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As the Village Voice stops its print edition, the alternative-weekly era officially ends.
Kenneth Weene's insight:
What a deep sense of loss and regret this news elicits. I loved the voice when I lived in New York. Heck, I love newspapers and hate to see them disappearing. Besides lining birdcages and wrapping fish, they kept us informed, amused, and aware.
Afghans met Donald Trump's pledge to keep American boots on the ground with hope Tuesday.
Kenneth Weene's insight:
Good lord, more stupidity in Washington and Kabul combined than I thought the intelligence community could muster. First, about 1/4 of Pakistan is Pashtun dominated and indeed they are about 1/4 of the total population. Second, the Taliban is primarily a Pashtun movement drawing on a religious justification but still about that people's aspirations for a return to their historic greatness. Third, the country that most shares our desire for a stabilized Afghanistan and a control of the Taliban is Iran followed by Russia, two countries with which we don't work and play well.
Drawing on Iran, which many of the Afghan people look to as a great country even though most Afghanis are Sunni and Iran is of course Shia, a peace could possibly be negotiated. That peace would have to guarantee the safety of those who wished to not be under that central Pashtun authority, possibly by adding territory from Pakistan in the east and setting up a small country in the west for non-Taliban adherents. Of course, this would require a major expense in moving some people, but considering how little they have it wouldn't be that great a migration. Since many of those choosing to go to the smaller country would be Shia, Iran would have a major role in offering it guarantees. It should also have a border with Turkmenistan, not only because there is a small minority of Turkmen in Afghanistan but because that would also help maintain Russia's concern level.
The specifics of the deal would take some working out, but it could be done a lot more easily than continuing the madness of this endless military adventure.
Saudi Arabia's state carrier said on Sunday it had been unable to send planes to transport Qatari pilgrims to the kingdom because it had been unable to get permission to land at Doha airport amid a diplomatic dispute between the two countries.
Kenneth Weene's insight:
Saudi Arabia does not want to cut off pilgrims for the haj. To do so would offend Muslims everywhere, for it would be claiming that the worldly government of Riyadh has control over the Islamic faith. According to the religion, all true believers are equal before Allah and all have the obligation to make the haj at least once in their lifetime. On the other hand, Qatar doesn't want to play into Saudi Arabia's hands and make it look like that country is somehow in the right in their dispute. Hence, this strange standoff in which the willingness to supply planes is welcomed while the actual aircraft are not. If the word Byzantine to describe politics still has a use, it would be in the Middle East; a bit or irony there.
Meanwhile, to my Muslim friends who are taking this sacred pilgrimage I would say,
قد الحج الخاص بك تجلب لك أقرب إلى الله
May your pilgrimage bring you closer to god.
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Just as the Japanese were getting used to dealing with one unpredictable nuclear-armed leader ... along comes another
Kenneth Weene's insight:
From the perspective of the Japanese, there are two nut cases rattling sabers and potentially putting their island nation in the crosshairs. The only question for them is which of the two is more dangerous. Hopefully, when this is latest crisis is over, Tokyo will do some serious rethinking of their national policy. My guess, part of that will be to arm and part will be to push the US out of bases that could attract aggression from North Korea or China.
Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.) isn't a psychiatrist, but she wants to make the president see one.
Kenneth Weene's insight:
While I have great questions about Mr. Trump's competency, I have even greater question about a bunch of psychologists and psychiatrists being competent to judge. Not only would their recommendations be open to question, but the entire process would make a sham of the system of government. This representative is trying to trample on the separation of powers and the proper function of the legislative branch in impeachment. Why? Obviously he doesn't expect his bill to pass since if he did the House would already be talking about impeachment. He is playing to the far left base with the same lack of concern for good government that all demagogues demonstrate.
And, let's get one thing straight. Mike Pence is going to be just as difficult for people like Zoe Lofren to swallow as POTUS as is Trump. However, if she takes her meds, this lady from California might make it through her madness.
Speaking of madness, have you read Memoirs From the Asylum? If you want to talk mental health and illness, you really should. Here's the link.
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The move reverses an Obama-era policy put in place to encourage national parks to end the sale of bottled water. The aim was to cut back on plastic litter.
Kenneth Weene's insight:
Okay, on this one I have to tentatively support the Trump administration. The problem with the ban—actually it was more a suggestion to the park concessionaires—was that it didn't stop sales of sodas and other bottled drinks. While the result may have been a slight decline in plastic bottles in the parks, that was offset by an increase in purchases of those other, often much less healthy sodas, etc. as people who weren't prepared with reusable water bottles or who wanted something cold went with the what's available option. In the end, government should not be micromanaging as much as it should be helping people to make wiser decisions. Bureaucracy is not the best system.
It appears that President Mahmoud Abbas wants to convene the Palestinian National Council, after a hiatus of more than 20 years, which would allow the Palestinian movement to move toward a change in leadership.
Kenneth Weene's insight:
It would be a great change if the Palestinians could find one voice in dealing not only with Israel but with the entire world. Sadly, the divisions in the Arab world seem to pull this small and suffering population apart. As an American of Jewish background, I am rooting for the Palestinians to succeed in creating a state that can take care of its people and work together with other countries toward a better and more peaceful world.
Here are several first-hand accounts of the violent events in Charlottesville, Va., collected from journalists, protesters and far-right ralliers who have published their accounts.
Kenneth Weene's insight:
I have said before that I abhor violence and that means on either side. That's why I share this story from the L.A. Times in which we get a sense of what actually happened in Charlottesville. While I agree with the counter protesters, it would appear that both groups came prepared for a fight. Perhaps the protesters more so since they came with military tactics already practiced and with equipment. On the other hand, the armed members of the counter group remained in a different park more ready to step in if needed than participating. Clearly, the driver of the car that killed and maimed was the exception in a confrontation that thankfully otherwise ended with little bloodshed.
As I read these reports, two things are clear. Rhetoric and name-calling helped to heat up the situation and seem to be an integral part of the division that is wounding our country. The second is that the police in Charlottesville didn't do their job very well. For one thing, they left an entire side of the park in question open. Market Street became in effect the place where the fire could begin. Why that street was left open and unattended only the person in charge of the cops can tell us. It was a dreadful mistake.
Of course, in the end it is the counter protesters who got what they wanted out of the situation. If only because of the crazed act of that driver and the resulting mayhem, cities and other governments across the country have been motivated to remove monuments before new confrontations occur. Last night, for example, Baltimore removed four monuments.
Now, I think there are far too many Confederate monuments in this country, many in places where they are really historically irrelevant. As I've made clear before, I don't want to obliterate history, only to limit monuments to what is meaningful for remembering and I want to add some that have been neglected. My big issue: Where are the monuments in the South that remember the slaves and the share croppers? How can a community in which Lee, for example, never set foot justify a monument to him and not have one to those people of color who suffered there?
Finally, a word about Mr. Trump. I have a sense that he and I are more in agreement on this subject than I would have expected. The problem is that he is so bloody inarticulate and so given to expressing himself in the words of a "tweet" that he has failed to articulate the larger issue, which is that division and violence are not the way for a democracy to solve its issues. Of course, he is also playing to a base that includes many bigots and racists; but he is right that not all those who were protesting were necessarily hate-filled and let's be fair, not all the counter protesters were put in heart.
It was about 8 years ago that Mr. Obama made a horrible mistake, one which I honestly thought would cost him re-election and which I think was one of the reasons that Hillary was starting from a much weaker position than she realized. It was the way he handled the confrontation between the police officer(s) and the Black Harvard Law School professor. Mr. Obama failed to clarify what the real issue was, namely the right of the professor's privacy versus the offers' reasonable cause to investigate. It was never actually about race at all. However, Mr. Obama allowed the press to define the narrative and we all know that conflict leads will intelligent discussion gets relegated to the opinion pages.
Mr. Trump is sadly dealing with a similar if even more contentious issue. Once again the press is making this about race more than about how we as a society deal with our history. From my perspective, we are still fighting the Civil War (War Between the States; War of Norther Aggression) and still hiding from the realities of post-Reconstruction segregation.
We need to have a national dialog about race. We need it now and we need it to move us towards a unified view of ourselves. As long as any group feels threatened and abused, the pain will go on. Sadly, both political parties have their reasons for keeping the anger flowing. Which is one of the reasons I again call for a new party. I may be a Broody New Englander but I can still find hope.
"No Trump, no KKK, no fascist USA!" the protesters chanted as they tore down the statue.
Kenneth Weene's insight:
I know that many will find my response to this event puzzling; I find it so myself. First, I support the removal of the monuments that glorify the confederacy and its soldiers, especially its leaders. As a Broody New Englander I was brought up to believe the cause of the South was wrong, that the union was not divisible, that the economic realities would not have been changed by succession, and most importantly that slavery was and continues to be inherently evil and wrong.
However, I also know that the men who fought for succession did so believing they were right. I know that the families who lost loved ones and who had the maimed return to them did so not because they wished their communities to do wrong but to keep their faith in the world as they understood it. While I would happily tear down monuments to the generals, with the caveat that they perhaps one statue remain celebrating their military skills, perhaps each one in his own home town or maybe on a preserved battlefield. Similarly, I would allow towns such as Durham to preserve one monument to the soldiers. I might not want it so tall or so decorated as this one that was toppled, but I do not want to deny history. When we deny people the right to remember, we offend our very belief in democracy.
During the post-reconstruction years, supporters of racism and bigotry and some people who were devoted to the cause of the South and truly believed in its right to secede erected not those few perhaps worthy monuments but as many as they could. Some in states where there was no reason, indeed places that were far removed from that war between brothers. This was a rewriting of history, which is as unacceptable to be as trying to make believe that nobody on the Southern side deserved honor.
As we look to countries like South Africa or Northern Ireland, we see that reunification and peace are reached not by rejecting history nor by vilifying it but by remembering, forgiving, and working to more forward. After all these years, can America not find its way forward?
While we're on the subject, I know that recently there has been conflict between Russia and Poland over statues of Stalin. I would take the same stance there. Take down all but one statue, but leave that where the Poles choose to remember both Stalin's role in the liberation of Poland from Germany, his selling Poland out to Germany before that, and of course his decision to dominate that country after the war. In other words, let us remember history and its makers, but that doesn't mean glorifying that which we know to be evil.
So, what about the North? There we find few monuments except those remembering the soldiers from each community.
There are, however, some statues missing. The ones that have never been erected in the South, the ones to the men and women brought to America from Africa, brought in chains and enslaved. Just as they have never been given the full-measure of economic opportunity they have never been given the full-measure of historical recognition. Isn't it time to recognize those who have suffered?
Jordanian King Abdullah's two-hour visit to Ramallah was meant to send a number of signals to multiple parties.
Kenneth Weene's insight:
To put it more clearly, King Abdullah needs to push the two state solution while it is still possible. If Palestine doesn't find its way to an effective government, Jordan will be forever burdened by both its security responsibilities for places like the Al-Aqsa Mosque and its de facto role as mediator between Israel and the Palestinian people. The problem is that he and the Palestinians have failed to establish a solid leader for that second state. An old man with failing health and limited following, Abbas is hardly the leader that a fledgling state would need nor is he a person that the Israelis will respect and with whom they would negotiate. I wonder if the good Jordanian king can find somebody with whom he could actually team up, a new voice for the Palestinians.
Hundreds of white supremacists carrying burning torches and chanting Nazi-era slogans rallied in Virginia on Friday night before violently clashing with counter-protesters.
Kenneth Weene's insight:
I know there are far more decent Americans than assholes. Still, there are the haters and they are despicable. I know many of the White supremacists are terrified that they will fall into the chasm of irrelevancy and impotence. However, their way out of that fear and depression is not to rage against other groups but to work towards their own self-improvement, for example through real and useful education. The first part of that education, if it is to really make a difference, is social science including realistic history so that will help them to understand the tensions of today's society and to understand how the issues of race and income need to be addressed.
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A family tried to build its own sustainable paradise in Hawaii. Then Tesla's batteries came to town.
Kenneth Weene's insight:
Many of us have dreamed of living off the grid. Take Putnam Williams, my main character in Broody New Englander, wasn't that what he wanted. What he learned and one of the things I hope my readers learn is that we are interconnected. One of the most basic connections in the modern world is electricity. Relying on solar power may actually make it even more sensible to remain on the grid than to try to live off it. Read this article and find out why. Meanwhile, I will iterate something I've said many times: In the end it will all be about the batteries. Who is going to find the best way to quickly store sufficient energy for us to give up fossil fuels?"
To read more of Putnam's story, visit http://www.kennethweene.com/excerpt---broody
"Holy Shit!" Beyond that, what is there to say?
Kenneth Weene's insight:
"Holy Shit!" Beyond that, what is there to say?
Building the Afghan Air Force Will Take Years « | Foreign Policy | the Global Magazine of News and Ideas
Kenneth Weene's insight:
If we are committing to another 5-10 years to build an effective air force in Afghanistan, then that must mean we don't actually see an end to this crazy war. Absent the civil war, what other reason would there be for such a buildup of that force.
Meanwhile, the plans to modernize that air force have demonstrated how clearly unready Afghan society is for modernity and how totally useless the American effort has been in helping that preparation. For example, after all our efforts one female pilot. After all our efforts too few would-be pilots who can communicate in English and even fewer American service people who can speak in Pashto or the other local languages.
Please, let us end the farce.
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The cost of running for Congress has increased more than 500 percent since 1984. Here's an interactive look at how campaign expenditures have outrun inflation, health care, and even the rising cost of college
Kenneth Weene's insight:
In an ideal democracy people should be able to run for office based on their ideas, character, and intelligence not the size of the bankrolls backing them. However in the last 35 years the cost of running for congress has gone up about four times faster than the cost of living, even more than the cost of healthcare. Check out the reality and I'm sure you'll be as horrified as I. How do we change this madness? It seems that advertising, which should IMHO be relatively unimportant, has become the tail that wags the political dog. Are we that unsophisticated and uneducated that ads really have a large effect on how we vote? If so, what does that say about us?
Neo-Nazis marched in the streets of Berlin on Saturday as counterprotesters assembled to meet them, a week after a white supremacist rally turned deadly in Charlottesville, Virginia.
Kenneth Weene's insight:
The dungbeetles of the world are coming out from under their stones. This group were commemorating the death of Rudolf Hess, whose famous words were, "I do not regret anything". Hess was, of course, one of Hitler's earliest supporters, even helping to write Mein Kampf while they were in jail together. Only Gõering and Hitler were above him in the Third Reich's power structure. At any rate, my thoughts go out to the counterprotesters even as I recognize the right of these thugs to have their opinions. Free speech is sacred to me, but so to is the right to protest that speech and to stand for the values in which we believe.
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The warship's sinking, weeks before WW2's end, remains the worst US naval loss at sea in history.
Kenneth Weene's insight:
We must never forget the suffering that war brings not only to enemies but to our own country. With that memory fresh always in our hearts, let us strive to make peace the first objective. We must never forget the honor that those who died serving our nation deserve. With that memory fresh always in our hearts, let us strive to never accept cowardice as a way of life.
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You can't really see the Boston Free Speech rally in the aerial shot of counter demonstrators
Kenneth Weene's insight:
I'm glad to see that so many anti-racist people in Boston turned out to oppose the right-wing free speech rally. I am also glad to see that the Boston police and city administration decided to handle the rally and the protest in a careful and professional manner. On the other hand, I wonder at limiting the number of people permitted for the rally while not limiting the number of protestors is really the right way to go. I don't know how many supporters of the right would have shown up on Boston Common if the city had not set a limit. Are we really respecting the right to assemble and to speak when our governmental agencies are setting the parameters this way?
Yes, let's avoid violent confrontation, but in the end we do have to allow all sides their say so that we can have meaningful conversation and hopefully resolution. Of course, in my heart of hearts I believe that the arc of the universe bends towards justice.
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Charlottesville shows that white supremacists are emboldened. We shouldn't be surprised.
Kenneth Weene's insight:
It is interesting to me that the authors start by assuming that America is the White population that might feel threatened by the change in demographics rather than the entire nation of people. What is real? Demography is history and the numbers are clearly in. Whether it will be in a few more or less years, at some point Whites will stop being the majority. At some point they may also no longer be the largest group. Why are these things changing? Immigration is one reason, but there are two others. First, Whites have fewer children than other groups. Partly, that's because immigrants have more children as a rule than those who have lived here. Another is that some cultures and religious beliefs encourage having children while European Protestantism and even the Catholicism of the White communities encourage having few kids who receive more opportunities. Finally, there is the breakdown of the traditions (and racist laws) that kept people from marrying across color lines.
As the White numerical superiority declines, there has also been a growing awareness of issues of privilege on all sides. That may seem counter-intuitive, but in fact this growing awareness makes ultimate sense. One thing we know about groups is that they become more aware of difference and more given to resentment of one another as the mix changes from one in which a minority is relatively small till it reaches a seemingly critical mass. Usually, the key point in a community's development is when a minority reaches 15% of the total. That's when the violence starts. That's when the competition for control becomes a real possibility.
Historically, the majority groups in most communities have handled demographic change by redefining who "WE" are as opposed to "THEM." For example, in Boston Irish became White as Italians moved in. Italians and Jews became White as Blacks and Hispanics became larger parts of the region. Strangely, in places like Lewiston, Maine, French have become Whites as Hispanics and Muslims have increased in numbers.
Another technique of maintaining clear majority is to keep "THEM" divided, for example by keeping Blacks and Hispanics from recognizing common cause. And especially by keeping Whites who have been discriminated against from recognizing their common cause with Blacks and Hispanics. Just ask the poor Whites of the South about that one, but expect to have them react badly to the idea.
But, some of those poorer Whites have gotten the idea, as have Blacks and Hispanics and Asians and people from the Middle East. Ironically one factor that contributes to that growing awareness has been the virulence of the White rage that has been erupting in places like Charlottesville. Those who in effect form the gangs of thugs in any population are not very appealing people. They drip hate, resentment, and bespeak their own failure to achieve. While they may for a while take the front stage, in the end demography is history.
More importantly, the media, no matter how much the Far Right will declaim against Fake News shows us the reality that we can live together. Be it MLK or Barack Obama or whomever, we can see that the color of a person's skin doesn't determine their character. We can see, as a nation, that the history that was written may not have been accurate, that, for instance, the Confederacy was not about high ideals but rather about race, hating creditors, and a form of regional nationalism. Most importantly, through the media we can recognize that those who came here as slaves were worth our respect and that those who now come here to pick our crops or to find new homes far from sectarian violence are not enemies but reenactments of our own ancestors' lives.
In my deepest heart, I believe that in the end the demographic reality is that we are already all one. Strangely, while the purveyors of hate and bigotry often hide behind Christianity, they ignore one of the basic teachings of Jesus and of that faith. First reflected in the parable of the Good Samaritan and then again in the decision of Paul to preach to the gentiles was the belief that true goodness was not the right of one group but rather was to be found in the souls of men and women everywhere. If the Tower of Babel teaches us one thing, it should be that underneath we are all one, that it is a challenge from God that we strive to overcome that difference and find our way back to cooperation. At least, that's what I make of the myth; what about you? Are we all one or do you believe that the color of skin somehow should separate us one from the other?
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Polls show Canadians have few partisan divisions when it comes to free trade with the United States, but polarized politics south of the border could be a big complication.
Kenneth Weene's insight:
What is the real problem with NAFTA? For one thing, it probably hasn't helped US economic growth as much as it's helped Canadian and Mexican growth. In small part that's because from the get-go the US provided a better market for what those two countries want to sell than they provided for American exports. However, the real problem in America is how the advantages of the trade deal have been distributed. While jobs have gone south, particularly typically-union, manufacturing jobs, the new opportunities that have opened here have been more in finance, tech, and other fields for which working class Americans weren't ready, jobs that often require major educational investment and experience. On the up side for the average American has been a stabilizing of some prices compared to what would otherwise have happened. Those lower wages in Mexico, for example, do get reflected in our markets. However, while the individual can look at the size of their paycheck, they really can't evaluate the cost of living. Also, often those lower prices have been accompanied by shopping in what can best be described as less pleasant places. (OK, I admit it; I detest going into a Walmart.)
One of the biggest problems is that the economic growth that NAFTA has provided—and yes there has been some because of the larger market and the use of the relative advantages of the three countries, for example my allowing more Canadian soft wood into the states NAFTA has encouraged house building. (Yes, which means American loggers are unhappy, but overall it's good for the economy.)—that economic growth has not been shared for the good of all. In Canada with its strong social safety net, single payer healthcare system, excellent educational programs, and low military expenditure, people are better off from the growth. In Mexico, where desperation has been the rule, any improvement is felt everywhere simply because there is a flow of money. However, in the US, the growth has gone to increase the wealth of the few and to encourage the ever more spending on the military-industrial-espionage complex. The average family in Cleveland, Omaha, or Des Moines isn't seeing anything.
It is time for national policy here to be redirected towards making our society more equitable if we want to have agreement on economic policies such as trade. Of course, I don't know that either party actually wants agreement on anything, not when their ongoing battle allows them both to prosper. Hey, yesterday I only received three requests for money from the Democrats. I keep saying take my name off your lists, but I don't know there's an end to those lists. LOL. Maybe I should write back and ask them to send me money instead.
Vietnam now appears to be an outlier in its vociferous opposition to China's push for control over the South China Sea.
Kenneth Weene's insight:
To what degree is China determined to turn the South China Sea into their own national lake? To what degree are the other countries of the region determined to keep that from happening? Ultimately, what role is the United States destined to play as China moves toward preeminence in the world. Are we the fading empire destined to fail at trying to rein in the new kingdom or can a detente exist that will avoid war? One thing that could hardly imagine fifty years ago is that the United States and Vietnam would be building an alliance.
It all goes to show that push and pull of international affairs is based on quicksand.
The organizer said he would urge his supporters to remain non-violent during the "Freedom Rally" and planned counter-protest at Westlake Park.
Kenneth Weene's insight:
Clearly the police of Seattle were better prepared than those in Charlottesville. Also, clearly, if the microphones are opened to everyone, there will be an interesting blend of speeches at any public event. I do think that the organizer of the "Freedom Rally," who is from the pro-Trump group Patriot Prayer, said something worth citing. He said that he was against white supremacy and wanted everyone to have his or her chance at the microphone. If that is the real goal of a rally no matter who organized it, I would not support a counter-protest. Would you?
Instead of denouncing neo-Nazis, Trump denounces a CEO criticizing him for not personally denouncing neo-Nazis.
Kenneth Weene's insight:
When Mr. Frazier of Merck resigned, Mr. Trump tweeted this clearly barbed comment: Now that Ken Frazier of Merck Pharma has resigned from President's Manufacturing Council,he will have more time to LOWER RIPOFF DRUG PRICES!
So, the question I would like the POTUS to answer is, "Was Mr. Merck a ripoff artist when you brought him onboard with fulsome praise or are you sucking lemons because he's called you on your failure to stand against bigotry and hate.?"
Meanwhile, I am wondering if anyone has established who started the violence in Charlottesville. Arg least they do know who ran a car into a group of pedestrians, a clearly planned act of domestic terrorism. I wonder of in all his tweets, Mr. T. is going to say something about violence using automobiles.
I don't know that Hillary Clinton would have been able to stem the rising tide of hate and violence in this country, but I'm damn sure that Mr. Trump isn't going to tweet us out of danger. For years I have warned that the battle would come, that the efforts to suppress social and racial justice would eventually bring the battle to the streets. Now, the only question is whether those who have always used race as the dividing factor will be able to continue to do that to keep the forces of change fractioned. Part of me hopes that they will succeed as I really don't want to see barricades and blood. Part of me hopes that they fail because I would love to see a new American birth of freedom and equality before I die.
So, what will it be a battle or the whine of those who suffer. OR, perhaps, just perhaps, we can join together to work towards a new party that will move America forward. Yep, I still hope we can find it within ourselves to create that new party, one committed to social justice, reasonable economic growth, concern for the environment, and support of people in other lands in their quests for a better life but without trying to impose our military might.
You caught me out: I'm an idealist, which I'm sure will make many people laugh at me. That brings up the last goal of any new party that I would want: A commitment to helping the people of America to laugh. For in laughter there is hope.
A congressman who served in Afghanistan is championing an idea to request departing servicemembers sign an oath not to harm themselves, as a method to deter veteran suicides. But some suicide prevention experts contend the plan is likely to do the opposite.
Kenneth Weene's insight:
Some ideas are just plain bad and some are worse than that. This one is really shit dumb. Soldiers who become depressed, especially if that is a symptom of PTSD, are ashamed of that depression. Getting them to share their suicidal thoughts should be a real priority, one that uses the best therapeutic practices. Such a pledge wouldn't get a depressed soldier to feel more open but rather more ashamed. Maybe, what the military needs to do is recognize that the approximately 10% of all soldiers who end up with PTSD and related symptoms need to be encouraged to know that they are heroes and respected and that we—all of us—are there for them. For one thing, we could start improving the VA and its psych services. We could cut back on the VA and military's use of pain meds that foster depression. We could have leadership talk about their own emotional struggles. We could actually give incentives to those who look for help instead of often reclassifying them in negative ways.
By the way, you might enjoy this sound version of one of the chapters from Tales From the Dew Drop Inne. It's called In the Army. https://soundcloud.com/kenneth-weene/in-the-army
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Fifteen EU countries as well as Hong Kong and Switzerland are said to have received tainted eggs.
Kenneth Weene's insight:
Obviously, it's good to know that these contaminated eggs have been taken off the market and that the EU and hopefully the Dutch and other governments are taking action. And, no, none of the eggs were shipped to the states that we know of. So why bother to share this story? Because it's important to remind everyone why we as individual consumers need government. When even upstanding Dutch farmers will ignore the safety of their customers in order to cut costs and make more profit, don't we need proper government agencies to oversee? It is too easy to dismiss government as getting in the way of business and as making it too difficult to make money, but we as consumers need government to protect us, our environment, and to take good scientific looks at products, processes and the like.
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Players can now control the darker mutants as well. In a word: cool.
Essentially the same game as last Octobers X-Men love-in, Rise Of Apocalypse could be criticised for failing to develop the series compelling blend of RPG-style character development and frenetic fisticuffs. But in allowing players to take control of Magnetos shadowy Brotherhood in addition to the regular X-gang, this latest edition will once again charm devotees of Marvels inky heroes.
The ability to mix and match X-Men and Brotherhood brawlers allows players to create mutant dream teams and tackle enemies in completely different ways, the long-time rivalry between the factions also peppering the story with amusing moments as sworn enemies trade barbs and wisecracks in the heat of battle. The environments are also more varied and complex than before, the immersive worlds littered with familiar X-faces that pop up in frequent cameos and make the adventure feel like a natural extension of the Marvel mythos.
But Rise Of Apocalypses biggest thrills are to be found in the new online mode, where you can hook up with three other players from around the globe for team-based trawls through the expansive levels, or even go head-to-head for a bout of remote mutant mashing.


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Handling form array validation is no longer a pain in the ass, as it was with Laravel 4.
It happened to me many times before. I would write a sick new React.js component or glued together a quick jQuery script to enable users to add multiple instances of the same type on one form and then the dilemma would occur: "Should I just add
array in validation rules for that field or would I create a custom validation rule for that specific type of field?".
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Photoshop- We toked pictures by using stop motion/ edit pictures of any type
Animation-the technique of photographing successive drawings or positions of puppets or models to create an illusion of movement when the movie is shown as a sequence.
Fashion design is the art of application ofdesign and aesthetics or natural beauty to clothing and accessories
Game design is the art of applying design and aesthetics to create a game to facilitate interaction between players for playful, healthful, educational, or simulation purposes.
Keynote-keynote is used to create slides
Video production is the process of creatingvideo by capturing moving images (videography), and creating combinations and reductions of parts of this video in liveproduction and post-production (videoediting).
- Digital photography is one of several forms ofdigital imaging. Digital images are also created by non-photographic equipment such as computer tomography scanners and radio telescopes. Digital images can also be made by scanning other photographic images.
E-mails and blogs- This are used to send , talk , and what u think
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IIM Bangalore for IIMB EPGP Interview Experience
I recently had an interview with IIM Bangalore for EPGP- the 1 year fully residential program (in case you don't know about this, please read about the difference between Executive MBA & MBA for executives first)
The interview happened via Skype early in the morning (although I still bunked office for half a day), but before I get on with the details, my profile (please note that a profile is what you can write on paper, we all are much more than that as individuals- and that shows in the essay & interviews)
Work ex- 6.5 years in Retail
4 yrs International Work ex (all in Middle East- UAE/KSA/Kuwait)
Graduation- National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT)
Contrary to the general feedback on interviews this year, my interview was totally stress free. In fact, at one point of time during the interview I thought that either they have already selected me and this is just a formality or they are just not interested in my profile. But I digress, so here goes.
1. What is your current role? (Answered)
2. How do your measure productivity in your job? (Answered)
3. In your essay you have mentioned about Bangalore being a great location for your target industry/job- Clarify. (HQ's of various companies, easy to network blah blah)
4. Are you ok with making a move from Dubai to Bangalore? (I applied to IIMB- of course!)
5. Your wife works- is she ok to leave her job? (I was like- are you giving me an admission letter now?)
6. Any questions for us? (Asked a couple, but most info is available online or with alums & current students- something I had already gathered)
That's it. Really. The interview left me surprised. No stress. No 'Why MBA?'. No 'Why IIM-B?' And the interview lasted just 15-20 min, insted of the usual 30-40 min. However, I came out of the interview very positive and confident that I had made it.
There are few general tips that everyone should follow-
1. Differentiate (Mother of all cliches)- Find something unique in yourself. Why should the school hire YOU instead of someone with exact same credentials on paper?
2. Clarity (another cliche)- Why do you want to study? Why now? And why a particular school? Now admission consultant can give you this clarity. I feel that contrary to popular belief the reasons can even be shallow (as shallow as just money) but you have to be DAMN convinced about this and be able to convince the ADCOM through your essays & interview. I was very clear about all this and this reflected in my essay. So much so that the ADCOM did not feel the need to ask me all this in the interview.
3. CHILL & have FUN!- MBA is not the be all end all to success in our lives. If you want to grow, you can do that anyhow as long as there is a strong will. And if you want to earn money, then there are several ways if you are enterprising enough. Most importantly have fun throughout the application process. Imagine your essays are giving you one chance in life to write something that is 100% guaranteed to get readership (and a smart one at that). Do you have any idea how many people strive to write books/articles and fail to find any readership?
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Nigerian player Lucky Omeruo has completed his traditional wedding to his partner Dorsey Chuks.
The couple on Monday, June 6 had their white wedding in Netherlands and it seems they have also done the traditional ceremony.
It is unknown where and when the traditional wedding was held, the couple has been posting different photos from the ceremony.
Lucky who plays for Malta side Pembroke Athleta F.C. as a striker is the younger brother of Super Eagles defender,Kenneth Omeruo.
After their white wedding, a host of Nigerian players like Vincent Enyeama, Emmanuel Emenike, and William Troost-Ekonghave congratulated the couple in the comment section of the post on Instagram.


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I love traveling and have been to some pretty exotic deatinations (eg. Easter Island, Tibet, Bhutan and Namibia). But, put me on a beach anywhere, and I'm happy as can be. I love dining out---anything from diners to four star reataurants. I am a total carnivore, and I dont think I could be long term with a vegetarian. I also enjoy wine or cocktails with dinner and going out with friends for drinks, and I'd like a guy who enjoys doing that as well.
My other likes are pretty much the same ones most guys in NYC have: movies, museums, the gym etc. I do like television and watch a range of shows--some of which I probably shouldn't admit to (think Bravo!). I like to joke around a lot, and laugh at my own jokes even if no one else does--though, they usually do! All in all, I'm a nice, smart, thoughtful guy who likes to laugh and have fun, and I'm looking for the same qualities in a boyfriend.
I zoomed through Seasons 1 and 2 of Homeland in a week. I'm addicted! I also really like House Hunters International, the Sunday Morning political shows, Grey's Anatomy, Project Runway, and some reality tv more than I should admit!
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16 People Died And Dozens Of Others Were Injured.
NHS managers have told Heart £20 million is being wasted across the Thames Valley and Hampshire every year by medicine not being used properly.
The potential money wasted every year on unused or partially used medication could pay for:
One of the main reasons is thought to be people collecting repeat prescriptions when they are not needed.
It's estimated there is £90 million worth of unused prescriptions in UK homes at any one time.
Steve Fairman, Director of Improvement and Efficiency for NHS South of England, said:
"Everyone involved in prescribing, dispensing or reviewing medicines needs to make sure that patients are involved in making decisions about their treatment and that more medicines are taken as recommended.
"Unwanted medicines in the home may mean that patients are not getting the benefit they could from their medicines.
"It also represents a large amount of waste. We want patients on repeat prescriptions to think about what they are ordering and only ask for what they need and are running out of.
He added;"Any other medicines can be dispensed when needed at a later date, as once medicines have been dispensed, they cannot be recycled."
Dr John Galuszka, a GP from Bicester's Victoria House Surgery, said:
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"If anyone has any unused medicines at home we're encouraging them to take them back to the pharmacy for safe disposal and have a chat with the pharmacist about their medicines on how to use them more effectively."
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A severely disabled man is taking his legal battle over cuts to his care package to the Court of Appeal.
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I will be in Hoi An for a week during the second half of October; already booked hotel. Is this a bad idea, weather-wise? What are the chances of flooding? Is it a given every year, or does it vary?
I will be in Hoi An for a week during the second half of October; already booked hotel. Is this a bad idea, weather-wise? What are the chances of flooding? Is it a given every year, or does it vary?
Of late there seems to be some degree of flooding every year; how deep and for how long varies. Could be an adventure, I've had friends ferried out by rowboat :-)
October is not a good time for Hoi An as it is flood and rainy season. You might want to shorten the time there and add on for other destination.
We too are planning a trip to Vietnam - Sept/Oct starting in Hanoi and will be in Hoi An around then.
Do you think it would be better to delay by a few weeks and commence end October and into November ??
Or start earlier in September ??
For us, September was beautiful with the occasional afternoon deluge that we found rather refreshing.
When there the following November we had to catch a row boat from the 2nd level window of our hotel.
The experience was fun/interesting but I would aim at September if you had a choice. IMO.
Thanks Mark.
The problem we now have is that we begin our travels in Hanoi including Ha giang and Sapa which I read are better in late Sept and into October - but then when we head south - there is the heavy rains in October - !! I am beginning to think that we should reverese our itinerary and start is Saigon in August and head up.
Any suggestions ??
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I think that sounds like a good plan if you can swing it.
Bambi, you might find this useful for your planning as well.
Here is a link to check out the weather/rainfall in each location,
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We were there in October and it was dry but there were still sandbags along the river from floods the week before, it is a risk but if you're not planning on going there for a beach holiday it won't spoil sightseeing.
Hopefully it will be raining.... there was no real rain or flooding this past season and our power runs on water hydro, so rain is essential here.. beats hot summers with streets of generators... The season is supposed to start half in October and finish half February..When it floods in Hoi An - there is a festive feeling in town. kids are off school, everyone is playing in the semi flooded streets, tours in boats take you around the old town ( where most flooding is) much of the town stays dry... Hoi An when it floods is definitely worth trying to be here to see..
Thank you for your comments, who would have thought there could be an upside for rainy days : ) maybe will stick to my original itinerary after all. Thanks.
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Director Mohana Krishna Indraganti should be appreciated for attempting such a script with a terrific actor like Nani. To sumup, Gentleman is another step to reach higher level in Nani's career.
Gentleman movie is a good effort with a class touch. Due to the nature of the story, second half slowed down with murder investigation. However, the director succeeded in maintaining good twists in the story. Due to lack of commercial elements in second half, overall impression ends at "average". Gentleman will open to positive talk, will need to wait and see how it fares at Box Office. An easy watch for your free time viewing.
On the whole, Gentleman is one of Nani's best performances till date. Time and again, he is upping the ante by doing interesting projects and this film falls in the same league. Icing on the cake is Nivedha Thomas' brilliant performance and the suspense factor. The film will hold strongly especially in the A centres. Finally, if you manage the a slightly slow first half, Gentleman will entertain you decently with its thrills.
ఫైనల్ గా సస్పెన్స్ , ఎండ్ ట్విస్ట్ తో కూడిన థ్రిల్లర్ చిత్రాలు ఇష్టపడేవారికి, ఈ సినిమా బాగా నచ్చుతుంది. కానీ నానికి అభిమానులు ఎక్కువగా ఉన్న ఫ్యామీలీ చిత్రాలను అబిమానించే ఫ్రేక్షకులకు ఎంతవరకూ ఈ సినిమా నచ్చుతుందీ అంటే ప్రశ్నార్దకమే...ఆ ఎంత వరకూ నచ్చటం మీద భాక్సాఫీస్ విజయం స్ధాయి ఆధారపడి ఉంటుంది.
Gentleman has an interesting plot albeit some logic. The film takes a while to unfold. The real drama starts only at the interval point and it only gets better after that. The screenplay keeps you guessing all the time. The real suspense behind the protagonist's behavior is kept a secret until the very end. If you patiently sit through till the interval, then you are in for a thrill ride for sure. Gentleman Nani has another winner on hands.


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CMP Information's The Publican has hired Claire Dodd as features writer, replacing features editor, Phil Mellows.
Dodd joined the weekly pub trade title on 11 August after working on both news and features as part of the companies graduate trainee scheme on a number of CMPi owned trade titles, including Travel Trade Gazette, Building Design, Building and Music Week.
She also worked as a freelance journalist writing mainly features for both consumer and trade titles including The Guardian, The LondonPaper, myfashionlife.com, Theme, Travel Trade Gazette and DVD Monthly.
Covering all sections of the magazine, her role as The Publican's features writer involves writing about drinks, food, property and general pub and the licensed trade related topics.
Dodd said: "We like to receive information on new food or drinks products and sales incentives, any pubs that are for sale, information on licensees, individual pubs and events/business building initiatives they are running, or anything related to drinks and the licensed trade."
Former features editor, Phil Mellows left The Publican on 8 August and continues to write for the title on a freelance basis. He also plans to write a book on pubs.
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If the Redskins need a quarterback should Kirk Cousins go down — he has played a full 16-game schedule the past two years, which is pretty remarkable — maybe rather than Colt McCoy Washington should look at the guy who makes the Wizards' go.
John Wall showed on Friday he has a strong arm, can throw a tight spiral, and hit his man.
I love that Wall starts calling out Tom Brady after one good pass.
Michael Beasley had his truck stolen out of his driveway
Michael Beasley will be getting buckets, shooting long twos, and playing inconsistent defense for the New York Knicks next season (the analysis is just based on recent history).
But first, he'd like to find his truck. Which was stolen.
Well, I did see a Dodge Ram 1500 on the road today, but since I'm on the West Coast and I have no idea what color/year Beasley's truck is, I'm going to assume the guy I saw didn't perpetrate the heist.
Still, that sucks for Beasley, even if he can easily afford to replace it.
Kevin Durant gets into Twitter debate with reporter over White House comments
Kevin Durant became the latest Warrior — joining Stephen Curry, Andre Iguodala, and Shaun Livingston, that we know of — to say he would not visit President Donald Trump's White House as NBA champion. Which is all kind of moot because it's unlikely the White House invites them and outspoken Trump critic/Warriors coach Steve Kerr and his players any way. (The White House's biggest concern should be that Kerr accepts the invitation and uses that platform to challenge the president's policies and style in front of him.)
Durant's comments led to plenty of talk on sports talk radio and around the sports world online about whether a player or team should decline an invitation from the president. It's not a new debate, Tom Brady denied that politics is why he didn't visit Barack Obama's White House (although I'm not sure many believed him), but KD's on a big stage now so it became a talking point.
Former ESPN reporter Britt McHenry questioned a player not visiting the White House, and Durant responded, leading to a little Twitter back-and-forth.
Durant had previously Tweeted in response "by doing the opposite, I am inspiring more people" but that Tweet was deleted.
There is no one correct way to protest a person/policy/action, McHenry may see things differently, but Durant has chosen to stay away. That's valid — traditionally these "champions to the White House" things are tedious photo ops with a few bad jokes thrown in. Having a hoops fan/player in Obama in the White House made the NBA visits more entertaining the past eight years, there was some trash talk, but still, they are largely just a public relations moment. If KD doesn't want to play the PR game with Trump, that's a legitimate response.
This has all been a tempest in a teapot. Until/unless the White House actually invites the Warriors to come, it's all kind of moot.
Dwight Howard on Hornets' coach Clifford: "It's a great feeling when somebody believes in you"
Dwight Howard's game is much better than his reputation among fans.
He's not the Defensive Player of the Year/All-NBA/MVP candidate level player he was back in Orlando, but Howard is still one of the best rebounders in the game, he's strong defensively, and he's an efficient scorer inside. He's a quality center, if he plays within himself and is used well. His perception as a guy who does not take the game seriously and held back Houston and Atlanta in recent years has validity (he plays better in pick-and-roll than on the move, but wants the ball in the post), but the idea he is trash is flat-out wrong. He's still good.
Howard wants to change his reputation, rewrite the final chapters of his career, and told Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN that Steve Clifford's Charlotte Hornets are the place that is going to happen.
"The other places I was, the coaches didn't really know who I am," Howard told ESPN. "I think that they had perception of me and ran with it. Cliff knows my game. He knows all the things that I can do. I'm very determined to get back to the top. It's a great feeling when somebody believes in you. They aren't just saying it; they believe it. It really just pushed me to the limit in workouts: running, training, everything. I want to do more.
"In Orlando, I was getting 13-15 shots a game. Last season, in Atlanta, it was six shot attempts. It looks like I'm not involved in the game. And if I miss a shot, it sticks out because I am not getting very many of them. But I think it's all opportunity, the system. I haven't had a system where I can be who I am since I was in Orlando."
Howard averaged 8.3 field goal attempts per game in Atlanta, which is about five a game below his peak. Last season 75 percent of Howard's shots came within three feet of the rim — is is not there to space the floor, however, he can still move fairly well off the roll and is a good passer for a big.
Last season, 28 percent of Howard's possessions came on post ups, and he averaged a pedestrian 0.84 points per possession on those. On the 21 percent of shots he got on a cut, he averaged a very good 1.36 PPP. When he got the ball back as a roll man (again on the move), it was 1.18 PPP. The challenge long has been Howard is better on the move but doesn't feel involved unless he gets post touches, and if he doesn't feel involved and engaged he's not the same player.
Maybe Clifford can make this all work with some older plays where Howard feels comfortable.
Charlotte, with Howard in the paint and on the boards, should get back to being a top 10 NBA defensive team, not the middle of the pack as they were last season. Clifford is better than that as a coach, and Howard is an upgrade in the paint (on both ends). Charlotte should be a playoff team again in the East.
But it all will come back to Howard. Fair or not. And Wojnarowski is right, this is Howard's last best chance to write the ending he wants to his career.


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A photo of my "maman" and I... I was but just a year old.
In 2009, I started a master's degree program and took a class on global ethics from a professor I will never forget. It changed the course of my life, both personally and professionally. It served as the corner stone that helped me to turn belief into action. I was sitting in class, on a hard, wooden seat, listening to the lecture when my professor said something very significant. So significant in fact it was like it hi-jacked my brain and I was no longer listening.. I had caught a golden nugget and all it needed was a little mental polish. What my professor said was something like "being aware and talking about "it" is equally as important as taking action." I just remember thinking: "I know what he's trying to say but if I want to have an impact, that's just not enough. If I want to change the way things are, I have to take action. Talking about it is great and I can influence others but if I don't take action, who will? If I had the power to do something, I should."
At the time, the world was in the middle of a grave economic crisis produced by unethical and selfish individuals who were now panic stricken, asking for help because they were too big to fail and no one was being held accountable. Money was buying them a future free of consequences, free to repeat their costly mistakes. I was truly angry at the injustice of seeing thousands upon thousands of people losing everything and for others to line their pockets with cash. This is where my brain had taken me.
When I finally came out of my reverie, I remember grabbing my professor's attention as I raised my hand and saying something along the line of: "How do my words matter if I don't turn them into action?" At that moment, I truly felt compelled to act. If I knew better, I thought it my responsibility to draw a line in the sand and put my money where my mouth was. I wanted to fight along the side of people less fortunate than I was. I wanted to make sure the world I was living in was a more just one than what I was witnessing. It was the genesis of my revolution.
My mom stopped working when I was young so she could raise me since my father consumed himself with his work and was absent most of the time even when at home. I felt often relating closer to women than with men in my friendships and have most certainly always been sensitive to women's issues.
That only got exacerbated when I met my wife. She is the daughter Filipino immigrants. Unbeknownst to her, she showed me a whole new world when she took me to the Philippines to meet her family. Thanks to her, I came to grips with what life is like for most of the planet. There, walking the streets of Manila, I witnessed abject poverty and real hardship. I saw kids living on the streets, and under bridges, dirty, barefeet with threadbare clothes when they had any, begging for food and money. I saw entire communities built on landfills full of garbage and disease. I also realized that the families that were "better off", relied heavily as a matter of survival on the generosity of family members living abroad. I saw needless poverty there and an overwhelming wealth here.
When I completed my master's degree, I told myself I would not work for companies I could not stand by and be proud of. I swore to myself to be truthful, ethical and put into action my belief system. I wanted to prove to myself one could be ethical and successful. The problem was finding the right fit for me in Corporate America.
After a year and a half of seeking a position in a downturned economy, with unemployment rates in double digits I was becoming depressed and I doubted my vision. There were occasions where I felt I was letting my family down.
On one rare occasion where I was out for a drink at a San Diego pub I had not been in a very long time, Dan walked in… a long lost college friend I had not seen in over 10 years. After talking together, catching up on each other's life and just reconnecting as friends, we came to the conclusion we wanted to work together. There was alignment of our interests and we had the same way of looking at business and ethics.
It was sinking in that if I was to act on my beliefs and ethics and create an example of what it was to stand something for my daughter, the best way to do that was not to work for someone else, but to create something from scratch that I and the women in my life could be proud of. I could implement being a disruptor to the status quo and have a hand in changing the world for the better. I could work on creating a more just place for women and mothers wanting the same thing for their own daughters. Out of this collaboration with my two partners Dan and Linda, came Vavavida...
Given the situation the fashion is in (e.g. fast fashion), it is imperative that it changes for the better and we wanted to have an active part in creating a better world for all.
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Skip to comments.Romney: 'I'm independent of Wall Street' ('cept for those other guys)
Posted on 01/08/2012 9:07:11 PM PST by STARWISE
Mitt Romney sought on Friday to dispel any notion he is undesirably close to Wall Street, but said his business experience prepares him better than his rivals to be president.
"I'm independent of Wall Street," the former Massachusetts governor told Bloomberg Television's Peter Cook in an interview. "By the way, I haven't ever worked on Wall Street. They were service providers to the business I was in, I was not in a Wall Street firm, although I was in financial services broadly."
(Excerpt) Read more at politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com ...
Sept 28, 2011: Obamas top fat cat strays
JP Morgan honcho Jamie Dimon, once a fat cat ally of President Obama, seems to have strayed to Republican contender Mitt Romney.
Dimon, a lifelong Democrat who was rumored to be on Obamas short list for treasury secretary before he settled on Tim Geithner, met privately with Romney on Tuesday morning before a fund-raiser at Brasserie 8¹/2 hosted by Highbridge Capital, a JPMorgan-owned hedge fund.
Dimon, who was spotted in a discreet one-on-one discussion with Romney, cannot publicly endorse a candidate because he sits on the board of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. But he donated to Democratic candidates in 2008 and privately supported Obama.
Aug. 23, 2011: Former Wall Street Obama Backers Switch to Romney
I think Romney could at least split Wall Street with Obama, which is something McCain really didnt do, said Charlie Gasparino, a reporter for Fox Business News. None of the expected bank presidents showed up to a recent fundraiser for President Obama, he added.
Romney has established himself as the Wall Street favorite for the Republicans, and Gasparino said Romneys moderate reputation and experience working on Wall Street have helped seal his position. Tea Party candidates for president dont have much of a chance getting significant backing from the banks, Gasparino explains in this video.
Dec 12, 2011: Romneys Run Puts a Spotlight on Private Equity
Mr. Romney, a co-founder of Bain Capital, will spend time at the sprawling Park Avenue apartment of his former rival and sometime deal partner, Stephen A. Schwarzman, the co-founder of the Blackstone Group. He will also be toasted at the Waldorf Astoria by James B. Lee Jr., vice chairman of JPMorgan Chase, who helped orchestrate many of the private equity industrys biggest deals, along with a smattering of other senior executives from the bank.
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The $800,000 plus he has received from WS bankers this year, even more than Obama. The rest of the GOP field, combined, received just over $100,000.
I have always disliked Willard as a candidate because he just comes across as a practiced politician without any passion for core beliefs; now, I begin to get a whiff of the liar in him.
Somewhere else on FreeRepublic, someone posted a quote from Willard's wife. She said he could argue any side of the debate equally well and make people believe he really meant it--but said he didn't really. I doubt she said it recently, but it is there in the annals.
Seems like an absence of women in Romney's business world.
I'm certain the demonic-rats are chomping to highlight this "little" matter.
Perhaps good women belong at home in the kitchen.
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Romney is speaking out of the side of his mouth again. LOL!
What a lying sack of cr@p this guy is.
Romney's leading contributors:
Goldman Sachs $367,200
Credit Suisse Group $203,750
Morgan Stanley $199,800
HIG Capital $186,500
Barclays $157,750
Kirkland & Ellis $132,100
Bank of America $126,500
PriceWaterhouseCoopers $118,250
EMC Corp $117,300
JPMorgan Chase & Co $112,250
The Villages $97,500
Vivint Inc $80,750
Marriott International $79,837
Sullivan & Cromwell $79,250
Bain Capital $74,500
Wells Fargo $61,500
Blackstone Group $59,800
Citigroup Inc $57,050
Bain & Co $52,500
Maybe he never worked on Wall Street, but he may have attended meetings on Wall Street. It is likely that he has never walked on Wall Street, as his limo stopped next to a sidewalk on Wall Street.
Yep, just the straight-shooter we need to replace "You Lie" Obama!
BTW "Mitt," keep talking and your foot will soon be in your mouth along with your mitt.
Sister Wives for Romney? lol
It amazes me that people can say with a straight face that Romney's electable. A guy in a photo like that is not electable. If, God forbid, Romney gets the nomination, Democrats will make sure that photo is burned into every voter's memory.
Talk about a distinction with no difference. Obama will make mincemeat of this waffling, faux-conservative phony if the Republicans are foolish enough to nominate him. By the time of the general election, Romney will be seen by most of the electorate as the most evil capitalist who ever lived.
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Welcome Back!
This week on the blog we had a look at how to find out the best selling variation for any product on eBay, and I also had a little rant about the poor experience I had trying to buy an air compressor for my own business.
Next week – SAT 3.0 finally goes live, which will be accompanied by the 5th and final product showcase article covering, you guessed it, SAT!
Here are the questions I will be answering in today's post:
- By what percentage will my sales increase from using a PRO template?
- What's the best way to learn importing from China?
- Can you use another person's eBay & PayPal accounts for a business?
- How to sell the same product on two eBay sites?
- Which shipping method is cheapest and easiest?
- Is it more expensive to use freight forwarders?
- Do I have to pay VAT & import duty to a Chinese supplier?
Let's get started!
Hi Andrew,
Obviously you do spicy auction templates and I have used templates in the past, though at the moment I don't currently have one. Now I understand that having a decent looking professional template creates a better experience for buyers as well as giving your business a better image and an overall boost in sales, but what are the statistics behind this? I can't seem to find this information anywhere, so by having a professional template what increase will there be on my sales and conversion rate?
Kind regards,
Hi Christian,
That's a good question. Unfortunately there are no such statistics available simply because it's nearly impossible to test such things on eBay where rankings change constantly.
From my experience working with many different sellers, there's definitely an increase in conversion rates after upgrading to a custom template with good images and proper formatting. But by what % exactly, that's hard to say as there hasn't been any proper testing done.
The overall effect will also depend a lot on what you sell. For example, if you sell industrial machinery parts, your buyers won't be that concerned about how the listing looks as long as the description is clear and the product is what they're looking for. On the other hand, with many products that are perceived visually, such as clothing, accessories, phone cases, furniture etc., a professional image can basically make or break your business. [Read more…]


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One of the things I like about Rick Howell's The Liberal Agenda is that it's an excellent illustration of liberals' bizarre way of thinking. Sometimes they leave me shaking my head for some time. Take, for example, his column of Oct. 6, in which he made another appeal for America to pull an "exit, stage left" from Iraq and Afghanistan.
The effects of the health care law — passed by Congress this past March — are now being felt by just about every American in some way, though most of the provisions have yet to actually be implemented.
Kudos for action
Earlier this week, I joined several hundred individuals attending a meeting to express their concerns over EPA's recent draft Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) regulation. The TMDL mandate sets strict limits on the amount of nutrients that point sources, such as water treatment plants, and non-point sources, such as farms, can discharge. The limits that EPA is proposing have far-reaching consequences for everyone who lives, works, and farms in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed.
Congressman Tom Perriello's campaign for re-election continues to have national implications, as Republicans seek to prove that they can overcome the public's mistrust of them and, somehow, gain a majority of seats in the House of Representatives.
Last week, the Supreme Court heard arguments in Snyder v. Phelps, a lawsuit. The Phelps in the case is Fred Phelps, the pastor of Westboro Baptist Church, in Kansas. The Snyder is Albert Snyder, the father of a Marine who was killed in Iraq in 2006. Phelps and his followers showed up at the funeral waving protest signs with slogans that included "Thank God for Dead Soldiers" and "God hates Fags." They also displayed a sign, because the Snyders are Roman Catholic, stating "Pope in Hell."
ifth District Congressman Tom Perriello attacked his Republican challenger Robert Hurt last week about a political ad being run by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce in support of Hurt's campaign.
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This weekend, Haydenshapes was invited to take part in Side Project Sydney, a unique display of art and design objects curated by the team at Page Thirty Three and exhibited at The Stables.
The exhibition & retail pop-up showcased the work of independent Australian Designers & Artists including:
Jonathan Zawada
Blakebrough + King
Page Thirty Three
Porcelain Bear
Daniel Emma
Tin & Ed
Lynes and Co
Brown Cardigan
Henry Wilson
Ode Ceramics
Four Eyes
Elouise Rapp
Kane Banner
Amanda Talbot
Side Project is a forum for forward-thinking and exploratory design.
The work exhibited consisted largely of one-off or short run pieces, some of which were crafted specifically for this event from printed & hand-painted artwork, sculptural furniture, functional objects, magazines, patches, ceramics, textiles and more. The Haydenshapes inclusion consisted of 2 pieces from the Haydenshapes Marble Collection - Black Onyx and Arctic.
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