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God's Plan For Mental Health

Mental health problems, it appears, have escalated dramatically in recent times. Does the Bible have anything to say about our minds, how we can protect them and solutions to mental ill-health? The answer is 'Yes!'. There is power in the gospel and the Word of God to heal our minds. God has given us a plan of wholeness and healing for our minds. Join us for valuable guidance from Philippians 4:6-9. This message is available at https://www.preachtheword.com now in MP3 audio format...



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Transformación Gastronómica: Antiguo Convento de Las Terreras en Ciudad Real Recibe 1,5 Millones en Inversión

El emblemático convento de la Inmaculada Concepción de Ciudad Real, conocido como el convento de las Terreras, se prepara para una transformación significativa que lo convertirá en un centro de interpretación dedicado a la gastronomía manchega. Esta ambiciosa iniciativa, que busca revitalizar el patrimonio cultural de la ciudad, cuenta con una inversión de 1,5 millones […]

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Twas the Night Before Christmas by Lobotomy Boy

It's Christmas and Lobotomy Boy has a special version of "The Night Before Christmas" for everyone!

Enjoy this special Holiday Edition of Bedtime Stories My Kids Love.



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Email Your local MP telling them to stop Cuts to support for disabled people.

38 Degrees appear to have finally started a campaign to put pressure on the government to stop cuts to support for disabled people. Click here to email Andrew Turner (or whoever your local MP is) it only takes a minute you just need to provide your postcode and fill in your address. MP's do respond to emails too I've had several letters from the house of commons in response to emails I've sent.




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Atos monlogues "Internet Survey number 2" for art action week project.

Picture by Stewart
If we're going to do any of the Atos monologues I'm going to need a lot of volunteers who can record themselves and somehow send the video, because of the amount of time we have I think we can only do a small part. Mainly because we don't have time to send larger videos which would probably have to be sent by post on a disc. There are a lot of lines in this part, and the resulting videos will hopefully be short enough to email or send over facebook. If you just upload them to the art action group I can download them from there.
I've moved this post onto the blog as it's easier to share a link to it, and I can strike through the lines that are already taken.  If you want to take part chose the line you want to read from the list below, record it and you can send it to me through facebook. If you don't use facebook leave a comment and we'll find another way for you to send me the video. And if the line you wanted has a line through it sorry someone has already taken that one.
Here is the full Atos Monologues 2 script: 

http://www.scribd.com/doc/105841602/The-Atos-Monologues2
The part we are doing is on page 13
 

We can't see Post traumatic stress disorder and we've never heard of a hippocampus.
You do not meet my limited definition of being disabled
You drive an Audi. How would you afford it? It would be too difficult for a disabled person to get in.
You can text a friend
You can tweet
You watch TV and soaps and can sit comfortably for half an hour.  
I saw you stand up!
'You're too young'
You can pick up a £1 coin
"You seem alright to me"
"You're smiling"
You look butch. Can't be anything wrong with you.
You could fill in the form.
You brushed your hair this morning and you’re wearing a nice coat
You answered questions that was asked
You traveled by bus
You don’t soil yourself every day.
You could fill in the form
You’re still breathing
You can spell your name backwards
You're not a dribbling, disheveled lunatic howling at the moon and threatening to axe people to death
You hold eye contact
You don’t look disabled enough to me
You brushed your teeth this morning.
You’re faking it.
You can’t have Post traumatic stress disorder because "you've never been in a war zone"
You’re at university.
You have a girl friend.
You don’t look autistic
You can talk
I cannot see anything wrong with you
You moved your leg.
You can lift an empty box up to waist height.
You’re so pretty.
PAUSE
You can’t be disabled because of Tory ideology




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"Residential Training Provision", A Nicer Word For Work Camps?

Yesterday morning I was horrified to read that a report had surfaced saying they were planning "Residential Training" for Disabled and long term Unemployed people. After all welfare reform has been crashing disaster so far. Thousands have people have been declared fit for work with no impact assessment, or proper program in place to actually get us back into work after years of unemployment. So far it seems like a cold hearted attempt to get us of benefits at any cost, they don't seem to care if we end up with a job, or whether we end up destitute and dying, just as long as we don't ever get "ESA".

Also the anti-disabled propaganda display has made disabled people even more unattractive to potential employers, why did they do this ridiculous thing we all wonder? I think it's a misinterpretation of something good old Mansel Aylward said in his horrific "Psycho Social Theory Of Disability". He told them they needed to make disabled people working the "social norm". They could have chosen to try and make employers want to employ disabled people, encouraged compassion and patience, offered training and support for disabled people straight away. But instead the idiots opted to just make it a social crime to dare to claim disability benefits, no matter how ill you really are. Now people who walk with sticks or use mobility scooters (even those who aren't on any disability benefits) face abuse in the streets, and are accused of "faking" their disability.

 The thousands of people dying after being told they were "fit to work" (10,600 in the first year) are being covered up and minimised, now not even recorded by the DWP. If you are disabled and don't work you are considered lowest of the low now. The fools have created yet another "barrier to work" for us.

So when I read they were planning work camps, I had no trouble believing IDS and his evil crew had come up with that idea. I broke out in a cold sweat and felt the familiar twist of panic and though "My God what are they going to do to us now?..." But then I actually read the paper.

It doesn't seem as bad as we first thought, its only in the planning stages at the moment but they are now actually doing what they should have done in the first place. Holding consultations about what they can actually do to HELP disabled people get back into work. It is literally residential training, and you will have a choice as to whether you go as residential or not. You can read the full report "Residential Training Provision - Independent Advisory Report" by clicking here.

As I said before they SHOULD have been looking into things like this before they rolled out the new "Work Capability Assessment" and had it in place before they declared thousands of us fit for work, closed lots of Remploy factories, and cut us adrift, making us sign on JSA with advisors who have no training in helping disabled people back to work. This is the sort of thing the report suggests, more advisors who are trained, and more practical courses that actually help you cope with disability and get employed. Not rubbish just designed to make money for the companies that provide them, while we're pushed from pillars to post and called "Lying Thieving Bastards" behind our backs.

All we have to fear is that they won't listen to what has been recommended, which they haven't been great at so far lets face it have they? Or they will start to do it, but like everything they've done in the past that works they will stop it because it costs too much.

We must keep our eyes on how this progresses, but don't be too scared, 75% of people on disability benefits want to work, they are finally going to try and help us. If they listen to the independent advice that is, and Tories generally don't like listening to anyone else's advice do they? But it shows our campaigning is paying off, they are looking into it at least.

Please help keep up the pressure on them to finally get it Right  by signing the War On Welfare Petition if you haven't already.




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Réforme de la "carte famille nombreuse"

Après le bouclier social, la fin des 35h qui permette de gagner moins (puisque non majorées à 25 %), les suppressions de postes de fonctionnaire (mais surtout pas dans les ministères !), la suppression de la pub sur France Télévision, qui ne gênait personne...




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Crédit d'impôt Borloo : Assistance et cours informatique à domicile

Le gouvernement vient d'annoncer un crédit d'impôts sur les services à la personne . Celui ci est ouvert aux ménages non imposable. Il permettra à ceux ci de faire intervenir un prestataire d'aide à domicile comme par exemple, et c'est encore peu connu,...




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Formal Measures of Intelligence!

Above 50?..IQs are important to observe your mental development!




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Vijesti :: Servisne informacije: [13. studenog 2024.]

Autor: Redakcija 031 Naslov: Servisne informacije: [13. studenog 2024.]
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Tenue du premier Forum des m�dias et des groupes de r�flexion du Sud global au Br�sil

Organis� sur le th�me "D�veloppement et revitalisation : un nouveau parcours pour le Sud global", le premier Forum des m�dias et des groupes de r�flexion du Sud global s'est tenu lundi et mardi � S�o Paulo, au Br�sil. Des messages de...




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Le vice-Premier ministre chinois appelle au cours de la COP29 � renforcer les syst�mes d'alerte pr�coce pour tous

Le repr�sentant sp�cial du pr�sident chinois Xi Jinping, Ding Xuexiang, qui est �galement vice-Premier ministre de Chine, a appel� mardi � renforcer les syst�mes d'alerte pr�coce pour tous et � am�liorer les capacit�s d'adaptation au changement...




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La visite au Br�sil de Xi Jinping renforcera davantage les liens culturels et les �changes entre les peuples

Les personnes de tous horizons engag�es en faveur de l'amiti� sino-br�silienne au Br�sil se r�jouissent de la visite du pr�sident Xi Jinping dans le pays et restent pr�tes � contribuer davantage � l'approfondissement de l'amiti� entre le Br�sil et...




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Airbus pr�voit une forte demande d'avions en Chine au cours des 20 prochaines ann�es

Airbus a pr�vu que la Chine aurait besoin de plus de 9.500 nouveaux avions de transport de passagers et d'avions cargos au cours des deux prochaines d�cennies, en raison de la forte croissance de la demande de transport a�rien et de fret. Selon...




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La Chine et le Vietnam conviennent de renforcer leur coop�ration en mati�re de s�curit�

Chen Wenqing, haut responsable du Parti communiste chinois (PCC), a rencontr� Phan Dinh Trac, membre du Bureau politique et pr�sident de la Commission des affaires int�rieures du Comit� central du Parti communiste vietnamien (PCV), mardi � Beijing. ...




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New Release - Land for Sale in Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire

Pasture and Potential Investment land for sale. This attractive parcel of land totals over 62 acres and has the unique benefit of river frontage.




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New Release - Land for Sale in Towcester, Northamptonshire

Around 15 acres of flat land for sale, the land is available as a whole or in lots and benefits from strong investment potential due to the proximity of nearby developments.




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New Release - Land for Sale in Ilkeston, Derbyshire

The land forms an excellent block of highly productive arable land totalling over 15 acres. It is perfectly placed between Derby and Nottingham, with excellent transport links and just 3 miles from Ilkeston town centre.




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New Release - Land for Sale in Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire

A well managed block of agricultural land for sale available freehold as a whole or in lots suitable for paddock conversion. The land benefits from extensive road frontage and superb track access.




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New Release - Land for Sale in Solihull, Birmingham

A rare and desirable opportunity to purchase a block of strategic land just 8 miles from Birmingham City Centre. Totalling over 14 acres the land is available freehold as a whole or lots, with strong investment potential.




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New Release - Land for Sale in Stokenchurch

An opportunity to buy land for sale in affluent Buckinghamshire with superb access next to land that has recently been reclassified and granted planning permission.The land is available freehold as a whole or in lots.




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New Release - Land for Sale in Hemel Hempstead

Just two lots remaining at this land for sale just 24 miles from the City of London within the affluent county of Hertfordshire. This lush grazing land is available freehold and is suitable for paddock conversion.




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New Release - Land for Sale in Buckinghamshire, Water End

Just one lot of lush grazing land for sale in Buckinghamshire, one of the most affluent counties in the UK. The land measures approx 2.5 acres and with superb access, would be ideal for paddock conversion.




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Performance Counters in Delphi, sample project and article

Implementing performance monitors in your app is very helpful for profiling, debugging and general satisfaction of the more qualified endusers. It's also a non-trivial excercise, to put it mildly. Microsoft have done their part in making it obscure and hard to use, so naturally, we can't leave it alone, can we? This particular implementation only implements raw and delta counters, but that covers almost anything you'll ever need. The basis is there for other types of counters, though, such as instance based counters and high-precision. Both precompiled and full project source is available.




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Forum RSS Feeds

I've added RSS Feeds to both my fora. These allow you to instantly see new posts in any public forum, including both subject and full body text. Things are only getting cooler.




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ACM and IEEE/CS are good for you

Some months back I joined both ACM and IEEE Computer Society and I'm definitely a better human being now. Most won't notice, I guess. And you can take that any way you want to.




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Forellen Station Deluxe normaal €399,00 nu voor maar €320,00

Forellen Station deluxe Merk: TFT TFT heeft wederom een kwaliteitsproduct voor de forelvisser op de markt gebracht. De TFT forellen Station Deluxe. Een tas met vele mogelijkheden. Het station bestaat uit de volgende onderdelen: - 1 draagtas , hierin passen alle onderdelen - 1x een deegtablet hierin kunt u eenvoudig uw deegpotjes plaatsen, zo heeft ze bij de hand - 1 x een assdoosjes tablet ( op de afbeelding zijn ze verschillende kleuren, maar in het echt hebben ze allemaal een rode deksel) - 1 x een tackle tas :deze kleinere tas kunt u aan de voorzijde van het station plaatsen. - 1 x het staanderwerk, waarom heen ook een tas zit. In deze grote tas zitten een tweedeling. Genoeg ruimte dus om al uw hengelsportartikelen in op te bergen, en handig mee te nemen. Wilt u een filmpje over het forellen station bekijken? ( helaas alleen nog in het duits te vinden) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m8JUzhcUtVc




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Golf Rankings for Puerto Rico Open

Our expert picks the top 30 PGA tour golfers for this week's tournament: 1. Scott Brown, 2. Jerry Kelly, 3. Jonathan Byrd, 4. Patrick Rodgers, 5. William McGirt, 6. Freddie Jacobson, 7. Graham Delaet, ...




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NFL Adopts 7 Rule Changes for 2016

The NFL adopted seven of the rules changes proposed at the NFL owners meetings, with more possibly coming on Wednesday.




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NASCAR Picks for STP 500

Top 30 NASCAR Sprint Cup driver rankings for STP 500: 1. Denny Hamlin, 2. Jimmie Johnson, 3. Dale Earnhardt, Jr., 4. Joey Logano, 5. Kevin Harvick, 6. Kyle Busch, 7. Matt Kenseth, ...




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Golf Rankings for Houston Open

Our expert picks the top 30 PGA tour golfers for this week's tournament: 1. Henrik Stenson, 2. Phil Mickelson, 3. Patrick Reed, 4. Brooks Koepka, 5. Sergio Garcia, 6. Rickie Fowler, 7. Jordan Spieth, ...




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Tom Delay Indictment a Foregone Conclusion?

According to most of the comments that I've read (or at least those from the left) it seems that recent charges against Tom Delay are a foregone conclusion. So much for guilt until proven innocence. But that has never stopped the jury of public opinion before, nor will it now. It keeps the bloggers busy and sells newspapers. Here are just some of the comments:

"Now, that's what I call "Breaking News"! CNN.com - Texas grand jury indicts Tom DeLay - Sep... It may be only a small first step, but it's a start. Here's the follow-up: Delay will step aside as Majority Leader. Temporarily. Let's hope it is more than temporary."

"Aww what a shame, poor Tom DeLay has been indicted. Pardon me a moment whilst I shed a tear and play a sonata on the world's smallest violin."

"Tom DeLay, House Majority Leader and probably the most powerful Republican in the country, has just been indicted on conspiracy charges. The dominos are beginning to fall."

Or could it be really be just a frivolous witch hunt as Delay has pleaded? Knowing how dirty the game of politics is played it would not surprise me.

"Kevin Madden, DeLay's spokesman, dismissed the charge as politically motivated. This indictment is nothing more than prosecutorial retribution by a partisan Democrat", said Madden citing prosecutor Ronnie Earle, a Democrat. Madden later added: "They could not get Tom DeLay at the polls. They could not get Mr. DeLay on the House floor. Now they're trying to get him into the courtroom. This is not going to detract from the Republican agenda."

We don't have enough information yet and only time will only tell. But when it comes to politics I live by one golden rule. No matter which side of the fence you may find yourself, we should remember that ALL politicians are self-serving. And most (if not ALL) politicians are first and foremost humans and therefore corruptible.

And speaking of that, I am reminded of the maxim "Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely". So no matter how all this turns out nothing will surprise me.

But the law also provides that everyone is entitled to be presumed innocent until otherwise found guilty. We should all remember that as we follow this story.

One more thing, even if Delay is found guilty does that automatically indict all Republicans? Hardly, otherwise Teddy Kennedy and the dems would have been banned long ago.

It will be interesting to watch how this unfolds.




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Media blamed for New Orleans debacle

Hollywood meets the news; Drama + Hype = Ratings

Dan Rather was taken to task by Mark Steyn of the Chicago Sun-Times over his comments on the 'Larry King Live'' show about the Katrina news coverage. Personally I like Dan, but ever since Rathergate he does seem to be in a habit of putting his foot in it:

"They took us there to the hurricane," he told Larry. "They put the facts in front of us and, very important, they sucked up their guts and talked truth to power."
According to Steyn, the media got it all wrong:
"Er, no. The facts they put in front of us were wrong, and they didn't talk truth to power. They talked to goofs in power, like New Orleans' Mayor Nagin and Police Chief Compass, and uncritically fell for every nutso yarn they were peddled. The media swallowed more bilge than if they'd been lying down with their mouths open as the levee collapsed. Ten thousand dead! Widespread rape and murder! A 7-year-old gang-raped and then throat-slashed! It was great stuff -- and none of it happened. No gang-raped 7-year-olds. None."
Dan Rather:
"That frickin' Superdome," he raged. "Five days watching dead bodies, watching hooligans killing people, raping people."
Stein:
"But nobody got killed by a hooligan in the Superdome. The problem wasn't rape and murder, but the rather more prosaic lack of bathroom facilities. As Ben Stein put it, it was the media that rioted. They grabbed every lurid rumor and took it for a wild joyride across prime time. There was a real story in there -- big hurricane, people dead -- but it wasn't enough, and certainly not for damaging President Bush."
Stein:
"How appropriate that it should be Dan Rather, always late to yesterday's conventional wisdom, to bless the media's fraudulent coverage of Katrina."
He makes a good point doesn't he? CNN is the worst. It's a good thing we have bloggers to keep them in line.




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Sorry for the delay

Political FootBall continues to have problems. What started out as a simple maintenance and upgrade has ended up to be a major headache. Aren't computers wonderful?

We expect to be back to business as usual shortly. We appreciate our loyal readers and sincerely apologize for the inconvenience.




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'Pajamas Media' Network for Elitist Bloggers only:

The innocence of its name belies the true nature of this new virtual organism.

Meaning? PJs is a powerplay by a handful of elitist bloggers to carve out a new media empire for their personal (and financial) gratification.

"Pajamas Media, a new blogging venture designed to bring together top online writers, journalists and commentators under a single umbrella, today unveiled its editorial board as it prepares for its formal debut next month.

The announcement comes as Pajamas Media further realizes its vision of coalescing the internet's brightest minds and most compelling content into a single source that will, in turn, complement and re-define journalism in the 21st century."

So there you have it folks. The brightest stars in the virtual firmament who are going to "re-define journalism in the 21st century".

Can you believe the hype? The kahunas! A bunch of pompous self-serving goofballs if there ever was.

And speaking of balls, here I thought re-defining journalism is what the blogosphere is all about, even without the help of PJs et al. Silly me.

They are touting Glenn Reynolds as one of their greatest acquisitions. I must confess that I am all the more enlightened from his inspired and in depth analysis. Spewing his best Spock impersonations such as "indeed" and "indeed", or one of my personal favorites... "indeed".

Do you think perhaps they might (hopefully) consider (God willing) allowing us insignificant pee-ons add our (albeit smallish) comments to their omnipoobah flatulation? Well try this one on for size:

"Golly gee Instapundit, you sure are great. I was really hoping that if you might possibly consider linking to me some time. Pretty please, and I promise to forever be your grovelling fan... pant, pant, drool."

Or will it be the same old droning monologue we're all accustomed to - the sermon from the mount a la Instapun style.

Hell, if we wanted sermons we can always watch Anderson Cooper 360 report to the CNN situation room. So much for a blogging community folks.

Guys, you've got it all mixed up. If you want a one-sided conversation find a soap box and run for public office. Or better still make an application to CNN.

If you want to write a book then write the stinkin' book. If you want to build an exclusive empire so you can call the shots, give Bill Gates a call. But if you want to blog, join the community.

BUT damn it choose, because they're different. Got it? (Are you listening Glenn)?

Can somebody please explain to me how all this nonsense benefits the blogosphere? Oh yeah right, I forgot - it doesn't.

It sounds more like Al Gore's reinvention of the internet than anything else. So let's be clear boys and girls - it is the technology and all of our collective efforts that has re-defined journalism. Not just a few arrogant twits.

Not since the invention of the printing press has so much been given to the common folk. It is its inclusive, collaborative nature and community spirit that gives blogging its influential power.

HELLO! Are you listening? The blogosphere is not the exclusive playground of an old-boys network trying to elevate itself above the rest of us mere mortals.

That is bass-ackwards thinking, destructive and the last thing we need. Another media empire of self-important opportunists believing in their own press, shovelling verbal poop down our collective throats.

Think about it. Did we take down Dan Rather just to create a job opening for Reynolds? I don't think so. Personally I'd rather have Dan back (no pun intended). And for that matter I hear he's looking for work. Any takers?

It's the same old story. If it becomes popular the politicians have to control it, and the capitalists want to exploit it.

Not that I object to making money from blogging. God knows I could use the extra coin. But it is their elitist business model and its ominous implications that I find offensive.

It's called good old fashioned exploitation. The great American way. Look out Weblogs here we come.

Mark my words. The blogosphere is on the fast track to being hijacked by the control freaks and big business interests.

More restrictive laws and government intervention. Acquisitions and mergers, IPO offerings, get-rich-quick dot-com scam artists, media moguls, ABC, MSNBC, FOX, Pajamas party, whatever.

Sounding all too familiar? PJs is a cash grab. Plain and simple. And for whose benefit? The way it reads right now PJs will benefit only a few elitists, that's who.

Perhaps it got lost in the translation, but until they can find a more inclusive model the blogosphere needs this shite like a hole in the head.

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UPDATE: An Open Letter to Roger Simon

Source: daily FISK!




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