Sunday 21 January 2007
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759 are active on the Distribute site. The site had 3,981 unique visits last week. This issue is at: http://www.jasperjottings.com/2007/jasperjottings20070121.htm Send email to http://tinyurl.com/yh34ut (gives you an email address), fax 781-723-3746, or call 732-917-4816 (It’s the phone on my computer) anytime.
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FLASH! Important info received after the deadline
I have been contacted by a Jasper who wants to work in Film, Theater, or the Arts in NYC. Do we have any Jaspers in that genre. I’m an inineer and don’t travel in those circles. Anyone have any leads for him?
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JASPER EVENTS THAT I HAVE HEARD ABOUT
Monday January 22, 2007
March for Life in Washington, DC Meet Kevin Moore '80, the Jaspers Jottings reporter on the scene. Email c/o Jasper Jottings to link up!
Saturday February 24, 2007
The Treasure Coast (FL) Alumni Club First Annual Golf Tournament will be held at the Heritage Ridge Golf Club, Hobe Sound, FL. Breakfast will be served at 7:30AM and a shotgun start will go off at 8:30 AM. A great Lunch will be served starting at 12:30PM and several super awards and prizes will be offered. Cost is $125/golfer for breakfast, golf & lunch or lunch only for the non-golfers is $20. Make checks payable to Manhattan College & send to S.J. DeSalvo, Alumni Relations Office, 4513 Manhattan College Parkway, Riverdale, NY 10471 If you are a snowbird in Florida ...C'mon over! Otherwise.. C'mon Down & enjoy the warm weather!
April 21-29, 2007
Trip to the Italian Riviera sponsored by MC (at least according to the snazzy brochure I was mailed). Book by 10/17 and save $200! 800-323-7373. Sigh!
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My list of Jaspers who are in harm's way:
- Afghanistan
- - Feldman, Aaron (1997)
- Korea
-- Stephanie (????)
- Unknown location
- - Lynch, Chris (1991)
- Uzbekistan
- - Brock (nee Klein-Smith), Lt Col Ruth (1979)
… … my thoughts are with you, and all of you that I don't know about.
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QUOTE OF THE WEEK:
To give pleasure to a single heart by a single act is better than a thousand heads bowing in prayer. -- Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1948)
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Exhortation
My niece-in-law delivered her third child this week. Simple fact. Baby and Mom did well. I had nothing to do but go visit and make the obligatory comments (i.e., cute / very cute; alert/ sleepy hear, sooo big / sooo hairy). But, it was an interesting time. A time to marvel at creation? A time to observe that less than a day old and could express upset at being changed? A time to wonder what great work is he’s to achieve? Well, before I had all the answers to life’s questions, we left. Leaving behind Mom, Dad, and baby. A family. The root unit of civilization. And, a perfect exhortation. Exhortation to what? Why to consider what is the great work you’re supposed to accomplish. I’m just afraid mine might be Jasper Jottings and that I’ll have done it poorly.
Reflect well on our alma mater, this week, every week, in any and every way possible, large or small. God bless. "Collector-in-chief" John reinke--AT—jasperjottings.com
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CONTENTS
1 Messages from Headquarters (like MC Press Releases) 0 Good_News 1 Obits 1 Jaspers_in_the_News 1 Manhattan_in_the_News 5 Email From Jaspers 0 Jaspers found web-wise 0 MC mentioned web-wise 1 New Jasper Bloggers (14 Previously reported)
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PARTICIPANTS BY CLASS
Class	Name				Section
1947	O'Toole, Ed				Email04 (cited)
1950	Brew, George				Email01
1953	McEneney, Mike				Email04
1953	McEneney, Mike				Email05
1959	Antenuccu, John				Email03
1963	McGrath, Eugene R.				JNews1
1974	Brian O'Toole				JObit1 (cited)
1974	O'Toole, Brian				Email04 (cited)
2001	BAS, Jasper				Blogger1
2011	lizzle2fresh, MCstudent				Email02
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PARTICIPANTS BY NAME
Class	Name				Section
1959	Antenuccu, John				Email03
2001	BAS, Jasper				Blogger1
1950	Brew, George				Email01
1974	Brian O'Toole				JObit1 (cited)
2011	lizzle2fresh, MCstudent				Email02
1953	McEneney, Mike				Email04
1953	McEneney, Mike				Email05
1963	McGrath, Eugene R.				JNews1
1974	O'Toole, Brian				Email04 (cited)
1947	O'Toole, Ed				Email04 (cited)
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HEADQUARTER'S MESSAGES
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http://www.manhattan.edu/news/news_releases/011207_1.shtml News Release January 10, 2007 Contact: Scott Silversten Phone: (718) 862-7232 Manhattan College To Honor Robert L. Reynolds, Vice Chairman And Chief Operating Officer Of Fidelity Investments, At Annual De La Salle Medal Fund-Raiser De La Salle Medal Dinner is the College’s key annual fund-raising event. RIVERDALE, N.Y. – Manhattan College will present Robert L. Reynolds, vice chairman and chief operating officer of Fidelity Investments, with the De La Salle Medal at the College’s annual fund-raising dinner on Wednesday, January 24, 2006. The ceremony will be held at New York City’s Cipriani. A 1974 graduate of West Virginia University, Reynolds was appointed to his current position in 2000. He also serves as head of the Fidelity Management Committee, is a member of FMR Corporation’s board of directors and a trustee for the Fidelity family of mutual funds. Privately owned Fidelity Investments is the largest mutual fund company in the U.S. and the leading provider of workplace retirement savings plans. Reynolds began his career as a trust officer at Wheeling Dollar Bank in West Virginia. He joined NCNB Corp. of Charlotte, N.C. in 1977 and later became senior vice president of NCNB (which is now Bank of America). He was also executive vice president of Fidelity Management Trust Company and president of Fidelity Institutional Retirement Services Company. Reynolds has also served on the board of directors of the Make-A-Wish Foundation and the American Cancer Society. The De La Salle Medal Dinner remains the College’s top fund-raising event. Proceeds from the $750-per-plate fund-raiser are applied to academic and co-curricular programs, scholarship assistance and library resources. The black-tie event begins with a cocktail reception at 6:30 p.m., followed by dinner and dancing at 7:30 p.m. For more information regarding the De La Salle Media Dinner, please call 718-862-7837 or e-mail dlsdinner —at— manhattan.edu. The De La Salle Medal was established in 1951 in honor of John Baptist de La Salle, founder of the Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools and one of the world’s great educators. The Order founded Manhattan College in 1853. Since 1977, the De La Salle Medal has been conferred annually by the College’s board of trustees to honor executives who exemplify the principles of excellence and corporate leadership. Past recipients include New York Life Insurance Chief Executive Sy Sternberg, former Mayor of New York City Rudolph W. Giuliani ’65 and Con Edison Chairman Eugene R. McGrath ’63. Members of the media who would like to cover the dinner can contact Scott Silversten at (718) 862-7232 or e-mail scott.silversten—at—manhattan.edu. Founded in 1853, Manhattan College is an independent, Catholic, coeducational institution of higher learning offering more than 40 major programs of undergraduate study in the areas of arts, business, education, engineering and science, along with graduate programs in education and engineering. For more information about Manhattan College, visit www.manhattan.edu. ####
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GOOD NEWS
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OBITS
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http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid= 17698726&BRD=1601&PAG=461&dept_id=479859&rfi=6 http://tinyurl.com/y7d9nv Longtime village resident Brian O'Toole died on December 18 of congestive heart failure after a hernia operation. He was 54. O'Toole was born at Mercy Hospital in 1952 and was raised in Rockville Centre. He grew up in a family with 15 children, many of whom are still Rockville Centre residents. He attended St. Agnes Grammar School and St. Agnes High School, graduating in 1970. He went on to Manhattan College, graduating with a B.S. in business administration in 1974. In 1973, he married Rosemary Murray, who he met at St. Agnes. She had lived down the block from him. The two were married for 25 years. As soon as he graduated from college, O'Toole began working in the sales department of the Long Island office of Wallace Computer Services, an Illinois-based company. He stayed with the company throughout his entire career, though, because of various mergers and acquisitions over the years, by the time he died the company was known as RR Donnelly. He worked his way up to a sales executive position, but stepped down so that he wouldn't have to travel for business so often and would have more time with his family. O'Toole lived in Levittown and East Rockaway for a while before moving back to Rockville Centre with his family in 1987. His children say that O'Toole was a very big family man. "He's part of a huge family," said his son, Brian O'Toole. "He loved his family... The last couple of years, my brother has a daughter and I have a son, and [my father] was really proud of his grandkids." O'Toole's daughter, Rosemary Herlihy, said her fondest memory of her father was her wedding day, when he walked her down the aisle Other than that, her fond memories of him come from day to day activities such as going out to dinner with him or sitting around watching television. "He was always there for us, me and my brothers," she said. "Anything we needed, he was always there." Patrick O'Toole remembers his father, who ran track when he was younger, coming out cheer him on during every one of his cross-country and track meets during high school and college. "That's a big memory," he said. "He was always around for those kinds of things." O'Toole was also known for his love of the outdoors, especially his boat. "We went fishing all the time," said his son Brian. "That was his big passion, going out on his boat and going fishing... He very much enjoyed the outdoors. Growing up, he would go clamming with brothers, and go out on the boat with his father." He said his father often took the family skiing in Vermont and he also loved to golf. Herlihy added, "He would go out every weekend and go fishing and take everybody out on it." "My father loved being out there doing things," said O'Toole's son Patrick. "He was not an idle person. He had a full slate all the time... He loved to work. He worked hard. He used to say, 'They don't call it going to fun.' As hard as he worked, he played just as hard." Both family and friends came to know O'Toole as a friendly, funny and warm-hearted person. "He liked to do whatever was social," his son, Thomas said. "He always liked being surrounded by people, family or friends, and I think that's why so many people came to the wake. He was a very personable man. That's why he was always good at sales. He was never trying to sell anything; he was just trying to make friends." "He was a funny, funny guy," Herlihy said. "He had a million friends. The funeral services were overwhelming, there were so many people there." Funeral services were held December 20 and 21 at Thomas A. Glynn & Son Funeral Home. The funeral mass was held on December 22 at St. Agnes Cathedral, followed by the burial at St. John's Cemetery in Queens. O'Toole is survived by his children, Brian, Thomas and Patrick O'Toole and Rosemary Herlihy; his grandchildren Cailin and William; and his girlfriend Ginger Keinath-Bottari. ###
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Jasper_Updates
[JR: Alerting old friends seeking to reconnect or "youngsters" seeking a networking contact with someone who might have a unique viewpoint that they are interested in.] # # #
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Jaspers_Missing
Reported by mcALUMdb as "lost":
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Jaspers_in_the_News
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Business Wire January 16, 2007 Tuesday 3:00 PM GMT Eugene R. McGrath to Join Board of Directors of GAMCO Investors DATELINE: RYE, N.Y. GAMCO Investors, Inc. (NYSE: GBL) today announced the election of Eugene R. McGrath, former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Consolidated Edison, Inc., to its Board of Directors. Mr. McGrath, 64, has been associated with Con Edison since 1963. He served as Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer from October 1997 until September 2005 and Chairman until February 2006. He has served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Con Edison's subsidiary, Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc., since September 1990. Mario J. Gabelli, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of GAMCO Investors, Inc., said, "We are delighted to have Gene McGrath on the Board of Directors. His knowledge and perspective built through his career at Con-Ed will serve our shareholders well." In commenting on his election, Mr. McGrath said, "I am pleased to join the Board and look forward to working with Mario Gabelli and his team to further the interests of GAMCO Investors' shareholders." Mr. McGrath is a Director of Consolidated Edison, Inc., AEGIS Insurance Services, Atlantic Mutual Insurance Services, Schering-Plough, Manhattan College, The Economic Club of New York, The Wildlife Conservation Society and is on the Advisory Board of Braemar Energy Ventures. Mr. McGrath earned a degree in Mechanical Engineering from Manhattan College and an MBA from Iona College. He completed the Advanced Management Program at Harvard University. GAMCO Investors, Inc., through its subsidiaries, manages private advisory accounts (GAMCO Asset Management Inc.), mutual funds and closed-end funds (Gabelli Funds, LLC), and partnerships and offshore funds (Gabelli Securities, Inc.). As of September 30, 2006, GAMCO had approximately $26.6 billion in assets under management. For further information please visit www.gabelli.com CONTACT: GAMCO Investors, Inc. Douglas Jamieson, 914-921-5020 President, Chief Operating Officer LOAD-DATE: January 17, 2007 {mcALUMdb: 1963 }
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Manhattan_in_the_News
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The Journal News (Westchester County, New York) January 13, 2007 Saturday Southern/Central Westchester notebook: Eagles off to a flying start BYLINE: Josh Thomson SECTION: SPORTS; Pg. 4C Over the last few seasons, Eastchester would've been hard-pressed to win a game against Pelham and Rye, forget about both. That's especially true with Rye, which has overwhelmed the Eagles in league play in recent years. "The problem with beating Rye was as much the physical aspect," Eastchester coach Chris Fiore said. "It was a mental thing." Consider the intimidation factor history. The Eagles went to Rye on Tuesday and beat the Garnets 43-30, one week after they beat rebuilding Pelham 34-22 at home. Both those wins have helped the Eagles off to a 3-1 start in League III-B. Overall, Eastchester has won four of six heading into today's showcase game against Briarcliff at Manhattan College. The Eagles (6-6) began the season with four losses in six games, including double-digit defeats to Valhalla, Edgemont and Blind Brook. Their December struggles were compounded by the absence of Kristen Swikata, who graduated in June after starting at point guard for four seasons. "We had to adapt our game. It took a while to do that," Fiore said. Eastchester began the season relying heavily on Jaime Lorenzo and Emily Kehoe, seniors who've spent time in the starting lineup since freshman year. Since then, their teammates have emerged to help carry the load and the Eagles' results have improved, too. Junior Alex Hope has provided versatility, and senior Danielle Massaro and freshman Emily McMahon have combined to fill some of the void at the point. "We've had better team play on both sides of the ball," Fiore said. "At the beginning, we were standing around waiting for someone else to score. Now that we've expanded roles it's helped every part of our offense." And changed Eastchester's fortunes. {extraneous deleted} LOAD-DATE: January 16, 2007
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Reported from The Quadrangle (http://www.mcquadrangle.org/ )
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EMAIL FROM JASPERS
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From: George Brew (1950) Sent: Thursday, January 11, 2007 9:45 AM Subject: RE: {SHORT MESSAGE} May I inquire as to why you left Jasper Jottings so that I can improve? Thanks, John68 {END MESSAGE} I changed my email address and resubscribed. George Brew '50 {JR: Great. I missed that. I just was afraid that something bad had happened. In the past, I've blundered into obits and disabilities. So I cross my fingers when I send these. I'm pleased when it's just that someone is fed up with my blathering. ;-) best wishes, FJohn68 p.s., Did you get the email about the subscription price doubling? }
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Email02
From: lizzle2fresh Sent: Sunday, January 14, 2007 9:40 PM To: reinkefj Subject: Re: What to say? {JR: A prospective student was unsure what to say at her MC admission interview. } lizzle2fresh (lizzle2fresh) replied to your LiveJournal comment in which you said: Well if it's "my" manhattan college http://www.manhattan.edu I'd suggest not saying "FxxK". ;-) Fjohn68 Manhattan College Alumni Class 1968 Their reply was: Subject: Re: What to say? haha thanks. yeah it is your manhattan. and i love it! {JR: P.S.: She was accepted and will be attending in the fall. I suggest she keep in touch. } {JR: Just doing my part to clean up MySpace. And, give helpful advice to prospective Jaspers. }
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Email03
From: John Antenuccu BS '59 Sent: Sunday, January 14, 2007 10:17 PM Subject: jasperjottings20070114 John, I have sent two e-mails to you regarding a certain obit - John Fusco. Neither e-mail was given recognition in you Jottings. What are the criteria for acceptance? John Antenuccu BS '59 ---- From: Reinke's Jasper (mc68alum) Persona Sent: Sunday, January 14, 2007 11:20 PM Subject: jasperjottings20070114 JohnA59: Never received any email from you. Where'd you send it and when? I have very low -- ;-) -- standards. I'll push anything that anyone sends me. Basically, anything that anyone sends to any address “at jasper jottings dot com” will hit my inbox. Fjohn68 {JR: Never received anything! Honest if I did, I put it in. Heck, I put in all the ramblings I get, why wouldn’t I put in something good? }
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Email04
From: Mike McEneney [1953] Sent: Sunday, January 14, 2007 11:36 PM To: John Reinke Subject: Fw: [JasperJottingsEditorial] JObitxx; Brian O'Toole (1974) Dear John, When I replied to this message, it was returned as spam! Mike ----- Original Message ----- From: Mike McEneney To: Reinke's Jasper (mc68alum) Persona Sent: Sunday, January 14, 2007 10:58 PM Subject: Re: [JasperJottingsEditorial] JObitxx; Brian O'Toole (1974) Dear John, Brian's late father, Ed, '47, was inducted into the Manhattan College Athletic Hall of Fame in 1984. He was a very loyal Jasper and a great family man. May He Rest In Peace! Mike {JR: From the subsequent messages you sent with the message header, it looks like the ISP Comcast thought it was spam. Why I don’t know? Why they it subsequently worked I don’t know? I’ll speculate that in routing your email, it went via an ip address that has been identified as a spammer. If it happens again, please resend to the “at reinke cc” address. That will route to a different ISP. } {JR: And here we have another example of the walking guru of Jasper Connections. Thanks, Mike. I swear he must use index cards. Quick how is Peter Idonknowawich related to MC? Bzzz, times up! }
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Email05
From: Mike McEneney [1953] Sent: Monday, January 15, 2007 10:26 PM To: John Reinke Subject: Manhattan College Graduation 6/30/1894 Dear John, While doing some research as the result of an article in the latest edition of the NY State Bar Journal, I accidentally came up with the attached article from 1894. It states that the Manhattan College Graduation was held at the Metropolitan Opera House In June of 1894. In the middle of the article is a summary of one of the presentations. Interesting! (Back to my research!). Mike McEneney {JR: Well, I think we should solicit a report from any 1894 alum reading this! ;-) A different era. Hard to even grasp. }
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Jaspers found web-wise
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MC mentioned web-wise
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NEW JASPER’s BLOGGING
BAS (2001)			http://blog.myspace.com/blog/rss.cfm?friendID=61855618
My list of previously reported Jasper Bloggers here: http://jxymxu7sn5ho9d.googlepages.com/blogging_jaspers
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Sports from College (http://www.gojaspers.com)
Sports from others (http://jasperjottings.blogspot.com/ )
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Jaspers In Strange Places (Not including Brooklyn!) Volunteers in other countries accepted!
Country		City		Who		Last update
{Nothing New} My list of previously reported Jasper In Strange Places here: JISP over in the BACKLOT
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Fonts of Jaspers
Here are sites where "there be Jaspers there". I have no "extra" time to go thru the site, extract the Jaspers, post them in the weekly Jottings, let them know Jasper Jottings exists, and invite them to read it. I have had no volunteers. (Depressing!) So I am logging them here and hope to pick it up again when I have some spare time. I'm listing the sources to hopefully "guilt" someone into helping. Besides while I know that "harvesting" takes a lot of time, these folks thought they could hide from Jasper Jottings! # # #
165 Jasper lawyers http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=%E2%80%9C manhattan+college%E2%80%9D+site%3Awww.martindale.com # # #
1664 Jaspers http://www.myspace.com # # #
Unknown number http://www.LinkedIn.com # # #
Unknown number http://www.Friendster.com Created a Jasper group there to see if Jaspers will self-identify? http://www.friendster.com/group/tabmain.php? statpos=mygroup&gid=95898 # # #
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Unknown number of Jaspers via mcALUMdb
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Boilerplate
Control your own subscription: (1) Send a message from your old email account to Distribute_Jasper_Jottings-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com saying that your switching. (2) Send a message from your new email account to Distribute_Jasper_Jottings-subscribe@yahoogroups.com with your name and class year. To keep me from spamming you, Yahoo only permits me to invite and delete people. I can NOT just ADD your email address. AND you’re done. With zero extra work for the CIC! :-)
http://www.jasperjottings.com/boilerplate.htm
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Curmudgeon's Final Words This Week
http://action.downsizedc.org/wyc.php?cid=61 2006-Dec-26 Don't let Congress stifle its critics {Begin Quote} Congress is once again pretending to address its own failings by silencing voices it doesn't want to hear. First, it regulated campaign finance. This was supposed to prevent corruption. It didn't. It merely made incumbents more secure by making it harder for to challengers to raise the funds needed to compete with them. Now they're proposing so-called lobbying reform {End Quote} Don’t let anyone kid you, the congress critters are not “looking out for you”. Not only don’t they read the trash they pass. (See the read the bills act that languishes for a champion.)Not only do they give their responsibility to others. (If they had to declare War in Iraq, to go on record, does anyone think we be there? The last declared war was WW2. The last justified war was 1812.) Not only do they pass all sorts of unconstitutional crap. (War on poverty, drug, and anything else they think the fools at home will believe.) Now, they want to further limit free speech by making grassroots efforts impossible. Join me in telling the bozos “hell no”. America is a free speech zone.
And that’s the last word. Curmudgeon
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GBu. GBA. "Bon courage a vous tous" Reinke sends. -30-