Journalist @baltimoresun writer artist runner #amwriting Chaplain PIO #partylikeajournalist

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Journalist @baltimoresun writer artist runner #amwriting Md Troopers Assoc #20 & Westminster Md Fire Dept Chaplain PIO #partylikeajournalist

Sunday, May 09, 2010

Jesse Stone No Remorse

I enjoyed the latest in the Tom Selleck - Jesse Stone series by the late Robert B. Parker that aired on CBS this evening...

Jesse Stone: No Remorse

Sunday, May 9th, 9/8c on CBS

JESSE STONE: NO REMORSE, starring Emmy® and Golden Globe® Award winner Tom Selleck, will be broadcast Sunday, May 9th, 9/8c (2 hours) on the CBS Television Network. Selleck reprises his Emmy-nominated role as Jesse Stone ("Jesse Stone: Sea Change") in the sixth installment of the Jesse Stone franchise from Sony Pictures Television. The series includes "Stone Cold," "Jesse Stone: Night Passage," "Jesse Stone: Death in Paradise," "Jesse Stone: Sea Change" and "Jesse Stone: Thin Ice." The movies are based on characters created by the late Robert B. Parker in the best-selling series of books.

In JESSE STONE: NO REMORSE, Police Chief Jesse Stone, who was suspended by the Paradise, Mass. Town Council, begins moonlighting for his friend, State Homicide Commander Healy, by investigating a series of murders in Boston, leaving Rose and Suitcase to handle a crime spree in Paradise on their own. Jesse pours his energy into his work in an effort to push away his twin demons: booze and women. When his investigation leads to notorious mob boss Gino Fish, Jesse's pursuit becomes hazardous.

Emmy and Golden Globe Award winner Kathy Baker ("Picket Fences") and Kohl Sudduth ("Grosse Pointe") reprise their roles as Rose Gammon and Luther "Suitcase" Simpson, the only police officers in Paradise. Stephen McHattie ("2012") reprises his role as State Homicide Commander Healy, as does William Devane ("24") as Jesse's psychiatrist, Dr. Dix, and William Sadler ("The Shawshank Redemption") as Gino Fish. Saul Rubinek ("Warehouse 13") returns as Hasty Hathaway, fresh from a stint in prison, and Krista Allen ("The Starter Wife") joins the cast as Hathaway's ex-wife, Cissy, who never misses an opportunity to tell Jesse she's interested.

Read more: http://www.cbs.com/specials/jesse_stone/

Jesse Stone Dossier

http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html/?ie=UTF8&docId=1000365611

Jesse Stone

Name
: Jesse Stone

Current occupation: Police chief of the small town of Paradise, MA

Previous occupations: Homicide detective, LAPD (fired); minor-league baseball shortstop (injured)

Marital status: Divorced from Jennifer Stone, actress

Vices: Alcohol (see LAPD job, above), beautiful women

About the Jesse Stone Movies

Jesse Stone: Stone Cold: Tom Selleck is Jesse Stone, a former L.A. homicide detective who left behind the big city and an ex-wife to become the police chief of the quiet New England fishing town of Paradise, Massachusetts. Stone's old habits die hard as he continues to indulge in his two favorite things - scotch and women. When a series of murders take place, and a high school girl is raped, he's forced to face his own demons in order to solve the crimes.

Jesse Stone: Night Passage: Co-starring William Devane (TV’s Knot’s Landing), the TV movie finds Chief Stone (Selleck) settling into his new life in Paradise when he becomes obsessed with finding the killer of a teenage girl. His quest to solve the murder unearths facts indicating there is more to the girl’s history than originally suspected and the new clues lead him to probe the Boston underworld.

Jesse Stone: Death In Paradise: Jesse Stone: Night Passage is a prequel to 2005’s Stone Cold. Co-starring Stephanie March (TV’s Law & Order: SVU) and Stephen Baldwin (The Usual Suspects), the telefilm depicts Jesse Stone’s (Selleck) first days as Paradise, Massachusetts’ Chief of Police. He must immediately find the killer of his predecessor, plus investigate a domestic violence situation involving the city’s resident hothead (Baldwin), whose ties to a local bank manager expose a money-laundering scheme.

Jesse Stone: Sea Change: Co-starring William Devane, Kathy Baker (Edward Scissorhands) and Sean Young (Blade Runner), this installment finds Chief Stone (Selleck) bored with what he perceives as his mundane life, struggling to keep his drinking and his obsession with beautiful women under control. Stone’s restlessness gets the best of him and he re-opens a 12-year-old cold file involving the murder of a bank teller. The inquiry reveals fresh clues and Stone soon finds himself busier than ever as the unsolved case leads to another centered around an alleged rape aboard a yacht during the town’s annual Race Week.

Jesse Stone: Thin Ice: Jesse Stone is back! When his friend and fellow cop is shot during a visit to Boston, small town police chief Jesse Stone risks his life and career to solve the crime while also investigating the disappearance of a missing child in this exciting fifth installment in the popular Jesse Stone movies based on the best-selling books by Robert B. Parker.

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Westminster MD High School Jazz Band at the Westminster Flower and Jazz Festival


Westminster MD High School Jazz Band at the Westminster Flower and Jazz Festival http://tinyurl.com/27c5uz6

Westminster MD High School Jazz Band at the Westminster Flower and Jazz Festival May 8 2010 by Kevin Dayhoff

Click here for a larger image: http://twitpic.com/1mcmkw

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#9 Westminster Flower and Jazz Festival May 8 2010


#9 Westminster Flower and Jazz Festival May 8 2010 Photo by Kevin Dayhoff http://tinyurl.com/28blr74

Sculptor Eric M. Veach looks over the large crowd at the Westminster Annual Flower and Jazz Festival in Westminster on May 8, 2010. Veach specializes in reclaimed metal art sculptures. Visit him at www.daughtersdelight.com Photo by Kevin Dayhoff

http://kevindayhoff.blogspot.com/2010/05/9-westminster-flower-and-jazz-festival.html

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Saturday, May 08, 2010

#10 Westminster Flower and Jazz Festival


#10 Westminster Flower and Jazz Festival May 8 2010 Photo by Kevin Dayhoff http://tinyurl.com/2frzo2o

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Local artist and photographer Dr. Pam Zappardino takes a picture of me taking a picture of Eric M. Veach’s reclaimed metal art sculptures at the Westminster Annual Flower and Jazz Festival in Westminster on May 8, 2010. Photo by Kevin Dayhoff

www.daughtersdelight.com

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#8 Westminster Flower and Jazz Festival


#8 Westminster Flower and Jazz Festival May 8 2010 Photo by Kevin Dayhoff

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#27 Westminster Flower and Jazz Festival May 8 2010 Photo by Kevin Dayhoff


Local artist and photographer, Stan Ruchlewicz, the Westminster city administrator of economic development takes a picture of me taking a picture of two Westminster Flower and Jazz Festival revelers in downtown Westminster, May 8, 2010. Photo by Kevin Dayhoff

Update: I just ran across the woman in the picture at the annual Westminster Fallfest, September 25, 2010.  Her name is Kira Billings...

#27 Westminster Flower and Jazz Festival May 8 2010 Photo by Kevin Dayhoff http://tinyurl.com/23w4vua http://kevindayhoff.tumblr.com/post/582332245/27-westminster-flower-and-jazz-festival-may http://twitpic.com/1m72t0

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Neil Young & Crosby Stillls Nash - Cowgirl In The Sand (4 Way Street)



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Bachman-Turner Overdrive - Blue Collar



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Washington Post News Alert: Sen. Bennett (R-Utah) loses bid to be nominated for a fourth term

News Alert: Sen. Bennett (R-Utah) loses bid to be nominated for a fourth term
05:31 PM EDT Saturday, May 8, 2010
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The Republican Party refused to nominate Sen. Robert F. Bennett (R-Utah) for a fourth term Saturday, virtually ensuring that the candidate will be a self-described member of the "tea party." Bennett, who has been in office since 1993, told the Associated Press he has not ruled out a write-in campaign.

For more information, visit washingtonpost.com:

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Westminster Flower and Jazz Festival May 8 2010

Westminster Flower and Jazz Festival May 8 2010 http://tinyurl.com/2c2z5kl

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Anchorage Daily News: Hickel dead at age 90

Anchorage Daily News: Hickel dead at age 90


Former Alaska Gov. Wally Hickel died Friday night at age 90. http://tinyurl.com/268v8yo

Wally Hickel, whose exuberant confidence, boldness and independence as a two-term governor, U.S. Secretary of the Interior, businessman and dreamer shaped Alaska like few others in its history, died Friday night at the age of 90.


Read more: http://www.adn.com/2010/05/07/1268751/hickel-dead-at-age-90.html#ixzz0nJlpCcCr

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Laura Vozzella cracks me up

Top results Laura Vozzella column archive

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Laura.Vozzella: Dixon had taxpayers pick up $11,600 makeup tab Serial Mayor does it again

Laura.Vozzella: Dixon had taxpayers pick up $11,600 makeup tab Serial Mayor does it again

http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/bs-md-vozzella-dixon-makeup-20100505,0,2201982,full.story

Sheila Dixon
billed the city more than $11,000 for cosmetics services, and I'm here to say that's totally appropriate. Not because a poor city should shell out for mayoral makeup sessions that cost $350 a pop, but because the artist who applied that paint also did makeup for John Waters' "Serial Mom."

Debi Young, makeup artist to the sociopaths.

Only someone without a conscience would submit bills for exorbitant make-up sessions to a city struggling to keep enough cops on the street.

Read the rest here: May 5, 2010|Article Dixon had taxpayers pick up $11,600 makeup tab

...at the Mandel event. Other luminaries at his table were Maryland GOP Chairwoman Audrey Scott and MarylandReporter.com scribe Len Lazarick.

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Baltimore Reporter: Send this reporter to jail: An update

Send this reporter to jail: An update http://www.baltimorereporter.com/?p=7935

Below we note that when the New York Times published its December 2005 exposé of the secret National Security Agency electronic surveillance of al Qaeda-related communications, Times reporters James Risen and Eric Lichtblau granted anonymity to the “nearly a dozen current and former officials” who were the sources for the story.

Risen and Lichtblau stated that they had granted these sources anonymity “because of the classified nature of the program.” Implicit in the Times’s rationale was the recognition that leaks of such classified information are illegal, as indeed they are. They violate the espionage laws of the United States.

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Read the rest here: http://www.baltimorereporter.com/?p=7935 - about half-way down in the story...

Read my Tentacle columns on Operation SHAFT from June 28, 2006 - Kevin E. Dayhoff: Once again, The New York Times has exposed another top secret anti-terrorism plan put in place to protect Americans. http://www.thetentacle.com/ShowArticle.cfm?mydocid=1659

The Times, the favorite daily newspaper of al Qaeda, and quite possibly a satellite property of Aljazeera, has once again chosen to sell out our country’s national security interests in the furtherance of selling newspapers and supporting the media attack on the war in Iraq.

In an article published last Friday, entitled, “Bank Data Sifted in Secret by U.S. to Block Terror,” written by Eric Lichtblau and James Risen, the Old Grey Lady displays senile dementia and details a top secret classified program in which bank transactions – which may involve the transfer of funds for the purpose of promoting or supporting terrorist acts – are tracked and investigated. Read the entire column here: http://www.thetentacle.com/ShowArticle.cfm?mydocid=1659

And this Tentacle column: Operation Mata Hari December 28, 2005 -Kevin E. Dayhoff: In the war against terrorism, folks, whose only goal is to promote themselves in total disregard for our safety, recently launched “Operation Mata Hari.” http://www.thetentacle.com/ShowArticle.cfm?mydocid=1406

It began with shock and awe as insidious as an improvised explosive devise. The New York Times titled its December 16 Christmas gift to our nation, “Bush Lets U.S. Spy on Callers Without Courts.”

If you are just waking up from too much eggnog, the not-so-exotic New York Times article reveals – in the midst of a war – our commander-in-chief secretly authorized the National Security Agency to eavesdrop on U.S. citizens and others in the United States who were communicating with potential enemies overseas. Read the entire column here:http://www.thetentacle.com/ShowArticle.cfm?mydocid=1406

And this Tentacle column: London's calling August 16, 2006 Kevin E. Dayhoff: On Tuesday, August 8, Connecticut voters got confused on their dates and thought that it was really September 10, 2001. http://www.thetentacle.com/ShowArticle.cfm?mydocid=1715

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Smoking Gun: Frank Memo Exposes Dem Campaign To Protect Financial Crisis Culprits


House Republican Leader John Boehner - - Smoking Gun: Frank Memo Exposes Dem Campaign To Protect Financial Crisis Culprits
GOP Leader: “The Only Reason For Democrats To Continue Coddling Fannie Mae And Freddie Mac Is To Protect Themselves, Not American Taxpayers.”

Washington, May 6 -

Just hours before one of the government mortgage companies responsible for triggering the financial meltdown reported that it will need another taxpayer bailout, one of its chief enablers on Capitol Hill, House Financial Services Chairman Barney Frank (D-MA), issued a memo urging the Obama Administration to circle the wagons.

For years, Republicans consistently raised red flags about Fannie and Freddie’s financial condition and proposed responsible reforms only to be thwarted by Democrats such as Chairman Frank who have deep political ties to the worst offenders. These same powerful Democrats are now pushing for a financial reform bill that doesn’t even address the need to fix these government mortgage companies. Now, with Freddie Mac set to ask American taxpayers for another massive bailout check, Chairman Frank is pleading with fellow Democrats to hold the line.

According to Politico, Chairman Frank’s memo – which was not written for public consumption expresses concern “that the GOP is scoring points with its attacks on housing giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, and he’s urging the White House to fight back.” House Republican Leader John Boehner (R-OH) responded to Chairman Frank’s memo and Washington Democrats’ coordinated effort to protect Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac:

“After freely enabling the high-risk lending that allowed Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to run our economy into the ground, Washington Democrats are shamelessly propping up their political benefactors at taxpayer expense. The only reason for Democrats to continue coddling Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac is to protect themselves, not American taxpayers. But with Americans clamoring for an end to backroom deals and permanent bailouts, Chairman Frank and Washington Democrats have nowhere left to hide.”

A must-read editorial in today’s Wall Street Journal notes how “reforming the financial system without fixing Fannie and Freddie is like declaring a war on terror and ignoring al Qaeda”:

“One sign that the White House financial reform is less potent than its advertising claims is that it doesn't even attempt to reform the two companies at the heart of the housing mania and panic, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

Unreformed, they are sure to kill taxpayers again. Only yesterday, Freddie said it lost $8 billion in the first quarter, requested another $10.6 billion from Uncle Sam, and warned that it would need more in the future. This comes on top of the $126.9 billion that Fan and Fred had already lost through the end of 2009. The duo are by far the biggest losers of the entire financial panic—bigger than AIG, Citigroup and the rest.

“From the 2008 meltdown through 2020, the toxic twins will cost taxpayers close to $380 billion, according to the Congressional Budget Office's cautious estimate. The Obama Administration won't even put the companies on budget for fear of the deficit impact, but it realizes the problem because last Christmas Eve it raised the $400 billion cap on their potential taxpayer losses to . . . infinity. Moreover, these taxpayer losses understate the financial destruction wrought by Fan and Fred.”

In an editorial last week, The Christian Science Monitor asked the obvious question:

How can Wall Street itself be reformed without a Fannie-Freddie overhaul? The US mortgage market remains the second largest market for securities in global finance. The two GSEs represent nearly half of the residential mortgage market. And even as Mr. Obama promises no repeat of the big bailouts of 2008-09, he’s still putting money into these big players.”

Much like the backroom deal-laden health care law President Obama and the Democratic Congress forced upon a nation that didn’t want it, President Obama’s Wall Street bailout bill contains a host of special-interest carve-outs and loopholes designed to favor Democrats’ most powerful campaign contributors, bureaucrats, and political allies. Today’s Politico takes a look out how “when Democrats set out to reform Wall Street, they also included a few provisions that benefit their allies in the labor movement.” To learn more, visit the GOP Leader Blog.

House Republicans have listened to the American people and introduced comprehensive financial reform legislation that would end the endless bailouts, reform Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, and hold Wall Street accountable. For more information on the House Republican plan,
click here.

http://republicanleader.house.gov/News/DocumentSingle.aspx?DocumentID=184451

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Baltimore Reporter: The unintended but foreseeable consequences of Obamacare

The unintended but foreseeable consequences of Obamacare

5/7/2010

From Powerline

The jobs report for April has been released and the news is mixed. The economy added 270,000 jobs, but this was not enough to offset the rise in the number of people looking for work. Accordingly, the unemployment rate rose from 9.7 percent to 9.9 percent.

Meanwhile, Diana Furchtgott-Roth of the Manhattan Institute explains why Obamacare is likely to cause employers not to hire as many workers as they otherwise would, particularly among the ranks of the unskilled and the young.

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Read the rest here: http://www.baltimorereporter.com/?p=7935

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Salisbury News: Governor May Veto Self-Defense Bill

Salisbury News:

Governor May Veto Self-Defense Bill

Ask Governor O'Malley to SIGN this Bill

Read Mr. Albero's entire story here: http://sbynews.blogspot.com/2010/05/governor-may-veto-self-defense-bill.html

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This week in The Tentacle


This week in The Tentacle http://www.thetentacle.com/

Friday, May 7, 2010

Sheriff Jenkins’ Second Term
Roy Meachum

One of the greatest compliments accorded to words was delivered by a GOP opponent of Chuck Jenkins; he was a man of great connections, in solid with the county’s good ol’ boys. I wrote columns informing voters of the problems he would bring, including his wife.


Walk a Mile in My Shoes
Joe Charlebois

If the nation’s capital – Washington, D.C. – was subject to over 1,000 kidnappings over the last three years (tied to illegal immigration), do you think there would be any debate on the passage of Arizona Senate Bill 2070 which strictly enforces illegal immigration?


2010 Election Candidates
John W. Ashbury

As a public service TheTentacle.com will publish every Friday the list of candidates who have filed for the various elective offices which will appear on the ballot in the September Primary Election. If errors appear, please notify me at info@thetentacle.com.



Thursday, May 6, 2010

Varied and Consistent Praise
Joan McIntyre

This past weekend many of us attended Del. Charles Jenkins’ event at the Cracked Claw in Urbana. It was refreshing to see not only familiar faces but just as many new ones.



Wednesday, May 5, 2010

Mount Airy’s New Leadership
Kevin E. Dayhoff

Up for grabs Mount Airy town elections on Monday were two council seats and the mayor’s office. A total 1434 citizens cast their votes at the fireman's carnival grounds activities building.


Drama in the Jungle
Tom McLaughlin

Matang Orangutan Rehab Center, Malaysia – The following account is true. The plot was not stolen from the American television program “Glee’ or any daytime drama. Written by long-term wildlife biologist volunteer Leo reviewed and approved by the Sarawak (Malaysia) Forestry Department and directed by an amazing staff of Sarawakian wildlife orang experts.



Tuesday, May 4, 2010

My Poor Church
Roy Meachum

The New York Times was dragged through pitch-hot coals for reporting on the Catholic Church sexual scandals. The paper has been accused of conducting a campaign of vilification and vituperation against Pope Benedict XVI.


Send in The Lawyers
Farrell Keough

According to Reuters, “Attorney General Eric Holder said on Friday he was dispatching a team of lawyers to New Orleans to monitor the oil spill and that the Obama Administration would vigorously enforce environmental laws.”



Monday, May 3, 2010

First a diagnosis, now the treatment
Richard B. Weldon Jr.

Having written a warning column about the Republican Party’s challenges, it seemed time to turn to other subjects.


Campaign Diary – Being One’s Own Person
Michael Kurtianyk

I had an interesting conversation last week with someone about perceptions. A person came up to me and said: “I’ve been hearing that you’ve been seen at (insert establishment here) and frankly, we’re concerned.”



Friday, April 30, 2010

Blocking the Road
Roy Meachum

My GOP friends may find difficulty in believing that I wear no party brand on my bald head.


Who’s the Real Loser Here?
Joe Charlebois

This week the County of Santa Clara, CA, passed a law preventing restaurants from incorporating give-away items or prizes with meals – targeted at children – that are deemed unhealthy.


2010 Election Candidates
John W. Ashbury

As a public service TheTentacle.com will publish every Friday the list of candidates who have filed for the various elective offices which will appear on the ballot in the September Primary Election. If errors appear, please notify me at info@thetentacle.com.



Thursday, April 29, 2010

Plowing the Road Anew
Patricia A. Kelly

The Republicans turned out in force Monday night for the annual Lincoln/Reagan Day Dinner. More than 300 attended, with a large number turned away.


Belated Thawts
Norman M. Covert

Spring has been a long time coming. The primary symptom of my Cabin Fever from the long winter’s night has been media overload. Getting into the sunlight replenished my deficiency of Vitamin D, but clarity in local and national events is like the weather – partly cloudy.


Tea Partiers and Illegal Immigration
Derek Shackelford

Just a couple of weeks ago Tea Party rallies were held across the country to oppose some of the proponents of government spending and intrusion. Rightly Tea Partiers believe government is not the answer to all of individual or societal problems. And if those in government thinks that it is and everyone can be on equal footing, then some would pronounce this to be socialism.

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