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Guests: Anthony Romero, John Timoney, Michelle Goldberg, Charles Moran, Amy
Klobuchar, Ernest Istook.
HOST: Obama makes his pick.
Let's play HARDBALL.
Good evening. I'm Chris Matthews out in Los Angeles. Leading off
tonight: Game on. It's Elena Kagan for the Supreme Court, so let the fight
begin. Will Republicans go after her for barring military recruiters from
Harvard law school? Will Democrats worry that she'll let the Court
continue its slide to the right? We'll show you the battle lines at the
top of the show.
Plus: Charlie Crist in Florida, on his own. Bob Bennett in Utah, out.
Arlen Specter in Pennsylvania, a political refugee. A terrible year for
incumbents is getting worse. Who's next?
And the Obama administration wants to interrogate terrorism suspects
without informing them of their rights. Are they caving to Republicans and
compromising on American values or just doing what is necessary?
Also, the right wing and gays. First it was Ted Haggard (ph). Now
the Family Research Council's founder on a European vacation with his "rent
boy." Why are some anti-gay conservatives having so much trouble
practicing what they preach?
And "Let Me Finish" tonight with voters putting an end to that one
entitlement politicians thought was theirs forever, incumbency.
Let's start with the president's Supreme Court pick. Democratic
senator Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota's a member of the Judiciary Committee.
Senator Klobuchar, let me ask you about this military recruiters issue. I
wonder whether Republicans, your colleagues, will turn it on the—convert
it to that standard narrative, Barack Obama doesn't care about defending
the country. Here he is picking a Court nominee who said you couldn't
recruit for the ROTC or recruit for the military at Harvard.
SEN. AMY KLOBUCHAR (D-MN), JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Well, I really hope
not, Chris. First, you should know that three law students when Elena
Kagan was dean at Harvard who were Iraq veterans actually wrote in her
defense and said, You know what? She's someone that made a very welcome
atmosphere for veterans here at the law school. You have the fact that she
addressed cadets at West Point, talked about her life, her security was
there because of them and the work they did on the front line.
This was just simply about her enforcing a policy, a non-
discrimination policy that wasn't just about sexual preferences, it's also
about gender and race and religion in her own law school.
MATTHEWS: Well, do you think the recruiters should be allowed to go
to the University of Minnesota and recruit for the military?
KLOBUCHAR: I think now that the law has been clear with the Solomon
amendment that that's happening. But what I'd like to see is a change to
that policy. I think you see Admiral Mullen on the front lines saying he
wants to see it changed, Defense Secretary Gates. If you have the top
leaders of our military saying that they want to see a change in the
policy, the fact that Elena Kagan has in the past said that that was her
personal opinion to see a change, I would hope that that wouldn't be used
against her as the only reason someone would vote against her. That makes
no sense.
They may not agree with her opinion, but they have to look at whether
she's qualified to be a justice on the Supreme Court. She clearly is.
She's earned the respect of everyone she's worked with. When she was up
for solicitor general, five former Republican solicitor generals supported
MATTHEWS: So recruitment of military on campus is all right with you?
KLOBUCHAR: Again, I want to see a change in the policy, Chris, as do
so many of my colleagues...
KLOBUCHAR: ... as do the leadership in the military, and then we
won't have that issue anymore. I support changing the "Don't ask, don't
tell" policy.
MATTHEWS: OK. Let me ask you, does it disturb you that Elena Kagan
has already said under testimony that she doesn't believe there's a
constitutional protection for people who seek to marry somebody of their
own gender? Does that bother you, that she seems to have foreclosed that
issue, which is—may be well be on its way to the Court because of Ted
Olson and David Boies and the challenge to the California law?
KLOBUCHAR: Again, I want to look at that. I hadn't seen that part of
her testimony. I was there at the Judiciary hearing for other things that
she commented on and was really impressed by the way she handled questions
from Democrats and Republicans. But I think that she's someone, when she
comes before us, I think she'll tell us what I believe a good judge should
do, that she'll look at each case on its merits, that she is not going to
be someone that's going to come to the case with a set decision because you
look at her record, you look at how she was at Harvard, open-minded to
other points of view, that's what she is. She's someone that calls it when
she sees it and she makes a decision. And that's why people admire her
from both sides of the aisle.
Remember, Thurgood Marshall was her mentor. He adored her. Abner
Mikva was someone else that she clerked for. You look down the line at who
she worked for, President Clinton, President Obama, they both have great
faith in her ability to do the job.
MATTHEWS: Yes, I think Mikva's great, too, and certainly, Thurgood
Marshall. I do worry, though, about a candidate for the Supreme Court
who's already made up their mind on this key issue that's coming to the
Court. They may well give cert on this.
Here's minority leader Mitch McConnell obviously going after Kagan for
the usual partisan reasons. This guy is like the "no man." Let's listen.
SEN. MITCH MCCONNELL (R-KY), MINORITY LEADER: Of course, one does not
need to have prior experience as a judge before being appointed to the
country's highest court, but it strikes me that if a nominee does not have
judicial experience, they should have substantial litigation experience.
Ms. Kagan has neither, unlike Justice Rehnquist, for instance, who was in
private practice for 16 years prior to his appointment as assistant
attorney general for the Office of Legal Counsel, a job he had at the time
of his appointment to the Supreme Court.
MATTHEWS: I have a feeling, Senator, that "Senator Excitement" we
just heard from him there may well have said the opposite had this been
somebody with judicial experience. He would have said—I'm just guessing
Why don't we pick somebody without judicial experience?
KLOBUCHAR: Well, first of all, Chris, Justice Rehnquist, who I don't
think they would hardly criticize, came in there with no judicial
experience. You look at Frankfurter, Brandeis—these are great Justices
who came onto the Court without that experience of being a judge. I
welcome this idea that we could have one Justice on that court that had
some real world experience in terms of the government, in terms of being
out in the private sector. She's had that experience, and I think that
that's a positive.
MATTHEWS: OK, I'm looking for a rub here. You say it doesn't concern
you, her position on recruitment on campus at Harvard. It doesn't concern
you about her statement earlier about same-sex marriage. Does it concern
you that she has supported Bush administration policy on the retention of
people we're not holding for trial down at Gitmo?
KLOBUCHAR: Again, when she made that statement—I was there at that
hearing when Lindsey Graham was questioning her, Chris. She was being an
advocate for the administration's position for attorney general position—
Attorney General Holder at that time. As Justice Roberts said succinctly
at his own hearing, you can be an advocate, but then you also have to be a
So again, I think these are worthy questions. I wouldn't say it
doesn't concern me. These are questions we're all going ask her and we'd
like to hear answers to them. What I'm saying is you have to look he at
the big picture of her background here. What she is, Chris, is someone of
extreme intelligence that's going to be a counterweight to Roberts on that
court. She is someone who can build coalitions.
And what I care most about, Chris, is that we get opinions where
Kennedy's on the side of the right—that's on the side of doing the right
thing here, as opposed to the right wing. We want to get some things done
on this Court, and she has proven herself to be someone who can build those
coalitions and is an incredibly smart person who can match Roberts decision
by decision, point by point.
MATTHEWS: That would be great, if she could lead five, not just four.
Thank you so much, Senator Amy Klobuchar...
KLOBUCHAR: Thank you.
MATTHEWS: ... who's...
KLOBUCHAR: Appreciate it.
MATTHEWS: Let's go right now from Senator Klobuchar from Minnesota to
former Republican congressman Ernest Istook. He's a fellow from the
Heritage Foundation. Congressman, thank you for joining us tonight.
ERNEST ISTOOK, HERITAGE FOUNDATION: Sure, Chris.
MATTHEWS: On what you've seen so far, would you oppose the nomination
or the confirmation of Elena Kagan for Supreme Court?
ISTOOK: The challenge is, you know, if you're hiring someone to do a
job under supervision, someone with this little legal experience, you might
hire. But someone to have a lifetime appointment to be on the U.S. Supreme
Court for the next 25 to 30 years, you need to know more about what they
really think about constitutional principles, how they are at following the
For example, the case that you were describing about military
recruiters at Harvard, she took the position that the Supreme Court
basically threw out of court. It was 8-to-0 or 8-to-1. They said that the
position she took was unreasonable.
So the problem here is we basically have someone who was an ivory
tower academic. That's basically what her legal career has been. It's not
just the lack of experience as a judge, it's the lack of experience as an
attorney around the courtroom at all and lack of understanding what does
she really stand for. People will be comparing her to former Justice
Souter, who became known as the stealth candidate for the Supreme Court.
MATTHEWS: I just wonder whether a lot—I'm not—I respect your
opinion, coming from the Heritage Foundation and having been an elected
member of the Congress. I accept your position. But I think so much of
this seems so partisan. I look at Mitch McConnell coming out and saying
her problem is she hasn't been a judge, and I can easily imagine Senator
McConnell saying her problem is that she's been a judge. We have too many
judges. We need regular people on the Court. We've been hearing—you
know, we—you are laughing...
ISTOOK: Yes.
MATTHEWS: ... because we've been hearing that rant for a couple
months now. What do you make of...
ISTOOK: You're right. People can...
MATTHEWS: And the reason—exhibit A, Arlen Specter voted against
her for solicitor general, and we all know, given his desperate fight now
for the nomination for the senator from Pennsylvania, he'll probably come
out by this weekend and saying she's just the greatest thing since sliced
bread. I mean, it just seems to partisan, the way politicians look at
ISTOOK: Well, first of all, Chris, I think your point of saying if
someone doesn't have a record, people criticize them for that. If they
have too much of a record, then they get into the minutiae and criticize
them for that. So you're right, that that's a cannot win situation.
But Mitch McConnell's criticism was not just the lack of experience as
a judge, it was the lack of experience as a practicing attorney. If you
look at one of the few things that Ms. Kagan has written, she said that the
role of the Supreme Court is to benefit the despised and the disadvantaged.
Actually, the reason the statues of justice wear the blindfold is because
they're not supposed to take sides on whether you're liked, disliked,
whether you're advantaged or disadvantaged. That's all supposed to be
And statements like that certainly make her appear to be in the—
cast in the mold of a very activist judge.
MATTHEWS: Yes, I—maybe I agree with you, maybe not. It seems to
me one place I do—I think you want to correct yourself, Congressman.
The courts—the 1st Amendment is to protect unpopular opinion, right?
ISTOOK: It's to protect all opinion.
MATTHEWS: No, unpopular. Let's face it. You don't need...
ISTOOK: Unpopular included.
MATTHEWS: ... to protect popular. You don't need to say, I love
apple pie—you don't need to protect it, or, I love the flag. You have
to protect people who may burn the flag and do things you really, really
hate seeing them do, right? Isn't that what the 1st Amendment's about?
ISTOOK: Well, the 1st Amendment, though, Chris—I got to say apple
pie may be popular in some places and unpopular in others.
MATTHEWS: Really?
ISTOOK: So you don't know exactly from where the case will come.
Yes. I prefer cherry. I mean...
MATTHEWS: Well, I do, too, actually.
MATTHEWS: But this is ridiculous. You're saying...
ISTOOK: Got you out on that one.
MATTHEWS: You're denying—let me ask you this. You don't think
it's the job of the Supreme Court to protect the rights of minorities?
ISTOOK: I think it's the right to protect—I think their job it to
protect the rights of minorities, but that is not their sole job. The job
is also to protect the rights of everyone.
MATTHEWS: OK. OK, you're from the ivory tower known as Heritage
Foundation. By the way, the Republican Party's just as good at picking Ivy
Leaguers as the Democratic Party. Check the list. They're all from
Harvard or Yale law school. So give me a break about your party being the
party of the 'umble people...
ISTOOK: I didn't say that, Chris.
MATTHEWS: ... you know, the regular folk. You said "ivory tower."
Give me a break. Your party picks as many elitists as the other party,
right? Accept that.
ISTOOK: I've never seen a measurement on that, but I will grant you
that both parties do pick a lot of people that have certain Ivy League
MATTHEWS: Right.
ISTOOK: I totally agree with you on that. That's a challenge. But
again, in this case, a lot of people have the accompaniment of those
credentials with some more real world, in the trenches type of experience.
Maybe it's the type of experience you like. Maybe it's the kind you don't
ISTOOK: But in this case, that appears to be exclusively what she has
going for her.
MATTHEWS: OK. Thank you very much, Congressman.
ISTOOK: Thanks, Chris.
MATTHEWS: We agree on cherry pie, at least.
Coming up: The Republican purge is surging. Utah senator Robert
Bennett is the latest knockout. The guy's gone. Can the Republicans win
by going pure? I mean, if Robert Bennett's not conservative enough, who
is? But in one minute, Joe Sestak pulls ahead in Pennsylvania. Talk about
a development.
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MATTHEWS: Don't look now, but Joe Sestak is now leading Arlen Specter
in that hot Democratic primary up in Pennsylvania for the U.S. Senate. The
"Muhlenberg Morning Call" tracking poll now has Sestak up by 5, 47 to 42,
over Specter. By the way, he's getting close to 50, which is critical.
The primary is a week from tomorrow, and we'll be live in Center City,
Philadelphia, next Tuesday night with all the results, and you're all
welcome. It might even be outdoors. Who knows. Come and watch us. We'll
be right back.
SEN. ROBERT BENNETT ®, UTAH: At the risk of getting a little
emotional, I want to thank my staff. I get dewy-eyed at the dedication of
a parking lot, so this is not unusual for me.
MATTHEWS: We're back. That was Utah senator Bob Bennett on Saturday
night after failing to get enough support to even make it into the
Republican primary.
How strong is this national purging mood? Is it strong enough to
knock out even John McCain and Arlen Specter next week? "The Washington
Post's" Eugene Robinson and "Newsweek's" Howard Fineman are both MSNBC
political analysts.
Guys, Gene and Howard, I have to feel something for this fellow. I've
been in those losing nights. And I've seen it with Frank Moss (ph) out
there, my first boss, out in Utah. And I have to tell you, when you lose,
you do feel for the staff that worked their butt off. Gene, your thoughts
here? The guy's gone. He's out of politics, Robert—second generation
senator. He's 76 years old. Maybe that's part of the story. What do you
think is going on?
EUGENE ROBINSON, "WASHINGTON POST," MSNBC POLITICAL ANALYST: Oh, I
think that that probably is part of the story. He is 76 years old. But
this doesn't usually happen. An incumbent senator who wants to at least
get into the primary to retain his seat usually gets in.
And I think maybe we have slightly different things happening in
slightly—you know, in different locations. I'm not sure the three
examples you just cited are all exactly the same thing. But is there anti-
incumbent mood? And should every incumbent be kind of looking over his or
her shoulder? I certainly think most of them ought to be.
MATTHEWS: Well, I shouldn't argue with a Pulitzer Prize-winning
columnist, but when I try to put together these segments, I look for
thematic material, Gene! And it seems to me that there's a theme here,
which is people are getting tired of certain politicians who've been there
a long time.
Take a look at these numbers, guys. Here's how the numbers came out
this Saturday out in Utah. A guy named Tim Bridgewater that nobody ever
heard of before, 37 percent. A guy named Mike Lee, another newcomer, 36
percent. Bob Bennett, three-term U.S. senator, son of Wallace Bennett,
long-time senator from Utah, an institution in the LDS church, the Mormon
church out there, Howard, a major institution, practically part of the
furniture of Utah politically, kicked out on his butt. Doesn't even get
into the primary. What's going on? And McCain must be scared, too. Go
HOWARD FINEMAN, "NEWSWEEK," MSNBC POLITICAL ANALYST: It's traumatic.
It's traumatic, Chris. And in addition to anti-incumbency, on the
Republican side, there's ideology, too. Having been at a lot of
conservative events recently, having been at tea party rallies, and you
know, the Southern Republican Leadership Conference, the base of the
Republican Party and the grass roots are shifting to the right and shifting
fast. That means they're against anybody in Washington who so much as
shakes hand with a Democrat.
FINEMAN: This is partly the result of Barack Obama's presidency. We
don't regard Barack Obama as a radical in any sense. He's a deal maker
from Chicago. But to the growing conservative grass roots of the
Republican Party, he represents everything they can't stand, and anybody
who deals with him in any way, or the Democratic Party, is suspect.
Bob Bennett was suspect because he was doing a deal with Ron Wyden of
MATTHEWS: Yes.
FINEMAN: ... because he voted for some stuff that some Democrats had
voted for. the Gallup poll—excuse me—the "New York Times" poll
recently found that 38 percent of Americans identified themselves as
conservatives, which is the highest percentage in the 19 years that "The
New York Times"...
MATTHEWS: Wow.
FINEMAN: ... has been asking that question. Interestingly, only 25
percent of Americans in that poll identify themselves as Republicans. So
the Republicans are not that well regarded.—
MATTHEWS: That's great.
FINEMAN: -- i.e., the congressional Republicans, but the grassroots
considers itself very conservative right now...
MATTHEWS: That's a powerful—I'm going to remember that number.
FINEMAN: ... and angry conservative.
MATTHEWS: Thirty-eight percent of the country is conservative.
FINEMAN: Thirty-eight percent.
MATTHEWS: Only 25 percent is proud to call themselves Republican,
which tells me they want a purge.
FINEMAN: Right. Yes.
MATTHEWS: Let's take a look at Senator Bennett on Saturday.
I'm going to go back to Gene.
Senator Bennett, here he is. Let's listen.
SEN. ROBERT BENNETT ®, UTAH: The political atmosphere, obviously,
has been toxic. And it's very clear that some of the votes that I have
cast have added to the toxic environment.
MATTHEWS: Gene, we have seen a pattern—I do see a pattern among
these incumbents. I was talking to Terry Madonna up in Pennsylvania today.
He's does the polling for the—for Franklin & Marshall up there, that
great poll he does, the Keystone.
He says—he's got a poll coming out Wednesday. I can't give away
his numbers. But he said what he's hearing volunteered—you know, when
they get volunteered comments—people say, we need fresh blood. We need
new blood. Specter has been around for a half-a-century. He's in the same
situation or worse.
And, by the way, here—for your benefit, here's the latest
Pennsylvania tracking poll from Muhlenberg. It shows Sestak up by five.
And he's getting close to 50 percent, Sestak, out of nowhere, even after
that blistering attack by Arlen.
What do you think, Gene, about this situation. Too old? Too
Republican? Too long? Is that his problem?
ROBINSON: Chris, I think that's—you're surely right, that the fact
that Arlen has been around for so long and is so familiar has got to be
playing a role in this. And there's an anti-incumbent, bring in some new
blood kind of attitude out there.
I just wonder in terms of the Pennsylvania race if it also doesn't
have something to do with the fact that Arlen Specter has—is new to
being a Democrat...
MATTHEWS: Yes.
ROBINSON: ... and how much loyalty are Democratic primary voters
supposed to have toward a guy who was a Republican all those years? And I
think that helps provide an opening for Sestak.
MATTHEWS: Howard, when you're in a warfare situation in the South
Pacific, fighting the other side, the Japanese, for example, and one of
their guys gets overboard, you go fish him out of the water. You will fish
him out of the water if he will accept being a prisoner, but you're not
going to let him become captain of the ship, right?
FINEMAN: Yes. That's right.
MATTHEWS: Arlen says, let me aboard. And anybody who gets in my way
is no good.
Terry told me today the one thing people don't like is he has dared to
attack another Democrat, when he's just a brand-new Democrat. He comes
aboard and says, this guy Sestak is no good. The old negative ads of Arlen
Specter don't work in this context, apparently.
FINEMAN: OK. Well, also in this context, Chris, the negative ads
which reek of traditional—what has become traditional politics, politics
as usual, that doesn't help Arlen Specter.
I think the harsh attack that he leveled on Sestak has backfired. I
thought it was going to backfire. I told you last week I thought Sestak
had a really good shot here. When Arlen went after Sestak's military
record, yes, he's got to answer for his whole 30 years in the Navy, et
cetera, it just reeked of old-style politics. It reeked of nasty, gutter
fighting. It allowed Sestak to take the high road.
Sestak put on an ad with veterans out there defending Sestak. I
thought it was a disaster for Specter. And in many ways, if Specter goes
down, that will be the move that really put him out for good, because it
reeked of old-style politics in a year when people want new-style politics.
They want nothing that reeks of the way business is conducted as usual.
MATTHEWS: Yes. And a pollster told me today that what that ad did,
Arlen attacked him for military record, and what he did was tell people in
the state who had never heard of Sestak, hey, the guy spent 31 years in the
Navy, ended up an admiral.
They didn't know that before.
FINEMAN: Right.
MATTHEWS: And here's Specter, by the way, two weeks ago on why he
voted against Elena Kagan for solicitor general. She's obviously now up
for the court. Let's listen.
SEN. ARLEN SPECTER (D), PENNSYLVANIA: I voted against her because
she wouldn't answer specific questions on what kind of cases she would urge
the Supreme Court to take. I will take a fresh look at her as a Supreme
Court nominee, but I think that the Judiciary Committee members, who have
been—myself included, haven't been, frankly, tough enough on insisting
on some answers.
MATTHEWS: I voted against her before I voted for her.
MATTHEWS: Gene?
ROBINSON: Yes.
I bet that's going to turn around, Chris. And I think he's going to
find a lot to like about Elena Kagan in the coming days and weeks. And
maybe he will find that those answers weren't so vague after all.
MATTHEWS: Why would you think that? Gene, Gene, why would you think
that? Why do you think he would come around and like President Obama's
court pick at this point in his career?
ROBINSON: Well, I do think he's running for the Democratic
nomination, and I do think he wants to continue being a senator as a
ROBINSON: And I think he feels that it would be detrimental to that
aim if he were to oppose her.
MATTHEWS: I think you're right. I think we have figured this one
Well, here's Arizona, the last one in our pick here. Pollster.com has
McCain still leading by double digits, but he's trending downward.
Howard, here, it looks like this race by August, when they have that
primary—Pennsylvania is next Tuesday—by August, if you follow the
trend lines, who knows, except J.D. Hayworth is no Joe Sestak.
FINEMAN: Yes, and I know Joe Sestak. No.
FINEMAN: I don't—I don't know.
FINEMAN: I think J.D. is an engaging guy. He's a quirky guy. I
don't know what will happen by then.
That's—a month is a—a couple months is a lifetime out there.
But the trend you're looking at here, Chris, is, you have got a lot of
senior guys. You've got—if you—to connect the dots here, you have
got Bennett, who just came off as a guy who had been around a long, long
time. You have Arlen Specter, who is coming off as a guy who has been
around a long, long time.
And if you connect that dot out to Arizona, that puts John McCain on
the spot. There's no question about it.
FINEMAN: In Kentucky, which we have got coming up next week, it's a
little different situation, but there I think the Tea Party candidate could
win the Republican Party as well.
So, if momentum builds behind people who are seen as Tea Party
favorites, that could create some national momentum that might in the way
of a national election help J.D. Hayworth in Arizona by the time we get to
MATTHEWS: Well, it's no country for old men.
MATTHEWS: Thank you, Gene Robinson and Howard Fineman.
MATTHEWS: Tommy Lee Jones should play these guys.
MATTHEWS: Anyway, up next: the latest chapter in the hard-right
transformation of John McCain. You have got to watch the latest McCain.
He sounds like Tancredo.
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MATTHEWS: Back to HARDBALL. Now for the "Sideshow."
First: more tough talk from John McCain, as promised. The Arizona
senator, once a moderate immigration reformer, is definitely feeling the
heat from his right. His opponent, J.D. Hayworth, has got the heat on him.
The senator's new ad shows him walking along Arizona's border with a local
sheriff. Its title? "Complete the Dang Fence."
PAUL BABEU, PINAL COUNTY, ARIZONA, SHERIFF: We're outmanned. Of all
the illegals in America, more than half come through Arizona.
SEN. JOHN MCCAIN ®, ARIZONA: Have we got the right plan?
BABEU: The plan is perfect. You bring troops, state, county, and
local law enforcement together.
MCCAIN: And complete the dang fence.
BABEU: It will work this time.
MATTHEWS: Illegals? It used to be undocumented workers.
Anyway, it's not about the fence, Senator, and you know it. It's
about having a simple, reliable job card to tell you who you can hire. Are
we going to clean up this situation, Senator, or aren't we?
Now for the dang fence—or, from the dang fence to the dang
birthers. Today, Democratic Senator Patrick Leahy, chairman of the
Judiciary Committee, was out of the gate defending Supreme Court nominee
Elena Kagan.
Let's listen.
SEN. PATRICK LEAHY (D-VT), JUDICIARY COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN: You know, we
have some Republicans who would automatically oppose anybody. In fact, I
told the president, I said, you realize, if you nominated Moses, the
lawgiver, someone would raise, but he doesn't have a birth certificate.
Where's his birth certificate? You know what I mean? Come on.
MATTHEWS: Is it that bad? Anyway, speaking of President Obama, he
delivered the commencement yesterday at Hampton University down in
Virginia. Watch as he takes a rather unexpected whack at technology during
his speech.
BARACK OBAMA, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: With iPods and iPads
and Xboxes and PlayStations, none of which I know how to work...
OBAMA: ... information becomes a distraction, a diversion, a form of
entertainment, rather than a tool of empowerment.
MATTHEWS: I think he was talking to the parents, not the students,
there. Young people are not going back to where they never were before. I
would like to see a test, by the way, about whether we're learning more,
more solid information by the new media.
Anyway, for tonight's "Big Number," a look at that Democratic primary
up in Pennsylvania. New polls show Joe Sestak, the challenger, beginning
to overtake Arlen Specter. In fact, Intrade.com is now—is not waiting
for the polls. It now gives the challenger a—catch this -- 70 percent,
seven-in-10 chance of pulling off that big upset next Tuesday, May 18.
Mark your calendars: Sestak's chance for change 70 percent now.
That's tonight's "Big Number."
Up next: a hot debate. From Times Square to the Christmas Day bomber,
is it time to stop reading terror suspects their Miranda rights? Big
question for us, us Americans.
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General Electric shares climbing nearly 7 percent as well. GE is the
parent company of CNBC and MSNBC. Homebuilders also rallying, with
Hovnanian, Beazer, and Lennar all up more than 12 percent.
And the SEC meeting with the heads of the major exchanges, agreeing on
a framework for strengthening circuit-breakers to avoid a repeat of last
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MATTHEWS: Welcome back to HARDBALL.
Attorney General Eric Holder opened the door this weekend to modifying
the Miranda rights given terror suspects. Let's listen.
ERIC HOLDER, U.S. ATTORNEY GENERAL: And if we are going to have a
system that is capable of dealing in a public safety context with this new
threat, I think we have to give serious consideration to at least modifying
that public safety exception.
And that's one of the things that I think we're going to be reaching
out to Congress to do, to come up with a proposal that is both
constitutional, but that is also relevant to our time and the threat that
we now face.
MATTHEWS: "Our time."
Does this signal that the Obama administration is giving in to the
right wing?
Joining me right now is John Timoney, who is police commissioner,
Miami police commission, in Philadelphia. His new book is "Beat Cop to Top
Cop." And I'm going to read every word of it. There it is.
MATTHEWS: Also joining us is Anthony Romero, a pal of mine. He's
executive director of the ACLU.
Gentlemen, I was stunned to hear the openness, Commissioner first,
with which...
JOHN TIMONEY, MIAMI POLICE CHIEF: Yes.
MATTHEWS: ... the attorney general admitted, basically, that we're
modifying what we all grew up with, whatever you say can be used against
you. The police officer, the arresting officer, has to say that. He's
always said it. He's forced to say it since Miranda.
Did you hear in that, Chief Timoney, that we're not really going to
have that in cases of terrorism?
TIMONEY: I did.
But, you know, back up for a second, Chris. There always has been a
public safety exception where—where lives are in danger, God forbid
there's a child that is buried alive, and you need to find that, and time
is of the essence.
In the new age of terrorism, the notion that we lock up a guy who may
have information of a backup cell coming in that could cause great harm and
great damage, I think the public exception policy or rule of Miranda
And I think what the attorney general is trying to do I think is
correct. They're trying to look at it with good constitutional scholars
and come up with a policy that doesn't throw out the Constitution.
MATTHEWS: Yes, I guess that's the question, Anthony.
I can imagine—we see this case of a guy who obviously is a fugitive
from—he's almost hot pursuit case. What happens if there's a bunch of
people who are Arabic-speaking or they have an accent or they have an
Middle Eastern aspect to them and a cop walks in the door and sees five
people arguing about Americans, somebody—did somebody say something
against America here? Do they become terror suspects? Do you drop Miranda
with them?
I mean, where do you draw the line of this safety exception I guess is
the question.
think that's exactly right, Chris.
And I was astonished that the attorney general yesterday said that we
need to broaden the public safety exception. I mean, break it down first.
When we give up our freedoms for our safety, we lose. That's what the
terrorists are fighting for.
And, most fundamentally, when you think about Miranda, that's the one
right that most people know from TV, the right to remain silent...
MATTHEWS: Yes.
ROMERO: ... the right that you know that anything will be used
against you in a court of law. God, that's the one right that people get.
And when you begin to chip away at that one, you're chipping away at
one of the bedrock rights.
ROMERO: Number two, right, no one can tell us why we need these
additional powers. You have the public safety exception. It's worked in
both the Christmas bomber and the Thanksgiving—the Times Square bomber.
We have got them talking. We're using their statements against them.
What powers does the government have now that it doesn't—doesn't—that
it doesn't yet need?
ROMERO: Third—third, it's going to be prosecution so much more
difficult. When you start to open up this Pandora's Box, oh, we're going
to have so much litigation on our hands. Fourth, Congress doesn't have the
power to chip away the Fifth Amendment. That's a basic right. That's in
the Bill of Rights.
Finally, I'll just note for Police Chief Timoney that, ironically,
when this issue last came up in the Supreme Court in 2000, it was law
enforcement officials who weighed in saying that they wanted Miranda,
because it made for law enforcement to be effective and professionalized.
TIMONEY: I wrote an op-ed piece on that issue, supporting that
Miranda shouldn't be watered down. However, in the area of terrorism—
this is a whole new era. I think that's what Eric Holder was trying to
deal with yesterday, that we have to look and make sure, for example, there
are some property, that there are protocols in place, that there are
written policies in place, when it does apply, when it doesn't apply, so it
isn't left up to the individual agent or police officer.
ROMERO: We have those policies in place.
MATTHEWS: Let me go to the chief on that. I want to ask him, in real
practice, when you are out in the field and you get a suspect, I have
noticed in the case of the Christmas Bomber—we are using these funny
terms, Christmas Bomber, a little whimsical, perhaps, but we use they.
They both, we were told, were Mirandized at a point.
Now you wonder what principle applies if the guy is about to
interrogate very aggressively, why do you Mirandize the guy, chief, after
you interrogated him? What's the point at that point? I don't get it.
Why warn him of his rights after you get all the info out of him?
TIMONEY: I think the issue of the Christmas day attempted bomber, he
was not a citizen. This was an enemy combatant that came in from across
the pond, if you will. I don't think he had any rights any way.
ROMERO: That's not true.
TIMONEY: Different story here is a naturalized citizen. It's a
naturalized citizen. And there clearly the rights of every American
MATTHEWS: Let's go to that more difficult case. Let's go to the case
of an enemy, someone who clearly is an enemy, an enemy national who is out
for no good. How do we treat him? Anthony?
ROMERO: Look, the Bill of Rights is very clear. It's every person
entitled to core Fifth Amendment and Fourth Amendment rights. Just because
you're not here as a citizen, doesn't mean you don't have rights. This is
America. Second of all.
MATTHEWS: The guy is in an airplane over America, first of all. It's
a question of geography. Is he here if he's committing a crime in the
airplane above us?
ROMERO: No, it's different. But both the Times Square and the
Christmas day bombers were on American soil. I think it's a red herring
when we talk about the fact that we're going to try to carve out an
entirely new system when our system has worked. We have prosecuted 300
terrorism cases in the criminal courts. Our law enforcement officials know
what to do.
We should give the FBI a big pat on the back for how they handled
these last two cases. It's working. You have to tell me what is not
working that requires us to revisit something as fundamentally important as
Miranda? I don't get it.
MATTHEWS: We're going to talk about Miranda a lot. I want to get to
the chief on this. I love the way you've had real experience. You're a
real policeman from the bottom to the top. Let me ask you about this,
profiling. I've always talked about driving while black. I have grown up
with—not grown up, but we have heard a lot from minority people about
this, that they feel that just being African-American, for example, on the
Jersey Turnpike, you are stopped. I've had friends of mine tell me it
happens. It happens. It happens.
How do you get around that? How do we stop police officers from not
giving away their common sense or their nose for crime—we want them to
have that—but to respect people's privileges and rights as citizens if
they're not doing anything wrong?
TIMONEY: I mean, a few things. One, the policy from the top must be
quite clear, must be written and articulated that racial profiling of any
sort wouldn't be tolerated. That's one of the two, part of training. I
put a program in place in Philadelphia here in 2000 that was pretty
elaborate. I can't go into it now, but to try to identify police officers.
And even where you think you identify the police officer who may—or may
be engaged in it, the difficulty of proving it and then what to do is
extremely hard.
MATTHEWS: Yes, we have talked about it. It's a challenge. I think
we have to meet it. We've got to protect the rights of people and we got
to protect people as well. It's always going to be a challenge, right,
Anthony? It's always going to be a challenge. If it were easy, we
wouldn't have you. We wouldn't have the ACLU.
ROMERO: And especially if we pass laws like in Arizona that is
legislating racial profiling. It's always going to be a challenge.
MATTHEWS: I know where you stand, buddy. Glad you're there.
ROMERO: You'll see us in court this week.
MATTHEWS: Thank you. Chief Timoney, congratulations on this book.
It reads like you, sir. You obviously had a big hand in writing every word
of this. Thank you very much, chief.
TIMONEY: Good seeing you.
MATTHEWS: Up next, the right wing's hypocrisy problem on gays. This
is one of the novel discussions we're to going have around here. Why are
some prominent anti-gay conservatives been caught, well, being caught in
doing what they preach against? But in one minute, during the break, why
can't Mitch McConnell pick a winner? This is HARDBALL, only on MSNBC.
MATTHEWS: Republicans may have the wind at their backs heading into
midterms this November, but so far Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell
is striking out with his endorsements. Utah Senator Bob Bennett, who
McConnell backed, was bounced this weekend. Charlie Crist, another
McConnell endorsee, split the party in haste. And in Kentucky, Trey
Grayson is on the verge of losing his Senate primary to the surging Rand
Paul. The Kentucky primary is next Tuesday. And if Paul wins, that would
mean McConnell is zero for three, including at home.
HARDBALL will be right back.
MATTHEWS: Welcome back to HARDBALL. You can file this under
Hypocrisy Watch. The Miami paper "New Times" broke a story about an anti-
gay leader of the Christian right, Dr. George Rekers, who recently took a
European vacation with a male prostitute who advertised himself on
Remember Evangelical leader Ted Haggard. He's seen here in the
documentary "Jesus Camp."
REV. TED HAGGARD, SOLICITED GAY PROSTITUTE: So we don't have to
debate about what we should think about homosexual activity. It's written
in the Bible.
I think I know what you did last night. If you send me 1,000 dollars,
I won't tell your wife. If you use any of this, I'll sue you.
MATTHEWS: He resigned after his association with a gay man came to
light in 2006, four years ago. Michelle Goldberg writes about this in "The
Daily Beast" piece, quote, "the Christian Right's Gay Problem," you called
it. And Charles Moran is a spokesman for the Log Cabin Republicans, a
great group. That group is Republicans who support gay rights.
Thank you, Charles. Thank you, Michelle. Michelle, let me read
something from your piece that you summarize a 1996 University of Georgia
study. Here it is, "those most hostile to gay people are often driven by
terror and shame about their own desires." That sounds like a
generalization. Is everybody who's against gay rights gay?
MICHELLE BOLDBERG, "THE DAILY BEAST": No, not everybody. But what
this study shows and what psychoanalysts have argued for a long time—and
this study was one of the first pieces of really empirical evidence to back
it up—basically, the study took two groups of men. Both groups
identified as heterosexual, both groups study—filled out questionnaires
to measure how homophobic they were. And they found that there was
significant more arousal when they showed them gay porn among the men who
were homophobic than among the men who weren't.
I think you can see this in some of the rhetoric of the Christian
right. It suggests that homosexuality is something that is so incredibly
tempting that only the strictest of taboos will stop everybody from
indulging in it. This is the rhetoric of people who are deep in the
MATTHEWS: What do you make of that, Charles, that—well, it's a
study, maybe it's worth something. What do you make of it?
CHARLES MORAN, LOG CABIN REPUBLICANS: Chris, it's not just limited to
people who are strongly homophobic. You see it in a lot of different
sectors of society. I'm certainly not going to be making excuses for
people like Ted Haggard and people like Dr. Rekers. In a lot of areas in
society, we still have institutionalized homophobia.
And it's not just religion. It's the rap music world. We talked a
lot here in the Prop 8 aftermath in California about the influence of
homosexuality within the African-American community. We know in the reggae
music world, even in country music last, when that country music singer
came out as being a lesbian, there was a lot of apprehension. We've got a
lot of work—
MATTHEWS: We've made enormous progress. This country is so much more
open to gay rights and supportive in military service. I watch this stuff
all the time. Absolutely dramatic shift toward openness and acceptance and
more than tolerance, real acceptance.
Let me ask you this, Charles, I worked in Washington now for—God—
40 years. And it's pretty well known that there are a lot of gay men,
maybe gay women as well, who work in Republican right wing politics. They
work on Capital Hill as staffers. It's pretty well known, if you talk to
gay people. You know. Yet, how many are open about it and how many go
along with the right wing diatribes we just heard?
MORAN: This is the problem with Washington, D.C. Politics is still
an extremely conservative community. We have a lot of people who,
regardless if they're a Republican or a Democrat, on either side of the
aisle, who are still feeling like they can't be truly themselves. We have
plenty of examples on the left as well. That's one of the reasons why so
many different organizations advocate people coming out on their own terms,
being able to it—
MATTHEWS: Charles, you're missing my point. Why do they go get jobs
with right wingers if they're not right wing on these issues?
MORAN: Because a lot of us are not single-issue voters. I'm clearly
openly gay. There's no gay line for environmental rules or energy rules.
Just because you're gay doesn't mean you support taxpayer funded bailouts.
It doesn't mean you socialized medicine. We're not single-issue voters.
Because we're gay doesn't mean we adopt liberal positions on a lot of other
issues that focus on society.
MATTHEWS: Michelle, let me go to this, you don't need a poll to know
that there's irony in this country—or study Irony is the life we live.
Hypocrisy may come with the territory of politics. What do you think is
the particular thing about men who are clearly, by any definition, gay, and
they must know it, singing these songs of anti-gay public policy? What
moves them to do it?
GOLBERG: I think that it's actually something more than simple—
than kind of complete hypocrisy or complete cynicism. I actually think
that for somebody like George Rekers or a Ted Haggard, they probably hate
themselves so much that they're attracted to the idea that homosexuality is
a choice, or homosexuality is curable, and they're kind of desperate to
prove—they're desperate to prove themselves and be accepted by the
heterosexual world.
MATTHEWS: I guess when you book a flight with RentBoy.com or
something, you think of it as a choice. I guess that part is, guys.
Anyway, thank you, Michelle. I don't think your orientation is a choice,
by the way. God has a lot to do with this. Anyway, Michelle Goldberg,
thank you. Charles Moran, sir, I love your organization.
When we return, let me finish with the end of one thing politicians
have cherished more than anything else, easy re-election. You're watching
HARDBALL, only on MSNBC.
MATTHEWS: Let me finish tonight with a real shocker. Incumbent U.S.
senators look upon their jobs as long term. People who get elected to the
Senate look forward to careers there. The really impressive senators get
to stay there for life. If they're really enduring, you get to become a
building, like Richard Russell, or Everett Dirkson, or my hero, Phil Hart.
You know, one day you wake up to find yourself not a senator having to run
for re-election every six years. You're no longer an old man, but a strong
new building with grand hallways and elevators. You've reached the
promised land. Now you're permanent.
I think this is what Robert Bennett of Utah looked forward to, a
slowly fading permanence, becoming if not a building perhaps one of those
statues that each state gets to leave there in the Capitol hallway. This
Saturday, Mr. Bennett instead got his walking papers. You're free to go,
the roused up Republicans of Utah said in a loud voice. We're looking for
someone new. You said you only wanted two terms back then. We gave you
I've wondered for years when the voters who say they want change would
get over this lazy habit of just voting for the most familiar name.
Pennsylvania Democrats get the vote next week. They'll decide whether
Arlen Specter, a fellow who has been running as a Republican for the past
45 years, who now wants to stay there in the Senate as a democrat, should
get his wish.
We'll see what happens. One thing that's already happening in this
country is that word entitlement. You hear about it all the time. We use
it for our kids. We use it for social programs like Social Security. We
have to cut out that sense of entitlement. We have to cut the
entitlements. You hear it all the time.
Maybe now we think it's time to take away senators' entitlement to
staying there until he turns into a building, or at least a statue.
That's HARDBALL for now. Thanks for being with us. Right now, it's
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Fifty days from Saturday, the NCAA tournament selection committee will unveil a 68-team bracket that serves as a report card of sorts for conferences nationwide. This season it will take on heightened importance for one league in particular.
Despite boasting three of the past eight national champions — more than any other league — Selection Sunday in recent years has not been kind to the Southeastern Conference, which earned just 19 tournament berths in the past five years combined. After seeing only three teams reach the tournament last season, Commissioner Mike Slive called it "unacceptable."
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Slive took action. He smartly tapped Mark Whitworth to be in charge of men's basketball and hired scheduling consultant Greg Shaheen, the former NCAA tournament guru who understands the selection process as well as anyone. Shaheen gave every SEC coach a 20-page report that broke down the league's non-conference schedules the previous season and how every outcome affected the SEC's power ratings. And the SEC adopted league-wide guidelines for teams to submit non-league schedules for review and approval.
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The question: How much has it helped?
SEC basketball is an intriguing case study because the league is overshadowed by the dominance of its football conference, which came within 79 seconds this month of crowning an eighth consecutive national champion. But the league this offseason rightly addressed growing issues in men's basketball: Between 2004 and 2008, the SEC averaged 5.6 NCAA tournament berths per year. The last five seasons? The SEC averaged just 3.8 berths.
AT THE TOP: No. 1 Arizona works to improve
C.M. Newton, the former Kentucky athletic director and current consultant to Slive, said Slive's move to create the position of associate commissioner for men's basketball for veteran staff member Whitworth was a "bold move that was badly needed."
Six teams improved their strength of non-league schedule ratings, and Whitworth expects "significant improvement" once they get a full year to review the schedules and engage in "constructive dialogues" with the 14 schools. But several SEC teams still underwhelmed on the court in non-conference play, which establishes an initial benchmark for teams and leagues.
That has left the SEC with two potential Final Four teams — Florida and Kentucky — and a cluster of teams that have yet to distinguish or separate themselves. The SEC could see as many as five teams make the NCAAs. A doomsday scenario also exists for it to earn only two bids.
"As long as we lose outside the league," Newton told USA TODAY Sports, "people are going to say we are an inferior product. And we are not."
The league is rated the nation's seventh-best in the Ratings Percentage Index, the mathematical measurement of teams' strength that the selection committee uses in part to help determine berths and seeds. While 70% of the teams in the Big 12, arguably the nation's strongest league, rank inside the RPI's top 50, just 14% of SEC teams — Kentucky and Florida — rank inside the top 50, entering this weekend.
Five teams — Tennessee, Missouri, Mississippi, LSU and Arkansas — rank between 50 and 66 in the RPI. That's part of the problem — no separation among middle-of-the-pack teams. Entering this weekend, no conference has had more league games decided by four points or fewer or in overtime, according to KenPom.com.
"I think the league is better than the math says it is," Bruce Pearl, who coached six seasons at Tennessee and is now an ESPN analyst, told USA TODAY Sports. "I feel a resurgence. You just don't see it consistently enough."
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But with the exception of Kentucky's Big Blue Nation, how many SEC fan bases pay much attention to non-conference play?
Most, Newton said, don't turn their attention to basketball until after the football season, which includes National Signing Day in early February. The SEC tournament in New Orleans two seasons ago was dominated by spring football talk. And Newton said it was "inexcusable" that his local newspaper in Alabama did not have a story in Wednesday's editions about the upcoming Alabama-Florida basketball game.
"The media in our area has dissipated to the point where it has affected basketball some," Newton said. "Nothing in the paper Wednesday about the game. That's not the exception, that's the rule in the South. The newspapers have dried up. They don't have the money or interest. It's a different world."
Regarding the fan support, Pearl, who led Tennessee to the NCAAs each of his six seasons, added: "There are way too many half-packed houses in the SEC for the conference overall to approach the domination they have in football. When you go into a gym and it's half empty, you have a chance to go in there and steal one. … The alumni associations in every town in the SEC, think about how they mobilize in football season. Those are kinds of things that need to happen for a number of programs. The fan bases are there in the SEC. They just have to tap into them."
Kentucky coach John Calipari said before the season that improving the league's strength is a "responsibility for all of us. We can all be about our own programs and we will all go down one by one, or we can be about each other. You have to bury the jealousy and let's go."
To that point, Pearl recalled that he took great interest in rooting for other SEC teams in non-league play, saying, "As a coach in the SEC, it was hard to root for Kentucky. But I rooted for them in the non-conference all the time. I knew that was self-serving and that would help us."
And much of it comes back to scheduling. Last season, four SEC schools — Mississippi, Mississippi State, Auburn and South Carolina — had non-league schedules rated 280th or worse in strength. This season, just two — Auburn, Mississippi State — had non-league schedules ranked that low.
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Some SEC schools need to "take on a mentality of Gonzaga, Butler and Xavier and VCU," ESPN analyst Jimmy Dykes told USA TODAY Sports. "You can't hide behind your major conference label any longer. You have to go out and schedule hungry. You have to schedule aggressively. You have to schedule with the (mind-set): We have something to prove."
Whitworth said he and Shaheen encourage schools to schedule teams rated 200 or better in the RPI. But they avoid a hard-and-fast formula because, in a 14-team league, teams are in various stages of growth. Some coaches have better job security than others and can be more ambitious in scheduling. As Wichita State's Gregg Marshall says, "All of us coaches have this innate ability called self-preservation. Everybody is trying to keep their job."
"I know it's tough, I've been there," Pearl said. "We're all battling to save our jobs every year and be able to get to the next contract. You are concerned about overscheduling. You schedule yourself enough games you can win, and then your RPI gets down some place where it hurts the league."
Alabama's Anthony Grant played one of the nation's toughest non-conference schedules (seventh-best). Problem is, the Crimson Tide lost most of those games — to Duke, Xavier, Wichita State and UCLA — and Grant is "paying for it right now," Newton said. "A bunch of people want to get rid of him. I think he's on the hot seat in the minds of some, but not in the minds of anyone that counts."
In the eyes of Pearl and Newton, Arkansas exhibits the greatest disparity in home and road performance of any team they recall seeing. The Razorbacks beat Kentucky at home but lost to Texas A&M and Georgia on the road. Almost unbeatable at home, the Razorbacks are 2-21 in road games in coach Mike Anderson's three seasons.
"I've never seen a disparity quite like that," Pearl said. "They don't know what is going to work on the road because nothing has."
Then there's Georgia, which suffered six losses during non-conference play only to rebound in SEC play to upset NCAA tournament hopefuls Missouri and Arkansas. As a result, Georgia hurt the RPIs of those teams, thus hurting their tourney chances. League-wide youth, Missouri coach Frank Haith said, has yielded inconsistency.
"One of the ingredients is having older guys," Haith said. "Our league right now is a young league."
Newton believes the selection committee now places too much emphasis on the RPI. When he served on the committee, Newton said, there was more of a "gut level" assessment of teams, adding, "This has gotten way too scientific."
That echoes remarks made by then-Maryland coach Gary Williams in 2006, when Williams and other coaches accused the Missouri Valley Conference of gaming the system in getting four teams — as many as the ACC that season — into the NCAA tournament with shrewd scheduling practices to bolster their RPI. Williams called the movement "Revenge of the Nerds."
But it works, and now the SEC is trying to take advantage. But the problem when teams reached SEC play is that upward mobility is limited. Only wins against Florida or Kentucky will result in a notable boost in the RPI.
"Kentucky and Florida get everybody's best shot because that is their game to say, 'We belong in the NCAA tournament,' " Dykes said. "They not only are getting everybody's best shot, but they are getting everybody's best shot followed by their second-best shot and their third-best shot — all piled into one game. The stress and importance and magnitude of the game, everything is amplified."
Dykes said he thought the SEC would be stronger this season. He noted that Tennessee, Arkansas, LSU and Missouri all have the potential to win a game in the NCAA tournament. But can they get to the tournament?
And will the league that has absorbed its share of barbs in recent years have more to celebrate on Selection Sunday than the coming spring football season?
"Anything above what we did last year would be improvement," Whitworth said. "Five (bids) would be very significant progress for us. No doubt we have a lot of work to do, but with the commissioner's vision, we can have an impact. If you looked at SEC basketball as a stock, I think it's a really good time to buy."

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A trunked radio system is a specialized repeater system with one or more towers, and multiple frequencies, which allows channelized, semi-private conversations between many more groups of users than it actually has allocated RF channels; this is an example of statistical multiplexing. There are many different implementations of trunked business and public-safety radio, using different trunking protocols (like P25 CAI, LTR and Smartzone) and different audio modulations (like FM, NFM, and P25), but they all function in similar ways, and current generation scanners can receive most of them.
Please read the Trunking Basics overview first. Here is UPMan's excellent description on trunking. If you still have questions, feel free to post on the Trunking forum at Radioreference.
All forum links go to RadioReference
Sadly some systems are encrypted - and no scanner will ever copy them. A brief listing of these agencies can be found in the Encrypted Agencies article.
The current 800MHz Public Safety band plan change is discussed under Rebanding. You may also find references to what scanners may be supported by following links from the Main Page.


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Savory Seitan Loaf with Tomato-Mushroom Gravy
Makes 6 servings
3/4 cup minced fresh onion
1 cup minced celery
1/4 cup filtered or spring water, plus more as needed
1/2 teaspoon extra-virgin olive oil (optional)
1 teaspoon reduced-sodium tamari
1 tablespoon, plus 1 teaspoon Italian seasoning
16 ounces seitan, drained
2/3 cup rolled oats
1 cup grated carrots
1/2 teaspoon paprika
1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
1/2 teaspoon sea salt
5 tablespoons tomato paste
3 tablespoons toasted wheat germ
1 cup finely chopped baby spinach
Tomato-Mushroom Gravy (see below)
Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F. Line an 8 x 4 loaf pan with unbleached parchment paper, allowing a 2- to 3-inch overhang on the two lengthwise sides of the pan.
Put the onion, celery, 2 tablespoons water, olive oil (if using), and tamari in a skillet. Cover and cook over medium heat for 5 minutes. Add 1 teaspoon Italian seasoning and 2 tablespoons water. Cover and cook 5 minutes or until the onion is translucent. Cool for 5 minutes.
Put the seitan in a blender or food processor and process until coarsely ground. Transfer the seitan to a large bowl.
Put the rolled oats, carrots, paprika, garlic powder, remaining 1 tablespoon Italian seasoning, and sea salt in a large bowl and stir until combined. Add the celery mixture, 3 tablespoons tomato paste, and wheat germ, and stir until combined. Add the spinach and stir gently until combined.
Spread the remaining 2 tablespoons tomato paste evenly over the parchment paper in the bottom of the prepared loaf pan. Spoon the seitan mixture on top of the tomato paste layer and firmly press the seitan mixture into the pan. Fold the excess parchment paper over the top of the loaf and gently press down. This will keep the loaf moist while baking and help the loaf to hold together.
Bake the loaf for 30 minutes. Remove the loaf from the oven and peel back the parchment paper that is covering the top of the loaf. Place the loaf back in the oven for 30 minutes. Loosely tent some foil over the loaf and bake for 15 to 20 minutes, or until the loaf is slightly golden in color and almost firm to the touch. Put the pan on a wire rack and let cool for 5 minutes.
Turn the loaf onto a serving platter and carefully peel off the parchment paper. Cool for 5 to 15 minutes. Cut the loaf into thick slices, using a serrated bread knife and wiping the knife clean after cutting each slice. Serve topped with Tomato-Mushroom Gravy.
Tomato-Mushroom Gravy
Makes 6 servings
1/4 cup tomato paste
1 teaspoon extra-virgin olive oil
1 1/2 cups filtered or spring water, plus more as needed
1 clove garlic, minced
2 1/2 cups sliced cremini or white button mushrooms
1 teaspoon Italian seasoning
1/2 teaspoon reduced-sodium tamari
Put the tomato paste, olive oil, 3 tablespoons water, and garlic in a large skillet. Cook over medium heat for 2 minutes, stirring constantly. Add more water, 1 tablespoon at a time, if the mixture starts to stick to the bottom of the skillet. Decrease the heat to medium-low. Add 1 cup water, the mushrooms, Italian seasoning, and tamari. Cover and cook for 15 to 20 minutes, until the mushrooms are soft. Add more water, 1/4 cup at a time, to achieve the desired consistency.
Twice-Baked Potatoes
Makes 6 servings
3 very large russet potatoes, scrubbed, baked, and cooled
1 cup cooked white beans (drained and rinsed if canned)
1/4 cup nondairy milk, plus more as needed
1/8 teaspoon garlic powder
1/8 teaspoon sea salt or Himalayan pink salt
2 tablespoons minced onion
2 tablespoons diced sweet red pepper
1/4 teaspoon paprika
1/4 teaspoon Italian seasoning
Freshly ground sea salt
Freshly ground pepper
Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F. Line a small, rimmed baking pan with unbleached parchment paper.
Slice each potato in half lengthwise. Carefully scoop out the pulp, using a teaspoon or grapefruit spoon, leaving about 1/4 inch of the potato skin and pulp intact. Put the potato pulp, white beans, nondairy milk, garlic powder, and salt in a blender or food processor and process until smooth. If the mixture is still lumpy, add more nondairy milk, 1 tablespoon at a time, to achieve a smooth consistency. Put the potato mixture in a medium bowl. Gently stir in the onion and pepper. Using a large spoon or piping bag, spoon or pipe one-sixth of the potato mixture into each potato skin. Place the potato on the prepared baking pan. Repeat until all of the potato skins are filled. Sprinkle the tops of each potato with some paprika, Italian seasoning, salt, and pepper.
Tent the baking pan with foil and bake for 40 minutes. Uncover and bake for 15 to 20 minutes or until the tops are crispy and slightly golden. Cool for 5 to 7 minutes and serve.
NOTE: The russet potatoes may be baked up to 24 hours in advance of preparing this recipe. After they have cooled, wrap them tightly in foil and store them in the refrigerator until use.
Broccoli with Sweet Tamari-Onion Sauce
Makes 4 servings
1 large head broccoli, washed and cut into bite-size florets
1 tablespoon tamari
1 tablespoon maple sugar
1 tablespoon minced onion
1 large clove garlic, minced
Fit a medium sauce pan with a steamer basket, and bring two inches of water to a boil. Add the broccoli, cover, and steam for 10 to 12 minutes until crisp-tender. Transfer to a medium bowl.
Meanwhile, put the tamari, maple sugar, onion, and garlic in a small bowl and to whisk to combine. Pour the sauce over the hot broccoli and stir gently to coat. Serve warm.
NOTE: This sauce tastes great served over steamed kale, too!
Dreamy Banana Pie
Make 8 servings
2/3 cups raisins
1 cup rolled oats
1/2 cup pumpkin seeds
4 pitted Medjool dates
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
2 bananas
14 to 16 ounces soft silken tofu, drained
3 tablespoons maple syrup
3 tablespoons tahini
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 tablespoon cocoa powder, plus more as needed
1/2 vegan dark chocolate bar, cut into curls, for garnish (optional)
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Lightly oil a 9-inch round pie plate. Put the raisins, oats, pumpkin seeds, dates, and ground cinnamon in a high-performance blender or food processor, and process on medium until a dough forms. Transfer the dough to the prepared pie plate and form it into a ball. Flatten the dough slightly, and then press the dough evenly into the bottom and up the sides of the pan to form a crust. Slice each banana into 10 to 12 slices and arrange the slices by overlapping them on top of the crust.
Put the tofu, maple syrup, tahini, and vanilla extract in a blender or food processor and process until smooth. Pour the filling over the banana slices and smooth the top with a rubber spatula. Dust the top of the pie with the cocoa powder. Bake the pie for 30 to 40 minutes, or until the edges are firm. The center of the pie will still be slightly soft to the touch. Put the plate on a wire rack and cool for 30 minutes. Just before serving, mound the chocolate curls (if using) in the center of the pie. Serve warm or chilled. Covered tightly and stored in the refrigerator, leftover pie will keep up to 24 hours.


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The teams that advanced to the Sweet 16 of the NCAA tournament have been about as unpredictable as one would have expected after the 2012-13 college basketball season.
Of course, a No. 15 seed advanced to the second weekend of the tournament for the first time in history, as Florida Gulf Coast rolled over Georgetown and San Diego State.
Then, for the second time in three years, a team which played in the opening round has won three games, with La Salle riding its stellar trio of guards to its first Sweet 16 in over 60 years.
From these Cinderellas to some big-time matchups like Duke vs. Michigan State and Kansas vs. Michigan, this Sweet 16 has it all.
Here are predictions and picks for all of the Sweet 16 matchups.


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Credit 101
What is Credit?
Credit is "extended" to you when someone lends you money or assets, and trusts you to pay it back. It gives you the ability to buy today and pay tomorrow.
There are two types of credit:
- Unsecured: There is no asset or collateral being used to secure the debt. An example of unsecured credit is a credit card.
- Secured: Some type of collateral is used to secure the debt. This can be a house, car or boat that the lender can take back if the loan isn't paid.
Benefits of Credit
- Easier to buy a house
- Easier to finance a car
- In some cases, necessary to get car insurance
- Convenience
- Emergencies
- Safer than carrying cash
- Easier to rent an apartment
- Ability to rent a car
- Allows you to make purchases over the internet
- Some jobs may have a credit check requirement
- Can use it to pay college expenses
- Necessary to build a credit history
Risks of Credit
- Easier to make impulse purchases
- Can accumulate more debt than you can afford
- Misunderstanding of complicated terms and conditions
How Do I Get Credit?
Credit History: None, Bad, Good
What type of credit experiences can someone with no credit history expect to have? Lending institutions such as banks and credit unions rarely lend money to people with no credit because they have no history to indicate how likely they will be to pay back the loan.
What type of credit experiences can someone with a bad credit history expect to have? Future borrowing is difficult and in some cases impossible, because there is no basis for a lending institution to trust that the money will be repaid.
What type of credit experiences can someone with a good credit history expect to have? They can be granted credit more easily and with less stringent conditions.
Credit Score Ranges
A credit score determines your credit grade and is based on the data found in your credit report. The credit score broadly refers to a number generated by a credit-scoring model to determine a person's creditworthiness. Commonly, there are six ranges:
There is no single cutoff score used by all lenders - and there are additional factors that lenders use - but basically, the higher the score, the higher your creditworthiness and the lower the risk.
Credit Precautions
The best way to avoid getting into trouble with credit involves advance planning for how it is used and how it is paid.
Ways to Avoid Bad Credit
- Limit the number of creditors. Many creditors interpret too many open credit accounts as a risk.
- Spend only what you can afford at the time.
- Think before you buy. Remember, credit is like a loan. Ask yourself, "Would I really go to the bank for a loan for this?"
- Stay below the limit. Each lender is different, but for some lenders, you need to be 50% or below your limit to get the best rates.
- Ensure payments arrive before the due date. Check out payment options such as online, telephone, and automatic payment to avoid late fees.
- Pay the full balance due each month or at least pay more than the minimum. This will cut down on interest payments.
- Don't lend out your credit. By adding other's names to your credit cards or adding yourself as a co-applicant to someone else's loan you are allowing others the opportunity to weaken your credit rating. Remember that you are liable for all expenses taken out under your name.
Annual Fees:
A once-a-year charge imposed by many credit card issuers for the privilege of using a credit card. This fee is in addition to the interest charged on purchases and cash advances.
Annual Percentage Rate (APR):
The cost of credit at a yearly rate. The APR includes the interest rate and certain other charges that the borrower is required to pay.
A person applying for credit privileges, employment or some other benefit.
Can be any thing you own that has value or use (i.e. a home, car or boat).
Authorized Account User:
A person who has been granted authorization to use an account by the person who signed the contract for the account.
"B" or "C" Loans:
The credit industry term used to describe loans that reflect less than the best possible interest rate, terms, and conditions. Consumers with poorer credit may be offered "B" or "C" loans. These loans always have a higher interest rate and fees.
Bad Credit:
The term commonly used to mean that a person's credit has not been handled responsibly and that obligations have not been met.
A proceeding in U.S. Federal Court that may legally release a person from repaying debts owed. Bankruptcy can seriously impact the ability to borrow money. The law contains several chapters that relate to different methods of relief:
- Chapter 7 - Straight Bankruptcy (total liquidation of assets)
- Chapter 11 - Business Reorganizations
- Chapter 12 - Farm Debt Bankruptcy
- Chapter 13 - Wage Earner Repayment Plan
Bankruptcy Discharged:
A court order ending the debtor's obligation to pay all included debt.
Bankruptcy Dismissed:
A court order that denied a bankruptcy petition, making the debtor still liable for all debts.
A financial plan for saving and spending money.
Charge Card:
A card that requires payment in full upon receipt of the statement.
Charge Off:
An accounting term to indicate that the creditor does not expect to collect the balance owed on an account and has written it off as a loss.
Collection Account:
An account that has been transferred from routine debt to the collection department of a creditor's firm or to a separate professional debt-collecting firm.
Consolidation Loan:
A loan usually obtained for the purpose of reducing the amount of the payments of bills owed by consolidating the bills into one loan payment. The consumer pays off several bills with the proceeds from one loan and is left with one consolidated monthly payment.
Property acceptable as security for a loan or other obligation.
Person who uses and/or buys goods and services for family or personal use.
Consumer Credit Counseling Service:
Organizations that help consumers find a way to repay debts through careful budgeting and management of funds. These are usually nonprofit organizations, funded by creditors. By requesting that creditors accept a longer payoff period, the counseling services can often design a successful repayment plan.
Person responsible for repaying a debt if the borrower defaults.
A promise to pay later for goods or services purchased today.
Credit Bureau:
A company that gathers information on consumers who use credit and sells that information in the form of a credit report to credit lenders. Also known as a credit reporting agency.
Credit Card:
A card issued by a bank or lender, on behalf of the party named on the card, which can be used instead of cash or checks authorizing payment for goods and services.
Credit History:
A record of how a consumer has paid credit accounts in the past. It is used as a guide to determine whether the consumer is likely to pay accounts on time in the future.
Credit Limit:
The maximum amount of money that can be charged on a particular credit account.
Credit Practice Rule:
A federal law that requires creditors to provide a written notice to potential cosigners about their liability if the other person fails to pay; it prohibits late charges in some situations and prohibits creditors from using certain contract provisions that the government found to be unfair to consumers.
Credit Repair Companies:
Individuals or companies that promise to "clean up" or "erase" a consumer's bad credit and give him/her a fresh start. Also known as Credit Clinics.
Credit Report:
A record or file maintained by a credit bureau that contains information about a person, such as where the person works and lives, information from creditors regarding money borrowed and payments made, and public record information, such as whether the person has filed for bankruptcy. Used by a prospective lender or employer to help determine the creditworthiness of a prospective borrower.
Credit Reporting Agency:
A company that gathers, files, and sells information to creditors and/or employers to facilitate their decisions to extend credit or to hire. Also known as a credit bureau.
Credit Risk:
The credit industry term meaning the level of risk or likelihood of future default by an individual borrower.
Credit Score:
A computer-generated number, based on a statistical model that summarizes an individual's credit record and predicts the likelihood that a borrower will repay future obligations.
The person or institution providing credit or a loan to a borrower at specific terms and conditions. May be used interchangeably with the term lender.
The ability to qualify for credit and repay debts.
Debit Card:
A bank-issued card that enables purchases to be deducted directly from the consumer's personal checking account.
Equal Credit Opportunity Act (ECOA):
A federal law that requires lenders and other creditors to make credit equally available without discrimination based on race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, marital status, or receipt of income from public assistance programs.
One of the three major credit reporting agencies.
One of the three major credit reporting agencies, formerly known as TRW.
Fair Credit Reporting Act:
A federal law, established in 1971, and revised in 1997, which enables consumers to learn what information credit reporting agencies have on file about them, and to dispute inaccurate data in the file. It also establishes specific permissible purposes for which credit reports may be requested, and places time limits on how long adverse information may be reported.
The money you pay the financial institution for a service.
Finance Charge:
The amount charged for the use of credit services.
Legal process whereby a creditor that has obtained judgment on a debt may obtain full or partial payment by seizure of a portion of a debtor's assets (wages, bank account, etc.).
Good Credit:
The term commonly used to mean that a person's credit has been handled responsibly and that payments have been made on time.
Grace Period:
The period allowed by the lender to avoid any finance charges by paying off the balance in full before the due date.
Home Equity Loan:
A loan based on the difference of the amount of equity paid on a home and the home's current market value.
Installment Loan:
A credit account in which the amount of the payment and the number of payments are predetermined or fixed.
The cost of borrowing or lending money, usually a percentage of the amount borrowed or loaned. This also can be the money that a financial institution pays you for keeping your money there.
Introductory Rate Offers:
Favorable rates that usually only apply to a new credit card agreement and for a limited amount of time before the regular, and usually higher, rate applies.
The official court decision of an action or suit. This public record may be listed on a credit report in matters of money and debts owed.
Late Fees:
Charges incurred by not paying at least the minimum payment by the due date on your statement.
Late Payments:
Loan or credit payments that do not reach the lender or creditor on or before the payment due date. The indication of late payments on a credit report are damaging to an individual's credit history.
A written document containing the conditions under which the possession and use of real and/or personal property are given by the owner to another for a stated period and for a stated price and stated conditions.
The person or institution providing credit or a loan to a borrower at specific terms and conditions. May be used interchangeably with the term creditor.
A legal hold or claim of one person on the property of another as security for a debt or charge; the right given by law to satisfy debt. A lien must be paid and released.
A lien or claim against real property given by the buyer to the lender as security for money borrowed.
1st Mortgage:
Also known as the "primary" mortgage as priority over the claims of subsequent lenders for the same property.
2nd Mortgage:
Also known as the "secondary" mortgage as a loan secured by mortgage or trust deed, which lien is "junior" to another mortgage or trust.
The things in life that are required for basic survival, such as shelter, food, and clothing.
Net Income:
Your take-home pay after taxes and other deductions. It is the amount of money that you actually received in your paycheck.
Payment Due Date:
Contract language specifying when payments are due on money borrowed. The due date is always indicated and means that the payment must be received on or before the specified date. Grace periods do not eliminate the responsibility of making sure that the lender receives payments by the due date. In most cases, lenders or creditors add a late charge and/or additional interest and fees when a payment is past the due date.
Permissible Purposes:
As defined in section 604 of the Fair Credit Reporting Act, only the named reasons for requesting a credit report are deemed "permissible." Requests not meeting these criteria must be denied.
Personal Line of Credit:
The maximum amount one can owe at any time, based on income, debt and credit history.
Personal Loan:
A loan based on a consumer's income, debt and credit history.
The outstanding balance of a loan, exclusive of interest and other charges.
Public Record:
Information obtained by the credit reporting agency from court records, such as liens, bankruptcy filings and judgments. Public records are open to any person who requests them. The presence of public record information on a credit report is viewed negatively by the credit industry.
Forced, or voluntary surrender of merchandise as a result of the customer's failure to pay as promised.
Revolving Account:
A type of credit account that requires at least a specified minimum payment each month, plus a service charge on the balance. As the balance declines, the amount of the service charge, or interest, also declines. Examples include department stores, gas and oil companies, and bank-issued credit cards.
Money set aside into an interest-bearing or investment account.
Secured Credit Card:
A credit card backed by a savings account that has been established in advance by the borrower. The amount in the savings account usually determines the limit on the credit card. These accounts present no real risk factor for creditors and are therefore much easier to obtain.
The period of time and the interest rate agreed upon between the creditor and the borrower to repay a loan or credit obligation.
Trans Union:
One of the three major credit reporting agencies.
Truth in Lending Act:
A federal law that requires that, before you sign an agreement, creditors give you written disclosure of important terms of the credit agreement, such as APR, total finance charges, monthly payment amount, payment due dates, total amount being financed, length of the credit agreement, and any charges for late payment.
The things in life that are not essential for survival, but are desired for comfort, convenience, or status.


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SCRANTON, PA – The York College men's basketball squad got a career-high 22 points from senior Mitch Kemp (York, Pa./York Suburban) but it would not be enough as the Spartans dropped a 92-77 decision to Oneonta State in the consolation game of the Radisson Invitational in Scranton, PA.
The Spartans were victims of hot shooting in their game-one loss to Baruch. The trend continued on Saturday as the Red Dragons shot 64.2% from the floor including 16-of-27 (59.3%) from three.
The hot shooting got the Red Dragons an early lead as Dan Lee hit back-to-back threes to give Oneonta a 6-0 advantage after two possessions. In fact, the first three baskets for the Red Dragons and first five makes for York were all three pointers. The fifth three came from Kemp, drawing York to within one at 16-15 with 14:30 left in the half.
The Red Dragons would scored 22 of the next 33 points over the ensuing five minutes as they opened up a 38-26 lead with nine minutes left in the half. The Spartans went on a 10-4 run capped by a Jeremy Skoloda (Leola, Pa./Conestoga Valley) triple as the Green and White found themselves right back in the game, trailing by just four points.
The Red Dragons answered with a Zach Mager three just eight seconds later as Oneonta went on a quick 11-5 spurt to push the lead back to ten. The Spartans scored the final three points of the half to take a 51-44 deficit to the intermission.
Both teams were on fire from beyond the arc in the first half. The Spartans went 9-for-11 (81.8%) in the opening 20 minutes while Oneonta converted 11-of-18 (61.1%) of their shots from three.
The pace slowed in the second half as both teams cooled off from distance. The Red Dragons maintained the lead in double digits until the Spartans trimmed the lead to six on a pair of Todd Maciejewski (Red Lion, Pa./Red Lion) lay ups with 15:07 left in the game. The Red Dragons quickly pushed the lead back to 12 before York cut the lead to nine twice more over the next two minutes. After Mike Mathews (Newark, Del./Salesianum) hit a jumper to draw York to within nine at 70-61, the Red Dragons stuck the Spartans with a 10-2 spurt to push the lead to 17. York would not get closer than 12 the rest of the way.
Kemp's 22 points came on efficient 7-of-10 shooting including a blistering 5-of-7 from distance. He also canned all three free throws in his 29 minutes of work. Maciejewski, who earned an All-Tournament team berth for York, added 16 points and a team-high eight rebounds. The Spartan senior was 6-for-10 from the floor and 4-for-5 from the free throw line. He also had seven steals, three assists, and two blocked shots in one of his finest all-around games as a Spartan. Mathews added nine points for York.
The Red Dragons put four players in double figures led by Jackson Zuvic as he tied Kemp for game-high honors with 22 points. Zuvic was 10-for-13 from the floor and 2-for-2 from the line while he also had four rebounds and three assists. Mager added 21 points, nine rebounds, three assists, and three steals in 32 minutes of play. Mager was 7-for-8 from the floor including 5-for-5 from three and 2-for-2 from the stripe. Frankie Kelley notched a double-double with 14 points and a game-high 12 assists. Lee was the fourth double figure scorer for Oneonta with 12 points while he also had five assists.
The Spartans finished the game shooting 44.4% from the floor and 62.5% (10-for-16) from three. York was solid from the free throw line with an 11-of-14 performance.
York did a fantastic job of taking care of the ball as they committed just ten turnovers in the loss. Oneonta had 15 miscues in the game while the Red Dragons held a 30-27 edge on the glass.
The Spartans make their home debut on Tuesday night when they host Messiah in a non-conference contest. Game time is set for 7:00 pm at Charles Wolf Gymnasium.


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So we have a bunch of European shows coming up with Mastodon! We will also be playing a few of our own shows here and there, so if you slept on getting your Mastodon tickets, you can still come see the Biz at one of the more intimate venues listed below! How about that? Here's a list of the dates so you can cancel whatever else you had planned on the night we're coming to your town. See you very soon!
Nov 19 – Dublin w/Mastodon at The Academy
Nov 19 – Dublin Big Biz headlining, venue TBA
Nov 20 – Belfast w/Mastodon at Limelight
Nov 21 – Leeds, UK Big Biz at The Key Club
Nov 22 – Southampton, UK w/Mastodon at Guildhall
Nov 23 – OFF
Nov 24 – Manchester w/Mastodon at Manchester Academy
Nov 25 – Newcastle w/Mastodon at Newcastle O2 Academy
Nov 26 – Glasgow w/Mastodon at Glasgow Academy
Nov 27 – Edinburgh, UK Big Biz at Sneaky Pete's
Nov 28 – London, UK w/Mastodon at Brixton O2 Academy
Nov 29 – Birmingham, UK w/Mastodon at Birmingham O2 Academy
Dec 1 – Nottingham, UK w/Mastodon at Rock City
Dec 2 – Bristol, UK w/Mastodon at Bristol O2 Academy
Dec 3 – Brighton, UK Big Biz at Sticky Mike's
Dec 4 – Den Haag, Netherlands w/Mastodon at Paard van Troje
Dec 5 – Torhout, Belgium w/Mastodon at De Mast
Dec 7 – Madrid, Spain w/Mastodon at La Riviera
Dec 8 – Barcelona, Spain w/Mastodon at Razzmatazz
Dec 10 – Milan, Italy w/Mastodon at Fabrique
Dec 11 – Prattein, Switzerland w/Mastodon at Konzertfabrik 27
Dec 12 – Munich, Germany w/Mastodon at Backstage
Dec 13 – Dortmund, Germany w/Mastodon at FZW
Dec 15 – Copenhagen, Denmark w/Mastodon at Vega
Dec 16 – Oslo, Norway w/Mastodon at Sentrum Scene
Dec 17 – Stockholm, Sweden w/Mastodon at Fryshuset
Dec 19 – Brussels, TBA
Dec 20 – Eindhoven
Dec 21 – Amsterdam


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Super tired.....I'm taking the rest of the week off, bloggies, to spend time with my boys and catch up on 'stuff'... .sometimes ya just have to give the blog a rest. If I could 'crash' during the day, I would do it here, in this gorgeous bed. Have a great week and I will be back when I have enough energy to have a personality again. I might put in an appearance HERE..... but .... only... sort of.........
Miss you already.


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Washington's fight over GMO labeling is over—for now— but the broader battle over genetic engineering itself continues as fiercely as ever. Next up on the front lines: The Arctic apple, a non-browning fruit produced by a small company in British Columbia called Okanagan Specialty Fruits.
Responding to this state's election results on labeling Initiative 522, Friends of the Earth issued a statement today reiterating its opposition to the genetically-engineered Arctic and releasing two letters it received from McDonald's and Gerber baby food parent corporation Nestlé. Both companies said they had no plans to use the Arctic apple, which is currently seeking regulatory approval from American and Canadian authorities.
"Companies invested in profits from GMOs might have bought Washington's election, but they can't stop the market from rejecting their products," asserts Lisa Archer, director of Friends of the Earth's food and technology program. The election-buying claim is a reference to the $20 million spent by the No on 522 campaign, nearly twice as much as labeling supporters. The expenditures on both sides made this the costliest initiative fight in the state's history.
Unlike some GMOs that concern activists, Arctic apples do not contain genes from viruses, animals or other plant species. Rather, the fruit is produced through the insertion of four genes from conventional apples that are able to turn off the enzyme that causes browning.
Friends of the Earth, in its statement and accompanying fact-sheet, nevertheless portrays this technology as unnatural, experimental and risky. For one thing, the environmental group claims that the "browning enzyme...may help fight diseases and pests, meaning farmers may have to use even more pesticide in growing the Arctic Apple." Responds Okanagan Specialty Fruit president Neil Carter: "That's complete crap." He says the company has been growing Arctic apples for years in field trials and that "they've never shown any increased susceptibility to pest and disease."
Neither McDonald's nor Nestlé weigh in on such questions in their letters. Indeed, Nestlé notes that some of Gerber's products use ingredients derived from GM crops and points out that the FDA has given genetically-modified foods its blessing. And the company's letters do not rule out the possibility that they may use Arctic apples in the future.
Consider, for contrast, the statements made by PCC and a number of other stores this spring, definitively saying they would not carry genetically-modified salmon should it get regulatory approval.
Reached by Seattle Weekly for further clarification, Nestlé spokesperson Elizabeth Velez says this via e-mail: "We require specialized apple varieties in our products and Artic apples is not one of them." It's a statement that doesn't exactly put Nestlé in the anti-Arctic apple camp.
A McDonald's spokespeople couldn't be reached for comment as of this posting.
Whatever their beliefs about GMOs, both companies are obviously attempting to protect their image among consumers. In a New York Times poll conducted earlier this year, three-quarters of respondents expressed concerns about GMOs, "with most of them worried about the effects on people's health," according to the paper.
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After this ON LINE offering,
NIAGARA Development is planning the
much anticipated "Open House".
Paper Mill Complete Facility – Liquidation
Former – New Page Paper Mill
1101 Mill St., Niagara, WI USA
Through Jan. 15, 2012
By appointment, please call
Paper Mill Equip. New As of 2006:
Paper Machine 43
220" Paper Machine
Cincinnati Roll Grinder
4 Fields Electrostatic Precipitator
Hedemora Filter
Gardner Denver & Sullair Compressors
Wet Lap Machine
Massive amount of Pumps
(2) Andritz Twin Wire Presses
Sprout-Walron & Beliot-Jones Refiners
Valmet Opti Reel
Voith Headbox's
4-Station Kone Deck
Andritz Mixer
Dresser Log Loader
Much, Much More!
For equipment details & more information
Call Burdette Wilber (314) 616-8422 or Eric Spirtas (866) 735-9925
"Open House" at Former NewPage Plant (Nov 15th, 16th & 17th) Niagara Wisconsin – Get out of your office and see our Complete Warehouse of Industrial Equipment.
After months of organizing and preparation, NIAGARA Development LLC (Former NewPage Paper Mill in Niagara Wisconsin) is opening its doors for a complete facility Open House.
National and International Paper Makers as well as Worldwide Brokers and Equipment Suppliers are registering to visit the site. It is our intention to clear out all current equipment, spares and stores in order to enable follow on development soon after.
Dismantling and Rigging is available or qualified removal contractors are welcome to partake in the removal of purchased equipment.
By contacting us today, you can set up your private visit and receive additional information.
Voith, Nicholson, Manitowoc, Comact, Kone, Tampella, Electric Machinery, Gardner Denver, Advanced Dynamic, Yale, Dorr Oliver, Andritz, Jagenberg, Sprout-Walron, Beloit, Beloit Jones, Spencer, Goulds, Thune, Impco, Siemans, Nash, Solaronics, Jonsson, Bird, Hooper, Ahlstrom, Valmet, Noss, Celleco, Waukesha, Wauk / Lobeflo, Ronnigan Peters, Leblond, Cencennati, CE, GE, Clarge, Gunlach, Volvo, Hough, Baldor, Boston, Brook Hansen, Kolbe, Leeson, Leroy Somer, Lincoln, Louis Allis, Marathon, Morse, Reliance, Reuland, Rockwell Automation, Sew Eurodrive, Sterling, Sumitomo, Toshiba, US Electric, Westinghouse and others.
Paper Machines, Pulp Grinders, Wet Lap Machine, Pulpers, Reel Systems, Kone Deck Feeder System, Press Systems, Mixers, Refiners, Air Compressors, Loaders, Cleaners, Pumps, Burners, Dewire/Destacker, Crushers, Fans, Screens, Filters, Turbines, Guillotine, Conveyors, Attenuator, Bag House, Precipitator, Pump, Bale System, Headbox, Fordinear, Drivers and Controls, MCC's, Transformers, AC Units, PLC's, Magnets, Scales and Much More!
Down load our newest FLYER today:
Contact us today to set up a visit:
Eric J. Spirtas
Niagara Worldwide LLC
1101 Mill Street, Niagara Wisconsin 54151
314.780.3742 Direct – 866.735.9925 Fax