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Posted July 22, 2008
By Jacques Berlinerblau - The Washington Post, Newsweek Online
For those scholars and journalists covering religious politicking in 2008, John McCain is no muse, no inspired source of ideas and angles, no solvent of writer's block.
He certainly captured our interest when he referred to America as a "Christian Nation" back in the fall. He titillated us when he proclaimed himself to be a Baptist, not an Episcopalian. "Appreciative" is the word I would use to describe how many of us felt when he sought out and subsequently disavowed Reverends Hagee and Parsley.
Catholics United Responds to McCain Campaign
Posted July 17, 2008
Catholics United executive director Chris Korzen issued the following statement today in response to Senator McCain's indecision regarding whether or not to remove controversial advisor Deal Hudson from the "National Catholics for McCain Steering Committee."
"In March, the McCain campaign proudly announced the launch of its 'National Catholics for McCain Committee'– a group that includes Deal Hudson and more than 100 other Catholics. Then, Senator McCain stated that he was 'humbled by the supporters of such a diverse group of Catholic leaders.' Now, as campaign spokesperson Tucker Bonds told the Washington Times, Deal Hudson is just 'a name on a list.'"
"We believe the McCain campaign owes it to Catholics to clarify precisely which members of its 'Catholics for McCain Committee' are just names on a list, and which members are engaged in the committee's stated mission of 'actively recruiting Catholics at the national, regional, state, local, and parish levels to help share John McCain's vision and pro-Catholic message.' Are U.S. Senator and former presidential candidate Sam Brownback and Ave Maria University founder Tom Monaghan also just names on a list? What about Republican House Leader John Boehner and Former RNC Catholic Outreach Director Martin Gillespie?"
"Although the McCain campaign is attempting to downplay Hudson's role as a Catholic advisor and surrogate, the facts appear to tell a different story. In May, Mr. Hudson was a key player in the campaign's attempt to rectify fallout over Senator McCain's embrace of anti-Catholic pastor John Hagee. More recently, Hudson has used his InsideCatholic.com blog to issue a series of attacks against McCain's opponent, Barack Obama. Just this past week, Hudson hosted a press conference for Frank Donatelli, deputy chair of the Republican National Committee national Catholic media outlets. And on Monday, Hudson appeared on the Al Kresta Show to criticize Senator Obama's Catholic outreach efforts. Deal Hudson, isn't just a name on a list, he's one of the most publicly identified Catholic supporter of McCain. This is the same Deal Hudson who established a White House Catholic Working Group, which – as he stated in his recent book – deliberately excluded the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops from policy discussions. Last year, Hudson publicly ridiculed a Vatican climate change initiative that didn't fit his political worldview."
"We reiterate our call for Deal Hudson's removal from the National Catholics for McCain Steering Committee."
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Catholic group calls for removal of McCain Advisor
Posted July 17, 2008
By Jon Ward - The Washington Times
A Catholic advocacy group Wednesday called for the ouster of an adviser to Sen. John McCain's presidential campaign, drawing attention to a past allegation of sexual misconduct.
Catholics United (CU) said Deal Hudson, a longtime Republican operative specializing in outreach to Catholic voters, should be removed from his campaign post the presumptive Republican presidential nominee.
Reaching out to Catholic voters. The role of sin and repentance.
Posted July 17, 2008
By Dana Bash - CNN.com
The McCain campaign deliberated much of Wednesday about how to handle a demand that Deal Hudson, a volunteer on outreach to Catholics, to step down.
They decided not to cut him loose.
Chris Korzen appears on the John McMullen Show
Posted July 17, 2008
Chris Korzen, executive director of Catholics United, appeared on the John McMullen Show, KNEWS Radio, Palm Springs, CA.
Catholics United Condemns Political Attacks by "Pro-Life" Groups
Posted June 12, 2008
What constitutes and effective anti-abortion agenda? Grandstanding in front of the Bishops Conference demanding that the Bishopshold communion from fellow Catholics in public life? or Building a culture of life that supports women and children by providing desperately needed support services for expecting mothers? We think the choice is obvious.
Today, Catholics United expresses grave concerns over an ad campaign from the group Society for Truth and Justice and Operation Rescue founder Randall Terry, which urges the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) to deny communion to "pro-abortion politicians," and to condemn Catholics who vote for those same politicians. Catholics United believes the campaign and an affiliated protest – scheduled for Friday, June 13 at the USCCB's meeting in Orlando – constitute both a shameful attempt to use the Catholic sacrament of Communion as a political weapon, and a means of perpetuating decades of the acrimony and division that have prevented real progress toward ending abortions in the U.S.
Catholics United calls on the Society for Truth and Justice and Operation Rescue to work leaders from across the ideological and political spectrum to craft real solutions to the abortion issue. A growing body of evidence – including a Catholics United study using data from Kansas and an upcoming 50-state study by Catholics in Alliance for the Common Good – suggests that providing economic and social supports for pregnant women and families are the most effective ways to prevent abortions.
"Many of these organizations' supporters are undoubtedly motivated by a profound and commendable desire to preserve and protect human life at all stages," said Chris Korzen, executive director of Catholics United and co-author of A Nation for All: How the Catholic Vision of the Common Good Can Save America from the Politics of Division. "Unfortunately, the leaders of these organizations are pursing strategies that are counterproductive to their stated objectives. This type of political rhetoric and campaign intervention is directly responsible for many of the failed policies of the last decade that have proved to be a disaster – by all reasonable measures – for human life and dignity."
The ad campaign and USCCB protest are eerily reminiscent of a 2004 concerted effort by the Republican Party and far right Catholic political organizations to convince Catholics that Senator John Kerry's position on abortion rendered him unfit for their vote. Although theologically inaccurate, this well-funded and well-organized campaign may have been the decisive factor in securing President Bush's win in Ohio.
"It's time to move beyond the failed policies of the past and address the real threats to the common good: war, poverty, and lack of health care and education, the environment, and our dire economic situation," said Korzen. "It's also time to stop using the abortion issue to divide voters and to start bringing Americans together around common ground solutions. The Society for Truth and Justice and Operation Rescue's action are bad for Catholics, bad for the unborn, and bad for America."
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Catholic League's Bill Donohue Continues Partisan Attacks
Posted May 30, 2008
Catholics United executive director Chris Korzen issued the following statement today in response to Catholic League president Bill Donohue's latest attack on Sen. Barack Obama:
"Today Bill Donohue issued a set of frivolous comments on Rev. Michael Pfleger's recent inappropriate remarks about Hillary Clinton. Instead of focusing on the nature of Pfleger's remarks, Mr. Donohue chose the unfortunate path of using the incident to question the character of Sen. Barack Obama. Catholics United is concerned that Donohue's comments appear part of a systematic campaign to influence the outcome of the upcoming presidential election by maligning Sen. Obama to Catholic voters."
"This pattern of partisan rhetoric is nothing new to the Catholic League under the leadership of Mr. Donohue. Donohue has targeted Senator Obama and his advisors in recent months over similarly petty issues. Earlier this year, he let John McCain off easy over an endorsement from the anti-catholic John Hagee, while in 2007 he vowed to make John Edwards' hiring of two anti-catholic junior staffers the central issue of the election. In 2004, Donohue pursued a relentless campaign to challenge the credibility of Democratic presidential candidate Sen. John Kerry by painting him as a bad Catholic. And we know from Deal Hudson's book Onward Christian Soldiers that Donohue participated in at least one campaign meeting Karl Rove during the run-up to the 2000 election."
"Catholics United wholeheartedly supports the Catholic League's noble mission of 'defending the right of Catholics – lay and clergy alike – to participate in American public lifeout defamation or discrimination.' It is difficult, however, to understand how Donohue's own political activity as Catholic League president is consistent this mission or the organization's 501(c)(3) nonprofit tax status."
"We are also concerned that Donohue's media profile risks creating an appearance of partisanship on the part of the entire Catholic community. Although he often seems to pretend otherwise, Mr. Donohue has absolutely no authority to speak for Catholics or the Church institution."
Catholics Urge Sen. Lieberman to Avoid Speaking Appearance with Rev. John Hagee
Posted May 30, 2008
The leaders of Catholics in Alliance for the Common Good and Catholics United today urged Senator Joseph Lieberman (I-Conn) todraw his support for Rev. John Hagee and the Texas pastor's "Christians United for Israel" summit. Sen. Lieberman is scheduled to appear at the event in July. In a letter to Sen. Lieberman, the groups cited Hagee's "long-standing pattern of intolerant behavior" that includes comments offensive to many groups of Americans.
Hagee has stirred controversy in recent months for having referred to the Catholic Church as "the great whore" and claiming that God sent Hurricane Katrina to punish residents of New Orleans for immoral behavior. More recently, revelations surfaced that Hagee believes Adolf Hitler's persecution of Jews was carried out in fulfillment of God's will. The pastor has also made comments offensive to Muslims, women, and African-Americans.
"Senator Lieberman must send a strong message to all Americans that Hagee's bigotry and extremism have no place in our political system," said Alexia Kelley, executive director of Catholics in Alliance. "The best way to do this is to renounce his support of Hagee, anddraw from the 'Christians United for Israel' summit."
"Americans of all political stripes are desperate to move beyond the divisiveness and partisanship that have characterized U.S. politics in recent years," said Chris Korzen, executive director of Catholics United. "By participating in Hagee's summit, Senator Lieberman risks perpetuating the acrimony and intolerance that the pastor has come to represent."
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Bill Donohue Still Shilling for Karl Rove
Posted May 02, 2008
Today, Bill Donohue, the President of the Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights, a 501c3 tax exempt organization, issued a press release labeling Obama's Catholic advisors as Catholic dissidents. By issuing this statement, Donohue not only jeopardizes his tax exempt status but also raises larger concerns over the use of his organization for a partisan agenda.
According to the book Onward Christian Soldiers by the Republican operative Deal Hudson, Karl Rove recruited Bill Donohue to participate in Republican organized efforts to court Catholic voters. By attacking the Catholic advisors of a presidential campaign at this moment, Bill Donohue is again engaging in partisan politics.
Chris Korzen Participates on PEW Forum Panel on Religion and Politics
Posted May 01, 2008
Chris Korzen, executive director of Catholics United, joined Faith and Public Life director Jennifer Butler, Clemson University professor Laura Olsen, and moderator John Green for a discussion on the state of religion and progressive politics in the 2008 elections.
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The leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party has replaced its National Secretary, Prince Olagunsoye Oyinlola with theparty's Deputy National Secretary, Mr. Solomon Onwe. A terse statement signed by the National Chairman of the PDP, Alhaji Bamanga Tukur, on Monday said the change takes immediate effect. The statement reads, "Pursuant to the powers conferred on the National Chairman by Chapter V ...Read More »
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Alleged fraud: Kaduna Deputy Speaker, six others arraigned
The Deputy Speaker of the Kaduna State House of Assembly, Dr. Mato Dogara, and six former officials of Lere Local Government Council were on Monday charged before Federal High Court, Kaduna for alleged conspiracy and fraud amounting to N30 million. The other accused persons included Kabiru Tahir, former interim committee Chairman of the council; Ahmed Yahya, former Director of Finance, ...Read More »
FG denies budgeting N60b for farmers' cellphones
The Federal Government has again denied the report making the rounds that it has set aside N60 billion to fund cellphones for farmers in the country. The Minister of Agriculture, Dr. Akinwunmi Adesina, on Monday said there is no N60 billion anywhere to be used to buy cellphones.` He also said government will not be involved in direct procurement of ...Read More »
Pension scam: No hiding place for Maina – Senate
The Senate on Monday vowed to ensure that the Chairman of the Pension Reform Task Team (PRTT), Alhaji Abdulrasheed Maina faces justice no matter how long it takes. The Senate also could not say whether the 2013 Appropriation Bill it passed on December 20, 2012, has been forwarded to President Goodluck Jonathan for assent. Chairman, Senate Committee on Information, Media ...Read More »
Alleged fraud: Ex-Rep sues EFCC
A former member of the House of Representatives, Napoleon Gbinije, has filed a motion for the enforcement of his fundamental right against the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. The anti-graft agency had on January 8, 9 and 10 declared him wanted through press releases and advertorials in newspapers, and radio for alleged breach of trust and illegal diversion of N281 ...Read More »
Suspected Boko Haram commander arrested in Maiduguri
The Joint Task Force on "Operation Restore Order'' said it has arrested Mohammed Zangina, a suspected commander of the Boko Haram sect in Maiduguri, Borno State. JTF spokesman, Lt.-Col. Sagir Musa, said this in a statement on Sunday in Maiduguri. Musa said Zangina was arrested after an operation at the Government Reservation Area in Maiduguri. "The JTF has arrested a ...Read More »
Bayelsa Speaker's mother kidnapped
Unknown gunmen on Monday kidnapped the mother of the Speaker, Bayelsa State House of Assembly, Hon. Kombowei Benson. The 78-year old Betinah Okunwa Benson was abducted in the early hours of Monday at her country in Korokorosei community, Southern Ijaw local government area of the state. The gunmen, according to eyewitnesses, got hold of her before shooting sporadically in the ...Read More »
368 players vie for AFCON trophy
The African Cup of Nations starting in South Africa on Saturday will feature 368 players from clubs in 55 countries, showing how widely dispersed African players are. Futaa.com reports that there are 27 European countries represented, including Liechtenstein and Luxembourg, and clubs from Brazil, China, Japan and the United States. The French league traditionally provides the most players, this time ...Read More »
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LEADING northern politicians, including Chairman of the Northern Governors Forum (NGF) and Niger State Governor, Alhaji Babangida Aliyu, Senator Danladi Sankara of the People's Democratic Party (PDP) from Jigawa State and Senator Abba Ibrahim of the All Nigeria People's Party (ANPP) from Yobe State, have vehemently voiced their opposition to several aspects of the proposed Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB). The ...Read More »

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PRESIDENT Michael Sata has called for an all-inclusive participation from all Members of Parliament (MPs) in implementing the development of Zambia regardless of their political affiliation.
Mr Sata, having clocked one-year in office, said the country's development should be a responsibility of every Zambian and that MPs were key to ensuring development was attained for the betterment of every citizen.
The President said this when he officially opened the second session of the 11th National Assembly at Parliament in Lusaka yesterday.
Addressing MPs during his delivery of the key note address, Mr Sata said Parliamentarians were properly positioned to bring development to their constituencies, thus benefiting the people that brought them into office.
He said despite a successful year for the PF Government, much more was still to be achieved hence the need for everyone to participate.
He said various parts of the country had different needs such as improved agriculture, access to market for livestock, among others, and that these requirements could be achieved if everyone worked with the Government to attain all development goals.
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He implored the House to maintain a momentum of vibrancy as it conducted business on behalf of Zambians.
He called on Ministers to render their relevance by providing the opposition bench with adequate answers whenever they requested for information regarding Government's performance.
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"You, the opposition, you should take on these ministers and my ministers, you should not get tempered whenever you are asked. You should provide answers on everything. Mr Vice President, answer all the questions, it doesn't matter who is asking," Mr Sata said.
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Pharrell: Black Women Should Find Love In The Mirror & Not Project Their Delusions On To Covers
Pharrell has some interesting words and an interesting perspective on the backlash he's received regarding the cover art for his album G I R L which did not feature any women with night-shade skin. Pharrell sits down for an emotional and very revealing interview with Oprah for Oprah Prime, and the topic of the album cover comes up, as well as the lyrics to Blurred Lines which have been tagged as "misogynist", and IMO rightfully so. Now Pharrell is one of my favorite people, I know he hates defending his art, but his words to Oprah suggests that he doesn't understand the depth of the arguments behind the backlash.
On the topic of dark skinned women not appearing on the artwork for the album entitled, G I R L, Pharrell suggests their is a new black mentality and black women who are insecure should find love in the mirror and not on the cover of albums or magazines. Dayum!
I just thought to myself, is this the time that we're going to be divisive. Because at the time with this album cover, "Happy" was like, rising. I was becoming the first African-American in a full year to hit number one. Is this the time that we're going to pick to be divisive?
So then, I went on to explain that she is African-American and I used to date her and it must suck to be a black girl of that color because you're being questioned if you're black enough. Her dad is black, her mom is white. Here's my thing. Why are we having this conversation….I was like, see, this is what I didn't want to happen because you make an issue about first I didn't have no black girls on there. Then, it instantly turned into they're not dark enough. So when a brown-skinned girl were to go and try and put on her robe, she gets attacked.
The new black doesn't blame other races for our issues. The new black dreams and realizes that it's not a pigmentation, it's a mentality. It's either going to work for you or it's going to work against you and you've got to pick which side you're gonna be on. You choose to be on. The name of my album is not called race, it's called G I R L. It's for the female species. That's number one.
Number two, my mama is black. My mom is a huge part of my business. My wife is black. There are certain people who allow the delusion in the mirror, in their own mirrors, to become issues. You should not find confidence outside of your mirror. Why are you sharing your delusion. Whatever that space is between you and your mirror, what does that have to do with me?
This is my work. I recognize that there are issues. We get judged on our skin. I just stated that there hadn't been an African-American like…so we look at things like that. I don't allow that to run my life. I don't live my life trying to be black. What I do is, I nurture my curiosity and use it. I'm proud to be what I am. So my thing is, the new black is a mentality. You don't do things because you're black. You do things because you're genuinely interested in something. Is there a lot of black in equality. Absolutely! But I'm the main one waving the flag. What do you mean? Don't find your confidence in a cover. Find your confidence in the mirror.
I actually don't have a problem with the artwork, didn't even notice the hue of the women on the cover. BUT I do have a problem with his words. For me Pharrell actually makes the situation worse. Number one, the female species has dark skinned women, so I'm not really understanding that point. Number two, I don't think the women who speak out about being underrepresented do so because they're insecure or because they don't love the "woman in the mirror", and I definitely don't think they're delusional. I believe they're speaking out because Pharrell as an artist has an opportunity to broaden the scope of beauty but chooses not to on this cover for whatever reasons, which is his right, but…
For an artist who thinks outside of the box you would think Pharrell would be the one to get it. Why, Pharrell having a black mother and a black wife, as he keeps on noting when explaining this topic, doesn't think to include someone beautiful like his mother in skin hue on his cover about the "female species", is the question he has failed to answer. If he would have just said, I didn't think about it, I saw these four beautiful women and went for it, I wouldn't have bat an eye, but to suggest that women need to find love in the mirror and stop projecting their delusions; saying that women who are constantly being marginalized in society need to stop trying to challenge the status quo, actually makes me a little upset. The women that speak up are not trying to be divisive for the most part, they are trying to challenge the concept of beauty and ask an artist who has a universal appeal to broaden the concept of beauty to be more universal on an album that is suppose to be about all. The cover doesn't feel like it was about all women and there lies the problem.
Just as other artist contribute to Pharell's sound (no Marvin Gaye shade intended), and just as other artist inspired him to find a career in music, the images women and girls see on the TV, magazines, and music videos, contribute to the way they identify themselves in society. It shapes their idea of beauty because these images are projected at them from the time they awake to the time they fall asleep. It's not a matter of not loving the woman in the mirror, we all have insecurities, it's a matter of society challenging what we see in the mirror and labeling it as wrong. It takes a strong mother and father to engrave beauty into their children and to shield their self-confidence, but society can tear it all down in a moment's time.
I do understand some of what Pharrell is saying, this social media culture is always finding controversy in the smallest of things. I think he should have let the art, the cover speak for itself. However when he starts talking about divisive, delusions, and insecurities…he comes across as insensitive, misinformed, and his words undermine his art. Let the critics critique, and let the art speak.
I do love Pharrell. He also does the same thing when attempting to explain the lyrics to Blurred Lines. He actually tries to explain that the song really isn't a misogynist song, OK, but what about the video. Anyway, head over to Necole Bitchie to read his take on Blurred Lines. Also check out the joy he has when talking about his wife.
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He has a great point and I take it he means self love and worth
Pharrell can have whomever he wants to on HIS album cover. WHat's the big deal!?! This is coming from a brown-skinned woman. I'm so tired of this light-skinned; dark-skinned issue blacks have amounst eachother. No other race gives a damn but us and its ignorant and silly. Love yourself and stop trying to blame others on your own insecurities.
Pharrell better preach! Women are too obsessed trynna look like Kim Kardashian and have Nicki Minaj's butt. Love YOURSELF!!


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by William F. Jasper
The ongoing coverup concerning the secret Able Danger operation provides further evidence that the "war on terror" is a farce.
There was nothing in outward appearance to draw attention to the four-bedroom apartment at 54 Marienstrasse. Nonetheless, the attention of the intelligence services of Germany, the U.S., Israel, and other Middle Eastern and European countries had been drawn to the nondescript flat in Hamburg, Germany, as early as 1998. That was when Mohammed Atta signed the lease and he and Ramzi bin al Shibh moved in. Soon thereafter, it was identified by intelligence agencies as a target of interest. It became known as the hub of al-Qaeda's "Hamburg Cell."
Over the next two and a half years, dozens of al-Qaeda operatives, including Khalid Sheik Mohammed, the reputed 9/11 "mastermind," passed through the 54 Marienstrasse apartment. Twenty-nine al-Qaeda recruits from the Middle East or Northern Africa listed it as their registered address. Mohammed Atta would later be labeled, after the fact, as the "ringleader" of the 9/11 terrorists who hijacked four jetliners to use as missiles against targets in New York City and Washington, D.C. Atta is believed to have been the suicide pilot who flew American Airlines Flight 11 into the north tower of the World Trade Center. His Hamburg roommate, Ramzi bin al Shibh, captured in Pakistan in 2002, has been described by U.S. officials as the al-Qaeda "coordinator and paymaster" for 9/11. In the months leading up to the terrorist attacks of… Continue reading
In The New Pearl Harbor: Disturbing Questions about the Bush Administration and 9/11 (2004), I summarized dozens of facts and reports that cast doubt on the official story about 9/11. Then in The 9/11 Commission Report: Omissions and Distortions (2005a), I discussed the way these various facts and reports were treated by the 9/11 Commission, namely, by distorting or simply omitting them. I have also taken this big-picture approach, with its cumulative argument, in my previous essays and lectures on 9/11 (Griffin, 2005b and 2005d).[1] This approach, which shows every aspect of the official story to be problematic, provides the most effective challenge to the official story.
But this way of presenting the evidence has one great limitation, especially when used in lectures and essays: It means that the treatment of every particular issue must be quite brief, hence superficial. People can thereby be led to suspect that a more thorough treatment of any particular issue might show the official story to be plausible after all.
In the present essay, I focus on one question: why the Twin Towers and building 7 of the World Trade Center collapsed. One advantage of this focus, besides the fact that it allows us to go into considerable detail, is that the destruction of the World Trade Center provides one of the best windows into the truth about 9/11. Another advantage of this focus is that it will allow us to look at revelations contained in the 9/11 oral histories, which were recorded… Continue reading
The Seekers
The birth and life of the '9-11 Truth movement'
Source: villagevoice.com
by Jarrett Murphy
February 21st, 2006 11:48 AM
Essentially, it's all about physics and common sense. Cut steel, and buildings fall. Crash a plane, and the Earth gets scarred. Fire a missile; see a hole. What's up must come down, cause makes effect, and for the truth to set you free, it must be freed itself.
It's dark in the basement of St. Mark's Church and dark outside on a mid-December Sunday night, but inside they have seen the light. Among the 100 or so people in the room, many wear buttons that read "9/11 Was An Inside Job." Others grip the vital texts in their hands — Crossing the Rubicon, The New Pearl Harbor, or 9/11 Synthetic Terror. Most in the largely (but not exclusively) white and male crowd can quote you the important passages from "Rebuilding America's Defenses" or The 9/11 Commission Report. A few can guide you through the details of concepts like "peak oil" and pyroclastic flow. All of them suspect–and a few simply know–that their government was somehow complicit in the attacks that killed nearly 3,000 Americans four Septembers ago.
They are watching the new edition of Loose Change, a slick, witty documentary featuring a hip soundtrack and a rapid-fire assault on nearly every aspect of the "official" story of 9-11. The work of 22-year-old filmmaker Dylan Avery, Loose Change came out last year to take its… Continue reading
Despite Pentagon stonewalling and intimidation of whistleblowers, the story that a hardline Republican congressman says is "bigger than Watergate" refuses to go away.
Five former operatives of a US military intelligence project say they identified Mohamed Atta and three other men later alleged to have been the lead 9/11 hijackers as suspected al Qaeda terrorists working in the United States more than a year before September 11, 2001. The five whistleblowers say their superiors at the US Special Operations Command chose to suppress the information and keep it from law enforcement authorities, thus protecting Atta and Co. – at the very least in effect, if not as a matter of intent. They were forced to destroy their data on Atta; and their program, Able Danger, was killed by the Bush administration prior to September 11.
Years after the destruction of the World Trade Center, they told their story to the 9/11 Commission, only to be soundly ignored. When they finally came forward as whistleblowers last year, they were placed under gag orders by the Pentagon. The most prominent of them, Col. Anthony Shaffer, was investigated on charges that he stole pens and overcharged the Defense Department for $67 in phone calls. He claims the investigation of him to date has cost the taxpayers $2 million.
That, at any rate, is the Able Danger saga as we know it so far.
In the latest wrinkle, blog reporter Rory O'Connor (Mar 1, archived below) says a Pentagon inspector general's investigation has identified… Continue reading
What is striking about agent Samit's account, like the account of his office-mate Coleen Rowley, is the assumption of "criminal negligence" on the part of FBI headquarters, and RFU head David Frasca and Michael Maltbie in particular. Best I can see, criminal complicity has not been ruled out whatsoever.
I'm grateful for the testimony of Mr. Samit, and for Rowley's whistleblowing, but how exactly can either know for sure that the RFU's obstructionism was the result of careerism or 'criminal incompetence' rather than something else? I don't claim to know the reasons, but Samit and Rowley certainly cannot know for sure, either.
Remember, there is evidence that Frasca intentionally and without good cause (and thus not negligently) obstructed the flow of information up the FBI's chain of command. You may recall the 'Time' magazine story early in 2002 which detailed agent Rowley's charges. The story's authors claimed that Ken Williams' infamous "Phoenix Memo" was received by Frasca a couple of months in advance of 9/11:
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Rowley's letter lays out the case that the FBI made fateful miscalculations by failing to see a possible connection between the Minneapolis investigation of flight student Moussaoui and the hunch of Phoenix agent Kenneth Williams — posited in a report to HQ two months earlier — that al-Qaeda operatives were attending U.S.
REASONS TO DOUBT THE OFFICIAL STORY OF SEPTEMBER 11th, 2001
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We are continuing to compile the best documentation links for every single point on this page, and intend to post the updated version as soon as possible, and create teaching tools and more from the info. This is a significant and time-consuming process–if you have useful links, please send them to janice[at]911truth[dot]org. Thanks for your help!
If you use the search function with title key words, you will discover that 911Truth.org is home to articles backing virtually every point made below. Much of the basic research is available at the Complete 9/11 Timeline (hosted by cooperativeresearch.org), the 9/11 Reading Room (
911readingroom.org), and the NY Attorney General Spitzer petition and complaint (Justicefor911.org). For physical evidence discussion, see Point 7.
1) AWOL Chain of Command
a. It is well documented that the officials topping the chain of command for response to a domestic attack – George W. Bush, Donald Rumsfeld, Richard Myers, Montague Winfield, Ralph Eberhart – all found reason to do something else during the actual attacks, other than assuming their duties as decision-makers.
b. Who was actually in charge? Dick Cheney, Richard Clarke, Norman Mineta and the 9/11 Commission directly conflict in their accounts of top-level response to the unfolding events, such that several (or all) of them must be lying.… Continue reading
by Derek Rose
New York Daily News
The feds bungled a key opportunity to possibly nix the 9/11 terror plot, it was reported yesterday.
An Arabic-speaking FBI agent had requested information about a Jan. 5, 2000, Al Qaeda meeting in Malaysia, but the CIA never turned it over, The New Yorker reported.
The ambitious FBI detective, Ali Soufan, was so upset when he eventually got the information – after 9/11 – that he vomited.
Soufan, who had been investigating the 2000 attack on the U.S. Navy destroyer Cole that killed 17 sailors, realized the two plots were linked.
"And if the CIA had not withheld information from him he likely would have drawn the connection months before Sept. 11," The New Yorker reported. The intelligence Soufan had sought showed that a one-legged jihadi named Khallad – a key Al Qaeda lieutenant linked to the Cole bombing – had attended the Malaysia meeting where the Sept. 11 plot was hatched.
According to the magazine, the CIA also learned in March 2000 that Al Qaeda operative Nawaf Alhazmi was in the United States, but the CIA never alerted the FBI. Alhazmi ended up on the American Airlines flight that crashed into the Pentagon.
The CIA may not have told the FBI about Alhazmi and another Qaeda operative, Khalid… Continue reading
by 9.11 Blogger
WNY Media Network
Bob Woodward's State of Denial provides evidence of the politicization of the 9/11 Commission's investigative process, conclusions, and certain omissions from its report, as well as then national security advisor Condoleezza Rice's likely role in burying unflattering, damning evidence through the appointment of Bush/Rice loyalist Philip Zelikow as the Commissions' chief investigator and Zelikow's reward (perhaps) of a top senior-level position in the State Department, which Rice now heads. First, some background.
One of the burning questions in newspapers, cable TV news, and blogs is why the 9/11 Commission report did not mention the July 10, 2001 meeting called by then-CIA Director George J. Tenet and his counterterrorism chief, J. Cofer Black, with then-national security adviser Condoleezza Rice. Tenet and Black hoped to impress on Rice the compelling need to act immediately against bin Laden because there was "a huge volume of data" suggesting strongly that a major attack was imminent.
"But both men came away from the meeting feeling that Ms. Rice had not taken the warnings seriously," writes Woodward.
The July 10 meeting between Tenet, Black and Rice went unmentioned in the various reports of investigations into the Sept. 11 attacks, but it stood out in the minds of Tenet and Black as the starkest warning they had given the White House on bin Laden and al-Qaeda. Though the investigators had access to all the paperwork on the meeting, Black felt there were things the commissions wanted to know about and things they didn't want to know about.…Continue reading
In a sidebar introduction to Ketcham's piece, the editors write:
Yes, when it comes to Israel and the U.S. press we are familiar with obstructions to raising edgy topics. That's why we're glad we have CounterPunch, to welcome good reporters like Ketcham in from the cold.
But more importantly, Christopher Ketcham has put together a phenomenal synthesis of the highly suspicious Israeli intelligence activities in the U.S. on and before 9/11. An enormous network of "art students", many of whom were located just blocks from the (alleged) 9/11 hijackers; and a small group of five or six Israeli intelligence operatives who were witnessed by many celebrating on a rooftop, with surveillance equipment, very soon after the first plane hit the Trade Center.
Normally, we'd throw caution to the wind, copyright-wise, and reprint an article like this in its entirety, but this particular issue is, thus far, for paying CounterPunch subscribers. We urge you to email or call Counterpunch to see about purchasing this single issue, as it will be a valuable part of any 9/11 library. Meanwhile, we bring you some important chunks.The running of this story shows how, as the tonnage of evidence begins to weigh on people's minds, the media is creeping into covering the serious 9/11 questions. Many who have publically derided the "truth movement" — like Counterpunch co-editor Alexander Cockburn — now deliver the goods on back roads, or with pretexts that trump their previous diatribes. Had the focus of Christopher… Continue reading
by Bryan Sacks
"If independent reporters ever want to gain evidence that proves that elements within the U.S. government had prior knowledge of the 9/11 attacks but failed to defend against them, or even anticipated and then enhanced the impact of the events for future effect, then transcripts of bin Laden's U.S. intercepted communications between January — September 2001 would most likely make the case."
–Ed Haas, Muckraker Report, September 21, 2006 http://www.muckrakerreport.com/id301.html
Most people will remember the infamous "bin Laden confession video" which was reportedly 'obtained' by US forces in Afghanistan after the fall of Jalalabad in November, 2001. The video, which has been offered as proof by the Bush administration that Osama bin Laden ordered the September 11, 2001 attacks, was broadcast in media outlets beginning in December 2001.
But now, a researcher claims that several kinds of evidence related to the video show that the US military's story of its origin is false.
Drawing on information gleaned directly from translations of the audio, public statements by Tony Blair and mainstream news articles, researcher Maher Osseiran has offered a compelling account of the origin of the video. His shocking conclusion is that the video was not 'obtained' by US forces in Jalalabad; rather it was very likely the product of a US-sponsored 'sting operation', possibly conducted with the assistance of Saudi Arabia and Pakistan, in late September, 2001.
Osseiran has been researching and publishing articles about the story for more than a year now, but now he has… Continue reading
by Nicholas Levis
The Summary
BBC World News started reporting that 7 World Trade Center had collapsed about 23 minutes before the building actually came down, as video of the news network's live broadcast on September 11th shows.
The skyscraper also known as the Salomon Brothers Building was still standing and clearly visible over the shoulder of a BBC reporter in New York, even as the network provided accurate, past- tense details of its collapse. Jane Standley's live report was interrupted about five minutes before WTC 7 actually came down at 5:20pm EDT. A video clip establishing this anomaly was discovered on the archive.org news service and first pointed out to the public Monday by the blog writer 911veritas at 911blogger.com .
The ensuing controversy has prompted a swift, unusually angry response from the BBC, which however has failed to address the substantive issue: Apparently the network's personnel were unfamiliar with WTC 7, which is excusable. They were however reporting information culled from a source with advance knowledge of the building's collapse. Who was that source?
The answer may be essential to settling the long-standing dispute over… Continue reading
September 11, 2001: The French Knew Much About It
By Guillaume Dasquié
Le Monde
Monday 16 April 2004
It's an impressive mass of documents. From a distance, one would imagine a doctoral thesis. On closer inspection: nothing of the kind. Red stamps "Confidential-Defense" and "Strictly National Usage" on every page. At the top on the left, a royal blue logo: that of the DGSE, Direction générale des services extérieurs [General Directorate for Foreign Services], the French secret services. In total, 328 classified pages. Notes, reports, syntheses and summaries, maps, graphs, organization charts, satellite photos. All exclusively devoted to al-Qaeda, its leaders, its seconds-in-command, its hide-outs and training camps. Also to its financial supports. Nothing less than the fundamentals of the DGSE reports compiled between July 2000 and October 2001. A veritable encyclopedia.
At the end of several months of investigation of this very special documentation, we contacted DGSE headquarters. And on April 3, the present chief of staff, Emmanuel Renoult, received us there, within the confines of the Tourelles garrison in Paris. After thumbing through the 328 pages that we set on his desk, he can't keep himself from deploring such a leak, all the while allowing us to understand that the packet represents virtually the entirety of DGSE production on the subject for this crucial period. On the other hand, it was impossible to draw the least comment from him on the substance of the material. Too sensitive.
It's true that these secret services chronicles about al-Qaeda, with their various revelations, raise many questions.…Continue reading
by Robert Parry
In late August 2001, when aggressive presidential action might have changed the course of U.S. history, CIA Director George Tenet made a special trip to Crawford, Texas, to get George W. Bush to focus on an imminent threat of a spectacular al-Qaeda attack only to have the conversation descend into meaningless small talk.
Alarmed CIA officials already had held an extraordinary meeting with then-national security adviser Condoleezza Rice on July 10 to lay out the accumulating evidence of an impending attack and had delivered on Aug. 6 a special "Presidential Daily Brief" to Bush entitled "Bin Laden Determined to Strike in US."
"A few weeks after the Aug. 6 PDB was delivered, I followed it to Crawford to make sure the President stayed current on events," Tenet wrote in his memoir, At the Center of the Storm. "This was my first visit to the ranch. I remember the President graciously driving me around the spread in his pickup and my trying to make small talk about the flora and the fauna, none of which were native to Queens," where Tenet had grown up.
Tenet's trip to Crawford — like the July 10 meeting with Rice and the Aug. 6 briefing paper for Bush — failed to shock the administration out of its lethargy nor elicit the emergency steps that the CIA and other counterterrorism specialists wanted.
While Tenet and Bush made small talk about "the flora and the fauna," al-Qaeda operatives put the finishing touches on their plans.…Continue reading
9/11 family member and "Jersey Girl" Patty Casazza has just revealed that whistleblowers told her that — before 9/11 — the government knew the day, the type of attack, and the targets.
Why is this important? Because, previously, whistleblowers such as Sibel Edmonds had given more vague information on the government's foreknowledge. For example, Ms. Edmonds had hinted that the government only knew of a general timeframe for the attacks, and that they had a list of potential targets, on which the World Trade Center was just one of many potential targets.
Casazza further stated that these whistleblowers saw how Sibel Edmonds was being harrassed and gagged, and were fearful that the same thing would happen to them. So they approached the Jersey Girls to ask them to demand the 9/11 Commission subpoena the whistleblowers. The Jersey Girls tried to bring the whistleblowers before the 9/11 Commission, and the Commissioners agreed, but then never let the whistleblowers testify, let alone subpoena them.
Why is this important? Because defenders of the official government story have argued that 9/11 couldn't have been an inside job or else whistleblowers would have come forward. Ms. Casaza confirms what many have said: there are a lot of 9/11… Continue reading
From ToddSeavey.com
YES: Sander Hicks, founder of Soft Skull Press, Vox Pop, and Drench Kiss Media and author of The Big Wedding: 9/11, the Whistle-Blowers, and the Cover-Up.
NO: Karol Sheinin, blogger at AlarmingNews.com (at one point guest blogger for Michelle Malkin) and founder of the counter-protest group Actual Truth About 9/11.
This contentious issue will be broached next week on Wednesday, November 7 (at 8pm) on the basement level of Lolita Bar (266 Broome St. at Allen St., one block south and three west of the Delancey St. subway stop on Manhattan's Lower East Side) — with Michel Evanchik moderating and Todd Seavey hosting.
In just-barely-related news, constitutionalists and conspiracists alike may enjoy tonight's (Oct. 30) Tonight show appearance by my favorite presidential candidate, Ron Paul, as noted in yesterday's entry, not that some Truther support for Paul makes him a Truther-endorser (or militia man, or Bircher, etc.) — but he probably wouldn't put such chicanery past the government, either. In the interests of hostal neutrality, I will say no more until after next week's debate, though.
How did I come to know two people with such opposing takes on this issue? Well, Karol co-hosts the monthly Manhattan Project non-leftist media gatherings with me and Mark Cunningham, while Sander (who, despite his being a Marxist and onetime pursuer of the NY Green Party nomination for Senate, I met through libertarian novelist Katherine Taylor of all people) is technically responsible for me hosting all of these Debates at… Continue reading
Posted at Crooks and Liars 4/1/08
By Logan Murphy
We brought you Attorney General, Michael Mukasey's tearful remarks about 9/11 and the ongoing FISA battle in Congress last week and on Tuesday's Countdown, Keith Olbermann and Rachel Maddow dig deeper into what was either a series of lies from the AG or an admission of gross negligence on the part of the Bush Administration leading up to that tragic day.
Mukasey claimed that the U.S. received a phone call from a terrorist safe house in Afghanistan prior to 9/11, but couldn't trace the call because the FISA laws were too restrictive — which is, of course, a lie. Mukasey was a Federal Judge, he knows that. Olbermann says that someone in the House or Senate needs to haul the Attorney General in and question him and find out whether he was lying to make a political point, or if the Bush administration really did receive such a call and chose not to act on it, leaving the country vulnerable to attack.
Maddow: "…Oh please, just let him have just been lying, because if he was telling the truth here, if there really was a call from a known al Qaeda safe house in Afghanistan to the United States before 9/11 which the Bush Administration did not tap and trace? That is huge news and we ought to get some answers about why we were left so unprotected and surprised on 9/11. Let's hope that he was… Continue reading
April 7, 2008
Its headline news that top Democrats are asking Attorney General Mukasey to explain his comments about a pre-9/11 phone call from a terrorist to the United States.
Why doesn't Congress ask Mukasey some real questions. For example:
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* Mr. Attorney General, since the U.S. government knew the date and method of the 9/11 attacks, why weren't the attacks stopped?
* Mr. Mukasey, because the government heard the 9/11 plans from the hijackers' own mouths, why wasn't anything done to stop them?
* Sir, since U.S. and allied intelligence services had penetrated the very highest levels of Al Qaeda prior to 9/11, why wasn't 9/11 stopped?
* U.S. and allied intelligence services seem to have actually employed or at least protected many of the hijackers prior to 9/11. Uh . . . why did they do that?
Michael Collins
"Scoop" Independent News
Washington, D.C.
(June 17, NYC). A surprise development occurred at today's hearing in the case of Susan Lindauer versus the United States. A long time associate of the accused, associate professor of computer science at Toronto's York University, Parke Godfrey, Ph.D., testified that Susan Lindauer predicted an attack on the United States in the southern part of Manhattan. According to his testimony, she said that the attack would be very similar to the 1993 bombing of the World Trade Center. Godfrey said that Lindauer made the prediction on several occasions, one as late as August 2001.
The testimony occurred in a hearing on Lindauer's competence to stand trial held before U.S. District Court Judge Loretta Preska, Southern District of New York, in lower Manhattan. On March 11, 2004, Lindauer was arrested for acting as an "unregistered agent" for the nation of Iraq prior to the U.S. invasion. Prosecutors have delayed the trial for over four years claiming Lindauer was delusional for asserting that she was a U.S. intelligence asset over a period of nine years, including the period covered by the indictment.
This was Lindauer's first real opportunity to argue her competence to stand trial and deny the delusions claimed by court psychiatrists. Lindauer asserts that she had been a U.S. intelligence asset since working on the Lockerbie case and subsequent antiterrorism efforts.
Appearing for the defense, Dr. Godfrey testified under oath that Lindauer told him of her specific concerns about an attack on the… Continue reading


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Boston, MA - Tonight, the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) congratulated Martha Coakley on her win in the special Massachusetts Senate election. Coakley won SEIU's endorsement in October because of her record fighting to improve the lives of working families across the Commonwealth. The member-driven endorsement process included a candidate forum attended by hundreds of members from across the state.
"Tonight, Massachusetts voted for a fighter, a progressive and someone who will truly do justice to Ted Kennedy's legacy: Martha Coakley. Personally, I can't wait for Massachusetts to be represented in the Senate not just by a woman, but by a woman who will continue to crack down on abusive health insurers, fight unscrupulous employers for the back pay workers are entitled to and stand for free and fair union elections," said SEIU International Secretary-Treasurer Anna Burger.
SEIU members throughout the Bay State invested a substantial amount of time and effort knocking on doors and making phone calls from Springfield to Boston to Hyannis to help Coakley get to tonight's primary victory and will continue working on her behalf leading up to the January 19 special general election.
"I know Martha Coakley will fight for us in Washington, D.C. because when she walked a day in my shoes she looked me in the eye and had a genuine desire to learn more about the real lives of the people she is running to represent," said Monica Henry, a personal care attendant in Boston. "She has a reputation for not backing down and I know she will fight for people like me."
"When we endorsed Martha Coakley, we promised we would do everything we could to talk to our families, friends and neighbors about why she is the best choice. She has the experience and the track record as a statewide leader in giving a voice to the voiceless and helping working families protect what they have earned," said Michael Grunko, President of SEIU Massachusetts State Council.
"Senator Edward Kennedy worked his whole life in pursuit of an America where every family has access to affordable healthcare, every worker has a paycheck that supports their family and a secure retirement, every child has a right to a quality education, and every immigrant can achieve the American Dream," continued Grunko. "His vision of a more perfect nation never wavered and we owe it to him to continue his cause. Martha Coakley will continue the truest tradition of great Massachusetts Senators by bringing others together to get things done for Americans across the country."
On November 2, Coakley walked a day in the shoes
The SEIU Massachusetts State Council represents more than 60,000 workers and their families from SEIU Locals 1199, 615, 509, 888 and the Committee of Interns and Residents.


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Some experiences are so terrifying that a person needs help to tell the story.
Thatâs the premise of âWoman in Black,â the play that Dakota Wesleyan University will present today through Friday. Show times are at 7:30 p.m. each day…continue reading on mitchellrepublic.com


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The Airport Committee Special Task Force at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos, at the weekend, handed over to the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Airport Command three bags containing $2,073,160 and SAR 20,300, seized from two suspects who did not declare the currency to officers on duty at the airport.
According to the Nigeria Customs Service Area Comptroller at the Lagos Airport, Mr Eporwei Edike Charles, the suspects, identified as Mr. Talal Hammoud with passport number A03599105, and Mr Hassan Rmaiti with Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), on duty card number 25009 and the three bags of money have been handed over to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for further investigation and necessary action.
He explained that the foreign currencies were found on the two suspects at the " E" , wing departure area of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos.
He said the suspects violated regulations of government by attempting to take such amount of money out of the country without declaring the currencies to the Nigeria Customs currency desk officers on duty.
The Customs Area Comptroller explained that the airport committee special task force operating at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos consist of all security agencies, including, EFCC, State Security Service, National Drug Law Enforcement Agency ( NDLEA), Nigeria Immigration Service, and other security agencies working at the airport.
The airport committee special task force was recently inaugurated by the Federal Government for the monitoring of the operations of security agencies, airlines and other stakeholders at the airport, at check in counters, departure screening areas and arrival halls.
Only last week, the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Command of Nigeria Customs Service arrested a passenger with over $320,000 aboard a Qatar Airways flight bound for Doha, in the Gulf region.
According to a statement issued by the Customs, "At about 13 00 hours On November 19, 2012, a passenger by name Onwuekwe Anthony Chidi , with passport number A04086671 was checking in on Qatar Airways , he declared the sum of three hundred thousand and twenty thousand dollars on both forms CDFIA and Customs arrest passenger with $320,000 at MMIA but could not explain the source of the currency nor show adequate prove of his business to the customs officer at the currency desk at the " E" wing departure hall of Murtala Muhammed international Airport, Ikeja, Lagos".
He explained that the passenger only declared $70,000 after which the remaining amount was discovered.
But, when officials carried out search on the textbooks, they discovered that $67,437 was found that was not declared.
He explained that the area command has put in place measures to hand over the passenger to officials of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for further investigation.
He said it had become imperative for Customs at the airport to comply with government regulations as it affects foreign exchange in line with the Customs and Excise Management Act (CEMA) CAP C 45 LFN 2004 as amended.
The Customs boss explained that since September 24, 2012 when the office received a letter from the EFCC, it has thereafter put in place a collaborative working arrangement with the command currency declaration officers at the international airport.
He explained that the collaborative efforts has been paying off as many passengers have been restrained from travelling and have been handed over to the EFCC.


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An interesting analysis of how to win in the consumer electronics game from Quartz. They're talking about Apple and Google, Amazon, those firms fighting it out in the smartphone and tablet space. But it applies in other areas as well. The basic idea being that you've got to work out what you're going to try and make money on and what it is that you're going to give away (or at least sell at cost). No one is managing to profit from both sides of the equation: and those who don't manage either are doomed to very slim margins indeed:
To understand which firms are going to end up dominating the market for tablets and mobile phones, it helps to notice that we now live in an era in which every successful company selling hardware and content is giving something away for free. And the companies that can't afford to give something away for free are now competing with commodity manufacturers that could drive them into bankruptcy.
Subsidy—either of hardware by content, or content by hardware—is the common thread running through Apple's iPad mini (due to be announced tomorrow), Microsoft's move into hardware with its Surface tablet (due later this week), Nokia's slow demise, Amazon's ascent, and the modest success of every regional Android handset manufacturer on the planet. It's notable that the successful firms have opted for either one model or the other: none makes significant money from both content and hardware.
They then run through the various players. Apple is obviously making money on the hardware: what I hadn't realised was that their 30% cut of iTunes really only pays to run iTunes. Samsung makes on the hardware and outsources everything to Google for content, even for the OS. Amazon makes on the content but sells the hardware at breakeven (as close to "giving it away" as you might want to come with hardware). The doom coming to those companies that cannot charge premium prices for hardware but who also haven't got that ecosystem of software, services or advertising upon which they can make profit.
It's worth reading the Quartz analysis. I'd just add that this isn't really all that unusual. Very much the same economics can be seen in the games console market. The hardware is usually (at least at the beginning of the model cycle) sold at a loss. It's the piece of each software title they claim that makes the profit in the longer run for said hardware manufacturers. Which, as an aside, is why you don't see all that much freeware or even shareware for such machines.
We've also seen it in server sales: Sun certainly pushed the idea of Java as a way of selling servers. Give away the software which makes "the network the computer" and you might be able to see server sales rise. It worked for some time even if Sun did go down in the end.
So this idea of giving something away, or selling at cost, isn't unique to, or even new as a result of, the smartphone and tablet wars. It's simply a tried and tested set of techniques being applied to a new set of products.


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Got skill on the grill? Enter the Ada Jenkins Center's 2012 "Fire" barbecue cook off and fundraiser on Sept. 29 in Davidson. Meanwhile, dog lovers take note: The Lucky Dog, a new dog-bar on Statesville Road in Cornelius opened its doors Tuesday night. And Wooden Stone gallery in Davidson is hosting a series of cooking classes with chef Vera Samuels. Details below.
The Ada Jenkins Center on Gamble Street in Davidson will host its 4th Annual "FIRE" festival on Saturday, Sept. 29. The day includes a 5K run, a barbecue feast and competition, and live music and entertainment.
The run begins at 10 a.m., and the feasting begins at 11 a.m. If you've got some prowess on the grill, you can enter the competition in one of two categories: Hogmasters, those with professional equipment who either travel to BBQ competitions or are in the BBQ business (restaurant or catering), will compete for cash prizes. Backyard Grillers is for the rest of us, who are just out for a little fun, fame and maybe a prize.
Just want to eat and have a good time? Home cooked chopped pork barbecue will be available from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. The barbecue is $10 per plate (eat on premises or take out) or attendees have the option to sample entries in the BBQ competition. The competition will be judged by local mayors, along with other guests and sponsors. Tickets may be purchased at the Ada Jenkins Center, at 212 Gamble Street in Davidson.
More info at http://adajenkins.org/events/fire/. Application deadline is Aug. 31st! Spots are limited. For the road race, visit www.davidsontiming.com.
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Know Your Farms LLC, a Davidson company that connects consumers with local farmers, is looking for a new drop-off point in Davidson. They say the ideal place would be indoors, available from 5-7 p.m. on Tuesdays. Visit them on Facebook, facebook.com/knowyourfarms, or the web, knowyourfarms.com
Lucky Dog Bark and Brew, on U.S. 21 in the building that used to house Kylie's (19607 Statesville Road), opened for business Tuesday night. It was a soft opening, publicized mostly to Facebook friends, in celebration of getting all final permits and the certificate of occupancy.
Owners William and Kelly Waugh in May received a permit for Lucky Dog, which is a doggy daycare, dog park and coffee/drinks bar for people ages 18 and older and their dogs. Annual membership is $10 per household.
Over the next week and a half, Lucky Dog's hours will be 4 p.m. to 12 a.m., leading up to its grand opening weekend Aug. 17, after which it will have regular hours for doggy daycare (7:30 a.m. – 6 p.m. Monday – Friday, 9 a.m. – 6 p.m. Saturday and Sunday) and the bar (12 p.m. – 12 a.m. Monday – Friday and 9 a.m. – 12 a.m. Saturday and Sunday). More info: Website: http://www.luckydoglkn.com See also our May 8, 2012, feature story: "Lucky Dog eyes summer opening for pooches and people")
Chef Vera Samuels will teach cooking classes two Sundays this month at Wooden Stone gallery, 445 S. Main St., Davidson. Her menu for this Sunday, Aug. 12 showcases fresh fruits and vegetables from the Davidson Farmers Market. The Aug. 28 class is "Journey Through the Mediterranean." Classes are 2-4:30 p.m., and cost is $60 each. Registration and full menus may be found at
Meanwhile, Wooden Stone will have a "Sip and Shop" wine tasting on Saturday, Aug. 18, from 4-6 p.m. See what's new in the gallery while sampling five different wines from N.C. wineries. Nearby Campania Cafe will be serving appetizers as a complement to the wines. Admission is $16.
Flatiron Kitchen + Taphouse in downtown Davidson has whole Maine lobsters Wednesday night, $26 for lobster, potato medley and fresh corn. And if you 're in late, they've got live music with mandolinist Mike Orlando Wednesday from 8-10 p.m. This month's feature brewery is NoDA Brewing Co., of Charlotte. You can get $3 pints all month of the local brewery's Monk's Trunks Belgian Pale Ale, Nodajito, Belgian Wit, and Wood & Wilcox IPA. And all pints are $3 on Mondays and Thursdays. Info: www.flatirononmain.com.
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Intelligent Design: Love from a Scientific Perspective
Nine months.
If we were restricted to only see the world in terms of science, where would love fit into that picture? I guess it could be said that love, along with all other human emotions, is ultimately necessary for not only procreation but also the desired human interactions that help move us forward as a society. Carpenter ants and sea horses do not need to feel anything emotionally in order to survive and multiply, but we humans, being much more complicated, are not devoid of personalities or the need to feel needed by others. We need love.
So somewhere in the evolution from fish to ape to man, love randomly showed up in the genes and proved to be fit for survival? It sounds pretty miraculous to me…
That's why, along with the Jewish actor/political commentator Ben Stein (The Wonder Years and Ferris Bueller's Day Off) and the Christian actor/evangelist Kirk Cameron (Growing Pains), I am a devout advocate of Intelligent design.
In other words, I reject the popular and politically correct theory of evolution and/or The Big Bang Theory. Instead, I believe that man was literally created by God, from dust, as it is explained in the book of Genesis- in six literal 24 hour days.
What about dinosaurs, though? After all, men could not have survived alongside vicious, giant lizards.
Interestingly, The Book of Genesis explains that in the beginning, God gave the herbs and plants for the people to eat. It wasn't until ten extremely long generations later (people lived centuries long back then) when Noah and his family exited the ark that God told mankind A) that animals would begin fearing man and therefore, B) that people should now starting eating animals as part of their diet.
Therefore, I believe for ten long generations, people and animals of all kinds coexisted, all living on a vegetarian diet. Radically, I believe the world is around 10,000 years old; not millions or billions. That's just the Cliff Notes version of Intelligent design. Feel free to read another blog post I've written on it; or google "Intelligent design" to learn just how "out there" I really am.
Simply put, I believe that love is just simply too miraculous to have randomly showed up on its own. I believe that love did not evolve, but instead was created and given as a gift from God to man; so that man would share it. For me, thinking about love from a scientific perspective only points me to one simple idea: love is part of God's intelligent design.
The love I share for my wife and son comes from God; not chance.
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It has never been more appropriate than right now for me to give away a free copy of the brand-new, just released, children's book, Smack Dab in the Middle of God's Love.
The book seems to encompass the artistic sophistication of a classic Caldecott Medal winning book along with the multi-ethnic oneness of Sesame Street. It's a nostalgic return to the good children's books I read as a child growing up in the Eighties, but with a modern accent. I believe this book would especially be ideal for parents who have not yet raised their children in a particular religious household, but who are now more interested in doing so; the book would serve as a great transition into teaching them about God's love.
Now, as to the one lucky winner who will be mailed a copy of this book, just be the first person to leave a comment on this post telling me how many weeks old my son Jack was when we gave him his first haircut. Make sure you send me an email (firstname.lastname@example.com) with your name and mailing address so I'll know where to mail it.
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"Willie Juan and Ana's home is always full of neighborhood children, laughter, and love. One day, while enjoying Ana's most delicious sopapillas, Willie Juan asks a most curious question:
'Little friends, what is one thing you think Abba will ask you someday when you are in heaven?'.
Through their answers, Willie Juan's guidance, and a few giggles, the children learn that God cares about the details of their lives and that all good gifts- from hummingbirds to homemade sopapillas- come from Him.
This book will help kids discover how deep and wide and endless is the love of God. A love so BIG that no matter what, they will always be smack dab in the middle of it."
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by Kelly
On September 7, 2011 at 8:02 pm
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by Nick Shell
On September 7, 2011 at 10:06 pm
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by Mike Johnson
On September 9, 2011 at 2:26 pm
Well said. Ask any evolutionist what he values most in life, he will probably include love, family, friendship, purpose—concepts that are empirically invisible to science, but self-evident to everyone.
by Amber Coughran
On September 10, 2011 at 11:42 pm
19 weeks!
by Nick Shell
On September 11, 2011 at 1:16 pm
You got it, Amber!
On September 21, 2011 at 4:55 pm
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by Jim
On September 27, 2011 at 1:20 pm
The absolute truth is something that none of us knows, but trying to figure out the truth must hold to known facts and logic. Fact one is that every living creature has evolved. Fact two is that humans are distinctly different than any other living creature with respect to our intelligence and our ability to love. Denying the existence of evolution is in conflict with fact one. Now, it is possible that fact two exists because of evolution, and that may be God's plan. However, it is also very possible that within the context of evolution God installed (i.e. intelligently designed) in mankind a SOUL. Unfortunately so many people can only view evolution and intelligent design as opposing views. I suspect that over time people's intelligence and understanding of this will evolve. Science came from God!
by Grant
On September 27, 2011 at 1:23 pm
There's something very basic that Nick doesn't understand. The sciences are useful because there are inherent limits to what it can attempt to explain, limits put in place by the early investigators. Science deals ONLY with those things that can be functionally defined or quantified. Other abstractions, like love, fall outside of that set according to most people. This means science neither denies or confirms or even attempts to test these concepts. However, many people also believe there are biological bases, or at least correlates, of love.
If you are not such a person, as it sounds like you are, then I present to you a challenge to test your view. Go ahead and start taking dopamine and oxytocin inhibitors, and try staying on them for about half a year. If the experiments done in clinical settings are right, your love for your wife and even your child will fall dramatically, and I doubt that will positively affect your life. Of course, if, as you say, love comes from God, then nothing so mere as a few pharmacological tablets could possibly interfere with your love. As an end note, I will also add that love and affection are thought by many researchers to play an important role in evolutionary processes, and I will also say that your note about other animals not requiring emotions is way off the mark. Even the notion that humans are much more complicated than other animals is an idea greatly in doubt.
Another thing to consider, if you believe evolution is complete bunk, is that you could save dramatic amounts of money on healthcare by using remedies and medicines from 500 years ago. These remedies are very cheap to make, and if evolution is false, then the diseases of today are the same as they were in the past, so the medicine ought to work just as well as the most expensive prescriptions you can get today. For that matter, give your child all the antibiotics that you can get your hands on, because this couldn't possibly backfire.
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on the time rather than the baseline covariate is the basis for treatment assignment (Reichardt, 2006).
Khuder and colleagues (2007) present a nice illustration of an ITS. An Ohio city instituted a ban on smoking in indoor workplaces and public places in March 2002. All cases of angina, heart failure, atherosclerosis, and acute myocardial infarction in city hospitals were identified from hospital discharge data. Following the introduction of the smoking ban, a significant reduction of heart disease–related hospital admissions was seen.
From a design standpoint, causal inferences from the simple ITS perspective need to be tempered because the basic design fails to address three major threats to the certainty of the causal relationship between an intervention and the observed outcomes (internal validity) (Shadish et al., 2002; West et al., 2000). First, some other confounding event (e.g., introduction of a new heart medication) may occur at about the same time as the introduction of the intervention. Second, some interventions may change the population of participants in the area. For example, some cities have offered college scholarships to all students who graduate from high school. In such cases, in addition to any effect of the program on the achievement of city residents, the introduction of the program may foster immigration of highly education-oriented families to the city, changing the nature of the student population. Third, record-keeping practices may change at about the time of the intervention. For example, new criteria for the diagnosis of angina or myocardial infarction may change the number of heart disease cases even in the absence of any effect of the intervention.
From a statistical standpoint, several potential problems with longitudinal data need to be addressed. Any long-term natural trends (e.g., a general decrease in heart disease cases) or cycles (e.g., more admissions during certain seasons of the year) in the data need to be modeled so their effects can be removed. In addition, time series data typically reflect serial dependence: observations closer in time tend to be more similar than observations further apart in time. These problems need to be statistically modeled to remove their effects, permitting proper estimates of the causal effect of the intervention and its standard error. Time series analysis strategies have been developed to permit researchers to address these issues (e.g., Chatfield, 2004). In addition, as in the RD design, the actual introduction of the intervention may be fuzzy. In the Khuder et al. study, for example, there was evidence that the enforcement and full implementation of the smoking ban required some months after the ban was enacted. In such cases, a function describing the pattern of implementation of the intervention may need to be included in the model (e.g., Hennigan et al., 1982).
In the Campbell tradition, causal inferences drawn from the basic ITS design can be greatly strengthened by the addition of design elements that address threats to validity. Khuder and colleagues included another, similar Ohio city that did not institute a smoking ban (control series), finding no parallel change in heart disease admissions after the March 2002 timepoint when the smoking ban was introduced in the treatment city. They also found that hospital admissions for diagnoses unrelated


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