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With the 2010 mid-term election behind us, we can safely say that another political tsunami swept the nation. This time the GOP ascendancy exceeded that achieved in 1994, when the Republican Party, led by the then Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich, picked up 54 seats in that legislative chamber.
In 2010, the Republicans needed to attain 218 seats in the House of Representatives to reach a majority. As I write this article seven days after the election (Nov. 9), the Republicans have won a majority with 240 seats and the Democrats are down to 188 seats. Seven seats are apparently still undecided. The House Democrats dropped from 255 to 188 seats. The GOP rose in strength from 178 to 240 seats.
It is worth remembering the triumphant scene on election night: House Republican leader John Boehner (R-OH) choking with emotion addressed a GOP crowd and said, "The American people are the big winners...Across the country right now we are witnessing a repudiation of Washington, a repudiation of big government, and a repudiation of politicians who refused to listen to the American people." That Tuesday night, November 2, 2010, Senate Minority Leader, Mitch McConnell (R-KY), also described the GOP victories as a rejection of out-of-control spending and big government.
In the Senate, the Republicans gained 6 seats from the Democrats, but the count is not yet over, and there is still one contested race that remains undecided. Be that as it may, the Democrats lucked out in that chamber and will retain control of the Senate. The Democrats were saved by the U.S. Constitution, which provides that only 1/3 of the Senate will be up for reelection every 2 years. If the entire Senate had been up for reelection in the same fashion as the House of Representatives, it is very probable, almost certain, that the Democrats would have been deprived of as many as 18 seats and thus would have lost control of the Senate.
In the august body of the U.S. Senate, the Democrats went from 59 seats down to 53; the GOP from 41 up to 46 seats. In Alaska, the results are not in yet, and its Senate seat is the one that still remains undecided. Republican candidate Joe Miller, who was supported by Sarah Palin, has received 34 percent of the vote; Democrat Scott McAdams conceded with 24 percent; and 41 percent of ballots were for write-in candidates, most of them going, presumably, to former Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski. The moderate politician Murkowski had lost to Miller in the Republican Primary, but refused to quit the contest and ran as an Independent in the general election.
GOP Senate victories included U.S. Representative Mark Kirk, who won a hard fought race in Illinois winning both a solid contest as well as a symbolic victory, taking as a prize the U.S. Senate seat formerly occupied by President Barack Obama.
In Pennsylvania, conservative Representative Pat Toomey defeated his Democrat opponent, taking over the seat vacated by party-switcher, Senator Arlen Specter.
In Wisconsin, Tea Party candidate Ron Johnson defeated three-term Senator Ross Feingold, co-author of the ill-fated McCain-Feingold campaign finance legislation (aka the "anti-free speech, incumbency protection law").
In Arkansas, GOP Representative John Boozman drubbed Democrat incumbent, two-term Senator Blanche Lincoln, who had supported President Obama's stimulus package and health care overhaul legislation.
In Indiana, former Senator Dan Coats defeated his Democrat opponent scoring the first GOP pickup election night and regaining for the Republicans the seat of retiring Senator Evan Bayh.
Democrat Harry Reid retained his seat in Nevada, overcoming the strong challenge by Tea Party supported candidate, Sharron Angle, a feisty former educator, state legislator, and businesswoman. Likewise, in California, Senator Barbara Boxer, survived a challenge from Representative Carly Fiorina, a former Hewlett Packard executive. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) and Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA) had very close reelection bids and only won by the skin of their teeth, despite their seniority, their leadership positions, and the alleged "weaknesses" of their opponents.
The Democrats also held onto three open seats that had long been held by Democrats in West Virginia, Delaware, and Connecticut. Democrat newcomers in those states defeated their Republican counterparts and held onto the seats once occupied by such Democrat heavyweights as Robert Byrd, Joe Biden, and Chris Dodd.
The open seats in Florida, Utah, Kansas, Missouri, New Hampshire, Kentucky, and Ohio, which were held by Republicans, remained in the GOP with strong Sarah Palin and Tea Party support. The big winner in those states were: Marco Rubio, Mike Lee (who gained the senate seat of ousted moderate Republican Bob Bennett, who had held the seat for 18 years), Jerry Moran, Roy Blunt, Kelly Ayotte, Rand Paul, and Rob Portman, respectively. No Senate seats held by the GOP were lost to the Democrats.
In Colorado, Representative Ken Buck fought a hard battle against Democrat incumbent Michael Bennett, but lost in his strong challenge. In Washington, likewise, Dino Rossi locked horns with Democrat incumbent Patty Murray, but when the final tally came in he had also lost his bid.
A word about the U.S. Governor races is in order: Before the election there were 26 Democrat and 23 Republican governors, and one Independent. As I write this, two governor races are still undecided, but at least 8 states have switched to the Republicans. It now appears that there will be 18 Democrat and 29 Republicans governors standing, and one Independent. The only Democrat gains were in California, Ohio, and Vermont. What this means is that Republican governors will have a great influence in the redistricting of their respective states based on data of the 2010 census. This will improve the chances of augmenting GOP congressional delegations.
Of the so-called 54 Blue Dog Democrats, 24 won and 29 lost, including one seat in my own State of Georgia where Democrat Representative, Jim Marshall, lost to Republican Austin Scott. I was surprised when Sanford Bishop (narrowly) retained his seat, and John Barrow (with moderate opposition from an unknown Republican candidate) almost lost his.
The 112th House of Representatives, according to many media pundits, will be more partisan because of the loss of these moderate Blue Dog Democrats and the ascendancy of more conservative Tea Party Republicans. This will mean more of what the liberal media will call "gridlock," but also more importantly, less "across the aisle" consensus, which in so many instances has led us down the road of socialism in recent years.
In the House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi will no longer be the Speaker come January 2011, but she will still represent her district in California. In her stead, it is very likely John Boehner of Ohio will be the new Speaker. In the Senate, Harry Reid will still be Majority Leader, and Vice President Joe Biden will be there to continue to cast a tie-breaking vote whenever the President needs it on the Senate floor. And in 2012, President Barack Obama will still have a good chance of reelection, particularly if the conservative Republican Congress does not do its job well---i.e., the U.S. House failing to exert the power of its majority, and the Senate failing to use its power of filibuster whenever the occasion demands it. And rest assured the Obama Democrat voters of 2008 will be out in full force come the 2012 presidential election!
The fire of enthusiasm lit by Sarah Palin and the Tea Party must remain ablaze so that the American middle class will not fall back to resume the slumber of former times. As Florida Senator-elect Marco Rubio, who won handily in a three-way race, summed up the Republican political future, "We make a great mistake if we believe that tonight these results are somehow an embrace of the Republican Party. What they are is a second chance." I agree. If the Republican Congress does not perform, they will suffer in 2012! The Republican leaders must not make the same mistakes that were made in 1994 when the Republican revolution fizzled.
The socialistic Obama legislation (e.g., ObamaCare, stimulus spending packages, government waste and abuse, fiscal irresponsibility, etc.) must cease; taxes must be reduced, enough so that the economy is jump-started bringing back jobs and prosperity! Barack Obama is no Bill Clinton, the great "triangulator," who balanced the budget and signed welfare reform with the triumphant Republican Congress of the mid-1990s. Obama is not so inclined, and if he and the Democrat-controlled Senate do not cooperate with conservative common sense and fiscal responsibility, they should be held accountable. The House of Representatives must use its constitutional power of the purse and refuse to fund unconstitutional boondoggles, thus step-by-step reducing government to its constitutional limits.
And we do have tried and true conservative leaders in Senators Jim DeMint (R-SC) and Mitch McConnell (R-KY) and in the House with Congressman John Boehner (R-OH). Now we will have a new infusion of new leaders in Senators-elect Rand Paul (R-KY) and Marco Rubio (R-FL), and so many others in both the Senate and the House! But mark my words, if the Republicans again become complacent, compromising with socialism, increasing the national debt, and engaging the Democrats in mutual orgiastic government spending during the next two years; and then in 2012, if the Republicans again choose to be led by the likes of moderates (such as it was with G.H.W. Bush in 1992, Bob Dole in 1996, or John McCain in 2008)---they will be trounced in 2012!
Miguel A. Faria, Jr., M.D. is Clinical Professor of Surgery (Neurosurgery, ret.) and Adjunct Professor of Medical History (ret.) Mercer University School of Medicine, Former member Editorial Board of Surgical Neurology (2004-2010), Recipient of the Americanism Medal from the Nathaniel Macon Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) 1998, Ex member of the Injury Research Grant Review Committee (now the Initial Review Group (IRG)) of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). 2002-05, Editor-in-Chief of the Medical Sentinel (1996-2002), Editor Emeritus, the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS) Author, Vandals at the Gates of Medicine (1995); Medical Warrior: Fighting Corporate Socialized Medicine (1997); and Cuba in Revolution: Escape From a Lost Paradise (2002).
Another tidal wave has taken place reminiscent of the 2010 mid-term election, except this one is bigger and even more momentous. The GOP victory last night exceeded, not only that of 2010 but even the victory achieved in 1994, when the Republican Party, led by Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich, picked up 54 seats. This time the GOP increased the majority in the House but more importantly regained the U.S. Senate and scored gubernatorial victories in liberal Democrat strongholds, such as Maryland and even Obama's home state of Illinois!
Indeed the most astounding victories were scored in the U.S. Senate. The GOP won the Senate with a net of at least 7 seats, taking the reins of power from the Democrats. The Senate now stands as Democrats 45; Republicans 52; 2 independents; 2 seats undecided. As Fox News reported, there are still three states where the final tally is not in yet:
"Louisiana is heading to a run-off, but polls have shown Democratic Sen. Mary Landrieu in trouble in a head-to-head race against Republican Rep. Bill Cassidy. In Virginia, Democratic Sen. Mark Warner was clinging to a narrow, 1 percentage point lead over Republican Ed Gillespie with most precincts reporting. Ballots are still being counted in Alaska, but Republican Dan Sullivan is holding a few point lead over Democratic Sen. Mark Begich."
And as the AP Reports:
"WASHINGTON (AP) — Riding a powerful wave of voter discontent, resurgent Republicans captured control of the Senate and tightened their grip on the House Tuesday night in elections certain to complicate President Barack Obama's final two years in office...
"Two-term incumbent Mark Pryor of Arkansas was the first Democrat to fall, defeated by freshman Rep. Tom Cotton. Sen. Mark Udall of Colorado was next, defeated by Rep. Cory Gardner. Sen. Kay Hagan also lost, in North Carolina, to Thom Tillis, the speaker of the state House.
"Republicans also picked up seats in Iowa, West Virginia, South Dakota and Montana, all states where Democrats retired. They had needed a net gain of six seats to end a Democratic majority in place since 2006.
"Several Senate races were close, a list that — surprisingly — included Virginia. There, Democratic Sen. Mark Warner held a narrow lead over former Republican Party chairman and Bush administration official Ed Gillespie in a race too close to call.
"There was a little good news for Democrats in New Hampshire, where Sen. Jeanne Shaheen was re-elected after a difficult race against former Massachusetts Sen. Scott Brown. But in Georgia, Michelle Nunn lost to businessman David Perdue, depriving the Democrats of their last chances to take away a Republican seat. In Kansas, 78-year-old Sen. Pat Roberts fended off a challenge from independent Greg Orman, shutting off another avenue for the Democrats.
"Among the newly elected Republican senators was Rep. Shelley Moore Capito of West Virginia, the first member of her party to win a seat there in more than a half century. State Sen. Joni Ernst of Iowa also won, after a campaign that took off when she aired an ad saying she had learned how to castrate hogs as a girl growing up on a ranch."
Highlights in Gubernatorial Races: In Georgia, Nathan Deal won re-election over his Democratic challenger, Jason Carter, grandson of ex-President Jimmy Carter. And as the AP reported:
"There were 36 gubernatorial elections on the ballot, and several incumbents struggled against challengers. Tom Wolf captured the Pennsylvania statehouse for the Democrats, defeating Republican Gov. Tom Corbett. Democratic Gov. Pat Quinn lost in Illinois, Obama's home state. Republican Larry Hogan scored one of the night's biggest upsets, in Maryland.
"Republican Charlie Baker was elected governor of Massachusetts. Maine's blunt-speaking Republican governor, Paul LePage, won a second term after a three-way race that focused on whether he was a divisive presence in state government.
"Former Republican Rep. Asa Hutchinson was elected governor of Arkansas more than a decade after playing a prominent role in President Bill Clinton's impeachment and trial, and Florida Gov. Rick Scott won a tough race for a new term. Also winning new terms were Ohio Gov. John Kasich, a Republican and potential presidential candidates in 2016. Another possible White House hopeful, Republican Gov. Scott Walker of Wisconsin, also won." Republicans have now 31 Governors' mansions (gained 3); Democrats 17.
As I write this article the day after the election (Nov. 5), the Republicans have extended their majority in the House by at least 11 seats and lost only one. As it stands this morning, Democrats hold 180 seats; GOP 243; the rests are still undecided. The GOP picked up a net of 13 (and may pick up even more) seats, gaining more seats in the House than at any time since 1946.
In Georgia, longtime Democrat Congressman John Barrow was ousted. The highlight in Virginia so far, "one of the year's biggest political surprises, college professor Dave Brat was elected to the House from Virginia, several months after he defeated Majority Leader Eric Cantor in a Republican primary."
We are witnessing a repudiation of Washington, a boiling discontent and repudiation of Obama and the Democrats' penchant for big government and mismanagement. Senate Minority Leader, Mitch McConnell (R-KY), not only won re-election handily but now becomes Majority Leader. The polls were all way off the mark, predicting close races, which turned out to be sizable victories for most of the GOP incumbents or contenders in the so-called "highly contested" races. This victory was gained by conservatives in a GOP that media pundits pontificated was headed toward extinction for trying to hold on to old & outdated values at the time of Obama's re-election! Go figure!
Note: Figures were revised Nov. 7 as races were decided.
Fox News has an excellent discussion on Townhall on the U.S. Senate races in Georgia and elsewhere with Karl Rove as pundit worth watching. There is some reason for sustaining the hope the Republicans will still take the Senate from the socialist Democrats in two weeks, even if there is a highly contested Senate race in Georgia that will end up in a runoff in January!
Phases of the Moon
(or Hard knocks politics — a Telegraph rhyme on the Michelle Nunn vs David Perdue Georgia Senate Race)
by Ben Damron, Warner Robins —Macon Telegraph, Oct.28, 2014
Michelle Nunn, Points of Light Executive, purportedly non-profit,
with her compensation package sneaks away past the full moon,
leaving laid-off workers with bags full of air in the afternoon; fit,
she runs to the bank for dollar investments before the half moon!
Using the name of her father, Sam Nunn, she hopes to run away
with the election of November in the afternoon, before the new moon!
She claims Bush 41 as mentor (he's not pleased!) and then walks away;
also her father, Senator Nunn, both in name and as hawk — lets move on!
Enters David Perdue bringing real executive experience, his just due,
coming from business and commerce, from the school of hard knocks.
True, they both have real wealth, Michelle Num and David Perdue;
but Perdue earned his the hard way; Michelle, like her name, inherited both.
A Vote for Michelle Nunn preserves inept policies and darkness at noon!
whereas a vote for Purdue: let the rays of the sun illuminate before the new moon!
Replies in the MT (Oct. 28, 2014)
Spyros Alvonellos: Wow, Ben Damron, Great letter!!! Job well done!
BF: Ben Damron, Hmmm, the moon, eh? Sounds pretty Pagan.
Emory Lane: One tends to believe you are fully capable of presenting a cogent, relevant and factual response. But, then again one could be mistaken.
Mike Ganas: Emory Lane as usual he avoids the topic at hand in favor of his non sequiturs.
Georgia Farmer: Great letter Ben. Although it seems they may have edited it a little.
Jefferson Thomas: Hmmm. we knew Perdue had wealth. how could we not, but class envy is all pretty relative. Median income in the US is approximately $51,000. One would never know Ms. Nunn has wealth in the millions, and with connections in the right places likely to increase that wealth. What makes Ms. Nunn, who is in the 1% so special that she is excluded from class envy? Ben: Good letter!
Bosque Flores: Spot on Ben Damron. Michelle's supporters have no clue that she is really a white woman of privilege living squarely in the top 1%. Her current income of $190,000/year (which they say is really her husbands) comes from investment income. What do you want to bet much of that is invested in companies that, gasp, outsource?
Michael Albert Harrell; Excellent contribution Ben Damron. No truer words have ever been spoken. I am sure there will be those who will try to cloud the waters, but make no mistake, they will not attack the facts.
Reply Poem on the Carter Jason race
The Jason Carter and Nathan Deal governor's race in one succinct Georgia scoop, please Telegraph this time publish in rare poetical rhyme.
Jason Carter says he is for education, but opposes free Choice, Amendment Two, parental control, and Charter schools.
He says lets buy more education and welfare goodies, but not how to fund them or pay for the generous government goodies!
Jason Carter, liberal, novice & inept Democrat, has been in the Senate for close to four years with no leadershisp and no bills, only taxes!
Jason Carter has not fallen too far from his grandfather's tree, supports Obamacare, Obama policies in Georgia and all that entails!
Vote for Republican Governor Nathan Deal, true public servant and ethically sound, despite all the false rumors the Democrats started!
Yes, vote for the Governor good, old Nathan Deal, caring and conservative; he has put Georgia on the map and given us a good deal!
Ben, I agree with your political forecast. I believe Romney needs either a conservative Southerner to balance his being from the North and a Mormon, not to mention his questionable conservatism, or a Midwesterner that can win Ohio and Pennsylvania.
Well it looks like my old bud Newt is calling it quits on Wednesday and I wish him well. As smart as he is I doubt he'll ever go hungry. Would love though to have seen him debate Obama, that would have been a "dandy" for sure and no doubt in anyone's mind I hope around here, Newt would have eaten his lunch.
It has become more and more apparent, when you get Obama away from his teleprompters he rapidly becomes and ordinary speaker "at best!" And we all have seen some of his great escapdes in all 57 states! Saw an article a couple days ago that Karl Rove stated if the election was today Obama would win and it wouldn't be that close but he also showed some scenarios that it could flip very easily. We just have some work to do especially in Fla and Pennsylvania. I for some reason do not have a lot of faith in folks from Ohio as the Union is thick up there and I'm not even sure if Mitt picks Portman, their Senator for his VP, if that would be enough to pull Ohio our way. I personally would rather see perhaps Rubio or even Jeb Bush (not too long ago the Fla governor you know) but in my opinion if we don't win Fla it may not be a long night. Some of the states like Iowa and Missouri are supposedly toss ups but I'll take my chances in those states. Then you got Virginia and North Carolina that both went for Obama last time but the question is, will they do that again. If we get one of those two, we'll be lucky IMO and the one we'll get will be NC. What was funny to me was Rove's map had Ky, Tenn and Ga as Romney leans and I thought that was rather funny because I would bet a lotta money that Tenn and Ga will go for Mitt. Ky is a funny state (and my home state as you know) but sometimes they vote "funny" LOL. Ironically though over 90% of the time in history how Ky goes is how the Presidential race goes. Obama has a lot of "bros" in the big metro areas in Ky and that certainly helps his cause.
Another interesting note, West Virginia has voted for a Democratic President for about 80 straight years, now that Obama has closed down most of the mines and put them on welfare, I wonder how they are going to vote LOL. West Virginia is a lot like the area of Ky (Eastern Appalachia mountains area) that I was raised and there are not a lot of blacks in the mountains! Funny, I just read an article recently that stated 40% of blacks have moved back South in the last 10 years! From talking to a lot of my black friends I know they don't particularly like cold weather!
Another anomaly I noticed on Rove's projection map was Texas was a Romney lean, so that makes me start to thinking that perhaps Rove's projections are based on the worst case scenario as again, I can't see Texas going anything but for the GOP. What amazes me is Arizona is strong GOP but right next to it New Mexico is slated for Obama. Something about that doesn't make any sense to me as Arizona is on one side and Texas is on the other side of New Mexico. Of course the entire West Coast is projected for Obama all the way up the coast. Most of the upper and Midwest should go GOP as well as the South. It's amazing as big as our Country is this election will come down to how about 8-9 states vote and to me that's a shame our country has gotten to this state.
People prefer liberalism over being somebody, freedom, capitalism, working, making something of yourself, being proud, and earning your keep and supporting our Country. Yet we got these liberals that want something for nothing, want everything given to them and are a bunch of weaklings in my opinion at best. I am sad to see so many people that have that mentality and it makes we sick to my stomach at best. Folks that want to take the easy way out, not be responsible and not wanting to work because they know the government will take care of them is going to ruin this Country and this election will probably tell the tale!
I just cannot understand how our country could have changed so much since my birth as I was born during WW II (May 44) and when I was born my Dad was in Corrigidor in the Phillipines and it was a brutal battle based on what he told me. He could tell some war stories that I will never forget LOL. The coal miner apparently wasn't a dummy as he told me he noticed all the guys that shot great on target practice went to the front lines and he never saw them again, so he started missing on purpose and they made him a supply man. Every time I think of him telling me that, I just cannot help laughing. He said he did get into a few skirmishes when they went to the front lines taking ammunition, etc. and he said they always shot their way out of it and escaped and got back to friendly territory.
I guess all we can do is hope and pray for the respectable, hard working citizens of this Country to show up to vote otherwise we'll end up with Obama. A big turnout will favor the GOP I assure you because you know a great percentage of the low lifes are going to show up.
A couple of supposedly intelligent folks have predicted that Mitt will win in a landslide, BenCats1 would be happy if we win in a squeaker. The future of our country is at stake!
Here's Willie and "the Parties Over" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=71n3PtdQWF4\"
For some reason I never got into Willie to much, somehow I think he was a liberal LMAO!
Mr. Tom Scholl, a local writer, published an article entitled, "I like a good distortion" in the Macon Telegraph (4/18/12) in which he attempted to use satire to poke fun at a number of Republicans, including GOP contender Mitt Romney and that great woman from Alaska, Sarah Palin. He wrote:
"Hyperbole is the art of exaggeration and I never use it. It's technically a distortion of facts and I'm about to talk about it. I'm seriously concerned. If I tell you what this column is really about you will throw the paper down, light it on fire and stomp it out. The issue of my rant is ringing in the ears of those living in the most remote cabins in Alaska (keeping an eye on the Russians from their front porches.) Did Sarah Palin really mean she could see Russia? I wonder...
"Hyperbole is an acceptable and entertaining device to make a point people will remember. Jesus used it. However, today American politics has fondled this smiling art, reshaped it into a cloaked shadow and finally into a frowning, ugly creature bearing no resemblance to its origins. I have dubbed it politicalperbole.
"If you hear Palin's words about her proximity to Russia, that's hyperbole. If you argue she really did intend to deceive everyone about the view off her front porch, that's politicalperbole...."
You get my drift...I say. He was corrected a couple of days later by a more thoughtful "letter to the editor" by Mr. James Huber, who replied:
"The quote is from Tina Fey's Saturday Night Live spoof: "I can see Russia from my house." What Palin actually said: "They're our next door neighbors, and you can actually see Russia from land here in Alaska." I think Scholl should clarify this or he loses credibility for the newspaper."
And I could not help adding some facts and a little satire of my own to the dialogue (4/20/12):
Mr Huber, my reaction to the Scholl article was identical to yours, sir. Patton and I commented on it, and Mr Scholl gave her only a flippant, unctuous, and smarmy response about being "half right," or something to that effect.
Mr Scholl, incidentally, is the same pastor who wrote a 3-part article on the wisdom of Islam and virtually recommending Sharia law in this country– incredible, only in America! Apparently, "separation of church and state" for liberal pundits does not apply when referring to alien creeds, go figure.
According to Wikipedia, in 1990, Secretary of State James Baker signed an executive agreement with Eduard Shevardnadze, the U.S.S.R. foreign minister, signing the island over to the Russians. According to State Department Watch, neither the public nor Congress were informed of this executive agreement during the period leading up to the ratification vote. The Senate ratified the U.S.-U.S.S.R. Maritime Boundary Treaty in 1991, which was then signed by President George H.W. Bush.
Sir, as late as 1992, the US had an installation on Wrangel Island and the island had been claimed by the USA. The island had been explored by Canadians, Americans, and Russians, and we thought it had been part of the Alaska purchase deal in 1867 from Czar Alexander II.
Sarah Palin could have seen Russia with her binoculars from her own porch, and if she was a bit more adventuresome (which in fact she is as an avid hunter and fisherman), she could have paddled her canoe, visited this island and taken an even closer look at Russia from the Arctic Circle.
We are not dealing with mendacity in the case of Mrs Palin, sir, but stupidity and lack of historic and geographic knowledge on the part of her many liberal critics.
Your whole piece, Mr Scholl, is an example of an extended distortion, not to mention liberal nonsense, starting with your opening sentence, "Hyperbole is the art of exaggeration and I never use it. It's technically a distortion of facts." Pure humbug, sir, you are in your own article the worse abuser!
So here is a new word for you, more apropos and descriptive of your ludicrous article– psycho(political)babble! MAF
The last song performed on stage by the great Elvis Presley on 26 Jun 1977, Elvis passed away in Aug 1977. He was without a doubt one of the greatest if not the greatest singer of all time. Plz see here (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tk7TrGqh-ec&feature=related)
Have been under the weather somewhat for a few days and then when I started feeling better I have been working in the garden trying to get some tomatoes to grow for my darling three grand daughters who love tomatoes and eat them as fast as I can grow them LOL.
Have taken the opportunity to review the recent posts and I wholeheartedly agree with Ms Isabella, "why would ladies need to be treated any differently on healthcare than anyone else?" She I think has the right attitude but liberals will use every opportunity to try and gain an advantage ala Ms Fluke, which as we all know now was a plant by the liberals in a Democratic political hearing. It was not even a regular hearing before the entire Congress. I will never cease to be amazed at the effort put forth by our liberal friends constandly to try and distort the truth and gain every advantage they can regardless of how utterly silly or ridiculous it may be in the long term.
Thoroughly enjoyed the comments from Dr Ausman from SDI, sounds like my kind of guy. We, the people have IMO lost respect or faith in our government (and I mean both parties when I say that realizing that one is more pathetic and destructive than the other) but it doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out what one party is up to starting at the very top. Their ultimate goal is to socialize this Country little by little in every way possible but primarily by taking over energy, healthcare and banrupting this Country. There is no doubt in my mind if Barack Obama is re-elected he will take it out of first gear and go pedal to the metal with no holds barred to try to completely destroy this Country as we know it today. He already has us on our knees if you've been payhing attention. During or at the conclusion of his term if he's elected again it will probably take an all out revolution by the citizens to stop this insanity that he's pulling on this Country and I hate to say that but I see no other way.
I have reviewed the article by Ms Susan Brown and she is right on in everything she stated. Why they even questioned Congressman West is astonishing to me. All you have to do is google DSA or Communists in Congress and it will even give you not only how many but a complete list of them. It just goes to show how utterly hypocritical they are and how they try to beat around the bush like those folks on Macon.com viewpoints a few months ago that said Socialism died in this Country in 1984 (or something to that effect) when in fact we all know it's probably more alive today than it was then, just in different forms and shapes and called something else.
I get so enthused or pumped up when I see Doc Faria put on his "boxing gloves" and go after some of these folks that espew all this crazziness concerning religion like Dr Scholl and his Islamic inanity. I love it when he flexes his muscles and and shows some "real intelligence" and brings out the big words that cause me to get my dictionary (and probably some of the folks that he's using them on have to as well) and I'm just so thankful I'n on his side of the political spectrum! I would hate to know I'd have to go against someone that has so much knowledge that doesn't always show it but certainly can when he needs to. That's the kind of guy I'd like to have on my team regardless of the odds we may face and regardless of the cirucmstance! I have long given up on shaking my head trying to figure out how a pneurological surgeon had the time to acqure all the historical, religious, and political knowledge he reflects from time to time and am more concerned and thankful that he has it and we're on the same team and he like myself is concerned about this Country and I know we would both fight to the end to defend freedom in this Country!
On another note, I see Mitt won all five of the primaries yesterday and rumors are floating on the internet that Newt is gonna hang it up and just about has to as his campaign is already over 4 million dollars in debt. Now we will see how long the country Doc from Texas is going to hang around and hope he doesn't try to run on a third party ticket, which would hurt our chances big time IMO.
The Texas primary is coming up soon and if Mitt wins Paul's home state I would think the writings on the wall that he should end his foolishness (for lack of a better word). We need to get down to some serious business and that is attack Obama's record because you just know that's the last thing he wants to talk about or be in the News! I hope the RNC goes back and puts all his statements and campaign promises on one tape and show just exactly how many things he has lied and not accomplished that he said he was going to do to include "fundamentally transforming this Country"! I do believe we can beat Obama as I spend a lotta time on internet forums on several sites and the people of this Country I think have awoken! All we got to do is get them to the voting booth on Nov 6th! It is going to be a very close election or Mitt will beat him badly. Under no circumstance do I see Obama winning handily!
Ben, You never fail to amaze me, with your wit and savvy political, not to mention Country music knowledge! Thanks a bunch for resuming your instructions. We also appreciate perusing our website! You are certainly one of our biggest fans and posters, particularly now that our friend Koba seems to be lost in Australia! I agree with your post. Welcome back! MAF


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Welcome to the swap and all the blocks so far ate just beautiful!
If your hungry you really should eat something else! LOL LOLOriginally Posted by mbogenpohl
Thank you for the "Welcome" 's. Looking forward to swapping. I've been reading this thread and all the blocks are gorgeous. Everyone makes such beautiful blocks.
Abonda, Your probably right! Didn't eat much spaghetti tonight for supper, so I guess my brain was still thinking food!!! LOL Okay all the blocks so far are just beautiful!!!!! Yepeeeeeeeeee I think I got it right this time. Abonda, Thanks for keeping me on my toes!
Thanks madeinmaine.. I enjoy hand applique more than joining two pieces together by machine. Cannot seem to get the seams to butt properly... Applique is more forgiving... ciaoOriginally Posted by MadeinMaine
I just couldn't help myself! :evil: :D Sorry wasn't making fun of you I just couldn't help myself! :evil:Originally Posted by mbogenpohl
Thank you Kherrin for the beautiful block! I love the pansy! I will be working on yours this week.
Beautiful pansy, your satin stitch is perfect.

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By Chris Harris
The irony of Arsenal's injury list is not lost on Arsène Wenger.
The Frenchman has waited five months for a chance to pick Cesc Fabregas, Theo Walcott and Emmanuel Adebayor in the same team and he will finally get his wish when Arsenal face Manchester City on Saturday.
However, Wenger's joy at the injured trio's recovery has been tempered by the news that Eduardo, Robin van Persie and Abou Diaby were all injured on international duty.
Having dealt with one batch of injured players, Arsenal's medical staff are now dealing with another. But Wenger is not overly concerned. On Thursday he told Arsenal TV Online that April was "the month of the squad". The manager echoed those sentiments at his pre-match press conference.
"You can get some back and you lose some, you know. The balance is the same," said Wenger.
"At the moment the good news which is coming from the players that are injured is that is doesn't look to be long-term injuries.
"It looks more like short-term injuries because I know we will need the whole squad in the next 25 days."
Saturday's Premier League game will be Adebayor's first since he was stretchered off with a hamstring problem at Tottenham on February 8. Wenger expects the Togo striker to make a difference at both ends of the pitch.
"Ade has done well, I believe," he said.
"He is another weapon defensively but I don't believe the team depends on one player at the moment. I believe they have all grown in that period and have become very important."Copyright 2017 The Arsenal Football Club plc. Permission to use quotations from this article is granted subject to appropriate credit being given to www.arsenal.com as the source


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It doesn't surprise me that John Downs lost his job at AM 640. He so dedicated to the left-wing political philosophy that his responses are painfully predictable. For those who will defend him by saying that he won the Sam Ross Award for Best National Commentary in 2007, Katie Couric won the Walter Cronkite Award for Journalism Excellence last year and her ratings have hit record lows for CBS News. In any event, his and Marianne Meed Ward's performance on 'The Michael Coren Show' Wednesday was cringe worthy. Thank to SDAMatt2, also known as "Mississauga Matt," for the video clips.
Where do you begin with this nonsense? Let's start with the comment by Downs that "humans were responsible for 9/11." Obviously humans were responsible for what U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security General Janet Napolitano called a "man-caused disaster." The issue here is that, like Napolitano, both Downs and Ward are unable to bring themselves to call this what it was, let alone admit that Islam was in any way responsible for the September 11th attacks. There is a reason why it is called Islamic terrorism and not "human terrorism." If you can't even name it, how can combat it? Apologists for Islam are fewer now as this nonsense is being challenged by clear thinking individuals. When even Bill Maher is expressing worries over the spread on Islamic supremacism in the Western world, it should demonstrate how ridiculous those like Downs and Ward are for espousing this politically correct nonsense.
As for the other comments by Downs and Ward, it further demonstrates how their damaged minds work. Take the politics out of it? As Karl Marx, arguably the most influential communist thinker in modern history, said, class struggle, more specifically the armed uprising of the working class, was necessary to establish a dictatorship of the proletariat. This is something Marxism advocates, the proletariat revolution, which, as history shows, leads to the deaths of hundreds of thousands, if not millions. There is no way to take politics out of politically motivated murders.
Next, contrary to popular belief, Adolf Hitler wasn't directly responsible for the Holocaust. It was Heinrich Himmler, who oversaw the concentration camps, extermination camps, and killing squads, as well as being the chief architect of the "Final Solution," a plan drawn up at the Wannsee Conference which Hitler did not attend. Am I saying that Hitler shares no blame? Of course not. He was the one who was pushing for "racial hygiene," as well as the man who put Himmler in a position to do all this, so he is definitely in part responsible those the mass murder of Jewish people. Aside from Himmler, the German people themselves are to blame for assisting, at the least, in spreading this racial hatred which led to the death of millions. David Menzies also points to the fault of the rest of the Western world for turning away the boats filled with Jews because of our own prejudices. The issue here is that Downs and Ward ignore the facts of the matter, that it wasn't simply one man who was to blame for all this. The simple and ignorant answer they gave speaks to their political correct principles which dictate that the truth must be suppressed if it might offend someone.
What about his nonsense about talk radio hosts in the United States? Seeing how Downs continually refers to them, you would think he blames those like Rush Limbaugh and Glenn Beck for the September 11th attacks and the Holocaust. I blame Michael Coren for playing to this false belief that the right are far more prejudicial than the left. After making this statement, Downs himself goes on to demonstrate the opposite.
This snobbery borders on bigotry. Downs hatred is based on what place in Canada a person comes from, so what else would you call it? Montreal has culture but Alberta doesn't? Now that is debatable, especially since Alberta has its own unique Western culture which is personified by the Calgary Stampede. As for this kind of intolerance, it is, in my experience, mostly found on the left. Tammy Bruce, a conservative talk radio host who is also a lesbian, wrote an article for The Guardian last October discussing her own experience with this form of bigotry, stating that the left is only accepting as long as those like her don't challenge their politically correct beliefs.
…Presumably, "batshit crazy"is an English liberal term of endearment, right? When I read another commenter's description of American conservative women politicians as "a bunch of petty, incoherent shrews", I was filled with joy at realising how great it was to be among authentic feminists once again.
Having made my point, I trust, I'll now slip out of my snark suit and share a little secret with you. The real story of bigotry and intolerance is the fact that it lives and thrives on the left. As a gay woman who spent most of her adult life pushing the cart for liberal causes with liberal friends in a liberal city, I found that sexism, racism and homophobia are staples in the liberal world. The huge irony is liberals spend every ounce of energy promoting the notion that they are the banner carriers of individualism and personal freedom, yet the hammer comes down on anyone who dares not to conform to, or who dissents even in part from, the liberal agenda…
One has to wonder what Downs' opinion of Bruce is. Does he, like so many of his colleagues, share a hatred for her because she doesn't conform to their liberal agenda?
This final clip has to do with Ward's own twisted beliefs. To his credit, Downs doesn't approve of segregated seating at the Juba Restaurant in Toronto, a restaurant run in accordance to Sharia principles, but demonstrates just how ingrained his own political correct beliefs are by nearly backtracking on his disapproval when Coren jokingly asserts he was being "Islamophobic."
What is scary about Ward's comments is that she suggests using political power to force the Roman Catholic Church and other Christian sects to go against their own teachings. Just like her previous statements concerning the firing of Juan Williams by National Public Radio, let's hope this woman never reaches a position where she can make her twisted beliefs law. As for the main point of her comments, leave it to Ward to make an ignorant comparison between the treatment of women by Christianity to the treatment of women by Islam. This isn't an issue of woman's rights issue, it is a sacrament, thus not open to debate. As Pope John Paul II stated in his 1994 letter Ordinatio Sacerdotalis, the Church does not have the authority to ordain women as this was a rite instituted by Jesus Christ himself. Clearly, Ward can't wrap her small and empty mind around this fact, but there is more to this. How is the Church's adherence to Christ's teaching on a male priesthood comparable to the abuse of women in Islam? If it isn't segregation, it is a woman's place as a second-class citizen and Islamic teachings which advocate spousal abuse if a wife dares to disobey her husband. These aren't the same Ward, so instead of being politically correct about this, try being honest.
If anything, both John Downs and Marianne Meed Ward demonstrate not just the factual, but the logical deficiencies of those who adhere to political correctness. In an attempt to not offend those who are themselves offensive, they refuse to acknowledge facts on the grounds that such facts aren't in agreement with their warped view of reality. This way of nonsensical thinking, however, is becoming more and more unpopular and those still dedicated to it are finding that their beliefs aren't as acceptable as they used to be. Everyone has a right to their own opinions, but not their own facts, especially ones that are twisted to suit said beliefs.


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Sometimes the view is expressed that Marx's theory, while perhaps applying to an earlier, competitive version of capitalism, has little relevance to the era of 'monopoly capitalism' in which we supposedly live today. This view seems to result from mistaking 'competition' in Marx – and classical political economy, more generally – with neoclassical 'perfect competition'.
Category Archives: Economics
Investment Creates Saving
In explaining why it is investment that creates saving, and not the other way around, different economists have offered different ways of looking at the matter. Keynes (see previous posts here and here) distinguished planned (ex ante) from actual (ex post) investment and saving to note the way in which planned saving adjusts to planned investment via changes in income. Kalecki (discussed previously here) emphasized the initiating role of decision making. Firms can decide how much to invest, but not how much profit they will make, because profit depends on the spending decisions of others. Post Keynesian analysis of institutions and monetary operations suggests an explanation summed up with characteristic insight and clarity by Warren Mosler in the short video embedded below. The purpose of the present post is just to flesh out the explanation a little and highlight a few of its implications.
Government Spending Under Alternative Operational Arrangements in a Nutshell
Three previous posts (here, here and here) outlined the operational differences and similar macro effects of some alternative approaches to government spending; namely, bond issuance to the private sector, interest on reserves, and overt monetary financing. Since these posts were quite detailed, it might be worth spelling out the short answer to what is going on in each case. Further details can then be found in the earlier posts.
'Overt Monetary Financing' Poses No Special Inflation Risk
As discussed in the previous post, the net impact on balance sheets of the various approaches to government spending – (A) overt monetary financing, (B) sale of bonds to the private sector and (C) interest on reserves – is the same. There is a direct and immediate increase in net financial assets held by non-government as well as a creation of income. Both effects are equal in size to the amount of government spending. But in the case of method B, these effects are achieved in an inefficient and convoluted way that obscures the origin of government money, which in reality is created through the act of government spending or lending rather than being "borrowed" from the private sector. Even so, in outdated textbooks, the practice of auctioning bonds to the private sector has often been rationalized on the supposed grounds that methods A and C are more expansionary in their demand effects than method B, and so are claimed to carry a greater inflation risk. In truth, there is no difference between the three methods when it comes to the expansionary impact or inflation risk of government spending. There is a different effect on the composition of net financial assets, but no difference in the private sector's enhanced capacity to spend or the demand effects of the government spending.
'Overt Monetary Financing' in Terms of Simplicity and Transparency
Government spending has two immediate and direct macro effects. It:
- adds to the net financial assets held by non-government;
- creates income equal to the amount spent.
This is the case whether the central bank is (A) permitted to purchase government bonds directly from the fiscal authority ('overt monetary financing') or instead (B) is required to buy them from the private sector (currently the procedure under "normal" circumstances in many countries). It is also true if (C) the government simply spends without issuing bonds and pays its policy rate (which can be zero) on reserve balances.
Neoliberalism – The Attempt to Subsume Society into "the Market"
The term 'neoliberalism' refers to an economic program of deregulation, privatization, trade liberalization, corporatization and small government – a project to subject more and more economic activity to the whims of "the market". At its core, neoliberalism is an attempt to make profitability the governing principle in all economic calculation. For this neoliberal aspiration to be approximated in reality, government must behave as if it is just another market participant. It must pretend to be subject to the same financial constraints as private corporations and to share their need for revenue. It requires maintaining the pretense that government has no capacity to act independently of markets; that there is no capacity for autonomous social action independent of markets; in fact, that there is no such thing as society. In short, obey the market, because there is no alternative. We are powerless to stand in its way. Or so the superstition goes.
We Just Voted to Live Beyond Our Means (Though Maybe Not In the Way We Think)
It is quite common to hear that "we should not live beyond our means". Well, in Australia, we have just voted to do so. Our most recent vote says, "we need to live beyond our means so that the government sector can move into surplus". The LNP promises to balance the budget or put it into surplus by 2020. This means a vote for the LNP was a vote to be living beyond our means by 2020. Likewise, the ALP promised to balance the budget or put it into surplus by 2020. A vote for the ALP was equally a vote to be living beyond our means by 2020. The Greens adhere in their constitution to a principle of balancing the budget on average over the business cycle. A vote for the Greens was therefore a vote to live beyond our means on average. Taken together, these three parties attracted about 87 percent of first-preference votes. So, at the very least, 87 percent of us have voted for the country to live beyond its means, no later than 2020.
Progressive Economics for Activists
The following is a video featuring Bill Black and Stephanie Kelton speaking to activists at the People's Summit in Chicago, June 17-19. Bill discusses banking and financial fraud. Stephanie debunks the misleading "government as household" analogy and emphasizes resources, not money, as the constraint on a currency-issuing government.
Introductory Video on Fiat Money
J.D. Alt has put together an accessible video explaining fiat money, intended for a general audience. (Hat tip to jrbarch in the comments.) For additional background, comments and links see J.D's post at New Economic Perspectives.
Note: Content-wise the video is very good apart from a minor quibble. (See the first comment.)
Who Will Accept It? Currency-Issuing Governments are Constrained by Resources, Not Money
"Lerner's argument is impeccable but heaven help anyone who tries to put it across to the plain man at this stage of the evolution of our ideas." (Keynes to Meade, April 1943)
"The need to balance the budget is superstition … a myth. It's like a religious doctrine that is used to get people to believe a certain thing." (Paul Samuelson)
Election time serves as a reminder of how difficult it is to break through the popular illusions clouding public debate. Try as we might – and this goes for anyone seeking to dispel prevailing neoliberal dogmas – the public perception, if it budges at all, appears to do so painfully slowly.


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Results of household survey show progress and disparities alike in Serbia
BELGRADE/GENEVA 06 March, 2012 — Key findings from the fourth round of UNICEF's Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys (MICS) reveal visible progress on most indicators in Serbia, including women's and children's health, early childhood development and education.
The progress is notable both at the national level and in settlements of the minority Roma community. But disparities are still present, requiring continued investment and measures targeting the most vulnerable children.
National averages mask inequities
To better understand poverty, an additional sample was added on a particularly socially excluded group - Roma living in Roma settlements.
"Data are indispensable for a country to be able to assess to what degree it has been successful in providing conditions essential for the well-being of mother and child," said UNICEF Area Representative in Serbia Judita Reichenberg. However, she added: "It is not sufficient to have the national averages, since they hide facts about various vulnerable groups, Roma children in particular. Their position is still below the national average, and there are also other areas which have to be paid more attention to in the future. I hope, therefore, that these precious data will be used for informed decision making."
The MICS data and database are of vital importance for the Serbian Government in establishing priorities and targeted its budgetary resources.
Data points
Following are some of the key points from the MICS data for Serbia:
Child mortality
Women's health
Child health and nutrition
Preschool education
Involvement of adults
Accessibility of books for children
Primary education
Early marriage
Child discipline
HIV Prevention
A tool to monitor progress
Conducted in intervals of about five years since its launch in 1995, MICS has been used as a monitoring tool in some 100 countries worldwide. The global survey's fourth round – known as MICS4 – is providing data on the respective countries' progress towards the Millennium Development Goals and other national and international targets.
In Serbia, the survey was conducted by the Republican Statistical Office and UNICEF.
For more information on the global MICS project, please visit http://www.childinfo.org.
MICS4 Serbia 2010
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Do subatomic particles have free will?
If we have free will, so do subatomic particles, mathematicians claim to prove.
By Julie Rehmeyer, 17:36 PM August 15, 2008
"If the atoms never swerve so as to originate some new movement that will snap the bonds of fate, the everlasting sequence of cause and effect—what is the source of the free will possessed by living things throughout the earth?"—Titus Lucretius Carus, Roman philosopher and poet, 99–55 BC.
Human free will might seem like the squishiest of
philosophical subjects, way beyond the realm of mathematical demonstration. But
two highly regarded
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John Teneyck of P D Q Carriers1948 Felicidad Dr. Lake Havasu, Arizona USA
John Teneyck of P D Q Carriers AKA John and Amy Teneyck Worked with him in Repo Business in Phoenix and Items Started Missing From Storage Yard Lake Havasu Arizona
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I noticed some other reports regarding John Teneyck whom now apparently runs a company called P D Q Carriers. I have some experience working at the same Repo company as Mr. John Teneyck in Phoenix Az. a few years ago. I found it odd that many items in the Repo lot and in the Repo'd vehicles etc. began disappearing. Yes, he is quite a magician and very good at it!! I feel sorry for those that have been a victim of him and his wife Amy.
He now lives in Lake Havasu and basis a Trucking Company P D Q Carriers out of this location. I found it to be a strange correlation at the time and after finding out more about his long history of having lawsuits filed against him etc. for breach of contract, not paying his bills, foreclosures, etc. It makes sense that this is his typical pattern.
Hopefully you will not be of victim of this obnoxious an toxic gentleman. I had wondered what happened to him and now know he just moved his "game" to another location.
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He doesnt pay his employees
SUBMITTED: Monday, March 28, 2016POSTED: Monday, March 28, 2016
John and Amy Teneyck now are part owners in a repo company called COMPLETE ASSET RECOVERY SERVICES based out of Tucson arizona and they now reside in Pinetop az and are still up to there shady games....Verbally abusive to there employees and refuse to pay them....they think its easier to fire them for something petty then it is to pay them for money there employees have earned...I think KARMA is on its way to visit them...
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PDQ carriers SCAM ARTISTS!
SUBMITTED: Wednesday, April 30, 2014POSTED: Wednesday, April 30, 2014
The company P D Q Carriers in Lake Havasu City, Arizona are big time scam artists. Amy and John are both piece of s****. They picked up my car and waited till it was in their possesion to call me and tell me its gonna cost more money because my car was non running and they had to get another truck with a winch to pick it up. My car came here and it was not winched up and driver hops in the car starts it right up and drives it down. So in what way was my car not running or had to been winched up?? They did that on purpose just to get more money cause theyre are f****** c**** and i hope there truck crashs on the way back so they loose their business. I suggest any one about to use them to back away and save yourself the trouble. I would rather pay few more bucks and get a really good company.
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Kerala Assembly session to begin on Thursday
On March 2, there would be obituary reference on the demise of former Governor MOH Farook.
Thiruvananthapuram: The fourth session of the 13th Assembly would begin on Thursday with the customary Governor's address. On Friday, there would be obituary reference on the demise of former Governor MOH Farook.
Discussion on the motion of thanks to the Governor's address would be held on March 5, 6 and 8. On March 7, there will be no sitting in view of the Attukal pongala.
From March 9 to 18, there will be no sitting. On March 19, the final supplementary financial statement for the year 2011-2012 would be laid on the table at 9 am.
Presentation of Budget for the financial year 2012-13 and vote-on-account would follow. General discussion and voting on final supplementary demands for grants in the budget would continue till March 27.
On March 28, vote-on-account, discussion and voting, has been scheduled. On March 29, Appropriation Bill with respect to the final supplementary demands for grants in the budget would be presented. There will be no sitting on March 30. The session would conclude on April 4.
Speaker G Karthikeyan said that web casting of the Assembly proceedings was expected to be in place from this session. Web casting would be made possible with the cooperation of the National Informatics Centre (NIC). The renovation work of the electronic system in the House has been completed at a cost of Rs 5.88 crore.
Along with this, integrated computer controlled conferencing system, electronic voting system, live translation, closed-circuit television system, and video archival system have been installed.
At the media room, mediapersons' camera would get ambient audio output facility. The Speaker said the new audio visual facility installed on the floor of the House was done by Beyar Dynamic, a German company. Using the technology Revoluto Array, the microphones of the Speaker and others have been made stemless type. The voting system has three buttons.
Replacing the old cameras, eight new Sony cameras were installed to enhance the quality of the visuals. Of this, four cameras are 2/3" 3CCD full HD colour cameras. Three cameras would cover the well of the House.
All the proceedings in the House would be recorded and stored. Six Apple server computers would be used for this function alone.
All the visuals would be of telecast quality. In place of alpha numeric display, 103 inch 16:9 plasma display has been installed. In the hall, there are two 65" plasma displays. Three displays would exhibit the names of those speaking in the House, voting results, messages, and presentations.
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University of Kentucky Officials Say Cuts Necessary
LEXINGTON, Ky. - University of Kentucky officials are defending layoffs that will trim about 1 percent of the school's workforce as necessary measures in a time when state funding is dropping while fixed costs in healthcare and utilities are rising.
University spokesman Jay Blanton says, while hiring freezes and unpaid furloughs have helped in the past, the $43 million dollar hole in UK's budget demands more attention.
"We're at a level of budget gap where those sorts of stopgap measures or bandaid approaches frankly wouldn't work. A lot of those sorts of things like furloughs for instance are basically using one time dollars to plug long-term, recurring holes, so that's really not sustainable as a strategy," he says.
UK is Lexington's largest employer, employing about 2500 faculty and 9000 staff. Blanton says care was taken to minimize the impact on teaching and care of patients. 140 people in full and part-time positions will be laid off. Another 164 vacant positions will be eliminated.


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Which blogs should personal trainers start reading?
Greatist.com came up with an awesome list of blogs in the health, fitness & happiness field.
I thought it would be a great idea to put together the best blogs that every personal trainer should be reading and subscribed to. This should save you having to open up 50 different tabs in search for blogs that might be what you're for.
This is why it can sometimes seem impossible when trying to capture the attention of potential online clients. People will only devote their online time to things that they are really interested in. Just like you will only pick and read from blogs that provide value to you.
Our average attention span has gone down each year and it's now at 6 seconds. This is a blessing and a curse. As a personal trainer that is starting out it can difficult to know where to start and who you should follow.
I've put together this list of the best blogs that will set you on the right path to personal training success.
1. Eric Cressey http://www.ericcressey.com/blog
Eric Cressey, President and Co-founder of Cresseys Sports Performance, is best known for his work with baseball players although his blog is a goldmine of information.
With a Masters Degree in Kinesiology, ranked as the #1 Kinesiology student in the nation. You can relax, reassured that the information you read is going to be some of the best info available in the world.
Eric is not just any old competitive powerlifter either… Eric holds various state, national and even world records. If you're looking to get stronger (and find out how to get your clients stronger) as well as develop your business then this is the blog for you.
Not only this but Eric's "no-nonsense" approach to the gym and life, in general, allows you to learn lots in a short space of time.
A great example of Eric's unique approach is on this post:
What Cirque du Soleil Can Teach You About How to Build Muscle
Eric often brings in some of the best talent from around the globe to write guest articles for his blog. Here is a great example from Chad Waterbury. Chad talks about exactly how Cirque de Soleil can correlate to building muscle and what positives can be taken from this.
Personal Trainer Development Center http://www.theptdc.com/
An awesome resource site run by Jonathan Goodman, The Personal Trainer Development Center provides information on training, fitness, business, sales, and marketing. As seen on Muscle & Fitness, Men's Health, Forbes and more.
It's mission is to give you all the tools you need to be successful and to improve the perception of the fitness industry. It's a collaborative effort has succeeded in this.
Check out Jonathan Goodman's Facebook profile filled with over 175,000 personal trainers. With that many PT's in one place, there has to be some great info going around.
Top Fitness Articles of the Week
Jonathan Goodman provides a weekly round-up of the best fitness articles each and every…. well, week. This is a great option for busy individuals who find it hard to fit in time to read a blog post in the working week but have a few hours at the weekend. These make for some fantastic reads.
Being Unique http://www.bornfitness.com/blog/
I saw Adam Bornstein speak at the Changing the Game Conference and was blown away by his presentation. He spoke on how the fitness industry is being tarnished by copycats and the only way to stand out is to be unique. His blog covers everything from nutrition, training, fitness and motivation. His work has been featured in the New York Times and Men's Health and is a must read for any fitness professional.
Adam goes into exactly how to be different, unique and how to stand out in the fitness game within his blog.
Forget Motivation. Find your Pulse.
Adam Bornstein's extremely popular article covers a rather controversial topic of motivation. It's not that motivation is a controversial topic but Adam is coming at motivation from a different stand point. What if you don't have any motivation? It happens to all of us, right? We find it hard to maintain constant motivation. What if there was an alternative? Maybe the answer lies in this post.
The Girls-Only Blog http://www.girlsgonestrong.com/
A site that focuses exclusively on women, Girls Gone Strong has a very large presence in social media. Their blog provides a wealth of information focused on recipes, training, and nutrition. If you're a trainer that has lots of women clients, then you should check out this blog.
If you're a guy, its always good to see things from "the other side" or in more sensible terms, "another perspective" and this can allow you to change up the way you may train female clients.
5 Effective Strategies for Handling Food Pushers
We all know that one person who, no matter what the circumstances, pushes you or one of your clients who is on a diet to eat what they shouldn't. Here are 5 ways to counteract these tempting food pushers with a polite response.
The Glute Guy http://bretcontreras.com/
A heavy hitter in the fitness industry, Bret Contreras is known as "The Glute Guy." His articles are very well researched and focused on all aspects of training and fitness. His monstrous guides provide tons of value and focuses on glutes, hypertrophy, power, speed, strength, and powerlifting. His blog is a must-read.
Bret uses a range of photos and videos to really illustrate exactly what he describes. This gives you as the trainer the perfect form illustration and even tools to teach your clients with.
As mentioned, Bret goes into extreme detail… his posts may take a little while to get through, but they are often worth every second.
All Glute Articles
Bret's known for his love of glutes. So here are a collection of all of the glute articles that he has written. This would most probably be a great hit for any female clients that you may have.
All about strength http://startingstrength.com/
Mark Rippletoe's Starting Strength system could be the perfect starter program to put your beginner clients on to help develop and build a solid foundation to build upon. It's all in the name – "starting strength" you can tell that this program is designed and made for those getting into the strength and conditioning scene.
The Bench Press – Starting Strength DVD
Mark Rippletoe is known for producing some quality videos to explain things in his blog posts. Sending blog posts with instructional videos to clients, for example are a lot more educational and helpful than a long, boring article about the exercise and the correct form.
The scientific (nerd) approach http://www.nerdfitness.com/blog/
Steve Kamb, runs the hugely popular blog Nerd Fitness, and his unique and engaging style has made a huge impact in fitness. Since 2009 Nerd Fitness has focused on Fitness, Nutrition, and Mindset. He provides a great intro on the Paleo diet and his success stories are very inspiring.
Steve may not be the biggest or strongest of individuals but he and many others working with him have completely changed their lives to a happier, healthier one. Steve uses his endless knowledge to help thousands around the globe to become healthier in every way.
How Ron Lost 100lbs
This is just one of the many success stories that have come from Steve's blog. He has helped many people loose in total, thousands of lbs and if you're looking for a good motivation source for your clients then this good be a good example article to direct people to.
All-Evidence Alan http://www.alanaragonblog.com/
Alan Aragon's evidenced based approach to fitness and nutrition is the core of his message. His best-selling book "The Lean Muscle Diet" is a fantastic overview of health and fitness. His blog is a great resource and a must read.
Loving evidence Alan's approach to fitness allows you to be sure that all of the content that you take from his blog is going to be on the mark and stuff that you can take your clients through, knowing the research has already been done on the topic.
You can even refer to this evidence and make yourself look even more "pro."
Why Nutritional Dogma Dies Hard
Coming at us with the evidence approach, Alan explain exactly why Nutritional Dogma dies hard with various back up studies and research. This is a very informative, interesting and potentially controversial article. Give it a read and see what you think!
9. The Encyclopedia of Nutrition http://examine.com/blog
Examine.com should be your first and potentially last source for supplement reviews and information. Examine is like the encyclopedia for nutritional information. Examine.com only features articles and reviews from the elites in nutrition. You can always rely on examine.com for the best info available to date.
The Science Behind Caffeine
Everyone loves a good Coffee to start there day. And then to keep them going and going some more and more… and… you get the picture. But what is happening to your body when you are loading caffeine into it? What is actually happening? This informational, evidence driven article should tell you all you need to know.
Lose Fat! http://www.bodyrecomposition.com/
Body Recomposition, is run Lyle McDonald, one of the leading fat loss experts and author of "The Stubborn Fat Solution."
He is well respected in the fitness industry with a range of books about fat loss including topics like the ketogenic diet and a range of fat loss solutions.
Lyle strips nutrition down to its bones and analyzes various sources and accounts to provide high-quality information about fat loss and the best ways of going about it. As you will already know as a trainer, fat loss is arguably the most popular demand in the fitness industry and Lyle is one of the leaders in the field.
Eating to build muscle
Lyle McDonald knows his stuff. He is one of the leading fat loss experts in the world. So, he generally knows food pretty well. Here is an article in which he covers how to eat to build muscle. With examples and actionable info, this can be a great one for clients or even yourself if you want to pack on some more size.
Getting Heavy http://www.lift-heavy.com/
Bojan Kostevski is a doctor who specializes in intermittent fasting. His blog provides a blueprint on training, nutrition, and motivation. His posts are detailed and are backed by heuristic experiences. A very good blog with high-quality information.
Bojan's no-BS approach to lifting heavy and looking good is unlike any other doctor you've encountered. I'm sure Bojan has his fair share of female followers too.. and some might not be there to learn about getting strong!
Bojan talks from his own education as a doctor as well as focuses on looking good and lifting heavy.
Intermittent Fasting
Dr.Bojan Kostevski also knows his stuff. Its why he was the letters "Dr" before his name. In this one, Dr.Bojan covers Intermittent fasting and the benefits / draw backs of using this method of dieting to build muscle / get stronger / become fitter.
Todd Durkin http://www.todddurkin.com/blog/
I saw Todd Durkin speak at The Fitness Business Summit" and was blown with his story. His enthusiasm was contagious and inspiring. I'll never forget the story of his Dad and how he inspired him to make an impact in this world. He updates his blog frequently with inspirational posts.
What is the secret sauce to success?
Turbulence Training http://turbulencetraining.blogspot.com/
Craig Ballantyne's blog is devoted to his Turbulence Training System. It's a fat loss system used by thousands of trainers over the years. He's been blogging since 2006 and his archives provide all the details of his system.
How to kill cellulite
Along with many other informational articles, Craig Ballantyne often provides excellent information as well as his dedication to his Turbulence Training system. Cellulite is often a problem for fitness pros and clients and this is the perfect article if you're looking to get rid of the problem.
Big Chris McCombs http://kickbacklife.com/
Chris McCombs is one of the original Fitness Marketers. His disciples have been hugely successful and well known. His blog focuses on information marketing, email marketing, and business systems. His work has inspired thousands.
7 MASSIVE Mistakes I Made in My Personal Training Business
Failures lead to success. How many times have you heard that one? Well, here are 7 mistakes that if you read this article, you are less likely to make throughout your personal training business career.
John Spencer Ellis JSE http://johnspencerellis.com/blog/
I met John Spencer Ellis at a Changing The Game conference and he couldn't be nicer. He is always willing to help and believes in the giving more than you receive. His blog focuses more on the self-development and mindset aspect of personal training. His work has been featured in Business Week, ESPN, and Fox Sports.
How to Set Annual Goals: What I do to reach 87% of my personal goals each year
Goals are often the key to success. Targets and aspirations can give things a lot more purpose and can leave you with a strong sense of satisfaction. John Spencer goes into how to set annual goes and exactly how he goes about reaching a large percentage of his own goals every single year.
Kelli Sanders http://ptbusinesssuccess.com/
I first heard of Kelli through the FitPro Inferno podcasts and have been following her work since. Her blog focuses on helping female personal trainers gain more clients by improving their marketing and business systems.
Its often hard finding and getting to know the best "online essentials" for a personal training business. Luckily, Kelli Sanders have put together the perfect article to get a baseline of essentials that you will need to improve your personal training business.
Bedros Keuillian PT Power http://ptpower.com/
One of the most well known Fitness Marketers Bedros Keuillians, blog, has tons of great information that every personal trainer should read. He's a very well know brand and his blog focuses on all aspects of fitness marketing. From referral marketing, email marketing, Facebook marketing and copywriting, his blog is highly recommended.
12 Killer Email Marketing Secrets for Fitness Professionals
Bedros Keuillian is a world renowned fitness professional. He knows how to market. He knows the fitness industry. Here is just one of the many fantastic blog posts detailing the best email marketing secrets for fitness pros.
Pat Rigsby "Ideal Business" http://patrigsby.com/
I also met Pat Rigsby at "The Changing The Game Conference" and he was a genuine person who always willing to help you. He recently broke from Fitness Business Insider and has been blogging from his site. His blog focuses on fitness entrepreneurs building their ideal business. He's very well known and trusted in the fitness industry.
Fitness Business Greeting Cards Templates
First impressions (especially in the personal training business) can be the make or break point for you to either gain a new client or miss a new opportunity. Fitness business greeting cards can be a life and client saver. Here is a template made by Pat Rigsby to help you on your way.
19. Fit Business Insider http://frnation.com (Update now FR Nation)
A very well know brand in the fitness marketing niche, Fit Business Insider blog provides information on marketing, consulting, and coaching. They developed a well know system, that helps gym owners and trainers gain an edge in their business.
Why Most Fit Pros Facebook Marketing Fails
In this post FR Nation talks about why most Fit Pros Facebook Marketing strategy fails and how you can take action with a great marketing plan.
The Fitness Entourage http://www.thefitnessentourage.com/
I recently discovered Jaime Maree and her blog The Fitness Entourage, which she does exclusive videos for, and her content is rock solid. She focuses exclusively on online marketing with website creation, video marketing, and SEO.
7 Steps to Building your own Fitness Website
Jaime Maree's more recent post outlines how to go about a very important part of a personal trainers online and even local success. A website. In 7 simple steps, you can have your very own fitness website up and running, ready to grab new and enthusiastic clients.
Ripped Body http://rippedbody.jp/
Andy Morgan site breaks down the Leangains system of nutrition and training to an incredible useful and valuable resource. His nutrition and training guides are extremely detailed some over 10,000 words and are constantly updated. If you want to learn how to make a site an incredible resource just look at what Andy's doing and model his system.
Update: Andy recently has moved away from the Leangains methodology and developed his own unique system which you can find here. The design and layout of his new page are fantastic and I recommended to any aspiring fit pro to take a look.
How To Adjust Your Diet To Successfully Bulk
Personal trainers often find it pretty easy to start clients or themselves off on a diet. However when things change it gets harder and harder to fine tune the macro and calorie numbers for optimal success. Andy Morgans article can help.
The Leangains System http://www.leangains.com/
Martin Beckman is the creator LeanGains, a well-known nutrition, and training methodology, that combines intermittent fasting with cycling macronutrients. His scientific-based approach to nutrition has spurred thousands of imitators across the globe. He doesn't update his site as frequently as he used to, but all his old posts are still referenced.
Dirty Secrets of Intermittent Fasting Exposed
Martin Beckman exposes all the dirty little secrets people may have been telling you about intermittent fasting. Martin knows his stuff when it comes to this topic and he has obviously done his research to provide such an interesting article here.
Mark's Apple http://www.marksdailyapple.com/
One of the largest and well-known nutrition blogs, Mark Daily's Apple takes a "Primal" approach to modern living. His blog contains nutrition, fitness, supplement information, and philosophy. His question of "What would Grok do" is a great philosophical question that we need to be asking more.
Dear Mark: Exercising (and Eating) in the Heat; Post-Antibiotics Gut Health Support
In this article, Mark responds to a fan question. This may seem like a fairly specific and targeted topic but it is something you and your clients may be doing that may lead onto other things that you were not expecting.
Authority Nutrition http://authoritynutrition.com/
A blog focusing exclusively on Nutrition with an evidence based approach. AuthorityNutrition focuses on bringing an high-authority source to nutritional information. This blog is a great place to find some credible sources on nutrition.
Good Carbs, Bad Carbs – How to Make The Right Choices
The lines seem a little blurred when it comes to carbs. Authority Nutrition clears the lines to 4K resolution and outlines the good carbs from the bad and shows us how to make the right choices.
Precision Nutrition http://www.precisionnutrition.com/blog
Precision Nutrition's psychological approach to training is leading the wave on a new approach to motivation and nutrition. They provide mentorship and train trainers, in their system, which has helped thousands make huge changes in their lives, over the last 12 years.
Overstressed and overeating:
You can always rely on a precise and accurate article from precision nutrition. In this article, the link between being stressed and pigging out is addressed. Where are the links and how can you avoid them is the question in this one.
Robb Wolf http://robbwolf.com/
Robb Wolf takes a holistic approach towards fitness. Covering various topics in detail such as sleep, mindset and various types of healthy diets. Robb provides a wide range of blog posts covering a range of topics… here is something for everyone with his blog.
Have We Been Wrong About Stress
Robb Wolf is known to take on some very interesting topics with his blog. He takes a different approach to fitness and this provides some very interesting articles. Robb goes over how we could well have been wrong about stress since time began.
26. Everything Bodybuilding & Fitness http://www.bodybuilding.com
Bodybuilding.com is home to arguably the biggest fitness and bodybuilding forum on the internet. It is packed full of interesting and informational articles and threads covering just about everything and anything. Chances are, you've already come across at least one of Bodybuilding.com's threads in the past as they often rank #1 for a range of fitness questions on Google. Bodybuilding.com has a wide range of articles written by some more controversial people and cannot always be relied on for 100% factual info but it definitely provides some great ideas to take into consideration. In general, bodybuilding.com features hundreds of elite athletes, clothing and supplement lines and has some of the best articles on bodybuilding and fitness from some of the pros.
How to build muscle without adding fat
Another controversial article from bodybuilding.com provides some factual and opinionated insights into how to go about building muscle without adding any extra fat. Can it be done? Read the article and some of the debates in the comments and make your mind up for yourself.
The Fitness Nation https://www.t-nation.com
T-Nation.com includes a range of articles from a selected few quality content writers and covers, instead of select topics, more random, fun topics that the subscribers enjoy. T-Nation may not be the most educational site around but provides some great reads for personal trainers. It also features a big forum where people share ideas on a daily basis. Not to mention the awesome videos they bring out.
No more Training Cults
In this one, Chris addresses the interesting topic of people trying to imitate others by being a part of a group. Sometimes, we identify with certain groups more than others but stereotypes are not always accurate. This makes for a very interesting read.
I hope that you have found some new, interesting blogs for you to subscribe and begin interacting with. This list contains some of the most knowledgeable and interesting people and blogs available to man… use it wisely.
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Wednesday, February 12, 2014 from 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM (CST)
Who's Going
San Francisco, California
London, United Kingdom
Florence, Italy
Event Details
SPICE: Speakers Pioneering Innovation, Creativity and Entrepreneurship
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Derek Weber, President of goBrandgo!
Entrepreneurially-minded people all have one thing in common...ideas, lots of ideas. In this session, you will learn how to identify which ideas are worth pursuing, how to turn that great concept into a great business, as well as the two things you must master to be a successful entrepreneur.
Over the last decade, Derek has transformed his college t-shirt business into goBrandgo!, one of the nation's leading strategic branding and marketing firms for entrepreneurs. Driven by the success of goBrandgo! and its purpose "To be the Champion of the Every Day Entrepreneur", Weber co-founded the go!-celerator, providing a free furnished apartment, office space, mentoring, and services to young entrepreneurs. Derek lives his go!-Statement, "To Inspire and Influence Positive Change" by sharing his story and lessons learned with entrepreneurs across the country in hopes he can make their journey just a bit easier and even more impactful.
For more information on goBrandgo! and Derek Weber, visit http://gobrandgo.com
Parking is available on Lindell Ave., Spring Ave., and in Laclede Garage.
SPICE is an ongoing speaker event to enhance the flavor of engineering education by bringing technology visionaries into direct contact with students and practitioners. The goal of SPICE is to influence the ecosystem by bringing role models in to educate the charms and challenges in realizing breakthrough innovations.
For more information on the SPICE series, visit parks.slu.edu/spice
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John Cook School of Business Room 230
3674 Lindell Boulevard
Room 230
St. Louis,
Wednesday, February 12, 2014 from 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM (CST)
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"Being a role model is about being true to myself."
"'Frozen' definitely isn't about a man, but about the relationship between two sisters. At different times in our lives we find ourselves either more connected to or disconnected from the people in our family, and I think audiences will really be able to relate to that."
Idina Menzel (born Idina Kim Mentzel in Syosset, New York on May 30, 1971) is an actress and singer who is best known for her starring role in the Broadway musical Rent. She's also been in Wicked, If/Then and voiced the character of Disney's Elsa in Frozen. She also won a Tony Award in 2003 for her role as Elphaba in Wicked. Idina was married to actor Taye Diggs for 10 years before separating in 2013.
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She is best known for being a Broadway star and voicing Elsa the Snow Queen in Disney's Frozen.
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Idina married Taye Diggs on Jan. 11, 2003. They met in 1995 after starring in the Broadway musical Rent. They have a son, Walker Nathaniel Diggs who was born on Sept. 2, 2009. In 2013 Idina and Taye announced that they were separating.
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