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bites-kms · 5 years

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Washington D.C.

It took me two visits, with an exact year in between, to realize how impressive and beautiful the capital of the United States really is. Museums, restaurants, stores, arts, nature, everything is few miles away from each other. A whole 3-day weekend does the trick and you’ll be able to at least get a major glimpse of what this great city has to offer.

If you are visiting from NYC, make sure to exit early in the morning: the 4 hours drive is quite tiring and the traffic tends to get dense while arriving to Washington. That is, of course, if you decide to rent a car - which if you are more than two, is already convenient rather than taking the bus or a train.

Pennsylvania Avenue is one of Washington’s main arteries. Over there, you can find the city’s top museums, as well as some of the most iconic monuments and places of interest. Starting from the right wing - let’s use political gags here for the sake of the storytelling- , you should visit and be marveled at the US Capitol. A beautiful, circular pond surrounds it. You may run into AOC or maybe a peaceful manifestation or even a art pop up installation regarding a current affairs.

On its right, if you face the Capitol, you’ll find the US Botanical Gardens. We usually found available parking place over there, and remember that during the weekends or national holidays is free, so make sure to go early to find a decent spot. All the Smithsonian Museums are over the major park that goes from the Capitol to the Lincoln Memorial. This park, to the surprise of many, is called National Mall. You will be able to find the Museum of Natural History, The National Museum of Air and Space, The National Museum of African Art and the Smithsonian Museum of American History. Others like the Holocaust Museum, the International Spy Museum (which Im not sure if it has something to do with the FBI or not but apparently is very good and fun), and other galleries are also worth checking out.

We took advantage of the free museum day and went to the Air and Space Museum (the closest thing I’ve been to NASA, since in Russia, the one I wanted to go was under renovation, and I really can’t complaint, here I had the chance to touch a piece of lunar surface for free!), my parents went to the Museum of Natural History while I went to the Newseum.

What a great, fantastic place that unfortunately will be closed soon due to funding, Hopefully it will be relocated soon, but the current location by Pennsylvania Avenue is already a major win since it’s an architectural witness of Washington and the United States heritage and legacy. After a major immersion, where one have the opportunity to re-live and understand the past 500 years through news headlines and mankind milestones that woven American and World’s History, specially in the West, one needs to recover after such an intense yet deep bombing of information and, specially for a communicator like me, it’s an invitation for self reflection. I wrote this down the day I visited it: Today, I remembered the joy of being a communicator. It is a damn privilege. Living abroad, or “outside” forces you to think and rethink the “inside” and the others sides. It makes you grow, it makes you stronger. And this is the combo of the communicator who travels. No conflict, celebration nor news is longer a distant one. All of them now have a name, a face, a scent, a place...Telling, creating, broadcasting, believing, defending stories and wor(l)ds. That’s what we do. From the computer’s keyboard, with an ad, a photo or a podcast, that’s the art of sharing, that’s the art of communicating. Cheers, my friends!

See more about the museum here. Apologies for my professional hiatus.

After some greatly memorable museums visit, you should continue walking down the massive and beautiful green esplanade called National Mall. You will be facing the striking Obelisk, which is actually the Memorial of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, and will be tempted to make a quick stop, either to chillax by the grass if its summer time, or to grab and put on some calories if its winter by the compulsory food-tracks stop. Kebabs, hot dogs and sandwiches are there to satisfy your crave and give you energy to continue the extenuated walk down Washington DC.

If you stop wisely and look carefully, on the right side of the Obelisk more security than green starts to clutter the view, and this’s because, in the distance, there’s the most famous political venue in the world: The White House. From there, you will be only able to see it from its back, where the actual Global Office is. But, if you dare to go outside the National Mall, by Lafayette Park, you may be able to have a closer look of its front, usually covered by tourists and manifestations signs

On the other hand, if you decide to continue your walk instead of the detour, you should continue walking towards the reflecting pool and the Abraham Lincoln Memorial. The pool is huge, and the effect of the reflecting Obelisk once you arrive to the Memorial is breathtaking. The whole walk is intense and impressive, even for someone who is not an American. One feels like Lisa Simpsons seeking for inspiration or advice, or even like Forrest Gump before giving the Anti-Vietnam speech in front of the Capitol. It’s majestic and the feeling intensifies while discovering the Vietnam Veterans’ Memorial with all the names of those who felt in battle.

After wandering around the beauties of the adjacent parks and the immense gooses that you’ll be able to meet, try to make a slight turn towards Arlington Cemetery, where, among other distinguished people, you will be able to find the Kennedy Family. It is a beautiful place regardless of it’s meaning. It’s gardened to detail and super well taken care of, the amount of crosses and sticks representing the buried people are endless: you look towards the horizon and little vertical white stripes decorate the view as if they were doves waiting on the grass. We arrived almost during its closing hours and we really wanted to be able to pay our honors to the Kennedy’s, so, walking on a very fast and fun pace, we made it, against all odds, guides and rain, to actually take a glimpse of the Memorial, took same pictures and created this fantastic memory before they kicked us out and before our car got stuck in the almost-already-closed parking lot.

On our way to the hotel, the Holliday Inn Airport, we could see the Pentagon and the 9/11 Pentagon Memorial. On the same way, there’s the Thomas Jefferson one, by the Basin and lake, with a beautiful view and pedal boats rental for you to enjoy when the weather allows it.

If there’s a compulsory visit aside from museums in Washington is to stroll around Downtown and the beautiful wharf and old architecture by Georgetown.

Our highlight was being together, and we kind of wing it without much previous research, so let’s Bites & Kms do it for you. Embrace your early morning brunch around Dupont Circle, heading to Sorellina’s for the best sandwiches in town. We had some fantastic scramble eggs, one legendary meatball sandwich (my dad’s first) and a delicious and memorable pastrami one. With St. Peregrino’s Arancinna and dark, strong coffee, this Italian spot with tons of old photos yet Nordic minimalistic look was one of the best Washington findings. Off the grid, no queue, great personalized service.

photo credits: Sorellina’s Website Head over to Georgetown. Discover the old construction and architecture, let your mind wonder as if you were in London and take a minute to compare th contrast between the big, massive avenues and highways versus the narrow, picturesque and cobblestone Georgetown streets. The beautiful painted doors, the merge of styles and the multiple stores and restaurants options make it a delightful walk. You can check out a place to grab a quick snack, like we did, in Luke’s, a chain yet delicious sea food and crab place. They made a fantastic lobster roll which, given the proximity to the sea, it’s freshly caught and delicious.

ater on, you can finish your stroll or dedicate another full day to be by the Potomac River or Washington Harbor Front. New venues such as hotels, restaurants and other services are being placed there, ridiculously expensive and luxurious housing options surround it’s walking area, which displays beautiful designs of modern art and National flags, and hosts a winter ring during the cold season, which I assume transforms into either a music venue or a cafe, like the Rockefeller Plaza does in NYC.

That area surrounding Georgetown has everything: from delicious restaurant, college bars, Georgetown University, which is the oldest Catholic University in the US, it’s harbor front and its theaters. Washington can be fun too, so dont hesitate to enjoy some drinks around: The Sovereign, Martin’s Tavern, El Centro DF were the ones we went to. The Sovereign is a beautiful, old style speakeasy, usually overcrowded and not superb service, but the drinks make up for it. Martin’s Tavern is a colleague bar for cheap drinks and finger food whereas El Centro could be a little bit more vivid and fun. There are also piano bars and jazz clubs which we didn't explore but are suppose to be worth the time. Instead, we did olive oil and vinegar tasting at Georgetown Olive Oil Co.

Seriously, one of the highlights for sure: countless oils and aceto options, with unique blends and flavors ready to be sampled and enjoyed. It was fantastic. They had little cups for you to tried and tiny tiny fresh croutons to go with them and help you change the flavor between one another.

To greet Washington goodbye, my family’s and my favorite craving is always Italian, so I found this beautiful gem which is open until late: a cafe, a store, a grocery, a winery and a restaurant all in one, managed and served by it’s owners. This amazing Italia wonderland is called Via Umbria, and according to my dad, you will be eating not only with your mouth but with your eyes too, since the view will be delightful. We had home-made pasta, a perfectly cooked chicken and a delicious creamy dessert. House wine never disappoints when it comes to these kind of traditional trattorias, so we went for some glasses of house red to marry it with the pasta. It was fantastic DC, you fulfilled my belly, my mind and my heart. Until next time!

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pcwpolwrestling · 5 years

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Shutdown/Security Emergency/Russian Collusion/AOC v. Amazon: PCW Extreme Political TV

THIS WEEK ON EXTREME POLITICAL TV -T-Shirts, Russian Collusion, and New Age Cybertronic Criminally Insane Rogue Sentient Robot Wrestling Machines means Color Commentator and low level NY Times reporter Colleen Crowder gets offended tonight…a lot. -PCW Owner Dawn McGill talks about the Establishment’s detainment of her last week -Shutdown update and Security issues builds walls between factions. -Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez vs. Amazon – Truckin’ Average Company vs. Georgia-Florida State Line and Mr. Wrestling XXXIV -‘New Age Sensitive Guy’ Blaine Thomas-Taylor vs. Mystery Opponent -Main Event: ‘American Citizen’ Kevin Scott vs. SNAFU w/Coach E.J. Flack

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[ON SCREEN GRAPHIC: Blue background. The top of the Capitol Building occupies the left hand side of the television screen.

Centered in the middle of the screen: “P-SPAN. THE POLITICAL CHANNEL.”]

P-SPAN Announcer (off screen): The P-SPAN Network bring you long-form public affairs programming from the nation’s capital and are a public service of…

[ON SCREEN GRAPHIC: Logos of twenty three different cable and satellite television companies replace the Capitol Building and P-SPAN graphic.]

P-SPAN Announcer (v/o): …your television provider.

[ON SCREEN GRAPHIC: Returns to the blue background with the top of the Capitol Building occupying the left hand side of the television screen with “P-SPAN. THE POLITICAL CHANNEL.” centered in the middle of the screen.]

P-SPAN Announcer (v/o): P-SPAN. The Political Channel.

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VIDEO: D.C. Armory Supershow- Last week Before the show…

PCW Owner Dawn McGill and PWR Red and Blue Brand consultant ‘Sports Entertainment Genius’ Mr. McMann confer.

McMann half-apologetically tells McGill that he’s triggered the release clause in Weapons of Mass Destruction’s contract because the PWR Red Brand want them.

Mr. McMann: I sure hate to leave you in the lurch like this…

Dawn McGill (pseudo-sarcastically): I’m sure you do.

Johnny Suave (voiceover): Last Saturday night at the D.C. Armory, PCW crowned brand new tag team champions after Mr. McMann poached the reigning champions Weapons of Mass Destruction for the Red Brand show.

VIDEO: D.C. Armory Supershow PCW Tag Team Title Match: Island of Misfit Wrestlers vs. The Dork Dynasty

…once again, Leonard and Sheldon (Dork Dynasty) are debating wrestling methods in their corner. This time, Halitosis crept up to Leonard and spun him around. He unloads his breath on Leonard and he wilts like a flower. But, he manages to tag Sheldon in as he flops to the mat.

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Rah has Sheldon set for the Eye of Rahhhh. Sheldon flails away in vain to get away. Rah lifts and slams him to the mat. Cover…one…two…three…NEW CHAMPIONS!

Johnny Suave: The PCW champion- ‘The One Man Anti-Hollywood A-List’ Stone Chism ran into Canadian Jack Fraiser and his Scottish Oootlander Blaire Rendell with the title on the line.

VIDEO: D.C. Armory Supershow PCW Match: ‘The One Man Anti-Hollywood A-List’ Stone Chism © vs. Jack Fraiser

…Stone slumps on the chair outside the ring. Jack Fraiser takes off on a dead sprint around the ring. She returns and launches himself at Stone.

Stone dives out of the way at the last possible second and Fraiser bowls into the chair and tumbles into the steel guardrail…

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Seconds later, Chism lifts Fraiser up in the air vertically and drives him down to the mat.

Johnny Suave: And then the Political Universe Champion…PCW’s own ‘Red Solo Plastic Cup’ Ray McAvay engaged in another bitter war with former best friend ‘Charlie Wrestling’ Charlie Blackwell.

VIDEO: D.C. Armory Supershow Political Universe Title: ‘Red Solo Plastic Cup’ Ray McAvay © vs. ‘Charlie Wrestling’ Charlie Blackwell

…Blackwell then hits the big boot and locked in the Katahajime. BUT…

Dark and Stormy distracts referee Davey Keels by doing an impromptu striptease on the ring apron. Blackwell shouts at Keels in frustration. McMann races over to the ring apron and yells at Keels.

…Taylor Switt sneaks in to wallop McAvay in the back with her loaded guitar. But McAvay’s wife Dark climbs into the ring with the Big Bertha Driver and whacks her in the back.

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…Blackwell charges. McAvay brains Blackwell with the golf club and hits the McGill Bomb. McAvay covers. Keels sees the cover and makes the count. McMann goes apoplectic as McAvay retains.

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PCW Extreme Political TV on P-SPAN Sunday February 17th, 2019 Taped February 16th at the Pershing Center Lincoln, Nebraska

Announcers: ‘The Voice of PCW’ Johnny Suave ‘Low Level Reporter at the New York Times Trying to Make a Name for Herself’ Colleen Crowder

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The camera pans all over the Pershing Center as PCW is on the air! Fireworks go off. Spotlights move back and forth through the crowd.

Cut to ringside where ‘The Voice of PCW’ Johnny Suave stands next to ‘Low Level Reporter at the New York Times Trying to Make a Name for Herself’ Colleen Crowder.

Johnny Suave: Hello everyone and welcome to Political Championship Wrestling!

Crowd: PCW!…PCW!…PCW!…

Johnny Suave: I am Johnny Suave. She is a low level reporter at the New York Times trying to make a name of herself- Colleen Crowder. Tonight we are here at the Pershing Center in Lincoln, Nebraska for another exciting evening of political wrestling!

THE RUN-DOWN Suave runs down tonight’s show: -PCW Owner Dawn McGill responds to her brief ‘detainment’ after the D.C. Armory show. -Six man tag action featuring Truckin’ Average Company (Ken Worth-American Trucker, Average Joe, Brad Company). -‘New Age Sensitive Guy’ Blaine Thomas-Taylor is in action against a mystery opponent. -Update on the flagging fortunes of the Sports Entertainment Corporation. -And in our main event, SNAFU faces ‘American Citizen’ Kevin Scott.

SUAVE’S FAKE T-SHIRT Suave shows off his new t-shirt. On the front reads “Fake News.” This totally offends Crowder who can’t believe the Suave wore the shirt.

Colleen Crowder: That’s not funny!

Johnny Suave: it’s a t-shirt.

Colleen Crowder: It’s not funny or fashionable. It delegitimizes journalists who report real news and damages real democracy when you perpetuate and celebrate the idea of fake news and undermine the authority and legitimacy of journalism. Journalism is essential to a healthy democracy. PEO Trump calls the media all fake and he and only he can be trusted.

Johnny Suave: Yeah…but it’s just a t-shirt.

That sets Colleen off again. But before she can get on a roll, Suave immediately switches topics and asks her about the recent latest IBD/TIPP Poll that says 69% of people believe the media is more interested in pushing its opinion than actually gathering the facts.

Colleen Crowder: That’s not right. Did you not see the Washington Post ad at the Super Bowl?

Johnny Suave: The poll was taken AFTER that ad aired.

Suave points out 72% of independents, 95% of the American Patriots, and 43% of the Progressive Alliance believe the media pushes their agenda/narrative instead of just reporting the news. 59% percent say that the press covers issues in a way that seeks to delegitimize the views held by CEO of the Political Universe Donald Trump and his supporters- including 60% of independents and 93% of the American Patriots. 53% believe the media tried to prematurely declare CEO Trump guilty of collusion with Russia…and Russian referee Corrina Romanov…without sufficient evidence.

Johnny Suave: What do you have to say about that?

*crickets*

*awkward silence.*

Suave checks his watch.

Finally…

Colleen Crowder: Well…I disagree. That’s not our narrative of what’s happening.

DAWN McGILL TALKS ABOUT LAST WEEKEND The owner of PCW Dawn McGill walks out to the ring.

Johnny Suave: And here comes Dawn McGill…she had an interesting encounter following the D.C. Armory show.

Colleen Crowder: She’s completely to blame for this. You can’t keep poking the bear without expecting some sort of reaction.

Johnny Suave: Let’s see the video…

VIDEO: After the show…

PCW Owner Dawn McGill walks out of the D.C. Armory, gets into her rental vehicle, and pulls out of the parking lot.

Dawn heads north on 19th Street SE and stops at the light at East Capitol Street NE. Traffic is light and she’s the only one stopped at the intersection.

She does not see the pair of headlights coming up fast from behind and slams into the back of her car. Dawn gets pitched forward but the airbag immediately deploys and the seat belt holds firm.

Four men exit the large SUV equipped with a heavy duty front bumper that easily absorbed the collision. One man rips open the driver’s door and another one helps him pull a dazed McGill out of the car. A third man swoops in and places a strip of duct tape over her mouth. The fourth yanks her arms behind her back and zipties her wrists together.

They drag her back to the SUV and throw her into the back seat. It’s there she finds out who’s behind this.

The Coke Brothers and George Moros. Financiers of both factions.

George Moros: We all need to have a little talk here.

Then a cloth hood is placed over her head.

Dawn McGill: I so did not expect to spend my Saturday night after the show ziptied in the back of a SUV.

The crowd boos. McGill tells them it’s okay. The Establishment got pissed off at her so she got to go for a little ride around Washington D.C. while Coke Brothers and George Moros tried to intimidate her.

More boos from the PCW fans.

McGill explains the Cokes and Moros were a little upset that PCW got to keep running while the Red and Blue shows were shut down…they impressed on her that PCW could be squashed like a little bug like many other small time, mom and pop, undercapitalized businesses are when they run up against the big boys.

Dawn McGill: They basically wanted me to back down and go away because I was ‘distracting’ people away from their ‘business’…their high priced wrestlers paid for by their high priced money masters. I told them they could kiss my ass. Oh…and I also told them they could go *BLEEP* themselves.

The PCW fans stand up and let out a loud, loud cheer,

McGill says that contrary to the spin and the media’s narratives, PCW is doing a lot better than anyone could have imagined. A lot better.

Dawn McGill: We’re proving that you don’t need corporate money to succeed. We’re proving that you don’t need a governmental bureaucracy to succeed. All we need is an equal playing field. All we want is for everyone to play under the same set of rules. No special dispensations. One set of rules for EVERYONE no matter WHO you are! We’re building PCW from the ground up and we’re doing it ourselves!

The crowd stands and cheers when McGill proclaims that ‘we ain’t going nowhere!’ and *BLEEP* the Establishment!

Crowd: PCW!…PCW!…PCW!…

Cut back to Suave and Crowder.

Colleen Crowder: Do they have to do that jingoistic PCW chant every time??

Johnny Suave: Yes.

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**COMMERCIAL BREAK**

“Remember. If something bad happens to you- we’ll find someone to blame so you can get paid!”

Extreme Attorneys Felcher and Felcher ‘Seriously Bad Lawyers with Seriously Bad Combovers’

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THE CHAMPION OF THE POLITICAL UNIVERSE “Do you hear the people sing…Singing the song of angry men…”

Johnny Suave: And those words herald the arrival of the Champion of the Political Universe.

Colleen Crowder: Who doesn’t belong to a major faction.

*Do You Hear the People Sing- Les Miserables*

‘Red Solo Plastic Cup’ Ray McAvay HT: 6’-3” WT: 215 HOME: Fort Stockton, TX / FIN: McGill Bomb

‘Red Solo Plastic Cup’ Ray McAvay walks out accompanied by his wife, and one half of the famed West Texas Adult Entertainment duo Dark and Stormy, Stacee (Dark) Perry. Paige ‘Stormy’ Reynolds also walks out. Bert the Janitor comes out fourth.]

Also joining them, General DeBauchery- who looks like a bizarre combination of the AWA’s Colonel DeBeers and Lt. Aldo from Inglorious Basterds, sporting a black captain’s hat right out of World War II, smoking a cigar and grinning obnoxiously, Al Cahall- sporting six pack abs…oh…that’s a six pack in front of his abs.

Johnny Suave: Ray McAvay successfully defended his Political Universe title last week and he’s going to join us at ringside.

Colleen Crowder (less than thrilled): Oh…joy.

McAvay takes a seat on the other side of Suave.

Johnny Suave: How does it feel to still be the Champion of the Political Universe?

Ray McAvay: Is that what we’re calling it this week?

Suave and McAvay laugh. McAvay says personal feelings aside, Charlie Blackwell is a great wrestler and he was fortunate to get the win last Saturday.

Colleen Crowder (snarkily): It helps to have a golf club on hand.

McAvay agrees and adds that his wife (and one half of West Texas Adult Entertainment Legends Dark and Stormy) Stacee Perry aka Dark made the save when Blackwell had him in the Katahajime. McAvay also points out that Blackwell tried to use a baseball bat on him…again…during the match and Taylor Switt nailed him with her loaded guitar.

Ray McAvay: There was plenty of funny business going on in the ring.

MATCH #1: Truckin’ Average Company vs. Georgia-Florida State Line and Mr. Wrestling XXXIV PCW Ring Announcer Kimber Marshall steps into the ring for the first match of the night. Kimber announces Georgia-Florida State Line (Skyler and Bryan), two corporate pop country enthusiasts…

Johnny Suave: What’s significant about the Florida-Georgia Line?

…and the masked Mr. Wrestling XXXIV who are already in the ring.

Valet/Manager Tequila Sheila comes out first to her theme music.

*‘Tequila Sheila’- Bobby Bare*

‘Pour me another tequila…’

Sheila twirls around as the crowd shouts out: ‘SHEILA!”

Then the rest of Truckin’ Average Company come out one by one…

*“Ordinary Average Guy”- Joe Walsh*

Average Joe HT: 6′ 2″ WT: 220 / HOME: Defiance, OH / FIN: Average Slam

*“Bad Company”- Bad Company*

Brad Company HT: 6′ 4″ WT: 225 / HOME: Stone Mountain, GA / FIN: The Company Line

*“Eastbound and Down”- Jerry Reed*

Ken Worth- The American Trucker HT: 6′ 2″ WT: 225 / HOME: Gary, IN / FIN: Jake Brake

All three men shake hands and walk down to the ring.

Johnny Suave: It’s the blue collar boys against the corporate country duo and old favorite Mr. Wrestling thirty-four.

Ray McAvay: The way to earn my respect and people’s respect is you go out there and perform to best of your abilities day in and day out. That’s how I try to do it. I can tell you that Ken Worth, Average Joe, Brad Company definitely do it.

Audible yawn from Colleen.

Kimber Marshall: And your referee is…making her PCW return…Corrina Romanov.

That wakes Crowder up.

Colleen Crowder: What?

Romanov calls for the bell.

*DING-DING*

Worth, Average Joe, and Company jump their opponents at the bell. Worth tosses Skyler and Average Joe drags Mr. Wrestling XXXIV out of the ring. Company starts out with Bryan. Company starts with chops then he tags in Average Joe who lands a headbutt that drops Bryan. Another tag to Worth. Worth whips Bryan into the ropes and hits a shoulder block. Skyler in. Worth belly to belly suplexes him. Both Skyler and Bryan back up. Worth decks them with a double clothesline. Georgia-Florida State Line bail to the outside but Average Joe runs across the ring and hits a dive onto both of them over the top rope. Worth tags Company back in. Company stalks Mr. Wrestling XXXIV but the masked man drops toe holds him into the corner. Mr. Wrestling gets a few boots in but doesn’t see Average Joe on the top turnbuckle. Average Joe hits a dive into a DDT. Average Joe back up. Company ducks back out to take down Skyler. Worth hits a big boot to Bryan on the floor. Average Joe hits the Average Slam on Mr. Wrestling XXXIV. Cover. Referee Corrina Romanov slides in. One. Two. THREE!

*DING-DING-DING*

WINNER: Truckin’ Average Company at 3:00

Romanov raises the arms of the victors.

Johnny Suave: And Worth, Average Joe, and Brad Company get the win here tonight on PCW Extreme Political TV.

Ray McAvay: Always good to see Mr. Wrestling thirty-four in the ring. And it’s great to see Corrina Romanov back in PCW.

RUSSIAN COLLISION REDUX Which sets Crowder completely off.

Crowder goes ballistic. She accuses Romanov of complicity in the Russian Collusion case by making sure Trump won at Extreme Election Night 2016.

Suave interjects that’s not what happened and introduces the video replay of the end of the match where Ray McAvay, William Daniels Bryan, Charlie Blackwell and the Les Miserables clear the ring of the Establishment. Then…

VIDEO: Extreme Election Night 2016 Donald Trump vs. Hillary Clinton

The rest of the Les Miserables climb through the ropes and suddenly there’s a lot of people in close quarters.

Colleen Crowder: DEPLORABLE!

The American Patriots, Progressive Alliance, and media contingent still in the ring decide to hastily exit stage right leaving just Trump, Hillary, McAvay, Blackwell, Bryan, and the forty-odd Les Miserables inside.

Colleen Crowder: THESE PEOPLE ARE DEPLORABLE! WHAT ARE ALL THESE DEPLORABLE PEOPLE DOING IN THE RING?

Johnny Suave: Actually, they’re Les Miserables.

Colleen Crowder: AND WHY HASN’T THE REFEREE DISQUALIFIED TRUMP FOR THIS BLATANT OUTSIDE INTERFERENCE? THERE IS NO WAY THIS MATCH-

Blackwell and McAvay re-station themselves outside the ring and the Les Miserables surrounding the squared circle. The ring steadily clears and when it does, leaving just Trump and Hillary inside, there’s an unpleasant realization for one side.

Johnny Suave: FIGURE FOUR LEG LOCK!

Crowder pulls at her hair.

Colleen Crowder: NOOOOOOOOOO!

Crowder blames Romanov…and McAvay…for Trump’s victory in 2016.

Colleen Crowder: She has NO business refereeing any PCW match after what she did. And I’m not the only one who sees the collusion.

Cut to:

VIDEO: Adam Schiff (CA-Progressive Alliance)

Adam Schiff: I think there is plenty of evidence of collusion or conspiracy in plain sight.

Cut to:

VIDEO: Maxine Waters (CA-Progressive Alliance)

Maxine Waters: Trump has the Kremlin clan surrounding him. There is more to be learned about it. I believe there has been collusion.

Cut to:

VIDEO: John Podesta (former Chief of Staff)

John Podesta: It is starting to smell more and more like collusion.

Cut to:

VIDEO: Nancy Pelosi (CA-Progressive Alliance)

Nancy Pelosi: We saw cold, hard evidence of the Trump people and, indeed, the Trump family eagerly intending to collude, possibly with Russia.

Colleen Crowder: See?

Male Voice: All right. I’ve had enough!

Suave, McAvay, and even Crowder are stunned when Fox News’s Tucker Carlson appears out of nowhere.

Tucker Carlson: Five simple words describes this: THERE…WAS…NO…RUSSIAN…COLLUSION!

Carlson then starts on an epic rant. He says for whatever reason this news is being downplayed or ignored by other media outlets, but there was no Russian collusion…no evidence whatsoever that the Donald Trump conspired in any way with the government of Vladimir Putin or Russian referee Corrina Romanov during Extreme Election Night 2016 according to the bi-factional Executive Committee…committee that investigated this question the last two years.

Crowder tries to interject but Carlson charges on.

Tucker Carlson: Now, if you’ve been following the story at all, and of course you have been, you will not be surprised by this. No Russian collusion is a lot like the moon landing actually happened or the abominable snowman was probably a long-haired mountain goat. You knew that already because you are not an idiot, but if so, compare your mental acuity to that of prominent political figures here in Washington…the aforementioned Schiff, Waters, Podesta, and Pelosi. (mockingly) “Smells like collusion….” “Plenty of evidence of collusion….” “Hard evidence of collusion….”

Again Crowder tries to step in. Again, Carlson bulldozes right past her and says in the end it was all fake, they all knew it was fake, and they were lying from day one. A hoax. Carlson then calls Adam Schiff an unscrupulous charlatan.

Colleen Crowder: THAT’S IT! I WILL NOT BE MANSPLAINED TO IN THIS FASHION!

Crowder gets up and stomps off to the back.

*awkward silence*

Tucker Carlson: Does she always do this?

Johnny Suave: Ohhh yeah.

Then ‘Captain’ Bill Kristol rolls out. He tries to pump the brakes on the ‘no Russian collusion’ talk.

Bill Kristol: Just because there’s no evidence doesn’t mean that it didn’t happen.

Johnny Suave: Just because I drive up and down the street and don’t see polar bears doesn’t mean it’s still likely the polar bear’s there. It’s the Tinkerbell theory. Believe hard enough and it’ll happen.

Kristol begins to clap his hands and chant ‘believe…believe…be- *WHACK*

Johnny Suave: HOLY CRAP! IT’S KURT SCHLICHTER!

Conservative and Town Hall columnist Kurt Schlichter barrels into the ring and blasts Kristol in the back with a wooden oar. Kristol drops like a rock.

Kurt Schlichter: AHOY!

*WHACK* And again… *WHACK*

Suave quickly goes to commercial.

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PCW RANKINGS

PCW Title Champion: The One Man Anti-Hollywood A-List’ Stone Chism #1 Contender: Jack Fraiser #2 Contender: SNAFU #3 Contender: ‘American Citizen’ Kevin Scott #4 Contender: Average Joe

PCW Tag Team Title Champion: Island of Misfit Wrestlers: Rah and Halitosis #1 Contender: The Dork Dynasty: Leonard and Sheldon Robertson #2 Contender: The Beer Bellied Softball Playing Ninja: Hank and Tiny #3 Contender: Truckin’ Average Company: Ken Worth-American Trucker and Brad Company #4 Contender: Rough Justice: D.B. Ruff and Connor Justice

PCW ON THE ROAD February 23rd – Chisholm Trail Coliseum / Enid, OK March 1st – Genesis Convention Center / Gary, IN March 2nd – Hulman Center / Terre Haute, IN March 8th – United Wireless Center / Dodge City, KS March 9th – Tony’s Pizza Events Center / Salina, KS March 10th – Hartman Arena / Park City, KS March 16th – Jamestown Civic Center / Jamestown, SD March 22nd – Silverstein Eye Centers Arena / Independence, MO March 23rd – Qwest Center Omaha / Omaha, NE March 24th – Sanford Pentagon / Sioux Falls, SD April 6th – Loose Cannons Unleashed PPV @ the D.C. Armory / Washington, D.C.

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RED BRAND SHOW UPDATE- JILL BERG ENTERPRISES/CHARLIE BLACKWELL Suave introduces a film clip from one of last weekend’s Red Brand shows.

VIDEO: Charlie Blackwell confronted by Jill Berg

Berg tells Charlie that he messed up royally by not accepting her offer. Berg says Charlie would have won the title at the D.C. Armory last weekend had he signed on with Jill Berg Enterprises.

Charlie asks her why should he sign on with JBE.

Jill Berg: Look at our structure. We continuously strengthen all areas of the corporation- we do that on a cultural basis. We invest in the talent side. We continuously evolve even though it’s not always overt. We always look at ways to make the structure stronger. Charlie, you would make our structure stronger.

Berg tells him to ‘think about it.’

Johnny Suave: ‘Sports Entertainment Genius’ Mr. McMann and the SEC can’t afford to lose Blackwell. If he goes to Jill Berg Enterprises, what does he do next?

SHUTDOWN UPDATE Suave turns to the topic de jour this week- the near shutdown of the Red and Blue Brand shows. He starts with the dueling rallies in Texas early in the week between CEO Donald Trump and Beto O’Rourke.

VIDEO: Trump Rally

Donald Trump: What a great crowd!

Tens of thousands of people are there.

The crowd lets out a roar.

VIDEO: O’Rourke Rally

Beto O’Rourke: What a great crowd!

Hundreds of people are there.

Crowd: Clap…………………………..clap-clap……………………………………clap…..

Suave next talks about the deal made late in the week to keep the Red and Blue Brand shows open. The deal was brokered by Executive Committee President Nancy Pelosi (CA-Progressive Alliance) and American Patriot Leader Mitch McConnell (KY-American Patriots) and takes in account some of CEO Donald Trump’s concerns about trying to upgrade security at our events.

Johnny Suave: On Friday, Trump signed off on the deal. Then, Trump dropped the other shoe and announced he was also declaring an emergency. What does that mean? Here’s the issue in a nutshell…

VIDEO: Extreme Election Night 2018- November 4th, 2018

Dawn McGill hurries out one of the gates of the Capitol One Arena and is greeted with the spectacle of several hundred people attempting to gain entrance to the arena. PCW CEO Donald Trump has also deployed security to the gate to keep them out.

The Progressive Alliance, led by Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer, are out in force. So are the American Patriots spearheaded by Paul Ryan and Mitch McConnell.

Donald Trump: The people on the other side of the gate want in. I am blocking them from entering.

Nancy Pelosi: We want everyone to come in!

Chuck Schumer: Let them in!

Nancy Pelosi: Open the gate!

[Supporters of the Progressive Alliance cheer.]

Donald Trump: There’s a full house in the building already!

[Most of the supporters of the American Patriots cheer.]

[Ryan chimes in.]

Paul Ryan (vacillating): Wellllll…on the other hand, if we let more people in more money would be spent on concessions.

Nancy Pelosi: These people have come all this way to see the show. It’s not fair to keep them out. Open the gates!

Donald Trump: It’s an invasion.

Chuck Schumer: People are migrating to PCW and we should let them into the show.

Donald Trump: It’s not fair to those who did it the right way, followed the rules, and paid their money to be at the show.

[Boos come in from the Progressive Alliance fans.]

Donald Trump: If I have to, I’ll build a damn wall to make sure they can’t get in.

[More boos countered by cheers on the other side.]

Johnny Suave: So Trump declaring an emergency meant that starting with the Red and Blue Brand’s shows last Friday, security is going to be ramped up and enhanced. The Progressive Alliance were not happy with the development. And the press? Well…

VIDEO: Trump Press Conference in Washington, D.C.

Trump calls on CNN’s Jim Acosta.

Acosta asks that the lights be turned down and a spotlight be put on him.

Jim Acosta: Is the spotlight on me. Can everyone hear me? Can everyone…see me?

Johnny Suave: Yes, Jim Acosta has become the Gilderoy Lockhart of the press corps.

Acosta asks Trump what he says to his critics who claim that he’s creating an emergency in order to get the security updates he wants.

Donald Trump: What do you think? Do you think I’m creating something? Because your question is a very political question because you have an agenda. You’re CNN. You’re fake news. You have an agenda.

Suave asks Colleen what she thinks…

*crickets*

…but she’s not there.

What does Suave think?

Johnny Suave: It’s the same old political bull-*BLEEP*. The same people who had no problem when Barack Obama did an end around the American Patriots when they controlled the Executive Committee are the same ones who are pitching the biggest fit about this. What goes around comes around. You reap what you sow.

DATE NIGHT WITH THE NEW AGE SENSITIVE GUY Female Voice: “IT’S ABOUT THE CHILDREN!”

But Soccer Mom is here and she walks out to the stage. She’s joined there by ‘New Age Sensitive Guy’ Blaine Thomas-Taylor.

Suave notes that Thomas-Taylor is in action shortly but it looks like he has something to say.

He does. Thomas-Taylor talks about how being a New Age Sensitive Guy ruined a date he was recently on and in a good way.

Johnny Suave: Good way?

Thomas-Taylor explains they decided to get ice cream after work one day. They got their ice cream and walked around and talked for about an hour.

The plaza had a movie theater in it that both frequented so naturally TV and movies came up. She mentioned #Frasier. Thomas-Taylor tells her he often rewatches Cheers and Frasier and that he loves old shows, especially Cheers.

Johnny Suave: Okay. So far. So good.

Thomas-Taylor says the date went south because he wanted to talk about feminist tropes on television shows and she just wanted to talk and get to know him.

Johnny Suave: Oh dear.

She tried to steer the conversation away to other topics but Thomas-Taylor said he persisted and kept moving back to feminist tropes. He said he wasn’t trying to force his opinion, he was trying to show her that he was truly a new age sensitive guy in order to impress her. Thomas-Taylor laments that she wanted to ‘just talk’ about less substantive things to get to know each other.

Soccer Mom asks how the date turned out.

Blaine Thomas-Taylor: It went pretty bad. She said she hated the two new Star Wars movies and that was the last straw for-

*WHAM*

Johnny Suave: HOLY CRAP!

A man/robot in a silver metallic suit runs down, climbs into the ring, and delivers a wicked forearm shot to Thomas-Taylor’s back.

Johnny Suave: Who the hell is that?

MATCH #2 ‘New Age Sensitive Guy’ Blaine Thomas-Taylor vs. ‘The New Age Cybertronic Criminally Insane Rogue Sentient Robot Wrestling Machine’ Ultratron-Five Kimber Marshall scrambles into the ring to make the rushed introductions.

Ultratron-Five ‘The New Age Cybertronic Criminally Insane Rogue Sentient Robot Wrestling Machine’ AGE: ? / HT: 5’ 10″ WT: 200 / HOME: Parts Unknown FIN: The Disintegrator (modified F-5)

Ultratron-Five- dressed as if he’s a cheap B-movie, comic book knock off of a robot- tries his best to look menacing. He turns to the fans and flips them off.

Johnny Suave: Oh.

And he has a microphone.

Ultratron-Five (cold, metallic voice): You are all PATHETIC. HOPELESS. You are nothing but mere FLEAS. An infection that rages through PCW for which there is only ONE cure- THE RAGE OF ULTRATRON-FIVE!

Johnny Suave: Dude, not all of us are like Blaine Thomas-Taylor.

A referee comes to the ring and Kimber Marshall rushes through the introductions.

‘New Age Sensitive Guy’ Blaine Thomas-Taylor HT: 5′ 10″ WT: 165 / HOME: Arlington, VA MGR: Soccer Mom

Johnny Suave: And we’ve got ourselves an impromptu match!

Referee Davey Keels is ready for action to begin.

*DING-DING*

Ultratron-Five’s cheap robot get up is a little bulky and cumbersome, but he circles BTT like a wild animal sizing up his prey. They tie up and Ultratron gets a waistlock. Thomas-Taylor reverses but Ultratron reverses into a hammerlock.

Johnny Suave: Wait! Ultratron-Five’s actually chain wrestling?

Ultratron-Five powers out and we’re at a stalemate. Both men circle again and into a collar and elbow tie up. Ultratron-Five gets the headlock. BTT slips out and gets steamrolled by Ultratron-Five’s shoulder. Cover…ONE…Thomas-Taylor kicks out.

Soccer Mom: IT’S FOR THE CHILDREN!

Ultratron-Five keeps the pressure on with stomps to the legs. Ultratron-Five twists with a toehold but BTT shoves him away. Ultratron-Five tries for a crossface. BTT slips out. Fireman’s carry into a backbreaker! Cover…one…TWO!! BTT kicks out. BIG lariat! Cover one…TWO…again Thomas-Taylor kicks out. Ultratron-Five grabs the arm and hoists BTT up into a fireman’s carry into the Disintegrator (modified F-5). Cover…ONE…TWO…THREE!

*DING-DING-DING*

Kimber Marshall’s right in the ring.

WINNER: ‘The New Age Cybertronic Criminally Insane Rogue Sentient Robot Wrestling Machine’ Ultratron-Five @ 2:12

Johnny Suave: Well, newcomer Ultratron-Five has just picked up his first PCW vict-

Colleen Crowder: WHAT THE HELL IS THIS?

It’s Colleen Crowder. She slides back into her seat.

Colleen Crowder: This is a joke! This guy, Blaine, is trying to do the right thing…he’s trying to make the right decisions…he’s trying to be the man that all men should aspire to be like and he gets destroyed by…by…

Johnny Suave: ‘The New Age Cybertronic Criminally Insane Rogue Sentient Robot Wrestling Machine’.

Crowder starts to shake as if she’s about to spontaneously combust on camera.

Johnny Suave: Um…for the record I also hated the last two Star Wars movies. And the Ghostbusters remake too. And…

Crowder’s face turns bright red. She may yet burst into flames.

Johnny Suave: …Oceans 8.

*crickets*

*awkward silence*

Colleen Crowder: I hate you…I really, really, really hate you.

CUT TO: Dawn McGill’s office.

McMANN VISITS McGILL’S OFFICE Dawn’s sitting behind her desk working away. There’s a knock on the door and then it opens. It’s ‘Sports Entertainment Genius’ Mr. McMann. He looks concerned.

Mr. McMann: Dawn. I’m concerned.

See?

Dawn McGill: About what?

Mr. McMann: You’ve got to stop this.

McGill asks stop ‘what?’ McMann implores her to stop ‘poking the bear.’

Mr. McMann: What happened last weekend is the warning shot. If you keep pissing off the big money men they’re going to quash you. The Coke Brothers and George Moros are playing at a whole different level than we are.

McGill rolls her eyes. McMann tells her that he’s had trouble working for them because they demand results. They spend a lot of money…too much money…and in return demand butts in the seats. Money spent at the shows. VIP’s occupying the prized seats and in the luxury boxes. McMann says it’s been a nightmare…especially when Trump shut down both Red and Blue shows while PCW went on.

Mr. McMann: If I would have known then what I know now, I never would have taken the job.

McGill’s response? She spends the money she has and not a penny more.

Dawn McGill: I spend money the same way every average American has to spend theirs. They don’t have the luxury of a rich benefactor making up the difference. They don’t have the luxury to print their own cash when they overspend like our government. They have to balance their budget every single week to make ends meet and I do too.

Mr. McMann: It’s not the same Dawn. You’re trying to fight city hall here. You’re a mom and pop store going up against a huge corporation. You are out gunned in every conceivable way. When the Red Brand show wanted to bring in Weapons of Mass Destruction last weekend, they wrote a check. Why? Because they can.

McGill defiantly tells McMann she’s not backing down…period. McMann tells her she can’t defeat the establishment. That gets McGill out of her chair with an empathic slam of her fists on the desk.

Dawn McGill: *BLEEP* the establishment!

McMann gives a knowing nod and a shake of the head.

Mr. McMann: That’s the problem, Dawn. You don’t *BLEEP* the establishment. The establishment *BLEEP*’s you.

McMann turns to leave.

Mr. McMann: Think about it.

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**COMMERCIAL BREAK**

“Business never stops.”

Cut to: Men’s Room. Bathroom stall with the door closed. Pair of dress pants bunched up on the floor. The sound of someone busily typing on a laptop inside the stall.

Cut to: Women’s Room. The exact same thing.

“Just because we’re doing our business doesn’t mean we stop doing yours.”

Corporate World Conglomerate Empire, Incorporated

Available 24 hour / 7 days a week!

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VICTORY PARTY

“WE’RE CHANGING EVERYTHING!”

Johnny Suave: Oh God, they’re back.

The Green World Order (‘Extreme Vegan’ Brock Cole Lee, GreenPete, PeaceNick, and Peta from PETA) are led to the ring by the author of the Green New Deal and new darling of the Progressive Alliance Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (NY-Progressive Alliance).

Lee’s hair is spikey green. Peta yells at people eating burgers and brats. All four wear matching green ‘GWO’ t-shirts.

But it’s Ocasio-Cortez who takes to the mic. She is in a celebratory mood.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: As you know, we won a great victory this past week. We stopped Amazon from building a new headquarters in New York City!

The GWO hop up and down in celebration. Everyone else…????

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: That’s right. We stopped Amazon from bringing twenty-five thousand new, high paying jobs to our city.

The GWO high five each other. Everyone else- ?????

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: Jobs…that would have provided a good income to working class people.

The GWO nod and smile at each other.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: Jobs…that would have brought more tax revenue to our city and state.

Again, the GWO celebrates.

Johnny Suave (off camera): Okay, am I missing something here?

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: It’s a great day!

Johnny Suave (off camera): Why?

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: Why? Because it shows that everyday Americans still have the power to organize and fight for their communities and they can have more say in this country than the richest man in the world.

Now the GWO are hugging it out with each other.

Johnny Suave (off camera): But nearly sixty percent of Long Islanders wanted Amazon to build their headquarters there.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: It proves that under capitalism, men are oppressed by men. But under socialism, it’s the other way around!

Green balloons and confetti drop from the ceiling.

Johnny Suave (off camera): What?

Man’s Voice: Wait-wait-wait. Hold on a moment.

On the stage, it’s American Citizen Kevin Scott.

Scott can’t believe AOC is celebrating the loss of good paying jobs- especially in the city she (Ocasio-Cortez) lives. He’s sure a lot of her constituents would have benefitted greatly from the increase of jobs in the area.

Kevin Scott: But it doesn’t surprise me- it’s all about politics.

Ocasio-Cortez takes exception to the comments.

Kevin Scott: Socialism is nothing more than forced shared misery…that is, unless you’re one of the gilded few…like Bernie Sanders and his multiple houses…like you and your new digs at the Navy Yards.

Johnny Suave (off camera): Careful. You could get banned on Twitter for saying stuff like that.

The GWO stop celebrating and have their glares directed towards Scott.

Kevin Scott: Yeah, you prevented a billion dollar corporation from getting what they want. And in the process, you hurt ordinary, average Americans in your city who would have given their left nut for the high paying job that’s going to go somewhere else.

Scott mock claps which hacks off the GWO even more.

Kevin Scott (sarcastically): Well done…well done.

CUT BACK: Suave and Crowder at the broadcast desk.

Colleen Crowder: I hope he does get banned from Twitter. And I hope he loses his match tonight.

Johnny Suave: Well, we’re about to find out if that happens.

MAIN EVENT: SNAFU vs. ‘American Citizen’ Kevin Scott Suave sends it right to Kimber Marshall who brings out the wrestlers for tonight’s main event.

*“Courtesy of the Red, White, and Blue”- Toby Keith*

Kevin Scott- American Citizen – former 2 time PCW Champion and PCW Television Champion (as Starz N. Stripes). PCW’s Original ‘Rookie Sensation.’ HT: 6′ 3″ WT: 250, HOME: Ottumwa, IA FIN: American Stars and Fujiawa Arm Bar

’Feel Invincible’- Skillet

SNAFU, accompanied as always by Coach E.J. Flack, makes his way out on stage.

E.J. Flack: NARFLE THE GARTHOK!

Crowd: NARFLE THE GARTHOK!

Kimber Marshall: HE’S LEARNED EVERYTHING HE KNOWS ABOUT WRESTLING FROM WATCHING SABU IN ECW VIDEOS!

Colleen Crowder: Who is this Sabu?

Johnny Suave: I’d explain but I don’t think you really care.

Colleen Crowder: I don’t. I just want this guy to win.

SNAFU HT: 5′ 11″ WT: 210 / HOME: Philadelphia, PA FIN: Philly Facebuster MGR: E.J. Flack

The fans chant ‘SNAFU!…SNAFU! as he and Flack make their way to the ring.

Johnny Suave: Big match for Kevin Scott. He’s trying to get in position to earn a title shot against the PCW champion Stone Chism.

Colleen Crowder: I hope he loses.

Johnny Suave: You’ve made that clear.

Referee Ron Martin calls for the bell.

*DING-DING*

Johnny Suave: Here we go!

1st MINUTE Slow start. Both men circle. Both men wait to pull the trigger on the first offensive maneuver. SNAFU goes for a boot. Scott blocks and escapes SNAFU. Collar and elbow tie up. SNAFU gets the wristlock. Scott spins and reverses. SNAFU reverses back to a hammerlock. Scott slips around to a headlock.

Johnny Suave: I think we’ve seen more chain wrestling in this show than we’ve seen in a long time.

Colleen Crowder: Whatever. SNAFU just needs to win the match.

2nd MINUTE SNAFU brings Scott down to a knee and gets his own headlock. Scott fights out. SNAFU grabs hair but Scott back heels to the balls. He dropkicks SNAFU’s leg out and drags him into an armbar! SNAFU gets out and takes a moment outside the ring to confer with E.J. Flack.

Johnny Suave: Both men still feeling each other out. See who’s got what left in the tank.

Back in, SNAFU goes right after Scott with forearm after forearm in the corner. Referee Ron Martin steps in. Scott takes the opportunity to call time out himself and rolls out of the ring.

3rd MINUTE SNAFU follows after Scott on the outside. He sweeps the leg and takes Joe off his feet! SNAFU drags him over and throws him into railing. Then as Martin starts a count, SNAFU bumps Scott off the announcer’s desk. He places a chair down. SNAFU runs…jumps onto and then off the chair and lands a double footed stomp on Scott.

Johnny Suave: There’s a move right out of a SABU ECW DVD. But SNAFU can’t win the title on the outside. He’s got to get back in the ring and pin Scott there.

Colleen Crowder: Well hurry up then!

4th MINUTE SNAFU throws forearms on Scott in the corner, then stomps. Flack tosses in a chair-SNAFU places it in the middle of the ring. He goes to whip Scott into the chair but gets reversed and SNAFU runs right into the chair. Scott with boots. He snapmares SNAFU and then jumps off the chair to hit a missile dropkick. Cover…one…TWO…SNAFU kicks out! SNAFU rakes the eyes an again kicks Scott.

5th MINUTE SNAFU slaps Scott. SNAFU stands and chops, but Scott throws a forearm back. Dueling chops! They go chop for chop until Scott gets an edge. Scott goes to whip SNAFU into the corner. SNAFU reverses, tumbles, springboards, but Scott dodges at the last moment. Scott spins SNAFU for the Average Slam but SNAFU blocks. Scott knees SNAFU but then runs into a fireman’s carry but slips out. SNAFU powers Scott away and ducks out to talk with E.J. Flack again.

Johnny Suave: Pretty even match so far. Don’t you think?

No answer from Colleen.

Suave asks who will go for it? He says both men are executing moves but who will throw caution to the wind and go for broke?

6th MINUTE (in progress) …SNAFU climbs to the top turnbuckle with a steel chair in hand. Chair assisted Moonsault onto Scott’s knees! SNAFU and Scott are both down, but the fans are cheering.

Colleen Crowder (shouting at SNAFU): GET UP!

Johnny Suave: If SNAFU hits that move clean, the match is over.

7th MINUTE SNAFU stands and throws a forearm. Scott staggers but comes back with his own forearm. SNAFU and Scott exchange forearms. They go back and forth again and it speeds up, until Scott throws one BIG forearm! SNAFU gets up but Scott’s on him with another shot. SNAFU SLAPS him on the spin. He throws more palm strikes and gains momentum. Flack throws in another chair. Scott runs right into a chair SNAFU throws at him followed by SNAFU’s dropkick!

8th MINUTE Scott fireman’s carries but SNAFU slips out the back door. He whips Scott into the ropes and catches an elbow on the return. Scott springboards for the moonsault and hits it. He rolls and snatches SNAFU’s arm.

Johnny Suave: American Stars and Fujiwara Armbar!

Colleen Crowder: NOOOOO!

SNAFU’s in no man’s land and taps. Martin motions to the timekeeper.

*DING-DING-DING*

Johnny Suave: Kevin Scott taps SNAFU out!

Colleen Crowder: DAMMIT!

Kimber Marshall makes it official.

WINNER: ‘American Citizen’ Kevin Scott @ 7:41

Suave says it’s been a loaded, very eventful show and signs off for Colleen Crowder.

Johnny Suave: We’ll see you next week!

[‘Trumpet Concerto No. 2 in D major – 3 Allegro assai’ begins to play in the background and P-SPAN quickly cuts away to another political event.]

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Gentrification is A Land Use Problem

Gentrification represents a potent issue at the intersections of economic, social, and racial justice. It’s about political corruption, foreclosure & rising rent, criminal justice, immigration, organizing & more. Addressing it in a time when it’s considered “taboo” is powerful.

— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) September 14, 2018

A growing concern on the left and especially among minority groups is demographic displacement, in certain cities and neighborhoods, caused by rising house costs associated with the influx of middle and upper-class, mostly white, young professionals. Due to economic illiteracy, the white yuppies and hipsters are blamed for rent hikes that make living in an area unaffordable for mainly poor minority tenants when, in fact, there is a third variable called land use policy (e.g. zoning ordinances, urban planning, property taxes) that has a much bigger impact on their rent. However, the left tends to frame this as a racial/cultural issue, which makes it simpler to talk about, but steers the conversation clear of any plausible solutions. Take for instance this gem that was featured on a liberal HBO show.

It’s basically when, for me, it’s a lot of white people come move into the hood and kick everybody out that’s there. I’ve been a witness of it since I was a small jitterbug so I mean now that I’m grown up and I’m seeing it, I understand it a little more,” he said during the interview with Maher, according to the news outlet.

Or how about these bozos, who protested an Austin, TX restaurant for moving into a building that was formerly occupied by a Mexican-American owned tire shop and using Spanish words to advertise their merchandise.

Activists with Defend our Hoodz — Defiende el Barrio on Friday announced via Facebook of their plans to protest outside Lou's Bodega on 1900 E. Cesar Chavez St. Since its recent opening by a pair of high-profile developers, the development has been widely lambasted by East Austin residents already anxiety-raddled over the brisk pace of gentrification that's resulted in soaring property values and residents' displacement.

The growth of commerce and population density will always raise land values; in this sense, gentrification is inevitable wherever new development occurs on relatively cheap land. Like any other market, higher demand raises the cost of housing, but since real property is fixed in supply to certain locations, unlike cars or smartphones, the market can only reach an equilibrium by lowering demand, which in the current case means raising rents. But the housing market does not have to be a sum-zero game. Removing artificial restrictions on the supply of housing can make it more affordable for low income minority renters. Zoning ordinances, such as those which restrict new development to single family housing, excluding group homes and multifamily complexes, require a minimum number of off street parking spaces, reducing space for potential residential units, restrict residential conversion, prohibiting the conversion of former office space into residential property, combined with lengthy permitting processes for new construction artificially inflate property values and rents in dense urban areas. Ordinances that dictate the minimum size of units, such as those in Oakland also drive up the cost of housing. In a white paper on housing development, the Obama admin noted that gentrification and other problems associated with surging housing costs are, for the most part, caused by local land use restrictions.

When new housing development is limited region-wide, and particularly precluded in neighborhoods with political capital to implement even stricter local barriers, the new housing that does get built tends to be disproportionally concentrated in low-income communities of color, causing displacement and concerns of gentrification in those neighborhoods. Rising rents region-wide can exacerbate that displacement.

The Obama Admin's Housing Development Toolkit drew from previous research on housing development, land use restrictions, and the widening gap between construction costs and new home prices. Previous research has concluded that for most U.S. regions, the price of new homes is only marginally greater than the construction costs. The exceptions are major cities, particularly in coastal regions, such as Los Angeles San Francisco, New York and Boston.

Researchers have also documented a sharp increase in the gap between home prices and construction costs, with stringent housing regulations now driving cost increases previously shaped by construction costs and quality improvements. Localized studies have supported these national conclusions – documenting sharp increases in zoning and other land use restrictions in metropolitan Boston, New York City, Los Angeles, and San Francisco.

The effect that increased zoning restrictions place on housing costs is best illustrated by these examples. For instance, in 1960 Los Angeles was zoned to accommodate 10 million residents when it only had a population of 2.5 million people. Today, the city is only zoned to only accommodate 4.3 million people with a much larger population of about 4 million people. Of course, the same problem has transpired accross the California coast.

Emerging research has shown that in areas with high-cost housing such as California, zoning and other land-use controls contribute significantly to recent sharp cost increases, reflecting the increasing difficulty of obtaining regulatory approval for building new homes.

Most importantly, cities and states experiencing 'gentrification' should, along with reducing zoning restrictions, shift property taxes from building values onto location values. This would further incent new construction and improvements to existing residential properties, while simultaneously discouraging real-estate speculation and recapturing the value that new amenities and businesses add to rental and selling prices. This would ultimately generate more tax revenue that could be wisely spent improving public transit, reducing traffic congestion and the demand for more parking spaces, which is a win/win for the environment.

The left can either choose to whine about gentrification and stay in a state of perpetual victim-hood or take meaningful action by reforming their obtuse zoning regulations and property taxes instead of protesting people for following the incentives their own governments create or asking for more rent control and subsidized housing, which only creates a housing shortage by forcing prospective tenants into a queque for affordable units. Gentrification could, and should, become a bipartisan issue, but the left would have to abandon their race baiting tactics and stick to hard economic analysis for that to occur.

#gentrification #affordable housing #obama #economy #red tap #leftist #taxes

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Avignon & Cassis, France

As soon as we crossed the border between Switzerland and France, the landscape changed. As we rode the train from Geneva to Lyon, and then on to Avignon, we left the left the coziness of the grey mountains and entered a landscape made of limestone, marked by rough vertical bluffs and large, lazy rivers that meandered through the hills. Each hill had a small castle or old stone structure topping it, all surrounded by vegetation that grew sparser and more mediterranean as we reached the south of France. The city of Avignon, where we were meeting Evelyn and Bill, Hogan’s mom and stepdad, has a continuous history of human settlement beginning in neolithic times roughly 4,000 years ago and including Phoenicians, Romans, Visigoths and Ostrogoths, the Franks, many kingdoms, and was home to nine Popes beginning in the 14th century. After our long train journey, made even longer due to the rail strike in France, we arrived and walked around the edge of the medieval city to meet Evelyn and Bill in a spacious flat near a main entrance to the old city.

It was a surprise treat to meet Evelyn and Bill on this trip. We had discussed the possibility before leaving California, but it wasn’t until a little over a month before that they had confirmed and bought their tickets. They flew into France early, spending some time vacationing together before meeting us for a little less than a week. Bill was celebrating the beginning of his retirement after a lifetime of hard work, and this was one of the longest vacations they had both taken in a while. Evelyn had been following our trip closely, and it was special to share some of it together.

Southern France is a cycling mecca, so we knew we wanted to ride while we were there. Evelyn rented us four nice road bikes for our days in Avignon, and we headed out on two separate days to explore the countryside. Hogan led the group through the narrow cobblestone streets of the old town and beyond, along paved paths beside vineyards, dirt trails next to the Rhone River, and busier streets connecting cities. We tested the bikes out on a shorter ride through the outskirts of Avignon, passing old castles and ancient ruins on the way, and after some trial and error learned the best way to navigate back through the medieval city center to our apartment. There are many destinations around Avignon that are tailor-made for a day of riding, but the total distances of these rides, at around 45 kilometers, were a little more than what Evelyn and Bill were comfortable doing. We all discussed the options after our first ride but in the end it was clear we had to try for the longer distance. How often, after all, do you find yourself in the south of France in beautiful weather on road bikes?

We rode to the Pont du Gard, a monumental Roman aqueduct that spans an emerald green river about 20 kilometers outside of Avignon. It’s a stunning piece of engineering and was part of a system built in the first century AD that moved water more than 50 kilometers from a natural spring to the Roman colony of Nimes. We parked our bikes and walked across the span, admiring the workmanship and knowledge required to build something so lasting (it was in use for 500 years before it failed). It is hard to comprehend how long it had loomed over the river valley and the feat of engineering needed to create it nearly two millennia ago. The area is a destination for locals and tourists alike, who spend the day laying in the sun on the banks of the river and swimming in the cool water. After hours of riding in the heat that sounded wonderful, but we had to keep moving to make it back to Avignon before dark. We picnicked under the shade of a tree overlooking the scene - a very temporary piece of greenery compared to the Pont du Gard. We rode back along the same route, whisked quickly along by a welcome tailwind the whole way. Evelyn and Bill rose to the occasion, completing the day without any problems. We celebrated our ride back at the apartment, especially Bill who took a very well deserved nap while we made dinner.

From the 1300s to 1790, Avignon was home to nine Popes. We were surprised to learn that the Vatican wasn’t always where the leader of the Catholic Church lived. Avignon has restored the former Papal Palace, and we were excited to go see it on our last morning in the city. Hogan and MaryJo went solo while Evelyn and Bill got ready to go to our next stop in France. We got a free interactive tablet and audioguide tour with our tickets, and it was incredibly well done, guiding us through the buildings and showing what various rooms looked like back in the 1300s using augmented reality. The palace was huge, made of grey stone, and despite the heat outside, it was cool as we wandered through the vast rooms. The compound had been expanded upon many times over the years, and is very complicated. We saw large halls, chapels with tall vaulted ceilings, the treasury room with hidden spaces underground where they kept the important documents and money, and the Pope’s own chamber. The former kitchen was particularly impressive - it was a simple room that extended two stories upwards to a small opening at the top, making the whole structure a chimney. All the food was cooked in the center around an enormous fire, and the smoke went out the top of the ceiling. While the whole palace wasn’t particularly religious feeling, it was powerful to see frescos on the walls and intact original decorations on wooden ceilings dating back to the early 1300s. Like everything we have seen that is that old, it is very hard to imagine how it continues to exist for centuries.

After our tour of the Papal Palace we piled into Evelyn and Bills rental car and hit the road towards the Mediterranean and our next destination: the small port town of Cassis. Hogan dusted off his driving skills and guided the vehicle through beautiful countryside and down narrow lanes to the rocky coast towards Cassis, which is located on a steep hillside that rises quickly from the water. Our flat was minutes from the port, and after filling the small space with our bags we strolled along the waterfront past the fishing boats and on to the beach. The town was busy with tourists buying ice cream and boarding boats to visit the famous calanques (which are like small fjords) in the national park surrounding it. It is a beautiful place, almost entirely made out of a local tan-colored limestone that if you look closely, is marked with the pattern of ancient sea shells. We settled into a sidewalk cafe overlooking the water to plan our next steps.

We had spent a good amount of time in Avignon going restaurants only to discover they were closed. Determined not to repeat this experience, MaryJo booked a table for four at a newer seafood restaurant for the evening called Angelina. The four of us strolled in for our reservation prepared to order the bouillabaisse, the famous Provencal fish stew originating from this area. The waiter looked at us quizzically, since it turns out you need to order the stew 24 hours in advance so they can get freshly caught fish. Things are done differently in France. We had a delicious and fun meal nonetheless - salted whole fish with Cassis white wine - seated in an open courtyard underneath a potted olive tree. Two nights later we returned, having ordered the bouillabaisse well in advance this time. It was a feast of many different kinds of fish, which they showed us before and after cooking for our approval. None of us could finish our portions.

Like almost everywhere in France, Cassis is known for its wine. In particular, the Cassis AOC produces 75-80 percent dry white wine, which is unique when compared to the area around it, known mostly for rose. (AOC stands for appellation d'origine contrôlée, or protected designation of origin, which certifies wines, cheeses and other French products are from where they say they’re from and upheld to a certain standard specific to that area.) It is also unique in that there are only 12 operating Cassis domains, or wineries, under this AOC. Though every bar and restaurant in the small town was serving Cassis wines, we wanted to go try some at the wineries ourselves and booked a tour with a winery right on the coast, Clos Sainte Magdeleine. Before even arriving at the winery, we learned that wine tasting there is much different than the enormous tourism industry of California’s Napa and Sonoma regions. Other than the one place we were able to book a tour, the domains held weird hours, and despite our attempts to call, make online reservations, or even just show up at the front gate, they simply aren’t open for tasting in the same way we are used to. Nonetheless, the tour at Clos Sainte Magdeleine was fantastic, with a knowledgeable guide and a beautiful setting. We learned that although the AOC highly regulates the production, irrigation, taste, etc. of the wine, they do not regulate what vessel the wine is stored in before bottling. This domain used a combination of stainless steel and, surprisingly, egg-shaped concrete vats, not the oak barrels we expected from France. In a small-world experience, we also learned that their biggest U.S. importer, Kermit Lynch, is based just down the street from where Bill and Evelyn live in Berkeley. We all took some bottles to go, happy that our determination to visit the domain paid off.

Our trip to Cassis wouldn’t be complete with our own visit to the calanques and on our last day we got up early, put on our swimsuits, and got into kayaks. We launched from a small rocky cove just south of Cassis in five boats: Hogan and MaryJo in one, Evelyn and Bill in another, and our guide and his brother each in their own individual kayaks. As we left the enclosed water and rounded a rocky outcropping into the Mediterranean, the water stayed smooth and glassy as far as we could see. We asked the guide if this was normal and he laughed - we had gotten lucky - a very clear and calm morning, perfect for kayaking. Our half-day trip took us north past Cassis and into three different calanques that each were subtly different. Though you can walk to each calanque and look out at the sea, we felt good to be on the water instead, taking in the limestone cliffs rising from the water close up. Even more interesting was the view we had peering down the cliffs, through the clear water to the sandy sea floor. The limestone is sharp and rough, and naturally forms long ledges that slope into the water, the stone slowly breaking into large rectangular boulders over time. Between bouts of paddling, we rested in the clear waters and watched small fish swim through the seagrass below. Later, we stopped and swam (even though the water was pretty cold) at a secluded beach where the even taller cliffs attracted rock climbers, who hung on to ropes around us. The waters got busier as the day went on, mostly with larger motor boats filled with other tourists, and we paddled back to shore tired but feeling rejuvenated after the day out at sea.

Our short visit to France was well worth it, but we were excited as we boarded an early train to Barcelona the next morning. It had been a busy five days with Evelyn and Bill, and we were happy to be returning to our own schedule as we began the final few weeks of this long trip. We would see family again soon enough. After visiting nine countries, Spain would be our last stop.

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JILL PROMISED TOUR OF THE ALLEGED ISLAMIST ALBANIAN HOTSPOTS, OF LOATHSO...Dieser Eintrag stammt von CrniLabudovi Am 20.2.2009 @ 18:47 In Balkan (Englisch) | 1 KommentarUS Mafia Clan Gambino Boss in Albania and Europa: Daut Kadriovski - “Maestro Daut”Macedonian Albanian Daut Kadriovski, 52, stands in a police station in Tirana after he was arrested by local police in cooperation with Interpol on drug trafficking charges, September 4, 2001. Kadriovski, wanted in 12 European countries, had been living in Albania for six years. [1] REUTERS/Gent ShkullakuK. Daut was unmasked by the English secret service, because he is now with the help of the then operating criminal Albanian secret service (under the direction of the CIA), a new passport with the name of Mehmet Hajdini and had received a facial surgery no longer had to recognize. He was in his illegally-built hotels in the criminal stronghold “Golem” at the CIA base and [2] NATO base Communication Zone West (General information). [3] Communication Zone West, COMMZ (W) south of Durres arrested. [4] ALBANIAN MUSLIM MAFIA RUNS INTERNATIONAL STOLEN CAR RACKET THAT FUNDS TERRORISM OUT OF NY & NJ DOCKS TO DUBAI UAE FOR RESALE.[5] Muslim Albanian gangs, are replacing the Italian mafia as the organized crime outfit in the US, shipping stolen cars from the docks of NY to Dubai UAE in support of terrorism, run by Daut Kadriovski (photo) [6] Daut Kadriovski aka Mehmed Haidini the reputed boss of one of the 15 Families, embodies the tenacity of the top Kosovar drug traffickers. A Yugoslav Interior Ministry report identifies him as one of Europe’s [7] biggest heroin dealers, and Nicovic calls him a “major financial resource for the KLA.” Through his family links, Nicovic says, Kadriovski smuggled more than 100 kilos of [8] heroin into New York and Philadelphia, in 1993 he headed for the United States ([9] New York City), where it’s believed he continues to operate. Daut Kadriovski’s contacts include Albanians living in the Bronx, they had been coordinating their plans from such social hangouts as the [10] Besa, Two Star and Gurra cafes, and [11] across New Jersey, he is wanted in 12 European countries. See [12] FBI Report here on Albanian Mafia or [13] Albanian Organized Crime (AOC).“Group members have specific, well defined tasks… Although they co-operate with other groups, they mistrust non-Albanians. They are known to be violent, apply counter surveillance,[14] frequently change cars and maintain contacts through dozens of mobile telephones with prepaid cards,” declares Europol report and then, once again, implicates these [15] Muslim Albanian Mafia groups into funding politics: “The proceeds from their criminal activities are used in the Member State where they operate or sent to Albania and Kosovo.” [16] According to the head of the UN Office on Drugs and Crime, Antonio Costa, Colombian drug dealers are setting up cocaine supply bases in Albania and the Balkans to penetrate into Europe. According to Nicovic “Through the Albanian port of Durres, Colombian and other South American cartels deliver cocaine for further transport to Western Europe.” [17] At Durres Port, we once again see the suspicious convergence of Albanian Muslim Mafia and the al-Qaeda, both involved in legal (used car racket) and illegal dealings and both aiming at a same thing: detaching Kosovo from Serbia and internationally legitimizing it as Muslim.The [18] Albanian Mafia rule in New York City is so well known and wide open that the recent [19] “Grand Theft Auto IV” and [20] Grand Theft Auto WIKI games are patterned on their violence….the Albanian mob appears as the main antagonist, shipping stolen cars back to Europe without Petrovic’s permission, retrieved from “[21] http://gta.wikia.com/wiki/Albanians“[22] In Italy, Albanian organized crime gangs appear to control the car trafficking market. One method they employ is to deliberately drive into a car and then when the driver stops to assess the damage to his vehicle, they take the car by force. The cars are then exported to Tirana. A car stolen in central Italy in the morning can be in Albania with its new owner that same evening, [23] Interpol Report.“[24] The vehicles are not only stolen for their own sake; sometimes they are trafficked to finance other crimes,” according to the international police organization [25] Interpol. Europol’s report describes Europe’s stolen-car industry as a complex network of professionals that includes car thieves, technicians, mechanics, document forgers, drivers, and unscrupulous car dealers. These thieves have learned how to disable immobilizers, locate and eliminate tracking devices, and alter VIN numbers, then shipping the vehicles to Dubai UAE for resale.According to a [26] CNN report the FBI “Officials said ethnic Albanians (MUSLIMS) from Kosovo, Macedonia and Montenegro” make up the emerging American criminal cartel and “represent a [27] major challenge to federal agents because of their propensity for violence and brutality.” This statement comes several months after Amnesty International declared NATO-administered Kosovo province a hotbed of [28] Albanian organized crime activity (AOC). Of the [29] Fort Dix Six New Jersey Terror suspects it is now known that of the [30] six suspects, three were in the US illegally. One was Jordanian, another Turkish, and four were Albanians. But not just any Albanians – [31] ethnic Albanians from Kosovo, commonly referred to as “Kosovars”. The suspects include [32] three ethnic Albanian brothers who entered the United States illegally, part of a family that has lived for years in Cherry Hill, N.J., where they attended public schools and ran a roofing business and a pizzeria. They were joined by a brother-in-law, who was born in Jordan and is a United States citizen, and two other legal United states residents: [33] an ethnic Albanian from the former Yugoslavia (Kosova), and a Turk who lived in Philadelphia, all Muslims. When Elvis and Dritan Duka, two of the three brothers arrested on terrorism charges in Fort Dix, were kids, they were neighborhood bullies. [34] When they got a little older, they became drug dealers. The 3 [35] Albanian “Duka” brothers of the Fort Dix Six NJ terror plot were [36] low level drug dealers, possibly linked to the Albanian Muslim Mafia in New Jersey see Fox News video [37] hereIn Europe, the [38] Albanian Mob is already the chief perpetrator of drug and people smuggling, [39] stolen car export racket, passport theft and forgery, weapons and [40] human body parts sales, sex-slavery, abductions, murders… The scope, ferocity and intensity of the Albanian criminal activity has prompted the Italian top prosecutor, Cataldo Motta, [41] to declare Albanians the most dangerous mobsters brandishing them “a threat to Western society.” The direct links with Al-Qaeda terrorists have not been revealed yet, but the FBI believes that the emerging [42] Muslim Albanian Mafia in the US may be implicated in terrorist financing hence FBIs continuing surveillance “to see whether the militant Muslims in the emerging organized crime world demonstrate ties to organizations suspected of involvement in terrorist financing”. The main assassins for the Gambino crime family were ethnic Albanians. Gambino’s Sammy Bull Brovano’s go-to “clipper”, for example, was an ethnic Albanian, Zef Mustafa, whose notoriety for murder and racket was exceeded only by his love of alcohol: was let out on a $5 million bond and has since disappeared from the US. The most prominent Albanian criminal is [43] Daut Kadriovski, a drug kingpin that managed to escape German prison in 1993, and is believed to be in the US where sources say he is operating through several types of businesses in New York and Philadelphia.[44] Albanian Mafia and al-Qaeda [45] The Twaik Group and Rawasin Media Productions, both based in Riyadh, the Saudi capital, have served as fronts for the Saudi General Intelligence Directorate, according to an inquiry by Germany’s foreign intelligence service, the BND, Twaik, a $100 million-a-year conglomerate, has diverse holdings inside and outside Saudi Arabia. [46] Twaik deposited more than $250,000 in bank accounts controlled by Mamoun Darkazanli, a Syrian-born Hamburg businessman and longtime Al Qaeda associate with close ties to the Sept. 11 hijackers during their years in the northern port city of Hamburg. Abdulrahman Al-Fahhad, then the Twaik executive responsible for the company’s[47] rental-car operations in the Balkans, acknowledged hiring Darkazanli in 1995 to supply cars from Germany for Twaik’s branch office in Albania. The money, Al-Fahhad said, had been for [48] Darkazanli’s use in purchasing those cars. Al-Fahhad also acknowledged hiring Seyam to manage Twaik’s rental-car office in nearby Bosnia-Herzegovina…..The [49] chief Albanian Imam in Kosovo has been schooled in the Wahabi doctrine in Saudi Arabia and is of vital political importance to the party of the Kosovo President Ibrahim Rugova. Wahabism is the chief spiritual source of the al-Qaeda terrorists. More distressing for the West is the existing Albanian criminal infrastructure that has been exported out of Kosovo into Europe, and given clan connections, has infiltrated the US. More ominously still, an al-Qaeda operative, Djamel Beghala, was arrested in Dubai after the customs agent recognized one of these Albanian mafia’s manufactured false passports.……………..[50] http://www.billwarnerpi.comFBI: Albanian mobsters ‘new Mafia’[51] http://www.cnn.com/2004/LAW/08/18/albanians.mob/Hunt for ‘terrorism nexus’ changes how FBI handles crimeBy Toni Locy, USA TODAYWASHINGTON — In the post-Sept. 11 FBI, crime-fighting is focusing less on former staples such as bank robbery, the new head of the FBI’s criminal division said Wednesday.Instead, agents are consumed by terrorist threats.[52] http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2004-08-18-fbi-focus_x.The New Islamic MafiaYossef Bodansky, director of the House Task Force on Terrorism and Unconventional Warfare, believes that Albanian Mob itself will not commit acts of terrorism but that their criminal infrastructure will aid al-Qaeda. “The role of the Albanian Mafia, which is tightly connected to the KLA, is laundering money, providing technology, safe houses, and other support to terrorists within this country,” Bodansky explained to The New American. “This isn’t to say that the Albanians themselves would carry out the actual terrorist operations. But there are undoubtedly ‘sleeper’ agents within the Albanian networks, and they can rely upon those networks to provide them with support. In any case, a serious investigation of the Albanian mob isn’t going to happen, because they’re ‘our boys’ - they’re protected.”In fact, in 2002 the government of Macedonia submitted to the CIA a 79-page report on al-Qaeda-Albanian activity in the Balkans, …………[53] http://www.serbianna.com/columns/mb/028.shtmlAccording to Nicovic, Kadriovski reportedly funneled money to the KLA from New York through a leading Kosovar businessman and declared KLA contributor. “Kadriovski feels more secure with his KLA friends in power,” Nicovic says.[54] http://www.balkanpeace.org/cib/kam/kosd/kosd02.shtml Shopping center of the Albanian US Mafia in Durres FBI Weighs in on Balkan Organised Crime21/11/2003An FBI statement before a US Senate Committee in October assessed the organised crime situation in the Balkans…………..Albanian organised crime has reached the United States, creating partnerships with the Gambino, Genovese, and Luchese families to facilitate specific crimes.……………….[55] SetimesDieser Artikel wurde ausgedruckt ab Balkanforum Balkanblog.org: http://balkanblog.orgURL zum Artikel: http://balkanblog.org/2009/02/20/gambino-clan-and-the-albanian-muslim-mafia/URLs in this post: [1] REUTERS/Gent Shkullaku: http://nikushtak.tripod.com/september/id4.html [2] NATO base: http://www.nato.int/kfor/kfor/commz_west.htm [3] Communication Zone West, COMMZ : http://balkanblog.org/2007/02/28/nato-communication-zone-west-commz-w-bei-durres / [4] ALBANIAN MUSLIM MAFIA RUNS INTERNATIONAL STOLEN CAR RACKET THAT FUNDS TERRORISM OUT OF NY & NJ DOCKS TO DUBAI UAE FOR RESALE.: http://wwwwbipicomlink.blogspot.com/2008/07/albanian-islamic-mafia-runs.html [5] Muslim Albanian gangs: http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6eonppuEMEo/SGoMtHeo_VI/AAAAAAAAAvU/Pwssq17SH2I/s1600- h/albanian+boss++Daut+Kadriovski.gif [6] Daut Kadriovski aka Mehmed Haidini : http://www.citypaper.net/articles/2007/09/06/freedom-fighters-gone-wild [7] biggest heroin dealers: http://www.serbianna.com/columns/mb/053.shtml [8] heroin into New York and Philadelphia,: http://www.serbianna.com/columns/mb/053.shtml [9] New York City: http://www.serbianna.com/columns/mb/053.shtml [10] Besa, Two Star and Gurra cafes: http://209.85.215.104/search?q=cache:6GpRxd3g02gJ:www.nydailynews.com/archives/n ews/1996/05/05/1996-05-05_smart_and_dangerous.html+Gurra+cafe+bronx+ny&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=8&gl=us [11] across New Jersey: http://www.serbianna.com/columns/mb/053.shtml [12] FBI Report here : http://www.fbi.gov/hq/cid/orgcrime/balkan.htm [13] Albanian Organized Crime (AOC).: http://www.fbi.gov/hq/cid/orgcrime/balkan.htm [14] frequently change cars : http://www.serbianna.com/columns/mb/053.shtml [15] Muslim Albanian Mafia groups : http://www.fbi.gov/hq/cid/orgcrime/balkan.htm [16] According to the head of the UN Office on Drugs and Crime: http://www.serbianna.com/columns/mb/053.shtml [17] At Durres Port, we once again see the suspicious convergence of Albanian Muslim Mafia and the al-Qaeda: http://www.serbianna.com/columns/mb/053.shtml [18] Albanian Mafia rule in New York City : http://www.fbi.gov/hq/cid/orgcrime/balkan.htm [19] “Grand Theft Auto IV” : http://gta.wikia.com/wiki/Albanian_Mafia [20] Grand Theft Auto WIKI : http://gta.wikia.com/wiki/Albanian_Mafia [21] http://gta.wikia.com/wiki/Albanians: http://gta.wikia.com/wiki/Albanians [22] In Italy, Albanian organized crime gangs appear to control the car trafficking market: http://www.serbianna.com/columns/michaletos/020.shtml [23] Interpol Report: http://www.europol.europa.eu/publications/Serious_Crime_Overviews/overview-Motor _vehicle_crime_2006_1.pdf [24] The vehicles are not only stolen for their own sake; sometimes they are trafficked to finance other crimes: http://www.securitymanagement.com/article/europes-car-thieves-go-upscale [25] Interpol.: http://www.securitymanagement.com/article/europes-car-thieves-go-upscale [26] CNN report: http://edition.cnn.com/2004/LAW/08/18/albanians.mob/ [27] major challenge to federal agents : http://www.fbi.gov/hq/cid/orgcrime/balkan.htm [28] Albanian organized crime activity (AOC). : http://www.fbi.gov/hq/cid/orgcrime/balkan.htm [29] Fort Dix Six New Jersey Terror suspects : http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/09/us/09plot.html?adxnnl=1&ref=us&adxnnlx =1214954103-5wJAfAjalPI9Abb5+TcV2A [30] six suspects: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/09/nyregion/09suspects.html?_r=1&oref=slogin [31] ethnic Albanians from Kosovo: http://www.citypaper.net/articles/2007/09/06/freedom-fighters-gone-wild [32] three ethnic Albanian brothers : http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/09/us/09plot.html?adxnnl=1&ref=us&adxnnlx =1214954103-5wJAfAjalPI9Abb5+TcV2A [33] an ethnic Albanian from the former Yugoslavia (Kosova): http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/09/us/09plot.html?adxnnl=1&ref=us&adxnnlx =1214954103-5wJAfAjalPI9Abb5+TcV2A [34] When they got a little older, they became drug dealers: http://www.nefafoundation.org/miscellaneous/fortdixplot.pdf [35] Albanian “Duka” brothers : http://www.nefafoundation.org/miscellaneous/fortdixplot.pdf [36] low level drug dealers, possibly linked to the Albanian Muslim Mafia in New Jersey : http://www.nefafoundation.org/miscellaneous/fortdixplot.pdf [37] here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hBPVNw2UqIg [38] Albanian Mob : http://www.serbianna.com/columns/mb/028.shtml [39] stolen car export racket: http://www.serbianna.com/columns/mb/028.shtml [40] human body parts sales: http://www.serbianna.com/columns/mb/028.shtml [41] to declare: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/863620.stm [42] Muslim Albanian Mafia : http://www.serbianna.com/columns/mb/028.shtml [43] Daut Kadriovski: http://www.serbianna.com/columns/mb/028.shtml [44] Albanian Mafia and al-Qaeda : http://www.serbianna.com/columns/mb/028.shtml [45] The Twaik Group : http://209.85.215.104/search?q=cache:_l4W0XJe9-EJ:www.mail-archive.com/ppi%40fre elists.org/msg00450.html+albanian+rental+car+company+linked+to+saudi+arabia+and+terrorism&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=1&gl=us [46] Twaik deposited more than $250,000 in bank accounts controlled by Mamoun Darkazanli: http://209.85.215.104/search?q=cache:_l4W0XJe9-EJ:www.mail-archive.com/ppi%40fre elists.org/msg00450.html+albanian+rental+car+company+linked+to+saudi+arabia+and+terrorism&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=1&gl=us [47] rental-car operations in the Balkans, acknowledged hiring Darkazanli in 1995 to supply cars from Germany for Twaik’s branch office in Albania.: http://209.85.215.104/search?q=cache:_l4W0XJe9-EJ:www.mail-archive.com/ppi%40fre elists.org/msg00450.html+albanian+rental+car+company+linked+to+saudi+arabia+and+terrorism&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=1&gl=us [48] Darkazanli’s use in purchasing those cars. : http://209.85.215.104/search?q=cache:_l4W0XJe9-EJ:www.mail-archive.com/ppi%40fre elists.org/msg00450.html+albanian+rental+car+company+linked+to+saudi+arabia+and+terrorism&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=1&gl=us [49] chief Albanian Imam in Kosovo: http://www.serbianna.com/columns/mb/026.shtml [50] http://www.billwarnerpi.com: http://www.billwarnerpi.com/2008/07/albanian-islamic-mafia-runs.html [51] http://www.cnn.com/2004/LAW/08/18/albanians.mob/: http://www.cnn.com/2004/LAW/08/18/albanians.mob/ [52] http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2004-08-18-fbi-focus_x.: http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2004-08-18-fbi-focus_x. [53] http://www.serbianna.com/columns/mb/028.shtml: http://www.serbianna.com/columns/mb/028.shtml [54] http://www.balkanpeace.org/cib/kam/kosd/kosd02.shtml: http://www.balkanpeace.org/cib/kam/kosd/kosd02.shtml [55] Setimes: http://www.setimes.com/cocoon/setimes/xhtml/en_GB/features/setimes/features/2003 /11/031121-DIMITRIS-001 Klicken hier z

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