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well, it took me a while to decide which one is correct. I chose out as the speaker does not like to cook
ahahah of course it's should be eat out. That means she's not gonna cook. If you don't eat out then you should eat up all the foods that was left over from yesterday :)

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McKinnie is expected to start at left tackle Sunday against the Patriots, The Miami Herald has learned. Struggling Tyson Clabo heads to the bench.
If all goes to plan, Jonathan Martin will shift over to right tackle to make room for McKinnie, the 12th-year lineman out of the University of Miami.
The move comes a week after Clabo allowed his seventh and eighth sack of the season, the last of which resulting in a fumble that essentially cost the Dolphins the game.
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McKinnie practiced all week with the team, but it was evident that his balky knee -- which has been drained on multiple occasions -- was still an impediment.


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The Institute uses its multistate, multiyear databases to research trends in political giving, examine how contributions drive public policy debates in the states and the nation, and see how special interests give across state lines. Following is a list of our recent research reports. Older reports remain accessible; please click on the folders below for reports published prior to 2001.
2007 Releases
- Bush Rangers Divert Focus to State Parties
by Linda Casey, Nov. 27, 2007
Bush Rangers - those political supporters who raised $200,000 or more for President George W. Bush's 2004 re-election campaign - contributed significantly more to state political parties and candidates in 2006 than in the past, but not without changes in who gave and who got the political donations.
- 2006 Ballot Measure Overview
by The National Institute on Money in State Politics, Nov. 05, 2007
Committees formed to support or oppose the measures in 2006 raised $648.4 million in contributions, or 28 percent more than the $540 million raised around measures on the ballots in 2004.
- Names in the News: WellCare
by Megan Moore, Nov. 01, 2007
WellCare - a private health maintenance organization - and its subsidiaries, gave more than $2 million to candidate and party committees between 2000 and 2006.
- Taxing Strategies
by Megan Moore, Oct. 26, 2007
Like many large corporations, Wal-Mart has been actively pursuing a strategy to limit its state tax burden. In nine states where these activities have been more focused, the company gave nearly $2.5 million in political donations.
- Tough Times for Tobacco
by The National Institute on Money in State Politics, Oct. 22, 2007
Tobacco manufacturers and retailers gave $96 million to state-level candidates, committees and ballot measures in the 2005 and 2006 election cycles. Despite that mass of cash, concerted lobbying efforts, and well-coordinated ballot measure campaigns, tobacco interests lost many legislative battles in 2007 and five of seven ballot measure campaigns in 2006.
- Voters Give Workers A Raise
by Linda Casey, Oct. 11, 2007
Ballot measures calling for an increase in the state minimum wage made their way onto ballots in Arizona, Colorado, Missouri, Montana, Nevada and Ohio in 2006. Advocates and critics of the proposed increases raised a combined $14.4 million to argue their positions, but the positions of voters in all six states were clear raise the minimum wage.
- Closing the Gap
by Denise Roth Barber, Oct. 02, 2007
One hundred state party committees raised $454.6 million during the 2006 election cycle, a 20 percent decline from the $569 million they raised during the comparable pre-BCRA 2002 mid-term elections.
- High Stakes: Gambling Ballot Measures, 2006
by Scott Jordan, Sept. 13, 2007
The 2006 elections saw voters in five states vote on six ballot measures involving gambling issues. Committees supporting and opposing the measures raised nearly $54 million.
- Names in the News: Norman Hsu
by Scott Jordan, Aug. 30, 2007
Despite fleeing justice in California for over 15 years, Norman Hsu has managed to contribute more than $336,000 to state-level Democratic party committees and candidates, as well as to two ballot measure campaigns since 2004.
- Indecent Disclosure
by Linda King, Aug. 01, 2007
In the wake of states enacting campaign contribution limits and other election reforms, independent expenditures (IEs) have become more prevalent in high profile state races over the past few election cycles. As part of an effort to identify states where IEs played a major role during the 2006 election cycle, the Institute first surveyed the availability of IE data in the 50 states and were shocked.
- The Money Behind the 2006 Marriage Amendments
by Megan Moore, July 23, 2007
In 2006, voters in nine states faced ballots with constitutional amendments banning same-sex marriage. Committees working for or against the ballot measures raised slightly more than $18 million, with opponents collecting more than three times as much as proponents.
- Eminent Threat?
by Denise Roth Barber, June 22, 2007
Thirteen property-rights measures, which were on more ballots than any other issue in 2006, attracted $29.5 million in contributions.
- Diversity in High Court Campaigns, 2005-2006
by Rachel Weiss, June 19, 2007
In this report, the Institute examines correlations between racial, ethnic and gender diversity and fund raising by candidates for state high court campaigns in the 2005 and 2006 elections.
- Pro-Life and Pro-Choice Take Battle to the Ballot
by Scott Jordan, June 08, 2007
The 2005 and 2006 abortion measure battles in the three states attracted nearly $28 million in contributions. Opponents of the measures raised nearly $18 million, or 78 percent more than the $10 million raised by proponents.
- Smoking Showdown
by Anne Bauer, June 04, 2007
In 2005 and 2006, voters in nine states faced ballot measures related to tobacco use and taxation. The battles spurred more than $130 million in campaign contributions.
- Energy & Environmental Giving in the States
by Megan Moore, May 23, 2007
Energy companies contribute large sums of money to state-level politics, and the environmental groups that they often go head-to-head with on energy policy also give, albeit to a lesser degree.
- Migrating Issues
by Edwin Bender, May 21, 2007
While it is difficult to know all the players behind the wave of immigration-reform legislation at the state and local levels, an analysis of the financial interests behind the three ballot measures in Arizona and Colorado provides some initial insights into who is weighing into the contentious and complicated issues of immigration, undocumented immigrants and their role in our society.
- The New Politics of Judicial Elections, 2006
by James Sample and Lauren Jones, Brennan Center for Justice, and Rachel Weiss, National Institute on Money in State Politics, May 17, 2007
The 2006 edition of The New Politics of Judicial Elections analyzes trends in television advertising and candidate fund raising and highlights ballot measures in 2006 that affected state high courts.
- Names in the News: Veco Corp.
by Megan Moore, May 15, 2007
Oilfield services company Veco Corp. has been in the national spotlight recently as two executives pled guilty to charges of bribery and conspiracy as part of a deal with the U.S. Justice Department. Veco is a heavyweight in Alaska politics the company and its employees have given more than $1.6 million to Alaska candidates and party committees since 1990.
- Names in the News: St. Joe Co.
by Megan Moore, May 10, 2007
St. Joe Co. - a Florida-based real estate development company - along with its subsidiaries, contributed nearly $1 million to state-level candidates and party committees since 2000 and $105,000 to ballot measure committees since 2004.
- Taxpayer Bill of Rights
by Denise Roth Barber, April 17, 2007
The 2006 TABOR battles in nine states -- Maine, Michigan, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon -- attracted $22.6 million in contributions, with proponents raising $10.25 million and opponents raising $12.35 million.
- Power Play: Political Contributions From Dominion Power
by Scott Jordan, March 23, 2007
Dominion is no stranger to the campaign accounts of Virginia politicians. State-level candidates and party committees have received $2.2 million from the company since 1999. Giving peaked in the 2005 election cycle, with Dominion contributing nearly $707,000.
- Political Payday
by Scott Jordan, March 09, 2007
Since the 2000 election cycle, companies and associations representing the predatory financial services industry have contributed $7.36 million to state-level candidates and party committees in 42 states.
- Affirmative Re-action
by Scott Jordan, Feb. 16, 2007
Ballot measure campaigns challenging affirmative action policies appeared in California and Washington in the 1990s and in Michigan in 2006. Similar measures are being explored in several states for the 2008 cycle. An analysis of contributors to the committees that supported and opposed the affirmative action measure this past November in Michigan offers a glimpse of how these battles may play out in 2007 and 2008, when presidential politics will include an African American candidate.
- Names in the News: Merck & Co.
by Denise Roth Barber, Feb. 05, 2007
On Friday, Feb. 2, Texas Gov. Rick Perry signed an executive order mandating that schoolgirls get vaccinated against the human papillomavirus, or HPV, making it the first state in the nation to have such a requirement. Lawmakers in at least 17 other states are considering similar proposals this year. Merck & Co., a New-Jersey based drug company, has the only approved HPV vaccine and has given more than $2.4 million to state-level poliical campaigns since 2000.


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The bill, proposed by Senator Louis DiPalma would let individual school districts assess reasonable fees for participation in sports, club, and band.
The bill explains the fees as a way for cash strapped school districts to continue to offer the same clubs and activities without draining the school district's budget. As part of the legislation students eligible for USDA reimbursable meals will be exempt from the fee and other students may petition the school for relief from the fee based on financial hardship.
The bill is scheduled to be heard on Tuesday at the rise of the Senate. Two other bills will also be heard including a bill allowing for less than 180 school days a year but longer school days and a bill establishing the Rhode Island Teachers' Advisory Council.
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The Lee & Alfred Hutt Discovery Gallery is an interactive exhibit that celebrates and furthers our understanding of Jewish cultural identity through personal stories, objects, photographs, and interviews.
Drawing on the Center's own collection of one million Yiddish books, the main display, "Unquiet Pages," examines the fascinating contents of Yiddish novels, plays, poetry, memoirs, and reportage.
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A velt mit veltelekh: The Worlds of Yiddish Culture explores the many facets of modern Yiddish language, literature, and culture.
Drawing on the Center's own collection of one million Yiddish books, the main display, Unquiet Pages, examines the fascinating contents of Yiddish novels, plays, poetry, memoirs, and reportage. In another gallery, "Sholem-bayes: The American Jewish Home" takes a lively look at how the Jewish home has been depicted in literature and related mediums. The Kinder-vinkl introduces visitors to the origins, sounds, appearance and uses of the Yiddish language. A Yiddish print shop presents traditional printing equipment on which Yiddish newspapers and other common materials were produced.
Unquiet Pages was made possible through a generous grant by the David Berg Foundation.
This exhibition in the Book Center's main repository explores the groundbreaking work of S. An-sky, who, at the turn of the twentieth century, launched the Jewish Ethnographic Expeditions, traveling throughout what is now Ukraine to collect materials about Jewish cultural life. Photographs are from the Museum of the History of Religion, St. Petersburg, Russia.
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4.15/5 rDev +6.1%
Auburn color. Small head. Thick legs. Lots of haze. Pretty traditional barleywine look.
Malt bomb nose of creme caramel, vanilla, toffee, sparge water, dates, and dried apricot. I can pick up a smoky, dark wheat character which adds to the creamy notes and offers a tinge of butterscotch and white chocolate.
Rich oakiness and grill smoke right upfront. Hearty malts offer toffee, roast, and raisin. Vanilla, coated by smoke, adds a velvetine sweetness. Oakiness offers dryness here and there. Herbal hop bitterness grips from mid-palate onward. It offers a nice balance from chunky sweet notes. Really unique flavors making this one delicious barleywine.
Just a light breath of booze; really impressive how masked it is. Body is lacking a little heft, but it almost convincingly drinks with the balance of a sudsy strong ale.
Oak-smoked wheat malts are used really effectively. Nothing that can compromise an already good base beer. Makes this one memorable.
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Poured into a large tulip glass a rich deep amber with a garnet tinge a large creamy off white head atop that left multiple ringe of broken foamy lace as it settled ever so slowly into a frothy mass.Oak, smoke,dark fruit,and stinging alcohol in the nose,it's big and brash no doubt about it.Big dark fruit over top of light smoke and wood,the alcohol kicks in and really hits hard in the finish,there is some pine resin from a generous amount of hops but the brash alcohol sweetness wins the day.It's got a nice creamy texture and it goes down smooth.It's in your face with the alcohol but it's a work of brewing art in my opinon.
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22 oz bottle. Pours hazy copper red with a big creamy light tan head that retains well and laces the glass.
The aroma is a bit subdued - some peaty smoke with sweet caramel malts in the background.
The flavor is sweet caramel malts and dark fruits with a big bitter smoke finish. The alcohol is noticeable in the finish too. The mouthfeel is medium bodied with low carbonation and is a bit watery.
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06-15-2013 04:40:03 | More by SmellsofMahagony
3.73/5 rDev -4.6%
Like all of the rest of the smoked series from Stone, entirely too smokey. Color was fantastic. Prefect light brown and it had a great tan head. The smell was sweet and slightly bready. The taste was, as I mentioned, WAY too smokey. The smoke took front and center. The sweet maltiness that I love so much was pushed towards an almost hoppy bitter/sweet mess. I love Stone, but I know now to steer clear of their smoked beers.
07-06-2013 03:42:41 | More by mverity
4/5 rDev +2.3%
03-18-2013 19:09:55 | More by Jason
New York
4.13/5 rDev +5.6%
P- Hazed darker almond amber, fine bubble head, leaves what its supposed to leave
S- light malts on the nose
T- Smooth and super flavorful. Light smoke, wood, caramel malts, whiskey come to mind.
M- Smooth is the word here. Lower carbonation , velvet on the tongue.
O- High quality sipper, that I enjoyed every sip of...
06-09-2013 19:59:04 | More by Billolick
3.73/5 rDev -4.6%
The Beers of California
Freshness Date: None
2013 Odd Year Release
A: Amber with a burgundy edge after a brisk pour. The head is khaki with small, effervescent bubbles which fade to a rim.
S: Breeze of brown sugar, caramel, and jackfruit. Earthy bitterness, wood, and burnt maple leaves in the back. Interesting nose.
T: Thick and syrupy sugar mix with a grainy, woody burnt warmth and a strong earthy, piney and spicy bite. Finish is astringent and dry with whiskey-like alcohol turning a bit phenolic in the end.
M: Syrupy and full with coating linger and faint carbonation.
O: I usually enjoy big beers but the alcohol here comes off somewhat medicinal and heavy throwing off the balance of this brew. I enjoyed the sweetness, smoke and wood complexity but would have liked more agreement of the component flavors. Expected a bit more from this.
03-09-2013 06:39:54 | More by ElSid
3.25/5 rDev -16.9%
02-10-2014 15:10:30 | More by mikejonze
Yukon (Canada)
4/5 rDev +2.3%
05-08-2013 03:14:04 | More by jaminjohnson
New York
4.21/5 rDev +7.7%
A: Pretty standard. Head disappeared quickly. Reddish-brown body. Noticeable alcohol legs.
S: Oh man. The smoked part of this smells pretty good. Honestly, it's mostly smoke, lightly charred oak and alcohol on the nose. Maybe a little dark brown sugar. Where is the usual malty sweetness and hop goodness? Weird.
T: Pretty darn good actually. Some hops up front, then deep wood, smoky-sweet dark sugar and caramel followed by sharp alcohol and pronounced hop bitterness.
M: Full bodied, oily and moderate carbonation. Finishes pretty dry.
O: It's bold, but I like the level of wood and smoke on this. It's a definite departure from the OG that I'm accustomed to, but it's a really nice trip.
03-08-2013 03:36:00 | More by mjtiernan
4/5 rDev +2.3%
03-22-2013 03:20:23 | More by IrishGermanAmerican
4.4/5 rDev +12.5%
Poured from a 22 oz. bottle into a Surly Darkness chalice. 2013 Odd year release.
Appearance: Pours a deep brownish amber with a moderate amount of bubbles and a little floating sediment. About one finger of off white head that fades into a thin creamy layer. Leaves a good amount of lacing around the glass.
Smell: A big sweet malty aroma with big hints of smoked malt and oak. The smoked malt jumps out and is fairly strong but doesn't dominate. Hints of oak chips and wood. Sweet toasty malts with hints of caramel, toffee, biscuit, grain, and yeast. Slight hint of anise spice with the smoke. Some brown sugar hints. Solid hop presence with hints of grass, pine, and citrus orange peel and lemon. Also some hints of dark fruits with fig, date, cherry, raisin, and prune. A nicely complex and good smell.
Taste: Like it smells, a big complex taste of sweet malts, hops, smoke, and oak. Big smoked malt and oak chip wood taste that is assertive but blends in well. Sweet toasted malts with a big taste of caramel, toffee, grain, biscuit, and yeast. Brown sugar and a little candy sugar. A little anise spice. Good mix of hops with notes of earthy grass, pine, and citrus orange and lemon. Undertones of dark fruit with notes of fig, cherry, raisin, dates, and prune. Alcohol taste is noticeable but subtle. A very good taste.
Mouthfeel: Full, rich body with a moderate amount of carbonation. Rich, creamy, and slightly chewy. Alcohol heat is there but light. Pretty smooth for such a big complex beer.
Overall: A really good twist on the regular Old Guardian. The smoke and oak give an assertive kick without overshadowing the malts and hops.
03-30-2013 06:42:25 | More by MattyG85
4.25/5 rDev +8.7%
04-07-2013 00:40:12 | More by HeyYoMar
4.25/5 rDev +8.7%
03-16-2013 22:53:32 | More by TKEbeerman
4.25/5 rDev +8.7%
11-15-2013 15:10:05 | More by ryser2k
4.14/5 rDev +5.9%
Poured into 34oz mug. Poured clear dark ruby with a thick off-white head. Smelled clean, with lots of malt. Hops were secondary, with oak and a bit of smoke scent as it warms. Taste was a big spicy mouthfeel, sweet malt and a bit of yeast, bitter hops toward the end. A sweeter smooth oak finish, with boozyness mellowed by the oak but still present, with smoky flavors very present in the finish. As sort of my second foray into smoked beers, I'm loving them.
06-10-2013 16:50:58 | More by BurgeoningBrewhead
3.75/5 rDev -4.1%
09-22-2013 15:05:01 | More by rwilde
West Virginia
4/5 rDev +2.3%
08-15-2013 14:16:01 | More by williamjbauer
3.93/5 rDev +0.5%
Poured a deep amber, but with very little head that didn't stick around. Rings of lacing were left down the glass. It looks pretty good, but more head would be beautiful. Scents of burnt sugar and smokey wood. Flavor begins with a hit of sweet and roast malt moving into smokey flavors with some hop bitterness and ending with a bitter and smokey aftertaste. Also a pronounced hit of alcohol and alcohol burn. Mouthfeel is medium bodied and sticky, with moderate carbonation. Big, abrasive and intense, like every Stone beer. It's pretty good, and I'll probably pick up a second bottle to age, but I've had better.
05-18-2013 06:25:24 | More by Auraan
Old Guardian OAK - SMOKED Barleywine from Stone Brewing Co.
88 out of 100 based on 677 ratings.


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What is Ren'Py?
Ren'Py is a visual novel engine that helps you use words, images, and sounds to tell stories with the computer. These can be both visual novels and life simulation games. The easy to learn script language allows you to efficiently write large visual novels, while its Python scripting is enough for complex simulation games.
Ren'Py is open source and free for commercial use. It supports Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, and Android.
How do I get Ren'Py?
The latest version of Ren'Py is 6.17.7, released on July 6, 2014. This release fixes bugs found in Ren'Py 6.17 "In This Decade...". Releases are announced on @renpytom and our RSS Feed.
Where do I start?
- A comprehensive manual, including a quickstart guide, is included with Ren'Py and available online.
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This is the spin-off all of us Breaking Bad fans could enjoy!
Video: Huell's Rules
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Coll's headed to Ireland…her husband is in charge…what could go wrong?
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This girl just had her wisdom teeth…then attempted the Ice Bucket Challenge…it did not go well
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Kurt's Blog: A Review of KISS/Def Leppard
In Kurt's Blog
As Paul Stanley said last night "We were here for your parents…and we will be here for you".
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Save public housing: Oppose PETRA
HUD's far-right policy would privatize 1.2 million public housing units
by Lynda Carson
The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has submitted legislation to Congress known as the "Transforming Rental Assistance" (TRA) initiative, under a policy proposal called the Preservation, Enhancement and Transformation of Rental Assistance Act of 2010 (PETRA).
If enacted as proposed, HUD's proposal would allow over 3,000 public housing agencies to privatize around 1.2 million public housing units across the nation, and HUD's additional 13 federal subsidized housing programs would all be converted into one huge new hybrid program, subsidized through only one funding source.
Currently, public housing and each of the 13 federal housing programs including the Section 8 voucher program, has its own budget and funding stream allotted every year by Congress. The separate funding streams help to ensure that the money reaches those it was intended to serve.
But under TRA, with the funding streams for all subsidized housing programs combined into one huge slush fund, the public would not be able to determine whether future funding shortfalls would affect AIDS patients, the elderly, the chronically ill, the disabled or other low-income households in the programs.
Additionally, under HUD's TRA proposal, public housing residents would be placed at risk of displacement and homelessness because public housing would become privatized and would no longer receive federal funding from Congress for capital improvements and operating costs.
Instead, under TRA, the newly privatized units would rely on higher than market rate rents that will be subsidized by taxpayers through the Section 8 program. The funds being grabbed from the poor in the Section 8 program that will be used for the public housing privatization scheme will leverage financing for building improvements from lending institutions and banks.
If enacted as proposed, the TRA proposal would drain much needed funding from the poor in the Section 8 program, causing Section 8 tenants to pay higher rents, and would place the nation's 1.2 million units of public housing at risk of foreclosure when funding shortfalls occur in the Section 8 program, which has happened quite often through the years. Currently, 10,000 Section 8 voucher holders are at risk of losing their vouchers in New York City, due to funding shortfalls in their program.
Housing advocates spoke out at a congressional hearing on May 25 and are urging the public to contact their representatives to say, "No on TRA."
"What happens to public housing in the event of a foreclosure or bankruptcy," Los Angeles Congresswoman Maxine Waters asked HUD Secretary Shaun Donovan at the hearing. "Right now we are in the middle of the worst foreclosure crisis this country has ever experienced," she said. "While the foreclosure of one home may be a tragedy, it is an event that only affects one family. The foreclosure of a public housing development would have a devastating impact for dozens – and in some cases – hundreds of families."
You can help by signing a petition in opposition to TRA at http://www.gopetition.com/petitions/save-public-housing.html.
Lynda Carson may be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com.
2 thoughts on "Save public housing: Oppose PETRA"
Luscious Latte
do away with public housing mooches who have been generational habitants, whose children wreak havoc, and who they do not make go to school. To get public housing should have time limit, should have requirement that children are in school and performing, and the untrained parents (young, middle age etc, be trained and perform during the training and get assistance with getting a job. There should get rid of the HUD regulation that allows many to get by with 0 (zero) income and the authorities to have to cut checks and pay them to live their.↓
Luscious Latte
The HUD rule about not counting remainder of grants (Pell Grants etc) not being counted as income after deduction if the adult children are living in the home needs to cease too. As does only count $480.00 of these same adults income (from work). Many driving mercedes, range rovers, etc. many signing up for school to get the grants but then quiting afterward and the Government not making them pay a penny of it back. I'm sick and tired of Washington and those who are suppose to be representing. GET RID OF HUD, PUBLIC HOUSING (Permanent Tenants) and give those on the waiting list a chance. Come up with some program for working people who have not had the dream of owning a home the opportunity.↓


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According to Noel Pineiro (via Rotoworld), slugging first baseman Carlos Delgado will announce his retirement on Wednesday.
On a scale of retirement-related surprise that ranges from Jaime Moyer to Grant Desme, this news is certainly closer to the former, as the 38-year-old Delgado was struggling to come back from offseason hip surgery, a procedure he had already undergone twice before. He was able to make only 15 plate appearances last season for the Boston Red Sox' AAA affiliate in Pawtucket, after playing only 26 games for the New York Mets in 2009.
Delgado came up through the minor leagues as a catcher, but quickly made the switch to first base once he was called up. He finishes his career with 473 home runs, good for 30th on the all-time list, and his .546 career slugging percentage ranks 28th. He played for the Toronto Blue Jays for 12 seasons before signing a four-year deal with the Florida Marlins in 2005. After one season the Marlins traded him to the Mets, for whom he played his last four seasons.


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Deficit Politics In A Nutshell
by Upstate Dem, Sat May 15, 2010 at 07:53:14 AM EDT
Republican economists like to quote Milton Friedman:
Inflation is always and everywhere a monetary phenomenon.
I submit that the following is more truthful:
Government deficits are always and everywhere a political phenomenon.
Depending on which interests control the debate in a particular society, conventional wisdom will hold that deficits are either benign or apocalyptic. In the United States, the corporate media takes its cues on this issue from the Republican Party.
The corporate right-wing wants to roll back the New Deal in order to make it easier for economic elites to run the country as they see fit. Republican politicians are their employees. Fear of the deficit is used to manipulate voters into supporting policies designed to dismantle the government programs that mitigate the inequities of unchecked capitalism.
Thus endeth the lesson.
(From my blog http://partisandawn.wordpress.com/)
Tags: capitalism, Republicans, New Deal, oligarchy, Deficits (all tags)


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Teri McMurtry-Chubb researches, teaches, and writes in the areas of discourse analysis, genre analysis and rhetoric, critical legal studies, hegemony studies and legal history. She has lectured nationally on structural workplace discrimination, disproportionate sentencing for African Americans, racial and gender inequalities in post-secondary education, and African diasporic cultural forms. She has also facilitated narrative mediations of racial disputes in the academic workplace. Professor McMurtry-Chubb has taught at Loyola Law School-LA, California State Polytechnic University at Pomona, The University of Iowa, Des Moines Area Community College, Drake University School of Law, and Fairhaven College of Interdisciplinary Studies at Western Washington University. While at Fairhaven College, she served as an Assistant Professor of Law and Hegemony Studies, and was the co-founder and first director of Fairhaven's Center for Law, Diversity and Justice.
Prior to returning to academia, Professor McMurtry-Chubb was a Civil Litigation Associate at the law firm of Huber, Book, Cortese, Happe & Brown, P.L.C. (now Huber, Book, Cortese & Lanz, P.L.C.) in Des Moines, IA. At the time she joined the firm, she was the first person of color ever to be hired there and one of two African American women in the entire state of Iowa in private practice. She practiced in the areas of insurance defense, employment discrimination, and employee benefits involving the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA). Before entering private practice, McMurtry-Chubb became the first African American woman hired as a law clerk for the 5th Judicial District of Iowa.
In addition to teaching, Professor McMurtry-Chubb serves as a member of the Association of Legal Writing Directors (ALWD) Board of Trustees, and as Chair of the Legal Writing Institute (LWI) Diversity Initiatives Committee. She has served as the Chair of the Iowa National Bar Association (the founding chapter of the National Bar Association), and as a gubernatorial appointee to the Iowa State Historical Society Board of Trustees.


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25 U.S. Code § 4162 - Replacement of recipient
(a) Authority
As a condition of the Secretary making a grant under this chapter on behalf of an Indian tribe, the tribe shall agree that, notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary may, only in the circumstances set forth in subsection (b) of this section, require that a replacement tribally designated housing entity serve as the recipient for the tribe, in accordance with subsection (c) of this section.
(b) Conditions of removal
The Secretary may require such replacement tribally designated housing entity for a tribe only upon a determination by the Secretary on the record after opportunity for a hearing that the recipient for the tribe has engaged in a pattern or practice of activities that constitutes substantial or willful noncompliance with the requirements under this chapter.
(c) Choice and term of replacement
If the Secretary requires that a replacement tribally designated housing entity serve as the recipient for a tribe (or tribes)—
(1) the replacement entity shall be an entity mutually agreed upon by the Secretary and the tribe (or tribes) for which the recipient was authorized to act, except that if no such entity is agreed upon before the expiration of the 60-day period beginning upon the date that the Secretary makes the determination under subsection (b) of this section, the Secretary shall act as the replacement entity until agreement is reached upon a replacement entity; and
(2) the replacement entity (or the Secretary, as provided in paragraph (1)) shall act as the tribally designated housing entity for the tribe (or tribes) for a period that expires upon—
(A) a date certain, which shall be specified by the Secretary upon making the determination under subsection (b) of this section; or
Source(Pub. L. 104–330, title IV, § 402,Oct. 26, 1996, 110 Stat. 4039.)
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This chapter, referred to in subsecs. (a) and (b), was in the original "this Act", meaning Pub. L. 104–330, Oct. 26, 1996, 110 Stat. 4016, known as the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 4101 of this title and Tables.
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Manatee County School District to vote on increase of farmworker jobs grant
August 12, 2014
The Manatee County School District will vote at its meeting from 5:45 to 8 p.m., Aug. 12, on whether to apply $7,667 toward the Farmworker Education and Services Program at Manatee Technical Institute.
FDOT improves East County road network
August 11, 2014
The Florida Department of Transportation this week will work on three road projects affecting East County residents.
Driver involved in bicyclist's death reports attention disorder
August 11, 2014
East County resident Linda Damery was issued a six-month suspension of her license last week.
PHOTO GALLERY: Back to School Pizza Party and Supply Drive
August 10, 2014
To gather school supplies for the Hope Kids Community organization, the University Place Homeowner's Association hosted a Back to School Pizza Party and Supply Drive Aug. 10. Attendees snacked on pizza and swam in the community's pool after paying their entrance fee — a donation of school supplies.
PHOTO GALLERY: Bridge A Life Picnic
August 9, 2014
Adoptive and foster parents and their children gathered Aug. 9, at Greenbrook Adventure Park, for support and socializing, during the Bridge A Life Back-to-School picnic event.
VIDEO: FYI Friday — Your weekly news roundup
August 8, 2014
Catch up on the week's most important and most interesting news stories from Sarasota, Longboat Key and East County with FYI Friday.
PHOTO GALLERY: Imagine Barbecue Night
August 8, 2014
Imagine School at Lakewood Ranch hosted a barbecue night for its families Aug. 7.
PHOTO GALLERY: Nolan Middle Academic Survival Camp
August 8, 2014
To help sixth- through eighth-grade students academically prepare for the upcoming school year, R. Dan Nolan Middle School hosted Academic Survival Camp Aug. 4 through Aug. 7. Students split into groups and competed in math and English for a prize — a bag of school supplies.
PHOTO GALLERY: Dream Oaks Summer Camp
August 8, 2014
Each week throughout the summer, Dream Oaks Summer Camp offered themed weeks for children with special needs, ages 7 through 17. Aug. 4 through Aug. 8, campers participated in the camp's spin on the Olympics, with activities such as a popcorn toss and backyard obstacle course housed at the Foundation for Dreams facility.
PHOTO GALLERY: LWRBA August Networking Social
August 7, 2014
Members of the Lakewood Ranch Business Alliance swapped business cards and enjoyed refreshments at the August Networking Social, Aug. 6, at the Gold Coast Eagle Distributing facility.
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10:00 am - 3:00 pm
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17 Women's Council of Realtors Fashion Show
11:00 am
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27 Health & Wellness Expo
10:00 am - 1:00 pm
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27 Health & Wellness Expo-LWR
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Students make splash for school
Lakewood Ranch Community Activities Corp. this weekend will celebrate the start of school with its annual Back to School Splash Bash event Aug. 23, at the Lakewood Ranch YMCA, 5100 Lakewood Ranch Blvd.
Klauber, Mancini honored by AJC
The West Coast Florida Region of AJC (American Jewish Committee) will honor Michael Klauber and Phil Mancini, of Michael's On East, in November.
Temples share the Torah
Twenty-three years ago, Temple Sinai received a Torah on loan when it organized a new congregation in Sarasota.


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Improvement of the basic skills acquired in Elementary Japanese. Three hundred new kanji will be introduced. The emphasis is primarily on speaking, but reading and writing will also be included. A systematic review of the fundamental structure of the Japanese language will be made. Periodic quizzes, tests and the final exam will be expected.
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If the media would slide in a little bio every time a super greedy person or corrupt politician is mentioned in a story or the obituaries it would really help us all.
An example for a super greedy person could be Mr. X also made millions by sending 2,000 jobs to Mexico and/or China while 2,000 Americans lost their pensions, 900 of his former workers lost their homes, and caused the city to suffer economically. For a corrupt politician, it could read Politician Y received millions from companies, individuals and lobbyists to vote and create laws that made a few richer and the rest of us suffer. Throughout the history of man the super greedy and their flunkies have done a masterful job of deflecting the harm they cause on society onto different religions, races, nationalities and the poor.
The reason so many people are in dire straights today is these people are operating without much opposition. Exposing these people that don't give a damn about anything but themselves for the parasites that they are, is a start on curing the world's ails. This is not a matter of wealth, but a matter of excessive greed. Tim MahaffeyMiddletown


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The Trunk Monkey Commercials
I ran across these today and just had to share them with you. They are my all time favorite faux ads.
If you've never seen the Trunk Monkey Commercials, well...you have to watch these vids, especially 1-7!!
Trunk Monkey
Let me know what you think, and have a great Wednesday. :-)
16 comments:
- PJ Hoover said...
I'll totally watch! And BTW, I've watched the biking video you posted a gazillion times!
- May 27, 2009 at 1:14 PM
- Kelly said...
Too funny! Who thinks up this stuff!?! I need a trunk monkey (especially when my daughter starts dating...)
- May 27, 2009 at 1:50 PM
- Brown-Eyed Girl said...
Great commercials!
Inferior product but...
Great commercials!
- May 27, 2009 at 4:01 PM
- Angela said...
Trunk Monkey is awesome. I like the car theft and the date one the best!
- May 27, 2009 at 5:24 PM
- Angela said...
The alien one's good too, lol
- May 27, 2009 at 5:26 PM
- Danyelle said...
Angela, those are awesome!
Techno-idjit here. I was about to feel left out when I clicked on the picture and wasn't directed to the commercials. You know, links work so much better when you click on the link. :$
*decides to petition life for more naps*
- May 27, 2009 at 6:31 PM
- sharazad said...
I love the trunk monkey commercials- I want one.
- May 27, 2009 at 6:57 PM
- C.R. Evers said...
LOL! I luv these too! :0D
- May 27, 2009 at 7:43 PM
- Anita said...
Heh, heh!
- May 28, 2009 at 12:14 AM
- Jessica said...
LOL I'm afraid to watch, just because of the name. Hahaa.
- May 28, 2009 at 6:27 AM
- courtney said...
HAH!! Oh, man, those were awesome. The date one was my absolute favourite.
- May 28, 2009 at 7:08 AM
- Jody Hedlund said...
Angela, thanks for stopping by my blog and leaving your insightful comment! I appreciated your input!
- May 28, 2009 at 7:27 AM
- Billy Coffey said...
I've never seen these, but they are SO FUNNY. I'm keeping those up in case I need another laugh later.
Thanks for stopping by my blog, Angela! Love the Jolly Roger, too.
- May 28, 2009 at 9:21 AM
- Tess said...
I'd never seen these before -- love a laugh to start my day :D
- May 28, 2009 at 9:35 AM
- Angela said...
Danyelle, I'm the tech idj. I've seen other people link vids with the pic, I tried to do it but couldn't get it to work. Thus, the lame-o link. :-(
CR, Sharazad & Anita--glad you liked em!
Jessica, they're clean, honest...just a little monkey violence.
Courtney--see I totally knew you'd like them.
Jody, it was nice to visit. Thanks for stopping by too.
Billy and Tess, glad they made you laugh. :-) Thanks for the visit!
- May 28, 2009 at 10:28 AM
- The Nerdy Fugu said...
Those are hilarious.
- August 14, 2011 at 12:53 AM


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This is an activity associated with activities during Solar Week, a twice-yearly event in March and October during which classrooms are able to interact with scientists studying the Sun. Outside of Solar Week, information, activities, and resources... (View More) are archived and available online at any time. Learners will use SOHO spacecraft images of a coronal mass ejection and tracing paper to measure and then calculate the speed of the coronal mass ejection. This activity is scheduled to occur during Wednesday of Solar Week. (View Less)
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William Wayne Short, 91, of Casey, U.S. Army veteran and farmer, died at 10:45 p.m. Monday, April 22, 2013, at Casey Health Care Center.
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Berea (WOIO) - Joe Thomas has finally cracked the top 30...on the NFL's Top 100 players of 2013. The Browns All Pro left tackle was voted the 28th best player in the National Football Leagues yearly rankings, a list that is voted on exclusively by current NFL players. Thomas was voted number 43 in 2011 and 82 in 2012.
Thomas received universal praise from opposing defensive linemen and fellow offensive linemen alike. Minnesota Vikings defensive end Jared Allen compared Thomas to other great tackles, including Hall of Famer Willie Roaf, saying "he is a big bodied guy that can move very well and is always up for the challenge one on one".
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FORT MYERS, Fla. – The Florida Gulf Coast University women's soccer team looks to stay atop the A-Sun as they continue conference play this Saturday as they host Campbell at the FGCU Soccer Complex. The match is scheduled to kickoff at 1:00 p.m.
With a 7-3-1 record heading into this weekend, the Eagles are tied for first in the league standings with Jacksonville (5-5-0, 2-0-0 A-Sun) and Belmont (5-4-1, 2-0-0 A-Sun).The Eagles own the league's best defense (0.71 team goals-against average) and have won seven of their last eight outings - the lone loss was a 1-0 setback against Mississippi State on Sept. 20.
The Eagles are 4-0 at home this season, and have outscored their opponents by 8-0 score at the FGCU Soccer Complex.
Senior midfielder Amber McCall earned Player of the Week laurels by netting two game-winning goals for the Eagles while teammate Stephanie Powers allowed only one goal in two matches to earn conference defensive honors.
McCall shares the league lead with three game winners, and leads the Eagles with four goals.
Powers leads the A-Sun in goals against average (0.78) and shutouts (5).
FGCU has won the two previous meetings with the Camels by a 5-0 combined score. Lindsay Haw, Amber McCall and Amanda Goble collected goals against the Camels last season as they topped Campbell 3-0.
With a 6-5 overall record heading into this weekend's action, Campbell has already surpassed last year's victory total (5-10-3). The Camels opened league action with a 3-2 victory over Lipscomb last Thursday before dropping a 2-1 overtime decision Saturday to Belmont.
Campbell's 6-5 ledger also stands as the program's best through 11 games since the 2005 club held the same
Individually, Campbell sophomore Olga Ekblom leads the team and ranks fifth in the conference in scoring with 11 points on five goals and one assist. She is also tied for the league lead in game-winning goals (3).
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My last post talked about research into the impact of stress on our DNA – or, more specifically, on the "expression" of our genes. I realized the word expression might be confusing – the concept is that changing the methylation of a gene can change the genes impact – some articles even talk about the gene being turned on and off with the addition or removal of a methyl group.
Surprisingly, given my last post, when I was reading the 10/24/2011 edition of Chemical & Engineering News (a publication of the American Chemical Society) yesterday I found another article on genetic expression. But, this time the article was focused on RNA.
OK – DNA is made up of genes – and, as you recall from your high school biology class, each of your parents give you about half of your genes.
RNA translates DNA's genetic coding into actual proteins needed by our body. That is a simplified explanation. In reality, RNA, like DNA, is pretty complex.
But, back to the C&EN article. Researchers at the University of Chicago have found that an enzyme can remove a methyl group from a specific type of RNA – a messenger RNA (or mRNA if you are into abbreviations). This suggests that RNA may have a role in genetic expression. But, the thing that got my attention was the fact that the enzyme that removes the methyl groups is a protein that is linked to obesity and diabetes. Previously the proteins cellular role was not clear.
My take on all of this – our bodies are amazingly complex – in my last posting I discussed how a mothers stress can impact the expression of their children's genes. Now there is evidence that RNA's expression can be reversibly changed, and that a protein associated with obesity and diabetes acts as the switching agent.
While this does not suggest there is "fat" gene, it does suggest that our genetic expression can be changed such that we have a propensity for obesity and diabetes. Question naturally is, what causes this change in our genetic expression?
My hope is that one day such research will help us understand the unforseen impacts of our environment (such as stress) on our genetic expression. Who knows, perhaps such knowledge will help all of us better control our weight and fight diabetes!


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You must pass each graded assignment in a competency-based course with a score of 80% or higher. This includes all assignments, labs and exams. If you are unable to earn a score of 80% or higher, you will be permitted to complete the course as if it were a traditional online course, but you will not be able to continue in the competency-based Accelerate IT program.
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The smack to my head came late on the day of my second trip to Madison in support of public sector workers and their struggle against rightist Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker's epic assault on union rights there. It didn't come in the form of a state trooper's swinging baton in or of a brick thrown by a right wing thug. It came softly from my car radio at midnight as the lights of Dubuque, Iowa appeared in my windshield beneath a misty half-moon on the other side of the bridge across the Mississippi River. It came in the sexless voice of Chicago's WBBM News Radio (780 AM), which reported briefly and incidentally that "one hundred Chicagoans went up to Madison to join thousands of people marching against a new labor bill recently passed by Wisconsin's governor and state legislature." The "reporter" moved quickly to another item that received more time – the story of a young lady selected as honorary queen of the St. Patrick's Day parade in downtown Chicago.
"Thousands"? There were at least 125, 000 people marching against the Walker/Republican bill in and around the Madison Capitol Rotunda yesterday (I am writing on Sunday, March 13, 2011). The number of pro-union workers and citizens assembled there was massive and historic on any scale. There were thousands there from Chicago alone.
The egregious downsizing of the Madison crowd by WBBM was certainly intentional. Somewhere in his chilling 2008 book Democracy Incorporated: Managed Democracy and the Specter of Inverted Totalitarianism, the left-liberal political scientist Sheldon Wolin observes that American-style corporate totalitarianism ( "corporate-managed democracy") doesn't generally involve the violent repression of left and liberal protestors. It more typically operates by deleting democratic and popular protests from the record by failing to report them or by drastically under-reporting and misrepresenting those protests in the corporate-owned media.
By Wolin's analysis, the American mode of totalitarianism (what he considers the third great totalitarian formation of the 20th century) is different from both German and Italian fascism and Soviet pseudo-socialism (the two great totalitarian systems of the 20th century) in a number of ways. While it (to be sure) incarcerates an outrageous number and percentage of black males and reserves the right and capacity to violently repress protestors, it doesn't rely so much on hard force at home, preferring softer methods of diversion, deletion, and demobilization. It doesn't mobilize fascist thugs in right wing mass movements to smash the heads of labor, liberals, and leftists. It doesn't advance explicitly racist and statist ideologies and the absolute rule of a charismatic dictator speaking the highly militarized and the explicitly anti-democratic will of the nation. Speaking the language of "free markets," constitutionalism, electoral choices, and personal responsibility (all covers for corporate and military rule), it doesn't explicitly attack parliamentary institutions and advocate an openly one party state. Its elite business masters prefer to work through the evermore right-tilting democratic façade of what Wolin calls the "one-and-a-half party system" – one where aggressive, radically regressive authoritarians in the Republican Party lead the authoritarian way posing as "conservatives" while cautious, conservative, and corporate-captive (though equally militaristic) Democrats masquerade as reformers and representatives of working people, progressives, environmentalists, minorities and poor. As Wolin noted nearly three years ago:
"While the Republican Party is ever-vigilant about the care and feeding of its zealots, the Democratic Party is equally concerned to discourage its democrats…. The timidity of a Democratic Party mesmerized by centrist precepts points to the crucial fact that, for the poor, minorities, the working-class, anticorporatists, pro-environmentalists, and anti-imperialists, there is no opposition party working actively on their behalf. And this despite the fact that these elements are recognized as the loyal base of the party. By ignoring dissent and assuming the dissenters have no alternative, the party serves an important, if ironical, stabilizing function and in effect marginalizes any possible threat to the corporate allies of the Republican. Unlike the Democrats, however, the Republicans, with their combination of reactionary and innovative elements, are a cohesive…force."
"…The character of the Republican Party reflects a profound change: radicalism has shifted its location and meaning. Formerly it was associated with the Left and the use of political power to life the standard of living and life prospects of the lower classes, of those who were disadvantaged under current distributive principles. Radicalism is now the property of those who, quaintly, call themselves 'conservatives' and are called such by media commentators. In fact, pseudoconservatism is in charge of and owns the radicalizing powers that are dramatically changing, in some cases revolutionizing, the conditions of human life, of economy, of politics, foreign policy, education, and the prospects for the planet. It is hard to imagine any power more radical in its determination to undo the social gains of the past century" (Sheldon Wolin Democracy Incorporated: Managed Democracy and the Specter of Inverted Totalitarianism:[Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2008], 206).
With the Republicans playing the tough cop role and the Democrats as Officer Friendly, corporate totalitarianism American-style doesn't so much smash or crush the people as turn them into a "managed electorate" – a spectator-ized ex-citizenry trained to understand political democracy as requiring little more than staggered and episodic participation in big-money, big-media, and candidate-centered election contests pitting elite-vetted personalities from the cautious and pseudo-reformist wing of the business and empire party (the Democrats) against elite-sponsored personalities from the radical and pseudoconservative wing (the Republicans) of that same party.
I've seen more than a few protestors in Madison carrying signs likening Scott Walker to Adolph Hitler and accusing the Republican-controlled, Koch brothers'-captive government of Wisconsin of "fascism." Well, God knows Hitler and Mussolini would approve of Walker's sense of messianic, union-busting authoritarian mission and his lack of regard for liberals, political opposition, labor, leftists, and democracy. But it really isn't fascism that progressive and other citizens are up against in Wisconsin and elsewhere in the U.S. Under fascism, cops, troopers, and a mobilized mass movement of racist-sexist-nationalist thugs beat the crap out of you when you protest for workers and/or against war. I haven't seen many jack-booted brown-shirts in or around the Capitol Rotunda in Madison. We the (working class majority of the) People have pretty much owned the streets and the Capitol grounds for the last few weeks. The capitol police have taken the "nice cop" approach to removing would-be occupiers from state structures. Their chief is a gregarious persuader who has been dubbed "The Protest Whisperer." He gently talks activists into leaving the Capitol without arrest. Walker is an unmitigated arch-regressive, deeply undemocratic and plutocratic asshole of epic proportions, but he's not a fascist. But he's not having the protestors clubbed, whipped, and shot en masse. He's waiting them out as he moves boldly forward with his right wing anti-union, anti-poor, anti-environmental, anti-liberal, and power- and wealth-concentrating agenda. He'll be than happy to permanently fire and massively billyclub workers who dare to strike and otherwise resist his war on labor through direct action, but he's counting on the protestors to get worn out with the work of solidarity. He's counting on dominant media to get more and more bored with the story of the great Wisconsin worker rebellion. The mass consent-manufacturing communications organs have been doing exactly that as horrors in Lybia and now Japan take center media stage.
It's all very Wolin-esque. True, the mass marches and demonstrations in and around the Capitol of February and March 2011 seem like a repudiation of the popular de-mobilization that lay at the heart of Wolin's notion of the United States' distinctively "inverted" form of corporate totalitarianism. But now that Walker has succeeded in ramming his anti-collective bargaining bill though the state legislature, the tone of the marches and rallies in Madison seem overly focused on electoral strategies. Most of theh signs and speeches are advocating the weaker and less courageous side of the one-and-a-half party system (the Democrats). They seem under-focused on the sort of direct and ongoing social movement action that is required – including above all General Strike that many rank and file activists are pushing. Radical and disruptive popular anger and energy is being dangerously pushed into system-safe, people-demobilizing electoral and legal channels as union officials and their supporters turn to the dissipating and de-radicalizing tasks of electing Democratic state Supreme Court judges, suing the state, and recalling Walker. Reverend Jesse Jackson has come to give heavenly assent to calls for citizens to vote for the Democrats, the other corporate party – a party that has done a lot for big business, little for working people, and much to help the right turn policy in a radically reactionary direction. As one correspondent recently noted in the comments section of an essay I titled "Gut Check in Madison: Will Labor Fight to Save its Life?:" "I think we have our answer, Paul. I watched the rally in Madison yesterday and the tone was polite. Jesse Jackson leading prayers, politicians saying vote Democrat, blah blah. Recall petition drives puts the ball back in the electoral court, stall the momentum, bring in Big Money to defeat it, slick ads, you know the litany. What Labor doesn't understand is: the world's attention span is short. We have moved on to Japan, Libya, other things while they dither."
Here is a depressing (from my perspective) account from David Dayen, who is providing on-the-ground reports for the liberal-left website Firedoglake:
"Latest from Wisconsin: Recalls Taking Center Stage"
"…the debate in Wisconsin has not ended, even if Scott Walker signed the bill to strip collective bargaining rights from public workers. Over 100,000 people again protested in Madison on Saturday and welcomed the Fab 14 Democratic Senators back. Protests in smaller parts of Wisconsin grew in size as well …Legal challenges to the bill and the process by which it was passed have only begun; the next hearing in Dane County Court is on Wednesday."
"And then we have the upcoming elections and recalls. According to the Democratic Party of Wisconsin, they have collected almost half the required signatures needed to get the 8 Republican recalls permitted by Wisconsin rules onto the ballot. They have 45 more days to get the rest, so I'd say that a ballot action is almost assured. And they'll have no shortage of funds to draw upon for the recall efforts, either: the state party has raised over $1 million from small donors in the past three weeks."
"Talk of a general strike has cooled down significantly, probably because of the item in the bill that passed which would allow for mass firings if public workers participated in walkouts….clearly, everyone has pivoted to the recall…."
If it's true, that's a crying shame. As Emma Goldman once said, the masters would abolish voting if it really made any difference. How many more times must we see the ballot box function as the coffin of the real class consciousness and activism we need?
Left author Paul Street's latest book (co-authored with Anthony DiMaggio) is Crashing the Tea Party: Mass Media and the Campaign to Remake American Politics (Paradigm, April 2011 advance order at http://www.paradigmpublishers.com/books/BookDetail.aspx?productID=280225 . Street will speak (alongside Glen Ford, Pam Chamberlain, and Lance Selfa) on "Understanding and Responding to the Tea Party Threat" at the Left Forum in New York City, Pace University, Room E308 on Saturday, March 19, 2011 at 10 AM – seehttp://www.leftforum.org/content/understanding-and-responding-tea-party-threat ) Street can be reached at [email protected]