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Peter Ferrara, Contributor
I cover public policy, particularly concerning economics.
President Obama says that income taxes must be raised on the rich because they don't pay their fair share. The indisputable facts from official government sources say otherwise.
The CBO reports based on official IRS data that in 2009 the top 1% of income earners paid 39% of all federal income taxes, three times their share of income at 13%. Yet, the middle 20% of income earners, the true middle class, paid just 2.7% of total federal income taxes on net that year, while earning 15% of income. That means the top 1% paid almost 15 times as much in federal income taxes as the entire middle 20%, even though the middle 20% earned more income.
Moreover, the official data, as reported by CBO and the IRS, show that the bottom 40% of income earners, instead of paying some income taxes to support the federal government, were paid cash by the IRS equal to 10% of federal income taxes as a group on net.
Any normal person would say that such an income tax system is more than fair, or maybe that "the rich" pay more than their fair share. So why does President Obama keep saying that the rich do not pay their fair share? Is he ignorant? Wouldn't somebody in his Administration whisper to him that he is peddling nonsense?
The answer is that to President Obama this is still not fair because he is a Marxist. To a Marxist, the fact that the top 1% earn more income than the bottom 99% is not fair, no matter how they earn it, fairly or not. So it is not fair unless more is taken from the top 1% until they are left only with what they "need," as in any true communist system. Paying anything less is not their "fair" share. That is the only logical explanation of President Obama's rhetoric, and it is 100% consistent with his own published background.
Notice that Obama keeps saying that "the rich," a crass term implying low class social envy, don't "need" the Bush tax cuts. That is reminiscent of the fundamental Marxist principle, "From each according to his ability, to each according to his need."
Good tax policy is not guided by "need." It is guided by what is needed to establish the incentives to maximize economic growth. The middle class, working people and the poor are benefited far more by economic growth than by redistribution. That is shown by the entire 20th century, where the standard of living of American workers increased by more than 7 times, through sustained, rapid economic growth.
But President Obama's tax policy of increasing all tax rates on savings and investment will work exactly contrary to such economic growth. It is savings and investment which creates jobs and increases productivity and wages. Under capitalism, capital and labor are complementary, not adversarial, exactly contrary to the misunderstanding of Marxists. More capital investment increases the demand for labor, bidding up wages to the level of worker productivity, which is enhanced by the capital investment.
Increasing marginal tax rates on savings and investment, however, will mean less of it, not more. That will mean fewer jobs, and lower wages, just as we have experienced so far under President Obama, with median household incomes (hello middle class) declining by 7.3% (a month's worth of wages) during his first term, even faster after the recession supposedly ended in 2009. That will only get worse in Obama's unearned second term, which can only be explained as "democracy failure" analogous to "market failure."
If the tax increases are limited to those who earn $1 million or more, I don't know if that alone will be enough to create a recession, as I am certain would be the result with Obama's original policy of targeting couples making over $250,000 a year, and singles making over $200,000.
But there is so much in the Obama economic program that is contractionary. His second term promises enormous new regulatory burdens and barriers. The EPA is shutting down the coal industry, and Interior will join with it to sharply constrain oil production further, despite Obama's duplicitous campaign rhetoric taking credit for the production produced by the policies and efforts of others. I expect Obama's EPA to burden natural gas fracking until it goes the way of the coal industry as well, stealing new found prosperity for many Americans. All of this will sharply raise energy prices, which will be another effective tax on the economy.
Moreover, President Obama has said that a priority in his second term will be global warming, even though global temperatures have not been increasing for 16 years now, and the developing world led by Brazil, Russia, India and China (the BRIC countries), which are contributing to "greenhouse gases" at a much greater accelerating rate than the U.S., have rejected sacrificing any slice of their economies to that ideological phantom. While even the Democrat Congress of Obama's first term failed to adopt "cap and trade," EPA is advancing with global warming regulations that will cost the economy trillions in still another effective tax.
Then there are the onrushing regulatory burdens of Obamacare, including the employer mandate, which will require all businesses with 50 employees or more to buy the most expensive health insurance available. That will be an effective tax on employment. As Obamacare forces up the cost of health insurance, that will be still another effective tax increase on all employers already providing health coverage. Hundreds of regulations still in the pipeline under the "Dodd-Frank" legislation are already forcing the financial sector to contract, and threaten the business and consumer credit essential to full recovery.
In addition, few are adequately considering the longer term contractionary effects of the Fed's current policy mischief. For years now, businesses and investments have been launched all over the country based on the near zero interest rates, and even below zero real rates, that Fed policies have perpetuated, along with the easy free money . When those rates inevitably rise back to normal, most likely after these Fed policies have resparked inflation, the basis for those businesses and investments will be gone, and many if not most will go into liquidation, which will be highly contractionary as well.
However, I am certain in any event that the Obama tax increases will result in less revenue rather than more. Obama has been proposing to increase the capital gains tax rate by 58% on the nation's job creators, investors and successful small businesses, counting his Obamacare tax increases that take effect on January 1 as well the expiration of the Bush tax cuts. While his misleading talking points say there will be no tax increases for 97% of small businesses, that counts every Schedule C filed for every part time or hobby sole proprietorship, however marginal the earnings. The small businesses that would bear President Obama's originally proposed tax increases earn 91% of all small business income, and employ 54% of the total private sector U.S. work force, as reported in Investors Business Daily on November 9.
Over the last 45 years, every time capital gains tax rates have been raised, revenues have fallen, and every time they have been cut, revenues have increased. The capital gains rate was raised 4 times from 1968 to 1975, climbing from 25% to 35%. The 25% rate produced real capital gains revenues in 1968 of $40.6 billion in 2000 dollars. By 1975, at the higher rate, capital gains revenues had plummeted to $19.6 billion in constant 2000 dollars, less than half as much.
After the capital gains rate was cut from 35% to 20% from 1978 to 1981, capital gains revenues had tripled by 1986 compared to 1978. Then the capital gains rate was raised by 40% in 1987 to 28%. By 1991, capital gains revenues had collapsed to $34.4 billion, down from $92.9 billion in 1986, in constant 2000 dollars adjusted for inflation.
Obama's capital gains tax increase next year will reduce capital gains revenues again as well.
Peter, ok a Marxist. Either way Obama is wrong for America.
Sorry, but I really have to defend Mr. Obama against your use of the word Marxist. Karl Marx studied economics extensively, and accepted many principals present-day free marketeers hold dear, such as the necessity of prices in determining resource allocation. Until Obama demonstrates a grasp of such basics, I don't think it's fair to label him a Marxist.
Mr. Ferrara, I've never read your columns before, but I must say you seem like an angry fella. In any case, it's true that you use the "precise" word, Marxist, but, respectfully, yours is far from a precise (let alone accurate) definition of Marxism — epistemologically, on the teleological stance vis-a-vis history, etc.
If having sympathy for redistributive schemes, like progressive income taxation, is fully sufficient (for identifying a marxist) then we have a pile of marxists in our midst, past and present, starting, I guess, with Smith himself. Was President Reagan a Marxist for invoking the "fair share" notion?; ought we to declare him a Marxist for not giving us a unequivocal flat tax?
It's an attempt to spur aggregate demand, and you know that. You may not agree that it's the right approach, but that's all it is.
As for reluctor's putatively "learned comment," Gramsci's writings were NOT prescriptions for "taking down" a country like the US. He was writing about the exact opposite phenomenon — the normalization and consolidation of liberal (the 19th century kind, i.e., what you appear to be) rule.
Income from capital gains is favored over income from labor. This will be true even with the changes proposed by Obama.Favoring capital over labor is capitalism, not socialism.
Perhaps you could explain these "four layers of taxation" and how that doesn't apply to labor. Sales tax, property tax etc. are another layer of taxation on labor.
Maybe not but the Jerk store just called…
When Obama says that he wants to tax the "rich," what he is saying that he wants to tax the job producers. LBJ's War on Poverty removed an average of $220 billion per year from the productive economy, and the DJIA flatlined for seventeen years with three major recessions including the Carter Catastrophe. Reagan restored investment capital to the job producers through tax cuts and regulatory reform and triggered the greatest period of economic growth and job production in world history. But there was a cost — Tip O'Neill and the Democrats refused to reduce the War on Poverty expenditures, and at the end of Reagan's term, the total national debt was almost exactly what was spent on the War on Poverty during the Reagan years. Democrats blamed Reagan for the rise in the national debt, when it was indisputably the cost of the corrupt and wasteful War on Poverty that created the total national debt at the end of Reagan's term of office.
Mr. Ferrara, I would like you to consider Dr. Robert Hare's observations on corporate psychopathy. WorldCom and Enron were destroyed by corporate psychopaths, with thousands of careers disrupted (full disclosure – including mine) and billions of dollars in value lost. I cannot tell any difference between the corporate psychopaths of the 1990s and the financial and political operators in the Obama Administration, except that cost has risen to trillions of dollars and it is the American Republic that is being bankrupted.
From the days of FDR, Johnson, Kennedy, Clinton, Democrats have been Democratic Socialists in the sense they are worried MORE about Social Justice and Equality than anything else.. as such, Barack Hussein Obama IS a Socialist, although he is not really subscribing to the ideology of "From according to their ability, and to according to their needs".
Obama inherited the worst economic meltdown since the 1930s. He has collected just about 15% of the GDP as total federal tax, including the payroll, when the long term trend has been about 19%, as in 2006. He inherited the structural deficit of nearly $1.2 trillions a year (all because of the unfunded wars, tax cuts and Part D of Medicare, enacted by W Bush). In this particular context, Obama wants to increase the marginal tax rate to 39.5% – the level we had with Bill Clinton whose time is called the Golden Era of our economic life.
The logic is simple. Obama articulated his economic doctrine to the electorate who re-elected him for another term with 332 Electoral Votes, and with about 3 million popular votes MORE than Mitt Romney, the King of Bain.
I don't know why Peter Ferrara calls it "unearned" second term? A shameful logic!
Robber Barons of Wall Street are hardly the paragons of virtues and simple logic!


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Arsonists target Burnley allotment shed
5:00pm Wednesday 27th February 2013 in News By Chris Adams
ARSONISTS targeted a shed on a Burnley allotment in a 'disgraceful' attack.
Fire crews were called to deal with three blazes within six hours on Monday night into the early hours yesterday.
At least one of the fires, in a shed in Moseley Road yesterday morning, is being treated as suspicious.
Two crews spent more than an hour battling flames at the allotment.
Fire chiefs called on gardening enthusiasts to ensure shed were securely locked overnight, and that flammable products were removed.
The incident took place at 12.10am.
A spokesman for Lancashire Fire and Rescue Service said: "We were called to a fire on an allotment patch in Moseley Road shortly after midnight.
"Two pumps had to spend more than an hour putting out the fire. We are treating it as suspicious.
"We did receive reports about a gang of youths hanging around the area and these will be passed to the police."
Two other minor rubbish fires were also tackled by fire crews on the same shift.
Rubbish was set alight on waste ground in Cog Lane at 7pm on Monday, while an unwanted mattress put out for collection in Pendle Way was targeted by arsonists at 2.30am yesterday.
Coun Jeff Sumner, who represents the Rosehill with Burnley Wood ward, said: "We're trying to promote allotments in Burnley for leisure purposes and people take a lot of pride in them. I've got one myself. It's somewhere where people go to forget about the problems of everyday life and if this attack was deliberate it's disgraceful.
"I hope the culprits are brought to justice.
"This is someone's pride and joy and could even contain lifestock. It's ridiculous that someone would want to target it."
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Your fire setter, not arsonist, is most likely unemployed, has been drinking during that day, experienced some conflict action trigger, such as an arguement with family or person of the opposite sex, has poor interpersonal/commun
ication skills, low educational level with low self esteem and is a depression sufferer, that is unmedicated. It could be as simple a trigger as, you are drunk, go home and sleep it off but they have other ideas and their inadequacies make them lash out in this manner.
The track of the fires gives us clues as to where they had been that day, where the argument took place and where they live, with them living within 1km of the final fire.
The mattress fire, if it took place in a back alley, suggests knowledge of the area. So I'd be looking for some male, aged 18-25, who signed on the dole last Thursday and since signing takes place alphabetically, that should define the parameters even more, thus closing the net upon them.
They will have returned to the scenes of both crimes, being the only person that knew both locations and their relevance. Possibly engaging in conversations with anyone that was around at the time, asking questions like, do they know who did it. And, more importantly, if any authority figure was there, attempt to 'assist', by making suggestions, albeit wildly inaccurate ones. The need to insert themselves into the investigation, although unknowingly on their part, is part of their psychopathy.
You know what, if I wasn't so busy at work, had a better idea of the areas involved, access to the relevant data, I'd catch this beggar before breakfast.
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Nickelback's response to P. Carney
You know what I have come to realize. People say things about other people only to hurt them and to get a reaction out of them. The Black Keys drummer P. Carney told Rolling Stone "Rock and roll is dying because people became O.K. with Nickelback being the biggest band in the world. So they became O.K. with the idea that the biggest rock band in the world id always going to be s***. Nickelback, being so Nickelback just tweeted the best response ever to P. Carney, "Thanks to the drummer in the Black Keys calling us the Biggest Band in the World in Rolling Stone."
People who have been fans of Nickelback for as long as they have been a group know why they are the biggest rock and roll band in the world. It's not just the music. I mean music is one of the biggest reasons why they are and always will be in my eyes the world's greatest rock and roll band in the world. But it's everything they embodied about rock and roll to. Let's start with their music. Chad, Daniel, Ryan and Mike have always stuck to their guns on their music and what they wanted it to be. Not only do they write their own songs, and the music for them but they take pride in what they do. Not a lot of artists do now in days. Artist today whether rock, or pop, or rap do what makes them money whether it's what they want to do or not. Nickelback doesn't. They stay faithful not only to their fans but to their selves were others just sell out. Nickelback does it strictly for the love of music and the fans of course. We all know they love their fans because we are some of the greatest fans to have.
Music isn't the only thing that makes Nickelback the biggest rock band in the world. They contribute to many charities and organizations. From pledge for education with Nickelback, to STOMP Out Bullying Nickelback tries to give there all. There biggest charitable work was started by one of their own wife. Ryan P. wife Treana started the Obakki foundation. The Obakki Foundation supports humanitarian causes by finding and nourishing creativity in all pockets of the world. It offers people hope, empowerment and the chance to learn and grow. It's about giving people the opportunity to be creative; to use thoughts, ideas, art, and fashion to stand up and participate in improving their own lives — and the lives of their family, friends and neighbors. All proceeds go directly into our projects. Not just a percentage of the profits, not just some of the money – every dime goes back to the community.
If all that wasn't enough to make them not just the biggest rock band in the world, they have always taken the high road. When Detroit started the petition so they couldn't perform, and now to Mr. P. Carney says this about them, all they ever have done is taken the high road. I commend them and so should. There is always going to be someone out there in this world trying to bring you down with them but they never cave into other people small mindedness. I am very proud to be one of their biggest fans because not only is Nickelback in the words of P. Carney from the Black Keys, "the biggest band in the world", but they are also the most professional, classiest, and so dang hot rock band that there will ever be. Now I was a fan of the Black Keys, not as much as Nickelback but I did like some of their music. And when this all came out I was so going to delete them from my iPod. But I thought about what Nickelback would say and decided not to, because they wouldn't want me to not listen to a song of theirs that I like just because of this. So I am going to be a true Nickelbacker and take the high road, like we all should.
Your right. Nickelbacks music seems to come from the heart. They're music has variety. Even the hard rock songs have a great beat. Everyone should read your post. It's very insiteful. And your right they do alot of good but noone sees that and they don't brag about themselves they do it to help. And no they wouldn't want you to delete the Black keys. Just look at how they handled the sitiation of playing the Thanksgiving day game. They know who bashed them yet they didn't bad mouth them or even reveal who it was. I'm there with you as a true Nickelbacker.


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Kick off for Super Bowl XLVII (that's 47, for you non-Romans) is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. EST, Feb. 3, 2013. The Baltimore Ravens—the Team of Destiny—will look to upset the slightly favored San Fransisco 49ers (-3.5) en route to a second Super Bowl championship in the team's history.
Watch the game on CBS. The Super Bowl pre-game Kick Off Show starts at 6 p.m.
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A thorough post on the issue of China's water crisis tied with China's economic development from Ying Jia's blog:
China is Drying Up…Quickly
China's economic miracles in the last three decades have brought 400 million people out of poverty and to higher qualities of life. China's transformation from an "autarkic relationship with the international system, characterized by low levels of trade, scientific exchange and foreign investment," into a highly engaged player in global commerce and transnational exchange has pushed up their ranking on the World Development Index, from 108th to 75th (Zweig). The country's spectacular rise has no parallel in history, but beneath this success story, the costs on China's environment and human toll are paramount. No industrial power in history can emerge without creating a legacy of environmental damage that can take decades to correct (Kahn). Among the many problems in China's epic environmental crisis, the one that certainly necessitate immediate attention is the country's dwindling water supply. Water scarcity is largely a product of China's wasteful style of economic growth. A World Bank research study showed that in the period 2001-2005, 54 percent of China's seven main rivers were deemed unsafe for human consumption (World Bank). The dual problems of water scarcity and water pollution have serious implications for China's economy, human health and even global prosperity if it continues to be ignored. Although the Chinese government has recognized the seriousness of water degradation, the top-down measures it has adopted remained internally flawed. Instead, genuine improvement in the water crisis can only come about from revolutionary bottom-up political and economic reforms and with the empowerment of international government organizations and local individuals.


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The Clark County 4-H Corp. will be sponsoring its 11th annual consignment auction at 9 a.m. Saturday, March 9, at the Clark County 4-H Fairgrounds, 9608 Ind. 62, Charlestown.
Farm and industrial equipment will be for sale. To consign an item or for more information, call Wally Estes at 502-817-6831, Tony Barger at 502- 817-5691, David Abbott at 502-931-4669 or Diane Graf at 812-248-0712.
This is Clark County 4-H's largest fundraiser.
Optimist clubs holding breakfast
The Jeffersonville Optimist Clubs are sponsoring a breakfast with the Easter Bunny from 8 to 11 a.m. March 16 at the William B. Scott Optimist Building, 61 Louise St., Jeffersonville. The charge is $5 per child and includes breakfast and crafts. An egg hunt will begin at 11 a.m. at no charge for the children of the community.
The menu includes pancake on a stick, muffins, fruit, juice, and milk. For more information contact Kathy Williams at 502-262-4547 or Chris Padgett at 812-557-5253.
Youth dinner to help fund trip
The youth of Grace Family Worship Church of God, 202 E. Maple St., Jeffersonville, are having a youth dinner from 5 to 7 p.m. Saturday, March 9, at the church.
Proceeds will help defray the cost of their trip to Winterfest 2013, in Knoxville, Tenn.
Eat-in and carry-out meals — all homemade — will be offered.
Adult meals cost $10; children 6 to 12, $5; and children 5 and under eat for free. The dinner will consist of spaghetti/baked ziti, garlic bread, salad, dessert and drink. A pie auction will also be held.
For more information, call 812-557-1679.
Annual coon supper set
Owen Township Homemakers Club's annual coon supper will begin at 5 p.m. March 16 at the Hibernia Community Building. The price is $7 for adults and $4 for children under 12 years old.
A drawing for a handmade quilt and several other items will also be held. Tickets for the drawing are $1 per ticket or six tickets for $5. You do not have to be present to win.
Proceeds from the supper and drawing will be used for the upkeep of the Hibernia Community Building.
Hospital offering pain seminar
Floyd Memorial Hospital is offering a free bone and joint pain seminar from 6 to 7 p.m. Thursday, March 7, at Floyd Memorial Hospital and Health Services in the Main Street classroom. This is an opportunity for those who are having trouble with activities like walking, golf, bowling, swimming and gardening due to pain in the knees or hips, to learn about advanced treatments that may offer dramatic relief. An orthopedic surgeon and nurse will discuss medications and exercise, and explain the latest technology for joint replacement surgery.
For more information call 1-800-476-8723 or go to www.floydmemorial.com/events to register.
Mexican dancers coming to library
The New Albany-Floyd County Public Library will host Mexican dancers from 7 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, March 12.
The dance troupe Arcoiris Latino will perform dances from several different regions of Mexico. Arcoiris Latino is comprised of first- and second-generation immigrants from Mexico. The group is comprised of dancers from grade school to teens.
For more information call the Reference Services Department at 812-949-3523.
Purdue's open house is today
Purdue University's College of Technology in New Albany, at Charlestown Road and Interstate 265 in New Albany, will host an open house from 5:30 to 8 p.m. today, March 5.
Purdue has expanded degree offerings at the New Albany campus. Those attending the open house will be able to tour the facility including classroom and labs and meet with faculty. Purdue staff will be able to answer questions about applications and coursework, and students will be available to speak about their experiences.
For more information call 812-206-8396 or visit www.purdue.edu/newalbany.
Kiwanis hosting pancake breakfast
The New Albany Kiwanis will host a pancake breakfast from 8 to 10 a.m. March 16 at Tumbleweed Restaurant, 2005 State St., New Albany.
The cost is $10 for adults and $5 for children 2 to 12 years of age. The event will feature John Oakes, world record holder in highest pancake toss.
Proceeds go to The Salvation Army Children's Christmas Party and Scholarships.
Republican women to meet
The monthly meeting of the Floyd County Republican Women's Club will be at 6 p.m. Thursday, March 7, at Tucker's American Favorites, 2441 State St., New Albany.
The group meets on the first Thursday every month.


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On Friday, county fire and health department officials lifted the that was put in place two weeks ago.
Officials suspended issuing licenses to conduct open fires throughout the county on April 14 because of drought conditions and an increased risk of brush fires.
The Anne Arundel County Health Department resumed issuing licenses to conduct open fires on Friday.
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MANKATO — Legislative Republicans have chosen their leaders, who, like local legislators, are adjusting to their new status in the less-powerful minority party.
Senate Republicans spent a bit of time discussing the turn in their legislative fortunes during Friday's meeting, said Sen. Julie Rosen, R-Fairmont.
"We talked about the amendments, how many parades we had, how many doors were knocked, various people's experiences," she said.
But Rosen wasn't despondent.
"I'll be fine. The district will be fine. I just won't have a gavel," Rosen said.
Senate Republicans elected David Hann, of Eden Prairie, as the minority leader. They also elected four assistant minority leaders, and Hann will himself pick two more.
Rosen said she declined leadership roles because she has a lot to work on.
While Republicans will lose the powerful committee chairs — who act as legislative gatekeepers, deciding which bills get heard — they will still be able to influence legislation.
Rosen said she hopes to be the ranking minority chair on the human services and energy committees. She said health care is the biggest driver of the state's budget increases.
Rosen said she gets along with Sen. Tony Lourey, who she believes will be the Democrats' human services chair.
"I will be working with him closely."
House Republicans chose Kurt Daudt, from Zimmerman, a rural community northwest of St. Paul, said Tony Cornish, R-Good Thunder. Daudt will choose his deputy.
"My hope is that he picks a woman," Cornish said.
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Cornish said he hopes to be the lead Republican on the public safety committee.
A Republican in that position can get some influence if they get along with the Democratic chair. Like Rosen, he said he gets along with the legislator who he presumes will be the chair — Rep. Deb Hilstrom.
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"Realistically, controlling the House and Senate and the governor, they really don't need you," Cornish said.


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In September 2010, D'Youville College in Buffalo, N.Y., opened a new $23 million building for its new pharmacy program. The seven-story facility contains lecture halls and classrooms, as well as offices for the dean of the School of Pharmacy and the col lege' s admissions department. Comfort is provided by an HVAC system combining FHP heat pumps and Taco's single-pipe LoadMatch system.
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The Glen Rose Lady Beavers did not have the best run in the 2013 Herb Russell Tournament at Ouachita High School.
On the first night of the tournament, the Lady Beavers faced off against the hosting Ouachita Lady Warriors, with Glen Rose falling by the score of 41-30.
The Lady Beavers hung tough in the first half, trailing 10-8 after one quarter. Glen Rose was down just 18-16 at the half.
Ouachita started to pull away in the third quarter and led 27-21 heading into the final eight minutes of the game.
For the full story, see Friday's (January 3) Malvern Daily Record.
The Bismarck Lions almost started off the Herb Russell Tournament with a big upset over Fordyce on Friday before eventually falling by the score of 55-41.
The Lions trailed by just two (13-11) at the end of the first quarter and were still very much in the game at the half, trailing 20-17.
The two teams played to a 13-13 stalemate in the third quarter, but the Red Bugs outscored Bismarck 22-11 in the final quarter to pull away.
The Glen Rose Beavers had a rough start to the Herb Russell Tournament at Ouachita High School last week.
In their first game, against Cutter Morning Star, the Beavers were on the wrong side of a 59-32 decision.
Glen Rose trailed 17-8 after one quarter, but held the Eagles to just three points in the second quarter to cut the deficit to just 20-17.
The lead grew to eight points at the end of the third quarter and the Beavers were held to just three points in the final quarter to set up the final margin.
I don't know what it is about this year's Arkansas Razorbacks' basketball team, but I just have a really good time watching them on the court.
Maybe I was merely needing something entertaining after that abysmal football season, or perhaps it has been so long since the basketball team has given the fans something to cheer about that anything that approaches being good becomes a joy to watch.
For the full column, see Friday's (December 20) Malvern Daily Record.
Tomorrow evening at 6:30 p.m., the Glen Rose Beavers (12-1) will travel to Little Rock's War Memorial Stadium to take on the Charleston Tigers (14-0) for the Class 3A state championship.
This has been a long season for the Beavers and today we are going to look at Glen Rose's road to the state championship.
The Beavers ended the 2012 season with a heart-breaking loss to Harding Academy in the state championship game and entered the 2013 season with mixed reviews.
On Monday night, Bismarck High School hosted Glen Rose high school in three games, with the home teams winning each game.
The first game of the night was between the junior boys teams with the Junior Lions holding on for a 38-36 win.
Bismarck jumped out to an early 14-2 lead, which they grew to a 24-8 lead at the half.
The Junior Beavers fought back by outscoring Bismarck 15-5 in the third quarter, but their rally fell just short in the fourth.
Jayden Howell led the Junior Lions with 13 points.
More and more it seems that college football gets divided up into different seasons throughout the year.
You have the recruiting season, the spring season, the offseason, the nonconference season, the conference season and the bowl season.
One aspect that people always seem to leave out is the coaching search season, which always seems to happen right before the bowls get good and going.
For the full column, see Wednesday's (Dec. 18) Malvern Daily Record.
The Glen Rose Beavers' game against the Smackover Buckaroos in the semfinal round of the Class 3A playoffs was played in what many would call ideal football weather.
The temperature was low and there was constant precipitation throughout the game.
But as it was said by many Glen Rose fans, "Beavers love water."
The Beavers (13-1), despite playing away from home (at Sykes Stadium on the campus of Benton Harmony Grove High School) for the second straight game, proved that to be the case as they dominated the Buckaroos (12-2) by the score of 54-24 on Friday night.
Over the summer, the Malvern Little League sent a team to the regionals of the Little League World Series in Waco, Texas.
The Malvern All-Stars had a good showing in the event, finishing second, and were even featured on ESPN2.
In addition to having a chance to see some of the best teams in the country, the Malvern Little League players and fans got to play on championship-caliber fields, which is something they couldn't say before the trip.
Looking over the list of bowls this season, I just have to shake my head at the vast majority of them.
There was a time when the names of the bowl games made sense.
The Peach Bowl was held in Atlanta, because the state was known for the fruit. The winning team got a trophy that looked like a bowl full of peaches. Imagine that.
Then the sponsorships came in and the Peach Bowl shared its name with its corporate partner before that partner decided the game should be named after the company and the company only.


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Wednesday, October 25, 2012 — Gary Vance "Paw Paw" Poplin, 68, of Norwood, died Oct. 23, 2012. Visitation: 6-8 p.m. Oct. 27, Stanly Funeral Home, Albemarle. Funeral: 4 p.m. Oct. 28, Porter Baptist Church, Norwood. A Masonic burial service will follow in Porter Baptist Church Cemetery, Norwood.
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I certainly think the international judges have taken note of Kaetlyn in a very positive way. I definitely would like to see her represent Canada @ WChs. I just have a soft spot for Amelie.
I certainly think the international judges have taken note of Kaetlyn in a very positive way. I definitely would like to see her represent Canada @ WChs. I just have a soft spot for Amelie.
We could just call her K.O.
Keeper of Nathalie Pechelat's bitchface.
I read that article a few days ago and what struck me was Joannie's comment about her and how much potential she has. She then says "I can't wait to see how she does". I know she was referring to Mississauga but she could also mean beyond. And then looking at it that way we didn't hear anything like "I can't wait to go against her next year and kick her talented hiney".
I just have the feeling that Kaetlyn's emergence has taken the pressure off of SC and Joannie to lather up a decent entry for the ladies event in Sochi. I'm not feelin a comeback here.
Good article on Gosselin. Yeah sounds like he needs a better training enviro to push him and build his confidence. Where does he train now?
https://twitter.com/YNWOLFE/status/291986000769585153Awesome practice @kaetlyn_23 love watching you skate wow 3Lz+3T
BTW, is Sotnikova still planning her 3lz/3toe (or 3l)? I never understood why she insisted on doing her 3lutz in combinations since she has a pretty obvious flutz.
To me Kaetlyn Osmond has it all, saw it the first time I saw her skate earlier in the season at some B event. In fact I would go so far as to say she's the best female figure skater I've ever seen come out of Canada since the great Barbara Ann Scott, which is fitting, considering Miss Scott passed away this year, and in her place God sent Kaetlyn. Jmho.
Sure, she has pressure on her, but something tells me she will be very good at handling it..........certainly better than some of the others.
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I think there have been other wonderful Canadian ladies, and certainly results-wise there are several Canadian skaters more accomplished than Kaetlyn Osmond. You might want to save the hyperbole until she achieves more than a single Skate Canada win.
Wheee!!!! Great short program from Kaetlyn.......what a competitor she is. Everything was just about perfection, and the girl is so down to earth.
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70.04 in the SP (37.38/32.66) Wow!
3T+3T, 3F, 2A ... 2 level 4 spins, 1 level 3 spin and level 4 footwork!
Good luck in the long, Kaetlyn!
ETA: Osmond's Short program from Canadians is -worthy. http://video.tsn.ca/?dl=more/157/1/0/846912/clip/189
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Lol all this because I offered my own personal opinion.
Seriously, get a grip, it's only skating, not life or death.
Anyhow, this definitely tells me Miss Osmond has arrived. Skating fans feeling threatened by her, eh?
And to top it off I'm not even a Canadian figure skating fan, which one would know by reading my posts over at GS for over a decade. Yet even I can see the genius of Kaetlyn. That's because I am a figure skating fan first & foremost.
It's a message board. What the hell are people going to do besides talk about each others opinions? You offered your opinion, other people thought it was a tad melodramatic and said so. That's what happens on a message board.


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Niagara Gazette — Residents for Responsible Government is calling for an end to Chemical Waste Management trucks breaking regulations its members fought hard to have instated.
The group will hold a press conference at 9:30 a.m. today in the Intermediate building of the Lewiston-Porter campus, 4061 Creek Road, Lewiston.
RRG President April Fideli said the trucks from CWM, hauling hazardous waste materials, often pose dangerous situations for motorists.
"RRG was able to get certain restrictions in place on the number of tractor trailers going to CWM when school is in session," Fideli said. "But those restrictions do not extend to other roads heavily traveled by these trucks. Even with the restrictions, we often get reports from nearby residents claiming some truckers are not abiding by the rules."
The gathering is expected to feature the first public comments by RRG member and Lewiston resident Tim Henderson, whose son, Ryan, died in a collision with a tractor trailer hauling hazardous waste in the Town of Porter two years ago.
RRG will be presenting a donation in Ryan's memory towards the purchase of new instruments for students in need in the Lew-Port music program. Ryan Henderson was active with the district's band before he graduated.


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Tim Jones first learned about sled hockey at the rink where his brother had figure skating practice. It was there that the South Jersey Wings of Steel sled hockey club had their practices. Jones became interested, joined the club at the age of 12, and has been hooked on sled hockey ever since.
A year after being named a member of the U.S. Paralympics Sled Hockey National Team in 2005, Jones made his way to Torino, where he and Team USA won a bronze medal at the 2006 Paralympic Winter Games. In the 2007-2008 season, Jones played in all 16 games and won another bronze medal at the 2008 IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships in Marlborough, Mass. Then he helped the U.S. National Sled Hockey Team capture a gold medal at the International Paralympic Committee Ice Sledge Hockey World Championship in Ostrava, Czech Republic. In 2010, Jones once again helped Team USA win a gold medal; this time at the Paralympic Winter Games in Vancouver, Canada.
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Republicans Release Plan to Avoid Cliff
GOP plan would generate $800B in new tax revenue and curb healthcare spending by $600B.
Republicans pitched their own plan to avoid the fiscal cliff Monday that ignores the president's demand to raise taxes on people making more than $250,000.
Instead, House Republicans proposed what they dubbed a "credible plan" that would drastically reform the tax code and generate $800 billion in revenue by closing loopholes, capping deductions and lowering rates.
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The offer was largely designed after a plan Erskine Bowles, co-chair of the 2010 "Debt Commission," supported during the Super Committee showdown last year, said Kevin Smith, a spokesman for House Majority Leader Rep. John Boehner.
Some Democrats dispute the similarities between the GOP offer and Bowles' proposals.
Boehner's plan also would include $600 billion in spending cuts that could be achieved through changes to Medicaid and Medicare, $300 billion in mandatory savings, $300 billion in discretionary savings, and $200 billion in savings from reforming the way the Consumer Price Index is calculated to dole out money for things like Social Security.
The plan also would make cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program and the Federal Employee compensation program.
"What we're putting forth is a credible plan that deserves serious consideration by the White House, and I would hope that they would respond in a timely and responsible way," Boehner said during a meeting with reporters.
[Enjoy: Political Cartoons on the Fiscal Cliff]
Republicans made it clear that they still are strongly opposed to increasing the tax rates for households making more than $250,000.
The plan is a response to the White House's proposal released last Wednesday which included $1.6 trillion in tax hikes, roughly $50 billion in stimulus spending, and $400 billion in budget cuts.
Boehner said the White House's plan simply was an unreasonable and not serious request.
"I was just flabbergasted," Boehner told Fox News of his meeting with White House budget officials. "I looked at him, and I said, 'You can't be serious.' ... I've just never seen anything like it.' You know, we've got seven weeks between Election Day and the end of the year. And three of those weeks have been wasted with this nonsense."
Boehner said he had not heard yet from the White House, but acknowledged that he could "run into [the president]" at the White House holiday soiree Monday night.
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Howzit bru? Let's waai possie and gooi a dop (and other strange South Africanisms)
A truly laduma moment. Photo courtesy colm.mcmullan Officially, South Africa has 11 languages, second only to India, with 22. Many more languages are spoken in the country besides, from Greek to Gujarati and a number of local creoles and pidgins. There are, however, some sayings that are commonly used and understood across our country, despite (or perhaps because of) its polyglot nature. Here's a brief introduction to some South Africanisms adapted from local languages.


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The Key: I like Evansville's chances of earning a road win tonight. The Purple Aces are just 4-10 on the road this season, but keep in mind that they have losses at Notre Dame, Colorado State, Butler and Creighton. No shame in losing to those teams. The Purple Aces have been playing very well with wins in 6 of their last 7 games. The lone loss in this stretch came by a single point. It's also worth noting that Evansville has wins at Northern Iowa and Wichita State so it has shown that it can beat a quality team on the road. The Purple Aces are 11-2 ATS as an underdog this season and 15-4 ATS as a road underdog or pickem over the last 2 seasons. Take Evansville.
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The goofy new horror flick Shark Night will appeal to precisely one sort of person: one who would happily walk up to a box office and yell "One for Shark Night, please!" with a big grin on their face. If you don't qualify under the aforementioned credential, never see this flick. If, however, you're a big sucker for killer shark flicks, and you'd like to curl up with a new one with a solid cast and a mostly winning sense of humor, Shark Night will most assuredly fit the bill.
The premise is nominal stuff indeed: seven rather diverse college friends decide to party at a house at a beautiful but remote lake, and wouldn't you know it? A big school of (equally diverse) sharks have taken up residence nearby. Prior to a water-skiing tragedy that kicks the carnage into (relatively) high gear, Shark Night spends an ample amount of time setting up its characters, a few romances, and a patently silly back-story for our heroine. Aside from a game ensemble and some quick cutting, there's nothing in the first 35 minutes of Shark Night you haven't seen before. Probably recently. But once the threat becomes known, and the poor college kids split up for a variety of legitimate reasons, Shark Night starts to fire on most of its cylinders.
To their credit, director David R. Ellis (Snakes on a Plane) and first-time screenwriters Will Hayes and Jesse Studenberg never fail to approach this basic premise with tongues in cheek and with eyebrows fully cocked. Although not nearly as jokey as the recent Piranha remake, Shark Night is fully aware of how silly it is -- yet it never tips too far in the direction of self-parody. Mindless, yes, but not exactly stupid. Leading lady Sara Paxton (she spends the entire film in a bikini, natch) is as likable as she is easy on the eyes, and she's got some capable support behind her. The always-amusing Joel David Moore, for example, brings some nice wise-ass humor to the proceedings ... at least until he gets an eyeful of the ravenous sharks, that is. Indie and sitcom star Donal Logue also contributes an unexpectedly funny turn as a clueless sheriff.
But Shark Night isn't all giddy fun and games: the narrative often slows down to a halt while we're waiting for another shark attack; the CG effects range from slick and cool to clunky and chintzy; the 3-D presentation (as usual) adds nothing to the experience; and (my biggest gripe) much of the carnage seems to have been toned down in an effort to woo that always-coveted PG-13 rating. But hey, when I go to see a movie called "Shark Night," I don't want to see victim #2 just fall into the water with a splash and then vanish for good. In other words, Shark Night has some of the most unremarkably bloodless devourings you'll ever see. That's not to say that all PG-13 horror movies need to be harsh and gory -- but this one sure freaking does.
On the whole, though, Shark Night is precisely what you want from a film called Shark Night: it (mostly) moves pretty quick, it has an amiable cast and some decent dashes of suspense, the humor helps a lot, and the screenplay (get this) actually delivers a few crazy surprises. Call it junk if you like, but at least Shark Night is junk that delivers on its promises. Well, most of them, anyway.


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Together with her beautiful collection "One Life" snowboarders, Oakley's ripper/producer is cruising into Europe this time around.
This particular webisode documents the girls' journey through Switzerland. From athletes getting attacked by a nasty flu, competing at the European Open and going sightseeing in Zurich, this edition features some dramatic music and a killer black and white slo mo section to top everything off.
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NORMAN — The up-tempo offense is something the Sooners helped pioneer in the Big 12 Conference. It'll be on full display Saturday when the Sooners host Texas Tech.
But it won't be No. 17 OU (6-1, 3-1 Big 12) trying to run plays at the rapid pace. It's purposely averaging 73.4 plays a game this season, which is just slightly off last season's pace.
No, the up-tempo offense belongs to the 10th-ranked Red Raiders (7-0, 4-0). They're the team averaging 88.5 plays a game and they're the team that will try to exhaust OU right out of its own stadium.
"We've worked it hard. We've been going against each other every day getting a certain number of snaps at it," OU coach Bob Stoops said. "We've worked it an awful lot."
The oddity of this season is the Sooners really haven't faced many up-tempo teams in the first half of the season. Louisiana-Monroe threw a little at OU in the season opener, but since it's been few and far between. West Virginia, Tulsa, Notre Dame and TCU took their time, just like Kansas did last week.
Texas hit OU with some on its opening drive. The Sooners didn't handle it particularly well. Of course, that first series did set off some alarm bells.
"Since the Texas game, they hit us with some tempo, so we have that in our practice, just from day one, starting practice for Kansas, so every offensive series in practice, they're running tempo at us just so we're ready for it," linebacker P.L. Lindley said.
The reason the Sooners should be concerned is the trouble they've had getting aligned, defensively, the last two weeks.
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