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Published at 11:06, Thursday, 18 August 2011
WHITEHAVEN will have to do it the hard way in the play-offs after Doncaster staged a dramatic late comeback at the Keepmoat Stadium.
David Seeds' side led 18-10 going into the final 10 minutes of a bruising and pulsating Championship One encounter.
But late scores from Craig Fawcett and Nev Morrison, whose winning try came just three minutes before the hooter, condemned Haven to a gut-wrenching reverse.
The defeat leaves Haven five points adrift of fourth-placed Doncaster with just two games remaining.
Seeds said: "Obviously we're absolutely devastated with the outcome but we put it on a plate for Doncaster.
"We played a lot better than we have done in recent games but mistakes cost us in the end.
"There were a couple of other positives – Paul King and Chris Gerrard came into the side and really looked the part.
"But looking ahead to the play-offs we'll have to do it the hard way.
"We'll have to regroup this week and keep our chins up."
Doncaster, who are now now eyeing a top two finish, broke the deadlock on nine minutes.
Mike Coady beat Craig Calvert to Craig Fawcett's high kick to touch down in the corner and give the hosts a four-point advantage, but Scott Spaven dragged his difficult conversion attempt wide of the left hand post.
Haven were struggling to gain the upper hand against a determined Doncaster outfit but midway through the first half they were gifted the chance to cancel out Coady's try.
Lee Doran charged down Fawcett's grubber kick deep inside Haven territory and broke quickly to half way before Loz Hamzat ghosted through the Dons' defensive line.
Lewis Palfrey kicked Whitehaven into a 6-4 lead – and, slightly against the run of play, the visitors extended their lead to eight points just five minutes before the break.
A sweeping move from left to right allowed Hamzat to dive over in the corner for his second score of the game.
Palfrey followed it up with a superb conversion from out wide to give Haven a 12-4 half-time advantage.
But Whitehaven were caught cold after the restart.
Kyle Kesik was allowed to reach for the line and plant the ball down with the second period just two minutes old.
Spaven's simple conversion reduced the deficit to just two points – and only a last-ditch Craig Benson intervention prevented Kesik from latching onto a Spaven kick and scoring what would have been a simple try for the hosts.
Debutant prop Paul King, signed until the end of the season after leaving Wakefield Trinity Wildcats, was then held up by a resolute Doncaster defence at the base of the goalpost as Whitehaven looked to increase their slender lead.
Haven's third try did arrive on 63 minutes when Palfrey played in Luke Isakka and the prop powered over from five yards, with Palfrey again adding the extras.
Winger Hamzat then had to be helped from the field nursing a leg injury as the visitors looked to take the sting out of the Dons.
But Doncaster were not finished yet.
The impressive Fawcett showed good strength to power over the line from close range with nine minutes remaining on the clock and Spaven's kick set up a thrilling finale.
And the home side snatched a dramatic win when Morrison was on the end of a brilliant move following an incisive Mick Butterfield run from well inside his own half.
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How to Stay Married for 10 Years: Distortion and Apologies
In one month, Rob and I will be celebrating 10 years of complete marital bliss. Complete. Take the photo above for example. My husband took this picture of me and my sisters in a tree house. I'm twenty pounds heavier than them but it's obvious the camera has wildly distorted me. I look like a giant ape about to swing from the branches. After seeing it, I was whining about looking huge and told him to shift his position so he would have a direct forward shot. In my most condescending voice, I told him this small adjustment would help avoid distortion. His response? "Sharon, you're bigger than your sisters. I can't change that." Whoa. What is that suppose to mean, anyway? My face dropped and responded with something like, "You're awful!" and ran off to sob in the bathroom for hours. Just kidding. I made him take another picture. And this time make me look skinny damn it. He nailed it, even with my seething inside. He knew he said the stupidest thing and apologized a billion times. It took a few hours, but it eventually became our running joke of the trip.
This basically has been the set up for our entire marriage: Rob trying to do something nice for me (take a photo), I criticize it (no, stand here!), he gets defensive (you're big!), and then surprises me with brilliance anyway (nailed the shot). Insert a trillion apologies, and in the end, we've accumulated endless amounts of inside jokes because of our blunders. Complete marital bliss indeed.
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This is hilarious! And as someone who's been with my husband for 13 years now, I can safely say that while no two paths to marital bliss are identical, yours surely will ring true for many of us! People who think marital bliss is just getting along perfectly all the time are totally delusional. The key is getting over things quickly, and learning to laugh and each other and ourselves. Happy 10!ReplyDelete
Loved your comment. I've been living with my boyfriend for 4 years now and feel exactly like you. Getting over things quickly and laughing it off is our way of dealing with differences and keeping the spirit fun.Delete
Wow, fantastic, I'm so envious!!Happy anniversary!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJuly 11, 2013 at 6:49 AM
Awww... I love your candor. You and Rob have a great relationship. So adorable. Happy Anniversary!!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJuly 11, 2013 at 7:23 AM
Great pics, Rob:) Happy Anniversary:)ReplyDelete
Haha you're hilarious, I love your honesty. Happy Anniversary!!ReplyDelete
1. You all are gorgeous!ReplyDelete
2. 10 years!!! You look like you were a teen bride.
3. That's my marriage too. We're less than 1 year in so I'm glad this can sustain for 10 years ;)
Hilarious and spot on! I've been married 12 years in September and I couldn't agree more. Your honesty is refreshing :)ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJuly 11, 2013 at 4:35 PM
I think you look totally beautiful!!!! xxReplyDelete
- AnonymousJuly 11, 2013 at 8:10 PM
Great picture! Sharon, did you ever tell the story of your and Rob's first date? I was reading your 8th anniversary post and you mentioned that you would share it sometime. I love reading your writing!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJuly 11, 2013 at 10:06 PM
great pic...but the sister in the grey shirt? she looks so skinny from the front it looks like her sides are photoshopped!ReplyDelete
Haha so sweet! Love your writing and can never get enough of it! Congratulations for soon-to-be married for ten years! What an incredible achievement, nowadays!ReplyDelete
Sooooo cute, you have it. The secret to a happy marriage: inside jokes. In fairness to Rob, middle sister is tiny.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJuly 16, 2013 at 1:39 PM
when I first saw this picture (before reading the post) I was thinking about how refreshing it was to see a normal looking blog-writer. You look great and it's encouraging to see a well-known blog author who reminds me of me. :)ReplyDelete
A} I feel like I know you.ReplyDelete
B} I thought the first picture was cutie-pie until
C} I saw the second. It is better.
I always quip that my husband is best at taking the most unattractive photos of me. I always try to watch my angles, but he seems to have an uncanny ability to find my worst ones regardless. Marital bliss....I love how it looks different for each couple. Happy anniversary!!ReplyDelete
When taking family photos, how crusty my children's faces are ranks in importance only slightly above how fat my arms look. Looks like you are having a fabulous summer.ReplyDelete
I really like this post. Your honesty is very refreshing.ReplyDelete
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For many people around the world, 2011 was a very tough year, as millions lost jobs, suffered foreclosures and faced austerity, while the rich did fine and corporations hoarded trillions of dollars in cash. But there were glimmers of hope in the emergence of resistance, writes Danny Schechter.
The GOP's Hazy Cloud of Ignorance
Since the ascendance of Ronald Reagan three decades ago, the Republican Party has evolved into the anti-science (or make-up-your-own-facts) party with a smug know-nothing attitude that is crippling efforts to address the looming crisis of global warming, as Michael Winship notes.
GOP Clowns Take Over the Circus
The Republican presidential race has had many jaw-dropping gaffes and fumbles, but perhaps most shocking is the thought that the extreme policies on display might actually come to pass, offering what Lawrence Davidson sees as the strongest argument for supporting President Obama's reelection.
The Dark Legacy of Reaganomics
Exclusive: For half a century – from the depths of the Great Depression until the rise of Ronald Reagan – the U.S. government invested in building the nation and funding key research. And the country flourished. But Reagan then reversed those priorities. The results are in, writes Robert Parry.
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Exclusive: Mainstream American journalists have long feared the wrath of the well-organized Right, which targets independent-minded reporters with the damaging label "liberal." So, the career-minded are quick to bend over rightward, as CNN just did in teaming up with the Tea Party Express, reports Robert Parry.
The Myopic Madness of the GOP
Pretty much the entire field of Republican presidential candidates embraces hostility toward the federal government, driven either by religious fervor or a belief in unregulated capitalism. The GOP hopefuls are appealing to a large subset of the U.S. population that resents the modern world and the lessons of history, as Lawrence Davidson notes.
The GOP War on the Environment
An article of faith on the American Right is that the "free market" can solve pretty much all problems and the government should simply get out of the way. After the debt-limit crisis, the Republicans turn to the environment, writes Don Monkerud.


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Dealergate and Statistics
Yet another statistical analysis of the Chrysler dealership closings has been conducted, although this one appears to be both much more thorough (albeit preliminary) and concentrated on the correct data (my emphasis):
To start with, we pulled raw donor data from The Center for Responsive Politics / OpenSecrets.org for the 2008 election cycle and extracted ~865 megabytes of 2008 individual contribution ("IC") cycle table entries.
… this particular output is the widest available dataset on contributions. We matched this data against two Chrysler dealer lists:
First, Docket #797 "Document #3″ "Schedule of Designated Domestic Dealer Agreements and Cure Costs Related Thereto" (a list of dealers expected to survive).
Second, the famous "Exhibit A" document of dealers to be closed.
We ran binary logistic regressions across the variables. The results are interesting but the most dramatic was saved dealers v. donations by candidate and/or party.
The results of the analysis suggest that donors to Hillary Clinton in the recent presidential race received some preferential treatment. That does not mean that anyone has proven anything, nor that the statistical analysis makes any sort of unassailable case. It merely raises a concern that, given the probabilities, Clinton donors appear to have survived the dealership closings surprisingly well.
This puzzled us. Why would there be an
significantnoticeable (we have rightly been called out for using significant here) and highly positive correlation between dealer survival and Clinton donors? Granted, that P-Value (0.125) isn't enough to reject the null hypothesis at 95% confidence intervals (our null hypothesis being that the effect is due to random chance), but a 12.5% chance of a Type I error in rejecting a null hypothesis (false rejection of a true hypothesis) is at least eyebrow raising. Most statistians would not call this a "find" as 95% confidence intervals are the gold standard for this sort of work. Nevertheless, it seems clear that something is going on here. Specifically, the somewhat low probability that the Clinton data showing higher survivability of Clinton donors could result just from pure chance. But why not better significance with any of the other variables? Why this stand out?
Then we got to thinking. Steven Rattner, the Car Czar, is married to Maureen White, one-time national finance chairman of the Democratic National Committee. What does Maureen do now? From her website:
Maureen White is currently Chairman of the Board of Overseers of The International Rescue Committee (IRC), a member of the North American Advisory Board for the London School of Economics, and a National Finance Chair of the Hillary Clinton for President Campaign. (emphasis ours)
That website looks dated, but you get the idea.
Again, we want to point out that our findings are preliminary and subject to change. But whatever the result, the Administration has made themselves very vulnerable by taking charge of the dealership closing decisions.
I'm still not sure if there's anything to the allegations, but there seems to be more than enough anomalies to warrant some questions being asked of the Obama administration. It should be noted that the theory regarding potential shenanigans has morphed from Obama creating a Republican hit list with the closings, to Obama benefiting Democrat donors by allowing their dealerships to survive (and thrive), to Obama's "Car Czar" rewarding donors to his wife's favorite political candidate (Hillary Clinton). When the theory moves that much, often it's a sign that one is fishing for a villain. And despite the evidence amassed in this case showing that an unusual number of Democrat donors are set to prosper from the closing decisions, that may be the case here.
However this all turns out, one thing is certain: by involving itself so deeply in the fate of Chrysler (and GM), the Obama administration invited scrutiny concerning its decision-making processes. Furthermore, in being so opaque about how the government is picking winners and losers (not to mention that it is making these decisions at all), the Obama administration has left itself open to attacks of favoritism. That has nothing to do with Obama or partisanship in particular, but with the fact that unaccountable power rightfully raises fears and suspicions of favoritism. If Chrysler had been left to fend for itself in bankruptcy, none of these questions would have been raised.
The government arrogated to itself tremendous amounts of power over what would normally be private business decisions. In the process, the Obama administration blatantly used its power and influence to reward a favored constituent group (the UAW). Now that statistical evidence suggests more favoritism may have been in play, it's a little late to cry "conspiracy theory." Instead, the Obama administration should start opening the books and answering questions.
"Dealergate": Things To Keep In Mind
Whether or not the decisions to close certain Chrysler dealerships was political motivated is still an open question, and based mostly on anecdotal evidence as well as an incomplete analysis data. Regardless, the evidence available thusfar, when viewed in light of the Obama administration's previously demonstrated willingness to meddle for partisan gain (UAW anyone?), suggests that in the very least more investigation is warranted.
As the investigation unfolds (the yeoman's work of which is being done by Doug Ross and Joey Smith), there are couple of things to keep in mind. Although many people have referred to the closing list of dealerships as a "hit list" it makes much more sense to concentrate on the dealerships remaining open and regarding it as a potential "friends Obama supports" list. By way of example, the evidence unearthed by Joey Smith regarding the RLJ-McLarty-Landers enterprise reveals that big time Democrat donors and partisans are reaping enormous benefits from the Chrysler plan in the form of all its competition being wiped out. So who owns this luckiest of dealerships?:
In my analysis of the Chrysler dealers that will remain open, I came across one dealer group that stood out to me.
The company is called RLJ-McLarty-Landers, and it operates six Chrysler dealerships throughout the South. All six dealerships are safe from closing.
The interesting part is who the three main owners of the company are. The owners are Steve Landers (long-time car dealer, 4th-generation dealer), Thomas "Mack" McLarty (former Chief of Staff for President Clinton), and Robert Johnson (founder of Black Entertainment Television and co-owner of the NBA's Charlotte Bobcats). Landers has given money to Republicans in the past, but McLarty campaigned for Obama in 2008, and Johnson has given countless amounts of money to Democrats over the years.
Smith has found a similar fortune for Lithia Motors, whose CEO Sidney Deboer is a Democratic donor (although he's also given to Republicans) and has come out publicly in favor of the Obama administration.
Of course, all of this is still anecdotal, but the planned closings look awfully fishy when the list of canceled dealerships is so totally dominated by Republican donors, and the list of survivors features prominent Democrat supporters.
Regardless of the above, Nate Silver has provided the excuse for Obama supporters to safely ignore this story by declaring the percentage of Republican car dealers to be so high in comparison to Democrats, that there should be little to no surprise when the closing list is so chock full of GOP partisans:
There is just one problem with this theory. Nobody has bothered to look up data for the control group: the list of dealerships which aren't being closed. It turns out that all car dealers are, in fact, overwhelmingly more likely to donate to Republicans than to Democrats — not just those who are having their doors closed.
Overall, 88 percent of the contributions from car dealers went to Republican candidates and just 12 percent to Democratic candidates. By comparison, the list of dealers on Doug Ross's list (which I haven't vetted, but I assume is fine) gave 92 percent of their money to Republicans — not really a significant difference.
There's no conspiracy here, folks — just some bad math.
Despite what Silver asserts (i.e. that the control group of non-closing dealerships should be examined), he does no such thing. Instead, he researches the Huffington Post's Fundrace database for donations from car dealers to arrive at his decision that such occupation gives to the GOP at the tune of 8-1. However, Open Secrets arrives at a much different conclusion, especially over the long term, in which dealers only gave to the GOP at approximately a 3.5-1 clip. At those numbers, one would expect to find somewhere around a quarter of the closings to affect Democrat donors, instead of the 2.36% found thus far:
In fact, I have thus far found only a single Obama donor ($200 from Jeffrey Hunter of Waco, Texas) on the closing list.
Another review of all 789 closing dealerships, by WND, found $450,000 donated to GOP presidential candidates; $7,970 to Sen. Hillary Clinton; $2,200 to John Edwards and $450 to Barack Obama.
Of course, it's important to remember that statistics do not prove the existence of anything, just its likelihood of existing. Nevertheless, the details uncovered so far suggest that partisanship may have indeed played a role in deciding which franchises remained open.
RNC "Fumbles" Sotomayor Talking Points?
According to The Hill's Blog, the Republican National Committee has already screwed up their opposition to Sonia Sotomayor's nomination:
Whoops. The Republican National Committee (RNC) has apparently inadvertently released its list of talking points on the nomination of Judge Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court.
Included on the released list were a few hundred influential Republicans who were the intended recipients of the talking points. Unfortunately for the RNC, so were members of the media.
Yikes! Sounds bad doesn't it? There must be some mention of Sotomayor being an "especially dangerous" candidate because of her Hispanic ethnicity or something. Well, let's have a look-see:
o President Obama's nomination of Judge Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court is an important decision that will have an impact on the United States long after his administration.
o Republicans are committed to a fair confirmation process and will reserve judgment until more is known about Judge Sotomayor's legal views, judicial record and qualifications.
o Until we have a full view of the facts and comprehensive understanding of Judge Sotomayor's record, Republicans will avoid partisanship and knee-jerk judgments – which is in stark contrast to how the Democrats responded to the Judge Roberts and Alito nominations.
o To be clear, Republicans do not view this nomination without concern. Judge Sotomayor has received praise and high ratings from liberal special interest groups. Judge Sotomayor has also said that policy is made on the U.S. Court of Appeals.
o Republicans believe that the confirmation process is the most responsible way to learn more about her views on a number of important issues.
o The confirmation process will help Republicans, and all Americans, understand more about judge Sotomayor's thoughts on the importance of the Supreme Court's fidelity to the Constitution and the rule of law.
o Republicans are the minority party, but our belief that judges should interpret rather than make law is shared by a majority of Americans.
o Republicans look forward to learning more about Judge Sotomayor's legal views and to determining whether her views reflect the values of mainstream America.
Wow. That's devastating. Republicans want a "fair confirmation process" devoid of "knee-jerk judgments" so that they can take the time to study Sotomayor's record. Actually that sounds about right. Maybe this is one of those communiques that require a special liberal decoder ring to reveal the "code words" and their obviously racists message.
Pressing on with points about Obama's motivations in picking a nominee:
o Liberal ideology, not legal qualification, is likely to guide the president's choice of judicial nominees.
o Obama has said his criterion for nominating judges would be their "heart" and "empathy."
o Obama said he believes Supreme Court justices should understand the Court's role "to protect people who may be vulnerable in the political process."
o Obama has declared: "We need somebody who's got the heart, the empathy, to recognize what it's like to be a young teenage mom, the empathy to understand what it's like to be poor or African-American or gay or disabled or old-and that's the criterion by which I'll be selecting my judges."
For sure, quoting the President in your talking points is a sneaky way to get around the racist message that must be lurking in there … I sure could use that decoder ring.
Further points:
o Justice Souter's retirement could move the Court to the left and provide a critical fifth vote for:
o Further eroding the rights of the unborn and property owners;
o Imposing a federal constitutional right to same-sex marriage;
o Stripping "under God" out of the Pledge of Allegiance and completely secularizing the public square;
o Abolishing the death penalty;
o Judicial micromanagement of the government's war powers.
Ummm … so that's it? Talking points that reiterate what the GOP has been saying for years? I'm missing where the RNC "fumbled" anything. Instead, it looks like The Hill got pwned.
Blago and Burris – Pay to Play?
Sure sounds like it to me:
A transcript of a secretly recorded phone call between the brother of former Gov. Rod Blagojevich and U.S. Sen. Roland Burris was released in federal court today, a call in which Burris, then seeking the Senate seat, was recorded offering the Blagojevich campaign a campaign check.
"I know I could give him a check," Burris said. "Myself."
But in the same call, Burris tells Robert Blagojevich he is concerned he and Rod Blagojevich will "catch hell."
"And if I do get appointed that means I bought it," Burris said.
"And, and God knows number one, I, I wanna help Rod," Burris says later in the call. "Number two, I also wanna, you know, hope I get a consideration to get that appointment."
The culture of corruption on steroids – or as a friend says, "the ususal Chicago politics". Of course Burris would never voluntarily give up the seat and would most likely have to be dragged from the Senate kicking and screaming.
Any chance the Democrats will clean their own house?
Yeah, that's a joke.
Closing Dealerships Via Barack-Foolery?
I watched this story percolate throughout the day, wondering if there was anything of substance to it. Even now I'm not entirely sure how much is pure speculation and how much can be decisively proven. If any of it turns out to be true, however, then the repercussions could prove politically fatal. Doug Ross has the scoop:
A tipster alerted me to an interesting assertion. A cursory review by that person showed that many of the Chrysler dealers on the closing list were heavy Republican donors.
To quickly review the situation, I took all dealer owners whose names appeared more than once in the list. And, of those who contributed to political campaigns, every single one had donated almost exclusively to GOP candidates. While this isn't an exhaustive review, it does have some ominous implications if it can be verified.
However, I also found additional research online at Scribd (author unknown), which also appears to point to a highly partisan decision-making process.
I have thus far found only a single Obama donor (and a minor one at that: $200 from Jeffrey Hunter of Waco, Texas) on the closing list.
Chrysler claimed that its formula for determining whether a dealership should close or not included "sales volume, customer service scores, local market share and average household income in the immediate area."
In fact, there may have been other criteria involved: politics may have played a part. If this data can be validated, it would appear to be further proof that the Obama administration is willing to step over any line to advance its agenda.
Doug notes some anecdotal evidence to back up his theory, and reading through the various personal accounts from dealerships who claim to be successful, and yet who are being shut down, lends some credibility to the idea. As does the fact that the closing list is reportedly populated almost exclusively with Republican donors and/or those who gave money to Obama's Democratic rivals. But the real test is in a comparison of the lists of dealerships staying open and those that are closing against a campaign donor database (which I haven't done, but feel free to scrutinize them for yourself).
Nevertheless, the following bit of research from Red State strikes an ominous chord:
Eric Dondero recognizes some of the dealers' names on the hit list:
"Vern Buchanan is a Republican Congressman from the Tampa Bay area. Robert Archer is the son of former Republican Congressman Bill Archer. John Culberson, a libertarian-leaning Conservative, is now the Congressman for that West Houston District. He was heavily supported in his election efforts by the Archers Family."
"Additionally, James Crowley, owner of a Chrysler Dealership in Escondido, California is on the list to be closed. Crowley is a big backer of libertarian-leaning Republican Cong. John Campbell of Orange County."
The list is heavy with influential Republicans and libertarians. Another name on the list is Ray Huffines, who owns a large dealerhsip in the Metro-Dallas/Ft. Worth area. The Huffines family have been major contributors to Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX) over the years.
It's hard to know what to make of all this, but at first blush it certainly looks like the decisions to close dealerships may have been influenced by the political affiliations of the dealers. Under regular circumstances that would elicit a big shrug, but when Chrysler's decisions are basically being made for them, well, that's a whole 'nother kettle of fish (via Reliapundit):
A lawyer for Chrysler dealers facing closure as part of the automaker's bankruptcy reorganization said on Tuesday he believes Chrysler executives do not support a plan to eliminate a quarter of its retail outlets.
Lawyer Leonard Bellavia, of Bellavia Gentile & Associates, who represents some of the terminated dealers, said he deposed Chrysler President Jim Press on Tuesday and came away with the impression that Press did not support the plan.
"It became clear to us that Chrysler does not see the wisdom of terminating 25 percent of its dealers," Bellavia said. "It really wasn't Chrysler's decision. They are under enormous pressure from the President's automotive task force."
Given the other sorts of thuggery that have been alleged in these Chrysler proceedings, this should come as no shock. But the fact that these closings will have to be approved by the creditors in the bankruptcy case lends a certain bit of intrigue to this case and raises a lot questions in my mind.
Assuming that the closings are motivated by political payback from Obama, how will that plan affect the stakeholders in the new company? If there really are profitable dealerships being shutdown just because they gave money to the wrong candidates, then it stands to reason that the remaining dealers will be something less than the cream of the crop, and therefore the new Chrysler will have a less than optimal distribution chain for its products. It's not entirely clear why shutting down dealerships helps Chrysler anyway, since they are essentially the real customers of the carmaker, but it seems to me that those who plan to profit from the new venture would have something to say about the plan in the bankruptcy case. Presumably, they will want to protect their investment by challenging any plan for closings that does not maximize their return. If and when they do, it could get very interesting for Obama (again, assuming that any of this is true).
It should be noted that until some further confirmation surfaces, this story should be treated with a healthy dose of skepticism. Indeed, if it weren't for the rather dictatorial way the Obama administration has dealt with the entire automaker bailout fiasco, these allegations of political payback would ring pretty hollow. Yet, considering the past bullying, the story definitely merits further consideration, so keep your eyes and ears open for more.
Sotomayor Nominated to SCOTUS
As a surprise to almost no one, Obama went with the candidate who fills the most quotas for his first Supreme Court pick. Since I've already covered what sort of Justice I think she'd be, I'll just note that I think Obama picked the least qualified and most political of the three top contenders (Kagan and Wood being the others). Other than that, I don't think her nomination will make much difference in the grand scheme of things.
Ilya Somin arrives at basically the same conclusion, and along the way takes special exception a particular statement from Sotomayor (my emphasis):
I am not yet sure what position to take on President Obama's selection of Sonia Sotomayor. My general sense is that she is very liberal, and thus likely to take what I consider to be mistaken positions on many major constitutional law issues. I am also not favorably impressed with her notorious statement that "a wise Latina woman with the richness of her experiences would more often than not reach a better conclusion than a white male who hasn't lived that life." Not only is it objectionable in and of itself, it also suggests that Sotomayor is a committed believer in the identity politics school of left-wing thought. Worse, it implies that she believes that it is legitimate for judges to base decisions in part on their ethnic or racial origins.
Expect to see that quote get much airtime as Republicans seek some ground from which to undermine Sotomayor's nomination.
As for whether or not the Republicans should go to the mat on this, it seems to me like a bad idea. I think there are certainly some troubling aspects to Sotomator's candidacy (such as her quote above), but there is also almost zero possibility that she will not be confirmed. With 59 Democrats in the Senate, there is also little hope of fillibustering the nomination. Accordingly, if Republicans choose this particular hill to die upon, they spend political capital for no gain, and risk losing the ability to generate opposition to any subsequent nominees who may have more substantive influence on the direction of the Court (e.g. a replacement for Kennedy or Scalia).
Since it appears that taking on Sotomayor's nomination is rife with bad consequences for the GOP, I think it is a very safe bet that they will pull out all the stops in order to oppose her. This will prove once again that, sometimes, it takes great effort to earn minority party status. In that endeavor, expect the Republicans to leave no stone unturned.
Stray Voltage
A very interesting piece in the LA Times about some European muslims who failed at the job of "holy warrior – or did they?
Pakistan is discovering that their unwelcome guests in the Swat Valley are harder to get rid of than cockroaches.
Apparently Rep. Collin Peterson (Minn.), the outspoken Democratic chairman of the Agriculture panel, isn't happy with the Waxman/Markey Cap-and-Trade bill and is promising trouble.
It seems even the NY Times is catching on to the Obama rhetorical devices. Helene Cooper points out that some of Obama's "enemies" are "straw men" and Sheryl Gay Stolberg notes that many of Obama's "nuanced" positions would be flip-flops if it was anyone else. Of course both articles were published in the Saturday NY Times, so its not like they're really calling Obama to task.
The Washington Post, examining Venezuela strong man Hugo Chavez's latest attempt to destroy any domestic opposition, wonders if the Obama administration's silence on the matter constitutes sanction by silence. Well if that's the case, what does Nancy Peolsi's silence about the use of waterboarding constitute?
A porn star is considering a run for the US Senate from Louisiana. Given the fact that she's only worked in a different type of porn than what goes on in the US Senate, she ought to fit right in.
The NY "bomb plot" has apparently degenerated into an "aspirational" one.
And finally, it looks like Brits are finally fed up. According to reports, a big "vote the bums out" movement is taking shape in the UK. We should be so lucky.
Right Policies: Opting Out
Yesterday Jon Henke challenged the Right to come up with policies that are popular, viable, workable, transformational and sustainable. (Follow the link to see what he means by each of those.) I've previously suggested a broad-based agenda that I thought could be sold as an alternative to the Democrats' agenda, but I think a few of the specific policies are particularly strong, and they stick to a consistent theme.
Libertarian paternalism — which means that certain initial decisions are made for you, but you are left a way to opt out — can be a good or a bad thing, depending on the status quo. If the status quo is freedom, I'd just as soon not add in an element of paternalism in virtually any case. But if the status quo is paternalism, then libertarian paternalism is a step in the right direction. Fortunately, giving people more options is much more popular than changing their status quo decision.
I propose that the Right should target existing paternalism and offer as many opportunities to opt out as we can devise. My main two examples are education and entitlements.
I consider education to be any political coalition's #1 long-term priority. If your opponents control education, chances are you will eventually lose on everything else. So, what policies should the Right pursue on education?
Vouchers aren't a new idea, but we on the Right could be pursuing them in much more creative ways than we are now, to build a broad working alternative to state schools. With variable-cost vouchers and pilot programs that target the "victim classes", the Right can play full court press on vouchers in every school district.
Variable-Cost Vouchers
In every school district across the country, we should have vouchers at least equal to the variable cost of sending one extra child to public school. Democrats have argued for a long time that we need more spending per student to give kids smaller class sizes and better materials such as textbooks, and have used that to justify countless bond measures and tax increases to increase public school funding.
If a voucher just covers the variable cost of an extra student, then a voucher helps create smaller class sizes and increases the amount of money the public school can spend on each student.
You can see how a voucher for variable costs puts the Left in a Catch-22: Every extra dollar they want to spend per student is an argument for a bigger voucher, and an opportunity for the private sector to spend the dollar more efficiently than the public sector.
Make Friends in Low Places
We can do even better: pilot voucher programs should very openly target kids who are performing worst in the current system, in part because proposing vouchers for them undercuts the argument that vouchers just skim the cream of the crop.
Voucher proponents have already focused on several low-income and minority populations, using needs-based criteria and simple geography; the Right should be pushing this smart strategy much more aggressively – it undercuts Democrats' arguments against vouchers beautifully, and makes a direct play for the Left's base. The apparent success of the DC voucher system has made attempts to cut the program very embarrassing for Democrats; we need more of that.
Moreover, the Right should propose vouchers that help children who score on the bottom half of the test-score distribution. The research I've read indicates that these children show the greatest gains from voucher programs. For the same reason, target kids with histories of disciplinary problems and special-needs children (paging Sarah Palin).
It would be a bridge too far for the Democrats to argue that these kids enhance the performance of public schools after using the opposite argument to fight vouchers for so long.
And finally, the Right should propose voucher programs to target the many minors who have already dropped out of school. Kids who have outright given up on the public school system, or who rarely show up, aren't doing anything to improve the performance of those schools. If Democrats want to keep up the pretense that they care about these kids, they shouldn't have any problem with helping these kids become part of a new private education market.
Those are just a small number of ways we can turn the Left's most popular arguments against them and start to build a real market in education. In the meantime, the Right would be demonstrating that markets can work better than state-administered programs, and help the "little guy" who's been screwed by the public system.
Where necessary to make the policy viable, the Right could be flexible on the matter of vouchers for church-founded schools (like Catholic schools); the first priority is building a broad education market outside of the state.
Here's another place where reform would be truly transformational. The Right should push for an opt-out for the major entitlements – Medicare and Social Security. A reform doesn't have to be a full privatization to accomplish a great deal of good.
Many people are currently collecting benefits from Medicare and SocSec, and we can assume that they will turn out to vote against anything that takes away those benefits. The Right can start making progress on reducing our crushing long-term obligations by (once more for effect) giving everyone as many opportunities to opt out as possible.
Social Security
Why not allow people to adjust their expected benefits, with higher or lower individual taxes to compensate for the change from the "standard" level? The SSA could set a minimum level of contributions to guarantee its promised benefits, so that the legislation becomes non-threatening to beneficiaries, and thus politically viable. To get the greatest tax cut, you opt out of all retirement benefits; you can change your mind later, but your benefit and/or tax level must be adjusted appropriately. And the more people who opt out, the lower the minimum tax rate can go; that rate could be adjusted at periodic intervals, perhaps once a year.
Similarly, why not allow people to adjust their expected retirement age, again paying higher or lower taxes to compensate?
Both of these adjustments would introduce flexibility along with a price mechanism.
Yes, this means that some people might choose to pay the minimum tax and find themselves at age 67 regretting their earlier decisions, but everyone would know that they made a conscious choice to change from the status quo. And in the meantime, those who opt out don't feel like such direct stakeholders.
Medicare and other state medical benefits
To get more people off the rolls, allow them to opt out of Medicare eligibility and other state medical benefits in exchange for some mix of:
- lower payroll taxes
- tax-free health savings accounts
- a tax cut on their individual health insurance
- vouchers for private insurance and private disability coverage
… as long as the total cost of the mix is lower than the expected cost of Medicare benefits. This way, the Right can not only cut into the massive expected costs on the near horizon, but also get fewer people to feel like stakeholders in the future of the state-administered system.
The most effective arguments against reform are allegations that people will lose the benefits they have now. Psychologically, we regret losing a dollar more than we regret not acquiring that dollar in the first place. That's a big part of how the Right beat universal health care under Clinton: by telling the American people that they would lose their current insurance, with which most of them were satisfied.
Whether we like it or not, it is stupid to do a frontal assault on a hardened position. Instead, we should apply libertarian paternalism to divide and conquer by giving our opponents as many chances to defect as possible.
Sometimes It Is Better To Be Thought A Fool Than To Open Your Mouth And Remove All Doubt
Apparently Al Gore, not content with the environmental dissembling and misrepresentations he's been peddling for the past few years, has decided to expand his mendacious horizons. He's decided to lecture Dick Cheney on when it is appropriate to criticize the current administration.
"I waited two years after I left office to make statements that were critical," Gore said during an interview on CNN, pointing out that his critiques were focused on "policy."
As usual, he's wrong on both counts (you'd think these boobs would check things before they blurt them out). From a September 2002 speech:
AL GORE: Vice President Cheney said after the war against terrorism began, "This war may last for the rest of our lives." I kind of think I know what he meant by that, but the apprehensions in the world that I spoke of earlier are not calmed down any by this doctrine of preemption that they are now asserting. By now the Bush Administration may now be beginning realizing that national and international cohesion are indeed strategic assets. But it is a lesson long delayed and clearly not uniformly and consistently accepted by senior members of the cabinet. From the outset, the administration has operated in a manner calculated to please the portion of its base that occupies the far right, at the expense of solidarity among all of us as Americans and solidarity between our country and our allies. On the domestic front, the administration, having delayed for many months before conceding the need to pass Joe Lieberman's bill and create an institution outside the White House to manage homeland defense, has actually been willing to see this legislation held up for the sake of an effort to coerce the Congress into stripping civil service protections from tens of thousands of federal employees. Now which is more important: passing the Homeland Security Act, or satisfying a relatively small yet powerful member of the right-wing coalition that has as its number-one priority dismantling labor unions? If that's the most important priority in that legislation, that explains why they're refusing to let the bipartisan consensus in favor of it go forward.
Far more damaging is the administration's attack on fundamental constitutional rights that we ought to have and do have as American citizens. The very idea that an American citizen can be imprisoned without recourse to judicial process or remedies, and that this can be done on the sole say-so of the president of the United States or those acting in his name, is beyond the pale and un-American and it ought to be stopped.
September 2002 is not "2 years" from inauguration and the highlighted passages are not "policy" critiques. And if that one transcript isn't enough, check these out. Most are earlier than the above speech excerpt.
Nanny Wants New Credit Card Rules
Why not just wrap us all up in bubble wrap and bottle feed us?
"We like credit cards — they are valuable vehicles for many people," said Senator Christopher J. Dodd, Democrat of Connecticut, the chairman of the Senate banking committee and author of the measure now being considered by the Senate. "It's when these vehicles are being abused by the card issuers at the expense of the consumers that we must step in and change the rules."
Doug Bandow provides the proper pithy reply to Sen. Dodd:
"Abused by the card issuers." Of course. The very same card issuers who kidnapped people, forced consumers to apply for cards at gunpoint, and convinced merchants to refuse to accept checks or cash in order to force everyone to pull out "plastic." The poor helpless consumers who had nothing to do with the fact that they wandered amidst America's cathedrals of consumption buying wiz-bang electronic goods, furniture, CDs, clothes, and more. The stuff just magically showed up in their homes, with a charge being entered against them against their will. It's all the card issuers' fault!
Certainly card issuers are raising their rates arbitrarily to very high rates. And, as I did recently, card holders are calling them up and very politely saying "stuff it – and while you're at it do it with my canceled card".
Credit cards aren't a 'right', and the fact that someone gets themselves into trouble with them doesn't make them a 'victim' deserving of special legislation to "right a wrong".
What in the world ever happened to individual responsibility and accepting the consequences for your actions?


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Catholic school gets green light for expansion
Original post made on Dec 20, 2012
Read the full story here Web Link posted Thursday, December 20, 2012, 9:43 AM
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a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on Dec 22, 2012 at 10:53 am
This school applied for a building permit in 2008. there is a big demand for Catholic schools and preschools right now, and this lengthy wait forced upon this Catholic school by the city of Palo Alto is unconscionable.
a resident of Crescent Park
on Dec 26, 2012 at 7:57 am
They started planning in 2008 (i.e., meeting with architects, developing a funding plan, engage engineers, etc.) - they did not submit their plans to the city back then.
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Winnings at Louisiana casinos hold steady
Published: May 19,2010
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ACROSS LOUISIANA — Winnings from gamblers at Louisiana's state-licensed casinos last month were virtually unchanged from April 2009 as tough economic times continued to put a pinch on players' wallets.
In April, the 13 riverboat casinos, Harrah's downtown New Orleans casino and the four casinos at horse racing tracks won $200.5 million, down 1 percent from $202.6 million in April 2009, state police reported yesterday. The riverboats won $135.7 million, Harrah's took in $32 million and the track casinos won $32.8 million.
The latest tally was down 2.9 percent from the $206.5 million lost by players in March, which has one more day in the month.
There are mixed signals from casino states about how strong the business may be rebounding from the lowest point of the economic meltdown. After posting double-digit losses in monthly comparisons in 2009, New Jersey reported April revenue from Atlantic City casinos was down only 0.7 percent from April 2009, while Nevada said its casino winnings in a March-to-March comparison — the latest available — fell only 0.6 percent.
But in neighboring Mississippi, which is dealing with increased competition from tribal casinos in Florida, the March-to-March comparison was down 8.6 percent.
Earlier this month, the American Gaming Association, in reporting a national state-licensed revenue decline of 5.5 percent for 2009, said its studies showed that commercial casino visitors equaled more than a quarter of the United States population last year, but they spent less and risked less while they were there.
The AGA said the casino industry would remain in a pinch until people had more discretionary income.
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— The Shreveport-Bossier City area, with five riverboats and the Louisiana Downs casino, won $64 million last month, down slightly from $64.8 million in April 2009. That market has faced increasing competition for Texas gamblers from tribal nation casinos in Oklahoma.
— The Texas-sensitive Lake Charles market, with three riverboats and the Delta Downs track casino, took in $52.1 million last month, down a bit from $52.9 million in April 2009. Last month, Pinnacle Entertainment Inc. scrapped its plans for a second riverboat-hotel in that market and returned the gambling license to the state.
— The New Orleans market, with Harrah's, two riverboats and the Fair Grounds track casino, won $55.4 million last month, up slightly from $54 million in April 2009.
— At the two riverboats in Baton Rouge, players lost $16.3 million in April, down from $17.9 million in April 2009. Even though Pinnacle abandoned its expansion plans in Lake Charles, the Las Vegas-based company is continuing with plans for a third floating casino in Baton Rouge.
— The lone riverboat in the Morgan City area took in $4.4 million last month, unchanged from April 2009.
— The Evangeline Downs track casino at Opelousas won $8.2 million in April, down from $8.6 million in April 2009.
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FACTS & STATS: Site: Legion Field (83,091) -- Birmingham, Alabama. Television:CBSC. Home Record: Memphis 2-1, UAB 1-1. Away Record: Memphis 0-2, UAB 0-3. Neutral Record: Memphis 0-0, UAB 0-0. Conference Record: Memphis 0-2, UAB 0-1. Series Record: UAB leads, 7-3.
GAME NOTES: A couple of teams in search of their first Conference USA win of the season collide at Legion Field on Thursday, as the Memphis Tigers tangle with the UAB Blazers. The Tigers enter the contest on a winning note, as they defeated Arkansas State, 29-17, last weekend. It was the second win in a row for Memphis, which opened the season with three straight setbacks. The team now turns its focus back to C-USA play, where it has gone 0-2 thus far, with the losses coming by a combined eight points. As for UAB, it is off to a slow start, winning just one of its first five outings. After defeating Alabama State (45-10) for their lone win, the Blazers were downed 26-13 by South Carolina last weekend. The squad has played just one league tilt thus far and that resulted in a 45-22 season-opening loss to Tulsa. UAB leads the all-time series with Memphis, 7-3, but the Tigers captured a 25-9 victory in last season's meeting.
The Tigers have had no trouble moving the ball this season and they come into the game averaging 468.0 total ypg, including 190.2 ypg on the ground. Last weekend, Memphis displayed a balance attack of 243 rushing yards and 210 passing in a win over ASU. Curtis Steele had a monster game in the win, rushing for 203 yards and a touchdown on 22 carries. Charlie Jones also got into the mix, as he posted 43 yards and a pair of scores on only eight totes. For the season, Steele tops the roster with 477 rushing yards, while Jones has 204 yards and a team-high six touchdowns on the ground. Quarterback Arkelon Hall has even played a part in the ground game, ranking third with 107 yards. He has also thrown for 1,247 yards, with four touchdowns and the same amount of picks for the season. In a less than stellar effort last weekend, Hall completed just 10-of-25 pass attempts for 178 yards and an interception. Carlos Singleton, Maurice Jones and Duke Calhoun are three great targets for Hall and they have combined for 66 catches, 1,021 yards and four scores thus far.
After allowing 83 points in the first two games of the season, the Tigers have yielded a total of just 44 points over their last three outings. In last weekend's victory, Memphis limited ASU to 352 total yards, while forcing two turnovers. It was a solid effort by the Tigers, who are giving up 357.4 total ypg on the season. The defense also recorded six sacks last weekend and that was a big improvement considering the unit had just four sacks through the first four games. Clinton McDonald accounted for four sacks last weekend and he also paced the team with nine stops. For the season, McDonald now has a team-high five sacks, to go with 5.5 TFLs and 25 stops.
The Blazers have been up and down on the offensive side of the ball early on, but they are still averaging a respectable 372.8 total ypg for the season. The offense though, is coming off a down effort, gaining just 207 total yards in a loss to South Carolina this past weekend. UAB, which turned the ball over three times, managed only 67 yards on the ground and that is well below its season average of 164.8 ypg. Quarterback Joe Webb was held in check last weekend, as he threw for just 140 yards and a pair of interceptions. He, however, did lead the team with 22 rushing yards and a score on nine carries. The dual threat gunslinger is clearly the key to this offense and he has not only thrown for 1,040 yards and six touchdowns, but he has also rushed for a team-best 423 yards and two more scores. Frantrell Forrest is his favorite target, as he leads the team with 25 catches and 335 receiving yards in four games.
Defensively, UAB has had some issues slowing down opposing clubs this season, allowing 33.0 ppg and 466.4 total ypg. The unit has struggled against both the run (175.4 ypg) and pass (291.0), but has forced eight turnovers and recorded nine sacks. Last weekend, the Blazers did a rather good job on the defensive side of things, as they limited South Carolina to 353 total yards. The unit also forced three turnovers, in addition to notching four sacks. Brandon Carlisle picked off a pair of passes and led the team with nine tackles in the setback, while Bryant Turner logged three sacks and a forced fumble. Turner now has four sacks on the year to pace that team in that category.
The Tigers are playing at a higher level right now, but UAB is hosting this game and that should help it stay close. However, when all is said and done, it is Memphis that should prevail behind its explosive and balanced offense.
Sports Network Predicted Outcome: Memphis 34, UAB 27