Hussein Smithers MINNEAPOLIS

Keirin

I can’t imagine how those Japanese keirin riders end up with so much road rash.

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RADIUS #1

Track fans, do not forget!

Radius #1, this Saturday at the NSC Velodrome.

Racing starts at 5pm, bring the family.

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Music Friday

Milt Jackson. Hard bop vibraphonist.

Vibraphone is a unique instrument but it works damn well in a jazz group. No one played it better than Jackson.

Enjoy.

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Friday Pumpkin Loaf

Some for me, some for Baby Smithers. Courtesy of JRoosh. Thanks dude!

(sent mobile)

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Held without charge

What’s your opinion?

Is it right that those who are “plucked off the battlefield” can be held indefinitely and without charge?

Should US Constitutional rights be extended to those individuals captured overseas who are accused of attacking the United States?

Should US Constitutional rights be suspended for those individuals captured within the United States?

Should US Constitutional right be suspended at any time for US citizens?

Did the Founding Fathers fight a revolution to ensure that in a time of war, which can last as long as a president says it does, a chief executive has the right to detain whomever he wants, for as long as he wishes, with no recourse to habeas corpus, and under conditions that an international human-rights monitor considers “tantamount to torture?”

Your GOP presidential candidates believe that very thing.

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Ray

Checking the wind during his final time trial preparations.

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and thanks Little Guy!

Big thanks to the Little Guy for letting me be his Madison partner for the racing Thursday night!

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Track Night Wrap Up

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The final event of the evening went great. There was one hiccup between LG and I when we missed an exchange but otherwise it went pretty smoothly. There were a couple of other teams that had some issues but on the whole it was a safe event.

I’ll say one thing about the Madison, it’s very hard and really good training. It’s like 20 minutes of interval training. Plus it’s pretty fun.

Here are some photos of the evening for your enjoyment:

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