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Obama personally approves all Assassinations – NYT giant expose'
May 29, 2012 by Jack Blood
Filed under Americas
Secret 'Kill List' Proves a Test of Obama's Principles and Will
WASHINGTON — This was the enemy, served up in the latest chart from the intelligence agencies: 15 Qaeda suspects in Yemen with Western ties. The mug shots and brief biographies resembled a high schoolyearbook layout. Several were Americans. Two were teenagers, including a girl who looked even younger than her 17 years.
A Measure of Change
The Shadow War
This is the third article in a series assessing President Obama's record.
President Obama, overseeing the regular Tuesday counterterrorism meeting of two dozen security officials in the White House Situation Room, took a moment to study the faces. It was Jan. 19, 2010, the end of a first year in office punctuated by terrorist plots and culminating in a brush with catastrophe over Detroit on Christmas Day, a reminder that a successful attack could derail his presidency. Yet he faced adversaries without uniforms, often indistinguishable from the civilians around them.
"How old are these people?" he asked, according to two officials present. "If they are starting to use children," he said of Al Qaeda, "we are moving into a whole different phase."
It was not a theoretical question: Mr. Obama has placed himself at the helm of a top secret "nominations" process to designate terrorists for kill or capture, of which the capture part has become largely theoretical. He had vowed to align the fight against Al Qaeda with American values; the chart, introducing people whose deaths he might soon be asked to order, underscored just what a moral and legal conundrum this could be.
Mr. Obama is the liberal law professor who campaigned against the Iraq war and torture, and then insisted on approving every new name on an expanding "kill list," poring over terrorist suspects' biographies on what one official calls the macabre "baseball cards" of an unconventional war. When a rare opportunity for a drone strike at a top terrorist arises — but his family is with him — it is the president who has reserved to himself the final moral calculation.
"He is determined that he will make these decisions about how far and wide these operations will go," said Thomas E. Donilon, his national security adviser. "His view is that he's responsible for the position of the United States in the world." He added, "He's determined to keep the tether pretty short."
Nothing else in Mr. Obama's first term has baffled liberal supporters and confounded conservative critics alike as his aggressive counterterrorism record. His actions have often remained inscrutable, obscured by awkward secrecy rules, polarized political commentary and the president's own deep reserve.
In interviews with The New York Times, three dozen of his current and former advisers described Mr. Obama's evolution since taking on the role, without precedent in presidential history, of personally overseeing the shadow war with Al Qaeda.
They describe a paradoxical leader who shunned the legislative deal-making required to close the detention facility at Guantánamo Bay in Cuba, but approves lethal action without hand-wringing. While he was adamant about narrowing the fight and improving relations with the Muslim world, he has followed the metastasizing enemy into new and dangerous lands. When he applies his lawyering skills to counterterrorism, it is usually to enable, not constrain, his ferocious campaign against Al Qaeda — even when it comes to killing an American cleric in Yemen, a decision that Mr. Obama told colleagues was "an easy one."
His first term has seen private warnings from top officials about a "Whac-A-Mole" approach to counterterrorism; the invention of a new category of aerial attack following complaints of careless targeting; and presidential acquiescence in a formula for counting civilian deaths that some officials think is skewed to produce low numbers.
The administration's failure to forge a clear detention policy has created the impression among some members of Congress of a take-no-prisoners policy. And Mr. Obama's ambassador to Pakistan, Cameron P. Munter, has complained to colleagues that the C.I.A.'s strikes drive American policy there, saying "he didn't realize his main job was to kill people," a colleague said.
Beside the president at every step is his counterterrorism adviser, John O. Brennan, who is variously compared by colleagues to a dogged police detective, tracking terrorists from his cavelike office in the White House basement, or a priest whose blessing has become indispensable to Mr. Obama, echoing the president's attempt to apply the "just war" theories of Christian philosophers to a brutal modern conflict.
Assessing Obama's Counterterrorism Record (May 29, 2012)
Top U.S. Security Official Says 'Rigorous Standards' Are Used for Drone Strikes (May 1, 2012)
U.S. Relaxes Limits on Use of Data in Terror Analysis (March 23, 2012)
U.S. Law May Allow Killings, Holder Says (March 6, 2012)
Secret U.S. Memo Made Legal Case to Kill a Citizen (October 9, 2011)
C.I.A. Steps Up Drone Attacks on Taliban in Pakistan (September 28, 2010)
Drones Batter Al Qaeda and Its Allies Within Pakistan (April 5, 2010)
NYT Insults Intelligence in Latest Syrian Op-Ed
April 10, 2012 by Jack Blood
Filed under Commentary
Dear New York Times, It Takes Two to Tango.
an editorial by Tony Cartalucci
April 10, 2012 – In New York Times' (NYT) latest, anonymous editorial, they berate the Syrian government for not making good on Kofi Annan's alleged "peace deal," openly admitted by US policy think-tanks as a rouse to buy time for a floundering NATO proxy force and to be used as leverage to justify a partial invasion by NATO-member Turkey into northern Syria.
More specifically, the Fortune 500 funded Brookings Institution think-tank, in their latest report, "Assessing Options for Regime Change" stated (emphasis added):
"An alternative is for diplomatic efforts to focus first on how to end the violence and how to gain humanitarian access, as is being done under Annan's leadership. This may lead to the creation of safe-havens and humanitarian corridors, which would have to be backed by limited military power. This would, of course, fall short of U.S. goals for Syria and could preserve Asad in power. From that starting point, however, it is possible that a broad coalition with the appropriate international mandate could add further coercive action to its efforts." –page 4, Assessing Options for Regime Change, Brookings Institution.
And now that is exactly what the UN, NATO, and its massive network of propagandists are attempting to sell the public – including the New York Times' anonymous editorial board.
While the NYT unprofessionally throws around adjectives like "despicable" "brutal" and describes the events unfolding in Syria as "slaughter," even by the Syrian opposition's own admissions and throughout reports by "top rights groups" like Human Rights Watch (HRW), they are fighting just as "despicably," "brutally," and committing "slaughter" just as readily. That is because it takes two belligerents to conduct an armed uprising – a fact of reality the NYT attempts to sidestep in their desperate appeal to what they must assume is an infinitely ignorant readership.
Photo: The "Free Syrian Army," whose composition consists of not only Syrian extremists, but Libyan terrorists from the US State Department listed "Libyan Islamic Fighting Group" led by Abdul Hakim Belhaj, are far from the "hapless, helpless" victims the New York Times portrays them as – nor is the current conflict in Syria as one-sides as the Times portrays.
The HRW report titled, "Syria: Armed Opposition Groups Committing Abuses," is broken into three parts in regards to the rebels forces; kidnapping, torture, and executions. And while the report attempts to focus mainly on atrocities carried out against security forces and government supporters, the mention of civilian victims is made as well. The report states:
"Abuses include kidnapping, detention, and torture of security force members, government supporters, and people identified as members of pro-government militias, called shabeeha. Human Rights Watch has also received reports of executions by armed opposition groups of security force members and civilians."
Under the title "Kidnappings," it is stated:
"Abuses include kidnapping, detention, and torture of security force members, government supporters, and people identified as members of pro-government militias, called shabeeha. Human Rights Watch has also received reports of executions by armed opposition groups of security force members and civilians."
"Human Rights Watch also expressed concern about FSA [Free Syrian Army] kidnappings of Iranian nationals, some of whom the group has confirmed are civilians."
Under "Executions," HRW's report describes the Syrian opposition's practice of rounding up suspects and killing them without trial, generally on the grounds of confessions coerced through torture. Other executions are simply carried out as reprisals with no apparent offense beyond suspected affiliations being cited.
What responsible government would allow overtly armed factions to carry out such crimes within its borders? What responsible journalist would omit these documented crimes during a discussion over how to end the bloodshed in Syria? Clearly both sides are armed, both sides are fighting one another, both sides are alleging the other is committing atrocities while declaring their own hands clean.
What the NYT also conveniently fails to mention is that the rebels they are so adamant in defending, have outright rejected Kofi Annan's "peace deal," in effect rendering the entire deal null and void, declaring their intentions to continue fighting the Syrian government with the constant torrent of cash and weapons pledged to them during the last "Friends of Syria" summit – a summit that disingenuously supported the "peace deal" while openly making provisions to continue the bloodshed. How could President Bashar al-Assad withdraw troops then, even if he wanted to?
Finally, the NYT shamelessly cites hearsay over an alleged "cross border" incident admittedly unconfirmed and involving conflicting reports in an attempt to further demonize the Syrian government and provide the impetus for Turkey, a NATO member since the 1950's, to establish Wall Street and London's prescribed "safe havens" and "humanitarian corridors" from which to continue their attempts to topple the Syrian government. As a matter of fact, Today's Zaman literally announced verbatim that Turkey's next step would be indeed to implement this very strategy, conjured up not from within the halls of the Turkish government in Ankara, but within the pages of a Fortune 500-funded Washington "think-tank."
An informed citizen would recognize NYT's editorial as just another mouthpiece of a singular Western agenda of premeditated violence with predetermined prescribed courses of action prepared to topple the government of Syria – a plan decades in the making. It is not that conditions on the ground have coincidentally converged to justify these plans – it is that professional liars like the NYT, the TV networks and the governments of NATO are creating and/or lying about the conditions on the ground when they otherwise would not exist to justify these plans.
Recognize that we are once again being lied to by the New York Times, just as we were by "Curveball" and Donald Rumsfeld regarding weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, or the admittedly false "humanitarian" claims made by the Libyan opposition, or most recently by the US government-funded Kony 2012 propaganda campaign. How many more times must we be lied to by the exact same shrill voices before we, as a rule, doubt, question, and challenge everything they say?
Pat Robertson Says Marijuana Use Should be Legal
March 15, 2012 by Jack Blood
Filed under Americas
Of the many roles Pat Robertson has assumed over his five-decade-long career as an evangelical leader — including presidential candidate and provocative voice of the right wing — his newest guise may perhaps surprise his followers the most: marijuana legalization advocate.
"I really believe we should treat marijuana the way we treat beverage alcohol," Mr. Robertson said in an interview on Wednesday. "I've never used marijuana and I don't intend to, but it's just one of those things that I think: this war on drugs just hasn't succeeded."
Mr. Robertson's remarks echoed statements he made last week on "The 700 Club," the signature program of his Christian Broadcasting Network, and other comments he made in 2010. While those earlier remarks were largely dismissed by his followers, Mr. Robertson has now apparently fully embraced the idea of legalizing marijuana, arguing that it is a way to bring down soaring rates of incarceration and reduce the social and financial costs.
"I believe in working with the hearts of people, and not locking them up," he said.
Mr. Robertson's remarks were hailed by pro-legalization groups, who called them a potentially important endorsement in their efforts to roll back marijuana penalties and prohibitions, which residents of Colorado and Washington will vote on this fall.
"I love him, man, I really do," said Neill Franklin, executive director of Law Enforcement Against Prohibition, a group of current and former law enforcement officials who oppose the drug war. "He's singing my song."
For his part, Mr. Robertson said that he "absolutely" supported the ballot measures, though he would not campaign for them. "I'm not a crusader," he said.
That comment may invite debate, considering Mr. Robertson's long career of speaking out — and sometimes in ways that drew harsh criticism — in favor of conservative family values. Recently, he was quoted as saying that victims of tornadoes in the Midwest could have avoided their fate by praying more.
But advocates of overhauling drug laws say Mr. Robertson's newfound passion on their issue could help sway conservative voters and other religious leaders to their cause.
"Pat Robertson still has an audience of millions of people, and they respect what he has to say," said Ethan Nadelmann, executive director of the Drug Policy Alliance, which advocates for more liberal drug laws. "And he's not backtracking. He's doubling down."
Mr. Robertson, 81, said that there had been no single event or moment that caused him to embrace legalization. Instead, his conviction that the nation "has gone overboard on this concept of being tough on crime" built up over time, he added.
"It's completely out of control," Mr. Robertson said. "Prisons are being overcrowded with juvenile offenders having to do with drugs. And the penalties, the maximums, some of them could get 10 years for possession of a joint of marijuana. It makes no sense at all."
Such talk was welcomed by some other religious leaders, especially those in African-American communities who have long argued that blacks are unfairly targeted in drug cases.
Iva E. Carruthers, the general secretary for the Samuel DeWitt Proctor Conference, the Chicago group that represents hundreds of black clergy members and lay leaders, said Mr. Robertson's remarks suggested that he recognized that "if you're a Hollywood exec with money, you're treated differently than if you're a poor kid getting off public transportation and get arrested."
"I would hope and think that it would move the needle for the large constituencies of evangelicals he represents," Dr. Carruthers added.
She said that she personally supported marijuana legalization, as did a growing number of conference members. But whether Mr. Robertson's endorsement would have a lasting impact was unclear, even to Mr. Robertson.
"I think they would agree if they understood the facts as I do," he said of other evangelical leaders. "But it's very hard."
He attributed much of the problem of overpopulated jails to a "liberal mindset to have an all-encompassing government."
Conservative groups that usually align with Mr. Robertson, meanwhile, were largely silent when asked for comment on his stance. For example, Focus on the Family — a Christian group whose disdain for same-sex marriage and support for family values are in line with Mr. Robertson's — declined to respond beyond saying that the group opposes legalization of marijuana for medical or recreational use.
For his part, Mr. Robertson said he was "not encouraging people to use narcotics in any way, shape or form." But he said he saw little difference between smoking marijuana and drinking alcohol, a longstanding argument from far more liberal — and libertarian-minded — leaders.
"If people can go into a liquor store and buy a bottle of alcohol and drink it at home legally, then why do we say that the use of this other substance is somehow criminal?" he said.
Mr. Franklin, who is a Christian, said Mr. Robertson's position was actually in line with the Gospel. "If you follow the teaching of Christ, you know that Christ is a compassionate man," he said. "And he would not condone the imprisoning of people for nonviolent offenses."
Mr. Robertson said he enjoyed a glass of wine now and then — "When I was in college, I hit it pretty hard, but that was before Christ." He added that he did not think marijuana appeared in the Bible, though he noted that "Jesus made water into wine."
"I don't think he was a teetotaler," he said.
And while Mr. Robertson said his earlier hints at support for legalization had led to him being "assailed by those who thought that it was terrible that I had forsaken the straight and narrow," he added that he was not worried about criticism this time around.
"I just want to be on the right side," he said. "And I think on this one, I'm on the right side."
Noted "Hacktivist" Turns Out to be an FBI Informer… (Tip of Iceberg)
March 7, 2012 by Jack Blood
Filed under Sci-Tech
Arrests Sow Mistrust Inside a Clan of Hackers
For months, The Real Sabu, as he called himself on Twitter, boasted, cursed and egged on his followers to take part in computer attacks against private companies and government agencies worldwide.
"Don't give in to these people," he wrote on Monday, ridiculing "cowards" in the federal government. "Fight back. Stay strong."
It turns out that Sabu had become an informant for federal law enforcement authorities. On Tuesday, in what could be one of the biggest breakthroughs in the government crackdown on a loose, large confederation of politically inspired "hacktivists," he was unmasked and revealed to have helped the authorities catch several fellow hackers in Europe and the United States.
Four men in Britain and Ireland were charged Tuesday with computer crimes; a fifth man was arrested Monday in Chicago.
Court papers identified Sabu as Hector Xavier Monsegur, 28, of New York. He pleaded guilty last August to a dozen counts of conspiracy to attack computers. He had operated since then as usual — as The Real Sabu, instigating attacks and quoting revolutionaries online.
The prosecutions are part of a wave of coordinated efforts to rein in a leaderless, multinational movement called Anonymous, which has drawn attention for its protests against the Church of Scientology and in support of the whistle-blower site WikiLeaks. It has spawned spinoffs with different names and insignias, among them LulzSec, which claimed to attack computer security companies for laughs, or lulz, and of which Sabu was a prominent, outspoken member.
Just last week, Interpol announced the arrests of 25 people suspected of being Anonymous members in Europe. Sabu reacted to that news on Twitter by urging others to attack Interpol's Web site.
Mr. Monsegur's base of operations seems to have been his late grandmother's sixth-floor apartment in a public-housing project on the Lower East Side of Manhattan. He was apparently self-trained, and he appears to have been equally skilled at hacking and deceiving his fellow hackers. His downfall, if nothing else, will sow even more distrust and dissension in the ranks of Anonymous.
"It is going to be very difficult for Anonymous to recover from such a breach of trust," said Mikko Hypponen, a security researcher at F-Secure Labs in Helsinki. "You can see the Anonymous people now looking left and right and realizing, if they couldn't trust Sabu, who can they trust?"
Whether this will temper the larger hacker cause remains to be seen. Anonymous is a decentralized movement that is, broadly speaking, opposed to state institutions and the companies that work with them, and its members have embraced an ever-shifting variety of causes, including animal rights and democracy in the Middle East.
The ranks are steadily replenished with people of varying skills. The targets have included Fox News, Sony, the government contractor HBGary and the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Favored tactics are either to start brute-force attacks aimed at slowing or shutting down sites, or to break into computer systems and expose embarrassing communications.
Gabriella Coleman, an anthropologist who studies the Anonymous movement and teaches at McGill University in Montreal, said she expected the latest prosecutions would most likely have "a chilling effect" on their hacking tactics.
"These are moments of massive reflection — who are we, what do we want to be?" she said of Anonymous.
The group's latest highly publicized breach was of the geopolitical analysis firm Stratfor. Its system was first penetrated last December, and the hackers exposed its customers' names and e-mail addresses. Then, starting last week, its internal communications were released on the Internet by a new partner, WikiLeaks.
On Monday night, the F.B.I. arrested Jeremy Hammond, 27, of Chicago, in connection with the Stratfor breach. Mr. Hammond is charged with stealing credit card information and using some of it to rack up more than $700,000 in charges.
Mr. Hammond's neighbors on Tuesday described him as a friendly man who dressed eccentrically, sometimes wearing mismatched shoes and, other times, suspenders. He sat on the front porch of the red brick house where he rented a first-floor apartment, and sometimes played the banjo and made up songs about the goings-on on the street.
Mr. Hammond's eccentricities apparently involved previous run-ins with the F.B.I. In 2006, he was convicted of having hacked into a political group's computer server and stolen credit card numbers. He was sentenced to 24 months in prison.
Also charged in a separate indictment were two Britons, Ryan Ackroyd, 23, and Jake Davis, 29. Mr. Davis, who was known by his nickname Topiary and was as loquacious on Twitter as Mr. Monsegur, was arrested last July in the Shetland Islands.
Also charged in Federal District Court for the Southern District of New York were Darren Martyn, 25, whose nicknames included Pwnsauce, and Donncha O'Cearrbhail, 19, who was known as Palladium.
All four men are accused of hacking into the computer systems of, among others, Fox Broadcasting, Sony Pictures Entertainment and PBS over the last year. (Fox News first reported the prosecutions on Tuesday.)
Mr. O'Cearrbhail is separately charged with breaching the personal e-mail account of an Irish law enforcement official and using it to covertly record a conference call in January in which authorities from several countries, including F.B.I. agents, were discussing investigations of Anonymous and other hacktivist groups.
Mr. Monsegur, for his part, was described as a smart, politically motivated hacker who had steered clear of trouble with the law — unlike his father, a Bronx resident who was convicted of selling heroin and spent seven years in prison.
A family member who did not want to be identified said that Mr. Monsegur was tall and heavy, and known for being into computers, video games and cars. He had been close to his grandmother, whose apartment in the Jacob Riis Houses became his home and his workshop. He has been living there with his girlfriend's two children, a person in law enforcement said.
Online, Mr. Monsegur was generating international mayhem, according to the complaint, participating in an attack on PayPal, defacing the Web site of the prime minister of Tunisia and breaking into the government of Yemen's computers. His role, court documents say, was to act as a "rooter," identifying vulnerabilities in the target's systems.
Some residents of the housing complex were shocked to hear of the charges. "I don't believe it," said Jaime Reyes, who said he had known Mr. Monsegur for many years, adding: "He was a good kid." Mr. Reyes said Mr. Monsegur seemed to be off at work a lot, and when he was home he was busy taking care of the children. "The way I see him, if somebody was a hacker, they would be home all day," he said.
As is common in cases involving informants, a federal judge will eventually decide whether Mr. Monsegur will be sentenced to jail or to what extent his punishment will be reduced in exchange for his cooperation.
In the days just before his guilty plea was announced, Mr. Monsegur — or Sabu on Twitter — was his usual bombastic self. "You think arresting my people will stop our idea? Our love and solidarity will not cease but will be empowered. We are stronger than the gov," he wrote last week.
His last post, on Monday afternoon, was adapted from a quote from the Marxist activist Rosa Luxemburg, in German. "The revolution says I am, I was, I will be," it said.
NYT: Obama using Espionage Act to 'silence and prosecute federal workers'…
February 28, 2012 by Jack Blood
Filed under Police State
Blurred Line Between Espionage and Truth
By DAVID CARR
Published: February 26, 2012
Last Wednesday in the White House briefing room, the administration's press secretary, Jay Carney, opened on a somber note, citing the deaths of Marie Colvin and Anthony Shadid, two reporters who had died "in order to bring truth" while reporting in Syria.
Thomas A. Drake, a former employee of the National Security Agency, was prosecuted under the Espionage Act last year.
Jake Tapper, the White House correspondent for ABC News, pointed out that the administration had lauded brave reporting in distant lands more than once and then asked, "How does that square with the fact that this administration has been so aggressively trying to stop aggressive journalism in the United States by using the Espionage Act to take whistle-blowers to court?"
He then suggested that the administration seemed to believe that "the truth should come out abroad; it shouldn't come out here."
Fair point. The Obama administration, which promised during its transition to power that it would enhance "whistle-blower laws to protect federal workers," has been more prone than any administration in history in trying to silence and prosecute federal workers.
The Espionage Act, enacted back in 1917 to punish those who gave aid to our enemies, was used three times in all the prior administrations to bring cases against government officials accused of providing classified information to the media. It has been used six times since the current president took office.
Setting aside the case of Pfc. Bradley Manning, an Army intelligence analyst who is accused of stealing thousands of secret documents, the majority of the recent prosecutions seem to have everything to do with administrative secrecy and very little to do with national security.
In case after case, the Espionage Act has been deployed as a kind of ad hoc Official Secrets Act, which is not a law that has ever found traction in America, a place where the people's right to know is viewed as superseding the government's right to hide its business.
In the most recent case, John Kiriakou, a former C.I.A. officer who became a Democratic staff member on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, was charged under the Espionage Act with leaking information to journalists about other C.I.A. officers, some of whom were involved in the agency's interrogation program, which included waterboarding.
For those of you keeping score, none of the individuals who engaged in or authorized the waterboarding of terror suspects have been prosecuted, but Mr. Kiriakou is in federal cross hairs, accused of talking to journalists and news organizations, including The New York Times.
Mr. Tapper said that he had not planned on raising the issue, but hearing Mr. Carney echo the praise for reporters who dug deep to bring out the truth elsewhere got his attention.
"I have been following all of these case, and it's not like they are instances of government employees leaking the location of secret nuclear sites," Mr. Tapper said. "These are classic whistle-blower cases that dealt with questionable behavior by government officials or its agents acting in the name of protecting America."
Mr. Carney said in the briefing that he felt it was appropriate "to honor and praise the bravery" of Ms. Colvin and Mr. Shadid, but he did not really engage Mr. Tapper's broader question, saying he could not go into information about specific cases. He did not respond to an e-mail message seeking comment.
In one of the more remarkable examples of the administration's aggressive approach, Thomas A. Drake, a former employee of the National Security Agency, was prosecuted under the Espionage Act last year and faced a possible 35 years in prison.
His crime? When his agency was about to spend hundreds of millions of dollars on a software program bought from the private sector intended to monitor digital data, he spoke with a reporter at The Baltimore Sun. He suggested an internally developed program that cost significantly less would be more effective and not violate privacy in the way the product from the vendor would. (He turned out to be right, by the way.)
He was charged with 10 felony counts that accused him of lying to investigators and obstructing justice. Last summer, the case against him collapsed, and he pleaded guilty to a single misdemeanor, of misuse of a government computer.
Jesselyn Radack, the director for national security and human rights at the Government Accountability Project, was one of the lawyers who represented him.
"The Obama administration has been quite hypocritical about its promises of openness, transparency and accountability," she said. "All presidents hate leaks, but pursuing whistle-blowers as spies is heavy-handed and beyond the scope of the law."
Mark Corallo, who served under Attorney General John D. Ashcroft during the Bush administration, told Adam Liptak of The New York Times this month that he was "sort of shocked" by the number of leak prosecutions under President Obama. "We would have gotten hammered for it," he said.
As Mr. Liptak pointed out, it has become easier to ferret out leakers in a digital age, but just because it can be done doesn't mean it should be.
These kinds of prosecutions can have ripples well beyond the immediate proceedings. Two reporters in Washington who work on national security issues said that the rulings had created a chilly environment between journalists and people who work at the various government agencies.
During a point in history when our government has been accused of sending prisoners to secret locations where they were said to have been tortured and the C.I.A. is conducting remote-controlled wars in far-flung places, it's not a good time to treat the people who aid in the publication of critical information as spies.
And it's worth pointing out that the administration's emphasis on secrecy comes and goes depending on the news. Reporters were immediately and endlessly briefed on the "secret" operation that successfully found and killed Osama bin Laden. And the drone program in Pakistan and Afghanistan comes to light in a very organized and systematic way every time there is a successful mission.
There is plenty of authorized leaking going on, but this particular boat leaks from the top. Leaks from the decks below, especially ones that might embarrass the administration, have been dealt with very differently.


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just wondering if anyone knows the dry weight and horse power for a 1984 indy 600 thanks
only 86 horse i thought it would be more my 583 rotax puts out about 110 what does a 500 indy efi put out
go to; Polarisman.com they have all the info for older Polaris sledsOriginally Posted by bigjohn1
They don't have horsepower ratings but they have how much it weighs and other stuff. A 500 efi probably puts out 80 horses. Remember that your 583 had exhaust valves and was way more advanced for it's time then the Polaris motors. 110 still sounds kinda high for that motor.
i was told a 582 without raves gets 90 to 95 horse and the 583 witch is a single coil 582 with raves produces 105 115 horse but that was just what i heard not dyno proven it must be the gearing that makes the difference as my summit 583 seems to have more bottom end and the 600 seems to just keep going in the top
86 is about right for that motor. The Polaris 650's made around 90-95 w/o pipes. It's an older motor, old technology and its prolly getting tired on compression depending on miles so it might make less than that.
it was rebuilt about 800 k ago and it has pipes and blows my buddys 91 indy 500 efi out of the water
I just checked and they don't have the weight for it.Originally Posted by bluevoyageur
Maybe compare it to a similar sled that does have the weight posted in the stats?Originally Posted by bigjohn1


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What are your opinions of ordering a leather holster with or without a bodyguard/sweatshield for a 1911 OWB holster? I know for IWB it's a must for me. Thanks
On my personal OWB holsters I like an abbreviated slide guard/index pad. It doesn't completely cover the slide but it give me an easy reference for re-holstering, and helps keep my shirt out of the way.
I like one, helps keep the thumb safety in place, especially if you have an ambi safety. Keeps the shirt out of the way etc.
I have the sweat shield on all of my personal OWB/IWB holsters.. As stated above there are many advantages.
I make all my holsters with them,keeps things from chafing
That's the only way I buy them now.
On my IWB's yes, but not on my OWB's
Lack of one on a OWB holster shouldn't be a problem if you OC with your shirt tucked. Personally, I prefer them.
I'm going to go with the I like them crowd, they go on all my holsters by default unless someone requests it without. Generally I find the tighter the OWB rides the more necessary it becomes, I've got a prototype that I could probably get by without it, but most of my designs I personally would run it on(same goes for most other makers as well). I think it's a matter of comfort, especially with something like a 1911 with a pointy backend, the other advantage at least on a boned leather holster with a 1911 is that it keeps the safety in position as well.
So depends on body and what you prefer but I'm a fan of them:)
Take care!
As my companies name implies, all of my holsters have "side guards" and is one reason I started making my own holsters.
I agree a side guard/sweat shield is a must for me and all the holsters I make, for comfort and ease of re-holstering!
Thanks for the replies. I should also point out that I have a fairly slim waistline (32"). Not sure if that would make a difference.
That's the only way I make them. It's a must if you carry 1911's, Hi Powers and Sigs


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Carol K: Loved the book. I feel sure anyone who purchases the DVD will truly be blessed. Jun 10, 2013
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Scott H: I read & liked the book. Fan of all Whitlow's books. Good "man's" movie for Father's Day. Price was right. Jun 4, 2013
Sheryl E: It is something I would really like to watch May 31, 2013
A shopper asked: This movie has spanish subtitles? Jun 22, 2013
Scott H: We bought for a gift. I looked on Netflix and it lists only English subtitles. Jul 21, 2013
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Helen T: No it doesn't have spanish subtitles. Aug 18, 2013
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Jimmy L: The movie has no Spanish subtitles. Aug 17, 2013
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Laura A asked: The trailer looks really good, but I'm wondering about the "seeing people who aren't there" thing. Is Jimmy supposed to see angels? Does this movie present a Biblical worldview? Aug 17, 2013
Helen T: Laura, this is a difficult one. It was the part of the movie that I was most uncomfortable with. The angels, only influence him to encourage his Grandad to accept Jesus as his saviour, to do things like help his Dad when he is in danger, and to over come his fear of water so he can follow through on having a water baptism. Ultimately, it's up to you how you feel about this. Aug 18, 2013
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Laura A: Thank you, Helen. Your answer was honest and helpful. I, too, am a little uncomfortable with the angels/supernatural beings that are in some movies these days; however, I think we'll rent it and give it a chance. Thank you again! Aug 18, 2013
Scott H: The people Jimmy sees are clearly portrayed as angels and not as dead people . Jimmy is definitely presented from a Christian viewpoint, although the spiritual message is not conveyed in a heavy-handed way. Aug 20, 2013
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Laura A: Ok, that's good to know. Thanks, Scott! I appreciate it. Aug 20, 2013
Ricky T: Honestly I have not watched the movie yet but we all supposed to have angels around us weather we see them or not depends on us and how we are living.
To one person Jimmy looks like he is talking to himself.
To a Christian like myself I think he is talking to his Angel.
All depends on the individual watching Jimmy. Aug 27, 2013
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Marleen M: Yes, Laura . . Jimmy sees Angels. He calls them "Watchers." This is an uplifting wonderful movie for the whole family. Yes, it is from a Biblical worldview. The story is very well done . . and very intense/suspenseful at the ending. Grab some Kleenex and prepare to be uplifted. Aug 20, 2013
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My kids watch it with me and we all loved it. We are christians who simply don't dig to deep into the movies we watch as long as the movie are within the guidelines of our wishes. Overall we give this movie 4 stars. Jan 9, 2014
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Melody B: The honesty no matter the threat is an important character quality, but I don't think this is a good movie for children under 13 without parent guidance. Jan 11, 2014
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A new families tribunal to provide counselling and mediation to separating parents with children is gaining support among federal ministers and backbenchers.
The Attorney-General, Philip Ruddock, and Children and Youth Affairs Minister, Larry Anthony, both favour the tribunal, government sources said.
Other cabinet ministers, such as the Treasurer, Peter Costello, have qualms about a tribunal. Former Family Court judges have also criticised it. Cabinet will debate the idea today as the Government formulates a response to the House of Representatives committee on Family and Community Affairs' report on child custody arrangements.
The report recommended changing the family law system to encourage separating parents to share custody of children. A number of coalition backbenchers support a families tribunal.
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It is without regret that I write a few hundred folks did not make it to Summerfest on Saturday between 1-5pm because they were soaking up the great beers, foods, and atmosphere at Bayshore Town Center in Glendale during the 1st annual WI Craft Beer Festival produced by the WI Brewers Guild. This event, which offered over 100 craft beers plus 20 food pairings by area chefs, included not volunteers pouring but brewers and brewery owners representing 30 breweries from around the state. South Shore, Pearl St, Grumpy Troll, Titletown, New Glarus, Capital, Sprecher, Vintage, Chameleon, Lakefront, Sand Creek, Milwaukee Ale House were among the mix of award-winning breweries small and large that arrived glad to pour their best and talk smart about their brews.
Among the foods for pairing — Anchorage restaurant prepared shrimp scampi; Ovation offered shrimp cakes; sliders and other delicious dishes were included with the price of a ticket. And true foodies had a great time because chefs from each restaurant were on hand to talk about their dishes and their pairing strategy.
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The September Employment report is due at 8:30 a.m. ET Friday. The Street expects a decline of 20,000 to 25,000 in nonfarm payrolls and an unemployment rate of 6.2% vs. August's 6.1%.
There is so much anticipation of good earnings to be announced later in the month, that even a "bad" employment report, meaning nonfarm payrolls down over 75,000 and an uptick in the unemployment rate to 6.3% or higher, that the selling might turn out to be a short-lived event lasting at the most two or three trade days.
There is even a possibility that a modestly bad report (nonfarms down 50,000-75,000, unemployment rate 6.3%) could ignite a bout of selling which serves as a short-term capitulation of sellers that could lead to an intraday reversal.
Thursday's reaction to weaker than expected August Factory Orders data suggests that there is an underlying bullish sentiment in place (because markets did not sell off after the weak report).
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Why R8 brakes? Price would be unacceptable with them. I drove 220hp TDI and it still just TDI. No need bigger than GLI has. Put there Garrett GT2559V in it and tune it to 240-250hp and than, think about bigger brakes.
Why R8 brakes? Price would be unacceptable with them. I drove 220hp TDI and it still just TDI. No need bigger than GLI has. Put there Garrett GT2559V in it and tune it to 240-250hp and than, think about bigger brakes.
I realy think these complaints abut 140hp ae LAUGHABLE.
the name of the game here is torque.
TORQUE you EEEEEE-diots!
I owned a 90hp '03 TDI, and it was a BLAST to drive.
Software mods would've made it ridiculously fun.
I love this Jetta Special Edition. [IMG]http://*****************.com/smile/emthup.gif[/IMG] VWOA, I'm still trying to work this out.
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Yeah, I would put a standard rabbit front bumper on that thing. It seriously looks like that guy that drives around with his '95 Neon with a real bad body kit.
Skip this rendition of the Golf/Jetta platform. We have a 2009 Jetta Sportwagen TDI 6-speed which is a superior design for about the same price. The article says the "TDI Cup Street Edition" has the exact same engine as our wagon. How racy is that?
The low end torque of the TDI provides an unbelievably pleasant shifting experience. The TDI feels much faster than it really is and gets in the upper 30s mpg. But the wagon has better rear seat head room and the huge sunroof is better than having a convertible. It has decent carrying capacity while still being small enough to be fun. The only flaw in the Sportwagen TDI is the lack of a cloth interior option and Xenon lights.
But I couldn't get the "Street" edition because I refuse to pay to have advertisements on my doors.
well, take a heatgun and take the stickers off - pretty much what everyone is going to do anyway - thats like keeping the dealer sticker on the trunk - its more of a dealership lot thing then you remove it
Sticker delete option?
Why complain about the 140hp motor? Same displacement, so just chip it.
Quote, originally posted by too_slow » Noob question.. Will the interior be a MK5, or will it have a MK5.5 (ala JSW) interior?
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Quote, originally posted by macosxuser » Why complain about the 140hp motor? Same displacement, so just chip it.
PD140 can be chipped to over 170hp to the wheels.
What does the front end look like WITHOUT the optional body kit? Same big chrome grille/bumper as any other Jetta?
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I think it's a great idea. Keep throwing out the limited editions. I picked up a Turbo-S back in 03. If this came in a wagon I'd bite.
I wonder how good this would in snow? With and without snow tires?
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Quote, originally posted by hazw8st » PD140 can be chipped to over 170hp to the wheels.
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Front end doesn't flow. The pin stripe is ugly. The wheels need to be better. Door pillars are not painted. Car needs work.
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Quote, originally posted by argh32 » Sticker delete option?
[IMG]http://*****************.com/smile/emthup.gif[/IMG] Just delete this platform and go back to the 04.5 Jetta GLI. The last good looking Jetta.
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First race is being aired Dec 6, 2009 @ 5:00PM ET
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Here are a few pictures of the cup cars at Road America. Unfortunately I missed them in action.
even the pace car was cool.
thank you Volkswagen.
Modified by skota at 9:51 AM 11-23-2009
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Love that torque stat. Does anyone know what the 0-60 mph and 1/4 mile times are?
The red #28 was driven by one of my crew guys. Andrew Tucker FTMFW! I love that dude, he's really coming along as a driver, too.
I'm stoked they are bringing this car over, I'm really tempted, but I'm holding my breath hoping that they make the Bluesport roadster. I'd buy one in AL and leave it at APR until it could wheelie.
Reminder you can catch Andrew Tucker and all the other Jetta Cup drivers on SPEED tomorrow at 5pm EST.


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As promised...here we go!
For reference, here's what I had before:
- Creative Steel 87A motor mounts
- Creative Steel 87A differential bushing
- Revshift 80A transmission insert
- TurninConcepts (TiC) 95A trailing arm bushings
- Killernoodle trailing arms
- Hotchkis 2280 front (1.125" hollow core, 70% stiffer than stock, 9.0 lbs) and rear (1" hollow core, 90% stiffer than stock, 7.4 lbs) sway bars
- FG2s with Ground Control kit, MightyMouse spacers, and 600/650 in-lb linear Eibach springs
Here's what I installed:
- Revshift 95A subframe bushings
- Revshift 95A control arm bushings
- BMR TR001R 1" diameter toe rods
- Addco 2290 front (1.375" solid core, ~110% stiffer than stock, 28.5 lbs) and 2289 rear (1" solid core, ~125% stiffer than stock, 14.4 lbs) sway bars
- Energy Suspension sway bar brackets and bushings with Zerk fittings
- POR15 coating on the subframe
- 3M 03584 Professional Grade Rubberized Undercoating in the rear wheel wells and underneath spare tire tub (1 can each)
Tools that I found essential:
- Normal and dead blow hammers
- 3/8" and 1/2" drive socket wrenches and gear wrenches up to 24mm
- Harbor Freight 450 lb transmission jack
- A ton of caliper cleaner (to clean up the gooey mess) and wheel cleaner (e.g. Eagle One A2Z)
- A 2-3' long 3/8" socket wrench extension that I could destroy
- 1-1/16" or 25-26mm socket (same size as control arm bushing sleeves)
- A cheap bench vise for crushing subframe bushings and installing new ones
- A small Vise Grip (helps with the front control arm bolt)
- Huge washers, a long bolt, and matching nut (used to pull together bushing halves and steel/aluminum cores)
- Milwaukee corded or M18 cordless drill and Sawzall
- A 3/16" drill bit (for starting holes in the control arm bushing rubber)
- A Milwaukee 49-22-1129 demolition sawzall blade set--particularly the 9" "The Torch" 18 TPI metal blades for slicing the subframe bushing outer sleeves, and the short and long "The Axe" demolition blades with fang tips for cutting through the control arm and subframe bushing rubber, respectively.
- Blue Loctite
- Your choice of brake bleeding equipment and brake fluid
- If you want to clean the cast aluminum control arms, I suggest Prosoco Sure Klean 600 (mild hydrochloric acid) in an empty spray bottle diluted with water to at least 1:3, disposable nitrile gloves (Home Depot has them), and a couple of green 3M Scotch-Brite scouring pads.
Brief Installation Summary:
- Remove the wheels, brake calipers, rotors, and exhaust. This is a good time to check the tightness of your parking brake. Unclip the ABS sensors from the hubs. Unbolt the shocks. Remove the two passenger side brake lines leading toward the engine. Brake fluid is going to leak everywhere unless you control it. Disconnect the driveshaft.
- Support the subframe with the transmission jack squarely underneath the differential mount. Remove the two 21mm (front) and two 24mm (rear) subframe bushing bolts. At this point, the subframe and differential are being supported only by the jack.
Reference picture that I used for planning.
- Lower the subframe to the ground, watching to make sure that you didn't accidentally forget to detach something (those ABS connectors are delicate). Note that the parking brake line is still attached--if you're on jack stands, you will have just enough slack in the line to roll the subframe out from under the driver's side rear wheel well.
Marvel at how disgusting that whole area gets after a couple of years of not cleaning it.
Smaller front bushing (harder of the two to remove).
Larger rear bushing.
I first tried (unsuccessfully) to burn these bushings out, which is what Revshift originally did, but with an Acetylene torch. Unfortunately, MAPP torches don't get hot enough to melt rubber--they just char it and smoke and make the whole area smell bad. Avoid.
The first half of the bushing removal process is pretty easy (10 minutes each):
1. Ignore the metal core of the bushing.
2. Using a long demolition Sawzall blade, stick your Sawzall in one the big air gaps in the rubber bushings, and begin cutting in a hexagonal or octagonal pattern around the metal core. Use straight lines. Don't try to bend the bigger blades around in a circle. You're wasting your time and running down your batteries.
3. Periodically spray wheel cleaner (or some kind of non-flammable degreaser) into the bushing to cool down the rubber and help prevent it from re-forming after the blade passes by. You can get by without this, but it'll take a little longer.
4. When you think you're through, jam a big screwdriver into the bushing and move it around to see if the core is ready to come out. When it looks really loose, hit it with the hammer and it should fall on the ground in one or two shots. Or yank it out with pliers.
Screwdriver test failed. I missed several spots.
Screwdriver test passed.
This is where things get irritating. The challenge is to cut the metal sleeve of the bushing completely through but avoid damaging the "cup" in the subframe that holds the bushing in place. If you're like me, most of the time you're going to err on the side of caution and not cut enough. Here's what I'd recommend:
1. Using a long, fine-toothed metal sawzall blade, cut off the flanged part of on the bottom of each of the bushing sleeves. Alternately, after you make your vertical cuts, look underneath the bushing and carefully cut a notch out the flange to meet your vertical cut.
Ready to make a notch that meets my vertical cut
2. Make a vertical cut in 2-3 places around the bushing. It's hard to tell how deep you've gone, since there's all kinds of gooey rubberized bits obscuring your view.
Yummy molten rubber.
3. Don't try to pry out a section with a screwdriver--you'll just break it. Grab your bench vise, flip it upside down, and use it to crush the ever-loving s**t out of a portion of the bushing.
Crushing the weakened bushing.
4. With your normal hammer (ear protection is a must), beat the living crap out of the bushing until it falls out of the bottom of the cup. Go big or go home. Love taps are less than useless. If you've hit the living s**t out of the thing 8-10 times and it hasn't moved, you didn't cut all the way through the sleeve, or you forgot about the lip on the bottom of the sleeve.
5. Rinse and repeat until you're done. This may sound easy, but I can virtually guarantee you that this will take you most of one day.
Now we come to the fun part--the actual bushing installation!
1. Install the bottom half of the bushing first. Lube it up, line it up, and use the bench vise to squeeze the bushing into the cup. If you bought 80A bushings, you may be able to do this by hand instead.
2. Install the top half of the bushing. You won't be able to get it started with a dead-blow hammer. Instead, insert your long bolt through both halves of the Revshift bushing with a washer on either end. Thread the nut on, and with a pair of wrenches, screw the nut down until the halves are pressed tight together.
3. Repeat for the metal core. Insert from the top. If you don't have enough length on your bolt, you can use your dead-blow hammer to get the core started. Eventually, friction will make it impossible to use the hammer and you'll have to finish up with the bolt/washers/nut trick. As it turns out, my Home Depot didn't sell a long enough bolt for my needs. So I wound up using one of the subframe bolts and a nut from the control arms instead. Thankfully, my washers were large enough to pass that big bolt through.
Core is almost fully inserted (note silver piece sticking out of the top end of the bushing).


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College students are indoctrinated with a sense of guilt for the US's success, yet it seems they rarely get a sense of what really makes the US exceptional. With a touch of youthful innocence, two college students are producing a documentary based on their experience living in extreme poverty (i.e. subsisting on $1 per day) in the backwaters of Guatemala. Blessedly, their message is not that of Marxism, which is sweeping the region. Instead Mr. Temple and Mr. Ingrasci are students of development finance and evangelists for micro-finance.
The students are members of the Whole Planet Foundation, which is also supporting their film. The foundation is a micro-finance provider with close ties to Whole Foods grocery stores (readers may be surprised to learn that Whole Foods's co-founder and co-CEO is a free market libertarian). They posit that many people yearn to be entrepreneurs but lack even modest seed money to pursue their dreams. Micro-finance loans, as pioneered by Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Muhammad Yunus, can enable small businesses that are unattractive to anyone with even modest success and far too small to justify the origination costs of a traditional loan. Still, such small loans can lift people out of extreme poverty when hard work needs even the slightest leverage to be more productive.
Micro-finance's anecdotal successes suggest that simply dropping dollar bills over an impoverished area is superior to the billions in US foreign aid that never seems to reach the poor. Still, micro-finance is unlikely to build great nations from the mud. Great nations do great things that micro-finance cannot accomplish. Nearly every great nation has its own auto industry, and a handful of the greatest nations have their own aircraft industries. Micro-finance may enable a family to start a small business so they can care for themselves, but the capital formation process required for a jet engine is beyond the reach of small individual loans. At some point a broader capital market must take over.
The US and nations like it are exceptionally good at the massive capital formation required to do great things. The US benefits from a classless society; despite what demagogue millionaires like Sen. John Edwards and Pres. Obama say, anyone can do anything in the US. The US benefits from Christian values like the Protestant work ethic; work and accomplishment are admired by most Americans other than college professors and community organizers. The US has strong property rights, with the rare exception of Washington's view on GM and Fannie Mae. The US has the strongest respect for personal liberties; the First and Second Amendments remain strong despite decades of attacks. These are the pillars of a society where micro-loans are only needed as educational tools for Junior Achievement.
Micro-finance alone will not grant Guatemala the advantages of the US. As the film-making students know, economic growth is correlated with investment in human capital (i.e. education), infrastructure (i.e. government spending), and private capital formation. Only governments and private cultures that resemble the US's ultimately prosper; no amount of aid has ever made a dysfunctional nation prosperous. Still cheers to these students who chose to live in the poorest part of a nation 1/10th as prosperous as the US, who understand that life is usually brutish and unfair, yet want to uplift the poor with some of the tools of US capitalism.


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Vogue Fashion Night Out
One of our favourite nights of the year, Vogue Fashion Night Out, is upon us once again and we couldn't be more excited. To celebrate, we have enlisted the fabulous DJ Nino Brown to entertain guests at our Westfield Sydney City store. Regarded as a true master of the turntable, this hip-hop star has played for legions of fans worldwide and at home in Australia, where his live shows pull in thousands of fans each week.
Along with Nino, we'll also be showcasing in-store an exclusive pair of Bulgari sunglasses from the "Le Gemme" collection – So exclusive in fact, they're the only pair in the world. Featuring the use of precious metals and exceptional gemstones, these ultra high-end frames are a sight to behold.
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Date: Thursday 6th of September
Timing: 5:30pm – 9:30pm
Sunglass Hut Store: Westfields Sydney City store
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Travel Picks: Top 10 bridges around the world
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Suspension bridges, covered bridges, wind-and-rain bridges, rope bridges, ornamental bridges. There's a practical purpose to every bridge; that river has to be crossed or that gorge spanned. But it's the romance, legend and spectacle of a bridge that led online travel consultants Cheapflights.com (www.cheapflights.com) to create its list of the Top 10 most impressive bridges around the world. Reuters has not endorsed list:
1. Tower Bridge, London, United Kingdom
The world saw Tower Bridge this year during Britain's remarkable summer of Diamond Jubilee festivities, the Olympics and Paralympic Games. It was built in 1894, all Victorian Gothic with Cornish granite and Portland stone, close to the Tower of London from which it gets its name. Standing 42 meters (yards) above the legendary River Thames, its walkways are vantage points for many London landmarks. Plus, it's the only bridge on the Thames that can be raised to let boats pass. The bascules are raised approximately 1,000 times per year.
2. Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco, USA
No list of bridges is complete without this orange-vermillion wonder that spans the strait linking San Francisco Bay with the Pacific Ocean. It has stood above the Golden Gate, often shrouded in fog, for 75 years. At 4,200 feet long, the Golden Gate Bridge was, for almost 30 years, the longest in the world. In a city of superb see-before-you-die attractions, the bridge tops the list. Visitors can walk or bike across it. Alternatively, the Bridge Pavilion tells the story of the bridge and has a range of souvenirs for friends and family back home.
3. Lions Gate Bridge, Vancouver, Canada
This is the bridge that Guinness built. Really. The Lions Gate Bridge, known officially as the First Narrows Bridge, spans Burrard Inlet and connects the City of Vancouver to the North Shore (North Vancouver and West Vancouver). The Lions Gate refers to the mountain peaks (The Lions) that are visible to drivers heading north. The wealthy Guinness family invested heavily in West Vancouver and part of the deal was that they - through their British Pacific Properties Co. - would build all roads and water lines. Knowing that they needed to make the area more accessible, they were involved with the construction of the bridge and, in 1986, gifted its lights.
4. Sydney Harbour Bridge, Sydney, Australia
The bridge is the largest steel-arch bridge in the world. It's not the longest (that honor belongs to the New River Gorge in West Virginia), but it's one of the most recognizable symbols of Australia. It's 1,149 meters (3,770 feet) long and its arch span is 503 meters. The top of the arch is 134 meters above the sea and the clearance for shipping under the deck is a spacious 49 meters. Eager to climb to the Pylon Lookout? There are 200 steps to ascend to get to one of Sydney's oldest tourist attractions. If you want to climb it, you can do that too for about $218. In overalls and secured to a safety line, you can climb 1,500 meters over the arch. Continued...


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He's still around, making hair fabulous and wearing his hats. He has a line of hair tools out right now that are a bit more than you're used to from hair tools. The line is pretty extensive, but I asked for a few of his favorites and who they are best for.
Short Hair:
"To style shorter hair, I use my World's Fastest Flat Iron. Because of its slim design, it is easy to create a smooth, beautiful look."
For Dry & Damaged Hair:
"I recommend my Therapy Rx Moisture Boosting Tool. This tool breaks down leave-in conditioning products into particles small enough for the hair cuticle to absorb, leaving hair soft and silky."
For Color Treated Hair:
When your hair is color treated you don't want to lose the beautiful color. The infrared technology of my Infrared Blow Dryer helps to preserve the vibrancy of color treated hair.
To Create Beachy Waves:
"I like to blow dry the hair with a large round brush to maximize the volume. Then I curl with one of my Clipless Curling Irons. The 25mm or 32mm are both perfect to create natural looking waves. Once the whole head is curled, I then shake the hair out with my fingers gently for an effortless finish."


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Discussion in 'Pistons and NBA' started by G-man, Jan 17, 2006.
1. Ben Wallace 2. Joe Dumars 3. Chauncey Billups 4. Grant Hill 5. Rip Hamilton Name & rank yours..
Runners-up 6. Sheed 7. Allan Houston 8. Jerry Stackhouse 9. Tay 10. Lindsey Hunter 11. Big Nasty 12. Rick Mahorn 6 guys you forget were ever here (last 10 years) 1.Lou Roe 2.Litterial Green 3.Charles O'Bannon 4.Cory Beck 5.Korleone Young 6.Khalid Reeves Guys we never should've traded for 1.Stacey Augmon 2.Loy Vaught
The catalyst The Sheed Let's try Ben Wallace Chauncey Billups Rasheed Wallace Jerry Stackhouse Grant Hill Runners up would be Richard Hamilton Tayshaun Prince Corliss Williamson I'm having a hard time finding room for older versions of JD and Horn.
Ben Wallace Billups Hill Sheed Rip I would incl Dumars if his whole career is considered and not what he did in the 10 year span - 96. Best Piston Free throw shooter ever? Billups or Dumars - Dumars Worst Free throw shooter? Ben or Eric Montross? - Montross
Pistons all North Carolina Team (last 10 yrs) Kenny Smith 96/97 Eric Montross 97/01 Hubert Davis 02/03 Jerry Stackhouse 97/02 Rasheed Wallace 03/06
Litterial Green belongs in the 'Favorite Sports Names' thread
All "Bust" Team: Darko Milicic William Bedford Rodney White Fennis Dembo Mateen Cleaves
I just went to use the little boy's room and thought, time for an all bust team. Great minds think alike Hatter. ;)
# 1 Grant Hill # 2 Ben Wallace # 3 Rip Hamilton # 4 Chauncey Billups # 5 Sheed, when he comes to play; otherwise, between Taysh and Corliss and Dyce.
1. Joe Dumars 2. Rasheed Wallace 3. Rip Hamilton 4. Chauncey Billups 5. Ben Wallace
I was taking the high road but since some decided to ride this thread into the crapper, I will add my opinion that Darko could and should have had the opportunity to compete for that Top 5 list, and would have made it.
Greatest Pistons (10 years) 1)Ben Wallace 2)Grant Hill 3)Sheed 4)Billups 5)Stackhouse Greatest Pistons Bench (10 years) 1)Big Nasty 2)Dice 3)Memo 4)Hunter 5)J. Barry Let's Forget About (10 years) 1)Palace Brawl 2)Mysterious disappearance of Bison Dele (Brian Williams) 3)Teal Uniforms 4)Houston and Hill give up on Pistons 5)The Darko Saga
damn, I don't know Cory Beck. The names Lou Roe, Korleone Young and Khalid Reeves sound familiar at least. Charles O' Bannon was the weaker brother of Ed (damn- imagene being the weaker one and the better one is Ed O' Bannon!?!?! That's like being the weaker version of Jim Mc Ilvaine or so). John Crotty's gotta be on that list too. But, when we traded for Loy Vaught (who did we give up for him), I was happy at first- til I realized that his best days were just over, same for Billy Owens, whom we got in the same year.
you dare to call Korleone Young someone to forget??? YEARTEAMGGSMPGFG%3P%FT%OFFDEFRPGAPGSPGBPGTOPFPPG 98-99DET305.0.500.2501.000.70.701.30.3.00.00.331.004.3 Check out these stats- damn, that's about 12 rebs and 40 pints/48minutes!!! :-) but sometimes I wonder why guys like Khalid Reeves or Eric Montross (more or less, at least in his first NBA years) who have been solid NBA players leave the NBA that early. Or why players like Christian Laettner or Ron Mercer become less than average guys.
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South Sound Rd, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands (approximate)
One of Grand Cayman's main attractions is Seven Mile Beach, site of a number of the island's hotels and resorts. Named one of the Ultimate Beaches by Caribbean Travel and Life, Seven Mile Beach is on the western shore of Grand Cayman Island. It is a public property and possible to walk the full length of the beach, past all the hotels, resorts, and public beach bars. Historical sites in Grand Cayman, such as Pedro St James Castle in Savannah, also attract visitors. Tourists also visit the Sister Islands, Little Cayman and Cayman Brac.
All three islands offer scuba diving, and the Cayman Islands are home to several snorkelling locations where tourists can swim with stingrays. The most popular area to do this is Stingray City, Grand Cayman. Stingray City is a top attraction in Grand Cayman and originally started in the 1980s, when divers started feeding squid to stingrays. The stingrays started to associate the sound of the boat motors with food, and thus visit this area year round.
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Wednesday evening in St Mary and St Michael Roman Catholic Church at the junction of Commercial Road and Lukin Street. It stands just a little north of Cable Street. Buddhists, Muslims and Christians collectively filled most of the pews. I was shown to a seat close by the altar behind a man from the Salvation Army in full uniform, a younger man from the Islamic Forum of Europe and a young woman from St Paul's Anglican church in Shadwell who works for its youth project XLP. They bantered cheerfully.
Across the aisle, in the front row, five politicians assembled. Lutfur Rahman was on the right, Alan Duffell was on his left followed by Helal Abbas, Neil King and John Griffiths. I watched the body language. Griffiths and King chatted. Maybe they should have coalesced. Were Rahman and Abbas relieved that Duffell was between them? They are generally held to be the candidates best placed to win the race to become Tower Hamlets's first directly-elected executive mayor. Abbas, who leads the Council at present, is Labour's candidate, imposed in Rahman's place. Rahman is now running as an independent. The pair have a lot of shared history. In a written statement that helped him usurp Rahman, Abbas wrote:
Luthfur Rahman is a man in his late 30s or early 40s. He is a solicitor at McCormacks. I knew him as a local young man and as a youth worker. In 2001 I was keen to recruit new young members to the Labour Party. At that stage I encouraged Luthfur Rahman to join and I kept in touch with him in the early years of his membership. In 2001 I encouraged him to stand with me as a Labour candidate in the local Council elections in the same ward as me. We were both elected in that year.
Then, on the next page:
It was when he became Council leader that I began to suspect Luthfur Rahman's involvement in the Islamic Forum of Europe (IFE). This is a fundamentalist organisation which is gradually infiltrating the Labour Party. I discussed it with him and we differed. We saw less of each other. We had been friendly until he was elected leader.
I think the IFE would quarrel with the label "fundamentalist" and the description "infiltrating" but not with being characterised as engaging with politics. I know that Lutfur Rahman has quarrels with his depiction in Abbas's statement and with allegations made against him elsewhere, not least because I later listened to him at the other end of the church protesting his innocence to a man from the BBC. He and Abbas are very much former friends.
And so the business of the evening began. The organisers were the East London Communities Organisation (Telco), a branch of London Citizens which is an inter-faith social action movement. Speeches were made detailing recent progress towards Telco's goals, all of which are impeccably progressive. Then the politicians were asked to step up to the lectern in turn and pledge commitment to six objectives tailored to Tower Hamlets's needs.
It is a feature of these London Citizens assemblies that saying no is virtually impossible. The man from the Salvation Army and the one from the IFE shared the responsibility of putting the pledges to each candidate. I didn't quite catch the IFE man's name, but he told the audience something about it. "It's Arabic for John the Baptist," he said. "So, 'Hallelujah!'" Everyone laughed.
All the candidates complied with the demands of the occasion, albeit each with their individual elaborations and in their different styles. Rahman stood large and was quite strident. Abbas was softer and quieter. It is useful, I think, to have politicians saying in so public a way that they're ready to pressure Tesco to pay its employees the London Living Wage and if elected mayor to provide work experience places for young people.
But the speech I'll remember most came not from a politician but from a young woman who'd been sitting just along from me. She said she was 20 years old and that in her house there live ten people. "We are seriously overcrowded," she said. She shares a bedroom with her teenage brother and sister. The Council cannot help and she cannot afford to move out. The accommodation is not suitable but, she explained, "We have no choice. What can I do?" I wonder which of the politicians she will vote for.
More from me on Tower Hamlets to come. Until then, have a good weekend.