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Carrie Marchese joined the WHNT NEWS 19 team in September 2010 as the consumer/investigative reporter and anchor of WHNT NEWS 19 at Noon.
If there's one phrase to describe this west coast transplant, it's being relentless in the pursuit of truth. Carrie prides herself on taking action on stories that bring about real results. From digging through piles of paperwork, chasing crooked plumbers down, or taking viewer concerns to top officials, Carrie will do anything and everything possible to get the information viewers depend on.
Carrie spent three years as an anchor/reporter at KRCR-TV in Redding, California. During her tenure, she established herself as an investigative journalist who could get answers. One of the stories she's most proud of involved the battle over medical marijuana in a small county in northern California.
Carrie's investigation gave a voice to dozens of homeowners in the area who felt they were being forced from their homes. The situation also caught the attention of several state officials who are implementing new marijuana regulations as a result of the story.
Another source of pride for Carrie is her extensive work with veterans, and the Missing in America Project. Carrie was the first reporter in northern California to highlight the work of this small group, who infiltrates funerals homes nationwide to find the ashes of local veterans whose courageous efforts to protect our country have long since been forgotten.
Prior to California, Carrie worked at KPHO in Phoenix, Arizona as an assignment editor and writer/producer. She credits her time in Phoenix and work with the KPHO Investigative Team with sparking her passion for investigative journalism.
Carrie is a graduate of the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism at Arizona State University. Her work has been recognized with the William Randolph Hearst Award and The Society of Professional Journalists. Carrie is also an Edward R. Murrow Award winner and won an Emmy for her small role in the tornado coverage of April 27th, 2011.
But her greatest achievement happened in May of 2014, with the arrival of her first child, Branson David Chambers. And if that last name rings a bell, that's a good thing. Carrie is married to WHNT News 19 Meteorologist Brandon Chambers.
When not at work, you will likely find Carrie outside gardening or taking long walks in Downtown Huntsville. Her little Shi Tzu, Zorro, will likely be huffing and puffing alongside her and the baby.


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Melvin looking for A's to shore up defense
OAKLAND -- Oakland's defensive doings this year haven't exactly wowed its manager, which prompted extra early work before Tuesday night's game against the Rangers.
It's something Bob Melvin likes doing, anyway, no matter how his club is fielding.
"I think we need to do this periodically during the course of the season," Melvin said. "During Spring Training, it's all we do. We do it every day, and then we get into the season and it's not typical to do something like that."
The A's entered Tuesday tied for the fourth-lowest fielding percentage (.983) in the American League, having tallied 24 errors. Last year, they finished third in that category (.982) after committing 111 errors.
"If it's once every month or so," Melvin said of the extra work, "I think it's good just to refresh on things, whether it's bunt plays or just fielding your position if we're not doing it as well as we'd like, which to this point has been the case."


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Hayden Panettiere's getting nasty in "Nashville." And loving it.
After her breakout role as an indestructible cheerleader on "Heroes," Panettiere returns to television playing "Nashville's" ambitious young country singer Juliette Barnes, a rising star with a brassy and impenetrable surface – or so it seems – who'll try to trump established diva Rayna James (Connie Britton) in her bid for fame, fortune and any man in tight jeans. The 23-year-old actress reveals that there's more than a few dark truths beneath the dazzling rhinestones.
The backstage scenes, the older star versus the younger star dynamic – have you seen those elements at work in show business?
Oh, absolutely, absolutely, if other people point them out or not. I mean, you hope to always have respect for the people that you're around and for the people who are veterans in the industry, but we'd be lying if we said that there wasn't a sort of biting edge sometimes to what being in this industry means. It's a business and there's drama in every business.
What about this character made you want to walk around in her skin for a while?
Because she's more than what she just appears in the beginning. I knew that she was going to be a challenge to play, and I knew that it'd be a character that was very different and have a lot of layers to her. And these are things that you have to think of when you're going, 'This is somebody that I might be playing for the next, potentially, seven years of my life.'
And it has to be something that'll keep you interested as an actor and keep you digging forward and keep you stretching your wings and finding different things out about what you're really made of as an actor. But I can relate to her a lot because even though I didn't grow up in the country music industry I'm still a young girl who grew up in the spotlight of a very judgmental and critical industry.
How did you handle that in your own experience? It's certainly happened to you.
Oh, yeah. It happened to me over and over again, and no matter how many times I would say that I didn't care, it was heartbreaking to me. And of course those negative comments and those things that people have to say that aren't good are the ones that stand out the most to you and make the biggest impact. It took me a while, but I finally surrounded myself with really good people and those were the people who led me in the right direction.
I'm not saying those doors leading down dark roads weren't open to me, because they were and they looked very appealing. Just like I'm sure there's not a single person here who hasn't done the same thing, tested the same boundaries. I mean, we're only human, but unfortunately you have to do it in a very public way. But I was lucky. I had good people surrounding me who pulled me back.
What's it like performing on stage even, when it's just for a front row filled with extras?
It's intense and intimidating and scary, and at the same time thrilling and exciting. Once you get me up there and I finally feel comfortable you won't be able to get me off.
You've been musical your whole life. How did you have to adjust what you've been doing to the country mentality?
I feel like that was just a part of my being. People think that it's weird because I'm from New York, and they go, 'Country music? Really?' But I've grown up a huge fan of country music. My grandmother is from Corpus Christi, Texas. My mom is from Louisville, Kentucky. I don't know if I just got the country gene or what, but I grew up listening to country. I've always been a huge fan, and frankly my voice has always been kind of better suited for country. Country just seems to be in more of that sweet spot in my voice, where it just feels good.
To promote this show would you be interested in doing a live performance?
Eventually I'm going to have to – I know I'm going to have to! I don't know, I'm just going to have to rip it off like a band-aid. I hope that people are forgiving towards me! It's going to take me a second to get into the swing and be confident, and the thing that happens with me is that when I get nervous my voice chokes and I have no control.
Is there a country song that you love to sing?
'Hell on Wheels.' Ashley Monroe sang that song, who's one of my closest friends in Nashville, and I was like, 'Oh, my God, that's totally a Juliette song. Can I have that song?'
Do you like what your character wears on the show?
I do like what she wears. It's me with a country edge, a country twist. You can really go for it with her and she's sexy and fun, but at the same time, on certain occasions she's at home and you see her more casual. It's very fun. It makes you feel like you're playing a character when you get to dress up like that.
How much input do you have into your wardrobe?
Well, if I don't like it I'm not going to wear it!
Were you ready to come back to TV right now?
Yes, very. It took me a second. On 'Heroes,' your time was just monopolized and it was so a part of my everyday life for four years and I didn't intend to go off and do anything else. But I was really nervous, shy to go do another show. It's something that your basing the next, potentially, seven years of your life on one script – one episode that you don't even know is going to get picked up. You don't know how it's going to be edited together and how it's going to be directed.
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You can only go there and do your part, and then at the end of the day you leave it in the hands of other people and you have no idea how it's going to come out. You have no idea how people are going to respond. It's like this very specific concoction that creates a great show, and I really feel like we have that on this one.
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I was reading a story to my three-year-old absolutely beautiful grandchild. It was a very interesting story to her. She was captivated by every word I read. She anticipated the next sentence and squealed with delight when the words came out of my mouth. She watched the pages intently, never taking her eyes off the book. The rest of her body, however, never was still. She squirmed, and rolled, feet up, feet down, backward and forward. If her sleek, pale soft arm touched mine, it only stayed there for half a second. She was never still for the entire reading of the book.
As I was reading, I looked into her dancing blue eyes, brilliantly alert and engaged. Her mind was definitely focused on the book. Her body was not!
It was then and there that I realized that my daughter and her husband had created a child with ADHD. I knew it in a flash. My mind reached out to her five, ten, 20 years ahead in the future. I had a moment of panic and extreme anxiety thinking of what lay ahead of her.
But then I heard her bright answers to the questions being asked by the book. I felt her warm and reassuring hug she gave me as the book came to a close. I knew she could handle the future. Her mom, her dad, and I would be there to help her through the hard and challenging times ahead that ADHD might bring.
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Good Morning!
Man, mornings in Maryland are NICE. Low humidity, a nice cool breeze, and beautiful sunshine. Right now in Florida if you don't squeeze your run in before 7:00am, you'll be faced with horrible heat and awful humidity. I waited until close to 8:00 this morning to get my run in up here and had none of that. In fact, it was really, really nice.
Another thing I'm digging up here are the hills. Who knew I would grow to love hills so much? It's not so much the uphill portion that I'm a fan of, but the downhills rock. This was my second day in a row running 4 miles of rolling hills and my second day in a row averaging 8:40ish min/mi (my fastest runs since my marathon last month!). Whoop. Whoop.
As I mentioned yesterday, this was a quick trip so I really didn't have time to explore or see many friends in the area, but I was able to squeeze in one visit before we headed to the airport this morning.
Hi Megan!
(For anyone who used to read Megan's blog and is wondering what she's up to – she's doing great! She's living in the DC area still and just enjoying life as a single 20-somethin' in the city. )
I miss Megan. She was my Orlando buddy – and then my Tampa buddy! – before she moved to Maryland some time last year. Actually this week marks our 3 year friendship anniversary! It was this week in 2009 that we first met at a bowling ally in Orlando.
Awww….. memories. 🙂
I miss Caitlin too. Strange to think that none of us live in Orlando now. Megan's up here, Caitlin's in North Carolina, and I'm in Tampa. Sniff. Sniff.
Megan and I met at Panera for breakfast and played a little catch up over oatmeal and coffee.
Panera goes a little a little heavy on their brown sugar (next time I would ask for it on the side), but I was a fan of the fresh strawberries and pecans. The portion was also a little bigger than I was expecting (in a good way!). This bowl really hit the spot. 🙂
Now Derek and I are at BWI waiting for our flight back to Tampa. The skies are pretty clear, so fingers crossed that our flight getting home won't be quite as adventurous as our flight here. 😉
Good-bye Maryland…. Hello Florida!


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Franz Liszt Musician, Celebrity, Superstar Oliver Hilmes, Stewart Spencer
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Hungarian composer Franz Liszt (1811–1886) was an anomaly. A virtuoso pianist and electrifying showman, he toured extensively throughout the European continent, bringing sold-out audiences to states of ecstasy while courting scandal with his frequent womanizing. Drawing on new, highly revealing documentary sources, including a veritable treasure trove of previously unexamined material on Liszt's Weimar years, best-selling author Oliver Hilmes shines a spotlight on the extraordinary life and career of this singularly dazzling musical phenomenon.
Whereas previous biographies have focused primarily on the composer's musical contributions, Hilmes showcases Liszt the man in all his many shades and personal reinventions: child prodigy, Romantic eccentric, fervent Catholic, actor, lothario, celebrity, businessman, genius, and extravagant show-off. The author immerses the reader in the intrigues of the nineteenth-century European glitterati (including Liszt's powerful patrons, the monstrous Wagner clan) while exploring the true, complex face of the artist and the soul of his music. No other Liszt biography in English is as colorful, witty, and compulsively readable, or reveals as much about the true nature of this extraordinary, outrageous talent.
". . . makes a significant contribution to our knowledge of Liszt as a man and superstar. Hilmes shines a light into the shadows behind a life lived in the spotlight, and he finds some surprising and indeed entertaining details there."—Andrew Taylor, Times
"If this book has a once-over-lightly feel, that is because there were many intertwined strands in Liszt's extraordinary life, each of which could merit a book in itself. . . . Hilmes is illuminating on the emergence—and continuance into old age—of Liszt's preternatural gifts as a pianist. And by drawing on hitherto unpublished documentary sources he provides a riveting chronicle of the composer's tangled relationships."—Economist
"[It] has the great virtue of objectivity, and with the help of Stewart Spencer's nicely fluent translation, Hilmes does a solid and fair-minded job of charting the long career of one of the dominant and iconic figures of 19th century culture—a romantic in every sense of the word."—Rupert Christiansen, Literary Review
". . . Hilmes offers a riveting read, a vibrant story full of cannily etched detail. In the end you feel you have been visiting the characters at home, observing with forensic exactitude all their foibles, neuroses and, sometimes, hideous cruelty."—Jessica Duchen, Sunday Times Ireland
"As a well-told, readable, fluently translated story of a strangely conflicted career that affected the lives of people as disparate as Lola Montez and Pope Pius IX [Franz Liszt] would be hard to beat."—Stephen Walsh, London Review of Books
"The sub-title of this remarkable book at once tells you where Oliver Hilmes' chief interest lies. Liszt was, indeed, all of these things, bewilderingly multi-faceted and of super-human strength and achievement. Yet he also paid a heavy price in his journey from 'Le petit Litz' to 'Le Grand Liszt.'"—Susan Nickalls, Classical Music "Editors Choice 2016"
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Magnet Mag premiers new video from Abstract Artimus
Thanks to our friends at Magnet for premiering this raucous new video from Abstract Artimus. "Quitter's Face" was shot over a long weekend in NYC fueled by massive amounts of sushi and beer. The full-length, Rite of Passage, comes out September 6 via Dire Life Records.


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NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- I notice that when I stop by the supermarket here in San Diego there is now a cooler full of sleek, old-style bottles filled with Mexican Coca-Cola.
I like the Mexican version a lot better than the American version. There is just something about an ice-cold glass bottle. In addition to this, the Mexican Coke uses a less refined sugar than American Coke that makes for a sweeter, bolder taste.
Drinking these Mexican Cokes is like going back 40-50 years when the American version came in similar bottles and one needed a bottle opener to pop the lid. That was back when the American version of
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While I like the taste of Mexico-produced Coca-Cola better than American Coca-Cola, which is the better stock?
Let's begin with the performance of the two stocks over the years:
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As you can see, it is virtually no contest. Or should I say no concurso? The Mexican middle-weight has it all over the American heavyweight. Compare the one-, two-, five-, and 10-year performance of these two stocks. $10,000 would have grown to almost $95,000 in pesos in FMX, while the American version delivered a much flatter $21,790.
I know, you have all heard the expression "past performance is no guarantee of future results," but those are some significant numbers. If I am an odds maker on this battle, based on performance the favorite would seem clear.
But what about valuation? I don't like to buy stocks based on performance only. I like all three legs of the stool to be in place: performance, value and a good stock chart. How does the valuation weigh-in stack up?
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Fomento's shares are a bit more expensive than its U. S. counterpart, but then investors have to pay up a bit for superior growth. Fomento's income is expected to grow by 14.3% per year over the next five years while Coke is looking at just 8.2% growth. In fact, the PEG ratio is much more favorable on the Mexican middle-weight contender.
Advantage: FMX.
While the food and beverage sector is not exactly one of the top-ranked sectors in the market right now, I like the fact that Fomento also owns convenience stores. This gives it exposure to the more highly rated consumer and retail sectors.
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Lastly, let's compare the charts of the two stocks:
I prefer to buy stocks in uptrends. Even though I have owned FMX for a while, I would have no problem buying this stock today.
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In fact, when I compare Fomento against the other 3,185 stocks that I follow, it comes in at number 34. Not bad for a large-cap stock.
I think I will pop open an icy cold Mexican Coca-Cola and ponder on the fiscal cliff.
At the time of publication the author had a position in FMX.
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Obscurities features 14 tracks in all, including five previously unreleased songs, all recorded prior to The Magnetic Fields' seminal album 69 Love Songs. Three of the unreleased tracks hail from The Song From Venus, the unfinished science fiction musical written by Merritt and Daniel Handler, aka Lemony Snickett.
Also included on the record are five songs culled from various 7" vinyl singles by The Magnetic Fields, along with one from Merritt's guest vocalist-laden side project the 6ths, one from an audio book, one from the Oh, Merge compilation CD, and a track from a rare K Records cassette-only release.
Among the tracks on Obscurities is The Song From Venus' "Forever and a Day," a solo-acoustic ukelele-based love song reminiscent of 69 Love Songs' "The Book of Love." Also included on Obscurities is "The Sun and the Sea and the Sky," a previously unreleased 69 Love Songs outtake. "This song didn't go on 69 Love Songs because it wasn't actually about romantic love," Merritt points out. The album concludes with "You Are Not My Mother and I Want to Go Home," which was originally composed by Merritt for the audio book version of Neil Gaiman's Coraline.
The Los Angeles Times hails Merritt as "one of indie-rock's most acclaimed figures" while Pitchfork calls him "smart, thorough, and unerringly precise."


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London, 1962: Two teenage girls, Ginger (Elle Fanning) and Rosa (Alice Englert), are inseparable. They play truant together, discuss religion, politics and hairstyles, and dream of lives bigger than their mothers' frustrated domesticity. But as the Cold War meets the sexual revolution, the lifelong friendship of the two girls is threatened.


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Cardiff City Hall & gardens © Crown copyright (2013) Visit Wales
The City of Cardiff is the largest city in Wales and it is the main commercial centre as well as the base for the National Assembly of Wales.
Cardiff became a city way back in 1905 and was proclaimed the capital of Wales in 1955. Over recent years Cardiff has seen significant development which has included a new waterfront at Cardiff Bay which besides the Senedd building for the assembly, is the site of the Wales Millennium Centre Arts complex. The city is accessed via an excellent road network and has its own airport with direct access to many European cities and major holiday resorts.
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All this development over recent years has seen Cardiff become a major tourist destination with around 19 million visitors a year pouring into the city and surrounding areas.
The area around Cardiff has been inhabited for several thousand years, early Bronze and Iron Age sites are dotted over the country side and the Romans built an extensive fort near the mouth of the river Taff in 75AD. When the Normans arrived they used parts of the old Roman walls in their building programme and these early roman walls can still be seen today.
Cardiff has many interesting sites for those that visit the area. Besides the historic aspect of the Castle they also hold a variety of events such as dramatic re-enactments, workshops and lectures.
Cardiff City Hall (Top Photo)has an excellent art collection besides being the perfect venue for weddings and conferences.
Besides the old Norman / Medieval castle, visitors to the village of Tongwynlais, north of Cardiff will find the delightful Castell Coch ( Red Castle ). This listed Grade 1 structure is a 19th century high gothic revival castle built on the site of an earlier 13th century structure. Designed by William Burges, it includes a working portcullis and drawbridge along its with grand interiors and is well worth a visit.
National War Memorial & gardens Cathays Park Cardiff - © Crown copyright (2013) Visit Wales
The Welsh National War Memorial is located in Cathays Park, in the centre of the city, designed by J. Ninian Cooper and unveiled in June 1928 by the Prince of Wales it commemorates the servicemen who died during both the First World and Second World War's. With its delightful lawns and trees the park is a wonderful place to stroll around, especially if you are after somewhere for a nice quiet walk.
Other places of interest include the Helwick Lightship; commissioned by Trinity House and built in 1953 at a cost of just over £80k. The Helwick served at a number of sites around the UK coast before retiring to Cardiff. With the help of Cardiff Bay Development Cooperation she was purchased in 1993 and following refurbishment she is now a floating Christian Centre.
The Norwegian Church which was built in 1868 is situated in the Port of Cardiff and was one established to provide social and religious support for Norwegian sailor's that were employed in the Norwegian merchant fleet. It is a rare example of this type of architecture and is worth a visit when in the area.
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Penarth Pier is a typical Victorian structure opened in 1895 as a landing stage for ships. The pier head building and theatre were added in 1929. This art deco structure has made a significant difference and enhances the pier although it has over the years suffered from neglect and damage caused through collisions from a number of ships. Fortunately a charity was set up with a view to renovating and transforming the pier and following a review of the whole site plans were submitted and refurbishment started, completion is scheduled for spring 2013.
St Fagans Museum of Welsh Life situated just outside Cardiff gives an amazing glimpse into our past. They have reconstructed over forty buildings from various aspects of life in Wales. These include cottages, shops, industrial buildings a toll house a church and an example of a 17th century roundhouse. Besides the outdoor buildings they also have an indoor museum with exhibitions covering different aspects of Welsh life.
Finally for those that wish for some retail therapy whilst in Cardiff, a visit to St David's Shopping Centre will provide plenty of opportunity to indulge yourself with leading brand stores and plenty of places to rest your feet and have a meal or a drink.
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Founded in 2009, TheaterJones seeks to fill the void in arts coverage left by the diminishing print media, and to expand coverage of the performing arts on the Web. Our goal as journalists and critics is to cover the North Texas performing arts scene—theater, dance, classical music, opera, comedy and related media—as thoroughly and with as much energy, integrity, attitude and enthusiasm as mainstream broadcast and print media cover sports and politics.
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Watch "Fareed Zakaria GPS," Sundays at 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. ET on CNN
By Fareed Zakaria
When television host Bill Maher declares on his weekly show that "the Muslim world...has too much in common with ISIS," and the author, Sam Harris (a guest on his show) concurs, arguing that "Islam is the mother lode of bad ideas," I understand why people get upset. Maher and Harris made crude simplifications and exaggerations.
And yet, they were also talking about something real. I know all the arguments against speaking of Islam as violent and reactionary. It is a vast world of 1.6 billion people. Places such as Indonesia and India have hundreds of millions of Muslims who don't fit these caricatures. That's why Maher and Harris are guilty of simplification and exaggeration.
But let's be honest: Islam has a problem today...There is a cancer of extremism within Islam today. A small minority of Muslims celebrate violence and intolerance, and harbor deeply reactionary attitudes towards women and minorities. And while some moderates confront these extremists, not enough do so and the protests are not loud enough. How many mass rallies have been held against ISIS in the Arab world today?
But now the caveat, Islam today, is important.
Watch the video for the full Take or read the WaPo column.
Modern day genocide was invented by Americans and implemented by NATO In Iraq and in Afghanistan. Their leaders Bush/s and Obama are complicit. To date hundreds of thousands of folks have been murdered. Slaughtered in cold blood. Moslem holocaust.
The world watches. UN plays the fiddle. Hindoos celebrate. THERE WILL BE PAYBACK. WATCH !!! HISTORY IS A GREAT TEACHER !!!
Wrong. "Modern day" genocide was invented in the early 20th century by the Germans in Namibia (then SW Africa) and the Turks in Armenia. The Bush-Cheney version of genocide is more accurately described as "Post-Modern," and perpetrated as Israel's proxy war against its neighbors.
If you believe that stuff.
It appears to me that Muslims are the fastest growing segment of world society today. As others are withering away the Muslims seem to be rising again with their contributions as was the case historically when they ruled India and Europe and left behind a legacy of science, art, architecture, culinary et al.
The only thing they contribute is a violent book and more muslims. Nothing of any real value.
It's true you ruled India and most of Europe by the sword though. What happened? Did you just get bored? Or did you run out of infidel money? (jizya)
Seems like you are having a bad day. You are getting discredited in every comment you make. Did you not i dulge in incest last night as mandated by your hindu Rg Veda book... Errrr p ornography.
Is that why all Muslim nations are so scientifically advanced, peaceful, and have the best quality of life?
Maher basically said that vast numbers of Muslims believe things that are totally incongruent with Western beliefs. He used the statement that vast numbers of Muslims believe a person who leaves Islam should be put to death. Many apologists here have disputed that statement. Here are the laws of various Islamic Nations on the penalty for leaving Islam: When nearly every Islamic nation has severe penalties for leaving Islam, you cannot claim most Muslims do nto have extreme beliefs. Mahre is looking at reality, not wishes.
Afghanistan – Death
Alegeria – 2 to 5 years + 10000 euros
Brunei – Death
Indonesia – Prison for anyone committing blasphemy (used against those who leave)
Iran – Death
Jordan – prison
Kuwait – prison
Malaysia – punishment up to individual states. some death, some prison
Mauritania – Death
Morocco – leaves it up to religious authorities who have issued a fatwa – Death
Oman – loss of inheritance. Can be put to death under blasphemy law.
Pakistan – Death under blasphemy law
Saudi Arabia – Death
Somalia – Death
Sudan – Death
United Arab Emirates – Death
Yemen – Death
Funny. Looks like a grocery list. LOL
Do the majority of those nations citizenry believe in these penalties? Or are they subjects, literally, of their Governments? Its really a Q that needs to be addressed, and somehow answered by the citizenry, not the Govts of these nations.
Put that question to the manager of your local grocery store. Hilarious !!!
As Sam Harris explained (and many surveys have supported), a substantial majority of muslims in these countries support these laws. So in fact the question is answered. And if even 5 or 10% support these laws (which is a VERY conservative estimate) do the math.: 5 or 10% of 1.6 billion = ?
So you don't think Islam has a problem? Harris has the best acid test–burn a Koran publically, and then see what happens.
A pew survey found that 65% of Egyptian Muslims agreed with death for leaving. Only 5% of Turkish muslims did. Egypt is probably more representative of most of Islam than Turkey. Note Indonesia and Malaysia are functioning democracies. Pakistan and others are semi functioning. If the policy was not believed in by vast numbers, it would have been removed in these places.
95% of hindus say spraying kerosene on brides and burning alive for lack of dowry is acceptable in India.
@ Zane Abdulla. They are not talking about India, they are speaking about Islam in general. India is one country, Muslims have, as put in tom Li's list, 17 countries where they all have "penalties." That is sickening and barbaric. Muslims who think it's 700 A.D., need to wake up and realize that the Qu'ran applied to Muslims of that era (pre-technology, pre-TV, pre-scientific facts, pre-ammunition). Isn't it funny how Radical Muslims think 700 A.D., but when it serves their purpose, it does not apply? For example, think guns, ammunition, social media, oil, etc.
At least India had a woman Prime Minister (Indira Gandhi), and is the largest democracy in the world. Here in the U.S.A., Indian women are very active and very participative in the workforce and the family life. Pakistan, the only Muslim country to do so, had a woman Prime Minister (Benazir Bhutto), what happened to her? She ended up getting exiled for a false reason, and when she was allowed back into her country, she was assassinated while running again for Prime Minister. Mind you, this was after 9/11/01, where the radical Islamist Taliban were crossing the border into Pakistan.
@Zane Abdullah: Are you inventing your own BS facts now to malign a country like India which is a vibrant democracy with a rule of law? How many Islamic countries can say that. No indian condones burning brides. Numerous people torturing brides for dowry have gone to jail in India and some have served death sentence for murder. Your assertions are lridiculous to the extreme.
Thanks for posting this. Fareed conveniently skips over these FACTS as did Affleck. For people impressed by Affleck: to me he reacted as an emotional knee jerk liberal. Maher and Harris presented facts such as polls, which Affleck chose to ignore.
For all of us who watched the Maher show know how eloquently Ben Affleck expressed his opinions which were very balanced. He explained ISIS better than POTUS.
Useful relativist idiot....product of US education and pop culture
Absolutely. Harris was well-spoken, prepared, logical and polite. Affleck came off like a loud-mouth schnook.
Gee whiz Fareed, what I've read is that small minority (5%) of "reactionary" muslims amount to 50,000,000 men. That's the biggest most dangerous army the world has ever seen.
Does not seem you finished school nor learn arithmetic. 0 0=1 for ya. LOL
Nevertheless, why don't you go fight them? Scared?
I was wondering if some genius would catch me on that but really, 50 million, 80 million, do I want to war with them at my age, not really. Do I think the world has a problem much different from any in the past? Not really. Just not used to being in the cross hairs. We are a nasty species and always have been. Just can't make out why with all the beauty that surrounds us, why?
Its more like 35% not 5%
Just think of how bad the US would be if we had 35%, or even 5%, of our population thinking like Timothy McVeigh. But we don't, we are not even remotely close to that. This is the difference. Fareed's "small minority" of Muslims is several orders of magnitude larger, in real numbers, than the extremists in other religions. This is a problem.
Extremism, especially of two types (political and religious, often combined) is rampant in the US...how long before we see it turn really lethal right here...? How long before the lone gunmen become groups waging their ideological wars on the rest of us?
Oh you mean liberals? the largest extremist group in the USA
Want extremism? Look no further than the Tea Party or the religious right masquerading as the GOP.
I think we have to differentiate between Islam the doctrine as is and people who claim to be implementing what's written in it. If we look at the practices of these extremists, its a simple matter of twisting and misinterpreting the doctrine to justify their horrible actions. Saying that there is a problem with Islam based on what ISIS is doing in similar to saying there is a problem with Christianity by just looking at what David Korish or Timothy Mcvay did and viewing it as a representation of the Christian doctrine!
:::20% of women or 140 million women have been gang rayped in India
:::60% of men or 420 million men in India think that gang rayping and burning the wife alive for dowry by spraying kerosene and lighting her up is acceptable.
:::Only 1% of raypes in India are reported.
:::There is a raype every 2 seconds in India
::: 85% of women in India have been groped, their breasts pulled like pork and a ss fingered
::80% of hinddoous track to rail tracks to defecate in India
:: 95% of hinddoous in India don't have toilets
Blame the above on Gita Bhagavad
Sucks to be a woman in India. Sucks to be a woman in any Islamic country.
It sucks to have brain cancer. Does not make liver cancer ok.
First, learn how to spell. It may help your argument.
Hee hee! You funny, Joey!
"So let us talk about the muslims in India since Fareed segway(ed) this into his post. The muslims in India have been massacred, suppressed, maimed and rayped by the hindu majority in India. They have been living in oppression. Suffocated. Genocides committed against them."
A man /woman is judged by the company he/she keeps. If you are surrounded by your ilk, you will hear only what you want to hear. I am a proud Indian living in a muslim majority neighborhood. Fortunately my neighbors don't don your kind of shades.
Now you know how Christians and other religious minorities feel and are treated in Islamic countries.Why are you in denial in regards to the content of Zakaria's article?
The time has come for Muslims in India to rise and demand a separate independent state for themselves. Where they can live in dignity, in peace, in a civilized culture and not under Hindu subjugation. We have seen the fear in your eyes and the quiver in your voices. From the ashes of India shall rise the Phoenix.
The western world and Americans support a separate state for the Muslims in India. A state based on democratic principles , capitalism, a belief in the unity of god .
Oh? You mean like Pakistan? Keep trying. You might get it right eventually...
Wasn't that Pakistan and Bangladesh (formerly East Pakistan)?
There is such a place...it's a lovely place named PAKISTAN
I thought that Pakistan was the answer to Muslims in India!
India is being flooded by Muslims who are so uneducated they are simply unemployable. They refuse to culturally integrate yet demand they be treated special while being supported on the dole. Most Indians are extremely tolerant of them despite having their already depressed local economies being heavily sapped by immigrants who return the favor by threatening to violently over throw their generous hosts. I saw this first hand all across India.
Only those part of Islam can fix Islam's problems. As Spanish Inquisition happened, it was those who were devote Christians spoke against such terrorism. All Islam states must NOW stand up against ISIS or they are part of the problem.
ISIS is a global movement not a sectarian movement. It is a philosophy not a movement. Almost every country is represented in ISIS. Source: NSA
It is a movement that touts a literal interpretation of the Koran. The point is Christianity went through this phase and now Islam is going through it. Trouble is, this movement has a better chance of ending the world than any insane crusade ever did before.
ISIS is a violent Islamic movement.It is not a global representative movement as you wish to believe it is.
The inquisition only killed 1000 – 3000 people, but nice try in using it as propaganda. You must be one who believes the atheist propaganda, but historians all agree that the inquisition saw 150k arrests and only 1 – 2% of those people put to death.
The basic fact is that people are all basically good.
All gods are imaginary, They are created by people for cultural, political and economic purposes.
There is no supernatural.
No heaven, no hell. This world and this life is all we will ever have.
Good people will do good things.
Bad people will do bad things.
It takes religion to convince good people that doing bad things is good.
How can we support the good people while freeing them from the virtual enslavement of religion.
Well put. My feelings exactly.
You stated your beliefs and observations rather well; the platform of your personal religion, and I dare say the religion of many good people in the world. My personal religion is much like yours, except that we simply do not KNOW much of anything in reality. The universe is an extraordinary thing of which we are inextricably connected, full of dimensions and depth that we can't possibly understand. To say that what we have is all we have is just a guess, a belief. To say that there is nothing that one might call God is a belief as well. We simply are something amazing,even if we can't define what that is.
Why don't you try to say something intelligent and add to the conversation?
The answer to that question is implicit in his posting.
There is no god. God is figment of imagination.
Sucks to be a woman in India. Sucks to be a woman in any Islamic country.
It sucks to have brain cancer. Does not make liver cancer ok.
We have to remember that christianity went through an horibly violent extreamism stage just like Islam. The crusaides and other periods of killing by the church and supported by political leaders. The christian church also did massive land-grabs just like ISIS. The only difference is that this behavior now is being carried out using weapons that kill in the thousands rather than kills here and there like the christian church did. And ALL in the name of religion, just like ISIS. No difference.
As they say, when you point a finger, three fingers are pointed back to you.
The crusades were a defensive action. They ejected Islam from most of Europe. Islam came from what is now Saudi Arabia. Take a look at a modern map and have a look at Mo's land grabbing.
We need a new crusade, anyone who looks at the crusades as a bad thing is a liberal fool
Like the cut of your jib, Pete!
There is a big difference between Islam & Christianity. Christianity allows for the separation of Church & State. Islam on the other hand does not. To separate Mosque and State would render Islam obsolete. Islam is caught between a rock and a hard place.
Let's be honest: the world has a problem called religion.
Wrong, the world has a problem called atheism and Islam
I don't see too much trouble with atheists...
Actually, the world has a problem with human stupidity. Don't think that your ideas are not part of the problem.
Islam has no place in the world
I agree! Islam has no place in the modern world as it exist today.
Thanks Fareed! I've always been impressed with your realistic and balanced approach. Oversimplification is by nature used so people don't have to actually understand the nuanced situation. They can make a judgement then move on to the next topic. Television media personalities do this by default. Thanks again for being an exception to that rule.
Let's really be honest. Look at the numbers. It is hardly a small minority.
People like to say that it is only a small, radical minority of Muslims that are the problem. But even 1% of 1.6B is 16 million. Plus it is fact that countries like Saudi Arabia teach curricula of death to non believers and hatred of the West, the U.S. specifically in some cases.
The small minority is roughly 35% of Muslims, or 500 million or so. We need a new round of crusades.
Mahler's grossly exaggeration of an entire population is dangerous, inherently cowardly and ignorant. His position mirrors the exact characterization he has placed upon Islam: bigoted absolutism with absolutely no tolerance for differences or opposition.
The difference is that you can speak out and denounce Maher if you so choose.You cannot speak out and denounce Islam,though.
Islam cannot have a problem, it doesn't exist. Only people have a problem, especially with dogmatic belief systems like Islam. All dogmatic belief systems cause division and violence, Islam is just the most obvious one today.
Islam was born in the Middle East while Zakaria is from the Indian subcontinent and should know the history of his birthplace and the rest of Asia. Islam spread to most of Asia, though extreme violence and brutality. The extent of this brutality can be gauged by the fact that 70% of Muslims are from this part of the world forced to convert or die. Whether or not today's average Muslims support the cruel aspects of the religion, they are happy to benefit from it, without complaining or protesting !!!
This comment section describes the problem with Muslims.
LIke Fareed if they acknowledge the problem in Islam today, may be there wouldn't be a problem in Islam.
I usually respect and agree with many of your views, Fareed... but in this case, I think you are the one oversimplifying the issues.
Your point about how Christians when about in reforming their religion was to "celebrate those elements of Christianity that were tolerant, liberal and modern and emphasize that; all the while giving devout Christians reasons to take pride in their fate".
Which also implies "and ignore all the violence that it promotes as well as the other, more embarrassing passages those scriptures contain". THAT's what Harris means, by saying "not take their religion seriously". Because one cannot claim to be a TRUE follower, when only selecting the passages that that suit them and ignoring the ones that are embarrassing. The Koran is plagued with violent passages (like many other scriptures) and it's dishonest to imply otherwise.
I also disagree that people should be able to "take pride in their religion", and continue to be shielded from any criticism. As it is often said on my side (Atheist), "people deserve respect, ideas do not".
(I meant faith, not fate)
Another point... your conclusions about how Islam isn't inherently violent because for long periods of time, Muslims were more tolerant. That COULD be one way of seeing it... the other way could also be that for long periods of time, Muslims weren't following the scriptures literally... but are doing more so now. Also, even if that were true and Muslims were more tolerant before... did they respect human rights and women's rights during those years?
Yes... these are true for Christians as well... That's why Harris (and Maher) criticize ALL religions, which is another point you failed to mention in your comments.
You suggested that Harris read some book. Did you even read one of Harris' books?
Obama is letting Mexican Drug Cartels sell drugs to your kids , so the CIA can fund ISIS / Syrian rebels with weapons and ammo . For Obama , Syria is his Contra type scandal .
There may be a difference in the religions but there is little difference in the people! Other than their color and race. And God intended for us all to live together on this planet, peacefully!!! Im pretty certain he is also none too pleased with the "pigfest of wit, or in this case NO wit" that has taken place with the nasty posts on this thread! Do you REALLY eat with that mouth? Your food must taste like total crap!
Folks, let me take you on a trip to reality.
Modern day terrorism was invented by the likes of Mussolini and Hitler assisted by Gandhi. They were Christians and hindus. Millions were killed in the most vicious way.
We're talking about now, today.


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Jose Luis "Pepe" Contreras-Vidal, director of the Laboratory for Noninvasive Brain-Machine Interface Systems and a professor of electrical and computer engineering, has been working on a brain-machine interface that is much simpler than what was once predicted. He recently moved to UH from the University of Maryland to continue his research.
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"This is an important capability for any robotics system. If something goes wrong, if the feedback is not expected, you need to be able to make quick corrections," he said.
With these findings, Contreras-Vidal hopes to demonstrate a human walking with an exoskeleton controlled by a brain-machine interface in a matter of months. A successful demonstration will be an important milestone for both science and patient care.
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Designer Joel Templin will be the featured speaker at the College of Visual Arts annual Leaders of Design program, which kicks off this week with a lecture at the Minnesota History Center in St. Paul, Minnesota on Wednesday, September 22. A native of Wisconsin, Templin began his career in Minneapolis, working for Gardner Design and Charles Spencer Anderson Design before moving to San Francisco and finding great success with Templin Brink Design. His current venture, Hatch, blends traditional client service work with entrepreneurial concepts. The first Hatch product launch is a wine brand called JAQK Cellars.
Joel and I discussed Hatch, JAQK Cellars, and the challenges designers face in launching their own business ventures in a recent email exchange.
Merge: You had a lot of success with Templin Brink Design, assembling a client base that many design firms would salivate over, and you appear to be really well positioned to move that success forward with Hatch. So why mess with the client service formula? Why add the new layer of entrepreneurship onto that successful base?
Joel: Yes, I had a great run with T.B.D. but Hatch (and JAQK Cellars) has ended up outperforming, and has catapulted us to a whole new level—totally unexpected but a very happy surprise. Starting out in this industry, my goal was to have my own firm but it was after working in Chuck Anderson's office and working on the CSA Archive as well as hearing about some of the other product things Chuck tried like the Paramount Pictures product line or his watch line that really inspired me to want to create my own products in addition to client work. I really enjoy the entrepreneurial side of things, love coming up with ideas or other ways to venture out. The clients we've worked with over the years have been great and this is something we'll always do. The only difference over time is that we may end up being even that much more selective in terms of who we decide to work with.


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> Now that the week of debating over awards is over, the boring part of the offseason starts: waiting for all of the big name players to sign. But first, let's look at the complete placing for each award (via Baseball Reference).
1. Buster Posey
2. Ryan Braun
3. Andrew McCutchen
4. Yadier Molina
5. Chase Headley
6. Adam LaRoche
6. David Wright
8. Craig Kimbrel
9. Aramis Ramirez
10. Jay Bruce
11. Matt Holliday
12. Aroldis Chapman
13. Brandon Phillips
14. R.A. Dickey
14. Joey Votto
16. Ian Desmond
16. Clayton Kershaw
18. Michael Bourn
19. Allen Craig
20. Gio Gonzalez
20. Kris Medlen
20. Martin Prado
20. Alfonso Soriano
24. Giancarlo Stanton
24. Ryan Zimmerman
26. Carlos Beltran
26. Aaron Hill
28. Jason Heyward
28. Carlos Ruiz
30. Johnny Cueto
30. Bryce Harper
32. Chipper Jones
32. Miguel Montero
32. Angel Pagan
32. Hunter Pence
1. Miguel Cabrera
2. Mike Trout
3. Adrian Beltre
4. Robinson Cano
5. Josh Hamilton
6. Adam Jones
7. Derek Jeter
8. Justin Verlander
9. Prince Fielder
10. Yoenis Cespedes
11. Edwin Encarnacion
12. David Price
13. Fernando Rodney
14. Jim Johnson
15. Alex Rios
16. Josh Reddick
17. Albert Pujols
18. Ben Zobrist
19. Joe Mauer
20. Rafael Soriano
21. Matt Wieters
22. Felix Hernandez
22. Jered Weaver
24. Raul Ibanez
NL Cy Young Award:
1. R.A. Dickey
2. Clayton Kershaw
3. Gio Gonzalez
4. Johnny Cueto
5. Craig Kimbrel
6. Matt Cain
7. Kyle Lohse
8. Aroldis Chapman
8. Cole Hamels
AL Cy Young Award:
1. David Price
2. Justin Verlander
3. Jered Weaver
4. Felix Hernandez
5. Fernando Rodney
6. Chris Sale
7. Jim Johnson
8. Matt Harrison
9. Yu Darvish
NL Rookie of the Year:
1. Bryce Harper
2. Wade Miley
3. Todd Frazier
4. Wilin Rosario
5. Norichika Aoki
6. Yonder Alonso
6. Matt Carpenter
6. Jordan Pacheco
AL Rookie of the Year:
1. Mike Trout
2. Yoenis Cespedes
3. Yu Darvish
4. Wei-Yin Chen
5. Jarrod Parker
NL Manager of the Year:
1. Davey Johnson
2. Dusty Baker
3. Bruce Bochy
4. Fredi Gonzalez
5. Bud Black
5. Mike Matheny
AL Manager of the Year:
1. Bob Melvin
2. Buck Showalter
3. Robin Ventura
4. Joe Maddon
5. Joe Girardi
6. Jim Leyland
6. Ron Washington
> I forgot to mention the other day that Ramirez placed ninth in the NL MVP voting. It seems like a lot of non-Brewers fans are overlooking that he actually turned in a great year.
> The Brewers signed Eulogio De La Cruz and Zach Kroenke- both pitchers- to minor league deals.
Kroenke is a lefty, so he gives the Brewers some much-needed depth in that department. And, if you don't recognize the name "Eulogio" De La Cruz, trust me- you do.
Does "Frankie" De La Cruz ring a bell? Yep, he's back, and n0w I can continue vomiting over how horrible his mechanics are.
> Jack Zduriencik- a former Brewers scout, and currently the general manager of the Mariners- said they aren't actively pursuing Josh Hamilton. That could be good for the Brewers, though Doug Melvin has been saying basically the same thing as Zduriencik.
> The Blue Jays signed Melky Cabrera to a two-year deal worth $16 million. Interpret that how you want.
> Minor moves:
Mets: Signed Brian Bixler to a minor league deal.
Padres: Acquired Tyson Ross and A.J. Kirby-Jones from the Athletics.
Athletics: Acquired Andrew Werner and Andy Parrino from the Padres.
Royals: Signed Brandon Wood, Atahualpa Severino, Brian Sanches, and Anthony Ortega to minor league deals.


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Archive of 2009
Ordinary Afghans share security fears
Afghan civilians want both Taliban and coalition forces to do more to protect their safety.
Brown: We'll set a timetable for withdrawal
Talks in the new year should involve discussions over the timing of British withdrawal from Afghanistan, the prime minister has announced.
Atheists lose Thought for the Day battle
Radio 4's Thought for the Day slot is remain closed to non-religious contributors after the BBC Trust ruled it did not contravene BBC guidelines.
It's official: Clinton fancies Miliband
David Miliband is "attractive" and "vibrant", Hillary Clinton had admitted.
Pickles branded 'dictator' after deselection failure
Conservative party chairman Eric Pickles was accused of being a "dictator" after PPC Elizabeth Truss saw off a bid to deselect her last night.
Dementia drain: Hospital 'spells misery' for patients
Dementia sufferers often leave hospital in a worse condition than when they entered, a report has claimed.
Copenhagen cop-out: The 'longest suicide note in history'?
Procrastinating politicians are in danger of turning next month's climate change talks in Copenhagen into little more than a talking shop, a body of leading scientists and engineers has warned.
Weak economy could ruin election
The government faces more problems in the run-up to the election with the news that the economy is set to weaken early next year.
'Thousands of children' failed by system
Thousands of children are being put at risk of sexual exploitation because local authorities are ignoring the problem, children's charity Barnardo's has argued.
Labour surges but Cameron trusted, poll shows
Labour is seeing a poll boost, according to the latest ICM poll, but David Cameron's reputation as decisive and respected is holding firm.
Inflation up as prices rise
The first rise in in the Bank of England's inflation benchmark since February has been announced.
Cable calls for 10% levy on bank profits
Liberal Democrat shadow chancellor Vince Cable has criticised high-risk "casino banking" and called for a ten per cent levy on bank profits this year to tackle the national deficit.
Miliband warns against Afghanistan 'vacuum'
David Miliband has called for a "clear political strategy" to match military efforts in Afghanistan.
Labour candidates call for electoral reform
A group of Labour candidates has written a letter to Gordon Brown calling for a referendum on electoral reform to be held on the day of the general election.
Clegg: Cancel the Queen's Speech
The Queen's Speech should be scrapped this year and replaced with thorough implementation of reforms to parliament, Nick Clegg said this morning.
Truss' fate to be decided at deselection meeting
A Conservative PPC will attempt to avoid deselection tonight as she faces party members who claim she misled them over her affair with a Conservative MP.
Long-awaited Merlins make Afghan landing
The first of six RAF Merlin helicopters due to be deployed to boost frontline troops in Afghanistan has arrived in Camp Bastion today.
Tories blame overcrowding for overnight prisoner release
A rise in the number of prisoners allowed to spend nights outside jail has been caused by overcrowding, the Conservatives have claimed.
BNP's Griffin to mount Barking challenge
British National party (BNP) leader Nick Griffin will stand in Barking at the general election, he has announced.
Govt plots bonus curbs for bankers
Treasury plans to prevent bankers receiving "ludicrous bonuses" are receiving a mixed welcome ahead of the Queen's Speech.
Tories deny Murdoch deal
The Conservatives have denied a deal with Rupert Murdoch as a "completely wrong and totally improper" allegation.
PM to offer Australian apology
The prime minister is preparing to offer an apology to British children forcibly sent to Commonwealth countries for a life of abuse and unpaid labour.
Youth will find ID cards 'handy'
A voluntary national identity card scheme will be launched in Greater Manchester today designed to give young people "day-to-day convenience".
Labour secures Glasgow North East
Labour comfortably won the Glasgow North East by-election overnight with a majority of 8,111.
Top Tory attacks the Sun over Brown coverage
The Sun "got it wrong" in its attacks on Gordon Brown this week - and David Cameron would probably agree, a senior Tory has said.


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MONTREAL - With just days left in the Quebec election campaign and her Parti Quebecois apparently struggling in opinion polls, Pauline Marois came out with a surprising promise on Thursday: future income-tax cuts.
The goodies would kick in only after the province balances its budget, which the PQ has said will occur in 2015-16.
In an exchange with Michel Leblanc, head of the Montreal Board of Trade, Marois said a re-elected PQ government would cut business taxes.
She then told reporters later the promise would also extend to individual taxpayers.
Asked why she waited until Day 30 of the campaign to mention the commitment, Marois replied: "Not a lot of people asked me (about tax cuts)."
"The board of trade asked me the question."
Marois was short on details about the cuts, which she surely hopes will help the PQ regain some momentum before Monday's vote.
"The middle class is heavily taxed," she said. "We know that, and we want to alleviate some of that burden."
In a campaign dominated by talk of corruption, integrity and the secular charter, there had been no inkling of any tax-relief announcements since the election being called March 5.
The surprise announcement was brushed off by both of her main rivals. Coalition Leader Francois Legault called it improvisation and a desperate move. Perceived front-runner, Liberal Leader Philippe Couillard, dismissed her pledge as a political play.
"The last time I heard Madame Marois talk about taxes was when she scared everyone with retroactive tax hikes after they formed a government," Couillard told a gathering in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, south of Montreal.
"Is there anyone here who believes her?," the Liberal leader asked.
The response from the partisan crowd was a collective:"No."
"Come on!" Couillard added in a further jab at Marois's announcement.
While the PQ has promised a balanced budget in 2015-2016, Quebec's interim auditor general said recently the government was being very optimistic if it thought it could achieve it within a few years.
The PQ campaigned in 2012 on a promise to balance the budget in 2013-2014, the fiscal year which ended just a few days ago, on March 31. It eventually put off the objective after saying government revenues were way lower than anticipated.
Marois said one-half of any future budget surpluses could be used for tax cuts and one-half for improvements in services.
Earlier on Thursday, Couillard predicted his opponents would pay at the polls for what he termed their insult-laden campaigns.
Couillard accused Marois of taking the low road on the campaign trail and said voters are starting to tune out because of the barbs.
Couillard took his main rival to task over comments she made Wednesday about him and accused fraudster Arthur Porter.
Through an intermediary, Porter voiced his support for the Liberal leader from a Panamanian jail cell where he is awaiting a decision on extradition to Canada on fraud charges. In brief interview posted online, Porter said he still considers Couillard a friend.
Asked about Porter's comments, Marois described the two men as "birds of a feather."
Couillard, who has been fending off campaign attacks for his past dealings with Porter, clearly has had enough with the attacks.
"It's such a mediocre way to talk about someone else," he said as he campaigned in Sherbrooke ahead of a blitz of several other towns.
"Quebecers judge people. When you are on a 33-day campaign, you're always in front of people ...so when you use that tone, when you use those words, in my opinion, you send a really negative impression to people."
Porter is a former hospital administrator who is facing fraud charges in Canada stemming from the awarding of the McGill University superhospital contract. He has denied any wrongdoing.
Porter first struck up a friendship with Couillard when the latter served as health minister in Jean Charest's Liberal government.
The two set up a company together in 2010, but the Liberal leader has said no business was ever conducted and that there were no financial statements before the firm dissolved in 2012.
During the campaign, Couillard released official documents about the dealings to try to stem the attacks.
He said Thursday the message being sent by Marois and the PQ is they are "ready to try anything, including insults, disparaging remarks and guilt by association."
"It would be so easy for me to reply in the same tone, but I will not do it," he said.
It hasn't been easy, Couillard admitted. He said he has had to bite his tongue during the acrimonious campaign.
"I think I built with patience, and sometimes with a certain degree of pain, to answer insult, not by insult, but by respect, keeping a respectful tone," Couillard told reporters.
"This gives me, I believe, the credibility the day after the election to rally Quebecers."
Couillard said Quebecers don't want to end up back at the polls in another 18 months in the event of a second consecutive minority government.
"Let's give an election holiday for four years to Quebecers," he said.
"I think we need a majority government. And we need a Liberal majority because we need a government that's going to be focused on employment, the economy, better education and better health care."
Legault warned, meanwhile, that the election of a Liberal government would be a serious blow to Quebec's finances and could lead to a drop in the province's credit rating.
He continued to talk up his economic plan and has vowed to do until the end of the campaign. All the while, he kept his attack on the Liberals for their economic plan for being unrealistic.
"We have to remember what Mr. Charest and the Liberals did in nine years and, right now, I don't see one proposal from Mr. Couillard different from Mr. Charest's program," Legault said in Quebec City.
The Coalition leader has frequently talked about breaking the two-party cycle that has existed in Quebec for 40 years. Various polls suggest the Liberals will return to power.
If it comes to pass, Legault believes fear will have played a role.
"I think that some people were really afraid about a referendum ... especially the Anglophones," Legault said. "They are scared and Mr.Couillard took benefit of that for three weeks."
— with files from Alexandre Robillard in Montreal, Patrice Bergeron in Quebec City and Martin Ouellet in Sherbrooke and Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu.
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