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21 Taliban Insurgents Killed in Clashes
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Good morning!
Posted by: Steve White || 04/28/2012 00:00 || Comments || Link || E-Mail|| [229 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Happy Birthday/Daily Gam Shot

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Bonus Gam Shot
Posted by: GolfBravoUSMC || 04/28/2012 19:06 Comments || Top||

#2  sweet mother of....
Posted by: Frank G || 04/28/2012 20:14 Comments || Top||

US Soldier Killed by Afghan in Army Uniform
A US soldier was killed in southern Afghanistan Wednesday when a man in an Afghan army uniform opened fire on the soldiers, killing one, before he was rubbed out in return fire.

"An individual wearing an Afghan National Army uniform turned his weapon against coalition service members in southern Afghanistan late yesterday, killing one service member," the NATO
...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. A collection of multinational and multilingual and multicultural armed forces, all of differing capabilities, working toward a common goal by pulling in different directions...
-led Isaf said in a statement Thursday.

"The individual who opened fire was killed when coalition forces returned fire."

A US defense official, who declined to be named, told newswire AFP that the soldier was an American.

AFP reported that the official said the incident happened in Kandahar province, but provided no further details.

Isaf said an investigation is underway.

The shooting brings to 18 the number of foreign soldiers killed by Afghans in official uniform this year in 11 separate attacks.

The total number of foreign troops killed this year has reached 127.
Rooters adds:
An elite Afghan soldier rubbed out an American mentor and his translator at a U.S. base, Afghan officials said on Friday, in the first rogue shooting blamed on the country's new and closely vetted special forces.

The soldier shot up an American military base on Wednesday in Shah Wali Kot district, in volatile Kandahar province, said General Abdul Hamid, the commander of Afghan army forces in the Taliban's southern heartland.

"The shooting took place after a verbal conflict where the Afghan special forces soldier opened fire and killed an American special forces member and his translator," Hamid told Rooters.

The latest shooting will be of grave concern to both sides, at it is the first involving a member of Afghanistan's new special forces, who undergo rigorous vetting as part of their selection into the country's top anti-insurgent force.

...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. A collection of multinational and multilingual and multicultural armed forces, all of differing capabilities, working toward a common goal by pulling in different directions...
's top general in the country, U.S. Marine General John Allen, and Afghan Defence Minister General Abdul Rahim Wardak just this month signed an agreement for Afghan special troops to spearhead controversial night raids on Afghan homes, which are seen as one of the most potent anti-insurgent tactics.

Qari Yusef Ahmadi, a front man for the Afghan Taliban, grabbed credit for the attack in a phone text message sent to journalists, saying the Afghan soldier was "an beturbanned goon infiltrator called Zakerullah."

The claim could not immediately be corroborated, and the Taliban frequently claim responsibility for attacks by disgruntled Afghan soldiers.

Hamid said U.S. soldiers had immediately fired back and killed the gunman, as well as another Afghan special forces soldiers who was caught up in the ensuing crossfire.

But NATO commanders argue the growing number of shootings is in proportion to the growing size of Afghan cops toward an eventual 352,000 target.

Captain John Kirby, a Pentagon front man, said that though it was often impossible to determine the motives for such shootings, U.S. officials believed the majority of the attacks were driven by "personal grievances" rather than Taliban infiltration or inspiration.

"We are working hard with our Afghan counterparts to develop improvements to the overall vetting and recruitment process," Kirby said. He said NATO prevention efforts included education and protection measures.

"When we analyze the problem, it occurs for a number of reasons, and not as many as you would expect show any evidence of beturbanned goon initiation, or beturbanned goon backing," a senior NATO official who could not be identified said last week.

"Quite often people resolve their personal problems by resorting to the use of a weapon. It's more of a cultural thing here."
Posted by: || 04/28/2012 01:02 || Comments || Link || E-Mail|| [231 views] Top|| File under:

#1  It's becoming a common way for Afghans to switch to the winning side.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 04/28/2012 2:07 Comments || Top||

#2  Karzai should get an ass-kicking every time this happens. A total beat down
Posted by: Frank G || 04/28/2012 7:50 Comments || Top||

#3  #1 It's becoming a common way for Afghans to switch to the winning side.
Posted by g(r)omgoru

Infilitration of the Afghan Army is a well thought out and executred Taliban tactic that accomplishes many things.
Posted by: Besoeker || 04/28/2012 8:00 Comments || Top||

#4  After one of our soldiers got drunk and went in and shot up a coupld of towns because of this this kind of thing stopped for about 3 to 4 weeks.

The Afghan campaign is, like everything else under Obama, is in complete shambles.

And the Republican party remains complicitly silent on this issue as well while our people are dieing.
Posted by: Victor Emmanuel Gronter8839 || 04/28/2012 10:32 Comments || Top||

#5  Repubs want out too. Obama has turned Victory into Ashes. The sooner we get out the better is what many are thinking, and they would be right. I pray for those we're going to leave behind though, and hope at least the Northern Alliance trained by us over the years are willing to clean some house.

I think we'll be nuking Pakistan/Afghanistan in 15 years though.
Posted by: Charles || 04/28/2012 19:56 Comments || Top||

21 Taliban Insurgents Killed in Clashes
At least 21 Taliban bully boyz were killed, one was maimed, and another was placed in durance vile in festivities with Afghan security troops on Wednesday, local officials said.

Afghan forces launched an operation in the Chakan district of Waradak province to clear it of bully boyz in which 17 Taliban bully boyz were killed and one other was maimed last night, front man for provincial police chief Abdul Wali said.

There were no Afghan and civilians casualties during the operation, he said.

During the operation the forces seized many weapons, he added.

...back at the desert island, Bert was realizing to his horror that he'd had only one bottle for one message, and he'd forgotten to include a return address...
four other Taliban bully boyz were killed in a clash with Afghan security troops in eastern Kunar province
... which is right down the road from Chitral. Kunar is Haqqani country.....
yesterday, front man for the 202nd Shamshad Military Corps Ebadullah said.

One other krazed killer was captured during the clash.

The incident happened in the Noor Gul district of Kunar when Taliban bully boyz attacked a convoy of coalition and Afghan troops, he said.

There were no coalition or civilian casualties during the festivities and the forces seized many weapons, he said.

Kunar province borders Pakistain and has recently seen more krazed killer activity, mainly targeting local police checkpoints.
Posted by: || 04/28/2012 00:59 || Comments || Link || E-Mail|| [250 views] Top|| File under: Taliban

Africa Horn
Al shabab threatens elders meeting in Mogadishu
(Sh.M.Network)- Sheik Ali Mohamud Rageh, the front man of Al shabab beturbanned goons linked with Al Qaeda has sent a verbal threatening
Which is only in theory similar to a stiff diplomatic note...
to the Somali traditional elders gathering in chaotic Mogadishu to select the new constituency assembly those are supposed to pass the new draft constitution..

Speaking to a rebel controlled local radio station in Elasha Biyah, out of Mogadishu, Sheik Ali Dheere stated that Al-Shabaab
... Somalia's version of the Taliban, functioning as an arm of al-Qaeda...
will target any of the elders getting on the process of adopting the new constitution which he described 'anti Islamic' constitution, as he put it.

This warning by Al shabab front man comes as Somali traditional clan elders of 135 members have begun to gather in the capital, Mogadishu to begin the selection of the constituency assembly before forming the new Somali parliament.
Posted by: Fred || 04/28/2012 00:00 || Comments || Link || E-Mail|| [208 views] Top|| File under: al-Shabaab

Fighting in Gedo Region Leaves 11 Dead
(Sh.M.Network)- Eleven people slain and many more others sustained injures in a battle between Somali soldiers backed by Kenyan military and the Al Qaeda allied hard boyz of Al shabab in southwestern Somali region of Gedo, officials said on Friday.

According to local residents who spoke with Shabelle Media under anonymity confirmed that the fighting started when Al shabab bases came under heavy ground and air attacks by Somali and Kenyan forces
several townships located on the outskirts of Garbaharey town, the placid provincial capital of Gedo region.

Both warring sides claimed victory over the upper hand of the fighting. Sheik Abdiasais Abu Musab, the front man of Al shabab for the military operations said that his fighters have managed to kill in discovered number of soldiers during the raid against TFG and Kenya army.

On his side, Aden Ahmed Hirse better known as (Rufle), said Somali and Kenya army handled to foil the attack and ward off the hard boyz from area during the counter-fighting. He added that at least 7 fighters bit the dust in the combat.

There are no any independent sources verify the reports on the battle in Gedo region, southwestern Somalia.

The town has also a major presence of heavily armed Ethiopian forces, which are supporting Somali government troops and a pro-government militia group, Ahlu Sunna and has been under their control for almost a year.
Posted by: Fred || 04/28/2012 00:00 || Comments || Link || E-Mail|| [209 views] Top|| File under: al-Shabaab

Africa North
New Armed Arab Group Takes Control of Mali's Timbuktu
[An Nahar] A newly formed group of armed Arab fighters tightened its grip on the northern Malian desert city of Timbuktu on Friday, witnesses said.

The push into Timbuktu by the so-called National Liberation Front of Azawad (FNLA) came a day after west African leaders agreed to send a military force into coup-hit and divided Mali, though those troops will be based in the capital Bamako for now.

Witnesses said around 100 vehicles loaded with fighters poured into Timbuktu on Friday, after they seized control of entries to the east and south of the city a day earlier.

"They are armed to the teeth," a Malian security source said.

The new group announced its existence April 8, saying it was made up of about 500 men who do not want to see northern Mali secede, nor do they support an Islamist agenda.

This differs from the hotchpotch of outlaws and other groups that swept the region over the past month, with some Tuareg Arab fighters declaring the north an independent state, while Islamists tried to impose strict sharia Moslem law.

"We came here to defend and protect our region," FNLA member Ahmed Ould Mamoud said.

The group is headed by Mohamed Lamine Ould Sidatt, a regional elected official, and its military operations are directed by a lieutenant colonel who defected from the Malian army, Housseine Khoulam.

A witness said the group was in the process of taking control of the civil protection building. There were no immediate reports of gunfire or injuries.

At an extraordinary summit in Ivory Coast on Thursday, the 15-member Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) decided to send troops to both Mali and Guinea-Bissau, which also has seen a coup in recent weeks.

Officials said the troops would help with Mali's transition to civilian rule, after a group of soldiers ceded power following their March 22 coup.

There was no immediate indication any international troops would be sent to try to wrest Mali's north from rebel hands.

Much of northern Mali, an area spanning more land mass than La Belle France, remains in the hands of two other gangs -- Islamists Ansar Dine and the National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad (MNLA), Mali's main Tuareg rebel group.

The entries in the north and west of Timbuktu remained in the control of the two groups Friday.

The MNLA earlier declared independence in the north, a vast swathe of desert it calls Azawad, which it captured along with Ansar Dine in the disarray following the coup.

Ansar Dine subsequently took control of Timbuktu, saying it rejects independence for the north and is fighting for Islam and to impose sharia.

Security sources say Ansar Dine has fallen under the influence of Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, Al-Qaeda's north African wing, which is holding several Westerners hostage.

Malian soldiers seized power because they wanted the government to do a better job of fighting the years-long rebellion in the north. Their tactic backfired disastrously, with the rebels quick to exploit the Bamako power vacuum.

Parties opposed to the coup, grouped in the United Front for Democracy and the Republic, hailed Friday the ECOWAS decision to send troops and set a deadline of a year for new presidential and parliamentary elections in Mali.
Posted by: Fred || 04/28/2012 00:00 || Comments || Link || E-Mail|| [212 views] Top|| File under: al-Qaeda in North Africa

Al-Qaeda Militants Bomb Gas Pipeline
[Yemen Post] Suspected al-Qaeda snuffies blew up a gas pipeline Thursday night in the eastern Yemeni province of Shabwa, the Interior and Defense Ministry said.

This is the third attack against oil and gas facilities in the impoverished country within a month.

The pipeline is used for transferring liquefied natural gas from Yemen's Mareb province to Belhaf terminal was bombed in al-Akla district of Shabwa province.

The attack stopped the country's export of gas.
Posted by: Fred || 04/28/2012 00:00 || Comments || Link || E-Mail|| [208 views] Top|| File under: al-Qaeda in Arabia

N.Korea Reiterates Threats of 'Special Action'
North Korea on Thursday denied that dire threats of "special action" issued Monday would mean merely a repeat of the deadly shelling of Yeonpyeong Island in 2010.

The official propaganda website Uriminzokkiri said if South Korea dismisses the warning as something similar to the shelling of Yeonpyeong Island, "it is a big mistake." In an editorial headed, "Do They Still Not Understand Our Determination to Retaliate?" the website said the North's "revolutionary forces never utter empty words."

"Our revolutionary forces decided to take special action in order to obliterate the group of traitors led by Lee Myung-bak and defend our supreme dignity," it thundered. "We will lay Lee Myung-bak's group to ashes with unprecedented means and our own ways."
Posted by: Steve White || 04/28/2012 00:00 || Comments || Link || E-Mail|| [216 views] Top|| File under:

Posted by: JosephMendiola || 04/28/2012 1:09 Comments || Top||

The Philippines seems like a good place for the ChiComs to throw down the glove. Show everyone in the neighborhood you are ruthless and determined, and find out once and for all if the US is going to get involved.
Posted by: SteveS || 04/28/2012 1:49 Comments || Top||

#3  The Norks should be more careful about making threats or the rest of the world might standby while a million Norks starve. :-/

Can the Norks miscalculate any more than they already have?
Posted by: Mike Ramsey || 04/28/2012 7:41 Comments || Top||

#4  What starving people in N. Korea, Mike? Pudgy and his generals don't see any.
Posted by: Rambler in Virginia || 04/28/2012 15:41 Comments || Top||

Trio Arrested in Denmark for Suspected Terror Plot
[An Nahar] Three people were tossed in the calaboose in Copenhagen on Friday suspected of planning a "terrorist act", Danish intelligence agency PET said.
Remember back in the old days, when Scandinavia was a safe backwater full of beautiful women and equally beautiful furniture?
A 22-year-old Jordanian citizen and a 23-year-old Turkish citizen -- both Danish residents -- as well as a Dane living in Egypt, are "suspected of being illegally in possession of automatic weapons and munitions and are also suspected of preparing a terrorist act," the agency said in a statement.

No details of the alleged planned attack were disclosed.

The three were tossed in the calaboose at two addresses in greater Copenhagen.

"Raids were also conducted in connection with the arrests at several addresses in the Copenhagen area," PET said.

The trio was to appear before a Copenhagen court on Saturday for a custody hearing, police said.

PET said it was collaborating with police on the case.

Danish tabloid Ekstra Bladet reported meanwhile in its online edition that police had seized three cars in the Copenhagen suburb of Herlev in an action it said was linked to the terrorism case.

"Police officers in bullet-proof vests have just seized three cars in Herlev and a large police operation is underway in Valby," a neighborhood outside the Danish capital, the paper said.

Friday's arrests come as four other people are currently on trial in Denmark for "attempted terrorism" for allegedly plotting to massacre the staff of a Danish newspaper that first published controversial cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed in 2005.
Posted by: Fred || 04/28/2012 00:00 || Comments || Link || E-Mail|| [211 views] Top|| File under: al-Qaeda in Europe

#1  Remember back in the old days, when Scandinavia was a safe backwater full of beautiful women and equally beautiful furniture?

There is a joke in there about wood, but I ain't touching it!

It would appear that the shine on the Scandinavian dream is getting scuffed off by non-assimilated immigrants.
Posted by: SteveS || 04/28/2012 1:36 Comments || Top||

27 Injured as 4 Blasts Target Ukrainian City
[An Nahar] At least 27 people were maimed Friday in the eastern Ukrainian city of Dnipropetrovsk in four successive blasts that President Viktor Yanukovych called a challenge to the nation.

"There is a total of 27" injured in three kabooms in the city of about a million people east of the capital Kiev, said an emergencies ministry official, adding there was no immediate information on the fourth blast.

"We understand that this is yet another challenge for us, for the entire nation," Yanukovych said, cited by the Interfax news agency.

The kabooms in Dnipropetrovsk, home town of Yanukovych's incarcerated opponent and 2004 Orange Revolution leader Yulia Tymoshenko, come ahead of the Euro 2012 football championship which Ukraine is co-hosting this summer.

Officials earlier said that the first blast went off in a rubbish bin near a movie theater in the center of the city at 11:50 a.m. (0850 GMT).

A second blast followed 40 minutes later and the third, in another busy central street, 15 minutes after that, emergencies officials said.

The fourth kaboom went off at 1:00 p.m. (1000 GMT), the interior ministry said without providing further details.

"Police are looking into the casualties and circumstances" of the last two blasts, it said in a statement on its website.

Ukrainian prosecutors launched a probe into possible acts of terrorism, Interfax news agency reported. Interior Minister Vitaly Zakharchenko quickly left for Dnipropetrovsk to oversee the investigation in person.
Posted by: Fred || 04/28/2012 00:00 || Comments || Link || E-Mail|| [212 views] Top|| File under:

India Deports Iranian For Spying On Israelis
Indian newspaper reports PhD student in employ of Iranian gov't was monitoring Chabad House, synagogue in city of Pune.

Police in the Indian city of Pune deported an Iranian national last month after they discovered him spying on Israeli nationals and Jewish institutions in the city, the Pune Mirror reported on Thursday.

According to the report, 40-year-old Hamid Kashkouli, an Iranian PhD student at the University of Pune, was spying on the Chabad House in the city's Koregaon Park region and the Rasta Peth Synagogue in the city.

Kashkouli was on the payroll of the Iranian intelligence agency, according to the report.

"He came to India under the pretext of being a student but was keeping a close eye on the Jewish centers in Pune," the Mirror quoted a police official as saying. "He had collected information about visitors' movements at the Chabad House and the synagogue which he forwarded to intelligence officials in Tehran," he added.

Kashkouli's repeated trips to the Iranian Consulate in Mumbai roused the suspicions of the police, according to the report. His driver was also jugged and questioned, telling police that Kashkouli was employed by the Iranian government and was often visited in Pune by top Iranian government officials.

Police intercepted email messages from Kashkouli which proved he was an undercover Iranian agent monitoring the movements of Jews in Pune. He was also in contact with Iranian nationals in Delhi, according to the Mirror.

Delhi was the site of a February 13 terror attack in which a suspect on a cycle of violence attached a bomb to an Israeli Embassy car in transit, which blew up, injuring Tal Yehoshua Koren, wife of the Israeli defense attaché in India.

The Delhi Police's Special Cell identified three Iranians as those responsible for the attack. Israel has accused the Iranian government and its proxy Hezbullies of orchestrating the Delhi attack as well as another terror plot against Israeli interests in Tblisi, Georgia uncovered on the same day and a botched terror attack in Bangkok, Thailand on February 14.
Posted by: trailing wife || 04/28/2012 00:00 || Comments || Link || E-Mail|| [211 views] Top|| File under:

Four militants killed near Turbat
[Dawn] At least four cut-throats were killed and seven others were jugged on Friday by Frontier Corps (FC) personnel near Balochistan
...the Pak province bordering Kandahar and Uruzgun provinces in Afghanistan and Sistan Baluchistan in Iran. Its native Baloch propulation is being displaced by Pashtuns and Punjabis and they aren't happy about it...
's Turbat region in retaliation of an ambush, DawnNews reported.

The incident took place 20 kilometres from Turbat in the province's Gaban area, a front man of the FC said.

FC's assault was in retaliation to an ambush by cut-throats on their convoy, the spokesperson added.

In two separate crackdown operations in Nushki and Naseerabad, FC officials recovered weapons and ammunition in large quantities.

The weapons and ammunition included 11 SMGs, three LMGs, 14 rifles, nine short guns, five rocket launchers and 100 rounds of SMGs.

a hangover is the wrath of grapes...
no arrests were made in the operations in Nushki and Naseerabad.
Posted by: Fred || 04/28/2012 00:00 || Comments || Link || E-Mail|| [218 views] Top|| File under: TTP

Curfew in Khairpur following clash involving police, religious group
[Dawn] A curfew was imposed in Sindh province's Khairpur city on Friday, DawnNews reported.

The shoot-on-sight curfew was imposed for an indefinite period after a clash occurred involving activists from a religious group and the police.

The city's commercial and trading centres had shut down following the clash.

The region has experienced incidents pertaining to religious violence in the past.
Gosh, they pertain in Pakistan, too? Truly, a versatile people!
Posted by: Fred || 04/28/2012 00:00 || Comments || Link || E-Mail|| [204 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Pakistan

Hijack threat forces PIA plane to land after takeoff from Karachi
[Dawn] An airliner was forced to land shortly after takeoff in Pakistain on Friday after a passenger made a hijack threat, Pakistain International Airlines (PIA) officials said.
As ye sow, so shall ye reap.
The domestic flight carrying more than 50 passengers and five crew had left Bloody Karachi
...formerly the capital of Pakistain, now merely its most important port and financial center. It may be the largest city in the world, with a population of 18 million, most of whom hate each other and many of whom are armed and dangerous...
on its way to the eastern city of Bahawalpur, a front man for the national flag-carrier said.

"Soon after the plane took off a passenger on board warned the staff that he could hijack the plane," Sultan Hasan told AFP.

"The captain was informed of the situation, who returned the plane back after getting the nod from the control tower."

The passenger was jugged and handed over to security personnel for questioning, PIA said, and the plane was searched and found safe.
Posted by: Fred || 04/28/2012 00:00 || Comments || Link || E-Mail|| [214 views] Top|| File under: al-Qaeda in Pakistan

Obama signs waiver to lift Palestinian aid barrier
President Barack Obama has signed a waiver declaring that aid to the Palestinian Authority is important to the security interests of the United States, removing a block on such funding.
This would be another line in, "If I Wanted America to Fail"...
In a memo sent to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, published by the White House, the president said it was appropriate to release funds to the authority, which administers the West Bank and Gaza Strip.

A provision of The Department of State, Foreign Operations and Related Programs Appropriations Act of 2012 said none of the funds may be obligated or expended with respect to providing funds to the Palestinian Authority.
Doesn't sound like it provided for a waiver. Wonder if this is more 'executive over-reach' by Champ...
A $192 million package was frozen by Congress after the Palestinians moved to gain statehood at the United Nations in September last year.

In November, the US Congress released $40 million but the State Department had expressed concern about being able to provide the necessary funding to address the dire economic and humanitarian hardship facing Palestinians.

In signing the waiver, Obama instructed Clinton to inform Congress of the move, on the grounds that waiving such prohibition is important to the national security interests of the United States.

On April 11, the Middle East Quartet called on foreign donors to deliver promised aid to the Palestinians while urging Israelis and Palestinians to build trust to revive peace talks.
Posted by: Steve White || 04/28/2012 00:00 || Comments || Link || E-Mail|| [221 views] Top|| File under:

#1  In signing the waiver, Obama instructed Clinton to inform Congress of the move, on the grounds that "waiving such prohibition is important to the national security interests of the United States."

Hopefully in November he will be "informed" that his services are no longer needed!
Posted by: Besoeker || 04/28/2012 7:14 Comments || Top||

Southeast Asia
Assistant village leader gunned down in southern Thailand
An assistant village leader was gunned down yesterday in a drive-by shooting on the road in Narathiwat province. Piak Chuenban, 40, was found dead by his motorcycle after being shot by a terrorist gunman riding pillion on the Pa Phai-Cho Airong road.

Earlier the victim, carrying a rifle and a 9 mm pistol, had driven his motorcycle from his home to go hunting in a nearby forest. He was followed by two terrorists men on a motorcycle who shot at him with an assault rifle. One of the terrorists attackers took one of Piak's guns after shooting him and fled.

Police found 10 spent cartridges near Piak's body.

In Pattani province, about 300 police and military officers raided a private Islamic school. Authorities suspected the school was being used as a weapons storehouse by terrorists insurgents.

Meanwhile, deputy national police chief Suwat Chanitthikun paid a visit to the Southern Border Provinces Operation Center in Yala province yesterday to discuss security issues with local authorities. Pol Gen Suwat ordered them to tighten security to prevent terrorists insurgents from committing atrocities to coincide with the 8th anniversary of the Krue Se mosque massacre in Pattani tomorrow.
Posted by: ryuge || 04/28/2012 00:00 || Comments || Link || E-Mail|| [550 views] Top|| File under: Thai Insurgency

Lebanese Navy Seizes Ship with Suspected Arms for Syria Rebels
[An Nahar] The Lebanese navy intercepted a ship on Friday suspected of carrying weapons destined for Syria's rebel army, a security official told Agence La Belle France Presse.

The vessel "Lutfallah II" was stopped by the navy off Leb's northern coast and towed to a port near the city of Batroun.

An army front man would only say that a ship was being searched. He would not elaborate or say whether any weapons were found.

News reports said the ship was coming from the Egyptian port of Alexandria and was headed to the Lebanese coastal city of Tripoli
...a confusing city, one end of thich is located in Lebanon and the other end of which is the capital of Libya. Its chief distinction is being mentioned in the Marine Hymn...
Al-Manar television also reported that the ship had sailed from Alexandria in Egypt and that it had been headed to Tripoli in northern Leb. It said that it was shipping three containers loaded with weapons.

...back at the desert island, Bert was realizing to his horror that he'd had only one bottle for one message, and he'd forgotten to include a return address...
Leb's state-run television Tele Liban reported that the ship had first sailed from Libya ahead of arriving at Alexandria and that it is owned by Syrian national Mohammed Khafaja.

Tele Liban said shipping agent Ahmed Bernard was incarcerated without mentioning the identity of his imprisoners. The TV network said the ship sailed from Libya under the guise of carrying engines and oils.
Posted by: Fred || 04/28/2012 00:00 || Comments || Link || E-Mail|| [548 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Syria

Bombings rock Damascus as doubts grow over success of UN peace plan
We are all shocked, I'm sure.
[Daily Nation (Kenya)] A deadly suicide kaboom rocked the Syrian capital on Friday, capping a week of non-stop violence that has killed dozens and fuelled growing scepticism about hopes for the success of a UN-backed peace plan.

Amid the unrest, demonstrations were taking place after weekly Moslem prayers in flashpoint cities such as Hama, where shelling by government troops has reportedly killed more than 100 people since Monday.

The kaboom shook Damascus
...The City of Jasmin is the oldest continuously-inhabited city in the world. It has not always been inhabited by the same set of fascisti...
' central district of Midan, killing at least seven and wounding 20, state television
... and if you can't believe state television who can you believe?
said, with civilians and security force members among the casualties.

It blamed "terrorists," the term used by the regime of Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir Pencilneck al-Assad
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A separate blast hit an industrial zone of Damascus, but there were no reports of casualties, and three security agents were maimed in a blast in the coastal city of Banias, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.

Assad's regime has repeatedly blamed "armed terrorist groups" for the violence, and for failing to abide by a putative ceasefire that went into force on April 12.

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#1  It blamed terrorists, the term used by the regime of President Bashar al-Assad to refer to rebels.

Rebels my ass! And no it wasnt activists either. For a political end police and civilians were targeted by a suicide bomber. The motivation was to instill fear. That is the most basic and universally accepted definition of the term terrorists.
Posted by: DepotGuy || 04/28/2012 9:23 Comments || Top||

#2  "UN peace plan"

Now there's an oxymoron.

With the emphasis on the moron.
Posted by: Barbara || 04/28/2012 15:22 Comments || Top||

Nine dead in Damascus suicide bomb
BEIRUT: A suicide bomber killed nine people and wounded 20 outside a central Damascus mosque on Friday, Syrian state television said, in another blow to a peace plan that the United Nations says President Bashar Assad has failed to honor.

The blast ripped through worshippers at the Zain Al-Abideen mosque, which was under heavy security for Friday prayers, often a launchpad for anti-Assad protests, opposition activists said. State media said security officials were among the wounded.

We had been trying to go pray in the area but they stopped us at a checkpoint. Security werent letting us in because there are usually protests there, one anti-Assad activist told Reuters in neighboring Lebanon.

Then we heard the blast. It was so loud and then ambulances came rushing past us, the activist added. I could see a few body parts and pieces of flesh on the road. The front of a restaurant looked destroyed. People were screaming.

State television showed images of blackened flesh and a mangled hand lying on a motorway underpass as soldiers and police cleared the area to make way for ambulance crews.

A resident who spoke to security officials at the scene said a man had approached soldiers near the mosque and detonated a bomb belt when challenged. There was no immediate claim of responsibility.

Earlier, a loud blast was heard in the capitals al Sinaa district near a garage used by government buses and pro-Assad militiamen tasked with preventing demonstrations.

Shopkeepers said the first blast hit a black Mercedes, which caught fire. The driver was wounded but no one else was hurt.
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#1  Well, where do you think "Palestinians" came from in the first place?
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yesterday, ahem, ward and i were driving westbound on Hurontario street, we get to the lites and i see this old dude in his maroon ford escort LX (license plate 043 PCA), hunched over the steering wheel and gaping at a porn Mag. ok i think i can deal with that but what i could not deal with was the fact that he had his mirror angled down to his crotch – his dick was out and his shoulders were going up and down up and down up and down. the lite turns green and he putters off, still jerkin’ it and driving quite sloppily. at the next set of red lites he looks around and catches ward and i glancing at him thru the corner of our eyes. he figgers we’re not on to him so he keeps bobbing up and down and now the pornMag is in his lap and he is still jerkin’ it! he even hada box of tissues on his dash. holyffuk. i was so close to reporting this dirty senile ole guy. instead, ward and i followed him for 20 minnits, he tried to lose us but we kept up. then all of a sudden he zips up and angles his mirror so he is making eye-contact with me – at first all his bobbing led me to believe he was retarded as well, turns out he was peeking glances at me with his tongue hanging out. With that, we gave up on him.

sick. if he was a hunk i’d be less grossed-out by it, too bad he was older-than-ffuk and ugly-as-sin…though, he’s still a jerkoff. (ok i admit, that was lame)

and now for something completely different………

circumcised dinks are better cuz they are cleaner and prettier to look at and easier to play with. guys with uncircumcized pricks are so vain and get all huffy when yer not givin’ them head the “right” way, you have to overlap some of the skin over the head each time u bob up and down, it gets to be annoying. Also, uncircumcized dinks smell dirty too……..there’s nothing worse than an ugly smelly dick.

i apologize for all those who have uncircumcized dinks. if yers is clean and unsmelly then it’s ok, i should’nae generalize like i did. some aren’t so bad looking and there are lotsa ugly circumcized weiners out there.

so i get this silly link sent to me from my buddy in australia

go to http://www.zombo.com

ok i say to myself, why not

You can Do AnYthiNg at ZomBoCom, the unaTTainable is UnkNown at Zombocom, the only limit is yourself at zombocom, this is zomboCom and welcome to you who have come to zomBoCom the infinite is poSSible at zomboCoM

if you like the sound of a sooooooothing, cheesy, german dude trying to hypnotise ya, go to zomBoCom

if you wait long enuff a link appears and you can sign up for a mysterious NewZletter – hey, maybe it will be from mr.Zombo himself! i signed up, unknownst of what’s to come. so i wait, twiddling my thumbs, in the hopes of an inspiring message from ZomBo

Ok so i’m back and i’m baaaaaaaaad

you may have noticed sum technical difficulties, servers switching and what-not. baaaah.

i think i’m addicted to lip baLm, actually, i KNOw i’m addicted to this shit. Every 5 minutes i smear on some more. WHY why WhywhywhyWHY??do u think i need help? I heard there’s actually a term for it, one of those long, stupid phobia-type names for people who are addicted to lipChap. This one dude would re-apply it every hour on the hour, even setting his alarm to wake his ass outta bed to put sum more on. As of yet, i’m not that bad. I do have an addictive personality however, so i wouldn’t be surprised if i went downHill and craaaaazy as shit over LipBaLm

the other day i did the stand-up tanning thing, you know, when you gotta stand there and hold the sweaty straps, the fan blasting up yer cootch and in yer face and you get these silly goggles….anyhow, i’m wearing myself a purple pair with this totally warped-out elastik strap, so i am trying to tighten it, it flicks off and the thing falls to my feet. now, with my eyes closed, cuz i’m all paranoid, don’ t wanna risk sun spots and have my retinas burned-to-shit – i am trying half-assedly to piece this thing back together. No luck, it’s hopeless. i squinted my eyes so titely, when the 8 minutes were up, the sunLamps turn off, it took for fucking ever for my eyes to adjust to natural lighting. i stumble and fumble around for a bit, trying to get my shit together, i fuckin’ put my underwear on inside-out, and didn’t realize until 3 hours later, when i went to the can.

hmmm, what else can i tell you…

oh yeh, there seems to be a cupple guys stalking me as of late, but i won’t say much about ‘em, they drop into my blog from time-to-time. wouldn’t wanna piss ‘em off and have them follow me home and then fuck my dead body in the back of their pedophiliac vans. it’s kinda spooky, i admit. my coffees are pre-paid for sat’day mornings though, from the mysterious dude(s).

i spilled beer all over myself thurs’nite, i was making a valid statement, sumwun knocks my elbow causing the frikkin’ brew to just dump itself all over my crotch. however, the sad thing about it, i try to re-enact what happened to my friend who was in the toilet at the time and missed the whole event, whilst doing so, i spill beer all over myself again

i’m cut off….

i fell up the stairs today and i hurt my big toe.

my face looks ghastly pale in this shot. meh.

hey boys……

i recommended to this dude last nite he buy this push-fertilizer spreader rather than the hand-held spreader cuz he could drink a beer whilst pushing at the same time, whereas with the handheld, you must solely spread the fertilizer and u can’t hold a beer.

i am master of the art of customer service

little did the guy know, i assembled that push spreader the previous day, and i accidentally put the wheels on backwards, so johnny and i wedged the axle between two skids and took the better part of an hour running at it and trying to kick off this stupid wingNut. it was ridikulous. if he ever looks at the underside of the damn contraption, he’ll notice many a scratch and scrape a la Raymi. at first, the instructions i was using blew away when i left to go help a customer. so then i used the french set of instructions but then THEY blew away when i was trying to kick off the wheel i put on backwards. then i was doomed to put it together with no guide but johnny, the king of lazy stoners, standing there laughing at me.

“ok. whats hotter?”

a girl who can roll a nice joint and smoke with theboys while keepin chill as well as bein entertaining

a hot girl with big tits who wears a mini skirt at all times but is dumb as shit and doesnt smoke dope cause it makes her tired???

this is what RayMi thinks

the girl who is smart and can roll is better becuz she is most likely the better lay. hot girls just lay there like cold fishes cuz they think their hot/dumbness is enuff to get ‘em by. the girl who rolls joints is cuter and friskier cuz she’ll wrestle with you in her cute boy clothes and jump into a pool with you fully-clothed and then she’s all wet and hyper and ready to go. the “hot” girl is annoying and high-maintenance and a pain to be around cuz all she talks about is her clothes and what such-and-such is up to and she probilly never shaves her snatchHair. ew. the rolling-joint girl will let you show her your boner and will let you look at her pussy when she’s all baked and will sleep over with you and cuddle. the “hot”girl has to go home early to get her beauty rest and she is uncomfortable in her high heels and short skirt sitting cross-legged at the bush party and she can’t run and jump around with the rest of the boys, she has to stand there with her arms-crossed, sober as a stone and sighing. she is also a bitch and manipulates the dorkiest, loser of the bunch into driving her home.

the girl who rolls yer joints has the potential to be drop-dead-gorgeous when the time calls for it and u’ll want her more, kuz when you hang with sumwun who is a hottie and they look and dress like a hottie all the time, you are de-sensitized to it and eventually, they are not hot anymore. you are more appreciative of the rolling-joint-girl and her hotness when she gets all dressed-up and u eagerly run to hump and hug her cuz she’ll let you, the hot girl won’t let you kuz she has to be an open-card to all you boyz, cuz you must all like her and if it appears she likes one of you over the other than she is a failure and must branch-off to another group where she can hold u all in the palm of her hand. once you see the “hot” girl all dressed-down and casual like the rolling-joint girl, she looks out of place and still has her cake-face make up on and looks like a clown in sweatpants, all name-brand and squeaky clean.


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Last Sunday was the final Tampa Bay Rays game of the 2009 season. It is funny, but for some reason this years just seemed to fly by, and was over way to soon for some of us sitting in the stands. Not sure why it felt that way unless the extra time last season marching onto the World Series just made 2008 seem almost three months longer. But unfortunately, we are at that time where bags are packed and boxes are sent to other locations so members of the team can get some needed R&R before starting it all over again in 2010.

And because of that extra time playing the game they love, some of the Rays had an abbreviated off season in 2009 because of other activities, such as participation in the World Baseball Classic, or several Rays players went to Winter Ball in 2008 and had only about 3 1/2 months to themselves and to individually train before they had to reporting to Port Charlotte, Florida for their first Spring Training away from St. Petersburg.

So on that last day of the season, I decided to ask a few of the Rays if they had any special plans or goals for this off season. And I have to admit, that one of the “vacation” suggestions makes me hunger to maybe hide somewhere in their luggage, just pop a few air holes in the bag for me please! But there also seemed to be another angle coming up in a lot of their conversations. The talk of just total rest and relaxation without the stress or pressure of the white round ball.

It seemed that so many of them just wanted to just “chill and relax” after the rush and the extent of the 2008 playoff season. And still others have a few life changing moments coming fast on the horizon and needed to make some last minute adjustments before getting on with their lives. Then there was a small group who might be facing that decision about their careers, and if they still want to don a uniform in 2010 for any team.

A total of three members of the Rays Bullpen will be getting married this off season, two players and Scott Cursi, the Rays Bullpen catcher who will finally marry his sweetheart of five years in November 2009.  It is funny, it is just like yesterday that I met Cursi and his bride-to-be, who used to work for the Rays and is now working in partnership with Rays Manager Joe Maddon’s wife, Jaye in a concierge service for people on the go, like the Rays players and their families.

I pulled it out of Cursi that they are going to  have their romantic and exotic honeymoon on St Lucie’s Island at the all inclusive Sandals resort, and both should come back with a beautiful Fall tan. But then we  also have a former members of the Rays Bullpen crew going down the aisle soon in ex-Ray Jason Hammel, who will be getting married this off season in St. Petersburg, Florida in the striking Renaissance Vinoy resort right on the waters of Tampa Bay.

Rays reliever Grant Balfour will be the first to be strolling down the aisle this off season, and the Aussie is not planning any additional triathlete competitions this off season, but is just going to enjoy the time off this year. Rays closer Du Jour J P Howell will also be closing the deal with his bride-to-be also this Fall, and then plans to just be “The Dude” until it is time again to report to Spring Training camp. Congratulations to both guys and their brides, and I wish all of you all the luck in the world and a total boat of happiness as you begin your lives together.

Neither of them would tell me where they plan to honeymoon, but that is okay, because one veteran member of the Rays Bullpen might have them beat totally  just on the romance factor anyways. Rays reliever Dan Wheeler and his wife will be taking a beautiful  European adventure to Italy, with stops in Rome, Florence and Venice on the agenda. Hopefully while he is on his Italian adventure, Wheeler might see the lone Rays cap that Rays Manager Joe Maddon saw in 2008 in an Italian train station.

I have to say, this might be the one I want to see pictures of when he gets home (I wish!).  Just the idea of getting out of the country like Cursi and Wheeler sounds like the perfect way to get some isolation and some peace to again get ready for another 6 months plus grind in 2010. And that is one of the great advantages of having a job that is not 9-5, for 12 months out of the year. Plans can be made, and special events planned without a hitch. Wish some days we could all live like that.

But several members of the Rays roster will not have that luxury of world travel and no commitments. Some  of the Rays are committed to going to play Winter ball in exotic locales. This additional work should show the Rays brass that they are vital pieces needed by the team, and also get some great prep and conditioning work before they report to Spring Training in February. Justin Ruggiano, who was at Durham Bulls for all of the 2009 season will be heading to Venezuela, while Shawn Riggans will be heading to Puerto Rico for Winter ball.

Also scheduled to go to Winter ball, but he doesn’t know his location yet is outfielder Fernando Perez, who was out most of the season with a bum wrist.  This actually might be a great thing for Perez to not only get some work in at the plate, but to get some flexibility in his wrist so he is not a question mark in the Spring. This upcoming season might be his time to shine, or he might find himself somewhere else soon manning the outfield for another team. There might be others from the Rays roster also going to Winter ball, but that list has not be released to the public yet.

But then there are guys like reliever Randy Choate who participated in Winter ball last season and will just  wants to sit back and relax this season. Jeff Bennett, who came to the Rays late in the season, is planning to remain in the Tampa Bay area for a while this off season to work on his conditioning before going back to Tennessee and working out and gaining more strength and endurance after his injury in 2009 while he was with the Atlanta Braves..

While Bennett might be sweating and working out, two members of the Rays might be hanging up their cleats for good this off season. Veteran Russ Springer has been playing baseball for a long time, and made his Major League debut back in 1992. Springer has been considering retiring this off season to spend more time with his family and to pursue some of his other interests in life.

Springer is also looking forward with more time playing and enjoying his young son, who has autism and just be there  to spend quality time with him. But you can bet that there will be more than one opportunity for him to put his coondog in the truck and maybe meet up with fellow Rays teammate Chad Bradford and go  duck or deer hunting this off season. Both men value their country roots, and they both developed a great kinship this season around outdoor sports.

You could see that this bond should hold firm as both men live in the off season back in the Alabama-Louisiana area. But Bradford, who is also considering retiring to spend more time with his newborn, and the rest of his family, might have a Hollywood role in his future. And his addition to the silver screen might be delayed right now due to some script re-writes, but because of his time with the Oakland Athletic earlier in his career, the role would be a new adventure for Bradford.

There were rumors earlier in 2008 that when the movie “Moneyball” finally goes into full scale production, Bradford might be able to play himself in the movie. At that time it was not known if he would have the time  during the season for such an adventure. It would be a great opportunity for Bradford, who reminds me of actor John Ashton, who played Sergeant Taggert in the “Beverly Hills Cop” trio to get some quality time on the silver screen.

But Bullpen guys like Brain Shouse and Lance Cormier are just going to take it day-by-day and just enjoy the time to relax, spend time with family and to heal up before reporting again in February. But there is one member of the Rays family group who might be going a  hundred miles-an-hour during this off-season. Todd Kalas, who does the Rays television broadcast in various positions, will be working hard this off season involving himself with University of South Florida basketball and helping to host some of the Tampa Bay Lightning pre and post game shows.

Also heavy on Kalas agenda will be working with FSN Florida to do the Sunbelt Conference “Games of the Week” during the football and basketball seasons. So as you can see, there will be plenty of great stories and awesome pictures to be passed around when the Rays report after the second Saturday in February 2010.

But this year there will be no precursors of World Baseball Classic or even the usual smatterings of International games for players to have to report early this season to their teams. It might be one of the first years in the last several seasons that everyone on the Rays roster will come into the season with a vigor and vitality to again make some noise in the American League East. And maybe this off season is the time for the team to regroup and intensify their energies to again challenge for the top spot in the American League.

And  a few of you asked what I might be doing this off-season at the last game. Well, hopefully I will be going out to Seattle, Washington and completing the inside of my old retirement abode out on Whitbney Island near the city of Coupville that I originally started work on in 2007. Then after it is completed, let my cousins live in it until I am ready to “Go West old man” maybe in about 5 seasons.

So hopefully you also have something exciting planned this off-season. Maybe a snow skiing trip, a quest to go back to school, or maybe even a jaunt down into the Carribean to watch baseball this Winter. Whatever it is, stay safe and remember, if you have a great adventure, this is the place to tell all of us about it……….I know I would love to read about it!

If only the snow fell in Florida.. I am sure the players would have fun – especially Longo. : ) Great post Cliff… as always.

Congrats to all the players and staff who are getting married! After the hustle and stress of the season, it must be great for the players to be able to spend time with their families.

It has actually snowed here in St. Petersburg, Florida twice while I have been alive. Once while I was in High School, then about 1990 I think.
Snow is not a big thing, I lived in Boyertown, Pa for a Winter, and has Florida tags on my car.
Funny how people used to try and stay away from my car….

Rays Renegade

Yeah, I will not be able to attend any of them, but i also wish them more than luck and prosperity in their lives together.
Been there………Done that myself, and still love the idea of a wedding.
More than a few of them have little ones between being newborns or 2 years old, so this off season might be the first time they can be kids again too in playing and jusat hanging out with the little ones.

Rays Renegade

I think 2010 will be the make-or-break season for the Rays. If they don’t finish near the top of the AL East, I could see this team disintegrating back to their pre-2008 form. Hope that doesn’t happen, but, unless they wanna go out and spend in competition with the Yanks/RedSox, it’s going to.

Cliff – I read your comment about living in Boyertown, Pa. I actually live sorta close to there and have played a baseball team from there. :) Amazing how this world is isn’t it?

Ted, the winter after my daughter was born her mother’s relatives lived in Boyertown and Bally, Pa., so I took the time to go up there and meet them and spend the snowbound months.
But the minute the weather broke around March, I was out of there like a jackrabbit.
It is a smaller world then we imagine some days.

Rays Renegade

I hope all the weddings are wonderful, and all the best to each of them!
The offseason is family time indeed. I hope they enjoy each moment!

I would think that the women involved in this spectacular have it all under control.
I got to meet Grant Balfour’s bride-to-be at the Gameworks party, and she is just as athletic as he is.
She is an triathleete, and can dance like a champ on “Dance, Dance Revolution.
Well, she beat the daylights out of Randy Choate and Matt Garza.
I also only wish the best for all three guys, and their beautiful brides.

Rays Renegade

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Reality Steve Makes Mistake On The Bachelorette’s Final Three Guys

July 02, 2013 12:16 PM by Lisa Princ

If you are as addicted to the The Bachelorette as we are, you are also likely hooked on the spoilers, usually accurately revealed by the spoiler king himself, Reality Steve. However, Steve Carbone recently revealed on his website there was a mistake when he dished out the juicy details about Desiree Hartsock‘s final three guys. Details (and spoilers) inside!

Reality Steve has a pretty accurate track record when it comes to spoiling the Bachelor and Bachelorette shows. However, even the spoiler king himself can make a mistake, right? Okay, so it wasn’t actually Steve who made the mistake, but there was a mix up of information exchanged. No worries though because Reality Steve has taken to his website to clear it all up – and we’ve got the information to pass along.

Previously, Steve said that Brooks Forester, Zak Waddell, and Chris Siegfried would be the three men moving on to the final three. His sources said that Drew Kenney would be the man heading home before the overnight dates, but according to Steve, his source was mixed up. It’s actually Zak that gets sent home before the overnight dates, and Drew makes it into the final three. It doesn’t really matter much though, because it will be Chris and Brooks in the finale, and we all know how that is going to go!

In case you may have missed the spoiler about who Des actually chooses, feel free to check it out here!

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  1. In LA Says:
    July 6th, 2013 at 1:38 pm

    This season of Bachelorette appears to be moving along briskly, more so than previous seasons.

    However, the scripted elements and the staged dramatics always play out in the exact same manner, almost nearly word for word. One could literally create a chart, according each episode, that would apply to every season of the show. The formula has become stale and predictable.

    Moreover, the courtship of said couple does not last because they have little in common and thus the relationship is not realistic, nor sustainable.

    For this reason, a new producer/production company for the show is clearly needed that can provide a fresh, modern perspective on dating in the 21st Century.

  2. Ellen A. Bell Says:
    July 9th, 2013 at 3:00 pm

    In the promo that’s starts with Chris and Desiree in the heli-
    Copter she says she wants a man who will never give up. When
    It shows her and drew on the beach when you first hear her voice
    Her lips aren’t moving. So who is she saying those words to?
    Brooks? When she is sitting on the dock she says she always
    Loved the wrong people and doesn’t want to love anyone who
    Doesn’t love her the same. Does she mean brooks? Hope I’m
    Wrong and brooks gets the final rose.

  3. Ellen A. Bell Says:
    July 9th, 2013 at 4:47 pm

    In promo brooks has his face in his hands you can see his fingers
    Really well. I think those same fingers are holding the ring notice
    Blue sleeve. In final rose ceremony Chris is wearing white shirt

  4. Susan Sweeney Says:
    July 12th, 2013 at 8:34 am

    Brooks proposed to her in May…it’s a done deal & I’m thrilled with her choice. For me…either Brooks or Drew were running a close race – happy with her decision!!

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  • Calories: 385.2
  • Total Fat: 8.1 g
  • Cholesterol: 40.0 mg
  • Sodium: 1,626.5 mg
  • Total Carbs: 52.5 g
  • Dietary Fiber: 3.2 g
  • Protein: 24.7 g

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Very tasty soup that fills you like a meal. Very tasty soup that fills you like a meal.
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    Corned beef loaf, jellied, 1 Can
    Great Value Manzanilla Green Olives (Pimiento Stuffed ) 5 Olives, 4 serving
    Onions, raw, 1 small-chopped
    Garlic, 1 clove
    *Goya Sazon con culantro y achiote (orange box), 2 Packets
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Fill large pot with water, add tomato sauce, corned beef, chopped onions, chopped garlic, and sazon seasoning and bring to a boil, let cook about 15 minutes over medium heat.

Add olives and potatoes and let cook on medium low heat for about 30 minutes

While soup is simmering cook rice.

Once soup and rice is complete let the soup cool for about 5 minutes as it will be very hot.

Spoon cup of soup over half a cup of rice.

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    Granulated Sugar, 2 tbsp
    Lime Juice, .25 cup
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    Water, tap, 1 cup (8 fl oz)
    Salt, 1 tbsp
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chop pepper and onions. open cans, measure paste, peel garlic cloves, and get a bay leaf. Toss everything in a pot and simmer for 20 minutes or as long as you can stand it.

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    1 1b. ground venison
    1 cup chopped onions
    1 cup sliced carrots
    1/2 cup chopped green or red pepper
    1 cup diced potatoes
    2 cups tomato sauce
    1 1/2 tsp. salt
    1 tsp. seasoned salt
    1/4 tsp. pepper
    1/4 cup all-purpose flour
    4 cups milk
    Garlic powder to taste

In a large saucepan, brown meat; add onions and cook until transparent. Stir in carrots, green pepper, potatoes, tomato sauce, satl, seasoned salt and pepper. Add enough water to barely cover vegetables. Cover and cook over low heat until vegetables are tender. Combine flour with 1 cup milk. Stir intoj soup. Boil until thickened. Add remaining milk, stirring frequently. Sprinkle with a little garlic powder, if desired. Heat through, but do not boil. Serve with corn bread. Makes 10 1 cup servings.

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The Ace of Cups - It's Bad for You But Buy It! (Big Beat, 2003)

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I first became aware of this all-woman Haight-Ashbury band sometime in high school when I was going through my first of many Jefferson Airplane phases. The Ace of Cups was credited with providing backing vocals on Volunteers, and, partially due to my additional interest in the occult, the Tarot-derived name stayed with me. As a college student in the early 1990s when my tastes in Bay Area psychedelic rock groups became more intense, I began noticing the frequency with which their name appeared on period concert posters as well as wondering why they never got signed to a record label. Then, about ten years later, the good people at Big Beat, in typically thorough fashion, compiled this authoritative Ace of Cups anthology with material that most people never even knew existed. Although it took a little while for me to warm to it, It's Bad for You But Buy It! conclusively shows that this outfit was not just some gimmicky countercultural girl group but instead a deserving member of San Francisco's 1960s rock pantheon.

The Ace of Cups coalesced in similar fashion to many other contemporary Bay Area aggregations and included musicians whose diverse backgrounds all contributed to their recognizably regional but nonetheless unique sound. The concept for this exclusively female group originated with bassist and early Haight-Ashbury scenestress Mary Gannon, whose first recruits were keyboard player Marla Hunt and guitarist Mary Ellen Simpson, both of whom she met through mutual acquaintances. She then encountered percussionist Diane Vitalich practicing drums during a visit to a commune and immediately persuaded her to join in the ranks. Simpson was an associate of Blue Cheer, and it was during a jam at their house on New Years Eve 1967 that she crossed paths with Denise Kaufman, whose curiosity was piqued by the former's involvement with a band comprised entirely of women. Kaufman already possessed an impressive countercultural resume resulting from her "Mary Microgram" days with Ken Kesey's Merry Pranksters, involvement with proto-Moby Grape band Luminous Marsh Gas, and stint in a hospital psychiatric ward among other things. Although primarily known by other musicians for her blueswailing harmonica work, she soon joined the Ace of Cups and for the most part functioned as a second guitarist while also seeming to provide the missing element that completed the band. Ron Polte, Quicksilver Messenger Service's manager, handled the group's business affairs and often got the ladies to perform as the opening act at gigs headlined by his better-known client. As with Quicksilver, he took a very cautious approach in dealing with record labels and held out for a more musician-friendly contract that, in retrospect, was an unrealistic expectation. The end result was that the Ace of Cups never had the opportunity to do an LP or even a 45.

Nevertheless, many of their live performances were professionally recorded, much to the benefit of those with an interest in all things 1960s Haight-Ashbury. A significant number of tracks on It's Bad for You But Buy It!, therefore, come from appearances at various Bay Area venues, which some people might find preferable given the high regard given to concerts from the era. I'll stand by my opinion presented in the review of Love Is the Song We Sing (which features one of the songs included here) that the Ace of Cups were better in theory than in practice since this CD consists of music that is usually good but seldom great. One can hear many interesting stylistic elements floating around in the songs that unfortunately don't always gel, a problem that perhaps could have been overcome if the band had the opportunity to spend time in a recording studio and refine their approach by working with a sympathetic producer. The booklet notes astutely point out that the group was comprised of musicians who were competent but not virtuosos, so those expecting epic psychedelic guitar improvisations along the lines of John Cipollina or Jorma Kaukonen might be disappointed. The Ace of Cups' true strengths lie with their ragged-but-still-lovely hippie girl vocals (individual or harmony) and non-traditional approach to song structure, which doesn't always work but remains commendable all the same. The a cappella "Music" displays their singing talents right off the bat, while "Boy What'll You Do Then" represents an abrupt turn into garage 45 territory circa 1965 by Kaufman and Berkeley high school band the Answer (but credited to "Denise & Company"). "Glue" neatly displays the outfit's strengths and weaknesses. In spite of the song's agreeable melody, that spoken-word part in the middle is a little awkward, don't you think? "Taste of One" marks a return to vocal prettiness, whereas the tough "Stones" rocks out admirably in a fashion somewhere between the Great Society and early QMS, and the same can be said of "Waller Street Blues" and "Circles." "Looking for My Man" finds the Ace of Cups at their most inspired and balances soul-and-rhythm-and-blues-inspired singing alongside nicely-executed instrumental passages, with "Pretty Boy," a cover of "I Wanna Testify," "Gospel Song," and "Catch You Later" all more or less being in the same vein. An interpretation of Mongo Santamaria's "Afro Blue" as well the originals "Simplicity" and "Medley: Life in Your Hands/Thelina" (a tribute to the birth of Gannon's daughter) provide evidence that the ladies were capable of stretching out, albeit sometimes more successfully than others. The sparsely-arranged "Hear Every Sound" concludes the CD on a note that unfortunately presages the sound of early-1970s female singer-songwriters, although it does feature the typically superb vocals that were the Ace of Cups' calling card.

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2. Boy, What'll You Do Then - Denise & Company
3. Glue
4. Taste of One
5. Stones
6. Looking for My Man
7. Afro Blue
8. Pretty Boy
9. Waller Street Blues
10. I Wanna Testify
11. Gospel Song
12. Circles
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My late MIL had a recipe for everything! Her meat tenderizer is delicious on everything from flank steak to chuck roast. Enjoy!

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  2. Pour marinade into bag and zip.
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Tuesday, March 13, 2012

Then and Now: Westminster University and Loretto Heights University

Coming home, southbound on US287, this past Sunday.  I spied several old time buildings along this somewhat frenzied with traffic but otherwise scenic highway.

One that stood almost alone on a hill caught my eye and I detoured from motoring towards home to get a closer look at it.  Turns out to be originally the Westminster University building from the turn of the last century!  A great stone building with dramatic architectural touches that are pleasing to the eye.

Westminster University
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Once was Westminster University
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Pillar of Fire - DPL Call # Z-1084
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From DPL:  Panoramic view of Westminster University of Colorado in Westminster (later a Pillar of Fire Church preparatory school and Belleview College) in Adams County, Colorado.

The above building is located next to Federal Boulevard, aka US287 and the intersection with 82nd Avenue.  You can get a nice view of downtown Denver from this hilltop location:

Denver's Downtown Skyline

Further South on Federal Boulevard, one can see Loretto Heights University building, aka Colorado Heights University.  The below picture is circa 1893-1935, more information is available by clicking the link below the photo from the Denver Public Library:

Loretto Heights University
DPL Call #MCC-3521

I love how folks have managed to preserve these old buildings from Denver's early days.  They seem to be in full use today and hopefully will be around for generations to come.

Mike Spille said...

Hi Dom. I see you were in my neighborhood. I would like to meet up sometime and discuss bikes and work stuff. I have a triumph scrambler that would great with a side car!

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Hi Mike, good to hear from you. I've managed to lose your email though, sorry.

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Redoing Franchise Players

Winging It in Motown recently did a list of their top-ten franchise builders for next season (e.g. if you did a fantasy draft in NHL 11, starting a team from scratch, just for 2010-2011, who would you take?). I thought it was overthought as well. Sometimes, there's no need to stray from conventional wisdom because, quite simply, it's almost irrefutable. There's no right or wrong, as it is personal preference (Carolina GM Jim Rutherford for example doesn't use high picks on defensemen, Nashville GM David Poile almost always does), but I find it hard to put Johnathan Toews first, among other things.

Their list. Mine, cost-blind:

  1. Sidney Crosby—he's one of the best two players in the world, easily. He's the one that plays the most important position. End of discussion.

  2. Alex Ovechkin—he's a generational talent at the least important position. Maybe you could but someone else there, but are you really going to pass up the chance to have Alex freakin'-Ovechkin on your team, basically a lock for 50-60 goals and 100+ points? No sir.

  3. Evgeni Malkin—This was the lowest Malkin could have been at the end of last season, but after a relatively poor season Malkin for some people drops lower. I don't mind his inconsistency because he's proven that he can be the guy. That means that his overall production is all that matters, and when you consider that Malkin pretty much had a bad season of over a point per game, and that's the worst he's played his entire career, and that he has potentially 50-goal 120 point upside, then yeah, this is an easy pick.

  4. Nicklas Backstrom—he's getting better each season. He's looking like a future Selke winner with ever-improving a strong defensive game, and his creativity, vision, and skill with the puck in the offensive zone can only be matched by a handful of other forwards. He's calm, hard to knock off the puck, and competitive as well, and consistent too. He's gets a higher slot because of the position he plays.

  5. Duncan Keith—the Norris Trophy winner should get a high spot. Although I thought Green was a little more deserving, Keith gets the highest position from a defenseman because he is a little more versatile, able to eat big minutes on the penalty kill (which Green hasn't proven yet). He could still yet improve as well.

  6. Pavel Datsyuk—if you talk about the best forward in the NHL right now, the only guy that will ever be brought up alongside Crosby, Ovechkin, and Malkin is Datsyuk. Datsyuk, although old relative to the others on this list, is still very very skilled with the puck and thinks quickly. His decision making with the puck and patience is elite, but what really sets him up here despite his poor season in terms of raw numbers in 2009-2010 is his decision making without the puck. Datsyuk won his third straight Selke Trophy as the league's top defensive forward, and although he wasn't used much on the penalty kill, he's already proven himself capable of playing defensive roles, helping to shut down Sidney Crosby in the Stanley Cup Finals in 2008 and 2009 (and Mike Babcock has several other very good two-way forwards to choose from to play “shutdown” roles).

  7. Mike Green—Two time Norris finalist, two back to back point per game seasons, two 70 point seasons before his 25th birthday. Every other player who satisfies that last requirement let alone all three is in the Hall of Fame or named Nicklas Lidstrom or Chris Chelios. Green is a notch above everyone else with the puck in the offensive zone, and defensively vastly underrated (if you pay attention to everything he does, you'll notice that most of the time Green stops the other team's offensive rush by chasing down a puck in the neutral zone itself. That's good defense). Production from the back line and the ability to move the puck up the ice quickly and counterattack is important in today's NHL, and Green excels at those two items. Put him with a defensive defenseman like Shaone Morrisonn, Jeff Schultz, or someone better, and give him power play time, he will shine.

  8. Drew Doughty—Second youngest Norris finalist ever. Behind Robert Orr. Yes, that guy. Doughty has plenty of room to improve, but most of the time he still makes the right decision, and his offensive creativity and ambition could make him better than Green in that regard in the future. But not yet.

  9. Shea Weber—he's somehow still underrated. Weber is versatile as well and brings good vision and a cannon from the point. His skating and physicality in addition to his smarts make him one of the most complete defensemen in the NHL, and he's just entering his prime.

  10. Mike Richards—Toews originally has this spot, but then I did some thinking. Toews is by no means elite offensively, and Richards is a bit better. Richards is an all-world defensive player at even strength, consistently playing shutdown center for Philadelphia, Team Canada, and any other team and excelling at that job. He's also a Selke finalist, which Toews is not. Is Toews' leadership and room for growth enough to unseat Richards? I say no. Toews I feel gets a massive pass for his under-70 point season because of his Olympic MVP performance on a loaded Canada team—one of his checking-linemate was Richards himself!—and his Conn Smythe playoffs performance, which included a disappearing act in the Stanley Cup Finals and good play against a complete “choke” job, for lack of a better phrase, by San Jose, plus classic playoffically unstable Roberto Luongo going cold.
Just missed out: Johnathan Toews, Nicklas Lidstrom, Steven Stamkos, Henrik Sedin, Mikko Koivu

  1. Pretty good list all in all -- a team would be fortunate to have any of the ones you named.

    IMO ranked too high:
    -Backstrom (not by much though)

    Ranked too low:
    -Zetterberg (didn't even make your HMs?)

    Just my thoughts though, like you said everyone's got their own different styles.

  2. Good point on Zetterberg, Hooks. I missed him and definitely would have had him in there, though I'm not a fan of his durability. I'm not high on Toews and Doughty and I'm not sold on Datsyuk anymore.

    I really think 1D is important and I know Keith and Green can play 1D and play in all situations. I don't know if Doughty can yet. He strikes me more as a top pairing guy, but not outstanding enough in any facet to be higher than Green or Keith.


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