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- Most bookedLindner Hotel & Spa Binshof
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"Good spacious room Fully equipped spa facilities Very good breakfast Speyer only 5 mins by car"
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"Great hotel, worthy of the Ibis brand. It's a good 25 minute walk from the train station but close to the Technik Museum. We stayed at Speyer to visit the museum. The hotel is spacious and modern with good size rooms, free tea, coffee and water in the lobby and a good breakfast room. Breakfast wa..."
A Traveller, Jul 2015, GB
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"Very nice hotel; met owner and his son - segregation gemutlich. Nice for a night stopover"
A Traveller, May 2015, US
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"If visiting the adjacent museum there is nowhere better to stay. Everything in the hotel was as expected. The city of SPeyer is a 15 to 20 minute walk away."
A Traveller, Aug 2014, GB
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"Great service, great location, comfortable and clean. Could not have been better. A sure bet for the price! I will be back for sure and I will recommend this place to friends. Just a quick fyi: parking is a little challenging and the church bells start at 7 am...which is super charming...but only..."
A Traveller, Sep 2014, US
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"Easy check-in, Parking available, and just a walk away from just about everything..."
A Traveller, Jun 2016, CA
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"Short stay but I enjoyed it. My second time in this hotel and again perfect servis, very nice hotel room. Only negative was a wifi which is one one hand free of charge but not stable so had a problem with vpn connection to retrieve my business emails."
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"Nice little hotel, easy to find near Hockenheim circuit. Check in staff were fantastici n the evening. Room was big, clean and comfortable, but surprised to see a modern hotel without AirCon in the rooms. Over all good hotel for an overnight stop with very friendly staff, particularly the nigh..."
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"Nice hotel with gentile Staff. It is not really noisy but man may hear the other guests"
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Hopefully the Steelers, who have looked like complete garbage so far, can come up with something after an extra week of preparation and beat the Jets next week.
I would take Tony Gonzalez on the Phins any day ....it's a shame he has to play for the Falcons.
Geno Smith actually looked good.
If he can do that more consistently he will be a good qb, but problem with Geno Smith is his consistency.
Deshaun Watson is the TRUTH!
Geno did look good. They are a lot like we were last year: the sports media (who is totally clueless btw) gave them zero chance to even be relevant this season and as of now they are proving them wrong. It sucks, but that's what it is. I look forward to the upcoming battles this week between Vaark and Junc in the AFC East forums lol.
Great win, Atl obviously has issues but a week after that clunker by Geno to take responsibility and apologize to his teammates and the D specifically then come out and play near flawless football was a HUGE step in his development. This was the first time he truly looked ready to play in this league. Big win, we have a D that can keep us in most games and if we can take care of the football we can be a playoff contender. Now it gets harder, Pitt stinks right now but a young team w/ a young QB after an emotional win on a short week is usually a recipe for a los the next week so we'll see if they can get over this one quick and get their first win streak of the year.
Going into the 2013 season Mike Smith was the only ACTIVE coach that had a better winning percentage than Don Shula.
With the 3 game losing streak he is now sitting behind the Don Shula like all the rest of the the active coaches.
#1 Don Shula (.678)
#2T John Harbaugh (.671)
#2T Mike Smith (.671)
#4 Sean Payton (.663)
#5 Mike McCarthty (.655)
#6 Bill Belichick (.652)
#7 Mike Tomlin (.630)
#8 Andy Reid (.592)
#9 Mike Shanahan (.568)
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By Glenn Rea
DeWitt Medical District and Cuero Community Hospital have adjusted over the years to changes in the national healthcare climate.
Most of those changes reflect an effort to survive reimbursement trends from Medicare and Medicaid.
In hospital board meetings, there have been discussions indicating the amount of reimbursement from those federal programs is expected to continue to fall.
It has also been explained about 70% of the patients that use Cuero Community Hospital rely on Medicare or Medicare benefits. That means a significant change in CCH revenue over time.
In recent years and months, the efforts of CCH to adjust to this revenue decline has seen some different types of partnerships.
Today, DeWitt Medical District either owns or is in the process of buying seven area medical clinics.
The district owns nine nursing homes.
By Tim O'Malley
Yorktown News-View
"It's a Field of Dreams," said Beverly Braun after seeing an idea take off better than she had hoped for.
The Yorktown Historical Society is sponsoring a Christmas tree decorating contest to benefit YAM. Twenty-four organizations and churches came together to help benefit the community.
Braun said, "We had to buy more tress. This is so exciting."
Individuals of the community have already started taking part by bringing a non-perishable food item underneath their favorite tree. Phyllis Hahn had her granddaughter Hannah Zimmermann help select their favorite tree. Hahn said, This is a very pretty tree. I like the way they used syringes and medicine bottles. They were very creative."
There is still time to vote on your favorite tree. Bring a non-perishable food item to the Yorktown Historical Museum. Voting days are Friday, Dec 11 and 18; Sundays Dec. 13 and 20. Hours are from 1-4 p.m.
The Cajun Santa of the 'North Pole' visited Yorktown Dec. 3 for the "Santa in the Gazebo" hosted by the Yorktown Chamber of Commerce. Santa met with children of various ages who wanted to tell him what they wanted for Christmas. The line was long but no one seemed to complain as the community carolers sang Christmas songs to pass by the time and to remind everyone what Christmas was all about.
One special visitor to Santa was four month old Noah Ryan Luke. His parents are Ashley Alvarez and Joshua Luke of Yorktown. Noah did not make any requests but was vital in helping Santa bring in the Christmas spirit for the family.
While the community carolers sang 'O Holy Night' and the park well lit with Christmas lights, there was a scene that one could see on a "Norman Rockwell" card with children of all ages playing in the playground. Christmas joy certainly arrived in Yorktown.
It is a resume that stands above most if you are looking for a qualified program turner for football. Yorktown coach Robbie Tindol is a 1975 graduate of Coahoma High School and a 1979 graduate of Abilene Christian University. He played on ACU's 1977 football team that won the NAIA national championship. After graduating with a bachelor's in animal science he went to work in the oil field around Coahoma.
Tindol said, "I thought I wanted to be a vet but grades kept me out. I had two options left, teach high school Ag or work as a county agent. I did not like either option so I went into the oil field."
After six years in the field he decided to get out. Tindol said, "I wanted to try to influence kids in the right way."
He went back to school and got his biology certification and went into teaching and coaching.
By Robert Proctor
Yorktown News-View
Texans are proud of the state they call home. Even people who move here later in life tend to quickly love it. The passion can be seen often in flags waving all over the state, from homes to businesses and sometimes cars. Tammy Dodds, who was raised in Yorktown and graduated from Yorktown High School in 1994, recently had a book published on the pride of the Lone Star State.
"Only in Texas" was published on Oct. 13 of this year and shows images of the Texas flag all over the state, something which is not prevalent in other states.
Dodds earned a Bachelor's Degree from Touro College in New York, and while attending the school traveled throughout the state and other parts of the east coast. It became clear that state pride was not a part of many other states.
"Upon coming back, I became aware of Texas compared to other states, the sense of loyalty," Dodds said.
In a conversation with Cuero ISD school board president B.J. Drehr, Superintendent Jim Haley has been named the lone finalist for the same position at Pecos-Barstow-Toyah ISD in Pecos. Haley has not yet tendered his resignation with Cuero ISD.
There is a 21 day waiting period, per Haley, to negotiate the contract and housing. Haley's wife, Cathlene, is the district librarian. They are set to tender their resignations at the Dec. 14 school board meeting.
Christmas is just around the corner and to help children make their wishes known to the man from the 'North Pole', Yorktown Chamber of Commerce will host "Santa in the Gazebo" at the city park Thursday, Dec. 3, from 6 to 8 p.m.
Other activities will include the Lion's Club annual drawing and Yorktown Volunteer Fire Department's annual stew supper. Stew serving begins at 5 p.m.
Project Graduation Class of 2016 will be selling train rides to children and refreshments.
Christmas in the Park "Majestic Lights" will continue through New Years.
If you would like to honor a loved one or simply wish to make a donation to "Majestic Lights" please call the Yorktown Chamber office at 361-564-2661.
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FOR LOGAN residents Jose Duprey and Meralys Aviles, it's country-living in the middle of the city.
They found a possum on their basement stairs one morning. On another, a squirrel climbed in through a kitchen window and noshed on some bread. The couple's three daughters chase rabbits in their back yard - acres of it.
The family lives in one of the eight remaining houses in the "Logan Triangle" - a five-sided, 35-acre piece of land bordered by Roosevelt Boulevard and Wingohocking, Loudon, 11th and 7th streets.
Almost all of Duprey and Aviles' neighbors - more than 950 of them - are gone. They sold their homes, which have since been torn down, because they were sinking into a forgotten creekbed. For blocks and blocks the triangle is now a near-empty urban prairie, save for weeds and trash.


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BROCKTON, Mass. -- Raise your hand if you had Brockton with two wins, and two hard-nosed, convincing victories, against two of the preseason favorites in the Catholic Conference.
Didn't see too many hands raised outside of Rocky Marciano Stadium.
But that's exactly where the Boxers find themselves after the first three weeks of the season. Brockton battered Xaverian last night in a 22-14 victory on the kickoff to the unveiling of the Rocky Marciano statue that will keep a watchful eye on the football team as they look to continue this turnaround season.
The Boxers shut out BC High and put on a balanced display against the scuffling Hawks to run its record to 2-1 on the season. Brockton was 0-4 against Catholic Conference competition last season.
"This month of September is tough, and it doesn't get easier with (St. John's Prep) next week," said Boxers coach Peter Colombo. "We've got two wins against the Catholic Conference and it's the best conference year-in-and-year-out in Eastern Mass. It's a good way to start."
Colombo knows that his team is going to face opposing defenses that stack the box against the Boxers option-based offense. A run here to the outside, a dive up the middle and a couple toss sweeps will keep those defenses honest, but nothing allows the option to work best than a couple of big plays from the passing game.
That's exactly what Colombo got in the second half.
Austin Roberts connected with Micah Morel twice in the second half, one from 38 yards out and one from 17 yards, to stay comfortably ahead of the Hawks. The scores came off of the same play, but the only wrinkle was that Morel lined up on the backside for the second score.
"We knew eventually the safeties were going to come down and bite (on the run)," said Morel. "It's a play we've been working on for a long time, so it was good to finally pop it open."
"We need that out of Micah too," Colombo added. "We are expecting him to give us some offense this year. We've had people open in other games and we haven't capitalized. They are up there, eight or nine in the box trying to stop the run and we've got to take the pressure off by throwing the ball and completing passes. Finally tonight we got a couple of big ones."
It hasn't been a great two weeks for the Hawks offense. They were held to 29 yards of total offense in the first half and only had 31 yards rushing, something that they went away from in the second half, for the game. It took two and a half quarters for Xaverian to pick up a first down.
Austin DeCarr threw two touchdown passes, but finished 12-of-32 for 97 yards, with 26 of those throws coming in the final two quarters.
The breaks just aren't falling the Hawks way in a two-week span that saw them go 0-2 and fall to 1-2 on the year. The Boxers fumbled the ball four times in the first half, but Xaverian was only able to recover one with seconds remaining in the second quarter.
"We didn't recover the football and that's the way the ball bounces sometimes," said Hawks head coach Charlie Stevenson. "They had some sustained drives in the first half and we had really miserable field position all half. We really had our hands tied because of the position we were in. That hurt."
Xaverian (1-2) 0 – 0 – 7 – 7 – 14
Brockton (2-1) 0 – 8 – 7 – 7- 22
Second Quarter
B — Austin Roberts 3 run (Justin Ahanon rush)
Third Quarter
B — Micah Morel 38 pass from Roberts (Levion Merian kick)
X — DJ Pagliuca 27 pass from Austin DeCarr (Kyle Darrow kick)
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B — Morel 17 pass from Roberts (Ahanon kick)
X — Joe Denucci Jr. 10 pass from DeCarr (Darrow kick)


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2012: Started in each of the team's 13 games, moving from midfield to attack during the fourth quarter of the Hoyas loss at Loyola (Md.) (3/21)...Named Second Team BIG EAST after finishing fourth in the conference with 2.69 points per game...Opened the season with three goals and an assist in a loss to No. 7 Maryland (2/24)...Scored game-winning goals in consecutive wins against Harvard (3/10) and Mount St. Mary's (3/13)...Scored two goals and had two assists in a 7-6 win at Providence (3/17)...Scored three goals in three of team's last four games in loss to St. John's (4/7), win at Syracuse (4/21) and win over Rutgers (4/27).
2011: 2011: Appeared in 14 games, starting 10 at midfield...Finished the season with 12 goals and eight assists for 20 points, for fourth on the team...Scored two goals in three consecutive games against Maryland, St. John's and Harvard...Also had two goal games against Providence and Navy...Picked up a season-high three ground balls at Jacksonville (2/20)...Picked up 14 ground balls.
2010: Appeared in nine games as a freshman ... Started twice at Providence and vs. Mount St. Mary's ... Scored three goals ... Tallied two goals against Delaware ... Also scored against Notre Dame.
High School: A standout at Georgetown Prep in lacrosse ... Coached by Kevin Giblin ... Earned All-Met honors in 2008 and 2009 ... Named the Best Offensive Player in 2008.
Personal: Born on April 13, 1990 ... The son of Brian and Barbara Casey ... Has two older brothers, Trevor and Kyle ... His brother Trevor was a standout on the Hoya lacrosse team from 2004-08 ... Earned Dean's List honors in 2009 in high school ... Will wear the same number his brother Trevor wore during his playing days.
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[MLS SPOTLIGHT] Goonie magic is spreading across MLS, it seems. Four MLS games in the first two weekends were decided in the 90th minute or second-half stoppage time, including Saturday night's San Jose-Real Salt Lake game with the inevitable equalizer from Victor Bermudez five minutes into stoppage time. As a matter of comparison, only two games in Europe's big four leagues were decided in the 90th minute or later over the same period.
Bermudez's equalizer came just four days after Alan Gordon also scored in the fifth minute of stoppage time to give the Quakes a 1-1 tie with Toluca in the Concacaf Champions League. The goals gave San Jose 15 stoppage-time goals since the start of the 2012 season that were winning or tying goals.
MLS is averaging 0.44 goals a game in the 90th minute or later, double any of Europe's big four leagues.
Goals in 90th+ minute, average:
0.44 Major League Soccer
0.22 Germany, Bundesliga
0.17 Italy, Serie A
0.17England, Premier League
0.06Spain, La Liga
Goals per game:
3.17 Germany, Bundesliga
2.94Spain, La Liga
2.81 Major League Soccer
2.53England, Premier League
2.39 Italy, Serie A
16 games
45 goals
2.81 avg.
7 goals in 90th+minute
4 games decided in stoppage time
March 15: San Jose 3 Real Salt Lake 3.
SJ: Victor Bernardez 90+5(Video)
March 15:Sporting KC 1 FC Dallas 1.
DAL: Matt Hedges 90 (Video)
March 9: Portland 1 Philadelphia 1.
POR: Gaston Fernandez 90+4 (Video)
March 9:Seattle 1 Sporting KC 0.
SEA: Chad Barrett 90+4 (Video)
ENGLAND, Premier League:
15 games
38 goals
2.53 avg.
3 goals in 90th+ minute
1 game decided in 90th+ minute
March 15: Everton 2-1 over Cardiff City
EVE: Seamus Coleman 90+3.
GERMANY, Bundesliga:
18 games
57 goals
3.17 avg.
4 goals in 90th+ minute
ITALY, Serie A:
18 games
2.39 avg.
3 goals in 90th+ minute
1 game decided in 90th+ minute
March 9: Chievo Verona 2 Genoa 1.
CHI: Alberto Paloschi pen. 90+3.
SPAIN, La Liga:
18 games
53 goals
2.94 avg.
1 goal in 90th+ minute


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Ben Bergman is KPCC's Senior Reporter on the Southern California Economy.
He's a frequent contributor to NPR and Marketplace, and often hosts Southern California Public Radio's daily two-hour newsmagazine, Take Two, as well as Morning Edition and major breaking news coverage for the station.
Bergman has reported extensively on the NFL's return to Los Angeles after a 20 year absence, the campaign to bring the 2024 Olympics to Southern California, L.A.'s housing affordability problem, and the city's adoption of a $15 minimum wage.
He was previously KPCC's Orange County Reporter, where he covered the closure of the San Onofre nuclear plant and the Christopher Dorner manhunt.
Before joining KPCC in 2012, Bergman was a producer for NPR's Morning Edition, both in Washington D.C., and at NPR West in Culver City.
He has been a producer for some of the most recognizable voices in radio — Renee Montagne, Steve Inskeep, Susan Stamberg, and Linda Wertheimer. He has produced interviews with everyone from The Dalai Lama (three times) to Ben Stiller to Ben Affleck. Bergman was also the Morning Edition anchor at Aspen Public Radio in Colorado.
Bergman has also written for "Time Magazine" and "The New York Times" and was a reporting intern at "The Times."
Originally from Seattle, Bergman graduated cum laude from Occidental College in Los Angeles with a degree in politics.
In his free time, Bergman enjoys tennis, fitness, skiing, traveling to new places, and cheering on The Seattle Seahawks.
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Clippers: Celebs say they want to buy the team. Not everyone's serious
Business and civic leader Steve Soboroff sees the team as an attractive acquisition, but for those who say they want to buy the team, there are often other motivations.
Magic wants to buy Clippers, but expects Sterling to fight a sale
"I will be owning an NBA team sometime," Johnson said Wednesday. "Is the Clippers the right situation? Of course. It's one of the premiere franchises."
Famous bidders lining up to buy LA Clippers — including Oprah
Oprah Winfrey's spokesperson confirmed she's already in discussions with record-label mogul David Geffen and Oracle CEO Larry Ellison to pool their vast resources for a bid.
Mayor Garcetti to ask NBA Commissioner to act on Donald Sterling
L.A. Mayor Eric Garcetti has set up a conversation with NBA Commissioner Adam Silver to discuss what the league can do to sanction the embattled Clippers owner.
Why it could be a long time before you see the Dodgers on TV
DirecTV and Time Warner seem to be farther apart then ever, which isn't just bad news for DirecTV subscribers. It's bad for everyone who can't watch the Dodgers.
Time Warner starts 'major' network upgrade in Los Angeles
The company announced it's upgrading its network in Covina, Cypress, Hoover, Crenshaw District, and Jefferson Park. Residential customers in Costa Mesa and West Hollywood have already received upgrades.
Will Aereo change the way we watch TV?
Aereo has been trying to make itself seem as significant as possible while strangely, some of the biggest players on the other side have been downplaying the threat.
High Rent, Few Options: Angelenos weigh their choices
With rents higher than they've ever been in Southern California, the '30 percent rule' is a distant fantasy, and Southern Californian renters are having to adapt.
Los Angeles Register debut: Good luck finding it on newsstands
The new L.A. Register's first page is heavy on pretty pictures and short on news. Most of the page is taken up by "The Register's guide to L.A.'s rooftop scene."
USC partnering with USA Today on sports business website
The USC Marshall School and the USA Today Sports Media Group are partnering to create Fields of Green, a website covering sports business.
LA Register launch: Publisher says right of center politics will be a selling point
In an interview with KPCC, LA Register publisher Aaron Kushner says The Register's local focus and right of center politics will help it stand out from The LA Times.
Dodger fans not sure who to blame in Time Warner dispute
I talked to a random sampling of fans at Dodger Stadium. None of them get the Dodgers Channel, but most of them aren't sure who to be mad at.
Time Warner: DirecTV 'walked away' from Dodgers negotiations
In what appears to be a negotiating tactic to raise pressure on DirecTV, a Time Warner executive said DirecTV ended negotiations over the Dodgers channel.
Dodgers first MLB team airing all games in Korean on TV
Like the Lakers, the Dodgers are trying to broaden their appeal to L.A.'s second biggest minority. There are more than 300,000 Koreans in the greater L.A. area.
In SoCal business news: LA county losing jobs, LA Daily News on the block?, Disney's billion-dollar bracelet
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I am pleased to announce the revival of Macdonald Academy of Arms regular classes.
These shall be conducted from 19:00 - 21:00 hrs on Monday evenings at the historic venue of Leith Custom House, Commercial Street, Leith.
Training shall continue in backsword for all and we welcome new students on board at anytime to experience the only complete martial method offered in this traditional weapon form today.
Classes shall commence for 2015 on the following dates
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Located in the heart of the Edinburgh Old Town, the Macdonald Academy of Arms is dedicated to the study and practice of most forms of European Martial Arts and Historical Fencing. It follows the traditions of the famous fencing academies that flourished in Edinburgh until the late 1800's and aims to replicate the martial arts prevalent in Western Europe from as early as the 13th Century.
Students of the Macdonald Academy have the opportunity to become proficient in a diverse range of weapons forms, including backsword, longsword, smallsword, rapier (Italian and Spanish), quarterstaff and Italian cane...to name but a few. Under the expert tutelage of Maestro Paul Macdonald, training in these arts is exciting and intense, working both body and mind to revive a true living tradition.


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JERUSALEM, Israel -- Israeli Prof. Daniel Shechtman received the 2011 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his 1982 discovery of quasicrystals, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences (RSAS) announced Wednesday.
Shechtman's discovery showed that the pattern of atoms inside crystals do not repeat themselves, a find that fundamentally changed the way chemists view solid matter, the RSAS said, calling it the "fascinating mosaics of the Arabic world reproduced at the level of atoms."
"Contrary to the previous belief that atoms were packed inside crystals in symmetrical patterns, Shechtman showed that the atoms in a crystal could be packed in a pattern that could not be repeated," the academy said.
"His discovery was extremely controversial. In the course of defending his findings, he was asked to leave his research group. However, his battle eventually forced scientists to reconsider their conception of the very nature of matter," the Academy said.
Israel's newest Nobel laureate teaches at the Technion -- Israel Institute of Technology -- in Haifa. The prize includes a $1.46 million (10 million Swedish Kroner) grant.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Shechtman made the Jewish people proud.
"Every Israeli is happy today and every Jew in the world is proud," the prime minister said in a statement issued by his office.
In 2009, Israeli Weizmann Institute chemist Ada Yonath received the Nobel Prize in chemistry for research on ribosomes in producing antibiotics.
Since the re-establishment of Israel in 1948, ten Israelis have been recipients of the Nobel Prize.
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Donna Diaz's Boyfriend Accused Her of Cheating -- So She Shot Him Three Times
A Mesa woman has been charged with second-degree murder after admitting to police that she fatally shot her boyfriend after he accused her of infidelity.
Police say Donna Diaz called police about 11 p.m. yesterday to report that she shot her boyfriend, Thomas Mark Wakeman, three times after he accused her of cheating on him.
Diaz told the cops she and Wakeman -- whom she'd previously filed an order of protection against -- were drinking at a bar near her Mesa home yesterday afternoon. The two returned home, where Diaz fell asleep.
When Diaz woke up, she found Wakeman looking through her cell phone. He then accused of her having an affair.
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Wakeman, Diaz claims, dragged her by her ankles out of her bed and began verbally assaulting her. Wakeman dragged her into the kitchen twice -- each time Diaz would escape to a closet to hide from her angry boyfriend, only to have him drag her back into the kitchen.
After the second dragging, Diaz retrieved a pistol from the closet.
Diaz then confronted Wakeman as he sat on a couch in the living room. She says as she approached him with the gun, he continued to verbally assault her. Then, Diaz claims, the gun went off, hitting Wakeman in the chest.
"You shot me," Diaz claims Wakeman yelled before he approached her again. She then shot him one more time, she claims -- although, Wakeman was shot a total of three times.
Police say evidence of a struggle was present inside the home, but not as violent a struggle as Diaz described. Police also noticed very minor injuries to Diaz ( a few scrapes), which were inconsistent with her story, police say.
Diaz was booked on one count of second-degree murder.
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Senate Transportation Committee Passes DMV Extension and Improvement Bills
Richmond – Yesterday at the Capitol, the Senate Transportation Committee passed Senate Bill 1226, patroned by Senator J. Chapman Petersen (D-Fairfax City), and recommended that his SB 1225 be rolled into SB 776, which was filed by Henry Marsh (D-Dinwiddie and Petersburg).
Senator Petersen's SB 1225 and Senator Marsh's SB 776 permit all local governments to open DMV offices and agencies in areas that do not have them. The intent is to create a sustainable model that complements Virginia's fifty-seven already existing DMV branch offices. "Most of the 'Selects' are operated by Commissioners of Revenue at the courthouse or county building and are a great convenience (we started this in Fairfax City)," explains Senator Petersen. "It maintains fiscal integrity needed by the DMV to continue to offer a valuable service, and I am pleased to support this bill which serves as a convenience to DMV customers around the state," adds Senator Marsh.
Senator Petersen's SB 1226 establishes a "One Stop" licensing program, whereby new businesses can register for a business license and also complete their state and local tax paperwork in one governmental location. "Such a system would facilitate tasks like renewing a driver's license or starting a new business," says Senator Petersen.# # #
Friday, January 28, 2011
DMV Extension and Improvement Bills passes Senate Transportation Committee
Legislation championed by State Senators Chap Petersen and Henry Marsh has passed the Senate's Transportation Committee. From Senator Petersen's office:
Thursday, January 27, 2011
Environmental Legislation Pending in Virginia's General Assembly
Richmond – Senator A. Donald McEachin and Delegate Albert C. Pollard Jr. held a press conference on Thursday, January 27, 2011 to discuss environmental legislation submitted during this Session of Virginia's General Assembly.
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
Friday, January 21, 2011
Brian Kirwin plays the race card
In a post at Bearing Drift today, Republican blogger Brian Kirwin accuses Democrats of only talking about "slavery and nazis." For the nazi portion of his assertion, he cites Steve Cohen's recent intemperate remarks. Cohen's remarks are indefensible. Just because Republicans lie all the time about almost everything, it doesn't make them nazis, even though the nazis were also liars. For the slavery portion of his accusation, Kirwin cites something said by Virginia State Senator Mamie Locke.
Where does Brian Kirwin get that Mamie Locke said anything about slavery? Mamie Locke is, of course, African American. Is that how Kirwin made the leap? Did Kirwin respond to the dog whistle in his own head?
"It was the same type of rhetoric that was used in the 1850s before the Civil War," Locke said Thursday. "It's so 1861-ish."There's just one problem: if you read the quote and click through and read the article it was drawn from you find that no where did Locke talk about slavery. Locke's remarks were limited to a discussion how recent Republican rhetoric mirrors the kind of nullification rhetoric used by Southerner to support secession and assert states' rights.
Where does Brian Kirwin get that Mamie Locke said anything about slavery? Mamie Locke is, of course, African American. Is that how Kirwin made the leap? Did Kirwin respond to the dog whistle in his own head?
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Wednesday, January 19, 2011
Petersen's transparency bill advances
Via State Senator Chap Petersen:
Local Government Committee Passes Bipartisan Government Transparency Bill
Richmond – Yesterday at the Capitol, the Local Government senate committee unanimously passed a bipartisan government transparency bill chief sponsored by Senator Chap Petersen (D-Fairfax).
The bill was originally brought to Senator Petersen by Pat Herrity, who represents the Springfield District as a supervisor in Fairfax County. Herrity first became aware of a need for the legislation when he joined the Board of Supervisors in 2008 and started an initiative to put checkbooks online. The next logical step was contacting a legislator to draft a statewide bill to enact into law. According to him, "this is where it starts. We need to make people see how their money is being spent." Although a Republican, Herrity recruited the support of Democratic Senator Petersen because of Petersen's reputation for supporting open government and common sense solutions. "One of my goals as a state senator is to bring maximum transparency to our state and local governments in Virginia," said Senator Petersen. Together they drafted SB 844, which encourages government transparency by allowing local governments to publish individual expenditures online for the benefit of the public.
"I would like to thank Senator Petersen for his leadership and moving this bill forward so that Fairfax County and other counties in the Commonwealth can let citizens see how the government is spending their tax dollars," said Herrity.
Senate Bill 844 is joined by an identical bill in the House, HB 2155, that Senator Petersen is co-patroning with Delegate Benjamin L. Cline (R-Rockbridge).
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Rachel Maddow has additional coverage of the breaking story coming out of Spokane, Washington. The FBI has confirmed that a powerful and potentially very lethal bomb was planted along the route of Spokane's annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day parade.
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
Bomb found on MLK parade route
Someone attempted to carry out a bombing attack on a Martin Luther King Jr. Day parade in Spokane, Washington:
The FBI offered a reward Tuesday for information about a potentially lethal bomb found in a backpack along the downtown route of the Martin Luther King Jr. Day parade.Read the rest here. Of course the right wing is going to deny that this had anything to do with a "political or social agenda."
The discovery before Monday's parade for the slain civil rights leader raised the possibility of a racial motive in a region that has been home to the white supremacist Aryan Nations.
"The confluence of the holiday, the march and the device is inescapable," said Frank Harrill, special agent in charge of the Spokane FBI office. "But we are not at the point where we can draw any particular motive."
He called the planting of the bomb an act of domestic terrorism that was clearly designed to advance a political or social agenda.
Limiting the Attorney General's use of Civil Investigative Demands
Richmond --Senator A. Donald McEachin (D-Henrico), Senator J. Chapman Petersen (D-Fairfax) and Delegate David Toscano (D-Charlottesville) held a press conference on Tuesday, January 18, 2011, in Senate Room 1 at the Capitol to discuss their proposed legislation that repeals and limits the authority of the Attorney General to issue civil investigative demands.
The legislators were joined by Professor Brian Turner, chair of the Political Science Department at Randolph-Macon College. They also read a statement from Professor Rich Schragger, law professor at the University of Virginia School of Law.
Monday, January 17, 2011
The Gun Lobby Rally: This year versus last year
Last year's pro-gun rally.
That was last year's crowd. It wrapped around the East side of the Bell Tower. The crowd was large and aggressive, even arrogant.
This year's pro-gun rally:
Smaller crowd, fewer signs . . . this year's crowd was almost sullen. This year's crowd did not extend below the South side of the Bell Tower, which suggested to me that today's crowd was just slightly more than half of last year's crowd--maybe less.
That was last year's crowd. It wrapped around the East side of the Bell Tower. The crowd was large and aggressive, even arrogant.
This year's pro-gun rally:
Smaller crowd, fewer signs . . . this year's crowd was almost sullen. This year's crowd did not extend below the South side of the Bell Tower, which suggested to me that today's crowd was just slightly more than half of last year's crowd--maybe less.
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Mortgage Foreclosure Reform
On January 17, 2011 a bi-partisan group of Virginia state legislators held a press conference during the 2011 General Assembly session to announce proposed mortgage foreclosure reforms. Includes video of Delegate Bob Marshall, Senator Chap Peterson, and Senator Donald McEachin.
Sorry for the shaky camera work: I solemnly promise to bring my tripod next time.
Lobby Day 2011
I just returned from Capitol Hill where I spent the morning observing this year's Lobby Day--the day when ordinary Virginia citizens descend on the Capitol and meet their legislators. I'm sitting in one of my favorite downtown locations now enjoying some lunch and going through my photos and video.
Some quick first impressions: the gun lobby was out in much smaller numbers than last year, and were far more subdued, which I suppose is to be expected. I have some photos of last year's gun lobby rally and at some point I'll put up a post allowing you to compare this year's crowd with last year.
In general the mood on the hill today was upbeat. The crowds of constituents were cheerful and many waves and hugs among old friends and acquaintances were exchanged. I saw the owl--the owl is probably my favorite thing about Lobby Day.
I attended this morning's press conference on mortgage foreclosure reform and it was interesting and informative. I shot some video and photos of this meeting and I'll post that in a bit once I go through it and decide if it's worth seeing.
Some quick first impressions: the gun lobby was out in much smaller numbers than last year, and were far more subdued, which I suppose is to be expected. I have some photos of last year's gun lobby rally and at some point I'll put up a post allowing you to compare this year's crowd with last year.
In general the mood on the hill today was upbeat. The crowds of constituents were cheerful and many waves and hugs among old friends and acquaintances were exchanged. I saw the owl--the owl is probably my favorite thing about Lobby Day.
I attended this morning's press conference on mortgage foreclosure reform and it was interesting and informative. I shot some video and photos of this meeting and I'll post that in a bit once I go through it and decide if it's worth seeing.
Honoring Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr.
"I Have a Dream"
Some words, some ideas, are so powerful that they change the world. Today we honor the words and ideas of the Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr.
Sunday, January 16, 2011
Senator McEachin's anti-discrimination commentary
Donald McEachin has a great Op-Ed in today's Richmond Times Dispatch:
In Virginia, state employees are protected from discrimination against them on the basis of race, religion, ethnic background, age and other categories with which we are all familiar. Last year I introduced a bill to add a prohibition of discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation to that list.Read Senator McEachin's complete message at the Richmond Times Dispatch.
I did that because, although Govs. Mark Warner and Tim Kaine had outlawed this form of discrimination by executive order, Gov. Bob McDonnell had said he felt that was an inappropriate mechanism and that it was properly in the domain of the General Assembly to make that decision. With that in mind, I introduced the bill so the governor would have the opportunity to support non-discrimination. Unfortunately, he and his administration sat on their hands and the legislation failed. However, I am re-introducing the same bill again because I believe this is such a very important issue.
Friday, January 14, 2011
Anti-government money manager arrested for threats to regulators
And the hits keep coming:
A New York money manager with a long history of legal battles with the government has been charged with threatening to kill 47 U.S. officials, including the nation's top securities and commodities regulators.Read more at Huffington Post.
Vincent McCrudden, 49, last month allegedly posted online an "execution list" naming officials, including Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Mary Schapiro and Commodity Futures Trading Commission Chairman Gary Gensler.
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Was Jared Loughner influenced by political rhetoric?
Ed Schultz asks the provocative question:
Was Jared Loughner influenced by the rhetoric of the radical right?Visit Ed Schultz's blog to see his arguments, read comments, and comment yourself.
Right wing businessman applauds AZ shooting, calls for more
In a post to his blog on Saturday January 8, 2011, right wing radical and Massachusetts businessman Travis Corcoran applauded the assassination attempt against Arizona Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords and called for more political violence. Corcoran told his readers "1 down, 534 to go."
The "1" is Gabrielle Giffords, and the "534" are the remaining members of Congress -- both Democrat and Republican -- who have not yet been shot in the head. The retailer who posted this was Travis Corcoran, the president of Heavy Ink, an online comic book retailer based in Arlington, Massachusetts.It will be interesting to see whether the FBI takes the time to interview this guy.
In a post on his blog, Corcoran continued to comment on the shooting by taking the bold stance that while you are in the process of assassinating those 534 political leaders, it is important to aim very carefully so that you do not kill random people around them, as that would be wrong.It is absolutely, absolutely unacceptable to shoot "indiscriminately".
Target only politicians and their staff, and leave regular citizens alone.
Thursday, January 13, 2011
David Brock on Glenn Beck's past incitement of violence
An excellent discussion with David Brock, Ronald Reagan, Jr. and Chris Matthews on the subject of Glenn Beck's past history of inciting people to violence. If you want to learn more about this topic, then I suggest going to Media Matters and reading their Glenn Beck page: it's eye-opening, to say the least.
Sarah Palin seriously damaged herself yesterday
Yesterday Sarah Palin badly damaged her future political prospects with a very ill-advised response to a national tragedy. Feeling that she had been unfairly accused by many of inciting violence with harsh rhetoric, Palin chose to answer her critics with possibly the nastiest bit of political rhetoric she could think of. Facing criticism for using over-the-top, violent political rhetoric, Palin responded by accusing her critics of manufacturing a "blood libel."
The term "blood libel" describes the rhetoric of anti-semites who historically accused Jews of murdering Christian children in order to use their blood in Jewish religious rituals. As the use of the word "libel" implies, the accusations were false, but they were still terribly harmful, serving as the excuse for centuries of persecution of Jews which culminated in the Holocaust. It was a disastrous choice of words for Palin's future political prospects. Let me count the ways.
First and most obvious was her attempt to hijack the martyrdom of the Jewish people. No matter how Palin and her supporters spin it, being criticized--even unfairly criticized--for overuse of violent political rhetoric is not like being persecuted for being a Jew. And then there was the use of the word "blood" in the wake of the carnage at Tucson. Being criticized is not like being gunned down at a meet-your-congressperson event. There was the overall tone-deafness. The American people were looking for some reassurance that their political discourse wasn't going to descend any further than it has in recent years, instead, as noted above, Palin adopted possibly the nastiest bit of political imagery she and her close advisors could think of. People often talk about the need to "disagree without being disagreeable." Palin doesn't seem to be able to do that: she insists on being disagreeable. Then there was the self-centeredness. At a moment when most Americans were focused on the impact the events in Tucson would have on the American community, Palin's message was "me-me-me." Finally, there was the contrast with President Obama. Obama's response to the tragedy in Tucson was starkly different. You can watch both Palin and Obama and come to your own conclusions on that score.
Is Palin finished? No, she still has relevance as a political celebrity. But her viability as a candidate for serious elective office has probably been exhausted by this affair.
The term "blood libel" describes the rhetoric of anti-semites who historically accused Jews of murdering Christian children in order to use their blood in Jewish religious rituals. As the use of the word "libel" implies, the accusations were false, but they were still terribly harmful, serving as the excuse for centuries of persecution of Jews which culminated in the Holocaust. It was a disastrous choice of words for Palin's future political prospects. Let me count the ways.
First and most obvious was her attempt to hijack the martyrdom of the Jewish people. No matter how Palin and her supporters spin it, being criticized--even unfairly criticized--for overuse of violent political rhetoric is not like being persecuted for being a Jew. And then there was the use of the word "blood" in the wake of the carnage at Tucson. Being criticized is not like being gunned down at a meet-your-congressperson event. There was the overall tone-deafness. The American people were looking for some reassurance that their political discourse wasn't going to descend any further than it has in recent years, instead, as noted above, Palin adopted possibly the nastiest bit of political imagery she and her close advisors could think of. People often talk about the need to "disagree without being disagreeable." Palin doesn't seem to be able to do that: she insists on being disagreeable. Then there was the self-centeredness. At a moment when most Americans were focused on the impact the events in Tucson would have on the American community, Palin's message was "me-me-me." Finally, there was the contrast with President Obama. Obama's response to the tragedy in Tucson was starkly different. You can watch both Palin and Obama and come to your own conclusions on that score.
Is Palin finished? No, she still has relevance as a political celebrity. But her viability as a candidate for serious elective office has probably been exhausted by this affair.
Wednesday, January 12, 2011
TEA Party intimidation triggers resignations in Arizona
While online conservatives are trying to play down the influence of violent rhetoric used by the political right, stories coming out of Arizona seem to contradict the new conservative narrative:
While federal lawmakers debate how best to increase safety for themselves and their staff, some Arizona Republican party officials are choosing to leave office in the face of threats.Which Republicans should we believe? The Republicans who say that violent rhetoric isn't a problem, or the Republicans who are resigning their positions within the party due to threats against themselves and their families?
A conflict that has been going on between local Arizona Republicans came to an end in the wake of the shooting in Tucson on Saturday when Arizona's Republican District 20 Chairman Anthony Miller and several others chose to resign.
California man arrested for threatening Seattle Democratic Congressman
Charles Turner Habermann of Palm Springs, California has been arrested. He is accused of threatening Seattle, Washington-area Congressman Jim McDermott and one other member of Congress not named in the court documents:
Charles Turner Habermann -- a 32-year-old Palm Springs, Calif., resident with a $3 million trust fund -- was arrested Wednesday morning on allegations that he made threatening phone calls to the office of the Seattle Democrat late last year.So, what kinds of things did Habermann say?
Federal authorities contend Habermann admitted to making the calls because he was angry about taxes, but said he wouldn't risk losing his trust fund by attacking McDermott.
Federal prosecutors in Seattle described statements left by Habermann in two Dec. 9 phone calls as an "expletive-laden" effort to influence McDermott's vote on tax policy. According to charging documents, Habermann to have threatened to kill McDermott's friends and family, then, in the second call, threatened to put McDermott "in the trash."
In one, the caller was heard calling McDermott "a piece of human filth," "a communist," and a "piece of (expletive) garbage."There are lots of interesting details in this case. You need to go to the Seattle Post Intelligencer and read the entire story.
"Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, or George Washington, Alexander Hamilton, if any of them had ever met uh, uh Jim McDermott, they would all blow his brains out," Habermann said in the first rambling message, according to charging documents. "They'd shoot him, in the head. They'd kill him, because he's a piece of, of, of disgusting garbage. …
"Any you let that (expletive) scum bag know, that if he ever (expletive) with my money, ever the (expletive) again, I'll (expletive) kill him, okay," Habermann continued, according to charges. "I'll round them up, I'll kill them, I'll kill his friends, I'll kill his family, I will kill everybody he (expletive) knows."
Reading the TEA leaves
Want to understand why people associate violent political rhetoric with the right more than the left? The signs are all around you if you are willing to read them:
Rep. Joe Wilson's (R-S.C.) health care-era "you lie" interruption of President Obama is now reportedly being commemorated with a place on a new, limited edition line of assault rifle components.No one is engraving "Yes We Can" on assault rifles. Read the complete story here.
The Columbia Free Times reports that the words are being engraved on a series of lower receivers manufactured for popular AR-15 assault rifles. Lower receivers are one of the primary pieces of the firearms.
"Palmetto State Armory would like to honor our esteemed congressman Joe Wilson with the release of our new 'You Lie' AR-15 lower receiver," the weapon manufacturer's site writes in the product description. "Only 999 of these will be produced, get yours before they are gone!"
Tuesday, January 11, 2011
Conservatives not ready to let go of hate speech
Do you think the tragedy in in Tucson might be enough to prompt some soul searching among the attack bloggers of the Right? Consider the following:From Bearing Drift's Jim Hoeft:
By all means, head on over to Bearing Drift to find out how the Right Wing is reacting to the Tucson Massacre. It's eye opening, to say the very least.
Oh, yes. Time for conservatives to be magnanimous on all this, right, Shane?I guess we'll have to wait for more victims of violent political rhetoric. [sigh]
Bull Shit.
This crap from the left is going to be stopped. We're not rolling over anymore.
By all means, head on over to Bearing Drift to find out how the Right Wing is reacting to the Tucson Massacre. It's eye opening, to say the very least.
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Monday, January 10, 2011
Tea Party leader in Virginia gloats about Tucson massacre
Nigel Coleman--the same Virginia Tea Party leader who posted the home address of Tom Perriello's brother online--posted the following tweet, gloating over the victims of the Tucson Massacre:
This is the Tea Party and Republican Party in Virginia today. The Tucson Massacre is just one big joke to Nigel Coleman.
Hat tip to Miles Grant at Blue Virginia.
Cutting that Gas line doesn't seem so bad now does it?...What?..... Too Soon?The cutting of the gas line Coleman refers to was an attempt to burn down Perriello's brother's home with his family--including four small children--in it. Coleman's tweet reads like a confession of that attempted arson.
This is the Tea Party and Republican Party in Virginia today. The Tucson Massacre is just one big joke to Nigel Coleman.
Hat tip to Miles Grant at Blue Virginia.
Glenn Beck's long history of inciting violence
Today Glenn Beck was scrambling to defend his record of inciting violence and trying to provide cover for Sarah Palin, who has been criticized for putting out a "hit list" of Democrats whose locations were indicated by crosshairs like those used in telescopic gunsights. Glenn Beck has a long history of trying to incite crazy people to commit violent acts while just barely maintaining enough distance to avoid prosecution for incitement. Let's consider just one recent incident where tragedy was only narrowly avoided thanks to the heroism of law enforcement:
Late on a Saturday night two weeks ago, an unemployed carpenter packed his mother's Toyota Tundra with guns and set off for San Francisco with a plan to kill progressives.That quote is from the August 1, 2010 edition of the Washington Post. What television program was Byron Williams watching when he decided to launch an all-out assault on the employees of the Tides Foundation?
When California Highway Patrol officers stopped him on an interstate in Oakland for driving erratically, Byron Williams, wearing body armor, fired at police with a 9mm handgun, a shotgun and a .308-caliber rifle with armor-piercing bullets, Oakland police say. Shot and captured after injuring two officers, Williams, on parole for bank robbery, told investigators that he wanted "to start a revolution" by "killing people of importance at the Tides Foundation and the ACLU," according to a police affidavit. His mother, Janice, told the San Francisco Chronicle that her son had been watching television news and was upset by "the way Congress was railroading through all these left-wing agenda items."
"Tides was one of the hardest things that we ever tried to explain, and everyone told us that we couldn't," Fox News host Glenn Beck told his radio listeners on Monday. "The reason why the blackboard" -- the prop Beck uses on his TV show to trace conspiracies -- "really became what the blackboard is, is because I was trying to explain Tides and how all of this worked." Beck accuses Tides of seeking to seize power and destroy capitalism, and he suggests that a full range of his enemies on the left all have "ties to the Tides Center." On Monday, he savored the fact that "no one knew what Tides was until the blackboard."That's pretty much how Beck does it: an endless drumbeat of messaging directed towards the violent and mentally ill, messaging design to provoke a violent reaction towards Beck's target.
For good measure, Beck went after Tides again on Fox that night. And Tuesday night, Wednesday night and Thursday night. That's on top of 29 other mentions of Tides on Beck's Fox show over the past 18 months (two in the week before the shootout) according to a tally by the liberal press watchdog Media Matters. Other than two mentions of Tides on the show of Beck's Fox colleague Sean Hannity, Media Matters said it was unable to find any other mention of Tides on any news broadcast by any network over that same period. Beck declined comment.
The Christian Science Monitor examined Beck's role in inciting violence in a October 16, 2010 article entitled "Did Glenn Beck's rhetoric inspire violence?"
Fox News commentator Glenn Beck, who's honed being provocative – even outrageous at times – to a fine and lucrative art, is the focus of criticism for inciting violence.The Christian Science Monitor can hardly be described as part of the so-called "Liberal Media."
Specifically, his dozens of comments attacking the Tides Foundation are being linked to the attempt by a heavily-armed man to assassinate employees at the San Francisco-based foundation, which funds environmental, human rights, and other progressive projects. The attack in July was thwarted in a shoot-out with police in which two officers were wounded.
Since then, alleged attacker Byron Williams has said in jailhouse interviews that he wanted to "start a revolution." He says Beck was not the direct cause of his turning violent. But he does say: "I would have never started watching Fox News if it wasn't for the fact that Beck was on there. And it was the things that he did, it was the things he exposed that blew my mind."
Then there's the case of Richard Poplawski, the man who ambushed and murdered three Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania police officers. Poplawski was reportedly deeply influenced by Glenn Beck's promotion of the false story that FEMA was preparing concentration camps for conservatives.
There is an ancient Chinese text entitled "Thirty-Six Strategems." One of the strategems described in this text is "kill with a borrowed knife."
Attack using the strength of another (in a situation where using one's own strength is not favourable). Trick an ally into attacking him, bribe an official to turn traitor, or use the enemy's own strength against him.Glenn Beck is the master of this stratagem, of convincing the mentally ill to carry out killings and terrorism that he himself would like to carry out, but is unwilling to take the consequences for.
Loughner family has barricaded home
MSNBC and local Tucson news outlets are reporting that the family of accused Tucson shoot Jared Lee Loughner have barricaded themselves inside the family home using sheets of double think plywood and are denying access to FBI investigators.
At about 12:25 p.m., agents began banging on the blockade built with 4-by-4 double-thick plywood, yelling, "This is the FBI. Let us in." The blockade is preventing access to the front porch of the home.
Some agents were sent behind the house, and media representatives could hear the agents talking with someone from inside the house.
It's not immediately clear why the family of Jared Loughner were preventing law enforcement entry. Loughner remains in custody and has an appearance in federal court later Monday.
Tom DeLay sentenced to prison
Former GOP Majority Leader Tom Delay received a sentence of three years in prison with another five years suspended. The three year sentence was for conspiracy to commit money laundering and the five year suspended sentence was for the actual money laundering. Read the breaking coverage at the Austin Statesman.
DeLay was convicted on November 24, 2010 and has said he will appeal his convictions.
Palin's Facebook page allowed celebration of nine-year old's death
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This is a remarkable story that really allows us to peer into the outlook that prevails in large parts of this nation's political right wing. Former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin is a prodigious user of the website Facebook. You can see her Facebook page here. Like many public figures, Sarah Palin gets a lot of unwanted spam on her Facebook page. She also gets many, many comments that are critical of her and her policy positions. Palin employs one or more staffers or volunteers who monitor her page constantly and remove any comment posted there critical of Palin within minutes.
In the wake of the tragic shooting in Tucson, Arizona--the victims of which included a Democratic Congresswoman, a federal judge, and a nine-year old girl--there were even more negative comments about Palin than usual and the moderator of her page was acting quickly to remove these critical comments. But what was really telling was what the moderator chose not to delete. At some point Saturday night a Palin supporter posted the following comment:
"It's ok. Christina Taylor Green was probably going to end up a left wing bleeding heart liberal anyway. Hey, as 'they' say, what would you do if you had the chance to kill Hitler as a kid? Exactly."That's right, a Palin supporter went to Palin's site and posted a comment celebrating the murder of a nine-year old girl because there was a possibility that little girl might grow up to be a Democrat. What is even more shocking is that Palin's moderator left the comment in place even as they deleted comments critical of Palin posted before and after the comment celebrating Christina Taylor Greene's murder.
That outlook is by no means one shared by all Republicans, or even by a majority of Republicans, but it has become a common outlook on the right side of the political spectrum and it is one that is tolerated and even encouraged by the leadership of the Republican Party.
You can read the details of this amazing story here and here.
Required Reading: Paul Krugman's "Climate of Hate"
Required reading for everyone today is Paul Krugman's column in the New York Times entitled "Climate of Hate."
Republicans are going to continue to run from what they've done and said in the past. They will never accept the responsibility they bear for the rising tide of right wing violence in this country. I really don't care if they do. All I hope is that they will reconsider their past behavior and chart a new path forward for their party that does not depend on violent rhetoric and gun toting crazies.
When you heard the terrible news from Arizona, were you completely surprised? Or were you, at some level, expecting something like this atrocity to happen?We all knew this would happen. We've been asking Republicans to moderate their rhetoric and their behavior, but they've done precisely the opposite. Republicans have seen extremism and violent rhetoric as the path back to power and they have used that rhetoric freely. John Boehner has been wringing his hand and shedding crocodile tears over this tragedy, but this is what he had to say to another Democratic representative facing violent rhetoric in his district:
Put me in the latter category. I've had a sick feeling in the pit of my stomach ever since the final stages of the 2008campaign. I remembered the upsurge in political hatred after Bill Clinton's election in 1992 — an upsurge that culminated in the Oklahoma City bombing. And you could see, just by watching the crowds at McCain-Palin rallies, that it was ready to happen again. The Department of Homeland Security reached the same conclusion: in April 2009 an internal report warned that right-wing extremism was on the rise, with a growing potential for violence.
Another Ohio Democrat, Steve Driehaus, clashed repeatedly with Boehner before losing his seat in the midterm elections. After Boehner suggested that by voting for Obamacare, Driehaus "may be a dead man" and "can't go home to the west side of Cincinnati" because "the Catholics will run him out of town," Driehaus began receiving death threats, and a right-wing website published directions to his house. Driehaus says he approached Boehner on the floor and confronted him.Read Taibbi's profile of John Boehner here.
"I didn't think it was funny at all," Driehaus says. "I've got three little kids and a wife. I said to him, 'John, this is bullshit, and way out of bounds. For you to say something like that is wildly irresponsible.'"
Driehaus is quick to point out that he doesn't think Boehner meant to urge anyone to violence. "But it's not about what he intended — it's about how the least rational person in my district takes it. We run into some crazy people in this line of work."
Driehaus says Boehner was "taken aback" when confronted on the floor, but never actually said he was sorry: "He said something along the lines of, 'You know that's not what I meant.' But he didn't apologize."
Republicans are going to continue to run from what they've done and said in the past. They will never accept the responsibility they bear for the rising tide of right wing violence in this country. I really don't care if they do. All I hope is that they will reconsider their past behavior and chart a new path forward for their party that does not depend on violent rhetoric and gun toting crazies.
Sunday, January 09, 2011
Sarah Palin show cancelled
I guess she'll have to focus her crosshairs on some other endeavor:
Sunday's season finale of Sarah Palin's Alaska is said to be the show's last episode, Entertainment Weekly reports.Read the rest here.
The former Alaska governor's TLC reality series -- which premiered Nov. 14 -- averaged 3.2 million viewers per week, with its first episode delivering the network's best-ever launch ratings.
Republican Senator tries to silence Arizona sheriff
Some people just can't handle the truth:
In a Sunday morning appearance on Face the Nation, Senate Minority Whip Jon Kyl (R-AZ) took issue with Pima County Sheriff Clarence Dupnik, who criticized Arizona hours after the Giffords shooting.Of course Jon Kyl isn't the only person trying to spin away the reality of this attack: it was fueled by the non-stop barrage of Republican hate speech directed at Democrats, Liberals, and Progressives. Read the article at Huffington Post.
"I didn't really think that that had any part in a law enforcement briefing," Kyl said.
In a candid moment at a press conference on Saturday, Dupnik said his state had become ground zero for the sort of political rhetoric that foments violence.
"When you look at unbalanced people, how they respond to the vitriol that comes out of certain mouths about tearing down the government. The anger, the hatred, the bigotry that goes on in this country is getting to be outrageous," Dupnik said. "And unfortunately, Arizona I think has become sort of the capital. We have become the mecca for prejudice and bigotry."
Giffords' shooter has ties to right wing white supremacist group
Details are leaking out about Jared Lee Loughner, the accused shooter in yesterday's assassination attempt/massacre in Tucson, Arizona. Loughner apparently has ties to a white-supremacist hate group:
Jared Lee Loughner, the alleged shooter of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and others on Saturday, may have ties to anti-Semitic, anti-immigration hate group American Renaissance, according to a leaked memo from the Department of Homeland Security.Gabrielle Giffords is Jewish. Read the rest at Huffington Post.
It's unclear whether Loughner maintains a direct connection to the group, however, "strong suspicion is being directed" at American Renaissance in the wake of the group being referenced in Loughner's Myspace and YouTube videos, according to the memo, which was obtained by Fox News.
American Renaissance is a white nationalist group that operates under a pseudo think tank called the New Century Foundation. The group runs a magazine and conferences based on eugenics and the superiority of whites, according to Southern Poverty Law Center.
Nine-year old victim of Arizona shooting identified
Meet Christina Taylor Greene. I sure hope the Tea Party is proud today.
Gabrielle Giffords about Sarah Palin's violent rhetoric and the Tea Part...
Chilling video as Gabrielle Giffords describes threats to her life spawned by the Republican strategy to defeat health care reform.
Saturday, January 08, 2011
Violent Republican Rhetoric caught on video
Some people want to pretend that things like this were never said. Too bad someone with a video camera was present.
Right wing gunman shoots Democratic Congresswoman and 17 others
Six people are dead and twelve people were wounded today in Arizona when a right wing gunman opened fire on Democratic Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords (AZ-8th) was holding a constituent meeting at a grocery store in her district when a young man named Jared Lee Loughner opened fire with either an automatic weapon or a semi-automatic weapon with a large capacity magazine. Loughner shot Congresswoman Giffords in the head and then sprayed the crowd of constituents with gunfire before attempting to flee. One of Giffords' aides chased Loughner, tackled him, and held him until law enforcement arrived. Giffords was severely wounded along with eleven others. Six other victims, including federal judge John Roll, one of Giffords' other aides, and a nine-year old child, were killed in the hail of bullets.
Let's speak plainly and bluntly: this incident is the direct result of the endless stream of Republican hate speech directed towards Democrats, Liberals and Progressives. Republicans and other conservatives who affect to be shocked by this incident are in deep denial about their role in encouraging the rising tide of right wing political violence in this country.
Update: Giffords was on Sarah Palin's notorious "gunsight" hit list of Democrats to be eliminated.
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Saturday, January 01, 2011
Don't count Jamie Radtke out
The other day I read this post by Lowell Feld over at Blue Virginia and I just wanted to share an experience I had last year and give my readers a slightly different perspective. Part of Lowell's post predicted that George Allen would easily defeat Bob Marshall and Jamie Radtke in a Republican primary race. I'm not so sure anyone should count Jamie Radtke out so easily.
I base this on my own personal experience. I went to the Virginia Tea Party back in October of last year and I saw George Allen and Jamie Radtke there. I even shot a little shaky video footage of Radtke asking Allen questions during a panel discussion. Before the panel discussion, Allen had made himself available on the floor of the convention hall, but hardly anyone walked up to him and said hello. I had some pictures of that but unfortunately I seem to have deleted them at some point in the last few months. During the introductions of the panel, which included Ken Cuccinelli, Allen received a level of applause that I would characterize as polite. When Cuccinelli was introduced, he was given a thunderous standing ovation. What to make of this? I don't think George F. Allen is particularly well thought of by the Virginia Tea Party movement as a whole.
Jamie Radtke, on the other hand, seems to be very well respected among Virginia's Tea Party groups. She organized the Tea Party convention here in Richmond that I attended and as events go, this one seemed well-organized and well run. What I take away from that is that Radtke is capable of organizing and implementing complex plans. I think that her skills would make her a formidable opponent from an organizational standpoint. Jamie Radtke isn't a ditz, a la Christine O'Donnell. You may disagree with her politics--and believe me I do--but there's no denying her organizational skill.
Primaries for statewide offices draw very small turnout. A quick glance at the State Board of Elections' website reveals that only 155,784 out of 4,515,275 registered voters bothered to show up to vote in the hotly contested Democratic primary of June 2006 in which Jim Webb defeated Harris Miller. In these elections, a small group of very determined people can make a big difference. It is a scenario that the Tea Party movement is ideally situated to exploit.
The Republican primary of June 2012 is still a long way away, and a lot could happen between then and now, but I wouldn't count Jamie Radtke out. In fact, I think I'd have to consider her a strong candidate to face George F. Allen, especially if she can raise some Tea Party money to offset Allen's oil lobby money. I think Bob Marshall's long list of gaffes and lack of a national fundraising machine make him least likely to succeed and most likely to drop out before election day.
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