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Brendan DeMelle | December 9, 2009
By Brendan DeMelle • Wednesday, December 9, 2009 - 14:57
Fifty young U.S. clean energy activists stormed the stage today in Copenhagen during a live webcast organized by Americans for Prosperity and featuring climate denier Lord Christopher Monckton.
When the youth group interrupted the webcast to deliver the message that real Americans want clean energy and a fair climate treaty, Monckton went ballistic, calling the students "crazed Hitler youth" and "Nazis."
The incident was not likely the intended result Americans for Prosperity hoped for as it launched the COP15 version of its "Hot Air Tour" (a.k.a. denial-a-palooza). AFP sent its team to Copenhagen "to make sure that our side of the story is told." But their live event today – complete with the student protest - was webcast to over forty climate denier rallies taking place in cities across the United States.
SustainUS reports that "a paltry audience of five conference attendees" attended the event to hear Monckton's (planned) speech, with the balance of the audience comprised of AFPers and the youth activists (who entered surreptitiously in small groups before taking the stage with their clean energy message).
The young activists, representing a number of youth action groups including SustainUS, the Sierra Student Coalition, the Cascade Climate Network, and other American youth NGOs, kicked off the protest by holding banners in front of the cameras reading "Climate Disaster Ahead" and "Clean Energy Now."
When AFP staffers ripped the banners out of their hands, the students began a five-minute chant of "Real Americans for Prosperity are Americans for Clean Energy," leaving AFP organizers scratching their heads about what to do.
Americans for Prosperity President Tim Phillips and his camera crew tried unsuccessfully to focus the lens more tightly on Monckton as he continued speaking, hoping to take back control of the event despite the protest in the background. With several of the youth activists clustered around the podium, AFP kept the cameras rolling, continuing to stream the footage to the broader audience back in the U.S.
That's when Monckton let loose, saying live on camera: "You are listening now to the shouts in the background of the Hitler youth."
Monckton's tirade aside, the American youths had a clear message to deliver, highlighting the fact that "clean energy creates jobs." Rachel Barge, a 24-year-old entrepreneur from San Francisco, CA who was the first young person to raise her voice at the event, said afterwards that "These climate action delayers and science deniers are stealing bold, new economic opportunities from the American public."
That sentiment was echoed by Laura Comer, a 21-year-old from Strongsville, Ohio who also participated in the action. Comer said, "We're representing the majority of Americans on this, particularly young Americans. The real America wants clean energy - not more fossil fuel-funded lies about the science."
Update: For some reason, Americans for Prosperity enjoyed the stunt so much, they posted their own video of the protest. Watch AFP's own footage of the "radical protesters" (a.k.a. students with a non-violent, coherent message) as they "attack" AFP, (or so AFP says). Note that Monckton's tirade is not included in AFP's version.
UPDATE: I interviewed Monckton briefly outside the Bella Center about his "Hitler youth" comment. Here's what he had to say (along with some fascinating delusions about coal and oil, which Monckton claims are as clean as wind and solar power):
Freiherr von Mo... replied on Permalink
the 60s
Monckton is an excentric cheeseball. The Nazis were ultra-right wingers, and closer to him than to this kind of American youth. Americans for Prosperity: the guys who also boycott the health reform…
Arie Brand replied on Permalink
Reductio ad Hitlerum
So Moncton went for the "reductio ad Hitlerum" (see "Godwin's Law").
The new baked leader of the opposition here, Tony Abbott, did recently something similar when he compared the Copenhagen meeting to Munich. How silly can you get.
The operative term in Hitler youth is YOUTH. Many of the more prominent denialists are either retired or close to it (and presume to judge, for instance, the effectiveness of models they have never worked with themselves).
There is nothing for it. They have to die off. Don't count on them changing their minds before their demise, even when they have to totter ankle-deep through water.
Arie Brand replied on Permalink
Paradigm shift
Was I too harsh on the old folk in my previous post?
The view that they have to die off is quite in accordance with Kuhnian views about 'paradigm shifts'. Here is Donald Judd commenting on Kuhn: "Those who have worked most of their lives under the old paradigm likely will not make the change, but a new cohort entering the profession will rally around the new one, superseding the old paradigm as older members DIE OFF and are replaced by those who have been trained under the new paradigm." (Judd. "Critical realism and composition theory" - emphasis added A.B.).
If I am not mistaken the competing paradigms are "natural variability" versus "anthropogenic change".
Of course I am talking here about the very few climate scientists who are fair dinkum, as they say here, about their scepticism. I am thinking here for instance of a person like Henk Tennekes from Holland.
For the others to shut up it is sufficient to have their funding cut off which ere long might happen when the fossil fuel industry throws up the game.
CamMacKay replied on Permalink
Too hard on Old folks?
I would say yes, hoping for a time when all people older than you are dead so you can implement carbon taxes will appear to those in the mainstream as radical. Although, I'm sure to those of the global warming faith your message is well received.
lets just agree not to fly any planes into any old folks homes ok?
GingerLadySlipper replied on Permalink
Not a Paradigm Shift
I did know geologists who were trained against "continental drift" and could not accept the plate tectonics developed mainly by geophysicists. A paradigm shift applies there.
But, having first heard of heating due to added CO2 in the halls of science in 1964, and heard of it consistently ever since, without controversy over the basic science, I have not seen any signs of a paradigm shift in this subject. Some of the old geezers attended the same meetings I did, talked to the same people I did, never contradicted the research until recently.
I was surprised to see the controversy over the science erupt in the 90s and early 2000s. It was a manufactured controversy. Many of the promoters of this are (IMO) men who felt they never got the respect they were due from other scientists, who they were sure they were smarter than. Then they got idolized by their right wing funders, jetted around the country, deemed "esteemed scientists", had speaking engagements and media events lined up for them by PR people. I feel certain that funders of this nonsense can find replacements for them, even people with some vestige of science training. But even a sleazy young scientists would think twice about burning their credentials for a decade of so of work.
For a somewhat less jaundiced and more factual view of this, see Naomi Oreskes video. I enjoy your thoughtful posts.
JR Wakefield replied on Permalink
could not accept the plate tectonics
Actually there were 4 geologists who found the magnetic anomalies on the sea floor at spreading ridges that set the stage for plate tectonics. In 1990 I had the opportunity to visit the very lab (USGS in San Fransisco) where they discovered those anomalies. I was given a tour by Brent G. Dalrymple, one of those scientists. He also edit my polonium halos paper.
Bruce Frykman replied on Permalink
I wrote a book report on shifting continents (they seemed to fit together) when i was in the 6th grade (1954)
Im glad your scientists "discovered" this too some 36 years latter - must have caused quite the Buzz.
Hardly original thought.
Alfred Wegener got there before you and others had also considered the possibilty.
By 1954 continental drift was on many a geologists mind although later displaced by the more complete theory (in the scientific sense - you do appreciate the difference) of plate tectonics.
A 'book report'. What is that exactly? Not equal to a scientific paper at a guess.
Bruce Frykman replied on Permalink
Twenty cents....sliding back and forth
RE: I did know geologists who were trained against "continental drift" and could not accept the plate tectonics developed mainly by geophysicists. A paradigm shift applies there.
Similarly I knew many theologians who were trained in papal infalabilty and simply could not accept that the pope was God's constable on earth.
Then a paradigm shift occured that gave birth to the Protestants…even to our very own Pilgrims who accpeted this shift as their new truth
many similarities in all this isn't there?
Bruce Frykman replied on Permalink
Paradigms and Donkies
RE: "Those who have worked most of their lives under the old paradigm likely will not make the change, but a new cohort entering the profession will rally around the new one, superseding the old paradigm as older members DIE OFF and are replaced by those who have been trained under the new paradigm."
It is very important to engage the youth for they are not full of skepticism as the old ones are. Science simply cannot abide skepticism. Science is about belief and, above all enthusiasm for its "causes"
In Orwell's "Animal Farm" the enthusiastic members of the new farm order would often ask the Donkey what we thought of their new "paradigm"
He would only answer: "Donkies live a long time"
They never knew what he meant by that.
Do you?
Climate dinosaurs
"The operative term in Hitler youth is YOUTH. Many of the more prominent denialists are either retired or close to it "
I think Monckton made his insults out of frustration.The climate dinosaurs see that they are failing to connect to the youth. There is an important generational aspect to climate change..
Monckton is sensing that he will enter history as one of the most arrogant and dumb humans of this century.That is not a nice prospect for such a vain man and this probably made him act so extremely nasty.
I do think that the flat earth anology is a good one..I belief future generations will wonder how humanity could have reached such Moncktonian stupidity..The answer is a combination of arrogance and corruption..
I accidently misclicked and downvoted your comment Arie..
That should have been +1..
mascereye replied on Permalink
sorry , off topic
nazi's and right wingers are on opposite ends of the spectrum.
RickJames replied on Permalink
I don't always get this left
I don't always get this left right thing
"National Socialists" were left in their name and the fact they took over industry. In fact they seem pretty much like cult communists to me as they turned their nation into a cult war machine.
Now lefties are supposed to be peacenik enviros. I think left/right is becoming less useful as a label.
Well, if you are too lazy to
Well, if you are too lazy to find out how the terms are defined, don't come showing your ignorance here.
RickJames replied on Permalink
the point is they are not
the point is they are not well defined at all and they are more and more meaningless. Extreme left and extreme right end up having a lot in common.
In general use they are labels used to quickly and easily discredit which is lazy.
and who put you in charge anyway?
JR Wakefield replied on Permalink
Now lefties are supposed to be peacenik enviros
Take the test at www.politicalcompass.org. It's excellent and explains the positions very nicely.
I ended up dead centre on the social axis and very slightly right of center on the economic axis.
JR Wakefield replied on Permalink
nazi's and right wingers are on opposite ends of the spectrum.
That is actually not entirely true. The Nazi version of socialism, fascism, is right of center economically, but socially dead opposite to libertarians.
Freiherr von Mo... replied on Permalink
Actually, Nazis opposed banks ("Jewish") and decoupled their currency from the international community.
Bruce Frykman replied on Permalink
right wing....left wing
RE: "The Nazi version of socialism, fascism, is right of center economically"
Ahh I see, Krupp industries, as fully entitled to tell Hitler to shove it! They were simply capitialists hell-bent on making big profits for their shareholders wherever they could find them; by jove I think Ive got it!
On the other hand, Ilyushun Industries must have simply had to make armaments for Stalin and wasn't really interested in serving its stockholders as the primary reason for its being as Krupp Industries in Hitlers Third Reich was: serving the stockholders and screw Hitler, was their motto - right?
Hey were did you learn all thus good stuff?
To me "right" ie conservative, means limited powers to government: Can you give me some great examples of how Hitler embraced this concept of "limited government" in his Third Reich?
Ive never been educated in all this "political science" stuff so Im really eager to learn all about "right wing" Hitler vs "left wing" Stalin
Freiherr von Mo... replied on Permalink
Nazis are on the right end of the spectrum
Nop! Nazis ferociously fought communism - they killed communist leaders such as Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Liebknecht. And they falsely claimed communists for putting the parliament on fire. And they were racist, just the white supremcy groups, which resulted in the holocaust. How much racism is there in communism?
So, what does the "socialist" in the name mean ? Well, they cared to some extent for the poor German arians only by establishing soup kitchens in the great depression, collected warm clothing - stuff that is standard everywhere today. This socialism has nothing to do with the socialism promoted by the communists. And Hitler created a work program for the unemployed - building autobahns. Actually worse paid than a job at Wal Mart.
Interesting quote by Rosa Luxemburg: freedom is always the freedom of the dissenters. Now go and think about that.
Political education has never been a local strength of the new world. Communist, socialist, and social are usually wildly interchanged since McCcarthy. And Monckton cashes in on that lack of understanding. Commnunis - lat. together. Moncktons world communism fear promotion is totally unwarranted, simply because none of the players involved is communist. And social progress in a society, as heavily battled by selfishness (Republicans, Libertarians) has been achieved by political parties of all spectra, even conservative ones. Caring for our people is setting us apart from animals.
Bruce Frykman replied on Permalink
Nazi - where did they get that name?
Nazi: shortened for catchiness from their orginal name: the NASDP
Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei
Translation: Nationalist Socialist German Workers Party
Yeah, this really sounds like a bunch of laissez faire libertarians who just hate big governrment.
Oh and Hitler's "National Socialists" simply couldn't abide Stalin's "Soviet Socialists" because Hitler HATED the idea goverment interfering in people's lives.
It's much the same difference in philosophy between the Crips and the Bloods that drives their hatred for eachother. Its always all in their "philosphy" of ruling.
ie: get a life
Bruce Frykman replied on Permalink
Communism and Socialism
RE: Political education has never been a local strength of the new world. Communist, socialist, and social are usually wildly interchanged since McCcarthy.
Roosevelt thought the Communists were simply a little bit more "Progressive" Democrats.
I see it this way: Socialism is the entry drug, a tumor on human freedom as it were.
On the other hand Communism is a fully metastasized cancer on freedom. Communism Kills Wholesale, Socailism with the barbed wire fences, dogs, and machine gunners added in to mow down the escapees from their would-be "workers paradise"
CamMacKay replied on Permalink
Of left wing groups who are losing an arguement to try and silence the other side. It's ironic that the same democratic rights these people demand while blocking access to a logging truck, but are remise to offer the same to tohers who do not share their opinion. Intolerance at best and a deplorable spectacle that most people in the mainstream are not impressed with.
Dennis W. replied on Permalink
Don't try to associate a
Don't try to associate a group of activist kids with the entire scientific community – it's classic guilt by association.
The denier science community is welcome to submit their papers for publication. But you'll notice they don't do that. Instead, they hold meetings which they close to the vast majority of scientists like this one.
JR Wakefield replied on Permalink
Just giving back what you people do to us
Don't like it do you. So stop doing it to us.
Mark Francis replied on Permalink
Us? Who's us? JR, I thought
Us? Who's us? JR, I thought you were an absolutist skeptic with no position on anything?
Monckton's outburst is great! I wonder what his fellows in the House of Lords will have to say to him… Oh, wait. That's right. He really doesn't sit in it. That's a Big Lie he tells.
JR Wakefield replied on Permalink
Us? Who's us?
All of you who throw insults, belittle and condesending at those of us who are skeptical of the claims from the True Believers in AGW.
Scott Anthony replied on Permalink
Absolutely freaking amazing!
Absolutely freaking amazing!
Ho hum . . . activists looking for more attention
And Hanson compared coal being hauled by rail as "death trains", alluding to the Nazi extermination of Jews. The above post is just another example of overheated rhetoric.
Jim Eager replied on Permalink
Monckton is way beyond
the far edge of the rabid lunatic fringe. I'm surprised that the denial industry hasn't distanced itself from him long ago.
RickJames replied on Permalink
See Monckton looks weird and
See Monckton looks weird and call himself Lord and calls people nazis and YET - Many in the media consider him as credible as someone like Al Gore or David Suzuki.
That means something. It means that to a very large number of people - something just doesn't feel right about this climate thing.
Dennis W. replied on Permalink
No, it means many in the
No, it means many in the media just start acting like idiots when someone throws a title in front of his name. Then Monckton writes a science paper that few outside of science can understand because it's filled with lots of fancy equations. So that cultivates an image that he's "smart." But when the genuine scientific community point out the obvious flaws in his paper, the media fails to pick up on it because they don't understand it.
The Lord is a pit bull that has Al Gore running and hiding. He is ripping your butts off and you are all afraid to debate him because you no longer have an argument. That is why you have resorted standing their like monkeys calling him names. That means he wins.
You all have the opinion that the world needs saving, but the facts say that it not true.
You can have your own opinions, but you cannot have your own facts.
You cannot win, there is no man made global warming and you will not have your world government just yet.
climate criminal replied on Permalink
Is West being honest?
JWest 'there is no man made global warming'
Is there warming?
It looks like it!
Similar graphs are available from HadCRUT; RSS and UAH.
What might be causing it?
Where might it be coming from?
How do we know That how much carbon dioxide in the atmosphere derives from fossil-fuels?
Answer the Suess effect - the isotopic ratio 13C/12C
Jim Eager replied on Permalink
Apparently JWest
lives in the same fact and reality-free alternate universe that Monkton, Beck (both Glen and Ernst-Georg), Limbaugh, Will, Murphy, Watt, Inhofe, Morano, Palen, et al do.
It's amazing how many people can be so naive, gullible, ignorant and paranoid at the same time without being even remotely aware of it.
Gregory Norminton replied on Permalink
Monckton: Liar, Fantasist, Hypocrite
That Monckton is a liar is well documented. He fraudulently claims to be a Nobel laureate; he pretends to sit in the House of Lords (he doesn't, having failed to secure a single vote in 2007); he refrains, at best, from correcting propagandists like Glenn Beck when they call him a 'former scientific advisor' to Margaret Thatcher (in fact, he advised her on the transfer of council houses into private ownership). A failure as a politician, he has found much consolation in the unmerited attention he receives from parts of the media, where he repeats ad nauseam his fantasies of a world that is cooling and icecaps that are thickening: explicit denial of observable phenomena. So it would be fair to call him, as a matter of record, a liar and a fantasist. Now, however, I can cheerfully add 'hypocrite' to the charge sheet. Speaking at a fringe, anti-science event in Copenhagen sponsored by Americans for Prosperity (founded and funded by the oil company Koch Industries), Monckton found himself being upstaged by young climate protestors. His response: to call them "crazed Hitler Youth" and "Nazis".
When I debated Monckton in Scotland in March, (http://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/2009/10/how-not-to-take-on-climate-change-deniers/), I made the bad mistake of invoking 'Godwin's Law': comparing the denialists' pseudoscience with that of Dr Mengele. Outraged, Monckton demanded a retraction, which I was obliged to make.
Making analogies with Nazism is irresponsible and emotive. No decent person should do it; at least not without apologising afterwards. Monckton, of course, like the rest of the flat-earthers, regularly accuses those who are trying to save civilisation of mass murder, Stalinism, Nazism. Here he is, on record, doing just that. But then, not being a decent person, he won't retract a thing.
Dennis W. replied on Permalink
Keep the comparison to the flat-earthers
Keep the comparison to the flat-earthers. The "science" the deniers consistently present is on a par with that.
JR Wakefield replied on Permalink
Every time people like you throw out an insult it shows how utterly vacant you are of substance and intolerant.
Stephen Berg replied on Permalink
Wrong. It is not an insult,
Wrong. It is not an insult, but an excellent comparison. Those who deny man-made climate change in the face of overwhelming evidence are very similar to those in the past who denied the Earth was round. Over 97% of climate scientists have declared that they hold the view that human activity is causing global temperatures to increase resulting in a climatic shift. Those who do not support this view are showing how ignorant or how gullible they are to PR spin and ideological clap-trap (such as that spewed by FOX News, the Wall Street Journal, and other media outlets owned by Rupert Murdoch).
Also, there is a profound lack of sensibility here. The "deniers" claim to be well-thinking citizens, yet they reject the expertise of those who have studied this subject for their whole careers. Instead, they jump on the intellectually-bankrupt bandwagon of conspiracy theorists, junk science-propagators, and the loudmouth twits on talk radio. If these "deniers" were consistent, they would be consulting a plumber or an electrician in regards to results of a cardiogram rather than visiting a doctor. (That wasn't meant to insult plumbers or electricians. A doctor shouldn't be the person to consult with on installing a bathtub or wiring your house to fit a new home entertainment system either.)
RickJames replied on Permalink
In general that makes sense
In general that makes sense to me.
The reason Glenn Beck and other loudmouth bandwagons are jumped on is because they aren't asking us to accept some new, expensive reality. They throw doubt on authority and say, "I don't believe you, at least not yet, I'm not buying sake oil just because it's new on the market and comes with some official stamp of approval"
The things that cause problems are the newness and "futurist" nature of climatology. It's all just too new and so it's hard to have confidence in the warnings about how things will work out in 50 or 100 years.
Thalidomide was once a great thing for the future. It was too new.
My mother died as an indirect result of an asthma medication that has since been discontinued because too many people died.
If my Doctor says he has a great "new" medication. I'm wary.
That's what is going on here.
CamMacKay replied on Permalink
The 97% support you cite is pure Hogwash. The agreement of 97% is for a statement so watered down that Lord Monckton would gladly agree and sign it. That means that those people support arheniuses Greenhouse affect and that man has some impact on the climate. Big deal.
What their is little scientific support for are all the alarmist claims about a tipping point and that the earths climate exists as a postive feedback loop. Which the alarmists cling to as support for all their outlandish warming claims, like the arctic free of ice and polar bears disapearing. These two facets are where the debate arrises amongst skeptics. If you we're to ask scientists if they believe that the earths cliamte exists as a positive feedback system and we will reach a tipping point of no return I doubt you would get 50% support amongst climatologists and barely 30% amongst scientists.
Not even the global warming magnet of Wikipedia will address the tipping point as being more of a political slogan than science. These are just political arguements dressed up next to science by alarmists.
Bruce Frykman replied on Permalink
Navel gazing
RE: "Those who deny man-made climate change in the face of overwhelming evidence are very similar to those in the past who denied the Earth was round."
I'm one of those trogladyte "deniers" who still doesn't "believe" the earth is "round"
RE: "Over 97% of climate scientists have declared that they hold the view that human activity is causing global temperatures to increase resulting in a climatic shift."
Well, I'll top that with TWO statistics of my own:
1) 99% of all astrology scientists believe the position of the stars we were born under are the most important indicators of our future.
2) 98% of all statistics are made up (not mine however)
RE: "The "deniers" claim to be well-thinking citizens, yet they reject the expertise of those who have studied this subject for their whole careers."
Mea culpa…mea culpa…I've been dissing my astrologer of late and she has devoted her entire life to "studying" this subject.
As for me, Ive "studied" navels my whole life and am now a world expert on navels. Ive even written a peer-reviewed paper for policy makers on navels. If you do not have a Phd granted by a recognized college of navel gazing then of course you have no right to question our peer reviewed navel policy for policy makers.
Our policy: NO more than one navel per person. This policy came from a study that only cost the taxpayers a billion dollars - cheap.
Freiherr von Mo... replied on Permalink
tolerance warranted?
Good question: why would anybody be tolerant towards, lets say Neonazis, i.e. groups that are totally intolerant. History teaches the opposite: Hitler took power by democratic means and then abandoned democracy through the enabling law. Modern society has learnt their lesson and in todays Germany intolerance is encountered with intolerance. Example is muslim extremism. So nothing wrong with intolerance against extremism. Society has always been intolerant towards murder and other severe crimes.
JR Wakefield replied on Permalink
nothing wrong with intolerance against extremism
AGW are the extremists, and I'm not intolerant of them. And us skeptics can hardley be compared to any kind of extremism. We just want your side to provide the evidece to back up your extreme speculations. Yet we are insulted from your side simply by challenging your side. How fair is that?
Dennis W. replied on Permalink
Attention Deniers:
You write:
"utterly vacant you are of substance and intolerant"
For the past several weeks I have repeatedly tried to discuss real science by establishing real common principles with various deniers on this forum. For example: do we agree CO2 is a greenhouse gas?
However, they have repeatedly jumped to conclusions and resorted to a chorus of "no no no – you don't know what you're talking about just read my blog and Dr. so-and-so knows everything so what if he has never published" nonsense. That then is followed by comments like I need to have an open mind and other verging on ad hominem attacks.
So given the fact that you just wrote "Global Warming is a religious cult," don't you think it is fair that just once I am permitted to compare your group to the Flat Earth Society?
JR Wakefield replied on Permalink
I am permitted to compare your group to the Flat Earth Society
No, because the evidence is clear, the planet is not flat. And those people are ultra fundementalist Christians, and I'm an atheist. Hence it is factually incorrect to be compared to them.
Dennis W. replied on Permalink
The evidence is clear for global warming, too
The evidence is clear for global warming, too. The reports available at www.ipcc.ch have documented that fact. I have read many of the reports (any a number of other scientific documents as well), and all of what is necessary to understand the basic science and basic findings. I am not a scientist, and do not understand all the science. But I trust the IPCC scientists to produce an open and honest report of the science, at all levels of the detail.
I have been challenging others for TWO YEARS (when the most recent report was produced) for climate scientists to come forward and conduct research, publish it in peer-reviewed scientific journals, and produce a scientific report that disproves the IPCC report, line by line, reference by reference. But no one has done that. Do you have the report I ask for?
Having said that – where is your proof that 1: the IPCC report is wrong (as I described above), and 2: the Earth is not flat? (You have stated that "the evidence is clear.")
Bruce Frykman replied on Permalink
Documents and facts
RE: "The reports available at www.ipcc.ch have documented that fact."
The reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated — Mark Twain quotation after hearing that his obituary had been published in the New York Journal.
So again just what do "reports" have to do with "facts"?
RE: "But I trust the IPCC scientists to produce an open and honest report of the science, at all levels of the detail."
Thats OK for you because you are a leftist cultist. I dont "trust" anyone, Not the Raelian Comet Cultists, not the Global Warming Cultists, and not even my own stock broker.
So your science says "trust me on this"?
See what I mean, a religious cult — nothing more
Dennis W. replied on Permalink
Conversation over
Bruce Frykman writes:
"you are a leftist cultist." and "See what I mean, a religious cult — nothing more"
I was hoping to discuss science. I guess that's impossible with you. Conversation over.
Bruce Frykman replied on Permalink
I want to talk "science"
"I was hoping to discuss science"
No you weren't, not a shred of it to be seen on this entire statist blog.
Reports are not science. Science looks like this: "F = ma"
Now that can be proven or disproven within the domain in which it is purported to apply. IPCC "reports" are political propaganda written by thugs proving nothing.


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This week in Island history
The news of 10 and 15 years ago is from the Jamestown Press. The news of 25, 50, 75, and 100 years ago from the Newport Daily News comes from the collection of the Newport Historical Society.
100 years ago From the Newport Daily News, September 4, 1906:
The annual meeting of the Jamestown Improvement Society was held Thursday. . . . During the year the society added greatly to the improvement of Jamestown. Many of the largest property owners took no interest in the work and no share in the support of the society.
From the Newport Daily News, September 8, 1906:
An informal dance was held in the Gardner House last evening in honor of the officers of the cruiser squadron which is to sail today. The band from the Pennsylvania was secured for the occasion and was placed on the porch of the hotel where the music was enjoyed by the onlookers as well as the dancers. The attendance was good considering the lateness of the season and the fact that arrangements for the affair were made so late.
From the Newport Daily News, September 10, 1906:
The fall fishing season from the rocks at Beavertail opened yesterday, when a large number of fishermen visited that point but did little fishing on account of the surf, a heavy sea having been running for several days.
75 years ago From the Newport Daily News, September 1, 1931:
The children of the summer colony held their costume ball at the Casino last evening, this being the final Monday evening dance of the season. There were about 60 couples present with costumes of all hues and patterns.
From the Newport Daily News, September 4, 1931:
The exhibition of dolls held at the home of Miss Elizabeth Clarke Thursday afternoon was attended by many of the townspeople and members of the summer colony. Several "doll collectors" were present. Mrs. A.M. Clarke exhibited her collection which comprised dolls from nearly every European country. A doll, which had been in the Cottrell family for nearly 200 years, also one for many years in the Carr family, attracted much attention. . . . The proceeds will be used for repairs at the Baptist Church.
From the Newport Daily News, September 8, 1931:
Mrs. E.D. Rhett is moving a large garage to Friendship street which is to be converted into a cottage.
Hourly service commenced on the ferries today, steamers Beavertail and Jamestown being taken off the line. The purserettes concluded their duties yesterday, and the ferry bus has discontinued its trips between ferries.
50 years ago From the Newport Daily News, September 4, 1956:
Fifty children received Red Cross certificates in swimming and junior life saving yesterday at East Ferry waterfront in Jamestown after completing courses under the direction of Miss Nancy Caswell, Red Cross instructor.
From the Newport Daily News, September 7, 1956:
The Jamestown Town Council last night unanimously approved in principle the establishment of an oil refinery in Jamestown, provided adequate safeguards to protect the residents of the island can be obtained.
25 years ago From the Newport Daily News, September11, 1981: The North Kingstown School Committee had high praise for Jamestown students attending the North Kingstown High School. At a joint meeting of the North Kingstown and Jamestown School Committees Thursday night, the following information was given: About 60 percent of Jamestown students who were graduated last June were accepted into college. Jamestown students are the best prepared for high school from the four elementary schools districts sending students to North Kingstown High School. Jamestown students had a 90.6 percent attendance record last year. Some of the best musicians at North Kingstown High are from Jamestown.
15 years ago From the Jamestown Press, September 6, 1991:
A full-scale, town-conducted cleanup of debris left by Hurricane Bob was scheduled to begin Thursday. Town Administrator Robert Sutton told the Town Council Tuesday night that the cleanup would cost about $56,000. The town would have to pay 25 percent of that cost while the remainder would be covered by federal funds.
10 years ago
From the Jamestown Press, September 6, 1996:
Edouard turned out to be not much more than a Northeaster, and while it ruined the Labor Day weekend, town officials this week had little damage to report. Harbormaster Sam Paterson said that a 35-foot sailboat off a private mooring went aground just north of Green's Pier in the East Passage. Four boats went aground in the West Passage, including two sailboats in the 30-foot range and two powerboats, Paterson said.
One of Jamestown's rare jewels will be polished this weekend when volunteers clean and repair the medical supplies storage closet this Saturday and Sunday.
The committee in charge of finding someone to replace Superintendent and Principal Phyllis Schmidt when she retires discussed hiring more than one person to fill her vacancy when they met for the first time last Thursday.


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BSU Catalog Home | Political Science Program | All-University Courses and Descriptions
Check with department for semester when these courses are offered. Read each course description for prerequisites.
1200 INTRODUCTION TO AMERICAN POLITICS (3 credits) An introductory survey to the institutions and actors, such as the media, interest groups, political parties, congress and presidency of contemporary American government and politics. Liberal Education Goal Areas 5 & 9
1300 INTRODUCTION TO INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS (3 credits) Surveys various theories explaining the behavior of nation-states, the causes of war and peace as well as the role of multinational corporations and international organizations in international politics. Liberal Education Goal Areas 8 & 9
1400 INTRODUCTION TO COMPARATIVE POLITICS (3 credits) A comparative analysis of political systems and their functions in the context of unique cultures and histories. Liberal Education Goal Area 8
2925 PEOPLE AND THE ENVIRONMENT: POLITICAL SCIENCE PERSPECTIVE. (3 credits) An introduction to political processes and institutions involved in making environmental policy. Liberal Education Goal Area 10 (Might not be offered every year)
3100 AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY (3 credits) Traces the development of American foreign policy: its objectives, limitations, domestic and international factors influencing foreign policy. Prerequisite: POL 1300. (Might not be offered every year)
3130 ASIAN POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT (3 credits) Course investigates the unique political and economic challenges facing the countries of Asia and South Asia. Prerequisite: POL 1400. (Might not be offered every year)
3140 CANADIAN POLITICS (3 credits) Explanation of Canada's history, political and economic systems, and regional variations within the nation-state. Special attention to political parties, ideologies, policy processes, and outcomes. (Might not be offered every year)
3150 TOPICS IN POLITICAL SCIENCE (1-3 credits) Course explores underlying political dimensions of topical issues. (Might not be offered every year)
3160 COMPARATIVE EUROPEAN POLITICS (3 credits) Course includes an analysis of political structures and processes in Europe. The mechanisms of parliamentary governments, political parties, interest groups and ideologies are included. Prerequisite: POL 1400 (Might not be offered every year)
3170 INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS (3 credits) The study of conflict and cooperation in international relations, the foreign policies of the great powers, international organizations, and the United Nations. Prerequisite: POL 1300. (Might not be offered every year)
3180 INTERNATIONAL LAW AND ORGANIZATION (3 credits) Explores the role of international organizations such as the United Nations, economic alliances, international law, and regional consolidation in international politics. Prerequisite: POL 1300. (Might not be offered every year)
3190 INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL ECONOMY (3 credits) Analyzes how economic policy decisions are made within and between countries and the effect those decisions have on affected interests in domestic and international politics. Prerequisite: POL 1300. (Might not be offered every year)
3200 MINNESOTA POLITICS (3 credits) Using Minnesota politics as a central focus, the role of and function of state and local governments in the context of American federalism is examined. Prerequisite: POL 1200. (Might not be offered every year)
3210 PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION (3 credits) An introduction to the field of public administration. Emphasis is on the political dimensions of management in the public sector. Prerequisite: POL 1200. (Might not be offered every year)
3230 ENVIRONMENTAL POLITICS (3 credits) Surveys the dynamics of the policy process that produce our environmental policies. An analysis of actors, institutions, and organizations that shape U.S. environmental law and policy. Prerequisite: POL 1200 or consent of instructor. (Might not be offered every year)
3240 POLITICAL ANALYSIS (3 credits) Examines the application of political science research methodology to current questions of politics and public policy. Prerequisite: SOC 3001 or consent of instructor
3410 LEGISLATIVE AND EXECUTIVE RELATIONS (3 credits) Explores the legislative process by analyzing the motives and evolving legislative styles of legislators in relation to the evolution and powers of the modern presidency and executive establishment. Prerequisite: POL 1200. (Might not be offered every year)
3420 CAMPAIGNS AND ELECTIONS (3 credits) Includes analysis of the congressional and presidential electoral process, including the role of political parties, interest groups, and the media. Prerequisite: POL 1200. (Might not be offered every year)
3910 DIRECTED INDEPENDENT STUDY: STUDENT LEADERSHIP (1 credit) Offered only to students active in the Student Senate. Open to students in Political Science major or minor programs or in the Applied Public Policy minor. Includes written components that help students articulate their leadership goals and accomplishments. Offered on an arranged course basis. May be repeated up to four times.
4100 POLITICAL INQUIRY (3 credits) Students will learn the theory and practice of quantitative political analysis through the completion of original research projects. Prerequisites: SOC 3001 and SOC 3002. May not be offered every year.
4200 CONSTITUTIONAL LAW (3 credits) An examination of legal interpretations of the constitution regarding the separation of powers and the bill of rights. Prerequisite: POL 1200. (Might not be offered every year)
4500 THESIS AND CAREER PREPARATION (3 credits) This is a senior year capstone course. In a seminar format, students discuss progress on their individual research projects and develop career plans and skills. Prerequisite: POL 4100 or consent of instructor.


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DragonFly BSD has numerous attributes that make it compare favorably to other operating systems under a great diversity of workloads. Some select benchmarks that represent the general performance attributes of DragonFly are included in this page. If you have a DragonFly BSD performance success story, the developers would like to hear about it on the mailing lists!
It is true that one of the original goals of the DragonFly BSD project was performance-oriented, the project sought to do SMP in more straightforward, composable, understandable and algorithmically superior ways to the work being done in other operating system kernels. The results of this process have become staggeringly obvious with the 3.0 and 3.2 releases of DragonFly, which saw a significant amount of polishing and general scalability work, the culmination of which can be seen in the following graph.
The following graph charts the performance of the PostgreSQL 9.3 development version as of late June 2012 on DragonFly BSD 3.0 and 3.2, FreeBSD 9.1, NetBSD 6.0 and Scientific Linux 6.2 running Linux kernel version 2.6.32. The tests were performed using system defaults on each platform with pgbench as the test client with a scaling factor of 800. The test system in question was a dual-socket Intel Xeon X5650 with 24GB RAM.[[!template id=performance-scaling-postgresql.tmpl]]
NetBSD 6.0 was unable to complete the benchmark run.
In this particular test, which other operating systems have often utilized to show how well they scale, you can see the immense improvement in scalability of DragonFly BSD 3.2. PostgreSQL's scalability in 3.2 far surpasses other BSD-derived codebases and is roughly on par with the Linux kernel (which has been the object of expensive, multi-year optimization efforts). DragonFly performs better than linux at lower concurrencies and the small performance hit at high client counts was given up willingly to ensure that we maintain acceptable interactivity even at extremely high throughput levels.
Note: single-host pgbench runs like the ones above are not directly useful for estimating PostgreSQL scaling behavior. For example, any real-world setup that needs to handle that many transactions would be using multiple PostgreSQL servers and the client themselves would be running on a set of different hosts. This would be much less demanding of the underlying OS. If you plan to use PostgreSQL on DragonFly and are targeting high-throughput, we encourage you to do your own testing and would appreciate any reports of inadequate performance. That said, the above workload does demonstrate the effect of algorithmic improvements that have been incorporated into the 3.2 kernel and should positively affect many real-world setups (not just PostgreSQL ones).
One of the novel features in DragonFly that is able to boost the throughput of a large number of workloads is called swapcache. Swapcache gives the kernel the ability to retire cached pages to one or more interleaved swap devices, usually using commodity solid state disks. By caching filesystem metadata, data or both on an SSD the performance of many read-centric workloads is improved and worst case performance is kept well bounded.
The following chart depicts relative performance of a system with and without swapcache. The application being tested is a PostgreSQL database under a read-only workload, with varying database sizes ranging from smaller than the total ram in the system to double the size of total available memory.[[!template id=performance-swapcache.tmpl]]
As you can plainly see, performance with swapcache is more than just well bounded, it is dramatically improved. Similar gains can be seen in many other scenarios. As with all benchmarks, the above numbers are indicative only of the specific test performed and to get a true sense of whether or not it will be a benefit to a specific workload it must be tested in that environment. Disclaimers aside, swapcache is appropriate for a huge variety of common workloads, the DragonFly team invites you to try it and see what a difference it can make.


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Gravity + Curiosity + Distracted Hands + Expensive Gadget = New Paperweight
We made this shirt for toddlers, and then y'all demanded we make it for adults, too. Which seems only right since T-Shirt Girl put it up on our petri dish of t-shirt ideas because she needed one.
Geeks. For the most part, we aren't the most coordinated group of individuals. Sure, in every ragtag crew of us hurtling through the universe, there's one River Tam, but then there's everyone else. And, you know River Tam didn't start out that way. Not that she wanted what she got, but at least she ain't breaking things unintentionally any more like the rest of us. Course, around River you can't have nice things cause she might intentionally break them. So yeah. This shirt is for both those of us who break things, both unintentionally and intentionally.
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Lanner Electronics recently announced the release of its latest miniature fanless network application platform – the Lanner FW-7522. Specifications for the FW-7522 include an onboard Intel Celeron M (600MHz/1GHz) CPU, five network ports, and an internal hard drive bay.
The FW-7522 targets entry-level network security applications such as firewall, UTM, gateway anti-virus and intrusion detection/prevention systems. It can also handle other non-security related applications such as load balancing multiple Internet connections or hosting business productivity software with Gigabit LAN and Windows 2003, Windows XP and Linux support.
"By providing a low-cost and flexible base platform for network security applications, Lanner makes it easy for software developers to port their products to a familiar x86 platform quickly and conveniently. This enables our customers to reach their target markets faster and stay ahead of the competition," said Jesse Chiang, Lanner Network Communications Product Planner.
While generally aimed at network security, the Lanner FW-7522 is suitable for a wide variety of small business applications – from business intelligence and enterprise resource planning applications to business continuity assurance mechanisms like load balancing and traffic shaping. The internal 2.5-inch hard drive provides expanded capacity for software and caching as well as better write performance than CompactFlash storage, which is also provided, highlighted Lanner.
Additionally, the FW-7522's small size and fanless design ensure noise-free, space-saving installation in any sized network, said the company. The small form factor single board computer fits on a desktop or in a cabinet for SMB markets. As a core network appliance however, the most likely destination is in the server rack; therefore, Lanner has developed a server rack mount kit to make installation in enterprise networks even easier. Finally, its extended temperature range (-20 to 70-degrees Celsius) makes the FW-7522 perfectly suitable for deployment in industrial network environments, said Lanner.
The FW-7522 is available for sample orders immediately.
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- Premier League
Ferdinand tells United to concentrate on own form
Manchester United defender Rio Ferdinand has urged his team-mates to ignore Manchester City and concentrate on their own title bid as they aim to displace their local rivals as Premier League champions.
Ferdinand, 34, believes United were distracted by competing with their neighbours last season, when City won the title on goal difference.
But the Red Devils now have a seven-point lead at the top of the Premier League table and Ferdinand feels they are learning the lessons from the previous campaign.
"Last year it was new because it was the first time they had challenged properly and there was a lot of focus on Manchester," Ferdinand said. "But we have to make sure we keep our own house in order, make sure we keep ticking off the games. We don't have to focus on anyone else, just ourselves."
Ferdinand also joined in the praise for Robin van Persie, who scored twice in Tuesday's 4-0 win over Wigan to take his tally to 16 league goals, but is adamant that a one-man team cannot win the league and that United have plenty of other strings to their bow.
"No matter how you win the league, it is always mainly down to a group of players rather than one individual," he said. "At the moment he is scoring the goals. Javier [Hernandez] has chipped in the last couple of games.
"Robin is an important player. The manager saw something in him and made it his mission to buy him this summer. At the moment, thankfully, he is doing what he came here to do. He is not only scoring goals. He holds the ball up well and brings others into play. He does a fantastic job.
"But we are not at the end of the season yet. No medals have been handed out. We don't want to jump about too much. Up to now he has done fantastically well but the job is still there to be done."
United squandered an eight-point lead in the title race last season, with a 1-0 defeat at Wigan proving costly, and Ferdinand added: "Last season we made it difficult for ourselves. We saw the problems that we had last time, rectified them and put them to the sword."
Ferdinand and his fellow defenders were criticised when United only kept three clean sheets in the first half of the season but, following Saturday's 2-0 win over West Brom, they have now stopped their opponents scoring in their last two games.
And the veteran centre-back said: "It is a nice feeling. We pride ourselves on clean sheets. More importantly, we have to win games. That has put the clean sheets on the back burner. Two on the spin, the defenders are happy."


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No. 8 Villanova shakes off sluggish 1st half, cruises past lowly Butler 67-48
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VILLANOVA, Pa. – Butler kept its beloved mascot, Blue III, home.
The Bulldogs seemed to leave their offense behind, as well.
Darrun Hilliard and James Bell scored 11 points each to lead No. 8 Villanova to a 67-48 victory over Butler on Wednesday night.
The Wildcats (25-3, 13-2 Big East) survived one of their worst 20 minutes of the season to win for the ninth time in 10 games.
They needed almost the first 10 minutes of the game to score 10 points, missed eight of their first nine 3-point attempts, and didn't have a player reach double digits in scoring until midway through the second half.
Villanova put up the kind of numbers that usually lead to a loss.
Not against the lowly Bulldogs (12-16, 2-14).
Butler was even worse, scoring a season low in points, and the Bulldogs lost their seventh straight game.
"When we did get an open look, we didn't make enough of those in order to get a little confidence and get it going," Butler coach Brandon Miller said. "I don't know if it's been one thing or two things, but it seems like it's a different thing every night where we don't execute well enough."
The Wildcats had a small hot streak at the end of the first half, making 5 of 6 shots, to build enough of a cushion and slowly pull away.
The Wildcats fell shy of their 79.9 points per game average and played for about 35 minutes looking nothing like the team that has become one of the best in the Big East.
Each team took turns trading clunkers and clangers in the first 10 minutes, one reason the Wildcats only led 10-4. With 6 minutes left in the half, the Bulldogs and Wildcats combined for only 26 points. And no, Bo Ryan wasn't coaching either of the teams.
The Pavilion had all the atmosphere of an art museum on a sleepy Sunday morning, making this one feel more like a bad NBA preseason game than the final on-campus home game of the season. Villanova coach Jay Wright did let senior reserves Nick McMahon and Tony Chennault start — though McMahon played only 20 seconds before he was benched for Ryan Arcidiacono.
McMahon couldn't have been worse than the rest of the offense.
Villanova missed 12 of its first 15 shots, most from 3-point range. The Wildcats were determined to keep shooting 3s until they fell. Bell and Arcidiacono did hit two straight near the end of the first half for a 28-15 lead.
Butler's Kellen Dunham buried the shot of the game with a high banker for 3 that cut it to 34-20 at halftime. He led Butler with 12 points.
Hard to believe these teams needed overtime before Villanova pulled out the win in their first matchup.
"We didn't have it tonight," Miller said. "When you keep getting the results you don't want, it weighs on you a little bit."
Bell was the lone senior regular for the Wildcats and exchanged an emotional hug with Wright after he checked out for the final time.
"It was tough," Bell said. "I don't see my mom that much. My dad works a lot, doesn't really get the chance to get down that much. That was probably the toughest part, seeing my mom crying. Other than that, it was time to play."
Pick a stat in the first half and both teams probably wish the number could be wiped from the record book. Butler missed 8 of 10 3s; Nova missed 12 of 16. Butler had two starters who went scoreless in the half. The Wildcats shot 38 percent from the field.
But there's a reason the Wildcats have spent most of the season in the Top 25, and they showed why in the second half, going more than 25 minutes without a turnover during a 16-3 run that stretched the lead to 24 points.
Butler scored six baskets in the first half, and didn't reach seven for a second-half total until there was 1:51 left.
While the Wildcats are in the hunt for a top-three seed in the NCAA tournament, the Bulldogs need a shocking conference tournament championship to have any shot at returning for some March Madness.
"This is a really good group to coach," Wright said. "It's been a pleasure all year. But it can't let that prevent us from driving them and them driving themselves to get better."


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Jan. 4, 2012
NORTH DARTMOUTH, MA- The University of Massachusetts Dartmouth's women's basketball team defeated visiting Eastern Nazarene, 57-55, in a non-conference game at the Tripp Athletic Center Wednesday evening.
The Corsairs opened the game on a 9-2 run over the first eight minutes of play, fueled by four points from junior forward Colleen Moriarty (Canton, MA/Canton HS). A lay-up from Lions junior forward Shardae Brown (Waterbury, CT/Sacred Heart) with 6:15 to play in the first half pulled the Eastern Nazarene to within one point, 15-14. UMD closed the first half on a 15-4 run, powered by four points from senior guard Stephanie Houtman (New Bedford, MA/New Bedford HS/Bridgewater State), making the score 30-18 UMass Dartmouth going into halftime.
UMD maintained their offensive surge into the second half of play, and a pair of free throws from junior guard Shannon Singletary (Brockton, MA/Brockton HS) with 14:20 on the clock gave the Corsairs their largest lead of the game, 43-26. The Lion battled back, executing a 15-6 run over the next six minutes, behind eight points from junior forward Alexis Malloy (Washington, DC/Eleanor Roosevelt), cutting the Corsairs' lead to 49-41 with 8:31 left. After a three-pointer from Corsair junior guard Erica Batchelder (Stoughton, MA/Stoughton HS/Salem State), Malloy rattled off six consecutive points to put the game at 52-47 with 5:25 remaining. The Corsairs left the door open for Eastern Nazarene, and three straight lay ups by the Lions pulled them to within a point, 56-55, with under a minute remaining. On the ensuing possession, UMD freshman guard Kelsey Garrity was fouled and made one-of-two free throw shots, giving UMD a 57-55 advantage. Eastern Nazarene had a chance to tie the game on their final possession, but failed to get a shot off before the buzzer, securing the 57-55 victory for UMass Dartmouth.
"It felt like the first game of the year," said UMass Dartmouth Head Coach Amanda Van Voorhis. "We had too many missed shots, too many turnovers and we weren't conditioned well. It's like starting the season over again when you have 17 days off. We were fortunate to pull out the win. Any other night, we wouldn't have been as lucky. We underestimated the impact of their post play and it hurt us."
UMass Dartmouth was led by Moriarty who had a team-high 17 points on 8-of-19 shooting, with nine rebounds. Garrity added 11 points, six assists, and four rebounds to go along with three steals. Sophomore forward Erika Bornemann (Canton, MA/Canton HS) had a team-high 12 rebounds with seven points in the win. The Lions were led by Malloy and Brown, who each recorded a game-high 20 points. Malloy shot 7-of-17 from the floor and snatched a game-high 15 rebounds, while Brown was 9-of-19 shooting with 12 rebounds.
The Corsairs improved to 8-3 with the victory, while the Lions dropped to 4-5 with the defeat. UMass Dartmouth will return to action when they visit Western Connecticut State in the first game of a Little East Conference doubleheader Saturday. Eastern Nazarene will visit Gordon Saturday.


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We've all been there.
A fit of anger or weariness at the end of a long day leads to a tweet or a Facebook posting that you immediately want to not just delete but pull back so no one else can see it.
Most of us can coast by with just a delete and not be any worse for wear. But Bruins forward Tyler Seguin has more than 240,000 followers. So when he absentmindedly tweeted a comment that could be translated as a homophobic slur earlier this week, it caught a lot of people's attention — including Patrick Burke at the You Can Play Project.
Seguin and Burke, who took to twitter tamp down the controversy in the immediate aftermath, had a cordial meeting this week.
"I didn't know what to expect. But it was better than any expectations," Seguin said. "He's a good guy and he kind of gave me more of an overview of the whole program, which I had no idea about. I'm looking to get involved once the playoffs are over."
"He advised me – it was very minor thing and very unintentional – so I made sure I sent him my apologies and we're all moving on."
The You Can Play Project has the following mission statement on its Web site:
You Can Play is dedicated to ensuring equality, respect and safety for all athletes, without regard to sexual orientation. You Can Play works to guarantee that athletes are given a fair opportunity to compete, judged by other athletes and fans alike, only by what they contribute to the sport or their team's success. You Can Play seeks to challenge the culture of locker rooms and spectator areas by focusing only on an athlete's skills, work ethic and competitive spirit.
Bruins captain Zdeno Chara is one of the many athletes across the sporting world who've made videos in support of You Can Play. Now it can count Seguin as a supporter and as a person who's a little more educated today because of the project.
"Yeah, he [Burke] told me his own personal stories about it and what not. And I do have a few friends that are gay, so I know the lifestyle and I know sometimes with athletes a lot of chirping goes on," Seguin said. "I think with myself, it was kind of late at night, just talking with my buddies, sometimes I forget that I'm on Twitter in front of a quarter-million people and not just talking to my friends.
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Come November, Mitt will still be Mitt; I'm afraid that nothing can erase the impression Romney has made.
The problem for Mitt Romney, assuming he eventually wins the GOP nomination, is that a general election campaign isn't really like an Etch a Sketch. Alas, traces from the primaries linger.
The ghost image that remains will be of a strikingly uninspiring standard-bearer who deadened the Republican Party's great passion into a sense of duty. Voters will discern the outlines of a candidate who spent the better part of a decade running for president without giving evidence of a core philosophy beyond his belief in Wall Street's brand of capitalism.
It must be safe, by now, to predict that Romney wins the nomination. Right? I mean, yes, there's a chance that Rick Santorum will stay in the race and somehow manage to keep Romney from wrapping things up before the convention. But even then, Romney would likely arrive in Tampa with such a big lead, and needing so few delegates to go over the top, that any challenge would be futile.
In an attempt to foreclose even the remote possibility of a contested convention, the Romney campaign has been trotting out prominent Republicans to announce their support. Is it just me, or do these three endorsements have all the enthusiasm of a series of hostage tapes?
"It's increasingly clear that Mitt Romney's gonna be the Republican nominee," said Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla. He expressed confidence that Romney "will govern as a conservative" -- saying nothing about whether Romney actually is a conservative.
Said Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., "I think this primary has been productive -- I think it's been constructive up till now but I think we're entering a phase where it could become counterproductive if this drags on much longer."
Said former President George H.W. Bush, "I do think it's time for the party to get behind Governor Romney. Kenny Rogers sang, 'It's time when to hold 'em and time when to fold 'em.' Well, I think it's time for people to all get behind this good man."
Santorum keeps trying to point out that the last time the party settled for a nominee who failed to set conservative hearts aflutter -- four years ago, with John McCain -- things didn't work out so well, from the GOP point of view. If Santorum hadn't lost his 2006 re-election bid by 18 points, maybe more people would listen.
It was Romney aide Eric Fehrnstrom who suggested that the general election campaign would begin with a blank slate, like a shaken Etch a Sketch. But the truth is that come the fall, Romney will still be Romney.
Nothing can erase the fact that he authored a health care reform in Massachusetts, including an individual insurance mandate, that was used as the model for Obamacare. Nothing can erase the way he has pandered to the far right during the primaries in an attempt to disavow his erstwhile political identity as a moderate.
And I'm afraid that nothing can erase the impression Romney has made, through a host of statements and actions, of having allowed his great wealth to isolate him from the cares and woes of the rest of humanity. You know the litany: "Corporations are people, my friend." "I'm not concerned about the very poor." "I like being able to fire people who provide services to me." "Ann [Romney] drives a couple of Cadillacs."
My personal favorite came at the Daytona 500, when Romney was asked if he followed NASCAR. "Not as closely as some of the most ardent fans," Romney replied, "but I have some great friends who are NASCAR team owners."
In the fall, Romney will also have to defend a belligerent and weirdly anachronistic set of policies, or postures, concerning America's role in the world. His description of Russia as "without question our No. 1 geopolitical foe" was bizarre, but I don't think it was accidental. Romney seems to be itching to wage a Cold War, and if one doesn't exist, he'll invent one.
A recent Washington Post poll showed Romney's approval ratings having slumped to a dangerous level, with just 34 percent of Americans viewing him favorably. He's got an awful lot of shaking to do.


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After waking up Saturday with lows in the mid to upper 20s, highs will only make it into the middle 30s. The winds won't be as gusty, but still breezy keeping wind chills in the low 20s most of the day.
Sunday snow showers could be a bit heavier, but warm ground temperatures mean nothing more than a coating of snow. Sunday will again be a cold day with lows in the 20s and highs in the mid to perhaps upper 30s. We'll catch a small break Monday with more snow (or possibly a rain/snow mix) early Tuesday.
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In addition, U.S. law enforcement officials debunked a Reuters news report that cited a Canadian police officer who said the plot would have targeted the Whirlpool Bridge, which carries train traffic across the U.S.-Canadian border at Niagara Falls.
Otherwise, though, few new details on the terror plot emerged a day after the Mounties arrested Raed Jaser, 35, of Toronto, and Chiheb Esseghaier, 30, of Montreal.
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"He's in a state of shock and disbelief," Norris said of his client. "He's anxious to see the evidence that the Crown says it has against him."
Norris said Jaser is a permanent resident of Canada, where he has lived for 20 years and where his family is "very well settled."
In the court appearance, Norris asked for a "publication ban" on the release of further details about the case, which the court granted.
Dressed in black and wearing a long beard, Naser arrived in court with his parents and his brother. He did not enter a plea and was told his next court appearance would be May 23.
Meanwhile in a brief court appearance in Montreal, Esseghaier, speaking in French, said the charges against him were unfair.
"The conclusions were made based on facts and words which are only appearances," said the heavily bearded suspect.
Sources told the Associated Press that Jaser is from the United Arab Emirates and that Esseghaier is Tunisian, although a UAE government source told the news service that it has no records of Jaser being a citizen. Neither is a Canadian citizen.
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