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Ryan Gosling and Russell Crowe are Nice Guys
I don't care what you people (read: Lainey) say about Ryan Gosling and his "cute"—as long as he's making good movies, I'm into Ryan Gosling. Admittedly, the last few years have been a little rough. Gangster Squad was not good, Only God Forgives was unwatchable, and the only thing he did in 2014 was release his self-indulgent directorial debut, Lost River. Full Story
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The cast of Magic Mike XXL was in Miami yesterday promoting the movie. They surprised the audience at one of the screenings too, showing up for some bump and grind. As you can see, Channing Tatum, the big star, the main event, got his ass in on some action too. Full Story
Dear Gossips,
Oh Monday.
You need a hit of something to get you going? Why do I need an excuse to post pictures of Matt Bomer getting out of the water, also known as God's perfection. Because it's not just the face, is it? It's the proportion. Like, Matt Bomer even has good legs. The legs can often f-ck up a good everything else. But his legs? Not too short, not too long, not too skinny, not thick at all. He's going to wreck my heart in that Montgomery Clift biopic.
It's a long weekend in the US but business as usual here in Canada. If you're working, or hung over, I'm around all day.
Yours in gossip,
An angel on the beach
Let's begin the day with beauty. You know when I wrote yesterday about Michael McIntyre's reaction to Brandon Flowers's face? Click here for a refresher. I've seen people sprain themselves after seeing Matt Bomer's face. Full Story
I'm ready to be worshipped
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And now…maybe the opposite of every sentiment expressed in the Anna Kendrick/Elizabeth Banks post… But hey, Jada Pinkett Smith is the boss lady of the strippers, OK? And she's GOOD at it! The new Magic Mike XXL trailer. When the teaser came out, I wrote that Full Story
JLO's hot immunity
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Really enjoyed JLO's sassy moment with the Magic Mike cast last night. That's how I like my JLO served. Like all boss. Everything. The outfit. The hair. The legs. While she was up there, it was desperate, my attempt to force her to open her eyes. To possibility. THIS IS WHAT YOU SHOULD BE LOOKING FOR. Full Story
Magic Mike & Magic Matt
Thought you might want to end the day with some Magic Mike 2 set photos of Channing Tatum, Matt Bomer, and only a couple of Joe Meatball because I.Don't.Care. Channing Tatum, nice, nice, very nice person. Channing Tatum one day an Oscar winner? They're saying that Foxcatcher will change your mind about his abilities. Full Story
Magic Mike's new friends
A quick programming note: there was a major delay on the subway this morning and I had that appointment at the eye clinic (I'm a good candidate for laser eye surgery) and so I'm just trying to catch up between preparing for The Social which goes live in a couple of hours. Going to hit you up with a few quick posts and photos and then focus on heavier analysis – including George Clooney's wedding details – later on this afternoon. Full Story
Dear Gossips,
So it was confirmed yesterday that Matthew McConaughey will not return for Magic Mike 2. The storyline is apparently a road trip, and either he wasn't invited, or he didn't want to get in the car. I'm thinking…he didn't want to get in the car. Read Full Intro
Happy Independence Day with Matt Bomer + Mark Ruffalo
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I know I don't need to explain to you why this is a celebration. Any day that includes Mark Ruffalo is a celebration. Ruffalo was on the set of The Normal Heart in New York yesterday with Matt Bomer. Bonus! The Normal Heart also features Taylor Kitsch and tells the story of one man's experience with the AIDS crisis in the 80s. Full Story
Judge Pitt, Councillor Clooney, and President Bartlet
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God I miss The West Wing (seasons 1 to 4).As mentioned last week, Dustin Lance Black's 8 was read in LA on Saturday night featuring many major celebrities including Brad Pitt and George Clooney playing Judge Vaughn Walker and David Boies respectively. Full Story


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INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (21Alive) -- Indiana Governor Mike Pence releases a statement acknowledging the three police officers who lost their lives within the last week.
"It's with heavy hearts that we mourn the two Indiana police officers killed in the line of duty in the last 24 hours. The deaths of Indianapolis Metro Police Officer Perry Renn and Gary Metropolitan Police Officer Jeffrey Westerfield follow last week's death of Tipton County Deputy Sheriff Jacob Calvin, whose funeral will be held Monday. On behalf of the First Lady and Hoosiers everywhere...I extend our deepest condolences and prayers to those who knew these officers as family members, friends, colleagues and neighbors."
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With legislative debates looming in Congress over sequestration, the federal debt ceiling, immigration reform, gun control, and more, school board members looking to influence federal education policy have their work cut out for them.
That's the assessment of Norman J. Ornstein, a resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute and a respected observer of the national political scene.
"You're going to need every talent you can muster when you go to [Capitol] Hill," he told school leaders planning to visit federal lawmakers as part of NSBA's Federal Relations Network (FRN) Annual Conference in Washington, D.C. He spoke at the meeting on Sunday. "Be sure that you get your legislators' attention."
Members of Congress are distracted by more than just the legislative challenges that lie ahead, he said. Among Republicans, the re-election of President Obama has some party members questioning the GOP's hard-line stance on some issues—a stance that some believe has hurt the party's support among the young, minorities, and other constituency groups whose support will be needed to win future elections.
These questions are all the more unsettling to Republicans because, in the final weeks of the 2012 campaign, some party leaders were convinced GOP candidate Mitt Romney had pulled ahead of the president in the polls—and thus his defeat was all the more shocking.
Amidst their soul-searching, some Republicans are questioning whether it's time to show the American people some legislative accomplishments, even if it means some compromise with Democrats. It's a position that has support among some older, influential members of the Senate who are looking to their legacy as legislative leaders.
One possible sign of this new attitude was the end-of-year compromise that put off across-the-board federal budget cuts—the so-called "fiscal cliff," Ornstein says. In the Senate, 89 senators approved the deal, even though its passage led to an increase in some taxes. At the same time, a small group of senators from both parties is working on immigration policy reform.
"We have a very interesting dynamic at work," he said.
None of this suggests that a new bipartisan attitude is taking hold in Congress, he warned. Partisan divisions still run deep, and lawmakers face formidable political pressure to hold to the party line. Among House Republicans, in particular, he said, the threat of a primary challenge from unhappy conservatives back home is potent.
What it does mean is that Congress may be stirring from its legislative gridlock and that school board members may face a challenge focusing lawmakers on education issues.
"To get the attention of legislators, to get them to focus on the long overdue need for reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act … to make sure we continue to expand our ability to educate and prepare the next generation for our workforce … it is no easy task."


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The Power of Independent Thinking
Is U.S. Justice Broken?
Recorded: Thursday, December 9, 2010
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From fingerprinting to criminal sentencing, from lawyer licensing to judicial selection, and from eminent domain to wealth transfers via class-action lawsuits, how do perverse incentives impact the law and what reforms would create a more just and efficient legal system?
Experts: David D. Friedman, Alex Kozinski, Edward J. López, David J. TherouxType: Independent Institute EventIssues: Criminal Justice/ Prisons
The Frankenfood Myth?
Recorded: Tuesday, December 13, 2005
For millennia, farmers all over the world have bred crops for their resistance to disease, productivity, and nutritional value. Today, few topics have the power to inspire as much international furor and misinformation as the development and distribution of genetically altered foods.
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Iraq's "Daily Show"/
Iraqi reality TV show defies odds in this violence plagued country By RAWYA RAGEH BAGHDAD, Iraq-- Clad in a beige suit, the TV news anchor fiddles with his glasses as he announces there's been an explosion: "The microwave blew up in Soha's face as she was preparing her trademark pizza," he says. Jon Stewart, step aside. Welcome Ali Fadhel, rising star of Iraqi spoof news _ or so he hopes. For now, the 24-year-old is a popular contestant on Iraq's new hit reality television show "Saya Wa Surmaya," or "Fame and Fortune."
The show features Iraqi men and women taking on challenges in hopes of winning a contract with Al-Sharqiya television, which airs the program. Fadhel tried his hand at a fake newscast. "Fame and Fortune" presents a different "reality" from every day life in Iraq _ no kidnappings, no killings, no explosions _ except for the odd cooking accident. "There's such little support given these days to the youth," said Mustafa Kadhem, head of programming at the station. "We figured we can help uncover some of the talented ones." Reality TV burst on the scene in the Arab world in 2003 with programs similar to "Big Brother," but adding elements of "American Idol"-style talent shows. The shows angered conservatives, who considered the spectacle of young men and women dancing and singing under one roof sacrilegious. Al-Sharqiya introduced Iraq's first reality TV show in 2004, but it was not geared toward pure entertainment. The program, "Construction Contract," revolved around the reconstruction of homes destroyed after the 2003 U.S.-led invasion of the country. "Fame And Fortune" kicked off this year with different themes every few months. One offered winners interest-free loans to start small businesses. The latest installment, "Youth Project," is a talent contest. "The idea was to help people realize their dreams and follow them as they do that," Kadhem said. "Youth Project" began after the network ran ads seeking young people who have an interest in visual arts. More than 70 people auditioned; eight were chosen, including four women. The show hit the air in July, featuring the eight finalists, aged 17 to 30, in a set that looks like a living room with an open kitchen. The contestants, in mostly unscripted situations, perform different artistic tasks _ photography, script writing, directing and acting _ that are evaluated by professional artists. Viewers decide who leaves the show by voting through the network's Web site. The winner gets $3,000 and will be hired as a director by the network. In a concession to Islamic tastes, the participants don't spend the night on the set, as they might in a Western reality show. But they eat together, socialize and sit close to one another on a narrow couch. So far, the show has avoided offending the religious establishment. When the top-rated, Lebanese show "Star Academy" appeared in 2003, it drew sharp criticism on many Islamic Web sites. Saudi Arabia's Grand Mufti denounced the show as an open invitation to sin and instructed Muslims not to watch it. The Dubai-based MBC television pulled the plug on an Arabic version of "Big Brother" two years ago after similar criticism. The Iraqi producers of "Fame and Fortune" have avoided the problem by sending the participants home at night. Kadhem said sleeping over at the same house wouldn't have conformed to Iraqi traditions, "plus there was simply no need for that _ the tasks do not require it." When a participant is voted off, there's none of the passionate hugging and kissing common on "Star Academy." Instead, women shake hands with male contestants who survive the cut, offering a simple "mabrouk," or "congratulations." Nonetheless, slick Western production methods are evident in every aspect of the show _ from the trademark IKEA interiors, more reminiscent of a New York studio than traditional Iraqi tastes, to commercials advertising the show with Frank Sinatra's "My Way" in the background. In his spoof newscast, Fadhel pretended to talk to Aseel Essam, "the correspondent on scene." Her hair in pig tails, Essam sported tight Bermuda jeans and a baby blue, body-hugging top. That may seem simple. But producers say it's tough to produce a show like this in Iraq. Eighty percent of the shooting is indoors. The few outdoor scenes are shot in "working-class neighborhoods known to be safe," Kadhem said. He refused to identify them for security reasons. The soon-to-be-stars also take their own precautions. Soha Sadeq, 24, said she doesn't put on makeup until she arrives at the studio to avoid problems from Islamic zealots on the street. "It's better that way, to keep a low profile and not attract attention," she said. Fadhel, whose wife is expecting their first child in a month, said he once encountered four explosions on his way to the network's central Baghdad studio. "I have to practice my art," said Fadhel, whose idols are Stanley Kubrick, Jean-Pierre Jeunet and Oliver Stone. "Two things could kill me _ a terrorist on the street, or not practicing my art."
11 killed in another bus crash, as govt seeks revamping railways/
Egypt seeks $1.5 bln to revamp railways after crash By Abdel Sattar Hatita CAIRO, Aug 23 (Reuters) - Egypt, reeling from its worst train disaster in four years, scrambled on Wednesday to find $1.5 billion to overhaul its antiquated rail network. Fifty eight people were killed and scores injured on Monday when two commuter trains collided in the Nile Delta town of Qalyoub. Egypt's state news agency said the accident happened after one of the drivers apparently failed to heed a signal. Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif had ordered Transport Minister Mohamed Lutfi Mansour to report preliminary findings on the crash by Wednesday. But Mansour gave no hint of the cause in an address to a parliamentary committee convened for the accident. A cabinet spokesman said the preliminary results were now expected to be released later in the evening or on Thursday. Mansour told the committee he would dip into proceeds from the $2.9 billion sale of Egypt's third mobile phone license to help pay for the rail revamp. He said 5 billion Egyptian pounds ($871 million) would be drawn from the mobile proceeds, and the government would borrow the remainder of the total $1.5 billion that the overhaul is expected to cost. The money will pay to upgrade equipment, improve maintenance and revamp old engines or buy new ones, Mansour said. It would also go toward installing automated crossings and linking the rail networks by computer. Mansour said he had initially submitted to parliament in June a plan for upgrading the railways, but it had not been carried out. In a statement, the transport ministry said Mansour had previously warned of potential danger on the railways. The train crash in the town of Qalyoub, which prompted Mansour to fire the head of the state railway authority, was Egypt's worst rail accident since 2002, when a fire ripped through a crowded passenger train, killing about 360 people. Since Monday's crash, a string of accidents have hit Egypt's transport industry. Eleven Israeli Arab tourists were killed on Tuesday when their tour bus flipped on a dangerous curve in the Sinai Peninsula. Earlier that day, a sleeper train collided with a tractor south of Cairo, injuring two people. Security sources said on Wednesday a further 11 Egyptians were killed overnight and nine injured when a bus in a wedding convoy flipped into a waterway near the southern city of Aswan.
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Kifaya petitioning for canceling Camp David?/
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Paris Hilton is releasing her album Paris on Tuesday, though for the 25-year-old hotel heiress, socialite and star of The Simple Life, making music is nothing new, she reveals. "When I was little," she tells Blender magazine for its September issue, she was forced to practice piano, violin and guitar "every day ... since I was 11. My mom made me." All the practice seems to have paid off: Of her new album, she tells the magazine: "I, like, cry, when I listen to it, it's so good."It gets worse:
Paris Hilton is leaving her promiscuous past behind her and is trying to encourage women to join her on her "no sex for a year" pledge. Paris said recently: "It's sexier when a girl is flirty but she doesn't do anything." "I think women should be confident and strong, and they often underestimate themselves and give in to men."Paris Hilton is on a jihad against Western men, clearly. Against all their senses. For didn't Nostradamus write:
Quatrain 1.39 By night in bed the supreme one strangled, The elevated blonde, for too great an involvement: By three the empire is surrogated and enslaved, To death, neither letter nor packet read.Ah, Bernard... you're so lucky to be over 80. Paris Hilton makes the sign of the Beast. Be afraid. Be very afraid.
Another black day for the transportation ministry/
Up to nine Israeli Arabs die in Egypt tour bus crash By Cynthia Johnston CAIRO, Aug 22 (Reuters) - Up to nine Israeli Arabs were killed on Tuesday and 39 injured when their tour bus overturned in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, Egyptian officials said, the latest in a string of Egyptian transport accidents. Egypt's Interior Ministry said five people had died in the crash on a road near the holiday resort town of Nuweiba. Medical and security officials put the death toll at nine. Medical sources said seven of the injured were in a critical condition. The crash was the third in two days to hit Egypt's transport network. Also on Tuesday, a sleeper train collided with a tractor south of Cairo, injuring two people. On Monday, 58 people were killed in a collision between two commuter trains in Egypt's worst rail disaster in four years.AND ANOTHER TRAIN ACCIDENT!!!!! MESH MOMKEN!
Egyptian train collides with tractor: two injured By Summer Said CAIRO, Aug 22 (Reuters) - An Egyptian sleeper train collided with a tractor south of Cairo on Tuesday, injuring two people, a day after 58 people were killed in Egypt's worst rail disaster for four years, security sources said. Police arrested the train driver after the collision, one of the sources said. The collision, in the town of Beni Suef 100 km (60 miles) south of Cairo, derailed two carriages and caused panic among passengers. In Monday's crash in the Nile Delta town of Qalyoub, a driver apparently ignored a signal and a commuter train ploughed into the rear of another. Relatives have claimed the bodies of 55 of the dead but three remained unidentified, health officials said. Tuesday's collision occurred shortly after Egypt appointed a new head of the state railway authority. The previous head, Hanafi Abdel-Qawi, was fired on Monday and his deputy suspended pending an investigation into the accident. Transport Minister Mohamed Mansour is due to report the preliminary results of the investigation on Wedesday. Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif has pledged that anyone found to have been negligent will be held to account. The crash on Monday was the worst rail accident in Egypt since 360 people were killed in 2002 when fire ripped through seven carriages of a crowded passenger train.The only good "transportation" news I heard today, was that one of my friends made it from his bedroom to the bathroom safely, without any accidents. He decided to walk.
SMS culture in Iraq/
Nice one ya Rubi...
Texting, ring tones all the rage in Iraq By RAWYA RAGEH, Associated Press Writer Sun Aug 20, 2:45 PM ET Beep, beep, beep. Then the text comes: "President Bush calls for a timetable for the withdrawal of the Iraqi people from Iraq." It's not a news update. It's Omar Abdul Kareem's relentlessly beeping cell phone — and one of the 20 or so humorous text messages he gets every day from his friends. In a city bereft of entertainment, text messaging and swapping ringtones are all the rage for young Iraqis trying to lighten their lives. Most restaurants, cafes and movies have closed due to the country's security situation. The content of the text messages and ringtones speak volumes about the state of affairs here: jokes and songs about suicide bombings, sectarianism, power outages, gas prices, Saddam Hussein and George Bush. Cell phone shops, the only crowded stores these days, sell special CDs with ringtones at about $2 apiece. Collections of short jokes especially written for texters are best-sellers. Iraqis fiddling with their cell phones on the streets look like New Yorkers hooked on iPods. "It's not like there's much to do around here," Abdul Kareem said. "It's perhaps the only venue to express ourselves." The suave 22-year-old security guard carries a cutting-edge Nokia 3250 with a camera and twisting base. He used to buy $60 worth of prepaid phone cards a month to text with his girlfriend — until they broke up. After sending her a lot of "I miss you" texts, he's moved on. Now he sends his aunt dozens of jokes, most of them at the expense of ethnic Kurds. The daily reality of violence and explosions has influenced every aspect of Iraqi life — including love notes. "I send you the tanks of my love, bullets of my admiration and a rocket of my yearning," one popular message reads. A popular ringtone features the music from Coolio's "Gangsta's Paradise." But the local version includes a voice similar to Saddam's rapping in English: "I'm Saddam, I don't have a bomb/Bush wants to kick me/I don't know why/smoking weed and getting high/I know the devil's by my side." The song concludes with: "My days are over and I'm gonna die/all I need is chili fries" as a crowd yells "Goodbye forever, may God curse you." Competing with Saddam for the most popular song in Iraq today is Iraqi pop star Hossam al-Rassam — "Ma, I've been stung by a scorpion." Its sensual lyrics challenge widespread conservatism in Iraq by talking about a girl's lips and perfume "that make you live longer." Rasha Tareq, 23, has al-Rassam's ringtone, as well as dozens of others by Lebanese singers. The most expensive ringtones include songs by Egyptian pop star Amr Diab. "Ah, well, Dad pays for all that," she said. Dad also paid for her Nokia 7660 as well as the eight other models she has bought since cell phones first hit the market after the 2003 U.S.-led invasion. Rasha says her only source of entertainment used to be trips to Baghdad's Mutanabi Street on Fridays to buy downloads and joke books for her cell phone. But since a Friday morning curfew was imposed a few months ago, she has had to limit herself to nearby stores. "Though not as good as the stuff on Mutanabi Street, there's at least three stores in every block," she said. "Texting my girlfriends is my only hobby." But cell phones in Iraq aren't just about being cool. Some Iraqis use their cell phones to make political statements, with ringtones like "Mawtini," or "My Land," — Iraq's pre-Saddam national anthem. Others favor jingles believed to be sung by members of the Shiite Mahdi Army militia. Because of the popularity of text messages, political parties used them as a way to campaign during parliamentary elections last year. Currently, an Iraqi non-governmental organization texts Iraqis, urging them to "confront violence with peace." The tech-savvy insurgents have also gotten in on the act, making threats through text messages sent from Web sites, which makes it hard to track down the source. Abdul Kareem, the security guard, says he texts his mother around the clock — "especially if I'm out late, you know, with all the bombs going off everywhere."
Hamzawy: Democracy lost/
This widening ideological divide between ruling elites and oppositions will make it more difficult to adopt political reform measures, which require at least some consensus and flexibility on both sides. More troubling is that the positions of putatively democratic Arab opposition movements on the war in Lebanon have exposed their totalitarian and populist tendencies. There is a great difference between adopting a rational discourse that rightly condemns the Israeli military for its crimes against civilians and criticizes unconditional American acceptance of the war, and cheering the death of Israeli civilians as a step toward the destruction of the "Zionist entity." This goes beyond the tendency of Islamist and pan-Arab opposition movements to opportunistically capitalize on popular feelings to rally support. It shows that these movements lack a key characteristic of reformist political forces: a willingness to combat ideologies of hatred and extremism rather than using them for political advantage. Furthermore, although they call for democratic reform in Arab countries, Islamist and pan-Arab movements have failed to acknowledge the fundamentally non-democratic nature of the actions of Lebanon's Hizbullah. By unilaterally making a decision of war and peace on July 12, Hizbullah confiscated the right of Lebanon's government, of which it is part, to determine the country's fate. Israel's response , by targeting infrastructure and the civilian population, was surely extreme, legitimizing resistance; however, Hizbullah acted like a state within a state, taking advantage of the weakness of Lebanon's formal institutions and transgressing the principle of consensual decision-making. The regional shadows of the war in Lebanon will persist for many years. They may well be a long and painful reminder that the hope for any near-term democratic transformation of the Arab world was perhaps the greatest loser in a war that produced tremendous damage on all sides.Harsh words indeed. While I agree with him that Hizbullah acted irresponsibly on 12 July, it's quite a stretch to say that it took a decision of war and peace. It was Israel that took the decision to escalate the conflict into a full-scale war. As for the opposition being opportunistic in capitalizing on the Hizbullah-Lebanon war for local advantage, I don't really see that as a problem (they're politicians, after all) as much as some of the delusions about this war. But there is a real concern in that the opposition does not realize that cheering for Hizbullah is a dead-end street: there is no real support in Egypt (and I suspect in all other Arab countries) for going to war against Israel. The need for a rational discourse about the region is indeed great, and it would have been nice to see less grandstanding from certain parts of the Nasserist left (which does indeed have totalitarian impulses). But it's a bit of a chicken-and-egg argument: can you have a quality democratic debate in the absence of democracy and when the only avenue open to dissidents is populism? Rational debate lost out on all sides here: in both the Arab world and in Israel (actually, particularly in Israel), jingoism triumphed.
New Saudi opposition group/
CAIRO -- A Saudi opposition group is set to breathe new life into the kingdom's dormant political reform movement. But in a sign of changing alliances, its founder hopes for a boost from public anger over government criticism of Hezbollah. Founded in Paris by the exiled son of the last ruler of part of present-day Saudi Arabia, the Saudi Democratic Opposition Front claims about 2,000 members, mostly in Saudi Arabia. It aims to provide an umbrella network for secular and Islamist activists both inside and outside the country who are campaigning for the overthrow of the al-Saud ruling family. "We have founded the Saudi Democratic Opposition Front to push for 100 percent democracy in the country," said Talal Mohammed Al-Rasheed, the son of the last ruler of the independent Rashidi emirate, which reigned in Saudi Arabia's northwestern region of Hail from 1835 to 1921. "If the al-Saud [family] introduce genuine democracy, we will support them. But if they do not, we will push by all peaceful means to make them give up their power," said Mr. Al-Rasheed, 72, who still likes to be addressed as Prince Talal.I don't know what to think of these people. I found this interesting though:
Earlier this month, Mr. Al-Rasheed gave an hourlong interview to the Paris bureau chief of the Pan-Arab, Qatar-based Al Jazeera satellite news network. After announcing the formation of his party and advertising the forthcoming interview with Mr. Al-Rasheed on its news bar at the bottom of the screen, Al Jazeera suddenly removed the information and the interview was spiked. "My sources told me that after they saw the information on Al Jazeera's news ticker, the Saudi government called the station more than five times in one hour, pleading with them not to air it," Mr. Al-Rasheed said, adding that Al Jazeera had "obviously caved in to the pressure."Et tu, Jazeera?
Dissent in Egypt (short video)/
"New Middle East" gets Daily Show treatment/
Updates from Qalyoubiya.../
Egyptian train crash kills dozens, injures many By Aziz El-Kaissouni QALYOUB, Egypt, Aug 21 (Reuters) - A train crash killed and injured dozens of people in a Nile Delta town north of Cairo on Monday in Egypt's worst rail disaster for four years. Casualty figures varied widely. Egypt's health minister put the toll at 58 dead and 143 injured. A security source had earlier said up to 80 had died. An investigation was under way. State news agency MENA said the accident happened early in the morning when a train driver apparently ignored a signal and one commuter train ploughed into the rear of another. The head of the state railway authority blamed "human error" for the crash, MENA reported. "The first train was stopped. We looked and saw the other train coming from behind, screeching," said Khalil Sheikh Khalil, who had disembarked from a minibus nearby moments before the crash. "We kept saying: 'Driver, driver, a train is coming.' So the (train) driver moved up 15 metres, and while he was moving, the two trains impacted," he told Reuters. Khalil said the engine of the rear train burst into flames on impact. A Reuters photographer at the scene said one of the trains had derailed and was lying on its side. It had split into four parts and appeared to have burned. The crash ripped seats from the train carriages, which were littered with clothes and shoes. The carriages had been crushed together like an accordion. "A loud crash awoke me. One of the trains had derailed and people were scattered on the floor. I called the authorities and they told me I was crazy," said Osama Abdul Haleem, who lives near the crash site. "I told them there are dead and dying there on the ground." APPEAL FOR BLOOD Rescue workers scrambled to evacuate the casualties, loading them onto some two dozen ambulances. Blood was spattered across the wreckage of both trains. By midday, rescuers were still recovering bodies, using a bulldozer to pull apart a metal side panel to reach a body lodged in one of the carriages. Rescuers found body parts in the rubble under one of the carriages. Hundred of bystanders and passengers' relatives anxious for news converged on the wreckage in a semi-rural area about 20 km (12 miles) north of Cairo. Security troops linked arms to keep the crowds at bay. Officials called on people over loudhailers to give blood, and a queue formed in response. Crowds also berated a government official at the scene, chanting "negligence" and scuffling with police who tried to disperse them. Health Minister Hatem el-Gabali said the government would pay 5,000 Egyptian pounds ($871) to families of the dead and 1,000 pounds for the wounded. It would also cover funeral costs. An opposition politician at the scene said government lenience over a string of previous transport accidents meant there was no motivation to maintain safety standards. More than 1,000 people died in February when a ferry sank in the Red Sea. Investigations primarily blamed the captain, who died, for not following safety procedures, but the public directed its rage at the ferry owner, a member of parliament. Monday's crash was the deadliest railway accident in Egypt since about 360 were killed in 2002 when fire ripped through seven carriages of a crowded passenger train. That accident was the worst in 150 years of Egyptian rail history and prompted the resignation of the transport minister and the head of the state railway system. ((Reporting by Cairo bureau; Writing by Mohammed Abbas and Cynthia Johnston))UPDATE: Transportation Minister Mohamed Mansour visited the scene, according to Nile News, and announced an investigation has already started into the accident. Prime Minister Ahmad Nazeef says the "priority should go now for rescuing the injured." UPDATE: Political Cartoonist and blogger Fathi Abul Ezz published a funny, but sad, crtical cartoon of Minister Mohamed Mansour. The caption says, "We are trying to help efforts for birth control by train accidents, following the president's orders." UPDATE: The Prosecutor General ordered the dead victims' bodies to be moved to the Zeinhom Morgue in Cairo for identification, says Nile News. UPDATE: This is going to be my last update for today. I've been flicking through the Egyptian TV channels since noon to get information about what's happening. The Sattelite Nile News has devoted a good chunk of time to cover the tragedy, with interviews with several govt officials, and footage of the wreckage. As for the local Egyptian TV channels, they are living in Lala land, focusing their coverage as always on president's news. Even when they reported on the trains accident, it was "president Mubarak extends his condolences to the victims of the tragic trains accident." I would like to take the opportunity to send a big THANK YOU to photographer Nasser Nouri who shared his photos with the Arabist. Nasser left Cairo and travelled as soon as he could to Qalyoubiya to take those pictures of the tragedy, and kept us updated. He even helped moving bodies from the trains. He emailed us the pix as soon as he arrived back in Cairo, and before he changed his work clothes that were stained in blood. Shokran ya Nasser. You are the man!
Al Ustaz/
Mahfouz critically ill/
What can make you an enemy combatant/
One detainee was judged a threat in part because he was a karate expert and had taught martial arts to Bosnian orphans, tribunal records show. He was also classified as potentially dangerous because he was familiar with computers. Another detainee was flagged because he had performed mandatory service in the Algerian army more than a decade ago, as a cook.As if we needed more evidence that Guantanamo is useless, farcical and cruel, there comes this article in today's Washington post that details how six Algerians were kidnapped from Bosnia in 2002 despite being completely exonerated by the Bosnian authorities for allegedly planning an attack on the US Embassy. Not a proud moment for the US government, which threatened Bosnia with the withdrawal of peacekeeping troops to have legally innocent men handed over to them.
Train accident near Cairo kills over 80/
QALYOUB, Egypt, Aug 21 (Reuters) - A collision between two trains killed 80 people and injured 131 on Monday in a Nile Delta town north of Cairo, a security source said, in Egypt's worst rail disaster since 2002. About 25 ambulances rushed to the crash site, along with hundreds of bystanders and relatives anxious for news of passengers who might have been killed or injured, a witness said, adding that damage to the trains was extensive. The accident took place at about 7.30 a.m. (0430 GMT) near the town of Qalyoub, about 20 km (12 miles) north of Cairo, official sources told the state news agency MENA. They said one of the drivers had apparently ignored railway traffic signals. A Reuters photographer at the scene said one of the trains had derailed and was on its side. It had split into four parts and there were signs of a fire, he said. MENA quoted official Egyptian sources as saying the death toll was at least 20. The crash happened when one train ran into the rear of another, causing one of them to derail and overturn.This will remind a lot of people of the Al Ayyat train disaster of 2002, the worst in Egypt's history, in which at least 360 people died, caused the resignation of the transport minister at the time and discredited the Atef Ebeid government. I wonder if there will be an investigation into what has been done since Al Ayyat to improve train safety. Update: Just saw a French AFP news report saying the accident occurred after a collision of two trains that were on the same track and had not respected signals.
Les deux trains circulaient sur la même voie en direction de la capitale, l'un en provenance de Mansoura (130 km au nord du Caire) et l'autre de Benha (50 kms au nord). Selon les premiers éléments de l'enquête, l'un des trains n'a pas respecté un feu de signalisation, percutant violemment l'arrière du second. Les deux trains ne sont plus qu'un enchevêtrement de ferraille, autour duquel des dizaines de secouristes s'affairent pour tenter de retrouver des survivants, selon une journaliste de l'AFP. Deux wagons ont basculé sur le bas-côté de la voie. Des ambulances passent sirènes hurlantes, pour transporter les victimes dans sept hôpitaux de la région. Parmi les passagers figuraient des paysans ainsi que des fonctionnaires, dont de nombreux policiers, qui se rendaient au Caire pour y travailler, a affirmé un policier, Mamdouh Amer. Le 1er mai, 45 Egyptiens avaient été blessés lors d'une collision entre deux trains dans le gouvernorat de Charquiya, au nord du Caire. Fin février, 20 personnes avaient également été blessées dans un accident similaire près d'Alexandrie (nord).
Alterman: Likudniks take on the Jews/
Things can become a little confusing when the same neocons who insist it is ipso facto anti-Semitic to ask what role Israel plays in their calculations instruct American Jews that they are paying too much attention to their own country's best interests and not enough to Israel's. Writing in--of all places--The Weekly Standard, David Gelernter attacks American Jews for their "self-destructive nihilism" in remaining "fervent supporters of an American left that is increasingly unable or unwilling to say why Israel must exist." (This is nonsense about the vast majority of the left, of course, but ignore that for a moment.) Gelernter argues that "grassroots Democrats are increasingly dangerous to the Jewish state (not to mention the American state)." Note that the question of the "American state" is literally a mere parenthetical to Gelernter's principal concern--the well-being of Israel. Over at National Review's "The Corner," Mona Charen can be found making the same sneering argument. She calls American Jews "stubborn and downright stupid" because they "despise George W. Bush and will donate time and money to any Democrat in 2008, while Bush is indisputably the most pro-Israel president in the history of the United States." Again, it's highly "disputable," but never mind that. More to the point is the fact that Bush's presidency--a complete and utter failure by virtually any empirical measurement--is also deemed irrelevant. It's Israel alone that matters, according to these anti-American conservatives. (And woe unto American Jews when Christian America starts paying attention to their unpatriotic perfidy.) What's most immediately worrisome about the neocons' long march through our institutions of government is the possibility that they may succeed a second time. According to Sidney Blumenthal's reporting in Salon, neocon staffers for Dick Cheney and the NSC's point man on the Middle East, Elliott Abrams (Norman Podhoretz's son-in-law), "have discussed Syrian and Iranian supply activities as a potential pretext for Israeli bombing of both countries." They are looking, according to this NSC source, "to widen the conflict between Israel and Hezbollah and Israel and Hamas into a four-front war." Four wars simultaneously? Led by this crew? After what we've seen in Iraq and Afghanistan? Is it me, or are the people who run this country dangerously out of their minds?Reminder to self: move to South America (but not too close to Castro or Chavez).
Roy: Hizbullah has redrawn the Middle East/
Hizbollah has redrawn the Middle East Published: August 17 2006 20:29 | Last updated: August 18 2006 01:49 The perceived victory of Hizbollah in Lebanon may be short term but has highlighted some new and important developments. For the first time, the Israel Defence Forces were unable to prevail in an all-out war. More significantly, the winner this time is a Shia Muslim, non-state, armed movement supported by Syria and Iran. In Israel's previous wars, from 1948 to 1982, the challengers were Sunni Arabs.
In fact, Israel's effort this time to eradicate Hizbollah was no remake of past Israeli-Arab wars. It signified several complex – and seemingly contradictory – trends in the Middle East. First is the revival of a radical Islamic front that rejects the Arab-Israeli peace process. Second is the growing divide between Shia and Sunni Muslims in the Gulf region. Finally there is the changed political dynamic after the recent entry by radical Islamist movements – such as Hizbollah and Hamas – to mainstream electoral politics. The alignment between Hizbollah, Syria and Iran in a radical front against a peace settlement with Israel promotes anti-US and Arab nationalist mottoes more than any Islamic ideology could do. The Sunni "Arab street" has embraced Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, Hizbollah's leader, as the new Arab hero, the "Nasser of our time". But Mr Nasrallah's elevation also works partly to lessen the appeal of Osama bin Laden in the Arab Middle East. That this radical front is led by Shia or secular Shia (as in Syria) is also significant. Since the US military intervention in Iraq in 2003, Sunni Arab conservative regimes in the Gulf and Jordan have been concerned not with the Israeli-Palestinian conflict but what they saw as a growing Shia "crescent", bringing under Iranian patronage oil fields north of the Gulf (Iraq, Bahrain and the Saudi north-east). Saudi Wahabi clerics had issued fatwa, or religious edicts, condemning the Shia as heretics. But they and the Sunni clerics were forced to retreat after Hizbollah's perceived victory. The same clerics who earlier condemned the Shia have issued new fatwa supporting Hizbollah in its fight with Israel. On the government level, the deafening silence from Jordan, Egypt and Saudi Arabia after the Lebanon ceasefire is a clear sign of embarrassment after their earlier hostility to Hizbollah's actions. On the other hand, Iran and Syria have been quick to claim victory for themselves, too. Syria wants to regain its influence in Lebanon and is quite happy to see Israel destroying an already weak central state – as long as Israel does not retaliate inside Syria. But, paradoxically, Damascus is protected by its own weakness: a collapse of the regime would sooner or later put the Muslim Brotherhood radical Islamist movement in charge and, even if it is more moderate than its Egyptian or Jordanian cousins, neither Israel nor the west wishes to give any more opportunities to Islamist parties. The Iranians are taking revenge for their defeat at Iraq's hands back in 1988, when Arab Sunni nationalist and Islamist movements supported Iraq against Iran, and only part of the Shia population supported Iran (hence Tehran's desire to help create Hizbollah as a client party from the Shia movement in Lebanon). Iran has never been able to unite the Shia under its patronage on a religious basis nor a purely political one. Now Tehran is playing the "Arab street" and undermining the legitimacy of the ruling Arab regimes by leading this new alliance of Islamism and Arab nationalism in the near east. In Iraq, however, the same alliance works against Iran. Hence Iran's leadership of the new radical front will not necessarily help bridge the Shia-Sunni gap in Iraq. Besides settling their account with Arab regimes, the Iranians are managing a conflict by proxies against the west. Tehran wants to avoid a possible military strike on its nuclear facilities and in this respect welcomes western anxiety about the high costs of military intervention. Cleverly, Iran has adopted a low profile on its borders with Iraq and Afghanistan, knowing that time is working in its favour, while fuelling the crisis in the near east. To have European troops stuck in southern Lebanon, hostage to any escalation of tensions between Tehran and the United Nations Security Council on sanctions, suits Tehran well. Clearly the Iranians were the real winners of the Lebanon conflict and will maintain their upper hand as long as Hizbollah is seen as a legitimate champion of the Arab cause, and not as part of the Shia crescent. The key issue now is Hizbollah, which is positioning itself on three levels: first, it is signalling Shia solidarity with Iran. Second, it is appealing to Lebanese nationalism by presenting itself as a pivotal element in Lebanese domestic politics. Third, it is fomenting Arab militancy against Israel and the US. Hizbollah triggered the conflict with Israel as an internationalist movement eager to relieve pressure on Hamas. But Mr Nasrallah's recent "victory speech" portrayed the organisation as the champion of Lebanese interests and nationalism. Hizbollah will not be disarmed or marginalised; the only way to deal with it is to push for a new Lebanese polity in which it plays a central role, as a Lebanese party. If the west wishes to counter the synergy between Arab nationalism, Sunni militancy and the Shia crescent, which will link battlefields from Afghanistan to Lebanon, it must draw Islamist movements such as Hamas and Hizbollah further into the mainstream. This means encouraging a proper settlement in Lebanon involving all Lebanese actors without interference from Syria or Iran; supporting democratisation of Syria and negotiating with Hamas. It also means Israel must renounce its policy of "bunkerisation", withdrawing behind a fortified border and hammering at any perceived threat. The writer, a professor at Ecoles des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, is author of Globalised Islam (Hurst 2004)


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Mura del '500
Mura del '500 offers its warm hospitality in a renewed room with private bathroom, for a single traveller. Recently restored with a particular attention to thermal and acoustic insulation, the room is on the ground floor, its windows overlook the garden. There's a single bed, a large wardrobe, a table, some shelves and free wi-fi connection. There are a lot of books and depliants about Padua, its monuments and history, exhibitions and concerts up to date. The entrance is indipendent. The room is wide, but it's intentionally for only one guest, for her/his best comfort.The bedroom communicates with the bathroom: it's got a large window overlooking the garden. Recently rebuilt, it's got a large shower with non-skid mosaic floor, hairdryer, shower gel and shampoo. Close to the bedroom, there's a wide living room with two windowed walls overlooking the garden. With its sofa and chaise-longue it's perfect for your relaxation. In the middle of the garden, hidden from sight behind bushes and trees, there's a high magnolia. There are also a lot of colourful flowers. It's perfect for relaxing or tanning. It's possible also park the car, free. The whole house is surrounded by a wide public garden. "Mura del '500" is very close to the historical center of Padua and at the same time to the highways coming from Milan, Venice and Rome. Only a few meters and there's a stop of several buses going to downtown, Sant'Antonio, the hospital, the fair and the thermal spa of Abano and Montegrotto. It's very close also to Gran Teatro Geox (5 minutes by car) and stadio Euganeo (10 minutes). It's also possible to rent a bike: it's very cheap! Tha landlady, a journalist, can give you every information about monuments, exhibition and concerts. The wi-fi is free and very powerfull all over the house. In the bedroom and in the living room there're a lot of catalogues, guides, films, cds, magazines and books.
Disponibilité et tarifsPour vérifier la disponibilité et les prix, veuillez sélectionner vos dates puis cliquez sur "Mettre à jour les dates"
Installations & Politiques Bed and breakfast
- Location de vélos
- Parking à vélos
- Échange de livres
- Petit-déjeuner
- Cartes bancaires acceptées
- Plans de ville gratuits
- Parking gratuit
- Wifi gratuit
- Réfrigérateur / congélateur
- Sèche-cheveux
- Accès à Internet
- Fer et planche à repasser
- Blanchisserie
- Linge de lit inclus
- Casiers à bagages
- Micro-ondes
- Parking
- Lampe de chevet
- Taxes non incluses
- Equipement pour se faire du café ou du thé
- Serviettes incluses
- Lave-linge
- Wifi
Politique d'annulationCette propriété a une politique d'annulation de 3 jours. Si vous n'annulez pas dans cet intervalle de temps, vous devrez payer des frais d'annulation du montant de la première nuit de votre séjour.
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By train from the railway station:
take the bus n. 5 (and get off at Porta San Giovanni) or n .12 (and get off at Via Cernaia), ticket fare: 1,30 euros.
By car from the A4 motorway (Venice-Milan):
Padova Ovest exit, take the ring road towards Padua exit n.5 (S. Antonio)
From A13 motorway (Rome-Florence-Bologna):
take the Padova Sud exit, follow the ring road until exit n.5 and so on (see above)


text: Cloud Control are an alternative rock band originating from the Blue Mountains near Sydney, Australia. The band is currently signed to the Australian label Ivy League Records, in which they released their debut album Bliss Release, and to Infectious Music in the UK/Europe. The band has supported a host of local and international acts, including Arcade Fire, Vampire Weekend, Supergrass, The Magic Numbers, Yves Klein Blue, The Temper Trap, Last Dinosaurs and Local Natives. They have been nominated for a clutch of awards in Australia, including 2 ARIA awards. Most recently, the band was nominated for the Australian Music Prize, which they subsequently won on 3 March 2011.


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The Employee Relations Office outcomes-assessment process is documented and described below. For more details, view the rest of our department website.
In service to the Board of Trustees, Chancellor, Administrators, and Employees, the Employee Relations Office mission is to create a work environment in which employees can perform their best to serve our students.
Administrative Unit Outcomes
These outcomes are on a regular cycle of review, during which outcomes are updated and revised.
- Employees are satisfied by the work environment and really like coming to work.
- Management is effective and fair.
- Total compensation is as robust as possible given the resources available to the college.
Assessment Process
To ensure we are meeting our outcomes, we follow this general process:
- We collect data on our effectiveness through a variety of methods that are refined regularly to ensure we're gathering most useful data. Examples include # of grievances and evaluation surveys and input from individuals with whom our office works (such as law firms, employees, administrators, and negotiating team members).
Samples tasks we evaluate can include management and negotiation of contracts, mediating grievances, reviewing internal procedures to ensure they follow contracts, maintenance of employee seniority lists, ensure management training on wages, hours, and working conditions.
- Gathered data are reviewed by the Dean of Employee Relations and office staff, analyzed, summarized, and studied for areas of improvement. Results are also shared with the Chancellor, the Vice Chancellors, and the Dean of Human Resources.
- Improvements are implemented in as timely and effective a manner as possible. These improvements are then re-evaluated in the next assessment cycle to ensure the improvements are effective, and we are continuing to meet our goals.


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The Power of Independent Thinking
The New International Arms Race in SpaceAnd How to Avoid It
Recorded: Friday, March 7, 2008
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Did the United States test an anti-satellite weapon when it shot down an out-of-control spy satellite earlier this month? Or was it a precautionary measure to protect people on the ground who might have been hit with a fuel tank filled with a poisonous gas?
Experts: Peter L. Hays, Theresa Hitchens, Jeff Kueter, Mike MooreType: Independent Institute EventIssues: Defense and Foreign Policy, Diplomacy and Foreign Aid, Government Secrecy, History (International), History (U.S), Science, Technology
Gore Vidal on Understanding Americas Terrorist Crisis
Recorded: Thursday, April 18, 2002
Filmed before a live audience on April 18, 2002, renowned author Gore Vidal rejects the blind patriotism expected by government officials and the mainstream media, and investigates U.S. foreign policy throughout recent history, showing how it has contributed to the terrorist crisis. With his famous wit and insight, Vidal also demonstrates the ways in which the War on Terrorism is being used to curtail civil liberties and shred the Bill of Rights.
Experts: Gore VidalType: Independent Institute EventIssues: Civil Liberties/ Human Rights, Culture/ Society, Defense and Foreign Policy, Political Ideology and Philosophy, Terrorism and National Crises


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I've been laughing for two days. That conservative nimrod Andrew Breitbart and the PR wing of the Teapublicans, Fox News, got caught with their pants down on this Shirley Sherrod thing.
They ran with an edited video, a specialty of Breitbart's, and then, alluva sudden, it turned out their "interpretation" of the edits was spectacularly wrong.
Of course, the NAACP and the Obama administration get black marks for this too. In typical, knee-jerk, liberal fashion, they caved to the great conserverati and blasted poor Shirley to kingdom come. Cost her her job, one she was imminently qualified for.
Ben Jealous, the NAACP president — to his credit — called Sherrod and apologized. The Obama administration? Well, the president agrees with his Agriculture Secretary's boneheaded decision to force Sherrod out, proving once and for all that it is led by the nose by the conservati.
Here's the thing: what Sherrod was doing in that video was having the conversation about race that we all need to be having. The one the administration can't be bothered with, and the one the conservarati don't think is necessary. Unless you're a minority. White people, of course, are just the poor, downtrodden victims of the liberal drive to destroy the true American (read white) culture.
Honestly, man, there is no white culture, unless you count collecting guns and whining that they pay too much taxes in a country with one of the lowest tax rates in the world. Just about everything else about white "culture" came from somewhere else, somebody else, some other culture.
But this is not rocket science. The conservarati and their deluded followers would have us believe there is no racism anywhere. They'd have to be trying to convince us of that if they have the gall to say there's no racism in the Tea Party.
That's why Breitbart and Fox are after the NAACP, pretty much the same way they went after ACORN and killed it (although every investigation exonerated ACORN and we learned that Breitbart's pimp video was bullshit too).
They're all pissed off because the NAACP passed a resolution (which, incidentally, won't be completely official until and unless its board passes it in October) that condemned racist elements in the Tea Party and called on its leaders to do so as well.
As usual, the conservarati lied about what the resolution said, thus creating a false controversy that my colleagues have dutifully kept in the spotlight. Contrary to what you may have heard, the NAACP did not call the Tea Party racist. It simply pointed out racist elements, you know, like the Tea Partiers who carry big posters of the president with a bone through his nose.
I'm beginning to believe, though, that these throwbacks to the Jim Crow era may really believe that the things they do and say aren't racist. Take Tea Party Express spokesman Mark Williams and his ridiculously stupid "letter" from Jealous to Abe Lincoln, in which he has Jealous complaining that emancipation means the "coloreds" actually have to work to get their wide screen TVs in every room.
Williams thought he was being cute. But he was really just being a jackass. And now this Sherrod thing — damn, even RedState's Erick Erickson says it's a load of crap.
But not the president. He's behind AgSec Tom Vilsack and his uninformed decision to have his people force Sherrod to resign.
Chalk up another wasted opportunity. Here's what Sherrod was doing. In her speech, one she's actually delivered several times, she talks about the first time she had to work with a white farmer who was in danger of losing his farm. Now, Shirley and her husband Charles are also farmers, and back in the 1960s, they joined with a bunch of other black farmers to create a land trust called New Communities to help black farmers do what they do — farming. So Sherrod had a lot of experience, several decades worth, helping black farmers in rural area (in her case Georgia) deal with the institutional racism that kept them from getting the help they needed and that white farmers and corporations got all the time.
But one day 24 years ago, she was assigned to a white farmer, Roger Spooner. In her speech, she talks honestly about her own racism — and how it nearly derailed her efforts to help the Spooners. But she wised up and got them the help they needed, saving the farm.
What she's doing in this speech is using personal experience to teach about changing attitudes, about stepping outside ourselves and looking at a much larger picture, in this case, once that included a white farmer in rural Georgia. It's called a "teaching moment," and Shirley Sherrod uses that moment well.
But then come the racists who don't think they are, bound and determined to soil the NAACP and wrecking Shirley Sherrod's career in the process. "This isn't about Shirley Sherrod," whined Breitbart on CNN.
Yeah, it is, Andy, you fucker. You made it about her by presenting what she was doing in a way you damn well knew was wrong. But that didn't stop you, because you have made it your life's goal to obliterate humanity from the United States of America. What a pitiful, despicable goal that is.
And how much better you'd be — we'd all be — if you realized this was another teaching moment, one in which you'd learn something.
But he won't. None of those assholes will. Erickson, while admitting Breitbart had screwed up, nevertheless defended what the jackass was trying to do — prove that black people are racists too and that those aforementioned poor, downtrodden white people are constantly being called racist simply because they are angry that black people get all the breaks.
Like hell.
Here's what I'm hoping for — I'm hoping that my colleagues finally get it this time that we need to be calling bullshit on this crap. We cannot continue to give these fools precious airtime to spread their vicious lies, and it doesn't matter if they're self-styled conservative website publishers like Breitbart, batshit insane congresscritters like Michelle Bachman or Fox Fucking News, which has been beating the racism drum for months now with no one daring to call them on it.
That needs to be all over. Conservatives have good ideas. But they don't bother with that. Instead they instill fear and loathing in the populace by promoting complete distortions like the tale of Shirley Sherrod. It's time my colleagues let go of the idea they have to present "both sides" to be fair. When one side believes completely insane things, you're not being fair. You're stupidly elevating insanity to the level of reason.
This country used to know that. But since my colleagues have, for the most part, abandoned their obligation to get to the truth and tell that out of some fear of offending the lunatics, very few of us know it now. Instead, when we turn on the television or read a newspaper we hear Jon Kyl, the other crazy senator from Arizona (what is it with that state anyway?) saying that cutting taxes for the rich isn't spending money so it's OK if that increases the deficit that the conservarati are absolutely apoplectic about if it has anything about helping people who need help.
I am so fucking sick of hearing the talking heads blather on with their spin-laden talking points on every goddamn cable television show. They don't say a damn thing that means anything, and yet, there they are, again and again and again and again.
And Shirley Sherrod lost her job. But it's not about her. It's about killing real freedom and hitting the knees of this country with iron bars.
Oh, right. It's the people we should be concerned with. The white people. Particularly the rich ones. And they must be Christian, and no gays allowed.
Shirley isn't one of the "real" Americans, you know. She's just a lazy black woman who's worked her whole live for justice and learned somewhere along the way that justice for all really means all.
That's something the conservati can't accept. Damn them for it. They need to get their heads out of their own asses and live up to their (for now) false creed of being "for the people."


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Master of Education in Secondary Teaching
Evangel University's Master of Education in Secondary Teaching program is designed for students who have completed a bachelor's degree in a field other than education and now desire to use their expertise in the teaching profession. This program allows a student to earn Missouri teaching certification in a chosen subject area while completing a master's degree in education.
Evangel University's graduate program in education offers you the opportunity to take your life and career to the next level. Outstanding faculty members offer professional mentoring and insightful instruction drawn from their years of experience as teachers, reading specialists, principals and consultants. They are also people of deep faith who embrace teaching as a calling.
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Mt. Vernon Market is located at the former armory building in downtown Mt. Vernon and features farmers markets, flea markets, vendor fairs, trade shows, entertainment, and other events throughout the year.
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Cedarhurst Center for the Arts & Mitchell Museum
Exhibitions, a children's gallery, a permanent collection and special events. Grounds include 85 acres sculpture park, nature trails and bird sanctuary. Hosts annual Cedarhurst Craft Fair.
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A Buck or More
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Opened in 1990 to help raise money for the local hospital and nursing home, The Thrift Shop is filled with bargains, hard-to-find items, and new and used merchandise.
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Enjoy fine handcrafted Illinois wines served with a personal touch in a relaxing country atmosphere. Experience the outdoor beauty of Southwestern Illinois' rolling farmland or sip wine indoors by a cozy fire.
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Hawkins-Schwartz Orchards
This orchard features fresh-picked apples, peaches, a pumpkin patch, cider and special events for children during apple season.
Rend Lake College Market Place
Large golf outlet store plus clothing, brass, crafts and sporting goods store. Formerly Jent factory outlet mall.
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Antiques, collectibles, glassware, oak furniture, and fireplace mantels.
CITY:Central City
Schwartz Farms
You can find berries, apples, peaches, pears and watermelons in season here.
Ten Talents Gallery and Gifts
Ten Talents Gallery features handmade, individual, and unique items by Illinois artists. We offer such items as jewelry, watercolors, ceramics, wood carvings, and much more.
Lyon's Fisheries
This fresh water shrimp (prawn) farm offers agricultural tours and harvest festivals in the fall. Prawn, catfish and hushpuppies are available for purchase.
Kim's Little Shanty Antiques
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Times Square Mall
Shopping mall with Sears, JC Penney, Peebles, and a variety of specialty shops.
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Floral Designs by Cindy
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Bits of Gold has beautiful jewelry and gifts.
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The Wood Barn has all the supplies you need to build your own barn.
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Memory Lane
General line of antiques, collectibles, glassware, furniture, primitives, crafts, records, and books. Call for appointment.
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Strong's Gifts and Collectibles
Gifts for all occasions, name brand collectibles, greeting cards for all holidays.
Greenville Flower Shoppe
Greenville Flower Shoppe offers floral arrangements, gift baskets, party favors, supplies, and services.
Lincoln Trail Antiques
Largest privately owned antique shop in Southern Illinois. General line of antiques and collectibles, glassware, primitives, old toys, old tools and lamp parts.
Downtown Mt. Vernon (The District)
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Words, Wicks, and Wood
Come explore our wide variety of books or just simply find the book you've been looking for, as you discover the numerous titles available at this fine bookstore.
Marcoot Jersey Dairy & Creamery
This working dairy has been in the Marcoot family for seven generations. Bring your family to see all aspects of the farm from raising calves through milk, ice cream, butter and cheese production.
Gifts from the Heart
Gifts from the Heart has wonderful gifts straight from the heart.
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Third Street Market features a unique blend of new and old merchandise.
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The Crescent Moon has beautiful and unique gifts for that special someone in your life.
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Old-fashioned farm market specializing in fresh vegetables, fruits, deli and meat counter, candy, honey, nuts, Amish jams and jellies, and much more.
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The New Hampshire Fish and Game Department says several cars have been broken into over the last few weeks in the same North Conway neighborhood. Officials say the likely culprit is a bear looking for food.
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Cherry tomatoes are the perfect taste of summer, wonderful for salads, pizzas and simply eating straight off the vine. This sustainably grown tomato collection includes three types you're not likely to find in a grocery store, with flavors and colors that complement each other beautifully.
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Mary L.G. Theroux | Childhood Poverty, Government Failures, and the Need for Economic Liberty
Recorded: Thursday, March 26, 2015
Independent Institute Senior Vice President Mary L. G. Theroux testified on "Childhood Poverty, Government Failures, and the Need for Economic Liberty", before the California State Senate's Budget Subcommittee on Health and Human Services, at the request of State Senator Jeff Stone. The witnesses spoke about California's Maximum Family Grant rule for families on welfare. The rule caps grants and does not increase grant money to mothers on welfare when they have more children. Mary testified about the causes of poverty and of the need for other, non-government options for poor families. She introduced ideas for helping the poor through private resources and organizations, instead of government agencies where families and women often find themselves trapped in a cycle of poverty.
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C.S. Lewis on Mere Liberty and the Evils of Statism
Recorded: Saturday, August 2, 2014
David J. Theroux, founder and president of The Independent Institute and the C.S. Lewis Society of California, discusses the writings of C.S. Lewis and Lewis's views on individual liberty, natural law and statism.
The presentation was the keynote talk at the first annual conference of Christians for Liberty, that was held at St. Edwards University in Austin, TX, August 2, 2014.
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Smart Growth
Recorded: Friday, March 21, 2014
Senior Fellow Lawrence J. McQuillan exposes Government misappropriation of gas tax revenue to fund "smart growth" urban development programs.
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Maura McEnaney on Willard Garvey at Wichita Rotary Club
Recorded: Monday, October 28, 2013
Maura McEnaney, author of Willard Garvey: An Epic Life, speaks before the Rotary Club of Wichita on October 28, 2013, about her new book published by The Independent Institute's LibertyTree Press.
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John Goodman Discusses Obamacare Price Discrimination Concerns
Recorded: Thursday, May 30, 2013
Research Fellow John C. Goodman, author of Priceless: Curing the Healthcare Crisis, interviewed on Fox News Channel discussing how Obamacare can allow for price discrimination for certain lifestyles, with unintentional consequences of hurting those it was designed to help.
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Art Carden on Stossel
Recorded: Wednesday, August 1, 2012
Research Fellow Art Carden on Stossel to discuss the topic What you think you know...may not be so.
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Benjamin Powell on the Payroll Tax Cut and Salt Regulation by the FDA
Recorded: Tuesday, November 29, 2011
Benjamin Powell engages with Judge Napolitano on Fox Business Networks Freedom Watch about the payroll tax cut and the FDA regulation of salt.
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The Cincinnati City Council's Budget and Finance Committee has scheduled a special meeting on Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2012 at 12 p.m., to be held at Cincinnati City Hall, Council Chambers, Room 300, 801 Plum Street, Cincinnati, Ohio 45202.
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- Lawrence, Amanda
- Abstract
- This paper looks at the role of Australian Policy Online (APO) as a collection of 'grey' public policy research and considers how this fits within the broader context of open access publishing and policy development. The amount of grey literature now being produced presents challenges for APO as well as other collecting agencies and society in general. This paper looks at who is operating in this space in Australia, the issues for collecting and preserving grey literature, and how bibliographic exchange and interoperability can help us to manage the flood of new material and reduce the duplicated effort that currently exists. While APO has been a foundational player in this field, it has reached a stage where a new solution is required - a national online collaborative collection of full text digital resources created with a vision for the benefits that the semantic web will bring.
- Publication type
- Journal article
- Source
- Grey Journal, Vol. 7, no. 1 (Spring 2011), pp. 45-54
- Publication year
- 2011
- Keyword(s)
- Australian Policy Online; Grey literature; Open access; Public policy research
- Publisher
- Grey Literature Network Service
- 1574-1796
- Publisher URL
- Copyright
- Copyright © 2011.