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There are a multitude of people (including here) who strongly deny that Israel is an apartheid state. How they can repeatedly deny this is, frankly, amazing when the definition of "apartheid" proves what liars they are.
Repeated instances of this abound. For example:
On February 3rd, 2018 a group of extremist Israeli colonists attacked several Palestinian farmers on their own lands in Beit Ummar town, north of Hebron, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank.
The settlers hurled stones at the farmers, hitting several, while shouting and cussing at them. The attackers forced the Palestinians out of their lands, and threatened to kill them.
Not only were the settlers not arrested... Israeli soldiers stood nearby to protect the settlers, without intervening.
Now compare that to:
On December 15th, 2017, 15-year-old Mohammad Tamimi was shot in the face by an Israeli soldier while participating in an unarmed protest of Trump's Jerusalem declaration. Just minutes later, his 16-year-old cousin Ahed rose up to protect her family's home after two armed soldiers invaded her yard. Ahed asked the soldiers to leave. When they refused, and tried to use her property as a base from which to shoot at protesters, she slapped one of them.
Ahed was arrested a few days later in the middle of the night. Her cousin Noor and her mother Nariman were also arrested. All three have been indicted by Israel's military court, which has a 99.7% conviction rate and lacks basic fair trial protections.
Ahed has been denied bail, has repeatedly been interrogated, kept in isolation and constantly moved around to different jails so that people could not contact her (including attorneys) and her trial has been repeatedly postponed at the request of the Israeli military who will illegally be holding the trial of a civilian.
All of this happened in spite of both Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch calling for her release.
Get it yet? We, the American people, are GIVING the Apartheid state of Israel almost $4 billion per year.
Just to make it clear(er)... Apartheid is an international crime. In accordance with Article 7 of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, Israel is guilty of acts such as torture, murder, forcible transfer, imprisonment, or persecution of an identifiable group on political, racial, national, ethnic, cultural, religious, or other grounds, "committed in the context of an institutionalized regime of systematic oppression and domination by one racial group over any racial group or groups and committed with the intention of maintaining that regime".
Ahed Tamimi is a political prisoner of an apartheid regime.
If you are okay with her abuse at the hands of Israel please say so in the comments so that I can add YOU to my "Fuck Off and Die" list.
If you are NOT okay with what is happening to her, do not wish to support international criminals and/or no longer wish to send your tax dollars to an apartheid regime then:
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BTW, as if there was any doubt, Israel is now hold a closed Kangaroo "trial" for Ahed. I guess having journalists watching the preceding made them "afraid". I guess that is all you can expect from "the only democracy in the middle east", right?
I still don't know why the Universe deemed humans as an acceptable species.
Experience tells me I shouldn't write this comment, because it's about a topic you don't tend to pay much attention to, but it's still important. I'll probably feel like an idiot for bothering but, on the off chance that I don't, I'll take a shot.
I am in agreement with you about every Israeli action you talk about here, and I find reading you on this topic useful because you pay way closer attention to the day to day actions of Israel than I do. In fact, I don't. That I am in agreement actually shouldn't come as a surprise because I have never agreed with Israel's conduct on the West Bank.
Turning this into an issue over apartheid means that the argument is over whether this is apartheid or not. The main reason I'd argue that it isn't is that there is a major difference in treatment between the occupied population on the West Bank and the ethnically identical Israeli Arab population, so this mistreatment is not strictly an ethnic issue, which apartheid is. Israel's ethnic intolerance is not comparable to South Africa's.
All of which is beside the point. The point isn't whether or not this is apartheid, the point is whether or not the Israeli government is mistreating the Palestinian population on the West Bank, allowing Israeli citizens in the settlements to do whatever the Hell they want to to the Palestinian population, and whether the Israeli government is holding closed trials of unarmed teenaged girls who didn't actually injure anyone.
Do you get that every time you call this apartheid I have to worry about demonizing Israel for what I don't think they're technically guilty of instead of worrying about the shit Israel is pulling based on it being shit?
For you to make a point along the lines of expecting our government to say to Israel:
"Guys, if you're going to expect four billion a year from us, you have to do better when it comes to human rights on the West Bank. This protecting settlers while they throw rocks at Palestinian farmers is unacceptable bullshit. If you're going to occupy a population, which we think shouldn't be indefinite to begin with, that population is entitled to basic protection from assaults by your own citizens."
is a point you can make with a whole lot less opposition.
It depends what you want and who you want on your side. I don't know if you find me more valuable as a political ally or a political opponent. Either is possible.
If you want to get rid of Israel, I and a whole lot of others are going to tell you that you're focusing on a human rights violator in a sea of worse human rights violators, some of which get substantial American foreign aid, and in exchange for a whole lot less military benefits, and we're going to question your motivation in focusing on this one in particular, particularly given that their internal domestic human rights climate is probably the best in the Middle East, which is sad but true. These are, incidentally, my problems with BDS: that they focus on an actor instead of on conduct and that who they were founded by and run by are people whose agenda is the elimination of Israel, not the establishment of two states.
If you want to get Israel to stop persecuting Palestinians on the West Bank and to get a whole lot more serious about a two state solution, that's completely different. I can support that completely. I already agree with it. So do large parts of the American Jewish community. Shit, the Reform Judaism movement agrees with this as a matter of stated policy.
But we can't pile on in the face of "apartheid," "genocide," and a boycott movement that only targets one human rights violator surrounded by worse and far less tolerant ones. We are not prepared to support any movement that threaten Israel's existence while no other violator is singled out to have its existence threatened, or even its economy boycotted. Seriously, what other human rights violator has a boycott movement? Russia? China? Saudi Arabia? Turkey? Syria? Egypt? Are we supposed to buy into a mentality including, as another blogger has repeatedly claimed, that Israel's human rights violations are the worst on Earth since the Holocaust?
I want to pile on on these issues. Israel is wrong about them. Blatantly. This is not just. I am embarrassed that Jews do this.
But the treatment of Israel isn't just either. And that means I have to dilute my opposition to their policies with opposition of policies toward them. If Israel's existence were blatantly off the table -
which I realize may not make sense to you because you've never seen Israel's existence threatened credibly, but I have -
I and a whole lot of others could focus on Israel's conduct and maybe really help end the West Bank persecution once and for all. We have a better shot than you do alone.
Jesus christ, KS... I don't even know where to begin because you are starting with utter bullshit and them going on from there.
Oh, what the hell.
Let's start with this:
You start out by manipulating the conversation to be only the West Bank, thereby "excusing" the atrocities committed in Gaza and "normalizing" the HUUUUGE number of discriminatory laws and policies in Israel (the 1948 border... the rest is stolen!) and then go even further by blather some shit about "golly gosh, someday y'all might want to consider not occupying another country FOR SEVENTY FUCKING YEARS!" Ya fucking THINK? How well has our negotiating with the Israeli government worked in the past?
Then let's move on to:
Screw kissing their asses. Maybe they will better understand being treated 1/10 as badly as they treat the Palestinians WITHIN THEIR OWN COUNTRY!
"If you want to get rid of Israel, I and a whole lot of others are going to tell you that you're focusing on a human rights violator in a sea of worse human rights violators, some of which get substantial American foreign aid, and in exchange for a whole lot less military benefits, and we're going to question your motivation in focusing on this one in particular, particularly given that their internal domestic human rights climate is probably the best in the Middle East, which is sad but true. These are, incidentally, my problems with BDS: that they focus on an actor instead of on conduct and that who they were founded by and run by are people whose agenda is the elimination of Israel, not the establishment of two states."
No one including modern Hamas wants to get rid of Israel. They/we just want them to go back to the borders they initially agreed to (which is bullshit. They NEVER intended to stay within those borders and we both know it).
BTW, please point out where I have ever given this misogynistic assholes in Saudi Arabia or Egypt (both oddly enough Israel's bestest buddies) any sort of a pass? You are doing your normal hasbara bullshit here and are trying to reform everything to fit your preferred propaganda model. A perfect example of this kind of crap is your attempts to both excuse Israel by saying "but BDS hit us back FIRST!" and by implying that anyone who supports BDS is a fucking terrorist (which is pretty rich coming from a guy who supports actual terrorists and war criminals). Seeing as how the BDS Movement was created by PALESTINIANS to combat atrocities against PALESTINIANS BY ISRAEL just who in the hell do you THINK they should focus on?
Nope. Sorry, bub... not gonna let you justify ANY of the actions of Israel OR its people who elected this hot mess of a fascist government. They routinely elect people like Bibi and Bennett, support and encourage apartheid laws and policies and eat their fucking popcorn and cheer as innocent people are murdered with US furnished F-16s. Bottom line is that Israeli get/will get what they so richly deserve because the rest of the world is getting pretty fed up with them.
"No one including Hamas" is crap. That's revisionism. And you can pretend you don't avoid criticizing them all you want, including when they executed a senior military official for being gay, but you do. You're right, I focus on the West Bank, because I support Israel in Gaza. Hamas is that bad.
When have you ever given the Saudis or Egyptians a pass? That's easy: When you don't support boycotting, divesting, or sanctioning them or anyone other than Israel. If you do, it's news to all of us because you sure as Hell never suggest it. Are you really going to tell me that BLM can get around to solidarity against Israel but you can't get around to solidarity against the Saudis, Egyptians, or anyone else?
No, Israel will not get what they deserve. And neither will the Palestinians. It won't matter if the world gets fed up with them. Firstly, if they were ever on the verge of really losing territory, which past a very limited point they'd equate with survival, probably with good reason, they'd use nukes, and there isn't a country in the world capable of stopping them, including us.
Public pressure? From where? The Egyptians and Saudis are getting along with them, in part because they both hate and fear Hamas but not Israel and all three fear Iran. The United States? Israel has support from the Christian Right and most of the Jewish Left. Try getting elected to anything without support of either. Europe? Europe is in danger of turning very anti-Arab because of major problems integrating immigrants. If that happens, Israel will gain support, including for its oppression.
Gains on American campuses? Those on campuses don't limit themselves very well. See, for example, antizionist students harassing Jews on their way to High Holy Day services on my old campus. If that movement turns too blatantly antisemitic, and it unfortunately really has that potential, the American Right will be handed a club to wield, and the result will be a split Left that isn't strong enough to make a difference without Jewish participation and especially with Jewish opposition based on an accusation of bigotry that, because of some excesses, could be made to stick. The Left already has an antisemitic history. That's an easy trap.
American efforts have by and large been inept, in part because Americans don't get that the Palestinians have to win concessions by themselves in negotiations. Mahmoud Abbas actually complained about Obama on this. If too many concessions are given up front, that's where Palestinians start negotiating, Israel doesn't give, and the process is stuck.
Where are you going to get allies that will do you any good? It doesn't matter what I want for Israel - I don't see a way that your path gets you what you want. I'm not telling you this as a PR exercise. I wouldn't bother. How is any PR from me going to affect you? We both know it isn't.
You want a path toward the end of oppression. I don't think you're on it. I don't like the Israeli government, I don't like a damned thing they do in the West Bank, I don't like the discrimination within Israel, but I don't think the variety of opposition you favor will do any good getting rid of any of the above. It will mobilize more opposition than support.
Don't think I'm alone, even here. If you talk about how the actions you outline in your post are unjust, you'll get a lot of agreement. If you talk about how those actions constitute apartheid, you'll get an argument about apartheid. So you'll call a lot of people names - hypocrite, hasbara, whatever have you - and Palestinians will continue to suffer because you aren't building the most effective coalition you could.
Yeah, I know. I was right when I said I was an idiot to start this conversation.
Yeah, I know. I was right when I said I was an idiot to start this conversation.
No argument about that from me. As usually you are spewing half truths and total bullshit just like the textbook definition of hasbara and is the primary strategy from Israel's game book. (and, no... I don't think those self-serving bastards in Israel will use nukes. To say so is simply more of your fear mongering and stinks of Trump, FFS!)
Public pressure? From where? The Egyptians and Saudis are getting along with them, in part because they both hate and fear Hamas but not Israel and all three fear Iran. The United States? Israel has support from the Christian Right and most of the Jewish Left. Try getting elected to anything without support of either.
Thank you for admitting that there is damn little difference between the Christian Right and most of the Jewish Left and that you both manipulate and threaten anyone who DARES to not kiss your Zionist asses. Your threats in defense of "Israel, the Nation-State of the Jewish People" are duly noted.
Admitting? I've been talking about why Israel is guaranteed continued American support for years. If that's the reality, how do you get around that? I've been explaining how for years.
I said nothing about there being damn little difference. What I said is that both support Israel, actually for different reasons. Right now the Christian Right provides more unquestioning support for AIPAC.
Nukes? There is only one reason Israel has nukes, and that's in the event the country doesn't think it will survive. If it doesn't, I would expect nuclear use. Keep in mind that a border crossed can mean the country goes very quickly. First of all, the country is tiny. People forget how tiny. Way, way smaller than the state either of us lives in. A lot of the time territorial disputes can be measured in acreage. The second thing to understand is that in the event the Israeli population is in existential trouble, there is no direction to move the population. One side is water and no border is friendly to the point of accepting refugees. There is nowhere to go. Also keep in mind that this is a country comprised of people that do not think they can depend on any other country in the event they're in mortal danger. This is a population comprised of the descendants of refugees from around the Middle East where no one defended them (a circumstance the world doesn't typically bother to acknowledge) and of Holocaust survivors where the world let one out of three of their people be murdered without intervening in the process.
You've probably heard the expression "know your enemy." That expression doesn't translate to "know how your enemy is evil." If you want to change their behavior, and you indicate pretty often that you do, it helps to understand their behavior at a more sophisticated level than "they're evil bigots."
You may be the only person here who thinks this conversation is a propaganda exercise. It's not, at least not from my end. I'm a compulsive explainer, and this is just one more of my compulsive explanations. You'll notice I'm not talking about Israel's right to anything. All I'm talking about is the effects of viewpoints on policy and where those viewpoints are likely to lead under what circumstances. I think to accomplish anything, that's the most important conversation.
If you want to alter American support for Israel, or at least increase American pressure on Israel in a direction that's likely to achieve two states, the most obviously effective way to do this is to alter the behavior of a group that supports Israel heavily. You can't alter the behavior of the Christian Right because you don't have anything to say that they're remotely interested in. That leaves the Jewish Left. I can tell you what it would take to shift their/our position, but you don't seem interested. If you'd rather write polemics here, fine. I'll leave you alone part of the time and the rest of the time I'll contradict your vocabulary, we'll spin our wheels some more, and we'll both run in place. You'll feel like you're fighting the good fight. I suppose if that gives you satisfaction that's something but it won't do much else. It won't because you're more concerned with the process than with the results.
That, I think, is the part of you I don't get and never have. I don't grasp the concept of a cause being important but of the results of service to that cause being secondary to the act of serving. It's almost a religious perspective: If I fight for my cause I'll go to Heaven. I'm not worried about the fight. What I want is two states next to each other and this crap being over. I'm not worried about fighting antiZionists, I'm worried about what it would take. I don't think my identity as a fighter is remotely as important as getting there. I don't view myself as important enough to elevate concerns for my self-image over bringing us closer to getting something done.
...and of Holocaust survivors where the world let one out of three of their people be murdered...
All I needed on my Zionist Propaganda Bingo card was "evoke Holocaust survivors". YAY me!!!!
BTW, both of us know that the "Holocaust" had fuckall to do with the creation of Israel. That goes back to 'ol Teddy Herzl back in 1897 and got finalized by Sykes & Balfour selling out to Wally Rothschild back in 1917, in exchange for Jewish support for WW 1.
The declaration was contained in a letter dated 2 November 1917 from the United Kingdom's Foreign Secretary Arthur Balfour to Lord Rothschild, a leader of the British Jewish community, for transmission to the Zionist Federation of Great Britain and Ireland."
Jesus H. Christ. ABG is right about you, you don't read, which is I guess why you voted in support of domestic violence on Ron's blog this morning.
I wasn't talking about justifying Israel's existence at all. The topic wasn't on the table. In fact, in the last comment, I blatantly said
Seriously, could you please knock off the Pavlovian responses?
I mentioned the Holocaust in the context of the probability of Israel going nuclear if invaded.
Look, Amy, if you have a learning disability or something could you please tell me so I can be more considerate?
Former United Nations Special Rapporteur Richard Falk explains for clarity's sake, why Israel is an apartheid state
Former United Nations Special Rapporteur Richard Falk explains for clarity's sake, why Israel is an apartheid state pic.twitter.com/bXqhl41qtt— Days of Palestine (@DaysofPalestine) February 15, 2018


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I just spoke to a friend who had applied a few weeks ago for a leadership role requiring experience with agile development methodologies. She submitted a resume and also spoke to the recruiter. In the next step she was then asked to do some online tests that would check for her personality and intelligence.
Based on the test results she was told that she was no longer considered included in the remaining candidates. The way I know her the results that she had delivered in her work have always been outstanding. Her experience with agile methodologies is fantastic.
After I heard this story I was wondering: If you want to fill a leadership role in software engineering which of the following criteria is a better indicator for a good fit:
- Personality tests without even speaking to the candidate?
- Concrete results over many years in various roles and various industries supported by data such as shipped product, improved quality, more features, shorter release cycles, increased customer base, lower development costs?
Of course, I am not an expert in personality tests, so I am probably completely ignorant of the value of such tests. In my own recruiting process I have never used personality tests other than talking to the candidate myself and having several of my team members talking to the candidate. This approach has always worked.


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Wednesday, November 13, 2013
Yrma and Derf in Mexico, Day Two: The Danish Photoshop Crew Is Working Overtime to Present Madam in the Best Possible Light: Not Easy!
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- AnonymousNovember 13, 2013 at 9:08 PM
Bag Mary all you like but at least her hair is groomed, nice makeup, clothes etc. a good Ambassador for Denmark. Her hubby on the other hand needs a good hot bath, scrub, shave, haircut, iron, lots of sleep and black coffee. What a disgrace, a pathetic ambassador for his own country.ReplyDeleteReplies
- AnonymousNovember 14, 2013 at 7:47 AM
Fred's appearance is in part due to Mary, so what are you talking about?!?! It's more important for Mary to be overdone and Photoshopped than for Fred to be healthy? He has problems and Mary makes them worse. So no kudos from me to the succubus Mary for looking good when all she does is step on Fred. He needs to step up and get help from something other than alcohol or amphetimines, true, but he also needs to get rid of Mary and find someone nice or spend time as a bachelor prince. She is a nasty virus!!!Delete
- AnonymousNovember 14, 2013 at 4:07 PM
Question to all of you Mr. and Ms. Know-all: How can Frederik possibly be unhealthy, when he has just performed an ironman? I simply can't understand how you can see him as sick or drunk or whatever. It does not make any sense at all. Frederik is 45, his hair is getting grey - so what? His brother dyes his hair, is that more gracious? F is bearded - so what? He has the right to look as he wants to and how he feels most comfortable.Delete
- AnonymousNovember 14, 2013 at 7:43 PM
ever heard of performance enhancing drugs? Uppers and Downers?Delete
And it's a known fact in Denmark's high society, that he drinks like fish, when out and about.
- AnonymousNovember 14, 2013 at 11:04 PM
To Anonymous posted above at 4:07 pm. Agreed- Fred has the right to look however he wants to look. In the same way the bloggers-who you call Mr and Mrs Know it all- also have the right to state their opinions on this blog. Someone like you who expresses your opinion as if its a fact and then in the next breath criticizes the opinions of others is a hypocrite and that is a FACT not an opinion. We don't need hypocrites on this board so shove off.........and post your stupid nonsense elsewhereDelete
- AnonymousNovember 14, 2013 at 11:07 PM
What in the world happened to her mouth in that first picture? She looks better without that snake poison injected into her face. She's no great beauty but that stuff makes her look worse not betterDelete
- AnonymousNovember 15, 2013 at 10:24 PM
If you had access to the peasants income you'd be well groomed and wear nice clothes tooDelete
- AnonymousNovember 13, 2013 at 10:36 PM
Maybe they are still in love? Hard to tell. Maybe Freds funky feelings are some sort of mid life crisis. In some of the photos Derf looks bored and tired and Ramy looks like she's hanging on to him for dear lifeReplyDelete
- AnonymousNovember 17, 2013 at 8:24 PM
puzzled by the venom . anyone raised by nannies by ,distant parents, who spoke french to the heir to the danish throne , should be treated with more compassion by you bitchesReplyDeleteReplies
- AnonymousNovember 18, 2013 at 11:50 AM
To the "puzzled" one above...... So someone should feel compassion for Derf because he was raised by nannies and distant parents who spoke to him in French? What compassion does Derf and you- for that matter- have for the little Danish peasants who don't even know what a nanny is and have to pay 50% of their income to keep Derf and his ball and chain wifey thingie in yachts palaces private planes and Rolls Royces? If the royals had any compassion they'd get jobs and stop bleeding the Danes dry. Maybe they could start by paying taxes just like everyone else. Don't you get it? People who post these messages arent venomous they're just fed up with working 6 months of every year ;just to pay taxes to support the royals in grand styleDelete


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Police Chief Bill Blair did not come into the mayor's house wearing a sidearm, just a brass-button dress uniform.
And there was no bang-bang even of the verbal kind at Wednesday's budget committee meeting, where Blair presented his request for a 3.1 per cent boost in funding to run the cop-shop effectively in 2014.
Mayor Rob Ford gave the meeting a pass, opting to tour an apartment building whose residents have complained about living conditions. Then he took a group of high school students from Sarnia for a tour of city hall while an aide handed out Ford cult T-shirts.
· A transcript of Carol Off's interview with Conrad Black on As it Happens
· Peace reigns for now between Fords and chief Blair
Councillor Doug Ford, committee vice-chair, arrived just in time for the police budget segment of events but missing the Toronto Public Library discussion. When Doug rose and disappeared halfway through, a posse of reporters trailed after him — to the washroom. There was no lurking around the urinal stalls.
In any event, city hall is not really the mayor's house any more, is it? His name might be on the lease, but the job has essentially been invested with Deputy Mayor Norm Kelly. The aforementioned chief's uniform, however, does make a difference. It stands for something — integrity, professionalism — concepts which the Brothers Ford have never quite grasped.
Some councillors have urged the Fords not to vote on the police budget, given their acrimonious relationship with the chief, a one-way whinge. RoFo made an absurdist claim earlier this week, during his televised chat with (former) media baron and (current) paroled felon Conrad Black, implying Blair had sic-ed investigators on him as an act of retribution for proposed budget cuts. "When I told people to find efficiencies, I meant everybody."
Ford agreed with Black's suggestion that the chief had been political in disclosing, during an October press conference, that police had come into possession of a copy of the notorious crack video, looping Blair's brief comments to his, the mayor's, imaginary budget grudge. "I think he was quite upset with that. I want to save money and I guess he disagrees with that."
Bringing up the rear, his usual position, Doug Ford has called for Blair to take a leave — precisely what little 'bro has refused to do amidst ever-escalating scandal and increasingly bizarre behavior. Following that Oct. 31 presser, in which Blair confirmed the existence of the tape that the mayor had for months insisted didn't exist, Doug Ford declared he would be writing the Office of the Independent Police Review Director to ask for an investigation into the chief. Whether he carried through isn't clear.
Geez, where was Doug in the era of Bill McCormack? Now, there was a political police chief. Oh, right, Doug was working for daddy's company.
Both Fords talk to journalists when it serves their purpose, selectively, and addressing only the questions they choose, but Rob has thus far declined an invitation to meet with the lead investigator in a probe which has resulted in charges of drug trafficking and extortion — in an alleged attempt to retrieve the video — laid against his good buddy and button-man Alexander "Sandro" Lisi.
Ford has said nothing beyond "an outright lie" — this, on a Washington D.C. sports radio talk show — about the most recently released batch of allegations contained in police documents used to support a search warrant against Lisi: That Ford may have tried to buy the video, dangling $5,000 and a car in exchange for it, that gangbangers had been overheard on wiretaps discussing blackmailing the mayor over it, and that the hoods may have more gotcha evidence of RoFo doing hard drugs, belying his admission to just the one crack-smoking episode during a "drunken stupor."
With the mayor not in attendance at Wednesday's budget meeting, media were deprived of an anticipated duel at 20 paces. In truth, it was never going to happen, because bullies are cowards at heart and flee when confronted. So Rob hid behind tenants and teenagers while Doug donned an ill-fitting mask of civility in the questions he directed at Blair, after the chief explained that the force has shrunk by about 340 officers and 120 civilians.
Only on a single occasion — when Councillor Michelle Berardinetti solicited Blair's opinion about the efficacy of spending money to go after marijuana users — did the debate venture anywhere, even elliptically, within the vicinity of the mayor's substance issues.
"The job of the police is to enforce the law, not to make it," said Blair.
He then added: "I see the impact drugs have, its relationship to guns and gangs, the effect on communities, the lives lost."
Later, scrumming with reporters outside the committee room, Blair again refused to engage in a p--sing match with the Fords. Instead, he played politician, shrugging off any suggestion of awkwardness with Doug Ford in this venue.
"I have a job to do. And my responsibility through my police board is to answer the questions that councillors ask, on behalf of the citizens they represent. I don't consider that awkward at all."
Not just a teensy weensy bit distracting, this one-sided war of words, the fulminating Fords turning on Toronto's police chief?
"I'm not distracted from the job I've got to do. The men and women of the Toronto Police Service go out every single day. We do a thousand things that make a difference in the quality of people's lives and the safety of our city, and we're going to continue to do that work.
"We're not distracted by this. We'll leave political things to the politicians."
Still, unlike in previous years — when this alleged law-and-order mayor has acquiesced to increasing the police budget — there have been no face-to-face discussions between Blair and Ford in advance of the pending vote. "The police service reports to me; I report to my police services board. I don't have a direct relationship with city council or the mayor."
Indeed, the chief was hard pressed to recall the last time he'd crossed paths with RoFo. "Um, I haven't really had a meeting with the mayor for several months, although I did see him at the recent funeral service for (Const. John Zivcic)."
In fact, it's my understanding Blair has not spoken directly with the mayor since Toronto was flooded by severe storms in early July.
Doug Ford came out of the budget meeting delivering only small rabbit punches, drawing a line of distinction between front-line cops and the chief.
"Overall, we love our police, we absolutely love 'em," he told CP24. "I think overall the chief's done a fairly good job, but you've got to kind of separate . . . business is business and personal is personal."
He added, slyly: "We have the best police services in the world, bar none, over anyone. I give the credit to the front-line policewomen and men who put their lives on the line every day for us."
The investigation that snagged Lisi remains open.
Blair: "I don't comment on ongoing investigations and I'm not going to in this case."
So, the day may still come when we see Mayor RoFo in uniform, too — a pumpkin-orange jumpsuit.
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We went to the Mighty 8th Heritage Museum in Pooler, Georgia yesterday for our weekly field trip. What an amazing and humbling resource for World War II. The kids were awestruck by the planes and images of war. Dh and I stood silent as a Nazi flag hung from the ceiling, the long red banner type with the symbol in the center. Beside the flag was the Jungvolk Oath (taken by ten-year-old boys on first entering the Hitler Youth):
"In the presence of this blood banner which represents our Führer, I swear to devote all my energies and my strength to the saviour of our country, Adolf Hitler. I am willing and ready to give up my life for him, so help me God."Eerie, both Dh and I were disturbed by it. As a family, we watched presentations about how the soldiers lived while serving, we learned about Black Thursday and quite truly...you could spend a whole year just studying World War II. It was somber for me, while the kids were 'wowing', I just felt the stress of the time. There were many wonderful exhibits, it is well worth anyone's time if they are visiting the Savannah area. We'll be going back next year for a more in-depth visit when we study this time period.


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Transform grocery store candy into the most incredible, colorful lollipop cake toppers with master crafter Jodi Levine.
In this class, you'll learn how to make five different easy and edible decorations for cakes, cupcakes or gifting simply by melting hard candies, like Jolly Ranchers. You'll start off this 45-minute class by molding beautiful lollipop flowers. Next, you'll learn how to create vibrant lollipop fish, perfect for an under-the-sea birthday or your next beach bash! Then, you'll move on to a more detailed design: lollipop elephants, made using different kinds of hard candy for added texture. After, you'll learn how to personalize cakes with funny face lollipops that look like your friends and family. Finally, you'll learn to shape baby chick lollipops that are almost too cute to eat. In this class, you'll master the lollipop-making basics with Jodi. By the end, you'll be able to design and make your own lollipop toppers for any party theme you dream up!
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The MK Rocket 5k is sponsored by Rightmove
Join us on our rocket fueled 5k to the StadiumMK with "out of this world" bling. Don't miss this opportunity to experience the buzz of marathon weekend without the extra mileage! GREAT PB POTENTIAL! This event takes place on the day before the MK Marathon. Age 13+
NB. Run the MK Rocket 5k and a main event the next day and gain the awesome MK Challenge Medal.
MK Rocket 5k wins the Racecheck SILVER Award 2018.
MK Rocket 5k voted BEST 2018 UK 5k by Women's Running magazine readers
Date: Sunday 5th May 2019 (the day before the MK Marathon)
Race starts: 09:00am
Entry Fee:
The start will be on Midsummer Boulevard outside Wetherspoons Pub @ 09:00 prompt
Wetherspoon Pub, 201 Midsummer Blvd, Milton Keynes, MK9 1EA
You can use the pub toilets or portable toilets located outside.
No baggage facilities will be available for this event and runners should turn up ready to run.
There will be no water stops en route and 500ml bottled water at the finish
We would suggest that runners car share and leave a car at the stadium area and then drive to the CMK start. If this isn't possible then you will be able to book a return journey seat on a bus for £5.
The return bus will leave the stadium at 10:30am prompt outside DW FItness. There is plenty of parking at the stadium area and CMK.
The finish area will be outside StadiumMK in the perimeter road
Runner Numbers will incorporate timing chip on the reverse. Results will be available live when you finish the race. You will also receive an text with your finish time shortly after you finish.
You need to complete the 5K in 45 minutes or less as roads will be reopened to a tight schedule.
Licence ID: 2019-35714
You can use the toilets in McDonalds and KFC
There will be music at the finish area.
One weekend. Two days of running. Three times the bling!
In addition to the MK 5K finisher medals, runners who participate in both the Sunday 5K and the Marathon, Half or Relay on the Monday will receive a third medal – the MK Challenge Medal.
Instructions on how to claim your MK Challenge Medal will be in the Race Guide.
Run the MK Rocket 5k and MK Marathon Relay and gain the MK Challenge Medal
Run the MK Rocket 5k and MK Half Marathon and gain the MK Challenge Medal
Run the MK Rocket 5k and MK Marathon and gain the MK Challenge Medal
Bespoke Medals for ALL finishers
Presentation of the race awards will take place at 10:00 at the finish area.
Trophies: First 3 Men and First 3 Ladies
The minimum age for participants is 13 on race day. Under 18's must be entered by an adult.
All runners must be medically fit to compete and enter at their own risk and the organisers will in no way be held responsible for any injury, accident, loss or damage that may arise before, during or after the event as a consequence of my participation in this race. No transfers, deferrals or refunds for the MK Rocket 5K under any circumstances. No dogs or wheels allowed.
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Two Midweek Lotto Winners
Updated: Tuesday 22nd April 2014
There were two jackpot winners in the midweek Lotto game on Wednesday 13 June, and the good news for those involved was that the jackpot was higher than estimated. The jackpot had been expected to be worth around £2.2 million but it was actually worth £2,450,516, which is more than 10% better than the estimate and gives each of the winning tickets a value of £1,225,258. Assuming that the tickets are owned by individuals rather than syndicates, this means that the 'Lottery Millionaires Club' has two new members, although whether they realise it yet or not is a different matter.
For those of you who haven't yet checked your tickets, the Lotto results for Wednesday 13 June were 12, 25, 29, 34, 45 and 47, and the Bonus Ball was 16. There were more than a quarter of a million prize-winners in total, so if you didn't land the jackpot itself you could still have won a smaller prize, and the word smaller here doesn't mean insubstantial. To illustrate this point, at the second-tier prize level five tickets matched five of the main numbers plus the Bonus Ball to win £150,801 each.
There were 220 winning tickets at the third-tier, and each of those won £2,142 by matching five main numbers only. 12,559 tickets won £82 each by matching four main numbers and 240,798 tickets picked up £10 each by matching three main numbers. Now that the midweek jackpot has been won the jackpot in the next Lotto game this Saturday is estimated to be worth around £4.1 million and it will be very interesting to see if that estimate is beaten for the second game in a row.
Well done to the two lucky jackpot winners and to everyone else who managed to win a Lotto prize of some kind on Wednesday. As for those of you who didn't win, or who didn't win as much as you would have liked, you can buy lottery tickets here for the next Lotto game this Saturday as well as for the EuroMillions £21 million rollover jackpot game this Friday. Think winning thoughts and good luck!
Written by Tony SharpePublished: Thursday 14th June 2012
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Exit Strategy Planning : Grooming Your Business for Sale or Succession, Hardcover by Hawkey, John, ISBN 0566084988, ISBN-13 9780566084980 Written for owners, this guide offers advice on leaving the business. Each step of the process, from the initial plan to final implementation, is covered. However, the legal coverage is specific to the United Kingdom. Hawkey is a barrister and consultant.
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Below are some great tips for accent and track lighting:
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Our Lean Construction Leadership Programme will help you develop a deeper understanding of the principles so that you can teach them to your team and lead initiatives that reduce waste and improve efficiency on your projects.
The Leadership Programme starts with the Yellow Belt Certificate.
You may have attended a Foundation course on site or a White Belt Senior Leaders introduction, been involed in Last Planner or perhaps this is your first foray into the world of Lean Construction. Either way, your journey into Leadership of Lean Construction in your project or your business begins in earnest with this qualification.
The Yellow belt programme will introduce you to the principles and tools of Lean Construction including:
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You will cement your learning through an assignment* which includes presenting the principles to your team and implementing one of the principles or tools that you learn about in class. Yellow Belt assignments often contribute to savings on site of typically $10k.
Why choose The Academy Lean Construction?
It's enjoyable!
This course is 'not a PowerPoint fest' – it's a 'post-it and flip chart' course; it is very much hands on, engaging, empowering, good fun and interactive.
Immediately applicable…
We show you that you are already a "Lean Thinker" – you already choose the shortest checkout queue, plus we give you the tools that are practical and immediately applicable. The very next day you can implement what you've learnt.
Designed for you…
The ACE Lean course is tailored to the engineering and construction industry. It benefits anyone who is involved in a team; Lean is a skillset that can be used by team members through to managers. The Academy Lean toolkits and road maps are best for team leaders and supervisors who will not only use theses skills in their own environment but will be able to aid the direction of projects or processes.
Learn from doing…
The first day of the course is a Lean simulation; a role-play where by you get to understand the problems and bottlenecks. As a team you will use the roadmap and tools to allow you to make sense of Lean, come up with solutions and truly learn from experience.
War stories shared…
The course value is demonstrated through real industry examples. You are encouraged to share your personal experiences to learn from each other and get maximum value.
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"I don't do Lean to anybody – I train people to do it for themselves" – Chris Reed.
Amanda is a leading expert in Lean Construction and has played a key role in establishing Last Planner across New Zealand.
Some examples of projects that have successfully used Last Planner are Waterview, Hunua 4, Manukau Harbour Crossing, Sky City Hotel, Dowse to Petone, Victoria Park Tunnel plus many more. Naylor Love and Arrow International use Last Planner regularly on their building projects.
Story time…
To eliminate waste and improve flow in processes, it's important to first identify the actual inefficiencies; quite often these are not what people expect them to be.
For example, in recruitment lead-time reduction, it was found that for medium to large engineering companies the average time taken to recruit a new employee was 120 days. But how could this process be speed up?
When all the tasks to recruit a new employee are listed it was found there are typically 20 separate tasks (such as writing job descriptions and conducting interviews, etc). The average cumulative time taken to undertake all these tasks was found to be typically 25 hours.
It is clear that focusing on reducing the time to undertake individual tasks (cycle time) would not impact the 120 day lead time significantly. In this case the delays and bottlenecks are caused when tasks are passed from one person to another (known as 'hand offs'). Spending money to reduce the cycle time is ineffective. It is better to focus efforts on compressing the lead-time by reducing the number of hand offs and preventing stalls in the hand offs. Lean provides the tools and road maps to do this.
You can read more about Lean, Last Planner and Six Sigma on our blog, or over on our Constructing Excellence site.


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*What is an approved Israel Experience program? Approved Israel Experiences are identity-building, peer group programs run by non-profit organizations that allow participants to learn in-depth about the land, culture and people of Israel. The list of approved Israel Experience programs is constantly changing as new programs are developed. Since not every program is approved, please contact us (email@example.com) if you have a question about a specific Israel Experience program.
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By mistake, I have removed my two-year-old blog "Inflation in the USA" with about 200 posts. I can not completely recover it. Therefore, this new blog is the successor, and inherits the best posts. I'll keep presenting new results on the evolution of real GDP, productivity, labor force participation, inflation, and unemployment world-wide. The prediction of S&P 500 returns is my major topic as well.
As of now, I will also pay more attention to the presentation of my book on economics with a tentative title "Economics as Classical Mechanics" or "Mechanomics". I'll publish paragraphs and chapters, when ready. As one may see, the title of this blog is relevant to this task.
The purpose of this blog and the book is to present quantiative arguments supporting the predictability of economic evolution as expressed in the macro-variables listed above. Economics is a hard science in terms of the existence of robust links between major measured macroeconomic variabels. It this sense, economics is equivalent to the classical mechanics.At the same time, I am highly interested in applied research like share and commodity pricing.
Eventually, any post in this blog adds to a working paper or article. So, this blog is a notebook of quantitative research.


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Meet celebrity hairstylist Valery Joseph. He's the man behind the gorgeous hair of Lady Gaga, all of the Miss United States Pageant contestants and countless women calling New York's Upper East Side their home. The demand for him is so strong he's currently operating five award-winning salon locations and is the founder of his own hair care line, Long by Valery Joseph. Despite his busy schedule, we were lucky enough to be granted an interview. (more...)
'Tis almost the season to be jolly! With the holidays just around the corner, it's time to really think of who's been naughty and nice this year. Since we think you've all been nice, we thought we'd give you a hand in holiday shopping with our Flauntme Holiday Shopping Guide 2016. Whether you're shopping for mom, your bff or you're looking to treat yo' self, we've got it covered! (more...)
Ever wonder why your makeup isn't as long-wearing as you wish it was? Or maybe purchase a makeup haul only to come home unsure of application order? With so many new beauty products being constantly released, it can sure get overwhelming. And scary -- one misstep in your makeup routine order could easily transform you into a hot mess. For makeup that'll actually stay on and look fabulous, it's important to follow these steps: (more...)
Instagram Brows aside, Instagram has proven to be amazing at spotting emerging trends in between fashion weeks. From helix eyeliner to succulent-inspired hair, here are the current Instagram beauty trends to know now: (more...)
When it comes to beauty, knowing your skin type is just as important (if not more important) than knowing "your type" when it comes to dating. Ever end up using a beauty product you just didn't fall in love with? Chances are, you might've been using a beauty product that just didn't play well with your skin type. It's also possible to be completely wrong about what your true skin type is. To set yourself straight, read on! (more...)
Most of us have either grown up with bangs and tried growing them out, or never had them and cut them for a change. Recently, bangs made a comeback and just about every celebrity had them at a stage (whether they lasted for a week isn't the topic at hand). Have a look at some celebs with and without their bangs. (more...)
To christen my new Netflix account, I went on a big documentary-watching binge. In that binge, I watched Food Matters, a documentary mostly about how we can't rely on the food we eat for nutrition. What can I say, I like a good food documentary scare. It scared me into taking One A Day Vitamins, twice a day. As a result, there's been some major changes to my hair, skin and nails! (more...)


text: Cars – Episode 3 | Sally needs a date! Subscribe to the show: www.youtube.com If you liked this video please leave a thumbs up. It really helps out! 😀 Cars is a 2006 American computer-animated comedy-adventure film produced by Pixar and directed by John Lasseter and co-directed by Joe Ranft. It is the seventh Disney·Pixar feature film, and Pixar's final, independently-produced motion picture before its purchase by Disney. Set in a world populated entirely by anthropomorphic cars and other vehicles, it features voices by Owen Wilson, Larry the Cable Guy, Paul Newman (in his final non-documentary feature), Bonnie Hunt, Tony Shalhoub, Cheech Marin, Michael Wallis, George Carlin, Paul Dooley, Jenifer Lewis, Guido Quaroni, Michael Keaton, Katherine Helmond, and John Ratzenberger as well as voice cameos by several celebrities including Jeremy Piven, Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Petty, Dale Earnhardt, Jr., Bob Costas, Darrell Waltrip, Jay Leno, Michael Schumacher, Tom and Ray Magliozzi from NPR's Car Talk, and Mario Andretti. The film is also the second Pixar film—after A Bug's Life—to have an entirely non-human cast. The film was accompanied by the short One Man Band for its theatrical and home media releases. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Links~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ My 2nd Channel: www.Youtube.com Twitter: www.Twitter.com Facebook: www.facebook.com GOOGLE+: plus.google.com


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I blogged before about semantic web research topics which I've been interested in. While I have a little free time I planned to focus on ontology learning. I know it is a big issue and cannot be handled in a tiny time span. However, at least, I can write a review on ontology learning techniques such as machine learning and machine language translation techniques that would be useful to decide to go on this subject.
I'm still trying to make a decision to apply this internship or not.


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See our Photo Gallery for examples of work we've done.
Imagine your art or photos printed on metal! We print your design in bright, beautiful color on a smooth, glossy metal surface. Stand your photo on your desk, put it on an easel or hang it on the wall. You'll receive compliments regardless of how you display it.
And we're not limited to metal. We can also print your designs on tile.
We can do many sizes and shapes in metal. Contact Metal Photo Service to learn more about our Custom Imaging.
Many Uses for Color Imaging
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See our Plaques and Awards pages for more information or check out our Photo Gallery for more examples.
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Not all items are available through MPS. The maximum size of our press is 18x12.
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Your image is printed on special paper that is then pressed to the object and sealed using heat.
The inks are transferred to the item, creating a durable, long lasting, beautiful product. Though our custom color imaged items are very durable, you won't want to expose them to sunlight for prolonged periods of time.
State-of-the-art technology and modern craftsmanship mean there are no limits to imagination.
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Civil rights for whom?
In the forty-plus years since, we've done a lot to idealize both of these great men, removing them from the gritty problems they attempted to solve. While Lyndon Johnson was soundly defeated in the New Hampshire primary by Poet/Senator Eugene McCarthy on the anti-Viet Nam War platform, LBJ had launched one of the world's most significant civil rights legislation efforts, which he called the "Great Society." It not only upheld laws on civil rights, but also public broadcasting, Medicare, Medicaid, the environment, education, and his own war on poverty. In many ways, it was a shame that LBJ suffered from the escalated war in Viet Nam because he fostered such a positive environment for the advances in civil rights led by Dr. King and others.
To many of us, however, the issues were one and the same. Civil rights were not viewed as the exclusive province of black people. That would have been racist. We saw the involvement of the U.S. in Viet Nam as a violation of Vietnamese civil rights. We saw the need for an equal rights amendment to the constitution (still not ratified after 38 years!) as a requirement to establish equal rights for women. We saw the sudden influx of refugees from Southeast Asia as additional evidence that civil rights had to extend to everyone, and that everyone must be equal under the law.
Today, the issues have compounded rather than lessened. Anyone who proclaims themselves a supporter of civil rights in the tradition of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. must recognize those rights for all people, regardless of age, sex, sexual orientation, nationality, creed, or other differentiating characteristic. When we launch wars, hold prisoners without charge, search passengers in airports, or deny equality in marriage, inheritance, healthcare, and general welfare, we are violating civil rights. If we would honor Dr. King today, we would nationally and individually stop discriminating against people because they are different and embrace the diversity that makes our "Great Society" the ideal of the world.


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(Bloomberg)—Four years after probing Google Inc.'s tight grip on the Internet search market, European Union antitrust competition regulators set their sights on online barriers that thwart EU shoppers using websites outside their country.
An industrywide probe into online retail may trigger more competition cases, the European Commission said Thursday. The EU watchdog said "some companies may be taking measures to restrict cross-border e-commerce" such as contracts or technical measures.
"I can go to Italy and buy a pair of shoes but I am unable to do that from my home," EU Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager told reporters at a press conference in Berlin. "If I try to buy on the website I may be redirected" because online traders often discriminate on the basis of customers' residence or web address, she said.
Rebooting Europe's digital economy is a focus for regulators concerned that Europeans are failing to seize opportunities to buy, sell or view content across the 28-nation bloc. Vestager says she'll seek information from broadcasters, manufacturers, online retailers and online platforms about possible legal and technical barriers to wider EU trade.
Google probe
The EU's e-commerce probe adds to its drawn-out investigation of Google's search engine, which included complaints from shopping-comparison websites, and raids on Samsung Electronics Co., Royal Philips NV and Metro AG's Media- Saturn in 2013 and a Metro unit earlier this month over the online sale of consumer electronics.
Andrus Ansip, the EU's vice president for digital issues, said Wednesday that he wanted to abolish so-called geo-blocking of website content across Europe.
Broadcasters sometimes prevent viewers outside their home nation from watching sports or films. 21st Century Fox Inc., Time Warner Inc.'s Warner Brothers unit and other studios are being probed by the EU over licensing deals with pay-TV broadcasters that limit viewers' access to content.
Online content services, such as Apple Inc.'s iTunes store or Netflix Inc.'s video streaming, must usually seek national licenses for music or film which can prevent them offering the same catalog across Europe.
Vestager said today that competition officials are examining geo-blocking in the video game industry.
The EU is drafting a digital strategy to be published on May 6 which seeks to create a single market for digital goods and services, tackling issues as different as copyright, tax and delivery charges.
Hotel reservations
Only 15% of Europeans use the Internet to buy from a store based in another country and only one in seven retailers sell online across borders, according to the commission.
The antitrust inquiry adds muscle to these initiatives and national probes into pricing for online hotel reservations and sporting goods that may restrict consumer choice. The EU previously struck a deal with Apple to cut UK prices for iTunes downloads and German and UK authorities got Amazon.com Inc. to lift restrictions on sales via its online platform.
Apple and Amazon are separately facing EU state aid probes into tax arrangements with Ireland and Luxembourg that Vestager has promised to wrap up in the coming months. The EU also wants to examine whether it needs to draft legislation or other measures to tackle problems with online platforms, it said Wednesday.
While the EU says low numbers of Europeans shopping from sites based in another country may be problematic, "retailers need to make choices about where they make investments" as serving customers in several nations can add costs, said Jamie Merriman, an analyst at Sanford C Bernstein & Co.
Preliminary results from the inquiry are due by mid-2016, Vestager said. EU commissioners will be asked to approve the start of the antitrust inquiry in the coming weeks.


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Here's a video from WAHM Super Hero, Janine, on how to wash and lanolize wool soakers. Wolf Cub owns a pair of Janine's Place longies and a soaker, both custom made to fit his cute little bum from upcycled wool sweaters.
How to Wash and Lanolize Wool Soakers:
Where to buy lanolin:
Check out Well.ca for lanolin, I use this one by Now Foods, and remember you can use a gentle baby soap to wash your wool if you don't have a wool-specific soap. If you can find Lansinoh nipple cream or similar at the drug store, that works, too!


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Unproven Medicine, Yet Again
We get thousands of emails at the Foundation every month, and they cover the full gamut -- from thanks for the information we provide to requests to join MLM companies to accusations that we've abandoned our principles and are now supporting the enemy: mainstream medicine. But that said, there's one type of email that stands out. And that's the snarky email from the person who writes in to dismiss an entire newsletter or blog by snottily asking, "Where are the clinical studies to back your support of alternative medicine? I won't pay attention to anything if it's not backed by clinical studies."
Why is this so frustrating?
Because it is based on a mistaken belief, inherent in the question, that mainstream medicine is different -- that it's somehow better, that it's scientifically "proven" by irrefutable studies. Unfortunately, this belief is both mistaken and naïve and so off base that there's nothing "we" can ever say to disabuse these people of the notion once they've got it locked into their heads.
Fortunately, the mainstream medical community occasionally let's down its guard and hands us a perfect creampuff of a response that we can use to speak for us. Every now and then, a report or study will slip through from the world of medicine that perfectly highlights how much of medical practice is actually "unproven." In fact, as it turns out, the vast majority of mainstream medicine is no more "proven" than alternative medicine, and in most cases, it's decidedly worse since the anecdotal evidence in support of much of alternative medicine at least goes back hundreds of years and has the worldwide validation of millions of people. In truth, as I have pointed out before -- and as it turns out, according to the US government's Office of Technology Assessment (US OTA) -- only 10% to 20% of all procedures currently used in medical practice are supported by controlled clinical studies. That's it -- just 10-20 percent! And that's a blue sky number as it assumes that all studies come to valid conclusions -- something we know is categorically not true. After all, I spend three quarters of my time on this website demonstrating why study after study has come to flawed conclusions.
Antibiotics for sinus infections
In a moment, we're going to take a look at the study on antibiotics that triggered this newsletter and see how it highlights the issues mentioned above, but first we need to take a quick look at the antibiotic landscape to provide some context for the study.
According to a 2005 report in the Journal of Orthomolecular Medicine, "In America, over 3 million pounds of antibiotics are used every year on humans. With a population of 284 million Americans [back in 2005], this amount is enough to give every man, woman, and child 10 teaspoons of pure antibiotics per year1" Also according to the report, "Almost half of patients with upper respiratory tract infections in the U.S. still receive antibiotics from their doctor" even though "the CDC warns that 90% of upper respiratory infections, including children's ear infections, are viral, and antibiotics don't treat viral infection. More than 40% of about 50 million prescriptions for antibiotics each year in physicians' offices were inappropriate."
Or to look at it another way, in hospitals, 190 million doses of antibiotics are administered each day. In addition, among non-hospitalized patients, more than 133 million courses of antibiotics are prescribed by doctors each year. It is estimated that 50 percent of these latter prescriptions are unnecessary since they are being prescribed for colds, coughs, and other viral infections. Antibiotics only work on bacterial infections, not on viral infections.
But now to the study at hand!
It is estimated that 20% of all antibiotics prescriptions are written for the treatment of sinus infections, which are indeed bacterial. In fact, it's accepted gospel that antibiotics are the sine qua non of treatment for bacterial sinus infections. And to prove the point, the vast majority of people with sinus infections get better after treatment with antibiotics. So what's not to love?
Unfortunately, although antibiotics for sinus infections may be medical gospel, the treatment was also part of the 80% of medical procedures that had never been tested…until now. And the verdict isn't good. According to a study released just a couple of weeks ago in the Journal of the American Medical Association, the accepted gospel turns out to be unacceptable. In their study of 166 adults with sinus infections, the researchers found that those who took the antibiotic amoxicillin didn't feel better any faster than those who received a placebo. People in both groups experienced about the same amount of relief after three days.2
To quote the report, "There is now a considerable body of evidence ... that antibiotics provide little if any benefit for patients with clinically diagnosed acute rhinosinusitis." They then added, "Yet, antibiotic treatment for upper respiratory tract infections is often both expected by patients and prescribed by physicians."
Jay Piccirillo, one of the study's authors, said that researchers chose the three-day mark because, while it's well established that most sinus infections resolve by 10 days with or without antibiotics, they wanted to see whether antibiotics hastened resolution. He then continued by saying that if their work had shown that antibiotics made people feel much better by the third day, using the drugs might have been justified. But in fact, by Day 3 of treatment, sinus infection symptoms had improved equally for both groups, with no additional benefits realized by those in the amoxicillin group.
By the seventh day, the results were skewed "slightly" in favor of the amoxicillin group, with a few additional individuals reporting relief from their symptoms. However, the difference was so slight that the researchers concluded that most individuals would not benefit from an antibiotic when experiencing a sinus infection.
To summarize: no difference on day 3; little difference on day 7. As a side note, patients in both groups were permitted to use a handful of over-the-counter medications to manage pain, fever, cough, and nasal congestion.
Now at this point, we could launch into a discussion of why prescribing huge numbers of antibiotics for something with little demonstrable benefit actually presents a huge problem in driving antibiotic resistance. Quite simply, the more you prescribe antibiotics, the more likely that bacteria will develop resistance to them, thus rendering those same antibiotics woefully ineffective over time, ultimately making them useless when needed for something more serious. But that's a different newsletter. What we're discussing today is how medicine is much more anecdotal than most people believe.
But lack of supporting studies, as was stated by the Office of Technology Assessment and as was the case with the mistaken practice of prescribing antibiotics for sinus infections, is only part of the problem. The next part of the problem is even more incomprehensible. What if you finally get the studies that prove a procedure doesn't work…and doctors refuse to pay attention to them? No joke!
In 2007, I wrote about a study that found that angioplasty did not save lives or prevent heart attacks in non-emergency heart patients.3 In fact, according to the study, angioplasty gave only slight and temporary relief from chest pain, the main reason it is performed -- virtually no different than that seen with medication. Even more signigicant was the fact that the mortality curves for the angioplasty and medicine groups were virtually identical during the initial 4.6 years of the study. Why are these results important? Because at the time the study was released, doctors were performing about 1.2 million angioplasties a year in the United States alone, at a negotiated cost of about $25 billion a year. That's $25 billion wasted every year in just the US -- and on just this one medical procedure.
Since that initial study, two more studies have come to virtually the same conclusion -- that using angioplasty to open blocked arteries to treat chest pain or angina may be riskier and no more beneficial than medication.4 Obviously, now that multiple scientific studies published in major peer reviewed journals have demonstrated repeatedly that angioplasty is a wasteful and ineffective procedure, and since medicine is evidence based, the procedure has obviously been eliminated from the medical repertoire, right?
Well, as it turns out, not so much. In all, the reduction in angioplasty surgery since the evidence of its ineffectiveness was first published amounts to a mere 10-15% drop from its peak. Even more startling is that upon being presented with the clear evidence of angioplasty's ineffectiveness, the response of the medical community was not to decrease the number of angioplasties performed in the US -- but to decrease the amount of time required to get one once you're admitted to the hospital. As the American Heart Association said with great pride just a few days ago, "More than 90 percent of heart attack patients who require an emergency artery-opening procedure known as angioplasty are treated within the recommended 90 minutes, compared to less than half five years before."5
Wow! What can one say in response other than to spell out the logic of the argument in case anyone missed it?
Medical doctors now have multiple scientific studies performed by their own people that confirm that angioplasties are expensive and essentially useless, and their response is not to stop using the procedure, but to speed up access to it?!!
And it's not like this is an aberration.
Hormone replacement therapy (HRT)
Although I've been railing against HRT with synthetic hormones for several decades now, it was not until the early 2000's that the medical community gave any indication that they were aware there were any risks associated with it. In fact, at that time, HRT was one of the most commonly prescribed treatments in the world. The first chink in the armor came in 2002 and 2004 when the two parallel Women's Health Initiative (WHI) studies on postmenopausal HRT were cancelled because preliminary study results indicated that the health risks of the conjugated equine estrogen and progestin therapies being used exceeded benefits.6,7 In other words, instead of helping women, the protocol was killing them.
In 2003, The Lancet added fuel to the fire when it published the results of the Million Women Study, which provided the first clinical evidence that HRT is associated with both a substantially greater risk of getting breast cancer…and dying from it.8 The study found that all types of HRT, including estrogen and progestin combinations, and estrogen alone -- but always involving synthetic forms of both hormones -- increased the risk of breast cancer.
It reached a crescendo of negativity in 2008-2009 with the publication of three disturbing studies. The first found that HRT leads to a 62 percent increased risk of stroke,9 and the second found that it leads to a 35 percent increased risk of heart disease.10 The third study was actually a follow up on the two WHI studies and found that within a year of discontinuing HRT, the number of new breast cancers among women in the first WHI study declined by 28 percent.11 The study also found that 50 percent of the subjects in the second WHI study had stopped HRT as recommended, and that was reflected in a 43 percent drop in new breast cancers. Plus, when news got out to the public, women stopped taking HRT in substantial numbers, and again, breast cancer rates plummeted. (Ironically, this plunge in breast cancer incidence and mortality was then promoted by the medical community as evidence of the great advances being made in breast cancer treatment. Wow, again!)
So where do things stand today with HRT? You might think, having been found only marginally effective, and with study after study now proving that it significantly increases mortality, and, most importantly, since there is an alternative using bio-identical hormones which appears to be more effective and does not carry the same risks, that HRT would be pretty much passé -- confined to a medical museum, along with surgery without anesthesia and mercury to treat syphilis. But if you thought that, you'd be wrong. Because, in spite of the nearly undeniable congruence between HRT use and disease risk, many in the medical establishment claim that the reduction in breast cancer has more to do with the fact that the subjects in the studies got more frequent mammograms than women in the general public, and that fewer mammograms means fewer detected cancers. In other words, they claim that cancer rates aren't really less -- we're just detecting fewer of them.
The International Menopause Society (great name) actually disputed the studies claiming that breast cancer takes 10 years to develop, so cancers reported in the studies could not possibly have resulted from HRT.12 Then again, where does that 10 year figure come from? What studies is it based on? Before the WHI study, who had made the connection between HRT and breast cancer…other than the alternative health community? And finally, not to be outdone, the pharmaceutical companies chimed in. According to a spokesperson for Wyeth, the company that manufactured one of the leading HRT pills of the day, "We don't believe the article [study] supports the theory that the decline in use of estrogen plus progesterone caused a one-time abrupt nationwide decline in breast cancer incidence. If this was the case, then we should be seeing further reductions in breast cancer rates because the rates of HRT use continue to fall, but we aren't seeing this."
Although it seems inconceivable, given the peer reviewed study-based evidence, a number of medical professionals have bought into these counterclaims and are still arguing in favor of prescription HRT drugs -- and successfully it would seem. As many as 36 million prescriptions are still written for them every year.13 Yes, that's down from their peak in 2001, but 36 million is still huge…and inexplicable based on the evidence. It would seem that medical doctors are quite willing to ignore any studies that fall outside their ingrained belief system. In other words, just because your doctor is prescribing a treatment for you doesn't necessarily mean that the majority of studies support it. In fact, it might be quite the contrary.
The bottom line, once again, is that modern medicine is not really based on scientific studies -- despite what we have been led to believe. Less than one percent of health care spending in the US goes to examining what treatments are most effective. And even when that information finds its way into peer reviewed journals, it can take up to 17 years to gain widespread acceptance in the medical community and eventually to the exam room or operating table. When they first said "you can't teach an old dog new tricks," they could just as well have been talking about doctors as dogs. According to a 2009 study, less than half of all cardiac guidelines are based on scientific evidence.14 But that "less than half" estimate is at the high end. When you factor in the less "glamorous" areas of medicine, which are less studied, not to mention off-labeling (prescriptions for uses other than those for which the drug was created and tested), which involves no scientific study and accounts for 21% of all pharmaceutical sales, and we're back to the OTA assessment that only 10-20% of all medical procedures are validated by scientific research. As a result, too many doctors and patients are making decisions without the benefit of the latest research; they only think they are.
In truth, it is amazing how little has changed since 1978 when the US OTA made its pronouncement -- and since we keep referring to it, perhaps we should look at the exact quote:
"It has been estimated that only 10 to 20 percent of all procedures currently used in medical practice have been shown to be efficacious by controlled trial. Given the shortcomings in current assessment systems, the examples of technologies that entered widespread use and were shown later to be inefficacious or unsafe, and the large numbers of inadequately assessed current and emerging technologies, improvements are critically needed in the information base regarding safety and efficacy and the processes for its generation."15
But that's still not the worst of it.
When studies are just plain wrong -- deliberately
So far, we've been talking about the 80% of procedures that are unstudied -- but are believed to be correct based on anecdotal evidence. And we've talked about the studies that seem to prove a point, but are still, for years, argued against by diehards who still insist on prescribing discredited procedures…to the bitter end. But in both cases, we're at least talking about honest attempts to arrive at a consensus. Unfortunately, there's a whole other side of studies that is notably less honest.
Working out of Duke University, Dr. Anil Potti conducted a series of studies on individualized treatments for cancer that were published in peer reviewed journals and were considered "the holy grail of cancer." Personalized cancer treatments, if they worked as indicated in Dr. Potti's studies, could be a last hope for people whose bodies don't respond to conventional treatments. Unfortunately, it turned out that Dr. Potti had jigged his data to produce his favorable studies.
As a result, Dr. Potti was forced to resign his position at Duke, nine of his widely cited papers have been retracted from medical journals, and law suits have been filed by patients (or their surviving relatives) who feel they were misled and given false hope when participating in his studies.16
There are two lessons here. First is that just because a study is peer reviewed does not "guarantee" the validity of its results, despite what most people believe. Peer review only means that the "logic" behind a study and its "methodology" "appear" to be valid to other professionals who have read the paper before it is published. Peer review does not and cannot catch false data or deception. Second, once a flawed study is peer reviewed and published, it now becomes a cited source for other studies, which then propagate its false conclusions -- giving those conclusions ever more credence as study after study bases its conclusions on the original false data -- until such time as the conclusions become gospel in the scientific world, despite being as false as the day they were formulated out of fabricated data. In law, they would call this the fruit of the poisonous tree. Sometimes it can take years -- even decades -- for an entrenched falsehood to be overturned and the house of cards built on it to come crashing down.
And this happens more often than you might think. For example, there's the work of Dr. Dipak K. Das, Ph.D., a professor in the Department of Surgery and Director of the Cardiovascular Research Center at the University of Connecticut. An investigation of his research conducted over the last decade concluded that he was guilty of 145 counts of fabrication and falsification of data.17 His work was vetted and published in a number of peer reviewed journals, including:
- American Journal of Physiology -- Heart & Circulatory
- Antioxidants & Redox Signaling
- Cellular Physiology & Biochemistry
- Free Radical Biology
- Free Radical Research
- Journal of Agriculture and Food Chemistry
- Journal of Cellular & Molecular Medicine
- Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry
- Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics
- Molecular & Cellular Cardiology
- Molecular & Cellular Chemistry
And his work was highly cited, highly influential. Thirty of his papers were cited more than 100 times each, according to Thomson Scientific's Web of Knowledge. One, in Toxicology, was cited 349 times, while another, in Free Radical Biology, was cited 230 times.
To reiterate, falsified studies were peer reviewed and vetted in multiple prestigious journals. And the falsehoods only came to light because of an inside tip -- not through peer review.
Wow yet again!
Look, I'm not saying that all studies are bad or that there is no science in medicine. That's obviously absurd. All I'm saying is that peer reviewed studies, although they are important tools, provide far less validation and certitude than most people think. The other important point is that a large percentage of medicine is based on much less science than you have been led to believe. In fact, studies are often merely an attempt by researchers to present their hypotheses in a way that the medical community will embrace -- thus advancing their career. Or even worse, they are often presented by pharmaceutical companies in an attempt to convince the FDA and doctors to embrace their products. In fact, pharmaceutical companies get to run their own studies to test their own products. They then get to filter the results -- to cherry pick the data, throwing out negative studies and submitting only the favorable studies to the FDA for approval. They can pay for 20 studies for their drug, as an example, of which 17 come back negative, and then submit only the three positives to the FDA -- thus getting their drug approved based on just 15% of their studies indicating any benefit for the drug. And only the three positive studies get published in peer reviewed journals; the 17 negative studies are simply buried. Your physician, who then prescribes the drug for you, never sees them. She prescribes based on the distorted three studies she gets to read. And when you take your prescription drugs, you're convinced they're backed by solid science, even when that's not necessarily so. And then sometimes, pharmaceutical companies simply decide to skip all that inconvenience and simply hire "ghost researchers" to put their name on articles actually written by the pharmaceutical companies' own marketing departments. That allows pure marketing material to be peer reviewed and become part of the medical database and be cited as authenticated studies by subsequent researchers -- thus perpetuating pure fabrication.
In the midst of my writing this newsletter, 60 Minutes came out with a story about how repeated studies have shown that antidepressants are no better than placebos except in cases of extreme depression. (How many times have I said that?) As part of the story, they interviewed doctors who still believe in antidepressants and therefore discounted the studies because the studies' results weren't congruent with their existing paradigm. Instead, those doctors cited studies performed by the pharmaceutical companies "proving" that their drugs do indeed work.
Wow for the final time!
In the end, the 60 Minutes story is the perfect coda to this newsletter -- graphically demonstrating how nebulous the science behind medical treatments actually is. Enjoy!
PS: For those of you who have successfully used antidepressants for mild depression and swear by them and therefore think this study must be nonsense, the 60 Minutes story explains how that works.
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