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Is the sheer number of individuals who are so incredibly ignorant and devoid of any understanding of dogmatic Islamic ideology and philosophy -- and then go on to create an extremely distorted perspective of the situation in Gaza without proper understanding of the reality at hand.
Have you READ the Qu'ran? Do you know what Sharia law is? Do you know this religion is bigoted beyond comprehension, at complete odds with the rest of the free world? That to this day they will stone women and gays? Do you understand Palestine is a word created in recent history to reflect displaced Arabs that mostly subscribe to this ideology???
Or will you continue to bark the same shit without educating yourself?
If you do not know what the true face of the religion is about, DO NOT OPINE about Israel and its operation in Gaza, because you have ABSOLUTELY NO CLUE WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT OR REFERRING TO.
THIS IS NOT ANY KIND OF TRADITIONAL WAR OF SIDE A vs. SIDE B.
When you fully understand that radical Islam is a WORLD DOMINATING, FREEDOM HATING IDEOLOGY that is akin to mental illness on the order of dementia, and teaches prevarication and deceit is the way to subdue all that DO NOT BELIEVE IN IT, you will understand that ISRAEL IS NOT FIGHTING A WAR WITH OTHER HUMANS.
It is fighting a war against a PSYCHOSIS that unfortunately will place innocent civilians -- including women and children -- in its path at ALL COSTS -- to ADVANCE ITS IDEOLOGY.
So please, do yourself and this forum a favor and shut your incredibly naive mouth until you are fully educated on the topic. Cease and desist from casting blind blame in the wrong direction and promulgating bullshit. You're no better than the mainstream media.
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Mark Dull and his wife Jennifer first visited Bondo in October of 2011 and were moved by what they saw. There are over 80,000 orphans and other vulnerable children (OVC) in this district surrounding Bondo, Kenya, and it is estimated that 50% of the school children are orphans, especially due to the very high prevelance of HIV/AIDS rate (24%) in the area. Despite the poverty and social stratification in the area, Mark and Jennifer found themselves in a warm and welcoming community with many spirited children with a passion for soccer.
Out of this grew the idea to organize football tournaments to increase these children's sense of engagement with their peers and community. Mark, Jennifer, and our friends at ICO are determined to help the Bondo Community achieve its potential to empower the orphans and other vulnerable children (OVC's) of the schools' population, and to mobilise local government ministries to gain insights into the needs of these children and their families. All the while, creating a bit of fun and excitement for everyone through something that they love.
One of the wishes the the community had bestowed to Mark and Jennifer was to provide them with some soccer balls. They rallied the help of their daughter's school in Fall River, NS, mobilizing Canadian kids to help their worldy neighbours. The kids organized and put on a craft fair and raised funds for the kids, and 50 used soccer balls were donated by a supporter to be brought back to Kenya.
The "Together We Can!" Tournament:
In Jan 2012 ICO announced that a donor had offered to fund a Football Initiative to benefit ICO Communities and as a result of some hard work and planning, the "Together We Can!" tournament was born.There have been 32 teams formed from Standard (ie., Grades) 1 through 8, combining players of two schools in Bondo with differing ability levels. 16 of these teams are female and 16 teams are male, with a total of 480 students playing.
Although schools in Bondo already had their own soccer teams, there were only about 30 children who are able to play out of primary schools consisting of 800 children. The best players got chosen, because competition amongst schools is high. The best players however are children that are not orphans or OVC's, but are mostly children that come from well situated homes or that have a ball to practice with, and who do not have the disadvantages of caring for orphaned siblings or other adult responsibilities. By putting 2 schools together, the competition between schools is gone. In chosing the teams for the tournament a 1000 children were playing. Out of those thousand 480 children at all ability levels are put into teams. Teams where the strong players, now help the weaker ones - each child has an equal oppurtunity and a chance to work together helping their peers. The whole community is coming to watch, the parents are helping by preparing food, and the linesmen are chosen from the grade 8 classes.
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GateHouse Media, soon to be the sibling of Local Media Group – the corporate fraternity that includes this newspaper, the Cape Cod Times, the Inquirer & Mirror (Nantucket), and 30 or so others across the country –has emerged successfully from Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings. The intent is for the two companies to join forces as an entity called New Media. Meanwhile, word came that GateHouse would close its Harwich Oracle weekly with the issue of Dec. 18. The paper was the first one-town paper spun out of the old Cape Cod Oracle regional sheet in the mid-1980s. GateHouse's Cape Codder covers eight towns on the Lower Cape, including Harwich…. Barnstable Schools teacher and author Mick Carlon has a piece in Jazz Times about Cape Cod's Mike Pesico that's worth a look. Go to http://jazztimes.com/articles/111383-mike-persico-soul-mood-and-emotion…. Congrats to Pain D'Avignon in Hyannis, whose Bread of the Month Club led off a list of 50 holiday gift guide picks in The Wall Street Journal. They'll send soda bread for St. Patrick's Day, for example…. We hope our invitation got lost in the mail, because we'd hate to have been excluded from the Aug. 17 wedding of Crystal Bozek and Milton J. Valencia. "The couple," quoth the Boston Sunday Globe, "met while on assignment as reporters at competing newspapers… They held a newspaper-themed reception, with newspaper flowers and confetti, and reporter's notebooks on every table."…. For 31 years, the Dennis-Yarmouth Adult Education Program could rely on adult education coordinator Georgiana Olwell. Her successor, Suzanne Kenney, is looking for new course offerings. Contact her at
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This is the perfect vacation for those who wish to concentrate on Southern Italy. Start in Rome, where a welcome dinner at a local restaurant is included, as well as guided sightseeing with visits to St. Peter's Square and Basilica, the Vatican Museums and the Sistine Chapel, the Colosseum and the Roman Forum. Leave Rome and stop in Pompeii, the Roman city both destroyed and preserved by an eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD, for a guided walking tour of the excavations. Continue to Sorrento for your 3-night stay, and enjoy excursions to the Isle of Capri, to Naples to visit the National Archaeological Museum, and to splendid Reggia of Caserta palace and gardens, the "Italian Versailles." On your way east, stop in Trani for lunch with local specialties at a seaside restaurant. A whole day at leisure in Alberobello allows you to explore the town, famous for its unique trulli houses and to join an optional excursion to Ostuni. In Matera, visit one of the picturesque Sassi houses, and in Reggio Calabria visit the museum that houses the Bronzi di Riace, the world-famous bronze warrior sculptures. Next, cross the Strait of Messina by ferry and arrive in Sicily. Visit the Greek Amphitheater in Taormina, and enjoy two days at leisure with the possibility to join optional excursions to Mount Etna and Syracuse. A special dinner with wine and a breathtaking sea view has been included. Also enjoy a guided walking tour of the Valley of Temples in Agrigento, and in Palermo, guided sightseeing features the cathedral, the Capo Market, and more, plus the Norman Cathedral in Monreale to complete your exploration of Roman history. Later, visit an original Sicilian farm, Antica Masseria Barone di Salvo in Tumminia, meet the casaro, see how he prepares fresh ricotta, and enjoy a farewell dinner with local specialties and wine.
ROME Welcome dinner at a local restaurant; guided sightseeing, visit the Vatican Museums and Sistine Chapel, St. Peter's Square and Basilica, the Colosseum, and Roman ForumPOMPEII Guided walking tour of the excavationsSORRENTO–CAPRI By jetfoilCAPRI Guided visit of Capri village, including a funicular rideNAPLES Guided sightseeing, visit the National Archaeological MuseumREGGIA DI CASERTA Visit the palace and gardensTRANI Enjoy a special lunch at a seaside restaurantMATERA Guided walking tour, visit one of the Sassi housesREGGIO CALABRIA Guided visit of the Bronzi di Riace museumSTRAIT OF MESSINA Ferry crossingTAORMINA Visit the Greek Amphitheater; a special dinner with wine at a local restaurantAGRIGENTO Guided walking tour of the Valley of TemplesPALERMO Guided sightseeing, visit the Capo Market, the baroque Church of Immacolata, the cathedral, and the Norman cathedral in Monreale; enjoy a special farewell dinner at a Sicilian farmhouse, the Antica Masseria Barone di Salvo, and learn how ricotta is made Headsets throughout the tour
Welcome to Rome! At 5 pm, meet your Tour Director and traveling companions, and leave the hotel for a special welcome dinner with wine at one of Rome's lively restaurants. (Dinner)
Enjoy Globus' unique guided sightseeing, including inside visits to all highlights of religious and ancient Rome: the VATICAN MUSEUMS and SISTINE CHAPEL with Michelangelo's ceiling paintings and The Last Judgment, monumental ST. PETER'S SQUARE and BASILICA to admire Michelangelo's Pietà, the amazing COLOSSEUM, and the ROMAN FORUM, where Roman legions marched in triumph. To make the most of your stay, join our optional walking tour, and see the Spanish Steps, Trevi Fountain, and other sites and squares of medieval Rome made famous in the movie Angels & Demons. (Breakfast)
Arrive in fascinating POMPEII, the Roman city both destroyed and preserved by an eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD. Your Local Guide will walk you past patrician homes, public baths, and commercial districts strikingly recalling day-to-day life when Rome was at the apex of her power. Continue to the charming resort of Sorrento. (Breakfast)
Speed across the bay by JETFOIL to the Isle of Capri. Ride the FUNICULAR to Capri village for a guided visit of this pretty town. Free time to explore the little shops on the piazzetta before returning to Sorrento. (Breakfast)
Arrive in colorful Naples. A Local Guide takes you first to the NATIONAL ARCHAEOLOGICAL MUSEUM, housing some of the world's greatest Greco-Roman treasures; focus on the well-preserved objects found in Pompeii. Then, on to the city center to admire the remarkable Triumphal Arch of the New Castle, St. Charles Theater, the Royal Palace, Galleria Umberto, and the semicircular Piazza Plebiscito. Then, visit splendid REGGIA DI CASERTA, the "Italian Versailles," an impressive residence of 1,200 rooms with elegant GARDENS stretching two miles. It was built in the 18th century for the Bourbon kings of Naples; today it is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. (Breakfast, Dinner)
Stop in Trani, where a special lunch with local specialties awaits you at a seaside restaurant. Continue to the picturesque town of Alberobello, where you will stay for the next two nights. (Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner)
A whole day at leisure to explore the town, famous for its unique trulli, whitewashed dry stone circular houses with pinnacled, conical roofs. You may wish to join our optional excursion to Ostuni to make the most of your stay. (Breakfast)
In Matera, a guided walking tour features a visit to one of the picturesque SASSI HOUSES. Afterwards, enjoy a spectacular drive south along the Gulf of Taranto before heading inland to Reggio Calabria. Visit the MUSEUM that houses the world-famous bronze warrior sculptures, Bronzi di Riace, with a Local Guide. (Breakfast, Dinner)
Cross the Strait of Messina by FERRY and start your discovery of the beautiful island of Sicily, the great melting pot of the Mediterranean world: Phoenicians, Greeks, Romans, Saracens, Normans, French, and Spanish have left their marks and contributed to its rich heritage. Arrive in Taormina, a charming hilltop town overlooking the Ionian Sea, and visit the GREEK AMPHITHEATER. Time to stroll and shop along Corso Umberto I. Don't miss the opportunity to taste local specialties, like the Sicilian Granita (a treat similar to sorbet). (Breakfast)
Two days to just relax in this beautiful resort or choose from our exciting optional excursions: to Mount Etna, the largest active volcano in Europe, and to the fascinating archaeological site of Syracuse, birthplace of mathematician Archimedes and once a powerful Greek port whose fleet was feared throughout the Mediterranean. On Tuesday evening, an included dinner with wine at a local restaurant with breathtaking sea view has been organized. On Wednesday evening, enjoy an included dinner at your hotel. (Breakfast, Dinner daily)
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Friday: Lake Forest College (3-0, 2-0 NCHA) at St. Norbert College (4-0, 4-0), 7 p.m., Cornerstone Community Center, Ashwaubenon.
Saturday: St. Norbert at Lake Forest, 7 p.m., Alumni Memorial Fieldhouse, Lake Forest, Ill.
Series: St. Norbert leads 41-20-3. This is the first meeting in three seasons.
Green Knights update: Picked up a pair of victories at Finlandia last weekend. ... Junior forward Cullen Bradshaw scored the game-winning goal of Saturday's 3-2 victory with 2:03 left in the game. ... St. Norbert is ranked No. 2 in the USCHO.com Division III and D3hockey.com polls. ... Sophomore forward Michael Hill has a team-high five points (three goals, two assists). ... St. Norbert has yet to tally a first-period goal this season, but has outscored opponents 8-0 in the third period. ... The Green Knights have held the lead for 62 minutes, 51 seconds out of a possible 240 minutes of game play this season. ... Junior goalie David Jacobson (3-0) has a 1.67 goals-against average and .914 save percentage. ... Freshman goalie Tony Kujava made 19 saves to pick up his first collegiate victory in Friday's 4-1 win.
Foresters update: Beat Northland College 5-3 and 13-2 at home last weekend. ... Junior forward Bobby Barrett is tied as the NCHA's third-leading scorer with seven points (four goals, three assists). ... Junior Andrew Stein is the top scorer among defensemen in the NCHA with six points (two goals, four assists).


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I purchased this book, signed, when it came out in 2010. I started it several times in the intervening several years only to be disgusted w/ the sophomoric approach to language Frazier has at his beck and call. Finally, I decided to read it come the proverbial hell or high water. I was not disappointed. Though there are numerous instances of more than adequate writing, his style is truly that of a high school student in a general writing class. His use of stock phrases such as 'by the way' and 'in other words' tells me he needed an editor. A continual use of short choppy sentences that too frequently began with the word 'I' also led me to undervalue the literary qualities of this book. I would never recommend this book to anyone even though it had a few moments where the writing was elevated. There are far too many good books in the world to waste your time with this one.
This should have been three books. One, a book of assays about random stuff about Siberia. Two, a book about the summer trip Frazier took. And three, a short book or long assay about the winter trip.
I struggled through the first 150 pages or so, though parts were interesting. It seemed distracted and patchy. It was the account of a bunch of different trips he took, visiting friends, friends of friends (which very quickly gets confusing), and random thoughts and impressions, with bits of history thrown in. Then, the summer trip with two guides, which was very interesting. Frasier gets more into history here, and tells a much more cohesive story, both in terms of the history and in terms of the trip's narrative. His relationship with the guides, and of course, the cursed car that keeps breaking down, keeps the story amusing.
In general, Frasier is wonder-struck or annoyed at any given moment. I got the impression that he is a cheesier and less funny version of Bill Bryson. At times, he makes some very astute observations and some hilarious ones, and at times, you, along with him, wonder why he is doing what he is doing.
I am glad I read this book, and I learned a lot about Siberia. But I am not sure if I would recommend it to most people. I think if you have an already existing interest or love relationship with Russia, Soviet history, or Siberia, this book is for you.
Ian Frazier criss-crosses sections of Siberia by plane, trains and automobiles. There are many mosquitoes. He explores the history and landscape and his adventures make for diverting and entertaining reading about a vast territory most of us know little about.
I'm very impressed with Frazier, and other writers like him (John McPhee is another example) who can somehow manage to make interesting friends, go interesting places, and then describe it all for those of us who are too shy to get as far. Frazier is also able to admit that for much of the book he is little more than a somewhat better-read "stupid American tourist" and doesn't pretend to be anything but a traveler and a writer. Nor does he leave out some foolish things he's done or the difficulties of traveling far into a country where you don't quite speak the language and don't quite understand the culture. But it is very informative, and the writing gives you a sense of his amazement at both the good and the bad and the mediocre of Russia. Bonus credits for good notes and an impressive bibliography. Frazier has been thinking about this book for decades now and it shows.
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Buckley's Story honored as Finalist in the 2011 International Book Awards
I am very excited to share the news that Buckley's Story is an Award-Winning Finalist in the "Animals/Pets: General" category of the 2011 International Book Awards!
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On Sunday, April 10, I held a very special book signing at the Stray Cat Cafe in Arlington, VA, to benefit Lost Dog and Cat Rescue Foundation.
For more on the event, please read Torties, Friendship and a Very Special Book Signing on The Conscious Cat.
New York City, a famous feline, and pet writers
I'll take any excuse for a trip to New York, and I couldn't have found a more perfect one than the Pet Writing Conference this past Saturday. Since the conference was held at the Hotel Pennsylvania, a hotel I refuse to stay at since a bad experience several years ago (and if more current online reviews are anything to go by, not much has changed since then), I found myself searching for a place to stay.
I choose the Algonquin hotel – not because of its long history of as a haven for writers, not because it offered a writers' discount, but because of Matilda, the resident cat. It was one of the nicest hotels I've ever stayed at in the city (it had a walk-in closet! In New York City!), and it was fun to pretend for two days that this is the style I live in all the time.
Friday afternoon was spent walking around the city, including a quick visit to Manhattan Cat Specialists, a feline practice on the Upper Westside, followed by a lovely coffee break at a cafe across the street from Lincoln Center. As I walked out of the cafe, I almost literally ran into a friend – what are the odds of that, in a city of 10 million people! Only in New York. After chatting for a bit, I walked through Central Park, one of my favorite parts of the city, and back to my hotel. I had some time before meeting friends for dinner, so I decided to spend it in the Algonquin's lounge. Lovely atmosphere, great people watching, and, of course, Matilda.
My friends had suggested Bricco's for dinner – a charming Italian restaurant that reminded me of the real Italian restaurants I'd been to in Italy – a far cry from the Maccaroni Grill's and Bertucci's of this country. Dinner and the company were both lovely, and the evening flew by.
The next day, I made my way to the conference hotel bright and early for a full day of seminars, meetings with agents and editors, and networking. This was one of the best writers' conferences I've attended. It was well-organized, the speakers were excellent, and by the end of the day, my head was spinning with everything I had learned that day. Charlotte Reed, the organizer of the conference, deserves a huge big thank you for putting this one together.
But the best part about the conference were all the wonderful people I met. I reconnected with old friends such as Tamar of I Have Cat and Ann Dziemianowicz of Careers for Your Cat. I met new ones like Stephanie of Catsparella, and I met online friends I'd never met in person, such as Jason Merrihew of the American Animal Hospital Association and Yvonne DeVita and Tom Collins of BlogPaws.
The day went by much too quickly, and it was time to say good-bye to New York. Until next time.
Thank you, Writer's Digest!
I entered Buckley's Story in Writer's Digest's Annual International Self-Published Book Awards last year. I was just notified that even though the book didn't win, it achieved an overall rating of 4.5 on a scale of 1 to 5 (1 meaning "poor" and 5 meaning "excellent").
Judge's commentary:
"Ingrid made me love little Buckley (and Amber, of course). Ingrid has writing talent, and I hope she'll pursue a new career in that field. I was impressed with her observation that Amber quietly "held the space" for her and Buckley. Just the idea of "holding the space" is profound; being able to observe Amber doing it is amazing. I hope she'll write another book about Reiki and massage for animals. Her veterinary expertise added a lot to this story. My husband recently took our sixteen-year-old cat, Grendel, on his one-way trip to the vet. Before they left, I took Grendel into my bed and hugged, rubbed, and told him he was the best cat in the whole world…King's story brought my kitty back and I cried when Buckley died."
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He has played a stockbroker, a detective, a president, an adventurer, a lawyer, a judge, a drug czar, a divorcee and very often a man with a penchant for dangerous women. But no role took as much courage as slipping into the sequined clothes of Liberace in Behind The Candelabra:
"When I was younger I couldn't have played that part. In fact – that film would have never gotten made," he said about the love story between the Las Vegas superstar and his much younger boyfriend (played by fellow nominee Matt Damon) at the Cannes Film Festival in May where it premiered to standing ovations.
"I had trepidations about playing this part, sure. It was a great story, a great screenplay, a great co-star and director. You're scared, you wanna deliver the goods." And deliver the goods he did. Aside from the fantastic reactions in Cannes, Behind The Candelabra garnered 13 awards so far.
"I have never played a character with that many appliances, wigs, and clothes. I had payed gay once, in a Will & Grace episode, as a guest star. Plus Liberace was a big guy with a broad chest and I had to figure that out."
Douglas says he had time. Between the film finding financing and his own serious cancer scare it took a few years to get off the ground, giving him the opportunity to study enough piano to get it right and figure out Liberace's voice from taped performances and conversations. The face make up was especially difficult: "We saw the heads with the masks for the plastic surgery scenes and that was spooky. We weren't there for the scenes where they were cutting them up but when we saw it on film it was very eerie because they looked so real."
The offer to play Liberace came at a crucial point in Douglas' career: "I hadn't worked in two or three years, wasn't sure if I had a career. The part was so great, I had a job again, something to focus on. After my cancer issues and my son is in federal prison and other stuff going on, it was for me the light at the end of the tunnel." The final scene of the film was an especially difficult one, seen through different eyes after he got a new lease on life: "Not just for me, it was difficult for my father to watch, seeing his son die on film after what I'd just been through." Kirk Douglas knew Liberace, Michael met him once in Palm Springs, where he lived, and describes him as a very entertaining and generous person whose company was enjoyed by all people around him. "He loved everything he did and it came out on stage and on television and when he played his piano. He loved what he was doing. And you just got captivated by that." Loving what you do is a sentiment Douglas understands all to well: "I am the luckiest guy in the world. I beat cancer, I got the best part I ever had, God is good! I have a new fresh breeze behind my sails."
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Below is my first installment of the 2010 mock draft and I only went through round 4 in this version. IMO, they need the big YOUNG bruising back that they can hammer between the tackles to wear down defenses, also need a #2 wideout to split opposite Moss. They are also in need quality LB's and players who can pressure the QB.
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Andalusite is named after Andalusia, the province of Spain where it was first discovered. Andalusite is a strongly pleiochroic gem, which means that is different colors when viewed from different directions. However, it is not a color-change stone because the colors are present at the same time. Most faceted andalusites give a play of red, green, and yellow colors. Because of its color and durability, it is a great gem for most jewelry uses.
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Two hundred and twenty-four years ago, on June 21, 1788, after three days of debate and by a final vote of 57-47, members of the New Hampshire convention voted to ratify the Constitution drafted the previous year in Philadelphia. With that historic vote, the Constitution was officially ratified, having been approved by the nine states — the number required by Article VII for the establishment of the Constitution.
They're baack! After two decades, the UN's eco-globalist faction has returned to Rio de Janeiro to put the "plan" back in "planet." Now that we're more than a decade into the new century, the globocrats have convened at Rio+20 in order to fine-tune their agenda.
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled June 21 that the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) over-enforced its own laws when it fined the Fox and ABC networks for incidental obscenities uttered during televised awards shows and a brief display of nudity during an episode of a police drama series. But the High Court refused to issue a larger ruling on the constitutionality of the FCC's broadcast decency measures, meaning that the enforcement agency will be free — for the foreseeable future, at least — to keep broadcasters on a short leash relative to potentially immoral and obscene broadcast content.
The New American's Senior Editor Bill Jasper reports on admissions by ICLEI leaders at the UN's Rio+20 Conference that they are now substituting "sustainable development" for "climate change" as their main panic motivator.
In this roving interview on June 20, Alex Newman caught up with two leaders of the Socialist International Women, Gro Harlem Brundtland and Mary Robinson, at the UN's Rio+20 conference.
Students should be taught to confront the main problems that plague the country in the 21st-century: historical ignorance, religious ignorance, and a lack of thinking skills.
The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops has launched a "Fortnight for Freedom" campaign in the wake of the contraception coverage mandate under the "ObamaCare" health care program.
The United Nations is actively trying to infiltrate American classrooms with a curriculum designed to transform our students into better "global citizens." The initiative, known as UN Global Classrooms, is being marketed by the global government in waiting as a way to inculcate students with the "valuable insight into the growing influence of globalization."
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With defensive coordinator Robb Smith leaving for the NFL to reunite with Greg Schiano in Tampa Bay today, Kyle Flood is said to be close to naming both a new offensive and defensive coordinator.
Ron Prince –who recently interviewed with Flood – is Flood's top candidate to be the next offensive coordinator while Rutgers' linebackers coach David Cohen would become the defensive coordinator according to The Star-Ledger.
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Posted by: Brian | 26 July 2011 at 10:46 PM
Brian doesn't watch and learn, but at least you do. And I write "least" because it seems that is just how you do it. Witness:
Uh...have you not taken notice that the Dem. party/ies [the "-ies" because they too are not so well coordinated as your story line suggesgts] has been in TOTAl control of Congress for YEARS enough that had they wanted to fulfill their CONSTITUTIONAL obligation .and responsibility to introduce (perhaps to pass) a budge, they have dithered instead of...
1. Introducing a budget proposal, which they did not do), or
2. Passing their own budget without the need to rely on Repub. votes, which they might wello have done agt any time they so chose, instead they have
3. Lain in wait to TRAP the Repubs. into doing the HARD work of legislating?
You have often written that you are not a person who has a preference or deference to either party; yet incessantly you have taken a FAr different tact and painted a dirty swath of acimony against the Repubs.
WHAT in the world of thinking persons explains that inconsistency?
Posted by: The Good Doctor | 29 July 2011 at 09:17 PM
Good Doc sez the Dems have failed to...
1. Introduc[e] a budget proposal, which they did not do), or
2. Pass...their own budget without the need to rely on Repub. votes, which they might wello have done agt any time they so chose, instead they have
3. Lain in wait to TRAP the Repubs. into doing the HARD work of legislating?
Now, this is all in the context of the present matter, the debt ceiling brouhaha.
The reason for this 'inconsistency' is straightforward: we should not be talking about the budget deficit now. The debt ceiling vote is being used as a pretense - as media-relations cover for maneuvers by the GOP's far right wing representatives. Leaving aside the essential wrongness of their fiscal position (the feds should be creating jobs and further stimulating the economy, or rather this should've been going on for years; now is not the time for job-killing austerity budgeting), the immediate affront is that we're talking about funding a Republican budget. This isn't about 'Obama's future spending,' it's about present-moment obligations which the GOP had a hand in.
Moreover, your second point is simply incorrect - the Senate Republicans filibuster (or simply threaten to filibuster) everything that might look like a 'victory' for the Dems and Obama. Remember that Nancy Pelosi's Dem-run House was cranking out progressive legislation for years, all of which died in the nominally Dem-controlled Senate, where the intransigent GOP minority could simply obstruct the simple majority-rules process without rhyme or reason.
The reason the Dems haven't put forth a 'budget proposal' at this moment is that this isn't the moment to do so - the matter of the debt ceiling stands separate from the general problem of mounting debt.
All of this is to leave aside the grotesque hypocrisy of GOP leadership infamously crying that 'deficits don't matter,' then happily indulging the anarchist obstructionism of its fringe members...
So there's your 'inconsistency.' As I see it, point 3 is conspiracy-mongering; point 2 is false; point 1 is irrelevant.
TV news is almost entirely a waste of time, except as an indication of the talking points of the moment. There is no substantive discussion left on poli-TV. I really am better off not watching. (It's not like I'm watching MSNBC instead; it's all a waste of time.)
Posted by: Wally | 29 July 2011 at 10:34 PM
You are a man of startling convenience, just astonishing!
Taking your admonition that all tv news is a waste (play on wasteland), what shall we say of newspapers? or radio?
I read one newspaper (a Dem voice, btw) a day, cover to cover, and also graze among a number of different other newspapers outside our geographical region (as understood locally), rab=mble as the day takes me through several magazines, and read two weekly newspapers cover to cover, watch tv news, and listen to enough talk radio - 15 to 90 minutes a day - to choke. Shall I next add, like you seem wont to do, fantasy to embolden my assertions? Or shall I accept what I see happening before my eyes and echoing in my ears, and that makes my eyes bleed for this nation have the manifestation of what I see, hear, and read? Or shall I pretend I didn't see it, didn't hear those voices, had not read those words, quotations, and escapes into politically convenient self-justification?
Locally there is a kind of tit-for-tat debate going on in the editorial pages (Letters to the editor) about the grand benefits of anarchy and how much we need it, while in the distance I have seen it painting itself in not-so-bright Reds during a political debate, while I often enough hear people sucking their thumbs while singing the second stanza to "What, Me Worry?"
My three points are not effectively to be so cavalierly brushed aside like dandruff flakes just because you do not wish to acknowledge them: you call what is a hardened fact "irelevant," what is true "false," and what is the most logical cause "conspiracy mongering." None of three swipes you stoop to are up to your own standards of crystal clear sensibility. Disappointing...
Posted by: The Good Doctor | 30 July 2011 at 11:00 AM
My three points are not effectively to be so cavalierly brushed aside like dandruff flakes just because you do not wish to acknowledge them: you call what is a hardened fact "irelevant," what is true "false," and what is the most logical cause "conspiracy mongering."
OK then: restating those three points, a list of supposed Democrat failures/vileness:
1. Introducing a budget proposal, which they did not do), or
2. Passing their own budget without the need to rely on Repub. votes, which they might wello have done agt any time they so chose, instead they have
3. Lain in wait to TRAP the Repubs. into doing the HARD work of legislating?
They're best taken out of order, I think.
(2) The House Dems might well have pushed through a debt ceiling increase before Boehner became Speaker - but they wouldn't have had time to accomplish the other things they got done during the most recent lame duck session (DADT etc.). Theirs might not be the right priorities, I'm not able to say, but there's no denying it was a productive session.
At the moment, the Dems obviously can't get anything done in the House. Meanwhile Obama's office opened up this needless negotiation with Boehner et al. months ago, with a $4 trillion 'grand bargain' offer (Social Security/Medicare cuts!?) that need never have been made in the first place. (As I said, cuts to the federal budget are generally understood to be a good idea, but not now, when the private sector can't produce jobs, etc.)
That audacious, probably misguided, obviously politically-motivated offer was rejected summarily by the same caucus that's squeezing Boehner's balls right now.
(1) That partly covers this point as well. The irony here is that the 'requirement' for the Dems to put forth a budget proposal right now is hogwash - ongoing budget negotiations have been yoked to the debt ceiling vote 'crisis' by right-wing representatives in the House. We shouldn't be pursuing austerity measures, but we absolutely shouldn't be holding the debt ceiling vote hostage in order to ram austerity measures through Congress. That's not just inappropriate (which doesn't always bother me), it's fiscally irresponsible.
The 'Dems refuse to put forth their own plan' talking point is repeated ad nauseam on Fox News - but there is in fact a Reid-McConnell plan on the table, grotesque as it is. The Senate has never had the flexibility and impulsiveness of the House, by design, right? That's why Harry Reid and his miserable bunch were able to simply sweep Pelosi's endless stream of interesting, debatable bills under the rug for so long.
I think part of the murkiness here is that Obama has always been a 'Congress needs to unite and do its job' kind of respect-the-legislature guy, but he's also acted as the Democrats' point man in budget negotiations, presumably intending to share credit for a Grand Bargain. (You probably doubt it, but this idea of sharing responsibility and credit is very clearly one of Obama's most closely-held governing principles.)
In any case, his negotiating strategies and legislative approaches are not mine. But they're not sinful or 'unfair' anyhow - certainly no more so than, say, the GOP Senators' willingness to obstruct absolutely every piece of legislation to which there is even the slightest objection in the caucus.
This is what they're not reminding you of on Fox News, for obvious reasons:
The House Republicans include a purely obstructionist faction, and the Senate Republicans behave in concert in a purely obstructionist manner - and this situation has no equivalent in the Democrat caucus.
Part of the reason I dislike dignifying Fox News's talking points is that this straightforward situation - the essential, inescapable, taken-for-granted intransigence of the congressional GOP since Obama became president, a strategy that McConnell himself has described as more important than helping to fix the U.S. economy - is invariably left out of such discussions. Obama is negotiating with a party that will never, ever allow the Democrats even a share in a political victory, and (incredibly) that party will also classify any uptick in the economic situation as a political victory (because it'll help Obama's prospects in the 2012 election).
(3) I'd love to hear how 'Dems wait around for GOP to legislate' and 'GOP obstructs with prejudice every single Democratic legislative initiative' are compatible - unless you mean that the former is an irritated response to the latter? ;v)
Posted by: Wally | 31 July 2011 at 09:16 AM
The short version of my comments here is that while Obama and the Democrats deserve their share of blame for the state of the country - so does every American, and Osama Bin Laden, and probably Jesus too - right now, this debt-ceiling 'crisis' is entirely the work of obstructionists and near-anarchists in the GOP. Again: that's not a blanket assessment of Washington Today, just a reflection on what's been going on for the last month and more. There is a crisis within the Republican Party and it is blowing up at a very, very bad time.
Posted by: Wally | 31 July 2011 at 09:19 AM
I think after reading "Obama's Core Political Principle ~ the One that keeps getting him in trouble" that you blogged earlier today, you and I are unlikely to ever agree on "What is the substance of what we see and hear...and do."
However, as an aside, you perhaps ought to take another look at Fox News® with a different set of eyes if that is possible for you: I take note that while the networks tend to approach their issues as if all that is needed is to mount an assault on the other side, most often with one, but also with several voices speaking all on the same side of the issue at hand; the moments when that differs is when they have someone on board whom it would appear to almost any fair-minded viewer they are meaning/intending to tear apart, or a new 'vent';whereas, on Fox one is almost always able to see several persons of markedly different persuasions Are those discussions often overly rough and tumble? Yes -- and just as often annoying as hell for that reason; but one does get more than a solitary point of view.
You might want to take a look at an article found at a site you for sure and likely are not going to applaud; yet, once again, Pericles to the Athenians ~ "Listen Up!"
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The pub, in Glasgow, takes its name from the great naval victory of 1797 when Scots-born Admiral Duncan defeated the Dutch fleet in the Battle of Camperdown.
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