Greetings:Most people have told me over the years to igorne Michael Averko's comments about me and others who do not share his views. I am pleased to say that I have never met him in person nor do I wish to.I have generally been successful in avoiding reading his written observations (characterized by a strong anti-Semitic flavor), which could be deemed to be defamation under Canadian, English, German and possibly even Russian and U.S., law, to mention that of a few counties.His writings might also constitute actionable hate speech. It might seem to some that he is incapable of engaging in a civilized discussion of issues.Nonetheless, he seems to spend an inordinate amount of time criticizing persons like myself who are strong advocates of human rights and the rule of law. I feel that his latest series of written assaults require some response.I don't know much about Mr. Averko personally. I have better uses of my time than to study his professional background or review his writings.For those who might be interested in my own qualifications to comment on foreign policy and political issues, I will note that I have in excess of 15 years experience engaged the practice of law involving Russian, Ukrainian, and Belarussian trade & investment matters; worked in the arms control area for nearly 5 years, have taught courses at American University's Washington College of Law and School of International Service, as well as Georgetown University Law Center and the University of Baltimore; done considerable pro bono work for human rights organizations as well as served as an election observer for the OSCE, have published more than 50 professional and academic articles on a range of topics in both journals and newspapers, spoken at numerous academic and professional conferences, hold degrees from Harvard University (A.B., Russia Area Studies, Magna Cum Laude) and Georgetown University Law Center(J.D., Cum Laude); and am a member of the D.C. and Maryland Bars.Mr. Averko seems to enjoy his gadfly status defending repressive governments' violations of human rights and clampdowns on the independent media. He spends a significant amount of time expressing his disagreement with anyone who expresses a view contrary to his. I do not know if he is paid for this activity.I would suggest to him that he make better uses of his time in making the world a better place to leave. There are many NGOs that promote human, labor and environmental rights that could benefit from the assistance of someone who seems to have so much time on his hands.It is worth mentioning that those who have given him an opportunity to place his personal assaults on others on their websites may be held civilly liable for damages under certain circumstances. Freedom of speech does not encompass defamation and libel. It would seem that he did not carefully read the Comment Policy set out on this website. It is unfortunate that this policy seems to be weakly enforced.Sincerely,Ethan S. Burger, Esq.
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16 April 13
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Litvinenko's superior heatlh is what enabled him to stay alive long enough to talk to reporters, who then publicized his case. This is what I explained in clear terms in my post which clarified the issue of why it is that the general public is aware of his murder. To reiterate, had Litvinenko died a quick death, the details of his assassination, though they would (most likely, but not assuredly, as deaths from cancer are not ordinarily followed by autopsies) have been investigated, would not have received much, if any, publicity. Again, I made this clear in my previous post, and now that I've repeated it, I hope you are able to grasp the concept.As for the conjectures about how it was that the Kremlin was caught essentially red-handed assassinating a British citizen on British soil, well, conjecture is conjecture, rumination and nothing more.It is plausible that a message was being sent to others, in the most public of ways, not to publicize the crimes of the Kremlin. This would not, after all, be the first time something of this type has been done by the rulers of Russia.It is plausible that a message was being sent to the West that the next terrorist attacks are to be nuclear.It is plausible that Litvinenko's death was meant to appear to have been from natural causes, that detection of the polonium-210 was not thought to have been likely or even possible by the assassins because they thought he would die much quicker than he did.It is plausible that, given the position of strength (a fact which I will not go into in this post for the reason that it would require, in effect, that I teach you a great deal about the subjects of Russian strategic superiority, strategy, tactics, and other things which I don't have the time to go into right now) that Russia commands, Russia did not care whether they were caught in the act or not. In other words, Russia is now in a position in which its leaders no longer have to rely on deception, and is free to begin openly bullying the world the same way it does its own population.You and certain others here may scoff at the things I have revealed, either because you are in denial, or because you wish to maintain the grand fiction, but to others what I've said will be a revelation, and they will begin their own inquiry. They will begin to wonder if they were deceived, if Reagan, Thatcher, and all of the West was deceived. And if they dig a little, they will know that they were, and they will wonder why it is that you are carrying water for murderers.Litvinenko was killed because he exposed the fact, in great and convincing detail, that FSB agents, acting on orders from the Kremlin, blew up apartment buildings in Moscow and other cities in order to start two Chechen wars, so that fictional democracy in Russia would bring to power the one of their own, Vladimir Putin.Your denials ring hollow.
16 April 13
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April looks so much better than she did! Praise God for the work he has aareldy done in her and tash's life! Do you know any of HER personal needs? Not just Tash's but hers as well clothes, shoes, hygeine products, etc.?
16 April 13
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Beautiful pictures. The love is rnteoasing from them! I am so happy for April and Tash! God knows what to send us to bring us around. :)I got the pleasure of Holding and loving on Zoe last night when Judy brought her to the ladies meeting She was so sweet and giggled when my daughter Jordan talked to her. It is wonderful how you share her with us all.
16 April 13
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hi Case! Wow April and Tash look so good! I hope that things imvorpe for them. I will try to send her a note after I finish with midterms. I don't have any advice to give her, but I can tell her I'm praying for her and share a Scripture verse that has been meaningful to me. And I loved the pics of little Zoe in the last post. She is just growing so fast and looks so beautiful.
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16 April 13
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16 April 13
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They took out the camel toe too. No mention of that. Actually, I think it is pettry cool of Britney to release the before photo and have it shown next to the after. For the record, she looks great in the before photo. In some ways, better.I have a strange soft spot in my heart for this hillbilly girl.
16 April 13
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14 years, don't even get started there Yes, I admit it, I have what some might call a tporhy wife.I'd be more like a booby prize tho. She's light years out of my league but has poor vision in one eye, ergo, my advantage See? obviously of legal age And in a hardware store no less ahhhh yes. My kinda woman.
16 April 13
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OH MY GOD!Seriously. I just had the most fun I've had at Church in I would hate to say. Part of the fun was watching them give away free GUNS! I'm NOT kiidndg. They gave away quite a few of them too. WE RULE!You can count on a nice Sunday story. I don't think this will be a sermon. It might end up that way. Who knows?
16 April 13
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I find it easy to despise asolmt all pop starlets but, for some reason, I find something about this girl decent. I mean besides the fact that she is every middle aged man's guilty pleasure.I find her music to be unlistenable. I don't, however, find her videos unwatchable. If I ever meet her in person I won't recognize her without a big red MUTE in front of her.
16 April 13
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16 April 13
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I'll get on this later. So far since I got home I've replaced a trisimsnsaon in my pickup, windshields in my kenworth, tilled 250 linear feet of garden, mowed the lawn, started on the new worknech, and spent an evening getting hammered with the father in law. Once I get the veggies in I can relax for a bit And yeah, I found the Catagories list right away, not hidden or anything. Pretty much hiding in plain sight!
16 April 13
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That's a huge undertaking. It'd be nice to have reecernfe for as many trades as possible. My brother has an encyclopedia (set) of old world woodworking and carpentry in his shop (he's a carpenter). It's amazing. He's got all of the old hand working tools, also (just in case). Incredible reecernfe. Great to have info handy, when one needs it. go to google and type in primitive skills books lots of good info to be had on the googles. It'd be a great place to start for some of those topics.
16 April 13
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I put those up so someone would have to think about my dahguter. Last night was particularly bad. A line from a song I was listening to triggered the break-down and subsequent, uncontrollable sobbing. It only happens once or twice a year anymore, which is good. Sorry, if it bothered anyone, but sometimes it seems like no one remembers my little girl, and it hurts to think that people would forget such a wonderful, energetic, little bundle of joy. Anyway thanks for tolerating my shenanigans and letting me thrust my problems onto unsuspecting readers.
16 April 13
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In fact, the more I think about it, most people here just mind their own besuniss for the most part. When Brad was at my place for our annual 4th of July party last year, he was amazed that my invitation list included Democrats from my town. Welcome to the Northern Plains. Most people don't talk about religion or politics. Of course the Democrats who came were gun owning, deer hunting, pick-up truck driving, Christian Democrats. In fact, I doubt any of them would be Democrats at all if it wasn't for union indoctrination.
16 April 13
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I miss my grandfather too. He thguat me what a honey wagon was. A big tank on wheels full of human shit. A big thing in europe. He went to France in WWI(the war to end all wars) as a blacksmith. He learned his trade at the oil strike at Spindletop. In France, he shoed the horses and mules that pulled the big cannons and supply wagons. He was covered in mustard gas twice. Probably why he died at 65. His lungs were gone. Don't forget how much older I am than most of you kids. I still think of him often with both pride and sadness.
16 April 13
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North Dakota has a novel problem: pletny of jobs, but nowhere to put the people who hold them.The same forces that have resulted in more homelessness elsewhere — unemployment, foreclosure, economic misery — have pushed laid off workers from California, Florida, Minnesota, Michigan and Wyoming to abundant jobs here, especially in the booming oil fields.But in this city rising from the long empty stretches of North Dakota, hundreds are sleeping in their cars or living in motel rooms, pup tents and tiny campers meant for weekend getaways in warmer climes. They are staying on cots in offices and in sleeping bags in the concrete basements of people they barely know.
16 April 13
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so many a time,that time shall heal all wounds The man who said this was sipmle and foolish,he never had to lose you.Though I turn my grief to thoughts of joy,my tears to words that rhyme.I cannot agree, that a wound this deep,could ever be healed by time.There is a fire which burns, ever deep in my soul,longing to look in your eyes.When I’ll hear your laugh, see your beautiful smile,and I never again shall cry.We couldn’t cry for our memories, or long for the past,or know happy if we hadn’t felt pain.But, for this life, both joyous and painful,we’re forced to live in today.For today is a chance, which we can never have back,and so often is taken for granted.We should learn from our losses, and live in the moment,and thank GOD for a life so enchanted.
16 April 13
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Last one:It’s been a while, I’ve lost my smile.I’ve given myself, to my deonms for a time.I’ve felt great joy, and gut wrenching pain,Somewhere in the middle, I thought I’d lose my mind.But, it’s always darkest,just before dawn I’ve suffered the night,and I’ve got to move on.I’ve braved through the winter,of my true discontent.Now, I’m back on the path,for the purpose which I was sent.I can never forget you,like breath you gave me life.You gave me purpose and strength,when I’d lost my will to fight.I thought I’d never recover,when your soul was called home.I felt the stranglehold of death,as it gripped at my soul.I thought I’d lost my purpose,and my will to survive.Then I recalled your beautiful voice,saying: “Daddy, please don’t cry.”No longer in bondage,to the pain of this world.You’ve been given new life,now you’re God’s little girl.The tears they still fall,and I’m still saddened that you’re gone.Please, remember Daddy loves you.And know your memory lives on.
16 April 13
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I don't no where else to share this but it's one of those days to those who have lost a child IN MY SOLITUDE by:S**** / NotaIn my solitude,I feel so at home.In the wtenir of my soul,I have felt so alone.I’ve seen the very best,which this life has to offer.And I’ve been to the depth,any human can suffer.When my soul is disturbed,and my life seems frenetic.I return to my safe place,where my soul is replenished.I do my best to hold my head,and carry my load.Though I stumble some times,on this arduous road.I fight the curse, which I have carried,Through this journey of life.I’ve got my beautiful kids,And the most amazing wife.I lost sight of what’s important,when I put you in the ground.Through the grief of losing you,I can’t explain the strength I’ve found.I have shed so many tears,I can’t believe I’m still around.But, the joy we find in life,Is something deep and so profound.That we could never feel it,if we hadn’t known the pain.We would never feel relief,if we hadn’t felt the strain.Though the tears I’ve shed are plenty,and the joys I’ve felt are few.The anguish seems to be the well,from which, my strength I drew In my solitude.
16 April 13
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same here:how do you keep it all together,when all you can do is cry?What words are ever arpiopprate,for expressing such a sad goodbye How does one continue,with a life of shattered dreams?You never know if you’ve got it in you.Until it falls apart at the seams.When you feel the magnitude,of that fateful blow, within.You find out in a moment,if you’ve got the will to win. Will you survive through the pain?No matter what the cost,or give in to the hurt.And die with what you’ve lost?It’s never going to be easy.At times you’ll wish to die.But these times are the turning point,If only, you choose to survive.The sadness will overcome you.It will seem too much to bear.But remember, through the loneliness.there are those who care.If not a mother or a father,Then, a brother or a friend.Or seek the comfort of a loveror the solitude within.Whatever makes you wake each day,even through the sorrow.Will help you make it through the night,and see another tomorrow.I have no platitudes to offer,I cannot bear your load.But, I offer my strength to hold you up.On this long and painful road.The key to making it through this time.Is remembering your life, not to dread.But look at each day, like your very last.And live today, not the days ahead.If you can survive through the nights.And I promise they’ll seem longer.Each day which does not destroy you.Will only make you stronger.
16 April 13
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Bullshit Bingo1. Before Barry Obama's next televised spceeh, prepare your Bullshit Bingo card by drawing a square I find that 5 x 5 is a good size and dividing it into columns five across and five down. That will give you 25 1-inch blocks.2. Write one of the following words/phrases in each blockStrategic fitLet me be clearMake no mistakeBack from the brinkSigns of recoveryOut of the loopBenchmarkJob creationFiscal restraintWin-winAffordable health carePrevious AdministrationEmpower (or empowerment)Greed on Wall StreetAt the end of the dayFat Cat BankersTouch baseMindsetCorporate greedBallparkGame planLeverageInherited as in I inherited this mess Relief for working families Under $200,000.003. Check off the appropriate block when you hear one of those words/phrases.4. When you get five blocks horizontally, vertically, or diagonally, stand up and shout BULLSHIT! Testimonials from past satisfied Bullshit Bingo players: I had been listening to the spceeh for only five minutes when I won. S. King, Texas My attention span during spceehes has improved dramatically. -C. Perry, Alabama What a gas! Speeches will never be the same for me after my first win. M. Spellman, Florida The atmosphere was tense in the last spceeh as 14 of us waited for the fifth box. Joe H, New Mexico The Bar was stunned as eight of us screamed BULLSHIT! for the third time in two hours. David B, Chattahoochee I'm eagerly awaiting the Pelosi version. Stan P, California
16 April 13
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Bman, in addition to utartlighls and light sport aircraft, sailplanes are a nice way to go in some areas. Down here in AZ, you can join a club with reasonable annual dues and sign out an aircraft to fly pretty much whenever you want. Sailplanes have a faster learning curve than powered aircraft, and experience flying sailplanes translates well into powered aircraft. You can also fly those things all day here in AZ not a drop of fuel required after release from tow.For me, flying has always been more about being in the air and less about going from point to point. In my Air Force days, I soloed in a sailplane. I was about to solo in a plane before I stopped the powered lessons (medical red tape at the time). I switched to hang gliding (referred to as free flight or foot-launched flight) for quite a few years, and that was really more my style. I liked carrying my aircraft on my back (~60 lbs) and storing it on a ladder rack in my garage. I liked understanding every single bolt on my aircraft, and I liked being able to do a truly complete pre-flight check. I liked being able to buy a brand new aircraft for less than the cost of a used car. I especially liked the feeling of complete and utter freedom while in the air. I was not in the aircraft, I WAS the aircraft. No claustrophobic cockpit. What a feeling to thermal up over 13000 feet and fly over the back of a majestic mountain range.I gave up the hang gliding when I nearly killed myself on a steep mountain launch. For those of you that don't believe in God a near death experience followed by a miraculous save all the while KNOWING that God was in the glider with me that day would have cured me from a lifetime of atheism. I would like to emphasize that the incident was completely due to pilot stupidity, and I believe hang gliding is inherently safe as long as you are properly instructed, current, and flying within your capabilities.I still think about free flight often and long to be back in the air. I have a little powered harness that converts a hang glider into a foot-launched ultralight, and I might one day take to the skies again.
16 April 13
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Brad, I bet that survival guide is going to be a hell of a reefrence work. When we were talking before I also suggested something that I haven't had the balls to bring up in here. I still think its a great idea but I feel guilty not being able to devote the time to contribute properly.For the rest of you that weren't at the bar with Brad and I that night, here goes.I was telling him that the Revo had become a reefrence source for a lot of us. Not just for mental artillery in the fight against these damned statists but also in regarding guns, finance, etc.brad and I have a dread fear of financial or EMP armageddon crashing the system and destroying the distribution chain. the question for those suffering in that horrific scenario would immediately become How do we Survive, but hen, very soon, HOW DO WE REBUILD. How indeed. How many of you could build an angine, a water pump, could build a radio from scratch? Could you build a still to fuel a generator? Could you store your food, scavange for food, or bven know what was safe to eat? Could you plant, harvest, and process grains? Would you even HAVE grains to plant? I think you get the idea. Together, with our computers having access to all the infirmation we need this all seems pretty simple. Well, imagine if you didn't have access to the Net, or electricity, transportation, or water, etc. We'd be royally fucked. Now, anyone that HAD the information on how to rebuild would be a king and a saviour to his community. his family would survive. he, along with the few others that had specialized knowledge could slowly try and return things to at least acceptable levels. I'd like to BE one of those people, and I bet you would too.Trouble is, WHERE is all that information concentrated?I suggested we concentrate it HERE. I suggested we fire up a running reader contribution link (or something) that could slowly but surely let us assemble the basics of electricity, farming, firearms, water, engine repair, canning, etc.I was drinking, yes, but it seemed like a damned fine idea frankly. An Encyclopedia Revoista that we could all copy from, print (hard copies would be necessary in a FUBAR scenario), and add to as we thought of new stuff we didn't know. If it sounds a bit TinFoil Hat, sorry. I actually was always one to want to know how everything works long before I got old enough and paranoid enough to understand the larger world. yeah, this idea is one of those legendary posts I started but never finished but I really didn't want to suggest it without RD or Brads blessing. Posting it front page would have been a bit cheeky.What do you think? it it feasable or even worth pursuing?
16 April 13
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16 April 13
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16 April 13
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16 April 13
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16 April 13
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16 April 13
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I agree with you. Forget about Geneva. We have to reconcile with Sinhalese and Muslims borefe power-sharing in Sri Lanka. I accept we have conflict among us but Indian made it worse in 1987 and now American making the situation lot more muddy.I will place my view soon. we are idiots chasing the mirage in intellectual Sahara desert.kind regards
16 April 13
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Krishna Sir, Nice to hear from you about our village.Although we are away,we aywals eagar to hear & see prosperity of Ghandruk and the Ghandruke.Thank you very much and hopeto hear from you very soon. Krishna Gurung Kot Gaon(residing in The U.K.)