his taped response, Burkhead called the award "an unbelievable honor" and acknowledged how its goal represents "a big part of who I am as a person." He said the award "is definitely good for Nebraska" because "Coach Bo (Pelini) teaches us well. We're not only just football players. We're people who care about the team. We care about what we do in school, and that's important – to be the best overall person you can be."
Kelly Mosier, director of web operations for Huskers.com, traveled with Burkhead this week to chronicle the 2011 All-Big Ten running back's experiences in New York, where he also was honored as a National Football Foundation Scholar-Athlete Award winner. It was Burkhead's first trip to New York "and you could tell he was enjoying the whole experience," said Mosier, who shot film of Rex at the banquet and outside Radio City Music Hall. "He was having a good time," Mosier said. "He was enjoying the process."
Is Burkhead One of College Football's Nicest Guys?
That takes us to the crux surrounding this highly decorated but deeply humbled Nebraska student-athlete: Is Rex Burkhead a nice guy in a world that doesn't often favor that description?
"He's such a class act," Mosier told me. "We flew commercially, and he was so gracious and so generous with people who came up to him and wanted to shake his hand or ask for an autograph, whether we were in Lincoln, Minneapolis or LaGuardia in New York. He would always take time out to talk to everyone he met. I mean, he's such a nice guy all the way around that it's hard for anyone not to be a Rex Burkhead fan."
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I'm a Husker alum and now an orthopaedic surgeon living in Michigan. As I've gotten older, the final scores of Husker games have become a little less important, and looking for inspiration for both my kids and myself in sports has become most of what I look for. I found nothing more wonderful than Rex's off-the-field activities the past few years. I'll trade a national championship every time to fill a roster with Rex Burkheads. I'll go a step further and say that if I could fill a roster with Rex Burkheads, national championships would likely follow. Incredible kid who at such a young age already knows what matters most in life. This latest honor is the Heisman Trophy of character for a football player who just happened to have the talent to win the less important real Heisman.Life will be good to Rex. Please keep recruiting character, Bo. It really does matter to a lot of us. John Samani, NU Class of 1985, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan


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KIRKSVILLE, Mo. – Kirksville senior Scott Schwend signed his national letter of intent with the Truman State Bulldogs on Wednesday, becoming just the second player for KHS currently on the TSU roster.
"My main goal has always been to play college football, and to be able to do that in my hometown in front of all my friends and family is a big deal," said Scott.
The signing took place at the Kirksville High School library. Scott was joined by his mom, Mary Jo, and his dad, Michael, as well as Kirksville head coach Jeff Jacques.
"Scott has had a love for the game for many, many years and it has always been one of his dreams to play college football. So this signing today is the pinnacle of that," said Michael.
Scott rushed for 846 yards on 151 carries as a senior for the Tigers.
"This is very exciting, especially for him. He is very deserving of this. He has worked very hard and is and is an all-around great player and a true team player so I think he will fit in well at Truman," said Jacques.
He has worked very hard academically so Truman is a great fit for that, it's a thrill for him to be here because we have a large family and Scott is a big part of that, so to keep him around for four more years, we'll take that," said Mary Jo.
This honor hasn't come without sacrifice for Scott.
"It has taken a lot of hard work, my teammates and coaches have helped me out so much. This wouldn't be possible without them," said Scott.


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LONGMONT -- Last year, 10 a.m. Thanksgiving Day just wasn't early enough to get the flat-screen TV that Christian Mucha wanted. So this year, he decided to get in line a little earlier.
Sixty hours earlier.
That's right. The 16-year-old Longmont High School student pitched his tent outside Best Buy at 10 p.m. Monday. By Tuesday afternoon, his was still the only presence behind the store's "Line Forms Here" sign.
"Last night, (the employees) saw me putting up the tent and they were laughing at me, I think," said Christian, who was 15th in line last year. The store opens its Black Friday sale at midnight Thursday, running through 10 p.m. Friday.
According to the International Council of Shopping Centers, about 34 percent of American consumers plan to shop on Black Friday, the start of the Christmas shopping season. Long lines and midnight start times are a common sight, and this year, an increasing number of stores have upped the ante -- and, in some quarters, the outrage -- by beginning their sales on Thanksgiving itself.
Even so, a Monday night start is a bit ambitious. Christian's mother, Marisol Mucha, admitted she was uncertain about the idea at first. In the end, she not only said "yes," but she also became his partner. The two are taking shifts in the tent and will be together at the store's opening in their try for televisions and laptops.
"Sometimes you need to be flexible," said Mucha, who was also with her son last year.
Christian acknowledges that it looks a little crazy. But he's enjoying himself. It even gives him a chance to get that Thanksgiving homework done.
"I'm a teenager, so it's just for fun, too," he said. "Instead of staying at home, I'm out here. It might be boring, but being over here, camping out -- it's like an adventure."
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