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The Ed Show for Friday, January 3rd, 2014
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January 3, 2014
Guests: Byron Dorgan, Dan Kildee, John Fugelsang, Lizz Winstead, Sherrod Brown
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I`m not really the expert.
SCHULTZ: The burden is on the Republican Party to pass the unemployment
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: No, no, no, hold on.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: And hold them right out from running easily. And
there`s nothing left. There`s nothing left.
ED SCHULTZ, MSNBC HOST: Good to have you this night, folks thanks for
watching. We start with unemployment tonight. Six days ago, 1.3
million Americans stopped receiving their unemployment benefits. Their
government, I believe, has failed them. And now, they`re at a tough
spot and it gets worse at this hour. This just then, I told you, you
can`t trust the Republicans. House majority leader Eric Cantor has sent
a memo to house Republicans laying out their legislative agenda for the
month of January. Unemployment insurance is not included in this memo,
but I tell you, you cut a deal with the Republicans and they`re not
going to bring it to the floor. It`s not on their agenda. Majority
leader in the Senate Harry Reid, said that the Senate will vote on
Monday, on a three-month extension of unemployment benefits. That`s
good news.
The bill is expected to pass in the Senate but of course the leader
isn`t holding out any hope for what could happen in the house. He said,
"I don`t predict anything in the house." And after he reads this memo,
he will back that up. He described the chamber in the house as a "black
hole of legislation." Now, a lot of House Republicans are opposed to
the unemployment extension.
Philosophically, they`re not there. House Speaker John Boehner said
that he might bring it up for a vote if the cuts are made elsewhere.
REP. JOHN BOEHNER, (R), OHIO: When the white house finally called me
last Friday, about extending unemployment benefits, I said that we would
surely consider it. As long as it`s paid for it and as long as there
are other efforts that will help get our economy moving once again.
SCHULTZ: Tell me, Mr. Boehner was the shutdown paid for? No. You`re
wiping your hands to that one right? Democrats are taking a huge leap
of faith trusting John Boehner to go along with the Senate Bill. You
know, I want to play out a scenario if I may, tonight on this program.
I would like to present myself to you viewers tonight as a long-term
unemployed American. I`m in my 50s. I`m trying to get back in the
marketplace. I`m trying to get back into the economy. I have applied
for jobs everyday, but just nothing seems to be breaking because the
economy is just still very much in a rot.
Now, I`ve been in the workforce for 25 years. I paid all my taxes. I
played by the rules, you know, but you know what? My job was
outsourced. I`m a professional. I was in middle management. The
company I work out, I`m in my 50s, I did pretty good over the years but
I just can`t seem to find a job that uses my skills. And really what I
need right now is more time. But right now, I kind of feel like my
government has abandoned me.
I don`t know, you know, what I`m going to do about putting food on the
table, paying the rent. Who knows? We might get evicted. And most
importantly, I need time to go find another job. It`s a tight market.
And now, the Democrats who I voted for. The Democrats, they want me,
Mr. Unemployed to go out and pressure Republicans to pass an
unemployment extension. Here I am, I`m an electrical engineer. I`ve
got all the qualifications in the world. My company is downsized. I
need a little bit more time. And they want me to gin up some kind of
pressure that`s going to change the heart and soul of an ideologue who
has been the center piece of obstruction. John Boehner, you want me to
do that?
Democrats want me to change John Boehner`s mind. Give me a break, you
had a vote. You threw me to the side of the road. What type of
strategy use this? Well, here`s the memo. I`m just an unemployed guy
watching The Ed Show and they tell me that, well, it`s not on their
legislative agenda for January.
They want people with no money to show up in Washington and do a rally?
The unemployed? I mean, we could barely put food on the table. There`s
no way that they can afford, you know, gas, and travel expenses to go to
Washington DC. Hell, I got to stay in my house. I got to pay the rent.
There is nothing that is going to break the will of John Boehner and the
There was a time in that town called Washington DC, when a Senate vote
and I kind of follow this stuff a little bit. A Senate vote actually
meant something. It was kind of the pulse of the country that you could
kind of count on the House to follow. Well, those days are over.
I don`t think there is anything that will move the Republicans on
unemployment unless there is something in it for them. I want you, The
Ed Show, heck, they just played a sound by the John Boehner`s and yes
we`ll do it if we can make some cut somewhere else. What are they
doing? They`re trying to take blood out of a rock? I think these
unemployed Americans need to brace themselves for the long haul. That`s
me. OK, now back to reality, now back to Ed.
I will be absolutely stunned if Boehner brings us up for a vote
especially now that we`ve seen this memo. And I`m talking about an
unconditional vote, in other words, not tagged to anything else. I hope
I`m wrong.
Our next guest is Former Senator Byron Dorgan of North Dakota who has
always had a great record as a public servant in his 40 years to fight
for the working folk of America.
In fact, he wrote a book called "Take This Job and Ship It." The book
came out about six years ago, and it warned some situations just like
this. You want to ship jobs overseas, this is what you`re going to run
into. You`re going to run into a long-term unemployment which is higher
now than it was the last time we had an extension. Republican policies,
my friends, have led to this mess, and now, they`re refusing to help fix
the problem. They don`t have a solution. So here we are, we`re rolling
back in to the second session of 113th Congress, and you know what the
Republicans are going to talk about?
They`re going to talk about the EPA. They want to reform some things at
the EPA. They want to talk about flood insurance and they also want to
talk about trade. Gosh, I wonder if they want the Trans-Pacific
partnership which is going to gut more American jobs. As far as the
unemployed is concerned in this country, there`s nothing on the table
when it comes to the Republicans. So, did the Democrats do the right
thing by doing a deal with these folks? OK so it did shut off of the
sequester, when are we going fight?
That`s the question. When are the Democrats going to draw the line in
the sand and say, all right, we`re going to let the American people
decide whether these sequester cuts are too much or not. But you`ve got
to do something for the unemployed. These are special circumstances.
We still have high unemployment. It`s still above six percent. I
believe that the Democrats should take the position that it`s going to
be unlimited. It`s going to be unlimited unemployment insurance until
we get that unemployment under six percent.
It`s a fight that you can win with the American people. Democrats, get
your cellphones I do want to know what you think. Tonight`s question,
is there anything that will make John Boehner care about unemployed
Americans? Text A for yes, text B for no to 67622. You can always go
to our blog at ed.msnbc.com. We`ll bring you the results later. And
keep in mind, this is the same John Boehner and the Republican house
that has refused to work with the Democrats and this President when it
comes to a jobs package.
Let me bring in Former Senator Byron Dorgan of North Dakota. Senator,
good to have you with us tonight.
BYRON DORGAN, FMR SENATOR, (D), NORTH DAKOTA: Hey Ed you`re at a roll
tonight aren`t you?
SCHULTZ: Well, we have to be on the roll Senator I mean, I think that
this -- we`re doing Americans wrong by just kicking these folks to the
side of the road like road kill.
DORGAN: Yes.
SCHULTZ: And how important is it in your judgment that this extension
for unemployed Americans be made?
DORGAN: Well it`s unbelievably important. It`s important for the
economy generally because it will lift the economy but, you know, for
those that are chronically unemployed, they`re not unemployed because
they volunteered and said, "you know, I`d like to wake up in the
mornings out of a job." That`s not what their situation is. And I find
it really interesting. You talked about the House of Representatives
and Eric Cantor and there John Boehner. I find it really interesting
that in just recent years, when the biggest enterprises in America got
into trouble and by the way, some of them on the Wall Street that helped
cause a near collapse in the economy.
Congress, the same people who are ignoring the unemployed, rushed to
those biggest economic interests to say, you know, we got unlimited
money to bail you out. So the people that nearly caused the economic
crash or the near economic collapse, they get bailed out and the victims
of that collapse, some of whom are still looking for work are told, you
know, you don`t matter. We`re going to leave you behind and it`s just
fine. Well, you know, what does that say about the value system? It`s
unbelievable to me.
SCHULTZ: So Senator, there was a time and you could speak to this
certainly, all your years in the senate. That when you took a vote, it
had an effect on the House. It seems like those days are gone. I want
your take on that.
DORGAN: Well, the house is that, you know, we now have become
accustomed to the little expectations of the House of Representatives.
I mean, I understand it. Most people who watched would understand it.
We know that there`s nobody that`s unemployed in this country who`s
going to jump in a private jet -- their private jet and fly to
Washington to ask for some help. They can`t do that. They don`t have
private jets. They don`t have jobs. And so -- but we also know, there
are a lot of private jets landing that come to the Capital Hill and are
getting a lot of help from the House of Representatives.
My hope is that Senator Reid will, as he indicated have a vote in the
Senate. They`ll pass an extension of unemployment benefits. You know,
this comes from insurance, as you know, those taken out of pay checks in
any event. It`s not welfare. My hope is that the Senate will pass that
and that pressure will grow on the House and they will finally
understand their responsibility. During these times, we have a
responsibility to do this.
SCHULTZ: I mean. I think it`s the Democrats are reaching here a little
bit to expect somebody who`s unemployed to take the time to put pressure
on the Republicans when it`s well stated in their memo that it`s not a
priority with the Republicans. It`s simply not a priority. So it looks
like the Democrats have done a deal with the devil again that you can`t
trust the Republicans unless they`re going to get what they want. So
how do we resolve this Senator, what`s the solution here?
DORGAN: Well, look, you know, Republicans are going to leave some of
these folks behind them. Unfortunately, Democrats need to keep pushing
them and, you know, the sober reality here is we have to do the
following for the chronic unemployed people. We need to extend the
unemployment benefits. We also need to provide worker and job training.
We need education opportunity and we need to increase the minimum wage.
We just need to do that and all of that by the way, represents an
investment in the human capital of this country and all of it will lift
the economy. So if you talk about it, as many of them do, let`s find
ways to strengthen and lift the economy. Do these things which will
help those at the bottom of the economic ladder.
SCHULTZ: You know, in your book "Take This Job and Ship It" you
predicted a lot of this stuff that there was going to be a domino effect
that if you ship these jobs oversees there`s going to be more multiple
problems that are going to be propping up and this is one of them. But
you`re also, you know, fighting a mindset. I want to play this clip
Rand Paul doubling down on his claim that unemployment benefits hurt
people already struggling. Here it is.
SEN. RAND PAUL, (R), KENTUCKY: What I said is in the service. I mean
this. I am worried about the workers. Not that I think they`d become
bad people by being unemployed longer but that the longer they`re
unemployed, they`re less likely are ever to get a job again.
SCHULTZ: Less likely for them to ever get a job again.
What`s your reaction to that, Senator?
DORGAN: Well, I`m reminded of that quote when you hit someone over the
head with a book and get a hollow sound. It doesn`t mean the book is
empty. I just don`t understand what he was talking about. You know,
the fact is we need to help people at the bottom of the economic ladder
who are chronically unemployed, looking for work, desperate for some
help. Why don`t we do what we are required to do?
SCHULTZ: What does the president need to do? I mean I personally think
that, you know, President Obama has made this a priority but how much
political capital can the Democrats spend on this? There`s other
business that has to be done too. And the fear here is that the, you
know, that`s not going to get done. So--
DORGAN: Yeah.
SCHULTZ: The role of the president, what could he do? What should he do
in your opinion?
DORGAN: Well, just continue to apply as much pressure as he can.
You`re right. We have another agenda, a significant agenda but, you
know, like in the old west when the wagon trains were popular in the old
west, the notion was you don`t move the wagon trade ahead by leaving
some wagons behind. The same is true with our country. We have people
at the bottom of the ladder at this point unemployed and in very
difficult straits and let`s at least be able to do those easy things.
It is not a big lift to extend the unemployment benefits. It is so
important to do it and not might be a big lift for anybody.
SCHULTZ: Yeah. I find it hard to believe that they can`t find 25
billion in the defense budget. I think the President needs to be very
vocal, very aggressive about this and don`t get off the dime at all. I
mean, stay focused. This is where the country is on income inequality.
Former Senator Byron Dorgan always great to have you with us, Senator.
DORGAN: Thanks Ed.
SCHULTZ: I appreciate your time. Thanks for joining us tonight.
Remember to answer tonight`s question there at the bottom of the screen.
Share your thoughts with us on Twitter at Ed Show and on Facebook. We
always want to know what you`d think.
Coming up, Republican Congressman Darrell Issa`s newest push to put the
Postal Service in a death spiral. Still ahead an NFL team kicks back
allegations of bigotry and anti-gay sentiment from its former punter.
Stay with us. More coming up from the Ed Show, from the North Country.
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SCHULTZ: Well, Congressman Issa wants to end the postal service as we
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Darrel Issa`s military pension plan targets the post office.
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SCHULTZ: Republicans like Congressman Darrel Issa have been trying to
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REP. DARRELL ISSA, (R), CALIFORNIA: They need to right-size the post
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Protected by Viper, stand back.
SCHULTZ: Joining me now is Congressman Dan Kildee of Michigan who is a
member of the House Financial Services Committee. Congressman, good to
have you with us tonight. I appreciate your time.
Now, I understand that you support repealing the cuts to military
benefits but you don`t think Issa`s plan to end Saturday postal service
is the way to do it.
REP. DAN KILDEE, (D), MICHIGAN: No, it`s not.
SCHULTZ: How did you get there? And I`d like your take on how would
you get there and how important is it as you see it to make sure that
they hold on to Saturday delivery?
KILDEE: Well first of all, how we get there, there`s a bill that my
colleague Congressman Dan Maffei from New York has introduced that I`ve
co sponsored that would restore the military pension, cola cut. It was
a one percent cut from military pensions up till age 62. It would
restore that $6 billion cut over 10 years by simply requiring that
companies, corporations that are operated and managed here, controlled
and managed here in United States but choose to offshore their corporate
headquarters in order to avoid taxes that those corporations simply have
to pay the same corporate income taxes that real American companies pay.
SCHULTZ: Yeah.
KILDEE: That would generate $6.6 billion.
SCHULTZ: That`s a heavy lift, Congressman. That is a heavy lift.
KILDEE: Here`s the thing. I agree. But here`s the thing. We`ve got
to put the Republicans in a position where they show who they stand
with. We know they stand with their corporate interest.
SCHULTZ: Yeah.
KILDEE: I find it really interesting that Congressman Issa`s approach
is to tell working people, middle class people military pension
retirees, recipients that the only way we can get their benefits back is
to cut the jobs and cut the support to other middle income people that,
you know, this postal service deficit is a manufacture deficit. It`s a
false creation of the Bush White House and it`s really disingenuous that
they continue to point to that as some sort of failure to postal
SCHULTZ: It is and they will take any opportunity they possibly can to
get rid of the postal service. It`s just going to be one day at a time.
And to cut Black Saturday delivery to take care of military retirees, I
think, is absolutely outrageous but here is Issa.
KILDEE: Well, here is, where they create--
SCHULTZ: .again concocting these plans. Here is Issa, again,
concocting up all of these plans to go after American workers.
KILDEE: Right. This would cost about a third of the new postal
carriers in our cities are veterans which I think is ironic. 80,000 of
SCHULTZ: Yeah.
KILDEE: . would lose their jobs under Mr. Issa`s plan. But the fact is
they created this crisis by requiring the postal service to pre fund 75
years worth of retiree benefits in a 10-year period. No public or
private organizations, everyone asked to do that but because they did
SCHULTZ: And Issa never gets called on that.
KILDEE: No, he doesn`t.
SCHULTZ: Issa never gets called on that. And .
KILDEE: The postal service--
SCHULTZ: . I know that there`s -- go ahead.
KILDEE: I was going to say the postal service would have made a profit
in 2013 if it had not been for that ridiculous requirement. It`s a
SCHULTZ: You`re going to say that and you`re exactly right on that.
There is no question about it. This is a government intervention. This
is a government take over. They have strapped the postal service. But
even when they can`t shut it down, they use other issues to go right
back after it. They`re all about privatization across the board and I
guess the question is, "Where are the Democrats? When are they going to
go on offense and make demands the same way the Republicans do it like
KILDEE: You know, Ed, I think I agree with you. This has been a
frustrating first year for me in congress and there are just there`s a
time when we have to stand and fight. You know, we try to be the good
guys so often that we are, sometimes, in a position where we`re doing
that to our own detriment.
We`ve got to be able to fight.
SCHULTZ: Yeah.
KILDEE: And when it comes to the middle class, we`re supposed to
support and represent those folks. We ought not let them try to
leverage the pension obligation that we have to our military retirees in
order to cut the postal service. I mean, this is really getting out of
hand. It`s beyond the pale and we need to say no more.
SCHULTZ: And Congressman Kildee, I want to go back to the opening
segment on this program tonight. We got some breaking news that the
Republicans do not have it on their agenda to do anything about
unemployment insurance. That`s not where they`re going in January.
What`s your reaction to that?
KILDEE: Well, it`s a shame. And it`s no -- I wish I could say I was
surprised because they did say toward the end of the year, "Oh yeah,
we`ll bring that up, you know, after the first of the year." They
didn`t say when. But it`s a shame. I mean, this is a.
SCHULTZ: Yeah.
KILDEE: .this is a Republican conference that, you know, that it has
shown itself to not have any real concern over the working people in
this country.
SCHULTZ: Or understand it.
KILDEE: . that shields the corporations. It doesn`t seem as they
always do.
SCHULTZ: Or understand what the unemployed are.
KILDEE: That is exactly right.
SCHULTZ: Congressman Dan Kildee, great to have you with us tonight. I
appreciate your time.
KILDEE: Thank you Ed.
SCHULTZ: Thanks so much for joining us. You bet.
Coming up, why Toronto Mayor Rob Ford says he was the best thing to
happen in his city, plus, a leash of his own.
Senator Sherrod Brown takes a stand against the National Football
League. He joins us live. But next, I`m taking your questions. Ask Ed
Live, just ahead on the Ed Show on MSNBC where (inaudible).
SCHULTZ: Welcome back to the Ed Show. We love hearing from our viewers
here on the Ed Show. We love your questions tonight in our Ask Ed Live
segment. Our first question comes from Jim Green. Jim wants to know
"Why does our media treat unemployment with such indifference?
Well, Jim you definitely come to a conclusion and it`s not getting
enough attention. I can speak for anybody else nor would I attempt to
and I`m not a media critic, but I know what I believe is important to
the American people. It`s the long term-unemployment. I mean I accept
the fact that there is going to be a certain amount of unemployed people
in every country and every society.
But when you have a long-term unemployment, there is a reason for it.
And the reason is we`ve got terrible trade policies. We`ve got bad
taxation in this country when it comes to allowing corporations to run
roughshod over our government and do whatever the hell they want. And I
think it`s one domino after another. And long-term unemployment isn`t
going to go away until we do something about the jobs issues in this
country and invest in what we need to invest in to keep this country
strong. I think it all ties together. I think it`s a big, big story.
Our next question is from Manny, "Do you think Republicans will ever
acknowledge that the website Healthcare.gov is working properly?
Well, let`s just say it`s not 100 percent but it`s a heck of a lot
better and it`s working better all the time. A lot of time and resource
has been put into this to make it right. I think that they have done a
tremendous recovery. Now, I think it`s up to the Democrats to re-
explain all the good things about ObamaCare and the Affordable Care Act
which is by the way the same thing.
But if they`re not going to give credit for this turnaround that we`ve
had in the economy, or 47 months of private sector job growth which is a
positive. How do you expect them to ever give credit to the White House
when it comes to a website when they are ideologically opposed to any
intervention whatsoever or government assistance when it comes to
Remember, they want to privatize everything, not just some things.
Stick around Rapid Response Panel coming up next.
SEEMA MODY, CNBC ANCHOR: I`m Seema Mody with your CNBC Market Warp.
Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke assures investor`s rate will remain low. Data
help the DOW end the day with the 28 point gain, the S&P 500 fell a
fraction, the NASDAQ they`re loosing 11.
December wasn`t a standout for the auto industry but 2013 was pretty
good. Ford posted a slight sale gain last month, but sale grows 11
percent for the year a sixth year high.
As for GM, sales fell more than 6 percent last month. For the year
though, they were up 7.3 percent.
And that`s from it from CNBC first in business worldwide.
SCHULTZ: Welcome back to the Ed Show. Thanks for watching tonight.
Let`s talk a little football and social issues.
Former Minnesota Vikings punter Chris Kluwe is making an explosive
allegation against his former employer of the Minnesota Vikings.
Kluwe claims that the Vikings` cutting for speaking out for marriage
equality like he did on this program.
CHRIS KLUWE, FORMER MINNESOTA VIKINGS PUNTER: As athletes, we have this
very prominent platform where we can affect social change. And, you
know, I think it behooves all of us to do the right thing.
There`s only so many hours a day that I can punt and I think that goes
with the thrust to the matter of what the delegate was trying to say to
Brandon is that, you know, you should just be a football player. You
should only be on the field, that`s all we should hear from you.
And I don`t think that`s right. I think everyone deserves to have their
voice heard.
SCHULTZ: Kluwe was cut by the Vikings after posting one of his best
years as a punter of the NFL in 2012. Now, he`s blasting the Vikings in
an article for death spin, saying that he believes he was railroaded out
of the National Football League by two cowards and a bigot for speaking
Kluwe claims the Vikings head coach Leslie Frazier at the time and
General Manager Rick Spielman repeatedly tried to dissuade him from
speaking out. According to Kluwe`s account, Minnesota Vikings special
teams coordinator Mike Priefer is most likely the person responsible for
his firing.
Now, Kluwe claims Priefer responded to his activism by berating him in
team meetings, giving unfair evaluations using homophobic language in
his presence and saying things like this, quote "We should round up all
the gays, send them to an island, and then nuke it until it glows."
Mike Priefer and the Vikings denied the allegations made in Kluwe`s
account. It`s important to note that Priefer is also one of the
shortlist to become the Vikings next head football coach because they
got rid of Frazier.
This story comes on the heels of a related NFL controversy just this
week. Earlier this week, all pro quarterback, and the Green Bay Packers
quarterback Aaron Rodgers felt pressured to address an internet report
about his sexuality on a local radio show.
AARON RODGERS, GREEN BAY PACKERS QUARTERBACK: Or if you get, you know,
crazy rumors that swirl around you from time to time that are just
JASON WILDE, GREEN BAY PACKERS BEAT WRITER: I have no idea what you
could be referring to. Oh you mean the "Aaron Rodgers is gay story?"
RODGERS: Yeah. You know .
WILDE: So, you`re aware, you saw this out there?
RODGERS: Yeah, I`m just going to say I`m not gay. I really, really
like women. That`s all I can say about that.
SCHULTZ: 2013 was a huge year in this country for equality in America
but these two stories make one thing clear. The NFL has got a long way
to go.
Joining me now is our Rapid Response Panel Author Lizz Winstead and
liberal commentator and comedian John Fugelsang, great to have both of
you with us tonight.
I mean it`s the evolution of society and acceptance and maybe the NFL
isn`t there but let`s get right to it. Do you think Chris Kluwe was
fired for his activism? Lizz what`s your take on this?
WINSTEAD: Well, I`m not a giant football fan so I can`t really say that
I have to say that Chris Kluwe doesn`t seem like the kind of person who
would just come out and make these accusations blindly. I think that
when you come out on a controversial issue, in an environment that it`s
hustle towards it, you were putting your own self on the back burner to
work for the greater good. So, I`m really curious to hear if what he
says is true and if his special teams coach said that then that person
should be fired.
SCHULTZ: What about that John Fugelsang? How can anybody put any kind
of social pressure on the NFL as bigot industry as they are and what a
fraternal order the owners have?
FUGELSANG: Well, you know, capitalism is really one of the unsung
heroes of the Civil Rights Movement, Ed. And by boycotting a team, you
can do that. However, there`s a really much more good news here than
that. I know a lot of us who are shocked there could possibly be
homophobia in professional sports.
And I long for these simple wholesome days of 2013 when football players
like Manti Te`o innocently had dead fake online girlfriends. But the
fact is they`re allowed to fire this guy if they want to. They`re
allowed to let him go and replace him with a guy who makes half the
money. We talked about this two weeks with A&E and the guy from Duck
A private company has every right to fire you for your personal beliefs.
However, what`s very interesting is the coach hasn`t filed a law suit of
defamation. And Mr. Kluwe claims he has plenty of witnesses to this. I
think it`s fantastic that we`re in an age when football jocks are
competing over who`s the least homophobic. And we should all be very
proud America has gotten this far.
SCHULTZ: As the country moves forward on this issue of equality,
football seems to be still pretty backwards on this. And it just shows
that there`s just not going to be total acceptance in society.
Now, the assistant coach of the Vikings Priefer released a statement
saying that "I vehemently deny today`s allegations made by Chris Kluwe.
I want to be clear that I do not tolerate discrimination of any type and
am respectful of all individuals. I personally have gay family members
who I love and support just as I do any family member."
Lizz what`s your response to this? I mean we have a man who`s
responding to an allegation. What`s your response to that?
WINSTEAD: Well that last line is kind of weird like "I love my gay
family members just like the other family members." I`m not really sure
what that means although he would there, you know, we have purebred dogs
and rescue dogs. Well, I love them all the same.
So, I mean I just think that one thing that says we have moved forward
is the fact that, you know, a special teams coach in a major league, you
know, a major NFL football team has to issue a statement on this issue.
And I think that that is a pretty big deal in moving forward that
society has said "You want to know what? We do not take kindly to
hearing that you maybe have said homophobic things and we are going to
hold you accountable."
SCHULTZ: But, you know, here you have the quarterback of the Green Bay
Packers in Aaron Rodgers feeling compelled that he`s got to talk about
internet rumors -- had these rumors about every American out there on
the internet. You could believe about 25 percent of what you read about
John, what does that say that a high-profile player has to, I guess,
clear the air on a talk radio show that he is not gay. Let`s get this
all clear now he says just about, you know, what do you make of that?
FUGELSANG: Yeah. I know. I heard him telling repeatedly he wasn`t gay
and I was like "Go get her." I mean, we saw Mike Piazza have to deal
with this for many, many years on the New York Mets said it would be
really great if Mr. Rodgers is going to come out and thrown in it, not
that there`s anything wrong with that but he`s under no obligation to do
I`d like to see more professional athletes be leaders on human rights
issues in America. I think -- and we just had a movie about Jackie
Robinson last year, it`s not unheard of to see athletes leading the way
on civil rights advances. Chris Kluwe is a hero over this and I`d like
to be able to see a guy like Rodgers laugh it off the way straight guys
usually do and not make it seem like being gay is de facto icky.
WINSTEAD: Yeah. And that`s.
SCHULTZ: The Viking -- yeah.
WINSTEAD: That`s my biggest thing too was that he could have just said,
"So what if I was? I`m not." But, you know, who cares, like what a
boring rumor.
SCHULTZ: Yeah.
WINSTEAD: Instead, it was this big "I`ve got to address this. I
really, really like the ladies."
FUGELSANG: You`re allowed to be gay. You`re allowed to be a homophobe
but the homophobes are dying off and it`s going to be fun watching them
SCHULTZ: I think Aaron Rodgers` statement the way he handled it on that
interview just underscores that there is a level of intimidation and you
better clear the air because you don`t want to be discriminated against.
Now the Vikings are saying that they`re going to review the matter. But
they also denied Kluwe`s accounts.
So, I don`t know what needs to be done at this point but I think that we
can come to the conclusion that there`s not going to be too many NFL
players out there who are going to be activists when it comes to social
change in America, that it`s for their own career. I think the message
has been sent to them that, you know, it`s best if you keep to yourself
on issues like this because you don`t want to, you know, possibly affect
your career.
WINSTEAD: Well, I just thought that the fans.
SCHULTZ: . which I think is.
WINSTEAD: Oh, and I think that that`s where the fans need to come in
and say, you know what, we really respect you, we really support you for
coming out because unless the NFL hears from the fans that the fans are
super behind when Chris Kluwe says and rightly so, just because you
become a professional athlete or an actor or whatever, doesn`t mean
you`re not a citizen anymore and you get to have opinions and you get to
-- you say what`s right.
FUGELSANG: In fact, being gay is natural. Hating gay is a lifestyle
choice. And Chris Kluwe is going to be a hero to a lot of people for a
long time. How many other former Vikings punters can you all name?
SCHULTZ: Yeah. Lizz Winstead, John Fugelsang, great to have you with
us. I appreciate your time tonight.
FUGELSANG: Thank you. Happy New Year.
WINSTEAD: Thanks Ed.
SCHULTZ: Thank you on the Ed Show.
Coming up, the Cincinnati Bengals throw a Hail Mary to fans. The team
needed to sell enough tickets for Sunday`s playoff game to avoid a media
blackout. Tell you how that went down, stay with us.
SCHULTZ: And in Pretenders tonight, Ford more years? That`s right.
Mayor Rob Ford. Toronto`s mayor filed for reelection Thursday with a
compelling argument.
MAYOR ROB FORD, TORONTO: I`ve got the strongest track record. I`ve
been the best mayor that this city has ever had. Ford more years.
SCHULTZ: Ford more years. Wow. Ford`s performance certainly has been
exceptional, especially when Toronto`s city council stripped him of
nearly all of his powers. His spirit never broke. The record speaks
for itself and so does the footage.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Do you smoke crack cocaine?
FORD: Exactly. Yes, I have smoked crack cocaine.
Easy guys. All right.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: He also charged across the room toward the gallery
knocking over a woman city council member.
FORD: Do I? Am I an addict? No.
Have I tried it? Probably in one of my drunken stupors.
SCHULTZ: Rob Ford may promise to crack down on Toronto`s problems, but
if he believes Toronto will let him represent the city again, he can
keep on pretending.
SCHULTZ: Welcome back to The Ed Show. This is a story for the folks
who take a shower after work.
Late this afternoon the Cincinnati Bengals pulled off a Hail Mary. The
Bengals were able to sell out Sunday`s playoff game with the Chargers
with the help of some big corporate donors. Earlier this week the NFL
had threatened to blackout home playoff games for the Bengals, the
Indianapolis Colts and the Green Bay Packers if they failed to sell out
the stadium.
Ohio`s Democratic Senator Sherrod Brown blew the whistle on the NFL`s
threat. He released a statement on Thursday saying this potential
blackout is unacceptable at a time when the price of attending games
continues to rise and the economy is not where it needs to be.
I applaud the Senator for doing that. You know, NFL owners are some of
the wealthiest Americans. Good for them. They use taxpayers to
subsidize the building of their stadiums. They charge extraordinary
amounts for tickets and they have used this blackout rule for years as
extortion to grab every dollar they possibly can get.
The Federal Communications Commission by the way recently proposed to
eliminate the sports blackout rule. This is a case, I believe, of
classic income inequality. If you`re wealthy, you have all the access
to entertainment. If you`re an Average Joe wage earner, you`re left out
in the cold depending on how important the game is. This rule needs to
change. It`s long overdue.
Senator Sherrod Brown of Ohio joins us tonight. Senator, good to have
you with us on this. I think this -- it`s gutsy to bring this up
because the NFL is such an institution in America. It`s really a big
part of our culture and I was certainly interested in your story today
on the radio when you talked about you were a kid and your dad used to
take you and your brothers to games back in the days when it didn`t cost
very much. Those days seem to be slipping away for middle class
Americans. How important was it for you to call the NFL on this?
SEN. SHERROD BROWN, D-OHIO: It was actually three years ago. This
isn`t the most important national issue we faced at Congress we involved
in but on the hand, three years ago I sent a letter to the commission of
the NFL saying this blackout rule is unfair to fans and the taxpayers.
Got no answer. Finally, we`ve sent another letter and called them and
finally gave us kind of a weak non-committal answer and then the Federal
Communications Commission got involved and made a unanimous bipartisan
ruling basically saying get rid of this rule and the NFL still has dug
in and you think about it this way. Cincinnati, especially, has some of
the highest subsidies, taxpayer subsidies to build Paul Brown Stadium in
that city. In almost every city in America there are lots of tax
dollars involved in building these stadiums.
The average price of an NFL ticket, it would take a minimum wage earner
more than 10 hours to buy a ticket just from the -- because of the
average price is something like $75 and for the playoffs it`s probably
half again more than that. And when you figure then they black these
games out because in working class, middle class people can`t afford to
go when there`s so many tax dollars involved. That`s why the NFL ought
to just do the right thing in this policy of blackout. Let people see
the game. And the other thing, the NFL is the most profitable sports
league, I believe, in the history of this country and -- that they are
so fan unfriendly, if I could coin a term, is really something here.
SCHULTZ: Yeah. Well, I think you make a great point because those
folks that want to go to the game and can`t afford it, it`s their tax
dollars that helped build the stadium so that billionaire can go make a
bunch of money in the NFL.
BROWN: Yeah.
SCHULTZ: I mean, if they were all funding their own stadiums, I think
it would be a different story and ironically, Cincinnati has the
cheapest tickets for any of the NFL playoff games this weekend. It`s
the NFL, not the Bengals that gets all the revenue of the ticket sales.
Isn`t that wrong?
BROWN: Well, I don`t know exactly how the process works during the
playoffs but I know it`s wrong. It`s wrong in a sense that taxpayers
put this money into these stadiums and, you know, you`ve talked a lot
about inequality generally in our country. Congress needs to get to
work. We need to extend unemployment insurance. It`s insurance you pay
and you get help if you need it and we need to raise the minimum wage.
And some of these other things, you know -- and this is just an example
of what income inequality means.
You`ve got billionaire owners, millionaire players, stadium, tax player
-- taxpayer subsidies, public airwaves here.
SCHULTZ: Sure.
BROWN: .and then you`ve got this blackout rule when ticket prices are
so sky high that most middle class families can`t afford.
SCHULTZ: Senator, thanks for bringing it up. I think it`s -- if we
don`t talk about income inequality and fairness, it`s never going to get
addressed. It`s not something that`s just going to happen.
I want to talk to you about a story that broke at the top of the hour.
Eric Cantor, House majority leader, sent out a memo to all the
Republicans in the House about what the agenda is going to be, the
legislative priorities for the month of January. Unemployment insurance
is not on the list. What`s your reaction to that?
BROWN: Of course, it`s not. They are the ones that blocked it. I know
their leader Reid wanted to keep us in Washington in December. A lot of
us said, "We shouldn`t be going home for the holidays until we extend
unemployment benefits."
Tens of thousands of people in my state had their unemployment end this
week. That`s just outrageous. I mean, this -- it`s insurance. You
pay. It`s like Medicare and Social Security. You pay in the social
insurance. If you need it, you get assistance. That`s what
unemployment is. You`ve got to be looking for work in order to get the
benefits. It`s about $300 a week on the average.
So people, I mean, there are always exemptions.
SCHULTZ: Yeah.
BROWN: . and stories but people aren`t gaming this system by and large.
They want to go to work. They need us. They need help. And it puts
money into the local economy and creates more jobs.
Schultz: Well, we`ve got all that. There`s no question about it.
You`re correct. But now, we`re at a crossroads. The Republicans,
they`re not going to bring it to the floor unless they get something.
And that get might be something really big. So was it a mistake for the
Democrats to do this budget deal now that the Republicans are showing
their cards here the third day in January?
BROWN: Well, I think Senator Murray did the best she could in this
budget deal. And nobody was thrilled with it but I think it was pretty
good concerning what it could have been but I think we`ve got to do
whatever it takes. And I know that Senator Jack Reed from Rhode Island
has been leading the charge on this with a group of us supporting him
and Senator Shaheen and others and it`s really important that we attach
this to something else or we just continue to tell stories about how
important this is and hope that even though the Christmas is over, that
maybe the Christmas spirit will enable some of these senator -- these
House Republicans to do the right thing here.
SCHULTZ: Yeah. Senator, good to have you with us tonight.
BROWN: Glad to be here. Thanks.
SCHULTZ: Best of luck to your team.
BROWN: Thanks.
SCHULTZ: All the best. Have a great weekend.
That`s the Ed Show. I`m Ed Schultz. PoliticsNation with Reverend Al
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Hauppauge WinTV-HVR-1250
An ATSC PCIe card from Hauppauge.
It is supported under Linux since kernel 2.6.27. (Note: Analog support is not implemented yet).
The HVR-1250 is also known by its codename Coram.
Components Used:
- ? (tuner for analog ... likely a NXP/Philips TDA18271)
- Microtune MT2131 (tuner for digital)
- NXP/Philips TDA8295 (analog IF demodulator)
- Samsung S5H1409/Conexant CX24227 (digital demodulator)
- Conexant CX23887 (A/V Decoder & PCIe bridge)
Power Draw
Based on measurement with a Kill-A-Watt and 2 cards plugged in vs. not, each card seems to draw about 6W even when idle.
It has a Subsystem ID of 0x7911.
lspci -vvnn gives
03:00.0 Multimedia video controller [0400]: Conexant Unknown device [14f1:8852] (rev 02) Subsystem: Hauppauge computer works Inc. Unknown device [0070:7911] Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx- Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx- Latency: 0, Cache Line Size: 64 bytes Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 11 Region 0: Memory at fce00000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=2M] Capabilities: [40] Express (v1) Endpoint, MSI 00 DevCap: MaxPayload 128 bytes, PhantFunc 0, Latency L0s <64ns, L1 <1us ExtTag- AttnBtn- AttnInd- PwrInd- RBE- FLReset- DevCtl: Report errors: Correctable- Non-Fatal- Fatal- Unsupported- RlxdOrd+ ExtTag- PhantFunc- AuxPwr- NoSnoop+ MaxPayload 128 bytes, MaxReadReq 512 bytes DevSta: CorrErr- UncorrErr+ FatalErr- UnsuppReq+ AuxPwr- TransPend- LnkCap: Port #0, Speed 2.5GT/s, Width x1, ASPM L0s L1, Latency L0 <2us, L1 <4us ClockPM- Suprise- LLActRep- BwNot- LnkCtl: ASPM Disabled; RCB 64 bytes Disabled- Retrain- CommClk+ ExtSynch- ClockPM- AutWidDis- BWInt- AutBWInt- LnkSta: Speed 2.5GT/s, Width x1, TrErr- Train- SlotClk+ DLActive- BWMgmt- ABWMgmt- Capabilities: [80] Power Management version 2 Flags: PMEClk- DSI+ D1+ D2+ AuxCurrent=0mA PME(D0+,D1+,D2+,D3hot+,D3cold-) Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME- Capabilities: [90] Vital Product Data <?> Capabilities: [a0] Message Signalled Interrupts: Mask- 64bit+ Queue=0/0 Enable- Address: 0000000000000000 Data: 0000
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No firmware is needed for ATSC/QAM functionality.
The cx23885 driver has been upstream since 2.6.27, so should be available in some newer distribution kernels.
Otherwise, get the latest cx18 driver. Then, inside the cx18- directory do
make install
as root. Then load the module
/sbin/modprobe cx23885
Known issues
If you are using Suse 10.3, on some systems it will hang on dvbscan as soon as it finds a signal.
If you encounter this issue, compile and install the 2.4.24-3 kernel.
Then recompiling the cx18 against it to fix the issue.
Sample Kernel Output
CORE cx23885[0]: subsystem: 0070:7911, board: Hauppauge WinTV-HVR1250 [card=3,autodetected] cx23885[0]: i2c bus 0 registered cx23885[0]: i2c bus 1 registered cx23885[0]: i2c bus 2 registered tveeprom 4-0050: Encountered bad packet header [ff]. Corrupt or not a Hauppauge eeprom. cx23885[0]: warning: unknown hauppauge model #0 cx23885[0]: hauppauge eeprom: model=0 cx23885[0]: cx23885 based dvb card MT2131: successfully identified at address 0x61 DVB: registering new adapter (cx23885[0]) DVB: registering frontend 0 (Samsung S5H1409 QAM/8VSB Frontend)... cx23885_dev_checkrevision() Hardware revision = 0xb0 cx23885[0]/0: found at 0000:03:00.0, rev: 2, irq: 16, latency: 0, mmio: 0xfce00000 PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:03:00.0 to 64
Remote Control Support
The IR Remote is controlled through the cx23885 chip, which is currently not supported in the driver
use scan to get the initial channel list required by [azap]
use azap to tune to the desired channel
use mplayer to watch the channel. Be sure to copy the channels.conf file from the initial scan to your ~/.mplayer directory
mplayer dvb://"Channel Name"


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Sean Spicer's new gig causes controversy
By John Hanlon
On Wednesday morning, the latest cast of ABC's Dancing with the Stars was revealed on Good Morning America and Trump's former press secretary Sean Spicer was officially named as one of the show's newest members.
That casting decision led to an immediate backlash as some questioned the decision to include Spicer on the long-running hit.
During his brief term as President Trump's first press secretary, Spicer courted controversy during some of his briefings. In his first briefing, for example, Spicer made some controversial claims about the crowd size that witnessed Trump's inauguration. In later press briefings, he claimed erroneously that Hitler never used chemical weapons on his own people. He later apologized for that statement.
After a few short months as press secretary (and the appointment of Anthony Scaramucci as Trump's communications director), Spicer officially resigned from his position.
The decision to feature Spicer on DWTS lead to an immediate backlash on social media. Critics of Spicer questioned why ABC would reward the controversial press secretary with a plum gig. Surprisingly, even host Tom Bergeron weighed in the decision, noting that he hoped the new season would provide a much-needed escape from the intense political divisions our country faces.
Although the program is known for its glittery outfits and its fun dances, this isn't the first time that Dancing with the Stars has cast a controversial figure. The program previously featured disgraced former Olympian Tonya Harding and Olympian Ryan Lochte, who was embroiled in controversy after a false robbery claim in Rio.
This season, Sean Spicer will join Queer Eye star Karamo Brown, Dawson's Creek alum James Van Der Beek and Supremes singer Mary Wilson on the dance floor.


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Jericho Ridge Community Church (Langley, British Columbia, Canada)
Jericho Ridge Community Church began in spring 2005 as a satellite campus of North Langley Community Church. In 2004 the North Langley congregation began to explore the possibility of planting a church, and eventually the Willoughby community was identified as a potential site. Public services were launched in April 2005. Brad Sumner became the campus pastor while Pastor Robert Thiessen and the elders of North Langley Community Church provided leadership to both campuses. On 29 April 2007 the congregation celebrated its movement from interdependance to independance as a separate, fully functional church within the British Columbia Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches, which it had joined in 2005.
In 2010 the congregation had 84 members and an average weekly attendance of 130.
"History." Jericho Ridge Community Church website http://www.jerichoridge.com/history.html (accessed 26 August 2009).
Mennonite Brethren Herald (June 10, 2005) http://www.mbherald.com/44/08/news-1.en.html (accessed 19 May 2008).
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Mailing Address: 309 - 21015 96th Avenue, Langley, BC V1M 2Z3
Location: Langley Events Centre, 7888 200th Street, Langley, BC
Phone: 604-629-7804
Website: Jericho Ridge Community Church
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Its spring time which means that if your in your 20s or 30s there will inevitably be at least one wedding you are invited to. Well, we should all be so lucky as to get invited to a wedding as cool as this one featured on Offbeat Bride.
Stephanie & Chase's Gamer, Nerdabilly, Geek Chic Wedding
While we've all seen geeky themed weddings before, what I like most about this one is that they still managed to make it look chic and classy all on a minimal budget! First of all, note the awesome 8bit ties worn by all the men as well as the obligatory light sabers
Instead of a traditional cake, they used cupcakes to make Zelda, Link and a life heart…8bit style of course!
My favorite part has to be the adorable Super Mario table decorations!
Classy and geeky all at once! Im sure even those unfamiliar with Mario found these table decorations to be adorable.
To read more about this epic wedding including the orchestrated Zelda music for the processional, read the bride's writeup here!
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Nice. Read here from a quote Favre gave to Ed Werder. (Thanks 56Coop for pointing this out.) I'm less interested in the bit about the ankle surgery and more troubled by his implication (though it's more than implicit) that his one year with the Vikings was as meaningful as 10 years with the Packers in terms of his "since of belonging" (which of course should read "sense" of belonging). This from PFT:
Favre indicated that he doesn't want the surgery but that he might have it because of his affection for the Vikings and his belief that they can win the Super Bowl. "We have spoken," Favre said in an e-mail to Werder. "To play again, I would need the surgery, as I suspected. This decision would be easy if not for my teammates and the fans and the entire Vikings staff. One year truly felt like 10 — much like Green Bay for many years. That's what I was missing in my heart I suppose, a since of belonging."
Favre didn't have a "since" of belonging in Green Bay? The place that embraced Favre and his family for 16+ years, adoring him and showering a mostly unconditional love on the guy no matter what happened? Maybe he didn't have a "since" of belonging because he'd dress separately from the other players, not come to camp and avoid other QBs instead of mentor them. I hesitated to publish this post because I didn't necessarily want to bring back the Favre Wars, but this comment ticked me off. Ok, I was set back for a moment there, but I've moved on again.


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Yellow-ribbon tree removal sparks outrage in Haverhill
Woman's son is serving in Afghanistan
A Haverhill family that is proud of a son's military service is shocked that a tribute to him was suddenly taken down by city workers.
Suzanne Burke had decorated a tree in front of her home with a yellow ribbon after her oldest son, Justin Isaac, was deployed to Afghanistan two days ago.
She came home Friday to find the tree cut down and reduced to a stump.
"The feeling in my stomach, I can't even describe. That's just like a bad sign to see it on the ground like that," said Burke. "It is to support our troops who are fighting for our freedom, and it seems like everybody should know what it means."
Haverhill city employees cut down the tree because it had been designated a hazard.
Mayor James J. Fiorentini apologized to Burke in an email, calling it "inexcusable" and writing that workers didn't recognize the significance of the yellow ribbon and treat it with the appropriate respect.
City officials are certain it was an honest mistake.
"These (the tree workers) are the people I call when I need help, they didn't mean any disrespect," said Mike Ingham, Haverhill Veterans' Services Director.
It wasn't just Burke who was upset. When the story hit social media, military families around the country were outraged by the act of carelessness.
"They were not happy. They called the news reporters, they called everybody," Burke said.
Fiorentini said the city would plant a new tree in the spring.


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Obama Signs the National Defense Authorization Act, a Bad Week For FreedomPolitics / US Politics Feb 15, 2012 - 08:22 AM GMT
"We have two American flags always: one for the rich and one for the poor. When the rich fly it means that things are under control; when the poor fly it means danger, revolution, anarchy."- Henry Miller
With each passing week it seems this country spirals further into the depths of a frightening dystopian fantasy reminiscent of Huxley and Orwell's dark world of isolation, fear and government brutality portrayed in their masterpieces Brave New World and 1984. I keep speculating whether it's me that's crazy and not the things I'm witnessing on a daily basis. The President signs the National Defense Authorization Act, passed by an overwhelming majority of Congress, which allows the government to imprison American citizens indefinitely without charge. And there is barely a squeak from the docile masses as they are soothed by Obama promising to never use that part of the law. I bet you $10,000 a President will invoke that portion of the NDAA in the very near future.
Jon Corzine, a card carrying member of the ruling elite .01%, remains free to roam one of his five palatial estates after stealing $1.6 billion from the accounts of farmers, widows, and thousands of other "clients" of MF Global. In his spare time he raises money for Obama's re-election campaign. The Federal government, Federal courts and Wall Street banking cabal have circled the wagons and declared the money just vaporized, even though it sits in Jamie Dimon's vaults at J.P. Morgan. No one is being prosecuted for this deliberate thievery. The psychopathic Wall Street criminals have been getting away with murder for so long they act invulnerable to societal mores and scoff at our laws, rules and regulations. Those are for the 99%. When you control the politicians, regulators, courts, and mainstream media, it's easy to get away with murder. The jackals and hyenas are laughing in their NYC penthouse suites as they continue to collect $20 million bonuses for a job well done.
After this past week I'm apoplectic with rage and fury as the rule of law has been discarded and the Constitution trampled upon by a wealthy connected oligarchy bent upon using their absolute power to further enrich themselves. The Wall Street banks that committed the largest financial crime in history, including: fraud in the inducement, forgery, fabricating documents, bribing rating agencies to rate toxic mortgages as AAA, selling fraudulent derivatives to customers, shorting the derivatives they sold to their customers, throwing millions of Americans out of their homes, charging inflated and bogus fees during the foreclosure process, and conducting a colossal cover-up, were slapped on the wrist and made to pay a miniscule $5 billion to the millions of victims of their crimes. Not one banker has been prosecuted. Not one person has gone to jail. Justice in this country is a putrid joke. There has been no outrage from the general public. The propaganda spewed by the corporate media instructs the masses to rejoice at this fair and just verdict. The truth is that 95% of the population didn't know or didn't care about the 50 state foreclosure-gate settlement. They were engrossed by the huge controversy over M.I.A. flipping the bird during the Super Bowl halftime show and whether Madonna was upset about the incident.
"Free" Healthcare
While this travesty of justice was playing out, we were treated to a glimpse into the future of healthcare in America administered by politicians and bureaucrats based upon vote count expediency. The government drones at DHHS mandated from on high that every woman in America would receive "free" contraceptives from their employers. Obama had made this decision and instructed his minions to implement his visionary dictate. The outrage and anger from religious groups and employers was instantaneous. Obama saw the 2012 election slipping away and reversed course within a day. He is quite the man of principle. His "solution" was to force insurance companies to provide "free" contraception to any employee of a religious employer that didn't provide that coverage in their insurance plan. When I hear these sociopathic politicians use the word "free" when describing healthcare or any of their thousands of bankrupt government programs, I have an overpowering impulse to smash something. Insurance companies will not provide "free" contraceptives to women. Insurance premiums will rise for everyone.
Remember Obama's assertion about his government takeover of healthcare:
"As a consequence of the Affordable Care Act, premiums are going to be lower than they would be otherwise; health care costs overall are going to be lower than they would be otherwise."
The next government program that reduces costs, provides better service, and is more efficient than the private market will be the first government program to do so. Examples of government ineptitude, corruption and waste include: Social Security, Medicare, Welfare, the Energy Dept., the Education Dept., and the Dept. of War. Jonathan Gruber, MIT economist and chief architect of Obamacare and Romneycare, recently admitted the truth about Obamacare:
"After the application of tax subsidies, 59% of the individual market will experience an average premium increase of 31%. My findings reflect the high cost of folding state high risk pools into the [federal government's] exchange — without using the money the state was already spending to subsidize those high risk pools."
Based on what Obamacare has done for the American people before its full implementation in 2014, you'll be begging for a death panel to put you out of your misery. The following "free" healthcare services were required to be covered by insurance companies in 2010:
- Cover preventive care without co-pays or deductibles.
- Allow adult children to stay on parents' policies until age 26.
- Increase annual coverage limits.
- Cover children without regard for preexisting conditions.
Obama's promise that families would save $2,500 per year in the future might come up a tad short, as insurance premiums skyrocketed by 9% in 2011. Not only have premiums soared, but many companies have increased co-pays from $10 to $25 for doctor visits.
Only a deceitful government busybody do-gooder would actually argue that forcing insurance companies to cover millions more Americans and cover pre-existing conditions would result in lower costs for the average family. I wonder what will happen in 2014 when 30 million more Americans are guaranteed "free" healthcare under Obamacare. The saddest part of this oncoming train wreck is that millions of willfully ignorant people actually believed the blatant lies and false storyline fed to them by sociopathic politicians who desire to control every aspect of their lives. These people believe they know what is best for you. They believe they are smarter than you. They do not care what means are required to achieve their ends of absolute domination over your life. Personal freedom, individual liberty and a critical thinking populace are the antithesis to the desires of the governing elite.
Home Sweet Home
The central planners within government and inhabiting the Federal Reserve are never in doubt that their theories, programs, solutions, mandates and schemes will achieve their desired outcome. The trouble for the American people is the desired result is not designed or planned to actually benefit them. The psychopaths drawn to politics, regulatory agencies, and government bureaucracies have no remorse or qualms about lying, utilizing propaganda, and instilling fear to achieve the ends that endorse their self serving agenda. Every dime of government spending is seized from the people by force or created out of thin air by an all knowing self-proclaimed Great Depression expert named Ben Bernanke. This Ivy League professor who has spent his entire life in academia and government thinks he knows which levers to pull to revive an economy that he destroyed. His wisdom is borne out in his prescient assessment of the U.S. housing market as it was imploding:
"We've never had a decline in house prices on a nationwide basis. So, what I think what is more likely is that house prices will slow, maybe stabilize, might slow consumption spending a bit. I don't think it's gonna drive the economy too far from its full employment path, though." – July 2005
"House prices have risen by nearly 25 percent over the past two years. Although speculative activity has increased in some areas, at a national level these price increases largely reflect strong economic fundamentals." – October 2005
"Housing markets are cooling a bit. Our expectation is that the decline in activity or the slowing in activity will be moderate, that house prices will probably continue to rise." – February 2006
"All that said, given the fundamental factors in place that should support the demand for housing, we believe the effect of the troubles in the subprime sector on the broader housing market will likely be limited, and we do not expect significant spillovers from the subprime market to the rest of the economy or to the financial system. The vast majority of mortgages, including even subprime mortgages, continue to perform well. Past gains in house prices have left most homeowners with significant amounts of home equity, and growth in jobs and incomes should help keep the financial obligations of most households manageable." – May 2007
It should be clear to everyone that Ben is a goddamn genius. You can see why the mainstream corporate media hangs on his every utterance. He has accepted no responsibility for his part in producing an epic housing collapse and the subsequent recession that continues to this day. His lack of conscience comes in handy as he has destroyed the finances of millions of senior citizens dependent upon interest income to make ends meet. Having no guiding principles or ethics allows him to declare with a straight face that inflation is well contained as gas prices approach $4.00 per gallon, food prices surge 10%, and his inflationary policies contribute to revolutions around the globe.
Last week this sage spoke to the Home Builders Association and left no doubt that he has no interest in what is best for the American people. His economic remedies are the exact opposite of what is needed to cure the disease of a debt ravaged society. Dr. Bernake's prescription is more debt fueled spending by consumers to refill the coffers on Wall Street. This is not surprising considering he is nothing but a puppet of Dimon, Pandit, Blankfein and the rest of the Wall Street cabal. His speech revealed his allegiances:
"One of the effects of declines in housing wealth is to reduce the ability and willingness of households to spend. It appears that recent declines in housing wealth may be reducing consumer spending between $200 billion and $375 billion per year. That reduction corresponds to lower living standards for many Americans. And, importantly, lower sales of goods and services also reduce the incentives of firms to invest and hire, thereby slowing the recovery. Low or negative equity creates additional problems for households. It reduces financial flexibility: Homeowners who are underwater on their mortgages cannot tap home equity to pay for emergency health expenses or their children's college educations."
Whenever I read Bernanke's words, I'm reminded of George Orwell's quote about intelligent people:
"There are some ideas so wrong that only a very intelligent person could believe in them."
This is a man who believes he knows better than the market. He's an economics professor that doesn't believe in the law of supply and demand as taught in Econ 101. He thinks he can control home prices. He thinks he knows the ideal interest rate. He thinks he knows just how much money printing will revive the economy. He believes a healthy economy is driven by artificially propping up home prices, encouraging people to spend money they don't have, recommending that homeowners borrow against their homes ($3 trillion borrowed and pissed away from 2003 through 2008), and forcing banks to make loans to subprime borrowers – again. His solution to the millions of bank owned homes is to use the taxpayer owned Fannie and Freddie to initiate bulk discount sales of these homes to his friends in the .01% so they can turn around and rent them to their former owners. I wish someone could explain to me how this helps the 99%. It is another backdoor bailout of Wall Street on the straining backs of the American taxpayer.
Obama's housing solutions in 2009-2010 included multiple home buyer tax credits, loan modification programs, and a myriad of other Keynesian claptrap spending schemes. Bernanke supported all of those measures. They spent $30 billion of your tax dollars in an effort to artificially prop up home prices. Home prices have fallen 10% since they threw your money down the rat hole where all government programs reside, and they continue to fall. These central government planners don't like to publicize the fact they continue to operate Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, and the FHA as a way to shift losses from Wall Street to Main Street. Fannie and Freddie have lost $160 billion of your tax dollars since 2008, but amazingly the losses don't show up in the Federal budget because reality has no place in politics or governmental accounting. The FHA just announced they will require a taxpayer bailout for the first time in their 78 year existence, as they lose $5 billion of your money per year on behalf of the Wall Street banking cartel. The toxic mortgages that don't reside on the books of Fannie, Freddie and the FHA are sitting on Ben's balance sheet. They reside, hidden from public view, in the "Other Assets" section of the chart below. His tripling of the Federal Reserve balance sheet was done for one reason only – to save the Wall Street bankers, their shareholders, and their bondholders. His actions have in no way benefitted the American people or the American economy.
It is mind boggling the degree to which central planners like Bernanke, Geithner, Obama and Congress will inflict their vision of how the economy and world in general should operate upon the trusting masses. The American people want to believe their leaders are doing what is best for them. They like dwelling in a land of delusion, security and luxury, where government guarantees to protect them from: terrorists; Iranian invasion; saving for retirement; looking out for their own health; educating themselves; and accepting the consequences of living above their means. Their ability to distinguish between truth and propaganda has been thoroughly degraded by years of government proscribed education. We have chosen to become a knowingly ignorant nation of true believers. There is no time for critical thinking while we anticipate our next tweet about the death of drug addicted pop singer. We have been taught to love our servitude.
"…most men and women will grow up to love their servitude and will never dream of revolution."– Aldous Huxley – Brave New World
The fallacy of government protecting you, taking care of you and providing you "free" benefits is so ingrained in the American psyche that it is virtually impossible to voluntarily reverse the trend. The truth that Americans refuse to acknowledge is that nothing is free in this life. We are not entitled to own a home, a free education, free healthcare, or a comfy privileged existence. Everything government provides is taken by force from someone else. Everything government does has a cost. Americans have traded freedom and liberty for the appearance of safety and security.The cost is constant war, getting groped by TSA perverts, surveillance by government agencies, threat of imprisonment without charges and a $1 trillion price tag per year. The cost of "free" healthcare is mind numbingly ludicrous rules and regulations for doctors and patients, massive fraud, outrageously expensive procedures and medications, and a $100 trillion unfunded liability left for future generations. The ultimate cost of an overbearing, all controlling government will be economic collapse and revolution.
Who Decides?
"Those who vote decide nothing. Those who count the vote decide everything." – Joseph Stalin
The concluding act during this bad week for freedom occurred on Saturday in the great state of Maine. When it became clear that Ron Paul was going to win the Maine caucuses, the GOP establishment, that has already anointed Mitt Romney the Republican nominee, decided the people of Maine would be told who won. Using the excuse of an impending snowstorm (less than 1 inch), the powers that be cancelled the caucuses in Washington County where a large contingent of youthful Ron Paul supporters dominated. The Girl Scouts didn't cancel their event in the same county that day. The men who cancelled the caucus are strong Romney supporters. This was a blatant Stalinist act of voter disenfranchisement. The GOP leaders declared those votes would not count in the totals. Despite this despicable act of rigging an election, Ron Paul doubled his vote percentage from 2008. His message of freedom, liberty, non-interventionism, sound money and self-reliance is reverberating across the land among young people who have not been programmed by the governing elite and the corporate mass media. The establishment will do everything in their power, including vote fraud, to prevent Ron Paul's anti-establishment message from being heard.
A small delegation of authoritative, rich men continues to pull the strings in this country. The examples I've sited in the last week prove we are moving ever more rapidly towards what Friedrich Hayek described as a'dictatorship of the proletariat'. The actions of the governing class point to no other conclusion as described by Simon Black:
- Hundreds of thousands of mortgage contracts abrogated by the Federal government;
- Suspension of gun rights by several local governments;
- The continued criminalization of protest and free assembly;
- Increased surveillance and police state tactics;
- Authorization of military force and detention against the citizens;
- Seizing and/or voiding pension systems into which workers have paid lifelong contributions;
- Rejection of long-standing senior debt positions in favor of labor unions;
- Executive and police agencies ruling by regulation and policy, not by legislative process;
When you pose the possibility of a dictatorship in America, the defender of freedom and democracy, old timers scoff and laugh off the possibility. We are the bright shining light on the mountaintop – that preemptively invades other countries; murders suspected foes with predator drones; imprisons and tortures foreigners in secret prisons; and plans to have 30,000 spy drones patrolling the skies over U.S. cities within the next few years. The government now has the authority to imprison U.S. citizens without cause for as long as they see fit. The government plans to lock down and control the internet. How could we possibly descend toward dictatorial rule? The conditions are perfect for sociopaths dwelling in government bureaucracies to make their move, as elucidated by Doug Casey:
"You may be thinking that what happened in places like Nazi Germany, the Soviet Union, Mao's China, Pol Pot's Cambodia and scores of other countries in recent history could not, for some reason, happen in the US. Actually, there's no reason it won't at this point. All the institutions that made America exceptional – including a belief in capitalism, individualism, self-reliance and the restraints of the Constitution – are now only historical artifacts.On the other hand, the distribution of sociopaths is completely uniform across both space and time. Per capita, there were no more evil people in Stalin's Russia, Hitler's Germany, Mao's China, Amin's Uganda, Ceausescu's Romania or Pol Pot's Cambodia than there are today in the US. All you need is favorable conditions for them to bloom, much as mushrooms do after a rainstorm."- Casey Report
Call me a raging optimist, but I see positive signs that an irate tireless minority of Americans are coming to their senses and preparing for a showdown with the ruling oligarchy. The tremendous support for Ron Paul's message among those under the age of 30 is inspiring. His devoted followers have incredible enthusiasm and will be a force to be reckoned with. The upcoming election will be won or lost based upon whether Ron Paul decides to run as a 3rd Party candidate, spreading his inspirational message. The Occupy Movement is also being driven by people under the age of 30. Their courage and audacity in standing up to brutal establishment military tactics and focusing the attention of the world on the greed, avarice and corruption rampant throughout our economic and political system has given me hope that the good guys can win. Every day the Millenial generation gains strength as the power of the older generations slowly wanes.
The internet has proven to be the best weapon in the fight against the governing elite. It offers people the freedom to ignore government sponsored propaganda being blasted by the corporate media. Critical thinkers can connect with other critical thinkers, while seeking the truth and spreading ideas. You can examine websites like Zero Hedge, Jesse's Café Americain, Of Two Minds, and Mish to comprehend what is really happening in your world. The tumult and outrage exhibited by millions when the despotic Congressional jackals attempted to pass SOPA and PIPA was inspirational. The people's voice was heard loud and clear. The politicians ruling over our lives have no guiding principles or moral code. They peddle their votes to the highest bidder. They conduct polls to determine what their constituents want to hear and then shockingly tailor a message that voters find to be exactly what they think. These sociopaths only respond to one thing – being exposed as liars and thieves. When they are confronted by an irate citizenry they scatter like roaches in a West Philly row house kitchen when you turn the light on. Yes votes on SOPA turned to No votes quicker than the Federal government can spend a billion of your tax dollars (10 hours). Obama showed how principled his positions are by backtracking on his "free" contraception mandate in less than 24 hours. If we speak loud enough they will listen, or else.
The "or else" is reflected in the chart below showing gun purchases over the last ten years. Millions of good law abiding Americans are armed. The accelerating trend is a hopeful sign that we will not allow a small contingent of corrupt politicians backed by shadowy rich men (22 men have contributed 67% of all the Super Pac money in the GOP primaries), hiding from public view, to treat this country as their personal playground.
It was a bad week for freedom loving people, but I believe there are enough patriots left in this country to change our course. We are being buried under a blizzard of lies on a daily basis. We have a choice. We can support the existing corrupt crony capitalist establishment (Obama & Romney) or we can declare war on lies, deceit and misinformation by rallying behind the only person who would truly attempt to reverse decades of corruption, sleaze, incompetence, bloat, debt accumulation, and a warped version of free market capitalism – Ron Paul. He is the only public figure willing to level with the American people and tell them the truth. Will we let the concept of truth fade out of the world? The choice is ours.
"In our age there is no such thing as 'keeping out of politics.' All issues are political issues, and politics itself is a mass of lies, evasions, folly, hatred and schizophrenia. The very concept of objective truth is fading out of the world. Lies will pass into history." – George Orwell
"Truth is treason in an empire of lies." – Ron Paul
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It was hardly the perfect example of textbook hockey... unless the manual was titled: How To Drive Your Coach Nuts In 15 Minutes Or Less.
But the Winnipeg Jets — a team desperate to stop a two-game losing skid and with just three wins in its last 10 — will take any kind of 'W' they can muster as the midway point of the NHL season approaches, especially if it comes against a Central Division rival.
Far from perfect but good enough, the Jets survived a sloppy first period in which seven goals were scored — four by the home side — and then settled down for an important 6-4 victory over the Minnesota Wild at the MTS Centre Friday night.
"It was entertaining," said Evander Kane, who scored his 11th of the season, with a grin. "It was good to get a win after Christmas, a division win, and start after the holiday break on the right note."
Added Kane, when it was suggested it probably wasn't the game plan draw up for a predominantly defensive squad like the Wild: "It probably wasn't the same one they had drawn up for us, either. Sometimes that happens."
What do you get when you combine three days rest + seven goals in just over 15 minutes + one goaltender yanked + the same goaltender abusing his stick outside the dressing room? One period of absolutely wacky NHL hockey.
The Jets and Wild, who had combined to score five goals in their last two games combined — lit up the scoreboard with seven in the opening 20 minutes, including two Minny goals 10 seconds apart that gave the visitors a brief 3-2 advantage.
The Wild got goals from Dany Heatley, Justin Fontaine and Stephane Veilleux in the first — the third goal chasing a fuming Ondrej Pavelec from the net — but the Jets countered with goals by Kane, Olli Jokinen, Blake and Dustin Byfuglien to take a 4-3 lead into the second.
"We were ahead after the first, so I think that's the only positive we can take out of that," said captain Andrew Ladd. "Sometimes in doing that (pulling Pavelec and replacing him with Al Montoya) you can calm your team down a little bit or send a message. I thought Monts did a great job once he got in there. The first three goals, there's nothing Pav could have done about them. It was more about just trying to get some momentum for our group on the bench."
The Jets gave up the equalizer to Minnesota early in the second on Mikko Koivu's eighth, but the Jets rallied on Wheeler's 14th — the eventual game-winner — and sealed it when Toby Enstrom potted his fourth into an empty net.
Wheeler's pair were his eighth and ninth goals in his last 12 games, a stretch where he's found a groove with 12 points (including three assists).
"It hasn't been an easy month, it's been tough," said Wheeler. "I think a lot of our guys have done a lot of soul searching. Losing hockey games isn't a whole lot of fun. It's not a whole lot of fun to be productive in losses. You want to produce towards wins.
"For myself, it's been kind of a weird month. It's been a lot of times looking in the mirror and trying to figure out what you can do differently to help this team. There's been a lot of ups and downs, peaks and valleys. I don't really know how to describe it... it's been disappointing overall.
"It was bizarre," added Wheeler, when asked about the opening 20 minutes. "I mentioned it to (Olli Jokinen), I stepped on the ice one time and it was 1-1. The next time I got out there it was 3-2 for Minnesota. It was bizarre, a weird stretch I haven't really seen very often. I don't think it was the game either team predicted going into the night but it's the way it turned out and we did a good job of adapting and finding a way to gut out a win."
First, the Jets improve to 17-18-5 and move two points closer to the Wild, one of the teams they are trying to reel in for a playoff spot. And, yes, it was important that in a tight final 40 minutes they got solid goaltending, tightened up defensively and were opportunistic when it mattered most.
But now more of it is needed Sunday in Denver and then after that against Buffalo on New Year's Eve, Ottawa on Jan. 2 and...
"We know what it is, it's one game, one win," said Ladd. "Now we have to look forward to Colorado and trying to do the same thing there. I'm sure you guys are sick of asking the same questions and we're sick of answering the same questions.
"We all know what we need to do."
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@WFPEdTait: One lucky #NHLJets fan can win Ondrej Pavelec's jersey tonight. Might not even be sweaty. 9:12 pm on Dec 27
@WFPEdTait: Nutty seven-goal first period followed by one in the second. 4-4 #NHLJets and Wild after two. 8:42 pm on Dec 27
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@RickRalphTSN: #NHLJets 3 goals on 7 shots. #mnwild 3 goals on 10 shots. 4 mins to go in the first. 7:40 pm on Dec 27
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@WFPEdTait: #NHLJets asleep again, Ondrej Pavelec yanked; slams stick on boards upon his exit. Wild score twice in 10 seconds for 3-2 lead 7:22 pm on Dec 27
@WFPEdTait: Thought this was going to be tight-checking? 2-2 now between #NHLJets and Wild with 13:06 left in 1st. 9-8 anyone? 7:20 pm on Dec 27
@WFPEdTait: #NHLJets score 2:09 apart as Setoguchi feeds Jokinen, with second assist to Thorburn and it's 2-1 Winnipeg. 7:17 pm on Dec 27
@WFPEdTait: #NHLJets answer after Wild open scoring as Evander Kane scores his 11th, shorthanded, after superb play by Michael Frolik. 1-1 tie 7:14 pm on Dec 27
@garylawless: trouba with toby, buff with ellerby, pardy and melchiori - that's your #nhljets blueline tonight. yikes. 7:03 pm on Dec 27
@WFPEdTait: #NHLJets starters: Trouba, Enstrom, Wheeler, Ladd, Little and Pavelec. D pairings now likely 33-7, 8-39 and 71-2. 7:02 pm on Dec 27
@WFPEdTait: #NHLJets late scratch: D Mark Stuart along with Zach Bogosian (flu), Keaton Ellerby and Julian Melchiori look to be activated. 6:59 pm on Dec 27
Updated on Friday, December 27, 2013 at 7:09 PM CST: Replaces live game blog code.
7:48 PM: Updates headline after first period.
8:10 PM: Updates photo.
8:50 PM: Updates score after second period.
9:44 PM: Updates headline after third period.
10:01 PM: Adds slide show.
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Heated words were exchanged, pricey weaves were pulled and Danielle Staub left "The Real Housewives of New Jersey" after two seasons – and Bravo producer and "Housewives" reunion moderator Andy Cohen tells Access Hollywood the cast for Season 3 has still not yet been determined.
"We're focusing right now on Season 3 of New Jersey; we know that Danielle will not be a part of that, all else is to be determined," The "Housewives" guru told Access on Tuesday. "We haven't begun production on Season 3 and can't really speculate who's going to be a part of it."
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When asked about a New York Post Page Six report that Teresa Giudice could also be exiting the hit Bravo series because she wants more money, Andy told Access, "I don't know… everybody wants more money."
As for exiting "Housewife," Danielle, the reality vixen told Us Magazine that she's hopefully moving on to bigger and better things.
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"I'm way too good for this," the 48-year-old told the mag. "They have used me about as much as I can be used."
The "love and light" enthusiast hopes her idea of a spin-off show for herself sees the light of day.
"I want my own show," she told the mag. "I want to be me now. Not me according to other people… a spin-off is absolutely, positively where I'm going."
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According to Danielle, she was responsible for the series' success.
"The bottom line is, they need me, I don't need them. They don't talk about anything but me. I don't talk about them, at all. I talk about me too!" she added. "I have no need for them in my life. They have a great need for me to make the show successful. I made it successful."
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When contacted by Access, a rep for Bravo said, "We haven't made any other announcements regarding casting. Only that the show is coming back for a 3rd season without Danielle."
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