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Guest Host: Michael Smerconish
Guests: Karen Bass, Steve Southerland, Mark Udall, David Corn, Shushannah Walshe, Michael Carey
MICHAEL SMERCONISH, GUEST HOST: Tomorrow's election day, at least for Nancy Pelosi.
Let's play some HARDBALL.
Good evening. I'm Michael Smerconish, in for Chris Matthews, who's in Rome for the Vatican ceremony elevating Washington archbishop Donald Worl (ph) to cardinal.
Leading off tonight: Challenges in the House. You can add Charlie Rangel to the list of embarrassments on Nancy Pelosi's plate. The New York congressman was found guilty on 11 counts of breaking House ethics rules and now awaits punishment. Pelosi may have held onto her job, but she's still facing down challenges to her leadership team from both the Blue Dogs and the liberals. Now, on the Republican side, at least 39 new House members are Tea Partiers, and they're not shy about making their voices heard. We'll talk to two incoming freshman of the new Congress, a Democrat and Tea Party Republican, tonight.
Plus: Here's a sign of Tea Party power. At least 27 Republican senators have agreed to ban earmarks, including Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, who secured $113 million in pork projects for his state just last year.
And how far can a presidential library go in shaping the legacy of George W. Bush? Will a record that includes Iraq, Katrina and Wall Street's collapse be overshadowed by that which is now under construction at Southern Methodist University? Among those celebrating with Bush today, former vice president Dick Cheney, who found a way to knock the current president at the ground-breaking.
Also, Lisa Murkowski took her best shot against Sarah Palin. Now that the Alaska senator leads Palin favorite Joe Miller in the vote count, she said Palin lacks, quote, "leadership qualities and intellectual curiosity" that are needed to be president.
And "Let Me Finish" with some counterintuitive advice for the National Football League. If you want to cut down on head injuries, consider ditching the face mask.
Let's start with the new face of Congress. We're joined by two incoming members of the House of Representatives, Congressman-Elect Steve Southerland, Republican of Florida, Congresswoman-Elect Karen Bass, Democrat of California.
Let me begin with you, Mr. Southerland, if I may. You're in the midst of orientation, back to school for some. What have you learned in the last 48 hours that you didn't know?
REP.-ELECT STEVE SOUTHERLAND ®, FLORIDA: Well, I'll tell you, we're busy learning the lay of the land. Even the floor plans are all new to us. We're learning about our budgets and how to go about hiring our congressional staff, which will certainly be helpful, you know, going forward. So it's been a lot of information, somewhat overwhelming at times.
SMERCONISH: Do you feel more of an allegiance to the Tea Party or to the Grand Old Party at this stage? And are the two yet in conflict in any way that you can discern?
SOUTHERLAND: Well, let me say this. I am a candidate who has run on the desire of representing all the people of Florida's 2nd congressional district, so I believe that the Constitution is the law of the land. I believe it should be honored. But I also believe that common sense and accountability must always be honored and recognized in this great House, the people's House.
SMERCONISH: Congressman-Elect, tomorrow Nancy Pelosi presumably gets elected as minority leader. Does she have your support?
REP.-ELECT KAREN BASS (D), CALIFORNIA: Absolutely, she has my support. I was, frankly, very excited to serve as speaker of my house, as the first African-American woman, and have been very honored to see her leadership over these last couple of years.
SMERCONISH: But Congressman-Elect, to an outsider, one looks at the recent election results and says perhaps in the best interests of her party, she should stand down and not be seeking that position.
BASS: Well, I think what one has to remember is four years ago when, she became Speaker, she did bring us to the majority. And I have to say that I think the number one message from voters and the number one problem was unemployment. In my state, for example, unemployment is 12 percent. What we have to focus on is on jobs. There was all of the outside money that we don't even know where that money came from that also helped to defeat the Democrats.
SMERCONISH: Any lesson in what happened to Congressman Rangel today for either of you? I'll start, Congresswoman-Elect, with you. I note that on your agenda in the last 48 hours was a briefing on standards of official conduct and legal issues. When you put that together with the recent experience of Congressman Rangel, it tells you what about carrying out responsibilities?
BASS: Well, I'm sure that both of us agree that what we heard yesterday in terms of standards and ethics means that we always have to keep our eye on the ball. We, frankly, have a lot more to learn in that area. We were given a very thick handbook and encouraged to read it, and I will certainly make sure that I do that.
SMERCONISH: Congressman-Elect, any surprise for you when you got the briefing on the do's and don'ts as member of Congress?
SOUTHERLAND: Well, there's a lot to digest, as the Congresswoman just outlined. We must be patient. I'll tell you, it's impossible, as she would probably attest to, to digest everything that we've got. I think that we must be committed to right, as opposed to wrong, and I think that no matter how long you're a part of this great institution that you must be committed to accountability and committed to what is right.
SMERCONISH: Mr. Southerland, what must you do, sir—and please be specific—so that in two years, presumably, if you wish to stand for reelection, you can face those who just sent you to Washington and say, There, I got it done?
SOUTHERLAND: Well, I think the American people spoke very loudly and with great clarity last week. They're concerned about the economy. They're concerned about jobs. I know down in my own state of Florida that we are running almost historic unemployment numbers, near 12 percent. And I think that if people do not have gainful employment, then they cannot realize the American dream of home ownership and sending their children to college. And I think that they've been very, very clear. They want government spending at the federal level to be drawn back, and they want more power in their own family budgets and family pocketbooks.
SMERCONISH: I noticed, in looking at the agenda of some of the briefings that have been offered to you, Congressman-Elect, and not to Congresswoman-Elect Bass—heck, I just want to call you each Congressman, if that's all right—
SMERCONISH: -- and Congresswoman. I'm getting all tongue tied. But Mr. Southerland, if I may stick with you, sir, I noticed that there were briefings offered by Tea Party Patriots, by FreedomWorks and also by the Claremont Institute. And you know, those are groups that represent the grass roots of change on the GOP side. And yet when I look at who the speakers were, it's the same old, same old. It's Bill Bennett. It's Ed Meese. It's Dick Army. You know, meet the new boss, same as the old boss.
BASS: Sure. Well, I will tell you, on Sunday, we took advantage of the time we had here. We interviewed potential candidates for chief of staff. We were not able to attend any of those functions and organizations and the meetings that they had because we felt like we needed to get a drop on maximizing our time here. So I had—you know, as far as attending those, I was not able to do so, so I can't really go into what was said and how it was said or how it was interpreted.
SMERCONISH: Congresswoman Bass, tell me about the minutiae. Did you pick out your office? Do you know where to park? Did they give you the double-top secret pledge pin yet?
BASS: No, we don't have the pledge pin until we are sworn in on January 5th. We pick our offices on Friday. And no, frankly, you know, we have been immersed in the day-to-day work of what it means to be in office, learning about it. And for me, it's a bit familiar because, you know, I was sworn in six years ago in the state assembly. And so some of what we're going through in our orientation is very familiar.
SMERCONISH: But that's a pretty quick career—that's a pretty quick career path for you. Six years ago, and you've been the speaker of the California Assembly.
BASS: Well, you know, in California, we have very strict term limits. And so that's right. I was speaker in my third term. And our current speaker, John Perez (ph), is actually a freshman, so he's finishing his second year in office. That's California.
SMERCONISH: Let me ask you, if I may, the same question that I put to Congressman Southerland. What must you do so that in two years, you can go home, if you choose to, and say, You wanted me to do it, I did it?
BASS: Well, let me just tell you, first and foremost, what I can do is move our country forward in terms of jobs, to make sure that health care reform continues and goes forward, making sure that there's transportation resources for the state of California. And then having gone through the crisis that we went through in California over these last couple of years, I know that all of my colleagues in the state legislature are very hopeful that I will be able to bring some resources back to California so that we get out of this economic crisis. But order number one, two and three is jobs, jobs, jobs. That's what we have to move forward on.
SMERCONISH: You're each joining an organization that is not held in the highest of regard by the public. I've got some data I'd love to show to you. Bottom line is that only 26 percent approve currently of the way that Congress is doing its job, 71 percent disapprove. You know the old adage, everybody hates Congress, but they seem to love their member of Congress. Congressman Southerland, what can you do, sir, to raise the esteem of that collective body?
SOUTHERLAND: Well, you cannot have any trust among the people if you don't have a conversation, if you don't listen to them and hear them out and understand their needs and where they are. I think the American family is disenchanted. They know that this institution, and in many ways, Washington, D.C., has not been a reflection of the American people. So we got to start with that conversation. We got to listen. Great leaders listen and they listen well, and they act in an honest way, hard work with honest dealings.
SMERCONISH: Does that also go for listening to your opponent? Congresswoman Bass, are you ready to reach across that aisle? You both seem awfully reasonable.
BASS: Oh, you know what? You know what? I am used to reaching across the aisle. I've reached across the aisle for six years. I will continue to do that. But let me just say that if you look at it historically, when you look at the numbers, the poll numbers for legislative bodies, whether you're talking about on the state or on the federal level, it tends to go along with the economy. So when the economy turns around, when we actually have the jobs, when health care reform is implemented, I do believe that the prestige of this institution, as well as the institution that I'm leaving. will go up.
SMERCONISH: Congressman Southerland, many say that those elected with Tea Party support have been sent to Washington simply to put the brakes on this administration. Is that a fair characterization?
SOUTHERLAND: Well, I think that not just the Tea Parties, but those that are not a port of a formal Tea Party organization, they want common sense. They want the unemployment numbers, as the congresswoman mentioned. They want jobs. They want this economy moving forward. And they want—they do want the brakes put on federal spending. It has increased 20 percent over the last two years while the family budgets and small businesses who have been crushed over the last two years have decreased. So I think they spoke loud and clear on that subject.
SMERCONISH: And Congresswoman—
BASS: And—
SMERCONISH: Go ahead. I'm sorry.
BASS: Yes, let me just say that having gone through the crisis that I mentioned in California when I served as speaker, I came here and we desperately needed the help of the federal government, frankly, so that the state of California didn't go over the cliff. And it wasn't—if it wasn't for the resources that were sent to us, for education, for public safety, not only would you have a higher unemployment rate in the state of California, but our economic crisis really would have been severe and we would have been thrown into a depression.
So on the one hand, I do recognize that people are concerned about federal spending. On the other hand, our country was in an absolute crisis. We needed that economic stimulus dollars, and those dollars have helped California from going over the edge.
SMERCONISH: Congratulations to both of you. I wish you all good things and appreciate you being on HARDBALL.
SOUTHERLAND: Thank you very much.
BASS: Thank you.
SMERCONISH: All right. Congressman-Elect Steve Southerland, Congresswoman-Elect Karen Bass.
Coming up: Minority Leader Mitch McConnell caved into the Tea Party Caucus on earmark reform, and now 27 Republican senators say they're committed to banning earmarks. What does that say about the power of the Tea Party and how much establishment Republicans now fear them?
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SEN. MITCH MCCONNELL (R-KY), MINORITY LEADER: I know the good that has come from the projects that I've helped support throughout my state. I don't apologize for them. But there is simply no doubt that the abuse of this practice has caused Americans to view it as a symbol of the waste and out-of-control spending that every Republican in Washington is determined to fight.
SMERCONISH: Welcome back to HARDBALL.
That's Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell, siding with the Tea Party wing of his party and announcing his support for an earmark ban. But is this proposal a distraction from the real heavy lifting required to get the budget under control?
Senator Mark Udall of Colorado supports an earmark ban. Senator, thank you for being here. Here's my initial question. Now who decides? If there's a community good works project that requires funding, will it be bureaucrats as compared to elected officials?
SEN. MARK UDALL (D), COLORADO: Well, Michael, this is a really opportunity for us. And I got to tell you, it's not really a Tea Party initiative, it's Americans across the board who think that spending needs to be reined in here in smart ways. And one of the ways we can do that is to end this practice of earmarking.
What we can do, to your question, is upgrade and redouble our efforts on the grant-making progress. About $9 billion comes to Colorado every year. Less than 1 percent of that's through earmarking. I have a staff person who's dedicated to working with colleges, with universities, with non-profits, for-profit companies that want federal funding. That's the way to send federal dollars into the states. This earmarking process has resulted in some bad habits. It's resulted in a focus on pet projects to the exclusion of really managing our budget and our appropriations responsibilities in the right way. So this is a Democrat and Republican—it's really an American idea to eliminate this practice of earmarks.
SMERCONISH: Allow me to share with you the words of one of your colleagues, Ohio senator Sherrod Brown, who said of earmarks, "They help hospitals. They help clinics. They help educational establishments. They can be a good thing for our country, and Mitch McConnell knows that. Basically, the Republicans are using it because they don't really want to deal with the real budget issues that we're facing."
How about those hospitals, et al? What can we do to protect them?
UDALL: Yes, most earmarks are very useful and important. I've earmarked for government and university and public sector entities and organizations. If you go and look at the earmarks I've generated, they're good earmarks.
But the point I want to make is, because we've focused so much on these pet projects, we really haven't performed the oversight duties that the Congress should perform. And in many cases, we're forced into a corner to support funding in big bills that we really don't support. So by setting this aside, I think we have a better chance to get our budget on a sustainable basis.
Look, we didn't earmark for over 200 years, Michael, and the republic survived. And plenty of resources were directed into the individual states. The process has gotten out of control, and I think it's time to end it.
SMERCONISH: To what extent do you feel that your role as a member of the United States Senate is diminished if earmarks should go away?
UDALL: There are plenty of other ways I can support what my state needs. One of the ways in which I can support my state is to get on the front end when the president presents his budget and advocate for all those funding needs in the state. I can also, as I've pointed out—and I've done this—Anticipate and redouble the efforts that we can make on the part of those who want grants, federal competitive grants, that are generated across the board. And that would include some of the projects that Senator Brown has mentioned that are very worthwhile and need to be supported.
SMERCONISH: Senator, let me show you, if I may—or you can at least listen—a clip of the final debate. As I recall, it was from Hofstra. Of course, it's Senator Obama at the time, Senator McCain on this very subject. Let's listen.
UDALL: Of course. Yes.
SEN. BARACK OBAMA (D-IL), PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: Senator McCain talks a lot about earmarks. That's one of the centerpieces of his campaign. Earmarks account for one half of 1 percent of the total federal budget. There's no doubt that the system needs reform and there are a lot of screwy things that we end up spending money on and they need to be eliminated. But it's not going to solve the problem.
SMERCONISH: Senator Udall, in my home town of Philadelphia, Chris's home town, We would call that chump change.
UDALL: Look, it's $16 billion, Michael. That's not chump change. It's not a significant portion of the federal budget, but we make an enormous statement to the American people, who again, I think, across the board, and certainly in my state, think we've got to get spending under control.
And by the way, we also have to strengthen Social Security and Medicare and we do have to look at the tax code, so it's going take all three of these steps to get our federal budget on a sustainable path. I was the CEO of a non-profit business for 10 years, and I want to tell Democrats and independents and Republicans watching, if you don't have a strong balance sheet, you can't pursue your mission. And, as a Democrat, my mission in part is to preserve the safety net, make sure Americans have opportunity.
If we go broke, if America goes broke, we're not going to be a strong country; we're not going to be able to do what we want to do for our own people. That's—and this earmark reform is one step in that direction.
SMERCONISH: And, Senator Mark Udall, many thanks, sir, for your time.
Appreciate it.
UDALL: Hey, thanks, Michael. Look forward to coming on again with you.
SMERCONISH: All right.
UDALL: Thank you.
SMERCONISH: Howard Fineman is senior political editor of The Huffington Post and an MSNBC political analyst.
And to Howard, I shall ask the same question.
Is it chump change?
HOWARD FINEMAN, NBC CHIEF POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT: It is in
arithmetic terms. But I think, Michael, the people who are supporting it -
and there are—and the senator's right, there are Democrats and Republicans—argue that it's—these—these earmarks are kind of like the appetizers that whet the appetite for all the fiscal gluttony that's been going on here.
And it's also a way in which campaign donations can be focused to get specific projects. And, of course, everybody who wants their project is going to look to give the donation to the member of Congress, which is legal, rather than trying to twist the arms or whatever in the bureaucracy, which they're not allowed to do.
SMERCONISH: But, Howard, won't it—
FINEMAN: So, in theory, in theory, it makes some sense.
SMERCONISH: But won't it give elected officials the opportunity to go home in two or maybe in four years, depending on when they come up, and thump their chests and say, see, this is what I did for deficit or debt reduction? And it's like beer muscles.
FINEMAN: Yes. I couldn't agree with you more. If this is all they do, it's laughable.
If this is just the prelude and the sort of moral scene-setter, if you will, to something real, then it's valuable. There's no doubt that right now, the Republicans are doing it because they're running scared of the Tea Party. And Mitch McConnell switched positions because Rand Paul, whom he originally opposed, got elected in his state as a Tea Party candidate.
But—and it's not only—not only is it not a lot of money, Michael. It's not going save much of that money, because that money will just be reprogrammed back into the bureaucracy, where it may well be spent if, as you point out, the members of Congress don't take the further step of actually looking at what the bureaucracy itself spends, which is trillions of dollars.
SMERCONISH: What I was trying to get across in my brief conversation with Senator Udall is the fact a hospital, by way of example, still requires funding. There's a lot of good that has come out of the earmark program. And I think when constituents now appreciate the fact that bureaucrats may make those calls, as opposed to a senator or a member of Congress, on whom you can lean, they might not be too happy with the outcome.
FINEMAN: Right. I think that's quite possible.
And I think, as you know, both Harry Reid, who survived to live another day as Senate leader, and Nancy Pelosi, who's clinging to that job and will have it, are earmark fans. You know, they say there's more transparency and they're going to do to the reforming that Barack Obama talked about when he was a candidate.
But they're not—the Democratic leadership's not about to give up earmarks for precisely the reason that you said. And there may be an even more cynical game going on here, because, on the Senate side, if Harry Reid is correct, Democrats are going to still try to put earmarks into legislation.
The Democrats are still going to have the majority. And the Republicans may beat their chest and complain about earmarks, but if some just happen to slip into a bill courtesy of the Democrats, and Barack Obama doesn't veto that bill, then they will hope to get part of that action, if they possibly can, if there's a way they can do it subtly.
And you had a situation where Michele Bachmann, the congresswoman from Minnesota, already talking about things she wanted to exempt from the earmark ban, including transportation projects. Well, transportation projects are one of the main things that is being earmarked these days.
SMERCONISH: I'm glad that you raised Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's name, because here's what his spokesman said on the earmark ban. "It's up to each senator whether or not they will support congressionally directed funds to their state. Senator Reid makes no apologies for delivering for the people of Nevada."
It's reminiscent of my conversation at the outset of the program, where everybody castigates earmarks, but if they came home in their community or their state, hey, it was a great thing. Where's that ribbon cutting?
FINEMAN: Well, what's happened is that everybody comes to Congress with a list, really like first day of class. You hand in the last of your wish list of projects. And even Barack Obama participated in this when he first came to the Senate.
And that is a habit of the way you start your year in the Congress I think is what the reformers are talking about. But you're absolutely right. If this is all they do, then it will be worse than nothing, because it's not going to save very much money at all. All that money, as I said, will be reprogrammed. And it will give people the illusion that something has been done, when nothing really has.
SMERCONISH: Howard Fineman, many thanks, as always.
FINEMAN: Thank you, Michael.
SMERCONISH: All right.
Coming up; Talk about hypocrisy. An incoming congressman who ran against President Obama's health care plan is up in arms that he has to wait a month before his federal health care kicks in. That's next in the "Sideshow."
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SMERCONISH: Welcome back to HARDBALL. Time now for the "Sideshow."
First: The Beatles and Apple come together. Today, the computer maker announced that it struck a deal to bring the Fab Four's music to the online iTunes store. It's been a long and winding road. The Beatles' record label, also named Apple, has accused the computer maker for decades of its infringing upon its trademark.
This is a big coup for iTunes. Not only are the Beatles the top-selling band in history. Their greatest hits collection was the biggest album of the decade.
Now to a media rights tussle that isn't going as smoothly. Former Arizona State quarterback Sam Keller is suing video game publisher Electronic Arts, claiming they have illegally profited from using images of him and other players portrayed in their NCAA games. Electronic Arts argues that free speech allows for use of these athletes' images. Image rights vs. free speech, the courts are expected to tackle this tough one in the months to come.
Next: An incoming freshman gets a big-time reality check. During his campaign, Republican congressman-elect Andy Harris said he would fight to repeal health care reform, or, as he called it, government-run insurance. So, when he got to Washington, what did Harris ask for? His government-run health insurance.
At a freshman orientation meeting, Harris was reportedly dismayed to
discover that his policy only kicks in four weeks after he starts his job
as a lawmaker. Politico reports of Harris—quote—"'He stood up and
asked the two ladies who were answering questions why it had to take so
long. What he would do without 28 days—for the next 28 days of health
care?,' said a congressional staffer who saw the exchange. 'Harris then
asked if he could purchase insurance from the government to cover the gap,'
added an aide.'"
Congressman-elect, some might say millions of Americans go without health insurance all the time for a lot longer than 28 days. And they will continue to do so if you and those in your party succeed in repealing health care reform. Food for thought.
Now to tonight's HARDBALL "Big Number."
Sarah Palin's racked up big wins with campaign endorsements and book deals and, most recently, reality TV. What are the chances she uses that success to launch a presidential run? Well, according to the traders at Dublin-based Intrade.com, 68 percent. The Irish oddsmakers say there's a 2-1 chance that Palin makes the big run. Sixty-eight percent is tonight's "Big Number."
Up next: George W. Bush breaks ground on his presidential library today in Dallas. Between the library and his new book, can Bush reshape the legacy of Katrina, Iraq, the Wall Street collapse? We will find out.
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GEORGE W. BUSH, FORMER PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: And now, ladies and gentlemen, thank you for coming.
BUSH: The speeches are over. It is time to shovel dirt.
SMERCONISH: Welcome back to HARDBALL. I'm Michael Smerconish.
That, obviously, was former President George W. Bush today at the groundbreaking for his presidential library at Southern Methodist University outside of Dallas. The president was joined by his wife, Laura, former Vice President Dick Cheney, and former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice for the ceremony.
Much more than a building is being built at SMU. They're building a legacy. But what will that legacy be?
Pat Buchanan is an MSNBC analyst. "Mother Jones" Washington bureau chief David Corn is a contributor to PoliticsDaily.com.
Men, thanks for being here.
I want to show you a snippet of former Vice President Dick Cheney delivering a zinger to President Obama earlier today.
DICK CHENEY, FORMER VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: Of course, the George W. Bush Presidential Center isn't much to look at just yet, but the workers are ready. Construction will move fast after today's groundbreaking. This may be the only shovel-ready project in America.
SMERCONISH: Now, true to his recent form, President Bush didn't take the bait, in other words, didn't behave in kind. Here's part of what he had to say today.
BUSH: The decisions of governing are on another president's desk.
And he deserves to make them without criticism from me.
SMERCONISH: Pat Buchanan, you're a student of political history.
Which one is more in step with predecessors?
You know, here's Vice President Cheney, who has—who has been relentless against the current president, and President Bush, who's taken a decidedly different path.
PAT BUCHANAN, MSNBC POLITICAL ANALYST: Well, first, let me say I was at Jimmy Carter's library dedication. And the president of the United States, Ronald Reagan, flew down there. Of course, that's when it was finally dedicated.
But I think, quite clearly, the president of the United States, former President Bush, has handled himself magnificently, I think. Since he's been president, he's been silent. She's stayed out of the news. He's been used as the butt of attack by Democrats, but he has not responded. I think he's done well.
But I also think Cheney—of course, that was sort of a cutting jab -
but I think Cheney feels that he's the Darth Vader of the administration.
He's got an obligation, especially to defend the foreign and war policies.
And that's what he's done.
I don't fault either of them for how they have handled themselves since the presidency.
SMERCONISH: David Corn, do you think that Pat's defense of Vice President Cheney's reaction to Obama cuts the mustard?
DAVID CORN, WASHINGTON BUREAU CHIEF, "MOTHER JONES": No, it doesn't, Pat.
CORN: Listen, Vice President Cheney, he may forget this, but it was because of the financial crash that happened on their watch that we lost eight million jobs in this country and we needed a stimulus program.
So for him to go around making any jokes whatsoever about the economic condition of this country shows that the guy has no class and is out of touch and still hasn't come to terms with the destructive legacy of his own time in office. And you know what? It doesn't surprise me.
SMERCONISH: Patrick, what's the vibe between—between Bush and Cheney? How do you read the—you know, play Dr. Buchanan for me. How do you read what's going on, on that dais, that stage today?
BUCHANAN: I think Dick Cheney feels very, very badly that Scooter Libby, who was his top man, was not pardoned by George Bush. And Cheney is a loyalist.
And I think, however, it's got to be a mixture of feelings. I mean, it was George W. Bush that pulled Cheney out of that business community down there in Texas and made him the most powerful vice president in history and a real figure in history. So, I think there's got to be some tensions between the two because of that last episode.
At the same time, there's no doubt about it. Dick Cheney was the most powerful and influential figure in the Bush administration.
SMERCONISH: In the book, Pat—you know that, in "Decision Points," President Bush talks about how he gave some thought to removing Vice President Cheney and replacing him with then speaker—Majority Leader Bill Frist. Do you think he regrets not having done so?
BUCHANAN: Well, I don't --
BUCHANAN: -- quite frankly.
CORN: Well, of course not.
BUCHANAN: I think that Dick Cheney was—look, I don't agree with Dick Cheney. I don't agree with the wars.
And, incidentally, this is what's the administration's going to be judged on. If Iraq and Afghanistan turn out badly—and they could—for our country, there's no way the Bush administration presidency is going to be a success.
You know, as to what David Corn said about the economy, look, that—that—what happened in the economy is a result of the Federal Reserve, just like it wasn't Hoover's fault that the economy crashed on his watch.
But there's no doubt about it that the wars—
CORN: Wait a second.
These guys, while they were slicing and dicing subprime mortgages, Bush and Cheney did nothing. They fought for deregulation. Now, the Clinton people did the same as well. I'm not saying it's just a Republican problem. But that problem exploded because of their negligence, because they thought there was no rule for government in watching out for Main Street, Pat.
BUCHANAN: But, David—David, the Hoover of this piece is Barack Obama who has done nothing in two years to turn it around and has been thoroughly repudiated by the American people.
CORN: Every mainstream economist says that the stimulus he passed saved 2 million to 3 million jobs, which is more than Dick Cheney and George Bush did. But speaking of—you can laugh at that, Pat, but they're the ones that got—
BUCHANAN: You saved your state government jobs all the politicians and all the—
CORN: Well, excuse me
BUCHANAN: But look what's happening in the economy. Look, you cannot
look, I don't defend what President Bush—I think he overspent, and I think No Child Left Behind—
CORN: But it wasn't overspending that led to the crash, it was letting Wall Street run wild.
MICHAEL SMERCONISH, GUEST HOST: Hey, gentlemen, I want to show a piece of footage from earlier today. This is President Bush standing by former Vice President Dick Cheney. Let's all listen and watch.
GEORGE W. BUSH, FORMER U.S. PRESIDENT: I can't thank Dick enough for coming. I—you know, I've been doing these interviews trying to peddle my book. I'm asked about Dick Cheney.
Here's what I say: Dick Cheney was the right pick in the year 2000 and as I stand here, there is no doubt in my mind he was the right pick then, he was a great vice president of the United States, and I'm proud to call him friend.
SMERCONISH: Hey, David Corn, I read your thesis on Bush's handling of Rove, complete with five footnotes. Can you give me the dumbed-down version? What is it that do you think he left out of the book relative to Karl Rove?
CORN: Well, there's a one—there's a one-page description of the whole Valerie Plame leak case that led to the issue of whether they should be a part or not. And in that, he talks about how Dick Armitage was the source for the leak that outed CIA office Valerie Plame in Bob Novak's column. Throughout his own description, he leaves out who was the number two leak, the second leak, the confirming source to Novak, and that was Karl Rove.
To write about the CIA leak case without mentioning Karl Rove shows that the guy is not really interested in coming to terms with some of the darker, more inconvenient moments of his presidency.
SMERCONISH: Hey, Pat, I'll give you the final word, but go quickly.
BUCHANAN: You cannot be saying—
SMERCONISH: Go ahead, Pat.
BUCHANAN: Sure. You cannot be saying that silly episode is the darkest moment of any president.
BUCHANAN: David, you are involved in trivial pursuit as usual.
CORN: That's what he talked about with Dick Cheney. That was the thing that led to, you know, have—be at odds.
BUCHANAN: What was the significance of this thing? It's a minor matter.
CORN: CIA operations were blown. CIA operations were blown because of this.
SMERCONISH: Gentlemen, to be continued. Appreciate very much. Pat Buchanan and David Corn, as always.
CORN: Thanks, Michael.
SMERCONISH: All right. Up next, Senator Lisa Murkowski is headed to a third term. That's because she's on her own way to an unprecedented write-in campaign victory. But she's making bigger headlines by bashing fellow Alaskan Sarah Palin. That's ahead.
This is HARDBALL, only on MSNBC.
SMERCONISH: Is this the final nail in Michael Steele's political coffin? One of Steele's top aides quit today and is said to be considering challenging his former boss as chairman of the Republican National Committee. The aide, Gentry Collins, skewered Steele in a memo where he detailed the disorganization he says plagues the RNC and he says Republicans could have won Senate races in Colorado and Washington with a better ground game.
At least one other Republican is in the race to challenge Steele and several others are considering doing so.
HARDBALL comes back right after this.
SMERCONISH: We're back.
Senator Lisa Murkowski is leading Republican opponent Joe Miller in the race for Alaska's Senate seat. Now that she's won about 97 percent of the write-in vote, she went after the one person who boosted Joe Miller's campaign, former Governor Sarah Palin.
SEN. LISA MURKOWSKI ®, ALASKA: She would not be my choice for president. I just do not think that she has that—those leadership qualities, that intellectual curiosity that allows for building good and great policies. I don't think that she enjoyed governing. I don't think she liked to get down into the policy.
SMERCONISH: Michael Carey is a columnist with "The Anchorage Daily News"; Shushannah Walshe is a senior reporter with "The Daily Beast." She's also the co-author of a book, "Sarah from Alaska."
Shushannah, she essentially called her a dope.
SHUSHANNAH WALSHE, THE DAILY BEAST: Well, those aren't the words that she used. Yes. But—I mean, their relationship has been fractious for a very long time. They do not get along. So, I don't think that this was really surprising that Lisa Murkowski is not going to back Sarah Palin.
Yes, she was very open and forthright about it. But you have to remember that Sarah Palin has gone after Lisa Murkowski pretty hard during this process. She hasn't just backed Joe Miller. She slammed Lisa Murkowski. She called her shameless throughout this process on her Facebook post about Joe Miller.
So, their relationship is a long time robbery and right now, it's at its worse point that's ever been.
SMERCONISH: Michael, help me educate a national audience of the family history here. I guess it begins with Governor Frank Murkowski having picked his daughter for the Senate over Governor Palin?
MICHAEL CAREY, ANCHORAGE DAILY NEWS: No, Governor Palin was not really a candidate for the United States Senate, but she was the candidate who beat Frank Murkowski, Lisa's father, in the election four years ago. And, so I think it all starts right there in the family differences.
SMERCONISH: Palin becomes governor by defeating Frank Murkowski, and then Palin, of course, was for Miller and not with Murkowski in this race. Talk to me about the status of this recount. What's being allowed? What is not being permitted thus far?
WALSHE: Well—
CAREY: Well, they've counted almost—
SMERCONISH: Go ahead, Michael. Michael, go ahead.
CAREY: OK. They've counted about—they've counted somewhere 100,000 votes. They're eventually going to count 100,000 votes. They are counting right now, today, in Juneau, where—and they are getting down to the end of the absentee questioned ballots and overseas ballots that might be coming in from the military or travelers or missionaries or who knows what.
It's pretty clear that Senator Murkowski is going to wind up ahead. Here, intent of the voter is paramount and Gail Fenumiai who is the director of elections has been generally liberal in interpreting the intent of the voter when they are trying to write Murkowski, to the dissatisfaction of Miller who's in court.
SMERCONISH: So, in other words, it's a phonetic reading of these ballots, for lack of a better descriptor? If someone can look at it, the individual that you've identified and make out how it would sound, and if it sounds like Murkowski, then the vote counts?
CAREY: Yes, but it hasn't been in that sense. In "The Anchorage Daily News" today, there were several examples of attempts to spell Murkowski that seemed phonetically close to the ballpark but were overruled. This is a tremendous responsibility that Gail Fenumiai has had as director of elections, reviewing thousands and thousands of ballots personally.
SMERCONISH: Shushannah, play paleontologist, if you would, please. Everybody, of course, is marveling at the success of the initial episode of the reality program. You've written a book about her. Do you think this is all a precursor to her getting into 2012?
WALSHE: I have to say yes. I think that this—the reality show is
going to be very good for her because you see a different side of Palin
that we haven't seen over the last year, not the person we see on Facebook
blasting Obama, a softer, more appealing side. It's more of the Palin that
before she was picked to be John McCain's running mate, the Palin that Michael Carey knows very well, that is a softer, more appealing Governor Palin. And I think that this will really help her going forward.
You know, I spoke to some political operatives and they described it
as an eight-week bio ad. Every candidate has a bio ad, introducing the
constituency, a potential constituency to their family. This one is paid
by TLC.
SMERCONISH: There is more of Senator Murkowski on former Governor Palin that I'd like to air for the two of you and everyone else. Let's roll that.
MURKOWSKI: Since she left the governor's office, we just really don't have much in common. I mean, we don't—we don't talk to one another. I would like to think that if there were an opportunity to help—help do something good for Alaska, she would call me or I could call her.
But she—in fairness, she is not—she is not really that keyed into the state anymore. She is looking, obviously, at a bigger—a bigger pond and so we don't see her up north as much.
SMERCONISH: Michael Carey, how is she regarded at home? Can you offer me a personal take as to whether you think she could win a state-wide race in Alaska?
CAREY: Sure. Well, first of all, I think Senator Murkowski was very restrained in her evaluation of Sarah Palin. But a lot of Alaskans would agree with her, that she's in a bigger pond, she's gone elsewhere. If she came back here and ran in the statewide election, it would depend who she was running, and I don't think she could beat Lisa Murkowski. And I don't think she could beat Mark Begich, who is our other senator.
SMERCONISH: Shushannah, one wonders how it should play, should she move forward for 2012 given that she did not fulfill that term in Alaska?
WALSHE: I think really that this is going to be her biggest Achilles heel to get over. You can see her potential rivals already running ads, saying, hey, if you can't fill out a term as governor of Alaska, how can you be president? And she'll say what she calls frivolous ethics complaints.
But it really, I think, going forward, going to be the hardest thing for her to explain to the American public if she decides to run. And, you know, I think that's really going to be her hardest hill to climb.
SMERCONISH: And speaking as one who answers the telephone for a living and deals with a number of talk radio callers, I don't know that it matters much because people seem they're so fixed in their views, they either love her or they don't love her. And I think that that television program is reinforcing whatever opinions they already hold.
I mean, the only conclusion I can come to is everybody now wants to come and visit Alaska.
Anyway, thank you, Michael Carey, and thank you, Shushannah Walshe, for being here.
WALSHE: Thank you.
SMERCONISH: When we return: some counterintuitive advice for the NFL.
If you want to cut down on head injuries, ban the players' face masks.
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SMERCONISH: Permit me a final word tonight about football.
First, how about those Eagles last night? Michael Vick played so well, he almost made me forget what happened off the field.
Second, thinking of the NFL brings to mind a commentary that I saw Bryant Gumbel deliver recently on HBO's "Real Sports." Like Joe Paterno before him had, Gumbel offered a simple way for the NFL to cut down on the high-impact helmet hits that can lead to concussions: ban the face mask.
His logic? Well, without the protection the mask affords, no player would want to lead with his head. It's not so outlandish. Face masks weren't recommended in the NFL until the 1950s.
Now, I doubt the NFL players' union would buy in, and I can already hear die-hard fans across the country decrying the sissification of America's real national pastime. But here's my proposal: let's give it a test run. Ban face masks in one preseason game. Think about it—the best players hardly hit the field during the preseason and almost never in that final tune-up game. And nobody in their right mind, not owners, coaches or fans believes the preseason is any accurate predictor of how good or bad a team will be in the regular season.
Case in point: 2008, the Detroit Lion also a preseason record of 4-0. They went 0-16 in the regular season. Meaning, the NFL's preseason is a joke. The only reason they played four games is so the owners can collect the television, ticket and concession revenue they'll inevitably bring in.
So, why not make at least one of those contests a meaningful one by pulling the face masks? It will give the league a sense for whether helmet-to-helmet hits decrease and for fans, it will make watching third stringers and the practice squad infinitely more interesting.
The NFL loves dressing its players in vintage throwback jerseys each Sunday. Well, time for the league to really go vintage by removing the mask at least once next preseason.
That's HARDBALL for now. Thanks for being with us.
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The Consortium for the Longitudinal Evaluation of African-Americans with Early Rheumatoid Arthritis (CLEAR), supported by the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS), was established in 2000 to provide a resource for the scientific community to explore genetic and non-genetic factors affecting rheumatoid arthritis (RA) occurrence and outcomes in African Americans. The long term objective is a database and a repository of 1,100 RA and 550 matched healthy African-American subjects.
This consortium is a collaborative effort among five academic institutions:
University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL (Coordinating Center)
Grady Hospital/Emory University, Atlanta, GA
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC
Medical University of South Carolina, SC
Washington University, St. Louis, MO
This CLEAR registry has two arms: a longitudinal arm for subjects with early RA (enrollment from 2000 to 2005) and a cross-sectional arm for subjects with any disease duration (enrollment began in 2006 and is ongoing). CLEAR has two components: a database and a repository. The database contains extensive demographic, socioeconomic, clinical and radiographic information. The repository contains genomic DNA, RNA from peripheral blood cells, plasma and serum. These resources allow a comprehensive analysis of factors influencing disease susceptibility and severity in African-Americans with RA.
CLEAR I is composed of African-American RA patients with early disease (< 2 years) who are followed longitudinally until 5 years of disease duration. CLEAR II is a cross sectional arm, in which patients with any disease duration (typically longstanding) are seen at one time point.
For additional details about CLEAR I and CLEAR II RA patients, as well as control subjects and, available data and samples, click here.
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These mats seem to be of top quality. I have not had the time to install them yet but They should work just fine. Look good and heavy duty. They should last for a while.


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Latest Neurology News
FRIDAY, Sept. 14 (HealthDay News) -- Regular exposure to secondhand smoke has a negative effect on brain function, according to a new British study that found people who live with or spend a significant amount of time with a smoker are damaging their memories.
"According to recent reports by the World Health Organization, exposure to secondhand smoke can have serious consequences on the health of people who have never smoked themselves, but who are exposed to other people's tobacco smoke," Dr. Tom Heffernan, a researcher at the Collaboration for Drug and Alcohol Research Group at Northumbria University, said in a university news release. "Our findings suggest that the deficits associated with secondhand smoke exposure extend to everyday cognitive function."
The researchers compared a group of smokers with two groups of nonsmokers. Participants in one nonsmoking group were exposed to secondhand smoke either at home or in a "smoking area" for an average of 25 hours a week for an average 4.5 years. Those in the other nonsmoking group were not routinely exposed to secondhand smoke.
Study participants from all three groups took a time-based memory test, which required them to perform a task after a set period of time. The also had to recall planned activities in an event-based memory test, which focuses on memory for future intentions.
Nonsmokers who were exposed to secondhand smoke forgot almost 20 percent more in the memory tests than the other nonsmoking group did, the study revealed.
Smokers performed the worst of all on the memory tests. They forgot 30 percent more than those who were not exposed to secondhand smoke.
"We hope our work will stimulate further research in the field in order to gain a better understanding of the links between exposure to secondhand smoke, health problems and everyday cognitive function," Heffernan said.
The study was recently published online in the journal Addiction.
While the study found an association between secondhand smoke exposure and worse memory function, it did not prove a cause-and-effect relationship.
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My Arch systems still feel considerably slower than comparable Crux systems. The battered Thinkpad, as an example, needs 25 seconds to reach an Arch desktop, while it boots quite easily to an identical Crux desktop in only 18. Seven seconds is probably splitting hairs for a machine that starts faster than most Ubuntu machines, regardless of the desktop or hardware.
But for me, it's a bit of an obsession. So I'm always curious about little tweaks here and there to make Arch run faster or start quicker. The idea of carving down the rc.sysinit file seemed like a good one, except for me it didn't make things faster, and using the one posted in the pastebin by Barrucadu actually made things start slower.
It isn't hard to manage though, so if you want to try it for yourself, trim out parts of the file that don't apply to your hardware. (You'd do well to copy the original first, because you can accidentally make your system unbootable.) I don't know how much effect it will really have, since most of those sections are triggered with if-clauses. If you don't have the hardware, it probably doesn't run anyway.
On the other hand, I still get great results from setting the
--timeout flag on the udev-uevents sequence, which is inside
/etc/rc.sysinit, but now set at the
/sbin/udevadm line. (I can't give you the specific line number since it changes when some updates are performed.) Make that line look like
/sbin/udevadm settle --timeout 3
Be careful with that timeout, though: Making it too short keeps parts of the system from being appended … in other words, unbootable, again.
One more nifty trick is to tack an ampersand — & — on the end of the modprobe command, in the module loading loop.
/sbin/modprobe $mod &
It probably goes without saying that autoloading isn't affected by that … I think. So make sure you're manually loading the modules you want in your
/etc/rc.conf file.
These two together cut about three seconds off the 25 I mentioned earlier. But apart from those two, I haven't run across much lately that will make Arch run like Crux. Funny, but it was almost two years ago exactly that I started trying to make Ubuntu run like Arch. It's all a matter of perspective, I guess. 🙄


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Captain Jack: time to lock and load (Photo: Getty Images for NASCAR)
By Mike Mulhern
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla.
Okay, can we cut through the PR and BS and get to some real understanding of what's going on with these 2013s at SpeedWeeks?
Lotsa luck. Stuff is so deep and thick here you'd better be wearing a good pair of Texas boots.
Let's try.
First, Kevin Harvick is one of the best at handling the intricacies of the Daytona draft. He's made some great moves, not just in winning twice but in avoiding problems.
Second, Chevrolet may have a bit of an edge over Ford and Toyota here. Whether that holds up at downforce tracks like Phoenix and Las Vegas remains to be seen. (Rear-axle 'camber' tricks may be a bigger issue there.)
Third, GM officials are on Cloud Nine with the way things have turned out so far. Harvick winning Saturday's shootout, Danica Patrick winning Sunday's Daytona 500 pole, Harvick winning his 150 Thursday...and Jeff Gordon dominating his 150 until a NASCAR speeding penalty. Little wonder rivals are fuming.
Fourth, crashing. Carl Edwards has already wiped out four cars. "And there will be more wrecks, certainly on Sunday," team owner Jack Roush predicts.
Fifth, there is an obvious heavy-hand over all these men here -- drivers, crews, owners -- is to be politically correct and not bite the hand. That sense is heavier in the NASCAR garage than in many years, and it is clearly tempering what people are willing to say.
With all that in mind.....
Advantage Chevy? Or advantage Harvick? Unfair advantage? And wondering if crew chief Gil Martin might be following Harvick over to Tony Stewart's for 2014? Maybe Richard Childress should lock Martin up with a new contract....(Photo: Getty Images for NASCAR)
Let's ask Ford's number one team owner Jack Roush, Toyota's top competition director Scott Miller, and legendary crew chief Tim Brewer for their takes on what's happened so far....and what to expect in Sunday's 500.
Roush says Chevy and Toyota both appear to have a bit of an edge over Ford here.
"We've got (aerodynamic) data off the first submissions (to NASCAR, earlier last year); we have not seen data off the resubmissions," Roush says.
"The data we've seen showed the downforce and drag was very competitive among the Chevrolet, the Ford and the Toyota. But Ford did not change it's car...while Chevrolet and Toyota got another bite of the apple (in a resubmission, not just sure when).
"We have not seen what their (new) numbers are. But it sure looks like we (Fords) have a tick more drag, relative to the field.
"But Ford won the battle for 'brand identity.' The Ford looks more like a Fusion (street car) than those other two look like street cars.
"Still, despite NASCAR's efforts to make it more even, it looks like we've got a tick more drag now, than we did before. Otherwise we would have qualified better and we would look better than we've looked in drafting practice.
"It's a work in progress. NASCAR has made a Herculean effort at making things equal...and they don't have it far off. It's close."
Carl Edwards and Daytona 500 car number five....after four crashes. It's been an expensive SpeedWeeks (Photo: Getty Images for NASCAR)
But then Roush's crew spent Friday in yet more repair work on Carl Edwards' car, after his fourth crash here.
The line 'downforce is good' is well-known in racing. The more downforce a driver has in his car, the more comfortable he feels, and the more comfortable he feels, the more aggressive he becomes.
NASCAR, though, has cut considerable downforce out of this year's Daytona 500 cars, and drivers are still adjusting to that. Some not so well. Edwards isn't alone in crashing; so have Dale Earnhardt Jr., Ryan Newman, and Denny Hamlin, all veterans.
"NASCAR has tried to make the racing more exciting for the fans, and I hope it works out that way, but it's been to my detriment so far," Roush says ruefully.
Would another inch or two of rear spoiler help?
"I stop short of saying what they should do," Roush says warily, knowing the 500 is still two days away and things could change abruptly (but probably won't). "Right now we're all nailed down to the front splitter (bumper) position, the rear spoiler and the rear springs. If you changed the rear spoiler, you'd probably have to replace the rear springs and shocks, and that would be a risqué move without doing some testing."
What about eliminating that rear-end under-car valence? Would that improve rear handling? "That was just NASCAR's final effort to make sure the cars couldn't push two-on-two (bump-draft or two-car-draft)," Roush says.
"But it looks like the Nationwide cars (Saturday's 300 is set for 1:15 p.m. ET) are still going to be able to push two-on-two.
"And I like the two-on-two pushing myself; you have a better chance of having your drivers not get caught up in a wreck. If one car gets screwed up, there is enough separation that you have a better chance of avoiding the wreck. But now, in that gaggle of cars, whether single-file or two or three lanes wide, if somebody screws up, and you're behind it, you just wreck."
Remember Brad Keselowski (R) and crew chief Paul Wolfe? They've almost been lost in the SpeedWeeks shuffle so far (Photo: Getty Images for NASCAR)
Brewer, who worked with champions Cale Yarborough, Darrell Waltrip, Terry Labonte and Bill Elliott over the years, has been TV's top NASCAR technical analyst the past six years.
So, first question: There was very little passing for the lead under green on the track in Thursday's 150s. Single-file racing. And several drivers, including Dale Earnhardt Jr., predicted more of the same in the 500. Was it that drivers couldn't pass or simply wouldn't try to pass, for fear of tearing up their cars?
"A lot of 'em wouldn't. A lot of 'em couldn't," Brewer says.
"What did Kevin Harvick do? He drove to the front, on the inside."
Harvick qualified only 25th fastest in last Sunday's fastest-of-two laps. But he moved smoothly to the front in the first 150, tucking in behind Trevor Bayne, and getting the point after the round of pit stops. Ford's Greg Biffle, only 27th in quals, likewise moved to the front to challenge Harvick for the win....in a replay of Saturday night's shootout.
"Harvick did that with a good handling car that he didn't have to get out of the gas with," Brewer went on. "He had more downforce on the rear, so he qualified poorly. But I'll bet right now Danny Lawrence is putting in their best Daytona motor right now for the 500.
"Two for two. And I told Harv that was a great block he put on those guys. (a solid block on Biffle last lap
Saturday, and solid blocks on several rivals down the stretch Thursday).....
"But against Biffle, in the Daytona 500....if you do that block again, you'd better be holding on real tight, because you're getting ready to go for a ride.
"Aerodynamics? The blessing so far has been that the weather's been warm, it's going to be hot Friday and Saturday, but only 74 degrees Sunday. Cooling off like that will bring a lot of grip back to drivers.
"Danica? Tony Gibson tightened up that car for her for the 150, anticipating her getting loose.
"But this race track tightened up; when you burn the fuel (a full tank is 100 pounds) off the rear of the car, the front of the car gets heavier, meaning the car gets tight (difficult to turn). When that happens, you have to put a lot of wheel into it, and that means you're scrubbing speed, and abusing the tires, and the tires go away and the car won't turn.
"I got on Tony....
"But this is all a learning lesson for everybody, and the 500 is no sprint."
Ex-crew chief Tim Brewer, ESPN's techy guy for six years. What clueless TV exec decided this was the season to drop this high-tech operation? Considering the many technical issues surrounding the new 2013 stockers, Fox and ABC/ESPN would logically be expanding this part of their broadcast operations. (Photo: ESPN)
Reviewing the Denny Hamlin-Carl Edwards crash Thursday, off turn two: the track has an abrupt transition at the exit, with the track literally dropping out from under a driver when he hits the flat backstretch. (It was curious that in the recent repave that that anomaly wasn't fixed.) Was it that transition that caught those two?
Why is it so difficult for drivers to race side-by-side? Why such reluctance to attempt to pass? And why does the high-line work so much better than the low line?
How about this: If NASCAR wanted to add rear downforce for the 500, is it too late? The rear spoiler here is only half as big as the rear spoiler used last year. Would another inch or two of rear spoiler be good, be easily done?
Brewer says he's not going to second-guess NASCAR's Robin Pemberton (an ex-crew chief too, remember). "Robin and his guys have done a good job," Brewer says. "Now it's up to the drivers and the crews.
"And I haven't seen a lot of car issues this week. But I have seen a lot of driver issues...making poor decisions.
"Drivers will learn a lot over 500 miles, as the fuel burns off and as the track rubbers up...
"Hasn't been a drop of rain. That means the track keeps getting slicker and slicker, and the drivers have to adapt to that.
"NASCAR has done a great job with the car; now it's up to the drivers to learn how to re-drive 'em."
Ol' Smoke. Looking good for the Daytona 500, with three of the fastest five cars, including his own. And the word in the NASCAR garage is that Tony Stewart will win Sunday's race (Photo: Getty Images for NASCAR)
Should be interesting to see what happens once we get away from the plate tracks to the 1.5 to 2mi speedways. Looking at the Ford front end, it certainly doesn't look nearly as 'slick' as the GM and Toyota here at Daytona. It's not surprising the Fords seem to lack a little speed right now. But the natural NASCAR order of GM dominance at Daytona has been restored after two years of Ford's dominating so I am sure NASCAR is very pleased. However, were it to be real hot on Sunday, the Fords would perform better because the FR9 has much a better cooling setup than the other makes and the GM's are prone to overheat in those conditions. You will see it July unless NASCAR gives the team the big radiators back.
Either way, it's already shaping up to be just like the old days when the losing car-makes cry foul when their cars don't perform.
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Exactly one week after NCAA sanctions against Penn State were announced and his name was first connected to USC, current Nittany Lions running back Silas Redd is expected to make a decision in short order as to his football future.
If as all the signs seem to indicate that he will head out west to continue his playing career, one current Trojans player would (grudgingly) take one for the team and make room for the talented back.
While not identified by the Orange County Register, the unnamed player told the paper that, if asked by the coaching staff, he would give up his scholarship in order to provide room on USC's roster for Redd. Because of its own NCAA sanctions, the Trojans are limited to 75 scholarship players this season; the Register writes that, based on its tally, the Trojans are right at that 75-man limit and would need to create roster space to add Redd.
The player, a former walk-on, used words like "heartbroken" to describe having to give up the scholarship he earned, but would understand if it comes to that.
The player said he would be "heartbroken" if it came to that because he had worked so hard to earn the scholarship. However, when the player initially received it, Kiffin explained that it was a year-to-year deal and that the player might have to give it back if USC's roster limitations left no other recourse.
Although losing his scholarship would be a source of frustration, the player said he would remain with the squad. "I love this team," he said.
The player said he understood the current situation regarding Redd and how his addition would improve the team's chances to win the national championship. While hopeful of keeping his scholarship, the player would be willing to sacrifice it if absolutely necessary. I found his team-first approach to a potentially unpleasant situation admirable.
The Philadelphia Inquirer reported earlier today that a decision from Redd is expected Monday. However, Redd's hometown newspaper, the Hartford Hour, reports that no decision is expected until Tuesday at the earliest. Redd is currently headed back to the East Coast and will spend the day Tuesday talking over his decision with family and friends.


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Students Contribute to Recently Published Heart Regeneration Study
February 2, 2012
Six DePauw students who worked in Assistant Professor of Biology Pascal Lafontant's heart regeneration lab contributed to a recently published study. Appearing in the February 2012 issue of the Anatomical Record, their research used the giant danio fish as a model of cardiac regeneration.
In the article, Lafontant and his students describe inflammation, collagen deposition and tissue remodeling in the hearts of the small fish. In humans, these processes occur following heart attacks, leading to scarring of the heart muscle that weakens it significantly. In the giant danio, however, the researchers demonstrate that the heart of the three-inch fish can regenerate even in the presence of these limiting processes. Lafontant believes that by understanding the regeneration process in the giant danio, researchers may be able to reduce the threat of heart disease in humans.
"Heart disease is the number one cause of death in the United States," Lafontant explains. "According to the Centers for Disease Control, nearly 750,000 Americans have a heart attack every year, and the cost of caring for heart disease patients topped $300 billion in 2010.
"The Holy Grail of cardiovascular research is to replace tissue damaged by a heart attack with new functional tissue. Scientists study heart attacks and heart failure using different animals such as mice and zebrafish. We thought that the giant danio, which has been used as a model of skeletal growth, could be a good model for heart attack and regeneration. We are interested in finding out how the fish achieve this remarkable feat in the hope that someday we can apply this knowledge toward potential intervention in humans."
Four of Lafontant's students are listed as co-authors of the paper: Jamie A. Grivas '10, currently serving as assistant director of on-campus programs at DePauw; Mary Ann Lesch '10, a second-year medical student at Indiana University School of Medicine; Tyler D. Frounfelter '09, a third-year student at IU Dental School; and Tanmoy Lala Das '12, a senior biology student. Benjamin L. Golden '10 and Amanda R. Miller '11, a physician assistant student at Indiana State University, are acknowledged for their technical help performing specific assays.
Das (below, with Lafontant) won an award for his role in the research in the American Association of Anatomists' Undergraduate Poster Competition at Experimental Biology 2011. He was invited to travel to Washington, D.C., by the association last August to discuss how to increase undergraduate students' participation in research. An essay reflecting his experience doing research at DePauw appeared in the American Association of Anatomists News in December.
"It is quite unusual to have undergraduate students as co-authors in a publication," Lafontant says. "However, being at a small liberal arts institution is highly beneficial to students because many faculty members depend on undergraduates to conduct research. The students receive excellent training, and they get to be trusted in conducting crucial and significant portions of the investigations. Students in the lab are generally excited and committed to what they see as important work. They get to travel to major conferences to present parts of the work, and they realize that many things that are worthwhile to pursue take time, so they persevere."
Because the research and publication process can take many years, it's rare for a single student to see a project through to its completion. However, the turnover gives more students a chance to participate in the research, and Lafontant says that graduates of his lab have a clearer picture of where to go next.
"It's very rewarding to see students grow in confidence at being able to do original research, at being able to ask pertinent questions and designing and carrying out experiments," he adds. "This confidence seems to allow them to envision success at the next level."
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We could have anticipated many of the byproducts of the Penn State scandal—flawed apologies, spunky T-shirts, cardboard cutouts—but we were not expecting a movie deal with Al Pacino attached.
The film isn't necessarily going to get made, but the people who shop things around are shopping it around. And they shop well. Here's Mike Fleming at Deadline.com:
ICM Partners next week will be taking a package for a movie about fallen legend Penn State football head coach Joe Paterno, with Al Pacino attached to play the man called Papa Joe by most student at Happy Valley. The package will be build around Joe Posnanski's biography Paterno, which is now atop The New York Times Bestseller List in its second week. Pacino's manager, Rick Nicita, will produce.
Deadline notes too that Pacino and Posnanski are represented by agents from the same company—ICM—which is sort of terrifying, but we suppose it's how things work in the glitzy world.
So our only curiosity, then, is what comes next? Do we get a video game about Joe Paterno's downfall? Will Pacino coin his best catchphrase since "say hello to my little friend?" Will there be a theme-park ride? Will we get an adapted TV series? A novelization of the movie based on Posnanski's book? The possibilities are, regrettably, endless.
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Doctor Who: The Angel's Kiss
On some days, New York is one of the most beautiful places on Earth. This was one of the other days... Melody Malone, owner and sole employee of the Angel Detective Agency, has an unexpected caller. It's movie star Rock Railton, and he thinks someone is out to kill him. When he mentions the 'kiss of the Angel', she takes the case.
Angels are Melody's business... At the press party for Railton's latest movie, studio owner Max Kliener invites Melody to the film set of their next blockbuster. He's obviously spotted her potential, and Melody is flattered when Kliener asks her to become a star. But the cost of fame, she'll soon discover, is greater than anyone could possibly imagine. Will Melody be able to escape Kliener's dastardly plan - before the Angels take Manhattan?
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- Tabitha
- 12/05/2013
Loved it!
Would you consider the audio edition of Doctor Who: The Angel's Kiss to be better than the print version?
Yes. Definitely.
What did you like best about this story?
I listened to this book during a break in the new Doctor Who episodes, so it was a very nice Doctor Who fix for me.
What does Alex Kingston bring to the story that you wouldn't experience if you just read the book?
It's so much better to hear River's voice than to just read it for yourself.
Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?
There's a part in the book where she makes a comment about her name, (I don't want to give the exact quote) but I was cracking up laughing. I really enjoyed the whole book, but that part really stood out to me.
Any additional comments?
Let me just say, that I LOVE River. She may be my favorite TV character of all time. (aside from the Doctor, of course) So, basically, I had no choice but to love this book. It was sassy and funny and just very River. As much as I enjoy watching episodes with her in them, it was so much fun being inside her head. It was just perfect. Oh, and the fact that it was narrated by Alex Kingston of course made it that much better. :)
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- Margot Vigeant
- 29/05/2013
Fun prequel to Angels of New York
An important point to note is that this is, in fact, a Melody Malone story. Just like it says on the cover. It is NOT a Doctor Who story. It's connected, it stars River Song (sort of) as a pseudo-hard-boiled detective. It leads nearly seamlessly into the Angels of New York episode. But if you are waiting for the Doctor or Amy or Rory or anyone else.... you're out of luck.
That being said, this is loads of fun and I could listen to Alex Kingston all day. So I recommend it for super-serious Whovians or anyone else with a River/Doctor crush.
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- Laura
- 27/12/2012
One of my fav DR Who books!!
If you could sum up Doctor Who: The Angel's Kiss in three words, what would they be?
It was very refreshing having River tell the story. Though it is not the book that the Doctor was reading in the TV show Angels take Manhattan it is more of a prequel to it, I would love to see more books written from her prospective. All of the dates, where your curiosity is peeked but they never reveal the secret. I mean who wouldn't want to know more about Jimmy the Fish. It could be released as her journal of sorts. Without of course, allowing there to be to many spoilers to be released as to not ruin the tv show.
What did you like best about this story?
Her point of view. It was so sexy without being slutty. As the DR is very non sexual in most cases, some of his best parts are when he is in a sexual situation, it was very refreshing to see her so full of sexual energy and to use it to her advantage. Not saying this book as any sex in it because it doesn't but I can certainly see why the doctor said Yowzah while reading it!
What about Alex Kingston's performance did you like?
She played it brilliantly as she always does. Again if more books written by River/Melody Alex should certainly be the one who reads them. Anyone else would just ruin it.
If you were to make a film of this book, what would be the tag line be?
To short to make a movie out of
Any additional comments?
I really do think that they should make more books along these lines. Let her finish out the angels bit ending with Rory and Amy being gone. Then start out a new adventure all of the fun things she does when she is with or without the doctor. We really do not see enough of the doctors wife on the TV show so it is nice to read more about her between shows.
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- 09/02/2013
Doctor Who without the Doctor
What does the missus get up to when hubby sweetie is off saving the universe? She runs a detective agency specialising in angels. Sexy River (oops, I mean Melody) is being her bad girl best and getting to the reasons behind the mysteries.
Alex Kingston is so at home with this character. Her narration is perfect. After one listen I could see the whole book as if I'd been there. Time travel the easy way.
If none of this review made any sense to you it probably means you haven't seen the last few seasons of the BBC's Doctor Who and won't understand the characters in this book. Go watch the series and then start on the books. Both the series and the books are very good.
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- Careena
- 16/01/2014
A River Song Adventure
There's no Doctor in this story, but it drops subliminal messages throughout that relate to the TV series and make you feel like you're in on something because you know what they're talking about. Very well done. River is a different companion than anybody else the Doctor has traveled with, and not only have they written her personality so accurately, having Alex Kingston narrate it is just perfect. I just like to listen to hear her voice.
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- Todd (Toad) Vogel
- 26/05/2016
Loved it!
I absolutely loved this book! It's a must listen for any Doctor Who fan! Alex Kingston is always a joy to listen to. Her voice is both soothing and sexy!
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- Suzanne M. Russo
- 13/11/2015
Oh, River, River, River...
What an enjoyable telling of a well written, very interesting story.
River Song (Melody Malone) continues her work as a NYC Private Eye in this installment of the Melody Malone Mysteries. When a small movie company's male star comes to Melody to keep from being killed, Melody begins an investigation that goes from odd to bizarre when the star who hires her doesn't recall doing so...
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- Elizaveta
- 27/05/2020
Nice story to fall asleep to
It was a pleasure to listen to Alex's voice! So soothing. However, the story was not to my taste, sadly. Too straightforward and predictable, without any twists. And didn't tell us anything new about the character. It would have probably worked almost fine as part of a short story collection, but, for a standalone story, it is just too generic and unremarkable. So, 5 stars for the wonderful Alex Kingston, 2 stars for a pretty unremarkable plot = 3 stars overall.
- Marie
- 31/01/2020
Great book
I'm a Whovian and love River Song/ Melody Malone so having this audio book is great to now a little more about the character. And I just love Alex's voice. You'll have an amazing time listening to this book
- Kerry
- 04/01/2020
Love it
River Song (Melody Malone) is my favourite character in the Whoverse. I adore Alex Kingston and enjoyed listening to her read. There is a different version to this story in the Doctor Who tv series, but it's nice to hear this version.
- Me
- 15/01/2013
Post-Pond Depression
Eine witzige Idee zur Linderung der großen Post-Pond Depression, umwerfend gut vorgelesen von Melody Malone selbst. Uneingeschränkt zu empfehlen.
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Travelers return home to find frozen cars
Canceled flights are only part of problem at Mitchell International Airport.
WISN 12 News reporter Kent Wainscott discovered some returning passengers are also facing travel troubles when they get to their frozen cars.
Planeloads of passengers returned from Florida Tuesday morning to the Milwaukee deep freeze with one concern on their mind.
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"The car's been sitting here for quite a while so, yes we were concerned," said Susan Kroener, of Menomonee Falls.
Airport and nearby private lots are filled with cars that sat idle through the arctic blast. Some were so cold they were hard to open.
"I think the back door is frozen. Nope. There it is, OK," said John Spohnhnoltz, of Menomonee Falls.
"We've had as many as 10-15, maybe even 20 people a day where we've been jumping their car," said Misty Donough of FastPark & Relax.
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But Wayne Dalin, of Brookfield, returned to a flat tire and cold car in need of a tow.
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For a lot of people, arriving back in town and worried about their cars, it was a long nervous walk from here in the baggage claim area to their cold vehicles waiting for them in a frigid parking lot.
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Jane is a religious young Latina who is a waitress in a hotel in Miami. Her life takes a big turn for the unexpected when her doctor (Dr. Luisa Alver) mistakenly artificially inseminates her during her checkup. Jane's mother Xiomara, who became pregnant with Jane at a very young age, is scared that Jane will be destroying her life by deciding to bring the baby to full term, while Jane's traditional religious Latina grandmother, Alba, encourages Jane to do what she chooses. The biological father is a married man named Rafeal Solano, who is a cancer survivor and a former playboy. He is the new owner of the hotel where Jane works, and was her former teenage crush. Petra, Rafael's amoral and scheming wife, learns of the mistake and plots her own agenda. Petra is also involved in an affair with Roman Zazo, Rafael's best friend, who is under investigation by Jane's police detective boyfriend, Michael, and who also deals with Jane's unexpected condition in his own way. Meanwhile, the doctor ...
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Jean M. (Roszkowski) Ohalek of Kunkletown, formerly of Bayonne, N.J., passed away on Wednesday, March 20, 2013 at the age of 93.
Born in Bayonne, N.J., she had lived there for most of her life before moving to Kunkletown, 34 years ago.
She was a sewing machine operator for Maidenform in Bayonne, N.J., for over 25 years before retiring.
Jean was a member of the Polk Township Senior Citizens Club, the Polish Woman's Alliance, and the Rosary Society of Queen of Peace Church in Brodheadsville. She also knitted hats for premature babies.
Mrs. Ohalek was predeceased by her husband, Joseph F. Ohalek; parents, Chester and Mary Roszkowski; brothers, Chester, Walter, Henry, Anthony Roszkowski; and her sister, Mildred Walewski.
She is survived by her daughter, Maryann Stabile and her husband, Jeffrey Stabile Sr.; grandchildren, Jeffrey Stabile Jr. and Joelle Rehberg; five great-grandchildren, Victoria, Ryan, Catherine, Anna and Joseph.
Relatives and friends may call from 2 to 6 p.m. Sunday, March 24, at the Dzikowski, Pierce & Levis Funeral Home, 24-32 E. 19th St., Bayonne, N.J. Funeral 9 a.m. Monday, March 25, from the funeral home followed by the Funeral Liturgy at 10 a.m., in Our Lady of Mount Carmel Roman Catholic Church, 39 E. 22nd St., Bayonne, N.J. Interment Holy Cross Cemetery, North Arlington, N.J.
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Thai anti-government protesters who have been camped out in north Bangkok packed their tents and marched downtown on Monday as they consolidated efforts to topple Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, a day after a disrupted general election.
Some joined protest leader Suthep Thaugsuban on foot and others followed in cars and six-wheel trucks as Thailand's long-running political conflict showed no sign of ending.
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They closed camps at two of the seven big intersections that they have blockaded since mid-January, at Victory Monument and Lat Phrao, and headed for the fringes of the central oasis of Lumpini Park.
A third camp run by an allied group at a big government administrative complex may also be closed.
Suthep said on Sunday this was being done out of safety concerns, but it could also be because their numbers are dwindling. Reuters put the number of marchers at about 3,000.
"Suthep's movement is now crumbling, but it still has powerful unseen backers," said Chris Baker, a historian and prominent Thailand scholar.
"Backdoor negotiations are needed because both sides will avoid any direct confrontation in public view. The business lobby should revive its efforts to play the intermediary role."
Suthep's supporters on the route showed no sign of crumbling, waving flags and handing over money.
(Read more: Thai rice subsidies: damned if you do, and don't)
The demonstrators blocked balloting in a fifth of the country's constituencies on Sunday, saying Yingluck must resign and make way for an appointed "people's council" to overhaul a political system they say has been taken hostage by her billionaire brother and former premier, Thaksin Shinawatra.
The election, boycotted by the main opposition Democrat party, is almost certain to return Yingluck to power and, with voting passing off peacefully across the north and northeast, Yingluck's supporters will no doubt claim a legitimate mandate.
But there was no indication of when re-votes of Sunday's disrupted ballots will be held or when the Election Commission will be able to announce a result, which will be the object of legal challenges anyway, including from the leader of the Democrats, former premier Abhisit Vejjajiva.
The result is unlikely to change the dysfunctional status quo in a country popular with tourists and investors yet blighted by eight years of polarization and turmoil, pitting the Bangkok-based middle class and royalist establishment against the mostly poor, rural supporters of the Shinawatras.
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The election was peaceful, apart from a few scuffles, with no repeat of the chaos seen the previous day, when supporters and opponents of Yingluck clashed in north Bangkok. Seven people were wounded by gunshots or explosions.
The United States, a key ally of Thailand, reiterated after the vote that it did not takes sides in political disputes in the country, but wanted to see them resolved peacefully and democratically.
(Read more: Have the protests hobbled the Bank of Thailand?)
State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki said that while peaceful and orderly polling did take place in most areas, the violence before the election was "disturbing" and the fact that many voters were prevented from voting, regrettable.
"We reiterate our call for all sides to refrain from violence and exercise restraint to avoid further injuries, loss of life and destruction of property," she told a regular news briefing in Washington.
The protesters have rallied in Bangkok since November to try to oust Yingluck. They wanted electoral rules rewritten before any election and have vowed to keep up the protests.
"I'm confident this election won't lead to the formation of a new government," Suthep told supporters late on Sunday.
Giving provisional data on Monday, the Election Commission said 20.4 million people cast their vote on Sunday, just under 46 percent of the 44.6 million eligible voters in 68 of 77 provinces. In the other nine provinces, no voting was possible.
Voting was disrupted in 18 percent of constituencies, 67 out of 375, the commission said, revising data given Sunday.
It could be weeks before seats in the constituencies that saw disruption are filled and parliament can be convened, so Yingluck will remain a caretaker premier with no policy authority, unable to approve any new government spending.
(Read more: Has Thailand's government survived the gauntlet?)
"Having gone through more than two months of protests, the election will strengthen Yingluck's position, but her troubles are not over yet," said Kan Yuanyong, director of the Siam Intelligence Unit think tank.
"We'll see a continuation of the conflict, the standoff remains and the likelihood of more violence could increase."
The turmoil is taking an economic toll with tourism in particular being hit.
The protesters say former telecoms tycoon Thaksin has subverted a fragile democracy with populist politics such as subsidies, cheap loans and healthcare to woo the poor and guarantee victory for his parties in every election since 2001.
Thaksin's critics also accuse him of disrespecting Thailand's revered monarchy, which he denies.
Thaksin has lived abroad since 2008 to avoid a jail term for a graft conviction he says was politically motivated. Critics say Yingluck is merely a stand-in for him.
(Read more: We don't mind if we lose 'fair elections': Abhisit)
Thaksin's supporters accuse the military and the establishment, including the judiciary, of colluding over the years to oust his governments.
The military, which has staged numerous coups since Thailand became a constitutional monarchy in 1932, overthrew Thaksin in 2006 but has stayed aloof this time.
The State Department's Psaki said the United States "certainly" did not want to see a coup in Thailand.
"We are speaking directly to all elements of Thai society to make clear the importance of using democratic and constitutional means to resolve political differences," she said.