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Who's In It: Amanda Seyfried, Gary Oldman, Virginia Madsen, Billy Burke, Lukas Haas, Shiloh Fernandez, Max Irons
The Basics: You know the story, and will be nonplussed by the embellishments that are making it "hip" too. There's a cute girl torn between two dreamy suitors, an iron elephant-shaped torture device, and a frowny face on a big pole in the town square to indicate how dire the situation is. There are catty girls, illegitimate children, a half-assed neighborhood orgy, and a computer generated wolf that occasionally eats the townspeople.
What's The Deal: When I was a little girl, my mother would read me stories, breathing life into every character and creating a tangible world that I could live in for the time it took her to share the beginning, middle, and end of a tale. But despite her spectacular matriarchal performance, I was left asking many burning questions she couldn't answer. "But mom, where did the wolf come from? Why did he eat people in the first place? Do you think this whole grandma thing was an isolated incident? And was Red Riding Hood just begging for it?" Today, our simplest and most elegant tales are swollen into 90-plus minute long tripe that completely eradicates any kind of dignity or lesson from the content. And if you couldn't help but notice that this is Twilight with more wolves and less shirtlessness, you were right. It's even directed by the same woman, Catherine Hardwicke, whose other more interesting movies did not prepare me for the boredom induced by these vampires and wolves. This movie is just a lot of people staring at each other by the light of a fire.
The Fundamental Problem: The heart of the film is a question similar to those I had as a child: Who is the wolf? The only problem is, the movie is so boring and unoriginal that I didn't care--it wasn't killing enough people and when it showed up, it looked kind of like the cat on the Simpsons. There are tons of red herrings, misdirections, and scanning people's eyes for wolf similarity, and when you add it up, it's still a total zero.
Father Knows Best: Billy Burke is quickly becoming my favorite dad of all time--he is definitely one of the best actors in the Twilightseries, and in this movie he plays Amanda Seyfried's shifty pop Cesaire. Also catapulting him to the top of my list is his recent role in Drive Angry as a really charismatic cult leader. Nice work, Hollywood! Cast him in more stuff! He's often the most compelling person on screen.
To Cleanse Your Palate: If you ignore my warnings and go see the film anyway, you can erase it from your memory by watching some of the spectacular movies from the film's talented cast: Amanda Seyfried, the unofficial Queen of Side Boob 2010, made a great film called Chloe. Virginia Madsen was amazing in Electric Dreams, Sideways and Candyman. Gary Oldman is spectacular in anything--with some of my favorites being Immortal Beloved and True Romance. Or maybe just read Call of the Wild again.
Take That, Atkins: The only part of the movie that really stuck with me is the line "All sorrows are less with bread." That got an amen from me.
bILLY burke is a terribly boring horrible actor you're crazy
This movie was horrible!! I Should have listened to your review and not wasted the $18 dollars i paid!! Not only was the movie boring but the storyline was majorly lacking. I am a movie lover and go into movies with low expectations, since now-a-days they are producing low calibar movies, and this one disappointed. Even BEASTLY was better then this!!!
Cannot believe what a disappointment this movie was, Major flop. The camera was mainly focused on Amanda's eyes constantly, was no plot,,badly done...So sorry I wasted my money..VERY DISSAPPOINTED
being the best actor or most compelling character in the Twilight movies has got to be a whole lot like being the smartest kid who flunked out of high school.
the fact that she directed twilight which ruined vampires for me forever, makes me very hesitant.
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LOVED this episode. As a horror fan myself all the references were amazing. Paranormal Activity, Psycho, Saw w Billy and the tricycle and maybe even a bit of The Shining? I laughed my ass off the whole time and it was fun picking out the movies that were mentioned.
I agree it was a super funny epi in a really twisted, creepy way; maybe m/t can make a really scary movie one day more so than Cannibal (which btw, is my ultimate favorite).
All those ppl who are complaining about their awesome four, why does it have to be the same characters EVERY TIME? Some change is good and keeps the series fresh.
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Candy_Apple wrote:Episode was pretty good. Poor butters lol. the kid never gets a break. And wow, the city sushi guy has MPD? thats weird, but pretty cool.
It is cool. Now, not only my friends but my family too - when we order chinese food, I always ask for the sh*tty Chicken
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xD I dont know why people get so tired of certain plot-lines so easily. Its like one minute South Park fans accept the show completely, and then another minute they turn into sophisticated businessmen who are suddenly over the jokes. I think both plotlines are funny. :)
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2.If you dress up as a vampire and tell him that you are,he will run away.
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Lawsuit filed in HMS Bounty sinking off NC coast
Lawsuit filed in HMS Bounty sinking off NC coast
The mother of a woman who died during the sinking of a ship during Superstorm Sandy has filed a lawsuit against the owner of the vessel.
The suit, filed Monday in federal court on Long Island, names Robert Hansen as a defendant, along with the HMS Bounty Organization.
The HMS Bounty, a replica of an 18-century ship, sank early on Oct. 29 about 90 miles southeast of Cape Hatteras, N.C. Fourteen of the sixteen crew members were rescued, but 42-year-old Claudene Christian died. The captain was never found.
In the suit, Christian's mother accuses Hansen of negligence in allowing the ship to sail. She says it wasn't seaworthy and that the captain shouldn't have taken it out to sea.
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Songs for July 4 from the Network of Spiritual Progressives
NSP Song
NSP, Join with me, as we transform the world's reality,
Love and kindness, radical amazement, peace and generosity (2)
Save the planet from environmental crisis, stop wars , torture and poverty,
Let our voices cry out that we have no doubt that love and kindness will triumph, you will see
Our Network of Spiritual Progressives affirms science and spirit both!
Domination replaced by love, gentleness placed above the world of power and of might!
It's time to end poverty and hunger, around the world and in the U.S. too.
We have enough to share, with humility and care, we care one with all humanity – it's true!
Don't let them tell you to "be realistic" in a world full of wars and poverty.
Only fundamental change can prevent a world deranged from destroying us and all the planet too!
The selfishness and greed that surround us lead many to despair that things can change,
Yet we know that people yearn for a world that can turn to love, peace and generosity.
A Shared Blessing after the Meal Has Been Finished
You shall eat, and be satisfied, and then you shall bless (x2) ve'achalta ve'savata uvey'rachta
We ate when we were hungry and now we're satisfied
We thank the source of blessing for all that S/He provides
Hunger is a yearning in body and soul
Earth, air, fire, water, and spirit makes us whole…
Giving and receiving we open up our hands
From seedtime through harvest, we're partners with the land…
We share in a vision of wholeness and release
Where every child is nourished and we all live in peace
Loving for the stranger, peace and justice too.
So all the goodness in our lives is shared with others too.
Transformation is our goal, loving is our way,
Humility, joy and gratitude, thank God, every day.
Peace Song
Let everyone 'neath her vine and fig tree live in peace and unafraid
And into plowshares beat their swords nations shall learn war no more.
Let justice roll down like a mighty stream, affirming goodness is not just a dream,
And we will use all our consciousness to build bridges of love and kindness
I'm going to lay down my sword and spear Down by the Riverside, Study war no more!
I ain't gonna study war no more (6) (Then back to Loe Yisah Goy el Goy Cherev)
America the Beautiful
O beautiful for spacious skies for amber waves of grain
For purple mountains majesties above the fruited plain
America America Godshed Her grace on thee
And crown thy good with brotherhood from sea to shining sea
O beautiful for pilgrim's feet whose stern impassioned stress
A thoroughfare for freedom beat across the wilderness
America America God mend thine every flaw
Confirm thy soul in self control, thy liberty in law
O beautiful for working folk who forged the wealth we see
In farm and mill, in home & school, unsung in history
America America may race nor sex nor creed
No more divide, but side by side, transform the world, made free
Imagine (Tikkun version)
Imagine there's all goodness … It's easy if you try
No Hell below us … Above us only sky
Imagine all the people … Living for today
Imagine there's no countries … It isn't hard to do
Nothing to kill or die for … And no oppression too
Imagine all the people … Living life in peace
You, you may say I am a dreamer … But I'm not the only one
I hope someday you'll join us … And the world will be as one.
Imagine no possessions … I wonder if you can
No need for greed or hunger … A sisterhood of man
Imagine all the people … Sharing all the world…
You, you may say I am a dreamer … But I'm not the only one
I hope someday you'll join us … And the world will be as one
Imagine love is flowing … No scarcity of care,
Holiness surrounds us … The sacred everywhere
Imagine awe and wonder … Replacing greed and fear
You may say we're all dreamers, … But we're not the only ones
TIKKUN and Spirit soaring … And the world will live as one!
We Shall Overcome
We shall overcome (2) We shall overcome someday
Oh, deep in my heart I know that I do believe that we shall overcome some day.
We'll walk hand in hand….
Blacks and whites together, gays and straights together…..
Israelis and Palestinians, Muslims Jews and Christians….
We will not despair, we are not alone, Spirit is unfolding through us…oh deep in my heart, I know that I do believe, love and justice shall prevail.
This Land Is Your Land
This land is your land, this land is my land
From [the] California to the [Staten] New York Island,
From the Redwood Forest, to the Gulf stream waters,
[God blessed America for me.]
As I went walking that ribbon of highway
And saw above me that endless skyway,
And saw below me the golden valley, I said:
This land was made for you and me.
Was a high wall there that tried to stop me
A sign was painted said: Private Property,
But on the back side it didn't say nothing –
That side was made for you and me.
One bright sunny morning in the shadow of the steeple
By the Relief Office I saw my people –
As they stood hungry, I stood there wondering if
This land was made for you and me.
Ode Yavoe
Ode yavoe shalom aleynu, ode yavoe shalom aleynu, ode yavoe shalom aleynu, ve'al kulam. Shalom, aleynu ve'al kol ha/olam Salaam Shalom
I Ain't Marching Anymore (by Phil Ochs)
Oh I marched to the battle of New Orleans
At the end of the early British war
The young land started growing
The young blood started flowing
C Am D
But I ain't marchin' anymore
For I've killed my share of Indians In a thousand different fights
I was there at the Little Big Horn I heard many men lying
I saw many more dying But I ain't marchin' anymore
It's always the old to lead us to the war
C Am D
It's always the young to fall
Now look at all we've won with the sabre and the gun
Tell me is it worth it all
For I stole California from the Mexican land Fought in the bloody Civil War
Yes I even killed my brother And so many others
And I ain't marchin' anymore
For I marched to the battles of the German trench
In a war that was bound to end all wars
Oh I must have killed a million men And now they want me back again
But I ain't marchin' anymore
For I flew the final mission in the Japanese sky
Set off the mighty mushroom roar When I saw the cities burning
I knew that I was learning That I ain't marchin' anymore
Now the labor leader's screamin' when they close the missile plants,
United Fruit screams at the Cuban shore, Call it "Peace" or call it "Treason,"
Call it "Love" or call it "Reason," But I ain't marchin' any more.
The New Internationale (traditional melody, words by Rabbi Michael Lerner)
Arise ye prisoners of alienation, arise ye wretched of the earth
For justice calls for liberation, a grand new world in birth
No more racism or sexism shall distort us
Throw homophobia out the door.
The earth we save from destruction
We give priority to the poor.
Tis our love for each other, let God's spirit fill this place
The international working class can unite the human race
Tis the moment always ready to rebuild the world with love.
And in the place of violence we honor the peaceful dove.
Let There Be Peace on Earth (Sy Miller & Jill Jackson)
Let there be peace on earth, and let it begin with me.
Let there be peace on Earth,
The peace that was meant to be.
With God our Creator, we're one family.
Let us walk with each other, in perfect harmony.
Let peace begin with me, let this be the moment now.
With ev'ry step I take, let this be my solemn vow:
To take each moment and live each moment
in peace eternally.
Let there be Peace on Earth, and let it begin with me.
The Times They are a Changing
Come gather 'round people
Wherever you roam
And admit that the waters
Around you have grown
And accept it that soon
You'll be drenched to the bone.
If your time to you
Is worth savin'
Then you better start swimmin'
Or you'll sink like a stone
For the times they are a-changin'.
Come writers and critics
Who prophesize with your pen
And keep your eyes wide
The chance won't come again
And don't speak too soon
For the wheel's still in spin
And there's no tellin' who
That it's namin'.
For the loser now
Will be later to win
For the times they are a-changin'.
Come senators, congressmen
Please heed the call
Don't stand in the doorway
Don't block up the hall
For he that gets hurt
Will be he who has stalled
There's a battle outside
And it is ragin'.
It'll soon shake your windows
And rattle your walls
For the times they are a-changin'.
Come mothers and fathers
Throughout the land
And don't criticize
What you can't understand
Your sons and your daughters
Are beyond your command
Your old road is
Rapidly agin'.
Please get out of the new one
If you can't lend your hand
For the times they are a-changin'.
The line it is drawn
The curse it is cast
The slow one now
Will later be fast
As the present now
Will later be past
The order is
Rapidly fadin'.
And the first one now
Will later be last
For the times they are a-changin'.
Changes (by Phil Ochs)
Capo 1st fret
Intro: G/A/D/Em/G/A/F#m/Bm/Em/A/D/Em/A/D
G A D Em
Sit by my side, come as close as the air,
G A F#m
Share in a memory of gray;
Bm Em A D
And wander in my words, dream about the pictures
Em A D
That I play of changes.
Green leaves of summer turn red in the fall
To brown and to yellow they fade.
And then they have to die, trapped within
the circle time parade of changes.
Scenes of my young years were warm in my mind,
Visions of shadows that shine.
'Til one day I returned and found they were the
Victims of the vines of changes.
The world's spinning madly, it drifts in the dark
Swings through a hollow of haze,
A race around the stars, a journey through
The universe ablaze with changes.
Moments of magic will glow in the night
All fears of the forest are gone
But when the morning breaks they're swept away by
Golden drops of dawn, of changes.
Passions will part to a strange melody.
As fires will sometimes burn cold.
Like petals in the wind, we're puppets to the silver
strings of souls, of changes.
Your tears will be trembling, now we're somewhere else,
One last cup of wine we will pour
And I'll kiss you one more time, and leave you on
the rolling river shores of changes.
(repeat first verse)
There but for Fortune (by Phil Ochs)
Intro: G Cm G Cm G Cm
G Cm G Cm
Show me a prison, show me a jail,
G Em Am D
Show me a prisoner whose face has gone pale
Em C Am
And I'll show you a young man with so many reasons why
Bm G Am D
And there but for fortune, may go you or I
Show me the alley, show me the train,
Show me a hobo who sleeps out in the rain,
And I'll show you a young man with so many reasons why
There but for fortune, may go you or go I — you and I.
Show me the whiskey stains on the floor,
Show me the dunken man as he stumbles out the door,
And I'll show you a young man with so many reasons why
There but for fortune, may go you or go I — you and I.
[Extra verse... written by Noel Paul Stookey]
Show me the famine, show me the frail
Eyes with no future that show how we failed
And I'll show you the children with so many reasons why
There but for fortune, go you or I.
Show me the country where bombs had to fall,
Show me the ruins of buildings once so tall,
And I'll show you a young land with so many reasons why
There but for fortune, go you or go I — you and I.
You and I,
There but for fortune, go you or go I — you and I.
Last Night I Had the Strangest Dream (by Ed McCurdy)
Last night I had the strangest dream
I'd ever dreamed before.
I dreamed the world had all agreed
To put an end to war.
I dreamed I saw a mighty room
Filled with women and men.
And the paper they were signing said
They'd never fight again.
And when the paper was all signed
And a million copies made,
They all joined hands and bowed their heads
And grateful pray'rs were prayed.
And the people in the streets below
Were dancing 'round and 'round,
While swords and guns and uniforms
Were scattered on the ground.
[repeat first verse]
The Left Hand of God (by Sharon Abreu)
I want to sit at the Left Hand of God. (2 x)
I want to live my life in peace,
Feel anxiety release,
In kindness, compassion and love.
Why would I go anywhere else,
If I knew my way home,
If I knew myself?
I want to sit at the Left Hand of God. (2x)
I'm gonna let the tears flow,
In joy or sadness, let them go,
Let the waters of life be set free.
At the Left Hand of God,
That's where you'll find me.
Won't you join me? (2 x)
As I join with the Divine,
In a New Bottom Line,
I see forgiveness unfold all around me.
And my heart, free from sin,
Begins to let love in.
I find meaning in this life of mine,
Gonna stop and take some time,
Appreciate the grand design.
And sit at the Left Hand of God,
Sit at the Left Hand of God.
Why would I go anywhere else,
If I knew my way home,
If I knew myself?
I'm gonna sit at the Left Hand of God. (2x)
The light of Heaven on my face,
I see the whole human race
Glow with generosity, heal all animosity,
Celebrate civility, embrace sustainability,
Feel the Earth's pulse beating in our heart,
Hear it singing, "We were never apart."
And we'll sit at the Left Hand of God,
We'll sit at the Left Hand of God.
Why would I go anywhere else,
If I knew my way home,
If I knew myself?
Shalom aleichem, (Tr.: Peace be upon you)
As salaam aleikum, (Tr.: Peace be upon you)
Paz, liebe, libertad, (Tr.: Peace, love, freedom)
Here at the Left Hand of God. (3 x)
It's Alright Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)
Darkness at the break of noon
Shadows even the silver spoon
The handmade blade, the child's balloon
Eclipses both the sun and moon
To understand you know too soon
There is no sense in trying.
Pointed threats, they bluff with scorn
Suicide remarks are torn
From the fool's gold mouthpiece
The hollow horn plays wasted words
Proves to warn
That he not busy being born
Is busy dying.
Temptation's page flies out the door
You follow, find yourself at war
Watch waterfalls of pity roar
You feel to moan but unlike before
You discover
That you'd just be
One more person crying.
So don't fear if you hear
A foreign sound to your ear
It's alright, Ma, I'm only sighing.
As some warn victory, some downfall
Private reasons great or small
Can be seen in the eyes of those that call
To make all that should be killed to crawl
While others say don't hate nothing at all
Except hatred.
Disillusioned words like bullets bark
As human gods aim for their mark
Made everything from toy guns that spark
To flesh-colored Christs that glow in the dark
It's easy to see without looking too far
That not much
Is really sacred.
While preachers preach of evil fates
Teachers teach that knowledge waits
Can lead to hundred-dollar plates
Goodness hides behind its gates
But even the president of the United States
Sometimes must have
To stand naked.
An' though the rules of the road have been lodged
It's only people's games that you got to dodge
And it's alright, Ma, I can make it.
Advertising signs that con you
Into thinking you're the one
That can do what's never been done
That can win what's never been won
Meantime life outside goes on
All around you.
You lose yourself, you reappear
You suddenly find you got nothing to fear
Alone you stand with nobody near
When a trembling distant voice, unclear
Startles your sleeping ears to hear
That somebody thinks
They really found you.
A question in your nerves is lit
Yet you know there is no answer fit to satisfy
Insure you not to quit
To keep it in your mind and not fergit
That it is not he or she or them or it
That you belong to.
Although the masters make the rules
For the wise men and the fools
I got nothing, Ma, to live up to.
For them that must obey authority
That they do not respect in any degree
Who despise their jobs, their destinies
Speak jealously of them that are free
Cultivate their flowers to be
Nothing more than something
They invest in.
While some on principles baptized
To strict party platform ties
Social clubs in drag disguise
Outsiders they can freely criticize
Tell nothing except who to idolize
And then say God bless him.
While one who sings with his tongue on fire
Gargles in the rat race choir
Bent out of shape from society's pliers
Cares not to come up any higher
But rather get you down in the hole
That he's in.
But I mean no harm nor put fault
On anyone that lives in a vault
But it's alright, Ma, if I can't please him.
Old lady judges watch people in pairs
Limited in sex, they dare
To push fake morals, insult and stare
While money doesn't talk, it swears
Obscenity, who really cares
Propaganda, all is phony.
While them that defend what they cannot see
With a killer's pride, security
It blows the minds most bitterly
For them that think death's honesty
Won't fall upon them naturally
Life sometimes
Must get lonely.
My eyes collide head-on with stuffed graveyards
False gods, I scuff
At pettiness which plays so rough
Walk upside-down inside handcuffs
Kick my legs to crash it off
Say okay, I have had enough
What else can you show me?
And if my thought-dreams could be seen
They'd probably put my head in a guillotine
But it's alright, Ma, it's life, and life only.
Shalom Chaveyreem
Peace to our friends (all the people of the earth)
Shalom chaveyreem, shalom chaveyreem, shalom chaveyreem, shalom, shalom
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The SF Sketchfest lineup for 2013 has been unveiled, and Nerdist Industries folks and their friends are, of course, all over the damn thing, which was co-founded by our JV Club host Janet Varney and our Pop My Culture co-host Cole Stratton along with David Owen. And tickets for the fest, which runs from January 24 through February 10, 2013 in, naturally, San Francisco, go on sale this Sunday, December 16th, at 10 am Pacific. (I'm gonna put the ticket link in here up front because this is a loooonnnng list and a lot of scrolling: click this link for tickets when it's time) You will want to go to these events starring members of the Nerdist family.
Nerdist Podcast Live! Yes! Chris Hardwick! Jonah Ray! Matt Mira ! Guest to be announced! You have to be there. (February 2nd, Marines' Memorial Theatre)
More Hardwick!: Yacht Rock Heroes with Mustache Harbor & Friends, which should be self-explanatory — Mustache Harbor is the San Francisco-based '70s soft rock cover band — and will feature some familiar "friends," not the least of whom will be our own Chris Hardwick. Other friends will include Scott Adsit, Matt Besser, Jon Dore, Bobcat Goldthwait, Paul and Storm… now, that's a lineup. (February 2nd, Yoshi's SF Lounge)
Still more Hardwick!: Nerdist's founder and guiding light will be among the folks appearing at SF Sketchfest Comedy NightLife at the California Academy of Sciences, an evening of standup, podcasts, and more. (January 31st, California Academy of Sciences, 21 and over)
And more:
The Meltdown, the celebrated comedy evening hosted by our Jonah Ray and Kumail Nanjiani, will take over The City with a special road edition featuring Jon Dore, Bobcat Goldthwait, and Nerdist Podcast Network hosts Pete Holmes (You Made It Weird) and Brent Weinbach The Legacy Music Hour). (February 1st, Cobb's Comedy Club)
Jonah is also one of the "SF Sketchfest Dozen," the 12 up-and-coming comics featured in a series of live shows. (Various dates, Punch Line Comedy Club)
An all-star edition of the Thrilling Adventure Hour, with two totally different but equally hilarious shows. Acker and Blacker's creations will be performed by many of the regulars — Paget Brewster, Craig Cackowski, John DiMaggio, Marc Evan Jackson, Hal Lublin, Busy Philipps, Annie Savage, Paul F. Tompkins, James Urbaniak, the Andy Paley Orchestra — plus Jonathan Coulton, John Hodgman, Keegan-Michael Key, Rider Strong, Reggie Watts, and more. (January 26th, 7 and 9:30 pm, Marines' Memorial Theatre)
Tremendousaur's Before You Were Funny, the show that presents guests' worst sketches ever, will kick it with Mary Lynn Rajskub of Kickin' It Mary Lynn Style plus James Adomian. (January 26th, The Dark Room)
Mary Lynn is also on the bill for Jon Glaser's Delocated Witness Protection Program Variety Show, along with Steve Agee, Eugene Mirman, Kristen Schaal, and more. (January 26th, Cobb's Comedy Club)
Rifftrax Presents: Night of the Shorts 4: Riffizens on Patrol, with the intrepid Rifftrax trio of Michael J.. Nelson, Kevin Murphy, and Bill Corbett joined by Nerdist-affiliated Cole Stratton and Janet Varney along with Kevin McDonald, Adam Savage, Kristen Schaal, and Paul F. Tompkins. (January 24th, Castro Theatre)
Paul Provenza and Troy Conrad's Set List, the show that hits standups with topics on the fly, will include Pete Holmes along with Jon Dore, Bobcat Goldthwait, Eddie Pepitone, Greg Proops, and host Rick Overton. (February 1st, Cobb's Comedy Club)
A particularly crispy edition of Pete Holmes' You Made It Weird will be performed live. You know how the live shows go. So you won't want to miss it. (February 2nd, Cobb's Comedy Club)
Janet will do a live version of The JV Club, guest to be announced. (February 2nd, Eureka Theatre)
You've seen it on the Nerdist Channel, and you can see it live at Sketchfest: Write Now! with Jimmy Pardo will feature Josh Comers, Ron Funches, Laurie Kilmartin, Danielle Koenig and Gary Lucy. (February 8th, Eureka Theatre)
Uptown Showdown, featuring a debate on the eighties vs. the nineties, with Michael Ian Black joining Maria Bamford, Janeane Garofalo, Dave Hill, Arden Myrin, Michael Showalter and moderator Gabe Liedman. (February 8th, Verdi Club, 21 and over)
Nato Green's Iron Comic will include Mike and Tom Eat Snacks' Michael Ian Black aming the comics cranking out jokes against the clock. (February 9th, Cobb's Comedy Club)
Theme Park, the improv show that takes a single theme from an audience suggestion and runs with it for a whole set. Cole and Janet are in this one, along with Rachel Dratch, Simon Helberg, and more. (February 9th, Eureka Theatre)
Jimmy Pardo's Never Not Funny will return for its fifth Sketchfest appearance, with guest to be announced. (February 9th, Eureka Theatre)
Jimmy will also be among the folks facing the awkward and hilarious questioning of Bil Dwyer at StarDumb. (February 9th, Eureka Theatre)
Mo Willems' children's books will get read at Don't Let The Comedians Do Story Time!, which is self-explanatory except that someone IS letting them do story time. Among the comedians: Michael Ian Black of the Nerdist network's Mike and Tom Eat Snacks. (February 10th, Kanbar Hall at the Jewish Community Center of San Francisco)
Garfunkel and Oates, who are, of course, our own Making It host Riki Lindhome and Kate Micucci. Music! Howard Kremer… er, Dragon Boy Suede is on the bill, too. (February 10th, The Rickshaw Stop)
An Afternoon with Burning Love, featuring the cast of the reality show parody web series created by Ken Marino and Erica Oyama. Janet's scheduled to appear at this one, too, along with Michael Ian Black and a cast of thousands… okay, many. (February 10th, Cobb's Comedy Club)
Michael Ian Black will also be reuniting with Michael Showalter and David Wain for a Stella "classic nightclub show." Suit up. (February 10th, Mezzanine)
Cole and Vanessa Ragland will do Pop My Culture live, with special guest celebrity pop culture analysts to be announced. (February 10th, Eureka Theatre)
And that's just the stuff our own people will be doing. You need more? How about tributes to Portlandia, Childrens Hospital, The Adventures of Pete and Pete, Animal House, American Splendor (the movie, that is, with Judah Friedlander meeting the real Toby Radloff), Futurama, and The Naked Gun? An evening with Bruce Campbell? A series of Reggie Watts shows, including one with Michael Winslow in a vocal sound effects summit? Four — FOUR — Doug Benson Movie Interruptions? Rob Paulsen and Maurice LaMarche doing Pinky and the Brain live? Human Giant and Naked Babies in the same show> A w00tstock "founders' night? Live podcasts including Harmontown,, Walking the Room, Judge John Hodgman, The Champs, Superego, Professor Blastoff, The Tobolowsky Files, Who Charted?, and many more? Team Coco Live, hosted by Andy Richter? Standup from Nick Kroll, Jeff Garlin, Todd Barry, and a lot of other name-brand comics? Oh, yes.
Again, tickets go on sale Sunday at 10 am Pacific. Ticket links for all shows will be at this link when they're available Get in early.


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Never Enough
The biggest lie that gamblers tell is that they won money. The second biggest lie is when they tell people they broke even. Gamblers lose. Gamblers must lose. The more they gamble, the more they lose. Every game in the casino is subject to the certainty known as the house edge. The casino has a mathematical advantage in all table games, an advantage known as odds. The odds, a statistical certainty, always favor the house . Any person can beat the odds in the short term, but if a person plays that game over a sustained period of time, the house must win. It is this critical truism that escapes the compulsive gambler. If there ever came a time when the casino discovered the house edge was no longer in their favor, that game would be stopped immediately. It's that simple.
The mechanical games such as slots are controlled by a computer chip. The casino determines what amount of money will be paid out by each machine and what amount will be retained by the casino. Today, 70 percent of the casino's profits come from the slot machines. These machines are developed by people who are experts in the field of psychology. They understand what they have to create to appeal to the gambler to keep him or her playing.
Most compulsive gamblers have two traits in common. First, they believe they are smarter than anyone else and possess a knowledge and understanding of the game that is far superior to that of other gamblers. Second, they believe they have been blessed with the glorious gift they choose to call "luck," which guarantees riches beyond their wildest imaginations. For the gambler who spends considerable amounts of time at the casino, these traits are reinforced continually by events of the day. Problem gamblers all have a "system" for beating the house. In the rare instances when the gambler does win, that event serves to reinforce his or her belief that the system works.
I personally have witnessed unexplainable runs of luck. These are the episodes the gambler chooses to remember and to tell everyone. Gamblers avoid discussing times when they have lost everything—they suffer from an affliction known as selective memory. If gamblers are honest with their friends and loved ones and tell them that they had been losing money day after day at the casino, those friends and loved ones are likely to suggest that the gambler stop going to the casino. No matter how deep the hole, the gambler always believes there is the possibility of a win big enough to cure the problems created by the gambling. It was this dream that allowed me to return to the casino day after day, regardless of the fact that I lost the majority of the times I gambled.
One year, [my wife] Jane and I were invited to a New Year's celebration at the Hilton in Las Vegas. The idea of spending New Year's Eve in Vegas was very exciting, and we jumped at the invitation. The Hilton actually was located quite far off the Strip, making it very difficult to walk to any other casino from there. It is a huge facility, probably best known as the venue where Elvis performed. On New Year's Eve, high rollers fly in from around the world and converge for a night of gambling and partying, a great night to be in Las Vegas.
On New Year's Eve, the blackjack tables were divided into groupings, and each had a minimum bet amount, ranging from $100 all the way to no limit. The smallest bet that could be placed in the casino that night was $100. The women dressed in beautiful evening gowns and furs and the men dressed in tuxedos. Every table in the casino was packed with players, and every person was there by invitation only. As guests checked in, they were given a Sony Watchman television as a gift from the hotel. My most vivid memory is that I couldn't do anything right at the blackjack tables. I kept losing hand after hand. I did not have one single run of good luck the entire time we were there. I felt as though I was trapped in the Hilton for the entire weekend and could not escape to any other casino. I took a major beating. After we returned home, my wife prominently displayed the little Sony TV we had been given. For years, I had to endure looking at that thing every time I walked into the den—of course, I was the only one who knew that our "free" gift actually cost $10,000.
We also were invited to vacation at a casino on Paradise Island in the Bahamas. The island was spectacular, the ocean beautiful, and the weather sunny and warm. Everything was perfect except my luck at the blackjack tables. By the second day of our trip, I was tapped out, so I called our bank back home to ask them to wire me money. As it turned out, I eventually lost most of the money that had been wired that day.
As we were leaving to go home, the casino accounting department notified me that I had not played the requisite number of hours a day to receive a comp and therefore I would be expected to pay all the expenses we incurred while in the Bahamas. They explained their comps were based solely on time played, and not on money lost. I was livid.
There was a very interesting law in effect on the island at that time: No resident was allowed to gamble in the casino. I was told they did this to protect their own people. What do they know in the Bahamas that we don't know here?
Immediately after Casino Windsor opened in 1994, I started making a couple of trips a week to Canada to gamble. Normally, I would take $200 to $300 a trip. It was easy to convince myself that I could afford to spend this at the casino because I was making a good living and did not see my gambling as a problem. Unfortunately, the reality of the situation was much different from my fantasy world. I was losing $600 a week; that works out to more than $30,000 a year. Like any other addiction, I had to gamble more to attain the same high. After three or four years, I found myself in an unbelievable situation. As a direct result of my many trips to the casino, I was broke. I had maxed out all my credit cards, had secretly mortgaged our house, and was heavily in debt to my bank. I was even making a point to come home at noon so I could get to the mailbox and remove any suspicious bills or those that could not logically be explained.
My solution was to contact an old client and try to borrow some money. I had represented a couple who had won a state lottery and did not want that information made public. I established a blind partnership that could receive proceeds each year for 20 years. After receiving the monies, the partnership would pay all the taxes, put some of the money in an investment account, and pay the rest over to my clients. This was the perfect solution because no one would ever know they had won the lottery. I told them I was having financial problems and needed to borrow $75,000. There was not one second of hesitation. They told me they understood and not to worry, and they wrote out the check. The only thing they asked in return was a simple promissory note.
It was the first of many occasions on which I took advantage of my position as friend and counselor to obtain money with which to gamble. I did use some of this money to get the wolves off my back, but a good part of it was lost at the casino. I now was entering the phase of gambling known as chasing , meaning that I was attempting to win back the money that I lost at the casino. A few months after that loan was made, the same clients came to see me because they wanted a divorce. I agreed to handle it for them. When they divided their property, the wife ended up taking the promissory note I had signed. She knew I was having financial troubles, so she always gave me money. She said being able to help me out financially made her feel good. I took the money every time. She had no idea that I was gambling or that I was shamefully taking advantage of her generosity.
This deceit continued for nine months until she finally realized that I was unable to pay her back. She became furious, and I did not think I would ever hear from her again, but that was not the case. A few weeks later, I received a call from an attorney in another city. He informed me that he was now representing my former client, and that they demanded to see me the following day at 4:30 pm in his office to discuss the $300,000 I had stolen from her. I had absolutely no idea how much she had given me over the past nine months because my only concern when I got the money was to obtain as much as I could to continue my gambling. As I walked into his office the following day, she was sitting at the conference table with her attorney. To this day, I remember my righteous indignation as I explained I had never stolen anything; the money had been a gift. The attorney looked at me and smiled. He told me we wouldn't have to worry about that because his client would file a grievance with the state bar and they could make the determination of how I obtained my client's funds. He also informed me he was going to file a suit on behalf of his client to recover the $300,000, and that the local paper would have a field day with such a good story. I became aware right then that I would have to work out some type of arrangement or my life as I knew it would come to an end.
Over the next few months, we arrived at an agreement wherein I would pay my client the sum of $100,000 up front and the balance at the rate of $15,000 twice a year until paid in full. My immediate problem was that I didn't have any money, and there was no way I could borrow $100,000. The only place I could obtain that amount of money was from my clients' trust accounts, made up of funds from divorces, personal injury actions, and estates. Every attorney knows that under no circumstances can a client's funds be removed from that account without the client's express permission. To do so is illegal and a violation of the lawyer's oath. Like the majority of compulsive gamblers, I committed a crime to get money because of the problems my gambling had caused. I wrote the check out of a client's trust account to make the initial payment of $100,000. I told myself that I was simply borrowing the money and that I would return it as soon as I could. I had no intention of depriving my clients of any money! I simply needed to use it for a short time until I could replace it. Of course, there was no place that I could come up with that type of money except back at the casino. Because I had no money of my own with which to gamble, it meant I would have to keep taking more out of the trust account until I was able to repay the account with my winnings. During the next two years, I cashed hundreds of checks from that account to finance my gambling. I was constantly robbing Peter to pay Paul. The clients who complained the most were paid their money. I would settle a case and use a part of those funds to pay off some other client I owed, and I would use the rest to gamble in the hopes of winning enough to repay the funds taken out of the trust account.
Inside the casino, the VIP slot area was bright and alive with the promise of hope and a chance for redemption. The room glowed with colorful lights, and the clanging of bells rang out with the possibility of future jackpots for all who played. Players sat at different machines with their good luck charms in full display—from a rabbit's foot to a picture of a grandchild. The extremely pious taped religious relics to their favorite one-armed bandits. A simple pull of the lever created an opportunity to win back all money lost. As long as the player had tokens, the player had hope.
Only one carrousel offered $100 slot machines, and there were five machines on that carrousel. I had hit jackpots on three of them and was playing a fourth while waiting to be paid my $120,000.
Hitting each jackpot only kindled my craving for more. While waiting for the payout, I put in two tokens at a time, pulling the lever as fast as I could. A casino host who knew me well approached from behind. He knew that I had been losing heavily for months and wanted to encourage me to win even more on this day. He leaned over and whispered in my ear, "Remember, Burke, it's never enough." He had uttered the single greatest truth faced by all addicts.
Michael J. Burke practiced law for 25 years in Howell, Michigan. On June 18, 2001, he was sentenced to three to ten years in prison and ordered to pay $1.6 million in restitution to his client-victims. He is a compulsive gambler. After spending 32 months in prison, he began traveling extensively, giving presentations on compulsively gambling. He has made presentations to compulsive gamblers, families of compulsive gamblers, law schools, the Michigan Bar Association, the American Bar Association, university classes, service organizations, rehabilitation centers, and churches. This article is an excerpt from his book Never Enough (ABA, 2008). For information on ordering the book, go to www.ababooks.org.


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Children taught how to do magic tricks instead of attending standard personal and social education lessons perform better socially, a psychologist says.
Magic requires self-discipline and an ability to empathise with your audience, Prof Richard Wiseman told the British Association Science Festival.
His team thinks it could help with bullying and aggressive behaviour.
He has tested it by teaching magic tricks to children aged 10 to 12 in Herefordshire.
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Mon, 01 Dec 2003 15:16:06 -0800
Cincinnati Bengals WR Chad Johnson went over the 1,000-yard mark for the second year in a row. The last time a Bengals WR did that was Carl Pickens in 1995-96.
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|Cowboys | Pickens Retirement Official
Tue, 05 Jun 2001 01:07:55 -0700
The Dallas Morning News reports WR Carl Pickens has been placed on the Dallas Cowboys' reserve-retired list.
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|Cowboys | Pickens to Retire
Tue, 29 May 2001 15:43:25 -0700
ESPN's John Clayton reports Dallas Cowboys WR Carl Pickens, at the age of 31, has informed his agent that he plans to retire because of continued problems with his hamstring. Agent Steve Zucker stated it's a shame because Pickens is still young, but he's unable to run at full-speed. In nine seasons, Pickens had 540 receptions, 7,129 yards and 63 TDs. He spent his first eight seasons with the Bengals and last year with the Titans. He was signed by Dallas earlier this year as a free agent.
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|Cowboys | Mini-camp Kicks Off Today
Tue, 29 May 2001 01:01:21 -0700
The Dallas Morning News reports the Dallas Cowboys will kick off their fourth mini-camp later today and it will run through Friday. Neither WR Carl Pickens or CB Phillippi Sparks are expected to attend.
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|Cowboys | Pickens' Agent Expects Him to Retire
Fri, 18 May 2001 03:09:42 -0700
The Fort Worth Star-Telegram reports Dallas Cowboys WR Carl Pickens appears ready to retire soon according to his agent, Steve Zucker. Zucker, who noted Pickens wants to continue playing but doesn't think it's possible because of continued injury problems, said a decision could come from Pickens in the next few days.
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|Cowboys | Trio Likely to Skip Camp Again
Tue, 15 May 2001 04:11:21 -0700
The Dallas Morning News reports the Dallas Cowboys will be kicking off another mini-camp later today and are expected to be without WR Carl Pickens, LB Darren Hambrick and CB Phillippi Sparks once again. Pickens is still suffering from hamstring problems and is considering retirement while both Hambrick and Sparks have issues with the team about their contracts. Meanwhile, DallasCowboys.com reports TE Mike Lucky (knee), DE Peppi Zellner (knee) and WR Marcus Stiggers (knee) are all expected to be limited.
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Tue, 15 May 2001 04:09:20 -0700
The Dallas Morning News reports if WR Carl Pickens retires from the Dallas Cowboys, it'll open up more opportunities for WRs Wane McGarity, Jason Tucker, Damon Hodge, Chris Brazzell, Bashir Yamini, Damon Dunn and Jermaine Copeland. The Cowboys are deep at wide receiver right now and probably won't keep any more than six receivers. Thus, only four spots would be open as starters Joey Galloway and Raghib Ismail are almost guaranteed roster spots this year.
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Wed, 02 May 2001 22:37:13 -0700
According to the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, LB Darren Hambrick was a no-show again today for the Dallas Cowboys ongoing mini-camp. CB Phillippi Sparks and CB Carl Pickens, as expected, both skipped out on their third consecutive day of camp. TE Jackie Harris had to depart for Arkansas after today's workouts to take care of personal business.
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Wed, 02 May 2001 07:52:20 -0700
The Fort Worth Star-Telegram reports agent Steve Zucker stated it's going to be a few more weeks before wide receiver Carl Pickens makes a decision on his future. As reported, Pickens is currently holding himself out of the Dallas Cowboys mini-camp because he's contemplating retirement.
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Mon, 30 Apr 2001 22:56:56 -0700
Jean-Jacques Taylor reports for the Dallas Morning News there apparently is no timetable set for when Dallas Cowboys WR Carl Pickens may return to Dallas to start working out in the team's off-season program. Pickens' agent, Steve Zucker, said his client visited a doctor Monday concerning his injured hamstring. Zucker said Pickens would like the hamstring to be at 100 percent before he decides to return. Owner Jerry Jones said he understands Pickens' position. Pickens, as previously reported, could still retire.
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In an impassioned speech that rocked the Democratic National Convention, former President Bill Clinton proclaimed Wednesday night, "I know we're coming back" from the worst economic mess in generations and appealed to hard-pressed Americans to stick with Barack Obama for a second term in the White House.
Obama strode onstage as Clinton wound up his speech, and the former president bowed. Obama pulled him into an embrace as thousands of delegates jammed into the convention hall roared their approval.
Conceding that many struggling in a slow-recovery economy don't yet feel improvement, Clinton said circumstances are indeed getting better, "and if you'll renew the president's contract you will feel it."
To the cheers of thousands of Democrats packed into their convention hall, he said of Obama, "I want to nominate a man who is cool on the outside but who burns for America on the inside."
The race for the White House is a close one between Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney, and the president's campaign hoped Clinton's speech would prove especially persuasive in an era of sluggish economic growth and 8.3 percent unemployment.
Clinton is exceptionally popular 12 years after he left office, particularly among white men, a group among whom Obama polls poorly.
The speech was deemed so important that convention planners delayed Obama's formal nomination to a second term until Clinton had finished speaking. The familiar roll call of the states began well after television prime time in the eastern part of the country, and was on pace to last until well past midnight.
Clinton spoke as Obama's high command worked to control the political fallout from an embarrassing retreat on the party platform, just two months from Election Day in the tight race with Republican Romney.
Under criticism from Romney, the Obama camp abruptly rewrote the day-old document to insert a reference to God and to declare that Jerusalem "is and will remain the capital of Israel." Some delegates objected loudly, but Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, presiding in the largely-empty hall, ruled them outvoted. White House aides said Obama had personally ordered the changes, but they did not disclose whether he had approved the earlier version.
The speech was vintage Clinton, overlong for sure, insults delivered with a folksy grin, references to his own time in office and his wife Hillary, all designed to improve Obama's shaky re-election prospects.
The convention hall rocked with delegates' applause and cheers the former president strode onstage to sounds of "Don't Stop Thinking About Tomorrow," his 1992 campaign theme song.
He sought to rebut every major criticism Republicans leveled against the president at their own convention last week in Tampa, and said that in fact, since 1961, far more jobs have been created under Democratic presidents than when Republicans sat in the White House — by a margin of 42 million to 24 million.
Clinton accused Republicans of proposing "the same old policies that got us into trouble in the first place" and led to a near financial meltdown. Those, he said, include efforts to provide "tax cuts for higher-income Americans, more money for defense than the Pentagon wants and … deep cuts on programs that help the middle class and poor children."
"As another president once said, 'There they go again,'" he said, quoting Ronald Reagan, who often uttered the remark as a rebuke to Democrats.
There was another reference to Reagan, whom Democrats routinely accused of advocating "trickle down economics" that favored the rich.
" We simply cannot afford to turn the reins of government over to someone who will double down on trickle-down," Clinton said.
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By Jeff Caplan, NBA.com
VIDEO: Andrew Wiggins discusses his Summer League performance and the constant trade rumors
LAS VEGAS — No. 1 pick Andrew Wiggins says he's as much in the dark as just about everybody else when it comes to the Cleveland Cavaliers' plans for him.
He says if he's Minnesota-bound in a trade that would deliver discontented Timberwolves power forward Kevin Love to LeBron James, the team hasn't informed him of his involvement in the talks.
"Nothing to me," Wiggins said as he flashed a playful personality with a wide smile after taking the Cavs' Friday night Summer League finale off following four promising performances in his debut as a professional. "I just know what you know. I just see what you see on TV. That's about it."
The 6-foot-8 swingman said he's letting his "agent and support system" handle the off-court twists and turns while he focuses on preparing for his rookie season, wherever it may be.
"I just play basketball, man, wherever I go," Wiggins said.
James' intent seem clear. On Thursday, Yahoo! Sports reported that James has reached out to Love about forming a superstar pairing few ever in thought about before a week ago. The Timberwolves have stood pat that there's no deal unless Wiggins is the centerpiece. Whether or not the Cavs are now prepared to make their top pick available seems to change with the wind.
There's just no clear indication yet of the Cavs' position. It was only a week ago that James announced his return to the Cavaliers. Later that night Wiggins made his first appearance in Cavs colors at Summer League. Since then, Wiggins has been the at the main attraction in Vegas and at the center of constant trade rumors.
As he sat on the bench early in Friday's game, a section of the crowd at the Thomas & Mack Center stood and chanted: "We want Wig-gins!"
"It's been crazy, but it's all positive stuff," Wiggins said. "With LeBron coming back, there's nothing negative about that; the best player in the world coming to your team. The organization is on the rise right now."
That could go with or without Wiggins, who said he would relish the chance play by James' side.
"It would be great for me, just really learn and pick his brain and see what it takes to get to his level," Wiggins said. "That would be good."
In four summer games, Wiggins averaged 15.5 ppg and 3.5 rpg. He didn't shoot well, just 17-for-42 from the floor, but his long, lanky frame was nearly impossible to keep out of the lane. He got to the free throw line 37 times, including shooting 20 in his 21-point effort Thursday night.
"I was looking at Wig's performances, the guy was in double figures every game, he rebounded, he defended, he went to the foul line, he played with intensity at both ends of the court," first-year Cavs coach David Blatt said. "I thought for a rookie, for a guy with a lot on his shoulders as the first pick in the draft, for a 19-year-old, I thought he played extremely well. We're real happy with what he did."
Wiggins, unsure of whether he's coming or going, should be pleased with his performances both on the floor and off during an unusual, to say the least, welcome to the league.
"I played my heart out since I've been here," Wiggins said. "I showed people how quickly my skill set has developed and transitioned to the NBA. How the NBA operates, just like more one-on-one stuff, creating space, I think that's what I really feel I can do."
Now he waits to find out where he'll be doing it.
Stay tuned.


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The Mexican Attorney General's Office on Friday charged 14 federal police officers with first-degree attempted murder in the Aug. 24 ambush of a U.S. Embassy vehicle and offered new details that make it clear the police were on a mission of slaughter when they opened fire on the vehicle on a mountain road outside the Mexican capital.
In revealing the charges, the Attorney General's Office said the officers had fired 152 rounds from assault weapons at the black Embassy Toyota SUV. The armored vehicle largely held up under the assault, but two Americans, reportedly CIA officers, were wounded. A Mexican naval captain who was riding in the back seat was unhurt.
According to a one-page statement, the police used their service weapons in the attack but were riding in personal vehicles rather than marked police vehicles.
"They were dressed in civilian clothing. But when they appeared before an investigator of the Public Ministry, they wore uniforms and came in their assigned patrol vehicles, attempting to hide their own vehicles and falsely cover up the circumstances of the attack," the statement said.
The ambush was yet another example of how difficult it's been for U.S. authorities to rely on Mexican law enforcement for assistance in combating drug-trafficking gangs in Mexico. The 35,000-member Federal Police force has received millions of dollars in U.S. assistance, and it's considered a crucial tool in fighting organized crime. But the brazen ambush suggested that Mexican gangs had infiltrated the force.
In addition to the 14 police officers, prosecutors said they were likely to charge a civilian Federal Police employee – who rushed to the scene with an assault weapon after the attack – with illegal possession of a military weapon, the statement said. Another six officers were charged with either lying about what they knew or allowing those accused of carrying out the ambush to flee the scene, it said.
The embassy vehicle was traveling along a rutted two-lane road near the village of Huitzilac in Morelos state, about 50 miles south of Mexico City, when the ambush occurred. The Americans – U.S officials have never responded to questions about whether they worked for the CIA – were bound for a Mexican naval base tucked in hills where counter-drug training often takes place.
Common criminals and gangsters are active in the area. Days before the attack, kidnappers snatched a midlevel employee of the National Institute of Anthropology and History in what police described as an "express kidnapping" to extort money from worried relatives.
Lawyers for the accused officers have said the police were pursuing kidnappers and that they thought the embassy vehicle might have been carrying a kidnap victim.
Upon facing gunfire, the embassy SUV swung around and raced back to a federal highway that connects Mexico City with Cuernavaca, a colonial resort city that's a weekend getaway for well-off Mexicans.
According to witnesses and news reports, other vehicles carrying plainclothes police joined in pursuit of the SUV, which bore clearly visible diplomatic license plates, firing at it until it halted on the highway in front of arriving law enforcement units that had been summoned to the rescue.
Mexican and U.S. officials have drawn a veil around the investigation into the attack, refusing to discuss it publicly or privately. A unit of FBI agents flew from Washington to help Mexican prosecutors mount a criminal case.
The U.S. Embassy and the CIA declined to comment Friday, and the Mexican government refused to elaborate on the incident beyond the statement.
In one of her only remarks on the attack, Attorney General Marisela Morales appealed Sept. 21 for international help in analyzing videos of scenes related to the ambush.
"We're asking for help on technologies that we don't have in the country," she said. A spokesman later clarified that video obtained during the attack was of poor quality, making it difficult to discern the license plate numbers of vehicles the police used.
A lawyer said the 14 federal officers were taken Thursday night from a holding facility in central Mexico City to an airport, where they reportedly were flown to a distant federal penitentiary.
"We don't have any official information about where they were transferred," attorney Enrique Rustic Mondragon told the newspaper Excelsior.
Mondragon repeated a defense claim that the attack was the result of confusion, and that the federal officers had ordered the American SUV to halt before firing at it.
A handful of other lawyers and family members of the accused officers refused repeatedly over several weeks to speak to a McClatchy reporter about the case as they milled about near the holding facility in the capital.
Whether prosecutors think that a major criminal gang had compromised the heavily armed Federal Police unit, which operates from the Tlalpan station in the capital, is still unclear. President Felipe Calderon has expanded the Federal Police to serve as a major force against organized crime.
How much the ambush damaged the increasingly close cooperation between U.S. and Mexican law enforcement officials in fighting crime also is unclear.
In an earlier case that marred the image of the Federal Police, officers shot dead three of their comrades June 25 in the food court of Mexico City's international airport. The officers were arriving to probe a drug-smuggling ring. Two officers remain at large from the attack. In late August, all 348 Federal Police providing security at the airport were replaced with other officers who'd passed background checks and drug and psychological evaluations.


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My friend Kevin, who is based in Ho-Chi-Minh-City (former Saigon), has written a nice article about his experience with LXDE and Sidux on his blog Saigonnezumi.com. The post can be used as a how to for anyone who wants to try out LXDE on Sidux.
LXDE has the looks of KDE, the feel of Gnome and the simplicty of XFCE. It is nice windows manager for a laptop. Not too bloated, not too simple. It took me less than 5 minutes to get a feel for it. I still have much to learn about LXDE but I fell in love with it instantly. There are still features that I want to add, such as a dock, since I got used to it in Gnome. I read somewhere I can add one but I will need to research it more. Though it is only in beta, it is still stable enough to use on a laptop. Together with Sidux, it mades a great distro combination (Hint hint Sidux developers). Many of use like the Gnome desktop but I think we will settle for LXDE for Sidux. Read more about LXDE at their website: http://www.lxde.org. (saigonnezumi.com/2009/01/04/sid…)


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Reaching point of no return on airport expansion?
To the Editor:
On Feb. 15, R.I. Treasurer Gina Raimondo urged the Warwick City Council to resolve its issues with T.F. Green Airport's proposed expansion plan and to "get it done." (Providence Journal, 2/15/12) In the Treasurer's Feb. 14, 2012 Op-Ed piece in the Journal, she claims that "Investing in our infrastructure is critical to making Rhode Island an attractive place to do business, and to creating jobs." There is little doubt that investing in infrastructure is critical to our state's success, but there are still plenty of bridges and roads in Rhode Island that remain in dire need of investment (RI DOT Bridge Inventory Data Sheet, 3/20/11).
The Treasurer further asserts that "this project will create an estimated 1,300 jobs and generate an estimated $157.8 million in statewide business revenue." Assuming her figures are accurate, it makes little economic sense to spend $160 million, undoubtedly a conservative figure, on a project that will produce $157.8 million in "business revenue." A fraction of that $160 million would be better-served improving Rhode Island's ailing roads and bridges, some of which have been closed or had weight limits imposed on them. As for the treasurer's focus on short-term building jobs, construction workers are not the only people in Rhode Island who are looking for work. Strong-arming the City Council is no way of rationally contributing to a major decision-making process that will have profound repercussions for thousands of individuals and families beyond those temporary workers who may spend no more than several months on the runway extension (Beacon, 1/31/12).
Finally, the treasurer claims that, "Improvement of our infrastructure through projects such as the T.F. Green runway expansion will be viewed positively by rating agencies, potential investors and businesses already engaged in, or considering doing business in, Rhode Island." Just as there are reasonable doubts concerning demand for nonstop West Coast flights from T.F. Green (see Martin Kalagian's 2/14/12 Beacon letter), there is also significant skepticism that RIAC's continued spending will look good to credit agencies, investors and businesses. In a Jan. 31, 2012 letter to the Beacon editor, Richard Langseth cites Ted Nesi's WPRI.com blog discussing how Fitch Ratings recently warned RIAC about borrowing $65 million (Ted Nesi, 8/18/11). Nesi's blog goes on to say that Fitch recently downgraded RIAC's credit rating from A to A- and lowered its outlook on RIAC's $260 million debt from stable to negative. Given T.F. Green's declining passenger numbers since at least 2008 (WPRI, 11/21/11), this information raises important concerns about whether rating agencies, investors and businesses really would positively view the T.F. Green runway expansion.
Aside from financial concerns, there remains the human impact that the drawn-out expansion affair has had on Warwick. According to U.S. Census figures, Warwick's population dropped by 3.7 percent, or 3,136 people, between 2000 and 2010 (Warwick Beacon, 3/29/11). Former City Planner Mark Carruolo attributed RIAC's acquisition of 300 homes as one of the three major reasons for the city's population drop. Take a drive down Post Road just south of Airport Road and notice the numerous empty commercial buildings that once housed tax-paying businesses. Avoid some of the neighborhoods behind the airport, like Strawberry Field Road, if you would prefer not to see empty blocks of land where houses once stood. The decade-long malaise induced by the specter of airport expansion has not only driven residents and businesses away from the second-largest city in Rhode Island, but it has cast a wide shadow over the many thousands who remain because they either cannot afford to leave or cannot bear to sell the homes they proudly call their own.
In the end, we must consider not only the local impact of the T.F. Green expansion, but also the statewide and national ramifications. Even though Treasurer Raimondo and Governor Chafee, working in conjunction with the General Assembly, achieved positive state-level pension reform last November, Rhode Island is still in rough shape. We have a December 2011 unemployment rate of 10.8 percent (Providence Journal, 1/20/12), a $100+ million budget deficit (Providence Journal, 11/22/11), and ongoing systemic issues – all of which require fixing before this state can produce better living conditions for its residents. On the national level, the U.S. government has accumulated an alarming $15.4 trillion in federal debt that would make Alexander Hamilton blush (US Debt Clock, 2/27/12). If a significant portion of the T.F. Green expansion would be funded with federal money, how can the FAA contemplate expenditures on a nonessential runway extension when it should be allocating funds only to critical projects like runway safety improvements and upgrades in the nation's aging passenger aircraft fleet?
Many outstanding questions and concerns about the T.F. Green expansion remain. If the runway is extended, will more flights actually follow? Will nonstop flights to the West Coast materialize? How about international flights? What percentage of total flights in and out of the airport will West Coast and international flights comprise? Will more people go to Green than Logan just because of the longer runway? Will post-expansion airport revenue compensate for the residential and business property tax income that has been lost over the last dozen years? Can RIAC and the federal government afford the expansion in our current economy? Will funding for the expansion cause a subsequent rise in concession/rental fees to help pay for RIAC's extra debt? How many more thousands of Warwick residents will have to bear the already egregious noise that pommels their homes on a daily basis? How much more pollution will infiltrate homes, fields, streets and waterways? Will Warwick continue to lose residents in a city that prides itself on its sense of community and family-friendliness?
For the sake of the city, town, and country that we all love, let's think carefully before we reach the point of no return.
Matthew Cate
Well stated Mr. Cate. The problem is the advocates for this project are more like trained clapping seals, responding to their controllers prods. Perhaps we now know why there has been such a sense of urgency to ram this thing through, the pending MBTA fare increases and cuts in service, including the platform at T F Green airport. Where this contrived process now belongs is in the hands of the FAA inspector general, along with all of its highly suspect projections of use and ability to pay the bills. Can't wait to read Mike Sapatoni's latest spin to all of this, if nothing else, it is entertaining.
Well stated, Mathew. The need for a federal examination of the planning process for this airport will not be affected one way or the other by the current challenge to the Record of Decision (ROD) continuing forward, or being dropped upon reaching some agreements with the Airport Corporation. There are too many issues remaining outside the scope of the Record of Decision (ROD) that would still need to be addressed.
These include many of the concerns you express in your letter.
Rest assured, we have not reached the point of no return. Larger issues than those found in the ROD remain unaddressed, and will still be there even if the City Council elects to drop its legal challenge after gaining some benefits for the citizens. Alas for Ms. Raimondo, even if the City Council drops its legal challenge to the ROD, it will not be enough to "get it done".
Very good job Mr. Cate. Everything in a nutshell. If you're planning on attending tonight's (02/29) meeting, you ought to make a large poster of your editorial and post it so all the "brain dead" council, politicians, union leaders, etc. can see this.
I'll be the first to help Dillon, the council, the trade unions, "Linc", Raimondo and all the other clowns help ROLL UP the main runway and make it SHORTER!
BTW: When does the Interlink open? Someone told me it's open but every time I go under it, I don't see anyone up there.
Maybe they're using moving mannequins or something. Looks terrible and such a terrible eye sore!
Ask someone from RIAC why the military has been recently using the main runway for touch and go practice.
All this information should be sent to the AIP. This is the agency with the dollars for funding.
Very good job Mr. Cate. It might not be a bad idea to submit this nationwide throughout the USA possibly thru major U.S. newspapers.
Only a suggestion...