Sen.Blutarsky

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  1. Ahem. That would be 'Armenians.' And the Turkish government, a/k/a the Turkish Army general staff, remains recalcitrant on our genocide and has even strengthened its international campaigns to whitewash history, including by funding revisionist history professors at leading American and European universities. Europe would poison its contemporary collective soul if it welcomed an unreformed and unrepentant Turkey into the family of member nations, assuming that Europe really does intend to purge itself of violence and thuggery and set a leading example for civilization. Blutarsky 2008. No Prisoners!
  2. Not necessarily, as I suspect even mere gapers who feign interest in Skyride's business practices will understand sooner rather than later. Time, and likely offshoring, will tell. Blutarsky 2008. No Prisoners!
  3. The Blair Witch Project. Mein Gott! it vas freaky Blutarsky 2008. No Prisoners!
  4. I murder helpless kittens, figuratively-speaking. Don't cost nothin' My advice to you is to start drinking heavily
  5. Undergraduate amounted to a full ride and I would like to take this time and thank my former sponsors: the wonderful University of Michigan, the State of Michigan, and the right honorable gentleman A. Alfred Taubman (I _think_ he's been paroled by now ...). I also worked several jobs and received a language-based scholarship. All of which I needed since Ma & Pa Blutarsky were too busy divorcing themselves and at least 3 or 4 other happy folks (apiece) to notice that I'd gone away somewhere When better women are made, Faber men will make them
  6. It's much ado about nothing, I say. Judged by their actions, MUFC fans and community seem to agree! MAN UTD PROTESTORS FAIL TO SHOW Despite three arrests and the unfurling of a black banner saying 'RIP Man United', most fans at the away tie with Southampton were good humoured. The clash came a day before Mr Glazer is set to gain the extra United shares he needs for a full takeover. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers owner has 74.81% of United shares but needs 75%. Mr Glazer is expected to buy the final shares to complete his takeover of the British club on Monday. Three US hedge funds supported Mr Glazer's bid by buying shares on his behalf, the Sunday Times reported. Manchester United fans are threatening to boycott the football club's sponsors, which include Vodafone, if their club changes hands on Monday. Campaign group Shareholders United has urged supporters to stop buying club merchandise and the products of sponsors, such as Vodafone, Nike, Anheuser-Busch and Audi. "We want to split the club from the brand," Sean Bones, a vice-chairman of Shareholders United said. "We feel Malcolm Glazer has bought the brand, but not the club." Shareholders United, which says its membership has increased to 30,000 from 20,000 in the last few days, is planning demonstrations at the FA Cup Final. Debt fears Supporters say the club will be saddled with huge debts as Mr Glazer plans to borrow £265m, set against the club's assets, to help fund the takeover. He will raise another £275m by issuing securities, but this debt will not be held against the club's assets, and £272m of his own cash, in the form of United equity already owned by him. Mr Bones, of Shareholders United, said the planned boycott of merchandise was an attempt to devalue the brand and hit future profits. Supporters already own an estimated 18% of the club and have tried to secure financial backing from Japanese bank Nomura to buy more shares to block his attempt to delist the club. Mr Bones said: "What we have to do is affect revenue streams. We need to stop people buying merchandise or anything related to the sponsorship of the club." 'Thick-skinned' He said the American was "a thick-skinned guy to try and take over a club where 93% of the customers, the supporters of the club, are against him". Mr Glazer's son Joel is expected to take an active role in running the club and claims his family are "avid" Manchester United fans. He said: "Our intention is to work with the current management, players and fans. We are long-term sports investors and avid Manchester United fans." Former Tottenham owner Sir Alan Sugar said he felt Mr Glazer had paid a "very, very full price" for United. "I can't see from my point of view why it is such a good business deal," he said. The entrepreneur told BBC Radio Four's Today programme: " I am enthralled, I'm intrigued. I want to see where I am missing the point, because at the moment I am missing the point." Mr Glazer has already bought the 28.7% stake of Irish racing tycoons JP McManus and John Magnier. Once he has raised 75% or more, he can rewrite the company's articles - effectively giving him carte blanche to run the company as he wants. If he can get 90% of the stock, he can make a compulsory purchase and scoop up the other 10% of the club's shares. Story from BBC NEWS: http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/2/hi/business/4546491.stm Published: 2005/05/15 17:58:43 GMT © BBC MMV Blutarsky 2008. No Prisoners!
  7. You're missing the point, it's all about good cinema and popular t-shirts in this country! Blutarsky 2008. No Prisoners!
  8. Che was an international criminal, but if you can overlook that teensy-weensy detail I think you will find The Motorcycle Diaries to be a worthwhile and fun movie to see. Really. Blutarsky 2008. No Prisoners!
  9. Boy do I disagree with this statement, and I make a handsome living by arguing copyright and Lanham Act cases at the federal district and appellate court levels. Nobody, including USPA apparently, has been willing to don plaintiff's shoes and fight for injunctive relief, yet there is an underappreciated legal doctrine we call "acquiescence" that is operating with each passing day to diminish the prospect that legal relief against Skyride and its copycats can be obtained in the future. My take on this problem is that the affected class simply is not willing to spend its hard-earned money to address the problem in the appropriate forum, which _is_ the federal district civil court system given that Skyride's proprietors do not appear inclined toward reforming their business practices. Blutarsky 2008. No Prisoners!
  10. Joe is a great guy to hang out with! Blutarsky 2008. No Prisoners!
  11. Dude(tte) - I _love_ the B-52's and would claim the same, they're true levity! Unfortunately, here in the Great White North nobody appreciates the 52's nor why I regard Rome, Georgia as a 'must visit' whenever I'm in the vicinity, which is about once every 3 years (Coke/Atlanta). Telling is that REM only enjoyed transient fervor here, hope to see 'em both at Ravinia soon! Blutarsky 2008. No Prisoners!
  12. Yeah, the 'you look just like Jim Belushi' thing has been pissing me off for years. We don't look anything alike! Blutarsky 2008. No Prisoners!
  13. Mike Savage? I believe my esteemed colleague Ted Kennedy said that first when he announced to his family that he had decided to become yet another Kennedy in government. Quite fitting, if you choose to ponder it. Blutarsky 2008. No Prisoners!
  14. Not at Whore College, though it's conceivable JK could be a "trustee" for that ancient institution. (having seen the gf, I would tend to doubt the veracity of the latter bit as the gf is quite attractive and obviously myopic and hard of hearing as well, witness the miracle that is Levitra? ) Blutarsky 2008. No Prisoners!
  15. 'Course. Roger made it dat way special on purpose. Say 'hi' dis season to da old guy, not 40 doe, wearin' da blueberry jumpsuit, was grape, says 'bluto' next ta Frenchy, Eric & Squee-J on da freefly mats. I'll be a bit a da stranger until June, doe, see ya's. (Kallend, sir, recognize my freakin' FB jump please; oh, and give Uncle Fred a hard time for his waiver-writin' ways; bluto/taxpayer-funded party coming soon.) Blutarsky 2008. No Prisoners!
  16. Least ya's didn't end up at Joliet like me and Elwood did after we fled The Penguin. He still only eats white toast. 'cago 'spressways are only good for one thing - I-80, exit 93. We call that da 'Roger Inbound' - go listen for yourselves at 'News Radio 780, WBBM.' Blutarsky 2008. No Prisoners!
  17. 'zactly, dough now and den dat guy carries on too much, like he's da Pope or Da Mayor or sum'n. Kinda like Reveren' Jackson, ya know guys? Blutarsky 2008. No Prisoners!
  18. 'Cause da Regular Guy speaks fluent Chicagoeese ... Blutarsky 2008. No Prisoners!
  19. Try one of the Ron Barrilito-brand rums from Puerto Rico -- it's the favorite rum of Blutarsky's everywhere, we think it tastes even better than the Cuban stuff. Blutarsky 2008. No Prisoners!
  20. IN WISCONSIN, TILTING AT WINDMILLS IS A SERIOUS MATTER April 25, 2005 By Richard Mertens, Correspondent of The Christian Science Monitor LEROY, WIS. - Dairy farmer Dennis Oechsner cocks his head and squints upward as 200 Canada geese pass overhead on a brilliant spring afternoon. Across the fields, flocks in ragged Vs mark the start of a migration that will bring hundreds of thousands of geese through the area before summer. Birds, including threatened and endangered species, are at the center of a dispute over a $250 million wind-turbine complex that a Chicago company wants to build in east central Wisconsin. Invenergy Wind LLC hopes to erect 133 turbines, each standing 389 feet tall, across 50 square miles of farmland just east of Horicon Marsh, a federal and state wildlife refuge described by bird experts as one of the largest and most important wetlands in the Midwest. Many farmers have embraced the plan. Scores would profit from turbines on their land, including Mr. Oechsner, who, together with his father and brother, would earn $46,200 from 11 turbines on the 750 acres they own in common. But others say the turbines will harm the birds that descend upon the marsh each spring and fall. "I'm not anti-wind energy," says Joe Breaden, a high school biology teacher who heads Horicon Marsh System Advocates, a group fighting the plan. "I'm anti-location. You've got to be a little scrambled in the head to put 133 400-foot tall egg beaters next to a place where hundreds of thousands of birds come in." Wind energy is booming. Although it accounts for less than 0.5 percent of electrical power in the US, energy companies are building new wind projects at an unprecedented rate. The American Wind Energy Association, a trade group, estimates that wind power could grow by 30 percent this year. If all the wind farms planned for the Midwest are built, they would multiply the region's wind power eight times over. Wind power is widely seen as a clean, renewable energy source and a sensible alternative to coal, the largest source of electricity in the US. But in Wisconsin and elsewhere, residents are questioning the effect on the landscape, on property values, and on wildlife, especially birds and bats. "We have a bias in favor of wind energy," says Greg Butcher, director of bird conservation for the National Audubon Society. "The key thing is siting. We want them to be kept away from important areas. And Horicon Marsh is about as important a bird area as you can find." Experts say wind energy is flourishing in part because turbines are getting bigger and more efficient. The typical wind turbine stands 40 stories high and can generate as much as two megawatts of electricity, enough to light about 540 households. The scale of wind farms is growing, too. The Invenergy project in Wisconsin, with a capacity of 200 megawatts, would straddle two counties and parts of four townships. Federal and state governments also are pushing renewable energy. Eighteen states are setting ambitious goals requiring utilities to buy a percentage of their electricity from renewable sources. A still more powerful incentive for energy companies is a federal tax credit that can make up 25 to 30 percent of the cost of producing wind energy in Wisconsin, and more in states with stronger winds, according to RENEW Wisconsin, a nonprofit public-interest group in Madison. Eyesores and wildlife: the opposition Many wind farms go up with little or no opposition. One of the largest in the US extends across miles of corn and soybean fields in northern Iowa, just outside the town of Storm Lake. Gary Lalone, who promotes development there, says the 380 turbines have helped farmers, increased the tax base, created dozens of jobs, and lured tourists. Elsewhere, resistance has been stiff. In Massachusetts, a citizens group has been fighting since 2001 to stop 130 turbines from going up in Nantucket Sound. In New Jersey, acting Gov. Richard Codey in December imposed a 15-month moratorium on coastal wind-energy developments while a commission studies their effect on marine life, tourism, and views. "There are many people who live along the coastline that are concerned about the aesthetics of these things," says Kelley Heck, a spokeswoman for the governor. Concerned that turbines on mountain ridges were eyesores and a threat to wildlife, Reps. Nick Radall and Alan Mollohan of West Virginia last June asked the General Accounting Office to study wind projects in the Appalachians. In California an environmental group has sued over wind turbines outside San Francisco that scientists say have killed tens of thousands of raptors. And in Kansas, environmentalists are trying to stop a wind farm in the Flint Hills, the largest expanse of tallgrass prairie in the US. "We have landscapes of hundreds of thousands of acres, millions of acres, that used to be prairie, that would be reasonable sites for wind-power complexes," says Ron Klataske of Audubon of Kansas. "It would be tragic if they are placed in the last of the tallgrass prairie." The Invenergy project in Wisconsin would occupy the uplands just east of Horicon Marsh, an area of family farms and scattered towns and hamlets. Except for cellphone towers, the tallest structures tend to be silos and church steeples. Many of the farm families date back to German immigrants who settled the region in the 19th century - and are a powerful political force. In recent years, however, nonfarmers have moved in, commuting to jobs as far away as Milwaukee. The marsh covers 50 square miles - the same size as the wind project - and up to a million Canada geese stop there on their migration to and from Hudson Bay. Other birds frequent the marsh and nearby farmland, including several species threatened or endangered in Wisconsin: red-shouldered hawks, great egrets, and peregrine falcons. A clash of local cultures Wildlife experts share residents' worry that turbines near the marsh - the nearest would stand 1.2 miles away - could kill large numbers of birds and disrupt feeding and migratory patterns. A draft environmental impact report by the state says studies about birds and turbines in other places are inconclusive, but faults Invenergy for inadequately studying local bird life. "We don't have a good parallel model, and these things are massive," says Bill Volkert, a naturalist with the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources. "And we won't know until it's too late." Oechsner, on the other hand, a fifth-generation farmer, isn't worried about the birds. "I've lived on a farm all my life," he says. "I know how animals adjust." But birds are only one concern. Many residents worry about the noise of the turbines and the flickering produced by spinning blades against the sun. They also fear that turbines will mar the beauty of the countryside and lower property values. "People just don't move out into the country to be placed in an industrial park," says Harold Johnson, the president of Brownsville, a village of 570 people near the center of the project. Invenergy insists the turbines would hurt neither birds nor property values, though the state's draft environmental report concludes that it is "reasonable to expect" a property-value decline. Michael Vickerman, executive director of RENEW Wisconsin, says wind farms may actually help preserve the rural landscape by helping farmers stay in farming. "It takes the pressure off farmers to section off land," he says. Meanwhile, the proposal has divided the countryside. Donald Hill, a retired farmer, says he will "live a notch better" if Invenergy builds five turbines on his fields. A mile away, Brian Vincent worries the turbines will ruin the area for his family, who moved to an old farmhouse 19 years ago for the "peacefulness." Invenergy's plan calls for a wind turbine less than 1000 feet from the house. "Ninety-five percent of people aren't going to get any benefits, just ill effects," says Mr. Vincent, who commutes to a job at a General Motors parts factory in Milwaukee. Many here worry that differences will sharpen if the plan proceeds. Last month, two men were arrested for stealing signs opposing it. "It's caused a lot of ill feelings," says Iona Panzer, who lost two signs. Mr. Vickerman says the conflict represents a wider "culture clash" between farmers and nonfarmers. Invenergy has gained broad support among farmers, he says, but he says it might have done more to build public support: "It would take a developer with a well developed sensitivity and political skills and attentiveness to detail to pull it off." Critics say that wind energy is subject to little government regulation and that people have little say over whether they will live next door to giant turbines. "Probably the single most frustrating part of this is that the developers know they're not beholden to anybody," says Geoff Baker, a lawyer in Oak Park, Ill., who represents opponents of the Invenergy project. Wisconsin's Public Service Commission has the final say over the project and may decide by July. In the meantime, Invenergy has won several small victories. Township officials in Leroy and Lomira recently agreed to allow the project, as did commissioners in Dodge County, one of the two counties involved. "The farmers all seem to be in favor of it," says Linus Schraufnagel, a township supervisor in Leroy and a farmer himself. "They have the most at stake. It's going to bring a lot of business into the community. Not only that, we do need the clean energy. It seems about the best the way to go." Source: http://www.csmonitor.com/2005/0425/p01s02-ussc.html And you thought cat hunting was evil ... edited to add panache
  21. So, which armpit did it originate from - the right or the left one? On reflection, I'll bet you could house break it as long as you kept feeding it mice. Blutarsky 2008. No Prisoners!
  22. Unaccountable government officers shouldn't be making law in America ... perhaps it's time to dust off The Malleus Maleficarum for guidance. Blutarsky 2008. No Prisoners!
  23. I will most certainly remember to knock first if I was to leave baked goods on your doorstep Shoot it often and have fun! Blutarsky 2008. No Prisoners!
  24. Lilja 4-ever. Captures the worst aspects of the sex trade (on this i was told by a person in the know). Intensely disturbing, you will _loathe_ the johns after viewing it. I guarantee an 'A' if your paper focuses on this movie, which easily is the darkest movie I have ever witnessed and will not see again for any reason (if you're male, do not watch Lilja 4-ever with women, or you may become injured during the viewing or shortly thereafter - you've been warned). Blutarsky 2008. No Prisoners!
  25. Vote for my fruit or you'll hear from the _CLU; my fruit is government-funded, mind you. Apples 2008. No Oranges!