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In this Oct. 8, 2010 photo, Bryan Almonte is rushed to the hospital after suffering a medical emergency in New York. Almonte is one of seven suspects under arrest in connection with a horrific anti-gay gang attack on three men in the Bronx. Members of the street gang who discovered one of their teenage recruits was gay brutally beat and tortured him and two other people in gruesome assaults, police said. Seven of the suspects in the attacks were arrested and being held pending arraignment on charges of robbery, sodomy, menacing and assault as hate crimes. Two others were being sought. (AP Photo/Uli Seit) NEW YORK LOCALS OUT

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Matlock earn a second chance after handing Stags a lesson in Trophy draw
Posted: November 26, 2012|
A SUPERB team performance gave Matlock Town a thoroughly deserved FA Trophy first round replay against their Blue Square Bet Premier neighbours.
It might have been 1976 all over again as the Gladiators could even have won it at the first time of asking. Certainly, it was Mansfield Town who came off mightily relieved to be still in the competition.
The replay will be played tomorrow night at the Reynolds Stadium (7.45pm).
The Stags' man of the match was undoubtedly goalkeeper Shane Redmond, whose list of fine saves included a fantastic block from a Lewis McMahon penalty and an even better stop from James Ashmore's goal-bound follow-up.
That big escape for Mansfield came in the seventh minute, brought about when Massiah McDonald was up-ended by a lunge from John Thompson, who received only a yellow card when some referees would have brandished a red.
Earlier, an Adam Murray strike flashed inches past Jon Kennedy's right-hand post, while at the other end, Glyn Cotton's through pass saw Redmond dive bravely at McDonald's feet.
After 13 minutes, Cotton released McDonald again but Redmond produced a low save from the striker's shot.
Roe, who started on the left of midfield, had to revert to his more usual full-back position when Laurence Gaughan limped off and four minutes later, the Stags got the goal which ought to have settled them down.
Louis Briscoe's well-struck shot bounced awkwardly in front of Kennedy, who could only parry and Murray slotted home the loose ball.
But Mark Atkins' fighting Gladiators, urged on by 250 fans, would not lie down and scored a brilliant equaliser after 38 minutes.
A wonderful backheel from McDonald after a neatly constructed attack was put away expertly by McMahon with a calm side-foot finish.
Bradley Grayson fired at Redmond after a fine individual run in the 47th minute as Matlock took the game to their hosts.
Mansfield repeatedly gave the ball away while, in contrast, the Gladiators treated the crowd to a pleasing-on-the-eye passing game. A neutral would have thought they were the full-time outfit.
A Gareth Davies centre was deflected behind with McDonald and McMahon waiting to pounce, Grayson had an effort charged down and McMahon raced down the left only for Redmond to superbly grasp his low cross at full stretch with McDonald again looking for the scraps.
McDonald cut in from the left to fire high and wide and deep into stoppage time, Grayson might have dramatically won it but with Redmond off his line, he slipped as he was about to shoot.
He needed an extra touch and could not find sufficient power in his on-target shot which was hacked clear by Luke Jones.
Stags substitute Matt Rhead failed to make the most of a couple of late chances but had they gone in it would have been extremely rough justice on Matlock.
Mansfield manager Paul Cox labelled his side's performance "dire" but his opposite number was delighted.
"It was a good performance and that's what we came here to do," said Atkins.
"We're disappointed we didn't win the game but overall we're very happy and I was delighted with the way we tried to play the game.
"We had two or three opportunities in the second half which were good chances and with a little bit of luck, something might have fallen our way.
"Now we have another great game which will be a reward for our fans."
MANSFIELD TOWN: Redmond, Thompson, Geohagan, Jones, Sutton, Briscoe, Murray, Clements, Meikle (Wright, 62), Hutchinson (Rhead, 74), Green (Speight, 67). Other subs: Howell, Daniel.
MATLOCK TOWN: Kennedy, Harcourt, Roe, Gaughan (Grayson, 21), Yates, Lukic, Cotton (Leesley, 90+2), Ashmore, McDonald, McMahon, Davies. Other subs: Dennis, Travis, Leese.
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DIY Milk Carton Box for Cookies
I recently bought a book for my husband called 'The Cookiepedia' – he started baking and hasn't stopped! From Anzac biscuits to little Finger Biscuits filled with Raspberry Jam, Choc Chip Cookies, the list goes on and on and on.
Hence the inspiration for my latest DIY – the Milk Carton Box for Cookies – as there is nothing better than a cookie fresh out of the oven served with a glass of milk! Happy baking and spreading the joy of homemade cookies!
What you will need:
- A3 thick card stock
- scissors
- double sided tape
- ribbon
- punch
Step 1Download the printable template and print out on an A3 piece of card (or to whatever size you'd like)
Step 2Cut out along the solid lines
Step 3Fold along the dotted lines.
Step 4Join carton together with double sided tape on side flap
Step 5Pack carton with your freshly baked cookies.
Step 6Punch hole in top flap and tie a piece of ribbon to the top to finish it off


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This family event will raise money and awareness to improve the water quality and landscaping of Mirror Pond, also known as "the duck pond."


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Clam Pass talk leads to finger-pointing at county meeting
A unanimous vote by Collier County commissioners to declare an emergency Tuesday to reopen Clam Pass provided a forum for finger-pointing over the sand-choked inlet in North Naples.
Commissioners' emergency declaration, adopted at the urging of Commission Chairwoman Georgia Hiller, is meant to speed the hiring of dredgers so a crew can prepare to get to work quickly after stalled environmental permits are in hand.
Clam Pass is the only connection to the Gulf of Mexico for a public canoe and kayak launch and boaters who live in the Seagate neighborhood, which has feuded with the Pelican Bay neighborhood over navigation and safety. Now the clogged pass is raising worries about harming the ecology of the sensitive estuary.
On Tuesday, Commissioner Fred Coyle blamed a steady stream of objections to the permit from Pelican Bay for delaying it and blamed other commissioners for throwing a wrench in the works with a vote last month to hand permitting responsibilities to a Pelican Bay-based county board.
"It didn't have to be an emergency declaration," Coyle said.
He said the county was a month away from having the long-awaited permit in hand when commissioners voted 3-2 to put the Pelican Bay Services Division, which advises the county on spending neighborhood taxing district money, in charge.
Hiller, who led the charge for the switch, objected to Coyle's assessment, which was backed up by County Manager Leo Ochs as being "essentially accurate."
"We believe it was probably 30 days or less out," Ochs said.
After the 3-2 vote, Hiller wrote an email to federal agencies reviewing the permit — the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the National Marine Fisheries Service and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service — to notify them of the switch.
The email said commissioners also directed a revision of the Clam Bay Management Plan and that dredging permits would be amended accordingly but that the changes would remain within the scope of the current permit application and that environmental reviews should continue.
Still, in an email back to the county, Corps of Engineers reviewer Linda Elligott wrote that Hiller's email prompted the Fish and Wildlife Service to suspend its review and caused the Corps of Engineers to withdraw the permit application, which could be reactivated when the updated plans are submitted.
The reactivated permit would be subject to reviews for potential impacts to swimming sea turtles and smalltooth sawfish, both protected species, and that the review could take 10 to 12 months, Elligott wrote.
A follow-up letter from Ochs to Tunis McElwain, the Corps of Engineers section chief in Fort Myers, described the county vote as simply a switch in county departments submitting the permit and that the move did not justify withdrawing the county's application.
The permit remains withdrawn, and county engineering and environmental consultants plan to meet Thursday with the Corps of Engineers to discuss the quickest way forward.
Pelican Bay resident Marcia Cravens, a critic of the county's original dredging application, blamed permitting delays on the county insisting on "overdredging" the pass beyond what is needed to keep the ecosystem flushed.
Commissioners also voted Tuesday to hire a new set of consultants for $124,000 to get the Clam Pass dredging permit, engineer the project and revise the Clam Bay Management Plan.
Under questioning from Coyle, Ochs said the county already has spent $194,000 on the dredging permit and that $28,000 of the new contracts amounts to redoing work that already had been done for the original application.
The money would come from tourist tax revenues, though commissioners left for another day a decision about working out a fair-share agreement with Pelican Bay to put sand from Clam Pass on its private beach.
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Bongrain SA and Terra Lacta today signed a memorandum of understanding specifying the contours of the partnership previously announced.
The partnership will allow both groups to develop marketing, commercial and industrial synergies helping to consolidate their positions in the dairy markets. It will in particular provide Terra Lacta's cooperative producers of cow's and goat's milk with long-term vision as regards the sustainable development of both regional dairy production and local dairy processing.
The memorandum of understanding provides for :
- On the one hand, the constitution of a joint venture, Fromageries Lescure, which will unite the partners' activities of manufacture and distribution of goat's milk cheeses as well as Terra Lacta's production of cow's milk cheese specialties. Bongrain Europe will hold 51% of the company's share capital and Terra Lacta, 49% ;
- On the other hand, the contribution by Terra Lacta to Compagnie Laitière Européenne (CLE), a Bongrain SA subsidiary, of Terra Lacta's activities of manufacture and distribution of butter, cream, high volume cow's milk cheese and milk ingredients. Terra Lacta will thus become a shareholder in CLE.
Finally, with the aim of ensuring Terra Lacta's cooperative producers can rely on secure outlets for their milk production, the memorandum provides for the signature of long-term contracts for the supply of cow's and goat's milk.
All the above arrangements will shortly be submitted for authorization by the Autorité de la Concurrence, France's competition authority.


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Excellent, you magician, you!
That is outstanding Em42. Amazing job.
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Excellent, you magician, you!
That is outstanding Em42. Amazing job.
wow. this is an unbelievable great work!
Diabolical! I want to wallpaper my bathroom with it.
oh... my eyes...
I try this whith colors...
Thanks for your comments!
@afrojet: why the bathroom? :)
Very nice work!
Not easy on the eyes, specially on screen, but must look great on paper.
@Em42: Because its smallness of size would amplify the effect. Which I imagine to be, like a boxing match between claustrophobia and vertigo.
Mindbending, Em! I can't stop staring at it. I'm hypnotized! How do you make it stop?
@Icare, Jmarquez & Gene: the font was closeted in my FontStruct lab for quite a long time because I was not sure about how much disturbing the optical effect was: personally I find it is funny to get lost for a few split seconds in it, but not longer!
@Afrojet: a wallpaper like this in a small room? It would really drive anyone crazy...
I want to make a poster with it for my living room! How would I use this in Photoshop or Flash? Is it possible? I can see it in "Fontbook" (I have a Mac), but not in those other applications ... help?
@Giac5000: Thanks for your comment!
As concerning the font installation, I have no issue. Once downloaded, unzipped and installed, the True Type font is available in my applications.
Anyone else can help?
cool!! OMG my eyes....
how can you fill in the empty space?
very good.
Thanks for the comments!
Brilliant Font! Perfect for an "Under Construction" image on websites...
I need to figure it out in large print but that is one I wil do with my cutterplotter and put on the side of my car....
@Cayo: thanks!
@Klinkhart: I would love to see examples of this font in action. If you put it on the side your car, be aware of possible crashes! :)
Oh my god. Simply amazing
That's insane! I almost didn't see the letters at first, then I was like "wait a sec..." haha. good work!
Absolutely great! I really love this font, but do you know why I can't be able to activate it? It says the font is corrupted for me. Im using a mac and suitcase fusion. But overall, this is just amazing!
Absolutely great! I really love this font, but do you know why I can't be able to activate it? It says the font is corrupted for me. Im using a mac and suitcase fusion. But overall, this is just amazing!
@Xenius and Dollydaydream: thanks!
@Narani: I can download and use it on my Mac, but I don't use Suitcase Fusion. Try to install it directly from the font file and see if it works...
That's a verry nice font
Ça fait tourner l'esprit! C'est magique
Really impressive. I humbly request a "thinner" version with more white space between the lines for increased visibility at smaller sizes.
@Beate: Merci!
@Emepar7: thanks for the suggestion! Unfortunately with the current FontStruct bricks it is possible to get a thinner line only by increasing the grid size and starting the work from scratch... I have to think about it! :)
Nice try of "Victor" Font http://www.gestalten.com/fonts/detail/?id=be0db8100e909556010ee783163e000e&path=fonts.experimentalfonts&count=15
@Em42 & Balseca
Another case like Enanitos VS Satriani VS Coldplay ?
One of the winners of the TDC2 2009
@Balseca and JMarquez: all these fonts, mine included, are based on the same (known) optical trick usually seen in library of optical illusions. I was not aware of the Victor font, and I saw the Optica font on I love typography when Dioptical was almost finished (check the creation date).
Yet each set seems to be quite different and to have its own peculiarities.
If you check the comments on the Optica page you may discover that that are other creations sharing similarities with Optica and Dioptical.
I'm really surprised that different people came out with a similar idea in the same period without being influenced one another. I'm sure there is a specific word for this phenomenon, but now I can't rememeber it. :)
I understand.
That is why I mentioned the Satriani case, besides Originality is always a case of applying influences no matter how small they are, even if you are not aware of them. But it would be interesting if you got the award with your fontstruction instead of the Mexican dude. :)
A tipping point of optically challenging typefaces perhaps? The Fontstruct DNA mutating and infecting next generation typographers? Either way, they are all wonderful and big props to TCD2 for recognizing Guerrero's work. I see Guesrrero's win here as a victory for Fontstruct as well. Let's get weird with these bricks.
@em42 I think you're looking for the word synchronicity... horrible to read the font, but intriguing nonetheless...
Make it go away! evil genius!
Would you mind if I shamelessly applied this technique to my Agora font?
@Jmarquez: I would have never submitted this font to the award as I would have never expected a font like this to be under consideration for the TDC...
@Afrojet: I'm glad you got weird with these bricks as well!
@Antoine: thanks for telling the right word!
@Claud9147: just follow what is suggested in the sample images... :)
@Emepar7: no problem, but I'm sure you could add a tweak or two of your own to create something original!
EM42, I am freelance designer, I would love to use this font on a project I have coming up for a council. Would that be ok?
@Eamonnfoy77: I'm sorry but you can use this font for personal use only and no commercial use is permitted. Thanks for asking.
great job...
Excuse me, but what is the stroke weight that you used in order to create this awesome font?
The only one available in FontStruct! ;-)
Ohhhh nice! I have Vista 64 bit and this is the only font I have trouble downloading. Any suggestons?
This is the only font I'm unable to download as well ('Font Generator Error').
as some of might have noticed... there are many undownloadable fontstructions!
The strange thing about THIS ONE is, that everything worked fine for this (and others) until FS did his server movement...
I'm sorry I overlooked this issue...
@Kix: thanks for your remark!
I'll contact Rob Meek and I'll let you know as soon as possible.
Incredible what you did here, a perfect op-art style font!
It moves!
The font should download now, as Rob fixed the issue. Thanks Rob!
@Axel: thanks, and don't try to work with it, as it really hurts the eyes!
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my Fontstruct bbecause i download
youre Fontstruct
i can't seem to be able to use it on photoshop. hmm
i can't seem to be able to use it on photoshop. hmm
Thx for awesome job.
does anyone know if there any similar fonts to this that can be used in commercial project?
@whdh: I have no issue in using the font in Photoshop. Note that only uppercase letters are available.
@ukwarboy: check the Optica font by BlueTypo mentioned above.
House42 used the font to create artwork for the Skineskin laser-engraved leather covers for Moleskine notebooks.
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Very cool product, Em!
Thanks Gene! :)
Hello EM42, I like your leather cover. Congrats!
how to create empty space? just lines.. no letter
Dioptical is featured in the book Type Fontbat.
Real interesting
amazing concept! great work ^_^
omg HOW DID YOU DO THAT?
Mezmerizing and brilliant. Truly obsessive. Sadly, tried to download and suitcase says it's corrupt... :`(
Hi Susan — we are aware of the problem with Suitcase and we're working to get it fixed. FontStructions are not corrupt, and you should be able to install Dioptical with FontBook.
Omg my eyes!!!
It burns! AGGH!
This font is diabolical!
Being the n00b that I am, I'm impressed by a lot of fonts, but this one takes the cake. I'm still walking in circles... you are a genius Em42.
I printed out my name in this font and stuck it on the front of my binder, and when class is going nowhere I stare at it and marvel at its trippy-ness.
I CANT SEE THE LETTERS SCARYYY:çL:::
that's brilliant! given me some mad ideas :o)
hi, why i can't use this font?? instead it appears the letter of your logo on your site. what kind of protection? WTF??? with russia from love
MAN!! the first time i see this font
excellent! can't wait to apply it to my designs.
HOLY MOTHER OF PEARL! This is amazing!
Fantastic font.
Now, how do I extend just the lines?
Superb Imagination.
I love this font! It's amazing! It's brilliant! It's the best I've ever seen! One thing: Do you know how long it took me to see the friggen letters!?
just a quick question, but how does one fill the blank space in between words with lines as well?
GOOD WORk!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
you should add a space character that continues the lines
Thanks for all the comments.
As concerning the blank space issue, I'm sorry but the space character is intentionally left out of the set as a deterrent to the commercial use of the typeface.
the concept is so simple that's why the font is so GREAT.
From my perspective...this is a masterpiece!
fantastic FONT!
Waw... Absolutely stunning!
Now I'm jealous! XP Why can't that be me? 2250 dowloads and lots of respect? I'm so jealous! I want an awesome font!!! :(
No numbers? o well great font
Hi, this is so AWESOME. Just how do you type text with it?
Wow! I Am downloading This!!!
INSANE! (ow... my head) Amazing! I don't see why I haven't downloaded it...I'm about to once I finish commenting! :D
P.S. For the "putting more space between black lines" issue, why not just clone it and erase every other line?
INSANE! (ow... my head) Amazing! I don't see why I haven't downloaded it...I'm about to once I finish commenting! :D
P.S. For the "putting more space between black lines" issue, why not just clone it and erase every other line?
AHHHH! MY EYES! MY EYES! Cool font, anyways.
Holy crap this just about messed up my eyes, its fantastic
Good job, man! Thanks for sharing!
Thanks for the impressive font !!
just fantastic!!!!
AMAZING! Thanx for sharing.
I seriously screamed "Whoa!" when I realized how it worked. Amazing job!
Thank you for sharing!!
really good!
Love this, but (not to discriminate, as he needs a lot of time) can you make numbers? I've been looking for this EXACT look for my logo, but with the fonts I've downloaded All I Could make is this...
Hmm... without numbers, the 3000 is like the "300" on the movie "300" So, here it is...
lol this hurts my head lookin at it...Dioptical is diabolical! xP
This is a great font! Perhaps sort of useless, but endlessly entertaining.
My eys hurt, when I'm trying to figure out the letters from your works.
Works superb on Windows XP™.
I am trying to use this front but I can only get one character at a time. It installs but only shows one character in the install file. Any ideas?
only uppercase?
Looks like someone got there before you. [url=http://a2-type.co.uk/html/eyeslies.html]Eyes Lies[/url] was designed in 2004!
Looks like someone got there before you. Eyes Lies was designed in 2004!
Please, look at this for a minute: This is a copy of your font "Dioptioal" or simple "convergent thinking"?
@elmoyenique - I noticed that, too, when I looked at the FontShop tweet-link from Sept 7 (I think that was the one).
amazing :0
omg! seriously awesome!
Interesting, love it
wow !
My poor eyes…
Great op-art font! 10/10
I'm dizzy and spinning!
That's fun, not sure how I would use it though... And it is on the verge of giving me a headache...
This is the best font I have seen on here 1000/1000!
cooool how d'ya do that?!
Hello... does this font have punctuation marks? mine din't come with any :(
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This article, written by Electronic Frontier Foundation Intellectual Property Director Corynne McSherry, was originally published on the organization's website on Feb. 18.
South Dakota has put forth new legislation to support to a simple principle: if you own something, you ought to be allowed to fix it. The new bill, SB 136, would require manufacturers of electronics and appliances that contain embedded software to make available to consumers and independent repair shops the information and parts they need to repair those devices, and fully disclose any contract provision standing in the way of full repair and reuse.
That seems like a pretty uncontroversial goal, but lots of major manufacturers that purport to "sell" you all kinds of products are doing their level best to make sure that if your product breaks, only they (or someone they authorize) can repair it. They do this in all kinds of ways—by tying your purchase (or update) to an expensive repair contract; burying sneaky clauses into license agreements (remember, you might buy a device, but if it contains software to make it more functional you probably only "rent" that software); treating repair information (like diagnostic codes) as proprietary; or refusing to sell repair parts to "unauthorized" independent shops (and then calling in the feds to prosecute shops that sell those parts anyway).
That's bad for consumers and for the environment—how often have many of us tossed a device into the trash, or recycled it, because repairing it was too expensive? If that device contains electronics, that casual decision added to the e-waste that is slowly poisoning the planet.
South Dakota isn't the first state to step in to defend its residents' right to repair. In Massachusetts, legislators and voters passed legislation requiring automakers to provide affordable access to all tools, software and information used to repair late model cars and heavy duty vehicles. That legislation will go into effect in 2015.
SB 136 in South Dakota isn't perfect—we'd love to see an additional requirement that the information be freely accessible and online, for example—but it's an important step in the right direction.
The bill was debated in the Commerce committee today, and will move on to a larger vote later this week. If you live in South Dakota, contact your state senator today and tell him or her to support SB 136.


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November and December are always critical months for retailers, but this year experts say that shoppers should expect even more hustle and bustle.
Compared to 2012, there are six fewer shopping days between Black Friday and Christmas Eve. It means retailers are already trying to lure people in.
"They have to get you into the store and dazzle you with their presentation," said University of Minnesota marketing professor George John. "Then, they want to convince you with a price matching guarantee that you don't have to search the websites, go ahead and buy."
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Everything You Wanted to Know About the New Federal Marijuana Legalization Measures
Today, Representatives Jared Polis and Earl Blumenauer introduced two legislative measures that would end the federal prohibition on marijuana and permit for the regulated production and retail sales of cannabis to adults in states that have legalized its consumption.
Representative Polis' legislation, The Ending Marijuana Prohibition Act of 2013, would remove marijuana from the Controlled Substances Act, transfer the Drug Enforcement Administration's authority to regulate marijuana to a newly renamed Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Marijuana and Firearms, require commercial marijuana producers to purchase a permit, and ensure federal law distinguishes between individuals who grow marijuana for personal use and those involved in commercial sale and distribution.
Speaking on the bill, Rep. Polis stated, "This legislation doesn't force any state to legalize marijuana, but Colorado and the 18 other jurisdictions that have chosen to allow marijuana for medical or recreational use deserve the certainty of knowing that federal agents won't raid state-legal businesses. Congress should simply allow states to regulate marijuana as they see fit and stop wasting federal tax dollars on the failed drug war."
Representative Blumenauer's legislation is aimed at creating a federal tax structure which would allow for the federal government to collect excise taxes on marijuana sales and businesses in states that have legalized its use. The Marijuana Tax Equity Act, would impose an excise tax on the first sale of marijuana, from the producer to the next stage of production, usually the processor. These regulations are similar to those that now exist for alcohol and tobacco. The bill will also require the IRS to produce a study of the industry after two years, and every five years after that, and to issue recommendations to Congress to continue improving the administration of the tax.
"We are in the process of a dramatic shift in the marijuana policy landscape," said Rep. Blumenauer. "Public attitude, state law, and established practices are all creating irreconcilable difficulties for public officials at every level of government. We want the federal government to be a responsible partner with the rest of the universe of marijuana interests while we address what federal policy should be regarding drug taxation, classification, and legality."
You can use NORML's Take Action Center here to easily contact your elected officials and urge them to support these measures.
These two pieces of legislation are historic in their scope and forward looking nature and it is likely you have many unanswered questions. NORML has compiled the below FAQs to hopefully address many of these inquiries.
Q: Would this make marijuana legal everywhere?
A: No, but it would allow states who wish to pursue legalization to do so without federal incursion. Currently, the federal government claims that state laws which have legalized medical and recreational marijuana use are in conflict with federal law. It is under this claim that they raid medical marijuana dispensaries, arrest consumers, etc. If these measures were to pass, marijuana law would be the domain of the states. If a state choses to legalize and regulate its use, it can do so in the way it would any other product and the federal government would issue permits to commercial growers and sellers and collect tax revenue. If a state choses to retain marijuana prohibition, they may as well, and the federal government would assist in stopping flow of marijuana into the state's borders, as transporting marijuana from a legalized state into one retaining prohibition would still be illegal under this legislation.
Q: What does this mean for scheduling?
A: Marijuana would be removed from Schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act (CSA) and be listed under Title 27 of the US Code, alongside the provisions for intoxicating beverages.
Q: What does this mean for Washington and Colorado?
A: Colorado and Washington would be empowered to continue moving forward with implementing their marijuana legalization laws and no longer have to worry about federal intervention. Once cultivators and retailers were operational in those states, Rep. Blumenauer's bill would allow the federal government to collect excise tax from those commercial entities and issue them permits.
Q: What happens to the DEA?
A: The DEA would no longer oversee marijuana law enforcement in this country. Control of marijuana enforcement would move to the newly named Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Marijuana, and Firearms and the Treasury Department's Alcohol and Tobacco Tax Bureau.
Q: What about home cultivation?
A: If you live in a state, like Colorado for example, that passes laws permitting citizens to grow for personal use you would be allowed to do so without running afoul of state or federal law. Federal permits and taxation apply to those engaged in commercial marijuana enterprises.
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knowledge is power what I would like to see is studies in the states that have legalized medical use ,tax revenues generated and the benefits to patients who use marijuana including quality of life compared to patients who use pharmacy drugs. these studies i think should be spread across the mass media available to all Americans. there is still a wide range of people who do not have access to the internet or cable TV. if we the People want to change Government Policies and get rid of the Politicians who block the will of the people, then every American needs to see the information. Knowledge is Power to the people
another good question is where will breeding fit in? good breeding tests require offspring studies of 1000 plants or more for genetic results.
I have smoked marijauna for over 40 years. Including, while in jail for only a half of a gram. I just hope and pray that it is legalized!!!
Alex, with regard to your question about hemp, it is not addressed specifically by either bill.
Will this protect workers in their workplace that consumes marijuana in the same way as alcohol ?
Boy, they smell a few $$$ and what an about face!
It seems silly to group marijuana with alcohol, tobacco, and firearms, but it's a damn site better than having the DEA classify it as schedule 1. Presumably this is to placate hardliners who still believe marijuana to be that dangerous.
Everyone needs to continue to email their state politicians daily to bombard them with emails stating we want freedom of choice as to what we put in our bodies. This should not be solely focused on medical use only, but on "Freedom of Choice" use as well. If I want to use it to enjoy it..who is the government to tell me I can't? Its not effecting anyone else. Maybe we should ban tomatoes because the government does not like them either. This whole thing is just ridiculous. I never authorized the government to control my life.
The whole reason to take medicine is to feel better, whether it's to cure depression, MS or to give hunger etc.. Pot IS medicine. It HAS medical value. The only thing we have to watch for is not to use it all the time for tolerance and to break bad habits. It has more good medical uses and fewer bad effects (none) than any other drug let alone legal drug. STOP thinking that pot is bad. It's like if tobacco was made illegal. Imagine that. Cigarettes seem bad, don't they?
The whole reason to take medicine is to feel better, whether it's to cure depression, MS or to give hunger etc.. Pot IS medicine. It HAS medical value. The only thing we have to watch for is not to use it all the time for tolerance and to break bad habits. Pot has more good uses and fewer bad effects (none) than ALL other drugs be they legal or illegal. Imagine if tobacco was made illegal. Seems bad, doesn't it?
I am still going underground, I still do not trust the government and their data banks.
Corruption is government intrusion into market efficiencies in the form of regulations.
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@Galileo – What's the alternative, the FDA? That would be an absolute *disaster*.
Right now there is a movement to get money out of politics and the aim is get 75% of states to agree, thus bypassing congress. This is referred to as convention to propose amendments to the constitution. Perhaps in the near future 3/4ths of the states would agree on particular terms of marijuana legalization. For instance there could be particular constraints so that 3/4ths of states would be able to agree. At that point the states would be able to change the constitution to specially allow for those freedoms. This seems to be the fastest and easiest way to bypass Federal Government's "interpretation" of marijuana legality.
Well I hope this goes through. My question is:If this passes will they release all those convicted of simple possession in states where it's already ok for medical use?
If It is legalized in all states and by the federal government will job drug testing still stand? I havent been able to enjoy a good smoke because of testing in twenty years and I wish they would move on this fast!! I feel its an invasion of my body and rights! As long as its on my time why should I have someone telling me what I can and cant do?!?!
This is probably the STUPIDEST law on the books in America! It is based on lies, ignorance and racism. People were shocked about the book, 1984 because it told of cameras in people's bedroom. How about the ones they want to shove up our butts?
Here's a good essay comparing marijuana and alcohol.
THIS IS NOT THE TIME FOR THIS BILL. If this bill is passed now the states that have a medical marijuana policy will be more likely to pass a recreational use bill but for states with none it could be like the end of alcohol prohibition where some states took TWO DECADES or longer to legalize alcohol. While the states where people can back and smoke have fun the states that haven't legalized it in 5 years will be subjected to harsher crack downs on growing and the price will be astronomical. Then you will have people take pounds of marijuana from legal states to illegal selling it for hundreds if not a thousand more a pound and while these people may get some through there will be people caught harsher crack downs and make it even harder to pass medical and recreational bills. This is not the end of prohibition in the 1930s today the let each state control its own outing of prohibition will not work because the federal and state government is much bigger.
This bill would push along a few states to legalize medical or recreational use of marijuana but overall will make half(or less depending on current politicians)suffer a even harsher prohibition. That is if the states where medical and recreational use of marijuana are illegal can use the DEA to enforce the prohibition and the DEA doesn't lose to much of its funding. This would overall cripple the goal of all states able to use marijuana with 32.02% of the population (2010 census by state) with access to medical marijuana and will cause a lot of people to feel the fight is almost if not done. For this bill to be acceptable the DEA would have to be forced not to interfere in states with no medical or recreational marijuana policies except for trafficking across state and international boarders. If this is not guaranteed there will be a gap of decades before we could see full medical marijuana legalization and longer for recreational use.
This bill is to open for anyone to stick stuff in and not enough stuff in it to allow states that don't have laws for marijuana to be pushed under the rug after the first 5 years. The stuff in this bill is good but not complete enough to be of really any use to anyone besides those living in the 18 states plus DC. For those like myself that live in the south that have politicians that are mostly republican and like my state Tennessee politicians can put up bills like schools have to tell parents if there kids engage in "homosexual" activities. There are to many moms and dads that if a politician publicly back medical or recreational marijuana they get dropped next term. While the people cant vote on a bill so its up to the politicians to do it and they are as slow as congress on these things. We need someone to break the south to get the ball rolling Tennessee is usually the last in first out on the kinds of things. THIS IS NOT THE BILL WE NEED this bill is like a lot of other things in congress made to put people in place so that things settle down and then they can go back to 45 minute sessions costing us thousands. We need a more complete bill that not only focuses on medical and recreational marijuana legal states but those that are illegal too. One that defines what the DEA and the new alcohol, tobacco, firearms, and marijuana can and can not do and planned decrease in budget for the DEA but the bill to do this will be harder to pass. Though in Tennessee the arrest rate for possession with out intent to sale (1/2 oz or less) is low while the huge busts are what they focus on but this means that more people have to grow or you have a lot more people selling very little at a time and its hard to find quality or quantity.(This is in my particular region of Tennessee this may not be the same for larger cities.) Those that have medical marijuana need this law while those that do not will not benefit much if not all.
This could be the year Tennessee passes medical marijuana or it could go like last year but for those in illegal states with no plan to (re)introduce medical marijuana do not think this is the end or close you could face at least another DECADE if not more. This bill is a good bill but lacks whats needed to meet the cut for me as it does nothing but say the states can do what they want and we get money from it but that means it could pass congress but maybe one of the other 8 or more bills for marijuana supposed to be introduced this year will be better or build on this one.
It's about time. And it's so simple.
What does this mean for the Military?
America IS becoming more FREE. Thank you President and all whom are working for peaceful solutions when problems arise. Mr. President has held his promise of REFORM.
cannabis has been a benefit to me. i am more relaxed in my mind to sort out the millions of thoughts that run thru it daily. it is comfort. i function better while using a small amount of it.(say…a quarter oz a week )and, i pay my taxes, work for a living and am good to my family and community. how the hell is that a problem?? 32 years of consuming in a responsible manner. now, because of random hair testing for four years by my employer, i am out of sorts and pissed off that they have a right to step in my private life not knowing or caring that it had improved my life. please, people…write letters, speak out to those who dont understand that this is wrong…..hey florida…where the hell are you ???
lockedoutofthefriggenshed- That's awesome.
Random hair testing- couldn't be worse.
I'll bet you love your job and are paid well, but I couldn't do it.
I've decided that I'm not taking another drug test in my life- unless it shows whether I am under the influence at that very moment.
The testing being done now doesn't tell anything about current impairment, and give's an employer an excuse to employ discrimination.
some people are really losing site here.I just recntly returned home from working in mexico as a security contractor and was alarmed when i saw a response to taxing legal weed.At the prices you are atlking about it selling for and adding taxes to that all you are doing is sending people back to the street dealer. 1 kilo was selling for $4oo.oo south of the rio grande river,as soon as it comes across the river that price jumps to $400.00 a pound by the time it gets into western new york its $1800.00 a pound add on some hefty taxes and look out.we need to keep this affordable so that everybody can afford it and not get carried with letting every body tax it to the moon.greed will surely destroy the benefits of our fight to legallize it
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Right now all the money vultures are lining up. There will be price confusion for a short time. But the market will adjust itself. Keep in mind, it's still weed. There will always but high end smoke and just plan weed. First it needs to be federally legal.
Save your seeds…plant more weed.
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February 13, 2013 at 1:55 pm – Anonymous
Yup that's yet another angle missed by most with H.R. 501.
PvtYou –
What does this mean for the Military?
Unclear (as part of UCMJ reference the CSC) I believe HR 499 has verbiage stating nothing in the bill is meant to change any federal testing requirement, and as far I know (I could have missed it) while "marijuana" was removed from various places throughout existing USC it was not removed from 112a(b)1 of UCMJ.
BTW in reading the comments here it's pretty clear very few have bothered to actually read the two pieces of legislation. Perhaps next time the blog author could link to it directly (not that the summary isn't helpful for some I'm sure), both bills are around 25 or so pages and easily digestible even for those not accustomed to reading legislation.
The drug testing issue is interesting. It has been focused on cannibs from the start. It has violated every constitutional right we ever thought about and the polititions fell right into play policing the population. This only deprived people from employment. From providing for his family. They actually thought they were saving the country by arresting peaceful citizens. All they did was destroy any faith the average person has in the government. I believe we need to crack down on political corruption with the same veracity. That would really be saving the country.
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I have also been smoking for about 40 years. I work, pay my bills, and do everything I'm supposed to do in this country, and regret the day I moved from Colorado. I signed the petition to get medicinal marijuana on the ballet, then moved. Maybe that's the stupidest thing I've ever done related to weed. There is nothing wrong with marijuana, even if you don't have a medical condition, and want to use it recreationally. I wish we could just make "them" understand.
The People Have Spoken.
People who toke will eventually move from states who do not legalize and the legal states will prosper and the ones who don't will go broke and they will become ghost towns over 50% of the residents have already started the movement,a new trail of tears for mainly republican type. The US will be split like it already is in congress,with the new United States of Amerijuana,and the old United states of assholes.Lets lite one up!!!
Sounds like we need some lobbying of this senator from Pennsylvania (Mike Fitzpatrick) judging from the following response I got from him when asking him to support this legislation.
First, I would like to thank you for contacting me regarding the issue of ending federal prohibition of marijuana, specifically H.R. 499. Your input is a vital part of the legislative process, and I appreciate the opportunity to address your concerns.
Federal drug control efforts have been a public policy concern and the focus of legislative efforts for over a century. Although state and local governments actively participate and collectively provide the largest funding for national drug control efforts, the federal government has assumed a growing part of the responsibility for controlling such substances since 1914. The "Ending Federal Marijuana Prohibition Act of 2013" (H.R. 499) would reverse this trend and limit the application of Federal laws to the distribution and consumption of marijuana.
Some say that Federal regulation of drugs is unnecessary because many states, such as Pennsylvania, already have statutes on the books that limit drug use. Furthermore, they argue that marijuana use, in particular, is an individual's choice and that it should be regulated in much the same way that states regulate alcohol today. They say let the issue be decided by states and individuals.
However, Marijuana impairs judgment, can cause fatal accidents, and, some believe, leads to the use of other more destructive narcotics. Marijuana also causes other devastating side effects such as cancer, respiratory diseases and the degradation of the immune system. There are also serious concerns when marijuana is used by women during pregnancy, such as increased incidences of leukemia, low birth weight and other abnormalities. The government has an important role in facilitating public safety. I believe that we must continue to maintain our balanced strategy of prevention, enforcement, and treatment.
I understand the state's rights and individual liberty arguments, but I am opposed to the full scale legalization of drugs. This bill currently sits before the House Energy and Commerce Committee as well as the House Judiciary Committee. I will be sure to continue to monitor its progress as we continue to debate the federal role in drug prohibition. And should this issue come before the house floor, I will certainly keep your thoughts in mind.
If you folk want to make it legal be sure to be self po-lice-ing . Talk to those that drive stoned or tend to get in your face radical so you can be seen as responsible and community worthy citizens and break the taboo that past generations cast upon you. Personally- I don't care for the stuff, however-I do believe you should be allowed to use it if you like-GOOD LUCK TO YOU ! {:~)>=
I am gonna smoke marijuana whether thay like it or not .i am with you Johnny pot seed . FIRE IT UP AMERICA . thay sure can tost thire whiskey glass's . so CHEERS Fellow Tokers
I think marijuana is great medicine for alcoholics who want to quit drinking and save their liver.
Any talk of amnesty for prisoners inside for non-violent marijuana only drug offenses? While one pot-smoker is imprisoned, no pot smoker is free!
[Editor's note: Look to future article in 'Skunk' about reparations and amnesty regarding cannabis prisoners at the end of cannabis prohibition.]
These bills provide the perfect opportunity for Monsanto et al to offer amendments in an attempt to do with cannabis what they've not yet been able to do with any other plant species = lobby for 'safe' FDA approved cannabis to be the only legally permitted cannabis etc and wouldn't it be convenient if genetically engineered & patented cannabis was what FDA decided was 'safe' enough for approval?…just saying if I was running a biotech company thats what I would be lobbying for…its a 'no brainier' especially considering all the uses of cannabis, it makes corn look like a 'weed' in comparison and possible profit potential.
PLEASE FEDERAL OFFICIALS PLEASE LEGALIZED IT SO THAT I CAN HAVE IT AND MY PAIN MEDS >i have WELL DOCUMENTED DISEASES AND SURGERIES, I have spinal disk degeneration in my entire spine. The Mj took me off all the other meds but pain. then i was told I had to give up the MJ for my pain meds. I quit the MJ I NOW TAKE I KID YOU NOT 26 PRESCRIPTIONS MULTIPLE TIMES ADAY. Alcohol and cigarettes are worse for you. Please for people like me who abide by the laws no matter how much distress it causes me. Please make me legal. I can hardly get up anymore I'm so doped up and I wasn't on Medical Mj .I live in OREGON the VOTERS ok'd it. THE FEDERAL OFFICIALS HAVE NO BUSINESS IN IT. IF THE STATE OK'S IT PEOPLE SHOULD HAVE IT… NO matter what pain meds they take. It's an UNFAIR choice!
Fuck it. Legal or not… I will continue to smoke it, and no one will ever tell me otherwise. I will grow my own if I so choose to in my own home. No one will ever tell me what I can and can't do in my OWN HOME. I will smoke, and get high as a kite if I so choose, in my own home. I will invite friends over when I have some really good shit, and not one person from the government will ever tell me otherwise and expect me to comply. If I can grow it, I will do so. If I can burn it, I will do so. I will smoke and smoke untill the insides of my lungs turn black, if I so choose. Not a fucking law, nor word out of anyone's mouth will stop me.
Great article. Let the states decide.
Instead of planting Marijuana at your house, why you don't just planting air refreshing flowers instead?
I am fortunate enough to live in a state that has pass MMJ. So the bill will be of aid to me. Been smoking for 30 years best thing for my Crohne's and arthritis. I know I am not the only person this helps!! Just legalize it already so a better part of the USA can get the care they need without taking a pharmacy of meds every day!!!!!!!!!
The biggest reason that Medical or otherwise Legalized use of Marijuana will not be possible for most states because our government and Pharmaceutical companies would lose out on millions of dollars in funding by the end of the first quarter of the first year. The longer they leave it legalized, the more money gets taken away from Pharmaceutical companies, and the fewer graves are dun in cemeteries, because the manufactured drugs will not be killing nearly as many people. The government would also see huge losses in revenue, from not being able to arrest people for the use, sale of marijuana, decreasing the population of jail and prison cells, causing them not to have to raise taxes for the inmates we as tax payers provide entertainment, food, medicine, water, electricity, and other utilities for. Therefore, if it gets legalized, they lose, if not we lose. No-One-Win…!.!.!…
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Does any one no how to get a federal permit to grow. Please let me no how some one goes about that. I live in california
I have operated truck for ten years and in 2014 I failed a random UA and had my commercial operation privileges removed after I legally purchased a joint in my own time and got high after I-502 was passed in washington. So I can live in your state and I can pay your taxes but I don't have the right to keep my job and support my family. The Federal government states that I am unfit to operate a motor vehicle but my driving record states that I am safer than more than 75% of everyone who hold a license. Legalization of pot will allow us full functioning users to keep our jobs and give us rights regarding our employers
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May 5, 2003
"Class Warfare"--A Commentary by Prof. George L. Priest
(This essay was originally published in the May 5, 2003, edition of the Wall Street Journal.)
Class Warfare
By George L. Priest, John M. Olin Professor of Law and Economics
The principal lesson of last week's $3 billion antitrust settlement by MasterCard and Visa is that, if a class can be certified that is massive enough, even defendants with a strong case can be bludgeoned into a huge payout.
Though there had been no trial on the merits -- indeed, not a single witness had testified -- and though the antitrust claims against them were highly questionable, MasterCard and Visa had no choice but to settle. Judge John Gleeson had certified a class of four million merchants -- led by Wal-Mart and Sears -- seeking damages that were estimated to be between $40 and $100 billion in a case to be tried to a Brooklyn jury. With potential damages at $100 billion, trebled under the Sherman Act, the Wal-Mart class needed only a 1% chance of victory for a $3 billion-settlement to make sense. MasterCard and Visa could have had Oliver Wendell Holmes and Clarence Darrow on their legal team and it still would have been foolish to try the case.
Wal-Mart and the merchants' basic complaint was that Visa's and MasterCard's interchange fee -- the amount discounted from the retail purchase for use of the card -- was too high for purchases made with debit cards. They claimed that it was an antitrust violation for the two associations to maintain the fee by enforcing their "Honor All Cards" rule, requiring a merchant who accepted a MasterCard or Visa credit card to also accept their debit cards, and asserted that the rule was a form of tying arrangement.
The plaintiffs had obtained certification of the four-million-member class by convincing Judge Gleeson to accept a radically simplified theory of antitrust damages. According to Wal-Mart, damages could be measured on a class-wide basis simply by comparing the interchange fee that the defendants had actually charged to a hypothetical fee that the plaintiffs' economic expert estimated would have been charged in the absence of the Honor All Cards rule. MasterCard and Visa had shown the unreality of the measure: It failed to account for differences in consumer use as banks changed their relative promotions of debit and credit cards based on the returns from interchange; it failed to account for the likely increase in card charges as debit interchange revenue declined; it failed to consider differences among the four million merchants in their proportions of debit and credit usage.
But Judge Gleeson brushed off these problems. And the Second Circuit, over a stinging dissent by Judge Dennis G. Jacobs, concluded that all that was necessary for class certification was to show that the plaintiffs' economic theory was "at least a 'colorable method' of proving" damages and that the economic methodology "was not fatally flawed," adding that, if necessary, Judge Gleeson could amend the damages calculation during trial.
In dissent, Judge Jacobs insisted that the court's standard was much too low, and accurately predicted that certification of the class alone would "coerce settlement." MasterCard and Visa sought Supreme Court review, but the Court declined, perhaps thinking that it could better evaluate the issues after trial, shutting its eyes to Judge Jacobs' sage understanding that, in a case of this magnitude, class certification is the only adjudication that a defendant will ever receive.
Wal-Mart's antitrust theory was weak, but given uncertainty in the law, it could not be immediately dismissed. The principal hope of the class appeared to be that Judge Gleeson would declare the alleged tying agreement illegal as a per se offense. But the per se offense of tying was last affirmed by the SupremeCourt in 1984, and in a 5-4 ruling at that. There has been substantial water under the dam in antitrust law over the past 19 years. Almost two years ago in the Microsoft case, the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals rejected per se analysis of tying arrangements as too simplistic in network industries because it presumes that there are no efficiencies from the arrangement.
Without the per se rule, the trial would have had to evaluate whether the Honor All Cards rule helps or hurts consumers and thus the competitive process. Here the claim of violation is not so obvious. Industry requirements like the Honor All Cards rule are a commonplace in retail business. They are no different from McDonald's requiring its franchisees to offer the entire range of McDonald's products or auto manufacturers requiring their dealers to sell a full line of car models. Undoubtedly, hundreds of thousands -- perhaps millions -- of the plaintiff merchants enforced or complied with such policies themselves. Can we imagine that it is an antitrust violation for Wendy's to clamp down on a franchisee that wants to drop its chicken barbecue on a complaint about revenue?
In the payment industry, Honor All Cards is a rule adopted by every card system, including American Express, Discover, Diner's Club and the on-line debit networks that the merchants purport to prefer. This itself is proof of efficiency, but there are also good economic reasons underlying the practice. The point of establishing a unified card network, as opposed to a balkanized series of cards under different trademarks, is that both cardholders and merchants gain benefits where standardized cards are widely carried, used and accepted by merchants so that consumers can pay in any way they want.
The settlement will surely lead MasterCard's and Visa's debit interchange fees to decline. But that will hardly be the end of the story. Banks may reintroduce or increase consumer charges. Merchants may gain the ability to pick and choose among the cards they accept. But can we imagine that it is a better world where, though there is an American Express or MasterCard logo on the door, a consumer will not know whether the retailer only accepts AmEx corporate cards or refuses MasterCard debit?
Or, more accurately, can we imagine that these many payment card issues and their antitrust implications are best resolved to the benefit of society by the simple ruling that a plaintiff has satisfied the minimal procedural requirements for class certification? That was all the justice that our legal system afforded MasterCard and Visa in this litigation.
Mr. Priest teaches antitrust at Yale Law School. He has served as a consultant for Visa but was not involved in the litigation.


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McLEAN, Va.--Will the bitter, smoldering feelings let loose by Washington's health care fight ricochet across the Potomac River and decide Virginia's race for governor? Will a Republican be able to escape his right-wing record and his incendiary past writings to rebrand himself as a pragmatist? The battle for the Virginia statehouse always gets outsized national attention because of its unusual timing, just a year after a presidential election.
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Many people thought it bizarre that the Rev. Pat Robertson, a Pentecostal televangelist not known for his tolerance of others faiths, would endorse Rudy Giuliani, who is Catholic and pro-choice. But here's an odd footnote that I discovered while doing research at the Truman Library. In 1960, the Democratic nominee, Catholic John F. Kennedy, was greeted warily, if not hostily, by some American Protestants, particularly in the South, but Virginia Democratic Senator A. Willis Robertson, the father of Pat Robertson, was the first of that state's officeholder to endorse him.
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June 27, 2007
Yesterday, Rudy Giuliani traveled to Regent University to kiss the ring of Pat Robertson. For those who don't recall, Robertson is not just a strong social conservative, he's a raving loon. Michael Lind demonstrated this quite thoroughly in a famous 1995 New York Review of Books essay, in which he studied Robertson's book, "The New World Order," and found that it's based on anti-Semitic conspiracy theories. Lind's essay is not available online, but it is discussed and excerpted at length here. Robertson's attempts to defend himself were hilariously lampooned by Michael Kinsley in 1995.
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May 21, 2007
COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA WILLIAM "RUSTY" DEPASS named his dogs Goldwater, Reagan, and Bush. He is, needless to say, a conservative man, one who lives in a conservative state where the psychological scars of the Civil War still run deep. Six bronze stars on the west wall of the Capitol building here in Columbia mark the trajectory of Sherman's 1865 cannon fire from across the Congaree River. A state senator points me to the deep gouges on the building's banisters—gashes left, hesays, by the sabers of Union officers charging the stairs on horseback.
The Courting Of Pat Robertson
April 25, 2007
Today's WaPo story on the McCain campaign's (re)launch notes that while the candidate sucked up to Jerry Falwell, he stiffed Pat Robertson. If only other GOP presidential candidates were, as the Post put it, so "half-hearted" in their efforts to court two of the most objectionable figures on the right. From the New York Observer's article on the White House Correspondents dinner: Sometime between the pan-roasted filet of salmon and Rich Little's dusty impressions, Presidential candidate Mitt Romney strode over to Pat Robertson's table. "He's going to have to do what John F.
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As both my husband and I scrambled to meet work deadlines last week--while simultaneously juggling multiple doctors' appointments and assuring our daughter's day care teachers that, yes, one of us would still be able to watch the class for an hour during the monthly staff meeting--it once again struck me: What most modern marriages really need is an extra wife. I've been thinking about this a lot lately in response to all the buzz surrounding HBO's new polygamy-themed hit, "Big Love." Conservatives have taken to brandishing the show as Exhibit A in the fight against gay marriage.
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February 20, 2006
WITNESSING THEIR FAITH: RELIGIOUS INFLUENCE ON SUPREME COURT JUSTICES AND THEIR OPINIONS By Jay Alan Sekulow(Rowman & Littlefield, 349 pp., $27.95) I. THE CONFIRMATION OF JUSTICE Samuel Alito brings to five the number of Catholics on the Supreme Court of the United States. All Americans can be proud of this fact, or more precisely, proud of the fact that Alito's religious affiliation never became an issue during his confirmation process.
Brain Trust
November 14, 2005
In 1994, the eminent evangelical historian Mark Noll wrote a scorching polemic about his own religion called The Scandal of the Evangelical Mind. The book lamented the "intellectual disaster of fundamentalism" and its toll on evangelical political and theological thought. All around him, Noll saw "a weakness for treating the verses of the Bible as pieces in a jigsaw puzzle that needed only to be sorted and then fit together to possess a finished picture of divine truth." While many evangelicals reacted angrily to Noll's description, they tacitly acknowledged his argument with their actions.


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Photos and commentary are streaming in from Milan Men's Fashion Week, where houses of all stripes are hard at work presenting their collections for Spring 2011. Perhaps one of the most anticipated presentations was Sarah Burton's collection for Alexander McQueen, the first for which she's standing on her own two feet as creative director. Burton delivered a nimble group of very English clothing that paid much homage to Lee McQueen's past collections. But while the clothes' influences can be traced back to McQueen's history on Saville Row or his photo prints and memorable shows, the shapes were fresh. The pants varied from full trousers to leggings, and many of the longer coats were angled to fall away from the body.
Despite the success, WWD reports the show was mournful. Models left the runway to Edward Elgar's Pomp and Circumstance, and Burton didn't take the customary bow at the end of the show.


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This Alexander Shlemenko fight has everything: spinning sh*t, a brutal broken nose and a special appearance by Steven Seagal and Oleg Taktarov!
This weekend Alexander Shlemenko made his long-awaited return to the ring against Anthony Ruiz somewhere in Mother Russia. The Shlemenko you see here may be a rusty Shlemenko, (he hasn't fought since injuring himself in a car crash in April) but that doesn't mean he can't put the absolute hurt on Anthony Ruiz's facial area like only a Shlemenko knows how.
Marvel at the loud cracks of the punches landing on the hard dome of Ruiz, grimace as he takes shot after shot including a devastating knee that looks like it did this to his face. Smile as Steven Seagal and Oleg Taktarov enter the ring to congratulate the Bellator middleweight title challenger on a job well done.
MMA needs 10,000% more Oleg Taktarov. It's nice to see him here.


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I was wondering if anyone has had any experience using handheld GPS devices for navigation, specifically through Europe?
I really like the idea of being able to mount all my maps on my handlebars
I'm looking specifically at the Garmin GPSMAP 62 as well as the Magellan eXplorist 510. Both are sold as camping/hiking devices, though i don't see why they couldn't be used on a bike.
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Being a writer requires attention to detail, patience, and can sometimes make you a little crazy. Every now and then, it helps to sit back and think about why you're writing in the first place.
Roxane Gay brings us gentle reminders about writing that are helpful for any writer. Things like "prolific doesn't mean good" or "there is no shame in writing slow." If you're a writer, write these tips down, print them out and put them by your writing space, or just save the webpage to check back with now and then. It never hurts to remind yourself of these little things.