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Former U.S. Sen. Everett Dirksen is credited with saying: "a billion here, a billion there, and pretty soon you're talking real money." With today's billion-dollar state budgets and trillion-dollar federal budgets (and deficits), tax dollars are often treated like play money.
To put these amounts into perspective, if you spent $1 each second, it would take you 12 days to spend $1 million; if you spent $1 a second, it would take you 32 years to spend $1 billion; and if you spent $1 a second, it would take you 32,000 years to spend $1 trillion.
I want to highlight two billion-dollar public-policy debates: immigration (federal) and public pensions (state). The costs are comparable - $47 billion - but the issues are not.
The federal immigration bill went through months of debate, focusing on a $46 billion "border surge," including border patrols, drones, helicopters and surveillance technology.
As the huge federal bureaucracy grapples with immigration, Pennsylvania has a crisis of similar financial proportions, the State Employees' Retirement System and the Public School Employees' Retirement System. The two have combined liabilities of nearly $47 billion to pay benefits to retired state employees and teachers; each Pennsylvania household's share of this unfunded liability is more than $8,000.
In the private sector, a problem like this would result in cost-cutting measures. However, in the public (government) sector, the main focus - but not mine - is often to increase taxes. Unfortunately, even if Pennsylvania were to raise taxes by $1 billion a year, it would take nearly 47 years to bridge the sea of red ink in SERS and PSERS. Meanwhile, we'll continue to struggle paying for other core government services.
"We can afford it" is how many government programs get started and why few, if any, are eliminated. Many want to take the "profit" out of programs but don't seem to have a problem with keeping "politics" in.


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The ability of the microRNA system to regulate protein translation in the vicinity of synapses indicates it is well-positioned to play a central role in regulating synaptic plasticity. Accordingly, we are focusing on understanding how this system regulates synaptic function. In particular, we have identified the translin/trax RNAse complex as a key regulator of microRNA processing and are using genetically engineered mice that lack this complex to understand its role in neuronal function. For example, these mice display defects in responsiveness to cocaine and in certain forms of synaptic plasticity. Using a combination of behavioral and molecular approaches, we are conducting studies aimed at understanding how the microRNA system regulates these processes.


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Colin Firth and his wife Livia teamed up with Anna Zegna, of Ermenegildo Zegna, to host a dinner at LA's Chateau Marmont last night. The evening was organised in support of Oxfam and the Green Carpet Challenge, a cause close to eco-friendly Livia's heart. She frequently blogs and tweets about wearing recycled ensembles on the red carpet, and yesterday's dress was a creation from one of Kate Middleton's favourite lines, Beulah London.
Livia and Colin made the rounds to chat up their fellow Brit Emily Blunt and her husband John Krasinski. The Vanity Fair crew was well represented with editor in chief Graydon Carter and his wife Anna on hand, in addition to West Coast editor Krista Smith and publisher Edward Menicheschi. Other celebs made the rounds as well, including Cameron Diaz, Kristin Davis, Mia Wasikowska and Emile Hirsch. Gary Oldman, who's up for a best supporting actor Oscar for his work opposite Colin in Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, dropped in to say hello. He and Colin will reunite Monday at the Academy Awards ceremony.


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News: Roc Nation Sports Star Isn't Sweating 'F*ck KD' Diss: "Durant Refuses To Acknowledge Lil B"
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Roc Nation Sports star Kevin Durant has bigger things on his mind like winning an NBA championship rather than entertaining a dreaded rap feud with West Coast rapper Lil B.
Oklahoma City Thunder beat writer Darnell Mayberry dished out KD's stance toward the Based God this week on Twitter.
"Durant refuses to acknowledge rapper Lil B publicly or give him added attention. Lil B has released several diss tracks about KD," Mayberry tweeted March 11.
"Durant on Lil B: "I don't know who that is. Who is that?...He needs some attention, I guess. Whoever that is, he needs some help."" (Darnell Mayberry's Twitter)
Going with a basketball theme, Based God hit the court in his "F*ck KD" music video earlier this week.
Lil B and Kevin Durant have been involved in a longstanding beef that has involved a basketball game challenge, a curse, and several tweets. However, the issue appeared to have faded away. Apparently not so. The Based God has released a new song earlier today called "F*ck KD," which calls out Durant directly and explicitly. Lil B ends the song by challenging KD to a game of "21." In the song's catchy chorus, he makes sure to show respect to his superstar foe's agents, saying, "I like Roc Nation and I love Jay Z/But on the West Side I'm screaming 'f*ck KD!'" And of course, Lil B is in the gym in this video, showing off those adorable ball-handling and layup skills. (Complex)
Last November, the Based God questioned why KD had opted out of a basketball challenge.
"BEEN PRACTIING ON THE COURT WAITING FOR @KDTrey5 WAITING FOR THAT 1 ON 1 GAME, I NO THEY NOT BOUT THAT PLAY KEVIN NOT BOUT THAT PLAY - Lil B," Lil B tweeted November 26.
"if u aint about that play never call that call @kdtrey5 IM BASKETBALL LIFE FOREAL KEVIN REMBER THAT IM GOING TO THE HOLE FOWARD - Lil B" (Lil B's Twitter)
In summer 2012, he reportedly found himself involved in a small melee with Kevin Durant.
It started during the playoffs last year when KD called Lil' B a "wack" rapper. You know how rappers love them a celebrity beef to up their profile, you had a feeling this was not going to die Now Lil B has a new video out called "Warm Ups" on which he calls out Durant. So Durant took to twitter and said "Yo shut up." I like it. I think the "yo" really makes it. Durant stuck with that theme in his next tweet: "Yo leave me alone lol, if you wanna play me you gotta come to OKC I'm not coming to Oakland." Actually, Durant will be in Oakland on Jan. 23 because Golden State's Oracle Arena is in Oakland, but that's nit picking. Besides, Lil B was all down with coming out to the OKC to play and tweeted: ""So book a ticket to OKC for this Monday? @KDTrey5 I WILL BE THERE FLIGHT IN THE MORNING, AND PREP." (NBC Sports: Pro Basketball Talk)
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The Queen of Rage
Usually whenever some Fox news pundit goes on and on like a broken record about the liberal bias of the mainstream media, I have to laugh. However, the conservatives have a point when they bring up the latest Newsweek cover of Michelle Bachman. They titled the cover story, "Queen of Rage," and they have a photo of Bachman looking like a mildly surprised homicidal Stepford Wife.
Tina Brown, the female editor of Newsweek, has worked overtime at implying that Bachman is crazy. Now, don't get me wrong, Bachman is no friend of mine, and she certainly is no friend of the feminists. However, that doesn't mean that tactics like Brown's are acceptable in an attempt to make her unpalatable to Iowa voters.
Here we have a woman who's running for the office of President of the United States of America. Ask yourself this: would any man who's running for President be treated with the same indignity? I think the answer is no. So, is the Newsweek cover blatantly sexist? You bet your sweet bippy it is.
You don't need to go searching through the galleries until you come up with the one photo of Michelle Bachman that's actually unattractive. I mean, just how long and hard did Tina Brown have to search to come up with a single photo of Bachman that's not flattering? My guess is: hours. In fact, the woman is so beautiful that I'm going to have to see her and Sarah Palin in a room together before I'm convinced that they aren't the same person.
Michelle Bachman can be called a lot of things, including, perhaps, legitimately crazy and even dangerously simple-minded, but the way we judge those things shouldn't be based on her appearance, but rather based on the substance of her campaign, her platform, her speeches, her words. There's lots of fuel for the fire there.
Shame on Tina Brown for resorting to this kind of yellow journalism. It's like a one-sided catfight in print. It's the picture that was substituted where a thousand words would do. And Brown makes the loonies at Fox News actually right for once. She also makes me, as a feminist, have to defend a woman whose politics I abhor.
Freedom Redux: This is Water
So, that review was kind of snide and snarky. And I did like the book in one way, and that is that I thought that it was entertaining, even if it was only half-way original. I think Jonathan Franzen is definitely talented. So, I have some second thoughts.
Even if the date rape was clichéd, I still recognize that the reason that it may feel clichéd is that is so true to life. After all, I wrote my own post that was somewhat similar to a Lifetime movie, only it wasn't fiction, it was from my very own damn life.
It's not just a cliché, it's also my life.
In addition to that cliché there was also the love triangle between the "nice" guy and the "sexy" guy, as if nice can't also be sexy. It struck me, after reading the book and then also reading interviews and biographies of Jonathan Franzen, that perhaps this book was somewhat personal. Richard and Walter are stand-ins for someone else, and that someone else is Jonathan Franzen and David Foster Wallace.
Even though Franzen is the bigger environmentalist and the bird watcher and probably the less flashy of the two, and even though Wallace superficially resembles Richard, with his greater charisma and physical beauty and tobacco chew, I think that Walter and Richard are actually just dual aspects of Franzen's personality. It's Franzen against Franzen.
Also, if anyone is Walter, the more spiritual one, the kinder one, the more worthy one, it's Wallace, who couldn't possibly hurt a fly other than himself, if it weren't for the one fact of his suicide. Wallace was the "churchgoer," the one with the reputation as the "nice" guy, and yet it was Wallace, and not Franzen, who hanged himself on his own porch for his wife to find his body. Maybe not so selfless a death as David Foster Wallace would have wished for himself, if he had been in his right mind at the time.
It strikes me that Walter's eventual forgiveness of Patty, and, by implication, Richard, is Franzen's final tribute to his friend David Foster Wallace. And with this act, his overvalued novel is somewhat redeemed and maybe even worthy of half of the superfluous over-the-top "critical" literary views, if the idea was to transcend the selfish and self involved characters of his Seinfeldian universe, with this one final act of grace.
It occurs to me that the repitition of the word and the ideology of "freedom" in David Foster Wallace's commencement speech and the fact that Jonathan Franzen's novel is titled, Freedom are no coincidence.
Dear David Eagleman
Dear David Eagleman,
I was 3 minutes late to work this morning because I was busy reading the profile on you and your brain research in The New Yorker. Fascinating stuff. I needed to think about something to write on my blog today, and it was between you and the documentary Inside Job, so I thought I'd lighten up and write about you because our economy is serious stuff. Nothing funny about it. Also, I want to finish the director's commentary before I write about Inside Job.
I have decided, after reading about half of the article in The New Yorker, that you will receive the honor of being my new "celebrity" crush. I think you are awesome. Studying the brain's perception of time! And before that you studied literature and tried your hand at stand up comedy and screenwriting! James Franco is so jealous.
*SIGH* What is up with that Chippendale dancer pose with the tight t-shirt and jeans in front of the whiteboard? Where's your smoking jacket, pipe, and cravat? What kind of an academic are you? Not a very dignified one. I like it.
Dude, I checked out your picture on the Baylor College of Medicine website, too. You got it going on with that smoldering profile against the amber background. Was that photo taken at Geek Glamour Shots? You look like you have a very sexy intellectual secret that you will not be sharing. Seriously, it's a great photo. I don't even care if the author of The New Yorker profile said you walk like Pinocchio. Can I be your Jiminy Cricket?
Now, before you answer that question, think about the distinguished company that you will be joining. My past celebrity crushes for the last 3 years or so have been smokin' hot, and at least one of them is smart. (I limit my celebrity crushes to the last 3 years' worth because we really don't have the time to get into the full history, and I used to be in love with both John Denver and Kermit the Frog simultaneously. I don't want you to think that my tastes haven't evolved into more sophisticated selections lately.) I have excellent taste in celebrity crushes, really I do.
Take Robbie Williams, for instance. Hot and talented. I really don't know if he's smart or not. I've never met him or seen him interviewed on The Charlie Rose Show. But, you know, he could be. And he's an international superstar, so presumably, even though he's never really caught on in America, he must have something going for him.
More recently, there's been The Soup Peddler. He's a local entrepreneur. He is cute, and he writes this funny blog. Really smart. See? If you replaced him in my affections, then this would really give you some bragging rights. I mean, The Soup Peddler is a dream. Nice Jewish boy. He cooks delicious soup. He delivers it on his bicycle. Well, not anymore. But you get the picture. Grassroots business success story: what's not to love?
Don't answer yet. I know that you will want to know what's involved in agreeing to be my new celebrity crush. Well, technically, I don't have to ask your permission. I'm just being polite. What do you have to do? Precisely nothing.
That's right. Nothing. Just continue to breathe. It would be nice if every once in a while you might drop a crumb for me like another interview in a magazine or on a website or The Charlie Rose Show or what's the PBS talk show with Evan Smith — that one, but that's not required. I will keep scouring the internet for new information daily until my infatuation wears out. If you have any videos on TED, I'll watch those, too.
I will also read at least one of your books after I purchase it on half.com. I'll be honest. I'm unlikely to read an academic textbook about neuroscience. I'm pretty fickle. I give this thing about six months. And the great thing is that at the end of that six months, if you are ever the subject of a Trivial Pursuit question or a category on Jeopardy I can guarantee you that I will kick some useless information ass!!
I know that this crush might cause you to be fearful for your life or think about the need to hire bodyguards, but I assure you that even though Houston is less than 3 hours away on Highway 290, I will not be stalking you. I just like the idea of you, and if I met you I am sure that in some way the idea of your perfection would burst like a bubble, and it would kind of ruin the fun for me. Like, I bet in real life that you fart or scratch yourself or something like that. I just really don't want to be confronted with that, so like I said, you are completely safe. And if you don't believe me you can just ask The Soup Peddler and Robbie Williams and the Austin Police Department and the FBI. Really. Completely safe.
In the meantime, while you contemplate my heartfelt proposal, I will leave you with this: our song. Think about it. And then don't call me. Really. I mean it. Don't call me. You'll ruin the magic.
Gooseberry Bush
Greg Mortenson & 60 Minutes
Previously I've written about Greg Mortenson, his non-profit, the Central Asia Institute, and his book about his journey to build schools for the children of rural Pakistan and Afghanistan. The book is called Three Cups of Tea, and its accuracy has been called into question by Steve Kroft of 60 Minutes and journalist Jon Krakauer. In addition to alleging that Mortenson's autobiography is less than truthful (remind anyone of James Frey?), there are even more serious allegations of money mismanagement.
In addition to the tall tales that Mortenson supposedly told in his books, Krakauer and 60 Minutes are saying that Mortenson has not built as many schools as he claims he has. Many of the schools Mortenson claims that CAI has built or is funding are not currently functioning. Central Asia Institute has only furnished one audited financial statement in its 14 years. Several board members have quit over misgivings about financial accountability. And Mortenson's travel costs are paid for by CAI while Mortenson himself retains speaking fees for speaking engagements and promotional tours for his books. The proceeds from the books go to Mortenson and not to the institute.
Some of the allegations here shouldn't be terribly shocking to anyone who read Mortenson's book. Mortenson himself admits that he is a poor planner, ineffective with time management, money management, and people management. But for some reason he has a knack with the people of Afghanistan and Pakistan. And no one is alleging that he isn't an effective advocate for girls' education in developing countries. No one is stating that he hasn't vastly improved the lives of literally thousands of children. What they are claiming is that Mortenson has not been a good steward of CAI resources and that perhaps he's indulged in some tall tales or some creative license with his story.
In one portion of the scandalous expose, 60 Minutes interviews a man that Mortenson identifies in a photo from his book as a member of the Taliban who kidnapped him for several days. Kroft interviews the man, and the man says he's not Taliban and that he didn't kidnap Mortenson. But honestly, if you were a member of the Taliban or if you had kidnapped someone, would it be in your best interest to admit to it on American national television? Why would we take this guy's word at face value any more than we would Mortenson's? And what due diligence did 60 Minutes undertake to ensure that this guy really was who and what he claims to be? We're not told.
Three Cups of Tea was co-written by a seasoned journalist named David Oliver Relin. I have a hard time believing that he didn't do any research on Greg Mortenson and his claims. After all, his professional reputation was on the line. I'd be interested in getting his take on things. Nicholas Kristof of The New York Times has asked that the public reserve judgment about Mortenson. Kristof is unimpeachable.
As for 60 Minutes and Krakauer, I'd like to say that, to be fair, the piece isn't a complete hatchet job. Kroft indulges in some sensationalism in following Mortenson to a public book signing. Shame on you for grandstanding, Steve Kroft! It's beneath you. And Krakauer may feel duped for having given $75,000 to a man who's perhaps been less than truthful. Or maybe, just maybe, he's envious of Mortenson's greater success with his books. Krakauer wrote two bestsellers, one of which was made into a movie that was directed by Sean Penn. But his books haven't sold as many copies as Greg's, and Jon Krakauer probably can't command the same speaking fees. Maybe his motivations are not entirely pure.
Even if Greg Mortenson has done a lot of good in the world, as I'm sure he has, he should still be held accountable. At the very least, Mortenson should start freely sharing audited financial statements on an annual basis. I cannot in good conscience recommend that anyone contribute one penny to CAI until this happens. Mortenson himself has admitted that he's a lousy businessman. Why shouldn't he continue to be the front man for his charity and hire someone else who's experienced and knowledgeable to handle the day to day nitty gritty of being CAI's executive director? I am sure that there are plenty of qualified individuals who would love the challenge of reforming such a worthy charity.
60 Minutes has tried to turn a hero into a charlatan. The truth is most likely somewhere between those two extremes. The jury's still out on this matter, as far as I'm concerned. However, there are many questions that need to be answered. If Greg Mortenson is really concerned with helping the children of Pakistan and Afghanistan, then he'll do his best to answer those questions honestly and to behave honorably with regards to the money that has been entrusted to him for those children's welfare. Mr. Mortenson, the excuse of naivete will only get you so far. It's time to grow up and do the right thing.
Movie Reviews: Morning Glory & Country Strong
Morning Glory is a movie about a news producer with echoes of Broadcast News and Mary Richards. It's all perky comedy, and the debate about substance and content versus infotainment and sound bites is over. The idiots won the ratings war. This movie basically presents a world in which real news is something that might occasionally interrupt a cooking segment. That's a given here, and actually something that our heroine argues for the merits of.
The heroine of the movie, played by Rachel McAdams from The Notebook, practically makes Maria von Trapp look like she's suffering from chronic depression. People constantly ask her if she is about to burst into song. But no, she does not sing. Instead, she whips a fourth rate network morning news show into shape and wins over a cantankerous Harrison Ford in the process.
What's up with that? Lately every time I see Harrison Ford in a movie I feel like they wrote a script for a character that's code named Curmudgeon and thought of him first. If they are going to do a biopic of Andy Rooney's life, they should call Harrison Ford. If only Calista would let him grow the ear and nose hair necessary! I would go to see that.
Patrick Wilson does a nice turn as Rachel McAdams' love interest, and Diane Keaton is pleasing but under utilized here. I would have liked to see her be supportive of Rachel's character instead of a middle aged version of Mean Girls, but you can't have everything. The supportive co-worker is played by John Pankow from Mad About You. He deserves credit for his subtle and excellent performance.
Jeff Goldblum, as Rachel's boss, is just a genius as usual. Jeff Goldblum could read me the phone book. Seriously. Someone should record that as a podcast for iTunes. I would buy it. My criteria for how badly I want to see a movie kind of works like this: are either of the Jeffs in it? Goldblum or Bridges? I am there.
It's a cotton candy movie, but it doesn't pretend to be anything different. It works for what it is.
Now, Country Strong, on the other hand…Where do I start? This was supposed to be serious cinema, an Oscar contender. It was supposed to be THE PART for Gwyneth. There was tons of publicity, about Gwyneth gaining weight eating fried food and getting trashed all over Memphis. OMG! I think she actually gained 15 pounds! Gwyneth, what commitment! Does this remind you of Jeff Bridges' interviews about gaining weight eating tons of Haagen Daas for Crazy Heart, anyone?
As a nod to authenticity, Gwyneth sang a song from the movie with Vince Gill at the CMA Awards. She even played guitar. Did this win anyone over? I wanted to like it. I swear I did.
Here's what I have to say about Country Strong. It's like someone saw Crazy Heart and decided that the new way to win critical acclaim and sell DVDs along with soundtracks is to convince some actor to play an alkie country singer. Want an Oscar? Play an alkie country singer. Want to jump start a recording career? Hire T Bone Burnett to supervise your soundtrack and record music of you singing while you play an alkie country singer.
What the producers of Country Strong, along with Gwyneth, apparently, forgot is that Crazy Heart actually had a good script. Who wrote the crap I saw on my screen? They should be shot. I could Google it, but I'm afraid that someone might take me seriously, and I would be sued.
The script makes our heroine so unlikeable that you're actually relieved at what is supposed to be a tragic ending. You just basically think, well, thank God her husband is free of that selfish bitch. And her husband isn't even a sympathetic character, either! Tim McGraw comes across as a greedy bastard.
The beginning of the movie sees two totally green kids recruited to be the opening act for what we're told is a big current country star playing to sold out stadiums in Dallas, Houston, and Austin. Yeah, right! And the kid who's been fucking Gwyneth while she's in rehab just so happens to be one of these green kids. What an amazing coincidence!
The kid, who's talented but undiscovered, is recruited as her "sponsor" to keep her sober while on tour. Tim McGraw wants him there to overcome the beauty queen's stage fright, but the kid's supposedly convinced to go based on his concern for Gwyneth.
Are we really asked to believe that Tim McGraw's character really thinks this kid is his wife's AA sponsor? Not implausible at all. Sarcasm: a service I offer for free.
The scenario that's supposed to make our heroine sympathetic and likeable is that she lost a baby when she was 5 months pregnant by tripping over a microphone wire on stage in Dallas with a .19 blood alcohol level. Just before her first comeback concert someone sends her a package with a "dead" baby doll. I was just waiting for the reveal when the supposed beauty queen who's been recruited as an opening act was the malevolent "fan" who sent the dead baby doll.
How disappointing that that didn't happen! At least then it would have been a decent melodrama, especially if the beauty queen was actually sleeping with Gwyneth's husband. Nothing doing. This script doesn't have the balls to do that.
Of course, the young kid eventually tells Gwyneth that he won't sleep with her anymore because she's married. Well, she didn't suddenly get married while she was on tour. The kid is screwing a celebrity; he's known she was married all along. He didn't suddenly grow a conscience. We all know the real reason he won't sleep with her anymore has more to do with the beauty queen who's on tour with him. But he's still a loyal friend, following her all over town, prying bottles out of her hand, kicking her out of a possible gang rape scene in a bar and throwing her into the back of a taxi cab with the beauty queen.
The whole movie is just so tiresome and formulaic. It gives us a lead character who presents us with the rainbow spectrum of clichés and not a hint of anything remotely resembling likeability or even genuine humanity.
Country Strong is a waste of time. Some of the musical performances are good, but the best ones come from the two young kids. Gwyneth is passable at best. She can sing. That's not the problem. She just doesn't sing well enough or generate enough heat or charisma to make me believe that she's the equivalent of a Wynonna or Reba or Shania.
The sound mixer fails to elevate her voice over the requisite applause. I just can't buy, since I've actually been to many concerts, that any country powerhouse would allow her voice to be drowned out entirely by the applause. In short, Gwyneth doesn't have "it." But I give her an A for effort. The movie fails, but it's not ultimately her fault.
A Time to Rape
In the 90s a book came out that was later made into a movie. This book was the first book published from the pen of John Grisham, the lawyer turned author. In my opinion, it's his best book. In some ways, it's a modern day retelling of To Kill a Mockingbird. In Grisham's A Time to Kill two ne'er do well good ol' boys pick up an underage black girl named Tonia Haley and beat and rape her so severely that the damage from the rape makes her infertile.
Her father, Carl Lee Haley, realizes that in his mostly white Mississippi town two white boys will never be convicted of harming a black girl and that they will most likely go free. Carl Lee confers with a local counselor, the struggling defense attorney, Jake Briggance, and asks Jake if he'll defend him should he need it. Jake, himself the father of a young girl close to Tonia's age, agrees to defend Carl Lee should he need his services. Following that conversation, Carl Lee takes a shotgun to the courthouse on the day of the rapists' arraignment and shoots the two men down in cold blood, accidentally shooting a peace officer as well, in the process.
The rest of the movie is about the fight to keep Carl Lee out of prison and away from the gas chamber. A Time to Kill is a story about a hate crime, specifically focused on race relations. In the end Jake gets Carl Lee acquitted by asking jury members to close their eyes while he describes the rape of a 9-year-old girl in gruesome detail. When he's finished presenting the picture of a little girl tied up, raped, beaten, urinated on, and left to die he says, simply, "Now imagine she's white."
I want to tell you a story. Don't close your eyes or you won't be able to read the story, but you can see what I want you to see in your mind's eye. This is the story of a little boy. This boy lives in a small Texas town that's fraught with racial strife. The boy is Hispanic, and he's 11 years old. He's also a straight A student. His mother has been hospitalized recently with some health problems, and his father is an unemployed construction worker.
The boy has spent a lot of time hanging out with older kids in a bad neighborhood lately. People in this neighborhood have spotted him there on numerous occasions. They wonder what he's doing there and why his parents don't keep closer tabs on him. The boy is also on Facebook. On his profile, he says he's 13 so that he'll look older and tougher than he really is and so that maybe, just maybe he'll attract older girls. He's made posts involving drinking and sex.
One day the boy is out walking after school when three older boys offer to give him a ride. He accepts. He knows these boys, and he's hung out with them before. They're all African American, and they're all much older than he is. They're high school age. The boys all drive to a small blue house in the bad neighborhood, one that belongs to the aunt of one of the older boys.
The house is empty except for the four boys. There are no adults present. They go to one of the bedrooms of the house. They're hanging out. Maybe they watch TV. Maybe they drink a beer or smoke a little pot. Suddenly, one of the older boys says, "I want you to suck my cock."
The young boy is stunned. This request seems to come from left field. He tries to laugh it off.
A second older boy stands up and says, "You're going to suck all our cocks."
The little boy says, "And what if I don't."
The first older boy chimes in again. "First, we'll beat you. Then you can walk home."
The little boy looks at the older boys, and he realizes that they are serious. Any one of the three of them could pulverize him. The little boy doesn't even weigh 100 pounds. These are big guys. They lift weights. They play high school athletics. One of them is double his size. His chance of taking on all three or of escaping is nothing.
The boy submits to the rape. The older boys take pictures and videos on their cell phones. The sexual activity takes place in a bedroom and in a bathroom. While the boy is cleaning up in the bathroom he hears the older boys talking on their cell phones and inviting some of their friends to also come over. The aunt who owns the house has come home, and one of the older boys takes him out of the bathroom and sneaks him out the back of the house and into the car.
The little boy has gone silent. Perhaps he is in shock. They made him do things he didn't want to do, things that hurt him. He is bleeding. The older boys drive him to an abandoned mobile home in a trailer park on the edge of the bad neighborhood. He's been here before. The yard is strewn with trash, and there are household items that probably belonged to the last, evicted tenants, lying on the curb.
More older boys and even some men show up, and they all use him sexually, too. Sometimes he is made to service more than one man at a time. He is afraid to say anything because there are now several men in the trailer, perhaps as many as 20 or more, and he is afraid that if he protests or fights they will beat him. They continue to take photos and video as they cheer him on. The little boy is tired, sore, and hurt. He wants to go home, but they won't take him home until they are done. The attack takes several hours.
Finally, they do take him home, and in his humiliation he says nothing. He showers and goes to bed and resolves never to speak of it. He doesn't want to shame his father or hurt his mother, especially with her health issues.
One day soon afterward he is called into the principal's office because one of the perpetrators of the attack has emailed or texted pictures and video of the boy's rape to several of his classmates. He is afraid and alone, but he tells the truth.
That's a sad story, isn't it? You feel sorry for that boy. You never question where his parents were during the attack. You never question why he accepted a ride with three older boys. You don't think, like I once heard another blogger say about a rape victim, that the police were sent in to do a father's job, as if only single mothers parent rape victims. You know, or at least you assume, that since the boy is posting about experience with drinking and sex that implies he's no longer a virgin. You know that he's working hard to appear older than he really is, with his Facebook profile, his clothes and appearance, and the friends he hangs around.
But you never thought he deserved what happened to him, did you? You never thought it was a racial conspiracy to get a whole generation of black men, did you? I hope you never blamed the boy for not protesting or trying to run away. I don't think you probably thought that the boy had brought this on by his behavior or his appearance, although if his rapists were homosexuals it seems conceivable that they just couldn't help themselves, or maybe not. What do you think? Do you think the actions of any 11 year old boy could cause a man to somehow have to rape him? You think this is a horrible crime, don't you? And you think the boy's not at fault for what happened to him at all. Now imagine the boy's a girl.


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More reading and listening and thinking
Here are a few of the amazing, insightful, powerful, not-to-be-missed things I've been reading over the past few days.
On some of the work that is cut out for feminists committed to making anti-racism and anti-imperialism central to our movements: Diary of an Anxious Black Woman on International Women's Day, She Who Stumbles on tactics and privilege.
On how white feminists need stop fucking up: An Open Letter to White Feminists. (Though I have to add how sickening it is that this essay is even necessary.)
And one thing that you can act on right now in a small but concrete way: Diary of an Anxious Black Woman on rape in the Congo and the corporations who benefit (with addresses for your letter-writing ire).
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Jason stupidly (I should just use that adverb automatically every time he does something, shouldn't I?) goes off alone, giving the rest of the tribe the chance to plot about voting him out. But first, they want to make sure Jason stupidly found the idol, so Natalie looks through his bag for it. I hope Jason stupidly went through all of the girls' bags at some point and peed in them. Natalie and Amanda find the idol while Cirie sits back, not getting her hands dirty. They stuff it back in Jason's bag while Erik and James look on, shaking their heads. Cirie either says or asks if Jason will play the idol tonight.
Natalie tells us that she hopes she got her point across to Jason during the thirty seconds she spoke to him before the challenge. Jason is a moron, so I think it would take anyone several days to get any point across, no matter how simple that point was to understand. Natalie says it would be "perfect" and "brilliant" if the girls voted Jason out while he had the idol and he was blindsided the same way Ozzy was. Yes, that would be brilliant. You know what would have been slightly more brilliant? Not putting the one guy you want to vote out in a position to get the immunity idol. Please don't pat yourself on the back without slapping your wrist for that one, Nats. Natalie meets Jason on the beach, and he stupidly and earnestly thanks her for keeping her word to him after last week's challenge. Natalie tells him the plan to vote James out tonight, Jason stupidly admits that he found the idol, to which Natalie feigns surprise. Natalie says she made sure the idol was on Exile before sending him there, and that this is all as she "intended." Jason stupidly says that he knows this, and that the idol is here for the alliance to use however they want.
While the Evil Women Flute plays its evil tune, Jason tells us that he trusts Natalie since she kept her word to him when Ozzy and his alliance did not. "I'm gonna have to trust her now," he stupidly says, not understanding that the point of the immunity idol is that you don't have to trust anyone. "I think I'm pretty evil. I think I can be pretty evil," Natalie tells us. Dude, what was in that cake? Not only has it finally brought words out of Natalie's mouth, but it's unleashed a heretofore unseen personality as well. Odder still, that personality is one of a mustachioed cartoon villain. I guess that makes Jason the damsel in distress on the train tracks. Except in this case, he thinks the train tracks are actually for lumbar support and the approaching train is the Friendship Mobile coming to pick him up. "I'm in Game Mode," Natalie assures us. Good for you, dear. It's only DAY 30. Way to come here to play. Between Amanda and Natalie, I think I'm Game Moded out! "I'm actually having a lot more fun; I'm getting to be more myself," Natalie says, making a gesture with both hands that looks like the Universal Sign for boobs, which is ironic considering that Natalie's boobs are almost as fake as her friendly smiles. Natalie revels in the fact that the person she really is turns out to be "ruthless" and "stone cold bitch" and "cutthroat." Don't forget "unhinged" and "really annoying."


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MT. VERNON — County officials are trying to find ways to cut expenses in its proposed 2013-2014 Fiscal Year budget.
During a meeting of the Fiscal Committee on Thursday night, it was reported the current budget is now $316,000 over budget.
While a large amount of time was spent on looking at medial expenses for the Jefferson County Justice Center, the committee was unable to come up with any concrete ideas on how this may be accomplished. County officials are still toying with the idea of finding a local doctor and hiring nurses to cut expenses. Advanced Health Care was hired during this fiscal year to treat and manage the health care of prisoners at the Justice Center.
Chairman Robert White was adamant that at least $100,000 could be shaved off medical expenses, even by paying a local physician $5,000 per month and employing local nurses. The county already has a full time nurse on staff at an annual salary of $25,459.
The new budget includes a recall of some county employees laid off after ICE prisoners were vacated from the county jail last December, including two deputies and a telecommunicator, according to information provided.
Administrative Assistant Suzy Tate said the 2013-14 Fiscal Year budget does not include any expenses or revenue from ICE, although Sheriff Roger Mulch indicated ICE had previously indicated they would conduct an assessment survey of the jail in October. That led to a discussion about the costs associated with having ICE prisoners back, including the expense of having a minimum of 32 correctional officers on staff. There are currently 17 correctional officers on staff, Captain Randy Pollard reported.
Board member Jim Laird objected to that possibility, saying, "I don't see any way we bring ICE back."
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The selection of 3D content available today is better than it was last summer--the last time we checked in--but not by much. 3D Blu-ray discs are still the easiest way to put your 3D TV to work--assuming that you have a 3D Blu-ray player or a Sony PlayStation 3. Unfortunately for consumers, we continue to see vendors lock down high-profile movies as key elements of exclusive bundle-only releases. The 3D Blu-ray version of Avatar, for example, is available only as part of a Panasonic 3D starter kit that includes two pairs of glasses for about $400.
Sports fans can check out ESPN 3D, which currently shows scheduled sports events in 3D (consult the ESPN 3D schedule) and aims to begin showing nonstop 3D video content on February 11. The channel is available on most large cable/satellite TV providers, including AT&T Uverse, Comcast, and DirecTV.
Elsewhere, the 3D TV offerings are underwhelming. Comcast's 3D Events channel, available in some areas, is reserved for broadcasting special 3D events, and DirecTV has a channel devoted to its paid 3D video-on-demand service. 3D TV owners hoping for more programming options may benefit from a joint venture between Sony, IMax, and the Discovery Channel called 3Net, which aims to launch in early 2011. Until it arrives, though, there's not much beyond ESPN 3D and whatever you can find on Blu-ray.
The State of the 3D Union
At this stage, making a major 3D hardware purchase looks safer for anyone who is interested primarily in shooting 3D still images and viewing them with minimal fuss on a 3D TV. The .MPO format is well on its way toward becoming the standard 3D still-image file type, and more and more 3D TVs will offer native support for .MPO files. If you want to buy a 3D-capable still camera right away, you can probably do so without incurring major buyer's remorse down the road, as long as the camera shoots .MPO-format 3D stills. The most impressive still-image output we've seen to date came from the Fujifilm FinePix Real 3D W3.
Material from 3D Blu-ray discs or content providers' channels aside, video is much harder to play back if you don't directly connect the capture device to the TV. The presence of too many disparate file types and too little native video file support makes recommending one camcorder over another extremely dicey. If you're willing to connect your camera or camcorder to your 3D TV via HDMI each time you want to watch high-quality 3D video, it will work--but the process is cumbersome, and the "3Dness" of the images may vary.


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In 2010, voters will clearly see they need to elect two at large candidates. In the past, confusion led some voters to only pick one candidate. And changing their length of service means from that point on the at large members terms will be staggered. School board leaders hope staggering the terms will fix the problem. Now, the ballot change must await approval by the U.S. Department of Justice.
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by Paul on 07/02/10 at 02:09 PM ET
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via Nick Kypreos tweet,
Told Sheldon Souray will not be bought out if he clears. He is owed 4.5M per for 2 more years. His cap hit is 5.4M
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Boy the Oil sure have the Anti-Midas Touch, don't they?
Posted by Primis on 07/02/10 at 02:40 PM ET
Maybe they couldn't get anyone to take him in a trade at that cap hit and with his injury history, but found someone who's willing to take him off their hands at half price on re-entry waivers. Can they do that in the off season?
Posted by YzermanZetterberg on 07/02/10 at 02:59 PM ET
would be more happy if horcoff was also put on waivers. if no one claims souray i will tell him to go home and sit out the remainder of the deal. i dont want him any where near our young players.
Posted by Oilers Rock from Edmonton, Alberta on 07/02/10 at 03:57 PM ET
According to Lebrun:
Oilers have zero interest in eating half of Souray's contract via re-entry waivers. They want to lose his full contract on normal waivers.
Posted by Moq from Denmark on 07/02/10 at 05:08 PM ET
Well, if the Oilers put him on re-entry waivers if he isn't claimed by any team while on waivers, and then a team picks him up, not much the Oilers can do about it. Would have to eat 1/2 his salary.
The only thing I see is they work out a deal with another team before it gets to that point.
Posted by Paul from Motown Area on 07/02/10 at 05:11 PM ET
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