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11:25:07 02/09/12
Typical Male Teenager
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It's summer time and my parents are out of town, which means lots of sitting around doing nothing. The songs are 'Gotta get through this' Daniel Beddi
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07:44:42 02/09/12
Outlive Your Life, Part 13: Grace a Lot or Grace Alone
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Part 13 from the Outlive Your Life (formerly Bigger Than You) Series at Oak Hills Church San Antonio. This series takes a walk through Chapters 1-12 of the Acts of the Apostles. “When Jesus was preparing to return to his father, he commissioned his friends to go—to astronomically expand the impact of their lives.%nbsp He called them to action in Acts 1:8;%nbsp to a mission that spanned the globe. “You shall be my witnesses in Jerusalem, Judea, and Samaria and to the ends of the earth.” Our mission is the same today, though our individual areas of impact vary.%nbsp So I invite you to ponder your place in the mission:%nbsp Where is your Jerusalem? Your Judea? Your Samaria?%nbsp Are we reaching “the ends of the earth?”%nbsp Are we being witnesses of Jesus in our towns, our nations, and our world? The world is waiting for the witness and presence of God’s people.%nbsp Billions of people live below the poverty line, millions of children go hungry around the globe, and preventable disease claims thousands of lives daily.%nbsp But we each have the opportunity to make a difference.%nbsp What would happen if we seized the moment?%nbsp ~ Max
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21:12:45 02/07/12
Amy Bezunartea - "Amy's Spring Tune": SXSW 2012 Showcasing Artist
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Amy Bezunartea - "Amy's Spring Tune": SXSW 2012 Showcasing Artist
Amy Bezunartea is a Brooklyn, New York based singer and songwriter whose debut album Restaurants & Bars will be released on Kiam Records on November 2, 2010. Hailing from the American Southwest, Bezunartea grew up in a musical family with a mother who sang and played guitar and a father who sang and played the harmonica. \"My family had Indian jewelry stores and souvenir shops throughout Arizona and New Mexico and we spent a lot of time in the car traveling from store to store,\" Amy commented. \"We listened to 8 tracks - Patsy Cline, Slim Whitman, Loretta Lynn, Sons of the Pioneers - and that\'s how I started singing.\" When she received a guitar for her 13th birthday - the same guitar she writes on today - it was these songs she taught herself to play. It was with this sense of tradition and history that Bezunartea began to write her own songs. In the years that followed, Amy began a series of jobs waiting tables - first in Tucson, then in San Francisco and finally in NYC. Restaurant work became a constant in Bezunartea\'s life as well as in the songs that she was quietly writing. In 2005, Amy met Clint Asay and joined the band Clint Michigan - Amy contributes vocals, guitar, harmonica and banjo. Their debut record Hawthorne to Hennepin was released on Kiam Records in early 2009. The duo garnered rave reviews including a Band of the Week nod from Paste Magazine and a placement for the album\'s title track on Grey\'s Anatomy. Of her involvement in Clint Michigan, Amy ... From: sxsw Views: 34 4 ratings Time: 02:24 More in Entertainment
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21:12:45 02/07/12
Amy Bezunartea - "Amy's Spring Tune": SXSW 2012 Showcasing Artist
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Amy Bezunartea - "Amy's Spring Tune": SXSW 2012 Showcasing Artist
Amy Bezunartea is a Brooklyn, New York based singer and songwriter whose debut album Restaurants & Bars will be released on Kiam Records on November 2, 2010. Hailing from the American Southwest, Bezunartea grew up in a musical family with a mother who sang and played guitar and a father who sang and played the harmonica. \"My family had Indian jewelry stores and souvenir shops throughout Arizona and New Mexico and we spent a lot of time in the car traveling from store to store,\" Amy commented. \"We listened to 8 tracks - Patsy Cline, Slim Whitman, Loretta Lynn, Sons of the Pioneers - and that\'s how I started singing.\" When she received a guitar for her 13th birthday - the same guitar she writes on today - it was these songs she taught herself to play. It was with this sense of tradition and history that Bezunartea began to write her own songs. In the years that followed, Amy began a series of jobs waiting tables - first in Tucson, then in San Francisco and finally in NYC. Restaurant work became a constant in Bezunartea\'s life as well as in the songs that she was quietly writing. In 2005, Amy met Clint Asay and joined the band Clint Michigan - Amy contributes vocals, guitar, harmonica and banjo. Their debut record Hawthorne to Hennepin was released on Kiam Records in early 2009. The duo garnered rave reviews including a Band of the Week nod from Paste Magazine and a placement for the album\'s title track on Grey\'s Anatomy. Of her involvement in Clint Michigan, Amy ... From: sxsw Views: 20 4 ratings Time: 02:24 More in Entertainment
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06:43:07 02/03/12
my son james @ 10yo
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this was in ontario where i had a 100 acre farm with lots of room to play i just wish my camera had a bigger memory card
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06:43:05 02/03/12
OTC 3 Wheeler racing MX at Smith Road Raceway
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Corbin got 3rd in this race He was racing my 85 Honda atc 350x He was racing Smith RoadRaceway in Medina Ohio The track allows 3 wheelers to race every Memorial Day 4th of July and Labor Day The attendance of trikes get s larger every race We have lots of fun and put on one heck of a show Come on out and watch or race us For more information check out 3wheelerworld com Thanks for watching
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18:59:48 02/02/12
"Pro/Con"
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"Pro/Con" 2:39 “Pro/Con” is a song about the light & dark parts inside all of us. I shot the video in Culver City, CA on January 8, 2012 with the help of a lot of talented people, who are listed below. Please share with your friends and help spread the word... If you want more, you can visit http://mrnapkins.com, follow me on Twitter (@zachsherwin), and buy my album on iTunes. I'm a vegan Jew, so please don't take “flavor like provolone and prosciutto” too literally. Credits and lyrics: Beat by Upryz (http://upryz.com) Director/Director of Photography: Jacki Moonves Editor/Effects: Jon Berkas Production Designer: Sam Rhymes Sound: Pon Franco Gaffer: Chris Saulnier Special thanks: Rita Sherwin, Lloyd Ahlquist, Gabe Michael, Rafael Serrano, Flynn Adam, Marc Chester, Atul Singh, Nice Peter, Maker Studios, Alexis Brodey, Ian Brownell, and Heather Goldberg. “PRO/CON” What I want to provide is a bit of context Help you get with the program, bring you on board with the concept Positive vs. negative like a proton-electron contest I just hope that a verse this hot is not gonna make my palms sweat Rap professional comin' atcha from every angle like a protractor Flavor like provolone and prosciutto, written down or freestyled pro bono Rarely profane, not fuelled by propane, I would rather eat rappers to get my protein And I'd proclaim myself pretty proficient at procuring my preferred provisions Profoundly prolific, this MC is; proprietor of fire like Prometheus Ego's as big as my nose is, aka my prodigiously-proportioned proboscis Props to producers spinnin' those records, and b-boys spinnin' like propellers And all my graf writers with paint and propellant? I love 'em man! But on the other hand: Sometimes I lack confidence and as a consequence I can't concentrate My negative thoughts just congregate as I contemplate with consternation My constant content constipation. Writer's block is like confirmation that No concert connoisseur would consider me a star in his consummate-MC constellation. And there's no consolation for my contempt for me. Au contraire: I'm convinced that congested and confounded is what I'm condemned to be. I'm the opposite of conceited. I should have stopped and quit and conceded long ago I'm out of control and I need to confront these demons Everybody has pros and cons, happy and sad emoticons Offs, ons, yesses, nos, yins, yangs, cons, pros Each of us contains a proliferation of contradictions That conspire to promote a profusion of confusion and provoke conniption fits That leave us twitchin' and twisted and with emotional bruisin' Man I'm talking convulsions, also contortions, contusions But I'll proffer this proposal, and convey my conviction That being prone to inner conflict and contention is just the proverbial human condition There is no magic bullet, no projectile that can be conjured All we can do is proceed and continue, lace up our Pro-Keds and Converse No procrastination, gotta go hard like concrete, get proactive Concoct that projection, construct that prototype, make it happen I'm pro-creation, like I was the consequences of promiscuous Conjugal relations that are not protected by condoms, prophylactics, and contraceptives Wide-open palms protruding, proving I'm no con artist I meant every word, prologue to conclusion Title: “Pro/Con.” Artist: Napkins. [prolonged confetti] Submitted by: mrnapkins Regular Keywords: pros cons mc mr mister napkins comedy rap hip hop aggressive bee epic rap battles stephen hawking albert einstein Views: 1,808
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17:46:49 02/02/12
Pro/Con
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“Pro/Con” is a song about the light & dark parts inside all of us. I shot the video in Culver City, CA on January 8, 2012 with the help of a lot of talented people, who are listed below. Please share with your friends and help spread the word...
If you want more, you can visit my website ( mrnapkins.com ), follow me on Twitter (@zachsherwin), and buy my album on iTunes ( bit.ly/xGuJxQ ). I'm a vegan Jew, so please don't take “flavor like provolone and prosciutto” too literally. Credits and lyrics:
Beat by Upryz ( upryz.com )
Director/Director of Photography: Jacki Moonves
Editor/Effects: Jon Berkas
Production Designer: Sam Rhymes
Sound: Pon Franco
Gaffer: Chris Saulnier
Special thanks: Rita Sherwin, Lloyd Ahlquist, Gabe Michael, Rafael Serrano, Flynn Adam, Marc Chester, Atul Singh, Nice Peter, Maker Studios, Alexis Brodey, Ian Brownell, and Heather Goldberg.
Cast: Zach Sherwin
Tags: pro , con , pros , cons , mc , mr , napkins , mister , zach , sherwin , rap , einstein , stephen , hawking , Rapping , Albert , Music , Hip and Hop
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06:08:59 02/02/12
Episode 26 - Socktopus
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This week we talk a lot about what's on my needles and a review of the book socktopus... there is even some new podcasts to talk about!
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04:46:43 02/01/12
Episode 2 :: February 7, 2011
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IN THIS EPISODE: Old Man and Bitter Girl are back with the infamous Dean "The Wanksta" Winkenwerder. In this podcast Tim, Brea, and Dean discuss "Going Green", Dean's theory on how to be a good boyfriend, and Brea's dating preferences. It also includes an interview with Treachery of Other's from Austin, TX. For the full Treachery of Other's interview [click here]. PLAYLIST: ** Fake Shark - Real Zombie - Monday, Tuesday, What the Fuck? Located in Vancouver Canada. Elephant Gun - Wolfeater from the album Beartime Stories Located in Chicago, IL. Toxic Fuse - Set my Soul on Fire from the album Toxic Fuse Located in Victoria, TX. Return to Cinder - Telling from the album Return to Cinder Located in Victoria/Austin, TX. Mathias Issasi - Tears from the album The Mix Tape: Mathias Located in Kingsville, TX. ** Antiseen - Fuck All Ya'll from the album One Live Sonofabitch...And a Hell of a Lot More! Located in Charlotte, NC. Tommy Elskes - Too fat to Fly from the album Live at Gruene Hall Located in Austin, TX. ** 29th Street Disciples - Anthem for a Murder from the album This Shouldn't Be... Located in Denver, Co. ** Beer Drinking Fools - I Wanna Beer from the album Put on Your Drinkin Shows Located in New York, NY. ** Found at musicalley.com. Powered by Mevio.
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08:29:03 01/31/12
This is mine
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En 2011, de Forcalquier à Métabief, des Alpes à l'Atlas : Phil, Aurélien, Tom, Fi, Jean-Luc, Cyril, Kilian, Lucie, Seb, Thomas, Julien, Maurin, pauline, Nicolas, Greg, Jey, Zed, Vrince, Antoine, Théo, Simon, Mathieu, Lucas, Maxime... Ont travaillé les détails, magnifié les spots et donné du sens à mes productions. Grâce à leur engagment devant mes objectifs, j'ai trouvé ma place.
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in 2011, from Forcalquier to Metabief, from Alps to Atlas, a lot of great people worked on details, improved some spots and gave meaning to my movies. Thanks them, I found my seat !
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21:00:11 01/29/12
Newt on This Week: Mitt Can't Tell The Truth, Has A 'Character' Problem
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Now, I'm going to assume that you didn't come in during the third act of Newt's career, and therefore you can appreciate just how funny it is when, on This Week , he's whining to Jake Tapper about how hard it is to pin someone down who will just lie about anything ! >
TAPPER: In many ways, you are where you are because of your debate performances. Last week, you had a couple that were not your strongest, to say the least.
GINGRICH: Yep.
TAPPER: Why do you think that was? What happened?
GINGRICH: I was amazed. I mean, I'm standing next to a guy who is the most blatantly dishonest answers I can remember in any presidential race in -- in my lifetime. And I've seen, I think, every presidential debate -- presidential campaign debate or virtually every one. And, you know, he would say things that were just plain not true.
Look, it's a little bit like yesterday's L.A. Times report. I mean, now it found 23 foreign accounts he never reported until he released his taxes. He would say -- he would say thing after thing after thing that just plain wasn't true.
And I had -- I don't know how you debate a person with civility if they're prepared to say things that are just plain factually false. And that's going to become a key part of this. I think the Republican establishment believes it's OK to say and do virtually anything to stop a genuine insurgency from winning because they are very afraid of losing control of the old order.
We tried a moderate in 1996 for president. He lost. We tried a moderate in 2008 for president. He lost. It's very hard to take Romneycare and Obamacare and have a debate and have the Republican win that debate. You need to have a conservative who is a very big distance away from Obama, because you've got to have the space so that, in fact, you can communicate with the American people.
TAPPER: I want to follow up on some of these comments you're making about Mitt Romney. The race has taken something of a nasty turn. Here's an ad that you are currently running in Florida.
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)
(UNKNOWN): What kind of man would mislead, distort and deceive just to win an election? This man would, Mitt Romney. If we can't trust what Mitt Romney says about his own record, how can we trust him on anything?
(END VIDEO CLIP)
TAPPER: It sounds as if you're saying in that ad, and here this morning, that Mitt Romney is unfit and does not have the character to be president.
GINGRICH: I am saying that he would not be where he is today, the debates this week wouldn't have been where they were, if he had told the truth. And I think that's a very serious problem for somebody. I think that you look at -- again, he's supposedly a great manager, yet he can't explain 23 different foreign accounts that weren't reported. He's a great manager. He can't explain being on the board of directors of the company which got the largest Medicare fine in history for fraud?
Somehow, every time it's bad, he didn't know about it or he wasn't aware about it. He didn't really understand the Planned Parenthood by law, the largest abortion provider in the United States, is in Romneycare? Romneycare literally defines Planned Parenthood in a key -- in a part of the bill. He didn't seem to quite know it.
Every time you turn around, this great manager consistently doesn't understand whatever it is that would have hurt him. And you just have to look back and say, why can't you be candid with the American people? You cannot be president of the United States if you cannot be honest and candid with the American people. And that's compounded, frankly, by a number of the ads he runs, which are just plain false.
TAPPER: So you're saying that he does not have the character to be president of the United States, because he's, in your view, not honest.
GINGRICH: I'm saying it is a very -- it's a -- it is a very serious problem when you have somebody who on item after item after item -- I mean, the clip you had just now, he knows what he said in that clip is not true. I did not resign in disgrace. I did not pay a fine. And, in fact, CNN ran an entire piece recently in which they pointed out that on every single substantive count in the ethics investigation, every single one, that I was vindicated, including vindication by a federal judge, vindication by the Internal Revenue Service, vindication by the Federal Elections Commission . Now, Romney knows that.
(CROSSTALK)
TAPPER: Well, the clip -- the clip...
GINGRICH: So he's run a campaign of vilification.
TAPPER: The clip I just played was actually one of your ads, but let's get to that Romney ad that you're talking about...
GINGRICH: No, no, but I'm talking about the earlier -- I'm talking about -- I'm talking about the clip you showed of him campaigning yesterday.
TAPPER: Oh, OK.
GINGRICH: What he said yesterday, this wasn't true.
TAPPER: There...
GINGRICH: And so at some point, I don't quite -- I don't quite -- to be honest, Jake, I don't quite know how you deal with an opponent, because you want to deal with them with civility, you want to deal with them in a positive way. I want to talk about big issues.
I talked about space this week, which I think is important for the country's future. I talked about housing. I talked about creating jobs. I talked about the record I had working with Ronald Reagan to create jobs and the record I had working with Bill Clinton to create jobs. We talked about welfare reform as the first great entitlement reform.
There are all sorts of positive things. We have a proposal on Social Security which would allow every young American the option of having a personal Social Security account on the model of Galveston, Texas, and the country of Chile. So there are a lot of positive things.
And if you'll notice, when you get outside the zone where Romney carpet-bombs with Wall Street money, and you look at what's happening in the rest of the country, I'm ahead in all three national polls that were released this week. I'm ahead by a big margin, because when you come to positive ideas, I represent real change in Washington, I represent unleashing the spirit of the American people to get us back as a country, rebuilding the country we love. And when we get to a positive idea campaign, I consistently win.
It's only when he can mass money to focus on carpet-bombing with negative ads that he gains any traction at all.
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21:00:11 01/29/12
Newt on This Week: Mitt Can't Tell The Truth, Has A 'Character' Problem
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Now, I'm going to assume that you didn't come in during the third act of Newt's career, and therefore you can appreciate just how funny it is when, on This Week , he's whining to Jake Tapper about how hard it is to pin someone down who will just lie about anything ! >
TAPPER: In many ways, you are where you are because of your debate performances. Last week, you had a couple that were not your strongest, to say the least.
GINGRICH: Yep.
TAPPER: Why do you think that was? What happened?
GINGRICH: I was amazed. I mean, I'm standing next to a guy who is the most blatantly dishonest answers I can remember in any presidential race in -- in my lifetime. And I've seen, I think, every presidential debate -- presidential campaign debate or virtually every one. And, you know, he would say things that were just plain not true.
Look, it's a little bit like yesterday's L.A. Times report. I mean, now it found 23 foreign accounts he never reported until he released his taxes. He would say -- he would say thing after thing after thing that just plain wasn't true.
And I had -- I don't know how you debate a person with civility if they're prepared to say things that are just plain factually false. And that's going to become a key part of this. I think the Republican establishment believes it's OK to say and do virtually anything to stop a genuine insurgency from winning because they are very afraid of losing control of the old order.
We tried a moderate in 1996 for president. He lost. We tried a moderate in 2008 for president. He lost. It's very hard to take Romneycare and Obamacare and have a debate and have the Republican win that debate. You need to have a conservative who is a very big distance away from Obama, because you've got to have the space so that, in fact, you can communicate with the American people.
TAPPER: I want to follow up on some of these comments you're making about Mitt Romney. The race has taken something of a nasty turn. Here's an ad that you are currently running in Florida.
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)
(UNKNOWN): What kind of man would mislead, distort and deceive just to win an election? This man would, Mitt Romney. If we can't trust what Mitt Romney says about his own record, how can we trust him on anything?
(END VIDEO CLIP)
TAPPER: It sounds as if you're saying in that ad, and here this morning, that Mitt Romney is unfit and does not have the character to be president.
GINGRICH: I am saying that he would not be where he is today, the debates this week wouldn't have been where they were, if he had told the truth. And I think that's a very serious problem for somebody. I think that you look at -- again, he's supposedly a great manager, yet he can't explain 23 different foreign accounts that weren't reported. He's a great manager. He can't explain being on the board of directors of the company which got the largest Medicare fine in history for fraud?
Somehow, every time it's bad, he didn't know about it or he wasn't aware about it. He didn't really understand the Planned Parenthood by law, the largest abortion provider in the United States, is in Romneycare? Romneycare literally defines Planned Parenthood in a key -- in a part of the bill. He didn't seem to quite know it.
Every time you turn around, this great manager consistently doesn't understand whatever it is that would have hurt him. And you just have to look back and say, why can't you be candid with the American people? You cannot be president of the United States if you cannot be honest and candid with the American people. And that's compounded, frankly, by a number of the ads he runs, which are just plain false.
TAPPER: So you're saying that he does not have the character to be president of the United States, because he's, in your view, not honest.
GINGRICH: I'm saying it is a very -- it's a -- it is a very serious problem when you have somebody who on item after item after item -- I mean, the clip you had just now, he knows what he said in that clip is not true. I did not resign in disgrace. I did not pay a fine. And, in fact, CNN ran an entire piece recently in which they pointed out that on every single substantive count in the ethics investigation, every single one, that I was vindicated, including vindication by a federal judge, vindication by the Internal Revenue Service, vindication by the Federal Elections Commission . Now, Romney knows that.
(CROSSTALK)
TAPPER: Well, the clip -- the clip...
GINGRICH: So he's run a campaign of vilification.
TAPPER: The clip I just played was actually one of your ads, but let's get to that Romney ad that you're talking about...
GINGRICH: No, no, but I'm talking about the earlier -- I'm talking about -- I'm talking about the clip you showed of him campaigning yesterday.
TAPPER: Oh, OK.
GINGRICH: What he said yesterday, this wasn't true.
TAPPER: There...
GINGRICH: And so at some point, I don't quite -- I don't quite -- to be honest, Jake, I don't quite know how you deal with an opponent, because you want to deal with them with civility, you want to deal with them in a positive way. I want to talk about big issues.
I talked about space this week, which I think is important for the country's future. I talked about housing. I talked about creating jobs. I talked about the record I had working with Ronald Reagan to create jobs and the record I had working with Bill Clinton to create jobs. We talked about welfare reform as the first great entitlement reform.
There are all sorts of positive things. We have a proposal on Social Security which would allow every young American the option of having a personal Social Security account on the model of Galveston, Texas, and the country of Chile. So there are a lot of positive things.
And if you'll notice, when you get outside the zone where Romney carpet-bombs with Wall Street money, and you look at what's happening in the rest of the country, I'm ahead in all three national polls that were released this week. I'm ahead by a big margin, because when you come to positive ideas, I represent real change in Washington, I represent unleashing the spirit of the American people to get us back as a country, rebuilding the country we love. And when we get to a positive idea campaign, I consistently win.
It's only when he can mass money to focus on carpet-bombing with negative ads that he gains any traction at all.
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13:01:15 01/29/12
Adventures with Pinchie (Giant Lobster in Gasp?, Quebec) -- The Tom E Gunn Show -- Episode 38
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Adventures with Pinchie (Giant Lobster in Gasp?, Quebec) -- The Tom E Gunn Show -- Episode 38 Pinchie has to be the biggest lobster I have ever seen, he is an easy two (2) feet long! I never got close enough to him to give you the true scale of him, because lobsters can jump pretty high off the ground, and with claws big enough to wrap around my arm, or break a bone in my hand, or cut a hose on my scuba gear, i wanted to keep my distance from him. I followed him for about fifteen (15) minutes on this dive, and he really taught me a thing or two about lobsters. As well, if you are ever diving and see a critter, follow it as long as you can, you can see some pretty amazing sights and learn a lot about your subject! This was filmed in between Perc? and Gasp? in the Gulf of the St Lawrence. Cheers and I hope you enjoyed hanging out with Pinchie! :)
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08:41:40 01/27/12
Episode 155: Pulse Ox Playoffs
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This Is Only A Test. We’re continuing out of Lhasa and taking in a lot of mileage on our way to Gyantse. Personally, I am almost never simply a passenger in a car–I’m usually the driver. Sitting in the back seat of our Land Cruiser makes me act just like my two and a half [...]
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21:30:00 01/26/12
Brewer's exchange with the President...
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[ VIDEO ] A lot of people are taking issue with this exchange. Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer shouldn't have placed her finger in the President's face, that I will agree on. On the other hand I understand that there are two sides to every story. Besides amongst players in our politcal & governmental systems there will be disagreements as there are between Republican Brewer and the Democrat President.
According to the Washington Post this is what it was about:
> Obama descended the stairs of Air Force One and was greeted by Brewer, who was waiting for him along with other politicians in a traditional receiving line. Brewer offered Obama a letter, which she later said was an invitation to sit down with her to discuss Arizona’s economic “comeback” and to join her for a tour of the U.S.-Mexican border.
The president told Brewer he would be happy to meet with her, a White House aide said, but also informed the governor that he thought she had been inaccurate in describing their earlier session in the Oval Office.
Brewer’s book, “Scorpions for Breakfast: My Fight Against Special Interests, Liberal Media, and Cynical Politicos to Secure the Border,’’ details her conservative approach to dealing with the state’s illegal immigration challenges. A review published in the Arizona Republic said that Brewer casts Obama as “condescending” and skewers him repeatedly. Although she originally described their Oval Office meeting as cordial, the newspaper said, “in the book she calls the president ‘patronizing’ and said ‘he lectured me.’ ”
“He didn’t feel that I had treated him cordially” in the book, Brewer told reporters Wednesday. “I said to him that I have all the respect in the world for the office of the president. The book is what the book is. I asked him if he read the book. He said he read the excerpt.”
In an excerpt available on Amazon, Brewer defends Arizona’s Senate Bill 1070 immigration law that she signed into law in 2010, but whose toughest provisions were overturned by a federal judge.
Brewer writes that Obama “has repeatedly made fun of those of us who want to see the law enforced, saying we want a ‘moat’ with ‘alligators’ in it around our country. The reason he has resorted to these failed attempts at humor, I think, is that he supports a policy that is fundamentally undemocratic, and he knows it.”
She and Obama appeared to be talking over each other on the tarmac, as other Arizona officials looked on. The exchange ended when Obama abruptly walked away, as Brewer appeared to still be speaking. Now that you guys know the other side of the story other than perhaps what was seen on video, who would you point the finger at? Governor Brewer, President Obama, or both? I would point my finger at both.
Gov. Brewer shouldn't have pointed a finger at Obama, literally sure. Then again if it's true that Obama just walked off while the Governor was speaking, I'm not so sure that makes the President looks any better himself. Gov. Brewer is a citizen and he should listen to what she has to say and with the present discussion the book should've have even come up, especially if he never read it.
BTW, I wanted to find some better video of this exchange but I have been unable to find any. The finger is portrayed in a photograph. And there's no way for me to see if she was still talking when he walked off on her. Check out the vile comments on the YouTube page as well, MAN!
