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THUS OBSERVED TANK "THE SHREDDER" EVANS IN SURF'S UP LAST SUMMER in explaining himself, all the while glossing over the fact (evident as the film goes on) that he plays arrogant to the point of dirty when it comes to surfing competition, thus earning him much enmity--and costs him a tenth Big Z Memorial Surf-Off Competition, losing to the most unlikeliest of competitiors:

None other than Chicken Joe out of Sheboygan.

(And it turns out that Big Z had been in hiding all along as Geek.)

I bring this up as something of a reflection on how Your Correspondent approaches weblogging, especially considering where a number of Zealots and True Believers in conservative misinformation hold dear their own deluded fantasy about Secular-Progressive bloggers being somehow "reckless and irresponsible" when, in fact, the charge amounts to projection seeking to protect conservative Zealotry and True Belief rooted in lies, half-truths, distortions of fact and misinformation which, as required, can involve pornographic distraction having no other useful purpose or benefit.

And I take my Secular-Progressive leanings as a Badge of Honour--please note this, Bill O'Reilly and suchlike among thy ilk deluded in your own warped arrogance, in case you stumble upon this blog, let alone this item. And you ain't whistling the Horst Wessel for nothing!

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AND SPEAKING OF "SECULAR-PROGRESSIVE," TURKEY'S PRIME MINISTER HAS CALLED FOR NATIONWIDE CALM ahead of a hearing Monday by the Constitutional Court on a petition to have the ruling AK Party (successor to the now-banned Welfare Party) disbanded for Promoting an Overtly Islamist Agenda incompatible with the Turkish Constitution's mandate of a Secular-Progressive Republic.

(Memo to those Americans who call yourselves "patriots" and "defenders of the Constitution:" Read Article VI, clause (c) of the United States Constitution in its entire--especially so the last part, proscribing use of "religious test" as a political qualifier. And don't come crying to moi.)