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__label__wiki	0.732606	0.732606	Click to copyhttps://apnews.com/Business%2520Wire/ed111aa15e634dbebfbff9b9351bfd7d Press release content from Business Wire. The AP news staff was not involved in its creation. Business Wire: Sports PRESS RELEASE: Paid content from Business Wire iRacing Speeds up Motorsports Racing Simulation with Limelight Networks Content Delivery Network TEMPE, Ariz.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Apr 9, 2019--Limelight Networks, Inc. (Nasdaq: LLNW), a leading provider of edge cloud services, today announced that iRacing, the world’s premier motorsports racing simulation company, is using its Content Delivery Network (CDN) to accelerate large software updates delivered worldwide. At the beginning of each 12-week racing season, members update their software for the latest track and car information. Software updates range from 4-5GB for existing players and up to 30GB for new members, and customers had complained of inconsistent download performance. iRacing implemented Limelight’s CDN to improve performance and ensure all quarterly updates run smoothly. In addition, Limelight’s peering relationships with major global Internet service providers (ISPs) ensure that regardless of where players are located or how they connect to the internet, they have the fastest download possible. “We’re not set up to build out our global infrastructure to make our downloads available to every location on the planet,” said Nick Bailey, Senior DevOps Engineer at iRacing. “We chose to partner with Limelight to do that so we can focus on making the auto racing simulations as detailed as possible and ensure our members can experience them in a timely fashion.” Limelight’s high cache hit ratio ensures players can quickly download game files from local points-of-presence, rather than accessing them from distant locations. In addition, iRacing is using Limelight Origin Storage, which allows game files to be accessed and delivered quickly, even if they aren’t already in cache. These capabilities together with Limelight’s high data throughput rates, extensive peering relationships and private global network, lead to faster download speeds for iRacing’s software updates. “No one wants slow performance or to wait around for slow downloads, especially on a car racing simulator,” said Steve Miller-Jones, Vice President of Product Strategy at Limelight. “Limelight’s private global network makes it possible for iRacing to significantly accelerate extremely large downloads, as well as global game play for all its members.” A full case study is available here with additional information. About iRacing iRacing is the world’s premier motorsports racing simulation. iRacing puts you in the driver’s seat by allowing members to experience today’s newest form of competitive motorsport: virtual racing. Players can choose from more than 80 different race cars, including a NASCAR Cup car, an open-wheel IndyCar, an IMSA Prototype, and even the ultimate: a Grand Prix car. All the driver needs is a computer, internet connection and a controller. iRacing organizes and manages more than 40 official series, more than 400 private leagues as well as thousands of hosted events. Learn more at www.iRacing.com About Limelight Limelight Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ: LLNW), a leading provider of digital content delivery, video, cloud security, and edge computing services, empowers customers to provide exceptional digital experiences. Limelight’s edge services platform includes a unique combination of global private infrastructure, intelligent software, and expert support services that enable current and future workflows. For more information, visit www.limelight.com, follow us on Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn. View source version on businesswire.com:https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20190409005270/en/ CONTACT: Press Contact: Stephanie Epstein, 617-779-1845 Limelight@shiftcomm.com Investor Inquiries:ir@limelight.com KEYWORD: UNITED STATES NORTH AMERICA ARIZONA INDUSTRY KEYWORD: ENTERTAINMENT ELECTRONIC GAMES OTHER SPORTS TECHNOLOGY DATA MANAGEMENT INTERNET SOFTWARE AUTOMOTIVE MOBILE ENTERTAINMENT GENERAL AUTOMOTIVE SPORTS SOURCE: Limelight Networks, Inc. Copyright Business Wire 2019. PUB: 04/09/2019 09:00 AM/DISC: 04/09/2019 09:00 AM http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20190409005270/en	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0065.json.gz/line911
__label__wiki	0.837321	0.837321	Aproko World Home News Court re-opens Metuh’s defence, orders Channels TV journalists’ arraignment Court re-opens Metuh’s defence, orders Channels TV journalists’ arraignment • Sets aside own order closing Metuh’s case Justice Okon Abang of the Federal High Court, Abuja, yesterday directed the Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) to prosecute three journalists working for Channels Television for alleged prejudicial comments on the court proceedings. The journalists are Chamberlain Usoh, Gimba Umar and Nneota Egbe. The judge has also set aside his earlier ruling closing the defence of the former Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Olisa Metuh, in his alleged N400 million money laundering charges before the court. The judge, who gave the order on the journalists after listening to a recorded television programme aired by the television station, involving the ongoing trial of Metuh, also ordered the prosecutor to refer one of Metuh’s counsel, Benchux Nwosu, to the Disciplinary Committee of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), for alleged professional misconduct. The arraignment of the journalists, which should be in any court of competent jurisdiction, according to the Abang, is to enable the court decide whether the statements made by the TV presenters and their guest on Sunrise Daily, aired on May 22, 2018 were prejudicial or contemptuous. “It is clear that the statement of the programme was aired outside the court, not within the court; therefore, I have no jurisdiction to determine whether the statements are prejudicial to this court’’, he said. The judge also asked the office of the AGF to institute a case of alleged prejudicial comments against a lawyer, Nwosu, representing Metuh. The judge, however, failed to include a lawyer representing the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Johnson Ojogbane, who spoke through a telephone conversation to the station during the aired programme. “The court has listened attentively to the video recording of Channels Television Sunrise Daily of April 2018. I noticed that Benchux Nwosu was also on the programme. I heard what he said about the trial going on in this court; if he was in court before me. I would have known what to do. I thought he had the courage. He ought to have appeared before the court.” “It is clear that the statement of the programme was aired outside the court not within the court; therefore, I have no jurisdiction to determine whether the statements are prejudicial to this court,” the judge said. Abang said though he had no jurisdiction to declare that the statement made by the three persons, representing Channels TV constituted prejudicial discussion, “I have jurisdiction to refer this matter to the body that can determine such.” The judge then ordered that the matter be referred to the disciplinary committee of the NBA. He also directed that the prosecution (EFCC) file copies of compliance to the judgement within 30 days. Part of what the prosecution is expected to comply with is the arraignment of the three journalists along with Nwosu in a court of law. Setting aside the order, in a ruling he delivered yesterday on Metuh’s application seeking reopening of his defence, he held that the order closing Metuh’s case was made in default — as Metuh was not heard before his case was closed. Delivering ruling on Metuh’s application for his case to be reopened, Justice Abang, noted that neither Metuh nor his counsel were in court when the order closing his case was made on May 25. The setting aside of the ruling has therefore paved way for Metuh to continue his defence. He stated that neither Metuh nor his counsel offered a proper reason for their absence in court on the day the order was made. The court while noting that the defendant and his counsel abandoned the court proceedings, added that Metuh had placed conditions that he would only testified if former President, Goodluck Jonathan testified. Nonetheless, Justice Abang, said, “I bend backwards to accommodate him and set aside the order made on May 25, to allow him call two more witnesses. He should not deny himself hearing. Let him give explanation in the charge before him”. Abang further enjoined Metuh not to create further scenes in court by coming on a stretcher, adding that the court of late had been in the news and negatively too. He subsequently adjourned trial to tomorrow (today) for Metuh to resume his defense. Abang, had on May 25 ordered the closure of Metuh’s case because the defendant and his client were not in court. The judge blamed the defence for unwittingly delaying the matter and acted based on an application by the prosecution for the case of the first defendant to be closed. Previous article“I Marvel At The Stupidity Of Some Nigerians” – BBNaija’s Ifu Ennada Next articleDSS storms Ekiti school, arrests officials Aproko http://aprokoworld.com Gentle,Funny,Cool,Crazy,Aproko boy. I love being Current, and writing funny jokes,and news [Music] Lacatel – HEY HUSTLER MUSIC: Mostint – Gbotemi Babajide Sanwo Olu urge security personnels to strategize on improving security in the state Premiership League Aprokoworld.com “N30,000 Minimum Wage Is Not Even Enough” – Dogara ‘Pochettino Should Be Man United Next Manager’- Wayne Rooney Says Governor Udom pays a surprise visit to Super Eagles team ahead... 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__label__cc	0.729834	0.270166	order your copy of Access All Areas today! UER Forum > Canada: Other > Halifax Defence Complex (Viewed 406837 times) Total Likes: 2 likes \| \| Re: Halifax Defence Complex < Reply # 320 on 12/30/2011 10:57 PM > \| Reply with Quote They're light emplacements. The foundations getting so washed out around the three at York Shore Battery, they'll be falling into the ocean sooner or later. I'm guessing they would have been to house machine guns or something similar, do you know? The structures seemed really unsafe when I went, the area is now fenced off as of several months ago it didn't used to be. tribeachpunk Location: Halifax, NS Total Likes: 59 likes \| \| \| Re: Halifax Defence Complex Posted by ISLAND I think they just housed lights. Big search lights. What area is fenced off now specifically? The whole of York Shore Battery had been fenced in a few years ago. I'm wondering if the three light emplacements now have their own secondary fencing? Halifax UrbEx (Blog) \|\|\| Atlantic Canada Urban Exploration Facebook Group nootz Location: Lake Echo, NS Many will always go where only one is needed < Reply # 322 on 12/31/2011 1:13 AM > Posted by tribeachpunk All three emplacements had large searchlights, there's still just the one fence that was placed there a few years ago. Although, if you walk down the shore past YSB about 30-40 metres, there's an old generator bunker up on the hill/cliff that also once housed a 4.7in gun. The only guns along the shore were the two 12-pounders that were transferred from Fort Ives in 1939, and they were replaced with 6-pounders later in the war. [last edit 12/31/2011 1:18 AM by nootz - edited 1 times] Have faith only in those who you trust. And hold who you trust close to you for you have no idea when you will need them most. http://nootz101.blogspot.com The bottom section with the outpost and little rooms has been fenced off, but you can easily walk around the fence. http://g.co/maps/afsmf < Reply # 324 on 12/31/2011 6:02 PM > That's York Shore Battery. IIRC, it's been fenced off since before those retards had a rave there. I love the kind of fencing that says "hey, we tried to stop you" but makes only minimal effort to do so. York Shore has been fenced off since about 3-6 months before the rave. There really ought to be another fence on the other side to keep people from getting to the light emplacements. The earth beneath the third one (farthest away from battery) is almost completely gone now. < Reply # 326 on 2/2/2012 9:42 PM > The old church below York Redoubt has now been converted into a private residence. < Reply # 327 on 2/2/2012 10:49 PM > That would be a hell of a house. I suppose nobody will be able to park up there anymore. tbeckerson I saw the 'for sale' sign and tried to communicate with them to pretend I was an interested buyer, so I could check the place out and take pics. But they never called me back < Reply # 329 on 3/29/2012 10:07 PM > http://www.bryantr..._listings/40079733 It's still for sale, only $299,999 and it can be yours! I took a run out to York Redoubt today. Went to the tunnels, cave and then down to York Shore Battery. More graffiti than I remember, but it's more or less the same. One tunnel is open, the other isn't. It was busy out there this afternoon. Everywhere I went, someone was already there, or on my heels. With the exception of York Shore Battery, I didn't see anyone on the path on the way there, nor did I encounter anyone inside the fence. Maybe it's working as a deterrent after all. Pics, more here. cormiermax < Reply # 331 on 4/30/2012 3:04 AM > Great images, that spider will make me think twice about going into that tunnel though! The church at the Redoubt has a 'Sold' sign on it now. I fear that there will be a fence and possibly weird cultists making the back entrance impassable soon. Also, did anyone see this place at the Redoubt before? I found it a few days ago while GeoCaching, and I haven't spotted it in the DB: That spot doesn't look familiar to me. Hmmm Never seen that one before, where was it? canadianman000 Location: New Germany, Nova Scotia, Canada No Graffiti. No trash. Is this possibly a new find? I'm as Canadian as it gets. Need more info!! Although, it may be best to discuss it in a more secure thread as it looks undisturbed and its best to keep it that way. If that's off the beaten path, please don't draw us a map here! It has what I thought was a deer path leading to it, so other people know it exists (even if those people are Parks Canada). There's not a bit of garbage or graffiti inside, so it's either a whole new find or it's hidden well enough that the hooligans don't know where it is. It's not far from the road, but there's no obvious path leading to it. I can put up a gallery in the DB as part of York Shore Battery, so it'll only be available to full members. However, there's not a lot to it and the pics I put up already show you most of what there is to see. I'm not sure it warrants it's own gallery. [last edit 5/8/2012 3:00 PM by tbeckerson - edited 1 times] This thread is one of your Favourites. Click to make normal. Click to make this thread a Favourite. This thread is currently Public. Anyone, including search engines, may see it. This page was generated for you in 218 milliseconds. Since June 23, 2002, a total of 584164598 pages have been generated.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0065.json.gz/line914
__label__wiki	0.67436	0.67436	tag 'SUPER HI-VISION MAGAZINE' Current selected tag: 'SUPER HI-VISION MAGAZINE'. Clear. 8K Train Can't Be Stopped From www.tvtechnology.com - March 18, 2014 3:39 PM While U.S. broadcasters are wrestling with how and when to utilize 4K (aka Ultra High Definition or UHDTV) in their production workflows, or if at all, the Japanese broadcast industry is determined to move to a higher resolution level, namely 8K. That's 16 times the resolution of 1080-line HD, or 7680 × 4320 (33.1 megapixels, 12-bit processing). Uncompressed, an 8K 60fps image produces a data rate of about 24 Gbps. Japan's national broadcaster, NHK, plans to deploy equipment that complies with the bandwidth-hungry format at the Tokyo Olympics in 2020. In January of this year, NHK's science and research laboratories said it successfully transmitted 8K television signals via a single standard UHF terrestrial broadcast channel over a distance of 27 km. The field test, conducted on Jan. 20 was performed as a follow-up to a May 2012 demonstration in which the UHD signal was sent slightly more than four km. For all those professionals trying to decide whether now is the time to buy a 4K camera, talk and testing of 8K systems is not doing anyone any favors. Adrian Martinez Torres's curator insight, May 9, 2014 4:01 PM que carai U.S. Broadcasters Diss 4K - While Japan Sees 8K Future From hometheater.about.com - March 16, 2014 12:13 PM The march towards Ultra HD seems to be taking two paths - 4K and 8K, but with some U.S. Broadcasters expressing doubts about 4K, is Japan's 8K Super Hi-Vision initiative even viable? Sochi 2014 Winter Games to be broadcast in Super Hi-Vision for first time From www.insidethegames.biz - January 29, 2014 4:02 PM Action from the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games will broadcast in Super Hi-Vision digital format for the first time, which has 16 times the resolution of HDTV with 22.2 surround sound, according to Games organisers. NHK Broadcasts 8K Video Over the Air From www.tvtechnology.com - January 24, 2014 4:50 AM Japan’s NHK says it has successfully transmitted 8K “Super Hi-Vision” television signals via a single standard UHF terrestrial broadcast channel over a distance of 27 km. Additional Content: 8K Passes Major Milestone in Japan http://www.redsharknews.com/m-production/item/1438-8k-passes-major-milestone-in-japan Forget 4K, it's an 8K TV you Want! From www.digitalspy.co.uk - January 12, 2014 1:54 AM 4K has been the talk of CES and looks likely to go big in 2014, but is it needed? Invest in 4K now and you can be sure that it'll only be a few years before a more expensive 8K set, with 8K movies, seems necessary. Such is the rate at which formats evolve now that HD TV is pretty much still a teenager by TV standards. Samsung, others demo ‘Super Hi-Vision’ 8K From www.kitguru.net - January 10, 2014 6:58 AM Just in case you think that the 4K resolution (38402160) is a thing to last for a long time, think again since 8K (76804320) technology may be approaching faster than expected. The fact that not only Samsung, but also Sharp TVs (actually, Sharp has been demonstrating prototype 8K screens for a couple of years now to show off advantages of its IGZO display panel technology) and Philips are showcasing prototype 8K devices implies that the technology is not that far away from commercialization. In Japan, 8K UHD TVs may become available as early as in 2016, then it will take another year or more for other markets to get their first televisions with 7680*4320 resolution. Mass availability of 4K and then 8K TVs and displays will greatly depend on the price of UHD panels. Once quality 4K screens hit mainstream price-points, the high-end of the market will likely move on to 8K. Some additional Insight: For Japan, TV technology is a high priority http://www.stevenspointjournal.com/usatoday/article/4041099 Andre Bontems's insight: 8K is on the horizon and closing fast. It is the biggest threat to 4K! Sharp offers up an 85-inch 8K 3D TV... yes, 8K! From www.tweaktown.com - January 7, 2014 3:41 AM Sharp has just unveiled a beautiful new high-resolution TV, that makes 4K whimper in the corner. Sharp's new 85-inch 8K TV is 3D-capable, with the company collaborating with Philips and Dolby to offer users a "lifelike 3D picture" without the need of glasses. From www.stevenspointjournal.com - December 29, 2013 2:15 AM While many TV makers are working on developing 4K technology, Japan is looking beyond. In June, more than 20 competing Japanese manufacturers and broadcasters - including Sony, Sharp, Toshiba, Panasonic, NTV and the NHK - put aside their differences and joined forces in a government-backed collaborative forum called "NexTV-F." Their goals are simple: promote the development and adoption of UHD TV, and ensure that Japan is first in the world to broadcast in 8K. 8K - known as "Super Hi-Vision" in Japan - boasts four times the resolution of 4K, and 16 times that of current full HD. The U.N.'s International Telecommunication Union (ITU) finalized the standard last year, and some in the industry have suggested it may be the highest practical resolution for consumer displays. ... Some insight on this article: Sony’s Bread and Butter? It’s Not Electronics. http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/28/business/global/sonys-bread-and-butter-its-not-electronics.html?_r=0 The Future of Ultra-HD: A Recent SMPTE Meeting Update From nofilmschool.com - December 6, 2013 5:20 AM Two standards are actually being developed. Simply called UHDTV1 and UHDTV2, the easiest way to distinguish them is by their frame dimensions. UHDTV1 would have a 4k resolution of 3,840 x 2,160 pixels whereas UHDTV2 would have a whopping 8k resolution of 7,680 x 4,320 pixels. The standards would contain 10 and 12 bit depth, with chroma subsampling options at 4:4:4, 4:2:2 and 4:2:0. 8 bit, as well as interlacing and fractional framerates, would be discarded. The likely base framerate would be 120 frames per second, due in part that 120 is divisible by many popular framerates such as 24, 30, and 60. At such a high framerate, the “flicker fusion threshold,” a technical term for image flicker, would be greatly reduced. One comment in this article will lead you to pause: " ... More frames means more data, and with 8k cameras shooting up to 72 gigabits per second, this data management soon becomes serious." Industry’s First Video Signal Compression Technology capable of delivering 8K Super Hi-Vision HEVC in Real-time! From japantechniche.com - December 5, 2013 5:59 AM NHK Science & Technology Research Laboratory and Mitsubishi Electric have developed industry’s first HEVC real-time encoder for Super Hi-Vision (SHV). The new technology offers compression efficiency which is nearly twice as of the AVC compression technology and 4 times of the MPEG-2 which is currently used in digital HD broadcasting. Introducing 8K: The Final Frontier? From filmmakermagazine.com - November 14, 2013 2:05 AM Keeping apace with camera technology is like running a race where the finish line keeps on moving. Just as the next generation of games consoles go on sale boasting the ability to display 4K images (although for the moment only those with the salary of a pro-footballer can afford screens able to make use of all those pixels) Japanese broadcaster NHK has started to film and broadcast events in 8K. NHK are so excited about the technology that they have commissioned filmmakers to make short films showcasing 8K, which were screened at the recent Tokyo International Film Festival. The Olympics of the Future From www.nytimes.com - November 9, 2013 12:46 AM The futurists envision wireless charging stations everywhere, flexible displays that will turn a variety of surfaces into information hubs and television featuring “super hi-vision” that is 16 times the level of detail of current high-definition TVs. Cate Briggs's curator insight, November 10, 2013 8:29 PM I think this is a good improvement. Even if people are not at the stadium, they will know how it feels to be there. Last year's Olympics were not as high death as I thought they would be, so I'm excited to see what it will be. NHK cracks 8K Ultra-HDTV transmission From advanced-television.com - May 9, 2013 12:10 PM Japan’s public broadcaster NHK says it has a solution for encoding its 8K ‘Super Hi-Vision’ transmissions. Working with Mitsubishi Electric, NHK says the pair has jointly developed the world’s first rack-mounted High Efficiency Video Codec (HEVC) encoder and decoder for 8K transmission. Mitsibishi Press release http://www.mitsubishielectric.com/news/2013/0509-b.pdf 4K versus 8K .. a battle of Titans! NHK to demo 8K Wireless First From www.tvbeurope.com - March 18, 2014 10:13 AM Japanese public broadcaster NHK is planning to show an 8K video transmission over a single 6MHz UHF TV channel at NAB. The demonstration will be the first time anywhere outside Japan that wireless transmission of 8K Super Hi-Vision has been shown. NHK to begin ‘Super Hi-Vision’ high-definition TV broadcasting in 2016 From japandailypress.com - March 3, 2014 11:31 AM NHK, Japan’s national television broadcaster, has revealed plans to begin transmissions in 2016 using the new Super Hi-Vision format, which features a resolution 16 times higher than the current HDTV standards. Having been in development in part by NHK for the last few years, the 7,680 pixels by 4,320 pixels resolution was given its first trial broadcast during last summer’s London Olympics. 8K Ultra High Definition Endoscope Offers Unprecedented Video from Inside Body From www.medgadget.com - January 29, 2014 5:57 AM High definition video endoscopes with a resolution in the range of 1080p are still relatively new to the market. They allow for significantly improved visualization of the body’s interior, helping doctors to perform a variety of procedures with confidence and precision. Beyond 1080p HD video is the 4k standard that’s already showing up on electronic store shelves, but soon we should see 8K video coming out, which has the resolution equivalent to 16 1080p screens In Japan there’s already an endoscope capable of transmitting 8K video for a truly unprecendented look inside the body. Japan's NHK tests long-distance 8K TV broadcast signal From www.pcworld.com - January 22, 2014 2:54 AM Japan’s public broadcaster has successfully broadcast long-distance digital terrestrial signals for its Super Hi-Vision 8K format, sending massive amounts of data over UHF airwaves, but despite this test it’s unclear if many Japanese will be watching 8K TV by the time Tokyo hosts the Olympics in 2020. Nippon Hoso Kyokai (NHK) Science & Technology Research Laboratories conducted the test from its bureau in Hitoyoshi, Kumamoto Prefecture, in southern Japan, and managed to send the 8K Ultra High Definition TV signal to a receiving station 27 kilometers away using a single UHF channel. Ultra HD at CES: 'The Chicken and Egg Have Left the Barn' From www.hollywoodreporter.com - January 11, 2014 1:14 AM This week at the International CES, there’s been plenty of comments that the “Ultra HD train has left the station,” while others warn there’s still a “chicken and egg” dilemma and success is dependent on the right combination of factors including set penetration, a delivery infrastructure and available content. But speaking on one of several panels produced by the International 3D and Advanced Imaging Society, Stephan Heimbecher, head of innovation and standards at Sky Deutschland, got a big laugh when he summed up, “The chicken and egg have left the barn.” Very interesting article and ... here again referring to the upcoming 8K! Samsung Glorious 8K QUHD TV Will Show You the Meaning of Infinity From www.gizmodo.co.uk - January 8, 2014 1:32 AM Samsung’s showing of a prototype of a 98-inch LED 8K television at CES. I leaned in and tried to see the pixels on this fantasy screen and my brain lost in the detail. My mind tried do the math of how many pixels were assembling the heads of the tiny people in the screen. I got dizzy. This is infinity. World's Smallest 8K Camera Moving Forward From news.doddleme.com - January 3, 2014 3:41 AM Astro Design's 8K camera is moving forward as Japan looks to broadcast in UHD 8K by 202. Based on a design similar to the Sony F5 and F55, the camera is essentially a head, or brain, that records directly to an external recorder via an optical output with XLR connectors for audio. The chip is huge, too, at 2.5 inches. The recorders are being developed in tandem and compresses at 1 over 6 to be recorded. It can record at 60p with plans for frame rates up to 120 fps. Currently, there’s only a prototype, but Astro Design is expecting the 8K camera to run about $300,000. From www.usatoday.com - December 27, 2013 4:49 AM While many TV makers are working on developing 4K technology, Japan is looking beyond to 8K, trying to get a lead. NHK 8K SHV Camera Going Smaller & Now Takes 35mm Full Frame Lenses From cinescopophilia.com - December 5, 2013 6:08 AM Some people are still coming to terms with the fact that 4K is the new 1080i, wait till they get a load of 8K REC.2020 NHK style. They keep shrinking the camera down. That thing was about the size of a small car about 24 months ago, and now NHK say they will continue to shrink the camera head while continuing to improve the image quality. Billions to watch Sochi Olympics in new Super Hi-Vision format From voiceofrussia.com - November 30, 2013 8:35 AM For the first time in Olympic history the Games will be shot in the Super Hi Vision format which provides twice the better resolution than in movie theatres and sixteen times more pixels than current HD. The TV of the future is already in Japan and it feels like real life From sploid.gizmodo.com - November 14, 2013 2:00 AM Watching Ultra HD 4K content—with 2,160 lines of vertical definition—on a Ultra HD 4K TV set is impressive. But 8K—four times the total pixels—is so incredibly realistic that it feels like you're looking through a window into real life. World's First 8K Movie at Cannes From www.cclonline.com - May 22, 2013 4:52 PM The Japan Broadcasting Corporation (NHK, Nippon Hoso Kyokai) have held the first ever public screening of 8K / Super Hi-Vision (SHV) film at Cannes Film Festival. Sure this stuff has been on display at trade shows for a while now, but this is the first time that non press or industry types have been able to truly set their eyes upon it.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0065.json.gz/line915
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Many of those called on to speak had little to say apart from the usual liberal bromides about health care, jobs, education and how the United States is a country of immigrants. On the following day the mainstream media anointed Elizabeth Warren as the winner based on the coherency of her message even though she said little that differed from what was being presented by most of the others on the stage. She just said it better, more articulately. The New York Times’ coverage was typical, praising Warren for her grasp of the issues and her ability to present the same clearly and concisely, and citing a comment “They could teach classes in how warren talks about a problem and weaves in answers into a story. She’s not just wonk and stats.” It then went on to lump most of the other candidates together, describing their performances as “ha[ving] one or two strong answers, but none of them had the electric, campaign-launching moment they were hoping for.” Inevitably, however, there was some disagreement on who had actually done best based on viewer reactions as well as the perceptions of some of the media that might not exactly be described as mainstream. The Drudge Report website had its poll running while the debate was going on and it registered overwhelmingly in favor of Hawaiian Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard. Likewise, the Washington Examiner, a right-wing paper, opined that Gabbard had won by a knockout based on its own polling. Google’s search engine reportedly saw a surge in searches linked to Tulsi Gabbard both during and after the debate. On the following day traditional conservative Pat Buchanan produced an article entitled “Memo for Trump: Trade Bolton for Tulsi,” similar to a comment made by Republican consultant Frank Luntz “She’s a long-shot to win the presidency, but Tulsi Gabbard is sounding like a prime candidate for Secretary of Defense.” Tulsi, campaigning on her anti-war credentials, was indeed not like the other candidates, confronting directly the issue of war and peace which the other potential candidates studiously avoided. In response to a comment by neoliberal Congressman Tim Ryan who said that the U.S. has to remain “engaged” in places like Afghanistan, she referred to two American soldiers who had been killed that very day, saying “Is that what you will tell the parents of those two soldiers who were just killed in Afghanistan? Well, we just have to be engaged? As a soldier, I will tell you that answer is unacceptable.” At another point she expanded on her thinking about America’s wars, saying “Let’s deal with the situation where we are, where this president and his chickenhawk cabinet have led us to the brink of war with Iran. I served in the war in Iraq at the height of the war in 2005, a war that took over 4,000 of my brothers and sisters in uniforms’ lives. The American people need to understand that this war with Iran would be far more devastating, far more costly than anything that we ever saw in Iraq. It would take many more lives. It would exacerbate the refugee crisis. And it wouldn’t be just contained within Iran. This would turn into a regional war. This is why it’s so important that every one of us, every single American, stand up and say no war with Iran.” Tulsi also declared war on the Washington Establishment, saying that “For too long our leaders have failed us, taking us into one regime change war after the next, leading us into a new Cold War and arms race, costing us trillions of our hard-earned tax payer dollars and countless lives. This insanity must end.” Blunt words, but it was a statement that few Americans whose livelihoods are not linked to “defense” or to the shamelessly corrupt U.S. Congress and media could disagree with, as it is clear that Washington is at the bottom of a deep hole and persists in digging. So why was there such a difference between what ordinary Americans and the Establishment punditry were seeing on their television screens? The difference was not so much in perception as in the desire to see a certain outcome. Anti-war takes away a lot of people’s rice bowls, be they directly employed on “defense” or part of the vast army of lobbyists and think tank parasites that keep the money flowing out of the taxpayers’ pockets and into the pockets of Raytheon, General Dynamics, Boeing and Lockheed Martin like a perpetual motion machine. In the collective judgment of America’s Establishment, Tulsi Gabbard and anyone like her must be destroyed. She would not be the first victim of the political process shutting out undesirable opinions. One can go all the way back to Eugene McCarthy and his opposition to the Vietnam War back in 1968. McCarthy was right and Lyndon Johnson and the rest of the Democratic Party were wrong. More recently, Congressman Ron Paul tried twice to bring some sanity to the Republican Party. He too was marginalized deliberately by the GOP party apparatus working hand-in-hand with the media, to include the final insult of his being denied any opportunity to speak or have his delegates recognized at the 2012 nominating convention. And the beat goes on. In 2016, Debbie Wasserman Shultz, head of the Democratic National Committee, fixed the nomination process so that Bernie Sanders, a peace candidate, would be marginalized and super hawk Hillary Clinton would be selected. Fortunately, the odor emanating from anything having to do with the Clintons kept her from being elected or we would already be at war with Russia and possibly also with China. Tulsi Gabbard has let the genie of “end the forever wars” out of the bottle and it will be difficult to force it back in. She just might shake up the Democratic Party’s priorities, leading to more questions about just what has been wrong with U.S. foreign policy over the past twenty years. To qualify for the second round of debates she has to gain a couple of points in her approval rating or bring in more donations, either of which is definitely possible based on her performance. It is to be hoped that that will occur and that there will be no Debbie Wasserman Schultz hiding somewhere in the process who will finagle the polling results. Yes, to some critics, Tulsi Gabbard is not a perfect candidate. On most domestic issues she appears to be a typical liberal Democrat and is also conventional in terms of her accommodation with Jewish power, but she also breaks with the Democratic Party establishment with her pledge to pardon Chelsea Manning, Julian Assange and Edward Snowden. She also has more of a moral compass than Elizabeth Warren, who cleverly evades the whole issue of Middle East policy, or a Joe Biden who would kiss Benjamin Netanyahu’s ass without any hesitation at all. Gabbard has openly criticized Netanyahu and she has also condemned Israel’s killing of “unarmed civilians” in Gaza. As a Hindu, her view of Muslims is somewhat complicated based on the historical interaction of the two groups, but she has moderated her views recently. To be sure, Americans have heard much of the same before, much of it from out of the mouth of a gentleman named Donald Trump, but Tulsi Gabbard could well be the only genuine antiwar candidate that might truly be electable in the past fifty years. It is essential that we Americans who are concerned about the future of our country should listen to what she has to say very carefully and to respond accordingly. Philip M. Giraldi, Ph.D., is Executive Director of the Council for the National Interest, a 501(c)3 tax deductible educational foundation (Federal ID Number #52-1739023) that seeks a more interests-based U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East. Website is councilforthenationalinterest.org, address is P.O. Box 2157, Purcellville VA 20134 and its email is [email protected] • Category: Foreign Policy, History • Tags: 2020 Election, American Military, Democratic Party, Elizabeth Warren, Pat Buchanan, Tulsi Gabbard The Death of Privacy: Government Fearmongers to Read Your Mail A Secret Meeting to Plot War? Tulsi Gabbard Pushes No War Agenda – and the Media Is Out to Kill Her Chances Is Tulsi Gabbard for Real? Curious Bedfellows: The Neocon and Progressive Alliance to Destroy Donald Trump U.S. Foreign Policy Has No Policy America Is Ready for a Genuine Peace Candidate Memo to Trump: Trade Bolton for Tulsi 678 Comments to "Who Won the Debate?" european born says: Thank You very much Mr Giraldi ! • Agree: Hail, The Scalpel • Replies: @Ghali “Yes, to some critics, Tulsi Gabbard is not a perfect candidate. ” Well, if that ain’t the Mount Rushmore of understatements, I’ll eat my cigar. “Tulsi Gabbard could well be the only genuine antiwar candidate that might truly be electable in the past fifty years.” Maybe she could, if she was a genuine antiwar candidate. She’s getting donations from Raytheon and from defense contracting PACs. She keeps blaming “our leaders” for sending our troops into regime change wars without admitting that the leaders at fault are Israelis like Benjamin Netanyahu. She’s probably just the designated “peace candidate” just as Trump was, except she’s a moonbat socialist as well. The Israeli lobby has decided that, this time, they’ll paint their Hillary clone as a peacenik in hopes that she’ll steal Trump’s base. The whole thing is just funny as hell to anyone who stops for a minute and thinks about it. • Agree: Robert Dolan, Ilyana_Rozumova, DESERT FOX, Johnny Walker Read, MikeatMikedotMike, Nehlen • Replies: @chris , @LondonBob , @Haruto Rat , @Vojkan , @MikeatMikedotMike , @Anti_republocrat , @Swatej “To be sure, Americans have heard much of the same before, much of it from out of the mouth of …” Wilson, FDR, Bush II, Obama, and Trump all lied about this topic. That’s why they made the November ballot — the Establishment knew that they were not going to deliver on what they promised. Paul and Sanders apparently weren’t lying. They were cheated against by the Establishment, and kept off the November ballot. If Gabbard makes the November ballot, then she’s lying. If not, this will indicate that she may be telling the truth. Americans need to accept that no one willing to take on Big War will ever be elected President. So if you’re against Big War, consider that the best way to act on your belief is to stop endorsing the system by voting. National politics transfixes people in endless, two-year cycles, smoothly channeling, delaying, and harmlessly blowing off dissent. Why else would your TV tell you to vote? • Agree: J. Gutierrez , @The Scalpel , @Nancy Pelosi's Latina Maid Bragadocious says: She won’t truly “let the genie out of the bottle” until she stands up at a debate, stiffens her spine and specifically calls out AIPAC. Then when the boos from the donors rain down upon her, she flashes her Pepsodent smile and says “I expected that from the Israel-firsters.” • Agree: Pat Kittle • Replies: @Moi , @Rev. Spooner , @Macnucc11 BRING THE TROOPS HOME NOW!!! NO MORE NATIVE BORN WHITE CHRISTIAN AMERICAN WORKING CLASS CANON FODDER FOR ISRAEL!!!!!! REMEMBER THE USS LIBERTY… • Agree: joeshittheragman, 2stateshmustate • Replies: @Meimou alley cat says: Yes, to some critics, Tulsi Gabbard is not a perfect candidate. Tulsi is a candidate for political office, not sainthood. Much like Trump in 2016, being patently less cynical than her rivals makes her the obvious choice. the only genuine antiwar candidate that might truly be electable Operative word in the above sentence: “genuine.” Her courage and convictions were hardened in the burning cauldron of an unjust war. Call it burning resentment if you prefer. It’s real and it’s what makes her tick. She went to Syria and proclaimed that rule by Assad was better for Syrians than rule by Al Qaeda. For that unrecanted heresy she was vilified by Republicans and Democrats alike. In the Democratic Party debates, she cut that posturing hypocrite Tim Ryan off at the knees in a matter of seconds. A few home truths about U.S. soldiers dying for no good reason was all it took to dispatch him and his mealy-mouthed platitudes. What was Ryan going to do? Tell Tulsi she didn’t know what she was talking about? Watch her do the same to DJT if she gets the nomination and he continues to pander to the neocons. • Agree: RobinG • Replies: @Anon000 , @Joey Jameson Stray thought: If Gabbard runs against Trump, will he hit on her during the debates? • Replies: @The Alarmist nsa says: “Izzies killing of unarmed civilians…” Sniping off that guy with no legs with a head shot, claiming he was trying to climb the prison fence, was even low for a jew. • Replies: @Ilya G Poimandres renfro says: Gabbard did well but if I had to vote tomorrow it would be for Elizabeth Warren…..she’s got the real intelligence firepower combined with some old fashioned common sense. None of them are going to directly attack the jew lobby during the campaign….why bring on smear jobs and fake stories when it doesnt matter what they say, only what they do when elected. Would never vote for Joe “I am Zionist” Biden, he’s just a paler shade of Trump….or to be even clearer Biden is the DC establishment whereas Trump is the NJ Mafia, , @JumpingJoe You can tell she won because they had to use a sophisticated graphics program to subtly disfigure her face. They cut Yang’s mic, too. It’s all CIA-controlled propaganda. It’s not a coincidence all these networks say the same thing. Supposedly left wing MSNBC is pro-war, but so is Fox, the NYT, WaPo, Politico,….hmm. They are controlled from the same source. Clyde says: What has Tulisi to say about Demarcate Party open borders? Tulsi is 5-9 and just below model level good looks ten years ago. This is why the Hawaiian airhead captivates so many guys…..even now. Kamala, in contrast, is 5-2 a midget, Willie Brown had his way with zooming her. • Replies: @Rev. Spooner Great point, 2Ds about her potential strategic role of stealing Trump’s base, in the otherwise revolting mix of candidates. And you have to wonder how her being ‘conventional’ in terms of her acomodations to ‘Jewish power’ even means anything if she threatens their insane and unsatiable lust for military power; still, her candidacy might make 3 people in this country reconsider their views on war. Biff says: Don’t want to drift off topic, but the person who wins the Antiwar debate is this guy: https://original.antiwar.com/scott/2019/06/30/antiwar-com-now-what/ If Ron Unz is reading I might suggest he could do a little something to cover the passing of probably one of the best Antiwar writers(Justin Raimondo) of this generation. Nobody has gotten things more right, even before the wars developed – he predicted a war with Iraq even before Sept 11, 2001, and it’s aftermath into sectarian violence. His archives are second to none in naming the names of who steered the war machine into the Middle East and across the globe. I could gone on, but the link does a better job. RIP Justin. • Agree: Sane Left Libertarian Anthony Aaron says: ” … just what has been wrong with U.S. foreign policy over the past –> seventy <– years." Our insane obsession with kissing israel's ass … shamelessly, endlessly. Ilya G Poimandres says: @nsa Just good ol’ chutzpah – that probably got him a bonus. Anon000 says: @alley cat Al Liguori says: • Website How Israeli spies are flooding Facebook and Twitter (but not Unz Review) https://electronicintifada.net/content/how-israeli-spies-are-flooding-facebook-and-twitter/27596 , @ben sampson LondonBob says: I’ve seen Tulsi call out Netanyahu a few times, I guess personalising it makes sense. Very clear hasbara campaign against her, they seem to be going with the Russia! smear. Good luck to her, she is a long shot but just voicing her opinions on a major platform can have an impact. , @Meimou Amazing how for these Americans, even this Tulsi, the lives of US soldiers are more important than countless civilians they murder during the course of their wars. But even that is a lie. They don’t even care about their own soldiers once they’re of no use to them any more, if you consider the rate of alcoholism, drug addiction, unemployment, homelessness, mental health issues, and suicide among the veterans. And also, when it serves their purpose, then suddenly the life of some innocent somewhere half way round the world getting abused by a government they dislike becomes important, and the human rights card is played so they can go and kill more than they save. I thought that to these leftist American politicians everyone is equal so why don’t they express concern about how many Afghans they have killed over there? Oh yes, but if they left them alone there wouldn’t be those columns of young Afghans making their way to the West for these liberals to practice their empathy and hospitality on. And who would be guarding those poppy fields and ensuring maximum production for pharmaceutical companies and the black market? And when an Afghan immigrant like Omar Mateen sets off on a murder spree on US soil who is to blame? Do they even question their wars, or their immigration policy, or Islamic culture of intolerance, or anything at all? Some may then question gun laws, but even that is another lie, because guns are as as available as ever. No they just shrug their shoulders as its just part and parcel, and it’s only good for the media to keep people in fear and sell their sensational news. And if you question any of this then you’re most likely to be called a racist or supremacist or whatever vile word they can conjure up with which to browbeat you. • Replies: @Bardon Kaldian , @Jacques Sheete , @macilrae , @J. Gutierrez peter mcloughlin says: Talk of “a new Cold War and arms race” is misleading: the Cold War was the peace, a post-world war environment; we are now in a pre-world war environment. The arms race is a race to-arm, like the 1930s. Prophetic figures like Tulsi Garrard need to state this clearly, if there is to be any chance of averting Armageddon. https://www.ghostsofhistory.wordpress.com/ gsjackson says: Bernie Sanders a “peace candidate?” Not hardly. His opposition to the Iraq invasion was just a hiccup, and he voted several times to continue funding the Iraq occupation. He supported the attacks on Serbia, Libya and Afghanistan. He signed Rubio’s letter denouncing the BDS movement. He called for regime change in Syria. And then there is the fact that he is Jewish. • Replies: @joe2.5 Haruto Rat says: She’s getting donations from Raytheon and from defense contracting PACs. She keeps blaming “our leaders” for sending our troops (…) Could it be that [at least] part of the MIC is getting behind a “peace agenda” of “send less meat, more expensive drones/other hardware produced by us”? • Replies: @Lito Celeste Ghali says: @european born I like Giraldi analysis, but I am afraid if you do not like Jewish asses in North America, you do not go far away. Gabbard participate in US Fascist aggression against Iraq, and ha in the past shown to be an anti-Muslim Hindu bigot. I hope it is not just empty rhetoric like her predecessors. . Ralph Nader was a decent guy, but the Zionist destroyed him. America is ruled by Zionist Jews. • Replies: @follyofwar , @Lito Celeste Vojkan says: Americans should recognise that hope for change cannot be found in either the Democratic or the Republican party. Voting for the lesser of two evils is neither useful nor pragmatic at all, as it still is voting for evil. The only useful vote is for one’s convictions, provided one has convictions. Change can begin to happen only when a third-party candidate achieves a score high enough to delegitimise the current duopoly on American politics. • Replies: @J. Gutierrez , @Bolteric The Alarmist says: Tulsi Gabbard is not a perfect candidate. To mis-paraphrase Donald Rumsfeld, you go to war with the candidate you don’t have. Unless Ms. Gabbard can figure out some way to raise and cycle a billion dollars through media ads in the MSM, they’re going to largely ignore her or even demonise her, because it is the Praetorian Media who now decide who will be the the American President. She’s cute, but she’s not his type. Tulsi Gabbard is a member of CFR – Council on Foreign Relations – chief forum for USA oligarch enablers … Is pro-Israel Tulsi ‘controlled opposition’, tricking us? Or just ‘playing the game’ she needs to play? … Note that Trump voters are still arguing whether Trump was always fake, or blackmailed etc. after he won Tulsi is quite close to Bernie Sanders, and it is speculated that at an early stage, Bernie will announce that pretty & popular Tulsi is his VP choice … perhaps helping them sweep into the nomination, as the allegedly ‘more-anti-war’, ‘not-so-open-borders-as-others’ clever Dem party option In 2015 Tulsi spoke at Christian-Zionist Christians United for Israel In 2016 Tulsi received the Champion of Freedom Award from USA ultra-Zionist political Rabbi Shmuley Boteach at the Jewish Values Gala Photo of Tulsi Gabbard with Rabbi Shmuley Boteach & Sheldon Adelson’s wife Miriam, Adelson being the ultra-Zionist Republican political kingmaker & casino billionaire, who is also Netanyahu’s great backer and dominant owner of media in Israel , @Moi , @OEMIKITLOB Simonsays451 says: On end forever wars I agree. Essentially the only difference of significance amid a herd of sameness. For states that allow party flips in primaries Gabbard would offer a choice strategic vote. Further primary party affiliation voting is public information, such would offer good cover for those in the corporate world for whom any smell of trump would be to mark them as a leper, a target to shun and worse. Come the general election you vote real, sadly, real is the still the trump. UnderOccupation says: Tulsi is impressive, but I don’t think electing her or anyone else is going to change anything unless the Israel lobby’s claws are first extracted from America’s throat, that is the immediate and primary challenge. I often ask myself what the founding fathers would be doing today, and the first thing that comes to mind is them rounding up a patriot militia, arresting every zionist in sight, then holding public executions. Political class is not to be trusted, anywhere, anytime. onebornfree says: • Website “Only when someone goes to Washington who is determined to clean the stables, who values freedom above political power, who has the will to stand fast against every politician, only then will the trend turn around — and only then will the political battle be won. But it’s obvious that there is no such person in two-party politics we can look to. Does your favorite President or presidential candidate live up to these standards ? If not, perhaps you should reconsider whom you support. The all-important first step toward getting smaller government is to stop supporting anyone who is making government bigger.“ [Extracted from “Why Government Doesn’t Work”: https://wiki.mises.org/wiki/Why_Government_Doesn’t_Work ] https://wiki.mises.org/wiki/Why_Government_Doesn%27t_Work “The all-important first step toward getting smaller government is to stop supporting anyone who is making government bigger.”: Reality Fact: There is NOT ONE current political candidate, including Trump, who is on record as being seriously committed to radically downsizing the US federal government. Gabbard, like Trump, and all the other Dems and Repubs [ two sides of the same coin] is just yet another manifestation of more , bigger government, “smoke and mirrors”. Pure deception. Bottom line: a vote for Trump, or Gabbard, or any other Demopublican candidate is, as it stands, a vote for an [even] bigger, even less constitutional, federal government. Regards, onebornfree • Replies: @sally @LondonBob No it won’t, but I agree with her about war. • Replies: @davidgmillsatty The Deep State will not be so easily defeated. Greg Bacon says: • Website I’m not going to ‘Hope and Change’ that someone else is going to ‘Drain the Swamp.’ The Deep State is too entrenched to be uprooted by just the president. If the DS thought the president was a threat, he/she would join JFK in Arlington. The only ones who can save us from that massive iceberg we’re steaming towards is We the People. And that will take lots of bloodshed and lead, or forever consign you and your family to tyranny, endless wars and non-stop looting of our wealth. • Replies: @Paul C. @Al Liguori From the link you posted, One slogan is titled “Israel Extreme Yourself,” which Act.IL describes as “a cool and fresh way” to promote Israel through “extreme sports.” The video shows young Israelis surfing, snowboarding and skydiving. I get a huge laugh out of realizing that the fools are obsessed with the hopless task of trying to suppress the truth and are forced to continuoulsy expend gobs of resources in the efforts. If they are “chosen” to be so special and bright, why don’t they just man up and act decently instead of wracking their brains trying to bullshit the world? Yarden Ben Yosef. Last year, he explained his group’s methods in an article for a journal aimed at Israeli diplomats. He lamented that – in Gaza that May – “the Palestinian narrative prevailed in world media over the Israeli one.” If any of those clowns had a clue, it’d realize that the Palestinian “narrative” will always prevail. Amazing how for these Americans, even this Tulsi, the lives of US soldiers are more important than countless civilians they murder during the course of their wars. Yeah that calculus tells me a lot and is cringeworthy as well. I can understand her reluctance to appeal to any decent level of morality, but that’s nearly as cold as it gets. But hey, she’s “kool” cuz she a “peacenik” a “patriot” and a wannabe “surfer.” Bend over and drop ’em, sukkaz…! • Agree: ChuckOrloski Unfortunately Tulsi Gabbard ,being a member of the CFR ,is almost certainly part of the “controlled opposition ” , particularly as both the Democrats and Republicans are “wings of the same bird of prey” . The Boston Globe just ran an article about the creation of a new anti-war Think Tank called the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft which surprisingly is being funded by George Soros and Charles Koch , will this also turn out to be part of the controlled opposition ? Will there ever be a candidate who will challenge the government’s 9/11 narrative and demand an investigation and criminal prosecution of the persons who produced the 9/11 CGI videos and who pre-planted the explosives which demolished the World Trade Center complex of buildings on 9/11 ? , @onebornfree Let’s be honest,Phil … Tulsi did not “win” the debate….. SHE WAS THE DEBATE ! How many Americans aren’t so thoroughly disgusted with our entire D.N.C. by now , they have to pin their nose (to avoid the stink) while sitting through one more…. Establishment Elite, corporate ” con job ” debate ? How many , Phil ? Like just about …EVERYBODY . How many Americans aren’t so thoroughly disgusted with NBC…. and all its LIES …. that even if the broadcasters PAID them, tomorrow , they would STILL refuse to watch their network ?. Like just about…EVERYBODY . Tulsi is not simply the ONLY candidate who MATTERS….she is the only candidate, alive, who has a shot in rescuing our country from its descent into corporatist “warmongering” hell . Tulsi is IT ! May God bless her……. and keep her safe. I hope she “sweeps” …the whole way…..from here on in ! I suppose since the electorate has been fooled so many times before, no big harm in getting fooled again, although not very smart (as Einstein once remarked about repeating same same while expecting a different result). Hopefully by a “peace” or pseudo-peace candidate to at least keep that narrative going in the general population even if once elected the new president turns around and betrays the pre-election promises. Now if there were some way to make those politicians pay for dishonouring their word. But as I may have asked in another comment, could the electorate be as cynical and hypocritical as these politicians they cast votes for? geokat62 says: Phil asks: Who Won the Debate? Does it really matter who won the debate, Phil, in light of the remarks Rick Wiles of TruNews recently made? So, our topic here today is: Has the USA been annexed by Israel? Are we now part of Israel? My belief, my answer is “yes, we’ve already been annexed, we’ve been conquered.” It was a silent takeover and it happened from within. A foreign power with forces inside the country, working a plan methodically over decades… and we were conquered… … [they changed] our culture, our religion, everything. We were Zionized. So, it’s now that the US military belongs to the Zionists and we’re about to offer up our men, once again, to fight another Israeli war… In the light of these remarks, aren’t there more important things to discuss than circus and bread distractions? • Agree: Moi, Republic, ChuckOrloski, RVBlake • Replies: @Philip Giraldi , @Zumbuddi , @Rurik Unfortunately Tulsi Gabbard ,being a member of the CFR ,is almost certainly part of the “controlled opposition ” , particularly as both the Democrats and Republicans are “wings of the same bird of prey” . Yes, indeed. The Deep State will only be beaten by force. @Bragadocious Bingo! For a smart dude, PG should know (and I am sure he does) that the problem is systemic. No candidate, if s/he expects to get anywhere, is going to call out Aipac or bring up the issue of Jewish influence and power. Carroll Price says: Hope springs eternal folks, but remember, it’s nothing more than a recurring 4 year puppet show with a few new puppets thrown in for variety. But by now, we should all know who’s behind the curtain pulling the strings. @renfro Agree that Warren seems to be the most rational, BUT I’m not sure if she really has put space between herself and the Zionists. @Biff Raimondo was an early supporter of Trump….and then slowly changed his tune. • Replies: @Chris Mallory Boteach is Tulsi’s rabbi 😉 Fool's Paradise says: On Tucker Carlson, Tulsi named Netanyahu and Saudi Arabia as the main pushers for war with Iran. No, she isn’t perfect. No American politician dare say more. But she’s the best we have and deserves our support. If she does gain a large following, as Bernie Sanders did, and is cheated out of the nomination, as Bernie was, I hope she has the guts, as Bernie didn’t, to form a third, Peace Party, and run on it. So she splits the Democrats and they lose? So what! What difference does it make what Democrat or Republican Zio-whore becomes President? • Agree: RobinG, mark green • Replies: @TKK , @RobinG , @sally @Moi No candidate, if s/he expects to get anywhere, is going to call out Aipac or bring up the issue of Jewish influence and power. Then the problem will not be solved through political means. • Agree: Sick of Orcs Philip Giraldi says: @geokat62 Hell Geo, you know damned well as a long time supporter that I discuss Jewish power nearly every week! • Replies: @geokat62 , @ChuckOrloski Chris Mallory says: Sounds like what has happened to a lot of us. “Intelligence firepower”? You mean like so smart that she just knew that there was no way a nine year old kid with an internet connection could debunk her Cherokee ancestry claims? The “forever” postage stamp symbolizes the DC mentality–if they have their way the defense/homeland security/surveillance state spice will flow forever. Presidential elections are for entertainment purposes only. Andrei Martyanov says: • Website After dude Castro offered support for men’s reproductive rights, including…abortion I came to the conclusion that Tulsi is the ONLY sane person there and that, as much as I despise corrupt GOPers, Dem. Party is a clear and present danger to the remnants of the Republic. “The dirty open secret of all politicians” [posted especially for all of the self-professed “literati” here who hate people like me who post videos 🙂 ]: 9/11 Inside job says: “…Will there ever be a candidate who will challenge the government’s 9/11 narrative and demand an investigation and criminal prosecution of the persons who produced the 9/11 CGI videos and who pre-planted the explosives which demolished the World Trade Center complex of buildings on 9/11 ?” I very much doubt it. The idea that 9/11 was an inside job is still very much a minority, politically verboten POV, let alone the even more “out there” and verboten assertion that all of the 9/11 “live” MSM videos were in actual fact nothing more than 100% pre-fabricated CGI creations [ even though they were]: Zumbuddi says: Geokat62, got a link to that Rick Wiles video? Tim Ryan. got crushed in that exchange. It’s pretty clear the Zionist gods who own USA will not smile on Ryan. So he should do the judo thing: make Zionism a campaign issue. Ryan should partner with Rick Wiles. And he should arrange an appearance w/ Tulsi: “Let’s work together, Rep. Gabbard; we have a lot in common. Let’s end these wars by exposing the forces that start them. That will bring our men & women home. That will free up bloated military spending for projects at home, like revitalizing Ohio’s economy. . . .” Ryan can emerge a genuine change-agent if he takes that risk. It demans heroism & statesmanship. If he doesn’t, he’s just one more xerox-copy of a clown crowding into a Volkswagon. #Zionism on the ballot. Trump was a roaring lion for America First, right up until his inauguration. President Tulsi will also “see the light” about how Israel is our most important ally. Ever see the photo of the 10 rabbis flanking Trump’s desk in the Oval office? It could just as easily been a scene out of The Sopranos, with the family forcing some schmuck to “legally” sign over his business. joe2.5 says: @gsjackson Thank you for reacting to that “Sanders/Peace” nonsense. In fact, the old mountebank’s Nay vote pre-invasion was worthless because he had already voted Yea to the AUMF in 2001, and it’s the AUMF that was the “legal” basis for committing that crime. Also, he is an unrepentant Zionist; he defended the Gaza massacres in 2014 and his only objection to the genocidal occupation by the Zionist entity is that Republicans/Likud are in power, instead of his own brand. • Agree: Iris Hapalong Cassidy says: I seriously doubt Hillary Clinton would have been able to pull off a war with Iran, let alone Russia. The miscalculation that the War Party keeps making is that in order to pull off a war, you are going to need the support of the Scots-Irish warrior class. A group that loathes Hillary and the left seems hell bent on alienating. The war in Iraq was sort of a perfect storm. You had the fact that we had just been attacked, plus we had a president that the warrior class viewed as “one of them” (even if he really wasn’t). In that kind of environment it was easy to play loose with the facts and whip up war fever. In our current environment you have a left-media-neocon alliance that cozies up to Muslims and tells the White working class that they are evil. Just who do they think they will get to fight the next war? The coalition of the fringes? The snowflake Millenials? Don’t make me laugh. Of course, they could always reinstitute the draft. . . @Philip Giraldi LOL. Apologies, Phil. I guess I’m a greedy man. Don’t get me wrong. After reading your excellent, hard hitting articles week after week, it’s tough reading one from you that could’ve been written by most others. Keep at it, Phil. • Replies: @ChuckOrloski follyofwar says: @Ghali As Giraldi wrote, there is no such thing as a perfect candidate. But who can compare with her in this moribund democrat field? Politics is the art of the possible. When Trump first announced in 2015, no pundit outside of Ann Coulter said he had a chance. And look how he demolished that republican field consisting of 16 brain dead neocons. If given half a chance, Tulsi could do the same. And the fact that she is a veteran works in her favor. Just because she was in Iraq, does not mean that she supported the US aggression. Like thousands of other vets, she obviously did not. macilrae says: Objectively you’re right but consider the obstacles she has to overcome – her desperate need to bypass the hostile media in order to make her point to the American masses who will care little or nothing about a few hundreds of thousands of dead foreigners but, when it comes to American dead, they are rather more receptive. Same thing is true on Israel – if she is to have any chance she has to grit her teeth and stay pretty mum on that topic. They already know where she stands after her remarks about Netanyahu; her meeting with Assad and her wish for better relations with Russia – they will do everything in their power to destroy her. ChuckOrloski says: To geo, Phil Giraldi said: “Hell Geo, you know damn well as a long time supporter that I discuss Jewish power every week!” Good morning, Phil. “Hell,” as you know, geo needs no reminder on your consistent exposure of Jewish power. For Heaven sake, he is an intelligent & precious ally who has the balls to constructively tell a prominent friend (& ally) what is on his mind. geo is not inclined to dole out undeserved “donkey nods” to anyone assembled @ U.R. comment department! I would be grateful for a friend like that. So, & not surprising to anyone assembled here, I too was in awe & disappointed when you asked, “Who won the debate?” The moderator-filtered Democrat “debate” showed viewers immediate signs of selective-issue political control, and thus went the Zionist Corporate Media’s stilted & deliberate declaration of the “winner.” For examples, Matt Drudge Report poll, Gabbard won! No, no, Elizabeth Warren really won! Haha. Yo dumb goyim, you lose! geokat is a consistent & important asset to your weekly U.R. offerings, especially when today, he asked, “Does it really matter who won the debate?” No doubt, he was spot-on by emphasizing that there are “more important things to discuss than bread & circus distractions.” Admit you did your best to invigorate American voter hope in election 2020, nonetheless, geokat’s photo of happy Tulsi, Miriam, and America’s Rabbi😟 would have bestowed the grace of objectivity upon this week’s article, “Who won the debate.” Thanks for listening, Phil, and my respect. @Hapalong Cassidy Bah. If you’re talking about enlisted cannon fodder, that’s not a “warrior class” but rag-proles. And Salvadorans hoping to get citizenship. Agent76 says: The two private club parties will Never allow our freedom from the plantation. Jul 28, 2016 How Did The U.S. End Up With A Two-Party System? Democrats and Republicans dominate the American political system, leaving third parties behind. So why is there a two party system? Jun 6, 2013 How Ron Paul Was Cheated Out Of Presidency A compilation of footage that shows how the establishment used illegal tactics to get Ron Paul out of the presidential running. TKK says: @Fool's Paradise Never had a female boss that consistently exhibited stable moods. Never had a female boss that didn’t let her personal affairs affect the job in some way- always negatively. Never had a female boss that could moderate between being a bitch or a push over. Same with female judges. Females do not have the correct temperament nor emotional detachment to act as the President. Sentimental vague “feelings” become a substitute for hard decisions in a cruel world with limited resources where some policies may not be popular. Look at what Merkel has done to Germany. Can you imagine Putin endorsing a woman for any serious leadership role? • Replies: @Fool's Paradise JackOH says: My Congressman, Tim Ryan, was up there. He’s a likeable guy, and he plays ball, probably because he has to after succeeding Jim Traficant, who was expelled from Congress. He’s criticized locally for not bringing back more pork, and his local cliche-ridden talks sound as though they were scripted by the Democrat Central Committee. I’ll give him credit for avoiding misconduct that could lead to indictment, no small achievement in this preternaturally corrupt area. I think he’s reasonably honest, but just not a firebrand. There’s unsubstantiated speculation here he’s been positioning himself for hire as a lobbyist. geo said: “LOL. Apologies, Phil. I guess I am a greedy man.” Hey geo! Above, I trust your words, including “LOL” and the apology were actually offered to Phil tongue-in-cheek? Fyi, in cowboy flicks, the single-minded & justice pursuing macho-man, John Wayne, would advise his trusted allies, “Never apologize.” 🤔 I know my deceived “Homeland” has a truthful friend in you. So keep it up, geo! Presidential elections are a joke. It’s best to vote for 3rd candidate to express your opposition to the Status quo: I won’t be voting Trump again and fall for that sting. Will vote Tulsi whether she’s on ballot or not. She will never make it as she is too honest about foreign policy and the USA lies. Johnny Walker Read says: We are told we must “settle for” in America. Well I for one am sick of settling. Besides, every one of these clowns(including Tulsi)are nothing more than habitual liars. I’m done believing in Santa Clause, the Easter Bunny, and a single word that comes out of a politicians mouth. The rest of you “believers” keep on believin’, as the hope and changer is just around the corner. God bless “Murika”. RobinG says: If she does gain a large following, as Bernie Sanders did, and is cheated out of the nomination, as Bernie was, I hope she has the guts, as Bernie didn’t, to form a third, Peace Party, and run on it. Yes. My question, when to start preparing for an outside run? If she’s making steady progress, she won’t move until after the convention. Would threatening an independent run help or hurt her before then? What a pathetic array of degenerates being fielded against that pussy-grabbing Orange-utan pompous wimp. Every scum in this field is compromised, who will first prostrate before the Joo and express complete fealty to Israhell. “No greater ass-kisser than I…,” these traitors will slobber… Someone above posted a happy image of this over ambitious hindoo cultist with two of the scummiest of Joo lowlifes. What does that tell you? Does anybody think, including the oh-so-patriotic Giraldi here, that she will not be the most willing ho for Israhell? In fact, with her, Americans will have to additionally contend with a (vice-)president who is a, you know, for another conniving pagan cesspool… Hindoostan. Seriously, what a nauseating spectacle, in the so-called “greatest democracy,” but more like the evilest of tyrannies, on Earth. With that in mind… Orange-utan for President 2020!! … Just so the clown show continues unabated. 😀 They don’t even care about their own soldiers once they’re of no use to them any more, if you consider the rate of alcoholism, drug addiction, unemployment, homelessness, mental health issues, and suicide among the veterans. They got what they most deserved… “Splash! Good Kill!” A pox on them all, and the evil godless civilisation they fight unjust wars for. Do they even question their wars, or their immigration policy, or Islamic culture of intolerance, or anything at all? You were going on well enough, and then you had to ruin it by inserting this hypocritical bogey of “Islamic culture of intolerance.” See, I am not going to argue about Islamic culture being tolerant or not. I can certainly witness Islamic nations of the present times which are indeed intolerant. Heck, I am even tired of virtue signalling how incorrect that is. It is what it is, so whatever. The question is, are other cultures more tolerant? Are the lynchings, pogroms and oppression of minorities (mostly muslims) in India & Kashmir, signs of tolerance? The buddhists (burma, srilanka) treatment of the Muslims, Tamils? Muslims in China? … lastly and most egregiously, blood-soaked “humanitarian tolerance” of “coloureds” within and without by whitevil, which even you alluded to a few sentences above? All signs of great tolerance? Your thoughts stink of plain old hypocrisy… by some random spiritual loser. @TKK to TKK: I’ve never had a female boss so I can’t comment on your question. No, Tulsi can’t win the Presidency, it’d be a miracle if she did, but I’m saying that if she does get a huge following, gets cheated out of the nomination, and has the guts to form a Third Party, she’d shake up the rotten rigged system and give us some hope. Your connection is not secure says: Tulsi joined the military to serve under the mass murdering Bush administration who were determined to kill enough people to bring peace to Iraq. Tulsi received health care, jobs, education and the experience of war first hand so she could be against war later. Wake up people. The military works for the evil masters. They don’t really want war of course, they want peace – particularly between your ears. • Replies: @onebornfree For Democrats, murdering children and/or their families in the Middle East and North Africa is not a problem as long as you don’t detain them at the border with Mexico. Tulsi is a rose among the thorns. But I would not vote for her. She is a Democrat and I am a white man. MikeatMikedotMike says: Her immigration stance immediately disqualifies her from serious consideration and her cumulative domestic policies are anti-white. The fact that she has no children is more relevant than is her military service. She’s also a member of the CFR. But as we see, throw a soft 7 up on stage and otherwise reasonable men start thinking with their dicks. , @Kartoffelstampfer , @Sean But Raimondo never said he wished he had voted for Hillary. Trump over Hillary any day. Perhaps! Women who have children are more vulnerable to threats of harm. ( If they are good mothers) I sometimes believe that when elected leaders do want to shake things up, they are threatened by various shadow organizations, when bribes don’t work. I detest George Clooney and his tranny wife, but the movie Michael Clayton lays it out well. @MikeatMikedotMike MikeatMikedotMike says: “But as we see, throw a soft 7 up on stage and otherwise reasonable men start thinking with their dicks.” Hence the term “dickhead”, methinks. 🙂 @Your connection is not secure Your connection is not secure says: “Wake up people. The military works for the evil masters. They don’t really want war of course, they want peace – particularly between your ears.” It’s all about welfare- welfare specifically for the military industrial complex , that is. The armed forces are just a bunch of heavily entrenched welfare recipients who get uniforms, guns, bombs etc. , and are always angling for more money so that they to get more uniforms, guns, bombs etc., to be happily provided by the “private” inc. sycophants, otherwise collectively known as “weapons manufacturers”. Welfare/warfare, don’t you just love it? They say a picture speaks a thousand words. I say that one says it all. Kartoffelstampfer says: This is a critical point. Childless, barren women do not honest leaders make. Just look at Merkel or May. And just like the zio-puppets Merkel and May, Gabbard is full on globo-homo and Hindi to boot. She is THE tutti-frutti poster boy, and I wouldn’t want her near my child. Like Obama, she is also an ultra-cool pseudo-Hawaiian of color who always panders to the camera. Google or duck-fruck her and all you will see are “babe” shots. Obama was the magic democrat negro, Gabbard would be the magic hindi vagina warrior. Who would be able to stand up to her if she decided the US “must” “protect” some “innocent victims”. I can hear the Democrat controlled media now: “How dare you question the wartime judgement of our heroic vagina veteran”. But worst of all she is a Democrat, the party of the FED, IRS, slavery, secession, KKK, segregation, empire, Israel, Two world wars and now the never ending war on terror. What does this party even stand for at this point, and what good have they ever done since their founding anyway. I could never belong to either party, but the Democrat party is really the party of the “Most Useful Idiots”. • Agree: Ilyana_Rozumova Pancho Perico says: Council on Foreign Relations Tulsi Gabbard U.S. President? You have to be very gullible, to say the least, to believe that she is going to end America’s endless wars. I vote for rotting from within. Not as dramatic as force, but more effective and long lasting. I’ll enjoy the show when they start, Cronus-like, knocking one another off though. Nah, even tRump has better taste than that, and besides, you think she wouldn’t kill to be on top? 😉 Incorrect, or at least incomplete. In mid-2015, he was very skeptical about Mr. Trump, whom Mr. Raimondo posited might be a Clinton-lobbed stink bomb to foul up the GOP. (Recall that the NYT ran an article about Mr. Clinton calling Mr. Trump to encourage his candidacy. Wikileaks later published Clinton campaign emails that had Mr. Trump, Mr. Carson, and a third person on a short list of ideal foes.) I quoted and posted what Mr. Raimondo had said at antiwar.com here at Unz, urged people not to vote (especially RedBlue), and was attacked as a “shill for Jeb,” etc. I was later surprised and disappointed to see Mr. Raimondo fall for Mr. Trump’s lies. An early instance of the “at least he’s not Hillary” disease that helps keep the puppet show running smoothly along…. • Agree: Moi, Jacques Sheete I heard this on the Anti-Zionist Christian station TruNews, which may not be the most reliable source. But their correspondent, who just returned from the G-20, is reporting that there is some scuttlebutt afoot that Tucker Carlson may replace John Bolton as Trump’s NSA. This may have arisen as Bolton was dispatched to Mongolia while Trump was meeting Kim Jong-un at the DPRK border, with Tucker on hand to view it all up close. Then Tucker had a cordial interview with Trump which is appearing in installments on his show. It’s no secret that Trump has about had it with Bolton’s constant war mongering. It was further reported that Carlson has ambitions to run for the presidency in 2024. Tucker knows that he is on a short leash at Fox, and must pull his punches somewhat if he wants to keep his job. Only his high ratings may be saving him. I would not rule out that he may be looking for new worlds to conquer. It’s nice to see Mr. Trump apparently throwing war hawk Hannity under the bus in favor of Tucker. If nothing else, Trump is a master at keeping everyone guessing. Haha. To Moi, Wally gushed into empty sky, said: “Trump over Hillary any day.” (Zigh) Citizen Trump enjoyed business relationship with the Delaware-based Biden family and the crooked Clinton’s. Especially endeared to his real estate heart was multi-millionaire James Biden who’s company in 2012 magically got a contract to build 100,000 homes in (💤igh) liberated Iraq. RIP and Eternal Memory to Justin Raimondo, but the shadey legacy of Hillary is alive in (Z)enator Joe Biden, and in general, t-Rump’s allegiance to Adelson/Haim Saban-AIPAC,😈& ZUS goal to establish Israeli hegemony in the Middle East. Refer below, Wall, be careful, & please don’t let a Shabbos Goy Apprentice knock you off-the-wall anymore. http://www.iraq-businessnews.com/2012/10/25/bidens-brother-to-bag-lucrative-iraq-deal/ Along with Ted Kennedy, McCarthy was one of the original co-sponsors of the Immigration Act of 1965. McCarthy made two ill-considered statements: That he would accept a coalition government including Communists in Saigon, and that only the relocation of inner-city blacks … diagnosis as a scheme to bus tens of thousands of ghetto residents into … Orange County Any anti war candidate is going to be pro immigration, the Bush brothers were both pro immigration and pro war. An antiwar candidate is a candidate that is disqualified, because armed forces are there to fight foreign wars. He gave on war but so what that people who elected him did so on immigration Trump while candidate was the best on immigration and war that could ever be elected. No war is a recipe for an immigration tsunami. @Kartoffelstampfer I totally agree with your point about Tulsi’s childlessness hurting her. Politicians without children have no personal stake in the future. Given her under-40 age, it may not be too late. If she were to get pregnant during the campaign, there may be no stopping her. So, get busy, Tulsi (lol)! OTOH, pregnancy has left the station for 50-something childless Anchor Baby Kamala. With a rich Jewish husband to boot, blacks who pay attention to her antics may think twice before automatically pressing the democrat lever. Man, is that insufferable woman annoying. She’s Hillary with a slightly darker hue. • Replies: @Kartoffelstampfer There’s no need to imagine. Valentina Matviyenko, speaker of the Federation Council (upper house of Russian parliament), one of Putin’s most reliable allies. • Replies: @jrkrideau Meimou says: Go away troll, you are not even trying to sound like a real wn anymore. Tulips says: I am a registered Green Party voter in my NY State distruct. But I am supporting Gabbard. I donate to her campaign. I will probably write her name in if she does not get the nomination. Hasbara campaign or not she’s anti gun. Do you find it odd that this 2 million …. The grants will be available to both nonprofit organizations and for-profit, commercial businesses. Organizations winning the grants may be allowed to keep aspects of their identity secret.……..can keep secret who it goes to? Guarantee you this is just another way to shuffle our money to some Jew and his ‘for profit’ anti-Semitism fighting business. State Department to spend $2 million against “anti-Semitism” abroad  By Alison Weir The U.S. State Department is offering to pay up to a million dollars each for two projects “that counter the rise of anti-Semitism” in Europe and Central Asia. The State Department uses a new definition of anti-Semitism that includes criticisms of Israel. The projects will be funded through two State Department offices: the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor and the Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism. The anti-Semitism envoy position was created through 2004 legislation over the objection of the State Department. All four such envoys have been Israel partisans. The objective of the new projects, according to the announcement of the program, is to address anti-Semitism abroad that is manifested in several ways, including “the use of hateful or inflammatory speech in public discourse, traditional media and online.” The announcement does not specify what language will be considered “hateful or inflammatory speech.” (In the U.S., the First Amendment prohibits the censorship of free speech.) Special Anti-Semitism Envoy Hannah Rosenthal adopted the new Israel-centric definition of anti-Semitism in 2009. The formulation had been created by Israeli minister Natan Sharansky. The new projects will “include training law enforcement to adequately and holistically respond to hate crimes from a legal, social, and community perspective; and to better equip police and prosecutors to engage effectively with local Jewish populations.” The grants will be available to both nonprofit organizations and for-profit, commercial businesses. Organizations winning the grants may be allowed to keep aspects of their identity secret. The current Anti-Semitism Envoy is Elan Carr, who ran for Congress in 2014 with the promise that he would be “a reliable vote for Israel.” Carr, who was backed by billionaire casino magnate Sheldon Adelson, said he visits Israel every year Rev. Spooner says: You nailed it! Unless she nails the zionists openly, she’s a nothing burger. • Replies: @macilrae OEMIKITLOB says: Ha! I find the book he’s plugging in the image more interesting. @Clyde Damn, Clyde, let’s have these Virgin Beauty Queens for POTUS and you can vote for the one which works for you and whatever you do in the basement. Entertainingly well said. Woodrow Wilson — 3 daughters Warren G Harding – 1 daughter Calvin Coolidge — 2 sons Herbert Hoover – 2 sons Franklin Roosevelt – 1 daughter, 5 sons Harry Truman – 1 daughter Dwight Eisenhower – 2 sons John F Kennedy – 1 daughter, 1 son (who survived to adulthood) Lyndon B Johnson. – 2 daughters Richard Nixon – 2 daughters Gerald Ford – 1 daughter, 3 sons Jimmy Carter – 1 daughter, 3 sons Ronald Reagan – 2 daughters, 2 sons (a 3rd daughter died 1 day after birth) George H W Bush – 2 daughters, 4 sons Bill Clinton – 1 daughter George W Bush – 2 daughters Barack Obama – 2 daughters Donald Trump – 2 daughters, 3 sons , @TKK schrub says: Just when you thought you knew about most of Israel’s myriad activities, this appeared in a comment section at Andrew Anglin’s website which is often full of invaluable info seen no where else. “It wasn’t even really clear why Israel cares this much about Venezuela, other than that it is an ally of Russia Believe it or not, jews want to create a new jewish state in Patagonia. So the latino extention of the israeli Mossad is planning to eliminate each Latino-American leader. Russia is there to stop Evil’s progression. The project is called ” Andinia Project ” or sometimes ” Patagonia Project” , and it has been in progression during these 50 years. British billionaire Joe Lewis has acquired immense territories in the South of Argentina and even neighboring Chile. His properties cover areas several times larger than the State of Israël. They are situated in Tierra del Fuego, at the extreme Southern point of the continent. In particular, they surround the Lago Escondido, which effectively denies access to the entire region, despite a legal injunction. The billionaire has built a private airport with a two kilometer landing strip, in order to be able to receive civil and military aircraft. Since the Falklands War, the Israëli army has been organising « holiday camps » in Patagonia for its soldiers. Between 8,000 and 100,000 of them now come every year to spend two weeks on Joe Lewis’ land. While in the 1970’s, the Argentinian army noted the construction of 25,000 empty houses, which gave rise to the reality of the Andinia Plan, hundreds of thousands have been built today. It is impossible to verify the state of the construction work, since these are private lands, and Google Earth has neutralized the satellite photographs of the area, just as it does with NATO’s military installations. It is impossible for the moment to determine if Israel is engaged in a programme for the exploitation of Antarctica, or if it is building a rear base in case of defeat in Palestine. Well, all that’s certainly possible, of course. But as one might imagine, I cannot help but see a much wider context of “dots,” which may or may not connect to each other, but since this is the high octane speculation portion of today’s events let’s mention a few of them, and assume they’re connected just for kicks: The assasination of Hugo Chavez / artificially provoked cancer . (by Mossad) The assasination of the Argentinian president Nestor Kirchner by the Argentinian jews. The gift by Angela Merkel to the jews: a german-made submarines given for free and paid by the german tax-payers. This submarine was used to transport the uranium mass from israel to Patagonia. 3… The latest Maduro Assasination Attempt. The flood of migrants to the USA , in attempt “to empty ” the Latino Countries. ( the honduran caravan being helped by the jews /// a star of David truck One of the Caravan Trucks transporting migrants In Guatemala seems to bear an Israeli flag. from conspiracy The jews are trying to divide the populations in Patagonia and thus create conditions for future deadly wars between these populations, (a case with the Mapuche Indians) The Mapuche Indians who inhabit both Argentinian and Chilean Patagonia were surprised to learn that the Resistencia Ancestral Mapuche (RAM) had been reactivated in London. This is a mysterious organisation which fights for independence. First accused of being an old association recuperated by the Argentinian secret services, the RAM is today considered by the left as a legitimate secessionist movement, but by the Mapuche leaders as an initiative financed by George Soros”. Does Israel Have “A Patagonia Project” in Argentina? – Global Research https://www.globalresearch.ca/does-israel-have-a-patagonia-project-in-argentina/5624434 I thought this article was far fetched until I read about Joe Lewis, the projects main sponsor He does in fact own massive and unexplained amounts of land in the Argentina region. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Lewis_(British_businessman) I wonder if all this is somehow tied into the Bush family’s prescient purchases of huge amounts of land in nearby Paraguay. Both Paraguay and Tierra Del Fuego have one thing in common: both areas have massive supplies of fresh water. the Bush family’s land is located on top of one of the world’s largest fresh water aquifers. • Replies: @Robjil Yeah, I don’t care about the intolerance, or whatever, of Islam in their own countries. I couldn’t care less even about what kind of Islam Saudi Arabia practices, it’s up to their people if they want it so or not. I wouldn’t want to spread Christianity in their countries and would expect them to resist it if anybody tried to. But neither do I want them spreading Islam in Christian countries and would prefer if the locals were to resist that too. If that’s hypocrisy so be it. @follyofwar Kamala Harris is certainly another worthy gyno-superwoman. I keep hoping that Susan Rice and Samantha Powers are going to be keelhauled for their thousands of illegal FISA requests. Another phony zio-war monger would be Nikki Haley, who now has a juicy slot on troubled Boeings board: Boeing taps ex-Trump aide Nikki Haley for board seat worth $315,000 a year And now we have Mommy Gabbard. Throw in AoC, and that lying incestuous Omar too. Add in a little Pelsoi and Feinstein and voila! A veritable vagina vortex all centered in the Democrat party. Useful Idiots doesn’t even start to do it justice. Users on the notoriously racist and sexist message boards 8chan and 4chan, which both serve as internet hubs for far-right trolls, voiced their support for Gabbard on debate night. In 8chan’s overall discussion thread for the event, Gabbard was mentioned far more than any other candidate. Users on 4chan also made several discussion threads dedicated to Gabbard’s night at the debate, affectionately referring to her as “mommy.” Actually I brought up the point about her childlessness, for the obvious reasons you state. But at the same time, I am glad that she has no children, because what would those children turn out to be? 1 or 2 or 3 or more anti-white, heritage US hating, POC identifying bug people. To your point about Komodo Harris, Gabbard is fundamentally just a more affable version of the former. J. Gutierrez says: There is an article on here by Michael Hudson, an economist who wrote about U.S. control of the World Bank and IMF since 1948. He claims that the U.S. wages war because it gets other countries to unwittingly finance them and the trade deficit. After WWII the U.S. forced European countries to pay their war debt, by selling corporate assets, reducing barriers and reduce their social programs. They had 3/4 of the world gold reserves because of those loans during the war. Korea and Vietnam reduced their gold reserves to 10 billion by the late 60’s and were forced to get out off the Gold Standard. The French Banks that had a big presense in Indochina sending their dollars to the French Central Bank and they were trading dollars for gold. Nixon stopped it. The dollar gave U.S. the means to have other countries finance their trade deficit, all their wars and the military buildup. By ending the Gold backed dollar they forced the countries that had U.S. debt dollars to purchase U.S. Treasury Bonds. As the U.S. debt grew so did the dollars being held by those countries and the purchase of Treasury Bonds. The U.S. does not allow countries holding those dollars to buy US property or buy Corporations and risk being acused of commiting an act of war. So they are forced to buy U.S. debt while the US uses its dollars to buy other countries resources with those worthless dollars. The U.S. forces countries that default on their loans to pay penalties and huge interest payments while the U.S. debt goes un checked and growing without the threat of being in default. The people in the U.S. claim immigrants are parasites, thieves and killers, when it is them that are the world’s oppressor. The US uses those immigrants to grow cash crops for them at the expense of feeding themselves. Pinapples, bananas, mangos, etc, are sold in Europe for huge profits, while 100% subsidized US produce and meat are sold to those counytries that grow the cash crops. Most don’t make enough money to buy the food they import being paid 5 to 1o dollars a day while 1 pinaple sell for 8 dollars in Europe. China really scares me and most people in Latin America because we have seen them copy products sold here and export their cheaper version to compete with native products. Choosing the better of 2 evils is a chance we have to take when put between a rock (US) and a hard place (China). Americans live LARGE by exploiting other people…and I don’t give a fuck what the white cock suckers here think about my comment the Proof is in the Pudding! Take care my brother Mike! Put some dollars in Gold and Silver because this “Shit” can’t continue to destroy indigenous American lives. They were here and migrated north and south as the seasons changed when there was no Mexico/US border. The Aztecs migrated south from Utah.. Think about imigrating Mike while you still have a chance. Youre a good guy and will get along in any place you choose…unlike some of the other people here. And you guys know who you are because I do! At least David Duke believes in what he is doing without preaching hate, and I agree 100% his views about keeping the white race pure. The dummies here just hate,,,no agenda…and do nothing! • Replies: @Nancy Pelosi's Latina Maid , @Commentator Mike @Vojkan You said it brother!!! These people don’t realize the danger they are in by continuing the left/right strategy that is being used against them. They claim to be the people with the Highest IQ in the world and yet their Low IQ neighbors in Mexico showed their intelligence to realize it 12 years ago when their candidate was robbed twice. They started a new party (MORENA) and won by the highest margin of any election in history last year. Big changes have been implemented and politicians that were corrupt are fleeing to the US, England, Canada, etc. It’s funny where they decide to go! Look at the PEMEX scandal that is taking place right now. People you are the only ones that can effect change in the US. Haha. Didactically, Sean said: “An antiwar candidate is a candidate that is disqualified, because armed forces are there to fight foreign wars.” Above…, 🙄. Thanks, Sean for the downward-trajectory heads up! Since you purport that Iraq War vet, Tulsi, is (disqualifyingly) advertised as an anti-war 2020 presidential candidate, & given Israel obligates ZUS to fight “her” foreign wars, the only war my immigration-inundated “Homeland” cannot fight is a revolutionary one that would get ‘Merikans out of the Jewish state’s dominion. 🤔 (Zigh) Am looking to Pete Buttigieg’s campaign & his butt-fucked values to pull me through this Izzie “tsunami” quandary. Haha. Go, Pete, go! Go down on Israel P.M. candidate, the Labor Party challenger to Netanyahu, Ehud Barak. @Zumbuddi The fun starts at 25:10. @ChuckOrloski I would be grateful for a friend like that. Likewise, Chuck. Harold Smith says: If orange clown can pretend to be one of “us” and then immediately turn around and enthusiastically stab “us” in the back, why can’t Tulsi Gabbard pretend to be “one of them” (e.g., by taking money from Raytheon, being a member of the CFR, claiming that al-Qaeda did 9/11, etc.) but then actually oppose the self-destructive wars and risky provocations? If orange clown can be honest about his feelings of animosity toward Iran during his campaign, why can’t Tulsi Gabbard be honest about her feelings about pointless and self-destructive wars? If Ed Snowden and Chelsea Manning can betray the “deep state” why can’t Tulsi Gabbard? The cynicism I see in some of the comments here disparaging Gabbard is “over the top” IMO; somebody is going to be president anyway, whether we like it or not, and the wars – especially the looming WW3 – is the biggest threat. So why not support someone who appears to be genuinely opposed to the wars? You guys don’t need a peace candidate you need a War Consigliere like the Godfather had! You people are being attacked from all angles and you are evaluating which Dem or Rep is going to fix the problems you face. Remember Bush Senior, (Iraq, Granada, Panama and CIA drug trafficking), Clinton, (Oklahoma City, Waco, Yugoslavia, Mena, AR Drug Money Laundering), Bush Junior, (9-11, Iraq, Afghanistan), Obama (Syria, Libya and Fast & Furious), Trump (Yet to be seen). What does that tell you people? They are all the same! You will have to used all those guns they allowed you to buy and prove them wrong! They let you buy them, so you don’t have an excuse when they are killing you and your kids. They tell you what they are going to do, (conspiracy theories, movies and fake news). They bet on you do nothing and dependent on the fake elections. • Replies: @Harold Smith Next you’ll try to tell us: Pierre Trudeau — 1 Son • LOL: TKK Tulsi was the only participant who said something sensible. Which means that she won’t be a presidential candidate from any of the two main parties. Deep State won’t let it happen. @J. Gutierrez People you are the only ones that can effect change in the US. Never happen here. “We’re” all lips* and no balls. Pun intended. ‘…And then there is the fact that he is Jewish.’ That’s the only reason he’s able to differ from Israel’s agenda to the modest extent that he does. If Sanders were gentile, they’d do a Jeremy Corbyn on him. He’d be ‘anti-semitic.’ @Harold Smith So why not support someone who appears to be genuinely opposed to the wars? I’m all for supporting her message, but what happens when a drop of pure, crystal clear water lands in a cistern of slop? She might be the goddess Cloacina, but the system is still a sewer. Nancy Pelosi's Latina Maid says: Americans live LARGE by exploiting other people…and I don’t give a fuck what the white cock suckers here think about my comment the Proof is in the Pudding! Hon, I think you got us confused with Breitbart. Our gig over here is to slam America every chance we get. I can’t remember the last time I read a comment or article praising America for anything. We’re a horrible people, in a horrible nation, with horrible politicians. Enjoy your swim, J, the waters are warm. • LOL: Johnny Walker Read • Replies: @Rurik “They are all the same!” Was LBJ the same as JFK? Was Nixon the same as Carter? Was Bush II the same as Reagan? Was Bush I the same as Gerald Ford? Why did Obama go through all the trouble of the JCPOA with Iran only to have orange clown trash it? Why didn’t Obama deliver Javelin anti-tank missiles to Ukraine? Why didn’t the Jerusalem Boys Choir sing praises to Obama? I’ll tell you why: Because they’re NOT all the same. And as we get closer and closer to planetary extinction, those differences become very significant. • Agree: renfro, Parisian Guy • Replies: @Johnny Walker Read Rurik says: we’ve been conquered.” Well Geo, while it’s true that this is a metaphor for America It seems to me that what Dr. Giraldi has been doing, since I’ve been reading his articles on Unz, is trying to be like Mel Gibson in the movie, and blow the whistle of truth, in order to knock the zio-helmet off the American people’s collective head, so they could wake up to the little asshole that’s been riding them around for a hundred years. And few if, if any I know of, have been more tenacious and committed to that cause, than Phil has. There seems to be a lot of nihilism these days, (and understandably so), but why pooh-pooh the one voice that has been doing all it can to awaken as many people as possible to the plight? What would you have Dr. Giraldi write in his articles? ‘We have been conquered and we’re all doomed. Resistance if futile, so you all ‘may as well lay back and enjoy it’. Look at where Russia was at in the 90s. Like a rape victim, she had been through generations of commie genocide and slavery. Only to wake up one day and find out that Russia was now a “capitalist’ nation!, and the Jewish supremacists that had been raping her for generations, were now going to take their pound of flesh in a different way. Now they would simply loot all her resources, and tell the starving Russian people that they were on their own. We’re “capitalists” now. So ‘Natasha and Ivan, you anti-Semites are on your own’. Many Russians were despondent and even suicidal, just like white American men are today, and for the same reason. (Jewed) But one man would not accept the defeat of his great nation and people. So he played the Jewish supremacists like a violin, and beat them at their own game. ‘But Vlad, why didn’t you just lay back and enjoy it as Khodorkovsky stuck it in’? • Replies: @Andrei Martyanov , @geokat62 Poor analogy, IMO. The “system” – the way it has evolved – needs a madman or madwoman in the white house; in essence a suicide bomber. The “system” needs somebody willing to stand up in front of the whole country and the world and shamelessly tell outrageous lies, and somebody willing to take personal responsibility for giving orders that may kill millions of people and destroy what’s left of America, including himself or herself. The days of easy pickins’ of low hanging fruit are over with, IMO. They can’t just put anyone in there, they don’t have that luxury. So who do you vote for then? Why not vote for the professing antiwar candidate? What’s the down side? Robjil says: @schrub Honduras is a second Israel. Our Congress and our “free” press cries crocodile tears about the immigrants fleeing. Who is making them flee and why? Who controls Honduras? Five families. Zionist to the core, who care nothing for the masses. Honduras is the second poorest country in the Americas. https://dagobertobellucci.wordpress.com/2011/11/17/the-jewish-families-that-run-honduras/ Even if everybody calls them ‘Turks’ they are actually families of Jewish origin coming from Arab countries in the 40s and 50s, away from the desert and the wars. They are the Rosenthals, the Facussé, the Larachs, the Nassers, the Kafies and the Goldsteins. Five surnames controlling the manufacturing industries, energy utilities, telecommunications, tourism, banks, finance, concrete makers and commerce, airports or the congress. Practically everything. They are the kernel of that 3% of Hondurans controlling 40% of the GNP. They are the aristocrats in a country where 70% of the population are poor. Notice nobody is “supposed” to know about what Israel is doing in Honduras or anywhere in Latin America. So our “free” press says it is “anti-S” to talk about this reality. A coup in 2009 made sure that the Zionist control of Honduras continues. https://www.opdeepstate.com/2018/10/21/honduras-and-the-israeli-coup-a-new-special-relationship-immigration/ “Just as it serviced murderous regimes in Central America in the 1980s, Israel will now be exporting forms of repression to Honduras’ abusive government. In the aftermath of the 2009 coup in Honduras, I had the opportunity to interview deposed President Manuel Zelaya, who, having been kindly escorted in his pajamas to Costa Rica by the Honduran military, had then resurfaced in Tegucigalpa and taken refuge in the embassy of Brazil. The interview took place via an intermediary inside the embassy, who conveyed my questions to Zelaya. One topic we touched on was a comment the left-leaning Zelaya had made concerning “Israeli mercenaries” operating in Honduras. This had unleashed a predictable hullabaloo in international media, with commentators tripping over each other to portray the besieged leader as an anti-Semite extraordinaire on some sort of permanent acid trip. In my write-up of the interview, which was published in an insignificant publication, I happened to point out that Israeli mercenaries weren’t exactly foreign to the Central American landscape. When the piece came out, the publisher of another insignificant publication—to which I had contributed some anti-coup articles—threw a fit. How dare I bring the Israelis into it; I would alienate all of Washington!” @Nancy Pelosi's Latina Maid We’re a horrible people, ehh, speak for yourself, please. there is a distinction that should be made J. Gutierrez is right about some of the “white cocksuckers” living “LARGE by exploiting other people…” and I agree wholeheartedly! but that doesn’t include the white people on Main Street. I’ve been to Flint, Michigan, (for instance). In spite of the media-created false impression that Flint is an all black city, and that the water scandal was perpetrated by rich whites against poor blacks, the truth is about 40% of the city is white, (and the main guys responsible for the water scandal were black). The white people of Flint were also forced to drink toxic sludge, just like their black neighbors. I don’t think I’d say they were living too large, and I’m sure J. Gutierrrez would agree. https://ourfuture.org/20160516/whats-killing-the-american-middle-class @Rev. Spooner And her chances of making it, even as things stand, are already negligible. Do you seriously think anybody who came roaring in “openly nailing zionists” would have the ghost of a chance of doing anything in public life? The fact alone that she is the only candidate willing to contest a perpetual war policy is a huge step. I doubt the newly announced alliance between George Soros and Charles Koch – The Quincy Institute – would embrace Tulsi; but it’s just possible. • Replies: @RobinG @Rurik she had been through generations of commie genocide and slavery. Only to wake up one day and find out that Russia was now a “capitalist’ nation!, and the Jewish supremacists There are very few statements which can compete with this one in terms of being utterly false (not to mention sappy appeal to emotions) and wrong in giving interpretations of Russia’s history. Tulsi received a F- from the NRA, a 0% rating from the Hawaiian Rifle Association, supports Medicaid for illegal aliens and is a radical environmentalist who supports higher taxes to pay for “global warming ” schemes. Also, as a Democrat she is from the party that wants to impose a “reparations ” tax on us. Definitely not for me. Stop voting. Or at least stop voting RedBlue. Why? Because the Establishment thrives as dissent is channeled, delayed, and harmlessly blown off in an endless cycle of hope/vote/wait/be disappointed So let’s starve it. What’s the down side? Mr. Grey says: She’s not an ethnic muslim, but a hippie muslim (her white mom converted). Hopefully she retains a big mistrust of Islam. OK, JG, I’ll look at Michael Hudson’s articles sometime. I’ve lived in First, Second, and Third worlds and it’s just getting worse everywhere, but still I can get by trying to have as few points of contact with the globalist system. I’ve experience how difficult it is for farmers in the Third World to make a living and how they’re all driven to move to cities and further on to the West whoever can make it. The system is such that the odds are stacked against them. Also I’ve seen the Chinese influence on some of those economies, especially where the Chinese have set themselves up as the middle man buying up the agricultural produce while supplying seeds, fertiliser, pesticides, etc. and setting the prices to favour only themselves and not the producer, and sometimes it’s harder to tell if they or the US make better, or is it worse, bosses. I only rant against Americans here because that is the issue we’re dealing with and since they are the major power in the world, but to tell the truth I think any others would be the same, and some maybe even worse, if they were in the same position. It’s the system that’s at fault and until that changes things won’t improve much whoever runs it, Americans or someone else. It’d be nice to see people being able to run things for themselves in their own interest in their communities but for now that looks like a pipe dream. – And you believe Communist Michael Hudson? “The US uses those immigrants to grow cash crops for them at the expense of feeding themselves. Pinapples, bananas, mangos, etc, are sold in Europe for huge profits, while 100% subsidized US produce and meat are sold to those countries that grow the cash crops. Most don’t make enough money to buy the food they import being paid 5 to 1o dollars a day while 1 pinaple sell for 8 dollars in Europe. ” – Yep, that’s why those “immigrants” keep leaving their countries to get into ours. – And why would anyone work at a job just so they could starve themselves? – Of course you don’t mention the massive taxes that the European all controlling Big Governments place on your pineapples, mangos, bananas, etc. – Why would “those countries” buy US meat if it was too expensive? They all produce vast amounts themselves, think Argentina & Mexico. – You’re making no sense, but hey, for you Stalin, Fidel & Che were the good guys. said: “The U.S. does not allow countries holding those dollars to buy US property or buy Corporations and risk being acused of commiting an act of war” – Is that why so many Chinese own massive amounts of property in the US? – What pudding is that? If your alleged “proof” is anything like what you just posted, you’ll just continue to make a fool of yourself. said: “The Aztecs migrated south from Utah.” – No they didn’t, that’s just more neo-Marxist propganda. Next you’ll be claiming the Aztecs were Mormons. – However ‘Indians” did migrate to the Americas from Asia after the Europeans came. Stone-age Europeans were the first to set foot on North America, beating American Indians by some 10,000 years, new archaeological evidence : http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/9110838/Stone-age-Europeans-were-the-first-to-set-foot-on-North-America.html Ancient Egyptians were European: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/archaeology/ancient-egyptians-europeans-related-claims-a7763866.html There are multiple Lago Escondido (en:’hidden lake’) in Argentina, perhaps early settlers weren’t famous for their imagination. Meyssan confuses Lago Escondido in Tierra del Fuego with Lago Escondido in Rio Negro province, some 1500 km to the north. No wonder he didn’t find anything in Google Earth. The climate of Tierra del Fuego is not that attractive, by the way. @Mr. Grey You really take the prize for dumbest comment. (My apology if you have some sort of memory disorder.) Tulsi is Hindu – accused by some of Islamophobia – and I’m actually glad she’s a hippie Hindu with a shade of separation from Modi. Mrs. Lester Johnson of Bumble Bee, AZ, who shows up at her local polling station, gets to decide the fate of our nation. We’re down to 20% participating electorate now in some elections, yet candidates still miraculously assume office. Unless you can personally guarantee 100% compliance with your electoral boycott, all you’re doing is making it easier for a dozen guys in the back room to massage the numbers and pick our leaders. Oh yawn Trump did business with Biden? So what? So did countless others. People do business in this country, catch up. As if companies don’t get contracts from the military. Yep, Trump kisses Jew ass, as if Hillary and all the others didn’t and don’t. Like I said, Trump over War With Russia Hillary … any day. Trump tax cuts: 90% Of Workers Likely To See More Money In Paycheck Next Month http://boston.cbslocal.com/2018/01/12/paycheck-changes-new-tax-law-more-money/ Love Him or Loathe Him, Trump is Liberating us All From The Empire’s Lies https://www.sott.net/article/373688-Love-Him-or-Loathe-Him-Trump-is-Liberating-us-All-From-The-Empires-Lies# And what working class victories or change did they affect??? Corporate fellatio experts. Electing Tulsi Gabbard as our next Commander in Chief will not solve our biggest problems alone. Her candidacy, I believe , must be augmented by two new laws which should be demanded by the taxpayer and enforced by her administration on “day one”. The first is “The War Fraud Accountability Act of 2020″…Retroactive to 2002, it states that any and all individuals who conspired to defraud the United States into illegal war of aggression should be held accountable to the fullest extent of the law. Moreover, any and all assets owned by these individuals shall be made forfeit…. to pay down the cost of the wars they lied us into. If they lied us into war….they pay for it…NOT the US taxpayer. The second is ” The Terror Fraud Accountability Act of 2020″ also retroactive to 2001, it states that any and all individuals found to have engaged in plotting, planning, or staging “false terror events” will be held accountable to the fullest extent of the law. Moreover, any and all of the assets owned by these individuals shall be made forfeit to pay down the cost of our War on Terror. Americans should not have to sacrifice one cent of their tax dollars to pay for their own defrauding by “staged” or “phony” terror events. I believe that were Tulsi to be elected, she should set up two new task forces designed especially for these reasons, …Try to think of them as the ” Office of Special Plans”…IN REVERSO.!. Moreover she should hold weekly press briefings to notify the taxpayer of her progress, and also how much of our 23 trillion in losses , FROM THEIR LIES, she has been able to recoup. Getting these two initiatives up and running is the most potent force the taxpayers have in cleaning out the fraud and larceny in DC,….ending our illegal wars overseas….. and (finally)holding our “establishment elite ” accountable for “LYING US INTO THEM” It is way overdue for the American Taxpayer to take back control of our government from those who ALMOST BANKRUPTED OUR ENTIRE NATION BY LYING US INTO ILLEGAL WARS. It is not enough any more just to complain or “kvetch” about our problems….put on your thinking caps….and start coming up with solutions and initiatives….start fighting for your freedom, your finances and your future. Elect the leaders YOU WANT…and tell them exactly what you want them to do! Tulsi has promised us all “SERVICE OVER SELF” There you go ! I say that means not only ENDING our ILLEGAL, CRIMINAL WARS….but GETTING AS MUCH OF OUR MONEY BACK from those who lied us into them ! ACCOUNTABILITY FOR WAR FRAUD…it is $23,000,000,000,000.00. in “heinous debt”….overdue! OORAH ! • Replies: @Sane Left Libertarian Joey Jameson says: Agreed — Tulsi is for real when it comes to her anti-war stance. Unfortunately she’s a lefty on practically everything else. As a half-Samoan Hindu, the odds of her even being nominated for Prez are very long. Poor analogy, IMO Damn, I thought it was pretty good! I guess I’ll not get your vote then! 😉 PS: I quit voting after I held my nose and pulled the lever for The Shrub, (I couldn’t stand the thought of 8 more years of Al Gore), and I learned that the local politicians are as bad as the big boys, and now I wouldn’t vote for myself if I were stupid enough to swim in the cesspool. But knock yourself out and I truly hope it works out well for ya since you seem like a rather fine feller! @Robjil Oh Robjil, cut it out. Wally sez they’re all poor because they’re lazy. Wally’s an “anti-Commie” (but apparently loves the Wall Street Reds variety), so who’m I s’possed ta believe? 😉 • Agree: Robjil, ChuckOrloski Macnucc11 says: RE the Democratic party, well hey at least secession right? What about voting other than RedBlue, which I suggested as an alternative? Or do you accept the article of Establishment faith that this would “waste your vote”? I think that is something you would have to do after the election. Paul C. says: I listen to Tru News every now and again. They’re excellent and I believe possibly the only Christian owned news in the country. I hope I’m wrong about that. Not to be despondent, but it’s worse than they describe. It’s not just the US that’s controlled, but most nations of the world, certainly the West. The Central Bankers control the nations as money (or fake money) provides a lot of leverage. Just as insidious is all their secret societies with Freemasonry being the most pervasive. Almost every leader of every nation is a Mason, Trump included. Just look at all their hand gestures (signs) and masonic hand shakes. Freemasonry is based on Judaism and specifically the Kabbalah. It’s anti-Christ for sure and aligned with Lucifer / Satan. The governments and their treasonous Presidents and Prime Ministers are at war with and enslaving the people. It’s called Zionism. They’re working to criminalize any criticism of it, which should make it abundantly clear that we are NOT a free people. What we’re watching play out in real time is whether the peoples of the world will figure out the predicament we’re in before there’s total lockdown. The case can be made that we’re already in total lockdown. They spray our skies with impunity. Spraying toxins (aerosolized aluminum, strontium, barium) which are causing neurological disorders (Alzheimers, Parkinsons). They poison our water adding fluoride and we’re powerless to stop it. They are instituting forced vaccinations. They’re genetically modifying our food with toxins. Even if you eat organic, the crops are watered with water containing fluoride and glyphosate is all over the place at this point. The final straw is the 5G rollout. Once that occurs we’re in a full 1984 police state and through EMF & RF they can cause cancer and kill. 5G with its millimeter wave is a weapon. I’m afraid a lot of people will have to die for an awakening to occur. Autism is off the charts and is essentially brain damage. Yet these psychopaths continue to inject children with aluminum and other poisonous substances. Love of money is what drives them and is also why cancer cures such as GCMAF are being attacked. Cancer is a multi billion dollar business. Natural cures are verboten. At least some of us are awake and doing our best to communicate to others. It’s a daunting task to save the world :). Yes, and Republican’s have always been the “good guys”. https://www.libertysflame.com/cgi-bin/readart.cgi?ArtNum=33930&spl=441 Well, he did offer option #2.: Or at least stop voting RedBlue. Either way, I doubt that anyone can personally guarantee to even a small degree, that the selectee will be a true representative of the public interest. What does one gain by signalling approval of the anointed jackal? With all due respect Mr. Smith…things have really gone down hill after Bush Sr. I’m talking about direct attacks on the rights of American citizens. Bush Sr. (R) with his CIA drug dealing with the help of Noriega. He purchased weapons with the proceeds to arm terrorist guerrilla groups in Nicaragua. Bill Clinton (D) helped Bush Sr. as governor of Arkansas by covering up any investigation targeting the operation and laundering their money through a state owned bank. Bush Jr. (R) secured lands in Afghanistan in order to restart athe heroine trade by growing poppy fields to process and ship back to the US. Obama (R) made sure the Mexican drug cartels were well armed in order to launch a drug war that supported the Merida Initiative, which allowed armed DEA, CIA and Mercenaries into Mexican territory. Trump (R) will be the clean up hitter that will usher in the dollar collapse. Mr. Smith do you really believe it is a coincidence that Rep 8 yrs, Dem 8yrs, Rep 8yrs, Dem 8yrs, Rep 3 yrs are voted in? Please sir, don’t fool yourself because in the next election I will bet money the orange fool will be president for another 4 years …unless the owners don’t want him there. But we can safely say that history tells us he will. All I’m saying that people like you, waiting for someone to throw you a rope because you’ve fallen into deep water…are waiting on a rescue boat that doesn’t care if you drown. Your best bet for change was thrown away when Dr. Ron Paul failed to be nominated. Us dumb asses in Mexico didn’t need another election fraud this time around! The people started YouTube channels that reported the “real” news (Chapucero – Quesadillas de Verdades – Charro Politico – Sin Censura, etc.). Those channels made a big difference, countering the negative reporting by Mexican and US MSM that the Presidential Candidate for MORENA as “Leftist”, “Communist”, “Socialist”, “Like Hugo Chavez”, “Dangerous”, etc. With all of the US propoganda, Mexican propoganda, the negative MSM and Elite financing, Mexicans knew they had to get out and vote in record numbers and they did! Otherwise a close election was seen as another loss and the end of Mexico as a country. People were ready to fight and die if necessary. They had seen the Energy Reforms forced down our throat by the corrupt PRI/PAN parties (Mex version o DEM/REP), with the help of Hillary Clinton and the US State Department. They drating the changes needed to the Mexican Constitution to allow a vote. Totally against the Law in Mexico and I’m sure the laws of the US. There is a saying that goes something like, “If you’re not ready to die for Freedom, take it out of your Vacabulary”! We were!!! @Andrei Martyanov being utterly false how else would you characterize the transition from generations of communism (which, yes, I consider de-facto slavery – i.e. being forced at the threat of violence to labor for the benefit of others), into “capitalism”, whereby the Jewish supremacist Rothschild agents and a few Russian ‘oligarchs’ divvied up Russia’s wealth between them, and became some of the richest men in the world, virtually overnight? Are we to believe that Khodorkovsky, Berezovsky and Gusinsky (to name a few) came by their wealth through honorable means? Not that I want to start any long distracting discussion on this thread, but if you can point out how what I said is fundamentally in error, then I’d like to know. @Rich ‘Tulsi received a F- from the NRA, a 0% rating from the Hawaiian Rifle Association, supports Medicaid for illegal aliens and is a radical environmentalist who supports higher taxes to pay for “global warming ” schemes. Also, as a Democrat she is from the party that wants to impose a “reparations ” tax on us…’ Yeah — but ya gotta consider the alternative. Every point she inches up in the polls is another step away from that evil war with Iran. • Replies: @Rich simple_pseudonymic_handle says: The first actual thing that happens in the 2020 president election campaign is the Iowa caucus on February 3 2020. Until then any discussion is yacking off. This is what that mute button is for. The mute button is the greatest invention ever and the anonymous engineer who invented it deserves a statue. While I know next to nothing about Russian history per se, I’m pretty sure that American bigshots were involved quite heavily in the first half of the last century so that tells me that some things were amiss. Anything supported by FDR and his handler, Bernie Baruch, and Wall Street goons invariably stunk to high heaven, and I don’t have to know the details to know enough to have sympathy for the Russian people. I doubt that it was much better than what Rurik described. If you know differently, tell us, please. ben sampson says: “(but not Unz Review)” Really? why not? The Unz Review should be a prime point for infiltration and redirection Listen, Rurik, I’ll let you in on a little secret. A few years ago, I travelled 360 miles just to shake Phil’s hand. So I don’t need anyone lecturing me about who and what the man is, K? I also don’t recall seeing your moniker under any of Nurit Baytch’s comments. She was a crazed Zionist who relentlessly went after Phil for about a year because she wanted to discredit him for writing his hard hitting and truth telling articles; the ones I admired so much that I chased after NB like a bird dog chases after a bird. Star of David replacing torch, That’s obvious. Theodore Herzl’s mug — That’s genius We should do what we can to support Wiles — AND Dr Giraldi — until a Tipping Point’s worth of Americans recognize who and what is displacing USA values. btw, just listened to all I could stomach of Fareed “white man” Zakariah and Jared Taylor. Agreed played the Charlottesville card & “Jews will not replace us.” Rabbi David bar Hayim said European Americans were right to be concerned about their culture being over-run, and it is reality that Jews are leading that movement. Suck. Fareed. • Agree: geokat62 Vote, don’t vote, makes no difference. I have it from a very reliable source (Pepe the Wonder Pug) that Mike Pence will be our next President. Trump never actually thought he’d win in the first place, and he knows the minute he leaves office he’ll be smothered in lawsuits till the day he dies. So right before the election he’ll pull an ol’ Abe Lincoln switcheroo (or depending on which Jews, maybe for real). And go down in history as a martyr and a great President. Meanwhile, Christian Zionist Mike Pence couldn’t be more Israel-friendly if he was counting on it to donate a kidney. And since it’s only about what’s best for Israel, these electoral dynamics are already underway. Pepe’s rarely wrong. Ignore Pepe the Wonder Pug at your peril. lecturing me about who and what the man is, K? OK, sorry. I also don’t recall seeing your moniker under any of Nurit Baytch’s comments. Never remember seeing them. I don’t always read all comments. I generally skim over them looking for commenters I consider worth the time, (like for instance yours, btw ; ), or if someone says ‘hey, good comment’, then I’ll go read what was said. So I missed the fellow you’re referring to completely. Also, I notice that even Mr. G felt the inclination to remind people of his commitment to truth and decency. I wasn’t trying to hector you, just felt like giving the Big G a little back-up, even tho he, nor you, need it. OK Wally, I thought they taught history in the US School System? Oh, they do…it’s painted in pastels and sugar and spice and everything nice. Wally, throughout the Cold War, America’s fear of communism in Central America helped unleash violence across the region. Dismissing even center-left reformers as dangerous radicals, both Democratic and Republican administrations threw their support behind right-wing militaries in El Salvador, Nicaragua, and Honduras. Once empowered, these militaries repressed labor unions and social movements, and routinely resorted to electoral fraud, coups, and dirty bargains with corrupt civilian governments to maintain their grip on power. The violence they dished out — all with the imprimatur of the US government — helped ensure that Guatemala, Nicaragua, and El Salvador would remain among the poorest and most unequal nations in the Western Hemisphere. I’m not going to paste articles, educate yourself Wally! . – And why would anyone work at a job just so they could starve themselves? If the Fruit Company is the only job in town, because years ago they paid the dictators! How about The Wall Street Banker pigs that make more money than the worker? Wally, hear in Mexico, US Pork producers and Poultry farms were intentionally underpriced by US subsidized meat until they shut down. Now the price of US meat has risen and there is no competition to bring it under control. Don’t even get me to talk about what your Wall Street pigs did to Argentina twice and are working on the third time is the charm! You know what the US has done to Argentina along with your boyfriend’s the Zionists. Maybe this will make sense to you Wally, the world sees American’s as Israel’s Bitches! You get that Wally! Everyone outside the US does! The Good Guys to me were Emiliano Zapata, the Irish, German and Polish soldiers of the San Patricio Artillery Battery, George Patton, the Superior German Infantry Soldier, JFK, Malcolm X, MLK, The Cuban People, The Venezuelan People, am I making sense Wally… The US just took Citgo refineries from Venezuela, you froze all their bank accounts, ISIS stole 50 tons of Syrian Gold and gave it to the US and they kept it, Where’s all of Kaddafi’s and Saddam’s tons of gold? Who benefits from Indian children making sneakers and clothes, you do Wally it’s called (Cheap Prices) that’s what I mean the Proof is in front of you and you don’t see it unless you live in India! But you don’t Wally, you live in a nice trailer park in the mountains of Appalachia with your sister and your wife (same person). You live large on everyone else’s, gold, work and property. , @cassandra Sane Left Libertarian says: Ryan sounded like he’d probably keep Bolton around if elected. The guy’s vision of America has been in place for 25 years now (PNAC), and somehow he and Cheney and Wolfowitz and Rumsfeld have not only avoided the dock at the Hague, but are not even the subject of scorn. Sadly I don’t think Gabbard can ride this issue and her otherwise pretty moderate ideology to the WH or even the nomination. Somehow the Pentagon’s absurd drain on the nation’s finances manages to stay off of Big Media’s radar and thus remain a complete non-issue for most voters. As for who will emerge from the D clown car, Harris’s theatrics were a big hit with the No More Whites crowd which is big during this primary. I agree with you brother, it just bothers me that people can’t see it’s a “Class” struggle! “Social Class”! Wally the Trumper thinks he’s on the right side because he disses Jews, never looking at other actors. Good to see you contributing! which, yes, I consider de-facto slavery This is because you don’t know Russia’s history, especially serfdom, and are “educated” by a bunch of self-proclaimed amateurs such as Solzhenitsyn and other representatives of White immigration and Nazi collaborators who created for the West (of course, not for free) a load of BS to both use as a propaganda tool and as an excuse for their own FUBAR which led Russia to a catastrophe of WW I. In general, it is not a theorem anymore, but axiom–the West in general, and US, especially, in particular, including her vast “Russian Studies” apparatus has no a faintest idea of Russia and grew up on a steady diet of delusion about the country which never existed, other than in imagination. Considering the level of American higher education in humanities–no surprise here. Empirical evidence is out there and it is overwhelming, you know propaganda, not real history. Propaganda is easy, real history is hard and very nuanced. That is why Western establishment cannot predict shit about Russia. • Replies: @lavoisier I like it. Let’s have reparations for all of the money spent on wars starting with Operation Iraqi Liberation. Cheney told us that one would be over in 6 months. Nobel Peace Prize/DC Outsider Obama managed to get us involved 5 new ones. With all that cash we could have healthcare like the rest of the developed world. My respect, Rurik. Glad to fight the good fight with you and a few others on UR. Last month Israel sent 1000 soldiers to Central America. Brother, and not a word from Wally the Zionist basher and defender of everything Trumpenstien! Wally must be a mascot or something, he’s funny in a dumb kinda way….lol lavoisier says: • Website I do not see this reply as much of an answer to the question that was asked of you. In fact, it sounds like a lot of bullshit–propaganda in your own words. Anti war candidates can win by making antiwar promises, but once president they can not avoid wars, because military pressure does not come only from America the world is a seeth man of countries all striving for advantage and if they use military pressure then a reaction from America is required to keeps the world stable. The US president could carry out a promise to end war only by successfully conquering the world or having America completely disarm, which would result in it instantly being attacked. Furthermore, if you don’t help one ally ally none of the other will trust you, and unless you conquer the world you are in trouble with no allies. Just as the US had poured weapons into Iran, only to see it become anti American, Saddam had been a friend of the US given anything he asked for including nuclear knick knacks and poison gas, but then to the astonishment of the idiots in charge of Bush the Elder’s foreign policy, Saddam invaded Kuwait. Then America merely drove Saddam back into his own country and left him there, but because he was still in power across Saudi Arabia’s long border with Iraq an American army had to be left in Saudi Arabia. This may come as a shock to you, but Osama bin Laden’s avowed objection to the Saudi family dictatorship whose King styles himself Guardian of the Holy Places was they invited an infidel army into Islam’s most sacred place to protect them from fellow Muslims still led by Saddam just across the border in Iraq. We tend to think that the royal family rules is secure, but such is not the case the Grand Mosque was taken over by Juhayman al-Otaybi and armed militants over much less. Osama bin Laden was not alone in feeling that US armed forces being stationed in Saudi Arabia was unacceptable , opinion polls found that much of the common run of the Saudi populace agreed with him. Bin Laden’s master stroke was 9/11. As a trained civil engineer (his construction magnate father had so over engineered the Grand Mosque complex that there was extreme difficulty in blowing holes in the walls to retake it) bin Laden knew that the WTC tower were shoddily built and could be demolished with the airline crash plan. Osama achieved total success, precipitating the ousting of Saddam (who he had little time for) and then the hasy withdrawal of US forces from the holy sand of Saudi Arabia. Neither Tulsi or anyone else, had they been president at the time of 9/11, could have done any differently to Bush. The Saudi family regieme are too important a western ally for anything else. People vote for things that, if done, they would be horrified by the results of, but anyone who stood for the office of commander in chief without being willing to use the armed forces would not be fit to become president. the only war my immigration-inundated “Homeland” cannot fight is a revolutionary one that would get ‘Merikans out of the Jewish state’s dominion. Domestic policy is alway subsidiary to foreign policy. For example the American Civil War was over abolition but that had been brought to a head by British banning the slave trade. The Tzar abolished serfdom around the same time. If it was necessary to round up all Jews in the West, detain and isolate them in order to fight a foreign war, it would happen. They are not ten feet tall you know. Was I too subtle in my comment? Darlin.. I swim in the clear blue waters of Mexico, where corruption is not hidden and the best $20.00 I ever spent was when I gave it to a Cancun Policeman that clocked me going 50mph on the Hotel strip at 3 AM on my way to my room. LOL Am confidence Rurik got the essence of your secret, having: “travelled 360 miles just to shake Phil’s hand.” Hm. Given my Suzuki’s wherewithal, I’d do that too, but a personalized autograph would be required.😏 One more thing, geo. Below, fyr, A homeade joke. Q. How far would Wally travel to just shake t-Rump’s hand? A. 6 million miles, & with hope to get a red MAGA campaign cap. • LOL: geokat62 @Johnny Walker Read “Yes, and Republican’s have always been the ‘good guys.’” Whatever you say (after all, it’s your strawman so you might as well have your way with it…knock your socks off). That’s the only way to handle a misunderstanding fellas…you guys are the shit! That Wally piece was funny…brother! How is your back? I heard we will be re-naming our country this 4th of Jewlie. Henceforth we will be known as Amerael. We will also be sporting a new flag. @Sane Left Libertarian That’s right . No taxation without representation! If they “lied” us into these wars…….Then THEY should pay for the wars they lied us into. Why the heck should the taxpayer carry the burden of the cost of their deceptions ? Let them carry the cost.. until the debt from their lies is paid down…or they are all flat broke ……standing naked in a barrel ! This is nothing more than straight forward , American Justice. And it is WAY overdue. This is because you don’t know Russia’s history, that’s amazing, four years, almost to the day. http://www.unz.com/ishamir/russia-tit-for-tat/#comment-995307 Still haven’t been to Russia yet, but it doesn’t change the fact that if someone puts a gun to your head, and orders you to ‘work’ so that he can take the spoils, and spend it on his colonial Antebellum mansion, or take it for the “good of all, to be distributed according to “need”, it’s still slavery. The very definition of it. Slavery: any situation in which an individual is de facto forced to work against their own will. Anti_republocrat says: Tulsi does not accept PAC contributions and hasn’t for two years. She accepts only individual contributions, some of which have been employees of defense contractors. They don’t understand Russia, but you understand America? Can’t have it both ways. Thank J G, (and Geo), Same to you! Honduras is a second Israel with the five Zionist Jewish families controlling the nation. It is what it is. It not anti-S to say that. The thousand Israeli soldiers in Honduras are at a US base in Honduras. How sweet, two criminal states working together. Notice that Honduras transferred the Honduras embassy to Jerusalem. https://www.globalresearch.ca/1000-israeli-soldiers-arrive-honduras-train-troops-police-border-protection/5677019 “According to local news media El Heraldo, the presence of Israeli soldiers is part of bilateral cooperation between the two countries before Honduras transferred its embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. The Israeli army will share space with the Joint Task Force-Bravo (FTCB) of the U.S. at the Jose Enrique Soto Cano air base in Palmerola.” Israeli troops are “supposed” to stop the flow of refugees fleeing the Five Zionist Family organized crime state of Honduras. This is the first time that a large group of Israeli troops went to a foreign nation. I am sure they felt very much at home in Honduras with five Zionist Jewish families controlling the nation. “The main mission of the troops is to train for border protection to stop migrants fleeing Honduras to the U.S., especially children. This would be the second time that Honduras is allowing foreign military personnel in the territory and the first time in Israel’s history to send troops abroad.” We see endlessly in the “news” every day that people are fleeing from the Zion organized crime state in Honduras. Our MSM cries crocodile tears about them but never says why they are fleeing. It would be anti-S or anti- US to say so. The anti-US stuff for our MSM is OK if it doesn’t hinder wars or invasions for the US. But anything about Israel doing something bad, then our MSM goes crazy, says anti-S-ism and shuts down any talk about. Crime is crime no matter who does it. It should not matter what ethnic group does it. The US and Israel both have been destabilizing Central America for decades. People are fleeing from Guatemala too. Here is a bit about Israel’s doings in Guatemala. It has a long history of real extremely cruel meddling in Latin America just like the US. https://savageminds.org/2016/03/18/israels-foreign-policy-in-latin-america-another-reason-to-take-the-call-to-boycott-seriously/ “In the 1970s and ‘80s, Israel’s policy of arming the Guatemalan military and providing sophisticated telecommunications and computer technologies was part of an overall strategy that targeted that country’s indigenous populations as inherently subversive. Israel’s military programs in Guatemala supported the uprooting of tens of thousands of indigenous individuals and their resettlement in garrison outposts where intensive daily surveillance constituted a central element of government policy, all under the rubric of counter-insurgency. Benjamin Beit-Hallami’s 1987 book, The Israeli Connection: Who Israel Arms and Why, is an informative source for the Israeli-Guatemala relationship.” , @redmudhooch Get there first, get to Poklonnaya Mount in Moscow and Piskaryovskoye Cemetery in St. Pete–we’ll talk after that. My suggestion–get to Moscow on May 7 and wait till May 9 then go to Tverskaya. Well now, you dodged my specific responses to your first set of lies and now try a new set. Even your new batch does not bolster your previous ones. You are simply over matched. – History? Whose? That which is alleged by Marxists / Communists? Hardly credible, old boy. I suggest that it is you who is out of touch with real, verifiable history. – So Latin American governments made life difficult for the notoriously brutal & murderous Communists. Excellent. Finally governments did their job. I can’t help but remind everyone of your beloved mass murdering Shining Path. I remind you of Stalin, Castro, & Che. All those Communist ‘revolutions’ worked out well, eh? Even China is essentially abandoning what does not, cannot work. I advise you grow up and get a job. – I see a lot of the typical Communists rhetoric from you, but nothing in the way of proof. Why? – Mexico & it’s meat. Seriously? You’re just making up silly boy nonsense. First you say that Latins are being starved to death in agricultural work to keep costs down, then you say that Mexico’s meat is too expensive because of costs. You can’t even keep your lies straight. Reminder: ‘Immigrants’ keep leaving their shitholes in Latin America, to get into the US. – As expected, you dodged the fact that Euro taxes is what raises the cost of Latin American imports. Why? Because you Communists love taxes, it beats working for living. – I agree, crappy Israel calls the tune in the US …. just like it does in Latin America. Ouch! Yet ‘Immigrants’ keep leaving their shitholes in Latin America, to get into the US. – Wall Street make tons of money, agreed. But so what? Latin Americans invest in Wall Street. Like I said those poor little Latin Americans keep leaving Latin America to get into the US. You tried to dodge that fact. They clearly do not see what you see. – The proof that the US stole Venezuela’s refineries is where exactly? The Communist Manifesto? – ‘ISIS stole Syria’s gold and gave it to the US’. LOL. With enemies like that who needs friends? Your proof is where exactly? – Who benefits from Indians making clothing? Indians that’s who. It’s called working for living. Something that Communists like you loath. – While I live comfortably in a nice spacious house in a crime free neighborhood, your attack on US working class whites (‘trailer trash’ to you) further exposes your Communist hypocrisy. Hey J. Gutierrez! Your profile of Wally was spot on, but he has no enthusiasm for recognizing the “Trumpenstein” in himself, and subsequently, “he’s funny in a dumb kinda way.” Haha. 👍! Well — my lower back ruptured disc/pinched nerve surgery is gradually healing, and instead of swimming “in the clear blue waters of Mexico,” 👍, I am doing therapy laps in lovely McDade Park’s nearby pool. Better than lapping on a private Tel Aviv LGBTQ beach, eh J.? Haha. Seriously, you are a valuable Unz Review commenter-asset, & I cling to hope Ron Unz will soon produce an “American Pravda” article on how Mossad tried to do a False Flag attack in Mexico City. Methinks 2020 preZidential peace candidate, Tulsi Gabbard, might have interest that such was not an al-Qaeda job. 🤔 Gracias, mi amigo! “With all due respect Mr. Smith…things have really gone down hill after Bush Sr. I’m talking about direct attacks on the rights of American citizens.” Well of course things have gone down hill – in every meaningful sense (I didn’t meant to imply otherwise). But that’s beside the point. My point was that there are differences between presidents, and those differences matter, especially as WW3 looms large. Obama could’ve started a trade war with China but he didn’t. Obama could’ve tightened the screws on Venezuela but he didn’t. Obama could’ve sent weapons to Ukraine but he didn’t. Obama could’ve pulled out of the INF treaty but he didn’t. Obama could’ve moved the embassy to Jerusalem but he didn’t. Obama didn’t have to enter into the JCPOA agreement with Iran but he did. Do you not see a difference between Obama and Trump? Tell me, what does the evil orange clown think he’s going to accomplish by starting a war with Iran? Tell me how America won’t be far worse off after lighting the whole Mideast on fire for the sake of jewish-supremacist madmen? “All I’m saying that people like you, waiting for someone to throw you a rope because you’ve fallen into deep water…are waiting on a rescue boat that doesn’t care if you drown.” I’m sorry but what you’re saying has very little relevance to my comment, as far as I can see. I’m not waiting for anything. I’m merely doing some observation and reasoning. The biggest threat to America and the world right now is the mindless, reckless militarism that risks WW3, and the elders need a madman (or a madwoman) in the white house to maintain the status quo. Trump is obviously a madman, is Tulsi Gabbard a madwoman who’s willing to kill millions including herself for the jewish-supremacist cause? I think probably not. JG, you are in fine form as always! No one needs to wonder if you say it like it is. Hey, what’s become of your translation regarding the false flag in Mexico? Last month Israel sent 1000 soldiers to Central America. During WWI some Jewish agency or another had representatives all over Poland, helping Polish Jews migrate to Germany. Germany was blockaded at the time, but the Jewish agencies made sure the Polish Jews they helped had access to the black market. While Germans starved, Polish immigrants to Germany had food. Early in the 1930s zionist Jews formed Mossad el aliyeh bet to assist German Jews to migrate to Palestine. Francis Nicosia describes how Mossad worked with Gestapo: German authorities assisted in Germany and crossing German borders, but Mossad took responsibility for smuggling Jews across the British blockade of Palestine. The more things change the more they stay the same. Is Mossad in Honduras keeping Hondurans in or helping them out? Bernie Marcus of Home Depot runs training programs for migrants. Go to any Home Depot at 7:30 am; white Ford vans crowd the parking lot, Hispanics enjoy HD credit to buy paint, dry wall, lumber. They hire out to homeowners and small businesses. Who knows if they are legal, or licensed, or even where they can be contacted four months down the road when the drywall seams split? It’s just dumb to hire Latinos to do plumbing or electrical — when your house burns down, who ya gonna call? Your insurance company will turn its back on you. Marcus recently said he intends to leave at least half of his fortune to philanthropy before he dies. He’s a major Trump supporter. $4.3 billion for toothpaste for Honduran and other Central American immigrants, for the benefit of zionist Jews who, you just know, are colonizing South America and will destroy the remains of USA as soon as the time is right. If the American people knew — Do you think the people of USA have the moral grounding to stop shopping at Home Depot? Do Americans refrain from patronizing Adelson casinos? Americans complain that media is owned by Jews. Are they incapable of pulling the plug? Rurik, I’m jealous now. How do you rate all the answers? He won’t even acknowledge mine. Damn! LOL button already used. I’m beginning to think that Wally, like his girlfriend Carolyn, are here for the mere purpose of discrediting holomyth questioners in general. BTW, have you heard from sandal girl lately? I wonder what all that was about. Sad stuff but funny. Yo Sean. You are a “ten feet” wide asshole. Makes little sense for me to dignify what just another “PEAbrain” & prolix asshole squirts out here. (💤igh) As sickening as it is amazing. Thanks for the info. • Agree: Robjil To J. Gutierrez, Wally (Cleaver?) bragged: “… I live comfortably in a nice spacious house in a crime free neighborhood…,” Re; above, oh, cool, Wall! So you live in Ted Kaczynski’s former pad, eh? 👍. Pssst, hey Wally, go read Robjil’s comment #178 and get back to us. – While I live comfortably in a nice spacious house in a crime free neighborhood … Good grief, please quit trying to keep up with AJM. Thanks. • LOL: ChuckOrloski No, JS, although I invited the Israeli-made “sandal girl” (Fatima Manoubia) to visit me in Scranton, she curiously disappeared. Hm. Would be a real gas had she gotten into a debate with Wally on the topic of Tulsi’s becoming t-Rump’s Secretary of Defense, eh? Haha. Hm. A ZUS Secretary of Defense🏄 who wants to pull troops out of Afghanistan, and does not give one fuck about t-Rump’s border Wall having gotten the Knesset Congress West curtain? (Zigh) * This is Jacques Sheete’s most creative alliteration! Haha. 👍. Robert Whatever says: I voted for Trump. But if Tulsi miraculously gets the nomination, I would vote for her over Trump. • Agree: Colin Wright If my choice is I lose my 2nd Amendment rights and get my taxes raised to pay for Medicaid for illegals, global warming nonsense and “reparations ” or go to war with Iran, guess I have to go to war. Once our weapons are taken away and we are taxed into penury, we will have no way to preserve even a semblance of freedom. Tulsi received a F- from the NRA, a 0% rating from the Hawaiian Rifle Association I gather this means she’s a pretty poor shot eh? Global warming: natural, anthropogenic or political will run its allotted course regardless – and at least future generations will have a lot more hydrocarbons at their disposal and presumably cleaner air and water. I’ll trade the ‘reparations’ and the alien medicaid for an abandonment of regime change ‘wars’ and at least some moves towards curtailing military expenditure. Dr.Joji Cherian says: Tulsi Gabbard has deep connections with R S S, a fanatic fascist and racist out fit with violent anti Christian and anti Muslim stand.her antiwar posture could be a time serving posture only This is because you don’t know Russia’s history, especially serfdom, and are “educated” by a bunch of self-proclaimed amateurs such as Solzhenitsyn and other representatives of White immigration and Nazi collaborators who created for the West (of course, not for free) a load of BS to both use as a propaganda tool and as an excuse for their own FUBAR which led Russia to a catastrophe of WW I. So, why don’t you explain what you believe to be the case, instead of going on unhelpfully about why you think Rurik was so wrong? Why don’t you tell us instead exactly why you think the institution of serfdom permeated into communist bureaucratic policies? I do agree it’s hard to get even an approximately objective view of Russia (even less so, of eastern Europe) from Western sources, in part for the reasons you mention. In fact, this is why it’s so frustrating to read you empty negation of Rurik’s thesis, without offering your own preferred vision, or at least a suggested reference. Sin City Milla says: If Tulsi believes in putting America First, what is she doing in the Party of America Last? Nice layout of some of the deep corruption that underpins events that we’re supposed to take as news. Wally is correct as far as he goes, but I think he’s looking mostly at what’s floating atop the underlying murk you identified. Re immigrants: who’s funding the NGOs that are operating the transport ships carrying “refugees” from Libya to Europe? Who made transportation arrangements for the 100 Africans who showed up at the US border? (Plus the ~5k fee paid to the cartels) How did they get through 17 (IIRC) countries? The US just took Citgo refineries from Venezuela, you froze all their bank accounts, ISIS stole 50 tons of Syrian Gold and gave it to the US and they kept it, Where’s all of Kaddafi’s and Saddam’s tons of gold? (Let’s not forget Ukraine’s reserves.) Good questions. It’s probably true that Israel’s antipathy toward Venezuela comes from V’s alignment with Iran, which goes a long way toward explaining why Maduro finds himself as a special pariah. Back in the day, the CIA was poisoning Cuban rice shipments to wreck its commerce, and today, Venezuela’s financial resources have been stolen. Often, these and similar cases are invoked to demonstrate that socialism always fails. This may be true, especially since corporate institutions are always doing their best to make sure it happens. @macilrae How long do you think Quincy Institute has been in the works? IDK if it’s always been like this and I’m just paying more attention now, but all kinds of strong currents are bubbling up suddenly. I’m moving into the camp of anything could happen. I’ve seen these IfNotNow kids in action – they gave AIPAC quite a shock when they emerged – and if they say they’re making this a campaign issue, I believe it. (Ya, sure, they’re kinda Zionists, but still….) Progressive Jewish Group Demands End to Israel’s Brutal Occupation https://truthout.org/articles/progressive-jewish-group-demands-end-to-israels-brutal-occupation/ In an effort to pressure Democratic presidential candidates to take a stand against Israel’s treatment of Palestinians, the youth-led progressive Jewish advocacy group IfNotNow has launched a new campaign arm with the goal of bringing Israel’s brutal occupation “to the forefront of the 2020 elections.” As Politico reported on Saturday, IfNotNow is “training organizers in the early primary state of New Hampshire” and “plans to ‘bird-dog’ presidential candidates at public events to create viral moments and prod the Democratic Party leftward on the issue of Israel.” , @renfro Bolteric says: Check out the Unity Party, which is on the ballot in Colorado. Other states will have to petition on. Most members are profoundly anti-war, and the party is not monied/corrupted. ‘…guess I have to go to war. Once out weapons are taken away and we are taxed into penury, we will have no way to preserve even a semblance of freedom.’ It’s academic, because Tulsi Gabbard will never win — she’ll merely make it clear that advocating war with Iran is politically suicidal. However, you’re wrong in any case. If we enter into a war, knowing it is unjust and unnecessary, we are committing wanton murder. Once we have done that, we will have no way to retain even a semblance of moral self-respect. It comes down to how much you think your soul is worth. There is such a thing as evil in this world — however inconvenient you may find the fact. My comments are prolix, I’m not the one attempting to give the impression I am channelling Ezra Pound. And get your mind off my nether regions please. “Is that what you will tell the parents of those two soldiers who were just killed in Afghanistan? Well, we just have to be engaged? As a soldier, I will tell you that answer is unacceptable.” As if they got drafted or joined up before the war had started and did not knowingly put themselves in harms way. If anyone owes an explanation to those parents its the soldiers themselves. Anyway if you remember you remember Trump said he would kill terrorists’ families. It was no off the cuff remark he defended it repeatedly. Giraldi is mainly interested in foreign policy, but I can assure you he knows better than to think pressuring Israel into a good deal for the Palestinians and/or leaving the Iranians in peace would have left capital over for immigration restriction for the people who actually vote a President in. Trump was an anti immigration candidate who laid out his policy quite clearly ‘You have to take out their families’. Gabbard would faint away at the thought of that, she is an anti war because she is a humanitarian. She would be for letting children cross the border tp get away from violence and then family reunification. Trump advocated reunification for the families of dead ISIS members: in Hell. In liberal capitalism the people with ruthless drive and determination and guts are entrepreneurs, not those in the military. Gabbard would be eaten alive by the Chinese, flood the country with immigrants, and the people who voted her in would pay the price for her sanctimony. Funny Bro….I sent what I had to Mr. Unz but he said he already had what I sent him. He also said the other stuff I found would have been better if they were taken from a well known news service. I got them from Latin American blogs that posted what they read before everything was shut down. I understand why he wants news from an established news source. He doesn’t want to post anything that’s not from a solid source that can effect this site. I hunted for anything original but couldn’t get my hands on anything from a Mexican source. The story I read and shared was from memory 5 years ago. I found a copy of the front page but couldn’t find a copy of the meat of the story in the middle of the paper. El Diario de Mexico Mr. Smith I lived in the US for 50 years, 25 in Chicago and 25 in Houston more or less. I was pro union even when I worked for management. I was raised in a middle class hardworking family that immigrated to the US in 1963 legally. Moving back to Mexico was a major change from my life in the US. But it was something I had already planned for after 9-11. Unlike most Americans I knew what happened, because I had seen the US government murder Randy Weaver’s wife and son. Then I watched the Waco compound burned to the ground. It just kept going with Oklahoma City and what really effected me was the murder of the babies in the daycare while ATF agents were told not to go to work! That was it for me Mr. Smith, when not one Agent stood up and condemn the bombing, it was quite clear that Americans were just pawns in a new game that was going to intensify in cruelty. I saw that every 8 years the new party was voted in because the previous administration caused war or a planned financial collapse. The Dot.com bubble, the Housing Crisis, the Bank’s to big to Fail and the planned Collapse of the Dollar will come on Trumps 8th year. It’s a fucking shame that people sit back and take it! Christian/Zionists (what an oxymoron) pray for Israel while preaching in the name of Jesus. The same Jesus that the Zionist claim was a bastard and the son of a whore! Dem or Rep will make no difference Mr. Smith…Obama joined the club before his election. He could have returned the constitutional rights Bush took away, stopped the Afghan and Iraqi wars, not invade Libya, left Syria alone and not allow CIA fune care ding of Al-Qaeda and ISIS. Politicians were supposed to be successfull business people that were voted into office for a set period of time and go back to his business after his time. There was never supposed to be career politicians in charge of government because the founders knew what would happen. The parasitic politicians are the problem Mr. Smith, the Jews just tell them what to do, and they ablige. The British have always been in control of the US…British/Israel Take care Mr. Smith , @Harold Smith I told you Wally that I do not attach articles, news sources to people that deny and can’t believe the truth. You know Wally…people like you. I’m so glad you are safe in your home, thank god your not living next to some murdering Latinos out to steal what you worked hard to have. We know US MSM does not report anything negative about the US Military. https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-03-08/syria-accuses-us-stealing-over-40-tons-its-gold How about US soldiers raping an Iraqi woman…when they were done they shot her, her little brother and her mother and father after making them watch! I hope this makes you feel like hanging your flag in your front yard… Wally! https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5529884 I live in the real world Wally, at my fifty something years I been through it all Wally! I remember walking home in the winter, as I walked the snow crunched under my feet, a yellow light shinning down from a light post, hearing the noise making me turn back to make sure someone wasn’t behind me. Walking home in Chicago during the 1970’s was as dangerous as walking down the streets of Bagdad today. I lot of drive by shootings Wally, I had friends shot, died or went to jail for murder at 16 years old. The difference between me and you Wally, is I know what to do when shit hits the fan…I will transform myself to the time I lived in Chicago and instinct will kick in. I’m a rough guy Wally when I have to be! not like the pussies that rape little girls! Did you jump back up to the top of the thread and post this gibberish to avoid a tough question (129, 135, 143)? Here it is, again: I’m with you 100% brother…It’s crazy how someone like Wally doesn’t believe the US doesn’t have any responsibility for what’s been happening to these people for as long as it has. The only thing I can point to is Wally must be under 30 years of age…but that’s no excuse! Thanks for sharing brother… Jajaja I’m glad you’re doing better Chuck! I missed your raw humor…glad your back on the keyboard! If you need any herbal remedies that are legal in the US, let me know and I will make sure you get it. I’ve been telling those Arabs and Muslims for years not to go west, that it’s full of whores, queers, and Jews but they won’t listen. I think they get their orders from The Pet Shop Boys. Pity I have no musical talent to counter, and even if I did I doubt the Jews would publish and promote me. So they GO WEST: po says: the single mistake in this article is the claim that bernie was ever a peace candidate…in what universe? When hasn’t he been the war candidate? Anyone willing to pay “reparations ” to individuals who’ve never been enslaved, is what the kids call a “cuck” from where I stand. @Anti_republocrat Au Contraire Mon Frère… https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/pacs?cid=N00033281&cycle=2018 I don’t give a toss for what the kids call me if it means something can be done about the West’s number one problem: threat of global war and financial ruin. sarz says: As a Hindu, her view of Muslims is somewhat complicated based on the historical interaction of the two groups, but she has moderated her views recently. There’s a lot of detritus floating around amongst the presuppositions of that sentence. It’s a mistake to use the term “Hindu” to designate a strand of religious practice. Parallel to the sense in which someone is a practising Shia, Gabbard is a Krishna bhakt. If you are conversant with the history of India, you will know that many practising Muslims have been at the same time Krishna bhakts. That phenomenon is part of Hinduism. Mircea Eliade spoke of Hinduism as comparative religion. But he spoke as a scholar, not a spiritual being. One can force language and practice to affirm Hinduism as a religion, one opposed to Islam. That was British mischief. What one gets is a nasty primitive ‘religion’ claiming at the same time to be the ultimate truth. Does that remind you of what Lauren Guyénot has been saying about Judaism? It was the Judaic forces of the British Empire, that thought nothing of poisoning the spiritual basis of a civilization for political profit, who are the authors of the ‘Hindu’-Muslim divide. The resulting impoverished cultural phenomenon, that infects almost all Indian-Americans, and is the current behind Modi’s cruelty, is best called Hindutvu. (It sounds ugly, and rightly so.) Tulsi, the Krishna bhakt, was for a short time taken up into Hindutvu, since those very people try to pin all the medals of Indic streams of religion to their chests. They freely talk of Ram and Krishna, but the spirit is missing. Not so with Tulsi. Her celebration of Krishna’s birthday, viewable on YouTube, is truly moving. She is a pious lady on the way to Hinduism and she will find a number of Muslim fellow travelers. @RobinG (Ya, sure, they’re kinda Zionists, but still….) What you say is true and, for my part, I’m viscerally opposed to many, if not most, of the positions taken by both George Soros and Charles Koch – but their quite extraordinary coalescence around this particular issue gives me some cause for optimism. As we well know, individually they sure can make things happen – if they pull together in the same direction, there’s a possibility for progress. RoatanBill says: It is the people that join the all volunteer military that provide the means to wage war. These people are the real danger as without them, war wouldn’t be possible. Not since WWII has the US military done anything even remotely identifiable as defending the USA. All military activities have been offensive and the entire world knows it. Identifying oneself as ex US military is a scarlet letter that no one should be proud of. Electing an ex military type would be rewarding bad behavior and installing a person with proven bad judgement for joining the military in the first place. * [tRump]…is Jacques Sheete’s most creative alliteration! Haha. . Dammit, Chuck! You are damning me with faint praise, Bro! What’s wit’ youse guys, huh? First Howard “hates” my analogy, now this! I’m a very sensitive individual, so lighten up, please! 🙂 Anyway, I has foun’ de answer…ya’ll kin thank me later even tho I purloined it from Mencken but with attribution, and gratitude to Mr Unz for making it so easily available.: Our fundamental problem, as I have hitherto argued from this stump, is a problem of population. We have bred too many morons at home, and we have admitted too many misfits and malcontents from foreign parts. The sterilization of the unfit still seems to most of us to be too brutal a measure to be put into general use, and the clergy continue to bawl against it as they once bawled against the Copernican cosmology; but soon or late it will be given a trial on a really comprehensive and more or less scientific scale. My guess is that it will turn out to be a roaring success, and that the loudest whoop-las will come from the laboratory animals. Once, indeed, the news gets about that it eliminates the historic pains and penalties of love without diminishing the entertainment value, loud demands for the knife will come from all the recesses of the Bible country, and every yap Congressman in Washington will be converted. But this is for the future, which has a way of lingering coyly just over the horizon. I predict nothing formally; I merely surmise and speculate. The assimilation of the immigrant is also likely to take a long while–much longer, in all probability, than most people think. The Fathers apparendy thought that when they signed their names to the Declaration o£ Independence they created thereby a new and indivisible nation, but the event showed that they were rather too optimistic. The Germans who came in during the third quarter of the last century were found, in I9x7, to be still mainly Germans, and what is more, the Englishmen of the old stock were found to be still Englishmen. It is thus no wonder that the later immigrants continue to radiate the scents of their forsaken homelands, and occasionally shock the general public with their exotic fancies. I see nothing remarkable, and certainly nothing disquieting, in the fact that so many Russian Jews keep their eyes on Russia, and are disposed to follow Russian mountebanks rather than our own. They will continue to do so until the last memories of the old home fade out o£ their race, and that will be many a year. It will also be many a year until the last American Italian ceases to thrill when the Roman legions sweep down upon some heathen Gomorrah and give its inhabitants the felicity of Christian burial. Such weaknesses belong to human nature, which was never more lush and lovely than it is in this Republic. -H.L. Mencken, The American Future, The American Mercury, February 1937, pp. 129-136 If Soros and Koch are going to take on the military industrial complex it is only temporary and only because they have shorted the defense industry stocks. Time to get that inner cynic out of hiding! @Robert Whatever Hold on a minute! “First the poor taxpayers, robbed by the politicians of one great party and then by those of the other, turn to a group of free-lance rogues in the middle ground—non-partisan candidates, Liberals, reformers, or what not: the name is unimportant. Then, flayed and pillaged by these gentry as they never were by the old-time professionals, they go back in despair to the latter, and are flayed and pillaged again.” -H.L.Mencken, Editorial, In The American Mercury, April 1924, pp. 408-412 You sum kinda masochist er sumpin? The only thing I can point to is Wally must be under 30 years of age… Which would also explain why he’s living in a spacious house in a crime free neighborhood. Or maybe he’s camped out in the woods with a small group of other homeless folk. Thanks for the update, but sorry to hear about the result. Hosed again, Bro! Unlike most Americans I knew what happened, because I had seen the US government murder Randy Weaver’s wife and son. Then I watched the Waco compound burned to the ground. It just kept going with Oklahoma City and what really effected me was the murder of the babies in the daycare while ATF agents were told not to go to work! Thanks for those graphic and perfectly stated reminders. If any American has never heard of Shays’ Rebellion and the Whiskey Rebellion, or has heard of the “Civil(!)” War, but believes the standard claptrap about the reason it was fought, should at least have been awakened by what you’ve described. There is no excuse to voluntarily support this hideous system for any reason or in any way. We are way past “shorting bomb stocks, “Justvisiting”. The Military Industrial Complex has proven itself to be the greatest threat to world peace on the planet….Moreover its rapacious addiction to devouring TRILLIONS of taxpayer dollars over the past 18 years, has proven it is becoming the greatest single threat to the national solvency to( its own country) The United States. Paul Vonharnish says: Like most reader comment sections of the last 15 years, this one provides an excellent example of readers who are not versed in World history nor able to discuss current issues. The majority of comments are off-base from the reality of monopolized war and corporate addictions to stolen profits at any cost. As James Burke once said: “All war is theft”. And yes; it’s the monetary system folks. Monetary system. A system that mentally subverts, subjects, and enslaves America freedoms and reduces intellectual discussion into algorithms and CIA data bases… This the system you support with your opinions, tax dollars, and children’s lives. Tulsi Gabbard has an anti-war agenda worthy of notice. It’s that simple. Thanks for drawing attention to Quincy Institute, RobinG. Hope springs eternal, and getting the Koch nose in the Soros tent can’t be a bad idea — like injecting the out-of-control deer herd with birth control. iirc Dr. Giraldi spoke at a Koch- sponsored conference in DC a few years ago; the panel assembled there ranged the spectrum — Kori Schake (rhymes with flaky) to Phil Giraldi. Stephen Kinzer wrote about Quincy in Boston Globe, https://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/2019/06/30/soros-and-koch-brothers-team-end-forever-war-policy/WhyENwjhG0vfo9Um6Zl0JO/story.html?event=event12 mentioning that Trita Parsi is among its organizers, and Andrew Bacevich will be one of Quincy’s leading experts. The initial investment seems rather small — half-a-million each from Soros & Koch and another $800k from unnamed others. Bacevich’s postings on Unz have not been enthusiastically received: he seems to specialize in pulling punches — Pat Buchanan from the military circle rather than the political. Gotta give Parsi credit — he’s been funded by Rockefeller Foundation, his books, gawd knows who else. He’s represented a small, fractious, extraordinarily threatened population against massive opposition with seemingly limitless financial resources for an entire generation, and is still standing. Billionaires think about money first–it is just normal people who find public policy more interesting. With Bad Moon Rising over Scranton, Calling geokat! I know you don’t miss much (both) interesting & deceptive internet published articles, but did you happen to see MoA’s take on John Mearsheimer’s NYT OpEd, linked below? Moon of Alabama found it “ridiculous” and titled his take as “No, Iran is not rushing to build nuclear weapons.” https://www.moonofalabama.org/2019/07/no-iran-is-not-rushing-to-build-a-nuclear-weapon.html#more P.S.: geo, I am merely a freshman-level student of Walt & Mearsheimer’s grand work and I must look to you for broader perspective on John M.’s NYT OpEd. Hm. Interesting how the new MoA offering concerns people’s proclivity to excessively comment.🤔 Thank you! According to Osama bin laden, if you want the wars with radical Islamists to end, all you have to do is bend over, get on your knees and pray to mecca. While you’re bent over, the Chicoms can take care of you from behind and there will be “peace” everywhere “Cuck” is a good word for you, in fact there are a whole lot of words for a guy like you. I can’t believe people have fallen this low. Disgraceful. Independence Day Eve, 🤔 Good morning, Jacques! Although an admirer of the works of H.L. Mencken & his friend Theodore Dreiser, & as you can expect, my frequent 🙄writing here as a life-long Eastern Catholic, I am compelled to lament the dearly departed Mencken’s enthusiasm for “sterilization of the unfit.” 1970’s, India’s P.M. Indira Gandhi, Nehru’s daughter, & in order to combat dire over-population and proliferating slums populated by the “unfit,” Indira opened up forced sterilization camps. Author Rohinton Mistry ain’t neither Mencken not Dreiser, but he’s alive, and wrote what I consider the greatest 21st Century’s “Culture of Death” (fiction) testimony, the novel titled, “A Fine Balance;” Refer below. My respect, JS! P.S. Hm. No doubt runaway speculation, but perhaps childless & well educated Tulsi Gabbard read Mistry’s “A Fine Balance.” I think every billionaire in this country(who loves this country) should be extremely concerned we have overspent our wad by 16.4 trillion dollars in a mere 19 years. There has never been such a massive explosion in US debt… in all of American History. Since the bulk of this debt is due to our gross “overspending” on illegal wars of aggression overseas , very few countries (around the world) are willing to continue to underwrite our behavior by buying US dollars… As a result, we have an impending currency crisis on the horizon. Our war spending has all but demolished our National balance sheet . We have been stealing tens of trillions of dollars from our grandchildren to fight aggressive wars of choice which nobody else believes in… and nobody else respects. It is both a moral and fiscal disaster., and it never needed to happen. The USA could of had a GDP/ Debt ratio of something like 24T/5T today had we not broken our own laws and started illegal wars of aggression. It is an immense tragedy for our country we ever got to this point. @Paul Vonharnish Tulsi Gabbard has an anti-war agenda worthy of notice. Yeah, yeah, they all do. With few exceptions, talk is cheap. However [political parties] may now and then answer popular ends, they are likely in the course of time and things, to become potent engines, by which cunning, ambitious, and unprincipled men will be enabled to subvert the power of the people and to usurp for themselves the reins of government destroying afterwards the very engines which have lifted them to unjust dominion. -GEORGE WASHINGTON, Farewell Address, Sep. 17, 1796 EliteCommInc. says: “saying “Is that what you will tell the parents of those two soldiers who were just killed in Afghanistan? Well, we just have to be engaged? As a soldier, I will tell you that answer is unacceptable.”” As someone who opposed invasion, not the same as opposing any military action, if need be something far less intrusive, costly and damaging. But despite my position, there are some tough realities. We did invade and we do occupy. And we should get out ysterday. But we have created an environment in which millions of people are dependent on our presence. Their lives are better. The two soldiers died to make it so. And despite the reality that we may very lose we do bare some burden to ensure their safety when we leave. That is a very serious dilemma. But a moral people will consider it. changing the actor to do the play, does not change the play. I am compelled to lament the dearly departed Mencken’s enthusiasm for “sterilization of the unfit.” Not to worry, Chuck, but he, being a smart ass, (not that I’d know anything about that), wrote that tongue in cheek, (no, not those cheeks). PS: I hope someone did an agressive circumcision as well as a sterilization procedure on the rapist JG described, above, and that goes as well for all those “brave heroes” who have never repented for their “service” at Abu Ghraib. I myself advocate self eunuchization as a prerequisite for running for public office, like some of the priests of old. No one was gonna grab them vestal virgins via the tRump maneuver! Now what did Ol Salt of the Earth, Billie, do with that cigar? Man, this country is a class act, I tell yi! @onebornfree criminalize lying.. but expand the jails first. would be nice. but look for the draft into the military or government service; its instead purpose is not to get more manpower but to get everyone to sign the non disclosure agreements and to take the oath.. so they can throw you sweet ass into one of their jails where you can practice democracy under the watchful eye of their cameras. Kiss your freedom goodbye.. you are a victim of the information environment conveniently established and configured for you.. @EliteCommInc. ” but we have created an environment where millions of people are dependent on our presence. Their lives are better…” This is the biggest bunch of stinky malarkey I have ever read. What a heaving crock ! Everybody, in every single country we have illegally bombed , decimated , ransacked and occupied, wants us out , ASAP. They resent and despise our presence right down to the core of their soul. Look at the twenty million war refugees flooding Europe as a result of our benevolent “presence”. We are now, thanks to our neocon policies, the most hated nation on earth. What a total waste of US taxpayer money. What a total ….shameful ……waste. , @Sane Left Libertarian @SolontoCroesus Parsi isn’t much liked by my Iranian friend, and I’ve found him disappointing, but you have a point: there’s a price to longevity, and he is still standing. (No doubt there’s a lesson in this about tempering impatience.) Yes, Bacevich has been similarly limp. That must be what made him suitable for this job. I expect Soros and Koch are in this for business, with a veneer of altruism. Billionaires have homes all over the globe–they are globalists and could care less about the future of any one nation. If the western world degrades to third world status they will just hire lots of security guards to protect their compounds against the unwashed masses. Added bonus–the politicians can be bought more cheaply. 🙁 (Public policy debates are based on the assumption that the participants are acting in good faith and concern for the common good–that assumption is clearly not correct.) Svevlad says: She’s the rare “moral bluepilled” candidate. She believes in cultural marxism and doesn’t think much of it, but isn’t actually a nutjob, a rarity nowadays in our crazy world You are most probably right. • Replies: @Parisian Guy redmudhooch says: A couple of relevant videos, one an interview with ousted Honduras President, hate to break it to you, but he doesn’t put the blame on the “Zionist”. Rather it is the capitalist he blames for the “hell” that has been created in his country. I know you folks have an extremely difficult time admitting anything bad happening in the world could ever possibly be blamed on capitalists or capitalism, it is much easier to blame a Jew, a communist, a socialist, a marxist, a nigger, a spic, a wop, or a Zionist. God bless Merica. God bless the empire. God bless our capitalist overlords that dindu nuffin. I’m sure America would be peaches and cream if not for Israel. To everyone else. Illegals already get free health care, so nothing would change for them. What do you think if one of these illegals working construction or farming gets injured and taken to the hospital the hospital is just gonna throw them out? Turn down money? Nah. Same way poor blacks and whites already get free health care, they own no assets for the debt collector to place a lien on if payment is not made. So its essentially free. Go Tulsi! Hassan Nasrallah confirms Israel does not control America https://www.bitchute.com/video/Q72ZRvx3ztMu/ @cassandra So, why don’t you explain what you believe to be the case Hm, I actually wrote two books and planning the third one precisely on the subject of Western in general and American utter ignorance on Russia and, in general, even own, Western history. It is physically impossible to explain in discussion board, unless one wants to write a 70,000 word treatise, and even that wouldn’t be enough, explaining that what most people at Unz are discussing when writing about Russia and her history is about 90% propaganda memes, aka in civilized society as BS. I merely pointed this fact out–it is in argument and a valid one. I also gave the advice–to visit Russia and her scared places, what’s wrong with that? It is also difficult to conduct substantive discussion with people who believe that Jews control everything, from Western finances to their bowel movements, granted a very real baneful influence of Jewish diaspora on the United States–that’s real. • Replies: @cassandra Where is Tulsi — NO new YouTube videos for four days????? She needs to be seen! Gabbard is the far middle Dem candidate – the reasonable candidate – she is the JFK patriotic candidate – she must stake out that position – period. Tulsi must publicly counter the gang banging insane Dem left! Tulsi is the judicious evenhanded candidate. When Trump does something about peace with Nkorea – she must call a news conference and say so. When Trump makes war sounds on Iran – again, she must call a news conference and say so. Both those rational positions go counter to the gang. AOC is the Dem left leader – Tulsi Gabbard is the “Dem middle leader.” Show it! Tulsi must be the anti-AOC. The only way her poll numbers are going to increase is through media attention. Her words have to generate that attention. Think Peace — Art • Replies: @Mark1776 , @Johnny Walker Read JS with dead-on sarcasm wrote: “Man, this country is a class act,” Cannot imagine the “class act” US military truck driver convoys witnessed while deployed to help bury the Iraqi bodies on Kuwait to Basra’s “Highway of Death.” Am wondering if the American soldier who saw and took a snapshot of a charred Iraqi soldier is still around? Upon slight touch, the head of the body tumbled to the ground and broke into dust particles. Troops watching reportedly laughed Jacques.😟 For me, tomorrow, no time for fireworks, Jacques. Somewhere I will say rosary, the “Sorrowful Mysteries” variant. My respect! get to Moscow on May 7 and wait till May 9 then go to Tverskaya. I’d love to! I’d even write an exclusive Unz Review exposé, and include photos and perceptions of the local fauna ; ) . It’d be an incredible opportunity for ‘West to meet East. Perhaps I could arrange a détente with Vlad, and discuss currency alternatives and our mutual love for leopards. [I’m going to need a modest per diem Ron, nothing fancy ; ]. Well Jacques, it goes back a long ways. Four years to be exact. I’m making plans now to meet with Edward Snowden when I get to Russia. Lots of diplomatic bs to sift though. I’ll try to record an interview. True, but stick around a while. It’s stinking for sure, but mild. The “higher than thou” “do-gooder” types can rationalize any atrocity with gusto and endless piles of manure. The goof you responded to has a particularly vile case of smug choseness. Who gave such a fool the authority to judge whether their lives are better? I wonder if it ever occurred to it how few of the “beneficiaries” have asked for anything from us but instead would rather be left alone. “Of all tyrannies, a tyranny exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It may be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron’s cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end, for they do so with the approval of their own conscience.” – C.S. Lewis The Humanitarian Theory of Punishment, AMCAP Journal Vol.13 No1. 1987. 151. Mark1776 says: Just another controlled opposition candidate. Member of the CFR. In favor of gun control,reparations,climate change/global warming,abortion and illegal immigration. The NWO “Peace Candidate”. Meet the new boss,same as the old boss. @Art Tulsi is just more controlled opposition. A member of the CFR. Need I say more? • Replies: @Art , @Paul C. Troops watching reportedly laughed Jacques. No doubt about it. Like the mighty soldiers who pissed on the corpse of some Afghani kid they murdered. I’ve seen my fellow jackass “heroes” knock the gold-capped teeth out of VC corpses to make necklaces. Tulsi is right about stopping the wars, but she’s got a long way to go. Please say a few prayers for me, but not for this monstrosity we call a country; it’s too far gone anyway. Enthusiastic, Bro Art said: When Trump makes war sounds on Iran – again, she must call a news conference and say so.” Given Tulsi does what you recommend, Art, she will have no spare time to even wash the dishes. Thanks & my respect. That’s a good start and, actually, a required first step. I can give you some suggestions on some pretty nifty dives and diners–there some wonderful a la-carte places. Well wish Vlad my best. It’s nice to know that there are a few men worthy of the honor of being called statesmen, and he appears to be one of them. One of the few adults on the stage. PS: I’m jealous of the Russian folk too. Look what we have for “leadership” in comparison. Pathetic, crying shame. • Agree: J. Gutierrez, Rurik “Dem or Rep will make no difference Mr. Smith…” Okay, so you still don’t understand what I’m talking about. Apparently you see a binary world of “Democrat” vs. “Republican” and you either ignore or try to force fit every nuance of the much more complex real world into your simple paradigm. “Obama joined the club before his election. He could have returned the constitutional rights Bush took away, stopped the Afghan and Iraqi wars, not invade Libya, left Syria alone and not allow CIA fune care ding of Al-Qaeda and ISIS.” I neither stated nor meant to imply that Obama was some kind of a saint. He wasn’t. (Apparently neither is Tulsi Gabbard). I didn’t like Obama; in my opinion he was an immoral scumbag. But here’s the thing that you apparently don’t get: evil, like almost everything else in this world, is a matter of degree. Maybe an example will help? Consider the following two hypothetical scenarios, “A” and “B.” (A) Joe and Bill are standing in line at the convenience store waiting to pay for the merchandise they’re buying. Bill is standing behind behind Joe. While reaching into his pocket, Joe accidentally drops a $10 bill on the floor (which he doesn’t realize that he dropped). Bill sees Joe’s $10 bill fall to the floor, but he doesn’t say anything to Joe. He’s hoping that Joe leaves the store without realizing that he dropped the money. (Of course if Bill was the one who dropped the money, he’d be angry if someone else tried to take it). Joe pays for the items he has and takes a few steps toward the door. Just then a third customer notices the money on the floor and says: “Hey buddy, is that your money on the floor?” Both Joe and Bill turn to address the third customer and size up the situation, but Bill is quick to respond, saying “hey thanks” to the other customer as he picks up the money (which is now closer to him that to Joe) pretending it’s his. Joe leaves the store still unaware that Bill just stole his $10. (B) Joe leaves the convenient store and walks down the alleyway nearby. Bob jumps out from the shadows brandishing a knife and demands Joe’s wallet. Bob is apparently willing to stab Joe if he resists. Moreover, Bob is apparently also willing to risk his own life, because for all he knows, Joe may be carrying a concealed Glock 19. Joe reaches into his pocket and presents Bob with… (the end doesn’t matter). So who is apparently the more evil person here, Bill or Bob? They’re both scumbags, right? But Bill isn’t willing to stab Joe for a few dollars or to put himself at risk whereas Bob is. You could say that Bill is an opportunistic scumbag, whereas Bob is a much more aggressive and dangerous scumbag. My point is that there are differences between people. Obama can be likened to “Bill” and orange clown can be likened to “Bob.” Obama wasn’t willing to risk WW3 to please a coterie of madmen, whereas orange clown apparently is willing to risk it, right? Now that all the low-hanging imperial fruit has been picked; the mask is off (the goal of world domination and control is painfully obvious); the empire’s internal problems and contradictions are taking a toll portending decline; and Russia and China are rising fast and resisting the evil empire’s depredations…the elders no longer have the luxury of installing any old corrupt political opportunist in the white house – if they are to advance the agenda; rather, they need some uniquely evil people. I hope this clears things up. @redmudhooch The US and Israel are both there. We are not allowed to mention this. US and Israel are twins these days. So if one says US is doing something bad, then Israel is there too. In Central America, the US oppressor label is all over the place with Israel which can’t be named. Here is why these videos do not mention Israel or who the five families ruling Honduras are. Washington doesn’t mind be called bad, but don’t call little Israel bad, now that is bad. A crime is crime no matter who does it. Hiding crimes lets them grow into monsters, such as the Seven nations to destroy for Israel’s and US’s nine eleven false flag. These videos are only allowed to say that the US is bad, otherwise no one in our “free” press will listen to them. About the five families ruling Honduras. This article was translated by this website into English from Spanish, since there was uproar about the writer talking about the ethnic background of the Honduran rulers. “In its original form this article published 28/11/2009 in ‘El Mundo‘ – a leading Spanish newspaper, has been condemned as anti-Semitic by the American Jewish Committee. You just can’t mention somebody’s ethnicity in certain circumnstances – the journalist only wrote that those five families are of Jewish heritage. Here is rough translation from spanish:” If someone is doing bad it should not matter what their ethnic background is, they should be shamed for there behavior. Things kept darkness keep growing and growing. This is where we are at with the 500 BC wars in the middle east. Seven nations to destroy for Yahweh’s Israel is from Deut. 7. 1-2. Old Test./Torah. There are now 100o Israeli troops in Honduras. I am sure that they feel at home with the five Zionist Jewish families running the nation. This is the first time that Israel sent such a large number of troops to a foreign nation. Why isn’t this is our “free” press? https://www.informationclearinghouse.info/51568.htm “A multilateral military treaty between Honduras, Israel, and the United States will see the deployment of 1000 Israeli soldiers at Honduras. They will train the Armed Forces of Honduras (FFAA) and National Police (PN). By naming Israel as a co-sponsor of the US in the oppression in Latin America, perhaps people will wake up in the US and get of wars for Israel in the middle east. So it is good thing to name Israel. Very interesting article. A different take. Paradigms Flip as Trump and Tulsi Emerge as the Winners of the Democratic Party Debate The single truth that many mainstream Democrats will have a very difficult time acknowledging coming out of the June 26th Democratic Party Presidential Debate, is that Donald Trump’s positions on China and Latin America have become a Democratic Party line. Is this is a mere matter of pandering to the polling data on questions like Latin America and China? Even if just that, it would be a Trump success in and of itself. The June 26th Democratic Party Presidential Debate was astounding in its representation of a major paradigm shift in the United States. TULSI GABBARD COMES AWAY THE WINNER Connected to Trump as the ‘winner’, it was Tulsi Gabbard who stood out from the rest of the candidates. Interestingly, reliable polling data just out from the Drudge Report shows that Gabbard emerged as the winner of the debate on ideas and policies overall. She won some 40% of the vote, and when compared to the candidates whom the other 60% was divided, it was a landslide. https://www.strategic-culture.org/news/2019/06/29/paradigms-flip-as-trump-tulsi-emerge-winners-democratic-party-debate/ @Mark1776 The CFR keeps its enemies close. Sometimes it works – sometimes not. I don’t think that Gabbard is member in good ideological standing. A member of the CFR. Need I say more? No, you need to say less. Take your moronic view of the world and bugger off. “plans to ‘bird-dog’ presidential candidates at public events to create viral moments and prod the Democratic Party leftward on the issue of Israel.” Good, that’s the best strategy. ….bird dogging is the only way to put candidates on the hot seat in public and inform their audiences. Cassandra, I live near the center of a town that has a major freeway running through the center. That freeway is a major transportation route for products exported or imported through Mex. A couple of months ago I watched African Immigrants fighting with Mexican security forces on the southern border on the news. A week later those same immigrants stopped at a restaurant owned by a friend of mine located on that same freeway. 3 weeks ago I saw those same Africans on tv trying to cross the border near Laredo, but were turned back by agents across the river. Last week I saw a news channel from San Antonio reporting the arrival of African immigrants from the Congo. They reported that the US government needed French speaking people and those people had jobs waiting. The reporter noticed that a couple of them were counting brand new dollar bills under a tree. He also noticed they had bags of new clothes. That same week I saw a YouTube (the Florida Maqui) channel reporting a breakout of a new strain of Ebola. The location of that outbreak was The Congo! I think we both know that those people were brought to the US by someone with the money and resources to do it. Why would the government not bring them on a normal Airline if they were recruited as interpreters. I’ll tell you why, they didn’t want proof of them being brought to the US by a government agency. The Florida Maqui also reported that San Antonio has the only Private Owned research facility that specializes in the Ebola virus. Wally sitting in his safe neighborhood will tell me I’m lying without ever thinking what do I have to gain by saiyng that! But, I know one of these days he might find himself in a position where someting I said will flash in front of him and he will not give into his weak way of thinking and see it for what it is…a deception! As he walks away from that situation, he will think to himself, damn that fucking J.G. and smile! Jaja This is what Lucy Komisar wrote about CFR: CFR has 2 sides. Members join to go to meetings, hear & question govt & foreign officials, experts. Staff & fellows are paid, do research, reports, often w/neocon slant I dislike, to influence foreign policy. May attend meetings, but otherwise no crossover. Tulsi & I are members. Founded 1921 by scholars, others, later funded by Ford, Rockefeller foundations. See wikipedia. Now gets lot of $ from corporations. Many meeting transcripts/videos on website http://cfr.org Of course, very narrow range of opinion – you don’t find the Left on panels! Note that Staff & fellows are paid, whereas those accepted as members pay dues ($780. annually for Tulsi). FYI, Lucy is a highly respected journalist who writes about financial crime. I believe Phil has quoted her about Bill Browder. She blogs at thekomisarscoop.com A member of the CFR. I found this where she explains she has a 5 year term membership, that likely has expired at this point. She doesn’t give details whether she sought them out or vice versa. My hunch is they sought her to bring her into their worldview if only incrementally. Start at 2:45 jrkrideau says: @Haruto Rat Chuck, Ya know — “a women work is never done” SORRY SORRY SORRY SORRY! Peace – Peace – Peace – PLEASE! but did you happen to see MoA’s take on John Mearsheimer’s NYT OpEd, linked below? Thanks for sharing, Chuck… it was an interesting read. Without getting into the weeds re offensive vs defensive realism, I think the Iranians find themselves in a a bit of a pickle. Moon over Alabama seems to think that abjuring a nuclear deterrent is the best option available to Iran. Mearsheimer points to what happened to Iraq and Libya, who were devastated because they did not have a nuclear deterrent. Who’s right and who’s wrong… only time will tell. From my personal experience, however, I’d prefer being armed and loaded if I felt an overwhelming force was intent on annihilating me. , @Art I hear you now Mr. Smith! I saw an X- Mossad Leader on 60 minutes that has found himself on Israel’s black list because he has spoken publicly about Netenyahoo’s Iranian Propaganda for War. This guy has been involved in numerous special opps against Arab targets and was considered a hero. It was an interested interview I recommend you take a look if you haven’t already. I saw it last night! I appreciate your effort using the store scenario to explains your position. thank you… Thanks RobinB, I think this Tulsi CFR stuff is a real canard. Her peace message goes totally counter to the CFR’s pro-Israel BS. This isn’t bad …. a deconstruction of Salon’s back-handed hit piece on Tulsi. BTW, July 4-7 she’ll be on the road in NH, so you’ll have videos of that. Salon Threatened by Tulsi Gabbard, Wants to Use Her For Personal Gain And this s what I meant by “…suddenly.” Did you see this coming? Fareed Zakaria: US faces a crisis with its asylum system RobinG, I kind of remeber reading something about the CFR being started by a group of Rohdes round table elites. I could be wrong, but if true that shows us how British Anglo Supremacy still rules… Also while researching my roots (W. Euro Spain) I read that England was populated by people from the Germanic area making most British of German decent. That got me to think about the WWI and WWII scenerio, it was basically Anglos killing Anglos what a wonderful history they have. These are the people that have been in power worldwide, add the zionist to that mix and there’s no wonder why we’re in the situation we’re in. We need to elect African pigmees in power! , @RadicalCenter Robjil, Good stuff brother, thank you for posting. I knew there were certain families that held power over the indigenous people. But I didn’t know the details you described. I can only imagine the horrors these people have faced and most likely been covered up, like their dead bodies… Thank you Brother!!!!! Wisely, and no doubt something was Crazy Horse and Sitting Bull aware, geokat said: Above, 👍!!! Nonetheless, and given how much is known about Dimona* & “Homelander” donations to the extremely offensive Israeli nuclear weapons & delivery systems defense 🙄program, there is always that awesome Superpower ZUS nuclear arsenal which renders possible Iranian nukes as not much of a deterrent. Fyi, as long as Putin’s Russia is militarily committed to prevent regime-change attack upon Iran, I think Mr Rouhani has time before the revolutionary Islamic Republic’s ” Last Stand” happens. Thanks, geo! Oh man, how ‘Merikans need the Pax of Gabbard now.🤔 * Thanks, Mr. Mordechai Vanunu. @sally That’s true, Sally, but the “play” must be changed somehow, or we’re doomed, as Orwell said, to have a boot smashing on our human face, forever. Since violent overthrow through revolution is nowhere on the horizon, we must try for small changes. Don’t you think, e.g., if Ron Paul had been elected, he would have changed some of the lines and speeches in the Play? He wanted to end, or at least audit, the Fed Reserve, give us back our own money, wouldn’t this have been a wonderful thing? Of course, he would have been assassinated were he to have done this. Don’t you think that Ralph Nader, had he been elected, would have changed a few lines in the Play? Wasn’t John Kennedy trying to make things a little better before he was taken out? I know Tulsi wouldn’t be able to do a fraction of the changes needed to make this a decent country, but a few would be better than none. Just how F-ed up has Salon become these days ? I have not read it in years. Is that not the most bizarre and schizophrenic hit piece on Tulsi one could write ?. These Salon-istas have lost their noodles. You feel like this writer for Salon is trapped in some kind of contorted post Neo-liberal metastasis, ..and has to, …..as a prerequisite to the venal establishment which lords over him ,….. force out derogatory prose on Tulsi, in order to stay within the accepted “cocktail bubble” of our “perpetual war ” elites . The writer seems to function as a tragic….. Neocon….. “Half-Borg” , whose humanity still exists in there , somewhere,…. but is so controlled by his belligerent paymasters ….he is trapped. Yet even as he obliges them, at every turn, with his well rehearsed “Tulsi- slurs” they are punctuated with pangs of remembering of what it was actually like …..to be a human being. It is absolutely fascinating to witness this co-mingling of Neocon “new-speak” with authentic blurts of moral remembering. Perhaps this is a fitting metaphor for what our thoroughly corrupted D.N.C. has become these days . 80% Neocon “War-Borg”…20% ..moral “remembering”. Absolutely fascinating. Sorry brother, I’ve been wasting my time trying to convince Wally that blaming the US for what’s happening in Central America doesn’t make me a Communist! He says I am lying, because he is completely unaware of any US involvement. Is that why you sent me the Video brother? Jajaja Wally, now I know why you think the way you do…you see the West through the videos you see! You see the shinny glimmer of muscular men marching to the beat of the Zionist propaganda crafted in scientific programs designed to reach the weak minded viewer. It’s not your fault Wally, its the Zionists that you think you are against, because of your Jew Bashing posts. Sorry to inform you that your gibberish is only an illusion. You are on the bottom and the Zionists are on top and deep inside you Wally. I don’t think I can help you, how about you Mike? By naming Israel as a co-sponsor of the US in the oppression in Latin America… As we all know, Nut’nYahoo is very fond of graphics. He was recently seen holding up this map of the world depicting Israeli foreign relations with the rest of the world: It divides the world’s countries into [four] different categories: those with which Jerusalem has “recently developed/upgraded” relations are marked in red; states that entertain “good relations” with Israel are in blue; and “overtly hostile enemy states” are in black. With the rest of the world, in green, “Israel does not have special relations.” https://www.timesofisrael.com/in-netanyahus-new-illustrated-world-israel-has-just-five-enemies/ Bottom Line: Israel through its Lobby is working overtime to convert the green and black colours to red and blue, and that includes Latin America, which is mostly green. , @Robjil Yes, it is shocking stuff. It is very hidden stuff. Here is one of the five ruling Jewish families of Honduras caught for laundering money by drug trafficking in the US. This is even more shocking that the US actually went after one of them. https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2015/10/07/446732294/u-s-indicts-one-of-honduras-most-powerful-famillies “The indictment charges that the three men, Jaime Rosenthal, a four-time presidential candidate and patriarch of the family’s vast businesses, his son Yani and his nephew Yankel, the president of one of the country’s leading soccer teams, conspired over the past decade to launder money on behalf of drug trafficking groups. “The Rosenthal’s lawyer was also named in the indictment. “Yankel Rosenthal, who was arrested at Miami’s airport, made his first appearance in federal court Wednesday in Miami. “The Rosenthal family owns Grupo Continental which has holdings in banking, telecommunications and agriculture. The family also runs one of the largest newspapers in the country. They deny any wrongdoing.” The CFR is bad, really bad. If Tulsi had gone to visit the Godfather and his family to study the gambling and lending industries would that be a concern? The CFR is _that_ bad. I knew there was something about you GeoKat, spoken like a man after my heart! To RobinG, J. Gutierrez recommended: Hey J.! Above, have good news for you & perhaps RobinG. Just got my http://www.ancestry.com results back, and guess what? Although 6’0″, and sort of white, I have African pygmy blood! Hm. I think I can out-debate & scalp Elizabeth “Pocahontas” Warren. Jajaja. My “soul ” is worth its weight in gold. How much does a soul weigh? Why can’t I see it in the mirror? I believe in freedom, but I’m more concerned with my freedom, my family’s freedom, my country’s freedom, than Persians. I have no animosity towards the Persian people, but if my choice is my freedom and their “right ” to nukes, I’ll take freedom. Every time Did you hear about the Colombian Madam that was arrested for child sex trafficking and the Israeli x-military that were caught with her? They were being investigated for international drug trafficking and child sex trafficking. These people are everywhere there is money to be made by any means necessary. Sick Fucks…Bro! I read Robin G-string’s nasty reply to you and hope it doesn’t deter you from saying more, although you summed it up nicely. I wonder how many times we have to go through the same scenario before some folks see the light. Knowing a local at your intended destination is the only way to travel. Have to spend a minimum of a month, too. I hope he goes and you guys hit it off. I’m getting too old for that type of thing or I’d invite myself! Now, I’m really jealous! 😉 I liked the graph of the Wiley Cayote bomb that he held up at the UN. The black round one with the fuse…that was funny! Either he’s dumb as a box of rocks or thinks everyone else is. That was fucking funny brother!!! I can’t stop laughing enough to type this message! Tears all over my keyboard! Gotta go get a towel! Thanks Brother…my mom is wondering what’s wrong with me! “They deny any wrongdoing.” I am shocked—shocked — they would deny any wrongdoing! Here is some good news from Honduras. Massive protests in Honduras in May 2019 and a massive protest at the US embassy on June 1 2019 marking the tenth anniversary of the US /Israel 2009 coup. Maybe that is why 1000 Israeli troops are now working with the US troops at the US’s Honduran base. US and Israel both want the 2009 coup to stay in place. Why isn’t this news in our “free” press. All we hear about in our “free” press are that refugees just “appear” at our borders, no reasons why they go to our borders. http://parstoday.com/en/radio/world-i106270-why_protesters_set_fire_to_the_us_embassy_in_honduras_(1) “The streets of Honduras were filled with protesters and clouds of tear gas as the month of June began. The national police fanned out through the country to crush the protests with heavy-handed tactics at the direction of President Juan Orlando Hernández, the US-supported neoliberal leader who won power in elections marred by documented fraud. As the protests peaked, fire was set to the doors of the American embassy in the capital, Tegucigalpa, in an apparent act of retribution against the United States for its role in propping up the widely unpopular president. It was a striking act of symbolic resistance that recalled events in 1988 when Hondurans burned the vehicles of US embassy personnel to protest Washington’s dirty war against Nicaragua. The fortifications installed around the US embassy after that incident may have prevented the latest burning from consuming the rest of the building.” Why are they protesting? “Ten years ago, the democratically elected center-left Honduran President, Manuel Zelaya, was whisked away from his residence in a brazen military raid supported by the United States. Zelaya’s removal cleared the path for the interests of big business across the country. As the ten year anniversary of the US-supported coup approaches, Hondurans are rising up against neoliberal austerity measures imposed by Washington and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) that have triggered mass public sector layoffs and raised prices on basic goods.” geokat62, Israel has 200 nukes aimed at Iran – Duh! Will someone please point that out to Chief Thunder Cloud! (Help where is Pocahontas when you need her – oh ya – sucking up to the Big Jews.) Advertising the manifest unbalance and unfairness of the situation – could go a long way to repairing the problem. (Of course that is forbidden.) Sick Fucks…Bro! And no matter how sick it gets, it keeps getting sicker. Those SoBs’ behaviors are off the charts, and to top it off they have the chutzah to play the victim card!!! Truly the spawn of Satan. Either he’s dumb as a box of rocks or thinks everyone else is. Answer: (C). Both. Nuts too. That’s why I always use the phrase, The Dumb Goyim, JG. Yes, there is a lot about this on the net. The more people know about Israel’s doing things like this, less people will be willing to fight wars for Israel in the middle east. So, knowledge of this is a good thing. https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/americas/colombia/article222897000.html “Colombia’s booming tourism industry has a dark underbelly. Authorities say they’ve broken up an “Israeli mafia” that allegedly promoted drug-fueled parties and sex with minors to international tourists. In a series of raids, Attorney General Néstor Humberto Martínez said authorities had detained eight people, including six Israelis and two Colombians. Among those arrested were Mor Zohar, described as an Israeli ringleader, and a Colombian policeman who was accused of passing confidential information to the group. Arrest warrants have been issued for another eight Israelis.” Did you hear about the Colombian Madam that was arrested for child sex trafficking and the Israeli x-military that were caught with her? You must be referring to this story, JG? Excerpt from, SEX RING SMASHED Madame arrested for ‘running child prostitution ring where 250 underage sex slaves were branded with tattoos’ by their ‘owners’ Ringleader ‘Madame’ Campos Puello is said to have hired the girls from poor neighbourhoods in Columbia and Venezuela before forcing them into prostitution: Of those seized “Madame” Liliana del Carmen Campos Puello and several unnamed Israelis were believed to be the network’s ringleaders. https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/6921599/colombia-prostitution-ring-cartagena-slaves-police-raid/ Here are a few shots of the (((Madame))) in all her glory: Here ya be Art, start video at 2:30 for Tulsi time: I can give you some suggestions on some pretty nifty dives It sounds nearly irresistible, (but Ron hasn’t yet seen my amazing offer), and my budget being what it is and all.. What about speaking English? The only Russian I know is ‘Na Zdorovie’, and even that I learned from Poles. I’ve traveled some, but it’s my heartfelt dream to travel the world. I’d like to take a year or two and just go. If I can manage it, in the next few years, and you’re still around, then I may take you up on that. I know a few Russians. One is a Russian Jew I bought a car from, and we became friends, but I haven’t seen him in years. Another Russian guy I know is married to an Ukrainian woman, (both supper nice), and they have an American daughter in college that is stunning, and also very nice. Cheers, or Na Zdorovie! The Israeli head of this child sex ring had similar clubs all over Latin America. https://www.sott.net/article/392668-Ex-Israeli-soldier-heading-child-prostitution-ring-sought-by-Interpol “It’s reported that Colombian authorities also asked Interpol to arrest a former Israel soldier deported from Colombia for running a child prostitution ring. Authorities claimed that even after his expulsion, 44-year-old Israeli citizen Assi Ben-Mosh continued to manage his illicit operations in Colombia from afar. Mosh was deported to Israel after it was discovered that he was part of a group of ex-Israeli soldiers that had turned a small fishing village in Taganga into a “sex and drug den” from their base in a luxury resort, the Benjamin Hostel which was known to locals as “little Israel”. From “little Israel” Moosh is reported to have run similar clubs exploiting drugs and children in Cartagena, Bogotá, Medellín, Ecuador, Mexico and Brazil. Local residents spoke of their relief following his arrest and deportation last November and thought they had seen the back of the former Israeli soldier.” What happened to Moosh in Israel? Nothing. He is trying to get back into Colombia. “Moosh denies any connection to the tourism sex ring and, according to Israeli sources, he is currently waging a legal battle to return to Colombia. The bust over the weekend followed months of surveillance. Authorities said that it was one of the biggest operations to combat child sex trafficking and forced prostitution in Cartagena. In a statement, the attorney general’s office described the victims as “real slaves of the 21st century”.” JumpingJoe says: Pocahontas is a wild-eyed loon. In a series of raids, Attorney General Néstor Humberto Martínez said authorities had detained eight people, including six Israelis and two Colombians. The Colombians don’t know it yet – but the day after tomorrow their currency is going into the toilet. That will teach them respect. Hey Bro Jacques! Remember Morton Downey and “The Gong Show?” Phil Giraldi ain’t no Downey, but as you branded my Lady as “RobinG-strings haha, I think a gong is coming. Fyi, I truly get turned-on when she calls me “Chuckwad.” Likely she’s too young to remember actress Linda Lovelace’s co-star, Johnny Wad? So now you can see why I get rocks-off when RobinG calls me “Chuckwad.” 👍! If this comment survives, JS, please listen to the song, linked below, by one of America’s greatest songwriters, Tom Waits. Title is “Pasties and a G-string.” Am hoping Mr. Mensa, AJM, is skulking around this stage & shall critique the beautiful malady! Uh, I know you prefer Bach, Jacque, but Waits is cock-of-the-thread-walk. “Moosh denies any connection to the tourism sex ring…” I am shocked—shocked — he’s denying any connection to the tourism sex ring! Just take a look at his mug: Why, he looks just as honest as Honest Abe! Good news. Moosh has been arrested in Portugal. Will he be sent to Colombia for imprisonment? If not he will go back to Israel where he is free. Israel is a strange country, probably, the only one in the world that does not arrest people like this guy Moosh. “An ex-Israeli soldier wanted in Colombia for heading a child prostitution ring and sex trafficking offences has been arrested in Portugal. Forty-five-year-old Assi Ben-Mosh – also known as Assi Moosh – was arrested near the Portuguese capital Lisbon on Wednesday during an operation by Spain’s Guardia Civil police force. The Guardia Civil said in a statement that Ben-Mosh is thought to have been hiding on the Spanish island of Ibiza, and then in Barcelona, before eventually being arrested in Portugal this week. It added that Ben-Mosh had been using a fake Israeli ID, the Times of Israel reported yesterday.” “What a heaving crock ! Everybody, in every single country we have illegally bombed , decimated , ransacked and occupied, wants us out , ASAP. Having noted my position on the invasion, my response here is to the country I referenced not the rest of the planet you imagine we have bombed into nothingness. So before we move on to your imagined scenarios, let’s stay on task and that task is our presence in Afghanista. It matters not a twiddle what you think about the invasion. The point of fact is that we invaded. And in doing so we have chosen sides and that side has not expressed any hurry for the US departure because they are sure about what will happen. Reprisals — that means bloodshed upon bloodshed. It would be nie if everyone wanted us out. But that simply is not the case. Anyone of us who opposed invasion had a pretty good idea about how this would turn. And I think many of us would admit that somewhere in our being was a hoped we were wrong. But that has not turned out to be the case. We are there. We have created dual environments in which millions are living new lives. Like it or not that is the reality. And my comments speak not if, what if, or some bizarre nonsensical trite perspective on “do gooder” isms. But the simple question is what level of responsibility do we owe those millions who have developed new lives based on the environment(s) we created. Only children believe they can do damage and simply walk away. as if they did nothing. I woud that I lacked conscience to support as much. But I don’t. And wrestling with reality is much tough. Certainy tougher than making up tales of what others believe or practice and spouting them off as truth. Now if you are prepared to make a case why we should this country regardlessm you are free to make it. but you will need better arguments than the responses you and others have provided thus far. There is a case to be made for we should leave and if they fall back into full blown civil war — that is there business. It is entirely possible that our departure will bring about a “kumbya” happy ending where all embrace in love and the lays flows with milk and honey”. Or that the forces come to peaceful agreem ents. Or that . . . I prefer not pretend there will be no negative consequences for those millions. And we should make every effort to prevent that future. And perhaps even that will fail, but we owe those men who died in that effort some offer that their was not all in political vain. As for the most hated country in the world . . . http://listtop10s.com/top-10-most-hated-countries-in-the-world/ Hey Johnny — is that guy 2D’s and Authentic’s guru? They are all on a mission to save us from the good folk truthers. They save us from our hopes – bless them. I repeat, repeat, & repeat, geo, you are The Master Research Specialist in service of Philip Giraldi’s wavelength. (Zigh) The scumsucker-fuckers, the child sex trafficking “ringleader” Israelis are likely free & enjoying Miami, Tel Aviv beaches now. Am also delighted grateful for J. Gutierrez’s extraordinary & priceless service here! From me to you two guys, a rare Trinity Crown of Nobility!* * Am an idealist to some extent. So naturally, my one & only favorite patriotic song is “America the beautiful.” The greatest line, & especially when sung by the late-Ray Charles, is in stark contrast as to how our Shabbos goy leadership sees things.🤑 A blind man, Ray longed for the day when in America, “all success is nobleness. Knowing a local at your intended destination is the only way to travel. I once spent a few days in Hamburg, Germany. And stayed with a dude that grew up there, and was sort of a former underworld/shady character. Bouncer, former kick boxer, some drug stuff, would ‘handle’ things for the ‘bosses’ when he was a young man. He said when they were teenagers, they’d take booze or porn or something in a boat to Amsterdam, and trade them for guns or some contraband or other, or vice versa, because some of those things were available in one country, but not the other. And they’d make money smuggling. So anyways, he grew up there and I got the tour of the century. The Reeperbahn, of course. (tourists, sleeze, but worth a look) And the nightclubs and bars where he knew the owners and we’d get invited to the back for ‘a bump’ (it was popular back then, if you’re into that kind of thing – me, not so much). Hamburg is a fascinating city. We went to a party at the bunker. A great way to use a building like that. Techno music and writhing young people. (I was younger then too ; ). The city has a particle collider and great museums and waterways and a fascinating history. Lots of Turks were there and Turkish establishments, and others, so it’s losing it’s German identity and feel, (like so many other places in the West, I guess), but it was still an amazing place to visit, and mostly because I knew a colorful and connected local. Syndrome Hopper says: So I am being taxed to fund Statist Department projects designed to counter certain political beliefs, opinions, and criticism? Happy Independence Day, citizens of Ziowa. https://www.topteny.com/top-10-most-hated-countries-in-the-world/ Most loved countries in the world https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/best-countries-in-the-world.html We have a military presence in nearly everyone of these countries — they are not clamoring for us to get out. And we nuked Japan. I guess we can lean on your turn regarding whether said presence or action was legal. The US is number two onthe list for most visited countries in the world despite our mistakes in foreign policy. https://list25.com/25-most-visited-countries-in-the-world/5/ US number 1 and 22nd https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2019/04/17/1910726/us-remains-pinoys-most-trusted-country-sws https://list25.com/25-most-respected-countries-in-the-world/ The above is a lot of world juice in my book. But the evidence even where we have issues is that your claim about everyone hating us is false, even if we illegally bomb them. There’s a reason we choose sides. @Syndrome Hopper Hey, c’mon! Whatsa matta, you no like-a free spich? 😉 In June 1922…the Zionist halter was firmly reaffixed round the neck of American State policy, and though American voter only slowly realized this, it became immaterial to him which party prevailed at elections. -Douglas Reed, The Controversy of Zion, p 300-301 Izzat antee Sumitik? In the article, it says that Israelis are forbidden by law from entering Saudi Arabia or Yemen. Yemen. I can understand. I thought Saudis and Israelis were best buddies. “On his map, which he waved around several times during Monday’s two-hour session, only five countries are colored in black, thus identified as enemy states: Iran, Iraq, Syria, Afghanistan and North Korea. (Lebanon’s status is indiscernible). Perhaps most instructive about this category is those nations it does not include: Yemen, Saudi Arabia (both countries Israelis are forbidden by law from entering), Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates, Oman, Sudan, Pakistan, Libya, Algeria, Tunisia, Indonesia, Cuba, Venezuela and other states with which Israel does not have diplomatic ties.” With skilled gallows-humor, geo linked a mug, & exclaimed: “Why, he looks just as honest as Honest Abe!” The ZUS Jewish Supremacists & Shabbos goy cult turned President Washington’s great fable on it’s head. I mean, geo, the one where George was slapped with charges that he chopped down the family cherry 🍒 tree. Young George inspirationally said, “I cannot tell a lie.” (Zigh) In the posted-pic, the officer seated to his right should have leaned over, and checked Moosh’s head for the presence of two horns. These evil fuckers are unaccountable & never have to tell the truth, and er, “nothin’ but ‘da truth.” (Zigh) geo, I so wish a photo of the police interrogation with the “Dancing Israelis” was available. Thanks, & my special respect while firecrackers are now going off in my “Homeland,” Scranton, 🙄where Mayor William Courtright was charged with bribery, conspiracy & extortion. Fyi, he resigned on Monday, July 1, and City officials are now wondering what happens next. 🤔 Unlike indicted P.M. Netanyahu, (Zigh), Mayor Courtright will do time in The Big House, uh…, like does Mr. Clean t-Rump’s Manafort. There was some talk here (who?) about the USian psyche. Caitlin Johnstone is in top form with her take on Trump’s tank parade. A sample: “Putin’s America,” tweeted Anand Giridharadas, a pundit who was genetically engineered in a Monsanto laboratory to appeal to NPR listeners on every possible level. ….. The only way to make [Trump’s tank parade] more American would be to add a few monster trucks and a Kardashian. Jingoistic Military Fetishization Is As American As Bald Eagle McNuggets https://medium.com/@caityjohnstone/jingoistic-military-fetishization-is-as-american-as-bald-eagle-mcnuggets-bceb80186db2 And don’t forget Obama and his first SoS Clinton decided to “help” Honduras residents, and thus are they making the trek across Mexico to try to get into the US. These adventures are 90% net losses – of money, lives, and international standing. Honduras – Another big win for Nobel Peace Prize Obama and SOS Clinton. Maybe that’s why the Dems are more sympathetic to refugees – they realize that we make refugees everywhere. This Moosh made the news in 2003. Not in our MSM, oh course. What was he doing in 2003, the same year the US was destroying Iraq for Israel? https://www.haaretz.com/1.4778071 “The 30-year-old Ben-Mosh, originally from Kiryat Ata, is thought to have spent recent years traveling the world, with his base as Japan. But after running into trouble with the Yakuza, the Japanese mafia, he moved to Spain. From there, police suspect, he ordered Ecstasy tablets from suppliers in Holland, and sent the drugs to the Far East. At the same time, according to police suspicions, he used Israelis in South America to export cocaine, mostly to Europe. “ etanyahu yesterday warned the Democrats against going back into the Iran deal if Trump is defeated in 2020, and the American Jewish Committee issued this urgent appeal today about Hezbollah’s global reach. Beirut. Buenos Aires. Burgas. What do these three cities, separated by thousands of miles, have in common? All have been the sites of deadly attacks carried out by the Lebanon-based, Iranian-backed terrorist group Hezbollah. Across the globe, Hezbollah has claimed countless lives—and the death toll continues to rise. (BTW, the Burgas attack was 2012, Buenos Aires 1994.) AIPAC was on the Iran case yesterday. The Anti-Defamation League (which opposed the Iran deal) also states that Iran represents a threat to the U.S. with global terror networks and the capacity to strike US troops in Europe, and much worse if it acquires nukes http://www.mondoweiss.net Jewish agents are trying to force US get into war with Iran ‘My “soul ” is worth its weight in gold. How much does a soul weigh? Why can’t I see it in the mirror? I believe in freedom, but I’m more concerned with my freedom, my family’s freedom, my country’s freedom, than Persians. I have no animosity towards the Persian people, but if my choice is my freedom and their “right ” to nukes, I’ll take freedom. Every time’ This overlooks the minor detail that it isn’t the Persians who are threatening your freedom. The rationalization you’re constructing isn’t new. It’s the usual path to damnation. ‘What I’m doing is really okay because blah blah blah…’ No it isn’t — and if you realize it but are going ahead anyway, so much the worse for you. Hagia Sofia says: Tulsi Gabbard and Dennis Kucinich talk about their meeting with Bashar al-Assad Tulsi also declared war on the Washington Establishment, saying that “For too long our leaders have failed us, taking us into one regime change war after the next US Has Killed More Than 20 Million People in 37 “Victim Nations” Since World War II {Excerpts} 37 VICTIM NATIONS The U.S. is responsible for between 1 and 1.8 million deaths during the war between the Soviet Union and Afghanistan, by luring the Soviet Union into invading that nation. (1,2,3,4) Three estimates of deaths range from 300,000 to 750,000 (4,5,6) Argentina: See South America: Operation Condor Bangladesh: See Pakistan So the U.S. bears responsibility not only for the deaths from the bombings but also for those resulting from the activities of the Khmer Rouge – a total of about 2.5 million people. Even when Vietnam latrer invaded Cambodia in 1979 the CIA was still supporting the Khmer Rouge. (1,2,3) An estimated 40,000 people in Chad were killed and as many as 200,000 tortured by a government, headed by Hissen Habre who was brought to power in June, 1982 with the help of CIA money and arms. During 17 years of terror under Allende’s successor, General Augusto Pinochet, an estimated 3,000 Chileans were killed and many others were tortured or “disappeared.” (2,3,4,5) China An estimated 900,000 Chinese died during the Korean War. One estimate is that 67,000 deaths have occurred from the 1960s to recent years due to support by the U.S. of Colombian state terrorism. (1) Some people estimate that the number of Cuban forces killed range from 2,000, to 4,000. Another estimate is that 1,800 Cuban forces were killed on an open highway by napalm. Democratic Republic of Congo (formerly Zaire) …the CIA was secretly supporting efforts to recruit several hundred mercenaries in the U.S. and Great Britain to serve alongside Zaire’s army. There is an international battle over resources in that country with over 125 companies and individuals being implicated. One of these substances is coltan, which is used in the manufacture of cell phones. (2) From the early 1990s until now Yugoslavia split into several independent nations whose lowered income, along with CIA connivance, has made it a pawn in the hands of capitalist countries. (1) The dissolution of Yugoslavia was caused primarily by the U.S. (2) Here are estimates of some, if not all, of the internal wars in Yugoslavia. All wars: 107,000; (3,4) Bosnia and Krajina: 250,000; (5) Bosnia: 20,000 to 30,000; (5) Croatia: 15,000; (6) and Kosovo: 500 to 5,000. (7) https://www.globalresearch.ca/us-has-killed-more-than-20-million-people-in-37-victim-nations-since-world-war-ii/5492051 RadicalCenter says: It’s an overstatement to say that most English are mainly German, but many Englishmen are part German, and MOST English are substantially part Celtic and/or German/French, in that order. https://www.ancestry.com/corporate/international/press-releases/DNA-of-the-nation-revealedand-were-not-as-British-as-we-think LIBYA BOMBED and DESTROYED, Millions DISPLACED, thousands dying at sea trying, hundreds of thousands of innocent Libyans imprisoned and tortured (many to death) for the simple reason that they did not agree with the phony revolution and illegal invasion of their country: Libyan War The Truth {excerpts, emphasis added} On the 26th of June, 2019, the Terrorist Militias of the UN puppet government in Tripoli (GNA) attacked the Libyan city of Gharyan and the Libyan National Army Headquarters in that city. They were led by Turkish Military advisors, some Turkish troops and bombed using Turkish Drones out of Misurata and Tripoli. The destruction of parts of Gharyan and the military headquarters was criminal and intentional and horrific. But it did not stop there. The terrorist militias invaded the city of Gharyan and committed atrocities against the wounded and captured soldiers and some of the innocent civilians. The terrorists of the UN puppet government went into the hospitals where the wounded civilians and soldiers were taken and where the terrorists continued their crimes. The wounded soldiers were tortured, raped and assassinated. These crimes against humanity are the same as those committed against the Libyan people in 2011 by these same terrorist mercenaries brought into Libya by NATO and supported by the NATO and the western countries. The reports of these crimes which have been confirmed by the receipt of the bodies of the tortured soldiers to Benghazi, has shocked and enraged the Libyan people and the Libyan National Army. These are WAR CRIMES, against all international law. The deployment of over 20,000 Northrup Grumman shoulder mounted rockets to Libyan in 2011. These rockets were passed to the terrorist mercenaries by the Hillary Clinton State department that in actuality purchased 50,000 such rockets in 2010 and are now all missing! These criminal acts resulted in the assassination of Chris Stevens who was involved in the missile transfers. The report is a complete and utter farse, typical reporting by the Khazarian Zionist controlled media. http://libyanwarthetruth.com/turkish-army-invades-libya-support-gna-terrorist-militias-committing-war-crimes-and-crimes-against A July 4th Reality show…. “Starring Donald Trump”….a man who has no knowledge or appreciation of history. ”Tanks are rolling into Washington, DC, tomorrow for Donald Trump’s “Salute to America,” a revised version of the city’s annual Fourth of July celebration that the president promises will be the “show of a lifetime.” It will be a full-on military display, which—in addition to the tanks—includes “multiple flyovers,” military music, a Trump speech in front of the Lincoln Memorial to top Republican donors and political appointees, and, of course, fireworks. All of which has caused the National Park Service to divert nearly $2.5 million typically used to improve its parks to cover the costs.” Trump would have left MbS for Hitler in a heart beat. I think you may have misunderstood my point. I’m not saying I want a war with Iran, or any other country, I’m saying if my only choice is a gun grabbing, illegal alien supporting, reparations paying, tax raising democrat, or a repub who won’t raise my taxes, won’t pay people for having dark skin and won’t try to take away my 2nd Amendment rights, I have to go with the repub. Even if that costs the Iranians their navy, air force and part of its army. In this world we often have to go with a choice that isn’t ideal, but is the best we can get. I think every billionaire in this country(who loves this country) should be extremely concerned we have overspent our wad by 16.4 trillion dollars in a mere 19 years. [….] the bulk of this debt is due to our gross “overspending” on illegal wars of aggression overseas , … or possibly wrong, and the first idea “I think every billionaire in this country(who loves this country) should be extremely concerned “ was spot on. Here it is: https://twitter.com/quincyinst Yes! Koch Bro. and Soros are teaming up to end wars! I’m not joking, nor do I trust them. But they do it: kind of “United Oligarchs to end All Wars” ‘…In this world we often have to go with a choice that isn’t ideal, but is the best we can get.’ This is probably what most people who commit acts of evil say. You’re not doing anything new. My point is that you don’t have the right to murder innocent people so that you can keep your guns. • Agree: renfro We have until July 17 to get the House Judiciary and Intelligence committees to put some serious screws to Mueller. Great article today by Lucy Komisar. Mueller Report Gets the Trump Tower Meeting Wrong; Promotes Browder Hoax https://consortiumnews.com/2019/07/03/mueller-report-gets-the-trump-tower-meeting-wrong-promotes-browder-hoax/#comments “On the issue of Browder, the Magnitsky story and the essence of the Trump Tower meeting, the Mueller Report is a deception intended to keep the myth of collusion in the air while dismissing that any collusion took place.” @Hagia Sofia Is one million$ per body a fair reparation? Let’s say so! What amount for all material dammage, indirect consequence? Let’say about the same order of magnitude. Would it not be correct to take the same sum? Here is the tab: 20 million x 1 million$ = 20 trillion $ Material damage = 20 trillion $ Due total = 40 trillion $ For each US citizen: annual revenue for 2 years I posted that video because it illustrates well what many here write about immigration, the US being a communist regime, etc. But the Pet Shop Boys are not being ironic, they really mean it and advocate it, although, as many point out here, such a west would not be some high tech utopia like shown in the video, but more of a dysfunctional third world country. About all the rest you guys were debating, like the state of Latin America, I tend to go along what the insider, John Perkins, the Economic Hit Man, has to say. Oh, now I’m murdering people if my country goes to war with another? You can’t be serious. Killings during wartime are not murder, have never been considered murder. Were the brave men who defended Vienna from the Muslim horde murderers? Were the brave soldiers on both sides in WW2 murderers? Is it only “murder” when American soldiers kill enemy soldiers? You have an odd conception of the meaning of the word murder. Should I leave my family and neighbors unarmed and unable to defend themselves, just so weak kneed pacifists can feel righteous? Should I be taxed into penury, so deranged liberals can feel better about themselves? I consider it evil to disarm people, to tax people into poverty, to encourage people to illegally enter a country and to think oneself more “moral” than others because your willing to support a phony politician. So I guess we disagree. May you, and the rest of us, never have to suffer under your “ideals”. Burn baby burn….. Violent protests over teen’s death in Israel injure 111 police A protester runs past a burning barrier at the main entrance to Jerusalem on Tuesday. Jerusalem (CNN)Israel’s nationwide demonstrations over the fatal police shooting of an Ethiopian-Israeli teenager turned violent on Tuesday evening, with dozens of protesters and officers injured in clashes. The shooting of 19-year-old Solomon Teka by an off-duty police officer in Kiryat Haim, just north of Haifa, has ignited long-simmering frustrations among Ethiopian-Israelis over racism in the country. An investigation into the incident, which took place on Sunday, is still ongoing. Israel’s police spokesman said 111 police officers were injured in clashes during demonstrations. Dozens of protesters were also wounded, Israel’s emergency response service, Magen David Adom, said. https://www.cnn.com/2019/07/03/middleeast/israel-ethiopian-protests-intl-hnk/index.html ‘…May you, and the rest of us, never have to suffer under your “ideals”.’ You refuse to distinguish between a just war, and a war you would wage against innocent third parties for purely domestic political considerations. I can’t conceive of a more evil position. Should such a war happen, and you helped make it possible for your own convenience, you should hope there in fact isn’t a God. Yes if soldier on soldier as in some idealised epic about knights or samurais. But aren’t there far more civilian than military casualties in most wars? And that would be murder. And even those chivalrous knights and samurais used to put towns and villages to the torch and massacre civilians. I got news for you, people all over the world invest in “Wall Street”. In fact anyone who has a pension plan has investments in “Wall Street”. And yes, poor people, 99 times out of 100, are poor because of the choices THEY make, like having more babies than they feed and of course being too lazy to work. Indeed, I loath murdering, lazy Communists. • Replies: @renfro IOW, I have refuted every piece of nonsense you have posted so now you must resort to more false strawman arguments. You are laughably desperate. But hey, everyone has had a particularly good laugh at your claims that the US has seized Venezuela’s oil refineries. And your equally moronic claim that Latin Americas starve themselves by taking jobs. Or that Indians who work are suckers for earning a living. You’re just another lazy, unproductive, unthinking Communist, aka: ‘rebel without a clue’. Communism: the most failed form of governance the world has ever seen. I agree 100% with what he is saying, but what is “Dark Star Ritual Hair”? The guy talks about it, and claims Gabbard is a “War Hawk” because of it, but what is it? My search shows that Lucifer is the lord of the “Dark Star”, but what does this have to do with Gabbards hair? I got you brother…it was so gay I couldn’t let it go to waste. Wally came to mind and there she went!!! Thanks brother.. Hey take look on youtube’s Florida Maqui channel he’s keeping track of the worldwide map of disease outbreaks. It always helps to know where to stay away from or at least cover up.. My mom got up with a headache and I can’t get back to sleep.. PetrOldSack says: The election peddling scam, the public figures having real power scam, the garbage information overload scam, do they still work here at unz.com. The commenters must be complicit. The old cow of democracy unearthed, the porcelain polished, the dishes vegetarian, kosher, halal, and everything in between. The kitchen staff workers paid for. The audience too old to move beyond groove thinking, incitement into action -1. Overlay, multi-coating, dogged digging, who gets tired of this? Eating junk on a plastic plate, drinking sugary drab in styrofoam cups. The diners brought in by bus. Haha. As the title of this article by P.G. is “Who won the debate?,” Wally Drew upon his inner t-Rump instinct, and to J. Gutierrez, he (haha) declared: “I have refuted every piece of nonsense you have posted so now you must resort to more false strawman arguments. You are laughably desperate…” blah, blah, blah, ad nauseum. Yo, Wall. Not so fast. Do commenters assembled here get to vote on your self-projection that you defeated J. Gutierrez’s “arguments.” 🙄 I predict there is a U.R. consensus that J.G. was absolutely insightful & correct when he branded you as a “kinda’ goofy type of dumb.” Apart from CODAH references, it is you who are “laughably desperate” when making claim to t-Rump’s “many accomplishments,” while he and Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin 🇮🇱 implement Economic Zionism (EZ) in the “Homeland,” and they strive to impose that brand of totalitarianism upon Russia and China. On Independence Day 2019, you are stuck within the Wall of a Shabbos goy zoo, haha, and without a “clue.” It is my experience that there are no “innocent third parties” anywhere in this world. If you believe Iran is, or ever was, an “innocent third party” the words naive and/or duplicitous come to mind. It appears you’ve set yourself as some kind of judge of what is evil according to some self designed standard of righteousness. If it helps you to get through the night to believe you have a God on your side, and he’s better than my God or gods, go with it. There are many reasons to go to war with Iran, and a lot of reasons not to, evil can be placed on either side of the board, depending on one’s opinion. How will you feel if a woman is raped because she is unable to defend herself when Tulsi takes away her gun? When a child is murdered because his parents couldn’t shoot a villain who entered their house? When people are taxed so heavily, that they go hungry and businesses are forced to close down? Should such things happen, and you helped make it possible for your own “ideals”, you should hope there in fact isn’t a God. July 4, 2019 at 2:00 pm GMT • 1,600 Words Wally, I’m going to ask you a couple of questions that you may or may not want to answer. How old are you? What type of work do you do (Computer Tech, Financial, Medical, etc.)? Where did your ancestors originate? I can tell that you think “Socialism” is the same as “Communism” because that’s what you’re supposed to think, by design! So, I’m not going to give you the satisfaction of giving you my take on the those two systems that are similar in one way but totally different in a lot of ways. What I will do is give you my take on “Capitalism” and how I believe “Capitalism” functions in the US. In my opinion “Capitalism” in it’s true form, the way it was designed to function has morphed into other completely different animal. We’ll call that transformation “Modern Capitalism” the system the US government is currently operating under. Capitalism and Modern Capitalism are as different from each other as Socialism and Communism. And I’ll tell you why I feel that way, Wally. Capitalism allows you and me to open a Mexican Restaurant (Wally’s Fish Tacos)at the local mall if we can put a business plan together, show it to a bank or investors and get the financing we need. That is the way Capitalism is supposed to work. We open up, it’s a great success and we start making a lot of money. Time to expand, right? We go back to the Bank with a new business plan with our current financial statement and are approval on the spot! Why, because that’s how Capitalism works, the hard work and business management skills that made your business a success, rewards you. Now, when we opened up our new location, does that make us the same as the El Torrito down the street?. No, because Wally’s Fish Taco’s is what we would call a mom & pop or small business and EL Torrito is owned by a corporation. We couldn’t be more different — sharks in bad suits, versus ordinary people owning a business. Yet we’re supposed to think they’re both “Capitalism.” Wally, you have no idea what “Capitalism” actually is, and that is a big part of America’s troubles. And that “Modern Capitalism” is a very different thing. It has a few critical elements. Maximizing profits — a legal obligation to. Returning those profits to shareholders, people who “own” a legally contracted “share” of them — which they can “trade.” The “shareholders” are the ones who decide how to govern the organization, and they sit on its board. Throughout history, there have been plenty of entrepreneurs and businesses. Wine merchants, Spice Merchants, Olive, Sugar and Tobacco farmers. But none of these resembled “Modern Capitalism.” They had no legal obligation to maximize profits. They might have had partners and even investors — but certainly not formal, abstracted “shareholders”, trading “shares.” Can you see how different “Modern Capitalism” is already from “Capitalism”? “Modern Capitalism” required three key institutions to be created — and still does. 1. It needed the nation-state — to create all the legal obligations and protections it enjoys, from profit-maximization, to the idea of a “company”. 2. It needed the modern financial system of markets — to allow it to issue and hold “debt” and “equity”, or “shares”, of these “companies”, which were “capitalized” publicly — sold to all, not just casually, informally shared with friends and buddies and uncles and so on. 3. And modern capitalism needed public investment for these new “companies” to operate, because not a single company in the world had laid down its own public infrastructure, from roads to laws to courts and armies to protect property rights and so forth. So that makes “Modern Capitalism” a thoroughly modern creation. Business, trade, commerce, industry — these things long, long, predate “Capitalism”. And yet, Americans imagine that “Capitalism” means anyone who was ever in business, or ever traded anything, from the beginning of time — yet when you think about it for even a moment, nothing could be further from the truth.) What does that tell us? It tells us that there is a “Capitalism” that is the individual business, entrepreneurship, trade, and commerce. It is just one way to organize these things — far from the only one. Then there is the one we use now — and we can and should question whether it’s doing us any good anymore. After all, 80% of Americans live paycheck to paycheck, 70% can’t raise $1000 in emergency savings, and living standards (like life expectancy and happiness) are plummeting. Is “Modern Capitalism” working? You don’t have to be a genius or some kind of smelly leftist revolutionary (as you claim I am) to conclude: wow, no. But at the same time, if we imagine that questioning “Modern Capitalism” means that we’re also saying “nobody can open a shop or business or restaurant (Wally’s Fish Taco’s) or a bar!!! EVER!!” — that is to say, by questioning “Capitalism, we are also forbidding the existence of business, commerce, trade, industry — then of course no sane person will question “Modern Capitalism”. Questioning “Capitalism” just means the following things (as a brief, incomplete summary) — which are common sense and any like minded person reading this can add to it… That we disagree with the idea that there should be a legal obligation to maximize profits, above all else. That we don’t believe that an organization should be “owned” by “shareholders”, versus say employees, cities, towns, managers, or anyone else, partially or wholly. That we disagree with the idea that “shareholders” should be the only ones to manage an organization. Let me make it a little clearer to you Wally. That every business, enterprise, project and endeavour, should be legally held accountable for any acts of greed, selfishness and predatory action, because their only goal should never be, to “grow” into a giant, soul-crushing monopoly of profit — which also means they have to be narrow-minded, short-sighted, and end up abusive and harmful to everything on the planet. That being exploitative and predatory is not OK, desirable, good — and it’s corrosive to democracy, survival and prosperity. When someone questions “Modern Capitalism”, they’re not saying “shut down the dry-cleaners!!” — but the very opposite. They’re saying there should be more business, enterprises, endeavors that don’t have to or want to or need to become El Torrito, Goldman Sachs, Walmart or Facebook. They’re saying: should a giant pharma company really be able to bank billions off an opioid crisis? Should banks and HMOs have the legal obligation to maximize profits — not people’s well-being? Should all these companies be owned by people who simply “buy” “shares” of “profit” — why not the people who work at them, too, or the towns and cities they operate in, at least in some way, as a form of sanity, protection, a safety check? If we believe the choices are — “capitalism” and its the only rules by which we can organize all business, trade, commerce, and industry, or no capitalism means Marxist-Leninist aka socialism, where nobody can start a dry-cleaning shop — then where is there to go? Then we’re in the uncomfortable position of saying what the hedge funds and private equity funds and banks and monopolies do is perfectly alright. But it isn’t. And it’s an illogical position, too — because quite clearly, there’s a huge difference between the local mom & pop store across the street from me, and Goldman Sachs. Are both these things really “capitalism”? If they are — aren’t we’re failing to think clearly or well about the subject at all, because we’ve lumped two things that are totally dissimilar together? The idea that “capitalism” means your local dry cleaner who barely makes ends meet and works 18 hours a day is a capitalist, like say Jeff Bezos, the Waltons, or the Sacklers, isn’t just absurd and ridiculous — it’s the precise mirror image of the Soviet belief that “socialism” meant nobody could ever open up a dry-cleaner — the belief that led to the collapse of the USSR. YOU: I believe you are 35 years of age, work in the Financial field (which makes you a parasite) and your people immigrated from England or somewhere close by. ME: I’m definitely not a communists unless I was chosen to be the Leader, I believe Health Care, Education and Social Security should be funded by the government collecting Taxes from the 1%ers (your bosses). I worked all my life and never took anything that didn’t belong to me. I divorced after 35 years of marrige, my wife was the finest thing I ever seen in my life, and I’m not lying Wally! She was the youngest of 5 daughters of a family of rich Cubans that moved to Chicago after the Revolution. I left her everything and left with 2 trucks and my Harley. She and my kids are still in the US and I never plan on going back unless SHTF and I am forced to. I’m quite happy living in Mex with my mom and take care of her. I got a ranch that keeps me busy. The only reason why I post here is because it allows me to communicate in English. And there are some good mother fuckers on this site that I have thanked God for making the connection. And then there are people like you Wally, you can take that anyway you want, because you made me waste a lot of valueable time on your dumb ass! I’m the type of guy you would stay away from, if I lived in your safe nieghborhood Wally, so watch how you respond to me! • Agree: Robjil, Sane Left Libertarian @PetrOldSack Delivering a modicum of tough medicine insight, PtrOldSack wrote: “The election peddling scam, the public figures having real power scam, the garbage information overload scam, do they still work here at unz.com. The commenters must be complicit.” Hey OldSack! Thanks for working here. Don’t know if I am talking apples-to-apples with you, and above, I assume when you note the “election peddling scam,” you pinpoint my “Homeland’s” trusty & rusty public opinion polls. For some time, I draw attention as to how presidential candidate public opinion polls are the first rigged step that breed Jewish Lobby-approved “winners”🤑 and selectively abort non-endorsed “losers.”😟 I suggest Tulsi Gabbard is in the latter category. No doubt, some good hearted & well meaning U.R. commenters are unintentionally complicit with the “power scam” racket, but such is the best they can do in order to keep on believing American voters actually have a choice in what their presidents do. On the t-Rump D.C. 4th, where a display of bread🤑 & circus-style “Might makes Right” will soon happen, 🤔 thanks & good luck, OldSack! I see you have enough supporters here in your dispute with Wally so I’m staying out of it. BTW the Pet Shop Boys are a Brit pop gay duo and they even petitioned Putin to go easy on that Pussy Riot and have sided with the pro-gay lobby and Medvedev and the liberals in Russia. The singer Neil Tennant says pretentiously: “‘I think you can judge any society by the way it treats its minorities”, which would surely rile many here at UR. https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2013/06/05/pet-shop-boys-get-political-a24704 Enough of that, we’re drifting away from the topic of PG’s article here, but then that’s not unusual at UR either. Yo, J.! As you know, while referencing CODAH, Wally exposes Big Jews who feed off the mythological Holocaust banquet table, and while doing such remains possible to date in ZUSA, 🤔he ravenously eats from t-Rump’s Economic Zionist (EZ) pig-slop trough. As Led Zeppelin song lyrics had it, Wally’s “day of reckoning is ‘gonna come.” So fuck him, J.! Post scriptum: Great explanation as to how “Capitalism” should work, but 🙄 it will fall deaf upon Wally’s promotional EZ ears. Jajaja. We all know there never was an “idealized” version of war. Wars have always been horrible, death, starvation, rape and slavery have always been partner to war. But no one, except for the most “moralistic” of pacifists, has ever believed that a soldier under command of a recognized military unit, was a murderer. I don’t think there have always been far more casualties among civilians, but it’s an interesting question. Often, I believe, that any civilian that dies is included as a casualty of war, whether they were accidentally hit by mortar fire, had a heart attack or committed suicide. It’s terrible and unfortunate that civilians often die in war, but Western countries, especially the US, always do their best to prevent civilian casualties, often to the detriment of their own soldiers. There are many reasons to go to war with Iran, you’re a scumbag, aren’t you. (no question mark because that was a rhetorical ‘question’) Only a POS would even try to justify the murderous wars of aggression the ZUSA has perpetrated upon defenseless nations and people in this century, (or the last, for that matter). Colin is just to polite to point out a rat, and call a POS, well.. a piece of shit. Western countries, especially the US, always do their best to prevent civilian casualties, often to the detriment of their own soldiers. Like when they were firebombing Dresden, burning women and children alive? It’s “worth it” when the cowardly ZUS causes the death of half a million children due to sanctions, because fighting them honorably, man to man, might result in a coward getting harmed. Better to use drones and starvation, like the brave ZUS is doing in Yemen, so that the soldiers don’t have to face danger as they blow up weddings and starve women and children. it’s hard to even imagine a more ignoble military than the ZUS of A’s today. Cowards. It is my experience that there are no “innocent third parties” anywhere in this world. All men & states are evil If you believe Iran is, or ever was, an “innocent third party” the words naive and/or duplicitous come to mind. Iran is a state So is USA So is Israel So are Ireland, Sweden, etc. It appears you’ve set yourself as some kind of judge of what is evil according to some self designed standard of righteousness. Your first premise set the standard for “judging;” ALL are evil. Iran is as not innocent as USA and as not innocent as Israel, etc. If it helps you to get through the night to believe you have a God on your side, and he’s better than my God or gods, go with it. iow, now you are quibbling with the god that you mimed in your first premise, the god-judge who already rendered the verdict, “there are no innocent third parties,” i.e. no one is innocent, i.e. all are guilty / evil There are many reasons to go to war with Iran, and a lot of reasons not to, evil can be placed on either side of the board, depending on one’s opinion. Given your first premise, are there as many reasons to go to war with, say, Israel, as with Iran? As you & your god/judge declared, “there are ‘no innocent third parties’ ” and the universal premise must logically include Israel. How about Ireland — not an innocent third party? Therefore legitimate to wage war upon Ireland? Why would you wage war on Ireland — just because Ireland is included in the category, “no innocent third parties?” You’re thinking process seems simplistic, black-and-white — Say, are you really Michael Ledeen — “We should take up a crappy little country and throw it against a wall just to prove we are serious.” That we’re righteous? That we understand that whatever crappy country the flying fickle finger of fate lands upon is “not an innocent third party,” so they probably deserve to be thrown against the wall. But a problem arises: This character who is intent on “proving we are serious,” is he also among those in the category, “no innocent third parties?” How does that “serious” wall-thrower gain the status — and permission — “to believe you have a God on your side, and he’s better than my God or gods?” That’s where the problem lies. Colin Wright appears to struggle with the complexity of situations “Everything looks worse in black-and-white” You’re position is not just a cop-out, Rich, it is genuinely evil, and also tragic, in that you choose to reject the most important and demanding task of a moral human being: how to balance, to judge, moral good against moral good, and sign on to a position because it is the rational judgement, even tho it may be detrimental to your self-interest. When people are taxed so heavily, that they go hungry and businesses are forced to close down? Should such things happen, and you helped make it possible for your own “ideals”, you should hope there in fact isn’t a God. I argue FOR the people of Iran — and will piss off my neighbors by displaying the flag of Iran at my door, precisely because the government that I support with my tax dollars is attempting to make Iranian children go hungry, make their businesses close down, for no goddamn good reason at all except that a frog-faced putrid-souled zionist billionaire thinks that his god is supreme and that his soul is worth more than the souls of the Iranian people. Nobody uses Nikon anymore. We all have iPhones. And we are watching, and making a record. There’s going to be a vastly different cast of characters at Nuremberg 2.0. Yeah, that’s the story I read about…brother… Take a look at this…I translated but couldn’t be used here because I got it off a blog and not a major news source. But it has some good info. Since our first interaction here was due to this subject, I think I should share with you…I’m not claiming any of this is true, but good reading material. The Zionist Plot to take the Presidency of Mexico By: Ernesto Cienfuegos, La Voz de Aztlan Los Angeles, California Alta – 9, 7,2004 – (AIN) (Note This Site: http://www.aztlan.net/zionist_plot_mexico.htm was censured and closed soon after) At present there is a Zionist financed plot to seize “Los Pinos” (Mexican White House). The nation of Mexico, the world’s second-largest oil producer, is now in imminent danger of being taken over by an international Jewish conspiracy led by Mexican Foreign Secretary George Gutman. Mr. Gutman, known in Mexico as Jorge Castañeda and his fellow conspirators are working full time to monitor the outcome of the 2006 presidential election. George Gutman has declared himself an independent candidate to replace President Vicente Fox Quesada when the Fox government’s term expires in two years. The first unmistakable sign of the Zionist plot came a month after the terrorist attacks of 9/11/01 at the WTC / Pentagon, when, on Wednesday, October 10, two Israelis were arrested inside the Legislative Palace of San Lazaro (Mexican Congress) in Mexico City, with guns, grenades and explosives. One of the Israelis, Saur Ben Zvi, presented a “false passport” and the other, Sal (vador) Guersson Smecke, was a colonel of the Israeli Defense Forces and suspected agent of the Mossad. This Zionist plot to blow up the Mexican Congress was frustrated thanks to luck and was briefly “on the cover” in Mexico’s communication networks. The important news, however, died suddenly and nothing about the incident was heard again. The two Israelis were soon released through the interventions from high level people of the Embassy of Israel in Mexico City and thanks to the Mexican (Jewish) Foreign Relations Secretary George Gutman (known as Jorge Castañeda Gutman) who is now a candidate for the presidency of Mexico. One can only imagine the political ramifications in Mexico if the Israeli agents had succeeded in their terrorist mission. Was this attempt to blow up the Legislative Palace of San Lazarus part of a much larger plan? Was the main objective of the mission to help boost Jorge Gutman to the Presidency of Mexico? To help answer these and other relevant questions, it is necessary to review some recent Mexican presidential history. The electoral victory of President Vicente Fox in the year 2000 was, as informed Mexicans know, designed by George Gutman himself through his San Ángel Group. San Angel Group The powerful and very influential “Think Tank” Grupo San Ángel was founded by George Gutman (Jorge Castañeda) in 1994 and met regularly at his home to trace the death of the ruling Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI pol.party) that had held the presidency for 72 years. The members of the San Angel Group consisted of wealthy Mexican Jews, academic intelligentsia, powerful union and industrial leaders, and a large number of x-members and members of the political class of The Mexican Republic. George Gutman’s half-brother, the Venezuelan Jew, Andrés Rosenthal Gutman was a member of Grupo San Ángel, as well as Vicente Fox and his wife now and present “First Lady” Marta Sahagún. Another member was the hated leader of the country’s largest union “National Union of Education Workers” (SNTE) and accused killer Elba Esther Gordillo. Elba Esther Gordillo is the stereotyped “malinchista”. As the current Secretary of the Congress of the PRI, she has betrayed her own party and has supported George Gutman to the Presidency of Mexico in 2006. Elba Esther Gordillo has said publicly that one of her greatest heroines is Madeline Albright. Another member of the San Angel Group was the Mexican Jew Lino Korrodi. Lino Korrodi was the National Finance Manager of the presidential campaign of Vicente Fox and funneler of US Zionist funds for the campaign. Lino Korrodi designed a very sophisticated system to channel huge amounts of funds from the Zionist interests of the United States to the “Alliance for Change” (Alliance for Change) and “Friends of Fox” (Friends of Fox) campaigns organizations. The system involves Zionist political action committees to make deposits in US banks, which include, among others, Citibank of New York and the United States / Mexico cross-border banks, such as the Laredo National Bank and the West Bank of El Paso. Korrodi Lino was the intermediary between Vicente Fox and George Gutman (Jewish millionaires, connections on Wall Street and New York City). It can be argued that the election of Vicente Fox was a mere first step in a final Zionist assault on the Mexican presidency. The money of the American Zionist interests had strings attached. In return, the powerful and very influential “Think Tank” Group, Fox appointed a large number of Mexican Jews to the highest levels and positions of the government cabinet. One of these appointments created great problems for President Fox. It was the appointment of George Gutman (also known as Jorge Castañeda) as Secretary of Foreign Affairs. George Gutman sabotaged Mexico’s foreign relations and destroyed, on behalf of the US, Mexico’s friendly historic relations with Cuba. At one point, the majority of the Mexican Congress demanded his resignation after being accused of “surrendering” or of “selling out” to the interests of the United States and was finally thrownout. The “Mexico-Israel: Political Perspectives” Symposium The Voice of Aztlan believes that the Zionists have created the economic and political conditions for a takeover, of the presidency of Mexico. October 2006 a high level symposium in Mexico was held. The Symposium entitled “Mexico-Israel: Political Perspectives” was sponsored by the Friends of Tel Aviv University, Bank Leumi and the Jewish Central Committee of the Community of Mexico. Israeli Foreign Affair staff, and George Gutman (Jorge Castañeda), Mexicos former Minister of Foreign Affairs, participated. One of the topics of discussion was the infiltration of the Mexican federal government. Although George Gutman is currently behind another candidate for the presidency of Mexico, there are persistent fears that the Zionists can perpetrate a sinister act to change the situation. Zionists have a horrible reputation for organizing terrorist events that they then use for their own political gain. The attempted terrorist attack in the Congress of the Union on October 10, 2001 is just one example. Nor do they have an aversion to carrying out political assassinations to eliminate potential adversaries. George Gutman (Jorge Castañeda) would be a disaster for Mexico. The fact that he has chosen New York to announce his candidacy for the presidency of Mexico speaks volumes of his true character. As a professor at the University of New York, he has too much loyalty to the United States. to the Jews, to global Zionism and Israel, and their ultimate goal is to get their hands on PEMEX for the Zionists. Why does this man not talk about the enormous and debilitating interest payments of the huge external debt of Mexico that is paid to the Jewish bankers? His proposal to turn Baja California into a huge gambling casino exposes this man’s way of thinking. If this had never happened, Mexico would have had a difficult time keeping the Russian Jewish mafia (Mafiya) in the bay. Ensenada would be like Havana, Cuba before Dr. Fidel Castro Ruz cleaned it up. The joke of his first campaign also says a lot about what he really thinks of the indigenous peoples of Mexico. In July, Gutman went in a caravan to visit several Mexican states. He called his personal bus in the caravan “El Gueromovil” and calls himself “El Güero”. “Güero” in Spanish means “blonde”. The majority of Mexicans are not real “gueros”, but brown, complexion tan or olive. Mexicans MUST NOT TAKE THEIR EYES OFF Jorge “ElGüero” Gutman. Between now and the Mexican presidential elections of 2006, all of his movements must be watched. Mexico can not afford to ever give this “Type” any opportunity to achieve political power again. ** The Voice of Aztlan Published 28th November 2012 Minnesota Mary says: Tulsi needs 130,000 people to contribute to her campaign to stay in the debates. Do our duty! I did. Happy 4th of July! You are one of the mother fuckers I mentioned in my last Wally comment. Jajaja I bet I was pretty on the spot answering my own three question. That Guy is probably at TRump’s Military Parade getting all hot and bothered! Jajaja Telling the Red Hats, “We got the best fighter planes, the biggest tanks, oooooh yea, we’re gonna bomb those Sand Nigger into, into…oh yeah Oblividom, you know like kingdom come, same thing. Jajaja Thanks brother! Hey brother that last comment I sent GeoKat was meant for you so read it when you get a chance/ I’m sure GeoKat won’t mind! That’s right brother…If I was German every time I heard an English or American accent I’d beat the shit out that mother fucker! Some of these under educated people need to get their dual citizen buddies and buy a plane ticket to you know where! I believe that Adolf Hitler wouldn’t be caught dead with a jew-controlled scumbag like orange clown… • LOL: renfro Brother the other day a saw a video I can’t remember what site, but it was 5 or 6 US soldiers with faces covered in an Iraqi house. It was pitch dark so they had night vision yelling crazy ass shit at the young girls that were terrified by them yelling and grabbing the sexually. These mother fuckers where hooting and hollering like crazy criminals to the point I didn’t want to watch what they were going to do next. After a blast of machine gun fire one of those pussies came into the room were the rest were and shouted I killed those mother fuckers, fuck it and pointed his weapon at one of the terrified girls. The video was one that these sick fucks trade with other sick fucks, like trophies’. I wanted to jump through my computer and kill those fucking pieces of shit. I pray that these same pieces of shit come back and blow their heads off when they find out their wives fucked every swinging dick on the block and the son she told him was his is half black… Wow, such language while hidden behind a keyboard, you must have done a push-up this morning, eh? Difficult to argue with someone who figuratively jumps up and down cursing and thinks he’s making a cogent argument. I don’t have to point out what you are, you’ve shown it yourself. Have a good day. You make an argument like the kind of kid who’d get a B+ in public school. Set up a straw man, then knock him down, without fully understanding my short argument with Wright. 1. A God is not necessary for one to believe in good or evil. 2. Nations are all after precious resources for their population and often come in conflict to gain them. 3. Iran, as a sponsor and supporter of anti-American terror attacks is not the same as Ireland. 4. Whatever guilt Ireland has, it doesn’t appear to bring it into conflict with the US. 5. Israel also, at this time, is an ally of the US and there is no need for conflict. 6. As the supporter of a dictatorial theocracy, you show yourself to be one with a nation that mistreats its own citizens. That arrests, tortures and imprisons political opponents, that refuse to give its people freedom of religion, association or speech. 7 Because of its inherent weaknesses, Iran wages war through terror attacks and arming other terrorists. Your position is not just a cop out, it is genuinely evil and also tragic in that you choose to reject the most demanding….blah blah blah, you know the rest, you came up with that drivel. Swatej says: • Website Tulsi does not receive money from either of those companies are you crazy? Thanks JG, that was interesting. GeoKat does great work, so it did matter to me if you said that GeoKat addressed this with you. The Mexican Congress false flag of 1o/10/01 if it was successful would have been an attack on bigwigs. That is a very rare thing these days. This is probably the reason it failed, no government was supporting it. This guy Gutman thought he could attack his fellow Mexicans without the support of the government, well it doesn’t work that way. I glad that there were strong sugar cane workers there that day to stop it. The sugar cane workers should honored as great heroes of Mexico. Statues should be made of them and placed all over Mexico. I love to see what our MSM would say about these statues. I wasn’t challenging your qualifications, nor requesting a 70,000 word thesis. But you dropped in your “serfdom” comment, as if it bore some relevance to communism, that it provided an alternative to Solzhenytsin’s view, and then abruptly stopped without explanation. A sentence or 2 describing your own presumably more informed viewpoint would be welcome. As for travelling, your mileage may vary, but I find it pretty unhelpful. I’ve been to parts of Yugoslavia, Germany, Italy and England, and my experience has been similar. Never enough historical knowledge to understand the context, and language skills too weak to go far off the beaten path. I think I’d need about 2 months or so to make any sense of things, but even then…It’s always like reading a good book, where you pick up enough from the first pass so you know what to read closely the second time. But that may be just me. Americans are often horrified that I wanted to visit a Communist(!) country when I went to Yugoslavia, a reaction which I never understood. Perhaps I was underestimating the risk of being rendered by the GRU to a Yamal mining camp, all communist countries being essentially the same outfit. A friend and I made separate drives across the US a few years back. He marvelled at the prosperous condition of the farmlands (which were actually Monsanto-owned), while I, stopping in Davenport Iowa, was shocked at the obviously poor condition of people frequenting a discount grocery. We’re still arguing over what our experiences meant. If natives can get such disparate impressions even after decades of living within a country, a visit to a foreign country will have limited value. As with so many things, what really helps is maintaining Karl Popper’s principle of trying to falsify everything you think you understand. With that attitude, you’ll climb your way out of most cognitive pits you may have fallen into; without self-scepticism, you’ll just dig yourself in deeper. Re Wally’s JQ, I relate to his concerns. Zionist “elders” have been using personal defamation to suppress free speech and open discussion for at least 150 years. More recently, people have been jailed in (and extradicted to) Europe for discussing the chemistry of bricks, or open discussion of Nazi behavior. Repression of this sort is guaranteed to generate resentment and suspicion in all but the most incurious, or cowed. Finally, while I’m still contemplating Wally’s concerns about the exact role the Jews play in finance, I find the your suggestion that they might control bowel movements entirely plausible. Russian oligarch’s story could spell trouble for Team Mueller https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/451413-russian-oligarchs-story-could-spell-trouble-for-team-mueller Most importantly, Deripaska’s interview with the FBI reportedly was never provided by Team Mueller to Manafort’s lawyers, even though it was potential proof of innocence, according to Manafort defense lawyer Kevin Downing. Manafort, initially investigated for collusion, was convicted on tax and lobbying violations unrelated to the Russia case. That omission opens a possible door for appeal for what is known as a Brady violation, for hiding exculpatory information from a defendant. Wow, such language while hidden behind a keyboard Only pointing out the obvious, POS. what you are, you’ve shown it That’s right, scumbag, and I’ll be happy to show you a lot more too! It’s scumfucks like you who’re trying t0 starve Iran (and Syria and Yemen and Venezuela.. and God know how many other nations and people) into submission to global Jewish supremacism/Zionism. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/04/world/middleeast/oil-tanker-gibraltar-syria-iran.html Their bitch is putting on a militant show today in DC, to rile up the cud-chewers for more war. And it’s scumfucks like yourself, who’d try to act as cheerleaders for such moral atrocities. Whenever a sack of shit like yourself, opens your feculent maw, and spews your diarrheic offal, I just want to make sure you’re ready to eat it, rather than allowing it to stink up the place. That’s right, down the hatch Richie. Good boy. Here’s a napkin, you have some on your chin there. I pray that these same pieces of shit come back and blow their heads off The sad thing is that it’s the one’s with a conscience, who are snuffing it in record numbers. Whereas the psychopaths and murderous dogs, like the ones in your video, come back and become cops, to menace the civilians in this country too. It’s a win/win for the Zio-scum, (like our Richie here). Damn we think so much alike, as I was still fuming while writing my comment and pressed publish, that exact thought came to mind…the make the perfect dirty cops… Richie needs to Google “American Soldiers are raping young girls and boys and murdering them in Iraq”! But who knows brother he just might know and sees people of other races as insects under his feet. I swear to you brother there has to be a God and his name might be Allah, because Mohamed was the last profit and the Cu’ran says in the end times will see Islam unite with the “True” Christian faith the Eastern Orthodox Christians of Eastern Europe our brother Chuck’s religion. The Cu’ran also says Gog and Magog pass through the Sea of Galali and the First wave drink the water and by the time the last wave pass the water is almost gone. Just like its happening today brother. Shiek Imran Hossien says that first wave of Gog and Magog were the European Jew after WWI and the second wave are the ones still invading. The Battle of Gog and Magog when God sends his nations against Gog and Magog, he believes that is the Muslim Armies as Mohamed said. He also tells his followers that the Cu’ran says Jesus will return during that time and destroy the DJJal and rule the world. Christians in America are the Christains that Mohamed warns about. Look at Shiek Imran Hossein’s Youtube videos I guarantee you that you will be pleasently surprised by what he says. The only Gog and Magog statue is located in the center of the City of London! ‘…3. Iran, as a sponsor and supporter of anti-American terror attacks is not the same as Ireland. 7 Because of its inherent weaknesses, Iran wages war through terror attacks and arming other terrorists…’ 1. Could you specify what those ”anti-American terror attacks’ are that Iran is sponsoring? 2. What makes you say Israel is our ally? A tapeworm is not an ally. , @Rich davidgmillsatty says: I just don’t understand the claim of “big government equals bad.” We are not thirteen colonial states with seventeen million people. We are fifty states with three hundred and twenty million people. Do you honestly think that a government as small as the one that founded this country is what we need today? It is essentially an anarchist view. A small government couldn’t begin to do what the preamble to the Constitution said was the purpose for its establishment: provide for the common defense, to promote the general welfare of the people, and to secure liberty for its people. Having friends who espouse socialism, we’ve had this discussion but not very successfully. They aren’t too clear what they mean by socialism, and IDK exactly what defines capitalism. I’ve argued that there’s a distinction between capitalism and Capitalism run Amok. But I don’t think I agree with your assertion that the offering of public shares is the dividing point. For one thing, the employees of a company can buy shares, and some companies give their employees shares. (That’s how a friend of mine inherited stock in Ma Bell.) Your “legal obligation to maximize profits” requires more evaluation, which I don’t want to do, which is why I usually avoid this topic. I agree Health Care, Education and Social Security should be funded by the government, but just do it, whatever you want to call it. Last night I saw this Frontline on China. My takeaway (one) was that Steve Bannon is a darkly evil character … maybe genetically related to “Rich” who wants to kill Iranians. Trump’s Trade War (full film) \| FRONTLINE Odds are that a couple (statistically, about 1 in 2 or 3) of those facially-anonymous “sick fucks” weren’t white. As that great political theorist Jesus Christ once said, let he who is without sin cast the first stone. We’re all capable of evil, or good, and dragging race in here is only distracting. I wonder how may of us could resist behaving that way if we were placed in similar conditions? The video you describe is distraction porn. The ones creating those conditions deserve the most scrutiny and punishment, but instead, it’s meted out to responsible whistleblowers like Manning and Kiriakou. Remember Hillary laughing gleefully about Ghadaffi? “We came, we saw, he died!” No heat of battle, no peer pressure, just open if not prideful malice. It doesn’t get much worse than that, even though the physical consequences are a ways downstream. @Greg Bacon Unfortunately, I agree with you. I hold out hope that we can have an “awakening” but the propaganda and programming is so well entrenched that the average person presented with facts and evidence will disregard it. They also cannot contemplate the evil we’re up against. A peaceful revolution would be ideal but is unlikely. Strongly agree; I was about to ask the same as your #1. IMHO, although antipathy with US ally Saudi Arabia comes into play, Iran’s mortal sin is its support of Palestine and Hisbollah against Israeli malfeasance, not against any real US interests. US attitudes also follow Israel’s toward both Venezuela and Honduras. There’s been no attempt at an independent foreign policy since Forrestal, and we know what befell him. GeoKat is one of my favorites on this site, and yes we agree on a lot of issues, but that whole comment was meant for you. It was you that surprised the shit out of me with your question about Mexicans knowing about that incident. I’m a fan of both your work…but you guys ain’t got shit on Chuck O, he’s the Lone Ranger and Jacques Sheete is his Tonto… I say this, with all due respect! LOL I actually write comments and word them in a way so I can get their response! It makes my day when they acknowledge my writing… I became a fan of you Robjil and Rurik on this tread…you guys keep sharing…we all seem to be on the right page… some of these dummies can’t see what dangerous times we’re living in…and all they have to do to stop the planned destruction is tell Israel to fuck off and the world would change the next day. I remember very well that the media (CNN, Time, etc.) showed openly how the US and UK troops in Iraq were confiscating US dollars from Iraqi citizens at roadblocks and during house raids, and justifying this as they were supposedly “Saddam’s dollars”, after the occupiers had already looted all the banks. The occupation was straightforward and cynical: 1. Confiscate all the weapons and ammunition, as well as any US dollars (and probably other currency) in possession of Iraqi citizens so they had no means to protect or feed themselves during the occupation, and after the US patrols had been through their homes, the various Sunni and Shiite gangs followed to take whatever was left, 2. With no weapons and no money, all that was left was for males from each family to go and join the police force the US occupiers had set up where they were then issued back the same weapons and ammo that had been confiscated from them and paid salaries with the very same money that was stolen. And joining the police wasn’t without its hazards as Al Qaida regularly bombed the recruitment centres with countless of the recruits dying while waiting in queues to apply for the police force, but that was the only way they could hope to feed their families. Absolutely none of the US media found anything wrong or immoral about this, pure medieval style looting of Iraqi civilians by the US army depicted openly and presented as the actual policy of the occupation forces. And then there was Abu Ghraib for those Iraqis who didn’t go along with this programme and the media only published the less disturbing photos of the tortures. And so a great and wealthy country was ruined by Americans. @Paul C. Paul C, You can achieve the “Awakening” brother, no one has faced more evil in the face than Mexico these past years. Mexicans knew that after 3 stolen elections the fourth would be the last. People were ready to take up arms and march on Mexico City. What changed these elections was the creation of a new political party (MORENA) headed by the man who was ripped off 3 times. Within the 6 year presidential term of Pena Nieto he worked on building his base. The people did their part Protesting in the streets when Energy Reform was forced on the people, Education Reform saw people tortured and killed, higher fuel pricing brought people out to protest. What really turned the tide in this election was the new YouTube channels that posted what the MSM was not, they used their channel to uncover corruption, they exposed payments made to the TV stations in return for favorable news reports. They exposed the Billionaires funding of the PRI and PAN political race. Mexico had a place to get real news now and that grew into a massive campaign in favor of MORENA. These young innovative youtubers had a great deal to do with the highest ever election results in the history of Mexican Politics. Chapucero, Quesadillas de Verdades, Sin Sensura (in Chicago), El Charro Politico and a few more channels made the difference. The fraud was in full implementation, but could not keep up with the amount of people Voting MORENA. They needed a close election for the fraud to work and the numbers were not allowing it. But if they would have tried to do it again, the streets of Mexico would run with blood and they felt the tension. Good luck guys…Get some young people to post real news and you will see>>> Evidently you have led a very narrow shuttered life and don’t get out much I was like you once upon a time but I had the excuse of being a snot nosed 16 year old back then in the late 50’s. Fortunately my father intervened to give me one of his life lessons…..in exchange for having access to a car my brother and I were to pick a ‘needy family’ from the Families Needing Christmas Help section of the newspaper…and we had to buy food and gifts with our own allowance money and deliver it to them. I wont go into the conditions the family was living in due to the husband having lost his arm in a accident at the saw mill he worked for. Suffice it to say what I learned was that it is better by far to be taken advantage of by the occasional bum then to turn your back on people who thru no fault of their own are struggling to survive. • Agree: Parisian Guy 5. Israel also, at this time, is an ally of the US and there is no need for conflict So you’re a Israel supporter? Maybe thats why you are preoccupied with ‘being safe and protecting yourself”….the Israeli disease/excuse. I’m sure GeoKat won’t mind! Mind? Far from it, JG. I’m all for spreading the gospel truth far and wide! btw – I see a lot of action going down on this thread and I’d love to participate more fully but unfortunately I’m a bit preoccupied at the moment as I just arrived at Mo Bay for my nephew’s wedding. Keep up the good fight! I agree with you 100% Cassandra, I don’t recall insinuating that they were. I just wanted to let it out so people don’t think of war as this noble cause! Free from criminal acts such as I saw on that site. In that situation White, Black, Mexican it doesn’t matter to me, a rapist, is a rapist. I’d just as easily shoot any one of those pieces of shit and the color of their skin will never cross my mind Cassandra! If I’m hanging out with my white buddies and a bunch of Mexicans start shit, I’m going to be the first one to jump up. I don’t look at race when it comes to who I associate with, I only see race as a problem when I hear Archie Bunker types degrading minority indigenous, Africans and less fortunate whites. I can’t stand it Cassandra, when they talk about people that are less fortunate as being stupid and have low IQ. I hate someone that uses their status to belittle some that he feels is below him. I see it in rich Mexicans, Educated Blacks and of course whites and they don’t have to be rich or educated to be a dickhead! I’ve been to some of the outdoor markets here and have seen artwork that blows my mind! A Mayan Indian sitting under a tree carving a beautiful piece of modern looking sculpture from a broken branch of a mesquite tree. Try walking around Mexico City and not see a mural that makes to stop and admire the work. I talk to some of them and they are timid and reserved. So, when Archie Bunker pokes his head in on this site and thinks he’s cool telling his red hat buddies how these dirty Mexicans need to go back cause they are breaking our economy, (they’re so smart everyone is a Mexican) I have to do my thing! And my thing is not pretty because I lay in on them like the Mexicans that starts shit with me and my white friends. I know I’m a complicated guy, but that’s what I am and won’t change it or anyone! Does that make me a racist! I can be pushed to it but only if the situation merits it. But never as a first option, always in response to it! Besides I’m from Spanish people that received Texas Land grants from Spain. Tall, dark hair, Green Eyes and Big Feet! Jaja Thought I’d break the ice!!! Thanks I appreciate your comment… I don’t think you comprehend what is meant by “small”. it is necessarily size, it’s about efficiency and intrusiveness. Could the expanse as to size be decreased, I think there is plenty of room reduce actual size. And when it comes to power there is plenty of room to reduce its signature. Let’s take the DMV at the state level. There’s no reason why anyone should have pay a registration fee unless they move. The smog emissions is more than enough government intrusion. When conservatives speak of limited government they are actually questioning government over reach. Unfortunately, conservatives play a large role in expanding government power by relying to heavily on empowering the same. And by the way the government’s role is clearly established “We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.” The government’s role is to facilitate justly our system. I think careless immigration policy that favors illegal immigrants over the rights of citizens — a fairly obvious injustice. Instructing bakers that have to participate in ceremonies that violate conscience — obvious injustice. Laws ad practices that bail out corporate structures as they penalize the rest of the country – obvious injustice. Educational institution’s interference in child rearing, obvious injustice. • Replies: @Anounder May I ask you two questions about this AMLO election? -Would you say that Facebook and Twitter facilitated the victory, as Youtube did? -what about the oligarchs who previously were kingmakers? Is there any government action going against their economical/political power? Specifically, what happened to the outrageous phone monopoly of Carlos Slim? Yo, J.G.! Today is a very weird “Homeland” holiday as a 6.4 MAG earthquake hit Southern California, PreZident Bonespur rolled tanks into D.C., glorified heroic troops and all is quiet on the Wally front. Hm. On July 4th, bicententenial 1976, I was in D.C., stoned, and watched Johnny Cash perform! Jajaja. Overseas, things got scary-weird. It appears that while t-Rump was refining his 1-Hour Jingoistic Hate Speech at The Mall, John Bolton stepped up, & asked Britain to stop a Panamanian tanker near Gibraltar because it’s cargo contained Iranian crude oil. Allegedly, Gordon Duff of VT indicated lackey-Boris Johnson helped “Big Time” with the act of Economic Zionism piracy. Of course, Netanyahu likes when the West does such criminal & unaccountable stuff for Israel, but stops just short of directly fucking with Russia. Refer to article below? https://www.rt.com/news/463379-iran-crude-tanker-gibraltar/ Good night, J.! Am outside & drinking a Coors Lite. A black guy walks beside a corpulent & bosomy white girl who pushes a baby carriage. It’s about 80° in West Scranton, some small firecrackers pop, and fucking ants are on the concrete steps where I sit. Right now, (💤igh) I return to thinking about who won the Democrat debate.🙄 I worked at a Budweiser Distributor in Houston and met Auggie and Billy Bush at a company function. These guys were young rich and loved to party. I was 25 at the time so 2 out of 3 ain’t bad. They went through a gold AMEX and another Card I can’t remember, the Club did not want to run anymore tabs unless we had cash. Owning a beer distributor brings in cash on a daily basis , so the limo driver and I went and got a bag full of money that was waiting for us. What I’m trying to do is respond to your : For one thing, the employees of a company can buy shares, and some companies give their employees shares. (That’s how a friend of mine inherited stock in Ma Bell.) The Bush boys inherited the Anhuser Bush Brewing Company and was a public company with them owning 49% in stock. Somehow South African Breweries slowly began buying stock and made an offer to buy them out, when they refused the buyer began dealing with the other share holders until they convince the remaing stock owners to sell their stock over the value priced in the stock market. What happened then was that they now controled 51% and forced the Bush boys to sell a company that was built by their grandathers. “Modern Capitalism” In my case I worked at INFORMIX Software a Relational Database company that was bought out by IBM. Before the purchase by IBM, Informix hire a new CEO to try and turn the company around. INFORMIX was way ahead of ORACLE at the time as far as technology, we had cloud computing way back then. Anyway, we were told we didn’t have anything to worry about and continued selling software. What the new CEO was doing was doing during this period was to sell the massive ammount of stock obtions he got to run the company and had the company up for sale. By the time the company sold to IBM for 1 Billion in cash, he had sold all his stock driving our stock down until it was worth the paper it was printed on. “Modern Capitalism” Remember what I said Capitalism needed to become Modern Capitalism. 1. A Nation State 2. Inrastructure 3. A Stock Market In both cases the stock market #3 was used to their benifit. the first case scenerio a company was litrally highjacked, in the second scenerio the workers were left holding worthless stock. I am not a financial guy that claims to know what is the root cause of stock manipulation or other negative effects that Modern Capitalism throws our way every 8 years. Just in time to switch parties and make the new administration fix it and blame the last. Google all the financial crisis since 2000 Y2K Dot.com Bubble 2008 Stock Crash 2016 Housing Bubble…There was one in 1992 I think making it 2 rep and 2 dem. About the legal abligation to earn proffits, I’m almost sure its in the corporate bi-laws. You can probably Google it but I hate looking for stuff to prove to someone I read it some where and thats what I remember.. Anyway, thank you for reading my Wally response. This is just my opinion on the things that I see…It would take someone that works within that system to give more in depth information. ‘So you’re a Israel supporter? I figured. Now, what remains to work out is whether he actually believes anything else he was saying — or is merely attempting to hijack (yawn) the alt-right agenda and put it to good use in the service of Israel. I understand brother, enjoy the time with your family…we’ll see ya wen you get back! Enjoy your Coors Light my brother God only knows how deserving we are of that golden liquid. Thanks for the heads up on that oil tanker, I hadn’t seen anything on it. I told you Wally went to the parade! He will find new inspiration, and will try to use it when he returns, and I will chop his bitch ass down to size again. Or totally ignore him… I hate when a chick does that to me after asking her an important question. It’s usually about her availability to play hide the salami…but in my case it’s hide the chorizo… Take care my brother – I’m going to see what mom made to eat and pop a Tecate.. Chuck, YOU win the debate! Am hoping Mr. Mensa, AJM, is skulking around this stage & shall critique the beautiful malady! Uh, I know you prefer Bach, Jacque, but Waits is cock-of-the-thread-walk. Who needs a Mensa mutt? It’s a no-brainer, Waits is the Bach-of-the-thread-walk! PS: Where do you get this stuff? Toooo funny! Killings during wartime are not murder, have never been considered murder. Where/how do people come up with such garbage? Your statement is utterly nuts. I got news for you. None of that contradicts, or justifies any of Wall Street’s shenanigans. That was a piss poor try and it’s a good thing you said, “bye” cuz you lost the argument. I’d run and hide too if that’s the best I could do as well. The US government has been Commie for over a century, so no wonder it’s such a failure. PS: Thanks for admitting the truth for once. Ilyana_Rozumova says: Who win the debate? (So pathetic debate, so embarrassing, so unbelievable!) Tulsi Gabard is full of hot air and she will be gone with the wind soon. She did not debate, She did attack Biden (pretentiously very force fully) on one miserable subject. Little girl busing. Biden was not prepared for such an idiotic attack so she won. But in reality Biden was right and she was wrong. Biden was for leaving the matter of busing to states while she was for federal government to impose their decision on states. Zionists rule US through federal government so Tulsy is a Zionist, (All colored people are with Zionists.) It is difficult to decide because Constitution does not clearly define what is responsibility of states and what is responsibility of federal government. SHE IS A PEACE CANDIDATE!!!!!!!!!!!! Please give me a FN break. Obama was peace candidate. Endlessly criticize Bush junior with his war on Iraq, Than he destroyed Libya and almost destroyed Syria. Democrats are the most deceiving low intelligence and obnoxious politicians on the face of the earth. , @european born Haha. J. Gutierrez reminded: “I told you Wally went to the parade! He will find new inspiration…,” Do you think Wally went to the 2016 NYC-based Israel Day Parade where Trump was Grand Master? Jajaja. Ignore, Wally? Nah, that’s no fun. But ignore EliteComminc,👍and eat what your good Mom has to eat, my Brother. Mike you reminded me of something when you said gun confiscation…I think that was the time that Holden got caught shipping military weapons to the Cartels in shipping containers. Fast & Furious those people sold them here! Lets not even get into all the priceless Sumerian artifacts that were targeted by the marines that got there. I read that they had a list with specific items they were to take, crate and ship back. The clay tablets were prized for the writing on them that was written history of that time. Remember the picture that was taken of a room in a basement stacked with neatly wrapped bundles of dollar bills? We never heard anything about redistributing them to the Iraqi people. I can only imagine how much more shit we don’t even know about. These same people talk about bombing Iran like it’s nothing. I can’t imagine anyone talking about obliterating a country like as if they were talking about going on vacation. There has to have been something put in the water, food or air that wiped out any common sense from the people talking like that. Mike I’m starting to think that the best thing that can happen is total war, or else they will continue to breed these school shooters, criminal soldiers and corrupt leaders forever. But no one, except for the most “moralistic” of pacifists, has ever believed that a soldier under command of a recognized military unit, was a murderer. What??? Dude, youare so far gone with ideas like that, that it’s undoubtedly hopeless to try and reason with you. Anyway, I think this describes you and those with ideas like yours.: Wherever an army is established, it introduces a revolution in manners, corrupts the morals, propagates every species of vice, and degrades the human character.” Mercy Otis Warren, Revolution-era historian, History of the Rise, Progress, and Termination of the American Revolution vol. 1, Ch3, 1805 http://oll.libertyfund.org/?option=com_staticxt&staticfile=show.php%3Ftitle=1872 Agree button already used. That is one sick MF. Thanks, JG. It would take someone that works within that system to give more in depth information. Indeed. At the moment, a pall of gunpowder cloaks the city. We’re a couple miles from the fireworks, but humid, overcast, socked in. Earlier in the day, the Secret Service were earning their keep – Proud Boys Fight Communists Burning American Flag … but it will fall deaf upon Wally’s promotional EZ ears. Sad, but true. JS rhetorically asked, “Where/how do people come up with such garbage?”🤔and with common sense,👍 told Rich: Hey Jacques! Maybe this nutty-fucker “Rich” is an inspired offspring of Marc Rich who on his last day as preZident, Bill Clinton pardoned. 🙄 Jajaja. Please refer below to the garbage peddled by Slick Willie? (Zigh) @davidgmillsatty Yeah, but a small one couldn’t begin to lie, cheat, steal and mass murder with total impunity like the big one does. The antifederalists were correct; you’d do well to familiarize yourself with their works. I bet you don’t know a dammed thing about the cornstitution. Here’s a primer in case you’d prefer not to remain a dreamer. As a matter of fact, it was never a “people’s Constitution”, as it has been so frequently claimed in Fourth of July celebrations, at Presidential elections, and on other similar occasions. They, the people, were never very much interested, either in the project itself or in the ratification of a form of national government. They did not particularly want anything of the sort and they did not like what came out of Philadelphia, but this distaste was not strong enough to overcome their natural lethargy, so only about five percent of the white male population voted as to whether the Constitution should be accepted or rejected. As it was, it only got by by the skin of its teeth and by some very clever management on the part of its proponents. The whole thing, in conception, formulation, and realization, was the work of a small group of enthusiastic young men of property and position, with wiser heads on their shoulders than their years would argue as rationally possible, though they were not wise enough to foresee the unimaginable — but inevitable. -Ralph Adams Cram, Nemesis of Democracy – PDF – , The American Review, December 1936, pp. 129-141 I agree Health Care, Education and Social Security should be funded by the government… Certainly, because government, especially one such as “ours,” has such a wonderful track record of caring for da pipple. I mean, it really gives a damn about its tax slaves, right? Cringeworthy. I wonder how may of us could resist behaving that way if we were placed in similar conditions? I don’t wonder. I know. Not that the troopies are angels or anything close to that, but the majority would not even think of it, so quit trying to apologize for outrageous, satanic, shitheads who deserve the worst possible, forever. • Agree: BIll Jones 1.The US State Department declared Iran a state sponsor of terror in 1984. Among their crimes are the 1079 Hostage taking of the US Embassy, the 1983 attack on US troops in Beirut, the 1984 bombing of the US embassy in Beirut, the 1985 hijacking of TWA flight 847, the 2015 USS Cole bombing, Iran’s providing weapons to the Taliban are among some of their direct action against the US. They are also responsible for assassinations and other incidents, too numerous to list, against other nations allied to the US. 2. The US and Israel have many treaties and agreements in every area from Agriculture to Economics to Security. You can find these very easily by doing an internet search. Besides that, many dual Israeli-American citizens have served at the some of the highest positions in the US Government and have a very high level of support from most of the country. I wasn’t actually a supporter of going to war with Iran, I’ve always favored the Buchanan “Fortress America” concept, buit after reading the over-the-top attacks on me by several Iranian supporters here, then doing a bit of research, I’m starting to think Bolton and Pompeo may be right about the need for action to be taken against Iran. Chuck O, he’s the Lone Ranger and Jacques Sheete is his Tonto Finally someone recognizes me for what I am! PS: How’s yer Espanol, JG?! My Mexican vernacular is pretty limited, but I know what “Tonto” means! ¡Yo también te quiero! Why didn’t you write this to your great friend Gutierrez, whom I was echoing? (Not that it isn’t obvious.) I think you are right about Bannon he showed his cards in the last segment and caught himself, but he knew he had already said too much, and tried unsuccessfully to walk it back. I never liked that guy or any of Trump’s sleazy crew. Sometimes I try to look at some of the deals and threats he makes and I can’t help think that he is using this position to get rich. I wouldn’t be surprised if when he leaves a string of Hotels and Resorts will start popping up all over Venezuela, Honduras, Syria, Israel etc. The video was good, thank you.. Not that the troopies are angels or anything close to that, but the majority would not even think of it, so quit trying to apologize for outrageous, satanic, shitheads who deserve the worst possible, forever. I doubt that they put much thought into it at all. If you know the Milgram experiment, then you know how easily people can be convinced to act immorally toward others when authority provides a reason. Do you believe that can’t/doesn’t happen in the army? I don’t know how prevalent it is, but it certainly happens, even assuming that only the most egregious cases are publicized. Read what Lynndie England said about why she did what she and her comrades did at Abu Graib. I for one get the impression that she believed she was acting in good faith, and was never a monster in her own eyes. She practically pleads, what else was I supposed to do? I’m not apologizing for anyone, just recognizing factors that allow darker aspects of our humanity to escape moral restraint. It’s foolish to the point of idiocy to ignore the power of these tendencies, in conversation, in policy-making, in prisons, or in the military theater, when we know they exist. I am condemning personnel who prosecuted whistleblowers for bringing this behavior to light. I am condemning a judicial system that let prime decision makers escape responsibility for their actions. Wittingly or not, but certainly irresponsibly, they created the policies and environment that ignored this obvious corruptibility. I guess we forgot Nuremberg. ‘1.The US State Department declared Iran a state sponsor of terror in 1984. Among their crimes are the 1079 Hostage taking of the US Embassy, the 1983 attack on US troops in Beirut, the 1984 bombing of the US embassy in Beirut, the 1985 hijacking of TWA flight 847, the 2015 USS Cole bombing…’ The USS Cole bombing was carried out by al Qaeda — in 2000, not 2015. I could discuss your other examples — but it suffices to note that they all date back more than thirty years. In 1975, we weren’t still worrying about what Japan had done in 1945. You don’t have anything to justify your claims. Quit wasting my time. • Replies: @Biff @Ilyana_Rozumova ‘…Tulsi Gabard [sic] is full of hot air and she will be gone with the wind soon. Little girl busing…’ You appear to have confused Tulsi Gabbard and Kamala Harris. • Replies: @Ilyana_Rozumova It was written with nothing but love and respect, my brother. I could have done the Batman and Robin characters. But being in Mexico I saw the western duo as the better choice! HaHa I can laugh in Español. Can you tell I was a salesman, a pretty good one at that! Yo hablo y entiendo todo muy bien. La gente me dice que tengo un accento, pero yo no lo creo. Para mi yo hablo perfecto. En Ingles y Español. Y tu Jacques eres Francia? Vives en los Estados Unidos? A couple of guys give you a verbal wedgy – and its time for you to support a war on 80 million folks. Hmm??? Why are you commenting to me??? I didn’t opine that…but I sure as hell believe it. Perhaps you should figure out what you are commenting on. Both of those groups are government stooges, silly as shit! What happened to the Black Panthers, Black September and the Weather Underground? I’m not a communist sympthiser it offers nothing good, I support the Capitalist System beause I believe it offers the best economical opportunities. I’m Conservitive in my beliefs (Anti Abortion), Liberal in my thinking (Do what you like as long as it doesnt effect anyone else) and Socialists in my values (We as a community should take care of our citizens, our youth and our seniors) with proper healh, education and retirement. I never voted in the US, because I never applied for US citizenship. But I voted here last year and my vote counted. I’m an America supporter and when the interests of America and Israel are the same, I support Israel. It’s a concept you “internationalists” don’t understand. And I’m a little too old to be “Alt-right”, I’m closer to the paleo-Cons than to any of you “alt” guys. Sorry! (They all look the same to me.} CNN did claim that the one which did attack Biden won the debate. So it was Giraldi with his title who did confuse me. • LOL: Iris Excellent comment, as usual. Right now, (igh) I return to thinking about who won the Democrat debate. I will never know who “won” it; all I know is that we ‘Merkin pipple, rubes and non-rubes alike, will lose again. It’s low grade entertainment at best and we already know the outcome. Because yer the smug, mouthy, ignorant, irascible, know-it-all who has the answers for everyone. JG, on the other hand, obviously knows a lot and is capable of seeing, learning, and reasoning. In fact, if JG were the president of a socialist country, I’d probably consider moving there while if an unthinking hothead like you were in that position, I’d feel as sick as if Hillaryena were, and would leave in a flash. Hope that answers your question, not that I suffer any illusions that it’ll do any good. 1967 – USS Liberty 2001- Nine Eleven https://www.sacred-texts.com/jud/yetzirah.htm 4. Ten are the numbers of the ineffable Sephiroth, ten and not nine, ten and not eleven. Learn this wisdom, and be wise in the understanding of it, investigate these numbers, and draw knowledge from them, fix the design in its purity, and pass from it to its Creator seated on his throne.” 1967 Israel false flag did not work. Summer of Love kept going on to cover up if it did. 2001 Israel false flag worked. Purim theme for wars in the middle east for Israel 1991 Iraq war ended on Purim. Highway of Death- US troops firebombed 175000 surrendering Iraq troops on Purim day. Purim is a “celebration” of killing 75000 Persians. That 75000 in the 175000 was a display of Purim connections 2003- Purim – Start of attack on Iraq by US and friends. 2011- Purim- start of the attack on Libya 2019- Purim – Trump “gives” Golan Heights to Israel We are living in a 500 BC Theocracy, living/dying by writings from the Torah which were written in 500 BC. The Seven Nations to destroy comes from Deuteronomy 7. 1-2 – Destroy seven nations for Yahweh’s Israel. Little Israel thinks it is Zion 500 BC and it is dragging the rest the world with this deluded destructive fantasy. Quit wasting my time. You’re wasting your own time. Rich is a well known troll around here, and you are giving him what he wants – attention Ignore the little prick. • LOL: Rich I know of the Milgram experiment and I never said that it can’t/doesn’t happen in the army. All I’m saying is that based on first hand experience, and knowing what constitutes an “army” (mostly rabble, directly proportional with rank), is that even rabble have their limits and most would likely stop short of doing what was described. I’ll admit that the “volunteer” army is likely to attract sadists and other losers compared to one with draftees, but even then, sickos who’d go that far have to be in the minority, and they’d do that shit even if they weren’t in that situation. The other point is that being in “that situation”is no excuse, and another is that “that situation” isn’t like it’s portrayed by the drama queens of Hollywood and the snivelling wannabe “heroes.” Again, please do not appear to apologize or make excsuses for satanic behavior whether a person is under “stress” or not. The excuse is bullshit. I’m not clear on what you mean by your comment about Nuernberg, but I’d be interested to know. I hope you’re not saying that the guys who got their testicles crushed were the guilty ones while the torturers were innocent and justified. You don’t have anything to justify your claims. And the outrageous claims of a total nutcase is what they are. He couldn’t produce a shred of evidence to support his garbage under threat of waterboarding with his scrotum wired for fun after being stomped on by some losers in uniform with the full approval and applause of some “recognized ‘authority’”. Y tu Jacques eres Francia? No mi amigo soy un gringo. I’ve often wondered about the eymology of that word … It was written with nothing but love and respect, my brother. I had no doubt about that; I was merely responding with a little humor as well! You seem like the type of guy who gets a kick out of that sort of thing; an “ace” salesman for sure! Thanks for all your hard work here. Your comments are priceless and that one on capitalism is worthy of the Sheete Prize, as distinguished from the Poolitzer Prize, for journalism. Damned well done, I say! Socialists in my values (We as a community should take care of our citizens, our youth and our seniors) with proper healh, education and retirement. There you have it. I agree 100% with all the rest as well, but would add that I’m also a conservative fiscally, and abhor irresponsible forms of debt, especially government debt in general without exception. You say that you are a Paleo. What does Paleo mean? https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/paleo “relating to or typical of how humans lived in ancient times, when they used tools and weapons made of stone: ” Destroying Seven Nations for Yahweh’s Israel will bring those nations to the stone age. Boomerang effect, what you do to others comes right back at you. So, you might get your wish to be in the stone age soon if these endless wars for Israel’s 500 BC Zion fantasy world continues. Iran is the seventh of the seven in the seven nations to destroy in the 500 BC Zion game. It is such a Paleo game, you are right about that. I’m an America supporter … And just WTF do you mean by that? IOW, what is “America” in your opinion? Here’s your “America.” : In sum, then, the primary development of republicanism in America, for the most part under direction of Alexander Hamilton, effectively safeguarded the monopolist, the capitalist, and the speculator [war profiteers too]. Its institutions embraced the interests of these three groups and opened the way for their harmonious progress in association. The only interest which it left open to free exploitation was that of the producer. Except insofar as the producer might incidentally and partially bear the character of monopolist, capitalist, and speculator, his interest was unconsidered. Albert Jay Nock, Liberty vs. the Constitution: The Early Struggle You support that? Explain. • Replies: @gsjackson It’s a concept you “internationalists” don’t understand. You must also be a little too old to understand that “America” sold out to the internationalists around a century ago. It’s too bad that I have to re-post this so often, but I guess there’s no other decent option. In June 1922…the Zionist [aka international usurer] halter was firmly reaffixed* round the neck of American State policy, and though American voter only slowly realized this, it became immaterial to him which party prevailed at elections. Note the prefix, “re-“. That’s no doubt good advice, but sometimes some of us cannot resist giving the trolls a little something besides what they want especially because we’re usually not in a position to give them what they deserve, not that I would ever advocate violence, you understand! PS: He sounds like an old “p” too, and there’s no troll like an old… Lito Celeste says: Did you research TULSI source of support or you just want to discredit her, as a mouthpiece of neocon war industries. She reject PAC money, oil money, war industries, big pharma money and others that contradict her policy of anti regime change war and environment. Her off fuel act bill in Congress will stop subsidizing big oil company, to save the environment. Her support are grassroots base so he is beholden to people and not to corporate interest, that put their interest first before the people. I spent my fourth of July on an intelligence mission in the enemy camp. I was disguised as the family eccentric, whole eclectic views on politics are amusing and ignored, and no threat to the conventional wisdom of the registered Democrat suburban middle class goodwhites who surrounded me on all sides. It was my chance to learn what they really think about the Democratic debates and the candidates. I tried very hard not to lead them in any direction, but just to find out their views. Of course they ranted about how much they hated Trump, but I probed deeper to find out where they stood on issues and the many Democratic candidates. I now share my findings: (1) Foreign policy was not discussed, not hinted at, did not exist. (2) Their number one issue was the treatment of illegal immigrants. They want them to be housed, sheltered, fed, given health care, college etc. in first class style. (3) They believed everyone in the world could become civilized Americans with minimal guidance, and believed that crime was caused by poverty, and if poverty were cured there would be virtually no crime. (4) They were stunned and angered (called it “black racism”) at the anti-white attitudes of Harris and Booker. (5) They were disappointed that their fellow goodwhites failed to educate the black racists on the principles of universal love and brotherhood. (6) They could only support a Democratic candidate who could articulate their views–they praised Obama and hoped that his “wife” would run. There you have it….now back to my rural “compound”… 🙂 She went to Iraq to defeat Al queda but realized the soldiers were con by warmonger on weapon of mass destruction. she distinguish real Muslim from extremist, who misrepresent Islam, she’s the only level headed friend of Muslim, she’s your ally, you loose an opportunity to have someone who respect your belief. Naturally she’s not bigot because if she also abhor extremist Muslim and Hindu. When a troll calls someone a troll, does something metaphysical happen? I could be right 99% of the time just by disagreeing with everything you and the rest of the anti-American brigade here comes out with. You have any stocks you don’t recommend? I’ll jump on that. ‘I’m an America supporter and when the interests of America and Israel are the same, I support Israel. It’s a concept you “internationalists” don’t understand. And I’m a little too old to be “Alt-right”, I’m closer to the paleo-Cons than to any of you “alt” guys.’ Most of the more dishonest Zionists say something along these lines. ‘Rich, Yeah. That one was so bad I figured it could just be left to fall on its own merits. With an available body of U.R. comment evidence, Jacques Sheete tried to provide RobinG help and he presented the following profile of her: “yer the smug, mouthy, ignorant, irascible, know-it-all who has the answers for everyone.” As you know, JS, in the past, I took a similar but sarcastic😏 stab at RobinG, and Philip Giraldi intervened on her behalf & declared evidence of her better side. Yes, I learned from that experience but I know as well her ‘know-it-all” proclivities & corresponding instinct for colleague-commenters to do as she instructs, march to her tune. Haha. (Zigh) You and I are Veterans, ho-hum, and I will present the following metaphorical example of RobinG’s personality by using the example of the popular Tom Hanks film, “Forrest Gump.” In that movie, Forrest’s adored childhood friend, Jennifer, a true-blue Vietnam War protestor had a dysfunctional relationship with a very fucked-up “peace” radical & who unmercifully abused her. Hm.🤔 So enter my anti-war, Lady RobinG, here on the U.R.-comment stage, voila, and she has “all the answers” for those fucks who essentially could find common political ground with her, but she requires adherence to all methods of dissent, or you’re nothing. Sad, re; Bob Dylan song, “just like a woman.” Haha! Fuck it. Speaking subjectively, Jacques, in this thread, I made fairly clear that my political thought-life could have continued to flourish without P.G.’s interesting article, “Who won the debate.” As you know, near Gibraltar, prompted by ZUS, Royal Marines seized a Singapore oil tanker which exhibited Panama flag. You are also aware that the t-Rump administration 😈 named the IRGC as a terrorist organization. Fyi, appearing this morning on RT web site one can learn about a “Senior Iranian official” who made a solid tit-for-tat argument that Iran should seize a British tanker if the UK does not release the pirated oil. In the Islamic Republic of Iran corridor of power, I humbly ask, who will win this risk-filled & scary debate?🤔 No doubt, We voiceless “Homelanders” are guaranteed losers. Thanks & my respect, Bro Jacques! When everyone on one side of an issue starts ranting, cursing and making ridiculous comments, I begin to doubt their arguments. Then I spent a bit of time researching the issue and found that those who oppose the Iranian regime are civil in discussing different aspects of a possible conflict, as well as making sensible arguments about why an attack might be necessary and my opinion was changed. Convince me through sensible statements, cursing me out and calling me names won’t do the trick. Christians in America are the Christains that Mohamed warns about. … …The only Gog and Magog statue is located in the center of the City of London! Well J.G, while I admire your wisdom and erudition and passion, I myself am not given over to organized religion as my salvation. I’m a spiritual man, but my religious leanings are more of the Amerindian kind. A more personal kind of reverence for creation, feeling no need for a human intermediary as an anointed authority to guide my worship. But I certainly respect my Christian family and friends, as they find their spiritual fulfillment in the church, (or the mosques or synagogues or temples or even philosophy, as the case may be). So I don’t agree with you on ‘Christians in America’, per se- (at least the non-Zionist kind) as being uniquely tainted in any way. I’ll explain it this way, I recently saw where you mentioned the Ruby Ridge atrocity. For me, this was the ultimate expression of the dark forces of Gog and Magog vs. my fellow Americans, who’re Christian and harming no one. Vicky Weaver was a devout Christian, but Gog and Magog sent one of its assassins to murder her. And then tormented the surviving members of her family in a way that shocks the conscience; even today, in our blood-drenched and cynical indifference to cruelty. Just like they murdered LaVoy Finicum, and those Christians at Waco. So within America, we have millions of good Christians who harm no one, and who only want to be left alone to raise their families in homage to the Lamb of Peace. They worship Jesus Christ, and not some depraved, secular, racist supremacist abomination profaning the Holy Land. But then of course there is the Whore of Babylon. Slithering in the dank crevices of London, exactly as you say. Foisting Satanic wars of iniquity on a Biblical scale. Corrupting our societies, and dividing people based on superficial characteristics in order sow rancor, hatred and strife. (((Its calling cards))). So for me, the same Satanic fiend that menaces the Muslim world today, is also menacing American Christians, when it isn’t out-right burning Christian children literally alive in Moloch’s fires. Today it is America (and England, France and Germany, etc…) that finds our governments and institutions under the depraved domination by the Whore of Babylon – the fiend. Yesterday it was Russia. Tomorrow, once America has been bled dry, it might be some other host. But that’s how I see it. Cheers Bro. The only real question is why didn’t an evolved human ventilate these orcs with bullet holes? Please consider the tragic fate of honorable man, and US soldier Bowe Bergdahl ~ On June 27, 2009, Bergdahl sent an e-mail to his parents before he was captured:[2]:4 mom, dad The future is too good to waste on lies. And life is way too short to care for the damnation of others, as well as to spend it helping fools with their ideas that are wrong. I have seen their ideas and I am ashamed to even be american. The horror of the self-righteous arrogance that they thrive in. It is all revolting. […] [Three good sergeants had been forced to move to another company] […] and one of the biggest shit bags is being put in charge of the team. […] [My battalion commander was] a conceited old fool. […] In the US army you are cut down for being honest… but if you are a conceited brown nosing shit bag you will be allowed to do what ever you want, and you will be handed your higher rank… The system is wrong. I am ashamed to be an american. And the title of US soldier is just the lie of fools. … The US army is the biggest joke the world has to laugh at. It is the army of liars, backstabbers, fools, and bullies. The few good SGTs are getting out as soon as they can, […] I am sorry for everything here. These people need help, yet what they get is the most conceited country in the world telling them that they are nothing and that they are stupid, that they have no idea how to live… We don’t even care when we hear each other talk about running their children down in the dirt streets with our armored trucks… We make fun of them in front of their faces, and laugh at them for not understanding we are insulting them […] I am sorry for everything. The horror that is america is disgusting. There are a few more boxes coming to you guys. Feel free to open them, and use them.[2]:4 Bob Bergdahl responded to his son’s final message not long after he received it: OBEY YOUR CONSCIENCE! Dear Bowe, In matters of life and death, and especially at war, it is never safe to ignore ones’ conscience. Ethics demands obedience to our conscience. It is best to also have a systematic oral defense of what our conscience demands. Stand with like minded men when possible. Dad.[2]:4 As Bergkahl explains, the US military is rotten from the top down, not from the bottom up. I know soldiers, and most of the grunts are just poor boys and girls from urban and rural America without any prospects, and so join up for college tuition or ‘three hots and a cot’. Most certainly are not murderous psychopaths, but the army is set up to elevate the worst dregs to positions of command, and so we get this shit. Just like the Bolsheviks, and their exhortations to the Red Army rapists. “Kill! Kill! In the German race there is nothing but evil; not one among the living, not one among the yet unborn but is evil! Follow the precepts of Comrade Stalin. Stamp out the fascist beast once and for all in its lair! Use force and break the racial pride of these Germanic women. Take them as your lawful booty. Kill! As you storm onward, kill, you gallant soldiers of the Red Army.” — Ilya Ehrenburg I offer support for Rurik when he bravely informed: “Vicky Weaver was a devout Christian, but Gog and Magog sent one of its assassins to murder her.” 👍! My respect. Linked below is a revelatory article/video where yesterday, Shabbos goy (Judas Goat) t-Rump tried to glorifify his Executive crimes committed on behalf of Israel, and contrary to The Beatitudes, & to great deluded “Homelander” applause,🙄 he cackled, “The future belongs to the brave.” https://news.grabien.com/story-trump-4th-july-address-future-belongs-brave Yes, I learned from that experience but I know as well her ‘know-it-all” proclivities & corresponding instinct for colleague-commenters to do as she instructs, march to her tune. Haha. (Zigh) Yeah, but I bet you didn’t learn to march to her tune, and I wouldn’t have either. We must be slow learners er sumpin. So enter my anti-war, Lady RobinG, here on the U.R.-comment stage, voila, and she has “all the answers” for those fucks who essentially could find common political ground with her, but she requires adherence to all [her] methods of dissent, or you’re nothing. What’s with the type? Sounds a lot like another braying bovine who mercifully seems to have recused and excused herself from the “action” at least temporarily. Can’t you just imagine something like that as dictator? Taking a cue from Wally, I say Hillaryena would’ve been worse, but not by much and I doubt Tulsi would be any better especially given the “support” for her that we’ve been subjected to on this thread. Funny as Hell. Thank you for your support! ‘…Convince me through sensible statements, cursing me out and calling me names won’t do the trick.’ You can’t ‘convince’ someone who is utterly dishonest and without even a conception of morality in the first place. You want to make war on Iran, you want to make war on Iran because you like the thought of killing people, and that Israel is urging you to do it makes it all alright. Everything else you say is a lie. What’s there to convince you about? That actually, it’s wrong to pointlessly murder innocent women and children? That, rather than seek an excuse to do it, you should strive to not do it? You’d still want to kill. You know what you are, and so do we. There are no better angels in your nature, and I’m not interested in ‘convincing you’ of anything. I’ll content myself with calling out your hypocritical and vicious rationalizations for criminality. • Agree: Robjil, ChuckOrloski, Rurik, Jacques Sheete, Parisian Guy I suspect his point was that following the horrors of WWII, the world decided to collectively codify into International Law, a code against savagery and collective punishment during war time. The tragedy of that farce, was that the very people posturing as the moral paragons over the defeated Germans, were perpetrating atrocities on civilians – after the war was over. Nuremburg wasn’t the justice of King Solomon, but rather the depraved sadism of Salomon Morel. Iranian regime are civil in discussing different aspects of a possible conflict, as well as making sensible arguments about why an attack might be necessary Mr. Unz, I’d like to humbly suggest a ‘POS’ button. It would vastly negate the necessity for the kind of unfortunate language that is otherwise quite necessary. “Honorable” man, Bowe Berghdahl wrote: “The horror of the self-righteous arrogance that they thrive in. It is all revolting.” My respect, Rurik, and thanks! Fyi, was a soldier once & who did not serve in Vietnam, but I was deeply troubled as “War Hero pilot” PreZident G.H.W. Bush fought to make Americans get over their deep hurt about ugly Vietnam war, inaugurate Desert Shield, and move forward (by the sword!) the western Anglo-Zionist globalist plot, New World Order. While allied with Russia’s profligate “Imposter” President Yeltsin, the ZUS & the “Coalition of Willing” 🙄 thought they would have a cakewalk and make Muslim countries welcome Israel as hegemon. Haha. Uh, too bad President “Bonespur” Donald Trump * can’t dramatically jump & parachute on his birthdays, like did the late-Senior Citizen, G.H.W. Bush? * Am forever grateful to J. St. Clair for creating the Zio-tamed dog tag, “President Bonespur.” , @Ilyana_Rozumova From his speech: Because we will never forget that we are Americans and the future belongs to us. (applause) emphasis mine that subtle mantra, ‘never forget’ is not lost on the tribe, as it’s ingrained in their souls. The future belongs to the brave, the strong, the proud and the free. ♪ Onward Christian Soldiers…♫♬ will reign for ever and ever and ever. Since when is America supposed to ‘reign’ over anyone? The whole point of America was supposed to be the sovereignty of the individual over his own life and own affairs. Freedom, in other words. A giant middle finger to monarchy and their ‘reign’. When someone or something has reign over others, that is the opposite of freedom. 1the period during which a sovereign occupies the throne. 2royal rule or authority; sovereignty. 3dominating power or influence: the very idea of ‘reigning over people’ is de-facto anathema to the original principle of freedom as codifies in the Bill of Rights. buit after reading the over-the-top attacks on me by several Iranian supporters here, then doing a bit of research, I’m starting to think Bolton and Pompeo may be right about the need for action to be taken against Iran. Interlocutor: Looks to me like a serious case of confirmation bias; what do you think, Dr. Freud? Freud: For sooth, the patient does not appear to have tested the validity of the items he charges against the subject, nor does he provide context for the events, nor does he appear to employ scales of justice and consider the Other Side’s arguments before issuing a life-and-death judgment. Hmmm. Interlocutor: What outcome do you predict, Dr. Freud? Can this patient be saved? More to the point, can this patient be interdicted before he does real damage, even becomes responsible for taking life wantonly? Freud: Hmmm. Interlocutor: Our staff has explored the patient’s background, Dr. Freud. They discovered that the patient, one Richard Baker, an “application developer and development manager at Clifton College,” [i.e. database manager] did write on a blog, Adrift on the Ocean of Truth, http://www.theculture.org/rich/ Among other things, Dr. Baker explores extropian ideas — innovating with the vision of living forever; he/she also posted lists of books he’s interested in, like this one: The World’s Banker: A Story of Failed States, Financial Crises, and the Wealth and Poverty of Nations by Sebastian Mallaby. A paragraph from the introduction to Mallaby’s book: “The World Bank was conceived six decades ago, along with the International Monetary Fund, when Franklin Delano Roosevelt and his allies were engaged in mortal combat with Germany and Japan. The founders’ purpose was twofold: to relieve human suffering, certainly, but at the same time to control the economic chaos that threatened the rich world’s security. The hyperinflation and mass unemployment of the interwar period had fueled the rise of fascism and communism in Europe: desperation had led to desperate isms. The International Monetary Fund was meant to head off a repetition by fighting currency crises; the World Bank had a broader mandate to develop broken-down economies. As the world changed, the Bank’s functions evolved, but its role in international-security Strategy has persisted. With the onset of the cold war, the Bank’s mission was to prevent Latin Americans and Africans and Asians from joining the Soviet column. In the new age of terror, the Bank’s efforts in the poor world offer the best chance of preventing the proliferation of failed states that serve as havens for terror. Meanwhile poverty is the vector for other threats to our security — global diseases, drug trafficking, and environmental degradation— which can thrive unchecked in desperate countries. In Kosovo, in East Timor, in Afghanistan and to a lesser extent in Iraq, the World Bank has also emerged as a key player in the nation-building efforts that have become a feature of the past decade.” Dr. Freud: Our fellow/gal Rich seems internally conflicted: It seems curious that Rich — if he/she is, indeed, Rich Baker, would would simultaneously express interest in World Bank policy and advocate reducing the economy, if not the physical existence, of a state as large and dynamic as Iran, to that of a “broken down economy,” the antithesis of World Bank’s stated vision. Either that position, and the policies Bolton-Pompeo that Rich endorses, are diametrically opposed to the high-minded vision of the World Bank ; viz. “the Bank’s efforts in the poor world offer the best chance of preventing the proliferation of failed states that serve as havens for terror;” or the World Bank is lying. Oh God no! as vapid and insipid and prostituted t-Rump is, he’s at least not an ideologue. Hate t-Rump all we want, we must also pray for his health. I know some people are praying for Ruth Bader Ginsburg not to die, for fear of her replacement. I’m praying for t-Rump’s health for the same reason. Rurik, you are definitely not a rube! or the World Bank is lying. were you too being ‘rhetorical’ here, S2C? (very entertaining comment ; ) You just keep getting better and better. I never knew that, but Bergdahl is correct. I claim no angelic or even saintly or sacerdotal properties myself, but even a low down, no-good, stinking POS such as myself is ashamed to be an American and for reasons similar to what Bergdahl wrote. I done seen what he describes myself, and it sucks. This country has become a moral vacuum, and a tool of Ehrenburg-grade devils. I’m disgusted that it turned out that way and that I’m part of it and whether Tulsi wins or loses, it won’t make a bit of difference for any significant period of time if at all. Sad shat. Hey geokat! Am sure you enjoyed the wedding & likely the reception. You are missed. When possible, & as the offensive Ehud Barak plans to topple the Netanyahu Likud government, please refer to article below which reported Netanyahu’s plan to militarily cream Gaza. https://news.antiwar.com/2019/07/03/netanyahu-says-israel-preparing-large-scale-gaza-military-operation/ Yeah, and ya don’t hafta be a Mensan to earn a set of jump wings either. Too bad the Trumpian tooter doesn’t offer to tutor Bonespur in the art. I bet that would be a gas, and I’d love to see it. Heroes my arse. … the very idea of ‘reigning over people’ is de-facto anathema to the original principle of freedom as codifies in the Bill of Rights. Careful Rurik, tRumpettes and non-tRumpettes alike are not gonna like that! I wouldn’t even want Tulsi reigning over me, even if she showered me in gold. I don’t need no regina either. I went to a spiritual retreat in Cuatro Cienegas, Cuahuila Mexico with a friend and visited a working ranch. Within that property they had an igloo type brick room that we entered and sat down. They brought in hot rocks and the heat and steam got so unbearable you wanted to run out, but being the typical Mexican Macho type, I wasn’t going to move. It was a type of cleansing of your body and spirit, made you think about a lot of stuff, but mainly you and who and what you are. Before going into the steam room, they have a camp area where everyone sits around and they have different people play unusual type instruments. You feel vibrations and sounds all around you and they ask you different questions as to how they are effecting you. When they finish then you are moved into the steam room. These people are young in their 30’s and they live off the ranch one of them inherited. They have a breakfast in the morning with fruits, honey, eggs and other produce from the ranch. Very interesting time we spent there. The entire area is considered one of the jewels the earth has given us. If you ever visit Mexico, make sure you come and spend a week in Monterrey, there are beautiful clear water areas all around the mountains that surround the city with waterfalls and climbing areas, and I will personally take you to the retreat I just described to you. I have 2 4×4 trucks and a Harley Street Glide that you can use. There are airline tickets from Houston to Monterrey for $200 with advanced purchase. You’ll need very little money when you get here…I will take care of your room and food, I’m a fucking great cook and my mom speaks English. Jaja As you can see from my writing I hold no alliance to any particular religious movement, but try and learn about the basic fundamental principals off all. One thing I do know is that we did not evolve from fish…in a pool of minerals and enzymes. Take care my brother I’m no Dr Freud, but I diagnose the guy as suffering from Hyperconstipation. He’s so FoS that it’s gone to his head, and he’s beyond dynamite enemization* even. His heart is also affected so a complete head transplant wouldn’t work in this case either. Anyway, don’t ask me for a cure; I’m no quack. * I made that up. It means even an enema with the power of dynamite wouldn’t work. I seem to recall Albert Jay Nock being one of the lodestars for the brand of conservatism William F. Buckley Jr thought he was founding/reinvigorating. If so, Buckley couldn’t have gone any more off course. He became a great friend to monopolists, capitalists, speculators and war profiteers. That was the nicest way I have seen anyone tell someone else to.. FUCK OFF YOU POS! Good job Colin Wright! I do like your characterization of US presidents, although you realize that you are missing H. Thank you for that input, living and learning is work in progress…guys like you make it easier and keeps us moving forward! Your knowledge and wisdom is greatly appreciated! not a rube! But you’re wrong Jacques, some call me their patron saint. I am proudly of the ‘great unwashed’. A dogface of the people. And I’d have it no other way. I’m disgusted that it turned out that way It breaks my heart. I wouldn’t even want Tulsi reigning over me, I’m like a zebra, no saddles here. My entire thrust vis-a-vis Tulsi is her anti-war stance. Since she’s the only one pointing out the villainy of these wars, I support her. If someone else says it more cogently, with less ties to the fiend, then I’d support them. But I don’t know of anyone like that in the Democrat primaries. They all squawk the platitudinous palaver of pusillanimous punks and chicken hawk war pigs. It’s disgusting to watch. Trillions of dollars wasted bringing death and catastrophe to brown people who’ve done us no harm. While they all cry crocodile tears over migrant ‘children in cages’, but couldn’t give a rat’s arse about millions of children blown to bits by our drones and bombs or homeless and/or orphaned due to our serial wars. Just one or two of those trillions squandered on killing brown people for Zion, were to be spent on infrastructure and medical expenses and other programs for the struggling here at home, then these people’s constituents would know actual alleviation to some of their very-real suffering. It’s a devil’s charade. Bro! The water, man! Be careful what you ask, J.G. You could find yourself with a crazy-eyed Gringo on your doorstep. I now must leave for a few days. Viva Mexico! And Salute! Yes the internet interaction gave the campaign a tremendous boost in the largest cities, there is no connect to the rural towns, but that’s about to change. The Kingmakers were shut down by the Youtubers reporting every time they tried to smear AMLO and exposed their dirty dealings with the previous administrations. AMLO is talking to companies that provide communication services so he can create a state owned network that reach the rural population. He has talked to the Facebook folks and they seemed interested. This is the best way to get the phone system back from Slim without going to court. There is a lot of news online focused on the criminal dealings of Mexican Billionaire Businessmen. Try and Google: Emilio Lozoya bribes – Pena Nieto’s bribes – Odebrehct and Emilio Lozoya – Fertilizer company owner arrested – Theft at PEMEX – Anna Lilia Perez wrote 4 books about her investigations of crimes in Mexico…they are a very good read- tells all you need to know about the past 2o years of Neoliberal rule. I hope that will help you find what you are looking for.. Am sure you enjoyed the wedding & likely the reception. Hey, Chuck. The wedding and reception aren’t until Sunday. We arrived a few days earlier to get acclimated to the island. I must say, seeing as this is my first time to Jamaica I was struck by the general politeness and friendliness of the people. Just got a chance to catch my breath. Truth be told, I’m struggling mightily to keep up with my nephew’s circle of friends. They are a good 20 years younger than I am and boy can they drink. I spent most of yesterday drinking like a fish and I’m not sure if I can make it to Sunday. While the good news is Sunday is a couple of days away, the bad news is I have to repeat the entire experience a month or so from now for another nephew’s wedding. This time on the island of Crete. While rum is the drink of choice in Jamaica, I got a feeling I’ll be over sampling Metaxa in Greece. Pray for me, Chuck! please refer to article below which reported Netanyahu’s plan to militarily cream Gaza. Is it time to mow the lawn, again? Not only do they have the most moral army in the world, but they also have an army that is the most skilled in the provision of landscaping services. You are incorect!! It was Kamala , that attack Biden. Please make sure next time, You know,what You are talking about ? Am happy for your visit to Jamaica. I dig Gregory Isaac’s & Bob Marley’s reggae & I have the latter’s recording of “Little Bird” as cellphone ring tone. “Everything is ‘gonna be alright” especially at the island’s bar which once featured a subsurface swimming pool where nude women were viewed by patrons. “Rastaman vibration” in the loins, & Guanja was in good supply too! 🙄 Yes, Israel poised to unaccountably “mow the lawn” again.😒 Yes, I will pray for you tonight, along with all the peoples on USrael’s hit list. Of course you know I include my fellow “Homelanders.” You did more than helping me to find.. you gave me what I was looking for. Many, many thanks. It is precious because, of course I could have looked by myself, but I don’t trust my ability to make an assesment about anything Mexican. My idea was that the Youtube, Facebook, Twitter are tools of US influence in other countries internal politics. Think to Cambridge Analytica and the Brexit; Think of Yellow Vests against Macron in France (for he spoke too much with Putin, and he wanted a European Army autonomous from NATO). Thus it seems that USA wanted, more or less, to facilitate the AMLO victory. That is the reason why I was interested in looking to the actual fate of mexican billionaries. So the US had interest to pull them down. From here, too many explaining hypothesis are plausible… Yeah lots of apostates around. Nock was not one of them as far as I know. The one that burns me hard is Thomas Paine. After all he went through and what he wrote, then to turn around and support the constitutionalists will irritate me til the day I croak. When you get to Crete, I hope you find the time to go to the Palace at Knossos if you’re into that sort of thing. As far as alcohol, try some tintura and also mastica, though those are like ouzo, for sipping not really drinking. I notice that “Rich” hasn’t answered my question. I guess he’s playing “conservative” with his ideas. Or something. Now I’m wondering how he expects us to “convince” him when he doesn’t even have the hormones to stand up for his own stupid ideas. PoS button needed for sure. (H/T Rurik, I think). Yes, I will pray for you tonight, along with all the peoples on USrael’s hit list Thanks, Chuck. Speaking of USrael’s hit list, here is an Independence Day gift from TruNews to the veterans of the USS Liberty and the American people. The video is called July 4 Special: Sneak Preview of New USS Liberty Documentary As America celebrates it’s independence, we honor the forgotten heroes whose valor may have stopped World War 3. Today on TRUNEWS we share a preview of the upcoming documentary on the attack on the USS Liberty by Israel, which occurred on June 8th, 1967 during the Six Day War. My favourite Rick Wiles’ quotes: 26:03 So, who controls America? Who owns America? We can’t even put a plaque up in a city park honouring veterans because it would upset Israel. 44:30 I just wanna say right now… I can’t let this go. John Haggie, John Haggie, Jenson Franklin. Mike Evans, David Jeremiah… I go down the list of American Christian Zionists… doesn’t this make you sick? Don’t you feel like a whore working for Israel, knowing what they did to Americans, and you’re still prostituting the Church in America for these Christ-hating Zionists? Doesn’t that make you feel like a whore, Pastor Haggie? Jenson Franklin, aren’t you ashamed of yourself? This stuff is so nauseating to me. It makes me so furious. We have these sellouts in the American Evangelical Churches. They’re sellouts. They’re cowards. They’re whores. They’re prostitutes… But, who has the power to suppress the truth? Who is so powerful in America that the truth about veterans is suppressed in this country? This ought to make every veteran in this country furious. But then I see this new congressman, Dan Crenshaw, who is a veteran, a wounded veteran. And there he is on the stage of AIPAC prostituting himself for Israel… reading the script that they wrote for him. You and I, the three of us, were there. We saw congressman Crenshaw reading the lines that the Zionists wrote for him. Shameful behaviour! Shameful behaviour, for a veteran and a congressman. 57:04. Well, listen. this is our July 4th Special TruNews Edition for you today and I hope that what you’ve seen has shaken you. I hope it’s rattled you. That you are aware something happened in 1967 that should never have happened and yet today most Americans don’t know it happened. And the coverup continues today. Believe me, it continues today. Documents are still sealed, still classified. When this movie is released, you will see the Israeli Lobby at work to stop the distribution of this movie. There is still a coverup underway today. But, we’re doing this in the name of the lord, God. By the name of the lord, Jesus Christ. And we fear no man. We only fear God. So, we are going to finish this task and, God willing, this movie will be seen by multitudes of people. Not only here in America, but around the world. I think this movie is gonna circulate all over the world. We want to stop future wars. We want to stop this war machine that’s brought death and destruction to the Middle East. Countless people have died because of Zionism. And the world must rise up and say “Enough is enough. Let’s stop the killing. Let’s stop the wars. Let’s stop this madness.” And so that’s really the driving motivation in my heart and to give these survivors, and the men who died, the honour and the respect that they so rightfully deserve. Make sure you show this preview of the documentary to as many of your family and friends you possibly can. Right, cursing and calling me names is the way to go. Unfortunately, you guys are so blinded by your anti-Americanism, you are unable to see how ridiculous you are. You have made the neo-con and Israeli argument for them. Congratulations. Tourette’s maybe? geokat admonished me to _Make sure you show this preview of the documentary to as many of your family and friends you possibly can.” A couple close friends & an ex-friend will be open to Rick Wiles’s presentation. Am pretty sure my brainy but intimidated ex-friend 🙄 regularly tunes in here, & he will take-off on your lead, and watch the “July 4th Sneak Preview.” Btw, am concerned for Rick Wiles who in the past, and in the spirit of Christian awareness & martyrdom, said, “What are they going to do. shoot me?” Hm. Am figuring Rick wisely understands that if Mossad don’t whack him, John Hagee-affiliated loons might. (Zigh) I know you will enjoy Greece, and you might help a couple of native Greeks to become aware. Fyi, if possible given break time, please consider reading John LeCarre’s enlightening work of fiction, “The Little Drummer Girl.” The educational novel’s initial action & setting is in Greece!!! So cool. My respect and goodwill, geo! I can hear in-my-head, the great Greek music in the (NYC-based) play, “Zorba The Greek,” in which starred Anthony Quinn. As it were yesterday, I get high on the comical & dancing words, “The great catastrophe.” If so, Buckley couldn’t have gone any more off course. He became a great friend to monopolists, capitalists, speculators and war profiteers. Buckley resides in conservative hell – he invited the neocon Jews into the Republican party. He sold out his good friend Joe Sobran on the behest of the Jews. The one that burns me hard is Thomas Paine. After all he went through and what he wrote, then to turn around and support the constitutionalists will irritate me til the day I croak. Hmm – some guy does good his whole life – then he does something out of character – and the bad thing overshadows all the good of his life. That just does not seem right. Thomas Paine fan — Art But then I see this new congressman, Dan Crenshaw, who is a veteran, a wounded veteran. And there he is on the stage of AIPAC prostituting himself for Israel… reading the script that they wrote for him. You and I, the three of us, were there. We saw congressman Crenshaw reading the lines that the Zionists wrote for him. Shameful behaviour! Shameful behaviour, for a veteran and a congressman. RedIce called attention to US Congress hearing on the “Monster” corporations — http://www.unz.com/video/redice_google-the-monster-that-has-to-be-destroyed/ Crenshaw @ 10 min: https://www.c-span.org/video/?462052-1/social-media-content-monitoring&start=5511. @1:34 “DC: “Do you believe speech can be violence? Not, can you incite violence, that is very clearly not protected. But can speech just be violent? Speech that isn’t calling for violence can be violent and therefore harmful and therefore hateful. [Slater asks for clarification] DC: Here’s the thing: When you call somebody a Nazi, you can make the argument that you’re inciting violence. And here’s how: As a country we all agree that Nazis are bad; we actually invaded an entire continent to defeat the Nazis. It’s normal to say hash-tag punch a Nazi because there’s this common thread in this country that they’re bad and that they’re evil and that they should be destroyed. You’re operating off of that premise and frankly it’s a good premise to operate on. Well, what you’re implying then is that it’s OK to use violence against them. When you label them — one of the most powerful social media countries in the world — labels people as Nazis, you can make the argument, that’s inciting violence. What you’re doing is wholly irresponsible. . . .” TruNews and Rick Wiles do tremendous work. Eventually, as their clarified vision of zionism becomes normalized, it will bump up against “holocaust” and “evil Nazism” — those whom “as a country we all agree . . . are bad and . . . they should be destroyed.” When TruNews and Rick Wiles and the Christian Zionists that are his target audience start to normalize the understanding that they’ve been used; that USA is controlled by zionism; what sort of cognitive clash will that set in motion? Will the dogmatized holocaust narratives and the “agreement” that “Nazis are bad and must be destroyed” be shifted to zionists? Then what? How will USA as a nation handle the recognition that it has been used for zionist ends? Norman Finkelstein has scoffed at the notion that a great resistance existed in Vichy France; only after Germany was defeated did stout French partisans step forward, proclaim their French patriotism, and severely punish Vichy collaborators. Will something similar happen in USA? What percent of US Congress will loudly proclaim, “I was always an anti-zionist (except for that one teensy little time when I stood up and cheered for Bibi; or the 6 times I went to AIPAC conferences, or those junkets to Israel — but that doesn’t really count, I was always True-blue — not star of David-blue — American!!”). to Athens Hey, JS. I’m, indeed, very much into it. It’s the first stop on my itinerary. Just like the South has its stills, the best drink in Greece is the moonshine version of ouzo. It’s called tsipro. It is so potent it can put hair on your chest… and I’m talking about the women! Very interestingly, Art let the renditioned “genie out of the bottle,” said: “(William F.) Buckley resides in conservative hell – he invited the neocon Jews into the Republican party.” Hey Art! In Dante’s “Inferno,” there are nine circles reserved forsinners. And “Hell is paved with “good intentions.” Hm. You & Rick Wiles are deeply serious men, and perhaps Buckley, King of the Jew Neoconservatives,😕 sailed into Lake Inferior Hell, via River Styx passage. My respect, Art & in the blood of The Christ. Excellent. Good work. It’s not easy to bite your tongue. I’ve been there as well. That’s the viewpoint of most where I live, and in full transparency, I too was a liberal up until about 5 years ago. I thought I was “enlightened”. Then I tried to debunk Building 7 and nothing has been the same since. Once you see one big lie, you have the ability to see them all. I’ve been immersed in research ever since and I wouldn’t change any of it. I’m so glad to know the truth, even as unpleasant as it is. The best part, is it led me to the ultimate truther. I always took God for granted and never cracked the Bible. Those days are over. I have no ill will for those in the “enemy camp”. They’ve been brainwashed as we all have, regardless of political persuasion. It’s just that we’ve broken free of the major shackles. 🙂 But I bet the like-minded amongst us see many issues very differently which speaks to our different stages of awakening. I no longer believe we live on a spinning globe, where Australia is upside down and the oceans are being held in place by “gravity”. It’s just another lie on a long list put forward by the enemies of Christ and done in a way that obscures them as the perpetrator. The goal of these lies is to hide God. And they’ve been masterful at it. Everything they do is to obscure, defame and blaspheme God. They’re tools of Satan in this spiritual war. On my to-do list is to find my own rural compound! ‘Right, cursing and calling me names is the way to go. Unfortunately, you guys are so blinded by your anti-Americanism, you are unable to see how ridiculous you are. You have made the neo-con and Israeli argument for them. Congratulations.’ Out of curiosity, can you quote a single ‘anti-American’ remark I have made? perhaps Buckley, King of the Jew Neoconservatives,😕 sailed into Lake Inferior Hell, via River Styx passage. Thanks Chuck, What Buckley did is egregious. Turning over America to Israel Jew interests, has cost a million lives and caused a 100 million displaced people. These days, neocon Bill Krystal is showing off his anti-loyalty to the Republicans and conservatism on CNN. He and his father are traitors to America and humanity in general. Their double dealing and dishonesty exemplify the Jew character. Thanks, Chuck. I guess I’m a little like the Maven. But instead of pushing the Talmud to his business associates, I’m pushing the gospel truth to as many fellow Dumb Goys as I can. I can hear in-my-head, the great Greek music in the (NYC-based) play, “Zorba The Greek,” in which starred Anthony Quinn. Great movie, Chuck. But as with most cases, the book is way better than the movie. The author was Nikos Kazantzakis. I highly recommend it! I get high on the comical & dancing words, “The great catastrophe.” That line brought back memories, Chuck. It was one of my favourites: In a boat on their way to the island, Basil asks Zorba if he is married. Zorba laments, in accented English, “Am I not a man? And is not a man stupid? I’m a man, so I’m married. Wife, children, house–everything. The full catastrophe.” • LOL: ChuckOrloski, Iris, Jacques Sheete, SolontoCroesus There was some talk here (who?) about the USian psyche. Caitlin Johnstone is in top form with her take on Trump’s tank parade. RobinG — too funny! “Tank parade” – what tank parade – Trumpy had to two statutory tanks and two statutory personal carriers. He got his way – What a guy! The last YouTube video from Tulsi. I’ll Usher in a 21st Century Green Economy You’re right, I miswrote that a fed judge had found in 2015 that the 2000 USS Cole bombing had been set up by the Iranians. That’s some great victory, there. Was the 2018 attempt by the Iranian govt to carry out an assassination in Denmark, 30 years ago? What about the bomb plot in France in October 2018? The two Iranians arrested in Kenya in 2012? The Japanese of 1975 were not the hostile Iranians of 2019. When the current Iranian theocratic dictatorship is overthrown and the new Iranian government gains power, I’m sure the US, and the rest of the civilized world will happily treat the Iranians as well as we treated the Japanese. By the way, I knew some WW2 vets who fought in the Pacific who still hadn’t forgiven the Japs by 75 because of their actions during the war. Just as many of us today don’t forgive the Iranians for 79, 83 or the torture-murder of William Buckley. Do you believe it’s okay for Iranians to imprison, torture or kill Christian converts from Islam? Do you support their continued torture of dissidents? What about their imprisonment of journalists? The Iranians are not the good guys. For those that are interested here is a show from today July 5th by UNZ’s own Kevin Barrett with Dr. Alan Sabrosky: Also news from unbiased The Last American Vagabond on the UK pirates who commandeered the Iranian oil tanker in the Strait of Gibraltar: Yo geo! Around 1983, I went on a U. of Scranton Department of Foreign Language sponsored bus trip to NYC and thoroughly enjoyed the play, “Zorba the Greek.” Along with me were my dear friends, Thessaloniki-born, Thalia Demopoulous and the late-Dr. Njegos Petrovic. Thalia, Professor of Language & Speech, went home, 1986, to Thessalonika, and visited dear friends & family. Fyi, after the Chernobyl crisis, Thalia emailed me an extraordinary postcard. In it, handwritten, she described how Greek Orthodox priests in highland monasteries were beside themselves with the Chernobyl catastrophe. Thalia explained how “Chernobyl” in Ukrainian meant “Wormwood.” Hm. (Note: “A West Scranton Ukrainian Orthodox priest, Father Koval, married & a part-time Scranton cop, consulted his dictionary, & to me, he confirmed that chernobyl is wormwood in English. Also, an obscure but rather popular D.C.-based magazine, associated with Reverend Moon, 🙄 covered this story, including Mikhail Gorbachev’s distinguishing natural red-mark on his forehead; suggesting the ominous”Mark of the Beast,” uh, to especially US right-winger zingers) Not to get excessively weird, geo, but in an early chapter in Book of Revelations, the star of “Wormwood,” is featured — as a sign of apocalypse — and includes disastrous poisoning of area waters. 🤔 Years later, reports of radioactive-contaminated mushrooms surfaced in Bulgaria and among elk herds in Russia. Yikes! Meanwhile, enjoy Crete’s Palace of Knossos, and please just keep wormwood on file? Thank you. Was the 2018 attempt by the Iranian govt to carry out an assassination in Denmark, 30 years ago? What about the bomb plot in France in October 2018? The two Iranians arrested in Kenya in 2012? Gee my golly — how many people has the CIA assassinated in the last years – maybe a 1000 times more? You say – WAR on IRON! Good morning, geo! Assuming you are somewhat sober & awake now, fyi, the name of the Moonie-owned magazine which reported the Chernobyl – Wormwood connection & “Gorbie” was Insight Magazine. Uh, Bob Marley, “No woman, no cry.” 😏 Zorba, “with woman, do cry.” Haha! No need to thank me… we are here to share what we know, and what we don’t know we can find here. You won’t believe how popular the Mexican Left YouTube Channels Guys are! Jaja They met with AMLO and have not stop reporting on the 4th Transformation. Supposedly, Mexico has undergone 3 Transformations and now we’re seeing the 4th taking place. The Billionaires didn’t lay down, they threw everything they had into the opposition parties. The PRI was a dead duck going into the race because of Pena Nieto and various Governors charged with corruption, but not prosecuted. So they put their money and influence behind Ricardo Anaya, a young good looking “White” Mexican running under the PAN party. He was cocky, arrogant and kind of got on my nerves, something sleazy about the guy. The US MSM was no help labeling him as a Communist, Leftist, Socialists, Like Chavez, Dangerous for Mexico, another Venezuela on our border… The US didn’t want AMLO elected at this time. They were not done breaking PEMEX and AMLO has been trying to save it. They definitely had their hands in the Energy Reforms Legislation that Hillary Clinton and the US State Department were promoting and provided the proposal presented to the Mexican Congress to make changes in the Constitution. I heard the DEA just froze Emilio Lozoya/s bank accounts and are Investigating Pena Nieto. Now, I am more prone to believe that the US is helping AMLO get these guys and put them in jail, because the Judges and Laws protect them here. Every time someone gets arrested the courts free them. Hey Paul sorry to butt in on your conversation! Just wanted to get your thoughts on a Worldwide Reset between the mid 1700’s and mid 1800’s. I have been seeing a lot of pictures that were released from the old Soviet States. Within that time span we see pictures of huge building construction, hardly any vegetation, a lot of war pictures but no fighting people posing for pictures. I’ve seen pictures that look like buildings are lit up with electricity. Electric cars, Trolley Cars and Scooters. It’s Crazy. I’ve seen pictures of weird stuff, like a glass tube with wires and transformer looking devices and inside that glass tube you can see a ghostly face of a baby or an adult. Like as if they had technology that preserved a dead relative’s soul in that device. I didn’t want to say anything on here because I didn’t want to seem crazy, you know what I mean? Jajaja Earlier in the week I wrote a piece on capitalism vs extreme capitalism and now I talking about ghosts in a tube! Jajaja I won’t get into Mud Flooding evidence all around the world and orphan trains, but seeing kids working grown up jobs during that time period has me really thinking about the “Reset”. It is very easy to have a worldwide reset and no one will remember if you only leave the children. Just wanted to get your thoughts on that… Hey bro, I forgot to tell you that I posted a translation of another article about the Mexico incident. If you and Chuck haven’t read it, It’s on comment 350 to Geokat. Anounder says: The government’s role is to facilitate justly our system. I think careless immigration policy that favors illegal immigrants over the rights of citizens — a fairly obvious injustice. The inevitable end of letting foreigners were weren’t founding stock move into the country (see the Irish and Chinese). Once you’re at the point of allowing those who don’t share your heritage mass migrate then any argument you make for later restrictions come off as selective and hypocritical. Appealing to legality is worthless since any half-decent advocate can point out what happened to the Injuns (“Did they ever grant permission for Whitey to come into their continents?”). You can only really appeal to force or heritage when telling who does or does own a country. That’s the bottom line. Instructing bakers that have to participate in ceremonies that violate conscience — obvious injustice. The Boomers brought it about when they waged war on segregation. Businesses aren’t allowed to refuse to sell to Blacks, let alone gays. If you and Chuck haven’t read it, It’s on comment 350 to Geokat. Hey, JG. I’m glad you provided this reminder re the explosive article that you translated. I must’ve somehow missed reading this comment the first time. Apologies. It’s one hell of a story and, if true, Mexico is fortunate to have dodged this bullet. But, given that Mexico is the only green country left in NA (see Bibi’s map), I wouldn’t be surprised if they had a plan in the works to turn it red or blue. Sovereignty is the most precious thing a people can have and they must do everything in their power to preserve it. If they don’t, the USA is the perfect example of how a once proud and strong people can become Zionized into a nation that is led by the nose by a foreign entity. Mexico must try and avoid this scenario like the plague. Take care JG… I look forward to reading more of your excellent comments. That just does not seem right. Correct. Just not the way you probably intended it Art. It’s not merely out of character, it’s waaaaay out of character; a complete change of character, in fact. Nevertheless, I still admire the guy and will forever be fascinated by him but for the life of me wonder what happened. It’s as if he turned against himself, and I’ll never figure it out. My statement was one of sadness, not disgust or incrimination. I quote him a lot and here’s one of my favorites, Time makes more converts than reason. Thomas Paine, Common Sense, Introduction. (January 10, 1776) Tolstoy also said that, The strongest of all warriors are these two — Time and Patience. Leo Tolstoy Bk. X, ch. 16 Parenthetically, that explains why trying to convince the likes of “Rich,” for instance, is futile, and voting for Tulsi won’t change a thing. Peace and patience, my friend! 😉 Thanks a bunch for that, JG! I saw it. Quite astonishing. I was just thinking about one of your comments and it sums up where I’m coming from as well. I believe you commented that “it’s a class war.” I agree totally. For me, color, race, level of schooling, whatever, means nothing compared to that, and the thing about it is that it’s a war of the wealthy classes waged on the rest much more than the opposite. Except for very brief moments, it’s a one way war. It just struck me that’s a key as to why it’s so difficult for most people to understand the fact. If people only had a clue how much the ultra rich despise themselves and everyone else, they may wake up, but until then they think the super wealthy are something to admire and emulate, and for some odd reason think that they’re here to care about them. I see none of that changing any time soon, tRump or Tulsi notwithstanding. You are a breath of fresh air and I’m happy you’re here. @Anounder True as far as it goes, but the ground was prepared for such outcomes long ago. The constitution, establishing a mechanism for concentrating wealth and power, was a huge yoke placed on our collective necks. Lincoln proved it, and FDR cemented it place and made it much heavier. This country has been a Wall Street Commie outhouse ever since, and has been getting worse by the minute. The pretence that the “abolition of slavery” was either a motive or justification for the [“Civil”] war, is a fraud of the same character with that of “maintaining the national honor.” [ or MAGA] Who, but such usurpers, robbers, and murderers as they, ever established slavery? Or what government, except one resting upon the sword, like the one we now have, was ever capable of maintaining slavery? … And yet these impostors now cry out that they have abolished the chattel slavery of the black man—although that was not the motive of the war—as if they thought they could thereby conceal, atone for, or justify that other slavery which they were fighting to perpetuate, and to render more rigorous and inexorable than it ever was before. There was no difference of principle—but only of degree—between the slavery they boast they have abolished, and the slavery they were fighting to preserve; for all restraints upon men’s natural liberty, not necessary for the simple maintenance of justice, are of the nature of slavery, and differ from each other only in degree. No Treason (1870) by Lysander Spooner No. VI. The Constitution of no Authority. Thanks for sharing, S2C. These monster corporations need to be slayed as soon as possible. As Henrik Palmgren emphasized, these corporations are the ones meddling in elections and not the bogus Russia-gate. Great questions, S2C. I have no clue how things are going to unfold. All I now is we’re about to enter uncharted waters and things could get very turbulent. My advice to everyone is to fasten their seatbelts, because we’re in for one hell of a bumpy ride! The Iranians are not the good guys. Pssst, you are at UR, and this is the 21st century so good luck convincing us of such bullshit, but thanks for the laughs. PS: Whether Iranians are the good guys or not, it’s beside the point. The point is that in the balance, the USA and Israel are the bad guys by a looong shot. Another is that ‘we” need to clean our own houses first, not that I’d try to convince you or anyone else. • Agree: geokat62, ChuckOrloski Just like the South has its stills, the best drink in Greece is the moonshine version of ouzo. It’s called tsipro. Tell me about it! I didn’t mention it because I’m not fond of it. I have a friend who makes the stuff, and it’s almost as bad as the Philippine tubo or lambanog, fermented and distilled coconut tree sap. I’ve only tasted that stuff once and I swear you could use the first distillation for rocket fuel and the second as an explosive! Anyway, enjoy yourself! Γεια σου! When the Pax Americana ends, you guys, or your grandchildren, will look back on this era as the greatest time in man’s history. More freedom, more wealth and more peace than imaginable just a generation or two ago. When you’re kneeling toward Mecca, or feeling the communist boot on your throat, you’ll long for what the Americans did. To an Arab, displaced by the Israelis, at war with them, I suppose the Israelis look like bad guys. But what about the Lebanese Christians who lost their country to the Islamic usurpers? What about all the Christians and/or Greeks who lived in Palestine and its surrounding areas before the Muslim invasion? What about the dreaded Turk who held sway over the land for hundreds of years? The Palestinians have lost, the best they can hope for is a loser’s peace, like the Germans after WW2, then they can try to build something new. They aren’t going to defeat the Israelis. The US has mostly been on the side of good. Everywhere we’ve gone the people have become wealthier and better fed, and freer. If any mistakes were made, they weren’t made purposefully. As powerful as the US has been for the last 75 years, we could have taken whatever we wanted instead of peacefully making deals. What great empire ever acted so benevolently in all of history? , @EugeneGur , @tac , @Anounder Nope yer wrong! You are not a rube, at least by my definition. You may be unwashed, but you obviously don’t need a bath, and besides brainwashing would be hopeless. Love ya, man! I love Tulsi’s message too, but I don’t believe she’s de solution. I’ve only tasted that stuff once and I swear you could use the first distillation for rocket fuel and the second as an explosive! So true, lol. geo acknowledged SolontoCroesus “great questions,👍 and served warning: “My advice to everyone is to fasten their seatbelts, because we’re in for one hell of a bumpy ride!” Greetings from broken but sunny Scranton Scranton where Mayor Courtright resigned last week, given FBI charges of accepting contractor bribe💰, caught hoodwinking the IRS, and other moronic corruption charges! Courtright copped a fucking plea deal that may result in a shorter jail stint. 🙄Other Scranton official heads will fall. Nonetheless, & for all my good Brothers & Sisters assembled here, linked (below) is an educational article written by Ronald Reagan’s Director of O.MB., David Stockman. Gripping title is “Apotheosis of the Warfare State.” Some commenters will recall the fact that Paul Craig Roberts served the Reagan Treasury Department. https://original.antiwar.com/david_stockman/2019/07/05/trumps-salute-apotheosis-of-the-warfare-state/ Stockman’s a priori argument is that PreZident t-Rump is ill versed (uh, as engineered?) in the Declaration of Independence,* which is a “jermiad against tyrannical rule.” He described t-Rump’s 4th 2019 as “tone deaf & offensive.” David Stockman also let awed & restless “Homelanders” know that their Warfare State-extravaganza comes with a permanent & annual $1 trillion price tag. Please consider reading Mr. Stockman because rarely is Economic Zionism smoked out for what a killer it really is! My respect to All. Thank you. * Please be mindful that Veterans for Peace is gallantly operating a campaign to “Reclaim Armistice Day, November 11, 1918-2018.” Am with them! When the Pax Americana ends, you guys, or your grandchildren, will look back on this era as the greatest time in man’s history. Yeah, if you say so. I think you mean Pox Americana. Anyway, we may look on this era as the greatest time in man’s history, despite Pox Americana not because of it, and not because of our freedom from wage, tax, debt and monetary slavery. And it’s the greatest only in a material snese. Anyway, you are free to dream all you want. Enjoy the myth. PS: It’s not only about us and our grandchildren. I bet the ones who’ve been wrongly subjugated by us and our misspent wealth and malinvested power will feel little but relief once the monstrosity ends. When you’re kneeling toward Mecca, or feeling the communist boot on your throat, you’ll long for what the Americans did. Here’s what America did.: It’s Commie Wall Street International Usurers used Americans to crush and subjugate the anti-Commie Germans and Japanese while enslaving their fellow Americans even more in an effort to establish a big money controlled one world government where all the rest of us are under the bootheels of the money bag mafia. And they are still at it; just read JG’s posts for evidence. America is Communist. For proof, just go read Marx’s Ten Planks, and get back to me to let me know which ones do not apply to the country today. None of this ought to need explaining, but I have done it and shall continue to do so til the end. Now, answer my question. What do you mean by “America”? Everywhere we’ve gone the people have become wealthier and better fed, and freer. I’m not even going to attempt to disabuse you of that self-preening fallacy. I’ll just mention that it is not only a severe over generalization, but grossly erroneous in many specific cases, and the fallacy has many names. One is that, at best, it is a “post hoc ergo propter hoc” fallacy and I’ll leave you to look it up since anything I say will be wasted so I’ll try to keep it to a mini-(mum). Also, may I point out that it’s not up to you to decide that? It’s more properly decided by the recipients of our “benificence” and as one who’s forced to help pay for it all, I call the claim, “manure.” Besides, if what you say is true, what makes you think it’s worth it in the balance or the long run? I do the wrong, and first begin to brawl. The secret mischiefs that I set abroach I lay unto the grievous charge of others. Clarence, whom I, indeed, have laid in darkness, I do beweep to many simple gulls Namely, to Hastings, Derby, Buckingham; And say it is the queen and her allies That stir the king against the duke my brother. Now, they believe it; and withal whet me To be revenged on Rivers, Vaughan, Grey: But then I sigh; and, with a piece of scripture, Tell them that God bids us do good for evil: And thus I clothe my naked villany With old odd ends stolen out of holy writ; And seem a saint, when most I play the devil. – ― William Shakespeare, Richard III, Act 1, Scene 2, (~1593) (Arden Shakespeare: Second Series) Well get on then and protect yourself. Why are you letting all those Muslims into the US so they can plan and execute their revenge for what you do over there in their countries? And are Iraqis and Libyans better off than before you interfered? Saddam and Assad have done more to protect Arab Christians than those the US backs in that region and look how you have repaid them. Ultimately the policy you advocate is good for neither the Arabs nor the US, unless by the US you consider some minority super-rich elite. It’s not easy to bite your tongue. It seems to get easier with time, especially after one realizes how futile it all is. But then, mushrooms probably don’t look at it that way as they release millions of spores only to have none land on fertile soil, and the lucky few whose few spores do land on suitable soil never fruit because the other conditions are not right. Maybe it’d be better to be a mushroom. Or a toadstool! PS: Thank you PG and RU for this potentially fertile pile! As powerful as the US has been for the last 75 years, we could have taken whatever we wanted instead of peacefully making deals. What great empire ever acted so benevolently in all of history? https://www.hellstormdocumentary.com/watch/ Ask yourself why: Full English version: UNAVAILABLE: The youtube account associated with this video has been terminated. If USA has been such a force for good “for the last 75 years,” why conceal the actions USA engaged in to acquire all that wealth? “Peacefully making deals . . .” — did you read the Michael Hudson – Bonnie Faulkner interview? Jacques Sheete won the debate against ethically impoverished Rich, and constructively informed him: “Yeah, if you say so. I think you mean Pox Americana.” Not very catchy, but I amend it to to The Pox USraelicana. My respect, JS. Powerful essay by Stockman. Thanks for sharing, ChuckOrloski. This report also appeared on the Antiwar.com website. Try to wrap your head around it without resorting to super-strength aspirin. IAEA Board to Meet Wednesday on Iran at Demand of US US Envoy demands IAEA ‘hold Iran responsible’ https://news.antiwar.com/2019/07/05/iaea-board-to-meet-wednesday-on-iran-at-demand-of-us/ The US accused Iran of being in violation once their uranium stockpile exceeded 300 kg. Iran has denied that this is a violation, and says the stockpile cap was voluntary since the US withdrew from the deal. The IAEA agreed to the meeting at the demands of the US, even though the US is no longer party to the P5+1 deal. As the Israeli nuclear weapons arsenal gets a pass from the IAEA, & the mighty ZUS, Russia, and China nuclear superpowers , S2C, it’s actually easy for me to “wrap (my) head around the charade without resorting to super-strength aspirin.” My respect, S2C, am I am delighted you read David Stockman’s valuable article! Like the old Dial Soap TV commercial jingle, don’t you wish everybody learnt from him? There is not a shred of doubt that he doesn’t read much and that he gets his feel good, narcotic, info off the boob toob and other sources of so called “mainstream” baloney and considers himself informed if not educated. He is not about to question his own brainwashing but is satisfied with smugly mocking our ideas, and attempting to justify his own. No doubt he’s totally dependent on the corrupt system he supports. I say none of that out of derision, but pity. And I hope he likes my pity as much as the rest of the world likes American do gooderism. In any case, he’s gettin it whether he asked for it or wants it or not! Here’s something else, (it’s free and short, even) for his reading list, just in case.: John Perkins’ excellent primer, Confessions of an Economic Hit Man Even better, he could just read JG’s excellent comment on capitalism and robjil’s expos to name just a couple of great ones. How about Pox Wall Street Usurer Zio-Commiana? Against which, poor Tulsi hasn’t a snowball’s chance in the Inferno. The love, (brotherly) and respect are mutual Bro CO!!! PS: How’d ya like that Shakespeare quote? Did the Bard nail it or what? Yes, Bro JS! What sparse I know about Shakespeare’s body of literature, I dig it. Regarding the 2020 presidential election, my fellow deeply divided “Homelanders” will get excited (get nuts!) about their Zio pre-selected poor choices.🙄 From Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar, I will repeat my favorite line, “A coward dies a thousand deaths, but a gallant man dies only once.” And there ain’t no JFK around. P.S. I think ’twas the late-Joe Sobran who said, “when a snowball starts rolling downhill, push it!” Am looking for a reckoning day when merry usurer participants of “Pox Wall Street Commiana” push themselves into one of Dante’s Inferno’s nine handbaskets. Below, a hopeful sign from The Motherland for our perilous times? https://www.presstv.com/Detail/2019/07/05/600248/Russia-Iran-UK-supertanker-Grace-1oil-Syria-Gibraltar-EU-sanctions-Spain Hey Robin, thank you for that link. Caitlin seems like a pretty sharp young lady and she knows how to express herself. I shall be reading more of her, I suspect! Independence Day, a holiday in which Americans gather to eat hot dogs and drink Mountain Dew in celebration of the anniversary of their lateral transfer from monarchy to corporatist oligarchy. Now, if only we could get the “Gweatest Genewation” on board with that!! Note to RU, she would be a good fit here, based on that one article alone, I think. Jacques Sheete, Thanks for the thoughtful reply. Thomas Paine is one of my favorite people in history – a true intellectual hero. “Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one.” – Thomas Paine Here is a book that claims that Tomas Paine wrote the first draft of the Declaration of Independence. “All men are created equal” is something Paine would have written. Jefferson only claimed authorship of the Declaration of independence – on his death bed. Junius Unmasked or, Thomas Paine the author of the Letters of Junius and the Declaration of Independence https://www.greanvillepost.com/2019/07/06/miriam-adelson-wishes-for-the-book-of-trump-in-the-bible/ Our 500 BC Theocracy’s Torah/Old Testament policy planbook might get a 21st century tale update. A 21st century tale might be added to the Torah/Old Testament – “The book of Trump” if Mrs. Adelson dreams come true. Schumer says we have the Torah and Palestinians don’t. I say that the Palestinians have a 21st century view of the world and Schumer and friends have a 500 BC Zion fantasy view of the world. The book of Trump may be a 21st century tale but it is based on 500 BC Zion fantasies from the Torah. Thus in reality it is nothing new at all, just a rehashing of 5oo BC Zion cultural values. On June 27th, Miriam Adelson, billionaire wife of billionaire Sheldon Adelson, proposed that the story of Donald Trump, hero and patriot, ought to be added to the Bible. Her op-ed, entitled “A Time of Miracles,” appeared in the Israeli daily Israel Hayom – a paper which, coincidentally, her husband owns and she publishes. Mrs. Adelson says Trump is like a modern day prophet from the Old Testament. In her branding of Trump as a modern-day prophet, she framed his unpopularity among Jews in Scriptural terms: “Scholars of the Bible will no doubt note the heroes, sages, and prophets of antiquity who were similarly spurned by the very people they came to raise up.” In other words, “learn your lesson, people. Don’t snub this prophet like you did the others. “Embrace him. Vote for him in 2020.” Jack, Jack, Jack, you’re your own worst enemy. I’m beginning to wonder if you and some of your buddies attacking me aren’t actually those “hasbara” guys I read about from time to time. Your arrogance and bullheadedness have made your position appear weaker. Sure, your fellow-travellers think insults and sneers are winners, but I don’t see how, or why, any fair-minded person would want to be associated with such folks. And I’m actually a voracious reader, a habit begun in childhood and expanded while in the US Army. I’ve read Perkins, and it was an interesting book, but it’s the type of thing done by every country and more often than not, the people of the nations the US sets up business in, do better than before. I’m not impressed with the confessed Marxist Hudson, Hayek is the better economist. I’ve also read Marx and Lenin, and find Solzhenitsyn to be a great antidote to such nonsense. I also understand how politics works, and know that in America, if the choice is the soft tyranny of Tulsi’s leftism and the same empty promise of no more war as Obama made, and a repub who will allow me to keep my Constitutional rights as well as other freedom, but the trade off is that the repub is a hard-liner on Iran, I’ll go with the repub. Miriam Adelson, billionaire wife of billionaire Sheldon Adelson, proposed that the story of Donald Trump, hero and patriot, ought to be added to the Bible. My theory: Bolton got his tenure in White House only after many months of unrelented flattering comments about Trump, that Bolton made in Fox News. Well, Bolton is not so many often seen asides Trump, since the Iran-US drone farce. I predicted Bolton will be fired after the failing of the Israel-Palestin deal of the century. Miriam Adelson don’t actually believe what she wrote. She’s only trying to flatter Trump. The purpose is to have Trump keeping Bolton in White House. It may work. The US MSM was no help labeling him as a Communist, Leftist, Socialists, Like Chavez, Dangerous for Mexico, another Venezuela on our border… The US didn’t want AMLO elected at this time. Not so surprising. I remember Carlos Slim bought a big share of the NYTimes in the first months of 2008, then around the time of Lehmann’s brothers fall, Slim lended 200 million$ to save NYTimes from bankruptcy. Since nobody could see how the NYTimes would ever give back to Slim, I believe Slim is, for practical use, the actual owner of the NYTimes (well I may have missed later changes). Anyway, what strikes me is that for the third time we see the same pattern than at the time of the Trump election or the Brexit: mainstream medias pushed against, but the help of Internet US corporations made the unexpected victory. My hypothesis: In each case, MSM served the statu-quo interests, but there is somewhere in US (let’s say, in Langley) a covert and unconventionnal project which is directed to continue the US empire in the new conditions (powerful China). Youtube, Facebook and Twitter are tools of this covert project. It would be interesting if you had seen some noticeable behavior of billionnaries with China. For instance, speaking about selling an harbor to Chineses, or any other strategic asset. So, if you like Solzhenitsyn, you must love his “Two hundred years together” book. Why isn’t that book translated into English? What is in that book that scares our Zion and State media and government? y’see, I’m not nearly as well-read nor as smart as Rich. I assess things in rather simplistic, perhaps moralistic terms. When I read Rich’s judgment — that he’s willing for the Iranian people to die in order to preserve his “freedoms,” the analogy that pops into my mind is, Rich would be willing to kill and steal in order to give his kids a birthday present. (otoh, I suspect Rich does not have children, or if he does, I pity them.) • Replies: @Iris Iris says: Rich would be willing to kill and steal in order to give his kids a birthday present. A great summary of the mindset of people (like Rich) who are convinced that they belong to a master race. (And I don’t mean White/Europeans). Wow, thank you brother. It takes like minded individuals that “see” what is happening, for that word to jump out at them…most people will read the same sentence you did, and keep on reading without having a second thought. Those same people think they are patriotic, think MEGA and think everyone else is a stupid communist, not realizing they are helping the powers that be divide the nation. To them the minorities are the problems, lazy niggers, criminal wetbacks, terrorist ragheads trying to take what’s theirs. They are driving a wedge between whites and everyone else. Never realizing many white middle class people have more in common with a minority middle class person than a Trumps, Bolton or Pompeo. People like Wally and Rich, who call you out as being a communist or un-American for not jumping on the Bomb Iran band wagon, are very dangerous to us normal thinking people. They are too blind to realize the game that’s being played on them. They really believe that the “White Race” is in danger of becoming extinct, and it’s because of multicuturalizm! How Fucking Ignorent can people who claim to have the highest IQ in the world be, if they really believe that bullshit! They can never pull the wool over our eyes brother, because we are fucking “Real”, not fucking monkeys that they can train to do and think what they want. Bonjour, Monsieur Frenchie. Some unsolicited feedback from a Dumb Goy “with a one-issue mind,” as you’ve accused me of. Since nobody could see how the NYTimes would ever give back to Slim, I believe Slim is, for practical use, the actual owner of the NYTimes (well I may have missed later changes). No, you didn’t miss any later changes. What you missed is previous arrangements made by the Ochs-Sulzberger family. The ownership structure of the NY Times is, in fact, based on something called dual-class shares. This structure allows families to gain access to public capital without losing control of their company. According to Wiki: Slim increased his stake in the New York Times to 16.8% when he exercised stock options to purchase 15-9 million [Class A] shares… Although this acquisition made him the largest shareholder in the company, it does not give him the ability to control the newspaper, as his stake allows him to vote only for Class A directors, who compose just a third of the company’s board. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_New_York_Times_Company Bottom line: the NY Times is still owned by the Ochs-Sulzberger family through a trust which controls roughly 88 percent of the company’s Class B shares. Youtube, Facebook and Twitter are tools of this covert project. I don’t know anything about covert projects, given their covert nature. What I do know is that these mega tech companies are tools of an overt project. And that’s censoring truth tellers who are exposing supremacist Jewish crimes against humanity, like Adam Green’s Know More News and Henrik Palmgren’s Red Ice. Big tech is collaborating with Jewish supremacist organizations like the ADL and SPLC to create algorithms that are purportedly meant to ban so-called “hate speech” (see the ADL’s infamous The Online Hate Index), but what their algorithms really do is suppress the truth. EugeneGur says: The US has mostly been on the side of good. Everywhere we’ve gone the people have become wealthier and better fed, and freer. Really? And where exactly is that blessed place that became all what you describe as a result of the US interference? We know exactly the opposite: every time the US sticks its nose in a country’s affairs, the country goes down the drain real quick. People become destitute; social unrest or even a civil war follow; death, destruction, hopelessness – you get the drift. Think Iraq, Libya, Syria, Ukraine, Georgia, Yugoslavia, and this is a short list. As powerful as the US has been for the last 75 years, we could have taken whatever we wanted instead of peacefully making deals. The US has never made a peaceful deal in its entire existence, at least, not a deal it stuck to. And no, it could not take always whatever it wanted; when it could it did. What great empire ever acted so benevolently in all of history? Are you for real or is this some kind of sarcastic trolling? I couldn’t have said that better my friend…100% in agreement! I was just thinking about one of your comments and it sums up where I’m coming from as well. I believe you commented that “it’s a class war.” I agree totally. Class war? With all due respect, JS, communism versus capitalism was the main fault line of the second half of the previous century. A Cold War was fought over that ideological split. In this century, the new fault line is between globalism and nationalism. And, since, in my view, it’s going to be a struggle to the death, all the people of the West (capitalists, workers, rich and poor) must decide which side of this battle line they’re on. Not to put too fine a point on it, but it’s not going to be a battle between workers and capitalists, it’s going to be a battle between globalists (led by Jewish supremacists) and nationalists (The Dumb Goyim), fighting over the sovereignty of their nations. Don’t believe me? Just consider the slew of books that have recently appeared warning The Dumb Goyim about the dangers of the resurgence of fascism. And those on the nationalist side are being falsely accused of being Nahzees and white supremacists for simply wishing to restore their sovereignty over their nations. This is, indeed, the new fault line, JS… make no mistake about it! All I’m saying is that based on first hand experience, and knowing what constitutes an “army” (mostly rabble, directly proportional with rank), is that even rabble have their limits and most would likely stop short of doing what was described. The Milgram experiment drew on a pool of college students, whom I don’t think are any more or less corruptible than the average recruit. I’m sure that your own first hand experiences mean a lot to you (as they do to us all), but not having shared them, I don’t find this claim to authority to be especially persuasive. Of course, we’d all like to believe that our colleagues (even ourselves) can’t possibly behave satanically, but unless you keep company exclusively with angels, Milgram showed otherwise. That’s NOT an apology, but a warning to ourselves against complacency in the face of the corruptibility of evil. One significance of Nuremberg is that no one can use the excuse of “following orders”, i.e., acting according to their training, whatever that might be. The other is that officers are responsible for the actions of their charges and the consequences of their orders. Of course, IIRC, Nuremeberg also condemned wars of aggression as war crimes, but that attitude is so 20th century. See how easy it is? Principal apologizes for telling parent, ‘Not everyone believes the Holocaust happened’ https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/principal-apologizes-for-telling-parent-not-everyone-believes-the-holocaust-happened-214529886.html According to 2018 emails obtained by The Palm Beach Post, Latson of Spanish River High School in Boca Raton, Fla. said that Holocaust education is “to be introduced but not forced upon individuals, as we all have the same right but not all the same beliefs.” Latson was answering the mother’s question on how that portion of WWII history was prioritized — the school holds annual Holocaust assemblies and focused one-day lessons for 10th graders. “We advertise it to the 10th grade parents as [there] are some who don’t want their children to participate and we have to allow them the ability to decline,” warned Latson in the email. That mother, who did not want the newspaper to publish her name, reportedly told Latson, “The Holocaust is a factual, historical event. It is not a right or a belief.” However, the principal insisted, “Not everyone believes the Holocaust happened and you have your thoughts but we are a public school and not all of our parents have the same beliefs so they will react differently, my thoughts or beliefs have nothing to do with this because I am a public servant. I have the role to be politically neutral but support all groups in the school…” Spanish River HS 5100 Jog Road send them a bibliography of other books 10th graders should read about holocaust — The Fire, by Jorg Friedrich And you would sacrifice your freedom and that of your children so you could feel morally superior by voting for a politician that openly promises to work at taking away your freedom as long as she vaguely promises not to go to war with Iran? The funny thing about you and your ilk is that you actually believe that by pretending to care about a faraway country more than your own freedom, you are somehow in the camp of the saints. Your first obligation is to yourself, your family, your people. Sacrificing American’s freedoms will just result in more people being enslaved. I see nothing noble in that. My Brother…I think you’re preaching to a “Stalin Chicken” Jacques…Rich most likely was introduced to that type of mind control in the Military. Once programed they can never be brought back to any type of normality. I’ll explain the “Stalin Chicken” for any of you that have not heard of it… “At a reunion held by Stalin (Soviet Dictator 1878-1953), he ordered one of his men to bring him a chicken. After a few minutes the man returns and hands him the chicken. He grabs it tight in one hand and began plucking the feathers with his other hand. The chicken in shock and pain, attempted to escape his grasp, but couldn’t. He continued until he had plucked every feather, he then faces the crowd and says. “Now I want you to observe what happens”. He placed the chicken on the floor and walked a few feet away and grabbed a handful of wheat while the crowd watched in astonishment. The chicken, scared, in pain and bleeding, ran after him as he threw handfuls of wheat while moving around the room. The chicken chased him in all directions. Then, Stalin looks at the crowd, who by this time is totally surprised, and says. “That is how easy it is to govern stupid people. Did you see how the chicken followed me even after all the pain I caused it”. “That is how most people are, he added, they follow their governors and politicians in spite of all the hurt they cause for the simple act of receiving a cheap gift or food for a day or two.” Rich, will follow any Trump, Right Wing, Republican, Zionist, Christian, British, Israel program. Bomb Iran – Rich says yes, Invade Venezuela – Rich says yes, Sanction Cuba – Rich says yes. Ask Rich why should we do all theses things? Rich says, “because we’re the good guys, that’s why! Rich doesn’t need to know how many people will die, how many lives will be destroyed…he just knows he is American and Americans do no wrong! Rich believes America was justified burning German men, women and children in endless bombing runs with gasoline canisters. Ask Rich why, and he will say, “because they were evil and we were good”. Rich is obviously under the Stalin Chicken mind control project that prevents him from seeing events the way normal people do, or feel compassion or accept responsibility for endless human suffering at the hands of his “Can’t Do No Wrong” Government. Rich can see his government take his tax money and give to rich bankers and he will not believe he was just ripped off. Rich is the type of guy that will drive himself to the FEMA camp when he recieves his notice to bring his weapons ASAP, to the closed Walmart at the corner. Rich is willing to send other peoples sons and daughters to fight for people that say he is no better than an animal. Rich believes America the land that allows a man to marry a man is the moral epicenter of the world. Rich believes the World Bank and the IMF were created to help 3rd World countries prosper and bring themselves out of poverty. We can all thank “God” that the Rich’s of the world will have to answer “His” questions one day! From what I’ve been reading, Rich is proof, that the Zionist IQ conspiracy is real. The one that claims “White” males have the highest IQ on the planet. With all of the years he spent in college and books he claims to have read (since he was 10 years old), he shows no dramatic increase in intelligence, than let’s say Wally. The Fox News website is a much better fit for Rich, there he can become the most popular commentator and feel much more appreciated than this site that attracts only the intellectually inferior with Low IQ types. Just my opinion Brother! @EugeneGur Countries that did better after US involvement: S Korea, Japan, Iran, Israel, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Poland, Grenada, Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia, Ireland, Taiwan, Chile, post-WW2 Italy, Germany and France and the rest. The people in Iraq no longer have to worry about the psychopath Saddam or his rape and torture prisons. Ukraine and Georgia will be fine, their problems have more to do with hundreds of years under the Tsars and then the Communists then anything to do with US involvement. Yugoslavia was a proposition nation, bound to break up and most of the people from the former Yugoslavia love America and do everything they can to move here. The problems in Syria and Libya have more to do with Islam and their autocratic rulers, as well as feuds that go back thousands of years. They were all fighting each other before Moses crossed the Red Sea, for crying out loud, how do you blame America? Your knowledge of empires seems lacking. I’ll put the American empire up against the Spanish, British, French, Russian, Ottoman, Mongolian, Chinese, Roman, Greek, Egyptian, Babylonian, Assyrian and Persian. Which was more benevolent than the Americans? Which brought more prosperity and freedom? The American Empire isn’t perfect, but it’s the best we’ve ever had. What rock have you been living under?! Have you been brainwashed by the Zionist Media that has been trying to stoke the Muslim vs Christians hatred by pitting one group against the other? Who stands to gain in this divide-and-conquer stratagem? While none other the the Israelis! Yet you are oblivious to where this country is headed towards (world wide public opinions–‘curiously’ with the exception of Israel–bare this out and the disdain towards America is becoming universal by the day). Who could blame the world-wide opinion given America’s track record. How many millions of people around the world has ‘Pax’ Americana been responsible for killing directly or indirectly (through proxies, sanctions, embargoes, coercion or outright theft)? Why don’t you look at the real statistics of what you claim to be ‘Pax’ Americana–you could not be further from the reality!!! Here is one small example (and there are countless others) of the policies–which you nonchalantly claim that: “Everywhere we’ve gone the people have become wealthier and better fed, and freer. If any mistakes were made, they weren’t made purposefully”–of the US government and Elliot Abrams at the time in charge of supporting the corrupt General Ríos Montt who massacred innocent civilians as part of another regime change the US instituted. In October 1982, guerrillas ambushed an army convoy near Palestina, in the vicinity of Dos Erres. They killed 21 soldiers and took 19 rifles. On 4 December, a contingent of 58 Kaibiles (the elite special forces commandos of the Guatemalan Army) was flown into the area. The following day, they received orders to disguise themselves as guerrillas, deploy to Dos Erres and kill the inhabitants, who were considered guerrilla sympathizers. Dressed as guerrillas, the Kaibiles arrived in the hamlet at 02:30 hrs on 6 December. They forced the inhabitants out of their homes, corralling the men in the schoolhouse and the women and children in the hamlet’s two churches. A subsequent search uncovered no sign of weapons or guerrilla propaganda. At 06:00, officers consulted superiors by radio, then informed the commandos they would be “vaccinating” the inhabitants after breakfast.[1] In the early afternoon, the Kaibiles separated out the children, and began killing them. They bashed the smallest children’s heads against walls and trees, and killed	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0065.json.gz/line919
__label__cc	0.653812	0.346188	Clipping files The collection consists of newspaper articles and other related material about a wide variety of topics pertaining to Victoria over the years. City of Victoria fonds Fonds consists of records made or received by the City of Victoria's various departments and offices, including boards and agencies that report directly to the City. Arthur J. Garesche fonds Fonds consists of photographs showing scenes and events, mainly in Victoria, and the Garesche family. Garesche, Arthur John, 1860-1952 (family) Payne family fonds Fonds consists of photographs of the farms of Harold and Gerald Payne and the Bradley-Dyne family on Saturna Island as well as scenes of North Saanich. Payne, Gerald Fitzroy (family) McDonald family fonds Fonds consists of photographs of the family and their home on McPherson (now Raynor) Avenue. McDonald, Michael (family) Chambers, Todd family fonds Fonds consists primarily of glass plate and nitrate negatives, the majority of which are images of individuals and family groups, including members of the Chambers and Todd families. Chambers, Arthur Hyde, Sr., 1852-1935 (family) Cameron family fonds Fonds consists of photographs of the Duncan Cameron family, views of Victoria, Frank Cameron in his early automobiles, and Agnes Deans Cameron's 1908 expedition to the Canadian north. Cameron, Duncan E., d. 1884 (family) Muriel Evans fonds [1911?]-1968 (predominantly 1911-1945) Fonds consists mostly of certificates, books, pamphlets, photographs, and a report related to Muriel Evans's work as a fingerprint expert, and her first aid and civil defence work during World War II. Evans, Muriel Thomas Rodney Cusack fonds Fonds consists of photographs showing Thomas Cusack and others in early automobiling scenes as well as Victoria people, businesses, and ceremonies. Cusack, Thomas Rodney, 1869-1925 Pauline family fonds Fonds consists of photographs showing the Pauline and Fleming families and motoring excursions over the Malahat. Pauline, Frederick, 1831-1918 (family) William Penman fonds Fonds consists of photographs, picture postcards, diaries, scrapbooks and miscellaneous printed material. The photographs include views of Manitoba, and Victoria and Vancouver Island; travels in North America, and Canadian military aircrew trainin... Penman, William, 1878-1962 John Humbert McConnell fonds Fonds consists of one album containing photographs of mainly unidentified groups and individuals. McConnell, John Humbert, d. 1963 (family) Hudson W. Blake fonds Fonds consists of photographs of relatives and friends of Hudson Blake's father William Alfred Blake. Group photos include classes at Oaklands School, lacrosse teams and Canadian Army units (World War I). Blake, Hudson W. Allwood family fonds Fonds consists of photographs showing the construction of the Johnson Street Bridge, 1921-1923, and Eileen Allwood's reminiscences of the Pantages Theatre, 1919-1927. Allwood, Frank Harold, 1889-1946 John Barnsley fonds Fonds consists of photographs of the Barnsley family, home, and business and some business records. Barnsley, John, d. 1924 (family) Fonds consists of photographs of Vancouver Island coastal scenes and maps of Greater Victoria and southwestern British Columbia. Banyard, Roland Dennis R. Harris fonds Fonds consists of mainly of diaries, letters, bills and cancelled cheques documenting Harris's career as a surveyor. Also included are family photographs and a map of Victoria Harbour. Harris, Dennis Reginald, 1851-1932 (family) James Slater fonds Fonds consists of photographs of horses and a delivery wagon belonging to West End Grocery Co. and Dixi H. Ross and Co., as well as interior and exterior views of the latter's store. Slater, James Walls family fonds Fonds consists of photographs depicting Victoria and Vancouver Island scenes, the Walls family, World War I soldiers, and travels in California and England. Walls, John Patmore, 1842-1925 (family) Janet Bowden fonds 1904-[192-?] (predominantly 1904-1912) Fonds consists of photographs of family and friends, houses, and coastal scenes, including Janet and Martin Grainger, houses on Samuel Island and in Esquimalt, and views of the Gulf Islands. Textual material consists of a copy of Martin Allerdale ... Bowden, Janet, d. 1976 Robert Taylor Williams fonds Fonds consists mainly of photographs of the Williams family, views of Victoria, and group portraits of City Council. Also includes material about the Williams directory of British Columbia, as well as miscellaneous family documents. Williams, Robert Taylor, 1849-1934 (family) Rattenbury family fonds Fonds consists of photographs, diaries, letters, certificates, newspaper clippings, books, agreements and scrapbooks relating to the families of F.M. Rattenbury, Eric Burton and Sara Grogan Rattenbury. Rattenbury, Francis Mawson, 1867-1935 (family) William E. Gardner fonds Fonds consists of photographs showing Captain William Gardner and various ships. Gardner, William Edward, 1870-1947 Victoria E. Lemmax fonds Fonds consists mainly of photographs of the Lemmax family and school-related photos and certificates. Lemmax, Victoria Eleuthera, 1898-1991 Noel F. Lang fonds Fonds consists of textual records relating to Noel Lang and Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway station names, as well as family photographs. Lang, Noel Frederick, 1889-1967 William Otto Clunk fonds Fonds consists of photographs of Girls' Central School and Victoria West School groups. Clunk, William Otto, 1903-1988 Alex T. Stewart fonds Fonds consists mainly of photographs of airplanes and Victoria scenery. Stewart, Alex T. Toyo Takata fonds Fonds consists of photographs of the Japanese Tea Garden in Gorge Park. Takata, Toyo, 1920-2002 Peter Steele family fonds Fonds consists primarily of photographs of the Steele family. Also included is the autograph album of Minnie Rex (later Steele), as well as photographs of the Alexander (Sandy) Roberts family, and one page of minutes of the Beaux Arts society. Steele, Peter, Sr., 1845-1902 (family) Rita Hughes fonds [1873?-192-] Fonds consists of six piano scores of operas autographed "Miss Helmcken 1873," who is believed to be Catherine Amelia Helmcken (later McTavish), Also included is a photograph of Mrs. Harry Helmcken in a limousine in Beacon Hill Park. Hughes, Rita Cecilia, d. 1964 Dave Hutchison fonds Fonds consists of photographs of the Victoria Oddfellows Hall, Fernwood Road, and coal scows in the Inner Harbour. Hutchison, Dave	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0065.json.gz/line925
__label__wiki	0.553397	0.553397	Progeny Brings Red Hat and Debian Closer Together The founder of the Debian GNU/Linux project made two very important … Matt Woodward - Oct 25, 2003 4:39 am UTC On Friday afternoon, Ian Murdock, the founder of the Debian GNU/Linux project and co-founder of Progeny, announced a status update of his company's Debian work. Murdock made two very important announcements: the porting of Red Hat's Anaconda installer tool to Debian, and a modification of Debian's APT package tool which will allow it to use both RedHat and Debian packages. The first announcement is most relevant to Debian users, who have long complained about Debian's "archaic" installer. Several "easy to install" Debian variants have been created over the years; none of them has been commercially successful. Progeny Linux was one of these variants. Despite its excellent installer, Progeny's distribution suffered the same fate as many of the other commercial Debian projects. The company itself lived on, without much visibility, until today's announcement: We have ported Red Hat's Anaconda installer to Debian; essentially, we replaced calls to RPM with calls to APT, and replaced Red Hat-specific configuration hooks with calls into the configlets and debconf. We have also written a tool called PickAx that facilitates the creation of Anaconda-based Debian installation CD sets. We are also working with various parties to add/merge RPM support into the mainline APT, to allow Debian- and RPM-based distributions to be managed using a single APT codebase, and possibly even to allow Debian and RPM packages to coexist side by side. Murdock goes on to state the ultimate goal of the project: It is our hope that a distribution-independent Anaconda and a distribution-independent APT (plus, eventually, a distribution-independent configuration framework) will, along with a stronger LSB [Linux Standards Base], help unify further the various Linux distributions. Because Red Hat has recently opened its distribution to the community, cooperation between Red Hat and Debian is more likely than ever. A distribution-neutral APT and configuration framework would do much to further such cooperation. Would a merger of the two projects even be possible? Debian has a very loyal following, due to its massive software catalogue (over 13,000 packages) and dedication to Free software. Red Hat, with its strong corporate partners and all-star kernel development team, brings legitimacy to the corporate market. While each distribution has a distinct and dedicated following, many would agree that further cooperation could only benefit everyone involved. Even if the two distributions do not merge, any standard which Progeny develops would certainly benefit the community. Could this possibly be the beginnings of a practical common packaging standard, outside of what is defined in the Linux Standards Base? Red Hat and Debian certainly have enough combined developer mindshare to make such a decision practical. Could such common ground between the commercial and non-commercial leaders of Linux help consolidate the market? This would allow independent software vendors to target a much greater audience; currently, practical matters force them to target only one or two distributions. Regardless of the specifics, this announcement could have long standing effects on the Linux landscape. Progeny may have provided the catalyst needed to create a distribution of unprecedented quality; it is now up to open source software developers to follow through. ~write-up by the Ars Technica #linux IRC community	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0065.json.gz/line930
__label__wiki	0.593284	0.593284	Sailing Association Launches “Pollution Purge” Initiative SPONSORED CONTENT FROM What's this? By Mark Athitakis / Jul 10, 2018 (Handout photo) The American Sailing Association is encouraging the public to pick up plastic while boating—and making cleanup a part of its member schools’ curricula as well. As ocean waters become overwhelmed with plastic trash—8 million tons of it annually, according to one estimate—the American Sailing Association has been making the cleanup effort a key part of its relationship with members, and encouraging the public to get into the act too. ASA, which represents more than 350 sailing schools globally, launched Operation “Plastic Pollution Purge” last month to spotlight the scope of the problem. For instance, ASA points to the 80,000-ton Great Pacific Garbage Patch in the Pacific Ocean between Hawaii and California, and the hundreds of thousands of birds and marine animals choked by plastic annually. “Pretty much everywhere you go, there’s plastic in the water.” To help stem the tide, ASA is encouraging boaters to collect trash while they’re out on the open water this summer. Outreach to news media has helped get the word out—an ASA spokesperson says that 17 local TV outlets have covered the initiative since it kicked off June 16. And the association has been encouraging people to spread the word on social media as well. But ASA wants to make plastic cleanup not just a public-service effort but an integral part of the training its member schools provide, said ASA Affiliate Representative Elbert Ashbaugh III. “We have so many people out on the water, about one to two thousand students a week with all our various affiliate schools, and they’re in small boats,” he said. “Sailboats are usually not too big, and they’re close to the water, and what we’re finding is that pretty much everywhere you go, there’s plastic in the water. We thought, you know, maybe we should do something about that.” And it can do quite a bit, because ASA certifies schools and instructors, and establishes the elements of the curriculum that sailing students take—the association recently certified its 500,000th student. ASA’s summer initiative is tied to its recent decision to make pollution awareness one of those elements. Though schools have always discussed pollution, Ashbaugh said, the new standards will provide more direct guidance to schools to avoid bringing plastic materials onboard whenever possible and to clean up floating plastic when boaters encounter it. Ashbaugh said that the new training materials, which will be distributed later this year, will also encourage students and instructors to spread the word to friends and family who go near the water, even if they don’t step aboard a boat. “Mylar balloons, people don’t realize those aren’t going to heaven,” he said. “At night, winds along most coastal places on earth actually flow out toward the sea. So if you have a party on Friday night or Saturday night, those mylar balloons will end up out in the ocean on Sunday. If you take one of our classes, we will point this out and maybe you’ll tell your friends, and people will be a little more careful about loose plastic.” Mark Athitakis Mark Athitakis, a contributing editor for Associations Now, has written on nonprofits, the arts, and leadership for a variety of publications. He is a coauthor of The Dumbest Moments in Business History and hopes you never qualify for the sequel. More » Name Your Price: The Challenges of Pricing for AssociationsMark Athitakis The Partnership That Built a Better Disaster-Response DatabaseMark Athitakis Nevada Chambers Unite to Form Association Health PlanMark Athitakis	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0065.json.gz/line946
__label__cc	0.583648	0.416352	Main » 2015 » April » 19 » Huawei Launches the P8; A Revolutionary Light Painting Smartphone that Perfectly Blends Technology, Fashion, Humanity and Art Huawei Launches the P8; A Revolutionary Light Painting Smartphone that Perfectly Blends Technology, Fashion, Humanity and Art LONDON - Thursday, April 16th 2015 [ME NewsWire] (BUSINESS WIRE)-- Today at the legendary Old Billingsgate, London’s renowned arts and fashion venue, Huawei Consumer Business Group unveiled the Huawei P8 smartphone, a perfect blend of technology, sleek styling, usability and revolutionary low light camera features. The Huawei P8 is the culmination of the P series’ rich heritage of style and functionality, and is once again redefining the smartphone market with easy-to-use features that amaze and inspire consumers. The Huawei P8 takes beauty to the next level, striking a flawless balance of artistry and creativity. Based on a deep understanding of human-machine design, the Huawei P8 delivers a new level of usability for applications impacting everyday life – at work and at play. With craftsmanship that pushes the bounds of possibility and new revolutionary light painting modes, the Huawei P8 provides consumers with an inspiration for creativity. “The Huawei P8 is the most user-friendly smartphone for consumers globally,” said Richard Yu, CEO of Huawei Consumer Business Group. “Huawei has seamlessly combined the best elements of style and durability, delivering a revolutionary user experience - especially in terms of camera capabilities and network connectivity. We fully believe this device will become one of the most popular smartphones in 2015.” Enhanced Usability Continuing the minimalist design of the P series, the Huawei P8 embodies the ultimate in craftsmanship, durability and elegance. Notable features include: Four color options – silver, gold, black and grey – and a one-piece aluminum body with diamond shape blasting craftsmanship. A revolutionary touch screen experience: double-tapping a knuckle captures a full-length screen shot; drawing a circle on the screen quickly captures content. A “find my phone by voice” function allows users to call out to their misplaced device, which then identifies its location with an audible alert. A 2600mAh battery and Kirin 930 Octa-Core 64-bit chipset, delivering an outstanding performance outpacing the market by 20 percent. An optional E-ink screen on the back of the phone; the metal back cover can switch to an eBook in just seconds. Best-in-Class Smartphone with Light Painting Camera The Huawei P8 introduces a new philosophy for camera design leveraging a combination of hardware, software and proprietary algorithms to help users capture beautiful photographs, even in the worst lighting conditions. Features include: Industry-leading Optical Image Stabilizer technology up to 1.2°, enabling high-quality photos and videos, and managing camera shake so images are consistently sharp. The world’s first four-color RGBW sensor enhances brightness by 32 percent in high contrast lighting situations, reduces it by 78 percent in low light environments. DSLR-level independent image processor enabling noise reduction when shooting and intelligent detection of a high-contrast lighting environment. Four professional quality low-light shooting modes giving users access to a virtual photo and video studio to capture artistic inspirations. Setting New Standards for Mobile Connectivity The Huawei P8 has re-defined the industry benchmark for seamless network connectivity through proprietary Signal+ technology. The compact and powerful dual-antenna design plus rapid switching technology allows the smartphone to instantly switch between antennas, ensuring a continuous strong network connection. There are two versions of the Huawei P8; the standard device for €499 and the premium version for €599. It will initially be available in more than 30 countries including China, Columbia, France, Germany, Mexico, Spain, South Africa, Turkey, UAE and the United Kingdom. About Huawei Consumer Business Group By 2014, Huawei’s products and services have covered more than 170 countries, and a third of the world’s population. Huawei’s shipments of smartphones ranked third in the world in 2014. Huawei has 16 R&D centers have been set up in the US, Germany, Sweden, Russia, India, and China. Huawei Consumer Business Group is one of three businesses within Huawei, covering smartphones, mobile broadband devices, home devices and cloud services. Based on more than 20 years of Huawei’s expertise in the telecom industry, built on Huawei’s global network, worldwide operations and business partners, Huawei Consumer Business Group is dedicated to providing the latest technology to the consumers and bringing the joy of technological advances to people all around the world. Huawei acts on its word and fulfills dreams. For more information please visit: www.consumer.huawei.com PR Contacts: Racepoint Global Asia Emma Rennell, +852-311-9971 erennell@racepointglobal.com Racepoint Global Europe Natasha Holloway, +44 7702 266198 natasha.holloway@racepointglobal.com Racepoint Global Americas Ben Haber, 617-624-3241 bhaber@racepointglobal.com	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0065.json.gz/line953
__label__cc	0.728257	0.271743	Home›ENTERTAINMENT›Awujale Thanks Glo, Ijebuland For Staunch Support At 85 Awujale Thanks Glo, Ijebuland For Staunch Support At 85 Globacom Chairman, Dr. Mike Adenuga Jr., has recommended the inculcation of the noble values of honesty, hard work, integrity, probity and good character enshrined in the “Omoluabi paradigm” for the entrenchment of good governance in the country. “Omoluabi” is a cultural concept of the Yoruba people used to describe a person of diligence and integrity. Adenuga stated this in a goodwill message read on his behalf at the 3rd Annual Oba Adetona Professorial Chair Lecture of the Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago Iwoye, Ogun State. The lecture was held in Ijebu Ode, Ogun State on Friday to commemorate the 85th birthday of the Paramount Ruler of Ijebuland, Oba Sikiru Kayode Adetona. Dr. Adenuga described the theme of the Lecture: “Grassroots Governance, the soft underbelly of Nigeria’s political architecture,” as apt, positing: “If we get it right at the local government level, we will get it right at the top as all politics is local.” He commended Oba Adetona for donating the Professorial Chair at the Olabisi Onabanjo University, a gesture, he said, had been generating seminal ideas for the enthronement of good governance in the country. He prayed for more successes during the reign of the monarch, who is marking 59 years as King. In a keynote remark, Oba Adetona, who expressed happiness to be alive to witness the occasion, thanked God, the people of Ijebuland and Globacom for the huge support that has birthed great development and progress in his domain. He prayed especially for long life, good health and continuous progress for Adenuga. The current occupier of the Chair, who also delivered the lecture, Prof. Ayo Olukotun, submitted that local governments in the country had failed and should be replaced because of the manifest development gaps in the country. Olukotun challenged Nigerians to provide redemptive alternatives to what is currently extant. In his remarks, the Chairman, Board of Trustees of the Professorial Chair, Olatunji Ayanlaja, recalled that the first lecture delivered by Prof. Akin Mabogunje in 2016 x-rayed the role of money in politics, while the second lecture presented by Olukotun looked at the role of civil societies in the entrenchment of good governance in the country. Ayanlaja announced that Oba Adetona had created a N1 billion Trust Fund of his personal money for the maintenance of the Awujale’s Palace in perpetuity. He added that the official residence and the office of the Chair of Oba Sikiru Kayode Adetona Professorial Chair on Good Governance at the Olabisi Onabanjo University would be ready for commissioning in three months. TagsDr. Mike Adenuga Jr.Globacom ChairmanOba Sikiru Kayode Adetona Oluwo Tackles Ooni, Alaafin Over Disunity in ... At tourism and transport summit, stakeholders call ... BBNaija: Obafemi Awolowo’s Grandson Features on Reality Show Congolese Artist Fally Ipupa To Headline Kenyan Festival 5TH AFRIMA; AU UNVEILS REPUBLIC OF GHANA AS HOST COUNTRY EL’ Grace Takes Gospel Music To The Next Level Thrills, Spills, Surprises at Zimbabwe’s Arts Merit Awards Afonja Comes Alive in Lagos On Sunday African StylesCultureENTERTAINMENTNews At tourism and transport summit, stakeholders call for collaboration to grow travel industry Xenophobia in South Africa: It’s time to Unsettle Narratives about Migrants CAF Awards – Nigerian Victor Moses Fails to Make the Final Cut	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0065.json.gz/line955
__label__wiki	0.864394	0.864394	Allens Lane Art Center Camp • Classes • Gallery • Theater • 601 West Allens Lane, Phila. PA 19119 • 215-248-0546 Theater Subscriptions 2019-2020 Theater Season Theater FAQs Theater Open Auditions Comp Theater Tickets Theater Play Submissions Summer Camp Fees & Registration AM & PM Care Daily Registration Form Summer Art Camp Employment Application Visual Art Classes & Workshops Theater Classes & Workshops Class Registrations Vision Thru Art The Carolyn and Howard Alber Gallery 2019/2020 Gallery Schedule Gallery Cocktail Receptions Advertise / Sponsorships Fundraise for Your Organization Allens Lane Art Center would like to thank all of our sponsors and advertisers. The Insanity of Mary Girard Written by Lanie Robertson Directed by Mariangela Saavedra Sept. 19, 20, 21, 22, 27, 28, 29, Oct. 4, 5, 6 It is 1790, and Mary Girard, wife of prolific Philadelphia philanthropist Stephen Girard, has awoke to find herself committed to the mental asylum of The Pennsylvania Hospital. How did she get here? How long must she stay? Why has her husband not come to have her released? Is it all a mistake, or is she truly insane? Join us on the inside where we find out more about her and those closest to her, as the tale unfolds of Mary...Polly Mary...Crazy Mary...Girard. The first four performances of this show will be featured as a part of the 2019 Philadelphia Fringe Festival. Sarah Heddins Jessica McDonald Jim Broyles Browning Sterner Sarah Palmatory William McHattie Neena Boyle Sean Vermeire Teresa Nutter Purchase tickets to The Insanity of Mary Girard STOP KISS Written by Diana Son Directed by Maurizio Giammarco Nov. 15, 16, 17, 22, 23, 24, 29, 30, Dec. 1 Callie and Sara are two young women making their way in New York City--one as a radio traffic reporter, the other as a third-grade teacher in the Bronx. Although each woman is “straight”, they develop an unspoken attraction, and when they share a first kiss in Central Park, a bystander attacks them viciously, transforming their lives in a way they could never have anticipated. The play alternates between the aftermath of the attack and the relationship preceding it, inviting the audience to wonder… Why did this happen to these two women? Purchase tickets for Stop Kiss Written by Philip Barry Directed by Noël Hanley Jan. 10, 11, 12, 17, 18, 19, 24, 24, 26 It’s the 1930s, the Golden Age of High Society in and around Philadelphia, and Tracy Lord is society’s darling. She has it all; youth, beauty, wealth, and a handsome fiancé with a bright future in politics. But, as the hours tick down to her nuptials, her dashing and charming ex-husband and an attractive and interesting reporter arrive to make Tracy question what she really wants in a man… and why she’s about to marry a priggish snob! Will she go through with the wedding as planned? The play was made into a famous film starring Katherine Hepburn, and is modeled on a well known local family with whom the playwright was very familiar. Purchase tickets to The Philadelphia Story Keely and Du Written by Jane Martin Directed by Scott R. Grumling & T. Patrick Ryan Mar. 6, 7, 8, 13, 14, 15, 20, 21, 22 Du, a right-to-life activist, and Keely, a pregnant rape victim, transcend their circumstances and the ideological issues that separate them. A Pulitzer Prize finalist for Drama, Keely and Du is a mind-probing issue play with a gripping human face. Who is accountable? What is the extent of individual freedom? What are a rape victim’s rights? What are a Christian’s realities of procreation? The passionate and gripping story of these two women exists on the extreme edge of everyday reality. Pro-Life? Pro-Choice? Are you sure? Purchase tickets to Keely and Du Written by Theresa Rebeck Directed by Robert Bauer May 1, 2, 3, 8, 9, 10, 15, 16, 17 Harry is a serious but under-employed actor who disdains Hollywood’s obsession with big-budget action movies. Josh is a highly-paid Hollywood action star making his Broadway debut. Harry has just been hired as Josh’s understudy. Their first rehearsal together is being run by Roxanne, the stage manager, who just happens to have a history with Harry. What could go wrong? Behind every great star is a great actor hoping the great star will get sick. Purchase tickets to The Understudy Can't Decide? Buy a Theater Subscription so you don't have to pick just one! © 2018 Allens Lane Art Center. All rights reserved.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0065.json.gz/line964
__label__wiki	0.756202	0.756202	"So, a werewolf, a ghost and a vampire decide to live like humans do. They get jobs, a house, and a TV license." Being Human is a BBC Supernatural Soap Opera created by Toby Whithouse (of Doctor Who and Torchwood fame) about a pair of friends: Mitchell, a Friendly Neighborhood Vampire; and George, a geeky and uptight Wolf Man. They already work together, as a porter and cleaner at a hospital, but decide to get a place together, thinking that it will help them set up the routine and structure each of them needs to overcome their curses and live as normally as possible. However, on moving to a new house, they discover that it is haunted—by the ghost of a young woman called Annie, who has major confidence issues and is unclear on the circumstances of her death. The Pilot aired to great reviews in 2008, as part of the rebranding of BBC Three. It was renewed for six episodes, despite initial misgivings on the part of the executives, because of the unexpected love for it. The series was retooled, causing much fear in the people who loved the Pilot, but the changes that were made seem to be for the better. The second series began filming in late summer 2009 and started airing in early 2010. It was eight episodes long, two more episodes than the first series. The third series, which incorporates a setting change from Bristol to Barry Island, Wales, aired in 2011. The fourth series remained in Barry Island, and finished airing in March 2012. There's a Canadian-made remake, which re-sets the story in Boston. It started airing on Syfy in January 2011. There is a web spin-off, Becoming Human and a fifth series has been scheduled for some time in 2013. Not to be confused with the 1994 film of the same name. Or a Portal fanfic by Insane Guy of DOOM. Tropes used in Being Human (UK) include: Abandoned Hospital: Or at least Abandoned Hospital ward. Accidental Kiss: Mitchell and Annie. Accidental Murder: Annie mistakes Emrys, a neighbour, for a vampire and kills him accidentally while bursting through the door. Actor Allusion: Perhaps it's good we only learn McNair's first name after he's been killed. The cognitive dissonance upon finding out it's Anthony is significant for Wire in The Blood fans. Affably Evil: Ivan. Also Herrick. Aliens in Cardiff: Vampires plotting world domination in Bristol. Series 3 reveals that similar things are going on in Wales as well. Possible Stealth Pun Lampshade Hanging? Alternative Character Interpretation: In-universe example: when watching Phantom of the Opera, Mitchell and George can sympathise with the Phantom running from a Torches and Pitchforks wielding mob. Amnesiacs Are Innocent: A vampire resurrected without his memories is innocent and unaffected by religious items. And Your Little Dog, Too: In the first episode of the series (i.e. the one after the pilot) Mitchell receives this threat nearly word for word with regards to George when he chooses to side with humans, not vampires. Anyone Can Die: Dear God. As of the fourth series, three out of the four main characters are dead. Technically four, since Annie was dead before the show began. The end of series four has Annie moving on, so she is truly dead now. With only Hal, Tom and Alex left this is really a case of Everyone Dies. Apocalyptic Log: George's prequel is camcorder footage of an American tourist with George. First it gets dark out on the moor, then we see the full moon, then they hear approaching howling, then they see a sheep that's been torn apart. After running further the camera gets dropped, and we hear the werewolf attack, and later see George bleeding from a shoulder wound and the American gruesomely killed. Arbitrary Skepticism: Josie: Oh right, I thought perhaps you were a wizard or something. George: A wizard? That's ridiculous. Josie: Once you've dated a vampire you change your criteria for what's ridiculous. George is rebuked for this again in series 2, by Nina, for describing a possible cure for lycanthropy as "insane". As Himself: Sir Terry Wogan as Sir Terry Wogan in Series 2 Episode 2. As the Good Book Says...: Kemp is good at this. Evidently the audition for his part involved reading out a random Bible verse and seeing how many people had fled the room by the end of it. Mr. Snow gets some nice creepy lines too. The Atoner: Mitchell. Hal also fits. Babies Make Everything Better: Despite the possible risk of carrying a baby during transformations, George and Nina got a lot more cuddly with each other when they decided to go through with the pregnancy. Unfortunately, everything is horribly subverted and then deconstructed by series 4. Back from the Dead: Herrick, as of the end of series 2. As of series 4, Annie has technically managed this four times. Bad Future: A werewolf and human resistance is fighting a losing battle against vampires, who now rule nearly the entire world. London and New York have apparently been devastated. In it Annie has disintegrated, Tom committed suicide in dog-fights and Hal is one of the vampires' great commanders and a Complete Monster. Badass: Mitchell, Hal, McNair, Tom. George and Annie have their moments too. Beastly Bloodsports: Vampires in this universe take the traditional dog fight and crank it up a notch. The result? Werewolf fights. Because You Were Nice to Me: Brutally subverted by Herrick and Nina. He points out that really what he wants is to make George suffer in payback for him ripping Herrick limb from limb in Series 1 but invokes this trope as the reason he's going to spare her and promptly leaves. Then before the doors have even stopped swinging shut, he comes back in, "They'd say I was going soft" and promptly shivs her in the back. Beware the Nice Ones: When Annie gets angry, she gains telekinetic powers. Really awesome telekinetic powers. And blue eyes. George frequently lapses into this as it gets nearer the full moon, as well as the time he took sedatives to prevent his transformation. In that instance, while it worked, he began to exhibit mild Tourette's and issues controlling his anger while in human-form. George believed that the wolf inside him knew what he'd done and was pissed off as a result. Annie storming into the warehouse in The War Child, curb stomping several of the Old Ones and then uttering the following words; Annie: Give me back my FUCKING baby! Beware the Silly Ones: Kirby is camp and acts like a caring uncle, but he's a manipulative serial killer who manages to drive the house apart, (temporarily) kill Annie and comes very close to killing Eve. Bi the Way: Seth mentions a male student, a couple in the park and a threesome with Herrick; all Mitchell's, ahem, conquests. Although he was talking about blood, it's far from a stretch to assume that sex was involved, especially given that Mitchell has stated he finds it "difficult to separate them". Big Bad Ensemble: As of season four, Cutler and Fergus. Unusually for this trope, they're working for the same Bigger Bads, the Vampire Old Ones, but in vastly different ways and in competition to each other. It ends in episode 3 though, when Fergus is killed by Hal. Perhaps a better example would be the fact that there are currently two seemingly-unconnected parties out to kill Eve: the Old Ones, as represented by Cutler and Fergus since they're not in the country yet, who want to destroy the girl prophesied to kill them all, and an unidentified woman from the future, represented by Kirby since she's apparently stuck in the afterlife, who knows something no-one else does which means the baby has to die. Bigger Bad Ensemble, perhaps? Big Damn Heroes: The way Annie takes out Kemp and Kirby. Big No: Mr Snow, just before Annie blows up Eve and all the Old Ones. Bitch in Sheep's Clothing: Taken Up to Eleven by Kirby. He gets very close to his victims, becoming almost part of the family, so he can kill them later, making sure to orphan the child first before he kills them. Blatant Lies: Mitchell and George's landlord Owen wonders why their flat is almost entirely empty, the real reason being that George is a werewolf and accidentally destroyed most of the furniture when he transformed the night before. Eager to make up an excuse, George gives a long rambling explanation about minimalist living. Owen says he would have just thought they were redecorating. George: ...That would have made more sense. Hal isn't much better when he wants to leave work early in series 4. Hal: We found a dead dog... in the oven. Bloody Murder: Werewolf blood is toxic to vampires. This isn't introduced until Series 4. Before that, Lauren was happily munching on Werewolf blood. Although she spits out afterward saying it tastes wrong and was perfectly fine so if it was toxic or not is up to debate. Body Horror: Werewolf transformations. It's not pretty, it's not quick and it's definitely not painless. They just feel every one of their bones breaking and their major organs failing. Werewolves actually look worse half-transformed than when full-wolf. What happens to a vampire when they enter uninvited. Bondage Is Bad: George and Nina rescue Adam from a vampire sex party. Justified because Adam is a child, at least technically. A season earlier when George buys a cage for the wolf and the ironmonger thinks he's buying it for BDSM. Everyone thinks it's perfectly normal, except George who's pretty weirded out. Bottle Episode: Season 3 episode 5 takes place almost entirely within Honolulu Heights. Break Her Heart To Save Her: Tom rejects Allison so she will not be involved in the fighting against the vampires. She doesn't believe him, but she still goes away. Break the Cutie: Kirby does this to Tom and Annie when he tries to fragment the group, driving Tom to run away and drink heavily for the first time in his life. He actually breaks Annie so much she disintegrates. Bullying a Dragon: Vampires, as a species, tend towards doing this to werewolves 27 days out of every 28. The other day (or, rather, night?) werewolves win very, very hard if the two are trapped together. Especially potent cases exist where a group of Vampires decide to run 'dog fights', and bully the dragon on the 28th night as well. See the Fur Against Fang entry below. Bury Your Gays: Dan was bit and killed by his lover Carl, a vampire who had, up until then, abstained from blood. Not wanting to curse him with being a vampire, Carl let Dan die in lieu of turning him. Bus Crash: Tully (revealed to have been killed in Professor Jaggat's experiments) and Daisy (revealed to have been killed by McNair) Nina in between Series 3 and 4, killed by vampires, as well as Wyndham, apparently killed in revenge by George. California Doubling: Filmed in Barry, near Cardiff, and the Welsh road signs highlight it. The Welshness is lampshaded to much glee in the new series. Casual Danger Dialog: Lauren after staking Seth through the chest, allowing George, Mitchell and Annie to escape: "Well, he won't be staring at my tits when he speaks to me any more". The Inquisitor asking for more light and wondering about the order of the execution of vampires ("Do we start with the children first?") in the beginning of S2E4. Celestial Bureaucracy: The afterlife that doesn't involve the men with sticks and ropes is an interminable series of waiting rooms and forms to fill out. Annie: They were really angry when I got Kemp. They said they don't have a form for that... Cerebus Syndrome: For something that was originally conceived as a comedy series, Season 2 is basically the bleakest eight hours of television this side of Torchwood: Children of Earth. Chekhov's Gun: You can't Rent-a-Ghost with a living thing. Tom's hoarding of strange objects and his enquiry about cooking oil from his interview. Chekhov's Gunman: In the first episode George briefly bumps into a strange man hanging around in the woods who looks as if he might be waiting for a rape/murder/both victim to show up. He isn't and he's quite important in the second episode. The Chosen One: Some of the vampires believe that George and Nina's daughter fulfills an ancient prophecy made by the first two vampires, the 'War Child', and that she will bring about the extinction of their race. Cluster F-Bomb: Lampshaded in Series 3 Episode 7 when Tom questions George about it. Comically Missing the Point: In one episode George is considering moving out with his new girlfriend, and he and Annie are arguing about it. However, Mitchell can't get past the fact that Annie blurted out that George considered wearing skinny jeans at one point. Continuity Nod: George and Mitchell love The Real Hustle, in one episode it being moved to a different time precipitates a breakdown. In Series 4 ep 3 Hal and Tom watch it together for a moment but neither like it; they instead switch to a program they both enjoy, Antiques Roadshow. Cursed with Awesome: In the first post-pilot episode Mitchell says he only became a vampire willingly to save the lives of his men (in World War I); the immediate reply by the Big Bad and fellow vamp is "How noble of you; cursed with immortality whilst they withered and died in hospitals and old people's homes". McNair feels this way about being a werewolf. "When bones break, they repair stronger, when skin tears, it heals tougher." George is mentioned to pack a pretty powerful punch an episode later so this is possibly true. Darker and Edgier: Not that the first series was a musical comedy, but the second series already appears to be heading in definitely took a darker direction. And then we hit Series Three... And Series 4.. good god Series 4! So far, Series 4 seems to be injecting some more comedy back into proceedings. Say that again. Dating Catwoman: Mitchell/Lauren, Mitchell/Daisy, averted with Mitchell/Lucy. Dead Man Writing: Tully's message to George in the second series finale. George leaves a letter to his daughter, believing that he'll die before she grows up. Deconstruction: Of all the excuses Vampires use to justify their crimes. Defector From Decadence: Mitchell turns his back on the other vampires after Lauren, who he'd turned into a vampire, attacks one of his colleagues. Borders on My Species Doth Protest Too Much. Despair Event Horizon: Mitchell reaches this regarding humanity after finding out Lucy was behind the bombing. And then again at the end of season three, when he realises he'll never be able to stop killing, and demands George kill him. Hal pushed Cutler past this by tricking him into drinking his wife's blood. Had this not happened, Cutler may not be so evil. Deus Ex Machina: Annie coming back through Lucy's door and stealing the alive Kemp away through it in a spectacular Ass Pull. Devil but No God: There's something in charge of the life after death. Annie has apparently gotten it really angry by not accepting death. But the afterlife that awaits everyone is a blood red corridor with "Men with sticks and men with ropes" waiting at the end doesn't sound too heavenly. People who have been generally good and are accepting of their death tend to enter a door with a beautiful blue light. It's possible there is a good afterlife, we just haven't seen or heard of what's behind the door. Digging Yourself Deeper: George is pretty good (or bad, he'd probably think) at these. Especially when Tully is about... When Annie tries to warn Janey that Owen is a murderer, she accidentally implies that she's going to cut Janey's feet off. Janey is understandably freaked. The fact that Janey knows Annie is dead probably doesn't help things. Disco Dan: Gilbert, lanky Manc who died in The Eighties. Distant Prologue: The Cold Opens of series two and three are flashbacks to Mitchell's Mysterious Past (except one that shows Ivan recruiting Daisy). Series four occasionally does the same, one such prologue being some centuries in the past. Do Wrong Right: When George finds "Mr. Sands suck cocks" written on the bathroom mirror in the building where he teaches English as a second language, his response is to take out a marker and correct the grammar. Does This Remind You of Anything?: Near the end of S1E2, Tully's interactions with George look and sound a lot like attempted rape. Mitchell's very chilling line "Once a smoker, always a smoker". Word of God has said that the series deliberately equates lycanthropy and death to drug addiction. George's situation is similar to someone who got a treatable but incurable STD as a result of being attacked. Mitchell's former gang's attack on George is played out a lot like a gay-bashing. Series 3, the vampire leadership is living in South America, plotting future world domination from their hiding places, while covert operatives run a underground railway to ferry vampires there who have attracted too much attention. Hmm... where have we heard this before? The Nazi parallel comes back in a later episode: Cara: Herrick didn't kill me. He chose me because I was special. He made me part of the Master Race! And then is made more or less explicit in Making History with Evil Overlord Hal's ominous red and black banners Dreaming the Truth: Molly, Sam's daughter. Dying as Yourself: Lauren asks for an assisted suicide with this justification. Emergency Transformation: Mitchell refuses once, but gives in on a later occasion. Enemy Within: This is how George sees "the wolf". He's probably right, but avoiding the problem doesn't help. Evil Feels Good: All vampires seem to suffer from this. Kirby in Series 4 implies this is partly why he became a serial killer. Facecam: Rather Narmishly when George nearly transforms in public. The dodgy teeth don't help. Faking the Dead: George's father. "Falling in Love" Montage: Tom and Allison. Fan Boy: Graham in series 3 to Mitchell. Mitchell is not pleased, and it does not end well. Fan Disservice: Any time a character appears naked, they're either covered in blood or in excruciating pain. Anything involving a naked Herrick. Fantastic Racism: As noted in Fur Against Fang, vampires hate werewolves. Fantastic Science: Jaggat's motivation for helping Kemp. Unfortunately she's prevented from letting scientific rigour get in the way of Burn the Witch. The Farmer and the Viper: after regaining his memories, Herrick almost decides to spare Nina because she was kind to him. Almost. Fate Worse Than Death: Being a Type 4. You'll be alive enough to feel pain, but dead enough to survive without your major organs, which lead humans to dissect the first Type 4s, and later incinerate them as a biohazard, while they were still conscious. You're trapped in your body for several weeks after 'death,' until it decays enough that it simply can't sustain your soul any more, during which time it can't recover from any injuries you sustain, and you can feel yourself decomposing on the inside. Faux Affably Evil: Herrick tends to act like this, as well as several of the other vampires and Kirby in Series 4. Fingerless Gloves: Mitchell wears them. Began as actor Aidan Turner's attempt to keep warm; looked so hip they stayed. Foe Yay: Mitchell/Herrick, complete with a lampshade hanging from Lauren. Plus Mitchell/Lauren and George/Tully. Hell, pretty much the only villain there's no Foe Yay with is Annie's murderer Owen, which is ironic, as he was her fiancee. Daisy/George, which seems to border on Dating Catwoman. Foe-Tossing Charge: Well, more of a "Foe Tossing Strut". In the series one finale Annie literally breezes into and through the vampire safehouse by summoning up an eerie gust and tossing vamps around left and right with her ghostly telekinesis. She repeats this trick at the end of Series 4. For Want of a Nail: If Leo hadn't heard Eve's voice telling him to visit the War Child, Hal would be basically Hitler. Yeah. Foreshadowing: Hal curses at Tom after he gets Tom's blood on him. Hal's arm was exposed and burnt, and at the end of the episode we see he's been marked as Eve's nemesis. Ends up being Foreshadowing for future!Hal's concentraion camps branding Eve and marking her as her own Nemesis Forgotten Birthday: While not the only factor this led to Tom attacking Hal. To be fair he was being manipulated by Kirby. Freudian Excuse: Kirby implies during his Motive Rant that he hates to see happy families because his own family tore itself apart when he was a kid. Cutler is only evil because Hal made him that way and he wants to make his vampire-dad proud. Freudian Trio: Mitchell is Id, Annie is Ego; George is usually Superego, though his werewolf side is pure Id. Friendly Neighborhood Vampires: Played mostly straight (Mitchell) and subverted (Herrick, Daisy and Ivan). As of Series Three, Mitchell is also a subversion, or at least a deconstruction. Fur Against Fang: Vampires loathe werewolves, for whatever reason: they'll call them "dogs" and "freaks" to their faces, and beat up werewolves with no provocation. Mitchell is treated with suspicion by the other vampires for hanging around with George. What werewolves think of vampires isn't as clear—werewolves seem to be extremely rare—but they mostly seem content just to give the "psychotic bastards" a wide berth. It's probably got something to do with the fact that a werewolf is almost defenceless against vampires twenty-seven days out of twenty-eight, but on the right night, they can tear even powerful vampires to shreds. It may also be pheromonal. Several times vampires take a whiff of George and act revolted. Then again Daisy had no problems doing the dirty (well he was as well) with George. It may be a case of hating what you fear. Despite their bluster and bravado you get the feeling that the vampires who beat on George do so due to the little bit of fear his kind brings out in them. Even Herrick looks fearful about facing a werewolf in close quarters with no escape route. Technically Werewolves are their superior killing-wise. McNair's comments about the curse sometimes being a blessing imply that it's not just on full moons that werewolves are much more threatening than normal humans are to vampires - and Mitchell's reaction to being punched by George in the same episode seems to support the suggestion that werewolves become much tougher with numerous changes. Genghis Gambit: Cutler's plan revolves around revealing the existence of the supernatural to mortals, then convincing them that vampires are the lesser of two evils. Genre Savvy: Cutler in Season 4 is particularly so, suggesting that vampires take over the world by turning humans against werewolves first to distract them, rather than idiotically invading Britain as the Old Ones plan. He also befriends Tom by freeing him from a police cell, convincing him that he is a "good vampire" and reducing the chance of getting violently staked by him. Ghost Amnesia: Annie forgets that Owen killed her. Most ghosts seem to forget their deaths in the short term, judging by the shock when they notice. Ghostly Goals Annie's turned out to be killing Eve Glamour Failure: Vampires don't show up on film, which makes the vampire pornography... surreal. The Glomp: Annie makes a flying leap into Mitchell's arms when he comes to rescue her from purgatory. He is very pleased by it. Go Through Me: Lampshaded when Regus chooses to help the house-mates protect Eve from a vampire hit-squad. He's fully aware that as a scholar he's got no fighting skills and will barely slow them down, but it's the thought that counts. Good Shepherd: The hospital chaplain. Good Times Montage: At the end of S3E1, once Annie gets back. Hand or Object Underwear: George frequently does this after stripping naked prior to his transformations. He does it even when nobody else is present, which indicates a certain amount of discomfort with himself. Haunted Headquarters: Mitchell and George are able to find a city centre house dirt-cheap because it's haunted by Annie. They don't want to stay there after she moves on. Headbutt of Love: Done several times between different characters. Heroic BSOD: Annie, in S1E5. Also briefly happens to George and Mitchell after Annie is forced through the door at the end of series 2. Heroic Sacrifice: Mitchell's death in S3E8. If he was alive he'd kill again George manages to induce a partial werewolf transformation in Series 4 when he needs his werewolf strength to rescue his daughter. It ends with him suffering major organ failure. Annie at the end of series 4. Heterosexual Life Partners: Mitchell and George. Hilariously Abusive Childhood: Tom. Series 4 repeatedly demonstrates just how maladjusted he is after years of being raised by McNair in isolation. A good example is his clear surprise that people actually celebrate their birthdays by having parties, something he claims never to have had as McNair didn't believe in them. Historical In-Joke: Seth, one of Herrick's lackeys, is revealed in Series 2's ARG to have been the infamous Highgate Vampire who prowled Highgate Cemetery and was sighted many times in the 1970's. Having such high-profile media attention is probably why the other vampires regard him as being a total moron. Holier Than Thou: Kemp, to he- er, to infinity and beyond. The afterlife (a mix between Celestial Bureaucracy and your standard hell dimension) should prove an UN-pleasant surprise...especially as everyone winds up in the hands of "The men with sticks and men with ropes and men with black black feathers on their black black wings". Holy Burns Evil: Vampires can be repelled by crucifixes, Stars of David and reading scripture from the Bible, cringing away and being unable to look directly at holy symbols. Using combinations of these makes the effect more powerful. However if there are multiple vampires the repelling effect becomes weaker. If the holy symbol is covered than it has no effect on the vampire, and vampires can bypass the symbol's effect if they've recently drunk blood. Home by Christmas: The Old Ones figure that they can land their vampire troops on the coast of Britain and simply march inland, slaughtering all opposition until they have conquered the country. A modern vampire keeps pointing out that the plan is stupid and with modern communication humans will be able to coordinate their defences and the invading vampires will face an army within hours of starting the attack. A flash-forward shows that the fighting is still going on 26 years later Horny Devils: Series 4 introduces Yvonne, a succubus unaware of her nature. Succubi in this universe are the daughters of demons and women. They become irresistible to men once they touch her, at which point she will appear to them in erotic dreams and obsess over her. If they are taken away from her presence for long enough, the effect fades. If a succubus sleeps with a man he will die. They can also see ghosts, of course, as they are supernatural creatures. Horror Hunger: Blood addiction. It causes a craving similar to drug withdrawal, and even once that passes vampires still want to feed due to basic addiction, and because if they drink blood they don't have to constantly remember all the people they've killed. And Hal says that going back to it after coming off it makes it even worse. Humans Are the Real Monsters: The vampiric justification for running amok sucking blood. Hybrid Overkill Avoidance: Vampires are unable to turn werewolves because werewolf blood is poison to them. No explanation has been offered for why no other supernatural hybrids exist, but werewolves who attack vampires in wolf-form seem more inclined to kill them than turn them, and a (less-than-trustworthy) ghost dismisses the idea of werewolf-ghosts as 'ridiculous' without offering much explanation. Werewolf ghosts have been seen to exist briefly, but they've all made the transition to the afterlife straight away. I Ate What?: The Horror Hunger in this show can lead to this. Both Cutler and Hal experience this at the hands at one another, with their love interests Cutler's wife and Alex being the "what". The former leads to Cutler's Monster Sob Story and the latter is a result of it. I Cannot Self-Terminate: Mitchell, in the Series 3 finale, begs George to stake him. I Hate You, Vampire Dad: Lauren hates Mitchell who hates Herrick. Subverted by Cutler towards Hal - he's kind of bipolar on the hate issue there. "I Know You're in There Somewhere" Fight: Subverted with Mark, the hospital chaplain, to Mitchell since the verbal sparring is there, just not the fisticuffs. Word for word in the series 2 finale from George, also without the punching. Would you hit an angry Mitchell? I See Dead People: Ghosts, vampires, werewolves, zombies and succubi can all see ghosts. Mediums can only hear them. I Shall Taunt You: One of Mitchell's strategies for trying to get George to stake him is to try to convince him their friendship was a lie and he found George pathetic, but George knew he was doing this trope, and Mitchell didn't have the heart to keep up the act. Idiot Ball: In "A Spectre Calls" a mysterious stranger enters the house and quickly pits the flatmates against each other. Granted, Hal doesn't trust him and Tom is rather naive, but Annie has no excuse for falling for Kirby's machinations because this is the third time this has happened to her. Do the names Tully and Herrick not ring any bells? Improvised Weapon: At the start of series 4, fearing an attack by vampires on the house, George has constructed crucifixes using any spare material in the house, including twigs tied together. Indirect Kiss: In the first episode, Annie kisses a bottle her former fiancée has been drinking from because she can't kiss him any more. Industrialized Evil: Herrick kept humans locked in a cellar for feeding... and forced them to stay hooked into IV's to keep feeding easily. Like a wine cellar. Series 3 had a vampire couple who "adopted" willing blood donors into S&M styled bondage. Still racked up a body count, yet the donors were still completely consensual. Infant Immortality: Subverted with Eve. Invisible to Normals: Annie, when she's in a down mood or because of unknown, external, supernatural forces. Irishman and a Jew: Mitchell is an overconfident Irishman, George is a shy Jew. Ironic Echo: Several long-delayed ones from Cutler to Hal, after Hal's past attempts to turn Cutler evil turn out to have Gone Horribly Right. It Always Rains At Funerals: the funeral of George's father It Got Worse: Every. Single. Time. Jacob Marley Apparel: Annie's stuck in the outfit she died in. But considering she died in 2007 and people are still wearing leggings, she thinks she was pretty fashion-forward. Alex kicks up a fuss when she realises she's going to be stuck in a dress she only wore for a date Just Friends: Annie with both of her flatmates. Played straight with George as their relationship strongly resembles that of squabbling siblings. With Mitchell it seems to be slightly more ambiguous and could go anywhere. Until Season 3, that is. Annie and Mitchell are a couple now. Kavorka Man: Gender Flip. Yvonne the succubus is a Kavorka Woman. Kid Seeing What Kids Shouldn't See: Bernie seeing the Snuff Film. George starting to transform in a school. Poor Molly... Killed Off for Real: Staking a vampire is supposedly a permanent death with no chance of a resurrection. The Series 3 finale does this to Herrick and Mitchell. The first episode of Series 4 does this to George, and Nina was killed between the Series 3 and Series 4. And as of the end of Series 4, all of the original four are dead (Deader Than Dead in Annie's case). Knights Templar: Jaggat's organisation seems to think that its mission against supernatural creatures is a holy one, though Jaggat seems to lean more on the For Science! angle. Kemp is this trope personified though. While the others are really just a bunch of poor luckless idiots brainwashed by Kemp's dogma who really only want to help, Kemp is this trope in its most psychotic form. La Résistance: A network of humans and at least some werewolves fight against vampires in 2037, where vampires are taking over the world. This network of resistance cells is all that stands against them. Last-Name Basis: Mitchell, Herrick, Tully, McNair and Kemp. Legal Jailbait: Adam is physically in his mid-teens, but is chronologically in his 40s, and the actor is 20. Limited Wardrobe: Annie is forever trapped in the clothes she was wearing when she died, although there is some variation. It's not definite, but it seems as though the clothes get more form-fitting the stronger and more confident she becomes, and when she's more insecure and scared, she has more layers to hide herself in. Looking for Love In All the Wrong Places: All of the main characters have made some spectacularly stupid romantic choices. Magic Pants: Averted. Poor George doesn't get Magic Pants when he transforms into a werewolf. Mama Bear: A vampire tried to kill Eve, so Annie telekinetically tore the knife from his hands before killing him. The next person to make an attempt on Eve's life wisely decided to trick Annie into undergoing ghostly dissipation first. Annie dragged herself back into reality just to stop him from laying a finger on her semi-adopted daughter. Man Behind the Man: Professor Lucy Jaggat Manipulative Bastard: Nina, in "The Longest Day". She plays the social worker like a fiddle and it's brutal to watch. Lia invents the 'wolf-shaped bullet' prophecy just so she can screw with Mitchell's head, in vengeance for the Box Tunnel 20. Kirby in Season 4 is the epitome of this. He completely plays Tom and Annie, and once he realises he can't guide Hal, he manipulates Tom and Annie into driving him from the house. Master Race: The more evil vampires consider themselves to be this. Dominating humans openly has been a topic of discussion for centuries, but nothing has come of it so far. Herrick & Co. managed to "recruit" quite a few new vampires in preparation for some kind of takeover, but it didn't work out. May–December Romance: Might not apply as they're both vampires but Ivan was 237 years old in 2010, whereas Daisy was still human during WWII, making her less than 100. Meaningful Name: Lia. Just one letter away from "Liar". The false prophecy she gave to Mitchell was the major story arc of series 3. Also "Eve" George and Nina's daughter in season four, and stated to be the first of her kind. The Men in Black: The Series 4 finale introduces a group of humans who work to make sure humanity is unaware of the supernatural; not even vampires are aware of them apparently. They wear grey suits though. The Messiah: Eve is the War Child; prophecied to defeat the vampires and prevent the takeover of Earth. Except she isn't. In fact, humanity relying on her to save the day rather than form a cohesive defence is Snow's theory on how the Bad Future came about in the first place. Million-to-One Chance: McNair, prior to becoming a werewolf, was chosen by Herrick to be the victim in a cage fight. McNair won out of sheer luck. "You walked unharmed from a plane crash." Mind Over Matter: Ghosts seem to be able to do this as standard. Annie tends to throw things (accidentally or on purpose) around when she's angry, and Kirby uses it to stop a man's heart. Mind Rape: Owen pulls a Sylar-worthy feat of "mundane" Mind Rape on Annie in S1E5. First, he does it as he's comforting his current girlfriend, who's freaked-out because a ghost was talking to her, trying to warn her about him. Second, he denies Annie's very existence whilst he's looking her straight in the eye with a shit-eating grin: "I don't see... anything". Then he twists the knife by admitting that he was cheating on Annie when she was still alive. Evil. Annie ends up in a Heroic BSOD till George pulls her out of it. Bonus points for the fact that the actress playing Annie had no idea what the actor playing Owen was about to say. When she gets all freaked out and is leaning against the wall looking horrified? That was Lenora Crichlow's actual reaction! This is pretty much Kirby's MO Mistaken for Gay: George and Mitchell, more than once, but most notably by the estate agent in the pilot. George is indignant, but Mitchell has fun playing along just to make everyone uncomfortable. Reality Subtext made it even funnier when you consider the actor playing George is actually gay in Real Life. Monster Mash: You've got a vampire, werewolf, and ghost girl living in the same house. How is that not awesome? Monster Sob Story: Cutler was originally a vampire who wasn't much of a killer. Hal tricked him into drinking his murdered wife's blood (after Cutler had refused to kill her). Naturally, Cutler does a similar thing to Hal years later. Monsters Anonymous: Mitchell's attempt at reforming all the vampires in the city. Surprisingly, it worked. Mood Whiplash: The whole of S 04 E 01 seems to be made of this, to the extent where you don't know if you're laughing or crying. The Mountains of Illinois: This is often lampshaded, and on fan forums, much of a Conversational Troping. Mr. Fanservice: Mitchell. Vampire + smokes + Irish accent + perma-stubble + dark past + The Atoner = ultimate bad boy. Hal is fast becoming this. A dark haired pretty boy vampire with OCD tics, and who happens to like doing push ups shirtless. Never Trust a Trailer: Only a minor example: In most promotional material (such as the picture at the top of this page), Annie is depicted as slightly transparent with a faint aura. Neither effect is present in the show. Nice Job Breaking It, Hero: George killing Herrick may have resolved one problem but as it turns out in series 2 the repercussions involve a power vacuum in the vampire lot, the loss of a system which kept the supernatural existence under wraps, and George becoming notorious enough to be targeted by vampires loyal to Herrick. Though things are tentatively getting better... wait... Nope, actually it's getting back to worse. Annie staking the vampire who was going to silence by turning Nancy, who'd discovered proof that Mitchell murdered the Box Tunnel 20 was arguably done with the best intentions. However it then leads to Nancy getting Mitchell arrested and the whole masquerade of the supernatural existing is about to break, and even worse, Herrick wiped out the remaining police in the house and he got his memory back. And Herrick tries to kill Nina in retaliation for George killing him. Nightmare Fetishist: Number Seven, and his six (rather short-lived) predecessors, who gets off on being a self-replenishing blood bag for a yuppie vampire couple. To put his role into perspective even the Fangbangers on True Blood get more respect from the vampires. No Name Given: William Herrick, Lee Tully and Anthony McNair only ever are referred to by their surname. We only learn their first names after they have been respectively killed. And let's not forget John Mitchell, who is almost universally known by his last name. Cutler is known by his last name through most of S4, it isn't until the second to last episode we find you his first name. It's Nick No Swastikas: When future!Hal is revealed to have become mutant Hitler, his symbol is the Chinese character for "middle" (中). Possibly a subtle implication that China Takes Over the World? Non-Action Guy: George is a nerd, somewhat meek, and soft-hearted. When he attempts a rescue of Mitchell with Annie, it's hardly pulse-pounding action, and he knows it: George: That was pathetic! We were, like, the world's gayest ninjas. Having become annoyed at being targeted by vampires following killing Herrick, George attempts to fight back in the first episode of series two. Sadly ineffective, and there was something unsettlingly desperate in it. Nonhuman Lover Reveal: George is interested in his colleague Nina, but is unsure how much he should tell her about his condition, or when. Supernatural Angst ensues. A variation occurs in series 2 with Annie and Saul; each of them is hiding a supernatural secret. It ends badly. Noodle Incident: After Annie suggests the gang do something to bring them closer together after a crappy couple of weeks: George: No, I'm not going paint-balling again, not after last time. Hal once had an incident with a budgie that ended with him sending a letter of apology to the circus. He's also not allowed Kia-Ora, for reasons his house-mates won't discuss. Not Afraid of You Anymore: Gut-wrenchingly subverted with Annie and Owen - but later played straight. Annie gets another one of these in series 2 when she stands up to the Men Behind the Door. Not That There's Anything Wrong with That: The estate agent mistakes George and Mitchell for a gay couple, and then tries to back-pedal furiously after accidentally making a homophobic comment. Off the Wagon: When normal people fall off the wagon, they only end up hurting themselves (unless they're a drunk driver). When Mitchell falls of the wagon, it's practically an 11th Circle of Hell. One-Scene Wonder: Action-movie obsessed vampire Kane from series 4, who constantly tries to spout cool one-liners. Including calling his fists "Shock" and "Awe". Opening Monologue: Each episode of the first series kicks off with a framing monologue, typically from Annie, George or Mitchell. The Other Marty: Two-thirds of the main cast (Annie and Mitchell) got recast between the pilot and the main series, as did Herrick and Lauren. Our Demons Are Different: At least some people, when they go through their door, find themselves trapped in a blood-red corridor with "Men with burning. Men with sticks. Men with rope. And men with black, black feathers on their black, black wings." We've yet to have anyone actually call them "demons", but come on... Series 4 introduced Yvonne, a succubus. According to Hal, succubi are created when a "demon" mates with a human woman. Yvonne later says that her mother described her father only as "beautiful and cruel". Our Ghosts Are Different: Annie's visibility depends on her self-confidence. Normally, only other supernaturals can see her—but as she becomes more confident, she becomes visible to ordinary humans as well. She does not need sleep and can't eat or drink but frequently prepares food and hot drinks. She can go insubstantial when needed, and can teleport. When a ghost finally resolves what's keeping them earthbound, a door to the afterlife appears, waiting for them. They can also be exorcised, which apparently makes them disappear. She cannot change out of the outfit she died in, although its exact appearance varies according to her mood. She can touch and move physical objects normally (and apparently teleport them with her) and sometimes move them telekinetically as well. Our Vampires Are Different: The vampires, like those of Blade and Underworld, have an Ancient Conspiracy dating back hundreds of years. They create more of their kind by turning humans but a bite on its own will not do this, the victim needs to ingest vampire blood to turn. A stake through the heart reduces them to dust, though this seems to work like a human knife wound; it may or may not be instantly fatal depending on how severe it is and a less-severely staked vampire might recover if given prompt medical attention. They consume the life force in a human's blood, not blood qua blood, therefore donated blood is no good. Blood dependency is a psychological addiction for vampires, not necessary for survival; they can eat and drink normally too. As a clear subversion of most vampire traditions, they can venture into the sunlight, although Mitchell does admit he's not a "fan" of sun. In bright sunshine, Mitchell dons sunglasses and a heavy leather jacket, although this may be more of an appearance thing than a precaution against the effects of sunlight. They can also be killed by a bomb blast, and so very possibly by a gunshot wound as well, although this is unlikely to be an option in the UK. They need an invitation to enter homes but mobile homes don't count. Really old vampires, called Old Ones, like Wyndham (supposedly a thousand years old) can enter homes uninvited and are unaffected by crucifixes. Vampires can also ignore the repelling effect of holy symbols if they've recently consumed blood. Our Werewolves Are Different: These werewolves are humans cursed to transform into savage, near-mindless beasts, closer to man-wolf than wolf-man. They only transform on the night of the full moon, whether they can see the moon or not. Anyone who survives a werewolf attack becomes a werewolf themselves. The curse is transferred by any wound, not just a bite, and the attack always leaves a very visible scar. The transformation can be partially suppressed by staying in a pressure chamber, although so far all attempts to do so have had unpleasant results. One attempt to incapacitate the wolf-form with tranquillisers subsequently caused violent urges and uncontrollable swearing while in human form, presumably due to the wolf's repressed rage. Vampires can detect werewolves, probably by smell, though werewolves can't always detect vampires. As fellow supernatural creatures, werewolves can see ghosts. Werewolves are apparently far rarer than vampires in this universe. Werewolves do carry some latent effects even while in human form, such as sharper senses leading up to and just after a full moon, and rapid (or at least, rapider) healing, in evidence after Nina gets stabbed by Herrick. If two werewolves have a child, it will not be a werewolf, though it will have some supernatural powers. With extreme effort, it is possible for a werewolf to partially change without the full moon, though this does not heal away the damage they suffer in the transformation, so the werewolf will die of multiple organ failure in minutes. Werewolf blood is also toxic to vampires, burning them on contact and killing them if they consume it. This was never a problem before the fourth series, though... Our Zombies Are Different: They are created when people find death's portal blocked at the moment of their passing and their soul eds up trapped in their decomposing bodies. They retain all original intelligence and personality, can live pretty normally at the beginning, and can feel pain (at least before the nerve endings have finished decomposing). They die a few weeks later when their bodies completely break down, whereupon they pass into the afterlife like normal. Zombiism is not contagious and they have no craving for brains or any other body part. Paedo Hunt: Mitchell and George end up on the receiving end of one following a misunderstanding. Painful Transformation: Werewolves go through this. Papa Wolf: McNair. Literally. George takes this to extremes in series 4. Paranoia Gambit: What Lia pulled on Mitchell with the "wolf shaped bullet" prophecy. Pinocchio Syndrome: The basic premise of the series. Poor Communication Kills: In the third series, Nina and Mitchell both fall victim to this. Nina doesn't talk to George or Mitchell about Mitchell being responsible for the Box Tunnel 20, and Mitchell doesn't tell his best friend or his girlfriend about the prophecy he got from Lia about the wolf-shaped bullet, despite the fact that he has proven time and time again he completely trusts George. Both these events lead directly to one character's death in the finale. Poorly-Disguised Pilot: The episode that introduces Adam is a Poorly-Disguised Pilot for Becoming Human. Power Perversion Potential: George's sex performance increases considerably the closer he gets to transforming, complete with growling. Annie can read people's minds while they're having sex. Or eating. Precision F-Strike Annie: Oh, fucking hell! George: Might want to choose some better Last Words? Give me back my FUCKING baby Prophetic Fallacy: The scroll which proclaims Eve the be the War Child, destroyer of the vampires, is divided into three pieces, and the vampires only have two of them. It seems the prophecy becomes very different when the third piece of the scroll is read alongside the other two in a Flash Forward sequence. Protagonist Centred Morality: In Series Four, the same Annie who was once horrified by the thought of Vampires killing people seems more than happy to let Regus and his new girlfriend off with their blatant plans to go become a multi-murdering couple, just so long as they do so out of town. Psychic Powers: Mediums can hear ghosts talking. Putting on the Reich: The Old Ones in the Bad Future seem to have deliberately emulated human dictatorships (most noticeably Nazi Germany) in their décor. Hal is revealed to have literally become their poster-boy and Vampire equivalent of Hitler in this future. Rape Is Funny When Its Male On Male: Regus tries to use Annie's memories of losing her virginity as porn. It turns out that to do so, he has to experience the memories for himself, from Annie's point of view. Real Life Writes the Plot: The entire plot-line that ended with Mitchell's death was originally conceived when Aidan Turner was cast in The Hobbit and the producers knew that they were about to lose him to Hollywood, but they still wanted to give him a good send-off. Really Seven Hundred Years Old: Mitchell is over a century old, but looks like he's in his mid-twenties. Herrick, the vampire who turned him, is older, although we don't know by how much We find out in season 3 that Herrick is 158 having been born in 1843 and turned at the age of 47. Generally averted compared to other vampire series. McNair states that anything over a hundred is older than most vampires and most vampires we meet don't appear to have been turned that long ago and the only vampires we know are canonicly over 200 is Ivan (237) and the unseen Richard Turner, who is at least 389 years . There's the Old Ones, in South America. Mitchell objects to joining them on the basis that, being just over one hundred, he's not an "old" one by vampire standards. Wyndham, claims to be a thousand years old and we don't know how much older other Old Ones might be. Played straight with Hal, who was born in the late 15th century and became a vampire in 1514. And with Regus the Vampire Historian, who mentions he's spent 400 years studying their lore. Mr Snow, the apparent leader of the Old Ones. He is so old that all modern Vampires trace themselves back to him in some way, with Hal claiming that he's literally become part of their DNA. And while it may be hyberbole when he claimed to have met Christ, being over 2000 years old seems like a very definite possibility. He also claims to have been old when the pyramids were young. Replacement Goldfish: Mitchell gives a literal one to a lady doctor. Roaring Rampage of Revenge: Mitchell and Daisy go on a particularly bloody variety after Lucy and Kemp kill nearly all the vampires in the city. Romantic False Lead: Sam for George in Season 2. Self-Fulfilling Prophecy: Lia created the whole "wolf-shaped bullet" thing to make Mitchell paranoid and eventually met his end. Also the War Child prophecy: Mr. Snow speculates Eve is important because humans and vampires firmly believes she is. If she lives humanity will wait for her to save them, but at the same time she will give humanity the chance to get rid of the Old Ones by being in the same room with them. All of them. And a lot things dies if you blow them up... Serious Business: Do not insult Annie's tea. Well is is Britain. Seven Minute Lull: Happens to Mitchell and George in S1E3. Sex Is Violence: Stated numerous times to be the case for Vampires. Shiny New Australia: Herrick was going to give Mitchell South America. Shipper on Deck: Lia in the first episode of Series 3 says Mitchell and Annie would be "adorable" together. (Though she might well have been planting the idea in Annie's head for her own nefarious purposes...) Shout-Out: The Real Hustle sure gets mentioned frequently in series 2 -- Mitchell and George seem to cherish watching it together as one of the only semblances of normality they've managed to get the hang of (note the reaction when they discover when it's been rescheduled). in tribute to Mitchell and George, episode 3 of season 4 has Hal and Tom watch it for a moment before deciding to change the channel. They then find a show they both like (with Annie joining to watch with them)... Antiques Roadshow. Mitchell calls Nina Inch High Private Eye after her amateur detective efforts draw Lucy to the gang's hide out. "There's a werewolf called Nina on Buffy" - although the character who says it is actually talking about a character on Angel. There are also characters called Hannigan(-Spiteri) and Wyndham (as in, Alyson Hannigan and Wesley Wydham-Price). George, when Tully explains how they're related to him: "No! That's not true!" The Vampire-controlled Earth of 2037 has giant posters informing humans must "OBEY!". Annie refers to her ghostly ability to teleport as "Rentaghost- ing" Sick and Wrong: What Annie basically said when she allowed Regus to experience her memory of losing her virginity. First she said it with revulsion, but then she said it with humor when she and Regus found out that he would get the "full experience." Sinister Minister: Kemp. Very sinister. Skewed Priorities: A common source of humour. Mitchell: Did you ever try to write anything in blood? It's totally impractical. Sliding Scale of Vampire Friendliness: In the lower middle. It's possible to be good... but it's like going off a hard drug while it walks around you. Smug Snake: Owen. Not only does he feel no remorse over murdering Annie, he actually feels empowered by it, as if getting away with it made him special and powerful. Annie sets him straight, though. On the Supernatural side of things, both Seth and Cara, who are just the right mix of stupid and arrogant. And then there're Kirby and Fergus from season four. Snuff Film: Vampires create homemade pornography ending with the murder of their victims, then pass it round. Spot of Tea: Annie continues to compulsively make tea even though she can't eat or drink, and leaves it all over the house. Springtime for Hitler: George fails spectacularly to set up a bad date with Kirsty. He takes her to a 3 1/2 hour German film, only to find out she absolutely loves them, and was waiting to see the film herself. Strange Girl: Plenty of 'em. Stronger with Age: Vampires, apparently also ghosts and werewolves. Inverted with Zombies. Sufficiently Analyzed Magic: Professor Jaggat is hard at work on this. Experiments in preventing werewolf transformation show progress but are less than successful. Much less. Super Loser: George. Supernatural Angst: The entire show is this trope... Supernatural Soap Opera Suspiciously Similar Substitute: Hal, for Mitchell. Both are vampires with terrifying reputations and histories, who've sworn off drinking blood and live alongside ghosts and werewolves in spite of the prejudices most vampires hold towards other supernatural beings. Suspiciously Specific Denial: In Series 3, despite the mounting evidence to the contrary, Annie adamantly denies Mitchell having anything to do with the Box Tunnel Massacre. Take Over the World: Herrick's grand plan. Take That: Professor Lucy Jaggart wrote a book about Intelligent Design called God's Blueprint. Her colleagues drew cocks on her labcoat, and it's referred to by Nina as "600 pages of bullshit". That Came Out Wrong: Mitchell: He's a twat! George: Well he's my twat! Mitchell: You know, I'm sure that sounded much better in your head. These Are Things Man Was Not Meant to Know: There's a secret only the dead know. Telling it to a living person does nasty things to their mind. Annie tells it to Owen to stop him pulling a Karma Houdini. They Killed Kenny: Annie was killed as a human before the series began, returned as a ghost, fulfilled her unfinished business, refused to pass on at the last second, was forced to pass on via exorcism, briefly returned for just long enough to kill the man that exorcised her before being dragged back in, was rescued by Mitchell, dissipated into nothingness after being tricked into severing her ties to the friends that were keeping her on this plane of existence, managed to pull herself back into reality and is still going strong. Until the end of s4, when she does finally go through her door. Comfirmed by Word of God Three Amigos: Annie, Mitchell and George; then Annie, Hal and Tom Now Hal, Tom and Alex. Title Drop: A couple of times. Together in Death: George and Nina, and it's implied that Annie joins them, along with baby Eve. Took a Level in Badass: Annie after she refuses the opportunity to "pass over", although arguably the process began when she breaks her emotional enslavement to Owen. Annie: Like I have a whole new... skillset? Torches and Pitchforks: When Mitchell is accused of paedophilia the neighbours don't quite storm the house, but the comparison is made explicit with Mitchell and George watching an old black and white vampire film, specifically a torches and pitchfork scene. Tourette's Shitcock Syndrome: George develops symptoms of this after sedating his wolf side. Transformation Is a Free Action: Subverted in series 1's final episode, but not for lack of trying. Transformation Trauma: Mitchell's narration talks about this in S1E2. Since the organs end up changing size the victim ends up having a heart attack, along with temporary liver and kidney failure. That—on top of the usual bits you'd expect to grow out—leads to lots of painful screaming during transformations (up until the vocal cords get stretched out of shape, anyway). Transhuman Treachery: Vampires; we haven't seen enough werewolves to tell, but it seems like they avert this. True Companions: If there was ever a term which described the relationship between the three main characters, it's this. Two Guys and a Girl: The main trio (without Nina), then Annie, Hal and Tom. Now Tom, Hal and Alex. Pearl, Leo and Hal also count. Undead Child: In series 1, the little boy; in series 2, the ghost baby. Eve, as of the last episode of series four. Unholy Matrimony: Daisy and Ivan. Also Cara and Herrick (at least according to Cara). The Unmasqued World: By 2037, humanity is aware of werewolves and vampires. Humanity and werewolves are in at least partial alliance in a resistance against vampires, who almost control the entire planet. Vampire Bites Suck: In the first post-pilot episode. The reason given is mostly because being a vampire is Cursed with Awesome and (Incredibly Lame Pun coming up) Blessed with Suck. Vampire Invitation: Vampires have to be invited in to step past the threshold of a house. In series 4 Cutler can't even enter a hotel room without being invited by the journalist who just entered. We find out in the finale of Series 4 what happens to Vampires if they don't get invited first. They essentially get cooked. Warm Bloodbags Are Everywhere "Well Done, Son" Guy: Cutler has only ever wanted to make the Old Ones and in particular Hal proud of him. Well-Intentioned Extremist: Future-Eve sent Kirby to murder her younger self - killing Annie in the process - because she has to die to stop the Vampire Apocalypse. Werewolf Infectee: Nina, after George's showdown with Herrick Wham! Episode: Episode 21, "Though the Heavens Fall" involves the death of McNair, "Uncle Billy" turning back into Herrick, Nancy discovering the existence of vampires and being killed, Annie committing murder and learning the truth about Mitchell, Mitchell being arrested, the police discovering his vampirism after he fails to show up in a photo and his fingerprints match a set on file from decades before, and the pregnant Nina being (possibly fatally) stabbed in the abdomen. If that doesn't count, I don't know what does. The Season 3 finale... Wyndham one of the Old Ones, stops Mitchell's assisted suicide, orders Mitchell to be his new "attack dog" and tells Nina, Annie and George that the world is under new management from the Old Ones. George then picks up a stake... looking like he'll take it to Wyndham... then turns and stakes Mitchell to save him from Wyndham. Season 4's first episode. George and Nina's baby is prophesised to bring an end to the vampire race, Nina is revealed to have been murdered by vampires, it's shown vampires have basically taken over the world by 2039, and most of all George dies in a heroic sacrifice. Heavy stuff. Episode 4 of Season 4. A contender for the man with the burned arm, the nemesis of Eve, is revealed: it's Hal, whose arm was burnt that episode by Tom's blood. The Last Episode of Season Four. What Could Have Been: The pilot, one of several shown to promote the relaunch of BBC 3. Annie was a lot more housebound (the first subplot would have been her trying to fight this), the vampires would have worn suits and driven limos, rather than hiding in plain sight, Annie's fiancée did not own the house, and the comedy was slightly more camp. Not necessarily better or worse, but certainly different. Also, the original concept of the series was about a recovering sex addict, someone with intermittent explosive disorder, and an agoraphobic. The vampires were more professional and upper-class, led by a business suit wearing, good humored Mickey Bricks, and had private get-togethers in expensive restaurants, reminiscing good-naturedly about being testaments of history. And how they're going to take over the world with blood and fang. What Do You Mean Its Not Symbolic: Despite all the supernatural goings-on, the show is actually a symbolic look at people trying to reacclimate into normal society after events that turned their worlds upside down. Mitchell is a recovering drug addict with severe mood swings, George is HIV positive with rage issues, and Annie is a former shut-in trying to reconnect with the real world after leaving an abusive relationship. The metaphors become especially prevalent during season 2, when Mitchell begins a blood addicts support group, George accidentally infects his girlfriend, and Annie, so long invisible to normal people, becomes giddy at the prospect of working at the pub down the street. What Happened to the Mouse?: Adam turns up without Matt or Christa, the two people he was friends with in Becoming Human. Maybe there's a reason for Matt's lack of appearance, since he's a ghost, but Christa's absence is odd. What If the Baby Is Like Me?: Nina's major set back about having George's baby was not that the baby would be a werewolf like them, but that motherhood would turn Nina into her emotionally abusive mother. Wise Beyond Their Years: Molly, Sam's daughter. Workout Fanservice: Hal does his exercise routine shirtlessly, while doing press-ups on time. You Can See Me?: In the pilot, Annie is so astonished Mitchell and George can see her, she asks twice and waves her arms around for good measure. The scene was refilmed for S2E8, but got deleted. Fortunately, it's up on Youtube. Heartbreakingly inverted after Annie, having got used to the idea that she's now visible to normal people, suddenly finds that she once again isn't. While trying to talk to the guy she's fallen in love with. You Make Me Sic: George is a bit of a grammar nerd, correcting the 'peedo' graffiti in season 1 and graffiti against his teaching skills in season 2. Later episodes show he got this from his father. Your Approval Fills Me with Shame: In Series 3, Mitchell is annoyed at having aquired a Loony Fan over his involvement in the Box Tunnel 20 massacre. Zombie Apocalypse: Well... actually, it's a Vampire Apocalypse. This is what the Old Ones are causing and what the heroes are trying to avert. Retrieved from "https://allthetropes.org/w/index.php?title=Being_Human_(UK)&oldid=1623220" British Series Turn of the Millennium/Live Action TV Fantasy Series Horror Series Werewolf Works	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0065.json.gz/line966
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Because TGFβ favors progression of breast cancer metastasis to bone, we hypothesized that treatment using anti-TGFβ antibody may reduce tumor burden and rescue tumor-associated bone loss in metastatic breast cancer. In this study we have tested the efficacy of an anti-TGFβ antibody 1D11 preventing breast cancer bone metastasis. We have used two preclinical breast cancer bone metastasis models, in which either human breast cancer cells or murine mammary tumor cells were injected in host mice via left cardiac ventricle. Using several in vivo, in vitro and ex vivo assays, we have demonstrated that anti-TGFβ antibody treatment have significantly reduced tumor burden in the bone along with a statistically significant threefold reduction in osteolytic lesion number and tenfold reduction in osteolytic lesion area. A decrease in osteoclast numbers (p = 0.027) in vivo and osteoclastogenesis ex vivo were also observed. 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White line indicates the presence of tumor. <b>Panel b:</b> A boxplot of tumor burden in MDA-MB-231 tumor-bearing mice treated with either 13C4 (10 mg/kg) or 1D11(10 mg/kg) for 4 weeks, starting 1 day after tumor cell injection (N = at least 7) showing decrease in tumor burden. Wilcoxon rank-sum p-value = 0.001. Mean ± standard deviation = 13C4: 0.76±0.12, 1D11: 0.25±0.1. <b>Panel c:</b> Boxplots of tumor burden in MDA-MB-231 tumor bearing mice treated with either 13C4(10 mg/kg) or 1D11(10 mg/kg) starting two weeks after tumor cell injection and continued to be treated until the end of 4 weeks post tumor injection. Wilcoxon rank-sum p-value = 0.016. Mean ± standard deviation = 13C4:0.6461 ±0.3599, 1D11: 0.1114±0.1919. (N = at least 5). <b>Panel d:</b> Boxplot of tumor burden by group for the 4T1 tumor bearing mice (4T1 cells injected in Balb/c), treated 1 day post tumor cell injection and treated for 4 weeks shown decrease in tumor burden. Wilcoxon rank-sum p-value = 0.03. Mean ± standard deviation = 13C4: 0.0331±0.012, 1D11:0.006±0.002 (N = 4). <b>Panel e:</b> Decreased relative mRNA expression of Gli2 in MDA-MB-231 upon 1D11 treatment. Wilcoxon rank-sum p-value for TGFβ versus TGFβ+1D11 groups is 0.005. Mean ± standard deviation = TGFβ: 2.08±0.06, TGFβ + 1D11: 0.42±0.05. Results presented here are representative of at least two independent experiments. <b>Panel f:</b> Decreased relative mRNA expression of PTHrP in MDA-MB-231 upon treatment with 1D11. Wilcoxon rank-sum p-value for TGFβ versus TGFβ + 1D11 groups is 0.005. Mean ± standard deviation = TGFβ: 6.24±0.05, TGFβ + 1D11: 0.41±0.04. Results presented here are representative of at least two independent experiments.</p>", "links"=>[], "tags"=>["antibody", "decreases", "tumor-bearing"], "article_id"=>384126, "categories"=>["Physiology", "Microbiology", "Cancer", "Developmental Biology", "Immunology"], "users"=>["Swati Biswas", "Jeffry S. 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Mice were treated either with control antibody (13C4, 10 mg/kg) or anti-TGFβ antibody (1D11, 10 mg/kg) for 4 weeks, starting 1 day after tumor cell inoculation. Trabecular bone volume in the tibial metaphysis of tumor-bearing mice was analyzed by microCT. <b>Panel a:</b> Representative three dimensional reconstitutions of microCT images from both 13C4 and 1D11 treated groups from mice injected with MDA-MB-231 cells. <b>Panel b:</b> Boxplots of average BV/TV (bone volume/total volume) by group for the MDA-M<b>B</b>-231 tumor- bearing mice show significant increase in bone mass after treatment with anti-TGFβ antibody. Wilcoxon rank-sum p-value = <0.001. Mean ± standard deviation = 13C4: 0.06±0.04, 1D11: 0.32±0.09. N = at least 10. <b>Panel c.</b> Boxplots of average BV/TV (bone volume/total volume) by group for the 4T1 tumor- bearing mice show a significant increase in bone mass as a result of treatment with 1D11 as measured by BV/TV. Wilcoxon rank-sum p-value = 0.036. Mean ± standard deviation = 13C4: 0.09±0.01, 1D11: 0.11±0.01, N = at least 5. <b>Panel d:</b> Mouse calverial osteoblasts were isolated and cultured for 7–10 days as described in the <a href=\"http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0027090#s2\" target=\"_blank\">Materials and Methods</a>, either in presence of anti-TGFβ antibody (1D11) or isotype control (13C4) and mineralized matrix formation was measured using Von Kossa staining as a surrogate for osteoblast differentiation. <b>Panel e:</b> Boxplot analysis reveals treatment with anti-TGFβ antibody (1D11) significantly increased percent areas of mineralized matrix. Images were taken from representative fields and quantified using Metamorph software. Wilcoxon rank-sum p-value = 0.005. Mean ± standard deviation = 13C4: 16±3.7, 1D11: 32.3±1. Data presented here is representative of two independent experiments.</p>", "links"=>[], "tags"=>["antibody", "increases", "bearing"], "article_id"=>384532, "categories"=>["Physiology", "Microbiology", "Cancer", "Developmental Biology", "Immunology"], "users"=>["Swati Biswas", "Jeffry S. Nyman", "JoAnn Alvarez", "Anwesa Chakrabarti", "Austin Ayres", "Julie Sterling", "James Edwards", "Tapasi Rana", "Rachelle Johnson", "Daniel S. Perrien", "Scott Lonning", "Yu Shyr", "Lynn M. Matrisian", "Gregory R. 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Both mineral-to-collagen ratio and carbonate substitution increased significantly upon 1D11 treatments compared to control. Mean ± standard deviation is shown, p value was determined using Wilcoxon test.</p>", "links"=>[], "tags"=>["antibody", "1d11", "mineral-to-collagen"], "article_id"=>384674, "categories"=>["Physiology", "Microbiology", "Cancer", "Developmental Biology", "Immunology"], "users"=>["Swati Biswas", "Jeffry S. Nyman", "JoAnn Alvarez", "Anwesa Chakrabarti", "Austin Ayres", "Julie Sterling", "James Edwards", "Tapasi Rana", "Rachelle Johnson", "Daniel S. Perrien", "Scott Lonning", "Yu Shyr", "Lynn M. Matrisian", "Gregory R. 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Means and standard deviations by group for the MDA-MB-231 four week data with p-values from Wilcoxon rank-sum tests. Quantitative analysis of microCT data from MDA-MB-231 tumor-bearing mice treated with 13C4 or 1D11 for weeks. Trabecular bone volume (BV/TV), trabecular thickness (Tb.Th), trabecular number (Tb.N), and connectivity density (Conn.D), and mean volumetric density of the mineralized tissue (Tb.TMD) were calculated using the Scanco evaluation software.</p>", "links"=>[], "tags"=>["antibody", "improves", "trabecular", "bearing", "mice", "tibia"], "article_id"=>384623, "categories"=>["Physiology", "Microbiology", "Cancer", "Developmental Biology", "Immunology"], "users"=>["Swati Biswas", "Jeffry S. Nyman", "JoAnn Alvarez", "Anwesa Chakrabarti", "Austin Ayres", "Julie Sterling", "James Edwards", "Tapasi Rana", "Rachelle Johnson", "Daniel S. Perrien", "Scott Lonning", "Yu Shyr", "Lynn M. Matrisian", "Gregory R. 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At the end of the experiment, whole body X-ray images of mice from both control and anti-TGFβ antibody treated group were taken and osteolytic lesion area and osteolytic lesion counts were analyzed using image analysis software (Metamorph, Molecular Device). <b>Panel a:</b> Representative X-ray images of osteolytic bone lesions in the hind leg of mice treated for 4 weeks either with control antibody (13C4, left panel) or anti-TGFβ antibody (1D11, right panel). White arrows indicate presence of osteolytic lesions. <b>Panel b:</b> A boxplot representing the average lesion counts in mice inoculated with MDA-MB-231 cells in the left cardiac ventricle, treated with either control antibody (13C4, 10 mg/kg) or anti-TGFβ antibody (1D11, 10 mg/kg) for 4 weeks, starting 1 day after tumor cell injection shows decrease in lesion numbers after anti-TGFβ treatment (6.9±1.7 for control and 1.9±0.7 for 1D11; Wilcoxon rank-sum p-value = <.001, N = 9). <b>Panel c:</b> A boxplot representing the lesion area from the same experiment shows decrease in the lesion area after anti-TGFβ treatment (20520±6000 for control and 1497±888 for 1D11; Wilcoxon rank-sum p-value = <.001, N = at least 9). Lesion areas were measured using arbitrary pixel unit.</p>", "links"=>[], "tags"=>["antibody", "osteolytic", "lesions", "mda-mb-231", "cancer", "metastasis", "cardiac", "injection"], "article_id"=>384281, "categories"=>["Physiology", "Microbiology", "Cancer", "Developmental Biology", "Immunology"], "users"=>["Swati Biswas", "Jeffry S. Nyman", "JoAnn Alvarez", "Anwesa Chakrabarti", "Austin Ayres", "Julie Sterling", "James Edwards", "Tapasi Rana", "Rachelle Johnson", "Daniel S. Perrien", "Scott Lonning", "Yu Shyr", "Lynn M. Matrisian", "Gregory R. 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N = at least 6). <b>Panel b:</b> To assess the effect of anti-TGFβ treatment directly on osteoclast population, an <i>ex vivo</i> osteoclastogenesis assay was performed using bone marrow mononuclear cells. Bone marrow mononuclear cells were isolated and cultured in presence of 13C4 (control antibody), 1D11(anti-TGFβ antibody), TGFβ+13C4 or TGFβ+1D11 in presence of both RANKL and MCSF. Both 13C4 and 1D11 was used at a concentration of 25 µg/ml. TGFβ as used at a concentration of 5 ng/ml. Osteoclasts were stained using using a Leucocyte acid phosphatase (TRAP) kit as per manufacturer's instruction (Sigma-Aldrich) and TRAP positive cells (reddish brown) were counted under microscope. Boxplots of number of osteoclasts by group for osteoclastogenesis assay show that treatment with 1D11 significantly reduced TGFβ-mediated osteoclast formation. Wilcoxon rank-sum p-value for TGFβ and TGFβ + 1D11 groups is 0.01. Mean ± standard deviation = TGFβ: 26.5±3.83, TGFβ + 1D11: 17.83±4.17. 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__label__wiki	0.735721	0.735721	The Heat: Previewing the 2016 U.S. election @anandnaidoo Published November 7, 2016 at 7:05 PM Updated December 28, 2016 at 2:18 PM Democrat Hillary Clinton and Republican Donald Trump make the final case for why they should be the next U.S. President as Election Day looms. CCTV America’s Nathan King reports from Trump Headquarters in New York. Follow Nathan King on Twitter@nathanking To discuss the 2016 election season: Ron Paul, former U.S. Congressman who has been a candidate for U.S. President 3 times. The Heat: Previewing the 2016 U.S. election Pt 1 Democrat Hillary Clinton and Republican Donald Trump make the final case for why they should be the next U.S. President as Election Dday looms. CCTV America’s Nathan King reports from Trump Headquarters in New York. To discuss the 2016 election season: Ron Paul, former U.S. Congressman who has been a candidate for U.S. President 3 times. To discuss what to expect on election day: Peter Kuznick, co-author of The Untold History of the United States. Peter Galbraith, a U.S. diplomat and best-selling author. Democrat Hillary Clinton and Republican Donald Trump make the final case for why they should be the next U.S. President as Election Dday looms. To discuss what to expect on election day: Peter Kuznick, co-author of The Untold History of the United States. Peter Galbraith, a U.S. diplomat and best-selling author. COP22 convenes in Morocco, fighting against climate change » The Heat Podcasts How does a trade war hurt American and Chinese consumers? How can Democrats win back the White House? What’s really happening in Sudan? Could Huawei help US – China relations? More from The Heat The Heat: First six months of Bolsonaro’s presidency The Heat: Trump administration calls for asylum changes The Heat: China-US trade talks All Shows from The Heat...	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0065.json.gz/line973
__label__wiki	0.927514	0.927514	The following are the baseball events of the year 1989 throughout the world. This year in baseball Negro League baseball Japanese baseball Baseball Library Champions Edit Major League Baseball Edit World Series: Oakland Athletics over San Francisco Giants (4-0); Dave Stewart, MVP League Championship Series World Series East Toronto Blue Jays 1 West Oakland Athletics 4 AL Oakland Athletics 4 NL San Francisco Giants 0 East Chicago Cubs 1 West San Francisco Giants 4 American League Championship Series MVP: Rickey Henderson National League Championship Series MVP: Will Clark All-Star Game, July 11 at Anaheim Stadium: American League, 5-3; Bo Jackson, MVP Other champions Edit Caribbean World Series: Águilas del Zulia (Venezuela) College World Series: Wichita State Japan Series: Yomiuri Giants over Kintetsu Buffaloes (4-3) Little League World Series: Trumbull National, Trumbull, Connecticut Awards and honors Edit Most Valuable Player Robin Yount, Milwaukee Brewers (AL) Kevin Mitchell, San Francisco Giants (NL) Cy Young Award Bret Saberhagen, Kansas City Royals (AL) Mark Davis, San Diego Padres (NL) Gregg Olson, Baltimore Orioles (AL) Jerome Walton, Chicago Cubs (NL) Manager of the Year Award Frank Robinson, Baltimore Orioles (AL) Don Zimmer, Chicago Cubs (NL) MLB Statistical Leaders Edit American League National League Type Name Stat Name Stat AVG Kirby Puckett MIN .339 Tony Gwynn SDP .336 HR Fred McGriff TOR 36 Kevin Mitchell SFG 47 RBI Ruben Sierra TEX 119 Kevin Mitchell SFG 125 Wins Bret Saberhagen KCR 23 Mike Scott HOU 20 ERA Bret Saberhagen KCR 2.16 Scott Garrelts SFG 2.28 Major League Baseball final standings Edit Rank Club Wins Losses Win % GB 1st Toronto Blue Jays 89 73 .549 -- 2nd Baltimore Orioles 87 75 .537 2.0 3rd Boston Red Sox 83 79 .512 6.0 4th Milwaukee Brewers 81 81 .500 8.0 5th New York Yankees 74 87 .460 14.5 6th Cleveland Indians 73 89 .451 16.0 7th Detroit Tigers 59 103 .364 30.0 1st Oakland Athletics 99 63 .611 -- 2nd Kansas City Royals 92 70 .568 7.0 3rd California Angels 91 71 .562 8.0 4th Texas Rangers 83 79 .512 16.0 5th Minnesota Twins 80 82 .494 19.0 6th Seattle Mariners 73 89 .451 26.0 7th Chicago White Sox 69 92 .429 29.5 1st Chicago Cubs 93 69 .574 -- 2nd New York Mets 87 75 .537 6.0 3rd St. Louis Cardinals 86 76 .531 7.0 4th Montréal Expos 81 81 .500 12.0 5th Pittsburgh Pirates 74 88 .457 19.0 6th Philadelphia Phillies 67 95 .414 26.0 1st San Francisco Giants 92 70 .568 -- 2nd San Diego Padres 89 73 .549 3.0 3rd Houston Astros 86 76 .531 6.0 4th Los Angeles Dodgers 77 83 .481 14.0 5th Cincinnati Reds 75 87 .463 17.0 6th Atlanta Braves 63 97 .394 28.0 Events Edit January 9 - Johnny Bench and Carl Yastrzemski are elected to the Hall of Fame by the Baseball Writers Association of America in their first year of eligibility. Bench was named on 96.4 percent of the ballots, the third-highest figure in history behind Ty Cobb and Hank Aaron. February 28 - Red Schoendienst, a former second baseman and manager of the St. Louis Cardinals, and Al Barlick, a National League umpire for 28 seasons, are elected to the Hall of Fame by the Special Veterans Committee. June 8 - At Veterans Stadium, the visiting Pittsburgh Pirates score 10 runs in the top of the first inning against the Philadelphia Phillies, the last three coming on a Barry Bonds home run. As the Phillies come to bat in the bottom of the first, Pirate broadcaster Jim Rooker unwittingly says on the air, "If we lose this game, I'll walk home." Both Von Hayes and Steve Jeltz hit two home runs to trigger the comeback for the Phillies, who finally tie the game in the 8th on a wild pitch, then take the lead on Darren Daulton's two-run single and go on to win 15-11. After the season, Rooker conducts a 300-plus-mile charity walk from Philadelphia to Pittsburgh. July 11 - At Anaheim Stadium, Bo Jackson and Wade Boggs lead off the bottom of the first inning with back-to-back home runs off Rick Reuschel to spark the American League to a 5–3 win over the National League in the All-Star Game. Jackson earns MVP honors. September 4 - Fred Lynn hits his 300th career home run to help the Detroit Tigers to a 5–1 win over the Kansas City Royals. October 9 - After 43 years on the air, NBC concludes its run as the number one over-the-air television broadcaster for Major League Baseball games. October 17 - Game 3 of the World Series is postponed due to the Loma Prieta earthquake, which struck immediately before the game was set to begin. It would be rescheduled for ten days later, October 27. October 28 - The Oakland Athletics complete a four-game sweep of the San Francisco Giants in the 1989 World Series. It's the first WS sweep since 1976. Oakland pitcher Dave Stewart, who won two games, is named MVP. Deaths Edit January 9 - Bill Terry, 92, Hall of Fame first baseman for the New York Giants who batted .341 lifetime and was the last National Leaguer to hit .400 (.401 in 1930); also managed Giants to 1933 World Series title and NL pennant in 1936 and 1937 January 21 - Carl Furillo, 66, All-Star right fielder for the Dodgers who batted .300 five times and won 1953 batting title January 22 - Willie Wells, 83, All-Star shortstop of the Negro Leagues who combined batting power with excellent defense (nicknamed "El Diablo") January 23 - George Case, 73, All-Star outfielder for the Washington Senators who led the AL in stolen bases six times February 17 - Lefty Gómez, 80, Hall of Fame pitcher for the New York Yankees who had four 20-win seasons and a .649 career winning percentage; led AL in strikeouts three times and in wins and ERA twice each, and was 6-0 in World Series April 8 - Bus Saidt, 68, sportswriter who covered the Phillies, Mets and Yankees for the Trenton Times since 1967; previously a minor league broadcaster April 16 - Jocko Conlan, 89, Hall of Fame umpire who worked in the National League from 1941 to 1964, including five World Series and six All-Star Games May 17 - Specs Toporcer, 90, infielder for the Cardinals for eight seasons, and the first non-pitcher to wear eyeglasses; later a minor league manager June 8 - Bibb Falk, 90, left fielder who batted .314 with White Sox and Indians; coached Texas to two College World Series titles June 8 - Emil Verban, 73, All-Star second baseman for four NL teams who hit .412 in the 1944 World Series June 15 - Judy Johnson, 89, Hall of Fame third baseman of the Negro Leagues who became the major leagues' first black coach, and later a scout July 18 - Donnie Moore, 35, All-Star relief pitcher who never overcame the disappointment from giving up a pivotal home run in the 1986 ALCS August 17 - Fred Frankhouse, 85, All-Star pitcher for the Cardinals, Braves and Dodgers who ended Carl Hubbell's 24-game winning streak in 1937 August 30 - Joe Collins, 66, first baseman for the New York Yankees who hit four World Series homers September 1 - A. Bartlett Giamatti, 51, commissioner of baseball since April, previously NL president since 1986, known for numerous writings on the sport as well as his banishment of Pete Rose September 3 - Rip Sewell, 82, All-Star pitcher who won 143 games for the Pirates, known for his "eephus" pitch September 21 - Murry Dickson, 73, All-Star pitcher who won 20 games for the 1951 Pirates, but led NL in losses the next three years September 29 - Gussie Busch, 90, owner of the St. Louis Cardinals since 1953 who oversaw three World Series titles November 26 - Lew Fonseca, 90, infielder who batted .316 with four teams, winning 1929 batting title with Indians; later headed the major leagues' motion picture department December 25 - Billy Martin, 61, manager of the Yankees on five occasions who won the 1977 World Series title but was also known for his tempestuous behavior off the field; managed Minnesota, Detroit and Oakland to playoff appearances as well, and was an All-Star second baseman with Yankees Retrieved from "https://baseball.fandom.com/wiki/1989?oldid=7152"	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0065.json.gz/line988
__label__wiki	0.840793	0.840793	Greg Olsen's foot injury could mean several weeks on the sideline By Stephania Bell Shortly after exiting the game due to injury, Panthers tight endGreg Olsen returned to the sideline on crutches and wearing a walking boot. The fact that Olsen's foot was immobilized and in a non-weight-bearing position was an immediate signal that his injury was of concern. After the game, Olsen told reporters he had broken his foot. Coach Ron Rivera told reporters Olsen would follow up with noted foot and ankle surgeon Dr. Robert Anderson on Monday. While further details of Olsen's injury and a timeline are yet to come, he has already noted that he suffered a fracture. Fracture healing takes approximately six weeks depending on the type and location, along with the player's ability to heal. And, even though Olsen did not specify which bone is broken, the most common foot fracture among NFL players is the Jones fracture. Jones fractures are fractures of the fifth metatarsal, the long bone on the outside of the forefoot that runs between the pinkie toe and the midfoot. This outer forefoot bone is subjected to significant torsional stress in an athlete during pivoting, pushing off, sharp deceleration and twisting. It is also subject to impact stress with repeated running and jumping, making it an easy injury target for a pass-catching tight end. If this is indeed a Jones fracture for Olsen, the challenge in trying to heal is that the bone here does not have a particularly good blood supply, which results in a frequent failure to heal independently, even with immobilization. For this reason, surgical fixation of Jones fractures (with implantation of a screw) has become the standard of care, especially in elite athletes, who will return to high-stress activities and whose specific movements in their sport put them at an otherwise increased risk of failure. Range of recovery varies for these particular injuries, but there are other NFL offensive skill position athletes who have suffered Jones fractures recently who can serve as comparables. Cowboys wide receiver Dez Bryant missed six games (over seven weeks) in 2015 after undergoing surgery to repair a Jones fracture. Patriots wide receiver Julian Edelman was injured in Week 10 of the same season and missed the remainder of the regular season but returned in the playoffs (nine weeks later). Both of these players ended up undergoing subsequent procedures in the offseason (which can happen in a small percentage of athletes). Olsen injury leaves major void for Panthers Mike Clay says Devin Funchess could be primed for a Year 3 breakout and explains who could step in if Greg Olsen is out for an extended period of time. sportsespnfantasy nflfantasycarolina panthersnews fantasygreg olsenstephania bellfantasy footballinjury Copyright © 2019 ESPN Internet Ventures. All rights reserved.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0065.json.gz/line991
__label__cc	0.724685	0.275315	Another person caught on video licking Blue Bell ice cream, police say BELLE ROSE, La. -- A 36-year-old man inspired by video of a teen licking a tub of Blue Bell ice cream has been arrested for the same crime, according to police in Louisiana. Lenise Martin III was arrested Saturday after deputies in Assumption Parish received a tip from a local grocery store. Someone recorded Martin opening a carton of Blue Bell, licking it, poking it with his finger and putting it back on the shelf. SEE ALSO: Blue Bell explains how to know if ice cream tub has been tampered with Assumption Parish Sheriff's Office Commander Lonny Cavalier told CNN Martin was seeking his 15 minutes of fame. In fact, Martin showed detectives receipts suggesting he actually bought the contaminated ice cream after the video stopped recording. Cavalier said that doesn't absolve Martin of his crime. He was still arrested on charges of criminal mischief as well as posting of criminal activity for notoriety and publicity. "He puts it on Facebook to gain this notoriety and at the end of the day, it gives other people ideas that are not the best interest of public health," Cavalier said. SEE ALSO: Texas Walmart has 'armed' employee guarding Blue Bell ice cream Video in the post is from a related story. societylouisianaarrestblue bellice cream	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0065.json.gz/line992
__label__wiki	0.951368	0.951368	Abington driver faces multiple charges following Weymouth crash Ed Baker ebaker@wickedlocal.com @EdBakerWeymouth Weymouth police are requesting the Registry of Motor Vehicles to declare a 50-year-old Abington driver as an immediate safety threat after he allegedly struck two parked cars in the driveway of a home on East Street with a red Ferrari at a high rate of speed, Tuesday. Police charged John Distasio, 30 Cleverly St., with operating a motor vehicle while his driver’s license was revoked, speeding, negligent operation of a car, failure to say within marked roadway lanes and wanton destruction of property over $250. Police said a criminal complaint would be sought against Distasio who "has an extensive driving history." "It should be noted that the sidewalks in this area of East Street are commonly used by pedestrians for access to Great Esker Park, Osprey Overlook Park, the MBTA commuter station and Legion Field," police said in a report. "Any pedestrian utilizing the sidewalk at this time could have been seriously injured." Police said they received multiple 911 calls at 9:09 p.m. from residents in the vicinity of the crash, which damaged the Ferrari driven by Distasio, a 2009 Hyundai Electra, a 2011 Hyundai Santa Fe and a chain link fence belonging to a homeowner. "It should be noted that the area of the metal chain link fence, the Elantra and Santa Fe were positioned completely off the marked roadway," police said. "Both vehicles sustained heavy damage to multiples areas." Police said Distasio received multiple facial injuries during the crash and he was taken to South Shore Hospital by Fallon Ambulance for treatment. "Distasio reported he was going 40 miles-per-hour eastbound on East Street," police said. "When Distasio went to change gears Distasio stated he lost control the vehicle and crashed." Police said the Ferrari driven by Distasio was registered to his brother and the impact of the crash caused the vehicle to spin in a circle and face the opposition direction from which it was proceeding. "The Ferrari had traveled over the double yellow line into the westbound lane of travel, continuing over the solid white fog line, over a sidewalk, spinning around, crashing through a fence and crashing into the Elantra and Santa Fe," police said. Police said the posted speed limit for East Street is 30-miles-per-hour and Distasio was estimated to be driving in excess of 45-miles-per-hour based on the heavy damage sustained by all three vehicles. "The rear tires of the Sante Fe was completely raised off the ground and the trunk of the Santa Fe was resting partially on the top side of the passenger side of the Ferrari," police said. "The rear passenger side of the Ferrari had smashed into the rear of the Elantra. The front end of the Ferrari sustained heavy damage." Follow The News on Facebook.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0065.json.gz/line993
__label__cc	0.590129	0.409871	Breeding phenology of Wandering Albatrosses at Marion Island remarkably constant over three years Genevieve Jones (FitzPatrick Institute, University of Cape Town, South Africa) and colleagues have published in the journal Polar Biology on breeding of Wandering Albatrosses Diomedea exulans at South Africa’s Marion Island The paper’s abstract’s follows: “South Africa’s Prince Edward Islands support a large proportion (44 %) of the global Wandering Albatross Diomedea exulans breeding population, yet most breeding phenology data are recorded from smaller and geographically distant populations. Timing of breeding at Marion Island was remarkably constant across three successive years (2007–2009), providing a good baseline against which future changes can be assessed. Male (but not female) early arrival and presence at the colony during the pre-laying period was positively related to breeding success. Earlier hatching chicks were more likely to survive, but timing of egg laying and incubation periods did not influence fledging success. Although there was considerable individual variation in breeding phenology, average dates of male arrival, laying and hatching were later at Marion (47_S), Crozet (46_S) and Kerguelen (49_S) than at more southerly Bird Island, South Georgia (54_S). Earlier breeding at South Georgia may ensure that chicks have time to grow sufficiently to survive harsh winter conditions that set in earlier at South Georgia.” Wandering Albatrosses - and the author - at Marion Island With thanks to Genevieve Jones – and for mentioning me in the acknowledgements! Jones, M.G.W., Dilley, B.J., Hagens, Q.A., Louw, H, Mertz, E.M., Visser, P. &. Ryan, P.G. 2016. Wandering Albatross Diomedea exulans breeding phenology at Marion Island. Polar Biology DOI 10.1007/s00300-016-2042-7. John Cooper, ACAP Information Officer, 19 December 2016	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0065.json.gz/line994
__label__cc	0.66995	0.33005	I fall in love with every girl meet californication Quote by Hank Moody: “Dear Karen, I've been thinking about Us, the s” A Guy Meets a Girl Lyrics: A guy meets a girl / About three whiskeys in on a packed out Friday night / Wasn't looking for love, wasn't looking for nothing / But she had In a crazy conversation about Californication, yeah. Pilot; Hell-A Woman; The Whore of Babylon; Fear and Loathing . Hank Moody: Oh because you're in love with me and you want to have like . that we keep falling into each other and fucking our way toward the end of days. . Karen: [at parent-teacher meeting] Well, long story short, we were together, and. For me, that guy is Hank Moody. Mutha fuckaaaaa! Oh and if you haven't watched Californication yet, all 7 seasons are available on Netflix. Go binge away. This is a scene with Kali, a girl Hank's already banged. But Kali's got a In this scene Hank meets Sasha Bingham, a famous film star. Despite her. Hank has character flaws, sure, but being sexist is not one of them. Thinking that promiscuity alone is sufficient to define someone as sexist is a problem, because we end up conflating desiring sex with objectification. Sorting the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly First, some context. In the past few years, we have opened up newer and hopefully better discourses about sexuality and abuse. Rape culture has been featuring more and more in mainstream news stories, rather than stuck in feminist academic articles. This has lead to discussions of things like Nice Guy Syndrome which I used to discuss among only my close friendswhich has recently exploded on the Internet, spawning many articles and Tumblrs. If that attention does not eventually come, resentment begins to build, which can lead to hostility and, in some cases, like with the Isla Vista shooter—violence. How Procrastination Is Causing You to Miss Out on the Girl of Your Dreams Pickup artistry, which involves figuring out how to game out interactions with women to get them into bed, has been similarly ridiculed from articles to comics. Mystery and two fellow pickup artists. Then there was a reply of sortsexplaining that there is a big divide between harassment and flirtation, and that this difference is not trivial, and not something that can be confused or accidental. The second article reminds me of my own reactions to hearing these fears, which is that I find this slightly baffling and, at times, irritating. Because there is just such a clear difference between awkwardness and creepiness. A great, vast, cavernous gulf. And there are plenty of mixed messages out there about this. Like this depressing article on the alleged realities of dating, which claims that the only difference between creepy and romantic is whether or not the person being addressed is interested. Getting to a place where we can have such genuine human interactions is surely one of the goals of feminism. But there are a few things that we still need to unpack, and ways in which we need to expand this discourse. What Exactly Is Creepiness? And Why Is It a Problem? When I teach feminism to my undergraduates, I start with John Stuart Mill and Mary Wollstonecraft, who, in their respective ways, argue for institutional equality for women. Mill says that women should have the same legal rights as men, and Wollstonecraft wants equal education. Unobvious issues at the time, but pretty clear to us now, and certainly concrete things for undergrads to latch onto. Women are people too! They should have the vote and they should have equal rights. And now we have pieces of paper that proclaim that this is so! But the next question is: In the excerpt we read, she discusses what I like to call a phenomenological inequality, in which she explains that women are still forced to be aware of their appearance and how it will garner different kinds of treatment in a way that men are not: She must inspire respect by her costume and her manners. But this preoccupation rivets her to the ground and to herself … everything influences her to let herself be hemmed in, dominated by existences foreign to her own. We have creep radar. We are experts at it. And in fact, here is a short but awesome blog post about it. Students gathered in Alberta to protest rape culture on campus. However, Karen has just had sex with Hank, and she never thinks that he may have given the disease to her as well. Played With again in the 3rd season. It is, at first, surprisingly averted with Marcy and Charlie, for they both start taking antibiotics the minute Charlie is suspected to have an STD. They seem pretty STD-conscious Many writing examples, but notably Hank's creative writing student's lovelorn vampire story. Richard spends a wild night with a hooker who shows up at his home the next day. A noble Hank sets-up a farce in a pure Screwball Comedy fashion where she is his girlfriend, so Karen won't be unhappy about the infidelity. The Fellowship Has Ended: An interesting case, since this has already occurred at the beginning of the series. Absinthe Makes the Heart Grow Fonder Whenever the core four of Hank, Charlie, Karen and Marcy get together for some reason, they inevitably lament about how much they miss the good old days. And, inevitably, whenever Hank and Karen manage to reconcile, Charlie and Marcy are on the outs, and vice versa. More often than not, both couples are split, and at best, all four are on speaking terms. Even Becca, who would have been little more than a child when both couples were new to LA and happily together, believes things were better in those days. The result gives the series a decidedly bittersweet epilogue feel. Also happens at the end of several of the seven seasons, in particular seasons two and six, when the temporary fellowship built around Hank's association with Lew Ashby and Atticus Fetch, respectively come to their inevitable end. In the latter part of season 5, Bates gets one, Gabriel, to help him quit his alcohol addiction. They end up having sex. Hank Moody has this arrangement with his daughter — both ways. She gets most of the money. They grow out of it in the latter seasons. Abby's senior partner goes on and on and on about his, um, anal bruising. After Hank successfully pisses him off on a golf outing, he eventually decides to look at the pictures Discussed when Hank Moody discovers the attractive socialite that seduced him at a book store while reading his book no less is actually But I guess the larger question is why is the city of angels so hell bent on destroying its female population. Californication \| Netflix Now smile, you fucking douche. Oh, you like it? I could have bought a car instead. I think you should still buy the car and then run over whoever created that turd. Well, your breasts are obviously real I'd say, aside from the fact that you worship a space alien, you just might be the most beautiful woman I've seen in a long, long time Hank Moody: Kiss my black ass. Has a nose ring, you know what that means? What, she likes it in the nose? The Whore of Babylon[ edit ] Meredith: You have a baby with married guy? No, my dog, Cat Stevens. You have a dog named Cat Stevens? What the fuck do you want? I wore a condom. And you, you're the one who I'm late for school. I'll take you away from all this. Peace Train's a good song. Fear and Loathing at the Fundraiser[ edit ] Hank Moody: Have you had the sex? I have all their albums. What's up, my nig nog? I need to talk to you. Well, you should have called. I wouldn't have answered, but you could've left a message, which I would have quickly erased. What's your latest obsession? Just the fact that people seem to be getting dumber and dumber. 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__label__wiki	0.734473	0.734473	0.Facebook Login, Get off Facebook No comments How to completely delete Facebook from your life Buh-bye, Facebook. It's been real. So you've had it with endless scrolling through the News Feed, notifications that wake you up in the middle of the night, memories that remind you how little your life has changed over the years, and groups that are just too big and you don't even know why you joined in the first place. In short, you want to delete Facebook from your life. It's a big decision, and it can be pretty scary, but we assure you: It can be done. Before you start, though, think long and hard on whether you want to delete or merely deactivate your Facebook account. Deactivating Facebook is fairly easy and painless. If you do it, your Timeline and other info will disappear from Facebook — but only until you reactivate your account. Yes, this means all your data will remain stored somewhere on Facebook's servers. Deleting Facebook means you can never access your account again or retrieve any of your content or data. That means you need to take additional steps to remove traces of your Facebook data (as well as preserve it for yourself) before you delete your account. Deactivating your Facebook account How to deactivate your Facebook account Click on the down arrow in the upper right corner of Facebook and click on Settings Click on General Click on Manage Account Click on Deactivate your account Enter your Facebook password and confirm deactivation Yup, it's that easy. You're now gone from Facebook, but as we said, it's just a temporary measure that doesn't really delete your data on the service. You've just deactivated your Facebook account. To permanently erase yourself from Facebook, you'll need to delete your account altogether. But, before you do that, it's prudent to take a few additional steps. Backing up your Facebook data Image: STAN SCHROEDER/MASHABLE You may be done with Facebook, but you probably want to keep the data you've amassed on the service. Think about it: Posts, photos, videos, messages, likes, list of friends — it's all potentially valuable, and it really doesn't hurt to preserve it. To back up your data, do the following: Open Facebook settings Click on Your Facebook Information Click on Download Your Information Here, you'll be able to choose the date range, what types of data you'd like to backup, and media quality. Our advice: Just keep it all, and leave the media quality on high. You can also choose between a HTML format, which will make the file easier to view, and JSON format, which will make it easier to import the data into another service (yes, it's quite possible that there will be another popular social network after Facebook one day). Now, click on "Create File," and store the resulting file safely.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0065.json.gz/line998
__label__cc	0.7343	0.2657	Choose Liquid Calories Wisely. Sweetened drinks pile on the calories, but don't reduce hunger like solid foods do. Satisfy your thirst with water, sparkling water with citrus, skim or low-fat milk, or small portions of 100% fruit juice. Try a glass of nutritious and low-calorie vegetable juice to hold you over if you get hungry between meals. Be careful of alcohol calories, which add up quickly. If you tend to drink a glass or two of wine or a cocktail on most days, limiting alcohol to the weekends can be a huge calorie saver. While many people turn to artificial sweeteners in a misguided attempt to whittle their waistlines, those fake sugars are likely to have the opposite effect. According to Yale researchers, artificial sweeteners are actually linked with an increased risk of abdominal obesity and weight gain, possibly because they can trigger cravings for the real stuff and spike insulin levels in a similar fashion to real sugar. Grains get a bad rap when it comes to weight loss, but that's because refined grains (read: processed foods!) are linked to wider waists. 100% whole grains are bloat-busting superstars, however, as they're packed with minerals and de-puff by counter-balancing salt. Stick to brown rice, quinoa, wheat, barley, millet, farro, sorghum, and amaranth for the biggest benefits. "One of the hardest parts of losing weight is maintaining the lifestyle changes you’ve made. It’s difficult to stay motivated all the time, especially if you’ve slipped up along the way. But don’t let this affect your end goal. If you’re feeling particularly unmotivated, ask a friend to join you for your workout and then afterwards cook something healthy for dinner together." What does a HIIT workout look like? You could jog for two minutes, sprint for one minute, jog for two minutes, sprint for one minute. Or you could do a HIIT workout on a bike, or by running up stairs and then jogging back down. The key is that you go relatively all out for a short period of time, then recover by maintaining a moderate level of intensity, then go again. Using a layered approach is another great way to build a good veggie habit. For example, start with a food you already enjoy — say, pasta — and layer some veggies into your bowl. This can help you explore a new food with one you already love eating, and from there, you can try new ways to savor it. Take spinach, for instance. After trying it with pasta, you may want fold it into an omelet or another favorite food, or explore it on its own with different cooking techniques (sautéed or steamed) or different flavor additions (garlic or golden raisins). The possibilities are limitless! Burn more energy as heat. Expose yourself to cold temperatures regularly to make your body burn off more energy as heat. Drink ice water, take cold showers, keep your bedroom cool, or hold an ice pack to your upper back. Eating spicy foods also makes you produce more heat- having a slice of cold cut meat sprinkled with cayenne pepper right before a cold shower can significantly accelerate fat burning. 4. Change your exercise routine. If you’ve already increased the intensity of your workout program and still find that your weight loss has slowed, it might be time to try something different. When you perform the same exercises over and over, your body becomes more efficient at them. As a result, you use less energy and burn fewer calories. By starting a new fitness routine, you’ll shock your muscles, reignite your metabolism, and get the scale moving again. Check out extremefitnessresults.com to find the workout that’ll take your weight loss to the next level. If you’ve been eating fast food for years, get real about your approach: You’re probably not going to stick to an organic, gluten-free, paleo overhaul for very long. "You want to change as little as possible to create calorie deficit," says Dr. Seltzer, who insists the best way to support sustainable weight loss is to incorporate small changes into existing habits. So instead of giving up your daily BLT bagels in favor of an egg-white wrap, try ordering your sandwich on a lighter English muffin. Or say you eat a snack bar every afternoon: Swap your 300-calorie bar for a 150-calorie alternative. "Your brain will feel the same way about it, so you won’t feel deprived," he says. It's recommended that adults should try to be active every day and should complete at least 150 minutes of moderate aerobic exercise per week - this could include cycling or walking at a fast pace. Alternatively, you could complete 75 minutes of vigorous aerobic exercise, which could include running or a game of football. You could split this up into easily manageable 30-minute workouts over 5 days of the week. This plan works! I have PCOS, so losing weight is a nightmare. In my 30s now, it's become so much more challenging. I tried Weight Watchers, Jenny Craig, a low carb diet specially designed for me by the dietician at my endocrinologist's office and NOTHING. I once lost 3 pounds in a month; so depressing! Then I heard about Shred and Super Shred on The Doctors TV show. I was willing to try anything! I lost 11 pounds in 4 weeks!!! While it's not the 20 I had hoped for, it was huge for me. In fact, ...more Dr. Ian Smith is the author of the #1 New York Times bestselling books, SHRED: THE REVOLUTIONARY DIET, and SUPER SHRED: The Big Results Diet, and BLAST THE SUGAR OUT. Dr. Smith’s highly anticipated newest book, The Clean 20, became an instant New York Times best seller, helping hundreds of thousands of people reduce bad sugars from their diet, lose weight, lower blood sugar levels, and cut the cravings. Read More “We try not to vilify any food, except sugar,” added Dr. Aronne. “Having it as a treat is what sugar is for; it’s not meant to be the main part of your meal.” Yet added sugars in the form of sweeteners and syrups to flavor processed foods sees the average adult eating 20 teaspoons of hidden added sugar every day, or an extra 320 calories, according to the USDA’s recent nationwide food consumption survey. And then there’s sugar-sweetened beverages like sodas, sports drinks, juices and flavored coffees and teas stirred with empty calories. “The typical glass of orange juice has three oranges in it; that’s the calories of three oranges. But it’s easy to drink a glass of orange juice and still eat a number of other things,” added Dr. Aronne. “You’re better off just eating a single orange and feeling full.” Another option is to drop carbohydrates in the evening. You need carbs for energy to make it through the day, but you don't need them to sit on the couch and watch movies at night. If this approach affects your sleep, try eating low-carb early in the day and having your carbs in the evening instead. You'll still end up eating fewer carbs than if you were having them at every meal. You may have heard the widely quoted statistic that 95% of people who lose wait on a diet will regain it within a few years—or even months. While there isn’t much hard evidence to support that claim, it is true that many weight-loss plans fail in the long term. Often that’s simply because diets that are too restrictive are very hard to maintain over time. However, that doesn’t mean your weight loss attempts are doomed to failure. Far from it. If you're dehydrated, it can be hard to tell if you're hungry or just thirsty. If you're craving a mid-day snack, have a glass of water and wait a few minutes before reassessing how hungry you really are. Water also helps food move through your digestive system, lessening feelings of bloating. It's a good idea to keep a water bottle with you throughout the day. Add in cucumber slices or fresh fruit to infuse flavor. SOURCES: WebMD Feature: "With Fruits and Veggies, More Matters." 2005 U.S. Dietary Guidelines. Elizabeth Ward, MS, RD, author, The Pocket Idiot's Guide to the New Food Pyramids. Elaine Magee, MPH, RD,author, Comfort Food Makeovers. Brian Wansink, PhD, professor and director, Cornell Food and Brand Lab, Ithaca, N.Y.; author, Mindless Eating. Barbara Rolls, PhD, professor of nutritional sciences; and director, laboratory for the study of human ingestive behaviors, Penn State University; and author, The Volumetrics Eating Plan.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0065.json.gz/line1003
__label__wiki	0.937234	0.937234	Lachance, Joseph Born in Canada + came to Biddeford in 1883. Worked in mills for 15 years, then restaurants for 9 years before getting into insurance and real estate. Partner in firm Renouf + Lachance. See Lawton’s Franco-Americans of Maine, p.155 [PICTURE]. LACONIA CLOTH ROOM 100 Main Street. Included in Mills Historic District, National Register of Historic Places. LACONIA CLOTH STORE HOUSE LACONIA MAPPING ROOM LACONIA MILL #1 24 Pearl Street. Included in Mills Historic District, National Register of Historic Places. 2(b) Main Street. Included in Mills Historic District, National Register of Historic Places. LACONIA OFFICE LACONIA PICKER #1 LACONIA PICKER HOUSE #2, #3, #4 LACONIA STORE HOUSE #1 LACONIA WEAVE SHED Ladd, Thomas Story of old gravestone dug up in Main Street cemetery, Biddeford, near White’s Wharf. Stone bore inscription “Thomas Ladd, 1790”. See BWJ 09/13/1907, p.1 c.5-6 (near bottom). Lafayette, Marquis de Recollections of grandson of Deacon Amos Chase, who at 9 with his father & uncle saw Lafayette. Also tells stories he’d heard of Deacon Amos Chase who at 99 greeted Lafayette during his 1825 visit. BWJ 10/27/1899, p.6 c.1-2. (1840-1921) Had lived in Biddeford for more than 50 years. Obit BWJ 06/03/1921, p.8 c.7. Landry, George A. Born 1874 in Biddeford. Worked as a bookkeeper before opening a grocery on Alfred Street. Brother to Wilfrid Landry. See Lawton’s Franco-Americans of Maine, p.97 [PICTURE]. Landry, Wilfrid (1888-1960) Owned Landry pharmacy in Biddeford. Brother to George A. Landry. Cartoon sketch while mayor, appeared in 1938. Wife Pauline died 11/08/1940. His obit appeared in BDJ, 05/19/1960. See also Lawton’s Franco-Americans of Maine, p.173. Lane, Eustace (1835-1913) Father of Gertrude Lane, later editor of Woman’s Home Companion. Piano and organ dealer in Saco, died at age 78. Obit BWJ 10/24/1913, p.8 c.5. Lane, Gertrude B. Editor of Woman’s Home Companion. Sketch of early life in Saco and portrait in BDJ 09/03/1936, c.1-3. Lane, T. K. Operated the Biddeford House [see U & J 07/29/1859, p.3 c.6], then purchased and ran the Ferry House at Ferry Beach in Saco. BWJ 08/29/1884, p.3 c.4. Langevin, Theode Drowned, body recovered – BJ 05/27/1912. Obit BJ 05/31/1912. Larochelle, Joseph R. (Doctor) Celebrates fiftieth year of medical practice in Biddeford: BDJ 06/19/1957, p.1 c.1. See also Biddeford Scrapbook #6, p.86. Lassell, Israel (Captain) Married Abigail Hill of Biddeford, about 1788-9. She died 10/30/1800. He married the widow Susannah Walker 02/24/1801. Daughter Olive (b.1789) married John Patten about 1807-8. Capt. Lassell was captured by either the French or British in the West Indies 07/12/1813. Died in May 1831. [From Samuel Merrill diary, pp.2,32,130.] Portraits of following family hung in house on Ferry Lane: Israel Lassell, John Patten, Horace Ward, John Patten Ward, James Sawyer Ward Sr. [BJ 08/27/1936, p.13 c.1-3.] Lassell, Issabella (Isabella) Daughter of John & Mary Lassell. Died 10/10/1837, aged 19 years. Buried in Woodlawn Cemetery along side Moses Bradbury lot (slate headstone). Lausier, Amelie (1845-1936) Mother of Louis B. Lausier and widow of Antoine Lausier. Born in St. Aime, Canada, daughter of Francois & Amelie Theroux Cartier. Had 9 children, 3 surviving: Louis B., Joseph F. (Marblehead, MA), and Emma L. Pugsley. BDJ 10/01/1936, p.2 c.3. Lausier, Louis B. (1879-1962) Born in Biddeford and educated in public schools. Studied at Saint Anne College in Canada, then read law with Judge Haley of Biddeford for 4 years. Admitted to the bar in 1906. Long-time mayor of Biddeford, often known as “Papa” Lausier. Mayor through World War II. Powerful and controversial political regime. Died 01/14/1962; obit in BDJ 01/15/1962, p.1. See also Lawton’s Franco-Americans of Maine, p.173 [PICTURE]. Leavitt (Captain) Cast away at sea; news of his death 04/01/1827. From Samuel Merrill diary, p.112. Leavitt, Edward H. (1824-1907) Home at 40 Sullivan Street. Overseerof carding department of Laconia & Pepperell Mills for 35 years, from 1846 to 1881 when he retired. Obit BWJ 10/11/1907, p.8 c.5. LeBlanc, Mrs. Francois (1823-1908) Second oldest French resident dies at age of 85. Was next to come after Joseph Shevenell. Came to Biddeford in 1854. BWJ 12/25/1908, p.6 c.4. Ledoux, Carmeline (Painchaud) (1876-1923) First wife to Urbain Ledoux. One of the musically talented Painchaud sisters, daughters of Pierre Painchaud. Article “Mr. Zero” of Maine: The Story of Urbain Ledoux by Michael Guignard (Le FORUM Vol. 38 #4, p.5-9). See also URBAIN J. LEDOUX, PIERRE PAINCHAUD and HELOISE (PAINCHAUD) RENOUF for more information on family history. Ledoux, Urbain J. (1874-1941) Biddeford man, worked for consular service in Prague (BWJ 05/10/1907, p.7 c.1-2 and 07/21/1907, p.7 c.7). Sketch of activities in Biddeford and elsewhere, leading to his heading the Stepping Stone Mission in Bowery of New York (BWJ 04/11/1919, p.2 c.2). Personality sketch by Washington D.C. correspondent (BWJ 04/07/1922, p.3 c.7). Obituaries from New York Times and New York Herald Tribune in Biddeford Scrapbook #6, p. 22-3. Article “Mr. Zero” of Maine: The Story of Urbain Ledoux by Michael Guignard (Le FORUM Vol. 38 #4, p.5-9). Lee, George Williams “Hills Beach Hermit”, also known as “Bully Lee”. Came to Hills Beach about 1879, had lived in Newburyport, Massachusetts. Had been to sea and claimed to be about 83. Also claimed that his mother owned some of the land occupied by the Pepperell Mills. Obit BWJ 08/18/1899, p.7 c.3-4. Leighton, John Died with consumption 05/21/1832. From Samuel Merrill diary, p.135. Leighton, Mark (1780-1824) Died 07/.26/1824. From Samuel Merrill diary, p.97. Birth noted in Biddeford Town Records book 4, p.346a. LeGallee, Cora C. (1856-1916) Born Cora Estelle Craig in Keene, NH; parents came to Biddeford Pool to live in 1860. Married David Baker LeGallee of Boston; they met when he was visiting relatives at the Pool. Mother of Harry A. LeGallee. Obit BWJ (month?) 1916, p.8 c.3. Leland, Joseph Moved from Little Falls to Pepperellborough 01/19/1801. From Samuel Merrill diary, p.2. Leland, Joseph (Esquire) Of Saco, died aged about 80 years 05/29/1839. From Samuel Merrill diary, p.149. Leland, Joseph W. Died in Saco, 09/07/1858, at age of 53. Maine Democrat (newspaper) 09/14/1958, p.2 c.1. LeSieur, Arthur (Judge) Obit JT 10/27/1977. Lessard, Donald Biography, see JT 04/28/1982, p.1 c.1. Lessard Family Special in-depth family history, appeared in Journal Tribune 100th anniversary issue: see Section B of paper for January 26, 1984. Libby, George W. (1842-1900) Born in Biddeford, the son of John and Mary (Carter) Libby. Died at 25 Graham Street on 07/09/1900. Obit BWJ 07/13/1900, p.8 c.4. Libby, Joseph R. Story of business career in Biddeford and later moved to Portland where he founded J. R. Libby Department Store (BWJ 09/28/1917, p.3 c.5-6). Obit see BWJ 11/09/1917, p.8 c.6-7 or BDJ 11/06/1917, p.8 c.2. Libby, Sarah Of Saco, age 88. Had 13 children, 101 grandchildren, 129 great-grandchildren, 6 great-great grandchildren. U & J 01/31/1851, p.3 c.3. Libby, William F. (1838-1918) Obit BWJ 12/27/1918, p.8 c.3. LIBERTY PARK 2 Water Street. Non-contributing site located within the Main Street Historic District, National Register of Historic Places. [Voting in Biddeford] 1860: Lincoln 818, Douglas 605, scattering 53. Six out of 7 wards gave Lincoln clear majority and teh 7th ward was a tie. 1864: Lincoln carried wards 1, 3, 5; McClellan 2, 4, 6, 7. Total vote Lincoln 675, McClellan 703. High school boys vote: Lincoln 23, McClellan 8. Lincoln, Robert (1806-1864) 1857 Directory shows him as owner of Brass Foundry on Spring’s Island. Buried in Woodlawn Cemetery near center gate. Obit Union & Jouirnal 12/24/1864, p.3 c.2. LINCOLN STREET Originally a private street owned by Pepperell company, city traded Stone street which then became private and Lincoln became public. BWJ 02/20/1914, p.2 c.1-2. Lindsay, Andrew J. Crossed the Atlantic aboard the Mayflower II. Biddeford Scrapbook #6, p.87. Linehan, Timothy P. (Reverend) (1847-1922) Priest for St. Mary’s Catholic Church 1890-1922. Sketch of life and celebration of 25 years as pastor of St. Mary’s parish, BJ 08/20/1915; SEE ALSO Biddeford Weekly Record 08/20/1915. Obit BWJ 03/03/1922, p.7 c.1-4. (See also obit for brother Colonel John C. Linehan of New Hampshire in BWJ 09/22/1905, p.1 c.3-4). Littlefield, G.B. School committee (PHOTOGRAPH), from Souvenir of the Biddeford Public Schools (1901). Littlefield, Gilman P. (1838-1910) 55 years with Saco Water Power Company, Superintendent 1896-1910. Lived at 169 South Street. Obit BWJ 03/18/1910, p.8 c.5-7. Livingston, Crawford (1843-1925) Wealthy railroad builder from St. Paul, Minnesota (see Who Was Who in America 1897-1942). Built Livingston Estate at Fortune’s Rocks (see BDJ 02/19/1965, p.4 for history). [Photo coll.] Lizotte (Lawyer) “Trouble with John L. Sullivan” (BDJ 05/14-16/1893); Active in Pepperell Mill strike (BDJ 06/11/1893).	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0065.json.gz/line1011
__label__cc	0.601196	0.398804	Rest in Digital Peace The DMV Bans Smiles, and Metro Encourages Doing th... The Skills We Don't Have Any More Memorial Day Weekend, 2009 - Part 2: Kennywood Par... Memorial Day Weekend, 2009 - Part 1 It's Really Monday... On Organizing Family Events and Invading Normandy The Ultimate Lawsuit Flying the Unfriendly Skies - the Adventure Revisi... Why You Should Pay No Attention to My Predictions You're Breaking Up... Just Say "No" To ... uh ... Never Mind Things You Wish You'd Known Then (Gentlemen's Edit... Lawsuit-Proof Recommendations Countdown to Reunion "Hi, Sweetie!" History, v 2.1 Your Congress At Work Is Congress Actually French? Dancing with One Less Star Identifying the Real Shortage The Ultimate in Owner's Manuals A Flu By Any Other Name It's tough nowadays to know what to do, think, say, or believe, because there is bound to be someone out there who is ready to slap you with a frivolous lawsuit for doing, thinking, saying, or believing it. This can be especially true in the area of personal recommendations. In my job, I am frequently interviewed by investigators looking into the background of people I've known or supervised in the past, and a standard question they always ask is something like, "Do you understand that your answers will be made available to so-and-so if he/she files a Freedom of Information Act request?" Translation: think carefully about what you say, because it may come back to bite you in the backside...and with a backside the size of mine, they could hardly miss. But there's hope! I have run across a series of wonderful, lawsuit-proof statements of recommendation which can be used in virtually all cases! Try some of these: "I cannot speak too highly of Mary." "In my opinion, you'll be fortunate to get Fred to work for you." "I most enthusiastically recommend Jane with no qualifications whatsoever." "I am pleased to say that Joe is a former colleague of mine." "I can assure you that no person would be better for this position." "I urge you to waste no time in making Frank an offer of employment." "I cannot say enough good things about Sally." These should get you started. With a little creativity and nuance, you can give people the recommendations they deserve AND avoid pesky lawsuits. Nowadays, what more could you ask for? Have a good day. Cartoon Saturday is coming up tomorrow - be here! Just let me refer you to my second comment on yesterday's blog as a perfect example of choosing your words wisely. :) Never interview a guy that understands the language like a linguist! Leslie David said... How about, "Words can't describe..." Only a professional linguist could come up with words that are such perfect two-edged swords! You know who. allenwoodhaven said... "George has an amazing ability to really bring all his coworkers together as a team." "I've never seen anyone expend as much energy as Linda does in the course of the workday." I left a comment and it's GONE! No matter it was kinda lame anyway! Fiona - Your comment was randomly selected for review and will be reposted at a later date.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0065.json.gz/line1013
__label__wiki	0.802436	0.802436	Home > Journals > Zoological Science > Volume 31 > Issue 3 Zoological Science VOL. 31 · NO. 3 \| March 2014 ORIGINAL ARTICLES (10) Rhinoceros Beetles Suffer Male-Biased Predation by Mammalian and Avian Predators Wataru Kojima, Shinji Sugiura, Hiroshi Makihara, Yukio Ishikawa, Takuma Takanashi 31(3), (1 March 2014) https://doi.org/10.2108/zsj.31.109 KEYWORDS: sex-biased predation, sexual selection, weapon, sexual dimorphism, Trypoxylus dichotomus Male sexually-selected traits often impose an increased risk of predation on their bearers, causing male-biased predation. We investigated whether males of the sap-feeding Japanese rhinoceros beetle Trypoxylus dichotomus were more susceptible to predation than females by comparing the morphology of beetles caught in bait traps with the remains of beetles found on the ground. The males of this species are larger than the females and have a horn on the head. We found that predation pressure was greater for males than for females, and that larger individuals of both sexes were more vulnerable to predation. We identified two predators, the raccoon dog Nyctereutes procyonoides and jungle crow Corvus macrorhynchos, by monitoring sap-site trees with infrared video cameras. Raccoon dogs visited sap-site trees at night, while crows came after daybreak. The highest frequency of visits by both predators was observed in the first half of August, which matches the peak season of T. dichotomus. Raccoon dogs often left bite marks on the remains of prey, whereas crows did not. Bite marks were found on most of the remains collected at two distant localities, which suggested that predation by raccoon dogs is common. Size- and sex-dependent differences in the conspicuousness and active period of T. dichotomus probably explain these biased predation patterns. Our results suggest that having a large horn/body is costly in terms of the increased risk of predation. Predation cost may act as a stabilizing selection pressure against the further exaggeration of male sexual traits. Comparison of Aggressive Behaviors Between Two Wild Populations of Japanese Medaka, Oryzias latipes and O. sakaizumii Nao Kagawa KEYWORDS: Oryzias latipes, Oryzias sakaizumii, wild populations, Aggressiveness, arginine vasotocin This study compared aggressiveness between two distinct wild populations of Japanese medaka: a Northern population, Oryzias sakaizumii, and a Southern population, O. latipes. When four males competed in intra-population contests, the social hierarchy was determined based on aggressive acts in both populations. Dominants of the Southern population showed higher aggressive acts than did dominants of the Northern population. Increased aggressiveness of Southern males compared with Northern males was also observed when a pair of Northern and Southern males were compared in inter-population contests. High expression of arginine vasotocin (AVT) in distinct preoptic regions were found in dominants and subordinates of the Southern population, but not in those of the Northern population. In contrast, neither 11-ketotestosterone nor cortisol levels in plasma differed between dominants and subordinates of either population, nor between pairs of the Northern and the Southern males. Taken together, these findings indicate that the two wild populations of medaka represent intriguing models for the study of neuroendocrinological correlates in behavioral traits underlying congeners of medaka fish. Sea Lily Muscle Lacks a Troponin-Regulatory System, While it Contains Paramyosin Takashi Obinata, Shonan Amemiya, Ryosuke Takai, Muneyoshi Ichikawa, Yoko Y. Toyoshima, Naruki Sato KEYWORDS: troponin, actin, paramyosin, muscle proteins, sea lily, Metacrinus rotundus Troponin, a Ca2 -dependent regulator of striated muscle contraction, has been characterized in vertebrates, protochordates (amphioxus and ascidian), and many invertebrate animals that are categorized in protostomes, but it has not been detected in echinoderms, such as sea urchin and sea cucumber, members of subphylum Eleutherozoa. In this study, we examined the muscle of a species of isocrinid sea lilies, a member of subphylum Pelmatozoa, that constitute the most basal group of extant echinoderms to clarify whether troponin is lacking from the early evolution of echinoderms. Native thin filaments were released from the muscle homogenates in a relaxing buffer containing ATP and EGTA, a Ca2 -chelator, and were collected by ultra-centrifugation. Actin and tropomyosin, but not a troponin-like protein, were detected in the filament preparation. The filaments increased Mg2 -ATPase activity of rabbit skeletal muscle myosin irrespective of the presence or absence of Ca2 . The results indicate that Ca2 -sensitive factor, troponin, is lacking in the thin filaments of sea lily muscle as in those of the other echinoderms, sea urchin and sea cucumber. On the other hand, a paramyosin-like protein that is absent from chordates was detected in sea lily muscle as in the muscles of the other echinoderms and invertebrate animals of protostomes. Telomere Shortening in the Colonial Coral Acropora digitifera During Development Hiroki Tsuta, Chuya Shinzato, Nori Satoh, Michio Hidaka KEYWORDS: Acropora, aging, colony, Coral, planula, telomere, TRF To test whether telomere length can be used in estimating the age of colonial corals, we used terminal restriction fragment (TRF) length analysis to compare the telomere lengths of the coral Acropora digitifera at three developmental stages: sperm, planula larvae, and polyps of adult colonies. We also compared the mean TRF lengths between branches at the center and periphery of tabular colonies of A. digitifera. A significant difference was observed in the mean TRF lengths in sperm, planulae, and polyps. The mean TRF length was longest in sperm and shortest in polyps from adult colonies. These results suggest that telomere length decreases during coral development and may be useful for estimating coral age. However, the mean TRF length of branches at the center of a table-form colony tended to be longer than that of peripheral branches, although this difference was not statistically significant. This suggests that both the chronological age of polyps and cell proliferation rate influence telomere length in polyps, and that estimating coral age based on telomere length is not a simple endeavor. Dramatic Declines in Euphausia pacifica Abundance in the East China Sea: Response to Recent Regional Climate Change Zhao-Li Xu, Dong Zhang KEYWORDS: Euphausia pacifica, global warming, abundance, distribution shift, East China Sea, temperature anomaly As with other marine ecosystems around the world, water temperature has been anomalously warm in recent years in the East China Sea. We analyzed historical data to explore the effects of climatic change on the abundance and distribution variation of Euphausia pacifica in the East China Sea (the Changjiang River estuary and adjacent areas). In 1959, the highest abundance occurred in the spring and autumn, and this krill species was still abundant in May 1974; however, its abundance was significantly reduced in 2002, markedly in spring. Euphausia pacifica was the numerically dominant euphausiid in the East China Sea in 1959. Its mean abundance was up to 1.91 ind m-3 and 1.64 ind/m3 in 1959 and 1974, respectively; however, this figure decreased to 0.36 ind m-3 in 2002. Since 2003, the abundances have been near zero in the most years. Both inter-annual (between November 1959 and 2002) and inter-monthly (between May and June 1959) comparisons suggest that E. pacifica has had a temperature-driven northward movement in response to rising sea surface temperature, especially the positive anomalies since 1997. However, E. pacifica did not come back to the previous habitat when temperature became relative cold. Hence additional factors affecting the E. pacifica distribution and abundance need to be investigated in the future study. Peptidomic Analysis of Antimicrobial Peptides in Skin Secretions of Amolops mantzorum Yuhong Hu, Zhijun Yu, Shiqi Xu, Yonghong Hu, Chao Guo, Fengjiao Li, Jing Li, Jingze Liu, Hui Wang KEYWORDS: Amphibia, antimicrobial peptide, frog skin, Amolops, cDNA library Amphibian skin secretions contain abundant bioactive peptides that are valuable natural resources for human beings. However, many amphibians are disappearing from the world, making relevant scientific studies even more important. In this study, 24 cDNA sequences encoding antimicrobial peptide (AMP) precursors were initially cloned by screening a cDNA library derived from the skin of the Sichuan torrent frog, Amolops mantzorum. Eighteen mature AMPs belonging to 11 different families were deduced from these cDNA clones. Biological function was confirmed in each family of these AMPs. Some of them were purified from the skin secretions, and their molecular structures were determined by Edman degradation. Liquid chromatography in conjunction with tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS)-based peptidomics was used to further confirm the actual presence and characteristics of mature AMPs in the skin secretions of A. mantzorum. Incomplete tryptic digestion and gas-phase fractionation (GPF) analysis were used to increase the peptidome coverage and reproducibility of peptide ion selection. Identification and Characterization of Cryptochrome4 in the Ovary of Western Clawed Frog Xenopus tropicalis Takahiro Takeuchi, Yoko Kubo, Keiko Okano, Toshiyuki Okano KEYWORDS: cryptochrome, circadian clock, clock-related molecule, ovary, oocyte, photoreceptor, testis CRY proteins can be classified into several groups based on their phylogenetic relationships, and they function as a photoreceptor, a photolyase, and/or a transcriptional repressor of the circadian clock. In order to elucidate the expression profile and functional diversity of CRYs in vertebrates, we focused on XtCRY4, a member of the uncharacterized cryptochrome family CRY4 in Xenopus tropicalis. XtCRY4 cDNA was isolated by RT-PCR, and a phylogenetic analysis of deduced sequence of XtCRY4 suggested that the vertebrate Cry4 genes evolved at much higher evolutionary rates than mammalian-type Cry genes, such as the CRY1 and CRY2 circadian clock molecules. A transcriptional assay was performed to examine the transcriptional regulatory function as circadian repressor, and XtCRY4 had marginal effects on the transactivation of XtCLOCK/XtBMAL1 via E-box element. In situ hybridization and quantitative RT-PCR was performed to detect mRNA expression in native tissues. Quantitative RT-PCR revealed that XtCry4 mRNA was highly transcribed in the ovary. In situ hybridization showed the presence of XtCry4 transcripts in the oocytes, testis, renal tubules, the visual photoreceptors, and the retinal ganglion cells. A specific antiserum to XtCRY4 was developed to detect endogeneous expression of XtCRY4 protein in the ovary. The expression level was estimated by immunoblot analysis, and this is the first detection and estimation of endogenous expression of CRY protein in the ovary. These results suggest that X. tropicalis ovary may respond to blue-light by using XtCRY4. Taxonomic Status of Tetraophasis obscurus and Tetraophasis szechenyii (Aves: Galliformes: Phasianidae) Based on the Complete Mitochondrial Genome Feiwei Liu, Lele Ma, Chengzhong Yang, Feiyun Tu, Yu Xu, Jianghong Ran, Bisong Yue, Xiuyue Zhang KEYWORDS: Tetraophasis obscurus, Tetraophasis szechenyii, mitochondrial genome, phylogenetic analysis, species identification Tetraophasis szechenyii and T. obscurus are endangered phasianid birds endemic to China. Historically, the question of whether T. obscurus and T. szechenyii are valid species or subspecies has been controversial. In order to clarify their phylogenetic relationship, we sequenced the complete mitochondrial genome of T. obscurus and, using the complete mitochondrial genome of T. szechenyii, which our lab had already sequenced, conducted Bayesian and maximum-likelihood phylogenetic analyses based on the sequences of 12 concatenated heavy-strand encoded protein-coding genes. Genetic distance and divergence time between the two species were also calculated. The complete mitochondrial genome of T. obscurus was 16,707 bases (accession no.: NC_018034), and its structure was similar to mitochondrial genomes reported for other phasianids. The genetic distance between T. obscurus and T. szechenyii was 0.028, and the divergence time of T. obscurus and T. szechenyii was 1.75 Myr. Considering the genetic distance and divergence time, as well as geographical distribution and morphological differences, we suggest that T. obscurus and T. szechenyii are two valid species. The Pleistocene glacial events in the Hengduan Mountains region may have played an important role in the speciation of T. obscurus and T. szechenyii. Phylogeography of the Brackish Water Clam Corbicula japonica Around the Japanese Archipelago Inferred from Mitochondrial COII Gene Sequences Mitsuya Yamada, Ryo Ishibashi, Kei Toyoda, Kouichi Kawamura, Akira Komaru KEYWORDS: Pleistocene, glacioeustasy, range formation, ocean current, dispersal, genetic structure We investigated the phylogeography of the Asian brackish water clam, Corbicula japonica, to clarify its demographic history using partial mitochondrial COII gene sequences (990 bp) from 283 individuals collected from around the Japanese archipelago and adjacent areas. Phylogenetic analyses revealed the presence of two major groups within our samples: monophyletic Group I comprising Lineages A-E of C. japonica and paraphyletic Group II consisting of Corbicula sp. Lineages A-C were distributed in Japan and Sakhalin Island, and Lineages D, E, and Corbicula sp. were distributed in the Korean Peninsula. Nested clade analysis (NCA) revealed that Lineage A—the dominant lineage in Japan—consisted of Pacific and Japan Sea lineages, the latter comprising southern and northern Japan Sea groups. Genetic diversity indices of the southern group were higher than those of the northern group, suggesting historical range expansion in the Sea of Japan from southwest to northeast. Geographical distribution of these genetic groups appears to have been influenced by major ocean currents around the Japanese archipelago. Dominant haplotypes in the star-shaped haplotype network of Lineage A were distributed throughout the entire distribution range of each genetic group, implying rapid range expansion of this species. The results of mismatch distribution analysis and molecular clock estimation suggest that expansion of lineage A occurred during the late Middle or Late Pleistocene. In contrast, restricted or past gene flow suggested by NCA and the many unique haplotypes (110/123; 89.4%) present in Lineage A suggest that gene flow among extant populations is rather limited. Molecular and Morphological Discrimination Between an Invasive Ascidian, Ascidiella aspersa, and Its Congener A. scabra (Urochordata: Ascidiacea) Teruaki Nishikawa, Ichiro Oohara, Kenji Saitoh, Yuya Shigenobu, Natsuki Hasegawa, Makoto Kanamori, Katsuhisa Baba, Xavier Turon, John D. D. Bishop KEYWORDS: Ascidiella aspersa, Ascidiella scabra, invasive ascidian, molecular analysis, morphology, species, taxonomy The solitary ascidian Ascidiella aspersa (Müller, 1776) has sometimes been regarded as conspecific with A. scabra (Müller, 1776), although previous detailed morphological comparisons have indicated that the two are distinguishable by internal structures. Resolution of this taxonomic issue is important because A. aspersa has been known as a notoriously invasive ascidian, doing much damage to aquaculture e.g. in Hokkaido, Japan. We collected many specimens from European waters (including the Swedish coast, near the type localities of these two species) and Hokkaido, Japan (as an alien population) and made molecular phylogenetic analyses using the mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit I (COI) gene, and found that in terms of COI sequences all the analyzed specimens were clustered into two distinct groups, one of which is morphologically referable to A. aspersa and the other to A. scabra. Thus, these two species should be regarded as distinct from each other.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0065.json.gz/line1015
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__label__wiki	0.979013	0.979013	Anonymous NBA Coach on Players Complaining About Refs: 'It Is out of Control' Tyler Conway@jtylerconwayTwitter LogoFeatured ColumnistApril 30, 2019 Jeff Chiu/Associated Press Even certain NBA coaches have grown tired of the contentious relationship between NBA players and referees. "It is out of control, and that includes my own team at times," a coach of a playoff team told Frank Isola of The Athletic. "The league needs to do something about it." Technicals have been vastly up in this postseason, with officials seemingly fed up with the chirping from players regarding foul calls/non-calls. Twelve players have been ejected already, matching the postseason record since the league began tracking ejections in 1991-92. The previous marks were set in 1994 and 2003. There were only three ejections during the 2018 playoffs. "Unfortunately, the only relationship there can be between a player and referee is a working relationship," former NBA referee Steve Javie told Isola. "It's as simple as that. I've got a job to do as a referee which you're not going to like a lot of times, and you've got a job as a player to try to win the game. We're going to be combative at times, and that's just the nature of referring, coaching and playing. I think they're going to have to pull the reins back. There is a directive. They don't want the complaining. It's up to the refs to uphold the standard that the league has set." Frustrations with officiating have seemingly reached a head in the Golden State Warriors-Houston Rockets conference semifinal. Game 1 of the series was marred by near-constant complaints, some valid and others not, mostly coming from the Rockets about missed fouls on James Harden. "I mean, I just want a fair chance, man," Harden told reporters after the 104-100 loss. "Call the game how it's supposed to be called, and that's it. And I'll live with the results." The NBA fined Chris Paul $35,000 for making contact with an official as he was thrown out of the game in the fourth quarter. Earlier in the postseason, the league also suspended Nets general manager Sean Marks for entering the referee's locker room, fined Nets owner Joe Tsai for defending Marks and fined DeMar DeRozan for throwing a game ball at an official during the postseason. The rift between players and officials has deepened in recent years, and it's clear the NBA has to find a way to mitigate the problem. So much of basketball officiating is subjective that it's hard to get every call correct. That said, the league needs to find a way to miss fewer calls while perhaps policing players more harshly in terms of fines. Presti: Russ Most Important Player in OKC History NBA Execs Rip Max Players 😳 B/R asked six execs if giving max money to Kawhi, D-Lo, Klay and Tobias Harris was the right move ➡️ Ric Bucher How Do Lakers Convince AD to Stay Next Summer? Five things the Lakers must do to keep Davis in LA Preston Ellis Which Moves Will Look the Best in 5 Years? Forecasting five years into the future, these teams project to have helped themselves most during the offseason ➡️ Grant Hughes	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0065.json.gz/line1017
__label__cc	0.567672	0.432328	NDepend New Version v2019.2.0 Meet ndepend. Version v2017.1.0 Released! Case Studies and Resources NDepend User Voice Editions Comparison JArchitect, NDepend for Java CppDepend, NDepend for C++ NDepend Improve your .NET code quality with NDepend Code Quality Metrics: Separating the Signal from the Noise Say you’re working in some software development shop and you find yourself concerned with code quality metrics. Reverse engineering your team’s path to this point isn’t terribly hard because, in all likelihood, one of two things happened. First, it could be that the team underwhelmed someone, in some business sense — too many defects, serially missed deadlines, that sort of thing. In response to that, leadership introduced a code quality initiative. And you can’t improve on it if you can’t measure it. For that reason, you found yourself googling “cyclomatic complexity” to see why the code you just wrote suddenly throws a warning. The second option is internal motivation. The team introduced the metrics of its own accord. In this capacity, they serve as rumble strips on the side of your metaphorical road. Doze off at the wheel a little, get a jolt, and correct course. In either case, an odd sort of gulf emerges between the developers and the business. And I think of this gulf as inherently noisy. Code Quality Metrics for Developers I spend a lot of time consulting with software shops. And shops hiring consultants like me generally have code quality improvement initiatives underway. As you can imagine, I see an awful lot of code metrics. Here are some code quality metrics that I see tracked most commonly. I don’t mean for this list to be an exhaustive one of all that I see. Lines of code. (This is an interesting one because, in aggregate, it’s often used to track progress. But normalized over smaller granularities, like types and methods, people correlate it negatively with code quality — “that method is too big.”) Cyclomatic complexity: the number of execution paths that exist through a given unit of code. Less is more. Unit test coverage: the percentage of paths through your code executed by your unit test suite. More is more. Static analysis tool/lint tool violations count: run a tool that provides automated code checks and then count the number of issues. As software developers, we can easily understand these concepts and internalize them. But to explain to the business why these matter requires either a good bit of effort or a “just trust us.” After all, the business won’t understand these concepts as more than vague generalities. There’s more testing coverage, or something…that sounds good, right? These metrics can then have noise in them, meaning that how important they are for business outcomes becomes unclear. Code Quality Metrics for the Business When you look at things from the perspective of the business, you tend to favor different ways of evaluating code quality. The business, which isn’t versed in the intricacies of code, naturally favors outcomes. So they value things like the following: Story cards/features delivered Counts of production defects Adherence to schedule Cost of changes Feature completion/defect resolution cycle time We can draw some interesting distinctions here. Whereas the code quality metrics of interest to developers focus on properties of the source code, the things that the business values are focused on results of the source code. In other words, the business doesn’t know anything about the properties of the code, per se. Instead, it measures things that happen as and after the team deploys the code to production. Did we deploy on time and budget? Have things gone wrong after deployment? Can we quickly and easily respond to future needs for change? But this part of the whole suffers from potential noisiness as well. In the first place, all of these are lagging indicators. They’re easy to measure but hard to trace definitively back to causality and thus hard to improve. In other words, plenty of factors beyond code quality can affect things like on-time feature delivery. Code Quality Metrics: Meet in the Middle People often talk about signal-to-noise ratio as a way to measure how much of a total volume of information actually matters. In pursuit of a favorable signal-to-noise ratio, you need to eliminate irrelevancies and superfluous information. So how do we do that with code metrics? Well, we look to find the intersection of source code properties and business outcomes. But that presents a hard problem. How do you find properties of source code that trace neatly to business outcomes? And why don’t the ones we’ve looked at so far? Well, all of those get to business concerns only indirectly. Test coverage serves as a proxy for measuring the quality of a unit test suite, which serves as a proxy for representing code quality. The same kind of reasoning is behind cyclomatic complexity and violation quantity as well. We can get there more directly by starting with the types of outcomes that the business measures and working backward. A Different Set of Code Quality Metrics With that in mind, let’s think again about what matters to the business. The business wants predictability in terms of budget, deadlines, and application behavior. They want to minimize the cost of change and the risk associated with it. And they want to keep the cost of new functionality flat and to a minimum. So let’s think about properties of code that tie directly to those things, as opposed to what we’re historically used to measuring. Here are some alternate metrics to consider: Type rank. Based on Google’s page rank, this identifies the importance of a piece of code to the codebase (in terms of dependencies). Highly ranked code is generally riskier to change. Dependency ratio (edges versus nodes) in the dependency graph. How interconnected is the codebase? More interdependence and snarl correlate with feature slowdown over the course of time. Abstractness vs instability. Do heavily depended-upon parts of the code have abstraction layers? Or are they highly concrete? If they’re highly concrete, change becomes extremely labor intensive. Lack of cohesion of methods (LCOM). Do elements of the code exhibit non-cohesion, indicating poorly organized design? In codebases with lack of cohesion, higher potential exists for regressions and strange production problems. Notice that, like popular metrics cyclomatic complexity and test coverage, these involve highly technical concepts. In fact, from a nuts-and-bolts perspective, these composite metrics are harder for developers to grok. But also notice that these metrics speak directly to properties of code that interest the business, making them less noisy code quality metrics. Visualization Is Key One last component to meeting in the middle with code quality metrics involves visualization. People often gravitate to test coverage because of how well it lends itself to visualization. It’s a percentage that teams want to increase so you can plot a nice graph over time and everyone can keep track. That’s powerful. So to really drive home this collaboration between the dev teams and the business, we need to make these metrics I’ve proposed powerful as well. Take a look at this heat map of type rank, for instance. Anyone looking can see, in bright red, where high-risk spots lie in the codebase. And you don’t need to be highly technical to glance at this, see lots of red, and know that you’re looking at risky and expensive change when you touch the codebase. Or take a look at the abstractness versus instability graph. This makes an excellent conversation piece among both team members and the business. A lot dots in the red means slow pace of change and relative riskiness. Developers and business folks alike gravitate toward measures that they understand. So the key lies in finding metrics that matter and making both parties understand them. And there’s no better way to work toward understanding than with visual aids. There’s nothing wrong with using the metrics that both parties have historically used. By all means, continue to track them if you’re so inclined. But with code quality metrics, separating the signal from the noise is critical. So do your best to find, use, and visualize metrics that speak directly to important outcomes. Erik Dietrich I'm a passionate software developer and active blogger. Read about me at my site. I'm a passionate software developer and active blogger. Read about me at my site. View all posts by Erik Dietrich Sign up to get all the latest news about NDepend, articles like the one you just read, and NDepend previews. Once in a while, you might get a special offer too. Unsubscribe at any time completely hassle free. Ingic says: Nice sharing.. Developers and business folks alike gravitate toward measures that they understand. So the key lies in finding metrics that matter and making both parties understand them. And there’s no better way to work toward understanding than with visual aids. 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__label__wiki	0.716078	0.716078	Treacherous Is the Night Huber, Anna Lee "It's not that Verity Kent doesn't sympathize with those eager to make contact with lost loved ones. After all, she once believed herself a war widow. But now that she's discovered Sidney is very much alive, Verity is having enough trouble connecting with her estranged husband, never mind the dead. Still, at a friend's behest, Verity attends a séance, where she encounters the man who still looms between her and Sidney--and a medium who channels a woman Verity once worked with in the Secret Service. Refusing to believe her former fellow spy is dead, Verity is determined to uncover the source of the spiritualist's top secret revelation. Then the medium is murdered--and Verity's investigation is suddenly thwarted. Even Secret Service agents she once trusted turn their backs on her. Undaunted, Verity heads to war-torn Belgium, with Sidney by her side. But as they draw ever closer to the danger, Verity wonders if she's about to learn the true meaning of till death do us part"-- Publisher: New York, NY :, Kensington Books,, [2018] Characteristics: c text file, rda › Excerpt Read more reviews of Treacherous Is the Night at iDreamBooks.com nidofito Mar 19, 2019 A pleasant enough read, if nothing extraordinary. Verity’s repeated insistence of her pleasure being near other men questions the sincerity of her love for her husband. On the flipside, I wonder how devoted Sidney was to his marriage during the cold, hard years of WWI. There has to be a secret or two to learn. Great Britain. — MI6 — Officials and Employees — Fiction Great Britain. — MI6 World War (1914-1918) Women Private Investigators — Fiction Mediums — Fiction Seances — Fiction Married People — Fiction World War, 1914-1918 — Fiction FICTION — Mystery & Detective — Cozy FICTION — Mystery & Detective — Historical FICTION — Mystery & Detective — Women Sleuths Married People Murder — Investigation Seances England — Fiction Belgium — Fiction	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0065.json.gz/line1036
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Contact us immediately at +1.612.235.6435 Business Continuity and Crisis Management Consultants About Bryghtpath Meet the Bryghtpath Team Bryan Strawser Marie Strawser Jennifer Otremba Bray Wheeler Crisis & Emergency Management Emergency Planning & Exercises Intelligence & Global Security Consulting Our Case Studies & Results Active Shooter Planning & Exercises Workplace Violence Program Maturity Building a Global Security Operations Center (GSOC) Federal Law Enforcement and Private Sector Incident coordination Interim Security & Resiliency Leadership Maturing a Crisis Management & Business Continuity Program Real-Time Intelligence Monitoring Reputation Management through proactive monitoring and rapid response Products & Courses Our Products & Books Free Intro Courses Bryghtpath Store Bryghtpath Newsletter Managing Uncertainty Podcast The Bryghtpath Professional Reading List Managing Uncertainty Podcast – Episode #52: Bryghtcast for week of June 24th, 2019 You are here: Home / Publications / Managing Uncertainty Podcast / Managing Uncertainty Podcast – Episode #52: Bryghtcast for week of June 24th, 2019 June 27, 2019 By // by Bryan Strawser With this episode of the Managing Uncertainty Podcast, we’re joined by all members of our consulting team at Bryghtpath, including the return of the previous co-host Jennifer Otremba, who has returned to us safely after a year of military leave. Moving forward, we plan to release two episodes weekly. A news/current events focused episode, dubbed “BryghtCast” covering challenges to the business community from current risks or upcoming events – and how companies should be thinking about these events from a physical security, crisis management, and business continuity perspective. A deep dive episode into a specific topic related to business continuity, crisis management, intelligence, crisis communications, or a related field. This is the type of podcast episode that we’ve typically done in the past. Look for a new episode next Monday covering the current situation in Hong Kong and steps companies should consider over the coming days and months. In this episode of the Managing Uncertainty Podcast, we’re covering recent developments with Wal-Mart’s Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) settlement with the US Government, the recent Mayoral elections in Istanbul, Turkey and its impact on national politics there, and the recent escalation in conflict and tension between the United States and Iran in the Persian Gulf. Episode Transcript Bryan Strawser: Welcome back to the Managing Uncertainty Podcast. This is Bryan Strawser, principal and CEO at Bryghtpath. I want to talk a little bit about some changes that we’re going to make to the podcast starting with this episode. We have decided now to release two episodes each week, and they’re going to have a little different focus. Bryan Strawser: The first episode each week, the one that you’re listening to right now is going to be more of a news and current events-focused discussion. We’re going to look at somewhere between three and five things that are happening in the news or are planned to happen in the coming days that are relevant to your preparedness capabilities around the world. Bryan Strawser: So joining me for this discussion will be the rest of the Bryghtpath consulting team, Jennifer Otremba and Bray Wheeler. I’m going to have Jenn and Bray introduce themselves, and then we’ll come back to me and talk a little bit about what this is going to look like. Jenn? Jenn Otremba: Hi, I’m Jenn Otremba. I’m a senior consultant here at Bryghtpath. Bray Wheeler: Hi, this is Bray Wheeler. I’m a consultant here at Bryghtpath. Bryan Strawser: Why don’t each of you talk just a little bit about your backgrounds for a little bit? Jenn Otremba: Sure. I’ll start if you want. Bray Wheeler: Sure. Jenn Otremba: So I started at Bryghtpath a few years ago now, but I took a little bit of a leave of absence. I’m also in the National Guard. I’ve got over 20 years experience with the military. I’ve been gone for about almost a year, right guys? Bryan Strawser: Yeah. Jenn Otremba: Over in the Middle East working. Bryan Strawser: I like how you said you kind of took a sabbatical, but it’s not this was by choice. Jenn Otremba: Yeah. No, no a little bit of a break from Bryghtpath for my other career path there. Jenn Otremba: I know that I have introduced myself before on the podcast, but as a reminder, I worked with Bryan for quite a long time, and Bray as well, when we were all at Target together. Bryan Strawser: Mr. Wheeler? Bray Wheeler: Yeah, I’ve been with Bryghtpath just about a year now. So before that, I worked, like Jenn mentioned, with Bryan and Jenn at Target doing a lot of different stuff. I’m brand new to the podcast. My background is everything from crisis managements in an operation center to enterprise crisis management to intelligence to corporate security. I touched just about everything [crosstalk] Bryan Strawser: This is Bray’s first episode on the podcast despite almost a year of trying to get him to do a podcast. Jenn Otremba: So I show up, and Bray’s all in. Bryan Strawser: Yeah, exactly. Bray Wheeler: Yep. Got to lighten the load a little bit. I got to deflect it just a little bit. Take the pressure off. Jenn Otremba: Yeah. Bryan Strawser: So this change in our format came from discussions that the three of us were having at the tail end of last week. But we’ve kind of been thinking about this for a while. I think there’s a place in the market to have discussion about more current events as they happen without going into kind of the deep dive process discussion, which is what our typical episode has been. So we hope you find this valuable. We think this is going to be an interesting conversation. Bray Wheeler: Yeah. No, I think it brings a little bit of something different than just kind of, to your point, deep diving into something. It’s a little bit more of, hey, what just happened in the last week, and what do we kind of expect? Bryan Strawser: A little bit of interpretation Bray Wheeler: Yeah. Bryan Strawser: Yeah, what does that mean? Jenn Otremba: Plus, let’s face it. We’re all sitting around talking about what’s going on in the world- Bryan Strawser: That’s right. Jenn Otremba: … every day anyway, so we might as well talk about it with everyone. Bray Wheeler: Right. Bryan Strawser: And I think we may bring some things to the forefront that maybe you’re not thinking about. I know this is going to happen with one of the topics we’re going to discuss today. Maybe it’s something you should be thinking about, because it will have future impact on what we do. Bryan Strawser: So let’s move right into the topics we have for today. The first one, which I’ll kind of tee up the discussion is from a Wall Street Journal article the tail end of last week. This is the announcement from the U.S. Department of Justice that Walmart has agreed to plead guilty and pay $282 million in a Foreign Corrupt Practices Act case involving facilitation payments that Walmart made in Brazil, China, India, and Mexico. This is at the tail end of a six-year discussion and investigation that’s gone on between Walmart and the United States government to get to this settlement. It requires Walmart to pay $144 million in ill-begotten gains to the Securities and Exchange Commission and $138 million FCPA penalty to the U.S. Justice Department. It’s one of the largest cases, if not the largest cases, ever. Bray Wheeler: It’s a big number. Bryan Strawser: Huge number. This investigation started, according to this article, in 2012, which had an investigation from the New York Times about payments that Walmart had made in Mexico in order to obtain permits to build stores there. Then it expanded to Brazil, China, and India. Reactions? Jenn Otremba: I mean, I’m shaking my head. From a business perspective, this is a huge deal, right, of crisis management. I can’t imagine what they’re doing in their ops center as this is starting to hit the news. Bryan Strawser: There’s certainly a reputational issue here. I mean, Walmart already has had over the years some challenges reputationally with its compliance with various aspects of law, but not necessarily recognized as a place where workers are treated fairly and a lot of various exploitation of communities and stuff that have been alleged along the way. Then here comes this massive bribery case. Bray Wheeler: I think for Walmart, too, the amount of money probably isn’t the issue for them. It’s the having the largest fine ever and the reputational fallout of it is … I mean, for companies that hurts more so than the fines, especially for a company the size of Walmart. Jenn Otremba: And what do you guys think as far as Walmart goes? Do you think it’s going to have a huge reputational impact? I mean, do you think that Walmart shoppers care about this? Bryan Strawser: No, I don’t. Jenn Otremba: Because I don’t know that I do either. I think other companies, this would be a bigger hit, but I don’t know that Walmart would be as affected. Bryan Strawser: I think we were discussing this on Friday with one of our clients just on our regular status call, that this news had just come out. This is a company that operates internationally and particularly in Asia. They’re in India. I think it immediately kind of raised his hackle from the standpoint of, “Well, I wonder what we’re going to do about this.” Because obviously, there was heightened intensity that led to kind of this issue. Bryan Strawser: I mean, it’s kind of interesting that if you get into the article, Walmart has spent $900 million investigating this over the last seven years internally. That doesn’t count the fine and the SEC payment. But at the core of the issue, in terms of what was alleged by the SEC and the DOJ is that Walmart grew significantly in the 1990s, and they didn’t ramp up their systems to account for corruption risk. There’s kind of a systematic accusation here that they weren’t prepared to deal with the possibility that this might happen. Bray Wheeler: Well, it’s one of those, ignorance is not an excuse at that point. You’re so heavily focused on expanding the business that you’re not accounting for those people you’re hiring on the other end, the partners you have on the other ends just awareness to that process, that it’s not the same old, same old environment you’re used to. Jenn Otremba: I guess I would argue what other large corporations are also not prepared for this type of thing that have had huge growth in a short period of time, just like Walmart. Bryan Strawser: A lot probably. Jenn Otremba: A lot, right? Bryan Strawser: I would think. Jenn Otremba: Walmart’s just the one that’s hit the news and is getting caught right now. Bryan Strawser: Right. Jenn Otremba: Do you think that this is going have a long effect on other corporations as this has come out? Bryan Strawser: I mean, I think the wake-up call here is probably around, as global expansion ramps up, your compliance capability needs to ramp up with it. We have other clients that have had some FCPA challenges related to bribery in foreign countries, where the same thing happened. They grew rapidly, they spun up global operations, but they didn’t spin up a compliance capability to make sure that folks were educated and that they were looking for these issues, right? I mean, that’s really what the SEC is accusing Walmart of, is they didn’t ramp up their capabilities as they grew so much internationally. We’ve been through this. Jenn Otremba: Right. Bryan Strawser: Both as employees and as a consulting firm. I did find the Brazilian accusations kind of interesting, because when I was in business school, our international residency was in Brazil. We were divided into groups after the two-week trip to Brazil. Each of our groups had to get up and talk about a specific aspect of what we learned in Brazil. My team got tax, which was really not that interesting. But another team had business ethics and compliance, and the subject of their presentation was … When they got up, they put up a slide in Brazilian colors and it said, “Corruption and business ethics in Brazil, this shit is corrupt.” That was the presentation. Mind you, it was our last presentation before graduation, so we may have been a little punchy. Bryan Strawser: We all heard this in different aspects of our own careers, that you’d go to India, go to Brazil, or go to Mexico, and facilitation payments, AKA bribery, are the norm. Bray Wheeler: Yeah. [crosstalk] Jenn Otremba: They’re part of business. Bray Wheeler: Yeah, it’s part of the culture. That’s what they’re used to. So if you go into those places relying on kind of the experts on the ground, they’re going to go with what they know, and that’s how they do business. Bryan Strawser: We had a criminal case in India once that we were dealing with in our prior life where we attempted to get some prosecution on a case. The local police commander was like, “I also would really like a bike like that one.” “But we’re filing a prosecution.” “Yeah, but I would like a bike, like that bike, that motorbike, motorcycle.” So needless to say, the person didn’t get prosecuted. We didn’t buy him a motorcycle. Bryan Strawser: Jenn, what’s our next topic? Jenn Otremba: Okay, so everyone’s favorite discussion, the Middle East, and Iran is basically the update. I think it’s important to continue kind of keeping an eye on what’s happening in the Middle East, and specifically what’s happening with Iran, because some of the latest things that have come out are … Obviously, we saw that a drone was shot down. Everyone’s seen that on news now. We’ve seen how the United States has responded to that, or not responded depending on what your opinion is on what should be done or what shouldn’t be done. Bryan Strawser: Or who you want to believe. Jenn Otremba: Yeah, and I’ve seen some discussions around cyber attacks. I’ve seen new sanctions that are going to be put in place for Iran. Then the reaction for what Iran’s going to think about that or what their reaction’s going to be towards the United States. And through not just the United States, but other coalition forces around the world. Bryan Strawser: So two things have happened, right? There was a tanker attack now two weeks ago. Bray Wheeler: Multiple tankers. Bryan Strawser: Yeah, two tankers. There is some dispute about exactly what happened and who’s behind it. But the attack was limpet mines, which are magnetic mines that are usually placed by a diver. It’s the Navy Seals’ preferred way to sabotage a ship. One of the ship’s crew on one of the tankers said they saw a torpedo, so maybe it wasn’t a limpet mine. There’s dispute, debate. I don’t know, disinformation. Bray Wheeler: There’s even reports that crew members were reporting a shell somebody actually fired over the waterline. Bryan Strawser: Like artillery. Bray Wheeler: Like artillery shell. Bryan Strawser: Not artillery, but like a ship to ship. Bryan Strawser: Yeah. It’s fascinating. Jenn Otremba: Yeah, it is. Bray Wheeler: Lots of accounts. Jenn Otremba: Yeah, rumors. Bryan Strawser: The U.S. State Department has said it was Iran that was behind it, but other countries are disputing this, I believe. Jenn Otremba: Of course, yeah. Bryan Strawser: Yeah. So we have that. That’s two weeks ago. That ramped up some tension. Then last week, what happens? You get the drone shot down. Iran claims it was over their territorial water. We said it was in international air- I’m sorry, it was the international airspace. They claimed it was in their airspace. Jenn Otremba: Yeah. That’s common though, right? The argument of where it was exactly when it was shot down. Was it legal to shoot it down? Or was it an act of war really? Bray Wheeler: Well, and that’s not an uncommon conversation, to your point. Jenn Otremba: No. Bray Wheeler: I mean, Russia and the U.S. do that all the time around- Jenn Otremba: All the time. Bray Wheeler: … whether or not we’re in each other’s airspace or not. Jenn Otremba: Yes. Yeah. Jenn Otremba: Exactly. Bryan Strawser: Apparently we were going to attack Iran or retaliate by hitting some missile capabilities. I guess, it’s not really clear what we were allegedly going after. Bryan Strawser: Then if you follow the common narrative, the president canceled the attack 10 minutes before it was supposed to go off. But he disputes that. The New York Times and the Washington Post have a tick-tock story from the weekend about kind of the play-by-play of what happened. But again, it’s tough to know who to believe when there’s multiple versions of what’s going on. Jenn Otremba: Yeah, absolutely. I mean, I’m sure there’s some truth somewhere in between, but we’re not going to have all of the information. Jenn Otremba: And we’re not going to have all of the information that the executive branch has in front of them either as we’re kind of making our opinions on the topic. Jenn Otremba: But I think that this’ll be interesting to continue to watch and to see how this is going to affect really all of us in the United States. But for me, it hits really close to home, understanding I still have friends right now working and operating in the Middle East. So I have a lot of concerns with how this is all going to play out. Bryan Strawser: So the FAA has banned overflights of Iran for international flights involving American-flagged aircraft. It won’t stop the Europeans and others from doing so, but it will apply to U.S. carriers anyway. Bryan Strawser: Certainly American companies don’t really operate in Iran because of decades-old sanctions. But we’re everywhere else. I mean, Dubai is one of the world’s big financial centers. It’s right across the Strait of Hormuz from where all of this was going on. That’s a common travel hub for folks going to Asia or elsewhere in the Middle East, to be fair. I mean, Emirates has pretty significant service from the U.S. to there, and then on to other locales like India. Bryan Strawser: There’s a lot of risk in disrupting the market. I think there’s less issue with oil disruption because of the growth in U.S. oil production over the last decade in North Dakota and elsewhere. But there’s still a lot of risk to the global economy that comes into play here. Jenn Otremba: Well, and it’s obviously a very volatile situation. So we’re having this conversation of what airspace is what. You know, “We shot your passenger airplane down, because it was in our airspace.” Was it? I mean, that’s pretty scary. Bray Wheeler: Well, I think to the oil price discussion too, a lot of times historically, this would have been 10 years, global oil prices have shot up. Nobody’s really seeing that at the pump in the U.S. right now,- Bryan Strawser: Yeah, right. Bray Wheeler: … because we’ve kind of buffered ourselves a little bit. Bray Wheeler: But I think from just the global economy piece. And then somebody did a breakdown, one of the talking heads on one of the cable networks, kind of broke down kind of the impacts of if they went to full-scale escalation and how pretty much the U.S. and its allies pretty much could beat Iran pretty easily based on just U.S.’s power. Bray Wheeler: But they did kind of an interesting take on kind of playing out how if Iran was to really succeed in this, they would rely on their proxies. Those proxies then carry into Saudi Arabia, they carry into UAE, they carry into Afghanistan,- Bryan Strawser: Lebanon. Bray Wheeler: … Iraq, Lebanon, into Israel, the Straits of Hormuz. They’re pretty much going to disrupt that entire region just using their proxy network at pretty much on one order. Bryan Strawser: That’s been their game plan for the last four decades since the revolution, has been to engage in a proxy campaign against the United States and the Western allies through the ways that you just described. Direct military action has rarely been their forte. I shouldn’t say forte, has been their approach against the United States. Bray Wheeler: Yeah, because I think it’s- Jenn Otremba: For a reason. Bryan Strawser: Well, right. Bray Wheeler: Because it’s the only way. Bryan Strawser: Why fight the leviathan head on if you can use proxies to do that? Jenn Otremba: Yeah, absolutely. Bray Wheeler: But I think it’s interesting from kind of that business mindset. It’s not just U.S.-Iran or Iran-Iraq kind of tensions, and all of this won’t have anything or maybe it’s just oil or the commodities coming through the Strait. It’s, if you’re doing business anywhere in the Middle East for any reason, you’re at risk and should be thinking about that proxy fight and that ability for those governments and those institutions to hold up against some of that without cracking down or having to pick a side or a lot of other- Jenn Otremba: And not just economy for the United States, but really this is a world economy issue. Bryan Strawser: So definitely an area that businesses should be monitoring and looking, I think, for multiple sources of truth about what’s going on. Because there is certainly a dispute here about what has happened; and of course, both countries will have their own version of what’s going on. So I think look for multiple sources of truth from the news and get a holistic perspective of what’s going on. Bryan Strawser: Bray, you want to take us to our last current event for the episode? Bray Wheeler: Yeah. So this is a little bit of one to watch, because it’s a little bit kind of new breaking story. But it’s out of Turkey. So over the last four or five months, for sure, there’s been some discrepancy in the mayors race in Istanbul. President Erdogan of Turkey, his kind of chosen candidate lost in the election in March. So he called for a recount, which was highly controversial. Then they just did the recount, or they just did a re-vote, and his candidate lost even worse. Bray Wheeler: So now, he’s having to deal with the fallout of kind of the economic pressure that he’s facing in his country; but then also, his political pressure that’s now amping up, because Istanbul is his home turf. His party’s controlled it for pretty much like the last 25 years or something. So now, he’s having to face kind of this increased pressure against his administration and against his kind of administrative policies. Bryan Strawser: The Wall Street Journal has a pretty good dive into this from a few days ago. Well, I guess from yesterday, now that I look at the article. I mean, historically, the president of Turkey has gotten what he wants, right? Bray Wheeler: Mm-hmm (affirmative). Bryan Strawser: He might get challenged, but usually the various government agencies line up behind what he wants, even though these elections are supposed to be independent, or be not impacting on a national level. Will he accept the mayoral results? If he does, what political powers and authorities will he allow the mayor of Istanbul to keep compared to stripping them? Bray Wheeler: Well and particularly him, getting what he wants. I mean, that’s kind of has been his MO is, he’s gotten what he wants. Bryan Strawser: To your point for 25 years. Bray Wheeler: For over 25 years he’s gotten what he wanted. Now he’s facing some real serious challenges to his ability to control that power. Bryan Strawser: And I should point out, I mean, his margin of victory in this second race here was 54 to 45. It wasn’t close- Bryan Strawser: … at all. Bray Wheeler: No. That’s way outside the margin of error. Bray Wheeler: Even for- Bryan Strawser: Even for what happens there. Bray Wheeler: … non-U.S. countries- Bray Wheeler: … who probably don’t poll as much as we do. But I think from kind of that impact and kind of why we’re kind of highlighting that and something to watch is Turkey’s kind of a pretty good bellwether in terms of just stability and kind of the source of truth on the ground for how everything’s feeling both from that connection to Europe and the Middle East. So if there’s some grumbling there, that typically kind of there’s some fallout politically anyway kind of across that region, and makes everybody a little bit more uncertain as that kind of goes along. Bray Wheeler: Turkey’s also kind of a player for a lot of different U.S.-based companies, global companies. Just its proximity and its geography and its capabilities as a country, it’s definitely something to watch and keep aware of as this kind of plays out. Because they’re afraid to protest either there. They’re not afraid to have this amp up a little bit. Bryan Strawser: Should point out that the current president, who’s been president for 25 years and will be president until at least 2023, he got into this office having previously been the mayor of Istanbul. Bray Wheeler: Yes. Bryan Strawser: That was his launching pad to the presidency and a national scale [inaudible 00:22:04]. Yet now he’s saying that the mayor is just like a piece of shop window decoration. That was his statement yesterday. Jenn Otremba: Well, I mean of course he is. Bryan Strawser: Yeah, he’s minimizing- Bryan Strawser: … the role of mayor of Istanbul. Jenn Otremba: Absolutely, yeah. Bryan Strawser: He did congratulate him on Twitter though. Bray Wheeler: Well, that’s generous. While he may undercut him. Bryan Strawser: From a business standpoint, lots of American businesses, lots of global businesses operate in Istanbul. I mean, our previous employer did. We dealt with a number of issues in Istanbul that went on over the years, mostly related to protests and disruption. Can’t think of any instance involving violence or … Bray Wheeler: No, there was some terrorism stuff. That’s some years back, kind of as Syria was really ramping up,- Bray Wheeler: … and kind of some of those connections. Jenn Otremba: Well, we certainly have extensive experience dealing with world protests and what happens to corporations- Jenn Otremba: … in those events. Bryan Strawser: So Turkey, we view that this is one we need to watch. This is the longterm piece here to watch. Because at some point, there’s going to be some kind of transition, right? Bryan Strawser: I mean, the current president isn’t going to live or serve for forever. Bray Wheeler: No, and definitely he’s facing some pretty tough challenges with his economy, and things like that too. This is the most pressure, kind of non-violence, non-full-out protest, pressure that he’s felt. That really throughout the country, people are feeling a little bit uncertain as to the direction he’s taking them in. So he’s going to have to make some choices. Bryan Strawser: Headwinds are significant. Jenn Otremba: Yes, they are. Bryan Strawser: Well, that’s it for this newsy edition of the Managing Uncertainty Podcast. Catch our other episode in a few days, where we’ll be talking more in-depth about the protest movement in Hong Kong and what that means for global and U.S. businesses that are operating in Hong Kong and what those longterm impacts might be. Bryan Strawser: Look forward to having you on the next episode. Thanks. https://media.blubrry.com/managinguncertainty/p/bryghtpath.com/podcast/052-BryghtCast062419.mp3 Filed Under: Managing Uncertainty Podcast Tagged With: bray wheeler, Bryan Strawser, bryghtcast, bryghtpath, bryghtpath llc, Business Continuity, crisis management, crisis planning, fcpa, foreign corrupt practices act, global security, intelligence, iran, jenn otremba, jennifer otremba, Managing Uncertainty, managing uncertainty podcast, persian gulf, turkey, turkey elections, walmart Previous Post: « Top Business Continuity & Crisis Management Executive Programs Next Post: Managing Uncertainty Podcast – Episode #53: Hong Kong Protests » Active Shooter 101 Series Crisis Communications 101 Series Crisis Management 101 Series Inside Bryghtpath Intelligence & Global Security BRYGHTPATH LLC contact@bryghtpath.com Our Free Courses Active Shooter 101 Business Continuity 101 Crisis Communications 101 Crisis Planning Crisis Management 101 Active Shooter 101 eBook Business Continuity 101 eBook Crisis Communications 101 eBook Crisis Management 101 eBook Ready-Made Crisis Plans Bryghtpath ® and the Bryghtpath logo are registered trademarks of Bryghtpath LLC in the United States and other countries.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0065.json.gz/line1041
__label__wiki	0.819868	0.819868	July 26, 2017 / 12:06 PM / 2 years ago South Korean shelter dog basks in presidential glory as 'First Dog' Heekyong Yang SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korean President Moon Jae-in on Wednesday welcomed a rescue dog to his official Blue House residence, delivering on a campaign promise to boost awareness of the fast-growing numbers of abandoned animals accompanying a surge in pet ownership. South Korean President Moon Jae-in welcomes a rescue dog to his official Blue House residence in Seoul, South Korea July 26, 2017. The Presidential Blue House/Handout via REUTERS Tori, a four-year-old black mixed breed, becomes the first shelter dog to attain the title of First Dog, joining Moon’s two other pets, a 10-year-old Korean-breed Pungsan dog called Maru and a former stray cat, Jjing-jing. “As a society, we need to pay more attention to abandoned animals and care for them,” Moon told animal rights advocates at the welcome ceremony, his office said, adding that as many as 300,000 animals had been abandoned. Like many shelter animals, Tori suffered the double stigma of being abandoned and having darker fur in a country that favors lighter-colored animals as pets, and avoids those with black pelts out of superstition. “Tori had to wait for two years to be adopted while his lighter-furred friends easily found new homes,” said Park Soyoun, president of Seoul-based animal shelter Coexistence of Animal Rights on Earth (CARE). Before his rescue, Tori was kept on a short leash in a deserted farmhouse and fed scraps. “We wish Tori all the best in the Blue House, unlike the nine dogs abandoned by the former President Park Geun-hye in March after she was removed from office,” added Park. Moon’s predecessor had faced criticism for leaving behind nine Korean Jindo breed dogs at the Blue House when she was removed from office over a corruption scandal. South Korea has often been criticized for its custom of consuming dog meat, although the trade has fallen off in recent years. Pet ownership has grown rapidly, with nearly a quarter of all homes having one, but the trend has also boosted the flock of abandoned animals in shelters nationwide. The government spent nearly 11.5 billion won ($10.3 million)on care for about 87,100 such animals in 2016. A change in perception is long overdue, say some pet owners. “It is the key to improve animal welfare in South Korea, as many treat pets merely as possessions, something to purchase,” said Song Chanwoo, a doctor who adopted a mixed-breed dog three years ago. Editing by Jack Kim and Clarence Fernandez	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0065.json.gz/line1045
__label__wiki	0.892294	0.892294	September 22, 2017 / 1:55 PM / 2 years ago Tod's focuses on high-end products without a chief designer Claudia Cristoferi MILAN (Reuters) - Italy’s Tod’s will press ahead without a chief designer, Group’ Chairman Diego Della Valle said on Friday after its Spring Summer 2018 catwalk show in Milan. The luxury group said in August it would make short-term sacrifices in margins and revenues in pursuit of medium-term growth as it decided to turn away from fashion to focus on higher-end products. “We think that the role of the stylist as once conceived is now an old concept. Today it is about many projects, limited edition collections... style is in movement,” Della Valle told reporters. He added that fashion houses had to think more like fashion editors “who every year have to think of 12 different cover pages... also in fashion the world has changed and you have to come up with something new each month.” As luxury groups have been coming under pressure from increasingly younger clients to present more collections during the year, Della Valle has repeatedly said that the company would engage in different strategies aiming at both “traditional and new clients”, increasing products offered and investing in technology more alongside traditional retail shops. The company has already launched different one-off capsule collections, including a collaboration with celebrity Italian influencer Chiara Ferragni and designs for Yoox Net-a-Porter. Its “Italian Dream collection” showcased in the elegant frame of Milan’s Modern Art Museum, with models parading designs in earthy tones of brown, black and cream. The collection included suede details, casual double breasted blazers, leather tops and jackets and models carried different styles of handbags and clutches, one of the key products for the Italian group. “With the sun shining on your face, closed eyes, if you think of Italian style it’s a horizon of dreams ahead of you,” a style note said. Reporting by Claudia Cristoferi Additional reporting by Giulia Segreti in Milan Editing by Jeremy Gaunt.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0065.json.gz/line1046
__label__cc	0.670515	0.329485	Alleged Cambria embezzler let out of jail to sell property A San Luis Obispo judge granted a woman accused of embezzling more than $1 million from a Cambria construction business a temporary release from jail so that she can sell personal assets to repay her alleged victims. [Tribune] Elizabeth Edith Shaw, 69, is facing 12 counts of felony grand theft by embezzlement, as well as enhancements for theft of more than $500,000. Shaw allegedly embezzled more than $1 million from Windsor Construction between 2005 and 2016 while working as the company’s bookkeeper. On Monday, Shaw appeared in court for her second arraignment hearing. During the hearing, a judge granted a request by defense attorney Jay Peterson to allow Shaw to leave jail temporarily. San Luis Obispo County prosecutors objected to the request, but it was still approved. Shaw was being held in San Luis Obispo County Jail with her bail set at $1 million. She is due to return to jail on May 8 following a third arraignment hearing. The former bookkeeper has yet to make a plea in her case. A detective’s affidavit states Shaw admitted to cashing forged company checks in order to pay her mortgage and other bills. If convicted of all counts, Shaw faces a maximum sentence of 16 years and four months in prison. Subjects: Cambria embezzlement San Luis Obispo County Jail San Luis Obispo Superior Court Theft State suspends Paso Robles bar’s license after worker sells pot to agents Santa Maria gunman carjacks his way across SLO County AmericaBeautiful This is insane! Replace this crazy judge. Commit the crime, and do the time. diana68 And this is why every business should have their books audited on a regular basis. I have heard this same story so many times. They start out nicking a few dollars, realize that nobody is paying attention, and before they know it, they have embezzled hundreds of thousands of dollars. And it seems as though in every instance it could have been easily detected with basic due diligence. The article says she has yet to make a plea to the charges. Wouldn’t making restitution to the victim constitute a guilty plea? discloser Well now, that’s interesting. What personal assets would those be that would merit such a release? County records do not show any real estate held in the name of Elizabeth Edith Shaw. This 69-year-old must own some mighty fine jewels or vehicles or out of county real estate.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0065.json.gz/line1047
__label__cc	0.724377	0.275623	Jennifer Allford: Greatest hits from some inspiring speakers Jennifer Allford Romeo Dallaire proved an inspiring guest at the recent Congress 2016 at U of C. Adrian Wyld / THE CANADIAN PRESS The newsprint has yellowed and there’s a water mark on the obituary that I ripped out of the paper and stuck to the fridge with a little red heart magnet. “Sara Eaton died on her feet in her tai chi class, surrounded by friends. She was deeply loved,” reads the tiny scrap of paper, one of my favourite quotes in the collection that has amassed on the fridge over the years. I only tore off the first few lines of the obit, so I have no idea who Sara was, where she lived or how old she was when she took her last tai chi class. But I do know she was a lucky woman. I keep her on my fridge to remind me how I want to die, or more importantly, how I want to live. George Carlin said, “Life is a series of good dogs” and that is absolutely true. But one could also say that our lives are guided by a series of good quotes, little dictums that turn up on kitchen appliances, t-shirts and Facebook. A few are turning up in this column today because lately I’ve heard a lot of smart people offer big insights and little pearls of wisdom and I want to share the greatest hits. Starting with Beverly McLachlin. The Chief Justice of Canada was one of the speakers at Congress 2016, a Lollapalooza of humanities research at the University of Calgary at the end of May. “Diversity is a process that every Canadian must engage in every day,” she said, telling a story about growing up in Pincher Creek. Her mom invited some native kids in for tea while their dads talked business outside. Decades later, one of those kids gave McLachlin a present and told her that was the first time he’d ever been in a white person’s house. “I understood how the simple acts of everyday people could make a profound difference in a child’s life,” she said. Romeo Dallaire also spoke during Congress. In a thoughtful and gently funny speech, the retired Canadian lieutenant-general talked about conflict, and the heartbreak of Rwanda in particular. He recounted walking through a village and encountering a little boy whose family lay slaughtered all around him. “What I saw in the eyes of that little kid in the middle of genocide is exactly the same things as when I looked in the eyes of my son in Quebec. That kid is just as human as my son,” he said. “All humans are equal.” Another speaker at Congress (I told you it was a Lollapalooza) was Leroy Little Bear. The founding director of Harvard University’s Native American Program is from the Blood Indian Reserve west of Lethbridge. “In western thought we limit ourselves and our reality to the state of awakeness,” he said. “In Blackfoot culture we draw from a much broader spectrum of information. Dreams are part of our actual experience so dreams are not left out. We don’t limit ourselves to that state of awakeness. Blackfoot thought is wide open.” Chew on that for a minute. And after you do, here’s another nugget of gold about listening to yourself: “If it looks like a duck, and walks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, but you think it’s a pig, then it’s a pig.” That one came from feminist icon Gloria Steinem who spoke on International Women’s Day at an event sponsored by UCalgary’s Werklund School of Education’s Youth Leadership Centre. I grew up reading Gloria Steinem but I’ll admit I’d never heard of Jay Triano when I saw him at a Faculty of Kinesiology reception celebrating his honorary UCalgary Doctor of Laws degree. It seems being a basketball coach is working out pretty well for the tall guy from Niagara Falls, but he could always take his comedy show on the road. After just making the Canadian national team in the 1970s, he told the rather tall crowd: “I phoned everybody I knew, and then I called people I didn’t know.” Along with the belly laughs, Triano delivered words to live by: “Be a hard worker and be a nice person. You can take that into any endeavour that you find yourself in. If you are the hardest worker and a good person you get to go a long way.” Full disclosure: UCalgary paid me to cover most of these events for them and while I generally can’t read my own writing I was careful to capture these quotes correctly. A little more disclosure: I have typed these out for me as much as for you. 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__label__cc	0.586263	0.413737	Tag Archives: bench IoT & Environmental Controls: urban-gro Launches Soleil Technologies Portfolio By Aaron G. Biros Back in November of 2017, urban-gro announced the development of their Soleil Technologies platform, the first technology line for cannabis growers utilizing Internet-of-Things (IoT). Today, urban-gro is announcing that line is now officially available. Screenshot of the data you’d see on the Soleil control panel The technology portfolio, aimed at larger, commercial-scale growers, is essentially a network of monitors, sensors and controls that give cultivators real-time data on things like temperature, humidity, light, barometric pressure and other key factors. The idea of using IoT and hypersensitive monitoring is not new to horticulture, food or agriculture, but this is certainly a very new development for the cannabis growing space. Substrate sensors, used for monitoring Ph, soil moisture & electrical conductivity. According to Brad Nattrass, chief executive officer and co-founder of urban-gro, it’s technology like this that’ll help growers control microclimates, helping them make the minor adjustments needed to ultimately improve yield and quality. “As ROI and optimized yields become increasingly important for commercial cultivators, the need for technologies that deliver rich granular data and real-time insights becomes critical,” says Nattrass. “With the ability to comprehensively sense, monitor, and control the microclimates throughout your facility in real-time, cultivators will be able to make proactive decisions to maximize yields.” The heat map allows you to find problem microclimates throughout the grow space. One of the more exciting aspects of this platform is the integration of sensors, and controls with automation. With the system monitoring and controlling fertigation, lighting and climate, it can detect when conditions are not ideal, which gives a cultivator valuable insights for directing pest management or HVAC decisions, according to Dan Droller, vice president of corporate development with urban-gro. “As we add more data, for example, adding alerts for when temperatures falls or humidity spikes can tell a grower to be on the lookout for powdery mildew,” says Droller. “We saw a corner of a bench get hot in the system’s monitoring, based on predefined alerts, which told us a bench fan was broken.” Hooking up a lot of these nodes and sensors with IoT and their platform allows the grower to get real-time monitoring on the entire operation, from anywhere with an Internet connection. Figures in the system, showing temperature/time, humidity/time and light voltage Droller says using more and more sensors creates super high-density data, which translates to being able to see a problem quickly and regroup on the fly. “Cannabis growers need to maintain ideal conditions, usually they do that with a handful of sensors right now,” says Droller. “They get peace of mind based on two or three sensors sending data points back. Our technology scales to the plant and bench level, connecting all of the aggregate data in one automated system.” In the future, urban-gro is anticipating this will lay the groundwork for using artificial intelligence to learn when controls need to be adjusted based on the monitoring. Droller hopes to see the data from environmental conditions mapped with yield and by strain type, which could allow for ultra-precise breeding based on environmental conditions. “As we add more and more data and develop the platform further, we can deliver some elements of AI in the future, with increased controls and more scientific data,” says Droller.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0065.json.gz/line1051
__label__wiki	0.598678	0.598678	Peugeot revealed the 3008 range last year, taking a bold new step into the SUV market aimed at showing the Germans they can match them round for round. They included all the tech possible and gave the 3008 some great design cues that’s now been carried throughout the Peugeot line up. The GT-Line is the second most expensive version and it’s the one we had on test. The Peugeot 3008 GT-line, has been developed by Peugeot to compete with the likes of the Volkswagen Tiguan, Audi Q3, Mazda Cx-5, and… New Models, Reviews, Road Tests3008, car, carandbike, new 3008, Peugeot, peugeot 3008 The all-new Nissan Sylphy was unveiled today at the 2019 Shanghai Motor Show, sporting a new look and featuring the latest Nissan Intelligent Mobility technologies to give drivers increased connectivity, comfort and confidence. With a new and more fuel-efficient powertrain, a wider stance, a lower center of gravity, improved aerodynamics and a roomy, luxurious interior, the new Sylphy delivers even better performance and an enhanced driving experience. Seamless connectivity features and a full suite of active safety technologies provide support for drivers. “The all-new Nissan Sylphy represents the full landing… New Modelsbike, car, carandbikesa, nissan, south africa, sylphy Five Out Of Five: New Range Rover Evoque Awarded Maximum European Safety Rating The new Range Rover Evoque has been awarded a maximum five-star Euro NCAP safety rating, confirming its status as one of the most refined, capable and safe luxury compact SUVs on the market. Not only did the luxury compact SUV score 94 per cent for adult occupant safety – the highest score of any Jaguar or Land Rover product to date – but for those with younger passengers in the back, it also received 87 per cent for child occupant safety. It means the Evoque is the latest Land Rover… Industry Newsbike, car, carandbike, Evoque car and bike, land rover, Ncap rating, new cars, news, Range Rover, Range Rover Evoque Designed from the outset as an electric vehicle (EV), the I-PACE offers bold aero-efficient design Jaguar has introduced South Africa to the future of motoring with the first electric vehicle (EV) launched together with a rapid public charging network to enable long distance travel between city centres. With a range of up to 470km from a single charge, the new Jaguar I-PACE offers a viable emissions-free solution to drivers who commute regularly but also enjoy longer journeys which until now have been outside the reach of EV travel. A state-of-the-art 90kWh Lithium-ion battery using 432 pouch cells can be topped-up with a range of flexible… New Modelsbike, car, car and bike, Jaguar, Jaguar E-Pace	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0065.json.gz/line1053
__label__wiki	0.675909	0.675909	Rob Beschizza / 5:22 pm Mon, Feb 11, 2019 Dan Mallory, bullshit artist Dan Mallory is the latest in a long line of people — otherwise middling in talent, white of skin and surburban of origin — to make it big in publishing by fabricating their life's travails and tragedies. "Want to sell a book?" writes Jessa Crispin. "Start lying." But there is another story these fakes are telling that we want to hear: the story of redemption through the written word. Even if you come from the most hardscrabble of circumstances, even if you have been wiped out by the tidal waves of fate, you can better yourself and your life through literature. It’s the literary version of the American dream, pulling yourself up by your bootstraps, but in this case, your bootstraps is your manuscript. Rob Beschizza / 8:12 am Mon, Nov 12, 2018 How medical bullshit and authority helped Larry Nassar get away with it Larry Nassar, the USA Gymnastics doctor who sexually assaulted hundreds of young girls, will spend the rest of his life in jail. USA Gymnastics circled the wagons and shredded the files, and as a result it's hard to understand details of how it faciliated and protected Nassar. But Kerry Howley's startling article in New York Magazine shows how important medical bullshit was to his strategy and how the fraternal relationship between medical and administrative authority covered for him. 17-year-old Brianne Randall filed a complaint with Meridian Township police and had a rape kit administered at the local hospital. Detective Andrew McCready called Nassar and asked him to come in for questioning, which he did. Nassar told McCready that he had indeed touched Brianne’s perineum, that it was part of a treatment called “sacrotuberous-ligament release,” and that the treatment was “published in medical journals and training tapes.” He also gave McCready his PowerPoint presentation on said ligament, in which he is pictured cupping a girl’s buttocks and pressing near a girl’s vulva. McCready then called Brianne’s mother to tell her the case would be closed and that “no crime was committed.” in 2014, cheerleader Amanda Thomashow reported an assault to one of MSU’s Title IX investigators and university police... Thomashow, concluded [investigator Kristine] Moore, failed to understand the “nuanced difference” between osteopathic manipulative medicine and sexual massage. “Dr. Nassar has presented on this nationally and internationally,” This sort of thing was constant and typical. It's hard to see where dumb respect for the doctor stops and willful contempt for his victims begins. Read the rest academia / criminals / larry nassar / liars / misogyny / sexism Jason Weisberger / 10:25 am Mon, Jul 30, 2018 Giuliani appears to lie in hopes it'll distract someone Rudy Giuliani, President Trump's credibility lacking PR stooge who is nominally an attorney, continues to spout any story he can to stir up the pot. Contradicting himself to the point of frustrating even Fox News, no one can possibly believe what this man says. Today's bullshit circles around 'collusion is not a crime' -- treason, however, is. I can not understand why lying blowhards like Giuliani and Conway, who are clearly just propaganda tools of the Orange Menance, are given air time. Read the rest distractions / liars / sleight of mouth / treason is a crime Jason Weisberger / 4:19 pm Tue, Mar 6, 2018 Yet again, Kellyanne Conway violates Federal ethics rules The Office of the Special Counsel, a Federal ethics watchdog agency, has once again found Kellyanne Conway in violation of the Hatch Act. In publicly supporting child molester Roy Moore from the White House lawn and using her government job title, in a harsh political attack on his opponent, Conway broke ethics rules over using a government office for political ends. Conway will of course claim she did not do any of these things by pointing out in fact that she did do all them several times. The OSC has sent information surrounding her offense to the Trump Administration that will probably reprimand her with a large bonus and champagne lunch. Via NPR: "While the Hatch Act allows federal employees to express their views about candidates and political issues as private citizens, it restricts employees from using their official government positions for partisan political purposes, including by trying to influence partisan elections," the agency's report says. "Ms. Conway's statements during the Fox & Friends and New Day interviews impermissibly mixed official government business with political views about candidates in the Alabama special election for U.S. Senate." The agency says Conway never responded to its inquiries and says that it has submitted its report to the president for "appropriate disciplinary action." Because Conway is a high-ranking presidential appointee, it's up to Trump to decide what action is appropriate. The White House pushed back on the report and argued Conway did not advocate for or against a candidate in the Alabama race. I'm melting / kellyanne conway / liars / lies / pants on fire Mark Frauenfelder / 10:52 am Mon, Sep 19, 2016 Even by Chris Christie standards, his lie about Trump's birtherism is a whopper JAKE TAPPER: “Well, just as a point of fact, again, Donald Trump did not accept when Barack Obama released his birth certificate in 2011. He kept up this whole birther thing until Friday. That’s five years. But we only have a little time left. So, I want to ask you…” GOV. CHRIS CHRISTIE (R-N.J.): “No, but, Jake, that’s just not true. It’s not true that he kept it up for five years.” TAPPER: “Sure, he did.” CHRISTIE: “It’s simply not true.” TAPPER: “It is true.” CHRISTIE: “It wasn’t like he was talking — no, Jake, it wasn’t like — it wasn’t like he was talking about it on a regular basis until then.” — Exchange on CNN”s “State of the Union,” Sept. 18, 2016 Washington Post, gives Christie "Four Pinochios." It says, "This will possibly be our shortest fact check ever." An 'extremely credible source' has called my office and told me that @BarackObama's birth certificate is a fraud. — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 6, 2012 Chris Christie / donald trump / liars Mark Frauenfelder / 12:10 pm Tue, Sep 8, 2015 White House release video making fun of Dick Cheney's lies I'd say Dick Cheney will go to his grave denying he was wrong about invading Iraq, but he seems to be an ideal heart transplant patient so he'll probably live forever. Read the rest dick cheney / liars	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0065.json.gz/line1062
__label__wiki	0.636653	0.636653	David Pescovitz / 11:22 am Thu, Oct 18, 2018 Judy Blume's "Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret" coming to to big screen A half a century after Judy Blume's classic young adult novel Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret was first published, it's going to be made into a film. Blume has consistently refused to allow her books to become movies. Fremon Craig who wrote and directed The Edge of Seventeen will adapt "Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret" for the screen and direct the movie with James L. Brooks producing. Apparently Blume hit it off with them during a trip to Hollywood in August. From Deadline: “It is this right of passage for women and girls,” Fremon Craig told Deadline. “It’s rare for me to run into a woman or girl who hasn’t read it and every time I’ve mentioned it to a woman, they clutch their heart and let out this joyful gasp. There’s something so timely and full of truth and I remember for me that at that age, it felt like a life raft at a time when you’re lost and searching and unsure. This book comes along and tells you you’re not alone. Women remember where they were when they read it. I can’t think of another book you can say that about...." “I got the greatest email from Judy where she said if someone were to make a film of one of her books, she hoped it would have the same tone and feeling that The Edge of Seventeen had,” Fremon Craig said. “It’s maybe the greatest compliment I’ve ever gotten, because she has always been a North star for me as a writer. books / hollywood / movies / Young Adult Star Foreman / 12:55 pm Thu, Mar 2, 2017 The 'Don't Tell My Parents I'm a Supervillian' series "Your first doomsday machine is a malevolent, inscrutable wristwatch.” The Please Don't Tell My Parents series, by Richard Roberts, is a wonderful young adult series of novels about Penelope Akk and her two friends Claire and Ray. They are normal middle school kids just hoping their superpowers will kick in soon. Read the rest book review / books / novels / reading / review / Reviews / ya / Young Adult Joshua Glenn / 10:37 am Wed, Jan 18, 2017 The best young adult literature from 1967 For the past couple of years, I've been making the case, at HILOBROW and in the UNBORED books I've co-authored, that the Sixties (1964–1973, according to my non-calendrical schema) were a golden age for YA and YYA adventures. In no particular order, here's my list of the Best YA and YYA Lit of 1967. Happy 50th anniversary! Read the rest best of / books / Young Adult Jillian and Mariko Tamaki / 12:00 am Wed, May 7, 2014 This One Summer [excerpt] An excerpt from Jillian and Mariko Tamaki's brilliant graphic novel. books / Comics / gift guide / graphic novels / happy mutants / wide / ya / Young Adult Mark Frauenfelder / 5:51 pm Tue, Feb 4, 2014 Gweek podcast 132: The Wooger Snatcher Your browser doesn't support the HTML audio tag. You can still download the show, though! var audioTag = document.createElement('audio'); /* Do we not support MP3 audio? If not, dynamically made a Flash SWF player. / if (!(!!(audioTag.canPlayType) && ("no" != audioTag.canPlayType("audio/mpeg")) && ("" != audioTag.canPlayType("audio/mpeg")))) { AudioPlayer.embed("audioplayer_1", {soundFile: "http://traffic.libsyn.com/gweek/gweek128.mp3", transparentpagebg: "yes"}); $( '#audioplayer').hide(); } else / Ok, we do support MP3 audio, style the audio tag into a touch-friendly player / { / If we didn't do the "if mp3 supported" check above, this call would prompt Firefox install quicktime! */ $( '#audioplayer' ).audioPlayer(); } In each episode of Gweek, I invite a guest or two to join me in a discussion about recommended media, apps, and gadgets. This time my guests were Joshua Glenn, a Boston-based author and semiotician, and co-author of Unbored, a bestselling collection of family activities; and Rob Reid, and entrepreneur and author of the science fiction novel Year Zero. This episode of Gweek is brought to you by ProFlowers. Get a special Gweek listener discount by clicking this link. This episode of Gweek is also brought to you by Squarespace, the all-in-one platform that makes it fast and easy to create your own professional website or online portfolio. For a free trial and 10% off, go to squarespace.com use offer code BOING. GET GWEEK: RSS \| On iTunes \| Download episode \| Stitcher Read the rest books / Gweek / investments / music / science fiction / Wham-O / Young Adult Xeni Jardin / 11:30 am Thu, Jan 30, 2014 Watch this 13yo girl’s video response to 'The Fault in our Stars' trailer Naomi Horn, 13, can't wait for the movie adaptation of John Green's young adult cancer novel to hit theaters. When the trailer for The Fault in our Stars hit the internet this week, Naomi felt compelled to share a response video. Her mom and uncle had cancer. books / cancer / Young Adult Mark Frauenfelder / 3:57 pm Wed, Sep 11, 2013 Interview with Mark H. Kruger, author of young adult thriller, Overpowered Despite appearances to the contrary, sinister things are happening behind the squeaky-clean facade of Barrington, Colorado. interviews / novels / Thrillers / Young Adult Mark Frauenfelder / 2:38 pm Mon, Oct 22, 2012 Fun Fantasy Adventure Young Adult Novel: The Other Normals The unlikely hero in Ned Vizzini's young adult fantasy novel, The Other Normals is Perry Eckert, a 15-year-old boy with divorced parents, an alcoholic older brother, and few friends. He is terrified of girls. While other boys his age are developing into young men with deepening voices and growth spurts, Perry's body stubbornly refuses to kickstart the puberty process. He's teased at school, and has been given the nickname Tiny Pecker. Because his life sucks, it's not surprising that Perry frequently retreats into a fantasy world fueled with sword & sorcery roleplaying games. But because he has almost no friends, Perry plays the games by himself. As the saying goes, nothing's so bad that it can't get worse, and when summer rolls around, Perry's parents ship him off to a summer camp for 8 weeks. The kids at the camp dislike Perry even more than the kids at his school, and they either shun him or pick on him. And when the camp staff takes away the gaming manual he'd brought along, Perry has nothing to look forward to. The remaining 350 pages of The Other Normals would be depressing if not for the fact that a red skinned humanoid with yellow hair and a tail runs past a window that Perry happens to be looking out of. Perry goes outside and meets the creature, who speaks English and is addicted to smoking pebbles, which make him stoned. The creature's name is Mortin Enaw, and Perry learns that Enaw comes from another dimension. Read the rest books / fantasy / Reviews / Young Adult	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0065.json.gz/line1063
__label__cc	0.670314	0.329686	Shaggin' polls Over the past couple of weeks, Bond Papers has been commenting on public opinion polls and especially on how those polls are described. Last week, we specifically singled out some of the polls on the New Brunswick election, at least of which was touted as showing Bernard Lord's Progressive Conservatives in a significant lead over the Liberals. The polls were conducted in mid to late August. Two polls taken in September - one by Corporate Research Associates and another by Bristol Group's Omnifacts - showed the racer as too close to call. So what happened? Absolutely nothing. Both the August polls had margins of error of over four percentage points at the 95th confidence interval. What that means is that if you had conducted one hundred polls at the same time,using the same methodology, 95% of the results would have fallen either four points above or four points below the number shown in the poll actually reported. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to notice that the total range of error in each instance is well above eight points. Therefore any gap between the respondents that is - say - eight points or less is functionally meaningless if you are trying to figure what is going on in the election. Bristol/Omnifacts' poll in August showed the Liberals and the Conservatives seven points apart and a margin of error of 4.4%. Now think about that. The difference between the two parties was the better part of two full percentage points within the range of variation. (Range = 8.8%; difference = 7%) Savvy readers - who are not rocket scientists - likely picked up on that and hopefully, some of the posts here on polling have helped people appreciate that simple thing. Leaving aside the issues in conducting the polls themselves, we still have to wonder why the research company itself will report things as if this little issue with the margin of error didn't exist. Like Corporate Research Associates. In late August, CRA issued a news release saying that "[t]he ruling PCs lead the opposition Liberals in voter support at the beginning of the 2006 provincial election campaign...". Simply put, that's a claim CRA couldn't make base don their own polling results. The question on Bernard Lord's personal popularity wouldn't really have given them an extra piece of information that helped interpret the party support number as they did. CRA showed a 10% difference between the Liberal and Conservative leaders, with Lord in the lead. But if you stop for a second, you realize that with an error range of 8.8%, a difference of 10% between two leaders isn't very much to go on. After all, drop Lord's figure by the margin of error and goose Liberal Shawn Graham by the same amount and you have the two of them respectively at 35.6% and 33.4%. Now before the partisans start crawling out of the wood work, realize that the scenario just described is just as likely to describe the situation during the polling period as any other, within the margin of error range for the poll. Pointing out the wide range of possible outcomes wouldn't support the main purpose of these media polls, though, and that's getting media attention to help market the research company itself. There's nothing unprofessional, unethical or anything else wrong with what's being reported by the companies. We just have to be slightly more sophisticated information consumers to avoid being misled on a simple point. With all that behind us, it's more interesting to actually take a hard look at the Omnifacts poll results, released last Friday. Omnifacts tells us something that is both accurate - for their results - and also a good headline grabber, namely that going down to polling day, the election is neck and neck. Omnifacts also tried to probe people who might be leaning in one direction or another. That helps trim down the self-described "undecideds". Here are the questions, as asked: 1) If a provincial election were held today, which party would you most likely vote for? 2) If undecided or not sure, is there one party you are leaning toward? Now let's take a look at some specific results. For the first question alone, Omnifacts got these answers (n=1,065): PC 30% Lib 29% NDP 5% Oth 1% Und 27% Ref 8% It's a dead heat among decided voters. But look more closely. Undecideds are at 27% and another 8% flat-out refused to answer the question. Put another way, that means the single largest category the largest response category was among undecideds and "no answer." The next table presented by Omnifacts just adds in those who were "undecided" but who claimed to be leaning one way or another. The PC's picked up another 16%, the Liberals 17% and the NDP 2%, although note in the news release, Omnifacts shows the margin of error on this data table (with "leaners" included) runs between 6% and 9%. Holy gap, Code Man. A week ago, someone trying to predict an election outcome based on reported poll results would have mistakenly assumed Bernard Lord would sweep back to power. This week, the world seems to have changed dramatically. Actually it hasn't. The poll results over the past four weeks or show have showed essentially the race is both very close and that a significant number of New Brunswickers were either genuinely unsure of how they would vote - if they would vote at all - or were unwilling to tip their hand. 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__label__wiki	0.501089	0.501089	Low Country Hero SprecherTanya Eby SerieSafe Haven (Teil 1) RomaneLiebesromaneRomanceEnglishFiction Welcome to Safe Haven, where love—and a second chance—is just around the corner… Sunny, carefree days splashing in the ocean—it’s the life Anna George has always wanted for her five-year-old twins. And now that they’ve made it to Safe Haven, South Carolina, she won’t let anyone stand in her way. Not the abusive ex she’s just escaped and not the rugged contractor who caught her setting up house in the shuttered beachfront cabins he’s refurbishing. When he offers Anna and her daughters a place to stay in exchange for her help with renovations, she’s tempted. His gentle way with her girls makes her want to trust him, but she’s been wrong before… A family is the last thing contractor and former military man Sean O’Dwyer wants right now. But when he discovers Anna and her girls, he recognizes kindred spirits. They’re survivors who’ve seen the worst of people, just like he has, and he’ll do anything he can to help them. As he and Anna spend their days bringing the cottages back to life and their nights sharing kisses in the warm bayou breezes, Sean must choose between the life he always wanted and the family he can’t live without. SpracheEnglisch VerlagHarlequin Audio © Harlequin Audio (Hörbuch)	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0065.json.gz/line1065
__label__cc	0.722338	0.277662	> Politics & government > Political science & theory Democracy and the Fall of the West EPUB by Craig Smith Democracy is killing the West. That is the stunning conclusion of this book that tears apart the consensus underpinning modern political assumptions.Democracy is held to solve one of the oldest puzzles of human social life: how do we ensure that our rulers have a legitimate mandate and rule in the interests of the whole community? We are supposedly now guided by institutions whose democratic mandate ensures that they will govern in a benign manner in the interests of all.Democracy & the Fall of the West challenges that assumption by drawing on an alternative theory about the nature of modern democracy and its impact on Western society. It argues that the secret of the West's success is not Democracy, but Liberalism.Craig Smith and Tom Miers demonstrate that, since the introduction of democracy, the power of the state has re-grown at the expense of the liberty of the individual. Far from underpinning our freedoms, Democracy is in fact undermining them. It has unshackled the coercive power of the state, and will result in the inevitable decline of the West as we know it. Publisher: Andrews UK Category: Political science & theory Also by Craig Smith \| View all Willbee the Bumblebee	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0065.json.gz/line1069
__label__cc	0.714306	0.285694	Trusted Insight: Disrupting the $6 Trillion Alternative Asset Market May 21, 2015 /0 Comments/in Blog, BootstrapLabs /by Benjamin Levy Two weeks ago, we wrote about how AngelList is disrupting the angel investment landscape with its syndication model, and last week we announced our own AngelList syndicate in partnership with Gil Penchina, the #1 AngelList Syndicate lead. Today we would like to tell you about Trusted Insight, a company that is applying the same disruptive syndication model, but to the entire alternative asset industry, not just startup investing and venture capital. Our recent posts created a lot of engagement and sharing on social media (thank you for that) and were recently reinforced by a series of conversations and posts that emerged from interviews of Naval Ravikant and Gil Penchina at the NVCA Annual Meeting in San Francisco and the Collision Conference in Vegas. What are Alternative Assets and how big is the industry? Alternative assets usually include illiquid and private investment opportunities such as Venture Capital, Private Equity, Real Estate, Hedge Funds, Infrastructure, and Illiquid Credits. Institutional investors, including family offices, professional fund managers, endowments, pension funds, and other wealth managers, invest in these “assets” as part of their allocation strategy, either directly or via specialized funds. Globally, the alternative assets industry represents $6 Trillion each year, dwarfing the $30Bn US Venture Capital Industry. Why total addressable market and average deal size matters? Last year, AngelList, the leading startup investment platform, enabled over $100M in private financing, and while not all of these were syndication deals, it is fair to assume that the vast majority were. On average, a syndicate financing on AngelList is ranging from $150K to $500K per deal, with individual angel investor checks ranging from $1K to $100K. In contrast, a typical investment opportunity at the institutional investor level ranges between $25M to $1Bn per deal (e.g. fund, real estate project, buy-out), with each investment check in the millions, if not tens of millions of dollars. In other words, the market opportunity is 100 to 1000x bigger than angel and venture investing. Basic unit economics: private placement fees vs. syndication carry Traditionally, players in this space have been entrenched in the private placement business model (i.e. broker-dealers regulated by FINRA / SAIC) as it provides them with the following benefits: Commissions are paid at closing Fee as a percentage of transaction amount provides some level of scalability (linear) Commission is “earned”, independently of the investment outcome, successful or not Fee percentages tend to range from 7%+ for smaller private placements to 1-2% for larger transactions. In the example above, we assumed a 2% fee, given the $100M financing amount. In contrast, the syndication model provides a profit share return on work performed only if the opportunity that was syndicated in the first place is an overall success, meaning that cash or liquid securities are being delivered to the investors as a result of their ownership of the asset. An average timeline to exit or return on investment might be 7 years, with some being shorter (rarely) and some being much longer (especially real estate or infrastructure deals). As the platform facilitating these syndicated financing deals, your are now sharing the investment risk but are also looking at a much higher return potential. Additionally, that increased risk is being mitigated in a few ways: Positive selection: for a deal to be syndicated, it needs to be vetted and syndicated by a “lead” who is not only respected as a professional in the space, but who is also investing his own capital, thereby creating long term alignment with fellow investors backing his syndicate/investment opportunity Diversification: the syndication model, across alternative assets and geographies, will provides for a natural risk diversification of the “carry portfolio” owned by the platform Syndicate lead incentive: syndicate leads will naturally emerge as the platform provides them with a highly efficient and scalable way to syndicate opportunities and capture carry from 3rd party investors that leverage their access, knowledge and expertise. As shown in the table below, the incentive is significant Scalability: the marginal effort required to run a new syndication on the platform, including discovery, vetting, marketing, due diligence and closing, will add minimal costs to the platform (compared to a traditional private placement process), while maximizing the overall upside potential About Trusted Insight and why BootstrapLabs lead their Series A Round Trusted Insight is a New York-based big data alternative asset management platform disrupting the way institutional investors discover, connect, analyze, and ultimately syndicate deals with one another across different verticals and geographies. Since its inception, the company has experienced continuous growth and engagement from its user base including many of the world’s largest asset management institutions and family offices, representing over $18 trillion in assets under management globally. At BootstrapLabs we have known Alex Bangash, the founder of Trusted Insight, for many years and have been tracking the progress of the company since its inception. We have great respect for the work Alex and his team have accomplished thus far and we look forward to contributing our technology and fintech expertise to help the company reach the top. We believe the winner in the space will need to bring 3 core components to the table: Curated professionals engaging via an industry-centric social network driven by content, communication, events and jobs Big data analytics, behavioral science, and pattern recognition algorithms enriching user experience and personalization, and facilitating targeted syndication Ability to jumpstart the syndication model with proprietary fund-of-funds vehicles that have credibility with the institutional investor community Overall, the alternative asset industry is ripe for disruption and represents a massive opportunity for those who dare to try. Alex and his team at Trusted Insight are leaders in this space and we are truly excited to be working closely with them, in true BootstrapLabs’ fashion, to shape the future of the global alternative asset investment space. Learn more at www.thetrustedinsight.com (Disclosure: BootstrapLabs is an investors in both AngelList and Trusted Insight.) Tags: Alternative Asset, AngelList, BootstrapLabs, Trusted Insight, Venture capital https://bootstraplabs.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2015/05/Untitled-design-8.png 500 1400 Benjamin Levy http://bootstraplabs.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2018/08/Bootstrap-website_white_logo.png Benjamin Levy2015-05-21 13:11:102017-01-19 11:30:03Trusted Insight: Disrupting the $6 Trillion Alternative Asset Market Venture Capital Disrupts Itself: Breaking the Concentration Curse Venture Capital Industry: At the Dawn of a New Era BootstrapLabs partners with Gil Penchina, launches AngelList Syndicates 5 skills founders better verify before deciding to add a core team member AngelList: The World's First On Demand VC-as-a-Service Platform Oracle Inspiration Tour 2015: a morning with BootstrapLabs BootstrapLabs AAI18 Panel - Applied AI in FinTech: Faster, Cheaper, Better? 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__label__cc	0.637849	0.362151	Local adaptations in populations of rock-dwelling haplochromines (Pisces:Cichlidae) from southern Lake Victoria Bouton, N.; Witte, F.; Alphen, J. J. M. v.; Schenk, A.; Seehausen, Ole (1999). Local adaptations in populations of rock-dwelling haplochromines (Pisces:Cichlidae) from southern Lake Victoria. Proceedings of the Royal Society. Series B - biological sciences, 266(1417), pp. 355-360. Royal Society of London 10.1098/rspb.1999.0645 Bouton et al. 1999_ProcRSocB.pdf - Published Version Available under License Publisher holds Copyright. The radiation of cichlid fishes in the African great lakes is often described as adaptive, because, at a superficial level, cichlid fishes seem adapted to the ecological niches they occupy. However, adaptiveness has rarely been studied. We investigated to what extent island populations of three species of the rock-dwelling genus Neochromis, endemic to Lake Victoria, are adapted anatomically to exploit locally abundant resources. Specifically, we asked whether different resource environments were reflected in differences in the feeding apparatus, both within species and between species. In populations of two specialized biters, the algae scrapers N. rufocaudalis and N. omnicaeruleus, the biting force of the lower jaw increased with increasing amount of items that require biting in the diet. N. greenwoodi is a less specialized biter; we found differences between two populations in the hyoid position and in the premaxilla that enhance suction feeding. These adaptations were related to the amount of items requiring suction. Comparing across three sympatric pairs of species, in each case different diets were reflected in differences in anatomy. 42 since deposited on 04 Sep 2015 08 Faculty of Science > Department of Biology > Institute of Ecology and Evolution (IEE) > Aquatic Ecology Seehausen, Ole 500 Science > 570 Life sciences; biology Marcel Häsler Publisher DOI: 10.1098/rspb.1999.0645 BORIS DOI: 10.7892/boris.71526 https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/71526	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0065.json.gz/line1073
__label__cc	0.558133	0.441867	19 Oct 2013 In News State Government Exposes Itself to Multiple Lawsuits In a statement made yesterday to media, Mr Bosscher announced that ”There will be challenges up hill and down dale to these laws now that people are beginning to be charged with offences under this new piece of legislation’. The news comes as the first two men in Queensland are charged under the new provisions. Mr Peter Johnson and Mr Mark Fitness will face charges alleging their involvement in entering a prescribed place whilst being a participant in a criminal organisation. Some members of the Bandidos in Brisbane have already handed their colours over to Bosscher Lawyers, and have signed documents stating that they have quit the gang. Mr Bosscher expects more motorcycle gangs to call it quits as the week progresses, adding that ‘I would expect a number of chapters are going to follow suit and either disband or have a large number of members, given these extraordinary circumstances, resign from the club’. Bandidos in BrisbaneMultiple Lawsuits	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0065.json.gz/line1074
__label__wiki	0.844981	0.844981	1 Jun 2013 In Legal Advice Teen Will Defend Rape & Murder Charges The 18-year-old man charged with the rape and murder of pregnant Logan woman Joan Ryther will “vigorously defend the charges“, Michael Bosscher of Boscher Lawyers told media today. “He has given us instructions that he intends to vigorously defend these charges,” Mr Bosscher said. “He’s obviously very anxious about being in custody, very anxious about his circumstances and of course anxious about his future. “…He’s only a young fella and life’s taken a big turn for him last night, but he’s adamant that he’s not participated in any way in this offence and he’s instructed us to vigorously defend the charges.” Joan Ryther	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0065.json.gz/line1075
__label__wiki	0.903869	0.903869	Entertainment » Theatre by Kilian Melloy Sunday Jul 27, 2008 ’Bare’ plays through Aug. 2 (Source:F.U.D.G.E. Theatre Company) A group of high school seniors face the turmoil of their teenage years, but with a twist: two of the main characters are gay... and they attend a Catholic boarding school. That's the general premise of Bare, a play written by Damon Intrabartolo and Jon Hartmere. It's the sort of story that could be dealt with lazily, or in a ham-handed fashion; Intrabartolo and Hartmere mostly avoid those pitfalls by making sure they're showing us teenagers, rather than adults who happen to be too young to buy beer, and by shoring up the straightforward, even predictable, plot with plenty of humor and tuneful melodies. That's right, this play about teen sexuality, religious angst, unrelenting social and family pressure, and suicide is a musical: a rollicking musical, at that, and while the singing in the F.U.D.G.E. Theatre Company production isn't always stellar, the performance is spirited and energetic, the cast charming, and the musicians first-rate. Peter (Trevor Croft) is your typical closeted altar boy. He serves at Sunday mass with daydreams of being found out raging through his head. In his fantasies, when his schoolmates find out about him being gay, they circle him with pointing fingers, Biblical quotes, and cries of, "Abomination!" The only thing they don't do is stone him, and they'd probably get around to it soon enough if Peter's daydream (or, better put, waking nightmare) didn't skip focus, the way imagination does, to his mother, Claire (Ursina Amsler), who says, "Claire, you wanted grandchildren; instead, you'll get ambiguous postcards from South Beach." Peter is certain that his mother knows all about his secret, and it torments him that he still hasn't found the courage to come out to her. It also frustrates him that his lifelong best friend--and his lover--won't even consider bringing their relationship out into the open: Jason (Samuel Moscoso) is the Big Man on Campus, pursued by flocks of eager girls and admired by all the boys. Why would he give up his status as the school's most popular guy when he can have it both ways, basking everyone's adoration in public and reveling in his physical and emotional connection with Peter in private? The play doesn't have much use for subtlety; the writers use the time-honored device of the play-within-a-play to hammer their point home. The kids mount a production of Romeo and Juliet (!), incorporating Shakespeare's dialogue into their sung exchanges, and the reason this works is that the writers are careful to put in the elements you'd most want to see in a setup like this: Jason plays Romeo, beating out Matt (Andrew Mackin) for the part; Nadia (Keri-Ann Maguire), reputed to be the school slut, wins the role of Juliet, and it's a double slap in the face to Matt, who openly pines for Nadia, that she pursues Jason in real life and not just while treading the boards. Peter plays Mercutio ("best friends playing best friends," Claire quips, when Peter tells her about the play), but when Nadia misses rehearsal one day and Peter steps in with her lines already memorized, the plain fact that Jason and Peter love one another is there for everyone to see--if only they were able to recognize it. Sister Chantelle (Lara Simpson, whose performance is a hoot) does recognize it ("I think I've been around enough priests to understand you loud, proud, and clear," she tells Peter), but everyone else is so lost in a haze of hormones that only Matt, jealously keeping tabs on Nadia and Jason, puzzles it all out. Matt does his best to be discreet, but as his rage builds, it's only a matter of time before he explodes. Intrabartolo's music and Hartmere's lyrics mesh well and carry the story over the occasional rough or extravagant spot; the book, on which Intrabartolo and Hartmere collaborated, doesn't shy from depicting erotic situations or delving into what kids do for fun (drugs, raves), and director Joe DeMita works with the material, staging one sexual encounter that is both steamy and halting, equal parts animal passion and emotional caution. That same willingness to lay it all out there comes into play when the writers take on the Catholic Church, which is personified by a priest (Brian Dunham) who cannot quite contain his utter rejection of homosexuality. (The question of whether the priest is gay himself is not addressed, though Dunham's performance suggests that internalized homophobia may be at work.) If that doesn't outrage the professionally insulted among the Catholic crowd, the play's take on confession surely will ("Confession: it's the poor man's therapy session," sing the cast, adding, "We have no need of forgiveness, because our shit is none of His business"), and so will a scene in which Peter and Matt soothe their respective love pangs with a bottle of sacramental wine. (Then there's the religious vision that Peter has, featuring the Virgin Mary as a Gospel singer complete with backup act... hoo-boy! It's a show-stopper!) There's plenty of passion in this play, and ironically it's none too different from the suffering of Jesus upon which the religious love to mediate. For the devout, the bloodier the travails of Christ, the better; for Intrabartolo and Hartmere, the challenge is to pack the play with as much anger and insecurity as they can manage, with girls' body image and boys' anxieties over whether they are masculine enough (not to mention a generalized sense of parental love and support being only provisional, at best) taking place of pride right up there with the familiar plaints of the closeted kids. You can see why the writers titled this play Bare: they don't feel a need to apologize for telling us the truth as they see it, and that a quality of emotional honesty carries into the music, which is frankly pop in nature. You know it's corny and obvious and a bit saccharine, but damned if it still doesn't bring a tear to your eye. Bare runs through August 2 at the Arsenal Center for the Arts, 321 Arsenal Street, Watertown, MA. Performance Schedule: Extended through August 8, 2008. Tickets available at www.fudgetheatre.com/boxoffice Kilian Melloy serves as EDGE Media Network's Assistant Arts Editor. He also reviews theater for WBUR. His professional memberships include the National Lesbian & Gay Journalists Association, the Boston Online Film Critics Association, The Gay and Lesbian Entertainment Critics Association, and the Boston Theater Critics Association's Elliot Norton Awards Committee. , 2008-07-27 22:39:55 While the review is appreciated, Mr. Melloy, you got the characters wrong. Nadia is Jason’s sister. Ivy is the "school slut" to whom you were referring. 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__label__cc	0.572407	0.427593	Hundreds of Important Rules Vulnerable To Repeal Under the Congressional Review Act March 29, 2017Blog The Congressional Review Act (“CRA”) provides expedited procedures for Congress to disapprove of an agency rule. If both chambers of Congress pass a disapproval resolution and the president signs the resolution, the rule is invalidated and may not be re-promulgated in substantially the same form. The CRA has long been viewed as a limited tool that can reach back and invalidate rules from approximately the last six months. Todd Gaziano, of the Pacific Legal Foundation, has argued that if an agency failed to properly report a new rule to Congress as required under the CRA, the Act may be able to reach back all the way to 1996 when the CRA was enacted. Using this theory, the current administration could trigger the CRA disapproval resolution process by submitting a report for an old rule to Congress and take advantage of the expedited congressional process. This has set off something of a scramble to identify all of the rules that were never properly submitted, and thus subject to invalidation. We are partnering with the Pacific Legal Foundation’s Red Tape Rollback project to identify rules. Argive, a regulatory analysis project of U.S. Common Sense, identified nearly 700 economically significant rules that were not reported to the Government Accountability Office (“GAO”) for analysis as required by the CRA. Inspired by their work, we decided to build on it by comparing the same data against the Executive Communications database maintained by the Library of Congress. This database includes all of the direct communications from federal agencies to the relevant congressional committees of jurisdiction. We uncovered hundreds of important rules that appeared in the Federal Register but were not received by Congress, as required by the CRA. Those rules are listed below: Download our data here to view filtered by agency. We started with the Mercatus Center’s QuantGov database for all documents published in the Federal Register from 1996 to March 14, 2017. We filtered that dataset to “rules” that were identified as “economically significant.” We then compared that data against the data we pulled from the Library of Congress’s list of Executive Communications. We eliminated rules where the text in either the “document title” field or the “RIN” (regulation identifier number) field matched text in the congressional database. The formula we used to run these comparisons was =COUNTIF(Cong.GovExCommData!A:A, “” & [cell reference] & “”)>0. We also eliminated some EPA rules that were listed by that agency’s FRL numbers, as well as some duplicates. Next, we reviewed each remaining document in the Federal Register and gave each a score from 0-3 to signify the item’s importance, with a 3 being the most important. An item was scored as a 3 if it is a rule with national importance or interest; for example, a habitat designation under the Endangered Species Act. An item was scored as a 2 if it was an interesting rule but that likely is of interest only to its regulated community; for example, the Farm Credit Administration’s risk-based capital requirements. All remaining rules were given a score of 1, while notices and technical corrections were rated a 0. This scoring system is of course subjective and is just a rough guide. The list above it currently sorted with the most important rules at the top We then clarified the data in the “issuing agency” and “sub agency” fields to enable researchers to filter the remaining data. Our results include rules submitted to the Federal Register from 2015–2017. The Argive results are limited because the GAO database does not include reports about these recent rules. We identified 74 unreported rules from this time period. Most importantly, we compared data against the rule reports Congress actually received, not only rule reports sent to GAO. We believe this is the most relevant analysis because the 60-day time limit imposed by the CRA begins when Congress receives the report for a rule. We compared our results against the Argive results and concluded we identified hundreds of important rules subject to the CRA. We also found numerous rules that were missing from both the GAO and congressional database (i.e., rules that were identified by both Argive and us). The CRA covers more rules than those submitted by agencies to the Federal Register. For example, the CRA covers guidance documents and agency rules of procedure or practice, if those rules “substantially affect the rights or obligations of non-agency parties.”[1] Our analysis does not include these rules because we started with a database that only included rules published in the Federal Register. Similarly, we did not review each rule to ensure that it met the CRA’s definition of a rule, which excludes rules that set rates and prices. The congressional Executive Communications database only includes rule reports sent to the Senate. To the best of our knowledge, there is no corresponding database of House communications. This does not invalidate our results, however, because the CRA requires agencies to notify both chambers of new rules. Therefore, even if the House received a communication identifying one of the rules on our list, the fact that the Senate did not receive a similar communication means the rule is still subject to the CRA. We welcome feedback on these findings and methods. You can contact me at james.valvo@causeofaction.org James Valvo is Counsel & Senior Policy Advisor at Cause of Action Institute. You can follow him on Twitter @JamesValvo. Update: This post was updated on April 6, 2017 to include further revisions and analysis of the data. [1] 5 U.S.C. § 804(3). Tags: Regulation, James Valvo, Congress, Congressional Review Act	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0065.json.gz/line1080
__label__wiki	0.742407	0.742407	Home/Wiki Bio/Jack Nichols Wiki Bio, Net Worth, Now, Today, Child, Children, Mother Jack Nichols Wiki Bio, Net Worth, Now, Today, Child, Children, Mother 1 Wiki, jack Nicholson Bio, Mother 2 Picture Success 3 Benefits and Risks Film 4 Jack Nicholson Son Jack Nicholson is one of the richest celebrities and film makers in the usa, he’s worth roughly $400 million. Nicholson has collected his riches by an astonishing Hollywood career which spans over 6 years. Being a real boxoffice darling throughout his days at the 1970s, 80s, and 90s, Nicholson continued to control top dollar in to the new millennium. The veteran performer is just one of the very awarded celebrities in Hollywood using 3 Oscars and 6 Golden Globe awards under his belt. Here’s a break down of the way that Nicholson became really rich and also he spends his countless. Additionally you will have to learn a comprehensive description of Jack’s lifetime, on his mum, his spouse and kids. Wiki, jack Nicholson Bio, Mother The mythical Jack Nicolson was created April 22, 1937, at Neptune City, New Jersey into a 18-year-old show-girl, June Nicholson that had been unsure of his own real dad. Fortunately, her parents consented to improve Jack because of their kid. It had been at age 3-7 which Jack discovered using a Time Magazine report his sister was his mom. Albeit a stunning scenario, Jack was no where near being traumatized. Nicholson attendedManasquan senior school at which his sense of humor acquired him that the class clown vote of 1954. His behaves additionally landed him in detention for a yr old. Jack moved to Hollywood at age 17 and worked as a office assistant at the MGM animation studio. Like any other up coming celebrity, Jack began with lowbudget pictures. Inspired with his slow start, he blasted to behind-the-camera roles directing and writing movies. The movie also attracted Jack his first 12 following Academy Award nominations. A post shared by JACK NICHOLSON (@jacknicholsonofficial) on Mar 21, 2014 at 9:31am PDT Picture Success From then on initial break through, Jack instantly took the picture world by storm with all his own following films. His acting art quickly left him an extremely sought performer, increasing his own paycheck. Nicholson started the 1970 s using “Five Easy Pieces,” earning a backtoback Academy Award nomination. By the mid-1970s, Nicholson began earning 6 characters a role. He brought $ 1million to its job in addition to his own very first OSCAR AWARD FOR BEST ACTOR. Jack ripped his next Oscar Award at the Best Supporting Actor category for his character in “Terms of Endearment” (1983). The 1980s ended with the highly-acclaimed Joker character in Batman (1989) that Nicholson says could be the best performance of his livelihood. As the boxoffice smash hit didn’t fetch him an Oscar, it’d swell up his banking accounts. Due to his celebrity power, Nicholson had been in a position to cut some deal with the film makers to profit by a particular proportion of the film ‘s gross. That doesn’t include the 6 million base wages he received to your role.Batman is still the most useful grossing film of the livelihood. Nicholson was credited because of his flexibility characters. He even won his third Academy Award and also next at the Best Actor category for his part from the 1997 romantic comedy film, “As Good as It Gets. ” The picture is your 2nd most useful grossing of the livelihood. Jack was in a position to evaluate a range of noteworthy movies in the new millennium. Together with era whilst the limiting variable, Nicholson seldom acts or create public appearances. Nevertheless, your favorite movie villain doesn’t even want you to believe about him as yet retired. I'm famous (if you look really hard). https://t.co/EE9jUoQEHu — Jack Nichols (@jacknichols) April 23, 2016 Benefits and Risks Film Here’s just a peek at several of Jack Nicholson’s films and just how far he’s made from their store. He’s starred in more than 80 films having a combined box office gross of more than 400 million. A skill aficionado, his set is reportedly worth over $100 million. He’s got numerous realestate possessions sprinkled round the nation. Nicholson resides in abungalow at Mulholland Drive, Beverly Hills he bought in 2004 for $6.1 million. He also has made some cash off house earnings. In 2013he also sold his Aspen home for about 11 million. Throughout his prime, Jack was renowned for his wild way of life along with several occasions. His sole union to Sandra Knight lasted for 6 years (in 1962 to 1968) and produced a girl. Though Jack never re married he travelled onto get an extremely active sex life. His numerous occasions produced five kids. Jack Nicholson Son Jack Nicholson has a Boy Raymond and Also a Girl Lorraine withactress Rebecca Broussard. These are merely two outside of Jack’s additional children.Nicholson had onandoff connections with different ladies, creating just a tiny controversy within the sanity of the kids. Jack Nicholson was wed. He just got married to Sandra Knight at 1962. The couple have divorced in 1968 though they separatedtwo years earlier. Their short span love gave birth to your girl Jennifer who had been created September 16, 1963. Nicholson’s flings and issues with different women returned again to search him actress Susan Anspach claimed her boy friend, Caleb Goddard that was created September 26, 1970, was fathered by Nicholson. The celebrity needed refuted her asserts. Nicholson also fathered a girl, Honey Hollman afterwards he had some thing todo withDanish version Winnie Hollman InAll, Jack has five kids. 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__label__wiki	0.633137	0.633137	AVG simplifies platform in Managed Workplace 10.0 to emphasize MSP business goals by Mark Cox • April 11, 2016 The new version of AVG’s RMM platform reworks the platform around the MSPs business processes, greatly reducing installation time and building customizable customer service plans right into the RMM solution. Ryan Vallee, product management lead at AVG Business AVG has released the 10.0 version of its AVG Business Managed Workplace remote monitoring and management (RMM) platform. The emphasis in 10.0 is not about adding new capabilities as much as it is optimizing and simplifying existing services. The platform has been redesigned to work in harmony with how the MSP does business, automating configuration and deployment and integrating a range of service contracts into the platform itself. “The competitive landscape for RMMs today involves a steep learning curve, because while RMMs today are very powerful, they are also very complex,” said Ryan Vallee, product management lead at AVG Business, who guides the strategy for the Managed Workplace portfolio. “This complexity has a cost in time to MSPs, who can take 35 to 40 steps to configure a client. MSPs want an RMM solution that supports their business goals and empowers the MSP to achieve them. Managed Workplace 10.0 provides that business purpose. Before 10.0, MSPs had to spend time configuring all those policies. Now it’s a singular, simplified service delivery model.” Vallee illustrated the increased simplicity with a specific example. “Previously, to configure, say, Path Management, you had to go into the Path Management configuration section, ask what the customer network looked like and do the appropriate configurations. And for the next question it would be the same questions, but because the networks wouldn’t be the same, it might be a completely different configuration, so the process couldn’t be made repeatable.” Vallee said the big change here in 10.0 is that this process is now all automated. “The approach in 10.0 allows for auto-application rules for all the policy types, so we can seek out and find each device and apply the maintenance to it,” he said. “It takes a lot of the manual component out of configuring the RMM, and because it fits directly into the maintenance contracts, it basically makes the RMM part of your workforce. Now instead of taking 35 or 40 steps to configure the customer, the RMM quickly is enrolling them within a service plan.” The platform has three out-of-the-box service plans – Reactive, Proactive and Fixed Fee – and also allows partners to create their own customized plans. In Managed Workplace 9x, the service plans revolved around monitoring and alerting, but has now been significantly expanded to add automation, path management, AV management, backup management and reporting. The plans involve any variation of services, and permit specificity in, for example, alignments for the different types of server functionality in service maintenance. All are based on the auto-application of the core RMM solution set and its mapping to specific customer SLAs. “The difference in the service plans is based on customer sensitivity to downtime, which will determine whether they want a proactive model or not,” Vallee said. “The MSP can set up a service plan by site or, in a hybrid fashion by devices, supporting network devices, servers and workstations separately in case the customer attaches different priorities to them. MSPs also have the granularity to turn on and off different types of services for the unique aspects of a given customer.” The configuration process now uses a five-step wizard to fully onboard a set of services to a customer. “We have a new and much more graphical services dashboard, which provides a look at exactly what’s happening,” Vallee said. “You can take action and deploy from the actions-based dashboard, which empowers technical teams to take appropriate actions quickly.” In contrast, Vallee said the old dashboard was more focused around alerts, and was much less graphical.” Managed Workplace 10 has been available to partners in AVG’s early adopter program, and Vallee said the feedback has been phenomenal. “There has been real excitement from partners at having the service plans right within the RMM solution, as well as about that granularity and clarity when customers are on-boarded. For the first time, MSPs have access to a business solution that puts their needs first, and enables them to be true security experts to their customers.” AVG Managed Workplace 10.0 is available now. Tags:Automation AVG Configuration Managed Workplace monitoring MSP Services ← Gigamon adds Professional Service Partner Program to channel offerings DH2i sees first Containers-as-a-Service solution for SQL Server as massively disruptive →	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0065.json.gz/line1086
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Flowback Tanks Although worker safety hazards in the oil and gas extraction industry are well known, there is very little published data regarding occupational health hazards (e.g., types and magnitude of risks for chemical exposures) during oil and gas extraction operations. To address the lack of information, NIOSH requests assistance from oil and gas stakeholders in further characterizing risks for chemical exposures during flowback operations and, as needed, develop and implement exposure controls. This blog briefly describes flowback operations and addresses reports made known to NIOSH of recent worker fatalities related to or located at flowback operations. Worker Fatalities Figure 2. Production Tanks NIOSH learned about several worker fatalities associated with flowback operations through media reports, officials with the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), and members of the academic community. According to our information, at least four workers have died since 2010 from what appears to be acute chemical exposures during flowback operations at well sites in the Williston Basin (North Dakota and Montana). While not all of these investigations are complete, available information suggests that these cases involved workers who were gauging flowback or production tanks or involved in transferring flowback fluids at the well site. Often these fatalities occurred when the workers were performing their duties alone. Potential Exposures during Flowback Operations Flowback refers to process fluids from the wellbore that return to the surface and are collected after hydraulic fracturing is completed. In addition to the hydraulic fracturing fluids originally pumped, returned fluids contain volatile hydrocarbons from the formation. After separation, flowback fluids are typically stored temporarily in tanks (figure 1) or surface impoundments (lined pits, ponds) at the well site. Liquid hydrocarbons from the separation process are routed to production tanks (figure 2). Workers periodically gauge the fluid levels in flowback and production tanks with hand-held gauges (sticks and tapes) through access hatches located on the top of the tank. Hydrogen sulfide (sour gas) is well recognized as a toxic exposure hazard associated with oil and gas extraction and production (1,2). However, less recognized by many employers and workers is that many of the chemicals found in volatile hydrocarbons are acutely toxic at high concentrations. Volatile hydrocarbons can affect the eyes, breathing, and the nervous system (3,4,5,6,7) and at high concentrations may also affect the heart causing abnormal rhythms (8,9). Recently, NIOSH conducted exposure assessments to identify chemical hazards to workers involved in flowback operations. Results from initial field studies suggest that certain flowback operations/activities can result in elevated concentrations of volatile hydrocarbons in the work environment that could be acute exposure hazards. The results, conclusions, and recommendations based on these evaluations will be detailed in a peer-reviewed journal article, a future NIOSH Science Blog posting, or other communication products. Preliminary Recommendations Based on the limited information on fatalities and initial NIOSH exposure assessments, NIOSH researchers have identified preliminary recommendations to reduce the potential for occupational exposures: 1) Develop alternative tank gauging procedures so workers do not have to routinely open hatches on the tops of the tanks and manually gauge the level of liquid. 2) Provide hazard awareness training to ensure flowback technicians, water haulers, and drivers understand the potential hazards and risks for volatile chemical exposures when working on and around flowback and production tanks. 3) Monitor workers to determine their exposure to volatile hydrocarbons and other contaminants. Employers should consult with an occupational safety and health professional trained in industrial hygiene to ensure an appropriate sampling strategy is used. 4) Ensure workers do not work alone in potentially hazardous areas. 5) Use appropriate respiratory protection in areas where potentially high concentrations of volatile hydrocarbons can occur as an interim measure until engineering controls are implemented. Employers should consult with an occupational safety and health professional trained in industrial hygiene to determine the appropriate respirator to be used. Note that OSHA regulations (29 CFR 1910.134) require a comprehensive respiratory protection program be established when respirators are used in the workplace. NIOSH guidance for selecting respirators can be found at http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/docs/2005-100/default.html 6) Establish emergency procedures to provide medical response in the event of an incident. NIOSH continues to work with OSHA to obtain additional information about these fatalities. We request assistance from our occupational safety and health stakeholders for information on other potentially related incidents or fatalities related to acute exposures during such flowback operations. NIOSH is looking for additional industry partners to work with us to further characterize worker exposures during flowback operations and to develop and evaluate controls, as needed. If you have questions or wish to provide further pertinent information, please contact us via the blog comment box below or by e-mail at nioshblog@cdc.gov. John Snawder, Ph.D, DABT; Eric Esswein, MSPH, CIH; Bradley King, MPH, CIH; Michael Breitenstein, BS; Marissa Alexander-Scott, DVM, MS, MPH; Kyla Retzer, MPH; Max Kiefer, MS,CIH and Ryan Hill, MPH. John Snawder, Michael Breitenstein, and Marissa Alexander-Scott are with the NIOSH Division of Applied Research and Technology (DART) in Cincinnati, OH. Eric Esswein, Bradley King, Kyla Retzer and Max Kiefer are with the NIOSH Western States Office in Denver, CO. Ryan Hill is with NIOSH, Office of the Director, Morgantown, West Virginia The objective of this blog entry is to describe a potential emerging occupational hazard in the oil and gas extraction industry. Additionally, it is meant to request help from stakeholders for more information related to fatalities associated with flowback operations. To keep the blog discussion focused on worker health, we may choose not to respond to comments that do not pertain to worker exposures. 1. NIOSH POCKET GUIDE TO CHEMICAL HAZARDS, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Centers for Disease Control and Prevention National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. (2007)DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 2005-149 Hydrogen Sulfide: http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/npg/npgd0337.html 2. OSHA Oil and Gas Well Servicing eTool: General Safety and Health: Hydrogen Sulfide Gas https://www.osha.gov/SLTC/etools/oilandgas/general_safety/h2s_monitoring.html 3.NIOSH POCKET GUIDE TO CHEMICAL HAZARDS, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Centers for Disease Control and Prevention National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. (2007)DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 2005-149. Benzene: http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/npg/npgd0049.html 4. NIOSH POCKET GUIDE TO CHEMICAL HAZARDS, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Centers for Disease Control and Prevention National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. (2007)DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 2005-149. N-Pentane: http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/npg/npgd0486.html 5. NIOSH POCKET GUIDE TO CHEMICAL HAZARDS, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Centers for Disease Control and Prevention National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. (2007)DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 2005-149. N-Hexane: http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/npg/npgd0322.html 6. NIOSH POCKET GUIDE TO CHEMICAL HAZARDS, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Centers for Disease Control and Prevention National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. (2007)DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 2005-149. N-Heptane: http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/npg/npgd0312.html 7. NIOSH POCKET GUIDE TO CHEMICAL HAZARDS, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Centers for Disease Control and Prevention National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. (2007)DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 2005-149. Petroleum distillates: http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/npg/npgd0492.html 8. Adgey A.A., Johnston P.W., McMechan S. Sudden cardiac death and substance abuse. Resuscitation. (1995)Jun;29(3):219-21. 9. Sugie, H., Sasakia C. Hashimotoa, C., Takeshita, H. et al. Three cases of sudden death due to butane or propane gas inhalation: analysis of tissues for gas components. Forensic Science International (2004) 143:211–214. Categories Oil and Gas 26 comments on “Reports of Worker Fatalities during Flowback Operations” Safety Engineer says: There was a fatality at a crude oil tank battery in Oklahoma, March 20. Suspiciously similar to these fatalities. OSHA still waiting for ME report. information was given in good manner. thanks for sharing it with us 🙂 Kim Feil says: I have repeatedly begged our Arlington TX City Council to mandate pressurized, ventless, flowback tanks because Urban Drilling risks the fenceline folks too! Nobody is watching out for us….I fear for my familys health. I have blogged on these guys deaths here .. http://barnettshalehell.wordpress.com/?s=flowback Robert Schmetzer says: There are many reference articles that can be goggled. Flow back from the hydraulic fracturing comes with a list of natural and manmade toxins. Radio active isotopes come in different uranium based numbers. U 234, u235, u236, etc. Radon gas and depleted uranium are burnt off with flaring, ponds spilling, dumping on roadways and unlined garbage dumps. The VA has multiple examples of veterans coming home with severe illnesses because of exposure to depleted uranium. Halliburton has a patient on the perf gun used in every well to blow a hole in the steel pipe and shale. It has depleted uranium disks according to the US Patient office. The drillers know when they are in the Marcellus shale when the radiation alarms go off. Radon gas originates from the shale and works itself into aquifers and cellars of homes. Our government who is trusted with protecting the public has sold permits to harm the public. This is not a good idea. Rule #4, Ensure workers do not work alone in potentially hazardous areas, will help insure that more than one person can be killed at a time. Paul Schmidt says: Flowback after an acid stimulation or fracture stimulation carries the same produced fluids as a well that is naturally flowing. Most deaths are from H2S which is produced regardless of fracture stimulation of the well. No volatile chemicals are used to fracture that would potentially cause a fatality during flowback. There are many parts of the world where formation pressures and geology allows for naturally flowing wells where just a hole has to be drilled and casing run. In the US we have to extract the oil where a pathway is made artificially by either pumping acid or fracturing. An average citizen does not understand these processes, unfortunately and hence this has caused a furore in the country where public is protesting against these processes. The acid pumped in these wells is 15% acid the rest is water and other chemicals that inhibit corrosion etc contrary to public belief that alien slime is pumped down these wells. Similarly the main constituent of Hydraulic Fracturing is gel made from guar gum which is a common food additive and then sand is used as a proppant. This man made fracture just allows for oil to flow to the well and there are thousands of feet of vertically impermeable rock that separate these fractures and any cross-flow from the upper aquifer or potable water bearing formations. If our citizenry does not educate themselves on these methods and the public protests and votes against these processes we will be paying 10 bucks a gallon for a gallon. We cannot import all the oil from the middle-east. Let us incorporate science and good common sense into the masses so they can make educated decisions about all of our futures and those of our children. John Puskar, P.E. says: The entire oil and gas industry, in my opinion, is missing a central piece of their safety puzzle. API 76 recommended practice for contractor safety management references 68 other documents, 114 training programs and asks 430 safety program questions of contractors. Guess how much of this directly relates to the core activity of handling flammable gas? NONE, Nothing, nada. Hard to believe. I am a founding member of NFPA 56, Standard for fire and explosion prevention during the cleaning and purging of flammable gas piping systems. This standard actually directly speaks to many of the root causes of oil & gas related fires and explosions. The oil & gas industry knows nothing of this standard although its been out now for nearly 3 years. I am presenting a paper on the topic at the upcoming asse meting in Orlando in June. If anyone wants a copy, email me at jpuskar@aol.com M. Sweeney says: If some of the volatile hydrocarbons at fracking sites can cause the death of workers, I am wondering what the short- and long-term effects may be for residents living on the gas fields who may be repeatedly exposed to these volatile hydrocarbons (albeit at lower levels than the workers). I have seen fracked gas wells in Northeast PA that are only a few hundred feet from homes and I have seen neighborhoods where there are many, many gas wells–what are the cumulative effects? What about the long-term effects of living near the wells? What about the effects on infants, young children, and pregnant women? What effects might the local weather have (e.g. what if the wind is blowing from a fracking site toward nearby residences)? Is anyone modeling any of this and calculating what the local effects would be at various gas well setbacks and gas well densities? John Snawder, Eric Esswein, Bradley King, Michael Breitenstein, Marissa Alexander-Scott, Kyla Retzer, Max Kiefer, and Ryan Hill says: Thank you for your comment. NIOSH researchers can not address potential community exposures because our research and findings are specific to occupational exposures at a work site, and should not be extrapolated to communities or other areas beyond the specific activities we are monitoring. This is because exposures to the community cannot be predicted from worker exposures. We do not have the mandate or authority to research community and environmental issues. For more information on the effects of oil and gas extraction on communities, please visit the websites for CDC’s National Center for Environmental Health and the Agency of Toxic Substances and Disease Registry. O E Smith says: Oil drilling deaths have reached 545 since 2008 in the U S because of the fracking frenzy that has taken off in North Dakota. The American people over all hears little about this among other things. We have heard the dispute about whether or not it is healthy for our environment but rarely how dangerous this type of operation is. With so many people out of work I have heard many claim they are going to work the oil fields in North Dakota because they are always hiring. I see now why that is. Sokolov says: Yes, I fully support the statement of other commentator, everybody talks about ecological costs of new fracking boom, nobody mentions decreased safety levels on some of the new fields. Sokolov, kasey johnson says: I work on a drilling rig and its funny how no one metions the dangers of over heating because of frc’s. Those working in the oil and gas industry may be at risk for heat stress. Recommendations for employers and workers for preventing heat stress can be found on the NIOSH Heat Stress Topic Page http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/topics/heatstress/ And on a recent blog “Adjusting to Work in the Heat: Why Acclimatization Matters” http://blogs.cdc.gov/niosh-science-blog/2014/07/14/acclimatization/ The Houston National Service, Transmission, Exploration & Production Safety (STEPS) Network offered the following information about Fire Resistant Clothing (FRC) and heat: http://greaterhoustonsteps.com/yahoo_site_admin/assets/docs/SPE_124897_R2_PPE.75140340.pdf Also see OSHA’s web site on heat illness: https://www.osha.gov/SLTC/heatillness/index.html I recently did some work in flowback and my job was to strap or measure the tanks. I did this 1 2 3 times and hour sometimes and the fumes from the flowback water and from the condensate were very overpowering sometimes gave me headaches, made my stomach upset and I felt dizzy and tired. The fumes got so bad one night I almost puked passed out and couldnt breath and my supervisor thought it was funny I didnt. Being a firefighter/EMT with hazmat training I went over the MSDS sheets for the stuff and its suggested to wear splash protection, rubber gloves for handling and a respirator because its some bad stuff. My company and the oil company we were working for just didnt seem to care and my concerns fell on deaf ears and I am glad I quit because I could forsee something bad happening to myself. Mert Soylu says: Great Post, provided information indicates a lot of details. Thanks! qdc Qatar says: Thanks For sharing information its use for us. Best Engineering Consultant Carreira says: miekacorporation says: Enjoyed the reading the post! Jose E. Pena says: I am a driling fluids engineer, My specialty is drilling and treating H2S formations in South Texas, IE: Ramondville, La Grulla, Rio Grande City, and Zapata areas. The gas samples from different formations, are tested, and gas sample bottles, are shipped of and tested for H2S,C02, Methane, and other gases. As these wells are produced Dehydration, and Amine Seperator units are installed to treat out poisionous gasses depending on what the field is producing by the Reservour Engineers Calculations. The other side Condensate Tanks are vented to atmosphere, it is not dangerous as long as the wind is blowing, and vent gasses flow away from you. Frac Tanks with degrading Chemical Drilling Fluids, should be drained and shipped to storage locations. Eric Esswein and Bradley King says: Thank you for your comment and expertise. Dilution ventilation (i.e., wind) may reduce concentrations of hydrocarbons in some cases but relying solely on the wind as an exposure control mechanism is not recommended. Standing upwind of tank hatches may also help to reduce exposures but neither natural dilution ventilation nor standing upwind should be relied upon to completely reduce risks. We encourage the development and use of engineering controls such as remote gauging and remotely venting tanks before workers are present on tank platforms to help control the multiple safety risks that can be encountered during manual tank gauging including: oxygen deficient atmospheres, the presence of acutely toxic gases and vapors, and the flammability hazards. Marissa Cortese says: It is my great pleasure to visit your website and to enjoy your excellent Blog Commenting Sites post here. Thanks.. 🙂 Steven Jahn says: Has NIOSH issued a summary report as to the investigation of fatalities and the near misses that have been reported in this blog? Awareness at the worker level is lacking, but it should not be for the owners of the wells…..it is possible that simple awareness will not solve the problem, unless monitoring instrument use is coupled with a good understanding of the timing and initiation of the gas releases. Thanks Steve Thank you for your comment. Yes, NIOSH has provided more information about those cases. On April 10th, 2015, NIOSH published an updated science blog that identified a total of nine fatalities associated with tank gauging or sampling (http://blogs.cdc.gov/niosh-science-blog/2015/04/10/flowback-3/). We also provided more information about those nine cases, including a narrative description of each event, on our website (www.cdc.gov/niosh/topics/fog/data.html). With regards to preventing additional fatalities, NIOSH agrees that relying solely on raising awareness of the hazard is not the most effective strategy. In our updated blog, we recommend the use of alternative tank gauging and sampling procedures, that would allow workers to remotely gauge and sample oil and gas production tanks. NIOSH also collaborated with OSHA and the National STEPS Network to develop a tank hazard infographic and supporting materials that are available for download (www.nationalstepsnetwork.org/initiatives_frc.htm). These materials not only serve to raise awareness, but they also promote engineering and administrative controls, and PPE considerations. We are continuing our work to more fully characterize the hazards associated with manual tank gauging and sampling and to promote effective strategies to protect workers; we will continue to seek additional input and collaboration from stakeholders as we conduct that work. Awesome post Thanks for sharing this information. James Williams says: You need to process and requirements for no matter how extensive with Horizon and its employees know that one size does not fit all. Meghan Joyce says: This is some really good information. I love how simple yet informative this page is in giving the crucial information. Glad I came across this site. Keep up the good work! Thanks for the nice article. Leave a Reply to Jose E. Pena Cancel Reply Page last reviewed:December 7, 2016 Page last updated:December 7, 2016	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0065.json.gz/line1089
__label__wiki	0.958201	0.958201	MELISSA ETHERIDGE - THE MEDICINE SHOW - PLUS A BONUS CD 2019 Release. On her fifteenth studio record, Melissa Etheridge presents her first original material since her 2014 album, This Is ME, following her critically acclaimed Stax tribute record, Memphis Rock and Soul. Produced by longtime collaborator John Shanks, The Medicine Show features some of her most honest songwriting to date, paired with beautiful instrumentation and her signature roaring guitar. Not only topically relevant in 2019, The Medicine Show further solidifies Etheridge’s in the current music scene and reminds us why Etheridge has remained one of America’s favorite female singer-songwriters for more than two decades. Describing the rocking, anthemic new track and album, Melissa explains, "The sound of the song and the whole record is purposefully aimed at that 90's rock sound. When rock was moody and fierce. 'Faded' is spot on a Melissa Etheridge song. You know it from the first few notes. I wrote it on my twelve string and kept it true to that sound." For this album, her 15th studio recording, Melissa was reunited with celebrated producer John Shanks (Keith Urban, Bon Jovi, Kelly Clarkson), and was recorded largely live in studio, capturing the raw emotion of the material. - The Medicine Show deals with universal themes of renewal, reconciliation, reckoning, compassion and, most profoundly, healing. Through the songs she processed the deep fears and hurting she saw in the nation on collective and personal levels; "Shaking" about national anxiety, "Here Comes the Pain," personalizing the opioid crisis, the unifying "Human Chain" about the hope for healing, and the rocking, anthemic "Love Will Live." More highlights include the album-closer, "Last Hello" drawing on the incredible strengths and courage shown by the survivors of the Parkland school shootings, and the infectious "Wild and Lonely," exploring themes of her past with a new perspective. Melissa Etheridge - A Look Inside The Medicine Show Melissa's new album "The Medicine Show" is out now: https://fo... The Border Patrol Raided My Tour Bus! Melissa Etheridge - The Medicine Show Follow along as Melissa explains the story behind each song on... Provided to YouTube by Universal Music Group The Medicine Sho... PETER FRAMPTON BAND - ALL BLUES - PLUS A BONUS CD CHRISTONE INGRAM - KINGFISH Lindsay Beaver - Tough As Love ANA POPOVIC - LIKE IT ON TOP MELISSA ETHERIDGE - Memphis Rock And Soul MELISSA ETHERIDGE - THE MEDICINE SHOW	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0065.json.gz/line1091
__label__cc	0.746931	0.253069	← Leaving Tennessee in the rear view mirror… Get ‘yer drinking game ready! → … and turning towards South Carolina. First thoughts on Georgia – South Carolina, or, as I like to refer to it, the “hasn’t seen” game. As in, Georgia hasn’t seen as good a defense this year as the Gamecocks’ D. As in, South Carolina hasn’t seen an offense remotely in the same class as Georgia’s. As in, the Dawgs haven’t seen a running back of the caliber of Marcus Lattimore. As in, the ‘Cocks haven’t seen as good a quarterback as Aaron Murray. As in… I think you get my point. Anyway, a few specifics: Very different challenge for Georgia’s defense this week. Gone is the scary downfield passing attack, to be replaced by a quarterback who’s been as efficient as Murray throwing the ball and is also an effective runner. Not to mention a tough son of a gun. Oh, yeah. There’s that Marcus Lattimore fellow. He’s not bad. Matt Hinton had a good piece about Lattimore that he posted before the Kentucky game in which he pointed out that Lattimore hasn’t been dominating South Carolina’s offensive numbers this season because Spurrier hasn’t needed him to. Cue the Kentucky game – the ‘Cocks are down 17-7 at the half and what does the OBC do? He dials up a heavy dose of his stud running back (10 carries for 61 yards in an 81-yard touchdown drive in the third quarter that put South Carolina up 28-17) to fuel a 31-point run and an easy win. Basically what Spurrier’s done is keep Lattimore in second-game shape even though the season’s five weeks old now. So what does that mean for Grantham? Well, for one thing, he won’t have his safeties lined up halfway to Watkinsville this week. For another, unlike the last two seasons, he’ll have a full quiver to shoot from, with no players out due to suspension or injury. The goal this week will be containment – controlling the zone read play and the intermediate passing game which Shaw has executed well. Another thing to keep an eye on is that South Carolina ran out of the I-formation a good bit against Kentucky. It’s a smart way both to protect Shaw’s shoulder and to pound on the defensive front to wear it out to enable Lattimore to control the fourth quarter in the way we’re all too sadly familiar with. In other words, it’s a big test for the new strength and conditioning regime. Also, I hope Grantham backs off from playing Jenkins and Geathers together so much; keeping them fresh for the inevitable strikes me as a good strategy. What is Bobo going to do about those defensive ends? Throw the kitchen sink at ’em, I expect, in hopes of keeping them off-balance. One thing I know is that he can’t expect Theus to handle Devin Taylor by himself all game. I do think the Dawgs will have some success moving the ball on the ground, but I’m scared to death of a couple of Murray turnovers coming by way of a fierce pass rush. Aaron’s got to be smart about not holding the ball too long. Also, expect lots and lots of max protect. Which may be fine, as I’m not as impressed with the ‘Cocks secondary as I am with their front seven. And I’m not forgetting that Georgia moved the ball on these guys throughout last year’s game. I’m not sure I really want to talk about special teams. Moving Mitchell out of punt return duty should help, but we can’t be sure until we see McGowan in action. I keep thinking that a game is going to come along where the extra point adventure is going to come back and bite Georgia in the butt. It wouldn’t surprise me in the slightest if this week’s game proved to be that point. On the other hand, I keep thinking Ace Sanders on punt returns is a turnover waiting to happen if the right guy times the right hit. Oh, and that silly Spurrier tiff with Ron Morris? I’ve seen someone suggest it’s the Evil Genius’ brilliant strategy for taking attention away from the game. (Question not addressed: why would he care about that?) Andy Staples thinks it was a distraction in the Kentucky game. Me, I just think Spurrier is a little bored. His team is functioning well and is in a post-Garcia era with no real major distractions. He’s got no players who need messing with, so the media makes a convenient target. Will any of that make a difference Saturday night? I don’t think so. Filed under 'Cock Envy, Georgia Football 74 responses to “… and turning towards South Carolina.” Castleberry In regards to their defensive ends, I’m wondering if we can iron out the kinks in that fly sweep we were running against Tennessee. Forcing them to keep contain on that might slow them getting up the field a bit. I bet we’ll see more two back and some chipping at them too. My main hope is that when they do whip their blocker our guys don’t nut up and make a bad situation worse… Tenn put on a clinic on negating a big pass rush last week. In addition to running laterally, we could learn from them. They killed us on that shovel pass to the RB several times when we brought the house. Their max protect package (and uncalled holding penalties) were also very effective agains J Jones and company. And their Oline played a brilliant overall game. It only fell apart late when Bray held the ball too long and / or succumbed to the late game pressure to perform in a heroic manner. I hope our coaches and team didn’t wait until Tuesday to leave UT in the rear view mirror and turn to SC. Might make for a long night. I was much more confident about this game a week ago. Now i am terrified – mainly of those ends and something “new” from SOS. hunkerdowndawg We rolled up 436 yards of offense on those ends with Ellis Johnson calling the D last year. Averaged 4.9 yards per carry. Threw for 248 yards and 4 TDs and average 8.9 yards per attempt. Murray posted a 178 passer rating. While their defense gets some credit for cashing in our three gifts into TDs, in the end, we beat ourselves. I believe Bobo and Murray know how to attack this defense and with a better stable of running backs and receivers this year, I like our chances. Listened to sports radio driving through SC recently. Gosh, this should be pumped into the locker room sound system everytime the Dawgs are in there. Those clowns are ridiculous. It’s funny, I guess, but they’re collective memory of relevant past games is, in a word, short. No statements like, “reminds me of 1998 against WTF U..”. They have no relevant past! What has been said before about Florida now applies well to USCe… “The arrogance of Notre Dame and the tradition of Wake Forest” Wellll… games like this are why we love it. Not the Buffalo or FAU’s. This is going to be a real test. May the best team win, and all that jazz. Hope it’s the Dawgs. And if the Dawgs aren’t the best team, may they win anyways. X-Dawg Yeah, we are owed one from last year. Folks, you can daydream all you want to; waste energy telling yourself Steve Spurrier is a dick, etc, etc. South Carolina is a good football team, balanced on offense, ferocious on defense. I suffered through all that blabber about winning national championships and playing Bama in the dome last week. You see what happens when you challenge the Kharmic Bitches and wear the cloak of dark hubris? What happens is turnovers, goofy special teams and a doze off by the defense during the second quarter. I see this as a very even game between two good teams with good coaching staffs. The Bitches slapped us around and we still managed to win. But that won’t be Derek Dooley on the sidelines in the Parking Lot from Hell on Saddy nite, and it won’t be Rajion Neal running the football for South Carolina. Please folks, hunker down….this is going to be an Old Man Football war. Our way of life against their way of life, the biggest game Georgia has played in the regular season since…..South Carolina in 1980?….oh, and Lattimore don’t fumble much. We got a chance, but we can’t tempt the Bitches. Biggest regular season game since 1980? I think the 2002 team would disagree with you.. 8-0 heading the Florida knowing if you win you’re in the NC. I stand by my statement. WFdawg “knowing if you win you’re in the NC.” I don’t think this was a given. Miami and OSU were both undefeated as well, and back then giving the SEC team priority in such a situation wasn’t assumed like it is now. And besides, we still had to get through Auburn, which was no cake walk. It makes me very nervous to say this, but based on results, I stand by my statement. Actually SJ,III now that I have had a chance to think about it I agree with you on this issue. Hogbody Spradlin In 2002 I remember that the table was set for us to jump to at least 2 if we beat Florida. Many unbeatens went down that day. Uglydawg Nobody is, Scorp. Looks to me like everyone thinks it’s going to be a war. Actually, though, you DO realize that nothing any of us says, thinks, expects, hopes for, writes about or bloviates about has one iota of influence on how these things play out, don’t you? (rhetorical question, don’t be offended) If everyone on here is in total agreement on how the game should be approached, planned and played, guess what? It don’t make Jack Shit. I’m nervous too, but I’d rather be a field-goal underdog to the cluckers at home than to be fifty point favorites against FAU in Athens. Competition is what the players want. That’s why they play. That’s why I watch. It’s fun. Of course, I realize you’re hyperbole (at least I think that’s what it is) is a balm for the fear of being dissapointed….as in “well, I was pretty much sure we would lose anyway”. I’m that way myself. But it’s more fun to say “I told y’all we were going to win”. So have some watered down coolaid…or can someone tell me what flavor goes best with rum? Dear Mr. Ugly….I have had this discussion before, maybe you missed it. Prove this to be true. Nothing I cans say, think, expect, hope for, write or bloviate about will have one iota of influence in proving it to be true. So I must be wrong. timphd Don’t be stupid boys. We all know it’s the hat and shirt you wear game day that matters. Ug-anything fruity goes with rum. You can use juice also. Did I tell you that I met Jack Shitt once? Cool guy, but the best part was being able to answer “Yes!” when anyone asked if I know Jack Shitt. Cojones and Scorpio Jones III, my favorite tag team on the WWF “Blutarsky Sessions.” And I mean that. 🙂 here here, I hereby am changing my handle from Junkyard Dawg ’00 to Big Ones III in their honor. Senator, please note the change as one of respect and not of puppetry! Big Ones III Keep it up Fellows! Awwwww….does this mean we’re….like….going steady? But have you met Shit from Shinola? Dat’s da little conah back we tried to recruit two years ago, right? He ended up going to Awbun, now he is the only one who does. biggity ben 1) How’s 29’s groin? 2) We’ll need to utilize the screen game (Murray needs to be practicing a little touch on those heat seeking missiles he has been throwing to the backs) 3) I’d like to see us move the pocket with Murray a good bit. Well # 2 will doom us because the screens and the wheel routes are not in AM’s playbook. He is awful throwing screens and as you said throws the swing pass too damn hard. I see total turnover city if AM throws screen passes. I hope this post is Scorpio approved. 69 I ain’t blind, either so you git no argument from this corner of the room. Couldn’t agree more. I can see Clowney or the other end jumping up to defend a screen and making very bad things happen. I’d prefer AM cut them up with 10-15 yard throws. If 3 and 4 can get some holes from the OL, it will keep the Cocks’ front 7 honest enough to play the run so that they can’t pin their ears back. And if AM can hit his receivers (and they catch the ball), it will keep the safeties from moving up into run support too fast. The past few years, we just haven’t run the ball well against these guys (unless I’m forgetting something). I think we’d all like to see 10-15 yd throws, the whole point is he might not have time to. I think they will bring up their safeties to stop the run and make us prove we can block their line. wnc dawg I keep thinking about how good Crowell looked against them last year. With 2 (or 3) backs able to perform like that, I like our chances. But freshmen ball security, playing against a grown man defense for the first time, gives me pause. It’s an equal point/counter point like every other freakin’ matchup in this game. I really think it’ll come down to if we protect the ball or not. We have a better qb and more skill guys. We’ll have better odds of scoring more points than them if we don’t turn it over. It’s cliche, but it looks to be true this week. I overheard SC fans talking on the Bill King show this morning that Aaron Murray is not as good as Conner Shaw because he has not beaten a ranked team, evah. They also basically called our defense out… calling them a overated. In fact, they said Aaron, our defense, and Coach Richt were all overated. two things surprise me by this… 1) their fans were smart enough to be able to recall the correct phone number to the show and 2) their fat fingers didn’t prevent them from dialing in… USCe football, a 2010 dynasty… won the coin toss in the SEC championship game! While I don’t necessarily agree w/ them, that’s a fair statement. AM hasn’t beaten a major opponent in a big game. When he’s been in such a position, he’s often been the reason we lost. He has the potential to be the best college QB this season, though. As for defense, I can’t say that I’ve seen any game that would suggest we’re not overrated. We played well against Mizzou and Vandy. We played poorly against Tenn (second half), Buff (first half), and the entire Fl. Atl. was completely uninspiring. Given the preseason hype, I’d say we’re definitely looking overrated. However, we have the potential to be the best D in college football. Now that all hats are present and the rust presumably shaken off, we have the opportunity to give South Carolina hell. Calling CMR overrated is absurd. He’s one of the winningest coaches in NCAA but has still been on the hotseat the past few years. I don’t think anybody is overhyping CMR. I think this is going to be an ugly game. SC’s front seven is going to expose our young o-line’s weaknesses. I think our offense will give up at least 1 defensive touchdown. While Spurrier has been keeping Lattimore fresh, I don’t see that happening this game. I think he’s going to run the dog shit out of Lattimore. It’s been a proven recipe for success against UGA. While Shaw is good, I think we have the personnel to cause him to screw up and exploit it. Lattimore is simply dominant, though. Quite simply, I don’t see Shaw carving up our defense this week. I think our keys for success are the following: (1) Win the field position battle. Our offense doesn’t have to score every drive, and I’ll be shocked if they do. However, our offense cannot make costly turnovers ON OUR HALF of the field. More importantly, we cannot have poor decisions made by the return man in PR and KOR. (2) We need a big game from our defense. Defensive touchdowns would be great, but we need to keep SC in 3rd and long situtations. In big games, Jarvis Jones tends to play his best. See UF last season; Mizzou this season. If our defense can keep our offense in decent field position, we will eventually score. Gurshall is capable of taking it to the house on any given play. Our receiving corps is always dangerous . . . if they have enough time for the play to develop down field. (3) Big blocking from the TEs. Big crack blocks from the wideouts. We’re not going to be able to spread it out against this pass rush. We have to win w/ tough runs and play action. It is obvious that AM must make sound decisions at all points of the game. There are going to be LOTS of ugly plays on offense. There’s nothing wrong with punting it away, but there is w/ trying to do too much, getting careless w/ the pearl, and turning a bad play into a catastrophe. This is really the biggest key, but if AM doesn’t bring his “A” game, all else fails. As I think about how USC’s offense works, I’m thinking that we’ll see a whole bunch of that Ogletree-Herrera combo that Grantham was testing out against UT. Tree could have a big impact in this game. Glad he’s back. Except the Will which says to them: “Hold on” Awright, but the Will gets penalized 10 yds every damned time! I thought that rule change was bullshit….Will has to learn to keep his hands inside the shoulders. Another thought… How do you think Sakerlina feels about playing us? You know they gotta have a little discomfort at how our offense is doing. And you know, they keep expecting the real defense to show up at any time. They remember last year too. If we hold off on the fumble sauce and the pick six pickles, we’ll make a club sandwich out of the chickens. I’m going to go with the Chic-fil-a motto: Eat mor chicken! I agree. How Is 29’s Groin.?. The Dawgs need him healthy. Both teams will try to run the ball & set up Play Action Passes. Hope our Tight Ends are ready to block & then run pass routes. Our best against their best (O & D) Is A Wash.. Other players must play their best game for the Dawgs to win. Finally, I believe Fla. & Tenn. are both better than they have been credited for. The win over Tenn. was a big deal. GO DAWGS. GATA . joedrip I want everyone to understand that if Connor Shaw runs that read option of theirs the entire game he will not play the whole game. The QB will go down and he will go down hard. Had a child at USC for several years and never before had this much difficulty finding a hotel room. On that little bit of info I think this is going to be a big one. I’m working on the premise that we just got last years South Carolina game out of our system last week and we’ll hopefully bring our Vanderbilt game. GATA yurdle SOS is going to have his bag of tricks ready on Saturday. The biggest thing I want to see is our defense tackle soundly. Solid hits on Shaw. Wrap up and gang tackle on Lattimore. Hold on and holler in the secondary. They’ll get their inevitable sacks. We’ll get out inevitable points. Assuming that those two factors don’t completely decide the game, the chance for winning is in making USC sustain drives. They didn’t score on a drive longer than 50 yards against Missouri. Agreed. And I wouldn’t put it past Bobo to have a few things in his bag of tricks, either. We gave them the game last year with turnovers and special teams implosions. And we still kept it close. If we protect the ball and have a sound day on special teams we win by two touchdowns. We’re the better team hands down we just need to play like it. No one will want to admit the accuracy of your point, but it is both succint and correct. We were the better team last year and dominated them on the field but gifted the game to them. Very similar to the other night against TN except the result was different. We have 10 players back from that 5th rated defense, and have improved on offense. Only negatives are the Kicker, and they are at home. There are no excuses, we are better and this team needs to step up and bring the W home. Our guys on offense should be angry about giving the game away last year, and our defense should be angry about getting ridiculed about last week’s performance. The coaching staff needs to motivate the team to break this mini streak and shut the delusional chicken fans, along with their whiney coach up. It is enough they get to the easier schedule of having Arky (a 10 point underdog0 rather than Auburn as their annual rival. Have had this advantage every year they have been in the league. Mac, this is one area we may disagree on….It is my contention the best team ALWAYS wins…the only folks who think this is not true are them whose team lost the game. The best team in that game was the one who won the game. To accept anything else is just coulda, woulda, shudda. Yeah, we will always disagree on that, I think that is nuts. The only thing you can say for sure is they were the best team for that 3 hour period based on how the game played out. Do you really think their is no such thing as an upset? Or a blown call that changed the outcome? No need arguing the point, I understand the score is all that matters regarding the record, but I see no validity is stating that the one with the most point is the best….only the winner. Who would win 4-5 of 7 is more the way I determine that, and you are right, there is no way to ever know. That is one of the reasons I I like having a legit playoff,k to detrmine the champion, because we will never know who was best. I think that might be the real reason why we have the internet. rugbydawg79 Get Fired up MAC—I Love it—get ready to Hunker Down Boys !! I ask ya, Mac, was Middle better than Tech? There is an awful lot of your reasoning on the Tech boards….looked to me like the best team won, but don’t look that way to the Techies. gamecock man I know I’m probably asking for it by getting involved in this conversation the week before the game, but your argument would carry more weight if there was more evidence suggesting that USC’s win last year was a true upset. That is, if UGA was definitely the better team for the rest of the year. But you weren’t. You can split the remainder of the season in various ways, but at the end of the day, we finished 11-2 and you finished 10-4. Hard to say there was too much difference in terms of how these teams performed over the course of the year. It’s not like we’re talking about a 7-5 team upsetting one with ten wins. This isn’t Kentucky beating LSU in 2007. Also, we were slightly favored by Vegas in the game (as we are again this year), suggesting that unbiased observers figured that we were evenly matched teams. That is, that if we played ten times, we’d probably end up with a pretty even record. You can say that if that game was played again, Murray might not make the same mistakes, but we could easily say that our secondary wouldn’t make the same mistakes the second time around, and we’d have good reason for saying that, because our secondary played worse than usual against you guys, although that certainly had a lot to do with your offense. In any event, the past is passed, and we’re back to where we started. Unbiased observers see these as evenly matched teams. I hope mine wins, but I won’t be shocked if it doesn’t. We’re about to see what happens. Good luck, gentlemen. No one will ever know, but I am very certain of UGA being the better team. UGA’s dominance of SC and AU are the two best indicators, and the season record of 10-2 each where UGA won more SEC games serving as a pretty good tie breaker. Just an opinion, same as yours. None of this influences Saturday’s game but UGA has the better offense, defense looks close with a slight edge to UGA on talent, and an edge to SC on STs. Add the home field edge for SC and intangibles being pretty equal and it could be very close. I won’t wish you good luck, Lord knows you had enough of that already, but I do hope the game is exciting and no players suffer a significant injury. I’ll give you credit for sticking to your guns. I think you’re being selective with your evidence, but you know that already. As far as this weekend goes, defensive advantage based on play on the field so far goes to USC. I’ll give you that UGA seems much more talented than the results it’s been getting, though, and that maybe you play better this weekend. Offensive advantage def. goes to UGA, although USC’s offense is trending in a positive direction as Shaw and Lattimore recover from injuries. Lattimore looked close to 100% last weekend vs. UK. Should be a good game. Gamecock man….. Lattimore’s knee will never be 100%. Ligaments are not like a broken bone that gets stronger at the break point. You can compensate for the injury build up the muscles to strengthen and support but it ain’t ever the same. That being said Lattimore gets a certain number of miles on that knee this season. Ride him to victory against the Dawgs? You just might. However, given the next two consecutive games are against two of the better Ds in the SEC the ride stops. You may take one of the three games and that one may well be against the Dawgs…… but you lose the other two. I think the Dawgs can go the SECC whether they beat your gamecocks or not. You’re right about ligaments, but Lattimore has looked much better the last two games. He’s probably as close to 100% as he’ll be this year. He’s also very fresh and hasn’t had any of those 40-carry games he had while Garcia was around. As far as what happens after Georgia, we’ll see. OK same song … different verse. He will never be 100%. You fudged a little with the “Lattimore has looked much better the last two games” meme. He had more yards receiving than running against the Zou. WR and RB respond/recover from ACL surgery differently. OK? Neither of your studs (qb, RB) are 100% healthy. I hope they force SOS into running Lattimore early and often. I hope Shaw has to be mobile and run the ball. That’s my plan. Pound on your studs rotate the Georgia LBs and keep them fresh. From one armchair qb to another. 😉 I agree that SC gets the edge on what we have seen on the field so I get your rationale. I am thinking that team with the #5 defense a year ago that returns 10 players is better than what the stats say, so I may be naive to think it will surface this weekend in a big, hyped game, but that is what I think will happen. Several of these guys have draft potential, this week’s performance on a huge stage is “showtime” for them. We will all see who has analyzed this correctly Saturday night, until then it is just two fans calling it form a biased perspective. May be better than “good”, looking like one the Top 3 SEC games of the year. Yeah, I can see your point. Usually I would say that five games in, what we’ve seen on the field is who these teams are. However, it stands to reason that UGA hasn’t been able to settle in yet on defense due to the suspensions. Maybe that happens this weekend, maybe not. Glad to see, while you are gettin all snuggly with the enemy, that you acknowledge the existence of luck…which by any name is the Kharmic Bitches….there is hope for you reality folks. The scotch is strong is this one. Well said. I, too, think that is the biggest reason to support a playoff. It is ridiculous for pollsters to attempt to guess which team is the “best” for purposes of post-season pairing. College football needs to get over this idea. In Giants v. Pats Pt. I, I don’t think anybody could have said that the Giants were the “better” team. However, it is undisputable that–within the rules of the game–they were the champions. Gatriguy I hope that this is USC’s blackout game, where they don’t focus during the week and are too amped up. As always, the key to beating Spurrier is get up by more than one possession, because Lattimore or not, he WILL get impatient, and hit the QB on every single play. I strongly agree with the last thing you said. One of the keys to this game is who takes the early lead. If USC leads midway through the third, we’ll likely be able to ride Lattimore out to the win. If UGA leads, particularly by more than one score, I’m not sure if the USC offense is built to make a comeback in that situation. gamecock man, UGA’s offense is geared to allow your team to make a comeback, down more than one score late in game. We have regrettably seen versions of that on numerous occasions, including last year against SC. True, but I’m not going to make any assumptions about turnovers until it happens. And we were never down by more than a score last year, anyways. I am not sure that comparing last years USC D to this years USC D is such a good thing. Ward dials up the blitz a lot more than the previous DC did. Will be interesting to see how CMB deals with that. Let’s cut through the “blah, blah, blah” (h/t The Senator’s greatest post ever)… Murray > Shaw Gurshal > Lattimore UGA Recievers > USCe’s UGA D backfield > USCe’s D lines/front 7 even…maybe edge to UGA O line… Edge to USCe (unless Theus comes of age) Special teams…USCe Coaching staffs even Karma…USCe. But Karma can be a bitch! I’m taking the Dogs on the road and the points. GATA Whoa, sample size too small there. Lattimore is money and has proven it repeately. Gurshal have played in 3 meaningful college games. 3??? Is anybody up for some score predictions? 34-24. I don’t see that much offense in this game. I think the total points scored may be in the low 40s, both defenses seem to be holding the cards, maybe something along the lines of 26-17. But in these days of scoring in CFB that may be two planets off, just don’t think so in this game. Seems more like the usual UGA/SC battles. I agree, but I think there will be defensive TDs or special teams TDs. At the least, I think there will be offensive TDs scored off a short field b/c of a combiation of outstanding defensive play coupled w/ sloppy offensive play. Both defenses have serious playmakers who will exploit the mistakes. I would love, though, to see a dramatic, low-scoring game. I think there will be a higher point total, but I don’t think either side will have much more than 320 yds. You are right, STs and TOs/defensive scores could bloat the total well beyond my expectations. I think both teams play this one close the the vest so it should keep the turnovers down. Going to be fun to watch. SemperFiDawg Hey Senator, the game is between Georgia and SC. Don’t you think it would be more appropriate to coin it the “ain’t seen” game I would slightly disagree with the “ain’t seen” premise because, unlike many of my learned colleagues, the Tennessee team I saw was clearly a better team the day Georgia played them than any of the other teams either Georgia or South Carolina has played. Whether this will have any impact on the cosmic transparency of the Georgia-South Carolina game, who knows?	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0065.json.gz/line1093
__label__wiki	0.738755	0.738755	The construction industry's greatest headaches. Travis Perkins reveals construction industry’s headaches Travis Perkins has revealed the industry’s biggest headaches as part of its pledge to support customers by promoting and encouraging innovation. After speaking to contractors, housebuilders, manufacturers and staff, a number of common industry-wide problems became clear. The UK weather was a shared frustration, with high levels of rain blamed for construction delays, muddy working environments and the reduced effectiveness of certain building products. Unsurprisingly, health and safety was also a primary concern, from using heavy materials and equipment at height to manual handling injuries. Plus, it was universally agreed that solutions were needed to reduce waste levels and address the looming skills gap. To tackle these collective problems, Travis Perkins has launched the Travis Perkins Innovation Awards (TPIA). The search is now on for product solutions with entries open to anyone in the construction industry, as well as inventors, universities, students and colleagues from across Travis Perkins. Entries from simple sketches to detailed proposals are being accepted. Norman Bell, group strategy director at Travis Perkins, said: “This is a golden opportunity for those in construction who face daily problems that are a barrier to progress and profit, as well as for creative minds that want to make a difference to a vital industry sector. As well as a general product innovation category, we’re looking for solutions to the issues our survey identified; namely safety, skills, sustainability, and productivity. “The Awards are not just important for recognising ideas that could solve some of the industry’s headaches, but also to move the industry forward and future-proof an important economic stream. As a major UK employer with 21 businesses, it’s vital that we encourage innovation and skills, build the best and most innovative service possible for customers, and tackle major issues such as sustainability.” The closing date for entries is 30 June, 2016, with winners announced at the end of September 2016. Prizes may include financial investment and business support for product and idea development, an opportunity to trial products in selected Travis Perkins locations around the UK, or business mentoring and support from the timber and builders’ merchants senior team. Knauf Insulation provides support to Travis Perkins In order to help the customers of Travis Perkins understand whole house insulation solutions, Knauf Insulation has been working closely with the merchant to provide technical support, displays and tools for its newly refurbished flagship Northampton branch. Travis Perkins CEO steps down John Carter has stepped down at CEO of Travis Perkins, with Nick Roberts, currently CEO of Atkins, succeeding him. Travis Perkins appoints new Chief Operating Officer for Trade Merchanting Travis Perkins has appointed Frank Elkins as new Chief Operating Officer for the Group’s trade merchant businesses. City Heating Spares now available for PTS and Travis Perkins customers The availability and expertise of City Heating Spares (CHS), already enjoyed by customers of City Plumbing Supplies (CPS), is now available in select branches of Plumbing Trade Supplies (PTS) and Travis Perkins (TP). George Osborne visits Travis Perkins Travis Perkins recently received a visit from Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne, to celebrate the launch of its new Range centres.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0065.json.gz/line1095
__label__wiki	0.982893	0.982893	Tag: Van Morrison March 20, 2019 Album Reviews It’s Time Again to Play Van Morrison’s ‘Healing Game’ A 1997 Van Morrison album reappears in an expanded three-CD edition. Plus, new albums from the Honey Dewdrops and Tylor & the Train Robbers, and a 1968 concert set from the Bee Gees. June 18, 2018 Album Reviews / Film/TV Reviews A New DVD Chronicles a Rock Producer’s Brief But Brilliant Career A new film chronicles the life of underappreciated music producer Bert Berns. Plus, a CD from veteran country songwriter John Scott Sherrill and a covers collection from John Wesley Harding. Van Morrison Tackles the Great American Songbook On his 38th studio album, Van Morrison interprets classics from writers like George and Ira Gershwin and Cole Porter. Plus, releases from Mark Olson, Michael Johnathon, and Ethiopian & His All Stars, and a blues compilation. December 13, 2016 Album Reviews / Film/TV Reviews A Lavish Reissue Celebrates One of Rock’s Greatest Concerts No rock group ever bade farewell to its fans more memorably than the Band. On Thanksgiving Day in 1976—after eight July 6, 2016 Album Reviews Live Classics from Van Morrison’s Vaults Though only 27 years old in the spring of 1973, Van Morrison had already compiled an astonishing catalog of music. October 27, 2015 Album Reviews Van Morrison Reissues Two Classics Nearly half a century after it first appeared in 1968, Van Morrison’s Astral Weeks remains one of the most indispensable	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0065.json.gz/line1102
__label__wiki	0.868137	0.868137	Gov. Justice announces that improved trout stocking method is in place CHARLESTON, WV — Gov. Jim Justice announced today that beginning this week, in trout stockings around the state, the West Virginia Division of Natural Resources has implemented an improved stocking method. DNR is stocking the same number of trout in the same number of locations, but there’s one key difference. Rather than dumping the fish in at one point, DNR staff and contractors are now spreading them out over longer sections of stream. “This is how our streams should be stocked, and this is how I want them stocked,” Gov. Justice said. “It’s going to be a better fishing experience and it’s going to help bring anglers to West Virginia from all over the place.” “We heard the governor’s directive loud and clear,” DNR Director Stephen McDaniel said. “We are committed to giving anglers the best that West Virginia can offer.” DNR is partnering with the West Virginia Association of Rehabilitation Facilities to have more people go along on stocking runs. The nonprofit organization has offices throughout West Virginia, and has helped DNR previously with a variety of maintenance work. Jim Hedrick, DNR hatchery program manager, said that DNR stocks approximately one million trout a year. That means stopping and releasing fish about 15,000 times in more than 200 streams and lakes around the state. Hedrick says one of the big things that brings anglers to West Virginia is a continuous open season. That means when out-of-state anglers can’t fish in their home states, they can come to the Mountain State to satisfy their love of the sport. In addition, they can land some prize catches here. “With the governor’s plan, we now have one of the best stocking programs in the nation,” Hedrick said. “We stock bigger fish than anybody.” To catch trout in West Virginia, anglers must have a fishing license with a current trout stamp. All anglers age 15 and older are required to have a West Virginia fishing license and a valid form of identification while fishing. A West Virginia fishing license can be purchased at approximately 180 retail agents around the state or online at wvfish.com. Additionally, all anglers must follow West Virginia’s fishing regulations, which can be found online at wvdnr.gov. Video and photos of trout stocking can be downloaded here. View DNR's interactive fishing map here. Leave young wildlife alone, WVDNR urges Archery in the Schools State Tournament winners announced	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0065.json.gz/line1103
__label__wiki	0.750311	0.750311	Leadership Portfolio CfG Team Reports and Submissions Northern ARC – Turning Point for ChangeCaitlin Haddad2019-04-29T16:12:54+10:00 Northern ARC – Turning Point for Change The Committee for Geelong has recently held events with Federal MPs to brief members on key issues leading into the upcoming Federal election. The Northern ARC project was raised due to lack of funding commitments from the State and Federal governments. The Hon Richard Marles MP, Federal Member for Corio, stated that the Northern ARC was his number one priority. The proposed health and wellbeing hub will deliver leisure, recreation, arts and community wellbeing facilities, which will provide greater equity and accessibility to services across the northern suburbs. The project is estimated to generate $111 million in preventative health benefits and economic activity over the next ten years. The Northern ARC will contribute to addressing social inequity in Corio and Norlane. The Committee for Geelong calls on both the State and Federal government to contribute to this important initiative. Corio-Norlane’s unemployment rate is at 21.7% – the highest in Victoria. The structural change in the region, together with generational unemployment, has contributed to the challenges facing this community and investment in infrastructure, such as the Northern ARC, will be a catalyst to improve future liveability in Geelong’s northern suburbs. Addressing entrenched unemployment is vital to boosting our economy. The Committee for Geelong has long supported addressing disadvantage in the northern suburbs with the Committee’s founding Executive Director, Peter Dorling, and former Chairperson, Michael Betts, both assuming the role of Chairperson at Northern Futures respectively. Northern Futures, established in 2007, is a not profit organisation who seeks to create employment and training opportunities for members of their community most at risk of becoming, or remaining, jobless. Mr Dorling says the best way to address disadvantage is by employment but how can we continue to activate employment opportunities? Business and employers in the region need to collaborate with the community to support our northern suburbs through training and job opportunities. It’s important that we continue to support initiatives like Northern ARC, Northern Futures and the Geelong Regional Opportunities for Work (GROW) to improve the economic and social prosperity of the northern suburbs. For Geelong to prosper as a Clever and Creative city, we need to ensure that the standard of living and both professional and creative opportunities are afforded to all of our citizens, regardless of their residential postcode. The rising tide must lift all boats. Published via the Geelong Advertiser, 24/04/2019 Image via Geelong Advertiser Shared future for all – Recognising First Nations People People over politics Committee for Geelong Level 1 Sally Walker Building, 1 Gheringhap Street Geelong, Victoria, 3220 P +61 3 5227 8075 All correspondence to: PO Box 1418, Geelong, Victoria, 3220 We gratefully acknowledge The City of Greater Geelong for providing images for this site. About Leadership Portfolio Activate Leadership Program Leaders for Geelong Program Join the Committee for Geelong Copyright © 2018 Committee for Geelong \| Site by Enterprise Monkey	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0065.json.gz/line1104
__label__cc	0.664385	0.335615	What Is Community Capital? Current & Recent Projects Community Advantage Program The Hub (HOPE) All Dispatches Home / About Us / What Is Community Capital? The Center for Community Capital takes its name from the concept of “community capitalism.” This term was coined in the 1990s by a group called the American Assembly. In their book, Community Capitalism: Rediscovering the Markets of America’s Urban Neighborhoods, the American Assembly writes that: “By community capitalism we mean a for-profit, business-driven expansion of investment, job creation, and economic opportunities in distressed communities, with government and the community sectors playing key supportive roles. These supportive roles include, among others, rationalizing the regulatory environment, investing in public infrastructure and services that are normally available in nondistressed areas, improving the business environment, and assisting in developing a willing and work-ready labor force.” This idea, that business, government, and community groups can work together to create shared prosperity, drives all our work today. © 2019 UNC Center for Community Capital	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0065.json.gz/line1108
__label__cc	0.507431	0.492569	Home Dinner Theatre ‘It’s A Wonderful Life’ at Riverside Center Dinner Theater Dinner Theatre ‘It’s A Wonderful Life’ at Riverside Center Dinner Theater Riverside Center Dinner Theater presents a nostalgic twist on Frank Capra’s beloved holiday classic It’s A Wonderful Life, adapted by Joe Landry, with original music and arrangements by Kevin Connors. Before television, families gathered around their radio box to enjoy their programs, and Riverside takes you back to this era with a live radio play! The audience becomes a “live studio audience” for radio station WBFR as they broadcast their holiday special, and the result is the height of cleverness and charm. Christopher Noffke directs this production, with musical direction by Jason J. Michael and technical direction by Anthony Cantrell. The cast and Director of ‘It’s a Wonderful Life’: Elizabeth Butler, Constance Shofi, Jason Michael, Christoper Noffke, Alan Hoffman, Devon Clark, Amber French and (front) Colby LeRoy. Photo courtesy of Riverside Center Dinner Theater. For this, the stage and auditorium of Studio A at radio station WBFR takes over Riverside, with Set Designer Stefannie Smith giving it a cluttered-but-cozy atmosphere. Large “On Air” and “Applause” signs light up throughout the show, and dated tech pieces like heavy stand microphones and old radio boxes dot the stage. A window shows that you are in a skyscraper in New York City, and it being Christmas Eve, the studio is decorated for the season with trees, wreaths, and strings of holly. The set is detailed and lovely (including a well-stocked bar for the performers!), but my favorite part is a platformed area where the sound effects are done by the Stage Manager Mel Robins, played by Colby LeRoy. The props used to deliver specific sounds are incredibly clever: before sound tech boards, there was a guy plunging a mop up and down in a bucket of water to make the sound of water splashing! Lighting Designer Kathryn Moncure uses warm lighting for ambiance, and Costume Designer Gaye Law brings back the 1940s with sharp suits, belted dresses, and coiffed hairstyles. It’s Christmas Eve 1946, and the radio personalities of WBFR chat amongst the audience before they go live on air with their production of It’s A Wonderful Life. Narrator and host Freddie Filmore (a fantastic performance by Jason J. Michael) introduces the cast to the studio audience, including Jake Laurents, Devon Clark as the lead George Bailey, Sally Applewhite, and Amber French as his wife, Mary Hatch. The remaining performers (Elizabeth C. Butler (Delores Davison), Constance Shofi ( Lana Sherwood), and Alan Hoffman (Harry “Jazzbo” Heywood) juggle a number of different characters (twenty-five total characters among the seven actors) throughout the show. Watching the performers use a wide variety of voices, each one more unique than the last, is especially entertaining. In one instance, Freddie Filmore voices two different characters in a single conversation, distinguishing each one by quickly putting on and removing his glasses as if they were a hot potato! In this fashion, they tell the story of George Bailey, a downhearted, suicidal man who is visited by a guardian angel, who hopes to save him before it is too late. George Bailey gets to see what the world would have been like if he had never been born…and it turns out, it would be a bleak one indeed. In this, we get two distinct performances by Devin Clark and Amber French as George and Mary Bailey. We get to go on George Bailey’s journey, and with him realize the hope and magic of the season, and we get an authentic and highly entertaining live radio show. Holiday songs, jingles, and commercial breaks (Kreml toilet cakes, anyone?) are inserted throughout for the full experience. The performances are truly stellar, and the singing voices of the company are beautiful (George and Mary’s duet “Let Me Call You Sweetheart” is particularly nice). I especially loved Amber French, whose depiction of Mary Hatch would have made Donna Reed very proud. A compilation of choreographed Christmas carols end the show with warmth and heart. Cast members of ‘It’s A Wonderful Life.’ Photo courtesy of Riverside Center Dinner Theater. While there are many lovely holiday shows to choose from this time of year, Riverside Center Dinner Theater’s It’s A Wonderful Life is a true contender. This show provides relief from the now overdone hype and commercialization of the season, and brings you to a place of nostalgia, charm, and warmth. Not only is this show extremely well-executed, but the particular twist itself is incredibly interesting and thrilling to watch. Riverside Center Dinner Theater’s It’s A Wonderful Life is one of my favorite shows of the year. I highly recommend it! Don’t miss it! Running Time: Approximately two and a half hours, including one 15-minute intermission. It’s A Wonderful Life plays through January 4, 2015 at Riverside Center Dinner Theater– 95 Riverside Parkway, Fredericksburg, VA. For reservations and tickets, call (540) 370-4300. Previous articleWin 2 FREE ‘Earthling’ Tickets to WSC Avant Bard’s ‘A Klingon Christmas’ on December 15th at 8 PM at Theater J Next article‘Twelfth Night’ at Lumina Studio Theatre	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0065.json.gz/line1122
__label__wiki	0.542797	0.542797	HomeNewsLaborUber, Lyft Mount a Vigorous Campaign Against California AB5 Uber, Lyft Mount a Vigorous Campaign Against California AB5 June 30, 2019 Labor, News Eddie Wheeler, a former Uber driver, and Sarah Mason, a Lyft driver, protest outside Uber headquarters in San Francisco on May 8. Photo: Santiago Mejia / The Chronicle Reprinted from The New York Times by Noam Scheiber on June 29, 2019. California’s labor movement recently seemed on the verge of a new era for worker rights. A state court ruled that workers in the gig economy should have many of the protections of employment, like a minimum wage and overtime pay. And the State Assembly passed a bill codifying that ruling and adding more protections. But any celebration was premature. Behind the scenes, a few large unions had been meeting with the giants of the ride-hailing industry, Uber and Lyft, to discuss a way to exempt drivers from full employment protections, according to union and industry officials. The talks have created deep rancor within the labor ranks and set unions against one another. Exempting Uber and Lyft from classifying drivers as employees would provide huge savings in labor costs and allow the companies to avert what could be an existential threat to their business. In return, Uber and Lyft — which currently classify drivers as contractors — have publicly proposed to recognize a labor organization that would represent drivers’ interests on certain issues. The companies have also discussed providing drivers with benefits like retirement saving and paid time off and setting certain pay standards. … NY Times 6/29 Uber, Lyft Say Making Drivers Employees Would ‘Pose a Risk to Our Businesses’ Reprinted from The Los Angeles Times by Margot Roosevelt on June 12, 2019. Uber and Lyft launched a public campaign Wednesday to pressure California lawmakers and Governor Gavin Newsom into exempting them from pending legislation that would force them to classify drivers as employees. The ride-hailing giants have lobbied behind the scenes for months, arguing that their drivers should retain “independent contractor” status — even as drivers in California and across the country have mounted protests over low pay and a lack of labor protections and filed thousands of lawsuits over their treatment. “A change to the employment classification of ride-share drivers would pose a risk to our businesses,” the companies declared in an opinion article published in the San Francisco Chronicle Wednesday under the bylines of Uber chief executive Dara Khosrowshahi, Lyft chief executive Logan Green and Lyft president John Zimmer. The companies’ stock prices have dropped since they went public this spring, as investors question whether they can ever make a profit. In their op-ed, the executives suggested that rather than classifying drivers as employees they adopt “a system of worker-determined benefits — from paid time off to retirement planning to lifelong learning.” The vaguely-worded proposal did not seem to offer what labor laws give employees: a guaranteed minimum wage, overtime pay, and benefits such as sick leave, family leave, workers’ compensation, disability and unemployment insurance. And rather than allow drivers to unionize, which they could do if they are classified as employees, the companies suggested “forming a new driver association, in partnership with state lawmakers and labor groups, to represent drivers’ interests.” … LA Times 6/12	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0065.json.gz/line1126
__label__cc	0.579199	0.420801	Samsung India Electronics Limited Intel stands as top player in corporate SSD US tech giant Intel Corp. continued to stand as the largest producer of corporate solid state drives (SSDs) in the first quarter, data showed on Friday, with its rival Samsung Electronics coming in second.IANS \| May 27, 2017, 10:02 IST Seoul: US tech giant Intel Corp. continued to stand as the largest producer of corporate solid state drives (SSDs) in the first quarter, data showed on Friday, with its rival Samsung Electronics coming in second. Data compiled by industry tracker DRAMeXchange shows Intel accounted for 40 per cent of the market, while Samsung's share stood at 25 per cent in the January-March period, Yonhap news agency reported. An SSD is a data storage device made with a NAND flash memory chip that does not need power to store data and is more durable and faster than a hard disk drive. While Samsung stands as the top player in the SSD market for private usage, it still falls behind the US rival in the sector for companies. The combined shipment of the corporate SSDs was estimated at 6 million units in the first quarter -- up 3 to 4 per cent year-on-year, the data also showed. DRAMeXchange said the demand for corporate SSD is anticipated to grow down the road as major online giants such as Google, Facebook and Microsoft provide services through data centre networks. Yale professors race Google and IBM to the first quantum computer Debjani Ghosh appointed NASSCOM President Bharti Airtel becomes only Indian company to Join TIP Startups showcase products and solutions at Second Intel India Maker Lab Fujitsu optimizes datacenter economics with its new servers Toyota seeks more investments in Israeli auto tech, robotics Tags : Corporate, Intel, Samsung India Electronics Limited, Microsoft Corporation, SSD, Samsung Electronics, Samsung, Microsoft, it ites, Google, Devices	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0065.json.gz/line1127
__label__wiki	0.519841	0.519841	Aniversário de Hoje Frases de Wesley Clair Mitchell Wesley Clair Mitchell Data de nascimento: 5. Agosto 1874 Data de falecimento: 29. Outubro 1948 Wesley Clair Mitchell was an American economist known for his empirical work on business cycles and for guiding the National Bureau of Economic Research in its first decades. Mitchell was referred to as Thorstein Veblen's "star student." Autores parecidos Theodore Parker1 John Dewey11 Francis Scott Fitzgerald37 Walt Whitman41 Nathaniel Hawthorne3 Mae West13 Helen Rowland11 Nick Carter1 Citações Wesley Clair Mitchell „I began studying philosophy and economics about the same time. The similarity of the two disciplines struck me at once. I found no difficulty in grasping the differences between the great philosophical systems as they were presented by our textbooks and our teachers. Economic theory was easier still. Indeed, I thought the successive systems of economics were rather crude affairs compared with the subtleties of the metaphysicians. Having run the gamut from Plato to T. H. Green (as undergraduates do) I felt the gamut from Quesnay to Marshall was a minor theme. The technical part of the theory was easy. Give me premises and I could spin speculations by the yard. Also I knew that my 'deductions' were futile... Meanwhile I was finding something really interesting in philosophy and in economics. John Dewey was giving courses under all sorts of titles and every one of them dealt with the same problem — how we think... And, if one wanted to try his own hand at constructive theorizing, Dewey's notion pointed the way. It is a misconception to suppose that consumers guide their course by ratiocination—they don't think except under stress. There is no way of deducing from certain principles what they will do, just because their behavior is not itself rational. One has to find out what they do. That is a matter of observation, which the economic theorists had taken all too lightly. Economic theory became a fascinating subject—the orthodox types particularly — when one began to take the mental operations of the theorists as the problem... Of course Veblen fitted perfectly into this set of notions. What drew me to him was his artistic side... There was a man who really could play with ideas! If one wanted to indulge in the game of spinning theories who could match his skill and humor? But if anything were needed to convince me that the standard procedure of orthodox economics could meet no scientific tests, it was that Veblen got nothing more certain by his dazzling performances with another set of premises... William Hill set me a course paper on 'Wool Growing and the Tariff.' I read a lot of the tariff speeches and got a new sidelight on the uses to which economic theory is adapted, and the ease with which it is brushed aside on occasion. Also I wanted to find out what really had happened to wool growers as a result of protection. The obvious thing to do was to collect and analyze the statistical data... That was my first 'investigation'.“ — Wesley Clair Mitchell Wesley Clair Mitchell in letter to , August 9, 1928. Originally printed in Methods in Social Science, ed. Stuart Rice; Cited in: Arthur F. Burns (1965, 65-66) „This book offers an analytic description of the complicated processes by which seasons of business prosperity, crisis, depression, and revival come about in the modern world. The materials used consist chiefly of market reports and statistics concerning the business cycles which have run their course since 1890 in the United States, England, Germany and France.“ „One seeking to understand the recurrent ebb and flow of economic activity characteristic of the present day finds these numerous explanations both suggestive and perplexing. All are plausible, but which is valid? None necessarily excludes all the others, but which is the most important? Each may account for certain phenomena; does any one account for all the phenomena? Or can these rival explanations be combined in such a fashion as to make a consistent theory which is wholly adequate? There is slight hope of getting answers to these questions by a logical process of proving and criticizing the theories. For whatever merits of ingenuity and consistency they may possess, these theories have slight value except as they give keener insight into the phenomena of business cycles. It is by study of the facts which they purport to interpret that the theories must be tested. But the perspective of the investigation would be distorted if we set out to test each theory in turn by collecting evidence to confirm or to refute it. For the point of interest is not the validity of any writer's views, but clear comprehension of the facts. To observe, analyze, and systematize the phenomena of prosperity, crisis, and depression is the chief task. And there is better prospect of rendering service if we attack this task directly, than if we take the round about way of considering the phenomena with reference to the theories. This plan of attacking the facts directly by no means precludes free use of the results achieved by others. On the contrary, their conclusions suggest certain facts to be looked for, certain analyses to be made, certain arrangements to be tried. Indeed, the whole investigation would be crude and superficial if we did not seek help from all quarters. But the help wanted is help in making a fresh examination into the facts.“ p. 19-20; as cited in: Mary S. Morgan. The History of Econometric Ideas. p. 46 „In physical science and in industrial technique... we have emancipated ourselves... from the savage dependence upon catastrophes for progress... In science and in industry we are radicals—radicals relying on a tested method. But in matters of social organization we retain a large part of the conservatism characteristic of the savage mind... The 'social reformer' we have always with us, it is true. Or rather most of us are 'social reformers' of some kind... Yet the story of the past in matters of social organization is not a story that we should like to have continued for a thousand and one years. Reform by agitation or class struggle is a jerky way of moving forward, uncomfortable and wasteful of energy. Are we not intelligent enough to devise a steadier and a more certain method of progress? Most certainly, we could not keep social organization what it is even if we wanted to. We are not emerging from the hazards of war into a safe world. On the contrary, the world is a very dangerous place for a society framed as ours is, and I for one am glad of it. Taking us all together as one people in a group of mighty peoples, our first and foremost concern is to develop some way of carrying on the infinitely complicated processes of modern industry and interchange day by day, despite all tedium and fatigue, and yet to keep ourselves interested in our work and contented with the division of the product... What is lacking to achieve that end... is not so much good will as it is knowledge—above all, knowledge of human behavior. Our best hope for the future lies in the extension to social organization of the methods that we already employ in our most progressive fields of effort. In science and in industry... we do not wait for catastrophes to force new ways upon us... We rely, and with success, upon quantitative analysis to point the way; and we advance because we are constantly improving and applying such analysis. While I think that the development of social science offers more hope for solving our social problems than any other line of endeavor, I do not claim that these sciences in their present state are very serviceable. They are immature, speculative, filled with controversies. Nor have we any certain assurance that they will ever grow into robust manhood, no matter what care we lavish upon them.... Those of us who are concerned with the social sciences... are engaged in an uncertain enterprise; perhaps we shall win no great treasures for mankind. But certainly it is our task to work out this lead with all the intelligence and the energy we possess until its richness or sterility be demonstrated.“ pp. 45, 47, 48-51; as cited in: Arthur F. Burns. " New Facts on Business Cycles http://www.nber.org/chapters/c0386," in: Arthur F. Burns (ed). The Frontiers of Economic Knowledge. Princeton University Press. 1954. p. 61 - 106; p. 63 Aniversários de hoje Maksim Litvinov1 Stephen Levine1 Adam Smith22 Nicolau II da Rússia13 Outros 58 aniversários hoje	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0065.json.gz/line1128
__label__wiki	0.736916	0.736916	De Beers: No Need to Flag Synthetics Treatments They’re just another stage in the manufacturing process, company claims. Feb 26, 2019 4:54 AM By Joshua Freedman RAPAPORT... De Beers claims it doesn’t need to disclose treatments to its lab-grown diamonds, placing itself at odds with many synthetics traders pushing for full transparency in the sector. The company’s synthetics brand, Lightbox, applies post-growth enhancements to its colored lab-grown diamonds, it confirmed with Rapaport News. However, it doesn’t need to tell consumers, because the processes don’t affect the value, and are just one more step in a man-made technological process, a spokesperson argued. “Our colored (pink and blue) stones are manufactured by a combination of modifications to the synthesis conditions and treatments after synthesis,” Sally Morrison, chief marketing officer at Lightbox, wrote in an email to Rapaport News last week. “Lab-grown diamonds are a manufactured product, and as such it really doesn’t matter how many stages there are to the overall manufacturing process, or whether these comprise separate stages of synthesis and post-synthesis treatment.” The company also has no problem with the wider lab-grown trade treating diamonds without disclosure, though Lightbox doesn’t enhance its own white stones. Those items come out of its presses with good-enough color, enabling it to keep the cost down by avoiding an extra manufacturing phase. Many other producers do improve the color of their white stones through processes such as High Pressure-High Temperature (HPHT). Morrison refused to specify which enhancement methods Lightbox used. “All HPHT treatments really do is add cost and complexity to the manufacturing process,” Morrison noted. “This may in part explain why some other lab-grown-diamond manufacturers charge higher prices than Lightbox.” Still, the production cost is roughly the same for Lightbox’s white, blue and pink stones, despite the extra stages involved in the latter two colors, Morrison noted. That’s one of the reasons the company sells everything at $800 per carat, rather than charging more for colored stones, she said. Full transparency? De Beers’ stance on disclosure places the company as an outlier in the debate on whether such transparency is necessary in the lab-grown sector. The US Federal Trade Commission’s jewelry guidelines, which instruct businesses how to market diamonds fairly to consumers, give three circumstances in which sellers must disclose treatments to natural or synthetic stones: If the process is not permanent, requires special care, or has a significant effect on the stone’s value. The first two do not apply to color treatments to lab-grown diamonds, but the third might. “In my opinion, since post-growth treatments are typically done to make the laboratory-grown diamonds marketable, that triggers the third prong of treatment disclosure,” noted Sara Yood, senior counsel at the Jewelers Vigilance Committee, which advises the trade on legal matters. The issue is important for the industry as the synthetics market is full of white stones with undisclosed treatments, according to Ben Hakman, a consultant on lab-grown diamonds at New York-based Diamond DNA Solutions. The largest producers, mainly in India, pump out brownish goods intended as whites, and then treat them for color. “The consumer is supposed to know about it,” Hakman said, arguing that disclosure standards should apply equally to natural and synthetic stones. “What does it have to do with...[it] being a lab-grown diamond? You’re justifying treating something without disclosure, and that makes Lightbox no different from all the other guys.” In certain categories, consumers will pay about 10% more for untreated white synthetics than enhanced lab-growns with the same characteristics, Hakman reported. “There is a premium [on untreated], but the thing is, they just fly off the shelf,” Hakman said. “In fancy shapes up to 1.99 carats and rounds from 1.30 to 1.99 carats, the untreated goods sell the day they arrive on the market.” Pinks are slightly different: It’s almost impossible to create them in a machine without further treatments, so “as-grown” goods barely exist, explained Tamazi Khikhinashvili, president of Russian synthetics maker New Diamond Technology. Yet, full transparency is essential for all colors, he asserted. “It’s very important for the buyer that people know what they’re buying,” he noted. Image: Lightbox jewelry. (De Beers) Tags: Ben Hakman, Color treatments, De Beers, Diamond DNA Solutions, Jewelers Vigilance Committee, Joshua Freedman, lab-grown, Lightbox, New Diamond Technology, Rapaport News, retail, sally morrison, Sara Yood, Synthetics, Tamazi Khikhinashvili, US Federal Trade Commission Michael Hill to Repay Workers up to $17M Michael Hill will hand out between AUD 10 million ($7million)... Forevermark Unveils New Bridal Campaign High Gold Prices Mute Titan Growth Gucci Forays into High-End Jewelry Net-a-Porter to Debut VIP-Only Site High-end online retailer Net-a-Porter isset to launch an invitation-only digital platform,... JSA Warns Jewelers of Power-Cut Break-Ins Protests Dent Hong Kong Retail Outlook	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0065.json.gz/line1131
__label__cc	0.597729	0.402271	Teletrac Navman: monitoring more than 500,000 fleet vehicles for over 40,000 customers About Teletrac Navman Teletrac Navman is a leading software-as-a-service (SaaS) provider leveraging location-based technology and services for managing mobile assets. With specialized solutions that deliver greater visibility into real-time insights and analytics, Teletrac Navman helps companies make better business decisions that enhance productivity and profitability. Its fleet and asset management technology uncovers information that would otherwise go unseen, helping customers reduce risk and confidently move their business forward with certainty. Industries: Other Products: Google Maps Platform Owning, operating and maintaining a vehicle fleet is a big expense, so more organizations are turning to advanced tools to maximize those assets. Before Google Maps, Teletrac Navman used a hybrid tracking solution including an in-house map engine. The system was a drain on cost and engineering resources to keep data current and up-to-date. Map data updates required hours of the engineering team’s time. Google Maps Platform Results Google Maps just works allowing the team to focus on our work instead of customer support issues The platform is more effective, interactive and engaging for its customers Google Maps are easy to use—for both customers and its engineering team Monitors more than 500,000 vehicles for over 40,000 customers across five continents "A dispatcher can tell a driver to take a different route to avoid traffic, or to take a side road to deliver a package, since Street View shows the freight door is located on a back alley...Previously, 12-15% of our customer service calls were related to problems with our maps. Once we switched to Google Maps these calls went to almost zero." —Paresh Nagda, VP of Engineering and CTO, Teletrac Navman With Google Maps, Teletrac Navman customers see a visual display of their fleets, updated in real-time. Reverse geocoding translates GPS data points into human readable addresses, so customers can see where drivers are at all times. The system can also draw polygons on maps to highlight customer sites, so they can see which trucks are coming and going. Teletrac Navman also incorporates Google Street View and traffic information. Dispatchers use Google Maps to get real-time traffic information and preview streets to help their drivers be more efficient. For example, a dispatcher could tell a driver to take a different route to avoid traffic, or to take a side road to deliver a package, since Street View shows the freight door is located on a back alley.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0065.json.gz/line1136
__label__cc	0.682468	0.317532	Portuguese Law implementing GDPR finally approved On the 14th of June 2019 (one year later than expected) Portugal has finally approved Draft Law no. 120/XIII/3.ª (GOV), implementing the (EU) Regulation 2016/679 (General Data Protection Regulation or GDPR) in Portugal. The Draft Law shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Portuguese Official Journal, which is dependent of previous ratification by the President of the Republic of Portugal. Throughout the preparation and approval process of the Draft Law, several concerns were raised, namely by the Portuguese supervisory authority, the Data Protection Authority (Comissão Nacional de Proteção de Dados - CNPD), which, rather strangely, was not actively involved on the drafting of the Law. Although some of those concerns were subject of revision and amendment, the final version of the Draft Law kept several controversial provisions, which we will address in detail below. A. PUBLIC ENTITIES : MANDATORY DATA PROTECTION OFFICER In order to comply with Article 37 of the GDPR, the Draft Law established an exhaustive list of the public entities required to appoint a DPO, including, amongst others, Municipalities, Public Institutes, Public Schools and State, Regional and Local Business Sector Entities (Setor Empresarial do Estado). B. CERTIFICATION MECHANISMS : PORTUGUESE ACCREDITATION INSTITUTE As provided in Article 43 of GDPR, the Draft Law also determines the accreditation and certification process. Accordingly, GDPR related codes of conduct or certification mechanisms must be approved by a certification body which shall be recognized by the (IPAC, I.P.). The requirements established by the Portuguese Supervisory Authority (CNPD) shall be considered by IPAC, IP on the approval decision. C. MINORS CONSENT : INFORMATION SOCIETY SERVICES Pursuant to Article 8 of GDPR, regarding the offer of information society services, the Draft Law establishes that personal data processing of a child above the age of 13 years will not require consent by the respective legal representatives. D. PUBLIC ENTITIES : EXEMPTION The exemption granted to public entities was another provision which received a strong disapproval by the Portuguese supervisory authority when the first draft of the law was made public. Regarding this topic, GDPR left to each Member State the decision on whether and to what extent administrative fines should be imposed on public authorities and bodies. The Portuguese Parliament came up with a compromise solution, establishing that such exemption will only be applicable for a maximum period of three years. All other rules, including corrective measures, will be applicable to public entities. E. SOCIAL SECURITY DATA : DATA RETENTION DEADLINES Data related with Social Security relating to contributions for retirement purposes shall be exempt of data retention deadlines. However, appropriate technical and organizational measures shall be adopted in order to ensure the rights of the data subjects. F. DECEASED INDIVIDUALS : PERSONAL DATA Although GDPR expressly states that its provisions are not applicable to deceased individuals personal data, the Draft Law includes an innovative provision establishing that the deceased individuals personal data which integrates the special categories of personal data, as provided under Article 9 of GDPR, shall also be protected. G. LABOUR RELATIONS : EMPLOYEES DATA The Draft Law established specific rules as regards to the processing of employees’ personal data in the employment context, in particular, regarding the following topics: Employees’ Consent, Video Surveillance Systems and Biometric Data. H. HEALTH & GENETIC : DATA PROCESSING The Draft Law determined that processing of health and genetic data shall be limited to the “need-to-know” principle. Moreover, data controllers are obliged to give notice to data subjects of all accesses to their personal health related data, which means that data controllers will have to implement a traceability mechanism. I. MISDEMEANOR PROCEEDINGS : PREVIOUS REMEDY WARNING As regards to Misdemeanor Proceedings, the Draft Law provides that, except for willful misconduct cases, the opening of a misdemeanor proceeding by the Portuguese supervisory authority must be preceded by a warning for the remedy of the breach by the infringer within a reasonable deadline. For very serious infringements (1), three different recipients’ categories have been defined: Large Companies, SME’s and Individuals. The amount of the fines collected shall revert in 60% for the Portuguese State and 40% for CNPD. The fact that the CNPD collects 40% of the amount of the fines that itself decides to impose, raises some concerns of possible conflicts of interest, although it is similar to other existing laws in Portugal. J. CONSENT RENEWAL : NO DEADLINE EXTENSION Contrary to what was announced, the Draft Law has not established a new deadline for consent renewal. Although the original intention was to grant a six months deadline extension, the Portuguese parliament ended up eliminating such provision. Article provided by: Ricardo Henriques (Partner at Abreu advogados, Portugal) In case of serious infringements the applicable amounts shall be reduced to half. Discover more about the Cloud Privacy Check(CPC) / Data Privacy Compliance(DPC) project Director CPC project: Dr. Tobias Höllwarth, tobias.hoellwarth@eurocloud.org WHAT IS THE DPC/CPC PROJECT? 53 lawyers from 33 countries are contributing to the project “Cloud Privacy Check (CPC)” in 26 different languages. Understanding the complexity of current European data protection laws and regulations is already difficult enough for an IT engineer, buyer, or business user. In combination with the often small but nevertheless significant differences between various EU member states, however, it can become an almost insurmountable challenge without proper juristic accompaniment from the very start... Read More CPC MISSION & VISION STATEMENT The CPC is a trusted, not-for-profit international network of qualified professionals who deliver simplified and straight-forward guidance to help navigate the legal and regulatory environment relating to privacy and the cloud. This is done through collective know-how, research and market analysis gained from pan-European industry activity, collaboration and experience. Our mission is to provide authoritative views, information and practical solutions to two principal stakeholders: industry professionals and public authorities.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0065.json.gz/line1137
__label__cc	0.592274	0.407726	“Riotous lives” It is only the very good who can live riotous lives. on October 27, 2016 at 12:01 am Leave a Comment It is really not so repulsive to see the poor asking for money as to see the rich asking for more money. And advertisement is the rich asking for more money. A man would be annoyed if he found himself in a mob of millionaires, all holding out their silk hats for a penny; or all shouting with one voice, “Give me money.” Yet advertisement does really assault the eye very much as such a shout would assault the ear. “Budge’s Boots are the Best” simply means “Give me money”; “Use Seraphic Soap” simply means “Give me money.” It is a complete mistake to suppose that common people make our towns commonplace, with unsightly things like advertisements. Most of those whose wares are thus placarded everywhere are very wealthy gentlemen with coronets and country seats, men who are probably very particular about the artistic adornment of their own homes. They disfigure their towns in order to decorate their houses. — The New Jerusalem (1920). The New Jerusalem Internationalism and democracy Internationalism is in any case hostile to democracy. I do not say it is incompatible with it; but any combination of the two will be a compromise between the two. The only purely popular government is local, and founded on local knowledge. The citizens can rule the city because they know the city; but it will always be an exceptional sort of citizen who has or claims the right to rule over ten cities, and these remote and altogether alien cities. All Irishmen may know roughly the same sort of things about Ireland; but it is absurd to say they all know the same things about Iceland, when they may include a scholar steeped in Icelandic sagas or a sailor who has been to Iceland. To make all politics cosmopolitan is to create an aristocracy of globe-trotters. — What I Saw In America (1921). What I Saw in America One of the most marked instances of the decline of true popular sympathy is the gradual disappearance in our time of the habit of singing in chorus. Even when it is done nowadays it is done tentatively and sometimes inaudibly; apparently upon some preposterous principle (which I have never clearly grasped) that singing is an art. In the new aristocracy of the drawing-room a lady is actually asked whether she sings. In the old democracy of the dinner table a man was simply told to sing, and he had to do it. I like the atmosphere of those old banquets. I like to think of my ancestors, middle-aged or venerable gentlemen, all sitting round a table and explaining that they would never forget old days or friends with a rumpty-iddity-iddity, or letting it be known that they would die for England’s glory with their tooral ooral, etc. Even the vices of that society (which ‘sometimes, I fear, rendered the narrative portions of the song almost as cryptic and inarticulate as the chorus) were displayed with a more human softening than the same vices in the saloon bars of our own time. I greatly prefer Mr. Richard Swiveller to Mr. Stanley Ortheris. I prefer the man who exceeded in rosy wine in order that the wing of friendship might never moult a feather to the man who exceeds quite as much in whiskies and sodas, but declares all the time that he’s for number one, and that you don’t catch him paying for other men’s drinks. The old men of pleasure (with their tooral ooral) got at least some social and communal virtue out of pleasure. The new men of pleasure (without the slightest vestige of a tooral ooral) are simply hermits of irreligion instead of religion, anchorites of atheism, and they might as well be drugging themselves with hashish or opium in a wilderness. But the chorus of the old songs had another use besides this obvious one of asserting the popular element in the arts. The chorus of a song, even of a comic song, has the same purpose as the chorus in a Greek tragedy. It reconciles men to the gods. It connects this one particular tale with the cosmos and the philosophy of common things, Thus we constantly find in the old ballads, especially the pathetic ballads, some refrain about the grass growing green, or the birds singing, or the woods being merry in spring. These are windows opened in the house of tragedy; momentary glimpses of larger and quieter scenes, of more ancient and enduring landscapes. Many of the country songs describing crime and death have refrains of a startling joviality like cock crow, just as if the whole company were coming in with a shout of protest against so sombre a view of existence. There is a long and gruesome ballad called “The Berkshire Tragedy,” about a murder committed by a jealous sister, for the consummation of which a wicked miller is hanged, and the chorus (which should come in a kind of burst) runs: “And I’ll be true to my love If my love’ll be true to me.” The very reasonable arrangement here suggested is introduced, I think, as a kind of throw back to the normal, a reminder that even “The Berkshire Tragedy” does not fill the whole of Berkshire. The poor young lady is drowned, and the wicked miller (to whom we may have been affectionately attached) is hanged; but still a ruby kindles in the vine, and many a garden by the water blows. Not that Omar’s type of hedonistic resignation is at all the same as the breezy impatience of the Berkshire refrain; but they are alike in so far as they gaze out beyond the particular complication to more open plains of peace. The chorus of the ballad looks past the drowning maiden and the miller’s gibbet, and sees the lanes full of lovers. This use of the chorus to humanize and dilute a dark story is strongly opposed to the modern view of art. Modern art has to be what is called “intense.” It is not easy to define being intense; but, roughly speaking, it means saying only one thing at a time, and saying it wrong. Modern tragic writers have to write short stories; if they wrote long stories (as the man said of philosophy) cheerfulness would creep in. Such stories are like stings; brief, but purely painful. And doubtless they bore some resemblance to some lives lived under our successful scientific civilization; lives which tend in any case to be painful, and in many cases to be brief. But when the artistic people passed beyond the poignant anecdote and began to write long books full of poignancy, then the reading public began to rebel and to demand the recall of romance. The long books about the black poverty of cities became quite insupportable. The Berkshire tragedy had a chorus; but the London tragedy has no chorus. Therefore people welcomed the return of adventurous novels about alien places and times, the trenchant and swordlike stories of Stevenson. But I am not narrowly on the side of the romantics. I think that glimpses of the gloom of our civilization ought to be recorded. I think that the bewilderments of the solitary and sceptical soul ought to be preserved, if it be only for the pity (yes, and the admiration) of a happier time. But I wish that there were some way in which the chorus could enter. I wish that at the end of each chapter of stiff agony or insane terror the choir of humanity could come in with a crash of music and tell both the reader and the author that this is not the whole of human experience. Let them go on recording hard scenes or hideous questions, but let there be a jolly refrain. Thus we might read: “As Honoria laid down the volume of Ibsen and went wearily to her window, she realized that life must be to her not only harsher, but colder than it was to the comfortable and the weak. With her tooral ooral, etc.;” or, again: “The young curate smiled grimly as he listened to his great-grandmother’s last words. He knew only too well that since Phogg’s discovery of the hereditary hairiness of goats religion stood on a very different basis from that which it had occupied in his childhood. With his rumpty-iddity, rumpty-iddity;” and so on. Or we might read: “Uriel Maybloom stared gloomily down at his sandals, as he realized for the first time how senseless and anti-social are all ties between man and woman; how each must go his or her way without any attempt to arrest the head-long separation of their souls.” And then would come in one deafening chorus of everlasting humanity “But I’ll be true to my love, if my love’ll be true to me.” In the records of the first majestic and yet fantastic developments of the foundation of St. Francis of Assisi is an account of a certain Blessed Brother Giles. I have forgotten most of it, but I remember one fact: that certain students of theology came to ask him whether he believed in free will, and, if so, how he could reconcile it with necessity. On hearing the question St. Francis’s follower reflected a little while and then seized a fiddle and began capering and dancing about the garden, playing a wild tune and generally expressing a violent and invigorating indifference. The tune is not recorded, but it is the eternal chorus of mankind, that modifies all the arts and mocks all the individualisms, like the laughter and thunder of some distant sea. — Alarms and Discursions (1911). Alarms and Discursions on October 5, 2016 at 11:39 pm Comments (1)	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0065.json.gz/line1140
__label__wiki	0.802027	0.802027	Lyric lends itself a new tenor for “Tosca” Mon Jan 12, 2015 at 8:11 pm Brian Jagde The Lyric Opera has a new Cavaradossi for its first-cast Tosca. Misha Didyk has bowed out of the role for personal reasons. Brian Jagde will make his Lyric Opera debut, replacing Didyk for the January-February performances. The American tenor performed the role of Cavaradossi earlier this season at San Francisco Opera and previously at Deutsche Oper Berlin and Santa Fe Opera. Jagde made his Metropolitan Opera debut last season as Count Elemer in Strauss’s Arabella. The Lyric Opera’s production of Puccini’s Tosca opens January 24 and runs through February 5. A second Tosca cast will perform the opera March 3-14. lyricopera.org; 312-827-5600.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0065.json.gz/line1141
__label__cc	0.691569	0.308431	Home Columns & Interviews The long game on: August 01, 2008 In: Columns & Interviews, Politics & SocietyTags: No Comments The thaw in cross-Strait relations sets up some intriguing possibilities for the evolution of business in the Greater China region. It adds up to increased competition that should be a stimulus but just as surely can cause discomfort, particularly to those who have enjoyed comfortable niches exploiting the differences in the respective trade and financial systems of Taiwan, Shanghai, Hong Kong and Shenzhen. Clearing the various political barriers to cross-Strait movements of money, goods and people will of course take time, but it is as well to think through some of the consequences. First, Taiwan. The easing of restrictions – often circumvented as they were – on Taiwan investment in the mainland will encourage factory relocation. This fits in with mainland desires to get higher- value-added business, but will lead to a hollowing out of some of Taiwan’s more sophisticated manufacturing. Increased transport costs caused by fuel prices will add to pressure for Taiwan firms to manufacture, not just assemble, on the mainland. For Shanghai and the neighboring region, regular direct flights to Taipei are far more likely to benefit the Taiwan city then their own. The absence of direct links has seen tens of thousands of Taiwan people settle in Shanghai, not only to run factories but to provide capital and modern ideas and management for its service industries. However, many of those people might actually prefer to live in Taipei – it’s cleaner, more orderly and has better health facilities – or at least commute regularly between the two. A transit point no more Hong Kong faces the biggest potential challenge. It will lose much of its air transit traffic – 14% of flights arriving in Hong Kong are from Taiwan, of which perhaps half are Taiwan people who would, given the chance, fly direct to the mainland. Taiwan-mainland traffic also accounts for about 7% of transit shipments passing through Hong Kong’s ports, although rising air traffic and the emergence of ports in Shenzhen means the Taiwan issue is now quite marginal. It is less so to the financial sector. If Taiwan-mainland exchanges were as free as Hong Kong-mainland ones, there would be a significant loss of business – and perhaps too the return of Taiwan-controlled listed companies to their home market. Companies such as Foxconn International have only listed their mainland operating units in Hong Kong because of restrictions which are likely to be abolished soon. At some point, mainland companies may be allowed to list in Taiwan, threatening Hong Kong’s position as the international exchange of choice. Hong Kong could also lose its prime spot as the focus of mainland tourism and investment, and, in the longer term, its status as a corporate hub. Liberalization of service industries and easier access to work visas for foreigners may see some regional or Greater China headquarters shift from Hong Kong to Taiwan. If firms are granted the same freedoms as in Hong Kong, Taiwan may be able to capitalize on its industrial expertise – in petrochemicals, textiles, steel as well as electronics – and develop into a valuable service center. Ruined ambitions Shenzhen and the Pearl River Delta face different challenges. Firstly, Taiwan-owned factories moved there because of its proximity to Hong Kong as a transit point. With direct links, they might well prefer closer, or less costly, locations. A sharp slowdown in the region’s growth as a manufacturing center would threaten the huge port development ambitions of Shenzhen and its neighbors. Further pressure could come from Taiwan’s ports, enjoying a new lease of life thanks to direct links with the mainland. Kao-hsiung, for example, has the potential to become a regional port hub linking the China coast to both Northeast and Southeast Asia. Meanwhile, Shenzhen’s dreams of becoming a financial center with international clout would face competition from Taiwan as well as Hong Kong. Relative to Shanghai, its stock market is of declining significance, and continued liberalization of the mainland economy will be a disadvantage for privileged zones such as Shenzhen. All this is of course speculative. But just as the opening of the mainland to Taiwan investment has been a key to China’s economic growth over the past 15 years, so any normalization of commercial relationships will continue to have a profound impact on the cities of Taiwan and the China coast. 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__label__cc	0.692744	0.307256	Tiffin Talks Are Open For Booking on: March 08, 2018 In: Do and See, Events We are excited to announce that Tiffin Talks are open for booking. If you have ever wished for an opportunity to talk with one of Disney’s own conservation experts, now is your chance. As part of the Party for the Planet celebrations, Disney will be hosting 6 dining events at Tiffins in Disney’s Animal Kingdom. Each dinner will be accompanied by various guest speakers, all of who are Disney conservation experts. Tiffin Talks are intimate dining experiences developed around guest speakers who will be discussing topics ranging from bees to tigers and many things in between. April 22, 2018 – Dr. Joseph Soltis (research scientist) will discuss the “Elephant and Bees” project in which honeybees are being used to help elephants and people in Kenya. The menu will feature African cuisine. April 25, 2018 – Joe Rohde (veteran Imagineer) will discuss his adventures in China, Nepal, India, and Asia. The menu will feature cuisine inspired by Joe’s travels. April 27, 2018 – Dr. Jason Fischer (Conservation Program Manager) will discuss efforts Disney is taking to conserve the purple martin. The menu will feature North American cuisine. April 29, 2018 – Rachel Daneault (Zoological Manager) will discuss the GRACE project (Gorilla Rehabilitation and Conservation Education Center) in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The menu will feature African cuisine. May 2, 2018 – Dr. Anne Savage (Conservation Director) will discuss cotton-top tamarin conservation project in Colombia. The menu will feature South American cuisine. May 4, 2018 – Dr. Scott Terrell (Director of Animal and Science Operations) will discuss caring for Animal Kingdom’s very own Sumatran tigers and the conservation work Disney is doing to protect tigers in Asia. The menu will feature Asian cuisine. Each “talk” will begin at 5:30 pm and requires the purchase of a separate ticket, which will run guests $165 per person, in addition to theme park admission. Tiffin Talks are open for booking now and tickets will be limited – don’t miss your chance! Follow along with Chip and Co. for more special events. Click HERE for your FREE no obligation quote. Thinking of planning a Disney Vacation? There are many destinations to consider. Disney World, Disneyland, Disney Cruise Line, Aulani and Adventures by Disney. Let me know if you’d like more information. Find articles like this helpful? Then why not consider booking with an Authorized Disney Vacation Planner? As an agent with MickeyTravels, I can help you plan the perfect Disney Vacation whether it’s Disney World, Disneyland, the Disney Cruise Line, Aulani or Adventures by Disney. I’ll work with you to find a package that suits your budget, nab those hard-to-get dining and FastPass+ reservations and throw in a sprinkle of pixie dust. Best of all my services are absolutely FREE. Get in touch at (888) 580-MAGIC, via email mnugent@mickeytravels.com or follow along on Facebook. Check out the New Cocina Bowl at Pacific Wharf’s Cocina Cucamonga Mexican Grill Check out This Video Flyover of How Construction is Progressing at Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0065.json.gz/line1143
__label__wiki	0.639775	0.639775	Alvin Chipmunk 1. This little guy reaches my list of cartoon characters because of his adorable little chipmunk attitude that never stinks. He is the lead singer of the the group, Alvin and the Chipmunks. He is joined by two other chipmunks in this group. ..... Angelica Pickles 2. You always need a villain in the story, and Angelica doesnt mind fulfilling this role. She is one of the characters in RugRats, and later created cartoon called All Grown Up. She will always be the big sister and with this comes some responsibilities she might just not always want to accept and some other times she will abuse them. ..... 3. Arthur is one of those aardvark kids who can teach you quite a bit, since he has his own children books series. Ive added him to this list of cartoon characters since he is the only aardvark I know of that has some IQ to talk about. ..... Atom Ant 4. Atom Ant was added to the list of cartoon characters because of his special reputation as a superhero-ant. He operated out of an anthill in the countryside, where he had interesting things like a mainframe computer and exercise equipment. He has the powers of flying, super-speed, incredible strength, and invulnerability. He has this adorable catch phrase Up and at em, Atom Ant! He was often contacted by the police, who sent him out on assignments. This little guy fights various villains including ones that appear more than often, like Ferocious Flea and mad scientist Professor Von Gimmick. ..... Barney Rubble 5. This ancient guy is the bestest-best friend of Fred Flintstone. Barney and his wife, Betty, with their little boy, Bam-Bam has a lot of fun with the Flintstone family in the cartoon called The Flintstones. ..... 6. Another character which cant be left out of this list of cartoon characters. Yep, this naughty one that gets away with a lot of wrong-doings also made the list. He is part of The Simpsons cast. Bart has been described as a 10 year old, who does and says what he wants. He unfortunately (or maybe fortunately) gets into trouble with everything he does. Can you blame him? With a father like his, where Bart is majorly smarter that dad. He usually wears a lucky red hat, carrying a slingshot in his back pocket and rides his skateboard. Hes known for pulling pranks, especially prank phone calls to Moes Tavern. Bart also has many catch phrases, for example, Ay caramba!, Get bent, Eat my shorts, Dont have a cow, man and the very famous Doh!. In fact, Barts first words were, Ay caramba! ..... 7. A handsome man with the man-made powers and the costume of a bat. A list of cartoon characters just wont be complete without Batman. ..... Beavis and Butt Head 8. This wacky duo gets you laughing in your seat with no sweat at all. They are just silly. These two are socially useless, rock-loving teenage boys. They live in the town of Highland, Texas. They attend high school where their teachers are often at a loss as to how to deal with them although in many episodes the two skip school. They occasionally work part-time at Burger World and sometimes other side-jobs when people mistake their odd behavior as outgoing and assertive. One thing is their lack of conventional values. They are highly obnoxious, degrading and rude to almost every other character in the show, including each other. However, they do not realize this and seem to function on an instinct level. They survive their often hazardous misadventures without serious consequences though others around them do not fare as well. In each episode are segments in which Beavis and Butt-Head watch music videos and provide humorous and bizarre commentary. ..... 9. This sexy girl will have you drooling at a distance. Betty Boop was a star in the 1930s, when films with sound overtook the silent films. Even though she were in black and white, she still had sex appeal, a cutesy voice and ditzy charm that made her a hit. Today, her image is iconic, and it appears on all kinds of merchandise which people buy without ever really seeing even one of her cartoons. She still makes a few debuts in some of todays cartoons. ..... 10. Part of the Powerpuff Girls trio, Blossom is always the one that pulls her weight as the leader of the pack. She has the voice of reason and usually makes sure that everything on a mission goes right. This list of cartoon characters has to include her, but not only her, the complete trio is here. ..... 11. Theres a lot more to this little bear than meets the eye. He is most of the time more aware of the situation than Yogi. As part of the Yogi Bear Show, Boo-Boo keeps Yogi, or at least tries to, out of trouble. ..... 12. This mean, baddy is always on Popeyes case. He always wants the girl, but never gets her. Brutus has always been part of the Popeye shows to keep the tension going. ..... 13. Whats up doc? That everlasting phrase, you just wont forget. This is the unmistakable catch phrase of this crazy, yet very famous, Bugs Bunny. He is, perhaps, the most recognizable and famous cartoon character. Looney Tunes were first created as lead-ins to feature films. It was only later that the cartoons became a standard TV cartoon. Generations later, Bugs Bunny is still at the top of any A-list. ..... 14. The fighter of the team. She doesnt really have patients for anything at all, but her sisters sure do adore her. Her morals are sometimes a bit more in question than the other two. She has the weirdest ideas sometimes. For example, she realized that she can get money for her teeth, so she went and hit out all the teeth of the bad guys just to get whole bag of money under her pillow. Unfortunately, The Professor found out, so did the baddies, and she ended up at the dentist paying for her own broken teeth with the profit. ..... 15. Eric Theodore Cartman is a character on the American animated television series South Park. One of the four main characters along with Stan Marsh, Kyle Broflovski, and Kenny McCormick Voiced by Trey Parker, Cartman is an overweight, spoiled, foul-mouthed, mean-spirited, selfish, and ill-tempered fourth-grader living with his mother in South Park, Colorado, where he commonly has extraordinary experiences not typical of conventional small-town life. Cartman is one of the most popular characters on the show, and has remained one of the most recognizable television characters ever since South Park became a hit during its first season. ..... 16. She was brought back to life by Sacred Cats, now she is CatWoman. She has to be included in this list of cartoon characters as one woman with some gggrrreat cat skills. As any other superhero, she does her duty and saves her part of humans. ..... 17. This little man is simply the most passive one I know, but still he makes the list of cartoon characters. The kid who never kicks the football, whose dog is more popular than he is and who has a crush on the red-headed girl, still stays popular with everyone. Its Christmas, Charlie Brown is based on the famous comic strip Peanuts created by Charles M. Schulz. Sadsack and unlucky Charlie Brown leads the group, that includes his dog Snoopy, his sister Sally, his best friend Linus, and Linuss bossy sister, Lucy. ..... 18. Simply dis-spicable. He certainly is a bit daffy when it comes to what he usually says. Regardless his tantrums and schemes, he still makes for one of the greatest cartoon characters. This duck might be envious or jealous of Bugs Bunny, but he is still needed to make the Bugs Bunny cartoons work. Even though his actions are despicable! ..... 19. An angry little duck, with the temper of a time bomb. An when he gets angry... well, luckily no one knows what he is saying. As Mickey Mouses cynical sidekick - Donald Duck still stays a favorite cartoon character. He has the temper of a lion with a thorn stuck in his foot, he speaks an almost unrecognizable language of his own, but his eye-rolling attitude and exasperation with most of the world is what makes him Donald. ..... Eeyore 20. This is no ordinary donkey. He has a tail that you can play pin-the-tail with. But, he doesnt mind - actually - he doesnt mind anything. ..... Eliza Thornberry 21. This middle child of the Wild Thornberry parents, has been given a gift by a Shaman. This gift wasnt an ordinary gift, but the gift to talk to animals. She seems to be doing an excellent job with this gift of hers, where she saves the lives of countless animals. Theres only one catch to her gift - she cant tell anybody about it, otherwise she would lose this unique gift. In the movie The Wild Thornberrys, she is forced to tell her secret, whereupon she lost her gift. This was quite unnerving for Eliza, even more for her pet baboon, Darwin. But luckily the Shaman gave her gift back, since the tattle-tale wasnt hers to control. ..... 22. The poor, senseless, unknowing hunter of Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck. He just happens to be there! His role is probably necessary for the third party of satire. But he is still loved by millions today as one of the not-so-intelligent cartoon characters. ..... Fat Albert 23. Fat Albert primarily spoke to African-American youth in low-income families, a segment of the population previously ignored by Saturday morning programming. However, the show had an impact on children across the United States, regardless of race. The show always had an educational lesson emphasized by Cosbys live-action cameos, and the gang always gathered in their North Philadelphia junkyard to play a rock song on their cobbled-together instruments. Cosbys Kids had an upbeat attitude and were eager to learn, in spite of their apparent poverty. ..... 24. Not just another cat, but a black cat with attitude.Felix, a black and white cat, was created during the silent film era of the early 20th Century. His simple form and face made him easily recognizable. He was also the first cartoon character that gained so much popularity that he was awarded a feature film. Surely a cartoon for this list of cartoon characters. ..... George of the Jungle 25. He makes the list of cartoon characters, although he came originally from a movie for kids. Okay, hes definitely not Tarzan, but he still does some good in the jungle. ..... Gerald McBoing Boing 26. This little guy is a bit older than the rest, but he still makes the list of cartoon characters.Gerald McBoing-Boing is the story of a little boy who speaks through sound effects instead of spoken words. The story is about Gerald McCloy, who at the age of 2 years begins talking in the form of sound effects. His first word being the titular boing boing. His panicked father calls the doctor, who informs him that theres nothing he can do about it. As Gerald grows up, he picks up more sounds and is able to make communicative gestures, but is still incapable of uttering a single word English. Despite this, he is admitted to a general public school, where he is harassed by his peers and given the name Gerald McBoing-Boing. After startling and angering his father, he decides to run away and hop a train to an unknown location. However, just before he catches the train, a talent scout from the NBC Radio Network discovers him. He is then hired as NBCs Foley artist, performing shows for a division of the company labeled XYZ on the microphones, and becomes very famous, with the last scene showing him riding with his parents in a very expensive automobile among a crowd of fans. ..... Goofey 27. Jip, his name says it all. This chap is always very jolly and he can (and usually does) goof up anything and everything. He is also one of Mickey Mouses sidekicks. As a Walt Disney cartoon character, he sure helps for more silly laughter in his cartoons. ..... Heckle and Jeckle 28. These characters are a pair of identical magpies who calmly outwitted their foes in the manner of Bugs Bunny, while maintaining a mischievous streak reminiscent of Woody Woodpecker. They might be a of the bit-older cartoons, but they arent forgotten in this list of cartoon characters. However, in a number of their cartoons, well maybe most of them, their foes win in the end. Their names were inspired by Robert Louis Stevenson who is the famous writer of Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. ..... 29. Right, he drinks too much and gives stupid a bad name. What else do you want to know? Oh yeah, hes part of The Simpsons cast. ..... 30. Tom and Jerry, on the other hand, chase each other, torment each other and generally try to defeat the other, with the most horrible things, and then they dont even have a scratch on them after a bomb explosion! Though Tom has the upper hand more than, say, Sylvester, he still has yet to make a meal of Jerry. This is not a cartoon that I would let my small children watch. It gives the idea that one can hurt each other and nothing comes of it. So, if your children are trying kill each other, stop wondering why. Tom and Jerry is a cartoon created for older children who understand the difference between reality and imagination. But, they still needed to be added to this list of cartoon characters, because they still make a great impact on children. ..... 31. This little lady is the leader of the musical band called Josie and the Pussycats.In between gigs they also solve a little mystery here and there.She is the leader of the Josie and the Pussycats band, but since she is the most famous of them all, I added just her to the list of cartoon characters, for now. ..... 32. Musical, intelligent, not-so-pretty, but still the sensible one of the Simpson bunch.The whole Simpsons family is in this list of cartoon characters, so you will find Homer, Marge, Bart and Maggie as well. ..... 33. She is ever so in love with Charlie Brown, but, alas, he has no meaning of falling into her trap.Lucy is part of the Peanuts cartoon series. She also started with Charlie Brown and Snoopy in the first series. ..... Maggie Simpson 34. The baby of The Simpsons family. All she can do is suck her dummy and crawl around, but dont be fooled, she is up to more than you can think of.Yep, from baby to bad-guy, this list of cartoon characters has (almost) them all. ..... Marjorie Marge Simpson 35. The famous Simpsons mother of a whole disturbing family.She is a well-meaning and extremely patient mother to all three of her children.She still makes sure they seem normal, although, nothing in Springfield is normal. ..... 36. The beloved mouse with a character to cuddle to bits. He will always be someone in our minds. ..... 37. Brave, strong, super... what? Hes a mouse? Jip, some super mighty mouse that saves the day. ..... 38. Mickeys girlfriend and companion in most of his cartoon shows. Sweet, gentle and most cuddlesome. ..... 39. She sometimes wavers to choose Popeye when Brutus enters the scene, but every time (after a bit of spinach) Popeye prevails as the winner, and obviously Olive falls into his hands.All of them makes the list of cartoon characters, even Olive does. ..... Pebbles Flintstone 40. Fred and Wilma Flintstones only daughter, their pride and joy.Her best friend is Bam-Bam who is the son of Barney Rubble. Barney is, of course, the best friend of Fred Flintstone.Pebbles and Bam-Bam has come a long way together, I even saw them together as more-than-friends in a later Flintstones series.However, she still has been added to the list of cartoon characters. ..... 41. Piglet is one of my favorite cartoon characters. With his little stuttering and fear of, well, everything he deserves a little spot in everyones heart. He is one of Winnie the Poohs best friends. ..... 42. This yellow little friend also deserves a spot on the list of cartoon characters.Pikachu has gotten his spotlight from the Anim? cartoon, Pok?mon. ..... 43. Pink Panther is a character who inspires a tune in your head as soon as you see him. The Pink Panther is a series of animated shorts, designed to appear at the opening and closing credits of live-action films starring Inspector Clouseau. He was so popular that he became his own show. With a nose for clues, an eye for intrigue and a mind like a steel trap thats jammed shut, The Inspector sets out to solve Paris most puzzling crime mysteries. The Pink Panther, even if he is a thief, still stays a favorite in any audiences heart. Even the Pink Panther tune will stick in your head in many ways. ..... 44. You will never understand what he says, but as Mickey Mouses dog he is still a catch.He has been in many Walt Disney cartoons as well as in Mickey Mouse Club House, and House of Mouse.It seems that this dog cant be left out of anything, not even the list of cartoon characters. ..... 45. Im Popeye the sailor man... toot-toot... This is a good example of the effects of spinach on a person. If only our kids would believe in this spinach myth. But this would be better than the pipe in his mouth, which makes me think why so many children smoke today. But, nonetheless, Popeye still makes an entrance into a childs heart. With his bulging forearms, squinty eyes and staccato chuckle he is still recognized by many generations.This sure is one crazy Sailorman thats been added to the list of cartoon characters ..... 46. meep-meep. Jip, he doesnt talk much (actually never), which makes me wonder where his intelligence comes from to dodge the Coyote all the time.He doesnt even have anything up his sleeve to out-dodge Wile E. Coyote, but still he outwits him and his traps. ..... 47. He is the sidekick of Batman, but dont tell him that, he just might get cocky about it.He has learned from the great master (that is Batman) on how to be a hero of the town. Still, he seems to be a sidekick of Batman, and never goes out on his own.Actually, thats what Batman was hoping for, but Robin takes chance on his own whenever he sees an opportunity.Its his sure independency that gave him a spot in the list of cartoon characters. ..... 48. Wow, Ive never seen a more intelligent dog than Scooby-Doo, and he even talks too.Scooby-Doo, where are you?, then you know exactly what were talking about. Their humor can be seen on two levels. The first, as seen through the eyes of a child, theyre just silly cowards who somehow always save the day and remain best friends.But watch Scooby-Doo as an adult, and youll wonder if the van driving, spacey talk and continual snacking are lifestyle symptoms of the same folks who inspired this animation.Nevertheless, Scooby-Doo is still loved by millions, and re-runs of the first editions is still shown on the TV Network. ..... 49. This is Scoobys best friend, they do everything together, even get scared together and then run away together. Mmmm... makes you wonder.Shaggy is part of the Scooby-Doo gang who solves some interesting mysteries, something scary which turns out to be a guy in a suit.He is added to the list of cartoon characters because he might just as well be as famous as Scooby-Doo. ..... Simon Chipmunk 50. This is another brother from Alvin and the Chipmunks, but Simon is the intelligent one.He understands greater things than the other two.Together with Alvin and Theo they create the greatest music ever heard. Those voices are the thing that gave them the name. If you ever hear someone say You sound just like a chipmunk and you havent got a clue what they are talking about, well, they mean you sound like these guys. And no, I dont think they do it with Helium. ..... 51. Now this is a dog close to my heart. Hes been around for ages. Got to love him and never leave him out of a list of cartoon characters.Snoopy is Charlie Browns faithful dog, but he always has a story of his own. One might think that he always lives on top of his doghouse. Its Christmas, Charlie Brown has been enjoyed for generations, and will be for years to come. ..... 52. A legend of his own, Spiderman is man with spider abilities. Intriguing every time, he has many foes to overcome with every episode.Spiderman falls into the class of Batman and Superman, they all made the list of cartoon characters. ..... 53. A squared-shaped sponge who lives under the sea. I had to include him in the list of cartoon characters with no fear. This cartoon premiered in 1999. Since then, the SpongeBob SquarePants characters has become an American icon. He is absorbent, yellow and porous, as the theme song indicates. This little guy is naive and excited all the time. He lives in a pineapple next to Squidward and Patrick.SpongeBob works as a fry cook at the Krusty Krab. He wakes every morning to the sound of a fog horn alarm clock. His favorite past time is jelly fishing. He lives a few fathoms beneath the tropical isle of Bikini Atoll in the sub-surface city of Bikini Bottom.Instead of being logical about everyday challenges, SpongeBob approaches life in a wayward and unconventional way. Whether searching for the ultimate spatula to perfect his burger flipping technique at the Krusty Krab, or just hanging out with his best friend Patrick, SpongeBobs good intentions and overzealous approach to life usually create chaos in his underwater world. ..... 54. This guy needs no introduction. Neither could I ever dream of not including him in the list of cartoon characters. Hes been around before everyones time and probably will be after everyone has gone. I think he will always remain a superhero in my heart. ..... 55. Sounds like a funny one but he sure is a madman of kind. Just another one of Batmans nemeses. Ooh, creepie. I guess the purple outfit should say something about his mood. ..... Theodore Theo Chipmunk 56. Bestest friend of Alvin and together they make the most beautiful music as the group called Alvin and the Chipmunks.Theo is the fat one so I assume his the one whos been eating all the cookies. Yet, as plump as he is, he still stays cute. ..... 57. Hes not really the brightest bulb in the string, but he sure can glow when he wants to. This tiger jumps on his tail like a spring and keeps the funnies going around.He is one of Winnie the Poohs best friends, and together they sure have fun. ..... Tommy Pickles 58. As part of the RugRats troop, Tommy are always the innocent one learning a lot of things with his buddies.He doesnt stand a chance against Angelica, but he always seems to come out on top after a grave incident involving her.He had to be added to the list of cartoon characters. ..... Top Cat 59. The leader of a gang of alley cats, he, known as TC. Hell never admit that they live on the street, but still he gives Office Dibble the long story.Top Cat is cool, but his morals are a tad looser than his gangs, leading to occasional mutiny. Nevertheless, T.C. always remains the leader of the gang.Top Cat was released in 1960 by Hanna-Barbera animation studios. ..... Tweety and Sylvester 60. Sylvester is always on the prowl to get Tweety, where this little bird simply replies I taught I thaw a putty-tatAnother duo of cartoon characters created by Chuck Jones, that Ive included in the list of cartoon characters.Tweety Bird and Sylvester keeps each other on their toes, with Sylvester losing out on a yummy bird meal every time. It seems he just cant get that yellow, juicy, little bird for lunch. Both their characters keeps the audience watching as Sylvester just might catch Tweety this time.One reason why I prefer to watch Sylvester and Tweety is because the are not like the Tom and Jerry cartoons, where they nearly kill each other, and the next moment they are fine, without a scratch. (This is kind of hard to explain to kids) ..... Wile E Coyote 61. He has set all the traps you can think of and even cant think of for the Road Runner, but alas, he has failed again.Wile E. Coyote is included in the list of cartoon characters, not because he has any special main character status (and I say that in the nicest way possible, because Roadrunner usually takes the shine), but because without him the Roadrunner would have any fun. ..... Wilma Flintstone 62. She is the wife of Fred Flintstone, and most of the time she can talk some sense into him.She is part of the cast of The Flintstones and with her best friend and neighbor, Betty Rubble, they also have a lot of fun, just like the boys.I just had to include her into the list of cartoon characters. ..... 63. A cuddly bear thats included in the list of cartoon characters, has also been around since the dawn of the dinosaurs.Winnie-the-Pooh, originally a childrens book, was published in 1926 with the character of Winnie the Pooh, Piglet, and Eeyore. The second collection of Winnie-the-Pooh stories, The House at Pooh Corner, was published two years later and introduced the character Tigger. Since then, the books have been published in over twenty languages, worldwide.The author, A. A. Milne (Alan Alexander Milne), was inspired for these stories by his son and his sons stuffed animals.The little boy who talks to the animals was named Christopher Robin, after the name of A. A. Milnes real-life son. The name Winnie came from another real black bear, which Christopher Robin adored, in the London Zoo. Winnie was short for Winnipeg. The Pooh part of the name came from the name of a swan.Thus, the name of the famous lazy bear in the stories became Winnie the Pooh even though traditionally Winnie is a girls name and Winnie the Pooh is definitely a boy bear.Shepards drawings of the fictional Winnie-the-Pooh world and characters were how most children envisioned them until Walt Disney bought the film rights to Winnie-the-Pooh in 1961. ..... 64. One cartoon character that makes the list of cartoon characters is one thats got this very contagious laugh, thats why I dont even dare to write it down.Woody Woodpecker, unlike most of the cartoon characters, lives to cause trouble. He has the ability to irritate any and everyone in his cartoon series. But he has, as his famous trademark, his cackling, stuttering laugh, which makes him OK for millions to watch and enjoy. ..... 65. This bear is a resident of the Yellowstone National Park. But, he thinks he owns the place, stealing lunches and so on.He sure is included in the list of cartoon characters because of his status as a famous cartoon.Another Hanna-Barbera cartoon series creation was the team of Yogi Bear and Boo Boo. Like other classic Hanna-Barbera characters, Yogi continually found himself in trouble with the game ranger and Boo Boo usually figured a way out. The duo live in Jellystone National Park, where no visitors picnic basket is safe. Yet Yogi still stays a lovable character in all the viewers eyes. ..... 66. What a man! Strong, clever, fast and tough such a beast, with the heart of a lion.He has made his debut since ever! Tarzan is based on a book series written by Edgar Rice Burrows. ..... 67. Aah yes, the samurai that doesnt die. He simply stands back for no-one. Past, present or future. He lives by the sword - his only true companion. I look forward to the day that he finally gets Aku. ..... 68. He didnt had a good beginning, but as he evolved as Iron Man, he learned a lot about people and helping them became his mission.His suit might be made out of iron, but his heart sure aint. ..... 69. Strong leader of the Autobots.His ethic level is very high, something to live by - and a good example for our children. ..... 70. Hes dumb, worships only himself, and no girl likes him. What a good example of how not to be.At least the girls teaches him a lesson or two. ..... 71. Cute, adorable and always the peacemaker between her two sisters. Strong enough to fight monsters, yet small enough to still go to pre-school. ..... 72. Our furry little alien, who has a heart of gold.He looks after Lilo like shes a sister to him. Out of all the experiments, he still is the favorite. ..... 73. My most favorite fat cat, lazy and full of mischief. This ginger cat has been around for a long time, and will be for another long time.Garfield is one of those characters that started out as a newspaper cartoon, and still stood the test of time. ..... 74. She is everyones best friend and has always, no matter what the case, have something nice to say to everyone. She is delightful, and smells of strawberry. What a great friend to have by your side. ..... Pepe Le Pew 75. Who would have imagined that a randy skunk would be such a hit back in 1945? Mssr. Le Pews aggressive advances on poor Penelope Pussycat sprung from a place of confused confidence, but his lover-boy antics were always a treat to behold. ..... Sylvester J Pussycat and Tweety 76. Mel Blanc kept the different speech impediments straight while voicing both cat and bird for Looney Tunes. ..... 77. Made in Mexico, Bender is a sociopath of steel (er, well, iron, titanium, lead, zinc, dolomite and nickel), who has kidnapped Jay Lenos head and sent his own son to robot hell. But he really just wants to be a folk-singer. ..... 78. Gawrsh Disneys good-natured, bumpkin widower doesnt have a lot going on upstairs, but a sunny disposition always sees him through. ..... Ned Flanders 79. The writers on The Simpsons have always been equal-opportunity offenders, but theyve also done so with great charity. Flanders, the Dudley-Do-Right evangelical neighbor, became the shows fundamentalist with a heart of gold, and religion was treated with a depth and understanding lacking from most public discourse. ..... 80. Edlunds send-up of the superhero genre had a short run, but it was a good one. ..... Phil Ken Sebben 81. So many great Hannah Barbera cartoon characters made cameos in Harvey Birdman, but its the new guy that stole the show. Stephen Colbert was Phil before he was skewering presidents and getting species and sports teams named after him. ..... Brendon Small 82. The young, would-be auteur Brendon was never a huge ratings success, but for those who saw him on Adult Swim, hes hard to forget. Created with plenty of improv, its a little bit Woody Allen and little bit mumblecore. Plus Paula Poundstone plays his mom. ..... Larry the Cucumber 83. After all the cultural good that Christianity gave us over the last two Millennia, the second half of the 20th century wasnt exactly a high-water mark. But in the 1990s, Veggie Tales became the exceptional piece of genius pop culture in the typical Christian bookstore. And Larry the Cucumber was the biggest reason why. Dont believe me? Watch the video below. ..... Marvin Martian 84. I didnt realize until finding the video below that Marvins first collection from Earth was the Abominable Snowman, who likes to hug and squeeze and call you George. But Marvins superiority complex always provided Bugs with the perfect foil. ..... Ace and Gary 85. In 1954, Fredric Wertham published Seduction of the Innocent, a crusade against the evils of comic books. One of his claims was of a special relationship between Batman and Robin (though Batman wouldnt be the last cartoon character whose sexuality was questioned?see SpongeBob, above). Forty-two years later, a pair of superheroes would finally come out of the closet?sort of. Brilliantly voiced by Colbert and Carell, Ace and Gary save the day, leaving everyone with a single question on their minds. ..... 86. The pointy-haired, chain-smoking kids entertainer is The Simpson writers door into the world of show business, where they routinely and hilariously skewer self-aggrandizing celebrity excess. ..... Hong Kong Phooey and Spot 87. The 1 super guy was a janitor dog named Penrod Pooch. He always saves the day with the help of his Hong Kong book of Kung Fu and his underappreciated cat, Spot. ..... Shaggy Rogers 88. Sometimes the sidekick is more interesting than the hero, and thats the case with the slacker teenager on Scooby-Doo. For a guy with absolutely no courage, he sticks with mystery solving gang through the spookiest of places. ..... Daria Morgendorffer 89. Daria Morgendorffer weathered suburbia under an armor of sublime snark. The show was affecting and entertaining with absurd sidestories and clever social commentary made Daria so fun to watch. Julia Askense ..... 90. Other evil geniuses arent hampered by their youth, but one-year-old baby Stewie doesnt let that stop him. ..... 91. Ren Hoek and Stimpson J Stimpy Cat pushed the boundaries of ridiculous cartoon violence in ways that two decades later seem quaint. ..... Phineas Flynn 92. Hey Ferb, I know what were going to do today, Phineas says each show before launching into his latest ambitious plan to pass the summer days, whether its building a giant tree house that transforms into a giant robot or filming a movie or creating a time machine. And even though the stepbrothers grand plans escape the attention of their parents and drive Candace nuts, Phineas remains completely guileless. Hard to believe this is on the Disney Channel. ..... 93. Hank might think his boy aint right, but hes just fine by us. We like his self-confidence that doesnt depend on innate talent or beauty. Hes comfortable in his own skin, and that often makes his daddy uncomfortable. ..... Pinky and The Brain 94. Plenty of cartoon characters have had ambitions for world domination, but no one else just wanted to be a benevolent dictator like The Brain. ..... Dr Doofenshmirtz 95. Dr Doofenshmirtz may be one of the newest entries on this list, but the evil scientist from Phinneas and Ferb has quickly made a big impression with his attempts to wreak havoc upon the tri-state area. We love his back-story monologues about his childhood in Gimelschtump, Druselstien. We love his ridiculously named devices (the the Ugly-Inator, the Age-Acclerator-Inator) and that his nemesis is a platypus. The subtleties of the relationship are pitch-perfect. When Perry busts in on Doofenshmirtz when his blind date is about to arrive, Perry accomodates his rival by pretending to be his pet (She doesnt know I have a nemesis). And most of all, we love his songs. ..... 96. Who else but Eric Cartman could inspire 10 parallels with Ambrose Bierces The Devils Dictionary This selfish, foul-mouthed, hippie-hating, cartoon brat is the antithesis of political correctness; an Archie Bunker for a new generation. Over the last decade, hes been the perfect vehicle for broaching taboos Americans are too terrified to engage in polite conversation. ..... Homer J Simpson 97. The first two seasons of The Simpsons were focused on Bart, but as it became Homer-centric, the show became something truly special. Hes the everyman at our laziest, hungriest, dumbest and drunkest. Yet thanks to good heart buried under all those doughnuts, hes also the hero that repeatedly saves the day or at least restores everything to a status quo which has endured for two decades and more than 450 episodes. ..... 98. Doraemon is a cat-like robot from the 22nd century of the future. His favorite food is dorayaki, a sweet bean paste filled bun, and his birthday is 3-9-2112, he is also known by the name Ding-dang. He weighs 129.3 kg, is 129.3 cm tall, can leap 129.3 cm in the air and can run 129.3 km per hour. He is afraid of mice and hates rats; his ears were eaten off by rats. He has a fourth-dimensional pocket on his abdomen from which he can take out many amazing TOOLS. Doraemon was sent back to the 20th century because Nobitas grandson cant bear to see his grandfather suffer. So he sent Doraemon to help out with Nobitas troubles. ..... 99. I admit I never heard of him until I did my research. Created by Hiayo Myazaki, he was a national craze in Japan and is one of the most popular anime characters ever. My Neighbor Totoro helped cement Myazakis legacy as the first animation director to consistently top Disney at the Japanese box office. Im not an anime fan but Ill give it its props. .....	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0065.json.gz/line1145
__label__cc	0.689671	0.310329	Maenad, Red-Figure Cup (Illustration) Greek red figure stemless cup from Apula, 330-320 BCE, depicting a dancing maenad - female follower of Dionysus - holding a bell and tambourine. (Archaeological Museum, Milan) Uploaded by Mark Cartwright, published on 10 May 2012 under the following license: Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike. This license lets others remix, tweak, and build upon this content non-commercially, as long as they credit the author and license their new creations under the identical terms. Please note that content linked from this page may have different licensing terms. Maenad Relief, Capitoline Museums A Pentelic marble relief depicting a dancing Maenad. From a circular... Etruscan Maenad Roof Tile A decorative end roof tile in the form of a maenad from the Etruscan... Roman Sarcophagus Fragment Portraying an Aethiopian & Maenad This fragment from the upper right corner of a sarcophagus portrays... Platter with Bacchic Decoration This small dish or platter (one of a pair) with a Bacchic scene... Nestor's Cup Drinking Cup known as the Nestor's Cup found in the ancient Greek... Fresco of Dionysos and Ariadne, Getty Villa Fresco Panel Depicting Dionysos and Ariadne, between 1 and 79... 1 2 Next > Last >> Cartwright, M. (2012, May 10). Maenad, Red-Figure Cup. Ancient History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.ancient.eu/image/642/ Cartwright, Mark. "Maenad, Red-Figure Cup." Ancient History Encyclopedia. Last modified May 10, 2012. https://www.ancient.eu/image/642/. Cartwright, Mark. "Maenad, Red-Figure Cup." Ancient History Encyclopedia. Ancient History Encyclopedia, 10 May 2012. Web. 17 Jul 2019.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0065.json.gz/line1149
__label__cc	0.626548	0.373452	Stock Footage A car is driven, with double-action shock absorbers.. NTSC 720×480 FREE license fee + $65.00 handling fee About Public Domain Clip Prices Some commercial libraries charge license fees for clips in the Public Domain. DVArchive believes it is more in keeping with the spirit and intent of PD to offer these clips for free to the public with only a modest handling fee to cover our expenses in preparing, resizing, transferring or improving the clips for download and making them available to you. About the Public Domain Copyright DVarchive has taken reasonable steps to verify the copyright status of this work or clip and has determined that it is most likely in the public domain, and can be freely used and re-used in projects at your discretion. Even though this clip is believed to be created by the U.S. Government or by another party that has released it into the public domain, please note that DVarchive cannot absolutely guarantee the exact copyright status of the clip or offer written assurance that every or any aspect of this clip is completely cleared for all usages. Responsibility for making an independent legal assessment of a clip and securing any necessary permissions ultimately rests with persons desiring to use the clip. Any Trademarks used in this item listing are used for strictly descriptive purposes only. No association or endorsement is implied or inferred. No character or trademark ownership is given or implied. If you intend to use any trademarks in public domain clips in a commercial usage, you should obtain an independent legal opinion as to your intended usage. If your intended use of this clip is for commercial purposes and not educational, documentary or editorial use, you may need to secure a release from individuals (talent or recognizable person) pictured, vocal talents or musicians so as not to violate or onfringe on their copyright or right of publicity. It is your responsibility to make an independent and accurate assessment, using legal counsel, as to the legality of your use of any persons pictured or heard in public domain materials and obtain their permission for commercial purposes, if necessary. DVarchive does not issue a rights managed or royalty free licensing agreement for this clip, or offer footage assurance, but makes the clip available to you for a free download for an administration/handling/prepping fee for each clip. Therefore, the fee charged is not a license fee for the clip and DVarchive does not warrant to own any licensing interest in the clip. You agree to indemnify and hold harmless DVarchive and it's successors, assignees and heirs from any legal action which results from your use of the clip, worldwide, in perpetuity. If you are the owner of any aspect of this clip which you believe to be copyrighted, please contact us immediately at info@dvarchive.com. A car is driven, with double-action shock absorbers installed, and a pipe streams smoke above it, to show the leveled ride, in 1938. Release Not On File Clip Information This film did not have its copyright renewed by the U.S. Copyright office and has fallen into public domain. , 1930s, 1938, aligns, arm, auto, automobile, bounces, bumper, bumps, bush, car, chevrolet, component, compresses, country road, double-action shock absorbers, driver, drives, driving, emblem, farm, farmland, fender, field, headlights, hubcap, installs, logo, motorcar, mounted, part, piece, pipe, pivoted, road, road test, rolls, shock absorbency, skywriting, smokes, smoking, spinning, spring, steering wheel, streamer, streams, stretches, swings, test, tire, traces, weeds, wheel, windshield	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0065.json.gz/line1158
__label__wiki	0.932211	0.932211	#107: Handsome by Handsome This week it's our third requested review of season - the lone self-titled release by Handsome. The 90s had it's fair share of supergroups, from Temple of the Dog to Golden Smog, but Handsome flew under the radar, featuring members of legendary bands like Quicksand, Helmet, Cro-Mags and Murphy's Law. Terms like hardcore and alternative are easy to associate to Handsome, but what about shoegaze and industrial? Like G.I. Joe, there's more than meets the eye (or ear) with Handsome, but does it all work? Tune in and find out. Intro - Going to Panic 16:20 - Going to Panic 18:16 - Ride Down 21:10 - Lead Bellied 29:08 - Dim The Lights Outro - Eden's Complex Request A Review / Merchandise #106: Isola by Kent This week we review a band that has sold over two million albums over a seventeen-year, ten-album career - and most people outside Sweden have never heard of them. It's Kent, and their 1998 album Isola . Well, 1998 is the release of the English-language version, the Swedish-language version came out a year earlier, but that's not the point. We're hear to talk about the music, which in it's finest moments recalls Pablo Honey and The Bends-era Radiohead. But are there enough fine moments to call this a worthy album? Tune in to find out. Note: Tim is now aware he pronounced "Isola" incorrect during the entire episode thanks to his better half. Intro - If You Were Here 10:07 - If You Were Here 14:40 - OWC 21:58 - Lifesavers Outro - 747 #105: Rock Collection by Pond Episode 105 brings us our second Requested Review of the 2013 season: 1997's Rock Collection by Pond, the third and final album from the Portland, Oregon trio. Combing angular guitar riffs with tricky drumming and challenging melodies, Pond brings to mind better known 90s rock darlings like Built To Spill and Pavement. Do they have what it takes for consideration in the indie-rock pantheon along side those bands? Tune in to find out. Intro - Twins 6:40 - Scoliosis 11:36 - Spokes 15:16 - You're Not A Seed 18:54 - Twins Outro - Filterless #104: Floored by Pusherman For episode #104, Tim sifted through his college radio archive to dig out the lone album by Pusherman, 1996's Floored . Combining the long-form jams of The Verve with the attitude and pop-sensiblity of Oasis, the band pushes the envelope on song and album length, usually bad signs when we get our hands on a record from the 90s. Through in a harmonica and some dance beats, and it sounds like a recipe for a disaster, but is it, despite the term "timeless" being used to describe it? Tune in to find out. Intro - Sold 10:15 - Chase It 17:30 - The Aim Indeed 21:44 - Whole 23:46 - Never Coming Back Outro - First Time #103: One Day At A Time by Symposium For our first episode of Season Three, we've got a requested review: the 1997 album One Day At A Time by Symposium. Once the "it" band for NME and Melody Maker, the band fell as fast as it rose, while it's brand of energetic pop punk seemed more in step with American bands like Green Day and Blink-182 than it's brit-pop contemporaries Oasis and Blur. The young band knows how to write a melodic hook, but do they know how to seamlessly integrate ska? Tune in to find out. Intro - Drink the Sunshine 8:44 - Farewell to Twilight 10:24 - Puddles 15:54 - One Day At A Time 20:07 - Smiling Outro - Fear of Flying	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0065.json.gz/line1161
__label__cc	0.596719	0.403281	#388: Wider Screen by Fini Scad Fini Scad only managed to release one album during their short existence, but thanks to one of our listeners we're giving it a new lease on life. 1998's Wider Screen, and their EP from two years early, got the band onto Australian radio and television, but they burned out quickly and were gone the same year the album came out. We don't know what exactly happened, but we do know they left behind an interesting album, partially thanks to the production work of John Agnello (Buffalo Tom, Dinosaur Jr.), who helps gives the guitars twin guitar attack the right amount of punch. Singer/guitarist Dave Thomas kept us guessing, as his vocals morphed from bellowing hard rock one moment to whispered and intimate the next, which worked on most if not all the album. As our listener noted, it's a shame Fini Scad never managed to follow-up Wider Screen, because what they do well could have easily been refined and expanded upon, and the few nitpicks we had could easily be rectified. Intro - Coppertone 5:45 - Sonic Boy 8:13 - Just A Show 17:12 - Wider Screen 20:27 - It's Not Real Outro - More Of The Same #387: Drummers Of The 90s Roundtable Every decade of rock music and its various sub genre offshoots has produced oft-debated lists of notable drummers, and the 1990s is no exception. From the jazz-influenced speed of The Smashing Pumpkins Jimmy Chamberlain, to the technical progressive prowess of Dream Theater's Mike Portnoy, there is drummer for every style and flavor. Rather than discuss "the best," we're talking favorites, both well known and not-so-well known. Who gave us fills we still air drum to at our desks? Who pounded rhythms that make us shake our heads in awe? Whose beats influenced the next generation of drummers? From the groove metal of Pantera's Vinnie Paul to the skittish bounce of Dismemberment Plan's Joe Easley, we're scratching the surface and a bit more to get the conversation started on drummers of the 1990s. Intro - Drum Medley (I Am One by The Smashing Pumpkins / Pacific 231 by Burning Airlines / Jesus Christ Pose by Soundgarden / The City by Dismemberment Plan) 8:04 - Rhinosaur by Soundgarden 18:34 - Would? by Alice In Chains 34:37 - Hello by Oasis 41:32 - Wiser Time by The Black Crowes 58:06 - Puppets by Hum 1:02:30 - Andalusia by Shiner 1:15:07 - Milwaukee Sky Rocket by Braid Outro - Enjoy The Silence by Failure #386: Munki by Jesus And Mary Chain By the time William and Jim Reid of the Jesus And Mary Chain put out the 1998 album Munki, the band had been through several iterations. From the noise drenched simplicity of Psychocandy to the pulsing beats of Automatic and the lazy strums of Stoned and Dethroned, the brothers had covered plenty of musical territory while still maintaining the attitude and sound unique to the band. In what would be their last release together until 2017's Damage And Joy, they manage to revisit nearly every phase of the band, and even explore some new ideas. But at seventeen songs and seventy minutes, the sheer length of the album, especially with some ill-advised forays into overlong noodling and keyboard driven tracks, left us wondering if the lack of an outside voice (i.e. a producer with a surname other than Reid) would have shaped a more concise, cohesive and ultimately satisfying listen. Intro - I Love Rock'n'Roll 11:46 - Degenerate 16:14 - Moe Tucker 20:37 - Perfume 23:03 - Commercial Outro - I Hate Rock'n'Roll	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0065.json.gz/line1162
__label__wiki	0.549021	0.549021	What Makes Women Different? CardioPrevent Program IMPROVE Postpartum Program Virtual Care Program Women@Heart Program Programs and initiatives in your community Become A Community Advocate Wear Red Canada National Alliance Get involved in the Alliance Hosted by the University of Ottawa Heart Institute and Heart&Stroke™, the 2020 Canadian Women’s Heart Health Summit will take place on April 2-3, 2020 at the Westin Ottawa Hotel located in downtown Ottawa, Ontario. Building on the success of our past two conferences, Summit 2016 and 2018 Summit, this event will bring together approximately 250 national and international experts and stakeholders to further advance women’s heart health. Together, we will transform and enhance Canadian women’s lives through research, awareness, policy development and care. This is an accredited opportunity for knowledge exchange for a variety of stakeholders including primary care providers, cardiologists, gynecologists, pharmacists, nurses, cardiac rehabilitation providers, allied healthcare providers, researchers, policy-makers, Indigenous organizations, community partners and women with lived experience. Bring together national and international leaders, knowledge-users, and women with lived experience to strengthen our capacity to develop and disseminate strategies to improve cardiovascular health among women. Identify emerging areas in research and clinical practice centered upon cardiovascular conditions affecting women across their lifespan. Delineate strategies for addressing the gaps in research and clinical practice for cardiovascular disease in women, improving risk stratification, diagnosis, and therapy from a sex and gender perspective. More details to come on the Women's Heart Health Summit 2020. For now, please check out the agenda and program from last year's Summit 2018. Download the agenda and summit brochure for a complete listing of presentation topics and times. Day 1: Thursday April 5, 2018 Day 2: Friday April 6, 2018 Thurday April 5, 2018 Registration and Continental Breakfast KEYNOTE PRESENTATION: Women’s Cardiovascular Health Across the Lifespan: Key Opportunities for Prevention and Maximization of Health By the end of the session, participants will be able to describe the current state of affairs in Canada from the impact of cardiovascular health in pregnancy and the future health of offspring to sex and gender differences for aging women and those within diverse ethnic groups. Sonia Anand, MD, PhD, FRCPC Hamilton Health Sciences and McMaster University Refreshment Break and Networking in Exhibit Hall THEME: Maternal Placental Syndromes and Cardiovascular Health Cardiovascular Health After Maternal Placental Syndromes By the end of the session, participants will be able to describe the pathophysiology of hypertensive disorders of pregnancy and gestational diabetes mellitus and its cardiovascular impact. Stella S. Daskalopoulou, MSc, MD, DIC, PhD McGill University and McGill University Health Centre The Maternal Health Clinic: An Initiative for Cardiovascular Risk Reduction in Women with Pregnancy-Related Complications By the end of the session, participants will be able to list the pregnancy-related cardiovascular risk indicators and develop an action plan for a woman who has a pregnancy complicated by one or more of these risk indicators. Graeme Smith, MD, PhD, FRCSC Kingston Health Sciences Centre Clinical Management Guidelines: Hypertension During and After Pregnancy By the end of the session, participants will be able to describe the clinical practice implications of recent Canadian guidelines relating to hypertension during and after pregnancy (i.e., Hypertension in Pregnancy, Stroke and Pregnancy; and Postpartum Lipids). Kara Nerenberg, MSc, MD Ask the Experts Panel Discussion Thais Coutinho, MD University of Ottawa Heart Institute and University of Ottawa Autoimmune Disease in Women: A Novel Risk Factor By the end of the session, participants will be able to describe the role of autoimmune disorders on the atherosclerotic process, and its implications on cardiovascular risk in women. Paula Harvey, BMBS, PhD, FRACP Women’s College Hospital THEME: Young Women: A Population at Risk Premature Coronary Artery Disease in Women: Lessons Learned from GENESIS-PRAXY By the end of the session, participants will be able to identify 1) the differences between men and women in terms of presentation, process of care and outcomes of CVD, 2) women specific conditions increasing vascular risk and 3) the differences between gender (psychological sex) and sex (biological sex). Louise Pilote, MD, MPH, PhD, FRCPC Smoking and Young Women: Real Challenges and Distinct Opportunities By the end of the session, participants will be able to describe the epidemiology of smoking specific to women, and the importance of cessation. Kerri-Anne Mullen, MSc, PhD Physical Activity: Are Young Women Getting Enough? By the end of the session, participants will be able to describe current physical activity patterns and associated cardiometabolic health in young women. Stephanie Prince Ware University of Ottawa Heart Institute and Public Health Agency of Canada Karin H. Humphries, MBA, DSc University of British Columbia, UBC-Heart & Stroke and BC Centre for Improved Cardiovascular Health Cardiovascular Health in Indigenous Women: Current State of Affairs and Emerging Areas for Improvement By the end of the session, participants will be able to describe heart health within a sociopolitical context, identify priorities for assessing the quality of cardiovascular care and define cultural safety and anti-racism as they relate to cardiovascular care for Indigenous women. Marcia Anderson, MD, MPH, FRCPC Winnipeg, MN THEME: Chest Pain Syndromes in Women: Clinical Perspectives on the Identification and Treatment in Women Myocardial Infarction with Nonobstructive Coronary Arteries in Women (MINOCA): Clinical Presentation, Diagnosis and Treatment By the end of the session, participants will be able to explain the prevalence, mechanisms and management of myocardial infarction with non-obstructive coronary disease in women. John F. Beltrame, PhD, FRACP, FESC, FACC, FCSANZ, FAHA University of Adelaide, Queen Elizabeth Hospital and Central Adelaide Local Health Network Adelaide, AU Diagnostic Testing in Women with Chest Pain: Which Test Should I Order? By the end of the session, participants will be able to identify optimal strategies for, and differences in, performance of diagnostic testing in the evaluation of women with chest pain. Sharon L. Mulvagh, MD, FRCP(C), FACC, FAHA, FASE Mayo Clinic, Maritime Heart Center Women’s Heart Health Clinic, QEII Health Sciences Center, Nova Scotia Health Authority and Dalhousie University Psychosocial Risk Factors: Their Role in the Clinical Manifestation of Coronary Disease and Chest Pain in Women By the end of the session, participants will be able to describe the impact of psychological factors on pathogenesis and clinical presentation of cardiovascular disease and implications for management in women. Viola Vaccarino, MD, PhD Rollins School of Public Health and Emory University Jacqueline Saw, MD, FRCPC, FACC, FAHA, FSCAI University of British Columbia and Vancouver General Hospital THE DEBATE: Women with Heart Disease Should be Cared for in a Specialized Women's Heart Clinic By the end of the session, participants will be able to examine issues and challenges surrounding the diagnosis and management of women with cardiovascular disease, and determine if a clinic dedicated to women with cardiovascular disease is considered the best practice. Peter Collins, MA, MD (Cantab), FRCP, FACC, FESC (For) National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London and Royal Brompton Hospital Paul Oh, MSc, MD, FRCPC (Against) University Health Network and Peter Munk Cardiac Centre and Toronto Rehabilitation Institute Chairperson: Robert Reid, PhD, MBA Wine and Cheese Poster Session Networking Reception and Dinner: The Albion Rooms (Learn More) Friday April 6, 2018 THEME: Risk Factor Management: Sex-Specific Considerations By the end of the session, participants will be able to identify differences in the epidemiology, clinical manifestations, treatment and outcomes of hypertension in women. By the end of the session, participants will be able to identify differences in the epidemiology, clinical manifestations, treatment and outcomes of diabetes in women. Amel Arnaout, MD, FRCPC Lipids/Statins By the end of the session, participants will be able to identify sex differences in the epidemiology, treatment and outcomes of dyslipidemia, with an emphasis on specific effects and hazards of statin use in women. Todd J. Anderson, MD, FRCPC Libin Cardiovascular Institute, University of Calgary and Alberta Health Services Martha Gulati, MD, MS, FACC, FAHA, FASPC Theme: Cardiac Rehabilitation and Women Cardiac Rehabilitation and Secondary Prevention 2018: Contemporary Issues and Contemporary Approaches By the end of the session, participants will be able to describe how demographic trends, advances in treatment, shifting patient needs, and new technologies are influencing models for cardiac rehabilitation and secondary prevention. University of Ottawa Heart Institute and Univeristy of Ottawa Cardiac Rehabilitation Benefits Women…So How Do We Increase Utilization? By the end of the session, participants will be able to describe the effect of cardiac rehabilitation in women, and identify strategies to increase their utilization to reap these benefits. Sherry L. Grace, PhD, FCCS York University and University Health Network Program Delivery Models for Women with Heart Disease By the end of the session, participants will be able to describe various program delivery models that support self-management, social support, and health-related quality of life in women with heart disease. Scott Lear, PhD St. Paul's Hospital, Simon Fraser University and Providence Health Care Paul Oh, MSc, MD, FRCPC Atrial Fibrillation: Does Sex Matter? By the end of the session, participants will be able to describe sex differences in symptoms, quality of life, drug response, advanced therapies and outcomes in atrial fibrillation. Paul Dorian, MD, CM St. Michael's Hospital Knowledge Transfer Breakout Sessions CHOOSE ONE SESSION 1. A Fireside Chat: How to Design and Implement a Women’s Heart Health Program By the end of the session, participants will be able to discuss the challenges, opportunities and “lessons learned” as part of the implementation of various women heart health initiatives from across Canada. Tara L. Sedlak, MD, FRCPC Leslie Diamond Women's Heart Centre, Vancouver General, UBC Hospitals and University of British Columbia Lisa McDonnell, BSc, MSc, EMBA Canadian Women's Heart Health Centre, University of Ottawa Heart Institute Wendy Wray, RN, BScN, MScN Women's Healthy Heart Initiative, McGill University Health Centre 2. Emerging Areas in Women’s Cardiovascular Health Research By the end of the session, participants will be able to explain the importance of sex/gender in research, identify research knowledge gaps and challenges that still remain and how to incorporate sex/gender into the design, recruitment, and reporting of research findings cardiovascular to advance women's cardiovascular health. 3. Clinical Conundrums in Pregnancy By the end of the session, participants will be able to describe general approaches to the management of complex heart disease during and after pregnancy. Case #1 - Woman with a Mechanical Heart Valve who is Pregnant Nandita S. Scott, MD Case #2 - Woman with Complex Congenital Heart Disease who is Pregnant Jasmine Grewal, MD, FRCPC University of British Columbia and St. Paul's Hospital Michele Turek, MDCM, FRCPC The Ottawa Hospital and University of Ottawa Heart Institute 4. In Their Own Words - The Day in the Life of a Women@Heart Leader By the end of the session, participants will be able to describe insights from women who have successful recovered from heart disease and have a strong passion for supporting and helping others to become advocates within their own communities and networks. Marion Martell Helen Robert Dovercourt Recreation Association and University of Ottawa Heart Institute Nadine Elias, BSc, KIN Career Mentoring Session (Pre-Registration Required, For Trainees Only) Learn More The Burden of Heart Disease: The Voices of Women (Also available via Facebook Live) By the end of the session, participants will be able to describe the personal journeys of women and their experience with heart disease. Punam Gill Louise Durocher Esther Sanderson The Pas, MB Caroline Lavallée Rapid Fire Oral Presentations Multiple Presenters THEME: Hormones and Cardiovascular Disease Contraceptives and Hormone Replacement Therapy: Do They Impact Cardiovascular Health? By the end of the session, participants will be able to describe the evidence underlying the cardiovascular risks associated with oral contraceptives and hormone replacement therapy, and clinical strategies for appropriate patient selection. Ruth McPherson, PhD, MD, FRCPC, FACP, FRCS Premature Ovarian Insufficiency (POI): Influence on Cardiovascular Risk By the end of the session, participants will be able to describe the excess cardiovascular risk attributed to POI and strategies to minimize this risk. Jennifer Blake, MD, FRCSC The Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada Sex and Venous Thromboembolism By the end of the session, participants will be able to describe how gender has a large influence on the risk of first and recurrent venous thrombosis and the gender specific therapeutic management of this condition. Marc Rodger, MD, FRCPC, MSc (Epidemiology) University of Ottawa and The Ottawa Hospital Michèle de Margerie, MD, CCFP KEYNOTE PRESENTATION: Health Care Gaps for Women: Attributions to Sex Differences in Cardiovascular Medicine and Steps for Creating an Equitable Health Care System By the end of the session, participants will be able to review the evidence and describe the issues and identified strategies related to healthcare equality and equity for women at risk or currently living with cardiovascular disease. C. Noel Bairey Merz, MD, FACC, FAHA Awards Ceremony and Closing Remarks For information on the 2016 Summit, welcome to view the following: 2016 Canadian Women's Heart Health Summit Highlight Report Canadian Journal of Cardiology, June 2017 - Charting the Course for Women's Heart Health in Canada: Recommendations From the First Canadian Women's Heart Health Summit The Beat, June 2017 - Charting a Course for Women's Heart Health in Canada 2018 Summit Promotion: Bilingual poster, powerpoint slides, promotional ads (English, French) Canadian Women's Heart Health Centre For Patients & Family Clinical Overview Stress, Anxiety and Depression Audrey's Journey in the Program Risks and Warning Signs Meet Our Health Coaches Session Topics	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0065.json.gz/line1169
__label__cc	0.701943	0.298057	Silver Czech team and a potato medal in individuals at the World Championship in Italy 2018 Written by Karel Křivanec Photographs taken by Igor Slavík This year‘s World Fly Fishing Championship was held in the Italian town of Comano Terme in the valley of the Sarca River, between 17th and 23rd September. Twenty-nine teams and 148 individuals took part in this event. This article was written based on the views of Czech competitors who I interviewed during the October elimination competition in South Bohemia. I wanted to heal the silence which started after last year’s season when the team captain and a team manager finished and I wanted to preserve a traditional Czech view of the highest world event for fly fishermen. From this point of view, I would like to remind that the Czechs were second in Slovakia 2017 and Antonin Pesek (CZE) won his second world individual trophy. And now to the Italian championship where the Czechs had a team consisting of Antonin Pesek (Fishing Captain), Frantisek Kouba, David Chlumsky, Vojtech Unger, Lukas Starýchfojtu and Igor Slavík as a Team Manager. The team had a week-long preparation before the Championship at the venue where David Chlumsky managed to catch a beautiful brown trout on the Sarca River (705 mm). Číst dál: Silver Czech team and a potato medal in individuals at the World Championship in Italy 2018 Bronze of Czech youth from the San River – but this time about extremely fine huge grayling fishing Between 6 and 12 August 2018, the 17th Youth World Fly Fishing Championship was held on the San River. This time 10 teams were present, 8 from Europe and one from the USA and one from South Africa, i.e. altogether two teams less than in Slovenia a year ago. Unfortunately, also British teams were missing this time and therefore the only representative from the islands was the Irish team which takes part regularly in these championships. After the last year’s failure in Slovenia (5th place), the Czech team changed the coach and now the coach was Martin Musil Jr., a student of ichthyology, who became the Youth World Champion in France in 2012. Jiří Pejchar, President of the Czech National Fly Fishing Committee, was the Team Manager was and a member of more numerous accompaniment was Tomáš Starýchfojtů, former successful Czech competitor and a coach of the senior team. Číst dál: Bronze of Czech youth from the San River – but this time about extremely fine huge grayling fishing Double gold European Championship Vytvořeno: 13. srpen 2018 By Pavel Chyba My fourth participation in the European Championship was this year on the Vltava River in our country and the Květoňov Reservoir. I did not like premature opinions that we are fishing at home and the result is clear and you will only see who will be the first, who the second, etc. As I also remember the World Championship 2014 in our country, when we really worked hard and we had a great piece of luck and nothing was clear until the very last round. Nevertheless, extremely strong Czech team consisted of four individual and four multiple European Champions in teams and this filled me up with optimism that this time I could touch the European gold medal in teams. This was the last medal which I was missing in my collection. Two weeks before the Championship my new fan Matthew was born and I could not take part in the first trainings. I chose classic practice before the Championship. I arrived as the last one of our team, but some guys went home to see families and we somehow changed during the trainings. I will not describe in detail what all we were testing. Simply said, we tried all fly fishing styles and with all styles we caught something. Who knows the Vltava River, must know that the river is full of fish and you can fish with anything. However, it is important to choose the important things. And now to the competition itself … Číst dál: Double gold European Championship	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0065.json.gz/line1170
__label__wiki	0.982614	0.982614	Democrat Stacey Abrams Assembles Legal Team To Get Every Vote Counted In Georgia Governor’s Race Jessica McGowan/Getty Images and Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images Evie Fordham Politics and Health Care Reporter November 08, 2018 1:05 PM ET Republican Brian Kemp has claimed victory in the Georgia governor’s race although it has not been officially called. Kemp’s team says there are not enough uncounted votes to offset his lead over Democrat Stacey Abrams. Abrams has not conceded, plans to file litigation so every vote is counted and hopes for a runoff that would take place on Dec. 4. Democrat Stacey Abrams’s team announced she’s filing litigation in a Georgia county, at a Thursday news conference after Georgia Republican Brian Kemp claimed victory in the governor’s race Wednesday. Abrams’s team said they are filing litigation in Dougherty County Thursday after reports that the county’s absentee ballots were not delivered to voters time or at all, according to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. The team plans to file more litigation in the coming days. Democratic gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams addresses supporters at an election watch party on Nov. 6, 2018 in Atlanta, Georgia. Jessica McGowan/Getty Images The secretary of state’s office released an unofficial list of the 21,358 provisional ballots cast in each Georgia county about an hour after Abrams’s press conference, reported Greg Bluestein of The AJC. “These are at the center of [Stacey Abrams’s] push for a runoff,” Bluestein wrote Thursday. Abrams’s team argued that Kemp’s lead of roughly 25,000 votes was not enough to grant him automatic victory because they claim 25,000 absentee and provisional ballots have not yet been counted. Much of Abrams’s campaign rhetoric has centered on accusing Kemp of suppressing the vote because during the race he served as Georgia secretary of state, a position that oversees elections. “Our point is the one that has been made twice now,” Abrams litigation team member John Chandler said Thursday. “To put it very simply all the votes haven’t been counted. How can anybody claim a victory when there are enough votes that have not been counted that could cause a runoff here? … We believe everybody is entitled to have their vote counted.” (RELATED: Federal Judge Rules Against Republican Brian Kemp Days Before Close Georgia Governor Election) Kemp has a lead over Abrams, taking 50.3 percent of the vote with all precincts reporting, according to The Associated Press Thursday. Abrams received 48.7 percent of the vote, and Libertarian Ted Metz received 0.9 percent. Kemp needs to maintain more than 50 percent of the vote to avoid a runoff before results are certified on Nov. 13 , reported CNN. Abrams’s campaign manager Lauren Groh-Wargo blamed Kemp for the uncounted ballots and claimed stacks of absentee ballots could be “sitting on somebody’s dresser in their home.” “He owns this, and he owes the people of Georgia an explanation,” she said Thursday. Abrams did not speak at Thursday’s press conference. Her team also emphasized a claim that ballots from Georgia residents serving overseas in the military had not yet been counted, despite the perception that members of the military are more likely to vote Republican. Kemp declared victory over Abrams Wednesday before the race was officially called. “Stacey Abrams can’t accept the fact that Georgians rejected her radical agenda at the ballot box, so now she’s desperately trying to steal this election in the courtroom,” Kemp’s communications director Ryan Mahoney told The Daily Caller News Foundation. “After realizing that it was mathematically impossible to win the race with votes outstanding, Abrams’ team has decided to file frivolous, politically motivated lawsuits that will force elections officials to break the law and add votes that didn’t exist on Election Day. Simply put: Abrams campaign is trying to create new votes, because they know it’s their only remaining hope.” Kemp announced he was officially stepping down as Georgia secretary of state Thursday, reported WSB Atlanta. Abrams has refused to concede. “I promise you tonight, we are going to make sure every vote is counted,” she said early Wednesday morning hours after the polls closed Tuesday evening. “Every single vote. … The machinery of democracy should work for everyone, everywhere.” Abrams and her supporters hoped that Kemp had not garnered enough votes, which would result in a runoff on Dec. 4, according to Fortune. Abrams and Kemp were locked in a tight race for Georgia’s governor as polls in the month leading up to Election Day showed the candidates either tied or leading by a statistically insignificant amount. Georgia gubernatorial candidates (L-R) Democrat Stacey Abrams, Republican Brian Kemp and Libertarian Ted Metz react as a fire alarm interrupts their debate at Georgia Public Broadcasting in Midtown Oct. 23, 2018 in Atlanta, Georgia. John Bazemore-Pool/Getty Images Kemp’s office announced Sunday that it opened an investigation into the Georgia Democratic Party for allegedly attempting to hack the state’s voter registration system. “While we cannot comment on the specifics of an ongoing investigation, I can confirm that the Democratic Party of Georgia is under investigation for possible cyber-crimes,” a spokeswoman for the secretary of state, Candice Broce, said in a statement. Abrams called the investigation “a desperate attempt on the part of my opponent to distract people from the fact that two different federal judges found him derelict in his duties,” Abrams said Sunday, according to CNN. Abrams, Georgia’s former state House minority leader, repeatedly accused Kemp and his office of suppressing minority voters because of the “exact match” voter ID law that flags voter registrations with even slight discrepancies from other official identification documents, according to The Washington Post. The winner will replace current Republican Gov. Nathan Deal, who had served since 2011 and is leaving office because of Georgia’s two-term limit. Abrams could become the first black female governor in the U.S. if she wins and could be Georgia’s first Democratic governor since 2003. Georgia has a long history of Democratic governors including former President Jimmy Carter. Georgia’s last Democratic governor was Roy Barnes, who served from 1999 to 2003. Follow Evie on Twitter @eviefordham. Send tips to evie@dailycallernewsfoundation.org. Content created by The Daily Caller News Foundation is available without charge to any eligible news publisher that can provide a large audience. For licensing opportunities of our original content, please contact licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org. Tags : brian kemp georgia stacey abrams Evie Fordham Follow Evie on Twitter @eviefordham. Send tips to evie@dailycallernewsfoundation.org. 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__label__wiki	0.867566	0.867566	Legacy HomepageNewsTranscriptsTranscript View Share Transcript Department of Defense Press Briefing on the Secretary of Defense Nomination Process Eric Chewning, Chief Of Staff to the Acting Secretary of Defense; Two Senior Defense Officials ASSISTANT TO THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE JONATHAN HOFFMAN: All right. Good morning, everybody. Thank you for joining us today. We're here to give a brief for you on the acting secretary -- the nomination process, and some questions you guys have had about what does that process look like, what does that mean for succession planning here at the department. And so we wanted to walk through that with you. So, John Hoffman, assistant to the secretary of defense for public affairs. With us today are Eric Chewning, the chief of staff to the acting secretary of defense, (Senior Defense Official One) and (Senior Defense Official Two). We're going to start with -- Mr. Chewning's going to read a statement -- or make opening comments. And then we'll go into it. The opening statement is on the record. Questions will be on background. We can negotiate other things that we've moved up. And I will – we’ll just do the questions. Originally it was going to be embargoed. No embargo. As soon as we're done, you guys are welcome to go with this as soon as the briefing concludes. So with that, Eric? CHIEF OF STAFF ERIC CHEWNING: Yeah, thanks, Jonathan. So hello, everyone. This morning, I wanted to take a few minutes to provide additional transparency into the SECDEF nomination and succession process. Continuity planning is a core competency for the Department of Defense, and the department has rehearsed and planned for a DOD succession under a range of scenarios. In each scenario, the planning ensures there is one person in charge of the Department of Defense with the authorities necessary to protect our homeland and defend America's interests around the world. When the Senate receives the president's official nomination for Acting Secretary Spencer to be the secretary of defense, he will cease to serve as the acting secretary of defense and become solely serving as the secretary of the Army. At the same time, Ryan McCarthy, the under secretary of the Army, who is currently performing the duties of the secretary of the Army while Dr. Esper is acting secretary of defense, will solely serve as the under secretary of the Army. So very simply, what will happen is, the White House will send a formal nomination to the Senate. The Senate will receive it. Acting Secretary Esper will step out of his role as the acting secretary of defense and revert to his role as secretary of the Army. He's physically going to move offices, so he's going to move from where he currently is in the secretary of defense's office, go back to his office over in the Army. And Under Secretary McCarthy, who's currently performing the duties of secretary of the Army because Secretary Esper fleeted up to be the acting secretary of defense, will just revert back to being the under secretary of the Army. Okay. Concurrently, as outlined in Executive Order 13533, aptly titled, "Providing an Order of Succession Within the Department of Defense," dated March 1, 2010, the secretary of the Navy, who's the next in line for succession, who is Richard Spencer at this time -- he will become the acting secretary of defense. All right? So succession just moves from each service. The most senior service after the Army is the Navy. We have a confirmed secretary of the Navy. It's Richard Spencer. Richard Spencer fleets up to become the acting secretary of defense. Now, for the last two weeks, we've been spending time with Secretary Spencer to get him prepared for his duties as the acting secretary of defense. That's involved a range of operational briefings from the Joint Staff, as well as a series of briefings around the duties that the secretary of defense alone has responsibilities for, from the Office of the Secretary of Defense. So we've spent the last two weeks getting Richard spun up on all the different operational contingencies, all the worldwide planning and all the duties that he'll have to take on as the acting secretary. Then as you're aware, as a service secretary, Richard has responsibilities for organizing, training and equipping the force, but he hasn't been exposed to the range of operational issues that the secretary of defense is responsible for, and so we spent the last two weeks getting him up to speed on what those are so he'll be ready to take on that responsibility as soon as Acting Secretary Spencer -- Acting Secretary Esper moves out of the role. In addition, the senior team supporting the Office of the Secretary will remain in place to ensure institutional continuity. So most notably, that includes David Norquist. As you all know, David is the under secretary of defense and comptroller and the chief financial officer who has been performing the duties of the deputy secretary of defense since January. We're going to keep David in his role performing the duties of the deputy secretary of defense during this transition period. In addition, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs, General Dunford, will remain in his position, as well the chief of staff to the secretary of defense, Eric Chewning. So the team around Secretary Spencer is going to stay in place to ensure institutional continuity through the transition. The department has fully coordinated this continuity plan with the White House and the relevant interagency entities. We're also going to brief our allies and partners to ensure a smooth transition so they're aware of how we're conducting the transition. We're working closely with Senate leadership and the Senate Armed Services Committee. We thank them for their efforts and commitment to swiftly consider top DOD leadership when they receive the formal nomination. We will not presume confirmation. Let me be very clear about that, there's no presumption around confirmation, and it is the prerogative of the Senate to take as long as they think is necessary to examine and confirm a nominee. Right? So the minute the nomination goes to the Senate, it's the Senate's prerogative to take as long as they need to. So we have prepared Secretary Spencer to remain in the role until we have a confirmed secretary of defense. Now, it's important to note, I think some of you were thinking about the impact of the Vacancies Act, right? So the 210-day clock for the Vacancies Act expires on or about July 30th. Now it's suspended when the Senate is looking at a nominee. So effectively the clock will go on pause while Secretary Esper is being reviewed by the Senate and Secretary Spencer is in the role of acting. And so he can stay in that status for as long as necessary for the Senate to examine -- to examine Secretary Esper. If Dr. Esper is confirmed by the Senate and then appointed by the president as the Secretary of Defense, then Mr. Norquist will be formally nominated to be the deputy secretary and will, in deference to the Senate, step out of his role of performing the duties of the deputy secretary of defense while his nomination is pending before the Senate. All right, just so you understand the -- the choreography, we'll go through the process with Secretary Esper. Assuming Secretary Esper gets confirmed, then we'll remove the person currently conducting the duties as the deputy secretary, David Norquist, and then he will go through a confirmation process. I promise we'll come back and keep you all updated as this unfolds. We are going to be transparent as we move through the process. It's very important for the department for everybody in the world to know we have a plan. Only one person will serve as the Secretary of Defense. That person has all the authorities necessary at the appointed time to defend American interests and protect the homeland. ASST. TO SEC. HOFFMAN: All right. So guys, I'll start by saying thank you for your patience as we got you to this information. I know a number of you have been asking about it. We wanted to make sure it was accurate and correct and had -- had the process in place. So with that, I know you've had a lot of questions, so we'll go -- Lita? Q: Hi, Lolita Baldor, AP. So I just want to double check one thing and then another question. First of all, we understand there's some discussion about a hearing perhaps middle -- mid to later July. Do you have any understanding or any sense that that is going to happen or a date for that? And then my second question is, additionally there was some thought that when Secretary Spencer stepped in, because he's not a first assistant, that he would be ‘performing the duties of,’ and I want to make sure –- since he -- is it because he's in the line of succession, or legally -- CHIEF OF STAFF CHEWNING: Sure, I understand where you're going with this, yeah. So -- ASST. TO SEC. HOFFMAN: I just want to reiterate, the answers on the questions are going to be on background and we'll talk about negotiated if we need to move those up. CHIEF OF STAFF CHEWNING: So on your -- on your first one, so the control of the movement of the nomination from the White House to the Senate is under the purview of the White House. So the White House controls the timing of when that nomination moves. Our expectation -- and we're prepared -- is that'll be shortly. In terms of the role that under -- that Acting Secretary Spencer will play, so by operation of law, which is governed by that Executive Order 13533, the next in line for succession automatically becomes the acting secretary. And so to -- to -- so to your question, it's under the operation of that executive order, he would become the acting secretary. And I've got (Senior Defense Official One) here to clean up anything I may have gotten wrong legally. SENIOR DEFENSE OFFICIAL ONE: You’ve got it perfect. CHIEF OF STAFF CHEWNING: All right, thank you. ASST. TO SEC. HOFFMAN: All right, Barbara? Q: One thing, Jonathan, are we supposed to come back and ask -- it's just an admin question -- ask you about putting certain things on the record? And if you say yes, will you make it known to everyone -- ASST. TO SEC. HOFFMAN: We’ll share with the group. Q: Okay. So my -- one question is, Eric, what actually triggers the process? Is it -- what is the actual legal act that triggers it? Is it sending it to the Hill, or -- CHIEF OF STAFF CHEWNING: Receipt. Confirmation by the Senate that they've received the formal nomination. Q: So there is some act by -- I'm sorry to bug you -- CHIEF OF STAFF CHEWNING: That's fine. Q: -- by the Senate or the Senate Armed Services Committee, a formal acceptance? CHIEF OF STAFF CHEWNING: Sure. So I -- I'm -- I'm going to look to (Senior Defense Official One) to make sure I get this right, but it gets transferred to – (CROSSTALK) SENIOR DEFENSE OFFICIAL ONE: You -- you're exactly right, Eric. The president will submit the nomination to the Senate. When the Senate receives the nomination, it will of course refer it to the Armed Services Committee, but the process is triggered when -- when the Senate receives the nomination. Q: And two very quick follow ups. When are -- will you -- I don't -- I don't know, in advance, or after it happens, or exactly when it happens, when will you tell everyone the exact moment of transfer? CHIEF OF STAFF CHEWNING: Sure. So it is a bit different than, so when we had the transition between Secretary Shanahan and Secretary Esper. We intentionally picked a date and time so there was a clear, transparent hand-off. With this, because it'll be event driven, what we'll do is we'll send a notification to the force that announces that Secretary Spencer is now the acting secretary of defense, and that will get communicated internally within the department, and then we'll also do an external communication so that all of you are aware that transition's occurred. Q: Well, exactly at the same time? ASST. TO SEC. HOFFMAN: It’ll take place as close to the exact moment as possible. Q: Hi, Tara Copp with McClatchy. Thanks for taking the question. Secretary Spencer stepping in as acting comes as there's now not a clear succession for the CNO. Have you had any discussions about the Navy, specifically leadership within the Navy, and how -- how will that vacuum be filled if Secretary Spencer steps up? CHIEF OF STAFF CHEWNING: Sure, so -- so we have, and I'm not going to get into that, here, because I wanted to keep this focused on the -- the secretary of defense, but we -- we can come -- we'll have more on that later that we can follow-up on. Q: Okay. And then just one follow-up: In the off chance that the acting secretary is not confirmed, does he then return to his position of secretary of the Army? CHIEF OF STAFF CHEWNING: They -- we can talk about that, should we find ourselves in that scenario. ASST. TO SEC. HOFFMAN: Missy. Q: Yeah, just two questions. So you said that you -- your -- the White House controls the transmission of the nomination but you said you expect that shortly. So I mean, just to give an idea, do we expect that Spencer would be the acting SECDEF for a couple of weeks at least? I mean, because that -- CHIEF OF STAFF CHEWNING: Yeah. Yeah, that's a fair question. So here's how I think about it. Once the nomination moves forward from the White House to the Senate, it's -- then the Senate controls the clock, right? And so it's -- they'll -- they'll define how long it takes. When we look at historical precedents as a potential guide, when we've had in midterm a transition of secretaries of defense, the quickest it's occurred is under a week. So if you look at what happened with Secretary Gates, I think it was about three days. Secretary Perry was under a week. And so as we're -- as we're thinking about the timing, right, it could be potentially that fast. But at the end of the day -- and I want to be very, very clear about this -- it's up to the Senate to take as long a time as -- as they need. But there's historical precedent for under a week. And then the other question was, I think you mentioned that there were briefings that had been going on and -- from the Joint Staff and from OSD regarding SECDEF responsibilities. And I was a little bit confused whether you said those were -- had been done for Esper or for Spencer, or for both -- CHIEF OF STAFF CHEWNING: Sure. Q: -- because it seems like they both –- (inaudible). CHIEF OF STAFF CHEWNING: Sure, I think that’s fair. So -- so when the announcement came about Secretary Shanahan stepping out of the role and Secretary Esper would fill that role, I think if you look back at the clock it took about a week. When we did the transition between Secretary Shanahan and Secretary Mattis, it was about nine days. And so with -- with the Shanahan-Esper transition, all of those briefings occurred within that week. Because we have, obviously, more time now, we just spread over the same set of content over a longer period, because when we did the Shanahan-Esper transition, we effectively just pulled Secretary Esper out of his role with the Army. And Secretary Spencer is conducting his duty as the secretary of the Navy now, concurrently with getting his briefings. And so we had the opportunity to spread them out over a longer period of time. But it's the same content. ASST. TO SEC. HOFFMAN: Sir. Q: Jamie McIntyre with the Washington Examiner. Two quick questions. So, one is -- so while Norquist is serving -- performing the duties of the deputy, how come -- and I understand that the clock is paused once the nomination is submitted. But what about -- doesn't he come under the Vacancies Act? SENIOR DEFENSE OFFICIAL: Sure. So he does, but he -- he actually only comes under the Vacancies Act when the deputy secretary position became vacant, which was when Secretary Shanahan resigned -- was it? -- two or three weeks ago. And so, there's a lot more runway to fill the deputy role because that clock didn't start until June. Q: And my other quick question is, so who's going to be serving as secretary of the Navy while Spencer is -- So by operational law, the under secretary of the Navy, Mr. Modly, will move in to performing the duties of the secretary of the Navy. ASST. TO SEC. HOFFMAN: Jeff. Q: Thank you. You had mentioned you expect a nomination shortly. I understand the White House controls the timing, but can you elaborate on "shortly"? Does that mean this week? Does that mean today? CHIEF OF STAFF CHEWNING: I don't think it'll be today. Q: Hi. I'm Andrew Clevenger with CQ. And if -- I know you -- it's up to the Senate, but if something goes awry with Secretary Esper's confirmation, then the clock is back ticking. CHIEF OF STAFF CHEWNING: It would -- it would restart, yep. Q: What happens if it expires? So if we find ourselves in that scenario, we will come back here and talk to you about what plan we're going to put in place to address that issue. My understanding is should something happen and the clock runs out, you have someone who effectively then just operates as performing the duties of the secretary of defense. SENIOR DEFENSE OFFICIAL ONE: Actually, that's -- CHIEF OF STAFF CHEWNING: Clean me up,(inaudible). SENIOR DEFENSE OFFICIAL ONE: -- essentially correct. If -- we're speaking very hypothetically, now -- if Secretary Esper's nomination is withdrawn, returned by the Senate or rejected by the whole Senate, then a new 210-day clock starts. CHIEF OF STAFF CHEWNING: Well, that's better. (Laughter.) All right. So we have 210 days, then, to reset. CHIEF OF STAFF CHEWNING: So if that does happen, we will come back to you and we'll talk about what we're going to do. Q: Sir, can I ask a follow-up on that? Is that under the -- like, why - why does the clock restart? SENIOR DEFENSE OFFICIAL ONE: It's under the Vacancies Act -- the Federal Vacancies Reform Act of 1998, as amended. Q: Right, but the Vacancies Act stipulates that if a nomination is then sent back. Like, that's explicit text -- SENIOR DEFENSE OFFICIAL ONE: Right. That's in -- I essentially quoted from the Vacancies Act. I didn't put the commas in, but I tried to quote. Q: Hi. So can you just clarify on Norquist? So when he gets -- when his nomination comes, he reverts back to his position as comptroller, right? CHIEF OF STAFF CHEWNING: Yeah. Q: So who then performs the duties of DEPSECDEF -- SENIOR DEFENSE OFFICIAL ONE: Yes, yes. CHIEF OF STAFF CHEWNING: So, good question. We've got a couple of different ways that we'll solve for that. Again, I'll come back to you and tell you how we plan on doing that. And it's somewhat dependent on when that event occurs in time. There's more flexibility in terms of who we put in to serve as the potential deputy role. And so there's a couple different names, but we'll back-fill David with someone. Q: (inaudible) can you say which one of those possibilities, just so we understand -- I mean, so you could have Secretary Spencer move from the -- his role as acting SECDEF to then become the acting deputy secretary of defense. You could go in the next line of succession. So it would jump, because we don't have a confirmed secretary of the Air Force, to the first OSD person, which would be Ellen Lord. Or we could just pick someone outside of the order of succession. There's more flexibility. Q: So it would be Ellen Lord, not John Rood? SENIOR DEFENSE OFFICIAL: Yes. My understanding is -- and correct me if I'm wrong, here, but -- SENIOR DEFENSE OFFICIAL ONE: Well -- well, that's right. Under the order of precedence, Ellen Lord is the most senior of the under secretaries of defense. Q: Quickly, has acting Secretary Esper started making office calls with senators? Is that something he’s going to wait until he's officially nominated? In terms of preparation, is that something he has started already? Is that something he’s going to start getting into once he's fully nominated? CHIEF OF STAFF CHEWNING: Oh, sure. No. He's conducting office calls. Q: He already has? And in terms of preparations, that's already under way, right? Okay. Q: (inaudible), this is Tony Capaccio with Bloomberg News. Is Esper updating his 2017 ethics agreement? And how extensive will it be? The Army one is about a page and a paragraph. SENIOR DEFENSE OFFICIAL TWO: So as part of the nomination process, the Office of Government Ethics will require him to sign another ethics agreement. We don't have that yet. And when we do, it'll be provided to the White House and then, if he's nominated, to the Senate. Q: Are you working with him on that right now, in terms of Raytheon type issues? SENIOR DEFENSE OFFICIAL TWO: My office works with all Senate-confirmed nominees. Q: Okay. And he's got a screening agreement that he's -- he's already submitted. SENIOR DEFENSE OFFICIAL TWO: He's had a screening arrangement in place since he first took office as the secretary of the Army. When he assumed his new duties, you know, we had him sign a new screening arrangement to reflect, you know, the staff that he's going to be working with, you know, right now, as acting secretary. Q: Fair enough, thanks. SENIOR DEFENSE OFFICIAL TWO: Sure, yeah. And it -- for everybody, I can explain the difference between a screening arrangement and an ethics agreement. So the ethics agreement is worked out during the nomination process. And it -- and it sets forth the legal obligations that he has, both under the ethics laws as well as the president's ethics pledge. But the screening arrangement -- think of the screening arrangement as internal guidance to the staff that operationalizes -- we like to say it operationalizes the ethics agreement. So I can have an ethics agreement with a lot of legal terminology, but what I need, as a senior official, is staff that can implement that. So these screening arrangements tell the staff how to implement: what am I screening for and who do I go to if I need help? QUESTION: -- agreement, I just want to ask that. Is this the -- is this -- this the June 24th -- SENIOR DEFENSE OFFICIAL TWO: The screening arrangement? QUESTION: Yeah. SENIOR DEFENSE OFFICIAL TWO: Yeah, it's been posted in the OSD FOIA Reading Room this morning as well, if anyone wants to take a look at it. CHIEF OF STAFF CHEWNING: But I -- I just want to foot-stomp one of the points, I think it's -- it's important to make. So, just to be clear, so Dr. Esper has not requested, sought, directed or received any waiver, authorization, modification or exception to the recusal obligations in -- he committed in his ethics agreement from 2017. So his ethic -- his ethics agreement that he had in place when he became the secretary of the Army is still the ethics agreement he has. He's going to have to update his ethics agreement as part of his package to become the secretary of defense. So that -- that hasn't changed, there's no waiver sought after. What additional guidance was provided is we had to update his -- his -- his screening arrangement because he moved roles, right? So the -- the screening arrangement is an internal document that directs the staff: If something comes, this is how you have to treat it. That was the June 2019 document. And so I think there was a bit of confusion perhaps, Tony, when folks read your -- read -- read the article where you -- one could conflate the two. That wasn't intentional. So there's been no change at all to his ethics agreement. We had to update his screening arrangement because there's a new staff, there's new issues and they need to be taught how to manage his recusals. I personally led the team with -- with -- with (Senior Defense Official Two) in a session right before Secretary Esper took over, walking everyone through his recusal and walking everyone through how to handle his screening arrangement before he came into the role. QUESTION: Tony Bertuca, Inside Defense. Another succession question. I wanted to ask not about the CNO but the CMO. You've got Mrs. Hershman there who's been performing those duties for a while. Where is she in terms of her Vacancies Act clock? Because -- are –- it was our understanding that her nomination needed to get moving because that office is supposed to be the third-ranking official of the department. CHIEF OF STAFF CHEWNING: I -- I think -- yeah, it expired on -- SENIOR DEFENSE OFFICIAL ONE: Her -- her period to be acting expired at midnight on Friday, so Mrs. Hershman is now performing the duties of the CMO. She's no longer the acting CMO. QUESTION: And then what's the clock? That is another -- SENIOR DEFENSE OFFICIAL ONE: Well, the -- performing the duties is a construct that doesn't occur under the Vacancies Act. The official who's performing the duties isn't acting, doesn't have any of the protocol status of an acting official, and in some cases doesn't have all of the authorities of the acting official. An acting official has all of the authorities of the office. Someone who's performing the duties might not. CHIEF OF STAFF CHEWINING: Well, just to, again, get at the subtext of the question, too, we've got, sort of, the CMO, the deputy, obviously the secretary, the secretary of the Air Force and the secretary of the Army. All of them are an active process where, you know, their -- their paperwork is being actively reviewed at the White House. We would expect all of those names to come out of the system here over the next, you know, process. We're obviously prioritizing the secretary and the deputy, but then sequentially we'll expect them to come out. ASST. TO SEC. HOFFMAN: All right, we’ll do one more question. QUESTION: (Inaudible), Stars and Stripes. Can you just go over the procedural, like why there's a difference between when Shanahan was in that role as the acting and would've been able to undergo this confirmation process and why Esper isn't? So as the deputy secretary of defense, under the Goldwater-Nichols Act, the deputy secretary has effectively all the same authorities as the secretary. And because Secretary Shanahan was confirmed as the deputy, the deputy enjoyed all the authorities that the secretary had. Secretary Esper was confirmed as secretary of the Army, which doesn't have all the authorities of the deputy and by virtue of the secretary, and so that's why we're treating it differently. SENIOR DEFENSE OFFICIAL ONE: Could I amplify -- CHIEF OF STAFF CHEWNING: Yeah, go ahead and clean up -- SENIOR DEFENSE OFFICIAL ONE: What Eric said is absolutely correct. Let me just amplify one point. Under 10 U.S. Code, Section 132(b), bravo, the deputy secretary shall become the acting secretary when the secretary's position is vacant. … CHIEF OF STAFF CHEWNING: Good point. SENIOR DEFENSE OFFICIAL ONE: … That is outside the Vacancies Act, and so Secretary Shanahan as the deputy secretary was serving pursuant to that provision as acting secretary, not under the Vacancies Act. ASST. TO SEC. HOFFMAN: Now we'll do one more, from Phil. Q: Just really quick, just I think this is probably clear, but piggybacking on the authorities question, is there any difference between the authorities that Shanahan had as the deputy -- was acting -- than Secretary Esper has or that Spencer would have as people coming from a different part of the department? CHIEF OF STAFF CHEWNING: Sure, I appreciate the question. No. So all same authorities for all three individuals. Q: Okay, are there any authorities they don't have that a confirmed secretary would have? CHIEF OF STAFF CHEWNING: No. ASST. TO SEC. HOFFMAN: All right, guys. Thank you very much. Embargo is lifted. I'll hang around with Colonel Halfhill if there's any follow-up questions and we can get back to you guys. 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__label__wiki	0.740557	0.740557	The Unexpected Shape The Blog of Esmé Wang Legacy links. 11.09.14 “On Kindness,” by Cord Jefferson: “The world takes from us relentlessly. It takes our friends and first loves. It takes our parents. It takes our faith. It takes our dignity. It takes our passion. It takes our health. It takes our honesty, and it takes our credulity. To lose so much and still hold onto yourself is perhaps the most complicated task human beings are asked to perform, which is why seeing it done with aplomb is as thrilling as looking at dinosaur bones or seeing a herd of elephants. It’s an honor to exist on Earth with these things.” “The Intersection Between Religion and Mental Health.” A reading list from Longreads. I’m so proud to be a part of the inaugural issue of Doll Hospital, a new print journal on mental health. Contributors include yours truly, Rookie founder and Broadway star Tavi Gevinson, Kate Zambreno, and Latoya Peterson. Contribute to the Kickstarter and snag yourself a copy (it’s beautiful). Tami D. Smith is doing some of the most exciting business development and consulting work I know of. See “The Shape of Service” to get a sense of what she’s up to. Love, love, love “Confession: I’m Stuck,” in which Michelle Ward of WhenI Grow Up shares her business thought process for 2015 with transparency and heart. Finally! The new Print Shop is having a sale until midnight tonight PST, November 9th with FREE WORLDWIDE SHIPPING and $5 off everything in the shop. Click through this link for the Print Shop sale (and perhaps a goodly part of your holiday shopping). Create with full heart. Advocate for your own legacy. About Esmé Esmé Weijun Wang is an award-winning writer and advocate. At The Unexpected Shape, she provides resources that assist ambitious people who live with limitations, allowing them to develop both resilience and mastery on the path to building a legacy. Her debut novel, The Border of Paradise, is now available for purchase. If you’ve enjoyed and find value in the free work that I do, whether it’s through the Encouragement Notes, the ad-free Journal, my social media presence, or something else, and would like to help ensure that the work continues, please consider making a donation. I'd love to stay in touch with you For from-the-heart letters about life, resilience, and creativity, sign up for With Love & Squalor. Each letter also contains links to terrific writing from around the web, a collection of Five [Extraordinary] Words, and occasional discounts and previews of upcoming works and creations. Signing up will also nab you the Productivity Journaling with Limitations e-book, a powerful tool to help you dive into analogue planning while living with limitations. "It feels as lovely as getting a letter in the mailbox to receive a With Love & Squalor email; they are notes of quiet, honest, reflective encouragement that always end on a slant of sunshine.” @esmewwang © 2019 Esmé Weijun Wang Design by Chelsey Dyer Studio	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0065.json.gz/line1187
__label__wiki	0.573281	0.573281	Malta: Former Enemalta chief officer Ray Ferris acquitted of bribery charges May 22nd, 2015 Europe, Global News A court has declared Enemalta’s former chief projects officer not guilty of corruption charges this afternoon, Ray Ferris, 53 of Sliema, hugged family members – and his lawyer, Veronique Dalli – after walking outside the courtroom as a free man, acquitted of all charges. Ferris had been accused by State witness George Farrugia of receiving three gifts of silver from the oil trader. In a judgement over 100 pages long, Magistrate Consuelo Scerri Herrera ruled that the defendant’s testimony was more believeable when measured against the facts, in that he not had gone to George Farrugia’s office for Christmas drinks, but had bumped into him in the street. It did not appear that Ferris had accepted to participate in any discussion about tenders with third parties at any point, said the magistrate. The original article can be found at www.maltatoday.com.mt Switzerland: Trafigura ends use of middlemen after corruption probes Belgium: ING's Belgian Unit Fined for Money-Laundering Violations	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0065.json.gz/line1188
__label__wiki	0.728367	0.728367	Bottleshops The Home of Australian Craft Beer Wrong Side Brewing Brewery When the history of Australian craft beer comes to be written, there will be a part dedicated to a spot on the edge of a lake in Victoria. It was there, in a venue overlooking the sprawling lawns against which Lake Eildon lapped (at least when it was full), that Jamieson Brewery launched in 2000, going on to release beers such as The Beast, one of the country's first IPAs. While Jamieson is no more, a new chapter in the site's brewing history opened in late 2016. That was when Paul and Deb Hann, expat Brits who had moved to this corner of the Victorian High Country from Queensland with their four kids and dogs in tow, opened the doors to Wrong Side Brewing. Five years after arriving in Victoria, and with railway engineer Paul in the mood for a career change, they decided to embark on a new adventure and put Paul's brewing talents – and the two years he'd spent studying brewing technology – to good use. They pulled up in their fleet of vehicles – camouflaged truck, 4X4 and vintage motorbike – and set about producing beer on site for the first time in almost two years. That wasn't all they did, however. The venue was given an overhaul: the bar and kitchen were gutted and rebuilt; kegs were repurposed as sinks; hop cone lampshades were fitted throughout; a kids play area and jumping pillow were installed; and they built a new deck upon which guests can soak up views of the tree-covered hills that surround the brewery. As important as the physical changes was the new ethos the Hanns brought with them. The kitchen offering was streamlined to pizzas, nachos and soups and the focus turned keenly onto the beers. There's now 18 taps to fill with regulars, seasonals and single keg trial batches, with customers invited to offer feedback to see which will get longer runs. The name Wrong Side is a reference to Paul's time in the rail industry, with wrong side a term used to describe a dangerous situation that could cause trains to crash, as well as to the brewery's location on the wrong side of the river. "I spent 20 years engineering out wrong side situations," he says, "so I thought it would be good to tie the new business to my past." But, equally, it applies to his approach to brewing and recipe development. In a marketplace in which hops dominate and, on the fringes, there much buzz around barrels and bugs, Paul instead brings a passion for malt and traditional European beer styles to bear at Wrong Side, a throwback to the beers he grew up with in the UK. Sure, there's a pale ale and the odd IPA, but he prefers to start with malt and build from there, creating a core range of black lager, raspberry pale ale ("Our only legacy beer") and a pilsner. And then there's the regular flow of seasonals and one-off releases: a series of saisons, all manner of Bavarian inspired wheat beers, dark ales, English ales and Belgian influenced beers – not to mention a rauchbier for which the smoked malt was created with a local farmer or the Black Imperial Double Hopped Smoked Rye IPA brewed for Beer InCider in 2017 and which disappeared fast. While the brewery's end-of-the-road, Wrong Side location and Paul's determination to follow his own path could be seen as hurdles – "It’s sometimes challenging to push a black lager into a world of NEIPAs," he admits – they've quickly established fan bases in Melbourne and Brisbane, with cold storage and reps in both cities. And, as with many of their High Country brewery peers, they've designed their home to be family as well as beer tourist friendly. In doing so, they've breathed fresh life into this copper clad slice of Australian craft beer history – a brewery that's helped launch Temple and La Sirène along the way – as it closes in on two decades of beers. Wrong Side Brewing 5953 Eildon-Jamieson Rd Closed until Easter 2019 This is a directory listing. To find out more, head here The Regulars Wrong Side Raspberry Pale Ale Wrong Side Black Lager Wrong Side Pilsner Wrong Side Vanilla Porter Wrong Side Doppelbock Wrong Side Brewing Mexican Cerveza Wrong Side Summer Saison Wrong Side Winter Saison Wrong Side Valravn Extra Stout Wrong Side Brewing Regulars The one beer style retained from the Jamieson lineup of yore is this Raspberry Pale Ale, a beer that become something of a cult classic and remains a popular choice to this day. At its core, it's a light pale ale, one in which the impact of the fresh raspberries sourced just a couple of kilometres away can hog the limelight. Thus, you're met with a huge, fruity bouquet – one for which the faint pink hue doesn't fully prepare you – created by adding the berries at the end of primary ferment. Adding… Read more Raspberry Pale Ale Where most breweries opt for a hoppy pale ale as their main core beer, Wrong Side decided to back another horse and put their faith in this Black Lager. And why not when your driving passion is for malt led and traditional European beers. Despite its deep brown hue, don't go in expecting to be met with roasted characters; here the specialty malts that deliver the colour deliver flavours and aromas that don't veer too far past those of an amber or Vienna lager. Sure, there's a hint of roast, perhaps… Read more Dark Lager One of two lagers among Wrong Side's core range of three is this Czech inspired pilsner, based almost entirely upon a base of German pilsner malt and predominantly the most classic of Czech pilsner hop varieties, Saaz. As is often best with such beers, they've kept things pretty much straight down the line, with a mix of floral, spicy and lightly citrusy hops and soft, bready malts. Over time, Paul Hann has gradually ratcheted up the hops and the bitterness too.… Read more Czech Pilsner Wrong Side Brewing Specials Tapped September 10th, 2018 Wrong Side co-owner and head brewer Paul Hann has been given an artistic reworking for the label of his Vanilla Porter. He appears in top hat and monocle, while sporting a quite outrageous moustache, not to mention a look that makes the overall impression one that flits between dapper and deviant. The beer, on the other hand, is definitely in the dapper camp. It's reassuring, if not a little odd, to find vanilla back where you might traditionally expect to find it, rather than the milkshake IPAs… Read more Vanilla Porter The creature glaring out from the label may look rather fierce, but the beer Baron von Goatenstein decorates is of a far sweeter nature; it's a strong, copper-coloured lager inspired by the Doppelbocks of Germany. For the most part, this is a beer that's all about showcasing specialty malts. Caramel underpins things, but within the mouth-filling viscous liquid there's elements of treacle, dried fruit, honey and some fruity cake spices too.… Read more Rich Brown For their take on a Mexican lager, the Wrong Side Brewing team invited one of the brewery dogs to get involved, with "Brew Doggie Dog" charged with posing in a sombrero for the label and delivering the beer's description in Spanish for good measure. Originally tapped at their Jamieson brewery in summer, it's since been added to the lengthening lineup of bottled releases. While the concept comes from a place far away from Paul Hann's traditional European inspirations, it's another beer in… Read more The two saisons on Wrong Side's annual brewing schedule couldn't be much further removed from each other, with the dark, spicy and herbal Winter on one side and this, the Summer Saison, a far lighter and livelier affair. It leads off with lime-citrus aromas and some soft spices alongside a pale malt sweetness. There's more citrus to taste, not to mention coriander before things wrap up with a dry, peppery finish.… Read more Take a look at the parameters for the saison style in any judging guidelines and you'll note that it's a beer that can be taken in many a direction. That's something they've been keen to do at Wrong Side, with this, their winter version a dark and curious affair a long way from those that likely come to mind when you hear the word "saison". Sure, there some of the chocolate characters you might expect of a beer of this colour – a touch of roast too – but the combination of saison yeast,… Read more Dark Saison As a brewer, Paul Hann is unashamedly a malt-lovin' man and few of his beers allow him to go as hog wild as Valravn, Wrong Side's extra stout. It's brewed with more than half a dozen different grains and, in keeping with the foreboding, king's heart-eating raven on its label, lands around the 6.66 percent ABV mark. The result is a beer that looks great in the glass: a very dark brown with a full tan head that's soft on the palate. 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__label__cc	0.594461	0.405539	Home / JVCEA Category: JVCEA Japanese Crypto Exchanges File to Form Self-Regulatory Organization Business News, Crypto News, Japan, JVCEA, News, Regulation, Republished, Self-Regulatory Organizations A group of Japanese cryptocurrency exchanges have formally submitted a detailed proposal to form a self-regulatory organization to the nation’s Financial Services Agency (FSA). The Japan Virtual Currency Exchange Association (JVCEA), which was formed by 16 exchanges in March and registered with the FSA in April, has applied to become a “certified fund settlement business association,” the Asia Times reported Monday. This would effectively allow the JVCEA to impose self-regulatory rules on the cryptocurrency trading market as part of an effort to create stricter industry standards. A working draft of the proposed rules in the nearly 100-page document would require cryptocurrency exchanges to regularly conduct audits, as well as prohibit certain anonymous cryptocurrencies from being traded such as monero or dash, Nikkei Asia reported last month. Even more recently, the JVCEA said it also wished to limit the amount of borrowing when it came to margin trading, that is trading with borrowed money, to be at a maximum of four times an investor’s original deposit, as previously reported by CoinDesk. These are suggestions by the association aim to prevent repeats of troubling incidents such as the Coincheck hack in which an estimated $533 million was taken from the exchange’s digital wallets. It also follows from trends by Japan’s Financial Services Agency themselves to crackdown on the cryptocurrency industry by more closely inspecting the activity of licensed cryptocurrency exchange operations, issuing “business improvement orders” aimed at enhancing internal-auditing and user-protection systems. Documents image via Shutterstock	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0065.json.gz/line1194
__label__wiki	0.579209	0.579209	Computer Science Meta Computer Science Stack Exchange is a question and answer site for students, researchers and practitioners of computer science. Join them; it only takes a minute: Are the Confabulation Theories of Thaler and Hecht-Nielsen Isomorphic? Both S. L. Thaler and R. Hecht-Nielsen have set forth neural-based theories of "confabulation" applicable to machine learning. The essential mathematics of Hecht-Nielsen is set forth in his paper "Cogent Confabulation". Briefly it is an inversion of Bayesian inference. Bayesian inference is P(x\|a&b&c&d...) where one is estimating the probability of x assuming a, b, c, d, etc. Its inversion is P(a&b&c&d...\|x), which RHN calls the "cogency" of x given the assumptions. I haven't seen a similarly succinct description of Thaler's mathematics that would permit comparison to see if the theories are isomorphic. Are they? machine-learning artificial-intelligence neural-networks bayesian-statistics James BoweryJames Bowery I don't think they map onto each other, aside from RHN's brief discussion of thalamo-cortical loops, the inspiration for SLT's so-called "Creativity Machines." In SLT's architectures, compelling/cogent solution patterns are sought within a stream of novel activation patterns (i.e., confabulations) driven by various forms of internal disturbances to biological neural nets. RHN's definition of cogency is obviously not the same. The mathematics of SLT's model are scattered over several patents and papers, but the following might provide an overview: Predicting ultra-hard binary compounds via cascaded auto- and hetero-associative neural networks, Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 279(1998), 47-59, Synaptic Perturbation and Consciousness, International Journal of Machine Consciousness, 6(2):75-107, 2014, Cycles of Insanity and Creativity within Contemplative Neural Systems, Medical Hypotheses, 94:138-147, Elsevier, 2016, and Pattern Turnover within Synaptically Perturbed Neural Systems, Procedia Computer Science, 88, Elsevier, 2016. To further elaborate using Bowery’s explanation, Thaler developed the chaotic neural network methodologies to predict the pattern $(a, b, c, d)$ that could result in $x$, without concern for probabilities. While doing so, he proposed that ideas were false memories or confabulations nucleating from noise, subsequently recognized for their novelty, utility, or value by monitoring neural nets that could then elect to reinforce them as memories. Bayesian probabilities would likely not apply in a system so awash in chaos. For more math, see Pattern Turnover within Synaptically Perturbed Neural Systems, Procedia Computer Science, 88, Elsevier, 2016 and Cycles of Insanity and Creativity within Contemplative Neural Systems, Medical Hypotheses, 94:138-147, Elsevier, 2016. David Richerby Patricia ErikssonPatricia Eriksson Actually, there is overlap between the two theories, but Thaler’s model is much more general. RHN’s 2005 theory pertains only to the co-activation of intact memories, but SLT’s model allows for the inclusion of false or degraded memories (i.e., confabulations). So in terms of the prior comments, not only can a, b, c, and d activate in the context of x, but also a’, b’, c’, d’, and d’’, for example, making the probability calculation all the more daunting. That’s why SLT discussed the formation of ideational chains that are a mixture of memories and confabulations in his 1996 paper, A Proposed Symbolism for Network-Implemented Discovery Processes, In Proceedings of the World Congress on Neural Networks, (WCNN'96), Lawrence Erlbaum, Mawah, NJ. So, in what RHN describes as a winner-take-all horse race, the thoroughbreds are not only mutating at the starting gate, but also during the race itself. SLT attributes such ongoing mutations and hybridizations of memories to the injection/withdrawal of synaptic perturbations (e.g., 1998, J. Alloys and Compounds, above) by the limbic system in the form of volume neurotransmitter release (e.g., 2014, IJMC above). $\begingroup$ From the onset, SLT’s model has considered the temporal evolution of cognition an important indicator of the microscopic processes underlying cognition. (See for example, A quantitative model of seminal cognition: the creativity machine paradigm, Proceedings of the Mind II Conference, Dublin, Ireland, 1997). Based largely upon volume neurotransmitter release, SLT predicts the frequency and tentativeness of ideation in his limbo-thalamo-cortical model (e.g., 2016, Medical Hypotheses). $\endgroup$ – user63732 Dec 26 '16 at 16:59 $\begingroup$ SLT has also extended his model to include hysteretic effects in which idea formation (i.e., cognition) takes place over multiple cycles of synaptic chaos and relaxation (e.g., 2016, Medical Hypotheses, above) in a process that emulates the well-known process of incubation. This process is not part of RHN’s ‘comprehensive’ model of thought. Along these same lines, SLT’s theory predicts the many psychopathologies that accompany the mind’s self-induced stress as cognition turns creative. $\endgroup$ – user63732 Dec 26 '16 at 17:01 $\begingroup$ Welcome to the site! Rather than extending your answer by comments, please use the edit link to incorporate that material into the answer itself. $\endgroup$ – David Richerby Dec 26 '16 at 21:45 Thanks for contributing an answer to Computer Science Stack Exchange! Not the answer you're looking for? Browse other questions tagged machine-learning artificial-intelligence neural-networks bayesian-statistics or ask your own question. Why are weights of Neural Networks initialized with random numbers? How to make a Neural network understand that multiple inputs are related to the same entity? 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__label__cc	0.619072	0.380928	Electrified Porcupine Club Grayskull Star Wars (3 ¾ & Black Series) Wrestling Figures Lego/Mega Bloks Other Toy Lines RAW & Smackdown Retro and Miscellaneous TV, Movies, & Cartoons Other Features/Spotlights Home » Toys » Masters of the Universe Classics Rewind: Snake Men 2-Pack King Hssss motuc Snake Men Masters of the Universe Classics Rewind: Snake Men 2-Pack Posted by Peter W on February 8, 2019 in Toys \| 1 Comment Seeing how I’m going back through the Masters of the Unvierse Classics line from the beginning, I still haven’t featured too many Snake Men. King Hssss was featured a long time ago before I took a little hiatus from doing these features due to working on a secret project and then getting flooded with new items that weren’t MOTU. Another reason the Snake clan has not been featured is because, in the order the figures came out, King Hsss was the only the one who represented the OG faction (depending on where you place Kobra Khan in cannon) until this awesome two-pack of Snake Men arrived in September of 2012. Having an abundance of Snake Men to create an army was much sought by fans after the 200X cartoon series. Many asked Matty Collector for figures and they answered with a two-pack to make army building easier. Not only that, but each set included four heads that you could swap to give your Snake Men more variety. Naturally, I had to buy an extra set so I could have all four heads represented on my shelf. The bio on the packaging reveals how the Snake Men were created by The Nameless One to serve him and assigned to Hordak to take over Eternia. The Horde, and later Zodak, thwarted their efforts and they got trapped in limbo. It wasn’t until way later that they escaped and continued on with their quest for domination. The first body is a darker colour with scales and a long loin cloth. This body came with blue armor with the Snake Men logo front and centre. It’s minimal but I like how it pops with the silver accents and collar. This is my favourite body of the two because I really like the scales that are all over the figure. The second body doesn’t have the same textures on it, but it features different feet and shins (like Kobra Khan), loin piece, and the same legs as Whiplash and Buzz-Off. Yeah, it’s a mishmash of many pieces that we’ve had on other figures before, but it all works. I think the armour on this figure is much cooler looking than the other piece, though and I couldn’t wait to have this armour on the other body for one of the combinations I was creating. I like how some of the torso is exposed and how there’s a huge piece protecting the left shoulder. The Snake Men symbol is even more apparent on this piece. As mentioned, there are four different heads included in this set. Two have open mouths and two are shut. There is so much diversity here with the expressions, the eyes, and the way the scales are sculpted, it would be really hard for me to pick just two of these heads to keep on the figures. They are all excellent. The inclusion of four stellar sculpts was a huge reason I needed to get two sets to place on my shelf. I think years ago, during a night of drinking beers with my buds, we actually came up with names for each one. There are many weapons also included with this set, allowing you to give your two figures different ways to rush into battle. You get a spear, a mace, a sword, and a shield. I really like how they all match in colour and additional paint. I also love how the Snake logo is featured on the shield and how the the blades of the spear and the sword of the snake’s mouth. I’m going to be honest: I had quite a bit of fun posing these figures for photos. Whether I was posing them with a single weapon individually or side by side, these guys look fantastic. It’s another reason why I really like doing these “Rewind” features – I’m playing around with them even more now than when I bought them and they give me great joy. Hopefully revisiting these figures make you that read these features feel the same. Instead of doing even more writing and gushing about these guys, I’m going to let the pics do the talking. I did take more than I usually do because I was having a ball and wanted to share. What would be a mass army of snakes be without their master? Thankfully King Hssss arrived before all these guys earlier in the line, so he was around to give them their proper orders. I remember seeing many people score three, four, five, or more of these sets back in the day on various sites and forums. It seemed like some people were trying to up each other with how large they could build their Snake Men armies. I thought that was really cool. I only had the space to display four figures with the different heads, but I do really loved seeing people’s love for factions grow (like some did with the Eternian Palace Guards or the Horde Troopers). I’m glad I got my two sets and I think you can tell from the pics I took, I’m more happy with them now that I was when I first initially got them. That’s the fun of doing this site – becoming re-familiarized with figures that I’ve had on my shelves for years and looking at them with an even more refined eyes. 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__label__cc	0.74597	0.25403	April 2, 2015 / 1 comment On Saturday I was having girlfriends over for dinner as a “Women’s Day Eve” celebration. International Women’s Day is on March 8 and it’s celebrated everywhere!! Except the United States. Ahem. Starting on Thursday people were already celebrating: I saw women walking with flowers and long lines in groceries. On Friday it was in full swing: nearly every single woman I saw on the street was carrying a bouquet. By Saturday my grocery stores were almost completely decimated: I had to go to three stores looking for potatoes. What Russian store runs out of potatoes? On my way home, I passed a man that I has seen on my way to the grocery. I had worked hard to get out of his way; he was swerving and swaying, clearly celebrating early. On the way home he was sitting on the curb with his head in his hands. Seeing scenes like this breaks my heart. I see much, much less of it now than I did in the early 90s, for several reasons. One, things are more stable now so people have more hope. Two, Putin has put some alcohol-curbing measures into force. You can no longer just run down to a kiosk and buy vodka at any time of the day or night. Vodka is only sold in stores and it’s not sold after a certain time of night (it is sold in restaurants until all hours). Also, this incident was connected with a clear reason for drinking: a holiday. Very different from before when I would walk past several drunks lying on the sidewalk on any random weekday. My cooking failed somewhat due to stickiness issues, but my friends were kind and pretended it didn’t matter. We ate and “washed bones,” (meaning we gossiped and hashed over events in our personal and professional lives). Then my friend’s boyfriend called and he and another male friend came over. The second male was a flight engineer for Aeroflot and insisted on giving us all complimentary moist toilettes. We’ll call him Aeroflot Man from here on out. The guys were already quite into the holiday so we sat them down and tried to get them to eat as best we could. Then we got involved in a long and circuitous discussion of where to go….finally, we decided to go to a place called My Bar. When we got there we were given candies in honor of women’s day. I saw the men looking for a table and I headed to the bar to buck the custom of men paying for all the drinks. It still just doesn’t sit right with me. I kind of liked this place: I liked the music, the dance floor wasn’t too big, people were dressed in jeans, etc. And then….things took a turn for the douche, as Garfunkel and Oates would say. The music got terrible—think of the worst pop-sleaze you can and then turn it up to 11. I shrank into a booth with the group while two of them braved the dance floor. It seemed to me that everyone dancing was around 22—I just felt impossibly old and impossibly irritated. I didn’t want to be there. Luckily, no one else did, either, so we soon moved on to a beer bar called Kamchatka. Right as we were walking in I cheered up because they were playing a raucous song from the group Leningrad that had the whole bar, and me, singing along. The inside was all exposed brick and I saw some bearded Russian hipsters analyzing the beers in a corner. Perfect. More good music and more good drinks. And then a man threw some water on me. It was incredibly strange and I was mostly just shocked. Aeroflot Man told me to sit down and he went and got me a napkin and gave the young man who did it a talking to. I wiped myself off but then, as time went on, I started fuming. What was this man doing throwing water on me and why was this other man in charge of telling him to knock it off? What was I? A mere bystander in this whole drama? I think the drinking had gotten to me and I just lost it—I started yelling at the guy who threw the water on me, telling him he should go to hell and maybe even I said some stuff in English and I believe there were some impolite hand gestures. In short, I caused a scene. I should re-explain that there was no reason for this scene: the matter had already been handled in a culturally appropriate way. But apparently the alcohol and something about Russian male-female culture got me all worked up and I lost it. So….we had to go. It’s not that we got kicked out, it’s just that Rachel made a big fuss that made everyone uncomfortable. We walked out in the street and started dancing in a circle and, I swear, thirty seconds later we were joined by about ten more people in the circle. In less than five minutes there were probably twenty people in the circle. I can’t imagine that happening outside a bar in the United States. Russians just really love joining in celebrations with others. Aeroflot Man has been begging all night to go to karaoke. No one else wanted to, but I said I would go (I felt I owed him after I undid all his efforts at maintaining calm during the water incident). In the end, everyone wound up going. I loved the bar because it was small, intimate, and not overly loud. The folks already there were singing incredibly dorky songs, which I found charming but made everyone else in my group roll their eyes. Then I got the brilliant idea: I’M GOING TO SING KARAOKE IN RUSSIAN! I’d never done this before and it felt like the ultimate triumph of lo these many years of careful study and practice. So I went and made my request and just as I did, the karaoke machine broke. The other folks just started singing without music (maybe they picked something by the Beatles?) and we sang along, too. Eventually, the karaoke machine was up and running and I made my big debut on the Russian karaoke scene with the 1997 hit from Splean, “Russian-English Dictionary.” I was consistently about two beats behind. And probably about at least ½ step off in pitch, varying from too flat to too sharp. I’m telling you, it was masterful. We left karaoke and headed home. Two of our group separated and went to their apartment and I planned on getting myself home on the metro, but I was yanked into a taxi right after I bought a delicious street treat. It was a samsa, a kind of meat pie. Mmmmm. Right then I wanted to be the meat pie. In the taxi was me, one of my female friends, and Aeroflot Man. We got out at my apartment and, in confusion, I realized we were all at my apartment. I certainly didn’t want this, but it was too late. I could see the writing on the wall and told my girlfriend: you have to promise me to make Aeroflot Man go home. He is not sleeping here. Turns out Aeroflot Man had purchased two bottles of sickeningly sweet champagne while I got my street treat and he insisted on consuming them both in their entirety. I pushed food on everyone, and tea, hoping vainly for sobriety, and then Aeroflot Man went to the bathroom. He came back out about fifteen minutes later, freshly showered (!) and wearing a towel. I screamed. And suggested that he put his clothes on. He said, “But they’re sweaty!” However, there was no discussion on this point: a towel was not acceptable. Then he sat down and started complaining about being sleepy: with good reason, it was around 7:30am. He began talking about lying down. Luckily the hour and the alcohol meant I was way past all niceties. “No!” I said, “You need to go with my friend.” He started whining about being tired and then got very silent. My girlfriend quietly said, “Rachel, do you want him?” Loaded and blunt, I shook my head and said, “NYET.” My friend said, “Ok, so it’s clear, Aeroflot Man, there will be no sex.” He lifted his head and frowned. “No sex?” “NO SEX,” my friend and I said at the same time. Aeroflot Man put his head down on the table again. Then a brilliant idea apparently came to him: “But what if we all three have sex together?” “OUT, “ I said, “NOW.” When I finally put my head on the pillow, blissfully alone, it was about 8:30am on International Women’s Day. Comrade April 3, 2015 — 8:14 pm Aeroflot Man sure hoped to benefit off of the celebrations!	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0065.json.gz/line1203
__label__cc	0.537429	0.462571	Kap Verde Wirtschaftsindikatoren Wichtigste Wirtschaftsindikatoren Letztes Update Zeitabdeckung Wirtschaftswachstum: Veränderungsrate des realen BIP Annual percentage growth rate of GDP at market prices based on constant local currency. Aggregates are based on constant 2010 U.S. dollars. GDP is the sum of gross value added by all resident producers in the economy plus any product taxes and minus any subsidies not included in the value of the products. It is calculated without making deductions for depreciation of fabricated assets or for depletion and degradation of natural resources. Bruttoinlandsprodukt, Milliarden U.S. Dollar 2010 billion USD GDP at purchaser's prices is the sum of gross value added by all resident producers in the economy plus any product taxes and minus any subsidies not included in the value of the products. It is calculated without making deductions for depreciation of fabricated assets or for depletion and degradation of natural resources. Data are in constant 2010 U.S. dollars. Dollar figures for GDP are converted from domestic currencies using 2010 official exchange rates. For a few countries where the official exchange rate does not reflect the rate effectively applied to actual foreign exchange transactions, an alternative conversion factor is used. Bruttoinlandsprodukt, Milliarden U.S. Dollar GDP at purchaser's prices is the sum of gross value added by all resident producers in the economy plus any product taxes and minus any subsidies not included in the value of the products. It is calculated without making deductions for depreciation of fabricated assets or for depletion and degradation of natural resources. Data are in current U.S. dollars. Dollar figures for GDP are converted from domestic currencies using single year official exchange rates. For a few countries where the official exchange rate does not reflect the rate effectively applied to actual foreign exchange transactions, an alternative conversion factor is used. BIP pro Koft, aktueller U.S Dollar GDP per capita is gross domestic product divided by midyear population. GDP is the sum of gross value added by all resident producers in the economy plus any product taxes and minus any subsidies not included in the value of the products. It is calculated without making deductions for depreciation of fabricated assets or for depletion and degradation of natural resources. Data are in current U.S. dollars. BIP pro Kopf, Kaufkraftparitäten GDP per capita based on purchasing power parity (PPP). PPP GDP is gross domestic product converted to international dollars using purchasing power parity rates. An international dollar has the same purchasing power over GDP as the U.S. dollar has in the United States. GDP at purchaser's prices is the sum of gross value added by all resident producers in the economy plus any product taxes and minus any subsidies not included in the value of the products. It is calculated without making deductions for depreciation of fabricated assets or for depletion and degradation of natural resources. Data are in constant 2011 international dollars. BIP pro Kopf, konstant 2010 Dollar GDP per capita is gross domestic product divided by midyear population. GDP is the sum of gross value added by all resident producers in the economy plus any product taxes and minus any subsidies not included in the value of the products. It is calculated without making deductions for depreciation of fabricated assets or for depletion and degradation of natural resources. Data are in constant 2010 U.S. dollars. GDP components and structure Kapitalinvestitionen als Anteil des BIP Gross capital formation (formerly gross domestic investment) consists of outlays on additions to the fixed assets of the economy plus net changes in the level of inventories. Fixed assets include land improvements (fences, ditches, drains, and so on); plant, machinery, and equipment purchases; and the construction of roads, railways, and the like, including schools, offices, hospitals, private residential dwellings, and commercial and industrial buildings. Inventories are stocks of goods held by firms to meet temporary or unexpected fluctuations in production or sales, and "work in progress." According to the 1993 SNA, net acquisitions of valuables are also considered capital formation. Kapitalinvestitionen, Milliarden USD Gross capital formation (formerly gross domestic investment) consists of outlays on additions to the fixed assets of the economy plus net changes in the level of inventories. Fixed assets include land improvements (fences, ditches, drains, and so on); plant, machinery, and equipment purchases; and the construction of roads, railways, and the like, including schools, offices, hospitals, private residential dwellings, and commercial and industrial buildings. Inventories are stocks of goods held by firms to meet temporary or unexpected fluctuations in production or sales, and "work in progress." According to the 1993 SNA, net acquisitions of valuables are also considered capital formation. Data are in current U.S. dollars. Haushaltkonsum als Anteil an BIP Household final consumption expenditure (formerly private consumption) is the market value of all goods and services, including durable products (such as cars, washing machines, and home computers), purchased by households. It excludes purchases of dwellings but includes imputed rent for owner-occupied dwellings. It also includes payments and fees to governments to obtain permits and licenses. Here, household consumption expenditure includes the expenditures of nonprofit institutions serving households, even when reported separately by the country. This item also includes any statistical discrepancy in the use of resources relative to the supply of resources. Haushaltskonsum, Milliarden USD Household final consumption expenditure (formerly private consumption) is the market value of all goods and services, including durable products (such as cars, washing machines, and home computers), purchased by households. It excludes purchases of dwellings but includes imputed rent for owner-occupied dwellings. It also includes payments and fees to governments to obtain permits and licenses. Here, household consumption expenditure includes the expenditures of nonprofit institutions serving households, even when reported separately by the country. Data are in current U.S. dollars. Ersparnisse als Anteil des BIP Gross savings are calculated as gross national income less total consumption, plus net transfers. Ersparnisse, Milliarden USD Gross savings are calculated as gross national income less total consumption, plus net transfers. Data are in current U.S. dollars. Wertschöpfung der Industrie als Anteil des BIP Industry corresponds to ISIC divisions 10-45 and includes manufacturing (ISIC divisions 15-37). It comprises value added in mining, manufacturing (also reported as a separate subgroup), construction, electricity, water, and gas. Value added is the net output of a sector after adding up all outputs and subtracting intermediate inputs. It is calculated without making deductions for depreciation of fabricated assets or depletion and degradation of natural resources. The origin of value added is determined by the International Standard Industrial Classification (ISIC), revision 3. Note: For VAB countries, gross value added at factor cost is used as the denominator. Wertschöpfung des verarbeitenden Sektors als Anteil des BIP Manufacturing refers to industries belonging to ISIC divisions 15-37. Value added is the net output of a sector after adding up all outputs and subtracting intermediate inputs. It is calculated without making deductions for depreciation of fabricated assets or depletion and degradation of natural resources. The origin of value added is determined by the International Standard Industrial Classification (ISIC), revision 3. Note: For VAB countries, gross value added at factor cost is used as the denominator. Wertschöpfung des Dienstleistungssektor als Anteil des BIP Services correspond to ISIC divisions 50-99 and they include value added in wholesale and retail trade (including hotels and restaurants), transport, and government, financial, professional, and personal services such as education, health care, and real estate services. Also included are imputed bank service charges, import duties, and any statistical discrepancies noted by national compilers as well as discrepancies arising from rescaling. Value added is the net output of a sector after adding up all outputs and subtracting intermediate inputs. It is calculated without making deductions for depreciation of fabricated assets or depletion and degradation of natural resources. The industrial origin of value added is determined by the International Standard Industrial Classification (ISIC), revision 3. Note: For VAB countries, gross value added at factor cost is used as the denominator. Industrielle Wertschöpfung, Milliarden USD Industry corresponds to ISIC divisions 10-45 and includes manufacturing (ISIC divisions 15-37). It comprises value added in mining, manufacturing (also reported as a separate subgroup), construction, electricity, water, and gas. Value added is the net output of a sector after adding up all outputs and subtracting intermediate inputs. It is calculated without making deductions for depreciation of fabricated assets or depletion and degradation of natural resources. The origin of value added is determined by the International Standard Industrial Classification (ISIC), revision 3. Data are in current U.S. dollars. Verarbeitendes Gewerbe Wertschöpfung, Milliarden USD Manufacturing refers to industries belonging to ISIC divisions 15-37. Value added is the net output of a sector after adding up all outputs and subtracting intermediate inputs. It is calculated without making deductions for depreciation of fabricated assets or depletion and degradation of natural resources. The origin of value added is determined by the International Standard Industrial Classification (ISIC), revision 3. Data are in current U.S. dollars. Dienstleistungen Wertschöpfung, Milliarden USD Services correspond to ISIC divisions 50-99. They include value added in wholesale and retail trade (including hotels and restaurants), transport, and government, financial, professional, and personal services such as education, health care, and real estate services. Also included are imputed bank service charges, import duties, and any statistical discrepancies noted by national compilers as well as discrepancies arising from rescaling. Value added is the net output of a sector after adding up all outputs and subtracting intermediate inputs. It is calculated without making deductions for depreciation of fabricated assets or depletion and degradation of natural resources. The industrial origin of value added is determined by the International Standard Industrial Classification (ISIC), revision 3. Data are in current U.S. dollars. Inflation: Prozentveränderung im Verbraucherpreisindex Inflation as measured by the consumer price index reflects the annual percentage change in the cost to the average consumer of acquiring a basket of goods and services that may be fixed or changed at specified intervals, such as yearly. The Laspeyres formula is generally used. Wechselkurs: lokale Währungseinheit zu U.S Dollar local currency units per dollar Official exchange rate refers to the exchange rate determined by national authorities or to the rate determined in the legally sanctioned exchange market. It is calculated as an annual average based on monthly averages (local currency units relative to the U.S. dollar). Erwerbsquote Erwerbszahl, Millionen Einwohner million people Labor force comprises people ages 15 and older who supply labor for the production of goods and services during a specified period. It includes people who are currently employed and people who are unemployed but seeking work as well as first-time job-seekers. Not everyone who works is included, however. Unpaid workers, family workers, and students are often omitted, and some countries do not count members of the armed forces. Labor force size tends to vary during the year as seasonal workers enter and leave. Unemployment refers to the share of the labor force that is without work but available for and seeking employment. Arbeitslosenquote von Frauen Arbeitslosenquote von Männer Arbeitslosenquote Jugendliche, 15-24 Jahre Youth unemployment refers to the share of the labor force ages 15-24 without work but available for and seeking employment. Erwerbsbeteiligungsrate Labor force participation rate is the proportion of the population ages 15 and older that is economically active: all people who supply labor for the production of goods and services during a specified period. Erwerbsquote, Anteil Frauen Female labor force as a percentage of the total show the extent to which women are active in the labor force. Labor force comprises people ages 15 and older who supply labor for the production of goods and services during a specified period. Erwerbsbeteiligungsrate Frauen Erwerbsbeteiligungsrate Männer Abhängiger Einwohner als Anteil der erwerbsfähigen Einwohner Age dependency ratio is the ratio of dependents--people younger than 15 or older than 64--to the working-age population--those ages 15-64. Data are shown as the proportion of dependents per 100 working-age population. Handelsbedingungen, Basisjahr = 2000 Net barter terms of trade index is calculated as the percentage ratio of the export unit value indexes to the import unit value indexes, measured relative to the base year 2000. Unit value indexes are based on data reported by countries that demonstrate consistency under UNCTAD quality controls, supplemented by UNCTAD's estimates using the previous year’s trade values at the Standard International Trade Classification three-digit level as weights. To improve data coverage, especially for the latest periods, UNCTAD constructs a set of average prices indexes at the three-digit product classification of the Standard International Trade Classification revision 3 using UNCTAD’s Commodity Price Statistics, international and national sources, and UNCTAD secretariat estimates and calculates unit value indexes at the country level using the current year's trade values as weights. Handelsoffenheit: Exporte plus Importe als Anteil des BIP Exports plus imports as percent of GDP. Exporte von Gütern und Dienstleistungen als Anteil des BIP Exports of goods and services represent the value of all goods and other market services provided to the rest of the world. They include the value of merchandise, freight, insurance, transport, travel, royalties, license fees, and other services, such as communication, construction, financial, information, business, personal, and government services. They exclude compensation of employees and investment income (formerly called factor services) and transfer payments. Exporte von Gütern und Dienstleistungen, Milliarden USD xports of goods and services represent the value of all goods and other market services provided to the rest of the world. They include the value of merchandise, freight, insurance, transport, travel, royalties, license fees, and other services, such as communication, construction, financial, information, business, personal, and government services. They exclude compensation of employees and investment income (formerly called factor services) and transfer payments. Data are in current U.S. dollars. Exporte von Gütern und Dienstleistungen, jährliches Wachstum Annual growth rate of exports of goods and services based on constant local currency. Aggregates are based on constant 2010 U.S. dollars. Exports of goods and services represent the value of all goods and other market services provided to the rest of the world. They include the value of merchandise, freight, insurance, transport, travel, royalties, license fees, and other services, such as communication, construction, financial, information, business, personal, and government services. They exclude compensation of employees and investment income (formerly called factor services) and transfer payments. Importe von Gütern und Dienstleistungen als Anteil des BIP Imports of goods and services represent the value of all goods and other market services received from the rest of the world. They include the value of merchandise, freight, insurance, transport, travel, royalties, license fees, and other services, such as communication, construction, financial, information, business, personal, and government services. They exclude compensation of employees and investment income (formerly called factor services) and transfer payments. Importe von Gütern und Dienstleistungen, Milliarden USD Imports of goods and services represent the value of all goods and other market services received from the rest of the world. They include the value of merchandise, freight, insurance, transport, travel, royalties, license fees, and other services, such as communication, construction, financial, information, business, personal, and government services. They exclude compensation of employees and investment income (formerly called factor services) and transfer payments. Data are in current U.S. dollars. Ausländische Direktinvestitionen als Anteil des BIP Foreign direct investment are the net inflows of investment to acquire a lasting management interest (10 percent or more of voting stock) in an enterprise operating in an economy other than that of the investor. It is the sum of equity capital, reinvestment of earnings, other long-term capital, and short-term capital as shown in the balance of payments. This series shows net inflows (new investment inflows less disinvestment) in the reporting economy from foreign investors, and is divided by GDP. Ausländische Direktinvestitionen, Milliarden USD Foreign direct investment refers to direct investment equity flows in the reporting economy. It is the sum of equity capital, reinvestment of earnings, and other capital. Direct investment is a category of cross-border investment associated with a resident in one economy having control or a significant degree of influence on the management of an enterprise that is resident in another economy. Ownership of 10 percent or more of the ordinary shares of voting stock is the criterion for determining the existence of a direct investment relationship. Data are in current U.S. dollars. Net Zuflüsse Aktienanlagen und Wertpapiere million dollars (current) Portfolio equity includes net inflows from equity securities other than those recorded as direct investment and including shares, stocks, depository receipts (American or global), and direct purchases of shares in local stock markets by foreign investors. Data are in current U.S. dollars. Leistungsbilanz als Anteil des BIP Current account balance is the sum of net exports of goods and services, net primary income, and net secondary income. Leistungsbilanz, Milliarden USD Current account balance is the sum of net exports of goods and services, net primary income, and net secondary income. Data are in current U.S. dollars. Handelsbilanz als Anteil des BIP External balance on goods and services (formerly resource balance) equals exports of goods and services minus imports of goods and services (previously nonfactor services). Handelsbilanz, Milliarden USD Net trade in goods and services is derived by offsetting imports of goods and services against exports of goods and services. Exports and imports of goods and services comprise all transactions involving a change of ownership of goods and services between residents of one country and the rest of the world. Data are in current U.S. dollars. Devisenreserven einschließlich Gold, Milliarden USD Total reserves comprise holdings of monetary gold, special drawing rights, reserves of IMF members held by the IMF, and holdings of foreign exchange under the control of monetary authorities. The gold component of these reserves is valued at year-end (December 31) London prices. Data are in current U.S. dollars. Überweisungen als Anteil des BIP Personal remittances comprise personal transfers and compensation of employees. Personal transfers consist of all current transfers in cash or in kind made or received by resident households to or from nonresident households. Personal transfers thus include all current transfers between resident and nonresident individuals. Compensation of employees refers to the income of border, seasonal, and other short-term workers who are employed in an economy where they are not resident and of residents employed by nonresident entities. Data are the sum of two items defined in the sixth edition of the IMFs Balance of Payments Manual: personal transfers and compensation of employees. Überweisungen, Millionen USD million USD Personal transfers consist of all current transfers in cash or in kind made or received by resident households to or from nonresident households. Personal transfers thus include all current transfers between resident and nonresident individuals. Data are in current U.S. dollars. Staatsausgaben als Anteil des BIP General government final consumption expenditure (formerly general government consumption) includes all government current expenditures for purchases of goods and services (including compensation of employees). It also includes most expenditures on national defense and security, but excludes government military expenditures that are part of government capital formation. Staatsausgaben, Milliarden USD General government final consumption expenditure (formerly general government consumption) includes all government current expenditures for purchases of goods and services (including compensation of employees). It also includes most expenditures on national defense and security, but excludes government military expenditures that are part of government capital formation. Data are in current U.S. dollars. Economic growth forecast Year-on-year percent changes in constant price GDP. The base year is country-specific. Expenditure-based GDP is the total final expenditure at purchasers prices including the f.o.b. value of exports of goods and services, less the f.o.b. value of imports of goods and services. Investment forecast Expressed as a ratio of total investment in current local currency and GDP in current local currency. Investment or gross capital formation is measured by the total value of the gross fixed capital formation and changes in inventories and acquisitions less disposals of valuables for a unit or sector. Inflation forecast Year-on-year percentage changes in end-of-period consumer prices. Unemployment rate forecast The unemployment rate is the number of unemployed persons as a percentage of the labor force (the total number of people employed plus unemployed). Current account balance forecast, percent of GDP The current account is all transactions other than those in financial and capital items. The major classifications are goods and services, income and current transfers. Regierung und politisches System Index Rechtsstaatlichkeit (-2,5 schwach; 2,5 stark) The index for Rule of Law captures perceptions of the extent to which agents have confidence in and abide by the rules of society, and in particular the quality of contract enforcement, property rights, the police, and the courts, as well as the likelihood of crime and violence. Index Effektivität Regierung (-2,5 schwach; 2,5 stark) The index of Government Effectiveness captures perceptions of the quality of public services, the quality of the civil service and the degree of its independence from political pressures, the quality of policy formulation and implementation, and the credibility of the government's commitment to such policies. Korruptionskontrolle (-2,5 schwach; 2,5 stark) The index for Control of Corruption captures perceptions of the extent to which public power is exercised for private gain, including both petty and grand forms of corruption, as well as capture of the state by elites and private interests. Index Regulierungsqualität (-2,5 schwach; 2,5 stark) The index of Regulatory Quality captures perceptions of the ability of the government to formulate and implement sound policies and regulations that permit and promote private sector development. Mitspracherecht und Verantwortlichkeit (-2,5 bis 2,5) The index for Voice and Accountability captures perceptions of the extent to which the citizens are able to participate in selecting their government, as well as freedom of expression, freedom of association, and a free media. Korruptionswahrnehmungsindex, 100 = Keine Korruption The Corruption Perceptions Index is an indicator of perceptions of public sector corruption, i.e. administrative and political corruption. The indicator values are determined by using information from surveys and assessments of corruption, collected by a variety of reputable institutions. Index Politische Rechte, 7 (schwach) - 1 (stark) The Political Rights ratings from the Freedom House evaluate three categories: electoral process, political pluralism and participation, and the functioning of government. The index ranges from 1 (strong rights) to 7 (weak rights). Index Bürgerliche Freiheiten, 7 (schwach) - 1 (stark) The Civil Liberties index from the Freedom House evaluate the following: freedom of expression and belief, associational and organizational rights, rule of law, and personal autonomy and individual rights. The rating ranges from 1 (strong liberties) to 7 (no liberties). Anteil Frauen im Parlament Women in parliaments are the percentage of parliamentary seats in a single or lower chamber held by women. Steuereinnahmen, Anteil an BIP Tax revenue refers to compulsory transfers to the central government for public purposes. Certain compulsory transfers such as fines, penalties, and most social security contributions are excluded. Refunds and corrections of erroneously collected tax revenue are treated as negative revenue. Steuerrate, Anteil an Unternehmensgewinn Total tax rate measures the amount of taxes and mandatory contributions payable by businesses after accounting for allowable deductions and exemptions as a share of commercial profits. Taxes withheld (such as personal income tax) or collected and remitted to tax authorities (such as value added taxes, sales taxes or goods and service taxes) are excluded. Steuervorbereitungszeit, in Stunden Time to prepare and pay taxes is the time, in hours per year, it takes to prepare, file, and pay (or withhold) three major types of taxes: the corporate income tax, the value added or sales tax, and labor taxes, including payroll taxes and social security contributions. Anzahl an Steuern entrichtet von Unternehmen Tax payments by businesses are the total number of taxes paid by businesses, including electronic filing. The tax is counted as paid once a year even if payments are more frequent. Steuern für Güter und Dienstleistungen, Anteil Gesamtumsatz Taxes on goods and services include general sales and turnover or value added taxes, selective excises on goods, selective taxes on services, taxes on the use of goods or property, taxes on extraction and production of minerals, and profits of fiscal monopolies. Steuern für internationalen Handel, Anteil Gesamtumsatz Taxes on international trade include import duties, export duties, profits of export or import monopolies, exchange profits, and exchange taxes. Einkommen-, Ertrags- und Kapitalertragssteuer: Anteil Umsatz Taxes on income, profits, and capital gains are levied on the actual or presumptive net income of individuals, on the profits of corporations and enterprises, and on capital gains, whether realized or not, on land, securities, and other assets. Intragovernmental payments are eliminated in consolidation. Länderrisiko Kurzfristiges politisches Risiko (1=niedrig, 7=hoch) index points Short Term political risk = Political risk related to short-term export transactions. Political risk covers the risks of foreign exchange shortages, wars, revolutions, natural disasters and arbitrary government actions. Countries are classified into seven categories (from 1-low risk to 7-high risk) reflecting the intensity of political risk. Langzeit politisches Risiko (1=niedrig, 7=hoch) Long Term political risk = Political risk related to export transactions with a credit period of more than two years. Political risk covers the risks of foreign exchange shortages, wars, revolutions, natural disasters and arbitrary government actions. Countries are classified into seven categories (from 1-low risk to 7-high risk) reflecting the intensity of political risk. Transaktionsrisiko (1=niedrig, 7=hoch) Special cash transactions are mainly contracting works and projects with long realization periods but payable on a cash basis as the work progresses. Political risk covers the risks of foreign exchange shortages, wars, revolutions, natural disasters and arbitrary government actions Countries are classified into seven categories (from 1-low risk to 7-high risk) reflecting the intensity of political risk. Transferrisiko (1=niedrig, 7=hoch) Transfer risk = Political risk related to countries’ solvency. Countries are classified into seven categories: from 1 (low risk) to 7 (high risk). Enteignungsrisiko (1=niedrig, 7=hoch) Risk of expropriation and government action = The risk of expropriation and government action covers the risks of expropriation, breach of contract by the government, a possible negative change of attitude towards foreign investors, and also risks related to the functioning of the judiciary system. Countries are classified into seven categories: from 1 (low risk) to 7 (high risk). Kriegsrisiko (1=niedrig, 7=hoch) War Risk = War risk covers the risks of external conflicts and the risks of domestic political violence. Domestic political violence includes terrorism, civil unrest, socio-economic conflicts, racial and ethnic tension and the extreme case of civil war. Countries are classified into seven categories (from 1-low risk to 7-high risk) reflecting the intensity of war risk. Anteil an Welt gesamt Anteil der Weltbevölkerung The population share of a particular country is measured as its population as percent of the total world population in a given year. Total population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship--except for refugees not permanently settled in the country of asylum, who are generally considered part of the population of their country of origin. The values shown are midyear estimates. Anteil des Welt-BIP We calculated the world GDP as the sum of the GDP of all countries expressed in current USD. The share of GDP is the GDP of a particular country as percent of the world GDP. GDP at purchaser's prices is the sum of gross value added by all resident producers in the economy plus any product taxes and minus any subsidies not included in the value of the products. It is calculated without making deductions for depreciation of fabricated assets or for depletion and degradation of natural resources. Data are in current U.S. dollars. Dollar figures for GDP are converted from domestic currencies using single year official exchange rates. For a few countries where the official exchange rate does not reflect the rate effectively applied to actual foreign exchange transactions, an alternative conversion factor is used. Anteil der Weltexporte The share of world exports equals the exports of a particular country as percent of the total exports of all countries around the world. Exports of goods and services represent the value of all goods and other market services provided to the rest of the world. They include the value of merchandise, freight, insurance, transport, travel, royalties, license fees, and other services, such as communication, construction, financial, information, business, personal, and government services. They exclude compensation of employees and investment income (formerly called factor services) and transfer payments. Data are in current U.S. dollars. Anteil der Weltimporte The share of world exports equals the exports of a particular country as percent of the total exports of all countries around the world. Imports of goods and services represent the value of all goods and other market services received from the rest of the world. They include the value of merchandise, freight, insurance, transport, travel, royalties, license fees, and other services, such as communication, construction, financial, information, business, personal, and government services. They exclude compensation of employees and investment income (formerly called factor services) and transfer payments. Data are in current U.S. dollars. Anteil an globalen ausländischen Direktinvestitionen Anteil der weltweiten Erdölreserven The share of world oil reserves is calculated as the proven oil reserves of a country as percent of the total proven oil reserves for the world. Auslandsverschuldung Auslandsverschuldung, Anteil des Bruttoinlandseinkommen Total external debt stocks to gross national income. Total external debt is debt owed to nonresidents repayable in currency, goods, or services. Total external debt is the sum of public, publicly guaranteed, and private nonguaranteed long-term debt, use of IMF credit, and short-term debt. Short-term debt includes all debt having an original maturity of one year or less and interest in arrears on long-term debt. GNI (formerly GNP) is the sum of value added by all resident producers plus any product taxes (less subsidies) not included in the valuation of output plus net receipts of primary income (compensation of employees and property income) from abroad. Infrastruktur und Verkehr Internetnutzer je 100 Einwohner Internet users are individuals who have used the Internet (from any location) in the last 12 months. Internet can be used via a computer, mobile phone, personal digital assistant, games machine, digital TV etc. Breitband Internetteilnehmer Fixed broadband subscriptions refers to fixed subscriptions to high-speed access to the public Internet (a TCP/IP connection), at downstream speeds equal to, or greater than, 256 kbit/s. This includes cable modem, DSL, fiber-to-the-home/building, other fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions, satellite broadband and terrestrial fixed wireless broadband. This total is measured irrespective of the method of payment. It excludes subscriptions that have access to data communications (including the Internet) via mobile-cellular networks. It should include fixed WiMAX and any other fixed wireless technologies. It includes both residential subscriptions and subscriptions for organizations. Breitband Internetteilnehmer, stationär je 100 Einwohner Mobilfunkteilnehmern, in Millionen million subscribers Mobile cellular telephone subscriptions are subscriptions to a public mobile telephone service that provide access to the PSTN using cellular technology. The indicator includes (and is split into) the number of postpaid subscriptions, and the number of active prepaid accounts (i.e. that have been used during the last three months). The indicator applies to all mobile cellular subscriptions that offer voice communications. It excludes subscriptions via data cards or USB modems, subscriptions to public mobile data services, private trunked mobile radio, telepoint, radio paging and telemetry services. Mobilfunkteilnehmer, je 100 Einwohner subscribers per 100 people Flugpassagiere von inländischen Fluggesellschaften million passengers Air passengers carried include both domestic and international aircraft passengers of air carriers registered in the country. Qualität der Hafeninfrastruktur 1(niedrig) - 7 (hoch) The Quality of port infrastrucutre indicator is one of the components of the Global Competitiveness Index published annually by the World Economic Forum (WEF). It represents an assessment of the quality of port facilities in a given country based on data from the WEF Executive Opinion Survey, a long-running and extensive survey tapping the opinions of over 14,000 business leaders in 144 countries. The score for port infrastrucutre quality is based on only one question. The respondents are asked to rate the port facilities and inland waterways in their country of operation on a scale from 1 (underdeveloped) to 7 (extensive and efficient by international standards). For landlocked countries, the respondents are asked to rate the access to port facilities and inland waterways on a scale from 1 (impossible) to 7 (easy). The individual responses are aggregated to produce a country score. Internationale Internetbrandbreite pro Internetnutzer, kb/s kilobits per second International Internet bandwidth is the sum of the capacity of all Internet exchanges offering international bandwidth measured in kilobits per second (kb/s). Qualität Luftverkehrsinfrastruktur 1(niedrig) - 7 (hoch) The Quality of air transport infrastructure indicator is one of the components of the Global Competitiveness Index published annually by the World Economic Forum (WEF). It represents an assessment of the quality of airports in a given country based on data from the WEF Executive Opinion Survey, a long-running and extensive survey tapping the opinions of over 14,000 business leaders in 144 countries. The score for air transport infrastructure quality is based on only one question. The respondents are asked to rate the passenger air transport in their country of operation on a scale from 1 (underdeveloped) to 7 (extensive and efficient by international standards). The individual responses are aggregated to produce a country score. Abdeckung Mobilfunknetz, Anteil der Bevölkerung Mobile network coverage measures the percentage of inhabitants who are within range of a mobile cellular signal, irrespective of whether or not they are subscribers. This is calculated by dividing the number of inhabitants within range of a mobile cellular signal by the total population. Qualität der Straßen 1(niedrig) - 7 (hoch) The Road quality indicator is one of the components of the Global Competitiveness Index published annually by the World Economic Forum (WEF). It represents an assessment of the quality of roads in a given country based on data from the WEF Executive Opinion Survey, a long-running and extensive survey tapping the opinions of over 14,000 business leaders in 144 countries. The road quality indicator score is based on only one question. The respondents are asked to rate the roads in their country of operation on a scale from 1 (underdeveloped) to 7 (extensive and efficient by international standards). The individual responses are aggregated to produce a country score. Benzinpreise an der Tankstelle, in Dollar je Liter Fuel prices refer to the pump prices of the most widely sold grade of gasoline. Prices have been converted from the local currency to U.S. dollars. Dieselpreise an der Tankstelle, in Dollar je Liter Fuel prices refer to the pump prices of the most widely sold grade of diesel fuel. Prices have been converted from the local currency to U.S. dollars. Energieverbrauch pro Kopf Kilogramme Öläquivalent Energy use refers to use of primary energy before transformation to other end-use fuels, which is equal to indigenous production plus imports and stock changes, minus exports and fuels supplied to ships and aircraft engaged in international transport. Alternative, nuklear Energie, Anteil Gesamtverbrauch Energie Clean energy is noncarbohydrate energy that does not produce carbon dioxide when generated. It includes hydropower and nuclear, geothermal, and solar power, among others. Energieverbrauch pro $1000 des BIP Energy use per PPP GDP is the kilogram of oil equivalent of energy use per constant PPP GDP. Energy use refers to use of primary energy before transformation to other end-use fuels, which is equal to indigenous production plus imports and stock changes, minus exports and fuels supplied to ships and aircraft engaged in international transport. PPP GDP is gross domestic product converted to 2011 constant international dollars using purchasing power parity rates. An international dollar has the same purchasing power over GDP as a U.S. dollar has in the United States. Kohlendioxidemissionen, Tausend Tonnen Carbon dioxide emissions are those stemming from the burning of fossil fuels and the manufacture of cement. They include carbon dioxide produced during consumption of solid, liquid, and gas fuels and gas flaring. Kohlendioxidemissionen pro Kopf Metrische Tonnen BIP pro verbrauchter Energieeinheit GDP (in dollars) per kilogram of oil equivalent GDP per unit of energy use is the PPP GDP per kilogram of oil equivalent of energy use. PPP GDP is gross domestic product converted to 2011 constant international dollars using purchasing power parity rates. An international dollar has the same purchasing power over GDP as a U.S. dollar has in the United States. Erträge von Rohstoffen, Anteil BIP Total natural resources rents are the sum of oil rents, natural gas rents, coal rents (hard and soft), mineral rents, and forest rents. Einkommen minus Produktionskosten Erdöl, Anteil BIP Oil rents are the difference between the value of crude oil production at world prices and total costs of production. Einnahmen minus Produktionskosten an Erdgas, Anteil BIP Natural gas rents are the difference between the value of natural gas production at world prices and total costs of production. Zugang Stromnetz, Anteil der Bevölkerung Access to electricity is the percentage of population with access to electricity. Electrification data are collected from industry, national surveys and international sources. Industrie: Öl, Kohle und Elektrizität Erdölreserven, Milliarden Barrels billion barrels Proved reserves of crude oil are the estimated quantities of all liquids defined as crude oil, which geological and engineering data demonstrate with reasonable certainty to be recoverable in future years from reservoirs under existing economic and operating conditions. Benzinherstellung, Tausend Barrel pro Tag thousand barrels per day Gasoline production includes production of: conventional gasoline; all types of oxygenated gasoline, including gasohol; and reformulated gasoline; but excludes production of aviation gasoline. Volumetric data on blending components, such as oxygenates, are not counted in data on finished motor gasoline until the blending components are blended into the gasoline. Treibstoffherstellung, Tausend Barrel pro Tag The indicator estimates the volume of jet fuel produced within a country expressed in thousand barrels per day. Jet fuel is a refined petroleum product used in jet aircraft engines and it includes kerosene-type jet fuel and naphtha-type jet fuel. Flüssiggas Produktion, Tausend Barrel pro Tag Erdölverbrauch, Tausend Barrel pro Tag Oil consumption (Total petroleum consumption) includes internal consumption, refinery fuel and loss, and bunkering. Also included, where available, is direct combustion of crude oil. Benzinverbrauch, Tausend Barrel pro Tag Treibstoffverbrauch, Tausend Barrels pro Tag Konsum von Flüssiggas, Tausend Barrel pro Tag Liquefied petroleum gases include ethane, ethylene, propane, propylene, normal butane, butylene, isobutane, and isobutylene. The Liquefied Petroleum Gases consumption also includes, where data are available, liquefied petroleum gases sold directly from natural gas processing plants for fuel or chemical uses and pentanes plus. Kohleförderung, Tausend Kurztonnen thousand short tons Total primary coal production (Coal includes anthracite, subanthracite, bituminous, subbituminous, lignite, brown coal, and oil shale.) Kohleverbrauch, Tausend Kurztonnen Coal consumption includes anthracite, subanthracite, bituminous, subbituminous, lignite, brown coal, and oil shale. It also includes net imports of metallurgical coke. Kohleimporte, Tausend Kurztonnen Amount of foreign coal shipped to the country. Kohleexporte, Tausend Kurztonnen Amount of coal shipped to foreign destinations. Stromerzeugung, Milliarden Kilowattstunden billion kilowatthours Total electricity net generation (Net generation excludes the energy consumed by the generating units) Stromverbrauch, Milliarden Kilowatt Total Electricity Net Consumption = total net electricity generation + electricity imports - electricity exports – electricity transmission and distribution losses. Net consumption excludes the energy consumed by the generating units. Stromerzeugungskapazitäten, Million Kilowatt million kilowatts Total Electricity Installed Capacity (Million Kilowatts) Stromimporte, Milliarden Kilowatt Stromexporte, Milliarden Kilowatt Erneuerbare Stromerzeugung, Milliarden Kilowatt Total Renewables Electricity Net Generation (Net generation excludes the energy consumed by the generating units and also excludes generation from hydroelectric pumped storage) Energy mix Hydroelektrizitätserzeugung, Milliarden Kilowattstunden Hydroelectric generation excludes generation from hydroelectric pumped storage. Kernkrafterzeugung, Milliarden Kilowattstunden Nuclear electricity net generation (Net generation excludes the energy consumed by the generating units) Waldfläche, Anteil der gesamten Bodenfläche Forest area is land under natural or planted stands of trees of at least 5 meters in situ, whether productive or not, and excludes tree stands in agricultural production systems (for example, in fruit plantations and agroforestry systems) and trees in urban parks and gardens. Anteil landwirtschaftliche Nutzfläche Agricultural land refers to the share of land area that is arable, under permanent crops, and under permanent pastures. Arable land includes land defined by the FAO as land under temporary crops (double-cropped areas are counted once), temporary meadows for mowing or for pasture, land under market or kitchen gardens, and land temporarily fallow. Land abandoned as a result of shifting cultivation is excluded. Land under permanent crops is land cultivated with crops that occupy the land for long periods and need not be replanted after each harvest, such as cocoa, coffee, and rubber. This category includes land under flowering shrubs, fruit trees, nut trees, and vines, but excludes land under trees grown for wood or timber. Permanent pasture is land used for five or more years for forage, including natural and cultivated crops. Beschäftigung in der Landwirtschaft, % Gesamtbeschäftigung Employment is defined as persons of working age who were engaged in any activity to produce goods or provide services for pay or profit, whether at work during the reference period or not at work due to temporary absence from a job, or to working-time arrangement. The agriculture sector consists of activities in agriculture, hunting, forestry and fishing, in accordance with division 1 (ISIC 2) or categories A-B (ISIC 3) or category A (ISIC 4). Wertschöpfung des Agrarsektors als Anteil des BIP Agriculture corresponds to ISIC divisions 1-5 and includes forestry, hunting, and fishing, as well as cultivation of crops and livestock production. Value added is the net output of a sector after adding up all outputs and subtracting intermediate inputs. It is calculated without making deductions for depreciation of fabricated assets or depletion and degradation of natural resources. The origin of value added is determined by the International Standard Industrial Classification (ISIC), revision 3. Note: For VAB countries, gross value added at factor cost is used as the denominator. Landwirtschaftliche Wertschöpfung, Milliarden USD Agrarfläche, qkm sq. km. Getreideproduktionsindex (2004-2006 = 100) Crop production index shows agricultural production for each year relative to the base period 2004-2006. It includes all crops except fodder crops. Regional and income group aggregates for the FAO's production indexes are calculated from the underlying values in international dollars, normalized to the base period 2004-2006. Niederschlag, mm pro Jahr mm per year Average precipitation is the long-term average in depth (over space and time) of annual precipitation in the country. Precipitation is defined as any kind of water that falls from clouds as a liquid or a solid. Ackerfläche, Anteil der gesamten Bodenfläche Arable land includes land defined by the FAO as land under temporary crops (double-cropped areas are counted once), temporary meadows for mowing or for pasture, land under market or kitchen gardens, and land temporarily fallow. Land abandoned as a result of shifting cultivation is excluded. Getreideertrag, kg pro Hektar kg per hectar Cereal yield, measured as kilograms per hectare of harvested land, includes wheat, rice, maize, barley, oats, rye, millet, sorghum, buckwheat, and mixed grains. Production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed, or silage and those used for grazing are excluded. The FAO allocates production data to the calendar year in which the bulk of the harvest took place. Most of a crop harvested near the end of a year will be used in the following year. Nahrungsmittelproduktionsindex (2004-2006 = 100) Food production index covers food crops that are considered edible and that contain nutrients. Coffee and tea are excluded because, although edible, they have no nutritive value. Ländliche Bevölkerung, Anteil der Gesamtbevölkerung Rural population refers to people living in rural areas as defined by national statistical offices. It is calculated as the difference between total population and urban population. Tierischer Produktionsindex (2004-2006 = 100) Livestock production index includes meat and milk from all sources, dairy products such as cheese, and eggs, honey, raw silk, wool, and hides and skins. Waldfläche, qkm sq. km Zugang Bankensystem Geldautomaten je 100.000 Einwohner ATMs per 100,000 adults Number of ATMs per 100,000 adults. Automated teller machines are computerized telecommunications devices that provide clients of a financial institution with access to financial transactions in a public place. Bankkonten je 1000 Erwachsene Number of depositors with commercial banks per 1,000 adults. Nutzen Investitionskredit von Firmen, Anteil alle Firmen Percentage of firms using banks to finance purchases of fixed assets. Kleinunternehmen mit Bankkrediten, Anteil Kleinunternehmen Percentage of small firms (5-19 workers) in the formal sector with a line of credit or a loan from a (formal) financial institution, such as a bank, credit union, microfinance institution, or cooperative. Bank concentration: percent of bank assets held by top three banks Raw data are from Bankscope. (Sum(data2025) for three largest banks in Bankscope) / (Sum(data2025) for all banks in Bankscope). Only reported if number of banks in Bankscope is 3 or more. Calculated from underlying bank-by-bank unconsolidated data from Bankscope. Bankfilialen je 100.000 Einwohner bank branches Number of commercial bank branches per 100,000 adults. Stabilität Bankensystem Bankkredite als Anteil von Einzahlungen The financial resources provided to the private sector by domestic money banks as a share of total deposits. Domestic money banks comprise commercial banks and other financial institutions that accept transferable deposits, such as demand deposits. Total deposits include demand, time and saving deposits in deposit money banks. Bankensystem Z-Scores The index captures the probability of default of a country's banking system. Z-score compares the buffer of a country's banking system (capitalization and returns) with the volatility of those returns. It is estimated as (ROA+(equity/assets))/sd(ROA); sd(ROA) is the standard deviation of ROA. ROA, equity, and assets are country-level aggregate figures. Calculated from underlying bank-by-bank unconsolidated data from Bankscope. Liquides Vermögen zu Einzahlungen u. kurzfristigen Mitteln The ratio of the value of liquid assets (easily converted to cash) to short-term funding plus total deposits. Liquid assets include cash and due from banks, trading securities and at fair value through income, loans and advances to banks, reverse repos and cash collaterals. Deposits and short term funding includes total customer deposits (current, savings and term) and short term borrowing (money market instruments, CDs and other deposits). Effizienz Bankensystem Gemeinkosten Banken, Anteil Gesamtvermögen Operating expenses of a bank as a share of the value of all assets held. Total assets include total earning assets, cash and due from banks, foreclosed real estate, fixed assets, goodwill, other intangibles, current tax assets, deferred tax assets, discontinued operations and other assets. The numerator and denominator are first aggregated on the country level before division. Note that banks used in the calculation might differ between indicators. Calculated from underlying bank-by-bank unconsolidated data from Bankscope. Zinsspread Aktiv- und Passivzins Banken interest rate points Difference between the lending rate and the deposit rate. The lending rate is the rate charged by banks on loans to the private sector and the deposit interest rate is the rate offered by commercial banks on three-month deposits. Kapitalrendite Banken, in Prozent Commercial banks’ pre-tax income to yearly averaged total assets. The numerator and denominator are first aggregated on the country level before division. Note that banks used in the calculation might differ between indicators. Calculated from underlying bank-by-bank unconsolidated data from Bankscope. Eigenkapitalrendite Banken, in Prozent Commercial banks’ pre-tax income to yearly averaged equity. The numerator and denominator are first aggregated on the country level before division. Note that banks used in the calculation might differ between indicators. Calculated from underlying bank-by-bank unconsolidated data from Bankscope. Nicht-Zins-Einkünfte zu Gesamteinkünfte, in Prozent Bank’s income that has been generated by noninterest related activities as a percentage of total income (net-interest income plus noninterest income). Noninterest related income includes net gains on trading and derivatives, net gains on other securities, net fees and commissions and other operating income. The number is only calculated when net-interest income is not negative. Note that banks used in the calculation might differ between indicators. Calculated from underlying bank-by-bank unconsolidated data from Bankscope. Zinseinkommen Banken, Anteil Verzinslicher Vermögenswerte Accounting value of bank's net interest revenue as a share of its average interest-bearing (total earning) assets. The numerator and denominator are aggregated on the country level before division. Note that banks used in the calculation might differ between indicators. Calculated from underlying bank-by-bank unconsolidated data from Bankscope. Bankkosten zu Einkommen, in Prozent Operating expenses of a bank as a share of the sum of net-interest revenue and other operating income. The numerator and denominator are first aggregated on the country level before division. Note that banks used in the calculation might differ between indicators. Calculated from underlying bank-by-bank unconsolidated data from Bankscope. Verschuldung Bankensystem Bankenkredite an Privatsektor als Anteil des BIP Domestic credit to private sector by banks refers to financial resources provided to the private sector by other depository corporations (deposit taking corporations except central banks), such as through loans, purchases of nonequity securities, and trade credits and other accounts receivable, that establish a claim for repayment. For some countries these claims include credit to public enterprises. Liquide Verbindlichkeiten, Anteil an BIP Ratio of liquid liabilities to GDP. Liquid liabilities are also known as broad money, or M3. They are the sum of currency and deposits in the central bank (M0), plus transferable deposits and electronic currency (M1), plus time and savings deposits, foreign currency transferable deposits, certificates of deposit, and securities repurchase agreements (M2), plus travelers checks, foreign currency time deposits, commercial paper, and shares of mutual funds or market funds held by residents. Bankvermögen, Anteil an BIP Total assets held by deposit money banks as a share of GDP. Assets include claims on domestic real nonfinancial sector which includes central, state and local governments, nonfinancial public enterprises and private sector. Deposit money banks comprise commercial banks and other financial institutions that accept transferable deposits, such as demand deposits. Inlandskredite an den Privatsektor, Anteil an BIP Domestic credit to private sector refers to financial resources provided to the private sector, such as through loans, purchases of nonequity securities, and trade credits and other accounts receivable, that establish a claim for repayment. For some countries these claims include credit to public enterprises. Bankenkredit an Staat und öffentliche Einrichtungen, % BIP Raw data are from the electronic version of the IMF’s International Financial Statistics. (IFS line 22A + line 22B + line 22C) / GDP. Local currency GDP is from IFS (line 99B..ZF or, if not available, line 99B.CZF). Einlagen Finanzsystem, Anteil an BIP Demand, time and saving deposits in deposit money banks and other financial institutions as a share of GDP. Bankensystem: weitere Indikatoren Zinssatz für Bankkredite an den Privatsektor Lending rate is the bank rate that usually meets the short- and medium-term financing needs of the private sector. This rate is normally differentiated according to creditworthiness of borrowers and objectives of financing. The terms and conditions attached to these rates differ by country, however, limiting their comparability. Realzins, Zinssatz für Bankkredite minus Inflation Real interest rate is the lending interest rate adjusted for inflation as measured by the GDP deflator. The terms and conditions attached to lending rates differ by country, however, limiting their comparability. Kreditauskunftsindex, 0 (niedrig) - 8 (hoch) Depth of credit information index measures rules affecting the scope, accessibility, and quality of credit information available through public or private credit registries. The index ranges from 0 to 8, with higher values indicating the availability of more credit information, from either a public registry or a private bureau, to facilitate lending decisions. Index Rechtsansprüche für Gläubiger und Schuldner (0-12) Strength of legal rights index measures the degree to which collateral and bankruptcy laws protect the rights of borrowers and lenders and thus facilitate lending. The index ranges from 0 to 12, with higher scores indicating that these laws are better designed to expand access to credit. Investitionen Eigenkapital / Anteilverkauf, % Investitionen The estimated proportion of purchases of fixed assets that was financed by the owners’ contribution or issue of new equity shares. Versicherungen, Nicht-Banken, Renten Vermögen anderer Finanzinstitute, Anteil BIP ...Claims on domestic real nonfinancial sector by other financial institutions as a share of GDP, calculated using the following deflation method: {(0.5)*[Ft/P_et + Ft-1/P_et-1]}/[GDPt/P_at] where F is other financial institutions' claims, P_e is end-of period CPI, and P_a is average annual CPI. Raw data are from the IMF’s International Financial Statistics. Volumen an Lebensversicherung, Anteil an BIP Ratio of life insurance premium volume to GDP. Premium volume is the insurer's direct premiums earned (if Property/Casualty) or received (if Life/Health) during the previous calendar year. Premium data are taken from various issues of Sigma reports (Swiss Re). Data on GDP in US dollars is from the electronic version of the World Development Indicators. Prämienvolumen Nichtlebensversicherung, Anteil an BIP Ratio of non-life insurance premium volume to GDP. Premium volume is the insurer's direct premiums earned (if Property/Casualty) or received (if Life/Health) during the previous calendar year. Premium data are taken from various issues of Sigma reports (Swiss Re). Data on GDP in US dollars is from the electronic version of the World Development Indicators. Versicherungsvermögenswerte, Anteil an BIP Ratio of assets of insurance companies to GDP. Data taken from a variety of sources such as AXCO and national sources. Innovationsindex (0-100) The Global Innovation Index includes two sub-indices: the Innovation Input Sub-Index and the Innovation Output Sub-Index. The first sub-index is based on five pillars: Institutions, Human capital and research, Infrastructure, Market sophistication, and Business sophistication. The second sub-index is based on two pillars: Knowledge and technology outputs and Creative outputs. Each pillar is divided into sub-pillars and each sub-pillar is composed of individual indicators. Ausgaben Forschung und Entwicklung, Anteil an BIP Expenditures for research and development are current and capital expenditures (both public and private) on creative work undertaken systematically to increase knowledge, including knowledge of humanity, culture, and society, and the use of knowledge for new applications. R&D covers basic research, applied research, and experimental development. Exporte Informationstechnologien, Anteil Gesamtgüterexporte Information and communication technology goods exports include computers and peripheral equipment, communication equipment, consumer electronic equipment, electronic components, and other information and technology goods (miscellaneous). Hightech-Exporte Millionen US-Dollar High-technology exports are products with high R&D intensity, such as in aerospace, computers, pharmaceuticals, scientific instruments, and electrical machinery. Data are in current U.S. dollars. Hightech-Exporte, Anteil Fertigwarenexporte High-technology exports are products with high R&D intensity, such as in aerospace, computers, pharmaceuticals, scientific instruments, and electrical machinery. Wirtschaftsfreiheit Eigentumsrechte (0-100) The property rights index measures the degree to which a country’s laws protect private property rights and the degree to which its government enforces those laws. It also assesses the likelihood that private property will be expropriated and analyzes the independence of the judiciary, the existence of corruption within the judiciary, and the ability of individuals and businesses to enforce contracts. Higher index values denote more certain legal protection of property. Index Korruptionsfreiheit (0-100) The score for the Freedom of corruption index is derived primarily from Transparency International’s Corruption Perceptions Index. For countries that are not covered in the CPI the freedom from corruption score is determined by using information from internationally recognized and reliable sources. Higher index values denote lower level of corruption. Index Fiskalische Freiheit (0-100) The Fiscal freedom index measures the tax burden imposed by government. It is composed of three quantitative factors: the top marginal tax rate on individual income, the top marginal tax rate on corporate income, and the total tax burden as a percentage of GDP. Index Geschäftsfreiheit (0-100) The Business freedom index is based on 10 indicators, using data from the World Bank’s Doing Business study: Starting a business-procedures (number), time (days), cost (% of income per capita), and minimum capital (% of income per capita); Obtaining a license—procedures (number), time (days), and cost (% of income per capita); Closing a business—time (years), cost (% of estate), and recovery rate (cents on the dollar). Index Arbeitsfreiheit (0-100) The Labor freedom index is composed of six quantitative factors: ratio of minimum wage to the average value added per worker, hindrance to hiring additional workers, rigidity of hours, difficulty of firing redundant employees, legally mandated notice period, and mandatory severance pay. The index is based on data collected in connection with the World Bank’s Doing Business study. Index Währungsfreiheit (0-100) The score for the Monetary freedom index is based on two factors: the weighted average inflation rate for the most recent three years and price controls. Higher index values denote price stability without microeconomic intervention. Index Handelsfreiheit (0-100) The Trade freedom index is based on two indicators: the trade-weighted average tariff rate and non-tariff barriers (including quantity, price, regulatory, customs and investment restrictions, and direct government intervention). Index Investitionsfreiheit (0-100) The Investment freedom index evaluates a variety of investment restrictions (burdensome bureaucracy, restrictions on land ownership, expropriation of investments without fair compensation, foreign exchange controls, capital control, security problems, a lack of basic investment infrastructure, etc.). Points are deducted from the ideal score of 100 for each of the restrictions found in a country’s investment regime. Index Finanzielle Freiheit (0-100) The Financial freedom index evaluates: the extent of government regulation of financial services, the degree of state intervention in banks and other financial firms through direct and indirect ownership, the extent of financial and capital market development, government influence on the allocation of credit and openness to foreign competition. Higher index values denote banking efficiency and independence from government control and interference in the financial sector. Index Wirtschaftsfreiheit, Gesamtindex (0-100) The Overall index of economic freedom has ten components grouped into four broad categories: Rule of Law; Limited Government; Regulatory Efficiency and Open Markets. The overall economic freedom is scored on a scale of 0 to 100, where 100 represents the maximum freedom. Gesundheitsausgaben pro Kopf Total health expenditure is the sum of public and private health expenditures as a ratio of total population. It covers the provision of health services (preventive and curative), family planning activities, nutrition activities, and emergency aid designated for health but does not include provision of water and sanitation. Data are in current U.S. dollars. Gesundheitsausgaben als Anteil des BIP Total health expenditure is the sum of public and private health expenditure. It covers the provision of health services (preventive and curative), family planning activities, nutrition activities, and emergency aid designated for health but does not include provision of water and sanitation. Lebenserwartung, in Jahren Life expectancy at birth indicates the number of years a newborn infant would live if prevailing patterns of mortality at the time of its birth were to stay the same throughout its life. Anzahl der Geburten je 1000 Einwohner pro Jahr Geburten pro 1000 Einwohner Crude birth rate indicates the number of live births occurring during the year, per 1,000 population estimated at midyear. Subtracting the crude death rate from the crude birth rate provides the rate of natural increase, which is equal to the rate of population change in the absence of migration. Sterbeziffer, je 1000 Einwohner Todesfälle pro 1000 Einwohner Crude death rate indicates the number of deaths occurring during the year, per 1,000 population estimated at midyear. Subtracting the crude death rate from the crude birth rate provides the rate of natural increase, which is equal to the rate of population change in the absence of migration. Fertilitätsrate, Geburten pro Frau Geburten pro Frau Total fertility rate represents the number of children that would be born to a woman if she were to live to the end of her childbearing years and bear children in accordance with age-specific fertility rates of the specified year. Verbreitung von HIV, Anteil der Bevölkerung, Alter 15-49 Prevalence of HIV refers to the percentage of people ages 15-49 who are infected with HIV. Tuberkulosefälle je 100.000 Einwohner cases per 100,000 people Incidence of tuberculosis is the estimated number of new and relapse tuberculosis cases arising in a given year, expressed as the rate per 100,000 population. All forms of TB are included, including cases in people living with HIV. Estimates for all years are recalculated as new information becomes available and techniques are refined, so they may differ from those published previously. Suizidrate, je 100.000 Einwohner suicides per 100,000 people Suicide mortality rate is the number of suicide deaths in a year per 100,000 population. Öffentliche Staatsausgaben für Bildung, Anteil an BIP General government expenditure on education (current, capital, and transfers) is expressed as a percentage of GDP. It includes expenditure funded by transfers from international sources to government. General government usually refers to local, regional and central governments. Öffentliche Ausgaben Bildung, % gesamte öffentliche Ausgaben Total general (local, regional and central) government expenditure on education (current, capital, and transfers), expressed as a percentage of total general government expenditure on all sectors (including health, education, social services, etc.). It includes expenditure funded by transfers from international sources to government. Public education expenditure includes spending by local/municipal, regional and national governments (excluding household contributions) on educational institutions (both public and private), education administration, and subsidies for private entities (students/households and other privates entities). In some instances data on total public expenditure on education refers only to the ministry of education and can exclude other ministries that spend a part of their budget on educational activities. The indicator is calculated by dividing total public expenditure on education incurred by all government agencies/departments by the total government expenditure and multiplying by 100. For more information, consult the UNESCO Institute of Statistics website: http://www.uis.unesco.org/Education/ Alphabetisierungsquote Percentage of the population age 15 and above who can, with understanding, read and write a short, simple statement on their everyday life. Generally, ‘literacy’ also encompasses ‘numeracy’, the ability to make simple arithmetic calculations. This indicator is calculated by dividing the number of literates aged 15 years and over by the corresponding age group population and multiplying the result by 100. Weibliche Alphabetisierungsquote, 15-24 Jahre Youth (15-24) literacy rate (%). Female is the number of females age 15 to 24 years who can both read and write with understanding a short simple statement on their everyday life, divided by the female population in that age group. Generally, ‘literacy’ also encompasses ‘numeracy’, the ability to make simple arithmetic calculations. Männliche Alphabetisierungsquote, 15-24 Jahre Youth (15-24) literacy rate (%). Male is the number of males age 15 to 24 years who can both read and write with understanding a short simple statement on their everyday life, divided by the male population in that age group. Generally, ‘literacy’ also encompasses ‘numeracy’, the ability to make simple arithmetic calculations. Jugend-Alphabetisierungsrate, 15-24 Jahre Youth (15-24) literacy rate (%). Total is the number of people age 15 to 24 years who can both read and write with understanding a short simple statement on their everyday life, divided by the population in that age group. Generally, ‘literacy’ also encompasses ‘numeracy’, the ability to make simple arithmetic calculations. Schüler-Lehrer-Verhältnis, Grundschule Schüler pro Lehrer Primary school pupil-teacher ratio is the average number of pupils per teacher in primary school. Abschlussquote Primärschule Primary completion rate, or gross intake ratio to the last grade of primary education, is the number of new entrants (enrollments minus repeaters) in the last grade of primary education, regardless of age, divided by the population at the entrance age for the last grade of primary education. Data limitations preclude adjusting for students who drop out during the final year of primary education. Einschulungsalter Grundschule Entrance age of primary is the age at which students would enter primary education, assuming they had started at the official entrance age for the lowest level of education, had studied full-time throughout and had progressed through the system without repeating or skipping a grade. Verhältnis Männlich-Weibliche Schüler in Grundschulen Gender parity index for gross enrollment ratio in primary education is the ratio of girls to boys enrolled at primary level in public and private schools. Verhältnis Männlich-Weibliche Schüler in Sekundarschulen Gender parity index for gross enrollment ratio in secondary education is the ratio of girls to boys enrolled at secondary level in public and private schools. Verhältnis Männlich-Weibliche Studenten Hochschule Gender parity index for gross enrollment ratio in tertiary education is the ratio of women to men enrolled at tertiary level in public and private schools. Einschulungsrate Vorschule, Anteil berechtigte Kinder Total enrollment in pre-primary education, regardless of age, expressed as a percentage of the total population of official pre-primary education age. GER can exceed 100% due to the inclusion of over-aged and under-aged students because of early or late school entrance and grade repetition. Einschulungsrate Grundschule, Anteil berechtigter Kinder Total enrollment in primary education, regardless of age, expressed as a percentage of the population of official primary education age. GER can exceed 100% due to the inclusion of over-aged and under-aged students because of early or late school entrance and grade repetition. Einschreibung Sekundarschule, Anteil berechtigter Kinder Total enrollment in secondary education, regardless of age, expressed as a percentage of the population of official secondary education age. GER can exceed 100% due to the inclusion of over-aged and under-aged students because of early or late school entrance and grade repetition. Einschreibung Hochschule, Anteil berechtigter Kinder Total enrollment in tertiary education (ISCED 5 to 8), regardless of age, expressed as a percentage of the total population of the five-year age group following on from secondary school leaving. Ausgebildete Grundschullehrer, Anteil gesamt Trained teachers in primary education are the percentage of primary school teachers who have received the minimum organized teacher training (pre-service or in-service) required for teaching in a given country. Index Globalisierung (0-100) The overall index of globalization covers the economic, social, and political dimensions of globalization. Higher values denote greater globalization. Index Ökonomische Globalisierung (0-100) Economic globalization has two dimensions: actual economic flows and restrictions to trade and capital. The sub-index on actual economic flows includes data on trade, FDI, and portfolio investment. The sub-index on restrictions takes into account hidden import barriers, mean tariff rates, taxes on international trade (as a share of current revenue), and an index of capital controls. Index Politische Globalisierung (0-100) The degree of political globalization is determined by the number of embassies and high commissions in a country, the number of international organizations to which the country is a member, the number of UN peace missions a country participated in, and the number of treaties signed between two or more states. Index Soziale Globalisierung (0-100) Social globalization has three dimensions: personal contacts, information flows, and cultural proximity. The sub-index on personal contacts includes international telecom traffic, degree of tourism, transfers, foreign population, and number of international letters. The sub-index on information flows includes number of internet users, share of households with a television set, and trade in newspapers. The sub-index on cultural proximity includes trade in books and number of McDonald’s restaurants and Ikea located in a country. Entführungen je 100.000 Einwohner kidnappings per 100,000 people Diebstähle je 100.000 Einwohner robberies per 100,000 people Anzahl Inhaftierte je 100.000 Einwohner prisoners per 100,000 people thefts per 100,000 people Homozide je 100.000 Einwohner homicides per 100,000 people Anteil Christen in der Gesamtbevölkerung Anteil Muslime in der Gesamtbevölkerung Anteil protestantischer Christen in der Gesamtbevölkerung Anteil christlicher Katholiken in der Gesamtbevölkerung Weitere Indikatoren Index Menschliche Entwicklung (0-1) The Human Development Index measures three basic dimensions of human development: long and healthy life, knowledge, and a decent standard of living. Four indicators are used to calculate the index: life expectancy at birth, mean years of schooling, expected years of schooling, and gross national income per capita. Bevölkerung, in Millionen Total population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship. The values shown are midyear estimates. Anteil Stadtbevölkerung Urban population refers to people living in urban areas as defined by national statistical offices. The data are collected and smoothed by United Nations Population Division. Bevölkerung 65 Jahre oder älter, Anteil Gesamtbevölkerung Population ages 65 and above as a percentage of the total population. Population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship. Bevölkerung 0-14 Jahre, Anteil Gesamtbevölkerung Total population below the age of 14 as a percentage of the total population. Population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship. Anteil Bevölkerung Frauen, Prozent total Female population is the percentage of the population that is female. Population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship. Wettbewerbsfähigkeit - World Economic Forum Index (1-7) The Global Competitiveness index is composed of 12 pillars of competitiveness. The pillars are organized as followed: Basic requirements (Institutions, Infrastructure, Macroeconomic Stability, Health and Primary Education); Efficiency enhancers (Higher Education and Training, Goods Market Efficiency, Labour Market Efficiency, Financial Market Sophistication, Technological Readiness, Market Size), and Innovation and sophistication factors (Business Sophistication, Innovation). Kosten Unternehmensgründung, % Einkommen pro Kopf percent of Gross National Income per capita The indicator includes all official fees and fees for legal or professional services if such services are required by law. The company law, the commercial code, and specific regulations and fee schedules are used as sources for calculating costs. The indicator excludes bribes. Anzahl benötigter Dokumente für den Export Anzahl der Dokumente The total number of documents required per shipment to export goods, including documents required by government ministries, customs authorities, port and container terminal authorities, health and technical control agencies, and banks. Also: all documents required by banks for the issuance or securing of a letter of credit. Documents that are renewed annually and/or that do not require renewal per shipment are not included. Anzahl benötigter Dokument zum Import von Gütern All documents required per shipment to import goods are recorded. It is assumed that the contract has already been agreed upon and signed by both parties. Documents required for clearance by government ministries, customs authorities, port and container terminal authorities, health and technical control agencies and banks are taken into account. Since payment is by letter of credit, all documents required by banks for the issuance or securing of a letter of credit are also taken into account. Documents that are renewed annually and that do not require renewal per shipment (for example, an annual tax clearance certificate) are not included. Landfläche in qkm Land area is a country's total area, excluding area under inland water bodies, national claims to continental shelf, and exclusive economic zones. In most cases the definition of inland water bodies includes major rivers and lakes.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0065.json.gz/line1208
__label__cc	0.562938	0.437062	“Me, Too” Lenders Something to Worry About, Says Former OnDeck Investor March 11, 2016 \| By: Sean Murray Lending Club, SoFi and OnDeck will endure, wrote Matt Harris, a former OnDeck board member and investor, and current Managing Director for Bain Capital Ventures. In a blog post that approached 4,000 words, Harris admits that he has not invested in a single lender since OnDeck. “It is still possible, though I believe increasingly unlikely, that marketplace lending will be a durable innovation,” he wrote. He bases that on the assumption that origination platforms with no skin in the game are not sustainable over the long term and that what really made companies like Lending Club special is that it has “scale, a brand in the capital markets for producing high quality assets, and an unbelievable management team.” All of the other perceived advantages don’t make sense, he argues. The average cost of funds for a bank “is 0.06%, assuming they fund their loans using deposits. OnDeck’s funding costs for its assets averages 5.3%. Lending Club has paid a median return to its asset purchasers of 7.4%.” Banks have lower operating costs as well. “I’ll point out that most of the bank expenses they highlight are fixed expenses like branches and compliance, which makes that expense burden irrelevant to the profitability of the marginal loan,” he wrote. Even on technology, Harris says banks spend less, and on big data credit scoring, he says a lot of the factors marketplace lenders might find useful in predicting performance cannot be used legally because they end up correlating with a protected class such as race, whether it’s directly or indirectly. “Things are going to get harder before they get easier,” Harris wrote, though he thinks companies like OnDeck and Lending Club are positioned to last. Everyone else who copied their model is in shaky territory. And yet through it all, he is optimistic. “For the first time in a decade, I’m feeling like it’s a great time to be starting a lending company,” he said. Read his full lengthy blog post Sean Murray is the President and Chief Editor of deBanked and the founder of the Broker Fair Conference. Connect with me on LinkedIn or follow me on twitter. You can view all future deBanked events here. Category: merchant cash advance Home › merchant cash advance › “Me, Too” Lenders Something to Worry About, Says Former OnDeck Investor	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0065.json.gz/line1211
__label__cc	0.685218	0.314782	Defense Issues Military and general security sci-fi conceptual Follow Defense Issues on WordPress.com Archives Select Month July 2019 (1) June 2019 (1) May 2019 (2) April 2019 (5) March 2019 (3) January 2019 (1) November 2018 (1) October 2018 (1) September 2018 (5) August 2018 (2) July 2018 (3) June 2018 (3) May 2018 (6) April 2018 (2) March 2018 (1) February 2018 (1) January 2018 (2) December 2017 (5) November 2017 (1) October 2017 (1) September 2017 (2) August 2017 (4) July 2017 (2) June 2017 (4) May 2017 (4) April 2017 (7) March 2017 (2) February 2017 (10) January 2017 (6) December 2016 (4) November 2016 (12) October 2016 (6) September 2016 (4) August 2016 (3) July 2016 (11) June 2016 (13) May 2016 (4) April 2016 (2) March 2016 (4) February 2016 (7) January 2016 (8) December 2015 (8) November 2015 (10) October 2015 (3) September 2015 (3) August 2015 (3) July 2015 (7) June 2015 (3) May 2015 (2) April 2015 (12) March 2015 (2) February 2015 (7) January 2015 (2) December 2014 (7) November 2014 (2) October 2014 (4) September 2014 (9) August 2014 (8) July 2014 (3) June 2014 (2) May 2014 (5) April 2014 (4) March 2014 (5) February 2014 (4) January 2014 (5) December 2013 (5) November 2013 (5) October 2013 (4) September 2013 (5) August 2013 (5) July 2013 (3) June 2013 (4) May 2013 (7) April 2013 (6) March 2013 (9) February 2013 (6) January 2013 (7) December 2012 (11) November 2012 (7) October 2012 (15) altandmain The F-35 will not be flying on aircraft carriers in the near future, which is a major blow to the progam Another consequence of very high flight to maintenance ratios in aircraft – vulnerability to disasters Why variable sweep wings or “swing wings” for fighter aircraft are not effective at air superiority archibaldperth David Archibald – The China Trade picard578 1400 years of islamic aggression A look at Game of Thrones armour The types of Byzantine swords German right preparing for the civil war Chief architect: Fire in Notre Dame was no accident Riley-A Light Tank Proposal 1 « Comparing stealth fighters 2014 in review » F-35s cost reduction promises and reality Posted by picard578 on December 25, 2014 http://www.acq.osd.mil/ara/am/sar/SST-2013-12.pdf On page 6, it is stated that the F-35s cost has increased by 7,4 billion USD, which is in direct contradiction to statements that the F-35s costs are decreasing. It should be noted that increases due to reduced production rate only account for 5% of the figure, and probably less. Life clycle costs are said to be decreased, but that is in the rank of glass ball prophecies. On page 18, total acquisition cost for the F-35 is stated to be 398.584.600.000 USD. http://breakingdefense.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2014/04/F-35-2013-SAR.pdf On page 75, it is again clearly stated that unit cost has increased by 6,68%. From data on page 92, cost per aircraft can be calculated as 162 million USD. This is in direct contrast to GAOs report stating that the F-35s costs are falling, and was based on two years old data. DoD countered by publishing a new, reduced estimate of F-35s lifecycle costs, by 96,8 billion USD. However, that estimate is also bogus. This document clearly states (pg 95) that costs to repair and maintain the F-35 have gone up by 15 billion USD. However, it also states that “legacy aircraft data” were used whenever F-35-specific data was not avaliable (pg 93). As a result, estimates are unrealistically low, as the F-35s costs are going to be closer to the F-22s costs than the far lower costs of “legacy” aircraft. Further, there were savings through “updated learning rates”, less labor resources, more cost effective skill mix and reduced flying hours (pg 87). All except last are certain to be too optimistic. On pg 96, 54 billion USD cost reduction is achieved through updated spare parts unit database, and 10,61 billion USD reduction by asusming lower labor costs. Thus more likely O&S cost estimate is well above 669.593.653.000 USD, as labor costs are unpredictable even few months on (and are likely to increase long-term), and spare parts requirements are certian to be higher, not lower, as is the fuel price. And as discussed by Wheeler here, F-35s unit procurement cost is 148 million USD for the F-35A, 251 million USD for the F-35B and 337 million USD for the F-35C, and average unit cost of 178 million USD – nowhere close to the Lockheed Martin’s PR statements about 75 million USD. Even recent reductions in procurement costs might turn out to be due to less aircraft bought as opposed to reduced unit costs. Further, comparing to previous values – 159 million USD for the F-35A, 214 million USD for the F-35B and 264 million USD for the F-35C, with 185 million USD average cost – it is entirely possible that a lot of the F-35As reduction in cost is due to “book cooking”, that is shifting the F-35As cost to the F-35C. And these costs are only production costs – R&D is not included. As a result, 2014 appropriations costs – 174 million USD for F-35A, 232 million USD for F-35B and 273 million USD for F-35C – might be closest to the truth. Quite a few tricks are used to hide the actual cost. 98 million USD figure mentioned was for the F-35A – without engine, and even that cost was not actually correct. And while the F-35s estimated program cost has decreased in 2013, decrease has been achieved by massaging the numbers in the same way as described previously: through predicting lower labor costs, lower spare requirements, all despite successive increases in LRIP costs in all areas. USAF predicts that the F-35As cost will eventually be reduced to 107 million USD per aircraft – but that has no basis in reality. What about the fabled learning curve? As can be seen from graphs here and here, F-35s costs are going up, not down. And after eight years in production, design should already be mature, meaning that no major cost reductions are likely to occur in the future – especially since major production lots – costing 16 billion USD in 2021 at least – are going to be cut to conform to budget realities. Design of military aircraft never actually stabilizes either, since it is constantly fixed or upgraded. As a result, there is simply no time for the learning curve to set in. Proclamations about a major reduction in unit cost are based on comparing unit costs of production aircraft to those of prototypes – each of two prototypes cost 406,8 million USD to produce (in FY2007? USD). In the end, total lifecycle costs are likely to be quite high. Total program costs are estimated at 410,99 billion USD: 67,31 billion USD in research and development (55,18 billion USD airframes and 12,13 billion USD engines), 4,42 billion USD in military construction, 339,26 billion USD for aircraft procurement (282,77 billion USD for airframes and 56,49 billion USD for engines). At 2.443 aircraft this gives an average of 168 million USD per aircraft, or 141 million USD without R&D. Further, F-35 is estimated to cost 32.000 USD to operate per hour (total costs). At 180 hours per year per aircraft and 2.443 aircraft, operating costs will be 14.071.680.000 USD per year. If the F-35 remains in service for 30 years, this gives total lifetime cost of 605.610.000.000, for a total of 1.016.600.000.000; that is, over 1 trillion USD or 416 million USD per aircraft. However, these are likely underestimates. Using 180 million USD average procurement cost gives 439,74 billion USD for all 2.443 aircraft. Additional 4,42 billion USD for military construction will remain same. R&D cost will be increased by 30% (based on the F-22s overruns), leading to total R&D cost of 87,5 billion USD. This gives total procurement costs of 531,66 billion USD, or 218 million USD per aircraft. Further, going by the F-22 example, US F-35 buy will likely be cut from initially planned 2.853 aircraft to 820 aircraft, leading to 147,6 billion USD procurement cost and 239,52 billion USD total, for per-aircraft cost of 292 million USD (note that this is a fairly optimistic prediction, assuming no production cost growth; on the other hand, reduction in number of aircraft bought is also likely to be smaller). And as this graph shows, F-35s unit cost growth is only starting. But all this money will be worth it, right? Well, no. The F-35s operational testing and evaluation will start in 2016, and until then we will have only used car salesman’s promises and preliminary assessments based on known characteristics. This entry was posted on December 25, 2014 at 1:58 pm and is filed under spending. Tagged: cost, F-35, price, reduction, reductions. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site. 44 Responses to “F-35s cost reduction promises and reality” They are assuming no production cost growth – when this is over, it’s likely to end up being as much as an F-22. That’s alarming considering this is a single engine fighter and with vastly inferior performance. picard578 said “That’s alarming” Not according to US defense companies. More money for less actual products is always a good thing for them. altandmain said I suppose so. It is following the cost growth path of most weapons systems since the end of the WWII. The net effect of this will be a vastly smaller fleet and one with far less effective aircraft. I think that there will be some aging older frames forced to get their airframe lives extended because of this. I wonder what will happen next. F-16V is one possible plan, but I suspect that another Raptor like contraption is the most likely outcome. It is most likely that the defense industry in the US will continue to look for ways to get more expensive and complex weapons. What is equally saddening is that it is affecting defense budgets around the world with the short sightedness and greed. Agreed. But wars always were about money, this is just taking it one step further – disregarding soldiers’ lives in pursuit of profitably ineffective weapons. NicJon said You beat me too it with the F-22 reduction example Picard – the F-35 production run of only 800 seems highly likely to me. Even Piere Sprey predicts approximately only 500 will be made for the U.S., therefore the F-35 cost will likely rise to $300-$350 million per aircraft. Yes, I saw that video. That being said, while the F-35 will never get produced in as many examples as it was intended, it is possible that my prediction will turn out to be somewhat low, since US have no fallback option if they want a low-RCS (“stealth” is a misnomer) aircraft. On the other hand, it might also turn out to be optimistic – as I wrote in the article, the F-35s cost growth is only starting. Judging by what is happening it’s entirely possible that the US might opt to “double down” on the F-35 and commit even more funds, while pressuring the other governments around the world friendly to the US to buy and subsidize the costs. That seems to be happening right now, with the money used to maintain existing F-15, F-16, and A-10s, along with various support aircraft being diverted to the F-35, while increasingly the lobbying for more money on defense spending. They may go for some older frames too, and the F-16V, but I suspect that they’ll spend even more on the JSF before they come to the conclusion that this is a total folly. What’s interesting is that the people who were right all along like Sprey have been ignored. F-35 is the US’ golden calf, used to soak in the money for defense industry. So yeah. Sad thing is that nothing is going to be learned from all of this. Nothing was learned from the F-111, the F-22, and well [insert overpriced weapon here]. The politicians and senior military officers are willfully ignorant since they are the beneficiaries – lucrative careers and money after they leave their posts. The defense industry of course obviously benefits and there’s not much save a few voices in the wind trying to stop this whole madness. “Worldly wisdom teaches that it is better for reputation to fail conventionally than to succeed unconventionally. ” – John Maynard Keynes ” “Worldly wisdom teaches that it is better for reputation to fail conventionally than to succeed unconventionally. ” – John Maynard Keynes ” Mentality of the herd at its “finest”. “If everyone believes it then it is correct, even when it is incorrect.” There’s probably a reason why the neoliberals work so hard to vilify Keynes, even apart from their economics disagreements (and the neoliberals have been shown to be hopelessly wrong). But the issue is not economics (although I have to admit, with sane economics, the nation in question would be much stronger and arguably would be able to, should it desire afford a much larger defense budget … which ironically would not buy better weapons), but rather the nature of the MICC. It is essentially a parasite on society that at times has to invent reasons for its massive budget, the ongoing wars, and for various weapons systems. Now that is not to say that there may be some good people as individuals in the system, but the system itself is rotten. Neoliberalism is not an economic system but an ideology. So you can’t expect a rational response. durandal said more F35’s stuff http://rt.com/usa/219255-f35-fighter-jet-glitch/ It’s mostly correct, but even when (if) problem is solved, F-35 will not gain the CAS capability. The thing is, they haven’t even started the hard tests. That’s going to be around 2020, judging by the current set of delays. Then there’s no doubt going to be many costly modifications on top of that and no doubt new problems uncovered. Xplane said Another SPrey of good sense here : http://rt.com/op-edge/219655-f35-gun-software-disaster/ Jerrick Kant said Unit Recurring Flyaway Cost for the F-35A: LRIP 1: $250 million Target cost: $85 million (2019) The credibility of the ‘esteemed’ Pierre Sprey can be summed up by his famous comment on the F-22 : “the F-16, as it was in 1986, can whip today’s F-22.” (Of course he’d emigrated to the music business by the time results of combat exercises involving the F-22 were known.) Where are those numbers taken from? Official ones from GAO are quite different, why? Mr Sprey is not my god either but he does know what makes a true war plane and a light, agile, powerfull airplane CAN beat the F-22. I do not mean it always beat but it can. No machine, even “wet dreams” machine is invincible. That is the URFC figure from the contracts signed with LM & P&W. Its not contradicted by any GAO report. Very few such things in the world are impossible. That doesn’t change the fact that the F-22 hammered legacy fighters, over-and-over-and-over again in combat exercises. Brenton (call sign “Gripper”) has flown the F-16 for 20 years and has close to 4000 hours, including 750 hours of combat. He is also a former Weapons School instructor pilot at Nellis, the same program in which the 174th today is testing its mettle against the Raptor. He doesn’t like to lose, but against the F-22 he has little choice. “Fighter pilots are competitive by nature. When the F-22 first became operational, most F-16 and F-15 pilots relished the challenge of going up against it,” he says. “I know I did. That is, until I actually did it and discovered how humbling an experience it really was.” F-22s dominate at Red Flag as well. Red Teams flying F-16s and F-15s take them on. Those who train to be the adversaries at Red Flag belong to the 64th and 65th Aggressor squadrons. These seasoned Red Team veterans find it frustrating to fight what they can’t see. “Aggressor pilots are not typical Air Force line units. They tend to have much more experience,” says Mike Estrada, a spokesman at the air base. “And I can tell you that our Aggressor pilots are getting very tired of always getting shot down by the F-22.” “My F-16 is still a formidable weapons system in its own right. But it is not even in the same league as an F-22,” Brenton says. “Technology keeps the F-22 a virtually undetectable and untouchable regime. It is fair to say that unless an F-22 driver makes a mistake, or has a critical system failure, I will always lose a fight against him. That is a good thing. As a nation, we want it this way. We also want him to be able to handle two, six or eight of us completely on his own.” Simulated gun and missile shots are tracked by the controllers on the ground. When a target is killed, the deceased pilot receives a radio call telling him that he is dead. The pilot will often be sent to a location that simulates an enemy alert airfield, where he is “regenerated,” simulating that the enemy has launched another aircraft. (The trainees go back to the base and land if they are killed.) When it comes to fighting Raptors, regeneration is an expected occurrence for WIC Red Teams. “We do everything we can to try and challenge them: We increase our total numbers, we regenerate, we electronically jam the environment. And we die,” Brenton says. “We die wholesale. We are kill-removed repeatedly and then regenerated, and then we are killed again. The process would be demoralizing if we didn’t maintain proper perspective. This is our job while we are here. What motivates us is the fact that we are training our brethren–and they are damn good at what they do.” http://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/military/4311433?page=2 Sprey basically made an ass of himself. This is the same chap who wanted to field the F-16 without a radar, though the F-15 was a loser laden with ‘frivolous junk’ and figured multi-role were a disastrous idea. He’s enamoured with the F-16 because that was the highlight of his career and nobody has been interested in his opinions (outside of youtube) since he detached from John Boyd’s coattails. Rules of training are done to give an army a feeling of superiority with the most adanced weapon they have. In every training, in every country, they let win the “good” side of the game. Does that mean that every army has the best weapon? You may believe what you want but you can’t impose your faith to non-believers. Red Flag isn’t a confidence boosting exercise, its a training exercise. The ‘Red Forces’/Aggressor units are a training tool. The article on the other hand is about anecdotal experiences of F-16 pilots going up against the F-22. It wasn’t about which side ‘won’ at Nellis. The F-22 pilots have already steamrollered the opposition. They don’t need a morale booster through media articles. Whether you or I believe is irrelevant. The folks that have actually trained with the F-22 against all manner of aircraft and all manner of sensors (including IR sensors) appreciate its value. Pierre Sprey on the other hand, is a blowhard who has zero access to such war games or to data associated with modern programs. These figures, at least the last one, do not include engines. LRIP 9 costs 148 million USD with the engine. And at least part of the actual reduction was due to transferring costs from the F-35A to other variants. All and all, figures you gave are bogus. As for this: F-16A might not whip the F-22 but it does have a good shot at beating it: neither can reliably identify friend from foe at beyond visual range, and within visual range, F-16A is far smaller and lighter (15,06×9,96 m, 9.434 kg vs 18,9×13,56 m, 24.883 kg) and has similar wing loading (338,5 kg/m2 vs 317,4 kg/m2). Only issues are far lower TWR (1,15 vs 1,35) and AoA limit of 25,5 deg, but even so it is clear that the F-16A is quite dangerous to the F-22 within visual range. But the F-22 never faced the F-16A in dogfight, all exercises were against the F-15C and F-16C, and even then with huge BVR bias. All figures include the engine cost. You’re once again (I’ve corrected you on this before) mixing up the flyaway cost and procurement cost. The latter is a variable and depends on the options chosen (as a rule of thumb its about 150% of the flyaway cost). The cost of the airframe (including all mission systems) is about $95-96 million. [Transferring costs to other variants is all in Wheeler’s head. He hasn’t produced a shred of concrete evidence to support that. It reeks of desperation as his predictions continue to melt in the face of facts.] What the pricing trend I posted proves, is that ‘rising costs’ is a total myth and the exact opposite is true of the aircraft. At least as far as acquisition/lumpsum costs are concerned. The life-cycle forecasts will continue to fluctuate for a long while as the program matures. “All figures include the engine cost.” Not likely. In the F-35 programme, engine cost is typically computed separately. “The cost of the airframe (including all mission systems) is about $95-96 million.” All mission systems except the engine, you mean. “Transferring costs to other variants is all in Wheeler’s head.” Then explain why only F-35A is being reduced in cost while Bs and Cs costs are either staying same or increasing? No, the contracts for the airframe & engine are signed separately. (And this is typical for most US fighter programs not just the F-35.) The computations for the USAF and/or DoD on the other hand usually state a unified figure. The figures I stated were after adding the airframe and engine costs. Correct. $94-95 mil for the airframe. $13-14 mil for the engine. About $108 mil overall. Down from about $112-114 for the LRIP 7 (the decrease is somewhat higher if you factor in inflation). Recurring flyaway cost for all three variants has fallen over the last LRIP. Over the long run, the fall in costs is even more stark; compare the B & C variant costs from LRIP 4 with those from LRIP 7. As for the difference in procurement costs between LRIP 7 & LRIP 8, keep in mind this includes non-recurring costs & support that does not remain uniform year to year. It could be possible that the request for spares this fiscal was higher than the last (something that would be consumed by the entire fleet not just by the aircraft being currently ordered). Or it could be result of higher concurrency/retrofit costs, a developmental expenditure that does not impact the FRP units (and will have a minimal impact on the later LRIPs). Or it could be a result of higher expenditure on other non-recurring support activities based on updated operating patterns or new squadron raisings. Meanwhile, the Indian MoD is slowly realizing what a disaster its Rafale foray is turning out to be – Rafale deal hits rough weather: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Rafale-deal-hits-rough-weather/articleshow/45847253.cms Rafale in storm clouds, Parrikar says IAF can make do with Sukhoi-30s: http://www.business-standard.com/article/current-affairs/rafale-in-storm-clouds-parrikar-says-iaf-can-make-do-with-sukhoi-30s-114123100706_1.html Dassault Insists on Latest Rafale Version for India, Doubles the Price http://www.defenseworld.net/news/11872/Dassault_Insists_on_Latest_Rafale_Version_for_India__Doubles_the_Price Ditching Rafale http://bharatkarnad.com/2015/01/09/ditching-rafale/ Rafale Deal Nosedives in Negotiation Combat Officials say in 2007, when the tender was floated, the cost of the programme was $12 billion (`42,000 crore). When the lowest bidder was declared in January 2012, the cost of the deal shot up to $18 billion (`90,000 crore). Now with inclusion of transfer of technology, life cycle cost and creating assembly line, the deal has virtually crossed a whopping $20 billion. http://www.newindianexpress.com/thesundaystandard/Rafale-Deal-Nosedives-in-Negotiation-Combat/2014/12/21/article2581039.ece With oil prices tanking, it doesn’t look like the Qatar deal will materialize for Dassault. And if the Indian deal falls through, the Rafale may end up becoming the only 4.5 gen aircraft to never win any export orders. Sorry, but your post is both meaningless and irrelevant. Export success has nothing to do with aircaft quality. MiG-21 had 13.000 aircraft produced, most of which were exported in 60 contries, while far superior Mirage III had 1.000 aircraft exported in 20 countries (plus 300 produced for France itself), and even that success was entirely due to aircraft’s performance in Six Days War (all export attempts before that ended in failure – Germany selected the F-104). F-4 on the other hand was exported in similar numbers to Mirage, despite rather lackluster combat performance. Rafale will likely gain exports rather quickly if it ever gets used in air-to-air combat, whereas the same thing would lead to the F-35s exports plummeting. But such situation is unlikely to happen. Sorry, but your post is both meaningless and irrelevant. Export success has nothing to do with aircaft quality. It may be irrelevant perhaps. I’m certainly not making any implications vis a vis quality (cost on the other hand…). Its interesting all the same. How many would have predicted 15 years ago that of all the aircraft entering service, the Rafale could be the one that would wind up as an export failure? Rafale will likely gain exports rather quickly if it ever gets used in air-to-air combat, whereas the same thing would lead to the F-35s exports plummeting/ Your opinion. And at odds with the professional opinions of practically all air forces out there. Lets hope we never have to find out who’s right. Cheers. 🙂 “How many would have predicted 15 years ago that of all the aircraft entering service, the Rafale could be the one that would wind up as an export failure?” You can’t project such things, but unlike Gripen C, Rafale was meant for French use first and foremost (Gripen C is a modification of Gripen A to make it more export-friendly), and unlike Typhoon it has only one nation backing it. Unlike the F-35, that one nation is not a global superpower. “Your opinion.” “And at odds with the professional opinions of practically all air forces out there.” Considering how often those professional opinions tend to be wrong, I wouldn’t put much money on them. “Lets hope we never have to find out who’s right. ” The Mirage was also meant for French use first and foremost. Did pretty well on the export market all things considered. Your money, your prerogative. 😀 And was also far cheaper than Rafale is now, or most of its contenders were then. Just as Gripen now is typically bought on cost grounds. You may save your time with only one link. All of them are the replication of a same semi sentence taken out of context. If you want to read something really neutral, try that: http://claudearpi.blogspot.in/2015/01/the-rafale-saga.html Most of the articles posted are dated to different periods. Cumulatively they say more or less the same thing as the (mostly neutral) article you posted. The one thing that your article omits (deliberately?) is the fact that the current cost for the deal has hugely exceeded the Indian MoD’s original cost estimates from when the Rafale was selected, on basis of its financial bid. There were reportedly some issues with that as well, wherein some items had been left ‘unpriced’ by Dassault in its bid (likely through a procedural loophole in the RFP). Many Indian observers are coming round to the opinion that the given the prevailing prices, the Rafale deal should be scrapped, and that a combination of the Tejas, Su-30MKI and a customized PAK FA would be more cost effective option and a better balance of quantity with quality. The MoD’s changing public stand on the Rafale deal might be a bluff, but it could also well be evidence of it veering around to take a similar position. There is no issue with the price. Official announcements in December (from both sides) confirmed that. Which hinders is whether or not a private company can take responsibility for a production out of its control and such conditions were not part of the RFP, contrary to what is said. Problem is, the people most responsible are not going to get in trouble for it. They’re going to get rich because of it. This is the Indian defence minister’s statement from yesterday – Parrikar outlines alternatives to Rafale In an interview to a TV channel, Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar said the Su-30MKI offered a viable alternative A fortnight after declaring that the IAF could make do with additional Sukhoi-30MKI fighters – which HAL builds in Nashik – in case “complications” in the negotiations were not resolved, Parrikar has gone further in outlining how the IAF could function were it decided not to procure the Rafale. Parrikar made it clear that the IAF needed to look at the issue of fighter costs. He said, “It is not always… go and purchase it. A cost effective purchase is also important.” Declining to reveal the actual cost of buying the Rafale, Parrikar said, “Whether it is Rs 40,000 crore, or Rs 50,000 crore or Rs 1 lakh-crore, we are speaking about 50 per cent of the capital budget of the defence services.” http://www.business-standard.com/article/economy-policy/parrikar-outlines-alternatives-to-rafale-115011300014_1.html Dassault may yet swing this deal but instructive to note that the Indian govt or IAF has never publicly spoken about alternatives to the Rafale since it was shortlisted in 2012. The official line has always been – all is well, just a mere delay. Please, look at the video and make your own opinion. If you only ear what you’ve writen, you are biased. Some news about Rafale. Bad or good news? I guess different points of view will see different meanings… I forgot the link: http://www.defensenews.com/story/defense/air-space/air-force/2015/01/12/india-france-rafale-mmrca-dassault/21626623/ Y said HI Picard, About operating cost: F-35-2013-SAR, document linked, reports F-16 c/d 25kusd/h compared to F-35 32k usd/h, page 93. They state many cost voices have been chared on F-16, while F-35 is an esteem. In this view F-16 25kusd/h is a TOTAL OPERATING COST. Do you agree? F-16s 25.000 USD per hour definetly is a total operating cost, its direct operating cost is 7.000 USD per hour as reported by Jane’s. Meanwhile F-35s direct operating cost is IIRC 21.000 USD per hour. https://www.ftm.nl/upload/content/files/IHS%20Jane's%20Jet%20Operating%20Costs%20White%20Paper%20FINAL%2013th%20March%202012%281%29.pdf Hi Picard, I red your estimate about f-35 full life cost, it was in a comment area, but I can’t find it. Could you help me to find it? Sorry, can’t remember where it is. Anyway, F-35 price is some 100-150 million USD per aircraft, maybe 150-300 million USD with all additions. Total operating cost will likely be 45.000 – 55.000 USD per hour of flight (this includes price beyond direct operating cost), at 15-20 hours per month, for some 30-40 years. So lifecycle cost should be 393 – 828 million USD per aircraft. This does not include cost of modifications, upgrades etc. which will raise cost significantly. Leave a Reply to altandmain Cancel reply	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0065.json.gz/line1213
__label__cc	0.55634	0.44366	Policy + Politics Labor’s NBN was a “fantasy model”, says Fifield, despite FTTP progress news Communications Minister Mitch Fifield has described the previous Labor Government’s near-universal Fibre to the Premises approach to the National Broadband Network as a “fantasy model” and “unachievable”, despite the fact that almost all of the progress on the NBN thus far has been based on that model. Last week the NBN company revealed its rollout schedule for the next three years. The NBN network currently reached about 1.3 million premises, with another 700,000 currently in the construction phases. The new plan contains another 7.5 million premises which will be being deployed over the next three years. Many have welcomed the release of the plan, however it has attracted criticism from some quarters in Australia’s technology sector due to the fact that much of the progress over the next three years is slated to be made using technologies such as Fibre to the Node and HFC cable, which are technically inferior to Labor’s original Fibre to the Premises model for the NBN. Shadow Communications Minister Jason Clare last week gave a speech in which he revealed that Labor would significantly up the amount of fibre being deployed by the NBN, if it won power at the next Federal Election, although he stopped short of detailing Labor’s actual plan for the NBN. In several television interviews last week, Fifield roundly criticised the previous Labor model as well as the plans announced by Clare. “Well, Jason Clare, the day before yesterday, announced that an elected Labor Government would revert to a full fibre network,” Fifield told Sky News (the transcript is available on the Minister’s website). “Now, what he announced had every single detail you could possibly want other than: when they’re going to do it, how they’re going to do it, and how they’re going to pay for it. So it will be interesting to see if, and when, Labor release that.” “But look, we know theirs was a fantasy plan, theirs was a fantasy model. It was unachievable. What we have done, and full credit to Malcolm Turnbull as the former Minister, has brought order to bear in what was unbridled chaos.” “What we see today is a concrete, realistic, achievable plan over the next three years to see a build for 7.5 million premises and we will have 9.5 million premises with the availability of nbn by the end of this process. Because at the moment, we’ve got 1.3 million premises who can access the nbn, another 700,000 under construction, add that to the 7.5 million and you’ve got 9.5 million – that’s a great figure.” Fifield further told the ABC (transcript available here) that the previous FTTP model would take six to eight years longer to implement, at a cost of $20 to $30 billion more. “Look, I pose this simple question, would you have more confidence in a program that was auspiced under the leadership of Malcolm Turnbull as Minister, or would you have more confidence in a plan which is really being driven by [Former Communications Minister] Stephen Conroy?” asked Fifield. “Jason Clare, good guy, we all like him, but everyone knows that Stephen Conroy’s really the person driving Labor’s nbn policy.” “… there are many first world countries, European countries, who are also doing exactly what we’re doing – using that which is there. Using the infrastructure which is available. Using the infrastructure which is fit for purpose, things like HFC. So what we’re doing is not unusual or unique and it will provide the speeds that people need.” However, there are several elements of Fifield’s statements which are highly contestable. Although the Liberal Senator stated that Labor’s FTTP plan was a “fantasy model”, the truth is that almost all of the 1.3 million premises which currently have access to the NBN have access through the Fibre to the Premises technology which Labor instituted as the initial model for the NBN. In comparison, in two years in power, the Coalition has made relatively little progress with its preferred technologies. The FTTN model is only now starting to be deployed, while the HFC upgrades are still in trial phase. The NBN company under Labor continually failed to meet its early construction targets, but was also bedevilled by unexpected factors such as the presence of harmful asbestos within Telstra’s pits and pipes infrastructure and difficulties with construction contractors. With those issues largely being handled, the FTTP rollout under the NBN company is accelerating as the NBN company gets better at deploying FTTP infrastructure. Similarly, it is believed that the Senator’s statement that it would take six to eight years longer to deploy a full FTTP network in Australia, at a cost of $20 billion to $30 billion more, is also contestable. A series of NBN estimates have previously found that an all-FTTP version of the NBN, like the Coalition’s MTM model, would be likely to make a positive return on the Government’s investment in the project and only take several additional years to deploy. The only document which deviates from these estimates significantly is the most recent NBN corporate plan, released in August 2015. It finds, along the lines which Fifield claimed, that an all-FTTP plan would take six to eight years longer to complete than the Coalition’s MTM vision, as well as costing significantly more. The NBN company based this conclusion on a high-level analysis which the Government requested it conduct. However, the company and the Government have refused to release this document, defying a Senate order to do so. In addition, Fifield’s statement that there are “many” first world countries taking the same path as Australia with respect to upgrading their broadband infrastructure is also contestable. The Minister is correct that a number of other countries are upgrading HFC cable and copper networks, using FTTN and other technologies. However, no other country is pursuing the same commercial model as Australia, where the Government is buying and upgrading legacy networks from commercial telcos. Instead, in almost every other country, the Government is incentivising incumbent telcos to upgrade their infrastructure, through direct subsidy or regulation structuring the industry. Image credit: Parliamentary Broadcasting Labor will dump FTTP NBN policy, says Fifield Fifield says Shorten’s FTTP NBN promise is “flaky”, uncosted “Desperate” Labor misrepresenting FTTP cost, says Fifield Truth: No, Labor will not be returning to a full FTTP NBN model Fifield misleads Senate on Labor’s NBN policy history fibre to the node fttn hfc cable jason clare mitch fifield Martin H 19/10/2015 at 12:18 pm “Unbridled chaos” that has produced all of the progress in your NBN to date, with 20% of premises covered by completion. This hot air denies the very existence of 20% of 10 million. The ignoring of reality has descended to a state that recalls the propaganda nightmare of totalitarian governments of past eras. Hubert Cumberdale 19/10/2015 at 12:23 pm Of course he’d say that. When your own plan is shaping up to be an unmitigated disaster. A plan based on lies and misinformation. Blowing out to $56 billion. Based on redundant technology that will require more expense to upgrade to FttP. When everyone, even the non-tech types are figuring out it’s a farce, of course you need to say the one plan that was doing it the right way the first time was a “fantasy” Martin 19/10/2015 at 3:57 pm Mate, you forget that we have a political party in power that likes to think it is in charge of it’s own destiny. And by destiny, I mean facts/truth/reality. As your version of reality does not match theirs, expect to have your citizenship revoked any day now… Andrew T 19/10/2015 at 4:45 pm “I am the Coalition. I reject your reality and substitute my own.” Adam Savage and Tom Baker [the quote is a near paraphrase from the Dr Who series ‘The Deadly Assassin’] would be bemused. Richard 19/10/2015 at 1:00 pm Formed in 2009 NBNCo has just recently passed 1.3m of its 11b premises. 1m of thise connected in the coalitions term. Under Conroy/Quigley NBNCo didn’t just miss early targets. They missed every target in every CP, and by massive margins. FTTH is accepted as much more expensive and slower to rollout by all but the fanboys. Stating the obvious: Independent telecommunications analyst Ian Martin says: “Fibre to the premise will clearly be a lot more expensive,” he said. http://m.smh.com.au/business/nbn-would-go-back-to-fibre-optic-under-australian-labor-party-says-jason-clare-20151013-gk8fih.html But the FTTH cheerleader refuse to put a CPP figure out, prefering their delusion. dJOS 19/10/2015 at 1:35 pm He’s an economist, not “telecommunications analyst”, you need to learn the difference! @dj from the article. Attack them. You need to learn the difference. You could try verifying that what you post is accurate … especially when it comes to politically motivated documents written by cronies and ppl with no engineering background passing themselves off as “Telco Analysts”!!! Martin H 19/10/2015 at 1:43 pm “1m of thise connected in the coalitions term.” Under contracts signed in Labor’s term. Further momentum was stifled because of the uncertainty. “by massive margins” Yet we had Alan Kohler saying at the time that it was basically on track. You are out of touch with reality. He is one voice saying not much at all. His language in that entire article is unacceptably vague and negative for a so-called analyst. He also completely ignores any benefit that would be achieved. Contrast this with Paul Budde, who immediately goes to specifics and applications, in many, many markets around the world. “FTTH is accepted as much more expensive and slower to rollout” I agree! But it is highly justified. It is cheap for what the economy would gain in return. You do not need to quote figures. Just look around the world at the transformation taking place, which is unstoppable. There is an abundance of evidence. The only delusion is from those like you who ignore worldwide reality. @M Quigleys CP’s and actual performance are now know and on the company’s website. Even with his Orwellian redifinition of premised passed to include service class zero, ie not ready for service, show me one figure that is even close. By their own standard they failed massively to meet rollout target set by themselves (point out at the time), yet strangely senior managers kept awarding themselve performance bonuses. It is not cheap when compared to return. What transformation is taking place is say Brunswick VIC one of the early FTTH locations. They remain massive recipients of taxpayer spending. The economic benefits has been much discussed in these forum by myself and others, almost all cam be captured by universal access to relatively low speeds. Perhaps you’d like to link to specific research suggesting otherwise (please read past posts first so we don’t have to cover the same territory). It’s no secret that Quigley’s team where still fine tuning process’s and methodologies – the fact is FTTP deployment rates where ramping up until the Libs flat-lined the roll-out! They had major initiatives in play to speed up the roll-out and reduce costs – see Project Fox and architecture 2.0 as merely one example that unsurprisingly the Libs tried to cover up and then ignored in all their propaganda based “reviews”!!! Hubert Cumberdale 19/10/2015 at 4:44 pm almost all cam be captured by universal access to relatively low speeds According to you 12/1mbps is high speed. So what according to you is “low speeds”? “almost all cam [sic] be captured by universal access to relatively low speeds.” This is only because of the prohibitively high pricing compared to more established FTTH markets like Sweden (example just outside Stockholm: 1Gbps symmetric, unlimited traffic, $60/month), therefore Australia cannot be used as an example. As for research, no one is as blind as those who will not see. Rizz 20/10/2015 at 9:46 am “The economic benefits has been much discussed in these forum by myself and others, almost all cam be captured by universal access to relatively low speeds…” ONCE AGAIN (yes shouting) I refer you to YOUR link to a doc which said and I quote… “A new report, conducted jointly by Ericsson (NASDAQ:ERIC), Arthur D. Little and Chalmers University of Technology in 33 OECD countries, quantifies the isolated impact of broadband speed, showing that doubling the broadband speed for an economy increases GDP by 0.3%. A 0.3 percent GDP growth in the OECD region is equivalent to USD 126 billion. This corresponds to more than one seventh of the average annual OECD growth rate in the last decade. The study also shows that additional doublings of speed can yield growth in excess of 0.3 percent (e.g. quadrupling of speed equals 0.6 percent GDP growth stimulus)” So please stop the incessant lies and stop saying such things when you yourself supplied the very link to, err prove your self wrong… nice work. A downward revision of 600,000 premises represents a delay of just over 3 months assuming they reach the peak, promised in 2013, of 6000 premises passed per day. Just over 3 months in a 10-year project. What part of that is “massive”? I will give you the answer right now: no part of it. Tim J 22/10/2015 at 7:09 pm Brunswick was a trial site. Surely you know what that means, especially since NBN couldn’t get power to their Mtm trial site in Epping, VIC. Hotcakes 19/10/2015 at 4:08 pm With the recent MTM blowout cost would have been roughly equivalent with only two years difference in rollout speed. Jasonk 19/10/2015 at 2:25 pm NBN had to revise there targets twice last year to hit there target. Well Richard could you explain why if they had continued rolling out FTTP it would only cost $8b more and finished 1 year later. Can you also explain since you could have wrote it your self why a fully costed plan on proven tech rolling out every where that there cost and rollout was so wrong consider missing a target by 7 years is pretty huge (2016 now 2022). That they would go from a $29B to $56B in just 2 years with out building anything. That they price tag almost doubled. Simon M 19/10/2015 at 3:17 pm “1m of thise connected in the coalitions term. ” Those are fibre connections correct? Fibre is only part of MTM because Labor paid for it and Quigley set it in motion. MTM hasn’t increase the fibre layout (they reduced it). Hence what does it matter the which government is in power. What matters is which one set up the company and signed the contracts to get that done. Follow your mantra Richard stick to the facts not the press releases please. Otherwise its no different than when the liberals taking credit for launching the satellite! “FTTH is accepted as much more expensive and slower to rollout by all but the fanboys” I think you’ll find a large portion of us freely admit the costs will be higher and the timeline would have been longer (that said now its just as likely MTM to take as long if not longer). Just not to quite the inflated levels you seem to fixated on. I mean if we were saving 50% of the cost sure but we’re not … not even close. Best guess is ~$8 billion if you believe the figures from people that lost over $15 billion in under a year. Hell even a $100 Billion the libs worst scare-mongering figure doesn’t look that bad over that period if compared as a % of our GDP over 20 years. (benefits of being a GBE … no nasty need for quarterly returns or a yearly dividend … its all long term or should be). Next you have the issue of a severe lack of saleable asset at the end of all this purely due to MTM. ~70% of the network is obsolete (by NBN own admission) the minute its finished. Next you have the issue that the locked in maintenance contracts stand to lose the company a lot of money (those weren’t a factor in the reduced ROI either). Then there’s the severe reduction in ROI all of a sudden. 6-8% isn’t great considering the outlay but its about par for said industry at the wholesale level (the unprofitable end). Now its ‘maybe’ 2%. Who the heck is going to buy that for $56 Billion let alone a figure that would make the Aussie taxpayer an small return? Yes of course, those Labor-signed FTTP contracts that were scheduled to be rolled out up to 2 years post-election were all the Liberals’ doing. You swine. “FTTH is accepted as much more expensive and slower to rollout by all but the fanboys.” I’m assuming your definition of fanboy is ‘educated’ and all is ‘the multi-million dollar smear ‘reviews’ (of history and reality) conducted by the government led by a PM whose only policy while in opposition was ‘to oppose”? “But the FTTH cheerleader refuse to put a CPP figure out” Plenty of people have reminded you the latest figure (assuming Project Fox weren’t abandoned) was around the $2500 mark. You ignore changes to rollout model (at the expense of redundancy) that weren’t negotiated by previous management. See M2 CEO’s comments. Please the link to “Project Fox”. No published figure from NBNCo I seen showed actual CPP of $2500 with broad application (a figure below greenfields). NBNCo has over 1m FTTH, I’d expect their CPP estimates to be very accurate with this level of experience. You conveniently ignore changes to rollout model (at the expense of taxpayer) that were negotiated by current management. See FTTN overbuild shambles. You conveniently ignore what Labor achieved and give credit to the opposition. See FTTP rollout figures. You conveniently ignore seemingly every thread you’ve participated in in the last 3 years with numerous people consistently spoon feeding you information that you quickly forget (in usually less than 5 minutes). You conveniently ignore costs and figures presented by one review when they are contradicted by another review, cherry picking only all the information to suit your warped argument. “Please the link to “Project Fox”. ” As I am short on time, I compromise. http://www.smh.com.au/business/connecting-one-premise-to-national-broadband-network-will-cost-4316-20150224-13n6sm.html $3384 (before the inefficiency of the Liberals’ input raised the CPP by $200 over the course of a year) http://www.zdnet.com/article/quigleys-project-fox-still-saving-nbn-co-money-on-fibre-morrow/ Minus $315 thanks to Project Fox, so around ~$3000 CPP. As you are fully aware, that is a conservative figure with a more robust costing being released since, though you’ll conveniently feign ignorance, won’t you? Of course these are links to leftist publications an/or fibre fanboys so they won’t even receive 5 seconds let alone the normal 5 minutes :( But wow I’m surprised someone who bags FttP 24/7, claims to have all the answers to every (even unasked) question and was by his own admission a CIO, doesn’t even know about PF. Not that these extra facts will be taken into account, “either”! Yes, notice how he stops responding. NBN Co lost the documentation (and ignored senate committee to produce) for the most current FttP trial when the new board took over. If you believe the leaks those figures were ~$2400 in question with projections to reduce well below $2k mark (in NZ their latest figures are down to $1300-1400 and they are expecting it to hit $1k pp by the time its completed). The values are out there just a certain government and its new board are hiding things. $3700 is what it costs under the libs using prior work and models (as stated prior an increase on Labor figures) The two links support my position and repudiate yours. The cost were not as you claimed, new management are activing using and researching new FTTH deployment methods to make that option as cheap as possible. FTTH CPP does not come close to FTTN nor HFC. All entirey reasonable positions, always preferable to unsupported conspiracy theories and unsource quotes. You make ‘more expensive’ out to be a bad thing. I can by a hyundai or ford for $15k. Or I can buy a BMW or Subaru for $50k. Which is likely to be better quality and which would you prefer to own? Which has a better resale value? Why do many more people by the lower priced models? I not in cars however I suspect the loss on the resale of a Hyundais is much less than a BMW (by magnitude and proportion). Quality is important; but not the only consideration. Price is equally important. Digital technologies is even less differentiated by “quality”; ADSL, FTTN, FTTH end user experience is the same layer 1/2 at a given speed. “Digital technologies is even less differentiated by “quality”; ADSL, FTTN, FTTH end user experience is the same layer 1/2 at a given speed.” Visit a blackspot area. Wait until it rains (one of a host of potential environmental issues). Tell me then how well fibre (unaffected by water ingress) is anywhere near the same as the ADSL or its Cu counterparts! Fibre’s speed and stability isn’t affected by any of the myriad of ways that the signals can be affected if sent via Cu. Fibre’s distance is now possible out to 40km for the end node vs less than 1km (under the most recent certified standard here). Fibre issues resolve around the quality of the network build and its capability to provide the services advertised (and the RSP to not congest its networks). ie corporate integrity (something people can vote with with their $ and change)! no-ones come up with a way to control the weather yet! Ryan 19/10/2015 at 8:31 pm You seem to forget that MT stated 3 years that every house in Australia would be connected to their version of the NBN. It’s 2 years later… where is it? Oh yeah. Labor’s fault. Also ignoring the fact it went from being cheaper to being significantly more expensive… Let’s just blame Labor for everything, shall we? Labor blamed the falling mining industry why they couldn’t get the budget in surplus, so we’ll just blame them! Richard 19/10/2015 at 10:52 pm @ryan before the election I posted the coalition targets were ambitious. I’ve not blamed Labor for their policy failings, actually called them out in them. These are their failures. Quigley’s mantra of on time and on budget was preposterous; I was the child pointing to the lack of clothes on the emperor (shouted down by the crowd of believers). His costs figures discredited on revenue, rollout underperformance a matter historical fact. This I blame Labor, as well as the original NBN policy. Contrary to the claim the mining industry was failing during Labor’s time, our terms of trade during the rudd/gillard/rudd years was the best ever. Their budget deficits (despite claiming surpluses coming, some Members actually claiming delivered) were a direct consequence of their spending. GFC revenue decline was little and brief, their response to the imagined crisis disproportionate. We today live with the hundreds of billions of debt, a coalition govt doing much less to address this burden on future generations than I’d like. Those 6 years of govt were more dysfunctional than whitlam’s period in office. A record that took some beating. R0ninX3ph 20/10/2015 at 10:06 am So what about the deficit that has ballooned since the Liberals have taken power? Oh right, Labors fault… Sorry, I forgot. Everything the Liberals do wrong is just because Labor did it “wronger” first. Rizz 20/10/2015 at 10:07 am “@ryan before the election I posted the coalition targets were ambitious.” Link please Richard? Having seen your incessant (proven) porkies, nothing you say is believed and needs clarification. “I’ve not blamed Labor for their policy failings” vs “Those 6 years of govt were more dysfunctional than whitlam’s period in office. A record that took some beating.” Showing you true colours now Richard and for about the third time today already and it’s not even lunch, more complete contradictions. Anyway… Maybe you’re right, perhaps they were dysfunctional…but had your eyes (sorry eye) closed for a couple of years have you? Newsflash: – whilst your eye was shut, along came Tony… to show us/ them all, the true meaning of not only dysfunctional but complete incompetence. Rizz 20/10/2015 at 8:42 pm Still awaiting that link Richie… dat a boy :) Tommy 19/10/2015 at 9:26 pm “Independent” means different things to different people. But to call a person independent who puts consultant for nbn™ Australia on his LinkedIn profile. Just priceless. Ian Martin, independent contractor for #fraudband, has some propaganda for you. Could it be that he wants more dollars for future consulting? https://au.linkedin.com/pub/ian-martin/68/aa5/a3 Dude, you found LinkedIn profile on the Internet. That’s stalking. And he probably wasn’t dared to “find it yourself” either? It’s like the work of the devil…. Communications Minister Mitch Fifield has described the previous Labor Government’s near-universal Fibre to the Premises approach to the National Broadband Network as a “fantasy model” and “unachievable”, despite the fact that almost all of the progress on the NBN thus far has been based on that model Considering during the HFC wars both Telstra and Optus combined had a peak premises passed build rate of 12,000 per day, NBN Co could easily have hit its 8,000 premises per day peak for FTTP. Once again the Libs are lying to the electorate! Not lying. Creating a different reality… This is the party of Dr No, where saying the same thing over and over again, with the support of News Ltd, means it becomes the new reality. “Could have”, NBNCos mantra, but didn’t. Never came close. Kinda hard to do your job effectively when new management comes in and ties you to train tracks. Better, faster, cheaper. Which one of those has been met instead? Well the old cliche is that you can only have 2 of better, cheaper, faster but not all 3. In this case it is zero out of 3. They came waaay closer then FttN has… Richard and Mitch Fifield, may I suggest a form of recreation for you both. Since you both enjoy Fighting with Fantasy you should find a book series called “Fighting Fantasy” by Steve Jackson and Ian Livingstone. It’s even on Kindle. The final boss fight should be against: Rupert Murdoch: skill 12 stamina 24. However if you have found the anti-propaganda kris knife then Rupert Murdoch becomes: Rupert Murdoch: skill 7 stamina 5. If you win go to 400. And more : Describing Labor’s “all fibre vision” as intrusive and costly “mirage”, Mr Switkowski said the NBN was in a “difficult position” when he took over as executive chairman after the 2013 election. “It was a company that was demoralised not because they weren’t doing great things or good people but because the expectations were very high and the pressure to deliver on a simple set of metrics like houses past was so intense that they were I think dysfunctional in the way they were approaching it,” he said. http://www.afr.com/business/telecommunications/ziggy-switkowski-says-nbn-faces-challenge-meeting-2020-completion-target-20151016-gkbaji Turnbull goes on to talk about risk. All obvious points. A/ I know people who work for NBN and have done for around 5 years and the morale only hit the floor when the libs Won the election and Turnbull forced out the board. And B/ ziggy aka Mr Kodak had proven himself a complete hypocrite and yes man – he was actively striking the benefits of FTTP years after he left Telstra and years before Turnbull hired him to run NBN Co! Bloody auto spell, “actively spruking”. @djos A/ massive change expected, always a difficult time. Staff morale has since has been quantified and reported on in the latest AR. B/ where’s the evidence to support your claim. Reasonable senior managers also acknowledge the benefits of FTTN/B and HFC; undeniable evidence available. I have similar issues with big fingers & small screen. We get the drift anyway, regardless of minor typos. Has delimiter removed the edit after post function? Often difficult to read in tiny edit box, errors obvious after posting. https://delimiter.com.au/2014/03/17/switkowski-2009-fibre-make-copper-obsolete/ Switkowski in 2009: Fibre to make copper “obsolescent” @djos why do you believe your link contradicts mine? The articles quotes Quigley’s support for fibre and its undeniable advantages. He’s quoted that if such a network was built it would make obsolete (“obsolesence”) the CAN. Who would disagree with these sound positions? However as noted in Renai’s article there’s other factors; NBNCo is directed by their statement of expectations which mandates cost and time considerations. It is not hypocritical to acknowlegde the superiority of FTTH whilst also the cost and speed of delivery advantages of FTTN/B & HFC. The CAN generates billions in revenue, upgrading with advances in technology represents good value to deliver speeds demanded by consumers (with many options to upgrade if required). Now’s an opportune time to re-post this… As a far right conservative and self confessed libertarian, here’s a link to one of the most high profile conservative (former Republican Presidential nominee – iirc) and prominent libertarians and on Fox so it must be right…! Who says… oh look “copper is obsolete.” Not would be if… IS… Perhaps you need to tell one of your own (but one way up the ladder), Steve Forbes, that he’s wrong? http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2013/04/11/copper-wire-technology-whose-time-has-passed.html Here’s my fav paragraphs… “In the last century, we have seen many technologies come and go. Before the car, came the horse and buggy; before computers, there were typewriters; and before wireless and fiber broadband networks, there was copper wire. There aren’t many horse and buggies on the road and most of us don’t have typewriters sitting on our desks. So why are copper networks still so widely used although they have been rendered obsolete by next-generation technologies?… “Traditional copper networks are no longer applicable to the needs and benefits of today’s technologies. It doesn’t make economic or practical sense to continue requiring telecommunications companies to preserve obsolete copper wire technologies when wireless and fiber networks can offer better connections more efficiently.” Couldn’t have said it better Mr Forbes. Fancy me a person who is claimed to be a socialist (simply because I support FttP) agreeing with a right wing, billionaire, libertarian eh? Yes in Ziggy we trust… Oh but not when his people said the copper was 5 minutes to midnight (and needed replacement) or when he said fibre makes copper obsolete… brendan 20/10/2015 at 10:20 am Asking for peoples “feels” after a company is effectively acquired (given NBNco is driven by government control, a change in government is very definitely analogous to an aggressive takeover) isn’t going to lead to the same answers as before an such takeover. Also Ziggy stating that an SOE was in a “difficult position” is like stating “nuclear explosions are a bit violent”. Finally, Mr Switkowski was quite keen to resist technological improvement whilst at the helm of Telstra; so he’s not exactly going to be joining any choir immortal to sing the praises of Fibre. Finally, if Ziggy was suggesting 2020 was a difficult target; what was Turnbull’s original 2016 target? Insanity? FTTH wasn’t ever going to be cheaper. Arguably not faster. That’s not the point. It’s never been the point. But the funny thing is; the overland telegraph went in, regardless of posturing over it’s cost and merit. Same with Snowy River. Same with the Sydney Harbour bridge. There is always someone so buried in the minutia of detail; that they can’t see the bigger picture. Ever looked up, Richard? Michael 19/10/2015 at 8:55 pm It wasn’t a fantasy before you liberal mobs took over the Government. It would not be a fantasy if you let original NBNco team did their work. It would have been a reality, achievable, efficient and effective project if Turdball and Abbort kept their hands off this awesome wonderful telecommunication infrastructure project. So go hide in a hole and keep your own fantasies to yourself! The fantasy model is the one they sold: 25 down by 2016 for 90% of households. That is the pure fantasy. Turnbull lied to Australia, and knowing their weakness, they deflect the incoming attacks. The fantasy is the #fraudband claim, and the sad reality is by the current velocity, 90% of Australians will not have 25 Mbps by 2020. Reality 20/10/2015 at 4:55 pm A little reminder of what happened under Labor. https://delimiter.com.au/2013/09/25/credibility-blown-nbn-co-wildly-revises-targets/ So we vote Labor back in in 2016, and all of a sudden it’s all going to be ok, the resurrected FTTP rollout won’t have any of the constant revised target problems it encountered previously (why?) and it helps to totally ignore the massive three year interim scale back of the FTTP rollout under the Coalition which has to be made up for. So what revised year does Labor anticipate completion of their FTTP rollout restarted from late 2016 and in reality it won’t be until 2017 and at what revised cost? Just over 3 months in a 10-year project. Big deal. That’s “Reality.” BTW Renai’s headline for that article was so misleading as to be ridiculous. And how many FttN customers have signed up in the last two years… yet one whines about 3 months…LOL And let’s not forget the $15B blow out. Ah fraudband, ain’t it great. And how many FttN customers have signed up in the last two years… I can answer that. Apparently according to the Senate Estimates 53. A grand total of 53… Good job GimpCo. Thank you HC that’s very informative. 53 you say? So about one customer every two weeks over two years. Wow. So that means we should have FttN done by next millennium ;) Well that’s the sort of rationale the naysayers used even for a start up. Remember when NBNCo first year reported a loss and they said see, white elephant…ROFL. It does show, as we said all along, MTM/FtN/HFC or whatever the fuck you want to call this shambles… is indeed a shambles… Plus, as a side issue, gotta love the naysayers of this world and their he-man monikers… Reality, Lord Watchdog, Advocate… sigh Regardless.. why do people like this and I’m not meaning to be personal here… bag a 3 month (thanks for the figure Martin H) FttP roll out hold up from a start up company, but point blank refuse to hold a 2 year FttN hold up (ooh apart from 53 clients…) from a now established company (established thanks to Quigley & Co) to the same account? Fantasy network said the clown in a hi-vis vest with his hands wrapped around fibre, for the fucking press… But regardless, fantasy network vs nightmare network… Gee what a choice… +1 Good point Rizz Still doesn’t answer the crucial question when will a Labor NBN FTTP build restart in 2018 be finished by and at what cost? Will already built NBN owned HFC and FTTN areas in 2016 be retrofitted with FTTP? Having blamed them/FttP for the past and present, the new angle is… drum roll… Also start blaming them for the future… What a surprise. FFS if anyone is to blame for the future it’s those rolling out an obsolete network that they themselves described as “fraudband” some 8 years ago when it was still somewhat current. Seriously ask your same question of Mal and why he wasted two years turning back the clock to retrograde FttN, when even FttP’s harshest critic Richard said the FttH roll out has increased rapidly whilst FttN/HFV has stagnated (or words like that). This is a very pertinent question to ask now as FttN is happening now (albeit slower than snail pace). As opposed to your very speculative question in relation to events which may or may not happen in 2018. Reality 21/10/2015 at 7:52 am The questions and more importantly the answers are crucial to Labors chances (in the voters eyes) to them having a NBN policy that will enhance their prospect of being elected into Government. If you restart a FTTP rollout in 2017-18 it will obviously change their original dream of 93% of residences connected to it by 2021. At the moment all we are getting is the simplistic slogan that Labor is the party of fibre and the Liberals are the party of copper, yeah ok that was the repetitive line you used before the last election, hello it didn’t work, we need more than that.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0065.json.gz/line1216
__label__cc	0.687112	0.312888	Archive \| June 4, 2014 Bad Fall – Part 69 Frank and Marka are at the small blue house on the corner of the Sheltering Oaks property. They have managed to tie Jeff to the office break-in. They have also figured out who destroyed Frank’s car–The Prom Date from Hell who drugged Frank on prom night and forced him to have sex with her. Shay still wants Marka to regress Frank to see what he can remember. She refuses. Since they have no idea how this was accomplished, the process could kill him. “Oh, this keeps getting better! What do we do?” “See if he remembers on his own.” “I don’t have time for that, Doctor. . . .” “I found something!” Frank called from the living room. “Whoot!” Marka and Shay ran in from the kitchen. Frank stood by the computers, doing a sexy happy dance. When Marka joined him, he spun her around before lowering her into a deep dip. Running his fingers down her chest, he whispered huskily. “Tell me how good I am.” “How good are you?” Cherry asked instead. It was just as well she spoke. Marka was struck dumb by his actions. He raised her slowly, dark eyes glittering in the light of the screens. “So, good,” he replied, his voice dropping an octave as it caressed the words. Marka shivered delightedly, her body tingling where it touched his. Their moment was broken by Shay’s loud voice. “What did you find, kid?” Frank blinked slowly, his attention drawn quickly from Marka and back to his work. Only something significant would have taken him away. “Better than tying him to the office, his motive.” He sat at the computer, inviting them all to sit and gather around. “If I hadn’t been so distracted by this other shit, I would’ve seen it before.” He tapped a few keys and a ledger came up. On another screen, another set of ledger pages appeared. The Sheltering Oaks logo graced the upper right corner. On a third screen, he opened another page. This was a bank statement. On a split screen, another statement came up. No one said anything as a fourth screen warmed to life and a third bank statement opened. On this one, there were a lot of numbers in red. “What are we looking at?” Frank leaned back, hands clasped behind his head. “We’ve had several long time residents meet with financial problems. People who have no family to watch after their finances. They didn’t have any surrogates either. They were mentally competent, handled their own affairs. However. . . .” He tapped a few more commands. A split screen display came up. Jeff’s name was clearly visible. “At some point before I started working here, Jeff got them to sign a power of attorney for him.” “Isn’t that illegal?” Marka asked. “Not exactly, but it’s shady. Of course, they’d have no reason to suspect him of malfeasance. But you can see by their bank statements that they should have.” He shook his head sadly. “Taking advantage of the elderly. I’d like to shoot him myself.” “He slowly bled them dry,” Marka said after looking over the files. “So, why suddenly escalate? Why all this vandalism?” “When I took over as assistant, I took over doing the books. The other guy was incompetent—or at least I thought so. Based on this, I’d say Jeff was making him look bad to use him as a fall guy. Or maybe he figured out what Jeff was doing.” “Why not report him?” Cherry asked. “Jeff’s pretty well connected around here. It would take more than suspicions to get him arrested.” Marka clicked an advance arrow and it switched to another file. She kept clicking until she came to Penwarren, Mabel. The columns weren’t red, but there was a decidedly downward trend which ended abruptly. “He was doing the same to Mabel. But once Rachel took over, that stopped. He no longer had access to her lucrative account.” He closed out some of the windows and did another search. This time, they saw Ralph Penwarren’s bank accounts. Each of the losses in Mabel’s account coincided with deposits in his. Exactly half of what was taken from Mabel. Jeff’s bank accounts came up next and the same trend was obvious there. “They were working together to rob Mabel? Why would Ralph rob his own mother?” Marka asked. “She’s not really his mother, remember? There’s bound to be some resentment for the woman who took his mother’s place, tried to rein him in, and supplanted him by having another son. His father was a cold fish, but you can bet he was proud of that boy. Everyone thought Frankie was his, remember?” Shay and the others stared at him in confusion. Frank explained very briefly about his connection to the Frank Penwarren and Thomas Cortland. “Did Jeff know any of this?” Shay asked. “No idea. Not the kind of thing Mabel was likely to talk to him about. Based on his ramblings at the hospital, Ralph must have.” “So, Jeff and Ralph were in cahoots,” Shay said calmly. “Why trash your office? Why involve you at all?” “The Cortland fortune,” Marka said. “The Majority of the money is in trust for Tom’s heirs. Frank died long ago, so the money was set in trust for his sons. They declined it, so it would then go to Frank and Jennifer and their cousins.” “And if they decline?” Shay asked. © Dellani Oakes This entry was posted on June 4, 2014, in Bad Fall and tagged Bad Fall, contemporary romance, Dellani Oakes, Dellani's quote of the week, romance, romantic suspense, science fiction, Second Wind Publishing, Tirgearr Publishing. 1 Comment	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0065.json.gz/line1217
__label__wiki	0.694911	0.694911	TIGA Games Industry Awards and Appsters Awards finalists! Home » TIGA Games Industry Awards and Appsters Awards finalists! In Company news, Uncategorized TIGA Games Industry Awards and Appsters Awards finalists!2016-10-142016-10-14https://deltadna.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/www_logo.pngdeltadna.comhttps://deltadna.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Blog-2.png200px200px We are delighted to announce that we have been selected as finalists at two award ceremonies this month; at TIGA Awards and the Appsters Awards respectively. The TIGA Games Industry Awards recognize excellence in games development, business and education. The award ceremony will take place on Thursday 10 November at the impressive Christ Church Spitalfields, a restored Hawsmoor Baroque church situated in the heart of London’s East End. DeltaDNA is nominated in three categories: Outstanding Leadership Engines, Middleware, Tools and Technology Award The Appsworld Appsters Awards are globally renowned, recognizing outstanding performance and innovation for the latest developments across the mobile app sector. They will take place on 19 October after Appsworld ends at ExCel London – AppsWorld is Europe’s largest gathering of Developers, Mobile and Marketing professionals. DeltaDNA in shortlisted in the Best Use of App Technology category, for smartads, which optimizes Ad and IAP experiences for players. Mark Robinson, deltaDNA CEO commented: “We are honoured to be selected as finalists for these prestigious awards. To be selected alongside some of the industry’s most innovative companies is very exciting for us. This is a great recognition of the hard work of our team and an amazing opportunity to raise our profile further. We look forward to both award ceremonies, and we also congratulate our fellow finalists for reaching this stage.” You can view the full list of TIGA finalists here. awards, awards 2016, finalists, games, games industry CEO secrets – 4 leading games companies share their top tips Free global mobile report by NewzooAnalytics insights, Uncategorized Is Virtual Reality a leap back in time?Uncategorized, VR	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0065.json.gz/line1219
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__label__wiki	0.719611	0.719611	Board GamesCurrent EventsGames In Defense of Owen Turtenwald: Magic, Rage, Poetry, Condemnation, and #GoyfGate written by Will Vincent June 17, 2015 Last week, I wrote an article about the trading card game Magic: The Gathering noting its relation to the realms of art, narrative, math, and poetry, as well as attempting to introduce the deceptively complex game to the uninformed. Since then, a controversy has erupted in the Magic world surrounding a shiny version of the card called Tarmogoyf. The card at the center of #GoyfGate Pascal Maynard was one of the last eight players standing in one of the largest tournaments in Magic history. He was playing in a format called draft, where players open fifteen-card booster packs and take one card, then pass to the left and take one card from the pack that’s just been handed to them, and so on until all the packs is gone. Then, each of the players builds a deck from the cards that player chose. Pascal was on his second pack and had already decided his deck was going to be red, white, angry, and holy. It would be filled with burn spells and small, inexpensive creatures. It would be bent on speed and aggression. In the pack he opened, there was a card called burst lightning: A classic Burn spell–cheap cards that deal direct damage to the opponent or his creatures, but are discarded immediately after use. This card would have been great for his deck—a cheap spell to pick off early blockers or shoot down larger ones in the later game so that his small creatures could power through. But, in that same pack, there was also a green card called Tarmogoyf. It is the rarest card in its set, and on top that, this was the shiny holographic “foil” version. At one of the nearby folding plastic tables, he could sell this card for about $300 cash. Pascal picks the Goyf. The rest is history. The first place winnings in this particular tournament were only $4,000, so he made the gut-based, split-second decision to take the Goyf as guaranteed money–on top of which he could still potentially win. As a professional player, he was struggling with money for one reason or another, and this would help him afford to continue attending tournaments. He lost the tournament, though, largely because he did not have the Burst Lighting at certain critical times. Losing the tournament hurt his contention for the world championships and platinum status, the most elite status a player can reach, the Magic equivalent of an art grant, covering the costs of room, board and attendance to all the top tournaments for a year, in addition to other benefits. Immediately after Pascal made the pick, the community of professional Magic: The Gathering players erupted with rage. The loudest protesters were the Peach Garden Oath, otherwise known as Reid Duke, Owen Turtenwald, and Huey Jensen. The three players are best friends, play on the same team, and are largely considered to be among the best players in the world. I’ve devoted my life to Magic. It’s very disappointing to see that one of my peers would sell out for so little. —Reid Duke (@ReidDuke) Twitter post, June 1, 2015 You disgust me. @PascalMaynard #GPVegas —Owen Turtenwald (@OwenTweetenwald) Twitter post, June 1, 2015 I just lost all respect for Pascal Maynard. —William Jensen (@HueyJensen) Twitter post, June 1, 2015 This initial backlash was met with an explosion of hate from the casual Magic: The Gathering community, who supported Pascal’s actions. Turtenwald and others have since apologized on all the rage networks (Twitter, Facebook, Reddit), and all apologies were accepted except Turtenwald’s, who has since been singled out as a bully due to previous incendiary remarks he made on Twitter. I think my familiarity with the tight-knit system of passionate, underpaid thinkers commonly referred to as “the poetry world,” and my addiction to coverage of Magic, makes me want to put in my two cents. Let it be said first that this micro-controversy is dwarfed in comparison to the recent conceptual minstrelsy that mocks slavery and the slaughter of innocent black men by police officers. We can only hope that Ken Chen’s recent tour-de-force article laid the last crushing blow against conceptualism’s bigoted king and queen. I’m not here to make judgments against people I have never met (although I will say I’ve known Reid Duke since he was a child, and he is a knight), but as a casual player and vigilant spectator, I would like to say I support Owen Turtenwald and, by extension, the other pros in their criticism of Pascal Maynard. It begins with a respect for the deep math that governs this game. Poets understand this respect. The rage at the conceptual poets’ actions—beyond the obvious racism—comes from the fact that they do not respect poetry, or the English language, but care only for their own notoriety and fame. The apex of this rage can be found in the mysterious collective, The Mongrel Coaltion Against Gringpo. The rage at Pascal Maynard comes from a love for the game, just as The Mongrel Coalition’s comes from a love for poetry. This is a small world we are talking about. Everyone sees everyone else’s actions and reflects those actions: people copy decks, strategies, sideboard choices, rulings, and behaviors based on what they see the professionals doing in livestreams and on social media. By picking the Goyf, Pascal was legitimizing rare-drafting—which, even in the casual player’s Friday Night Magic, is largely considered to be bad form. It means you are taking a rare card over the card you need for your deck. Many players in Pascal’s tournament were doing this already—taking the Goyf and leaving the tournament because it was worth more to them (financially or otherwise) than playing out the day. It reveals a lot of structural flaws in the evaluations and internal economy of the game when things like this happen. To add to the many bizarre interactions this incident spawned, Pascal later sold the Goyf (on the back of his image as a bullied pro) for $15,000 and donated half to Gamers Helping Gamers, a charity organization that helps gamers pay for college. This is just one reason why it is not exactly popular to come out as a critic of Pascal’s actions. That, and I believe our generation—yuppies, hipsters, Magic players alike—are dominated by a get-off-my lawn libertarian ideology that says we should let other people do what they want to do as individuals. To be fair, there is also a resurgent idealism and collectivist antagonism coming from people like The Mongrel Coalition Against Gringpo, the Occupiers, and the Black Lives Matter movement that says the opposite: condemn, repeal, tear down, end. I tend to sympathize with the latter view. Imagine for a moment that you spend every waking moment thinking about one game, be it chess, poker, or Magic: The Gathering. You get the point where see statistics humming within all things. Everything is bet, gamble, rake, checkmate, memorized moves, mana base, spells. Then, someone comes along and violates this code of logic. They make an error, admit that they made an error (as Pascal did shortly afterward); but somehow, the community as a whole comes out thinking that what the person did was correct. They think that because they can relate to the faulty choice. They can relate to financial need over strategic choice. And perhaps the real takeaway is that, to dissuade this kind of behavior, Magic tournaments should have a better payout. I hope for a world where $ prizes are such that no one even considers picking a 1000$ card #anotherangle #teamburstlightning #thankspascal —Alexander Hayne (@InsayneHayne) Twitter post, June 1, 2015 In all, as strange as it may sound, when the devoted players reacted with disgust at Pascal’s actions, it came from a place of love. Truly, I don’t hyperbolize when I say that some of these players think about good Magic strategy in the way that Federico Garcia Lorca thinks about Duende or Robert Duncan talks about Anima Mundi or the World Soul. And any disruption of that grand network, internal and external, that causes the hive to diverge from the path toward winning or considering Magic in its purest, simplest terms violates that code. And in some circumstances, this violation is worthy of condemnation. In Defense of Owen Turtenwald: Magic, Rage, Poetry, Condemnation, and #GoyfGate was last modified: June 16th, 2015 by Will Vincent #GoyfGateboard gamescard gamesconceptual poetryMagic: the GatheringOwen TurtenwaldPascal MaynardpoetryThe Mongrel Coalition Against Gringpo Will Vincent Will Vincent's poems and articles have appeared in HTML Giant, The Iowa Review, El Aleph, The Boiler, Inlandia, and Scythe Magazine. He was the winner of the UC Santa Cruz broadside contest in 2010. He lives in Oakland, CA. This Is as Much as You’ll Grasp: Dennis Cooper and the Aesthetics of Vacuity Wednesday Entropy Roundup City of ____________: Dispatches from 16 Dallas Poets Session Report: Zimby Mojo & Party Politics Tabletop Gaming’s Most Wanted – SPIEL 2014 Session Report: Darkest Night and Naming	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0065.json.gz/line1230
__label__cc	0.560913	0.439087	7Birds 7Canada, Alberta, Fort McMurray 7Oil Sands 7Syncrude 7Tar Sands 4Surveys 1Bird Deterrent 7Oil Sands Research and Information Network (OSRIN) 7Oil Sands Research and Information Network (OSRIN)/Syncrude Canada Ltd. Reports 2Birdsall, D.A. 2McLaren, P.L. 2Sharp, P.L. 1Dyke, G.R., 1Gill, D. 1Harvey, J.M. 1McLaren, M.A. 1Richardson, W.J. 1Smith, J.A. 1Syncrude Canada Ltd. Birds Syncrude Oil Sands Research and Information Network (OSRIN) Oil Sands Research and Information Network (OSRIN)/Syncrude Canada Ltd. Reports Bird migration watches on Crown Lease 17, Alberta, fall 1984 McLaren, P.L., McLaren, M.A. Migration watches were conducted from 21 August to 15 October 1984 near the site of Syncrude Canada Ltd.' s bitumen mining, extraction and upgrading development north of Fort McMurray, Alberta. These watches were undertaken to complement studies of birds using the waterbodies in the area of the... Inventory studies of birds on and near crown lease number 17, Athabasca Tar Sands, 1974 Sharp, P.L., Birdsall, D.A., Richardson, W.J. An inventory study of water-associated birds occurring on and near the Syncrude Canada Ltd. Lease #17 in the Athabasca oil sands was conducted during the period of July 8 to November 15, 1974. Regular ground surveys were conducted of 30 water bodies on and near the lease, including lakes, ponds,... Migratory waterfowl and the Syncrude tar sands lease: A report Syncrude Canada Ltd. In the Spring of 1971, the management of Syncrude contacted Renewable Resources Consulting Services regarding assessments of potential ecological impacts on the lease area. As a result, a preliminary investigation of ecological relationships was undertaken in July of 1971. This was followed by... Ornithological studies on and near Crown Lease 17, northeastern Alberta, June-October 1984 McLaren, P.L., Smith, J.A. Syncrude Canada Ltd. requested that a study of ornithological research be conducted on and near Crown Lease 17, northeastern Alberta, where its bitumen mining, extraction and upgrading plant is in operation. The overall objectives of this study were to (1) determine the abundance and diversity... Overview of wildlife habitats west of the Syncrude plant site, Lease #17 Harvey, J.M. This study involved evaluation of the habitat for mammals and birds in the area from the proposed tailings pond west to the MacKay River, through identification and mapping of land cover types from aerial photographs and estimation of wildlife populations from existing data. The study was... Test of a bird deterrent device at a tailings pond, Athabasca oil sands, 1974 Birdsall, D.A., Sharp, P.L., Dyke, G.R., Between 26 August and 30 October 1974, a reflector device was tested as a deterrent to birds at a small tailings pond (Lower Camp Tailings Pond) located on Syncrude's lease 17, approximately 40 km (25 mi) north of Fort McMurray, Alberta. This tailings pond provided a situation analogous (though... Winter avifauna of Lease 17, a preliminary survey Gill, D. During the periods 27 January, 3-6 February and 10-13 February 1977, a preliminary survey was conducted on Syncrude Lease 17 to gain the following information on wintering birds: species presence during mid winter; abundance of each species within representative habitats; and numbers of birds...	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0065.json.gz/line1232
__label__cc	0.731925	0.268075	GUH Lecture: Mapping Affecdence: Urban counter-drag in San Francisco, 1966-75 Lecture \| January 28 \| 12-1:30 p.m. \| 106 Wurster Hall Sponsor: College of Environmental Design Mapping Affecdence: Urban counter-drag in San Francisco, 1966-75 Monday, January 28, 2018 from 12-1:30 p.m. in 106 Wurster Hall In the late 60s and early 70s, San Franciscos counterculture devised underground, self-organized do-it-yourself (DIY) urban networks of communal survival. The Angels of Light, an acid-drag commune of free-theatre performers, transformed buildings, recycled urban waste for props, and performed in the streets, often on the hallucinogenic drug LSD. Their radical androgyny, sexual freedom, and inclusivity infused public performances that appropriated the urban environment in radical confrontation with the status quo. Approaching counterculture drag activism through diagrammatic mapping reveals spatial relations missing from social and cultural history scholarship. Combining affect and performance theory within a Situationist framework, affecdent cartography (derived from affect + dissent) reveals how the Angels of Light used urban space for counterculture contestations of mainstream gender, political, and consumer practices: a previously uncharted history embedded in San Franciscos built environment. Natalia Matesanz's doctoral research maps different socio-cultural scenarios of the 1970s. Through what she calls affecdent cartographies, the project reveals how grassroot practices of affection and dissent reshape the city. For the Fall semester of 2018, Matesanz worked at UC Berkeley as a visiting scholar completing her case study on the drag counterculture of San Francisco. Matesanz founded cumuloLimbo studio in 2012, her transdisciplinary approach to urban space, architecture, performances, and exhibitions traces the links between gender studies, human geography, sociology, and the arts. Her articles have been published in academic journals and her work was exhibited in the Architectural Biennale di Venezia. Matesanz has a Professional Degree in Architecture from Alcalá de Henares University and a MArch in Cultural Landscape and Urban Design from Madrid´s School of Architecture, ETSAM, where she was an assistant instructor working for the Architecture Department until 2016. See the event on the Global Urban Humanities Initiative's website. Event contact: sarahhwang@berkeley.edu	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0065.json.gz/line1234
__label__wiki	0.955114	0.955114	News on Sonic Youth, Radiohead, and other bands News on Sonic Youth, Radiohead, and other bands: Leah Greenblatt dishes on the latest music-industry buzz By Leah Greenblatt April 12, 2006 at 04:00 AM EDT Stars Hollow, meet Daydream Nation: As EW’s Ken Tucker reported last week, legendary noisemakers Sonic Youth will appear on the May 9 season finale of the beloved navel-gazing WB meta-soap Gilmore Girls. On the episode, taped last week, self-professed fans Thurston Moore and Kim Gordon, along with their daughter Coco on shakers, will perform an acoustic version of the song ”What a Waste,” from their upcoming June 13 release Rather Ripped. If you won’t be paying to see them open for Pearl Jam in July, go catch them June 18 at Tennessee’s Bonnaroo Festival… Speaking of Bonnaroo, that Down South happening may also be your only chance to see Bright Eyes. Conor Oberst and his band will be performing there June 16, before returning to the hard work of completing a BE album due for release next spring. Among the record’s slated guests: Sleater-Kinney/Quasi drumming powerhouse Janet Weiss, alt-country sweetheart Gillian Welch, and folk troubador M Ward… Also (whew) at Bonnaroo, Radiohead — though you’ll likely be getting more chances to see them play if you live in or near Montreal, Philadelphia, Toronto, or Chicago, where the band is eyeing multiple-night stands starting in June; details TBA while they work on polishing their newest release… Also tweaking the details on a new one: Soul Asylum. Following the sad death (from throat cancer) last June of bassist Karl Meuller, the Minneapolis homeboys are in the studio to complete The Silver Lining, the band’s first new album in eight years. Filling in on bass for two tracks: the Replacements’ Tommy Stinson. Look for the record July 11 on Legacy… Bridging a even larger gap (32 years, exactly), what’s left of the New York Dolls — that would be singer David Johansen and guitarist Sylvain Sylvain — is at work on a sequel to their last record, 1974’s Too Much Too Soon (they’re not kidding there; original guitarist Johnny Thunders died in 1991, drummer Jerry Nolan in ’92, and bassist Arthur ”Killer” Kane in 2004). Though the record (the band’s third) is not yet titled, they’re touting it as a return to the bluesy roots they say they always had in them, beneath all the glam gutter-punk camp… And finally, for our fair Australian readers (how we treasure you three!): If you show up for a Raconteurs gig Down Under, don’t expect to see the new Jack White/Brendan Benson outfit; you’ll most likely be treated to the sound stylings of a little-known jazz collective of the same name. Instead, look for a group called the Sabateurs; that’s the only-in-Aussie-land name White and Co. will be taking on while traveling there, to avoid copyright infringement. Steady as she goes, friends… Proof of Youth Brutal Youth Blink-182 share Bored to Death video 'Punk Rock': EW review 'Drive' soundtrack heroes Electric Youth made us a soundtrack playlist Good Charlotte Youth Authority: Joel Madden interview ''Youth Gone Wild: Heavy Metal Hits of the '80s'' Dolores O'Riordan was 'full of life' while on the phone with friends hours before death Sonic Youth's Thurston Moore and Kim Gordon split Kim Gordon looks back on Nirvana's 'Nevermind' Sonic Youth's Thurston Moore guitar stolen in Pa. Youth & Young Manhood/It Still Moves Sonic Youth: Goo -- the Home Video	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0065.json.gz/line1239
__label__wiki	0.7538	0.7538	Freeland loses duel to Escanaba, Gabi Salo in Division 2 softball quarterfinal By Hugh Bernreuter \| hbernreu@mlive.com \| Posted June 11, 2019 at 08:57 PM \| Updated June 11, 2019 at 10:25 PM Gabrianna Salo pitches down the field during the Division 2 softball quarterfinal against Freeland at Central Michigan University on Tuesday, June 11, 2019. Escanaba won 2-0. (Rachel Ellis \| MLive) MOUNT PLEASANT, MI – The Freeland Falcons knew they had their hands full with Gabi Salo, the pitcher. But Gabi Salo, the hitter, did as much damage Tuesday in leading Escanaba to a 2-0 win in a Division 2 quarterfinal win at Central Michigan University. Escanaba, the defending Division 2 state champion, heads into the semifinals against 29-9 North Branch at 12:30 p.m. Thursday at Michigan State University. Salo, a junior who has committed to pitch for Wisconsin, was dominant as expected on the mound. She allowed one hit and two walks, striking out five. CMU coach treats Escanaba players 'like rock stars' 'Terry the Turtle' comes up short for Freeland Freeland-Escanaba photo gallery “It sounds funny, but I thought we made pretty good contact, only striking out five times against her,” Freeland coach Mike Beyer said. “It’s not that she throws hard. She does, but if she was just raring back and throwing it hard, we would eventually catch up to it. “But she’s so good at changing speeds, moving the ball, locating it. We knew it was going to be tough, and it was.” Freeland's Caroline Talaga pitches in the Division 2 softball quarterfinal against Escanaba at Central Michigan University on Tuesday, June 11, 2019. Escanaba won 2-0. (Rachel Ellis \| MLive) But Freeland made it tough on Escanaba also. Freeland pitcher Caroline Talaga matched Salo with zeros on the scoreboard going into the bottom of the sixth inning. “We had a nine-inning game to beat (Muskegon) Oakridge in the regionals, and I really didn’t want to do that again,” Gabi Salo said. “I struck out in my first at-bat, so I shortened my swing. I had a good hit for an out in my next at-bat, so I felt confident in the sixth inning.” Nicole Kamin opened the inning with a bloop hit down the right-field line, then stole second. With one out, Gabi Salo hit a double to drive Kamin home with the winning run. Escanaba, 26-2, scored another run in the sixth on a Freeland error.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0065.json.gz/line1245
__label__wiki	0.671413	0.671413	Chilling Snapchat message moments before a Schoolie fell to his death from Surfers Paradise balcony Details of an eerie social media post made in the hours before a Schoolie plunged to his death have emerged. Sydney-born Hamish Bidgood, 18, fell from a high-rise balcony at the Surfers Regent Apartments in Surfers Paradise on the Gold Coast about 5am on Thursday. Earlier in the night, Bidgood had been filmed by his friends in a chilling Snapchat video captioned: ‘This is the beginning of the end for Hamish Bidgood’. An eerie video predicting the ‘beginning of the end’ of Hamish Bidgood (pictured) was made hours before he died In the video, which has since been deleted from social media, Bidgood can be seen partying with his mates, the Daily Telegraph reported. Hours later, he fell 11 storeys from the high-rise and died. Distraught friends of the school leaver jumped the fence of the grassed pool area of the hotel he had fallen into. Two police officers attempted CPR before giving way to paramedics who unsuccessfully attempted to revive him. Bidgood, 18 (left) was filmed partying with fellow Schoolies before he plunged to his death The tragedy occurred at Surfers Regent Apartments (pictured) in the centre of the Gold Coast Bidgood’s friends, who were also from Turramurra High School in Sydney’s upper north shore, have ended their celebrations early and returned home. ‘I’m absolutely gutted,’ one of his friends said. ‘He was such a great kid.’ Counselling is being offered to fellow school leavers on the Gold Coast following the teen’s death. The graduates’ return comes as the 18-year-old’s devastated parents, Des and Lyn Bidgood, along with his brothers Daniel and Oliver, made their way to Surfers Paradise on Thursday afternoon. Bidgood’s (pictured) friends have returned home following the tragedy on Thursday morning Bidgood fell into the grassed pool area of the Surfers Regent Apartments. Pictured is a balcony from the building There are claims he had inhaled nitrous oxide, otherwise known as laughing gas or nangs, before he fell, the Courier Mail reported. More than a dozen canisters used for administering a 20-second high were found in the vicinity of the hotel. Authorities are waiting for the results of a toxicology test to determine whether any drugs or alcohol were in the young man’s system, though the death is being treating as ‘non-suspicious’, a police spokesman told Daily Mail Australia. Red Frogs coordinator Andy Gourley declined to comment but confirmed the volunteer group was speaking with police. Police will now prepare a report for the Coroner. Balcony safety during Schoolies Dangerous behaviour on balconies can lead to eviction and even police arrests. The Queensland Government has issued some tips on balcony safety to keep young people safe during their Schoolies week. Don’t sit on, lean over, climb or hang off the side of balconies. Accidents happen – you could slip and fall Never ‘room hop’ from balcony to balcony. One wrong move could prove fatal Avoid overcrowding. Take it inside or head down to the beach party Don’t throw objects – Schoolies is a very busy time and there may be people walking below. Objects thrown or dropped from a height can become dangerous projectiles when they reach the ground Source: QLD Government Bidgood was believed to be celebrating with a friend from Turramurra High School (pictured) His death comes just days after police warned skylarking on high-rise balconies at Schoolies, known as ‘ledging’, was a ‘disaster waiting to happen’. Videos shared across social media show teens teetering on the edges balconies while drinking from their shoes. The hijinks prompted calls for high-rise balconies to be locked off during the end-of-school celebrations. A 17-year-old girl also fell to hear death from a balcony during Schoolies in 2012. In that instance, Isabelle Colman fell from the 26th floor of the Chevron Renaissance, only two kilometres from the Surfers Regent Apartments. In the month before, three others had fallen to their deaths from Gold Coast skyscrapers.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0065.json.gz/line1246
__label__wiki	0.783446	0.783446	Holyrood Committee releases their findings on the impact of salmon farming Urgent action needs to be taken to improve the regulation of the Scottish salmon farming industry and to address fish health and environmental challenges, a Holyrood Committee has concluded. Action needed to deliver Developing Scotland’s Young Workforce targets Key targets for the delivery of the flagship Developing the Young Workforce Programme are not being met. This is just one of the findings from a report issued today by Holyrood’s Education and Skills Committee. Committee unveils roadmap to ensure Scottish Parliament a human rights guarantor General principles of health and care staffing legislation supported by MSPs The general principles of legislation aiming to ensure health and social care providers are providing adequate numbers of suitably qualified staff and high-quality services have been supported by the Health and Sport Committee. Parliament exhibition explores Scotland through the lens of photography students Artwork from some of Scotland’s most talented amateur photographers has gone on display as part of a new exhibition at the Scottish Parliament. Dundee locals discuss fuel poverty issues with Holyrood Committee Standardised assessments: Committee to test the evidence What role should standardised assessments play in Scotland’s schools? A new inquiry by Holyrood’s Education and Skills Committee will explore Inspiring young scots to meet with Holyrood’s Presiding Officer Changing attitudes to young people, making a difference in the community and improving youth mental health are just some of the projects which Scotland’s inspirational young people are tackling. South of Scotland enterprise agency to be examined by Holyrood Committee A Holyrood Committee is seeking views on the establishment of a new enterprise agency dedicated to the south of Scotland. Prevention is better than cure, say MSPs There is a lack of public health policies designed to prevent illness according to MSPs on the Health and Sport Committee. Presiding Officer to visit Dumfries and Lockerbie Views sought on 20mph roll-out across Scotland Plans to reduce the speed limit on most residential and urban streets across Scotland from 30mph to 20mph are being considered by a Holyrood committee. Young people’s voices placed at the heart of Scottish democracy Ensuring the voices of Scotland’s young people continue to be heard is at the core of a closer working relationship between the Scottish Parliament and Scottish Youth Parliament. Concern expressed over proposed land register Much of Scotland’s land will remain outside the proposed Register of Controlled Interests in Land, whose purpose is to make land ownership more transparent, according to a report by the Environment, Climate Change and Land Reform Committee Holyrood’s Finance & Constitution Committee warns of strong evidence of a demographic risk to the size of Scottish budget Inquiry into mental health support available for young people An inquiry into how young people access mental health support in Scotland is being launched by the Public Petitions Committee. Committee backs raising age of criminal responsibility Artwork from some of Scotland’s most talented amateur photographers is to go on display later this month as part of a new exhibition at the Scottish Parliament. Names of WW1 fallen to illuminate Scottish Parliament as mark of respect The names of all those who died serving on behalf of Scotland in the First World War will be projected onto the Scottish Parliament building on Sunday 11 November 2018 to mark the 100th anniversary of the Armistice. MSPs seeking views on proposal to end the physical punishment of children Holyrood’s Equalities and Human Rights Committee is launching a call for views on proposed changes that would remove the defence of ‘reasonable chastisement’ from Scots law.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0065.json.gz/line1247

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