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Cramer's 'Mad Money' Recap: Compromise Already!
NEW YORK ( TheStreet) -- We're on the cusp of an economic boom in this country, Jim Cramer said on "Mad Money" Thursday, but only if those in Washington get out of our way.
He said America has an incredible opportunity to reassert itself as a global leader in technology, natural resources and finance -- but only if Washington will give us a budget deal.
Enough with the selfishness and the rhetoric and the hard-line positions! At this point, any budget deal, even a bad one, will be seen as a good one for America, he said. Cramer said he's willing to pay more in taxes because he's grateful for all our country has given him, and that's the attitude that Washington needs to adopt -- shared sacrifice.
How well could America be doing? Cramer said that even Europe, which has slid into a perpetual no-growth mode, is seeing its stock markets performing better than ours.
"How is that possible?" Cramer asked. He said there was clearly an explosion of earnings bubbling up before the rhetoric in Washington began because our country needs more office buildings and homes and cars and it has the cheap, clean energy and the technology to make it happen.
We only need Washington to compromise already, Cramer concluded, and then we'll see what America is really capable of.
Executive Decision
In the "Executive Decision" segment, Cramer spoke with Tom Farrell, president and CEO of Dominion Resources (D) , a utility with a 4% yield that's now looking to build a liquified natural gas export terminal in Maryland.
Farrell said he's not surprised by a recent Department Of Energy report that gave its blessing for such an export terminal. He said the more natural gas America exports, the better off it will be.
Farrell explained that Dominion is already in a terrific position to make this project happen as the company already has a pier on the Chesapeake Bay that supports tankers, as well as 50 billion cubic feet of storage on site and pipelines that run directly to the Marcellus and Utica shale regions. All that's needed, said Farrell, is a liquifier, which will cost between $2 billion to $3 billion.
Farrell was also quick to note that current customers of Dominion will not bear the burden for the new project because it will be funded by a separate subsidiary. The terminal will create 7,000 jobs on site and another 15,000 throughout the region, said Farrell, and will be a big economic boon for Maryland.
Cramer praised Dominion for being a remarkable utility that now has given investors one more reason to like it.


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17 Jan 17
Global Energy Development (GED.L) — To be renamed Nautilus Marine Services. Schedule 1 from developer and seller of hydrocarbons and related products. Reverse takeover. Raising $10.5m via a convertible. Expected 9 Feb. Eco (Atlantic) Oil & Gas—TSX-V listed oil and gas exploration has announced its intention to float on AIM. Assets in Guyana and Namibia. Proposed £2m-£3m fundraise. Diversified Gas & Oil—According to LSE website first day of trading on AIM now expected for 30 January.
16 Jan 17
We take a look at the rankings of the various countries in Africa that have a significant exposure to mining. We take the Transparency International corruption rankings as our starting point and modify these for exceptional geology and for current UK government travel warnings. Ghana, Botswana and Namibia come out as our top three, with Eritrea, Kenya and Zimbabwe at the bottom of our rankings.
N+1 Singer - St Ives - Downgrade
19 Jan 17
Marketing activation has been impacted by further decline in grocery retail impacting profit by c£5m. Strategic The Company is also taking this opportunity to revise its guidance for Strategic Marketing as its recovery pace is not running at the planned target rate. PBT falls from N1Se £31.9m to £25m. The Company expects dividend to be held based upon lowered guidance and the implied cash flow performance. There do not appear to be any covenant issues. Forecasts and TP under review and downgrade to Hold. We expect the shares to test the 100p level.
Morning Note
19 Jan 17
Aggregated Micro Power* (AMPH): Funding for first peaking power plant project (CORP) | The Mission Marketing Group* (TMMG): Positive trading update (CORP) | Cello (CLL): Increasingly backed by, and leveraging, technology (BUY) | 4imprint (FOUR): Growth backed by strong cash flow continues (BUY) | Allergy Therapeutics (AGY): Positive trading update and market share gains drive upgrades (BUY) | Shanta Gold (SHG): Q4 operating results (BUY) | Sound Energy (SOU): Tendrara extended well test result (BUY) | Revolution Bars (RBG): Price target increase (BUY)
Trading conditions difficult but acquisitions underpin growth
23 Jan 17
FY16 revenue will be £53.7m (FY15: £44.8m), in line with ZC estimate of £53.9m, showing growth of c. 20% yoy underpinned by the three acquisitions undertaken in the year. However, due to higher costs relating to the acquisitions and, to a lesser extent, gross margin pressure, PBT will be in the region of £7.0 to £7.2m equating to growth of between 5.5% and 8.0%. As a result, FY16 ZC profit forecast is reduced by 8.0% to £7.0m. The impact in FY18 and FY19 is muted by the announcement of a further acquisition leading to an increase in revenue estimates of 8.7% whilst profit estimates fall c.4.5% in each year, respectively. Despite the decrease in forecasts the PER multiple on FY17 earnings remains single digit at just 9.1x, against a distributor average of 15.8x. With commitment to the forecast dividend increase reiterated, Flowtech offers an above average yield of 4.1%
N+1 Singer - Northern lights - Shining prospects for 2017
16 Jan 17
As the birthplace of Stephenson, Armstrong and Swan, the North East of England has a proud history of industrial and technological innovation. Despite local economic challenges, the region's industrial heritage lives on through continuing success in high end engineering and technology. The recent takeovers of private equity backed SMD (subsea robotics) and Nomad Digital (wi-fi on the railways) are testament to this. The North East has also emerged as a leader in genetics and genomics with an enviable life sciences and healthcare infrastructure. Against this backdrop, we expect the region to continue to throw up attractive IPO candidates to build on the six new listings in the past three years. We expect 2017 to be far kinder to the existing portfolio of North East plcs than 2016 (a year to forget) with recent management changes one important theme for the new year. Our top picks are Hargreaves Services, Quantum Pharma and Zytronic (all N+1 Singer Corporate clients) and we are Buyers of Northgate and Grainger.


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Dr. Linda Head (Ph.D. 1991, University Of South Florida) conducts research in IC interconnect material reliability and bio-engineering. She received her M.S. and B.S. in Electrical Engineering from University of South Florida in 1987 and1984 respectively. She came to Rowan University from SUNY Binghamton and NIST. Dr. Head teaches VLSI design and IC design courses to juniors and seniors and works with engineering and communications faculty on projects for the sophomore clinic.
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The Nike ® Perforated Reversible Belt offers a versatile look, making it perfect on or off the course this season. This belt is crafted with soft nappa leather to provide superior quality and durability. The brushed metal finish, pivoting reversible buckle allows hassle-free transition from one color strap to another. Other features include perforations along the strap for breathability and a subtle swoosh detail on the buckle.
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Rated 4 out of 5�by 22 reviewers.
Rated 2 out of 5�by scotty too small i previously owned the same belt and same size (36") which recently broker. I used to use the middle hole for the buckle, but the one I received barely works using the loosest hole possible. I will need to return it which is always a pain as no stores real close by and will have to package it up to mail it. March 28, 2016
Rated 5 out of 5�by Bill23 Great material. Great Quality Recommend this belt to anyone. Great fit and finish. Can wear with almost anything. September 5, 2014
Rated 1 out of 5�by unlucky1 product has great features Belt not manufactured properly. First time warn the leather part pulled away from the buckle. After carefully examining the belt it appears the screws were not properly set into the leather part of belt...will exchange. Cannot properly recommend product since I haven't been able to wear belt...looks nice however. February 18, 2014
Rated 4 out of 5�by Bster1959 Very nice looking belt I just received this belt a week ago, and have only worn it once. I cannot yet comment on the durability (hence the four vs. five stars), but as far as the looks go, it is a very nice looking belt. The perforated design is what appealed to me the most, and it doesn't disappoint. The fact that it is reverseible makes it a great value. So far, I am happy with the purchase. August 1, 2013
Rated 5 out of 5�by Helene Sporty belt! Bought this for my husband and we both love it. The black/white options are great and it's good quality. July 24, 2013
Rated 5 out of 5�by Nick 2 belts in 1 This is my 2nd belt from Nike. The first lasted 3 full seasons of golf 50 rounds a year and the reversible is useful and stylish. Love being able to pack 1 belt for all my golf trips as well July 22, 2013
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Rated 5 out of 5�by kate Teenagers dig white belts I bought this reversible white/black belt for my son who has to wear khakis and a tucked in shirt/tie for school. White belts are hot right now, especially when Nike makes them. And the perforations on this one make it especially cool. Not just for the senior golf crowd any more. Looks great with jeans too. January 9, 2013
Rated 5 out of 5�by Dustin Two-in-one belt is a great bargain! This reversible belt is like two belts in one with a black side and a white side depending upon which color golf shoes I choose to wear on any given day. Love the stylish Nike buckle, too. August 21, 2012


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I abandoned wordpress for a less crappy solution. My new blog is located at http://taras.glek.net/.
Nov 12
Coping with Flash hangs
Blocking calls into the Flash plugin can temporarily hang Firefox. This is a problem because sometimes the user would be happy to kill the plugin to access their webpage and at other times it's the only way to get certain flash apps/games to load. If you suffer from flash-related hangs see Aaron's blog post for some builds to try. He is working a new feature to provide an option to kill hanging flash instances.
Nov 12
Snappy #44: Fixing tab switching in Vancouver
I joined our GFX+Layout teams for a workweek in Vancouver. Since profiling is most effective on slow machines, I brought along my trusty Acer Aspire 722(slow 1.3ghz CPU+ fast GPU) as my primary laptop. This hardware is great because the combination of a weak CPU + decent GPU means that if we accelerate things right the browser can perform quite well and if we don't, things get really slow. (analogous situation exists when fast CPUs are matched with slow GPUs).
In the beginning of the week I quickly demoed menu lag, slow gmail tab switching(811472). Later in the week we looked at problematic Facebook tab switch times (811474), Australis(see Matt's post) performance. By the end of the week tab switching improved by over 2x for both facebook and gmail. I don't have exact figures because while we can measure general tab switch trends via telemetry, there isn't a convenient way to do it on individual browsers yet. Help wanted: would be great if someone could do up a barebone addon to monitor tab switching in bug 812381, we'll fill in the rest.
Jeff Muizelaar started out by speeding up checkbox drawing in bug 809603. Matt Woodrow sped up gmail by tweaking how we use layers in bugs 811927, 811570.
Matt made sure that we no longer draw layers with opacity of 0 in bug 811831. Turns rendering lots of invisible text can be expensive.
Workweeks are a more about communication than getting code landed, so it is impressive that Jeff, Matt and their reviewers managed to diagnose, fix, review, land such significant optimizations in a couple of days. My laptop of pain feels much faster already.
In the coming weeks expect to see smoother tab switching, smoother animations, lower profiling overhead as we work through issues discussed during the workweek.
Nov 12
Snappy #43: Big improvements: faster startup? Smoother tabstrip!
Our median startup performance (as measured by SIMPLE_MEASURES_FIRST_PAINT) improved between 20%-25% at the end of Firefox 18 cycle (~Oct 26). Strangely most of the speedup seems to have come from a 50% speedup in library loading (measured by SIMPLE_MEASURES_MAIN).
Bas Schouten landed bug 805831 which should further speed up tab-strip drawing when 2d-acceleration is used. Neil Deakin fixed bug 792296 and bug 752376.
We spent a lot of time focusing on tab smoothness recently. We still have a long way to go, but I checked telemetry data and the improvements are staggering. In the picture below I'm comparing tab closing animation(FX_TAB_ANIM_CLOSE) between 17, 18, 19. In the picture below there should be 0 entries to the right of 154(that's our problematic performance tail). In 2.5 months, we went from having almost 20% of our tab animations taking > 400ms to complete to ~3%.
In addition to median perf improving, tab animations are now much less likely to vary in duration, etc. This required fixes in layout, gfx, frontend code. It's really great to see a cross-team effort producing tangible results. It's too bad that our analysis infrastructure makes it so hard to pinpoint specific changes that contributed most to an improvement like this.
Matt Woodrow improve performance of a periodic table demo in bug 806256. However, performance is still poor on some types of machines, so I filed bug 808838.
Dão Gottwald landed bug 756313 which is similarly to his work in last Snappy update postphones doing content work until Firefox chrome is painted.
Benoit Girard changed the profiler so it now updates the url as the treeview is being navigated. This makes it much easier to discuss what we are seeing in the profile.
Thanks for the feedback on blogging platform alternatives. I turned on a better captcha plugin to deflect spam. A lot less spam gets through now (but I think it's also preventing legitimate users from getting through). If you are having trouble commenting, use twitter for now.
Oct 12
Snappy #42
Vladan Djeric landed a probe to directly measure various DOM Local Storage overheads, bug 802920, telemetry data.
Frontend Speedups
I thought our frontend optimization people did not have spare cycles for snappy UI fixes due to other important projects atm, but they proved me wrong this week.
Jared Wein landed bug 804968 which fixes jank where our awesomebar popup would appear then disappear while typing in the location bar. We were flushing layout for the top and bottom result on each adjustment to the awesomebar results, those flushes weren't necessary for each time, they are now skipped after the first pass in the browser session.
Profiler-assisted Bug Reporting
I looked at bug 642257 and gave up figuring out what causes the problem because I could not reproduce it. I asked the reporter to try to record a profile of the problem with the gecko profiler. Within 2.5 hours of the profile being posted in the bug, Timothy Nikkel identified the problem and posted a patch for it.
I'm very excited about this because the reporter has never used a profiler and yet on the first try helped fix a hard to reproduce bug. Thanks to a dedicated bug reporter, keen layout hackers and our new profiling infrastructure Flash in background tabs will no longer slow down our layout calculations. For many types of bugs identifying the problem is the hardest part, this is very promising.
Moving Blogs Soon
I will be moving to a new blog location as soon as I decide on a better blog setup. I've been irritated by WordPress since I started at Mozilla in 2006. The volume of comment spam has increased exponentially this year. After 6 years of suffering a terrible UI, spam, slowness, lossyness, I'm ready to move on to a blogging service elsewhere. If you have any suggestions for blog providers, ping me on twitter as I likely wont see your comment in the mountain of spam.
Oct 12
Snappy #41
Jeff Muizelaar may not have cut tab switch times in half in my last update. The overhead moved to a later part of the process that we were not measuring before the change landed. We'll be able to tell the magnitude of the tab-switch improvement was by landing bug 800031 on Aurora.
Matt Woodrow reduced tab-close animation jank in bug 750417.
Oct 12
Snappy #40: Faster tabswitching, startup analysis
This was an interesting week. On one hand all performance aspects of tab strip work were suspended until end of year on the frontend team, on the other impressive gains were made on platform side of things.
Jeff Muizelaar cut tab switch times in half
Data came in on Jeff's optimization I mentioned last week: bug 792199. This halved our median tab switch time. Since this also landed at the end of our 18 cycle, a comparison between 18/19 Nightlies gives us an idea of how this changed our tab switching times overall. Note the actual difference would be greater since both 18 & 19 include data points with Jeff's patch, but the majority of data in 18 is without Jeff's patch.
Black: v18, Blue V19. X-axis represents time in milliseconds to do a tab switch, excluding time to paint.
Above graph shows a shift towards fast tab switch times across the board with particularly nice improvements in the tail. See the corresponding 50% fall in medians on our telemetry evolution dashboard.
Unfortunately, Jeff's patch was too good. Instead of decoding less images, it ended up decoding no images at all causing unnecessary flicker when switching tabs. The patch got backed out, but this accident provided us with a good baseline of how fast tab switching can be without decoding images 🙂 Jeff landed a correction in bug 799335.
As I mentioned above graph does not include paint times. Jeff also landed bug 800031 which measures the complete tab switch duration (including paint time).
Timothy Nikkel's Visible Image Decoding
Currently Firefox tends to decode too many images while browsing image-heavy sites. This hurts our total memory consumption, increases tab switch times, etc. Timothy has been posting tests builds in bug 689623 which try to only decode visible images. Please give those builds a spin if you suffer from poor Firefox performance while browsing image-heavy sites.
Startup Time Profiling
Benoit Girard taught the the Gecko profiler how to capture most of browser startup in bug 799638. This might be the most important achievement so far in tackling startup problems caused by extensions. This means that every Nightly user (and in a few weeks every Firefox user) can install the Gecko profiler, click 'Profile Startup' and get a report on what makes Firefox startup slow. This can then be posted to bugzilla, SUMO, AMO or this blog so we can easily identify problematic addons, problematic APIs used by addons and the extent of startup overhead contributed by them.
Making extension-aware startup profiling easy has incredible potential for making Firefox startup faster for extension-addicted users. If you can't wait to try this out, you can install a development snapshot of the profiler extension. Feel free to post your startup profile links in a comment.
As I mentioned last time, Patrick McManus fixed proxy-related jank in bug 769764. Last week Vladan Djeric analyzed our chromehang data and confirmed that proxy jank went from being one of our top offenders to not happening.
Oct 12
Snappy #39
We should no longer do proxy-related IO on the main thread now that Patrick McManus landed bug 769764. Synchronous proxy code resulted in a miserable user experience for people using proxies, but it also affected normal users during proxy-detection. This was one of the top intermittent freezes that we've seen.
Tab switching should be much faster in Firefox 18 than before. Jared Wein got rid of an expensive regexp that was applied during a tab switch in bug 781588. Jeff Muizelaar landed bug 792199 which should make switching to a image-heavy sites much faster. Jared's change is already on nightlies, Jeff's change should show up tomorrow if everything goes well.
Matt Woodrow landed the huge change that is DLBI in bug 539356 (yet again). DLBI speeds up reflows, reduces repaints resulting in a more responsive browser. For more details see Robert O'Callahan's announcement.
Startup Regression
After working on improving startup for the last couple of releases we seem to have regressed it during the 18 cycle. I filed bug 798130 on this. I just noticed the regression a few hours ago. If anyone has ideas on what might've caused it, please comment.
Gecko profiler now lives on AMO.
Sep 12
Snappy in Warsaw: pierogy-fueled hackfest
After MozCamp, we held a snappy meet-up at NoaCowork in Warsaw. I believe this was one of the most productive weeks I had the pleasure of participating in since I started at Mozilla. My only regret I was not motivated to organize any memorable after-work activities while suffering the MozCamp.EU plague (Mozilla gatherings are great for exchanging global influenza strains).
Benoit Girard went through existing and upcoming profiler features. We made sure that everyone in attendance knew how to use the profiler. We also discussed potential UX improvements.
Markus Stange is a community contributor who originally designed and implemented the current profiler UI. He attended MozCamp and spent most of Monday with us planning future profiler improvements with Benoit.
Bas-tool: Azure Drawing Tracer
Bas Schouten presented his work-in-progress graphics tracing tool. Our graphics people have been using the Microsoft PIX tool to debug accelerated drawing issues with Direct2D. I believe Bas got fed up with the buggyness and limitations of an otherwise excellent tool and wrote a similar Azure-specific tool with some special Bas-sauce.
Bas-tool presents a graphics trace so one can see how Firefox draws on the screen. Seeing how something is drawn step-by-step helps us see when we not using efficient graphics primitives, are doing redundant invalidations, etc. The tool can also do tricks like bruteforce graphics operations to find redundant ones, etc.
I expect Bas will present this tool + accompanying patches soon.
OMTC & Tab Strip
Current Firefox tab-strip implementation is crufty. It uses expensive graphics primitives, inefficient CSS transitions, implements scrolling/overflow animations in JS and does other non-performant things (tracked by bug 593680). These things happen when one keeps adding features without having good profiling/tracing tools.
Tim Taubert lead the effort to prototype a new tab strip that is implemented without JS animations and uses OMTC-friendly, efficient graphics primitives. Bas-tool was used heavily to see whether CSS transitions were animating efficiently. We sorely missed having a layout person around help diagnose layerizing issues, etc. Turns out CSS transition scheduling is very jank-sensitive. We may also need come up + implement some new CSS transition to make an attractive tab strip. Good news is that any backend improvements we make in this area should make it easier to implement fluid, responsive web apps.
Tim Taubert, Benoit Girard & Jared Wein cobbled together a desktop OMTC throbber demo where the tab throbber was implemented using CSS rotations which made it animate smoothly through content jank.
Me, Josh Aas, Vladan Djeric, Lawrence Mandel went through our new non-destructive chromehang report. Chromehangs are multi-second browser stalls that we report via telemetry. See the complete list that we went through here.
Looks our recently-discovered synchronous proxy code and flash are to blame for most of our temporary hangs. Proxy stuff should disappear once bug 769764 is fixed. Click-to-play will help with some of the plugin-caused hangs. We will be discussing how to deal with the rest of the plugin-jank in the coming weeks.
My favourite chromehang was the one that pinpointed why downloads jank Firefox so much: bug 789932. We tried to pin this on anti-virus scans, download manager sqlite activity, but the main reason turned out to be very simple. Turns out we do network traffic on a networking thread only to write out file contents to disk on main thread.
Paulo Amadini, Lawrence Mandel, Gavin Sharp and me made plans to get rid of main thread SQL usage in download, addon manager.
Vladan Djeric explained his plans to speed up & reduce jank caused by DOM Local Storage.
Margaret Leibovic worked on removing synchronous cache API usage, added pageload telemetry. She also filed a bug that resulted in 20% faster link navigation in Fennec (bug 789889). Perhaps we should do the same on our Metro build?
Olli Pettay & Felipe Gomes worked on making our social api features not leak memory.
Julian Seward, Mike Hommey, Benoit Girard worked on improving our profiling infrastructure and making it work on Android, B2G, Linux.
Josh Aas, Lawrence & me coordinated on Snappy priorities on necko team.
I'm sure I missed a few projects, I hope other attendees blog about their work last week.
Sep 12
MozCamp.EU in Warsaw
Last week a few of us attended MozCamp.EU in Warsaw. Me, Benoit & Vlad presented a talk on performance work. Primary aim of our talk was to inform our community about various performance tools that came to fruition of the past year and how to use them to investigate Firefox performance problems. Hopefully we'll see a spike in bug reports with detailed performance information (profiler traces, telemetry histogram+chromehang excepts, etc).
My favourite part of MozCamp was finally meeting some a couple of the impressive community contributors in person. I finally had the pleasure of literally buying beer to thank someone for cleaning up some nasty code. I hope some day we can do a developer-oriented MozCamp-like conference.
My favourite talk was Anant & Tim's presentation on WebRTC. There is something incredibly attractive about having an encrypted, cross-browser, firewall-punching p2p implementation (realtime open video conferencing is a nice bonus). See Anant's blog post for more details.


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Do you know this word?Posted Wednesday, April 4, 2012, at 10:45 AM
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not personally, but I once met his cousin Larry...
-- Posted by johnnydoughey on Wed, Apr 4, 2012, at 11:40 AM
One word blog with so much meaning.
I didn't know what it meant so, I looked it up. I don't know if this is what you were intending with this blog but, what I found blew me away.
Muslims are specifically exempted from the government mandate to purchase insurance, and also from the penalty tax for being uninsured. Islam considers insurance to be "gambling", "risk-taking" and "usury" and is thus banned. Muslims are specifically granted exemption based on this.
Was this Obama's intended goal? It's a shame when you HAVE to question a Presidents motives at every turn but, he's the one who has made it like this.
-- Posted by KentuckyTransplant on Wed, Apr 4, 2012, at 11:47 AM
Yes KT, that is what I was wanting to be seen. Scary huh?
Blows me away times ..... Well endlessly
-- Posted by jessiemiller on Wed, Apr 4, 2012, at 12:07 PM
Scary isn't the word, this administration is demonic! I have said it before, this guy is putting everything right infront of peoples faces but most on the left choose not to see it. It's like they all have Stockholm Syndrome!
-- Posted by KentuckyTransplant on Wed, Apr 4, 2012, at 12:35 PM
Yep, had a conversation yesterday pretty much to that affect. Right in front of their noses, & they don't see it.
-- Posted by jessiemiller on Wed, Apr 4, 2012, at 12:43 PM
E-mails regarding this topic circulated back in 2010. I would hope that those of you who are actually looking into this take the time to find out multiple sides of the story. For starters, check out the following (reputable) sites:
""Dhimmitude" and the Muslim Exemption" from factcheck.org
"Are Muslims Exempt from 'ObamaCare' Health Insurance Mandate?"
Do any of you personally know of any Muslims that will be trying to use this or who have even talked about it?
-- Posted by idahogrown on Wed, Apr 4, 2012, at 12:49 PM
I don't personally know any muslims period. I tend to stay away from people who are taught to hate me.
-- Posted by KentuckyTransplant on Wed, Apr 4, 2012, at 12:59 PM
From what I'm gathering from your links, it's basically saying that muslims can be exempt if they so choose. Just because it doesn't name them specifically doesn't mean they can't apply for the exemption and get it. Now, let a Catholic try that and see how quickly they will be turned down. And I'm sure the ACLU or the Council on American-Islamic Relations will not be there to back them up like they would the Muslims.
-- Posted by KentuckyTransplant on Wed, Apr 4, 2012, at 1:10 PM
The only true statement Obama made when he was running for election was that he would "fundamentally transform America". I don't think people understood what he really meant when he said that. I hope its becoming clearer to people now. He and his regime hates America and everything it stands for. This Obamacare bill isn't just a healthcare bill. More and more stuff like this Dhimmitude is being unearthed from this massive piece of legislation that most of the politicians that passed the bill didn't even bother reading. The Supreme Court can't even read or understand it either. But our man Obama threatens them that they'd better okay the constituionality of the bill anyway. It's just mind-boggling what this regime is getting away with. We need to take this country back before it's too late.
-- Posted by Second Wind on Wed, Apr 4, 2012, at 3:09 PM
This reminds me of another little gem that was unearthed from Obamacare: the fact that Americans who make over $200,000 a year and sell their home will have to pay a real estate tax of 3.8% to the government. Can anyone tell me what a real estate tax has to do with healthcare? The bloggers who support Obama on this newsite never responded to that question. In fact, I gathered that this extra real estate tax levied on upper income people didn't bother them at all because the evil, nasty, rich people have to pay it and not them. So it's all good! But, once this tax becomes effective in 2013, it can easily be amended to apply to lower income earners. The current policy with respect to dhimmitude can easily be amended, too.
-- Posted by Second Wind on Wed, Apr 4, 2012, at 3:29 PM
Good lord! It also exempts the Amish, Mennonites and other religions.
You know, in case some of you folks didn't bother to read my comment on Mike's paranoia blog, everybody was just fine with American's rights being violated or taken away because they are Muslim. Now those powers that allowed that could be aimed at YOU! You didn't squawk then, but you sure are now!
Get a freaking grip! You keep up this baloney, and the next thing you know Pastors will no longer be able to opt out of Social Security for religious reasons. In fact religious objections period could go away completely since all of you are so willing to allow some breach now.
Your bigotry could very well come back to bite YOU!
-- Posted by royincaldwell on Wed, Apr 4, 2012, at 5:34 PM
The world stood by silently while Hitler started killing the Jews. They stood by when it was the Gypsies. Then the aged, infirm, mentally ill, the list goes on. Only when it was the Christians that were targeted was a word said. Net result, 6 million Jews exterminated, countless others that fell into the other categories, exterminated.Keep it up and there will be a replay and YOU could be next!
-- Posted by royincaldwell on Wed, Apr 4, 2012, at 5:40 PM
Bigotry? If not liking people that are raised to hate me makes me a bigot, then check that box off for me. I'll say it right now... I do not like muslims. Nice ones, mean ones, yellow ones, green ones... I don't like em. Cassius Clay, nice man, even from my home city, probably one of the best boxers of all times, once he changed his name and became a muslim (even though I was not around then) would have lost all respect in my book.
Call me a bigot, call me racist, just something about a person that is brought up to despise me and flys planes into buildings that kind of turns me off about them.
And no, Roy. You didn't give us an earfull like you told MsM. Not even half an earfull. And then you have the nerve to talk about breach? Are you serious? What about the breach of your President? How about how he is breaching the Constitution? You want to come down on people on this blog for stating what they believe in but you don't have a bad word to say about this administration?? Independant my butt.
-- Posted by KentuckyTransplant on Wed, Apr 4, 2012, at 5:56 PM
You can check that box off for me too. Muslims don't belong in this country. They are violent, mysognistic terrorists who hate Americans because we are a free people, and treat our women as equals. They do not practice tolerance towards other religions. They cannot be allowed to gain a foothold in this country and I will defend any group that prevents them from coming here. So, I guess that makes me a racist. So be it.
-- Posted by Second Wind on Wed, Apr 4, 2012, at 6:09 PM
KT, you have failed to read some of my comments about Obama.
Buckshot, same old same old from you, as expected.
From all of, not a single rational reply to either of my comments.
When you GIVE certain powers to the government to persecute one group or another, it can be impossible to retrieve those powers.
The government hasn't taken anything that wasn't freely given when it was intended to be used against others.
Defend your actions if you can!
-- Posted by royincaldwell on Wed, Apr 4, 2012, at 6:28 PM
I have had alot of computer problems but I am back and its time for me to comment.
Roy why don't you go back to where you came from, you fit right in with that bunch in Ca. Your under the opionion everything you say or put links in on is 100 % truth and no lies, got some bad news for you, you don't have a clue most of the time. Your quote "Defend your actions if you can", seems like you can't be bothered to back up your junk of an opinion.
Take for example you didn't like comments on your blog so you removed them and then put them back, now you have removed you last blog entry completely just to remove the comments, can't stand the heat stay away from the fire.
When it comes to Muslins I go with the others I don't know any and don't want to, why should I like someone that is out only to see if they can kill me and others in the West.
Far as I could care you can take your blog and all your comments and get off here, talk to people in your area or Ca, I for one sure not interested in any more of your junk.
-- Posted by Eagle_eye on Wed, Apr 4, 2012, at 6:46 PM
And another member of the right wing version of Reid-Pelosi checks in.
-- Posted by royincaldwell on Wed, Apr 4, 2012, at 6:58 PM
Yep just like you pointed out to grammaidaho you fall right in there. your ignorance is absolutely amazing!
Yep I am right wing and Reid and Pelosi are idiots, so join them you will fit right in.
-- Posted by Eagle_eye on Wed, Apr 4, 2012, at 7:06 PM
Hey, Pratt, why don't you continue this thread on your own blog. That way, when you don't like the posts from us "right-wingers', well, then you can hit that lil ol'delete button again!
-- Posted by Second Wind on Wed, Apr 4, 2012, at 7:09 PM
Hey Roy ever play black jack, if not let me tell you how. Name of the game is to get 21, you get your cards one is an Ace and the other a 10 card and you are so smart you take a hit and get another Ace now you have 12 and then take another hit get a truck as it is called and now have 22, Busted you play the same game with your comments, Busted.
-- Posted by Eagle_eye on Wed, Apr 4, 2012, at 7:29 PM
My people as you call them fought against the Patriot Act, the beginning of the end for the Bill of Rights. We were called soft and weak. Derided and shouted down. The chickens are now coming home to roost. Thanks.
-- Posted by royincaldwell on Wed, Apr 4, 2012, at 8:05 PM
Really, Roy? Because if I'm reading this right 145 Democrats voted for it and only 62 voted against.
-- Posted by KentuckyTransplant on Wed, Apr 4, 2012, at 8:15 PM
Oh, and only one, read (1), Dem. Senator voted against it when the first voted in 2001.
-- Posted by KentuckyTransplant on Wed, Apr 4, 2012, at 8:24 PM
May as well add this e-mail also.
I hope you all get to see this disgusting video of how Libya and these Muslims hate Americans and British. We liberated Libya from the Nazis and now this is how they treat the dead. Shame on them and our President for praising the Muslims and Libyan \.
Yeah, let's send these people more foreign aid! Ignorant/////... Our President apologized for the burning of their Koran, but at the same time he is not saying or doing a thing about this. PLEASE CLICK ON THIS LINK AND WATCH THE THANKFUL PEOPLE OF LIBYA... THESE ARE THE FOLKS WHO GET OFFENDED BY THE BURNING OF THE QURAN. FEEL BETTER ABOUT THAT APOLOGY YET?
Had to remove a couple of words but you will get the meaning and those that don't like the links should look at this ones and what Muslins think of us.
-- Posted by Eagle_eye on Wed, Apr 4, 2012, at 9:07 PM
After looking at the comments here, I am pretty sad. The word "You" has been used with abandon. Our views personal have become personal instead of being objective.
As long as we rise up against each other instead of finding a common ground, this country will suffer.
As long as there are individuals who live to stir things up and others who fall for the ruse, we will have discord.
All week long, I have been trying to think of a blog that commemerates the Ressurection to bring honor to the very Being that gave us all life. So I am still thinking about the right words to say.
I will leave you with two this morning. Jesus Wept.
-- Posted by KH Gal on Thu, Apr 5, 2012, at 7:42 AM
Your call. I didn't name names or pick on anyone in particular. I made a very broad and general statement.
It applies to me and my responses as well as anyone elses.
Some of the comments being thrown back and forth are starting to resemble a Lucy Show when Lucy and Ethel go shopping a store that is having a January White Sale.
We all want the best that money can buy, but first you have to make it to the sales counter intact with your merchandise and then there is a struggle to get out the door.
And then there is that hefty well-built woman who is determined to get the girdle that is two sizes too small. Lucy and Ethel can't catch a break some days and neither can we.
In the end, we all have to decide what is really important. Do we grab everything that we can get our hands on just because it is on sale? or do we choose the best fit and sprint toward the check-out counter.
Does our strategy involve aggressive maneuvers to get past the plus-size lady who is standing her ground or face to face combat?
Lucy and Ethel would change their strategies according to the shift in the situation. That is all that I am suggesting.
-- Posted by KH Gal on Thu, Apr 5, 2012, at 9:31 AM
Sorry, KH gal, but I agree with Buckshot. Anyone who comments on these blogs, especially about political issues, knows they are going to get an earload tossed right back at them, especially when they make dishonest comments that can be fact checked. I don't know what prompted your lecture about treating other people "the right way" or changing tactics when blogging. The last posts before your admonition to the bloggers was Pratt's assertion that the left-wingers didn't support the Patriot Act, but the conservatives did, and that's why we're in the mess we're in. After that ridiculous statement, other bloggers got on to fact-check him with a dose of reality. As others say, if you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen.
-- Posted by Second Wind on Thu, Apr 5, 2012, at 11:18 AM
Jessie, only thing I can say is try the link again, I tryed it early this morning and it opened but froze after a few seconds and then I tryed it a few ago and it opened and the video worked so I really don't know what is wrong with it.
-- Posted by Eagle_eye on Thu, Apr 5, 2012, at 12:11 PM
Joe, KT sent it to me & I was able to watch it. Quite nauseating. I've shared it
Thank you
-- Posted by jessiemiller on Thu, Apr 5, 2012, at 1:30 PM
Now that the Tea Party has taken over the Republican Party, more and more moderate conservatives are likely turning to the Independent Party like I have. As Second Wind said, "the Republican Party doesn't want or need [people like] me". And I certainly don't need nor want the extremism of the new Republican Party. Guess Independents and Democrats will get support from a place they never thought it would come from.
-- Posted by bondyweb on Thu, Apr 5, 2012, at 2:11 PM
Viewed your video clip.
The comtempt and hate displayed here is sickening.
You simply cannot appease a rattlesnake if it wants to strike.
And Strike They Did.
We can use the two words that I used this morning for this display of hatred.
Jesus Wept.
-- Posted by KH Gal on Thu, Apr 5, 2012, at 2:42 PM
BONDY........THEY want to inter you and kill you.....in short you dont belong........there way or the hiway...........MANIFEST DESTINEY alive and well.........it will be the downfall of us all.........BUT IT's easy to be that way if you feel you will be part of the ruling classe.....stay sane..........
-- Posted by lamont on Thu, Apr 5, 2012, at 2:46 PM
Anyone notice that during WW2 if you said you hated the Germans or the Japanese, that no one would give you a problem about it? Same thing when we were fighting the NVA. Even during the Cold War no one would bat an eye if you said you hated the Russians. Now that we are fighting the Muslims, you aren't aloud to say that you hate them. Why is that? It wasn't the Jews that flew those planes and started this war, I don't think it was even the Irish. We all know who it was and it's about time that we can say we don't like them without being called hate mongers or Nazis.
-- Posted by KentuckyTransplant on Thu, Apr 5, 2012, at 3:42 PM
KT, I hope that our paths cross soon I would like to meet you.
-- Posted by Eagle_eye on Thu, Apr 5, 2012, at 3:49 PM
I agree Buckshot. And EagleEye, it would be my pleasure :)
-- Posted by KentuckyTransplant on Thu, Apr 5, 2012, at 4:34 PM
My husband always says the "conservatives" are the true "liberals" because they believe in the most freedom for people; and today's "liberals" are the true "conservatives" because they want to envelop themselves in a blanket of government protection, not take chances or risks in life or be independent.
-- Posted by Second Wind on Fri, Apr 6, 2012, at 10:46 AM
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Saluki track and field started the outdoor season off right at Day One of the Vanderbilt Black and Gold, claiming three event titles and setting a new Missouri Valley Conference event record in the process.
Four-time All-American J.C. Lambert, in his first action since the indoor season of 2012, set a new MVC record in the men's hammer throw with a winning mark of 67.09m (220-01). This newest launch bested his old personal best by nearly eight feet, broke Mark Milleville's SIU record by nearly four feet, and took over the MVC all-time top throw of 218-04 set by Tom Barrett of Illinois State in 2000.
Southern swept the hammer throw with a win on the women's side by senior Kim Fortney, who moved into sixth all-time at SIU with a PR of 61.28m (201-00). Not far behind Fortney was 2012 hammer throw All-American DeAnna Price, who finished second with a launch of 60.99m (200-01).
MVC triple jump champion Dougie Palacious claimed the final title at Day One for the Salukis. The Bahamian native came out victorious with a total leap 14.95m (49-00.75) in the triple jump, two feet better than second place.
Fellow native of Nassau, junior Kenya Culmer, nearly completed the Saluki sweep of the triple jump, falling just over two inches shy at 12.08m (39-07.75). Junior Sarah Rautio finished right behind Culmer with a PR leap of 11.92m (39-01.25) in third place.
Southern also had a strong showing in both the men's and women's shot put events, occupying four top-ten spots in each event.
On the women's side, Kim Fortney fell a foot-and-a-half short of her second title of the day, throwing 15.99m (52-05.50) for second place. Other Salukis who placed in the top-ten included Ashley Gaston (fourth place, 14.83m/48-08.00), Alexus Scott (fifth place, 14.45m/47-05.00 PR) and DeAnna Price (eighth place, 14.03m/46-00.50).
Freshman Josh Freeman finished third in a hotly contested battle in the men's shot put, where the top four spots were decided by four inches.
Freeman's best throw measured at 17.13m (56-02.50), an outdoor personal best. Fellow Salukis in the top-ten were J.C. Lambert (sixth place, 16.20m/53-01.75), Greg Semanisin (ninth place, 15.78m/51-09.25 Outdoor PR) and Bradley Sauer (tenth place, 15.77m/51-09.00 Outdoor PR).
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Among his posts this past week, Kass explained what Super Bowl ad spending means for stocks and reviewed the past week's economic indicators.
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Gold, Apple and the U.S. Stock Market
Originally published on Friday, Feb. 15 at 11:05 a.m. EST.
- Look at the subsequent price drops following gold's high in September 2011 and Apple's high in September 2012.
At those times, investor sentiment was at an extreme.
Now look at the subsequent price drops following those heights.
Position: None
Gold, Apple and the Stock Market (Part Deux)
Originally published on Friday, Feb. 15 at 12:53 p.m. EST.
- Applying Jim Grant's insight to current conditions.
When looking at the stock market optimism today, I am reminded of Jim Grant, who once wrote in Minding Mr. Market :
Progress cuts with a manic edge...in bull markets there is no clear demarcation between progress and fantasy...there is little or no permanent truth in financial markets...financial ideas have their seasons...the higher the market, the easier it is to sell but the more disingenuous the sales pitch becomes...and the biblical injunction about the first and the last trading places often has literal truth.
Jim Grant went on: "The country's most admired companies are frequently on their way to becoming the least admired investments."
The same may be said for asset classes like U.S. stocks today compared to gold in 2011 and Apple's (AAPL) shares in 2012.
Position: None
Practice Your Defense
Originally published on Friday, Feb. 15 at 8:33 a.m. EST.
- It's not your batting average that counts in investing and trading; it's your defense.
When I said that I would be his mate, it was December
I reasoned he would be the greatest husband that a girl had ever found
That's what I reasoned
That's what I reasoned
Then April rolled around
Strike three, ball four, walk a run'll tie the score
Yer blind, Ump,
Yer blind, Ump,
Ya mus' be out-a yer mind, Ump!
-- Richard Adler and Jerry Ross. " Six Months out of Every Year ," Damn Yankees
This week pitchers and catchers report , as baseball's spring training gets into swing this month.


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A Great Redemption
I dont do forgiveness very well. I tend to favour holding grudges. I am also a horrible Judge, and noone do I judge more harshly then myself. If I had a spiritual awakening, or Birth on August 8th 1998, during my Annus mirabilis, then I surely had the most tragic of spiritual misfortunes, or deaths during my annus horribilis on April 8th 2003, exactly Eight Years Ago Today. I committed a moments indescretion that a life time of prudance can not erase. I committed a gross sin against GOD, and a terrible sin against myself also. Over the years I have come to hate the date of April 8th, which is cluttered with many other devotions, like the death of my Step Grandad for example in 2005, or, the more tragic Bilton Protocol (a set of new rules by which to live) which were the most fantastic thing to have come out of my spiritual progression since 1998...to be washed away a year to the date after April 8th 2002.
In accordance with "Freedom Of The City" (a complete spiritual paradigmn shift, that occured in Chicago whilst on tour in the United States) I have learned to listen with spiritual ears, and to learn from a set of tests which have dominated this New Season of my life. In this New Season, I have developed a link with Christ that occures quite apart from Scriptural Meditations, and each month I seem to learn from some situation that allows for spiritual growth, sometimes these Revelations are small, sometimes, they can be quite large. As it is a Jubilee Year, I am not suprised in hindsight that on this occasion, it was very large indeed. I have noticed just HOW this communication is established and maintained. I have a great interest in two things, Symbology, and Record Keeping of the Past...so it is through these ellements that I often encounter spiritual development. I believe that this is because for years I asked for direct contact, and for years it was given to me but in a way that I could not understand. That is what happens when one is spiritually blind...its not that GOD isnt speaking...he speaks constantly because that is in fact the way he creates...It is not cooincidence that Scientists interested in the basis of matter are talking about wavelengths, and sounds...when the Jewish Holy Book said that GOD Created the universe...it mentions two fascinating ways in which this happen...neither of them are by using his hands. He used his Voice and His Breathe...in otherwords, his entire Modus Operandi is Action Directly through Words...sounds...Voice. Therefore if he constantly ACTS, he must by definition be constantly TALKING. It also explains why Saint Paul says its impossible to experience Nature and the World without seeing something however small of GOD. it is not cooincidence that Christ (the person) and The Bible (A written document) are both called by the same word. That word is infact WORD...as in Talk...as in the Greek word Logos...But I Digress
Two Gifts in the Morning conspired to bring about the possibility of such a revelation as the one I received today. The first was the beautiful Weather, the second was the odd request that I take unpaid leave for the afternoon to aid the company. I usually flat out refuse such an offer, because I need the money, but knowing this, I am not usually asked...so when the conditions are right (the nice weather) and I am asked nicely, sometimes I grant such a request. These Conditions on average appear one a year. So to have both happen on April 8th, a day already sacred, albeit in a negative way, is a trinity of coincidences conspiring to get me out of work, and also, to grab my attention.
After lunch I decided to go out walking, I made a plan (Which GOD ruined) to go to Hookstone Woods and walk the link between there and Birk Crag on the ringways path which is as yet uncharted and unexplored by me. Even if academically I know exactly the geography from point a to point b. I had two bizzare thoughts, both of which I didnt listen to, when I should have, both will cause my return tommorrow afternoon after work. I thought that I should take my camara with me on the walk...it was a thought that came out of the blue. These Thoughts are 9 times out of 10, deposits, angelic whispers...I am very good at spotting Demonic Whispers in my thought life...but I struggle to see the difference between intuition and Angelic Voices. Anyway, I decided it wouldnt be worth it, as it was hot, and whats to document on a direct link path?? Then I had a sudden thought, maybe I should pack my Spiritual Journal. I rejected that idea. If I did that on a day like today, i'd just upset myself with rehashing a horrible history, that, if you must know, you can hear in the following video.
I began my walk on the stray, then to morrisons, then to stonefall park, then to sainsburys, then to the showground, and then to crimplebeck. As I was wondering through the known part of Crimple Beck I walked past a turning. I actually continued and then turned round and went to investigate the turning. but not until admiring a small beach, I have since called "Advent Beach" for it is the preparation before "Havens Sanctuary" which I would go on to discover.
I discovered a nearly totally hidden path. As I walked along it, I asked myself, how come I missed this path afew weeks ago when I was mapping the area. The first thought was that I had been in a rush to get home that day, due to the fact that I had arranged at last moment to visit my Nan, for pancakes. Spiritual Alarm Bells began ringing...I'd missed this path around sundown of the day prior to the start of Lent...My Tests often occure, or are associated with the changing of liturgical seasons, because My GOD knows its a trigger he can use to get my attention in retrospect, like the Lesson Of The Ordinary in 2010. Okay...so if this was the case, then I had been spiritually blinded into NOT seeing the path, and thus now to see it meant it must surely be the right time to explore...on April 8th...fascinating. As I walked the path it became a steep ridge with a drop on either side, it was a narrow path, which made me laugh, because another reason, as the video below shows, for missing the path the first time was because I only saw the large path and the large gate (notice the overhanging arch of the tree) well there is a tiny Arch over the small path also...what is it about a Narrow Gate? well...to use its opposite, do they not say it is the primrose path that leads to the everlasting bonfire.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bXYweNEtsGs (7.06-7.12 "only to the stump" turned out to be untrue!)
I was now convinced that too many cooincidences had happened, and GOD was trying to get my attention. So I began looking for things. I passed some mud pits. They were black as tar, and probably deep...Black as Sin...alright...Sin Pits it is. I like to do what they do in the Old Testament, when they discover a new place they give it a name depending on what happens to them their. So far I had sin. Story of my life.
finally the track ended at a T junction, one led down to the river, the other led up an incline. I decided to go up the incline first. I entered a part of the woods that very few people go into, because the access corridor is so easy to miss...BUT its also in full view of everyone who walks the ringways path, for as they cross a field after crimple beck, they can SEE the beautiful forrest, but it is across the Beck which has barbed wire fence. All the dog walkers looked at me in astonishment, and I dare say envy...it became so intimidating, I got up from the tree I was sitting on and turned to face away from the field. I then had a deposit in the form of an abstract Biblical cameo. Dont ask me for names or references, I cant recall...but there is a guy in Hell, whose torment is made worse by the fact that he can see heaven but cant get there, so bad is his woe he asks to go back to Earth to warn his offspring so they may make the correct decision...well...it was like that with all the eyes of the dog walkers...they wanted to be where I was...that put me, technically speaking in a Sanctuary, so I called the stump I sat on, The Tabernackle Tree, and called the Rise, The Holy Hill.
It should be noted, that as well as doing what they did in the old testament, I like to do like Christ did in terms of prayer. He did two things when he wished to communicate with GOD, first he walked alone, secondly he went into the wilderness, to nature. Is it then so unbelievable that GOD has given me a specific place in two of the three woods I walk in? At Burk Crag he has given me a sacred spot to plan and ask his consent, a Sanctum of Supplication. In THE Sanctum deep in Bilton Woods he has given me a place where I can come before him and thank him. What he hasnt done until today is give me a place of Repentance...and maybe more importantly, absolution. See I have no problem confessing, because I am uber aware of my sins...BUT I take issue with forgiveness...and that, ultimately, is the ideal result of Confession...I only have half the process under control.
I continued up the Holy Hill to its summit, which is a sheer drop infact, overlooking the river, and there stands a lone Tree, extremely tall, perhaps the tallest pine fir of the whole woods. Temple Mount it is then...complete with a Temple Tree. I had now accepted that this was to be my sanctum of confession...and I was fine with that.
Now the hard bit. Haven has two distinct sections, hinged on that T junction I mentioned earlier. The Easy bit of Confession on the incline...the not so painless bit of Redemption by the river. Always a river...rivers are flowing water, symbolic of baptism, of clensing, of forgiveness...It wasnt until I discovered the unique colours of the flowers, EVERYWHERE that I understood what GOD was trying to say to me. The flowers were distinctive and unusual, and two toned, purple and white. Must I really tell you the liturgical significance of those colours? Purple, is a penetential colour, White is purity..and they were combined...Purple at the base of the flower, leading to White tips...Penetance leads to purity? Confession leads to forgiveness.
I called the area Zion to be in keeping with the rest of Haven. Three distinct features in THIS EXACT ORDER Little Beaches, enclosed away from the river by walls of bricks...became Beaches of Guilt. Then a Tree that had been felled and whose trunk lay across the path, but whose roots were still partially embedded in the brooke, and thus its branches grew vertically out of the ground of the half submerged trunk. It came with its own throne, a Tree usually has a throne, its as if they were designed for a human backside to sit amoungst the roots on a raised platform...and GOD Knows that I sit at the base of the trees when I pray in a Sanctuary...so thats the Tree of Confession. Then...an amazing find. A rock, in the MIDDLE of the river, on a small sandbank...and accessable by naturally dumped rocks from the beach..sooo one can walk out into the centre of the river and sit on the rock. The water rushes around you, as you are in the centre of the river, yet you stay dry...I called that Metanoia Beach (which means Forgiveness) and The Rock of Absolution. Following this, the route loops back round.
I understand the message. GOD wishes restoration of the date to a happy and celebrational date. He has made it clear, vividly, that he not only hears my confession, but has forgiven me. He is now forcing my logic to note that if GOD has forgiven me...perhaps its time to do the nigh on impossible and forgive myself.
As I walked home I thought about the easter dedicational I wanted to base on loss....and how passive aggressive the Lord had been in making it clear that perhaps this year I should focus on forgiveness (which is equally what the crucifixition is all about) So thats a second plan of mine he had ruined in so many hours...No...I never got round to exploring that direct link path neither.
As I crossed the stray on the way home, there was a bright red sunset. Again from the Bible "Red Sky at Night, Shepheards delight" He can have such a dry sence of humour sometimes....
Summary, Dave! In five sentences or less.....
Or else, I refuse to read it.
Then write it as a short story.
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Debates of March 25th, 2009
House of Commons Hansard #33 of the 40th Parliament, 2nd Session. (The original version is on Parliament's site.) The word of the day was benefits.
- Question Period
- Kidney Health Month
- The Environment
- Gospel Celebration Choir
- 2010 Vancouver-Whistler Olympic Games
- CP Rail Overpass Cleanup
- National Anti-Drug Strategy
- Women's Action Network
- La Station Cheese Factory
- Justice
- Greek Independence Day
- Employment Insurance
- Broadcasting
- Justice
- National Film Board of Canada
- Poverty
- Marie-Philip Poulin
- Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
- Employment Insurance
- Gun Registry
- Employment Insurance
- Forestry Industry
- Employment Insurance
- Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
- Foreign Affairs
- International Trade
- Justice
- Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
- Citizenship and Immigration
- Agriculture
- Taxation
- Canada Elections Act
- Public Safety
- Justice
- Campaign Advertising
- Health
- Government Response to Petitions
- Tropical Tuna Commission
- Interparliamentary Delegations
- Committees of the House
- Canada Labour Code
- Employment Insurance Act
- War Veterans Allowance Act
- Canada--EFTA Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act
- Afghanistan
- Committees of the House
- Petitions
- Country of Origin Labelling Act
- Fish Labelling Act
- Questions on the Order Paper
- Motions for Papers
- Points of Order
- Transportation of Dangerous Goods Act, 1992
- Environmental Enforcement Act
- Transportation of Dangerous Goods Act, 1992
- Environmental Enforcement Act
- Canadian Forces Superannuation Act
2:05 p.m.
The Speaker Peter Milliken
It being Wednesday, we will now have the singing of the national anthem led by the hon. member for Lambton—Kent—Middlesex.
[Members sang the national anthem]
Kidney Health Month
Statements By Members
2:05 p.m.
Colin Carrie Oshawa, ON
Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to inform the House and all Canadians that March is Kidney Health Month.
Kidney disease can strike anyone at any age. It is estimated that two million Canadians have or are at risk of developing chronic kidney disease.
Our government is taking action on two leading causes of kidney disease, which are diabetes and high blood pressure, by investing $18 million per year in the Canadian diabetes strategy and supporting organizations such as Blood Pressure Canada in providing reliable information to health care providers and the public on the importance of controlling high blood pressure.
Since 2000 the Government of Canada, through the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, has invested over $88 million in kidney disease research.
I would like to commend the countless volunteers and organizations such as the Kidney Foundation of Canada for the much needed support and services that they provide.
The Environment
Statements By Members
2:05 p.m.
Joyce Murray Vancouver Quadra, BC
Mr. Speaker, last Thursday, changes were revealed in the Canada Gazette that will undermine environmental protection in this country.
Environmental assessments are a critical tool to ensure that environmental damage is anticipated and prevented or mitigated when development is being planned. Shockingly, effective immediately and for the next two years, many infrastructure projects within the building Canada fund will be exempt from environmental assessments that large construction projects must currently undergo.
This is an unacceptable, even shameful, abrogation of the public trust by the environment minister. The environment minister first signalled his disregard for this important environmental protection mechanism by sneaking an amendment into the Navigable Waters Protection Act. He should stop taking us backward to a previous century and recognize the environment as the precious asset it is.
The Environment
Statements By Members
2:05 p.m.
The Speaker Peter Milliken
I would remind the hon. member of my ruling recently on personal comments in the Standing Order 31 statements, in the hope she will watch herself in future and not use these statements as attacks on individual members.
The hon. member for Rimouski-Neigette—Témiscouata—Les Basques.
Gospel Celebration Choir
Statements By Members
2:05 p.m.
Claude Guimond Rimouski-Neigette—Témiscouata—Les Basques, QC
Mr. Speaker, the Gospel Celebration Choir from Quebec City, under the direction of Marie-Josée Pelletier, a native of Dégelis in the Temiscouata RCM, came first in the Pathmark gospel choir competition in New York City on February 28. They were the only group from Quebec to compete against a number of American choirs. According to Ms. Pelletier, they went to New York just for the experience, but they came away with first prize.
This is one more example of the talent and determination of Quebeckers on the international stage. The Bloc Québécois will always encourage Quebec artists to perform abroad, and will take every opportunity to draw attention to their successes. My congratulations to Sylvie Pelletier and the Gospel Celebration Choir on this achievement.
2010 Vancouver-Whistler Olympic Games
Statements By Members
2:05 p.m.
Dawn Black New Westminster—Coquitlam, BC
Mr. Speaker, the 2010 Vancouver-Whistler Olympic Games present an opportunity for us to showcase Canada to the world. We must not squander this by allowing a shocking case of gender discrimination to occur at taxpayer funded facilities.
Ski jumping is the only winter Olympic event that does not include a competition for women, but it is not too late to change this. Even though Canada has a Charter of Rights and Freedoms that prohibits gender discrimination, the female ski jumpers have been forced to turn to the courts for a chance to compete.
I urge my hon. colleagues to stand up for Canadian laws and Canadian values and to support my motion to include a ski jumping event for women in the games.
As a member of Parliament from British Columbia, I am embarrassed that such a public display of discrimination against women may take place in Vancouver next year. Let us not go down in infamy as the host of the last Olympic games in history to discriminate against women.
CP Rail Overpass Cleanup
Statements By Members
2:05 p.m.
Randy Kamp Pitt Meadows—Maple Ridge—Mission, BC
Mr. Speaker, on Saturday, March 21, a group of Pitt Meadows residents joined me and my office staff to clean up an area around a pedestrian overpass in Pitt Meadows.
Derelict shopping carts, rusty bike frames and other unsightly debris had littered the area underneath the overpass for more than two years. Rick Poznikoff and Mike LoVecchio led a CP Rail team that trained us in safety procedures and stopped the trains so that we were able to pull out more than 400 kilograms of garbage and recyclables.
Our efforts this past Saturday have encouraged the city of Pitt Meadows to consider making some permanent changes to the overpass that would prevent individuals from dropping trash into the area again.
I would like this House to join me in thanking volunteers Darlene and Jeff Mercer, Deb and Len Walters, Ken Harper and Bernie McCarthy, and the CP Rail crew, all of whom generously gave up a Saturday morning to make the city of Pitt Meadows a great place in which to live.
National Anti-Drug Strategy
Statements By Members
March 25th, 2009 / 2:10 p.m.
Keith Martin Esquimalt—Juan de Fuca, BC
Mr. Speaker, the government's drug policy is exacerbating crime, violence, the illegal drug trade and substance abuse.
The World Health Organization supports harm reduction strategies. The U.S. has even appointed a prevention focused national drug policy chair, but our government is refusing to listen to the facts and is actively blocking life-saving harm reduction strategies, like Vancouver's Insite program and the NAOMI program. The government is even trying to block these programs through the courts.
If we are to be serious about addressing gang violence, the illegal drug trade and even reducing the harm for our troops in Afghanistan, the government must see substance abuse as a medical problem, not a judicial problem. It should cut the link between users and organized crime through supporting NAOMI, Insite and other harm reduction programs that have been proven to work and save lives.
Women's Action Network
Statements By Members
2:10 p.m.
Shelly Glover Saint Boniface, MB
Mr. Speaker, since March 8 was International Women's Day, and March 20 the International Day of La Francophonie, I am extremely proud to rise today to point out that it is 21 years since Réseau action femmes gave out its first Réseau awards. This political action network works to improve the situation of francophone women in Manitoba.
The network has been honouring women of action since 1988 with this prestigious award in recognition of their remarkable contributions to community development.
Prize winners this year were: Doris Lemoine of Saint-Boniface, for her work on behalf of heritage; business woman Rachelle Edmunds of Saint-Pierre-Jolys; Thérèse Dorge of Sainte-Agathe, president of the Franco-Manitoban seniors association, and Patricia Vermette, a woman of great generosity who is supported by the entire community of Morris and Île-des-Chênes.
Congratulations to all the recipients. Keep up the excellent efforts to promote francophone culture.
La Station Cheese Factory
Statements By Members
2:10 p.m.
France Bonsant Compton—Stanstead, QC
Mr. Speaker, I never tire of talking about products from my region, and for good reason: they are top-notch and made by our very own people.
I encourage you to try some great-tasting cheeses from La Station in Compton, which is in my riding. Every one of this family-owned company's cheeses has been nominated for the 2009 Canadian Cheese Grand Prix.
Comtomme, Comtomme Signature, Raclette and Alfred Le Fermier were selected from among 172 cheeses sampled by the jury as part of this annual competition organized by the Dairy Farmers of Canada.
La Station could not have asked for a better showcase for its organic raw-milk cheeses. I would like to wish the company the best of luck because it deserves to win multiple awards during the Gala of Champions on April 23.
Statements By Members
2:10 p.m.
Andrew Saxton North Vancouver, BC
Mr. Speaker, I am proud to be a member of the only party that is committed to fighting crime 365 days a year, the Conservative Party of Canada.
The Minister of Justice has recently introduced new measures that directly target organized crime in this country.
This government is addressing the serious issues of gang murders, drive-by shootings and offences committed against police and peace officers, and ensuring mandatory jail terms for serious drug dealers, importers and those who get involved with grow operations.
These measures can now be added to the lengthy list of crime and order items we have delivered on, including: limiting conditional sentences, making street racing an offence, ensuring serious gun crimes are met with mandatory jail time, raising the age of protection, toughening impaired driving laws, and making it tougher to get bail for firearm offences.
Canadians know they can count on this Conservative government to tackle violent crime in this country. We have done a lot, and we will continue to do more.
Greek Independence Day
Statements By Members
2:10 p.m.
John Cannis Scarborough Centre, ON
Mr. Speaker, on March 25 of each year, Hellenes world wide celebrate Greek Independence Day. On that day in 1821, a people rose up after 400 years of oppression by the Ottomans and said, "Freedom or death".
The revolution of 1821, led by heroes such as Kolokotronis, Lord Byron of England and others, was an uprising not only to restore democracy to the nation that founded democracy, but also to free a nation, to cut the bonds of slavery and free its people, to free a spirit called Hellenism.
Today Greece is a modern 21st century country, a member of the European Community, NATO and the UN. It is a nation with a highly educated workforce, a nation prominently engaged in the arts, science and technology, business and commerce, a nation advocating peace and goodwill with its neighbours and the world.
Today, Greek Canadians are celebrating by saying, "Zeto E Ellas! Zeto O Canadas! Zeto E Ekosti Pemti Martiou!"
Employment Insurance
Statements By Members
2:15 p.m.
Jacques Gourde Lotbinière—Chutes-de-la-Chaudière, QC
Mr. Speaker, our government's efforts in the area of employment insurance and support for workers are being recognized in Quebec.
Last Monday, the Action-Chômage group from the North Shore region applauded the positive, effective steps taken by the federal government to help the workers, families and regions of Quebec. I would like to quote the president of the Haute-Côte-Nord branch of Action-Chômage, Line Sirois:
Yes, we are pleased that Ottawa decided to help our workers, because these people should stay in our region when the industry recovers. We applaud this measure.
Indeed, improvements to the work sharing program and the five week extension of EI benefits are significant achievements of our Conservative government.
Shame on the Bloc Québécois and the NDP for turning their backs on workers by refusing to vote in favour of these important measures needed to maintain the labour force and the vitality of the regions of Quebec.
Statements By Members
2:15 p.m.
Irene Mathyssen London—Fanshawe, ON
Mr. Speaker, I am very concerned about the layoffs and closures of A-Channel stations in Ontario.
In my riding of London—Fanshawe, the local A-Channel station has had its morning show cut and many staff persons laid off. The station's staff fear the worst, that they may lose the station entirely. Sadly, without federal government help, the CBC is also threatened.
It is not just happening in London. Local media is being threatened across the country as media corporations become larger and more centralized. Local stations and publications that would be viable on their own are now at risk of closure because of debt-ridden conglomerates.
We need local media to develop healthy communities and ensure local voices are heard. It is the job of the federal government to keep local and regional coverage on the air. The government must adopt the recommendations from the CRTC's study on media concentration rules and require broadcasters to maintain a local presence.
Statements By Members
2:15 p.m.
Rick Dykstra St. Catharines, ON
Mr. Speaker, the government is tough on crime.
The Conservative Party campaigned on a promise to implement an aggressive and necessary crime agenda, and so far it has delivered. It also campaigned on a promise to restrict courts from giving extra time for time served prior to sentencing.
Reduced prison terms that are not proportionate to the severity of the crimes undermine Canadians' confidence in the justice system. That confidence is further destroyed when accused persons deliberately attempt to delay their trial so they can rack up extra credit through prolonging their stay in pre-trial detention.
Capping the limit on credit for time served will restore Canadians' confidence in the justice system. It will ensure that dangerous and repeat offenders serve the time when they do the crime.
Given the overwhelming support we are getting on this initiative, especially from the provinces and territories, I encourage the opposition, especially the born-again Liberal crime fighters, to support the bill. Let us get it through the House.