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Dr. Jo A. Hannafin is board certified in orthopedic surgery/sports medicine. She is an Attending Orthopedic Surgeon and Director of Orthopedic Research at Hospital for Special Surgery and has published and lectured extensively on tendon and ligament healing. She is a Professor in the Department of Orthopedic Surgery at Weill Cornell Medical College.
Dr. Hannafin was a USOC physician for the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Greece and the 2003 Pan American Games in the Dominican Republic. She is currently the Head Team Physician for the WNBA New York Liberty and a Team Physician for the United States Rowing Team. She was an event physician at the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games (rowing); and the New York City Marathon. Dr. Hannafin was a team physician for the WUSA New York Power from 2000-2003 and an Assistant Team Physician to the New York Mets from 1992-1996. She has been team physician to the U.S. Rowing Team since 1994 and is a member of the FISA Medical Commission. Dr. Hannafin was a member of the silver medalist lightweight double at the 1984 World Rowing Championships and a three-time gold medalist at the U.S. National Rowing Championships. She is currently the Vice President of the Board of Trustees of the National Rowing Foundation.
Dr. Hannafin is the Vice President of the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine and will serve as President from 2013-2014. She has served as Secretary of the AOSSM board, Chair of the Enduring Education and Research Committees and has served on numerous AOSSM committees. She has been a member of the Board of the OREF (Orthopaedic Research and Education Foundation) from 2006-2012. She has published over 70 papers in peer-reviewed journals and has written 20 book chapters. She is also the co-author of the book Say Goodbye to Knee Pain. Dr. Hannafin has been repeatedly honored as one of The Best Doctors in America.
Dr. Hannafin was the first Clinician-Scientist at the Hospital for Special Surgery and maintains an active research program in the area of ligament physiology. Her section of the Laboratory for Tissue Engineering, Regeneration and Research is focused on the study of soft tissue response to injury, stress deprivation and mechanical loading in a variety of tissues including the anterior cruciate ligament and shoulder capsule. Cell culture, and molecular techniques are used to study cellular response to physical and chemical alteration in the environment with a specific focus on mechanotransduction pathways involved in these responses. Dr. Hannafin has received NIH RO1 funding and various foundation funding in support of this research area. She has served as a full member of the SBSR NIH Study Section and as an ad hoc member of a number of other Study Sections.
One of the goals of Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) is to advance the science of orthopedic surgery, rheumatology, and related disciplines for the benefit of patients. Physicians at HSS may collaborate with outside companies for education, research and medical advances. HSS supports this collaboration in order to foster medical breakthroughs; however HSS also believes that these collaborations must be disclosed.
As part of the disclosure process, this website lists physician collaborations with outside companies if payments were received during the prior year, or if the HSS physician currently receives payment. The disclosures are provided by information provided by the physician and other sources and are updated regularly. Further information may be available on individual company websites.
As of February 27, 2014, Dr. Hannafin reported no financial interest relationships with healthcare industry.
By disclosing the collaborations of HSS physicians with industry on this website, HSS and its physicians make this information available to their patients and the public, thus creating a transparent environment for those who are interested in this information. Further, HSS' Conflicts of Interest Policy does not permit physicians to collect royalties on products developed by him/her that are used on patients at HSS.
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Sofka, C.M., Ciavarra, G.A., Hannafin, J.A., Cordasco, F.A., Potter, H.G. (2008) Magnetic resonance imaging of adhesive capsulitis: Correlation with clinical staging. HSS Journal 4(2):164-169. Epub 2008 Aug 20.
Battaglia, M., Cordasco, F., Hannafin, J.A.., Rodeo, S.A., O=Brien, S.J., Altchek, D.W., Wickiewicz, T., Warren, R.F. (2007) Results of revision anterior cruciate ligament surgery. Am. J. Sports Med. (35(12):2057-2066.
Marx, R.G., Malizia, R.W., Kenter, K., Wickiewicz, T.L., Hannafin, J.A. (2007) Intra-articular corticosteroid injection for the treatment of idiopathic adhesive capsulitis of the shoulder. HSS Journal 3(2): 202-207.
Hannafin, J.A., Attia, E.A., Henshaw, R. and Bhargava, M.M. (2006) Effect of cyclic strain and plating matrix on cell proliferation and integrin expression by ligament fibroblasts grown on different matrices. J Orthop Res 24(2):149-158.
Henshaw, D.R., Attia, E.A., Bhargava, M.M., and Hannafin, J.A. (2006) Canine ACL fibroblast integrin expression and cell alignment in response to cyclic tensile strain in 3-dimensional collagen gels. J Orthop Res (3):481-490.
Brand, R.A. and Hannafin, J.A. (2006) The environment of the successful clinician-scientist. Clin Orthop Relat Res 449:67-71.
Faryniarz, D.A., Bhargava, M., Lajam, C., Attia, E.T., and Hannafin, J.A. (2006) Quantitation of estrogen receptors and relaxin binding in human anterior cruciate ligament fibroblasts. In Vitro Cell Dev Biol Anim 42(7):176-181.
Bhargava, M.M., Kinne-Saffran, E., Kinne, R.K.H., Warren, R.F., and Hannafin, J.A. (2005) Characterization of sulfate, proline and glucose transport systems in anterior cruciate and medial collateral ligament cells. Can J Physiol Pharm 83(11):1025-1030.
Griffin, L.Y., Arendt, E.A., Beynnon, B.D., Demaio, M., Dick, R.W., Engebretsen, L., Garrett, W.E., Hannafin, J.A. et al. (2006) Understanding and preventing non-contact anterior cruciate ligament injuries: A review of the Hunt Valley II meeting, January 2005. Am. J. Sports Med. 34(9):1512-1532.
Seneviratne, A, Attia, E.A., Rodeo, S.R., Williams, R., Hannafin, J.A. (2004) The effect of estrogen on ovine anterior cruciate ligament fibroblasts: cell proliferation and collagen synthesis. AJSM 32(7):1613-1618.
Strickland, S.M., Belknap, T.W., Turner, S.A., Wright, T.M., and Hannafin, J.A. (2003) Lack of hormonal influences on mechanical properties of sheep knee ligaments. AJSM 31(2):210-215).
Suzuki, K., Attia, E.A., Hannafin, J.A., Rodeo, S.A., Warren, R.F., and Bhargava, M.M. (2001) The effect of cytokines on the migration of fibroblasts derived from different regions of the canine shoulder capsule. JSES 10(1):62-67.
Williams, R.J., Attia, E.A., Wickiewicz, T.L., and Hannafin, J.A. (2000) The effect of ciprofloxacin on tendon, paratenon and capsular fibroblast metabolism. AJSM 28(3):364-369.
Tsuzaki, M., Brigman, B.E., Yamamoto, J. Lawrence, W.T., Simmons, J.G., Mohapatra, N.K., Lund, P.K., Van Wyk, J., Hannafin, J.A., Bhargava, M.M., Banes, A.J. (2000) Insulin-like growth factor-I is expressed by avian flexor tendon cells. JOR 18(4):546-556.
For more publications, please see the PubMed listing.
Research Interests include:
The effect of Mechanical Load on the Biology of Ligament Fibroblasts;
Adhesive Capsulitis of the Shoulder;
Stress Fractures in the Female Athlete
Our laboratory is focused on the study of soft tissue response to injury, stress deprivation and mechanical loading in a variety of tissues including the anterior cruciate ligament and shoulder capsule.
Animal modeling and cell culture, and molecular techniques are used to study cellular response to physical and chemical alteration in the environment with a specific focus on mechanotransduction pathways involved in these responses.


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May 26, 2011 by NBE Blogger · Leave a Comment
Highly regarded 2012 SF officially switches commitment from Maryland to ACC rival Virginia
Virginia head coach Tony Bennett and his staff score a big victory on the recruiting trail over ACC rival Maryland with the commitment this morning of Justin Anderson. The 6-foot-5 small forward out of Montrose Christian in Rockville (MD) had originally made a verbal commitment to Gary Williams and Maryland but decided to reopen the process when Williams announced his retirement earlier this month.
"The Cavaliers were always my second choice behind Maryland," said Anderson in a statement released by Montrose Christian this morning. "Also, my family lives in Virginia. After the departure of Coach [Gary] Williams and Coach [Robert] Ehsan it just feels like the right fit."
During a junior campaign averaging 14 points, 7.2 rebounds, 3.4 assists, 2 steals, and 2.1 blocks per game, Justin led his team to victory over six nationally ranked opponents, including a 63-37 rout of pre-season number one ranked Findlay Prep.
According to Montrose Head Coach Stu Vetter in the school's statement, "Justin decided to revisit his options after Gary [Williams] retired. He has been heavily recruited since the 8th grade and it has been an exhausting and distracting process for a teenager. Although Mark Turgeon wanted to begin recruiting him, Justin and his family decided to conclude the process. We look forward to developing a relationship with the new coaching staff at the University of Maryland. We are very pleased that Justin will continue his education and basketball career at the University of Virginia. UVA is a tremendous institution and recent Montrose graduates Tunji Soroye and Doug Browman have had great experiences there as student-athletes."
Anderson has demonstrated his versatility and all-around game on many occassions with NBE watching him in action, making an impact at both ends of the floor. He has the ability to grab an offensive rebound and finish with a follow-up dunk, finishing with authority. Anderson showed an ability to drive past defenders and get to the rim, as well as hit jumpers from the perimeter. The long, lefty swingman is extremely athletic and is active on the defensive end. He plays with a ton of energy, as well. He will be an excellent addition to the Virginia program in the Class of 2012.
Anderson joins 6-foot-10 Mike Tobey and 6-foot-8 Evan Nolte in Bennett's 2012 recruiting class for Virginia, an impressive early start for the Cavaliers.
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Serving: Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas, and 66 Tribal Nations
Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection & Restoration
Welcome to Region 6 EPA's Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection, and Restoration Act (CWPPRA) web site.
EPA envisions restoration of Louisiana's coastal wetland ecosystems through strategic, "natural" reintroduction of river water, barrier island/shoreline restoration, and application of innovative technologies such as pipeline delivery of new sediment.
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Approximately 40% of the coastal wetlands of the lower forty-eight states are located in Louisiana. Unfortunately, this fragile environment is disappearing at an alarming rate. Louisiana has lost up to 40 square miles of marsh per year for the last several decades. To date, Louisiana has already lost enough coastal land area equal to the size of Delaware. This loss is at an average of an acre every 38 minutes. If the current rate of loss is not slowed by the year 2040, an additional 800,000 acres of wetlands will disappear, and the Louisiana shoreline will advance inland as much as 33 miles in some areas.
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Former Arizona coach: Depth caught up with Wildcats but it was still a great season
Originally published: Apr 4, 2014 - 10:32 am
Pennell guided the Wildcats during the 2008-09 season -- the one prior to Miller's arrival -- as the interim coach following Lute Olson's abrupt retirement.
That season the Wildcats won a total of 21 games.
This season, in Miller's fifth with the team, Arizona won 33 games, their season coming to an end only when they fell to Wisconsin 64-63 in overtime in an Elite 8 game.
A guest of Doug and Wolf on Arizona Sports 98.7 FM Friday, Pennell -- now the head coach of Central Arkansas -- said it was sad that someone had to lose such a great game.
"It was unfortunate that Arizona didn't get to squeeze that shot off at the end," he said. "I think what caught Arizona it the end, I really believe was their lack of depth.
"I think those kids played a lot of minutes. I think the way they played defense this year takes a lot of energy out of you."
Indeed, the Arizona Wildcats were not an especially deep team but they played great defense throughout the entire season.
Once Brandon Ashley was lost for the season on Feb. 1, Miller essentially went with a six-man rotation with occasional contributions from Elliott Pitts, Jordin Mayes and Matt Korcheck.
Just eight players appeared in the loss to Wisconsin, with only six seeing more than seven minutes of action.
It was the same two days before in a Sweet 16 game victory over San Diego State.
Of course, part of the reason for the slimmed down rotation was the loss of Ashley, a starting forward, and every UA fan is left wondering what this team could have done had he never been hurt.
But even with his absence the team finished the season with 33 wins, the Pac-12 regular season title and a host of individual awards. Oh, and they were essentially one shot away from a trip to the Final Four.
"They had a magnificent run," Pennell said. "A lot of times what we do is we equate the season to they didn't get to the Final Four. If people can win 30 games a year and that's kind of the standard, I don't think U of A fans should be too upset about that."
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Chocolate Challah French Toast Recipe
We serve up a decadent breakfast of French toast from the kitchen of our family-run bed and breakfast. —Marie Parker, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
- 4 slices challah or egg bread (3/4 inch thick)
- 2/3 cup sugar
- 1/3 cup baking cocoa
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/8 teaspoon baking powder
- 4 Eggland's Best Eggs
- 1 cup 2% milk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 tablespoons butter
- Optional toppings: confectioners' sugar, fresh raspberries, sliced fresh strawberries, sliced ripe banana and maple syrup
- Arrange bread slices in a 13x9-in. dish. In a small bowl, combine sugar, cocoa, salt and baking powder. In another bowl, whisk eggs, milk and vanilla. Gradually whisk into dry ingredients until smooth. Pour over bread. Let stand 10 minutes, turning once.
- In a large skillet, melt butter over medium heat. Cook bread for 3-4 minutes each side or until toasted. Serve with toppings of your choice. Yield: 2 servings.
Originally published as Chocolate Challah French Toast in Simple & Delicious December/January 2012, p93
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I tripled the bread for a family of 5 to eat and still had enough of the egg mixture without having to double it. I also didn't use challah bread, I used homemade oatmeal bread. Everybody liked it!
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Eagle Revolution Set For Monday Night!
FORT MYERS, Fla. – The FGCU athletic department will help the University's 13,000 students celebrate the start of the 2011-12 school year by hosting the second annual Eagle Revolution in Alico Arena on Monday night beginning at 6:30 p.m.
Aimed to welcome students to campus, promote campus unity and school spirit, while helping build student support for FGCU's 14 Division athletic programs, the Eagle Revolution will feature the coaches and student-athletes that have helped the Eagles capture 10 Atlantic Sun regular season championships and three CCSA Swimming & Diving titles over the last four years in Division I.
The Revolution will begin with the Dirty Bird VIP event from 5:30-6:30 p.m. and is exclusive to all students who preregistered for the season. The $20 Dirty Bird membership includes the official student section t-shirt, which will be handed out at the event. Students can also sign up for a Dirty Bird membership at the event to be a part of the student fan base that receives exclusive invites to pregame tailgates and other prize giveaways.
The main event of the night will begin at 6:30 p.m. and will include free food for all students and live music from South Florida's Sekond Nature. Students will have a chance to win a 37'' LCD TV, iPad, Dell laptop computer, Nintendo Wii, Xbox 360 and bookstore money. Students must be present to win the prizes.
The Eagle Revolution was first introduced in the fall of 2010 and after a turnout of over 1,500 students the event was brought back by unanimous demand.
"Last year, as an incoming freshman, I was looking to meet new people," said Michael Denkler, who be working to lead the Dirty Birds at the VIP Event. "So I went to the Revolution and met a lot of new people and made some great friends."
Over 400 incoming freshman pre-registered for the Dirty Birds during summer orientation.
FGCU Student Government and Resident Housing are both working with athletics on the event. Student Government Director of Student Life Brendan Koning said "supporting our 14 Division I teams is something the students at FGCU should be excited about. We as Student Government are excited to support the student-athletes and the student body as a whole, and the Revolution achieves all of that."
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Here's a critique of some parts of George W. Bush's "Buck Up America" war speech, given to revealingly mild applause at Fort Bragg. This post takes its theoretical inspiration from Credence Clearwater Revival's Vietnam-era antiwar rock anthem "Fortunate Son" (full lyrics below).
The president said "Thank you and good evening. I am pleased to visit Fort Bragg, home of the Airborne and Special Operations Forces. It is an honor to speak before you tonight."
This was not good. In the United States, military authority is supposed to be subordinate to civilian authority. This is part of our historical development as a democratic state, separate and different from feudal, European empires.
The President telling Fort Bragg that it's an honor to visit and speak to them symbolically inverts the proper relationship between democratic state power and the armed forces.
But Bush has been shading the line between and civilian and military authority for some time. He's made an inordinately large number of speeches from military stages and/or to military audiences. I even saw him speak once from the "Carlisle War College" in Pennsylvania.
He is way too deep into the aura of imperial militarism – an aura that former leading U.S. Generals turned Presidents George Washington and Dwight Eisenhower counseled presidents to avoid.
The worst thing was when Bush proclaimed "the [Iraq] Mission Accomplished" on May 1, 2003. He announced the mission "complete" after landing in a jet fighter on an aircraft carrier off the coast of California. This stunt was developed by Hollywood and Pentagon planners on the explicit model of the militaristic movie "Top Gun" Later they actually sold action dolls of "President Bush – Elite Force Aviator" (see http://www.detect-a-deal.com/georgebushtoy.htm).
"Fortunate Son" (full lyrics below*) Bush said "My greatest responsibility as president is to protect the American people, and that is your calling as well."
Then why did the Messianic Militarist decide early on to move from a serious effort to join with other nations in a susbtantive coalitional and policy response to the threat of extremist Islamic terrorism? Why did he move instead to a previously planned War of Imperial Conquest on Iraq – a war that created a new outpost and proving ground for extremist Islamic terrorists and which only increase Americans' long-term vulnerability to terrorism?
According to Smiling George, "the soldiers and families of Fort Bragg have contributed mightily to our efforts to secure our country and promote peace. America is grateful and so is your commander in chief."
The West Texas warmonger is so "grateful" he sends US soldiers into a deadly quagmire with inadequate resources and back up. He sends them out with no understanding of what's going on in Iraq —- with heads full of lies claiming that Iraq was tied up with 9/11 and other such nonsense as that — a deception that appeared at least five times in his speech.
"To secure our country?" Has the president, like Joe McCarthy, "no sense of decency"? As is generally understood in sane and serious quarters, Iraq was no threat whatsoever to America before it was invaded. And how (outside of an Orwellian universe where "war is peace" and "love is hate" and 2+2=5) does killing tens of thousands of Iraqis (for a modest total and record, see www.iraqibodycount.org) "promote peace?"
The President said Tuesday night that "the troops here and across the world are fighting a global war on terror. This war reached our shores on September 11, 2001. The terrorists who attacked us and the terrorists we face murder in the name of a totalitarian ideology that hates freedom, rejects tolerance and despises all dissent. Their aim is to remake the Middle East in their own grim image of tyranny and oppression by toppling governments, driving us out of the region and exporting terror."
"To achieve these aims, they have continued to kill in Madrid, Istanbul, Jakarta, Casablanca, Riyadh, Bali and elsewhere. The terrorists believe that free societies are essentially corrupt and decadent, and with a few hard blows they can force us to retreat. They are mistaken. After September 11, I made a commitment to the American people: This nation will not wait to be attacked again. We will take the fight to the enemy. We will defend our freedom."
"Iraq is the latest battlefield in this war. Many terrorists who kill innocent men, women and children on the streets of Baghdad are followers of the same murderous ideology that took the lives of our citizens in New York, Washington and Pennsylvania. There is only one course of action against them: to defeat them abroad before they attack us at home. The commander in charge of coalition operations in Iraq, who is also senior commander at this base, General John Vines, put it well the other day. He said, 'We either deal with terrorism and this extremism abroad, or we deal with it when it comes to us.'"
This is the deceptive rhetoric of a war criminal and empire expander. Iraq was no threat to the American people and nation and their freedom, such as it is under the command of corporate power and the new militarism. Americans' security and freedom were not endangered by Iraq, which had nothing to do with 9/11. Insofar as there are now extremist Islamo- terrorists operating in Iraq today, this is entirely thanks to Bush's illegal, bloody, and immoral occupation of that nation.
Bush will never acknowledge America's war OF terror: Uncle Sam's imperial state terrorism has been savagely exported to Iraq in widely documented ways that have only deepened the hatred felt for the U.S. by many in the Arab world. With some estimates claiming that more than 100,000 Iraqis have died unnecessarily because of Bush's assault, many Arabs quite reasonably see themselves as under terrorist and imperialist assault from the United States. No doubt some of them are thinking that they ought to deal with US terrorism by taking the battle to America, on the Crawford Cowboy's theory that the best defense is a good offense. "Either deal with American terrorism and extremism abroad," some Islamo-terrorists are surely reasoning, "or continue to deal with it as it comes to us."
If Bush is so concerned with our "freedom," by the way, why does he spend so much time rolling back American civil liberties and fomenting authoritarian and militaristic values antithetical to the best aspects of the American democratic tradition? Why does he dedicate so much effort to deepening our enslavement to corporations, shredding the social contrqct, and attacking popular protections against the tyranny of private power? Why is he so dedicated to increasing the already (even before he seized high state power) obscene concentration of wealth and power in the U.S., the most unequal "advanced nation" in the world? Why does he champion massive tax cuts for the priveleged few even as millions of Americans go hungry…even as he claims to advocate shared national "sacrifice" in the prosecution of a massively expensive, semi-permanent war of/on terror?
As people who actually study the Islamic extremists report, al Qaeda and its ilk think mainly that the Arab and Muslim world is under attack from Western and principally American Empire. They abundant solid evidence to support this belief, which feeds their primarily defensive concept of jihad. They spend little time worrying about Americans' ballyhooed "freedom" or thinking about the internal nature of Western and American society.
Bush the Lesser said, "Our mission in Iraq is clear. We are hunting down the terrorists. We are helping Iraqis build a free nation that is an ally in the war on terror. We are advancing freedom in the broader Middle East. We are removing a source of violence and instability and laying the foundation of peace for our children and our grandchildren."
A free nation? American occupation authorities quickly turned key Iraq human and material resources over to the control of American and multinational corporations (what Edward S. Herman calls "neo-liberalizing Iraq without the consent of the Iraqis"). The U.S. has been tying to turn the formerly sovereign state of Iraq into a military vassal — an imperial basing ground par excellence for relentless American global power projection — in the deceptive name of "defense."
This is not freedom for Iraqis.
We continue to be closely allied with the medieval Saudi Arabian regime, one of the most reactionary and repressive states on earth. We continue to support Israel's racist oppression of the Palestinian people. Both of these states receive billions in military and financial assistance from Uncle Sam, even as millions of children live in poverty even within "the world's richest state."
We have deepened violence and instability in Iraq and the Middle East, laying the foundation for bloodshed and conflict within and beyond that region for years to come. We are generating new terrorists and have ourselves created Iraq's new role as a terrorist center.
"Elite Force Aviator" Bush said that "the work in Iraq is difficult and dangerous. Like most Americans, I see the images of violence and bloodshed. Every picture is horrifying and the suffering is real. Amid all this violence, I know Americans ask the question: Is the sacrifice worth it? It is worth it, and it is vital to the future security of our country. And tonight I will explain the reasons why."
Well, the work is illegal, murderous, and wrong. It is not vital to the security of the U.S. If anything, it is hurting that security.
What followed in Smiling turned Somber George's Fort Bragg oration was a continuing steady stream of deception and stupidity, including the false claims that:
* the Iraqi resistance is driven simply by hatred of freedom and prosperity,
* the White House and Pentagon wanted free elections in Iraq
* and American forces are prevailing in Iraq and moving forward towards the goal of putting the current Iraqi clinet state in a position to crush its own "insurgency" (a claim that is rejected by many within his own armed forces).
The grossly incompetent Bush said that "we have lost good men and women who left our shores to defend freedom."
Well, he has sent more than 1700 soldiers to death to extend empire, the very antithesis and enemy of freedom as far as American Founders like James Madison were concerned.
Bush said that "we live in freedom because every generation has produced patriots willing to serve a cause greater than themselves." Many of us think the freedom we still enjoy is a result of many Americans' courageous determination to resist the power of authoritarian institutions and values like the ones that increasingly dominate American life in the age of the New American Militarism.
Confronted with the revealing stony silence of his Fort Bragg audience, Bush should have called off his charade. He should have gotten down on his knees and begged America's soldiers, America's citizenry (who are giving him astonishingly low approval ratings), and the people of the world to forgive him for being such a bloody bastard. He should ask our forgiveness for betraying the national trust and spitting on the American flag (not to mention established international laws and norms) with unjust polices of extreme empire and inequality.
He has no business calling for others' "sacrifice." When he was the same age as many of America's growing army of returning amputees, Smiling George was living large as a legendary party animal and making damn sure to keep his privileged rich white boy ass out of Vietnam. Uncle Darth Cheney, the uber-militarist epitome of the Republican Chickenhawk syndrome, also had "other priorities" – personal wealth enrichment – that kept him out of the imperialist assault on Southeast Asia.
Bush and Cheney should apologize for asking poor and working-class others to fight battles that they and other members of the socioeconomic elite continue to refuse to directly engage. They should ask forgiveness for using their misbegotten war of terror as Orwellian cover to enact hyper-plutocratic Tax Cuts that make the super rich richer even as millions of Americans go poor, often struggling with cash-poor social programs, inadequate employment opportunities, vanishing pensions and health coverage, and under-funded schools…even as troops are sent into dubious imperial battle with inadequate armor and support….even as he dares to invoke the word "sacrifice."
National "sacrifice?" It's not for the rich. It's not for the silver-spoon "Fortunate Son"[s] who "wave the flag" and then go running "when the tax man comes to to the door"…who "inherit star spangled eyes" and "send you down to war" "And when you ask them, 'How much should we give? They only answer 'More! More! More!'" (CCR, "Fortunate Son"….full lyrics below).
Many of the soldiers listening at Fort Bragg understand quite well the insidious class inequality and arrogance that lay at the heart of Bush's identity and project. They know that too many of their mostly working-class comrades are dying for this rich but incompetent bastard. It's why they sat on their hands and suppressed their yells.
Boy King Dubya has worn out his welcome with them. He's gotten too many "Hooahs" as it is.
My policy recommendation is that Bush and Cheney turn themselves in for indefinite detention in Guantanamo. It would be best if they do this after returning Guantanamo to its rightful owner – the officially Marxist state of Cuba. They should be forced to listen day and night to extra-loud versions of Fidel Catsro's presidential addresses, which can last six hours.
The treatment they'd receive would be mild compared to that given to many prisoners in America's bulging mass incarceration facilities at home and abroad.
* The following lyrics provide useful context for Bush's speech and policy: .
Fortunate Son
By Credence Clearwater Revival (from the Vietnam Era)
Some folks are born made to wave the flag
Ooh, they're red, white, and blue
And when the band plays "Hail to the Chief"
They point the cannon right at you
It ain't me, it ain't me
I ain't no senator's son
It ain't me, it ain't me
I ain't no fortunate one
Some folks are born silver spoon in hand,
Lord, dont they help themselves
But when the tax man comes to the door,
Lord the house looks like a rummage sale
It ain't me, it ain't me
I ain't no millionaire's son
It ain't me, it ain't me
I ain't no fortunate one
Some folks inherit star spangled eyes,
Ooh, they send you down to war
And when you ask them, "How much should we give?"
They only answer "More! More! More!"
It ain't me, it ain't me
I ain't no military son
It ain't me, it ain't me
I ain't no fortunate one
It ain't me, it ain't me
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VA official sees innovations at Vt hospitalBy WILSON RING
The Associated Press | December 20,2013WHITE RIVER JUNCTION A number of programs developed in Vermont to help veterans cope with post-traumatic stress disorder are now being used throughout the Department of Veterans Affairs hospital network.
Some programs are also in use by civilian treatment providers, a top VA official said Thursday.
The VA Medical Center in White River Junction, which treats veterans from Vermont and parts of New Hampshire, has also developed programs that help rural veterans who live far from the hospital, said VA Assistant Secretary Tommy Sowers after touring the hospital and the adjacent National Center for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder.
Ive seen a level of technology adoption here that I have not seen anywhere else, Sowers said.
He was given a demonstration of a locally developed app, called the PTSD Coach, which offers online tools to help users screen themselves for PTSD and provides techniques for dealing with stress.
Sowers visited the inpatient substance abuse treatment area, where many of the patients are also suffering from PTSD, and other sections of the hospital that focus on traditional medical care for veterans.
He also spoke via a telemedicine hookup with a veteran undergoing physical therapy in his home about two hours away from the hospital while he conducted exercises with a VA therapist.
The PTSD Coach smartphone app has been downloaded more than 100,000 times in 78 countries since its release in 2011, and the PTSD Coach Online, released in September, had 25,000 page views in October, officials said.
The center has surveyed veterans and active duty military personnel who have used the applications to see if they work.
The bottom line, in terms of outcomes, is we have found really nice, robust, positive effects, said Barbara Hermann, the centers associate director for research and education.
Dr. E. Lanier Summerall, the psychiatrist in charge of the mental health and behavioral sciences section, said after meeting Sowers that even though the U.S. war in Iraq is over and the war in Afghanistan is winding down, many veterans are just beginning to seek services for PTSD.
She even hears of difficult combat situations from different service members who experienced the same event, frequently as part of Vermont National Guard deployments.
Vermont National Guard members experienced intense combat during a 2005-06 deployment to Ramadi, Iraq, or during a larger, more recent deployment to Afghanistan.
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Noise pollution or music to your ears?
Original post made by Music Lover but... on Jan 20, 2013
I truly love music of all types - but this just came across as loud, odd noise. I know and own that I've become sensitive (irritated) by the screens and audio ads everywhere and layers of music playing in dept. stores - but this caught me by surprise. It seemed so out of place to hear canned music blaring downtown. So I'm wondering (1) how other people feel about it, and (2) whether there are ordinances that address or guide businesses playing amplified sound outside their establishments.
Funny, I often choose to dine outdoors because it is often quieter than some of our restaurants. Borrowing from Dylan... my old road may be rapidly agin' and the times may be a-changin'.
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on Jan 21, 2013 at 5:15 am
Agreed. I really dislike the public music piped out into our streets everywhere! Some peace, please! Honestly, I usually just leave wherever the piped music is rather than stay and subject myself to it, whether indoors or out. This means I don't buy what I might have otherwise, and leave grumpy.
on Jan 21, 2013 at 9:52 am
I like pastries from the Sunday California Ave farmer's market far better than Paris Baguette (which I've not enjoyed both times I've tried it). Just sayin'
on Jan 23, 2013 at 5:14 pm
Paris Baguette has a misleading name. The pastries are not very good by any standard. The food is mostly Asian anyway, and should not use a European name to mislead. This is false advertising.
on Jan 24, 2013 at 5:10 am
Yes its horrible.
If you like music then you will hate muzak. Music obliterates all other things for me. So bad music is like torture. It renders me unable to function or think. And they should not do that with the downtown real estate. I will never go in that place or now even near it!
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A 1960 graduate of the University of Alabama School of Law, Morris Seligman Dees Jr., was honored earlier this year with the highest award from the American Bar Association, the ABA Medal.
Dees, co-founder of the Southern Poverty Law Center, was recognized for his efforts to ensure that all people, including the most vulnerable members of society, receive access to justice. SPLC is known for, among other things, its successful lawsuits against white supremacist groups.
The ABA Medal recognizes exceptionally distinguished service by a lawyer or lawyers to the cause of American jurisprudence. The award is given only in years when the ABA Board of Governors determines that a nominee has provided exceptional and distinguished service to the law and the legal profession.
Morris Dees has received numerous other national awards, including Trial Lawyer of the Year from the Trial Lawyers for Public Justice, the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Award from the National Education Association, and the Salem Award for Human Rights and Social Justice. He was also named one of the 100 most influential lawyers in America by the National Law Journal in 2006.
The University of Alabama School of Law is proud to count Morris Dees among its distinguished graduates.
University of Alabama School of Law Associate Dean Anne Hornsby headed the Tornado Relief Assistance Project through the law school's Clinical Programs in the spring of 2011. A team effort of dedicated Clinic attorneys, law students, and local attorneys, the project reached out within days of the April 2011 storms to hold public clinics at Red Cross shelters and disaster centers.
"Making legal services available after devastating tornados struck our community has been so rewarding. The commitment of our clinic staff and students in undertaking this work was inspiring," said Hornsby, a 1996 graduate of the law school.
The Project was recognized by the Clinical Legal Education Association as Outstanding Pro Bono Project in 2012, and was selected for the 2012 Alabama State Bar Pro Bono Award. Today, the law clinics continue to assist survivors as the rebuilding continues.
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Rapid transit to cost $100 million
Date: September 2, 2009
by: Robin Roy | City Editor
During an Aug. 27 open house on its proposed bus rapid-transit (BRT) system, SCAT General Manager Anthony Beckford said the estimated cost for the high-speed bus line has risen from $84 million to about $100 million.
The cost includes the purchase of eight, special hybrid buses, which look like trains and have features such as wireless internet, and the purchase of the rail corridor from University Parkway to 10th Street.
The BRT is designed to offer quicker travel times on its route from the University of South Florida campus to Westfield Southgate Mall.
The open house was intended to gather input from the public about the entire project, but most in attendance seemed to focus on where the route took the buses.
Laurel Park residents have been complaining about the section of the BRT route that runs through their neighborhood on Osprey Avenue. Members of the Laurel Park Neighborhood Association have asked Beckford to show them a study that he says shows Osprey Avenue is the best route for the BRT.
"I have not seen any data that would explain in any analytical way that it's the best route," said Kate Lowman, a Laurel Park Neighborhood Association board member. "For the people who live on Osprey, the issue is noise, volume of traffic and dirt."
From the start of the discussions about the BRT, SCAT officials have talked about how it will draw high-density development along the route.
"I'm concerned about development pressure on Laurel Park," Lowman said. "We're zoned for nine units per acre. It makes sense to put (the BRT) in higher-density areas."
Lowman said she thinks the high-speed bus service is a good idea, but believes Orange Avenue or U.S. 301, which are both zoned for 25 units per acre, would be better alternatives for traveling between Ringling Boulevard and Mound Street, because they are not residential like her neighborhood.
Beckford is considering Orange Avenue as an alternative, and county commissioners, who have the final say on the project, may ask SCAT to use that alternate route.
Beckford also said that the increasing complaints may end up defeating the BRT project altogether.
"It doesn't take many people to kill a project," he said.
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The Tampa Bay Buccaneers signed defensive end Jeff Charleston to fill a roster spot that opened when Adrian Clayborn was placed on injured reserve Wednesday. Clayborn is out for the season after hurting his right knee during last Sunday's 16-10 loss to the Dallas Cowboys.||||||| Coach Greg Schiano said Wednesday that third-year pro Daniel Te'o-Nesheim will move into Clayborn's starting right end position.
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers are counting on Adrian Clayborn to bolster their sagging pass rush. The former Iowa star was the fifth defensive end selected in the opening round of NFL draft and addresses what Bucs general manager Mark Dominik identified last week as the biggest need for a team that ranked 30th among 32 teams in sacks while going 10-6 and narrowly missing the playoffs last season.||||||| Clayborn is expected to contribute right away on a young defensive line that also features tackle Gerald McCoy, the No. 3 overall pick a year ago. "This guy is a productive player. He creates havoc on the football field. He helps other players around him become productive players," Dominik said.


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Updated 3:38pm Wednesday 6th February 2013 in Crime
A man who conned Hampshire commuters of their hard-earned cash by staging fake charity collections has been jailed.
Over three years Roy Bardy, recruited volunteers and employees to stand at railway stations across the country including Winchester.
Officers investigating the 48-year-old found he was approaching charities and offering his services as a fundraiser to recruiting teams to stand at stations and collect donations.
Once he gained the charities trust he would contact train operators, to gain permission for his collectors to visit the stations.
Although some of the cash may have been handed to the charities Brady admitted to pocketing much of the money himself.
Now Roy Bardy, 48, faces 13-months behind bars after pleading guilty to two charges of false representation.
Sentencing him Judge Henry Blacksell said: "You made multiple fraudulent, deceiving transactions over the years. It was a breach of trust and a representation which causes people to suffer. You are a manipulator, and a dishonest man."
Speaking after the case the head of the charity watchdog the Fundraising Standards board, Alistair McLean said: "This has come at a time when genuine charities need the public's donations now more than ever.
"The British Transport Police are to be congratulated on pursuing this case through to a successful prosecution. Without doing so, many more charity supporters may have been duped by this man and vital charitable donations lost."
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With the opening weekend box office success of Jumping The Broom for Tri-Star/Sony Pictures, it looks like the studio may have found it's very own Tyler Perry in the form of Rev. T.D. Jakes, who has already produced several films, including Broom; now Rev. Jakes has struck a deal to co-produce (along with veteran Hollywood producer and former Fox Studio chief Joe Roth ) a filmed version of the best selling non-fiction book Heaven is For Real: A Little Boy's Astounding Story of His Trip To Heaven And Back.
The book, written by Todd Burpo and Lynn Vincent, which has sold over 4.5 million copies to date, and has been on the New York Times Bestseller List for weeks, chronicles the story of Burpo's now 11 year old son Colton. When he was 4 years old, he nearly died during an emergency appendectomy operation.
However, after he recovered, Colton told his family that he "went to Heaven, actually looking down at the doctors operating on him and his family praying in the waiting room. And he slowly began telling them details about his miscarried sister, and his long-dead grandfather, none of which he should have known about. He then revealed to his family what it was like during his visit in Heaven, before he was sent back to his family."
You know, I had an emergency appendectomy operation myself, about 12 years ago, and I didn't see nuttin!
No word yet as to a script (which one assumes is being written right now), cast, director or a shooting start date.
Sonya Steele | May 10, 2011 1:23 AM
When I see the name T.D. Jakes associated with a movie, I stay far, far away.
CareyCarey | May 10, 2011 1:09 AM
Let's see, I am going to "try" to be nice, but I've been trying in vain to understand our money making preachers. So I need a little help.
The Rev. Ike -- Ike Turner -- Iceberg Slim - T D Jakes
Rev. Ike is gone. Many were trampling his grave. But listen, pointing fingers at a pimp or calling him a pimp, does little to stop his pimping ways. If you hand a pimp a mirror in an attempt to show him his usurper's ways, it's a good bet he'd grab that mirror and smile while he combed his hair. Consequently check this ..."The Reverend Ike was nothing more than a pimp" .....no stuff, really!? Ike Turner tried to pimp the shit out of Tina Turner .....you're kidding me, really!?. Iceberg Slim was a pimp .....AND? Tell me something I don't know! T D Jakes is a.....
I don't want to preach to the choir but Rev Ike is dead and Tina is no longer with Ike Turner. Yet, their messages are still alive. Pimpin' ain't easy but it appears to pay real good. So, if I am not talking to the choir, who am I talking to? Well, although it's doubtful very many past or present ladies of the night or those into prosperity preachers, will raise their hands, I'd nevertheless like to know what's the damn deal. I wonder about those that give their money to men that serve a god of gold and money? I wonder if they're weak and easily led astray or simply want to be part of a well dressed crowd? It has to be something deeper.
I am having a hard time understanding why someone would send money to a person that drives a $100,000 car and they - themselves - are riding the bus. Even more perplexing are the so called intelligent individuals, with stable jobs, who are also bamboozled into believing sending money through the mail or buying into the hype of T D and the boys, will get them a seat in heaven. Is it about heaven? Or is it more like Richard Pryor's character in Car Wash -- Daddy Rich? Do people fall in love with the lure of the man?
That reminds me, Car Wash is a classic movie. That joint was funny as hell. But speaking of Hell, who can forget a memorable song from that movie "am goin' down"? I wonder where Rev Ike and the others are going? If one believes in the concept of God, they have to believe be in the concept of a Devil. Where does he live?
Now check this, I know prostitution is a mind game. It's also a money game. But aside from forced labor, I can not understand someone that sells their ass and works their ass off, and then gives their money to someone else.
So I doubt a prostitute or T D Jake's followers will comment, but I wish they would. I wish someone would tell me what's really going on?
But you know what, I know a few prostitutes -- I was raised with them but I've never asked them why they did what they did. For the most part, I knew it was usually about drugs. Some got trapped by the promise of easy money and the posibility of meeting Richard Gere (Pretty Woman). But what believable promise would propel a person to send money to a rich man they didn't even know? I am talking about sending their hard earned cash before they pay their mortgage or add to their children's college fund. What has to happen to the brain that tells an individual to sell parts of their EBT card (foodstamps) so they can send-off for a prayer clothe? What is a prayer clothe anyway?
Is this whole pimpin' people game reserved for fools and the easily mislead? Can we talk? I would like to ask a few people what they receive from listening to the eloquent call of black men in tailor made suits,
Please, it you've done so, give me a holler.
Lynn | May 9, 2011 12:43 PM
YAWN I don't like him or Tyler Perry
Darkan | May 9, 2011 11:40 AM
SMDH and I'm a christian!
other song | May 9, 2011 10:42 AM
silly Bible-thumping bullshit.


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CBS: Internet 'Very Unfriendly' Due to Politics; Omits Liberals More Unfriendly
By Matthew Balan | March 14, 2012 | 17:20
CBS This Morning on Tuesday highlighted a recent Pew Research poll that "says politics is now making the Internet very unfriendly....nine percent of social networking users say they've un-friend...or blocked someone whose politics they disagree with." But the morning show failed to mention that the poll explained that "liberals are the most likely...to block, unfriend, or hide."
During her news brief, anchor Erica Hill noted how the left-leaning Daily Beast website reported on the blocking phenomenon. After citing the nine percent figure, Hill added, "Can't we just have a discussion anymore?" It is the left, however, that seems less likely to have that discussion, as the Monday poll found. Researchers Lee Rainie and Aaron Smith noted that "28% of liberals have blocked, unfriended, or hidden someone on SNS [social networking sites]...compared with 16% of conservatives and 14% of moderates."
A graph included with their findings outlined that 16% of liberals had "blocked, unfriended, or hidden someone...because they posted something [they] disagreed with." This is twice the 8% figure for conservatives. The bar graph also revealed that 11% of liberals "blocked, unfriended, or hidden someone...because they disagreed with something [they] posted," compared to just 4% for conservatives.
This is the second time in two days that CBS has buried a poll finding that didn't jive with their liberal leanings. The network omitted mentioning on its Monday and Tuesday morning and evening newscasts how their most recent poll with the New York Times found that 57% of Americans are against the controversial ObamaCare birth control/abortifacient mandate. This came just under a month after they trumpeted an earlier poll result finding that 61% of Catholics apparently backed the federal regulation.
The transcript of Erica Hill's news brief from Tuesday's CBS This Morning, which aired 14 minutes into the 8 am Eastern hour:
ERICA HILL (voice-over): 'The Daily Beast' website says politics is now making the Internet very unfriendly. According to a new poll, nine percent of social networking users say they've un-friend- or de-friended, depending on how you like to say it- or blocked someone whose politics they disagree with. Can't we just have a discussion anymore?
Submitted by squirefld on Wed, 03/14/2012 - 6:32pm.
Instead of liberal, progressive, socialist or communists having to close their eyes, stick their fingers in their ears, stick out their tongue and shake their heads they can just click a mouse.
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#2 I've had a similar experience
Submitted by dzejk113 on Wed, 03/14/2012 - 7:36pm.
I got into a discussion on Facebook about the OWS movement and "tax the rich" meme a few months ago with a liberal friend of mine, and a couple of his liberal friends that joined in. Near the end a mutual conservative friend of ours came to back me up. I did my best to be polite and reasonable with them, and used facts to argue my point. Needless to say it wasn't long before he descended into a vicious, irrational, almost personal attack on the Tea Party and Republicans, and when I called him out on it and ripped the "moral highground" out from under his feet, all the fight left him and the discussion was over. However, a few days later I went back to look over the discussion again, and all the comments had been deleted. I'm a little surprised he hasn't un-friended me on facebook yet haha.
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#3 ~I don't friend anyone who isn't vetted
Submitted by Wrathful Brunette on Wed, 03/14/2012 - 7:44pm.
But I've been blocked by the liberal friends of my conservative friends more times than I can count. :-D
My favorite thing is being brought in by female friends as a 'ringer', so people they don't *personally* want to offend can still get spanked.
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#4 You vett people first?
Submitted by Radical1979 on Wed, 03/14/2012 - 8:07pm.
And I made the cut?! Wow. You da bomb.
My daughter's right, I really can't get away with talking like that. You're the best Bru.
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Submitted by Wrathful Brunette on Wed, 03/14/2012 - 8:20pm.
My NB buddies are the whole reason I got an account in the first place, and I've kept the 'no liberals' rule since then. It's just too easy to offend people you don't actually *want* to offend.
That one lady talk to you again, yet? :-p
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#6 Yes, but not about politics!
Submitted by Radical1979 on Wed, 03/14/2012 - 8:21pm.
You schooled her but good.
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#7 ...so people they don't
Submitted by Dave. on Wed, 03/14/2012 - 8:15pm.
...so people they don't *personally* want to offend can still get spanked.
The line forms here. :-^)
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#8 ~Naughty Dave!
Submitted by Wrathful Brunette on Wed, 03/14/2012 - 8:23pm.
Bad boy!
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#9 Good evening Bru
Submitted by cocodrie on Wed, 03/14/2012 - 8:33pm.
We all need to unwind and relax from all this tension. Another trip down mammary lane like we all took sometime back might help.
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#10 Ahh, My Conservative Friends
Submitted by Vandamage2000 on Wed, 03/14/2012 - 8:17pm.
Everyone has been incredibly kind to me, a liberal, on this site.
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#11 Once again van misses the point...
Submitted by Radical1979 on Wed, 03/14/2012 - 8:25pm.
Liberals can't handle the truth. Conservatives don't hide postings, we allow dreck like you to post even though your postings are full of lies.
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#12 So gracious of you!
Submitted by Vandamage2000 on Wed, 03/14/2012 - 9:05pm.
Do you even have authority to ban/block postings from some people on this site? If so, please let me know.
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#13 So Silly
Submitted by Blonde on Thu, 03/15/2012 - 12:38am.
Wouldn't YOU like to know?
Why should you know? So you know how hard to push your liberalism? Or your LGBT agenda?
Silly porn star.
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#14 Count your lucky stars, porn star
Submitted by Blonde on Thu, 03/15/2012 - 12:34am.
We don't take kindly to Soros infiltrators.
We've made an exception for you, however....since you're so green and such a naif. However, once the election season cranks up, you best gird your loins.....or whatever it is that you have.
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#15 Loins, Blonde? More like the backless set of chaps.
Submitted by UpNorth on Thu, 03/15/2012 - 1:15am.
Kinda drafty back there, VD?
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#16 By first hand experience I
Submitted by mattm on Wed, 03/14/2012 - 9:17pm.
By first hand experience I know that liberals are offended by anyone who disagrees with them, and the very few who are actually willing to listen to opposing views and actually re-think their own viewpoint do not stay liberal for long.
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#17 It's Bizarro World at CBS
Submitted by CobraMan on Thu, 03/15/2012 - 12:37pm.
So, even though they have their own stats showing us that, even amongst liberals, more than 70 percent of people DON'T block others, the "internet" is an "very unfriendly" place? With a 70 percent plus "acceptance" rate at the various social networking sites, I would describe the "internet" as "very friendly."
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Or Anwar al-Awlaki.
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Should Congress revoke president's 'Use of Force' power?
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Three days after the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, Congress overwhelmingly approved the Authorization for the Use of Military Force.
It authorized the president to use all "necessary and appropriate force" against the perpetrators of 9/11 and any person, organization or nation that aided or sheltered them.
The joint resolution led to the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan and, later, the invasion of Iraq. It has been cited as authority for holding prisoners without trial at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and for gathering intelligence on U.S. citizens and foreigners — including wiretaps without warrants.
Now, Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., says Congress should repeal the AUMF. He hopes to end it by the close of 2014, which is the same date President Barack Obama has set for the withdrawal of U.S. combat troops from Afghanistan.
"There is a growing bipartisan consensus that the AUMF is outdated and increasingly puts us on a precarious legal footing, "Rep. Schiff told The Associated Press. "A lot of troops that we have on the battlefield now were on playgrounds when the AUMF was written. So it's time."
However, the Taliban that protected Osama bin Laden still is powerful in Afghanistan. Al Qaeda and its offshoots have been battered, but not eradicated.
Still, President Obama himself recently said in a major speech that the country should return to a pre-9/11 footing and, while remaining vigilant, stand down from George W. Bush's "global war on terror."
Of course, even with the AUMF, the president would remain the Commander in Chief and empowered to strike against America's enemies.
Rep. Barbara Lee, also a California Democrat, was the only member of Congress to vote against the AUMF in 2001. She has filed a measure to sunset it, saying it is time to revoke "this overly-broad blank check that gives unlimited authority to any president to wage war at any time….The AUMF has catapulted our country into a state of perpetual war that must come to an end."
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San Juan County, NM - On April 17, 2013 at approximately 0118 hours, San Juan County Sheriff's Deputy Foutz and Sergeant Wilcox observed vehicle a miss an entrance to the parking lot of a Mustang convenience store located in Farmington, NM (1020 Bisti Hwy.). The vehicle, a silver 4 door passenger car, was driving northbound on the Bisti Highway towards the intersection of Murray Drive. It then crossed the painted divider, traveled into the wrong lane of traffic, drove over the curb and entered the parking lot.
As Deputy Foutz pulled up to the vehicle to conduct a traffic stop, Sergeant Wilcox pulled around the other side of the gas pumps to provide back up. "The vehicle conducted a 180 degree turn and started driving head-on towards my patrol truck," said Sergeant Wilcox. "The vehicle side-swiped the driver's side of my patrol truck and then continued through the parking lot." It then exited the parking lot onto the Bisti Hwy where it continued southbound at a high rate of speed.
The vehicle then turned right on N36 (westbound). "Although the suspect's vehicle traveled westbound, it was in the eastbound lane," explained Wilcox. "At times it was traveling in excess of 100 miles per hour." The suspect continued to elude deputies, traveling at a high rate of speed, on several roads and intersections. "The vehicle ran a red light and a stop sign," said Wilcox. "It eventually turned and headed back towards Farmington, NM."
At the intersection of W. Main and Murray Drive, the suspect's vehicle over shot the left turn lane to get onto Murray Drive. "Deputy Foutz tried to stop his patrol truck, but the suspect car quickly cut in front of him and ran into the front of his truck," explained Wilcox. "At that point, Foutz's truck pushed the passenger side tires of the suspect's vehicle against the curb of the road. Foutz then was able to remove the suspect from his vehicle and place him in custody."
The suspect was identified as Brian Watchman (age 46) of Fruitland, NM. Watchman received a minor head injury during the incident. He was taken to San Juan Regional Medical Center (SJRMC) for treatment. He also received a legal blood draw to determine his level of intoxication. Watchman was released from SJRMC and then transported to the San Juan County Adult Detention Center where he was booked on the following charges:
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The man accused of shooting three men at a Bozeman house party last month will be charged with deliberate homicide after one victim died. The Gallatin County Attorney said he will file the new charges on Thursday.
25-year-old, Cody Christopher Little appeared in Gallatin County Justice court on September 20. At that time he was being charged with two counts of attempted deliberate homicide and one count of assault with a weapon.
Now, County Attorney, Marty Lambert said since Larry "LJ" Clayton died from injuries he sustained in the shooting, he will be changing Little's charges.
"I anticipate asking for permission to file one charge of deliberate homicide and two charges of attempted deliberate homicide," said Lambert.
According to court documents, Little got into a fist fight with one of the victims at a house party, left the scene, went to his home, got a shot gun and returned to the party.
He allegedly shot three men at the party, two were shot in the leg, one in the stomach. Lambert said he will file an affidavit of probable cause on Thursday, which with list the new charges and state what happened according to witnesses and police reports.
"I anticipate that the court will grant leave to do that then the next step the court will want to take is ranging for the arraignment," said Lambert. "At that hearing, the defendant will appear and will enter a plea to the charges."
Lambert said in complex cases like this, it's not unusual to see a trial date set far in the future. He said it might go to the middle of next year.
Lambert said Little's arraignment will most likely be scheduled for some time next week. Little remains behind bars on a $1.25 bond.


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Under Perno, Georgia won two Southeastern Conference titles, made six appearances in the NCAA Regionals, and advanced to the College World Series in 2004, 2006 and 2008. But the Bulldogs had losing SEC records 3 of the last four years, including a last-place finish (7-20) this season.
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