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PUEBLO, Colo. - Dozens of people lost their jobs Monday at a big employer in Pueblo. Vestas Wind Systems is downsizing, cutting at least 20 percent of it's work force in the Steel City.
Vestas isn't giving an exact number of how many people were laid off, but estimates are at least 90 employees were let go.
The world's largest wind turbine producer is blaming a market slowdown due to a federal wind energy production tax break that's about to expire.
"Vestas has been such a great employer, very conscious of it's employees and so it was disappointing, but not completely surprising," said Jack Rink, CEO of the Pueblo Economic Development Corporation.
The federal renewable electricity production tax credit (PTC) gives income tax credits to those who produce and sell renewable energy. It's been in effect since 1992, but Congress is split on whether to extend the measure beyond its December expiration date.
Rink remains hopeful the tax break will be extended and is staying positive about Vestas role in Pueblo.
"Any time you lose that number of jobs, and good paying jobs, it's going to have an impact," Rink said. "We're grateful the plant will be remaining open, obviously they have more orders to fill, and we're hopeful business will come back and we'll be employing as many or more people as they have in the past."


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CBS News: Why didn't we send the military to rescue Benghazi personnel?
posted at 9:21 am on October 22, 2012 by Ed Morrissey
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By now we've gotten the basic details of the terrorist attack on our consulate in Benghazi — no thanks to the White House, which tried to pass it off as a "spontaneous demonstration" that "spun out of control" for more than a week after the attack. Not too many people may have understood that the attack lasted for seven hours, however — and that American military assets were in easy reach. The last two Americans who died had managed to survive six hours into the attack.
CBS News' Sharyl Attkisson asked the obvious question yesterday: If we could fly an unarmed drone over the consulate while it was under attack, why didn't we send the military in to rescue our people?
Some lawmakers are asking why U.S. military help from outside Libya didn't arrive as terrorists battered more than 30 Americans over the course of more than seven hours. The assault was launched by an armed mob of dozens that torched buildings and used rocket propelled grenades, mortars and AK-47 rifles.
CBS News has been told that, hours after the attack began, an unmanned Predator drone was sent over the U.S. mission in Benghazi, and that the drone and other reconnaissance aircraft apparently observed the final hours of the protracted battle.
The State Department, White House and Pentagon declined to say what military options were available. A White House official told CBS News that, at the start of the attack, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Martin Dempsey and Defense Secretary Leon Panetta "looked at available options, and the ones we exercised had our military forces arrive in less than 24 hours, well ahead of timelines laid out in established policies."
But it was too late to help the Americans in Benghazi. The ambassador and three others were dead.
This question comes at a most opportune time. CBS News' Bob Schieffer will moderate tonight's presidential debate on foreign policy between Barack Obama and Mitt Romney, and the Benghazi terrorist attack will almost certainly arise as a topic. What are the odds that the CBS News host brings up this biting CBS News report on what we might have done to stop the attack in Benghazi?
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My God. Let's assume this was not Panetta and Dempsey's analysis, and assume it is only the White House spin of same:
A White House official told CBS News that, at the start of the attack, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Martin Dempsey and Defense Secretary Leon Panetta "looked at available options, and the ones we exercised had our military forces arrive in less than 24 hours, well ahead of timelines laid out in established policies."
Can you even imagine the dead soul one must have to think "Well, how long can we wait to go in before someone accusing us of sandbagging it?"
The statement itself isn't "We looked at the best options, and this was the best possible one." It isn't, "We looked at the options and unfortunately it was just under 24 hours."
At the START OF THE ATTACK, mind you, according to the reporter. That presents this really neat picture of Dempsey and Panetta congratulating themselves that they had come up with an option, all while actually watching their brethren run for their lives in fear and terror, that would get there within a bureaucratic, risk-assessment based timeframe. "Hooray! High five for us! We're so competent. Now, where's the popcorn?"
Is that what you're trying to portray, White House Official?
And CBS…why is it only Republican lawmakers who are interested in this? Do you dismiss the patriotism and pain and anger of all Americans?
winoceros on October 22, 2012 at 4:08 PM
Reading through the Time article is sure seems as if the tactical picture would have been very difficult for CAS aircraft to ascertain.
That being said, it seems possible that specific targets could have been identified by the guys on the ground IF there was direct comms (which there very likely wouldn't have been), but they really seemed to be too holed up to provide any useful info to a CAS aircraft.
blink on October 22, 2012 at 4:10 PM
Here is a link t a story detailing what actually happened on the ground during the attack as seen by the various security guards…Note the bit about 8 marines flown in and then left to dither until they finally were allowed to proceed.
There is more detail in this story than in all the posts on this topic so far.
JIMV on October 22, 2012 at 4:18 PM
Sharyl Attkisson is one of the few asking the hard questions in the MSM. She's the one who broke the story on the Fast & Furious gun scandal IIRC. A lone gunman of sorts at CBS actually practicing journalism.
Let's just do this with a level head.
JetBoy on October 22, 2012 at 10:33 AM
I agree with everything you've stated there – that's a very mature post you've made.
Everyone always rushes to the conspiracy theories – when this is perfectly explainable by other means such as incompetence, poor communication, etc.
Personally, my belief is that Obambi and Hilary would not have deliberatly risked the lives of embassy personnel – but … in fact, they just didn't have an appreciation for the impact their decisions made here. It's pretty clear to me they had blinders on.
I think this administration just believes that GOD, or some supernatural power will protect them from bad decisions and things will always work out in the end.
Someone wasn't thinking here. But it's absolute foolishness to go running off here and claiming that Obama and Hilary wanted this to happen … or knew it could happen but deliberately chose to disregard the facts.
A policy of appeasement is a seen by Islamicists as policy of weakness. A posture of weakness invites attacks.
We were attacked because we are perceived as being weak.
Our lack of response only strengthens that perception.
ariel on October 22, 2012 at 2:15 PM
Send your comments along to Debbie Wasserman Schultz. You are certainly clear but I think she would call you a cowboy.
blink on October 22, 2012 at 4:04 PM
Hi blink, nice to see you here.
I would say that B-52 are 50 years old and I can take you to various places where their presence takes the "is" out of a certain religion's name and it results in the "Silence of the lambs".
I made that up and I will probably get my head loped off for it. And air force person found it hilarious. Actually, the spouse of an Air Force person.
IlikedAUH2O on October 22, 2012 at 5:05 PM
HondaV65 on October 22, 2012 at 4:59 PM
Shut your mouth!
I didn't even think the administration was that messed up.
With those traits, we could have a narcissistic Pollyanna with a messianic complex. Like the guy who ran Jonestown.
And this guy is dealing with China, Russia and Iran?
IlikedAUH2O on October 22, 2012 at 5:12 PM
Hi blink, nice to see you here.
IlikedAUH2O on October 22, 2012 at 5:05 PM
Shucks, thanks.
I would say that B-52 are 50 years old and…
I agree that the B-52 is still an incredibly effective tactical asset. Nothing else is capable of such large payloads.
But to be fair, I think that rayra's criticism of the P-3 was because it had traditionally been an anti-submarine aircraft – back when our enemies actually had submarines.
blink on October 22, 2012 at 5:57 PM
Some of you keep making excuses for Obama, the State Department,
the CIA, the military not having the proper equipment, not being in the right location, not having the right planes, trains or
automobiles, etc.
Don't you get it? There are no excuses. Four of our citizens
were killed because our government screwed up either accidentally
through their incompetence or on purpose to protect Obama
There is no other answer. And I hope and pray that Romney wins
and has the internal fortitude to clean house in every government
And I hope he doesn't listen to the likes of the appeasers who
post here, making excuses, excuses, excuses, when there should be
no excuses accepted.
Amjean on October 22, 2012 at 6:00 PM
Somebody just linked me to blogger AllenG and his series of posts concerning the document dump that was laid on Congress earlier this week.
Document dump here:
Blog posts analyzing it start here:
Still reading my way through this myself. It concentrates on before the attack, and the repeated denials of the ambassador's security requests.
Chuckg on October 22, 2012 at 6:01 PM
There's no link to part 4 from part 3.
Direct link to part 4:
Chuckg on October 22, 2012 at 6:02 PM
No links for parts 5 and 6 either:
Part 5:
Part 6:
Note that by this point, Ambassador Stevens was sending his requests directly to the Secretary of State (SECSTATE) and "WASHDC", unidentified… but, um, if the Secretary herself is one of the addressees, its quite likely that the other addressee is the White House.
Chuckg on October 22, 2012 at 6:05 PM
On the issues of the US Embassy in Libya. The attack may or may not have been spontaneous. The attack may or may not been by al Queda. The attack may or may not been because of a movie that may or may not been made by a person that no one has ever seen . After all the misdirection and spins have come and gone what remains are a few salient points.
1. An Embassy is recognized universally as Sovereign territory of that country.
2. The attack lasted over 7 hours.
3. The Ambassador and three others were slowly roasted to death.
4. The Department of State watched it live for over 7 hours
5. The Department Defense watched it live for over 7 hours
6. The CIA watched it live for over 7 hours.
7. These people were in communications with the Embassy people until there last gasp of breath.
These people could have done something, there was time to do something. They all chose to do NOTHIG. General Petraeus has disgraced himself, his uniform and his oath as an officer he left men behind to die. Leon Panetta has disgraced his other wise sterling career and Hillary Clinton has forfeit any right to a presidential race in 2016, or did someone tell them to do NOTHING.
There is only one person in our government that has the power and position to stopped them, only one person that could have stopped the FBI from going in later. That person is……….agh agh they got me with a plutonium pellet.
jpcpt03 on October 22, 2012 at 6:30 PM
ROS-LEHTINEN: Obama still trying to sweet-talk Iran out of building the bomb
Weak foreign policy poses serious threat
Fri Oct 19 2012
By Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen
Just a few days ago, Mansour J. Arbabsiar pleaded guilty to working with Iran's Quds force to carry out an attack on U.S. soil and assassinate a foreign diplomat stationed in Washington. Earlier this month, Hezbollah, a terrorist proxy of the Iranian regime, reportedly launched an Iranian-supplied drone that penetrated Israel's airspace before being shot down. Late last month, the Iranian navy launched four missiles as a show of force and its capacity to shut down access to the Persian Gulf. These are just a few examples of how the Iranian threat has become more dangerous since the Obama administration took office.
Unfortunately, despite its rhetoric to the contrary, the administration has not done what is necessary to effectively address the threat from Tehran. Iran's nuclear program, particularly its ability to produce enriched uranium, has expanded exponentially since President Obama took office in 2009. Yet the president continues to embrace engagement and meaningless negotiations with Tehran while refusing to set clear red lines with respect to Iran's nuclear program. The administration's behavior has sent a clear message to our allies and the Iranian regime: The United States is not willing to do what it takes to prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons capability.
Nonetheless, sanctions spearheaded by Congress — even with the administration fighting us every step of the way — have made an impact. Iran's oil revenues are falling and could drop much lower as the embargo on Iranian oil expands and investment in Iran's oil sector dries up. Economic sanctions also are inflicting increasing damage on Iran's long-term oil-production potential. Concurrently, Iran is experiencing a currency crisis that could threaten the stability of the regime. The Iranian regime also reports that consumer prices rose more than 40 percent from spring 2010 to spring 2012. Updated data have not been published in recent months, presumably because the data show further hyperinflation. We must exploit this vulnerability. To do so, the president must make full and immediate use of the tools Congress has provided him. Sanctions on Iran's oil industry and banking system are curtailing the foreign partnerships on which Iran's oil industry has relied. Given these trends, it is not unreasonable to contemplate the end of oil exports from Iran, with resulting damage to government finances, foreign exchange earnings and the larger Iranian economy.
However, incremental, a la carte implementation of sanctions limits the potential impact on the Iranian regime's ability to pursue its dangerous activities. The effectiveness of these foreign-policy tools has been further undermined by the Obama administration's naive view that if we keep "talking" to the Iranians and convince them to return to the negotiating table, Iran will stop its drive for nuclear capability.
The Iranians in the past have agreed repeatedly to discussions over their nuclear program, in some cases even giving the impression that a deal was in place before reneging. Thus, Tehran's tactics have another, more fundamental purpose: Iran benefits from dragging out the negotiations as long as possible in order to provide its nuclear program extra time to keep refining uranium, getting Iran its goal of a bomb. Again, if the Iranians can convince the P5+1 countries that negotiations are leading toward an agreement, it is possible the European Union and the administration will quietly ease sanctions, as part of the "flexibility" Mr. Obama thinks he will have in his second term.
There is a growing disconnect between the president's public rhetoric and the process by which U.S. diplomatic efforts have allowed Tehran to do the stalling that he claims he opposes.
We need an administration that will implement a coherent policy to compel the Iranian regime to abandon its nuclear program and other dangerous activities. America and our ally Israel cannot afford another four years of failed Obama administration policies on Iran, policies that will not produce a deal but only buy Tehran more time to cross the nuclear finish line.
canopfor on October 22, 2012 at 6:42 PM
Chuckg on October 22, 2012 at 6:05 PM
Thanks for the links, Chuckg. I wouldn't run with the idea that Ambassador Stevens directed his requests to the White House; it looks like the emails were addressed — properly — action to SECSTATE in WASHDC.
That said, it's an interesting question what Stevens' level of concern was, and how Obama handles his ambassadors. In terms of protocol, Stevens would be unlikely to go directly to the president on a matter like keeping a security detachment in country. He'd go to SECSTATE.
But — the US ambassador in any nation is the president's representative, and one of the few people who can go directly to the president on a serious matter. The ambassador shows professionalism and goodwill by going through SECSTATE on all the things he's supposed to. But if he has serious heartburn, he can take it up directly with the president, regardless of what he's getting from State.
Did Stevens do this? Did Obama foster an environment in which he knew he could, if he needed to shoot a silver bullet? These are important questions, given the extreme diciness of Libya and our position there. It's like the whole structure of tradition, professionalism, convention, and expectations has broken down.
Benghazi, US-NATO Sponsored Base of Operations for Al Qaeda
Late US Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens documented the transformation of Benghazi into overt base of operations for Al Qaeda.
Global Research, October 21, 2012
Late US Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens documented the transformation of Benghazi, Libya into overt base of operations for Al Qaeda.
"I have met with these brave fighters, and they are not Al-Qaeda. To the contrary: They are Libyan patriots who want to liberate their nation. We should help them do it." – Senator John McCain in Benghazi, Libya April 22, 2011.
The Washington Times, in an article titled, "Ambassador Stevens warned of Islamic extremism before Benghazi attack," reported:
Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens, in a diplomatic cable from Libya last June, cited the apparent rise of "Islamic extremism" and the spotting of "the Al Qaeda flag" over buildings outside the city of Benghazi, where he and three other Americans were ultimately killed in an attack on Sept. 11.
The Washington Times would quote Stevens as writing:
"A number of local contacts agreed, noting that Islamic extremism appears to be on the rise in eastern Libya and that the Al Qaeda flag has been spotted several times flying over government buildings and training facilities" in a small Libyan city about 100 miles east of Benghazi."
While all of this is depicted by the Western media as a recent revelation made only after the death of Ambassador Stevens, journalists around the world had documented and warned of the dangers of arming "pro-democracy protesters" who were clearly militant extremists, actively carrying out terrorism for at least three decades in the Cyrenaica (eastern Libya) region. These warning came just as NATO bombs began to fall on Libya in 2011, and were reiterated many times before the bombing concluded.
Video: March, 2011, shortly after NATO began bombing Libya, journalists the world over were warning that the so-called "pro-democracy" protesters the West was purportedly protecting were in fact notorious extremist groups with a 30 year history of terrorism in Libya and abroad. Dr. Webster Tarpley provided documented evidence collected from the US Army's own West Point study, indicating the the epicenter of the so-called "revolution," was in fact the global epicenter of Al Qaeda recruitment. It would be in this epicenter that John McCain would give his speech, and where Ambassador Stevens would later be killed.….
Geopolitical analyst Dr. Webster Tarpley, in March of 2011, published a report titled, "The CIA's Libya Rebels: The Same Terrorists who Killed US, NATO Troops in Iraq," where a 2007 West Point study implicated Libya's Cyrenaica region as the global epicenter for Al Qaeda recruitment. The most prominent militant group in the region was the Libyan Islamic Fighting Group (LIFG), listed by the US State Department, United Nations, and the UK Home Office (page 5, .pdf) as an international terrorist organization.
The United Nations, in addition to labeling LIFG as a terrorist organization, designated it as being in association with Al Qaeda, a designation that was made in 2001, a decade before NATO's military intervention.
While the Western press and State Department officials attempt to claim the extremists operating in Benghazi are merely "affiliated" with Al Qaeda, this is an understatement. LIFG is Al Qaeda, and has been officially since 2007. The West Point report titled, "Al-Qa'ida's Foreign Fighters in Iraq" stated:
The apparent surge in Libyan recruits traveling to Iraq may be linked the Libyan Islamic Fighting Group's (LIFG) increasingly cooperative relationship with al‐Qa'ida, which culminated in the LIFG officially joining al‐Qa'ida on November 3, 2007. (page 9, .pdf)
To this day, LIFG leaders are alleged to occupy the highest echelons of Al Qaeda, with the recently deceased Abu Yahya al-Libi (the Libyan) having played a role in both terror outfits. With West Point's 2007 report and the UN's 2001 official designation, it is clear that NATO's decision to arm these groups was an act of unprecedented, blatant state sponsorship of terrorism. That the UN mandated NATO's intervention, undermines entirely the "primacy of international law."
Warning Signs Were Covered Up, Not Ignored.
While the Western press glossed over stories covering the hoisting of Al Qaeda flags described by Ambassador Stevens in his cables, the development was covered across the alternative media, including in, "John McCain: Founding Father of the Terrorist Emirate of Benghazi," where the full implications and genesis of these prevailing extremists forces were examined in detail. Alternative analysis was quickly dismissed as "conspiracy theories," even as Ambassador Stevens was sending his cables to Washington conveying exactly the same information.
The West did not "ignore" these warnings. It covered them up intentionally through a concerted campaign of deceit, cognitive infiltration, and ridicule. The intelligence services of Washington and London had been supplying weapons and aid to the terrorists of Benghazi for 30 years, fought along side them in Afghanistan against the Soviets in the 1980′s, armed and unleashed them in Kosovo in the 1990′s, and willfully bolstered their numbers, armament, and operational capacity in 2011 in order to overthrow the Libyan government.
The terror emirate of Benghazi that consumed Ambassador Stevens is a monster of the West's own willful, premeditated creation – the West fully cognizant of the implications – and a monster the West is currently still arming, funding, and supporting, this time along the Turkish-Syrian border.
US, NATO, and "International Community" to Willfully Repeat "Mistake" in Syria.
Indeed, the very terrorists that have turned Benghazi into a terror emirate, with Al Qaeda flags waving freely over government buildings, and responsible for the death of a US Ambassador, are being sent to the Turkish-Syrian border where NATO member Turkey is harboring them while the US arms them with Saudi and Qatari purchased weapons.
In November 2011, the Telegraph in their article, "Leading Libyan Islamist met Free Syrian Army opposition group," would report:
Abdulhakim Belhadj, head of the Tripoli Military Council and the former leader of the Libyan Islamic Fighting Group, "met with Free Syrian Army leaders in Istanbul and on the border with Turkey," said a military official working with Mr Belhadj. "Mustafa Abdul Jalil (the interim Libyan president) sent him there."
Another Telegraph article, "Libya's new rulers offer weapons to Syrian rebels," would admit
Syrian rebels held secret talks with Libya's new authorities on Friday, aiming to secure weapons and money for their insurgency against President Bashar al-Assad's regime, The Daily Telegraph has learned.
At the meeting, which was held in Istanbul and included Turkish officials, the Syrians requested "assistance" from the Libyan representatives and were offered arms, and potentially volunteers.
"There is something being planned to send weapons and even Libyan fighters to Syria," said a Libyan source, speaking on condition of anonymity. "There is a military intervention on the way. Within a few weeks you will see."
Later that month, some 600 Libyan terrorists would be reported to have entered Syria to begin combat operations and more recently, CNN, whose Ivan Watson accompanied terrorists over the Turkish-Syrian border and into Aleppo, revealed that indeed foreign fighters were amongst the militants, particularly Libyans. It was admitted that:
Meanwhile, residents of the village where the Syrian Falcons were headquartered said there were fighters of several North African nationalities also serving with the brigade's ranks.
A volunteer Libyan fighter has also told CNN he intends to travel from Turkey to Syria within days to add a "platoon" of Libyan fighters to armed movement.
CNN also added:
On Wednesday, CNN's crew met a Libyan fighter who had crossed into Syria from Turkey with four other Libyans. The fighter wore full camouflage and was carrying a Kalashnikov rifle. He said more Libyan fighters were on the way.
The foreign fighters, some of them are clearly drawn because they see this as … a jihad. So this is a magnet for jihadists who see this as a fight for Sunni Muslims.
CNN's reports provide bookends to 2011′s admissions that large numbers of Libyan terrorists flush with NATO cash and weapons had headed to Syria, with notorious terrorist LIFG commanders making the arrangements.
In essence, Syria has been under invasion for nearly a year by Libyan terrorists – the very same terrorists who have overrun Benghazi and killed a US ambassador, fully facilitated by NATO. In addition to these terrorists, Turkey and the United States are also arming and funding Muslim Brotherhood militants as well as fighters from US State Department-listed Ansar al-Islam.
To explain this to the public, the Western press is claiming that the weapons are inadvertently ending up in the hands of extremists, despite the CIA operating along the border allegedly steering weapons into the hands of "more secular" militants.
In June of 2012, the New York Times in an article titled, "C.I.A. Said to Aid in Steering Arms to Syrian Opposition," claimed:
A small number of C.I.A. officers are operating secretly in southern Turkey, helping allies decide which Syrian opposition fighters across the border will receive arms to fight the Syrian government, according to American officials and Arab intelligence officers.
The weapons, including automatic rifles, rocket-propelled grenades, ammunition and some antitank weapons, are being funneled mostly across the Turkish border by way of a shadowy network of intermediaries including Syria's Muslim Brotherhood and paid for by Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Qatar, the officials said.
The C.I.A. officers have been in southern Turkey for several weeks, in part to help keep weapons out of the hands of fighters allied with Al Qaeda or other terrorist groups, one senior American official said.
Then, apparently right under the nose of the CIA and NATO, the New York Times reported on October 14, 2012 in their article, "Rebel Arms Flow Is Said to Benefit Jihadists in Syria," that:
Most of the arms shipped at the behest of Saudi Arabia and Qatar to supply Syrian rebel groups fighting the government of Bashar al-Assad are going to hard-line Islamic jihadists, and not the more secular opposition groups that the West wants to bolster, according to American officials and Middle Eastern diplomats.
Clearly, there are only two explanations. The CIA is inept and should be held accountable for its profound and repeated failures, or the same verified lies told by the West in regards to Libya are being repeated in Syria.
Either way, the West, though its demonstrable actions, has forfeited its self-proclaimed authority to intervene beyond its borders, based on "international law" it willfully, openly, and repeatedly violates, selectively enforces, and otherwise manipulates to achieve its extraterritorial ambitions – and must be excluded entirely from any solution implemented to resolve the violence unfolding in Syria.
canopfor on October 22, 2012 at 6:50 PM
Chuckg, Blink, J.E.,
You all have brought up some great points about assets that are in the area that could have been used, but unless I missed it and I may have there is one you may have missed. There is always a MEU in the Med on station. They bring a full compliment and are capable of NEO and SAR/TRAP missions. This is very similar in nature to those. They are SOC qualified and this is what they are there for. Mobilization takes almost no time and they have an asset that can get troops on ground in no time(V-22). As many posters have alluded to, it really is a mute point if they aren't called at all. Again I will say that it never works out well for the Lions when they are led by Lambs. (J.E. side note, kinda stings a bit that you would forget about the boys and girls in green hanging out with sister service on the water/ meant as a joke btw)
MarshFox on October 22, 2012 at 6:51 PM
Marshfox — It was already posted that the MEU in question was all the way on the other side of the Med, and stood down for training.
Which, y'know, when its the only unit available for crisis response, is the exact wrong time to be moving them away and putting them through a training cycle.
But hey! This country's in the very best of hands!
Chuckg on October 22, 2012 at 6:57 PM
MarshFox on October 22, 2012 at 6:51 PM
MarshFox — Peleliu ARG and 15 MEU hadn't left the East coast on 9/11/12. They're in 5th Fleet now, but were not onsta in the Med during the attack.
USS Iwo Jima ARG/24 MEU were in 5th Fleet on 9/11/12.
Believe me, I checked. An ARG/MEU somewhere close is exactly what you want if a crisis like Benghazi blows up. But we didn't have one there. We no longer have a full-time ARG/MEU presence in the Med. It's typically a max of 3-4 months a year these days, with transits, port visits, and joint exercise time added together.
Same problem on this thread as the problem with the leaders of the armed forces.
To many promoted by Bill Clinton, little boy Bush, this hate America commie Democrat B. Obama.
They think that if you build schools they will be western by the end of the first school year.
When in fact the local leader takes out a mortgage on the school and buys guns to use to kill American fighting men. The little kids that should be in the school are rather being brain washed with the death cult book.
Thus when the chain of command is required to make the decision to fight the normal for them is to find a way to fund some locals to guard the place and rake off a kick back on the contract.
The C.I.A. etal are back in the drug trade for recrutes buss. just like in the Vietnam days of coke distribution for gold.
Turn the armed forces over to the enlisted men and fire all the Generals and someting will get done by dark.
Marines know how to break things, they are great at it.
But silly ones in D.C. have lost sight of how to fight to win.
If we dally around much longer and allow these evil acts to stand more and more attacks will come. Clear it is the guards who cut and ran are just a few peices of gold away from turning the guns we supply them on the U.S. State Dept. people they are hired to protect. In fact the way they cut and run, they are very responsible for the deaths also.
We will have to fight on a moments notice once more and the will to fight on a one second notice will come soon once more.
APACHEWHOKNOWS on October 22, 2012 at 7:40 PM
We will have to fight on a moments notice once more and the will to fight on a one second notice will come soon once more.
APACHEWHOKNOWS on October 22, 2012 at 7:40 PM
This is very much a true statement.
All members of the military should be prepared to get the call at any time. All commanders should know that they could be tasked with making difficult decisions to commit forces in an atypical manner at any time. All support units should be prepared to put bureaucracy aside when action counts. Promotions should be denied to members that excel only in azz covering.
blink on October 22, 2012 at 8:36 PM
Good catch, I missed that the 26th hadn't left yet. The rotation has been screwed up since 2001, so everything is off kilter, and with the taxi fleet getting smaller it is hard to keep the rotation anyway. One correction though, the 15th would come from the west coast, 1s are on the west, 2s are on the east. Your forgiven though, heck I should have caught the shoratge in the Med, but I am on the other side of the world right now so my eye is elsewhere. Trivial point but I was in the ARG when the old Iwo when she had the explosion aboard ship, well steam pipe malfunction is what they called it, anyway, that should tell you how far I go back and then some. J.E., thanks for what you do btw, your community has saved my hide over the years a few times, if only by extension.
MarshFox on October 22, 2012 at 8:39 PM
CBS News' Sharyl Attkisson asked the obvious question yesterday: If we could fly an unarmed drone over the consulate while it was under attack, why didn't we send the military in to rescue our people?
Was the predator actually unarmed? CBS doesn't say that in this piece, and I haven't seen any other news source say that either. What they say is "unmanned". All drones are unmanned. Would be interesting to know if this drone actually WAS armed, yet didn't fire on the opposition.
xblade on October 22, 2012 at 8:48 PM
MarshFox on October 22, 2012 at 8:39 PM
Ye gods, I don't know where my head was when I was writing that. Pel ARG is of course a West coast asset, and of course 15 MEU is out of Pendleton. You'd think someone who did three Pacific tours would avoid brain-farting on that.
Bottom line: no ARG/MEU in the Med when we needed it. And this is the force that's only going to get smaller.
Ha! UHF doesn't have much additional range. For all intents and purposes, the are the same.
And yet the P-3 you said was over Benghazi was still somehow able to communicate back in real-time.
Chuckg on October 22, 2012 at 1:53 PM
I missed this yesterday. Surely you know by now that P-3s have HF and satcom radios.
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The comb that I removed occupied a space roughly 28" x 40" x 6". I put most of their brood on frames and some of their honey. I have them in two 10 frame deep boxes. I put the rest of their honey in a bucket in front of their hive.
My question is this... I caught them yesterday and put them in the boxes last night. This morning when I checked on them there were several bees congregating on the front of the box. Tonight I vacuumed up the remaining bees. When I returned to the hive there was even more bees on the front of the box. Do they have enough room? I have 20 hours invested in these bees and I don't want to lose them. Is this normal behavior?
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Playmates, Pinups & Pussycats: An Interview With Susan Bernard

Playmate Susan Bernard talks about the discovery of Marilyn Monroe. Plus rare pics of Marilyn and other pin ups.

Bruno Bernard, best known as Bernard of Hollywood, lived a life right out of a Hollywood film. Born in 1912, Bernard grew up in poverty in Germany. When he was 11 years old, his parents were able to scrape together enough to give him a present: a Rolleiflex camera, a gift that would change his life and change the culture and art of photography forever. As a young man in the 1930s, he became general secretary of a Jewish youth organization that drew the attention of the Gestapo, so he fled for America and settled in California. After a period of studying film directing, Bernard transitioned to still photography.
Mostly self-taught, Bernard invented a new style of portraiture which he dubbed the "posed candid." His glamour photography rose quickly in popularity and helped launch the pinup craze. The Hollywood studios started sending their biggest stars to Bernard, and along with shooting some of the most stunning photographs of the world's most renowned beauties (including a number of centerfolds for Playboy), Bernard shot icons such as Elvis Presley, Clark Gable and John Wayne. He was also instrumental in discovering Marilyn Monroe.
Bernard's daughter, Susan Bernard, is a model, actress and writer. She was Playboy's Miss December 1966 and starred in the cult classic Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill! She's also keeping her father's legacy alive by releasing a number of books about his work. Her newest book, Marilyn: Intimate Exposures, focuses on Bernard's work with Marilyn Monroe.
Playboy.com talks to Susan Bernard about her father and the legacy of his work, Marilyn Monroe and her own career as a Playmate and actress.
Playboy.com: How did your father meet Marilyn Monroe?
Susan Bernard: He was coming out of the dentist's office and he spotted this girl and he was dumbstruck! He thought, "Oh my gosh, wow!" He thought he was going to go straight home; his mouth was all swollen, and he had his hand over it… And he was running after her, thinking what a great model this woman would make. He was always on the search for fresh young faces to model for him. He went up to her and gave her his card and said, "This is purely professional—I'm Bernard of Hollywood, and I'd like to take some test shots of you."
She was just astonished. She said, "Really…really?" in her little regular Norma Jean voice. The next morning an old jalopy pulled up to the Bernard of Hollywood studio on Sunset Boulevard and Marilyn got out…and the rest is history. The photos from that session ended up in the hands of a 20th Century Fox talent scout and led to her first motion picture contract.
Playboy.com: We could go out to the street and ask anyone walking by "Who is Marilyn Monroe?" and everyone could tell us, be they young or old. Why do you think she's still such a phenomenon even when her contemporaries—like Jane Russell or Jayne Mansfield—are not that well known? Why has her star stayed so bright when other starlets of the golden age have been forgotten?
Bernard: There have been more books written about Marilyn than any head of state, and look at all the films made of her life! The fashion industry has emulated and continued her style, her look, as have many celebrities. You'll be watching some awards show and while they're going down the red carpet the commentators will be saying something like, "She has a very Marilyn Monroe look tonight." Like Lindsay Lohan, who wrote the intro to my book Marilyn: Intimate Exposures, she did a shoot emulating Marilyn.
You just have to say her first name and people know who you're talking about. There are very few stars of today or of the golden era where you just say their first name and people know who it is. And I think she has a lot of appeal because of her life, of who she was, with all the complexity and all of her contradictions.
She continues to fascinate people. People still want to know what she wore, what she liked, who her lovers were, who her husbands were. Everybody has a different story, they all have a different truth about Marilyn. When my father died I took on his legacy; what I didn't realize is I took on Marilyn's, too, and Marilyn's legacy belongs to everybody.
Playboy.com: Your father was also involved with fighting for free speech in the 1950s; didn't he come to the defense of the famous burlesque star Lili St. Cyr?
Bernard: Lili was a real beauty, an exotic dancer and truly a classic: Marilyn Monroe was really inspired by her, she copied Lili's style of dance, her speaking voice, her singing style and her presence. My father also shot many wonderful photos of Lili St. Cyr. Lili had an act on stage where she began in the bathtub and then got out and started dressing, a reverse striptease. It was very tasteful and stylish, but for some people it was too much. She was arrested and put in jail because some thought it was obscene.
At that time you had to prove that anything erotic had artistic merit. My dad and others knew her act had artistic merit and they helped fight for her release. At that time there were a lot of hypocrites, there was McCarthy and everyone going after each other. In the '50s it could be very oppressive here, oppressive for artists—it wasn't as bad as the Nazis, they didn't put people in prison camps or kill them, but sometimes they did kill their souls. I think we've moved away from that and we're more open now.
Playboy.com: Tell us how you ended up as Miss December 1966.
Bernard: I was on a business trip with my dad. I was young, I had never really traveled, and then next thing you know there I am at the PlayboyMansion. I knew about Playboy, people talked about it, the boys at school kept it under their desks. It was cool and very sexually revolutionary. It was the '60s, Vietnam was tearing the country apart; it was a very amazing time in our history. I went to Playboy with my father and Hef was there and my father introduced me while I was just amazed at the whole environment. It's not that there were people running around naked, but there was a lot of glamour. There was Hugh Hefner surrounded by all of that, in his robe, when suddenly he said, "Bernard, have you ever considered that your daughter could be a Playmate?"
One thing led to another and I had to talk to my mother about it. It sounded wonderful but I didn't know, I was dumbfounded! When we got home I went to our local bookstore and I got a stack of old Playboys. I looked through all of the magazines and saw those girls and what they looked like and it was all so beautiful. "Gee," I remember thinking, "I can look like her?" I was amazed! So a lot of thought went into it and I went for it. There I was, the first Jewish centerfold. I was a virgin at that time, and this shoot was great for me. It was my way of being liberated. It was a great experience…it still is, every year I get the invite to go to the Playboy Halloween party and the New Year's party and every time I bring someone to the Mansion they're always amazed to walk into that world.
Playboy.com: What was it like to star in Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill! and to work with Russ Meyer?
Bernard: I had been acting in a lot of theater, it was really my first film. It happened because I saw an ad in Variety that said "Seeking an all-American girl who looks good in a bikini" and I answered it and showed up for the audition. Russ knew who my father was and later put it together, but I wanted to go for it for myself and I got the part. To tell you the truth, I was frightened. When we were shooting it was 110 degrees. I never changed out of the same costume, which was just my bathing suit. Russ was very understanding but it was a new and strange environment for me.
The other women in the film were older and more experienced. I was afraid of Tura Satana, the one in the movie who is karate chopping everyone with her hands and slapping everybody around, I was afraid she was going to come into my hotel room and kill me! I was petrified of her! But I think that worked for Russ, I think maybe he encouraged it a little bit so that's what came out on the screen, and it worked. At the time I didn't think it was going to be as big as it would become, it's really a classic.
When you look at that movie now, with its roles for women, it was way before its time. Lots of people come up to me now and say how empowering it was for women.
Playboy.com: I know it's a big influence on a lot of contemporary filmmakers. I've heard Quentin Tarantino is a fan and has expressed interest in remaking Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!
Bernard: Many of the films today are influenced by it. I thought it would be forgotten after I did it, but years later, even after my other acting and writing, it's what's made an impact. I remember back when my son was in high school he told me, "Everyone went nuts when they found out you were in Faster, Pussycat!" It became a real cult movie!
When it was rediscovered and really got that cult following there was a special showing in Hollywood I was invited to. I wasn't sure if I was going to go, but when I got there everyone was screaming, and people had tattoos of my character on their arms. It was packed and standing room only. Russ Meyer was a very wonderful man and later on through the years I would invite him to our Christmas parties and everyone there would just want to talk to Russ. When my son was growing up here, he was growing up with Leonardo DiCaprio and Tobey Maguire and they all wanted to meet Russ Meyer.
Check out our gallery above with some of Bruno Bernard's photos of Marilyn Monroe and Lili St. Cyr, plus highlights from Susan Bernard's Playboy shoot. For more about the amazing career of Bruno Bernard, visit BernardofHollywood.com and to see more photos of Marilyn Monroe and learn about Susan Bernard's new book on Marilyn visit MarilynIntimateExposures.com or Facebook.com/MarilynIntimateExposures.


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Yosamitesa: Your tabe topper turned out great. The progression really keeps the eye moving from one end to the other. Concrats!
Here is another one I did using batiks.
I finally got around to getting this done. The weather is now to the point where my DH can go and play in his garage and I get to sew as much as I want. I made the strips at 1.5 inches because the wider ones just did not go well with the center. I should get it trimmed and sandwiched this weekend. I am going to use the fabric that is on the ends for the back if I have enough, for the binding also. I will do a simple SID for the quilting, need to figure what color for the thread, something light but not to light.
I am looking forward to our next train ride or retreat.
Dede, your table runner is beautiful. I love the tones of brown.
Amazing Grace, how sweet the sound, that saved a wretch like me. I once was lost but now am found, was blind, but now I see. [John Newton (1725-1807)]
DeDe: Love how your runner turned out. It has such clean lines, the simplicity is elegant in the extreme.
DeDe, that is stunning, sophicated and elegant. Lovely job!!!
Another project finally finished! I did enjoy this one, just bummed that could not finish it earlier.
I learned more on machine quilting in straight lines, and binding a angle that is not 90 deg., getting better every day.
Here is the back so you can see better where I stitched.
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Paul Reiser '77 earned his bachelor of fine arts degree in music with a major in piano and composition at Binghamton before hitting the big time on the comedy circuit in New York City and moving in to acting.
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TOP STORY - Tax-free gifts from IRAs re-authorized
From the Binghamton University Foundation
Congress has re-authorized legislation that allows donors to make charitable gifts from their IRA accounts during tax years 2008 and 2009 without incurring income tax on the withdrawal. If you are age 70½ or older and are required to take minimum withdrawals and you do not need them for personal use, this may be a great way to make a gift to one or more qualified charities. While you cannot claim a charitable deduction for IRA gifts, you will not pay income tax on the amount.
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Example: Suppose Mary has $500,000 in an IRA and because she is 70½ years old, she will be required to withdraw approximately $25,000 this year. And further, suppose that she also wants to contribute $20,000 to her favorite charity. She can authorize the administrator of her IRA to transfer $20,000 directly to her charity and $5,000 to herself. The $20,000 distributed will not be subject to federal tax and will be counted toward her annual Required Minimum Distribution.
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Nostalgia channel Jones! starts on May 13, one of Sky Television's regular additions to the basic package to discourage subscribers from opting out.
Such channels - offering shows like Star Trek, Bonanza, Charlie's Angels and Twin Peaks - are good value for pay-television systems.
A similar channel on Foxtel is one of its most watched. Owned and programmed by Sky TV, Jones! features "classic" shows whose rights are not held by global channels such as UKTV or Comedy Central.
So inevitably it is limited by which "classics" it will be able to source.
Sky chief executive John Fellet has proposals for 30 new channels.
Some - like the Biography Channel owned by the History Channel - are offshoots of existing channels.
Others - like the Food and Living channels owned by Julie Christie and documentary channels developed by New Zealand entrepreneurs have been highly popular.
And when those channels are sold - such as when the Documentary channel was sold to the BBC in 2011 - Sky has the right to say whether the sale goes ahead or not.
Fellet said it was important to have local channels, and to have local people with expertise running them.
Experienced producer Richard Driver is back in New Zealand serving out the last days of a restraint of trade that prevents him getting back into the pay television market.
But he said he would like to get back with Sky, and said it provided the only practical options for independent channels in this country.
Indeed, there are signs the Documentary channel concept - discarded by the BBC for its own BBC Knowledge - may be resurrected.
Fellet said last week that he was toying with the idea.
"There is no question BBC Knowledge draws a bigger audience. There is still room for the documentary channel format," he said.
Sky's power over the sale of independent channels illustrates its central role in the entertainment business.
And Sky has the right to to continue with a channel if the independent owner withdraws, as happened with the Arts Channel in 2005.
The owner David Ross wanted to close it as he was not making a profit, said Sky chief executive John Fellet.
"We were able to take some of the costs out, but it still loses money under our direction," said Fellet.
Driver said independent channels on a pay platform had to maintain a tight niche and avoid clashes.
Driver said that in New Zealand's unregulated broadcasting market Sky would continue to erode free television ratings and had the power and profitability to out-buy and out-manoeuvre them.


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LOFT youth program gets $109,000 federal boost
BEND, Ore. - The Cascade Youth & Family Center and its LOFT program have received a federal Street Outreach grant of about $109,000.
Street Outreach, funded by the federal Department of Housing and Human Services, is a key component in the continuum of care for runaway homeless youth provided by Cascade Youth & Family Center & The LOFT.
With this funding, we will be able to revive and enhance our street level services for youth throughout Central Oregon. These services will include:
·Contacting runaway, homeless, or street youth through street-based outreach and expanding our ability to serve youth outside of our residential program.
·Engaging street youth through harm-reduction and trauma-informed approaches that build trusting and meaningful relationships between street outreach staff and youth.
·Providing information on employment, job readiness and support services.
·Responding to the educational needs of youth by informing them of their rights and to ensure their rights are honored.
·Addressing domestic violence, sexual abuse, or exploitation affecting runaway, homeless, and street youth.
·Responding to the immediate needs of youth in crisis, including food, clothing, emergency shelter, survival aid, treatment, counseling and referrals, individual assessments, and aftercare.
·Helping youth exit the street and achieve safe, stable living arrangements.
Cascade Youth & Family Center & The LOFT are programs of J Bar J Youth Services. Our programs specialize in prevention, intervention, treatment and education. J Bar J Youth Services is one of the largest regional youth service providers east of the Cascades. The programs of J Bar J Youth Services include; Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Oregon, Cascade Youth & Family Center, Living Options for Teens (The LOFT), Academy at Sisters, J Bar J Boys Ranch and the J Bar J Learning Center. Our vision is that all youth succeed and achieve their highest potential. To learn more please visit www.jbarj.org
About CYFC & The Loft (Living Options for Teens)
Since 1990, CYFC has been the only provider of a comprehensive spectrum of services targeted to work with runaway and homeless youth in Deschutes County. Youth can call toll-free 24-hours a day to access shelter and basic needs.
Cascade Youth & Family Center utilizes a Positive Youth Development strategy that involves both youth and families in the decision making process. We believe that long-term positive results depend on the empowerment of youth and their families and support of positive assets.
CYFC provides Crisis Intervention and Support Services to youth ages 11-21. Crisis priorities include youth who have run away, are homeless, have been abandoned, are under current abuse or serious neglect, or for other reasons have no safe and stable living conditions.
· 24-Hour Crisis Hotline
· Emergency Temporary Shelter
· Family Mediation
· Case Management
· Information, Referral & Resource Navigation
· 18-month Residency
· Education Planning & Completion
· Job/Employment Search Assistance
· Career Planning
· Life Skills Training


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The Crow Canyon Country Club and Discovery Counseling Center proudly present the Dueling Piano Fundraising Event featuring 2 Grand Entertainment. Doors open at 6 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 2 at the Crow Canyon Country Club. Tickets are only $50 and include a sit-down dinner. All proceeds benefit Discovery Counseling Center of the San Ramon Valley. To purchase tickets, call 837-0505 or visit Web Link.
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NMSU Board of Regents discusses DACC accreditation issue
Board members say it's the first they hear of the problems
LAS CRUCES, N.M. - Worried nursing students packed the board of regents' room at New Mexico State University to capacity and beyond.
With students lining the walls and filling the hallways, Doña Ana Community College President Margie Huerta updated the board on the nursing program's accreditation issues.
Members of the board responded by saying they didn't even know the program's accreditation was in jeopardy.
"I am a little bit concerned that this just seemed to come out of nowhere. I'm worried there are other programs that are currently accredited that could potentially lose their accreditation," Javier Gonzales, one of the regents, said.
"I would just admonish Dr. Huerta and everybody involved to continue to communicate and collaborate. The worst thing that can happen is for people to feel like they don't know what's going on," Isaac Pino, another regent, said.
Members of the board said they first started hearing about this a few months ago, despite the college knowing about it for at least two years.
Several fourth-level nursing students, or students in their last semester of the nursing program, expressed worries and pleaded for help from the board during public comment.
The board said DACC made a promise to these students, and it's up to Huerta and her administration to fix the problem.
"I feel like there's so much more that I would want to do, but I feel like our hands are tied, and we can't do it. So really, it quite honestly rests on your lap," Gonzales said.
"It has to remain a focus. We can't wait for phone calls. We can't wait for letters. If we have to get in our cars and drive to wherever somebody is and sit outside their office, that's what we need to do," Pino said.
Tracy Lopez, the nursing program director, admitted 21 students have already dropped out or transferred.
Some fourth-level students are so discouraged, they're urging lower level students to get out while they still can.
"For future nursing students or any kind of student, make sure that you don't trust the program that you're in, I guess, as bad as that is to say. We should've looked up. If I would've known this at the time, I would've done my own research," Brittany Barham, a fourth-level nursing student, told ABC-7.
ABC-7 asked Huerta about that, but she refused to answer and walked away.
"We still don't have any answers. None of us really know what we're doing or where to really go with all of this. We're all still enrolled in that program because we kind of have nowhere to go," Barham said.
Huerta said she is speaking with CEOs from several local hospitals to see if they would make an exception and hire students from their program even if it is non-accredited.
She said she is also working to see if the other DACC branches, including Carlsbad and Alamogordo, would accept their students.
Classes start on Thursday, so time is running out, especially for those students who were expecting to graduate in December.


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