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Security Basics
Featuring 88 Papers as of January 9, 2017
A Black-Box Approach to Embedded Systems Vulnerability Assessment STI Graduate Student Research
by Michael Horkan - December 5, 2016Vulnerability assessment of embedded systems is becoming more important due to security needs of the ICS/SCADA environment as well as the emergence of the Internet of Things (IoT). Often, these assessments are left to test engineers without intimate knowledge of the device's design, no access to firmware source or tools to debug the device while testing. This gold paper will describe a test lab black-box approach to evaluating an embedded device's security profile and possible vulnerabilities. Open-source tools such as Burp Suite and python scripts based on the Sulley Fuzzing Framework will be employed and described. The health status of the device under test will be monitored remotely over a network connection. I include a discussion of an IoT test platform, implemented for Raspberry Pi, and how to approach the evaluation of IoT using this device as an example.
Extending your Business Network through a Virtual Private Network (VPN) STI Graduate Student Research
by Kaleb Fornero - May 17, 2016Its safe to assume that most individuals reading this paper have leveraged a Virtual Private Network (VPN) at some point in their life, many on a daily basis.
Is It Patched Or Is It Not? by Jason Simsay - April 23, 2015
Patch management tools may produce conflicting results.
Denial of Service Deterrence by Ryan Sepe - April 1, 2015
Denial of service attacks have been around since 1989 and may have been incorporated even before that time.
Password Security-- Thirty-Five Years Later STI Graduate Student Research
by George Khalil - November 12, 2014Computer historians trace the first use of a computer password back to Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the 1960s (McMillan, 2012). MIT's time-sharing computer, called Compatible Time-Sharing System (CTSS), was designed to accommodate multiple users on many terminals.
Implementing a PC Hardware Configuration (BIOS) Baseline STI Graduate Student Research
by David Fletcher - October 15, 2013This paper provides a road map for implementation of the recommended phases identified in NIST SP 800-147, BIOS Protection Guidelines.
Talking Out Both Sides of Your Mouth: Streamlining Communication via Metaphor by Josh More - October 4, 2013
Though we often agree as to what individual words mean, it is often true that complex ideas cannot be adequately described in a reasonable amount of time.
Web Application Injection Vulnerabilities: A Web App's Security Nemesis? by Erik Couture - June 14, 2013
An ever-increasing number of high profile data breaches have plagued organizations over the past decade.
Surfing the Web Anonymously - The Good and Evil of the Anonymizer by Peter Chow - October 8, 2012
Companies of all sizes spend large amounts of time, resources, and money to ensure that their network resources and Internet connections are not being misused.
Recovering Security in Program Management by Howard Thomas - October 3, 2012
Few Information Security (InfoSec) professionals get the opportunity to build a program from the ground up. Whether brought in to maintain, enhance, or fix an existing environment, most inherit a security situation not of their own making.
Using SNORT® for intrusion detection in MODBUS TCP/IP communications by Javier Jimenez Diaz - December 19, 2011
Not long ago, analog and purpose built communications systems use to be prevalent technologies on industrial plants. It wasnt common to find either interoperability or compatibility among them. In the 70s communication Networking began to be used in Direct Digital Control (Berge Jonas, 2004).
Scoping Security Assessments - A Project Management Approach by Ahmed Abdel-Aziz - June 7, 2011
Security assessments can mean different things to different people. This paper will explore what a security assessment is, why it should be done, and how it is different than a security audit.
Measuring effectiveness in Information Security Controls STI Graduate Student Research
by Manuel Humberto Santander Peláez - July 6, 2010The risks in the business environment of companies and international regulations have made companies incorporate as business process the aspect of information security. Like all processes, it needs to get assigned resources and budget to ensure proper implementation. Because the objective of the security process is to minimize exposure to risk it is important to determine the effectiveness of the implemented controls. How do you measure if the security controls in place are effective? How do you justify the budget to augment or improve existing controls? It is important to show the organization that the requested funds will be invested in preventing the issues that can materialize an information risk against any of the core business processes. This paper illustrates how to define indicators to measure the exposure to information risks in the company processes.
Preparing to face new vulnerabilities by Jacelyn Faucher - June 25, 2008
This document illustrates the benefit of being prepared to deal with new vulnerabilities. We don't really know when that's going to happen, but it will. Let's look at a typical scenario: Monday morning, panic is in the air. The boss heard the existence of a big new vulnerability on the radio on his way to work.
Firefox VS Windows Internet Explorer STI Graduate Student Research
by Robert Comella - January 29, 2008In my years as an IT professional I can not tell you the number of times I have had a client ask, When you go online, do you use Internet explorer? Are there any other choices? Are they better? In the world of computers, indeed in most professions, it is rare that you can give a straight short answer to any question. Eagerly I answer the first two questions with No and ABSOLUTELY! Unfortunately the last is a little harder to answer and its best short answer is, it depends. That, of curse, begs the question, On what does it depend? and that is what this paper examines.
Computer Security Education The Tool for Today by Ian Burke - October 25, 2007
ecurity education, for a long time, has been seen as a thing reserved for security professionals. The Computer Security Act of 1987 put forward for the National Institute of Standards and Technology to create standards and guides for security awareness and training. This act was the first of a string of legislation that would place mandates around security education for non-security professionals. This trend illustrated newfound awareness in the community and in the world around computer security.
GCFW Practical Assignment Critique by Bart Hubbs - March 9, 2005
The purpose of this practical is to critique a GIAC Certified Firewall Analyst (GCFW) practical to enable implementation in a public healthcare company.
Network Security- A Guide for Small and Mid-sized Businesses by Jim Hietala - January 26, 2005
The objective of this paper is to educate both IT staff and senior management for small-medium sized businesses (SMB's) as to the network security threats that exist. The paper presents a digest of industry best practices for network security, which will hopefully assist SMB's in setting priorities for securing the perimeter of a typical SMB network.
Transmission Media Security by Charles Esparza - January 18, 2005
When studying for any security certification the topic of transmission media is always present, it is one of the many sources of attacks that can be made by exploiting the media that the transmissions are made over. In this paper I will discuss the various types of media commonly used to connect computers into networks and analyze the many vulnerabilities of the different media types.
Introduction to Host Based Cyber Defense by Roy Nielsen - January 17, 2005
There is a lot of attention given in the computer security community to network security. Viruses, trojans, spyware and other malware come from the computer network. IT departments often concentrate on network firewalls, IDS and IPS systems to protect their network.
The State of Patching Windows by Rafael Cappas - July 25, 2004
Patching is something that everyone tells you to do but find people really don't understand it. There was a time, not long ago, when security vulnerabilities became known and finding patches for them were difficult. One had to scour Usenet looking for further information and dig through FTP servers for fixes.
Information Security For Churches and Small Non-Profit Organizations by Jay Petel - April 8, 2004
In today's ever changing, better, faster, cheaper world, connectivity to the Internet for churches and other small non-profit organizations is necessary. But, connectivity brings along with it a risk of vulnerability from the same threats that business and educational organizations face.
The Use and Administration of Shared Accounts by David Johnson - December 13, 2003
This paper will discuss the use and security of shared accounts, and some of associated risks of those uses.
Outline for a Successful Security Program by Jeff Norem - September 26, 2003
This paper is meant to give the reader an outline and high level view of security topics to examine when creating a network security program.
How To Secure Your Small To Medium Size Microsoft Based Network: A Generic Case Study by Jerry Goodman - September 4, 2003
This paper explains the basic process of securing a small to medium sized network utilizing some commonly used products and techniques, within a case study format.
Change Control Process for Firewalls by Paul Maschak - August 8, 2003
This paper covers the fundamentals of Change Control and Procedures as it applies to the management of Firewalls.
The Bugs are Biting by Rishona Phillips - August 8, 2003
This paper will give a general overview of the problems and challenges of software mistakes and how they affect security.
Security - What is Enough? by Victoria England - June 3, 2003
This paper will look at the various layers of security businesses have on offer to them today, which will aid the security policy and look at why they should deploy them.
Introducing Security to the Small Business Enterprise by Jeff Herbert - June 2, 2003
This discussion paper outlines the issues and constraints that a SBE faces, the common misconceptions managers have regarding Internet security, and how to introduce security to the Small Business Enterprise.
Software Piracy- A challenge to E-world by Sundeep Bhasin - May 8, 2003
This paper provides insight to the levels of the society to which the menace of piracy has rooted itself, the cost and the impact of "illegal" software to the companies.
Facilitating the Qualitative Security Assessment: Overview of the Process of Defining and Delivering by Mike Kleckner - April 3, 2003
It is the intent of this paper to provide an overview of how to involve the appropriate decision makers and the solution providers in the delivery of cost-effective security controls for application systems.
Argentina: Preparing for a Security Violation by Raymond Hoffman - September 11, 2002
Regardless of whether a company is Argentine or an international organization with an Argentine presence, this paper addresses the fundamental need to understand the legal situation in Argentina, preparing the once-unprotected network, and knowing how to respond to a security violation.
Implementing Defense in Depth at the University Level by Michael Runnels - May 14, 2002
This paper discusses how defense in depth was implemented at a university in the Southwest.
The Need for a REAL Defensive Information Operations Capability by Mark Ruchie - April 22, 2002
This paper examines the need to significantly overhaul the current concept of protection of information in American business, incorporating the military model, referred as Defensive Information Operations (DIO).
Protection of Information Assets by Odd Nilsen - March 17, 2002
This paper focuses on the protection of information assets, addressing both physical and logical access exposures and controls.
Obtaining Better Results from Distributed Environment Security Programs by Rhonda Manter - March 2, 2002
This paper examines common barriers to achieving desired results from information security programs in mid-to-large-sized corporations.
Security Lifecycle - Managing the Threat by Mark King - February 19, 2002
This paper addresses the security elements that make up a lifecycle, categorized into three areas, Prevention, Detection and Response and how they apply to the overall security posture of the organization.
The Cyber Security Management System: A Conceptual Mapping by John Dexter - January 28, 2002
This paper looks at the cyber security management process as a complex system of interrelated elements and demonstrates the use of concept mapping techniques to expand our knowledge of the system as a whole, and of policy and technology in particular.
The Password Web Page by Curt Kuper - January 12, 2002
It is important to pick good passwords and change them often. This paper addresses the benefits and merits of the password web page.
Information Technology Department Network Security Briefing by Thad Nobuhara - December 27, 2001
This paper discusses the role in protecting the corporate network, and the devices connected to the Internet, including employee personal computing devices.
Security Considerations for Extranets by Karen Korow-Diks - December 18, 2001
This paper identifies potential risks associated with extranets and the actions that can be taken to mitigate against them.
Security Architecture Model Component Overview by Scott Angelo - November 27, 2001
A successful security architecture combines a heterogeneous combination of policies and leading practices, technology, and a sound education and awareness program.
Defense In Depth by Todd McGuiness - November 11, 2001
This paper will look at three common scenarios, and likely methods for network attacks, and offer countermeasures to protect against these types of attacks.
Making the HelpDesk a Security Asset by Douglas Ridgeway - October 22, 2001
This paper address potential security risks with helpdesks including social engineering, and various methods to reduce the risk of security incidents against the helpdesk.
Keeping the Private Intranet Private by Michael Wilson - October 8, 2001
This paper addresses security problems faced by intranet network administrators, how to control those access points and minimize the risk involved.
Enhanced Security During Organizational Transitions by Denis Lynch - October 6, 2001
The purpose of this paper is to provoke discussion concerning the requirements for increased security during a period of transition, the threats faced by an organization as it goes through a period of change, as well as appropriate controls that could be implemented to mitigate the risks.
Kiosks: The Interactive Media Solution, or is it? by Lisa Evans - October 1, 2001
This paper addresses the topic of kiosks utilizing computers require information systems support and security to protect both the business and the customer.
Managing Desktop Security by Amran Munir - September 23, 2001
This document describes the defense mechanism for security of desktops (including notebooks or laptops) in a network computing environment from the approach of security requirements among users, process of implementing and enforcing security policies and technology within an organization.
Keep Current With Little Time by Robert Taylor - September 19, 2001
This paper discusses various ways for security professionals to keep secure networks current with less time.
We're Lost, But We're Making Good Time! by Benjamin Grubin - September 18, 2001
Vulnerability scanning and intrusion detection technologies have made a huge on improving the information security profession, with metrics by which to judge the organizations security posture - which fosters a questionable level of safety and false sense of security.
Cyberspace Guardians: A Brief Guide to the Recruitment and Training of Security Personnel by Amina Claassen - September 18, 2001
This paper is an overview of the recruitment and training of entry- and intermediate-level information technology (IT) security staff members (referenced here as "security analysts.")
An Instant War, Just Add Chat: The Growth of Instant Messaging Technology by Jack Schiller - September 13, 2001
The purpose of this paper is to provide the reader with a rich synthesis of observations and ideas, encourage the reader to evaluate their current technological environment, and spur one to explore what additional work may need to be done in this security issue.
Basic Self-assessment: Go Hack Yourself by Barry Dowell - September 11, 2001
System administrators must not only be aware of the potential vulnerabilities inherent in their operating system and applications software, and know how to protect the network from these dangers, they must also put themselves in the mind of the attacker to assess network defenses before a successful attack is carried out.
Securing a Wide-Open Computer Network by Mark Andrich - September 10, 2001
This paper describes how to Secure a Wide-Open Computer Network.
Managing Secure Data Delivery: A Data Roundhouse Model by Jim Farmer - September 5, 2001
The analogy of a traditional roundhouse, where railroad engineers manage and redirect the delivery of millions of tons of payload, reinforces the most important goal in the data delivery process: manage data securely from the start and secure it throughout its delivery all the way to its destination.
Security from Scratch ... How to Achieve It by Alan Davies - September 4, 2001
Since there is no one technology or process that can be implemented in the name of total security, the aim is to develop a defense in depth strategy, as discussed in this paper.
Network Security Is Like Eating Crab's Legs - Is the Taste Worth the Effort? by Charles Romanus - September 1, 2001
This paper discusses the balance between network security, network functionality and ease of operation.
OK, So I Need Security. Where Do I Start? by Lyde Andrews - August 28, 2001
This paper is not designed to be an end-all solution to your problems, but it can be used to begin identifying and fixing some of the glaring (i.e.. most easily compromised) security holes on your network and then what to do after that.
A Paper on the Promotion of Application Security Awareness by Man Yi - August 28, 2001
Application security is not a new science and the same principals that apply to network security also apply to application security.
Implementing an Information Security Program by Kevin Nichols - August 22, 2001
This paper provides the fundamentals of implementing an Information Security Program.
Organizational IT Security Theory and Practice: And Never the Twain Shall Meet? by John Jenkins - August 21, 2001
This paper presents an overview of common information technology security practices, demonstrates how and why they can frequently be ineffective, and finishes with suggestions on how we might better equip ourselves to prevent, and recover from unnecessary disruptions in the future.
Implementing a Successful Security Assessment Process by Bradley Hart - August 21, 2001
This paper describes implementing a successful security assessment process.
Securing Network Infrastructure and Switched Networks by Richard Wagner - August 21, 2001
This paper describes how to secure a network infrastructure and switched networks.
Manage your Security Initiative as a Project by Rex Robitschek - August 19, 2001
This paper has been geared toward project managers who already know the methodology, and is intended to give them tools that are pertinent for obtaining executive buy-in.
Information Security Primer by Craig Lindner - August 18, 2001
This document discusses fundamental security concepts and architectures applicable to TCP/IP networks.
Information Security 101: Security for Newbies by Frederick Kim - August 18, 2001
This paper provides a guide and a starting point to get a sense of what information security is all about.
Why Small Businesses Need to Secure Their Computers (and How to Do it!) by Bruce Diamond - August 16, 2001
This paper discusses why small businesses need to secure their computers and provides information on how to do it!
The Computer Security Threat to Small and Medium Sized Businesses -A Manager';s Primer by Michael Regan - August 16, 2001
This paper seeks to provide non-technical, easily understood, information for the business executive seeking to capitalize on the benefits provided by Internet access while at the same time protecting his internal network from viruses and hackers.
The Weakest Link...This Is Not a Game! by Jack Daniels - August 9, 2001
More employees are using their home computers to do office work and security policy as well as education should address this situation by requiring Personal Firewalls and Anti-Virus software.
Jekyll & Hyde in the Boardroom by David Nixon - August 8, 2001
Business success or failure can hinge on the business implementation of the Chief Technology Officer and the Chief Security Officer, two key IT management positions, discusses in this paper.
Ten Days to Network Security by Paul Zocco - August 6, 2001
This paper will present ten days of effective tasks, with a quick task and long term task each day.
Spyware & Network Security by Lester Cheveallier - August 5, 2001
When dealing with network security, a security professional's first concerns are who is trying to access the network and whether or not to allow access.
A "Bag of Tricks" Approach to Proactive Security by Mitch Saba - July 27, 2001
The goal of this paper is to explore the tools, practices and procedures available to System Administrators prior to a security incident that will serve to negate the incident or significantly improve our recovery and forensic positions.
Digital Rights Management Overview by Austin Russ - July 26, 2001
This paper presents an overview of DRM issues addressed, standards, technology and service providers, challenges, and guidance for determining if DRM may be applicable to your organization.
Oh Answer, Where Are Thou? or Gee, There's a Lot to Know by Jim Sherrill - July 26, 2001
This paper reviews the complex environment of information security and looks at several elements of security practices.
Extranets: The Weakest Link & Security by Slawomir Marcinkowski - July 25, 2001
This paper focuses on the management processes needed to secure an extranet.
Users Wary of Microsoft's .NET by Jeffrey Hudack - July 25, 2001
This paper is written for non-technical computer users who need to know the security risks of the Internet and how to protect their important digital information.
IT Infrastructure Security-Step by Step by Karnail Singh - July 23, 2001
This paper documents the process and methodology for implementing computer security within corporate networks and describes the various aspects of security through a layered model.
A User's Guide to Security Threats on the Desktop by Richard Hagen - July 22, 2001
This paper is written for non-technical computer users who need to know the security risks of the Internet and how to protect their important digital information.
Toward Global Security by Paul Tremer - July 20, 2001
By implementing and enforcing strong, multi-layered security policies and processes, constructive progress can and will defeat global threats and malicious activities today and throughout time.
AS/400 & iSeries: A Comprehensive Guide to Setting System Values to Common Best Practice Securit by Matthew Smith - July 16, 2001
The purpose of this document is to assist anyone configuring or auditing iSeries (formerly known as AS/400) system values.
Espionage and the Insider by Steve Kipp - July 16, 2001
In every instance of espionage, the person involved had access to information. Understanding this, and the fact we have the ability to control access to computer file systems, is critical to protecting information.
I Think Our Internet Connection is Down by Raymond Hillen - July 15, 2001
The following is a "case analysis" of a real incident that was uncovered while trying to assist a small company with a supposed "down" Internet connection.
Security for Small and New IT Departments: Get Your Big Rocks In First by Greg Rolling - July 13, 2001
This paper will attempt to assist the small/single-person IS department in setting up and maintaining a secure environment while filling the many roles necessary to the company.
Plugging the holes! Your data is leaking OUT! by Robert Downey - July 10, 2001
Data is essential to the development and success of a company and this paper discusses some of the obvious areas where data can leave the company.
Vulnerability Assessment by Susan Cima - July 6, 2001
The intention of this paper is to provide an overview of the vulnerability assessment process from discovery to baseline standardization, why it's necessary and offer some assistance to those who want to perform a vulnerability assessment but do not know where to start.
Implementing/Re-Implementing Change Control Policies by Derek Milroy - July 3, 2001
Implementing change control policies should be done with the same basic methodology as a technology implementation, broken down into four steps/phases: Analysis, Design, Implementation, and Follow-up.
Hardening Bastion Hosts by Todd Jenkins - July 3, 2001
This paper discusses some of the benefits to using hardened bastion hosts.
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Airdate | April 18, 2003 |
Production Number | 10-02-119 |
Writer(s) | Gretchen J. Berg, Aaron Harberts Story: Geoffrey Neigher, David Manson |
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Remote Control is the twentieth episode of the first season of John Doe, and the twentieth episode overall.
Guest Stars: Gary Werntz (Trenchcoat Man), Mitchell Kosterman (Sheriff Ash), Keith Martin Gordey (Stocking Cap), Frank Ferrucci (Signet Ring), Robert Clarke (Dr. Sawyer), Greg Michaels (Jay Dougan), Mark Docherty (Newscaster), Craig March (Pro Security Guard), Andrew McIlroy (Dr. Binney), Jason Simpson (Thug Aid), Brian Jensen (Formidable Guard), Dale Hall (Doctor), Kristoffer Ryan Winters (Michael), Matt Winston (Sam), Ona Grauer (Theresa)
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Overland Park Lawrence High's volleyball team won three of five matches Saturday at the Shawnee Mission South tournament.
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Thursday, June 28, 2007
Blue Skies
This is just so unusual for us. We've had blue skies more often than not this June. Other than the big rainstorm last night, it has been blue skies and smooth sailing for ever so long.
This is the Lansing Center, where a Chili Cookoff took place last Friday night. emmmm good!
Just wanted to mark the moment.
5 comments:
- cassie-b said...
Nice picture. I've never been to a chili cookoff, but it sounds like a lot of fun. I'll bet the judges need a little antacid after the event.
Cas - 11:10 AM
- kim said...
there was a cloudy all day day in, oh, february, and one day in march or april the sun didn't come out til after 5. horrible days, just totally devastating.
more or less. - 6:59 PM
- Julie said...
I haven't seen blue skies for quite a while. Rain, rain and more rain. The east of the state has gone from drought to major flooding this week.
And there's 'smenita' again. Spooky. - 7:29 PM
- kim said...
strange. kinda, i wasn't surprised that smenita came up twice for me. surprising that it also came up for the next comments. maybe the verification program has a hidden agenda.
- Shirl said...
cas, they have a "people's choice" award also. There are 40 venues. Each venue will give you a small cup of chili. You get to vote for your favorite.
Lines were long, but it was a fun place to people watch, and the various kinds of chili were interesting
Gosh, kim, how do you stand it!???
We're usually pretty gray, Julie, so I don't envy you all that rain.
And I don't even know what smetina is. Gonna have to go google it. I have ulisz - 5:48 AM


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Facebook not the only IPO problem
May 22nd, 2012, 3:00 pm by Jan Norman, small-business columnistAs Facebook struggled through its third day as a public company (closed at $31, down 18.4% from $38 IPO price), a new report says far fewer U.S. companies are going public these days signaling problems for U.S. jobs and economic growth, a new study says.
The problem is also big for California, which has been home to more IPOs than any other state.
The number of U.S. companies going public annually plunged 70% in the past decade — 90 a year from 2001 to 2011 vs. 298 from 1980 to 2000 — according to a new report from the Kauffman Foundation, an advocate for entrepreneurship.
"The drop has been even more severe among small company initial public offerings," the report says.
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In writing her latest Greece-themed, critically acclaimed book, "Cartes Postales," a book of stories linked through the voyage of a heartbroken man, Victoria Hislop adopted an experimental approach. Usually gathering a vast body of research notes and reference images and then sitting down to write, a process the author says takes her around three years from idea to completion, this time she wrote mainly while traveling: "The journeys I made for research took me all around the country and the inspiration for different parts of the book came very easily – so I was scribbling a lot of the time as I was actually on the move," she says.
Apart from being a book rich in evocative personal stories set in fascinating Greek locations such as Delphi, Meteora, Andros, Ikaria and Preveza, the book bequeaths the reader with two other pleasures – one is the nostalgia-inducing experience of reading postcards, something people nowadays rarely get to do, and the other is that the texts are punctuated by poignant images which verge from the abstract to the illustrative.
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My sweet Havoc (Epistane) blog
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I'll post a link every time I update the blog, as I feel my blog is more visually appealing and easier for me to deal with than just a text-entry field. - 07-02-2007, 03:44 PM
Day 6 workout
Todays workout was amazing. I took 20 mg Havoc before the workout and 10 mg immediately afterwards. Im not experiencing any kind of extraordinary pump, but my in-gym focus and my strength was just through the roof. I hit a PR on the bench press, and in a huge way.
Prior to this, my bench was always kind of a point of embarrassment for me (still isnt great). Ive never been a really strong bencher, especially for my weight (175). Ive previously hit 215 for a 5 rep set, but thats as heavy as Ive gone in recent months.
Today I did 225. For 6 sets of 4 reps. Thats an IMPROVEMENT.
I also did 5 sets of 10 reps on the incline dumbbell bench. First set of 10 with 85s, then 2 with 80s, and 2 with 75s. All felt relatively easy and Ive never done that many reps with that weight before; though they werent WEIGHT PRs, they were PRs in terms of reps with that weight.
Squats were fine.
Chest supported rows were nice. I did 5x5 on that, using 3 plates in the lightest sets.
I did 5 sets of 10 on the laying down on the floor (back against the ground) cable curls. The pump that that produced was quite nice while it lasted.
All in all, a very good workout and one that made me realize that my strength is, indeed, rising.
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I'm starting my first cycle of Halodrol-50 tomorrow and hope I get nice improvements like your seeing - 07-02-2007, 03:54 PM
Great job on the improvements, Havoc is some really good stuff. Hope you get the gains you want to see!!
Thanks to both of you guys, and good luck to the both of you!
I decided to bump Havoc to 30mg a little early, but I won't be running the cycle as long as I thought I was going to be running it (5-6 weeks instead of...8 lol).
Also, I don't know if this makes a difference or not, but my second bottle of this compound is from a different company. I have the bottle of Havoc and a bottle of Epidrol from Genera. Since it's the exact same dosage and compound, I don't think it matters, but if anyone knows that there might be a problem with that it'd be nice to know!
Thanks again and I'll report back as things happen!
Chris -
Not sure if they have the chemical structures on the back of your bottles but if they do and their the same I think you would be fine even though they are from two different companies. - 07-02-2007, 04:36 PM
yo, wanted to give this stuff a shot, curious of what ur running along with it milk thistle etc, and what ur PCT looks like clomid etc, get back to me whenever thanks
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After seeing 58 minutes of action in the Celtics' first 37 games, the Oakland native and former Cal star became a father for the first time - son Leon Powe III was born Jan. 16. Two days later, he played a then-season-high 15 minutes, scoring 10 points and grabbing six rebounds against Philadelphia.
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Hunger and Desire: Am I Odd?
Most philosophers assume that we all experience the world and ourselves in pretty much the same way. When Galen Strawson was in Istanbul a couple of years ago we talked quite a bit about this. He thinks that different individuals can differ greatly in the way they experience themselves and the world. He is particularly interested in the distinction between two opposing character traits which he calls 'diachronic' and 'non-diachronic' (which he sometimes calls 'episodic'). He explains this distinction in the following terms:
"The basic form of Diachronic self-experience is that one naturally figures oneself, considered as a self or person as opposed to a whole human being, as something that was there in the (more or less distant) past and will be there in the (more or less distant) future where 'more or less distant' allows for considerable variation. I take it that many people are naturally Diachronic… If one is non-Diachronic one does not figure oneself, considered as a self, as something that was there in the (more or less distant) past and will be there in the (more or less distant) future. One has little or no sense that the self that one is was there in the (more or less distant) past and will be there in the future, although one is perfectly well aware that one has long-term continuity considered as a whole human being… I suspect that a human being's basic position on the Diachronic/non-Diachronic spectrum is likely to be a matter of brain chemistry, and that marked differences in 'temporal temperament' will be found across all cultures, with the same general spread in a so-called revenge culture, with its essentially Diachronic emphasis, as in a more happy-go-lucky culture." ("Narrativity and non-Narrativity", see also his "Against Narrativity")
Galen claims that he is highly non-diachronic – and I suspect he is. And I agree with him that human experience is quite varied, and philosophers tend to ignore this variety and that most treat human nature (and the nature of subjective human experience) as pretty much homogeneous. In this post I will try to describe my subjective experience of hunger, which I think is quite different from that of the majority of people – and affects the way I read a lot of philosophical discussions of desire.
As far as I understand how others experience hunger, it is a feeling in their stomach and involves a desire for food, which they immediately recognize as such. For me, when I am hungry I just feel a bit dizzy and am irritable. If I had to locate the feeling somewhere in my body, I would locate it as behind my forehead. It is not obviously directed towards food. Until my late 20s I was not very good at recognizing when I was hungry and when I needed to eat. I had a girlfriend at the time who noticed a correlation between my irritability and my not having eaten. And she slowly taught me to correlate my feeling of dizziness and light-headedness with a need to eat. And so now I'm much better at recognizing when I need to eat. But, when I give up smoking, for example, I really don't know whether the unpleasant experience I am having is a need for nicotine or a need for food. As far as I understand, this is not how most people experience hunger – although I have met quite a few people who seem to experience things in this way. I suspect that the way I subjectively experience the need to eat has a biological basis. I wonder if anyone knows of any empirical research on this topic? Although I guess that there are evolutionary disadvantages to not having an immediate feeling of hunger, it does have it's upside as an academic.
My subjective experience of the need for food affects the way I read a lot of philosophical literature on desire. So for, example, many philosophers take hunger as the paradigm example of desire (or at least of a certain type of desire). And often talk of sexual desire as an "appetite" – as if it were a type of hunger. I think, for example, that this is how Plato often thinks of sexual desire. But for me sexual desire and "hunger" are extremely dissimilar. So I don't really get the characterisation of certain desires as "appetites". Many philosophers (once again Plato springs to mind) take the pleasure we get from eating as the paradigm of the pleasure we get from satisfying a desire – but for me the pleasure of eating doesn't really feel like satisfying a desire. So I suspect that my biological set up has a lot to do with my dissatisfaction of many philosophical discussions of pleasure.
I wonder if others reading this blog experience the need for food in the way I do? If not, how do you experience the need for food? Does my attempt to describe my experience make any sense to you?
UPDATE: A couple of friends who are not philosophers have asked me about this post – and in particular about the relationship between the first and second half of the post. So let me try and explain how they are related. I used to think that although other people talked about hunger in a different way than I do, that we probably experienced it in the same way. Gradually over time I've come to believe that my subjective experience is probably quite different from that of most people – and talking to galen about the way he experiences his "self" played a role in the evolution of my thinking on this. But I really not sure. So I'd b really interested in hearing people describe how hunger feels like to them. Whether or not you have any philosophical background is not important.
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A topic of great interest to me- not only hunger but our representations systems–. For me hunger is visual and I feel a sudden struck of need for tastes, I know usually exactly what I wanna eat etc. and this feeling is accompanied by visual images of food and I gotta hurry up for finding food. I am quite primitive in this sense I guess 🙂
But you might be familiar with the VAKOG representation systems (Visual, Auditory, Kineasthetic etc) Each one of us filter the experience according to our representations systems. If you are a visual person, you code your experience with pictures and feelings with brightness, panoramicness etc..
That is one of the motivations that I am really into diagrams in mathematics. One cannot or should not categorize one system being objectively better than the other. Each system, synthetic/ analytic, visual/ formal sentential can be refined to fill the need of rigor. I believe one should add visual learning tools for the formal teaching subjects (university level mathematics, logic etc). Then these subjects would not be considered as a mystery to a large number of intellectuals who could easily understand these with diagrammatical methods…
Hi Ozge,
very interesting. For me "hunger" really isn't object oriented and associated with any particular imagery. I really don't know what I want. (So hunger is very different for me from say, needing to go to the toilet or sexual desire).
I hadn't thought of this before – but if you're right – perhaps what is like to grasp a proof might be quite different for different people. Even they they, in a sense, grasp the same thing.
your experience of hunger makes perfect sense to me and -though it sounds weird – I am pretty sure that
I somehow learned to respond to hunger over the years. I used to get impatient and uneasy and when asked if I am hungry it was very likely that my answer was "no". I could satisfy the need in part by other activities such as drinking water or cigarettes which makes me think that even in the case of a "basic need" a need cannot be wholly understood in isolation from other needs. (on the contrary, abraham maslow in his book "motivation and personality" argues that the need for food is the most isolated human motivation.) I find it interesting that even in the case of hunger, the experience of needing something is not as straight forward as it is usually presuppposed.even the object of need is far from clear – in the case of the need for food, can it be enough nutrient in take? (this reminds me of an example. As a possible remedy for hunger and environmental problems, Food and Agriculture Organization of United Nations considered a different model of eating that has been developed in Wageningen University of Belgium. The proposed model of eating offers nourishment by bugs that provide a considerable amount of protein and mineral in-take required daily.)
This topic is of great interest to me- I recently completed my dissertation on human needs. the questions I pursued were quiet different than the ones you have raised. yet the phenomeology of needing is a subject that deeply interests me – so thanks for the post and I look forward to hearing further thoughts. -
In our house 'have something to eat' is a response to many different symptoms: irritability, lightheadedness, tiredness, and temper tantrums. The last one is due to Max, obviously, and brings me to the following remarks: responses to hunger tend to be psychological or behavioural, and so probably related to chemical activity. If we accept neuro-diversity, then some people's responses to hunger are going to be very different from others. Thus we've had to figure out in Max's case that sometimes, when he behaves wierdly, he's just hungry. As to hunger pangs, or painful stomach contractions, you probably wouldn't experience them unless you were seriously underfed. I think the stomach doesn't start to contract like this until 20 hours or so after your last meal. So no, you're not odd! At least not in that respect. But I do believe that variations in the way we perceive ourselves are interesting as one of the implications of neurodiversity.
Hi Sandrine,
From conversations with a number of people I have began to think that the way I experience hunger is not typical – but perhaps I am wrong about this. This is one reason I wrote this post. So my experience seems to be quite different from Ozge's who says "I feel a sudden struck of need for tastes, I know usually exactly what I wanna eat etc. and this feeling is accompanied by visual images of food."
One thing is that for me, "knowing" that I'm hungry is very much an inference (to the best explanation). And I suspect that most people do not experience hunger as an inference. Although, as Demet suggests – perhaps it is a learned response – but most people learned it much earlier than I did and so it has become for them a sort of 'ninja inference'.
In terms of the 'location' of the feeling – some people have told me that they do locate the feeling in their stomach.
So I think I basically three questions for people about how they experience hunger:
(1) Do you experience hunger as an inference?
(2) Does the experience involve imagery of food, tastes?
(3) If the feeling has a location, where would you locate it? (in your head? Stomach? Left big toe?)
This is a very cool post, Lucas. I wish I had time to do justice to it. Suffice it to say that my next project (if I'm ever finished with my current one!) is an investigation into human variation, and how much it has been ignored in both philosophy and science. I suspect that if its true extent were known it would upend most classical theories of ethics, mind, action, etc. I've read that our species is actually uncommonly homogeneous genetically. But I think there are reasons that this doesn't translate into psychological homogeneity. Our brains are so sensitive to slight environmental variation – so plastic – that I think we're set off on dramatically different courses from day one. However, these centrifugal forces are dampened by various practices of mindshaping (the topic of my current work), which makes the variation harder to notice. In any case, I'm glad I'm not the only one intrigued by these possibilities.
Regarding your specific example: it put me in mind of Descartes' discussion of mind/body union in the Sixth Meditation. He claims there that the mind is not like a captain in a vessel because it directly feels sensations – like hunger and pain – rather than dispassionately registering their causes in the intellect (the way a ship's captain detects damage). It occurred to me, when reading your post, that, with respect to hunger at least, you ARE more like a captain in a vessel!
Hi Tad,
Thanks for that. I think that we naturally assume that other people are quite similar to us in terms of their subjective experience. I used to regularly teach Plato and Aristotle – and I find certain things that Plato says about desire and pleasure quite odd – but I assumed that his experience was quite similar to mine – and that he just expressed himself badly. I'm now inclined to think that his subjective experience of, say, hunger was quite different from mine. But it's very hard to evaluate such claims. I guess that this is an area where empirical research might help us. (and this relates to a discussion I was having with Kirk in our discussion of our previous post – trying to express our subjective experience in 'folk' terms might lead to advances in scientific understanding. Perhaps if we can categorise the various ways in which different people experience, say, hunger – in ordinary language we might then be able to find some biological bases for these differences.)
I hadn't thought about Descartes here – but I think you're right. Sometimes when I forget to eat I will hear my stomach rumbling – but I very much hear this 'from the outside' (and sometimes I'm not sure whether I'm hearing my own stomach rumbling) as a sign that it needs attention. This is not, however, how I experience a full bladder. But when it comes to eating I think I very much feel like the captain of a vessel. -
I guess one problem I have with Plato is his account of pleasure as a sort of becoming full. This does not capture my experience of the pleasure of eating when I am hungry. i think that my pleasure here really involves an awareness of my blood. And when I eat when I am very hungry I'm aware of a sort of surge. I guess this is the awareness of sugars entering my blood stream. And so the pleasure sort of washes over me. It is not at all (subjectively) an awareness of an emptiness and then the experience of becoming full.
I used to assume that Plato expressed himself badly here – but perhaps he just experienced things quite differently.


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AS Roma have been fined £42,000 for racist behaviour by fans during Sunday's Serie A match at Milan, which had to be interrupted by the referee early in the second half.
Serie A's sporting tribunal said Roma supporters had "continually directed chants expressing racial discrimination to three of the players of the opposing team". The match was stopped for two minutes and a warning was issued over the public address system at San Siro.
The tribunal did not say which players the abuse had been aimed at, but Milan's coach, Massimiliano Allegri, said the former Manchester City striker Mario Balotelli was one of them.
Milan selected five black players in their starting line-up, though Sulley Muntari was sent off before half-time for physically restraining referee Gianlucca Rocchi from showing Balotelli a yellow card for a foul.
Roma issued a statement condemning the behaviour of the supporters, saying: "This type of behaviour on the part of any supporters, including our own, is totally unacceptable.
"We are committed to confront the matter with determination to eliminate the problem from sport and promote respect to everyone."
But Roma's general director, Franco Baldini, questioned whether the chants were racist, according to the Gazzetta dello Sport.
"The boos were directed at Balotelli because he's a feared player," he said. "It's difficult to figure out where the border is between racial discrimination or simple boos." Milan's general manager, Adriano Galliani, said the referee had not helped the situation. "Muntari didn't understand the booking for Balotelli and that's where it all started. I don't want to talk about referees."
Fifa's president, Sepp Blatter, said he was ashamed at the incident. "Appalled to read about racist abuse in Serie A last night," Blatter tweeted yesterday. "Tackling this issue is complex, but we're committed to action, not just words."
Blatter added that the world governing body's taskforce against racism and discrimination was "serious about devising a unified approach for Fifa's 209 members".
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This instinct for what people respond to is a rare talent and an invaluable quality in a newspaper proprietor. For it is a paradox of successful ownership that a good media magnate knows his mind but keeps his hands off. He is more likely to see his profit curve soar by being sure about what he stands for and - equally important - what he won't stand for, than by running his empire like a business, according to the rules of accountancy and the bottom line. Anybody half-way diligent and numerate can do that: except that most of them seem to fail.
Do not think that getting newspapers on to the nation's breakfast tables will be as easy as getting its bums on your theatre seats. If you succeed in taking over the Expresses, you will find yourself contemplating a long line of broken newspaper dreams. You may remember Hugh Cudlipp's pre-Murdoch Sun, or Eddie Shah's attempts at a daily paper for the north. Or the demise of the London Daily News and the Sunday Correspondent.
Things aren't looking too healthy over at Express newspapers, I'm afraid. Circulation has dropped by half in the last 15 years. The Mail, for so long a neck-and-neck rival, is surging ahead. Ask yourself, Sir Andrew, can you reverse that decline?
I can't help wondering why you should want to. What are your motives? Good reviews? - you've got 'em already. Protection of your private life from malicious gossip? Your marriage looks pretty harmonious and anyway, buying the Express wouldn't stop the other papers speculating. You say you want to limit the Tories' domination of the media and encourage more debate. Amen to that ambition.
Let us hope you avoid the Phantom of Fleet Street ... the squat, scowling ghost of Lord Beaverbrook, who has put a curse on every proprietor who tried to follow in his footsteps. I have a sneaky feeling he would have taken to you, Sir Andrew...
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Alex Crockford portrayed Charles Weasley in the film adaptation of Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban,[2] where he appears briefly in a photograph of the Weasley family on holiday in Egypt. He was not credited for this appearance.
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- Crockford originally auditioned for the role of Charlie Weasley's brother Percy, but was unsuccessful.[3]
- He coincidentally has the same last name as a character in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone named Doris Crockford.


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Forget the bad old days, when visiting the bank manager, or even his spotty assistant, was like booking a hospital or a doctor's appointment. When time off work had to be specially arranged because the bank closed at 3.30 in the afternoon. Or inquiring about an account meant endless delays at the till, an impatient queue simmering angrily behind you.
Saturday banking? Automatic cheque book and statement requests? Stopping cheques or paying bills instantly? Arranging a mortgage, taking out life insurance? Many of these services have increasingly become available over the past decade or so.
But the big transformation now taking place in banking lies not so much in the availability of a range of such services but in the speed and the ease with which we now have access to them. The key to this transformation has been the telephone.
The phone takes the place of face-to-face conversations, of angry confrontations, of time-wasting lunchtime treks to the local branch. The telephone empowers us.
In one swoop the phone has done away with all the miseries and complications of the old system. In just a few seconds we can be in touch with someone who, it seems, has the answers to all our problems.
Someone available day and night, yet constantly polite, reasonably chatty, helpful - and impersonal. Banks, building societies, insurance companies - increasingly, everyone is leaping on board. Yesterday the Prudential, the UK's mightiest insurer, finally gave the phone its own seal of approval when it announced that it will launch a banking service offering mortgages and savings accounts. The service, set to start late next year, will be targeted not just at the Pru's existing 6 million policyholders but at all those others it believes are still waiting to take advantage of the telephone revolution.
Potential customers are now confronted with a choice. You like the traditional branch-based system? Any high street bank will oblige, usually with longer opening hours and a better queuing system than before. But if you are ready to dispense with the niceties of a branch set-up, there is now an attractive alternative. Ordering a cheque book, paying a credit card bill at 3am or moving money from a deposit to a current account is easy by telephone banking.
In truth, most of us don't need that level of freedom most of the time. As one phone banking executive explained, most people don't have the kind of lifestyle that forces them to make late-night calls to their bank. Daytime hours, plus the odd call during a break in Brookside, will do most of the time.
It is the sense of empowerment, the feeling that we could use the service if we wanted to, that prompts increasing numbers to opt for the additional potential of phone banking.
Doing it by phone brings extra benefits to the customer, mainly in terms of cost savings. In the case of First Direct, the first and largest phone banking service, it means the first pounds 250 of any overdraft does not incur any charges. Mortgages are at least 0.5 per cent cheaper than with most other lenders. No other high street bank, with a large and expensive branch network to maintain, can compete with this.
Meanwhile the traditional barriers between the various financial institutions are rapidly breaking down. It is possible to purchase travel insurance, mortgages, health insurance and travellers cheques, as well as traditional banking services, from a bank, a building society or even an insurance company. Financial institutions have become all-encompassing in what they offer consumers.
In part, this is the effect of competition. The convergence between the services offered by all these institutions means the phone has turned into the ultimate one-stop mechanism for all our financial needs.
Telephone banking does not have to be at the expense of the best bits of the old system. If one wants an old-style relationship with a bank branch, plus evening and weekend banking, it is now possible to mix the two, at least with Lloyds and Barclays.
But the momentum is with telephone banking. Anyone wanting to join the phone banking revolution has a growing range of accounts to choose from as more and more financial institutions feel obliged to get in on the act.
Spearheading the phone banking revolution until recently has been First Direct. Set up by Midland Bank a little over five years ago, it now has more than 450,000 customers with more joining every week. But most banks and building societies, including Royal Bank of Scotland, Alliance & Leicester and Barclays have now set up similar systems.
For those who prefer computer banking, Bank of Scotland can provide them with the software needed to run an account via a PC. Alternatively, they will even supply a phone and screen to do the same thing.
One of the costs of all this has been the dramatic cut in numbers of banking staff over the past decade, with tens of thousands of jobs lost. Banking unions argue that the extra benefits for customers have been a by-product of the mass redundancies rather than the rationale for the changes.
Many customers are deaf to this argument, however. They have seen the future and it works, even if it is at the cost of employees' jobs. It is not hard to see why. The past few years have seen dramatic changes, both in terms of our expectations and the bitter competition now taking place in the financial services sector.
Banks and building societies have been forced to come to terms with this change. There is even a "bank-speak" expression for it: delivery channels.
As one Barclays manager argues: "We have come to realise that there is no one way that people want to be dealt with." Nor is there one way in which they want to be dealt with for the rest of their lives.
This may mean dealing with some transactions over the phone, but going in to see a manager or financial adviser on another subject.
Banks are giving us the right to choose, with the telephone as one of the mechanisms for doing so. Perhaps, if there is one benefit from telephone banking it is that one word - choice. For many of us, it has been an agonisingly long wait.
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Rupert, 44, stockbroker, Coutts & Co
Before I married Jemima, her father-in-law gave me a word of advice. Judge a book by its cover, he said. Coutts looks as smart as the service it offers. It's good enough for the Royal Family after all. Mind you, you have to be pounds 3,000 in credit to qualify.
West Bromwich: Jack, 45, locksmith, West Bromwich Building Society
I don't want anything fancy. I get paid on a Friday and spend about 30 quid that night. I wouldn't hear the last of it on Saturday if I hadn't got the money for her trip to Kwik Save. So I like somewhere that's local, no fuss, like. And building societies are better value, that's what I hear, any road.
Halifax: Kate, 19, student, Halifax Maxim
Mum said bank with Barclays, they've always been good. But I wanted to go to India, so I settled for a Halifax Maxim account with its pounds 1,000 free overdraft facility. I blew it in one go! Mum said I shouldn't learn bad habits so early, but Dad said you're only young once.
Natwest: Belinda, 35, social worker, NatWest
I don't have time to worry about my money: there's not enough of it, for a start. I was put off Barclays as a student because they were investing in South Africa. Sometimes I wonder why I've stayed with NatWest. Bankers really know how to kick you when you're down. And they sometimes get my standing orders wrong.
LLoyds Bank: Margaret, 70, former primary school teacher, and Roy, 72, retired civil servant, Lloyds
We've been with our branch as long as the black horse has ... well, since we opened a joint account, anyway. We often meet the local manager at get-togethers. He's a nice chap. We like the personal touch. Our daughter says we're old-fashioned, but it's what you're used to ...
First Direct: Rod, 35, advertising director, First Direct
It was Warren that started it. Paid his mobile bill by phone when he got back from New York ... at 3 am. Neat, huh? Neat card too ... sharp black number. I can do anything with it, except make the bed and wash the dishes ...
The Cooperative: Olivia, 43, housewife, Co-operative Bank
I became a vegetarian five years ago after watching a TV programme. I do care for the environment. My daughter says I'm PC. So the Co-op's the bank for me: no animal testing, no dealing with oppressive regimes. Shame they don't have many branches.
Bnak of Scotland: Gordon, 27, computer programmer, Bank of Scotland Screenphone
I'm what you might call a wired-up kinda guy. Seriously switched on. Screenphone is right for those of us in the cyberworld. It's a smart piece of gear, a bit like a lap-top with a phone attached. I'm definitely tempted by their software-based systems next.
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That video was made last summer. What a difference a half a year makes!
Just to let you know, Whoopi--that guy you're railing about in the 2nd video, the "tax man"? That's the guy you were praying for, or to, in the first video.
I'm just saying.
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She's getting exactly what she voted for.
Wish I could get what I voted for, too. Ron Paul would be in office. Wouldn't that be interesting? :] - 6:02 PM
- Law and Order Teacher said...
Let me get this straight. I want you to be elected, I am in love with you, I want you to have my child, oops. You got elected. What the heck can I do now? Whoopi, you are a revelation.
- Ellen K said...
It's funny how Hollywood folks seem to think that their opinions and their votes are more important than those of the general population. Now that they have crowned their king, I wonder if they will enjoy his tenure. It's been said that we don't get the government we want, but we get the one we deserve. Listening to the View's coven of speakers and their ilk, we are certainly seeing that now.
(Did you like the use of the word "coven"?) - 8:54 AM
- Darren said...
It's appropriate!
Oh heck Ellen, we all think our opinions are important it's just that some of us have the option of jamming our silly opinions down millions of throats rather then just a few.
With regard to Whoopi Goldberg, she's a hypocrite of long standing.
She's a gun ban absolutist who mentioned in an interview a long time ago that she kept 20-gauge double under her bed when she moved out to the boonies. It's no surprise to me that she's also a "progressive" who's upset with the high taxes she has to pay. - 4:17 PM


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