CM PRESS # 554

Magazine format today.  New stuff will show up at the bottom instead of the top.


JUDGE IN RIGHEIMER CASE LETS DISCOVERY MOVE FORWARD

As we wrote back when the haters were gloating about the judge not letting robust discovery take place, and only allowed a deposition of the gum shoe who followed Righeimer, and then the gum shoe clammed up and took the 5th more than 200 times, that this wasn't a win for the anti-Righeimer haters; it was a Pyrrhic victory (which is really a loss) and we said this would be revealed as the judge was then duty bound to open up wide discovery--which has now happened.

A plaintiff has a right to his or her day in court and a plaintiff also has a right to discovery.  A trial is a search for truth, and those who try to frustrate that search for truth often end up just pissing off an honest judge, and the truth still comes out.

Don't be surprised if this case reveals some very dark matters that reach far beyond Costa Mesa.

Remember, Watergate started as a simple break-in.
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FIRST AMENDMENT WIN IN NORTH CAROLINA

The University of North Carolina-Wilmington harassed and denied a professor a full professorship based on his newspaper columns that took a Christian and a conservative view of homosexuality and other public issues.

The Court has now ruled that the University must pay back wages and give the professor his promotion.
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60TH ANNIVERSARY PLANNING COMMITTEE WRAP MEETING

BASIC RULE: You can always delegate authority, but you can never delegate responsibility.

The CM PRESS attended the meeting last night.  And, we have four words for why there were so many problems with the 60th Anniversary Party: Incompetence, stupidity committee, bureaucracy.

With all the people involved in putting on this event, and with the budget established before the event, you'd think someone would have realized that things were out of control.  Why didn't anyone speak up?  Why didn't higher ups get running reports of what was going on?

Look, let me put this in clearer terms.  If you're the captain of a ship, you must rely on those below you in authority to do certain things, but you don't just let them go crazy.  You keep an eye on what's going on. You get frequent reports on the speed and direction of the ship and all other important matters--and you make corrections on the fly. Sure, there's lots going on, but  as the captain you're supposed to be in charge.  And, if those below you can't do the damn job, replace them before the friggin' ship runs aground!

What we see (from a distance) going on in City Hall is that incompetents are not replaced.  Instead, more people are hired for the Fifth Floor to try to plug the holes left by incompetents.  And, instead of seeing top people taking responsibility, we see attempts to share responsibility with crowds so that no one person ever seems to be responsible for mistakes.

At the meeting last night, speakers were told to not name names of people involved in the party who they felt were part of the problem.  Well, that may sound like a friendly way to handle things, but it is people--individuals--who do or who don't do things.  It is individuals who are ultimately responsible.

The CM PRESS left the meeting at around 7:30 while it was still going on.  It was boring and we got tired of listening to stupid people saying stupid things.

Interestingly, the room where this meeting was held last night was crowded with all the new computers the City recently bought to replace perfectly good computers.  You may recall, we spoke out and wrote against buying all new computers for everyone in City Hall and we recommended doing rolling replacements so the City would always have state of the art machines where most needed, but the City Council went ahead and approved the massive replacement all at one time.  Stupid.

Folks, there's something wrong in an organization when charter papers can't be delivered on time and when the organization can't put on a simple little party and stay within budget and can't even follow best practices in buying computers.

Let me bring up a person who should be near the top of the organization: Peter Naghavi.  As I wrote in the past, Naghavi was the guy at City Hall who kept many things working smoothly.  Every well run organization has someone like Naghavi.  You don't always see what they're doing, but things just run smoothly when they're there.  Such people have personalities that keeps them on top of everything.

Let me explain it this way.  Have you ever worked in an office where the coffee room would always be out of coffee or coffee cups, or where the bathrooms would always be out of soap or other things? And, have you ever worked in another office where there would always be coffee and coffee cups, and the bathrooms always had soap, etc.?   What do you think the difference was between those two offices?  The answer is that the second office had someone on board like Naghavi who just silently made sure everything was as it should be.  Now, I don't mean to say that Naghavi was responsible for the coffee and similar things, because, in fact, he was much higher up on the totem pole, but the point I'm making is that when you have someone with the right personality in your organization who just keeps things running smoothly as a natural product of his or her personality,  fewer things go wrong.

And, of course, Peter Naghavi, has now retired from the City.  Some believe he retired because he was passed over for the Asst. CEO position.  If true, that was a big mistake in City Hall.

My guess is that if Naghavi had been put in charge of the 60th Party, there wouldn't have been many problems at all.

You'll often hear very successful people say that they're successful because of the people they've hired. Sometimes this may seem like false modesty, but it's often true.  Successful people seem to have a way to identify and attract the best and brightest people to make them a success. Less successful people seem to lack that talent of identifying and attracting the best and brightest.
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ST. CLOUD NEW AFRICA--BLACK ENTERS BAR WITH TWO UNDERAGE GIRLS, WHITE BARTENDER TELLS THEM TO LEAVE, BLACK SHOOTS BARTENDER

Just another story from post-American America where crimes against Whites are increasing as the country turns less White.

And, you think diversity is great?  What's wrong with your brain?
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MILITIAS MOBILIZING TO SUPPORT NEVADA RANCHER

Hopefully, it won't just be a bunch of exhibitionistic, undisciplined blowhards whose only military experience was watching a Rambo movie, and hopefully those who show up will be smart enough to not start an armed confrontation with the feds.

Public opinion will win this.
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I GET MENTIONED AGAIN

This pitiful character in these photos gives me a mention again in his lefty and unoriginal blog today.

He even got a nice photo of me to brighten up his otherwise meaningless, dead-end life and dreary existence.

Say, on second thought, maybe I've got this guy wrong and maybe he's a secret fan who is just upset because I told him to never talk to me. Folks, I really do try to be polite to everyone, but this guy, well....

Hmmmm, do you suppose he may have put my photo up on his wall to look at me admiringly and shed a tear that I want nothing to do with him? This guy does seem to have an unhealthy obsession with me. Why else would he keep bringing me up, as he did today in his blog, when I didn't even say anything at the meeting last night?  Hmmmmm?

When I was growing up there was a pudgy kid who looked something like this guy in my school who the other kids used to pick on.  The pudgy kid would cry all the time and I felt sorry for him, so I came to his defense.

Unfortunately, because I came to his defense the pudgy kid thought I wanted him to hang out with me. Being a kind and compassionate person I had a hard time trying to avoid him after that. Now, it's not just that the kid was pudgy and weak that was the problem.  He also just wasn't very bright and had nothing of interest to say. In fact, he was a total bore.  I was only able to finally shake that pudgy kid, who grew up to be a pudgy adult, when I went in the Marines.

Several years ago, someone from my old home town said the pudgy kid--then an adult--had passed away and that he had never had any children.  Natural selection at work.
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FRANCE'S LE PEN DOESN'T WANT SCHOOLS TO CATER TO RELIGIOUS REQUIREMENTS FOR FOOD

The French eat a lot of pork, and Le Pen doesn't want to have to cater to immigrants and others who do not want to eat pork.  It's a simple matter of separation of church and state as well as honoring traditional French food, and not letting religious minorities dictate to the majority.

In a larger sense, this is a step toward ensuring that the French are not forced to accept other un-French religious edicts from various religious minorities.

When in France, do as the French do or leave.

Say, that reminds me, here's the recipe for Corton that I printed before:

CM PRESS RECIPE FOR CORTON (French Canadian Pork spread--from old family recipe)


This is called Cretons in Quebec but Gorton or Corton in coastal Mass., and in the latter it is pronounced as Kutung (the first "u" is almost a short "a," and the "g" is almost silent).

What could be healthier than a pot full of pork fat?


3 lbs ground pork
3 minced onions
3/4 c water
1 t black pepper
1 t cinnamon (add more to taste if desired)
1 t ground cloves (can add more)
1 pinch garlic

Cook in pot on top of stove for several hours over low heat until all the water/fat is absorbed.  Mash constantly with a potato masher as it cooks.  Let cool for several hours in the refrigerator. It should have the consistency of  a spreadable pate.  Use as a spread on crackers, bread or bagels.
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ULTRA-ORTHODOX JEWS CLASH WITH POLICE IN JERUSALEM

They don't like a new law that says they have to serve in the military like all other Jews.
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UPDATE:  BLACK WHO KILLED YOUNG WHITE NEWLYWED IN HATE CRIME LAUGHS AND JOKES IN COURT

Photos of the puke.

Oops, that self-loathing sissy White guy doesn't like us to report on Black on White crimes.  Tough!
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THE PROCESS TO RESTART THE LHC HAS BEGUN

The plan is for it to be operational in early 2015 with about double the power as before.
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LHC MAY HAVE DISCOVERED A NEW FORM OF MATTER

May have gotten a glimpse of long suspected tetraquark.
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