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Nina Davuluri said she was flattered when 18-year-old Patrick Farves posed the question during a recent school assembly.
While she can't go, Davuluri told Time magazine she hopes Farves' high school will reconsider his three-day suspension.
"Meeting and interacting with students across the country has been an important and rewarding part of my year as Miss America," she wrote on the Miss America Facebook page. "I always encourage students to follow their dreams through education, and I'm inspired daily by the enthusiasm and aspirations of the bright young adults I have the pleasure of meeting through my travels."
According to The Associated Press, the school was aware that Farves intended to pose the question during Davuluri's presentation at the school last Thursday.
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BURLINGTON Two former jurors who handed down a verdict of death in the case against Donald Fell found themselves under scrutiny during often tense and testy testimony in a federal courtroom Thursday.
More than eight years after a Vermont jury sentenced Fell to death in the November 2000 killing of Terry King of North Clarendon, two jurors who sat in that case were called to take the stand before Judge William Sessions to answer for conduct that Fells defense team is arguing infringed on Fells right to a fair trial.
But while the attorneys contend that statements made by the jurors are proof of misconduct on their part, at least one of the jurors said the statements attributed to him were largely false.
The juror, identified only as Juror 143, was called to the stand to talk about what was described as an unsanctioned trip during Fells trial to visit multiple crime scenes in Rutland.
But the juror said he was misrepresented by defense investigators who he said interviewed him on a day when he was depressed from a recent breakup and had been drinking alcohol.
They simplified, contorted and actually left out a lot, the juror said. I told them I took the trip (to Rutland) after the trial.
The juror said he did tell investigators that he took a trip to visit the crime scenes in Rutland, but that it was in 2010, years after the trial.
They must have misunderstood, he said. I dont remember if they specifically asked if I went to Rutland during the trial, but I did not.
The juror also denied making statements to defense investigators about an incident that reportedly played out in the jury room during deliberations over Fells fate.
Fells attorneys say Juror 143 told them that during deliberations he pointed an unloaded shotgun the same weapon which was unloaded when Fell and deceased co-defendant Robert Lee kidnapped King at another juror who wondered whether the fact that the gun was empty at the time of the crime made a difference in whether to vote for the death penalty.
According to Fells appeal, Juror 143 pointed the gun at the hesitating juror to demonstrate that she felt intimidated even when the weapon was unloaded.
Juror 143 agreed with that account Thursday except for one key detail he said no gun was ever present in the jury room and when he pointed a gun at the other juror he was only pretending to do so.
Holding his hands up on the witness stand as if aiming an invisible shotgun, the juror said Thursday that he pantomimed what King would have seen to make a point.
I said You dont ask if a gun is loaded if its pointed at you. You just assume it is, he said.
But in a lengthy and often strained examination by New York City attorney Lewis Liman, who is representing Fell, Juror 143 was asked to explain why he would sign his name to statements prepared by the defense investigators a day after their interview with him in 2011, and why he would initial each page and even correct or add to some of the statements.
Did you make these declarations and did you read through every paragraph before signing your name to each page? Liman said.
The juror said the signatures were his, but he said he felt pressured to make them by the presence of the defense investigators.
The juror said hed moved hastily through the statements which summarized hours worth of interviews hed had with the investigators the day before.
At one point, he described the process of signing the accounts as being akin to the rushed process of signing paperwork for a new car.
He also said he didnt realize until only weeks ago that the investigators represented Fell. He said he was under the impression that they were representatives from the federal court in Burlington.
When they first came to the door I thought they were Jehovahs Witnesses, he said.
The juror also said he had difficulty with reading comprehension, describing himself at one point as not the sharpest tool in the box and at another point referring to his C+ average in high school.
But after further questioning, the juror said he received a degree in biology at the University of Connecticut and worked for years as a biologist with the Vermont Agency of Transportation.
The juror also said he suffered nightmares for years due to images he saw of Kings body during the trial and he said after the hearing that he was still wrestling with the events of the trial.
Im trying to put this (expletive) behind me, he said.
The man wasnt the only former juror to take the stand Thursday, but Sessions closed the doors to hear testimony from a woman identified only as Juror 162.
In a rare order issued a day before the hearing that barred public access to the courtroom, Sessions decided that the potential trauma to the juror who was called to talk, among other things, about a prior sexual assault would be too great if her identity was revealed through her name, account or physical description.
The windows to the courtroom doors were covered while the judge and attorneys in the case questioned the woman about why she did not reveal shed been a victim of a crime when she was asked that question during the jury selection process.
In a decision that Sessions described as being unique in his 18-year judicial career, he allowed about nine King family members to sit in on the closed hearing under warnings that they could face legal consequences if they revealed any part of the proceedings.
Kings sister, Barbara Tuttle of Rutland, didnt violate that order after the hearing but she did say she didnt like what she saw during the closed proceedings.
I dont think what happened during the last session should have been allowed, Tuttle said. It was upsetting and our hearts go out to (Juror 162).
A third juror, who Fells defense team said did not disclose that he was convicted of a misdemeanor crime when he was asked about his criminal history during the jury selection process, was also scheduled to answer questions Thursday.
But at the start of the hearings, Sessions said he had been notified that the juror was disabled and unable to travel from his home in the Northeast Kingdom.
Since the juror is unable to come to court, the judge said he plans to travel across the state to a location near the jurors home to hear his testimony. The judge did not schedule a date for the hearing.
Liman and the federal prosecutors involved in the case declined to comment after the hearing.
Fell did not attend Thursdays hearing. He is incarcerated on federal death row in a prison in Terre Haute, Ind.
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#113070 - 10/03/03 08:52 PM connotation v. denotation
Carpal Tunnel
Registered: 09/30/01
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We all know what these two mean here, don't we? They're just easy to distinguish between for us, aren't they!
Problem is: The dictionary definitions, though clear to us, are going to fall flat on the ears of my kids at school.
Can any of you take a stab at connotation--explain it in your own words with any example, no matter how bizarre? Actually, bizarre examples seem to have more sticking power than ordinary ones.
I will be very appreciative. If I can use something that one of you uses here, I will certainly give your board name persona credit. Oh, and I will provide about four different definitions out of standard dictionaries for my kids, but, honestly, real people's off-the-cuff explanations seem to get class discussions going more than, ho-hum, dictionary definitions.
Thanks for any input into connotation.
#113071 - 10/03/03 11:08 PM Re: connotation v. denotation
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Ha! Well, it's 5 a.m. here, so let's hope that this makes sense:
Connotation, to me is an implied secondary meaning in addition to the direct meaning. And I'd better be right, because that's the way I've always used it and I'd look a right idiot if I've got it wrong, huh?
"Wordwind went to the shop. The connotation of that is that she needed to buy some groceries."
Denote, on the other hand, is the primary meaning - "The stars on the New Zealand flag denote the Southern Cross."
#113072 - 10/03/03 11:23 PM Re: connotation v. denotation
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Loc: Louisville, Kentucky
Connotation: an idea that is understood but not stated, when a certain word or phrase is used.
I think the only way I internalized this meaning was by seeing examples. I'll see if I can think of any: evil; gypsyish; hippie. Here's one they may relate to, although I myself don't know all the connotations: punk, or punker.
This thread reminds me of Anna's link to that site where foreign writers had so much trouble translating Pres. Bush's "Bring it on"--we in the U.S. knew exactly what was meant.
EDIT: Hrmph! Well, [nose in air e] it's getting on for 12:30 a.m., here, so I hope mine makes sense! (How dare he sneak his in while I was composing, grumble grumble...)
#113073 - 10/04/03 07:08 AM Re: connotation v. denotation
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Loc: London, UK
Dear Wordwind
One of the problems with connotation is, of course, that often the primary connotation takes on the role of main meaning, or denotation. For instance, sinister means left-handed, or on the left, but the connotation, from left-handed people being viewed as a bit weird, has now become the denotative meaning for the word a bit dark and possibly evil.
If you want really explosive, as it were, denotation/connotation differences, try sexually or racially loaded words. The word negro, for instance, is simply Spanish for black, but think of the connotations!
What about blonde? Of course its a hair colour, but worldwide (and especially in the UK), it also stands for ditzy, dizzy, silly, even stupid: Im having a blonde moment.
Or take another simple example: vulture a type of large bird that usually feeds by scavenging and tends to have a featherless head and neck. But connotatively the epitome of the evil feeder on the dead, a scrounger that waits for you to die so that it can ravage your corpse. How easily it lends itself to metaphorical use with regard to humans and their behaviours: impossible without the connotations of the word.
Or think of words that, in modern scientific use are near-synonyms, like brain and mind, but how different in their connotations: a mind suggests an aspiring object, an entity separated from the corporeal, a thing that drives itself; a brain, on the other hand, is definitely corporeal and if at all it drives the body, it seems to do so mechanically, compared to the spiritual dimension we attribute to the mind. The brain can be clever, but it is the mind that is creative.
This is the feminine gender. She is very feminine. Cherchez le difference
Nice topic.
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#113074 - 10/04/03 07:18 AM Re: connotation v. denotation
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The usage note for denote in the AHD4, I think, is good, as are the examples we've been given here by various AWADdies. What we need is a good mnemonic for remembering which is which.
Denote just sounds more 'pointy" to me; connote has more of a sidelong feel to it.
#113075 - 10/04/03 08:49 AM Re: connotation v. denotation
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Many euphimisms and aphorisms convey meaning through their connotations in that more is understood than what is actually said. Here are some examples that come to mind. Not all may be suitable for children...
A woman of ill repute At face value this means a woman who has a bad reputation for some unstated reason; we all know that it means a prostitute. Likewise a lady of the evening.
John kicked the bucket. Everyone knows this has nothing to do with John's foot and a cylindrical container.
Watch the maid closely as she has sticky fingers. The maid's fingers are soiled with glue or honey; she's known to be prone to larceny.
There are lots of (unkind) euphimisms for mental illness: bats in the belfry, not playing with a full deck, etc
Likewise for stupidity: not the most colorful crayon in the box, not the sharpest pencil in the pack etc
#113076 - 10/04/03 12:33 PM Re: connotation v. denotation
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Loc: Louisville, Kentucky
Here's another example, WW. My daughter and I have just returned home from what was known for years and years as the St. James Court Art Fair. Recently the official name was changed to the St. James Court Art Show. And I hate that, because although it is a juried art show, the noun "fair" has SUCH a better connotation about it: images of movement, color, and most of all, fun. And this really is; it's out of doors, on a street full of Victorian houses and big old trees; the atmosphere is very fair-like--customers and sellers alike are ready to have a good time: there are no grouches, there! The displays, of course, are colorful, and some of the art even moves, such as hanging stained glass and the big, bright kites; and the crowd makes an ever-changing kaleidoscope (not one you could fit in your house, Helen!) of movement, color, and noise.
We got hot chocolate to sustain us through the chill upon our arrival, and by lunch time we were sitting at a picnic table with our food, the sun warming us and just enough of a breeze to keep it from being hot. Wonderful!
#113077 - 10/04/03 12:55 PM Re: connotation v. denotation
Carpal Tunnel
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Thanks to everybody above! You've provided a good number of terrific examples I can use when putting together the Connotation Page.
How much fun using the 'having a blonde moment' and Jackie's story about the art fair v. art show among the others above. I think I can broach a little bit of sexuality. Need to think about that...
In doing a bit of Googling, I realized that another area rife with examples is that of pictorial connotations used in advertising. So I'll try to pull one apt example in black and white off the Web to flesh out my page a bit.
Many thanks to you all! If I put the page together this weekend, I'll paste here what I ended up with other than the pictures.
#113078 - 10/05/03 11:45 AM Re: cottonation v. detonation
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Loc: this too shall pass
This is very easy: detonation is the action of causing a substance to explode; cottonation (quite a rare word) is the action of friezing cloth.
what's that?!... oh, never mind.
#113079 - 10/05/03 12:48 PM Re: cottonation v. detonation
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But, but...cotton plants won't grow where it's freezing...
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Local native and NYC graphic designer Michael Tyznik's vision of a Columbus transit map has us dreaming of the possibilities. What would life be like with light-rail transit in Columbus? Here's what we'd love to see.
10. The sights (and smells) of big-city mass transit
You never know what sort of craziness you might see on a train (see peopleofthecta.com for examples). And just imagine the smells on the last train bound for Clintonville from ComFest!
9. It's your new designated driver
Multi-neighborhood bar hopping would be a possibility, meaning we can go from Clintonville to German Village to Franklinton to the Short North without the hassle of cabs. And who hasn't always wanted to get drunk and go to the zoo with his or her buddies, but no one would DD?
8. Parking in the Short North
With more people hopping a train to avoid the situation altogether, you might actually find a parking spot in the Short North. Unless it's Gallery Hop, of course. We can't promise miracles.
7. The sexually adventurous can reenact that scene in "Risky Business"
Just try not to think about Tom Cruise during the act. It'll ruin the mood.
6. Drawing new lines of neighborhood pride/snobbery
As the trains bring neighborhoods together, it can also unite them against each other, as regular riders of the Franklinton/Olde Towne East line can judge the Short North/German Village line accordingly.
5. Something new for Columbus residents to complain about
We've complained for years about our lack of a light-rail option, but don't worry. If it happened, we could complain about every little thing that was wrong with it.
4. Improved rush hour traffic
No longer will commuters have to sit in stop-and-go traffic on their way to and from work! Yeah, we'll believe it when we see it.
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There are a handful of great walkable neighborhoods, but living and working in Columbus without a car is tough. Finally, we could ditch our vehicles once and for all. The next time your car gets towed, just leave it where it is.
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1. Finally acting like the big city we are
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Does Jimmy Leyland still smoke? His voice sounds like gravel mixed
with more gravel. I figured if anyone would know something as wacky as
this, it'd be you guys.
Hammond, IN
Does the Pope sh!t in the woods? By which I obviously mean, of course Jimmy Leyland still smokes. Let's face it, even if he gave up smoking, the residual tar in his lungs and nicotine in his blood stream would be the equivalent of smoking a pack and a half of Marlboro Reds a day. For the next ten years. They may not have found any biological weapons in Iraq but the city of Detroit sure has one and it's Leyland's bodily fluids.
The more important question here, though, Nate, is why haven't the Tigers used this to their advantage even as the season slowly slips away? For instance, if an opposing pitcher is heating up, have Leyland breathe in the guy's face between innings. The nicotine blast alone would be enough to get the guy wired and perhaps allow the Tigers' hitters to tee off.
But instead we have to content ourselves with blurry images of Leyland furtively catching a smoke while we take bets on how much lung capacity he has left. Considering the fact that he hasn't really let loose on his team during this ridiculous slide, I'm going to say it's only about 25%. Any takers? Nate?
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I love Leyland. Well, not love love. But I think he's one of the great characters in the game, and I hope his lungs are OK because I'd like him to stick around for a long time. xxoo to Jim.
The way the Tigers have been playing down the stretch here makes me think he's been smoking a little more the just cigs. He seems pretty mellow as his team heads for second place in the lowly Central.
You guys might wanna check out 'Man vs. Food' on the Travel Channel Wed. night at 10pm. They'll be at 5/3 Ballpark in Grand Rapids trying the Fifth-Thrid Burger.
Is that even still a question? (* I think not.) ha well Allen gets his wish Tigers are going down to the wire for the AL Central, who ever thought it would come to this?
Does it matter, either the smoking or the lack lustre play by the Tigers is going to do him in, it's just a matter of of which hurts him the most…probably the Tigers at this point…
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I am with Peter…that and the smog in Detroit ought to do him in eventually.
"The nicotine blast alone would be enough to get the guy wired and perhaps allow the Tigers' hitters to tee off. "
Hee hee!!!
Ha.. check his furtive movements in the dugout. I mean… why bother. Just stand on the rail and puff the damn thing : ) Hell, light up a stogie they last longer.
Well, if the Tigers can't tee off on the likes of Nick Blackburn and Brian Duensing, I'm not sure even Leyland's stinky breath can help.
So – what was more exciting – the Cards clinching the division or the Detroit Lions winning a football game?
Does a bear still poop in the woods?
That might be the more interesting question.
Leyland is that old school coach that still shows the habits, vices and also the gruff of a earlier time in the game.
But that also is not a bad thing.
His style might just be what the Tigers needed this year, but also might be what some of the clubs in the MLB need to get back into the playoffs and produce some winning records.
Funny, I still remember him standing in the dugout in S Florida so long ago, or even in those Pittsburgh colors, and his shape and demeanor have remians as consistent as his views of the game……….A true icon symbol for a manager.
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I'm surprised some hysterical parent hasn't raised hell because a molecule of nicotine might drift out of the dugout and harm The Children(tm).


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There's a handful of fan communities to which I have belonged for pretty much my entire life, because being a member of a fan community is pretty much the only type of club you can join that doesn't require you to interact with more than two or three people at a time, and I excel at this. You don't have to carry on a dynamic conversation to buy a Cursive CD or a Ghost Rider comic -- you just have to be able to grunt enough syllables to exchange money and scurry back to your father's Mercury Sable for a spirited ride to your empty bedroom.
All of the groups to which I claim allegiance are "outsider" communities that espouse a culture of inclusiveness, support, and non-judgment and depend on constant influxes of new members in order to continue existing, yet at some point the fans of these communities decided it was up to them to prevent new people from joining them at all costs. And even if you've been a member for years, your fellow Hellboy and Modest Mouse enthusiasts are waiting for the first sign of weakness to swoop in and boot you straight out the door.
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I have spent more money on comic books and superhero merchandise than I have on my wedding. I used to mow lawns to pay for comic books. Tim Burton's Batman was the first movie I remember seeing in an American movie theater. I own a M.O.D.O.K. T-shirt, a M.O.D.O.K. action figure, and a M.O.D.O.K. coffee mug. M.O.D.O.K. is not a bandwagon character. M.O.D.O.K. is the equivalent of a teardrop tattoo. You know somebody is hardcore if they're talking about goddamned M.O.D.O.K.
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Psychic Head Balloon is no one's favorite character.
And despite all that, I still get nervous every time I walk into a comic book shop, like they're all silently judging me. This is a holdover from when I was a little kid and would walk into comic book stores and the guys behind the counter would instantly start making fun of me if I stupidly asked them any questions, thereby admitting my shameless audacity for not having committed the layout of their store to memory. For some reason, the default setting for comic book nerds is "ridicule." The secondary setting is "snacks."
"Put the pizza away, Tim! This kid is asking us where we keep our Pogs!"
It's not a groundless fear -- comic fans are ruthless. The instant you say something about a character or storyline that they disagree with, they immediately do their very best to exclude you from the community. Girls get it the worst -- a girl can't wear an Aquaman T-shirt to any kind of nerdy gathering without getting accused of not being a true fan (whatever the hell that means) and being grilled with Aquaman trivia questions that no human being should be able to answer. (The correct answer to "If you're such a big fan, then in what issue of Aquaman did we learn the name of Aquaman's father?" is "Fuck you -- Arthur, Prince of the Sea, belongs to everyone.")
When I wrote a column a few months back outlining the reasons that Ben Affleck will probably be totally fine as Batman, I was inundated with people accusing me of never having read a comic book before in my life. Many rage-quaking Batman fans wanted my comic book membership card burned in an iron brazier and extinguished with the tears of my friends and family. It was as if I had broken into their bedrooms and shotgunned a violent Batman-shaped dump into their pillowcases (which are likely also decorated with pictures of Batman, making it a hate crime according to current federal legislation).
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In all fairness, this bed is probably no stranger to poop.
I think this is because many people in the comic book community are unable to separate themselves from their favorite characters or understand that the specific connection they feel to a particular character or storyline is literally the same personal connection that every single other fan feels. It's like the feeling you get when listening to a favorite album; it takes you to a specific time and place in your life, and the experience can be almost religious. But the thing is, every other comic fan has that exact same connection. Their fan worship is but one in a sea of millions. So why is any one person's idea of what is cool for Batman any more or less correct than anyone else's? (Unless you are Joel Schumacher, in which case your concept of Batman is so incorrect that it stabs straight through the X-axis of every "Batman Correctness" graph like a dagger of spiteful hatred.)
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According to the ruling of the Batman and Robin War Tribunal, Joel Schumacher is no longer allowed within 500 yards of a comic book.
Comics are a business; they depend on fans to survive. And yet the influx of new fans that comes along with every comic book movie is something that the comic community in general greets with elitist derision. Why is it so terrible if a pretty girl who'd never heard of the Guardians of the Galaxy until two months ago suddenly walks into your comic shop and wants to read about them? Nobody erupted from the womb implanted with the knowledge of the mystical origin story of Dr. Stephen Strange -- somebody introduced you to that character, and the community grew by extension. Other people should be allowed to join, too, regardless of whether they were introduced by some movie they liked.
Warner Bros.
Again, there are exceptions.
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I always backed the wrong nerd games growing up. When Magic: The Gathering came out, I bought Spellfire. Warhammer 40K? No thanks, guys, I'll play Mutant Chronicles. Pokemon, you say? Keep it -- I'm going to ride this Marvel Overpower wave and see where it takes me.
Anyway, when I used to go into my local gaming shop, which was located right next door to the sandwich shop where I would later work and witness several felonies, the guys behind the counter wasted no time informing me how incorrect all of my interests were. I'm not talking about friendly jests, either -- if you go into a hardcore gaming boutique and ask for the wrong thing, the proprietor will tremulously stroke his Scott Ian wizard beard and tell you in no uncertain terms to never come back ever again as long as you live. You could be a golden avatar of disposable income who sweats cash and farts diamond dust, and it wouldn't matter -- they don't want any of your dirty, wrong-game-playing money.
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"Feel free to wait outside until hell freezes over and glittery moonbeams explode from the devil's anus."
It's a niche market, to be sure, but even niche markets have to grow (see "comics," above). For example, Magic: The Gathering is a fairly new game on the timeline of nerdery -- it came out in 1993. We were already decades deep into Dungeons & Dragons and all the Games Workshop stuff. The first kid who bought a box of Magic cards probably received the tabletop nerd equivalent of an ass-kicking, which is "adults firing malicious barbs of sarcasm at meek children." But then Magic hung in there, and now it's a grizzled old mainstay that can no longer appreciate how ridiculous it is, like those fantasy gaming magazines with elaborately painted covers featuring scantily clad warrior princesses with chest orbs so massive, they have their own gravitational pull. Magic: The Gathering went from edgy fringe lunatic Martin Riggs in Lethal Weapon making joyful Three Stooges references while winking at the camera to Martin Riggs in Lethal Weapon 4 talking about Joe Pesci's pet frog over his dead wife's tombstone, completely unaware that cameras are anywhere in the area.
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"I'm gettin' too old for this shit."
Even if you purchase the right game, you aren't immediately granted entry into the Kingdom of Nerdaria. You will invariably get grilled to test your knowledge about whatever game it is you claim to be a fan of. Essentially, you have to prove your knowledge before you will be allowed to cross the Bridge of Champions unmolested. Only Red Otis Thunderdump, the shift manager at the Hardee's down the street, has ever answered all of his indoctrinating gaming trivia questions correctly, and he had a subscription to Dragon magazine.
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Pictured: the utterly real thing I just mentioned.
Your chances of being invited to join a play group are slim, and even if you get there, your chances of enjoying yourself are even slimmer. You see, every game, even cooperative ones like D&D, becomes a poisonous competition designed to ruin friendships before they even begin. It's the scorched earth method of social interaction, which is what happens when aggressively antisocial people are forced to be around each other for an entire evening. That's especially baffling because tabletop gaming is a community that literally depends on interacting with other people. It's way different from playing games on Xbox Live -- threats and insults take on a psychologically bitter reality when you're actually sitting in the same room with a person calling you a "faggot foot" in a scream-cloud of spittle-flecked fury. It makes no sense for people who hate other human beings so much to join a community that requires you to gather a group of them around a table for several hours a night.
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Anonymous homophobic racism is what Call of Duty is for.
As I mentioned, even cooperative role-playing games, where you're supposed to be working together as a team, can be a troller-coaster ride of petty wounding. And like the comic book scene, it is worse for girls. My fiancee joined a Dungeons & Dragons group wherein the DM (that's nerd shorthand for Dungeon Master, the guy who runs the game) decided that he would make the game so brutally unfun for her that she would never want to play again. Imagine a referee forbidding your little league team to use bats or gloves, then following you to Chuck E. Cheese's after the game to shit all over everyone's pizza and rape the animatronic characters to death with a hedge trimmer. That's basically the same thing. Even her fellow players worked against her -- one of her teammates stole her character's only possession and threw it into a river, for no other reason than to be a dick. It didn't advance the game in any way, and it had no other strategic purpose. He just wanted to hurt her feelings. Making it so that she never wanted to play again was more important to them than actually enjoying the game, because somewhere along the line, the tabletop and video gaming community decided its sole purpose was to make sure that nobody has any fun.
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"When we talk to folks in Washington, it seems to be their message that crop insurance is going to be the part of the commodity title that is most likely going to be maintained and not touched, while direct payments is the part that is most likely going to be most at risk in terms of continuation in the future," says Keith Coble, professor of agricultural economics at Mississippi State University.
DANIEL BOYD, from left, and Matthew Boyd, both from Sand Hill, Miss., and Matt Bayles, Jackson, Miss., were among those attending the Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation Commodity Conference.
As discussions move forward on the 2012 farm bill, crop insurance is expected to be a major component of the legislation that is developed, says Keith Coble, professor of agricultural economics at Mississippi State University.
And, he says, farm programs continue becoming increasingly complex.
"I don't think we hear as much about crop insurance in this part of the country as in the Midwest, the Plains, or other areas," he said in a panel discussion at the Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation's annual commodity conference.
"But when we talk to folks in Washington, that seems to be their message — that crop insurance is going to be the part of the commodity title that is most likely going to be maintained and not touched, while direct payments is the part that is most likely going to be most at risk in terms of continuation in the future."
Coble, who has many years of experience in farm policy and programs, says "Our region is in something of a unique situation in the coming farm policy debate, in that one of the big issues is going to be: Do we have a common program, or do we let different commodity groups go their own way?
"In the debate last fall, there wasn't time to coalesce on one plan, but a lot of attention was given to different plans for different commodities.
"Almost every day, we read that, across the country, commodity groups are saying their No. 1 priority is crop insurance, that their No. 1 priority is a safety net."
That suggests, Coble says, that Mississippi Farm Bureau to "was wise, more than a year ago, to sit down and start talking about risk management programs and crop insurance, and how to address those issues in this region.
"Crop insurance is different than our traditional countercyclical payments and other programs in that it is delivered through a private sector group. A lot of people are talking about commodity programs in terms of, do we want shallow loss or deep loss programs, but I think another part of this question is going to be, who delivers? And that's not a very popular topic."
With crop insurance, Coble says, "There are premiums to be paid and rates to be set, and there are a lot of nuances as to how this is done. I would suggest that everyone needs to become more attuned to these issues and more educated on them, so they can effectively communicate with those who are writing the programs.
"I would suggest, too, that you focus on the big things rather than getting bogged down in the minutiae of these issues. It's really easy to get lost in the minutiae of a complicated program."
And Coble says, the U.S. has moved into "an era of very, very complicated programs. ACRE was unbelievably complicated. Crop insurance is very complex, as well.
"This means there is a challenging learning curve for farmers and farm organizations, and it will be worth your while to invest the time and effort to figure out the facts, to understand the basics of the program, and what the choices are for you, because this is probably where we're going to be for the next several years."


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BENNINGTON A local man pleaded guilty to six felony charges and three misdemeanors Tuesday, the day a trial in the case was scheduled to start.
Michael A. Spangenberg II, 23, of Bennington pleaded guilty in Bennington criminal court to two felony charges of second-degree aggravated domestic assault, four felony counts of violation of an abuse prevention order, one misdemeanor charge of simple assault by mutual affray and two misdemeanor charges of unlawful mischief.
The state dismissed two felony counts of burglary of an occupied home.
There was no agreement in the case regarding sentencing. Based on the charges to which he pleaded guilty, Spangenberg could be sentenced to more than 20 years in prison.
Spangenberg was arrested in August after police said he assaulted a woman and a man on Aug. 26 in Bennington, forcing the man to fight him off with a knife.
When police were first called, they believed Spangenberg was the victim. But the woman, with whom Spangenberg once had a relationship, told police he had assaulted her the day before and returned on Aug. 26 to attack her and the man.
The man stabbed Spangenberg in self-defense in the waist, causing superficial injuries, police said.
Deputy States Attorney Jennifer Barrett said the state had added charges after reviewing phone records from the Rutland jail and finding that Spangenberg had called the woman more than 100 times.
Christopher Montgomery, who represented Spangenberg, declined to comment after the hearing.
Spangenberg had previous convictions from 2010 for simple assault and violating abuse prevention orders.
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JJ DOOM x Steve 'ESPO' Powers - "BOOKHEAD"
Posted 17 June 2013 - 03:14 PM
Produced by You Need To Hear This, shot in London and directed by Powers, the video for "BOOKHEAD" reveals the ESPO masterminded security mirror mask.
Ahead of its premiere later this week, we got a sneak peak on the set of "BOOKHEAD" and
caught up with Powers and DOOM to discuss how graffiti has become intrinsic with DOOM's visuals and making "the every day strange and the strange every day"."
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Posted 17 June 2013 - 05:41 PM
lol you can see the dude in the mirror mask isnt the real doom look how skinny his legs are and shit wbabahahhaa
lol yeah I was like damn he lost some weight but then I saw the interview part and he's still a big dude
Posted 18 June 2013 - 05:07 PM
Feelin the mirror mask! Must be mad trippy wearin that and staring into a mirror.
yeah, it is Dope!...reminds me of the "mirror-faced, hooded" character rolling with Sun Ra in the intro of the movie Space Is The Place.
..check it out
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Posted 19 June 2013 - 09:44 AM
yeah, it is Dope!...reminds me of the "mirror-faced, hooded" character rolling with Sun Ra in the intro of the movie Space Is The Place.
..check it out
Funny, I thought of this same clip when I first saw the new DOOM mask. The creator might have been directly or indirectly inspired by Sun Ra - we'll never know because, as Canibus said, "the secret to creativity is hiding your sources."
Posted 19 June 2013 - 12:55 PM
lol you can see the dude in the mirror mask isnt the real doom look how skinny his legs are and shit wbabahahhaa
I feel you. I remember goin to a "DOOM" show once in L.A. and some skinny dude comes on stage and at the end of the night we were saying how we knew it wasn't him and all, and some chick (i guess she was like a promoter) was like "yea he's been eating right" hahahaha
Posted 21 June 2013 - 12:27 AM
i hope its just for this video
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I am finally settled in at the Refugio County Press as its new-old editor.
Twenty-six years ago, I was editor here for a year before taking a job at the daily newspaper in Victoria.
I was hired by Martha Lamson in 1986 as a reporter/writer.
I have lots of experience in journalism as well as credentials: bachelor degrees in communication and English, from what used to be Texas A&I University, and master degrees in Communication and English from the University of Houston-Victoria.
I've also won state awards for my writing.
I remember a lot of good times in Refugio County, the country life, good people and genuine care for the community. I don't expect that has changed.
The newspaper should be the heart of the community, and I intend to work toward making it so.
So far, I've met numerous people who remember when I was here before. But many more residents of the county don't know me.
Come by and see me when you get a chance, and let's get to know one another.
I love Refugio County –plenty of history and real Texas roots here.
As the county grows, we should work together to keep our character and history intact.
And as I continue to meet people and cover your news, I thank all of you who have welcomed me back.


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About Your Body: The pear body type is when your hips are larger than your bust and your waist is well-defined. With a pear body type your waist is your best asset so be sure to flaunt it!
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What a year for British sport. Thoroughly enjoyable programme, worth it just for Jessica Ennis in that dress.
Not a bad programme at all.
Thought the team award was a bit of a cop out - personally I'd have given it to just the British Cycling team - and having now seen his reaction with Lennox Lewis I think Andy Murray should be on every year, if only to abuse Sue Barker.


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"What a tremendous blessing! You have come into our life just in time to defend our faith. We are growing from your great work. God bless you all."
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"The civil authority has been, ever from the days of Herod, the enemy of Christ. The question, now pending, is whether the Church shall admit to ministry those only who, according to the dictation of the civil power, are fit for the office."


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New Snail Record for North Campus and Los Angeles County
We've discovered a snail never before found in L.A.! A few weeks ago, I was wandering through the North Campus and happened upon a tiny gastropod snailing along the Living Wall! Most snails don't catch my attention as they are usually of the common garden variety, aka Brown Garden snails, Helix aspersa. This particular specimen caught my eye, because unlike the Brown Garden snail, this snail was much smaller and flatter (the shell is only 6.9 mm wide). I grabbed the snail, placed it in a vial and took it to our snail expert, Lindsey Groves.
Lindsey is the Museum's Malacology Collections Manager and when I showed him the snail, he got pretty excited. Although some people may find this strange, I did not. In fact, I was excited too. What I did find strange was that Lindsey already had another specimen of the exact same species sitting under his microscope at that very moment!
It turns out that the snail I found is a Southern Flatcoil snail, Polygyra cereolus. According to Lindsey, this species of snail ranges from southern Florida to South Carolina and across much of the Gulf coastal states to Texas, as well as several areas of northeast Mexico. Over the past few of decades, it has become common in other locations such as Wisconsin, Hawaii, and even a number of countries in the Middle East including Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates! These range extensions are attributable to accidental introductions through importation of sod and/or ornamental landscape plants.
The specimen that Lindsey was examining under his microscope was recently collected in the Laguna Hills area of Orange County. He is currently working on documentation of this new county record and will also document the snail found on the North Campus, which is now preserved in the Museum's Malacology collection. The snail has also been discovered a bit further afield in Cathedral City, Riverside County.


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Moody's Cuts Could Hit 'Too Big to Fail' Bank Bonds
NEW YORK ( TheStreet) -- Moody's Investor Service on Thursday said it was reviewing whether it will continue to assume the U.S. government will bailout the nation's largest banks when setting its bond ratings.
As a result, the agency said it could cut bond ratings for four of the nation's largest banks, and is uncertain whether other firms will also face the prospect of downgrades.
The review comes nearly five years after the U.S. Treasury injected capital into Wall Street's largest banks, all of which was later repaid, with interest. The action by Moody's could lead to ratings downgrades for Goldman Sachs
Moody's is undecided on whether its review would lead to a downgrade of bond ratings for Bank of America
"Moody's Investors Service has placed the senior and subordinated debt ratings of the holding companies for the six largest US banks on review as it considers reducing its government (or systemic) support assumptions to reflect the impact of US bank resolution policies," the agency said in a bulletin on Thursday. It will also review ratings for trust banks State Street
The review follows the ratings agency's March 2013 announcement that it would reassess its assumption that bank holding companies would receive support from the U.S. government. Currently, regulators are in the process of implementing resolution plans that seek to unwind failing banks in a way that wouldn't create havoc in financial markets or force the government to put taxpayer money at risk.
This year, large banks submitted so-called 'living wills' to the Federal Reserve to address how they would sell or resolve their sprawling businesses in a time of crisis.
Fitch Ratings holds many of the largest banks in the U.S. on review for a downgrade, but has said it no longer credits banks with the assumption that they will receive government support.
The review by Moody's could lead to the downgrade of seemingly strong banks such as Wells Fargo and JPMorgan. However, the agency said that improvements in the strength of Bank of America and Citigroup -- two of the biggest recipients of crisis-time bailouts -- might not create the need for a negative ratings review.
As post-crisis regulations evolve, Moody's plans to assess the opposing forces that may have an impact on bondholders at the holding company level should a bank become financially distressed. It noted that a lower level of systemic support could result in a higher probability of default for banks, however, orderly resolutions and a required minimum level of holding company debt may well limit losses in a default.
"In the past year, we have seen progress towards establishing a framework to credibly resolve these large systemically-important banks, as called for under the Dodd-Frank Act," Robert Young, a Moody's Managing Director, said in a statement. "We have also seen greater cooperation and discussion among international banking regulators to manage the coordinated resolution of global banking groups."


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- Cannabis and its effects on pilot performance and flight safety: a review
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- Cannabis is a commonly used recreational drug, which has widespread effects within the body. Smoking is the most common form of administration. The adverse effects of cannabis on behaviour, cognitive function and psychomotor performance are dose-dependent and related to task difficulty. Complex tasks such as driving or flying are particularly sensitive to the performance impairing effects of cannabis. Chronic cannabis use is associated with a number of adverse health effects, and there is evidence suggesting the development of tolerance to chronic use as well as a well-defined withdrawal syndrome. There is also evidence that the residual effects of cannabis can last up to 24 hours. Significantly, the modern dose of cannabis is much more potent than in the past, when the majority of the research was conducted. As such, the reported adverse health effects may well be conservative. Although only a limited number of studies have examined the effects of cannabis on pilot performance, the results overall have been consistent.
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- Australian Transport Safety Bureau reports, (Mar 2004)
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- 2004
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- Cannabis; Drug use; Flight safety; Health effects; Pilot performance; Recreational drugs; Residual effects
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- Australian Transport Safety Bureau
- 9781877071577, 1877071579
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Ozzie Belongs in a White Sox Uniform
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I am a Tiger fan and I am probably not supposed to express any admiration for anything from the South Side of Chicago but I can't help but love both Ozzie and Kenny. I wish that Detroit had a GM who wasn't scared to shake things up a bit in order to improve the team and I wish that Detroit had a manager that wasn't afraid to show emotion or actually manage a ballgame. I just read that Ozzie will be back for another season so you can rest easy in that regard.


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Elect or appoint?January 04,2014Sen. Richard Sears says his bill to strip away the independence of the state attorney general is not aimed at the incumbent, William Sorrell. But dissatisfaction with Sorrells long tenure in office appears to underpin the justification for his bill, and in 2012 Sears supported TJ Donovan, the Democrat who gave voice to that dissatisfaction in the Democratic primary.
Sears says in those states where attorneys general are appointed by the governor, they are better able, or are more highly motivated, to become leaders in law enforcement and justice policy. In Sears view, justice policy now is carried out mainly by the states attorneys who handle prosecutions in each county. Thus, policies and programs differ from county to county, and coordination or consistency is lacking.
Sears says prosecution of crimes differs by county according to the priorities of the states attorneys. Is shoplifting in Bennington any more serious ... than it is in Burlington? They can be treated very differently, he says.
An appointed attorney general may also be inclined to take a leadership role in establishing statewide programs, Sears says. He may be thinking of the program initiated by Donovan, states attorney in Chittenden County. It is a program to intervene in judicial proceedings, directing some defendants in the manner of diversion programs to solutions other than jail. During the race between Donovan and Sorrell, Donovan talked about scaling up the program to the state as a whole.
Sears proposal raises a number of questions about accountability and effectiveness. An attorney general appointed by the governor would be charged with carrying out the governors policies and criminal justice. Democratic accountability would flow from the people through the governor.
As it is now, democratic accountability flows directly from the people to the attorney general, whom the people elect. Presumably, if the people of Vermont wanted statewide programs for diversion, reparative justice or drug courts, they could elect an attorney general who could lead the charge for them. Under Sears plan, they would have to elect a governor who would push for those programs through the attorney general. Either way, they would have to persuade the Legislature to go along.
An attorney general elected independently of the governor may be in a better position to hold the governors administration accountable legally. In recent years, there has been little hostility between attorneys general and governors even when they were from different parties. It was the 1970s when Democratic Attorney General M. Jerome Diamond made a practice of annoying Republican Gov. Richard Snelling, eventually running against him and losing.
Lately, the state has shifted the status of the states education commissioner, who had been appointed by the State Board of Education. Now the commissioner is appointed by the governor, which means she will be part of his Cabinet and charged with carrying out his education policy. That arrangement has the danger of politicizing education policy. It also has the potential of more effectively achieving education reforms.
At the federal level, the attorney general, who is appointed by the president, is in a highly sensitive position, charged with enforcing the law but serves at the pleasure of the president. There have been some highly political attorneys general, such as John Mitchell, who ended up in jail because of Watergate, but also Robert Kennedy, viewed as one of the great attorneys general. Attorneys general, such as Eric Holder today, become flash points of criticism, accused of overlooking the wrongdoing of their presidents.
Attorneys general, even when elected independently of the governor, remain politically accountable, as Sorrell learned in 2012, when he almost lost his job to the challenger, who nearly persuaded voters that Sorrell had been in office too long. Former Attorney General Jeffrey Amestoy used to joke that the post could be labeled eternal general because officeholders tend to serve so long.
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Themes from the Right -- Nomination Day
Table of Contents
- Introduction
- Empathy
- "Identity Politics" and "Racism"
- Right-Wing "Activist" Boilerplate and the Ricci case
- Politics and Guns
Right-wing political and legal groups and pundits responded to President Barack Obama's nomination of federal appeals court Judge Sonia Sotomayor to the U.S. Supreme Court by cranking up their well-funded attack machine, following their pre-fab attack script (they have been attacking her for months as a potential nominee), launching ads against her confirmation, and threatening to use the nomination as a political bludgeon against Democrats from more conservative states.
Among the themes of the Right's attacks on the day her nomination was announced:
- continuing the Right's shameless distortion of President Obama's stated desire for judges with the character trait of empathy along with excellent legal qualifications and commitment to the rule of law
- decrying the naming of the first Hispanic Supreme Court nominee as "identity politics" while accusing Sotomayor of racism for talking about drawing on her life experience as a Latina woman
- repeating anonymous claims that Sotomayor doesn't have the intellectual ability to serve on the Court, despite graduating at the top of her class at Princeton and serving on the law review at Yale
- distorting the Ricci case in order to portray her as a political activist when in fact she was part of a court majority that followed legal precedent
- name-calling with the standard arsenal of right-wing insults for judges who do not hew to the Scalia-Robert-Thomas-Alito ideological standard and insisting thatSotomayor is a radical judicial activist
- dismissing her initial appointment to federal courts by the President H.W. Bush by claiming that President Bush was "forced" to make the nomination by then-Sen. Moynihan
- threatening to use the issue of guns and the Second Amendment to turn the nomination into a political weapon against Democratic senators from more conservative states
Below is a sampling of right-wing response on the day of the nomination.
As People For the American Way Foundation's Right Wing Watch In Focus reports have documented before, right-wing activists and pundits have for months painted a ridiculous caricature of President Obama's stated desire for judges who understand the impact that their decisions have on the lives of ordinary people.Well before Sotomayor's nomination, right-wing leaders insisted that President Obama would pick judges based on their willingness to ignore the Constitution and law and vote entirely on their personal feelings.That line of attack - you can't call it reasoning - continued on the day Sotomayor was nominated.For example:
- Focus on the Family's judicial analyst Bruce Hausknecht: "The President's professed desire for judges with 'empathy' rather than impartiality might deny the country what the Founding Fathers intended and wrote into the Constitution - judges who dispense justice without regard for the status of any party that comes before them."
- Gary Bauer of American Values: "Sotomayor's appointment proves what we already knew - that President Obama is committed to packing our federal courts with activist judges who will make policy according to their 'feelings' rather than the requirements of the Constitution."
- Fox pundit Glenn Beck: "Hey, Hispanic chick lady, you're empathetic; she says 'yeah,' they say, 'you're in.'"
- Former GOP presidential candidate Mike Huckabee: The notion that appellate court decisions are to be interpreted by the 'feelings' of the judge is a direct affront of the basic premise of our judicial system that is supposed to apply the law without personal emotion. If she is confirmed, then we need to take the blindfold off Lady Justice."
- Bush administration torture apologist John Yoo: "President Obama's nomination of Judge Sonia Sotomayor shows that empathy has won out over excellence in the White House.
- On Fox News, Attorney Anthony Holm: "Empathy and strict interpretation of the law are mutually exclusive."
"Identity Politics" and "Racism"
Some right-wing pundits dismissed Sotomayor's nomination and approach to the law as "identity politics." According to a story by the American Family Association's One News Now "news" service, "Curt Levey of theCommittee for Justicebelieves Obama ultimately picked Sotomayor for no other reason than he felt tremendous pressure to select a woman and a Hispanic. Levey says the pick surprised him, but was consistent with the president's desire to appoint an empathetic judge."
Some activists have insisted that comments she made at a speech in which she praised the value of the wisdom and life experience a Latina woman would bring to a judgeship were racism, or reverse racism. Those remarks have been reported as 'Latina woman with the richness of her experience would more often than not reach a better conclusion than a white male who hasn't lived that life.'
- Concerned Women for America's Wendy Wright called this statement "her announced bias for certain people."
- Focus on the Family said that she "disregards the notion of judicial impartiality."
- Rush Limbaugh said she is a "racist" or at least a "reverse racist."Fox News commentator Glenn Beck also called the comments racist.
- George Will: "And like conventional liberals, she embraces identity politics, including the idea of categorical representation: A person is what his or her race, ethnicity, gender or sexual preference is, and members of a particular category can be represented -- understood, empathized with -- only by persons of the same identity."
Right-Wing "Activist" Boilerplate and the Ricci case
Wendy Long of the Judicial Confirmation Network has previously staked out a position at the far fringe of credibility by saying that the current Supreme Court is dominated by liberal activists.She made sure that nobody could outflank her by repeating that assertion, and released a long rhetorical attack on Judge Sotomayor.President Obama pointed out that Sotomayor will bring more judicial experience to the Supreme Court than any of the sitting Justices did when they joined the high court.So far, right-wing spokespeople are focused on just one case that they are relentlessly hammering in a distorted fashion: the New Haven firefighters case, Ricci v. DeStefano.As Media Matters has noted, many pundits have mindlessly repeated right-wing claims that the case shows her to be a results-oriented judicial activist.The truth is that Judge Sotomayor was on a unanimous panel of judges who concluded that there was legal precedent that required them to reach their decision.
Others repeated the expected right-wing name-calling.
- Rush Limbaugh called her "racist," a "horrible pick," and "the antithesis of a judge."
- Rep. Tom Price (R-GA), the chair of the House Republican Study Committee: "President Obama might label her philosophy as 'moderate,' but Judge Sotomayor has made a habit of embracing extreme views during her time on the lower courts."
- Wendy Long, JCN: "Judge Sotomayor is a liberal judicial activist of the first order who things her own personal political agenda is more important than the law as written."
- Mike Huckabee again: "The appointment of Sonia Sotomayor for the Supreme Court is the clearest indication yet that President Obama's campaign promises to be a centrist and think in a bi-partisan way were mere rhetoric. Sotomayor comes from the far left and will likely leave us with something akin to the "Extreme Court" that could mark a major shift. [Huckabee's statement originally referred to Judge Sotomayor as "Maria."]
- Ed Whelan of the Ethics and Public Policy Center told Glenn Beck that President Obama "wants judges who will impose his own left wing views rather than do the dirty work of getting them enacted into law."
- Long again: Sotomayor's nomination was Obama carrying out his "threat" to nominate "liberal judicial activists who will indulge their left-wing policy preferences instead of neutrally applying the law."
- Family Research Council's Tony Perkins: "…Judge Sotomayor appears to subscribe to a very liberal judicial philosophy that considers it appropriate for judges to impose their personal views from the bench.President Obama promised us a jurist committed to the 'rule of law,' but, instead, he appears to have nominated a legislator to the Supreme Court."
- More Perkins:"President Obama has chosen a nominee with a compelling personal story over a judicial pick with a solid constitutional judicial philosophy. A compelling personal story is no substitute for allegiance to the Constitution and its sound application to public life.
- The Traditional Values Coalition's Andrea Lafferty: "Judge Sotomayor fits the 'empathy' qualification. During a law conference, she has openly bragged that she views her role as a judge as a policymaker and activist who will impose her leftist political views on the rest of us. She may have empathy for the poor, gays and minorities - but she is likely to ignore the U.S. Constitution and the rule of law.She is clearly the ideal nominee for President Obama but will be a disaster for our legal system."
Some of the Right's "activist" charges were based on comments made as part of a panel discussion at Duke University Law School in 2005, where she talked about the importance of the appeals courts, mentioning that is "where policy is made," with right-wingers promoting a You Tube snippet of her remarks.That was fodder for a huge amount of right-wing fulminating, much of which did not include her following sentence that she did not advocate for judges to make law.
- Perkins: "With all due respect to Judge Sotomayor, our Constitution states otherwise and public surveys indicate that the American public understands this constitutional principle and want judges who interpret the law and do not act as life-tenured judicially empowered social workers."
- Focus on the Family: "From what we know about her, though, Judge Sotomayor considers policy-making to be among a judge's roles, no matter what the law says.
Politics and Guns
Right-wing activists were saying even before the nomination that they would use a fight over any Obama nominee to try to score political points in red states.Richard Viguerie made the case for a political fight over the Sotomayor nomination: "This is an enormous opportunity for conservatives to define President Obama as a radical liberal in a way that Republicans have so far failed to do so."
A couple of right-wing activists made the political threat more explicit, and tied it to the Second Amendment and gun control.
- Ken Blackwell, with the Family Research Council and the American Rights Union called Sotomayor's nomination "a declaration of war against America's gun owners and the Second Amendment to our Constitution. If gun owners mobilize and unite, it's possible (though unlikely) to stop this radical nominee…President Obama has nominated a radically anti-Second Amendment judge to be our newest Supreme Court justice. "There are a number of pro-Second Amendment Democratic senators from deeply red states, including Mark Begich from Alaska, Jon Tester and Max Baucus from Montana, Ben Nelson from Nebraska, Byron Dorgan and Kent Conrad from North Dakota, and Tim Johnson from South Dakota.
"These senators will jeopardize their seats if they vote to support an anti-gun radical for the Supreme Court. Second Amendment supporters will now be up in arms over this radical anti-Second Amendment nominee, and you should never underestimate the political power of American gun owners."
- Ken Kuklowski of the American Civil Rights Union:
As a senator, Barack Obama fought against voting on John Roberts and Sam Alito, so he can hardly demand that the current Senate rush this process. But President Obama must push for a quick vote, because allowing the nomination to go into August would imperil it. The reason for this danger is one word: guns. As recently reported, Judge Sotomayor is one of only three federal appeals judges to say that the Second Amendment does not stop your city or state from banning all guns, even in your home. In other words, Judge Sotomayor says that a ban like the D.C. gun ban struck down by the Supreme Court last year is constitutional if enacted by a city or state.
There are a number of senators who are pro-gun Democrats. These senators, like Mark Begich in Alaska, Montana's Jon Tester and Max Baucus, and Ben Nelson from Nebraska, could be in serious political trouble if the exceptionally pro-gun voters in their state find out about Judge Sotomayor's beliefs about gun rights. If this nomination goes into August, there could be as many as ten Democratic senators that would be under enormous pressure to oppose confirmation. The result could be a huge defeat for President Obama.