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"…being spared is much different from being saved…and this lesson forever changed me."
— Immaculée Ilibagiza, Left to Tell
On Friday, December 14, 2012, I spent the day thinking about a vacation.
I'd recently visited some of my family and was deciding when I could visit them again.
I mentally planned how the trip wouldn't interrupt my personal work schedule or my daughter's independent study program at school. But my thoughts were interrupted when I read the headlines of a gruesome school shooting in Newtown, Connecticut…
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Where Was God When Children Were Slaughtered?
Are We Ever Safe?
It's a tragedy in itself that tragedy strikes as often as it does. In coping with this troubling reality, we often rush to safety—in our lives and in our minds. We move ourselves and our families to places we imagine will keep us safe.
We send our children to "good schools", we move to "good neighborhoods," and we even carefully scrutinize our children's social circles and their entertainment.
But our final means of protection is a mental one: We create a space in our mind that tells us we've done all we can and that our careful, judicious actions will keep us and our loved ones safe from harm.
But are we ever really safe?
'This Can't Be Real'
When I first saw the headline about the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School, I didn't read the full story. I closed the article. And for some time thereafter, I didn't click on the stories at all. This was how I dealt with the recent reports of Palestine and Syria, and it was how I dealt with the Newtown massacre.
Psychologists and medical professionals say that this "eye shutting" reaction is how most humans react to events that cause grief and loss: "This stage of grief helps protect the individual from experiencing the intensity of the loss." (Grief and Depression - Retrieved December 16, 2012).
However, psychologists and medical professionals state that this initial reaction is actually part of the healing process.
|"He was a 20-year-old man who, by multiple accounts, was incredibly smart and quiet," writer Holly Yan says in a CNN article on the alleged shooter, Adam Lanza.
'But Why'd He Kill All Those People?'
It's a question that grips our very hearts. But why? This question is difficult to answer, especially in the face of a tragedy. However, when the victims are young children and their teachers, answering this question is beyond difficult. It is confounding.
As the details of the Newtown school shooting unfold, the question gripping us becomes even more perplexing. Apparently, the shooter was not just a random "nutcase" who opened fire on unsuspecting victims. He was the son of one of the substitute teachers at the school—and his mother was one of the victims.
Upon learning this heart-shattering detail, thousands sat before television screens and internet news sites utterly dumbfounded.
"He was a 20-year-old man who, by multiple accounts, was incredibly smart and quiet," writer Holly Yan says in a CNN article on the alleged shooter, Adam Lanza. "He didn't appear to have any run-ins with the law." He was even described as a "genius" by some who knew him.
Why then did he choose to take the lives of nearly thirty innocent people?
A Sign of the Times?
"People will see such days that the killer will not know why he kills, nor the innocent why they are slain."
—Prophet Muhammad, peace and blessings be upon him (Muslim).
It was this famous hadith about the signs of the Day of Judgment that came to mind as I grappled with the details of the Newtown massacre.
While so many are asking why the massacre happened, I am left wondering if there is any answer to that question. The shooter himself was killed, so he cannot tell us why he opened fire on all those people. He cannot tell us what was going through his mind. He cannot tell us why he did what he did—or why his own mother was amongst his victims.
But perhaps, even if he could tell us, would he? Would he himself even know?
|Yes, we can send our children to good schools, move to the best neighborhoods, and even carefully scrutinize our children's friends and entertainment. But this will not guarantee protection from fitnah or tragedy, no matter how far we rush to safety.
What Now?
According to psychologists and medical professionals, there are predictable stages to coping with tragedy and grief. As we can deduce from our own reaction to the Newtown massacre and other tragedies—when our brains said, "This can't be real"—the first stage of coping is denial, numbness, and shock.
At this point, we are not moved to make a difference in the world; we are not inspired to solve any puzzle; nor are we inclined to draw any lessons from the loss: "Numbness is a normal reaction to a death or loss and should never be confused with 'not caring.'" (Grief and Depression - Retrieved December 16, 2012).
But what if there seems to be no "second stage of coping"? What if tragedies are befalling us every minute? What if we feel a perpetual sense of grief and trauma?
Do we ever get beyond denial, numbness, and shock?
Do we ever move on to ask 'What now?'
And, Finally, Acceptance
Acceptance is the last stage of coping to tragedy in life. But what psychologists and professionals describe as "acceptance" is not like we might imagine. There is no peace of mind or heart. There is no sense of closure. There is no "happily ever after."
Yes, we "accept reality" and move on. We find ways to make a difference in the world. We begin to unscramble the puzzle in our minds. And we even begin to draw lessons from the loss.
But, ultimately, our "acceptance" will not make everything better for us.
Turning to God
Allah says,
"And fear the fitnah (affliction, tribulation, or oppression) which affects not in particular [only] those of you who do wrong (but it may afflict both good and bad people)…"
—Qur'an (Al-Anfaal, 8:25)
But why is there so much pain in the world? Why is there so much suffering? Why is there so much senseless killing?
Since time immemorial, there is Only One—the Creator—who knows the answer to the confounding question Why? No human can ever fully understand the ways of God. And, fortunately, He does not burden us with the obligation of understanding. Allah's answer to our states of confusion and grief is the same as His answer to our states of ease and happiness: to have taqwaa.
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The Arabic term taqwaa is often translated as "fear", as in the above verse "fear the fitnah…", but taqwaa is not merely "fear". More specifically, taqwaa is placing a barrier between oneself and Allah's displeasure or punishment. This can be achieved through love and hope—like doing good deeds for the sake of Allah—as well as fear.
No, as we know from our Creator and from our lives, it is not possible to completely avoid harm in this world, not even for ourselves or our loved ones.
Yes, we can send our children to good schools, move to the best neighborhoods, and even carefully scrutinize our children's friends and entertainment. But this will not guarantee protection from fitnah or tragedy, no matter how far we rush to safety.
So as we witness tragedies like the Newtown massacre, the question is not "But why'd he kill all those people?" Instead, the question must be "But what can I do for myself and others today?" In other words, our ultimate rush to safety must be a spiritual one: We must improve the world within us and around us…
By sharing the message of taqwaa with our souls and with the world.
In this way, our guarantee of safety, like the last stage of coping, is acceptance—Allah's acceptance.
And it is there, and only there, we will have ultimate peace of heart and mind, closure, and "happily ever after"—no matter what grief, loss, or tragedy we faced in this world.


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Monday, January 25, 2010
Edinburgh end season on a high against Stade Francais
Edinburgh beat Stade Francais 9-7 in a low scoring affair at a soaked Murrayfield Stadium on the weekend, but despite the loss, the French side progressed to the Heineken Cup quarter finals thanks to the losing bonus point they picked up.
It was a tight match that was perhaps played in honour of Bill McClaren, who passed away last week. A minutes applause paid tribute to the great man before kick off, while Edinburgh did the same with the way they played.
The only try of the game was scored by Stade Francais lock Pascal Pape, but Chris Paterson of Edinburgh gave his side the morale boosting win with three successful penalty kicks.
With his first kick, Paterson became Edinburghs highest points scorer in Heineken Cup history, eclipsing the previous record held by Duncan Hodge.
Scrumhalf Greig Laidlaw was named Man of the Match afterwards for his efforts in playing an expansive brand of rugby as he darted around the pitch. Wing Jim Thompson, grandson of the late Bill McClaren, was another impressive back as he made a number of telling runs.
Flyhalf Phil Godman missed a last minute penalty attempt that would have stretched the lead to a slightly more respectable margin, but it was not to be and made no difference to the outcome as Edinburgh held on to end their European campaign on a high note.
There was a bit of a worry for Stade Francais and England flanker James Haskell as he limped off with an apparent leg injury. He seems to be confident that hes alright though.
"I twisted my knee going for a ball. It's a bit sore but the Stade doctor has had a look and doesn't seem worried. I'll be OK to join up with England. I can put weight on it but I'll have to be assessed by the medics when I join up with England and hopefully it's not too serious," he said.
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COME ON MIGHTY EDINBURGH!!! lmao
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BEN January 25, 2010 10:30 pm
bad for them, they'll be kicked by Toulouse in the quarters
Darren January 25, 2010 11:06 pm
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Anonymous January 26, 2010 11:08 am
Hella boring game
Sheeps January 26, 2010 11:10 am
While Scottish rugby isn't really...uh...well, it's better than Italy, let's put it that way, Chris Paterson is one of the best penalty kickers there is. Hopefully he sticks around for some time to come.
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Beef January 27, 2010 2:19 am
All money and flash players but when was the last time they actually played well in the HC?
chris January 27, 2010 3:15 am
Maximus January 28, 2010 1:59 pm
It WAS an incredibly boring game. I would show it to younger teams though to show them what NOT to do in a match. How can you have so many potentially good players and refuse to keep the ball and (not)play like this? I don't know. (talking bout SF here ofc)
To defend them a little, they have a problem with their 9 and 10, not the easiest way to organise a team during a match. You could complain about the 9 all week but it was Southwell (normally a fullback) and he REALLY is 1) aware of what he did (or rather missed) during these 80 min and 2) very happy now because apparently he won't have to play this position again. When you know that Blin (hooker sub) nearly played scrum-half instead of Southwell, you imagine the trouble they were in.
I have nothing against SF in particular but it's true that their rugby has been better (faaaaaaaar better) and I hope Toulouse will win with panache.


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Can Fully Informed Juries Help Cannabis Prohibition?
Of the many numerous peaceful and constitutionally-respectful means employed for decades by which cannabis law reformers have been to try to bring about about an end to Cannabis Prohibition laws, one of the most benign, yet most powerful arrows in the activist's quiver is jury nullification–whereby jurors are educated and informed about their right to vote not guilty in cases where they morally question the underlying law itself (and not just to cast a verdict 'for' or 'against' individuals the government has charged with 'crimes').
For almost 20 years NORML supporter and former Penn State Chemistry professor Julien Heicklen has been publicly advocating that jurors can't be punished for voting their conscience, notably in cannabis-related cases, where, despite the evidence marshaled and the pleas for conviction and punishment by the government, jurors vote 'not guilty' in cases where the underlying law is in great dispute and/or are no longer supported by society in large (case in point here approximately 75% of the American public supports medical access to cannabis; 50% support ending Cannabis Prohibition outright).
Last year Dr. Heicklen was arrested in front of a federal court house in New York City for providing educational pamphlets to people passing by, including perspective jurors, that informed them of America's long history with jury nullification (i.e. the trial of Peter Zenger during the colonial period) and that the practice is still important today in a functional democracy.
Thankfully, the charges of jury tampering against Dr. Heicklen were dismissed last week and there is now an even greater legal precedent to cite for both citizens accused of cannabis-related crimes (approximately 850,000 annually in America) and citizens asked to sit on juries to keep upholding antiquated Cannabis Prohibition laws.
To learn more about jury nullification and its likely historical importance in helping to end Cannabis Prohibition, please checkout the Fully Informed Jury Association (a.k.a. FIJA) @ fija.org
From New York Times
Jury Statute not Violated by Protester, Judge Rules
April 19, 2012
By BENJAMIN WEISER
The next time the 80-year-old retired chemistry professor takes his protest to the plaza outside the federal courthouse in Manhattan, he may make it home without being locked up.
A federal judge on Thursday ordered the dismissal of an indictment against the professor, Julian P. Heicklen, who had been charged with jury tampering for advocating the controversial position known as jury nullification while outside the courthouse.
Mr. Heicklen had repeatedly stood with a "Jury Info" sign and handed out brochures supporting nullification, the view that jurors who disagree with a law may ignore their oaths and vote to acquit a defendant accused of violating it.
Prosecutors said such advocacy, "directed as it is to jurors, would be both criminal and without constitutional protections no matter where it occurred."
But the judge, Kimba M. Wood of Federal District Court, wrote that a person violated the jury tampering statute only when he or she knowingly tried to influence a juror's decision through a written communication "made in relation to a specific case pending before that juror."
Judge Wood added that she would not "stretch the interpretation" of the statute to cover speech that was "not meant to influence" a juror's actions in a specific case.
Mr. Heicklen expressed pleasure at the ruling. "Not just for me," he said. "I think it's a major decision for the country."
He added: "This is better than having them throw me in jail."
Mr. Heicklen had contended that he did not try to influence specific jurors; rather, he handed out brochures to anyone who passed by, hoping jurors were among them.
Mr. Heicklen, who acted as his own lawyer, was assisted by two lawyers, Sabrina Shroff and Steven M. Statsinger of the federal defender's office.
Ms. Shroff said she was pleased by the ruling. "The right to speech is just so fundamental," she said.
Prosecutors declined to comment on the ruling. In a hearing last month, a prosecutor called Mr. Heicklen's advocacy "a significant and important threat to our judicial system."
Judge Wood made it clear that the indictment could be dismissed merely on a reading of the plain language of the statute, which refers to trying to influence a juror through "written communication" in relation to an "issue or matter pending" before the juror.
By taking that approach, the judge avoided First Amendment questions raised in the case, said Rachel E. Barkow, a law professor at New York University, who has written about nullification.
"I don't think sensible prosecutors should have even brought this case," Ms. Barkow said, adding that Judge Wood had rejected "the government's broader reading because it would arguably chill protected speech."
Christopher Dunn, associate legal director of the New York Civil Liberties Union, said the ruling freed Mr. Heicklen to resume his activities outside the courthouse, at 500 Pearl Street.
"But it has a much broader impact," he said, "because there are people all around the country who do exactly what he was doing, and under this ruling they will no longer face the threat of prosecution."
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try em under federal law lmao
sales levies implemented at the local level
"I don't think sensible prosecutors should have even brought this case."
Now there's a truly concise synopsis.
Interview police officers one by one… i told them i could be a farmer if it was legal
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This certainly does pose "…a significant and important threat to our judicial system." as prosecutors maintain. It is significant that it was a government employee who referred to it as "our" judicial system; it is certainly not a judicial system belonging to the great majority of Americans, and one which itself imposes a significant and important threat to that same majority of Americans.
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"jury nullification–whereby jurors are educated and informed about their right to vote not guilty in cases where they morally question the underlying law itself."
"Prosecutors declined to comment on the ruling. In a hearing last month, a prosecutor called Mr. Heicklen's advocacy 'a significant and important threat to our judicial system.'"
So educated and informed jurors are 'a significant and important threat to our judicial system.'
This shows exactly how ROTTEN the drug war has become. The good news is that alcohol prohibition was still going strong a year before it all fell apart.
[…] Can Fully Informed Juries Help Cannabis Prohibition? Of the many numerous peaceful and constititionally-respectful means employed for decades by which cannabis law reformers have been to try to bring about about an end to Cannabis Prohibition laws, one of the most benign, yet most powerful arrows in the activist's quiver is jury nullification–whereby jurors are educated and informed about their right to vote not guilty in cases where they morally question the underlying law itself (and not just to cast a verdict 'for' or 'against' individuals the government has charged with 'crimes'). For almost 20 years NORML […] […]
All this has become an Obomination!
I got octopus coming out my ears main
I got kicked out of the jury pool last time I was summoned because I told them that if the case was a nonviolent offense involving cannabis that I believed in jury nullification. What did I do wrong?
I live in Green River Wyoming, I am 50 years old. On the 19th of this month my home was raided by DCI. They brought Homeland Security with them and blocked off the entire street. The went door to door frightening my neighbors by telling them there were "deadly mold spores" on my pot plants. When they came to the door I offered to let them in and take them right to the small closet my 2′ tall pot plants were in. Instead they vented my home for an hour then put on Hazmat suits to carry out ten 2′ tall plants that were in between 2 and 6 weeks into flowering, two 6″ tall plants in vegetation and I think five 2″ tall clones. I was also growing lettuce, tomatoes and squash. I had no scales, no sign of distribution what so ever. I had approximately 1/2 ounce of dried and two containers full of roaches. The grow was designed to produce no more the 1 1/2 ounce to 2 ounces every 3 to 4 weeks. I usually had smoked everything and started on the roaches by the time the next two plants were dried and cured, making it so I never had more than 2 ounces of smoke-able medical marijuana at anyone time in my home.
There were approximately 35 people involved in the raid. As I said they had DCI and Homeland Security, the DEA, the Fire Department, the Sheriffs Office and Local Green River PD. They brought in two Tractor trailers full of equipment. I would say a rough but fair estimate of the cost of the operation was $100,000. They charged me with misdemeanor cultivation but felony possession because they weigh the immature plants along with your dried smoke-able medicine.
I have constant nausea and diarrhea from hep C which I had for 30 year or there abouts and ecoli I contracted in 2005 which tore up my digestive system I have muscles spasms and tremors that cause my head to shake uncontrollably due to a stroke like "episode" I had in 2008 that left me with a crushing constant migraine. I didn't make these up so I could smoke. I was in the hospital for weeks with ecoli, my testicles swelled to the size of grapefruit and I was rushed to LDS Hospital in SLC. As for the "episode", I was in Sydney Montana Cardiac Care unit for three day before being transported to Sweetwater Memorial and then the Utah heart Clinic. I was unaware that marijuana woud alleviate the symptoms until a few years ago. I made the choice then that the risk was worth it since I had no quality of life to speak of.
I understand I broke the law and my only hope is that I can get the felony possession reduced to misdemeanor possession, but I was fired the minute they found out so I have no money to buy a lawyer and I fear that since so much money was spent and such a big production was made out of it that they will look silly if they don't send me to prison. Now today I found out they can take my home even though there was no tax evasion going on due to distribution. I had no idea they could take your home for a few plants and a half a jar of marijuana.
I do not drink alcohol, I don't do drugs, I don't sell the medicine I grow, I don't smoke cigarettes, or use caffeine or nicotine in any form, I eat right and exercise daily. I am not a drug addict.
They still haven't finished finalizing the charges yet, there was a test tube full those "7 meal mints" that they thought were drugs that they sent to have analyzed. I bonded out but never put in a plea. I know if I take a court appointed attorney in I will certainly go to jail.
Any advice or assistance you can offer would be greatly appreciated.
If you live in Connecticut and want to end marijuana prohibition in our state, please take a minute to visit http://www.ctprimaryproject.com.
Please pass this on to anyone you know in Connecticut!
"Can Fully Informed Juries Help END Cannabis Prohibition?" —- FTFY
Yes it can! Right now, Fully Informed Juries are the ONLY way to end cannabis prohibition. We cannot rely upon "our" politicians for legal relief. We cannot even rely upon proponents of cannabis re-legalization to vote for their own self-interest. We have become tribal sycophants of the false paradigm of |D| or |R|, both political parties (largely) favor the preeminence of the state (authoritarianism) over free will, personal freedoms, and individualism. Until that changes, we are doomed to be slaves of the state, and most of the changes seen today trend toward globalization and global government — the wrong direction, thanks to corporate socialism.
When you get the notice for jury duty, fill it out in such a manner that you will be guaranteed to get on a jury. When they start asking questions designed to weed out sympathetic jurors LIE THROUGH YOUR TEETH. You just HAVE to know our adversaries will do no less to get THEIR way. When the other jurors want a "guilty" do not give in, do NOT explain your position.
Most people don't want to be on juries, so this tactic has better chances than you might think. Get on that jury,stick to your guns and there is NOTHING they can do about it.The jury is made up of the last truely free people in America.
If this defense works for some then it follows that any one else in court for similar breaches of the law should argue their right to equal treatment (If it is Ok for some then it is Ok for me). Maybe it could be the thin end of the wedge for law reform – go get em !
The Politics are all the same, whatever keeps them in office is the law. We need a change of Law Makers. I wish i could change it like the do!
With a stroke of the pen. Maybe i am wrong but i think it is a part of something else.
Well said JW
@Mrs. Ratsrectum….. the thing you did wrong was tell them that you believed in it. once you tell the judge your intentions to nullify, you can be taken off the jury. the key here is to put in a not guilty verdict and not tell them what your doing, otherwise, you nullify yourself, NORML should put something on their site that spell out these rules and explain jury nullification in the simplest way. I see lots of literature about why you should nullify a jury and your rights about it, but there is little if any, step by step directions about the process, here it is, vote not guilty, keep your jury nullification intentions to yourself, and don't let the judge or prosecutors bully you into changing your verdict, they will bully you or try to intimidate you into voting the way they see fit or they will try to get you to slip up and admit your nullification intentions, the key is, you have the right to vote otherwise, Vote Not Guilty and stand your ground…..don't be intimidated, they don't like when this happens, it's a REAL slap in the face to the legislative process when people actually get their say on laws, so the judge and prosecutor will do anything they legally can to get rid of you, STAND YOUR GROUND DON'T BE INTIMIDATED AND END THESE ARCHAIC AND DRACONIAN PROHIBITION LAWS ONCE AND FOR ALL!!!
nhjury.com It worked to reduce a felony charge to a misdemeanor. See the video of how one man gave his closing argument.
Im a poor farmer… corn subsidies are putting legitamate bussiness like me under.. cannabis is hard to grow right
Washington said "sow the indian hemp seed"
Prosecutor didn't like u mrs. ratsrectum
@No where to turn
A number of places around may be able to help. Ask NORML here, ask friends who are familiar with the scenario. I think you have a lot of options. Perhaps even call around some lawyers. Ask them for help and you can maybe work out a payment plan or something. The big thing to do is get out the facts to as many people as possible and the truth with set you free.
uh sambuca http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sambuca
trade u for some afghanni
Ron Paul for 2012, the man who wants to end the pointless incarceration of thousands, and has this zany idea of returning our government to it's proper role, to protect the liberties of the people.
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no where to turn says:
"they went door to door frightening my neighbors by telling them there were "deadly mold spores" on my pot plants"
OMG, Talk about being pro-active… you should have seen the mold growing on my loaf of bread.I cut the mold out and still made a peanut butter sandwich. They should of quarantined the whole county!
And what about the store that sold me a yeast product knowing full well that it had the potential to mold in certain room temperatures? i smell a Lawsuit…ha
Don't mean to make fun of an unnecessary and tragic violation,but that sounded absurd, the absolutely bizzare correlations they come
up with is beyond reason….way beyond reason!
Did Heicklen sue the state for malicious prosecution, false arrest or anything else relating to his arrest? If you want to get the government to back off, be prepared to go the distance and hit back harder than they hit you!
Heicklen has a good chance to win such a suit if we're going to let those who spill hot coffee on themselves to sue for large amounts and win, so why not give it a try?
Fed-UP can i see ur affavit?
jed says: Fed-UP 'can i see ur affavit?'
you mean for the store that sold me the yeast product ?…haha,that was a joke.I was trying to' demonise something wholesome like bread– a health threat 'with potential for mold, to illustrate how over the top and out of proportion this pro-active insanity is
"There were approximately 35 people involved in the raid. As I said they had DCI and Homeland Security, the DEA, the Fire Department, the Sheriffs Office and Local Green River PD. They brought in two Tractor trailers full of equipment. I would say a rough but fair estimate of the cost of the operation was $100,000″
Jesus Christ, He wasn't building a bomb,this is a middle aged man growing a few plants to ease his health conditions and he is being treated like a terrorist.To me this seems absurd,and a waste of money and resources.they probably could have done the same job with 2 or three cops,
"Now today I found out they can take my home even though there was no tax evasion going on due to distribution. I had no idea they could take your home for a few plants and a half a jar of marijuana"
This speaks for itself…no more jokes.
In my case US v Gerald Duval Jr and Jeremy Duval case# 11-20594 We were the firse in us history to be found guilty by jury on 04,20,2012. We were able to tell jury that we were within Michigain guidelines. Jury found us guilty. Over 100 plants manditory 10 years Gerald, 5 years my son Jeremy. sentencing date Aug 27, 2012. Our story Youtube: Gerald Duval Jr.
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Melanin has an extremely important role- it absorbs UV light and dissipates the UV rays as heat. This process protects our DNA from the damage that can be imparted by UV rays. Individuals with dark skin have more UV-dissipating capacity. This important function of melatonin is appreciated throughout nature. Melanin can be found all over nature from bacteria to humans, with the curious exception of spiders. Sunlight is therefore a stimulus for melanocytes to produce melanin because they are trying to protect the body from UV rays. The increased production of melanin that occurs after melanocytes are exposed to sunlight results in a suntan- or the darkening of freckles. Because newborn babies haven't been exposed to sun, they not have freckles and the use of sunscreen or the clothing protection can prevent freckles. Repeated exposure to the sun throughout life can result in liver spots, which are basically permanent freckles that do not fade away. Reverse freckles, or white freckles, are simply spots of no melanin.
Some people try to get rid of freckles through a bleaching process involving an agent such as hydroquinone that slows down the process at which melanocytes produce melanin. There is an autoimmune condition called vitiligo in which melanocytes are attacked by the immune system and become too weak to produce melanin. The result is patches of white skin and eventual whitening of areas of the body. This is what happened to Michael Jackson.


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MADISON, Wis. – Wisconsin junior defensive end J.J. Watt has been named one of 16 semifinalists for the 2010 Chuck Bednarik Award, Maxwell Football Club President, Ron Jaworski, announced Monday. The award, which is in its 16th year, is given annually to the nation's Outstanding Defensive Player of the Year.Watt leads the Badgers, ranks second in the Big Ten and is tied for the sixth in the country with 16.0 tackles for loss this season. He also leads the Badgers and is tied for fourth in the Big Ten with 6.0 sacks on the year. Watt is fourth on the team with 43 tackles and is tied for second on the team with six pass breakups.In addition, the Pewaukee, Wis., native has blocked two kicks this year. At Iowa, he blocked an extra point in the first quarter that proved to be the difference in a 31-30 victory for the Badgers.Also a candidate for the Nagurski Trophy and the Hendricks Award, Watt has been at his best against some of Wisconsin's best competition. In a two-week stretch against No. 1 Ohio State and No. 13 Iowa, Watt registered nine tackles, 3.0 sacks, 5.0 TFLs, one quarterback hurry and the blocked kick. For his performances, Watt was twice named the Lott IMPACT Player of the Week.This marks the second year in a row that UW has had a semifinalist for the award, as O'Brien Schofield earned the honor in 2009. Erasmus James is the only finalist Wisconsin has had for the award, doing so in 2004.The winner of the 16th Chuck Bednarik Award will be announced as part of the ESPN Home Depot College Football Awards Show on Dec. 9. Three finalists will be announced on Nov. 22, and a second round of voting will take place at that time.The formal presentation of the award will be made at the Maxwell Football Club's Awards Dinner on Friday, March 4, 2011 at the Harrah's Entertainment Complex in Atlantic City, N.J.Voting will begin on Tuesday, Nov. 9 and close on Sunday, Nov. 21. Eligible voters include Maxwell Football Club members, NCAA head football coaches, sports information directors and selected national media.
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Eastern Barquismeto is tense. Days ago, some folks squatted on lands set aside for a new housing development.
The legitimate owners tried to defend what belongs to them. They got insults and rocks in response.
They got a court order to remove the invaders. The squatters responded with more stones. The National Guard showed up and just stood by, doing nothing.
Meanwhile, tensions are also rising in the Quíbor Valley. On February 10th, the INTI (the government Land Institute, which "regulates" land tenancy in the country), was ordered to "rescue" 3,811 hectares there. Onion and other vegetable producers are worried and warn of plunging production if the land grab is consumated.
Squatting is also making its way into Barquisimeto itself. For months, an organized group known as FRIO (Frente Revolucionario de Inquilinos y Ocupantes, or Revolutionary Front of Renters and Occupiers) has been taking over houses and buildings in downtown Barquisimeto, fighting Lara State Police.Their leaders were arrested and released almost immediately. They're behind many of the invasions in Lara since 2009.
Take a look around the area, and anyone can see abandoned places with signs indicating they're being "guarded" or "protected" by committees or communal councils. Governor Henri Falcon is in a difficult position. Police are over-streched, and the nine hardcore Chavista mayors (are there any other kind?) are looking the other way.
The situation in Lara is not isolated from what's happening in the rest of Venezuela. Invasions are becoming an everyday occurrence. What started in the rural areas is now being seen inside the cities. The number and magnitude of these acts has grown, and squatters are well organized. The Supreme Court has validated these actions.
Meanwhile at "La Pastoreña", the squatters are still there and the owners are holding their own vigil. There's no solution in sight. This is just one tiny conflict in one tiny corner of one big country, a story repeated hundreds of times nationwide.


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Obamacare versus religious freedom
An interesting sidebar to the ruckus that is Obamacare is headed to the U.S. Supreme Court.
It's an important issue — whether a company must provide specific contraceptives as part of its health care benefits package as directed under the Affordable Healthcare Act. The government says "yes," but the owners of a large arts and crafts chain say it goes against their religious principles.
The Green family started Hobby Lobby more than 40 years ago. Today, it has more than 500 stores in 41 states. The family, under CEO David Green, also owns Mardel Christian Book Stores. The two chains are privately insured and offer birth control contraceptives as part of their plan. They do not, however, offer what many refer to as the "morning after pill" or the "week after pill."
In a recent Op-Ed in USA Today, Green wrote, "A new government health care mandate says that our family business must provide what I believe are abortion-causing drugs as part of our health insurance. Being Christians, we don't pay for drugs that might cause abortions. Which means that we don't cover emergency contraception, the morning-after pill or the week-after pill.
"We believe doing so might end a life after the moment of conception, something that is contrary to our most important beliefs. It goes against the biblical principles on which we have run this company since day one."
Hobby Lobby is very similar in practice to a well-known Georgia-based company, Chick-fil-A. Both are run by professed Christians. Both close their stores on Sunday. They make no apologies for what they stand for, nor what they want their companies and employees to stand for.
This latest case highlights government intrusion at its most insidious. For decades, the government has forced the removal of simple Nativity scenes on public property. The Ten Commandments have been removed from courtrooms.
The First Amendment continues to be trampled on by the federal government, especially with regards to religious freedoms for Christians. Despite liberal interpretations, the First Amendment never mentions anything about the separation of church and state. Rather, it says, "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof." In other words, Congress can't set up a national religion, nor can it prevent people from practicing their religion. That's it.
Now the federal government is telling a business to pay for a morning-after pill that goes completely against the company's moral stance. To the Greens, it's paying for an abortion.
The case centers around whether a company can pursue a claim against the federal mandate on religious grounds. The Supreme Court, in the "Citizens United" case, recognized a First Amendment right for companies to express themselves for political purposes.
In June 2013, a federal appeals court sided with Hobby Lobby, basically saying religious expression is just as valid. And that ruling paved the way for the case to go to the Supreme Court.
"The Supreme Court has recognized a First Amendment right of for-profit corporations to express themselves for political purposes, applies," the appeals court wrote. "We see no reason the Supreme Court would recognize constitutional protection for a corporation's political expression but not its religious expression."
The bottom line: Hobby Lobby offers contraceptives, but refuses to pay for contraceptives they believe are nothing more than abortion pills. Employees are not forbidden — nor would the company know — if an employee decided to purchase a morning-after pill out of their own pocket.
Hopefully, the Supreme Court will see the light and rule that companies can oppose certain aspects of Obamacare based on strongly held and publicly-known religious reasons.


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When I was a young man, living in San Diego, I met my wife. She was the friend of a friend of a friend. We met, sparks commenced and our hearts caught on fire.
We were both from New York and laughed at the same things. She said I was the first one out there that didn't make fun of her accent. I said, "What accent?"
After a year or so, I thought I could see myself spending the rest of my life with this girl. I wondered if she would be crazy enough to marry me. And 28 years ago, she did. We have traveled the world together and met thousands of people, yet she is the only one that, when I say, "Remember when we were here with these people and we ..." and she can finish the sentence for me.
We haven't had separate lives in so long we have become intertwined into the same person. She is a part of "me." Like two trees that have grown up next to each other, we have wrapped ourselves into one person. I remember hearing that, with old couples, when one dies, the other goes right behind them. Now I think I understand. It's doesn't just feel like half of you died, half of you did die.
But I wouldn't change a thing about us. I wish everyone could have what we have.
They say half of all marriages end in divorce. I guess they didn't get married for the right reasons. I always thought it was a matter of trust. If you knew that, no matter what happened, this person had your back, it's the two of you against the world, then don't let them get away, marry him/her as fast as you can.
Traditionally, marriage has always been between a man and a woman. But what if two guys or two girls felt that way about each other? They want to spend the rest of their lives together. If we have that right, shouldn't they?
I don't need to know what goes on behind their closed doors and they don't need to know what goes on behind mine. I can't imagine why they would want to do the things they do, but I'm sure they feel the same way about me. As long as they don't interfere with how I live my life, I apply the Golden Rule.
Some people say, "The Bible says it's an abomination." In Leviticus 18:22, Leviticus says that Moses says that God says that,"lying with mankind as with womenkind is an abomination." If God feels so strongly about this, why is it not in the Ten Commandments? It mentions the sinfulness of adultery and coveting your neighbor's wife. Did Jesus preach about how wrong it was? Not once.
Jesus did speak about treating your brothers as you yourself would want to be treated. In Matthew 7:1, "Judge not, lest ye be judged." Or Matthew 7:12: "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you." After reading Leviticus, you might also consider reading the words of Jesus at the Sermon of the Mount as quoted in Matthew, chapters 5:1 through 7:29.
Who among us are fit to judge another? I don't know about you, but I'm no better than anybody else. I have the same rights as you. No more, no less. And that seems fair.
I know some gay people and, in most ways, they are just like you and I. You may already know a gay person and know what I am talking about. And then there are those few gays I cannot stand to be around. But I feel that way around a few straight people, too. Some people say gay marriage threatens traditional marriage. I say, only if one of you is gay.
H.P. Lovecraft said, "The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear. And the oldest and strongest fear is the fear of the unknown."
Bob Dylan said, "Don't criticize what you don't understand."
Perhaps if you treated others as you would like to be treated, you would not deny them the happiness you enjoy. The Buddhists say, "If something makes you suffer, let it go." Don't waste your time in hate and denial. Use it to enjoy the wonderfulness that is your life.
John Wallace lives in Leesburg and works in the post office.
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A grey wagtail attacks his reflection – the winner in the animal behaviour category in this year's British wildlife photography awards
Royal Mail suspends deliveries in Elgin — dangerous seagulls!
Royal Mail has suspended deliveries to homes in the Scottish town of Elgin, claiming its postwoman was being attacked by seagulls…residents have been told they will have to collect their mail from the post office until the nesting season ends due to what are described as "swooping attacks".
The Royal Mail was adamant its staff member been "attacked" while attempting to deliver mail there. The gulls are protected by law and next on the roofs of homes on the road.
George McPhee, 66, said: "The seagulls are a bloody pest, but I have been 41years in the same house and they have never hurt anybody – and that's including kiddies, dogs and cats.
"Even during The Blitz everybody was getting their post. If they have to issue them hard hats then so be it," he said.
He has offered to accompany the postmen and women to prove the birds pose no danger.
Perhaps the seagulls aren't expecting to receive any mail; but, do enjoy occasional deliveries of milk and the TELEGRAPH. Or the Royal Mail may have new delivery staff who have seen too many Alfred Hitchcock movies?
EU approves attacks on Somali pirates on land as well as at sea
Royal Marines board a pirate skiff after an attack on a Spanish fishing boat
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The European Union has agreed to expand its mission against Somali pirates, by allowing military forces to attack land targets as well as those at sea. In a two-year extension of its mission, EU defence ministers agreed warships could target boats and fuel dumps…
Up to 10 EU naval ships are currently on patrol off the Horn of Africa. They have policed shipping routes and protected humanitarian aid since 2008. The extension means they will stay until at least December 2014.
An EU official said the new mandate would allow warships or helicopters to fire at fuel barrels, boats, trucks or other equipment on beaches…Spanish Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Garcia-Margallo told reporters: "The EU plan is to allow attacks on land installations when ships are assaulted at sea," adding that "much care" would be taken to avoid civilian deaths.
A two-decade war has wrecked Somalia, leaving it without a proper government. The transitional government only controls the capital Mogadishu, while al-Shabab militants, who recently joined with al-Qaeda, hold large swathes of territory.
The EU says the main tasks of the mission are the protection of vessels of the World Food Programme delivering food aid to displaced people in Somalia, and the fight against piracy off the Somali coast…
Brussels also said the Somali government [what there is of it] had told the UN secretary general that it accepted its new offer of collaboration.
You might think the US government or one of our surrogates like NATO might upgrade to this level of backbone.
On one hand, President Obama is trying to appear less than impetuous in the face of Republican electioneering that wants us to remain cops of the world. On the other hand, permission for anything like this might require support from Congress and they aren't likely to approve anything other than their salaries.
The United States intensifies drone attacks in Pakistan
A suspected U.S. drone strike in Pakistan's tribal region killed four suspected militants Friday, intelligence officials said.
It was the latest in a spate of suspected drone attacks that the United States has carried out in Pakistan since U.S. forces killed al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden in the early morning hours of May 2.
Why must American journalists speak lawyerese? I understand why media owners, editors and producers crack the whip on "suspected perpetrator" and similar crap in daily domestic news. We're talking about military operations on the other side of the planet.
The suspected drone fired two missiles on a vehicle in the area of Miran Shah of North Waziristan, a region near Pakistan's border that is rife with Islamic extremists, two intelligence officials said. They asked not to be named because they were not authorized to speak to the media.
Suspected U.S. drone strikes, a source of tension between the two nations, have increased in pace in Pakistan since bin Laden's death.
The United States has carried out six suspected drone strikes in Pakistan in the past 15 days, according to a CNN count based on information from Pakistani intelligence sources. That works out to an average of one strike every 2.5 days.
From January 1 through May 5, by contrast, the United States conducted 20 suspected strikes, an average of one drone strike every six days, according to CNN's count.
The recent increase, however, probably is not due to intelligence gained from bin Laden's compound, Bill Roggio, a military affairs analyst and editor of the Long War Journal, has said.
"This uptick is not unusual from a recent historical perspective, he said. "What has happened, since the bin Laden raid, is that the U.S. has not felt pressured to dial back the attacks due to Pakistani sensibilities."
Makes sense to me. Apparently, the White House and the State Department don't feel much pressure to keep up the patent leather pretense that the Pakistan government has broad-based control over all departments, everyone follows political guidance as expressed by President Zardari.
Cyber warfare risk is mostly hype
The vast majority of hi-tech attacks described as acts of cyber war do not deserve the name, says a report.
The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development study is part of a series considering incidents that could cause global disruption. While pandemics and financial instability could cause problems, cyber attacks are unlikely to, it says.
Instead, trouble caused by cyber attacks is likely to be localised and short-lived…
Attempts to quantify the potential damage that hi-tech attacks could cause and develop appropriate responses are not helped by the hyperbolic language used to describe these incidents, said the OECD report.
"We don't help ourselves using 'cyberwar' to describe espionage or hacktivist blockading or defacing of websites, as recently seen in reaction to WikiLeaks," said Professor Peter Sommer…who co-wrote the report with Dr Ian Brown…
"Nor is it helpful to group trivially avoidable incidents like routine viruses and frauds with determined attempts to disrupt critical national infrastructure," added Prof Sommer…
The report concludes that it is unlikely that there will be a cyberwar. Most of the hype – like a great deal of politics involving the military in Western nations – is designed to promote the profits of corporations and their officer-class flunkies.
No surprises there, either.
A [geriatric] Tiger [near Leeds] stops the post
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Mail deliveries have been stopped to a house after postal workers were attacked by an elderly cat, Royal Mail said.
Nineteen-year-old Tiger has attacked three people delivering at his home recently. Now Royal Mail has told owner Tracey Brayshaw her pet is aggressive and it will not be delivering post to the house in Farsley, near Leeds.
The black-and-white cat, which is aged 93 in human terms, sleeps for 20 hours a day, Mrs Brayshaw said.
The 43-year-old pharmacy dispenser said she cannot believe her cat has now been labelled a health and safety risk…
The service has been suspended for two weeks and Tiger's trick of pouncing on postal workers and chasing them down the garden path is forcing Mrs Brayshaw to collect her mail from the local sorting office…
In a statement Royal Mail said : "We are sorry for the inconvenience to Mrs Brayshaw and, as we want to resume delivery of mail to her address as quickly as possible, we're trying to agree a way to do this and avoid our employees suffering further nasty injuries as has happened three times already."
What is there to say?
Private guards repel pirate attack off Somalia, kill one!
A suspected pirate has been shot dead as private guards repelled an attack on a cargo ship off Somalia, in what may have been the first such incident. Guards aboard the Panamanian-flagged MV Almezaan returned fire after the ship was attacked – the third time in a year that pirates had targeted the ship.
The EU naval force (Navfor) said a team from an EU warship found the dead man after responding to a distress call. Six other suspected pirates were detained by a Spanish Navfor ship…
The ESPS Navarra found one pirate mother ship and two skiffs. The mother ship was destroyed after the suspects were taken into custody, Navfor said.
Bullet-holes were found in the skiffs in which they were found, he added…
The Navarra received a distress signal early on Tuesday from a merchant ship off the Somali coast and sped to the area, Navfor said in a statement…
Pirates had launched an attack on the MV Almezaan. This was successfully repelled by members of an "armed private vessel protection detachment" on board the ship, who returned fire.
A second attack was also repelled and the pirates fled the area, Navfor said.
A helicopter from the Navarra sighted the suspected pirates' boats and ordered them to stop, firing warning shots when they refused to do so. When a team from the Navarra boarded the vessels, they found three suspected pirates in one skiff and three in the second, along with the body of a fourth man…
Somalia has not had a functioning government for nearly two decades and analysts believe that attacks on shipping will continue as long as there is no central government capable of taking on the pirate gangs.
Bravo! One less to worry about.
Latest nutball debate tactic – smashing windows!
Kristallnacht returns as a right-wing tactic
Democratic offices in at least three states have reported instances of vandalism that party members say possibly were tied to Sunday's historic vote on health care reform.
Early Monday morning, a glass panel at the Tucson office of U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Arizona, was shattered, spokesman C.J. Karamargin said. It wasn't clear how the window was shattered, but visitors have to go through a gated courtyard to enter the office, and staffers suspect someone may have shot a pellet gun at the glass, he said…
In upstate New York, two similar incidents were reported before Sunday night's vote, according to CNN affiliate WHEC. A brick was thrown through the window of the Monroe County Democratic Committee headquarters in Rochester, and another was tossed through a window of Democratic Rep. Louise Slaughter's office in Niagara Falls early Friday…
Another incident was reported earlier in the weekend by the Sedgwick County Democratic Party in Kansas. Party Executive Director Lyndsey Stauble told CNN that a brick with anti-Obama and anti-health care messages was thrown at the headquarters sometime late Friday or early Saturday. Nothing was taken, and no one was injured, she said, adding that a bakery next door called police…
An Alabama-based blog…says it has launched a "window war" against Democrats and has kept a tally of the recent incidents of damage, including the ones in New York and Kansas.
Michael B. Vanderboegh of Pinson, Alabama, told CNN…he called for people to break windows at Democratic headquarters at the city and county level. He said he didn't call for the damages to congressional offices because, "I didn't want to be responsible for anybody breaking a federal law…"
"My answer is violence, by getting their attention," he said, adding, "If we can get across to the other side, that they are within inches of provoking a civil war in this country, then that's a good thing."
The most corrupt political vermin gravitate to their own kind. Threats of violence escalate to overt acts of violence – and those who excuse such behavior are as corrupt as the dimwits they encourage.
Regulars here know what contempt I have for so-called anarchists who commit cruel and stupid acts of violence in the name of their purity. The history of American bigots is laced with as much violence and more. Do the bosses of the Republican Party think their reliance on mob threats would result in anything different?
OK. I calmed down a little bit. I watched a useful discussion, last night, among educated adults which included Ed Rollins. I hope his is the opinion, the guidance followed by his fellow Republicans. His description of the people I generally refer to as nutballs – is that they are despicable bigots and deserve no voice whatsoever in American politics.
I wait for Boehner and McConnell, good ol' boys like Haley Barbour who wants to be president so bad he can taste it – to stand up like men and denounce these prototype Nazis – or will they put their hands in their pants and mumble something about how we all need more understanding?
Because that won't stop the idiots who repudiate democracy, who would deny people's right to vote and speak out.
BTW – It took Boehner and McConnell 3 days to stand up on their hind legs and denounce the vandals. Update: 25th March.
US 'escalates covert Iran missions'
US congressional leaders have agreed to a presidential request for up to $400 million in funding for covert operations against Iran, according to a report in the New Yorker magazine.
Previous cross-border operations have included the capture of Iranian security officers and the backing of anti-Tehran armed groups, said the report by Seymour Hersh, the investigative reporter.
The operations have been taking place since last year, the article said.
Bush's request, made through a Presidential Finding document, was approved by US congressional leaders, including Democrats, late last year, the report said.
I find none of this surprising including collusion and collaboration by Congressional Democrats.
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Rox Populi asked (see previous), "[...] how it would be okay to have a law requiring women to inform their husbands before they get an abortion. Or is this just another head fake, designed to take everyone's attention away from the Plame …October 31, 2005 - 10:00 am Link to this Comment
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What I don't understand is why so many people seem to insist that this candidate has to be a swing-vote judge. Is there a rule I don't know about that requires there not be a conservative/liberal majority?
I mean, I definitely agree that it's a good thing to have one – it allows for balance without a split court, if nothing else. But I still don't get it, and I don't like the insistance upon it.
Another thing I don't like – his pro-life stance seems to be a bit extreme. From FoxNews: "But Alito's role as the sole dissenter on the 3rd Circuit court in the 1992 Planned Parenthood v. Casey decision (search), which struck down a Pennsylvania law that required women to inform their husbands before they got an abortion, could cause Democratic objections."
On the other hand, he seems to believe that checks and balances are a good thing. And that makes me do my happy dance.October 31, 2005 - 10:16 am Link to this Comment
3. rpl
You think the Planned Parenthood v. Casey dissent is "extreme"? Unless there is more to it than you have written here, it sounds like he's saying nothing more than that the would-be father, as a stakeholder in the matter, should be consulted in the decision. Now, I could see how someone might disagree on the basis that the would-be mother shoulders most of the burden in the childbirth process, but surely this is a matter on which reasonable people may disagree.
If Alito's position on this matter counts as "extreme", then I, for one, would like to know exactly what are the left and right boundaries of the non-extreme positions in the abortion debate. It sounds to me like they must be pretty narrow indeed.
-rplOctober 31, 2005 - 10:38 am Link to this Comment
4. Kerfuffles
Moonbat Leaders
Leaders of the Moonbats, Batman Chuckie and Harry Robin, are expected to try and save the Republic from the likes of Judge Samuel A. Alito.
…October 31, 2005 - 10:46 am Link to this Comment
5. ss
Dayton's a stooge. He's not showing open-mindedness. He's just withholding his reaction (disappointment? rage? polite disagreement? horror? fear?) until the Democratic leadership figures out how to play this.October 31, 2005 - 11:54 am Link to this Comment
6. ss
And funny how Kerry would characterize Bush's fulfillment of a campaign promise as the act of a weakened President caving to an interest group.October 31, 2005 - 11:56 am Link to this Comment
7. Anastasia
abortion may not be for the courts to decide, but according to msnbc's reporting, it may well be decided under alito:
"It may be symbolic of the Senate confirmation battle ahead that one of federal appeals court Judge Samuel AlitoOctober 31, 2005 - 12:01 pm Link to this Comment
8. maller
Who can seriously question that Bush is currently in a weakened state? Surely, that could change but currently he is clearly the tail being wagged by the base. Most of us no little or nothing about this current choice, but is it unreasonable to say or suspect that this nominee is more likely to appease the base?October 31, 2005 - 1:27 pm Link to this Comment
9. beckie
A picky point, but you refer to him several times as "Alita." At least it's not "Scalita"…
Reminds me of the many slips made by others who referred to John Roberts as John Edwards!October 31, 2005 - 1:44 pm Link to this Comment
10. Sandy P
–What I don't understand is why so many people seem to insist that this candidate has to be a swing-vote judge.–
Depends on which way the judge swings….
It was more in the other side's favor.October 31, 2005 - 2:27 pm Link to this Comment
11. aaron
I think "Pro-Life" is a perfectly reasonable position, and I actually find the position admirable, so long as it isn't used to make law.October 31, 2005 - 3:07 pm Link to this Comment
"Another thing I don't like – his pro-life stance seems to be a bit extreme"
How can someone be a little bit too pro-life? Either it is innocent life or it isn't. If it is, you can't believe it ever is moral to take innocent life and destroy it. That's why the suppporters have to lie to themselves, and call it pro-choice as if evil were good..October 31, 2005 - 5:29 pm Link to this Comment
13. Crank
You know what Kerry should do? He should run against Bush for president and try to convince the people that Bush will appoint conservative judges and that that's a bad thing.October 31, 2005 - 7:40 pm Link to this Comment
14. Matt
Anybody who gets the shriller voices on the Left _that_ upset has to be at least a reasonable choice.October 31, 2005 - 11:35 pm Link to this Comment
15. Jonathan Stroud
Am I the only one on God's green earth who thinks that the whole Miers nomination was, in effect, a well-calculated (for lack of a better word) ploy by the Bush administration?
I mean, it's not likely that the Democrats could block two nominations in a row – in fact, unless I'm mistaken, it's completely without precedent. So why not nominate someone you wouldn't mind being a justice but who'll probably not make the grade, and then put up who you'd really like on the court – now THAT's a plan.
Cold? Yeah. Crazy conspiracy-theory? Yeah. Right up Karl Rove's alley, and a smart-ass move to boot? You'd better believe.November 1, 2005 - 1:45 am Link to this Comment
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Rightwing Nut House says the game is afoot! US Soprano Court ? Big Dog has an opinion as well. Hey! Whats wrong with this Picture? Ok now this Post gets to the point, succinctly. Stop The ACLU obviously has…November 1, 2005 - 6:39 am Link to this Comment
17. Michael Parker
Jonathan, you are mistaken in your statement about multiple nominees being blocked for a single position. In recent memory there was bork and ginsburg.November 1, 2005 - 7:01 am Link to this Comment
18. Prague
Okay, so some people didn't like my use of the word "extreme"….(see first post)
I'll try to explain my rationale a bit here. First off, I can't have kids, and in many cases you want what you can't have. I would most probably welcome the idea of children if I could have them, so I'm not in favor of abortion as a personal choice – but *only* as a personal choice.
But I don't want anybody telling me what to do, either. It's not that I think a spouse/father shouldn't be consulted – I really do think they should be. But I think it should be a personal decision, not something required by law.
So essentially, I'm a pro-lifer, but mostly because I'm pretty stubborn when I get told what to do when it directly affects me (or could). And even though it didn't pass, I still got irritated when I heard about this proposed requirement, thus causing stubbornness to rise.
However, in regards to abortion, I intended only that if I chose to have an abortion, I would not want to be *forced* to consult with my spouse. I see it as a small step from that to needing their consent – and so it goes from there. Slippery slope, etc.
However, I don't think it should be decided by the courts, either – but if the Supreme Court strikes down Roe vs Wade, all it does is go back to the states for them to decide.
I really didn't intend to spark this sort of debate….and do not mean to spark another one. Just wanted to clarify, and I won't comment on it again beyond this.November 1, 2005 - 10:14 am Link to this Comment
19. Hogarth
But I don't want anybody telling me what to do, either. It's not that I think a spouse/father shouldn't be consulted – I really do think they should be. But I think it should be a personal decision, not something required by law.
Prague -
So, I'm wondering how your murder/bank robbery spree is going?
You know, after being told you can't do those things, I naturally thought…November 1, 2005 - 1:11 pm Link to this Comment
20. RandMan
Judge Alito seems to be well qualified choice for the court. Infinitely better than the "not ready for prime time" Harriet Miers.
That said, the politics of abortion has totally mangled the judicial appointment process. Both parties share the blame in this.
The pro-life forces are certainly not shy about their desire to overturn Roe. This explains their focus on SC nominations.
The reason they are fixated on Roe is that they don't have the political support to amend the Constitution. While they claim to have the country behind them, recent polling data indicate that while most voters think abortion morally questionable, they still think it should be legal.
The pro-lifers might be able to get an amendment passed if they would compromise their position and allow unrestricted abortions in, say, the first trimester, with restrictions on abortions occuring thereafter. They won't compromise, so any amendment offered won't make it out of Congress.
In other words, the pro-life side is fighting judicial activism (Roe, as they see it) with judicial activism (a theoretical anti-Roe majority appointed to the court).
IMHO, the pro-life side started this fire with their efforts to stack the court. The bombastic Left throws gasoline on this fire with their grandstanding against conservative nominees.
There seems to be no way out of this political quagmire. Only when the pro-life side sees that Roe is not likley to be overturned will this problem go away. It could go away with compromise on their part, but that ain't gonna happen.
Reminds me of the slavery issue, pre-WBTS. Anti-slavery zealots would not compromise with slave owners seeking restitution for banning slavery. In their minds, it would be immoral to pay off owners for the immoral institution of slavery. The country paid a heavy price because of their unwillingness to compromise on restitution.November 1, 2005 - 9:43 pm Link to this Comment
21. Prague
Okay, an attack on my personal character I *will* respond to.
Hogarth, I work for the DoD. I hold a security clearance. About the only law I break is the speed limit, and then not by much. I was referring to spousal notification in the abortion process.
Funny, I would have thought that part was clear. Did you even read the rest of it?
Anyway, I still don't like what he said in the Pennsylvania case, but I'm much happier after seeing the article at the following link: http://www.csmonitor.com/2005/1102/p01s04-usju.html
And RandMan, nice post.November 2, 2005 - 10:19 am Link to this Comment
22. deb
"This explains their focus on SC nominations."
No, Roe is only a very small part of it, it is the 'whole bastardization of the constitution' that we object to.
If you can't get a simple majority to vote for it then we get '5 of the 9′ to simply create the law by fiat… that is not how our government was set up, that is what we are fighting against. I don't care what laws you get enacted as long as they are done properly.
This is a simple matter to end here, just return it to the states for the people to vote on, that way it would be removed from the SCOTUS process…
"There seems to be no way out of this political quagmire. Only when the pro-life side sees that Roe is not likley to be overturned will this problem go away. It could go away with compromise on their part, but that ain't gonna happen."
See above, just allow the people to vote on it… just like our government was set up to do. Since a majority of people don't want it to be outlawed, it wouldn't be… what is the problem with doing this?November 2, 2005 - 1:25 pm Link to this Comment


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Harney, Mary
Tuesday, 11 February 1997
Dáil Éireann Debate
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Meeting with Russian Prime Minister.
Asked the minister: if he will report on the discussions he held with the Russian Prime Minister regarding the ban on Irish beef exports.
Given that the decision will be reviewed in April, does the Taoiseach intend to make his official visit before then?
Given the significance of the Russian market which takes 25 per cent of our beef exports, would the Taoiseach agree it would be more sensible to make the visit before April than subsequent to the revi...
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Northern Ireland Peace Process.
Asked the minister: the discussions, if any, he has had with the Alliance Party.
Asked the minister: the discussions, if any, he has had, or plans to have, with the Ulster Unionist Party.
Asked the minister: the plans, if any, he has to visit Northern Ireland.
Asked the minister: his travel plans for St. Patrick's Day.
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Order of Business.
Given that the Taoiseach promised in the middle of November to provide for an independent courts service within a week, when will we see the legislation providing for its establishment?
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