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Our Spanish expert Phil Kitromilides has been in fine form recently and believes backing a high-scoring first half offers the best value on Sunday eveningDespite their unconvincing away form this season which has already seen them lose six matches on the road in all competitions, Real Madrid remain unbeaten at Santiago Bernabeu and that record is unlikely to change on Sunday evening with the visit of Espanyol.
The Catalans have been in woeful form and are joint bottom of the table, with this reflected in William Hill's rather large price of 16/1 (17.00) for them to record a victory in the capital. Madrid, meanwhile, are as you would expect extremely short-priced favourites at 1/10 (1.10) while a draw - which would be as bad as a defeat for the champions - is offered at 9/1 (10.00).
Trying to find value when backing Madrid at home is always a challenging venture and in this game two possible bets stand out from the rest.
Backing Madrid to score in both halves looks a nailed on selection, yet at 4/11 (1.36) it will attract only the most confident of punters.
Almost as likely an outcome is for there to be over 1.5 goals in the first half and that is offered at the infinitely more attractive price of 4/6 (1.65).
While they are not the biggest odds in the world, they actually represent decent value when you consider that this bet has already paid out in 11 competitive matches involving Madrid this season.
Against an Espanyol side, who have desperately struggled to keep clean sheets and have conceded 11 goals in their last three visits to the Bernabeu, Madrid should be more than capable of scoring twice.
However, Los Blancos' knack for conceding this season also gives the bet an even better chance of paying out.
All things considered this would appear to be a sound investment, but for those looking for a value bet with some higher odds, trying backing Jose Callejon to open the scoring against his former club at 9/2 (5.50).
Callejon has been in decent scoring form with four in his last five matches, and given Karim Benzema's injury looks likely to start the clash in an advanced position, giving him a great chance to break the deadlock and reward ambitious punters in the process.
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The American and British Governments Knew – Down to the Day – of the Coming Japanese Attack on Pearl Harbor … And Let It Happen
Preface: We don't contest that World War II was – in many ways – a "good war".
The Nazis, imperial Japanese and fascist Italians were nasty folks trying to take over the world, who brutalized millions within their own borders and in the nations they occupied.
But a full an honest account of World War II shows that some big American banks funded the Nazis. And America dropped nuclear bombs on Japan when top U.S. military officials said it wasn't needed.
And – as shown below – we probably knew about the coming Pearl Harbor attack, but let it happen to justify America's entry into World War II.
The White House apparently had – a year before Pearl Harbor – launched an 8-point plan to provoke Japan into war against the U.S. (including, for example, an oil embargo). The rationale for this provocation is that the U.S. wanted to aid its allies in fighting the Nazis and other axis powers, and decided that an attack by Japan would be the most advantageous justification for the U.S. to enter WWII.
Moreover, Honolulu newspapers warned of a possible attack by the Japanese on Pearl Harbor:
Indeed, as the following must-watch BBC documentary – with interviews with many of the main players, including military officers and code-breakers – shows, the American and British knew of the Japanese plan to attack Pearl Harbor — down to the exact date of the attack — and allowed it to happen to justify America's entry into World War II:
And see this short essay by a highly-praised historian summarizing some of the key points. (The historian, Robert B. Stinnett, a World War II veteran, actually agreed with this strategy for getting America into the war, and so does not have any axe to grind).
Active Interference with Military's Ability to Defend
It has also recently been discovered that the FDR administration took numerous affirmative steps to ensure that the Japanese attack would be successful. These steps included taking extraordinary measures to hide information from the commanders in Hawaii about the location of Japanese war ships (information of which they would normally be informed), denying their requests to allow them to scout for Japanese ships, and other actions to blind the commanders in Hawaii so that the attacks would succeed. See, for example, this book (page 186).
Key Military Players Incommunicado
In addition, the heads of the Army and Navy suddenly disappeared and remained unreachable on the night before Pearl Harbor. And they would later testify over and over that they "couldn't remember" where they were (pages 320 and 335).
Gagging Whistleblowers
Two weeks after Pearl Harbor, the Navy classified all documents top secret, and the Navy Director of Communications sent a memo ordering all commanders to "destroy all notes or anything in writing" related to the attacks. More importantly, all radio operators and cryptographers were gagged on threat of imprisonment and loss of all benefits. (page 256).
Scapegoating and Labels of "Conspiracy Theory"
The commanders in Hawaii, General Short and Admiral Kimmel, were scapegoated as being the cause for the "surprise" attack on Pearl Harbor (they were recently cleared by Congress).
And, according to a statement made to me privately by a leading Pearl Harbor scholar, the government repeatedly denied foreknowledge and labeled anyone who discussed the military's prior knowledge of the attacks as a nutty conspiracy theorist.
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Amazingly, the Army's Chief of Staff informed the Washington bureau chiefs of the major newspapers and magazines of the impending attacks before they occurred, and swore them to an oath of secrecy, which the media honored (page 361); and listen to interview here (we personally spent an hour speaking with Stinnett, and find him to be a highly credible and patriotic American.)
Postscript: Coincidentally, Philip Zelikow, the Executive Director of the 9/11 Commission, the administration insider whose area of expertise is the creation and maintenance of "public myths" thought to be true, even if not actually true, who controlled what the 9/11 Commission did and did not analyze, then limited the scope of the Commission's inquiry so that the overwhelming majority of questions about 9/11 remained unasked, also happened to be the main guy defending the alleged unforeseeablity of the Pearl Harbor attack, who wrote a hit piece on Pearl Harbor historians like Stinnett.
It has been proven that 9/11 was entirely foreseeable and yet – unexplainably – all of the key military players just happen to have been unavailable and out of the loop when they were needed (and see this).
But that's just an interesting coincidence, because countries never use false pretenses to launch wars. Well, almost never, especially when it involves the innocent killing of our own people.
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"big American banks funded the Nazis". Who do you think funded Obama? (Goes along with the conspiracy theory that banks fund socialism because socialism leads to economic failure and economic failure leads to war, which banks finance).
"we probably knew about the coming Pearl Harbor attack, but let it happen". Sounds like Libya.
According to Keynesians, we needed WWII to stimulate the economy and end the depression - the ultimate "Broken Window" fallacy.
I've been hearing that for years - that American banks funded the Nazis. Utter rot. The funders of the Nazis were not American businesses but German business - Krupp, Thyssen, I. G. Farben and many others. This was in the nature of German big business which has always viewed complete free enterprise as a bad thing and which yearned for a strong, government hand to protect it from competition. Alfred Krupp started angling for government subsidies from the Prussian government as early as the 1840s, for instance. German business subsidized Hitler and shouted "we hired Hitler" after they got him in to office - and they had hired him to break the unions, break the socialists and keep Germany free from foreign competition while using German muscle to open markets to German products over seas.
American banks are run by idiots and have done untold economic harm to the United States - but they weren't supporters of Nazis.
So things have not changed much. We had Iraq's WMD which Bush sold to the US people and Blair sold it to the British people.
All a load of lies.
The British had just developed radar. I believe the Japanese fleet was picked up on radar and the US was adviced.
It's these George Washington articles that make it hard to recommend this sitto people who need it. If they just faded away it would be one thing, but why is this article still at the top of the page?
Comming as they may with all the psychological and perceptual and historical conditioning that the main stream media can get into them, I see your point.
I'll up vote you for being first.
which is harder to accept: our leaders are all snakes, or our leaders are all fools? they have pulled so many unlikely events to push USA to war remember gulf of tonkin?? I know it is hard for patriotic americans to think we were all lied to over and over but apply occam's razor..and you know the answers. gov run in secret is a fact.
proving it in court is another matter..close your eyes and keep thinking history is never faked and FDR was really above such plots..but Bush and Obuma now they may be suspect..history is a lie rings true.
as any combat vet knows: the truth is very rarely reported why would they tell us the big truth behind the actions or leaders plots.
trust no one older then 30, now should read; trust no one in power no one.
The war in Europe was more important than the Pacific. The US declared war on Germany before Japan. FDR actually had a Fruedian Slip referring to Germany (Japan) during his "Day of Infamy" speech before Congress.
The "official" line about Pearl Harbor has been that our codebreakers broke the Japanese code and found out the attack was coming but didn't warn anyone lest the Japanese find out that we broke their code. Interesting article George.
If you want to learn about rich Americans and corporations aiding the Nazis there is a good book that I bought years ago called "Trading With The Enemy" by Charles Higham. It is a VERY interesting book. Papa Bush, Joseph Kennedy, OUR tire companies, Ford Motor Co, and others were all aiding the Nazi Regime. They saw a way to profit big time during the war. And boy did they make the money during the war! I consider them all traitors, including Papa Bush and Joe Kennedy. They both made a HUGE amount of money during the war.
The first two American battleships sunk during WW2 were in fact sent to their end by German Stuka-JU87 in April 1941.Name: Kilkis Namesake: Battle of Kilkis-Lahanas Laid down: 12 May 1904 Launched: 30 September 1905 Commissioned: 22 July 1914 Fate: Sunk on 23 April 1941 near Salamis. Status: Salvaged in the 1950s Notes: previously USS Mississippi (BB-23)
This sinking may yeild interesting info with closer examination.
If this is all true (and why not), then the question is: can we envision something like this in the making nowadays?
War is no longer about war. It is about organised theft and propaganda. Both of these things take a lot of planning and very little conscience.
Here's the things about the battleships at Pearl. THEY WEREN'T OLD. They'd been in service only about 30 years which is less than much of the mainstay of the current US fleet. This is the problem with history. People look at it through the lens of "today." Yes those battleships are old TODAY, but back then they were practically the newest thing. People call them "antiquated" as well but only in relation to ships that came later in the war. The ships on Battleship Row were as up to date as the mainstays of the rest of the battleship weilding navies of the world.
The reason the carriers weren't in port wasn't because they were so cool and they wanted them out of harms way. They were curios - oddities and were essentially considered auxiliary ships by the Navy brass. Battleships were the arbiter of Navy power in the minds of those who purchased them, designed strategy, and managed the navy.
The Japanese had ADAPTED to the use of carrier due to the restrictions put on them by Washington Treaty system and a lack of funds and resources to procure the battleships they needed. The Japanese Navy still looked to battleships as their primary weapon and theirs were just as "old" as the US ships. As far as the IJN was concerned, the Combined Fleet was the battleships - carriers, sub, etc were just there to wear down the enemy.
Same with the British. The carrier strike on Taranto was siggular in it's UNIQUENESS. The British never sought to replicate that feat and even when hunting the Bismarck (a battleship that terrified them far beyond it's actual capability), they sent other surface ships after it. Simply because Swordfish put the killing blows to the Bismarck doesn't mean that that's what the plan of the Admiralty was.
"Here's the things about the battleships at Pearl. THEY WEREN'T OLD. They'd been in service only about 30 years"
they were old because they were paid or nearly paid off.....very old in banker years nay obsolete I dare say.
What good are ships that generate NO income?
Good work again George - I also commented on your prior piece on the use of the A bomb on the Japanese mainland.
This information is critical in my view - stuff that people need to understand - that the invasions of Iraq (based on lies), and the war in Vietnam (based on a false flag operation in the Gulf of Tonkin) are not isolated instances.
The US was drawn into WWI largely based on the sinking of the Lusitania - this ship was intentionally loaded with munitions (which has been proved by physical evidence) - the location was then publicly displayed in newspapers, and it was sailed right into the middle of German U boat territory. It doesn't take much imagination to see a scenario where this was known and planned at the highest levels of govt to ensure the US was drawn into WWI.
A very similar method is used in WWII - provoke the Japanese into a frenzy - then offer them a juicy target. The Japanese thought they were at risk of an imminemtn attack, and the fleets in Pearl Harbor were massing to attack them.
People might not like it, people don't want to hear this kind of information - it undermines their nationalism - it undermines their ego and sense of themsleves as they identify with their nation - this is EXACTLY what is neccessary for people to WAKE THE FUCK UP!
911 was not some isolated incident - it was simply another event in a long chain of events that have been used to create wars. It is not particularly important, but it is contemporary.
If and when there is news that Iran has 'struck out' with a murderous and sensless attack on the proud US navy - perhaps, just perhaps - some people will ask the question - why the hell would Iran do something so insane.
Yes! The fleet had always been based in San Diego. Moving them to Pearl was akin to breaking open your sword from the scabbard in front of a samurai. The US thought it would intimidate them to back down. IJN took it as an invitiation to duel.
Yep. We let 'em sink the entire pacific fleet so we could enter the war in earnest. It wouldn't be a proper week without some fertilizer from GW. Thanks, buddy! <dupe, apologies>
Most of the sunk battleships were refloated, repaired, and in action throughout the war, including the nighttime battle of the Philippines where many Jap cruisers and battleships were sunk.
Nope. A coherent set of carriers and other fleet vessels were out of town and they were enough to go on the win the Battle of Midway.
Yep. We let 'em sink the entire pacific fleet so we could enter the war in earnest. It wouldn't be a proper week without some fertilizer from GW. Thanks, buddy!
The propagandist is back at it, I see. For those that are really interested in what we knew and when.....read this:
BTW, you might wish to remember that the Founding Fathers said that dissent is the higest form of patriotism, and they were against "foreign entanglements" and standing armies, and were opposed to any wars that were not needed for national defense.
Iraq was obviously an "elective war", wars throughout the Middle East and North Africa have been planned for over 20 years, economist Nouriel Roubini says that a war against Iran will drive the global economy into another recession, and top national security experts say one more false flag and America will become an outright dictatorship.
So my motivation for writing, sir, is to protect America from annhilation from chickenhawk warmongers.
Sir, No Sir!
Kudos to you GW!! You should get the book "Trading with the Enemy" by Charles Higham. VERY interesting reading. I mentioned it in a post here a moment ago. Papa Bush & Joseph Kennedy and most of the big corporations of that time were trading with the Nazis BIG TIME!! Traitors all!! And it was all for the almighty buck!! Greedy bastards!!
One does have to consider the source, the BBC; they are a bunch of America-hating leftists. As Emerson said: What you are speaks so loudly I can't hear what you say.
So another propaganda piece that proports that the US had to attack itself and lose vital military assets in order to drum up support for war.
Doesn't even come close to passing the Occams razor test.
Pathetic waste of time this guy is. Starve him out..
Dude read Human Smoke. Pretty obvious the US pushed Japan very hard.
Human Smoke delivers a closely textured, deeply moving indictment of the treasured myths that have romanticized much of the 1930s and '40s. Incorporating meticulous research and well-documented sources -- including newspaper and magazine articles, radio speeches, memoirs, and diaries -- the book juxtaposes hundreds of interrelated moments of decision, brutality, suffering, and mercy. Vivid glimpses of political leaders and their dissenters illuminate and examine the gradual, horrifying advance toward overt global war and Holocaust.
So Spitzer, you cannot connect the dots on this topic either?
I'm beginning to think you are deeply asleep.
I love it! I admiringly quote the Founding Fathers and so you brand me an enemy.
Shows where yout loyalties lie, sir ...
Are you calling BBC a propagandist?
No, I'm calling you a propagandist, you cunt. Stop slandering this country.
So, a new memo has surfaced regarding US military intelligence prior to Pearl Harbor.
In the newly revealed 20-page memo from FDR's declassified FBI file, the Office of Naval Intelligence on December 4 warned, "In anticipation of open conflict with this country, Japan is vigorously utilizing every available agency to secure military, naval and commercial information, paying particular attention to the West Coast, the Panama Canal and the Territory of Hawaii."
That's supposed to be a significant revelations? What, previous memos only warned about Japan's keen interest in Minnesota? I hate to tell people who are all a twitter about this memo and other similar "revelations" but nobody in the American military or government was really surprised there was an attack on Pearl Harbor or any other major US pacific military asset. The entire Pacific was under a war warning and the entire US military was prepping for a possible Japanese attack somewhere. The US carriers were not caught at Pearl Harbor because they had been deployed to ferry aircraft to points in the western Pacific where an attack was anticipated, e.g., Wake Island.
Pearl Harbor wasn't a surprise of intent, it was a surprise of capability.
No one in the US Navy thought the Japanese had the physical capability to strike Pearl Harbor with carrier aircraft. That was the surprise.
Yamamoto surprised the US Navy, and everyone else, because he was a "black swan", i.e., a rare and unpredictable outlier.
Yamamoto was arguably the greatest naval mind of the 20th Century. He saw possibilities that no one else did. In a culture that prized conformity and respect for the past, he was a maverick rule breaker. American planners did not and probably couldn't have anticipated how radically and quickly Yamamoto would change Japanese doctrine, tactics and technology.
Yamamoto surprised the US Navy in two ways: Firstly, he completely inverted the controlling doctrine of the entire Japanese Navy. Secondly, he developed technology to enact that doctrine before anyone else thought to do so.
Japanese navel doctrine in the post-WW1 era was dictated by their belief that any future navel conflict would repeat the battle of Tsurigami, i.e., a US fleet would arrive in or near Japanese home waters, where a single decisive battle would take place in which one fleet or the either would be annihilated and the war would then come to a negotiated end. In such a conflict, long-range vessels would be unnecessary. This doctrine arose in part because prior to the 1930s Japan would have been hard-pressed to get enough oil to fight a long-range conflict.
The home-water doctrine controlled absolutely everything in the Japanese Navy, from technology to training to indoctrination. Every ship was designed from the keel upward for an intense, short-ranged and short-duration conflict. Japanese ships usually had only half the fuel capacity of US or British vessels. All training focused on fighting that one climactic battle. Such a battle was portrayed as not only the only practical solution but the only moral one as well. This concept so dominated Japanese naval thinking that, after Yamamoto's death, the Japanese navy instantly reverted to it. Making the conceptual leap to a radically different strategy was no trivial feat, and neither was convincing everyone else to go along. American naval planners were well aware of all this and they filed any possible long-range Japanese attacks by capital ships in the highly unlikely file.
After Yamamoto broke the pattern for the controlling doctrine of the Japanese navy, he next had to overcome the technological limitations. He had three major problems: (1) Fueling long-range operations, (2) developing air-dropped torpedoes that wouldn't bottom out in the relatively shallow water of Pearl Harbor and (3) developing air-dropped bombs that could reliably penetrate the armor of capital ships.
As late as January 1941, none of that technology existed. American planners in December of 1941 assumed it still didn't exist.
Yamamoto couldn't just put a bunch of oilers (tankers) with the carrier fleet and set sail. The oilers were just large merchant vessels that couldn't keep up with the fleet. The normal pattern was for tankers to stay around some island and for the warships to sally out and come back to tranquil waters to refuel. Nobody planned to bring tankers along on a sneak attack. Yamamoto solved the problem by constructing some oilers on some old cruiser keels which made an oiler that could reasonably pace a fleet.
The other problem was that refueling in even moderately heavy seas was tricky. Ships getting bounced around a tug at the wrong time could send flammable fuel everywhere. Yamamato solved that problem with a new kind of coupling system that could safely disengage.
This coupling technology gave the Japanese capital fleets unlimited striking range at good speed. Unknown to anyone outside the upper levels of the Japanese naval command, the Japanese carriers could strike West-East from Madagascar to the Panama canal and North-South from Alaska to Australia. The surprising series of naval air strikes that controlled the first few months of the war depended on the Japanese navy's ability to refuel on the fly.
Yamamoto solved the other two problems with typical Japanese elegance and simplicity. Attaching wooden fins to the torpedoes allowed them to enter the water at a much shallower angle so they wouldn't plow into the bottom of the harbor but would run true. Attaching fins to existing armor piercing cannon shells turned them into armor penetrating air delivered bombs.
American planners also took into consideration that even with the technical ability to strike plus the element of surprise, a carrier attack on Hawaii was very dangerous for the Japanese.
The Japanese had no more idea of the location of the US carriers than the US did about the location of the Japanese carriers. The Japanese fleet could have been counter ambushed and overwhelmed by the combined force of the US carriers, battleships and land-based planes from Hawaii. Admiral Nagumo failed to launch follow up attacks on the oil storage and dry docks of Pearl Harbor in part because of this realistic fear of a devastating counterattack.
American planners didn't believe the Japanese would risk so many capital ships and aircraft in such a risky attack.
The combination of all these factors meant that even though Admiral Kimmel, General Short and others understood the theoretical dangers of a carrier attack on Pearl Harbor, they didn't think it a likely enough scenario to take counter measures against, especially if that meant exposing Pearl Harbor to more likely forms of attack.
When they began actively preparing for war with Japan in early November 1941, they did not irresponsibly plan for an almost "impossible" carrier strike but instead responsibly planned for likely modes of attacks that the America navy thought the Japanese could carry out: Submarine attacks on ships, submarine shelling of the shore, submarine-landed commandos, aerial bombing from lumbering seaplanes and sabotage attacks by covert agents.
Kimmel seriously ramped up anti-submarine defenses around the harbor. Short put the coastal artillery on high alert. Both configured air defenses to repel a high-altitude attack from large seaplanes. Both guarded all land assets from commando or saboteur attacks. Most famously, both the Navy and the Army tightly clustered all their aircraft together on the airfields so they could be easily protected from a ground attack by light infantry or saboteurs.
Like competent baseball coaches, Kimmel and Short had covered all their bases. Unfortunately, the Japanese were playing football.
Most historical works conflate the surprise of the general public at Pearl Harbor with the surprise of the military. The Roosevelt administration worked tirelessly to downplay the risk of attack from Japan because FDR didn't want attention distracted from Europe. Negotiations were still underway, and Americans of that era assumed that no one would attack during negotiations. The military, however, was actively preparing for war with Japan and was not particularly surprised that it broke out. They were only surprised by a radical change in Japanese doctrine and capabilities.
All the conspiracy theories about Pearl Harbor hinge on the idea that all the warnings about Japanese attacks should have made it obvious that a carrier strike on Pearl Harbor was imminent. Such theories ignore that the best intelligence estimates of the time said that Japan could not carry out such an attack, and even if they could would not as a matter of doctrine. Nothing in the bits and pieces of intelligence that in hindsight indicated a possible carrier attack on Pearl were interpreted as such, because a carrier attack was thought (as a practical matter) operationally impossible.
The specter of technological surprise has haunted US planners ever since Pearl Harbor. The US military did learn to never underestimate the technical ability of an enemy to strike. Some would argue the US has systematically over estimated such abilities.
We learned a lot from Pearl Harbor but we really didn't learn not to attempt to read the minds of people from other cultures and ideologies We haven't learned to plan for the appearance of exceptional individuals changing the rule of the game.
Most importantly, we haven't learned to plan for things we can't possibly plan for or to admit that such scenarios even exist. Instead, we assume that all eventualities can be and should be planned for.
No doubt future historians will write "books" about how everything we will blunder into was in retrospect so obvious that the only reasonable explanation was some grand incompetence or conspiracy. In the end, we just really don't understand most of what is going on and never did or will. Life is about surprises good and bad.
"Stop slandering this country"
He's not slandering the "country". To the extent that he's slandering anyone or anything, it's the state. The government is not the people.
A fascinating read. But surely you mean the Battle of Tsushima. Not Tsurugami.
Re Yamamoto, it was a stroke of luck for the Japanese that he was "demoted" to Combined Fleet commander when he was supposed to be appointed Navy Minister. Because of fear that his appointment to political office would end in his assassination, beause he would use his forceful personality to counter the Army's drive to war, he was put in charge of the fleet, where, ironically, he was duty bound to make sure that the war he sought to prevent politically, would begin in Japan's favor. Truly a great man, Yamamoto. His genius is attested to by the fact that he was one of very few (only?) enemy military commanders specifically targeted by the US for assassination.
This is a good piece, GW. So is the one about the atomic bomb. I read that one on Infowars tonight. Glad to see that Infowars is hosting your work.
Thanks for this. It's important. The connections you draw at the close of the piece make it clear that this is nothing new, just business as usual, probably has always been this way. And that's especially important for folks to know. Glad to see you're fighting the fight for truth. There are not nearly enough folks doing this.
There is really nothing new here - the story about the Army Chief of Staff briefing reporters about the imminence of war is such old news that it appears in William Manchester's excellent biography of Douglas MacArthur. It is also wise not to read too much in to things. MacArthur was probably the finest soldier to ever wear our nation's uniform and he was caught flat-footed, with his aircraft on the ground, hours after the Japanese struck Pearl Harbor. When you are poised at the precipice, things can get murky. At such times only those who have a well considered plan know what to do - even though President Roosevelt wanted to fight (felt, correctly, that it was necessary for the United States to fight) the mere recognition of this brutal fact doesn't do much for you unless you want to strike the first blow. All US commanders in the Pacific were advised by late November that war was imminent but all of them were also instructed that US policy was that Japan must strike first...and without any clarification from Washington as to what constituted an attack (MacArthur wasn't even informed if a Japanese attack on the Phillippines would constitute an attack on US soil - the PI was formerly a US colony, was at that time a Commonwealth and was slated for independence).
It is highly doubtful that the US authorities knew in advance precisely where the Japanese would strike. The reason to doubt foreknowledge of the Pearl Harbor attack is the fact that it caught the troops on the ground entirely by surprise. Any attack, even a completely failed attack, would have been sufficient cause for war - had we known the Japanese when coming we would have fully alerted our forces and had the fleet out to sea. US intelligence was all over the map - considering Japanese thrusts here, there and everywhere - no one put much thought in to a possible attack on Pearl Harbor because the difficulties in carrying it out were formidable (which is, of course, precisely why an excellent strategist like Yamamoto would try it); it would be akin to us planning a surprise attack on December 7th on the Japanese fleet in the Inland Sea.
This does not in any way change the fact that FDR was clearly trying to get us in the war - he had tried for a year to provoke Hilter by increasingly aggressive US anti-submarine efforts in the Atlantic to no avail. Japan was actually easier because the economic embargo forced Japan to choose: retreat from China and southeast Asia, or fight. As the Japanese could not stomach a retreat, war became inevitible. It was the rarest luck that Hitler, being insane, acted in an insane manner and declared war on us a few days after Pearl Harbor. The problem was neatly solved.
A better field of study for all of us is not how we got in to the war but how we managed to botch it so badly - 350,000 lives and untold treasure expended only to wind up with Stalin in charge of most of Hitler's empire and communists ruling in China! The courage of our soldiers, sailors, airmen and Marines was magnificent. In MacArthur, Patton, Nimitz and Spruance we had proven commanders of unmatched gifts. All of it was thrown away by an executive who knew next to nothing of the world and who was surrounded by advisors who were downright stupid when not fellow travellors of the Stalinists.
"A better field of study for all of us is not how we got in to the war but how we managed to botch it so badly - 350,000 lives and untold treasure expended only to wind up with Stalin in charge of most of Hitler's empire and communists ruling in China! The courage of our soldiers, sailors, airmen and Marines was magnificent. In MacArthur, Patton, Nimitz and Spruance we had proven commanders of unmatched gifts. All of it was thrown away by an executive who knew next to nothing of the world and who was surrounded by advisors who were downright stupid when not fellow travellors of the Stalinists. "
No mystery there. It's the unavoidable consequence of "foreign entanglements". The politicians and the military leaders all think that they understand the situation beforehand, whether culture, politics, religion, etc., and can foretell the future, there will be no unforeseen consequences (we'll be smarter this time! We've learned the lessons of the past!). The politicians, especially of the messianic variety (Wilson, FDR, Bush, etc., etc.), need no particular convincing because of course, "war is the health of the state". Somehow people who generally oppose state intervention at home think that they are smart enough and know enough to intervene in something far more complex and unknowable to outsiders than the economy - foreign conflict.
If precise foreknowledge was not true, maybe you can explain why the most important ships in the Pacific Fleet, the 4 aircraft carriers, all just happened to be safely out of port at the time of the attack.
I believe that only three carriers were based out of Pearl Harbor in December of 1941 - I could be wrong about that, but I don't think so. They were Enterprise, which was delivering planes to Wake Island; Lexington, which was delivering planes to Midway Island; Saratoga which was on its way to the west coast for routine maintenance. Admiral Kimmel's usual actions held that the fleet was to be in harbor on the weekends - this still being a peacetime military force and the troops not accustomed to long, gruelling sea deployments (today that sort of thing just doesn't happen - instructed by Pearl Harbor, our ships - except when undergoing major upkeep - keep to sea all the time; the joke among sailors - I was one, many ages ago - is that "USS" stands for "underway Saturdays and Sundays"); remember, on December 7th, 1941 it was nearly 43 years since the US Navy had seen a major fleet action - and that was the Spanish-American War. It wasn't, back then, the "always ready" force it is today.
War was coming; everyone in a responsible position in the US government and military knew it. But it was thought that the Japanese would attack in the Spring of 1942 - all our defense build-up plans were predicated upon that time frame. Had the Japanese conveniently waited until then, we would have confronted them everywhere with a massively stronger force - but the Japanese decided not to wait.
Please watch the BBC documentary ...
I'm presuming you hit upon the most startling revelations, but all of them have been familiar to me for years.
Here's something for you, though - in that book Japan's Imperial Conspiracy I reference elsewhere in the comments, there is this passage:
...The Sugiyama Memoranda revealed that Hirohito had participated in the Pearl Harbor planning a full six months before any of his official military advisors were informed of it. Evidence taken before the allied judges of the International Military Tribunal for the Far East verified by witnesses under oath and cross-examination, demonstrated conclusively that none of the "militarists" who were supposed to have dragged Hirohito to war knew of the Pearl Harbor plan until August 1941. General Tojo, the arch "militarist" who headed Japan's wartime Cabinet, was not told of the plan until November 1941.
This, then, was a major historical revelation. Its hypothetical equivalent in U.S. terms would be a newly discovered note in the handwriting of Secretar of War Henry L. Stimson asserting in the summer of 1941 President Roosevelt had secretly ordered a study to be made of the possibility of keeping obsolescent battleships at conspicuously ill-protected moorings in Pearl Harbor in order to lure Japan into making an attack and providing an excuse for American entry in to World War II...
Interesting, huh? Curiously enough my father, who originally owned the book, underlined that passage and handwrote the word "yep!!!" in the margin. I never did get a satisfactory explanation from him as to why he did that. But, then again, I never did get a satisfactory explanation for what he was doing from 1948 until 1958, either. So he's a former Marine working on a college degree in math at UC Santa Barbara and all of a sudden the Army, of all things, calls him up to be a "statistician". Really? Then things get hazy until he's suddenly married to Mom and working at Mitre Corporation - and that'll get ya thinking, if you know what Mitre does. Dad could keep a secret, that's for sure - we never suspected he was working on the F-117A until the plane's existence was fully declassified and dad comes home with a picture of himself and others at the Skunk Works next to a model of the aircraft. He passed on in 2009 so none of us can properly cross-examine him.
But here's how WWII started for us - the Japanese wanted to build a large enough empire to keep the West permanently at bay. The United States, as well as others, felt this would have a negative aspect for overall global affairs and determined to prevent it. Japan decided to try military conclusions with us on the mistaken assumption that we lacked the grit for a long war - they figured if they conquered enough and made re-conquest costly enough that we'd eventually sit down and negotiate. Perhaps we should have - but the determination was made to fight to the finish and once that was decided upon, Japan never had a chance.
It's also interesting to note that there was nothing about the attack on Pearl Harbor that necessitated american entry into the european theater of war but Hitler stupidly backed up his axis ally.
By one account, Hitler was delighted upon hearing the news of the attack on Pearl Harbor because he said that the japanese had not lost a war in 3,000 years. So, he felt comfortable declaring war.
This is what happens when your nation is led by a psychopathic, failed artist.
According his doctor's diary Hitler took a hit of drugs, which included meth and spent 72 hours awake debating himself whether to declare war on America. Afterwards he came out of his bunker and said we will ally with the samurai, they have not lost a war in, I thought the line was 2000 years... I could be wrong...
Related but not connected to this was the story of Dusan Popov, a spy for the allies in WWII who was believed to have been part of Ian Fleming's inspiration for James Bond.
Popov first worked in England as a double agent pretending to be in the employ of the germans but actually completely working for the allies.
At one point, the germans passed along to Popov a request to get all the information he could for the Japanese about the tremendously successful British aircraft carrier attack on the Italian naval base at Taranto. Around the same time as this request was passed along, Popov was being reassigned by the germans (or so they thought) to the U.S. and he was requested to find out, for the japanese, everything he could about the american naval base at Pearl Harbor.
Popov put two and two together and gave this information to idiot J. Edgar Hoover who out of bizarre personal animosity toward Popov did nothing with it. He didn't send it anywhere. It stopped with him. This is probably not part of FDR's duplicity but shows that this information was coming from more than one angle.
A good account of Hoover's nuttiness on this Popov information is given in Anthony Summers' biography of him, Official and Confidential.
(Unless Hoover was being deliberately obtuse--it's hard to tell.)
Whadda crocka chickenshit bullshit.


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KINGSTON - A fitness center is going up in a building on Third Avenue that used to house a roller rink.
Registered members were able to start working out at Vive Health and Fitness Center on Monday.
The center includes a gym with cardio and weight machines and free weights, several exercise rooms, a juice bar, saunas, steam rooms, massage therapy and a cycling room. The workout spaces are for members, but massages, staff nutritionists and the juice bar are open to the public.
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Owner Diane McAliney said Vive offers a fitness experience not found within 200 miles of the center.
"I felt strongly coming from a medical background that we need to nurture the mind, body and spirit. When we nurture all three, I believe it prevents the body from going into a disease state," said McAliney, who worked as a sonographer for 18 years. "I wanted to offer it here because I felt there was a need in the marketplace."
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Some recent bloggers I've come across with an Apologetics theme (in no particular order):
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As the first post after a few months of absence I'm going to look back on a great start to the year. But first let me back up a bit.
Last July I started work with Christian Vision for Men in England, moving back from the US where I was previously working with YWAM. I came on board working closely with Carl and was immediately thrust into the world of UK evangelism and training, clocking up thousands of miles on the roads (which I've actually acquired a taste for – beats plane travel for ease and minimal fuss). I've visited dozens of churches, been involved in several regional days and one national conference.
I also put my hand to the website, creating a blog, worked on some videos, set up some online booking/purchasing stuff, and made copious cups of tea.
In the middle of all that I moved from Bath to Derbyshire as the offices relocated to the middle of the country.
There's been scheming and dreaming, long hours and big tasks. I've been thrust into an environment where dreams can be realised quickly but with that comes the responsibility of following through with the idea and delivering. CVM at it's core is small and robust, always aiming to punch above it's weight. Many people would be surprised to see how much we accomplish with the size of team that we have. It's a truly exciting environment, one where there is always a strong sense of purpose, direction and provision from God.
Which leads me to some of the events of January. On Friday 22nd Jan we sent out an appeal letter as we were facing the very real prospect of going under as an organisation. Thanks to the new email system we just integrated (gotta love the Chimp) I was able to track opens, clicks etc. Within minutes donations started coming in, and in, and in … An email sent out at 4 in the afternoon on a Friday generated such a strong response that we were soon heading out of the woods.
The money spoke of the dedication of the band of brothers that stretches across the UK with the same heartbeat to see men saved. But more than this it was the messages of support that caused me to catch my breath. Blokes (and lasses) were standing by us, not letting us go down. It really was very humbling. I joined CVM because I felt that they were a group of real people with a clear and purposeful calling. Apparently, hundreds of people across the UK think so too.
The lessons that I learnt in YWAM were being reinforced in CVM. Where God guides, He provides. Whether that's $1000 for a plane ticket to a foreign mission field or £20,000 to keep a home-grown mission agency going.
The next thing to unfold was an article published on the Times Online blog by Ruth Gledhill. Picking up on an older CVM survey the article outlined some of the aims of CVM also highlighting the urgency that we face as a national church. Ruth Gledhill's blog being well-followed as it is, was soon picked up spawning many other blog pieces, some friendly and some otherwise. Before my eyes suddenly many people who wouldn't be talking about CVM and talking, commenting, blogging …
It was a fascinating scene to observe. My feeling is that this is the beginning of something.
That feeling is more than just some thoughts on the blog world but part of a bigger belief that this year God will use CVM is some pretty huge ways. Codelife is on the horizon as are many, many other exciting projects. Who can know where we will be in 12 months?
I'll endeavour to keep my thoughts coming now … Stay posted!
As mentioned last week I have been working on a new blog for Christian Vision for Men (CVM). Well, today we've taken it live!
Come take a look and read about some of the stuff we get up to working with CVM around the country. To get things started, Carl writes on evangelism geared up for men.
It's been a while – too long – since I have blogged. Part of the reason is my new job with CVM. Another part is that I've been waiting to finish a few books which I haven't done yet. And sometimes when I'm done with my day I decide that I've actually looked at a screen too much.
But my time with CVM has been great. Busy, sometimes long days but always full of fun and privilege. I've been up and down the country and been a part of those wonderful things called meetings again – something that my time in YWAM adequately prepared me for (YWAM: Youth With A Meeting). I haven't stopped learning and find that I have many varied tasks on my agenda.
One of those is looking at our internet technologies. There will be lots that I will be involved with, starting with a new blog. So despite my blogging drought blogging has been on my brain. To get the project rolling I've started asking questions such as:
Over the next few day I hope to answer some of these questions (insights welcome) but to start things off I thought I'd just list a few of my daily reads. One of my morning routines is to open up NewsFire and browse through the headlines. Taking a look now these ones catch my eye (in no particular order).
1. Challies Dot Com
Maybe more popular in N. America than the UK (?) Mr Challies seems to set the bar for Christian blogging. As well as providing a strong model to imitate technically I happen to be of the same theological persuasion (more or less) so there's plenty of happy reading here.
The London Institute of Contemporary Christianity publishes high-quality, relevant, thoughtful articles on how Christianity interacts with all 'spheres of life'. A clean, well-structured site that delivers crisp content. Subtle and a good case of the medium not getting in the way of the content.
3. TheResurgence
A collection of bloggers here, but of course, noted for one Mr. Mark Driscoll. Great concise content with plenty of relevant links.
4. The Blue Fish Project
Moving closer to home here … Maybe this could be said to be a blogger's blog? Plenty of links to posts and interesting bits and bobs with fresh content on a regular basis.
5. Peter Hitchens
Old-fashioned columnist? Maybe. But he can write, and so I like to read what he has to say.
6. Pro-Existence
Mr Rick Pearcey (of the Pearcey Report) keeps a blog on current affairs. I perhaps don't read this as much as I did when I was state-side but because I know the angle that the author is coming from I will always head here to gain another insight on a relevant topic.
7. Mac Rumors
I'm a Mac fan. So I follow Mac news. Enough said?
8. The Unofficial Apple Weblog
And they're just 8. Does anyone have any thoughts to offer? I attended the Band of Bloggers Conference (nice blog template) earlier this year and picked up a host ideas but I'm always looking to learn more. Over the next week I'll look to share more of my findings and stay tuned for the new blog from CVM!


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Sound: Age often opens up a certain side of musicians. Not one that's particularly surprising, but more human, as an artist tends to put a more natural side of them on display. Sometimes it's due to a change in lifestyle and that could be said for Robert James Ritchie a.k.a. Kid Rock. Having set standards for mainstream hits in the late 90s' with hazardous yet catchy hooks, the soon to be 40-year-old is a now an American roots musician focused on penning a reflection of the times. With the bumper stickers changed, Kid Rock is, for once, soulful. Opening tracks "Born Free" and "Slow My Roll" present a changed man who isn't afraid of putting a rasp on display while piano chords and a classic guitar sound dance in the background. The eighth trip into the studio may not reflect Rock's past affair with metal and rap rock but it still entwines his former self. "Care" twirls like an adult contemporary single with Martina McBride lending vocals and T.I. sharing a safe-for-work verse of his own while "God Bless Saturday" drapes an American flag across its shoulders as a vintage guitar solo unloads at the halfway point of the track. Due to the roots of the artist, Born Free does claim a country-rock image with a sense of vulnerability, not twang or amateur lyrics about a whiskey girl who bought her first barbecue grill. // 7
Lyrics: It's hard to imagine Kid Rock recording an album with an acoustic feel to it. Instead of trying to touch the peak of his mainstream abilities, the musician presents a care-free attitude, easing his way into choruses without shouting about how he's a cowboy and rides all night because he sleeps all day. The singer did do a take in a similar department with Sheryl Crow in 2002 with the single "Picture", but his vocal talent on Born Free is genuinely remarkable. "Collide" and "Flyin' High" pitch him against more respected voices (Crow and Zac Brown), forcing him to blend with another and not bask in the spotlight by himself. Having taken a softer tone, Rock's lyrics about modern-day blues ("Times Like These", "Rock Bottom Blues") and the state of Detroit provide a message that's actually worth listening to even if it's stereotypical to the bone. // 8
Overall Impression: Witnessing the evolution of Kid Rock's career is almost shocking. Seeing the musician become involved in the honesty of roots rock is identical to watching pop princess Mandy Moore rock the mic as an MC (if that were to happen). His past may point out the transformation isn't a surprise, but the fact his talents have matured and almost erase the youthful angst he once had is a bit staggering. Kid Rock has never been one to garner the respect he deserves but with Born Free, it may be time. Amidst the fireworks show of sincerity and incline in ability, it's difficult not to applaud the road he's taken and what new territories he may create in the next decade of his heavily-criticized career. // 7
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Sound: Let me begin by saying that I am a Kid Rock fan. I celebrate his entire catalog... Over the past couple of albums, Kid Rock has begun to stray farther and farther from his roots. It all began with the recording of "Picture", the duet with Cheryl Crow. I always appreciated his diversity and ability to play any genre of music, and play it well. But, no one wants to hear Kid Rock sing 12 straight country music songs. He is at his best when his songs jump from hard rock to blues to rap to country"ish" music. This album give us none of that. This is clearly another album that will appeal to all the soccer moms and white trash queens that have begun to overrun his fan base. I understand an artist growing and wanting to change, but don't claim to be the American Badass and give us this.
Another problem I have is that Kid Rock has one of the best bands in music. Yet, Rick Rubin brought in an "All Star" band for the recording process. Chad Smith(RHCP Drummer), David Hidalgo (Los Lobos Guitarist) and Benmont Tench the keyboardist from Tom Petty's Heartbreakers. My question is, WHY?? There is nothing special musically on this entire album. Any session musicians from Nashville could've done just as well. This is the "sound" section of the review, so I will say that the album is well produced and sounds top notch. // 5
Lyrics: The lyrics range from scenic images (Born Free, Purple Sky, and Times Like These), to bar room atmosphere (God Bless Saturday, Flyin' High, and Collide - the latest effort with Chery Crow). The words aren't bad, they're just not what you would expect from the same guy who wrote songs called "Balls in Your Mouth" and "f--k You Blind". Kid Rocks vocals have definitely come a long way. He sounds great and shows range that I don't think anyone knew he had. // 7
Overall Impression: This album is a big step for Kid Rock to leave his rap/rock roots as a thing of the past. Some might think that this is a good thing. I've always thought one of the great things about him is that he did his thing and didn't apologize to anyone for it. He seems to be trying really, really hard to become Bob Seger (who plays piano on the song with Cheryl Crow). I get it, I guess. This was an album I was really looking forward to, and was very disappointed when I heard it. // 6
Sound: I have been a Kid Rock fan for quite a while now. It started when I was a beer swilling, smart ass teen who listened to rap music, sagged my pants, and told everyone and anyone to f--k OFF. I purchased an album called Grits Sandwiches for Breakfast. The humor, wit, and talents of Kid Rock really played a role in the way I lived my life. I could go on and on describing the parallels between Kid Rock's music and my life, but its a waste of time, if you get it, you get it, if you do not, its probably because you have an education level that of a 3rd grader. I am now in my early 30's, or is it mid 30's? Well, either way, I have grown to be an adult mosyt of the time, and with that I have opened my mind, expanded my horizons, and have started listening to music more then just for a beat, or a hook. Lyrics have more of an effect on me when I listen to music then anything else, and there is no doubt the subject matter, the lyrics, and effect of Kid Rock's music has grown to proportions I am not sure the man himself could have ever imagined. I have watched it from afar, I have seen it up close, I have been a part of this magical journey in one way or another, and honestly feel as if I myself have grown along with it.
I have seen people say this album is soft, I have heard people complain that Kid Rock has lost his edge, I have even seen some people say there are done with Kid Rock and his music after this album. To me, these people so not understand music, they do not listen to music, they are not open minded, and their credability is lacking. The words and/or message being conveyed on this album is far different then anything Bob has ever done, at the same time, he is taking some responsibility on his shoulders that many artists today are afraid to do. It would be easy for Bob to jump into a studio and yell f--k OFF, BITCH THIS, BITCH THAT, ..., throw his middle fingers in the air, and sell a million records. What alot of people fail to realize is that this journey started way before Devil Without a Cause, and this man has listened to critics call him everything from a rock/rap wigger, to a hack, to even a theif when reviewing All Summer Long. Whether you are an artist, or you are just a regular joe, the last thing you want in life is to not get credit for your work, your abilities, especially if its something you have worked to perfection for years upon years. Kid Rock has surrounded himself with one of the best live bands in the world, he has also brought in some of the finest studio musicians in the world, and has collaborated with some of the most talented song writers, and what it has done has turned him into a well rounded musical genius. // 10
Lyrics: Born Free, from beginning to end is filled with thought provoking lyrics, Lyrics that reflect on life, reflect on his career, and reflect on the state of the Country at a time when people are confused, scared, and worried about the future of their lives, their childrens lives, and the Country in general. If you put this CD in, and listen to the words, you undoubtedly can forget about your own worries, and be entertained, find an escape, find hope. Kid Rock has done just that on every album he has released, only difference being, the escape ultimately was the PARTY. This album relfects the times, but also reflects upon Kid Rock as a grown ass man. He is letting you know, through the words he sings that he has some of the same worries that we have, that even though he is a ROCK STAR, he is also a family man that has to reflect on life sometimes, look around, and realize people are struggling, and while he can't offer answers to everyone, he can share in our worries.
Kid Rock is not 25 anymore, The answer is not to down 20 shots, get some Kid Rock Tickets, and forget whats going on until tomorrow. This album is deep, it is lyrically meaningful, and it is showing a side of Kid Rock that many who have not been fans have never seen. I could sit here and question some of the production, I could question some of the pitches in which some of the songs are sung, but who am I to question a Rock Star for experimenting, or a producer? Instead, I listen to the words being shared, and I feel proud of Kid Rock for saying things that most artists avoid, doing something that most artists will never do. He has gone out of his way to prove his abilities, instead of taking the easy route and making another album of the same material that was successful before. // 10
Overall Impression: I can not wait to hear most of these songs live. I personally am excited to see what TBT and Bob do to thses songs to spice them up for the live shows. I think the Rick Rubin effect that may bother me on a song or two will disappear, and Marlon, Jimmie, Jason, Aaron, Freddie, Stef, Larry, Dave, and the girls will take this music up a few notches and give everyone the true rock n roll feel that maybe some feel is missing. This album shows passion, it shows an artist who is not afraid to progress, it shows writing that is beyond the scope of some pop music bullshit, and it gives everyone a little peak into who and what Kid Rock is all about, after the party ends.
Listen to the album, Listen to the words, listen to the message. This is one of the most well written albums I have heard in some time. I am right around the same age as Bob, I have lived my life in and around some of the same things Bob has, and I have seen alot of the same things happen in and around the city we love...
Bob is the biggest Rock Star of our generation. // 10
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|Saturday, 3 August 2002
Statement by Minister Azwer
The President has frequently stated that she will extend her fullest co-operation to the ongoing peace process. This indeed is a welcoming statement. However, the President's brother Anura Bandaranaike has now joined hands with the Marxist JVPers in an attempt to sabotage this ongoing peace process.
This is actually a very unhealthy trend. Therefore we should request the President to control her brother in order to save the schoolchildren of this country from falling prey to disruptive elements and ruin their education, thereby ruining their future. This is made in the name of the peace-loving people of this country".
This statement was made by Minister of Parliamentary Affairs Alhaj A. H. M. Azwer who was the chief guest at the Meelad-Un-Nabi celebrations organised by the Al-Hidaya Maha Vidyalaya, Colombo 10, today (1 August 2002). The function was presided by the Principal Mrs. N. U. M. A. Cader.
The Minister also said that at present the Hon. Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe is working tirelessly to make the ongoing peace process a lasting success, with the blessing of the world's leaders. The Prime Minister has visited India, Europe and USA and met their respective leaders to appraise them of the current situation and to seek their support. The President of the USA assured our Prime Minister of his fullest co-operation by proclaiming that "we are with you in this process". This is the first time in the history that a US President has assured leader of another country of the closest co-operation and assistance in this manner. It is an indication of the confidence that the USA has placed on the leadership of Hon. Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe. The USA is also willing to support us in reviving the economy at this crucial juncture.
Speaking on the visit of President General Musharraf of Pakistan, the Minister stated that it occurred at a very important juncture when Sri Lanka is yearning for peace. We recall that in the past, Pakistan has come to our assistance during extreme difficulties and at times of war and peace. The visit of Pakistan's President is also an acknowledgment of Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe's remarkable statesmanship in bringing every section of the International Community to extend their support to our country in solving the ethnic conflict to establish peace in our country. The JVP has launched a protest campaign to coincide with the visit of Gen. Musharraf. This is a very bad precedent and against all accepted human norms and values. We should remind our people of JVP's past atrocities and how they misled schoolchildren in the past. The parents must be very cautious and alert and make sure that their children return home direct safely after school hours. Every responsible parent should keep this in mind in the interest of their own children.
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Run for the Roses benefits VAC
The Voluntary Action Center's seventh annual Run for the Roses at the Kentucky Derby fundraiser brought more than 300 people to the Waverly Community House for an evening of cheering and partying.
Guests watched their favorites race around Church Hill Downs during a broadcast of the Kentucky Derby at the event that also featured a live auction, entertainment by Ron Leas Trio, refreshments and libations.
Among those seen decked out in derby attire on the club's porch were Gianna Cestone, Gabriel Durr, Christine Fitzpatrick, Meghan Fitzpatrick, Miller Rinaldi, Doc Rinaldi, Sophia Rinaldi, Tom Fitzpatrick and Maddie Sunday.
Also among those supporting VAC through the event were its executive director, Deb Moran Peterson; and Tim and Tara Atkins of Waverly; Shirley and Eugene Barrett of Peckville; Frank Butkiewicz of Waverly; Val Calpin of Waverly; Bob and Trish Mazzoni of Peckville; Michael and Michele Neary of Covington Twp.; Al and Judy Scheatzle of South Abington Twp.; Thomas and Theresa Skotleski of Scranton; and Susie Sugarman of Waverly.
Super students
Delaware Valley High School graduate Colleen Fagan was chosen for a National Science Foundation-funded research experience for undergraduates at Samford University in Birmingham, Ala., for the summer. Colleen, a daughter of Ann and Joe Fagan, will conduct research on medical plants with Dr. John Arnold of the McWhorter School of Pharmacy. Colleen attends Le-Moyne College. ... Students recognized at Millersville University's honors and awards convocation include Emily A. Cardone of Scranton, Violet F. Markey Academic Scholarship; Maitlyn S. Conaboy of Clarks Summit, Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference Scholar-Athlete Award; Christopher V. Gaughan of Olyphant, E. L. Henry Quarantelli Award for Excellence in Emergency Management; Anthony P. Jadus of Archbald, Board of Governor's Scholarship; Brittney R. Martin of Clarks Summit, Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference Scholar-Athlete Award; Erin L. Nuss of Honesdale, Steinman Foundations/Intelligencer Printing Freshman Scholarship; Christopher M. Schneider of Greentown, Millersville University Alumni Association Athletic Scholarship and the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference Scholar-Athlete Award; Amanda M. Stone of Factoryville, Richard and Elaine Blouse Scholarship; Eric B. Wendoloski of Laflin, Earth Science Awards for Academic Excellence - Liberal Arts and Student of Academic Distinction, and Melissa H. Witt of Waymart, the Dr. Samuel P. Wallace '41 Scholarship and the PSECU Scholarship.
High notes
Jimmy Williams of Dunmore is playing the Big Bad Wolf in the children's musical "The Marvelous Misadventures of Little Red Riding Hood," today through Sunday at the Music Box Dinner Playhouse in Swoyersville. A graduate of Dunmore High School, where he appeared in several school plays, Jimmy has appeared in local productions at the Actor's Circle, Scranton Public Theatre, the Little Theatre in Wilkes-Barre, and has had leading roles in "Annie," "Rent" and "Fiddler on the Roof" at the Music Box.
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Judge Alex: Prosecution Overcharged in Zimmerman Case
Fox Report weekend anchor Harris Faulkner sat down with Judge Alex Ferrer to break down the latest developments in the George Zimmerman murder trial. The prosecution's star witness, Rachel Jeantel, took the stand last week. She was on the phone with Martin when he encountered Zimmerman. Her testimony, according to Judge Alex, helped the defense more than the prosecution.
"You Don't Think 'Creepy A** Cracker' Is a Racial Comment?" Defense Presses Teen Friend of Trayvon Martin
Judge Alex told Faulkner that the prosecution is in trouble. "Usually when the defense gets up, it starts to weaken the prosecution's side of the case. But so far, even on the prosecution's side, the defense has scored point after point after point on their self-defense claim."
Furthermore, neighbor and prosecution witness John Good testified that Martin was on top of Zimmerman during the fight. He assessed that his testimony also helped the defense because it supports Zimmerman's claim that he felt his life was in danger. "That is critical and it's supported by other evidence in the case at this point."
Judge Alex believes that the prosecution overcharged with a second-degree murder charge. He said it's possible that Zimmerman could be charged with manslaughter if there's a conviction. "The prosecution has a bad case right now, but they could lose the battle and win the war anyway."
Watch the rest of his analysis in the video above!
TUNE IN: Greta Van Susteren will be in the courtroom on Monday and will host a special 'On the Record' from Florida on Monday and Tuesday at 10p ET.


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Clinton's Justices Pave Supreme Court's Middle Road with Another Term under Their Belts, Two Newest Jurists Brake Court's Rightward Momentum
Robert Marquand, writer of The Christian Science Monitor, The Christian Science Monitor
Of the nine justices on the United States Supreme Court, Republican presidents named seven and President Clinton - the first Democrat in the Oval Office since 1980 - named two.
Now, as history begins to define Mr. Clinton's legacy, his appointments of Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Stephen Breyer may win a spot near the top of his achievement list.
Without doubt, the Clinton appointees are acting as the brake on a court that was moving rapidly toward cultural conservatism and limits on individual rights, say many court observers. Especially when the justices cannot reach consensus, as is often the case, the two newest members are steering the court in a more mainstream direction.
"Without {Justices} Ginsburg and Breyer, you have a radically different jurisprudence on the court," says David O'Brien, who publishes an annual Supreme Court review. "Voting rights and affirmative action are overturned completely. More acts of Congress are overturned. You would see a reversal of Roe v. Wade {affirming a woman's right to abortion}."
Other cases that might have turned out differently include one from the Virginia Military Institute (VMI), in which the court struck down all-male public colleges. The two newcomers frown on the death penalty, but have not tried to abolish it. They favor drawing voter districts in a way that considers race, but not ardently.
As Ginsburg begins her sixth year and Breyer his fifth on the Supreme Court, the pair is helping to shape a strong moderate wing. Moreover, with an impeccable civility and quiet demeanor, they are tempering a body that had been riven with ideological fissures and personal antipathy, sources close to the court say.
Of the two, the biggest surprise may be Breyer, a federal judge and Harvard professor who joined the court in 1994. Breyer was early labeled a gray legal technocrat. Yet his ringing dissent in the recent line-item-veto case and his role as lead dissenter in last year's epic term show him emerging as a questioner of states' rights and "original intent" - the leading vision of jurisprudence coming from the conservative wing.
In dissenting with the majority decision to strike down the presidential line-item veto, Breyer contrasts the size of the US population, budget, and government in 1789 with the vastly larger conditions today. Whereas the majority held that the new presidential power violated the Constitution's "separation of powers," Breyer argues that the literal reading should not prevail and that the court should remember the "genius of the Framers' pragmatic vision ... in cases that find constitutional room for necessary ... innovation." The Constitution, he says, was framed to be an evolving document.
Ginsburg, confirmed in 1993, is a steady moderate whose main impact is in gender issues. …


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I have that same problem. If I'm riding alone, I just push. :-/ I'm a speed freak. The only way I can go slow is to have someone to wait for. And even in that case I act like a hyperactive dog, zooming ahead, doing circles till they pass and zooming ahead again.
Though my ride to the train station is only 1.2 miles, I managed to average 20mph on my way there. :-) Yup, I can pour on the power for ALL of 200 seconds.


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After two "soccer moms," Susan Retik and Patti Quigley, lose their husbands in the events of 9/11, grief compels them to focus on Afghanistan, the country where the terrorists who took their husbands' lives were trained. Over the course of two years these extraordinary women dedicate themselves to empowering Afghan widows. As they make the courageous journey to the most desperate Afghan villages, they discover a powerful bond with each other, an unlikely kinship with widows halfway around the world, and a profound way to move beyond tragedy.
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Hey, how does that Bonnie sound with the Arrow exhausts? The Scrambler I heard with a 2 into 1 Arrow sounded absolutely fantastic.
That mana looks like a sweet bike! I saw that ad on cl before you posted it and I thought it was a good deal. I like to borrow my girlfriends twist and go scooter and I love how you just coast into a turn and then hammer the throttle through the curve without worrying about what gear you're in. I'll bet that aprilia is a blast!
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Brotherhood of Bronze Club Package. 1975.
This envelope features the art work of iconic graphic artist/comic-book writer James Steranko, who created the Brotherhood of Bronze Club. The envelope is inscribed to the curator of the Museum of Modern Mythology and Pop Culture.
The Club membership card.
Back of the Club membership card.
Front page of the index of the original Doc Savage adventures.
The index itself, up to September of 1943.
The rest of the index, from October 1943 through Summer 1949.
A supplement to the index, a general history of Doc Savage and writer Lester Dent.
First page of the Brotherhood of Bronze Bulletin. Summer issue Number 1.
Second page of the Bulletin.
Third page of the Bulletin, spotlighting Long Tom (Major Thomas J. Roberts, the electrical wizard of Doc's group of adventurers).
Fourth page of the Bulletin. The George Pal Doc Savage movie is mentioned in the context of a second film being produced, which didn't happen. The Bulletin mentions that George Pal and actor Ron Ely had decided to drop the camp approach of the first film in favor of a serious version based on a treatment by science fiction author Philip Jose Farmer. It's a shame this didn't happen, as the Doc Savage novels, if filmed properly, and with good budgets, could have had the impact of the better Tarzan and James Bond movies.
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text: Smoking on the campus of East Carolina University may get more difficult. Right now, smokers can still light up as long as they're outside all academic buildings. But late last year the ECU Faculty Senate passed a resolution seeking to ban smoking at certain areas like building entrances, outside stairwells, and enclosed areas outside of classrooms. The request to ban smoking will be looked at by a task force being put together by ECU Chancellor Steve Ballard.


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Rihanna's River Island collection set for London Fashion Week showcase
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Rihanna's new season collection for River Island will be showcased at London Fashion Week for the first time today.
The collaboration will not reach stores until March 5, but today's show will give people an idea of what to expect.
Earlier this week she expressed her excitement about her foray into the fashion world, and said she was looking forward to fans finally seeing her designs.
She said on Twitter: "My first fashion show!!! My designs will walk the catwalks of London Fashion Week in days!! It's gonna be MAJAH! £RihannaForRiverIsland."
She added: "Fashion gods will be in the building!! £FRONTROWLIFE £YouCantSitWithUs £RihannaForRiverIsland Can't wait for you to see it!!!"
A few familiar faces will take their seats at the side of the runway to see what Rihanna has to offer.
When the collaboration was announced, Rihanna said: "Launching at London Fashion Week is a dream come true for me.
"I have wanted to design my own collection for a long time and to present my collection for River Island alongside all of the other great design talent at LFW is a real privilege.
"I can't wait to see the reaction from my fans and the fashion press!"
Ben Lewis, River Island chief executive, said: "We are very excited to present our Rihanna for River Island collection at London Fashion Week.
"This is the perfect platform to showcase Rihanna's design talent and ambition."
The range will also be available in Opening Ceremony stores in the United States and Japan.


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