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Is it just me or did three of the mods all stop posting on the same day???
Thats a great question....Where did the mods go and why?
Just wait.....Lakers in 4...
It takes a while for something to happen if ever it does happen. These guys know that they can try to start up a company with your money and they are not always incentivized to do a very good job since when the money runs out they can sell more shares. My question is what kind of a salary is this guy taking? He is not sharing the investors pain on this and therefor has nothing to lose. Imagine how hard you would work if you put up your last dollar to make your company work. This company is one of many that do this. I joke around all the time about taking a company "pinky public" and getting all of you to pay for my failures or at least pay for it until I get it right. The only thing that stops me is the fact that I sleep very well at night and don't ever want that to change.
And to think I have been getting hammered for posting the exact same thing. I tried and I tried and nobody would listen. I was labeled a basher and much worse thru PM's. Oh well life goes on...
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Dodgers could use boost from Furcal
06/02/2008 10:36 PM ET
By Michael Schwartz / MLB.com
LOS ANGELES -- Dodgers manager Joe Torre jokingly greeted injured shortstop Rafael Furcal on Monday by telling him visitors are not allowed in the clubhouse.
Furcal may have seemed like a visitor after missing the Dodgers' last 24 games and not traveling with the team during its recently completed road trip to Chicago and New York to rehab his injured back.
But Furcal's return will be greatly welcomed -- whenever that may be.
That's still up in the air, with Torre saying his rehab will be treated as a "very methodical process here."
Furcal took some swings on Sunday and has been throwing in the field. Both Torre and Furcal agreed he would probably need a Minor League rehab assignment before returning to the Dodgers, a stint Furcal would like to be for three or four days.
The Dodgers' offense has felt Furcal's absence, averaging 3.2 runs per game without him after averaging 5.4 runs per game prior to his injury. The team has struggled to a 9-15 mark after starting 18-14 with Furcal.
At the time of the injury, Furcal led the Majors with 49 hits and ranked second in batting average (.366), third in on-base percentage (.448) and ninth in slugging percentage (.597) out of the leadoff spot.
"There are certain guys that certainly get your attention when you lose them," Torre said. "Of course, the Yankees this year when they lost [Jorge] Posada, that type of player. The Red Sox when they lost [Jason] Varitek a few years ago, and no question [Furcal] would be one of the players here, not only the offensive side, but sitting in the middle of the diamond. You miss someone with his ability and just his presence."
Making things worse, the Dodgers haven't gotten a hit from the shortstop position since May 23, with Chin-lung Hu and Luis Maza going hitless in 29 at-bats during that time.
Furcal said it's tough watching the Dodgers on television because he gets nervous not being able to help the squad. He said the injury is "a little disappointing" because of how hard he worked in the offseason to prepare for the year, but said there's no pressure to return early, even with Los Angeles going 2-8 in its last 10 games.
"I don't want to come in so early if I'm not healthy, because I don't want to step back," Furcal said. "When I come back, I want to play the whole year."
Meanwhile, injured outfielder Andruw Jones said he's still on pace for an All-Star break return after undergoing successful right knee surgery on Tuesday.
"It feels better," Jones said. "There's not much sore in there no more. The pain that I had is not much, not much soreness."
Along with Furcal, Jones stayed behind during the road trip and threw for the first time on Monday, which he said felt good. He's also been working with lighter weights to build strength.
Jones added he's happy the surgery showed there's nothing wrong with his patella tendon, which he feared may have been the case.
The Dodgers also announced the clock has been stopped on injured pitcher Jason Schmidt's Minor League rehab stint.
The veteran's 30-day assignment had been set to expire on June 10, but will be postponed after he was hit in the calf by a grounder in the second inning during Saturday's rehab start for Class A Inland Empire.
Schmidt stayed in the game and threw 65 pitches in 3 2/3 innings, giving up two runs on four hits.
"It didn't feel real good, but I was all right," Schmidt said.
Added Torre: "There's still an issue, especially when you get hit with a ball and you don't feel it until later on or the next day."
Whenever Schmidt makes his next start for Inland Empire, he might be throwing to Dodgers backup catcher Gary Bennett.
Torre said Bennett, disabled with plantar fasciitis, is expected to go to Inland Empire on Tuesday. Bennett is also working on his mental blocks about return throws to the mound.
Kemp eases pressure in Dodgers' win
06/03/2008 2:19 AM ET
By Michael Schwartz / MLB.com
LOS ANGELES -- Before Monday's game against the Rockies, Dodgers manager Joe Torre talked about how his team needed somebody to loosen the screws on the pressure mounting on Los Angeles' struggling offense.
Good thing outfielder Matt Kemp brought his screwdriver to Dodger Stadium.
Kemp hit a pair of doubles and a homer to lead the Dodgers to an 8-2 win over Colorado, alleviating the pressure on starter Derek Lowe to be perfect as he's needed to be his past few losses.
"They get a couple of hits and they score some runs, and it just seems to loosen people up," Torre said of the middle of Los Angeles' order. "I'd like to say it was something more magical than that, but I just think it's a sense of scoring runs and it's a confidence thing. When it starts working early, then you have confidence to stay with that."
Los Angeles hit three home runs in all, with Jeff Kent and Andre Ethier also leaving the yard, after the squad had hit just four homers during the past 10-game stretch in which it went 2-8. The Dodgers did not score more than four runs in nine of their previous 10 games.
Torre was most impressed that his squad kept adding on after taking the lead for good with two runs in the bottom of the first, scoring in five of the first seven innings.
"We'd rather score in more innings," Torre said. "Tonight was a manager's dream -- when you go out there and score in the first, score in the second, score in the [third] -- because that means you're constantly going after it and being aggressive. And tonight was good and we just have to remember how it happened."
After Lowe gave up a run on three straight two-out singles in the first, Los Angeles' answer in the bottom half of the inning showed Monday would not be like Lowe's previous run of bad luck.
The sinkerballer had not won since April 23, although he's pitched far better lately, compiling a 1.23 ERA over his past three starts.
"Again, the bounce-back runs that we were able to get in the bottom of the first definitely gave me some confidence that we're going to go out and score some runs," Lowe said. "They kept adding on, which is great to see. We need to continue to play like this more often."
When told it had been a long time since his last win, Lowe said, "No kidding." He also won a rare contest against the Rockies after losing four in a row to Colorado.
Lowe (3-5) pitched eight innings and gave up just two more hits after his rough first inning, a pair of knocks in the fourth. He walked one and struck out three.
The starter recorded 15 of his 24 outs on the ground, a surefire sign he's on his game, according to Torre.
"He pitched a great game," Torre said. "It really sets the tone, any time you go out there and pitch like that."
After a road trip Kemp called "ugly" and a 4:30 a.m. PT arrival at LAX, the outfielder said his squad was more aggressive Monday against Colorado starter Greg Reynolds (0-3), who allowed six runs (four earned) on seven hits in five innings.
"The whole attitude today, everyone had the energy and I just felt like we were going to come out and do some good things today," Kemp said. "Derek pitched a good game, and we got hits to back him up. Everyone did their job today."
Despite their recent struggles, the victory moved the Dodgers within 3 1/2 games of first-place Arizona in the National League West, a reminder the club is far from out of contention, despite a rough week and a half.
"We just need to put something together, just for our own confidence at this point in time," Torre said. "We certainly know we're better than our record indicates right now. We just need to just get our confidence, and I think the confidence, with that, will bring a little more aggressive play."
Lakers in four...
Well if this doesn't tell you who the Clintons really are then you are freaking blind...
Hillary Clinton in negotiations for Barack Obama to help pay off her debts
Posted by Toby Harnden on 02 Jun 2008 at 22:28
Tags: Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, Harold Ickes
Negotiations are understood to be taking place between the Obama and Clinton campaigns about the Illinois senator helping to repay some of the massive debt incurred by his rival. One of Hillary Clinton’s donors said that the former First Lady’s campaign was as much as $40 million in the red.
In a conference call with major donors this afternoon, contributors were told by Harold Ickes, a senior Clinton adviser, that she was unlikely to pull out of the race until the issue of her massive debts was resolved. The New York senator has lent her own campaign at least $11.5 million.
One source close to a major donor said: “It’s not about the vice-presidency or any other position she might get. It’s about the money – in particular the Clinton family money.” The Obama campaign might have to reach deeply into its well-stocked coffers in order to secure the full support of Mrs Clinton and her husband Bill in the November general election.
But in a sign that Mr Obama believes a deal can be struck, he said at an event in Troy, Michigan: “Mrs Clinton has run an outstanding campaign and she is an outstanding public servant. And she and I will be working together in November.”
Wake up.......It's not real.
Well if this doesn't tell you who the Clintons really are then you are freaking blind...
Hillary Clinton in negotiations for Barack Obama to help pay off her debts
Posted by Toby Harnden on 02 Jun 2008 at 22:28
Tags: Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, Harold Ickes
Negotiations are understood to be taking place between the Obama and Clinton campaigns about the Illinois senator helping to repay some of the massive debt incurred by his rival. One of Hillary Clinton’s donors said that the former First Lady’s campaign was as much as $40 million in the red.
In a conference call with major donors this afternoon, contributors were told by Harold Ickes, a senior Clinton adviser, that she was unlikely to pull out of the race until the issue of her massive debts was resolved. The New York senator has lent her own campaign at least $11.5 million.
One source close to a major donor said: “It’s not about the vice-presidency or any other position she might get. It’s about the money – in particular the Clinton family money.” The Obama campaign might have to reach deeply into its well-stocked coffers in order to secure the full support of Mrs Clinton and her husband Bill in the November general election.
But in a sign that Mr Obama believes a deal can be struck, he said at an event in Troy, Michigan: “Mrs Clinton has run an outstanding campaign and she is an outstanding public servant. And she and I will be working together in November.”
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Because the CEO is a liar...
Oh ok...
Ok then.....
So who are you backing?
What horse are you backing?
DON'T FORGET TO TAKE THE TRASH (SLICK WILLY) OUT WITH YOU WHEN YOU GO
Hillary Clinton will be offered a dignified exit from the presidential race and the prospect of a place in Barack Obama's cabinet under plans for a "negotiated surrender" of her White House ambitions being drawn up by Senator Obama's aides.
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The Clintons Just Have to Win
Dick Morris and Eileen McGann
In January 1998, right after The Washington Post revealed President Bill Clinton’s relationship with Monica, I spoke with him about his predicament. Shell-shocked and stunned at the calls for his impeachment, he knew he was facing the fight of his life. At first, he was vintage Bill Clinton: maudlin, sad and full of self-pity. But as we talked, he gradually changed his tone. Admitting that he was not innocent, but recognizing his diminishing support, he then told me defiantly: “Well, we’ll just have to win.”
Several years later, I was surprised to read in Sidney Blumenthal’s memoirs that then-first lady Hillary Clinton had used the exact same words on the exact same day in a conversation with the White House aide. “We’ll just have to win.”
That’s how the Clintons think — no matter what, they have to win. Winning is everything, and how you do it is not determined by any inner sense of values or ethics, but by a resolve to do whatever needs to be done, no more and certainly no less. So, on that day in January 1998 — because they had to win — their campaign to discredit a 23-year-old intern began in the White House. Private investigators dug up her old boyfriends. White House operatives spread the word that it was the president who was the victim. The young woman was an unbalanced stalker.
As impeachment unfolded, the extramarital affairs of key members of the Republican leadership in the House were suddenly outed.
Hillary Clinton began the disinformation campaign. Appearing on “The Today Show,” she righteously claimed that there was nothing to support Lewinsky’s claims and insisted that Bill was just “ministering” to a “troubled young woman.” Then came the blue dress and the Clintons finally — and reluctantly — changed gears.
But they never changed philosophies. Winning is still everything. No matter who gets destroyed, offended or hurt in the process.
We’ve seen it throughout Hillary’s campaign: the race-baiting by Bill Clinton in South Carolina and by Hillary in Kentucky. His comparison of Obama to Jesse Jackson and her talk about “hard-working whites” was not accidental. The Clintons don’t make verbal mistakes.
Everything they say is deliberate. And then Bill Clinton actually had the nerve to say that it was the Obama campaign and not him — that they had played the race card. Once again, he’s the victim.
Now Bill and Hillary are desperate to keep Hillary in the race. Despite mathematical impossibility, the Clintons are biding their time. Out of money and out of delegates, they are waiting for some unknown force to suddenly emerge and change the race. That’s why Hillary made the reference to Bobby Kennedy.
Because the Clintons know, better than most people, that time has often been a friend.
Anything can happen. Remember how, in 2001, they left the White House as pariahs amid the uproar about the last-minute pardons involving brothers of both of them, the hundreds of thousands of dollars in gifts of china, silver and furniture that they arranged to get from donors, and the theft of White House furniture. They were in disgrace. Hillary’s first press conference was a defense of her brothers’ payments for pardons. Both Clintons were lambasted by The New York Times, The Washington Post and every other media outlet. And, in Bill’s last hours in office, he pleaded guilty to crime and was disbarred.
But seven years later, Hillary has come amazingly close to becoming the Democratic Party nominee. And until he destroyed his reputation by his bizarre and belligerent behavior in Hillary’s campaign, Bill Clinton was the most popular guy in the world.
Time allowed Bill and Hillary to remake themselves — he as a save-the-world philanthropist and she as a hard-working senator who got along with everyone.
Just like time had turned the special counsel’s draft indictment of Hillary into scrap paper, particularly after Jim McDougal, the chief witness, died in prison.
And time erased the memory of the Clintons’ pardon of the FALN terrorist group to help Hillary with the Puerto Rican community.
But now time is finally running out for the Clintons. They’ve stayed at the party too long, and it isn’t a pretty sight. But they won’t leave gracefully. No way. They still believe that there’s a chance to win. And they’ll do anything to make that happen.
Because they just have to win.
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WOW You have really rounded the bend....Good luck with all that!
"Are Ahmadinejad's Days Numbered" ???????
NOT IF THE DEMS ARE IN CHARGE...
If I was this ugly I might leave town as well.....
Oh thank God!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Susan Sarandon vows move to Italy or Canada if McCain elected...
SUSAN SARANDON, who appeared in three films last year and won kudos for her TV movie "Bernard and Doris," is still not a contented soul. She says if John McCain gets elected, she will move to Italy or Canada. She adds, "It's a critical time, but I have faith in the American people."
OK, American people. You don't want Susan to move out of the country, so it's up to you to elect Barack Obama. What? You thought Susan of all people would be for Hillary Clinton? Well, no. She told John Hiscock: "I thought the whole point of feminism is that you're not supposed to be defined by gender. I don't understand the reasoning behind that, because I wouldn't vote for Condoleezza Rice, and I hated Margaret Thatcher."
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Again.....How did Bush lie?
My dear friend,Contact FedEx regard your compensation..
I have been waiting for you since then to come down here and pick your
outstanding payment left but I did not hear from you since that time
as we fixed.Then I went to the bank to confirm if the draft has expired
or getting near to expire and Dr.Wilson the Director EcoBank Benin told
me that before the draft will get to your hand that it will expire.So
I told him to cash the $950,000.00(Nine hundred and fifty thousand US
Dollars only) to cash payment to avoid loosing this funds under
expiration as I will be out of the country next tomorrow for
a 3 Months Course and Investment Project. I will not come back till ending
of January 2009.Meawhile,Bank helped me lodged the funds inside a Copper
box as Consignment with FedEx Agency in Benin Republic. Please note
that I did not disclose to the FedEx that the content of the Consignment bo
is cash money,instead registered the consignment as African Cloths
which you order for samples.I told M/D.Benard Kalu that you want to share the
cloths to all your customers in your city,this was for security reason
and to ensure that the Consigned fund reached you safely.
I want You urgently contact the FedEx Agency Benin Republic to know
when they will deliver your package(fund).I have paid for the delivering
charges.So be advised to contact the Courier Director through this below
details and reconfirm to him the information and address where to send
the Package to you.
CONTACT:Mr.Benard Kalu(DISTRICT)
MANAGER:(FedEx Agency Benin Republic)
CONTACT PHONE:+229-937-718-92
E-mail:(fedexfedex99@gmail.com)
Try to contact Mr.Benard Kalu as soon as possible to avoid increasing
the Security Keeping fee. I Would have given them the address but I later
thought you have to reconfirm it to them again to avoid any mistake on
the delivery and to be sure the fund is delivered to the nominated
address of your Choice.
Reconfirm below information to the company.
Your Full Name:_________________________
Your Home Address:______________________
Your Age:_______________________________
Your Direct Phone Number(s):____________
Your picture:___________________________
Send the above data to enable Mr.Benard obtain costoms paper and instruct
for the delivery immidiately as you can understand that government of
this country will confiscate the fund if I transfer it direct to your account.
Call Dr.Marthins Dave(EcoBank Accountant
Officer,phone,0022997348767)for the key of the Copper box because they
advice me not to send the key with thesame FedEx Company for security reasons.
I plead him to send it to you.Do not risk to delay the box because no body is away expect the
Bank that directed me to transfer the fund to you through FedEx company.
Best Regards
Engr.Lawrence J.Kole.
(Messr)
How exactly did "Bush lie"?
LMAO!
Another poster here claims to have loaned the company 100k a month or so ago. He went as far as to say they promised him they wouldn't dillute anymore. If that is true it looks like the company needs to print money at the rate they are burning thru it. NOT GOOD!
I agree it could move up if they stop dumping shares....The question is will they ever stop dumping shares? Everyone here promised they were done dumping but as usual they turned out to be wrong. I wonder if those people who said that have any connection to the company? Why else would they lie do you think?
Was this one yours as well?
t 0.0057 140000 OTO 16:09:57
AMEN!!!
That guy is one bad dude...
Yep two after hour trades today. That happens when the company is selling shares.
I just read the annual report on pinksheets and all I can say is what a joke...Why did they even bother?
Remove the picture and I would agree...
Charts are great but if the company continues to dump shares they are pretty much worthless...