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Republicans weren't easy to find but they were among the estimated 800,000 people to turn out for President Barack Obama's second inauguration Monday.
"Ultimately, this is about the country, our nation," said Delia Jennings, a West Virginia native who voted for Mitt Romney. "I can't change it, so I might as well be a part of it. You look at all the people stretching back all the way to the Washington Monument, I mean how can you not want to be a part of this?"
Jennings attended the ceremony with a friend, Victor Parker, who is a Democrat. Normally, the two chat about the government, among other things, but not at the inauguration.
"We're not talking politics today," Parker said.
Plenty of GOP members skipped the inauguration by getting out of Washington, D.C., altogether.
Charlie Spies, a prominent Republican lawyer based in the District, organized a trip to Las Vegas for nearly 100 Republicans.
The group is relaxing at the Wynn resort and going steakhouse-hopping.
"The trip is going great," Spies said in an email Sunday night.
Back at the inauguration, a few rows from the presidential lectern, Arlington resident Louise Buchanan laughed at the question of whether she voted for Romney.
"I salute the Republicans who are here," Buchanan said. "That's how it should be." Continued...
But Buchanan, a strong Obama supporter and lifelong Democrat, knows what it's like to be at the inauguration she too wants to see elected.
In 1989, she sang in the Congressional chorus on stage at President George H.W. Bush's swearing-in.
"It was a thrill to be here at all," Buchanan said. "We really weren't that focused on who the incoming president was. I just have such strong respect for the office of the presidency."
Some Republicans at Obama's inauguration shared that same sense of respect.
Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., who would have been vice president had Romney been elected, told reporters last week, "it's my obligation" to attend.
One of Obama's more high-profile political rivals, House Speaker John Boehner, planned to attend a tea at the White House and a post-inauguration Congresisonal lunch at the Capitol, according to spokesman Brendan Buck.
"You want to know what I'm doing inauguration day?" said a man who answered a phone in Boehner's office. "I'm working."
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This post gonna be my first post for my Yeosu Expo series. As an opening, I would like to share that last 9-10 June, I got a chance to visit the place that so-happening-around-Korea, Yeosu Expo. I got this experience for free as part of my duty being korea performance supporter, so Thanks A Bunch, dearest KTO!
This first post, I would like to share how easy to book a place to stay there in Yeosu. FYI, Yeosu is small city in South Jeolla Province. Through BnBHero website in http://www.bnbhero.com I could easily manage my accommodation thing during my stay in Yeosu. This website not only help you for searching apartments, rooms or vacations rental in Yeosu, but also you could search for ur vacation in other popular city in Korea such as Seoul, Busan and Jeju Island.
When trying to book the room, it was so easy, since I can logged in using my facebook ID, so I didnt need to make additional ID. Other easy thing in here is I could pay using paypal! Since I dont have any local creditcard in here, I could use my Indonesia creditcard by using paypal. So simple! Also, I could leave any specified message to the owner of the house.
The place where I stay was titled with room in apartment with best view in Yeosu, and yes, they really provide me great view during my stay. In early morning, when I open the window I could see how blue the sky and the sea was. This apartment, located in Yeochun, small city next to Yeosu. I could reach this location by using taxi or walked from city hall, and from city hall I could use the free shuttle bus provided by the expo to reach the expo venue.
But in Saturday nite, since there's no taxi left, the owner was picking me up! She's so nice, even it past midnite already, she still drove her own car to pick us up. Thank you so much for ur kindness ♥. Another thing that surprised me was when we arrived in house, she already cutted some fruit and prepare sikhye-traditional drink from rice- for our late snack. This owner was really a nice person. She also asked me what time I would like to be waken up on the next day. And exactly at 7am, she wake me up on the next day. just like a mom ♥ then in early morning she provided me a breakfast - kimbab, bread, egg, tomato, potato in which I had to eat them all. I ate my breakfast with her and her husband, we shared stories about family and life and promised to meet again. Feels like a family!
If you see the pictures above, my room and the view offered were exactly the same like pics they put on BnBhero website, no edit! Oh ya, I was stay here with my teammate from UEA, and other american-canadian group. I shared my room with my teammate. The room is so clean, and the toilet as well. Felt so comfortable to spend the nite there. For 50bucks I spent in here, it was worth *actually, it's free since KTO will reimburse me later, kkk*
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I like this heart rate monitor a lot. I own the Polar F6 model and have had it for a couple of years now.
For anyone out there who doesn't know the importance of training with a heart rate monitor…PLEASE do yourself a huge favor…buy one, figure out your zones and use it. Years ago when I first started training for a marathon I had no idea that heart rate monitors were that important. Each day I would just try to run farther and faster than the previous day. Eventually I injured myself and had to quit training for about 6 months…that gave me plenty of time to learn the importance of training correctly and with a heart rate monitor.
I bought the F6 for around $100. The chest strap was a little annoying at first but you will get used to it. With the polar you have to make sure to get the contact pads (electrode areas) on the chest strap wet. The directions say to moisten but that makes it sound like it barely needs to be wet. I make sure it is good and wet to ensure accurate numbers right from the beginning.
The set up of the watch is fairly simple where you can input male/female, weight and heart rate data. This will allow the watch to determine your heart rate zones and give a guesstimate on your calories burned.
There are a few screens and data you can look at while exercising although I really only pay attention to the stopwatch and current heart rate. The summary at the end of your training is nice as well as it gives you your total time, calories burned, average heart rate and max HR. The watch will also keep a training diary.
If you are new to heart rate training and all you need is a heart rate monitor, Polar is a great option. There are other companies with heart rate/GPS options out there but they are more expensive. Polar is expanding their product line to include GPS for outdoor running and cycling but I haven't been exposed to any of these other products. I will review Garmin's HR/GPS watch in the future because i do have the Garmin 405.
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Ultimately I have been pleased with this purchase. I have used it a ton, especially before I bought my GPS watch, and then my wife used it until she bought her GPS watch. Now I basically only use it for indoor training while on the treadmill and the bike trainer.


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These aren't the types of problems that a new defensive coordinator should be figuring out in August.
This is the time for position battles and rookies fighting for roster spots, not for figuring how to replace the NFL's reigning leader in sacks.
But in their preseason opener Sunday against the Bengals at Paul Brown Stadium in Cincinnati, defensive coordinator Don "Wink" Martindale debuted the Broncos' plan for how they will play without star pass rusher Elvis Dumervil, who will miss at least four months — if not the whole season — because of a torn pectoral muscle.
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It surely wasn't the start the Broncos were hoping for.
"Trust me, Elvis was our best pass rusher, but we've got a lot of talent on this team, guys that whether it is schematically or just rushing straight up that we can get to the quarterback," Haggan said. "I think it's only just a matter of time. Trust me, Elvis will be greatly missed, but we have guys that can get the job done."
Defensive end Justin Bannan was the only Bronco to lay a hand on Palmer when the No. 1 defense played against the Bengals' offensive starters in a game Denver lost 33-24.
"Somebody else has got to step up (after Dumervil's injury). My guys have got to step up. Guys that are rushing on the edge have to step up," said Denver defensive line coach Wayne Nunnely. "It's a loss that we wish we didn't have to deal with, but someone else has got to step up and that's really what it's all about. That happens in football."
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Atkins and Jammie Kirlew recorded sacks during the second half. Alexander was credited with four quarterback hits in the second half.
"Felt good to go out there and be aggressive and get into the backfield and help my team out," said Kirlew, a seventh-round draft pick from Indiana. "Not going to lie, it felt good to get my first sack under my belt, get that out of the way."
Yet it isn't just the loss of Dumervil that has caused concern about the pass rush. The Broncos lost much of their pass rush from last season before Dumervil's injury happened in training camp. Defensive tackle Vonnie Holliday, who ranked second among the Broncos with five sacks in 2009, signed with the Washington Redskins. Third-down specialist Darrell Reid, who had four sacks last year, remains on the physically unable to perform list after major knee surgery in the offseason.
So where will the sacks come from?
The Broncos are banking on big improvement from Ayers, who played in the nickel package last season but has yet to record his first NFL sack.
The Broncos have moved Haggan from inside linebacker — where he worked all spring and through the first week of training camp — back outside, where he started every game last season. Ayers and Haggan will likely be three-down players.
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Can anyone recommend a good CRM application OTHER than what I've listed here? I'm looking for something that is strong with contacts (can search and find stuff like 'Basketball expert' and the like).
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Welcome to the Faculty Innovation Center (The FIC)
The Instructional Technology Group, as part of the ITS Academic Technology team, is dedicated to the support and advancement of technology-enhanced teaching, learning, and research at Loyola Marymount University. The Instructional Technology Group supports the Faculty Innovation Center (The FIC) located in the William H. Hannon Library as well as faculty within each college. The FIC facilitates technology-enhanced teaching and research through a combination of one-on-one support, multimedia development assistance, workshops, and collaboration using the latest hardware, software and peopleware.
Contact the FIC with general questions, comments, requests, or to propose a FIC presentation regarding the use of technology in your pedagogy at 310.338.5731 or firstname.lastname@example.com or chat with us.
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Explore how faculty are using instructional technology to enhance pedagogy and improve learning and research at LMU. Visit our Showcase page to learn more...
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In Fall 2011, twelve faculty members from across the campus were selected to participate in the Plugging into Pedagogy (PiP) project. These faculty chose a current assignment or created a new project or assignment and then evaluated their assignments from a pedagogical standpoint. In the next step, faculty will revamp the assignments by infusing a variety of technologies. Some of the participants are exploring the use of technology in the following areas:
- Transforming the classical lecture-format popular within the STEM field to create a more interactive and interpersonal lecture-format.
- Discovering ways that students can create interactive timelines (on their own or collaboratively) to track the development of each individual Enlightenment figure they research.
- Developing a student collaboration project whereby students learn skills in video editing as they explore course concepts such as feminism, institutions, and narratives.
- Creating an international commodity marketing simulation game for students to use in class.
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Changing from 'I-centric' to WE-centric
Creating WE is based on the premise that in any business or organization, leaders set the tone.
How leaders behave creates an atmosphere that instinctually triggers behaviors in others. A territorial atmosphere triggers "Fatal Instincts" – in response to which we act defensively, protecting what is ours. An inclusive and supportive atmosphere triggers "Vital Instincts" – promoting positive responses, and our desire to reach out and partner with others.
How a leader behaves with his or her employees determines the level of engagement of everyone throughout their organization – top to bottom.
Open leaders create open, healthy and productive environments – in stark contrast to the compliant environments forced by autocratic leadership. Leaders who foster creative thinking and risk-taking, create environments where innovation reins supreme. Leaders, who punish honest communication, stop the critically important process of conversation – thus creating resistance and in turn, damaging morale and productivity. The behavior and communication style of a company's leader and the atmosphere and environment they create are directly linked.
Creating WE is more than a philosophy. It's a whole new paradigm encompassing a mindset, practices and wisdom exemplified by human beings reaching out to each other around the globe in the spirit of partnership – raising our collective consciousness, and bringing forth a WE-centric world.
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The origins of the Specialty Equipment Market Association (SEMA) show are deep in the '60s with strong roots in the hot rodding world. And while the SEMA trade show is now also synonymous with imports, trucks, and tricked-out donks, the hot rodding contingent that got it all rolling is still represented strong each year. As the show has grown through the decades, automotive enthusiasts from other factions have joined the party, growing SEMA to the point where it occupies every corner of the Las Vegas Convention Center
With over 2 million square feet of exhibition space, the annual SEMA show is one of the largest and most exciting trade conventions anywhere. If you're a manufacturer, speed shop, car builder, or media representative, you'll spend most of a week trying to look at every project car and get the lowdown on every new part. Even then, you'll always miss something. Around every corner, there's something cool that will lure you in for longer than you planned. Before you know it, you're behind schedule.
The folks who put on the SEMA show understand our infatuation with cool cars and hot parts, so they've made two great moves for us hot rodding types. The biggest thing is that SEMA put all the high-horsepower hot rod and muscle car stuff in a relatively compact section called "hot rod alley." This way you don't have to look at miles of Chinese tires, 4x4 lift kits, and 28-inch donk wheels to discover that cool new Oldsmobile cylinder head. The other thing SEMA does is catalog, photograph, and archive all the new products brought in by exhibiting SEMA members, and then posts them online at the website, www.SEMADigital.com. (BTW, that's important insider information you won't get from other magazines. While you have to be a member of the trade to get into the SEMA show, anybody can log onto the SEMA website—at least for now!) Not only does SEMA break down new products by category (e.g. diesel performance, sport compact, street performance, and more), they have photographed every SEMA show vehicle, and listed them by category. (There's even a muscle car section.)
Bottom line is, if you read our top 42 new products story, and still want to see more, everything new from the 2011 SEMA show is available online. So go head and make your own top 42 list if you want to fine-tune our list. That said, we've chosen here what we think are the most potent muscle car pieces from this year's show, and there are some great parts we're all gonna have to look at closer this year. Let's have a look …
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*HiOS022 Creator God, we give you thanks (Gibson) Fun song for kids and adults. The tune is very simple and joyful. "Creator God we give you thanks for those who live in nest or tank, in basket, kennel, bowl or shed, on sofas, perches, straw for bed."
*NCH32 / UMH122 / VU229 / HPP32 / HPSS272 / CP414 / W&R29 / Cha070 God of the sparrow, God of the whale (Roeder) I like how this song asks questions about how animals might praise God. Lyrics. Good for kids.
*TiS 100 / AHB 3 / NCH17 / CH147 / UMH62 / VU217 / LBW527 / ELW835 / GA395 / HPP261 / HPSS455 / GC534 / GC(II)523 / G(3)611 / CP(E) / 250 / W&R23 / Cha022 / 82Hml-400 / Lau694 All creatures of our God and King (Francis of Assisi) A good classic sing! Hymnals vary in how inclusive (or not) the lyrics are. Using only Alleluia Alleluia or "Sing your praises" as some hymnals do, eliminates the "Oh praise him" which makes it annoyingly male exclusive. NCH has "To you, O God, all creatures sing" and eliminates all kingly language. ELW has "All creatures worship God most high". Lyrics and sound sample.
*ATN 66 / GGives1 If I were a butterfly (Howard) This is such a cute kid's song; I can't work out how to make it gender-inclusive for God when it gets to "But I just thank you Father for making me me!" Good for kids. Lyrics, chords and sound sample.
Cha697 Creative God You Spread the Earth (Duck) A song asking forgiveness for our disdain for the earth and animals. Sung to the familiar tune KINGSFOLD. The animals are largely European or North American, so maybe not great for Australians. Lyrics.
AoVK-35 O good and almighty Lord (Raimondo) Canticle of St. Francis. Good words of the earth.
*TiS 607 / AoV2-126 / ATN 95 / CH528 / VU684 / StJ / SFFS 2171 / HPP406 / G(II)524 / GC726 / GC(II)721 / G(3)828 / CP(E)519/ W&R587 / Srce 462 / Lau898 Make me a channel of your peace (Temple) An oldy but a very very goody, based on the Prayer of St. Francis. Although it doesn't specifically mention animals, I was really struck by how the words reflect behaviour more like a pet than a human. Youtube video of Sinead O'Connor singing it and lyrics and MIDI file.
CH527 / SP290 / 82Hml-593 Lord make us servants of your peace (Quinn) A nice alternative to "make me a channel of your peace". This is sung to the very familiar tune "O Waly Waly". It is also sung in the plural (us and we rather than Me and I), which is nice too.
*TiS 135 / AHB 70 / AoVK-110 / NCH31 / CH137 / UMH147 / VU291 / WoV767 / HPP35 / HPSS267 / RS 635 / CP415/6 / CP(E) 251 / W&R30 / Cha61 All things bright and beautiful A traditional favourite. Note to Australians, TiS has Australian imagery (wildflowers, billabongs, gorges, gum trees and waterfalls! Good for kids. English lyrics and ROYAL OAK tune, BRIGHT and BEAUTIFUL midi (this is the tune I know).
*TiS 671 / AoV2-121 Made in God's Likeness (Lewis/Spence) "Called to create a new world for the Lord". Excellent images of rainforest birds praising God. This is one of my very favourite songs. It is not difficult if you have a good musician at the helm. If it is new to your congregation, they will be able to join in on the verses by the time you get to the 3rd one. The change in tone with the verse really lifts this song. Lyrics (search for "Made in").
Cha697 Creative God You Spread the Earth (Duck) KINGSFOLD A song asking forgiveness for our disdain for the earth and animals.
Recorded music: Sarah McLachlan has a very nice recording of the Prayer of St. Francis. Video here.
I'm sure Norm Habel will have written many songs that would fit. One example, including a whole order of worship for a similar service is here.


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Fandom: Harry Potter
"Harry slammed his book shut. It wasn't really a book, because the pages were made of lasers and the words were made of headless women making godless love to dragons made out of motorcycles, but it was still reading."
I need this here.
I started reading the first chapter and I have to reblog this.
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Lipon scores twice as Blazers down T-Birds
JC Lipon scored twice and three other players had three points as the Kamloops Blazers ran the Seattle Thunderbirds out of Interior Savings Centre tonight (Jan. 13) in a 7-1 drubbing.
The Blazers, who are now nine points up on the Vancouver Giants in the WHL's B.C. Division, didn't take long to get on the scoresheet, as Lipon opened the scoring from Colin Smith and Tim Bozon just 19 seconds into the first period.
Thirteen seconds after that, captain Chase Schaber beat highly touted Seattle goaltender Calvin Pickard to put the home team up 2-0 — prompting Thunderbird head coach Steve Konowalchuk to burn his one and only timeout, just 32 seconds into the game.
It worked for a few minutes, as the Thunderbirds managed to hold Kamloops scoreless until Colin Smith notched his team-leading 23rd goal of the season — from Brendan Ranford and Tyler Bell — shorthanded at 5:03 of the first.
Fifty-nine seconds later, Brendan Ranford beat Pickard again to put Kamloops up 4-0.
That was enough for Pickard, who appeared to pull himself from the game in favour of backup Daniel Cotton.
The Blazers added a late first-period power play marker when Bronson Maschmeyer beat Cotton at 18:33, much to the delight of the 4,053 fans at ISC.
It would stay 5-0 until 6:21 of the second period, when Seattle's Dave Sutter got one past Cole Cheveldave to bring the T-Birds back to within a hat trick plus one.
Kamloops wouldn't score again until 3:32 of the third, when JC Lipon tallied his second of the night and 15th on the season.
As if they needed it, Dylan Willick added an insurance marker for the Blazers — his 20th of the year — to put them up 7-1 with just over 12 minutes remaining.
Smith, Schaber and Ranford each finished the game with one goal and two assists, while Lipon's helper on Maschmeyer's goal gave him three points as well.
The Blazers' penalty-kill was a perfect six for six on the night, while they managed one power-play goal in their half-dozen opportunities with the man advantage.
Despite the win, Kamloops remains one point behind the Tri-City Americans for tops in the WHL's Western Conference — and the league itself.
The Thunderbirds are back in action tomorrow night, when they host the Portland Winterhawks at ShoWare Center in Kent, Wash.
The Blazers, meanwhile, will welcome former teammates J.T. Barnett and Josh Caron, along with the rest of the Everett Silvertips, to ISC tomorrow.
Puck-drop against Everett is slated for 7 p.m.


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Kudos, Jon Stewart
1 hour ago
This is the UK's most economically important fishery, contributing £140 million to the economy, and is of particular importance to Scotland. The sustainability of this well-managed stock must not be put at risk by the setting of unrealistic and irresponsible quotas. I am clear that Iceland and the Faroe Islands must cooperate with other countries to effectively manage this vital fish stock.Or, in other words, this is disastrous, appallingly managed system that has caused a great deal of social, economic and environmental damage; therefore Iceland and the Faroe Islands must be persuaded to take part in it. Otherwise, they might be more successful than we have been.
To ask Her Majesty's Government , further to the Written Statement by Lord Henley on 22 June (WS 101) on reform of the common fisheries policy, whether they will propose that the responsibility for fisheries policy is returned to member states.It has long been clear to anyone who has even thought about the subject that there is no other way of managing fisheries successfully in a sustainable way.
We need to move on from the current centralised common fisheries policy (CFP) that attempts to micromanage fishermen's daily activities. In negotiations on the reform of the CFP, the UK will press for radical change that provides for serious devolution of decision-making, and simplification, to improve fisheries management. While it may be appropriate for genuinely strategic decisions to be taken at EU level, because many fish stocks are shared between various member states, more responsibility for implementation can, and should, be devolved to member states.In other words, we shall do nothing but continue to whine and pretend that we have any knowledge or understanding of the subject, not to mention the political courage to tackle it.
The United Kingdom's interests are represented through its membership in various international institutions and fora. Information regarding the UK's financial relationship with a particular institution is a matter for the relevant government department.And pop goes the weasel or, in this case, the country.
The Government's latest estimate of the UK's gross contribution to the European Union, after taking account of the UK abatement, was published in Table 3, page 62, of the 2009 European Community Finances White Paper (Cm 7640). This was published on 20 July 2009 and is available in the Library of the House. The figure for 2008 is £7,791 million and the estimate for 2009 is £7,770 million.
Information on UK financial contributions to the IMF is available on a net basis for 2008-09 in the Government's latest report to Parliament on the UK and the IMF, published in June 2009. Quota subscriptions determine the amount a member country can be asked to lend to the IMF. The UK's net contribution under its quota subscription was £1,134 million in 2008-09. The UK also provided £624,000 in grants in 2008-09 to support the IMF's work in low-income countries.
Information for the Commonwealth, the United Nations and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development are matters for the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. The relevant information is available in the FCO's annual report. The most recent annual report shows that for 2009-10 the FCO's budgeted provision for the Commonwealth Secretariat was £4.6 million, for the UN regular budget was £75.6 million and for the OECD was £12.5 million.
Information on the World Trade Organisation is a matter for the Department for Business Innovation and Skills. The WTO subscription for the calendar year 2009 was £6,061,004 (Swiss Francs 9,652,149) paid on 26 January 2009.
Information on the World Bank is a matter for the Department for International Development. Data on UK financial contributions to the World Bank are available for 2008-09 in Statistics on International Development 2009 on the DfID website. In 2008-09 the UK contributed £524.8 million to the International Development Association and £49.8million for multilateral debt relief contributions to the World Bank. In addition, the UK contributed £595 million to trust funds which are administered by the World Bank.
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will ensure that any proposals from the committee on House of Lords reform for a wholly or partly elected second chamber will be accompanied by a re-allocation of powers to each chamber and the repeal of the Parliament Acts 1911 and 1949.This is a perfectly rational question and an important point that HMG will have to think about when it presents its, no doubt, badly worded, Bill for the reform of the Upper House. Apparently, so far they have not done so. Lord McNally's reply was short of logical thinking:
The Government believe that the basic relationship between the two Houses, as set out in the Parliament Acts 1911 and 1949, should continue when the House of Lords is reformed.Ahem, the basic relationship between the two Houses was brought into law in 1911 and 1949 (and, as a matter of fact, there is some doubt about the full legality of the latter Act) because the Upper House was unelected and could, therefore, be regarded as somewhat inferior. But if both Houses are elected then what is the justification for regarding one of them of greater importance than the other?
While The NY Times and others portray this as a loss for Israel, which had to bow to world pressure, in reality this outcome would represent a victory for Israel because the most important goal of the blockade -- the inspection of all goods whether brought by land or sea to prevent military supplies -- now has international legitimacy.In the meantime, the various ships promised or threatened have not arrived from Iran and the ones from Lebanon do not even seem to have left port. I remain convinced that in Turkey this stunt has strengthened the secularists but, of course, we need to watch what happens in that country during the summer.
To the extent there were purely consumer goods which were barred, such system was ineffective and senseless anyway, and Israel loses nothing by loosening up.
The naval blockade is not affected, which is the key because it was by sea that Iran was planning on supplying Hamas with more effective and deadly military supplies. Such supplies cannot get through on land in the quantities and size Hamas desires, although many smaller military supplies do get through smuggling tunnels.
Also unaffected are so-called "dual use" supplies, such as concrete, which Hamas desperately wants to build fortifications.
This is something new in the world, this almost complete segregation of Israel in the community of nations. And if Helen Thomas's remarks were pathetic and ugly, didn't they also point to the end game of this isolation effort: the nullification of Israel's legitimacy as a nation? There is a chilling familiarity in all this. One of the world's oldest stories is playing out before our eyes: The Jews are being scapegoated again.Read the whole piece. Well worth it.
"World opinion" labors mightily to make Israel look like South Africa looked in its apartheid era—a nation beyond the moral pale. And it projects onto Israel the same sin that made apartheid South Africa so untouchable: white supremacy. Somehow "world opinion" has moved away from the old 20th century view of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict as a complicated territorial dispute between two long-suffering peoples. Today the world puts its thumb on the scale for the Palestinians by demonizing the stronger and whiter Israel as essentially a colonial power committed to the "occupation" of a beleaguered Third World people.
Our problem in the West is understandable. We don't want to lose more moral authority than we already have. So we choose not to see certain things that are right in front of us. For example, we ignore that the Palestinians—and for that matter much of the Middle East—are driven to militancy and war not by legitimate complaints against Israel or the West but by an internalized sense of inferiority. If the Palestinians got everything they want—a sovereign nation and even, let's say, a nuclear weapon—they would wake the next morning still hounded by a sense of inferiority. For better or for worse, modernity is now the measure of man.
And the quickest cover for inferiority is hatred. The problem is not me; it is them. And in my victimization I enjoy a moral and human grandiosity—no matter how smart and modern my enemy is, I have the innocence that defines victims. I may be poor but my hands are clean. Even my backwardness and poverty only reflect a moral superiority, while my enemy's wealth proves his inhumanity.
Based on more than 94 percent of voting stations reporting, Komorowski had 41.22 percent of the votes and Kaczynski had 36.74 percent, the State Electoral Commission said. Turnout there was 54.85 percent.The low turn-out is a little surprising, given the circumstances. Full results are expected later today.
Financial Stability, economic governance and stability of financial systemThe aim is, as we have been predicting all this time, to use this crisis as a beneficial one for the furtherance of the project. However, it is looking a little more doubtful as to whether they will succeed.
European Council agreed on the need to enhance economic governance, in particular as regards budgetary and broader macroeconomic surveillance, and set forth the necessary rules to be implemented and the orientations to be met in so doing.
The necessary reforms to restore the soundness and stability of the European financial system is one more element highlighted by the Council to be completed urgently. The resilience and transparency of the banking sector must be ensured, an the he EU must demonstrate its determination to bring about a safer, sounder, more transparent and more responsible financial system.
I just watched her vis a vis Bill O'Reilly following the One's pronouncements on the oil spill, you know, where the Big O addresses the Big O, and let me tell you my immediate impression. Put aside Greta Van Susteren's recent impertinent question to the governor as to whether she's had breast implants. What is overwhelmingly obvious is that this is a woman who possesses a more common-sense intellect and bigger cojones than O'Reilly, Obama and any other male power figure I can name.Word is that the lady is coming to the UK and will be meeting Lady T herself. Now there is a conversation one would like overhear.
The fact that "the moments when the Israeli soldiers were beaten up," as Hürriyet put it, were published in a Turkish newspaper of all places is the climax of a bizarre war of interpretation that pro-Palestinian activists and the Israeli government have been waging against each other ever since the deadly raid.There could be some very serious developments in Turkey in the near future.
Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan railed against Israel's "banditry and piracy." But Hürriyet belongs to the media group of entrepreneur Aydin Dogan which has been critical of the government in the past. Initially, Dogan's newspapers had criticized the Israeli raid just like Turkey's pro-government papers. But since then they have been warning against excessive Israel bashing and against the prime minister's increasingly authoritarian style of government.
President Obama doesn't like the fact that the Gulf oil spill reminds people of Hurricane Katrina, since the public response to that catastrophe hastened the decline of his predecessor's standing. He'd prefer that the American people be reminded of something else -- something that rallied people around their president.After explaining that the only thing the two events have in common is nothing, Mr Podhoretz adds:
And so he told Politico over the weekend that the oil spill has "echoes of 9/11."
Americans thought differently about "our vulnerabilities" after the events of 9/11, Obama said, and the oil spill is "going to shape how we think about the environment and energy for many years to come."
This is, not to put too fine a point on it, one of the most bizarre things ever said by any president.
Of course the fact that 9/11 would prove to be a net political benefit for George W. Bush was not the result of happenstance. It was due to the way he responded.Obama's problem is that he is trying to make BP into a villain whose actions deliberately created the situation and he is doing it in order to bolster his own position. But despite the few nasty attacks fuelled by the President's rhetoric, it is obvious to all that this was an appalling accident and BP is trying to do everything it can to deal with the damage (often hindered by political decisions or lack of them).
After a few days of discomfiting uncertainty, Bush found his voice and his purpose, delivering a series of powerful speeches that suggested a seriousness of purpose in regard to his presidential responsibilities that no one had actually expected of him.
Whatever happened afterward to shake that perspective on him in the minds of so many, the fact was that Bush had to meet the moment to secure the political advantage.
Democracy could 'collapse' in Greece, Spain and Portugal unless urgent action is taken to tackle the debt crisis, the head of the European Commission has warned.How odd. I thought being part of the European Union meant that those European values among which democracy and human rights come top are secure for ever. You mean member states are capable of reverting to their own historical precedents? Who knew?
In an extraordinary briefing to trade union chiefs last week, Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso set out an 'apocalyptic' vision in which crisis-hit countries in southern Europe could fall victim to military coups or popular uprisings as interest rates soar and public services collapse because their governments run out of money.
The announcement quoted Mohammad Ali Nouraee, an aid official, who said one cargo will be sent to Turkey, and then shipped to Gaza from Istanbul while the other will leave from the port of Khorramshahr.In addition three Iranian members of the Majlis are planning to visit Gaza through Egypt and the Egyptian government has announced that they will let them through the crossing at Rafah. Of course, they will. The wall is there to protect Egypt from the Gazan Palestinians not to protect the latter from Iranian parliamentarians.
Nouraee said that the ships would sail without protective security because the Iranians "do not want to fight", however he emphasized that "we are willing to become martyred in this way."
According to IRNA, a senior official of the the Islamic Revolutionary Guards, Deputy Commander Hossein Salami, has said that escorting the two cargo ships "was not on the guards agenda."
However, on the strategic level, Turkey lost. The blockade of the Gaza Strip, which was Turkey's main objective, is not lifted. Israel had shown Turkey that it was ready to pay the diplomatic price for defeating Turkey's goal in Gaza. In co-ordination with Israel, Egypt also eased some of the restrictions on travel by land from Gaza to Sinai, but it maintained the naval blockade of the Gaza Strip. Finally, the chairman of the Palestinian Authority, Mahmoud Abbas, conveyed the same message. In his meeting with Obama at the White House last Wednesday, Abbas insisted that Hamas should not emerge as the victor from Operation Sea Breeze.I think the expression that best sums it all up is the old military one of SNAFU. But I don't think Israel is the biggest loser - that has to be, once again, the Palestinians.
Finally, and as a result of fast consultations among all concerned, the moderate Arab countries have now re-entered the Gaza scene, after three years of absence. They realized that their absence created a void that Turkey was trying fast to fill. It is in this context that we should see the current visit of Amr Mussa, the secretary general of the Arab League to the Gaza Strip. In his discussions with Hamas local leaders, Mussa is trying to convince them to reconcile with Mahmoud Abbas, according to the Egyptian plan. Mussa's message has also a regional meaning: It is a message to Turkey and Iran that the Sunni Arab world will never agree to a non-Arab country dominating the Middle East.
The conclusion that the differences of opinion between Germany and France were more than just a passing phenomenon, that they were deep-seated, finally became clear during the economic and currency crisis. France wants a common European economic government for the 16 euro-zone countries, complete with its own administration. And this is precisely what Germany does not want.This fits with the point I have made over and over again: the EU is predicated on a guilty and subservient Germany. With time going on and new generations, who cannot even recall the war, appear on the scene (and in Merkel's case there is the added point of growing up under the Communist system) guilt and subservience can no longer be relied on and the Franco-German motor, which presupposed French supremacy is now sputtering. In many ways, that is more important than the Greek or Spanish fiscal crises.
Merkel wants to discuss budgetary discipline and austerity measures with the French, while Sarkozy says that all of these savings plans will just exacerbate the recession. Germany is calling for chronic deficit spenders to be penalized, possibly even excluded from the euro zone. France considers this a violation of the European idea.
Sarkozy even avoids using the word rigueur, or budgetary discipline, altogether. Meanwhile, the French social insurance system alone faces a €30 billion ($36.6 billion) debt this year, and the country's budget deficit is forecast to be €156 billion. France's foreign trade declined by 17 percent in 2009.
The relationship between France and Germany is and has long been burdened by classic conflicts and controversies. In France, growth is traditionally based on consumption, while the German economy grows through exports. The French, as has long been the case, are not big on saving: The government in Paris hasn't balanced its budget in three decades.
To make matters worse, the much-touted "equilibrium of disequilibrium" (l'équilibre du déséquilibre) between the two countries has shifted. France was long a giant, politically speaking, but a dwarf economically, while the situation was reversed in Germany. Both positions shaped their relations for decades, as German chancellors set aside national interests to demonstrate their solidarity with the French partner. Merkel, however, has taken a different tone for months, marking a paradigm shift in Germany's European policy.
A proposal for a resolution will be put forward on Althingi, the Icelandic parliament, this weekend that the application for membership of the European Union should be withdrawn. It is initiated by Unnur Brá Konráðsdóttir, MP for the conservative Independence Party, and supported by a large group of MPs from various political parties represented in the parliament.The proposal may not be voted for it this time, as the Deputies are preparing for their summer hols but it will be there, to be reprised, if necessary in the autumn.
Belgium has begun the search for a coalition government after right-wing Flemish separatists won Sunday's parliamentary election. Final official results released by the national electoral commission on Monday show that the New Flemish Alliance (NVA) secured 27 seats in the 150-seat lower house of parliament, up from just eight seats in 2007.Probably not, but it the count-down must have started. After all,
The NVA, led by 39-year-old Bart De Wever, ultimately wants to split the wealthy Dutch-speaking Flanders in the north from Belgium's poorer, French-speaking region of Wallonia in the south. De Wever passionately advocates the end of Belgium, calling its six million Dutch-speakers and 4.5 million Francophones a "hopeless mismatch." Linguistic disputes have long hounded Belgium and dominated the election campaign. But a split-up of Belgium after this election is unlikely.
Due to linguistic, political and economic differences, Belgium has had four governments and three prime ministers since 2007.As ever, in Belgium, it is the King's constitutional duty to find some kind of a solution. The man must be getting heartily sick of the whole subject.
The success of Mr. Wilders highlights the difficulties faced by mainstream politicians across Europe in dealing with the rise of populists and extremists: Include them and you have to take on board their unsavory policies; exclude them and end up increasing their appeal to protest voters.Is Professor Houtman listening to himself? Is he really saying that there is something wrong with highlighting issues like freedom of speech, female equality and gay rights? Is that what he teaches at the Erasmus University of Rotterdam? And does he really think that if that excludes Muslims from the Dutch political consensus then it is the consensus, which developed from ideas of enlightenment that based itself on the work of humanists like Erasmus that should change?
Such a dilemma would have been unthinkable here a decade ago, when the Netherlands was as renowned for the dull, consensual predictability of its politics, as for its profusion of canals.
But the 2002 assassination of Mr. Fortuyn by an animal rights activist convulsed the country. Two years later, after making a documentary fiercely critical of Islam, Theo Van Gogh, was also killed in broad daylight.
Dick Houtman, a professor of political sociology at Erasmus University in Rotterdam, said that Mr. Wilders had built on Mr. Fortuyn's legacy, successfully avoiding the overtly racist language of far-right politicians in other countries by highlighting issues like freedom of speech, female equality and gay rights.
"That serves to exclude Muslims from the Dutch political consensus," he said.
The European Council is set to meet this coming Thursday and Friday. This meeting was meant to be an IGC but it has since been watered down due to a variety of reasons that we do not officially know yet. An IGC meeting would potentially trigger an EU referendum in the UK because by calling the meeting an IGC it would be forced to legally make amendment proposals to the current treaty. And that would cause great chaos at the moment. But this European Council meeting might just cause chaos on its own.While there are helpful links in the text, there is a clear lack of knowledge or understanding. The European Council always meets around this time of the year as one presidency is coming to an end and another one will be starting on July 1.
Someone recently commented that Direct Democracy was banging on an on about Europe and it was a bit tiresome. If we don't talk about this who will? At least Dan Hannan will, no doubt, continue to write about it. And Douglas Carswell too. But if we all want the UK to grow strong and climb out of the current financial crisis, then groups like Direct Democracy need to make sure that the Coalition Government doesn't u-turn on their promise to keep the UK sovereign. Remember, they promised, "No further transfer of sovereignty over next parliament..." to the European Union.Goodness me! So if it were not for Direct Democracy, clearly a front organization for the Conservative Party or a couple of Conservative politicians nobody would ever talk about "Europe". Is that so? Well, well, you could have knocked me down with a feather. (I shall not quote what the Boss said when I read the paragraph out to him. This is a family-friendly blog.)
A less exciting but more accurate reading of Wednesday's result would be that the votes of the centre-left parties held up, while those of the right splintered both to the Liberals and the Freedom party. Indisputably the Christian Democrats were the big losers. In an election dominated not by immigration but by the economy and the deficit, Dutch voters could therefore be said to have opted for fiscal austerity with a social conscience, much as British voters did a month ago. This leaves the Liberals well placed to govern with the centre-left in what would here be called a progressive coalition.Furthermore, let us not get over-excited about Geert Wilders's party.
Dutch voters have not given Mr Wilders a mandate to govern, and he should certainly not now be rewarded with one.Given the Dutch system, that is not exactly accurate since a third party is often in the Cabinet. In Britain, on the other hand, the Lib-Dims were most definitely not given a mandate to govern, coming third and losing seats. Yet, somehow, they have been rewarded with that mandate and the Guardian seems very happy about that.
According to the new legislation, those denying, casting doubts on, or depreciating the crimes committed by the Communist regime will be facing from one to three years behind bars.There are two aspects to this. One is the equation of Communist and Nazi crimes, which is entirely right and proper. The Russian Communist Party does not like it, according to this article, but then they wouldn't, would they.
The first season was funded by the European Union and the quiz questions all related to Europe, covering topics such as history, geography, personalities, government, culture, arts, and sports. Each program featured competing representatives from two Palestinian Authority universities or colleges. In January 2010 the competition ended, and the last program showed a prize ceremony with the participation of Minister of Welfare Majda Al-Masri; Minister of Prisoners' Affairs Issa Karake; and director of the MAAN news agency, Nasser A-Lahham.The second season is no longer about matters European but Middle Eastern and the existence of Israel as a country seems to be ignored. For instance
The question posed to the TV viewers was:The answer is none of them as Haifa, a coastal city, is in Israel. None of this would matter except for the fact that the old blue flag with gold stars is still displayed prominently in the background when the questions are asked.
"A Palestinian coastal city is:
1. Ramallah
2. Bethlehem
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I'm not surprised that the only primary race to be noted by Feministing is Kamala Harris' victory in the Democratic race for California attorney general or that the comments on a straightforward who's-who post at Jezebel are full of bile regarding Carly Fiorina and Meg Whitman. But it is disappointing that many liberal women don't even seem to want the GOP to have strong female candidates. As Sara Libby wrote in Slate yesterday, "Do you still cheer if the ceiling is crashed by two conservative businesswomen?" To answer a question with a question, why not? (Especially in a primary.)Ann Althouse, herself a conservative law professor and blogger puts it more bluntly:
Here's one reason to cheer. Conservative acquaintances ask me what it's like to be in the minority at Slate. I tell them it's great because it makes me think harder and sharpen my arguments; it challenges my assumptions. That's the purpose of healthy debate. If the only women in politics are liberal, there's not going to be much debate. And if a woman has to be pro-choice and pro-government and anti-business to be a palatable Republican, well, you just want Democrats in disguise.
You know, it's fine with me if we just start treating women like people. We women are not a team. And this isn't a game. The failure of liberals to cheer about the female GOP candidates is an indication that they are strong candidates. That's good!But then, you see, these people would have to start cheering Sarah Palin and that would never do.
With 88 per cent of the votes counted, published partial results showed the Liberals with 31 and Labour on 30.Mark Rutte, the Liberal leader may have the mandage to become Prime Minister but he will need at least three other parties to secure the necessary majority in Parliament. He can, of course, leave out the PVV but that is likely to cause a few problems. Geert Wilders said quite firmly when he was in London that he did not mind leading the largest party in opposition.
But the real victory went to Geert Wilders' Party for Freedom (PVV), which demands an end to immigration from Muslim countries and a ban on new mosques. The PVV took its number of seats from nine in the last parliament to 24, and could hope to enter a coalition government.
The most likely outcome appears to be a centrist coalition with VVD and Labor combining with two smaller parties on the left, the Green-Left and Democrats-66, who both won 10 seats.In the meantime, the ousted PM, Jan Peter Balkenende stays on as caretaker Prime Minister. What a good thing that this sort of a messy situation cannot happen in Britain. Oh wait ....
Yet neither the top two parties will be able to form a government without major compromises on ideology.
The VVD has pledged to slash the deficit by cutting government spending and welfare programs while Labor has criticized the program as harmful to the poor.
Labor wants to preserve government social programs, raise taxes on the wealthy and make it easier for immigrants to integrate rather than punishing those that fail.
Although not as outspoken against immigration as Wilders, Rutte has also argued that immigrants who cannot contribute to the Dutch economy should not be allowed to come, and he would ban them from receiving welfare for 10 years after arrival.
The people I have in mind are the 'goo-goo genocidaires,' the willfully blind reformers, civil society activists, clergy, students and others whose foolishness and ignorance was a necessary condition for tens of millions of deaths in the last hundred years. Unreflective, self-righteous 'activists' thought that to espouse peace was the same thing as to create or safeguard it. As a result, tens of millions died. Unless this kind of thinking is exposed and repudiated, it is likely to lead to as many or more deaths in the 21st.Mind you, like most American adorers of Churchill, he is not exactly right about what was happening in Britain in the thiries (rearmament did go on, you kno, despite the Labour Party and the unions). But you can't argue with this comment:
These days we are pretty good at pillorying the bad guys in America's history: Tories, slave owners, segregationists, opponents of womens' right to vote all get nailed in our textbooks. But somehow the creeps and frauds of the peace movement get a free pass. "We are the folk song army," the satirist Tom Lehrer once wrote, mocking the moral pretensions of 'peace activists'; "Every one of us cares. We're all against poverty, war and injustice — unlike the rest of you squares."Appeasing Iran, Mr Mead thinks will not give us peace any more than previous appeasements did. In fact, all it is doing is helping to oppress the people of Iran and allowing some nasty bullying in the Middle East.
It is just not true, historically speaking, that 'peace movements' lead to peace or, for that matter, support policies that will bring peace. More often than not, the opposite is true. Winston Churchill was a grizzled old British imperialist of the worst kind, but if Britain had listened to him instead of to its peace campaigners in the 1930s there most likely would never have been either a World War Two or Cold War. We can be very grateful that Ronald Reagan and the NATO leadership turned a deaf ear to the nuclear freeze movement; had those besotted idealists had their way the Soviet Union and the Cold War might be still with us today — along with nuclear arsenals much larger and much more dangerous than anything the US and Russia now have.
Not so long ago we had a word in our society for tiger-strokers: people who thought that if you soothed the savage passions of irrational dictators by treating them with respect and giving them treats then the dictators would become less dangerous.
We called them 'appeasers'.
■58% associate Islam with extremismAs Douglas Murray says:
■50% associate Islam with terrorism
■Just 13% associate Islam with peace
■6% associate Islam with justice
■Only 16% think that Islam promotes fairness and equality
■Only 6% believe that Islam promotes active measures to protect the environment
■41% disagree or strongly disagree that Muslims have a positive impact on British society
■69% believe that Islam encourages the repression of women
Now how on earth could this be? Surely these figures must demonstrate the existence of an anti-Islamic plot! Or it is it perhaps because Islam is indeed very strongly associated with extremism, violence and the repression of women, as an observer of any Islamic society can see?Inevitably, one asks oneself who is funding this campaign and could a few cuts be administered to such organizations. For instance, are they paying the market rate for the advertising space they occupy? Who is funding the Foundation behind the campaign? They give no clear responses to that question, providing no direct information anywhere and merely answering in a somewhat off-hand manner a frequently asked question (you bet it is frequently asked):
How is EIF funded?That's it? I think I should like to know a little more. These media campaigns are expensive and they are planning many.
EIF is a not for profit initiative and is funded by private donations.
THEY TOLD ME IF WE ELECTED BARACK OBAMA THEY'D BE putting up statues of Stalin around our nation's capital. And they were right!When I managed to pick my chin off the floor I followed the link and found a somewhat weird story. It seems that Virginia's monument to D-Day includes a statue of Stalin. D-Day? Whatever one may think of the Soviet Union's and Stalin's own role in the Second World War (or the Great Patriotic War) it had nothing to do with D-Day.
In memory of the tens of millions who died under Stalin's rule and in tribute to all whose valor, fidelity, and sacrifice denied him and his successors victory in the cold war.Seems a weird way of celebrating all that by putting up a bust of Stalin.
He may be back in Brussels on Friday fighting on another front, this time opposing a suggestion by the European Commission that national budgets be submitted for prior scrutiny by other EU member states. "National parliaments must be paramount," he said. "I'm perfectly happy to discuss details of the Budget with the Commission but only after it has been discussed in parliament."Even then national parliaments were not exactly paramount as Georgy-Porgy must have realized from the saga of the hedge funds. Still, the question of who decides on the Budget is an important one.
Britain was isolated during a meeting of an "economic government taskforce", chaired by Herman Van Rompuy, the EU President, last night.Much will be made of the fact that Britain, not being in the euro, escapes certain punitive measures but there is no getting away from the basic fact:
Mr Van Rompuy and the European Commission have tabled plans that will require all of Europe's governments to discuss their budget plans with other EU finance ministers and officials before they presented to national parliaments.
"A government presenting a budget plan with a high deficit would have to justify itself in front of its peers, among finance ministers," said Mr Van Rompuy.
"There would still be time to adjust plans before the final budget plans are presented."
But EU officials and French diplomats have insisted that British Chancellors of the Exchequer will be required to give their budgetary plans to the EU not after they are given to MPs in Westminster, "but before or simultaneously".Undoubtedly, this is the parliamentary right that the likes of John Hampden fought for.
It would be helpful to peace in the Middle East if Israel's enemies could be absolutely sure that Israel is not going anywhere: that it is here to stay. Remember the old gay slogan? "We're here, we're queer, get used to it"? Israel's enemies need to know something like that about Israel. But as long as they have the feeling that the world — you know: "the world," as in the New York Times, the U.N., and Bono — is not really committed to the existence of Israel, they will push for Israel's destruction.There really is no getting round the core problem. It has to be solved because Mr Nordlinger is right in saying that there will be no peace in the Middle East until Israel's existence is accepted by all, not just Egypt and Jordan.
They have never resigned themselves to Israel's existence; they have never resigned themselves to co-existence. People like Helen Thomas make it easier for them not to resign themselves. People like Thomas give them hope — making them think, "Ah, maybe we can actually get rid of them. Not just extract a better deal, but get rid of them altogether!"
After 1000 years of inexorable progress towards democracy, in the last 30 years pernicious peculation by Parliament's political pygmies has thrown Britain's democracy away.Ignore the rubbish about "1,000 years of inexorable progress towards democracy". Don't you love the "pernicious peculation by Parliament's political pygmies"? Incidentally, some of those 30 years, Christopher Monckton was adviser to the Prime Minister, one Margaret Thatcher. It is good to know that they both saw the light eventually.
My first task will be to build on the Initiative Referendum Bill already tabled in the House of Lords by Lord Pearson and Lord Willoughby de Broke by drafting new, radically democratic constitutions for Britain and for Europe.Britain may or may not need a radical new written constitution. Given the mess that has been made of the previous one, there is a very good argument that there should be a new Bill of Rights, at the very least. Certainly a single constitutional document like the Constitution of the United States may not be a bad idea. But Europe? On what basis does his lordship think that Europe is the sort of single entity that needs a constitution or that the Europeans want UKIP to write one for them?
"We are working urgently with Israel, the Palestinian Authority, and other international partners to develop new procedures for delivering more goods and assistance to Gaza," a spokesman for the White House National Security Council said.Ahem, Hamas? Remember, the organization that took power after a bloody coup directed exclusively at other Palestinians, that continues to oppress the people of Gaza and whose leaders have no problem in using aid that pours into the area for a very pleasant life for themselves? Oh yes, the organization, whose aim it is to destroy Israel because then all the Palestinians' problems will magically vanish.
What's left? Nothing. The whole point of this relentless international campaign is to deprive Israel of any legitimate form of self-defense. Why, just last week, the Obama administration joined the jackals, and reversed four decades of U.S. practice, by signing onto a consensus document that singles out Israel's possession of nuclear weapons -- thus de-legitimizing Israel's very last line of defense: deterrence.Is "world opinion" actually embarrassed by a country that prefers to defend itself and by a people who really mean that trite slogan: Never Again?
The world is tired of these troublesome Jews, 6 million -- that number again -- hard by the Mediterranean, refusing every invitation to national suicide. For which they are relentlessly demonized, ghettoized and constrained from defending themselves, even as the more committed anti-Zionists -- Iranian in particular -- openly prepare a more final solution.
The blockade began 17 days ago when the Western Armored Division established new checkpoints on roads and at city entrances preventing the flow of persons and commerce including food, medicine, oil and water. The blockade has cut off Radfan, Yafea, al Dhala, al Melah, al Habeelan, al Shaib, Gahaf, Lazarik, and parts of Shabwah.The main road between Aden and al Dahlie is closed. Al Habaleen, Lahj was indiscriminately shelled three days ago after two soldiers were killed in an ambush. Another ambush in al Melah killed one soldier, and authorities have accused renegade elements of the southern independence movement with the attacks.
Nearly one thousand have fled Radfan, al Habaleen and al Bilah seeking safety. Like the 250,000 internally displaced by the Sa'ada War, these are mostly women and children. On May 24, a pregnant woman en route to a hospital in Aden was stopped at a military checkpoint and later died in childbirth.


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YouTube - Bill Maher says America is a Stupid Country and someone responds, lmao "shluupid!" YouTube - Re: Bill Maher says America is a Stupid Country
He is arrogant but not a piece of shit. It is nice to be able to talk shit without getting your hands dirty.
Just watch back to back jaywalking episodes. America is VERY stupid. When a College student is seriously unable to answer the question "When was the war of 1812?", you KNOW the USA is working on being the "Dumber" of "Dumb and Dumber"...
Humanity is stupid, and there's a lot of ignorance here to be sure. But to call an entire nation stupid is beyond arrogant and just not true. We're stupid because we don't all agree with his extreme liberal views. If you think Obama is leftist take a better look at Maher.
I really don't care how extreme a comedian gets as long as he makes me laugh. I don't agree all of the politics of Maher or for that matter Dennis Miller but they both make me laugh. Although Miller made me laugh more before he jumped the fence or took his mask off or whatever he did.
The real problem with someone like Maher is the mindset that he and his are smarter than the vast majority of the people. Follow that extreme view to it's logical conclusion and what you'd have is a dictatorship or aristocracy. I mean, if the people are too stupid to make decisions then they should be ruled, right?
He may not be the most endearing guy, but from what I've seen he does base his opinions on evidence. Unfortunately, as he said in the clip, he didn't have the time to list off the reasons. On his show he likes to cite the educational statistics of various countries and point out how far down the ranks the US is. I don't necessarily enjoy his blunt approach, but I still watch his show. He's an earnest asshole.
Like Bill O'Reilly, he makes his money by being provocative. His smarmyness is what gets him ratings. No such thing as bad publicity, and all that...
Check out Fareed Zakaraia's book The Post American World. Our educational numbers are brought down by the inner cities and ghettos frankly. As he says, in America we don't have an educational gap but rather an equality gap. From the affluent schools we produce more than enough engineers, scientists, etc. And the quality of our education is superior, as the American teaching methods produce students with thinking ability rather than just test taking memorizers like those in Asia. Just look at the number of patents filed here compared to other places. To the point that Asian governments are sending their experts here to study our methods.
Sounds like an interesting book. Hey, Fareed Zakaraia... I've actually seen that guy on Maher's show a couple times. YouTube - Fareed Zakaria on Bill Maher Show
And this is why we get to loose or rights and freedoms. because the stupid ones outnumber the people who want to use thier intelect. Those that are too lazy to think, are giving it all up for us.
He makes any respectable liberal look like a fucking idiot, just like Limbaugh does to respectable Conservatives. We can disagree with one another and not hate each other.
Having seen some of the brain-dead patents granted lately (like the infamous crustless peanut-butter sandwich), I think the patent numbers are padded, frankly, in a quantity-over-quality kind of way. Especially since the bozo-brained decision to allow patenting of "business methods".


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Hey everyone sorry its been awhile, just have had lots going on. My sugar drops really low at times so i have to constantly eat sweet's. Im not use to all these sugary foods, i have acid reflux and i pay for eating choclate..etc. So my question is, what are some foods i could eat that are healthy and taste good, i really like my size i weigh 90 pounds and eating fatty sugary foods can begin to add up, like i said i really love being tiny so any suggestions?
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It all starts from your mind: eat food for your health rather than your comfort. Many people love the "texture" or "feeling in their mouth" because it makes their tongue to feel good. You can make smoothies or juices with your favorite fruits & vegetables. If you want to save some money on the way while you do this, eat seasonally because of its availability. For example:
Spring: strawberries, blueberries, papayas, raspberries, cantalope, cherries
Summer: pineapple, watermelon, grapes (concord), orange, mangoes, bananas, peaches, plums
Fall: apples, pear, orange, grapefruit, grapes, kiwi, bananas
Winter: apples, pear, bananas, kiwi, grapefruit, passion fruit, blood oranges
You can mix with vegetables such as carrot, celery, kale, tomato, squash, cucumber, beet, etc. Be creative!!!
When you eat too much sugar, your blood sugar will spike then drop, then spike then drop, etc. You may not be diabetic, but IMO I'd get checked just in case.
Foods that will prevent spikes your blood sugar are ones such as:
If you google "foods that won't spike your blood sugar" there are a lot of sites with information.
Thanks Melissaw72 I have been to the doctor and im not diabetic THANK GOD! Was so scared I was gonna be.
Thanks lgtwins23 (:
Hi Paige,
I'm not a doctor, so don't take what I say as medical advice....but I have the same issue with sweets as you do. My blog sugar drops, and I find myself craving anything that sugary.
Someone told me about a really delicious treat that seems to satisfy my cravings.
Just get a red apple, cut it in half, and place both halves in a dish. Stick it in the microwave for about 1 minue, and then top it with cinnamon. It's so good, and sweet at the same time!
Good luck!
allways carry on hand bananas, or a peeled kiwi in a container
being 90 pounds i unhealthy weight for a women the ideal weight is 120 to 130
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I took the opportunity to draw into this scene two of my favorite officers: General Israel "Old Put" Putnam and Colonel Prescott, both of whom fought at Bunker Hill. Colonel Prescott is the man whose statue stands outside of the Bunker Hill monument. (Joseph Warren's statue is inside.)
Today's update takes place inside the Morris-Jumel mansion, the house George Washington used as his headquarters during this part of the New York campaign. It is still standing today, and you can tour it! It is the oldest building in Manhattan. Carol Ward, the educational director of the house, wrote a guest blog post for The Dreamer back when the house first appeared in the comic in issue #9. You can read her post here.
The show that I co-host, Paper Wings Podcast, is throwing a contest. You can win one of three WACOM tablets! Check out the complete rules here. And I *KNOW* you guys have what it takes to win. I see the Dreamer fan art contest entries you send in year after year! I sure hope to see a few of you enter. One of the quotes you can choose to be inspired by is Jane Austen!
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