by Mark Smiley | Aug 3, 2015 | Feature Story Bottom Left
The similarities between dating and politics are uncanny. Much like politicians, people in the dating world seem to have these “political” tendencies.
- Politicians customize their stances and communication to whomever is listening in fear of not being liked or being scrutinized for expressing their true thoughts.
- Much like politicians, some daters will just plain lie to your face in order to further their own personal agenda.
- Just like party politics, most daters won’t step outside of the box and date people who may differ from their typical “type,” those with whom they usually associate. If you don’t try something new you’ll always get what you’ve always had.
- Politicians are always on their best behavior until they are elected. Once voted into office all bets are off and they do whatever they want. This is much like dating because some people, once they settle into a relationship, stop doing all the things they used to do until they gain emotional power over you.
- Politicians dress to the nines and they focus more on their public appearance than the quality of their character. Daters tend to do the same thing… It’s great to look good, but not so great if that’s the only thing they have to offer.
Those are just a few similarities I see between politics and dating, and you know the saying, “never trust a politician.” I believe the same thing should be said about people who are dating. Never trust a dater.
So why do I have my face on Donald Trump this month? However you feel about Donald Trump’s politics is irrelevant. The Donald is speaking his mind and the realness in his messages and stances are straightforward and he doesn’t care who he pisses off. You will love him, hate him, take him, or leave him, but he is not pulling any punches.
I wish daters would do the same as The Donald when it comes to dating and building relationships. It would make things much easier for people when they are trying to wade through the shark infested dating pool. Single people everywhere would benefit greatly all the way around if they would just be themselves at all costs, regardless of how it is received. Take a chance and be yourself and you may just be surprised by who is attracted to you because of it.
Trump is gaining steam with American voters in his presidential run because he isn’t afraid to do what’s tough and isn’t concerned about what he loses along the way. That’s a big risk, but this approach may pay dividends for him down the road. If you’re a dater looking for love, this style of all costs transparency may just be the way to go if you want to come out ahead in the long run.
Keep focused on the dating trail.
Your pal, Sheik
by Peter Boyles | Aug 3, 2015 | Blasting with Boyles
In the wake of the terribleness of the Charleston, South Carolina, shooting, South Carolina Republican Governor Nikki Haley called for the removal of the Confederate flag from the state capitol grounds. The hue and cry against the media landscape, politically correct corporations, and progressive wolves, chimed in. After that first media time period, it was clear to any thinking person that if that flag had not flown over South Carolina that the killer Dylann Roof would have turned out to be a lovely kind gentle young progressive activist. But as we all know the symbol of the confederacy made him do it.
For at least 10 years Nikki Haley walked under that flag and in the aftermath of the killings discovered it over her Republican head and demanded the removal of the flag less than a week after that 21-year-old white boy gunned down nine people in a historical African American church.
That put blood in the water and the politically correct piranhas began to gather. The mayor of Charleston, Joe Riley Jr., said that somehow if we had taken away Mr. Roof’s symbol of misguided superiority and bigotry, that hate-filled shooting would have never happened.
Addendum #1 — Never wanting to offend, Walmart pulls down all Confederate merchandise, but continues to sell the Iranian and Cuban flags. The Iranian flag was created in the wake of the Islamic revolution that brought the Ayatollahs into power in 1979, and kidnapped the American personnel at the U.S. Embassy.
Walmart is also selling a canvas featuring Fidel Castro that includes the quote, “I am Fidel Castro and we have come to liberate Cuba.”
All of us have read about the Taliban in Afghanistan blowing up monuments to Buddhism. We also know what ISIL and ISIS are doing in Syria, destroying what historians are calling the antiquities.
Addendum #2 — Washington, D.C. residents say take down the Jefferson Memorial and rename Washington, D.C. Dateline Atlanta NAACP says, “We can sandblast Robert E. Lee, Stonewall Jackson, and Jefferson Davis from the Stone Mountain Park Memorial.”
But medieval Europeans from time to time in religious rages over numerous plagues, would go about digging up bodies thinking somehow these long dead were responsible for current tragedies. I believe that also applied to Vampires.
Addendum #3 — Memphis’ mayor literally wants to dig up a Confederate general and move him. Memphis’ A. C. Wharton has called for the removal of the grave of Nathan Bedford Forrest from a city park. In quotes he told the press, “These relics must be moved,” as though somehow the first Grand Dragon of the KKK, would be responsible for evil today. The city of Dallas is considering removing the statue of Robert E. Lee. These people are the American mullahs.
CNN anchor Don Lemon has floated the idea of changing the Jefferson Memorial since the 3rd President of the U.S. was a slave owner. The fleur-de-lis, the heraldic symbol of the French monarchy is now being considered to be a racist symbol by Tulane University as the French were in charge of Louisiana in 1724, when a discriminatory Black Code was adopted. That, of course, is also the symbol of the New Orleans Saints. Politically correct sports owners quake in their boots. It’s been estimated there are about 200 schools in the south that are named after Confederate leaders and military members.
In California, Assembly Woman Lorena Gonzales, D-San Diego has sent a letter to the San Diego Unified School District, demanding a rename of the school that bears the name Robert E. Lee.
Progressives at the University of Texas have signed a petition calling for the removal of a statue of George Washington due to his owning slaves. Texas public schools are jumping on the bandwagon to shun symbols and dump historic figures. It isn’t just Democrats, Mitch McConnell wants the state capitol in Kentucky to remove the statue of Jefferson Davis, (how many times do you think Mitch walked past that statue?).
New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu calls for the removal of the Robert E. Lee statue and renaming Lee Circle.
Saving the best for last, New York film critic Lou Lumenick wants to ban the motion picture Gone with the Wind, and adding insult to injury, The Dukes of Hazzard because the Confederate flag was painted on the top of the car General Lee.
Summary: It’s all been done before. In the novel 1984 Winston Smith rewrote the past so Big Brother can control the future. The Fuhrer knew how to do it, the people around Emperor Hirohito knew how to do it, and those screaming to rename Washington, D.C., know how to do it. In fact it’s already been done. It was called Stalingrad.
Welcome to the new America Sharia.
— Peter
by Mark Smiley | Jun 25, 2015 | Feature Story Middle Left
A High-Rise To Be Built On Fillmore St. In Blockbuster Deal Abolishing Four Retail Shops
by Glen Richardson
Cherry Creek North’s once trendy and fashionable boutique retail district suddenly seems right and proper as a Wile E. Coyote cartoon: “If you’re on the highway (Creek construction district) and Road Runner (developer) goes beep beep, just step aside or you’ll end up in a heap.” The latest villainous Road Runner action is on Fillmore St. where four retail shops are in the Looney Tunes spotlight. Seattle-based real estate firm Schnitzer West LLC, has purchased four Cherry Creek North properties located at 250 and 230 Fillmore St. plus 242 and 246 Milwaukee St.
The company plans to develop an office building with ground-level retail on the two adjacent properties on Fillmore St. between East 2nd and 3rd Avenues. Retail businesses that will be abolished by the latest development include Polished Nail Boutique, Essentia (a mattress store), plus apparel shop DVSN West. The deal also includes the adjacent Wizards Chest building. As reported in the Chronicle last month, the magical toy castle is opening a new store on Broadway and the Fillmore space will close following Christmas.
According to Schnitzer West there are no immediate plans for the two Milwaukee St. properties purchased a block east of where the Fillmore high-rise will be built, that building on the east side of Milwaukee, also located between 2nd and 3rd Ave. Current tenants in that building are Le Soutien — a lingerie shop that opened in 1994 — and Bliss Nails Spa.
Civica Cherry Creek
Denver-based architects Davis Partnership will design the new mixed-use project, which will be called Civica Cherry Creek. Design is still in the concept phase, however it is projected that the project will include roughly 90,000 square-feet of upscale Class A+ office space and an additional 10,000 square-feet of retail and restaurant space. It will also include a multi-level underground parking garage that will be open to the public.
Schnitzer West has previously acquired and managed properties here, however, Civica Cherry Creek will be its first ground-up development in the district. The Cherry Creek project is named after Civica Office Commons, the company’s award-winning inaugural project in the Seattle metro market. “The first Civica redefined how office space could and should work for tenants and drove tremendous innovation in Northwest real estate,” explains Managing Partner Doug Zabel. “We think Civica Cherry Creek will do the same for the Denver market.” Demolition will begin early next year with completion scheduled in mid-2017.
Seattle-based Schnitzer West sold First Avenue Plaza in Cherry Creek North for $75 million last year. Located at 55 Madison and 44 Cook St., it was one of the district’s largest office building sales. Schnitzer West still manages the property. There is currently more than 200,000 square feet of new office space under construction in Cherry Creek North. Western Development Group is nearing completion on 89,000 square feet of office space at 200 Columbine and The Pauls Corp. is building 149,000 square feet at 100 Saint Paul St.
