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Frequent visitors to This Space know I talk a lot about batterers. More specifically, I complain about them: how destructive they are, how the culture sometimes tolerates or even condones their violence. But these days, what bothers me most about batterers is how poorly society deals with them. [Read more…]
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I never much liked Bill Cosby, but that doesn't matter now. The fact that he's a smug, moralizing scold who made a second career of publicly shaming marginalized black people now seems like a harmless pastime, a lark, compared to what he's allegedly been up to since at least the '70s. [Read more…]
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What went wrong? Why were the major feminist movement organizations either unprepared, or simply unwilling, to organize a public show of force in the wake of Burwell v. Hobby Lobby? A generation ago such a terrible, far-reaching SCOTUS decision would have triggered outraged protests. Just ten years ago, with the March for Women's Lives, movement groups showed they still had some organizing spark left in them, but the inaction at the mass level since then has made that event seem like a one-off, or more likely the last gasp of a declining segment of the movement. [Read more…]
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At the risk of repeating myself, the Roberts Court sucks. The Hobby Lobby decision, in which the Supreme Court's majority of Catholic men determined that the "religious beliefs," and I use those scare quotes advisedly, of corporations outweigh the right of women to access appropriate health care, at least when when it comes to contraception. Did I mention that this ruling was determined by a group of five Catholic men? [Read more…]
Personal Matters: In Which I Write About Myself and Expect You to Read It
For those of you just tuning in: I like to write about politics. I bring up this rather obvious point because there's a book coming out May 3, Nothing But the Truth So Help Me God, which features an essay of mine, and said essay is not about politics—it's about me. This is a rare enough occurrence that I think it bears pointing out. The piece is called "Float," and it's decidedly not the sort of writing I typically do, not because I dislike personal essays—as a reader, I love them—but because as a writer, choosing topics, looking for angles, I guess I just don't find myself all that interesting. [Read more…]
Partnering with Men for Feminist Change
The American women's movement is at a turning point. Roughly 45 years into feminism's second wave, after decades of social change work dedicated to leveling the playing field for women, activists are coming back around to an old idea that's been with us since the 1970s: the frequently cited maxim that "feminism is for everybody," men and women alike. [Read more…]
Reconsidering Rashida: Her Slut-Shaming is Bad, But Not "Anti-Feminist"
Man, Rashida Jones really stepped in it, didn't she? Following up on a series of ill-advised tweets (with the charming hashtag #stopactinglikewhores) aimed at "encouraging" female pop stars to cut it with hyper-sexual stuff already, Jones channeled her inner Sunday school teacher again last week in the pages of Glamour magazine. Her editorial was intended as an elaboration and clarification—"I didn't say stop being whores, I said stop acting like it!"—but mostly it was a personal defense. She's not, she assures us, a "prude." In fact, she's a feminist, which I guess in this formulation is the opposite of the moralizing scold the Twitter hordes accused her of being. But she didn't soften her original arguments, which basically boil down to something about role models, plus Jones being grossed out by the sexualized images of pop stars like Miley Cyrus and Rihanna. [Read more…]


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Cutler, Marshall, Wesley Woodyard, DJ Williams, Kory Lichtensteiger, Ryan Harris, Peyton Hillis, Tyler Polumbus, Matt Prater, Brandon Stokely, Eddie Royal, Tony Scheffler, and you already gave 4 more, and I'm probably missing another couple.
Locktenstieger could not hold a block.
Harris could not stay on the field.
Royally was a joke
Polumbus well he needed a few more years to develop still not sure he has
Stokely was hurt and had a poor season. IIRC everyone wanted his OLD a ss cut.
Cutlet, TS and BM all were promised new contracts by mikey for the next spring so all had lousy attitudes. Not to mention BM the spouse beater. Missed how many games due to Goodell.
WW was nothing at that time but a special teams player. And BTW he is still here.
How many of those defensive starters In 08 made the team in 09 3 dj (IMO an overpaid loser) doom and champ. That is all all the others never started for another team in 09, most were not in the NFL in 10 and folks those were our starters. Mikey could really choose them.
Note that the few players that were left over Josh added more to and IMO LEFT John more than he got. Better quality.
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Vermont Reads 2009: New Surroundings, No Provisions
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(Wertlieb) As America went to war, thousands at home headed for a worrisome future in the custody of the U.S. government. And that's where we pick up our series, Vermont Reads.
Good morning. I'm Mitch Wertlieb.
On February 19, 1942, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066, which authorized the military to declare certain areas of the United States off limits to people with "Foreign Enemy Ancestry." That included Germans and Italians, but by far the most people affected were ethnic Japanese - 120,000 were sent into internment camps for the duration of the war.
Julie Otsuka traces this period in American history in "When the Emperor Was Divine," a fictional account of one Japanese American family's war-time internment. And it's our focus this week as part of Vermont Reads, the statewide reading program sponsored by the Vermont Humanities Council.
The U.S. Army was ill prepared to provide transport, food and shelter to 120,000 men, women and children.
This government film from that era recounts those efforts ...
(Wertlieb) The family of Dorothy Whitney Yamashita's husband, Stan, was evacuated from the California fishing village of Terminal Island. But she says nothing was ready for them.
(Yamashita) "There was no provision made for them at all. No assembly centers had been established. No relocation centers had been built. Thanks to church people in downtown Los Angeles, they converted fellowship halls into, like a youth hostel, and my husband's family lived there for three months."
(Wertlieb) Thousands of families experienced similar events.
Tracey Tsugawa is a member of the Vermont Human Rights Commission and has
studied this era extensively because of her own family's internment. She agrees
that facilities were non-existent at worst, and primitive at best.
(Tsugawa) "They didn't have these buildings built, and in fact, the assembly centers were often at race tracks and fairgrounds. So the descriptions of those settings were pretty harsh in the sense that there is absolutely no privacy in the living quarters, in the bathroom areas, and everything, and the smell from the cows and the horses 'cause they were literally being housed in horse stalls."
(Wertlieb) Lafayette Noda of Meriden, New Hampshire, remembers the conditions well. Now 93, he was born in 1916. His Japanese immigrant parents farmed in southern California. He was a graduate student when war was declared and he too was ordered to leave.
(Noda) "In our case in the Los Angeles area, many were removed to the race track, Santa Anita Race Track. I was part of a group of men put in a horse stall as a group, and provided straw to serve as bedding."
(Wertlieb) From Santa Anita, Noda was taken to Heart Mountain Relocation Center in Wyoming by train. He remembers the trip as being tedious and slow.
(Noda) "It was a rather hard trip in the sense that we were restricted to our place in the train and they said no lights at night. It was considered war time and they didn't want the train to be recognized as being transport."
(Wertlieb) As it turns out, this was just the beginning of a journey that would take Noda - as it did many internees - far beyond his immediate destination.
(Noda) "and then from Heart Mountain I asked to be transferred to join my family at Amache Colorado. And then from Colorado then I went to Philadelphia and had contact there through the Quakers and was able to be helped in getting jobs to support myself again."
(Wertlieb) Today Lafayette Noda is professor emeritus of biochemistry at Dartmouth Medical School, and he's still active at the family Christmas tree and blueberry farm.
Ultimately, the relocation policies of World War II carried him all the way across the country to New England, where he long ago put down new roots.
Experiences like this are part of the inspiration behind Julie Otsuka's story. The characters in "When the Emperor Was Divine" are also transported - both literally and figuratively - from familiar surroundings to the unknown and beyond.
(Otsuka) The train moved slowly inland.
Somewhere along the western edge of upper Nevada it passed a
lone white house with a lawn and two tall cottonwood trees with a hammock
between them gently swaying in the breeze. A small dog lay sleeping on its side
in the shade of the trees. A man in a straw hat was trimming hedges. The hedges
were very round. They were perfect green spheres. Someone - maybe that same man
or maybe that same man's gardener - had planted flowers inside of a red wagon
next to the mailbox. In front of a wooden picket fence was a victory garden and
a hand-painted sign that said FOR SALE; Behind the house was the dry bed of a
lake and beyond the lake there was nothing but the scorched white earth of the
desert stretching all the way to the edge of the horizon. On the map the lake
was called Intermittent. Intermittent Lake. Because
sometimes it was there and sometimes it wasn't. It all depended on the rain.
"I don't see it," said the girl. It was September of 1942 and her face was pressed up against the dusty window of the train. She was eleven and her hair was black and straight and tied back in a ponytail with an old pink ribbon. Her dress was pale yellow with wide puffy sleeves and a hem that was beginning to unravel. Pinned to her collar was an identification number and around her throat she wore a faded silk scarf. Her shoes were Mary Janes. They had not been polished since the spring.
"See what?" asked her brother.
He was eight years old and his number was the same as the girl's.
The girl did not answer. The lake had been dry for two years but she did not know. She looked down again at the map to make sure the lake was really supposed to be there. It was.
The girl had always lived in California-first in Berkeley, in a white stucco house on a wide street not far from the sea, and then, for the last four and a half months, in the assembly center at the Tanforan racetrack south of San Francisco - but now she was going to Utah to live in the desert. Some of the passengers were sick from the uneven rocking of the cars and the crowded compartments smelled of vomit and sweat and, very faintly, of oranges. The soldiers had left a crate full of lemons and oranges on the floor of the car earlier that morning. The girl loved oranges - she had not eaten a fresh orange in months - but she could not think of eating one now. The train lurched forward and she leaned over and put her head between her knees.
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up," she said.
Her mother gave her a brown paper bag and the girl opened it up and began to heave. Her brother reached into the pocket of his trousers and gave her a tissue. She crumpled it in her fist as her mother slowly rubbed her back. "Don't touch me," said the girl. "I want to be sick by myself." "
"That s impossible," said her mother. She continued to rub her back and the girl did not push her away.
(Wertlieb) Author Julie Otsuka, reading from her book, When the Emperor Was Divine, the story of a family caught up in the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II.
Tomorrow we'll consider the practice of wartime incarceration. You can find more about this series and the Vermont Reads project, and offer your own thoughts on our website, VPR-dot-net.
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Scottish council's Israel boycott 'biased and offensive'
Supporters of Israel have challenged the legality of a boycott of the country imposed by a Scottish council.
Clackmannanshire Council has not said whether its decision to "resist all economic and political support for Israel" will result in the refusal to hire Israelis, or a ban on pro-Israel public demonstrations taking place in the area.
The boycott was implemented by 11 councillors earlier this month after lobbying by anti-Israel activists from the Scottish Palestine Solidarity Campaign.
The JC understands that Jeremy Newmark and Jon Benjamin, the chief executives of the Jewish Leadership Council and the Board of Deputies, told the authority that the policy was "offensive, biased and objectionable on many counts, and grossly misrepresents the situation in the region, demonising Israel".
Mick Davis, chair of the JLC trustees, said Clackmannanshire's policy "represents a deterioration" in the fightback against anti-Israel boycotts.
But he added: "The idea of a small local council like Clackmannanshire running its own foreign policy is laughable. However, the support for the motion from mainstream Labour councillors crosses the party's own red lines and I have no doubt that they will take this up with their local representatives."
The Fair Play Campaign Group, which opposes boycotts, has written to council chief executive Elaine McPherson questioning the legal steps taken by the authority before the policy was adopted.
FPCG has asked Ms McPherson to explain how the measures will be implemented, and whether they will amount to a refusal to work with Israeli citizens and businesses.
It demanded that Clackmannanshire explain a series of possible effects, including whether the council would refuse to buy Israeli products, whether the authority's officers would be obliged to attend or organise counter-demonstrations against pro-Israel events, and whether the council would send anti-Israel material to residents to encourage "individual sanctions", as outlined in the policy.
The letter states: "It is the open-endedness and breadth of the motion that is especially troubling, as it appears to place a general duty on the council in all its functions to find ways to oppose both Israel and its supporters."
A council spokesman claimed a boycott was not being implemented, but said that the authority had "agreed to resist, insofar as legislative considerations permit, any action that provides political or economic support to the state of Israel".
Independent councillor Archie Drummond, who proposed the motion, and Scottish National Party council leader Gary Womersley, have both refused to comment.
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AND....Don't forget that the British also deprived themselves of arms...but when they honestly believed that they were going to get invaded during War 2 - they BEGGED all private American citizens to send them guns.
They wanted anything that fired bullets in order to be able to defend themselves.
We shipped over (as donations) - shotguns, rifles, handguns, ammo & NOW (of course) since WW II has been over for quite some time...They Pretty Much Hate Guns.....all over again again! I'm Confused.


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Mom calls me her little flour dog. Yes,that is the correct spelling. Mom came home from work, I wasn"t there greet her by the front door ,only Pearl. So she knew something was up. She looked inside the living room. She saw that I had taken a new 5 lb bag of flour from the kitchen into the living room and ripped it open . Flour was all over the floor, our dog bed ,etc. None was left in the bag. I mean none. Mom found me in the basement stairwell looking up at her and trying to become invisible.( the animal experts say that dogs don't have a guilty conscious , they haven't meet any of Mom's dogs). It did not work she saw me. So I give her that look that trys to say I did not do it ,Mom ,it must of been Pearl . I knew she didn't believe me. Cause my nose (Mom has picture) was covered in flour and my black fur show white powder all over it. She told me this was the second ( I did not learn the first time) and last time I better do this or I would not get any homemade treats. She also told me that she loved me to pieces which was a good thing. Or there would of been a phone call placed to Aunt Vicky about a re-homing question. Just kidding ,she told me that I and Pearl are hers for life.
We now have a back up singer when Mom and I sing. Neither of us can carry a tune but it doesn't stop us having fun singing. I sit up straight and kind of sings (OK ,barks ) the words. My favorite song is," If your happy and you know it wag your tail". Pearl will join in but stays laying down and will pick her head up if she feels like it (or not) and goes the ar-ruh, ar-ruh, aruh ar-ruuuuuuuuuuuuuh in the hound doggy way . Will work her way into the baying sound. We say she is the perfect backup singer for us. It is just too funny.
Mom over slept cause the electric went out at 3:45 this morning. That was just after the two of thems had gotten up to go potty. Sheena can not hold it thru the night like she use to. The warm wind was howling and taking the snow away, Very balmy outside. Mom was surprise that all three of us were in the bed when she woke up. It was a 3 dog night.
Boy, did the weather change by the time Sheena and us houndies went out at 9:30 this A.M. it was a cold, cold wind. We are all snuggled inside even tho the heat went back on at noon. We had a special treat of scramble eggs and cheese and bits of hot dogs for our first meal of the day. That was of course after we ate our kibble and chicken broth. Mom now will finish the baking we started yesterday.
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Prime Minister Stephen Harper is reputed to be a man with a penchant for control, a leader with a grip on the Conservative communications machine.
So when one of his former advisers several years ago wrote an insider book called Harper's Team, the Prime Minister's Office, the author says, asked him not to publish it.
That writer, Tom Flanagan, now is back with a forthcoming book, Persona Non Grata: The Death of Free Speech in the Internet Age, that speaks of Mr. Harper in "Nixonian" terms, as a man who "believes in playing politics right up to the edge of the rules, which inevitably means some team members will step across ethical or legal lines in their desire to win for the Boss."
Bruce Carson, a former senior Harper aide facing charges of influence peddling, is also slated to release a book soon. 14 Days: Making the Conservative Movement in Canada, set for publication in June, promises a "rare behind-the-scenes account of the Harper Conservatives," according to the publisher.
The PMO produces 24/7,a weekly online video summary of government news and events, but unvarnished portrayals of Mr. Harper behind closed doors are harder to come by.
The books are unique for their access, offering a look at Mr. Harper's leadership from the perspective of people who once worked closely with him (in Mr. Flanagan's case eight years ago, and in Mr. Carson's case five years ago).
Revelations about the books' contents coincide with questions concerning Mr. Harper's judgment, particularly when it comes to appointments and who he approves for top jobs.
Mr. Harper's former director of communications, Dimitri Soudas, resigned as Conservative Party executive director last month amid controversy, as did his former chief of staff, Nigel Wright, last year. Three senators Mr. Harper appointed are embroiled in an expenses scandal.
When asked about the books, the Prime Minister's chief spokesman, Jason MacDonald, said Mr. Harper "has not had a relationship with Dr. Flanagan for years."
In Persona Non Grata, Mr. Flanagan discusses freedom of expression, weaving in his path to persona non grata status after he publicly expressed doubts about, in his words, "the necessity of putting people in jail if their only offence was to look at child pornography."
But Mr. Flanagan also outlines his professional trajectory, including his time as "Harper's chief organizer, under various labels." By 2006, he writes, he was worn out from trying to work with the party leader.
"He can be suspicious, secretive, and vindictive, prone to sudden eruptions of white-hot rage over meaningless trivia, at other times falling into week-long depressions in which he is incapable of making decisions," Mr. Flanagan writes. "I feared, as I still do, that he might some day bring himself down Nixon-style by pushing too hard against the network of rules constraining authority in a constitutional government."
Mr. Flanagan, who also describes Mr. Harper as intelligent and hard-working, said the Prime Minister frequently treats people as "disposable." The disposed, he writes, include former cabinet minister Helena Guergis, the three senators, Mr. Wright and former prime minister Brian Mulroney.
"So I can count myself in pretty good company among those who have been crushed by Harper's PMO," Mr. Flanagan writes. The author said his personal relationship with Mr. Harper ended when he refused to kill Harper's Team.
After the child-porn comments, politicians and organizations publicly repudiated Mr. Flanagan. Andrew MacDougall, the Prime Minister's communications director at the time, tweeted that the remarks were "repugnant, ignorant, and appalling."
Mr. Flanagan said someone he knows in the PMO told him later the phones were "melting down" after the YouTube video of his comment went live, and that they had to distance themselves.
Mr. Carson said that, given the reaction to Mr. Flanagan's 2007 book, the Prime Minister "won't like anything written about government," but says he thinks Mr. Harper will consider 14 Days "fair comment."
The book looks at the Conservatives' rise to power, starting in the early 1990s, Mr. Carson said. He said about one-third of it centres on the Harper government.
Mr. Carson , who is under RCMP investigation for allegations of illegal lobbying, said he is headed to court at the end of May on the influence peddling charges. "I pled not guilty and will be fighting tooth and nail," he said.
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ACHTLAND's autumn (fall) / winter 2013 collection has been previewed and Fashionising.com has each of the key looks for you.
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Eureka Township board to give itself a raise
EUREKA TOWNSHIP — The Eureka Township Board has proposed a $783,000 budget for the 2014 fiscal year, a budget slightly thinner than the current year but including a small raise for administration and some board members.
"We thought it was time to go across the board and give everyone a slight raise," said Supervisor Rodney Roy, who noted it had been five years since the last salary bump for township officials. The total increase to salaries comes to about $4,300.
The raises have not been approved yet, said Clerk Linda Ruwersma, but the budget does allow for their approval.
Outside the raises — which amount to about $500 for the supervisor, $1,000 for the clerk, $800 total for the board of review, $1,000 for the township secretary and $1,000 for the treasurer — the budget is mostly similar to the 2013 budget.
Although a bit below the $842,895 budget for 2013, the proposed 2014 budget has minimal changes from the current year. It does call for a slight increase (just less than $8,000) in tax revenues, up from the $415,000 expected to come in during 2013.
However, the township is expecting less state revenue sharing (around $9,000). The primary reason for the different budget amount from this year to next was due to a one-time payment in 2013 on the remaining balance for a firetruck purchased in 2008. Roy said the township will save money on interest in the long run by paying off the truck. The final payment was just more than $107,000.
The board had little public comment Monday during a hearing on the proposed budget, except for a few minor questions from other township officials.
The board unanimously adopted the balanced budget, which is only a proposal as required by the state.
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Clint Eastwood Receives Medal, Opens New Warner Bros. 3-D Theater at Smithsonian American History Museum (photos)
At a special ceremony marking the opening of the new Warner Bros. Theater at the National Museum of American History, the Smithsonian presented Clint Eastwood with the James Smithson Bicentennial Medal in honor of Eastwood's contribution to the American Experience through film. The Warner Bros. Theater is a modern facility with state-of-the-art audiovisual equipment, incuding 3-D capability, made possible by a $5 million donation by Warner Bros. Entertainmemt. Barry Meyer, chairman and CEO of Warner Bros., and US Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT) were on hand for the ceremony. View our photos of the ceremony by clicking on the photo icons below. (photos by Jeff Malet)


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/// Schmidt: Talking to Google Glass Could Make You a Spectacle
Google has long had a " creepy line " that it likes to approach without actually crossing. But with its new Google Glass, it's really tottering on the edge. That's the gist of Eric Schmidt's latest comments on Google's forthcoming facephone, whose launch the company is approaching with quite a bit of circumspection. Speaking at an event Thursday at Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government, Schmidt said Glass requires a rethinking of social etiquette , and a heavy curative hand from Google with Glass app developers. "There are obviously places where Google Glasses are inappropriate," Schmidt said . "It's so new, we decided to be more cautious." Seriously? Wearing Google Glass AT a urinal? That part of some off the books, scatological 20% project? OK Glass! — John Paczkowski (@JohnPaczkowski) March 3, 2013 Wise move, and not just from a public relations standpoint, but from a regulatory one, as well. If Glass draws the same sort of scrutiny as Street View , even a single privacy misstep could very quickly turn into a grueling nightmare. "We want to be very careful that this sort of new invention is not misused," Schmidt said later . "It's already been banned in Las Vegas casinos.
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Is Facebook Your Friend?
In the six years since it first launched, Facebook has grown from a small community of college users to a vast network of millions. Just in the last year, Facebook's user base expanded from 150 million "active users" worldwide to more than 400 million. It's long since passed MySpace for social networking dominance and recently passed Yahoo as the second most popular Web site, after Google. Yet, for all its popularity, Facebook still poses certain risks. Of course there are scammers and predators on this site, but many of the risks are due to something less nefarious: an unwritten code of conduct about who you should and shouldn't be friends with, and what kind of content you should feel comfortable posting. Here are some of the dumbest mistakes that we could find from current (and former) Facebook users, as well as the real world repercussions that occurred because of these errors. Photo Credit: daveynin


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Limbaugh And Obama Dead-Enders Lash Out After Bin Laden's Death
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As we proceed deeper into the Obama presidency, we're getting a clearer picture of just how radical some of the president's far-right adversaries are. We're starting to understand the depths to which the partisan extremists in the media will stoop, to the point where many this week seemed incapable of celebrating the execution of Osama bin Laden or extending a job well done to the White House.
That's pretty low.
The bin Laden story has provided a useful filter, or a demarcation line, within the right-wing media and has helped illustrate which strident Obama critics are still in touch with some strands of common sense and common decency, and which ones are not.
The bin Laden story has provided the minimal bar for irrational Obama haters to hop over: Toast the news that bin Laden had been killed and toast the administration for being able to accomplish the long overdue task. But it's a low bar that lots of dead-enders can't clear. (Thankfully, some conservative pundits were willing to leap over it.)
Led by Rush Limbaugh, the Washington Times, portions of Fox News, and bloggers who write for Andrew Breitbart, the dead-enders have spent this week not only refusing to credit Obama, but have been parading their contempt around in full view. The dead-enders have been attacking Obama in every way possible, from relentlessly critiquing his bin-Laden-is-dead declaration, to raising hysterical objections to the president's wreath-laying visit to Ground Zero.
A wreath-laying visit.
Phrases like 'inappropriate' barely begin to describe the oddity of watching the nasty Obama attacks unfold in response to the wonderful news about bin Laden's death.
Writing about the segment on Eric Bolling's Fox Business show where the host read a list of people his viewers want to see waterboarded—including President Obama—Heather Parton, the blogger known was Digby, wrote "I just don't know what to say about these people anymore." Adding, "Depravity apparently knows no bounds."
So yes, the bin Laden story has acted as a filter, in much the same way the recent birther phenomena did, in that it provided Obama's diehard opponents with the opportunity to decide just how far down the crazy path they were willing to chase their Democratic nemesis. (Answer for some: Really, really far.)
It's true that with each filtered layer, it seems fewer critics decide to pass through. But for the ones who went all in on the birther nonsense that have gone all in bashing Obama for killing bin Laden, they represent the most dedicated radicals. And they were the ones this week peddling the loopy fantasy about how it took a military coup inside the White House before the order to kill bin Laden was finally given. (Obama was cowering at the prospect, apparently.)
Why concoct Situation Room scenarios like that? Because for the dead-enders, it's inconceivable that Obama could function successfully as president. They've convinced themselves, as well as many of bitter followers, that Obama is a fraudulent and illegitimate president. When news breaks that shatters that image (i.e. Obama did what for seven years President Bush failed to do), the radical right has to shift into fantasy mode in order to make sense of their (deranged) world view.
And frankly, this is what happens once their signature, irrational hate gains so much momentum over months and years. It's difficult for dead-enders to slow it down, even when news breaks that Osama bin laden's finally been executed; even when it should be painfully obvious that the situation calls for dialing down the Obama hate. But the dead-enders can't because they wouldn't know what else to do. They've become fanatically dedicated to fermenting idiotic Obama claims and put-downs that it's become like breathing to them: essential and automatic.
Like the birther charade, the bin Laden-related attacks likely stem from the very simple need to generate anti-Obama content within the far-right media. That profitable hate engine demands constant fuel and this week partisans have been filling up and hitting the gas.
And yes, they filled up the hate tank by trying to demean the president in the most petty and pointless ways possible. The president had barely finished announcing the good news to world when the dead-enders started in on the small-minded theater criticism of his performance.
Completely unhinged Breitbart blogger Pam Geller accused Obama of "shamelessly strut[ting] like [a] peacock" while announcing the big news. (Days later she labeled the president was a "bastard.") Eric Bolling emphatically demandedpeople not thank Obama for the bin Laden mission. Los Angeles Times ' Andrew Malcolm mocked Obama and his counterterrorism team's long hours and hard work over the weekend: "Poor poor bureaucrats. Extra Tums all around. Did someone order dinner?"
And at the Washington Times, editorial page editor Brett Decker moaned that Obama had been arrogant while breaking the bin Laden news:
The wording of his short statement made it clear that the campaign season for his 2012 reelection bid is fully underway. He used the words "I," "me" and "my" so many times it was hard to count for such a quick message.
Actually, it wasn't that hard to keep count. During Obama's entire 1,400-word address, he used "I," "me," and "my" approximately one dozen times. By contrast, Obama's address used "we," "us," and "our" nearly seven dozen times Sunday night.
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Remember, the president had just announced bin Laden was dead. Most everyone agreed that was good news. Yet where did the dead-enders point their barbs and arrows? At Obama, not bin Laden.
That would have been like in 1981, when the rest of America was celebrating the release of the American hostages from Iran, if liberal pundits and columnists immediately lashed out in crude and hateful ways at President Reagan for being president at the time of the hostages' release, instead of condemning the Ayatollah Khomeini for holding Americans for more than a year. That kind of irrational partisan hatred would have been inconceivable then, and it ought to be now.
Then again, Obama dead-enders play by different rules.
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I would imagine this is not a super common question as people tend to buy these "lifestyle" packages so they don't have to choose individual speakers but if anyone has any experience adding a different sub to a set of satellites I would appreciate it. Thanks
It is totally fine to use a different brand of subwoofer from the main speakers. The only consideration is that the subwoofer can go high enough to blend with the bass of the main speakers. The manual for the T101 recommends a minimum crossover setting of 120 Hz, so you want a subwoofer that can go up to about 150 Hz, which pretty much every subwoofer can do.
I would go with the SVS subwoofer. You cannot go wrong with SVS, as their subwoofer are excellent, and a good value. They have great customer service and a good warranty. You simply cannot go wrong with them.
And even though the SVS is rated only up to 130 Hz, I would not worry too much about that. I would set the crossover in your receiver to 120 Hz, and bypass the crossover in the SVS.
In the future, if you ever replace your main speakers, I recommend getting some with a -3dB point of about 60 Hz or lower, so you can set the crossover to the THX recommended point of 80 Hz.
Thanks for the reply. I used to have bigger speakers, Mirage OM-12's, OM-R2's, an OM-C2, and a BPS-150, but I sold them to buy the Kef package. I bought the Mirages when I was a bachelor, now I have two young kids and more importantly a wife. While my 4 year old son really liked the "big speakers" my bride was not such a big fan.
I was leaning towards the SVS as it is less of an eyesore than the Power Sound Audio so I'm glad you could reaffirm my thinking!
Since you seem to be sharp on this stuff - would it be possible to use both the T-2 and the SVS? Basically having the T-2 fill in that gap between the sats and the SVS? I only have a 7.1 receiver (Marantz NR1603) so I would need to have use a y-splitter. Would this work? Everything I have read suggests using two identical subs for the best bass, but as I am trying to cover two different frequency ranges, could my y-splitter idea work?
Thanks again for your input.
It would be quite tricky to get the levels right, as most automatic setups are not set up to deal with 2 subwoofers dealing with different frequency spectrums. I suggest trying just the SVS, and if that works well, then just forget about the other subwoofer. Sell it to someone else, or give it to Goodwill, but do not use it if you do not need it. (If it does not work well, post again, and send me a PM if I do not seem to notice your new post.)
As for dealing with your wife on these things, I strongly recommend strict honesty, and also trying very hard not to get suckered into any nonsense in audio. My wife is okay with the things I do, because I do not waste money on magic wires and other nonsense, and I am strictly honest with her on why something has to be as it is in order to work well.
Many years ago, my wife asked me about those "cute" little Bose speakers. I explained to her why they are not good and cannot be good. She was okay with that, because I do not lie to her about anything, and I do not believe in nonsensical magic in audio or other things. After some time, we attended a party at a coworker's house, that had the little Bose cubes, and, without me asking about them or saying anything about them, my wife commented on how bad the little cubes sounded.
If, however, you try to manipulate your wife in some way or other, if she is smart, she will stop believing anything you say. So in the long run, it is good to keep to a policy of strict honesty, and to avoid BS nonsense, because if she is smart, she will not like it if you are suckered into some nonsensical beliefs that waste money and make your home look bad.
We are a 98% HT family so the poorer music performance of the Kefs vs the Mirages is not a big deal. I actually think the Kefs do better with movies as I am hearing things now that I never heard before with the mirages- mostly quiet dialog. Could be the bipolar center wasn't the best idea.
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can I install laminate over a 2 ml edge
I am installing laminate wood flooring in my open concept living room/kitchen. The living room is currently carpeted but the kitchen has a vinyl tile that is 2 mls thick. I know that I have to take out the carpet, but do I have to take up the vinyl tile also? Will that 2 ml edge show or damage the laminate? Also, do I have to take out the dishwasher or can I put the laminate up to the dishwasher? If I laminate up to the dishwasher will I be able to remove it late if I need to?
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When installing a new flooring in a kitchen you always want to go under the dishwasher, fridge, etc ... However you need to have enough of a gap between the counter and the dishwasher to allow for the new flooring. If the vinyl is in good condition ie. not bubbled or broken up then you could go straight over it however there could be an issue at the transition as you pointed out yourself as it may create an air pocket.
Is your laminate 8mm, 10mm or 12mm? How thick is your underpad? The super thin cheap laminate is less forgiving and also the tongue and groove doesn't stay in place as well as on more expensive products I have found ... So if there is any unevenness at all some times the cheap stuff is a pain to keep together. I usually charge more to install cheap laminate flooring for this very reason. We did two jobs back to back recently .. One with super cheap laminate and one with stuff that was 3 times the price ... The ease of install with the more expensive stuff was amazing in comparison.
If your cabinets have a wooden kick plate on the bottom remove it run the laminate under and cut down the kick plate to fit back.
Make shore your seams are 12" apart and 1/4" expansion gap perimeter.
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text: WYALUSING, Pa., May 6, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Anthony J. Gabello, President and Chief Executive Officer of Peoples LTD, holding company for PS Bank, has announced results for the first quarter 2013. Consolidated net income year-to-date of $549,000, or $1.15 earnings per share, compared to first quarter 2012 in the amount of $608,000 or $1.28 per share. Year-to-date return on assets was .88% as of March 31, 2013 compared to 1.01% for the same period in 2012. Year-to-date return on equity was 10.30% as of March 31, 2013 compared to the prior year of 12.45%. Total assets increased to $260,587,000 or 4.44% from December 31, 2012 of $249,500,000. Deposits increased 5.56% to $221,727,000 compared to $210,040,000 as of December 31, 2012. Loans increased 4.56% to $161,192,000 from $154,156,000 year ending 2012. Earnings in the first quarter were affected by increased costs associated with the opening of the bank's ninth branch office in Tunkhannock, increased income tax provisions, and interest rate margin compression resulting from the continued low interest rate environment. "Growth in our Tunkhannock market has been strong and we have rededicated ourselves to growth in our existing markets also. Although we have experienced a temporary strain on earnings from our new branch, we are confident that we will greatly benefit from the many financial opportunities in this market. Competitive pressures remain due to an extended period of low interest rates, resulting in tighter interest margins. We are very pleased with our 2013 growth to date and are looking forward to the Bank's centennial celebration in 2014," commented Gabello. Note: This press release may contain forward looking statements as defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Actual results and trends could differ materially from those set forth in such statements due to various factors. These factors include operating, legal and regulatory risks; changing economic and competitive conditions and other risks and uncertainties.


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Congratulations! .. and where are you at 18k feet?! hehe- my ~6400 is plenty.
This is a discussion on New Grand Daughter within the Bob & Terry's Place forums, part of the The Back Porch category; I now have two Grand Daughters. A two year old, and a two hour old. First a Daughter's, second's a Son's. I am blessed. All ...
I now have two Grand Daughters. A two year old, and a two hour old. First a Daughter's, second's a Son's. I am blessed.
All are healthy, Moms are too.
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Congratulations! .. and where are you at 18k feet?! hehe- my ~6400 is plenty.
"Guard with jealous attention the public liberty. Suspect every one who approaches that jewel. Unfortunately, nothing will preserve it but downright force. Whenever you give up that force, you are ruined." -Obligatory Founding Father Quote
Congrats! Have some fun spoilin' 'em and sending 'em home all candied up!
Never pick a fight with an old man...If he's too old to fight, he'll just kill you - John Steinbeck
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Congrats ! ! ! Spend a lot of time with them, and remember who's got to teach them how to fish and shoot.
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Chief Justice John Roberts : "I don't see how you can read Heller and not take away from it the notion that the Second Amendment...was extremely important to the framers in their view of what liberty meant."
Congratulations. Grandchildren are a blessing indeed. Here's to 'em.
Your life just got BUSY! CONGRATS to you and yours!
Also, Congrats! May they both grow up to be Marines! Just kidding. Glad you and your family are well and you are lucky, sir. Both the wife and I are going through 'empty nest' and awaiting the grand babies. At least our two young men do not live at home (one is NSW).
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Congrats sir! Babies are a true blessing from God.
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Very good sir. Enjoy the new little one....
Don"t let stupid be your skill set....
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And we shall flow a river forth to Thee, And teeming with souls shall it ever be,
Congrats Grandpa!
Proverbs 27:12 says: The prudent see danger and take refuge, but the simple keep going and suffer for it.
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Congrats. Have you picked out her first gun yet?
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Congrats. I'm still a 10 years away from that experience - I hope (Daughter is 15).
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Congratulations, Rock and Glock. That is fantastic news that is "way up there."! Grandchildren are a "rarefied" experience. :o)
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Great looking dog.
He might be really hard to part with once you find him that forever home.
This is a discussion on ARGOS is here! within the Bob & Terry's Place forums, part of the The Back Porch category; Argos came last night! He's such a sweetie-pie, but I think he's a mini-Rott. 52 lbs and most likely full-grown, so there's a mix in ...
Argos came last night! He's such a sweetie-pie, but I think he's a mini-Rott. 52 lbs and most likely full-grown, so there's a mix in there somewhere. Probably boxer or pit, but he looks like a perfect Rottie, just...vertically-challenged. He's such a good boy, behaves perfectly and so friendly! Hard to believe anyone would give him up or not look for him. He's great with the cat, the kid, and the chinchillas. We just have to have the vet check him out this afternoon to make sure it's ok to introduce him to the beasts. (Who want to play with him as badly as he wants to play with them! It's heartbreaking to hear them all howl for each other as I have to keep them separate for the moment!)
We're loving this opportunity to foster him! I've been doing some temperament testing and he's got zero signs of abuse and no resource guarding or aggression behaviors at the moment. We'll keep testing him for the next few weeks as he gets more relaxed here in his new home, but I think this little guy is going to get adopted really quickly! Cross your fingers for Argos please! He needs a forever home.
Great looking dog.
He might be really hard to part with once you find him that forever home.
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Nice. I really like large dogs, and I think it is a pity some people steriotype rotts or pit bulls as 'bad' dogs.
Great looking dog. Congratulations.
Its a shame that youth is wasted on the young.
Glad that the pooch found a good home.
Use a stuffed rubber glove taped onto the end of a broomstick to try to use that "hand" to take/pull his food bowl away while he is eating.
If he attacks that glove to protect his food bowl then make absolutely certain the kids stay away from his food bowl while he is eating.
That is a very important standard test to make certain that any new dog is 100% safe around small children.
Thanks, all!
Just got back from the vet. The good news is, he's a stout-hearted tough little guy. The bad news is, he's got some health issues. Not that we expected any less. He's got hook worms, an ear infection, and heart worms BUT it's a mild case and he can be treated very conservatively so it won't put too much strain on his little system. The vet says he's about 2 or 2 1/2 (just a puppers!) and I've been working with him since 4:30 am on triggers. The boy has NO resource guarding issues and NO evidence of abuse. I pulled a chocolate donut out of his mouth (have to spank the hubby for that clever idea) today, no reaction. He was accosted by an autistic boy at the vet's, no reaction. Also "attacked" through a fence by me neighbor's two ILL-MANNERED boxers. The would have "gotten" him, as they've actually hospitalized other dogs before, but they couldn't get through the fence! (Ha hah!) He was calm and collected the whole time.
I think if we can clean up his medical problems and get him CGC'd (Canine Good Citizen certified), he will make one heck of a therapy dog, just like my Dane!
Woooo, Argos!
Great looking dog. I have always had a hard time figuring out how someone can give one up, or not look to the end of the earth if it's lost. I can't stay mad at ours for more than a minute or two when she does something she's not supposed to. They are so much company and just plain fun to be around....
Coimhéad fearg fhear na foighde; Beware the anger of a patient man.
From the photos and the check up he seems to be a fine dog. I understand why you are just fostering him but like others I'm not sure I could let him go. If only we could afford another four legged family member. We have six cats and they can be a handful at times.
You are truly blessed for not being selfish with Argos. Personally I believe I would be selfish and keep him.
We've had several fosters, they come and go. They're all very loved and leave little pawprints on my life in their own unique way. But I couldn't stand knowing there is a pitiful little pup out there put to sleep or refused sanctuary in a rescue because I didn't have the room. I'm sad to let them go because I miss them. A lot. But it always makes me happy to know they're going to a forever home (that I personally evaluated, spoke with the vet, checked references, and possibly even did the home study) that I know is right for each dog.
I don't believe in reincarnation, so why not get all the good works done this time around? Just in case? ;)
UPDATE: He's officially available for adoption now, with his own page on petfinder. I'm gonna miss the little bugger, but we already have two people interested in adopting him, so I just know he's going to find a great home very soon!
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Billy Chinook Falls, officially known as Jordan Road Falls, flows into Lake Billy Chinook at Cove Palisades State Park. The water feeding the falls comes mostly from agricultural runoff, which peaks in the summer months. (Oregon State Archives)
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Good-ByesThe next morning everyone was ready to go. Althea had met us at the docks with 3 duffle bags full of clothes and special objects. Mom had went out and bought Raviolis, Ramen Noodles, and soup to feed an army. I took out my list of people that were coming with us and did roll call.
"Mom! Dad! Chris! Sadye! Althea!" I called. Everyone said here when I called them. "Does everyone have what they need?" They all nodded and muttered yes.
"Coral do you have enough bathing suits?" Mom asked. I gave her the thumbs up. I had 10 bathing suits in my room for at the island.
Mom was way happier with Dad here. They both kept glancing lovingly at each other, I was so happy to have both of them back. Dad had given her a beautiful necklace with a silver heart locket in the middle. Dad had a matching one that was golden.
I was very nervous about going to the island. I kept wondering about it. Was there anyone else who lived on the island? If there was other people, were they nice? I was going to miss living on the coast of North Carolina.
I still hadn't figured out why the necklace my dad had given my mom made my tail longer then it was before. I hoped that it would be revealed soon enough. I was looking forward to getting to know my dad while we were at the island.
We departed for the island with so many questions. Our future from this point was unclear.
What new challenges would we face? How would we adapt to island living?
All I knew for sure was had both of my parents and my best friend with me. Whatever came next I wouldn't be alone and I was ready to face it with them by my side.
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Eminem Appears Uncomfortable On Rare Live TV Interview On ESPN
Eminem doesn't give many interviews. He gives even fewer "live" tv interviews, but he appeared on Saturday Night Football on ESPN this weekend…and for the first 10 seconds he had his mouth wide opened looking very confused.
I'm not sure who was more uncomfortable during this interview…Eminem or Brent Musberger…who appeared to have no idea who Eminem was…referring to him by both his real name Marshall Mathers…and by simply "Mathers" at one point. After the interview, Eminem admitted "Live TV freaks me out a little bit."


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ITV may arguably offer the worst line-up of TV programmes of the terrestrial five these days, but it does have a pretty decent back catalogue of older stuff - generally relegated to ITV3 (Cadfael and Hornblower anyone?). No longer do you need to tune to obscure channels to catch these classics, though, as Apple and ITV have just announced a deal to distribute over 260 hours of archived content over iTunes.
Such classics as Inspector Morse, The Saint and Captain Scarlet are up for purchase, so there should be something for everyone. ITV isn't the first broadcaster to offer its content up on iTunes, the BBC did that first. If it comes to a choice between Torchwood and Captain Scarlet I know on which side my bread is buttered.
All considered I feel pretty confident in saying that Apple is almost certainly onto a winner with this deal. Doubtless many of you would happily pay the trifling cost, or better still grab a whole series at a slight discount on the per-episode price, for the opportunity for a little nostalgia.
But enough of this, I hear the voice of the Mysterons beckoning…
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text: Subtle tensions ignite MMWs exhilarating new album. Theres a tug-of-war between the hipster jazz vibe (tedious in large doses) and the trios frisky delight in playing for the old-fashioned fun of it. New Planet opens with a detached groove, blossoming into an ode to 70s funk, fiery and leisurely at once. Elsewhere, jam-band excess and pop precision collide. With witty piano man John Medeski leading the way, the clean, lean Queen Bee recalls the soulful Memphis instrumentals of Booker T. & the MGs, while the swinging title track echoes Ramsey Lewis exuberant 60s pop jazz. Bassist Chris Wood and drummer Billy Martin may be the snappiest rhythm section alive, pulsing yet never pounding. Should the end be near, heres the perfect sound track to ease the pain.


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