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TUCSON, Ariz., February XX, 2002 ? Qwest Communications International Inc. (NYSE:Q), the broadband communications company, announced completion of a $3.5 million upgrade in its Tucson Southeast Central Office that will accommodate greater call capacity and allow improved service for its customers. The new digital switch is significantly faster and more efficient than the switch it replaces and is part of Qwest?s ongoing effort to expand and improve Arizona?s voice and data communications network as it prepares to re-enter the long-distance business.
?These improvements are one more indication that Qwest is committed to the community and investing in the future of Arizona,? said Teresa Wahlert, Qwest regional vice president and vice president of policy and law for Arizona.
The state-of-the-art digital switching system is equipped with sophisticated features and services that will help facilitate eventual deployment of high-speed Internet service, ISDN, in the area. The new upgrades also provide built-in redundancy for calls in and out of the area. Customers in southeastern Tucson with the prefixes 574, 663, and 664 will be served by the new switching system.
Additionally, Qwest is in the final stages of its effort to enter the long-distance business in Arizona. Qwest?s long-distance re-entry will save customers in Arizona more than $189 million annually, or an average of more than $78 per residential customer, according to a study by Professor Jerry A. Hausman, director of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Telecommunications Economics Research Program. After Qwest is approved to re-enter the long-distance business, the company will be able to provide customers with a real competitive choice for long-distance service, as well as offer bundled services and the convenience of a single bill.
In January, Qwest announced strong customer service improvements in Arizona and throughout its 14 Western states in 2001 in key areas of installation and repair for residential and small-business customers. The service data for 2001 showed the best results in seven years in key areas:
- Nearly 99 percent of customer installation commitments were met on time ? the best annual results in six years;
- Repair commitments were met nearly 95 percent of the time ? the best annual results in six years;
- Repeat repairs decreased by 16 percent from a year ago;
- Qwest repaired nearly 88 percent of all service outages in Arizona in 24 hours or less ? an improvement of nearly 22 percent over the same time a year ago ? the best annual results in seven years;
- Complaints to the Arizona Corporation Commission decreased by nearly 40 percent over the previous year;
- At the end of December 2001, the number of Arizona customers who had been waiting more than 30 days for the installation of their first telephone line reached the lowest level on record.
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Qwest Communications International Inc. (NYSE: Q) is a leader in reliable, scalable and secure broadband data, voice and image communications for businesses and consumers. The Qwest Macro Capacity® Fiber Network, designed with the newest optical networking equipment for speed and efficiency, spans more than 190,000 miles globally. For more information, please visit the Qwest Web site at www.qwest.com.
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Rice rejects new criticism about Iraq war, says Saddam was "threat"
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice defended on Thursday the Bush administration's record in Iraq after sharp criticism of the war in a new book by a former White House spokesman. "The one thing that I am certain was not a mistake was to liberate the Iraqi people from Saddam Hussein," said Rice, according to Reuters.
Speaking at a news conference ahead of an international conference on Iraq, Rice conveyed she had not read the book by former White House press secretary Scott McClellan, but added that removing Saddam was "the right thing to do."
In his book, McClellan accuses President George W. Bush of using propaganda to sell the Iraq war. Rice said she would not comment on a book she has not read, but said people often did not understand the full implications of events until long after they had happened.
But she said liberating Iraqis from "the monster that was Saddam Hussein" was neither unilateral nor a mistake. "It was not the United States of America alone that believed that he had weapons of mass destruction that he was hiding," Rice said.
"So the story is there for everyone to see. You can't now transplant yourself into the present and say we should have known things that we in fact did not know in 2001, 2002, 2003. The record on weapons of mass destruction was one that appeared to be very clear," Rice said. "The threat from Saddam Hussein was well understood," Rice said. "You can agree or disagree about the decision to liberate Iraq in 2003, but I would really ask that if you ... believe he was not a threat to the international community, then why in the world were you allowing the Iraqi people to suffer under the terms of oil-for-food."
She added: "If the world did not believe that at the time, then I would ask why was Iraq under some of the most severe sanctions that the international community has ever imposed?"
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- Rice says U.S. to win war against Iraq; Congress members fear attack on Iraq will lead to Arab-Israeli war
- Condoleezza Rice: US Military Presence Should Stay in Saudi Arabia; On Iraq: Saddam Must Stop Threatening His Neighbors
- Saddam says Iraq ready to war; Bush says Saddam ''dangerous man'', but Washington delays U.N. vote
- Gulf War TV drama could re-ignite old conflict, say critics
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Grandmother's cancer torment after Norfolk hospital's 'admin error'
PUBLISHED: 18:14 24 October 2012 | UPDATED: 09:48 25 October 2012
Hospital bosses have apologised after a grandmother who visited for routine surgery was wrongly diagnosed with cancer.
Ros Starling, 69, of Horsford, and her family were horrified to discover her discharge sheet from the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital (N&N) said she had bladder cancer – and that she was aware of this information.
But Mrs Starling said the diagnosis came completely out of the blue – and she had "three weeks of worry" as she waited to find out if it was true.
An administrative error has been blamed for the misdiagnosis.
Mrs Starling has made an official complaint to the N&N, although she added staff have since been in touch to apologise and explain what happened.
The mother-of-three said the care she received from medical staff was "first class", although she was frustrated that their hard work in the wards was being undermined by administrative issues.
Mrs Starling, whose husband John is a Broadland district councillor, said: "It was a worrying time for me and the family. I have three sons and daughters-in-law who were concerned about my health.
"I was delighted to find out I don't have cancer but I've had three weeks of worry, which should not have been the case.
"I hope it doesn't happen again."
A Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital spokesman said: "We are very sorry that the incorrect information appeared in the letter to Mrs Starling which was due to an administrative error.
"The consultant in charge of Mrs Starling's care telephoned her earlier this week to apologise and we have also sent a written letter of apology. No other patients were affected by this mistake."
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Michael Behe, author of ''Darwin's Black Box,'' will speak to a meeting of the Christian Faculty and Staff Association at 7:30 p.m. March 27 in Room 100 of the Biology Building at Texas Tech.
The free program will include a presentation by Behe, followed by a critical evaluation from Tech biologists, a subsequent response by Behe, and a question and answer session.
Co-sponsors of the event include Campus Crusade for Christ, Indiana Avenue Baptist Student Ministries, the Christian Legal Society, Community Campus Ministries of Trinity Church, Sigma Phi Lambda Sorority and the Wesley Foundation, according to Mark Punzo, chairman of the Christian Faculty and Staff.
Behe, a professor of biochemistry at Lehigh University, challenges Darwin's theory of evolution by referring to what he calls an ''irreducible complexity'' of living cells.
For non-scientists, he illustrates the concept by comparing the intricate mechanism of a cell to a mousetrap, which depends on all its parts for operation.
''If any of those parts is missing, then the mousetrap doesn't work,'' he said.
''That's a problem for Darwin's theory because natural selection needs something to work in order to select it,'' he explained.
He believes cells indicate design: ''It looks like there was some sort of purposeful design, but other scientists have offered other theories too.''
Behe, who is Roman Catholic, is comfortable with theories that the earth is very old.
''I am happy to think that the earth is billions of years old, and I don't have a problem with that.''
He also believes that life could have existed on the earth for much of its history.
''I think that common ancestry might be true, that is, one animal might be related to another by descent. But I don't think it happened by chance. I think it happened on purpose.''
He added, ''I think that life unfolded and developed according to a plan. If you look at many different biological systems, they look like the mousetrap they've got a lot of parts and everybody knows a mousetrap was put together on purpose by an intelligent agent. I think that most aspects of biology were constructed by an intelligent being as well.''
In his book, Behe referred to the cell as a black box that was mostly unknown to earlier biologists.
''It shows the reader the complexity. Many people think that cells and the basis of life must be simple, but it turns out that the foundations of life are really rather complex. That's the point I wanted to get across.''
Behe said he is no debater and isn't looking for the program at Tech to become a debate.
''I just want to raise a few questions and a few ideas. I am an academic, and just want to have these ideas discussed.''
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The Burchard Scholars Program brings together distinguished members of the faculty and promising MIT sophomores and juniors who have demonstrated excellence in some aspect of the humanities, arts, or social sciences. About 35 MIT undergraduates are selected each year for the competitive program. Each cohort of "Burchards" participates for one calendar year, from February through December.
The format is a series of dinner seminars that reflect the vast range of inquiry and research in the School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Science. The Burchard Program consists of nine events throughout a calendar year — a large reception at the beginning of spring term, seven dinner-seminars, and one cultural event in the fall. Seminars are held monthly, on Wednesday evenings from 5-7pm, during the school year.
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Research Topics
Aristoteles A N Giagounidis
Affiliation: Medizinische Klinik II
Country: Germany
Detail Information
- Biological and prognostic significance of chromosome 5q deletions in myeloid malignanciesAristoteles A N Giagounidis
St Johannes Hospital, Medizinische Klinik II, Duisburg, Germany
Clin Cancer Res 12:5-10. 2006..The data provide important new insights into the pathobiology of 5q chromosomal deletions in myeloid malignancies...
- Lenalidomide: a brief review of its therapeutic potential in myelodysplastic syndromesAristoteles A N Giagounidis
Medizinische Klinik II, St Johannes Hospital Duisburg, Germany
Ther Clin Risk Manag 3:553-62. 2007..Combination therapies with cytokines, demethylating agents, tyrosine kinase inhibitors, or chemotherapy are being investigated and may show additional benefit in both low- and high risk MDS...
- Lenalidomide as a disease-modifying agent in patients with del(5q) myelodysplastic syndromes: linking mechanism of action to clinical outcomesAristoteles Giagounidis
Marienhospital Düsseldorf, Dusseldorf, Germany
Ann Hematol 93:1-11. 2014..In addition, we discuss how improved understanding of the mechanism of disease will facilitate clinicians' ability to predict/monitor response and identify patients at risk of relapse...
- The 5q- syndromeA A N Giagounidis
St Johannes Hospital, Medizinische Klinik II, Duisburg, Germany
Hematology 9:271-7. 2004..The most promising therapeutic approach is the novel thalidomide analogue CC5013 that is currently evaluated in an international phase II study...
- Prognosis of patients with del(5q) MDS and complex karyotype and the possible role of lenalidomide in this patient subgroupA A N Giagounidis
Medizinische Klinik II, St Johannes Hospital, An der Abtei 7 11, 47166, Duisburg, and Klinik für Hämatologie, Onkologie und klinische Immunologie, Heinrich Heine Universitat Dusseldorf, Germany
Ann Hematol 84:569-71. 2005....
- Autoimmune disorders in two patients with myelodysplastic syndrome and 5q deletionA A N Giagounidis
Medizinische Klinik II, St Johannes Hospital, Duisburg, Deutschland
Acta Haematol 113:146-9. 2005..Contrary to previous reports on autoimmune disorders in MDS mentioning improvements of hematological function in response to steroid administration, neither of our patients had a hematological improvement under corticosteroids...
- Treatment of myelodysplastic syndrome with isolated del(5q) including bands q31-q33 with a combination of all-trans-retinoic acid and tocopherol-alpha: a phase II studyAristoteles A N Giagounidis
St Johannes Hospital, Medizinische Klinik II, An der Abtei 7 11, 47166, Duisburg, Germany
Ann Hematol 84:389-94. 2005..Based on these results, the combination of ATRA and tocopherol-alpha is not recommended for the treatment of del(5q) MDS...
- Early plasmacytoid dendritic cell leukemia/lymphoma coexpressing myeloid antigenesA A N Giagounidis
St Johannes Hospital, Medizinische Klinik II, An der Abtei 7 11, 47166, Duisburg, Germany
Ann Hematol 83:716-21. 2004..Although patients usually have an ominous prognosis, with only 25% living more than 24 months, our patient is alive after 30+ months and has again achieved complete remission after the last chemotherapy...
- Practical recommendations on the use of lenalidomide in the management of myelodysplastic syndromesAristoteles Giagounidis
St Johannes Hospital, Medizinische Klinik II, An der Abtei 7 11, 47166 Duisburg, Germany
Ann Hematol 87:345-52. 2008....
- Clinical, morphological, cytogenetic, and prognostic features of patients with myelodysplastic syndromes and del(5q) including band q31A A N Giagounidis
St Johannes Hospital, Medizinische Klinik II, Duisburg, Germany
Leukemia 18:113-9. 2004..Our data support the current definition of a separate entity of MDS with del(5q) that has been suggested by the World Health Organization...
- Lenalidomide in the context of complex karyotype or interrupted treatment: case reviews of del(5q)MDS patients with unexpected responsesAristoteles A N Giagounidis
Medizinsche Klinik II, St Johannes Hospital, An der Abtei 7 11, Duisburg, Germany
Ann Hematol 86:133-7. 2007..These clinical observations illustrate the heterogeneity of del(5q)MDS pathogenesis and the diversity of lenalidomide responses within this patient subset...
- A European survey on the detection and management of iron overload in transfusion-dependent patients with MDSAristoteles Giagounidis
Medizinische Klinik II, St Johannes Hospital, An der Abtei 7 11, 47166, Duisburg, Germany
Ann Hematol 90:667-73. 2011..The views of these experienced MDS physicians reflect available international MDS treatment guidelines...
- Lenalidomide for del(5q) and non-del(5q) myelodysplastic syndromesAristoteles A N Giagounidis
Department of Hematology, Oncology, and Palliative Care, Marienhospital Düsseldorf, Dusseldorf, Germany
Semin Hematol 49:312-22. 2012..This article will also discuss combination strategies with lenalidomide in higher risk disease...
- The 5q- syndromeAristoteles A N Giagounidis
St Johannes Hospital, Duisburg, Germany
Cancer Treat Res 142:133-48. 2008
- BCR-ABL gene amplification and overexpression in a patient with chronic myeloid leukemia treated with imatinibDorothea Gadzicki
Institute of Cell and Molecular Pathology, Hannover Medical School, Carl Neuberg Str 1, 30625 Hannover, Germany
Cancer Genet Cytogenet 159:164-7. 2005..We give further evidence that the genomic BCR-ABL amplification results in an increased level of BCR-ABL transcript linking two potent mechanisms of resistance against imatinib treatment...
- Clinicopathologic correlations of genomic gains and losses in follicular lymphomaAndreas Viardot
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|Red Hood
|General Information
|Real name:
|Jason Peter Todd
|First Appearance:
|Batman #357 (1983)
|Created by:
| Gerry Conway
Don Newton
| Batman Family
Teen Titans
The Challengers from Beyond
Red Hood and The Outlaws
Rose Wilson (ex-girlfriend)
| Master Martial Artist
Proficient with firearms
|Portrayed by:
| Jensen Ackles (Voice)
Troy Baker (Voice)
Jason Peter Todd is a fictional character appearing in comic books published by DC Comics. Jason Todd first appeared in Batman #357 (1983) and became the second Robin, sidekick to the superhero Batman, when the previous Robin, Dick Grayson went on to star in The New Teen Titans under the moniker of Nightwing.
Though initially popular, following a revamping of his origin by Max Allan Collins, the Jason Todd version of Robin was not well received by fans. For 1988's Batman: A Death in the Family storyline, DC Comics held a telephone poll to determine whether or not the character would die at the hands of the Joker, Batman's arch nemesis. The character was killed off by a vote of 5343–5271. Subsequent Batman stories dealt with Batman's guilt over not being able to prevent Jason's death. However, in 2005's story arc Under the Hood the character was resurrected, eventually becoming the second Red Hood and assuming a new role as an antihero who resembles Batman in many ways, except with a willingness to use lethal force and weapons.
Beginning in June 2010, Todd starred in "Red Hood: The Lost Days", a six issue miniseries that was timed to coincide with the release of the DC animated film Batman: Under the Red Hood, which was a movie adaptation of the comic series Under The Hood. The story, written by Judd Winick, concentrated on Jason Todd's lost years of globe-trotting and training after his death and resurrection before his return to Gotham.
Pre-Crisis History
The initial version of Jason Todd had an origin that was a similar origin to the first Robin, Dick Grayson. Originally, like Grayson, Jason is the son of circus acrobats killed by a criminal (Killer Croc) and is later adopted by Bruce Wayne. Distinguished by his red hair (as opposed to the black hair of Dick Grayson), Todd is unfailingly cheerful, wearing his circus costume to fight crime until Dick Grayson presents him with a Robin costume of his own. At that point, Jason dyes his hair black, and in later stories blossoms under Batman's tutelage.
Following the revamp of the Batman mythos due to Crisis on Infinite Earths, Jason Todd is recast as a young street orphan who first encounters the Dark Knight while attempting to steal the tires of the Batmobile. Bruce Wayne sees to it that Jason is placed in a school for troubled youths. Jason earns the mantle of Robin a short while later by helping Batman apprehend a gang of thieves. However, Todd does not wear the Robin costume (an improved version of) until after six months of training. Batman realizes that while Jason doesn't possess Dick Grayson's acrobatic skills, he can become a productive crime-fighter by channeling his rage. He also believes that if he doesn't help the boy, Jason will eventually become part of the "criminal element." Jason also aided Batman while Gotham City was temporally overrun by Deacon Blackfire.
Post-Crisis History
Unlike Grayson or the pre-Crisis Jason, the post-Crisis Jason is impulsive, reckless, and full of rage.
Jason Todd was the child of Willis and Catherine Todd, being raised in Gotham City. His father was a petty crook who ended up serving a prison sentence, and even after the sentence was served, his father did not return to the family. That left Jason alone with his drug-addicted mother, who he tried to take care of by ripping off car parts such as tires for cash. Sadly, his mother would soon die of an overdose and he would be left alone. He fended for himself just as he had taken care of his mother before, by continuing to rip off car parts. One night, Jason came across the Batmobile, which was parked in an alley. Batman had recently put new tires on the vehicles but had not replaced the hubcaps with the redesigned ones yet. This created an opportunity that Jason could not pass up. Batman caught him when he had already stolen one of the tires and was coming to take the others.
Batman tried to put Jason in a boarding school for troubled kids, but this did not work out for Jason as the owner of the school was actually running a training ground for youthful criminals. Batman instead decides that perhaps the boy's anger could be channeled against criminals as Robin, or else the boy would likely end up a criminal himself. This is how Jason Todd became the second Robin. He was not the acrobat Dick Grayson was, but he was a strong kid with skills from life on Gotham's streets.
On their first official mission as Batman and Robin, it was discovered that Jason's father was killed by the criminal Two-Face. Furious at the knowledge and the fact that Batman knew of it, Jason went on a rampage until at last he confronted Two-Face. Rather than kill Dent, however, Jason mastered his anger and let Dent be arrested, much to Batman's pride.
While Jason soon proved to be one of Batman's most enthusiastic students, he was also the most troubled. Brash and impulsive, Jason's former life on the streets had left him with an ambiguous sense of right and wrong. This often placed Jason in opposition to the values his mentor was trying to teach him. Jason often uses excessive force to subdue criminals. In one adventure, asked to "hold off" villains, Jason instantly takes to firing at them with a gun, despite Batman's abhorrence for firearms. The most dramatic of these moral clashes, however, happened when Jason tracked down Felipe Garzonasa, a foreign national who had raped a young woman and later drove her to suicide. Moments after Jason arrived, Garzonasa plunged to his death from his apartment balcony. While the truth is still unknown, there is a distinct possibility that Jason pushed Felipe off the balcony, thereby breaking Batman's strict code against ever taking a life.
Afraid of Jason possibly murdering someone, Batman asks Barbara Gordon, to come out of retirement as Batgirl, and work with Jason on a case, hoping that she might gain a better insight into Jason's behavior. Although the pair work well together, Barbara is unable to deny a darkness in Jason, which she later warns Bruce about.
A Death in the Family
Jason later discovers his mother was not his biological mother and runs away to find the woman who gave birth to him. After following a number of leads, Jason finally tracks his mother, Sheila, to Ethiopia, where she works as an aid worker. While Jason is overjoyed to be reunited with his real mother, he soon discovers that she is being blackmailed by the Joker, who is using her to provide him with medical supplies. Sheila herself has been embezzling funds from the agency and as part of the cover-up, she hands her own son, who arrives as Robin, over to the Joker. The Joker brutally beats the boy with a crowbar, and then leaves him and Sheila in the warehouse with a time bomb. Sheila and Robin try desperately to get out of the warehouse but are still inside as the bomb goes off. Batman arrives too late to save them and is only able to hold Jason's lifeless body in his arms. The bodies are taken back to Gotham City for burial. For the next decade's worth of stories, Jason's death haunts Batman, who keeps Jason's costume on display in the Batcave. Batman considers this his greatest failure: not properly training Jason in his role as Robin, and failing to protect him from the Joker.
Return from the grave
Years later, while trying to discover the identity of a mysterious figure plotting against him (which turns out to be Hush), Batman discovers that Robin (Tim Drake) has been kidnapped. When he confronts the kidnapper he discovers, much to his surprise, that the kidnapper is apparently an adult Jason Todd. Batman subdues this mystery "Jason" and discovers that it is only Clayface impersonating Jason.
It is later revealed that Jason indeed had died at the hands of the Joker, but when Superboy-Prime alters reality from the paradise dimension in which he is trapped (six months after his death), Jason is restored to life and breaks out of his coffin (with his bare hands and fingers), walked away from the graveyard (approximately 12 miles) before collapsed and thereafter is hospitalized, as the injuries inflicted by the Joker had not fully healed. After spending a year in a coma and subsequently as an amnesiac vagrant, he is recognized by a petty criminal who soon informs Talia al Ghul. After some time, Talia restores his health and memory by immersing him in a Lazarus Pit in which her father Ra's is also bathing. It is suggested at that time that exposure to the Pit's energies together with Al Ghul might have affected Jason's personality. On Talia's advice, Jason determines his death was never avenged and prepares to confront Batman by traveling across the globe in the same path of training as his mentor.
When Batman expresses no remorse for sparing the Joker's life after Jason was killed, Jason is further angered and takes up the mantle of the Red Hood.
As the Red Hood
Shortly after the events of War Games and War Crimes, Jason Todd reappears in Gotham City as the Red Hood, hijacking a shipment of Kryptonite from Black Mask. In the midst of a battle with Batman, Nightwing, and Mr. Freeze, the Red Hood gives them the Kryptonite back, and tells them he has gotten what he truly wanted: a "lay of the land." Shortly afterward, the Red Hood finds the Joker (driven out of Gotham by Hush) and beats him with a crowbar just as the Joker had beaten Jason. Despite the violent beating, Jason spares the Joker, intending to use him later against Batman.
The Red Hood assumes control over several gangs in Gotham City and starts a one-man war against Black Mask's criminal empire. Overall, he strives to cleanse the city of its corruption, such as drug dealing and gang violence, and to kill the Joker in revenge for his own death. Because of his anti-heroic activities, he repeatedly comes to blows with Batman and several of his allies. A Robin mask was found in the Batmobile, which never belonged to Dick or Tim, but it was of the style that Jason wore as Robin. Around this time, Batman discovers that Jason's coffin has always been empty, and he begins to question whether or not Jason had actually died. Despite his return, Jason's Robin costume remains in its memorial display case in the Batcave; when Alfred asked if Bruce wanted the costume removed, Bruce replied that the return of Jason "doesn't change anything at all."
Knowing that Tim Drake has not only replaced him as Robin but is reportedly a better Robin than he had been, Jason breaks into Titans Tower to confront Tim. Wearing an altered version of his own Robin costume, Jason quickly immobilizes the other Titans and strikes Tim down in the Tower's Hall of Fallen Titans. Furious that no memorial statue was made for him (despite his short tenure as a Titan), Jason demands that Tim tells him if he is really as good as Jason has been told. Tim says "Yes" and passes out. As he leaves, Jason tears the 'R' emblem from Tim's chest. In the Epilogue, Jason has apparently developed a grudging respect for his replacement as he states, "I'll admit. He's good." Jason is also left wondering if perhaps he would have been a better Robin and a better person had he a life like Tim's and friends like the Titans.
Jason's return crescendos when he kidnaps the Joker and holds him hostage, luring Batman to Crime Alley, the site of their first meeting. Jason asks Batman why he has not avenged his death by killing the Joker, and Batman tells Jason that he will never cross that line. An enraged Jason explains that even ignoring all the people he's killed and the crippling of Batgirl, he believed that after his death at the hands of the Joker, he'd finally be able to kill him, "doing it because he took me away from you". Despite this, Batman explains that it is not too hard for him to kill the Joker, it would be too easy; he has never once not fantasized about taking the Joker somewhere private and torturing him for maybe weeks before finally killing him, but refuses to go to that place. Jason offers Batman an ultimatum: Jason will kill the Joker unless Batman kills Jason first. Holding the Joker at gunpoint, Jason throws a pistol to Batman and begins to count to three while standing behind the Joker, leaving Batman with only a headshot if he wants to stop Jason pulling the trigger. At the last moment, Batman throws a batarang that cuts down an object and slices Jason's neck. The Joker takes advantage of the situation, detonating nearby explosives that engulf the platform they are on and send them plunging into the bay.
One Year Later and CountdownJason resurfaces one year after the Infinite Crisis patrolling the streets of New York City as a murderous version of Nightwing. Jason shows no intention of giving up the Nightwing persona and continues to taunt Dick Grayson by wearing the costume and suggesting that the two become a crime-fighting team. Grayson refuses to join his side and methods of crime-fighting. Not long after the two Nightwings meet up, Jason is captured and imprisoned by unknown mobsters. Rescued by a reluctant Grayson, the two join forces to defeat the Pierce brothers. Jason leaves New York City and the Nightwing mantle to Grayson, along with a telegram telling Grayson he has returned to normal and still considers them family.
Jason appears once more in several issues of Green Arrow alongside Brick as part of a gun-running organization, which brings Batman to Star City. Jason's true motives are shown in the third part as he kidnaps Mia Dearden (Speedy) in an effort to convert her to his side, feeling that they are kindred spirits, cast down by society and at odds with their mentors. The two fight while conversing but when Jason is unsuccessful in his bid to turn Mia, he settles for blowing up her High School. Mia is deeply troubled by what transpired between her and Jason but ultimately decides to stick with Green Arrow.
At the start of Countdown, Jason Todd resumes his persona as the Red Hood and rescues a woman from Duela Dent (aka Two Face's Daughter). After a Monitor shoots and kills Duela, he attempts to kill Jason but is stopped by a second Monitor. This second Monitor apologizes to Jason before they both disappear, leaving Jason alone with Duela's body. Later, at Duela's funeral, Jason hides until all of the Teen Titans have left except Donna Troy. Jason tells her what happened the night of Duela's death, and about the dueling Monitors. He knows that both he and Donna Troy have come back from the dead, and wonders which of them is next on the Monitor's hit list. The two are then attacked by the Forerunner, but before she can kill them, the apologetic Monitor stops her, and recruits Jason and Donna for a mission to the Palmerverse (a section of the Nanoverse discovered by Ray Palmer), in an attempt to find Palmer. During the trip, Jason takes it upon himself to name the Monitor "Bob".
On Earth-51, Jason meets that world's Batman. It was shown that this version of Batman had begun to use lethal force when his Jason died. Jason Todd of New Earth is then given a new costume and the codename, Red Robin. Earth-51 Batman had originally planned to give those to his Jason, but he died before it was time. During a final confrontation on Earth-51, Batman is killed, much to Jason's fury. After landing on Apokolips and battling against Darkseid's forces, the team returns to New Earth, Jason once again turns his back on life as a costumed hero, and returns to his old ways of dealing with crime.
Batman R.I.P.
Following Batman's disappearance during the events of Batman R.I.P. Jason begins manipulating the Gang Wars in Gotham, so as to take control of them. Unfortunately, Jason's approach leads to more blood shed and violence. With both Nightwing and Batman unavailable, it falls to Tim Drake to deal with the mess Jason created. Jason however, asks Tim to join forces with him, though Tim, of course, refuses on the grounds that Jason's methods are too questionable.
This leads to a confrontation between Jason and Tim Drake, which is interrupted by the arrival of another Red Robin, whose identity is initially a mystery but later turns out to be Ulysses Armstrong. Due to a combination of Red Robin's involvement and a gun-toting gang member, Jason was shot in the leg and arrested by police. Upon the resolution of the gang war in Gotham, Tim Drake - under a pseudonym visited Jason in prison to give him the Justice League access code to release himself from prison, due primarily to the fact that Tim believes that Jason should be given another chance at redemption. Following his escape, Jason continues on the mend and is summoned by Tim to come to the Batcave, where Batman has left his Last Will and Testament statement for him. After hearing the statement in private, Jason prepares to leave, not revealing what he was told, although he does pause before his old costume and the tattered remains of Batman's.
It is later revealed that the message left for Jason was Bruce admitting that of all his failures, Jason was the biggest. Bruce states that he regrets never offering Jason any help or feeling for his obvious emotional hardships, but instead dressing him up as Robin and putting him in constant danger.
These words, however, only cause Jason to snap completely, leading to the events of the Battle for the Cowl.
Battle for the Cowl
Following his escape from prison, Jason apparently decided to put a bid in for the Bat-mantle. He wore a black and grey Batsuit with two handguns, various other weapons and a mouth-plate. He is also living/operating out of an abandoned Gotham subway system. His inner monologue demonstrated that he'd always had a desire to eventually replace Batman, and his displeasure with Batman becoming a public figure, rather than an urban legend.
Jason begins his war on crime using lethal tactics and leaving slips of paper saying "I AM BATMAN".
After Jason manages to take down a group of thugs, he then escapes only to have Nightwing and Damian Wayne on his tail. Nightwing deduces that the impostor is Jason Todd. After a short quarrel, Damian is shot by Jason. At the same time, Tim Drake begins a search to stop the impostor and dresses as Batman in order to demonstrate how the real Batman would have acted. Tim finds Jason Todd's "Batcave" in a subway station and is saved from a booby trap by Catwoman, who knows Tim is behind the mask. Jason ambushes them, disposing of Catwoman, and then getting into a fight with Tim before impaling him in the chest with a batarang, exclaiming "One more to go".
After questioning himself, following Damian's near death, Nightwing goes forth against Jason, intending to take down Todd once and for all. The pair battle, all the while with Jason claiming that Tim is dead, unaware that Tim survived and was saved by Damian and the Squire. The battle accumulates to Nightwing kicking Jason off a speeding train.
When Dick attempted to help Jason, the other man refused and fell to his supposed death, though claiming they would see each other again soon. This allowed Dick to officially assume the mantle of Batman.
Revenge of the Red Hood
Jason survived his fall and gave up his claim to Batman's mantle. Dick was Batman now, and Jason set out to become Dick's direct competition. He reworked his Red Hood identity to be more dramatic and attention-grabbing by creating a costume for it, a costume very similar to the original Red Hood outfit the Joker had used. Also, he stopped dying his hair black and allowed it to grow red again with a small gray streak left by his previous exposure to a Lazarus Pit. To complete his transformation, he even found himself a sidekick. This was Scarlet, the daughter of a criminal and the victim of Professor Pyg's practice of mutilation. His intent was for them to become Gotham City's new dynamic duo, supplanting the old one.
With his new partner, Jason resumed his brutal and lethal methods of dealing with criminals, but now there was a twist. Using the media and Internet, he exposed his methods to the public and actively marketed them as the way things should be done. Public opinion was actually at least somewhat in his favor, especially after he showed Batman and Robin protecting the Penguin from him and Scarlet. He was able to keep ahead of Batman and Robin, getting to criminals first and evading their attempts to apprehend him. That lasted until he tracked down a criminal who got away from him to finish what he had started. Batman and Robin arrived to stop them, and the two duos fought. The fight went in Jason's favor. Instead of the two heroes capturing him, he captured them, stripped them naked, and locked them out of his way for the time being. His plan was to reveal to the world on a Twitter webcam, the identities of Batman and Robin if the public offered enough attention to it.
It was then that Jason and Scarlet were ambushed by an assassin called Flamingo. He took two shots from a sniper's rifle, shattering his helmet. While Batman and Robin escaped from his trap, Todd and Scarlet attempted to combat against Flamingo. However, both of them proved inferior to Flamingo's skills, and it was only with the timely arrival of Batman and Robin that they were not killed. Jason used the Dynamic Duo as a cover, proceeded to crush Flamingo with a truck, while Damian threw himself in front of an attack to save Scarlet, leaving him crippled. Scarlet escaped, and Jason was again taken into police custody. As he was dragged away, however, he shouted at Dick that if the Lazarus Pits could revive him from the dead (a half-truth), then why hadn't Dick done it for Bruce?
Jason files an appeal to be moved from Arkham Asylum where he's been held for observation for the last several months. Bruce Wayne as Batman visits him there to inform Jason he's in Arkham for his own protection. Jason points out he's passed all the psychological tests repeatedly and there is no reason to keep him in what he calls Batman's "kennel of freaks". Jason is transferred to a Gotham prison and upon his arrival, the suicide rate spikes amongst top incarcerated crime figures there. Several homicides occur due to many botched attempts on Jason's life by inmates with a grudge against the Red Hood's tactics. Jason escalates things further by poisoning the cafeteria, killing 82 and sickening 100 more inmates. He is immediately transferred back to Arkham but is broken out of the paddy wagon by a group of mercenaries. The mercenaries reveal they are under orders to bring Jason to the person that hired them and that he is in no danger. Jason breaks free and fights them off all the same as Batman and Robin arrive. Once the hired guns are subdued they reveal their employer has captured Scarlet, Jason's former sidekick. Dick, Damian, and Jason go to one of the Red Hood's weapon caches where he assembles a composite costume made from his biker and "superhero" Red Hood attire. The three intend to rescue Scarlet. After Batman and Robin defeat the mercs, Red Hood rescues Scarlet and escapes using the helicopter. Batman and Robin attempt to chase him, but Red Hood tells them that he planted bombs over Gotham City months ago. Scarlet desires to stay with Red Hood as his partner. Red Hood and Scarlet head toward an unknown destination. Dick does nothing, surmising Jason was bluffing, and that though he's on the road to reforming, he'll only rejoin the Bat-Family when he is ready.
Jason is currently attempting to make up for his sins by leading the Outlaws, a team of wayward heroes including Arsenal and Starfire. The red symbol on his chest is now changed to a bat, representing his uneasy reconciliation with the Batman Family. Interestingly, the costume itself is acquired by Jason from a collection of costumes identified as having belonged to Dick Grayson, including the original Nightwing costume, implying that this particular outfit belonged to Dick as well. He acquires it shortly after meeting Starfire, who had it in her possession. It is also apparent that as of the reboot, Jason's relationship with Tim is at least cordial, as Jason visits Tim on at least one occasion (recounted via flashback in Red Hood & the Outlaws #8), during which the two exchange information before Tim invites Jason to stay for breakfast, and the two share a joke about Alfred's waffles, which Tim describes as tasting "like paste". The conversation implies that the relationship between Jason and his erstwhile mentor, however, remains strained, if not hostile.
Though he retained his aggressive style of fighting, it is clear in the first issue of "Red Hood and the Outlaws" that he has continued to use lethal force against his adversaries. In said issue, Jason used his firearms in an act of self-defense to kill three mob members, and he did so with little hesitation or empathy. In issue two however he feels compassion and respect for his former trainers who he was forced to put in their zombified state, implying he decides to use lethal force on a case by case basis, not hesitating if he sees no other option, similar to the Huntress. At the end of the same issue, he feels that he finally has a team, and has finally picked a side. He also sacrificed his most treasured memory from his days as Robin, realizing his that his conflicting emotions were preventing him to do what needed to be done for the "Greater Good".
Powers and Abilities
- Lazarus-Enhanced Capabilities: As of his perfect resurrection by the Lazarus Pit, he no longer ages & regenerates from injuries at a very fast rate, allowing him to perfectly cheat death on several occasions. His strength, speed, stamina, agility, reflexes, and durability has been enhanced.
- Peak Physical Condition: By matching his former mentor in combat he has proven that he is physically superior to most Olympic athletes, just as Batman is. His strength, reflexes, stamina, and durability are practically equal to that of Dick Grayson.
- Master Martial Artist: Jason Todd is a highly skilled combatant trained by Batman. Although he was always more of a brawler as Robin, following his resurrection, he gained more training and demonstrated himself to be far more skilled than before. This is shown when he fought his former mentor and Nightwing to a standstill when Jason held his own against the Green Arrow in a sword fight, and when he overpowered Tim Drake at Titans Tower. Jason's fighting style focuses on brutality, strength, and speed; he is shown to have studied over half-a dozen fighting styles and has proven to be a master of Aikido, Capoeira, Karate, Ninjutsu, Savate, Krav Maga, Kickboxing, and Tae Kwon Do. He has received extensive training from Batman, and after his resurrection, had traveled the world, learning every form of martial arts he could, just as Batman did.
- Master Marksman: Having been trained by Batman, Jason has perfect aim when using batarangs and later, firearms. To increase his skill with firearms he went a step further than Batman on his journey around the world to learn from the masters how to kill a target with different types of guns.
- Tactical Analysis: Although contradictory to his once childish nature, Jason's learned to survey his targets before attacking and killing them. He spends long hours scouting targets and assuring that they deserve his brand of justice.
- Expert Acrobat: In his training as Robin, he had been taught acrobatics and gymnastics routines. He further practices his abilities as the Red Hood even going so far as to chase the Batman Family around just to test his speed.
- Skilled Swordsman: Jason has been shown to be skilled enough to hold his own against the Green Arrow in a sword fight until he ultimately lost.
- Skilled detective: Jason has shown some skill as a detective.
- Multi-Lingual: Taught by Batman, Jason is fluent in several languages having spoken English, French, German, Italian and various others with Russian being his weakest.
- Genius-Level Intellect: After being adopted by Bruce, Jason received an excellent education and tutoring from both private tutors and Bruce thus, has deep knowledge in many subjects, including Science, Math, Medicine, Geography, Criminology, World History and English. He has also proven to be a highly efficient criminal strategist and organised as the Red Hood.
- Expert Bomb assembly and Diffusal: Taught by a world renowned bomb expert in Russia, Jason is able to assemble and defuse a wide variety of conventional explosive devices, from improvised to military grade designs. It is yet to be determined whether or not he can diffuse Nuclear devices, in contrast to Batman and Damian's demonstrated ability.
- Expert Vehicular Driver: Jason has driven a variety of vehicles from cars and boats to being trained in the Middle East by an ace pilot to fly helicopters.
Strength Level
Jason Todd possesses the peak human strength of a 6-foot, 225-pound young man who regularly engages in intensive physical exercise.
- Robin Costume: After becoming Robin, Todd received Dick Grayson's old Robin costume. It includes a fabric tunic, that offered limited protection against bullets and blunt attacks, a yellow cape, green shorts, and pixie-boots. His utility belt carried batarangs, grappling hooks, gas pellets and assorted other bat-related weapons.
- Red Hood Costume: Following his resurrection, Jason took on the Joker's old mantle of the Red Hood. His interpretation, however, involved jeans, a t-shirt, and a biker's jacket. He wears two masks. The first being a red domino mask, fixed in place with spirit gum, and includes a built-in radio transmitter/receiver and Starlite night-vision lenses. His gauntlets and boots each contain eight compartments in which he can store items. His second mask was a metallic red hood, which offered many of the same functions as his mask, though also added better protection for his face.
- Red Robin Costume: Similar in some ways to Damian Wayne's Robin costume, this costume offered many of the same protections and functions, although it had added glider capability in the cape, and assorted Robin-esque weaponry.
- Batman Costume: Unlike the conventional Batman costume, Jason's version was far more militaristic, with heavier body armor of gray and black. Rather than the normal cowl design, the pointed ears were made to look more like devil horns, and the lenses glowed red giving him a far more demonic appearance. The mouth of the of the mask was covered with a gas mask type device. Rather than carrying the normal non-lethal utility belt, Jason's was filled with assorted lethal weaponry.
- Motorcycle
- Car
- Helicopter
- Boat
- Automatic Handguns
- Tasers
- Grenades/Other Explosives
- Batarangs
- Electric Wings
- Knife
- Twin Blade Katanas
- Bruce tried to reform Jason by submitting him to treatments at Arkham Asylum under an alias. It was then revealed that Jason is still sane, just willing to do what Batman refused to. He was being transferred to Blackgate Prison when he managed to escape.
- Despite his idolization of Bruce, he was angry that he refused to kill the Joker, even after Jason was murdered. As Batman noted, he never understood the Batman Code: never kill. Although Batman did nearly kill the Joker as revenge for Todd at the end of A Death in the Family.
In Other Media
Batman: Under the Red Hood
Batman: The Brave and the Bold
"Emperor Joker!" features a scene where Batman is shown a statue depicting Jason's death in Batman #428 as a part of Bat-Mite's extra-dimensional museum. Bat-Mite then breaks the fourth wall by informing Batman of the vote that resulted in Jason's demise. Batman gives no reaction, as in this universe Dick Grayson was the only Robin Batman ever worked with.
Batman: Arkham series
Young Justice
In the episode "Satisfaction", there's a memorial of the fallen heroes where an image of a Robin can be seen. This has been confirmed to be Jason Todd.
Injustice series
Although Jason Todd himself does not make an appearance in either Injustice: Gods Among Us or Injustice 2 (until being announced as the first post-launch DLC), he is alluded to a few times, namely in relation to the Joker and the Regime version of Nightwing: In both games, Joker's movesets include him beating an opponent with a crowbar, as well as the Injustice version of Nightwing, Damian Wayne, sharing similar traits to Jason such as self-righteous fury and being a counterpart to Nightwing. In addition, one of Joker's intros when fighting Damian Wayne in the latter game has them alluding to Joker's murder of Jason Todd, where Damian tells Joker "I'm no Jason Todd", with Joker responding that Jason was pathetic and calls Damian contemptible, while Damian throws the insult back by calling Joker "both."
He is later mentioned by Damian (when he was Robin) in Batman's past story mode chapter, as one of the Joker's victims whom Batman failed to rescue, including Superman's wife Lois Lane and his unborn son.
It also reveals that he dislike the Regime, despite agreeing their points on the criminals must be punished to death, yet shouldn't be gone too far killing them ever since Joker corrupted Superman into became what he is now. In his multiverse arcade ending after Brainiac's defeat, Red Hood decide to continue his usual lethal crime fighting business while the Insurgency and Regime are having a conflict again over Braniac's fate to restore the stolen cities and planets.
Jason's birthday is August 16th.
- He's the Arkham Knight in Batman: Arkham Knight which he revealed when Batman was trying to rescue Commissioner Gordon.


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Mauresmo advances, Henman rolls back years
June 27, 2007 10:28 IST
Amelie Mauresmo performed her duties as defending champion with a minimum of fuss at Wimbledon on Tuesday, opening Centre Court proceedings on the traditional "Ladies' Day" with an assured defeat of American Jamea Jackson.
The 27-year-old French fourth seed swept to a 6-1, 6-3 victory with a few flashes of the flamboyant strokeplay that lifted her to victory over Justine Henin [Images] in last year's final.
Her place in the spotlight was quickly seized by Tim Henman as the golden boy of British tennis for more than a decade rolled back the years with an epic final-set shootout victory over Spanish 25th seed Carlos Moya [Images].
The All England [Images] Club grounds were still buzzing long after the 32-year-old completed a remarkable 6-3, 1-6, 5-7, 6-2, 13-11 victory to become the last British male standing.
The match had resumed at 5-5 in the decider after bad light had left it hanging in the balance overnight.
While Henman and Moya provided an old-fashioned serve and volley duel, Moya's close friend Rafael Nadal [Images] followed them with a brutal show of power to beat American Mardy Fish 6-3, 7-6, 6-3.
Fresh from his hat-trick of titles at Roland Garros, topspin king Nadal proved again that he can adapt his awesome baseline skills to Wimbledon's slick lawns.
All he wants now, he said, is some Spanish sunshine.
"It's better for the Spaniards, the Latins, the sun makes it a bit slower, the ball gets a bit more topspin," he said. "But grass don't change, it's always grass."
Mauresmo can only dream about the kind of domination Nadal enjoys at her home slam in Paris but at least she appears to have found her natural habitat in south west London [Images].
With a game not unlike Henman's classical grasscourt cut and thrust she was too good for the 20-year-old Jackson, the daughter of an NFL cornerback.
"I feel that I'm enjoying it," she told reporters of walking out as a champion. "There's maybe a little extra tension before you walk on the court.
"It was very, very different, quite bizarre," she added of the returning to the world's most famous court that has been shorn of its roof this year. "It's lost a bit of its intimacy."
Second and third seeds Maria Sharapova [Images] and Jelena Jankovic also moved through. Jankovic crushed British wildcard Anne Keothavong 6-2, 6-0 while Sharapova was made to work harder before beating Taiwan's Chan Yung-Jan 6-1, 7-5.
For the second day running a former champion diced with danger on Court Two. Unlike Martina Hingis [Images] on Monday three-times winner Venus Williams did not have to save any match points but was still given a scare by Russian Alla Kudryavtseva before winning 2-6, 6-3, 7-5.
Slovak 10th seed Daniela Hantuchova [Images] dished out a harsh lesson to 15-year-old Russian Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, beating the junior world champion 6-0, 6-1.
Men's ninth seed James Blake joined compatriot Andy Roddick [Images] in the second round with a 6-3, 6-4, 6-4 victory over French Open quarter-finalist Igor Andreev.
However there were several American casualties in the men's draw, with Robert Kendrick, Kevin Kim, Vince Spadea and Bobby Reynolds all joining Fish out the exit door.
Shocks have been notable by their absence so far and a clutch of A-list contenders eased into the men's second round.
Serbian third seed Novak Djokovic dropped just seven games in a demolition of Potito Starace of Italy [Images] while Lleyton Hewitt [Images], the last man to win Wimbledon before Federer took over, beat Briton Richard Bloomfield.
Argentine David Nalbandian, was too good for German Mischa Zverev while 10thh seed Marcos Baghdatis, a semi-finalist last year, beat the fading light to edge out Latvian teenager Ernests Gulbis in four sets.


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As funny and ridiculous as these stories are, it doesn't shock me one bit that most of them are real. These types of things really do happen, and I've experienced my fair share of user stupidity with others and myself. Feel better about yourself by reading these stories… unless of course you're familiar with most of them from firsthand experience. If that's the case, then you're probably too distracted by the magical moving arrow thingy to even pay attention to what I'm saying right now.


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I love to see you grapple with trying to explain this woman and her thought processes. You are missing something obvious though. She believes in the literal truth of the Bible. She believes it informs on matters of science, biology, evolution, physics, cosmology, etc. So if there are multiple creation versions in the Bible what do you do, make up your own reality. If there are contradictions in it, ignore them. Just like you ignore inconvenient facts about day-to-day life.
If you BELIEVE the bible is the literal inerrant word of God what do you do? Well then you ignore all contrary facts, like the earth revolving around the sun, like the age of the earth. You are seeing in Sarah Palin the fact that she has translated her biblical literalism into a way of attempting to deal with the real world and hence as you put it, her alternative universe. I think what is going on is that she has internalized the fundamentalist way of thinking to such a degree that she no longer has much of a grip on reality. She has taught herself to ignore reality in matters of faith and has transposed that way of thinking into her regular life.
The first chapter of my book on how conservatism destroyed itself in America is called "The Fundamentalist Psyche." I don't think you can understand what happened under Bush and what Palin represents unless you grapple with the mindset that can deny empirical truth in favor of Divine Truth. The resistance to debate, the inability to see your own faults and errors, your final surrender to the will of the Almighty as a way to cope with the massive errors involved in your own management of the material world: this is Bush's world and Palin's world. Their magical thinking, combined with the mainstream media's defensive crouch, made a great deal possible. And Cheney took advantage.
It can work for a while. But real conservatives know that dogma can never work in managing a fallen world. In the end, it collapses. And Obama walked confidently over the wreckage. Until conservatives understand this, there will be no recovery.


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The news was barely out today when social networks were erupting, blaming Sarah Palin and the tea party for inciting the 22-year-old alleged gunman who shot U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, a Democrat from Arizona, and 16 others in a grocery store in Tucson, Ariz. Giffords was one of those 20 moderate Republicans and Democrats that were on Palin's now infamous "target list" that Palin compiled early last year. The graphic that went with the list features rifle scope-like cross hairs on certain legislative districts.
Palinistas are furious over the accusations. Read here and here (just for starters). They blame the left using a tragedy to score political points. A Palin staffer, Rebecca Mansour told a radio talk show host Saturday that doing so is "obscene" and "appalling." In fact, she said that the "target list" was not intended to allude to guns.
"We never ever, ever intended it to be gun sights," she said.
"It's surveyor's symbols," the interviewer Tammy Bruce suggested. Bruce, a Palin supporter, describes herself as "a gay, pro-choice, gun owning, pro-death penalty, Tea Party Independent Conservative. " Her show is promoted as a "chick with a gun and a microphone."
Mansour agreed. She said that the graphic was contracted out to a professional. They approved it quickly without thinking about it. "We never imagined, it never occurred to us that anybody would consider it violent," she said. Rather, she said, that it was simply "crosshairs that you would see on a map."
There is "nothing irresponsible about our graphic," she said.
She did not, however, mention the "don't retreat, instead- RELOAD!" Palin tweet that went out shortly after the graphic was posted on both her Facebook page and SarahPac's website, directing them to the graphic. The tweet turned quickly into a Palin mantra. Many, even then, urged her to stop using such violent rhetoric. If she heard them, she did not retreat.
The graphic remains on Palin's Facebook page but was removed this morning on SarahPac's website. Mansour said that removing it did not constitute a "scrub" of Palin's site, as some had been alleging. She said that someone from SarahPac contacted her this morning, and was wondering if it should be taken down given the circumstances. She said that because the midterm elections had passed, it shouldn't have been there anyway.
To be clear: nothing has emerged that would indicate that the alleged gunman, Jared L. Loughner, was in any way influenced by Sarah Palin or the tea party. Someone who claims to be his high school friend claims that he was, in 2007, "left wing." However, it's hard to discern any political bent from his strange Youtube ramblings.
Correction: An earlier version of this story identified Rebecca Mansour as a spokeswoman. Mansour took issue with that description. She said, "She (Palin) speaks for herself. I was speaking for myself."