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Postby cyclotic » Tue Apr 30, 2013 8:08 am
Newbie post here.
Just like to add that I purchased a Fuji Feather from Cycleworld in Burwood couple weeks ago. Great service received.
Looking forward to another visit on my first service.
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Postby gretaboy » Thu May 02, 2013 9:31 am
Busted my rear hub Monday arvo, contacted Deon at ProLite Monday nite. Had a helpful reply first thing Tuesday morning. Ordered/paid Tuesday.
Had new wheels arrive this morning..thursday.
Now thats service. Well done folks
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Postby rangersac » Mon May 20, 2013 11:03 pm
Bike Ride, Liverpool St, Hobart: Submitted a warranty for a frame failure without original proof of purchase documentation, and successfully negotiated a replacement.
Treadlies, Kingston: Generally excellent service for both me and the minister for war and finance on sourcing spares and resolving issues.
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Postby celeste boy » Mon May 27, 2013 1:32 pm
(But not a Bianchi in the house!)
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Postby Saturnstarzz » Mon May 27, 2013 9:25 pm
celeste boy wrote:A big thanks to the guys at Cecil Walker Cycles in Elizabeth St Melbourne who put up with an old guy drooling over the Campagnolo 80th Anniversary groupset in the window. They were also good enough to help me with an ongoing issue with my Trek Rig without me buying anything.
(But not a Bianchi in the house!)
+1 for cecils , needed to use a track pump to get my rear tire up to a comfortable pressure. Anthony offered to help , said I was fine and his (light hearted Banter) response wasn't going to help you anyway's . Store full of customers on a friday night so my response was "You'd charge me more the cost my wheels for fixing it".
But i guess its like all bike stores spend enough time in them and they get know them by first name and vice versa.
Johns cycling warehouse in newport Victoria is great aswell, One man store but always has time for chat and to give advice.
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Near the Gold Coast? Currumbin Cycles, I'm impressed.
Postby russells » Mon May 27, 2013 9:56 pm
Went back the next day to hire a bike, and the owner did not try to sell me anything. He listened to what I wanted and was more than obliging. He sent me out on the closest thing he had to the road bike I am considering, full carbon and 105, and in my size. Not your average hire bike. Impressed.
On return he gave me more than I expected of his time discussing my choices in bikes, and a few helpful suggestions. He then logged into Bike Exchange and looked over where I might get one at the right price in Melbourne. Keep in mind I had made it quite clear I was not a potential customer. More than impressed.
These are guys who listen to you, love their own cycling, and know their stuff.
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Postby geezmoz » Wed Jun 05, 2013 10:38 am
Had recently bought a Specialized Secteur Compact from them and have thoroughly enjoyed the experience. Considering this is my 1st road bike, I'm a total noob, the sales staff were attentive and friendly. Mike, who served me, had provided me with much insight on what I need after asking some questions about what I really want to do with the bike. Honestly, not many sales staff asked that since I had visited a few shops and they all assumed that I am already knowledgeable or just trying to sell me something that fits my budget.
Asked if I could go for a test ride, he gave me a roubaix carbon instead as they didn't have a correct size secteur for me. He explained the differences between them comparing it to the secteur I was looking. I wasn't feeling 100% that day so decline ridding that $3k+ bike... in case I decked it... bummer...
Overall, fantastic shopping experience with the only minus is that no freebies or discounts was included... oh well, happy to spend my $$ I'm walking out a happy man.
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Postby Mulger bill » Wed Jun 05, 2013 5:42 pm
A thing of absolute beauty, I'm more than a little sad it'll be a few days before I can build her up.
Big thanks to Anthony (neoppg) for making the process so simple and enjoyable, highly recommended seller
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AUbicycles wrote:My order from Cell Bikes was delivered in less that 24 hours. I am in Sydney and they are consistently delivering the next day whereas other retailers (non-bike) tend to need a few days to process before delivery - so credit to Cell. Interstate delivery may take a bit longer - will be interesting to see if they start sending from Melbourne for local customers (as they are setting up a retail store there).
I'm in Brisbane and the orders I've had with Cell have all arrived the next day. Amazing service.
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Postby defy1 » Fri Jun 14, 2013 8:23 pm
AUbicycles wrote:My order from Cell Bikes was delivered in less that 24 hours. I am in Sydney and they are consistently delivering the next day whereas other retailers (non-bike) tend to need a few days to process before delivery - so credit to Cell. Interstate delivery may take a bit longer - will be interesting to see if they start sending from Melbourne for local customers (as they are setting up a retail store there).
I buy stuff online from Cell all the time, and its always at my door in Melbourne in 1-2 days. Quite impressed.
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Postby Saturnstarzz » Tue Jun 18, 2013 7:11 pm
Seller surlypat (pat) let me pay for the wheels a week later when I got paid When for a spin around the block on them and wow.
Will post pics in the cannondale section.
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Postby CXCommuter » Fri Jul 05, 2013 8:22 am
Ross wrote:Ordered a new Garmin Edge 500 from Highly Tuned Athletes. Price was within $1 of cheapest o/s online price I could find but without the foreign currency exchange fees and had free postage. Order was placed and within a couple of hours I received an email saying it had been posted. Two days later it was in my hot little hand.
Thanks for the heads up= just got mine for cheaper than most reputable online stores ($239 in a bundle) and express postage for free, quick and simple, recommended
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Postby rjk » Fri Jul 12, 2013 11:42 am
A 1 man service outfit that does a great job, he is my goto man whenever i want something done on all of my bikes, i have recommended him to others as well and all are impressed.
if any of you want a great service on your bike go try him out, he is not a retailer and does not sell bikes, just a bicycle repair place
PS i have no affiliation in any form with simon or the store, just 1 very happy customer
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Postby Calvin27 » Sat Aug 03, 2013 2:10 pm
Great service even when I changed an order only to reverse it again the next day. Ended up with the Specialized Secteur Expert Disc (Road bike with BB7 wohooo!) in brushed silver (now feel like I'm wanting the red again...arghhh decisions!). Staff were friendly and helpful. After the fit I took it out for a spin only to bring it back for a FD adjustment - turns out MTBers like me have no idea about derailleur trim!
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Postby jaseyjase » Tue Aug 06, 2013 11:20 am
Bought a BMC cap from the innalloo store, 3 weeks and 3 rides later the elastic stitching popped. Went back they were happy to replace no questions.
Was just nice to deal with issues, without issues!
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Postby Rob74 » Wed Aug 14, 2013 6:26 pm
Wanted Tiawanese Made not Chinese.
Wanted to Buy from a .au online store.
Already had a "Bike Hand YC-501A" so new it was a good thing, way better than Ice Tools
Found them here
Two Days delivery tracked great Job
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Editor's Note: Micah Zenko is a fellow for conflict prevention at the Council on Foreign Relations, where he blogs. You can also follow him on Twitter. The following is reprinted with the permission of CFR.org.
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Last week, the Obama campaign released a video starring Bill Clinton, in which he extolled the president's decision to authorize the raid that killed Osama bin Laden one year ago. In the video, Clinton hypothesized: "Suppose the Navy Seals had gone in there, and it hadn't been bin Laden. Suppose they'd been captured or killed. The downside would have been horrible for [Obama]." According to the former president, Obama's decision was "the harder and more honorable path."
Obama's authorization of the bin Laden raid was indeed risky: based on incomplete information (such as the lack of definitive proof that the al Qaeda leader was in the Abbotabad compound) and objections from a split cabinet. Even if the operation had failed or cost American lives, many analysts and commentators — including Clinton — exaggerate the likely political costs to the president.
Throughout recent history, U.S. presidents have authorized limited military operations that were mixed successes or outright failures. In most instances, the president neither suffered a noticeable decline in public support nor faced sustained criticism among elite observers for the decision. Policymakers and pundits generally refrain from criticizing presidents, military commanders, and the armed forces for failed operations.
In perhaps the riskiest military misison authorized by a U.S. president, Jimmy Carter ordered the unsuccessful hostage rescue operation in Iran (Desert One) on April 24–25, 1980, which resulted in eight U.S. soldiers killed and no hostages freed. In the initial stages of planning, the Delta Force commander, Colonel Charlie Beckwith, admitted to the Joint Chiefs of Staff, "the probability of success is zero and the risks are high." According to a Newsweek article on June 30, 1980, the Pentagon estimated that as many as fifteen of the fifty-three hostages as well as thirty of the U.S. special operation forces would be killed or injured in a successful operation.
There is no evidence, however, that Carter's decision-making negatively impacted the mission. An internal review conducted by the Pentagon found that "the decision process during planning and the command and control organization during execution of the Iran hostage rescue mission afforded clear lines of authority from the President to the appropriate echelon," and, "the command and control arrangements at the higher echelons from the NCA [the President and Secretary of Defense] through the Joint Chiefs of Staff to [Combined Joint Task Force] were ideal."
Although Carter was aware of the potential costs of the rescue attempt, he believed, according to a senior adviser, "Ending the crisis — once and for all — became the major factor in the president's decision-making." And the American public agreed: two-thirds approved of Carter's decision to authorize the ill-fated mission. Republican presidential candidate George H.W. Bush was the most outspoken supporter: "I unequivocally support the president — no ifs, ands, or buts… He made a difficult, courageous decision." Afterward, the president's approval ratings, previously plummeting, actually stabilized — until he was easily defeated by Ronald Reagan.
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Ronald Reagan authorized the December 4, 1983, air raid on Syrian air defenses in Lebanon, which was both a military and political disaster. Two of the U.S. planes were shot down by either anti-aircraft rounds or surface-to-air missiles; one pilot was killed, another was captured by Syrian forces, and another parachuted safely into the Mediterranean Sea. (The hostage, Lieutenant Robert Goodman, Jr., was held and interrogated in a Syrian prison for thirty days.) Furthermore, although the Pentagon claimed the airstrikes were "very successful and achieved our objective, which was to prevent, through a measured response, repetition of the attacks on our reconnaissance aircraft," Syrian forces continued to target U.S. reconnaissance flights.
Many policymakers opposed the open-ended deployment of Marines to Lebanon, but Republicans and Democrats in Congress refrained from criticizing the botched air raid. Senator Charles Percy, chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee, warned, "We're not going to be driven out by terrorism." Meanwhile, as the economy recovered, Reagan's approval ratings improved fifteen points in 1984.
George W. Bush authorized the February 16, 2001, airstrikes against five Iraqi air defense sites, located just north of the southern no-fly zone. The raid was a mixed success, as all but two of the twenty-eight Joint Stand-Off Weapons missed their targets due to a programming error. The intensity and scope of the strikes, revealed on CNN, caught President Bush off guard and upstaged his first international visit. The Joint Staff's director of operations, Vice Admiral Scott Fry, later admitted to me that the bombing "was a mess and set the tone for much of the bad blood between Rumsfeld and the military."
Perhaps because the targets were considered part of the Iraqi no-fly zones — although they were not, and required explicit presidential authorization — the strikes went largely unnoticed by the mainstream media and Bush's approval ratings jumped by five points.
The most interesting aspect of Clinton's campaign appearance is that he knows, from his own experience, that presidents are granted significant latitude in the use of limited force. Clinton authorized the August 20, 1998, cruise missile strikes against the El-Shifa pharmaceutical factory in Khartoum, Sudan, and al-Qaeda's Zhawar Kili complex in Khost, Afghanistan. Operation Infinite Reach was a failure: El-Shifa had no demonstrated connection to al Qaeda, the CIA erroneously assumed that factory produced VX nerve gas; and bin Laden and other al Qaeda leaders were not killed at Zhawar Kili.
The unsuccessful operation received the Washington Post headline: "Tough Response Appeals to Clinton Critics." Senate majority leader Trent Lott commented, "Our response appears to be appropriate and just," while House speaker Newt Gingrich declared, "I think the president did exactly the right thing." Clinton's approval ratings, already a high 65 percent, only improved over the next seven months.
The Pentagon's Threat Smorgasbord
In the face of emerging or persistent foreign policy challenges, policymakers and pundits want presidents to "do something," and support such decisiveness — even if, in retrospect, it was ill-advised or unsuccessful. If the special operations raid to kill Osama bin Laden had failed, history shows that Obama would not have faced personal attacks for the effort (unless there was clear evidence of micromanagement). And, of course, it would not be included in the campaign's highlight reel.
The views expressed in this article are solely those of Micah Zenko.
It wasn't nearly as "risky" as the right-wing news media wants us to believe. Now Barack Obama is going to play this up bigtime just to make himself look good. Besides, nobody outside the inner government circles knows whether or not that it the actual bin Laden who got murdered that day or some Osama bin Laden impostor. They could just as easily have taken him alive but didn't!
He was not captured but killed to hide truth from US people and make them more fool in future.
I hope he squealed and squealed as he died from over 3000 cuts.
I heard they buried him in a pig carcass.
What a waste of a perfectly good pig.
hey dot, we know your sympathies are with Allah.
RIGHTLY SO !!! At least, there is no "MISSION ACCOMPLISHED" Banner. Credit is due where it deserves. The President acknowledged this with his colleagues, his seal team, and in practical terms, by taking care of the military families. Action speaks louder than words!!!
Well said 2020, I had completely forgotten about the GW screw up in 2001 and Ron's in 83. Wonder why. Oh the right wing media and the loud mouth right can only critcize the non-right then twist the facts 180 to make them lies.
Keep hearing about Carter's, though that was so public it is impossible to forget and Clinton's keeps hitting the waves so we keep thinking anyone not on the right is weak.
Does it work to revive the death of America's most wanted man as an essential backdrop to Obama's re-election campaign. His team doesn'tt allow anyone to run away with the idea that the Navy Seals raid was the inevitable result of obvious decisions taken by invisible figures within the administration.The raid was risky but successful due to a big portion of luck.
That raid was nothing but a highly publicized hit carried out for political purposes and nothing else. Cold blooded murder should never be an acceptable way of achieving foreign policy goals. They should have taken this supposed Ussama bin Laden alive. Moreover, this kind of action should never be a reason to celebrate!!!
Get that name off of there, you defame Patton with your idiocy
Your are certainly not a US citizen. US people don't think in this way.US voting on healthcare and war care in congress can be compared to see US mind set.
You are no George Patton. Gen Patton had the guts and would have done exactly what the President did. It is good that they kill him rather than bringing him back as a prisoner. That way his graveside cannot be turn into a martyr and since he like so many wives he can use all the 72 virgins that he will meet to be his wives.
As for you using George Patton name, dont disgrace the freedom that so many others died so you could enjoy it.
Another wuss heard from.
No risk because that was a fake operation . US could not provide enough evidence .
Let's assume that Bin Laden was either found or knowingly being kept by Pakistanis. Would they actually rat him out or kill him on their own ?? Fat chance of that ! But if word got out of that he was in fact there, the Pakistanis would be in a bind. Pakistan could never knowingly kill him, nor admit to abetting him. So what's the best solution ?
Respected, The Editor Garu, About Osama assasination by U S force, it is not a risky operation, because that while he is in village, so it is a unknown area for the police Dept . but forces catched him and with in a minutes operation was ended. In mean while,Osama not having security -on T V visuals seems like that. So no risky there.
Am I the only one who does not understand this?
You only really need to know where he is and keep it that way, I would have left him there and the day we left Afghanistan ordered the raid, by then it may have been coordinated strikes. That way you do not place 140,000 troops at risk next door it could have resulted in war and you have more options to respond with force. I also would have used stealth bombers and JDAMS, not special forces.
" I also would have used stealth bombers and JDAMS, not special forces."
you cannot go into a country airspace like that and start using "stealth bombers". we are not at war with Pakistan and the operation needs to be as small footprint as possible. if you were at war with a country it is a different matter, but not so in this particular case....
See the ISI increased support to the Taliban after that, that effects the mission in Afghanistan, it was predictable that even as a minimal response they would do that. It made an under resourced mission harder in Afghanistan. Harder to blunt the insurgency and build up the ANSF.
Inter sevices intelligence (I S I), operations was much more, Because I S I received funds from U S Govt. About that World community known. U S done some un necessry works and some malpractieces, that effect moved entire Democratic World.When U S stopped financial support to Pakistan then all problems will solve, other wise Democratic World will suffer a lot. U S please do needful.
Judging by the live action photo above, I'd say our boys were really well disguised. But maybe they could have brought a ladder or rope or something ?
What killed the Iran raid was the Navy's insistence that they be part of it with their sub-par Sea Kings that were leaking fuel inside the passenger compartment itself. Air Force would've never allowed for that kind of shoddy work. Good thing that the Navy has shaped up in the Helicopter department since then
رابطة الشفافية تكشف ان اثنين من البنوك الخاصة على الاقل في العراق توليا نقل كميات كبيرة من اموال المعونات الامريكية عبر الحدود لصالح تنظيمات عراقية مسلحة لاقامة مشاريع في لبنان وسوريا ودول اخرى
– May 1, 2012
دبي-الشرقية 1 مايو: كشفت رابطة الشفافية ان اثنين من البنوك الخاصة على الاقل في العراق مما يتعذر على الشرقية نيوز ذكر اسميهما كما ورد في تقرير الرابطة توليا نقل كميات كبيرة من اموال المعونات الامريكية عبر الحدود لصالح تنظيمات مسلحة عراقية لديها مشاريع اقتصادية في لبنان وسوريا ودول اخرى.كما ادارت شبكة لنقل الاموال من العراق الى الخارج لخدمة المصالح الاقتصادية لعدد من الميليشيات والسياسيين الذين كان همهم بالدرجة الاولى بناء شبكة مالية قوية خارج العراق تضم موارد قادمة من داخل العراق.وتوزعت هذه الموارد بين الاستحواذ على المعونات الامريكية في العراق الى جانب المبالغ التي يجري ابتزاز الافراد والشركات لدفعها داخل العراق.واستمرت هذه الحالة بعد انتهاء الاحتلال الامريكي حيث يجري نقل كميات كبيرة من الاموال لصالح مسؤولين حكوميين وتنظيمات شبه عسكرية واحزاب سياسية.وشددت الرابطة على الدور الذي يقوم به اثنان من البنوك في ادارة الاموال المريبة المتداولة حاليا.
Rant it in English, monkey face.
So says the person who drinks beer watches football (which lowers your IQ) and yet you called someone Monkey boy. Perhaps you should attempt to learn another language as you are clearly showing signs of being a monkey than someone who writes in another language.
Since you are going to watch ESPN and continue to have no idea what really goes on in the world, here is a translation
uncovered Association of transparency that the two private banks, at least in Iraq, which can not be on the Eastern News, to name them as stated in the report from the Association Tulia transfer large amounts of aid money the U.S. across the border for the benefit of organizations, Iraqi armed with economic projects in Lebanon, Syria and other countries. As ran the network for the transfer of money from Iraq to the outside to serve the economic interests of a number of militias and politicians who are concerned primarily to build a network of strong financial outside Iraq, with resources coming from inside Iraq. and distributed these resources between the acquisition of U.S. aid in Iraq, along with the amounts that are being blackmailed individuals and companies to push it inside Iraq. and this situation continues after the end of U.S. occupation where they are transferring large amounts of money for government officials and organizations, paramilitary and political parties. stressed Association on the role played by the two banks in the management of money dubious currently in circulation.
An Opened Mind
Some opened mind???? You are such a chicken that you waited until you thought noone would come back to this discussion to rant about how tough you are.
Beautiful writing ... I can only wonder what it says.
Mohammed was a qu eer sheep phu cking drunk
It was risk, but the truth is that any attempt to capture or kill Bin Laden would be welcomed by the American public since he was the master mind behind Sept.11 and was the most wanted man in the world!!
He was killed and not captured to hide the truth from the US people and make US people more fool in future.
Good point. I am sure that it was an accident and that no one really meant to kill a guy who does not, (sorry), who did not care about killing anyone he felt like it. I know our SEALS are sadden by this death, how many times did they accidentally shoot him? I am surprised that you did not complain when 'we' dumped his butt into the ocean as fish food. You did not hear it from me, but the news media refused to report that when he was dumped into the ocean, all pirates, fish, and sea mammals have left the area.
The only thing Obama has done right is kill Osama Bin Lardass. It really is the economy, stupid. Bush 41 kicked the crap out of Saddam and we had a big V-day parade in Manhattan.
A fat lot of good that did him.
with sane republicans in the past- you have a point.But with the present crop of Tea politicians,you can bet your last dime he will be crucified
I think that this operation was in the category of the rescue at Entebbe Airport, in Uganda. The Operation Entebbe was a counter-terrorist hostage -rescue mission carried out by the Special Forces of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF). Still it is extremely difficult to compare it with anti Bin Laden operation. The Israelites at least knew that the hostages were there. This was not the case in Abbottabad.
White supremacists accused of planning for 'race war' in Florida
LOOK AT THEIR STUPID FACES THOSE RED NECKS FROM ireland, scot and UK back round are losers and jelous from those who are latinos and others who make good life here , while those thugs busy with the drugs, stealing and killing go back to uk you village idiots you are not americans to start with, you hate the jews like your father hitler did before , you are the gabage of hsitory KKK. FK U all
Forget about Bin laden,Oscar Arriola my man is will be back better than ever. Stay strong oscar, your empire is still running and my chicanos are still doing there thang. Romney can build the wall of china for all i care, my chicanos will jump the wall and steal your food, money, jewlery, and jobs from you quote this line you stupid americans.
Well said brownpride14. While your comments were completely irrelevant to this conversation, it does bring up a good point. The President has defended his actions in what many people consider to be a drawn out war in Afghanistan. In his defense, there is and has been a strong insurgency there that disrupts the government and creates instability in the region. This insurgency is funded by the trafficking of narcotics. The insurgency that we are fighting in Afghanistan is no different than the one in Mexico. The drug cartels are using the same tactics as those in Afghanistan. Both take advantage of the poor, both use terror to achieve their goals, both are preventing their nation's growth, both behead humans to make a point. You are right about Oscar's people, they are continuing on much like the insurgents in Afghanistan are without Bin Laden. Congrats brownpride14 you are an insurgent. You are an enemy of the Mexican people and the US Government.
Why, Thank you very much for the compliment.
There is no need to thank me as it was certainly not a complement. We will see how long that confidence lasts when the cartels are being treated like the terrorists that they are. I am sure they will run and hide and force real men to hunt them down and kill them like we have been doing for the last 10 years. Keeping in mind that we have been fighting real gunslingers who knew nothing but war and guerilla tactics, how long do you really think it will take us snuff out some backyard bullies?
I laugh at your worthless comments. Your cesspool of a country will soon be leveled by your own hand.
It is all a con just like 911 which was executed by Israels Mossad.
Bin Laden died in 2001/2002.
Obama is a hero.
why? You make a short statement like that, and I am just curious as to why.
HE is the only person who cause fear for the most powerful country in the world
"Suppose they'd been captured or killed..." a few months later, 38 members of Seal Team 6 were killed when their Chopper was shot down while trying to get the head of the Taliban. No consequences for Obama and we will never see that video of him sitting in the whitehouse watching it unfold. The media calls him on nothing, so there is no consequence and it is hardly a profile in courage.
Obama voted 3 times against the techniques used to get the intelligence required to kill Bin Laden. The this loser takes credit for it when Bush should have been given part of the credit and the Seals most of the credit. BHO deserves nothing.
"How risky was the binl Laden raid." It was risky enough some of the Navy SEALs could have died. It was the degree of risk, but there was still much risk.. Thetrurt ids the Navy SEAL team VI are thetrue American heroes forthe extermination of that murderous fiend Osama bin Lanin. In addition, that villiian, bin Ladin, is is not a martyr. That heinous character is now suffering in the fires of hell.
The Navy SEALs did risk much to carry out what was needed. Which was the elimination of that terrible vilian ,Osama bin Laden. Furthermore, it should also be noted that when bin laden heard the news that his evil scheme worked and all those people were murdered in America on Septemper 11, 2001. All that fiend could do was sit around and grin. It must be true in what they say ,being "What goes around comes around." Or as the Bible teaches "A man reaps as he sows." Galations 6:7. For when the time came for the payback, when it all came back on him, bin Laden is was reported was ln longer grinning. That S.O. B. could not take what he had a hand in given to others on September 11, As for the death of Osama bin Laden it's good riddence to bad rubbish,.
CNN...Are we done analyzing this yet? Continued exposure to that evil face just keeps bin Laden's dream alive. Free press to keep the al Queda agenda hot. Thanks CNN! (He's dead, it's over and yes; it was VERY dangerous.)
Say what you want but it was risky and if it had failed President Obama would of been lambasted by the idiots on the right
Fareed omits the potential 2nd and 3rd order effects of Obama's decision to violate the border of Pakistan, with whom the US has a tenuous relationship, with a clandestine mission featuring ground troops. None of his examples of past presidential decisions are nations we had functional foreign relationships with. The extent of trouble an angry Pakistani government, nuclear armed and with the sole useful supply route into Afghanistan for NATO troops, made the decision this an incredibly difficult decision on its own.
Here is what I have to say, agree or disagree with me. Being a Veteran, I feel what we did was put this SOB out of his sad terrorizing life for good. Pakistan takes money from us just like Afghanistan has, and so therefore we have a right to do what we feel is the right thing. We got attacked and so by Pakistan hiding this guy, their in the wrong for what they did. So bottom line is that Obama did what he had to do. I would of sure did. If the Pakistanis or any other country who hid him or let him have safe haven refused to acknowledge he was there, then too bad, and let them jump up and down and get angry. The fact he hated what we represented and wanted to destroy us, just came back to bite him in the butt and he gone for good, and joining his hate loving buddies, Hitler, Stalin, Kim Jong Ill. I don't condone that we should just go in and invade countries at our free will, but I do feel what we did was the right thing. I think this is where Bush and his party dropped the ball and probally knew where Bin Laden was, but did nuttin about it because of the fact that this would short changed their plans. Anyway, time to withdraw our financial support to Afghanistan and Pakistan and send our troops home to guard our borders and let the Russians and Chinese deal with it since its on their borders, not ours.
You are no Veteran of the US.
Maybe Pakistan??????????
Good point. Thanks for talking some sense.
All SEALs and special forces raids are extremely risky though carefully strategised.....America wold have received far better mileage if they had kept him alive and given him the fair trial in front of the World....that he denied so many innocent people he ordered slaughtered !
Thats not possible because he didn't exist. Dont you stupid people get it?
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By Scott Silva
Editor, The Gold Speculator
"I want to say one word to you, Benjamin. Just one word: Gold." If Mr. McGuire had given that advice to Benjamin Braddock (a.k.a The Graduate) in 1967, Benjamin might be much better off today. Instead, his advice to the young man was "Plastics."
In 1967, the average price for gold was $34.95/oz. Of course, gold prices were not allowed to float in the US until 1971, but if young Benjamin had invested $4,000 in gold instead of that little red Alfa Romeo Duetto Spider convertible, he would have made a small fortune by now, roughly 42 times his money. A pristine '67 Alfa Romeo spider is selling for $15,000 or so today.
Why has gold increased so in value? One word: Inflation. The purchasing power of the US Dollar has decreased steadily since 1967. It would take $6.47 today to buy the same item that sold for $1.00 forty-four years ago, a 647% increase in price. Benjamin's college tuition alone would cost over $212,000 today. Certainly, there have been periods in US history when prices did not rise each year. In the last century, average annual prices fell in 1921, 1927, 1928, 1930-1933, 1938 and 1939. In 2009, average annual prices declined 0.4%, but since then prices have increased each year. According the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the US inflation rate is 2.1%, but this number is understated. Fuel prices are up more 27% from last year. Food prices are up by double digits year-over-year. Import prices are up 11% from last year. Producer prices are up, too. Housing prices remain depressed, but overall, prices for almost all other goods and services are higher now than a year ago, and the year before that.
Some say that high commodity prices cause inflation. Others attribute higher inflation to corporate greed. With gasoline prices at $4.00/gal or more, the lynch mobs are out for Big Oil CEO's. At a Congressional hearing last week, a senator remarked that "unchecked corporate greed has given them $30 Billion in profits last quarter". But the US oil refiners are accounting for the higher cost of imported oil, which has been at $98-114/bbl for the last five months. Today US consumers are still paying $4.00/gal to fill their tanks. And they are likely to buy gas at $5.00 or more before demand decreases due to price.
These arguments miss the point about the cause of inflation. Higher commodity prices and corporate greed are not the causes of inflation. Contrary to popular opinion, inflation is not about price increases for goods and services. Inflation is about increases in money supply. The general increase in prices comes only by the increase in money stock. The inflation we are seeing now at every level is in fact due to increases in money supply. This is the case now, and it has been the case for every period of inflation in history.
Aristotle defined the four properties of "good" money. Money must be durable, portable, divisible and have intrinsic value. Aristotle's definition has stood the test of time. For more than 2,000 years sound money has been proven to be a good medium of exchange as well as a store of value. The only time gold money lost its intrinsic value is when governments debased coins used by the general public (reduced the gold content in a coin by substituting industrial metal at the same weight), while hording pure gold coins for themselves.
Fiat money has never been good money because it lacks intrinsic value. Governments debase fiat money by printing more of it. Increasing the money stock chases good money out in the same way Copernicus described in his 1519 treatise Monetae cudendae ratio: "bad (debased) coinage drives good (un-debased) coinage out of circulation." This concept has become known as Gresham's Law. These days, the Fed seems intent on codifying Gresham's Law. Since 2008 it has printed $2.7 Trillion of the paper stuff to support various fiscal stimulus packages and bank and industry bailouts. More paper money chasing fewer goods and services causes prices to climb. Inflation is a tax on every consumer who buys with paper money.
An example of inflation brought on by the printing of fiat money occurred in the US Civil War era. During the war, both the federal and the confederate governments issued paper currency to finance war expenditures. The federal government issued $450 million "Greenbacks." Inflation soared. Northern currency fluctuated in value, and at its lowest point, it took 2.59 inflated Greenbacks equaled $1 in gold. The Confederate paper currency lost much more purchasing power; $60-$70 equaled a gold dollar.
At the end of the war, President Johnson authorized the Treasury to repay Federal war bonds with gold. This reduced the outstanding Greenbacks by 20 percent which propped up the value of Greenback dollars and drove down the Greenback price of goods. In the election of 1868, the Democratic presidential candidate Horatio Seymour repudiated the "Ohio Idea," which proposed that war debts be repaid with Greenbacks rather than gold. Predominantly western Democrats who first offered the fiat money financing idea became known as "Inflationists." Seymour lost the presidential election to Ulysses S. Grant 214 to 80. Inflationist policies financed other wars including WWI, Vietnam, Iraq, Afghanistan and now Libya (WWII and Korea were paid for primarily by tax increases).
Gold money leads to lower price inflation. Studies show that price inflation is lower under gold standard monetary regimes than in fiat money regimes. The classical gold standard prevailed in all the developed economies in the period from 1880 to 1914. Then, authorities maintained the value of national currency in terms of a fixed weight of gold, or the mint price. During this period, the mint price was set at $20.67 per ounce of gold. Under the gold standard, the purchasing power of gold tends to equal the long-run cost of production.
We can see from the chart, from 1880-1913 inflation averaged about 3 percent annually in Australia and Finland, about 2 percent annually in the Netherlands, and slightly less in the United States. For the other nine countries, the average inflation rate was between plus and minus 1 percent for the period. Average inflation over 33 years of these 13 countries on the gold standard ranged from –0.6 to 3.0 percent.
Today's economies use fiat money and employ muscular monetary policy such as inflation targeting. Since the collapse of Bretton Woods, central banks have attempted to maintain low inflation and relative price stability. Clearly, these policies are failing. As the chart shows, the average inflation rate was much higher in the modern period (again for 33 years, from 1968 to 2001).
So what can the individual do today to protect his wealth against rising inflation? He can buy and own gold. Gold has maintained its intrinsic store of value against the ravages of inflation and debasement of fiat currencies for decades. Today's economic environment is characterized by unprecedented expansion of the money supply, which ensures prices will continue to rise for the foreseeable future.
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Sampdoria completes Juventus sweep
Sampdoria completed a double over Serie A champions Juventus with a 3-2 win at a rainswept Stadio Luigi Ferraris.
Eder, Lorenzo De Silvestri and Mauro Icardi maintained the Blucerchiati's excellent record against the dominant force of Italian football after Fabio Quagliarella had put Antonio Conte's side in front.
Emmanuel Giaccherini added a second late on for Juve, but they were left still waiting for their first win again the Genovese club in four years.
Juve also missed the chance to have beaten every single opponent in Serie A at least once this season. Things looked to be going well for Juve when Andrea Pirlo sent an excellent first-time ball from the halfway line over the Samp defense into the path of Quagliarella who kept his cool to thread the ball inside the near post with Angelo Da Costa getting a hand to the ball.
The former Samp striker did not celebrate out of respect for his ex-colleagues. Juve's lead lasted little over five minutes before a foul by Giorgio Chiellini on Icardi inside the area saw a penalty awarded.
Eder stepped up to beat Marco Storari and bring the Blucerchiati level. De Silvestro gave Samp the lead with his second goal in as many games, leaving Storari no chance with a bullet header at the near post from a corner.
Quagliarella should have brought Juve back on terms, but his shot from six yards was straight at Da Costa in the 70th minute. Five minutes later, a burst of pace from former Juve winger Marcelo Estigarribia saw him race away from the last Juve defender before sliding the ball across the slick surface to Icardi, who could not miss the open goal from just a yard out.
The referee then awarded Juve a penalty only to change is mind after conferring with his assistant behind the goal, much to Chiellini's annoyance.
Nicklas Bedntner was sent on by Conte, but his evening did not last long as he landed badly on his arm, leaving the field and leaving Juve with 10 men as all three substitutions had been made.
The Serie A champions still did not give up the fight, though, and Giaccherini sent a shot into the top right-hand corner of Da Costa's goal in the first minute of stoppage time.
Juve were unable to find an equalizer, though, as they slipped up once again to their bogey side for their fifth defeat of the season.


text: Cold Weather Prevails in Plains, Corn Belt October 26, 2012 10:00 AM Tweet TAGS: Marketing, Overseas December 18, 2014 By Nate Birt Top Producer Managing Editor Email On the Plains, cold weather prevails, according to the USDA's Joint Ag Weather Facility. Freezes were noted this morning as far south as Texas' northern panhandle. Light snow is providing winter wheat with some beneficial moisture on the central High Plains. In the Corn Belt, showers are occurring in the vicinity of a cold front stretching from Michigan into the lower Ohio Valley. In the front's wake, cold, dry weather favors late-season corn and soybean harvesting. In the South, gusty northerly winds and a few rain showers are occurring along the southern Atlantic Coast in conjunction with Hurricane Sandy, currently centered less than 500 miles south-southeast of Charleston, South Carolina. Meanwhile, showers associated with a cold front are crossing the lower Mississippi Valley. Between weather systems, warm, dry weather favors summer crop harvesting and other fieldwork. In the West, mostly dry weather favors autumn fieldwork. Cool weather prevails, except in California. Looking Ahead During the next few days, a complex and unique interaction between Hurricane Sandy; a cold front crossing the East; and a blocking high-pressure over the northern Atlantic Ocean will result in a prolonged period of historically severe weather conditions in the northeastern U.S. Sandy, which has already battered Jamaica, eastern Cuba, and parts of the Bahamas, will continue to graze the southern Atlantic Coast with gusty winds and tropical showers. Farther north, however, the remnants of Sandy will be drawn inland across the Mid-Atlantic region early next week, increasing the likelihood of flooding rains, high winds, power outages, and a damaging coastal storm surge. Heavy, wet snow will develop in some inland sections of the Northeast. Other Atlantic coastal impacts will include large waves and beach erosion. Farther west, cold but generally tranquil weather will prevail. However, temperatures will rebound to above-normal levels across the West during the weekend and the High Plains early next week. Outside of the eastern U.S., wet weather will be limited to the Pacific Northwest. The NWS 6- to 10-day outlook for October 31 – November 4 calls for below-normal temperatures from the Mississippi Valley to the East Coast, while warmer-than-normal weather will prevail from the Pacific Coast to the High Plains. Meanwhile, near- to below-normal precipitation across the majority of the U.S. will contrast with wetter-than-normal conditions in the Northwest and from the lower Great Lakes region into the Northeast. Back to news


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"Today, I want to share a bit more detail about the growing Surface family of products and Surface with Windows 8 Pro, specifically around pricing. In January, Surface with Windows 8 Pro will be available in two versions and pricing will start at $899." Stefan Constantine noted on Twitter: "For the price of a Surface Pro ($899), you could buy a Nexus 4 ($349), Nexus 7 ($299), and a Chromebook ($249). Do the math." No matter how hard people are going to shout the Surface Pro is an ultrabook competitor, people will compare it to an iPad.
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by Luminair on Thu 29th Nov 2012 18:37 UTC
I guess that means a month or two until the surface rt price drop. they can't be so close.
surface pro will be the most awesome netbook ever. type cover + 11" intel ivy bridge tablet = most expensive toy you can hold in one hand.
I'm really interested to see where these form factors and screen sizes end up in a year or two. I for one am skeptical there is a big market for $1000 11" laptops.


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WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. - At the Purple Valley Classic on Saturday afternoon, the MIT men's cross country team finished in fifth place behind highly ranked teams such as host Williams, Middlebury, NYU and Fordham. In the 8k, senior Logan Trimble (Clearwater, Fla.) was the first Engineer to cross the line in 16th place with a time of 26:56.
Freshman Edgar Gridello (Douvainer, France), senior Ben Mattocks (Sharon, Mass.) and sophomore Allen Leung (Arcadia, Calif.) followed shortly after Trimble, finishing in 26th, 29th and 32nd place respectively. Freshman Ian Tolan (Binghamton, N.Y.), sophomore Matt Jordan (Matthews, N.C.) and junior Roy Wedge (Lawrence, Kan.) all crossed the line within five seconds.
MIT will next compete in the NEICAAA Championships which will take place on Oct. 7


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Perkins & Marie Callender's recognized its Franchisee of the Year, Dan Esmond, owner/operator of four Perkins Restaurants & Bakeries in Lawrence, Topeka, Great Bend, and McPherson, Kansas.
Hailed by Perkins & Marie Callender's president and CEO Jeff Warne as the "franchisee who best exemplifies overall excellence in operations and brand standards; a leader who inspires others and contributes to the improvement of the system while positively representing the Perkins brand both within his restaurants and the community," Esmond was presented with the company's most prestigious award at the annual conference in Washington, D.C.
Esmond began his career with Perkins & Marie Callender's in Minneapolis as executive vice president in 1989 and became a franchisee in 1994.
"It has been an honor to have such a long association with the Perkins brand," he says. "I am humbled to be recognized amongst such a group of talented, committed, and loyal contributors. May I express to those who supported me in this honor that I appreciate their confidence and acknowledgement. It has affected me deeply and I cannot be more proud and excited to be part of Perkins."
Ed Lechner, franchisee of the Perkins Restaurant & Bakery in Clearwater, Florida, was paid tribute for his contributions and dedication to supporting Perkins Corporate charity, Give Kids The World (GKTW).
Bob Winters, senior vice president of development at Perkins & Marie Callender's and the company's liaison to GKTW, says Lechner—a franchisee since 1979—and his staff have "tirelessly dedicated themselves to annually raising money for the Gingerbread House, a one-of-a-kind whimsical 300-seat restaurant located in the heart of the 70-acre, nonprofit, storybook resort."
Likewise, the Coca-Cola Company, presented with Perkins Give Kids The World Business Partner award, has "helped support our fundraising activities that have allowed us to serve over 4 million meals to children with life threatening illnesses and their families."
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Midsomer Murders "Sins of Commission, Part One" A prize-winning author is murdered on the eve of the Midsomer Literary Festival. Amid their investigation, Barnaby and Scott discover the seemingly highbrow literary community of Midsomer St. Michael is a hotbed of corruption, sexual scandal and financial mismanagement. Part 1 of 2G
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Call the Midwife Holiday Special "2013" Chummy, PC Noakes and Baby Freddy are back in the East End. Sister Bernadette, now called Shelagh since leaving the convent, is preparing for her wedding to Dr. Turner, and Jenny is facing challenges personally and professionally. In the midst of holiday preparations, an unexploded World War II bomb requires evacuations.G


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No, Donald Trump hasn't become a Lil Wayne aficionado. The businessman and television personality claimed Thursday that his official Twitter account, @realDonaldTrump, had been "seriously hacked" after it sent out a tweet that read, "These hoes think they classy, well that's the class I'm skippen."
The offending tweet, a Lil Wayne verse from Will.I.Am's "Scream & Shout (Remix)," was quickly deleted, but not before it was retweeted more than 1,000 times.
Trump immediately blamed hackers for the Lil Wayne quote, calling them "lowlifes."
My Twitter has been seriously hacked--- and we are looking for the perpetrators.— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 21, 2013
Twitter will soon be irrelevant if lowlifes are so easily able to hack into accounts.— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 21, 2013


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Related Posts: I'm Going To Cannes!!! and Trying to Figure Out London!
So far, my pre-travel planning has consisted of trying to buy/prepare/organize everything on an endless checklist of miscellaneous thingamajigs as well as figure out how I'm going to utilize my short stay in London. I have next to zero idea of what I'll be doing when I actually get to Cannes, but I just have to relax and hope that the American Pavilion has all of that covered.
Admittedly, I am not the most fashionable person in the universe. But I really do try — especially when I know my destination is the Cannes Film Festival, where the chicest of the chic congregate every May.
Here, I thought I'd share some of the fashion items I'll be taking with me. 😀 Also, I'd like a chance to promote some of the awesome Etsy vendors I've encountered along the way.
Nicole Lebreux: Original Apparel/Handmade Womenswear
I bought this amazing maxi dress by Nicole Lebreux a few months ago. I was struggling to find a maxi dress that fit not only my shape but personality, which turned out to be an impossible feat on sites like Macy's, etc. So I turned to Etsy, and discovered this incredible store. Nicole was extremely helpful, answered all my questions, and even customized the dress to fit my needs. I just can't wait to wear this at Cannes!!!
Monday Morning Studios: Purses/Handbags/Totes, made in the USA
For Cannes, I decided I needed a pretty big purse, both stylish and more importantly sturdy in case I need to stuff some screenplays and/or an extra set of clothes into it. Also, I didn't want to spend too much money, definitely no more than $100. So I decided to try Etsy again, and stumbled across another amazing store. Monday Morning Studios makes an assorment of purses/handbags/totes in all different shapes, colors, patterns, etc. And all for less than $100! I bought a really neat hobo purse in an awesome jewel-tone plaid. Now I just have to figure out how much weight I can carry…
An assortment of dresses I will hopefully be wearing to parties.
Some accessories to help me along the way.
And some cute warm-weather shoes.
Now I just have to figure out how it's all going to fit in my suitcase!
For more updates, don't forget to follow me on facebook, tumblr and/or twitter.
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Trying to make sense of why the Kardashians do what they do is typically a pretty fruitless endeavor, but still, Kim Kardashian's pregnancy has left me pondering why now? on more than a few occasions. Sure, things happen, but she's still married to Kris Humphries. It just seemed a little rushed even by Kardashian standards. But tonight on part two of the Kourtney & Kim Take Miami premiere, she revealed information that put it in a bit of perspective.
Last week we learned that she had struggled with infertility, but on tonight's episode, she shared that her test results showed she has the egg level of a 50-something-year-old woman. That's got to be shocking for anyone, but especially so for someone like Kim who has always wanted to have children. Tonight we saw her take that shock out on Kourtney.
She started picking on Kourtney for being a "slob-kebab", and told her friend Jonathan Cheban that she found Kourtney and her kids "so overwhelming it makes me even second guess that I even want to have kids." Of course those were her defense mechanisms at play as she imagined her childless future, but it didn't make it any easier on Kourtney when she called her boring.
Kim finally confessed what was wrong to Khloe, who has her own fertility issues going on. She then apologized to Kourtney, and as we know, her fears are now put to rest since she's carrying Kanye's baby. She told the Today show last week that her pregnancy was a "pleasant surprise when so many doctors were telling me one thing and then the opposite happens."
So while it may have felt rushed, this information at least explains the rush. If you think you may never be able to have children, then there's really no time to waste in trying. Fortunately, it did work out for her, and now we can only hope it works out for Khloe too one of these days.
And hopefully some deodorant will work out for Kourtney one of these days. I just can't believe she actually goes around reeking like that. I get the fear of chemicals when you're pregnant or breastfeeding, but there's a line, and when you flat out smell so badly that your 2-year-old tells you so, you've definitely crossed it.
Does the fact that Kim had the egg supply of a 50-something-year-old woman make you think of her pregnancy any differently? Would you ever choose to not wear deodorant?
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John posted a link to this personality quiz. No surprise, I am Midnight. Now the only thing I wonder is why the Midnight Rider is made of everything sunrise.
|You Are Midnight
You are more than a little eccentric, and you're apt to keep very unusual habits.
Whether you're a nightowl, living in a commune, or taking a vow of silence - you like to experiment with your lifestyle.
Expressing your individuality is important to you, and you often lie awake in bed thinking about the world and your place in it.
You enjoy staying home, but that doesn't mean you're a hermit. You also appreciate quality time with family and close friends.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Tue 21st Aug 2012 21:57 UTC
With Windows 8 right around the corner, the usual game of reading the end-user license agreements and spotting the different versions is in full swing. Usually, this is a game of ridicule as Microsoft comes up with ever more convoluted version schemes and EULA terms. This time around, though, the company seems to be taking steps to make things easier, as Ed Bott reports.
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RE[4]: Simple All right
by rikkirakk on Thu 23rd Aug 2012 03:49 UTC in reply to "RE[3]: Simple All right"