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How to Deal With the Pain of a Door Being Shut on Your Finger
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Pain is an unpleasant sense and mental experience associated with tissue damage. It is the feeling that is similar to experiences such as: stubbing a toe, burning a finger, applying alcohol to a cut, and getting your finger caught in a door especially.
Pain makes us withdraw from dangerous situations situations (the pain of putting your finger on a hot stove prevents you from getting burned), to protect a body part that was hurt while it heals, and avoid those situations altogether. Most pain goes away quickly once the painful stimulus is gone and the body heals, but sometimes pain continues even though the stimulus is gone and the body is healed. And sometimes pain happens even without any noticeable wound. [1]
We all have felt the throbbing feeling of getting your finger caught in a door. This article will help stop the pain when you get your finger caught in a door, using home remedies.
1Calm down. Freaking out will not help you. Calm down so that you can think clearly about whether or not it is very painful, and what remedies you can use. Breathe in and out slowly.Ad
2Get ice. Ice will make your finger numb, therefore you will feel less pain in your finger.
3Go to a doctor straight away. It is not only possible that your finger may be broken, but the tissue might have been severely squashed. Seek medical attention to avoid possible permanent damage, such as necrosis or a badly healed fracture. This might make your finger permanently stiff or make it impossible for you to move your finger again. Do not take that risk.
4Meditate. Clear your mind of any thoughts associated with the pain in your finger, if any.
- Try to think of good thoughts, completely unrelated to the pain in your finger. Imagine yourself sitting on the Costa Rican beach, relaxing under the warm sun, enjoying a píña coláda. Anything that you find relaxing works as well.
5Get pain medication. Take a Motrin or any other pain medication. The pain will probably go away very soon.
6Play! Play a game/sport that doesn't involve your painful finger, that will take your mind off of the pain in your finger.
- Soccer would work very well because the sport requires your full attention.
- Consult your doctor before taking any medications.
- If your finger continues to hurt, notify a doctor immediately as there may be a bigger problem rather than mere pain.
- Do not overdose with medication.
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Mahonia repens (creeping barberry) is native to Colorado, and is a stoloniferous, sprawling evergreen. It is widely praised as a low groundcover with fruit attractive to birds, and listed as a non-invasive alternative to several invasive plants. However, "invasive" is in the eye of the beholder, and we can see how having it in the wrong place in your garden could be a problem. The fact that it is stoloniferous means that it spreads like some grasses, with below-ground root systems spreading it very efficiently.
To begin, and to get a better feel for the situation, start pruning away and discarding the cuttings in such a way that no berries left on the cuttings will get a chance to propagate themselves. You're clearing the area so you can find where the plant comes up from the root. When you find that, cut it through as near to the ground as you can. Paint the newly-cut surface with an appropriate herbicide, at nearly full strength, with a disposable sponge paintbrush, within 5 minutes. The herbicide must go on the cut area quickly before it begins to "heal" itself, thus preventing the herbicide from getting down to the roots. Now, because it is stoloniferous, you still have to deal with those roots. That plant is going to be trying to survive, no matter what you do, so the more damage you can do to the roots, the better. Drive a sharp shovel into the ground and cut them, expose them and prune them, or whatever method works best for you. Grubbing out the stump and discarding it will also effectively starve any remaining roots. You will have to continue to be alert; the plant propagates by roots sending out new little plants and by seeds that may have fallen months before. Just keep pulling them out until the shrub is exhausted. The best time to do this is in the Summer, when the heat and the sun will help in your destruction.
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The experience of RC flying is made possible to all nowadays. Beginner RC pilots can indulge into the adventure with the new and improved Warbirds aircrafts that has a blend of foam yet robust, durable and light weight for a best way to start flying. Being made of foam, your airplane can have an outstanding detail and more to that foam make it easy to repair. Given below are the top 5 outstanding Warbirds foamy RC planes according to votes of best pilots globally.
1. Parkzone P-47D Thunderbolt BNF ($249.99)
This is an excellent Foam RC plane. It moves in a swift speed and it is a multiple role fighter that is a menace to enemy aircrafts in the ground targets. The adventure of flying and fighting between the heavy fires from enemies are possible with its armored cockpit, 8.5 caliber machine guns plus its rugged airframe. Enjoy the battle because P-47D can absolutely devastate its target on the ground and remain flying despite having significant damages. P-47D is built with out of the box details to powerfully fight and flight.
Specifications from ParkZone:
Wingspan: | 42.2 in (1070mm) |
Overall Length: | 36.9 in (940mm) |
Flying Weight: | 40.0 oz (1130g), 42.5 oz (1200g) with retracts and flap servos |
Motor Size: | 15-size 950Kv BL Outrunner |
CG (center of gravity): | 60.0mm from leading edge at wing root |
Prop Size: | 9.5 x 7.5 |
Speed Control : | E-flite 30A Pro Brushless |
Recommended Battery: | 3S 11.1V 2200mAh 25C Li-Po |
Experience Level: | Intermediate |
Assembly Time: | Less than 1 Hour |
2. Parkzone Spitfire MK.IX ($249.99)
Second position goes to Parkzone Spilfire MK.IX, it is one of the best Warbirds aircraft foam RC plane you can fly. It is designed to represent British grit and fortitude. The fluid lines in it blend aerodynamics and art. With the brushless MK IX replica the spitfire got its power to fight and grace in flying. It is very famous being the very first allied warplane to crash dawn Me-262 jet.
Specifications from ParkZone:
Wingspan: | 43.2 in (1100mm) |
Overall Length: | 37.3 in (950mm) |
Flying Weight: | 41.1 oz (1170 g) |
Motor Size: | 15-size 960Kv Brushless Outrunner (installed) |
Radio: | 4 channel minimum; 5 channels for optional retract use |
Servos: | 4 sub-micro servos (installed) |
CG (center of gravity): | 2.55 in (65mm) back from the leading edge of the wing at the fuselage |
Prop Size: | 9.5 x 7.5 |
Speed Control : | 30A Pro SB Brushless ESC (installed) |
Recommended Battery: | 11.1V 2200mAh 3S 25C Li-Po (included) |
Charger: | Variable rate balancing DC LiPo charger (included) |
Landing Gear: | Main Wheel Diameter: 2.25 inch (56mm) |
Experience Level: | Intermediate |
Assembly Time: | Less than 1 Hour |
3. Hobby Lobby B-17 ($349.99)
On the middle of the list is an airplane with perfectly pre-painted and decorated exactly the look of the very famous B-17 from WWII. The outstanding Foam RC plane is pre-fabricated and only takes few hours to assemble and it is ready for flight. With correct maneuver the foam RC plane can be flown in scale plus it can exceed 10 minutes of flying with 11.1 v batteries. It has split flaps that are very effective in giving the plane a secured landing. Its wheels are adequately large and suspension is made robust for a swift grass field flig
Specifications from Hobby Lobby:
Wingspan: | 63″ |
Overall Length: | 46″ |
Wing Area: | 507 sq. in. |
Motor: | 1350Kv Outrunner x4. |
ESC's: | 30A x4. |
Servos: | 4 sub-micro servos (installed) |
Construction: | EPO Foam |
Prop Size: | 3-blade 7×6, two right hand, two left hand. |
Flaps: | Split Flaps |
Retracts: | Electronic mains with suspension. |
Experience Level: | Intermediate |
4. F4U Corsair RTF ($279.99)
Another pride of Parkzone is one of the top picks of professional pilots and a legend in the lineup of Warbirds. It is the most famous fighter plane in the time of WWII. It is well known for its ability to outrun, to outclimb and to outfight enemy. The foam RC plane was designed to be a carrier-based fighter. It is also the first aircraft built with landing gear retract flush for a boost aerodynamics and the first to exceed 400mph speed.
Specifications from ParkZone:
Wingspan: | 44 in (1118mm) |
Overall Length: | 35 in (889mm) |
Flying Weight: | 30 oz (850 g) |
Motor Size: | 480-size 960Kv outrunner brushless motor (installed) |
Radio: | Spektrum DX5e 2.4GHz DSM2 (included) |
Speed Control : | E-flite Pro 30A Brushless with Switch-Mode BEC (installed) |
Recommended Battery: | 3S 11.1V 1800mAh Li-Po (included) |
Experience Level: | Intermediate |
5.P-51D Mustang BL DSM RTF by ParkZone ($219.99)
Last but not least foamy airplane is the perfect aircraft for a newbie pilot. It is a progressive trainer system meaning this Foam RC plane can allow you to go to advanced level without the need to upgrade or buy a new aircraft. It comes in the box ready-to-fly so there is no effort needed. With its incredible detail of scale, P-51D Mustang BL DSM RTF is the latest standard of first class Warbirds aircrafts.
Specifications from ParkZone:
Wingspan: | 39.0 in (990mm) |
Overall Length: | 33.5 in (850mm) |
Flying Weight: | 25.0 oz (710 g) |
Motor Size: | 480-size 960Kv outrunner brushless motor (installed) |
Radio: | Full range DX4e transmitter and AR600 receiver DSMX radio system (included) |
Speed Control : | 18A brushless (installed) |
Recommended Battery: | 3S 11.1V 1300mAh Li-Po (included) |
Experience Level: | Intermediate |
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Here follows a tale of sperma di toro, of stierzaad or haran siemenneste. Still not with me? This is, respectively, the Italian, Dutch and Finnish for bull semen, one of the three icky substances elevated to a casus belli (Latin) by John Major.
If tomorrow the EU agrees once again to allow the export of sperme bovin, as the French call it, along with tallow and gelatine, a great victory will no doubt be pronounced. Perhaps bullensamen, as it is known in Germany, will subside into history, and the hapless simultaneous translators of Brussels can put away their battered dictionaries.
The story reaches me of the Greek translator who, confronted with the unfamiliar term "bull semen", rendered it into her native tongue as "cold sailors". The nautical bit I can understand, but why were they feeling chilly? .
Since you ask, she should have said sperma vooidou.
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I read with interest, though no great surprise, of the difficulty Vietnam's few environmentalists are having persuading the authorities to take their concerns seriously. Despite the devastation wrought by American defoliants in the countryside and bombs in the cities of the north, the Vietnamese show little urge to preserve what is left.
Before I went there I had imagined that Hanoi would be a Communist nightmare of flaking concrete, only to discover that some of the unique "tube houses" were nearly 1,000 years old, and that there were leafy boulevards lined by French colonial villas. With the influx of money, however, the municipal and government authorities seemed determined to turn the place into a replica of Singapore or Hong Kong.
Nor were the Vietnamese simply rearranging their own surroundings. Outside Saigon there are no trees more than about 20 years old, so thoroughly have the defoliants done their work, yet huge logging trucks kept going past, each carrying a single giant tropical hardwood trunk. How was this possible, I asked. "Oh," said my guide, "those come from Cambodia."
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Since Cathay Pacific is unlikely to have the England football team back in a hurry, another airline will have to be found to carry Gazza and his mates,around the world and I suggest Aeroflot. I'm not going to make cheap jokes about this being a suitable punishment for overpaid juveniles, or about Aeroflot being the only carrier whose air hostesses have the physique needed to overpower a boisterous midfield playmaker. These days they are trained to smile, and they are promising to pull out all the stops when Russia's sportsmen and women go to the Olympic Games in Atlanta.
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In fact, I watched some episodes last night: good stuff, and I'd swear I could recognize some of my own family in there. As for the controversy over Phil's comments, A&E thoroughly beclowned themselves over this. Phil did not call for gays to be persecuted in any way: he merely stated his belief in the Biblical view that homosexuality is a sin and paraphrased a verse from Paul's 1st letter to the Corinthians to illustrate it. He did not compare homosexuality to bestiality: he was listing a category of sins. I don't agree with Phil or St. Paul on this, but it's Phil's right to hold that opinion and express it, especially when it was in answer to a question. A&E cravenly caved in to a liberal fascist pressure group, GLAAD, and fired someone for the crime of "wrong thinking." (Mao would approve.) As I said last night on Twitter, "@AETV's fundamental mistake: assuming the audience was laughing at Phil and his family, rather than identifying with them. #LiberalBigotry." I think they'll get a hard lesson in that when the huge audience that follows Duck Dynasty walks away.
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December 19, 2013Free speech in Britain not dead; just gut-shot
December 9, 2013I'm telling you, George Orwell was a prophet:
Neil Phillips said he was fingerprinted, DNA-swabbed and had his computers seized.
The 44-year-old was held after posting: "My PC takes so long to shut down I've decided to call it Nelson Mandela."
Another read: "Free Mandela – switch the power off."
But police swooped after a councillor complained over the gags about the former South African leader, who passed away on Thursday, aged 95.
Mr Phillips who insisted he meant no harm, said: "It was an awful experience. I was fingerprinted, they took DNA and my computer.
"It was a couple of jokes, Bernard Manning type," he added. "There was no hatred. What happened to freedom of speech? I think they over-reacted massively."
Mr Phillips, who runs Crumbs sandwich shop in Rugeley, Staffs, was arrested after complaints by [local councilor] Tim Jones about the one-liners, aired when the anti-apartheid hero was critically ill.
Mr. Phillips "crime," aside from telling some mildly tasteless jokes, is that he broke the 1986 Public Order Act (1), which, among other things, makes it an offense to say things that others might find insulting and distressing. And because a local pol was "offended," Phillips was hauled in and treated like an enemy of the state.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't we get our traditions of free speech from that very same island, where now an off-color joke means an official knock at the door?
Via Charles Cooke, who has this to say about the state of liberty in his former country:
In other words, Section 5 [of the POA] allows anybody to have anybody else investigated for speaking. And they have. The arrests have run the gamut: from Muslims criticizing atheists to atheists critcizing Muslims; from a young man who told a police officer that his horse was "gay" to protesters criticizing Scientology; from a Christian arguing against homosexuality on the street to a man arrested and charged with offending a chaplain. I'll give them this: The British are at least thorough with their suppression.
Cooke points out that, after public outrage, the law has been amended to ban prosecutions for insulting people, but only if no particular victim can be identified. A real blow for liberty, that. It's also a good example of why we should zealously guard our own 1st Amendment; we all know pols and academics here who'd love to have a similar law in the name of "respecting each other's feelings."
Britain's Glorious Revolution resulted in the English Bill of Rights, forerunner to our own. Maybe it's time they had another.
(1) Passed under Margaret Thatcher? Really?
(Crossposted at Sister Toldjah)
#IranDeal: It wasn't just the Israelis and the Saudis Obama backstabbed
November 26, 2013There's been a lot of talk since the weekend about the deal brokered between Iran on the one hand, and the US and its European partners on the other, that supposedly somehow represented a breakthrough in the quest to prevent the Iranian mullahs from getting their hands on nuclear weapons. Discussions have centered around diplomacy and grand strategy, and the motives of the Iranian and US governments. Matter of "high politics," as they might have said in the 19th century.
But the agreement touches people on a very personal level, too. Left unmentioned in any of the negotiations are Americans trapped in Iranian prisons, men such as Saeed Abedini, an Iranian-American pastor from Idaho who was accused of the horrid crime (in Iran, under Islam) of preaching the Gospel and helping to establish home churches (1). Abedini was yanked off a bus, his passport taken from him, and he was consigned to Iran's notorious Evin prison.
And, in the negotiations leading to this wonderful deal, the US never mentioned him once:
Two words are nowhere to be found in the pages of text that spell out a new interim nuclear deal with Iran: Saeed Abedini.
Now some supporters of the American pastor, who's been detained in Iran for more than a year, are accusing U.S. officials of betraying Abedini by signing off on an agreement that doesn't get him out of prison.
"We were across the table from the Iranians, and we did not bring home Americans. To me that's a tragedy and that's outrageous," said Jay Sekulow, the chief counsel of the American Center for Law and Justice, which represents Abedini's family in the United States.
While analysts debated the nuclear agreement's pros and cons, Abedini's wife, Naghmeh, said she was trying to comfort her two young children.
"It's very painful," she told CNN's "The Lead" on Monday. "My kids were crying this morning, saying, 'God, don't let Daddy die. Bring him home.' "
One would think an American government, leading a nation founded on principles of freedom of speech and freedom of religion, would have raised a stink about Abedini at these negotiations, something along the lines of "You want sanctions lifted and your sequestered cash released? Give us Abedini and we'll talk." (2)
But then one would remember Barack Obama is in charge. Defending Americans in danger abroad is a bit alien to him, as we learned in Libya.
Via Bryan Preston, who connects Abedini's abandonment to his Christianity and draws a parallel to the Obama administrations attacks on religious liberty here. I disagree with Bryan on this: nations have often sacrificed individuals for "reasons of state" when a higher goal was at stake. In the Obama administration's case, the nuclear deal with Iran was paramount, and if the government was willing to blindside Jewish Israel and Muslim Saudi Arabia with this, they weren't going to let the fate of Saeed Abedini (or Robert Levinson) stand in the way. It's shameful and cynical, to be sure, but not religiously motivated.
RELATED: There are several good articles explaining why this deal stinks. At The Weekly Standard, John Bolton calls this "abject surrender." Writing at PJM, Michael Ledeen points out, among other excellent observations, that the Iranian treasury was almost empty, but we've now agreed to give them billions. Genius. Eli Lake at The Daily Beast quotes an expert who says this comes close to a "nuclear 1914 scenario." How fitting, with the hundredth anniversary of World War I approaching. James Carafano calls this a deal based on a dangerous fantasy — Munich II. My own observation is this: Regardless of the restrictions placed on the Iranian public nuclear program by this deal, if you think there isn't a secret program run in parallel by the military that is still going full-speed, you're high.
This deal makes war more likely, not less.
PS: There's a support page for Pastor Abedini at Facebook, and a web site for Robert Levinson.
(1) Abedini's offense was compounded by being himself a convert to Christianity from Islam. Under Islamic law, that is the crime of apostasy and is punishable by death. I suppose the Iranians thought they were being merciful for just sticking him in jail for eight years.
(2) Not that I'm a religious person, but I believe very strongly in the natural right of all humans to freedom of speech and religion, and, within very broad bounds, government should stay the heck out. No law is legitimate that oppresses those rights, and an American government that won't stand up for its citizens' rights in the face of a tyranny that tramples both is craven.
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#IRS watching conservative groups as recently as two weeks ago?
September 19, 2013You'd think, after admitting wrongdoing back in May and being thoroughly pilloried by the public since then, the IRS would have had the good sense to stop singling out groups based on political beliefs. You would also be wrong:
Republicans investigating the IRS targeting scandal said Wednesday that the agency continued to conduct secret surveillance on tea party groups even after approving them for tax-exempt status.
Acting Commissioner Danny Werfel said he shut down the monitoring program after he found out about it, and said he has halted all audits of tax-exempt organizations based on political activity as he tries to get a handle on the embattled agency.
In May, the IRS acknowledged subjecting conservative groups to intrusive scrutiny and delaying applications for far too long before approving them. Some applications are still awaiting approval after three years.
The newly revealed surveillance, however, applied to applications that had been approved, but where the IRS apparently wanted to determine whether the groups strayed too far into political activity to keep their tax-exempt status.
Mr. Werfel quibbled with calling the continued "surveillance" and said he didn't see any evidence that groups on the list for scrutiny was improperly influenced by any IRS employees.
But he said the program was troubling enough that he shut it down two weeks ago.
This deserves one of those "Hitler in the bunker" Downfall videos of its own. I mean, what was going on, here? Did Boris Badenov, one of those hypothetical rogue agents in Cincinnati, twirl his Evil Mustache(tm) and laugh maniacally while receiving orders from Fearless Leader to carry on with Phase Two?
Whether this latest harrassment was born of arrogance or cluelessness –or both– it is yet another example of why the IRS needs to be seriously reduced in size and power, if not eliminated altogether, and why our tax code should be radically simplified and flattened so that one's entire tax filing fits on a single postcard. The permanent bureaucracy as a class is fundamentally hostile to that large swath of Americans who prefer smaller, less intrusive government, which makes it the natural ally of those political factions that see the State as the solution to all problems and the ultimate arbiter of fairness.
And a mindbogglingly complicated tax code is a weapon in their hands to harry those they disapprove of, as we've seen time and again these last few months. The pols don't even need to give explicit instructions to their allies in he bureaucracy; as ST reported, a "wink and a nod" is enough. The simpatico is that strong.
We don't need to trim the federal government. We need to take a chainsaw to it.
Be sure to read the rest for the latest on Natasha …er… Lois Lerner. Sadly, she's not hypothetical.
via Bryan Preston
RELATED: Ed Morrissey noticed a very, very interesting coincidence in dates. As I've been saying for years, Obama is at his core hostile to freedom of speech, and now he has the IRS abetting him.
(Crossposted at Sister Toldjah)
Facebook flunks English, suspends user for writing "chigger."
July 19, 2013The illiteracy, it burns:
It started yesterday, when SF author Michael Z Williamson was blocked by Facebook for 12 hours for using the word "chigger" in a post. When his twelve hours were up — following massive derision against Facebook by all his friends — his block expired. He was promptly blocked again.
Read the rest of Charlie Martin's post. Williamson finally got his account unblocked, but Facebook also couldn't understand "niggardly," and so banned another miscreant; Facebook tried the "we're overwhelmed with reported posts and sometimes make mistakes" excuse, but that doesn't explain why they continue to allow a page that calls for a man's murder and others that repeatedly use an extremely offensive word for Blacks. (Not to mention various pages advocating violent jihad against the West.)
Facebook is a private company and has every right to monitor what's written on its site, but one would think they should want to a) hire people with the vocabulary of at least a 7th-grader; b) try to be consistent; or c) just give up and let everyone vent. (At least option C is helpful for monitoring idiot jihadis.)
Flashback: It's not the first time the use of the word "niggardly" has exposed the ignorant.
(Crossposted at Sister Toldjah)
Professor Murry Salby who is critical of AGW theory, is being disenfranchised, exiled, from academia in Australia
July 9, 2013This terrible. I've read Carter's book, "Climate: the Counter-Consensus," and it's a masterpiece of intelligent skepticism, just what good science should be. And now another academic is being ostracized for not going along with the dominant dogma? What the Hell is going on Down Under?
Originally posted on Watts Up With That?:
People send me stuff.
Just last week we heard that Dr. Robert Carter had been blackballed at his own university where he served as department chair, and now we have this from Dr. Murray Salby, sent via email.
Tales of the #Thugocracy: Oh, so that's why they raided Gibson Guitar
May 26, 2013You might recall a bizarre federal raid on legendary guitar manufacturer Gibson Guitar back in 2011: they were accused of importing illegally harvested wood from India and Madagascar under a century-old law. The feds showed up with automatic weapons, seized "evidence," and generally disrupted operations to Gibson's great cost. After all that, no criminal charges were filed, but Gibson had to agree to pay a $300,000 fine and toss $50,000 to an environmental group as penance for being "careless."
Weird, right? Why all this attention to Gibson, when rival Martin & Co. used the very same "illegal" wood, yet wasn't raided?
And, just like that, a light goes on:
Grossly underreported at the time was the fact that Gibson's chief executive, Henry Juszkiewicz, contributed to Republican politicians. Recent donations have included $2,000 to Rep. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., and $1,500 to Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn.
By contrast, Chris Martin IV, the Martin & Co. CEO, is a long-time Democratic supporter, with $35,400 in contributions to Democratic candidates and the Democratic National Committee over the past couple of election cycles.
What would have seemed like a crazy conspiracy theory straight out of the fever swamps just a year ago now looks all too plausible, after the IRS scandal and the news that the Obama people had been targeting conservatives since 2008.
The message here to Mr. Juszkiewicz and people like him is crystal clear: "Thinking about making a political donation? Maybe you should think again."
"First Amendment?" What's that?
(Crossposted at Sister Toldjah)
Tyrant Governor of New York will not tolerate dissent from his underling sheriffs
May 25, 2013Who does this guy think he is, Mike Bloomberg? Angered by county sheriffs opposed to the draconian gun law the Governor recently rammed through the legislature, Andrew Cuomo has evidently threatened to use a rarely invoked power to remove dissident sheriffs from office:
Opposition to the new law has simmered in upstate areas since Cuomo signed the law in January. Many county sheriffs oppose it, particularly its expanded definition of banned assault weapons, and have spoken out around the state. In January, the New York State Sheriffs' Association wrote Cuomo with an analysis, and later suggested tweaks.
Cuomo invited its leaders to the Capitol last month, people briefed on the meeting said. The group included Sheriffs' Association Executive Director Peter Kehoe and Chemung County Sheriff Christopher Moss.
"We didn't get a response (to the analysis) from him, but we could tell after the budget was passed that none of those recommendations were taken into consideration," Moss said. "When we got there, we never got to the contents of the letter."Instead, Cuomo pushed the sheriffs to stop publicly speaking out against the act, Moss said.
"The governor was of the opinion that the sheriffs around the state should not be interjecting their personal opinions in reference to the law," Moss said, adding that Cuomo said sheriffs can't do that and enforce the law.
One person briefed on the meeting said Cuomo threatened to remove sheriffs from office, a little-used power afforded the state's chief executive under the state constitution. Moss would not confirm this. He did say the meeting was heated at times, but overall he described it as "cordial."
It's one thing to use this power to remove a corrupt sheriff, or one unable to continue in his job because of health. But, to use it to bludgeon into silence men sworn to uphold the law and the state and federal constitutions, and who themselves have the right of free speech? I think that's called "tyranny." Somewhere, Hugo Chavez nods in approval.
Via Bryan Preston, who's right: this has a lot in common with the scandals coming out of the Obama administration, for both represent abuses of power and the authoritarian heart of progressivism.
(Crossposted at Sister Toldjah)
#WarOnJournalism: Who's been snooping in Sharyl Attkisson's computers?
May 21, 2013Hmmm… Maybe FOX's James Rosen and the AP aren't the only targets of the White House's ire? Here's a radio interview CBS' Sharyl Attkisson did with WPHT's Chris Stigall in which she mentions unknown parties have accessed her home and work computers since February, 2011:
You'll recall that both my blog-buddy ST and I have mentioned Attkisson several times on our blogs for being one of the few remaining MSM reporters actually willing to hold the administration to account for their actions, Fast & Furious and Benghazi being the most notable. She so got under their skin that, as Allahpundit reminds us, a DoJ official screamed and cursed at her over the phone. Attkisson herself has recently said that she has been shut out by her White House sources. There have been rumors (1) that David Rhodes, president of CBS News and brother of Ben Rhodes, a would-be fiction writer and now an Obama national security deeply involved in Benghazi, might fire Attkisson for being too aggressive in her coverage of the White House… where his brother works.
Keep in mind that the DoJ got access to James Rosen's GMail account by affirming to a judge that they believed he was engaged in a criminal conspiracy to violate the Espionage Act, and then got a court order forbidding Google from telling Rosen of the access. And now we hear that somebody has been accessing Attkisson's computers.
What was going on in February 2011? The Fast and Furious scandal, having been rumored for months, was finally breaking into the mainstream news, and Attkisson was filing stories that weren't settling for administration spin.
And about that same time, she gets hacked.
What. A. Coincidence.
(1) Attkisson has said there has been no pressure from any CBS News executive regarding her Benghazi reporting.
(Crossposted at Sister Toldjah)
#IRS scandal: Granting tax-exempt status to pro-life groups *if* they agree not to protest Planned Parenthood
May 15, 2013But they're absolutely, totally, without a doubt non-political. And don't you dare say otherwise, wingnut!
IRS officials refused to grant tax exempt status two pro-life organizations because of their position on the abortion issue, according to a non-profit law firm, which said that one group was pressured not to protest a pro-choice organization that endorsed President Obama during the last election.
"In one case, the IRS withheld approval of an application for tax exempt status for Coalition for Life of Iowa. In a phone call to Coalition for Life of Iowa leaders on June 6, 2009, the IRS agent 'Ms. Richards' told the group to send a letter to the IRS with the entire board's signatures stating that, under perjury of the law, they do not picket/protest or organize groups to picket or protest outside of Planned Parenthood," the Thomas More Society announced today. "Once the IRS received this letter, their application would be approved."
Planned Parenthood endorsed Obama in 2008 and 2012.
The article also mentions a Texas pro-life group that had its free speech rights roughed up, too.
With new revelations of IRS abuse coming out seemingly hourly, this would be almost comical if it weren't for the serious constitutional, legal, and political implications. Granting tax-exempt status only if they promise not to exercise their First Amendment rights?? Can these morons in IRS really have been so blind as to not see what a bright red line they were crossing? (Or did they think it was an "Obama red line," and therefore meaningless?)
And let's not even start with why the press wasn't asking about these rumors in 2010-2012…
via Kevin Eder.
(Crossposted at Sister Toldjah)
European Union or EUSSR? Brussels demands power to regulate press, fire journalists
January 25, 2013If anyone had any notion that the European Union was anything but a bureaucratic dictatorship, this should open their eyes:
A European Union report has urged tight press regulation and demanded that Brussels officials are given control of national media supervisors with new powers to enforce fines or the sacking of journalists.
The "high level" recommendations that will be used to draft future EU legislation also attack David Cameron for failing to automatically implement proposals by the Lord Justice Leveson inquiry for a state regulation of British press.
A "high level" EU panel, that includes Latvia's former president and a former German justice minister, was ordered by Neelie Kroes, European Commission vice-president, last year to report on "media freedom and pluralism". It has concluded that it is time to introduce new rules to rein in the press.
"All EU countries should have independent media councils," the report concluded.
"Media councils should have real enforcement powers, such as the imposition of fines, orders for printed or broadcast apologies, or removal of journalistic status."
As well as setting up state regulators with draconian powers, the panel also recommended that the European Commission be placed in overall control in order to ensure that the new watchdogs do not breach EU laws.
(Emphases added)
I'm sure these new powers, if granted, will be used only for the common good, to ensure fair, sensitive journalism — as determined by a bunch of Eurocrats.
The danger of this is obvious: the power to fine or fire is the power to dictate, and the only reporters to retain their jobs will be those who say things pleasing to the mandarins in Brussels. It would be the death knell of free speech in Europe, for free speech is meaningless if it doesn't include the right to say things that make the powerful uncomfortable, or even simply to offend. A free, unfettered press is essential to a democratic society, and if the press is fettered, so is the citizen, who becomes a subject. The society is no longer free.
The article points out that these proposed regulations are aimed largely at the British press, which has a large Euro-skeptic element and regularly ticks off the European Union elite. Quite unsurprisingly, then, the Brussels initiative has set up howls of outrage in Britain, from whom we inherited our traditions of free speech and press freedom. With Prime Minister Cameron promising a referendum on a new arrangement, one can only hope the majority of Britons will see the danger of staying a part of this "brave new Euro-world" and vote to get the hell out.
Indeed, they may already ready be headed for the door.
PS: This article reminds me yet again how rare, fragile, and precious our traditions of free speech –the ability to speak one's mind to the powerful without fear of reprisal– really are. In Europe, where on the Continent the governing tradition is top-down, the natural reaction of the government is to suppress annoying speech. (And in America, we see twitches of that from the Left.) Even in Australia, the people of which are our close political cousins, there is no recognized natural right of free speech. It is a right that we must not only assert and defend, but actively exercise, especially when it itself is under threat.
(Crossposted at Sister Toldjah)
#Benghazi — There are still a few genuine reporters left
January 23, 2013Some of you may recall that I've in the past praised Sharyl Attkisson of CBS for her work on the Fast and Furious scandal. For a long time, she was almost the only MSM reporter asking serious questions about what happened in that "felony stupid" fiasco
Sharyl's also been digging into the massacre at our consulate in Benghazi last September 11th, in which our ambassador and three other Americans died at the hands of Al Qaeda-aligned terrorists. While she's had plenty of questions for the White House, the most transparent administration ever has given no answers. Frustrated with the stonewalling, Attkisson yesterday took to Twitter to ask her questions before the public. Here are is a series of particular interest to me:
A Benghazi victim's family member stated that Mrs. Clinton told him she would find and arrest whoever made the anti-Islam video. ..
— Sharyl Attkisson (@SharylAttkisson) January 22, 2013
Remember that guy who was rousted out of his home by the LA Sheriffs in the dark of the night because he had the temerity to exercise his right to free speech? (Please, the parole violation was just a fig leaf of an excuse, if that.) That's who Attkisson is talking about.
To continue:
. Is this accurate? If so, what was Mrs. Clinton's understanding at the time of what would be the grounds for arrest?..
— Sharyl Attkisson (@SharylAttkisson) January 22, 2013
The Administration is reported to have asked that the anti-Islamist YouTube video initially blamed in Benghazi be removed from YouTube…
— Sharyl Attkisson (@SharylAttkisson) January 22, 2013
Love this next one:
.. If true, what is the Administration's view regarding other videos or future material that it may wish were not published, but are legal?
— Sharyl Attkisson (@SharylAttkisson) January 22, 2013
And finally…
What is the Administration's criteria in general for requesting removal of a YouTube or other Internet video?
— Sharyl Attkisson (@SharylAttkisson) January 22, 2013
Naturally, the mooks of Chicago-on-the-Potomac have refused to answer any of these or Attkisson's other questions.
Secretary Clinton is scheduled to testify before the House Foreign Affairs Committee today on the Benghazi massacre… assuming she doesn't have another concussion. I would right a fat check to any congressman on the committee who asked Clinton these questions, refused to let her dodge answering, and demanded to know how, in her opinion, the video maker's arrest and imprisonment comports with the First Amendment to the United States Constitution and his natural right of free speech. (1)
Meanwhile, I'll continue hoping for more real reporters like Sharyl Attkisson, instead of the progressive cheering section that comprises most of the MSM. (Not that I'll hold my breath; none of these questions are difficult to think of. The media's shame is that there are so few willing to ask them.)
via Ace, who has a great post on "old school journalism."
(1) Again, don't try to tell me this was all over a parole violation. If you believe that, I have a bridge I'd like to sell you.
UPDATE: Clinton has begun her opening statement — no mention of the video maker's arrest. As Bryan Preston concludes, it's either "stunningly incomplete, if not blatantly dishonest."
(Crossposted at Sister Toldjah)
(Video) Pat Condell with a word to rioting Muslims
September 21, 2012I really have nothing to add. Take it away, Pat! (Slight language warning.)
President Obama, Secretary Clinton, and Senator Kerry — this is how it's done.
(Crossposted at Sister Toldjah)
Caption contest: Obama stomps the 1st amendment edition
September 16, 2012Over at Quickmeme, you can add captions to user-submitted photos. Not surprisingly, someone uploaded the Nakoula arrest photo. It's been popular. Here's my contribution:
Add your own and post links to them in the comments. Meanwhile, Zombie has a selection of the best.
(Crossposted at Sister Toldjah)
Rules for the road: "How to behave during an Islamic massacre"
September 16, 2012I was noodling around YouTube this morning and ran across this episode of Andrew Klavan's sorely missed "Klavan on the Culture" from last year. Like the Churchill quote from yesterday, events of the past few days have made this video again relevant:
And after seeing the Obama administration's "handling" of this crisis –refusing to defend free speech, blaming Americans for actually exercising that right– I can tell President Obama and Secretary Clinton and all the rest of Team Hopenchange studied this video very, very closely.
And got the point all wrong.
(Crossposted at Sister Toldjah)
Quote of the evening, on "Muslims, Mormons, and the Left"
September 14, 2012Via The Diplomad, regarding the administration's desperate attempts to convince people a poorly made video really was responsible for this week's deadly fiasco in North Africa:
OK. Got it. This administration and its echo chamber press are against insulting religion. No works of "art" should be permitted that insult religion. We need a loophole in the first amendment. Got it.
So when outraged mobs of Mormons storm and gut the theaters running the Broadway play "Book of Mormon," we can expect Obama and Clinton and the Hollywood glitterati to side with the mob?
Just wondering about the size of that loophole in the first amendment.
It's more than disgusting to see an American president and a supposedly free press throw our natural right of free speech under the bus.
Why is the Justice Department not pursuing Brett Kimberlin?
June 8, 2012Kimberlin may be better known to you as the "Speedway Bomber," who terrorized an Indiana town in the late 70s. The harm he did eventually lead one of his victims, Major Carl DeLong, to commit suicide to escape the pain. For his crimes, Kimberlin was sentenced to prison and ordered to pay an indemnity to DeLong's family.
Now he's back, harassing conservative bloggers and journalists by placing fake 911 calls to the police in their areas and getting SWAT teams dispatched. You can imagine the potential for disaster in this; Kimberlin and his associates either don't care or would welcome it.
Friday has been declared a national day of blogger silence, in which the only post on the site is once calling on Congress to pressure the DoJ into investigating and, if need be, prosecuting Kimberlin, who may well have broken federal laws. As my blog-buddy ST points out, this effort may already be bearing fruit:
I fully support encouraging blog readers to contact their Congressional representation in both the House and the Senate to get them to put pressure on the DOJ to investigate the SWAT-ting that has taken place at the home of Patterico and Erick Erickson, among others. It's imperative that the DOJ get involved in this blatant abuse of the 911 system, the harassment, and the attempts at squelching the First Amendment rights of American citizens, and the best way to get their attention is through your House Reps and Senators. On that front, there is good news as Senator Saxby Chambliss (R-GA) is on board and has written a letter urging the DOJ to investigate. US House Rep. Ken Marchant (R-TX24) has done similarly. These bold men are to be commended for stepping up to the plate and putting this on the Congressional radar.
On the legal front, the ACLJ has thrown their hat into the ring in announcing legal representation of National Bloggers Club President Ali Akbar, who pledged support to targeted bloggers and who (along with his family) has since become a Kimberlin target himself. Lawyer/legal blogger Eugene Volokh recently announced his pro bono consulting work for lawyer/blogger Aaron Walker aka "@AaronWorthing", who had his 1st Amendment rights stripped from him by a judge who is seemingly ignorant of the Constitution. Donations are continuing to come in in support of Walker, Stacy McCain, and others who have been targeted and harassed by KimberlinCo (if you haven't donated yet, please do so - $5 or $10 a person goes a long way).
And, like ST, I disagree with Ace's call for a day of silence. This only gives the other guy what he wants, even if only for a day. When free speech is threatened, the only way to respond is to speak more. This post, however, will remain on top all day; any new posts are below.
This is not just an issue of free speech, even though that right is near and dear to all free people. Kimberlin has also placed innocent people in danger: call your congressman, call your senators, call the Department of Justice. Kimberlin's actions cross state lines; this is clearly a federal matter.


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Reviews for Meant to be |
Linda chapter 18 . 3/19/2013 What an amazing end to an amazing story. I loved the epilogue and loved that it was so long. Hazelle and Henry were as cute as could be. They deserved this happiness. A sensual sexy Hazelle...I love it. Vick and Lacey were great together. For a while I thought you were introducing Fiona for him but thankfully it turned out to be Lacey. Poor girl had jealousy written all over her face and actions. Madge and Gale have their hands full with twins and demanding careers. Happy to see their love life is still super hot. I died laughing when Madge pointed out how efficient Gale was being with the twins. I think every married woman has been there. It's one of my favorite parts. And the sweet sexy Vick comes out. Cute moments for him and Lacey. I laughed again when Gale made him stay in the woods. Poor Lacey she must have been beyond mortified. I can imagine Gale being upset that this own brother didn't know the first thing about survival 101 in the woods. That's really funny. I guess Vick and Lacey will not be glam ping for their honeymoon. I can also imagine Hazelle always telling GLe to not take them camping. Too funny. And the scene between Gale and Madge about the pregnancy was my favorite. I loved loved the way he already knew she was pregnant by the very subtle changes in her body. Loved that he was thoughtful enough to pick up the pickles that morning. I bet Vick was upset about stopping. LOL. Poor Nona and Rory. Good thing they're moving back to 12. Henry Posy bit was cute too. Madge declaring no one else is getting married while she's pregnant was great and funny. I'm with her on that one. I don't want this story to end. |
Gadge Forever chapter 18 . 3/19/2013 Omigosh this story is great. I held onto every word and now this epilogue makes it perfect. |
barbarella-1980 chapter 18 . 3/19/2013 Great ending. I've enjoyed this fic so much. Thank you. |
FirePearl97 chapter 18 . 3/18/2013 Awe so sad it's over! But I've loved every chapter, the epilogue was amazing, I love Vick and Lacey! Awesome job:) |
EStrunk chapter 18 . 3/18/2013 Wonderful epilogue. I love the Vick you imagine. You're such a romantic - Hazelle and Henry, Rory and Nona, Gale and Madge (of course) then Vick and Lacey. The pickled okra was a great touch. My tell is when I am dying for a steak, but don't want wine with it. My husband always watches to see if I drink my wine when I have steak. I do love that Gale knows before she tells him. The observation skills of a hunter come in handy in so many ways. |
LittleH-mod.dancer chapter 18 . 3/18/2013 Awwww! So sweet...though I really wish it wasn't over already! What story is next for you ? ;D |
mountain mama chapter 18 . 3/18/2013 I so loved this story. The epilogue was perfect. I just wish you would write another one with all of the same characters, maybe what happens when they all move back to 12. hint, hint |
Dendroica chapter 18 . 3/18/2013 Such a great ending. Love this. I'm so sad to see it end, but this was beautiful. So sweet, everybody settling down. Very cute scenes with Vick & Lacey. Love the Gale & Madge - twins, wow! They've got their hands full. I bet Hazelle visits though. Nice to end with the whole family together. And with such news! :) |
andinify chapter 18 . 3/18/2013 YOU UPDATED! *happy dancing* awww omg sweet sweet Hawthornes moments! They're adorable, ALL of them! Wait, so Posy is eighteen years old... how many years was it after the last chapter? :/ i lost count... Madge and Gale have twins! Omg I could only imagine how cute and handsome those little Hawthornes would be like in the future xD umm what else... OH. Henry. Glad he could bring the best out of our precious Hazelle! ;) I want to mention every single bits of this chapter that I loved so much but... I'm sure it'll turn out perhaps as long as the chapter itself - plus my rambles - maybe longer xD overall, great ending! I can't believe this has gone this far... I mean it feels like just yesterday you PMed me and asked about this story's basic idea... now it's finished? Oh, and, btw, from your kind AN. Please, I didnt do much! Like you said, I just picked out an idea and all these expansions - all yours! Hats off for you and this story! And well, I can't say I'm not looking forward to your other newest story ;) |
Tori chapter 18 . 3/18/2013 Awe a perfect ending for this story. Hard to say who I liked more. Maybe the Hazelle Henry part was my favorite. Nah they all were. Great ending |
JohnnyStormsGirl chapter 18 . 3/18/2013 Very cute ending. i love this story and will miss it very much! |
Karawen chapter 15 . 3/11/2013 Loved it :D rory and prim dating...it makes sense I think. They could have related pretty well. The tension must have been to do with Katniss, that's my guess. I'm playing catch up. I had spring break last week and kind of slept and went out as much as possible. Back to student mode now lol. |
DidiGC2010 chapter 17 . 3/11/2013 Awwwwww they finally got married. Makes my heart flutter! |
NurseKelly chapter 17 . 3/11/2013 Awww...you remembered. I got my day at the spa with Brittany. Great chapter. Nice way to tie up the loose ends and just the right amount of fluff. I think maybe Vick needs to see that nice girl from the coffee shop again in the epilogue. Maybe she is interning with Mona or something? BTW: I totally want one of those tents now! |
andinify chapter 17 . 3/11/2013 OHHH THAT WAS SO SWEET the wedding the signing the toasting the HONEYMOON Gale was so romantic! I googled the tent and the bean bag... sheesh they're cool! Thank Godness you didn't write too much smut. I honestly don't particularly like it much :p haha but a little bit is no trouble ;) WHAT the next one is going to be the epilogue already? Gosh I didn't realize it's come this far! Madge and Gale had made a progress this far... from nothing to married :') ahh Gadge is beautiful. Um, alright. I can't say I want this story to end but... Update soon! ;) |