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Skip to comments.California Mileage Tax Would Charge Drivers Based on Distance Driven
Posted on 05/07/2014 9:48:35 PM PDT by lowbridge
Sick of the gas tax?
What about a tax on every mile you drive?
A new bill going through Sacramento would tax drivers for every mile they are on the road.
The state gasoline tax of 52.9 cents per gallon could be replaced with a "miles driven fee" of $0.05 cents or so per mile driven, under state legislation proposed by a Bay Area lawmaker.
State transit officials note that there's not nearly enough money available to fix the many bridges and roads in California that are in desperate need of repair.
A federal highway fund, based on taxes on fuel, is expected to run dry this summer.
We've got to figure out how to pay for infrastructure, state Sen. Mark DeSaulnier (D-Concord) said. One philosophy is, if you use it, you should pay for it.
Under SB 1077, introduced by DeSaulnier, a still-to-be-determined California city would begin taxing motorists in January 2016. The longer your commute, the more you would pay.
That may yet be a tough sell, but a $0.05 per mile fee could raise over $100 billion for roads in some parts of the state, the San Gabriel Valley Tribune reported.
(Excerpt) Read more at nbclosangeles.com ...
People are gonna start turning their odometers back ...
As I get older, I wonder how people keep falling for this tactic. They will take away the tax and charge by the mile, and then, when they need more money, they will bring back the gas tax but keep the per mile fee.
>> there's not nearly enough money available
There will never be enough money for corrupt states and municipalities.
Thought you could save money with a more fuel efficient vehicle? Gotcha!
Somebody has to pay for all those Mexicans.
They tried this in Germany a while back...trying to tax freight haulers transiting Germany...spent multimillion's of Euros on software and satellite hardware for tracking....all wasted.
I didn't bother reading the article. Did someone really say they would only charge for mileage and not have the gas tax as well? I can't imagine anyone admitting to stopping a tax, especially a democrat. How many hybrids in CA using less fuel per mile than normal vehicles? or total electric cars using no fuel? This idea is but one solution, I've heard others with more merit, like turning over most of the Federal gas tax to block grants to the States for maintenance. The Fed's keeping enough to maintain the Interstate System.
If it's 5 cents per mile, then you start getting screwed if you're doing better than 52.9/5 = 10.5 MPG.
If I drive 24 miles in a 24 MPG car, that's one gallon. That's 52.9 cents of gas tax currently, or 24 x 5c = $1.20 in the proposed tax, for a car that is not very special at all.
Could this be right? A 40-MPG car, and there are plenty of them on the road, would pay $2.00 in tax for every gallon of gas instead of 52.9 cents?
The higher your MPG, the more you are screwed, it looks like. So much for trying to save a buck on gas and giving the environment a break.
Well, fourth sentence in and I failed the reading test.
So the liberals have finally figured out how to move all the peons out of the country side and into the Utopia of liberal controlled cities.
Those match at a mileage of 10.58 mpg. Since very few people have cars or trucks that are that bad, "replaced" actually means "hugely increased". My car gets about 25 mpg, so that would be the same as a gas tax of $1.25 per gallon, assuming that the gas tax is removed entirely. Being Kookifornia, I wouldn't bet on that.
Here is the problem. Cars are getting better mileage and thus paying less total tax. The tax at the pump is mostly used to repair roads.
As mileage continue to increase and as electric car use continues to expand, the situation gets worse.
The question is what do you propose as an alternative to the tax on miles driven?
At the federal level it is a bit different situation. However, there is movement towards the miles driven tax federally also.
At the federal level, complaints over the miles driven tax are justified because the new system undoes a very efficient tax system.
The federal excise tax is collected at the refinery and is about 98 percent efficient in tax collection. Meaning it does not take much administrative effort to collect.
The miles driven tax on the other hand costs about 25% of every tax dollar collected for administration. It is a complicated matter to track and tax all the cars vs collecting at the refinery.
So why would an efficient tax be traded for one that so inefficient. The answer is because no member of congress is willing to go on record raising the excise tax on gasoline.
The reason they are afraid to do that is because voters would get made at them. So along comes the complicated and wasteful method that does not require their vote.
Better for them, when they see you at rallies and meet-and-greets they can get your favor by saying they are against the federal miles driven tax and blame the Administration.
they spend it on mass transit and bike trails and eco projects
They can talk about this, but if they actually try and implement it, it will blow up in their faces.
Even the California LIV will wake up if you try to stick it to them directly. They don't care as long as someone else is paying the bill, but stick it to them at your own peril.
Who said, You deserve the government you have, Alex?"
This is so BS. There is so much money in the road funds that they are working off of the interest being accrued. In fact I have heard repeatedly that CA pulls money out of the gas taxes to pay for many special interest projects that are suppose to be paid for out of the general funds.
with GPS they can track how many miles you drive and where you go etc
Roger that. It ain't that far to Truckee for me to go get some tax free gas. Of course even tax free, Cali gas is probably still gonna be higher than in Reno.
Close the borders.
Deport the illegal half of the population.
Use the savings for infrastructure.
If the thieves in government didn't steal the money meant for the roads to pay for their socialist spending schemes the situation wouldn't be so bad. But here in California where the demonrats rule, rather than cut spending they just steal the money from other areas and throw it into the general fund and spend us into poverty.
I coulda had a V8!
I have a better idea. why doesn't the government just take all your money and then just give back what they don't use.
it will save on paperwork.
If it's a true digital, it's connected to a computer and ...
Yes there is that. But it is a small percentage compared to highway maintenance.
i stopped responding on this thread. i don't want to give these government tyrants any ideas how use tech to tax or track us
We already pay per mileage driven,
It's called GAS taxes on every gallon...
this is just a thinly disguised excuse - another one - to track our every move - to track how much we each drive. (And down the road, they'll decide how MUCH we can drive, individually - like x-amount of miles allowed for work, groceries, etc - and then we'll get our individual ration books - based on the 'carbon footprint' they deem we should be held to.
NOT being factitious.
Why is it the answer to just about any problem, for a liberal, is "we need more money and power." ??? Why isn't the answer, we should re-prioritize money we are spending elsewhere. The only time they want to do that is when they think they can take it from military spending.
"with GPS they can track how many miles you drive and where you go etc"
Yes, that's the plan.
If you drive in another state, they don't charge you for it, but they can report that mileage to that state, so you can be billed for that, too.
After a while, when the mileage tax doesn't solve the revenue shortfall, they will gradually bring back the fuel taxes.
They can/will also have a highway tax at each annual registration. This one would be highest for electric vehicles.
Oregons program:
$0.05 cents
Way to go, NBC writer. It is either $0.05 or it is simply five cents.
It ain't about fixing roads and bridges. We know that.
1.40 to 1.60 per 30 miles.
Really, we need to get right down to brass tacks here ... How are ANY of these legislatures, in ANY state, and the Senate, and the House, REPRESENTING THE PEOPLE?
The law of unintended circumstances says that if this happens TMU (True Mileage Unknown) cars will be worth more than clean odometer cars lol
Is that the same logic that leads to having toll booths on roads that were built 50 years ago? lol
Yeah, put that meter in my 970 Opel GT. And I am just crazy enough to have a spare points distributor sitting around so I can drive after a nuke or EMP...or after a Democrat tax scheme.
Why not just charge them for every breathey take too? The tecnology is there.../s
How exactly do you do that with today's vehicles...I mean, just as a hypothetical....
That is actually preferable from an efficiency point of view
> I have a better idea. why doesnt the government just take all your money and then just give back what they dont use.
it will save on paperwork.
There's never any left over. In fact they will always want more to loot and line their own pockets...
DING DING DING We have a winner. Please stop calling. We have a winner!!!!
I don't know but you can bet someone will and they'll sell the knowledge.
It's just like the things they put in cars for DUIs, it doesn't matter what new technology they come up with someone by-passes it.
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Toward a General Theory of Tort Law: Strict Liability in Context
Richard A. Epstein
New York University School of Law; Stanford University - Hoover Institution on War, Revolution and Peace; University of Chicago - Law School
October 4, 2010
Journal of Tort Law, Vol. 3, No. 1, 2010
NYU Law and Economics Research Paper No. 10-46
In this extensive article I revisit my earlier writings from the 1970s that deal with tort liability in both stranger and consensual arrangements. On the former, I examine Stephen Perry's 1988 critique of my work, and more recent contributions by Joshua Getzler and Benjamin Zipursky, to defend the view that a rigorous conception of causation under a theory of strict liability is neither logically impossible nor practically unworkable. In so doing, I reexamine the earlier efforts by writers such as Joseph Beale and H.L.A. Hart & Tony Honoré on causation in order to show how some controversial moves within their theories can be clarified without having to resort to the standard views of causation that work off the notion of "but for" causes. In addition, I explain, in connection with the critique of Jill Horwitz, why some form of a negligence system remains appropriate for medical malpractice cases. In these consensual cases, doctrines of charitable immunity for nonprofit institutions often removed the need to investigate the basis of liability. But once those were removed, a contractual system, which in practice would never embrace a strict liability rule would often turn to some form of negligence, often coupled with institutional changes, such as arbitration and explicit limitations on contractual damages.
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"We propose that the transition from non-life to life is unique and definable," Prof. Davies adds, "We suggest that life may be characterized by its distinctive and active use of information, thus providing a roadmap to identify rigorous criteria for the emergence of life. This is in sharp contrast to a century of thought in which the transition to life has been cast as a problem of chemistry, with the goal of identifying a plausible reaction pathway from chemical mixtures to a living entity."
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But basically it seems that the pair are arguing that by looking at differences between the self-replicating information in biochemicals (e.g. RNA) verus self-replication information in inorganic/non-living constructs (e.g. crystals), researchers may be able to retrace the process of how life arose on Earth more easily than if they merely focus on painstakingly mixing chemical constituents, hoping something arises.
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Women: Statement by Ambassador Herman Schaper on the occasion of CSW and International Women's Day
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on the occasion of CSW and International Women's Day
the UN Women Fund for Gender Equality will reflect and celebrate on the successes of its economic and political empowerment grants from across the world ($ 45 million in 40 countries invested since 2010)
New York, 1 March 2012
Madame Chair,
The Netherlands is proud to be associated with the UN Women Gender Equality Fund and honoured to be invited to today's panel on 'Advancing National and Regional-led Rural Women's Economic Empowerment and Leadership'. The Netherlands shares UN Women's commitment to gender equality and is impressed by its investment of $ 45 million in 40 countries since 2010.
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We would like to commend the thorough work done by the Fund for the 2011 Arab grant-making cycle as it focuses on the political and economic empowerment of women in the Arab region. This is particularly relevant in view of the processes of change in the region. In 2011 we contributed USD 1.2 million for the tender for the Arab region.
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In order to attain these goals, we have two four-year funds, which mainly focus on political and economic empowerment. One is the MDG-3 fund that will end this year and amounts to 77 million euros. The other is the Funding Leadership and Opportunities for Women (FLOW)-fund, which has just started, and totals 70 million euros.
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Part of our gender policy is to integrate gender issues in the Dutch foreign policy and development cooperation, also known as gender-mainstreaming. For example, women in developing countries produce half of all food. Water is an important production factor for food and therefore the Netherlands focuses on increasing the participation of women in decision-making on water management. A subject on which my country has special expertise.
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The Emery High track team continued to improve as the team traveled to the home meet of the reigning 2-A state champion. Last week Emery traveled to North Summit High School and finished second to the host team. The Emery team scored 237 points to North Summit's 367. The Emery girls scored 130 points to finish second behind the host while the boys scored 107 points to finish third behind North Summit and Duchesne.
Freshman Ashlynn Allred was the lone event winner for the Spartan girls as she won both the 100-meter race and the 200-meter race. In the 100-meters, Allred had her best time of the season as she bested last year's 2-A state champion, Samantha Nichols of North Summit, and Alissa Atisme of Layton Christian, the holder of the fastest time in the state this season. In the 200-meter race, Allred came within a couple a hundreds of a second to besting the all-time best record at Emery High.
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Here are the other Emery girls that placed in the meet: Jacee Bird finished fourth in the 3200-meters, Hailee Rogers finished fifth in the 400-meter race with Cassidy Labrum finishing seventh. Ashley Guymon finished third in the 1600-meter race with Savannah Woolsey finishing sixth. Jessica Guymon took seventh in the 800-meter race. Cassidy Labrum finished sixth in the 200-meters while Ashlynn Allred finished fifth in the long jump. Hanna Dyer finished fourth in the shot put while Rachel Rogers, finished fifth, Lauren Clark finished sixth and Hanna Dyer finished seventh in the discus. Withers was fourth in the javelin.
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I called those quincy technique way before when I saw their boss explode that dude's arm!
Basicaly they are like Ishida when he used his ultimate technique, except they can also take reishi from people. That is probably what Ishida's Grandfather couldn't accept.
Being able to take reishi directly from people and manipulate it means being able to seal techniques and such. Hence the Bankai being useless...
Now the question is "Why doesn't it work on Ichigo?"
Except Ichigo is special, as are all the Vizards and Aizen... Maybe their mixed reishi is a pain to absorb?
Was Chad and Orihime being absorbed? Like, their bodies. Cause none of these people have bodies made completely of reishi--Ichigo, Chad, and Inoue are all humans with squishy human flesh...right?...wait...yeah...
Proud (and confused) subscriber of Shonen Jump Alpha.
except for maybe entities that have a higher plain of existence than them(the user) like example ichigo<--- well this is just a guess
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Really enjoyed this chapter. Opie absorbing Allon I can definitely say I didn't see coming and what the hell took Ichigo to attack...After all those preparations "His Majesty" still got in. This is going to be fun...place your best on who dies first, am just hoping it will be none of my favs even though I believe one or two of them will die down the road.
Manga reading list: Bleach, Naruto, Katekyo Hitman Reborn, One Piece, Code Breaker, Gamaran, Kuroko No Basket, Fairy Tail, The World God Only Knows, Kimi No Iru Machi, Good Ending, Medaka Box, Nisekoi, D.Gray-Man, Ao No Exorcist, Freezing, Magi - Labyrinth of Magic, Soul Eater, Rosario Vampire Season II, Iris Zero, Ubell Blatt, Bloody Cross, Sun-Ken Rock, and Infinite Stratos,
Dang that was brutal! Awesome chapter though, Im glad that when they absorb them it doesn' just power them up or make their natural powers stronger, but gives them some of the person's attributes that was absorbed/enslaved. I wonder how many people they can suck up? If its unlimited then why not just teleport into the middle of SS and absorb everyone/everything? Game over lol
Edit** Im gonna guess that the only way to beat him is the same way as was shown in Yu Yu Hakusho, pump him so full of reishi that he can't absorb anymore and explodes...
A pie in the sky?
Wow, Bleach is back, awesome chapter.
Looks like humans have advantage, thanks to their real bodies (their shells), the body has to be first disintegrated (as you can see by skin pealing off and blood flowing out of Ori and Chad), before their souls can be absorbed (remember, the things from which human bodies are made, have souls as well).
I guess Yamamoto will die in this war, by being absorbed by the Quincy Emperor and in turn creating a beast above what HxCubexAizen was ?
I like the idea of being able to absorb powers and people. I think SS will do the stupid thing and send the grunts to fight and in the process, strengthen their enemies. In the end tho, I see this arc relying on Ichigo's fullbring maybe even to the point of temporarily absorbing people power(similar to what Opie did) it would be interesting to see Ichigo fullbring someone else's sword.
Great Chapter. Love the Hueco Mundo Fight...but in soul society, where the Hell are all the Captains and Lieutenants? Sure seems like they would have been spread out better so the low level soul reapers didn't encounter the intruders first.


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Skip to comments.Obama Puts a Bulls-Eye on the Second Amendment
Posted on 01/22/2013 9:44:25 AM PST by Kaslin
Leave it to Barack Obama to come into his inaugural weekend with a bang, and not just on guns. Hes made it clear that he intends more spending, more regulation, more radical appointees and less national defense in his second term.
Since he just fired a load of executive orders on gun control like shotgun pellets at a duck hunt, I think its time to ask a few questions about this part of his agenda. The first ones for the president.
Why did you have children prominently displayed at your press conference? Were you implying that anyone who opposes your policies wants to see children shot? I think you were.
Second, did you really justify your assault on the Second Amendment partly by equating safe shopping with the right of assembly? Finally, in citing the right to life, did you see any irony in being the most pro-abortion president in history? You support even partial-birth abortion, and when you were a state senator, you killed legislation that would have required doctors to treat children who survive abortions.
Now heres a more general question: What exactly are executive orders?
You wont find them in the Constitution. Theyre derived from Article II, which confers executive power on the president to take care that all laws be faithfully executed. Executive orders are work orders from the president to employees of federal agencies. They do not apply to state or local governments. They direct the implementation of statutes that Congress enacts and which are signed by the president into law. If they go beyond this, they are unconstitutional.
A look at some of the 23 gun control executive orders that Barack Obama issued on January 16 leaves one wondering whether the president, as Clint Eastwoods Dirty Harry would say, is a man who knows his limitations. If a Republican president issued 23 executive orders on a single subject, the media would pronounce him obsessed.
One of the orders calls for incentives for states to share information with the background check system. Funny, Mr. Obama doesnt seem to want to apply this principle to voter registration in order to curtail vote fraud.
Mr. Obama also wants federal law enforcement to trace guns recovered in criminal investigations. Since most criminal enforcement occurs at the local and state levels, this would seem to give the feds carte blanche to insert themselves into every crime scene that involves a recovered firearm. Maybe they already do that. I hope not.
Two more executive orders are for the feds to provide incentives for schools to hire school resource officers, and to develop model emergency response plans for schools, houses of worship and institutions of higher education. Those poor local school officials, clergy and college deans must never have thought of re-tooling, say, fire drills, for other emergencies, even after Columbine, Virginia Tech, and now, Sandy Hook Elementary.
One of the scarier orders directs the Attorney General to review categories of individuals prohibited from having a gun to make sure dangerous people are not slipping through the cracks. It wasnt long ago that Janet Napolitanos Department of Homeland Security issued a report tagging pro-lifers, war veterans and opponents of illegal immigration as potential terrorists.
Then theres the doc snitch. Federal officials are to clarify that the Obamacare law doesnt prohibit doctors from asking about guns in patients homes. We have to wonder what the physicians are supposed to do with that information its a short step to requiring them to ask.
We need to keep in mind that gun ownership is not merely a Second Amendment issue. Guns are property, says Constitutional attorney Leah Farish. Infringement of Second Amendment rights should also be subjected to due process scrutiny under the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments. I do not think that executive orders amount to sufficient due process in this context.
Attorney General Edwin Meese III said last week that impeachment could be a proper remedy if President Obama uses an executive order to try to override the Second Amendment . Now there are some things he can probably do in regard to the actions of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, or some other governmental agency in its operations , Mr. Meese told Newsmax. But to impose burdens or regulations that affect society generally, he would have to have Congressional authorization.
Thats why Mr. Obama is urging Congress to enact a flurry of gun restrictions, from banning so-called assault weapons, prohibiting people from buying guns from private sellers without undergoing background checks, outlawing high-capacity magazine clips and a few other things that the anti-gun lobby wants.
All of this adds up to a mega-increase in federal law enforcement power and will require billions of dollars and thousands of new bureaucrats. Will it make us safer? Dont bet on it.
The strategy is not that hard to discern: Shoot the Second Amendment to pieces with high-velocity magazines full of executive orders and questionable legislation. And while youre at it, use some kids as political human shields in order to demonize your opponents.
"A look at some of the 23 gun control executive orders that Barack Obama issued on January 16"
Most are "memoranda" not EOs.
Everyone who stayed home or voted 3P — Thanks.
Next year, when obozo's handlers target the 1A and specifically target FR ("hate speech" doncha know), I will thank you again in the last free post on the Internet.
I think 1934 might have been the time to start down that road. Every infringement has been an impeachable offense. We've had lots of infringements, but none have led to impeachments.
An executive order? It's flimsy way to get further infringements, but it is neither more nor less unConstitutional than an act of Congress which infringes our Second Amendment rights.
When doors are kicked in, and confiscations begin, there will be violence -- but until then, I do not expect much in terms of "congressional action" or "peaceful protests" in the town square.
Obama seems to constantly seek to be the poster child for the phrase "Judge a man by the enemies he makes."
I think he sent you a message........
And you want to blame us?
Everyone who stayed home or voted 3P Thanks.
That only counts in battleground states.
Also, I have virtually no doubt that this election was stolen through massive voter fraud and I think the R's were in on it. The reason? They all knew the cities would burn and we really might fall into civil war had Obama lost.
The stakes were just too high.
One begins to wonder if perhaps His Execrable Majesty King Barackus has 'short eyes' ...
>>. He was a poor candidate who did not attract attention or votes. He lost.
And you want to blame us?<<
Agree 100% And he lost for not being Conservative enough! How sad that But for a few worm-eaters we would have obozocare repealed.
We need the BEST and MOST CONSERVATIVE candidates we can get (see my post about my guy Ted Cruz).
But I 100% guarantee NO ONE will meet the FR "R U CNRVTV ENUF" test. NO ONE!
So we need to understand that the Scott Browns are sometimes the best we can do (like my 1st HS g/f). If you can get and run a Ted Cruz, GREAT!! Do it!
If not, it is time to settle for the lesser of all evils: The lowest RINO is 1,000% better than the most moderate liberal.
"B-b-but, Romney is just as evil and would have done the same thing! All hail Ron Pual!!!"
>>One begins to wonder if perhaps His Execrable Majesty King Barackus has short eyes ..<<
From the beginning of his public run everyone knew he had light loafers. Just like hillary had to close her eyes and pretend she was with a g/f (so did bill), likewise obozo had to pretend he was spooning some aide from his days as a "activist." The difference is obozo was able to do it twice.
>>B-b-but, Romney is just as evil and would have done the same thing! All hail Ron Pual!!!<<
There is a lot going on in that one line post!
All of it smart! :)
I'm not nearly as worried about the feds as I am the state of MA. Noboby has covered Linsky's gun control bill and it's almost as bad if not worse than NY. If it passes I 'm moving.
But a lot of people are like me. We vote for people who are not perfect. You know that a lot of people who voted for McCain were not voting for McCain -- they were voting for Sarah. The TV was filled with hate for Sarah. We were constantly told how flawed she was. Definitely not "perfect". But an awful lot of people rushed out on election day, eager to vote for her because, even with her flaws, she was the real deal.
The GOP has two paths:
1) Tell the voters to jump on the bandwagon and support anyone the Establishment picks for them.
2) Break away from the GOP-e mindset, find a candidate -- even if flawed -- who can excite the base.
We've been doing option #1 for a long, long time. And I'm tired of the voters taking in the shorts when it turns out that option #1 is a bad option. Maybe -- just maybe -- the GOP should develop a tolerance for Conservative candidates, even if those candidates have flaws. I mean -- Herman Cain? Do you realize was a small, petty, insignificant thing was used to get him out of the race?? The GOP does not stand up for anyone who isn't "perfect". Mitt Romney sure seemed "perfect". How did that work out?
My view is that the voters will embrace imperfection -- but the GOP will not. And that's the problem.
Why don't you also blame the GOPe for running a centrist republican that couldn't even win his home state?
Yes, there are a lot of "true believers" here on FR.
Obama's goal is as clear as day... to separate the social/religious conservatives on the right from the fiscal/political/military/economic conservatives. If he succeeds, the liberals will be in power for a loooong time.
Reagan once said "never let the perfect be the enemy of the good". If these two camps do not learn to compromise and get "half a loaf", and GET THE RIGHT PEOPLE INTO POWER, we will keep losing.
If people want to "stand on principle" fine, but they will be standing alone in the wilderness. Get people who would be amenable to listening to you into power. If you do that you will have a shot at convincing them to go your way. Do you think Obama is going to listen to you?
The leftists have been patient enough to master the "long march through the institutions". These institutions today are mainly the media and the universities and schools. If we don't do that we will be (and are) in a lot of trouble.
"You want to blame us?"
I am not responsible for that bit of the most utterly stupid political event since the Republicans ran Wendell Willkie (who really was a registered Democrat).
When the party big dogs put in a guy who can't win, it's all their fault.
Why doesn't Obomber just gut the bill of rights in its entirety?That way we can be really assured of being safe.
Better yet I'll take that back because he would probably do it and get away with it knowing the republicans.
He got caught by the Carter kid saying he was trying to get the votes of the undecided 10% in the middle ~ the moderates.
What a complete idiot.
The Roman historians tell a story about the German hero Arminius, a.k.a. Hermann der Hrusker (the Cheruscan -- the Cherusci were a powerful German tribe in Bavaria 2000 years ago) -- and how he died.
The kings of the German tribes were like the minor khans of central Asia: neighborhood wise men whom people consulted for their knowledge and judgment, and in addition led the German tribes in war. But it was the custom among the Cherusci that kings, like khans, were not absolute rulers but rulers-by-influence, and they never commanded kinsmen but asked them if they would do a thing.
One night in 9 AD after his great victory over the Romans in the Teutoberger Wald, where Arminius's Germans destroyed three full Roman legions and their auxiliaries under Quinctilius Varus in a days-long running battle, Arminius decided that the time had come to assert kingly power over his fellow-tribesmen, and so he picked his moment and directed a command, in the imperative mood, to a cousin. The man froze, as did everyone else, as they realized what was happening, and then the insulted kinsman picked up a spear and drove it right through Arminius, killing him instantly where he sat. Then, untouched, he walked out of the assembly. Nobody laid a finger on him or recriminated, because every man-jack knew he had just defended his, and everyone's, rights and the people's dignity as citizens of the tribe, not subjects of Arminius.
Thus endeth the lesson.
Political (I Think you mean Neocons)
That's part of the list. Bit we also have:
Hereditary Republicans
Anti slavery Republicans
and others.
The American Traditionalists are probably the largest group, and they're pretty stable. There's some give and take in the other groups as ethnic groups and geographic regions slide their coalition groups in and out of the major parties.
These elections are not about attracting Democrats to vote for our guys ~ they are primarily about getting Republicans and Conservatives to vote for a Republican, and to convince Democrats to stay home, or better, vote for our guy on specific issues.
Wholesale conversions don't take place in the campaigns ~ that happens long before!
The primaries should give us a pretty good idea of how motivated the regular party voters are to vote for any given candidate, or a category of candidate (e.g. a Conservative vs. a GOP-e type).
At no time in the early primaries did Romney demonstrate that the party's regular voters preferred a GOP-e candidate over a Conservative candidate ~ far from it in fact. He couldn't even win Republican voters to his banner.
Great post.
The RiNO's will never produce an "exciting" candidate. They are hidebound about weeding out anyone with a personality, anyone with spirit and drive, anyone with courage. The RiNO/GOP-e crowd always offers the public noncontroversial, bland, boring, go-along/get-along candidates who won't rock the boat.
McCain's miserable performance of 2008 was still over a million votes better than Romney's.
Romney couldn't catch Obama, even after Obama spotted him 7,000,000 votes. Obama was vulnerable, after everyone saw what a left-wing dweeb he was, and the GOP couldn't catch him even with those huge advantages.
That's just pathetic.
>>Why dont you also blame the GOPe for running a centrist republican that couldnt even win his home state?<<
b/c that is not the point of the discussion (A discussion we DAMN WELL better be having now for 2016!!!)
The point is once the candidate is chosen (no matter how bad), the perfect is the enemy of the good. We had Romney shoved down our throats.
In the end, it was WE that chose him. Machinations aside, only little children are influenced by ads and posters. The children won.
Once that bitter pill was created we HAD to swallow it. If we are all saying NEVER AGAIN SUCH A BITTER PILL, great: I am on board (you would think we would have learned from McCain).
But all of life is choosing the least of evils. Rarely do we get to choose from the best goods.
Time for us to grow up.
The Affordable Patient Care Act states they are not allowed to do anything with it. They are free to ask. We are free to lie or refuse to answer.
The language in the Obamacare law says that doctors and insurance companies cannot use said info to deny care or raise rates nor can they create any database populated by said info. Nothing more.
Romney simply wasn't marketable ~ he knew it, his eldest son knew it, I knew it. The party didn't need any more information than that.
Oh, and leaving this clown in office another four years isn't too high a stake?
If the GOP was too cowardly to question voter fraud, because of a perceived outcome, they all must go.
That's a Civil War II scenario.
Gun Confiscation will just have anyone in a position of authority shot on sight. No small town mayor would be safe.
In my opinion, that's what enough gun owners will just go out and do.
Exactly correct. I know that will be the instinct among the small-town folk where I grew up. Local lawyers and judges would be in danger too.
High profile folks would have to quickly and publicly announce which side they were on or flee to the nearest urban area.
Oh, and leaving this clown in office another four years isn't too high a stake?
>>If the GOP was too cowardly to question voter fraud, because of a perceived outcome, they all must go.<<
I gave up on them when they controlled both sides and the presidency and showed who they really are. My personal belief is that both the US and all of western civilization are on a downward death spiral that will end only when we hit bottom.
And yes, I believe the results will be of biblical proportions.
My faith is not in a political party or the voters. It is in Christ Jesus and God's word.
There might be other bulls eyes in other places as well
My point is that a candidate has to earn each and every vote.
Romney did not earn enough votes.
A candidate earns votes through his appeal - intangible, physical, words, and deeds.
Romney did not have what it took. We got Romney as a candidate *because* the GOPe thought "anyone but Obama" would be good enough. -AND-
It would be too risky to have a candidate that wasn't GOPe (Palin). Why? Because the GOPe and the democrat party are the two wings of the political ruling class.
The political ruling class will not easily give up its grip on the halls of power in the USA.
We have a fight ahead of us...
It doesn't matter what the communist dictator wants to do - he ain't getting the peoples' guns without a bloody fight. Lots and lots of people will die and you can take that to the bank.
Just when you think you know the ending the unexpected happens.
Fools like Obozo ALWAYS destroy themselves, as we will eventually witness.
An 0bama victory also guarantees, in the fullness of time, civil war and burning cities.
This regime's sole gun control aim is that of reducing the armed might of American citizenry until it is overwhelmed by that of Øbozo';s jackbooted stormtrooper Homeland Security "private army" that he so desires.
"Gun control" 's sole aim:
An 0bama victory also guarantees, in the fullness of time, civil war and burning cities.
Think of it as one of those "kicking the can down the road" sort of things. There has been a lot of that going on the last ten years.
So it's January 22, where's the hag Feinstein's AWB bill she was supposed to submit today? Classifying a normal semi auto over 10 rounds as a "machine gun" among other traitorous edicts?
(Of course Zero the Usurper jacked his mouth during his child exploitation photo op last Wednesday stating all "assault weapons" would be grandfathered but he lied through his purple lips again, so what else is knew.)
Let's get the vote down in Senate and House already you incompetent clowns, what's it gonna be? We've gotta put names too lists, I've got goodies who's sale price is determinate on if a ban's enacted, and other assorted tasks related to raising the black flag and slitting gullets.
I believe the end of this nation is near. Our guns will be taken from us. I don't know exactly how but it will happen. It could be a nuclear explosion resulting in martial law and gun confiscation. It could be a lot of things. We lasted longer than Franklin thought we would.
I voted for McCain and feel like I wasted my vote. But, it wouldn't have made any difference either way. There was too much fraud.
The end is over. Stand back, look at the past four years of Obamas triumph over capitalism and implementation of socialism. Takeover of GM and Chrysler, socialized healthcare, amnesty in every sense of the word, vast increase of federal workers as well as welfare, the rise and power of unions, Islamic sympathy, gun control and last but not least......complete voter control through fraud. Sounds like a how-to course taught by the communists in the 50's huh? This all happened during his term as a moderate, we are facing four years of the real Barack Obama and the real agenda.
>>But, it wouldnt have made any difference either way. There was too much fraud.<<
And worse this time. And the GOP (except for a small number) is silent.
This is the end of our Republic. The left owns the media, the election rules, the whole ball of wax.
I am watching "Storage Wars." We should just drop the whole damn thing on their heads.
But I won't have kids asking me "why did you make us the USSR and protect my Rights, Daddy?"
The only answer left is "Honey, it is your turn in line! Bowl out just like we practiced at home!"
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First it was a flicker of — could it be? — aesthetic delight, when legendary photographer Peter Lindbergh returned to the Vogue fold after 18 years. Anna Wintour's overture to the photographer took place in March, and his first story, an 18-page 1950s-set spread starring Natalia Vodianova as liquor-sodden, dissolute parents of twins/possible bankrobbers, was published in the July issue. It was really good. Advertisement Advertisement And, to be fair, Marion Cotillard's cover was much, much better than the Photoshop of Horrors that Annie Leibovitz's possessed laptop spat out last November. July's photography-themed editorial in which Cotillard starred also made a nice...God, this word is so hard to type...change from the usual contrived celebrity spreads Vogue runs. Gwyneth Paltrow — another of those starlets Vogue editors inexplicably imagine readers are fascinated with — also made out a lot better on this month's August cover than she did in the Photoshop accident of 2008 that claimed her clavicle. August's isn't the most exciting cover, sure, but at least its subject looks human.And there's some evidence that Wintour is shaking up the boring old cover roster. September's cover is going to Halle Berry, who hasn't had a cover since 2002. To say Vogue, like a lot of fashion magazines and fashion in general, has an inconsistent record where it comes to featuring women of color, is putting it mildly. As it turns out, Berry will be the first black woman to front the crucial, and traditionally best-selling, September issue since Naomi Campbell in 1989. October's Vogue is rumored to feature Carey Mulligan on its cover. Although what Vogue did to the actress in her last feature — tranforming a beautiful girl into a pathetic Dickensian urchin — was pretty much unforgivable, at least it's not Sienna again. Even better, Mulligan is better known for her acting than she is for her relationships or her "style." Advertisement Sponsored And Vogue is also changing up its photographers. Inez van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin's work has, by my recollection, only been featured twice in Vogue's pages, both times fleetingly, and years ago. This month, they have a 7-page spread starring Raquel Zimmerman and a horse, and it's actually funny. That shows me: I thought Vogue's sense of humor was fossilized in a botched experimental Botox procedure aeons ago. Advertisement But the most crucial sign of Vogue's uncharacteristic reversal into the realm of actual taste is definitely the Annie Leibovitz story the magazine ran in its July issue. Leibovitz' work has, of late, seemed grandiose and false; it may be because of her financial difficulties, but her recent pictures have seemed like the work of a mind otherwise occupied. And this story is very short — just two pictures, of models wearing dresses from the last collection to be touched by Alexander McQueen's hands. These two pictures (the first is at the top of this post) are pretty much unimpeachable. The light, the composition, the mise en scene that suggests the gowns — some made from textiles based on great works of art — are museum pieces being unpacked from shipping crates, the models' hair and makeup...everything about these photos works. Cautious as we all have reason to be, if this is what Vogue looks like when the magazine is truly in form, then long may Anna Wintour reign.(Until she puts Sienna on the cover, again.)Reply112 repliesLeave a reply


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It also brings the first set of reverse fixtures of the season - these sides met each other in early October.
Our Andy Schooler and Ben Linfoot have previewed the action to pick out their best bets.
- 1pt David Luiz to score at anytime v Norwich at 8/1 (Stan James) - too big for man currently playing in central midfield.
- 1pt Leon Osman to score at anytime v Wigan at 5/1 (Coral) - in fine form and can capitalise on Wigan's shaky defence.
- 2pts Stoke to beat Liverpool (draw no bet) at 11/8 (William Hill, BetVictor) - Stoke unbeaten in eight; Reds once again overrated.
- 1pt West Brom to beat QPR at 5/2 (Pinnacle) - Baggies back to winning ways at the weekend; winning feeling not familiar to hosts.
- 1pt Steven Fletcher to score anytime v Man City at 11/4 (General) - looks overpriced after two in three.
- 2pts Tottenham to beat Aston Villa at 11/10 (William Hill, BetVictor, YouWin) - Spurs set up to win away; Villa routed on Sunday.
- 1pt Michu to score and Swansea to win in 'wincast' market at 4/1 (William Hill) - League's top scorer has scored in every Swansea win thus far; Reading not good.
Everton v Wigan (1500 GMT)
Even with Everton missing Marouane Fellaini, it's hard to argue about the hosts being considerable favourites for this one. Wigan have taken just one point from a possible 15 and have scored just five goals on their travels. Four times they've failed to score on the road and that puts me off getting stuck into the even money about both sides scoring, something that has occurred in Everton's last 14 games. Fellaini is out through suspension but Darren Gibson will be available after lodging an appeal against his weekend red card. That's a boost to David Moyes and his squad. Victor Anichebe and Phil Neville were also welcomed back from injury during the win at West Ham, while Leon Osman's performance at Upton Park left Moyes purring that he "was on a different planet to anyone on the pitch." The Toffees should still be strong enough to come through this one and Osman may be worth a try in the anytime goalscorer market. Everton have not struggled for goals this season and Osman is full of confidence right now, his form having earned him a recent England debut. He's already bagged three goals in nine home games this season and on many other days would have boosted his tally at West Ham on Saturday when he had one chalked off. Only Reading have conceded more goals than Wigan, so we're have a small play on Osman netting in this one at 5/1.
Verdict: Everton 3 Wigan 1 (AS)
Fulham v Southampton (1500)
Fulham have won just once in their last 10 league games but there are few easier matches in the division than Southampton at home and the Cottagers will fancy themselves to get the maximum haul here. The Saints have won just once on the road this campaign - at QPR - and despite the poor form of Martin Jol's side they remain a solid proposition on their own turf. They have lost three times at Craven Cottage this season but two of those defeats came against Manchester City and Tottenham, with the 3-1 defeat to Sunderland (when they had a man sent off) the only really disappointing result. They generally get the job done against inferior opposition with Norwich, West Brom and Aston Villa all beaten to nil while Newcastle lost 2-1 at Fulham earlier in the month. Southampton have been getting results of late but four of their last five games have been at home and they offered very little on their one away day amongst that lot when they lost 1-0 at Anfield. Whether you want to trust Fulham at odds-on is another matter. Prices of 5/6 are fair considering their overall home league form, but they were embarrassingly poor against Liverpool on Saturday and are missing one or two of their better players. Fulham should get the job done, but we won't be betting on it.
Verdict: Fulham 2 Southampton 1 (BL)
Manchester United v Newcastle (1500)
United will likely make several changes to the side that drew at Swansea on Saturday but should still have too much in their locker for a Newcastle side still battling injuries. They will also have midfielder Chieck Tiote missing through suspension - a big miss. The Magpies' record at Old Trafford is a miserable one too - they haven't won in their last 31 visits - and you can't argue too much with the 2/7 offered about a home win. Still, it's hardly a price to set the pulse racing. At the same time, value in the handicap markets is also thin on the ground. United don't tend to batter teams these days - although it is worth noting they won the reverse fixture 3-0. There look plenty of better opportunities in other matches so we'll quickly move on.
Verdict: Manchester United 2 Newcastle 0 (AS)
Norwich v Chelsea (1500)
One bet immediately stands out in this match - 8/1 about David Luiz scoring at anytime. Stan James appear to be taking a big risk offering that price given he's played in midfield on a couple of occasions in recent weeks. Central midfielders who like to get forward should never by 8s to score during 90 minutes and Luiz fired in a few shots during a man-of-the-match display in Sunday's 8-0 rout of Aston Villa. The bonus in backing Luiz is he's also adept at set-pieces - as he showed against Villa when he netted from a free kick. The Brazilian, who now sits on four goals for the season, has also taken penalties at times. With Chelsea's confidence high, he has to be backed. Admittedly Norwich have been pretty tight at the back of late but Saturday's 2-1 defeat at West Brom may just be the start of a sticky spell for a side which has overachieved over the past two months. For those in disagreement and fancying Norwich, it's worth me pointing out that Robert Snodgrass has now scored three times in his last five league outings. He's 4/1 to net anytime in this one.
Verdict: Norwich 1 Chelsea 3 (AS)
QPR v West Brom (1500)
West Brom immediately jump out at 5/2 to win this one. They've bounced back from a sticky spell to take four points from their last two games. Next up is a trip to rock-bottom QPR, who have just one win to their name thus far. Harry Redknapp blasted his "overpaid" players after Saturday's defeat at Newcastle when the R's reverted to type with a toothless performance. Redknapp was surely hoping his words would spark them into action (rather than simply distancing himself from the blame for impending relegation) but the current Loftus Road lot are there largely for the cash and may not take kindly to their pay being questioned. Either way, QPR's displays this term suggest West Brom are value at the price. The Baggies have already won at Wigan and Sunderland - sides also involved in the drop battle - and I see no reson why that can't win again. It's also worth noting that after his winner on Saturday against Norwich, Romelu Lukaku has now bagged four goals in his last five league starts. His 11/4 with Coral to net in this one which could prove a value pick. You may, however, want to see the line-ups before backing that one as he's often been on the bench.
Verdict: QPR 1 West Brom 2 (AS)
Reading v Swansea (1500)
Swansea worked hard to earn a point against leaders Manchester United on Sunday so expect a few changes for this one. However, it's exactly the sort of game where they could get away with resting a few. Reading have conceded a calamitous 19 home goals in just eight games thus far and with the league's leading scorer, Michu, likely to be in the opposition's line-up, that must be worrying for Royals' fans. It is to Michu we look in this game. An interesting statistic is that he's scored in all six of Swansea's league wins this season. The Swans are 6/4 to triumph at the Madejski, something I fancy them to do having won at Arsenal and Newcastle in recent weeks. They are also unbeaten against Reading in their last seven meetings. However, William Hill are offering 4/1 in the 'wincast' betting - pick a team to win the match and a player to score at any time. Given the aforementioned stat, that's a tasty price and one we'll take a slice of.
Verdict: Reading 0 Swansea 2 (AS)
Sunderland v Manchester City (1500)
Sunderland beat Manchester City on New Year's Day thanks to a last-minute goal from Ji-Don Wong, a win that replicated their 1-0 victory from the season before when Darren Bent netted a last-gasp penalty. It's a place Roberto Mancini's men clearly don't relish going to and as they continue to underachieve it's hard to buy into quotes like 4/7 about the Citizens. They nearly failed to oblige at odds of 1/8 at home to Reading at the weekend, an injury-time header from Gareth Barry sparing their blushes at the Etihad. Sunderland, meanwhile, are getting better. Yes, they've lost to Manchester United and Chelsea in recent weeks - which suggests they're vulnerable to another really top side - but their wins against Reading and Southampton prove they're in good form. The former point does just put us off the 6/1 about the Black Cats, though, especially as Manchester City are obviously capable of slipping into a different gear as they did up at Newcastle not so long ago. But the home side still seem to have been underestimated in the goalscorer markets with Steven Fletcher an eye-catching 11/4 to score anytime. He's clearly Sunderland's main threat with eight goals to his name this campaign and he's scored in two of his last three in the victories over Reading and Southampton. He looks overpriced to find the net again against City.
Verdict: Sunderland 1 Manchester City 2 (BL)
Aston Villa v Tottenham (1730)
Villa's recent upturn went off the rails at Chelsea on Sunday where the gulf in class was very much in evidence. Things don't get a great deal easier here with another of the top-four contenders in opposition. We've mentioned before how Spurs' current line-up seems more suited to away games and we had more evidence of that on Saturday when they struggled to break down Stoke at White Hart Lane. The likes of Gareth Bale and Jermain Defoe should get much more space to run into in this one and odds-against quotes about an away win look good. A ropey home record will hardly buoy the home side - it's now just three wins in their last 21 league games at Villa Park - while they've also had a day's less rest. Take the 11/10 while you can.
Verdict: Aston Villa 1 Tottenham 3 (AS)
Stoke v Liverpool (1945)
The advice for this one is well known to regular readers: oppose Liverpool. Saturday's 4-0 win at home to Fulham has again shortened them up, but put simply it's an overreaction by the layers. Injury-hit Fulham were truly awful in that one. It's worth remembering that the week before Aston Villa were 3-1 winners at Anfield, a result which looks even worse given how Chelsea took the Midlanders apart at the weekend. Yes, the comfortable nature of Saturday's victory will have boosted confidence, but the Reds will need more than that at the Britannia. Talking of confidence, Stoke are also full of it. They've not lost on their own patch since February, while Saturday's point at Spurs made it eight games unbeaten - their best such run since returning to the top flight. They've conceded just three goals in eight games at home thus far and look a real punting opportunity here. They can be backed at just over 5/2 to win the game but given they've now drawn more games than any other side in the division, the 11/8 in the draw-no-bet market looks the way to go.
Verdict: Stoke 1 Liverpool 0 (AS)
- The games at Aston Villa and Stoke are both being televised live in the UK by Sky Sports.


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Jets Training Camp: Claude Noel making sense
Kevin McCartney
September 14 2013 12:01AM
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In the busy world of blogging, what with all the cheeto eating and all, I sometimes get to things a bit late. Such was the case with Claude Noel's opening press conference from Wednesday - the content of which I imagined to be the usual banality about clean slates for the people who struggled and building on last season for the people who didn't. Certainly there was some of that. But at the 15 minute mark came a moment in which Noel showed a sensibility for the game I wasn't sure he had, and provided some insight into how he might use his roster this season.
Getting tougher?
Prior to listening to Noel, I opened the Winnipeg Sun's training camp coverage on Day One to a giant banner of Claude Noel holding his glasses menacingly with the all-caps text "TIME TO GET TOUGHER" in the corner. It's a believable mantra for a team moving West that let Antropov, Wellwood, and Hainsey walk away despite limited depth. But as the tallest and 4th heaviest team to start the lockout-shortened 2013 season, and given the heaps of analytical evidence that toughness is not indicative of wins (some data on hits and fights), it scared me. So off to Noel's presser I went, underwear in a twist as they say.
At the 15 minute mark, Noel is given a t-ball setup on a classic hockey trope. All he has to say is 'yeah, the West is tough and we're going to be tough too.' But he doesn't. The transcript:
Q: "It sounds like you wanted a tougher, more rugged team. Would that be fair?"
Claude Noel after a deep inhale,
"I'd like a team that's tough to play against. And I think... well... meaning a lot of different things. You know, we've got good speed on our team and I'd like to use that speed to take away time and space. We've got size on our team, I'd like to use that as well. Um, does that lend itself to physicality? I would think that it would. You know, so that's something that when you become a hard team to play against, you make the other team earn every inch of ice towards your net. That's something that we're looking for."
Q: (very hard to hear, best guess) "Do you think the same players will [hit?/give?] more? Or do you think you've added players that will provide that?"
"No, I would like our team just to play hard and to be responsible. And to make sure we're doing the right things to win games."
What does it mean?
For one, it means the Winnipeg Sun was just editorializing, and Roland Barthes would chorttle at their use of the coach's image to create a false association for their readers. (A biting remark once they figure out who Roland Barthes is, I assure you.)
More importantly, it means we may be witnessing a genuine 'Turn to Skill,' starting with a draft that put talent ahead of role players in collecting a (so far) impressive crop of youth. Back in August we used Travis Yost's work to show that Claude Noel does not use shot differential in managing his lineup. In all likelihood, he hasn't become a proponent of advanced stats over the summer. At the same time, being tough to play against by way of speed, being responsible, and yes, being sizeable speaks to thinking about hockey as a game of territory and possession, as opposed to a game of psychology and punishment. A team can be brutalizing to play against, too, and try to change the decision making of the opposition through fear and intimidation. It may seem like a small point, but Claude Noel chose the former over the latter, even when prompted to go along with the easily sold narrative of big and tough.
Anthony Peluso and Chris Thorburn - bubble players with little need for gloves - are the most obvious litmus test for any new team direction toward skill. For me, I'll be watching how Noel deploys James Wright, a favourite of the coach last year despite a team-worst corsi percentage just over 44 (meaning just 44.3% of the shot attempts taken while he was on the ice were for the good guys - more than 2% worse than fan whipping-boy Antti Miettinen). He has the physical skills mentioned by Noel - good straight ahead speed and a 6'3" frame - but it's hard to argue the 23 year old waiver pick up on his third NHL franchise does the right things to win. If Claude Noel is serious about process leading to results, about tighter checking to improve goal differential, about using speed and size to take away time and space, we'll see it in Wright's minutes.


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Transnational New Governance and the International Coordination of Nanotechnology Oversight
Gary E. Marchant
Arizona State University - College of Law
Kenneth W. Abbott
Arizona State University
Lyn M. Gaudet
Douglas J. Sylvester
Arizona State University - College of Law
April 29, 2010
Two critical questions for the regulatory oversight of nanotechnology are: at what level of government should regulation take place, and what form should regulation take? These questions are intrinsically linked. As to the first, it is widely assumed that national governments are the appropriate locus of authority for regulating technologies, including nanotechnology. In this view, sub-national, international and private measures should all be relegated, at most, to subservient and tentative roles. As to the second question, since national governments are presumptively the appropriate regulators, often it is assumed that the traditional tools of governmental oversight - command-and-control regulations - are appropriate for addressing the risks of new technologies.
Despite this mainstream wisdom, we and others have argued that international coordination of national regulation would provide important benefits. International coordination promises to avoid many of the pitfalls experienced by prior technologies as a result of inconsistent national regulation. In addition, an international approach to regulation may create incentives for inter-state cooperation in trade, environmental protection, labor and the numerous other fields that nanotechnology will necessarily implicate.
We focus here on a third advantage of international coordination: it offers an opportunity for states to develop and promote new regulatory approaches that are both more flexible and responsive than command-and-control and better attuned to promoting the benefits of nanotechnology as well as controlling its risks. In particular, we argue that at the international level - or more appropriately, the transnational level - an approach that one of us has called "Transnational New Governance" is particularly suitable to addressing the challenges nanotechnology currently poses.
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COL William A Boik
William Boik is a senior civilian staff member in the Defense Prisoner of War/Missing Personnel Office. He retired from the U.S. Army as a Colonel in 2005 after 30 years of active and reserve service. During his career, he served in various Armor and Military Intelligence positions in South Korea, the United States, and Germany. He led two separate Joint Missing in Action (MIA) Recovery Teams to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea) from September-October 2001 and July-August 2002 in search of missing U.S. servicemen from the Korean Conflict. While in North Korea, he served as the Senior U.S. Government Official in Pyongyang during each of these month-long recovery operations. Colonel Boik is the author of Orders, Decorations, and Medals of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (2008). Colonel Boik holds a Master of Arts Degree in Strategic Security Studies from the National Defense University, a Master of Arts Degree in International Relations from Boston University, and a Master of Science Degree in Strategic Intelligence from the Defense Intelligence College.
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SSI books and monographs by COL William A Boik
Understanding the North Korea Problem: Why It Has Become the "Land of Lousy Options"
July 18, 2011
Authored by COL William A Boik.
The U.S. has made little effort to meaningfully engage North Korea over the last decade. What can be done to increase the U.S. understanding of the situation in North Korea and our ability to influence the actions of the North Korean leadership?


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A last ditch drop-goal from Demetri Catrakilis saw the Kings pick up their second win as they beat the Rebels 30-27 on Saturday.
A last ditch drop-goal from Demetri Catrakilis saw the Kings pick up their second win of the season as they beat the Rebels 30-27 in Melbourne on Saturday.
The Kings made the perfect start possible when wing Ronnie Cooke finished off a brilliant backline move with a try in the corner. Catrakilis converted from far out, and the visitors took an early 7-0 lead.
The South Africans doubled their score and the vocal home crowd were silenced moments later when Shaun Venter pounced for the Kings' second – the scrum-half showing superb skills and strength to get over the whitewash as Catrakilis duly converted.
It took the Rebels 25 minutes to post their first points on the scoreboard, when Ged Robinson burrowed his way over the try-line. James O'Connor added the extras before trading penalties with his opposite number to make it 17-10.
The Rebels drew level when replacement full-back Angus Roberts, on for the crocked Richard Kingi, raced in for his first Super Rugby try thanks to some good work from Jason Woodward.
The two sides went into the half-time sheds 17-17, and the game was anyone's for the taking.
But the Rebels picked up where they left off in the second half, as O'Connor added another three-pointer to his points tally before Mitch Inman carried three Kings defenders over the tryline for the hosts' third try of the match.
Inman's converted score opened the gap up to 10 points and the Kings – try as they might – just couldn't make up the deficit until Catrakilis closed the gap with a penalty.
Flank Wimpie van der Walt's late effort with five minutes left then set up a thrilling finish that saw Catrakilis step up to land the winning drop-goal.
The scorers:
For Rebels:
Tries: Robinson, Roberts, Inman
Cons: O'Connor 3
Pens: O'Connor 2
Yellow card: Reid (76th minute – deliberately collapsing a maul)
For Kings:
Tries: Cooke, Venter, Van der Walt
Cons: Catrakilis 3
Pens: Catrakilis 2
Drop: Catrakilis
Rebels: 15 Richard Kingi, 14 Jason Woodward, 13 Mitch Inman, 12 Rory Sidey, 11 Cooper Vuna, 10 James O'Connor, 9 Nick Phipps, 8 Scott Higginbotham (c), 7 Scott Fuglistaller, 6 Luke Jones, 5 Cadeyrn Neville, 4 Hugh Pyle, 3 Paul Alo-Emile, 2 Ged Robinson, 1 Nic Henderson.
Replacements: 16 Shota Horie, 17 Laurie Weeks, 18 Jordy Reid, 19 Jarrod Saffy, 20 Nic Stirzaker, 21 Lachlan Mitchell, 22 Angus Roberts.
Kings: 15 George Whitehead, 14 Sergeal Petersen, 13 Waylon Murray, 12 Andries Strauss (c), 11 Ronnie Cooke, 10 Demetri Catrakilis, 9 Shaun Venter, 8 Cornell du Preez, 7 Wimpie van der Walt, 6 Devin Oosthuizen, 5 Rynier Bernardo, 4 Steven Sykes, 3 Grant Kemp, 2 Hannes Franklin, 1 Schalk Ferreira.
Replacements: 16 Bandise Maku, 17 Kevin Buys, 18 David Bulbring, 19 Jacques Engelbrecht, 20 Nicolas Vergallo, 21 Marcello Sampson, 22 Siviwe Soyzwapi.
Referee: Andrew Lees (Australia)


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- Rising Star: Villanova Guard Phil Booth The sophomore from Baltimore hit the second-biggest shot of the game for Villanova (it was, admittedly, a very distant second).
- Rising Star: North Carolina Guard Joel Berry Steady and efficient, if not flashy, Berry could be a key tonight against Villanova. The sophomore point guard has recorded 18 assists and just one turnover in his last two games.
- Rising Star: Syracuse Forward Tyler Lydon In the second half on Sunday, Lydon nailed a three off a pick-and-pop when his defender stayed with gunner Trevor Cooney, and swished a very deep three to cut the deficit to 58-55.
- Rising Star: Oklahoma Forward Khadeem Lattin The Oklahoma Sooners' strength is their perimeter shooting, but their secret weapon is 6'9" forward Khadeem Lattin
- Rising Star: Seton Hall's Isaiah Whitehead Is On Quite A Roll The sophomore scored 70 points in three days—and added 19 rebounds and 17 assists—to lead Seton Hall to its first Big East title since 1993.
- Rising Star: Wisconsin Forward Ethan Happ Ethan Happ, now a redshirt freshman, is a starter for Wisconsin averaging 11.9 points, 7.8 rebounds, and a Big Ten-leading 1.8 steals.
- Wisconsin's Future In Good Hands With Bronson Koenig Three-year starter Traevon Jackson is graduating, but Wisconsin's point guard spot is in good hands. When Jackson broke his foot in January, sophomore Bronson Koenig replaced him in the starting lineup and played well.


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