Question by Kevin H: brett favre…?
even if you don’t like brett favre, you gotta respect the man. yeah, he’s got a lot of INT, but he’s also got a lot of TDs. when you think green bay packers, you think brett favre, not vince lombardi or bart starr. the guy is one of the toughest to ever play the game. he’s left a strong and lasting legacy. where would you rank him among the all time greats? and should he be a first ballot hall of famer?
Best answer:
Answer by jamie8_gbc brett favre will be in HALL FAMER
Question by wondergurl298: Why does Wyclef Jean sing like a goat in We are the World 25?
I mean he’s normally good at singing. Is it like a Haiti type of singing or something? Lol I even found a facebook page on it called Wyclef Jean Sings Like a Goat in the Remake of We are the World, so I can’t be the only who thinks this.
Best answer:
Answer by Sarah Vee lmao. I agree. Never again wyclef please!
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US Elections after Citizens United Case
On Jan 21, 2010, the 5-4 Supreme Court ruled in the Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission that corporate funding of political campaigns cannot be restricted under the First Amendment right of Freedom of Speech.
No other ruling has done more to erode democracy and ensure corporations have more control of the American democratic process. Now any candidate without large financial support, or personal wealth will not be able to compete in campaigns, which will ensure a small pool of corporate backed candidates representing the American people. An ABC news poll shows 80% of Americans oppose the Citizens Case ruling, and Republicans and Democrats condemned the Court’s decision. President Obama, a former constitutional lawyer, stated, “"this ruling strikes at our democracy itself" and "I can’t think of anything more devastating to the public interest".
The Freedom of Speech
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Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
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Meanwhile, in today’s news a police officer is offended by somebody’s speech . . .
SD Court Asked Whether Profanity is Disorderly
By Carson Walker
Monday, September 29, 2008
Brookings, South Dakota — The South Dakota Supreme Court on Monday heard arguments over whether yelling profanities at a passing police officer is protected speech under the U.S. Constitution.
Attorneys for Marcus Suhn argued the First and 14th Amendments protected him and a misdemeanor disorderly conduct conviction should be overturned. He appealed to the high court after being convicted for a Sept. 2, 2007, exchange with Police Officer David Gibson.
The Constitution gives Americans to express ideas and opinions freely, Suhn’s attorney, Robert Fite said. "That right also gives us the right to criticize our government and its agencies without fear of retribution."
But Assistant Attorney General Ann Meyer countered that a lower court judge was right in concluding Suhn’s exclamations fell under the "fighting words" exception of the First Amendment.
Meyer also said the disorderly conduct charge was appropriate because Suhn uttered the profanities among a crowd of bar patrons, which created a risk, Meyer said.
"You’ve got 100 people coming out of the bars who presumably have been drinking," Meyer said.
Suhn, 23, and dozens of other patrons were gathered on the sidewalk in downtown Brookings, home of South Dakota State University and its nearly 12,000 students.
Gibson was on patrol when he saw and heard Suhn let out a string of obscenities that included several derogatory references to police officers.
Fite described the statement as 16 words amounting to profane criticism toward police. The lawyer, acknowledging the decorum of the court, told justices he would not expound unless they wanted him to read the entire quote.
Gibson confronted Suhn, but he was ignored until Gibson grabbed Suhn’s arm and arrested him for disorderly conduct for the vulgar diatribe.
Fite argued it was only Suhn’s words that prompted the arrest because Suhn had no direct confrontation with the officer, so the fighting words argument doesn’t apply.
"I don’t think there’s any way Suhn can be convicted for speech only," Fite said.
Some justices asked the prosecutor whether there would be more arrests for language that has become common.
"Those particular words during my era, you would get your mouth washed out with soap. Now you hear them on television," said Justice Judith Meierhenry.
But Meyer argued that it was also the context, not only the words, that violated the law and created the risk.
"He just let it fly with his profanity towards police officers and the public and everybody’s caught up in it and that’s unreasonable noise," she said.
Suhn had been sentenced to 30 days in jail and fined 0, plus court fees. His jail sentence was suspended before he served any jail time.
The high court is meeting this week at South Dakota State University. It’s ruling in Suhn’s case is expected in several months.
Question by MLK: Why are so many conspiracies are being proven real, now ?
I have heard a lot of different conspiracies in my life, and thought they were just some ones wild Imagination. I have been noticing a lot of stories that not only back up conspiracies, but prove them to be fact.
Government guarding Opium fields (You tube it)
Global currency (Google: SDR)
Tax on breathing (Google: Carbon tax)
Mercury in vaccines (Every admits to that one now)
Federal Reserve being separate from the U.S. Government (Notice I added the “U.S.”)
Makes me wonder if Obama is really an illegal citizen or, 911 being a inside job. NO hate please, just some things I noticed and was wondering any one else noticed the same.
Oh, and BRAIN EATING VACCINES !!!!!
Steve – You say your well read, but you never heard of Special drawing rights, or the Federal reserve ?
Women’s Rights and the Unequal Application of the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment
Americans may find themselves asking how gender equality â particularly in the workplace â can continue to be a struggle in the country whose constitution has inspired fledgling democracies the world over. Actually, the Constitution doesnât ever guarantee or advocate equality. All that nice stuff about everyone being “created equal” comes from the Declaration of Independence, which, in terms of legal applicability, was little more than an angry breakup letter to the Brits.
The closest the Constitution comes to the issue of human equality is in the Equal Protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, which essentially says that the states canât apply laws in a discriminatory manner. Note that enforcement is between the federal government and the states, not the federal government and private businesses or clubs. Only when someone is “clothed with the stateâs power” does the federal government have any jurisdiction over whether he or she is practicing discrimination. Being that this is an incredibly cryptic statement, suffice it to say that the courts usually consider a state complicit only when it is a direct participant in discriminatory private behavior.
The 14th Amendment was added to the US Constitution in 1868 in an effort to improve the lives of former slaves in the South, but because the Amendment protects the rights of “persons” and not “freedmen,” it has since been interpreted in a much broader sense to apply to all people in the US. In fact, during Americaâs Gilded Age of big business and corruption, the Supreme Court broadened their interpretation to the point where the word “persons” suddenly applied to corporations. This made it much harder for the government to stand in the way of a ruthlessly expanding economy â not that it particularly wanted to.
In fact, Equal Protection was interpreted so broadly at this point in US history that workers petitioning for safer conditions and shorter workweeks were kept in the factories so that they would not be denied the “right” to support their families. Remember when you tried to convince your parents that being a teenager gave you the right to make your own choices, so they pulled the olâ “with adult decisions come adult responsibilities” and doubled your chores? Picture that at a federal scale â only with more typhus â and you get a sense of how Equal Protection has been used against itself.
Nowadays, the Equal Protection clause is interpreted much less broadly. In fact, it actually applies to different groups unequally according to a three-tiered system of scrutiny. To honor the historical intent of the 14th Amendment, all state laws regarding race are subject to “heightened review,” meaning they are intensely investigated by the federal government and have to meet a huge series of criteria in order to be upheld. The only other laws that fall under this level of scrutiny (from time to time) are those involving citizenship.
The next-highest level of scrutiny is “intermediate review,” which the Supreme Court created in recent decades to address womenâs rights and laws regarding gender classification. In order to withstand federal scrutiny, laws that treat men and women differently need to be “substantially” involved in achieving “important government objectives.” For example, in 1981, the Supreme Court upheld a California statutory rape law stating that while sexual relations between an adult male and a female minor are illegal, relations between an adult female and a male minor are not. Aside from being good news for Demi Moore, this distinction contributes substantially to the important government objective of reducing teen pregnancy.
For all laws that fall under the lowest level of scrutiny, the Supreme Court uses the “Lindsley Test”; so long as classifications between people can be argued to be reasonable and not arbitrary, laws will be upheld. However, because basic scrutiny is relatively easy to withstand, many people feel that laws impacting other groups, such as the elderly, the poor, gays, and lesbians, should fall under higher levels of scrutiny.
Others take it a step further, saying that the entire premise of applying the Equal Protection clause unequally is preposterous. While there is a certain undeniable irony to the three-tiered system, keep in mind that giving everyone the exact same rights would mean that your eight-year old cousin could marry a thirty-year old, or that grandma could enroll in the sixth-grade, or that when people put videos of their toddlers hittinâ the sauce on YouTube, it wouldnât be a felony.
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Tax reduction is the most meaningful and least understood benefit of cost segregation. Consider the following example of how cost segregation converts income taxed at 35% to income taxed at 15%:
Linda is a physician who earns 0,000 per year. She purchased a medical facility in January 2004 and sold it in December 2005. Her cost segregation study increased the amount of depreciation by ,000 in both 2004 and 2005. The higher level of depreciation decreased Linda’s income taxes by ,000 in both 2004 and 2005, for a total reduction of ,000 (based on ordinary income). However, Linda’s capital gains income will increase by 0,000 in 2005, based on two years of additional depreciation (,000 per year X 2). The additional capital gains tax will be ,000 (0,000 X 15% capital gains rate). Hence, Linda’s net income experiences a tax reduction of ,000 (,000 – ,000) over just a two-year period. This analysis does not consider the time value of money.
Real estate investors will generally benefit by obtaining a cost segregation study if the cost basis of the property is at least 0,000.
Cost segregation produces tax deductions and reduces federal income taxes across the country and in every size market. Below are just a few examples of where cost segregation generates meaningful tax deductions.
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Almost every industry, including the following, can generate cost-efficient tax deductions by using cost segregation.
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Question by youngd4rmstp: Minnesota Vikings?
Yes I’m a Vikings fan, born and raised, but ever since ’98′ it seems like the vikings keep getting worse and worse. It’s not just the Vikings it’s all Minnesota teams. I just gotta ask why do they suck?
Best answer:
Answer by Oh cool Lol, they are getting better not worse dude!
Minnesota Twins made a serious run at the playoffs…
Maybe you hoping for SB or WS win.
That’s why they stink to you…
Compare ‘em to all the other teams and you’ll apprecitate dude.
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Wyclef Jean: Preacher’s son to rap star to presidential contender
Wyclef Jean, president of Haiti? It would cap the Haitian immigrant’s trajectory from rebellious preacher’s son to millionaire rap star to humanitarian worker. Read more on The Christian Science Monitor
Wyclef Jean: Preacher’s son to rap star to presidential contender
Wyclef Jean’s trajectory from preacher’s son to rap star to Haiti presidential candidate began at an evangelical church in New Jersey. Read more on The Christian Science Monitor via Yahoo! News
Vikings stars continue to miss practice
The Minnesota Vikings B-team continues to get a work out.We know Brett Favre won’t show his face anytime soon, but the absences of Sidney Rice (PUP/hip) and Adrian Peterson have to be more frustrating.Peterson missed his third consecutive practice Thursday… Read more on NBC Sports: ProFootballTalk
Vikings coordinator: Brett Favre will play if ankle heals
Minnesota Vikings offensive coordinator Darrell Bevell said Brett Favre will play this season if his ankle allows it. Favre’s agent, Bus Cook, also said Wednesday that Favre plans to play if his health holds up. Read more on Detroit News
The Minnesota Vikings have installed a splash page to Vikings.com to exploit the traffic to the site in the wake of news that Brett Favre will sign with the team.
Charles “sonny” Liston, an Undeserved Tragic Ending
The idea to write an article about Charles âSonnyâ Liston came to me late last night as I was watching a program about him on ESPN Classic, which concentrated on the life and career of the man who at one time was the world heavy weight champion of boxing. I for my part must confess before I go further in this article that I am not nor have I ever been what could be considered a real boxing fan, though at one period in my life I did follow the sport more closely. This interest of mine starting back in the 70âs when I followed the career of Mohamed Ali (nee Cassius Clay), who on one particular Christmas my mother even bought me an action figure of, as such was the popularity of this now legendary boxer.
As a matter of fact, it was back in the 70âs when it was difficult not to hear about boxing even for someone like me who was in his preteen years and frankly speaking found the sport quite boring, even if my father watched bouts with me from time to time. I naturally with a father who followed the sport learnt about several boxers besides Ali, like Frazier, Foreman and Norton. Â Eventually the 80âs and 90âs came and as I grew older I learnt about other fighters in other weight divisions, such as âSugar Rayâ Leonard, Roberto âManos de Piedraâ Duran, Thomas âhit manâ Hearns, Marvin âMarvelousâ Haggler along with Mike Tyson, Larry Holmes, Michael Spinks and many others though I never did became a great enthusiast of the sport even if I did watch the âbig fightsâ when ever I could. This being at least what I did till the 90âs came to an end as so did not only my interest in boxing but my curiosity as well to even want to know who the champion was at any given time or weight category.
As for the boxer Charles âSonnyâ Liston, I must say that before last nightâs program; I barely knew who he was. I naturally was aware that he had been a boxer in the heavy weight division who was noted and still is for being one of the hardest hitting fighters of all time along with Foreman, Tyson, Marciano, Dempsey and Joe Louis. Needless to say apart from these facts my knowledge also included that he at one point had become World Champion by rather easily defeating âFloyd Pattersonâ, who incidentally was the first man to loose and regain the heavy weight title. I however in all that concerns Sonny Liston, must also claim that what I mostly knew him for was being the man, who would go on to be defeated twice by Mohamed Ali back in the 60âs. First in a fight which Ali won despite Liston being the heavy favor, 8 to 1 to be precise and then in a second fight which ended in a first round knock out, that as far as I knew or even considered the matter had been the end of his career. I before last night had not even read or been informed that he had been dead for many a year as I did not imagine him to be of an age, that would have made him so old that it would be impossible that he might still be alive.
I found out many things about âSonnyâ Liston, last night apart from his real name being Charles and not âSonnyâ as this was a nick name which Ali once joked on before their first fight in the form of âthere will be a total eclipse of the Sunnyâ. This being a spot of humor which even brought a chuckle to Liston, himself. In all the things I found out about this man, whom I had known so little about was that in a way I felt sorry for him, getting the impression that he perhaps though this is of little consequence deserved better then what he got not only from life but the fans of the sport which he contributed so much to.
The facts on this program were stated that Liston was born in Arkansas, as the son of a share crapper, though not only is the precise day of his birth unknown so is the year making it that nobody really knows how old he was for instance when he fought Ali for the first time. Naturally his not having known his exact date of birth is hardly cause to claim his was a difficult life, however the poverty that he must have known growing up is something I can barely begin to imagine.
Liston however may have been born in to a family of 13 children or 25 this I know to versions, one from ESPN and another from Wilkipedia. Regardless of which number is true or which is false, it is not hard to see that Listonâs life must have been full pain in his childhood, as it was said that his father beat him everyday until he finally ran away from home at a very early age. Thirteen perhaps though this again given what we know or rather donât know about his date of birth is another question mark. Sonny Liston however ran away from his father at this age but in a sense did not really run away from home as he left Arkansas to join his mother and cousin who were living in St. Louis. Sonny Liston, had escaped the torments of his father but his life had not really improved all that much as he still did not know how to read or write and with opportunities being what I read they were at the time for African-Americans took to crime out of dire need.
It was actually thanks to this life of crime that he ended up in prison. Looking back it might have been a blessing in disguise that he was caught and sent to prison after participating in the armed robbery of a gas station, as it was there were Roman Catholic priest discovered that he had a talent for boxing which even got him released early.
After prison, a brief amateur career would follow in which he would win many tournaments, most notable the golden gloves. During his one year amateur career he would also defeat Ed Sanders, who later would go on to win the gold medal in the Olympics in the heavy weight division. Seeing his potential, the mafia that had gotten him started in professional boxing knew they had a fighter who like Primo Carnera many years earlier could become a champion capable of bringing big earnings, which is exactly what happened.
Sonny Liston, would go on to win the world heavy weight crown by defeating Floyd Patterson and in the process accumulate an impressive record that only included one loss out 40 fights with the remaining 39 being all victories. His lose coming at the hands of Marty Marshall, a fighter whom he would go on to defeat on two occasions; to prove that he could beat just about anybody. It was after having beaten Floyd Patterson that he was the champion of the world and perhaps should have gotten the respect he had earned, for what more of an American success story (as if stories of the sort could be limited to America) could their be then a man, over coming so much to become what he had.
At this point in the story that is the life of âSonnyâ Liston it is easy to see with logic how âSonnyâ himself might have felt that he had put his past behind, he had after all paid his debt to society for the crime of participation in an armed robbery by serving time in prison. Of course we should try to keep things in perspective that his was neither murder nor drug dealing nor pedophilia nor rape, not that I claim that armed robbery is not series but then again it is not any of the above mentioned. Sonny had won the world heavy weight championship in convincing fashion; as no one could have any doubts that he deserved to be after knocking out the then champion Floyd Patterson. First in a title bout and then in a rematch which like the first bout also ended in a first round knock out, with the only difference being that the second bout lasted a full two seconds longer.
This however was not to be as âSonnyâ Listonâs past was not behind him, a fact which was clearly evidenced when he after having won the title flew back home to his adopted city of Philadelphia, to find absolutely nobody waiting for him at the airport. Sonny naturally having just been crowned world champion expected to find people from the press for whom he had even prepared a statement for, perhaps even the mayor but contrary to what should have been he was ignored completely by everybody, including those from the city he was living in at the time. It was clear that people did not respect him or even what he had accomplished believing that he; the evil man had beaten Patterson, who was the good man.
It was true he fought for the mafia but then again so did many other fighters at the time as they were the ones whose money basically promoted the sport but for some reason this was seen as evil in the case of âListonâ though it had not been in the case of Carnera. One could even look at the casinos in Las Vegas which were also controlled by the mafia and furthermore it was these casinos which invited many of Hollywoodâs stars to perform. Stars such as Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin and others who by virtue of headlining in places controlled by the mafia in a sense were also working for them but yet those stars who did so were not looked down upon as was âSonnyâ Liston.
âSonnyâ Liston tried to intimidate his opponents with his stare and brawn before fights but this was nothing which had not been done by other fighter before or since such as Dempsey many years before or Tyson; after all boxing is what could be called a blood sport where the point is to physically beat oneâs opponent. Yet, this was another reason why Liston was not liked by the boxing public.
âSonnyâ Listonâs reign however did not last long, despite him being a boxer who many considered to be invincible, after all he had won all but one of his nearly forty fights. As it turned out in his second title defense, âSonny Listonâ would loose to a young boxer, at that time going by the name of Cassius Clay. This a boxer who after becoming champion would change his name to Mohamed Ali.
Much has been said about Listonâs fights vs. Ali, ranging from that the fights were fixed because the mafia bet against Liston and even that Liston himself bet on Ali to cover his gambling debts however I for my part fail to understand something. Liston was an 8 to 1 favorite to defeat Ali, yet why is something I have never heard anybody ask. Looking at the facts; Ali was 21 at the time, which with us not knowing Listonâs exact date of birth would have made Ali at least 10 years younger then Liston or perhaps as much as 15. As it is possible; based on what Listonâs mother claimed, who would have had no reason to lie that Liston might have been born in 1928, which would have made him 35 at the time of his first fight with then Cassius Clay. Liston apart from being considerably older then Clay was also a boxer who was less technically sound, slower and 3 inches shorter. Clay at that time for his part had a record of 21 and 0 and was an Olympic champion, which made him more then the unknown many were calling him at the time. Of course Liston did have certain advantages over Clay. One of them being the ability to hit harder then Clay and with both hands. Another being an equally long or if not longer reach then Clay, as he was known for having a very long reach even for his height, which was slightly over the six foot mark. Liston also had fists measuring fifteen inches which till very recently were considered the biggest in boxing history. All of this making me believe that perhaps the odds should have been even or perhaps slightly in either manâs favorite but not 8 to 1 in Listonâs, unless somebody was thinking of making a lot of money by betting on Clay.
Liston went on to loose to Clay twice, after which he naturally lost his belt though he did not quit boxing afterwards. Liston in what could be considered his post Ali bouts fought 16 times out of which he lost one fight while winning the remaining fifteen against opponents such as Henry Clark, ranked 5th at the time. Actually âListonâ might have even won back the heavy weight title when Ali was striped of it, in a tournament which was organized among the top contenders with Liston being chosen among them. Liston however would not be champion again as it was in this tournament that he was knocked out by Leotis Martin in the 9th round, after Liston had dominated the previous 8 rounds.
As an interesting note, Liston won his last bout by TKO against a fighter by the name of Chuck Wepner. The man who in 1975 would go on to battle Mohamed Ali for 15 rounds in a fight that would serve as inspiration to a then struggling actor by the name of Sylvester Stallone to write the film âRockyâ. This a film whose plot is loosely based on Chuck Wepnerâs bout against Ali with its main characters being taken from those of Wepner and Ali. Regarding the film Rocky however I would say that Rockyâs personality is not as close to Wepnerâs as his opponentâs (Apollo) is to Aliâs.
âSonnyâ Listonâs image, in what could even be considered a slightly ironic twist would go on to appear on the cover of The Beatles album âSgt. Pepperâs Lonely Hearts Club Bandâ, this despite Listonâs refusing to meet with them when they came to America while he was the champ. Liston actually claiming The Beatles were âpunksâ which was in contrast to Cassius Clay (later Mohamed Ali), who not only meet The Beatles but had photos taken with them. This happening despite neither the Beatles fully knowing who Ali was nor Ali knowing who the Beatles were. Ali in fact would go on to ask someone after the photo session âWho were those little fagots?â, which might have lead to his not being included on the cover of the âSgt. Pepperâ album. As perhaps the Beatles donât mind so much being called âpunksâ even if their music was miles from that sort of music but take more exception to being called by a name that refers to them as not being heterosexuals or one which the British use for cigarettes.    Â
Liston died in 1971 but like with his date of birth the exact date of his death is also not known as his body was found after he had been dead for at least a few days. The victim of a so called âheroin overdoseâ though in my opinion I think it is easier to find someone who would believe the world is flat then somebody who could believe Liston overdosed on drugs given the following facts.
1) Liston though courageous in the ring was terrified of needless being stuck in him to the point of refusing to go on a tour of Europe which could have made him a lot of money, simply because he had to be given shots. Injections which he was too afraid to get even from a doctor which makes one think were he would have found the courage to inject himself.
2) Bags of heroin were found near Listonâs body however drug paraphernalia was not apart from a syringe, which would not have been enough for anybody to inject him or herself with. This because other devices are required such as an appendage to wrap the arm and a spoon to cook the heroin in.
3) Liston, did however have needle marks which were from an injection but these were confirmed by medical records to have been given to him by a recent hospital stay due to having been in an car crash a few days before he supposedly took the heroin that killed him.
4) An autopsy of Listonâs body found no traces of heroin, what so ever! It is this factor that should convince anybody that Liston could not have possibly died of a heroin overdose. This reminding me of a woman who tried to sue McDonaldâs, on the grounds that she almost chocked on a bone, only to find out that the Fish Mac does not contain any fish what so ever. This due to its being made of products that do not include fish but more or less taste like fish. Liston however had traces of morphine and codeine in his body but not in an amount that would have made them deadly.
One might say with all this evidence how could any person, with some degree of intelligence claim that Liston died of a heroin overdose? Yet, despite all the above mentioned factors the police listed Listonâs cause of death as a heroin overdose which as we can plainly see was probably a cover up for a murder.
It is with the aim of proving a point which I have already made in another article (Not Always Finding The Truth Or Facts In American History) that I wrote this one and that being that it is not always wise to believe the truth we are told for it might turn out that what is presented to us as such is in fact something else. With regards to âSonnyâ Liston I must say when I heard him speak on the ESPN program on his life, he did not give the impression of being stupid or anything of the sort or even inarticulate. On the contrary he seemed friendly and even modest despite being world champion at the time when the interview took place. Listonâs perhaps were simple words but what he said made sense and his sentences were by no means incoherent but rather of a man of ideas.
Liston, however is remembered for many things such as being a quitter, after his first fight with Ali though he once fought with a broken jaw. He is also remembered for being a bully though this he only was in the ring, unlike other boxers like Tyson who once hit another boxer in the eye in barroom brawl and later raped a woman or was convicted of it or Monson (Argentina) who threw his wife out a ten floor window. Liston, when looking back was an aggressive boxer but not a dirty one like Go?ota from Poland who would stoop to hitting below the belt. Of course Liston is also remembered for dying of a heroin overdose which given the now known facts is impossible that such could have been the case. I however in spite of not being a boxing or Liston fan for that matter, feel Liston deserves better then to be remembered for the above mentioned. This because Liston to a certain extent like Obama, (Current President elect of the USA) was somebody who overcame many obstacles to become a world champion in boxing in a time when life in America was truly difficult for blacks or African-Americans. Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â
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Ali Fedotowsky & Roberto Martinez in Tahiti Part 2 The Bachelorette Season 6 Episode 9 July 19, 2010 Video Rating: 4 / 5
The Expendables AU Review
You know that scene in every action movie since 1974 when the guy jumps into the water after being blown off an edge by a massive, flaming ball of death? Yeah, that’s The Expendables in a nut. If it isn’t on fire, crumbling to pieces, being chased by a thousand guys in face paint and getting torn apart by a rapid-fire shotgun, it probably isn’t in The Expendables. Read more on IGN Movies
An 8-year-old explains ‘The Expendables’
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Question by wmande: Brett Favre?
Have to ask. who was brett favre traded from back in ’93 as a first round pick? i know the packers took him, DUH!!! im a packers fan. i live in racine, WI. but who was he traded from? by the way, brett favre is the best qb of all time. dont care what anybody has to say. if you like football and if you have respect for football players, you have to have respect for brett favre. even thought he could care less about his stats, just look at them. oh yeah check out www.youtube.com and look under brett favre made by duffbeer421. best brett favre video of all time
Best answer:
Answer by Mac He was traded from the Falcons but I don’t know who for.
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Favre brought 49ers to their knees
The best reason to believe reports that Brett Favre plans to retire is quite simple: The Vikings don’t face the 49ers this year, except in a preseason game Aug. 22. The 49ers have long been Favre’s favorite opponent. He beat them in good times and in bad. He… Minnesota Vikings – Favre – NFL – sport – Football Read more on San Francisco Chronicle
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One of the most awaited film of 2010, the Expendables. An all star veteran casts, all your favorite action heroes of the 80′s and 90′s with the recent stars were joined together in one film. This is to pay tribute to the blockbuster films from those decades. This movie features an action war sequences like the involvement of martial arts, military combats and more visual effects which will definitely boast the interest of the viewers. There are also some scenes which made The Expendables more thrilling and exciting, one instance is seeing the caliber veteran stars.
The Expendables will be released on August 13, 2010 distributed by Lionsgate and California Films under Nu Image and Millennium Films studios which is directed by Sylvester Stallone and written by Dave Callaham and Stallone. Starred by Stallone himself, Arnold Schwarzeneger, Bruce Willis, Dolph Lundgren, Mickey Rourke, and Jet Li, as well as more recent stars such as Jason Statham, Terry Crews, Randy Couture, and Stone Cold Steve Austin. Sylvester Stallone plays as Barney “The Schizo” Ross, a paramilitary veteran and leader of the team. Jason Statham as Lee Christmas, second in command of the team, former SAS soldier and expert at CQC (close quarters combat) using knives. Jet Li as Yin Yang, a Chinese expert of martial arts.Dolph Lundgren as Gunnar Jensen, a Swedish sniper dealing with his inner demons.Terry Crews as Hale Caesar, Yin’s best friend and a heavy weapons specialist.Randy Couture as Toll Road, demolitions expert. Mickey Rourke as Tool, a former Expendable, now an arms dealer and tattoo parlor artist/owner. Charisma Carpenter as Lacy, Lee Christmas’ fiancee.
Bruce Willis as Mr. Church, the man who hires the Expendables. Arnold Schwarzenegger as Trench, an old rival of Ross. Gisele Itié as Sandra, a young native woman and undercover Interpol agent. Lauren Jones as Cheyenne, Tool’s love interest. The story revolves on a team of highly-trained men who were sent on a mission to a South American country, to overturn a cold-blooded dictator in charge and as to complete the mission. As it begins, the group discovered that the situation is complicated finding themselves trapped in a deadly game. A traitor’s deception that will lead them into downfall amongst their ranks. What would be the outcome of the team’s mission? Would the team survive the deadly quest? If you want an answer , don’t let it pass, watch the film which will definitely satisfy you in the end.
Question by Yasmin: Where can i find the sunglasses Taylor wears on the “Rachel Zoe Project?”?
I’m obsessed with the shape and style of the sunglasses that Rachel’s assistant Taylor wears, but i don’t know the brand or the name of the style (e.g. aviators).
Does anyone know what they’re called, or who makes them? thanks!
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Answer by hello hottopic…..charlotte russe…forever 21
BlackBerry Bold brand was launched in July of 2008. At the time, they indeed took a bold step showing off all of the advanced features that people were familiar with in the Pearl and the Curve models plus full HTML web browsing with advanced features including RSS feed support and online social networking capabilities.
Now, RIM (Research in Motion) has released a new product family line for the slider called the BlackBerry Torch. The Torch 9800 is running the company’s new BlackBerry 6 operating system. The new phone will offer a full 3.2″ touchscreen, the traditional BlackBerry keyboard (although it tucks away in a slim slider design), an optical trackpad for navigation, 5-megapixel camera, 4 GB of onboard storage with an additional 4 GB media card and support for cards up to 32 GB included. (Note, although the phone offers a 3.2″ touchscreen, it is only at 360×480 resolution, a resolution considerably lower than the iPhone 4 and other smartphones hitting the market at present.) The phone does only weighs 5.7 ounces.
What people are finding more significant about the new model is its BlackBerry 6 operating system. The BlackBerry 6 is a new browser based on WebKit, the same engine behind the iPhone and Android browsers. It offers tabs, auto-wrapping, text zoom, pinch-to-zoom features, social messages applications, instant messaging with Twitter, Facebook and other social tools, and multimedia performance with enhanced music and podcast service.
With the 6 OS, all of your apps reside on a tray that can be raised or lowered over your home screen. Your main apps are represented by icons on the home screen. You can also have icons for individual contacts or bookmarks. When you swipe left and right to see other screens, you will find Favorites or Recent.
A new feature of OS is the universal search. One just has to start typing and the Torch will look for apps and information both on and off your phone that might be a fit. There is also a universal inbox. All email, social network messages, etc are available for viewing on one display. Touch a specific message and it opens the application pertinent to that message. Hit the back key, and you are back to the inbox – just like a laptop.
The phone can also multitask, that is, if you are downloading music, you can run this in the background while you are using the browser or other parts of the OS.
How about applications? Additional apps can be found using BlackBerry App World, which they provide an icon on the homescreen for you to use. The phone does come preloaded with apps including Weather Channel, CNN Bloomberg, Web Video Search and Slack Radio Plus.
Besides the BlackBerry 6 operating system, the phone itself has a slide-out vertical keyboard, four hard keys including one to begin and one to end a call.
The BlackBerry Torch is only available through AT&T and goes on sale August 12. The cost is 9 when you but it with a two-year contract and data plan. The purchase of new apps will also be reflected on your AT&T bill.
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Ali Fedotowsky & Roberto Martinez’s Hometown Visit Part 1 The Bachelorette Season 6 Episode 8 July 12, 2010 Video Rating: 4 / 5
Ali Fedotowsky & Roberto Martinez’s Daredevil Date The Bachelorette Season 6 Episode 3 June 7, 2010 Roberto and Ali have to walk across two skyscrapers in order to get to their romantic dinner destination. Will both Ali and Roberto conquer their fears? Video Rating: 5 / 5
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