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Catching Pigs A thought to remember, Marx said, “Remove one freedom per generation and soon you will have no freedom and no one will have noticed.”

There was a chemistry professor in a large college that had some exchange students in the class.

One day while the class was in the lab, the professor noticed one young man, an exchange student, who kept rubbing his back and stretching as if his back hurt. The professor asked the young man what was the matter.

The student told him he had a bullet lodged in his back. He had been shot while fighting communists in his native country who were trying to overthrow his country’s government and install a new communist regime. In the midst of his story, he looked at the professor and asked a strange question.

He asked: “Do you know how to catch wild pigs?”

The professor thought it was a joke and asked for the punch line. The young man said that it was no joke. “You catch wild pigs by finding a suitable place in the woods and putting corn on the ground. The pigs find it and begin to come every day to eat the free food.”

“When they are used to coming every day, you put a fence down one side of the place where they are used to coming. When they get used to the fence, they begin to eat the corn again and you put up another side of the fence.”

“They get used to that and start to eat again. You continue until you have all four sides of the fence up with a gate in the last side.”

“The pigs, which are used to the free corn, start to come through the gate to eat that free corn again. You then slam the gate on them and catch the whole herd.”

“Suddenly the wild pigs have lost their freedom. They run around and around inside the fence, but they are caught. Soon they go back to eating the free corn.

They are so used to it that they have forgot-

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ten how to forage in the woods for themselves, so they accept their captivity.”

The young man then told the professor that is exactly what he sees happening in America.

The government keeps pushing us toward Communism/Socialism and keeps spreading the free corn out in the form of programs such as supplemental income, tax credit for unearned income, tax exemptions, tobacco subsidies, dairy subsidies, payments not to plant crops (CRP), welfare entitlements, medicine, drugs, etc., while we continually lose our freedoms, just a little at a time as the government forces us to participate in many of these programs whether or not we want to.

One should always remember two truths: There is no such thing as a free lunch, and you can never hire someone to provide a service for you cheaper than you can do it yourself.

If you see that all of this wonderful government “help” is a problem confronting the future of the American Republic, you might want to share this with your friends.

If you think the free ride is essential to your way of life, then you will probably not share this.

But, God help us all when the gate slams shut!

“The problems we face today are there because the people who work for a living are now outnumbered by those that vote for a living.”

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WE’VE CROSSED THE TIPPING POINT

Most Americans now receive gov’t. benefits

By Merrill Matthews Obamacare has pushed us over the entitlements tipping point. In 2011 some 49.2 percent of U.S. households received benefits from one or more government programs—about 151 million out of an estimated 306.8 million Americans—according to U.S. Census Bureau data released last October.

Currently, around 6 million to 7 million Americans who have signed up for Obamacare are receiving taxpayerprovided subsidies (though the administration’s numbers cannot be trusted, it’s all we have to work with). There are another 3 million who have signed up for Medicaid.

That means some 10 million Americans—or a total of about 161 million— are now getting government subsidies (though the final number might be somewhat lower since some may have been receiving benefits already).

Thus, perhaps 52 percent of U.S. households—more than half—now receive benefits from the government, thanks to President Obama. And Mr.

Entitlement is just getting started. If Obamacare is not repealed millions more will join the swelling rolls of those dependent on government handouts.

Conservatives have long dreaded the day when the U.S. crossed the halfway mark because of all the implications for individual and fiscal responsibility. As Benjamin Franklin reportedly said, “When the people find that they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.” They learned that from the 2008 election and turned out in big numbers again in 2012.

It’s not that all of those Americans are “takers,” as former Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney suggested. Some 42 million are seniors receiving Social Security and Medicare. They aren’t getting something for free; they faithfully paid into the system for decades with the expectation that they would be getting it back at retirement. And they deserve every BENEFITS, cont’d. on Page 21 HEALTH

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Kennedy killer denied freedom

Sirhan Sirhan, who is serving a life sentence in prison for the June 1968 assassination of U.S. presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy, failed to persuade a federal judge to set him free because he was innocent of the crime.

In a January decision, U.S. District Judge Beverly Reid O’Connell in Los Angeles said Sirhan “failed to meet the showing required for actual innocence” that might excuse his having failed to seek his freedom sooner in federal court.

Sirhan had filed his petition for habeas corpus, which could have resulted in his freedom, in May 2000.

William Pepper, a lawyer for Sirhan, did not immediately respond on Tuesday to requests for comment.

Sirhan, now 70, was wrestled to the ground with a gun in his hand after Kennedy was shot on June 5, 1968, at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles, shortly after Kennedy won the California Democratic presidential primary.

Kennedy died the next day.

The defendant was sentenced to death in 1969, but his sentence was commuted to life in prison after California banned the death penalty.

Sirhan was last denied parole in 2011, and is being housed in a state prison in San Diego. His next parole “suitability” hearing will be held by March 2, 2016, a spokesman for the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation said.

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The judge, however, said Sirhan’s case was not strong enough.

“Though petitioner advances a number of theories regarding the events of June 5, 1968, petitioner does not dispute that he fired eight rounds of gunfire in the kitchen pantry of the Ambassador Hotel,” O’Connell wrote.

“Petitioner does not show that it is more likely than not that no juror, acting reasonably, would have found him guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.”

In rejecting Sirhan’s bid for freedom, O’Connell accepted an August 2013 recommendation by U.S. Magistrate Judge Andrew Wistrich.

Kennedy was a U.S. senator from New York when he died at age 42. His older brother John F. Kennedy, the former U.S. president, was 46 when he was assassinated in November 1963.

The case is Sirhan v Galaza et al, U.S. District Court, Central District of California, No. 00-05686.

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VA chief lied, said he was Special Forces

By Matt Cantor

Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert McDonald last year took over a department facing no small amount of scandal—and now he’s stirred up controversy of his own. It started when he was being taped by CBS while speaking with a homeless veteran in Los Angeles, the Huffington Postreports. The man said he’d been in special forces, to which the former Procter & Gamble CEO, who’s a military veteran himself, said, “Special forces? What years? I was in special forces!” But he wasn’t: He spent most of his service in the 82nd

Airborne Division. “I have no excuse,” McDonald tells the Huffington Post. “I was not in special forces.”

In a statement to the Military Times, McDonald notes that the comment was “inaccurate, and I apologize to anyone that was offended by my misstatement.

I have great respect for those who have served our nation in special forces.” He explained the situation to the Huffington Post: “I reacted spontaneously and I reacted wrongly” to the man saying he had been in special forces. He says he had “no intent in any way to describe my record any different than it is.” The White House says it takes McDonald

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By John Johnson “at his word.” But just last week, the Military Times notes, McDonald said on Meet the Press that 60 VA employees had recently been let go over the hospital scandal; he then walked back the claim, saying just eight had been fired.

U.S. offers record bounty for a hacker

By Rob Quinn The FBI is offering a record-breaking $3 million reward for information leading to the arrest of a Russian hacker accused of infecting up to a million computers with software that stole passwords and sucked at least $100 million out of bank accounts. Evgeniy Mikhailovich Bogachev, whose online aliases include “lucky12345″ and “slavic,” is accused of running what the FBI calls a “tightly knit gang of cybercriminals” that created a botnet called “GameOver Zeus,” Ars Technica reports. The FBI’s wanted poster lists more than a dozen charges against him,

including racketeering, identity theft, fraud, and money laundering. The previous biggest reward for a cybercriminal was the $1 million offered for Romanian eBay scammerNicolae Popescu, reports Vocativ.

Bogachev and his gang were also behind the “Cryptolocker” ransomware that held files on a user’s computer hostage until they paid up, authorities say. “Although we were able to significantly disrupt the GameOver Zeus and Cryptolocker criminal enterprise, we have not yet brought Bogachev himself to justice,” a Justice Department spokeswoman says.

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Bogachev is believed to still be in Russia, and even with the reward, it may be hard to arrest him because there is no extradition treaty with the U.S., reports the BBC. (Another hacker says he was busted after using his cat’s name as his password.)

People who got a subsidy from ObamaCare to help pay for their health insurance are getting a notso-pleasant surprise on their taxes: H&R Block reports that 52% of people who got subsidies have to pay back a chunk of that money to the government.

The average payback is $530, equating to a 17% drop in returns, reports the Hill. The main reason for the payback? Filers’ 2014 income came in higher than expected, and thus the subsidies they received were too high.

“It’s costing taxpayers a large percentage of their refund—a refund many of them count on to pay household expenses,” say H&R Block VP Mark Ciaramitaro. The figures are based on only the first six weeks of the filing season and could change. On the upside, about 38% of ObamaCare filers found out they were getting an average credit of $366 because their subsidies were too low, reports Forbes. So far, the average penalty for those without health insurance is $172, and Forbes thinks many filers who learn of the penalty will take advantage of a new special enrollment period (from March 15 to April 30) put into place for just that reason.

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REPORT WARNS USING SAME PHONE FOR WORK, PLAY COULD EXPOSE COMPANY TO HACKERS

Your dating app could bring down the entire office

By Jenn Gidman As if online dating weren’t fraught with enoughpitfalls, an IBM study published yesterday found that 26 of 41 popular Android dating apps, or 63%, had “medium to severe” security vulnerabilities that could leave users open to hacks, Reuters reports. And almost half of the companies reviewed for the report had workers who tapped into such apps—and then used the same phone at work, opening up their employers to cyberissues as well. “Your contacts list … your stored images.

[Hackers] can actually also potentially access features on the device—so your camera, your microphone, even your GPS location,” says the security intelligence director of IBM Security, per CBS New York.

How likely (and incredibly creepy) is that? The report reveals 73% of top dating apps can tell your past and present GPS locations, while 34% can get into your camera. Which means, on a not-so-romantic front, that hackers can possibly stalk your daily activity, scroll

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News briefs...

‘Remembering Our Fallen’ memorial photo exhibit Patriotic Productions, a non-profit organization, has chosen Alpine, Calif. to receive its “Remembering Our Fallen” memorial photo exhibit of the sacrifice made by 710 service members (77 from local area) who were killed in the War on Terror in Iraq and Afghanistan.

The display will be open from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. through March 7 at the Alpine Community Center, 1830 Alpine Blvd.

No admission charge.

For more information, call Diana Saenger at 619-504-4148 or visit www.

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Learn to save program at Navy Fed Navy Federal Credit Union (NFCU) will participate in Military Saves, a program which seeks to motivate, support and encourage military families to save money, reduce debt and build wealth.

Now through Sunday, March 22, NFCU is offering special promotions in celebration of Military Saves. Along

with its usual variety of savings products, NFCU is offering a $100 IRA bonus to members who open their first IRA. There are also two special IRA promotions geared toward beginner and/or savvy savers.

Learn more about all programs and rates at www.navyfederal.org.

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Rucking is the military activity of moving around with weight on your back in a rucksack (aka backpack). Rucking is a great workout and a new challenge to defeat. Participants will be rewarded with free beer and the greatest 5K after-party. Come on out and work your butt off.

HireLive career fair being held Hire Live will hold a career fair on Thursday, March 12 from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at Embassy Suites Hotel Downtown, 601 Pacific Hwy., San Di-

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You may qualify for VA’s Special Monthly Compensation program The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Special Monthly Compensation (SMC) program may provide benefits in addition to, or instead of, disability compensation if there is loss (or loss of use of ) a limb, sight, speech, hearing, mobility, sexual organ or functioning, or for certain other disabilities. There may be eligibility for SMC if the veteran is unable to leave the house or bed without help or is in need of regular help from another person in

performing the basic tasks of everyday life, such as eating, bathing, dressing, toileting and transferring. Because VA’s Special Monthly Compensation program is one of the most confusing and intricate programs that the VA offers, it is important that you seek assistance from an accredited veterans service officer.

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New temporary benefit for eligible veterans [VA Choice Card] Patriotic Productions, a non-profit organization, has chosen Alpine, Calif. to receive its “Remembering Our Fallen” memorial photo exhibit of the sacrifice made by 710 service members (77 from local area) who were killed in the War on Terror in Iraq and Afghanistan.

The display will be open from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. through March 7 at the Alpine Community Center, 1830 Alpine Blvd.

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Military Crisis Line available all day, every day for active duty, reserves and veterans Active, Reserve or National Guard service members in crisis or service members who are in need of urgent help can call “The Military Crisis Line,” a confidential support line that’s accessible 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and 365 days a year. Veterans can also call. The service is free. Qualified responders from the Department of Vet-

erans Affairs (VA) staff the Military Crisis Line, many of whom have served in the military.

A Military Crisis Line responder can provide support any time of the day.

Call, toll free, 1-800-273-8255, and press 1. For more information, visit the Visit Veterans Crisis Line website at www. veteranscrisisline.net.

Veterans United Home Loans of San Diego launches free education initiative Veterans United Home Loans of San Diego announces the launch of free monthly VA home loan seminars.

Statistics show that more than 80 percent of veterans and service members could not qualify for a conventional home loan. A large majority, however, could qualify for the VA Loan.

Unfortunately, the benefits often go unused due to the lack of awareness of advantages or even the existence of the VA home loan program. Recognizing this, Veterans United has committed themselves to closing this knowledge

gap.

With so many employees who are veterans themselves, Veterans United truly understands what a difference the VA home loan benefit can make in a veteran’s life. Who better deserves the American Dream than those who have fought to protect it? That’s why Veterans United is now providing free monthly VA home loan seminars.

These seminars will cover every aspect of the VA home loan benefit and the home loan process. Veterans UnitEDUCATION, cont’d. on Page 22

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With affordable accommodations, top-notch amenities and entertainment, lots of indoor fun and outdoor events, Laughlin is the perfect place to get away!

Laughlin has everything you and your friends and family need to make your next getaway fun and memorable.

Just 90 miles south of Las Vegas, it’s an easy drive on major Southern California, Arizona and Nevada highways; plus, air travelers can enjoy the convenience of direct air-charter flight packages.

With more than 175,000 square feet of meeting space, hospitality suites, unique outdoor venues like Victory Plaza, and beautiful ballrooms, Laughlin

resorts are ready to help you plan your next gathering. It’s a favorite destination for military reunions, training and education, as well as military balls.

You’ll choose from nine distinct casino-resort hotels that line the banks of one of the most pristine parts of the Colorado River. You’ll experience accommodations that are comfortable and affordable with beautiful views of the river or surrounding desert mountain landscape.

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tertainment lineup takes it up a notch with performers such as Toby Keith, Tim McGraw, Jason Aldean, Trace Adkins and Dierks Bentley. Throughout the year, there are car shows, chili cookoffs, barbeque competitions, festivals and one of the best July 4th fireworks shows in the West. The Aquarius Resort Casino is offering a free concert from the Commanders Jazz Ensemble, part of the United States Air Force Band of the Golden West from Travis Air Force Base in California, in the Aquarius Pavilion on March 22 starting at 3 p.m.

Guests are limited to two tickets while supplies last.

Laughlin is also home to exciting outdoor adventures on the river with Jet Ski, wave runner, canoe or kayak rentals. You can also take part in fishing along the shoreline, boat rentals, hiking and bicycling trails, horseback riding, a jet boat tour or championship

golf courses.

You’re sure to work up quite an appetite and, fortunately, there are unique and fun restaurants that will satisfy any taste bud and budget. The Colorado Belle’s Loading Dock Bar & Grille serves terrific Southwestern barbeque with indoor and outdoor patio seating, or try Guy Fieri’s El Burro Borracho, Bumbleberry Flats, Bubba Gump Shrimp with river patio dining, and Pints Microbrewery.

Of course, there are buffets for allyou-can-eat appetites and gourmet restaurants for that special dinner you want to splurge on.

Toss in a little pampering with an invigorating spa treatment, big-name entertainment options year-round and exciting nightlife, and you’ll see why Laughlin is the perfect place to plan your next getaway. For more, go to VisitLaughlin.com.

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Prior learning credit for service members

By Jillian Ventrone Prior learning credit is college credit that an institution of higher learning may grant for non-traditional learning, or learning that occurs outside of an academic classroom. Why is it important to you? Because it can help you achieve degree completion at a faster rate.

Eligible veterans have thirty-six month of GI Bill benefits available to them. Think about the flexibility you might gain by attending a school that will grant you free prior learning credits.

You might be able to graduate early and save some GI Bill benefit for a

master’s degree or enter the workforce earlier.

Applicable prior learning is done in areas of life such as work experiences, military and volunteer service, and training programs. While not widely advertised, many schools do award it, but will demand evidence of the type of learning that occurred. For service members, prior learning credit can be demonstrated through submission of their Joint Services Transcript (JST), formerly the Sailor and Marine ACE Registry Transcript or SMART, as well as subject-matter proficiency exams such as those completed through the

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College Level Examination Program (CLEP).

A service member’s JST lists all of the training that he or she completed while on active duty.

This includes formal schools, MOS or rating-related training, and other instruction, such as the MCI courses that Marines must complete, and the recommendations for credit that the American Council on Education (ACE) has documented. This type of credit is nontraditional in nature and is awarded by the good grace of the school. While veterans and active-duty personnel are often granted credit in

this manner, credit amounts can vary greatly by school. Institutions that award credit based on the JST are demonstrating the value they place on the pre-existing knowledge that veterans have gained through their service.

CLEP exams are more widely accepted than the JST. CLEPs are offered for general education credit courses only: think math, English, natural science, social science, and history. If your college awards credit in this manner consider testing. CLEPs do not award grades. Successful completion of an exam basically knocks out the demand for that class. For example, passing the psychology CLEP can help you knock out one of your social and behavioral science class requirements without ever attending the class.

While on active duty the first test in each subject area is free. If you fail an exam, you will wait three months to retest and pay a fee. Fees vary per site aboard military bases. In many cases, veterans and spouses can test aboard bases as well, but they will be charged a fee for every exam. Free study material for CLEP exams can be found at www. petersons.com/dod.

If you are attending school or preparing to start, ask your institution if they accept credit through submission and revue of your JST and for successful completion of CLEP exams. Accessing and sending your JST is free, and most schools do not charge a fee for the revue. CLEP test preparation material is free and if you pass on the first try, so is the test. Free credit and faster degree completion is a winning combination to help you achieve academic success.

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Ticket pricing for May 2 fight goes berserk

By Kurt Badenhausen Forbes.com Boxing fans have waited six long years to see the two greatest fighters of this generation square off in the ring.

Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao finally got a deal done last week to meet on May 2 in Las Vegas, and the intense demand to see the latest “fight of the century” is producing historical pricing levels for those that want to secure tickets.

Tickets have not gone on sale to the public yet, but they are expected to start at $1,000 with ringside seats fetching a face value of $5,000. This will result in a total gate of around $40 million for the 16,800-seat MGM Grand Garden Arena. It would double the previous biggest gate in boxing history, which was $20 million for the Mayweather vs. Canelo Alvarez fight billed as “The One” in September 2013.

The reality is that few tickets will wind up available to the public with the MGM Grand, sponsors, promoters and the fighters snapping up many of the ducats before they go on sale. You

can purchase tickets on the secondary market through online sellers like SeatGeek, which already has 422 seats for sale via ticket brokers who for the most part have relationships with the venue or other sources where they know they will have access to tickets.

Early pricing is through the roof, but it is not clear if it is realistic, as no tickets have been sold yet through SeatGeek, according to Connor Gregoire, an analyst with the company. The cheapest seat listed for the fight is $4,116 with a median price of $9,218. Floor seats start at $22,441.

This compares to an average secondary price of $2,168 for Mayweather-Alvarez. Gregoire expects tickets for Mayweather-Pacquiao to eventual settle in at least twice as high The One. Celebrities like Jack Nicholson, 50

Cent, Will Smith and Leo DiCaprio are used to getting comped tickets when they attend a big fight, but Bob Arum who runs Top Rank, which is co-promoting Mayweather-Pacquiao, says not this time. “Nobody is going to get these tickets without paying for them,” Arum told ESPN 1100 in Las Vegas Monday.

When he gets a celebrity call, Arum says he is routing them to the MGM

which has the biggest block of tickets.

Ringside seats will be even harder to come by. “Because of the price of the tickets, MGM, for example, will only give ringside tickets to its customers who have a $250,000 line of credit,” said Arum. Gamblers are expected to use their $250K credit line that weekend and not sit on it either.

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Most anticipated games of 2015 1

Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain

The release of Ground Zeroes whet our appetite for our first full Met- al Gear Solid game on the next-gen consoles. Venturing into the open world, The Phantom Pain looks like a game of the year candidate.

2

Tom Clancy’s The Division

After a deadly virus is unleashed on New York City, The President calls in the top-secret Division to keep peace on the streets.

4

Mortal Combat X

Mortal Combat X has already gotten a big bump thanks to Conan O’Brien’s Clueless Gamer segment with Marshawn Lynch and Rob Gronkowski.

5

Players will once again control Geralt of in the third entry of the extremely robust open-world RPG franchise.

Batman: Arkham Knight

7

Coming off a misstep for the Arkham series, Batman: Arkham Knight is being developed by the original studio, Rocksteady, which should bring

The Order: 1886

In an alternate historical timeline, The Order pits humans against the de-evolved “Half-breeds.” You’ll play as Sir Galahad, a member of an elite group of Knights.

3

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

6

The Legend of Zelda Wii U

The first original Zelda game exclusively for the Wii U will feature an open-world environment that’ll expand the universe (maybe) past just single-player gaming.

title on the Xbox One, we’ll see a new character in Agent Locke, a Spartan tasked with hunting down Master Chief.

11

Star Wars: Battlefront

This next-gen upgrade will blast onto consoles this year, letting players go after each other on Hoth, Endor and (hopefully) some locations seen in The Force Awakens.

12

Kingdom Hearts III

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Quantum Break

Goofy, Mickey and Donald reunite with Sora on their third adventure through Disney’s magical worlds.

This timetravel thriller

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the series to a fitting conclusion.

8

Final Fantasy XV

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Battlefield Hardline

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Halo 5: Guardians

Formerly known as Final Fantasy Versus, FFXV will drop players into the magical world for the 15th unique installment of the epic franchise.

The next entry in the Battlefield story, players will focus on the inner-city battle between the police and criminals.

In Halo’s first all-new

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Paddling up

‘Schitt’s Creek’ a load of fun Schitt’s Creek will be one of your new favorite comedies if you let it.

The Canadian import, which recently premiered on Pop (formerly the TV Guide Network), has all the makings of a cult hit. The plot—a very rich (and out of touch) family loses everything and must start over in a town they own, bought on whim because of its name— coupled with the right stars makesSchitt’s Creek a must-see for any fan of smart TV comedies.

You just can’t go wrong with Catherine O’Hara and Eugene Levy. The comedy legends are husband and wife Johnny and Moira Rose. Their chemistry and timing remains spot on. Joined

by Dan Levy—son of Eugene, the two created the comedy together—Annie Murphy and Chris Elliott, O’Hara and Eugene Levy are the anchors of a strong show that deserves your attention.

Can you deny wanting to see O’Hara playing a former TV star having a meltdown while packing up various

items—including a bevy of wigs she has named—and shouting, “My very soul has been kidnapped. There’s no ransom, no one’s coming to save me!

No…no, did you put Christy with Robin? They don’t like each other! No, no!”

She’s referring to her wigs, obviously.

O’Hara is given some of the best material—she’ll be your new favorite TV mom alongside Empire’s Cookie if you let her—and for good reason. After all, she is Catherine O’Hara.

“There is a very small amount set aside for you and one asset the government has allowed you to maintain,” a government official tells the family.

“The kids,” Moira replies.

Johnny bought the town of Schitt’s Creek as a joke for son David (Dan Levy who inherited his father’s comedy chops and holds his owns with the scene-stealers known for their improv backgrounds) and the family is allowed

to keep it—it’s basically worthless— and live there amongst the…townsfolk.

It’s a culture shock in the best way possible. The premise lends itself to fish out of water comedy, with plenty of kooky townsfolk and judgment from the formerly rich Roses.

Pop sent out five episodes of the series for review—unedited, so there were some f-bombs that make it all the more hilarious—and it’s a wild, humorous ride. O’Hara’s Moira steals the show, you won’t want to miss when she

teaches the local kids a drama class, but Dan Levy’s David isn’t far behind with great one-liners and spot-on delivery.

The dysfunction is real and it’s very entertaining. We’ll leave you with this Moira line upon hearing her daughter, Alexis, is attempting to leave the family: “Well, that is not happening and I am appalled that my baby girl has turned into a selfish, duplicitous whore—oh hello!”

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Lyndon B. Johnson 36th President of the U.S. Served from Nov. 22, 1963 to Jan. 20, 1969

“The noblest search is the search for excellence.”

– Johnson

Hubert Humphrey 38th Vice President of the U.S. Served from Jan. 20, 1965 to Jan. 20, 1969

World Events

North Vietnam and spends 5-1/2 years in prison • Six-Day War — Arab • Soccer riot in Sivas, forces attack Israel beginTurkey kills 41 ning the Yom Kippur War • The tanker “Torrey when Arab forces were Canyon” runs aground on defeated and Israel took rocks off Land’s End, U.S., possession of additional • Interracial marriage is declared causing an ecological diterritory constitutional by the Supreme Court saster • Pirate radio stations in the “Loving v. Virginia” case and • Nuclear Space Weapin the U.K. were outlawed barred Virginia and by imons Treaty is • Earthquake in Caraplication other states from ratified by cas, Venezuela kills 240 John McCain making interracial marriage world powers • Foot and Mouth a crime epidemic in Britain is the • The 25th Amendment to U.S. News worst this century and the governthe Constitution is ratified • Race riots break ment issued additional guidelines to which deals with succession out in a number of cithelp stop the spread of the disease to the Presidency ies including Cleveland, including stopping all horse racing • Thurgood Marshall beLoving v. Virginia Newark and Detroit • Presidential hopeful U.S. Navy comes first black justice on pilot John McCain is shot down over the Supreme Court • Muhammad Ali is stripped of his heavyweight title for refusing induction into Army

• President Johnson asks for 6% increase on taxes to support the Vietnam War • Tens of thousands Vietnam War protesters march in Washington, D.C.

Popular Culture

• Evel Knievel jumps his motorcycle over 16 cars lined up in a row • Beatles release “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band” • Elvis Presley marries Priscilla • Carroll Shelby Mustang GT500 Fastback released

Movies

• The Dirty Dozen • You Only Live Twice • Casino Royale • A Man for All Seasons • Thoroughly Modern Millie • To Sir, With Love • Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner?

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Fairy tale beginning

“Daddy,” a little girl asked her father, “do all fairy tales begin with ‘Once upon a time’? “ “No, sweetheart,” he answered.

“Some begin with ‘If I am elected.’”

“Make me one with everything.” says the Buddhist to the tofu hot dog vendor.

Then, after getting his tofu hot dog, the Buddhist hands the vendor a twenty dollar bill.

The vendor takes the money and begins helping the next customer.

The Buddhist looks puzzled and asks the vendor, “Where is my change?”

The vendor replies, “Change comes from within.”

Just for Laughs Family tradition

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A man wants to cook a fancy meal for his wife, so he makes his mother’s recipe for beef roast. Before putting the roast into the oven, he cuts off the end. His wife asks him why he did that.

“I dunno,” he says. “My mom always did that. I think it has to do with the meat cooking more evenly.”

“But that’s a very expensive cut of meat,” says the wife, “and you just threw away a good piece of it!”

So they call the mother. The son asks, “Mom, when you make beef roast, why do you always cut off the end?”

“I’m not sure,” she says. “My mother always did that. I think it was a superstition she had from the old country.”

So they call the grandmother.

“Grandma, when you made beef roast, why did you always cut off the end?”

“This probably isn’t a problem for you,” she replies, “but my pan was very small.”

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Serious negotiator

The maid asked for a raise, and the wife was upset.

She asked, “Now, Helen, why do you think you deserve a pay increase?”

Helen: “There are three reasons.

The first is that I iron better than you.”

Wife: “Who said that?”

Helen: “Your husband.”

Wife: “Oh.” Helen: “The second reason is that I am a better cook than you.”

Wife: “Who said that?”

Helen: “Your husband.”

Wife: “Oh.” Helen: “The third reason is that I am

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Wife: “Did my husband say that as well?”

Helen: “No, the gardener did.”

Wife: “So, how much do you want?”

Financial transparency

A man is getting into the shower just as his wife is finishing up her shower when the doorbell rings. The wife quickly wraps herself in a towel and runs downstairs. When she opens the door, there stands Bob, the next door neighbor. Before she says a word, Bob says, “I’ll give you $800 to drop that towel.” After thinking for a moment, the woman drops her towel and stands naked in front of Bob. After a few seconds, Bob hands her $800 dollars and leaves. The woman wraps back up in the towel and goes back upstairs. When she gets to the bathroom, her husband asks,…

“Who was that?” “It was Bob the next door neighbor,” she replies.

“Great!” the husband says, “Did he say anything about the $800 he owes me?”

Know your job

A priest offered a lift to a Nun. She got in and crossed her legs, forcing her gown to reveal a leg. The priest nearly had an accident. After controlling the car, he stealthily slid his hand up her leg. The nun said,”Father, remember Psalm 129?” The priest removed his hand. But,changing gears, he let his hand slide up her leg again. The nun once again said, “Father, remember

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Psalm 129?” The priest apologized “Sorry sister but the flesh is weak.” Arriving at the convent, the nun went on her way.

On his arrival at the church, the priest rushed to look up Psalm 129. It said, “Go forth and seek, further up, you will find glory.”

Moral of the story: If you are not well informed in your job, you might miss a great opportunity.

Word play

A fine is a tax for doing wrong. A tax is a fine for doing well.

Reverse psychology

Just some advice for newly married men. You have been drinking with friends, it’s 2 am and you want to enter your house quietly so as not to waken your beloved.

As you near home you cut the car lights, turn off the engine and coast up to your house. Close the car door very quietly. Close the front door very quietly and tiptoe up to the bedroom. Just as you are about to get in bed, she turns over and yells “where the hell have you been till 2 am?”

Yours has been a misguided approach. You should instead leave the car lights on bright, gun the engine, and squeal to a halt in front of the house. Slam the door to the car. Slam the door to the house, and stomp up the stairs singing “I’m in the mood for love.” I guarantee she will pretend to be asleep.

SUDOKU The rules to play Sudoku are quite simple. Fill in the blanks so that each row, each column, and each of the nine 3x3 grids contain one instance of each of the numbers 1 through 9.

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shirt making factory, al- crooks lowing 10 convicts—in- immediately put the arsecluding experienced nal to use committing a wave of bank stickup men “Handsome” heists that left two police officers dead.

Harry Pierpont, Charles 5. Dillinger was a nationwide celebMakley and John Hamrity.

Dillinger’s famous robberies and ilton—to get the drop on getaways saw his face splashed across their guards and escape.

The timing couldn’t newspapers and newsreels as much as have been better. Dill- some Hollywood stars. An Indianapoinger had been arrested lis lottery on when he would be cap? ow Kn u at a girlfriend’s house tured proved so popular it had to be Yo Did in ath de r’s ge lin only a few days before, shut down, and his father was offered Shortly after John Dil sts ca r ste pla d lde mo and was languishing in a small fortune to do public speaking July 1934, several I FB e. s fac jail in Lima, Ohio. On engagements. When Dillinger and his were taken of his lifeles dis ly ud pro er October 12, the newly gang were arrested in Tucson, Arizona, Director J. Edgar Hoov outs sk ma ath de se liberated Pierpont and scores of people filed through the city the 2. played one of Born in Indianapolis, John r. ree ca his of rest two other men waltzed jailhouse just for the opportunity to lay He side his office for the Dillinger, the Tommy gunin the front door and eyes on the dashing criminal. Businessspent wielding gangster, robbed at busted him out, gunning es even used him as an unsanctioned most celebrity endorsement. Upon learnleast a dozen banks and led of his adult life in prison. In September down the county sheriff in the process.

4. He robbed police stations. While ing that the car-loving outlaw drove 1924, a 21-year-old Dillinger was sent to police and federal agents on their automobile, one Hudson dealerprison after being nabbed in a botched most criminals stayed as far away from ship hung a banner reading, “Dillinger a yearlong chase across the robbery on an elderly grocer. The young lawmen as possible, Dillinger was willMidwest before being gunned hood spent the next eight and a half ing to march right into their headquar- Chooses the 1934 Hudson For His Use.” When the robber later down outside a Chicago mov- years doing time with some of the Mid- ters with gun in hand. Shortly after be- Personal switched to a Ford, the company printwest’s most hardened convicts and get- ing sprung from jail in October 1933, ed brochures saying, “Will they catch ie theater in July 1934. BeDillinger and his band carried out a low, learn 10 surprising facts ting a comprehensive education in the pair of audacious heists on the police John Dillinger? Not until they get him tricks of the criminal trade. Only days about the short and infamous after winning parole in May 1933, a stations at Auburn and Peru, Indiana. out of a Ford V8!”

6. He escaped from jail using a life of the man the authorithoroughly unrehabilitated Dillinger As bewildered deputies looked on, the wooden gun. Dillinger was arrested in hooked up with an Indianapolis gang gangsters emptied their gun cabinets of Tucson, Arizona in January 1934, after ties branded “Public Enemy and committed a series of grocery store Thompson submachine guns, shotguns, locals recognized a few of his heavily No. 1.” and restaurant stickups. He graduat- rifles, tear gas guns, bullet proof vests DILLINGER, cont’d. on Page 20 1. Dillinger served in the Navy. Dill- ed to bank robbery a few weeks later, and more than a dozen pistols. The inger began his criminal career at the kicking off the yearlong crime spree tender age of 20, when he boosted a car that would make him the nation’s most near Mooresville, Indiana and went on a wanted gangster. joyride through Indianapolis. Confront3. Dillinger helped bust his fellow ed and nearly gunned down by police, gang members of out of jail. Dillinger he decided to enlist in the U.S. Navy to committed a string of high profile escape arrest. Dillinger later spent a heists during the summer of 1933, but few months shoveling coal aboard the he was desperate to reunite with some battleship Utah, but the future gang- of his old prison buddies to form an ace ster didn’t take well to military disci- bank robbing gang. That September, he pline. He was repeatedly censured for began plotting to break his would-be insubordination and going AWOL, and accomplices out of the Indiana State spent several days in solitary confine- Prison at Michigan City. Dillinger conment before finally deserting for good spired to have three .38 pistols hidden in December 1923. in a crate of thread bound for the jail’s For advertising information, call (858) 537-2280 • advertising@militarypress.com March 1, 2015 THE MILITARY PRESS 19

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Amazingly, Dillinger was back in ac-

tion only three days later, teaming with gangster Baby Face Nelson and others to knock over a bank in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.

7. Dillinger underwent facial reconstructive surgery to hide his identity. By late-May1934, Dillinger’s reputation— and his easily recognizable mug—was beginning to catch up to him. He’d been shot in the leg during a shootout with agents from the FBI (then known as the Division of Investigation) in late March, and had only narrowly escaped an ambush by G-Men at a resort in Wisconsin a month later. Desperate to change his appearance, he paid $5,000 to enlist the services of Wilhelm Loeser and Harold Bernard Cassidy, a pair of underworld plastic surgeons. After anaesthetizing Dillinger with ether, the doctors gave the gangster a rudimentary facelift, removed several moles and scars, filled in his famous cleft chin and used chemicals to burn off his fingerprints.

The procedure proved excruciating,

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and Dillinger was decidedly unsatisfied with the results. Upon looking in the mirror, he supposedly exclaimed, “Hell, I don’t look any different than I did!”

8. He was killed after being betrayed by a friend. Dillinger spent most of July 1934 holed up in a Chicago apartment with new girlfriend Polly Hamilton and brothel owner named Anna Sage. He successfully evaded police for most of that month—even attending Chicago Cubs baseball games—but his days were numbered. After the price on his head soared to $25,000, the Romanian-born Sage contacted the FBI and offered to give him up for part of the reward money as well as aid in avoiding deportation. On July 22, 1934, federal agents were watching as Sage, Hamilton and Dillinger went to see the Clark Gable crime film “Manhattan Melodrama” at Chicago’s Biograph Theater. When the trio stepped out onto the sidewalk shortly after 10:30 p.m., agents closed in with guns drawn. Dillinger struggled to pull a.380 automatic from his pocket, but was quickly cut down in a hail of bullets. He died on the scene.

9. The federal government spent more money trying to catch him than he stole. Dillinger and his gang robbed at least a dozen banks and netted a total

loot of around $500,000 (roughly $7 million in modern day currency), but his take paled in comparison to the amount of money the FBI spent trying to catch him. According to the Associated Press, the nascent government agency racked up a tab of some $2 million on the manhunt, which included the bill for several agents dedicated solely to Dillinger.

Historians have since credited the hunt for John Dillinger—and his eventual death at FBI hands—with helping legitimize the Bureau and establish it as the nation’s most famous crime unit.

10. His body was viewed by thousands of spectators. Dillinger’s astonishing celebrity became more apparent than ever after his death. Souvenirhunters dabbed handkerchiefs in his blood at the scene of the shooting, and thousands of people lined up to view his bullet-riddled body when it was put on display at the morgue. A mob of spectators later gathered at the funeral home, and despite efforts to keep its date a secret, more than 5,000 people appeared at the cemetery for his burial.

Dillinger’s casket was encased in cement to deter grave robbers, but his headstone later had to be replaced several times after people claimed pieces of it as keepsakes.

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