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I don't know if I should be concerned about this or what I should do about it.
My son is totally obsessed with knights and armor and bows/arrows (his Dad does archery in our backyard, so that's where he learned about the bows/arrows). DS spends most of his imaginative play time pretending to fight 'monsters and dragons' with his imaginary sword or his bow and arrow. We recently went to our town's medieval fair and so got some more exposure to jousting and sword fighting.
We constantly try to reinforce that while it is okay to shoot at the dragons, it is NOT okay to pretend to shoot at people or pets. Recently DS has started pretending to shoot arrows at people that make him angry. Such as last night when I made him brush his teeth and put on pajamas. I've just been slightly annoyed at this behavior, but then I realized that if he was pretend shooting us with a gun I would be quite a bit more concerned. But really there is no difference between pretending to shoot your mom with an arrow than there is with a bullet.
Is this just typical boyish behavior? Should I try to stop this and how in the world would I do that?
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I wouldn't be okay with it. My almost four year old likes knights but we limit his exposure to fairly gentle books. I won't allow him to have an actual sword yet and he knows the only reason you can "poke" a dragon is that it is pretend. He does have some playmobil with associated weaponry but he is more interested in "accessorizing" them than making them fight.
What kind of books or media does your LO see? That sounds pretty mature to me, but we are media free so it is hard to say.
My 2 y/o also pretends to shoot at people, and it's because DH plays video games in front of him.
Now I'm working on getting him to stop.
I so feel you on this one! Unfortunately my DS actually pretends to shoot with a gun! (He is also 2.5). He plays with squirt guns in the summer and my DH's grandmother actually taught him to say the words "bang, bang" when he does. You can only imagine my horror the first time he pretended to shoot at me and say bang bang (and yes, he was mad at me). I gave him a relatively stern talking to... sat him in one place, held his hands and explained that type of thing is for water play outside ONLY and we NEVER direct that sort of thing toward people or animals... in that "I mean it" voice I only use for dangerous situations. I have only had two incidents of him doing that since (about 2 months ago) ...... I also had to talk to my grandmother-in-law about the serious implications involved with teaching a young child who doesn't understand real danger to associate a gun and bang bang! Talk about a tough situation.... I am 21 years old, and she has 21 great-grandchildren!!!!!
Even though DS has stopped with that behavior (THANK GOODNESS!), I am still really bothered by the potential lasting effects. I am terrified about the possibility of him EVER coming anywhere NEAR a real gun.... AND DH is in the process of becoming a police officer! Scary, scary, scary, scary.
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I think this is a hard situation because society seems pretty okay with this type of behavior with young boys. We are very avid hunters and our 3 yo has gone with us literally since he was an infant. As soon as he started "playing gun" with random items (sticks, etc.) we started the "you don't ever, ever point that at people, or dogs, etc, etc.". We are ultra stern and very consistent with it because of the fact that he will be exposed to guns in his life. He is actually very good about it, we never have bought him any toy guns but a good intentioned friend did and he is only allowed to play with it while supervised. He still finds sticks or toys though and makes believe he is hunting. I do personally think it is important to drive this point home, but that is just our .02.
I was super proud recently when we were visiting family and his cousin (who is also 3) started shooting him with a toy gun. DS was adamant and started lecturing him about not shooting at people... :)
Good luck, this is a tough age, they so want to be big and do what they see us do!
It wouldn't be ok with me either. But then, I personally believe that it's too young to be exposed to guns or any type of weapon until the child is old enough to understand (which is how old, who knows?). We are TV free and DD hasn't seen a movie yet and I certainly wouldn't be ok with movies depicting any sort of violence, even Cars. But that is us.
Obviously it's a part of your family's life, so could you maybe explain that it's Daddy's thing and he isn't even allowed to do it, much like you would do if a relative smoked or with alcohol. We certainly drink alcohol, but DD knows wine and beer is for grownups and doesn't ask for any.
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My 2yr old son is not exposed to guns. We do not have video games at home, we do not have cable, he does not watch violent DVD's, he has no gun toys and my DH does not have play guns either. We don't even have a water gun in the house.
However, he STILL makes guns with his legos or uses sticks as guns. I don't know where he picks up on such behavior. He loves Toy Story, but Woody doesn't have a gun even though he's a cowboy. He does go to daycare, but I know she is even more vigilant about guns than I am.
I post this because I truly believe it is just a boy thing. Its like engraved in their brain or something. Unless I'm missing somewhere, anywhere, my son may be picking up on guns, I just think its normal.
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Sweden's support for democracy and human rights has a special focus on women's and girls' influence, security and equal opportunities.
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Our work in Mali
In 2012 and 2013, development cooperation has been affected by the political crisis that followed the Tuareg rebellion in northern Mali in 2012, followed by occupation by armed Islamist groups and a military coup d'état. The occupied areas were recaptured by a French military intervention in early 2013 with support from the UN, the Malian army and an African-led force, AFISMA.
Sweden's bilateral development cooperation with the state and its institutions was suspended in 2012 after the military coup but the cooperation through the United Nations and civil society increased. In January, Mali adopted a roadmap for the restoration of territorial integrity and the return to democratic rule. In April 2013, the Swedish government decided to resume bilateral development cooperation with Mali.
The development cooperation mainly focuses on the following areas:
Democratic governance and social development
Mali is one of the world's poorest countries. The level of education is very low and few people are aware of their rights. Traditional power structures limit the vulnerable people's ability to demand their rights. Sweden's support for democracy and human rights has a special focus on women's and girls' influence, security and equal opportunities. The controversial family law that was adopted in 2011 was a setback for women's and children's rights. At the same time, a gender perspective has been integrated into the poverty reduction strategy and a national gender policy has been developed.
Sweden supports several civil society organisations working with democracy at a local level as well as a UNICEF programme to strengthen children's and women's rights. By raising awareness of child abuse, child labour and sexual mutilation of girls, a public opinion for change can grow.
Sweden has also decided to support the implementation of presidential and parliamentary elections in 2013, for a return to democratic rule.
Sustainable development of natural resources
Environment and sustainable development are key issues for poverty reduction and development. Four out of five Malians are living off natural resources (agriculture, forests, fishing and livestock). Only one fifth of the land is arable and the Sahara Desert is spreading in the north of the country. The pressure on available land becomes harder. Arable land and pastures are being overused, with local conflicts between farmers and cattle breeders. Unsustainable logging further worsens the situation. Sweden supports the development of strategies and methods for a sustainable natural resource management. The support focuses on forest and water sectors, including the GEDEFOR programme to promote decentralized forest management linked to energy consumption and the development of private sector activities. The intervention will help preserve forests by decentralizing its management and give people an opportunity for alternative livelihoods.
The Swedish support within forestry and climate change has contributed to positive results, for example to alternative income opportunities in women's organisations and to improving the nutritional status of women and their families by growing vegetables and eating a more varied diet.
We have initiated support to increase the resilience to recurrent droughts for people in rural areas, with a special focus on women and children. The intervention involves improved and alternative agricultural methods and access to water and sanitation.
Economic development for poor
By means of the budget support, Sweden has contributed to a long-term policy to reduce poverty in Mali. The aid was suspended after the coup d'état in 2012. The crisis has however resulted in increasing poverty due to loss of income, rising prices and the suspended assistance.
Support has also been used to improve the country's system of public finances and to strengthen the statistical system. This is important in order to plan and measure the results of the country's politics. One important funding is the national institute of statistics (INSTAT's) sister collaboration with Statistics Sweden (SCB), to strengthen its capacity to produce and disseminate reliable statistics.
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SAN DIEGO (CNS) - Parents of school-aged children who hear about Friday's shooting deaths of 27 people at a Connecticut elementary school should be honest when explaining what happened, but remind them that adults are always working to provide them with a safe environment, a San Diego County mental health official said.
These kinds of mass shootings are rare, especially at an elementary school, Alfredo Aguirre, the director of County Behavioral Health Services, told City News Service. Violent incidents are more associated with the middle and high school levels, he said.
"This is quite unusual, incredibly tragic,'' Aguirre said.
He said children will be aware that something happened, so parents will have to explain what took place, tailored to the child's age. With most schools in session one more week before the holiday break, students will have to be reminded that campus officials have response plans in place and are prepared, he said.
He said parents need to remain a calming influence, even though they have to send off their children to school, or have nephews, nieces or neighborhood kids to worry about.
"We all have this sense of vulnerability,'' Aguirre said.
Families should maintain their normal activities and make sure the television isn't blaring news of the tragedy all day, he said.
Parents should monitor their children for loss of sleep, loss of appetite or changes in social behavior. If a problem develops, they can call the county's 24-hour Access and Crisis Line at (888)724-7240.


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Ok, let me start off and say that I am biased. This film has problems, chief among them being an undeveloped villian despite the fact the script is designed to develop both The Lizard and Spider-Man's origin. There are a few changes made that feel like they were done to avoid being similar to the 1st film rather than being creativily motivated but thats understandable. There's also a few moments which are a bit heavy handed, lacking subtely, and the superhero films have advanced alot so it feels dated. Finally, when you make a film that is destined to be part of a trilogy, plan your story arcs, instead this film blows its way through 3 of the most interesting character arcs in the Spider-Man mythos when it would of played out far batter slowly, crossing over with each other and motivating change and growth over a trilogy. But you know what? Its a bloody fun film, finally nailing the Spider-Man character from the comics. He's funny and it feels cool when he puts on the mask, but you never loose the sense of drama and responsibility. He fights like Spider-Man would, messy, all reflexes and mixing up the playing field with every move. They've got the pieces, now stop standing in Spider-Man (A near perfect Spider-Man Origin) and just have fun playig with the toys now!


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House members supported the override by a 114-45 vote Wednesday. Later, the Senate voted for the override 24-9.
Supporters say the bill say is aimed at protecting traditional celebrations of Christmas and Thanksgiving, which they claim are being secularized in some schools.
But Gov. Jay Nixon said the measure also could prevent officials from enforcing fireworks ordinances and create staffing shortages by potentially allowing state workers to demand time off to celebrate federal holidays.


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Friday, August 25, 1978 to Monday, September 04, 1978
A 10 day orientation course for Primary School teachers on spiritual education, the 'Abhyudaya Pathasala Shikshana' was organised at the Sri Sathya Sai College, Anantapur, between the 25th of August and the 4th of September, 1978. Dr Chenna Reddy, Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh sent about 670 primary school teachers from all the districts of Andhra Pradesh to participate in this course. The course was conducted by eminent educationists and child welfare specialists. Experts held group discussions. Swami addressed them every evening, clarifying doubts raised by the participants.
The following personalities addressed the trainees during this course. Dr. S. Bhagavantam MA, DSc; Prof. V.K. Gokak M.A, DLitt; Dr. R.R. Diwakar of Gandhi Peace Foundation and Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan; Sri V.K. Narasimhan, veteran journalist; Dr. T. Sulochana MA, PhD; Dr. P.S. Rao, DSc; Dr. Rajeswari, MD, MS, FRCS; Dr. Hemalatha M.A., PhD; Dr. Lakshminarasimham MSc,PhD; Dr. Krishnamurthi M.E, PhD, IISc; Sri N. Kasturi; Prof. Shanta Diwakar; Prof. Nanjundaiah of Brindavan College; Smt. Maniamma, Convener, Bal Vikas Andhra Pradesh; Prof. Seethalakshmi from Chirala; Principal Amar Kumari Verma of Viday Vihar, Ooty; Asha Bidani and Shakti, specialists in child education from Canada; Kumari Sarada Devi, Special Officer in-charge of new scheme of 'Abhyudaya Pathashalas'; Sri Bhavanam Venkatraman Reddy, Education Minister of Andhra Pradesh.
In a Discourse on August 30th Swami said:
The following personalities addressed the trainees during this course. Dr. S. Bhagavantam MA, DSc; Prof. V.K. Gokak M.A, DLitt; Dr. R.R. Diwakar of Gandhi Peace Foundation and Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan; Sri V.K. Narasimhan, veteran journalist; Dr. T. Sulochana MA, PhD; Dr. P.S. Rao, DSc; Dr. Rajeswari, MD, MS, FRCS; Dr. Hemalatha M.A., PhD; Dr. Lakshminarasimham MSc,PhD; Dr. Krishnamurthi M.E, PhD, IISc; Sri N. Kasturi; Prof. Shanta Diwakar; Prof. Nanjundaiah of Brindavan College; Smt. Maniamma, Convener, Bal Vikas Andhra Pradesh; Prof. Seethalakshmi from Chirala; Principal Amar Kumari Verma of Viday Vihar, Ooty; Asha Bidani and Shakti, specialists in child education from Canada; Kumari Sarada Devi, Special Officer in-charge of new scheme of 'Abhyudaya Pathashalas'; Sri Bhavanam Venkatraman Reddy, Education Minister of Andhra Pradesh.
In a Discourse on August 30th Swami said:
"Men crave for a prosperous future, for positions of authority and power and happy, care-free lives; they never desire to possess pure, clear, loving intellects and a humble disposition. Therefore the youth today, in India as well as in other lands, are afflicted with deep discontent which manifests itself in revolt against rules, regulations, curricula and social norms, and an agitational approach to every little problem that affects them. What is the basic cause of this phenomenon? The reason lies in the fact that they have started to neglect the ancient culture of India and its ideals. They are imitating undesirable and fanatic norms of behaviour and are addicted to a code of disbelief, having no roots anywhere.
The most fundamental teaching of the ancient culture of India is Love. For generations, the youth of this land have been exhorted, encouraged and taught, by precept and example, to love the poor, the helpless, the handicapped, the illiterate and the disabled, for the same spark of Divinity that is in us is also equally evident and active in them. Education must endow man with this compassion and this spirit of service---intelligent, timely and full. That is to say, education must not only inform, it must also transform.
True education is that which liberates man
Unless knowledge is transformed into wisdom, and wisdom is expressed in character, education is a wasteful process. If education confers this gift of transformation, then surely life will become peaceful, happy, and full of mutual help and co-operation. But the aim of education today has degenerated into the acquisition of certain skills and intellectual tricks. It provides the educated with food, clothing and shelter and considers that its task is over with that achievement.
The sages who laid down the goals of education have declared, 'Saa Vidya Ya Vimuktaye'. (That is true education which helps to liberate man), liberate him from greed, hatred, unrest, narrow loyalties and ego impulses. Education today, adds to the unrest already in the heart of man; it does not liberate him from the prison house of desire into which he has strayed. Man builds rest-houses where he can cool his tired brain and revive his exhausted nerves, but he has yet to build Shanti Mandirs (temples of peace) where he can unconcernedly learn to witness the happenings of the world, aware of the level of the world, aware of the level of their relative importance. That will give him equanimity. Faith in an All-knowing, All-operating God will render him free to watch with interest the ups and downs of history.
Education has to clarify the goal of life
Just as the body needs rest, the mind too needs quiet. Faith in God is the best guarantee of mental quiet. Man must follow the path of virtue, practise spiritual disciplines and take an enthusiastic part in social service. These three have to be accepted, adored and assimilated into daily life. Education has to clarify the goal of life to the rising generation and indicate the ways and means of accomplishing it.
Women are taking to modern education in larger and larger numbers nowadays. They are serving in offices, schools and factories. They are also rising to positions of authority in other fields. But most of them are prompted by urges of personal aggrandizement rather than ideals of service. When women run after jobs, who is to run the family? If both father and mother move into offices to earn money, what becomes of the children? Pouring over books, how can the kitchen work? More money may be earned, but it leads only to more anxiety, more unrest and more loss.
The women who take up jobs are finding that they have no happiness worth the name. The educated woman must utilise her knowledge and skill to bring up her children into healthy, virtuous and disciplined youths who may be of use to their country, their culture and their community. Earning money is not the end-all of education. It is the greed to earn money by any means, as fast as possible, that has led to the evils that we see in society today. Money breeds pride, pride fosters hatred.
Cultivate the habit of self-examination
No one has the golden quality of contentment. The discontented man is as bad as lost. There is no limit to man's desires. Every person wielding power over others yearns to rise higher and higher and exercise more and more influence, but no one attempts a rigorous examination of himself to find out whether he has merit enough to be conferred with the position he craves for. Those who contentedly carry out the duties commensurate to the positions they hold, are very few. Every one, fit or unfit, throws stones, on the off-chance of getting a fruit from the laden tree. Students must cultivate humility and the habit of self-examination.
Another reason for the prevalent overwhelming dissatisfaction of the youth, is the chronic hypocrisy of elders. The very people who proclaim the efficacy of Sathya (truth) from platforms, the very preachers who dilate on dharma (righteousness) and Shanti (peace), live without any regard to Sathya, Dharma or Shanti. The determination that one must act according to one's profession has disappeared. We can establish peace and prosperity, morality and uprightness in the land, only when those who preach and those who teach high ideals, act up to their own exhortations.
Sheer ignorance is the root cause for the disrespect that is being shown to Indian culture and the fascination exercised by the culture of the West. Do these people at least grasp the values of Western culture fully? No. Only the fringe and the foppery are adopted. How can a person who is unable to understand his own culture and heritage understand the meaning and significance of an alien culture?
The true sign of education is humility; for there is much more to be investigated and learnt. There are always many more who are far more learned. They carry their scholarship more lightly. Discipline is important in order to progress in learning, and even more so in dealing with others. An undisciplined person is a danger to society; any moment he may run amuck. Man must recognise what limits, regulations and do's and don'ts are laid down by the sages of the past in order to ensure social security and individual advancement.
Be conversant with some spiritual discipline
The code of conduct laid down for the students of this college helps you to develop qualities that will stand you in good stead later in life. The eye, the ear, the nose, the tongue---the four senses of sight, hearing, smell and taste, are all located in the head. Of course, the eye and the tongue have been provided with doors, so that the doors can keep out what is not desirable and welcome what is. Desire only the sight of beneficial things, only to speak out what will be conducive to peace and harmony. Do not indulge in talkativeness. If you get a reputation for talkativeness, you will suffer from weak memory, social odium, and nervous debility.
You have the great responsibility of motherhood and the duty of educating your children into strong and good citizens of this country. Along with the University degree, you must also acquire some general knowledge which is essential for householders and others. Otherwise, though the husband and the wife may both be degree-holders, they would be helpless and desperate even if the baby caught a slight cold. You must also be conversant with some spiritual discipline like Namasmarana (remembering God's name), Dhyana (meditation) and yoga (divine communion), so that you may not be carried away by every changing breeze.
Practise the constant presence of God
It is best that you imprint on your hearts the dual nature of the world that is a mixture of pleasure and pain, joy and grief, victory and defeat. Practise the constant presence of God and learn to offer all your activities at the feet of the Lord as an act of worship. Then they will be free from fault. Krishna advised Arjuna to enter 'the fight,' and at the same time told him not to have hatred towards the 'enemies.' These may appear to be two irreconcilable attitudes, for war is raga (passion, attachment) and renunciation of hatred is Vairagya (absence of Raga).
Arjuna asked Krishna how he was to reconcile these two attitudes. Krishna said, "Maamanusmara, Yudhyacha" (Keep Me ever in thy mind, and fight). "Do not cultivate the egoistic feeling that it is you who is fighting. I am-using you as My. Instrument," He said. Even the food you take should be to propitiate Him, who is resident in your bodies as the Vaishwaanara, eager to digest the food we place in it. It is the Lord who receives the food, digests it and supplies strength thereby to the various limbs of the body.
This college was established ten years ago. Hence it is now a sprightly girl of ten summers. A baby girl of two or three will not dare venture outside the home alone. A girl of twenty can well look after, herself wherever she is. But a girl of ten can neither be kept at home, nor does she know how to look after herself outside. Therefore we have all to guard her and guide her with great care and diligence. We must see that the ideals and aims of this college are maintained and fostered. On your discipline, devotion and duty are based the success and reputation of this college. Now, and later, you must lead lives of exemplary virtue and bring honour to parents and your alma mater.
Do not hanker too much after irresponsible liberty. Women suffer most when they are moved by this desire. You must be the torch-bearers of the educational ideals of this college. When one teacher neglects her duty or lowers her standard of conduct, hundreds of students are affected thereby. The moral strength and virtues of the teachers will be reflected in the students under their care. You have to treat them as your own children, children who need and deserve your love. Be like mothers to these children and let this college ring with Love given and Love received."


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The new Vita version of FIFA won't include cross-play functionality or come free with the PS3 version of FIFA 13 in Sony's new Cross-Buy initiative, EA has confirmed.
"We are doing a Vita version," producer David Rutter told Eurogamer at Gamescom, ""Sony were kind enough to put that up yesterday, though I don't know if it's going to be called FIFA 13 or FIFA Soccer."
EA is considering the Cross-Buy initiative for Need for Speed: Most Wanted, but it won't be in this year's FIFA.
Cross-Platform play was also discussed, and whether it is considered an important feature for the FIFA franchise. "We don't have cross-platform play," Rutter said, "It's something that, when you look at the priorities of what's going to be done, do you want to be working on passing, shooting, attacking intelligence etc. or that - and we'd rather make a brilliant playing game for everyone rather than something that's only going to appeal to specific people."
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Moscow - A college teacher who has confessed to killing two women in the Russian city of Kazan says he scrawled "Free Pussy Riot" in blood on their apartment wall to mislead investigators, police said on Friday.
The initial hint that the killer was inspired by the actions of the Pussy Riot punk band, three of whose members have been jailed after performing an irreverent "punk prayer" in a cathedral, had provoked new criticism of the group by a Russian Orthodox Church official on Thursday.
But the police report made clear that the crime had not been committed by a Pussy Riot supporter and was not inspired by the group's protest against President Vladimir Putin in February near the altar of Moscow's Christ the Saviour Cathedral.
The suspect, a 38-year-old man who lives with his parents, told police he had killed the victims - a 38-year-old former classmate who had helped him pay off debts and her mother - during an argument.
He said he then wrote the words on the wall "to draw suspicion away from himself and portray it as a ritual killing", the regional Interior Ministry said.
The women's bodies were found in their apartment on Wednesday and state television repeatedly showed images of the Free Pussy Riot slogan written on the kitchen wall.
Dimitry Smirnov, who heads the church department for relations with the armed forces and law enforcement agencies, told Interfax news agency on Thursday that the group's supporters now had "blood on their conscience".
But lawyers for Pussy Riot had said immediately that the band and its supporters had nothing to do with the killings in Kazan, capital of the Tatarstan region 720km east of Moscow.
They said they suspected the scrawled slogan was either the work of a madman or was a provocation aimed at associating the jailed women and their supporters with a gruesome murder.
Many of Pussy Riot's supporters opposed Putin's return to the presidency in May and say the women's two-year jail sentences were disproportionate. The sentences have also been criticised by Western governments.
Police said the suspect was a former classmate of one of the victims and had pretended to be courting her after she agreed to him help pay off his debts by borrowing hundreds of thousands of roubles (tens of thousands of dollars) from banks.
The suspect promised the woman they would take a vacation together, but grabbed a knife and killed her during a quarrel when he told her they would be unable to take the trip.
Police said the suspect had taken the knife used in the killings with him after the murders and stolen 100 000 roubles ($3 100) and two mobile phones from the victims' apartment.
He was detained after the phones and the knife were found on the balcony of the apartment where he lives with his parents and was hiding from creditors. - Reuters


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Spanning much of western Colorado from Wyoming to New Mexico and from Utah to I-25 and beyond, the 3rd Congressional District is far from homogenous in its geography and in its population. The communities that make up the district are diverse in their identities and issues of concern and those vying to represent the district should be compelled to discuss and debate those issues in key locations. As the third-largest population center in the district, Southwest Colorado is among those and should be a debate site between Rep. Scott Tipton, R-Cortez, his Democratic challenger Sal Pace, and all other candidates on the ballot for the seat.
Fort Lewis College has offered to host such a debate, and that is an appropriate venue for a number of reasons, not least among which is the fact that Tipton and Pace graduated from the college. More importantly, though, it would offer the candidates an opportunity to address for local voters the issues that are particularly relevant to this corner of the 3rd Congressional District.
The mileage required to represent the district or seek to is paralleled by a far-reaching diversity of interests and concerns. Voters in Pueblo are not likely to be concerned about where Tipton and Pace stand on proposed legislation to make additions to wilderness areas in the San Juan Mountains, or to develop a national conservation area around the Dolores River, or to provide federal reimbursement to Colorado for the money it spends on out-of-state Native American students at FLC. These are important issues to Southwest Coloradans, though, and hearing the candidates address and debate them is critical to informed decision-making come Election Day.
Because of scheduling challenges, there is not yet a date set for an FLC debate between Tipton, Pace and others. Pace has agreed to attend a debate, but Tipton is apparently having difficulty finding time between meetings with constituents. As he told The Durango Heralds editorial board this week, Ive still got a congressional job. A lot of this falls under the purview of the job. I have to be able to listen to these folks. That is fair enough, but, to voters across the district, debating relevant issues is part of Tiptons job as well. And given the range covered by those issues, it is critical that he and anyone seeking to hold an office charged with tackling those issues state their positions clearly. Debates provide the best venue for that and are an invaluable voter-education tool.
Debates, or more specifically, their number, structure and location, are also a classic point of contention during any election season. Challengers typically want many opportunities to spar with the incumbent; those holding office typically prefer a lighter debate schedule. Finding middle ground is an exercise in politicking and negotiating. Thus far in the race, there have been two debates: in Alamosa and in Grand Junction. A third will be held Oct. 10 in Pueblo. These are all distinct communities, with some commonalities, but much more that distinguishes them from one another and from Southwest Colorado. As such, voters here ought to have an opportunity to hear candidates address those unique issues and concerns that are critical to the region. The 3rd Congressional District candidates should debate here and soon.


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Firstly, the tassel zip it has looks amazing in my opinion, it really makes it look a class above your average handbag, it does have its own drawback, which I'll cover in the drawbacks section.
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Chobani time might be defined as the time it takes a new company, which started in 2005, to rise to the top in US Greek yogurt sales in 2012, claiming 47.3 percent of the US market, according to AdAge, June 6, 2012. Chobani time, when applied to its new one million-sq.-ft. plant in Twin Falls, ID, could easily apply to the fast-track construction project Shambaugh and Son completed in 326 days with a small army of workers (1,000 or more) in every trade—from construction staff to industrial control engineers to life-sciences experts. More specifically, Mark Shambaugh, CEO of Shambaugh and Son, defines Chobani time as the "ready, aim and fire approach where construction activities are accelerated to match critical path construction milestones and equipment deliveries."
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Not only is it socially acceptable for men to shed tears, but recent studies show that a good bawl every now and then helps men cope, too
Every Sunday, Aamir Khan wipes the corners of his eyes as he sits listening to tragic stories recounted by brave men and women survivors on Satyamev Jayate. The programme ends with a heart-touching band performance guaranteed to wring tears from the audience. Aamir focuses intensely on the song; the camera waits expectantly till Aamir manages more tears. Satisfied, the camera then cruises to pick out those in the audience who have actually lived the experience of the song, and sure enough, they have broken down too. Everybody comes out cleansed from the experience, feeling they have achieved something. Tears somehow seem to produce a general sense of well-being and bonhomie.
After Roger Federer won the 2012 Wimbledon men's singles title, everyone expected him to break down as he often does both, after a win or a loss. Reportedly, he didn't shed too many tears this time. However, he did give a thumbs-up to men who cry. Federer said it was fine for men to cry "to show you are human, that your heart can be broken too." Federer opines that fans can relate to a player who gets emotional and cries after a game. "When you cry, you communicate with fans. I think they appreciate the fact that we care about winning and losing, we care about what they feel. So, it's OK to break down, to let it all out."
A University of Minnesota study couldn't agree more. They found that emotional tears help the body get rid of toxins that we accumulate due to stress and worry.The same does not happen when tears are induced due to non-emotional reasons, such as cutting an onion, tear gas or stinging eyes. The same study also reported that women cry four times more often than men. We all know women cry more easily than men do. Women live with their emotions, while men keep them bottled up. But did you know that just as a man finds it tough to shed tears, an infant too, cannot shed tears in the first three months of its life? Men are likely to cry a few times a year, whereas most women cry at least once a month. I am reminded of what a character says in a long-forgotten novel I read years ago, "A woman needs to shed some tears and blood every month in order to stay happy."
People are often encouraged to "have a good cry" when upset. Studies reveal that crying for an extended period tends to have a cathartic effect and makes you feel better. However, people who are depressed or have anxiety disorders, or even those lacking emotional insight, do not feel good after crying. It has also been found that crying is likely to have a more positive impact when conducted in the company of at least one more person rather than all alone. The support of a loved one or friend as you cry makes you feel much better.
When a person is overwhelmingly stressed, his or her heart rate increases and the body begins to sweat. University of South Florida researchers found that crying slows the breathing and has a calming effect, thus countering the body's negative state.
It is now far more acceptable for a man to cry than it was earlier. Today, men shed tears openly as Aamir and Federer have shown recently. Youngsters consider male tears socially acceptable now. In the Minnesota study, 32 per cent men felt crying signified that a man is sensitive, 29 per cent said it signifies he is authentic, 20 per cent that he is comfortable with his masculinity, while only 19 per cent said crying signifies weakness in a man.
Men cry mostly when a family member dies, when they watch a sad movie or TV show or when a girlfriend breaks up with them. Women cry over conflict, loss and empathy over another's suffering. All in all, it's OK to let it all out once in a while.


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Keith Morris Sounds OFF! About His Dark Punk Party
Rocks Off: You desire a gig in Mississippi or Alabama. Why?
I can barely remember the last time any of my other bands played in either of those states. Now, the excuse I keep getting is that they are very depressed states and maybe they are not doing very well financially, or just a whole list of things. But the fact of the matter is that there are colleges and universities down there, and when kids are paying their tuition ... they pay into an entertainment fund.
So, why can't they scrape up a couple thousand dollars for us to play at the local beer hall and get a party going? ... How often does a band on tour go to those places? You might drive through there on tour and never stop. You could also include Arkansas in there too. There's a whole area down there.
I thought it would be cool to play some of those places. My recollection of playing, I believe it was in Mobile, Alabama, was getting punched in the face trying to protect a couple of kids from getting beat up by drunk rednecks.
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RO: Like the Sex Pistols heading to the South during their 1978 tour.
There's another part to that picture too. Malcolm McLaren was managing the band and he is very manipulative, he is media-savvy. He is looking to create some kind of scenario, create a scene, stir up some trouble, and what better way than to send these loudmouth drunken punk rockers that don't look like anything anybody's seen in any of those places come and play those places. McLaren died in April 2010 - Ed.
It was confrontational - you got Sid Vicious spitting on people, slashing himself with glass. It was like, let's create some controversy. That's pretty much what that was about.
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RO: As a kid, you listened to AM radio. Does Off!'s music link to that?
Some of the stuff we got to hear on the radio when we were kids, there was some pretty wild stuff: The Kinks, The Who, "Louie Louie." The Seeds' "Pushin' Too Hard," that's kind of punk rock. That's kind of aggressive ... that's kind of anti-authoritative type of music, like, "Don't mess with me, I'm tired of your stuff. Don't hassle me, man. Get off my back. Get out of my face. Let me do my thing. You don't like it? Cool. No big deal. If you like it, well, that's fantastic."
RO: The Circle Jerks covered both The Creation and Creedence Clearwater Revival. Would OFF! do that?
When it comes to the Circle Jerks, you can go all the way back ... to more friendlier AM radio-type songs that were being played, that we were mangling. With Off!, that's not going to happen. There's some of that mentality that runs through the band, but it does not come through our music.
Bass player Steve McDonald is a huge fan of girl groups, the Partridge Family, and all that fun kind of stuff, but when it comes to the songwriting it's Dimitri and me. I write the lyrics, he basically just does a bunch of down stroking on the guitar, and we take it from there. I mean everybody is allowed to add bits and pieces, but it's on a musical level, it's not on a lyrical level.
The structure is pretty much set ...and the aggressiveness. That's kind of what Dimitri and I do when we are bashing it out in my living room.
RO: Do you consider OFF! less humorous and political than the Circle Jerks?
The Circle Jerks were light, fluffy, and airy. The Circle Jerks were popcorn compared to OFF!, which is more like sandpaper, glass, and rocks. Throw all that stuff in your mouth and see how it feels and tastes and what happens to your teeth and tongue. There is a lot of the same mentality, but at the same time a lot of it is missing.
The CJs were just out to be the life of the party. We wanted to be the guys that played the music for everybody to do their drugs and squirt red dye in the swimming pool and start the orgy. All the kids out front putting paper in the trees, removing people's hub caps and putting rocks in there.
RO: OFF! is a soundtrack to?
Our party leans a little bit closer to Black Flag, like the dark party. I think our thing is a little bit more sinister. Now, I personally try to hold onto as much sarcasm as possible because keeping a shield of humor gets you through a lot of ugly situations, where you can kind of shrug your shoulders and laugh under your breath and get on with it.
You can be in some real ugly, evil situation, and if you hold on to your sense of sarcasm, that helps deflect a lot of the crap that gets tossed your way. It's almost a scenario out of Snow White and the Seven Dwarves, like whistle while you work. Maybe that helps speed up the time, so you don't have to pay close attention to the clock, and you don't have to pay that much attention to the boss breathing own your neck.
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Before staggering wearily home on Thursday evening I took myself off to support a Commons event to mark the publication of Race to the Top, a publication looking at the experience of African-Caribbean youngsters in British higher education. As you might expect, it is marked by low expectations and inequality. You can find the report here at the Elevation Networks website.
Fifty or so smartly dressed and evidently ambitious young black Britons had turned up to listen to what struck me as too many exhortatory opening speeches from middle-aged politicians. All well meaning, they included one from Simon Hughes and another from Bedford's new Tory MP, Richard Fuller, a sharp Oxford-and-Harvard business school type who (unusually for his party) supports local vice-chancellor, Les Ebdon's tabloid-targeted efforts to widen university access.
Before I slipped away from the speech-making I wondered what I'd have said to the audience if I'd been asked to speak instead. Keep it short (I usually fail) and simple, I decided. "Don't feel sorry for yourself, don't buy into fashionable victimhood," is what my message would have been.
"You may face difficulties as members of ethnic minorities, most of whose parents probably don't have experience of higher education. But most people have to overcome problems of one kind or another to reach their goals. Stick at it and don't be discouraged by whingers and grievance-merchants who may want to distract or demoralise you. Don't take setbacks personally either."
By coincidence I woke to find Friday's newspapers carrying two impressive stories of young black Britons overcoming horrible adversity, quite separate dramas in which agencies of the state supported by their own taxes have not only failed to protect them, but been positively hostile. Without much experience or powerful friends, armed just with determination and a strong sense of right and wrong, they seem to have won through. Excellent.
The first case is prominently reported in the Guardian, involving Edric Kennedy-Macfoy, a 28-year-old firefighter from north London. The second was about a young couple wrongly accused of shaking their infant son to death (the problem was actually vitamin D deficiency and very brittle bones). They did not have their daughter returned to them from care after their Old Bailey acquittal but only after the family court went through the whole procedure again in a case which ended this week.
Kennedy-Macfoy ran into trouble after he saw a young man (also black) throwing a brick at a police van during a 3.30am ruck last autumn. When he stopped to report what he'd seen to the cops (he trained as one himself until family illness diverted his career) he wasn't thanked for public-spirited support but abused and Tasered, he alleges, and charged with obstruction.
Sometimes cases reported in the media strike the reader (this one anyway) as far from clear-cut, so that it is easy to see why the police might have overreacted or taken no chances with someone whom they might have had reasonable grounds to fear or suspect. But this wasn't one of them.
The police shouldn't have mistaken him for one of the rowdies they were dealing with, since Kennedy-Macfoy was wearing a three-piece pinstriped suit and driving an Audi at the time. Even Chris Grayling would have given him a job. In any case, they not only persisted in bringing the case to court (Brent magistrates threw it out), but avoided making the standard practice reference of a Taser use to the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) for seven months – until publicity loomed this week.
Oh dear, when will they learn? There are now 26 officers under IPCC investigation for alleged racism. That's not a lot out of 30,000 coppers in the Met force and not all such allegations are necessarily true. All procedures set up to protect innocent citizens from abuse by the authorities, employers, ex-boyfriends (etc) attract a small minority of less-than-innocent citizens keen to settle grudges or make a few bob at someone else's expense.
But Kennedy-Macfoy's quoted remarks sound a million miles away from that sort of behaviour: a good citizen who simply wants others not to suffer what he had to for doing the right thing. Far from backing off from their original 3.30am misjudgment, the cops kept digging.
Yet the fireman's unpleasant ordeal pales into comparison with that of Chana al-Alas and Rohan Wray. The Times account is longer and better, but behind the paywall, so you may want to settle for the Mail's version, or catch the Today programme's interviews.
In this instance you can see more easily why social services and the NHS might have taken a suspicious initial view of the case that came to their attention. The couple were very young, both teenagers, and Al-Alas became pregnant with her son, Jayden, at 16. Everything was initially fine; health visitors were impressed by their parenting skills.
Only after the baby, suddenly taken ill, was dying in hospital were they arrested on suspicion of harming their child, in whom fractured bones and skull had been found. A passing thought that rickets – caused by an inherited vitamin D deficiency – might be to blame was never investigated. In December 2010 an Old Bailey judge ordered a not guilty verdict after no less than 60 experts disputed each other's evidence in court.
By this time the couple had lost their second child, Jayda, into care. Again, it is possible to understand the initial reaction. Since the Baby P case social services have been wary of risking babies' lives. But the local council – Islington – refused to return the baby after the acquittal and the couple had to endure another four-week hearing, with much of the disputed evidence disputed again, in the family court.
This week restrictions on them talking publicly about the case were lifted, as well as curbs on the naming of experts who had, in any case, all been identified in the Old Bailey case. Al-Alas and Wray have been reunited with their child, now 17 months. A good result, then, for determined young underdogs who would not let the police, the NHS and the council bulldoze them.
Not all such dramas end as well: luck and wider society play a part. But there is no substitute for individual determination. The Race to the Top report urges government to do more to tackle inequality of opportunity in higher education and in graduate employment, with diversity included in university league tables (class variations are already much discussed) and better mentoring of the kind now being piloted by financial service firms like HSBC, Deloitte and Ernst & Young.
It will all help create a more level playing field. But the "key person that holds ultimate responsibility for any student's employment and academic outcomes will always be the student", the report also notes. That's always good advice.


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Mumbai/New Delhi: JPMorgan Asset Management may invest around Rs.815 crore in the Bhaskar Group's Diligent Power Pvt. Ltd, indicating renewed interest in India's electricity sector.
"The investment, which is likely to be announced shortly, is for $150 million," said a person aware of the plan. "The deal is in an advanced stage." A Mumbai-based investment banker confirmed the development. Both declined to be named.
Mint couldn't ascertain the size of the stake JPMorgan will acquire.
The investment banker for the deal is Avendus Capital.
A spokesperson for Diligent Power declined to comment. Avendus Capital said it does not respond to deal speculation. JPMorgan Asset Management neither confirmed nor denied the development.
Diligent Power is developing a project portfolio of 6,400 megawatts (MW), which includes a 1,200MW project in Chhattisgarh and another 1,320MW plant in Madhya Pradesh.
After high fuel costs and low capacity utilization increased financial stress for many power producers, there hasn't been any private equity (PE) investment in firms that intend to generate electricity by using conventional fuel.
Diligent Power is in talks with various PE firms, including Actis, Khazanah Nasional Bhd, JPMorgan, Carlyle Group LP and IDFC Ltd, to raise money to finance its power projects, The Economic Times newspaper reported on 6 February.
Avendus Capital was the financial adviser to Diligent Power when it sold a stake to Warburg Pincus Llc in 2011. Diligent Power didn't disclose the investment amount or the stake sold in a statement issued at that time.
Slowing economic growth, high borrowing costs and delays in securing regulatory approvals have hit many infrastructure projects in India, including power plants, hurting the ability of their promoters to repay creditors and vendors. Power project developers have been struggling with issues such as fuel shortages, delays in signing fuel supply agreements and long-term power purchase agreements.
DB Power Ltd, a unit of Diligent Power, was named in the Comptroller and Auditor General of India list of 57 companies over irregularities in the allotment of Durgapur II/Sariya coalfield in Chhattisgarh. An inter-ministerial group set up for reviewing coalfield allocations after an alleged scam had recommended forfeiture of bank guarantee for the Chhattisgarh field allotted to DB Power.
The fiscal year ended 31 March saw a three-year low in PE investments as a lack of exit options, subdued investment sentiment, slowing economic growth, challenges in fresh fund-raising and prolonged due diligence kept investors away.
However, some experts say a revival of the Indian power sector is around the corner, in the backdrop of 23 states and five Union territories increasing electricity tariffs in the last fiscal year and on efforts to bail out beleaguered state electricity distribution companies through a restructuring of their short-term loans.
"The revival in the Indian power sector will happen. In the next six months, more private equity play will happen. There is a progressive development after the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission's order. Some value is back in the generation space," said Sambitosh Mohapatra, an executive director at audit and consulting firm PwC India. "If the issues of developers such as Adani and Tata Power on fuel are sorted, more interest will be generated."
The unprecedented move of India's apex power sector regulator for a bailout package to Adani Power Ltd to offset losses on account of the unexpected increase in the prices of imported coal and the unavailability of domestic coal has set the stage for compensation for other power projects that have run into similar problems.
"We believe this order is a far-sighted order, which will aid in reviving the investor sentiment for one of the critical sectors of the economy," SBICAP Securities Ltd said in a 3 April report.


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I toldja Perry would become an advocate FOR his agency…
An interesting and important notion. Too bad that Cruz guy is irrelevant now…
Rush has a sad when beaten with a reality bat. Some should have told him.
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First doctors, now bunnies. That is it! Call out the National Guard, the TSA and Seal Team SIX! United Airlines CANNOT BE ALLOWED TO BE KILLING GIANT RABBITS UP AND DOWN THE AISLES MID-FLIGHT A valuable giant rabbit that was "fit as a fiddle" — and destined to be the world's biggest bunny — mysteriously died while flying United, a report says. "Something very strange has happened and I want to know what," fumed breeder Annette Edwards, 65, of the UK.
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President Donald Trump promised religious groups he would reverse the Obama administration's requirement that employers provide birth control to their employees under the Affordable Care Act.
But his Justice Department indicated Monday that it's continuing to fight religious groups who are suing over the contraception mandate.
The Justice Department has asked the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit for an additional 60 days to negotiate with East Texas Baptist University and several other religious schools and nonprofit groups objecting to a requirement to which they are morally opposed.
Huh…??? That ain't what Der Donald promised.
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This is a lawyer in action.
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Can the attorneys here give some guidance to armed citizens who might find themselves in a situation like the the recent takeover of a commuter train by a group of 50 violent thugs?
Not an attorney, but it's California. Unless you're a politician, movie star or someone "important" you won't get a carry permit. Maybe pepper spray, but with 50 to 60 "yutes" you'd need the industrial size pepper spray.
And our politicians say we don't need more than 7 or 10 round magazines for our guns. What a load of horse p***.
I say lets put those politicians on the train and let the hood know there are hundreds of thousands of dollars riding around on Bart unarmed and unprotected.
Thanks for your comment, 4fun, but what I'm hoping to see is sound legal advice for legally armed citizens — of whatever state — who might find themselves in such a situation.
4Fun is wrong.
A lot of California sheriffs issue pistol-carry permits.
As to what to do in any use-of-force situation, you should really get and read Andrew's book. Then you should read it about five more times.
Thnaks, Ragspierre, but again, whether California does or doesn't issue carry permits isn't relevant to my question. Also, the situation described (an attack on multiple people by a large, criminal mob) isn't one that I've seen discussed in any book or article on armed self-defense. (I've read many BTW.) That's why I'm asking the question here.
Yep. Toldja!
On the legal status of the "dreamers," young immigrants brought to the U.S. illegally and protected from deportation by the Obama administration.
TRUMP: We aren't looking to do anything right now.
AP: That's going to be the policy of your administration, to allow the dreamers to stay?
TRUMP: Yes. That's our policy. I am not saying … Long-term we are going to have to fix the problem, the whole immigration problem. … Here is what they can hear: The dreamers should rest easy. OK? I'll give you that. The dreamers should rest easy.
**Can you say "comprehensive immigration reform"…???**
Annie Dookhan is not the first. She will not be the last.
Dookhan, who in 2013 pleaded guilty to 27 criminal counts involving obstruction of justice and tampering with evidence, was a chemist employed by Massachusetts to test evidence in drug cases. She was involved in thousands of them, and she routinely falsified evidence.
For example, she declared samples positive for drugs without testing them and forged colleagues' signatures on reports.
On Wednesday, Massachusetts announced that it was obliged to throw out 21,587 drug convictions secured with questionable evidence.
In September 2001, Oklahoma City fired forensic chemist Joyce Gilchrist. Gilchrist had been accused of falsifying evidence, though she never was charged with a crime. She had offered testimony in capital murder cases in which she claimed that DNA samples matched those of the accused — claims that later turned out to be false.
Jeffrey Todd Pierce, who served 15 years in prison on a rape charge bolstered by DNA evidence that turned out to be false, sued Gilchrist and the district attorney for $75 million, claiming that they had conspired to falsify evidence. Oklahoma City settled.
Curtis McCarthy spent 20 years on death row thanks in part to Gilchrist; his conviction was thrown out after the court found that Gilchrist had mishandled evidence and may have intentionally altered it. The Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals found that she had fabricated evidence in another capital case.
Really, how could you punish someone who did that sufficiently?
Moreover, the degradation to our culture far outweighs any short-term, tribal political benefit. The message sent when conservatives rally around the flag to defend the indefensible is exactly the message the Democrats sent so loudly as they continued to prop up the Clinton machine through scandal after scandal. Only winning matters. Ambition is everything. Political movements are about personalities, not ideas — so you're left with the political equivalent of warring mafia families in which the highest value is loyalty, and the ends always justify the means. But ambition isn't everything, and the single-minded quest for winning ultimately creates a class of losers. O'Reilly and Ailes together built a cable news empire. Yet their legacies will forever be marred by the tawdriest of scandals: two men (pathetically) proving unable to control their petty lusts and desires. Michael Flynn was a hero. Now he's an object lesson. And people like Lahren and Yiannopoulos? They didn't even achieve "real" fame before their corruption emerged. Do a few viral Facebook videos justify diva behavior? Does telling off feminists on YouTube insulate you from the consequences of advancing the worst of ideas?
This is right, of course. The defense of pigs is rank tribalism.
I've toyed around in my head that we might be better served by our men and women in Congress if they were periodically forced out of office and required to work for some time out in the private sector somewhere well outside the city limits of D.C. before being allowed to run for public office again. The hope behind this being that if they had to put up with living like the majority of the population they might just be a bit more loathe to allow job killing bills and/or other bills that put undo hardship on the American people come to pass. I think 3 terms for the House and 2 for the Senate is plenty of time apiece before they have to go back to the private sector if they want to run for public office again. Oh and when I say work in the private sector I'm talking a full time job and they gotta work it for a length of time at least equal to 1 of their terms in office! We do need however to come up with some safeguards against cronyism though if we were to do this. One thing I can think of right of the bat is they can't go to work for major campaign contributors. We want to discourage them from landing easy do nothing jobs in return for political favors after returning to office after all.
So thoughts? Good idea, bad idea, needs work?
I like it! Though I do see some legal issues…
What would be some of those issues? If this idea of mine needed laws to be amended in order to work it would be a good idea to know what needs changing beforehand.
As a general rule, and based on the principle of free association, the law takes a dim view of limiting someones ability to work where they wish.
There are, of course, exceptions, such as non-compete agreements. But those are reviewed with a gimlet eye for the very reasons in the first paragraph.
I'm not saying it could not be done and pass legal muster. I am saying it would be challenged, and quite possibly overruled by the courts. It would take some very keen drafting and needle-threading.
Surprise: The New York Democrat is a New York Democrat.
During the campaign, Donald Trump published a "Contract with the American Voter," and he may even have read it. He described the document as "my pledge to you."
If anybody had been listening, they might have learned from his former business partners what a Trump contract is worth and from his ex-wives what value he puts on a solemn pledge.
I have some bad news, Sunshine: Ya got took.
He goes on to elaborate on his point. Which is like pouring salt on slugs to T-rumpian cultists.
It BURNS… The truth…IT BURNS…!!!
Well, that's good, as far as it goes. HE should have removed his own corrupt self hearing the case.
HuffPo Removes Article on Banning White Men from Voting After Discovering Author Doesn't Exist
Yeeeeeooo. That was predictable.
"This is great news for conservatives across America. Conservative judges no longer have to recognize gay marriage. The left is even cheering on the precedent. We should all take notice and start implementing this across the country. Today, Neil Gorsuch joins the Supreme Court, but that has nothing to do with gay marriage. Nope, liberal judges themselves have set this precedent.
In Arkansas, federal judge Wendell Griffin has stopped the state from performing several executions. After [issuing] the injunction, Judge Griffin went to an anti-death penalty rally and joined the protestors. He said he is morally opposed to the death penalty."
Well, they DID set the pattern…
Another important piece by one of damned "illiterates", quoting yet another set of them.
Those guys are everywhere…!!!
**Smith's April 5 Tablet column hasn't gotten the attention it deserves. In it Smith asks: "Did the Obama administration's abuse of foreign intelligence collection start before Trump?" Smith argues that the Trump/Russia narrative replays Obama's abuse of FISA to smear political actors opposing the administration in the lead-up to the Iran deal.
The predicate for Smith's inquiry is derived from a December 29, 2015 Wall Street Journal article describing how the Obama administration had conducted surveillance on Israeli officials to understand how Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and other Israeli officials intended to fight the administration's Iran deal. The Journal reported that the targeting "also swept up the contents of some of their private conversations with U.S. lawmakers and American-Jewish groups."**
Smith argued in another Tablet column at the time that the Obama administration had merely used the appearance of spying on American lawmakers to corner opponents of the Iran Deal. "Spying on U.S. citizens would be a clear abuse of the foreign-intelligence surveillance system," Smith explains. "It would be a felony offense to leak the names of U.S. citizens to the press."
Smith now confesses his belief that he erred in the previous column: "I believe the spying was real and that it was done not in an effort to keep the country safe from threats—but in order to help the White House fight their domestic political opponents."
But can we trust the government? Whether we are inclined to do so depends on what is making us feel most vulnerable at the moment: foreign threats or rogue officials. If I had to bet right now, I'd say FISA is in trouble because of the rogue officials . . . and we're in trouble because the foreign threats are not going away.
An excellent piece you should read entirely.
Some here can't, because it's by one of those "illiterates" at NR. The closing of the T-rumpian mindless.
The Danish philosopher Søren Kierkegaard, in "Concluding Unscientific Postscript" (1846), tells the story of a young man who escapes from a mental asylum. He quickly realizes that to evade detection, he needs to convince the mentally sound that he is one of them. He reasons that if he sticks to the objective truth, no one will doubt his sanity. Consequently, every step he takes and to every person he meets, the patient repeats, "The Earth is round. The Earth is round. The Earth is round." He is returned to the asylum immediately.
Every year, Stanford asks its applicants an excellent question: "What matters to you, and why?" Ziad Ahmed of Princeton, N.J., summed up his answer in three words. His essay consisted of the hashtag "#BlackLivesMatter" repeated 100 times. He got in.
It is no longer madmen who merely repeat obvious truths. Now the success stories do it too. The society in Kierkegaard's parable immediately recognized that mindlessly repeating the truth was a sign of something wrong. Our society applauds it. That is the chilling part of this story. The young man or the society—it is no longer clear who has escaped from the asylum.
And teams of mindless rappers take home debate trophies…
Earlier this week, Vojvodic launched a Facebook group called, "The concerned support base of President Trump," which quickly drew several dozen sign-ups. She also changed the banner on her Facebook page to a picture of Bannon accompanied by the declaration: "Mr. President: I stand with Steve Bannon."
"I'm not so infatuated with Trump that I can't see the facts," she said. "People's belief, their trust in him, it's declining."
The swiftness and abruptness of Trump's shift from bomb-throwing populist outsider to a more mainstream brand of Republican has taken the president's stalwarts by surprise.
It shouldn't. You all were told. He's an establishment Collectivist. All his life entire.
Oh, and they aren't that "currency manipulation" demon, either.
What's annoying about Clinton's cheap partisan preening isn't simply that she's wrong (and I suspect she knows it). It's that she is perpetuating an infuriating tendency of liberals today to claim science is always on their side.
There's a decidedly undemocratic flavor to this kind of argument. Patrick Moynihan famously said that everyone is entitled to their own opinions but not to their own facts. Liberals want to turn that on its head and claim that their opinions are facts and anyone who disagrees isn't merely voicing a bad opinion but it somehow living in alternative reality or "denying" science. It's the secular version of claiming that God is on your side.
A fine insight by Goldberg.
Are you feelin' the dupe…???
MOSTLY among Republicans.
Wonder why…???
But there are three points worth making. First, Perlstein's essay is titled, "I Thought I Understood the American Right. Trump Proved Me Wrong." The funny part is he can't even figure out why Trump proved him wrong. He entirely misunderstands — either out of blinkered partisanship, personal animosity, simple obtuseness, or all three — my own position, even when he quotes from articles that describe my position. He started with a thesis and then went rummaging about for random sentences that would support it. He then uses this misunderstanding as a window on the American Right generally. It's like he confused a clock for a compass and for the life of him can't figure out why he's walking in circles.
This tweet from Malik Obama has been taken down, and the account suspended, so I'll post it here.
Fake. That type of Id was not in se in '81
It amazes me that tha media is totally ignoring the devastation caused by the fires over much of 4 states in our heartland. This is a well written article with a good overview of the situation. http://www.dailyyonder.com/convoys-and-social-media-come-to-the-rescue-for-midwest-ranchers-after-wildfires/2017/04/08/18728/
Seriously Prof, Kemberlee, Leslie someone who gets some attention nationally. This is really something else. Checked on a local Michigan site and there are still farmers here loading up trailers and sending them down with feed for the animals and help for the ranchers and farmers.
Total shame on the lack of coverage from the enemedia.
A piece in the Amarillo Globe, for example, told of a young couple who perished with a friend trying to save their cows. That local story went national for people following through social media.
In the ensuing weeks, social media users shared the personal stories of ranchers who told of dead livestock and cows burned beyond saving. We read the blogs of ranchers who lost their homes, buildings, and hundreds of cattle that couldn't outrun fires that tore through the grasslands at 50 miles an hour. Ranchers told of crouching in green wheat fields to save their lives. They shared how they tried to outrun the fires in pickup trucks pulling trailers of family horses. Our farmer hearts were broken by stories of ranchers mercifully shooting cows harmed beyond saving. Burned out eyes, nostrils seared shut, dead calves at their sides. A piece in High Plains Journal, "Seeing Your Dad Cry Leaves a Mark," told of a rancher weeping as he shot his beloved ranch horse and cattle herd, burned beyond hope.
Saturday The Red Cross, 'Refugees Welcome' and more than a hundred and fifty students demonstrated in the university town of Umeå well north of Stockholm against racism in response to the ISIS inspired Islamic Terrorist Attack in Stockholm, Friday. They were protesting because the arrest of a Muslim man for the Islamic Terror Attack on Friday in Stockholm could lead to racism.
Vänsterns svar på terrorn: Manifestation mot rasism
8 april 2017 kl 20.03
The postal service has just stopped home delivery for the entire immigrant community of Hjulsta in Stockholm because it is too dangerous for postmen to deliver there. Instead residents of Hulsta can for the time being go to the post office in the slightly less dangerous immigrant community of Rinkeby between 0700-1000 for however long that community is deemed safe by the postal service. Newspaper & TV reporters are attacked on sight in Rinkeby and the other immigrant communities. Wonder which immigrants are causing all this trouble?
Postnord stoppar postutdelning i Hjulsta
Aftonbladet's solution to terror in Sweden: Prohibit vehicles – Cars should be banned at gathering places and in city centers. Aftonbladet's editorial writer Eva Franchell eliminating vehicles will stop future terrorist attacks from happening.
The leftist writer calls cars effective murder machines. It would never occur to the leftists to get rid of the terrorists.
"In a 10-mile radius, we have 34 Arab or foreign stores within our community," Johnson said. "We're not going to allow them to rape our community anymore. …They need to go back to their country, where their laws are different for from our laws."
Sounds like a shake-down in the making…
There is good news -The Lawsuit against the Climate Alarmism Enterprise – the Court set the trial schedule, thereby rejecting Defendants' motions to dismiss.
The jury trial in the civil lawsuit 5:16-cv-00211-C, Goldstein v. Climate Action Network et al, pending before the United States District Court of the Northern District of Texas, is set for October 1, 2018, in Lubbock, Texas.
RICO lawsuit against Climate Action Network @CANIntl moves forward
I am sure in a little while the news here tonight in Sweden will be focused with outrage at the possibility that this most recent terror attack and the death of Swedes in the street might possibly reflect poorly on Muslims.
So England has been rolling out some new bank notes recently and they are made out of plastic. The claim is that these new notes are much more durable than the old paper notes. The chemists behind the youtube channel Periodic Videos decided to test out the toughness of these new bills.
This is good…
Faster, please (as Glenn Reynolds would say).
Yeah, it is the WaPo, but a lot of it rings true.
Puuuurrrr Der Donald…
Just got done watching this video over on youtube and thought I would share it here. What would you all say to a shotgun slug made out of hard candy?
Have you noticed that Gov. Scott has taken 21 murder cases away from the Orlando Prosecutor, Aramis Ayala, after she stated that she did not believe in the death penalty under any circumstances? Now there are calls to have her removed from office.
How can that be…??? Cruz is supposed to be totally inconsequential.
'Somebody remarked on Twitter that Twitter is "the nation's baby monitor." It certainly seems that way when the President takes to Twitter and starts ranting.'
Yes. Yes it does seem so.
Tulsa officer Betty Shelby, who is facing a manslaughter charge for the shooting of Terence Crutcher, spoke out for the first time in a 60 Minutes interview last night.
Speaker of the House Paul Ryan and President Trump had presented a crap sandwich, to be sure, but it was the best available crap sandwich. Never mind its 17 percent public-approval rating. Never mind its accelerated death spiral. Never mind its new entitlement, its maintenance of key Obamacare regulations, or its increased premiums for the next few years.
Trump wanted it; thus it was good; thus it had to be passed. It was The Best We Were Going To Do™.
Except that it wasn't. It wasn't the legislative process that required a bill cramdown on the president's own party within a three-week period. It wasn't the legislative process that offered an ultimatum to conservatives to embrace the suck. It wasn't the legislative process that demanded conservatives sign on to all the policies they opposed when Obama promulgated them. It was Trump. And because Ryan thought that his best option involved parlaying with Trump rather than going through the rough business of policymaking, he negotiated with himself to create a one-off bill, hoping that Trump would bring the anti-establishment conservatives and that he'd bring the establishment Republicans.
Read more at: http://www.nationalreview.com/article/446215/pro-trump-conservatives-suffering-stockholm-syndrome
Seems about right to me…
Der Donald best learn to STFU.
I love it! And TOLDJA…!!!
Interesting read, Rags, thanks for sharing it. Trump needs to back off the Freedom Caucus; they represented a lot of us in terms of limiting government involvement in health care. Geesh, even Hannity, who's long had his nose firmly implanted in Trump's backside, agrees that attacking the Freedom Caucus is a baaaaaad idea. http://www.theblaze.com/news/2017/03/31/sean-hannity-says-trump-is-wrong-to-blame-the-freedom-caucus-for-ahca-failure/
I do disagree with RS that it's Bannon who is doing the whispering in Trump's ear on the Freedom Caucus. Bannon is a lot of things, but a proponent of government-run health insurance he is not. This is Reince, Ryan, and McConnell. All of them love big spending, big bigger biggest government, and none of them have any interest at all in repealing ObamaCare in any meaningful way (as evidenced by Ryan's lunatic bill).
Dunno, Fuzzy. Bannon WAS haunting the Hill with Reince Repeat, and I have no idea what he really believes in except power.
The whole episode is appalling.
Ok gang, get your computers fired up. I'm starting to see another push for single payer on other sites.
Now it's the "weary, but still strongly conservative" saying the aca has proven to be the failure we knew it was going to be and we've really got nothing left but single payer. Maybe it's just a few trying to get the push started but the false flag is flying.
Oklahoma senate panel approves rolling back wind energy tax credit: http://www.newson6.com/story/35024418/oklahoma-senate-panel-approves-rolling-back-wind-tax-credit
Interesting. Now note that if the full Senate approves this it only changes the deadline for who can receive the credit. If approved any wind power facility not in operation by July 1, 2017 instead of the original deadline of Jan 21, 2021 would no longer qualify for the credit. I figure that without this tax credit we may see the brakes being applied to expanding wind power in this state as this would place wind on a bit more even playing field when it comes to competing against other methods of generating power.
The response to the defeat of TrumpCare is not to pick up the ball and go home. It must be to draft a bill that actually does what Republicans promised, and drives down costs through market-based mechanisms.
What should such a bill look like? As it turns out, Ted Cruz had a proposal that outlined an answer to that question. I blogged that op-ed before, but with the defeat of the AHCA, Cruz's op-ed has renewed relevance, as a blueprint that could bring Republicans together and actually repeal ObamaCare. I think it's worth giving his proposal another detailed look.
First, Cruz suggests something I have been pushing throughout this process: starting with the 2015 repeal bill.
First, begin with the 2015 repeal language. . . . Virtually every Republican in Congress voted for that language, and the parliamentarian has already ruled it as permissible. We should begin with that previously approved repeal language as the baseline.
Bingo. The recent debate over AHCA has shown that the previous votes to repeal ObamaCare may have been fraudulent show votes. But here's the thing: if you're a moderate, it's easier to justify a vote against AHCA than it would be to justify changing your vote on the exact same language you voted for before.
A duplicate of the 2015 bill, we learned yesterday from Andrea Ruth, exists — today, in this Congress. It is languishing in committee. It needs to be pushed to the floor and voted on.
Read the whole thing.


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