Monday, August 13, 2012

GVLN - Notes from the Largest Earth Day Rally of 2012- These People Are Nuts


By Pierre Lussier, Jour de la Terre Québec
Talking about what happened in Montréal at 2 o'clock on Sunday, the 22nd of April, 2012, feels like describing a perfect storm touching the ground.
Photograph by Peter McCabe, Montreal Gazette.

12:30pm, Place des festivals
Basically, nothing out of the ordinary seems to be going on. I've organized the rally at COP 11 and sixteen Earth Days. I should be used to this by now. The difference now is that you just know you’re never ever going to be ready. Do I feel confident? Yes, I can deal with this, make it right. How many people will it be? How many people really fit into this place anyway? 100 K, yes; 150 K, I'm not sure; 250 K, never. I have to get this TV cart out of the way. It's the third time they’ve come and parked it in the middle of the place, and so it goes “you cannot park here” “yes but I'm live in 5,” “well, we're live 24-7, so for now please move on.” This is the center of what is soon to be a sea of people. No car please. NOW. How did I get here? Must have been that girl at the rave in 1995; she looked at me and then handed something to me. Or is it when the celebrated director, Dominic Champagne (LOVE, the story of the Beatles by Cirque du Soleil, Cabaret Neiges Noirs, etc.), came into Jour de la Terre offices.
23rd of January
Dominic was very disappointed that the 2011 rally protesting Canada's withdrawal from the Kyoto protocol did not attract more participants. He was now on a mission. He professed that one day he would mobilize 100,000 people, and that day was going to be Earth Day 2012. Already on the night of the failed rally against the failing Canadian government Dominic was drafting a manifesto for the common good. What he wanted was to go further than the anti-fracking movement that he was fightingfor; and me, I was in for the number. 100,000 people, all right, let’s do it. Soon after, Dominic got all his artist friends to attend a meeting at our offices. Along came all the key environmental organizations. We did not want to do anything ordinary, we did not want to do just another rally. Dominic came up with the idea of a human tree; he could ask his friends, a choreographer from Le Cirque and André Lavallée (the chief of staff of the Montreal mayor). I proposed the place to do it. We thought that the Mount Royal mountain would be the place. Where else could be more symbolic of Montreal and of the common good? The ideas were good but not without obstacles. First, we had to figure out who's doing it and then who was paying for it. Five environmental organizations: Greenpeace, Equiterre, David Suzuki Foundation, l'AQLPA and Jour de la Terre Québec, NGOs and the three biggest unions, CSN, CSQ and FTQ formed a committee of Jour de la Terre Québec.This committee would be autonomous and responsible for everything, including finances. It would communicate as 22 April http://22avril.org/.

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Save the earth while creating a huge crowd that blocks all traffic on a major highway and stops commerce plus creates tons of pollution and waste from all the garbage all these nuts left behind.  Yeah, all this makes sense.  And where did they all go to the bathroom?  250,000 people swarm a Canadian city to pollute the heck out of it and choke it.  Great idea for an earth day.  They have a video where they all look like a swarm of killer ants taking over a picnic.  The most anti green green movement anyone could care to see.  What other kind of bright ideas do these nuts have?  They call this sending their love to mother earth.  We call it hypocrisy.  

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Saturday, August 11, 2012

GVLN - Mitt Romney Set To Pick Paul Ryan As Running Mate

Mitt Romney, former governor of Massachusetts,...
Mitt Romney, former governor of Massachusetts, 2008 US presidential candidate. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Jon Ward


NORFOLK, Va. -– Mitt Romney will announce Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) as his running mate on Saturday, according to two sources with knowledge of the decision.
Ryan is a bold pick who will energize the Republican Party, but putting him on the ticket is fraught with risk and instantly puts Ryan's budget plan front and center in the 2012 campaign.
Romney will announce his choice in Norfolk on Saturday morning at the beginning of a four-day bus tour through key battleground states, the campaign said Friday night. The Weekly Standard reported earlier Friday that Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker has been asked to be ready to make the case for Ryan beginning Saturday.
Romney's alliance with the 42-year old Ryan has become the most dramatic development of the 2012 presidential campaign. Romney had been presumed for much of the last few months to be set on a safe pick, such as Sen. Rob Portman (R-Ohio), or former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty.
But now, Romney, who is 23 years older than Ryan, will signal that he is willing to roll the dice. President Barack Obama's reelection campaign and Democratic political groups have been eager for Romney to pick Ryan, the architect of plans to slash government spending and overhaul entitlement programs that Democrats believe are political losers.
Both liberals and conservatives will be thrilled with Romney's choice.











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GVLN - America's Missile Defense System Operators Sure Do Love Porn

Seal of the United States Missile Defense Agency.
Seal of the United States Missile Defense Agency. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Government employees are just like you and me. Just like you and me, they wake up in the morning, put on some chinos, go to work and sit at a computer all day. Just like you and me, sometimes they get bored, so they surf the web a little bit. And — this is where we stray from the “just like you and me” trope — sometimes they watch hours and hours of hardcore porn at work. That’s right: gigabytes of filth are being downloaded from a government-controlled network onto government-issued computers and consumed during government-billed hours. These are your tax dollars at work, people.
It seems like there’s a government-worker-watching-porn-at-work scandal every single year, and 2012 is no exception. However, the stakes are a bit different this year since the government workers who got busted with smut also happen to control our ground- and sea-based missile defense system. Last Friday, the executive director of the Missile Defense Agency sent out a memo to his staff, scolding them for “engaging in inappropriate use of theMDA network.” John James Jr. clarified, “Specifically, there have been instances of employees and contractors accessing websites, or transmitting messages, containing pornographic or sexually explicit images.”
“Inappropriate” is certainly one word you could use to describe these Defense Department employees’ procrastination methods. “Dangerous” is another. James explained, “These actions are not only unprofessional, they reflect time taken away from designated duties, are in clear violation of federal and DoD and regulations, consume network resources and can compromise the security of the network though the introduction of malware or malicious code.” Indeed, cyber security experts warn that porn sites are especially susceptible to hackers who want to mine government networks for intelligence or even to launch an attack. So these guys are wasting your tax dollars and compromising national security.
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GVLN - ICP HAS ANNOUNCED THEIR PLANS TO SUE THE FBI

By Ben Shapiro


Insane Clown Posse
Cover of Insane Clown Posse
Every year, the FBI releases its National Gang Threat Assessment List, which examines "emerging gang trends and threats posed by criminal gangs and communities throughout the United States." In 2011, Juggalos were added to the list. You already know about Juggalos, those zany, slap-happy, face-painted faygo-swillers who have made the Insane Clown Posse their religion. Well, now they're all members of a criminal gang, and Violent J and Shaggy 2 Dope from ICP are gang leaders.
Well, ICP is about to start fighting back, and they're reacting by suing the FBI. Let me say that again and make it clearer. Insane Clown Posse is suing the Federal Bureau of Investigation
Last night, I was chilling with Joseph Bruce, AKA Violent J of ICP, in his bus at the 13th annual Gathering Of The Juggalos (I'm so happy I get to write that—thanks, VICE!). He told me that "ICP is going to do something huge for our fans, and the world. We're suing the FBI to be taken off their list. They're trying to kill our band, and we have to fight back."
In the weeks leading up to this year's Gathering of the Juggalos, ICP's attorneys warned that "there's no telling what's gonna happen at the Gathering this year. This is the first time we had the festival now that we're a 'gang.' According to the FBI, we're all at a gang rally, and our merchandise is gang apparel."
Although currently only considered a gang in four states, law enforcement in 21 states have identified and logged criminal Juggalo subsets. In those states, if an ICP fan is on probation, and he or she wears an ICP hat to a parole meeting, that's a violation of probation for wearing gang apparel.
"Let's get this straight," he continued, "a Juggalo is not a gang member. Consider a Juggalo that, 15 years ago, got a hatchet man tattoo or something. Now they've got a family, they're working in real estate or something, and they're driving home and get a speeding ticket. Next thing you know, he's in the gang file, and that will be taken into consideration in any trial. Suddenly, it ain't just somebody who fucked up, it's a gang member who fucked up, and they're getting a heavier sentence."
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This just looks like a throw back to the 60's with modern day twists. Is this a real gang?  Does not look like one to us.  But this is what is making the news these days.

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Friday, August 10, 2012

Gloucester, VA County Fair - 2012 Updated

The Gloucester County, Virginia Fair has been canceled for 2012.  This announcement was made back around April if I remember correctly and was in the local Gloucester Mathews Gazette Journal.  The reason we are making this announcement is because we monitor hits coming into our site and what people are looking for and we continue to get hits from people looking for this information.

  The past three years has seen a very steady decline in traffic to the fair to the point where it has been made very clear that there is little interest in this event anymore.  Will Gloucester ever see a county fair again?  Hard to say.  Based on the incredibly low attendance levels over the past three years, it's probably best to just put the county fair to rest.  The park where the county fair has been held would make a great location for other area events such as the Renaissance Fair or Civil War re enactments.  The Gloucester Courthouse location for the Renaissance Fair we thought was always a really bad idea and poorly laid out for that type of event.  What would make for a great county event but would be difficult to put together is a Pocahontas  John Smith, John Rolfe and Chief Powhatan story.

  Another great story line event that could also be created for the county is Bacon's Rebellion.  For that matter, there is so much rich history in Gloucester that it is criminal that Gloucester does not capitalize on such.  The John Clayton story is little told.  Walter Reed's story is not really promoted.  Rosewell Ruins is left in the dark for the most part.  Also, the Battle of the Hook re enactment should not be put together by a private business the way it was done in the past, the county fails to capitalize on this area as well.  We have often heard how the county wants to capitalize on the tourist trade that benefits Williamsburg, Jamestown, Yorktown and other surrounding areas, but Gloucester won't lift a finger to help itself in this area at all.  But yet it spends resources, hence, money on stupid ventures like save the Edge hill gas station that should have just been demolished.  Exactly what benefit is a 60 year old abandoned gas station going to do for the people of Gloucester?  Drive in tourist dollars?


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GVLN - NYPD Unveils Crime- And Terror-Fighting ‘Domain Awareness System’

English: New York Mayor, Michael R. Bloomberg.
English: New York Mayor, Michael R. Bloomberg. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Mayor: State-Of-The-Art 

Venture With Microsoft 

Puts 

Police 'In The Next 

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Gloucester, VA Political Center, Obama, Paul, Romney







With elections now far around the corner, we try to look at the various areas being discussed once a week.  We weigh in on the top three most visible people in politics in our opinion.

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GVLN - NYC Officials Shut Down Free Vibrator Carts

English: Lower Manhattan at late dusk.
English: Lower Manhattan at late dusk. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Tragedy struck Manhattan yesterday when city officials shut down a vibrator giveaway sponsored by Trojan. The condom company planned to give out 10,000 of their new vibes from pushcarts at three tourist-heavy locations: Rockefeller Center, South Street Seaport, and the Flatiron District, which is near The Frisky’s offices. New Yorkers congregated for free $40 Trojan Tri-Phoria vibes (two thumbs up, says I!) or a free $30 Trojan Pulse.  Yet less than an hour into the event, an unnamed city official pooh-poohed the crowds and told Trojan’s Pleasure Carts to pack up and go home.
Horny area woman Linda Postell was irate about the shutdown, huffing to The New York Post, “I’m 57-years-old. I should be able to get a vibrator! I have a problem with the smoking ban and the soda ban — and now this!
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You have to love the state of the nation when this type of news is coming out.  Our last two posts have been rather disgusting, but this is what is going on.
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Gloucester, VA - J Lo's Boob Falls Out On TV, Is It Okay To Look? (NSFW)







You can go to hundreds of websites on the internet to find nude shots of celebrities. The pictures you’ll see there come in all forms and sizes, and they’re acquired through a variety of methods. Sometimes it’s willing nudity as in Mr. Skin’s reposting of nude scenes. Sometimes it’s unwilling nudity as in that sketchy and immoral video where someone filmed Erin Andrews undressing through the peephole of her hotel room. We don’t cover either of those types of nudity here at Pop Blend. Call us crazy but we think you should actually have to sit through a movie to see the nude scene in context, and we also think invading someone’s privacy by illegally creeping in their private space is dirty and wrong. That being said, if you go ontelevision or in a public place wearing an outfit that doesn’t cover up the goods, that’s fair game. 
   
Such was the case with Jennifer Lopez during her appearance on the German television show Wetten dass…. Moving around, braless, in a free flowing top, the American Idol judge briefly let it all hang out, much to the surprise and probable delight of many viewers watching the variety show live. When is a nipple slip just a nipple slip and when is it actually news? I’d argue, if the person’s famous and it happened in a surprising or public context, there’s no differentiating between the two. That’s why movie nudity isn’t typically a worthwhile story, but Anthony Weiner’s erection is. Everymajor media outlet unabashedly reported Janet Jackson’s epic mishap at the Super Bowl, and Lopez’s blunder was largely the same thing, just on a much smaller scale. Author: Mack Rawden

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