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I don't get it either. That show is surprisingly good. Kinda sappy, but it will show the Mayor as human. Something critics seem to doubt.

I did. I thought it was good. Plenty of great money shots of Cincy. Granted I was trying to figure out which park the obese hooker got busted, funny to see a typical drunken Eastsider get arrested and the dangers of Kentuckians thinking they're tough enough to buy drugs in the hood.

Kaisch is trying to create jobs!??! All I've read about is job killing polices. Ohio Film Office Approve Clooney Incentives – And Quits Posted by jkiesewetter 01/07/11, 5:18 pm Now I know why the Ohio Film Office in Columbus never got back to me this week on whether George Clooney will receive a tax incentive for shooting “Ides of March” here, as he’s getting from the Michigan film office… The entire Ohio Film Office staff resigned today under pressure from new Gov. John Kasich. http://cincinnati.com/blogs/tv/2011/01/07/ohio-film-office-approve-clooney-incentives-and-quits/

Didn't think it could get any better . . . Clooney, Tomei, Evan Rachel Wood, Giamatti, Philip Seymour Hoffman. Filming at Memorial Hall and Lunken Airport. This has Oscar written all over. Clooney to film at Memorial Hall, Lunken George Clooney's "Ides of March" movie, scheduled to start filming here next month, will be art imitating life. Clooney, who directs and stars in the film about a Democratic governor campaigning in presidential primaries, has personally scouted two locations here often used by national candidates: Lunken Airport and Memorial Hall. To read more: http://news.cincinnati.com/article/20110106/ENT02/101070336/1196/NEWS/Clooney-to-film-in-OTR-Lunken

Molly Wellmann and Michael Redmond of Neon’s to reopen Japp’s by julie on January 5, 2011 Exciting news– Molly Wellmann, possibly Cincinnati’s most well-known bartender, is partnering with Michael Redmond from Neon’s to reopen Japp’s on Main. Japp’s was one of the anchor bars for the Main Street Entertainment District in it’s heyday. Read more: http://winemedinemecincinnati.com/2011/01/molly-wellmann-and-michael-redmond-of-neons-to-reopen-japps/

Hollywood can't quit Cincy. Two more shows. First up -“Harry’s Law” debuting Monday, Jan. 17 (10 p.m.) The quirky character was created by Emmy-winning writer David E. Kelley from “Boston Legal,” “The Practice,” “Ally McBeal,” “L.A. Law,” “Picket Fences” and “Chicago Hope.” He told me that he set the show in Cincinnati because he wanted it in a “cosmopolitan” big city that doesn’t get much attention, compared to a city such as his hometown of Boston (setting for “The Practice,” “Boston Legal” and “Boston Public”). Kelley originally wrote the pilot for a male lead, but when he couldn’t find the right actor they went looking for an actress like Kathy Bates. When she agreed to take the role, the title character was changed to Harriet, but she insisted the title remain “Harry.” http://cincinnati.com/blogs/tv/2011/01/05/nbcs-new-kathy-bates-series-set-in-cincinnati/ Then - Police Women of Cincinnati Premieres January 13 at 9/8c The latest installment of the hit POLICE WOMEN franchise moves to Cincinnati, Ohio - The Queen City - to follow four highly respected female officers with the Cincinnati Police Department. These fearless women will encounter intense cop drama and action as they patrol some of the most dangerous neighborhoods in America, all while balancing kids, significant others, and life at home http://press.discovery.com/us/tlc/programs/police-women-cincinnati/

Start date of early Spring according to the latest Enquirer article.

Texas seems to be held up as some Republican utopia - the only way to run a state government. I'm not sure why. Texas has a nearly as big of deficit as California. Maybe they solved it(probably on the backs of the poor). The recession has ravage everyone(except the top 2% who need tax cuts to create a half a job). There's always going to be fat to trim. It's a never-ending process.

Or a true 3-C of Cincy, Columbus, and Chicago. :evil:

The $36.8 million plus the $114m already secured exceeds the amount needed for the first phase, correct? EDIT - based on the budgeted amount of $128m.

I'm just relieved the $12 million for grass cutting has been preserved. The Grass Cutters of Ohio would be p!ssed.

Ouch, NYTimes has another article about the other states divining up the spoils. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/10/us/10rail.html?hp

Monday Night Football Promo with Leslie Nielsen

Here is a little more on just how much debt the FEDs (taxpayer) has taken on. What the banks gave us in return was 'paper' that was not even close to being worth a $1 for a $1. TARP was a drop in the bucket. Fed to Release Emergency Lending Details, Sanders Says "The U.S. Federal Reserve is expected Wednesday to release data on financial institutions and foreign central banks to which it made more than $2 trillion in emergency loans during the financial crisis, according to a U.S. senator who has long been pushing the Fed to be more transparent in its actions." http://blogs.wsj.com/economics/2010/11/30/fed-to-release-details-on-lending-programs-wednesday/ As far as payback for these 'loans' go. No such luck and I am sure we will not see most of this money paid back any time soon, if ever. Payback is going to be all that worthless or devalued 'paper' (assets) they gave as collatoral for the loans. Fed Details Emergency Lending "While some of the programs have been wound down as the health of financial markets improved, the Fed still holds most of the assets it took on during the crisis. As of Nov. 17, the Fed had $2.3 trillion in assets." http://blogs.wsj.com/economics/2010/12/01/fed-to-detail-emergency-lending/ If TARP and these emergency financial loans weren't enought (about $3 Trillion) the taxpayer has also taken on Billions+ more in debt as we increase our amount of bad housing loans from the banks through Fannie and Freddie and these two continue to bleed by the billions. I think you can safely say the taxpayer of the US has taken on $3.5 to $4 Trillion in debt through this mess. Maybe even higher and there is no way a lot of this will ever pay itself back. The transfer of wealth and debt over the last few years is STUNNING. I think this is terribly misleading. Maybe this is the extreme-right version. Here's a version for the rest of us. "The disclosure, which was mandated by the Dodd-Frank financial overhaul law signed by President Obama in July, offers details about the $3 trillion in liquidity that the Fed provided to investment banks, foreign central banks and a number of other institutions." ". . .benefited from a program that supported the market for commercial paper — the short-term i.o.u.’s that corporations rely upon to make payroll and pay their suppliers. During the worst moments of the crisis, in the fall of 2008, even creditworthy corporate borrowers found this source of financing had dried up, and had to turn to the Fed for help." "The Fed, which took months to compile the data and release it in electronic form by the Dec. 1 deadline, emphasized that most of the programs closed earlier this year and that taxpayers did not incur losses." And it goes on to explain how terrible things truly were. But I'm sure will fall on deaf ears for a certain segment of the (backwards)population. Looking forward to the "End the Fed" chants http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/02/business/economy/02fed.html?_r=1&hpw

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A netbook that isn't complete toxic junk after two months.

20% filled, the apartments that is.

Keep dreaming. The Bottom-Feeders bowl (browns v tampa bay) was Cleveland's highlight of the year.

This is b-ball news. The Bearcats are doing a tour of Canada's best teams. A mini-tour of 3 or 4 teams. I think they are playing soon which seems like odd timing. Go UC, take care of Fresno St. 10:30 ESPN2 Saturday night.

That Votto at-bat was epic. It was a stop-everything-your-doing moment, something special is going on here. It was the talk of the office. Votto in the running for MVP and Triple Crowd, great stuff.

Cue JSkinner in 3. . . 2. . . 1. . .

Rolen was awesome. It was like a rugby scrum. He moved, the whole group moved. He is one bad-a$$. Heard LaRue got beat up. A Tea Bagger poster child vs an illegal. Sweet. Now we just need to get back to winning.

The sweet corn has been fantastic this summer. I had great luck with the street corner farmers on the Westside. Very sweet and extra crunchy. Tri-color has been the best. White has it moments too. The only bad batch was when I bought them at Krogers. Never again. Do they even sell sweet corn on the eastside. ;-)

I would like to see cameras shoot in 16:9 ratio. I know there's a few out there, but not many. I've seen more and more people use their HD TVs to show their photos, same with digital frames. Most newer computer screens use that ratio. It's the future. Cameras seem to be behind the curve. Then frames would follow. I'll let someone else figure out what that would make a standard frame size.

Very cool. Where they get the Reds hats?