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By Ken
from Nashville NC
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Comments about Whiteside 5 Piece Brass Set-up Gauges, 4" :
I use these when having to make multiple routing and shaping setups
great product for the money
By wooddog
from fountain inn,sc
About Me Avid Do-It-Yourselfer
Product is great for router and saw set ups ,saves a lot of time and is dead on
A simple tool that comes in very handy.
By Jenks
from Meadow Lakes, Alaska
So far I've used these sizing bars for router and tablesaw setups and checking dado depths.
They 're just what needed
By Mike Kenney
from Bowling Green, KY
Used for set where I need an accurate measurement
More Than I Expected
By Larry
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I bought the gages primarily for use in setting up a dado jig; however, I have already fround a couple of other uses. I think there will be many more.
Good is good
By Joe Lopez
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These set up bars are great they ensure accuracy, speed up set ups they are great to have and they are 4" long great for router set ups when using large router bits and the opening is big they won't fall thru the opening and brass will not damage your blades or bits in case of accidental contact. Great price.
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from New Braunfels, TX
I was suprised to find that the bars profile is square. Others that I have used were dimensioned for the bar size in only one direction. (The smaller bars were flat.) You don't have to worry about laying the bars down wrong. But, these square profile bars are a bit harder to stack and keep stacked. There are no dimensions on the bars. And, for the smaller bars, there isn't enough room to write the dimension on the bar either.
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By Tool Hound
from DFW Texas
Very nice idea, a great time saver when you get used to using them instead of trying to measure with a tape. I use these pre-measured blocks for consistant & repeatable known height & depth set up's on the Table Saw, Router & for gauging Dado cut width's after shimming the blade stack
Five 4" long bars
By Rich
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These bars make setup real easy.
Whiteside 5 piece Brass set-up gauges.
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Even though the size is obvious I would prefere that the size is marked on each gauge.


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Fanning said the app is currently available at more than locations in 31 states.
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Long before the prevalence of smartphones, co-founder Rick Orr and friends waited over an hour to close a tab at a restaurant. This became the inspiration for what Fanning says is a truly one-of-a-kind business.
"We're the only ones doing what we're doing the way were doing it. You got to time it right, especially since we're a startup, but I think we're in the right place at the right time," Fanning said.
Tabbedout could be used in correlation to other service industry-related apps, like the reservation app OpenTable.
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"For 2012, our big focus is on increasing our merchant base. We want to go from hundreds of locations to thousand of locations," Fanning said.
Their long term goals are even more ambitious.
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As a start-up company with much potential, job seekers are keeping an eye on it as well, especially those interested in marketing and engineering, their quickest growing departments.
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Sixt rental cars can now be booked using the Worldhotels travel app
• Sixt booking feature integrated into the 'Travel Guide by
Worldhotels' app
• Alliance extended to include joint marketing activates over the
coming months
Berlin, 6 March 2014 – It is now even easier to quickly and conveniently select
the Sixt vehicle of your choice using your smartphone or tablet. From now on, as
Sixt announced at the ITB International Tourism Exchange in Berlin, upmarket
Sixt rental cars can be booked in just a few clicks using the popular 'Travel Guide
by Worldhotels' app. This app, developed by Worldhotels, one of the world's
leading groups for independent hotels, is available for free at the iTunes Store
and Google Play. Designed as a modern online travel guide, it offers
comprehensive services ,for example a currency convertor, flight information,
hotel ratings, and news feeds – all of the main information that demanding
travellers need before, during and after their journeys.
By integrating a booking option, Sixt has intensified its alliance with Worldhotels,
which has been successfully ongoing for several years. Over the coming months
they plan to roll out joint marketing activities, booking discounts and local
collaborations by means of a range of other campaigns online and offline.
Robert Theml, Director Product Management at Sixt: "We are working hard to
make it as easy and quick as possible for our customers to book Sixt rental cars.
To achieve this, we continuously develop ground-breaking online and mobile
services. Booking Sixt rental cars using our partner Worldhotels app is an
excellent example of how successful our efforts have been."
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Heino at the Sixt ITB Party in Berlin
More than 1,000 managers celebrate with Heino at the Sixt ITB Party, 'The Night the Winners meet'
- Star guest thrills the crowds with his cover versions of famous rock songs
- Guests' donations and tombola takings go towards the Regine Sixt Children's Aid Foundation
- At the world's biggest tourism trade fair, Sixt presents its new counter design as well as an attractive range of holiday car rental products
Berlin, 5 March 2014 – Kick-off at the world's biggest tourism trade fair, the ITB: Erich and Regine Sixt yesterday invited guests to the 20th ever ITB party entitled 'The Night the Winners meet', where they welcomed more than 1,000 managers and allies from across the tourism and travel industry as well as 60 Sixt national managers. Sixt had enlisted a special star guest for their evening entertainment: Heino. The German music legend thrilled the audience with his cover versions of well-known rock and pop songs and a selection of his greatest hits. Read all about: Heino at the Sixt ITB Party in Berlin
A little Sixt on the beach: new Hollywood, FL location
Do you know that scene in all the movies, where the attractive protagonist drives along the coastline through a picturesque beach town, wind blowing through hair, sun shining, pedestrians all turning their heads at the sleek shiny convertible passing by them… Sixt knows. This is why we are proud to open a new location in Hollywood, Florida! Located only 10 minutes from the coast, we want to your beach vacation to also be a get-a-way from reality. With a large number of luxury cars and convertibles that include BMWs, Mercedes, and Mustangs, why not treat yourself? Enjoy the beautiful weather with the top down and your shades on.
If you want to enjoy the warmth of a Florida beach, but don't want to bother with sometimes overcrowded beaches like Miami or Orlando, then consider Hollywood for your next vacation. Only 20 minutes south of Fort Lauderdale, you can drive into the city for all the attractions there or walk around Hollywood's downtown and enjoy this lesser known, but just as wonderful area. Whether your interest is shopping, adventures, or simply getting a bronze tan worthy of a Greek god, you can find what you're looking for here.
Besides obviously going to the beach as often as possible, here are some of the things we like to do when in town:
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Viva Las Vegas – Just in time for Valentine's Day
Sixt Opens New Station, While Offering a Valentine's Day Convertible Special
- The German Rental Car Company Expands in US Market
- Sweet Valentine's Day Surprise at Sixt Stations in the United States
Munich, February 11, 2014 – As a part of its global expansion strategy, the German rental car company Sixt is expanding its position in North America and opening a new rental car station in Las Vegas. The station covers an area of 1,000 square meters and is located centrally at the McCarran Airport Car Rental Center, where effective immediately, travelers to the city will now find a large selection of premium vehicles from German and American brands like BMW, Chrysler, Mercedes-Benz, Volkswagen, Jeep, and Dodge.
American Dream
Convenience and service are the top priorities at the new station. After completing their trip, customers can save themselves the hassle of looking for a gas station nearby and instead fill up at Sixt's own gas station before dropping off their car. Customers looking for premium service can also take advantage of Sixt's exclusive Concierge Service. Sixt's concierge will provide help with travel planning as well as information about current events, restaurants, bars, and places to shop in the desert city. Furthermore, while the Sixt team takes care of the car rental formalities, customers can relax at the Sixt Lounge and enjoy small snacks and coffee specialties while they wait.
Read all about: Viva Las Vegas – Just in time for Valentine's Day
Get your Valentine's Chocolates from Sixt rent a car – You Auto Be Mine!
We would like to show our love to our customers and fans this Valentine's Day by giving away chocolates with personal love notes and red roses! This offer is available while supplies lasts! We will offer 1000 boxes of traditional German chocolates, with flavors such as Premium Milk Chocolate, Premium Dark Chocolate, Toffee Crunch, Orange and Almond and Mint. Yum! Please take a look at the participating Sixt locations and enjoy our Sweet Valentine:
- 7470 W Irlo Bronson Memorial, 34747-1743, Kissimmee Florida
- 12205 S Apopka Vineland Road, 32836-6804, Orlando Florida
- 7855 N Frontage Rd., 32812, Orlando Florida
- 401 S Dixie Highway Suite 1, 33401-5834, West Palm Beach, Florida
- 2501 Bristol Drive Unit A1, 33409, West Palm Beach Florida
- 700 East Sunrise Blvd, 33316 Fort Lauderdale, Florida
- 1489 SE 17th Street, Unit 2D, 33316, Fort Lauderdale Florida
- 2900 SE 6th Avenue, 33316, Fort Lauderdale Florida
- 705 5th Street, 33139, Miami Beach, Florida
- Fontainebleau FBO-Flights Only, 33054, Opa Locka Florida
- 3900 NW 25th Street #407, 33142, Miami Florida
- 330 SE 1st Street, 33131-2002, Miami Florida
- 2200 Rental Car Center Parkway, 30337, College Park Georgia
- 659 Peachtree Street NE, 30308, Atlanta Georgia
- 2829 Peachtree Road NE, 30305, Atlanta Georgia
- 1805 E Sky Harbor Circle South, 85034, Phoenix Arizona
- 3150 South 160th Street, 98188, SeaTac
For more information about our US locations >> http://www.sixt.com/car-rental/usa
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Murrells Inlet: A local food paradise
Murrells Inlet, the neighboring city to the larger and better known city of Myrtle Beach, is known as a food lover's paradise. A quick 25 minute drive south will take you to this picturesque beach town filled with menu items savory and sweet, clever and creative, and rich and spicy. Known for being the "seafood capital of South Carolina," nearly every street in its 7.5 sq mile area offers a unique dining experience. In between playing 18 holes on one of the state's best golf courses or visiting one of Murrells Inlet's beautiful gardens, we suggest you grab a bite to eat at one of the local restaurants.
Here are some of our favorites:
- River City Cafe- A burger joint like no other. With over 30 different kinds of burgers, you try the "Nacho Crunch" burger topped with guacamole, jalapenos, and doritos, or perhaps the Surf N Turf burger topped with fried shrimp and pepperjack cheese. The decor itself is memorable as well, as the inside walls are covered floor to ceiling with license plats and signatures as customers are allowed to scribble all over the walls. A great place for children too, as they are actually allowed to color on the furniture here.
- Dead Dog Saloon- Located on the waterfront, the nightly live entertainment provides a wonderful atmosphere as you sip your drink, while watching the sun set over the Atlantic Ocean. Try one of the fresh seafood dishes to get a true taste of the south.
Sixt Finland at MATKA travel fair
Sixt is talking about Matka in Finland
In January Sixt Finland took part in the Nordic Travel Fair MATKA. MATKA fair was held in Helsinki on January 16-19 and it's the biggest travel fair in Northern Europe. This year there were almost a thousand exhibitors and 67 000 visitors present. First day of the fair was devoted to trade professionals and next three days the exhibition center was packed with visitors interested in travelling.
We had a 9m² stand with three touch screens that made it possible for visitors to do bookings straight from the stand. As an incentive there was a competition with a price to win a holiday car for a week in any Sixt country in Europe. Read all about: Sixt Finland at MATKA travel fair
Sixt Receives Oscar for Tourism Services
- First time the company has received the German Service Prize from the German Institute for Service Quality
- Sixt beat 58 rivals to claim the title
- Named Germany's best car rental company for the third time back in August
Munich, 5 February 2014 – Sixt, a global provider of premium mobility services, has for the first time received the renowned German Service Prize for tourism. The coveted trophy was presented to Alexander Sixt, Managing Director Corporate Development & Strategy, and Florian Weis, Senior Director Quality Management, in the presence of high-ranking economic and media figures at a celebratory gala in the Berlin office of Bertelsmann, the media company. The prize is awarded each year by the German Institute for Service Quality (Deutsches Institut für Servicequalität, DISQ) on behalf of n-tv, the German news channel, in 11 different sectors.
In a two-stage selection process, the testers were won over by Sixt's customer-friendly services. In August, the Institute conducted a study into the service quality offered by car rental companies. Following victories in 2010 and 2012, the family business took first place for the third time, making it Germany's best car rental company. The testers particularly praised the very good services and favorable terms. For example, the company stands out by offering the best telephone service, rapid email processing and a customer-orientated website. Sixt also offered the lowest prices in many of the lease term/vehicle class combinations investigated.
In the second round, Sixt was pitted against 58 car rental companies, budget hotels, adventure providers, travel portals and flight portals. The three companies with the most points – Sixt, Neckermann Reisen and Alltours – were named the overall winners in the 'Tourism' category, receiving the 2014 German Service Prize. Read all about: Sixt Receives Oscar for Tourism Services
What You Need to Know About Insurance When Renting a Car in Israel
Israel offers travelers a wide variety of attractions such as the Dead Sea, the Wailing Wall of Jerusalem and the nightlife and restaurants of Tel Aviv. Renting a car from Sixt can help you to experience Israel your way, without adhering to the schedules of public transportation. However, you need to understand the insurance options when renting. Making a mistake when purchasing coverage can be a financial disaster and put a damper on your vacation.
Here is what you need to know about your insurance options for rental cars in Israel
- Required Coverage: Limited Damage Waiver (LDW)
This insurance is required for all vehicles. It will cost 40 percent of your rental fee, so make sure to factor this into your budget. If you decide to only take this liability insurance, you will also be required to leave $2,500 as deposit against any damage done to the vehicle.
- Comprehensive Coverage: Collision Damage Waiver (CDW) and Theft Protection (TP)
These additional insurances cost between 10 and 15 dollars a day, which may be waived if they are covered by your credit card company. Check with your credit card issuer to check what is covered before you decide to rely solely on them. If you have comprehensive coverage through your credit card and plan to use it, bring documentation to the rental office with you. This insurance does not cover any damage to the tires or undercarriage of the vehicle, so drive carefully. Read all about: What You Need to Know About Insurance When Renting a Car in Israel
Upcoming Music Festivals in the United Kingdom
The United Kingdom is home to some of best and most renowned music festivals in the world. With literally hundreds of festivals covering a wide range of musical genres and styles, there is a festival to fit everyone's tastes! In the 1960s the large-scale modern music festival was born. Following on from the success of Woodstock in the United States, the UK followed suit and began to host its very own festivals, with early examples dating back to the Isle of Wight Festival in the late 60s.
The Sixt blog brings you a rundown of three diverse UK music festivals that are coming up this year!
- Glastonbury Festival
Arguably one of the most famous and well known festivals in the world is the Glastonbury Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts, which started back in the 1970s. Annually in June, this festival takes place on Worthy Farm near the village of Pilton in Somerset attracting over 100,000 eager music lovers. Although Glastonbury is best known for its fantastic musical line up, it also showcases a wide variety of other arts such as dance, comedy, theatre, circus, and cabaret. The ethos of Glastonbury remains laid back, relaxed, and holds true to its hippie origins. Lucky festival goers are in for a unique and unforgettable experience. Read all about: Upcoming Music Festivals in the United Kingdom
Sixt Mexico knocks out Competition!
This Saturday, 25.01.2014, Sixt Mexico was able to position the brand again in the national and international television through its box sponsorship.
Our fighter, Adrian "Estrella" Diamante, featured the star fight of this Saturday nights television event boxing against his Japanese opponent in Super Feather Weight "Yuta Matsuda". As in the last international box fight, Adrian knocked out the other boxer; this time in the 5th round. Adrian is on a straight way to his first world championship title. Sixt Mexico will do its best to keep sponsoring these fights that are already being subsidized by Mexico´s biggest companies such as Telmex (Carlos Slim's main company) and Cemex.
This time our logo was broadcasted during the whole fight on Adrian´s shorts right next to Telmex´ logo, on the base caps of his trainer and club and on a big sized cushion on the ring side. All those logos were very present in the TV´s cameras. Two national TV stations broadcasted this event: Channel 5 and TDN Univision, both part of Televisa group.
Sixt – Official Mobility Partner of Polish Skiing Association
This is another significant success for Sixt Poland shortly after winning the tender for the transport service of the UEFA European Football – Euro 2012.
Sixt Rent a Car Poland has become an Official Mobility Partner of Polish Ski Association
For several years, winter sports, in particular, jumping and cross-country skiing electrify all polish people. From December to March, during the struggle of jumpers and runners from around the world, people are watching who will qualify to the second round, and will have a good wind or well spread skis. After a memorable successes of Adam Małysz, athletes of winter sports continue to have huge success. Young, ambitious and striving for perfection compete, not only for the highest scores, but also for the podium.
Read all about: Sixt – Official Mobility Partner of Polish Skiing Association
New Advertising Campaign "Kröten flöten" at Munich Airport
Last weekend a new advertising campaign was installed at Munich Airport. The installation behind the security check in Terminal 1 is named
"Kröten flöten"
This metaphoric expression means "running out of money" in German and the message is: If the toads are piping and you're running out of money, go to Sixt!
Driving in Germany – Tips and Tricks
Germany is rising in popularity year on year as a tourist destination, and it's not hard to see why. From the thriving cultural and historical hub of Berlin to the unspoilt countryside of Bavaria and of course, the famous Oktoberfest, the country has a lot to offer to the intrepid traveler.
And, as one of the larger countries on continental Europe, with a world famous network of motorways in the form of the Autobahn and some stunning scenic views along the way, it's perfect for a road trip or car holiday. Driving enthusiasts take note though – there are strict rules on the roads.


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Yes, yes, I know you don't want to hear about sequestration again, and just looking at the word makes your brain all twisty. The bigger problem is that our so-called representatives feel the same way.
Just like Scarlett O'Hara, they've chosen to think about that tomorrow. Trouble is, the people who are affected by their inattentiveness are hurting today.
If you think sequestration won't affect you, think again. Just one tiny piece of it — budgetary cuts to the federal housing program — will affect you deeply. In months to come, you'll discover more and more "hidden homeless" — people sleeping on friends' couches or squeezing into a relative's garage. You'll wonder why crime has spiked as people become desperate to feed their children. You'll wonder why certain rental properties are deteriorating. When the poorest of the poor are pinched, sooner or later, everyone says, "Ouch!"
So, what is sequestration.
Sequestration is $1.2 trillion in automatic federal budget cuts that span over the next 10 years. In January of this year, $85 billion was summarily trimmed from the federal budget as outlined in the Budget Control Act of 2011. Sequestration was supposed to force Congress into passing a budget. It didn't.
The theory was that our "representatives" would rather hold their noses and sign a budget they didn't completely like than to devastate services Americans depend upon. That was the theory.
The reality is that our "representatives" decided to let average Americans pay the price of their incompetence rather than risk their chances of re-election. They do not represent us. They represent themselves, and saving their own political skins. Period. Republicans refuse to raise taxes and will only consider cutting expenses, and Democrats, well, I'm not sure what exactly they're doing besides cowering in the corner and politely asking the Republicans to play nice. Then the Republicans punch them in the stomach and they whimper, "Please Sir, may I have another."
Our Congress is focused on perpetual job security for a relative handful of people, and with the assistance of the mass media, we aid and abet them by waving the Red or Blue pompoms and avidly participating in the whole charade.
That said, I must commend our local Congressman, John Garamendi, who actually came to Winters to meet the very people who are suffering the consequences of federal housing budget cuts — those living in public housing complexes like El Rio Villas in Winters and those receiving federal vouchers to supplement private rentals.
Visiting El Rio Villas for the first time, Garamendi sat down at the table and heard stories of sadness, stress and struggle. Of all the dire stories, the one that stung hardest was that of a terminally ill father of four. Despite his illness, he still works full-time for $800 a month. His rent is $1,000. His wife died, so his children work every weekend to help support the family. They've never taken a vacation because not only do they work every weekend, they can't afford one. Despite grief and poverty, his children never got into trouble. One son is planning to go off to college. The other (ironically) plans to enlist in the military.
With two young girls left to support, still working while he's very sick, this man finally qualified for a housing voucher to get some rent relief. The day he had it in his hands, Yolo County Housing froze its vouchers due to the housing budget cuts. It was revoked the same day. It's like putting food in a starving person's mouth and then yanking it out the moment he tastes it.
This man is stressed. Sick. Bitter. And after he finished speaking, he added dejectedly, quietly, "I'm looking for help. That's it."
Garamendi audibly gasped. He seemed exasperated by all he'd heard. Will it help? Although he gave impassioned commentary, he admitted that it would probably take a year before anything changed. So I asked him, "You say it will take a year. But some of these people may be homeless in six months. Where do they go? What do we do right here in our communities?"
Sadly, he didn't have an answer, other than to speak out to our "representatives," pressure them, and demand that they do their job: Balance the budget. And before the end of the year too, because more budget cuts will ratchet down in January if they don't. We will see people really starting to suffer just six months from now.
So, let's apply some pressure:
Me, I won't be directly affected by the sequestration-triggered housing cuts. I'll still have a nice, warm home. But people in my own community, particularly children, won't. How do I sleep at night knowing that, meanwhile, there are hungry children sleeping in cold garages and sick, disabled seniors shivering under the trestle bridge? Forget sleeping — how do I live with myself?
The real question, Mr. Congressman and Ms. Congresswoman, is how do you sleep at night knowing you've caused it? On a massive scale? Knowing that you placed your own self-interest ahead of the lives and wellbeing of those you were elected to represent? How do you live with yourselves knowing that your desire for reelection is more precious to you than children going without dinner and disabled veterans sleeping in cars? What the hell is the matter with you? You were elected to represent and protect these people, and all you're doing is giving your base a hand job so it will reward you. It is disgusting, it is despicable, it is downright loathsome.
I have news for you, Mr. and Ms. Politician: The poor of this country can't afford cake. If you can't give them the means to make their own meager bread, then I say off with your political heads — each and every one.
It's clear: We the People must throw down our Red and Blue pompoms. Do not vote for any incumbent who fails to do his or her job and balance the budget by the year's end.
— Email Debra DeAngelo at email@example.com; read more of her work at www.wintersexpress.com and www.ipinionsyndicate.com
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The idea of Sequestration originated in the White House. So Obama deserves much of the blame.
Reply |How can Debra bash the Sequester process, and then write: " Do not vote for any incumbent who fails to do his or her job and balance the budget by this year's end." The Sequester is an attempt in that direction - to cut spending by about 2.5% this year! The latter will still increase by about 4% and the deficit this year will be close to $1 Trillion. [It has been more than a Trillion a year since Obama came to power!] To balance the budget this year would require around a 30% spending cut!
Reply |In 1990, the federal budget was about a trillion, in 2000 about 2 trillion, in 2010, nearly 4 trillion. Where's the money supposed to come from? Simpson and Bowles talked about huge waste and inefficiency and proposed reasonable cuts. Nobody wanted to act. Obama had the choice to make the sequester (a relativley tiny budget cut) less painful and chose not to for political reasons. We can't keep spending money we don't have.
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This week, Biden shared advice he gave to his wife. "I said, 'Jill, if there's ever a problem, just walk out on the balcony here, walk out and put that double-barrel shotgun and fire two blasts outside the house. You don't need an AR-15 - it's harder to aim, it's harder to use, and in fact you don't need 30 rounds to protect yourself. Buy a shotgun! Buy a shotgun!"
The man put in charge of the Obama administration's gun-control initiative recommends firing two warning blasts from a double-barreled shotgun. What if the intruder is not scared away? You'd better be quick at reloading. Also, how is public safety improved by encouraging people to fire shotguns off the balcony instead of taking aim (whether firing or not) directly at intruders?
The worst part of this advice, though, is that yet again the administration ignores the reason we have a Second Amendment. It is not for sport or self-defense. Those are excellent uses for weapons kept legally under the Second Amendment. But the amendment exists because weapons are "necessary to the security of a free state." Funny how the administration never brings that up.
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Three Cheers For Coup Democracy
It was a typical US government response to favorable facts-on-the-ground rooted in violence. Once the military coup in Egypt had been accomplished and the first democratically-elected president of Egypt and many of his allies had been arrested and all sympathetic radio stations had been shut down, the US State Department released a statement expressing US condemnation of any future violence.
While the dirty deal was going down President Obama played golf and Secretary of State John Kerry went sailing off Nantucket. It was a bit like the The Godfather when Don Corleone is shown in church and the sequence is inter-cut with scenes of men being shot dead in bed and sputtering as they are being garroted.
This is not a particularly novel turn of events — just especially dishonest and dishonorable. It seems to be the way the US does coups in the 21st century. The days of crude coups like Iran ('53), Guatemala ('54) and Chile ('73) are long gone. Today, it's done with great coordinated finesse thanks to a sophisticated international secrecy network vis-à-vis American taxpayers and the rest of the civilian world. As citizens, all we get is public relations that expresses great concern for the control of violence … once the favorable facts-on-the-ground have been established.
Currently, members of the Freedom and Justice Party, the name of the Muslim Brotherhood's and ousted President Morsi's political party, are furious. They should be. The New York Times reports that the party is planning to organize escalated demonstrations across Egypt. Many fear where this coup will lead. A 23-year-old female law student told The Times that her Islamist neighbors had started shaving their heads, which sounded ominous. "Everyone's worried about a civil war," she said. The body count [1] is now rising.
According to the official US position, anyone who foments violent acts after the coup that established favorable facts-on-the-ground can be treated as a threat to the stability of Egypt by the same military that undertook the coup. (The US, of course, is not calling it a "coup," since to do so it would have to cut off the $1.5 billion in military aid it sends to Egypt, which would make no sense when the coup may foment civil war.)
Back in 2009, the Obama administration sent out the same sort of boilerplate garbage statement about stability and condemning violence when the democratically-elected, left-leaning president of Honduras, Manuel Zelaya [2], was awoken at dawn by a gun to his head and flown out of the country in his pajamas. The same earnest US statement condemned future violence, defended democracy and expressed concern about stability. The dirt-poor, basket-case nation then devolved from its already lowly state into the homicide capital of the western hemisphere. And, in what is surely the most significant post-coup fact-on-the-ground, since Zelaya was ousted, a host of US military bases have sprouted like mushrooms out of the more fertile soil.
It's true that the United States has lost a lot of its imperial mojo of late in the Middle East, but the important thing is it has not lost that mojo vis-à-vis the incredibly corrupt institution of the Egyptian military. Years of US tax-payer largesse has helped feather the nests of corrupt Egyptian officers in a military that's deeply invested in business and finance. Washington's excellent public relations skills help in these 21st Century coups by working the Sunday news talk-show circuit and other venues of meaning to get the right story out. Elliot Abrams [3] of Iran-Contra fame was one of them cranked up for the Egyptian coup. What's important is that the American people be re-assured that stability is the most important thing and that the White House condemns any future violence. Everything is OK. It was not a coup.
You can all go back to sleep now.
The same sort of stability-focused public relations occurred in the notorious 2000 US presidential election. I know we're not supposed to talk about that episode in American democratic history any more, since Al Gore patriotically ate the roadkill raw for the sake of stability and in the name of discouraging anger and maybe violence. It also turned out to be good for his future as a middle-brow environmental hero and money-maker.
As you may recall, the declared winner of that absurd episode, George W. Bush, assured voters that he was going to rule for all Americans. Better than anyone, he knew he'd lost the popular vote by 500,000 souls and would have lost the Electoral College if there had been a fair vote in the state ruled by his brother. So he too sucked it up and said what he had to say.
Then, of course, he got behind the wheel and drove the nation into a ditch off the right side of the road. He mounted a completely unnecessary war that wasted trillions of dollars and cost the lives of thousands of US service men and women. Then, he exploited the disastrous program of his Democratic predecessor to provide every American a house and nurtured an unaccountable Wall Street greed machine that hauled the battered car out of the Iraq ditch and, by 2008, sent it careening over a cliff.
This record makes Mohamed Morsi's year-long run look like child's play.
Consider it a modest proposal in retrospect. But think what might have been if we had been able to use the Egyptian military model of democracy. Think how comforting it would have been to have the Joint Chiefs step up and declare they were ready to throw the unduly-elected George W. Bush and his far-right cronies out of office in the name of "the people." The Generals might have appointed an esteemed character like George Mitchell to be interim president until a truly fair election could be arranged. The Supreme Court could have used the same sophistry they used in Bush v. Gore to make it at least sound legal. Sure, it would have been a mess. But it could not have been a worse mess than the one that was the illegitimate reign of George W. Bush. The republic would have survived. In fact it might have been a worthwhile reality check. And we'd all now be much better off.
But, of course, I must be smoking something. This is not how things work. The analogy is completely wrong; it's silly to imagine the US military would do something like that. Our joint chiefs were delighted by the far-right swerve George W. Bush had taken; it boosted their powers like never before. It didn't matter one iota that he'd stolen the election. If George W. Bush had been a Muslim, of course, it would be different.
The story in Egypt is certainly not over. The coup has opened room for another very large shoe to be dropped. Another civil war in the region is now a good possibility. It's disappointing that so many young Egyptian demonstrators in Tahrir Square apparently became so frustrated with political life in Egypt they crawled into bed with the corrupt Egyptian military they'd recently opposed. In a New York Times op-ed, Khaled M. Abouk El Fadl [4] points out that tyrants like Gamal Abdel Nasser and Saddam Hussein all "pointed to their supporters in the streets as the source of their legitimacy."
"This time, the military agreed with the protesters," he writes. "But next time, when protesters call for something that isn't in the military's interest, they will meet a very different fate."
It's tragically logical that if the first democratically-elected president can be so easily removed by the military and the dirty deed so neatly finessed by Washington, the future of real democracy in Egypt seems doomed. We'll have to wait to find out what the cost of such a devil's bargain will be for ordinary Egyptians. A US-excused coup was disastrous for Hondurans.
It's clear the Egyptian coup benefited militarists in the United States and Israeli governments. Ironically, it apparently also benefited President Bashar al-Assad in Syria, who said he was delighted by the coup that removed one of his more worrisome opponents.
The question for Americans — at least for those still awake — remains how do we put a check on our own massively corrupt military institution? And how do we create real democracy and save the mess we have from the vise grip of militarism and rapacious, unaccountable wealth?
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Finally, one of the last images of the presentation that really stood out to me was that of Sarah Forbes Bonetta, a Yoruba princess who was taken as a goddaughter by Queen Victoria.
Next to every great man, there is a great woman next to him and sometimes even in front of him. The Black Woman is God On Earth.
Hey Idiot
It is interesting to observe that the word idiot derives from the Greek idiotes, which refers to a "private person" – as distinct from a public person, or one who is involved in determining public life. That is, an idiot follows the rules and laws that others draft and sign – irrespective of whether or not it is in the idiot's interest. Some people in society determine how society will be organized – how its economic surpluses are distributed, how its resources are employed, how its energies are directed, how its cities are designed, its transportation systems are routed, etc. – and others simply follow (or are determined by) these rules. Many of these followers (the idiots) don't even seem to mind this state of affairs. Still others live under the delusional understanding that they are, in fact, somehow in charge of determining the course of social life – through their duly elected representatives, of course, or through their reputed "consumer power."
What is of especial interest to those observing political idiocy is how thoroughly inconsistent and incoherent its ideologies can be. Indeed, many idiots justify the status quo (in which they are consigned to the position of idiot) by appealing to the founding documents of the United States, seemingly oblivious to the fact that the Declaration of Independence's main argument is that the only legitimate form of political organization is one in which people govern themselves. It does not take much critical acumen to recognize that self-government – or autonomy – is irreconcilable with the heteronomy that the idiot is subjected to – irrespective of the degree to which the idiot is aware of his or her particular political impotence.
In other words, we are idiots whether we are aware of our political impotence or not. All that it takes to be a political idiot is to be excluded from the actual processes that determine how the world we live in is organized. And how many of us are in any meaningful way able to determine how things are governed? Because public interest polls consistently show majorities of people supporting social policies (such as universal health care, increased environmental protections, access to free education, an end to the wars of aggression committed by the US, etc.) that are not pursued, it does not seem to be much of a stretch to conclude that most people in this country are idiots. In this respect I am a total idiot. And I suspect that I am not alone in being aware of the fact that I suffer from this regrettable condition. Moreover, I suspect that I am not alone in wanting to change this harmful situation. As with other collective problems, however, our collective political and economic idiocy requires a collective solution; the first step of which is recognizing that most of us are these alienated political idiots in the first place.
Israeli Property Theft is Nothing New
cus·to·di·an (kəs-ˈtō-dē-ən) n. 1. One who has charge of something: caretaker
– The Heritage Illustrated Dictionary of the English Language, International Edition, 1973
The office of Ronen Baruch, the current Custodian of Absentee Property for Israel, is in an ancient Arab home at 8 Yoel Salomon Street in Jerusalem. A house of this type is not unusual in this part of Jerusalem, and this one has few markings to indicate its function. Even its mail is delivered to the main building of the Ministry of Finance in another part of the city.
The apparent location of the Office of the Custodian of Absentee Property
Searching the Internet will not yield this information unless you read Hebrew, and even then not much else. Much more is available about the Mossad, but perhaps only because it is bigger and more interesting. Information about the Custodian is not necessarily secret, just possibly of little interest to journalists. However, it has no website and does not advertise its contact information. It is almost as if Israel would prefer that no one knows it is there.
Despite this, the office plays a pivotal role in the existence of Israel. Most Israelis live and work on land that was once in the charge of the Custodian of Absentee Property, an office created less than two months after the Israeli state and existing to this day as part of the Ministry of Finance.
Who or what is the Custodian of Absentee Property?
To many of the indigenous nations of North America, the European notion of land ownership was strange. The role of humans was to be custodians of the land and for the land to be the custodian of its human inhabitants. Similarly, the rulers of Makkah and Medina have historically referred to themselves as custodians, not owners, of the holy shrines.
Thus, when Israel created the Office of the Custodian of Absentee Property in July, 1948, to take charge of property belonging to refugees that fled or were expelled, was its intention for the custodian to be a steward and trustee for the property of these refugees while they were away? Certainly, the title of the office implicitly acknowledges that the property belongs to the absentees, not the Custodian, which land registry documents in fact confirm.
Of course, land and the structures on it – some dating back a thousand years or more – were not the only property that came into the charge of the Custodian. Many millions of dollars of gold, jewelry, antiques, cars and other items made their way into the inventory. However, real estate was by far the most important and valuable. The absentee owners were almost all Palestinian Arab refugees and exiles, both rich and poor. A few were Jews, and their property was quickly returned to them. Not so for the rest, except a tiny fraction that were able to prove that they had not fled at all.
How much of the territory within the 1949 ceasefire line did the absentees leave behind? Prior to the proclamation of the state of Israel on May 14, 1948, some 6% of Mandate Palestine was Jewish property (Sami Hadawi, Village statistics: 1945). Considering that Zionist forces seized 78% of Palestine, however, the proportion within those areas would have been closer to 8%, excluding Gaza, the West Bank and East Jerusalem. In addition, the remnant of the Palestinian Arab population that was not expelled retained some of their lands and homes, currently estimated to be less than 3% of the same areas. Roughly half of the captured territory was state land of the government of Palestine, mostly the Naqab (Negev) desert.
It is likely that all the rest, roughly 39%, was declared absentee property, and placed under the control of the Custodian. This figure agrees with an inventory made by the United Nations Conciliation Commission for Palestine (UNCCP) of 7,069,091 dunams. If the Custodian also took charge of state lands, the total would have been 89%. This information has not been released, but a statement by Jacob Manor, the Custodian in 1980, to journalist Robert Fisk (Pity the Nation, p. 45) indicates that the higher figure may be more accurate.
Of course, Israel had no intention of respecting the legal records of land ownership. The Absentee Property Law of 1950 made clear that the job of the Custodian was to "release" the property in its custody to other agencies, which would use the land without regard to the registered owners.
Thus, in effect, the Custodian of Absentee Property became Israel's largest "fence" for stolen property. Under the powers authorized by the Absentee Property Law, the Custodian "released" the land to the Israeli state, the Development Authority and the Jewish National Fund (JNF), with the combined lands (93% of the state of Israel) under the management of the Israel Land Administration (ILA). The ILA thus became the largest recipient of stolen property in Israel, notwithstanding the international racketeers and blood diamond traffickers that have found a safe haven there.
Curiously, however, the ILA has until recently been prohibited from offering the land for sale, but rather to lease it to users, although in 2009 plans were made to begin granting title. This policy was promoted in the 1950s allegedly as an enlightened socialist program of collective ownership borrowed from the institution of the kibbutz. Was it instead a means of protecting individual Israeli citizens from the accusation of receiving stolen goods? If so, it constitutes another implicit admission that the property legally belongs to expelled Palestinians and not to either the Israeli government or its citizens.
The Absentee Property Law is in fact contrary to the Fourth Geneva Convention and the International Declaration of Human Rights, both of which were constituted less than two years earlier and to which Israel became a signatory. This discrepancy came to light in the case of the Jerusalem residence of the Consul General of Belgium, which has been located since 1948 on absentee property known as the Villa Salameh. In order to be in compliance with international law, Belgium elected to pay rent to the exiled Palestinian owners of the property rather than to any Israeli authority or to Israeli businessman David Sofer, who claims to have "bought" (leased) the property from the Israeli government since 2000.
Surprisingly, Israel has been one of the strongest proponents for the restoration of absentee property to its original owners or their rightful heirs. One of the best examples of this is the HEART (Holocaust Era Asset Restitution Taskforce) Project, established in 2011 with more than $2.5 million per year funding from the Israeli government, in cooperation with the Jewish Agency for Israel. Its purpose is to seek restitution for Jewish property seized by the Nazi government in Germany. Other victims of the Holocaust, such as Slavs, Poles, Romanies (Gypsies), disabled persons, non-Europeans, political prisoners, Jehovah's Witnesses and others are apparently ineligible for this service, as well victims of the 1948 Israeli ethnic cleansing project known to Palestinians as the Nakba (catastrophe).
Although the extent of past Israeli property theft is well known to students of such matters, popular awareness is lagging. Current activists are likely to consider the more recent thefts of Bedouin property in the Naqab (Negev), confiscation of Palestinian property in Jerusalem and West Bank land seizures, house demolitions and village eradications as the major problem without taking into account the much larger scale of earlier crimes. They might be shocked to learn, for example, that the land stolen from Palestinian owners prior to the 1949 ceasefire is equal in size to more than the total area of the West Bank and Gaza combined.
The issue is sometimes raised when defining "Arab land" in the Palestinian context. If, for example, "Arab land" is defined only as that which was seized in the June 1967 war, it disregards the enormous amount of property that was confiscated without compensation from "absentee" Palestinian refugees and exiles in 1947-49 and soon after.
Is the Custodian of Absentee Property awaiting the return of the absentees to reclaim their property? In a sense probably so, though not with a sense of joy. Rather, all who are responsible for the theft of the property and for the ethnic cleansing and other crimes committed in furtherance of that theft know that a day of reckoning always greets those who think they are above the law.