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Something's happening in the presidential race: Clinton's Crumbling, Bernie's Surging 'Political Revolution' is in the Air
By Dave Lindorff
Philadelphia -- Something "YUGE" is happening in the Democratic presidential campaign, and perhaps in the broader American body politic. It's hard to put your finger on it, but like that feeling of your neck hairs rising off your skin as a big thunderstorm approaches, you know it's big and it's coming.
Blowback Denial, Climate Denial, and Apocalypse
By David Swanson, American Herald Tribune
Last week Donald Trump suggested something Bernie Sanders would never dare: getting rid of NATO. I took some time to read people's comments and tweets online about it, and a huge number seemed to believe that NATO and the U.S. military have been performing a service for Europe, and that it's time for Europe to pay its own bills. But will someone explain to me what the service is?
The United States dragged NATO into a -- thus far -- over-14-year-long war on the people of Afghanistan that has turned a country in poor shape into hell on earth, compounding the damage inflicted by U.S. (and Soviet) policies since the 1970s.
The United States dragged European nations into a disastrous war in Iraq in 2003, without NATO. But when Belgium allowed a prosecution of U.S. commander in Iraq Tommy Franks to move forward, Donald Rumsfeld threatened to move NATO headquarters out of Brussels. Franks' apparent crimes suddenly became part of a noble and legal humanitarian effort.
The United States and France used NATO to destroy Libya in 2011 and proliferate weapons across the region. The United States and Turkey have been compounding the chaos by generating reasons for NATO to exist in Syria. And perhaps NATO headquarters views the wars that created ISIS, and the U.S. support for Al Qaeda in Syria in just those terms. But to an ordinary observer, a war on terrorism that continues to increase terrorism has a fundamental flaw.
Former CIA Bin Laden Unit Chief Michael Scheuer says the more the U.S. fights terrorism the more it creates terrorism. U.S. Lt. General Michael Flynn, who quit as head of the Pentagon's Defense Intelligence Agency in 2014, says blowing people up with missiles is generating more blowback, not less. The CIA's own report says drone killing is counterproductive. Admiral Dennis Blair, the former director of National Intelligence, says the same. Gen. James E. Cartwright, the former vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, says drone strikes could be undermining long-term efforts: "We're seeing that blowback. If you're trying to kill your way to a solution, no matter how precise you are, you're going to upset people even if they're not targeted." Dozens of just retired top officials agree.
So, it seems, does much of the public in Europe, which turns out protests of NATO meetings, as well as wars, of a size rarely seen in the United States. When the U.S. military builds new bases in Italy, the protests are so huge they've toppled local and national governments. It was a vote of the House of Commons in London not to bomb Syria in 2013 that helped reverse President Obama's decision to do so. To tell the people of Europe that they must start taking responsibility to pay a greater share of the bill for killing Afghans, Iraqis, Libyans, and Syrians, and for generating the blowback that sets off bombs in their train stations and airports, and for creating the refugee crises they face might prove just a step too far into the realm of delusion.
Thinking this way requires blowback denial, the Trumpian belief that Muslims do evil things because they are Muslims. The U.S. government knows better. George W. Bush's own Pentagon concluded that nobody hated us "for our freedoms" but rather they hated bombs and occupying armies, and free weapons and support for Israel's wars. One wishes it were needless to say that such motivations don't excuse acts of murder, but knowledge of such motivations puts additional blood on the hands of those continuing to generate them while engaging in blowback denial.
Climate denial is not so very different. Just as every anti-western terrorist says they're outraged by the bombs and bases and armies and buzzing drones, every scientific study says unnecessary and wasteful human activities (first among them: war making) are pushing the earth's ecosystem toward collapse. Yet billions of people fail to shut every thing down until basic policies are altered. And many fail to do anything at all to resist environmental devastation, by means of denying to themselves that it is real.
Clearly, the human species evolved to favor relatively short-term localized thinking. While more Americans are killed by dumb accidents, pollution, or toddlers with guns than by foreign terrorists with knives, the latter danger dominates all public policy thinking. While the earth is at severe risk of environmental or nuclear holocaust, the weather looks nice outside today and all the bears and leopards seem to have long since been killed off, so what's your worry?
When humans killed off those animals millennia ago, they replaced them with gods. Now humans pray to those gods rather than thinking. Now they wish for what they'd like and call it a prediction. Now they vote for hope and change and call it progress. And this habit of wishful thinking may be at the root of the greatest threats to end us all.
Hot time in the old town of Philly in July?: Washington, Alaska and Hawaii Blowout Wins Boost Sanders Nomination Odds
By Dave Lindorff
Stolen primary in Arizona?: Questioning Hillary's Tuesday Primary Win Amid Widespread Evidence of Voter Suppression in Phoenix
By Dave Lindorff
It sure looks like there was some voter fraud committed in the Democratic primary in Arizona on Tuesday.
Hillary Clinton backed the coup: Shine the Light of Truth on Poor Honduras
By John Grant
Since the coup, Honduras has become one of the most dangerous places in the world.
Why I won't be voting for Hillary in November: A Neolib Posing as a Progressive vs. a Reality TV Star Posing as a Fascist
By Dave Lindorff
I won't be voting for Hillary Clinton if she wins the Democratic Party nomination for president, and I won't heed Bernie Sanders if, as he has vowed to do, he calls on his supporters to "come together" after the convention, should he lose, to support Clinton and prevent Donald Trump or another Republican from becoming president.
Sanders to keep campaigning: Decrying Clinton's Wall Street and Oil Industry Bribes, Bernie Soldiers On
Profile in lack of courage: Sen. Warren has Betrayed the Cause the Put Her in the Senate and Once Made Her a Hero to Millions
By Dave Lindorff
Sen. Elizabeth Warren just had a chance to turn the tide in this rigged Democratic primary season last Tuesday, and she ran away from it.
DNC defection: Rep. Tulsi Gabbard's Surprise Endorsement Gives Sanders a Chance to Change the Whole Primary Game
By Dave Lindorff
Just as the media, in the wake of Hillary Clinton's landslide win in South Carolina's Democratic primary Saturday, are predictably writing the obituary for Bernie Sanders' upstart and uphill campaign for the Democratic Party's presidential nomination, Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-Hawaii) has handed him an opportunity to jolt the American people awake.
I'm just sayin'... Who Cares About Democratic Primary Results in South Carolina -- a State Democrats Will Lose in November?
By Dave Lindorff
I'll be the first to admit I'm no pollster or even political scientist, but when I read that Bernie Sanders is going to be crushed by Hillary Clinton in Saturday's primary in South Carolina, the state that fired the opening shots in the Civil War and that only last year took down a Confederate battle flag in front of the capitol building, I have to shake my head at the absurdity of it.
A Big Lie: Hollywood Producers' Failure to Fulfill 1942 Pledge Perpetuated Prejudice
By Linn Washington, Jr.
Hollywood honchos told a big lie 74-years ago.
That lie told in 1942 is a link in the sordid chain of perceptions and practices that have produced the present brouhaha surrounding the 2016 Oscar awards featuring an all-white bevy of acting category nominations.
Whatever its motive, Apple's on the right side...so far: Apple Champions Privacy; Government Seeks to Trash It
By Alfredo Lopez
Truth can be stranger than fiction...or at least more surprising. Apple Computer is the current champion of privacy against U.S. government attempts to expand its spying on us. The company, a frequent NSA and FBI collaborator in the past, finds itself in the strange position of confronting a federal court order to dislodge its iPhone security system, an action Apple insists will cripple encryption as a privacy-protection measure.
Striking out at the NY Times: Hit Piece on Sanders Proposals Relies on Pro-Clinton Economists Mislabeled as 'Leftists'
By Dave Lindorff
As Bernie Sanders' insurgent campaign for the Democratic Party's presidential nomination continues to strengthen, so do the attacks on him by the establishment corporate media, which are reflexively backing the status quo corporatocracy.
Get Well, Michael Moore
Your new movie, Where to Invade Next, is very powerful, your best so far for certain.
Get well.
We need you.
You've packed a great many issues into this film, with visuals, with personalities, with entertainment. If people will watch this, they'll learn what many of us have struggled to tell them and more, as there was plenty that I learned as well.
I must assume that when U.S. audiences watch scenes that dramatically clash with their world yet seem humane and reasonable they'll be brought to the point of thinking.
You show us political candidates, not screeching for more prisons, but holding a televised election debate in a prison in an effort to win the votes of the prisoners, who are permitted to vote. What are we to make of that? You also show us scenes from U.S. prisons of grotesque brutality. Then you show us the effective rehabilitation achieved by Norwegian prisons (25% of U.S. recidivism rate). That doesn't just clash with what's familiar in the United States, but it also clashes with what the United States teaches about "human nature," namely that criminals cannot be rehabilitated. And you expose the driving force of vengeance that lies behind that pseudo-belief by showing the collective response of forgiveness and sanity with which Norway responded to a major terrorist incident. We all know how the U.S. has responded to those.
If we've read Steven Hills' book Europe's Promise or others like it, or lived in Europe and visited Europe or other parts of the world, we have some notion of much of what you show us: Italians and others with many weeks of paid vacation and parental leave plus 2-hour lunch breaks, Germans with paid weeks at a spa if they feel stress, Finland with soaring educational achievement reached by shunning standardized tests and homework while shrinking the school day, France with nutritious gourmet school lunches, Slovenia and dozens of other countries with free college, workers making up 50% of corporate boards in Germany, Portugal legalizing drugs (best line of the movie: "So does Facebook."). By bringing all of this together in a concise and intelligent and entertaining way, you've done us all a favor.
I was worried, I will confess. I apologize. I've been watching Bernie Sanders propose these sorts of changes without a real vision behind them and without daring to mention that the money is all being dumped into the U.S. military. And I've watched you, Michael, make some oddly supportive comments about Hillary Clinton who has spent decades working against everything this movie is about. So, I was worried, but I was wrong. Not only were you willing to point out that the United States pays nearly as much as these other countries in taxes, and much more when adding in the additional things paid for outside of taxes (college, healthcare, etc.), but you also included the elephant in the room, the 59% (in the figure you used) of U.S. income tax that goes to militarism. This movie, because you included that fundamental difference between the United States and other nations, is a terrific boost for the cause of ending war. That you point out the contrast between what Germans know and feel about the holocaust and what U.S. Americans know and feel about past U.S. wars, genocides, and slavery only adds to the value.
You included in a single 2-hour movie, in a clear and unrushed manner, not only all of the above, but also explanation of the popular resistance needed to create it, plus a critique of the racist U.S. drug war, mass incarceration, prison labor, and the death penalty. You showed us Muslim leaders in a largely Muslim nation more advanced on women's rights than is the United States. You showed us the openness of numerous nations to women sharing in power. I do, by the way, recognize the good intentions that may lie behind your interest in electing a female president, but I ask you if Margaret Thatcher advanced or impeded the cause. Does electing women create humane societies, or is it at least as much the case that humane societies elect women?
The other story you bring us from Iceland, in addition to women in power, is bankers prosecuted for their crimes. Odd, isn't it? Americans thirst for such revenge that they imprison small-time criminals for decades and brutalize them, but big-time criminals are rewarded. A shift to a more civilized system of justice would reduce the nastiness in one case but impose penalties that have been lacking in the other.
You allowed some powerful voices to speak in this movie. One of them suggested that Americans try taking an interest in the rest of the world. I've noticed, living abroad, that not only do other people want to know about the United States (and everywhere else), but they also want to know what Americans think of them. And I always have to reply with shame that Americans don't, in fact, think anything of them at all. Not only should we start to be curious about others, but we should start to be curious about what others think of us.
David Swanson
P.S. -- I'm old enough to remember your film about Bush's Iraq lies, Michael. The leading Republican presidential candidate now says Bush lied. The trailing Democratic candidate doesn't, and told the same lies at the time herself. You helped make U.S. culture, not yet good enough to end homelessness, but good enough to get that question right. Thank you.
The Theatre of War (What Ancient Greek Tragedies Can Teach Us Today)
by Bryan Doerries
A Book Review by Hugh O'Neill
"The Play's the thing in which to catch the conscience of the king"- Hamlet, Act II, scene ii.
Theatre has long engaged our innermost concerns and is a way of exploring the darkest realms of our Humanity. Bryan Doerries, interviewed recently on Radio NZ (www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/ninetonoon/20151209) was described thus:
"Brooklyn-based theatre director, Bryan Doerries, is the founder of the 'Theatre of War' project, and the 'Outside the Wire' company which presents ancient Greek plays to returned soldiers, addicts, prison communities, and victims of natural disasters. He argues that the great tragedies of the Greeks can help a contemporary audience grapple with everything from the trauma of being in a conflict zone to end-of-life care. To date, over 60,000 service members, veterans, and their families have attended and participated in Theatre of War performances worldwide. Bryan Doerries' book, is 'The Theatre of War".
In his book, Doerries' relates how his own suffering and loss found resonance in 5th century BC Greek tragedies. He contends that Human reaction to trauma is indeed timeless: the horrors of war, violence, pestilence and disaster still affect us now as they did 2,500 years ago. His special insight – from a deep reading of Aristotle's Poetics - is that tragic plays were written for a specific purpose which was to create catharsis or healing by revisiting these most painful private experiences and understand that one's reaction is not unique, but is a normal (indeed healthy) Human response to inhuman suffering. The audiences of the time would have consisted mainly of veterans since the Peloponnesian Wars lasted some 80 years.
Doerries was not the first to note the parallels between certain characters in the Classical oeuvre and soldiers suffering what - post-Vietnam War - is labeled "PTSD" (hitherto known since WWI as "shell shock"): Dr. Jonathan Shay wrote "Achilles in Vietnam" on the parallels between veterans of both Vietnam and the Homeric epics. Shay has also noted Shakespeare's accurate observations of PTSD by Lady Percy (Henry IV, Act II, scene ii). Thus Shakespeare has an intrinsic understanding of the effects of war on the mind, and how nightmares continued the disturbance long after the events occurred.
Labeling the condition a disorder – as Doerries and Shay seem to suggest – is wrong, since it adds further blame upon its victims and somehow makes them the problem, rather than the experience which caused it. Shay prefers the term 'moral injury' a condition most apparent when the individual's moral compass is suppressed by authority (as in the infamous Milgram Experiment). Few of us can measure up to the presumptive verdict of Nuremburg i.e. it is no defence to say one was only following orders. Such few are pilloried as traitors and cowards and suffer the most extreme forms of persecution (Archibald Baxter's Field Punishment No.1)
There is patently a serious problem for American society with some reports attesting that suicides post-Vietnam are almost double the 58,000 'killed in action' (a.k.a. KIA). One figure cited for the current conflicts in the Middle East suggest a rate of 22 suicides each day. The problem is perhaps compounded by the success of battlefield medical care i.e. more survive horrific injuries which hitherto would have proved fatal. Furthermore, the true savagery of war is a political inconvenience, to be concealed from the general public: the real tragedy happens offstage. Men and women suffer physical and mental torment whilst society looks the other way. There are no winners in war - except the bankers and arms manufacturers.
Doerries has a scholarly, non-military background – despite the numerous bases which surrounded his home in Virginia. He was moved to 'do something' after reading of the plight of veterans in the rat-infested Walter Reed hospital. His efforts were galvanized by an article in the NY Times (Jan 13th 2008) by Sontag & Alvarez quoting Captain P. Nash describing PTSD in the Sophocles' play about the Homeric Ajax. Depressed after the Trojan War, Ajax unwittingly slaughtered a herd of animals and then had fallen on his own sword. Doerries contacted Nash and eventually the scene was set for the first theatrical event: 4 actors reading aloud extracts from Sophocles' works on Ajax and Philoctetes both of which plays addressed powerful feelings of injustice and abandonment (N.B. Sophocles was also a military general). The sparse acting focused more emphasis on words and emotions. One hour of theatre was followed by several hours of very democratic audience discussion led by Doerries: the play had provoked deep feelings and gave license to air private concerns in a public forum - not all of which made for comfortable listening - especially to those in command.
However, word spread and the "Theatre of War" performed for diverse audiences using a play specific to that audience. For the prison staff at Guantanamo, a performance based on Aeschylus' "Prometheus Bound" evoked the unexpected response that some identified with the tortured character of Prometheus whilst others saw themselves in his reluctant jailer Hephaestus, or his enthusiastic jailers Kratos (Power) and Bia (Force). The audience discussion was uninhibited despite the presence of a 4 star general; Doerries' final question on the justice of Prometheus' fate provoked one very senior lawyer to catharsis by his bitter denouncement of the US having lost all moral authority by refusing their prisoners a fair trial. It was this moral conflict given utterance which explained why so many identified with the fate of Prometheus, 'chained to a rock at the end of the Earth'.
It is laudable that Doerries strives to re-Humanise those de-Humanised by war, military service, penal institutions etc. The masters of war and genocide must first dehumanize the perceived enemy, and then de-humanize their own people to fear, hate and kill the 'enemy'. We saw this in Nazi Germany, Rwanda, and in the increasing belligerence of the US Military Industrial Complex - as warned by President Eisenhower in his valedictory of 17th January 1961. The Peloponnesian wars were fought for existential reasons whereas US wars are fought for profit - irrespective of the consequences. The un-asked question in this story: who will provide catharsis for the countless millions of victims of war - the dead, maimed, orphaned and homeless? It may be unfair to expect this question from Doerries, but it must be asked nonetheless. Doerries has begun to speak truth to power which ability was the essence of Democracy –in the Greek sense of the word (Demos Kratos = people–power). Democracy flowered in Athens when a small hierarchical society, under existential threat, had masters and slaves literally pulling on the same oars. Today, the whole of Creation faces existential threat from Climate Change. "In the final analysis, we all live on the same small planet. We breathe the same air. We cherish our children's future. And we are all mortal." (JFK 10/6/63)
If Beyonce 'Politicized' the Superbowl, So Did Lady Gaga
By Gar Smith
Some people (OK, some older, white Republican men) have been complaining that Beyonce "injected politics into a sports event." (Actually the message seemed to be less about politics and more about social repression, government indifference and in-your-face racial pride. Consider the lyrics: "I like my baby hair, with baby hair and Afros. I like my negro nose with Jackson Five nostrils.")
On Monday's Fox & Friends, former New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani criticized Beyonce's black activism as inappropriate for a halftime show because, as the former mayor explained, half-time shows are a time when performers are supposed to be "talking to Middle America." (Read: "White.") The former mayor confessed that he would have preferred "decent wholesome entertainment."
"I thought it was really outrageous that she used [the half-time show] as a platform to attack police officers who are the people who protect her and protect us, and keep us alive," said Giuliani.
Of course, neither the song's lyrics nor the singer's energetic twerking addressed the specific and abiding problem of police brutality and killings.
And yet, amidst all the hoopla about Beyonce's performance, I haven't heard anyone complaining about Lady Gaga's powerhouse rendition of the Star Spangled Banner. The lyrics of this tune clearly constitute a major example of injecting "politics into a sporting event" – in this case a full-out celebration of war. (The US is the only country on Earth with a national anthem that contains the words "rockets" and "bombs.")
To underscore the political message of this Half-Time kick-off event, Gaga's stint began with a close-up of a line of soldiers holding wall of military flags as the announcer intoned: "And now, to honor America – and perform our national anthem – please welcome … Lady Gaga." (Note: Placing "honor" before "performance" was a way of signaling that the musical event was intended as a stand-in for a collective "pledge of allegiance.")
Lady Gaga went on to perform the song in front of a massive American flag that covered more than 30 yards of the midfield and required at least 56 people to hold it in place.
From the start of the video clip to Gaga's last note consumes about 2:48 minutes. Nearly one-quarter of the clip was saturated with pro-military imagery, including: military standard bearers, a close-up of a saluting marine, a live scene of US troops standing at attention and saluting inside a building in some unnamed foreign country currently occupied by US troops, a close-up of a military drum pounding as Gaga reached her crescendo and, finally, a smoke-trailing fly-over by a half-dozen F/A-18 fighter jets in Blue Angel formation.
At this point, the announcer could have offered a the following public service message: "The US Department of Health and Human Services has asked us to advise you that the Blue Angels jets are powered by JP-5 propellant, a refined kerosene product that contains known carcinogens that can damage the kidney, liver and immune system."
The announcer might also have informed the crowd that: "Each Blue Angels jet burns 1,200 gallons of jet fuel per hour. At a cost of $10.32 per gallon, flying a team of six jets for an hour of preparation and a few brief seconds of intense fly-over entertainment costs taxpayers more than $74,300."
Instead, the announcer offered the following (arguably politicized) salutation:
"Thanks to those sailors and marines and our troops serving around the globe."
So if spectators watching from inside the Bowl—or at home over a bowl of nachos—thought Beyonce's brigades of beret-wearing, clenched-fist-and-booty shaking backup dancers were too "political," let's just agree to call it "equal time."
There were two teams vying for the crowd's loyalty on the midfield on Sunday. On one side, the entire military-industrial-sports-
Postscript:At the time of this writing, the Formation video was not publically available. Here is a link to the video. Discuss.
Postscrpt #2: I've tracked down what appears to be the lyrics to Beyonce's Superbowl anthem—and there is little here that can be described as "political." There also is very little about racial pride. The lyrics are mostly boastful, arrogant and vulgar. When, for example, Beyonce sings "I go hard, Get what's mine, take what's mine, I'm a star, I'm a star, Cause I slay," it sounds like she's channeling Trump, Kissinger ,or the Koch Brothers.
Postscrpt #2: I've tracked down what appears to be the lyrics to Beyonce's Superbowl anthem—and there is little here that can be described as "political." There also is very little about racial pride. The lyrics are mostly boastful, arrogant and vulgar.
When, for example, Beyonce sings "I go hard, Get what's mine, take what's mine, I'm a star, I'm a star, Cause I slay," it sounds like she's channeling Trump, Kissinger ,or the Koch Brothers.
He's the best, but is he all we need?: The 'Bern' and the Internet
By Alfredo Lopez
Bernie Sanders' stunning success in the campaign for the Democratic Presidential nomination, highlighted by what is effectively a victory in the Iowa caucuses this past Monday, provokes serious thinking about what a Sanders presidency would look like.
Taking on Nukespeak
By Andrew Moss
In 1946, George Orwell decried the abuse of language in his classic essay, "Politics and the English Language," declaring famously that "it [language] becomes ugly and inaccurate because our thoughts are foolish, but the slovenliness of our language makes it easier for us to have foolish thoughts." Orwell reserved his sharpest criticism for corrupted political language, which he called the "defense of the indefensible," and in the years that followed, others writers took up similar critiques of political discourse, adjusting their focus according to the circumstances of the time.
One particular critique has focused on the language of nuclear weapons, and I argue that this language should be of particular concern to us today. Called "Nukespeak" by its critics, it is a highly militarized discourse that obscures the moral consequences of our policies and actions. It is a language used by military officials, political leaders, and policy experts – as well as by journalists and citizens. The language creeps into our public discussions like an invasive species, casting shadows on the way we think about our collective present and future.
For example, in a recent New York Times article, "Smaller Bombs Adding Fuel to Nuclear Fear" two Times reporters, William J. Broad and David E. Sanger, describe the ongoing debate within the Obama administration regarding the so-called modernization of our nuclear arsenal, a transformation that would result in atomic bombs with greater accuracy and a capacity for their operators to increase or decrease the explosive capability of any single bomb. Proponents argue that modernizing the weapons will reduce the likelihood of their use by increasing their deterrence to would-be aggressors while critics claim that upgrading the bombs will make their use even more tempting to military commanders. The critics also cite the costs of the modernization program – up to $1 trillion if all the related elements are taken into account.
Throughout the article, Broad and Sanger frame these issues in the language of Nukespeak. In the following sentence, for example, they include two euphemisms: "And its yield, the bomb's explosive force, can be dialed up or down depending on the target, to minimize collateral damage." The euphemisms, "yield" and "collateral damage," erase the human presence – a voice, a face – from the equation of death. Though the authors do define the term "yield" as "explosive force," the word's presence in the text still unnerves with its contrast between benign meanings, i.e. a harvest or monetary profit, and the demonic sense of a lethal reaping. And the phrase "collateral damage" has long been recognized for its sheer mendacity, its omission of the unspeakable from any consideration.
The sentence also contains another feature of Nukespeak: an amoral fascination with deadly gadgetry. It is one thing for a person to dial down the thermostat of her home; it is another to "dial down" a payload of death. When I taught an undergraduate course on the literature of war and peace, my students and I studied in one of our units the literature of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. We read President Truman's announcement of the dropping of the first atomic bomb, exploring how Truman discussed the genesis of the new weapon and the scientific collaboration that went into making it "the greatest achievement of organized science in history." At the same time, we read stories by Japanese writers who managed to survive the inferno and still continue to write. One such writer, Yoko Ota, has the narrator of her short story, "Fireflies," return to Hiroshima seven years after the bomb and encounter a number of fellow survivors, including a young girl, Mitsuko, who had been horribly disfigured by the atomic explosion. Despite the disfigurement that makes her presence in public emotionally painful, Mitsuko displays an extraordinary resilience and a "desire to grow up faster and help people who're having a hard time."
The psychiatrist and author Robert Jay Lifton has written that even within the nuclear shadow, we can find redemptive possibilities in the traditional "wisdom of the seer: the poet, painter, or peasant revolutionary, who, when the current world view failed, turned the kaleidoscope of his or her imagination until familiar things took on a wholly different pattern." Lifton wrote those words in 1984, and since then the need for cooperation on a planetary scale has grown ever more urgent. Today, as before, it is the artist and seer who can recognize the human presence hidden behind the lying façade of Nukespeak. It is the artist and seer who can find the words to say: there is madness in this so-called rationality – and that, indeed, we have the capacity to find another way.
Andrew Moss, syndicated by PeaceVoice, is an emeritus professor at the California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, where he taught a course, "War and Peace in Literature," for 10 years.
Did Oregon Militants At Least Save the Constitution?
The Oregon tragi-comedy has left one dead, one injured, six arrested, some guys in Michigan trying to fix a water system with their guns, and millions of Americans deprived of intelligent television content for weeks.
I know that people outside the Occupy movement, in particular those employed by CNN, had a hard time telling what we wanted, but I myself have had a hard time telling what the Nevadans and others in Oregon wanted.
They demanded justice on behalf of people who said they'd never wanted the help. They demanded a small government willing to do them big favors. They wanted a fight to the death but didn't want to hurt anyone.
Really, the clearest answer was that they wanted to save the Constitution.
But how? Which bit? From whom? When we in Occupy demanded taxation of billionaires and cuts to the military, the CNN employees grabbed their heads and moaned in pain, insisting that we must settle on One Single Demand or their brains would explode.
Well, the Constitution has seven articles and twenty-seven amendments. That's way too many for an effective peaceful gun battle.
And the Constitution creates a big, distant, tax-raising government. Why wouldn't these guys get into shoot-outs for the Articles of Confederation? Weren't those more to their taste and only slightly more ancient and irrelevant than the Constitution?
No, they insisted that it was always the Constitution for which they were suffering along on donated snacks and anger. But which part? Surely not the First Amendment and its silly right to peaceably assemble.
The Second Amendment? But if you've been permitted to own piles of guns, can you really propose to get into a fight with those guns over your demand to be allowed to have those guns -- much less to have them for a well-regulated militia? Well-regulated militias remember to bring snacks.
The Third Amendment? No. It's a bit too awkward to take over buildings without the consent of the owner in order to Youtube to the death for the right never to have fighters move into anywhere without the consent of the owner.
And they didn't name any of these amendments. They named the Constitution.
Why? Here's an ancient and anti-democratic document produced by an elitist federal government that had redirected popular anger toward a foreign country. It condoned slavery and facilitated genocide and conquest through expansion to the west. As a contemporary document in 2016 it's an embarrassing vestige from a long-gone epoch. It provides no environmental protections, and no human protections -- no rights to any basic necessities of life.
But maybe that's part of the attraction. The Constitution may have been a step toward bigger government, but it was created in an age of much smaller government, of great resistance to any standing army, of no income taxes, of no draft, of no department of education, of no social safety net even on the miserable level of the 21st century United States.
The Constitution created a rather unrepresentative legislature, with a weak executive. It's been made almost completely unrepresentative, while its executive has been made virtually a king, and its Supreme Court has been given the power to rewrite the Constitution as it sees fit.
The U.S. government and the U.S. nation bear little similarity to the U.S. Constitution or the land in which it was written. And the U.S. government of today is Kafkan in its frustrating coldness, incompetence, and almost complete corruption. Isn't that what it comes down to? The government taxes you, gives you almost nothing in return, and then spends all your money teaching you by example that the way to solve problems is to act tough, take a stand, move into a new territory and declare "mission accomplished" -- no need to really have a thought-out plan, just have lots and lots of weaponry and everything will be fine. The locals will welcome you as liberators.
Maybe the late militia should have called itself the Unknown Unknowns.
Lunacy trumps logic: Brash Trump Bashed for Bigotry in UK's Parliament
By Linn Washington, Jr.
London -- In a rational world where the rules of arithmetic apply it just doesn't add up to declare that 40,000 is mathematically more significant than 500,000.
Clinton now red-baiting Sanders: Desperation in Hillary Camp as Bernie Gains in Iowa and New Hampshire
By Dave Lindorff
Someone should have warned Hillary Clinton and the goon squad at the Democratic National Committee that old-fashioned red-baiting isn't going to cut it in today's United States. It's not the 1950s anymore and the Soviet Union and Comintern are ancient history.
Leaked EPA Document Showing Water Contamination Could Be Smoking Gun in Federal Lawsuit
Cross-Posted from DeSmogBlog
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Public areas are equipped with complimentary wireless Internet access. Business-related amenities consist of a business center and a meeting room. A complimentary breakfast is offered. This business-friendly hotel also offers an outdoor pool, coffee/tea in a common area, and complimentary newspapers in the lobby. Complimentary self parking is available on site.
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In vitro screening of angiotensin I-converting enzyme inhibitors from Japanese cedar (Cryptomeria japonica)
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Screening and isolation of angiotensin I-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors from Japanese cedar (Cryptomeria japonica) based on the in vitro ACE inhibitory assay were attempted. The ethanol extract from outer bark showed the highest inhibitory activity (IC50 is 16μg/ml) among 24 extracts prepared from roots, leaves, heartwood, sapwood, inner bark, and outer bark by successive extraction with four solvents. The fractionation of the outer bark ethanol extract followed by the bioassay resulted in the isolation of two strong ACE inhibitors, catechin and dimeric procyanidin B3. The bioassay of three flavan-3-ols including (+)-catechin and six flavones revealed that most of these compounds have high ACE inhibitory activity. The results suggest that the phenolic hydroxyl group at the C7 position and heterocyclic oxygen atom of these compounds are important for expressing the inhibitory activity.


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The move could mean that engineers, managers and support staff lose their jobs. But BAE hopes many of the jobs can be saved. It's holding talks with Airbus UK to see if it's interested in buying all or part of the site. The unit specialises in converting large passenger aircraft into freight aircraft.
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Stocks drilled lower in firm volume early Monday, as gold prices unraveled and a key housing market gauge missed expectations by a wide margin.
The Nasdaq dived 0.9%, the S&P 500 0.8% and the Dow Jones industrial average 0.7%. Volume was up about 4% on the Nasdaq and 24% higher on the NYSE compared with the same time Friday.
Gold futures remained a key catalyst for the stock market today, trimming losses to trade near $1,412 an ounce, up from an early low of $1,385. Silver was down 10%, trading below $24 an ounce. Both were hurt by weak GDP and manufacturing data out of China over the weekend.
In U.S. economic news, homebuilder confidence slipped this month, tamping the National Association of Home Builder's Housing Market Index to 42. That was down from 44 in March, and sharply below expectations for an improvement to 45. Builders cited increasing costs for building materials and concerns about the supply of developed lots and labor as reasons for the pullback, the NAHB said.
Also, net long-term investment capital flow reversed in February, with $17.8 billion leaving the U.S. vs. a $25.7 billion inflow in January.
In stocks, Citigroup (C) climbed more than 2% after better-than-expected first-quarter results. Sprint-Nextel (S) bolted 16% after Dish Network (DISH) reportedly proposed a $25.5 billion deal to buy the company.
Thermo Fisher Scientific (TMO) gapped up to a 3% gain after the company offered to pay $13.6 billion to acquire Life Technologies (LIFE). Thermo Fisher was already hammering out new highs after a rebound from 10-week support. Life Technologies shares popped 8%.
Leading stocks trimmed losses quickly after diving at the open. Western Digital (WDC) rose 2%, one of only a few IBD 50 stocks to move higher in opening trade. The stock continued to trade just below Wednesday's high and 7% above a 49.60 buy point from a flat base.
Losses among leaders were generally moderate. The exception on the IBD 50 list was OpenTable (OPEN), which dropped nearly 5%. The online restaurant reservation service had seen heavy trade as it pulled back to its 50-day line, its second pullback since a January breakout. Monday's move drove the stock below its 50-day line in heavy trade.


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643 Pierce Street NE, Minneapolis, MN 55413
About the Listing
Super clean move in ready home. Open concept main level with vaulted ceiling, gas fireplace, upper level loft and walk out lower level. Other notable features include new carpet on all three levels, fresh paint throughout, new furnace and A/C, new roof in 2015, new range and refrigerator. Rough in for 1/2 bath in upper level bedroom. Flexible closing.
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Property Details for 643 Pierce Street NE, Minneapolis, MN 55413
Bedrooms: 3
Bathrooms: 2 Full
Lot Size: 0.11 Acres
Lot Dimensions: 39x124
Year Built: 1920
Garage Dimensions: 2 car
Garage: Detached Garage, Driveway - Concrete, Garage Door Opener
Style: (SF) One 1/2 Stories
Neighborhood: Beltrami
Water: City Water/Connected
Sewer: City Sewer/Connected
Square Feet: 1240
Above Ground Sq Ft: 900
Below Ground Sq Ft: 340 (approx)
Room Information for 643 Pierce Street NE, Minneapolis, MN 55413
Main Floor
Living Room: 17x11
Dining Room: 16x12
Kitchen: 15x8
Bedroom 1: 8x8
Lower Floor
Family Room: 16x9
Bedroom 3: 13x9
Den: 9x9
Laundry: 13x7
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Bedroom 2: 13x11
Loft: 9x6
Dining Room Description: Informal Dining Room
Family Room Characteristics: Lower Level, Family Room
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School District: Minneapolis
School District Phone: 612-668-0000
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Appliances: Range, Microwave, Dishwasher, Refrigerator, Washer, Dryer, Water Softener - Owned, Disposal
Air Cond: Central
Heating: Forced Air
Fireplaces: Yes
Basement: (340 sq Finished) Walkout, Full, Finished (Livable)
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Lot Description: Tree Coverage - Light
Lot Dimensions: 39x124
Roof: Asphalt Shingles, Age 8 Years or Less
Zoning: Residential-Single
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Tax Year: 2016
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It's the annual start to the summer travel season, and AAA Texas is forecasting a 1.1 percent increase compared to 2012. Sarah Schimmer is with AAA's Houston office.
"So this year, 2.9 million Texans will take to the roads, skies and bus, train or cruise ship. Of that 2.9 million Texans total traveling, 2.5 million will be on our roads."
The average distance Texans will travel can be quantified, too.
"The expected round-trip for the average Texas family taking a road trip this weekend is 829 miles, and again that's round-trip. AAA Texas, when we're putting our forecast together, we look at a trip fo 50 miles or more. But the average Texas, regardless of their mode of transportation, will be traveling probably a round trip of 829 miles, which is a lot compared to the national average."
Schimmer says their forecast also looks at the economic side of Memorial Day travel.
"And then Texans, not only do the travel long distances, they spend a lot of money, as well. The average family will spend about $560 on their Memorial Day trip."
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Dirt bike suspension systems are great when you're moving, but not when you are stopped. Many a clutch or brake lever has been broken by riders dropping their bikes while stopping. You don't have to subsidize your parts dealer's mortgage. There are several ways to lower your dirt bike. By combining all of them, you can make quite a difference.
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Adjust the front forks and rear shocks to a softer setting. When you sit on the bike, it will sag down more. When riding, if bumps cause the suspension to bottom out, you have softened it too much. Use trial and error to find the best settings.
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I'm totally stealing this from NeoGAF, so here's the original thread: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=513574
The main details gathered are that it is likely 360/PS3 right now, will have unique weapons and customization, and doesn't really sound like an MMO. The description definitely makes it seem like it has a single player aspect. Also significant is no mention of next gen consoles, but I really don't feel this indicative that it won't be .
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Collects twenty-seven papers presented at the symposium. 341 pages with photographs, maps, illustrations, charts, tables and references, plus the required eight folded maps and sections in the rear pocket. Bound in original yellow and black patterned cloth with lettering and bronc rider in black. Some foxing to the text block edges, else a fine copy. Buchnummer des Verkäufers 39380
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Is this what could be causing all of the DNS warnings I am getting in my event log on my server?
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Greetings Rosalinda9625,
Are you still seeing this problem? Navigate to the inventory tab (within the Spiceworks application) and find 'DNS' on the left-side pane. See if you have any errors. Also, try flushing your stale DNS records (Start > Run > cmd > C:ipconfig /flushdns).
I would say this is what is causing your DNS warnings in your event log as well.


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BeschreibungEarly Thoughts on RNA and the Origin of Life The full impact of the essential role of the nucleic acids in biological systems was forcefully demonstrated by the research community in the 1950s. Although Avery and his collaborators had identified DNA as the genetic material responsible for the transformation of bacteria in 1944, it was not until the early 1950s that the Hershey-Chase experiments provided a more direct demonstration of this role. Finally, the structural DNA double helix proposed by Watson and Crick in 1953 clearly created a structural frame work for the role of DNA as both information carrier and as a molecule that could undergo the necessary replication needed for daughter cells. Research continued by Kornberg and his colleagues in the mid-1950s emphasized the biochemistry and enzymology of DNA replication. At the same time, there was a growing interest in the role of RNA. The 1956 dis covery by David Davies and myself showed that polyadenylic acid and polyuridylic acid could form a double-helical RNA molecule but that it differed somewhat from DN A A large number of experiments were subsequendy carried out with synthetic polyribonucleotides which illustrated that RNA could form even more complicated helical structures in which the specificity of hydrogen bonding was the key element in determining the molecular conformation. Finally, in I960,1 could show that it was possible to make a hybrid helix.
InhaltsverzeichnisForeword. Preface. 1. The Early Earth; Oliver Botta and Jeffrey L. Bada. 2. Reconstructing the Universal Tree of Life; James R. Brown. 3. The Nature of the Last Common Ancestor; Luis Delaye, Arturo Becerra and Antonio Lazcano. 4. Ribozyme-Catalyzed Genetics; Donald H. Burke. 5. The Scope of Selection; Michael Yarus and Rob D. Knight. 6. The Evolutionary History of the Translation Machinery; George E. Fox and Ashwinikumar K. Naik. 7. Functional Evolution of Ribosomes; Carlos Briones and Ricardo Amils. 8. Aminoacyl-tRNA Synthetases as Clues to Establishment of the Genetic Code; Lluís Ribas de Pouplana and Paul Schimmel. 9. The Relation Between Function, Structure and Evolution of Elongation Factors Tu; Mathias Sprinzl. 10. Origin and Evolution of DNA and DNA Replication Machineries; Patrick Forterre, Jonathan Filée and Hannu Myllykallio. 11. Early Evolution of DNA Repair Mechanisms; Jocelyne DiRuggiero and Frank T. Robb. 12. Extant Variations in the Genetic Code; Manuel A.S. Santos and Mick F. Tuite. 13. Adaptive Evolution of the Genetic Code; Rob D. Knight, Stephen J. Freeland and Laura F. Landweber. 14. Expanding the Genetic Code in Vitro and in Vivo; Thomas J. Magliery and David R. Liu. Index.
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Chromosome relationships in three representatives of the genusHolochilus (Rodentia, Cricetidae) from Brazil
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The G- and C-banded karyotype ofHolochilus brasiliensis collected in central Brazil (2n=55, AN=56, acrocentric X and Y) can be regarded as the most representative of the ancestral form of the genus.H. magnus (2n=52, AN=58, acrocentric X and Y) andH. brasiliensis vulpinus (2n=40, AN=56), both living in southern Brazil, would be in different phases of chromosome number reduction due to centric fusions.H. magnus, in addition, shows an X of variable morphology and a metacentric Y. This fact, coupled with its distinct morphology and restricted distribution, suggests that it may represent a distinct trend in the genus' main evolutionary line.
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My first acquaintance with the Gita began in 1888-89 with the verse translation by Sir Edwin Arnold known as the Song Celestial. On reading it, I felt a keen desire to read a Gujarati translation. And I read as many translations as I could lay hold of. But all such reading can give me no passport for presenting my own translation. Then again my knowledge of Sanskrit is limited, my knowledge of Gujarati too is in no way scholarly. How could I then dare present the public with my translation? It has been my endeavor, as also that of some companions, to reduce to practice the teaching of the Gita as I have understood it. The Gita has become for us a spiritual reference book. I am aware that we ever fail to act in perfect accord with the teaching. The failure is not due to want of effort, but is in spite of it. Even through the failures we seem to see rays of hope. The accompanying rendering contains the meaning of the Gita message which this little band is trying to enforce in its daily conduct.--Mahatma Gandhi
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Densha Otoko (live-action TV)
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The goodlooking salaryman on the train, in ep. 1, is played by heartthrob Yamada Takayuki - a cameo appearance by the actor who played Densha Otoko in the movie.
The opening theme, both the music and the animation part, pays tribute to Daicon. The music part, "Twilight," is the same, while the animation, Getsumen To Heiki Mina, features a bunny girl similar to Daicon's but carries carrots instead of radishes.
The maid cafe Densha often pays visits really exists: it's Maid Cafe Pinafore, located at downtown Akihabara.
Rumor says the last kissing scene between Densha and Hermés took more than twenty times to finish the shot. Rumor also says Densha did it on purpose.
In the finale episode (11), while Densha was holding a figure of Matilda Ajan (of Gundam series) in his hand, the figure started giving Densha orders! Turned out that the voice actress of Matilda, Keiko Toda, guest starred as Densha's mother, who has never appeared in earlier episodes.
In episode 8, Dragostea Din Tei by O-zone is played in Kazuya Sakurai's cafe, and later sung by him while riding in his car. This song became a hit on the Internet after a college student recorded himself on webcam dancing and lip-syncing to it. It was commonly called "numa numa".
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'We'll see more,' Senate dynamics shift again as Greene becomes Independent, Alberta Senator predicts more caucuses to form
Sen. Stephen Greene will stay on as Nova Scotia chair of Maxime Bernier's Conservative leadership campaign.
Liberal MP Eyking says government likely preparing for 'fallout' if NAFTA talks fail
Others say the U.S. is unlikely to back out of free trade with Canada, due to self-interest.
Conservatives say leadership 'wide open' and 'excited' about party renewal, first leadership convention in 13 years
Conservative leadership candidates Maxime Bernier, Andrew Scheer, Erin O'Toole, Lisa Raitt, and Andrew Saxton. About 2,000 Conservatives are expected to attend this week's leadership convention in Toronto. The winner of the leadership contest will be announced on Saturday, May 27. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright
About 2,000 Conservatives are expected to attend the party's leadership convention this weekend.
Liberal caucus meeting cancelled so PM, MPs can attend Montreal's 375th birthday celebrations
Hill Life & People
Sloan, Charlotte Cardin draw crowd to Hill, and beer, good weather keep them happy
It's not everyday you meet a tattooed Senator who makes Indian sweets from scratch
Ambrose leaves Conservative Party on a high note, brought party together after 2015 defeat and leaves it in good financial shape, say Conservatives
Roughly $53,000 spent for cabinet chiefs to attend January retreat, expense disclosures show
Ball gowns, uncensored speeches, authors, politicians all part of attraction at Politics & the Pen
Ottawa taking carbon pricing cues from provinces
"The Liberal government is seeking to create a new Canada Infrastructure Bank. Is this a good move? Why or why not?"
Japan-India axis first step to larger Indo-Pacific grouping of like-minded states
Bill C-16 and the future of trans kids
Transgender children and youth, especially racialized and impoverished transgender children and youth, are among the most vulnerable people living in Canada today. At this moment of rising anti-Semitism, Islamophobia, racism, sexism, and transphobia, the Senate has an opportunity to offer not just my kid, but all kids in Canada, a chance to expand their understanding of and appreciation for the diversity of human experience. As Florence herself says, passing this bill is 'just being respectful.'
How the secret ballot to certify a union really works
That is why you will hear no complaints from us about the recent vote. ALPA won fair and square and we wish them all the best in representing WestJet pilots. Now it is up to Senators to ensure workers in all federally regulated sectors get to maintain the secret ballot rights our pilots recently exercised.
Wednesday, May 17, 2017
Government aims to pass nearly a dozen bills in Senate as summer break looms
The Senate Liberal caucus leader says he won't skip any steps to pass legislation if it's not crucial.
Gould expected to introduce political financing bill, but critics say it won't stop cash-for-access
Conservative MP Scott Reid said the bill doesn't deal with the main problem, 'which is that you ought not to be able to get access to decision-makers in return for cash contributions.'
Employment minister's senior staffer lost classified documents, investigation found Mitschke 'negligent': Mihychuk
Matthew Mitschke left classified documents in his unlocked car, says former Employment minister MaryAnn Mihychuk.
'This is a hill I'm prepared to die on'; government aims to pass transgender rights bill before summer
The government in the Senate will use time allocation for the first time if it's needed to keep the bill moving, says whip Sen. Mitchell.
MPs support opening House Board of Internal Economy, but question whether it belongs in budget bill
The government's proposal to open up meetings of the Board of Internal Economy is part of its 308-page budget implementation bill.
'Don't forgive them and don't forget,' PSAC leader says Phoenix could be 2019 election issue
Gatineau MP Steven MacKinnon downplays the role Phoenix could play in the next election, but says it's a common concern among constituents.
How one lobby campaign won support of mining, environment, indigenous groups and MPs from all parties
Lobbyists say the Indigenous Guardians Network proposal aligned with government priorities.
Lobbyists registry shows Irving companies keeping close contact with federal officials
It's unclear how much Irving lobbying is related to the controversial review of a supply-ship contract to a competitor.
Trade lobbying ramps up as uncertainty over NAFTA renegotiation looms
The federal government doesn't have 'much substance on the table' to prepare for upcoming trade negotiations, says a Canadian Chamber of Commerce official.
Lobbying files show McKenna getting fill of energy companies, environmental groups
'She is interested in what you're saying. She wants to have a discussion. We don't always agree,' an environmental lobbyist says of interactions with Catherine McKenna.
Status Of Government Business
The Week Ahead In Parliament
Monday, May 1
Two exit Prime Minister's Office, with one landing in the Liberal research bureau
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Interim Conservative leader Rona Ambrose announced on the morning of May 16 that she will resign her seat in the House when it breaks in June for summer recess. Ms. Ambrose will be joining Washington-based think tank the Wilson Centre as a visiting fellow. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright
Diplomatic parties this week: Poland celebrates at Lansdowne
PUBLISHED : Wednesday, May 17, 2017 12:00 AM
Asian Heritage Month 2017 showcases cultural performances, Senator's homemade desserts
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In pictures: MPs respond to Ontario, Quebec flooding
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When it comes to medical tests and treatments, more is not always better
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Gaining Consensus: Getting Issues Heard In The New Parliament
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Policy Briefing Live – Climate Change
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Wednesday , May 24 , 2017
The bank is expected to make its latest interest rate announcement. 10 a.m.
Thursday , May 25 , 2017
The Canadian Federation of University of Women's Diplomatic Hospitality Group in Ottawa invites diplomats, their spouses/partners, and their families to this event, with the theme Historic Ottawa. It will feature a visit to the Billings Estate Historic Site, 2100 Cabot St., Ottawa. 10 a.m.-noon. A nominal fee will be charged to help cover costs.
Thursday , May 25 , 2017
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will travel to Brussels, Belgium, to participate in the NATO Leaders' Meeting on May 25. Following the NATO meeting, he will visit Taormina, Italy, from May 26 to 27, to participate in the 43rd G7 Leaders' Summit. He will then go to Rome and Vatican City. It will be his first official visit to Italy. In Vatican City, he will have an audience with Pope Francis for the first time. For more information, news media members may call PMO Media Relations, 613-957-5555.
Saturday , May 27 , 2017
The Conservatives will elect their next leader on May 27, 2017. The party is urging Conservative Party members to buy memberships or renew them in order to vote. For more information, contact Cory Hann, director of communications, Conservative Party of Canada, at 613-697-5614.


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Spring 1920:- Mary and Matthew's wedding is fast approaching. O'Brien fixes for her nephew Alfred, a former hotel waiter, to be the new footman though Carson finds him inefficient whilst Daisy is annoyed that, in view of the amount of cooking she does, she is still a kitchen maid and has not been promoted. Anna finds a list of all Vera's contacts and tells John she intends to write to them to discover if any of them found her suicidal. Robert, meanwhile, finds the future of Downton Abbey at risk due to money problems but Matthew annoys Mary by refusing a legacy left him by Lavinia's father. Sybil and Tom Branson arrive from Ireland - paid for by Violet - but Tom's new situation causes some awkwardness,largely for himself and the officious Carson, though he is supported by the Crawleys. When Tom appears drunk and vocal at dinner, Edith's gentlemanly admirer Sir Anthony exposes snobbish guest Larry Grey as having drugged him and Matthew asks Tom to be his best man. Tom reciprocates by reconciling Mary and Matthew. Another guest, Cora's brash American mother, Martha Levinson, turns up and there is an inevitable clash with Violet over Old and New World values.
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