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Sequester, All I Ever Wanted
I've been on vacation and most of the news I've gotten has been from the USA Today shoved under my door, but it looks like Schaivo 2013, the Sequestering, is going to happen. I snapped this shot going through US Customs on a normal day. I can only imagine the hours it will take to go through that line after a few agents are furloughed. The notion that there's some "opportunity" in Republicans taking the heat for making airports even more of a nightmare just shows that Eric Cantor is a shorter, less charming version of Newt Gingrich.
Speaking of USA Today, the last issue I saw portrayed Obama as the guy out trying to get the sequester stopped, the nebulous "Congress" as the bad guy (the story pointed out that Congress would keep getting their paychecks no matter what happened, even as their staff had to be laid off). It would be better if the "Republican Congress" was the bad guy, but even USA Today is smart enough to ignore Cantor's "#Obamaquester" stupidity. Only the DC media is dumb enough to expect that Obama will don his white robe, climb onto Shadowfax, ride up Capitol Hill and force Congress to pass a bill.
Only the DC media is dumb enough to expect that Obama will don his white robe, climb onto Shadowfax, ride up Capitol Hill and force Congress to pass a bill.
Not while the Republican House leadership fancy themselves as Gandalf the Grey shouting "None shall pass!"
The sequester is no big deal. If it is, it's Obama's fault. But it's really nothing. Also, Obamaquester. But we can afford these cuts. But blame Obama.
The sequester is imaginary, the CR is real.
Seriously, what's going to happen at midnight tomorrow night? Nothing, really. Friday morning, government agencies may – if they've planned ahead sufficiently – send out notices to employees that they're being furloughed in 30 days' time. And any other cuts they institute will take awhile to plan and take effect as well.
So the sequester really doesn't hit until the end of March.
Meanwhile, on March 27, the current continuing resolution that funds the government – the CR – expires. That means that in order to avoid a complete government shutdown, Congress will have to pass a new CR before that date.
That CR, which will take effect immediately upon passage and Presidential signature, will either include the sequester's cuts, or some of the sequester's cuts, or some sequester-like cuts, or no cuts at all.
The new CR will be what determines whether the sequester really happens in any meaningful sense.
The CR is real. The sequester is imaginary.
What did Republicans do with their time before Twitter hashtags were invented?
The fact that the GOP has not been successful in blame shifting this issue tells me that there will be a deal. Maybe not before "D" day but soon after.
They are crazy but the leadership is not stupid. Even Can'tor will be able to figure out that they will take the fall for this and need to end it. My guess right now is they will claim they HAVE to capitulate to the Kenyan Usurper in order to prevent the total destruction of the DoD. There will be just enough gooper votes to pass some tax and cut bill that everyone will claim is good enough
I'm not sure what's more interesting about that picture. The girl staring at her own chest, her ginormous hoop earings, or the need to know what the rest of her shirt says.
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Not while the Republican House leadership fancy themselves as Gandalf the Grey shouting "None shall pass!"
Of course, they sound more like the Black Knight from Monty Python and the Holy Grail saying "None shall pass!"
Black Knight: "I'm invincible!"
King Arthur: "You're a loony."
Mail out racist newsletters.
So the sequester really doesn't hit until the end of March.
And yet you'd never know this if you watched pretty much any and all network or cable news broadcasts. Every single one, without exception, has painted Friday as Doomsday, becuase ratings and scary and fear and blah presidents and Republicans tell them to.
Anybody in the employ of the government (especially civilian workers for the military) who start whining about being furloughed can perform aerial intercourse of a torus-shaped perambulating pastry. When the economy really tanked back in 2009 I was forced to take a two-week sabbatical. It ain't the end of the world.
The sequester is no big deal. If it is, it's Obama's fault. But it's really nothing. Also, Obamaquester. But we can afford these cuts. But blame Obama.
The second truth of the sequester will be … all agency decisions on which cuts to make will be motivated by partisan politics.
Only the DC media is dumb enough to expect that Obama will don his white robe, climb onto Shadowfax, ride up Capitol Hill and force Congress to pass a bill.
You do have to admit that watching Obama clobber Mitch McConnell and John Boehner with a staff would be deeply satisfying.
Anybody in the employ of the government (especially civilian workers for the military) who start whining about being furloughed can perform aerial intercourse of a torus-shaped perambulating pastry.
@Howard Beale IV: As a civilian employee of the military, can I whine about my company going out of business as we don't have the funds to weather an extended shutdown, or is that off limits too?
Just want to know the limits of acceptable discourse.
@dmsilev: You do have to admit that watching Obama clobber Mitch McConnell and John Boehner with a staff would be deeply satisfying.
Can we watch him chop off their limbs one by one instead? "Tis but a scratch!"
@balconesfault: also, too.. the repubs want to give the President the power to decide what cuts..
[The GOP] are crazy but the leadership is not stupid.
Link, please.
Not sure, but I thought taking photos in US Customs was illegal. I get hassled enough when entering the US (they are looking for someone with the same name – what a shock since my parents lacked imagination and named me James Jones – I have been sent for additional questions on multiple occasions) so I would never tempt the powers that be by taking a picture.
@Howard Beale IV: Okay, per your view, a person who had no power to bring about or prevent the situation and may well have voted for candidates and supported policies that would have prevented this from happening should just suck it up? Why, because you had a bad couple of weeks in 2009? Fucking sad.
So the sequester really doesn't hit until the end of March.
@low-tech cyclist: For government employees and prime contractors this is true.
For subs, who do most of the actual work and get paid by primes who have an eye turned towards their profit margins, the sequester hits tomorrow. Some primes (fortunately none of mine) have already cut payments to their subs in anticipation.
I think going to sequester is about Boehner managing the monkey house. He had to cave on taxes in January, much to the chagrin of the Planet of the Apes and he knows he's got to throw those idiots a bone so he can get the CR done next month without losing his speakership. A few weeks of their constituents bitching at them about lost jobs and benefits might be the only way to get these assholes under control. Every counter-factual thing he's been saying seems designed to appease a bunch of morans who don't know how the Congress works and for all their braying about the Constitution, it's pretty clear they haven't read it. I'm probably wrong, because Republican stupidity knows no bounds these days, but I think this is the prelude to a cave.
ETA – They're also innumerate and know nothing about economics.
The President is meeting with Pelosi, Boehner, Reid and McConnell on Friday. I would love to see cameras in the room.
You do have to admit that watching Obama
clobberbehead Mitch McConnell and John Boehner with a staffGlamdring would be deeply satisfying.
Was hearing from a federal contractor the other day about how much enormous amounts of staff time they waste figuring out what they'll do under various different scenarios. If the sequester hits, they do X, if they get a y% cut, they do Z, and etc. forever. Republicans are fond of talking about how businesses need all this "certainty" in their tax planning, why don't they ever discuss the huge wastes of time that uncertainty in BUDGETS cause?
@low-tech cyclist: It's actually a pretty big deal. For one, contract employees are going to get nailed first. That's your MA's, a lot of admin people, especially in the hospitals, records clerks, etc. Secondly, even with a "well planned" furlough, that's still a big hit. That's one day's pay. it affects leave accrual, sick accrual, retirement dates, etc. Add to that, the avg GS is a GS5, and that's a significant dent in the paycheck. It also doesn't help that the various commands want to make sure the burden of keeping things running falls on the GS employees and not inconvenince themselves or the Active Duty folks.
This is going to hurt a lot of people, especially the contract workers. My family will weather it, but my wife and I both work.
@Howard Beale IV: Kindly…no, not kindly…do me a favor: go get something sharp and rusty and jam it right up your ass. Then, while your writhing in pain, get a nice solid piece of rope , performa few round turns on your neck, and leap over a bannister, preferably with enough room to dangle. Be sure to put some plastic sheeting down so it's easy to clean up when your body voids itself. Your two week "sabbatical" is not an excuse to denigrate or discount the lives of people who, mostly, make less than 30-35k a year. These are working families, myself included.
I'd like to question the notion advanced by some above that the sequester is imaginary or that its consequences will not be severe? I'm not at all disputing the good faith of that assessment, but for the past several days, any number of members of the Confederate Party have been making similar claims to their enablers in the Village media. (A tenet of my political faith is that any Republican moving his or her lips is lying.)
President Obama decried the sequester as a "manufactured crisis." But "imaginary," "no big deal"? That seems a little rose-tinted to me.
ETA: mistermix: with your first paragraph as caption, that's a great photograph.
why don't they ever discuss the huge wastes of time that uncertainty in BUDGETS cause?
This. Anybody who has ever had to plan for budget cuts knows it takes an enormous amount of time to figure out how to do the same job with less resources. I'd love to get it through the minds of the smarmy MBA class in this country that less is ALWAYS less.
Sequester?! I don't even know her!
@Waynski: "The Chagrin of The Planet of the Apes" –the non-canonical prequel, amirite?
The notion that there's some "opportunity" in Republicans taking the heat for making airports even more of a nightmare just shows that Eric Cantor is a shorter, less charming version of Newt Gingrich.
'Newt Gingrich is a horrible egomaniac and hopefully the R's will never do anything like that again.'
'Wait until you see the second-stringers. And the third-stringers.'
I can only imagine the hours it will take to go through that line after a few agents are furloughed.
I just checked. Word is that they haven't officially decided on the policy, but the expectation is that the airports will follow DoD's lead and everyone will drop to working four days a week. So initially that's annoying but it can be dealt with. Come the end of March things get more exciting and we see who gets covered by the emergency budget laws and who doesn't.
That said, the R's aren't going to be happy until everyone really hates them so we might as well do this now and get it over with.
['No bad deals.']
So the GOP screams that we need to cut spending for thirty years. Out comes the big sequester meat axe to cut spending and they are freaking out about the damaging consequences of cutting spending.
They are a bunch of lunatics and everyone is starting to see that.
Comment above nails it. This photo is against the law. I'm going to turn you in.
@GregB: This isn't from the GOP, but one of my FB friends from undergrad who is a rabid libertarian (and very close to having his posts hidden) was posting this morning about the "fact" that the sequester cuts aren't actually cuts because of adjustments for inflation and as result they will actually increase spending by about $105 billion. Of course, he is also wont to point out tha the budget deficits ballooned when the US went off the gold standard. All in all, he is not a good advertisement for the education provided by upper echelon liberal arts colleges.
but even USA Today is smart enough to ignore Cantor's "#Obamaquester" stupidity
This article explains why the made up word "Obamaquester" won't stick, yet other made up words such as "Obamacare" endure.
I'm sticking with this.
I'm going to make a bold prediction. 11:59 on 2/28 the Rethugs will cave, do what needs to be done and make it sound like they pulled one over on that sneaky kenyan and the media will quote them verbatim without so much as a nod to the truth.
"We had to do this to save the people from big baddie Obummer."
Village voice David Ignatius
I'm no fan of the way President Obama has handled the fiscal crisis. As I've written often, he needs to provide the presidential leadership that guides Congress and the country toward fiscal stability. In my analogy, he should take the steering wheel firmly in hand and drive the car toward the destination where most maps show we need to be heading: namely, a balanced program of cuts in Social Security and Medicare and modest increases in revenue
What fucking bubble do these people live in? Obama has failed to show leadership by shoving the horse's head into the fucking water?
@Chyron HR: Burned witches at the stake.
@Omnes Omnibus; When compared to the millions who lost jobs during that the time a furlough isn't such a bad outcome now, isn't it?
@Bulworth: Silly rabbit. One hangs witches. Burning is for heretics.
Yeah, I've seen a couple posts in my FB feed that have posted a chart about how the sequester really just a teensy tiny spending cut, and then ranting about how much of a con job it is that it's being sold by the media and the political elite as a doomsday scenario when it's really just a tiny bit of the cutting that REALLY needs to be made if we're to avoid A SOVEREIGN DEBT CRISIS AND ECONOMIC RUIN!!
The fact that their own doomsday scenario is bullshit is one thing . But more aggravating is the fact that this seriously affects the lives of hundreds of thousands of people, and less directly affects an order of magnitude beyond that…which matters not to them. It's all abstract. Just numbers on a chart. ZOMG spending! Yeah, dumbshit, that spending employs a whole shitload of people – and no, they're not less of a person because they have a government or govt-funded job, asshole. And we currently have high unemployment, if you hadn't noticed. So, by all means! Let's lay off some more! Idiots.
@Bulworth: Raise one hand for small gov't while wielding a vaginal probe with the other.
Obama can never be the white wizard, because, you see…uh…oh, never mind.
/keyboard commando
namely, a balanced program of cuts in Social Security and Medicare and modest increases in revenue
So a "balanced" combination of very large cuts to Social Security and Medicare and "modest" (meaning very slight or preferably no) increases in revenue. Balanced.
Somebody needs to point out to these folks that Social Security was running surpluses to the tune of $100 billion+ annually for the past two decades and doesn't need or deserve to be hacked at for the purpose of reducing the deficit, which the past decade has taught us, will, if achieved, only be used as justification to cut marginal tax rates still further.
So the sequester really doesn't hit until the end of March.
@low-tech cyclist: Just got off the phone with our largest prime.
For us, it hit this morning. 20% across the board cut. More to come if it's not resolved by the end of the month.
Some primes (fortunately none of mine) have already cut payments to their subs in anticipation.
@Forum Transmitted Disease: Here's proof half an hour can change your life.
just shows that Eric Cantor is a shorter, less charming version of Newt Gingrich.
If you haven't realized by now that the man is a complete sociopath…
When compared to the millions who lost jobs during that the time a furlough isn't such a bad outcome now, isn't it?
When it is stupid and unnecessary, it isn't a good thing. Also, if someone comes home from the doctor with a diagnoses of pneumonia, do you tell them, "Suck it up, at least you don't have lung cancer?"
lol…yea it is so gonna happen. I will bet you gloom porn addicts $1000 it will not happen.
Mistermix following in the foot steps of Wr0ng on Everything Cole. I've been waiting for Cole to waddle in here to talk about how it's soooo gonna happen.
You people just never learn. After each manufactured crisis suddenly gets resolved at the last minute when the GOP cannot squeeze any more fundraising and primary avoidance out of it you instantly forget and get all worked up over the next manufactured crisis convinced its for real this time. Fools.
President Obama decried the sequester as a "manufactured crisis." But "imaginary," "no big deal"? That seems a little rose-tinted to me.
Having a manufactured crisis and a serious crisis are two different things. Apparently, Obama's not meeting with congressional leaders until Friday, so looks like sequestration is going to kick in.
Boehner is the shittiest and most cowardly speaker in quite a while, and is the prime cause of this. The teabagger congresscritters are insane, don't understand what they're doing or the consequences, and out of control. Boehner can't bring them under control and doesn't have the nads to toss them over the side and work with Pelosi, so it looks like he's just flailing around hoping for some sort of fucking miracle.
@Omnes Omnibus: Funny, I thought the whole point of the sequester as being specifically designed to be so toxic to all parties that it would force good-faith negotiations. Kind of like those deals people make where they have to donate money to the KKK if they don't meet their weight loss goals or whatever. I guess I completely misunderestimated the whole mechanism!
Jesus fucking Christ, has that dipshit ever read the Constitution? Taken a civics class? Anything? If Obama could just get Congress to do something reasonable, he would have done it by now. The Village gasbags talk about this as if Obama is just kicking back in a hammock, with various tools at his disposal to solve the situation, and is simply refusing to bother. Firm hand on the steering wheel? WTF? Sure, yeah, just walk into Boehner's office and say "I'll take it from here, Speaker" and presto, change-o, the teabaggers stop being a bunch of braindead nitwits who are eager to let the nation burn to stick it to Obama? Will any Villager in good standing follow Mann and Ornstein's lead and just admit it's the fucking teabaggers that are the cause of all of this nonsense? Ever?
These fucking people. Do they even hear themselves talk, or read their own drivel? Fuckin a.
and yeah, what in fucking fuck does Social Security have to do with anything?
Having a manufactured crisis and a serious crisis are two different things.
Shooting yourself in the foot still means you have to go to the emergency room.
@jibeaux: Fact and logic based arguments go nowhere with crazy libertarians. Nor with Villagers.
@Turgidson: It could be worse. It could always be worse. Take, for example, Bob Woodward this morning:
"Can you imagine Ronald Reagan sitting there saying, 'Oh, by the way, I can't do this because of some budget document?'" Woodward said on MSNBC's "Morning Joe." "Or George W. Bush saying, 'You know, I'm not gonna invade Iraq, because I can't get the aircraft carriers I need?' Or even Bill Clinton saying, 'You know, I'm not going to attack Saddam Hussein's intelligence headquarters' — as he did when Clinton was President — because of some budget document? Under the Constitution, the President is Commander in Chief and employs the force. And so we now have the President going out, because of this piece of paper and this agreement, I can't do what I need to do to protect the country. That's a kind of madness that I haven't seen in a long time."
Does Woodward understand that under the Constitution, appropriating funds is explicitly Congress's job? Does he care?
@dmsilev: The president could always sell stuff.
Does Woodward understand
that underthe Constitution, appropriating funds is explicitly Congress's job?
But he does understand who buys business class plane tickets and who caters barbecue and tire swings.
"Can you imagine Ronald Reagan … "Or George W. Bush saying,… Or even Bill Clinton saying,
That order, and especially the "even", should tell everybody everything they need to know about Booby Woodward, Stenographer to the Stars.
I really wish he would/ could do something to target the cuts in red districts. Why should the rest of the country have to suffer for those assholes choices? Hell, if the RIF goes into effect, it'd be nice if they could somehow targte GOP voters.
Wishful thinking, I know. Stupid should have consequences.
"Can you imagine Ronald Reagan sitting there saying, 'Oh, by the way, I can't do this because of some budget document?'"
Yeah, he wasn't going to let some pesky appropriations laws get in the way of shipping weapons to Iran. What?
I think many of the Villagers genuinely think the President is a king and should act like one. They long for it, in fact.
In my analogy, he should take the steering wheel firmly in hand and drive the car toward the destination where most maps show we need to be heading
Being a Kenyan citizen, can Obama even get a DC driver's license?
@Waynski: I pretty much agree with all of this. Boehner's being semi-responsible, in the sense that a debt limit crisis would have been catastrophic, while a sequester crisis can be undone within a month after public pressure chastens the congresscritters who want to be re-elected.
Apropos of nothing, but for LOTR references, I think Eric Cantor = Grima Wormtongue.
@dmsilev: The Navy made the request to cancel the trip based on budget constraints, guess they didn't think it was that essential compared to current obligations elsewhere. Woodward's never one to let facts get in the way of a "I was there when a Great Man was being great" bullshit story, i.e., Obama is supposed to waste scarce resources sending an aircraft carrier to the Gulf just to prove how big his dick is. Woodward is a courtier, so his life's work lies in dropping names and his proximity to them. It's pretty disgusting the current hardon he has about Obama, I guess he's pissed because he doesn't have access.
Does Woodward understand that under the Constitution, appropriating funds is explicitly Congress's job? Does he care?
@dmsilev: No. Woodward has some kind of issue with Obama. I don't know specifically what it is but it qualifies as ODS, big time.
aerial intercourse of a torus-shaped perambulating pastry
I chuckled.
My extremely conservative fb feed shows a poster that says, the first firings should be 535 members of Congress. Others are chiming in, Amen.
Obamaquester sounds like a superhero. Boehnerquester sounds like evil weaponry.
@Omnes Omnibus: The movie was certainly a big part of creating his reputation, but nobody talks about Bernstein. Woodward has dedicated his post-Mark Felt life to being the greatest leakee-courtier of the Establishment.
@Forum Transmitted Disease: Woodward probably doesn't feel like he was made enough of an insider. Personal butthurt, in other words.
@PeakVT: Woodward got significant access to write a best selling book about the SF campaign in Afghanistan with the Northern Alliance. It was actually well written. I'm guessing he's pissed because he hasn't been allowed to cash in on all the SOF stuff that's happened under Obama.
I think Woodward is right. Obama needs to sell arms to Iran to fund the programs he doesn't want cut. It worked so well when Reagan did it!
I think many of the Villagers genuinely think the President is a king and should act like one.
They apparently don't know that in England, at least, the King wasn't free to do as he wished. If he needed money for something, he could either pay for it out of his own pocket or he had to go hat in hand to Parliament to ask for tax money. ETA: and even Louis XVI had to call the Estates General to try to raise funds when France was irretrievably broke.
@Cassidy: I think Woodward's always been a moderate Republican, or at least has always had the worldview of a moderate Republican.
And Obama is forcing the Bob Woodwards of the Beltway to choose between the evil, pacifist, statist IslamoKenyanNaziSocialism and the bone-stupid Christianist conservatives. There are no more Bob Doles (national, rational Republicans) to lead the Bob Woodwards out of this quandary. And so they rage.
Well, if they don't make a deal soon, I'm going to be (partly) sequestered. We are unionized here, and the contract provides for the newest hires to be laid off in these circumstances. But those hires are the ones who can least afford it — supporting kids, a mortgage, and stuff that doesn't give them much flexibility. We're working on a voluntary furlough system, in which the older guys would probably participate more because they've got better economic circumstances, but that may not be enough to cover the decrease in our budget. Also, health insurance will continue, but my premium portion will come out of pocket — and my lovely spouse has scheduled hip surgery for May.
This may be doable, but some work won't get done, and people's spending will certainly be affected and it will screw up schedules to a fare-thee-well. Would be nice if Republicans were not certifiable.
Did a Tom Levenson post just get eated?
Obama gave access to Michael Lewis. Not Woodward. Professional jealousy and bitter resentment. All you need to know about Dauphin Bobby.
@Omnes Omnibus:
Tom's post got bigfooted by Kay's, so I think he probably withdrew it for a while so we wouldn't have two monster posts to deal with at the same time.
@lojasmo: but isn't perambulating walking? It should be rotating.
As Monarch of the Village media, no one is more outraged than Woodward the First about the Obama's administration's reluctance to pay homage.
When that court page Ed Henry complains about lack of access people snicker, but from his throne room at Kaplan TPD, King Bob expects his denunciations to be transcribed and proclaimed by the Village criers (e.g., loyal courtier David Ignatius today).
Versailles on the Potomac is under siege, and like all aristocrats they find the peasants (and their President) revolting.
@waynski: Lewis was a better choice.
@peach flavored shampoo: "can Obama even get a DC driver's license? "
Aren't there places where all the taxi drivers are from Somalia or Ethiopia?
Maybe trundling?
@catclub: Yea, Somalia and Ethiopia.
And hilariously, I always thought Dole was kind of an asshole when he was on the scene. A reasonably principled, sane asshole who deserved respect, but still an asshole, and with bad ideas for where to take the country.
He's fucking Tickle Me Elmo compared to the House GOP ogres we're dealing with today.
In my analogy, he should take the steering wheel firmly in hand and drive the car
Here's the thing with analogies. When they aren't analogous, they're useless. There's no steering wheel, or, if there is, it's not attached to anything. You can't just assume a hypothetical instrument that controls things, then complain that the president isn't using it. That's the whole fucking problem–there's no instrument that controls things.
You might as well say "The political system is like a brick. In my analogy, the president should stop the brick from being a brick."
@Turgidson: Dole had a mean sense of humor (and maybe a mean personality), funnier but often as misguided as the teahadists of today. But he knew how to compromise and actually deal with problems — not just use them as opportunities to give rich people more money. Last time I heard him in office, I was amazed how sensible he was.
@Turgidson: @David in NY: Dole was someone who functioned in the real world. I disagreed with his analysis of most issues and the solutions he proposed to problems, but, since he was reality-based, one could work with him, disagree with him, and ultimately co-exist with him. Those Republicans are basically gone now.
My extremely conservative fb feed shows a poster that says, the first firings should be 535 members of Congress.
Funny, I've seen that one on my liberal feed. I would have added that just cutting their pensions in half would probably do the trick, but I'm not really for cutting people's pensions.
I would suggest furloughing them for a day a week, but they don't work more than four days anyway — oh, wait, that's a feature not a bug, might as well just pay them for the time they work.
@Omnes Omnibus: Very odd that we can be sad to see him gone. Other guys, Jerry Ford, e.g., were dolts in Congress, but look pretty good in retrospect.
It's all the Republican's fault, everyone will believe that! Except there are ALREADY mainstream sources putting the blame on Obama.
Check it out! It's all Obama's fault of course.
As bad as the Forbes mess is the comments on the Google+ topic I first saw it at were worse. These people simply cannot accept that anything 'bad' can be Republicans fault. Simply cannot.
@Omnes Omnibus: Sounds like you need a good dose of the Serenity Prayer. And if you thinks things are bad now, just wait.
@David in NY: This being on my feed is equavalent to denying
Jesus. When the repubs have lost my fb feed, they have lost America.
Well, this photo and thought experiment was all I needed to convince my wife that we shouldn't travel by air this April vacation. Last year our family and another (4 adults, 1 teenager and 4 kids ages 8-11) went through JFK customs with multiple planeloads of people. The crowd was spilling into the stairwell/escalator area. All we had to deal with was the wait, but there were plenty of others around us who had to make connecting flights, etc. All I had to say to my wife was, "Remember JFK customs last year? Imagine that with fewer inspectors. Imagine the TSA screening area with fewer screeners," and that was that.
I may write a letter or three addressed to airline CEOs and tell them of our decision to forgo $2,500 in air travel because of the sequester and suggest that they use their more powerful voices to urge Congress to get its act together.


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Marianne Kristensen joined the Trust in November 2015. She is responsible for its grant management, donor relations and organisational development. She sees that the Trust's projects implemented globally are contractually compliant, ensuring they are delivered on time and that their impact is monitored and evaluated. She is also responsible for the continued development of standard operating procedures that allow the Trust to deliver its projects effectively. She plays an integral role in the design of new projects and manages the Trust's efforts to win new bids from international institutions, trusts and foundations. She is part of the Trust's Senior Management Team and contributes to the broader organisational development of the Trust under supervision of the Trust's Co-directors.
Before the Trust, Marianne worked in project management for a number of non-profit organisation's in the UK and abroad including, Leonard Cheshire Disability, the Danish Red Cross and Action Aid Denmark. She holds an MSc in Development Administration and Planning from University College London.
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Prior to the Trust, Yashasvi worked with the United Nations Global Compact and a number of non-profit organisations in India. He managed projects on human rights, labour, and social development issues. He holds a MSc in Human Rights from London School of Economics and an MPhil in International Relations from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. He has written on international issues for a number of journals and books.

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Do you get caught up in trains of endless thought?
Mindfulness helps us pay attention to our experience right now, and can reduce our stress and anxiety.
This group offers the opportunity to experience and develop a range of practices which can be a real resource for life.
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text: I'm not the kind of person to blog regularly about my mundane, daily routines, but today, September 22, 2014 was a big day for meso I'll break it down in the hopes that someone will find entertainment from my misfortune. I have a bit of a bird phobia to say the least, often causing me to lose my breath and panic in public, against the best of my efforts to remain calm. I had been warned about the terrors of Magpie birds that often swoop down and peck runners and while the concept did make it quite difficult for me to sleep through the night, I was assured of the unlikely hood of this ever happening to me. But, being a incredibly clumsy and having a difficult time walking across the street without tripping or running into a stint of trouble, of course, a magpie would peck me in the headI guess it would have been wrong for him not to. It happened while I was walking Daisy, the Todd's yellow lab and although I shrieked and nearly got sick from the traumatizing peck-punch thrown at my skull, I managed to make the most of my evening by heading into the city to get a nice dinner and drink enough wine that I would be able to sleep through the night without terrors. Of course, on my walk to the ferry, the same villainous bird pecked me in nearly the same spot of my head- (don't know what I was thinking walking by againas if tempting his evil). By the time I got into the city, my heart was hurting with fear as I'd grown quite paranoid of the Australian sky and the creatures out to get me. I had a nice dinner by myself, which I don't mind with the company of my Kindle- (yikes) and by 9:00 I was sufficiently well-served and hopped along my solo bar-hop where I intended on having my last drink before heading home to the death trap of a walk between Taronga Zoo and Sirius Cove. (Its important that I put in here that I do not have a drinking problem- but when you don't have any friends and have recently been hit in the head by your biggest fear, it would be wrong not to drink and distract yourself by the company of strangers). So, as I was leaving the bar, an American man asked me if I wanted a cigarette and as I've never had a cigarette I said no and began to walk away- but in attempt of not appearing as the somewhat shy and fearful of stranger- foreigner that I am, I politely responded to his questionsactually having a lovely conversation that almost completely distracted me of the evenings previous events and agreed to have a drink with him and his friend. In summary, the two gentlemen that I ended up having a big night out in Sydney with, (probably my biggest) happened to be musicians Zac Barnett and James Adam Shelley from The American Authors- which is great for me considering the music journalism career route I intend on paving after my time here. We had a successful Monday night and I've managed to keep in contact with the artists as I intend on walking up in better form that I was the last time for their next stay in Sydney. So, the moral of the story here kids, is that you can't let the bird haters cramp your game.


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Located at a very short distance from Periyar tiger reserve-wild life sanctuary and a 5 minutes drive from Periyar Lake, Tiger Roare is perfect option for those who wish to discover the natural habitat. The hotel has 21 rooms lavishly outfitted with modern amenities, a multi-cuisine restaurant with beautiful garden, an exquisite lounge with fully equipped business center, cafe, swimming pool, and lots more. Tigers Roare is indeed right choice hotel.Address: Tigers Roare
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House 466 in the town of Brodarica, Šibenik - North Dalmatia contains accommodation units of type Apartment (2) and is 30 m away from the sea. A beach is nearby (pebble). The house is categorized as "Facilities near a beach". As the house is divided into several accommodation units, other guests will most likely be present during your stay. The hosts will be in residence during your holiday. The house owner is under no obligation to accept additional persons and pets that were not stated in the reservation request and it is necessary to report them in advance.
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Apartment can accommodate 6 guests. Beds are situated in 3 sleeping rooms, within 76m2. Guests can enjoy a sea view from the private terrace.
INCLUDED IN THE PRICE: tourist tax, final cleaning, parking, internet.
The availability of additional services for your chosen dates of stay, as well as their prices (if none are listed) must be checked ahead of time. Any additional services not shown in the price calculation are payable directly to the property owner and only if used by the visitor.
Discounts to the base price: special (realize an additional discount of 10% on your reservation).
Courtyard (200m2, Area suitable for children), Parking lot (Number of parking spaces: 2, Distance from the house: In the courtyard), WiFi Internet
The property is located by the beach
Number of stairs from the property to the beach: 22
Car access possible: Yes
The facility is situated in relatively quiet surroundings
The property is surrounded by greenery
Sea: 30 m
Beach: 30 m
Supermarket: 200 m
Restaurant: 100 m
Emergency room: 3 km
Post office: 150 m
Disco: 3 km
Diving Centre: 1 km
You'll get the voucher by email from us after you book. Print it out – the host expects to see it on your arrival. Check in advance about pets and parking spot (or any additional service).
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My prior knowledge of Ghost in the Shell consists of the following: There was a game on the Playstation 1 in which you drove a red ladybird tank and that the original story is supposed to be kind of a big deal. That's pretty much it. I ended up deciding not to colour my opinions the movie by searching out any of the source material beforehand. In part because a lot has been said in the build up to this movie and little of it positive. I realised that much of this was to do with the choice in casting and differences in tone. In the end, I thought I'd be better off just going to see the movie and judge it by its own merits, not involve myself in any of the debate that seems to dog the film.
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The Power Rangers Movie looks Bad
I used to be Power Rangers super fan #1 back when I was a kid. I was obsessed with them. I had the videos, I had mountains of toys and as much memorabilia as I could get my hands on. I used to pretend to be a Power Ranger. Before I really fell down the video games and anime well, Power Rangers was my life. So now a brand new Power Rangers movie, based on the original "Mighty Morphin" series of the show, is coming to theatres. How do I feel about it?
Well, strangely enough, up until yesterday I was totally indifferent. A fact that surprised even me. I'd seen the promotional stills floating around the internet, I'd caught bits of teasers before skipping them on Youtube. It wasn't that I was disguised, or "triggered" that my childhood was being interfered with. I just didn't care. Nothing about it interested me. It all just seemed so derivative, especially in this period of superhero overload in cinemas. Continue reading "The Power Rangers Movie looks Bad"
Thoughts on: Live by Night
I get the feeling this movie started off life as something more. Like it might have been Ben Affleck's shot at a real epic crime drama like Once Upon a Time in America or maybe The Godfather series. It has all the hallmarks of wanting to be a longer movie, documenting the rise of one man in crime over a long period of time. All the same though, I liked Live by Night quite a bit in spite of the very mixed reception it got.
Thoughts on: Assassin's Creed The Movie
You know, I didn't have very high expectations for this movie before it came out. Its trailers seemingly confirmed my fears that the movie wasn't going to be what I wanted it to be. But you know what, when the talk started and a lot of people were saying it was good, I thought I'd give it a shot. So I did. Guess what… Assassin's Creed it bad.
Wooderon Top Ten Movies of 2016
This is a little later than I intended, but I suppose I might have burned myself a little by making, like, 12 posts in a row over Christmas. But anyway, I felt like I saw enough movie this year that I could give a a relatively decent movie of the year list. That being said, you'll see a very common theme here amongst the types of movies I saw.
But you know what they say about simple minds and simple tastes. There were still a lot of movie I didn't see this year, not only that there were critically acclaimed movies that I simply didn't enjoy too much. Spoiling the list a little, The Revenant isn't going to be on here. While I thought the movie was well made, I just wasn't for me. I'm no critic, I'm not going to break down movies based on their artistic merit. All I'm going to list here are the movies I enjoyed the most throughout the year. A brutal slog through the old west, not really that enjoyable… Continue reading "Wooderon Top Ten Movies of 2016"


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LES Cheyne won the Golf Foundation Trophy at Five Lakes.
Played on the Lakes course, this men's competition is one of six strokeplay competitions that go towards the best scratch golfer of the year prize.
Two golfers returned nett 72s - Vince Bokenham (17) and Clive Weir (20) - to be just outside the main prizes, while third place went to Dave Chignell (12) with a nett 71.
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Education has evolved far beyond the stereotype picture of organised rows of desks with a teacher at the front of the classroom and 'Learning Outside the Classroom' is one of those key phrases that can be used to explain many of the activities that the school undertakes.
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This is a guest post from Timothy O'Connell.
A recent LifeHacker article got me interested in anki, a cross-platform Simple Repetition System (SRS) or flash-card app.
anki allows users to create or import modular "decks" of "cards" that they can use to study whatever it is that they want to study. Which is, in and of itself, pretty great: as soon as I learned about this, I got excited. My enthusiasm went on the wane, however, when I discovered that there was no deck for ancient Latin (the casual study of which has long been a hobby of mine).
So I decided to create one by scraping the Latin dictionary at http://classicsunveiled.com/. The details of the scrape and the import of the entries into a Postgres database are relatively uninteresting: there are also hundreds of good tutorial on BeautifulSoup and psycopg2 out there and the world obviously has no use for another one from a self-proclaimed n00b like me.
What the world might find useful, however, is the ancient Latin deck I created. Here's a step-by-step* on how to get it going:
- Download the .txt file from my personal blog: http://demongin.orghttp://s3.amazonaws.com/almosteffortless/ankiLatin.txt
- Start anki.
- Click "File" -> "Import"
- Click "Choose file…" and browse for ankiLatin.txt.
- Once you've selected the file, everything should be ready to go: click "Import" (to the right of the "Field mapping" controls), give the program a second to import the deck, select close and get busy.
* NB: these instructions are based on the Debian package version of anki (i.e. 0.9.9.4).


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Australian Sports Betting Websites
Luxbet Online Betting Site Review
With so much experience in the racing and sports betting industry, you can be guaranteed with Luxbet you are punting at one of the best Australian online sports betting websites. Because of their affiliation with the TAB, Luxbet are on the best online sports betting websites with regards to offering member benefits and special offers, with some of the most solid bonus bet offers for Australian customers being offered at this very moment.
Right now, you can receive a massive $500 bonus which makes it one of the biggest member signup bonus offers in the country.
Further, Luxbet offer regular weekly promotions to their existing customers, up to $400 worth of free betting offers are available during any given week with their Daily Maximisers. Horse racing offers are available every week, sports betting offers vary depending on the season, fans will find refund and bonus offers on: AFL, NRL, T20 cricket and the tennis.
History, Location and Licensing Authority
Luxbet was launched in 2008 and is a subsidiary of Australia's oldest and largest sports wagering company Tabcorb Holdings, or better known as, the TAB. Luxbet is an approved sports betting operator for the AFL, NRL, Cricket Australia, Tennis Australia and the PGA of Australia and it goes without saying that their affiliation with TAB instantly makes them one of Australia's most trusted and secure online sports betting websites.
Sign Up Incentives and Ongoing Features
- Best range of racing betting products
- $500 Free Bet on Signing
- BOB on Saturday race meets
- Best Tote Exotics
- Bonuses on offer for Group 1 races
- Betting promotions every week
- Regular Money Back Deals
- $400 worth of Weekly Promotions
Money – Deposit & Withdrawal Options
Luxbet is one of the only online sports betting sites for Australians that does NOT have an ATM card or direct debit card linked to the holders account. Considering their affiliation with the TAB it actually comes as a surprise to this reviewer and as such I think it is not long before they introduce one. At present though money can be deposited and withdrawn through all the usual channels including Credit card (VISA and Mastercard), Skrill (Moneybookers), POLi, BPAY, bank transfer. Luxbet online sports betting accept Currencies in AUD, EUR, GBP and USD.
Withdrawing your money is just as easy once your account has been verified by submitting proof of identification to Luxbet.com. A great feature of the TAB backed online betting site is that you can withdraw your money directly into your bank account without incurring a fee or service charge from Luxbet.
Navigation and Usability
Luxbet uses a horizontal navigation menu to select sports. Two rows of sports are shown by default and you click on the More+ icon to display the full list. This is a relatively standard layout and one I personally feel works the best as it allows for more information regarding odds and market to be shared. One of the things we like most about Luxbets betting interface is the fact the navigation menu is customisable. You can manually select the sports you wish to have appear in the top rows, which saves time if you regularly bet on a less popular sport. Clicking on your sport of choice will then display the available markets and any other information directly related to the chosen sport. Note however that when you click on a league, instead of odds being displayed, a list of markets is displayed within the navigation menu. You must instead click on the 'All' icon for a sport if you wish to view all upcoming fixtures.
One neat website feature is a 'Quick Multis' link at the top of the navigation panel. This enables you to quickly create multi bets using the available head to head or line odds for popular sports, such as the AFL. Once the page loads the multi bet selections automatically default to the shortest odds selections.
Markets, Margins, & Odds
Online Sports Betting Margins
In our most recent bookmaker margin survey, Luxbet had an average bookmaker margin of 4.9%, which was equal to the survey median and puts it above Australian sports betting website rivals SportsBet (at 5.2%) and Ladbrokes (at 5.5%)
Online Sports Betting Market
Luxbet offers betting on a broad range of sports with an excellent depth of markets for each fixture. AFL and NRL are heavily catered for, with over 150 betting options on most matches. Rugby union is also well covered, with around 20 markets per game. The major American sports are catered for and a huge range of football leagues are covered. Unless you are a die hard punter or want to follow some of the more obscure leagues around the world then there's a good chance Luxbet have it available. Because of this and the array of options and bonuses made available we think Luxbet is an excellent all round choice and one of Australia's better online sports betting sites
Online Sports Betting Odds
Luxbet proudly claim – (backed by data) that they consistently provide the best odds and healthiest returns comparative to the mainstream Australian online sports bet websites. Note that although this may be the case, there is usually reasons why better odds can be provided – generally at the detriment to other member benefits or options within each market.
Luxbet Online Sports Betting Website Summary:
Aligned with TABCorp – Australia's biggest and most trusted name in sports and race betting, you can be guaranteed with Luxbet you are punting at one of the best Australian online sports betting websites. Because of their affiliation with the TAB, Luxbet are able to provide the most competitive sports betting margins and odds making them one of the best betting websites around. And again, they stand above and beyond the competition with some of the most solid bonus bet offers for Australian customers being offered as well as ongoing member benefits that reward those who truly enjoy the experience of online sports betting.
Right now, you can receive a massive $500 bonus which makes it one of the biggest member signup bonus offers in the country.
Further, Luxbet offer regular weekly promotions to their existing customers, up to $400 worth of free betting offers are available during any given week with their Daily Maximisers. Horse racing offers are available every week, sports betting offers vary depending on the season, fans will find refund and bonus offers on: AFL, NRL, T20 cricket and the tennis.
So if you are looking for a reliable, trustworthy and competitive online sports betting site that rewards its members and currently offers one of the most lucrative sign up member bonuses on offer then look no further, because at Luxbet you will find all your sports betting and online gambling needs. Follow this link HERE or alternatively click on the banner below
Live Sports Betting
Due to Australia's Interactive Gambling Act 3, live online betting is not available for Australians. Australian customers must phone in to bet live. Learn more about it here
Why We Like Luxbet Online Sports Betting Website
- No minimum deposit for most deposit methods
- Feature-rich betting interface with concise odds display
- Flexi betting offered on exotic multis
- Frequent bonus bet and odds promotions
- Luxbet is backed by the entertainment giant Tabcorp
- Consistently better odds for individual racing events – it is true after all!
Why We Don't Like Luxbet Online Sports Betting Website
- Live online betting is not available to Australian residents (due to Australian law and mentioned above)
- Navigation menu takes some getting used to
- Customer service is average. We've been underwhelmed when using both the live chat and phone betting service.
- Known to suspend or limit the accounts of successful punters – sadly a common practice across all Australian operated sports betting websites