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Conference USA Academic Medal Winners Announced
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IRVING, Texas - A total of 485 student-athletes have earned the Conference USA Commissioner's Academic Medal during the 2010-11 academic year, Commissioner Britton Banowsky announced today. Medals are given to those C-USA student-athletes who have achieved a cumulative GPA of 3.75 or better.
Tulsa had the most academic medal winners with 57, followed closely by Memphis with 56 and East Carolina with 47. The number of medalists honored increased by more than seven percent from a year ago. A complete list of the medal winners, listed by institution, is here:
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Unfortunately, most trainers and bodybuilders are influenced by what they read in exercise and bodybuilding magazines. This is worse than getting nutritional information from comic books. Look through any current bodybuilding magazine; what are the vast majority of advertisements selling? Supplements! Most of the pages in these magazines are devoted to pushing worthless powders and pills. Supplement companies slant the opinions of the magazine article writers. The articles in the magazines are geared to support their advertisers…I'm with Dr. Fuhrman. Phooey to all that stuff! I don't drink any of that junk and my body is…to be continued.
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There are slim pickings for fusion fans on Melodies. Jan Hammer's new direction was clearly evident by this time. The album contains plenty of wonderfully fleshed-out ideas as expected. But the attempt to go mainstream with a mix of those ideas, R&B and soul vocals created a genre all its own that was not to the liking of many people I knew. Tony Smith and Fernando Sanders, the other members of the Jan Hammer Group, are great musicians and could sing. But I must admit I still cringe at the entrance of their voices on Melodies. To me they impinge on the great fusion festivities. I would say the same if Stevie Wonder and Al Green were the vocalists! If it ain't broke…
"Hyperspace" is a worthwhile cut. Written by gifted violinist and composer Steve Kindler, it mixes classical music, electronica and jazz opera. The piece would have been a good fit on Hammer's earlier classic The First Seven Days. The two musicians create a palpable drama. The music is precise and ingratiating. The synthesized electronics, for those days, give "Hyperspace" an added attraction. Only the allusion to improvisation exists. But the tune could be dropped into the middle of any fusion anthem and work.
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In typical progressive do-as-I-say-not-as-I-do fashion, Russ Feingold has exposed himself as just another typical career politician:
According to a report earlier this week by the Journal Sentinel's Dan Bice, Feingold's political action committee, Progressives United PAC, bought 100 leather-bound copies of the ex-senator's 2013 book, along with 1,000 hardcover copies. Feingold also received $77,000 in salary from both the PAC and its nonprofit companion.
Of course, Feingold's act for years has been not having an act. As a champion of campaign finance reform, he has consistently condemned the pernicious effects of money in politics. But evidently his distaste for campaign cash wasn't enough to keep him from bathing his cronies in greenbacks.
The PAC was created with the stated goal of "directly and indirectly supporting candidates who stand up for our progressive ideals." But instead, it appears it existed almost solely to support salaries for Feingold loyalists who lost their jobs after his 2010 loss to businessman Ron Johnson. Bice calculated that nearly 90% of the $7.1 million raised between January of 2011 and March of 2015 went to fundraising or staff salaries, including $317,823 to Feingold's former chief of staff, Mary Irvine. All told, Feingold, Irvine and eight former staffers drew salaries or consulting fees from the fund.
We're talking about the same principles as the Clinton Foundation except on a significantly smaller scale. The Clinton Foundation was essentially a holding spot for Hillary's campaign-in-waiting:
The media's focus is on Hillary Clinton's time as secretary of state, and whether she took official actions to benefit her family's global charity. But the mistake is starting from the premise that the Clinton Foundation is a "charity." What's clear by now is that this family enterprise was set up as a global shakedown operation, designed to finance and nurture the Clintons' continued political ambitions. It's a Hillary super PAC that throws in the occasional good deed.
Other than in scale and the Foundation's "occasional good deed", how is Feigold's PAC different than the Clinton Foundation?
This is a big deal. It isn't that progressives will abandon Feingold. It's that independents that thought of him as a straight shooter will abandon him. This will still be a featured race in 2016 but this Journal-Sentinel article will definitely hurt Feingold.
Last night on the Special Report All Star Panel, Ron Fournier said that James Carville had accidentally sold Hillary out:
Fournier also commented on James Carville's defense of Clinton, arguing that "what Carville did is give up the goods. What he admitted there was that this was not a matter of convenience, which is what the Secretary said. He admitted that the reason she did this was so she didn't have to comply with the oversight of the House, and with the natural laws of transparency. He gave up the goods. He sold her out."
What a tangled web she weaves when Hillary attempts to deceive. The more she talks about this, the deeper she digs the hole. The dishonesty is bad enough but that isn't the worst part for Hillary.
Hillary's dishonesty contributes to her image that she isn't trustworthy. Everyone remembers her most famous moment of dishonesty:
It's clear that Hillary's first instinct is to not tell the truth. It's clear that telling the truth isn't a high priority with her. In fact, Hillary has repeatedly shown that Hillary's highest priority is protecting Hillary politically.
As bad as those things are, though, they aren't Hillary's worst attributes. What's worst is that Hillary's lived a life of privilege for so long that she thinks that the rules don't apply to her. Every State Department employee signs Form OF-109…except Hillary. Every State Department employee's emails are stored on the State Department's server. When those employees leave, the State Department determines which emails are personal and which are work-related…except Hillary.
People talk about Hillary's campaign as a coronation. What these people haven't realized is that Hillary's already appointed herself queen…years ago.
Technorati: Hillary Clinton, James Carville, Secretary of State, Form OF-109, Accountability, Transparency, Democrats, Election 2016
Cleta Mitchell's tireless work on the IRS scandal has turned up some interesting information:
Cleta Mitchell, who testified Wednesday to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, pointed out to Fox News Channel's Bill Hemmer that IRS employees belong to the National Treasury Employees Union, which has directed 94 percent of its contributions to Democrats this election cycle.
The union, she said, has given to 11 of the 18 Democrats on the House Oversight Committee.
"And, every time there is a hearing on any aspect of this investigation about the IRS targeting," Mitchell said, "the Democrats come in one by one and say the same thing over and over again. 'Let's shut this down. Let's shut this down.'"
This fits perfectly into the Democrats' culture of corruption method of operation. A special interest organization or a government employees union contributes to a powerful Democrat's campaign and, suddenly, that union's scandal disappears. It hits the proverbial black hole, never to be seen again for the rest of eternity.
This type of quid pro quo enables corrupt bureaucrats to continue their corrupt practices because they know they're protected if they're ever caught. Why wouldn't the IRS let their ideology get in the way of their professional responsibilities? If their corruption ever got caught, Elijah Cummings would just get in front of a camera and complain that this is a partisan witch hunt, that Republicans were selectively leaking information that lacked proper context, etc.
It isn't a stretch to think that the IRS's campaign contributions contributed to the Democrats' change in tone. When the investigation focused on "rogue agents in Cincinnati", Democrats were outraged at the IRS's activities. The minute that people figured out that it wasn't confined to Cincinnati, the Democrats' storyline changed. I don't know when the IRS started contributing to the Democrats' campaigns but it wouldn't surprise me if their contributions coincided with the Democrats' change in tone.
That isn't proof but it isn't implausible either.
The Democratic members of the committee pressed the theme that the IRS also targeted progressive groups, though little support for that argument was received from the witnesses.
If I were advising Chairman Issa, I'd authorize Rep. Cummings to put an official committee report that a) listed the specific progressive groups that the IRS targeted, b) highlights what additional scrutiny the IRS gave to these progressive organizations and c) reported how long it took for these progressive organizations to get their applications approved.
Further, I'd impose a deadline that the report is due by. Finally, I'd tell Chairman Issa to prepare a chart listing a) all of the TEA Party organizations that the IRS asked intrusive questions of and b) whether these organizations' applications were approved and how long it took to get their applications approved.
That way, there could be a detailed, side-by-side comparison between the IRS's targeting of TEA Party organizations and the alleged 'targeting' of progressive organizations.
Imagine the visual contrast if it's shown how intrusive the additional IRS questions were for TEA Party organizations, how many of the TEA Party organizations still hadn't gotten their applications approved after 2 years and how the allegedly 'targeted' progressive organizations got their applications approved in a short amount of time.
That's something the Democrats and the IRS couldn't explain away. That's because the IRS scrutiny of TEA Party organizations was stifling, improper and possibly a violation of their civil rights.
Technorati: IRS, Campaign Contributions, Elijah Cummings, Progressives, Culture of Corruption, Democrats, TEA Party Organizations, IRS Applications, Cleta Mitchell, Darrell Issa, Investigation, Transparency, GOP
Back in February of 2007, then-Senate Majority Leader Larry Pogemiller pushed through a $30-a-day increase in per diem payments for senators:
The Senate voted 59-7 to ratify an increase in daily expense allowances from $66 to $96 per senator, a 45 percent boost. The ratification came with a hitch: Those who voted for it automatically get the expense payments, known as per diems. The seven senators who voted against it don't get it. "You can't vote 'no' and take the dough," Senate Majority Leader Larry Pogemiller, DFL-Minneapolis, said after the vote.
The seven dissenters, all Republicans, can still collect expense checks. But first, they must tell the Senate fiscal staff how much they will take, and that paperwork will be public. Voting "no" were Sens. Ray Vandeveer, of Forest Lake; Dick Day, of Owatonna; David Hann, of Eden Prairie; Bill Ingebrigtsen, of Alexandria; Amy Koch, of Buffalo; Geoff Michel, of Edina; and Pat Pariseau, of Farmington.
One of the senators that voted for that outrageous increase was Julianne Ortman. According to this article, Sen. Ortman was a busy person that winter:
It's been a busy and prosperous spring for Sen. Julianne Ortman.
For the past six weeks, Ortman has been working full time in her new $91,000-a-year job as chief financial manager for the office of Hennepin County Sheriff Rich Stanek, a political ally. At the same time, she has been collecting her $31,149-a-year legislative salary and a $96 daily expense allowance while missing some committee hearings and Senate floor sessions.
The dual roles of the Republican from Chanhassen, an assistant leader of the minority caucus, were evident May 11. Ortman was paid by Hennepin County as working on county business from 8 until 10 a.m., while state records show her answering a roll call for the start of the day's Senate session in St. Paul at 9:20 a.m. A review of county payroll records and Senate documents from April and early May show that Ortman often bounced between her two jobs, at times starting one job just minutes after officially punching out from the other.
According to this search website, the article was first published by the Star Tribune on May 19, 2007. Mark Brunswick and Mike Kaszuba were the reporters. Mssrs. Brunswick and Kaszuba should be praised for their work in piecing this information puzzle together.
It's bad enough that Sen. Ortman voted for that expensive per diem increase. I said at the time that $66 a day is more than enough, especially when the senators that voted for the per diem increase were getting the per diem 7 days a week from the first day of the session until the last night of the session.
It's worse knowing that Sen. Ortman was on the clock for the legislature and for Hennepin County at the same time:
In two instances, she missed Senate committee meetings while working for the county, according to the records. Meanwhile, many of her county payroll records show her working long hours, evenings and weekends on days when the Senate was in session.
Sen. Ortman owes taxpayers an explanation for how she worked long hours for Hennepin County at the same time the Senate was also in session. They'd probably like to know how it's possible to be in two places at the same time.
Obviously, this isn't a policy difference. However, it's the type of thing that raises ethical and potentially legal questions about Sen. Ortman.
Technorati: Per Diem, Julianne Ortman, Larry Pogemiller, Minnesota Senate, Hennepin County, Rich Stanek, Double-Dipping
Alan Dershowitz, the famed civil rights attorney and Harvard Law School professor, is upset with the prosecutors in the George Zimmerman trial:
Immediately after the verdict was announced, however, the NAACP and outspoken activist Al Sharpton called on the Justice Department to launch a federal civil-rights probe, charging that the case had been racially tainted.
Dershowitz is calling for a civil-rights probe as well. But he contends the person whose rights were violated was Zimmerman.
"I think there were violations of civil rights and civil liberties — by the prosecutor," said the criminal-law expert. "The prosecutor sent this case to a judge, and willfully, deliberately, and in my view criminally withheld exculpatory evidence."
The evidence in this case was contradictory. That means the jury couldn't have honestly been certain of anything. That's reasonable doubt. The jury could've said that they found the evidence sufficient to convict. That's what race-baiters like Al Sharpton, Jesse Jackson and President Obama were counting on. They'd pinned their hopes on the jury voting on their emotions, not the evidence.
To their credit, the jury didn't take the bait from these race hustlers. They followed the law. They examined the evidence. They concluded that George Zimmerman acted in self defense. Either that or they concluded that the prosecution didn't meet their burden of proving their theory of the case beyond a reasonable doubt.
Dershowitz singled out special prosecutor Angela Corey for "disciplinary action."
He criticized the state's probable-cause affidavit for not including evidence indicating Zimmerman could have been acting in self-defense, including graphic images of blood streaming from his scalp and nose.
"The prosecutor had in her possession photographs that would definitely show a judge that this was not an appropriate case for second-degree murder," the Harvard professor told Newsmax. "She deliberately withheld and suppressed those photographs, refused to show them to the judge, got the judge to rule erroneously this was a second-degree murder case.
"That violated a whole range of ethical, professional, and legal obligations that prosecutors have. Moreover, they withheld other evidence in the course of the pretrial and trial proceedings, as has been documented by the defense team," he said.
It's quite stunning to hear of a special prosecutor withholding exculpatory evidence from the defense team. The picture of George Zimmerman's bloody head alone should've eliminated the charges of second degree murder before the trial. It also should've put into question whether there was a case for manslaughter.
That's because the picture showed that it was reasonable for George Zimmerman to think his life was in danger. Regardless of who followed who, the reality is that George Zimmerman's worries were legitimate the minute Trayvon Martin started bashing George Zimmerman's head into the pavement.
The race-baiting industry won't stop because hatemongers like Jesse Jackson, Al Sharpton and Barack Obama need it to continue. That's the sad commentary on America.
Tags: Angela Corey, Special Prosecutor, Ethhics Sanctions, Civil Rights Violations, Prosecutors, Exculpatory Evidence, Alan Dershowitz, Harvard Law School, Trayvon Martin, George Zimmerman, Self Defense, Reasonable Doubt
One man's unsubstantiated accusations might be a liberal's smokescreen. That appears to be the case with this editorial. Here's what I'm specifically talking about:
Remembering this is a family newspaper, my descriptors point more toward sad, spiteful, brutal, even mean. Yes, they come in two colors: red and blue.
Whaddya mean I can't say U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann is dead-on right to say fellow House Rep. Keith Ellison is tied to a terrorist group?
Those two statements summarize several correspondences I've had from local readers wanting to share their opinions on unsubstantiated accusations from both of these elected officials.
This isn't an unsubstantiated accusation. It's Randy's excuse for not running an LTE I submitted during the height of the National Security Five noncontroversy. I provided the proof of the Keith Ellison-Muslim Brotherhood connection in this post:
Tax records show the group that paid Ellison's expenses, the Muslim American Society of Minnesota, received nearly $900,000 in taxpayer money in 2006 and 2007 from a rental arrangement for Tarek ibn Ziyad Academy (TiZA), an Inver Grove Heights charter school.
Here's the connection to the Muslim Brotherhood:
In May 2005, Daveed Gartenstein-Ross reported in The Weekly Standard that MAS is a U.S. front group for the Muslim Brotherhood, a claim supported by a September 19, 2004 Chicago Tribune story that stated: "In recent years, the U.S. Brotherhood operated under the name Muslim American Society, according to documents and interviews. One of the nation's major Islamic groups, it was incorporated in Illinois in 1993 after a contentious debate among Brotherhood members."
It's become increasingly clear that Krebs sees his job as providing political cover to the DFL. This isn't an unsubstantiated rumor. Documents filed with the state of Illinois identify the Muslim American Society as being part of the Muslim Brotherhood.
Tax records verify that the MAS/Muslim Brotherhood paid for Ellison's trip to Mecca. In fact, Ellison was the subject of a House Ethics Committee investigation for accepting that expensive of a gift at a time when Democrats were in the majority.
It's stunning to think that Krebs thinks that the connection between the Muslim Brotherhood and Keith Ellison isn't direct and substantiated.
Simply put, it isn't that the last 3 months of a campaign are the silly season. A legitimate case can be made that campaigns get silly in September and October.
It's that it's silly season 24/7 at the Times.
Tags: Media, Media Bias, St. Cloud Times, Randy Krebs, Keith Ellison, Muslim Brotherhood, Muslim American Society, Democrats, Michele Bachmann, National Security Five, GOP, Election 2012
There's no question that President Obama appreciates this disgusting ad:
That's because this president, and the staff he surrounds himself with, love playing dirty politics. President Obama picked Bill Burton to be his deputy press secretary. President Obama knew that Bill Burton wasn't a man of great character. That's why it can't be a surprise to the Obama campaign that Burton put this disgusting, almost defamatory, ad together.
It's the Chicago way.
About the ad itself, others have given Mr. Soptic a pass:
It is my sincerest hope that when you made your anti-Romney ad mentioning your wife, your thinking was still too muddled by grief to make reasonable judgments. If so, shame on those who encouraged you and on those who exploited your rash words in this ad.
I won't give Mr. Soptic a pass. I won't hesitate in saying that it's tragic when a woman that young dies of cancer. That's as far as I'll go, though.
It's important to remember that it's been 6 years since his wife passed away. That's plenty of time to properly grieve his wife's death. It's equally important to remember that the insinuations didn't come from a man who'd lost his wife weeks ago. They came from a man who'd had 6 years to collect himself.
He knew that Mitt Romney didn't have anything to do with his wife's death. Let's be clear about this. If Bain hadn't closed GST Steel, would his wife still be alive? No rational person would argue that.
President Obama hired David Axelrod, too. Axelrod plays dirty like other Chicago politicians and operatives. He doesn't play hardball. He's an outright liar who, when he's caught, tries to deflect,change the subject and obfuscate. He's a despicable person.
Which leaves the Dirtbag-in-chief. He's loving this. If he has to have his henchmen use a dishonest, albeit sympathetic, man insinuate that Mitt Romney killed his cancer-riddled wife, he won't hesitate in pulling that trigger.
By Bill Burton's standards, President Obama and disgraced AG Eric Holder have blood on their hands because Operation Fast and Furious led directly to Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry's death.
If President Obama had character, he would've fired Holder and Secretary Napolitano immediately for their incompetence and their covering Operation Fast and Furious up. Instead, he hid the documents that Chairman Darrell Issa's committee had subpeonaed with a flimsy assertion of Executive Privilege.
That's before talking about the lies that Stephanie Cutter has told. She said she didn't know anything about Mr. Soptic's story so she wouldn't comment on Burton's video. Then it's exposed that she participated in the campaign's conference call with Mr. Soptic.
Don't any of these people tell the truth?
President Obama's administration and campaign are as disgusting as anything Richard Nixon ever put together. That's what's earned him the title of Dirtbag-in-Chief.
Tags: President Obama, Operation Fast and Furious, David Axelrod, Chicago Way, Bill Burton, Eric Holder, Joe Soptic, Stephanie Cutter, Janet Napolitano, Corruption, Richard Nixon, Democrats, Election 2012
It's time that the Senate ran Sen. Reid out of office. Of course, Senate Democrats will protect Sen. Reid because their highest priority is maintaining power, not doing what's right.
If Democrats won't do the right thing, then it's up to the American people to defeat them this November.
For instance, when 'moderate' Sen. Klobuchar stays silent about Sen. Reid's disgusting behavior, her actions say she isn't willing to take a principled stand against a disgusting human being. That's all the reason Minnesotans should need to fire her this November. It isn't like she has any accomplishments during her time in office. (Except if you count her voting to raise Medtronics tax bill by $175,000,000 per year as an accomplishment.)
Jon Tester, Sherrod Brown, Tim Kaine, Claire McCaskill, Bill Nelson and others should pay the price for not criticizing Sen. Reid's disgusting statements, too.
It's bad enough that Sen. Reid made the initial accusations without a bit of proof. What's worse is his newest statements:
On Wednesday, Reid stuck to his story, and broadened it.
"I am not basing this on some figment of my imagination," Reid said in a telephone call with Nevada reporters. "I have had a number of people tell me that."
Asked to elaborate on his sources, Reid declined. "No, that's the best you're going to get from me."
"I don't think the burden should be on me," Reid said. "The burden should be on him. He's the one I've alleged has not paid any taxes. Why didn't he release his tax returns?"
Talk about chutzpah. Sen. Reid makes statements that haven't been substantiated by anyone willing to make these accusations public. When Sen. Reid's honesty is challenged, albeit not by GOP senators or by the allegedly MSM, his reaction is that he shouldn't have to prove he isn't lying through his teeth.
Sen. Reid is a disgusting individual who isn't worried about proving whether he's telling the truth.
If GOP senators stay silent or make statements like this, they'll send the signal to progressives that they don't have an incentive to stop their smear campaigns:
Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., said Wednesday that he did not see Romney's tax returns as a "relevant issue" and that if people want more disclosure, "they should pass a law to make it that way."
Talk about wimpy. Sen. Rubio could turn this into a media disaster for the Democrats if he issued this statement:
Sen. Reid's disgusting and unsubstantiated accusations fit a pattern with Sen. Reid. His defeatist statement that "The war is lost" demoralized our troops while they fought bravely. His unsubstantiated allegation from a mystery investor who doesn't have the courage to make these accusations in the light of day calls into question whether this person exists.
It's time for Sen. Reid to put up or shut up or be held accountable for his disgraceful actions. Sen. Reid won't pass a budget. Sen. Reid won't accept responsibility for verifying the identity of this mystery investor.
While Sen. Reid sits on his thumbs or makes wild allegations, Republicans in the Senate and the House continue putting forward proposals to dig this nation out of the mess this administration and Sen. Reid have kept us in.
It's time for Sen. Reid to prove he isn't lying through his teeth. If he brings this Bain investor forward, then it's a debatable issue. If he continues making these allegations without offering proof, it's reasonable to think that Sen. Reid is lying.
UPDATE: This has the feel of Rathergate. Disgraced 'journalist' Dan Rather tried accusing George Bush of not fulfilling his service to the Texas Air National Guard during the 2000 campaign.
When that fell through, he waited until 2004 to run the story. The fledgling blogosphere quickly discredited the article, leading to Rather admitting that the documents were "fake but accurate."
Is this Harry Reid's "Rathergate moment"? I can't rule it out.
Tags: Ethics Investigation, Harry Reid, Taxes, Bain Investor, Dishonesty, Amy Klobuchar, Jon Tester, Tim Kaine, Claire McCaskill, Scandal, Democrats, Election 2012
People can't forget Harry Reid bragging to the press that "the war is lost." It was a despicable, anti-American thing to say. He said it repeatedly. He said it without hesitation or regret. Frankly, America is worse off having Harry Reid still in office.
They're worse off because he's a despicable, discusting human being who won't hesitate in doing a hatchet job without the slightest bit of proof.
His latest disgusting act was accusing Mitt Romney of not paying his taxes for an entire decade. He said that he'd heard that from an anonymous Democrat who invested with Bain:
Reid suggested that Romney's decision to withhold tax information would bar him from ever earning Senate confirmation to a Cabinet post. Then, Reid recalled a phone call his office received about a month ago from "a person who had invested with Bain Capital," according to The Huffington Post.
Reid said the person told him: "Harry, he didn't pay any taxes for 10 years."
"He didn't pay taxes for 10 years! Now, do I know that that's true? Well, I'm not certain," Reid told HuffPo. "But obviously he can't release those tax returns. How would it look?"
First, it's doubtful that this confidential informant exists. If the dirtbag exists, however, then he's a gutless wimp for not coming forward and making the accusations in public.
Whether the disgusting dirtbag exists or not, Sen. Reid shouldn't make those unsubstantiated allegations public because it's impossible, short of hacking into the IRS website, to verify the voracity of these allegations.
What's disgusting is that President Obama's campaign hasn't criticized Sen. Reid for making these unsubstantiated (and unsubstantiatable) allegations. Their silence implies that they approve of Sen. Reid's accusations. Their silence in this situation should earn them nothing but unlimited derision and criticism.
I don't want Sen. Reid to apologize. I want Republican senators to make his life a living hell before running him out of the Senate. I want Republicans to torment him, call him out for what he is: a dirtbag who won't hesitate to make unsubstantiated allegations.
The other thing that I'd recommend them to do is use Sen. Reid's disgusting outburst to raise money to defeat as many Democrats as possible this fall. The best punishment for Sen. Reid short of running him out of the Senate is to turn him into the Minority Leader.
It's time for Republicans to take the gloves off. If they continue acting like gentlemen and ladies, Sen. Reid, Sen. Durbin, Sen. Schumer and other notorious hatchetmen won't have an incentive to stop being hatchetmen.
Let's hope the GOP grows a spine ASAP. Let's hope they carry out a ruthless vendetta against this dirtbag from Nevada.
Finally, here's my (rhetorical) question to Harry Reid: Sir, have you no shame?
Unfortunately, we know the answer to that question is no, he doesn't have any remorse or shame.
Tags: Taxes, Harry Reid, Scandal, This War Is Lost, Ethics Investigation, President Obama, Smear Campaign, Democrats, Mitt Romney, GOP Senators, Election 2012
Bruce Hentges is in hot water. In Hentges' St. Cloud Times op-ed, he made this statement:
According to Sahlberg, education in Finland, a country with virtually no private schools and a very low poverty rate, has been seen first and foremost; not as a way to produce star performers, but as an instrument to even out social inequality.
Finland offers all pupils free school meals, easy access to health care, psychological counseling and individualized student guidance. In other words, by focusing on equity of opportunity for all students, Finland has produced academic excellence.
Hentges references Pasi Sahlberg, director of the Finnish Ministry of Education's Center for International Mobility in the first paragraph. In that first paragraph, Hentges attributes to Sahlberg that education in Finland…has been seen…as an instrument to even out social inequality.
Hentges' second paragraph looks like a personal observation but it isn't. Here's what was written in the Atlantic:
In the Finnish view, as Sahlberg describes it, this means that schools should be healthy, safe environments for children. This starts with the basics. Finland offers all pupils free school meals, easy access to health care, psychological counseling, and individualized student guidance.
Here's the last sentence in the Atlantic's paragraph:
Finland offers all pupils free school meals, easy access to health care, psychological counseling, and individualized student guidance.
Here's the first sentence in Hentges' second paragraph:
Finland offers all pupils free school meals, easy access to health care, psychological counseling and individualized student guidance.
After that, Hentges says this:
In other words, by focusing on equity of opportunity for all students, Finland has produced academic excellence.
Here's the next paragraph from the article in the Atlantic:
In fact, since academic excellence wasn't a particular priority on the Finnish to-do list, when Finland's students scored so high on the first PISA survey in 2001, many Finns thought the results must be a mistake. But subsequent PISA tests confirmed that Finland, unlike, say, very similar countries such as Norway, was producing academic excellence through its particular policy focus on equity.
It's clear that Hentges' op-ed didn't give attribution to the Atlantic's article. It's clear that Hentges 'borrowed' one sentenced from the Atlantic's article, then mixing it with his own personal opinion.
In the dictionary, that's known as plagiarism:
the unauthorized use or close imitation of the language and thoughts of another author and the representation of them as one's own original work, as by not crediting the author
This isn't a criticism of the St. Cloud Times. It's difficult for them to know the wording of every article on every subject. Instead, it's an indictment against Mr. Hentges, especially considering the fact that AJ Kern used that same sentence, with attribution, during her presentation on improving teacher quality during the Restoring Excellence in Education Forum.
Considering the fact that Mr. Hentges is an academic who sits on the St. Cloud School Board, he knows better than to claim personal credit for things written in an article. It's plagiarism, pure and simple. It's proof that Mr. Hentges' professionalism and ability to serve should be questioned.
Tags: Finland, Education, Bruce Hentges, Plagiarism, Corruption


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200 Facts You NEED To Know About One Direction!
Think you are a true Directioner and know everything about the boys? Well we have 200 fun facts about them which may take you by surprise…
[We originally posted this back in October last year, but we thought we'd give it a re-post today, just cos we're nice and all]
Harry Styles
Who would have thought that cute Harry Styles has a love for pole dancing and walking around naked? Looks like it's time to get to know him more and see what other secrets he's hiding behind those curly locks…
1. He came up with the name 'One Direction'.
2. If he wasn't in the band he would be at university studying and would work in a bakery!
3. Liam and Louis have mad Harry cry twice. By giving him a GIANT wedgie then ripping his Calvin Klein underwear and straightening his gorgeous curly hair in his sleep. – Let's hope he doesn't take to the straightening idea!
4. His favorite food is sweetcorn and his fave drink is apple juice.
5. He thinks that if he wasn't in One Direction people wouldn't like him as much as they do.
6. He can play the kazoo – Is there anything he can't do?
7. Harry says that if he had the chance,, he'd date Taylor Swift – Back off, Swifty!
8. He thinks that 'Bambi' is the perfect first date movie because your date will get emotional and cuddle up to you – Aww!
9. When he was younger he used to write on his toast with food colouring.
10. Harry's first word was 'cat'
11. He says he's awful at covering up his emotions.
12. Harry's favorite song on the album is 'More Than This'.
13. GIRLS!! – Harry likes girls who wear pink!
14. He once told a girl he was gay because he wasn't interested in her.
15. Harry thinks Niall looks like Furby.
16. He likes a girl with a good appetite!
17. For Harry a romantic date would be tandem bike riding – What's wrong with Nandos?
18. He would rather kiss a girl than eat pizza.
19. One time Harry fell in front of the paparazzi, so the rest of the boys fell over too so that he wouldn't be embarrassed – Brotherly Love!
20. He thought 'The Hunger Games' was about food.
21. He does not like mayonnaise.
22. Harry doesn't like signing boobs…So in advance, don't ask him to!
23. Harry's dress up doll on 'Stardoll' has four nipples.
24. He walks around naked.
25. He hates it when more popular fans consider themselves amazing.
26. Has ridden a motorbike completely naked before!
27. Got a fans number at a signing once – Jealous!!
28. His Facebook name used to be Harry "Nugget" Styles!
29. He had his first kiss aged 11.
30. Harry finds girls cute when they wear soccer jerseys – Time to save up for one!
31. He sometimes calls Louis 'Pumpkin'.
32. He is fluent in French – Ooh La La!
33. He sleeps with a blanky!
34. He has always dreamed of playing Hide & Seek under the sheets with his girlfriend!
35. He is still waiting for his passionate kiss in the rain – We're ready, Harry!
36. Most of his girlfriends have been blonde but he likes a good brunette!
37. He'd date someone three years younger and would wait if necessary.
38. The boys think Harry gives the best hugs – We'd like to judge that!
39. He used to pole dance in the school playground.
40. "How incredible would it be if we were like outside meeting fans and we all just grabbed one fan and gave them a proper snogging?!" – Harry Styles.
Zayn Malik
So, 'hot and spicy' Zayn is really a softie on the quiet? We're eager to know all about his romantic ways and what he likes in a girl…
1. Zayn has a tattoo on his chest which says his Grandfathers name, in Arabic.
2. If he wasn't in the band he would be an English teacher. – We would never miss a lesson!
3. Zayn's Youtube account goes by the name of 'bradfordboizayn'.
4. He does funny dancing when he is drunk!
5. He can play the triangle.
6. He wants to quit smoking because he knows the fans don't like it.
7. Louis describes Zayn's body as 'hot and spicy'. – We agree, Louis!
8. Zayn wishes he could swap voices with Niall.
9. He likes girls who are intelligent.
10. Once he mimed 'hello' through the car window to a fan and she passed out!
11. He wanted the album to be called 'Zayn and the Boys'. – Thank God nobody let him!
12. Zayn once ate Niall last chip and he tried to eat Zayn's hand as punishment.
13. He doesn't like his lips – Err, why?!
14. He is a cuddling sort of guy.
15. He had his first kiss when he was 9!
16. If Zayn was a girl he says that he'd date Liam.
17. He used to eat paper when he was younger.
18. His favourite food is chicken.
19. His ideal kiss is on a roof under the moonlight – That's ours too, what a coincidence!
20. He cries watching chick flicks!
21. He will date no younger than 16.
22. His secret talent is drawing!
23. He bites his lip when he's nervous or hiding something.
24. He likes curvy girls!
25.He used to write songs for his girlfriend – We want a Zayn!
26. His favourite song is Thriller by Michael Jackson.
27. He came #3 in Sugarscape's top 50 hottest males of 2011!
28. He dates no older than 40…
29. 'Zayn' means beautiful – How convenient!
30. He loves girls with the name Emily.
31. He takes a mirror everywhere with him! – Because why wouldn't he want to look at himself everyday?
32. Zayn thinks the best part of a girl is her eyes.
33. His favourite date is dinner and a movie.
34. He always sticks his tongue out when he's tweeting – Cute!
35. He always brushes his teeth before a concert.
36. If he thinks a fan is cute, he'll bob his head next to her in pictures!
37. His first job was a waiter at a family restaurant.
38. He has a bad habit of scrunching his nose and making his eyes really small while laughing!
39. He likes girls with a nice smile.
40."I'd make Liam my slave and i'd make him my personal trainer" – Zayn Malik
Liam Payne
We can't see why anyone would want to bully Liam! They must regret that now, just like Liam must regret his recent haircut…
1. Liam has a fear of spoons.
2. He cried while watching 'Toy Story 3' – N'awww!
3. Liam thinks it would be great to employ people to play games with them – How do we apply?
4. He bought Niall a life sized 'Barack Obama' for Christmas!
5. He is the only one in the band that calls Harry 'Hazza'.
6. Liam wants to get married in his mid-twenties.
7. He can beatbox – Wow!!
8. Liam can play a bit of piano and a bit of guitar – Anything else?!
9. He gets emotional while singing 'Moments'.
10. He says he's awful at flirting and he just goes shy!
11. He used to practice kissing on the back of his hand – Haven't we all?
12. Liam thinks tattoos are 'Hot'.
13. He used to skip school to get away from being bullied by his classmates – I bet those bullies regret it now!
14. Liam says his accent is just a mix of all the boys because he spends so much time with them!
15. If Liam could make an ice-cream flavor it would be Krispy–Kreme flavoured.
16. Liam wants to call his first born 'Taylor' – N'awww!
17. He loves snuggling and Disney movies!
18. He will date no younger than 14!
19. He hates loud girls – Pipe down, girls!
20. He likes quiet, happy and smiley girls.
21. He thinks dedicated fans are the cutest!
22. Liam finds PDA's, knee high socks, giggling and tattoos a turn on.
23. He used to wear girls clothes! – Err?
24. He can't live without his hair wax!
25. His dream valentine is Kim Kardashian.
26. His favourite song is Happy Birthday because it means presents!
27. He once caught a shark! – Eeeek!
28. His favourite food is Sugar Puffs!
29. He wants to be muscular.
30. He loves turtles!
31. He sings the first verse in almost every song.
32. He only has one kidney!
33. He threw up on the Queen of England – Niiiice!
34. He has 25 bodyguards – No chance of getting anywhere near him!
35. He said if he was a girl, he would date Zayn.
36. He does a good impersonation of Kermit the Frog.
37. He plucks his eyebrows.
38. His nickname is 'Daddy Directioner'.
39. He is 'king of monopoly'.
40. "If i could eat one thing for the rest of my life it would be chocolate because it's chocolatey" – Liam Payne
Niall Horan
No way, blonde bombshell Niall is actually a brunette?! What else is he hiding?
1. Niall is a natural brunette.
2. He cried while watching 'Finding Nemo' – N'awww!
3. If he wasn't in the band he would be a sound engineer.
4. He screamed when Justin Bieber followed him – We would, too!
5. Niall can play guitar.
6. He usually ends his tweets with kisses.
7. He sings loud in the shower.
8. He used to sing to his girlfriend.
9. He thinks Harry's constant nudity is contagious – Haha!
10. Niall has a Nando's black card, which gives him free Nando's and is only given to celebrities!
11. He talks about his day in his sleep.
12. He likes it when girls can put on different accents and can speak different languages.
13. Niall had the green one piece but traded with Zayn because he didn't want there to be any leprechaun jokes.
14. When he gets homesick the rest of the boys speak to him in an Irish accent – Cute!
15. Niall annoys Zayn by singing everything in opera. One morning Niall was singing in opera and Zayn slapped him – Harsh!
16. He wants a girl who eats just as much as him.
17. He goes after shy girls.
18. He doesn't believe in sex before marriage.
19. He would rather lick a fat man's armpit than drown in a sea of mayonnaise!
20. He loves his bed almost as much as he loves food and sleeping.
21. He wants to live at Nandos – Can we join?
22. He would date a fan as long as she didn't fangirl in front of him! – How could you not?!
23. When he met Justin Bieber, Liam had to escort him out of the studio so he could scream!
24. He finds hot pants, farting and being funny a turn on!
25. He cried after having a dream about all of the food in the world being gone!
26. He loves green eyes.
27. He likes it when girls play with his hair!
28. You usually hear him before you see him!
29. His dream valentine is Miranda Cosgrove –
30. His fave song is 'Viva La Vida' by Coldplay.
31. On a facebook survey, 60% said Niall was their fave member!
32. He got a mug from Harry with a picture on of himself on the toilet!
33. He does a weird Irish dance when bored or thinks something is awkward – We'd love to see that!
34. The only book he has read is 'To Kill a Mockingbird'.
35. He loves giraffes!
36. He would love to collab with Justin Bieber – Yes please!
37. He sang 'Party In The USA' when he arrived at LAX.
38. Niall cried the most when they lost the X factor – Aww!
39. He is the 'group clown'.
40. "I always defend the people I love, even though I'm about as terrifying as a … baby penguin." – Niall Horan
Louis Tomlinson
We don't understand how anyone can have a foot fetish. But, each to their own..ey, Louis?
1. Louis can play a bit of the piano.
2. He cries when he watches romantic comedies – Awww!
3. He doesn't see the point in flings, or short-term relationships.
4. Louis like it when girls wear glasses, real or not!
5. Louis dreams about Harry and Niall the most – Err?
6. Louis pokes Harry's cheeks when he's bored.
7. Louis fancies Natalie Portman!
8. Louis wants to be able to fly – Don't we all!
9. After watching New Moon he pretended to be Edward Cullen for the rest of the night!
10. He would love to date a fan!!
11. If he was a fan he would fancy Harry.
12. His favourite band is The Fray!
13. He dates no younger than 17!
14. He likes girls who eats carrots.
15. He can't have a girlfriend that's tidy!
16. He can't live without his phone – Just like us all!
17. His favourite kind of date is dinner and a movie – Aww!
18. Has a picture of him and Harry on his nightstand – How romantic!
19. He loves 'Grease' the movie.
20. He always gives Liam lovebites to make Liam's girlfriend paranoid! – Strange…
21. He doesn't like cheesy chat up lines and baked beans!
22. If he could go anywhere in the world, he would go to Narnia!
23. If he could be a girl for the day, he would be Cheryl Cole to see what she looks like naked!
24. Every time he see's Harry, he slaps his bum.
25. He goes for 'cheeky girls' – Ooo!
26. He likes to get to know girls before starting a relationship.
27. His favourite word is 'boobs'…
28. He tells the other boys they aren't allowed to wear stripes!
29. He once got dumped for not being attractive enough – Awwww
30. He's the muscliest of the group!
31. He has a foot fetish?
32. He prefers kissing to hugging.
33. He sleepwalks!
34. Apparently he's not good at playing hard to get.
35. He doesn't want to grow up, he just wants to stay immature forever!
36. He's good with kids!
37. He wishes he could wear high heels sometimes because he feels he is too short!
38. He says he confronts his hate with humour.
39. He loves girls with strong accents!
40. "I'd like to think I'm sexy, but I don't really think i am, I'm not sure there's anything sexy about the way i look" – Louis Tomlinson
So, now we know all there is to know about our favourite boys! Even after reading some of those facts, you've gotta love em!
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But, as Prothero points out, anti-Sikh violence predates 9/11. It has been a part of American religious history since Sikhs first settled on the west coast to work on the railroads and in lumber mills at the end of the 19th century.
"When they first came, they were called 'Hindus' and lumped together with other Indian immigrants," Prothero explained. In 1907, claiming that the Indians were taking away jobs from "native" Americans, a mob of several hundred white men attacked the Sikh community in Bellingham, Wash., beating the Sikhs in the streets and ransacking their homes.
This ongoing confusion about exactly who Sikhs are and what they stand for has led the Sikh community to take a more active role in protecting its own believers. Modeled in part after organizations like the Anti-Defamation League, which Jewish Americans started in 1913 to fight against anti-Semitism, the Sikh American Legal Defense and Education Fund (SALDEF) was established in 2004 to monitor hate crimes against Sikhs and to make sure law enforcement responds appropriately.
As was the case after 9/11, it has most often been assumed that anti-Sikh violence is the result of "mistaken identity." In fact, the U.S. Justice Department doesn't monitor hate crimes specifically committed against Sikh Americans. In the wake of the Oak Creek shootings, the American media took a similar approach to that of the U.S. government, presuming that the Sikhs were attacked by mistake, scrambling to explain what Sikhs are not — namely, Muslims.
Yet, while American TV pundits took to the airwaves to explain that "Sikhs are not Muslims," many Sikhs rejected this approach. Valarie Kaur and Simran Jeet Sing wrote in the Washington Post that such a response "implies that there is a 'correct' target, and it further implies that hate violence should rightfully be directed at Muslims. This is absolutely unacceptable."
Who Sikhs are
Through organizations like SALDEF, Sikh activists are trying to educate the American public not just about who Sikhs aren't but also who they are: A people who believe there is one god, and every human, regardless of race, class, gender, and even religion is equal, united together in a universal community of humanity. This sense of universalism extends so far that many Sikhs were quick to offer prayers of forgiveness to the alleged shooter at Oak Creek. Some even insisted that the tally of the massacre should not include only the six Sikhs who were killed but also Page, who was shot multiple times by police officers before turning a gun on himself.
Just two days after the shootings, on NPR, Rajdeep Singh, the national director of the Sikh Coalition, echoed this sentiment of unity with and care for all humanity. "Every gurdwara has four doors signifying openness to the entire world," Singh said. Along with singing hymns and reading scriptures, a key part of Sikh worship is the "Langar" meal. Following each service, Sikhs gather and sit on the floor as a symbol of equality and unity and share a meal of traditional Punjabi Indian food.
But Rajdeep Singh explained that the gurdwaras' "free community kitchen isn't just designed for the community. The purpose for the kitchen is to provide food to anybody who wishes to visit a Sikh place of worship." As Rajvir Singh, a dental student at Tufts University in Boston, who participated in service at Trinity Church, explained, this means if Page "had brought an open heart instead of [guns], he could have shared a meal with those he shot instead."
Prothero, who also serves as the faculty advisor to BU's Sikh student coalition, believes that while the attack at Oak Creek has brought a lot of attention to the American Sikh community, "unfortunately, these stories often repeat themselves, in part because Americans lose interest and forget." Prothero may be right. At the Trinity service in Boston, there were no TV satellite trucks parked in front of the church, nor were there droves of reporters on hand (The Boston Globe did run a story the morning of the service announcing the event).
Trinity's Senior Associate Rector for Christian Formation, the Rev. Dr. William Rich, is a bit more optimistic the Oak Creek events have led to a fundamental change.
"After this, we see Sikhs in our communities," Rich said. "An attack on one set of believers is an attack on all Americans of faith." And while the media might not have shown up to the Trinity event, the fact that some 1,500 Bostonians came to the worship service — far exceeding the expectation of the event's organizers who planned to host just a few hundred worshippers — indicates that Americans of all beliefs, and no belief at all, seem committed to showing support for their Sikh neighbors.
Rajvir Singh agrees that perhaps the tragedy at Oak Creek has led to a "Sikh moment" in American history. "Sadly, it takes a tragedy like this to encourage Americans to learn about each other. But what Americans should know is that Sikhism reflects American values. It is our principle that we respect all paths to God."
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Apple's subliminal marketing propaganda
Reality distortion field in action
A VIDEO CLIP on Youtube that shows some edited highlights of Apple's recent Ipod press conference reveals how unimaginative and repetitive the fruit themed Cappuccino outfit's marketing techniques really are and has created a storm of laughter.
All the video's creator did was edit the press conference footage down to just the marketing superlatives that were used. It seems that every person who took the stage could not help but use the words "incredible, amazing, awesome, wonderful, really cool".
The stupidity of it would be really funny if it didn't make you want to throw up at the same time.
In the DIY marketing book "My Struggle", aspiring Austrian marketeer Adolph Hitler first mooted in the 1940s that if you tell a big enough lie and simply keep repeating it, most people are stupid enough to believe it.
It seems that "incredible, amazing, awesome, wonderful" Apple marketers have not advanced their techniques beyond the staging of Nuremberg-style rallies, bribing the media and repeating that they and all their products are really cool.
Now it is possible that it's all just enthusiasm. It's like people want to believe that there is something innocent about such things.
Nothing is really prepared it is just all "incredible, amazing, awesome, wonderful, really cool". If they are limited in their vocabulary about all of the company's product that is because they are just normal slobbering fools like most of the rest of the great unwashed.
After all Steve Jobs really looks like he believes what he is saying, so of course you want to believe too.
But enthusiasm causes people to gush. They choose a lot of words and not the same ones as everyone else. Excessive enthusiasm is the Monkey Boy display of Steve Ballmer. You know he really does that sort of stuff and most Microsoft marketers probably wish that he wouldn't.
Such a concept of free creativity is beyond the Apple corporate structure. Apple's entire corporate ethos is one of extreme control. Everything is controlled by the Supreme Dalek and nothing is by accident.
So what is more likely is that the people giving the presentations were told by Apple's marketing cadre to repeat "incredible, amazing, awesome, wonderful, really cool" as often as possible, sort of like the mantra that the Hare Krishnas chant as they parade down the high street.
It is unlikely that a normal rational human really would care that much about a mere gadget, other than perhaps a woman about shoes. These are people who go to work, design stuff and have more interesting lives outside of their work. They are not really going to believe that a product is so "incredible, amazing, awesome, wonderful, really cool". It is just their job to build it and flog it to the true believer fanboys and others with more money than sense.
On their deathbed they will say the same things that other people do about what mattered to them in their life - their family, their adventures, their amusing stories and the fun they had. I bet none of them will say that their contribution to humanity was making this "incredible, amazing, awesome, wonderful, really cool" MP3 player.
The Youtube video exposes how silly the whole Apple marketing schtick actually is, and what's scary is that it actually gets away with this. µ
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Health care website unacceptable
October 22, 2013
Don't give up on the Obamacare website, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius urged Americans last week....
Is our current health care system so broken we must put it to rest? Why couldn't we have just fixed what was broken instead of starting new? I know most of us complained of high costs but there are better ways to bring down cost than scrapping the system. The first place to look is all medicines and equipment developed through grants from our government become free services, we would still have to pay the technicians and pharmacists for their time though. You would have to have a very closed mind or a very strong personal reason to not see all that was good in the current system.
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Willgarr---Are you saying that this Donnamay is the infamous BDGI? He/she certainly oughta be booted.
And RugbyReader...is this Nationalreport dot net an Onion clone? Had to rush of to work, but the story headings looked great.
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gosh, you got to get up early to read posts before they are removed. You would happy if you could get rid of all of the republicans/conservatives as easily. Your love and respect of the 1st amendment is remarkable. (sarcasm)
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forcing congress into the ACA is as dumb as putting kochs and norquist on food stamps, but it is the t party way to OBSTRUCT. it may well be hard to fix ACA because reds do not want it fixed just like they did not want any healthcare reform. trace the problems in the ACA back to the red demand that it all be paid for. did they demand something else to make up for the Medical Device Tax when they wanted it removed? it is hard to believe anything from the right on the ACA because their comments to date have been hate and crazy talk. i trust the blues to make it work. it was a private sector firm that failed with the website--not the Fed.
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hannity had 3 people on talking about their discontent with the ACA plans. MSNBC interviewed the 3 later. per MSNBC all 3 stories were greatly skewed to actual lies. get your sympathy cards now for the t party now b4 the rush. we can't let them go w/o reminding them how we really feel. they want S.S., medicare,and the ACA--i want them out of politics b4 they do more damage.
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3: our oil supply threatens their oil business. bin laden came from there. we need to stop exporting and let them have the export business. state sites report doing great on ACA sign ups. they only deal with their state plans as opposed to the Fed offering every plan nationwide. maybe state exchanges are the answer.
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Oh, mop up your tears and move on, billygitmo.
There will soon be somebody else for you to hate and press the abuse button on and despise and call names and...
As long as there are liberals, there should be conservatives. Vice versa too. Kinda yin and yang, huh?
disgusted, I agree with you. Our nation is not Animal Farm yet...
"All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others."
Free speech for all, not just for those who consider themselves "more equal" than others, liberal or conservative.
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So if a conservative would happen to post facts or information that a liberal can't dispute, would that conservative gain the liberal's approval?
Yeah right
So I've got beachfront property for sale in downtown Lincoln, Nebraska. Any takers?
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Back to the topic of "health care website unacceptable"...
Legend: "i trust the blues to make it work. it was a private sector firm that failed with the website--not the Fed."
Au contraire...
forbes . com/sites/theapothecary/2013/10/14/obamacares-website-is-crashing-because-it-doesnt-want-you-to-know-health-plans-true-costs/
"..the Obama administration refused to delay the implementation of the exchanges, despite the well-known problems, because they were afraid of the political blowback. "Former government officials say the White House, which was calling the shots, feared that any backtracking would further embolden Republican critics who were trying to repeal the health care law...."
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forbes . com article cont...
"...IT and insurance experts have been saying for at least eight months that implementation of the exchanges was going badly, that as early as February officials were warning of a "third world experience."
Will the avid administration apologists on MDN ever hold Pres. Obama and his people responsible for anything? EVER?
It's not looking good...
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"...The real reason they withdrew the offer of voting power is that they've been reading your posts in the MDN..."
Y'know, I can't really tell sometimes. Is this supposed to be one of those highly vaunted factual posts that Veritas speaks of, or is this a post of free hot air for one's very own balloon to go up, up and away in?
I'll let everyone else choose...because I can't.
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Another day, another failure for obamacare. F Chuck Todd asking Jay Carney who "misled" the president into saying it would be as easy as buying airline tickets on Kayak instead of asking why the president insisted on saying that And the employment numbers are out and guess what, they are "disappointing" Only 10 million more Americans are unemployed since obama became president. Meanwhile obama hasn't tried to log onto his "signature accomplishment" nor has anyone in his administration but he's "frustrated". 10 of the 13 people in the Rose Garden yesterday have not signed up for obamacare, yet they are being paraded around because they tried to sign up. Today a federal judge ok'd lawsuits that would kill obamacare. You have to read a paper from the UK though to find the story. Oh, and the website is still down. How long will it take obama to do an executive order for a single payer system?
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OK Scarlett---Already with calling Pres. Obama 'ovomit'. How long before you again call the President of The United States of America 'little Hitler'?
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"...and you want me to get on board!OOFDAH!"
Au contraire, Veritas...
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I am not going to give anyone, including the President of the United States my social security number or any other information. Especially on Line or on the Phone. Send me an IRS Letter, I will have my Lawyer and Accountant, answer it.
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"In his fundraising e-mail, (Democrat Alan) Grayson used the image of a burning cross to serve as the "T" in "tea party," likening the group to the Klu Klux Klan. (Republican Jorge) Bonilla accused Grayson of looking to divide Americans rather than unite them, and called the depiction "despicable and needlessly hurtful to the many millions of families that still deal with the wounds of racial prejudice."
Why is this behavior appropriate?
I'll tell you why: because a liberal did it.
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Veritas, I'm the last person that wants to get you "on board" with things or people you detest.
Why should you be afflicted with more suffering than you already have?
To each his own. Make up your mind. If it's possible, be polite to those who don't agree with you.
That's the "Psychology Minute" for today, played excellently by none other than locomotive.
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Missy, I'm with you. In this day of rampant identity theft, why would any of us take the chance that our important, private information could be compromised?
Safe and secure? Yeah, right...
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willgrr, you be sure to tell Alan Grayson this, ok?
"If the hood fits, wear it."
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"You won't be here for long as you have not learned your lesson."
Y'know, all coarseness, vulgarity and name-calling aside, this phrase really sounds like censorship to me.
Does anyone else think so?
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"You won't be here for long as you have not learned your lesson."...Willgarr
Y'know, all coarseness, vulgarity and name-calling aside, this phrase really sounds like censorship to me. ...Loco
"Do some comparisons in leadership style between Ovomit and Hitler.. very very similar.. Hitler had little mans syndrome.. don't think I can tell you on this websight what Ovomits syndrome is...Rajj I call them as I see them"... Scarlett
Repeating Willgarr... "You won't be here for long as you have not learned your lesson."
"No censorship there...just calling it like he sees it." Rajii
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I agree, how can they say the website is safe when it doesn't even work.
I'm from the government and I'm here to help you.
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Why can't the files at the IRS provide all of the information necessary, why do people have to enroll?
Not that many have enrolled, so it might be a massive boycott in the works.
Nobody wants anything to do with Omama care?
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There are 46 million people on food stamps, so their names are there in the food stamp files, so the US fed gov agriculture department website should be able to share those files with the health care gov website.
The 46 million receiving food stamps should be automatically enrolled in Obummercare, be subsequently billed and their SNAP benefits applied to their health care costs, which means they won't be receiving any food stamps because it becomes a wash.
In Iraq it was food for oil, in the US, it is food for healthcare. If you don't pay for your healthcare, you don't eat.
Obamacare is the most inhumane act of legislation ever devised by an uncaring Congress that has no compassion for humans whatsoever.
A completely retarded effort to launch Obamacare speaks volumes.
It is dead on arrival.
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Dustoff -- either control yourself or I'm going to start reporting your abuse.
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Senior Cullen Hennessy of the UCLA men's water polo team takes a look back at the Bruins' season in the final episode of his weekly video blog, "Poolside With Cullen Hennessy."
UCLA lost to USC, 7-4, in the NCAA Championship match in Berkeley, Calif., last Sunday. The Bruins defeated UC San Diego, 10-1, in a semifinal contest last Saturday.
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I think I'm in love. It happened so fast. One minute I was in a taxi and the next, I caught glimpses from under my umbrella…
Yes, I just returned from my first trip to Shanghai's famous fabric market. I had put it off the visit for two years but, with no trip back to the UK in sight, my desire for new clothes overtook my reticence. I had heard the horror stories of overpricing, shop owners refusing to bargain, and overwhelming crowds. These rumors succeeded in keeping me away from the market. I finally pushed these scary thoughts out of my mind, and made for the market. It was a complete experience within itself.
I thoroughly enjoyed it. The shop owners, as reported, wouldn't bargain. It didn't matter though. If I didn't like the price, I simply walked away and found a better one. No harm no foul. I came away with 2 pairs of jeans, 2 pairs of dress trousers, 2 pairs of casual linen trousers and four tailored and fitted v-neck t-shirts for little over 1000RMB (about $125 USD). Now some of you may be screaming blue murder right now but bare in mind, I am a bigger gal needing more fabric. Compared to UK prices, it was an absolute snip.
My favorites were Shop/Stall Numbers....
Remember that you pay for the fabric, and the cost to make the clothing is then included. Some will speak English, but don't be put off if they don't. This is the time to utilize some serious body language! As is often the case in China, the language barrier can be part of the fun. If you suspect you are being ripped off, just walk away. A quick tip is to go in the morning, on a weekday,and in bad weather if possible. It rained something chronic the day of my visit. The market was empty as a result, and hence, I got the best prices.
I will be headed back to the fabric market soon to pick up the clothes next week. I will also be ordering some silk, suede, and a suit. I will update prices upon my return.
Enjoy the fabric market! I definitely prefer it to Xiangyang market.
Update: The fabric market recently moved, so Vikki's favorite stalls may have different numbers. My advice is to carefully examine the clothes that the shop owners have hanging up and ask yourself some simple questions. Are the seams well done? Do the proportions look right? Are the styles to your liking? Those more permanent to Shanghai can go and have one thing made at a certain stall first. If the first item meets your fancy, then order more!
Re: Fabric MarketDec 07, 2012 — qinqin
This fabric market is called Shiliupu fabric market. There is another one which is South Bund fabric market which is just at the foot of Nanpu bridge which is also a nice one. or even more popular than Shiliupu.
I love this Fabric MarketSep 10, 2009 — Mandy
In this Fabric market, you can get all different kinds of clothing, and they have tailor who can tailor made your cloth, even though sometimes it will be a little expensive than you purchase a cloth directly, but this tailor made cloth will more fits you, why not than.
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The absorption ratio of milk is about 20 to 30 percent of an individuals overall dietary intake of the substance and is primarily conducted by the small intestine. The absorption process relies heavily on the body's vitamin D content. Some of the other well known conditions that are caused primarily as a result of calcium deficiency include osteoporosis and osteomalacia.
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