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Here's a nice snapshot of the divide that exists within the Republican Party between serious people and the un-serious people.
The conservative noise machine, marching behind Glenn Beck and Andrew Breitbart's routinely unreliable site Big Government, has spent the last several months trying to turn ACORN into an all-purpose bogeyman that can be blamed for all the nation's ills. But it turns out that perhaps the only people they've convinced about ACORN are themselves. (Can you say echo chamber?)
Facing an absentee ballot recount defeat for the special election in NY-23, conservative Doug Hoffman is now adopting the right-wing media's anti-ACORN mantra. But local Republican officials aren't buying it.
From the Watertown (NY) Daily Times [emphasis added]:
With his prospect of winning the 23rd Congressional District race now almost zero, Conservative Party candidate Douglas L. Hoffman suggested Wednesday in a letter that "ACORN, the unions and the Democratic Party" "tampered" with results to deny him victory.
Mr. Hoffman provided no evidence to support his claims, but asked fellow conservatives to send donations his way to "ensure every vote is counted." Jerry O. Eaton, Jefferson County Republican elections commissioner, called Mr. Hoffman's assertion "absolutely false." "No one has touched those ballots or has access to those ballots except board of elections staff - and in a bipartisan manner," he said.
Mr. Hoffman provided no evidence to support his claims, but asked fellow conservatives to send donations his way to "ensure every vote is counted."
Jerry O. Eaton, Jefferson County Republican elections commissioner, called Mr. Hoffman's assertion "absolutely false."
"No one has touched those ballots or has access to those ballots except board of elections staff - and in a bipartisan manner," he said.
In his latest attack against Attorney General Eric Holder, Rush Limbaugh took issue with Holder's comments before the Senate Judiciary Committee about the "tragic shootings at Fort Hood." The offensive comments being "tragic shootings at Fort Hood":
LIMBAUGH: Now some of what Holder said today. He called the shooting at Fort Hood "tragic." No. It was a jihadist massacre. It was a terrorist attack. It was not a tragedy.
So Limbaugh makes clear that a distinction exists between terrorism and tragedy. The circles apparently are not concentric.
That established, let's take a walk down memory lane:
Just five months ago, Limbaugh addressed the Holocaust museum shooting and said:
LIMBAUGH: Very predictably, ladies and gentlemen, the media, the American left is trying to score some political points as a result of this tragedy at the Holocaust Museum in Washington yesterday, and as predictable, they are trying to blame this on me, other conservatives and right-wingers. It's the traditional approach taken by the American left.
The facts of the case, however, are such that if we want start assigning blame for this beyond this nutcase Jew hater, and notice that very few people actually want to do that. They want to claim this guy didn't have the ability to act on his own. He only could act if he was inspired by somebody. Well, who did he hate? He hated both Bushes. He hated neocons. He hated John McCain. He hated Republicans. He hated Jews as well. He believes in an inside job conspiracy of 9-11.
This guy is a leftist, if anything. This guy's beliefs, this guy's hate stems from influence that you find on the left, not on the right.
You almost get the feeling that Limbaugh's distinctions have more to do with how the words can be used to attack the Obama administration and "the American left."
At least the right-wing, Obama-hating site is consistent; it spreads lies on an almost daily basis. But I have to say, today's edition is particularly stunning in its brash disregard for the truth. It also provides a nice window into the world of conservative bloggers, where it seems people are actually encouraged to make stuff up.
Today's Obama-hating headline [emphasis added]:
Barack Obama: "I've Restored America's Standing in the World" (Video)
Gateway Pundit includes a video of Obama sitting down with CNN's Ed Henry, so readers can watch Obama proclaim, "I've restored America's standing in the world." And then readers are supposed to howl in disgust and mock the president's runaway ego. ("The Arrogant One," writes Gateway Pundit.)
The only problem is that at the 1:10 mark in the interview, here's what Obama actually says:
We've restored America's standing in the world.
To make this a thing, Gateway Pundit simply falsified the Obama quote. "We've" was replaced with "I've." Gateway Pundit doctored what Obama said in order to make it seem controversial. Like I said, another day, another Gateway Pundit falsehood. But here's the kicker, as of right now, nobody in the Gateway Pundit comment section has even bothered to watch the video and then point out that the item is built on a doctored quote. Readers there apparently like being fed a daily diet of manufactured misinformation.
Behold the right-wing blogosphere.
UPDATED: Incredibly, even though this Gateway Pundit falsehood has now been exposed, there's a very good chance it will not be fixed and that no correction or apology will be posted. (Gateway Pundit doesn't do the real world.) We'll keep you posted.
UPDATED: Even more bizarre is the fact that the Gateway Pundit item actually includes the written, and accurate, transcript of Obama's comments about how "we've" restored America's standing in the world. But for some reason Gateway Pundit decided to change Obama's quote for the eye-catching "I've" headline as well as the lede of the item.
Is this what happens when Obama Derangement Syndrome sets in?
UPDATED: Like the sun rising in the east, Gateway Pundit always delivers. It's been seven hours since we highlighted the manufactured Obama quote that Gateway Pundit is pushing today. And it's been many, many hours since CF readers pointed out the distortion in GP's comment section. Yet still no correction or update.
Gateway Pundit stands by its manufactured quote! Good to know.
Following up on Fox News' use of 2008 Palin campaign rally footage to depict what the network described as "huge crowds" attending Palin's current book tour, The Chicago Tribune's Swamp blog reports:
"This was a production error in which the copy editor changed a script and didn't alert the control room to update the video,'' Michael Clemente, senior vice president of news at FOX, sad this evening. "There will be an on-air explanation during Happening Now on Thursday."
From Coulter's November 18 column, headlined "At the End of the Day, Diversity has Jumped the Shark":
It cannot be said often enough that the chief of staff of the United States Army, Gen. George Casey, responded to a massacre of 13 Americans in which the suspect is a Muslim by saying: "Our diversity ... is a strength."
As long as the general has brought it up: Never in recorded history has diversity been anything but a problem. Look at Ireland with its Protestant and Catholic populations, Canada with its French and English populations, Israel with its Jewish and Palestinian populations.
Or consider the warring factions in India, Sri Lanka, China, Iraq, Czechoslovakia (until it happily split up), the Balkans and Chechnya. Also look at the festering hotbeds of tribal warfare -- I mean the beautiful mosaics -- in Third World hellholes like Afghanistan, Rwanda and South Central, L.A.
"Diversity" is a difficulty to be overcome, not an advantage to be sought. True, America does a better job than most at accommodating a diverse population. We also do a better job at curing cancer and containing pollution. But no one goes around mindlessly exclaiming: "Cancer is a strength!" "Pollution is our greatest asset!"
Eighty advertisers have reportedly dropped their ads from Glenn Beck's Fox News program since he called President Obama a "racist" who has a "deep-seated hatred of white people." Here are his November 18 sponsors, in the order they appeared:
Earlier, Think Progress caught Fox News showing what was clearly footage of a 2008 Sarah Palin campaign rally but claiming that it was video of "huge crowds" attending Palin's book tour.
But in case the McCain-Palin campaign signs and tee-shirts clearly visible in the footage Fox aired aren't enough to make Fox apologize, here's further proof.
Here's a screenshot of the footage of one of the rallies that Fox's Gregg Jarrett showed today and claimed was "just coming into us" as part of the book tour:
And here's a photo posted last year by Florida TV station CFNews 13 of a November 1, 2008, Palin rally in Ocala, Florida:
And here's a video of that same rally that TPM posted way back in 2008 -- when it actually happened.
UPDATE: For photographic proof that one of the rallies Fox News presented as being from Palin's book tour actually took place last year on the campaign trail, go here.
As the folks over at Think Progress note, Fox News's Gregg Jarrett today used old stock footage of a McCain-Palin rally from last year to illustrate how Sarah Palin is "continuing to draw huge crowds" during her book tour. He was apparently not tipped off by the McCain campaign "Country First" sign in one of the shots, nor did he wonder why Palin would be using a teleprompter to plug her book.
This is the second time in ten days Fox News has been caught deceptively using video to advance a misleading storyline - and that's just the tip of Fox News' video-doctoring iceberg. Maybe now Howard Kurtz will admit that there's a larger cultural problem with Fox News?
In late August, the Washington Post's Style section featured a friendly profile of National Organization for Marriage executive director Brian Brown. The profile, by Post writer Monica Hesse, portrayed Brown and NOM as a "rational" "sane" "mainstream" organization, and their critics as shrill and vitriolic. In order to portray Brown in such a friendly light, Hesse omitted evidence of their history of gay-bashing, and excluded any criticism of the organization.
Post Ombudsman Andrew Alexander agreed with complaints that the piece was one-sided, as did Style editor Lynn Medford:
[I]t deprived readers of hearing from others who have battled Brown and find him uncivil and bigoted. To them, he represents injustice. They should have been heard, at length.
In retrospect, Style editor Lynn Medford agrees. "The lesson is to always, in some way, represent the other side," she said.
Compounding the story's problems were passages like: "He takes nothing personally. He means nothing personal. He is never accusatory or belittling."
These types of unattributed characterizations are not uncommon in feature writing. But many readers thought Hesse was offering her opinion of who Brown is, as opposed to portraying how he comes across.
Finally, the headline: "Opposing Gay Unions With Sanity & a Smile." To many readers, The Post was saying Brown's views are sane. The headline, written by editors, not Hesse, should have been neutral.
Apparently that lesson didn't take.
Today's Washington Post Style section features a profile of another anti-gay activist, Bishop Harry Jackson.
For 2,200 words, Post writer Wil Haygood tells readers about Jackson's faith, and about his childhood. Haygood tells us Jackson "found himself" in the Bible after his "Daddy died." We learn that during his working-class childhood, his parents scraped together money for tuition for private-school, where Jackson was, as he puts it, "the black kid at Country Day who stayed in the houses of wealthy white people." We learn that he got into Harvard Business school, and was "smitten" when he ran into a childhood acquaintance, who he later married.
And we learn that Jackson's critics are dangerous, angry people:
His admirers have multiplied, and so have his critics. More than once, police have stopped by his Southeast Washington apartment to check on his safety.
"I was in line someplace recently," Jackson says, "and a woman who obviously opposes what I'm doing looked at me and said, 'You better go back to Maryland.'"
His wife says: "We have been verbally abused by the best."
Some of his appearances unleashed vitriol, even threats.
But we never really hear from Jackson's critics. Not in any meaningful way. One is quoted saying Jackson is on TV a lot and is "fighting for political ideas in the religious arena." Another is quoted saying "It's an unfortunate reality ... that one can't preach discrimination without inciting homophobia."
And that's it.
Haygood reports that Jackson has won favorable reception for his writing about black families, but makes no mention of Jackson's claims that black people are more prone to "physical intimacy with a nonspouse or enjoyment of pornographic materials" than white people.
Haygood doesn't mention Jackson's claim that God told him to work for George W. Bush's re-election. Or that Jackson has been, as People for The American Way put it, "somewhat of an all-purpose activist and pundit for right-wing causes - everything from judicial nominations to immigration and oil drilling."
And the Post mentions nothing of Jackson's association with far-right gay-bashers:
While Jackson personally avoids venomous language, he has allied himself with some of the hardest line anti-gay activists on the white Christian Right. One of them is Ohio-based Rod Parsley, the evangelical mega-church preacher whose book, Silent No More, sells three for $10 in the front lobby of Hope Christian's 3,000-member church. A chapter entitled "The Unhappy Gay Agenda" argues that gay people are much given to depression and deviance, including their "substantially higher participation in sadomasochism, fisting, bestiality, ingestion of feces, orgies ... obscene phone calls ... shoplifting, and tax cheating."
"Homosexuality is not just sick," writes Parsley, "it is sin."
Jackson works with Parsley and a number of other Christian fundamentalists through his High Impact Leadership Coalition (HILC), a collection of black and white evangelical mega-church leaders who've banded together to fight same-sex union rights and campaign for conservative candidates. Standing next to Jackson at the HILC's coming-out press conference in February 2005 was the Rev. Lou Sheldon, head of the Traditional Values Coalition, an anti-gay organization so hard-line that it is listed by the Southern Poverty Law Center as a hate group.
And the Post couldn't find space among those 2,200 words to mention Jackson's opposition to the Matthew Shepard hate crimes legislation -- or the disturbing language Jackson used in opposing the bill:
"God's getting ready to shake us up," roared the Harvard MBA-turned preacher, rousing the audience to divinely ordained political action. With the crowd cheering, applauding, and speaking in tongues, Jackson shouted, "God's looking for a SWAT team ... he's looking for a team of Holy Ghost terrorists!"
Post Ombudsman Andrew Alexander may as well just take the rest of the week off, and re-run his September 6 column about Monica Hesse's profile of Brian Brown. Apparently there are some people at the paper's Style section who missed it the first time.
UPDATE: Just to bring things full-circle: Guess who Hesse quoted saying Brown and NOM are "not gay bashers"? Yep: Harry Jackson.
Politico headline:
Dems alarmed as independents bolt
Number of Dems quoted in article who say they're alarmed: 0


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By Steve Weinstein
July 4, 1976 Was a Ramones-less Weekend in NYC
By Bryan Bierman
LIVE REVIEW: Karen O at McKittrick Hotel
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Remembering Dee Dee Ramone's Rap Album
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A Tour Around Ace Frehley's Bronx
By Katherine Turman
When Jones caught dance fever on a cover of James Brown's "There Was a Time" or kicked off her shoes and went on ad nauseam about her dual African and Native American heritage, with steps to match, the band inadvertently provided a stern rebuke: Funk is form, Ma, so dress the part. Jones stomped on, glorious and oblivious in equal measure.
The Dap-Kings's narrow suits were an in-your-face statement of propriety, tryingand failingto divert attention from the primness beneath. For the Time, the tropic-toned numbers are there to tighten up the mess. Black dandy Morris Day is a decade or two off his square; in the meanwhile, it's possible the Time has become Jerome's band. While Morris, in a black crushed-velvet number, cussed up a stormwhat happened to slick talk?his sideman shouldered the crowd, the energy, the corralling of white women. Everything but the music, which was fine, because the fortysomethings in attendance needed no help, certainly not from the band, who gave an adequate performance"The Stick," "Cool," "777-9311," "The Bird"that thrilled only thanks to collective memory.
"Gigolos Get Lonely Too" was the Time's lone moment of genuine pathos, a primer on the perils of aging and the fallacy of ego, as hon est as the slowing of Morris's step. Once was that the Time's sartorial choices were a sinister lure, a cheap trick; now they only code a safe place to transgress. Twenty-eight women were escorted onstage during "Ice Cream Castles," but there was nothing more unruly than the sweat seeping through Jerome's burgundy blazer, top button closed tight.
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Under the Heartland Disaster Tax Relief Act, an individual taxpayer who itemizes deductions may choose to deduct qualifying cash contributions up to 100 percent of his or her adjusted gross income, reduced by deductions for other charitable contributions. Similarly, an electing corporation may deduct qualifying cash contributions up to 100 percent of its taxable income, reduced by deductions for other charitable contributions.
Cash contributions qualify for this special treatment if they are made to a public charity for disaster relief efforts related to certain areas in Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Missouri, Nebraska, or Wisconsin. The areas must have been declared federal disaster areas on or after May 20 and before August 1 of this year as a result of severe storms, tornados, or flooding, and the areas must have been designated to receive individual assistance from the federal government because of the damage resulting from the disasters.
The contributions must be made no later than December 31, 2008. "Cash" includes payments made by check or credit card. Qualifying cash contributions do not include payments to a supporting organization as described in section 509(a)(3) or for the establishment of a new, or maintenance of an existing, donor-advised fund.
Qualifying cash contributions of more than the amount allowed as a deduction can be carried over and deducted in succeeding tax years, subject to the normal limits. To substantiate the deduction, a taxpayer must obtain from the charity a written acknowledgment that the contribution was or will be used for relief efforts related to one or more of the Midwestern disaster areas.
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Arena Profile: Rep. Jose Serrano
U.S. Representative José E. Serrano represents the Sixteenth Congressional District of New York in the Bronx . He is the only Congressman from New York City on the exclusive House Appropriations Committee and serves as Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government . This prestigious post as top Democrat on the Subcommittee allows Congressman Serrano to help oversee the budgets of multiple agencies, including the Treasury Department including the IRS; the FDIC; the District of Columbia; the Judicial branch, and other agencies. Congressman Serrano is also Senior Whip for the Minority Whip operation, a position through which he helps develop strategies to marshal support for party positions and legislation. He is an active member of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus and served as Chair of the Caucus from 1993-94. He is now the most senior Member of Congress of Puerto Rican descent.
Early in his tenure in the House, Serrano quickly established a legislative record that reflected, and continues to reflect, his core political values of equal opportunity and fair treatment for all citizens. In particular, Serrano believes that government should work to ensure that the prosperity of our country is shared by the neediest and most vulnerable members of our society- the poor, the elderly, the disabled, and children- in the form of participation in government, educational opportunities, access to housing and affordable health care. As a member of the Committee on Education and Labor in his first term, Serrano authored legislation, signed into law in November 1990, to provide funding for successful school drop-out prevention programs.
During the 102nd Congress (1991-1992), Serrano continued to build on this record of accomplishment by introducing more legislative initiatives along these themes. His Voting Rights Language Assistance Act of 1992, signed into law, mandated that voter materials continue to be provided in different languages. He also introduced the Classroom Safety Act, which would have provided program models and grants to assist local educational agencies in efforts to reduce and prevent violent crime in elementary and secondary schools.
In 1993, Serrano joined the Appropriations Committee, which is responsible for shaping expenditures of discretionary federal funds. Because Appropriations is an exclusive Committee, he was required to give up his seat on Education and Labor. That same year he was also elected by his colleagues to serve as Chairman of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC) during the 103rd Congress. As Chairman, Serrano's strong leadership contributed to the passage of several bills of interest to Hispanics and other minorities. During this same period, the CHC helped to defeat of a number of pieces of legislation that were widely criticized as attempts at "immigrant-bashing" and veiled bigotry.
In 1995, when the House Republicans became the majority and reduced the Appropriations Committee in size, Serrano was appointed to the House Judiciary Committee, in which he served on the Subcommittee on the Constitution. The Democratic Caucus re-appointed him to the Appropriations Committee in March of 1996.
As a Member of the House Appropriations Committee, Serrano has managed to secure millions of dollars in federal funding for his Bronx Congressional District. He has directed funding to countless local initiatives, including environmental projects, improvements to Bronx parks, educational programs for disadvantaged students and displaced workers and funding for various local charitable organizations, whose goals range from providing access to the arts to developing small businesses.
Perhaps the most notable of all these projects have involved the environmental restoration of the Bronx River. Serrano has been a tireless advocate for the urban river since taking office, and was an early supporter of naming the river an American Heritage River. Through the appropriations process, furthermore, Serrano has been able to secure millions in funding, as well as technical and managerial assistance from various federal agencies, for Bronx River environmental studies and cleanup projects since fiscal year 1999. In recognition of his long record of successful advocacy on behalf of the river, the Bronx community named Congressman Serrano the Honorary Chairman of the Bronx River Golden Ball in 2003. In 2006, herring were reintroduced to the river in 2006--a species that had been gone from the river for more than 350 years. In early 2007, a beaver was found living in the Bronx River, marking the return of a species that had been not been seen in New York City in more than 200 years.
Rep. Jose Serrano's Recent Discussions
Is the GOP dominating Latino recruitment?
Interviewed by POLITICO's Erika Lovley
There is no connection between the GOP supporting a Latino candidate and then not having any relationship with the Latino community. What good is it to recruit a candidate if the candidate is then part of a mean-spirited, extremist agenda against the Latino community?
If recruiting people meant changing the party's behavior toward the Latino community, that would be a major improvement. But that's not happening.
In many cases, the tea party is imposing a candidate on the GOP – they're not really recruiting them. The short story here is that there's no relationship between the perception that the GOP is doing a good job electing Latinos when in fact their policies are still bad. That is why Latinos seem to be supporting the Democrats in all the polls.
The Bush family was able to make inroads into the Latino community. It wasn't based on policies, but it was based on the fact that the Bush family has never been seen as "mean" toward Latinos. There were disagreements, but Bush went on to get 44 percent of the vote. The GOP has lost that ground.
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- Should gun control be discussed?
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- Is Susan Rice right to step aside?
- Has Stephen Colbert run his course?
- Is the U.S. pursuing the right strategy in Afghanistan?
- Will the wealthy bite back at the GOP?
- Open Mike, Dec. 8-9
Arena Referees
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Current and Former Elected Officials
- Rep. Jason Altmire
- Former Rep. Michael Arcuri (D-N.Y.)
- Rep. Karen Bass
- Former Rep. Bob Beauprez (R-Colo.)
- Rep. Brian Bilbray
- Rep. Rob Bishop
- Rep. Marsha Blackburn
- Former Ohio SOS Ken Blackwell (R)
- Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.)
- Rep. Dan Boren (D-Okla.)
- Rep. Charles Boustany
- State Rep. Brendan Boyle (D-Pa.)
- Rep. Kevin Brady (R-Texas)
- Rep. Mo Brooks
- Rep. Paul Broun
- Former Rep. Ginny Brown-Waite (R-Fla.)
- Ex-SOS Jennifer Brunner
- Rep. Larry Bucshon
- Ed Bunch
- Rep. Michael Burgess
- Rep. Dan Burton (R-Ind.)
- St. Rep. James Byrd
- Rep. Mike Capuano
- Assemblyman Robert Castelli (R-N.Y.)
- Rep. Steve Chabot
- Rep. Steve Cohen (D-Tenn.)
- Rep. Gerald Connolly (D-Va.)
- Former Rep. Artur Davis
- Rep. Norm Dicks (D-Wash.)
- Rep. Mike Doyle
- Former Rep. Philip English
- State Sen. Will Espero
- Rep. Sam Farr
- Former Rep. Martin Frost
- Rep. John Garamendi
- Rep. Cory Gardner
- Rep. Jim Gerlach
- Rep. Charles Gonzalez (D-Texas)
- Jim Greenwood
- Rep. Tim Griffin (R-Ark.)
- Former State Rep. Jason Grill
- Del. Nancy Guthrie
- Former Rep. Jane Harman
- Gov. Gary Herbert
- Rep. Rush Holt
- Rep. Michael Honda (D-Calif.)
- Rep. Randy Hultgren
- Ex-St. House Speaker Rodney Jetton
- Rep. Tim Johnson (R-Ill.)
- Rep. Walter Jones
- Former Sen. Ted Kaufman
- Ex-Rep. Ron Klein
- Rep. Jim Langevin
- Rep. Steve LaTourette
- Rep. Steve LaTourette
- Rep. Barbara Lee
- Rep. Sander Levin
- Rep. Dan Lungren
- Rep. Edward Markey
- State Sen. Tim Mathern (D-N.D.)
- Rep. Brad Miller (D-N.C.)
- St. Sen. Richard Moore
- Rep. Mick Mulvaney
- Former State Rep. David Orentlicher (D-Ind.)
- Rep. Charles Rangel (D-N.Y.)
- Former N.M. Gov. Bill Richardson (D)
- Gov. Christine Todd Whitman and Robert Sisson, President of ConservAmerica
- Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-Calif.)
- Rep. Dennis Ross
- Rep. Mike Ross
- Rep. Tim Ryan (D-Ohio)
- Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.)
- Brad Schneider
- Rep. Jose Serrano
- Rep. Brad Sherman (D-Calif.)
- Former State Sen. Jeff Smith (D-Mo.)
- Rep. Marlin Stutzman
- Rep. Mac Thornberry
- Rep. Patrick Tiberi
- Rep. John Tierney
- Sen. Pat Toomey
- Former State Rep. Fran Wendelboe (R)
- Former N.J. Gov. Christine Todd Whitman
- Rep. Frederica Wilson (D-Fla.)
- Rep. Rob Woodall (R-Ga.)
Strategists, Scholars and Authors
- Brad Adgate
- Alfonso Aguilar
- Richard Albert
- Peter Alexander
- Jeanne Allen
- Richard V. Allen
- Luis Alvarado
- John Anzalone
- Jerome Armstrong
- Christopher Arterton
- Leif Babin
- Dean Baker
- Ross Baker
- Krystal Ball
- Joanne Bamberger
- Brad Bannon
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- Richard Benedetto
- Mary Frances Berry
- Rick Beyer
- David Biespiel
- Bill Bishop
- Elizabeth Blackney
- David Boaz
- Adam Bonin
- Ron Bonjean
- Robert L. Borosage
- David N. Bossie
- Matthew Brooks
- Lara Brown
- Barry Burden
- William Burke-White
- Jano Cabrera
- Steven G. Calabresi
- Andrea Camp
- James Carafano
- Maria Cardona
- Jamie Chandler
- Inimai Chettiar
- Ron Christie
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- Rory Cooper
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- Chester Crocker
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- Ron Faucheux
- Michael K. Fauntroy
- Douglas Feith
- Gloria Feldt
- Ken Feltman
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- Terri Fine
- Karen Finney
- Michael Fitts
- Karen Floyd
- Mike Fraioli
- Luke Frans
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- Mark Hannah
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Security forces are preparing for the possibility of violent clashes this morning as they evacuate two Jewish families living in the wholesale market in the West Bank city of Hebron. Hundreds of settlers and right-wing protesters are expected to attempt to stop the evacuation.
However, leaders of the Hebron Jewish community said yesterday that while they will struggle resolutely against the evacuation, they will not initiate violence. Security forces were not officially negotiating with the settlers ahead of the evacuation, but indirect efforts were being made in a bid to keep it non-violent.
"Today we are preparing for a struggle," said Gerson Bar-Kochba, one of the settlers living in the marketplace. "We won't leave the marketplace voluntarily. We've already been here. The struggle will be resolute, but non-violent. It will be the police forces, not the residents, who determine the level of violence. We do not plan to use violence." Some 3,000 security personnel - from the IDF, police force and Border Police - will be involved in the evacuation. Security forces began deploying to the Hebron area last night to prepare for the mission. The police force will be responsible for the evacuation itself, the Border Police will be dealing with any disturbances, and the IDF is in charge of securing the outer security ring, meant to keep protesters away from the Hebron area.
Meanwhile, 12 Israel Defense Forces soldiers in the Duchifat Battalion refused orders yesterday to take part in the evacuation, in the most wide-scale military refusal since the disengagement from Gaza two years ago. They were brought before a disciplinary hearing last night, on the orders of GOC Central Command Gadi Shamni. Shamni also decided the soldiers will no longer be allowed to serve in combat units.
"This is a phenomenon that endangers the basis on which the IDF operates, as an army of the people in a democratic country, and its obligation to carry out the tasks assigned to it," Shamni said.
The IDF spokesman said the army would not accept refusal of orders.
"The IDF will act firmly against any display of refusal among its soldiers," the IDF spokesman said. "IDF soldiers are not authorized to choose their assignments, no matter how difficult they are. The IDF will continue to act and carry out the task imposed upon it by the political echelon, and every instance of refusal will be disciplined with great severity."
Nearly 40 soldiers had initially informed their commanders that they would not be able to take part in blocking roads around Hebron, citing reasons of conscience. Their commanders convinced all but 12 of them to change their minds: 10 new recruits and their two squad commanders. Most are in the hesder program, which combines Torah study with military service. The refusal has the support of right-wing rabbis and far-right activists.
The Hebron Jewish committee, for its part, said yesterday that the evacuation will not keep Jews from moving back to the marketplace.
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The lack of media coverage at Homesh, however, has made the settlers' victory there nearly inconsequential.
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The settlers, for their part, also have reasons to favor a confrontation. In their view, the state deceived them by failing to honor a promise to let them return to the Hebron market stores they left a year and a half ago. The two-year anniversary of the Gush Katif "deportation" is nigh, and the summer vacation means that hundreds of schoolchildren are ready and willing to reenact their struggle.
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Training on handling emergencies would bring down mortality in children was the message that speakers conveyed at the inauguration of the third National Assembly on Paediatric Emergency Medicine held here on Saturday.
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The Biggest Foreign Policy Screw-Up of 2013
- By Daniel W. Drezner
Daniel W. Drezner is professor of international politics at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University and a senior editor at The National Interest. Prior to Fletcher, he taught at the University of Chicago and the University of Colorado at Boulder. Drezner has received fellowships from the German Marshall Fund of the United States, the Council on Foreign Relations, and Harvard University. He has previously held positions with Civic Education Project, the RAND Corporation, and the Treasury Department.
At the end of last week, The New Yorker's John Lee Anderson compiled a list of the top twelve "Geostrategic Gestures of 2013." Now, to be honest, I'm not entirely sure how "geostrategic" is different from "strategic." This could lead me into going off on a rant about commentators attaching "geo-" or "neo-" to every f**king word in the foreign affairs argot to make it sound more sophisticated… but I'm making a New Year's resolution to limit those kind of rants to offline conversations, so let's move on.
No, what struck me about Anderson's very good list was that it missed what, in my humble opinion, was the Obama administration's biggest screw-up of 2013. Given their foreign policy year, this is quite a statement, but my hunch is that this event led to more collateral damage in international relations* than anything else in 2013:
The drama started Tuesday after Portuguese authorities wouldn't let Bolivian President Evo Morales' plane land in Lisbon for refueling while on his way back from a conference in Russia, Bolivian Defense Minister Ruben Saavedra told CNN en Español.
France, Spain and Italy also wouldn't let the plane enter their airspace, Bolivian officials said.
With no clear path home available, the flight's crew made an emergency landing in Austria.
"We are told that there were some unfounded suspicions that Mr. Snowden was on the plane," Bolivian Foreign Minister David Choquehuanca said.
Now, why was this such a big deal? It was a two-fer. First, in going after Snowden so aggressively, the administration put the lie to its claims that Snowden's revelations weren't that big of a deal. Grounding another head of state's plane is, to use the vice presidential vernancular, a big f**king deal. Clearly the United States wanted Snowden in custody, and wanted him bad.
Second, and more significantly, the desperate and clumsy attempt to grab Snowden dramatically altered the perception by other governments about their preferences. It's worth remembering that even six weeks after Snowden fled the United States, the rest of the world's governments were feeling, at best, ambivalent about him. As I blogged in early July:
The one thing that all of these actors have in common with the USA is that they are… states. And if there's one thing that states of all regime types and ideologies have in common, it's that they don't like it when new types of entities try to f**k with their franchise.
States will war with one another, spy on one another, foment revolution across borders, and what-not. They are pretty reluctant, however to empower actors that can then use that power to try and erode the principal of the state as the ne plus ultra of governing authority. This is why countries like Iran and Russia cooperated with the United States during crucial periods of the 2001 invasion of Afghanistan and the ensuing war on terror. When states see a threat to the Westphalian order that's been around for a few centuries, they will act in concert to repel it.
So long as Snowden was embarrassing the United States and the United States alone, U.S. rivals saw no problem with egging him on. As Snowden aligns himself more closely to Wikileaks, however, more and more countries will look askance at what he represents.
When the U.S. forced Morales' plane to make an emergency landing, however, Washington signaled that it was equally willing to f**k with the sovereignty franchise. At that point, all bets were off for countries predisposed to not helping the United States. Russia kept Snowden, Latin America kept polishing its resentment against the U.S., the rest of the world kept paying attention to Snowden's revelations, and the United States lost significant hypocritical capabilities.
There's no way to know for certain what the counterfactual history would have been. My hunch, though, is that there was a better than 50/50 chance that Snowden would have wound up in U.S. custody.
Ironically, in a year when the principal critique of the Obama administration's foreign policy has been its passivity and reluctance to take aggressive action, it was an overly aggressive act that will leave the most long-lasting scar.
Am I missing anything? What do you think was the biggest foreign policy screw-up?
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Pairi mango which is well known for its unique fragrance is extremely juicy on the inside is yet to ripe along with, Kesar which is long and has a thick layer of skin and a pointed tip.
From Hyderabad, it is known for its juicy component will also be ripen and ready to be consumed very soon. The only way to differentiate a kesar mango from a Begumpalli is by the distinctive reddish mark on the upper portion of the Begumpalli mango and it is fiberless on the inside.


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Casa Opera is a superb apartament, located on the ground floor of an elegant building built in the year 1570, in the most quiet area, just in front of the Cathedral of San Martino and the Church of San Giovanni, in the heart of Lucca town centre.
The apartment has been recently restored to an exceptionally high-quality standard. The location is superb and the apt is very bright. This apartment is located in the same building as the apartment 812048 advertised here on this website.
The living room has TV with international channels, DVD player and CD player with classical music cds and very elegant furnishing. There is a very large fully equipped separate kitchen with dishwasher, toaster, microwave, coffee maker, 4 ring stoves, freezer, refrigerator. A separate laundry room is equipped with clothes washer and dryer, iron and board.
The night area offers 1 double bedroom with king size bed and 1 bedroom with 2 single beds. There are 2 bathrooms (1 with jacuzzi tub and 1 with shower)
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Hallo everyone! My name is SONIA and I am from Lucca. I run my Lucca Holiday Rentals company that offers exceptional apartments in the heart of Lucca. My goal is to help you fall in love with Lucca – to discover, explore, taste and savor new sights and experiences in this incredible city.
My company began almost 10 years ago when I started to rent my family villa after my parents moved to the mountains when they got retired. I spent there my entire childhood and I grew up there in deep contact with the nature and the history. My father thaught me everything about the birds and the antique trees and flowers of the villa and the smell of the sizzling pans used to wake me up each Sunday morning after my mum started to cook! I was fascinated by her when she was telling me the history of the villa in the past century. I thought this kind of feelings are too precious to let them go so then I had the idea to share my love of Lucca and "la dolce Vita" by finding beautiful apartments , villas and farmhouses in my favorite Lucca neighborhoods among my family members properties. Lucca Holiday Rentals started out as a boutique family company and now there are over 15 people working together. We are a friendly and enthusiastic team who will assist you every step of the way, from your first enquiry to your arrival in Lucca.
Mrs Sonia purchased this apartment in 2011
Your Lucca experience begins with where you stay, and we offer you a warm home on the rolling hills of Lucca or in the heart of the walled town. Each of our property is carefully hand picked to ensure it meets our standards of authenticity and warmth, including outstanding locations in authentic Lucca neighborhoods. Find fully remodeled kitchens and bathrooms, comfortable beds with quality linens, exceptional locations, breathtaking terraces and panoramic views. When you reserve, we open our address book and share our favorite Lucca resources with you to help you plan and enjoy your stay – from excellent tour guides to cooking classes, private chefs, favorite restaurants and cafés to the best pastry shops in the neighborhood. Relax, explore, and enjoy each day to the fullest, experiencing a vacation in Lucca that you'll remember for a lifetime!
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My goal is to offer you an extraordinary experience in one of Forbe's Best Town in the World by enhancing your vacation and helping you to explore and experience the delights of living in Lucca.
Me and my helpful and knowledgeable team will guide you through your vacation planning process and help you choose the perfect apartment for your stay. When you've booked, the adventure begins. Want to explore the open air markets near your apartment, take a cooking lesson, relax on the Walls at sunset or hire a chef to cook dinner in your apartment? Based on our many years in Lucca, we happily share our resources and favorite suggestions for our guests so you can savor the fun of living like a local during your stay.
Last years month visit to Lucca and our stay in Casa Opera was not enough and we returned for five weeks this year......and hopefully will be able to do so again. The apartment feels like "returning home". It is very comfortable......the beds are extremely comfortable...even the sleeper couch.......what few items I found lacking in the kitchen I brought with me and have left for future renters....although the kitchen is small it is easy to prepare small meals in.....hang in there when lighting the gas stove top...it seems to take forever for the flame to stay lite and the clicking to stop. Casa Opera is so convenient to everything....be sure to use the bikes provided. WIFI great in all the rooms. SONIA and Benadetta fabulous to work with and both have become friends. Be sure to eat at Al Corso on via Corso Garibaldi...fantastico!!!! Enjoy you stay.
We travel to Italy every summer and are based in Lucca with my family every Christmas. Given the numerous holiday apartments I have rented over the years, Sonia's service, attention to detail, consideration of her clients' individual needs, and the quality of her properties surpass any other agency and private owner I have used. Lucca is an enchanting family destination, and both the StGiovanni and Opera apartments that I used were just perfect for our mixed family group, with ample space in the beautiful living rooms and modern kitchens for time together, yet private quiet bedrooms and nice newly renovated bathroooms. The location is absolutely perfect, particularly if you are bringing a car, and both Benedetta and Sonia were the kindest and most helpful hosts I've met in all my years traveling to Italy. Thank you, as always, Sonia!
We really enjoyed our stay at this lovely central apartment CASA OPERA. It had everything we could possibly need and the 20C meets 15th C architecture was really interesting. Comnfortable beds, quiet surroundings, lovely view, enough space for everyone and spacious clean bathrooms. Modern appliances were not missing: combined washing machine and clothes dryer as well as a reliable wifi connection.
Sonia's help was invaluable, like others, we arrived late on Saturday & Sonia organised transport for us. We have been to Lucca on several previous occasions but Sonia's suggestions for visits led us outside the city walls and up to the river for the first time (Sonia provided 4 wonderful bikes for us). Sonia was especially kind to us before we left Lucca and we will return before too long. Thank you.
James and Barb from England
We felt throughout our month stay in Casa Opera we had chosen RIGHT. First off working with Sonia before our arrival went smoothly and she was always responsive to my many emails with questions. Benedetta the owners daughter who lives with her parents two flights above was always " there" and responsive during our stay. The apartment was clean and the beds are the most comfortable we have had on any of our previous 7 trips to Italy. The. Bathrooms are of good size and modern and updated. The location is perfect for seeing all of Lucca easily or just watching from the windows the street activity outside. Having the bikes come with this apartment is HUGE and we used daily throughout our stay. Any cons I have should be take lightly and personally subjective. The kitchen could use more utinsils....pots and pans, silverware and dishes.....but I am sure most renters would go out more than we did being there for a month.....the slip overs are in need of a good wash or replacement.....a few wall areas need some touch up painting after all the rain this past winter. We would definitely stay in Casa Opera again and recommend it to out friends.
If you choose this apartment be aware: It can happen, that you spend more time relaxing on the sofa than on sightseeing... There are fantastic views at all day times, you see the local people coming and going, and your are sitting nearly over the cathedral. The only sounds you hear at night are the violins from the church during the evening concerts: amazing!.Everything was just perfect. We have never had such a relaxing city-apartment, perfectly equipped, everything is new and fresh and on a very high technical standard, including TV and dvd player with a lovely collection of classical music CDs, a first class Kitchen and two spacious bathrooms. Bikes are not missing for each of the 4 guests that can be accommodated. It's only a 5 minutes walk (along the walls and through wonderful squares, really lovely) to the Lucca central station and Bus Station and also to supermarkets and restaurants. Living here is very easy and we can fully recommend this location. The owners, gave us a very warm welcome and if we return to Lucca, this little oasis is our first choice. Just excellent !!!!
The apartment was perfect for us. It is just a 5 minute stroll from the railway station, and sits in a fabulous quiet location just within the city walls. The large windows looks out onto the st. Giovanni Church, and it was nice to watch people walking, jogging and cycling past during daylight hours. The inside of the apartment is truly beautiful with many of the original features proudly on display. The air-conditioning is efficient and welcome - certainly when it gets to about 40 degrees outside. The kitchen is equipped well enough - and I can confirm that the large fridge can accommodate plenty of Italy's fine wine and beer. The deposit, payment and key-pickup worked very well - it was nice to finally meet Mrs Sonia - a great host.
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The apartment is located in the aquare where it takes place the antique market and also where it is located the famous church where every afternoon it takes place the Puccini arias concert.
The apartment is also located nextdoor to the theatre 'teatro del giglio' and the square piazza napoleone where the summer festival takes place. The apartment is located very close to the train station of lucca, in less than 5 mins walking.
In 1 mins walking from the apartment there is a bike rental shop, bakeries, groceries and so on.
The apartments are located in a very quiet square where there are no clubs and shops, so it makes it very very quiet.
The church bells do not work, so it is quiet!
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The catalog for Julien's Auctions summer sale has been released. I'm jealous about the original Mary Blair and Eyvind Earle pieces they are auctioning in Las Vegas on June 22. Oddly, the prices actually seem reasonable, but still they are out of my reach; from $6K to $15K. Here are a few from "Sleeping Beauty" and "Cinderella." Enjoy the pics...
Oh yeah, and they are also selling original storyboard pastels from "Nightmare Before Christmas."


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Reread it, as it is the Daily Highlight, and it's still a wonderful piece. It really feels alive and believable (for a fantasy setting). The sample scene is great, especially the dialogues between Illuminator and Illuminatress. It doesn't need any more as far as expanding the current content, what is there is complete. I do think more could be created around the church and its religon, as we have seen with the items associated, but it doesn't need more at all.
Great work, Dossta. Never stop writing.
Dossta, thank you for adding to this. It is now alive in a way that makes your first version(which was not bad) pale in comparison. I am voting again to reflect the changes.
'A Sample Scene' stands out for me, and the rest is darn good too!
Could be intertwined into an over-arching plot or just used as is (as in the PCs just happen to come across the temple).
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Good one! Congrats on 2nd place Quest win!
Goddamn this is good. I did not read the early drafts, but the one I read today (10/23/10) is exactly what I think a mock religion should be. Gamers often forget that most religions served a function in society. People worshipped gods for a reason that effected their day to day life. This god (gods-and religion) does more than provide a supernatural support to the good people, but it also supports marriage and I assume by extension there are mid-wife types and others running around.
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Seriously great write up, I can't say enough good things about it.
When I noticed that this was the daily highlight I was sure that I'd read it before, which I have.
Cannot believe that I didn't comment or vote on it at the time.
It's a great sub and sadly there isn't really anything that I can add.
Really like the myth. The temple is a useful location as well.
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The Sigalas family's immigration story is a rich narrative, told by over 80 objects, which relates to a number of themes in the social and immigration history of Melbourne. The curtain and collar represent the precious items brought by immigrants to Australia - in this case symbolising Lili's connections to Istanbul and the family left behind. The wedding dress is an evocative symbol of a key immigration motivation for many young European women - being brought out to Australia to marry men from similar cultural backgrounds, islands and villages. The 'flapper' dress represents the more affluent social life of some people in Melbourne during the 1920s, the kinds of functions people attended as well as a taste for French couture which could be obtained in select Melbourne stores. The documents represent both Lili's life before immigrating and after settlement.
The Sigalas family story explores migration as a continuous experience for some people: of shifting from country to country until finding the right place to settle; of the strong ties to homelands which draw some people back again and again; of chain migration whereby one family member (usually male) established himself before sending for the rest of the family; and of finding brides in home countries in order to establish families in the new.Related Stories
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