I am starting to take notice to the food and agriculture industries because i had been insulated from it for decades…Monsanto to Block GMO Labeling Unless We Block Monsanto…

Monsanto will block GMO labeling unless we block Monsanto!

I have not eaten meat or what would be construed as to be crappy food for humans since the 80s, however, all the people care about today (considering what I hear in media and what I see people have to vote on every period), is to be able to read what is in the product they buy as consumers; thats it!!!

What is the dilemma here?

Is it that Proprietary thingy they fall back on because that’s not gonna fly when it comes to foods and pesticides.

The fact is that why would you NOT want to display what is in your product? If if that’s an issue for anyone…what is it that you have to hide from everyone then?

Thats why I get involved and angry when things get to be corrupt just so whomever (yes…people are corporations too my friends) can make bank money by cutting corners on safety and by skating around people’s health. Like I said in my first book, Three Weeks In June, if joe blow slowly kills someone with any cancer so long as they know/knew that whatever ingredients that was/were made for consumers or allowed into the air or into the grounds, or anywhere near human and animals, that indeed created anything that led to any death(s), why is that NOT considered to be murder like when joe blow uses bullets from a gun to kill people and animals?

Regardless, and again, its only fair to allow everyone to see or read what is in every product that hits any world market. No one wants more than what is fair and NORMAL. This is another classic case where we are starting low, and we have to work so hard just to get to a norm.

At the same time, consumers have the choice to NOT buy that product. Or, they do NOT have to use product that is from a  company that falls back on proprietary issues just because they are a private corp. That again, are people too my friend and with that said today and again and again, quite frankly, if corps are people too my friends, it should have morals like people. It should not be the part of the human that makes money at huge profit margins. Actually, I think the 14th Amendment says it’s an individual (not a person or human which i say here), but i am obviously playing off the awkward Romney line he used during either the primary or general election from last year. Fact is though….he was correct, but in typical Romney fashion, he is socially inept unless he is around the 1%.

And, I’ll now turn this over to the Roots Action team. They have orchestrated this campaign:

On Wednesday, May 15, the U.S. House Ag Committee passed the King Amendment, a measure some say could take away states’ rights to label genetically modified organisms (GMOs).¹

Help our friends at the Organic Consumers Association stop this outrage!

If passed by the Senate, the King Amendment would take away states’ rights to “pass laws governing the production or manufacture of any agricultural product, including food and animals raised for food, that is involved in interstate commerce.”

The amendment was proposed by Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa), largely in response to a California law stating that by 2015, California will allow only eggs to be sold from hens housed in cages specified by California. But policy analysts emphasize that the measure, broadly and ambiguously written, might be used to prohibit or preempt any state GMO labeling or food safety law.

Will the King Amendment survive the Senate? No one can be sure, say analysts. However few believe that Monsanto will give up. We can expect that more amendments and riders will be introduced into the Farm Bill — even if the King Amendment fails — over the next month in an attempt to stop the wave of state GMO labeling laws and initiatives moving forward in states like Washington, Vermont, Maine, Connecticut and others. That’s why we’re calling on consumers to ask their Congress members to reject any rider or amendment that would preempt states’ rights to label GMOs.

TAKE ACTION: Ask your Congress member to reject the King Amendment and any other rider or amendment to the Farm Bill that would take away states’ rights to label GMOs!

Please forward this email widely to like-minded friends.

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‘Lawlessness’! ‘Guerrilla warfare’!

How Reince Priebus Crossed the Line

‘Lawlessness’! ‘Guerrilla warfare’! RNC Chairman slammed by his own party.

RNC Chairman Reince Priebus isn’t helping his party by exaggerating the facts about the Obama White House scandals. (AP Photo/CBS News, Chris Usher)

If you wonder whether (and how) the IRS scandal and related White House shenanigans could backfire on Republicans, watch Republican National Committee chairman Reince Priebus.

In the last 24 hours, the man who conducted the “autopsy” on a party battered by President Obama in 2012 reverted to GOP form – demonizing, politicizing and overreaching just enough to jeopardize his cause.

Until today, Republican leaders seemed satisfied with letting the White House hang itself, learning from the Clinton-Lewinsky era that there is a fine line between outrage and outrageousness. Priebus may have crossed it.

It started with this Wednesday night tweet:

I retweeted the remark with a one-word reaction: “Overreach.”

While the White House is guilty of incompetence and mangling its credibility in recent weeks, and while the IRS admittedly engaged in wildly inappropriate political targeting, nobody has been charged or convicted with a crime.

Congressional and FBI investigators will determine who directed (and knew of) the targeting, but there is no evidence today that it reached into the White House or Obama’s campaign. Based on what we know so far, it is incorrect to say the president is “in the middle” of “lawlessness and guerrilla warfare.”

It is also irresponsible. And it’s bad politics.

Priebus was scheduled to appear Thursday on MSNBC‘s “Morning Joe” shortly after my appearance on the show so I pointed out the tweet to panelist John Heilemann of New York magazine. He pressed Priebus to clarify. The chairman doubled down.

“You have to allow the evidence to come into play,” Priebus said. “You have to connect the dots. I said a week ago, look, you don’t call for impeachment until you have the evidence.”

Interesting frame: Impeachment is coming, folks, but first some evidence!

He continued:

“Now, I’m entitled to have an opinion that I think it’s evidence of political warfare gone amok on behalf of the administration. I’m entitled to an opinion that this is political guerrilla warfare and lawlessness,” he said. “But the extent — how far it goes and how far up it goes — the evidence has to come in, and I think that is right.”

He was, of course, contradicting himself. If the evidence has yet to come in, you can’t convict Obama of lawlessness.

Some Republican strategists watched in frustration. “When you have your opponent on the ropes, no need to punch below the belt,” emailed Republican consultant Reed Galen. “Now is the time to swing to what make the GOP different and better for these times.”

Privately, top Republicans including one close to Priebus said the chairman had ventured off message.

On “Morning Joe,” Priebus mentioned the many contacts between the White House, the Treasury Department and the IRS in the weeks before the release of an inspector general’s report, raising questions about the White House’s transparency and competence. But the chairman had no evidence that the White House or campaign knew in real time of the IRS abuses.

“If you don’t have the facts you need,” Heilemann asked, “why are you saying he’s in the middle of it?”

“You don’t think the administration is in the middle of this?” Priebus said. He sounded a tad shrill. “You don’t think the White House is in the middle of this? They’ve already admitted it.”

No, Mr. Chairman. Nobody has admitted to breaking laws and engaging in guerrilla warfare. And, for the record, you didn’t admit to overreaching.

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This is actually what Rience (Priebus) has done since hes been at tah the helm of the GOP:

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The way a real liberal thinks BTW, is that no matter who voted against sandy relief for the NJ’ean’s…I would have no problem getting them funds right away and actually, I’d be there already if I had the ways and means…….u see that difference in how people think and how they vote for the people?

Regardless, here is that list from Gawker (I’m pretty sure they broke the Legit rape story) : Here Are the Republicans Who Voted ‘No’ on Hurricane Sandy Relief Funds

Friday, Congress finally approved a $9.7 billion package to pay flood insurance claims from Hurricane Sandy. The measure was supposed to come to a vote earlier in the week, but was tabled by House Speaker John Boehner, drawing much criticism from both Democrats andhis fellow Republicans alike.

The measure passed unanimously through the Senate, but 67 members of the House of Representatives voted “no” to assisting people who were left, at best, powerless or homeless by a hurricane in November. All 67 are Republicans:

• Justin Amash (R-MI)
• Andy Barr (R-KY)
• Dan Benishek (R-MI)
• Kerry Bentivolio (R-MI)
• Marsha Blackburn (R-TN)
• Jim Bridenstine (R-OK)
• Mo Brooks (R-AL)
• Paul Broun (R-GA)
• Steve Chabot (R-OH)
• Doug Collins (R-GA)
• Mike Conaway (R-TX)
• Tom Cotton (R-AR)
• Steve Daines (R-MT)
• Ron DeSantis (R-FL)
• Scott DesJarlais (R-TN)
• Sean Duffy (R-WI)
• Jeff Duncan (R-SC)
• Jimmy Duncan (R-TN)
• Stephen Fincher (R-TN)
• John Fleming (R-LA)
• Bill Flores (R-TX)
• Virginia Foxx (R-NC)
• Trent Franks (R-AZ)
• Louie Gohmert (R-TX)
• Bob Goodlatte (R-VA)
• Paul Gosar (R-AZ)
• Trey Gowdy (R-SC)
• Tom Graves (R-GA)
• Sam Graves (R-MO)
• Andrew Harris (R-MD)
• George Holding (R-NC)
• Richard Hudson (R-NC)
• Tim Huelskamp (R-KS)
• Randy Hultgren (R-IL)
• Lynn Jenkins (R-KS)
• Jim Jordan (R-OH)
• Doug Lamborn (R-CO)
• Kenny Marchant (R-TX)
• Thomas Massie (R-KY)
• Tom McClintock (R-CA)
• Mark Meadows (R-NC)
• Markwayne Mullin (R-OK)
• Mick Mulvaney (R-SC)
• Randy Neugebauer (R-TX)
• Steven Palazzo (R-MS)
• Steve Pearce (R-NM)
• Scott Perry (R-PA)
• Tom Petri (R-WI)
• Mike Pompeo (R-KS)
• Tom Price (R-GA)
• Phil Roe (R-TN)
• Todd Rokita (R-IN)
• Keith Rothfus (R-PA)
• Ed Royce (R-CA)
• Paul Ryan (R-WI)
• Matt Salmon (R-AZ)
• David Schweikert (R-AZ)
• Jim Sensenbrenner (R-WI)
• Marlin Stutzman (R-IN)
• Mac Thornberry (R-TX)
• Randy Weber (R-TX)
• Brad Wenstrup (R-OH)
• Roger Williams (R-TX)
• Joe Wilson (R-SC)
• Rob Woodall (R-GA)
• Kevin Yoder (R-KS)
• Ted Yoho (R-FL)

The most high-profile Congressman on the list is Paul Ryan, failed vice presidential nominee. It also includes Mo Brooks, Ted Yoho, Ron DeSantis, Steven Palazzo and John Fleming from Alabama, Florida, Louisiana and Mississippi, all of which are states that received much-needed federal aid following Hurricane Katrina, the only hurricane in American history that was more costly than Sandy. Speaker Boehner did not vote.

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Mitch McConnell: “Culture Of Intimidation” Throughout Administration in the same breathe and in the same sentence that he contradicts that claim, by saying that those facts are not in yet….Heeeelllo….mcfly…mcfly….who votes these people into office? You people that do it…are dumb asses that are fucking everyone else up…..

White House adviser Dan Pfeiffer says that although actions that need to be taken on the IRS scandal plaguing the Obama administration, the wave of recent controversies won’t adversely affect the Obama administration.

Republicans appeared on the Sunday talk show circuit with hopes of sustaining their political momentum generated during this past week, one of the toughest weeks of Obama’s presidency. A series of controversies — that the IRS had targeted conservative groups, new questions about the administration’s response to last

SEN. MITCH MCCONNELL (R-KY): There is a culture of intimidation throughout the administration. The I.R.S. is just the most recent example. Let me just recount a few for your audience. Over at HHS, back during the Obama-Kerry debates, Secretary Sebelius sent out a directive to health insurance companies telling them they couldn’t inform their policy holders of what they thought the impact of Obama Care would be on them. Now she’s trying to shake them down for contributions, in effect, to a group to go out and try to convince the public that they should love Obama Care.

Over at the FCC, there’ve been efforts by Obama appointees to shut down or make difficult the people who are seeking to buy advertising to criticize the administration. Over at the SEC, Obama appointees have been engaged in an effort to make it difficult for corporations to make it difficult to exercise their First Amendment political rights.

The I.R.S., coming back to the I.R.S., the head of the union at the I.R.S. gives 99% of her campaign money to Democrats. She openly criticizes the Republican House for trying to reduce government spending, and has specifically targeted Tea Party groups in her public comments. It’s no wonder that the agents in the I.R.S. sort of get the message. The president demonizes his opponents. (Meet the Press, May 19, 2013)

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Sarah Palin tweets about the marines holding the umbrella for the Turkish PM and for Pres. Obama says that, “Most Americans hold their own umbrellas”

Hey sarah…Shut the fuck up!

You’re a fucking tool! Shut up!

 

 

 

BIG TEN ANNOUNCES 2014 (not 2013) FOOTBALL SCHEDULE! A new era of Maryland Football begins…well next year but still…

Fundamentally though…and on paper….We (Terps) will be lucky to not get shut out at every game….look at this schedule after this last season we have in the ACC this year…..Regardless, now is the time to order your season tickets and secure the best seats available for this historic new era of Maryland Football. Lock-in your price for two years including this exciting 2014 Big Ten schedule. ORDER NOW: http://ow.ly/l5Klc

Sept. 27 – at Indiana
Oct. 4 – OHIO STATE
Oct. 18 – IOWA
Oct. 25 – at Wisconsin
Nov. 1 – at Penn State
Nov. 15 – MICHIGAN STATE
Nov. 22 – at Michigan
Nov. 29 – RUTGERS

Go to Terps TV at anytime to see highlights of all MD sports.

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Recording Academy – Advocacy

Would you sign a petition to get paid less money?

While the question seems absurd, you may be (or have already been) asked to do this by Pandora radio, which is seeking to lower its payments to those who create the music that drive its business. Pandora’s “letter of support” is being circulated as they prepare to embark on another legislative effort to reduce royalties to featured artists, session musicians and producers.

Just two months ago, Pandora’s CFO stated, “The rates that we pay are statutory rates that are fixed, they are set in stone through 2015. Based on those rates, we are confident we can build a really good company…It’s all about monetization.”

We agree. So why is Pandora telling Congress it needs to lower its payments (already a tenth of a penny per play) to artists?

In a letter sent to artists, Pandora says it wants to speak for “working musicians” in Washington. But they know you already have a voice in Washington. Just a few weeks ago, hundreds of Academy members made their voices heard loud and clear at GRAMMYs on the Hill, telling Congress to protect fair wages to creators. With all due respect to Pandora, we do not need Wall St. media companies speaking for music creators.

Your Recording Academy will continue to fight any efforts to reduce your ability to earn a fair wage from your music. Before signing onto any letter of support by Pandora, I encourage you to learn more about the issue at http://www.grammy.com/fairpay.

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JIVETURKEY Presents: Black Ops 2: Follow up on my Previous Commentary – PLEASE WATCH Now at S2e TV!

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The real scam with regard the IRS….

OK. Lets go over the scandal number two of the week because I think I helped simmer that other one (Beghazi) down…After we wrote that blurb up about that non issue of a story, it trickled outward right away to msnbc, and then eventually up to the Pres. They used my exact wording (odd) too…so lets keep this real thing going to see where it lands….and also….its ONLY Tuesday mind u but lets dissect the IRS thing by first by allowing me to give my one affiliation with the IRS. And, then again, I want to break that down too…

Back in 91 and/or maybe it was 92, we had an intern in our department at my job at that time, that worked at the IRS…In Vermont though….He said to me first hand which I am paraphrasing today, but in a nutshell that his co workers at the IRS, and, at that time, hated (or loved) seeing people’s write offs per se, by us staff people in the in the entertainment industry.

Remember, this was 1991 and for people to be writing off going to concerts, or writing off gas when going out to clubs to see music every night, and/or so to speak that is; annoyed the people at the IRS. Or it made them angry that people would consider that to be work, let alone to have the audacity to write off that type of thing, on any tax form.

Now today, and especially during the Bush II years, you have people in production working for 4 weeks. The production ends. And, these people get to somehow start collecting unemployment insurance money in between their Indy contracted jobs. Then, these same people go back on salary again for another bunch of weeks during the same production and then when that ends, they start collecting unemployment insurance, again,….and they do that many times in a year…My point is that these reps at the IRS back then, targeted all music and entertainment people that went to write off what would be considered to be fun, in the eyes of the people that work at the IRS. I will also say that humanized them to me, for the first time in my life. I never thought of the IRS staffers, as people, until then or until I had met one I real life.

Regardless about my only first hand experience with the IRS, I am saying that anyone can be targeted, as they say. And I assume its age old; especially, if what was said to me, was stipulated by IRS people in 1991 and 1992. Not that its right, but I am just saying that its gone on for decades, but just said in different ways. But, also (also) I must assume these generalizations if you will, are based on some science. for instance, Ill get to the round about problem in that regard because we are in bad cycle that allows it to be this way.

First, second and third is that there were a ton of new non profits that were considered to be right winged or tea potty people, that sprouted up at the same time in 2010. The irony is that most of them, should NOT have been issued any tax exempt status. But that is what I am going to figure out today. If you look at it that way, and you have many new non profits opening up in a short time frame, it makes absolute sense from a  science POV, that they would get flags raised because of those filings. Just because of the numbers.

Then it goes back to being real about it because in reality, you cannot file that way unless you … well I am going to stop there because that brings me to the law.

I am now going to try to piece together what Ezra Klein (Post & Wonk Blog) and Lawrence O’ Donnell (Last Word) and then what I think Jonathan Chait (New Yorker) is emphasizing or trying to emphasize about that scandal that I am now calling #2 of the week…(and again…its only Tues not even 1Pm east coast time)…..

There is a term or provision in the tax law code, 501C4. That gives anyone that provides “social welfare” to file for tax exempt purposes with the Internal Revenue Service, or the IRS. It is stated that it is set up for “social welfare organizations, civic league or organizations not organized for profit but operated EXCLUSIVELY for the promotion of social welfare.” The word exclusively was amended back in 1959 to state that it “to be operated exclusively to promote social welfare, an organization must operate PRIMARILY to further the common good and general welfare of the community.”

The word primarily was added in these IRS laws, by the IRS themselves. They took it upon themselves to change the wording from EXCLUSIVE, to the word/term, PRIMARY. This was not done aby any Pres. or anyone on the Gov. of the USA. It was done internally by the law makers within the IRS organization. Therefore, we must ask then what is the literal meaning of the word primary (see below)?

Most of all, and fundamentally here, is that do the organizations with the words “tea” and “party”in it, represent “the community and social welfare to further the common good and/or the promotion of social welfare for the benefit of the community?” The woman on Hardball last night, from that Tea Potty Organization admitted to it being political and I don’t even know if she knew what she was doing to herself because that’s the scam.

Its how do political organizations get this tax exempt status?

Because we, the tax payers, are paying for it. We subsidize any and every “tax exempt” company that falls under the 501C4 provision. And, we are paying for organizations like the ones that have the words, “tea” and “party” in it, to get tax free ads placed everywhere that not only are for political reasons, they also attack liberals, and dem’s in every ad. Therefore, should these people even be given these tax exempt statuses in the first places? They are 110% political and like I mentioned the one on Hardball last night that make no bones about where they stand on that political level. We have these political organizations with the ability to buy political ads in support of political candidates while attacking the opponents in any political race all hidden behind that tax exempt law. And, again, the IRS took it upon themselves to change that up so organizations can hide behind that vague tax exempt law.

Next thing about the term PRIMARY vs. EXCLUSIVE is the crazy thing here because under that same clause, you can be anonymous when filing using the 501C4 tax exempt code. You do NOT have to stipulate any of the names of any donor when filing that way. That way, along with being primarily political, they can spend up to what? 51% on ads which brings me back to the word primary. What does that mean because Lawrence (O’ Donnell) railed it off fast last night on his show, but here is the dictionary meaning of the word:

pri·ma·ri·ly  [prahy-mair-uh-lee, -mer-, prahy-mer-uh-lee, -mer-uh-]  Show IPA

adverb

1. essentially; mostly; chiefly; principally: They live primarily from farming.

2. in the first instance; at first; originally: Primarily a doctor, he later became a lawyer.

It says nothing about primary meaning 51% out of 100%.

Now it works both ways just like Ezra (Klein) says because no way in the history of man kind should the likes of Karl Rove’s group, American Crossroads GPS, and under no circumstance should Obama’s Organizing For America, be permitted that tax exempt status. yet they do get it.

But anyway…or overall…that’s the loaded gun fro the IRS. There is no way they could ever win no matter what the time, when you mention this on a surface level when in reality, you will see about it…laws will lessen….and you will get much more un regulation of this law….and provision…..The IRS aint going near this one and nor did they ever want to do it.

There are two ironies here and one is that more organizations that are political, will seep in to this status under this tax law. While again, the IRS stays hands off not saying a word to not allow it…and the other irony is that everyone is freaking out that the IRS is doing too much when that is NOT the case, they are doing too little…they should NOT be allowing certain elements under this tax exempt status. The scrutiny should be directed at them NOT rejecting these groups that they allowed to file this way.

Oh and last issue is that this NOT an attack on anyone. Nixon attacked his enemies during his time. He ordered audits on his people that were against his ways. that’s an attack on people’s rights, while abusing your power in office. Bush I audited the NAACP. But again, this issue today with the IRS, is being talked about before any audit happened like the ones I mention are an attack on people.

This is merely a look at whether they should be allowed to deal that way in the first place. That’s what not getting emphasized here. That’s the smoke screen here. Its not what is being led to believe in the media. Its kept so vague because this admin does NOT have a clue how to talk to the people. He is built on emotion. which is great to see….but, again, we need to be told about it in this simple way. it needs to be spelled out by them for real.  This admin never deals head on that way.

Because think about what they (Ezra (Klein), Lawrence (O’ Donnell), Jonathan (Chait), etc….) are saying here….We are technically upset at them (IRS) because of the what they are supposed to be doing when we should be mad at what they are not doing. Its diabolical if you think about it. Its brilliant to be able to manipulate us that way….But it really is not what it seems…..

And, then scandal #3 of the week (AP)….is one I have no clue about but I will say that if anyone thinks that anything we do is private…and that everything about us is not accessible to anyone, if they make the efforts, is a fool that is delusional because I live my life knowing that I am being heard by anyone that wants to hear what I say. I don’t condone it, but we lost our privacy after 9/11.

Overall though as far as scandal number two of the week, I just don’t know why I am paying for tax exempt companies that are political just because the IRS is too scared to turn these groups that are scamming our tax system, down in the first places. It is so much easier to just say that how the Gov is interfering in your freedoms…its so easy to just leave it at that sentence….

Its just NOT the real scam with regard the IRS….

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Manwo and Guitar Teeth by 3 All Mighty (Connect) are now in rotation and on play lists at Open Lab and 89.9 FM radio!

Tomorrow’s world…today. Broadcasting worldwide via http://www.openlab.fm and 89.9 FM in Ibiza and Formentera. A cutting-edge project bringing together culture, arts, media, technology and innovation.

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Brand New kevin Pollack Show with PETER FARRELLY airs Sunday; New (old) posting today with Paul Feig, (Bridesmaids, Freaks and Geeks);

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Kevin Pollak’s Chat Show is a live streaming video talkshow seen every Sunday, 3pm, PST, at Kevinpollakschatshow.com. An award-winning actor, Pollak (The Usual Suspects, Casino, A Few Good Men) was also named by Comedy Central as One of the Top 100 Comedians of All Time. Here, he interviews celebrated actors, writers, directors, comedians, and masters of the tech universe.

Upcoming On the show today:

MAY 12:

PETER FARRELLY

One half of the famous “Farrelly Brothers”, responsible for a Redbox full of gut-busting comedies, including “Dumb & Dumber”, “Kingpin”, “Shallow Hal”, and of course, “There’s Something About Mary”.

Paul Feig #168

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OMG…GIVE IT REST ALREADY…..Lets go over the TWELVE changes in this god for saken memo….YOU PEOPLE ARE NUTS….DO SOME REAL WORK,…..

Regardless…here is the initial memo…no one one is hiding anything….we know the changes but again…here is the first version…OK….

We need to figure out so many other ways to get up obamas butt….and/or up the defense departments butts or even up Hilary’s butt (can you say drone program?). Go that route, you weirdo’s!…..this is such a non issue that it makes no sense to anyone that has no stake in carrying on about it.

Besides…it was a week at that time this thing broke (8 days maybe)…and you people now expect the world to know about every nuance of what went down….in a weeks time….stop projecting you GOP…stop the lying….stop with the hypocrisy….you are allowing dumb asses like that chavitz guy from Utah…to dictate a lot of nothing…..everyone knows what went down with regard to the Benghazi attack on that embassy…everyone…no one does not know what went down with it….find anything else dirt wise and stop running for elections today…govern us…Hey…Jason chavits…govern your state for real…..we want to be governed….what you say is trickling downward too…now we have these lesser rep’s popping off saying the same exact sentences….that was said 5 times out loud and transcribed in hearings to boot……..you just make no sense when you speak those talking points today…it makes no sense in broad scheme of life…..Honestly, you have to view yourself yelling about something that makes no sense to anyone with any normal education. Who are you kidding here? seriously…I cannot say it enough times today….enuff…move onto anything else but benghazi….no one cares…meaning…we know what went down…and again..its was 8 days that you want all the answers….you are acting like the world should know everything about it after what? 8 days? I mean we had to bury the 4 dead people…which took two to three days just to get em here…etc. etc. etc…….what intelligence do you get for real..in a libyaian country…in 8 days after that type of a fiasco? Its not Boston…..and again…who are you people kidding here?

Maybe I should ask…..Is anyone buying into this weird issues besides you eight people that are losing it? There have been committee’s 9 times over about the Benghazi issue, just since Sept last year….and then you freaks in the congress that do nothing mind u…want more committee hearings about it this year….and you don’t even know what you are getting at because no one does…..besides also, that’s what you need to concentrate on now? Benghazi? I have never seen a bigger bunch of morons that do no work, than this government…

And you are STILL so arrogant about it (I thought it was bad that way during bush II’s admin and you have lost every election but the 2010 one…since..and even those in 00 especially but also in 4004 were scammed….as the way he got into that WH….)…do you really…and, I mean really…think that we do NOT know what’s up these days? its not the 70s or 80s or even 90s anymore…we know everything if we wanna know about it…

Therefore, and you can keep preaching to that lowest common denominator in AMERICA, but the fact is that governing is going to start to come first…or, you will be exposed that day…for not doing any real work…..

All we real liberals do and have done is to clean up the mess that was left behind by the same people that still wanna fuck us up today and in future time….and, your reign is done…you know it…we know it…rush, Hannity and beck know it…the people on the forums threatning me know it….hell, the major right winged media outlet that is not news, but says they are news, are mentioning liberals like Rachel (Maddow), Rev. Al (Sharpton) and Lawrence o donnell just one year after Donald trump said no one pays attention to Lawrence (O’ Donnell) ratings wise…

And, if you weirdo’s in that GOP and anyone that continues to do no work…while they/you make that money every pay period…..think its gonna last past your next term..you are delusional right now..and, u are acting stupidly right now….If you people continue to act stupidly, you will lose every election after 2010. Because the Only real way to grow your party; is to be real….if you can continue to try to trick people into voting for your party…its obvious what is up with you…its implied that if you have to act that way…you have lots to hide….Which brings me to what i don’t understand about the people in office today…..what is that not to get in political science today? Because, if you can continue to lie and deflect while acting with the greatest hypocrisy, (Considering you all now freak out about about the same shit you did yourselves, for the last last thirty years), its pretty known that you are hiding something about the truth and about what is real….

Anyway, i must get back to work but again…get over the Benghazi thing…read the memo…read the initial one….we have all read it….we all get the president and his admin wanted to deal his/their way. Which, why would that be different during an election year or even normally, with anyone? And, the people that say he wanted to hide this because of the impeccable foreign affairs he had to date…this is not on the level of killing bin laden…even if this was a huge X on his foreign affairs abilities…the killing of bin laden would overshadow this any day of the week. It will even after you people that are making it an issue today, are done. No one will remember Obama or Hilary because of Benghazi when they will remember that he/they killed Bin laden (so to speak). Also, it aint Watergate…it aint the Iran/contra scam…it aint going into Granada for no reason without permission…..it aint noone allowing 4 airplanes to get hijacked with three of them being flown into three of the largest edifices built in America (metaphorically and literally)…..because I have heard people say its on those levels when it was an attack by douche buckets on horses that scaled the gates surrounding that embassy or what looked like a house…. 

and then if this is some huge cover up. What  the hell was the WMD and taking us into a war, etc. for ten years? Based on those cover ups? How is that compared to whomever making 12 changes to this memo, even talked about in the same breathe? Its laughable if you think about it side by side here….same with selling guns and weaponry for hostages, with some drugs or drugs for hostages, visa versa, etc…….or, being lied to about going into a war just because someone called you a  pussy like Granada’s debacle….After how many days of so called cover ups here? 8? Versus how many years of cover up for the WMD BS, was after 9/11?

This is what i mean here? You people are trying to make it on that level (even using the same EXACT (“I was in shock”) words during hearings to emphasize it) and it just does not work. you look odd….U do NOT look smart? You look like an odd guy with alotta time on your hands…..

Plus, there is so much other work needing to get done…..Deal with it….because i will say it one more time here…You make zero sense if you lay this down on paper…

Oh…and last…stop trying to win elections today by mutilating the opponent’s character base…win on a merit(s)…win on your campaign stances…win on your beliefs in life…but…stop trying to trick people into getting their vote…its stupid and again..its implied that you got something to hide from everyone….

its not effective today….and its way…annoying hearing the same rhetoric said by the same people…..

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U.S. Department of Agriculture: Stop Killing Wildlife FINAL DAY Petition needs less than 4K (56,090 of the 60K goal) people to sign…Thanks for help today!

1. Update #11

   Posted by Lori Colt (Campaign Leader) on May 6

   

   In 2011, the USDA‘s wildlife killing agency, “Wildlife Services,” snuffed out 365 wolves. At least, that’s what they reported.

   We say reported, because we learned that in some cases the agents shoot first, and then identify the endangered species they kill afterwards, as in the shooting death of a highly-endangered Mexican wolf. In January, a Wildlife Services agent shot a Mexican wolf, but claimed that a he “thought” he killed a coyote in New Mexico.

   In April, the Albuquerque Journal, not the agency, broke the news of the Mexican wolf shooting to the public. Wildlife Services likes to hide important information about what it does from the public—even though it’s our money and our wildlife!

   Last year, Wildlife Services claimed that the Fox Mountain Mexican wolf pack killed six cows, and used its faulty schoolyard forensics “evidence” to get a sister agency, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, to issue an order for the lethal removal of the pack’s mother. In the end, because of a huge public outcry—all the way to the steps of the White House—the feds determined not to kill the wolf mother. Instead, she was trapped and incarcerated for life. It marked a horrible outcome for her, her life-long mate and wolf pups—not to mention being a complete step backwards for this dwindling species.

   In the case of the Fox Mountain wolf pack, WildEarth Guardians requested the government’s records. What we received were 700 pages of blackened-out records and no clear evidence to support the claims that six cattle were killed by this wolf pack. We have since asked Congressman Jared Polis to help us get those records . . . and we’re still waiting, even with his help.

   The list goes on and on. Most American taxpayers want to see an end to the tax-payer-funded, wildlife bloodshed, but the agency remains funded and continues to kill wolves, bears, eagles, and cougars—even while many Americans are suffering during hard economic times.

   We say it is time to end the funding for the government’s war on wildlife. Join us and add your name to our letter that will be sent to Washington, D.C. on May 10th. Then, take your support a step further by sharing the truth about this rogue agency with your friends and family. Lastly, please make a donation to our end the war on wildlife campaign.

   Thank you for being a force for nature. 

2. 
   

   Update #10

   Posted by Lori Colt (Campaign Leader) on Apr 29

   

   The USDA’s unsuitably-named, wildlife-killing agency, “Wildlife Services”, eradicated nearly 1,600 black and turkey vultures in 2011. Why?

   According to the USDA’s website, vultures are killed for roosting on buildings, vehicles, and even pool covers. They’re snuffed out because they are seen as a threat to ranchers and livestock. Slaughtered for living on communication towers, vultures get exterminated just for being vultures.  And this comes despite dramatic decreases in their populations in recent years because of pesticides and other forms of persecution because they are misunderstood.

   Black vultures, turkey vultures, and the very endangered California condors, are native to North America.  As scavengers, vultures, also known as buzzards, play an important role in the ecosystem by feasting on dead animals. Natural garbage collectors, vultures clean up the environment and help prevent the spread of disease. Ironically, vultures even stop diseases like anthrax, which can threaten domestic livestock.

   Not everyone sees vultures as a creepy harbingers of death—many cultures revere them as sacred because of their carrion- eating roles. Tibetan Buddhists practice “sky burials,” where animals, usually vultures, devour their dead. Similarly, Zoroastrians offer their dead to be consumed by vultures on a raised platform, called a dakhma. They regard vultures as precious animals that release the soul from the body.

   Vulture killings and conflicts are not isolated to the United States—the loss and killing of vultures is an international issue that raises profound disease-transmission concerns.   Learn more about vultures by watching this great Ted Talk by Munir Virani, who is a raptor biologist, and the director of the Peregrine Fund Africa Program.

   Sign our letter to Chellie Pingree, the U.S. Representative who sits on the Agricultural Appropriations Committee, and to Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack, asking that taxpayer-funded, wildlife extermination cease. Let’s end the government’s war on wildlife. 

3. 
   

   Update #9

   Posted by Lori Colt (Campaign Leader) on Apr 22

   

   Imagine your only crime is wandering through a forest looking for a meal after a long winter’s nap. For nearly 600 black bears in 2011, their lives were ended by the USDA’s Wildlife Services for filling their hungry bellies. It’s a travesty as much as it is unconscionable, and taxpayers funded much of the killing.

   Black bear habitat is disappearing due to unprecedented rates of suburban and urban growth. Because of habitat loss, bears increasingly find themselves in ex-urban areas resulting in conflicts with humans and high levels of mortality. Roads spider-webbing into once pristine habitat makes it easier for hunters and poachers to kill bears, and roads increase the opportunity for vehicle-bear collisions. A shift in global temperatures may especially affect hibernating species such as black bears.

   Black bears, the third largest carnivore in North America (behind grizzly and polar bears), survive mainly on plant materials. Black bears prefer forest habitat for forage and movement. They disperse seed and nutrients and create biological diversity by creating small-scale disturbances that open up the forest canopy.

   In arid climates such as Colorado, Nevada, Arizona, and New Mexico, bears are slow to add new members to their populations, and are vulnerable to human over-exploitation. A Colorado study showed the females do not breed until they are almost five years of age, and the birth interval comes every two years-depending on sufficient food availability. Random events such as food failures, droughts, or late frosts can decrease forage and increase human-bear conflicts leading to bear mortalities. Winter can add further stresses. Because black bears are not resilient due to their slow reproduction rates, they are seriously affected by habitat loss, negative encounters with humans,  and overkill.

   Bottom-line, black bears matter, black bears are an essential part of the ecosystem, black bears should not be trapped, hounded and shot, or otherwise killed with your tax dollars.Please add your name to our pledge and ask that the Agricultural Appropriations Committee and the Secretary of Agriculture stop killing off our wildlife.

   Take your support a step further and donate to our End the War on Wildlife Campaign. 

4. 
   

   Update #8

   Posted by Lori Colt (Campaign Leader) on Apr 15

   

   As reported in the Sacramento Bee’s monumental exposé, “Wildlife Services,” the federal, wildlife-killing program, uses brutal methods that even claim the lives of federally-protected species. Golden eagles are often likely killed, but their deaths go unrecorded.

   In 2011, “Wildlife Services” reported it killed no golden eagles. But as former animal damage agent Gary Strader shared, the agency promotes an internal “shoot, shovel, and shut up” agenda. Strader’s supervisor had told him to simply bury a golden eagle he had inadvertently caught in a leghold trap – so long as there were no witnesses.

   Worse, “Wildlife Services” liberally sets out a dangerous avian poison, called DRC-1339, in baits in the golden eagles’ habitat – ostensibly to kill common ravens, but  this poison does not discriminate between its avian victims—whether common or rare, nor is it a humane death, it takes up to 3 days to act.

   Wildlife Services’ practices remain indiscriminate, at odds with science, sadistic, and sometimes illegal, and so we have sued them, sought Congressional and Presidential help, informed media stories, and exposed their misdeeds before a host of decision makers and elected officials.

   WildEarth Guardians works to raise public awareness and gain political momentum to end funding of this extremely dangerous federal program.  Indeed, part of our mission is to end the taxpayer-funded war on wildlife. Won’t you help us?

   If you have not done so already, please visit our website at http://www.wildearthguardians.orgto learn more about our campaign and to sign up for our action alerts. Most recently we have issued an action alert email campaign calling for an investigation into the agency for keeping the killing of an highly-endangered Mexican wolf, by one of their own agents in January, hidden from the public. This issue was just brought to light by the media—three months later!

   Thank you for joining our cause and being a voice for the wild. 

5. 
   

   Update #7

   Posted by Lori Colt (Campaign Leader) on Apr 8

    

   

   Just as biologists note that mountain lions (also called cougars or pumas) are vital drivers in their native ecosystems, decision makers allow unsustainable levels of exploitation of their populations. In 2011, the USDA’s wildlife killing agency killed over 400 mountain lions—this is in addition to heavy-handed trophy hunting allowed by state wildlife-management agencies.

   By modulating deer populations, mountain lions prevent overgrazing near fragile riparian habitats. The result: more cottonwoods, rushes, cattails, wildflowers, amphibians, lizards, and butterflies, as well as deeper but narrower stream channels.  In short, when mountain lions are essential to the landscape. Where they are present, there is greater biological diversity and greater ecosystem function.

   WildEarth Guardians believes all wildlife has a place on the landscape and taxpayers should not be forced to fund massive wildlife killing for the benefit of hunters (who wrongly believe they compete with mountain lions for deer or elk), nor those agribusiness (who routinely exaggerate minuscule livestock losses from mountain lions and other native carnivores).

   We’re working to end the government’s war on wildlife. Learn more, and then become a member of WildEarth Guardians!

   SUGGESTED LINKS:

   States and Trophy hunting: http://www.wildearthguardians.org/site/PageServer?pagename=priorities_wildlife_carnivore_protection#.UWLjN4Ks0-8

   Lions and ecosystem health:http://www.cof.orst.edu/leopold/papers/cougar_cascades_ripple_beschta_2006.pdf

   Hunters complain about resource competition:http://www.wildearthguardians.org/site/DocServer/Wolf_Report_20120503.pdf?docID=5202

   Livestock losses:  http://www.wildearthguardians.org/site/PageServer?pagename=priorities_wildlife_war_wildlife_livestock_losses#.UWLif4Ks0-8

   Photo Credit: Richard Badger

6. 
   

   Update #6

   Posted by Lori Colt (Campaign Leader) on Apr 1

   

   657,134 red-winged blackbirds were killed by the ironically-named USDA program, “Wildlife Services,” in 2011 purportedly for agribusiness. Farmers complain that birds eat sunflower seeds, cattle grain, or defecate on livestock and farm equipment. “Wildlife Services” Bye Bye Blackbird operations, has targeted millions of grackles, starlings, and numerous species of blackbirds. But the bird poison “Wildlife Services” uses, DRC-1339, is so lethal it can also kill many other unintended bird species including eagles, hawks, and cranes.

   If fact in 2009, the USDA eliminated a staggering 4,000,000 birds. Since then, “Wildlife Services” has reported far fewer kills. But because DRC-1339 takes three days to act, the government likely does not count all the birds it has poisoned, and further, it seems to be reluctant to tell how many birds it actually kills.

   Join us, and sign our pledge, and ask Congress to defund the government’s war on wildlife. “Wildlife Services” is an antiquated, unnecessary and secretive USDA program that has long outlived its place on the taxpayer dole. 

   You can also donate directly to WildEarth Guardians, as we are taking both legislative and legal strategies to end the government’s war on wildlife.

7. 
   

   Update #5

   Posted by Lori Colt (Campaign Leader) on Mar 25

   

   Nearly 84,000 coyotes were killed by the USDA’s Wildlife Services in 2011 at the behest of agribusiness, ranchers and hunters.

   Scientists have discovered that coyotes in lethally controlled populations actually increase breeding, have larger litter sizes, which can increase their populations. Not only is the killing a travesty, but the agency is literally wasting not only coyotes, but taxpayer’s hard-earned money as well.

   The agency employs an arsenal of lethal killing devices for all 4… …

8. 
   

   Update #4

   Posted by Lori Colt (Campaign Leader) on Mar 18

    

   

   “The misnamed Wildlife Services is a carpet bomber of the West because of the scale of indiscriminate killing of native wildlife,” said Jim Baca, former director of the Bureau of Land Management in the 1990s. “If Congress is serious about saving money, this is where they should start.”

   Wildlife Services reported it killed nearly 1,400 house cats, more than 400 domestic dogs, 14 American white pelicans, and 2,983 meadowlarks in FY 2011.

   The also killed 552 river otters, as bycatch to the… …

9. 
   

   Update #3

   Posted by Lori Colt (Campaign Leader) on Mar 12

   Nearly 1,000 people have joined our cause in the last 24 hours and now, Fox News iscovering the story and the need to overhaul this rogue agency inappropriately named “Wildlife Services.”

   Thank you so much for sharing this issue with your friends, family and colleagues.

   The USDA’s Predator Control program, Wildlife Services, is cruel, ineffective, and detrimental. Congressman Peter DeFazio (D-Org) is a wonderful champion for wildlife, along with Rep. John Campbell (R-Calif), who are reaching across the political aisle to conspire and put an end this taxpayer-funded boondoggle.

   Keep the momentum going, please continue to share your knowledge, and passion to improve the future for wildlife in this increasingly hostile environment. Together we can end the Government’s war on wildlife!

10. 
    

    Update #2

    Posted by Lori Colt (Campaign Leader) on Mar 11

     

    

    The United States Department of Agriculture’s wildlife killing agency cruelly snuffed-out nearly 28,000 beavers by trapping, shooting, strangling and drowning them. Beavers from Arkansas to Wyoming, and all points in between were grossly killed on behalf of agribusiness and cities competing for resources.

    A list of the nearly 4 million animals destroyed listed by species and state is available here. 

    You can help end the government’s war on wildlife by educating your friends and family, and by sending written editorials to your local paper to further educate the public on the species being killed in your area and throughout the U.S.

    Thank you for your efforts to defund this atrocious agency.
     

11. 
    

    Update #1

    Posted by Lori Colt (Campaign Leader) on Mar 5

     

    

    Since 1915, the U.S. government has funded wildlife-killing campaigns designed to protect agribusiness — the only thing that has changed since its inception in 1885 is the agency’s name.In 1931, Congress passed the Animal Damage Control Act. It required the Secretary of Agriculture to eradicate wildlife deemed harmful to agribusiness. As a result the then named “Biological Survey” initiated massive poisoning campaigns in the 1920s and 1930s that greatly diminished America’s wildlife — from rodents to birds to native carnivores.

    Learn more about the history of the U.S. Government’s war on wildlife and how unless we defund this USDA agency, the carnage will continue.

    With your voice and activism, we can end the slaughter.

    Visit The Sustainable Action Network.

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Hey guys and gals…Greenpeace is doing a lotta leg work for this issue…but we need ten more K (17 days left; 39,178 with a goal of 50,000) signatures please; Save whales, sea lions, and polar bears: Protect the Bering Sea!

To ensure the survival of the Bering Sea, one of the world’s most beautiful places and most productive fisheries, regulators must protect it from unsustainable fishing including obstructive fishing trawlers.

Greenpeace is headed to the North Pacific Fishery Management Council in a few short weeks to deliver thousands of petitions to the council. Our goal is to convince them to protect the Bering Sea and its amazing underwater canyons before its too late.

Add your voice to the message before its too late, and tell your friends and family to protect the Bering Sea!

Update #4

1. Posted on Apr 29

   

   We’re running out of time! We have until the end of May to get enough signatures to deliver to the North Pacific Fishery Management Council telling them the Bering Sea deserves protection.
   Home to Northern fur seals, whales, sea lions, polar bears and even undiscovered underwater species, the Bering Sea is too special a place to risk by opening up to habitat destruction.

   Share with your friends that the Bering Sea need helps before it’s too late!

   Update #3

2. Posted on Apr 10

   

   So many species rely on the health of the Bering Sea in the Arctic Ocean, including our own. We have less than two months to convince the North Pacific Fishing Management Council that protecting this critical ecosystem must happen before it’s too late.Global fisheries rely on the health of the Bering Sea not to mention the threatened species that call it home, including whales, seals and polar bears.

   You can help protect this place as a marine refuge by sharing with your friends and family. But act fast. Time is running out to create a marine reserve in the Bering Sea!

   Update #2

3. Posted on Apr 3

   Greenpeace teams with William Shatner to save the Bering Sea!

   

   Today, Greenpeace launched a new video featuring the voice of William Shatner calling for the North Pacific Marine Fisheries Council to protect the Bering Sea canyons from industrial fishing.

   Watch the video now and share with your friends!

   Save Kipper features a happy menagerie of domesticated animals–a fish named Kipper, a dog named Sparky, a bird named Boozer, and a cat named Fluffy–all of which have their homes shockingly destroyed by methods ranging from fire to a power saw.

   As Bering Sea campaigner, I work with a coalition of conservation groups including Oceana, Alaska‘ Big Village Network and Mission Blue, to protect this critical ocean ecosystem.

   In the ocean, especially in the Bering Sea, habitat destruction by industrial fishing fleets is even more shockingly ruinous than a flaming cat tree or crushed dog house. There’s no rebuilding the ancient habitat that is being destroyed.

   Alaska’s Bering Sea is home to one of the most remarkable places in the world, an area so rich with life scientists call it ‘the Green Belt.’  Here, the ‘Grand Canyons of the Sea’ support  an extraordinary ecosystem that includes fish, crab, skates, endangered sea lions, orcas, and humpback whales, but it all starts with the fragile corals and sponges on the sea floor.

   We need your help to protect the Bering Sea! Share this urgent issue with your friends now so we can work towards global ocean protection.Save the Bering Sea,

   Jackie Dragon

   Bering Sea Campaigner

   Update #1

4. Posted on Mar 28

   

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   The Bering Sea Canyons,  one of the wildest regions in the ocean and deeper than the Grand Canyon, are in trouble.

   We preserve some of the most special places on earth to ensure their vitality, wonder, and resilience for future generations. Just as we have protected special places on land, like Yellowstone, Yosemite or Denali national parks, we need to preserve some of the most special places in the sea.  The seafood industry is overfishing one of our last remaining wild places, and pollution, habitat destruction and climate change threaten to turn this rich, dynamic ecosystem into a lifeless desert.

   The Bering Sea, spanning more than 770,000 square miles between western Alaska and Russia’s Siberia Coast, is important because it provides fish, and jobs, subsistence foods for native peoples, and even the oxygen that we breathe through the health of its ecosystems. All of this bounty is fueled by nutrient-rich upwelling along the Green Belt and up from the depths of the largest underwater canyons in the world –  it’s as irreplaceable as any of our national parks.

   Conservation groups including Greenpeace, Ocean Conservancy, World Wildlife Fund, Oceana, Center for Biological Diversity, Alaska Marine Conservation Council, Marine Conservation Institute and more have been seeking protections for the giant underwater canyons in the Bering Sea for more than a decade.  So far the organization tasking with protecting this region, the North Pacific Fishery Management Council, have denied our requests to protect the Bering Sea. Instead, they sided with the fishing industry, pushing for more fishing now at the expense of healthy fisheries for generations to come.

   However, they named the canyons a top research priority so Greenpeace took up the challenge!

   In 2007, and again last summer, we brought together government and independent researchers survey the slopes of Zhemchug and Pribilof canyons. With small submarines equipped with hi-definition video cameras, we dove into these “Grand Canyons” and brought back proof of their vitality.  We saw vibrant coral and sponge communities, juvenile fish nestled into sponge holds, Giant Pacific octopuses sidled up to sea fan corals, and huge nurseries for slow-to-hatch skates.  Sadly, there were also scarred swaths of seafloor with nothing more than broken coral remnants where fishing gear had destroyed all signs of life.

   Now, we are closer than ever to protecting the canyons. In June, government scientists will present the latest science on the canyons and their vulnerability to fishing.  Once again, the Council will judge whether or not something should be done to stop the fishing that is systematically destroying this beautiful and important place. The fishing industry will be there too, no doubt urging more trawling through the canyons, choosing quick profit over this wonder of the sea.  Your voice matters because these canyons belong to all of us.

   Together we can protect this essential part of the Bering Sea so the whole ocean system may continue to thrive. Marine reserves are a simple and proven tool to manage healthy ecosystems. When we leave the ocean alone fish return, larger, more diverse and abundant. Join us in telling the North Pacific Fishing Management Council that we have waited long enough to protect this special place, one of the most remarkable on land or in the sea: the Bering Sea Canyons.

   Your support is invaluable,

   Jackie Dragon

   Bering Sea Campaigner

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Mother Jones: At Least 71 KIDS (meaning CHILDREN, TODDLERS, NOT ADULTS, NOT TEENAGERS, just KIDZ) Have Been Killed by Guns Since Newtown

At Least 71 Kids Have Been Killed by Guns Since Newtown

The shooting of a two-year-old by her brother was one of many recent gun incidents to claim a young child’s life.

In the last five months there have been at least 71 of them. None older than 12, several as young as five or six months, all of their lives ended by a bullet.

There was four-year-old Trinity Ross in Kansas City, who lasted about a week on life support after a playmate came across her father’s gun in the TV room. There was 10-year-old Alexandra Brown in Ohio, apparently murdered in the backseat of a car by her father just before he took his own life. There was three-year-old Jadarrius Speights, who got his little fingers on his uncle’s loaded 9 mm in an apartment in Tampa, just Tuesday night. His death came one week after a five-year-old boy inside a rural Kentucky home pointed a small rifle at his two-year-old sister, Caroline Sparks, and pulled the trigger.

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Sparks’ death drew extensive media coverage and stirred particularly strong emotions, in part because the weapon used was specifically made for and marketed to kids. As I reported last week, its manufacturer, Crickett Firearms, has seen its business boom in recent years. The intense response to the tragedy clearly was also a legacy of the Newtown massacre, whose 20 young victims shook the nation and set off an extraordinary debate about gun violence.

But what happened to Sparks was not extraordinary. Her killing, and those in dozens of other American communities this year, is essentially business as usual—it happens on average about once every two days. An average of 197 children ages 12 and younger died from gun shots each year from 1999 through 2010, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Dozens are killed annually in accidents—often with other young kids firing the gun—although the majority die in homicides.

Among the 71 shooting deaths we analyzed from the past five months:

• 40 killings were unintentional and 31 were alleged homicides.
• The most common scenario was kid-on-kid: At least 29 of the accidental deaths occurred when a kid under 17 pulled the trigger.
• The average age of the victims was just under six years old.
• 20 victims were girls and 51 were boys.
• The problem was worst in the South: Florida had the most kids killed (four accidents, five alleged homicides), followed by Ohio and Tennessee (four accidents and two alleged homicides in each state), followed by Alabama (two accidents, two alleged homicides) and South Carolina (four accidents).

Details on all 71 deaths are in the spreadsheet below, including the name, age, and gender of the victims, the locations of the incidents, and links to news reports describing how the shootings occurred. The majority of the data was gathered using Slate‘s crowd-sourced aggregation of gun deaths, with additional details and research added by Mother Jones. The data set includes the majority of such gun deaths in the past five months, but almost certainly not all of them.

From Boy Scouts to 4-H and beyond, there is a long American tradition of teaching kids how to use and responsibly handle firearms. (It’s a tradition I know firsthand, having grown up shooting bolt-action rifles and shotguns for sport.) But federal law prohibits the sale of a gun to anyone under 18, and in accidental-death cases the issue of adult responsibility is paramount. A torrent of harsh online comments was directed at the parents of Caroline Sparks in the days after that story broke. Beyond the responsibility of adult guardians, legal culpability varies by state and can be difficult to prove, as shown in the Trinity Ross case, in which the prosecutor found insufficient evidence for pressing charges.

A gun company that makes hot pink rifles for girls came under fire for featuring photos of tykes and infants with weapons.

Since Sparks’ death, debate has intensified around whether a company like Crickett Firearms—whose website featured photos of tykes and infants with guns until the company took them down last week—is ethically off-target. The company, which says it is the leading rifle supplier in the youth market, produces firearms with different barrel and stock designs, including some made in hot pink to appeal to young girls. That may help boost sales, but there are other potential consequences: In February, two young siblings in South Carolina apparentlymistook a pink handgun for a toy when three-year-old Temorej Smith was fatally shot in the head.

Many accidental shootings happen in or around a family home, often involving kids playingwith guns. Others involve parents accidentally shooting their kids. These incidents don’t exactly shore up the gun lobby’s claim that Americans need to secure their homes with handguns or even AR-15 assault rifles. Public health researchers have found that having a gun in the home puts gun owners and their families at higher risk of being shotintentionally or accidentally. Forty-three percent of homes with guns and kids contain at least one unlocked firearm. And one study found that a third of 8- to 12-year-old boys who came across an unlocked handgun picked it up and pulled the trigger.

Child deaths from gun shots are statistically rare on a per capita basis and in absolute numbers. But it’s important to note that the CDC data cited above only gives a sense of the overall problem. As Daniel Webster of the Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Policy and Research explained to NBC News, inconsistency in how states report shootings leads to less reliable national statistics. That in turn underscores how relatively little good data we have on gun violence, thanks in no small part to the National Rifle Association’s efforts to deep-six serious research.

And the number of kids who get shot each year is significantly larger when you include those who survive: According to a report by NPR, emergency rooms treat more than 3,000 children for accidental shootings annually. That number now includes a seven-year-old boyin Houston, who was shot by his five-year-old brother less than 48 hours ago.

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(Click here for the Google spreadsheet view, where you can access the full text in each cell. Also see our award-winning investigation of gun laws and mass shootings.)

 

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Why Vote? Just Don’t even Show Up in The First Place:

 

Republicans on the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, scheduled to vote today on the nomination of Gina McCarthy as the new head of EPA, boycotted the procedure. That denied the committee the quorum it needed for a vote. This is sheer obstructionism and game-playing. It is inappropriate behavior.

Tell your Senators to support the nomination of Gina McCarthy as EPA Administrator.

McCarthy is a strong nominee; her record and qualifications are well-known and appreciated. She has answered over a thousand questions posed by Senator David Vitter of Louisiana alone, but he led the boycott.

Senator Jim Inhofe of Oklahoma should show leadership. He has publicly stated that Gina McCarthy is a friend, and someone whose work and character he admires.

Moms, here is a list of the Senators who boycotted the hearing:

• David Vitter, Louisiana, Ranking Member
• Jim Inhofe, Oklahoma
• John Barrasso, Wyoming
• Jeff Sessions, Alabama
• Mike Crapo, Idaho
• John Boozman, Arkansas
• Deb Fischer, Nebraska

Urge your Senators to get back to their seats and do their work. McCarthy deserves a vote. Moms urge her confirmation.

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Bernie Worrell Orchestra w/ Boris Garcia and Fisher Live Together this month!

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Bernie Worrell Orchestra w/ Boris Garcia and Fisher Live Together this month!

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New Music Tuesdays: Fisher (#16), Original Black Pantah (#11), Gina Thompson (#27), Richtaste (#34), The Jetsuns (#5), Michalis Terzis (#11) and more emerging Sunset artists are Top 40 today and are available in stores now!

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			PROJECT REGGAEOLOGIST by ORIGINAL BLACK PANTAH is currently  is in Stores Now!  I’m A Buffalo Soldier by Original Black Pantah Currently 11th in Dubstep We Need Love by Original Black Pantah was the Number One Song in World Music and is Currently 93rd in Specialty Finals at Our Stage (MTV).   Visit The Web Site!
			LONDON, PARIS, TOKYO, SPACE by THE BOY FROM SPACE is currently  is in Stores Now! I Don’t Know What To Do by The Boy From Space was Top 10 in Indie Rock at Our Stage (MTV).    Visit The Web Site!
			HipHop Party CD is in Stores Now! The #22 Album onThe Urban Charts! Nine (9) Weeks In the Top 100 on the Urban Album Charts.      I’ll Get There by Gina Thompson Currently 27th in R&B   Visit The Web Site! The Party Series CD Collection!
			LIGHTS AND SHADES by RICHTASTE is in Stores Now!  Produced by Pat Aeby who is the drummer for the multi platinum Geffen Recording artist Krokus. The songs on the Lights and Sounds CD recount Stefan’s life experiences pursuing a career in music and growing the bands repertoire for the new CD.“Night of 1,000 Dreams” hits TOP 40 in Indie Rock at MTV’s Our Stage in November! Gasp For Breath by Richtaste Currently 34th in Modern Rock Visit The Web Site! Go To Sunset Records!
			Rockin’ Party CD is in Stores Now! Featuring Rock N Roll Music by Alternative rock acts, heavy metal Rock Acts and Hard Rock by artists like The Jetsuns, Richtaste, House On The Hill, Joe Atman, The Boy From Space, Pepper, Federal Moguls, Richtaste, Travis Warren and Down From Zero.    Gask Mask by The Jetsuns Currently 5th in Modern Rock Visit The Web Site! The Party Series CD Collection!American Drug War: The Last White Hope Soundtrack CD!
			IT TOOK THE VILLAGE by JOE ATMAN is in stores everywhere and first single played on Radio all Over the USA! (Joe) Atman brings more great Adult Contemporary infused pop songs with a touch of folk music, AAA and choral music all somehow how wrapped up into many of the great songs on the “It Took The Village” CD.In constant radio rotation at stations like 100.1 THE EAGLE (SAN DIEGO, CA), KILT FM (DALLAS, TX), MIX 96.5 FM (NEW ORLEANS, LA), WBAC-FM (MILWAUKEE, WI), WLIV FM (PHOENIX, AZ)! Visit The Web Site! Go To Sunset Records!
			HipHop Party CD is in stores Now! Dance music by Eve Gallagher, Gavin Friday, the Sneaker Pimps, Alayna, Federal Moguls, Grooveyard, Leftfield, Freakpower, Boy George all on this very special CD Compilation. Visit The Web Site! The Party Series CD Collection!
			THE RHION ANTIRRON BRIDGE by MICHALIS TERZIS is in Stores Now! Michalis Terzis is someone that composes classical music in the most accessible, sublime and sophisticated way, and his latest full length CD, The Rhion-Antirrion Bridge is another (Michalis) Terzis album filled with what can be best described as classical pop music. Many pieces on this brand new CD are bound to be standards and traditional in the classical music world. Antirrion by Michalis Terzis Currently 11th in All Instrumental Visit The Web Site! Go To Sunset Classics!
			The Fligumwompf Satchel by FISHER is in stores Now!  “Motown” has spins at WXPN and “Furry Leverage,” “Talkin’” and “Havin A Time” have also been getting tracked airplay on radio, along with plays at clubs in Brooklyn and again, all over the world (DJ Fresh / Brooklyn DJ Factory, DJ Alex at Sabaku no Bara in Japan, Modena Radio City, DJ Anthony Gelo, SideTracks at Bar None, DJMGee at the Alando Palais in Germany and more)). Furry Leverage by Fisher Currently 16th in World     Visit The Web Site! Visit The Label Site!
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			SEVEN REBEKKAHS by 3 ALL MIGHTY is in Stores Now! Seven Rebekkahs is a quintessential sounding album for the producer and characterizes an overall sound that features 3 All Mighty performing as a music producer, emcee, and multi-faceted alter-ego vocalist “Pierre Amore”.“Face Resistance” used on NBC Sports Network’s Ali Sports! “Final Judgment” used on NBC Sports Network’s Ali Sports!     Visit The Web Site! Go To Sunset Connect!
			World Party CD is in To Stores Now! Featuring Festive Music by World Music Artists, including Reggae legend, Mabrak and I Kong, top dancehall styled music artists like Alayna, respect and Original Black Pantah; and Latin stars like Pascal G. and Ronnell Sessions.All sales, revenues and proceeds for the “Come Make a Little Step of Peace!” singles, goes to UNICEF! We Don’t Even Talk No More – Dancehall by Gina Thompson was Top 40 is World at MTVs Our Stage!    Visit The Web Site! The Party Series CD Collection!
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Live at Stage It today is Wakey!Wakey!, Paradise Fears, Two Story Road, Jared Lutes, Jean Morisson, Angela Hesse, Andrew Katter, Charlie A’Court, James Dupre, Rebekah Ann Curtis, Music From Another Room and The Vim Dicta at S2e TV!

 

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Digital Distribution Comparison for Music Updated Today (In Grooves, Tunecore, Catapult, Virtual with more coming soon (Route Note & Zebralution)

DIGITAL DISTRIBUTION COMPARISON SHEET AWAL - CD Baby - The Orchard - IRIS - IODA -Reverbnation - KVZ Music - Symphonic Distribution - OneRPM - Believe Digital - INGrooves - Route Note - Virtual Label - Zebralution - Catapult Distribution - Topspin   View Online by Clicking Here!

Dist. Co        Upfront $     Sales %      Opt Out     Take Down    Exclusivity   Physical Product   On Demand   Mkg?   Threshold    Overall 10 Point Rating

TOPSPIN	$25	91%	Any	30	YES	NO	/NO	NO	$0	0
Overall Notes: This company will rival any company for being the worlds worst distributer or aggregator or i am not even sure what is going on with this company. They somehow got a deal to work with Viacom and with the MTV Networks to give any band or artist a false sense of security, that their music would be considered to be played on their TV shows. I must assume that since MTV Networks, etc., is notorious for being “cheap” with regard to paying staff, and with regard to spending any money, is the ONLY reason that Topspin got that deal. I must assume they pay Topspin no money to allow the integration to create what is called an MTV Artists Page. I would like that feature if anything worked but the fact is that I had tried to get anything to work within that system, and nothing ever worked. I had to go through so much just to get them to delete anything from that system. They are so bad at their jobs that yes, there is NO way to delete anything from that system. Which is the A, B, C’s of programming anything in that world. These assholes are so bad at their jobs that they had requested to do a phone conference call, to let them know what and why things are not working which I did at some time this year. I took time away from my real work to consult them gratis mind you, and they still did nothing to this day. Actually, they scrunched all of my artists into this menu that you could NOT even see the full list and you still cannot add whatever label. Therefore, when one takes time out of their life to say, submit their songs for inclusion into that MTV Networks per se, who the hell knows if its actually working. Its a crap shoot whether anything takes in that system. And, then what occurs is that name or band or artist that you claim on their site, blocks you from being able to use it. The system is somehow set up to not allow you to take your own copyrights. I maintain that I have no clue why the Viacom’s of the world, would affiliate themselves or allow that affiliation of that company, with that brand. Unless again, it comes free. I would also so far to say that MTV aint no dummies in the sense that any server space needed, would be paid for by Topspin. And, housing any band that is willing to sign up at Topspin, is like renting a store at a mall. It’s a huge expense to take on every month. Therefore, a ton of money needs to be made to cover it and MTV must know or think that its ore cost effective to allow them to carry that expense and even further is that once you sign up for this service, and say you do get placed on Snookies show at MTV, its given over free. MTV gets that license for gratis. Its brilliant for TV but there are not too many companies in this world, that would allow it. And, if Topspin does not get paying custys fast, they will not be here in a few years. The MTV deal is a good one for them but again, its going to take a lot to keep them alive considering that system today. Oh and you need to see the support function at Topspin. Not that you would get any reply because again, I have NEVER received any reply by that company, until a major conference call where I tell them what they are doing wrong and then to get a response to it, by them doing nothing for me, but to waste so much of my energy and time. But I do hope I was able to make things better for bands in the future but I doubt it, these guys are hacks that work at Topspin. They will need to be bought out by some other company. This model is awful. Like I said, the ONLY redeeming thing about topspin is that they can say they work with MTV. They also use every other company (third party) as a way to get anyone’s product into stores. I would assume that you need to sell a lot of product or pay them excessive fee that need to be covered every month, to use their product. I don’t really know what’s up with this company. They absolutely need to get their shits together to become a viable player in this part of the industry. They need a better system in every regard (customer service, integration, EVERYTHING….). and Please know that it was not for lack of trying ten times over with these people. Nothing worked. Not even the integration with Viacom because even those tools could not match up the songs with ASCAP. Its just an odd system that again, basically takes your copyrights, to potentially work for free. That’s the goal at Viacom / MTV. They want as much music to place on those reality shows they play on their networks, for free. This is the brilliant way they (MTV) skate around any real license of any music related material. Remember that MTV REALLY needs to show your video, they will pay a license for it. Whatever they are doing here is a bit shady but then again, I am sure many bands like to see their name under credited on the Jersey Shore shows, etc. That’s the pay off here. If you use Topspin, and then get your song played for 4 seconds on their show is the absolute pay off for young bands and young artists. No established acts get worked this way. Which gives young and unsigned bands the ability to get placed this way. Again, that’s the great pay off here. You get a conduit to be heard for a few seconds on those shows.

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CATAPULT	$25	91%	Any	30	YES	NO	/NO	NO	$0	8
Overall Notes: They use a Third Party to deliver any material to iTunes and to all retailers. They aggregate for ringtones with the ability to do Pre Orders and they do accept individual artists to distribute. The cost to distribute ringtones is $9 per track. The cost to work a single is also $9 with albums costing $25. Optional Services: UPC Registration Service. Barcode Creation Service. Soundscan Registration Service. iTunes Digital Booklet Service. Daily iTunes and AmazonMP3 Trend Sales Reports and Metrics. They partner with Mixonic for all CD and DVD Manufacturing of Physical Product. I have no experience with this company but I don’t like that any so called distributer is in need of a third party to help get their product into stores. However, the fact that spell it out on their site is a huge plus with regard to not being a company that hides that fact. Which is my main pet peeve with that part of the landscape of distribution today. They also use PayPal as they way to pay you for any sales.

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VIRTUAL LABEL	$0	?	?	?	YES	YES	NO	YES/	?	8, 9 or 10
Overall Notes:  Virtual Label is not a record company nor is it a management company (though we do manage a couple of artists!). It is a 360° full-service company that provides access to everything that is needed to grow a music business and successfully sell and market an artist and their recordings. We have rock solid national physical retail distribution, a direct channel into digital distribution via all the key on-line services and direct access to CD and DVD manufacturing services through our relationship with a top replicator. In addition we can help with outsourcing all other aspects of running and building a record label, including marketing, promotion, licensing and royalty administration, in order to help minimize your administrative overhead costs and maximize your creativity. In short, we can fill in whatever blanks are necessary leaving you to do what you do best. Virtual Label is the brainchild of Peter Wright. After spending over 25 years working in every aspect of the record business for such luminary independent labels as Mute, Rykodisc and Instinct, five years ago Peter decided to have more fun using his skills to promote his love of music and Virtual Label is the resulting lovechild. They also boast about having “We currently have in place deals with:” just before listing some of the main outlets but they also mention One RPM. I am not sure if they use One RPM’s free services or if they pawn that work on to their system. They also boast that “We also partner in Europe with state51 in order to deliver our content to the following secondary services:” before that list. Physical Distribution is done via E1 Entertainment which is the old Koch company. That a great deal for artist and also, I do know the names of two (Peter Wright, John Allen) of the people that run Virtual. One I think worked with me at MCA back in the early 90s and if it is him, I would have to get him to sign off on deal memo’s while he worked at MCA Distribution. I think it’s the same guy (John Allen) They were/arte quintessential music industry people and they are NOT from the computer world like many of the staffers at the aggregators today. They also have an amazing artist roster with not only artists that are popular music artists, I happen to like a lot of the bands in real life. They also have what is called Beam Camp which is way cool. Beam Camp is the “official” camp of Virtual Label. Founded by Brian Cohen and Danny Kahn in the beautiful wilds of southern New Hampshire, Beam Camp’s mission is to provide children with exciting experiences in creative problem solving through working with their hands and actively working with others. We also share a passion for summer camp fun and learning that is grounded in our own childhood and family experience. Further, they also provide Licensing, Management, Marketing, Mechanical Licensing, Mastering and according to my label partner rep at iTunes, they do music videos at Virtual, though I cannot see that on their site. I have no clue what their terms. Even though they state that they are not a label, they sure look like one. I assume their is an A&R hierarchy to be able to work your music product through them. They do accept individual artists along with partnering with labels.

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INGROOVES FONTANA	$0	15%	0	90	YES	YES	NO	/NO	$0	2
Overall Notes: This company is as corrupt as it gets in this industry. They seem to be the company that picks up other aggregators being their third party to get that music related material to retail outlets. And, in doing that for other company’s that are also corrupt in this industry. I found at least 20 to 40 titles of mine that had been illegally distributed through this company.  I contacted them about it last June and they ignored me until this year or after I placed them on legal notice for their part in that piracy, and they said they would deal with getting it all down from their system, but they have not to this day. And, they ignore me again which means the ONLY real way to deal with it is through a law suit but I am trying to get all dropped artists and I will do those DMCA filings when I have the time. They somehow bought out Universal or Fontana or visa versa but now, the staffers are the ones that come from the computer world. They are based in San Francisco and as far as I know about that company, none of the principles at Fontana came t work at In Grooves. And, its an odd deal because I relate it the same way Napster douche got his money after giving out music free because honestly, I don’t think Uni felt like encoding or decoding their music catalog. I can only think that they pawned that work over to the In Grooves company. Because even though they distribute or aggregate the Uni catalog of recorded music, they do NOT own it and I don’t even think the deal is an exclusive one. Again, I think its more about convenience and maybe what is cost effective even though there is no way in hell that would have been cost effective for Uni to contract that work. I just don’t get that deal and again, they are not motivating to my product down from their system. And, its not like they pay us any of that money. I have never been paid one penny from In Grooves. It has made Universal Distribution of Music look like amateurs in that part of our industry. And, In Grooves does take individual artists but again, its not like you would be distributed by Universal. It’s a bit convoluted how they work that deal but its almost backwards to me. Because the most redeeming about In Grooves would be the affiliation with Universal but its them doing that dirty work so to speak. You cannot reap off Universal marketing and whatnot by running your material via In Grooves. Yet every Universal artist is run via In Grooves. It’s a weird deal. And, it’s a bit misleading to the common folk. And, In Grooves make sure they use that FONTANA name in every last thing they do when again, its not how it seems. Ina nutshell though, INgrooves Fontana provides digital distribution to over 600 online and mobile destinations worldwide in more than 100 territories. We have solid partnerships with and deliver to retailers like iTunes, Amazon, Spotify and many more. Our end-to-end digital asset management platform automates many distribution and administrative functions. Our platform is a content hub that connects directly to all leading online and mobile stores worldwide. Utilizing the client console, you have total visibility on the status of your releases- how, when and where they have been distributed, the ability to opt in and out of retail deals and review and export monthly sales reports for all retailers. INgrooves Fontana is a true digital distribution company, not just an aggregator of services. Mobile distribution is key to expanding your consumer each in the digital marketplace. Ringtones, Ringbacks, Wallpapers, Full Track downloads and Video Ringers are being offered by carriers such as Verizon, AT&T, Sprint and T-Mobile. INgrooves Fontana understands the market potential and can discuss opportunities to create visibility for your catalog within the mobile space. The ONLY reason they get a two (2) rating is because they can boast the word Fontana, misleading artists and bands into thinking they have something to do with Universal.

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BELIEVE DIGITAL	$0	0	0	90	YES//NO	YES//NO	YES//NO	YES//NO	$0	0
Overall Notes: They distribute Music Videos and they do deliver recorded music to iTunes and to retail, via a third party. More Coming This Week

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ZEBRALUTION	$0	**	0	90	YES	NO	YES/	YES//NO	**	10
Overall Notes: They distribute Music Videos and they do deliver recorded music to iTunes . Zebralution Distributes music & music videos, audiobooks, audio drama and books. **For our distribution service we agree with you a distribution fee on the basis of a percentage of sales. In addition, expenses for technical services can be incurred. I’ll assume they take anywhere between 10% and 20% again, depending on the deal and sales revenues expected by anyone worked this way. Zebralution offers its partners effective guidance to work out individual strategies for “Achieving the best store features for your digital releases in the retail market.” The International sales marketing team comes with long-term experience and is in constant dialogue with the retail contact people. In weekly calls and regular face-to-face meetings new releases and catalog reissues are Discussed and coordinated with the retail partners. Weekly newsletters Ensure early attention for upcoming releases and Reliably support our retail partners in Their scheduling feature. Frequent updates and additional mailings Provide A Further information flow, always keeping our retail partners informed about last minute events and important news. I have no experience with this company and I don’t really see any negatives or hidden situations as a way to extract fees without doing any work for that money. For now, I am giving them a ten because I don’t see anything issues, however, if I do find out ever that they use a third party company to get anyone’s product into stores, I would deduct two points right away for it. If I get conformation from anyone about that not being the case, then I would not e that here upon that verification.

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ROUTE NOTE	$0	15%	0	90	NO	YES	/NO	/NO	$0	7
Overall Notes: The rep from Route Note contacted me last week about  adding their company to this directory. That effort gets added points just to be that confidant to put themselves out there this way. I commend anyone that is real that way and as we all know then, is that aside from that inquiry, I have no experience with this company. Artists pay an upfront ($10 – Singles, $20 – EP, $30 – Album and $45 – Ext Album, then $9.99 annually) fee. Artists keep 100% of the royalties. Onsite, artists can upload tracks to the RouteNote catalogue and enter into a non exclusive agreement permitting us to distribute their music to a worldwide audience in a matter of moments. They then select partnered retail outlets that they wish their music to be available through (e.g. iTunes, Amazon Mp3, eMusic, Spotify, Deezer, Thumbplay). The ONLY real negative that I can see bands or artists would see are/is the stores they have deals, are limited to the ones listed in these notes. However, they are the main revenue sources for music artists, but again, I hear bands boast about how their aggregator or distributor can get them into a million stores even though most of those places are not even viable this day and age, but for work direct to these outlets, I would assume they do it well for artists and bands

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AWAL	$0	15%	30	90	NO	NO	NO	YES	$50	5
Overall Notes: I did NOT have a good experience trying to get things going with this company. They are very hard to communicate with as far as time frames to make sure your product gets placed at retailers. We decided not to work with this company and doing so, it was not that bad of a situation when all was said done. However, the contract is vague, and, in defense of how they worked with our labels and artists, they were very easy and very applicable to when it came to our parties not executing the deal. There was none of our music placed up online and aside from time to go through the processes, this was not an awful situation. They never collected any of our money in any way. They also get your product into a ton of stores.

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CD BABY	$49	9%	30	Perpetual	YES	YES	NO	YES	$20	8
Overall Notes:  First thing to note is that signing up to CD Baby’s digital service means you also have to sign up to their physical program, and send them at least 5 physical CD’s. On top of the signup fee, you’ll also need to pay them $20 to set up a UPC for you [we do this for free], then they’ll take 9% of the revenue that comes back from their online retail partners [slightly less than 10%]. Their signup fee is a flat, per release deal, and they now offer a fee to release “singles” for $9.95. CD Baby is best suited for new artists and overall is a great system that seems to work like a machine. I use their Film Baby and Book baby which I am very happy with and I have had one album at CD baby. You do NOT have to worry about getting paid and you get paid like clock work every pay period. They are NOT a company that is going anywhere and therefore all young artists can be secure in that regard. They offer marketing tools like a store at Facebook, Download Cards (for a fee), web hosting plans and they do happen to offer anything an artist may need to set up and work their product. I also feel that business plan of combining the likes of Discmakers and CD Baby, is a great one for music artists today.

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REVERB NATION	*$119	15%	30	TBD	NO	YES ON-DEMAND	YES	YES	$20	1/2
*$119.95 & $94.95 Accordingly – $59.95 & $34.95 – (Plus $59.99 Take Down Fee) Overall Notes: They have two plans. One gets your product into 40 Plus stores and the lowered price gets you into 30 plus stores. They have since changed up their pages that did say that they had one time fees but what I want to do now, is take you on the life cycle of one account (Kevin Hart), which they refuse to take down to this day. They have also added terms along the way to help them gain more fees. It is absolutely impossible to get them to take down your product and in getting it taken down, they add fee after fee. For instance, we had “abandoned” the digital distribution after about a year and to take that down that album, we had to pay a $20 reinstatement fee, and then we had to buy the year of digital distribution which was another $60.00 just to pay another $30.00 to take it down. And, we had used what was a balance in that account just a day after we had transferred money to the payPal account. And, rather than taking the money from the balance in the account, that company put back the money that had been transferred to the Paypal bank. That in turn, created a situation where we had to transfer lesser money that month, and then wait to get paid the balance due a month later. As far as getting paid your own money every pay period, they post your money however, they hold that money for 60 days. It comes up as 30 days but its not because its always posted before that last period, and then to get your money, it takes anywhere between two (2) and five (5) days to get the money into your PayPal account (which then takes another two days to get the money into your actual bank account) At least today, they have adjusted their FAQ and/or term sheet, to reflect those fees but they were not listed there when we signed up. And, further, they have also since adjusted the lie that the ONLY fee they take, is the initial one. Now, it does not say anything like that on their site. They have since stopped lying to gain business, but it also took putting them, and many retailers, on legal notice. We are still waiting for them to NOT collect any more money, however, they continue to do it to this day. But they went from not charging any fee to me complaining about that lie, because in fact, you cannot start that process at Reverbnation, without paying the take down fee. I have therefore paid out a total amount of $150 to set up and take down one artist title. Plus, if you consider the total accumulated amount of money of all of the closed artist accounts, that have NOT met their $20.00 threshold, Reverbnation gained over $200 of our artists money for free.  And, when calling them out on the way conduct their business, they point to some made up term on a FAQ as their binding contract that again, evolves every day to suit their needs, and that came about after they realized that most bands that are credible in this industry, would not use a company like reverbnation, unless they were amateur and not established in any way. They make 100% of that money. Its a rather high tech and pretty way to scam many young artists out of their money. I would love to get an audit done of that company, to figure out the amount of money they gained that way. I will eventually find out how much money they have extracted from artists that way. And also, even though you abandoned your title and project, they still collect that money and again, if that account is closed at Reverbnation, they not only collect that money, they keep 100% of your money. You must get the retail outlet to take that down by what I call the roots, and to “point” any accounting to new and proper distribution company. Reverbnation will NOT only NOT help, they are pro active in scamming clients this way. Now, I don’ know why anyone would use this company, and pay those fess, when every other company on this planet, is half that cost and they work with artists and not against them.

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ORCHARD	$0	30%	NO	1-5 YR	YES	YES	NO	YESLICENSING	NONE	8
Overall Notes:  The ONLY real issues I had with this company was the communication between myself and their label partner. It seems like at that time I thought about working with the Orchard, they had a lot of kids running around that office. I like the business plan with their acquisition of the NIN catalog and by acquiring the entire TVT records catalog. I like that business plan of them owning the copyrights. It reminds of how a major label would work. They have also since combined partnerships with the IODA (IODA also recently bought the IRIS company) company, and they will all be worked via the Orchard today.

Overall Notes: Bought Out By The Orchard. Now A Part Of The Orchard System.

IODA	$0	30%	NO	1-5 YR	YES	YES	NO	YESLICENSING	NONE	8
Overall Notes:  Bought Out By The Orchard. Now A Part Of The Orchard System.

IRIS	$0	30%	NO	1-5 YR	YES	YES	NO	YESLICENSING	NONE	8
Overall Notes: Bought Out by IODA which is now A Part Of The Orchard System. Some elements are exclusive but not master recordings. High threshold and long terms require careful consideration. Very Hard to take down your material but again, that was when it was IRIS. They did not respond to any calls, emails or any letters for months. It took sending out a fake press release and spending money on legal to get them to start the take down process, and to pay everything to do the artists they collected money for in that span of time. It was obvious why they had to be bought out by the IODA company.

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TUNE CORE	$49.99	0%	NO	6 Months	NO	YES Amazon	NO	NO	$0	9
Overall Notes: They really have it together in every way. As much I want to find something off about the work done by the staffers at Tunecore, but they are very good to great at their jobs. Money / Accounting comes in like clockwork every couple weeks. Their customer service has grown to be perfect today. The ONLY real negative issue I had was at first and only with regard to them making our physical product. That had since been worked out, however, there was a time line broken at that time in 2007. Things in that regard work perfect today. Their royalty accounting is top notch and they show money received to the 15th of decimal point. They also seem to get things placed at retail, within days from the submission. They boast(ed) to having an 8 point process to determine what retailers that work which I love the concept, but they do only deal with a precise set of retail outlets. They work only with iTunes, Amazon, eMusic, I Heart Radio, Spotify, REAL/Rhapsody, MySpace Music, MediaNet, Nokia, Zune/X Box Live, Verve Life, Google Play, SIMFY, MUVE, Rdio and they charge either a flat fee of $49.99 (plus $49.99 Annual renewal fees) or you can purchase being placed in stores a la carte, for $0.99 cents per store. UPDATE MAY 5, 2013: These guys have lost their ways in this part of the music industry. For instance, I have made the request at least 10 to 15 times to NEVER allow any automated charges or payments of any fee’s and that has never been implemented to this day. This last month, it happened with a couple artists. With that said now, an artist that should have been “taken down” last year, was not done and so that artist placed what is a DMCA report which is what I told all artists not with Sunset, to do with their product.I made sure they did it because it cost more to the accounting in some cases, than it is to just cut any losses. And, I mean no disrespect to any artist and any label situation,  I am however, speaking about it because of the situation I faced last week. In getting that DMCA report which again, the artist did at the perfect time I had told them wait, etc., but these guys never took it down but here is the licker about it and what they did to me. The pin heads took all monies made by that account and any monies made in the history of that artist having its product in stores, and deducted it from my account. Now as we all know about DMCA filings or reporting any copyrights to be worked in certain direction, it is set up for “take down” issues and there is never any monetary term. Its not about gaining money. Therefore, let me explain in simple terms because yes, I paid any fees over the years to make sure that artist had its product in every outlet on the planet. If it were up to the staff at this company, they would then in turn pay the artist 100% of any revenues brought in under those accounts, but it gets better because me, the label, then pays out 70% net profit on any digital sales, for every artist. From an artist POV, I get that anyone would love to be paid a total of what? 1,400 percent of every sale? Regardless, it took many hours to explain that what they were doping is beyond corrupt and most of all, just stupid to do that to anyone in this industry. Its hard for me to describe it any other way but maybe reckless, but it was unbelievable trying to get these people to think about the broad picture. And, most of all, if an artist is dropped per se from any label situation, they do NOT, NOT….stop getting paid for that work. Besides, we pay an annual fee. Remember that the main staff that started and ran Tunecore left the company last year.

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KVZ MUSIC	$0	15%	30	60-90	YES	NO	NO	NO	$50	2
Overall Notes:  This is a an unusual situation because even though I have had my issues with regard to getting paid on time, and even though I have had issues with regard to communication between our two companies, I also feel they were a victim of being lumped into the companies that pirate music. If you use this company, be careful with all meta data because they have made a lot of mistakes with text copy and its not necessarily them as workers, its about that admin system. You have to write exactly how you need it without any mistakes and some of their listings of our product, was inconsistent with things like the Pline and the Copyright name. Most songs if not all though, we entered in perfect. I don’t know if that’s an issue that was our data entries fault, or whether the system in the admin section at KVZ is hard to deal with or figure out and/or if it was them that made those typos and/or added in the wrong information. Regardless, if you check your data entry work, you should be ok and also, the way that you get paid is a bit old in the sense that you must take your Excel Spreadsheet they post every pay period, add up the numbers in Euros. And, then you must send them invoices as opposed to getting the money automatically placed into your account, and even though they state it takes 3 to 5 business days, its always taken a longer amount of time to get the money. In the last pay period, it went weeks before we saw any of the money due and invoiced for that period. You will also have to pay some type of fee to get your money from this company (maybe not in Europe, but for American bands and companies). If you use PayPal to transfer that money from KVZ, you will no doubt have to  pay a percentage of that money, to PayPal. Also, if you do use a bank wire transfer, you are also subject to paying that fee from your bank. The other issue that should be spelled out more on their contracts, is what “third parties” they use because in most cases for bands and labels, you can go direct to those companies yourself and that way, get paid 85%, rather than 85% of 85% (of 100%). As far as the customer service, when you get the attention by their staff, they have been very hard to deal with and they also are proactive with their effort to be antagonistic and most of all, they withheld payment based on those childish tactics. It was very rough dealing with the staff people at this company. At first, I thought it was the language barrier but then I realize that they put other things in front of paying their bills. The main rep and maybe the owner was not only very loose with his words and comments to our complaints and legal notices, he lied in writing, on a forum and on our blog, many times. Plus, his comments were ramblings that made no sense to anyone that knows English and that’s when we started to feel bad about the people that work at this company. I assume they are just learning how to deal which is great for anyone in this industry, but they did let intangibles like self conscious issues come first and before paying their bill. As far as them taking down any product, we fought tooth and nail so to speak, to get out of the deal. I feel they should list any and all third parties used to work any copyrights. I also feel that farming out this work, takes money from artists and from labels in such an unnecessary way. Most entities in this industry would go to direct to say IODA or The Orchard, rather than again, giving up that money for no reason. Its not bad if you spell it out that way and it is shady if that information is hidden in any way. Last, after that last pay period, they did send us our spreadsheets the day of the due date (exactly 45 days after the last quarter). We sent them our invoice the day afterward and we should be paid in a timely way. I had replied to them on a public forum saying that even though they were self conscious about me not telling people that eventually paid us after like three weeks of fighting for it, that we shall see how they act in that next pay period. Therefore, I do want to give credit where credit is due because like I just said in this paragraph, they were pro active in sending us those spreadsheets. We will see if they pay within the 3 to 5 business days they say they will and even though we have NOT been paid yet, its ONLY been 2 to 3 business days since we received that conformation. Overall, I don’t know what to say about this company. I don’t want to hate them but they did treat us horribly a few months ago. Maybe time will heal that about it, but I do want to give them credit for trying. Honestly speaking in writing because I do NOT have to way these words, but I had them at a SIX (6) out of my TEN (10) before I wrote my description or about my experiences with them, and after I rehashed it today, I lowered it to a ONE (1) for effort. I get angry when discussing what I had to deal with those weeks I tried to get my very own money. They did pay what they are calling a FINAL PAYMENT to us this pay period, in a timely way.

Dist. Co        Upfront $     Sales %      Opt Out     Take Down    Exclusivity   Physical Product   On Demand   Mkg?   Threshold    Overall 10 Point Rating

SYMPHONIC #1	$0	30%	30	60-90	NO	NO	NO	YES	$300	9
SYMPHONIC #2	$0	20%	30	60-90	NO	NO	NO	YES	$500	9
SYMPHONIC #3	$200	10%	30	60-90	NO	NO	NO	YES	$500	9
SYMPHONIC #4	$200 +$50	100%	30	60-90	NO	NO	NO	YES	$500	9
SYMPHONIC #4	$500	100%	30	60-90	NO	NO	NO	YES	$500	9
Overall Notes: I recently started to use Symphonic. I believe they either started as one of those places that gets dance and electronic music into the Beatports and DJ places accordingly, however, they have grown to deal with all outlets. And even though I feel like I am walking away from a house built out of a deck cards (meaning waiting for something to go wrong), this may be one of the best systems in place today. They have plans for every walk of life which makes me skeptical but then at the same time, they have been good to deal with first hand. They also have an array of partners and therefore, if you work electronic music along with rock and say Urban or rap, they will apply your titles to each outlet accordingly. Which is hard t be that detailed and then they have many plans in place. You can pay money upfront and receive 100% of the royalty money and//or a portion depending on your plan and then they offer percentage based plans. I, honestly, put them through what I consider to be a grueling process and that’s why I am impress with their customer service. What I put them through is not appealing to most retailers and that’s why I was impressed with their customer service and again, that they did adhere exactly to what I needed today. They offer a lot of ancillary services (Mastering, recording, Marking / Promotion, Piracy Protection, Licensing Efforts, Music Publishing Services, Web Design & Graphic design, etc.). They seem to have a great business plan. We will see how this deal pans out over the next few years.

Dist. Co        Upfront $     Sales %      Opt Out     Take Down    Exclusivity   Physical Product   On Demand   Mkg?   Threshold    Overall 10 Point Rating

ONERPM	$0.99 Outlet	15%	30	60-90	NO	NO	NO	YES	NO	8
Overall Notes: My ONLY pet peeve with One RPM, is that with any pay to play service, it should guarantee placement and I paid to have every artist placed at JB Hi Fi and I have not seen one title of mine, placed at that store. Therefore, I can’t trust them to have done it for stores we do NOT have access which again, were paid for ahead of time. I use their Mobile Services and Latin America services and because of it, I am shifting everything to another company to do this same work, but I put us on a percentage basis. That way there is NO up front money. However, their interface is second to none. their system is pretty high tech. I love the way you can pick and choose your retailers. Its very easy to use and again, top notch programming. I have to move these guys up a few notches because after I posted this listing, I was contacted by the reps at OneRPM saying that they had read this review if you will, and they wanted to fix it so kudos to them for being pro active about it. And, I gather they were surprised too, that we had not been placed at JB HiFi. regardless, that customer service goes a long way in this part of this industry and therefore any mishap would seemingly be fixed with great effort by OneRPM. These guys have a great interface too. They really spell things out perfect.

DEFINITIONS OVERALL CONTENT: Everything written here is based on actual experience between myself and any of the companies listed in this part of the blog. There is no hearsay and again, everything listed here on these pages, is based on pure experience, however, some of the terms are subject to have changed (please see below to contact us about any changes needed to be made) considering the landscape of this part of the  music industry today. There is paperwork that is legally binding providing any business science behind any content in this listing. Also, aside from Tunecore and where noted above in each listing, all of these companies have a list of the same retail outlets. They alls seem to boast about getting songs and music into the same list of stores. I assume its some network because in some cases, these outlets are not even operable toady. Further, I have no direct tie to any of these companies and even though we do us some of them to this day, I honestly think its the lesser of all evils and that they all pretty much suck in some way. There is no way any of these companies have done the work to score a so called “10″ (ten) or a perfect score by my standards of working music, and I am talking that none of these companies get close to the perfection level. I also want to say that I have learned more about the landscape of the distribution over the last 4 years, than ever in my life. In some cases which I have stated about myself, I was maybe less [patient than I should have been at that time. I wanted instant gratification day one, and I had no idea of the process and time it took to work music digitally into stores. Overall, the ONLY reason I am posting this in my blog is to help anyone to never go through what I have gone through over the last few years. I feel great about this part of my life today, but it took a lot to get to this point time and I am NOT even 100% satisfied. Plus, there are corrupt companies that are scum bags that continue to take advantage of the control they have over the accounting and in some cases, they continue to take it upon themselves to collect that money. And, we have no way to stop that piracy. Oh and very last is that of the retailers that complied with doing the right thing with regard to taking down any illegal product, Amazon is awful, but at the same time, do like 13% of the marketplace. Its hard to get legal on that company when its much of your revenues. And, conversely, eMusic, REAL/Rhapsody and MySpace Music were absolutely on it when it came to dealing with that type of an issue. I am going to do another sweep around retailers and the next thing will be to make sure these retailers pay artists. As far as digital distributors, the worst company to deal with by far is REVERBNATION. They are against the artist. They make no bones about it and their marketing tools to entice the client, are based on lies. They are by far the worst company with regard to control, online today. They disguise themselves as a powerful player in this industry, but the fact is that they NOT only scam you business, they will NOT allow to get out of it. I marvel at how corrupt that company is towards artists and I do think if you do NOT get roped into paying to play if you will, Reverbnation is an ok marketing tool. Though its dated today and that company is best suited for bands that suck, and that can't get any type of distribution in any way. And, any music artist that would use their digital distribution service, is again, either very poor musically and/or can't get any of the others to distribute them. You have to be an idiot to use this company unless you don't mind spending however much money to get and to get out of that situation. When in fact, no other company on this planet, acts that way towards its artists. I can safely say that Reverbnation will NOT be a company in this industry within the next few years. I have that in writing today and I have said that to people in writing now, three times this year. No one that acts that way towards music artists, is doing well in the board scheme of life. Distribution Company (Includes Aggregators): Platforms are places people go to watch or buy films; aggregators are conduits between filmmakers/distributors and platforms; distributors usually take more rights for longer terms. And some companies combine more than one of these functions. They are the main conduits between labels, artists and retailers and various outlets that play or sell music. Upfront Cost Any fee related to setting up your product in any way. Companies in this part of the music industry, do it either way. There are companies that charge up front fees and then in turn do NOT take any percentages of any sales. There are companies that cost you a set up fee and then they also take a percentage of every sale. And, then there are companies that have ZERO or no set up fee, and then you pay them ONLY a percentage of every sale. determining what is cost effective and most efficient and/or best suited for your project, is an article in itself, but I am in hope that this helps people figure it out a little better now that its laid out in one list. Payment Threshold: The amount of money you must accumulate in your account, to be able to transfer a payout. If you do not earn that amount each pay period, that distributor holds that money until any sales revenues hits that "threshold" amount of money. All companies work different and have different amounts and some do NOT have any thresholds and would pay you no matter how low amount of money. Sales Fee (%): The percentage of any sales revenue, that the distributor makes on any sale, and then keeps for its fee. Opt Out Time Frame: Many companies offer termination after a specific term is set. It can be done monthly, yearly, two (2) year deals, three (3) year deals and in one case, a five (5) year deal. Upon termination, it takes up to six months on a good day, to actually get retail to do one of two things, take your product down from the system so it does NOT show and/or retailers merely "point the accounting" to your new distributor. That way they do not have to do the work to take music down, and then place the same thing right back up with the same exact situation. The problem with the latter is that it can create an effect where you have multiple listings up at retailers. The other problem with this way of dealing is that it derived from the computer industry and not the music business. That way of dealing is how the early online companies, dealt with changing music from distributor to distributor. For instance, if you have listing as Sunset records for three years and then you start using Interscope or maybe you change your label name or maybe you switched Indy's, etc., if it does NOT read exact, and / or internally for them, if the text copy does "match" exact, you could feasibly have another listing posted, with that new information. Time Frame Take Down: Also, regarding the opt out period and its misconception that it can happen instantly, is just not scientifically true by any means and never have I seen any take down process be easy, and done in a timely way. I have NEVER seen it where every last title gets taken down from every ;last retailer. Amazon is awful at talking product down from its servers. And, even a "30 day opt out period" may seem like it gets done in that span of time, I have never seen it happen in my life so plan accordingly and keep on it. Plus, you may want to contact retailers direct to make sure there are no multiple listings. In many cases like I emphasized about here, "opting out" of old deals can very much lead to multiple listings of the same exact title. Exclusivity: Some companies want to work your titles and copyrights, exclusively during its Term. Some do not, however, I urge anyone to work it where its as exclusive as possible and what I mean is that if you use say Tunecore, which is a company that has a certain number of retail outlets they service. I could see using another company to get you in every other outlet, but again, I recommend that you do NOT overlap and/or have multiple listings from different companies. It creates havoc with regard to accounting and there is never a doubt that you would be losing out money in some way. In some cases, I have seen artists pay a fee, and yet have to collect some of that money from the other company that takes a percentage. It adds insult to injury so to speak which is why its important to plan this out well before you close any deals. Another piece of advice is that everyone should think in terms of quality over quantity. Companies van boast about being in 500 stores, but if they don't pay or if they go under or bankrupt, they keep 100% of your money. Its best to know what company is placing what into stores, in every way. Physical Product: This tells you whether you can work physical product like CDs and DVDs through them and into stores. Some are purely digital only and some use third parties and some have it under its own roof. On-Demand Production: This to me, is a form of digital distribution but I pay my artists a flat fee for any On-Demand sale. Reverbnation has an in house On-demand system for not only CDs, but also for a small amount of merchandise (T Shirts). And, most other companies will use Amazon On Demand which used to be Create Space. They do things in an automated way. You add artwork, music files, text copy, etc., all through your companies, and then rather than having to stock up product to house in your office, studio or closets, as consumers buy your CD, its make in automated way at that time after the sale. They have film on demand system at Amazon/Create Space Marketing Efforts: This shows if the company offers any types of marketing tools in any way. In many cases, some of these companies offer ancillary services like marketing, licensing, publishing, etc., on top of any digital distribution. Some are included gratis and in some cases like at TuneCore, you can pay for say, its Songwriters Service. Reverbnation has excellent free marketing tools and the Orchard seems to have a good hand in licensing. Overall 10 Point Rating: The ratings are based on experiences and I have done everything in a real and non partisan way. I tried to pat some heart and should behind it but as far as business science, I do have a 15 point rating system that gets us to these numbers or ratings. Those numbers get added up and then divided by TWO (2) as the way to gain the zero (0) through ten (10) rating number. The only intangible are with my comments and that guides me to the final number. I either add up and/or add down accordingly and considering my experiences. If you work at another Distribution Company that is not listed on this chart, and you would like it to be listed, contact us at any time. If you are you a Distribution Company that feels the information placed here has been written in error, is wrong in any way, and/or is outdated in any way, please feel free to contact us at any time to tell us about it. View Online by Clicking Here!

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No exemptions, no loopholes

The deadline is coming up – Tell the EPA to close a dangerous loophole!

When families in southwest Detroit’s 48217 zip code thought their water had been contaminated, they had to run the tests themselves.

When two tanks at the Marathon refinery blew toxic smoke into their air on the night of April 27, the families in 48217 never got an evacuation notice or information about how to keep their children safe from the fumes.

Communities like Detroit’s 48217 live in the shadow of big polluters and their reckless behavior. All too often, don’t have safeguards against even the worst accidents — let alone the routine danger of living downwind from coal-burning power plants and tar sands refineries.

Take action now to close one of the loopholes that endangers communities all across America — including Detroit’s 48217. Let the EPA know that it’s time to crack down on SSM exemptions.

SSM stands for “startup, shutdown, malfunction,” and it’s a loophole that lets industrial facilities and coal plants like the ones in Detroit spew pollution into the air with no consequences — as long as the pollution happens during a startup, shutdown, or malfunction.

Worse still, polluters are exploiting this loophole and claiming that they are “starting up the plant” or that a pollution event was an “accident” just to get out of having to clean up their act. Real lives are being put at risk, whether it’s from contaminated groundwater, refinery smoke, or soot and smog from coal-burning power plants. Asthma, cancer, heart disease, and other health problems don’t have loopholes, and neither should the pollution that causes them.

Oil, coal, and gas companies are proving over and over that they’re not concerned for the health of communities like Detroit’s 48217, and our government is failing to protect those communities and hold companies accountable for their pollution. We need the EPA to step in and tell polluters that enough is enough.

Tell the EPA to move ahead with an SSM safeguard that will help protect our communities from some of the toxins they face every day.

The EPA is only accepting comments on their SSM proposal for a few more days, so now is the time to act. Submit your comment and protect our communities from reckless polluters!

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I’ll Be brief about it, but this is my problem with regard to the three kids arrested up in BoMass today…if the kids contacted the bomber to say that the pictures looked the them…why did they not contact the FBI to say that pictures looked like them…

Whether they helped or knew or anything about em, that is my issue…they could have used the same exact sentence but to the FBI. 90 Million people called saying that whomever looked like whom. Bonehead moves….heres the story:

Two Kazakh men, Cambridge man, face charges in disposal of backpack owned by Boston Marathon bombing suspect

05/01/2013 4:56 PM

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The fireworks in Dzhokhar Tsarnaev’s backpack had been emptied of gunpowder, according to federal agents.

By John R. Ellement, Todd Wallack, Maria Sacchetti, Matt Carroll and Martin Finucane, Globe Staff

Two men from Kazakhstan and a man from Cambridge were arrested and charged today in the Boston Marathon bombings investigation, federal prosecutors said.

Azamat Tazhayakov, Dias Kadyrbaev, and Tsarnaev (Image taken from Dias Kadyrbayev’s webpage)

Azamat Tazhayakov and Dias Kadyrbayev, both 19 and of New Bedford, were charged with conspiracy to obstruct justice by plotting to dispose of a laptop computer and a backpack containing fireworks belonging to bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the US attorney’s office said in a statement.

Robel Phillipos, 19, of Cambridge was charged with making false statements to law enforcement officials in a terrorism investigation, prosecutors said.

All three were, or had been, students at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, where Tsarnaev, 19, was also a student.

Tazhayakov and Kadyrbayev face maximum sentences of five years in prison and a $250,000 fine. Phillipos faces a maximum sentence of eight years and a $250,000 fine, prosecutors said.

At a brief initial appearance this afternoon in US District Court in Boston, Tazhayakov and Kadyrbayev waived their right to a bail hearing. They will appear in court again May 14. In a separate hearing, Phillipos also waived his right to a bail hearing. Another hearing was slated in his case for Monday.

Phillipos’s defense attorney, Derege Demissie, said after the hearing that Phillipos had nothing to do with the actions of Tazhayakov and Kadyrbayev and had simply made a “misrepresentation” to authorities.

Tazhayakov “feels horrible and was shocked to hear that someone he knew” was involved with the bombings, defense attorney Harlan Protass said after his client’s hearing. “He looks forward to the truth coming out in this case.”

Kadyrbayev “absolutely denies the charges,” said defense attorney Robert G. Stahl.

Tazhayakov, Kadyrbayev, and Phillipos all began attending UMass Dartmouth together at the same time in 2011. They were all friends with Tsarnaev, authorities said.

The trio told investigators that Kadyrbaev removed Tsarnaev’s backpack, which contained fireworks that had been opened and emptied of gunpowder, from Tsarnaev’s dorm room on the evening of April 18, shortly after the FBI released photos of the two bombing suspects (which the FBI later identified as Dzhokhar Tsarnaev and his brother, Tamerlan), according to an affidavit by Special Agent Scott Cieplik attached to the complaint.

Kadyrbayev and Tazhayakov both admitted they agreed to throw away the backpack after concluding from news reports that Dzhokhar Tsarnaev must be one of the bombers. Kadyrbayev decided to remove the backpack from Tsarnaev’s room “to help his friend Tsarnaev avoid trouble,” the affidavit said.

Kadyrbayev allegedly later threw the backpack in a dumpster at the New Bedford apartment complex where Kadyrbayev and Tazhayakov lived.

The backpack was taken away by a garbage truck, but was recovered last week inside a black garbage bag by the FBI at a New Bedford landfill, the affidavit said.

The affidavit also alleged that Phillipos changed his story, saying at first that he had never gone to Tsarnaev’s dorm room but in a fourth interview admitting that he had joined the two others and gone to the room and taken the backpack. He said he had discussed with the two others what to do with the backpack but had fallen asleep and, upon awakening, discovered the backpack was gone.

The backpack, when it was found, contained fireworks, a jar of vaseline, a UMass Darmouth homework assignment sheet from one of Tsarnaev’s classes, and other items, the affidavit said.

Kadyrbayev told investigators he decided to take Tsarnaev’s laptop as well because he did not want Tsarnaev’s roommate, who was there when the trio stopped by, to think Kadyrbayev was stealing or behaving suspiciously by just taking the backpack, the affidavit said. It wasn’t immediately clear from the affidavit what happened to the laptop computer.

The FBI searched Tsarnaev’s dorm room several days later. It has disclosed in court documents that agents found BBs, a large pyrotechnic, and a black jacket and white hat matching those worn by one of the two bombing suspects in surveillance footage.

Kadyrbayev first met Tsarnaev after starting college in fall 2011 and became closer friends with him in the spring 2012, often socializing with him and even meeting with Tsarnaev’s family at Tsarnaev’s home. Tazhayakov also became friends with Tsarnaev at UMass Dartmouth in fall 2011, the affidavit said. The affidavit also said Phillipos was friends with Tsarnaev.

Tsarnaev is facing federal charges of using a weapon of mass destruction and malicious destruction of property resulting in death in the twin bombings that struck near the Marathon finish line on April 15. His brother, Tamerlan, 26, was killed in a confrontation with police in Watertown several days afterward as the two tried to flee the area. Police say they were trying to subdue Tamerlan Tsarnaev after a shootout when Dzhokhar Tsarnaev ran him over in a desperate escape.

Authorities say the Tsarnaevs also killed an MIT police officer as they tried to escape the area. No charges have been filed yet in that case.

The White House and law enforcement authorities have previously suggested that the Tsarnaevs may have acted alone without clear ties to foreign governments or terrorist groups.

But investigators have continued to eye other people who knew the brothers to see if they provided them with any help before or after the attacks.

Before the criminal charges were announced today, Tazhayakov and Kadyrbayevappeared before a federal immigration judge on charges they overstayed their student visas.

Lawyers for the men said at the hearing the men had cooperated with Homeland Security and FBI investigators for hours and were only college buddies with Dzhohkar Tsarnaev and should be released.

The men were being detained in the Suffolk County jail and appeared before Judge Steven F. Day via videoconference, wearing prison scrubs, from the jail. The consul of Kazakhstan, as well as US government officials were in the court.

The hearing marked the men’s first court appearance since immigration officials arrested and jailed them 11 days ago in New Bedford.

The hearing raised questions about why the men were allowed to stay in the United States if their visas were allegedly invalid.

Kadyrbayev, who had studied engineering, was dismissed from UMass after the fall semester, but stayed in the United States. His lawyers argued that he should be allowed to leave the United States voluntarily. A hearing on Kadyrbayev’s case will be held on May 22.

Tazhayakov, an economics major, had his visa terminated on Jan. 4, but he was allowed to reenter the country on Jan. 20 in New York, the judge said in court. The discrepancy puzzled Judge Day. “That doesn’t make any sense,” he said. Day set a bail hearing for Tazhayakov for May 9.

A UMass Dartmouth official confirmed Kadyrbayev was no longer enrolled in school while Tazhayakov was still registered for classes.

The Tsarnaev brothers lived in Kyrgyzstan, which neighbors Kazakhstan. People in both countries speak Russian because they all lived in the former Soviet Union, where the official language was Russian.

The UMass Dartmouth campus, still reeling after learning that Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was a sophomore here, had more bad news to absorb today.

“It’s kind of hard to digest that students who came here to study could do such a thing,” said Raja Nageswaran, 25, an MBA grad student.

He said the two Kazakhs had to the off-campus housing he shared with other international students a few times for parties. He remembered they played pool with his roommates. One came more frequently than the other, but he was not sure which one. On one occasion, Tsarnaev also attended.

The last time the Kazakhs were at a party was in October, before Halloween, he said. Nothing much stood out, although the Kazakhs liked to drive their black BMW hard, making it squeal, he said. He knew them only through mutual friends.

The school has several hundred international students, he said, who tend to bond a little because they are internationals. “They were definitely fun-loving. That stood out. They loved to party,” he said.

Evan Allen of the Globe staff contributed to this report.

 

 

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