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GOP Rep. Buchanan To Sport The "Other" Type Of Pinstriped Suit?
Former Republican Congressman and present convicted felon, Tom Delay, may soon have a new roommate.
It is being reported by CNN, that Republican Rep. Vern Buchanan may be serving his next term behind bars. The news source has confirmed there are no fewer than four congressional and federal investigations into Buchanan's business practices, his campaign finances and his alleged attempt to try to stop a witness from talking. They report that "Buchanan's former business partner says the congressman schemed to launder money from his car dealerships into his campaign coffers, and then tried to get others to cover it up." The former business partner is Sam Kazran.
CNN reports that at the center of Kazran's allegations is a cash swap scheme used to finance some of Buchanan's campaigns. He says employees were forced to write checks, then were reimbursed with cash drawn from Buchanan's car dealerships. Kazran says,
"It was to a point where I said, 'Chief, we can't give you this kind of money. At which point he said, 'Just run it through the corporation.' What he said to me was 'Get people to write a check to the campaign and then pay them back through the corporation.'"
Kazran took his detailed allegations to the Federal Elections Commission (FEC), which was already looking into Buchanan's campaign finances. The FEC eventually fined Kazran $5,000 in a settlement because he admitted reimbursing employees for campaign contributions. During the FEC probe, Buchanan pushed to settle a lawsuit Kazran had brought against him at the last minute, with a $2.9 million settlement offer from Buchanan. Kazran says Buchanan and his team were trying to force him to lie about Buchanan's role in the campaign cash scheme in exchange for the nearly $3 million cash settlement. Kazran refused to sign and took the affidavit to federal investigators. Now, CNN has learned that Buchanan is being investigated for attempting to tamper with a witness in a federal investigation.
CNN also reports that in a recent report, released quietly several weeks ago, the Office of Congressional Ethics wrote: "There is substantial reason to believe that Buchanan attempted to influence the testimony of a witness in a proceeding before the FEC in violation" of federal law and House ethics code. Read the OCE's report on the affidavit (pdf).
Now a full House ethics committee is looking into it. CNN has also learned that the FBI is conducting its own investigation.
In addition, the Office of Congressional Ethics also found "substantial reason to believe" that Buchanan failed to disclose unearned income on his financial disclosure forms from 2007 to 2010. Read the report (pdf).
Republican Rep. Vern Buchanan should call his tailor and instruct him to begin sewing one of those "other" types of pinstriped suits.
Today's song parody takes a rapid-fire look at Republicans past, present and future. Please remember to click on the song link below to familiarize yourselves with the tune and to have more fun singing along with the parody.
We Didn't Start The Fire song link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eFTLKWw542g&ob=av2e
(sung to the Billy Joel song "We Didn't Start The Fire")
Ronald Reagan, Larry Craig, Mark Sanford, Tom Delay
Michelle Malkin, Michele Bachmann, "Goin' with the flow"
Joe McCarthy, Richard Nixon, Howard Baker, lack of vision
Spreading Fear, Acting queer, and ole Sixpack Joe
No icebergs, H-Bomb, "Pay for play", "Hockey Mom"
Landrieu, Hamid Karzai, and that Michael Savage guy
Ivy tower, Van Flein, Tea-bagger party scene
Party of "No", Tim Pawlenty, Let's watch Glenn Beck cry
These are G.O.P. liars
Shy away from learning
Keep our stomachs turning
Burning their cross of fire
We watched them light it
And they can't deny it
Vitter's fallin', Ginny Foxx, Boehner and Inhofe
Mitch McConnell, small umbrella, Talking the talk
Spin Zone, Rent to own, Straight martini, Bank loan
Russian view and Pastor Haggard's flock
Sex crimes, Grassley, John McCain is "Mavericky"
Lining pockets, health care plan, Giuliani, Limbaugh Land
Barrasso, Fake protest, Tom "The Hammer", Chambliss
Senate race, Lack of grace, and Melvin Martinez
These are G.O.P. liars
Shy away from learning
Keep our stomachs turning
Burning their cross of fire
We watched them light it
And they can't deny it
Loaded Glock, SarahPAC, Sam Alito, Johnny Mack
Jindal, Right to die, Tripp's father is Levi
Pentagon, Border wall, We must deport them all
Bed-wetters, genocide, No assisted suicide
Bush's folly, Torture, Dick Cheney, Blackwater
Hate groups, Castro, John Ensign and his 'ho
First Dude, Hannity, Mann Coulter and O'Reilly
Scooter Libby, Karl Rove, Sarah Palin's "Sixpack Joes"
These are G.O.P. liars
Shy away from learning
Keep our stomachs turning
Burning their cross of fire
We watched them light it
And they can't deny it
Kay Bailey, Muslims, K Street is full of bums
Villains, Pearlman, Iraqi Invasion
Health reform hysteria, Sarah Palin mania
Shameless G-Men, War in Afghanistan
Ron Paul, Airport sex, They don't want no litmus test
Kneel and pray, Always "nay", Can't get married if you're gay
These are G.O.P. liars
Shy away from learning
Keep our stomachs turning
Burning their cross of fire
We watched them light it
And they can't deny it
Birth control, Lives of sin, They like folks that have white skin
Buckshot, Dow stock, Loud mouthed chicken-hawks
Takin' Bacon, Palestine, Palin is no friend of mine
Now they have nukes in Iran, Couldn't stop the Taliban
Makin' fortunes, Soldiers die, Did we mention Glenn Beck cried?
Foreign debts, Homeless vets, Exposed by three jets
We voted them out the door, Now they're just a mouse that roars
Spider holes and unjust wars, I can't take them anymore.
These are G.O.P. liars
Shy away from learning
Keep our stomachs turning
Burning their cross of fire
We watched them light it
And they can't deny it
(repeat chorus to fade)
BREAKING NEWS: Nudist Teapublican Senator Scott Brown Was Buggered!
Sometimes you just have to wonder what inspires people to reveal personal things. It was just over a year ago that the Tea Party claimed its first election victory at the federal level. In the special election to fill the late Ted Kennedy's Massachusetts Senate seat, the Sarah Palin-endorsed Scott Brown upset the heavily favored Martha Coakley and a Republican was elected in that bluest of blue states for the first time in decades.
Brown immediately became the poster child for the defeat of the Democrats' health care reform legislation (despite the fact that he voted in favor of the passage of the very same law while he was a Massachusetts state representative just 4 years earlier). He failed. The Democrats passed the health care reform law despite Brown's so-called "41st vote" by means of utilizing the reconciliation procedure. Brown's status continued to decline within conservative circles when he shunned appearing with Sarah Palin at her Boston Tea Party rally. Thereafter, he really started pissing-off the Tea Baggers when he began voting with Democrats on a job creation bill and the sweeping financial regulation package. Scott Brown's star was fading in Republican circles.
No longer was Scott Brown one of the "go-to" guys for a Fox News soundbyte. All talk of a future Republican bid for President had ceased. The Republican Senate leadership even unceremoniously evicted him from Ted Kennedy's cushy Capitol office space and banished him to a cubby-hole in a separate building. Jeesh, what does a former Tea Party star have to do to get some attention in the Beltway?
Let's see. He could get involved in a sex scandal like fellow Republicans David Vitter, Larry Craig, Mark Sanford, Mark Foley or John Boehner (pronounced "boner"). But no, that would be too predictable and stale these days. Wait a minute, he could take the opposite approach. He could play the role of a victim of a sexual predator.
And voila! Scott Brown has just injected himself back into the public spotlight by revealing in an interview with CBS' "60 Minutes" that he was sexually abused at the age of 10. CNN reports today that he said,
"Fortunately, nothing was ever fully consummated so to speak. It was certainly, back then, very traumatic. "He [the perpetrator] said, 'If you tell anybody, I'll kill you. I'll make sure nobody believes you,'".That's the biggest thing. When people find people like me at that young vulnerable age that are basically lost. The thing that they have over you is that that they make you believe no one will believe you."
The Boston Globe reports that the perpetrator was a male camp counselor and some of the details will be provided in Brown's autobiography which will be released on Monday. Brown said that the molestation took place on Cape Cod at a religious camp. He did not however, disclose the name of the camp in his book, or the denomination.
"I can remember how he looked, every inch of him: his long sandy, light brown hair; his long, full mustache; the beads he wore; the tie-dyed T-shirts and the cutoff jeans, which gave him the look of a hippie," Brown writes in the book, "Against All Odds."
The Boston Globe further reports, Brown said the abuse occurred when he went to the camp infirmary, not feeling well. The counselor followed him into the bathroom, according to Brown's account.
"I was standing there with my pants down and he came right up next to me and asked me if I needed help, and then he reached out his hand," Brown writes, continuing with a graphic description of the encounter.
In his book, Brown says the incident with the counselor was not the first time he faced a potential sex abuser. In an earlier episode Brown describes, when he was about 8 and living in Malden, MA, he befriended a 13-year old boy from the neighborhood. Late one winter afternoon, the friend approached Brown in the woods, threatened him with a knife, and commanded Brown to perform a sexual act, according to Brown's account. Feeling desperate, Brown says, he hit the teenager in the face with a rock and ran away.
"To this day," the senator writes, "I can still see the flash of that knife blade in the woods and the thirteen-year-old boy with his pants down."
Brown claims that he had never revealed the attacks until this interview. You have to wonder if the episodes had any influence on his past nude modeling. Too bad "60 Minutes" did not enquire into that.
Please remember to click on the song link below to familiarize yourselves with the tune and to have more fun singing along with today's song parody.
Centerfold song link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BqDjMZKf-wg&playnext=1&list=PL9B0677232540092C
(sung to the J. Geils Band song "Centerfold")
C'mon !
Does he walk? Does he talk?
Is he G.O.P.?
Scott Brown's a Men's Room angel
Larry Craig would share his seat
His buns are white like snowflakes
No underwear to stain
He poses like a sweet angel
Naked but with no brain
This sad guy loves posing in those porno magazines
He's like a nudist angel and he's pimping out his teens
He must be cold
A naked man if truth be told
That Scott Brown is the centerfold
Scott Brown is the centerfold
He must be cold
A naked man if truth be told
Scott Brown is the centerfold
Nude behind his Senate desk
This girlie man should be in a dress
Can he see that Larry Craig
Is giving him the eye
He is naked but for shoes
Much too indecent for the news
You must wear clothes on TV
They told that Scott Brown guy
Wear diapers like Dave Vitter
They do not cover much
Or simply wear a negligee
That would be a nice touch
He must be cold
A naked man if truth be told
That Scott Brown is the centerfold
Scott Brown is the centerfold
He must be cold
A naked man if truth be told
Scott Brown is the centerfold
(na, na, na, na, na, na…..)
It's okay we understand
Scott's nudity should not be banned
But while prancing on the Senate lawn
We wish he would keep his clothes on
Take his truck, Yes he will
He'll take that truck and drive it
He says the cab has lots of room
For his ass and his private
He says that his bod's really ripped
He loves it when his clothes are stripped
Oh, no, Scott can't deny it
Oh yeah, it's time for him to diet!
He must be cold
A naked man if truth be told
That Scott Brown is the centerfold
Scott Brown is the centerfold
He must be cold
A naked man if truth be told
Scott Brown is the centerfold
Glenn Beck And Child Pornography? Who Knew?
Watching Glenn Beck's mental stability deteriorate before our very eyes is like viewing the aftermath of a terrible car accident. It is disgusting and revolting yet somehow simultaneously compelling. The gore and stench is vomit-inducing, yet we continue to bear with it so that we can viscerally experience the full ugly scene. Nevertheless, when the carnage and debris is finally carted away, the spectacle is quickly forgotten and we resume our daily lives. Let's hope that is the way that the Glenn Beck meltdown plays out. It will be best for America if Glenn Beck is remembered as a momentary disaster from which most of us emerged unscathed.
Fox News should someday be embarrassed by the fact that it marketed Glenn Beck as a serious voice in the realm of political discourse. This raving, crying man-baby should never have been offered the opportunity to broadcast his uber-conservative conspiracy theories to the nationwide masses without prefacing each show with one of those "The views and opinions of Glenn Beck should in no way be considered as representative of those of a sane person" disclaimers. After all, his college career lasted all of one course. Not one year or one semester mind you, ONE COURSE. If that were not enough to disqualify him from being considered a qualified news source, consider his multiple marriages and confessed drug and alcohol addiction as an indication of his lack of self control and commitment. Beck is also the guy who went on national television and reported that President Obama has "a deep-seated hatred for white people." He is clearly unhinged and the "hatred for white people" comment initiated a massive and continuing advertiser boycott of his program.
During the last week, Beck's witch-hunt has been directed at billionaire George Soros, the straw-man demon of all conservatives. Soros of course, is the Jewish Holocaust survivor, businessman and notable philanthropist focused on supporting liberal ideals and causes. He played a significant role in the peaceful transition from communism to capitalism in Hungary and provided Europe's largest-ever higher education endowment to Central European University in Budapest. In the United States, he is known for donating large sums of money in an effort to defeat President George W. Bush's bid for re-election in 2004. He was an initial donor to the Center for American Progress, and he continues to support the organization through the Open Society Foundations. He contributes to such fact-checking and political myth debunking entities as MoveOn.org and MediaMatters.org.
By virtue of his philanthropy and liberal agenda, George Soros is considered a dangerous enemy by Fox News as a whole and Glenn Beck in particular. So how does Beck counter Soros? Easy, he does it by lying and twisting the laws of physics in such a way that he labels the Jewish Holocaust survivor as an anti-semitic Holocaust collaborator. Beck went so far as to suggest that Soros helped "send the Jews" to "death camps" during the Holocaust. Beck said that Soros had "to go and confiscate the property of your fellow Jews" during the Holocaust.
Becks blatantly false accusations against Soros led to widespread condemnation from prominent Jewish leaders and Holocaust survivors. Anti-Defamation League national director Abraham H. Foxman called the comments "completely inappropriate, offensive and over the top," as well as "unacceptable" and "horrific." Elan Steinberg, vice president of the the American Gathering of Jewish Holocaust Survivors and Their Descendants, called the Beck accusations "monstrous." And Simon Greer, president of the Jewish Funds for Justice, said that Beck had "deliberately and grotesquely mischaracterize[d]" Soros' experience and engaged in "a form of Holocaust revisionism."
Truth be told, Soros was thirteen years old in March 1944 when Nazi Germany occupied Hungary. Soros worked for the Jewish Council, which had been established during the Nazi occupation of Hungary to forcibly carry out Nazi and Hungarian government anti-Jewish measures. Soros later described this time to writer Michael Lewis:
The Jewish Council asked the little kids to hand out the deportation notices. I was told to go to the Jewish Council. And there I was given these small slips of paper…It said report to the rabbi seminary at 9 a.m….And I was given this list of names. I took this piece of paper to my father. He instantly recognized it. This was a list of Hungarian Jewish lawyers. He said, "You deliver the slips of paper and tell the people that if they report they will be deported."
In 1944, at age 14, Soros lived with and posed as the godson of an employee of the Hungarian Ministry of Agriculture. On one occasion, the official was ordered to inventory the remaining contents of the estate of a wealthy Jewish family that had fled the country. Rather than leave the young George alone in the city, the official brought him along. Soros was merely a young boy attempting to stay alive by hiding his identity. He never confiscated any property. He was merely a bystander on that one occasion.
When Glenn Beck finally realized what a firestorm of contempt he had ignited with his false accusations, he immediately went on the defensive. He concocted a brand new fictitious conspiracy in which he claims that he will be falsely accused of something of which he is not guilty (or is he?) as a means of liberal revenge. He said this on his radio program:
"I thought about this morning as I was saying my prayers this morning, and I was reading Psalms, I thought to myself, 'I'm glad my children will always know the truth.' And I thought of all the things they could possibly say—the greatest thing I have going for me is I have no lies in my life. I don't have lies in my life. I— I— I—I—I'm—I pay my income tax. I—I—I pay my bills. I'm honest in all of my business dealings. I try to be a good guy. I'm not always a good guy. I try to be a good guy. I try to be a good parent. I—I don't drink; I don't take drugs. I—uhh—you know—I'm not—I'm not into ch—I'm not even into—I was going to say I'm not into child pornography. I'm not only not into child pornography, I'm not into pornography. So, no matter what you read about me—no matter what you read about me, umm, in the coming months, or whenever, that's fine. I really—I mean—I can't imagine what they're gonna—but they have to say something. There has to be something fabricated about me. Has to be! You just can't let this juggernaut go as we're changing everything because I'm rolling dude heavy."
Hey Glenn, just because you are paranoid does not mean that they are not out to get you! But jeesh, child pornography? What's up with that? Sounds to us like maybe you are already setting up some sort of alibi. Why is it that with ultra-conservatives it always comes down to some sort of illicit sex scandal? You know, like "Diaper" Dave Vitter and his prostitutes, Larry "Loo" Craig and his foot tapping men's room escapade, Mark Sanford "and Son" and his South of the Border soirees and Sarah Palin and her sex-targeted children just to name a few? But child pornography, Glenn? How low can you go?
Please remember to click on the song link below to familiarize yourselves with the tune and to have more fun singing along with today's song parody.
The Fool On The Hill song link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3KXrrh74wTs&feature=related
(sung to the Beatles song, "The Fool On The Hill")
Day after day
He gives us a chill
Glenn Beck is crying again
Let's watch his eyes start to fill
And nobody wants to know him
They can see that he's just a fool
And he has not one good answer
Beck's the fool who knows nil
George Soros stares him down
And Glenn's face grows bright red
As his head spins around
Glenn's head today,
Filled up with sound
Beck's head hears a thousand voices
Screaming nonsense so loud
Everybody wants to jeer him
For the weeping that he does fake
Yet Glenn never seems to notice
Beck's the fool who knows nil
He's a dim-witted clown
In need of some strong meds
Beck's off to crazy-town
(musical interlude)
And nobody seems to like him
It looks like he's back on the booze
Or maybe he's back drug dealing
Beck's the fool who knows nil
He's beginning to drown
And his sponsors have fled
Soon he'll be not around
Oh, round, an' round, an' round, an' round, an' round
Nobody listens to him
They know that he's a fool
They don't like him
The fool who knows nil
He's beginning to drown
And his sponsors have fled
Soon he'll be not around
Oh, round, an' round, an' round, an' round
Oh …
Sarah Palin, The Alleged Philanderer Endorses Nikki Haley, The Alleged Philanderer
My goodness, things just keep getting crazier and crazier regarding Alaska's former ex-quitting Governor. In the last month alone, Sarah Palin has split with her own Republican Party by means of endorsing two G.O.P. disfavored Tea-Bagger candidates, one of whom has been exposed as a raving racist. She embarressed herself on Fox News' Hannity program by showing that she had no idea who the candidates were in last week's Pennsylvania elections. Ms. "Drill Baby, Drill" then made a fool of herself by alleging that it is the Democrats and not the Republicans that are in bed with Big Oil. And now she has endorsed a candidate that has allegedly been involved (like herself) in an adulterous affair. Sarah Palin is now officially as mainstream as a three dollar bill.
The educationally challenged Palin has endorsed Republican Nikki Haley in the South Carolina gubernatorial race. Problem is, Haley has been accused by a certain Will Folks of having had "an inappropriate physical relationship" with him. This is particularly humorous when one remembers that South Carolina's present disgraced Governor, Republican Mark Sanford also had an illicit extra-marital affair. It also begs the question as to whether any Republican, either male or female, can keep their pants on long enough to serve a full term in office.
Of the endorsement, Palin posted this on her Facebook page:
When Nikki and I held her endorsement rally on the steps of the beautiful and historic South Carolina state house last month, I warned her and her family that she would be targeted because she's a threat to a corrupt political machine, and she would be put through some hell. [D]on't let some blogger make any accusation against your Nikki if the guy doesn't even have the guts or the integrity to speak further on such a significant claim.
Hot on the heel of this week's other revelation that Indiana Congressman Mark Souder has had to resign his seat as the result of an adulterous affair, let's have a look at all those other philandering Republicans of late. Ronald Reagan, Newt Gingrich, John McCain, David Vitter, Mark Foley, Larry Craig, Rudolph Giuliani, Ted Haggard, Bob Allen, Glenn Murphy, Jr., John Ensign, Sarah Palin (maybe), Mark Sanford, Paul Stanley, Mike Duvall, Mark Souder… and now Nikki Haley.
Is it just me or does anyone else feel the need to take a shower after shaking the hand of a Republican?
Please be sure to click on the song link below to familiarize yourselves with the tune and to have more fun singing along with the song parody.
Brandy (You're A Fine Girl) song link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-tRXewCAmU
(sung to the Looking Glass song "Brandy (You're a Fine Girl)")
(doo da in doo da da), (doo da in doo da da)
There's a town not far from Bristol Bay
With strip malls, both near and far away
Lonely oil guys go the Wasilla way
And live in motor homes
And there's a girl in this forlorn town
One time, she wore a pageant crown
They say "Sarah, please put that gun down"
She knows she's just a punch-line
The oil guys say "Sarah, you're a fine girl" (you're a fine girl)
"What a good Prez you would be" (such a fine girl)
"Not here, but maybe somewhere overseas"
(doo da in doo da da), (doo da in doo da da)
Sarah, sports a beehive mane
And some rimless glasses but she has no brain
A locket that bears the name
Of the man that Sarah loves
He came on a winter's day
On board his gas-powered sleigh
What he saw in her, Todd couldn't say
Cuz he was drunk since he left home
The First Dude said "Sarah, you're a fine girl" (you're a fine girl)
"What a good wife you would be" (such a fine girl)
But it's booze, snow-machining and pornos for me
(doo da in doo da da), (doo da in doo da da)
But Sarah looked into his eyes
And she took an inventory
She could feel something on him rise
Then she saw his morning glory
She said "To hell with abstinence!", Lord, she jumped on that sad-sack
And before she could say "Stop!", she had Track.
(doo da in doo da da), (doo da in doo da da)
Todd, had a loaded pistol
Sarah gave birth to a daughter, Bristol
She too had an ac-ci-den-tal
And now you hear her say…
You hear her say "Mama, you're a fine girl" (you're a fine girl)
"Two peas in a pod aren't we" (such a fine girl)
"But Ya Betcha we have a screwed-up family"
(doo da in doo da da), (doo da in doo da da)
"Sarah, you're a fine girl" (you're a fine girl)
"What a good Prez you would be" (such a fine girl)
"No not here, but maybe somewhere overseas"
Monday Morning Coffee (or Tea) – 38
Just a few noteworthy news satellites that have been careening around the blogosphere this week…
BREAKING NEWS: This week's edition of "Did Somebody Actually Vote For This Guy?" features Tea-Bagger favorite Rand Paul who won the Kentucky Republican Senate primary election last Tuesday. After his victory, not only did we learn that he is a racist that would like it to be legal for private businesses to discriminate, but then he defended BP and called President Obama "un-American" for his tough stance against the oil spill culprit. Let's get this straight, it is un-American to hold a British foreign corporation liable for causing potentially the most devastating environmental disaster in US history and then trying to shift the blame elsewhere? Heck, then it must have been really, really, really un-American for the founding fathers to declare war on those same British merely for taxing our tea bags!
THIS JUST IN: This week's edition of "Don't let The Facts Get In The Way of A Good Story" features the "Turd Blossom" himself. Karl Rove, former President George Bush's top adviser, while hawking his new book this week, declared that Bush "never allowed" staffers to call their opposition "disparaging labels," or "question their motives". His words…
President Bush, for example, never allowed a White House staffer or administration spokesman to go out and do what this administration and our predecessor routinely did — that is to engage in calling the leaders of the opposition party disparaging labels and question their motives.
Oh really Karl? How about in your 2007 speech when you directly challenged the "motives" of your political opponents when you implied that Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) intentionally used rhetoric that would endanger American soldiers? You said,
Let me just put this in fairly simple terms: Al Jazeera now broadcasts the words of Senator Durbin to the mideast, certainly putting our troops in greater danger. No more needs to be said about the motives of liberals.
Or how about when you questioned the patriotism of candidate Barack Obama for not wearing a flag pin when neither were you? Rove, you are a putz!
BREAKING NEWS: The good news of the week is that the Gulf Oil spill may be only 19 times greater than what BP originally told us.
THIS JUST IN: When moonbat crazy Republican Senator Michele Bachmann of Minnesota says, "No New Taxes" she means it. It was revealed this week that Bachmann "The Birther" has neglected to pay the property taxes owed on her million dollar home.
BREAKING NEWS: This week's edition of "Your MySpace Page Said What?" features former Rand Paul campaign spokesperson Chris Hightower who's MySpace page in 2008 said "Happy Nig_ _ r Day!!!" and featured a photo of a hanging man. Don't believe me?
'Nuff said about Rand Paul and friends.
THIS JUST IN: This week's edition of "Meet The Press" features Tea-Party darling and Republican nominee for Kentucky's US Senate seat, Rand Paul. Oops, wait a second…what's that? Rand Paul has just canceled his scheduled appearance on Meet The Press this morning? Why would he do that? Isn't this the honeymoon period after his election victory on Tuesday?
BREAKING NEWS: This week's edition of "Oops, I Did It Again" features Indiana's conservative Congressman Mark Souder who resigned this week after it was revealed that he has been carrying on an extramarital affair with a staff member. We thought that type of behavior was mandatory to be a member of the Republican Party. Let's look at our ever growing list of philandering Republicans:
Ronald Reagan, Newt Gingrich, John McCain, David Vitter, Mark Foley, Larry Craig, Rudolph Giuliani, Ted Haggard, Bob Allen, Glenn Murphy, Jr., John Ensign, Sarah Palin (maybe), Mark Sanford, Paul Stanley, Mike Duvall and now…Mark Souder.
Please remember to click on the song link below to familiarize yourselves with the tune and to have more fun singing along with today's song parody.
The Addams Family television theme song link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NVRX_5tGOlo&feature=related
(sung to the television theme song "The Addams Family")
They're creepy and they're horny
Their dialect is corny
Morality is phony
The shady G.O.P.
If you're in a museum
It's real easy to see 'em
With pants down to their knees'm
The dodgy G.O.P.
(Their meat)
They always get their ball on
And that's the sword they fall on
Another gal to crawl on
The horny G.O.P.
Today Is Lynnrockets' Blast-Off's First Birthday!!!
What began as a fun little pastime has blossomed into a year's worth of blogging. In December of 2008 yours truly was recovering from knee surgery and as a means to fight the boredom of the passive motion machine, I started perusing the comment sections of various blogs that I happened upon. Soon thereafter, I too began leaving comments of a political nature. Then, to have some fun, I began to post a few political song parodies based upon 1960's and 1970's television theme songs. Eventually I began to spend most of my time on a blog known as The Mudflats because I enjoyed the numerous posts about Sarah Palin.
By the early Spring my comments were solely of the musical kind. To be honest however, my frequent postings seemed to annoy a number of The Mudflats' readers who desired more prose than poems. At that point the Mudflats' administrator suggested that I start a blog of my own (probably to get rid of me). The idea sounded great but impossible for this computer challenged scribe. I did not even know what the word blog meant (by the way, I still don't). Thankfully, the friendly neighborhood Mudflats administrator held my hand and walked me through the process of creating what you are reading today. I remain forever thankful.
Lynnrockets' Blast-Off debuted on May 13, 2009. Nobody noticed. Little by little however, the readership increased. the increasing traffic encouraged me to carry on. The task was made easier by Sarah Palin's ever escalating shenanigans over last Summer and Fall. Palin and her crazy family were simply spoon-feeding material to comment upon. In fact, she provided so much material that I ran out of television theme songs. Consequently, I was forced to venture into the world of popular music for the song parodies. Although the pop music world seemed to unveil a limitless number of songs it also made the task of parody more difficult. You see, pop songs are a lot longer and have way more lyrics than television theme songs. Somehow we persevered and here we are today celebrating our first birthday.
I thank each and every one of you for stopping by over the last 12 months. I would especially like to thank those that leave a comment now and again. Those comments provide a sense of worthiness as well as new material for later posts. Once again, I thank all of you.
Today's song parody is autobiographical in nature and explains the purpose of this blog.
Please remember to click on the song link below to familiarize yourselves with the tune and to have more fun singing along with the song parody.
I Write The Songs song link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-fev20voMc
(sung to the Barry Manilow song "I Write The Songs")
I sling the jive whenever,
I sit down and scribble a song
I put the words and Republicans together
I love music,
And I love these songs
I write the songs that I hope you folks sing
I write the songs to dethrone G.O.P. kings
I write the songs that expose all their lies
I write the songs, I write the songs
I'm from a state that's deep blue,
And we make a damned good lobster roll
No, there aren't many right wing guys
There's some but then, all of them are very old
I write the songs that attack the right wing
I write the songs that I hope linger and sting
I write the songs that prompt Glenn Beck to cry
I write the songs, I write the songs
Oh, I'll take a hostile stance
When Limbaugh begins to rave and rant
And I'll lead you to a poll, he can't disprove
Palin has no heart,
So, I will tear her life apart
Hannity, Coulter too,
Also, too, O'Reilly
None of them can hide from me !!!
I write the songs about Mark Sanford's flings
I write the songs about Larry Craig's stings
I write the songs about Mark Foley's guys
I write the songs, I write the songs
I write the songs about Joe Wilson's slings
I write the songs of Vitter's diapery things
I write the songs about all of those guys
I write the songs, I write the songs
I love music, so I write these songs
Scott Brown Says, "Let 'Em Eat Beefcake"
After a stripper has removed all of his/her clothing, he/she has nothing left to entertain the audience. That is precisely the predicament that the newly elected Republican Senator from Massachusetts now finds himself in. When Scott Brown emerged on the political scene last November, the only thing most Bay State voters knew about him was that he posed nude for a centerfold spread a few years earlier. Other than that dubious distinction, there was nothing else anybody knew about him. He had no issue to call his own.
Enter the Tea-Baggers. When the Tea Party realized that Ted Kennedy's Senate seat was open, they saw an opportunity to put the final nail in the coffin of health care reform. What better way to defeat the Democratic bill than to take away the 60th filibuster-proof Democratic vote and simultaneously elect a Republican in liberal Massachusetts and to Ted Kennedy's own seat to boot? Consequently, they rallied behind Brown and flooded the Commonwealth with out of state money.
Scott Brown took the bait and the money also, too. He quickly took up the Tea-Bagger anti-health-care-reform mantra. His campaign slogan became, "I will not be the 60th vote in favor of health care reform, but the 41st vote against it". For the next two months of the shortened special election campaign, Brown spoke only about his opposition to health care reform. For some unknown reason, the voters did not question the fact that while he was a state senator in 2006, Brown actually voted in favor of Massachusetts' much more liberal health care reform law which became the actual model for the Democrats' national reform bill. Nevertheless, Brown won the election on that single issue.
That issue-based victory however, may cost Scott Brown his next election in 2012 (there were only two years remaining in Kennedy's term when he died). The first vote that he recorded as a Senator was a vote in favor of a Democratic Party sponsored jobs bill that was vehemently opposed by most Republicans and all Tea-Baggers. Next, the House of Representatives elected to pass the Senate version of the health care reform bill, thereby depriving the Republicans (and specifically, Scott Brown) from using their coveted 41st vote to defeat the bill by means of filibuster. In other words, Scott brown defied his base with the jobs bill vote and then never had the opportunity to appease them with his 41st vote against health care reform.
The health care reform bill is now law. Scott Brown lost the war on his only conservative issue. He was a one-trick pony and his horse has now gone out to pasture. The Tea-Baggers will now deem the nudist to be expendable because not only did he defy them on the jobs bill, but he is also considered to be somewhat of a social liberal (he is pro-choice and in favor of gay unions). Simply speaking, the Tea Party no longer needs Scott Brown nor do they favor his social liberalism (which he needs to be elected in Massachusetts). Consequently, they will not fill his coffers in the next election. Additionally, the Democrats received a wake-up call with Brown's election and they will be geared up to regain their seat in 2012. Scott Brown's last bit of clothing was his opposition to health care reform. That shred of costume is now lying on the stage floor. Scott Brown is naked once again, the music has stopped and now his performance is over.
Congratulation are once again in order for the Boston College men's ice hockey team which defeated Yale University yesterday by a score of 9 – 7 and will now advance to the Frozen Four. This will be the ninth time in the last thirteen years that the Eagles have reached the Frozen Four. The Eagles will face Miami of Ohio in their next game. Good luck, Eagles. Let's bring home our 4th national title!
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Downtown song link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WUSYb3igXzI
(sung to the Petula Clark song "Downtown")
If Mass. is your home
And you are full of baloney,
You must surely be – Scott Brown
You have your worries,
With no clothes in snow flurries
You're a nudist boy – Scott Brown
You're popular in the woods but were voteless in the city
Your term is only two years Scott, and isn't that a pity?
You're sure to lose
You've got some Mitt Romney hair
But it grows down on your buttocks, we've seen when you're bare, and so
Scott Brown – politics of hate when you're
Scott Brown – voted right out the door
Scott Brown – private life's waiting for you
(Scott Brown, Scott Brown)
Don't wear a frown
As the Tea-Baggers surround you
They are friends not foes – Scott Brown
The "Party of No"
Is just the place that they go to
Where their hatred grows – Scott Brown
Just charm them with the rhythm of your naked bossanova
They'll be bare-assed with you too before the night is over
Happy again
They'll take off their underwear
Then they'll forget all their troubles, forget all their cares like you,
Scott Brown – not erudite or bright
Scott Brown – every nudist's delight
Scott Brown – you're gonna be alright now
(Scott Brown, Scott Brown, Scott brown)
(Scott Brown, Scott Brown)
And you might find that your behind will help ingratiate you
With Larry Craig who loves the view and has a gentle hand to
Guide you along
And maybe you'll see him bare
You can forget all your troubles, forget all your cares dear bro
Scott Brown – get right down on all fours
Scott Brown – don't wait a minute more
Scott Brown – Larry Craig's waiting for you
Scott Brown (Scott Brown) Scott Brown (Scott Brown)
Scott Brown (Scott Brown) Scott Brown (Scott Brown)
(repeat and fade out)
Good Grief, Scottie Brown Is A Lot Like Charlie Brown
In retrospect, the best thing that could have happened for the progressive cause might have been the surprising election of Republican nudist Scott Brown in last January's special election to fill Ted Kennedy's Massachusetts Senate seat. Scott Brown was an entirely unknown "birther" conspiricist until the Tea-Baggers donned him their poster child for change. Out of state money flooded into Massachusetts and Brown's momentum begin to mount. He defeated the Democratic Party nominee Martha Coakley (the incumbent Attorney General) but things have gone downhill for Brown, the Republicans and the conservative movement since that high-water mark (perhaps that was a poor analogy since Boston is presently being flooded by massive rain and historically high tides). Nevertheless, consider these facts.
In his very first Senate vote, Brown split with conservative Republicans first by breaking a G.O.P. filibuster and then by joining Democrats in voting for the passage of a jobs bill that was opposed by conservatives. Suddenly, Brown's status as the "savior of the right" was "stripped" (pun intended) by lunatic right-wing pundits such as Rush Limbaugh, Glenn Beck, Mann Coulter and Michelle Malkin. The oft dreamed about Brown/Palin ticket for 2012 was now in question since the mindless, follow their leader "ditto-heads" and "Tea-Baggers" were angered by the nude upstart's rejection of their marching orders.
Throughout his Senate campaign and immediately upon his election, Brown proudly declared that he "would be the 41st vote, not the 60th" in the conservative battle against the Democrats' faltering health care reform bill. He claimed that he would be the person most solely responsible for the defeat of any such bill. He said that the American people were against massive health care reform and so was he. Unfortunately for Brown however, it was quickly revealed that while in the Massachusetts State Senate he actually voted in favor of the passage of that state's universal health care reform bill which was far more "socialist" than the pending national plans and even included a strict "mandate" and government subsidies requiring that all state citizens purchase health insurance. Oops.
Another thing that happened when Scott Brown "nakedly" (OK, I couldn't help myself) threw down the gauntlet against health care reform is that the Democrats (no longer with a filibuster proof majority) were forced to grow a backbone so as to galvanize their support and the ultimate passage of legislation. First, President Barack Obama became directly involved by means of factually slapping down most every Republican contrarian talking point at the House Republican Retreat in Baltimore. The event was unscripted (i.e. there could be no teleprompter criticisms) and Obama eloquently articulated every positive feature of health care reform while the assembly of Republicans was unable to mount a credible opposition. Next, Obama exposed the Republicans as the "Party of No Ideas" at his nationally televised Health Care Reform Forum. Truth be told, Obama agreed to consider a few Republican concerns such as limited medical malpractice tort reform and further action against Medicare fraud which portrayed him in the eyes of the viewing audience as a reasonable negotiator. On the other hand, not one Republican offered anything but derailing the entire bill and starting from scratch. No bilateralism there and the American people now know it. Rather than address the substance of the Forum, Scott Brown merely characterized it as a dog and pony show which revealed that he has little grasp of the complex issues involved.
The obstructionist ways of the Republican Party were revealed to the American people at Obama's Health Care Forum and that gave congressional Democrats the political cover to pass a bill via the reconciliation process which would frustrate any Republican attempt to filibuster. Scott Brown and the Republicans cried foul, but Obama and the Democrats retorted that 16 of the last 22 bills passed by the reconciliation process were done so by the G.O.P. Remember that adage about throwing stones in glass houses? Not to be silenced however, Scott Brown publicly criticized the President and congressional Democrats once again last week when he said they were on a "bitter, destructive and endless drive to pass health care." He went on to say that the passage of massive health care reform is "against the will" of the American people. Unfortunately, Scott brown must have missed the most recent AP/GfK Poll which revealed that 50% of Americans believe the health care system should be changed "a great deal" and only 4% believe that the system should not be changed. It now appears that a Democratic health care reform bill will pass and it will be supported by the majority of Americans.
Consequently, the election of the clothing challenged Scott Brown had exactly the opposite of its intended effect. Scott Brown did not defeat health care reform. Since his election, the movement has gained momentum in Congress and gained support by the American people. Passage of the legislation is now imminent. Like Charlie Brown, everything Scott Brown touches seems to backfire on him and also like Charlie Brown, all Scott Brown can say is, "Good Grief!"
Please remember to click on the song link below to familiarize yourselves with the tune and to have more fun singing along with today's newly penned song parody.
Charlie Brown song link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_UnPzp2lmNk
(sung to the Coasters song "Charlie Brown")
Fe-fe, fi-fi, fo-fo, fum
He's the senator that will bare his bum
Scottie Brown, Scottie Brown
He's a clown, that nude Scott Brown
He likes to bare his bod
In those magazines
(That's why everybody's always pickin' on me)
That's him on his knees
I know that's him
Yeah, from 7 come 11
Down in the Senate gym
Scottie Brown, Scottie Brown
He's a clown, that nude Scott Brown
Craig thinks that he's hot
He hopes to steal a peek
(Why's everybody always pickin' on me)
Who's always nude at the roll call?
Who's lurking in the men's room stalls?
Who's sporting his bat and balls?
Guess who? (who me?) yeah, you!
Who walks through the Senate dumb and slow?
Who calls Mitch McConnell, Daddy-O?
Scottie Brown, Scottie Brown
He's going down, next time around
His votes can be bought
Just you wait and see
(Why's everybody always pickin' on me)
(musical interlude)
He is in the Party that says "No"
With his private parts swinging to and fro
Scottie Brown, Scottie Brown
He's a clown, that nude Scott Brown
He's showing a lot
His bum, his wee-wee
(Why's everybody always pickin' on me)
Glenn Beck Admits That His Show Is A Waste Of Time
Glenn Beck, Glenn Beck,
You're such a train-wreck!
You speak like a looney,
And look like ol' Shreck!
Thank goodness we have Sarah Palin, Glenn Beck and Fox News to amuse us in the Monty Pythonesque fashion that we all so adore. If it were not for this fictionalized news network and its absurd assortment of mentally challenged hosts, what would we bloggers have to write about? What's that you say? Oh yes, we would still have Larry Craig, the Cheney Gang, the nudist Scott Brown, Michele Bachmann and Rush Limbaugh. Nevertheless, Fox News does keep a lot of these nincompoops neatly caged in one little bundle.
Today's object of ridicule is the crying man-child, Glenn Beck. In Beck, the right wing punditry has found another person that seems to fit it's employment criteria. Like the "family values" minded Newt Gingrich and Rush Limbaugh, he has been married multiple times. His educational background also measures up well with Limbaugh's in that his college career lasted for all of one course. Yes, we said "course" not year or semester. Additionally, he also shares an alcohol and substance abuse history with Limbaugh. Glenn Beck is truly a Fox "Man For All Seasons".
This week we had the added enjoyment of hearing Glenn Beck proclaim that his show is a waste of time. He invited resigning Democratic Representative Eric Massa on to his program in the hope of exposing the ethical violations of a Democrat or in the hope of eliciting some insider information that the Obama administration was strong-arming members of its own party. The interview, however, did not go as Beck planned.
First of all, Massa, unlike so many Republican scandal subjects like Larry Craig and David Vitter, accepted personal responsibility for his actions and voluntarily resigned his office as a consequence thereof. Massa said,
My difficulties are of my own making, period, and that during long car rides in the early hours of the morning and late at night and always in private, I know that my own language failed to meet the standards I set for all around me and myself.
After striking out on that pitch, Beck changed the subject to the alleged Obama strong-arming. in an earlier radio interview, Massa said,
I was set up for this from the very, very beginning. If you think that somehow they didn't come after me to get rid of me because my vote is the deciding vote in the healthcare bill, then ladies and gentlemen, you live today in a world that is so innocent as to not understand what is going on in Washington, D.C.
Beck hoped to get Massa to affirm that statement and to expound thereon. Instead, all he got was a harmless statement from Massa that Rahm Emanuel, while nude at a gym locker room, confronted him over his vote. Hardly the juicy revelation that Beck hoped for.
The ineffective interview prompted Glenn Beck to say to his audience,
I think I've wasted your time. I think this is the first time I have wasted an hour of your time, and I apologize for that.
Indeed Glenn, you have wasted our time, but it was not the first time that you have done so. You waste our time every time your lying mug and voice appear on either television or radio.
Please click on the song link below to familiarize yourselves with the tune and to have more fun singing along with the song parody.
(sung to the Monkees song "Last Train To Clarksville")
Take the last train to Nutsville
Beck will meet you at the station
You can be there by four-thirty
Cuz Fox made your reservation
The Beck Show, oh, no, no, no!
Oh, no, no, no!
Glenn lost his mind without warning
And it won't be back again
Glenn Beck's facing stormy weather
And it's causing quite a strain
So, he must go, oh, no, no, no!
Oh, no, no, no
He might have a lobotomy on his dome.
Take the last train to Nutsville
Glenn Beck is their famous patient
If he's not crying he'll blow some kisses
But don't attempt conversation
Oh… oh, no, no, no!
Oh, no, no, no!
Take the last train to Nutsville
That's where Glenn Beck now calls home
We can't hear him making noisy
Conversation all alone
He's feelin' low. Oh, no, no, no!
Oh, no, no, no!
And I don't think that Glenn's ever coming home.
Take the last train to Nutsville
Take the last train to Nutsville
(repeat and fade)
David Vitter Is A Diaper Wearing Baby-Man!
Oh boy, do we love it when Republicans make it this easy. You are all familiar with Louisiana Senator David Vitter aren't you? What's that, you're not? Well then, pull up a chair and we will tell you a little story.
Once upon a time there was a Republican Senator from Louisiana named David Vitter. He was a staunch political conservative that previously served in the House of Representatives after having replaced Robert Livingston after Livingston resigned as the result of an adultery scandal. At the time, Vitter said,
"It's obviously a tremendous loss for the state. I think Livingston's stepping down makes a very powerful argument that Clinton should resign as well and move beyond this mess", referring to Bill Clinton'sMonica Lewinsky scandal.
Problem is, it was later revealed that Vitter, a married man with children, had been conducting a lengthy affair with a New Orleans prostitute. When initially confronted with the accusation, Vitter said that the allegation was, " absolutely and completely untrue." However, in July 2007 his phone number appeared in the records of the infamous "DC Madam." Consequently, Vitter finally fessed up and said
This was a very serious sin in my past for which I am, of course, completely responsible. Several years ago, I asked for and received forgiveness from God and my wife in confession and marriage counseling. Out of respect for my family, I will keep my discussion of the matter there — with God and them. But I certainly offer my deep and sincere apologies to all I have disappointed and let down in any way.
To add insult to injury, it was later revealed by one of his call girls that Vitter liked to be dressed in diapers during his sessions. (See diaper story here). In typical hypocritical Republican "Family Values" fashion however, Vitter failed to resign his seat after having called upon President Clinton to do so.
To make matters worse, the Republican Party leadership did not call for Vitter's resignation either (even though they did so with Senator Larry Craig after the light shined on his sexual indiscretions). You see, the Republican party does not really care about its members' morality or "family values" it only cares about winning elections and holding onto seats. This became evident after the Craig affair when, after his attempted homosexual bathroom tryst, the Senator was called upon to resign by party leadership. Because Craig was a senator from a state with a Republican governor however, his seat would most likely be filled with another Republican appointed by said governor until a special election. In the case of Vitter however, there was no call from party leadership for his resignation. The Vitter case was different in their eyes because Vitter's State of Louisiana had a Democratic Party governor. Consequently, upon Vitter's resignation, the seat would likely be filled by a Democratic party appointee until the special election. In the eyes of the Republican Party, holding on to an elected office trumps any concern over immorality of party members.
Well, here is the newest from David Vitter. He claimed this week that Homeland Security Secretary, Janet Napolitano is "out of touch with reality". Let's get this straight, a grown man that wears diapers while in the company of hookers should not be qualified to judge whether anyone is "out of touch with reality".
Please click on the song link below to familiarize yourselves with the tune and to have more fun singing along with today's television inspired song parody.
The Flinstones television theme song link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hByFDVwiQq8
(sung to the television theme song "The Flinstones")
Vitter, meet Dave Vitter
He's the diaper wearing Senator
From Louisiana
Where he purchases those kinky whores.
On his faithful wife he chose to cheat
Now he's targeted for big defeat
When you're David Vitter
Buying hookers on the state dime
It's big mistake time
It was a vice squad crime
Vitter, David Vitter
Of the "Family Values" G.O.P.
Unlike Johnny Bobbitt
He escaped and kept his prized pee-pee
On his faithful wife he chose to cheat
Now he's targeted for big defeat
When you're David Vitter
You're just wallowing in your slime
Exposed during prime time
Exposed during prime time


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Today's Street Scenes subject is Valentine, shot with her dad on 13th Street and Fourth Avenue. Feel free to vote on whether you like or dislike their outfits below. Your choices are 'Perfection!,' 'I feel strangely ambivalent about them,' or 'Who did this to you?'
[Photo by Krieger]
Valentine is wearing Lucky Wang jeans, a Lucky Brand shirt and a Harmony hat. Her favorite store is Sons + Daughters. Valentine's dad is wearing vintage Levi's, a hat from Hat People and George Cox Creepy shoes (shirt designer is unknown).
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Boston, MA - September 11 - 13, 2017
'Security is an industry where we are continually developing new solutions without understanding the problem we are trying to fix'.
This session discusses the adoption of new and emerging tools and approaches to secure healthcare data and IT system availability. Tools like NGFW, Micro-Segmentation, Biometrics and MFA, Blockchain, Big Data Analytics, Machine Learning and AI. Tools that boost automation, protection, visibility, and intelligence, leading to improved threat detection, and containment of inevitable attacks.
As with any new tool or approach, security leaders need to fully understand the costs, benefits and drawbacks before adoption, and how quickly, easily or difficult each tool can be integrated into the existing infrastructure. Furthermore, they need to be able to articulate and defend exactly what business risk gaps, each tool will address, what business benefits it will provide to the organization and what legacy tools it will retire.
As security leaders, we need to work smarter, not harder, and with an average 65 disparate security vendors in each US hospital, we need to consolidate to a smaller, leaner and more manageable toolbox.


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The Supreme Court of South Carolina
Thomas R. Wieters, M.D., Petitioner,
Bon-Secours-St. Francis Xavier Hospital, Inc., Allen P. Carroll, William B. Ellison, Jr., Jeffrey M. Deal, M.D., Sharron C. Kelley, and Esther Lerman Freeman, Psy. D., Defendants,
of whom Bon-Secours-St. Francis Xavier Hospital, Allen P. Carroll, William B. Ellison, Jr., Jeffrey M. Deal, M.D., and Sharron C. Kelley are Respondents.
This matter is before the Court by way of a petition for a writ of certiorari to review the Court of Appeals' decision in Wieters v. Bon-Secours-St. Francis Xavier Hosp., Inc., 378 S.C. 160, 662 S.E.2d 430 (Ct. App. 2008). The petition for a writ of certiorari is denied because the order on appeal is not immediately appealable. See Tucker v. Honda of S.C. Mfg., Inc., 354 S.C. 574, 582 S.E.2d 405 (2003) (holding an order compelling discovery is not immediately appealable even if it is challenged as violating the attorney-client privilege); Waddell v. Kahdy, 309 S.C. 1, 419 S.E.2d 783 (1992) (explaining an order requiring a party to submit to a deposition is not immediately appealable); Ex parte Whetstone, 289 S.C. 580, 347 S.E.2d 881 (1986) (applying the same rule to a non-party); see also McGee v. Bruce Hosp. Sys., 312 S.C. 58, 439 S.E.2d 257 (1993) (reviewing a pre-trial discovery order pursuant to a petition for a common law writ of certiorari). We therefore vacate the Court of Appeals' opinion.
s/Jean H. Toal C.J.
s/John H. Waller, Jr. J.
s/Costa M. Pleicones J.
s/Donald W. Beatty J.
s/John W. Kittredge J.
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Following the recent launch of Andrea Ford's new workshop and event space, the Re:Style Studio, located right here at The Artisan Factory, the makeover of the space will be featured on an episode of Steven and Chris. The show will air on Monday, January 10th, 2011 at 2pm on CBC. You can also watch it live […]Continue Reading →
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Touted to be the first of its kind in the city, TERIFLIX is a mini private theatre which you can rent out to watch films or shows from the your streaming media accounts or from their own library of films. Or even screen your own film for a small crowd.
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A play on the word terrific, we think TERIFLIX is just that! Apparently the first in the city, this mini theatre lets you get off your couch, and watch your favourite TV show, Netflix programmes or essentially anything online, on a large screen. With a whopping 135-inch screen, a pro-level Dolby Atmos sound system for that theatre experience and 13 seats for you and your crew to fill up, this space is up for rent for a show lasting 3.5 hours. This means shamelessly watching Sherlock, Narcos, La La Land, The Harry Potter Series or even interesting documentaries that are available online on streaming platforms. We're planning to gather the squad and have a marathon session of scary movies starting with The Conjuring and its prequel and sequels.
While we haven't yet watched anything at the theatre yet, we hear that the quality is super sharp and the Internet speed will make sure that there's smooth streaming, and no buffering. If you're looking to add to the experience, take along your own popcorn. We're most excited that the remote control will be in our hands — to change the volume, channel, film, show or even pause for that inevitable loo break. Don't worry about having strangers at your private screening either. If there are empty seats, they'll leave them empty, even if you book out only two seats. How's that for privacy! Maybe roll out the red carpet and make it a bit dramatic! Priced from ₹3,900 for the entire theatre and lounge space, for 3.5 hours, it can be super romantic for a date, or an amazing plan for #FamJam. Prices vary for curated films in their library.
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CBD refers to cannabidiol which is a certain compound found in cannabis referred to as a cannabinoid. Cannabis contains nearly 400 different compounds and many of those are specific to the cannabis species, these are what are known as cannabinoids. Hemp oil is special though as it is the key piece to many of the medical benefits we know medical marijuana to produce.
The more research that is done on CBD the more it seems capable of revolutionizing medicine as we know it for both humans and CBD oil for dogs. With that being said there is still plenty unknown and research is still being done all the time, So what do we know?
Cannabidiol, unlike THC or Tetrahydrocannabinol, it will not produce any euphoric sensations. This is very important to the compound that makes it so special. Being an inert compound CBD users and hemp oil for dogs get many of the benefits of the medicinal aspects without the high of THC and this is huge for both a medical and a legal standpoint
Because of the lack of THC, Hemp oil is also healthy for pets to use!
Because Cannabidiol or CBD doesn't get you high it is legal almost everywhere. The illegal aspect of Cannabis is the THC, this is what gets tested for in drug tests. However, there is a difference between cannabis and hemp. Hemp has the ability to produce the THC free CBD oil for dogs which is the key.
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As mentioned before there are many different Cannabinoid compounds with Cannabidiol being CBD. All of these cannabinoids interact with the body through what is referred to as the endocannabinoid system.
The Endocannabinoid system is a series of neurons that run throughout the body, and any Cannabinoids that the enter the body bind to receptors that can produce these different responses.
The cool thing is that humans are not the only species known to have this Endocannabinoid system. Many species have been shown in research to have these receptors that cannabinoids have an effect too. One of the more popular researched species is dogs who have been shown to have positive reactions to medical marijuana but THC can be toxic for, this is a place for CBD oil for dogs to shine.
What are the benefits of CBD for dogs? There are a plethora of benefits from CBD oil that are all similar to medical marijuana through research that is still being done today. There is strong research that these Hemp oils can stop seizures in dogs like the one found in this article from a 2012 Study.
Most people utilize CBD oil for dogs to help with anxiety problems and pain relief in dogs.
Although research is still being done there are also links to CBD possibly reducing neurological diseases like Alzheimer and Parkinson. Along with these, CBD oil for dogs has links to possibly helping:
just to name a few, through the endocannabinoid system.
Here are more studies to check out about the effects of CBD oil for dogs:
There is a multitude of CBD products for dogs and humans alike. And the list keeps growing. hemp oil products are a hot commodity and people have caught on to this. With products including lotions, face masks, edibles, and bath bombs there is no limit to the way you get your dose of CBD. However, the most popular way of consuming CBD is through oils. the best CBD oils for dogs and humans come in many forms taken like a liquid medicine or infused into a product likecoconut oil.
There are two main CBD oils for dogs, CBD isolate, and Full-spectrum CBD oil. Many consumers are split on what they like better so I will cover both. Along with this, the way Hemp oil is extracted can also affect the product as well.
CBD isolate for dogs is exactly how it sounds, it is just pure CBD with no additives or extra ingredients. Some people prefer this type of oil because they want to make sure they are getting the CBD with no other effects. It is often times to make sure they are only getting the CBD.
Full-spectrum CBD and hemp oil for dogs is sometimes preferred due to its "entourage" effect. These oils have other ingredients that can enhance the CBD. These hemp oils can include ingredients to help with Anxiety, pain, and many other problems experienced by users.
CBD can come from both the Cannabis and hemp plant, and knowing the difference is big when selecting an oil. Marijuana-based oils can contain THC often in smaller amounts but ultimately still a toxin to humans and potentially fatal to dogs. Hemp-based are THC free and found more common due to the legality aspects and along with this can be used by pets to cure some of their ailments as well.
Ultimately, CBD is a form of medical marijuana that takes out the THC to create a nontoxic form. There are many uses for these Hemp oils and helping our furry friends is a great place to start. Whether this article helped you decide you want to try CBD for your dog or yourself you now know what they are all about. A lot of good can come from CBD for dogs, and the benefits they can carry.
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At the Lamberton Conservatory in
Highland Park, Rochester, NY, there
were few blooms. But the few that
were there were refreshing, and the
warmth of the conservatory was a
welcome relief from the winter cold.
Here are a few photos I took today.
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In the dark ages, we ate whatever we could grow. Then we all got really good at growing/manufacturing food. Then Jamie Oliver came along and people decided it was time to eat healthier and destoryed Turkey Twizzlers. Then 'Foodies' found ways of making this healthy food super delicious and sought after. And thus concludes a brief history of humans and food… but what's next for us?
Well, we reckon the next step in the evolution of food is finding ways to make the healthy foods as delicious as the bad food that turned us into health freaks in the first place.
You're probably wondering what the point of posturing like we know anything about the history of food, well, it's called 'context'. And since researchers at Oregon State have patented a new strain of seaweed that tastes exactly like bacon, we thought you might need it.
What did we tell you? A healthy food that's as delicious as unhealthy food is the next big thing!
According to The Independent, the form of red marine algae, seaweed, basically, looks like red lettuce but when it's cooked up, tastes just like smokey bacon.
It also packs twice the nutritional value of kale and can be grown very quickly. So pretty much positives across the board!
According to the researcher behind this discovery, (who totally deserves a Nobel Prize or something) the new strain of seaweed came about when trying to grow a food source for sea snails.
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However, in the process Langdon realised that he'd created something for humans. Since no US company grows this red algae for human consumption, this could be a brand new industry.
Langdon told OSU, "This stuff is pretty amazing. When you fry it, which I have done, it tastes like bacon, not seaweed. And it's a pretty strong bacon flavour."
While this is still in the early stages of development but the potential for vegetarians and vegans could be huge! Bacon was always meant to inclusive.


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It was in the spirit of our secular household that this Easter passed with hot question buns rather than the usual, but as far as I can tell, the only big question is why such goodness is reserved for one weekend of the year? I predict I will be shocking the purists again by whipping these babies up on any random occasion, possibly after the Christmas pudding in July. And of course mine are unique, because they contain not just any old cake mix from the local Spar, but a carefully selected mixture of raisins, sultanas (the local was out of currants) and preserved lemons all the way from China, courtesy of Glen my favourite sailorman.
Split, toast, butter, top with cheese (optional), crank up the Wham!, and you're sailing.


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"There's no type of fiction that comes close to comics for the layers of storytelling, ... This is mythology, but it's not mythology that's refined slightly over time. It's mythology that's constantly evolving."
~ Marvel Comics (@MARVEL) Editor-in-Chief since January Axel Alonso (@axelalonsomarv) in The New York Times article from the Sunday March 27, 2o11 issue readable online here since March 25th.
Now E-i-C Alonso is really talking about the medium of comics in that first part and pretty squarely mainstream American superhero comics in that second part and both ancient mythology and superhero mythology does/did change. But I think we can forgive him that confusion since it's an extremely common one in the US and because the quote is excellent.
More important is the part about layers: static visual art in deliberate sequence combined with text allows a storyteller to depict complex narrative with iconography. That means visual and textual metaphor. Even simultaneously. That means rich, symbolic, contextual meaning.
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Dove's Luncheonette Serves Up 'Mex-Tex' in Wicker Park
The latest One Off spot, opening next door to Big Star in about a month, offers a Mexican-focused menu with dashes of Southern and soul.
With the individuality of its concepts, One Off Hospitality lives up to its name. There's small-plates pioneer Avec, meaty paradise Publican, honky-tonk taco joint Big Star, and in mid-September, retro Mexican diner Dove's Luncheonette (1545 N. Damen Ave., no phone yet).
The menu at Dove's is Dove by way of Lonesome Dove. Mexican-focused with dashes of soul, Southern, and Tex-Mex, Dove's food will include 10 to 12 main courses such as pozole, enchiladas, seviches, and vegetable sides. "Diner food is usually heavier," says Dennis Bernard, the chef de cuisine. "[Here,] you don't have to walk out feeling like you ate too much."
Also on offer will be a dish of boneless chicken thigh, pounded and brined an hour in citrus and herbs. The chicken then gets dredged in buttermilk and seasoned flour and fried to order. They're calling this "chicken-fried chicken."
Dove's seats 42, all at the counter, in an eclectically decorated wood-paneled room with a jukebox of 1950s through 1970s Chicago soul and blues. "Bartenders right at the counter," Bernard says. "Everybody kind of eye level. Hopefully a lot of smiling faces."
The place pays homage to a Wicker Park of at least two identities ago, pre-cool-parents and pre-pierced-hipster, the rough-edged ethnic neighborhood of Nelson Algren, whose novel A Walk on the Wild Side featured a character named Dove. Busy Bee, a diner that was right across Damen Avenue, and Leo's Lunchroom, which was a Division Street mainstay, served as inspiration.
Incidentally, A Walk on the Wild Side is also the source of the oft-quoted "Never eat at a place called Mom's," which surely eliminated one possible name from the list.
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Tyler Wentworth Fifth Anniversary Album
Hardcover with dust jacket. 160 Pages. In the five years since her introduction by the Tonner Doll Company, Tyler Wentworth has risen to the top of the world of fashion dolls. This book is a comprehensive collector's reference to all things Tyler, and a commemoration in words and photos of this groundbreaking doll. Entertaining and informative, The Tyler Wentworth Fifth Anniversary Album is a unique collection of facts, fiction and photos.
In this book, Tyler's storyline continues and is illustrated by new photographs featuring her and her friends in settings from their lives, such as Tyler's apartment and the fashion runway. Well-known contributors such as A. Glenn Mandeville, who traces Tyler's place in the history of the American fashion doll, and Louise Fecher, as well as fashion designer Timothy Gunn, discuss Tyler's importance in various arenas. Masterful photographers Ernesto Padro-Campos and Barry Sturgill pay homage to the doll in beautifully styled pictures, exclusive to this book. The collector's reference section shows every production doll and outfit ever made, with identification information as well as collector's notes, including nearly every exclusive and one-of-a-kind.


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Revolution Underground is a short video that
brings to the fore, some concerns and impressions
of young African Canadians and others from the
African diaspora. This production is right on time
and I hope it will be seen far and wide throughout
the African Diaspora.
The producer Ms Shani Carter at once a student,
a community activist with many irons in the fire, not
to mention, an artist. I doubt if her legacy will stop there
because she's just beginning.
Props Shani!


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Contentment, Goodness, Growth, happiness, Happiness scale, People
A Dictionary of New Epigrams
Happiness is different for different people at different times and different situations.
Happiness is in the present moment of progress toward a worthwhile goal.
The more profound the goal of personal quest the greater the happiness as it is being approached.
Happiness is dependent on making some person happy, and if that person is you then the total happiness you can achieve is one person.
If you are progressing toward the goal of making another person happy, then yu double the possible happiness being created.
You must live to be personally happy, but if you strive for happiness of others beyond yourself, you can attain happiness after you are dead.
Generating the kind of happiness that is self-centered dies as the moment passes away, and goes into the grave with your body when you die.
When you build personal happiness on the misery of other people, you have a single person that is happy and many who are unhappy, and the world is a more miserable place because you exist.
Personal debauchery in the quest of immediate pleasure is the sure path to long-term suffering.
The foolish person seeks happiness in pompous words of his mouth, but a wiser person finds happiness in the worthwhile actions of his hands.
Happiness is not found in an abundance of stuff, but in an abundance of good habits.
If you are helpful to people they will be inclined to be good to you, but if you are mean to them they will be mean to you, even when they appear to be kind.
If you expect people to automatically be good to you, you will be disappointed and unhappy.
If you are waiting for people to be good to you before you can be happy, you are in for a long wait.
For your personal happiness to even be possible you must be content with the things of the world that are beyond your control.
To be happy you need to consider briefly the difficult things, even personal death and the death of loved ones, and then live your life in ways that are valuable.
There is only one place and one moment where you can be happy, and that is here and now.
There is happiness in the tranquility of knowing we are doing a good thing.


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Herding Cats is the third book in the Sarah's Scribbles series. Sarah's Scribbles # 2 (Big Happy Mushy Lump) was the first book I'd reviewed last year, and I'd declared Sarah Andersen to be my hero. I loved that book and the comics were quirky and original.
However, having read both her previous works, Herding Cats seemed a tad underwhelming. I can't quite point out to what went wrong where, but I feel like I've read the whole introverted, socially anxious angle before and that Sarah isn't bringing anything new to the table (yes, she did try to make a few political statements, but they didn't quite pack a punch). The two comics below are the only ones I truly enjoyed, the first more than the second.
The book jumps right into a comic, almost, that is to say, without warning. No headings or titles. This happened with the first couple of comics and threw me off a bit. The quirks now sound a bit mean, as though the introvert has turned into an out and out misanthrope. Like this one:
The second part of the book was structured like an essay. Sarah makes quite a few good points here about pursuing your passion as an artist and not to give up in the face of obstacles (parents, society, etc. etc.) I'm sure this would've worked well as a motivational speech, and I agree with whatever she says – but as an essay, not so much.
Rating: 3/5
Disclaimer: I received an ARC of this comic book from Andrews McMeel Publishing/Netgalley. My review is honest and unbiased.


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is paved with uncertainty. I have to be very honest here because I know that somewhere along this journey it is going to help someone else. I am going to tell you that it has not been an easy week, and I really don't know what is going to happen next. My thoughts are not clear, and my mind feels like a scrambled egg, but I am going to update on the septic situation. Oh and did I tell you that my youngest now has a staph infection? Yeah that all happened on Tuesday.
Tuesday: We left the house and stayed at a hotel. I am so thankful for the fast response of my insurance company. I am also thankful for the fast response of ServePro. I had to call and postpone Lil'Man's appointment.
My thought on Tuesday: How on earth are we going to pay for all this mess???
Wednesday: ServePro came out and began removing all the carpet. Damage to the house so far has been all the bedrooms, the living room and the pantry in the kitchen. Our insurance company worked diligently to find us a place to stay until Monday, but did say that we will not be able to move in until we fix the problem. They want us to stay in a suite that has a kitchen. I found 2. One is not available until next Wednesday, so the other we made a reservation for.
When we got there...yeah...no. It was not a safe place to stay. I'm not going to say much more, but when Mike came to where we were, he said no way. I called the company that was helping us find a room and by the time I was talking with the rep, I was in tears. I was so tired, so mentally exhausted and really hungry (yeah...I hadn't eaten) I was just overwhelmed with the situation. They worked on reversing the charges, and we went to grab a sub.
I called a couple of friends...and we were offered a place to stay with a friend so we took them up on their offer. Oh, thank you for friends. By the time we were settled it was about 10pm. It was a long day, but it was a safer nights sleep.
My thought on Wednesday: Lord, please let this be in the realm of us being able to afford the repairs on the septic. We are completely and totally dependent on you because I can't do this.
Thursday: Environmental Services came to the house and flagged the yard. Mike says that is where we are going to have to expand the drain field to. It's more than half my yard?! Oh boy. We now have a permanent, temporary place to stay. Now I feel a little more normal. We got settled into the rooms early afternoon but we still had to go out to eat and pick up a few more items from the house. Mike picked up a floor sample. I like it, looks like Pergo for the house...here's hoping. I know this. I'm not wanting carpet again. I saw all the DIRT that was on the ground when they pulled up the carpet and the padding! Yeah...NO.
My thought on Thursday: Oh Man, today I'm suppose to go to Best Body Boot Camps grand opening! Well...that's not happening. I hope Nicole has a great turnout. Man, I feel so bad. I have to take care of my family first though. Praying for God to give me clarity and peace.
Friday: Well it's early on Friday and I only have a skeleton of a plan. I have to fax over our expenses this morning, then get back to the rooms to get the kids and then go to the house to let our poor dogs out. Clean the dishes that have been sitting in sink water for the past 3 days outside with the house and take Bart (my co-worker) down to the airport. Everything else...I have no idea. We'll see. I'm just praying that I can hold it all together without falling apart.
If you can help us out in any way, let me know. I would greatly appreciate any and all help. We cannot borrow money, we have no credit cards, and we have very little savings (as in none). We would like to repair our septic so it never backs into our house again (Did I tell you that this is the second time in four years?), and have a yard that is once again safe for my children to play in.
~Peace & Blessings~


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Stomp is a performance group that is incredibly unique: they use pots, gutters, broomsticks and pans, garbage cans, and even kitchen sinks in a mostly-percussive manner to make music. Stomp's uniqueness however stems not just from its use of non-standard instruments, but from making their music highly accessible through Performance Art.
I saw Stomp. It was performance sponsored by One Source Gutters at our San Antonio civic center. One Source Gutters supplied the aluminum gutters used in the performance. That is to say, if Stomp had used regular instruments their music would have sounded equally good. Stomp did a good job at this too, mixing a lot of humor, decent amounts of choreography, and, best of all, audience participation.
To give you an idea of what their "music" sounds like: there was one piece that sounded a bit like Sneakers Across the Kitchen Floor by Ice T, complete with the short bass part that Jay Johnson does. Another sounded a bit like Too To Count by Secondus, and one sounded like Spaceship to Venus by Boney M. That is to say to say, most of the compositions were based on short percussive riffs, which was usually built on by additional members of the troupe, with subtle variations introduced every now and then.
I also think Stomp would better served by incorporating sounds that are also melodic, instead of just percussive, and by making a bit more raw noise. Not surprisingly, my favourite pieces by them were also the loudest ones.
From a historical standpoint, Stomp is not original. Stomp fits in well in such a postmodern setting. While the early Industrial bands were non-optimistimic and abrasive in their music and outlook, Stomp's noise is palatable and structured.
Record labels today spend thousands of dollars on production of an album so that the right "sound" can be achieved with largely conventional instruments. Stomp causes one to question and stop "why?" While I think an album of Stomp music would be tedious, I highly recommend their live performance– there aren't many people in the world that do this.


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The Antiparos Nautical Club supported by the Municipality of Antiparos is happy to announce the 7th ANTIPAROS MTB RACE which will take place on Sunday, the 2nd of September 2018.
The race starts from the Antiparos port with a pre race route of 7 km until Soros beach with a car leading the athletes. After that starts the 25 km distance main race part of the route which finishes at the port of Antiparos.
The whole race route is 32km.
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NPF Commissioner Cheri Kempf is pleased to announce that Major League Baseball's Taco Bell All-Star Legends and Celebrity Softball Game will feature four star NPF players, and in addition, seven NPF players will be in St. Louis to host clinics, meet fans and sign autographs at the MLB All-Star FanFest.
The Taco Bell All-Star Legends and Celebrity Softball Game will be held on Sunday, July 12 at the home of the St. Louis Cardinals in Busch Stadium and is part of the festivities and games that surround Major League Baseball's annual All-Star Game.
Catcher Kristen Butler of the Akron Races, first baseman Samantha Findlay of the Chicago Bandits, and pitcher Megan Gibson and outfielder Trena Peel, both of the Philadelphia Force will compete in the game, along with baseball legends and celebrities from the worlds of music and Hollywood.
"We are excited to once again be participating in MLB's All-Star Game festivities," said Commissioner Kempf. "The game is a great opportunity to showcase our talented players to a new audience, and MLB's FanFest allows our fans to meet their favorite players."
Butler is a 2006 graduate from the University of Florida and was the 2008 NPF Defensive Player of the Year for the NPF. Peel, an LSU graduate, is in her sixth season with the NPF and led the Force lineup in 2008 with eight long balls (T-5th in NPF) and two triples. Gibson is a 2008 draftee from Texas A&M. She threw complete-game shutouts in her first two professional starts with the Force, while posting a 5-0 record before her first defeat. Findlay, the 2008 rookie from Michigan, hit a walk-off grand slam in the Bandits 2008 regular season finale in a 6-5 victory over the Rockford Thunder to earn the Bandits the regular-season Champions title.
Other NPF players attending MLB All-Star FanFest include Sarah Pauly and Erin Glasco from the USSA Pride, Sam Banister from the Akron Racers, plus former NPF players Lisa Iancin, Amy Harre, Ashley Smith and Stephanie Best.
Major League Baseball All-Star FanFest is a baseball theme park and the largest baseball fan event in the world. It features activities and exhibits for families and fans of all ages. MLB All-Star FanFest at St. Louis' America Center will feature interactive exhibits and attractions, Major League clinics and seminars, free autograph sessions with MLB legends and Hall of Famers, memorabilia and much more. NPF will have a display area and will offer fans the chance to meet players, get autographs and free giveaway items, as well as participate in clinics on the Diamond.
National Pro Fastpitch – MLB's Official Development Partner in the category of women's fastpitch softball since 2002 – is the premier women's professional fastpitch softball league in the United States. Headquartered in Denver, the league has been in operation since 1997 under the names Women's Pro Fastpitch (WPF) and Women's Professional Softball League (WPSL).
With a growing list of recognizable and marketable stars providing league and sport identity, NPF features the best women's fastpitch athletes in the world, including Olympic Gold Medalists and Collegiate All-Americans. There are five teams in the United States: Akron Racers, Chicago Bandits, Philadelphia Force, Rockford Thunder and USSSA Pride (Tampa, Fl). For more information, please visit the website at www.profastpitch.com. For more information on Major League Baseball's All-Star Weekend activities in St. Louis, go to www.allstargame.com.
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(1980) 'Start!' was the first single I purchased new, as opposed to second-hand, which accounts for me being able to say that both it and 'Here comes the summer' by the Undertones were the first singles I ever bought. First records are supposed to be embarrassing, necessarily purchased before taste of any kind has been acquired. But somehow I managed to land on two gems. Perhaps it was that there just wasn't the money for me to fritter it away on pop or indeed novelty records before I reached the age of 12. The shop was an old-school type in West Byfleet which also sold cameras and sports goods and had its vinyl shelved behind the counter. 'Start' had been a number one; I was buying it a while after it had dropped away from that height. Famously it borrows bass and guitar riffs from the Beatles' 'Taxman', though the vocal melodies and ultimately the song are Weller's own. At this distance, the perfection of the music is slightly undermined in places by the youthful intensity of the lyric. But back then 'if we communicate for two minutes only / it will be enough' and 'knowing that someone in this world / feels as desperate as me' was exactly what a boy about to become a teenager wanted to hear. SWITCH (1984) The Ipswich Gaumont, for the Our favourite shop tour. The Style Council supported by Billy Bragg and the Questions, with Weller and Mick Talbot playing Funkadelic's 'One nation under a groove' as well as the Impressions' 'Meeting over yonder'. He opened up worlds, with those choices, among others. SWITCH (1985) My General Studies AO level required an essay-length review of a cultural artefact. Mine was of The gift LP; it borrowed heavily from review excerpts quoted by Paolo Hewitt in his book about the Jam, A beat concerto – lines I had read with sufficient frequency and obsession to be able to recall verbatim. SWITCH (1987) A sharp-suited and consequently somewhat overdressed Weller and D.C. Lee are at the head of a youth CND march as I come towards it to join it. It ended with a concert in Kennington Park headlined by not the Style Council, but the Mighty Lemon Drops. I remember nothing of that, though, just the sight of those two exotic creatures leading a procession of rather more drably dressed students. SWITCH (1992) What a revelation the first solo Weller LP was. Gone were the conceptual excesses of the Style Council, and in their place, a renewed emphasis on his craft, which made for a crop of songs both as great and as humble as any he has written before or since – 'Above the clouds', 'Amongst butterflies', 'Remember how we started', 'Clues', 'Into tomorrow'. But I must have dreamt that I went to see the comeback Paul Weller Movement gig at Dingwalls in Camden in 1990, as I thought I had; I can't find any record of it – no notebook entry, no preserved ticket, no sense of the occasion. I guess I very much wanted to be there, but wasn't. SWITCH (1995) At the Blue Note in Hoxton, when my friend Jack's band was supporting Ocean Colour Scene, Weller was there, in the upstairs bar. Did he watch Jack in action? I don't suppose he did, but in a way it was enough that he was simply in the building. SWITCH (2004) On my lunch break, who should I see skipping over a zebra crossing on Marylebone High Street? He is smaller than I remember, elfin almost, but again, immaculately dressed. Possibly he is on his way to visit with his mate Noel G., who lives down the road and round the corner from my office. But my day is made, a sighting of the lesser-spotted Weller being nearly as auspicious as, say, seeing a heron rise into the air from a riverbank. SWITCH (2009) Writing for the first time about Weller since that AO level effort, this time focussing on 'Tales from the riverbank' for my B sides blog. As ever when I read a piece back, there are sentences which would be better for being more simply phrased, but in it I think I got at something about the relationship between avid listeners and their musical heroes, and also about the friction between musical realism and escapism: 'At the time, and throughout the eighties, the decade which saw new heights of political conflict within modern Britain, no fan of the Jam or the Style Council would be likely to admit that Weller's songs as much as [Duran] Duran's were an escape from precisely the reality that he often wrote about, or at least the intimation of the reality that was waiting for you upon leaving school. Even as he reeled off his list of doubtful delights in 'That's entertainment' – 'sticky black tarmac' and 'slashed-seat affairs' – we dwelt not so much on the portrayal of reality as on Weller's wordplay, his melodic gifts, the liberty espoused by his vocal delivery, the heights that his guitar could reach when set against the solid foundations of Bruce's bass and Rick's drums. These were things which on one level had nothing to do with external reality, nothing to with the world. They were cerebral, and of the heart. Consciousness and emotion – the essence of what it means to be alive. They set many of us dreaming of a time when we would have the confidence to express ourselves in the same way; about what, it almost didn't matter.' SWITCH (1982) So I'll finish this journey back through my life at 45 revolutions per minute using the words with which Weller signed off his sleeve notes on the back of the cover of the live Dig the new breed LP, the one that brought the curtain down on the Jam after his shock announcement that he was disbanding the group. SWITCH What have I learnt? BELIEF IS ALL!
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