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AccuWeather CEO Barry Myers is a businessman, not a scientist. His nomination to oversee U.S. weather and climate data is raising concerns.
President Donald Trump has nominated a businessman who has supported the privatization of weather data to lead the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), which oversees the National Weather Service.
The nomination of Barry Myers, the chief executive of AccuWeather, has raised concerns among some that installing a non-scientist with a vested interest in privatizing government data could result in the hobbling of an agency that provides a critical function in weather forecasting, oceanography and climate science.
"We've now had several nominees at NASA and NOAA who have really pushed the idea of privatization of government functions," said Andrew Rosenberg, the director of the Center for Science and Democracy at the Union of Concerned Scientists. "That just flat out worries me."
In announcing Myer's nomination, AccuWeather issued a statement calling him a veteran leader and saying he would step down from the company if confirmed. His brother, AccuWeather Founder, Chairman and President Joel Myers, said: "On a personal note, as his brother, I have known him all his life, and I know he will be fully dedicated to serve the nation's needs in a rational and ethical way."
In 2005, AccuWeather worked with Sen. Rick Santorum on a bill that would have severely restricted public access to the National Weather Service's forecasts. Two days before Santorum introduced the bill, his political action committee received a $2,000 donation from then-CEO of AccuWeather Joel Myers.
The bill, which died in committee, would have allowed commercial weather information providers like AccuWeather to continue to access NOAA's weather data, but it would have blocked NOAA from putting out products that could be considered in competition with what the private sector was making available.
What's to Ensure Future Data Get Collected?
At the time Santorum's bill was introduced, Paul Sandifer was working as a senior scientist at NOAA. He remembers how concerned scientists within the agency were then at the prospect of privatizing data. "Those concerns are some of what I'm worried about now," he said.
"If the collection of data is turned over to the business community, what's to ensure that the data that are really needed for the future get collected? Particularly if it's given over to politically motivated private sector folks," said Sandifer, who was the chief science advisor for NOAA's National Ocean Service when he retired at the end of 2014.
In the last few months, in particular, the strength of NOAA's data and forecasting has been evident as Americans have been caught up in several natural disasters, including wildfires and hurricanes.
"Think about the recent disasters: in every one of those situations there were NOAA government officials talking about the information they had on hand and people understood the validity of that information," Sandifer said. "It wasn't coming from one side or another—it was the right information."
Another NOAA Nominee with Business Interests
Myers is not the only recent NOAA nominee with a business interest in NOAA's work.
In early October, Trump nominated Neil Jacobs to be the assistant secretary of commerce for environmental observation and prediction. Jacobs is the chief atmospheric scientist for Panasonic Weather Solutions, a private company that, like AccuWeather, has worked toward the privatization of certain data.
In July, Jacobs testified before the House Science Committee, advocating for the proprietary model that his company developed, which he said was "better" than NOAA models. Panasonic currently sells some its data to NOAA—a relationship that could fall under Jacobs' purview if confirmed for the NOAA position.
In announcing the nominations, the Trump administration touted the business acumen of both men.
Myers' Family Business Presents a Conundrum
Rosenberg worried in a blog post that the companies' past ambitions may come to fruition.
"It is easy to see how private weather companies like AccuWeather or Panasonic could directly benefit from decisions made by Myers and Jacobs," he wrote.
In an interview with InsideClimate News, he elaborated: "Myers is going to make decisions on what happens to the Weather Service, the climate programs and so on. And that will directly affect the business that he has built, his family owns and presumably he goes back to."
It presents a conundrum, Rosenberg said: "Does he recuse himself from those decisions? Then he's heading an agency and recuses himself from a quarter of decisions. And if he doesn't, how does he serve the public interest?"
A third NOAA nominee, Admiral Timothy Gallaudet, who is a former Navy oceanographer, has been named to assistant secretary of commerce for conservation and management. His nomination was met with praise by members of the scientific community.


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Huah! Attila: Total War Riding Out In February 2015
"Warr! Huah! Yeah. What is she good for?" I like to think Philippa would open this post with. "Being furious about pencils," she might say next, "but also writing this post about the release date of Total War: Attila." My Pip fanfic – Pipfic, I call it – has yet to capture her tone, cadence, diction, humour, or any other aspect of her writing or personality, but I like to think I'm improving.
Sadly, we're stuck with me writing about this. Sorry. Attila: Total War is scheduled for release on February 17th, 2015, publishers Sega announced today. Also they revealed stuff about pre-order DLC with proto-Vikings and the game's Special Edition. Pip would do this far better.
February 17th, then, is the magical day when Total War will visit the dying days of the Roman Empire (those Byzantine posers can do one). It'll also bring the launch of the Viking Forefathers Culture Pack, a DLC pack that'll add the Danes, Geats, and Jutes, each with their own units, missions, and traits for £6. Unless you pre-order or buy the Special Edition, that is, in which case you're paying for them with trust (also money). While I can't condone pre-ordering, I suspect Total War fans probably know what to expect by now.
The Special Edition also includes a biography of Attila, and a poster with the campaign map on one side and "a comprehensive playable faction reference guide" on t'other. Sega haven't said how much extra that Edition will cost.
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RICHMOND, Ind. – A 15-year-old boy was arrested Monday after allegedly making a threat against Richmond High School on social media.
The Richmond Police Department says officers were made aware of the threat of violence at about 10:40 p.m. Sunday that soon went viral in the community.
Officers investigated the incident and quickly located the teenager who they believe is responsible for the threat at his home.
He was then taken to police headquarters along with several pieces of evidence for further investigation.
After a preliminary investigation, the juvenile was arrested and placed in a youth detention center. It's unclear at this time what charges he may be facing.
The investigation into the incident is ongoing.
Dr. Todd Terrill, Superintendent of Richmond Community Schools, issued this statement online, thanking authorities for their quick reaction to the threat:
The threat to RHS has been investigated and we are confident the individual responsible is not a threat to RHS. I want to thank Richmond Police Department & the Wayne County Sheriff's Department for their quick and thorough reaction and investigation of this threat. I also want to thank students and parents for following the "See Something. Say Something" protocol! In this case, it made all the difference and within two hours of this being brought to my attention, we had a resolution. We will have additional officers visible throughout RCS tomorrow. Thank you for your continued support of Richmond Community Schools! WeRRichmond!


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Online gambling was on South African television screens Thursday evening, and not in a good way.
The consumer investigation division of the documentary program Carte Blanche carried out some impressive sleuthing into the companies and men behind African Palace Online Casino, focusing on an only partially paid multi million rand winner whose trials and tribulations with the online casino have been previously documented by InfoPowa.
South African player Marie Van Wyk appeared on the program, detailing her protracted and ongoing instalment payment hassles with Durban-based people behind the scenes at African Palace.com, which was reported as being licensed in the Netherlands Antilles, with gambling servers in the United Kingdom.
Van Wyk detailed her Rands 8.5 million win at African Palace, but said alarm bells started ringing when the online casino asked her to open a foreign bank account in Cyprus and not to disclose to her South African bank that the incoming money was the proceeds of gambling.
She had not realised that online gambling in the country was illegal, she said.
The big winner described how the first two instalments of her huge and much publicised win arrived on time, but the third and fourth were late and required active chasing, and the fifth - over a million rands - was queried by the South African Reserve Bank.
Eventually, one Denver Chetty, alleged to be an executive at the casino, told her: 'Listen, I don't like your attitude. You're not going to get a cent of your money anymore. And you can go to the papers, and you can go to your lawyers because we're an overseas company and they can't do anything to us.''
It seems that Ms. Van Wyk did exactly that.
The evasive manner in which Carte Blanche journalist Devi Sankaree Govender was treated by the casino when she tried to get Chetty's side of the story did little for the credibility or image of African Palace management.
Exacerbating the issue was a 3 hour confrontation between the journalist visiting a Durban office building and aggressive and bullying security guards who seized, and damaged, an expensive camera. Police were called and a security guard arrested and removed on charges of assault, theft and malicious damage to property.
Govender also interviewed Thebi Moja - acting CEO: National Gambling Board, who was adamant that online gambling remained illegal in South Africa despite the high profile advertisements for African Palace and other Internet gambling firms that regularly flight on television in the country.
Moja told Carte Blanche that no South African is allowed to gamble online and no company may offer these facilities to South Africans. She emphasised that no companies should entice by advertising that they can offer this type of activity to the South African market.
She could not satisfactorily explain and seemed evasive on why no action had been taken against companies advertising online gambling in the country for years, and - rather strangely - she did not discuss the extensive research into online gambling regulation, and the much delayed legislative moves in that direction by the SA government.
Wayne Lurie, a local lawyer specialising in Internet gambling told Carte Blanche: "We now sit in 2009 going into 2010 and still don't have that legislation.
"What we do have is a purported prohibition on making available or engaging in interactive gambling, which I believe is insufficient in respect of the penalty that is carries. Bearing in mind an offence in terms of the act or an alleged offence in terms of the act would lead to 10 years in prison or a R10-million fine."
He concluded that at the moment online gambling in South Africa is a very grey area. Lurie went on to discuss the legal technicalities of where gambling takes place and the location of servers, using the long-running Piggs Peak vs. Gauteng Gambling Board legal dispute still rumbling through the High Court as an example.
First Grand Gaming, said to be the company behind African Palace declined to give an interview but answered written questions through a Cape Town-based lawyer.
He claimed that First Grand is registered in the Netherlands Antilles, and holds the online casino's interactive gambling license; that the casino's website and its gaming servers - upon which the gambling takes place - are also situated on the Caribbean island. And that the web servers from which punters download the interactive games are hosted in the United Kingdom.
First Grand Gaming denied it has any South African shareholding or that it has offices in South Africa.
However, Carte Blanche traced financial transactions to a bank in Durban, where a company titled TBFD Media - whose only director is Denver Chetty - had an account. First Grand's lawyer said that this company is a mere marketing firm, but when phoned the African Palace Casino title was used.
This was confirmed by a security guard when the investigating team visited the building in Durban occupied by TBFD, and where the confrontation between Carte Blanche and the security official took place.
Subsequent attempts to speak to Chetty were met with an answering service, but were immediately responded to by the Cape Town lawyer for First Grand, who insisted that all contact would be through himself.
The Carte Blanche program ended with the question, "How do the millions of rands that punters deposit into TBFD Media's bank account in Durban bypass foreign exchange control regulations if the business is based outside South Africa?
"And why did Marie van Wyk's winnings have to be paid from a Cypriot bank account instead of the local Durban-based one if indeed online gambling through African Palace Casino is legal?"
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Let me take you back. It was November 2018. Ahead of me I had Christmas, a incredible 7 week trip around Australia and Singapore planned and I just found out I landed a new job which I'd be starting in April 2019. I was so pumped for the things to come, but my body was having other ideas. My Crohns symptoms had started flaring to a level I couldn't ignore and before I knew it, I was whipped into hospital to have a joyous flexi sigmoidoscopy to have a good old look at what was going on (I don't have a large intestine, hence the flexi rather than a colonoscopy).
I always have sedation when I have a flexi (sorry but after 23 years of Crohns and some kind of camera up my bum at least once every 18 months, I made a blanket rule for myself to always have sedation. It just makes the experience slightly more pleasant), so when I woke up I was totally disorientated. When I heard my consultant say "we've found some severely active Crohns", I was kind of hoping I was dreaming. Alas, I was not, and the second thing he said to me in my drunken-post sedation state was "but the good news is, we have options before more surgery". I wobbled out to greet Josh who was waiting for me, still slurring my words from the sedation to say out loud for the first time "I have active Crohns". The shock was similar to someone hitting me round the head.
For context, I was diagnosed with Crohns Disease when I was four years old and I am absolutely no stranger to having active disease. When I was 12 years old I had my 90% large colon removed, lived with an ileostomy for three years and was re-joined when I was 16. After that I had many scar tissue complications which involved multiple operations, but I never had any 'active' Crohns (read my full IBD story here). In 2016 I had minor-moderate flare, which I got under control with the liquid diet (read all about that here) and since then with the help of Adalimumab, I had generally felt pretty well. So to be told this was no longer the case and there was a very real reason I was shedding a large amount of blood – it was quite a shock.
So it was November 2018 and I was due to fly to Australia in less than 5 weeks for the biggest adventure of my life, and I had severely active Crohns which was in no way under control. The first thing they gave me was mesalazine suppositories – which it quickly became clear did absolutely nothing. I continued on the adlimumab, but as it got closer to Christmas, I began to get increasingly anxious that I was going to take myself to the other side of the world with no proper working treatment. Not to mention, I was exhausted. Barely functioning, barely socialising and barely stringing sentences together – the Crohns fatigue was REAL. Two days before we flew to Australia at the end of 2018, I was given high dose steroids. It wasn't what I wanted, but I also wanted to feel well and enjoy the trip Josh and I had saved so hard for.
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Honeyzzz I'm back and WE ARE OFF 🇦🇺✈🇦🇺 and what does an English person do before a 24 hour journey? Have a good cuppa of course! (With almond milk obvs) Christmas has been an joyous whirlwind and I cannot believe we are sitting here at T2 about to embark on a trip we've been planning for months.🥰 In all honesty, December was such an uphill struggle with my #Crohns – I did wonder if this moment would ever come. But here we are and I can't wait to spend 6 weeks with my best friend & properly rest my body & soul 💖💖Hope you've all had an amazing Christmas – first stop, S Y D N E Y 🇦🇺✈ I'm also officially open for foodie recs 🙌🏼 #abellyfullofhappy • • • • • • #glutenfree #dairyfree #foodblogger #foodblogeats #glutenfreelife #glutenfreedairyfree #londonfoodie #foodietravel #ibs #crohnsdisease #invisibleillness #gratitude #wordstoliveby #positivevibesonly #travellife #australia #passionpassport #sydney #nye #seetheworld #abellyfulloffood #sydneyaustralia
The Budesonide steroids got to work extremely quickly and our trip to Australia was AMAZING. I was still taking Adalimumab at this point, so I travelled around the country with all my meds (click here to find out how I did that) and I felt great, I loved every single minute of it.
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'Will I ever be able to travel like I used to with IBD and my tummy troubles?' The answer is HELL YES you can! 🌍 You just have to find out the best way to do it for you. I am so excited to share the first blog post of a mini series I am publishing on my site, which shares lots of tips and tricks I've learnt after my 6 weeks travelling #Australia. First up – 'how are you camping with tummy problems??' 🚌 This was the most common question into my DMs and I totally get it. Staying in a campervan or a tent inevitably means being further away from bathroom facilities & that obvs is a massive root of anxiety for many of us. And genuinely, if someone asked me to camp on the other side of the world 10 years ago I would have said no without a minutes thought. But I embraced this adventure and it was AMAZING. I so hope you find these tips useful & empowering too. Link in bio & as always id love to hear what you think 🌟✈ #abellyfullofcrohns #abellyfullofhappy • • • • • • #glutenfree #senzaglutine #glutenfreelife #glutenfreedairyfree #dairyfreelife #londonfoodie #singluten #foodietravel #ibs #crohnsdisease #crohnsandcolitis #colitis #intolerances #invisibleillness #positivevibesonly #ibs #ibstips #crohnswarrior #australia #campervanlife #campervanculture #eastcoastaustralia
I returned to the UK in February feeling good, refreshed and ready to kick arse in my brand new role, which was starting in April. That didn't seem to last too long, as in March I was served with a stellar Crohns slap in the face in the form of an abscess on my bum. I unfortunately have experienced one of these before which required surgery, so I know all well how quickly the situation can escalate. I had three (yes three!!) rounds of antibiotics before it got to the stage when I had to go to A&E and have emergency surgery to drain it. It all happened so quickly it was such a shock – it also happened one week before I was due to start my new job. Talk about timing!
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Last Monday vs This Monday🥴🤯 Pic on the left: Last Monday served me a stellar Crohns shaped shock in the form of emergency surgery in A&E. Albeit minor, it was under general anaesthetic and has left me with a new wound to add to the scar party! Josh and I went straight from Cotswolds to A&E and 36 hours later I was high on morphine after surgery, with a open wound. 💖 Pic on the right: this is me, yesterday, starting my new job! No, I'm not 100% and I left early to have my daily wound dressing & lie down (literally), but I am beaming because Crohns has not bloody beaten me. 💖 I am not sharing this for a pat on the back (Josh, my friends + my family are giving me enough of those 🥰) I am sharing because this is exactly an example of when #Crohns will slap you in the face when you least expect it. But the point is with laughter, love and determination – there is nothing that can't be accomplished. And a prime example of how you can never, ever know what someone is truly going through just by looking at them. Whatever your unexpected curveballs are, I urge you to laugh more than you cry, be kind to everyone even if you're struggling yourself & trust that it will all get better. Because it always does 🙌🏼 #abellyfullofcrohns **FULL DISCLAIMER: I have not been this positive the whole time. In fact this morning I had a meltdown at my wound dressing because it made me late… but then I got a coffee & got on with it #hustler🤣☕ ** • • • • • • #glutenfree #dairyfree #foodie #foodblogger #glutenfreelife #foodietravel #ibs #crohnsdisease #invisibleillness #gratitude #positivevibesonly #wordstoliveby #judgementfree #realtalk #wisdom #colitis #chronicillness #chronicillnessawareness #invisibleillnessawareness
During this whole saga and the recovery period that followed, my other Crohns symptoms started to show their ugly little faces. The consultant appointment that followed was basically me crying about the abscess, crying that my symptoms had come back mixed with me telling the doctor very firmly (my mum said I was frighteningly firm!) that I needed a new treatment plan. So I came off adlimumab and started Ustekinumab – a different biologic drug. Little did I know that takes up to three months to work, so coming off the steroids just made me flare again so back onto the steroids I went. So as I sit here writing this, I feel amazing, but I'm on high dose steroids and Ustekinumab. Why does that sentence warrant a but, you might ask? It warrants a but to me because I am due to taper down my steroids very soon – and my track history follows the pattern of flaring up as soon as the steroid dose is reduced. So I am loving this feeling – but also feel well aware I have no idea how long it'll last. What I HOPE is the Uste is working some magic in the background – and that will be what will prevent another flare up.
This probably all sounds very negative – but the truth is, I honestly haven't been unhappy during this time. Of course, I've had some real lows (the abscess really pushed me to breaking point), but overall I have tried to take it all in my stride and I have had unreal support. I started my job in April full time, but in June it became clear that full time shift work was not working in my favour. I went part time in July with the full support of work – and will continue that arrangement until I feel the time is right. Josh, my family and my friends have been there for me every single step of the way and I am very lucky I have multiple people I can call on if I need to. Despite my active Crohns, I still travelled around Australia, I still have been on holiday to Portugal and Spain, I've attended weddings, socialised, worked and I've hosted not one, but two A Belly Full Of events.
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💞 Crohn's disease & mental health 💞 I've shown you so many 'glam' bits of my life recently that I realised it was about time I shared some other real bits – the #Crohns real bits. This photo was taken on Monday when I was having my first dose of a new medicine called Ustekinumab. I felt SO optimistic about this Med after my operation etc – and I still do – but my body had a very weird reaction to the IV (only temporary!) and I'm not going to lie, it unsettled me. Whilst this little wobble might not sound like much, the past two days I have been an emotional wreck. Welling up at a drop of a hat, having to practice deep breathing because I feel like I have an elephant is standing on my chest and then today I saw my GP and she said 'and how is your mental health doing, whilst you are coping your Crohns?' I was so stunned by the question I was speechless. Until I realised I legit haven't been asked about my mental health by a doctor in relation to having a chronic illness for about 15 years. ✨ Of course my Crohns impacts my mental health. How could it not? Chronic illness can encompass your entire life – and recently it certainly has with me. My feelings aren't unreasonable – it all stems from my brain trying to process what the hell is going on with my body. In my 23 years with #IBD I've experienced some lows but I have always come out the other side. Talking helps a lot – as well as knowing it's okay to be angry and frustrated. It's #mentalhealthawarenessweek and that is why I'm sharing this extremely personal post. Because I would hate anyone to look at my feed and think I cope with it all like a boss – because I don't🙈 ✨If you ever feel like you need to talk there are many places you can do so – @mindcharity, @heads_together and @samaritanscharity are all an excellent place to start #abellyfullofcrohns • • • • • • #glutenfree #dairyfree #foodie #foodblogger #glutenfreelife #foodietravel #ibs #crohnsdisease #invisibleillness #gratitude #wordstoliveby #positivevibesonly #judgement #realtalk #wisdom #selflove #chronicillness #londonblogger #chronicillnessawareness #invisibleillnessawareness #mentalhealth #chronicillness
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Rand Paul Puts Up Billboard On Floor Of Senate With Eric Ciaramella's Name On It, Asks About Conversation To 'Take Out The President'
At least Rand Paul has guts, which is more than I can say about a lot of Republicans.
Rand Paul reads the rejected impeachment question naming alleged whistleblower on the Senate floor.
"I asked this question, and this is my question. My exact question. We'll put it up here," he said, and he began reading, "Are you aware that the House Intelligence Committee staffer, Sean Misko, had a close relationship with Eric Ciaramella while at the National Security Council together? Are you aware, and how would you respond to the reports that Ciaramella and Misko may have worked together to plot impeaching the president before there were formal House impeachment proceedings?"
On the floor of the U.S. Senate, Sen. @RandPaul reads and displays the question which Chief Justice Roberts declined to read last week during the Impeachment Trial. pic.twitter.com/nxZb255IbU
— CSPAN (@cspan) February 4, 2020
2.- There you go:
Sen. Rand Paul (God bless him!) with his billboard in the Senate,
displaying the name ERIC CIARAMELLA
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— Greg Rubini (@GregRubini) February 4, 2020
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"How am I prevented from asking a question when nobody seems to admit they even know who this person is? My point is by having such protection, such overzealous protection, we don't get to the root of the matter of how this started," Paul said. "When the intelligence community, with all of the power to listen to every phone conversation you have, has political bias and can game the system to go after you, that's a real worry."
"I don't want him to go to jail. I don't want him to lose his job. But if six people who all worked together at the National Security Council knew each other and gamed the system knowing that they would get these protections, they gamed the system in order to try to bring down the president, we should know about that," he said.
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What to Know About Your Federal Relief Check
The Senate passed its phase 3 of the coronavirus stimulus package, meaning relief checks are coming your way. So, what exactly does that mean?
Late on Wednesday the U.S. Senate passed its phase 3 of the coronavirus stimulus package, meaning relief checks are coming your way. So, what exactly does that mean?
Firstly, it does not mean you are going to get that check any too quickly. It probably won't be for nearly a month, at least. Also, not all of you are going to get the same amount, and some won't get any at all.
So, what did the Senate pass? Well, supposedly, many Americans will get $1,200 per person, or $2,400 per couple who have filed their taxes jointly. There is also to be a $500 bonus per child living in the home. All participants must have a social security number to receive checks.
However, the amount you get will also be governed by your adjusted gross income (line 8b on your 2019 1040 form, or line 7 on your 2018 1040). If that number exceeds $75,000 on your tax return (or $150,000 for a couple) you will get less than the full $1,200.
If you have already filed for 2019, the government will use your 2019 numbers. Otherwise your 2018 return will be the guide.
On the other hand, if you made $99,000 (or $198,000 filing jointly), well, you won't get anything at all.
According to Forbes:
For every $100 of income above those thresholds, your check will drop by $5. So, if you are a single filer earning $75,100, your check will be $1,195 ($1,200-$5). If you are a single filer earning $85,000, your check will be $700 ($1,200-$500).
If you have filed with the IRS for direct deposit, your money will be remitted to you that way. If the government does not have your bank info, then they will send a check to the address on your return.
The checks are not quite ready for you, though. The House of Representatives still has to pass the bill and then the Senate needs to reconcile it all before it heads to the president's desk.
Will you have to pay taxes on your check? Yes and no.
For some, this check will be considered an advance on your 2019 tax return.
Your check is an advance on a refundable tax credit. If you get a smaller rebate than you should have based on the income on your taxes (because you lose income for part of the year due to the coronavirus), you'll get the difference applied to your 2020 tax return.
If you get more than you should have (say, you had steady income in 2020 and actually got a raise), you won't have to pay back the money from your rebate check.
This is the most up-to-date info we have. And some of it may change when the House gets involved.
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Senator McConnell Proposes Giving Every American Who Earns Less than $75K a Check for $1,200
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has introduced a plan to give a direct payment of $1,200 to each American who makes under $75,000 a year.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has introduced a plan to give a direct payment of $1,200 to each American who makes under $75,000 a year as a stimulus in the face of this national coronavirus shutdown.
The proposal is part of what McConnell called the Senate's "phase 3" of its response to the viral outbreak that has frightened so many.
That would not be all. The $1 trillion package also would send $500 for each child living in the household.
"The second major pillar of our legislation will be even more straight forward: direct financial help for Americans. Senate Republicans want to put cash in the hands of American people," McConnell said on the floor of the U.S. Senate on Thursday.
The Senate leader also warned Senators not to stray too far from the Capital as leaders work out the particulars of the relief effort.
"I recommend senators stay close," he said. "While we don't know exactly how long it will take to get this done, everyone knows that we need to do it as quickly as possible because the situation demands it. So we'll keep senators posted."
Here are the provisions in the proposed coronavirus stimulus package:
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell unveiled the details of the phase three economic stimulus package from the Senate floor Thursday
McConnell said : 'A rapid injection of cash to help small businesses through this turmoil'
What it means: – Small businesses will be given money to pay THEIR rent and workers
– Will be given through a grant that they will not need to pay back
– Cannot be used for owners to give themselves raises or increase their profits
McConnell said: 'Senate Republicans want to put cash in the hands of the American people'
What it means: – According to the Associated Press individuals will receive $1,200 and couple will get $2,400 plus $500 per child, with some income restrictions
– Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said each household will receive $1,000 per adult and $500 per child within three weeks of the bill passing
McConnell said: 'Entire sectors are being crushed by public health guidance, which is obviously no fault of their own'
What it means: – Industries will receive money and additional loans, which they must pay back, to help with ongoing costs
– McConnell clarified this money is not a bailout because the companies haven't made any mistakes
McConnell said: 'This is primarily a health crisis with an economic crisis strapped to its back'
What it means: – The measure will remove barriers to care and speed up innovation, like progress toward on a vaccine
– Fund hospitals and other health care centers
– Expand healthcare workers' access to essential tools like respirator masks and ventilators
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GOP Traitor Mitt Romney's Approval Rating Craters in Utah
Mitt Romney's approval rating cratered during the impeachment trial and especially when he was the sole GOP voice to vote to convict Donald Trump.
In another sure sign that Utah is already sick and tired of GOP traitor Mitt Romney, his approval rating cratered during the impeachment trial and especially when he was the sole GOP voice to vote to convict Donald Trump.
According to one poll of Utah voters, Romney has lost a whopping ten points and is now way underwater.
According to KUTV:
The UtahPolicy.com/2News poll from Y2 Analytics finds 36% of Utah voters say they approve of Romney's job performance, while 49% disapprove. In a previous survey from October of last year, 46% of Utahns approved of how he's handling his job while 51% disapproved.
That is a huge drop.
Romney's net negatives are also down from minus five to minus ten.
In fact, not a single voting block is very high on Mittens — not even the state's leftists like him.
Only two blocks have even a tiny bit of love for Mittens. Poll respondents who identified as "not strong Republicans," and "independent leaning Republican" backed him at 22 percent and 17 percent. Every other category, including all the Democrats, were under nine percent in "strong support."
Romney isn't just finding his voters in high dudgeon. He is also on the outs with every other Republican. According to a report at Fox News, he has become completely isolated in the party, has lost all influence, and is completely ostracized.
Per Fox News:
"In a political sense, he is ostracized. He is excommunicated. He has lost all credibility. He should hire lots of security guards — I don't wish him any physical harm, but people are furious!" said Matt Schlapp, chairman of the American Conservative Union, who already disinvited Romney from the popular CPAC convention this month. (Romney won the CPAC straw poll in 2012.)
As for whether Romney can be forgiven by Republicans, Schlapp had a terse answer: "Never."
Romney is thoroughly finished as a Republican of any importance.
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Utah Sick of Traitor Mitt Romney? Legislature Debating Bill to Recall U.S. Senators
A bill was introduced in the Utah legislature that would allow for the recall of a U.S. senator, that may have been aimed at GOP traitor Mitt Romney.
A bill was introduced in the Utah legislature that would allow for the recall of a U.S. senator, causing many to wonder if Utahans are about sick and tired of GOP traitor Mitt Romney.
A Utah state representative has introduced the bill that would allow the state to recall a sitting U.S. Senator. The proposal would allow a recall effort to appear as a ballot measure on a Utah election ballot. But some wondered if the new measure is aimed at Mitt Romney.
"I know that's what's going to be the narrative," Rep. Tim Quinn told the Deseret News.
Quinn, though, denied that his proposal was aimed directly at Romney. "If it were, then it might make sense to have a sunset on it. That would not be the case," he said.
Romney's term is up in 2025.
Quinn's proposal would place stiff requirements on how and when to add a recall effort to an election ballot.
To trigger a recall, supporter would be required to gather the signatures of 25 percent of the number of active voters in the state. Further, narrowing the time when a senator could be cashiered out of Washington, senators could not be recalled within the first year of their term, within a year of winning a recall election or within a year of the end of their term.
But Quinn thinks that a six-year term is a "long time" and leaves ample room for a recall.
The lawmaker said that the capability to recall a senator would be a "good mechanism in place to make any senator, current or future, a little more accountable to those who elected him or her."
"Six years is a long time," he added.
Further denying that his bill was aimed directly at Romney, Quinn added that he has been preparing it for some time, even before Romney's traitorous actions on impeachment.
"Obviously I didn't open this bill file after he made some of that news with impeachment, it would have never been drafted this quickly," Quinn said. "So I can understand why people might think that, but if they understood the legislative process, this was well before that"
The law may face legal challenges, though. In 1995, the U.S. Supreme Court already struck down an Arkansas law that aimed to recall members of the House of Representatives. The court said that the state had no legal right to add new requirements to qualifications for federal office.
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Sen. Rand Paul Releases Impeachment Trial Question Censored by John Roberts
Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts blocked Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) from asking a question today during the impeachment trial.
Chief Justice John Roberts declined to read a question from a senator from Kentucky: "The presiding officer declines to read the question as submitted."
Here's the video:
Chief Justice John Roberts declined to read a question from a senator from Kentucky: "The presiding officer declines to read the question as submitted" https://t.co/WlozSBas9w pic.twitter.com/KU0tfQ1pd3
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) January 30, 2020
Roberts is basically admitting that Eric Ciaramella is the whistleblower because Rand Paul didn't mention that.
Paul's statement and the censored question:
My question today is about whether or not individuals who were holdovers from the Obama National Security Council and Democrat partisans conspired with Schiff staffers to plot impeaching the President before there were formal House impeachment proceedings.
— Senator Rand Paul (@RandPaul) January 30, 2020
My exact question was:
Are you aware that House intelligence committee staffer Shawn Misko had a close relationship with Eric Ciaramella while at the National Security Council together 1/2
— Senator Rand Paul (@RandPaul) January 30, 2020
and are you aware and how do you respond to reports that Ciaramella and Misko may have worked together to plot impeaching the President before there were formal house impeachment proceedings. 2/2
— Senator Rand Paul (@RandPaul) January 30, 2020
My question is not about a "whistleblower" as I have no independent information on his identity. My question is about the actions of known Obama partisans within the NSC and House staff and how they are reported to have conspired before impeachment proceedings had even begun.
— Senator Rand Paul (@RandPaul) January 30, 2020
There are times when Rand Paul really does earn his keep.
The Chief Justice again refused to read Paul's question. This is relatively uncharted because the reading of the name does not directly violate federal law. It is a matter of decorum and restraint claimed by Roberts
inherent authority. https://t.co/7aoEta8RVw
— Jonathan Turley (@JonathanTurley) January 30, 2020
Why did the Chief Justice just block a question from @RandPaul on the origins of this circus? America deserves to know the truth, including who did Schiff meet with, when and why!
— Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) January 30, 2020
.@RandPaul asked a reasonable question, and the Chief Justice is wrong to not let the managers answer the question.
Regardless of whether this individual is the "whistleblower," there are legitimate concerns that the Deep State conspired with Democrats against @realDonaldTrump. https://t.co/cwK9HGyFgm
— Rep. Jody Hice (@CongressmanHice) January 30, 2020
Sen. Josh Hawley Introducing Motion to Dismiss Senate Impeachment Proceedings
Missouri's Republican Senator Josh Hawley said on Thursday that he is preparing to introduce a motion to dismiss the impeachment charges against Trump.
Missouri's Republican Senator Josh Hawley said on Thursday that he is preparing to introduce a motion to dismiss the impeachment charges against President Trump in the U.S. Senate.
Hawley says that Nancy Pelosi has proven that her case is pure partisan politics and not a matter of law because throughout the impeachment process in the House, Democrats insisted that impeachment was "urgent," but now that they voted to impeach, the House has refused to finish the process by passing on its charges so the Senate can complete its part.
"Dems said impeachment was URGENT," Hawley said. "Now they don't want to have a trial, because they have no evidence. In real world, if prosecution doesn't proceed with case, it gets dismissed. So, on Monday, I will introduce measure to dismiss this bogus impeachment for lack of prosecution. This will expose Dems' circus for what it is: a fake impeachment, abuse of the Constitution, based on no evidence. If Dems won't proceed with trial, bogus articles should be dismissed and fully cleared."
Dems said impeachment was URGENT. Now they don't want to have a trial, because they have no evidence. In real world, if prosecution doesn't proceed with case, it gets dismissed. So on Monday, I will introduce measure to dismiss this bogus impeachment for lack of prosecution
— Josh Hawley (@HawleyMO) January 2, 2020
My proposal will take form of motion to update Senate impeachment rules to account for this unprecedented attempt to obstruct Senate trial. Stay tuned
— Josh Hawley (@HawleyMO) January 2, 2020
Pelosi has claimed that she does not want to pass on the completed House impeachment charges to the U.S. Senate until the upper chamber agrees to her demands on how it will proceed. But per the U.S. Constitution, the House of Representatives has no role whatever in determining how the Senate carries out its part of the impeachment process. So, her demands are meaningless.
But Hawley is correct. Until the House passes its completed charges and vote results to the Senate, the upper chamber is stymied in continuing the impeachment process. With Pelosi now spending a month refusing to send up the charges, it is clear she lied that that the impeachment is "urgent."
The impasse has come because Pelosi wants the Senate to bring in even more of the sort of fake, partisan "witnesses" that the House brought in to "testify" during its phase of impeachment. But Senate Majority Leader, Republican Mitch McConnell, has already said that he sees no need for any more witnesses and that he intends to take the House charges and hold a discussion of the merits of the House's case.
Still, other Republicans have vowed to fully exonerate Trump instead of just dismissing the charges.
"There's some people talking about trying to stop the bill, dismiss charges basically as soon as they get over here. I think that's not going to happen. That would require 51 votes," Sen. John Cornyn (R, TX) said.
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McConnell RIPS Democrats Over Impeachment Mania — Important Full Transcript
Kentucky Republican and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell utterly destroyed the Democrats with his reply to their impeachment obsession. It is a speech that simply must be seen and read by every conservative, every Republican, and every American who cares about this country.
Here is the video:
But more importantly, see the transcript below (save this speech. It has all the important points in it you'll need to refute Democrats):
Last night House Democrats finally did what they decided to do long ago: They voted to impeach President Trump.
Over the last 12 weeks, House Democrats have conducted the most rushed, least thorough, and most unfair impeachment inquiry in modern history.
Now their slapdash process has concluded in the first purely partisan presidential impeachment since the wake of the Civil War. The opposition to impeachment was bipartisan. Only one part of one faction wanted this outcome.
The House's conduct risks deeply damaging the institutions of American government. This particular House of Representatives has let its partisan rage at this particular President create a toxic new precedent that will echo into the future.
That's what I want to discuss now: The historic degree to which House Democrats have failed to do their duty — and what it will mean for the Senate to do ours.
Let's start at the beginning. Let's start with the fact that Washington Democrats made up their minds to impeach President Trump since before he was even inaugurated
Here's a reporter in April 2016. Quote, "Donald Trump isn't even the Republican nominee yet… [but] Impeachment' is already on the lips of pundits, newspaper editorials, constitutional scholars, and even a few members of Congress."
On Inauguration Day 2017, this headline in the Washington Post: "The campaign to impeach President Trump has begun." That was day one.
In April 2017, three months into the presidency, a senior House Democrat said, "I'm going to fight every day until he's impeached." That was three months in.
In December 2017, two years ago, Congressman Jerry Nadler was openly campaigning to be ranking member on House Judiciary specifically because he was an expert on impeachment.
This week wasn't even the first time House Democrats have introduced articles of impeachment. It was the seventh time.
They started less than six months after the president was sworn in.
They tried to impeach President Trump for being impolite to the press… For being mean to professional athletes… For changing President Obama's policy on transgender people in the military.
All of these things were "high crimes and misdemeanors" according to Democrats.
This wasn't just a few people. Scores of Democrats voted to move forward with impeachment on three of those prior occasions.
So let's be clear. The House's vote yesterday was not some neutral judgment that Democrats came to reluctantly. It was the pre-determined end of a partisan crusade that began before President Trump was even nominated, let alone sworn in.
For the very first time in modern history we have seen a political faction in Congress promise from the moment a presidential election ended that they would find some way to overturn it.
A few months ago, Democrats' three-year-long impeachment in search of articles found its way to the subject of Ukraine. And House Democrats embarked on the most rushed, least thorough, and most unfair impeachment inquiry in modern history.
Chairman Schiff's inquiry was poisoned by partisanship from the outset. Its procedures and parameters were unfair in unprecedented ways.
Democrats tried to make Chairman Schiff into a de facto Special Prosecutor, notwithstanding the fact that he is a partisan member of Congress who'd already engaged in strange and biased behavior.
He scrapped precedent to cut the Republican minority out of the process. He denied President Trump the same sorts of procedural rights that Houses of both parties had provided to past presidents of both parties.
President Trump's counsel could not participate in Chairman Schiff's hearings, present evidence, or cross-examine witnesses.
The House Judiciary Committee's crack at this was even more ahistorical. It was like the Speaker called up Chairman Nadler and ordered one impeachment, rush delivery please.
That Committee found no facts of its own and did nothing to verify the Schiff report. Their only witnesses were liberal law professors and congressional staffers.
There's a reason the impeachment inquiry that led to President Nixon's resignation required about 14 months of hearings. 14 months. In addition to a special prosecutor's investigation.
With President Clinton, the independent counsel's inquiry had been underway for years before the House Judiciary Committee dug in. Mountains of evidence. Mountains of testimony from firsthand fact witnesses. Serious legal battles to get what was necessary.
This time around, House Democrats skipped all of that and spent just 12 weeks.
More than a year of hearings for Nixon… multiple years of investigation for Clinton… and they've impeached President Trump in 12 weeks.
So let's talk about what the House actually produced in those 12 weeks.
House Democrats' rushed and rigged inquiry yielded two articles of impeachment. They are fundamentally unlike any articles that any prior House of Representatives has ever passed.
The first article concerns the core events which House Democrats claim are impeachable — the timing of aid to Ukraine.
But it does not even purport to allege any actual crime. Instead, they deploy this vague phrase, "abuse of power," to impugn the president's actions in a general, indeterminate way.
Speaker Pelosi's House just gave into a temptation that every other House in history had managed to resist: They impeached a president whom they do not even allege has committed an actual crime known to our laws. They impeached simply because they disagree with a presidential act and question the motive behind it.
Look at history. The Andrew Johnson impeachment revolved around a clear violation of a criminal statute, albeit an unconstitutional one. Nixon had obstruction of justice — a felony under our laws. Clinton had perjury — also a felony.
Now, the Constitution does not say the House can impeach only those presidents who violate a law.
But history matters. Precedent matters. And there were important reasons why every previous House of Representatives in American history restrained itself from crossing this Rubicon.
The framers of our Constitution very specifically discussed whether the House should be able to impeach presidents just for "maladministration"— in other words, because the House simply thought the president had bad judgment or was doing a bad job.
The written records of the founders' debates show they specifically rejected this. They realized it would create total dysfunction to set the bar for impeachment that low.
James Madison himself explained that allowing impeachment on that basis would mean the President serves at the pleasure of the Congress instead of the pleasure of the American people.
It would make the President a creature of Congress, not the head of a separate and equal branch. So there were powerful reasons why Congress after Congress for 230 years required presidential impeachments to revolve around clear, recognizable crimes, even though that was not a strict limitation.
Powerful reasons why, for 230 years, no House opened the Pandora's box of subjective, political impeachments.
That 230-year tradition died last night.
Now, House Democrats have tried to say they had to impeach President Trump on this historically thin and subjective basis because the White House challenged their requests for more witnesses.
And that brings us to the second article of impeachment.
The House titled this one "obstruction of Congress." What it really does is impeach the president for asserting presidential privilege.
The concept of executive privilege is another two-century-old constitutional tradition. Presidents starting with George Washington have invoked it. Federal courts have repeatedly affirmed it as a legitimate constitutional power.
House Democrats requested extraordinary amounts of sensitive information from President Trump's White House — exactly the kinds of things over which presidents of both parties have asserted privilege in the past.
Predictably, and appropriately, President Trump did not simply roll over. He defended the constitutional authority of his office.
It is not a constitutional crisis for a House to want more information than a president wants to give up. It is a routine occurrence. The separation of powers is messy by design.
Here's what should happen next: Either the President and Congress negotiate a settlement, or the third branch of government, the judiciary, addresses the dispute between the other two.
The Nixon impeachment featured disagreements over presidential privilege — so they went to the courts. The Clinton impeachment featured disagreements over presidential privilege — so they went to the courts.
This takes time. It's inconvenient. That's actually the point. Due process is not meant to maximize the convenience of the prosecutor. It is meant to protect the accused.
But this time was different. Remember: 14 months of hearings for Richard Nixon… years of investigation for Bill Clinton… but 12 weeks for President Trump.
Democrats didn't have to rush this. But they chose to stick to their political timetable at the expense of pursuing more evidence through proper legal channels.
Nobody made Chairman Schiff do this. He chose to.
The Tuesday before last, on live television, Adam Schiff explained to the entire country that if House Democrats had let the justice system follow its normal course, they might not have gotten to impeach the president in time for the election!
In Nixon, the courts were allowed to do their work. In Clinton, the courts were allowed to do their work. Only these House Democrats decided due process is too much work and they'd rather impeach with no proof.
And, they tried to cover for their own partisan impatience by pretending that the routine occurrence of a president exerting constitutional privilege is itself a second impeachable offense.
The following is something that Adam Schiff literally said in early October. Here's what he said:
"Any action… that forces us to litigate, or have to consider litigation, will be considered further evidence of obstruction of justice."
Here is what the Chairman effectively said, and what one of his committee members restated just this week: If the President asserts his constitutional rights, it's that much more evidence he is guilty.
That kind of bullying is antithetical to American justice.
So those are House Democrats' two articles of impeachment. That's all their rushed and rigged inquiry could generate:
An act that the House does not even allege is criminal; and a nonsensical claim that exercising a legitimate presidential power is somehow an impeachable offense.
This is by far the thinnest basis for any House-passed presidential impeachment in American history. The thinnest and the weakest — and nothing else comes even close.
And candidly, I don't think I am the only person around here who realizes this. Even before the House voted yesterday, Democrats had already started to signal uneasiness with its end product.
Before the articles even passed, the Senate Democratic Leader went on television to demand that this body re-do House Democrats' homework for them. That the Senate should supplement Chairman Schiff's sloppy work so it is more persuasive than Chairman Schiff himself bothered to make it.
Of course, every such demand simply confirms that House Democrats have rushed forward with a case that is much too weak.
Back in June, Speaker Pelosi promised the House would, quote, "build an ironclad case." Never mind that she was basically promising impeachment months before the Ukraine events, but that's a separate matter.
She promised "an ironclad case."
And in March, Speaker Pelosi said this: "Impeachment is so divisive to the country that unless there's something so compelling and overwhelming and bipartisan, I don't think we should go down that path, because it divides the country." End quote.
By the Speaker's own standards, she has failed the country. This case is not compelling, not overwhelming, and as a result, not bipartisan. This failure was made clear to everyone earlier this week, when Senator Schumer began searching for ways the Senate could step out of our proper role and try to fix House Democrats' failures for them.
And it was made even more clear last night, when Speaker Pelosi suggested that House Democrats may be too afraid to even transmit their work product to the Senate.
The prosecutors are getting cold feet in front of the entire country and second-guessing whether they even want to go to trial.
They said impeachment was so urgent that it could not even wait for due process but now they're content to sit on their hands. It is comical.
Democrats' own actions concede that their allegations are unproven.
But the articles aren't just unproven. They're also constitutionally incoherent. Frankly, if either of these articles is blessed by the Senate, we could easily see the impeachment of every future president of either party.
Let me say that again: If the Senate blesses this historically low bar, we will invite the impeachment of every future president.
The House Democrats' allegations, as presented, are incompatible with our constitutional order. They are unlike anything that has ever been seen in 230 years of this Republic.
House Democrats want to create new rules for this president because they feel uniquely enraged. But long after the partisan fever of this moment has broken, the institutional damage will remain.
I've described the threat to the presidency. But this also imperils the Senate itself.
The House has created an unfair, unfinished product that looks nothing like any impeachment inquiry in American history. And if the Speaker ever gets her house in order, that mess will be dumped on the Senate's lap.
If the Senate blesses this slapdash impeachment… if we say that from now on, this is enough… then we will invite an endless parade of impeachment trials.
Future Houses of either party will feel free to toss up a "jump ball" every time they feel angry. Free to swamp the Senate with trial after trial, no matter how baseless the charges.
We would be giving future Houses of either party unbelievable new power to paralyze the Senate at their whim.
More thin arguments. More incomplete evidence. More partisan impeachments.
In fact, this same House of Representatives has already indicated that they themselves may not be done impeaching!
The House Judiciary Committee told a federal court this week that it will continue its impeachment investigation even after voting on these articles. And multiple Democratic members have already called publicly for more.
If the Senate blesses this, if the nation accepts it, presidential impeachments may cease being once-in-a-generation events and become a constant part of the political background noise.
This extraordinary tool of last resort may become just another part of the arms race of polarization.
Real statesmen would have recognized, no matter their view of this president, that trying to remove him on this thin and partisan basis could unsettle the foundations of our Republic.
Real statesmen would have recognized, no matter how much partisan animosity might be coursing through their veins, that cheapening the impeachment process was not the answer.
Historians will regard this as a great irony of this era: That so many who professed such concern for our norms and traditions themselves proved willing to trample our constitutional order to get their way.
It is long past time for Washington D.C. to get a little perspective.
President Trump is not the first president with a populist streak…Not the first to make entrenched elites uncomfortable. He's certainly not the first president to speak bluntly… to mistrust the administrative state… or to rankle unelected bureaucrats.
And Heaven knows he is not our first president to assert the constitutional privileges of his office rather than roll over when Congress demands unlimited sensitive information.
None of these things is unprecedented.
I'll tell you what would be unprecedented. It will be an unprecedented constitutional crisis if the Senate hands the House of Representatives a new, partisan "vote of no confidence" that the founders intentionally withheld, destroying the independence of the presidency.
It will be unprecedented if we agree that any future House that dislikes any future president can rush through an unfair inquiry, skip the legal system, and paralyze the Senate with a trial. The House could do that at will under this precedent.
It will be unprecedented if the Senate says secondhand and thirdhand testimony from unelected civil servants is enough to overturn the people's vote.
It will be an unprecedented constitutional crisis if the Senate agrees to set the bar this low — forever.
It is clear what this moment requires. It requires the Senate to fulfill our founding purpose.
The framers built the Senate to provide stability. To take the long view for our Republic. To safeguard institutions from the momentary hysteria that sometimes consumes our politics. To keep partisan passions from boiling over.
The Senate exists for moments like this.
That's why this body has the ultimate say in impeachments.
The framers knew the House would be too vulnerable to transient passions and violent factionalism. They needed a body that could consider legal questions about what has been proven and political questions about what the common good of our nation requires.
Hamilton said explicitly in Federalist 65 that impeachment involves not just legal questions, but inherently political judgments about what outcome best serves the nation.
The House can't do both. The courts can't do both.
This is as grave an assignment as the Constitution gives to any branch of government, and the framers knew only the Senate could handle it. Well, the moment the framers feared has arrived.
A political faction in the lower chamber have succumbed to partisan rage. They have fulfilled Hamilton's prophesy that impeachment will, quote, "connect itself with the pre-existing factions… enlist all their animosities… [and] there will always be the greatest danger that the decision will be regulated more by the comparative strength of parties, than by the real demonstrations of innocence or guilt." End quote.
That is what happened in the House last night. The vote did not reflect what had been proven. It only reflects how they feel about the President.
The Senate must put this right. We must rise to the occasion.
There is only one outcome that is suited to the paucity of evidence, the failed inquiry, the slapdash case.
Only one outcome suited to the fact that the accusations themselves are constitutionally incoherent.
Only one outcome that will preserve core precedents rather than smash them into bits in a fit of partisan rage because one party still cannot accept the American people's choice in 2016.
It could not be clearer which outcome would serve the stabilizing, institution-preserving, fever-breaking role for which the United States Senate was created… and which outcome would betray it.
The Senate's duty is clear. The Senate's duty is clear.
When the time comes, we must fulfill it.
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Hello girls ! How are you today ? I hope fine ! So, today, a little Do It Yourself :) Bon, allez, j'arrête.. en fait, c'est que je sais pas dire plus en anglais ^^ Mais ça, il ne faut pas le dire :p Donc aujourd'hui, un tutoriel pour être à la pointe de la tendance cet été !! Trêve de bavardages.. Ne vous découragez pas devant les photos, c'est très facile, et c'est juste 3 à 4 étapes à répéter autant de fois que vous le désirez ! Promis, quand vous aurez le coup de main, ça ira vite, et vous ne serez pas déçues ! Il vous faut donc des scoubidous, du scotch, et une grosse perle (ou tout autre moyen de fermer un bracelet !) Tu vas avoir besoin de trois scoubidous : -Un qui sera la base, il ne se verra pas dans le bracelet (pour moi c'est le noir) -Deux autre, de la couleur de ton choix !
-> Tu plies en deux ton scoubidou de base (le noir), en laissant une petite boucle, comme sur la photo du haut. -> Tu accroches les deux autres scoubidous (sans les plier en deux !) -> . . - Tu sers bien.. ->.. Learn Beading · Princess Wire-wrapped Ring. This ring is just too pretty to be so fast and easy! It's an irresistible project you're sure to love. Let's get started! You'll only need a few tools, so don't worry about lengthy cleanup with this one (a nice bonus!). Grab a crystal clear or colored Swarovski crystal, a ring mandrel, wire cutters and some 24 gauge wire. I chose a Swarovski crystal that was drilled at the top for added dimension and height. Cut a good length of wire (perhaps 12 to 20 inches, depending on how big your finger is; you can always snip the excess) and string your crystal. On the mandrel, center your bead. Pull the formed wire off the mandrel and bring one end of the wire around the base of the bead (to secure it), then bring that piece of wire back around until it's pointing outward.
Repeat this process with the other end of the wire on the other side of the bead. Begin wrapping the tail of the wire snugly around the area outside the bead. Kumihimo 1. Tutorials > Shell and Kumihimo Necklace. Kumihimo Project Kits | What a Knit and Kumihimo too! Kumihimo Project Kits September 12, 2011 at 8:47 pm Karen's Kumihimo Corkscrew Bracelet Springy, bouncy and lots of fun, Karen's Kumihimo Corkscrew Bracelet is quick, fun and easy to make. The possibilities are endless. You will learn a quick tip for measuring circumference, how to start with an "interlaced" end and braid around a core.
This bracelet is approximately 4 "wraps" and comes in two sizes; smaller and bigger. The smaller size is about 7″ around and the bigger size is about 7 3/4″ inches around. This was one of our Kumihimo projects that we did in San Miguel de Allende and I thank my students for making me such great samples! You will Need: 6″ Kumihimo Disk (use a 6″ disk rather than a mini), 8 Bobbins, Measuring Tape, Needle & Heavy Duty Thread, Glue (I like WeldBond) and Scissors.You Should Know: Kumihimo Round Braid Kit includes: - 2 pkgs Satin Cord - 1 Corkscrew Wire with preformed tip & tail - Hammered Barrel Bead - Instructions with Photos "New! "Glazed Donuts " Kit includes: Kumihimo 2. Kumihimo beading with braids, beaded kumihimo leaf necklace project.
Kumihimo designs- round and flat. Here a some ideas on how to use kumihimo: Pendant String for tying bags String for a bell Belt or sash Pillow embroidery Bookmark String for a camera, glasses, cell phone String for tying curtains Animal collar Present wrapping Earrings, brooches Photo frame decor Shoelaces Postcard decor. 8-Cord Kumihimo Spiral Bracelet Instructions. I love the simplicity of the design of my latest kumihimo braided bracelet using size 8 Japanese seed beads.
The spiral pattern is pleasing to the eye and the materials cost is low! To make the spiral pattern, choose two contrasting colors of size 8 seed beads. You can use either Japanese or Czech seed beads. My design utilizes matte black Miyuki (stock no. MI-8-401F) and lovely matte gold Toho's (stock no. Each strand of cord will be strung with 50 beads, four strands of black, and four strands of gold, so it will take 200 beads of each of the two colors to make a bracelet length.
You will need a Mini Kumihimo braiding disc, eight bobbins, and a button to make the closure. I start by cutting two 2-yard pieces of black S-Lon cord, and two 2-yard pieces of light khaki. Then I place the button top-side down into the center of my Mini Kumihimo disc. Once the cords are secured into the slots with my button face down in the center, I flip the disc over and begin stringing on beads.
Craft Warehouse Blog. Supplies 3-4 colors of 2MM satin cording 24ft total (4 strands 6ft long each) C-Lon cording Tex 210 size .5 MM in diameter (in coordinating color) 8 styles of top drilled Czech glass, and or top drilled seed beads in varying sizes and shapes, 32 of each color and style of bead, for a total of 256 beads. (model uses 3 colors of Long Magatama seed beads, 1 style of 8MM top drilled flat coin, 2 colors of 5x9MM tear drops, 1 color of 9x14MM tear drop, 1 style of top drilled leaf (leaf style bead was difficult, tear drops much easier). 1 Kumihimo Toggle clasp with cone ends 8MM wide in diameter 2 Large Cones 10MM or so in diameter 6 -8 inches of 22 wire gauge 3 jump rings (heavy duty 6MM) General Supplies: Scissors, Chain nose pliers, Round nose pliers, Side cutters, E6000, Bead fix Glue (used to turn end of C-Lon cording hard like a needle and to prevent fraying), and one rubber band. 8 Re-usable bobbins for cording, (*optional but highly recommended).
123BEAD - Beaded Jewelry Making Instructions, Tutorials, Projects & Kits. Craft Warehouse Blog. Thursday, August 23, 2012 Buddy's Dog Collar Supply List Para Cord -5 colors or a total of 40 feet (5 colors 8ft each) Recommend 5 different colors for pattern to show Reflective Para Cord Survival Dog Buckle w/ D-ring Kumihimo Flat Plate Scissors, pencil E6000, and or Needle and thread (for finishing) Lighter, fast drying glue (for melting/sealing the ends of the cord to prevent fraying) 1 German silver Dog Tag and 1 heavy duty jump ring Metal Complex Stamp Embossing Set Hammer, Chasing Hammer or Rubber Mallet Bench Block (nylon and steel recommended) Guilder Paste Black *Optional – Metal Embossing Templates and Big Kick Embossing Machine (for background design)Notes: This makes a large/ X Large sized dog collar 21" around, increase or decrease length of cording to fit your dogs' neck Directions Cut 5 pieces of Para Cord 8ft long each.
Melt all ends of cord to prevent fraying. Dog Tag Directions Posted by Jennifer Evans at 12:00 PM Email ThisBlogThis! Labels: beading, gift, pets 2 comments: Lytha Studios KumiPlanner - Kumihimo Pattern Design Application. Kumihimo Bracelet Patterns. Friendship Bracelets. Bracelet Patterns. How to make bracelets. Save to: Comments: Kumihimo. Design your own kongoh gumi friendship bracelet. Send us your design with or without a photo of your finished braid. Link to your design - share your pattern with your friends Remember pattern (requires cookies) You should be seeing the kumihimo braid design tool here. If you are seeing this text after the page has finished loading, either javscript is disabled or your browser does not support some features required. Go to original (Java) version of Kongoh-gumi (Friendship Bracelets) DMC code: About the braid Kongoh gumi braids are probably the first kumihimo braid people come across.
This braid gives a rectangular area for design which repeats spiralling up the braid (the S-spiral goes round the opposite direction). On a kumihimo disk, the movement sequence is very simple (2 thread moves and a turn of the disk repeated) and the flexibility of the design makes it popular for friendship bracelets. We have more information about this braid on our Kongoh Gumi page. How to use the designer Use the colour picker to choose your thread colour.
Kumihimo tutorial: flat braid with hearts. I got the pattern for this braid from a friend of mine, who found it here: . It makes a flat braid, with a heart pattern running up the center. I am using 10/2 Uki red cotton weaving yarn for the background of this braid. The hearts are in an unlabeled cream colored cotton from my stash, that is about twice the thickness of the red. The finished width is about 1/8", which makes for a cute little delicate braid. I'm picturing using this as friendship bracelets, as necklace cording, as drawstrings, or as trim on a little bag. Here's the finished braid: And here's the process on my foam disk. Here's the starting position. We'll start with the threads at the top of the disk. Take the right hand, inner thread on the top. Take the left hand, inner thread in the top position. Take the two remaining threads in the 12:00 position, and move them closer together. That is the end of the first sequence.
That is the end of the second sequence. Flower Kumihimo Pattern. Friendship Bracelets. Bracelet Patterns. How to make bracelets. We will need: 16 strings (9 blue, 6 orange and one red) about 20 cm longer than your wrist circumference + some for tying the bracelet. How to make a kumihimo bracelet you can take a look here. 1. Start making your kumihimo according to this pattern: 2. This is what the bracelet looks like: Save to: Comments: Heart Kumihimo Pattern. Friendship Bracelets. Bracelet Patterns. How to make bracelets. We will need: 16 strings (13 black and 3 pink) about 20 cm longer than your wrist circumference + some for tying the bracelet. How to make a kumihimo bracelet you can take a look here. 1. Start making your kumihimo according to this pattern: 2. Save to: Comments: Kumihimo.


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Thursday, June 24, 2010
The Dress
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As Fanny Price would say: 'Oh, this is beautiful indeed!' I wish I could sew something like that! Thank you for posting... I have been very interested to see it since you started talking about it.ReplyDelete
Oh, Nadja! Just lovely! +JMJ+ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJune 24, 2010 at 3:57 PM
oh my, quite lovely. with buttons too!!!ReplyDelete
I've been waiting to see the dress. It's wonderful! I'd never wear anything less than dashing, if I could sew. Alas...ReplyDelete
Hello Max!
It's beautiful! how is it possible that this is your first attempt at sewing a dress??? You did such a great job.ReplyDelete
it is sooo beautiful, and it looks pretty simple to make too...my daughter would LOVE one of those! what pattern did you use, if you don't mind me asking?ReplyDelete
Cathy, it IS easy! It is the Regency Girl's Dress from Sense & Sensibility Patterns. On my right-hand sidebar below my archive you will find the link under "Crafty-ness"ReplyDelete
What an accomplishment!! How beautiful and feminine!ReplyDelete
Exquisite!!! And the dress is very, very lovely, too! What an accomplishment...ReplyDelete
breathtakingly beautiful....ReplyDelete
your girl.
your sewing.
your pictures.
the farm....
God is smiling on you, dear nadja!
have a blessed weekend!
I LOVE IT!! So beautiful! Your first attempt? Are you serious?? It looks fantastic! Good job on the pleats. I've only done a couple...they were pretty difficult, I thought. Thanks for sharing the pic. Makes me want to go dig up my sewing machine.ReplyDelete
Abby and I are sitting here admiring - and with more than a little envy! Una and dress are beautiful. Abby is hoping to start hers this summer - I am not going to be able to help much. I have a feeling she will be emailing you....ReplyDelete
Dear Nadja,ReplyDelete
Oh it is so beautiful I am sure Una will wear it often.
Have you found it practical though for everyday wear?
I am looking for ideas for Confirmation Dresses for our girls for July.
Hwever they are a bit well... busty I am never sure this is a good look for them.
Any opinions?
God Bless
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