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July 14, 2014, 12:51 amBoat People- 2104
The U.S. Navy intercepted a boatload of people off of the coast of CALIFORNIA today.
This placed the Navy in an awkward position, as the boat was not heading to, but away from the USA, towards Mexico.
Another surprise finding was that they were loaded with White Americans who were all seniors of Retirement / Social Security age.
Their claim was that they were trying to get to Mexico so as to be able to return to the USA as illegal immigrants.
And therefore be entitled to far more benefits than they were receiving as legitimate American Citizens on Social Security.
The Navy, it is believed, gave them food, water and fuel and assisted them on their journey.
We are booking on the next boat out.
Let me know if you want to come.
July 11, 2014, 7:30 pmThe IRS Rewrites the Odds
The IRS Rewrites the Odds.
The odds of winning the Florida lottery are 1 in 22,957,480.
The odds of winning the Powerball is 1 in 175,223,510.
The odds of winning Mega Millions is 1 in 258,890,850.
The odds of a disk drive failing in any given month are roughly one in 36. The odds of two different drives failing in the same month are roughly one in 36 squared, or 1 in about 1,300. The odds of three drives failing in the same month is 36 cubed or 1 in 46,656.
The odds of seven different drives failing in the same month (like what happened at the IRS when they received a letter asking about emails targeting conservative and pro Israeli groups) is 37 to the 7th power = 1 in 78,664,164,096. (that's over 78 Billion) In other words, the odds are greater that you will win the Florida Lottery 342 times than having those seven IRS hard drives crashing in the same month.
When the people fear their government, there is tyranny; when the government fears the people, there is liberty.
Thomas Jefferson
Last Edited: July 11, 2014, 7:32 pm
July 1, 2014, 12:50 amPresident Obama, Say Something
From a Stand for Israel blog:
President Obama, Say Something
As the mothers of Eyal, Gilad, and Naftali � the three kidnapped Israeli teens � stand strong as the IDF searches for their sons, very few can understand the pain and uncertainty these three women must be feeling. One woman who can relate, however, is Sherri Mandell. Sherri's son Koby was stabbed and stoned to death in 2001 by Palestinian terrorists. Koby was a dual citizen of Israel and the United States, and his murder led to what was supposed to be a crackdown on terrorism. However, Ms. Mandell wonders in The Times of Israel, why isn't President Obama speaking out about these three Israeli boys taken by terrorists?
Yet the Koby Mandell Act promised that the US government would vigorously pursue the killers of American citizens, including those killed in Israel. So far, not one of them has been brought to justice with the help of the American government ...
With these lofty goals, you would think that there would be a picture or at least a mention of Naftali on the website. Or a mention of Koby. Or of the many Americans citizens killed by Palestinian terrorists in Israel. But when it comes to Americans who are the victims of Palestinian terrorism, the Justice Department, like the President remains silent.
Author: Stand For Israel | June 27, 2014
Posted in: Terrorism, US-Israel relations
Read more: http://www.blog.standforisrael.org/articles/president-obama-say-something#ixzz36BnAucAH
June 27, 2014, 6:59 pmLiberal Logic
Liberal logic
Liberal logic is a term used to describe arguments made by some liberals that may appear logical, but are actually nonsensical. Here are more than 100 examples:
1. No matter what happens in the weather, global warming must have caused it
2. Insist on "tolerance" for anything that is anti-Christian, while promoting censorship for anything which is Christian
3. If a crime is committed against a member of a predominantly Democratic group, then it's a hate crime; if committed against a member of a mostly Republican group, then it is not
4. Claim something is true merely because a (nearly bankrupt) newspaper said so (see appeal to authority)
5. Obama, whose statements and activities are Islamic and does not attend church, is somehow a Christian while Thomas Jefferson, a regular churchgoer, was not
6. Assuming what is to be proved, as in implausibly assuming that radioactive decay has somehow been constant in order to claim that the Earth is old.
7. Claim that liberals' viewpoints are being censored, while actually they are the ones censoring their opponents
8. Claim that switching from heterosexual to homosexual is customary, but switching back is somehow impossible
9. Insist that someone needs to experience something (e.g., drugs, pornography, gambling, etc.) before being able to criticize it
10. Pretend to base their opinion on an unverifiable or unusual personal experience, when real logic would be a better guide
11. Criticize Christians for literal interpretations of Genesis, but then insist on even more literal interpretations when it suits the liberal ideology
12. Belief that a correlation and/or causation (e.g., between atheism and suicide) can be disproved by a counterexample (e.g., one atheist who remained sane)
13. Responding to a logical comment or question with an (illogical) expression of personal like or dislike, as in "but I like it!"
14. Never admitting shame for liberal behavior, but often telling others they should be ashamed of themselves.
15. Circular reasoning as in demanding censorship of creation science and intelligent design in schools and scientific journals, while simultaneously citing the resulting lack of those views in schools and journals as proof against it!
16. Americans should "move on" past the misconduct of Bill Clinton and Ted Kennedy, but should dig up as much old dirt as possible about Republican candidates
17. Highly implausible assumptions in "if ... then" arguments, such as "if embryonic stem cell research will find the cure for paralysis, then would you support it?" (without any consideration of superior alternatives)
18. Barack Obama on Afghanistan: with fewer soldiers, we didn't have enough ammo and humvees!
19. Free speech for anything and everything ... except the conservative truth, and religion.
20. Insisting that the Bible literally prohibits judging anything.
21. Hollywood promotion of abortion is welcomed, but views of Hollywood actresses towards their own children are concealed
22. The belief that, although carrying an unborn child to birth reduces risk of breast cancer, choosing abortion rather than childbirth somehow does not increase the relative risk.
23. Requesting increased spending by government to reduce poverty, when actually poverty is increased by the dependency
24. Claiming that an atheistic culture cannot harm anyone, but also insisting that classroom prayer can cause harm
25. Claiming that teaching abstinence does not reduce premarital sex and associated disease
26. Claiming that premarital sex is acceptable and normal.
27. Claiming that increasing taxes must increase government revenue, when often people just work less and revenues then decline.
28. Denying that widespread ownership of guns, largely defensive weapons, can reduce crime.
29. Claiming that Roe v. Wade cannot be overruled, or can only be overruled if it is a unanimous 9-0 vote (this argument tries to make irreversible law out of the dicta in a weak majority opinion in Planned Parenthood v. Casey, even though the very creation of that "secret opinion" was procured by liberal deceit.)
30. Doing away with traditional language (such as "he" to refer to men and women), despite centuries of previous use.
31. Claiming that getting rid of a sadistic dictator by going into Iraq was wrong but stepping into Sudan is not.
32. Believing/claiming that the United Nations is better suited to judge and direct a country's actions rather than the country itself.
33. It is a right to dissent against American policy but never take a stand if that logic moves beyond dissent and becomes treason.
34. Stating "God of the gaps" to justify atheism
35. Claiming that the "wondrous, pristine national park of ANWR needs protection to keep its beauty!" (In reality, it is but a remote barren tundra that few visit.)
36. Claiming that it's not fair to the world that America keeps the thermostat at 72 degrees at all times.
37. Using a double-standard for racism and sexism when the target person is conservative.
38. Claiming that it is extremely offensive to call any culture primitive or barbaric, except when they are talking about the writers of the Bible.
39. Many liberals claim that even if Obama wasn't born in America then he should still be president.
40. Claiming that divine creation is "illogical" but creation from a spontaneous explosion of absolutely nothing at all "makes perfect sense."
41. Failing to respect (and sometimes utterly disrespecting, such as in flag desecration) the United States of America in general while continuing their residency herein and actively demanding the benefits and liberties that come with being a citizen.
42. Claiming that Christianity is not a form of diversity while praising Islam for this same reason. Later (whenever it benefits them), liberals will compare the two, claiming that few differences exist between them.
43. Dodging statistics when doing so will favor the liberal agenda. A clear example of this is claiming that capital punishment is too expensive to taxpayers while they allow illegal immigrants to fly under the radar.
44. Cherry picking democracy: Liberals will laud the wisdom of the people when democracy produces a liberal result, but when it produces a conservative result, liberals will complain about mobocracy and demand judicial activism.
45. Assuming that any book espousing a liberal position is automatically authoritative and unquestionable.
46. Misplacing the burden of proof: Liberals insist that things like reports of extraterrestrial visitors have to be true until they have been conclusively disproved.
47. Claiming that the First Amendment protects only expression that they like, whereas any expression that offends them is subject to politically correct censorship.
48. Arguing that an opponent is inconsistent because he does not take silly extreme views, such as complaining that people are pro-life without preserving life in all circumstances.
49. Tacitly assuming that their preconceived notions must be true and then dismissing all other explanations as contradicting their preconceived notions.
50.That a nation can borrow its way out of debt and spend its way out of a recession.
51.Claiming that economy is a zero-sum game (see false zero-sum game)
52.Defending evolutionism by attacking a straw-man version of creationism rather than addressing what creationists actually say.
53. Liberals claim that they value freedom and at the same time want to restrict freedom to own weapons.
54.Claim that if God exists he demands a designer. Yet at the same time claim that the universe can be self-existing.
55.Claim that the AIDS epidemic is due to prejudice against homosexuals, rather than the dangers associated with the homosexual lifestyle.
56.Paying full attention to pedophiles in the Catholic Church, whilst completely ignoring pedophiles in the homosexual community.
57.Claiming that legalization of recreational drugs will reduce crime.
58.Denying that Hitler's evolutionary belief played a part in the Holocaust
59.Ranting about racism in the Republican party whilst ignoring the more prominent racism made by Democrats.
60.Claim that liberal secular bias in the media is a right-wing conspiracy.
61.Claim that atheism is not a religion
62.Claims that the Bible and prayer should be banned in within education in the name of 'Separation of Church and State' whilst preaching for state-sanctioned atheism.
63.Claims that Separation of Church and State is found in the constitution. When in fact it is only found in a letter from Thomas Jefferson to the Danbury Baptists in 1802.
64.Claim that homosexuality is genetically inherited.
65.Believe fervently in bogus homosexual statistics e.g. 'out of every two men, three were gay.'
66.Claim that domestic violence is due to patriarchy rather than drunkenness or simple anger.
67.Focus entirely on child abuse within private homes, whilst ignoring child abuse and severe neglect in state-funded orphanages.
68.Argue that illegal immigrants deserve more rights than locals.
69.Argue that crime is caused by poverty and social injustice, rather than bad parenting or the choice of the criminal.
70.Claim that the idea of happy marriages is na�ve, without mentioning the same idea to homosexuals.
71.Label evolution scientific and creationism as faith. When in fact both evolution and creation are beliefs as they require the person to believe in one or the other.
72.Label Christians as bigoted whilst ignoring the sheer intolerance homosexuals and pro-abortionists have to Christians.
73.Claiming atheists are somehow more intelligent than theists.
74.Argue that the Iraq War was all George Bush's idea whilst denying the fact that 111 Democrats voted in favor of the Iraq War.
75.Condemn hunters for shooting defenseless animals whilst encouraging pregnant women to have their even more defenseless children murdered by abortion.
76.Declaring satire against Islam and homosexuality as outrageous. Whilst ignoring or even tolerating satire against Christianity.
77.Denying the harm associated with participating in Black Magic.
78.Exaggerate the numbers of homosexuals and atheists, whilst understate or completely ignore the respectable number of Christians throughout the world.
79.Claim that natural gender roles and gender differences are 'socially constructed.'
80.Claim that humans are related to animals and plants instead of being created in the image of the Lord God Almighty.
81.Claim that liberalism is democratic but in practice referendums on same-sex marriage and capital punishment are prohibited as it is widely known that the opinion of majority disagrees with the liberals.
82.Believe that the opinion of a 'persecuted' minority such as homosexuals or drug-addicts are more important than the opinions of the majority.
83.Whenever crime increases, the laws need to be softened rather than hardened or maintained as they are.
84.Claim that evolution in the modern world is only opposed by a minority of 'Christian fundamentalists'. In fact, poll after poll has found that over 40% of Americans believe in Young Earth Creationism.
85.When there are terrorist attacks, America's foreign policy is to blame rather than the terrorists themselves
86.Declare all military violence outrageous, whilst proclaiming that civilian rioting and violence from 'pacifists' is their right.
87.Dismiss social campaigners such as Mary Whitehouse as lunatics, despite their arguments for acting against the problems being reasonable.
88.Dismiss wealth made by a conservative shameful, whilst tolerating wealth made by liberals regardless of whether or not it was done legally.
89.Focus purely on rehabilitating criminals, whilst neglecting the rights of the victims.
90.Dismiss mainstream religion as 'superstitious', but the same label is not applied to easily refutable theories such as evolution or even beliefs in UFOs.
91.Denial the scientific value contained in the Bible (Such as the Bible claiming the Earth is round before man discovered the fact).
92.Throw a severe tantrum whenever conservatives contradict liberalism with strong logical arguments, rather than use a calm logical argument in reply or accept the conservative's evidence.
93.Claim that conservatives and Christians are 'sexist' just for standing up for traditional womanhood, without admitting clearly offensive sexism made towards women who disagree with liberalism.
94.Use unnecessarily complex language to make liberals appear more intelligent than conservatives or to avoid admitting errors.
95.Claim that people who did not vote for Obama were racist, when in fact there are wide range of factors for not voting for Obama nor the party he represents.
96.Rejection of familiar language for the sake of liberal ideology, for example removal of the words mom and dad for sake of homosexual foster parents.
97.Claim that religion and science are supposed to be two separate realities, but in fact there continues to be many scientific arguments for God's existence and many great scientists had a devout faith in the Lord God.
98.Claim that Christmas and Easter Sunday are just random days for wild parties rather than a special dedication to Jesus Christ.
99.Claim that liberals and secularists have a better tendency to liberate society more, when in fact the worse crimes against humanity were committed by atheist socialists and great events of liberation such as the abolition of slavery were led by Christian conservatives.
100.Claim that labeling terrorists as evil is 'down to their opinion', whilst labeling Christianity as evil is absolutely correct.
101.Claim that population control is needed to settle down the growing population worldwide, but in fact this is plain propaganda and the twice the amount of the population of 6 billion can fit into Jacksonville, Florida as it contains over 25 billion square feet.
102.Teenagers are too young to access guns so they can defend themselves but they're never too young to have an abortion
103.Hippies, unions and Occupy Wall Street whose messages are intimidating and sometimes violent are heroes, but pro lifers are dangerous extremists (the latter idea is silly because only 7 murders by pro lifers have been made in the years since Roe v Wade. Most of these actions are opposed by pro lifers.
104.Animals and trees are precious whilst the unborn are just blobs of tissue.
105.A conservative who oppose same sex marriage is a bigot, but a liberal believing in the same way (such as Hillary Clinton) is not
106.The constitution explicitly guarantees the right to abortion, but not a handgun
107.There is subtle racism in campaign ads but nothing racist about affirmative action which puts blacks ahead of whites regardless of merit.
108.Protesting against abortion is extremism but allowing hateful messages at military funerals is free speech.
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June 22, 2014, 7:48 pmGreat little civics test
A Tough Test
This is not supposed to be an easy one. The website reports that average score was 49% and college professors average about 55%.
There are only 33 Questions.
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June 21, 2014, 12:40 amhearsetrax, this one's for you!
Devil cat
Last Edited: June 21, 2014, 12:41 am
June 18, 2014, 10:49 amNBC - Jay Leno, Bush, and Obama
Of course NBC was on board when Jay Leno went after Republican George W. Bush every night for eight years, but they couldn't stomach the fact that Leno's jokes about Obama were always right on target about the first black president. And left-leaning Democrat executives at NBC were being harassed by Obama himself who thought the comedy was a racist attack on him.
"I was going to start off tonight with an Obama joke, but I don't want to get audited by the IRS."
On NSA surveillance: "We wanted a president who listens to all Americans -- now we have one."
On a new IRS commissioner: "He's called 'acting commissioner' because he has to act like the scandal doesn't involve the White House."
On closing the Guantanamo prison for terrorists: "If he really wants to close it, turn it into a government-funded solar power company. The doors will be shut in a month."
Concerning the Benghazi, Associated Press, and IRS scandals: "Remember in the old days when President Obama's biggest embarrassment was Joe Biden?"
On Obama saying he didn't know about the IRS scandal: "He was too busy not knowing anything about Benghazi to not know anything about the IRS."
"The White House has a new slogan about Benghazi: Hope, and change the subject."
"It's casual Friday, which means that at the White House, they're casually going through everybody's phone calls and records."
"It is not looking good for President Obama. Today his teleprompter took the fifth."
"Fox News has changed its slogan from 'Fair and Balanced' to 'See, I told you so!'"
On Obama's commencement address: "He told the young graduates their future is bright unless, of course, they want jobs."
On a Chicago man who set a record for riding a Ferris wheel: "The only other way to go around and around in a circle that many times is to read the official report on Benghazi."
On White House claims of ignorance on the scandals: "They took 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' out of the Pentagon and moved it into the White House."
"These White House scandals are not going away anytime soon. It's gotten so bad that People in Kenya are now saying he's 100 percent American."
June 17, 2014, 12:10 amAbsurd Conclusions
Subject: Absurd Conclusions?
Today I swung my front door wide open and placed my Remington 30.06
right in my doorway. I left 5 cartridges beside it, then left it alone
and went about my business. While I was gone, the mailman delivered my
mail, the neighbor boy across the street mowed the yard, a girl walked
her dog down the street, and quite a few cars stopped at the stop sign
near the front of our house. After about an hour, I checked on the
gun. It was still sitting there, right where I had left it. It hadn't
moved itself outside. It certainly hadn't killed anyone, even with the
numerous opportunities it had been presented to do so. In fact, it
hadn't even loaded itself. Well you can imagine my surprise, with all
the media hype about how dangerous guns are and how they kill people.
Either the media is wrong or I'm in possession of the laziest gun in
the world.
The United States is 3rd in Murders throughout the World. But if you
take out Chicago, Detroit, Washington DC and New Orleans, the United
States is 4th from the bottom for Murders. These 4 Cities also have
the toughest Gun Control Laws in the United States. All 4 are
controlled by Democrats.
It would be absurd to draw any conclusions from this data, right?
Well, I'm off to check on my spoons.
I hear they're making people fat.
Last Edited: June 17, 2014, 12:13 am
June 14, 2014, 12:09 amOne of obama's released terrorists played key role in 911
One of obama's released terrorists played key role in 9/11
Last Edited: June 14, 2014, 12:11 am
June 11, 2014, 7:28 pmThings were so bad...
Comedian Conan O'Brien: "In a new interview, Hillary Clinton said that she and her husband were dead broke when they left the White House. Hillary said things were so bad the two of them had to share a bedroom."
June 3, 2014, 11:18 amObama wants $1.4 billion to help illegals entering US
He really hates this country.
Last Edited: June 3, 2014, 11:18 am
June 3, 2014, 1:15 amSix trivia questions for all Americans
Six trivia questions to see how much history you really know. Be honest, it's kinda fun and revealing. If you don't know the answer make your best guess.
Who said it?
1) "We're going to take things away from you on behalf of the common good."
A. Karl Marx
B. Adolph Hitler
C. Joseph Stalin
D. Barack Obama
E. None of the above
2) "It's time for a new beginning, for an end to government of the few, by the few, and for the few...... And to replace it with shared responsibility, for shared prosperity."
A. Lenin
B. Mussolini
C. Idi Amin
D. Barack Obama
E. None of the above
3) "(We).....can't just let business as usual go on, and that means something has to be taken away from some people."
A. Nikita Khrushev
B. Josef Goebbels
C. Boris Yeltsin
D. Barack Obama
E. None of the above
4) "We have to build a political consensus and that requires people to give up a little bit of their own ... in order to create this common ground."
A. Mao Tse Tung
B. Hugo Chavez
C. Kim Jong Il
D. Barack Obama
E. None of the above
5) "I certainly think the free-market has failed."
A. Karl Marx
B. Lenin
C. Molotov
D. Barack Obama
E. None of the above
6) "I think it's time to send a clear message to what has become the most profitable sector in (the) entire economy that they are being watched."
A. Pinochet
B. Milosevic
C. Saddam Hussein
D. Barack Obama
E. None of the above
Scroll down for the answers
(1) E. None of the above. Statement was made by Hillary Clinton
on 6/29/2004
(2) E. None of the above. Statement was made by Hillary Clinton on
(3) E. None of the above. Statement was made by Hillary Clinton on 6/4/2007
(4) E. None of the above. Statement was made by Hillary Clinton on 6/4/2007
(5) E. None of the above. Statement was made by Hillary Clinton on 6/4/2007
(6) E. None of the above. Statement was made by Hillary Clinton on 9/2/2005
Want to know something scary?
She may be the next president, if you don't forward this to everyone you know.
June 2, 2014, 10:58 amPrisoners released from GITMO will rejoin battle
If the American soldier that was released in a swap for these five guys is truly a traitor (and it looks like it), way to go obummer.
June 2, 2014, 12:20 amRe: Freed US soldier
This was a forward from someone who was or still is there:
There is no mystery to the brother's in arms he deserted."Forwarded from Jeff Howard.
"We were at OP Mest, Paktika Province, Afghanistan. It was a small outpost where B Co 1-501st INF (Airbone) ran operations out of, just an Infantry platoon and ANA counterparts there. The place was an Afghan graveyard. Bergdahl had been acting a little strange, telling people he wanted to "walk the earth" and kept a little journal talking about how he was meant for better things. No one thought anything about it. He was a little "out there". Next morning he's gone. We search everywhere, and can't find him. He left his weapon, his kit, and other sensitive items. He only took some water, a compass and a knife. We find some afghan kids shortly after who saw an American walking north asking about where the taliban are. We get hits on our voice intercepter that Taliban has him, and we were close. We come to realize the kid deserted his post, snuck out of camp and sought out Taliban... to join them. We were in a defensive position at OP Mest, where your focus is to keep people out. He knew where the blind spots were to slip out and that's what he did. It was supposed to be a 4-day mission but turned into several months of active searching. Everyone was spun up to find this guy.
News outlets all over the country were putting out false information. It was hard to see, especially when we knew the truth about what happened and we lost good men trying to find him. PFC Matthew Michael Martinek, Staff Sgt. Kurt Robert Curtiss, SSG Clayton Bowen, PFC Morris Walker, SSG Michael Murphrey, 2LT Darryn Andrews, were all KIA from our unit who died looking for Bergdahl. Many others from various units were wounded or killed while actively looking for Bergdahl. Fighting Increased. IEDs and enemy ambushes increased. The Taliban knew that we were looking for him in high numbers and our movements were predictable. Because of Bergdahl, more men were out in danger, and more attacks on friendly camps and positions were conducted while we were out looking for him. His actions impacted the region more than anyone wants to admit. There is also no way to know what he told the Taliban: Our movements, locations, tactics, weak points on vehicles and other things for the enemy to exploit are just a few possibilities. The Government knows full well that he deserted. It looks bad and is a good propaganda piece for the Taliban.
They refuse to acknowledge it. Hell they even promoted him to Sergeant which makes me sick. I feel for his family who only want their son/brother back. They don't know the truth, or refuse to acknowledge it as well. What he did affected his family and his whole town back home, who don't know the truth. Either way what matters is that good men died because of him. He has been lying on all those Taliban videos about everything since his "capture". If he ever returns, he should be tried under the UCMJ for being a deserter and judged for what he did. Bergdahl is not a hero, he is not a soldier or an Infantryman. He failed his brothers. Now, sons and daughters are growing up without their fathers who died for him and he will have to face that truth someday."
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May 27, 2014, 12:06 amThis one is very moving...
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The Toronto Raptors are back from Cleveland and face a home game vs. Detroit on Wednesday night. It's a busy week for the club. Here are a few quick NBA thoughts.
1. TRISTIAN THOMPSON (Cavs): Saw him last night and he is a guy folks have to be patient with as far as his development is concerned. He's still a bit raw but he's a big and strong young man who has a good work ethic and a desire to learn and improve. He's getting more comfortable with the daily NBA grind and making the necessary adjustments. His skills need to continue to blossom but he's got a terrific motor and in time will be a good one. I was impressed in stretches last night and considering he's so young, the Cavs have lots to work within the years to come.
2. KEMBA WALKER (Bobcats): Really coming into his own this season; taking and making big shots for his team. He's a lightning-fast guy who knows how to change speeds and keep you off balance. Loves to challenge the D off the bounce and is fearless in the lane against opposing big men. He is a competitive defender who backs down from no one. In spite of his team being in a major funk after a terrific start, he is a major bright spot.
3. ALAN ANDERSON (Raptors): He's been excellent in the past two games for his team. He is a fundamentally sound player who makes the right plays and is a steady defender who understands the system and his opponent's habits. He is always prepared to play; a real pro. He has shot it quite well and been solid creating off the bounce. He has limitations and as long as he plays within himself and makes the heady plays, he'll be very effective and productive. Good to have him back.
4. LOU WILLIAMS (Hawks): Honestly, ask yourself this: Do the Hawks really miss Joe Johnson that much? I'd say no. Look at the fact that the Hawks are ahead of the Nets in the standings and you can point to the pickup of this guy as a major reason why. He proved himself to be a dynamic scorer at times in Philly and once again here. Just give him time and touches and just get out of the way. He's going to compete and produce. He's one of the best pickups of the off-season by a team.
5. RYAN ANDERSON (Hornets): Loved him in Orlando and he's gotten better and better. Man, he can shoot it and he'll board for you. I remember him in college at Cal and then as a rookie with the Nets and he had sleeper written all over him. He has gotten stronger over time and become one of the best 'stretch 4's' in the League. If you can bring a few top skills like shooting and rebounding to the table, you can stick and create a nice role for yourself and he's done just that. He's a good team player who plays with energy and purpose on a daily basis.

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Sisters Guild
I love when a new shop induces an intake of breath followed by shopping palpitations which is why I know you're going to love Sisters Guild, a snew online boutique by super stylish sisters Carla and Bekka.
Chock full of enchanting delights, they've got whimsy buys by Hucklebones, Belle and Boo and Maileg, retro treats by Little Duckling and Dandy Star (the small but perfectly formed boys dressing room section is fantastic), plus some granny boho fare by Danish fairtrade brand Rice.dk amongst their delights. Think clothing, accessories, toys, and decor goodies in a cool blend of vintage and retro inspired meets quirky meets charming meets modern.
Quite frankly I love everything, but I thought the vintage styled clips, £1.80 each were super cute, the advent wreath by Rice.dk, £48, will look fabulous as a centrepiece, and the scrumptious dungarees by London based Danish designer Rosa Wiland of Little Duckling (we featured her several months back as a super hot label), £36 are itching for a home and personally I feel will look great on either sex.
Sisters Guild is one cool little style destination and definitely one to bookmark and to be led into temptation by!
Tagged Belle and Boo, Dandy Star, Hucklebones, Little Duckling, Maileg, Rice.dk, Sisters Guild, vintage inspired for babies and children's rooms


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Dude avoids extortion thanks to having dash cam installed in his car
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For those that drive on a daily basis, we're sure you all have your horror stories to tell, and we're sure some are just too good to believe. That said, when the issue is pressed can you prove that what you say is true, or will it be our word against yours? We hate to give you a reality check, but the law may not always be on your side; even if you're not at fault. Here in Washington, if you hit someone from behind, it's automatically your fault. How could you prove that you were completely stopped and that the person in front of you rolled backwards into you? If you're like the dude in the video above, the answer is simple. Install a dash cam. Sure, it may seem nerdy, but at least it got him out of paying $500 for something that wasn't his fault. Check out the video above for the full story.
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The Blaine Community Assistance Program's annual Thanksgiving basket effort is underway, and program director Brent Brentnall said he expects to feed as many as 1,000 people this year, well over half of them children.
"The thing that is needed most in this lean year is cash to support the program," he said. "We have a system to put the baskets together pretty well worked out, people to deliver the meals and places to put the food to keep it fresh and to keep things fair we really need to buy the food ourselves and more or less standardize the baskets," Brentnall said.
The program was started in 1997 by former Blaine restaurant owner Annie Magner. Once the need outgrew the ability of local restaurants to meet it, she suggested supplying families identified by the Family Service Center with the raw materials to fix their own meal at home.
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Brentnall, who was commended two years ago with a Blaine Builder award for his involvement with this and other CAP programs, said the program is helped a lot by Blaine firefighters who carry the food, by the Cost Cutter store and local gas station owner Mike Hill who store the food, and by area businesses who donate quantities of food such as the Edaleen Dairy and Bedlington Potatoes.
"Last year the program provided the makings for a complete Thanksgiving dinner with all the trimmings including homemade pies to 880 adults and children in 189 local families, a five percent increase over the year before," said Brentnall.
The dinners are valued at about $80 apiece. They are assembled in a space in the Blaine International Center made available by the mall's owner, the Phillips Edison Company of Cincinnati, Ohio. The program also gives $25 food vouchers for people who can't cook their own meal.
The program is completely local, so all the money contributed goes directly toward buying food, making this local charity one of the few where all contributions go for the purpose to which they were given, according to Brentnall.
The program's expenses are borne by the Peace Arch Christian Ministerial Association.
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Count ourselves fortunate: We're past the middle of February and we (so far) have avoided a major winter snowstorm. Can our luck hold out? I guess the next 30 days will tell. I always figure once the NCAA basketball tournament (March Madness) begins, our chances of a major snowstorm diminish sharply.
The Delaware Board of Education has voted unanimously to close the Pencader Business & Finance Charter School, following persistent problems. And the Red Clay school district has similarly voted unanimously to put together a committee to review the Delaware Military Academy. DMA certainly has a stronger academic reputation, but Auditor Tom Wagner targeted problems with financial oversight.
I know a lot of folks strongly believe in charter schools, but sadly, some seem to be fly-by-night operations. I feel sorry for the kids. It's bad enough when kids have to transfer schools because their parents move, but schools like Pencader are forced to close because of self-inflicted injuries.
Wilmington Police Chief Christine Dunning has unveiled a new public safety plan targeting the city's violent crime.
Something not previously discussed: Enhancements in the computer-aided dispatching system, and the installation of devices in squadcars that will give officers real-time crime information. ATF agents will assist the police department's gun unit. No mention of "jump-out" squads per se, but one assumes the WPD will pursue something similar from time to time. The Williams Administration has already ordered more aggressive enforcement of nuisance laws. Let's see what happens.
A heavy onrush of fans seeking to buy tickets quickly overloaded the Firefly Music Festival's website Thursday. Tickets sold out in three hours. Aggravated fans expressed disappointment - often with expletives - in social media.
Maryland's state legislature moved closer to repeal of that state's death penalty as the state Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee voted 6-5 to send Governor O'Malley's capital punishment repeal legislation to the Senate floor.
Former U.S. Senator Pete Domenici (R-NM), now 80, admits to having fathered a secret child in the 1970's. It gets better. The child came from Domenici's relationship with Michelle Laxalt, daughter of another former Senator, Paul Laxalt (R-NV). Domenici was the longest-serving senator in New Mexico's political history when he stepped down after six terms. Laxalt himself was a major political figure in the 1970's and 1980's, serving for a time alongside Domenici. Michelle Laxalt: "One night's mistake led to pregnancy more than 30 years ago." British newspapers seemed more inclined to raise the issue of perceived hypocrisy in their headlines. For example, from London's DAILY TELEGRAPH: "Senator who tried to impeach Clinton admits lovechild" Or from The INDEPENDENT: "I've got a love child, admits senator Pete Domenici who tried to get Bill Clinton impeached"
Speaking of sex scandals, the Federal Bureau of Investigation continues to confront a slew of lewd revelations about the behavior of its agents: Sending naked photos to an ex-boyfriend's wife, bugging the boss' office, and using bureau phones to send explicit 'sext' messages between colleagues. Not exactly the intended use for an FBI BlackBerry...
A North Carolina hunter tests positive for a rare and potentially deadly illness known as rabbit fever, tularemia. Health officials in the Tarheel State urge people in the field to take precautions, such as wearing gloves and insect/tick repellant while hunting and handling rabbits.
The nation's most active death penalty state, Texas, executed Carl Blue, 48, convicted of killing his ex-girlfriend by dousing her with gasoline and setting her on fire. Blue told the victim's daughter - entering the viewing area of the death chamber - that he loved her. "I never meant to hurt your mama. If I could change that, I would... I forgive you. I hope you can forgive me."
He told his parents that he loved them: "I did something wrong, and now I'm paying the ultimate justice. It may be crooked justice, but I forgive those people."
Then~ "Hang on. Cowboy up. I'm fixin' to ride and Jesus is my vehicle..."
Former President Jimmy Carter told CNN's Piers Morgan that President Obama thanked his grandson James Carter IV last week for his involvement in the public release of that video recording of Mitt Romney making his infamous comments about the "47 percent" of Americans. Mr. Carter: "I don't think he said 'winning the election' but thank you for helping me with the election. I don't know exactly what the words were..." Jimmy Carter also said he wishes he were closer to President Obama. The ex-President told Piers Morgan that "we don't have any relationship." Further~ "I met him early in his administration. We don't really have any relationship."
Pakistani police have registered a formal accusation from a businessman that Pakistani Ambassador to the United States Sherry Rehman committed blasphemy (with the death penalty as a sentence) for comments Rehman made on a Pakistani TV show in 2010. Ironically, the comments which so offended this man were about reforming Pakistan's blasphemy statute. Accusations of blasphemy are on the rise in Pakistan.
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Fri, Feb 22, 2013 2:13pm
It's amazing how much hypocrisy there was in people like Pete Domenici and Newt Gingrich persecuting Bill Clinton for his extra-marital affairs.
This is like Tiger Woods criticizing John Edwards for having a love-child. Pot calling the kettle black....
Mike from Delaware
Fri, Feb 22, 2013 6:09pm
Allan said: "The Williams Administration has already ordered more aggressive enforcement of nuisance laws."
Good about time. Now lets see if they really do it and enforce those nuisance laws. Time to clean-up Wilmington. The same thing needs to happen in the county so that the criminal element doesn't decide to move its operations to NCC.
Yes, we've had a great winter so far, but we're not out of the woods yet. We've had some significant snow in March, so let's not count our chickens until they hatch.
A good question to be asked, how many Charter Schools do we have in Delaware? How many have failed? I'd like to think that more have been successful than failures, but that might not be correct. So Allan or Kavips or someone who's good at getting this sort of info, let us know the truth.
My point is the public school system and the teachers' unions are quick to bad-mouth the charter-school system while ignoring the far larger problems in their own school systems. They essentially are seeing the splinter in the charter schools' eyes while ignoring the log that's in theirs.
Oh, wait, that was a reference from the Bible. Can't have ANY reference to God in the public schools unless it's Muslim, or you're using God's name in vain. But let's give away as many condoms, birth-control pills, and teach that abortion is the ONLY way or the #1 way to prevent getting pregnant to our kids. Heaven forbid (oh can't say heaven, another God reference) Dover forbid, we tell the kids that NOT having sex outside of marriage is the BEST way to not get pregnant. Can you imagine a sex-ed teacher telling the girls that they should want to wait to have kids when they're married and that without having a husband to support those kids makes their life and the child's far more difficult, because that's an archaic view that also comes from the Bible.
So instead, let's teach that Heather has two mommies or that Dad has a new roommate, and it isn't Mom or even another woman. The public schools for years have had an agenda and we're reaping the crop of the seeds they've been sowing [golly I could never be a public school teacher, just can't help myself in using imagery from the Bible - I'm such a pointy-headed Christian].
I'm not saying there aren't problems with some charter schools, and those need to be addressed and apparently are and good riddance to a lousy school for whatever reason, be it public, charter or private, but my question is, WHEN is the state going to start fixing our public schools?
The public schools don't need more money, they get far more money per student than any private school or charter school and still get far worse results. Money apparently is NOT the answer. Yet to hear the public-school folks whine, it's all about the children. Yea, really? Then why are so many of the children unable to read the diploma you give them? Why should anyone support a referendum? It's not like the product the public school produces improves so you feel good about the investment; rather it continues to get worse. So why throw more good money after bad?
Start having real discipline in public schools again where the rules are enforced for ALL students, no matter their race, color, sex, sexual orientation, religious beliefs, etc. No nonsense. Have dress codes, no cell phones, no ipods. Just as in my day, if you brought a transistor radio to school the teacher took it and gave it back to you at the end of the school day. Retake control of our public schools where the adults are in charge, not the kids, give homework that is graded each night, and you get a zero if the work is not done, etc., etc., so that you make that diploma worth something. THEN I'd be delighted to vote for your referendums, but until that happens, I'm voting NO every time; it's way past time for the state to fix the public schools. More money is NOT the answer.
Apparently Firefly is a success. So such an event can succeed in little Delaware - how cool is that?
Yep, all sorts of hypocrisy from both sides of the political aisle. Gingrich being one of the worse, but the DEMS are just as hypocritical, just another reason I'm a registered Independent.
Says a lot about Obama that he had no relationship to former DEM Prez Jimmy Carter. Of course Carter didn't do very well while Prez and maybe Obama didn't want folks to see him as the 21st-century version of Jimmy Carter [given how poorly the economy has been doing, that's a real possibility]. So maybe I can't blame him totally, but Carter is a former Prez and Obama might have been able to get some insight from him or found a useful job for him to do.
However, Clinton - that is Bill and Hillary - both probably could give Obama more useful insight that Carter, but still I remember reading about how Truman gave GOP Herbert Hoover a job after WWII. Apparently the two got along well and it certainly was a good thing for Hoover, who must have been feeling pretty bad given the Depression that started during his time as Prez. But my point is, Hoover still had been a sitting Prez and deserved to be treated with respect and a DEM gave that GOP former Prez the respect, etc., that maybe Obama's not giving to one of his own. Ironic wouldn't you say?
Mike from Delaware
Fri, Feb 22, 2013 11:52pm
An interesting commentary from Todd Starnes of Fox News Radio: NBC declares war on Christians. He gives examples of this in his piece.
Sat, Feb 23, 2013 1:26am
Teatime: You continue to castigate the GOP, but there's a day of reckoning coming when you'll be begging them to rescue you from the catastrophe the donkeys caused.
Sat, Feb 23, 2013 1:32am
MFD: Thanks for the Todd Starnes article. The Peacock Network was once respectable, but it's no longer the network of Huntley-Brinkley, who were the Fox News of their day.
I'm still keeping an eye out for when the Obama administration unleashes it's fury on the church. If that happens, a lot of Christians, particularly in the black community, will finally see how they got hoodwinked.
Mike from Delaware
Sat, Feb 23, 2013 9:20am
Mrpizza: I've heard some of Todd Starnes' commentaries on Fox News Radio. He has good insight. Good commentaries.
My only disagreement with your post above is comparing the old NBC NEWS with Chet Huntley and David Brinkley with today's Fox News. No, Chet and David just reported the news, no political spin. Fox spins the news just as MSNBC and their parent NBC does. The difference is Fox spins to the right and MSNBC/NBC spin to the left.
Sat, Feb 23, 2013 10:23am
Members of Congress are often very two faced when it comes to sex. I remember the Maryland First District Congressman (Republican) who was vocal against homosexuality. Got himself arrested trying to pay a 16-year old boy for sex. Kinda ruined his bid for re-election.
Sat, Feb 23, 2013 1:34pm
Wow, just looking over this list, my thought was that it seems like a lot more news stories are out there today, than at any one point during most of our lifetimes. I don't know if Newtown Connecticut opened the door, or if this is normal after an election, but there seem to be so many crises popping up all over now...
Allan, what's your take? I wonder it we have changed and have become more pluralistic in our viewpoint, and not singularly focused on one or two issues in depth.
I know the political fight over the last two years, was a unifying theme, on in which every other news story was balanced against when reporting. I know there is only 60 minutes every hour, so picking and choosing stories is based on what most will consider interesting. It just seems now, so much is happening so fast, and all of it is important...
Although it seems minor, the threat and the scariest story in Allan's collection above, was the one about rabbit fever. This is the first I've heard of it. Is it really that deadly or was this just a victim with a weaken immune system?
Growing up, I heard stories of rabbit fever from rural folks, but they were all historical anecdotes told by grandmothers and grandfathers..
I guess the fear is that even in suburbia, rabbits are rather frequent, making me wonder if we are all at risk?
Sat, Feb 23, 2013 2:50pm
MFD: Perhaps you're right about Huntley-Brinkley, but I do know from research that both were conservatives, whereas Cronkite was blatantly liberal.
Sun, Feb 24, 2013 4:03am
JimH: I had to do some research to find out who you were talking about because I was unfamiliar to such a scandal in Maryland. Turns out that Robert Bauman was in Congress long before I ever moved there, which was in 1985, when Roy Dyson held the seat. Since then, we've had Wayne Gilchrest and Andy Harris.
Unfortunately, people like Mr. Bauman give a big black eye to our party. However, Sodom and Gomorrah can be found today in every walk of life, transcending political, socioeconomic, and religious boundaries.
Sun, Feb 24, 2013 4:06am
Allan: I'm glad Mr. Blue found Jesus before he was executed. While I am adamantly for the death penalty, I don't wish for anybody to go to hell.
Sun, Feb 24, 2013 12:36pm
I may have mentioned it earlier here, I can't remember, but I used to be for the death penalty until I learned that 100% of America's prison wardens were against it.
That took me aback because they were on the front lines of this issue. Their reasoning was pragmatic. They said having an old man die of old age was the most effective tool to make the entire prison population realize the huge senselessness of their crimes. It made all more philosophical and a lot less trouble.
The effect of executing someone lasted about 24 hours they said.
Sun, Feb 24, 2013 12:40pm
As for the Pakistani currently pressing charges against our ambassador, I think having a drone stop by his address to pay a visit, might put things to him in their proper perspective.
Sun, Feb 24, 2013 1:07pm
As for stories about hypocrisy, and I remember the Pete Domenici incident very well, because he weighed and weighed on it, pondering it for a while and then came out with a very moral condemnation of it...
it carried a lot of weight in the proceedings because he was not a partisan Republican but instead was one of the good ones who was independent, voting which ever side best benefited New Mexico.
I contrast todays reporting with that of the news coverage of Franklin D. Roosevelt, a man who had a sexless marriage of convenience with Eleanor, and who both flirted with love interests elsewhere, and the Press was responsible for understanding it would be bad if it got out, and kept it quiet. Furthermore, on the same principle, they keep news of how poor his health was, from all Americans. Latter many Americans were shocked that he possessed not the robust stature his voice carried over the radio airwaves.
We only see hints of his frailty in the Yalta Picture, where he is sandwiched between Churchill and Stalin...
In one situation the press did its best to even lie to maintain the attachment of proper morals to those real men and women working in government.
Today, it is as if they do their best to disrupt any attachment of morals to the real men and women in office. What a huge difference over just 70 years.. That is a long time but most of us grew up under the morals I just mentioned.
I'm sure there is great pressure from institutions, whether Penn State, the Catholic Church, or today's Republican Party, to espouse the values you are supposed to say, even when you know they are terribly compromised.
Hence over time, I have come to the humble conclusion, that what people do before God, they do before God. He will be their judge. I'll let Him handle that, because my opinion matters little anyway. All my efforts at judgment need to be kept just to keep myself in line... lol.
Sun, Feb 24, 2013 9:17pm
Getting back to Mike on Charter Schools...
Only 17 percent of charter schools provided a better education than traditional schools, and 37 percent actually offered children a worse education. Meaning a charter school has only a 1-in-7 chance of being any better than a public school� And a 2-in-7 chance of completely ruining the kids in its care.
Standards being used by the charter-authorizers to judge school performance are terribly weak.
For the majority of charter schools, poor first-year performance will give way to poor second-year performance.
Between 1994 and 2004, 26 Charter Schools received charters in Delaware. Eleven failed to even open.
Nationwide. 66% of Charter Schools fail for the following reasons:
People who were initially focused on providing an improved learning environment for children find themselves increasingly engaged in issues such as funding for permanent facilities, personnel-relations procedures, and school-board management, all the while trying to understand and meet the state and federal laws for which they are still responsible.
Simply put, it is the lack of business acumen that causes schools to fail... They often fail even after sucking money out of the Public District in which they are located, meaning all kids in that district now get a substandard education.
Mon, Feb 25, 2013 12:05am
Kavips: Perhaps you have a point about the prison wardens and the effects of execution. However, the effect execution has on the person executed is that they'll never kill again nor will there be risk of prison break by said executee.
Mike from Delaware
Mon, Feb 25, 2013 10:15am
Kavips: Your point about the prisoners makes sense. How seeing some old man who's spent the past 40 years of his life in prison everyday out in the yard or at meal time, just might make a more solid impression on a young 20-something prisoner. When he gets out, he might be motivated more to not commit another crime. Interesting point.
Thanks for the info on Charter Schools. Based on the data you provided, I think I can better understand why the Public School System is against Charter Schools. It's taking their money and NOT delivering a better product. So essentially The Charter School of Wilmington and the Cab Calloway School of the Performing Arts are sort of flukes in terms of being successful. Most of the others are NOT doing the job even as well as the mediocre Public Schools. Now THAT's a scary thought.
Still doesn't let the public schools off the hook for their lack of quality and improvement in delivering a better product in terms of educating all of our kids.
Mon, Feb 25, 2013 1:10pm
Mr. Pizza, I doubt I'll ever see the day when I'm begging the GOP to raise taxes on working class people, or starting new wars, or letting crazy people get guns to shootup the schoolkids in Newtown.
The GOP policy is a failure and was categorically rejected by the people in the most recent election.
Mon, Feb 25, 2013 6:42pm
Teatime: If the GOP policy was categorically rejected by the people in the most recent election, then why did the people re-elect them as the congressional majority? You want to explain that one to me? Huh?
Mike from Delaware
Tue, Feb 26, 2013 12:09am
Mrpizza: Congress has an approval rating of something like 12. Problem is everyone thinks Congress (both Senate and the House) are doing a lousy job, but they like THEIR Senator and Congressman/woman. So as a result, the same knuckleheads keep getting reelected. The GOP only controls the House, the DEMS control the Senate AND the White House.
The President won fair and square, it wasn't a photo finish close to the wire win, but a clear win. So the people spoke and chose Obama's ideas over Romney's and the GOP, no matter how the right-wing spin-machine on Fox and talk radio want to spin it.
The sad thing is that election was the GOP's to lose. This was a shoe-in for the GOP and they managed to blow it. The TEA folks within the GOP along with Grover Norquest forced the GOP to be too radical, too far to the right. This loused up the moderate Mitt Romney. If Mitt had been the Mitt Romney who was Governor of Mass., he probably would have won. The nation actually wanted a moderate who could be a Republican like a Mitt Romney, but got this "other" Mitt Romney who was the Mitt Romney on TEA party steroids.
This made it easy for the DEMS to pick holes in what Mitt said, because he wasn't consistent at all with his record as Governor. So which Mitt Romney were we going to get, the real Romney who did a great job in Mass or this Grover Norquest/TEA party creation? Then Romney really did himself in with that 47% speech. So the people spoke. Obama won. You may not like it, but it is what it is.
Allan Loudell
Tue, Feb 26, 2013 6:23am
You conveniently overlook one fundamental point: Gerrymandering.
Republican-dominated legislatures and governors in many Southern / Plains / interior states drew Congressional district lines to accentuate the Republican advantage. I've noted this vicious circle before.
G.O.P.-dominated legislatures drew lines which effectively squeezed out moderates of BOTH parties, but especially moderate white Democrats. So you ended up with a Faustian bargain, for example, in the South, were House seats are divided between white suburban and rural Republicans (very conservative) and urban Democrats, often African-American / Hispanic (very liberal). Then, those white conservative Republicans - to run up the score - can characterize ALL Dems as very liberal because the only Dems from a particular state happen to be African-American or Hispanic, and very liberal. This creates a cultural situation in some states where white kids growing up inevitably associate the Dems with cities and "minorities". It becomes a self-perpetuating cycle. I challenge you to refute this.
Futhermore, let's remember Democrats actually cast MORE votes for U.S. House of Representatives than Republicans. The renowned political analyst Charlie Cook - analyzing the results - found House Democrats outearned their Republican counterparts by 1.17 Million votes! Because of the way Congressional lines were drawn, by Cook's calculation, Dems won 50.59% of the two-party vote, but just 46.21% of House seats. So the GOP got 234 seats; the Dems 201 seats. By a later tally, the Democratic margin was 1.36 Million votes.
By another calculation, the Democrats would have to win at least 55% of the national vote in House races to change the House from Republican to Democratic-dominated.
Please don't misinterpret what I'm saying. I'm sure if the shoes were reversed, the Dems would reshape Congressional district lines to THEIR advantage. That's hardball real politics.
But you gotta admit - at some level - it takes a lot of gall (and irony) for Republicans to have engineered a situation actually empowering liberal African-American Democrats in the cities (squeezing out any white "moderates" in the process), then paintbrushing the entire Democratic Party as the same as those urban liberal black Democrats, thereby only increasing the racial / ideological polarization.
Allan Loudell
Tue, Feb 26, 2013 7:02am
MFD and Allan: Both good observations. I would also add that the GOP except for Reagan and a small handful of others have always been lousy at public relations and never seem to learn from their mistakes. Also, anytime the left starts to misrepresent something the right is doing, Republicans buckle and capitulate in order to avoid conflict. They negotiate from a position of weakness and fear.
I'm going to continue to do what I can to whip them into shape. Wish me well.
Allan Loudell
Tue, Feb 26, 2013 7:12am
It's funny. The left thinks the same: That Dems, even liberal Dems, buckle and capitulate in order to avoid conflict.
Just read what Delaware Liberal has to say about Delaware's Congressional delegation, especially Senator Carper and Representative Carney.
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Mike from Delaware
Tue, Feb 26, 2013 8:20am
Mrpizza: Sometimes GOP members are their own worst enemy. I wish you luck in whipping them into shape. You've got your work cut out for you.
We're supposed to have two political parties and right now we have 1 1/2. The GOP is the 1/2 as it is damaged and the party needs to get its act together. Our nation functions best when both parties are strong and vibrant, working together to find that middle-ground, so that we as a nation don't drift too far to the left or too far to the right.
In Delaware it's even worse as the Delaware GOP is pretty much non-existent in a statewide sense. The Del GOP needs to regain control of the party from the extremists in Sussex County (Yes, they are TEA folks who are not like our friend EarlGrey, but are extremists) so that moderate Republicans can run for statewide office. The Christine O'Donnells types are not viable candidates in this very Blue Democratic state. So if GOP'ers ever hope to regain some statewide seats and maybe some Federal seats in Congress, they need to be MODERATE GOP types like a Mike Castle. Delaware isn't Mississippi or South Carolina. Delaware is more like, a Mass or Maryland. So moderation is where it's at if the GOP wants to have a real presence in Delaware.
Tue, Feb 26, 2013 3:03pm
This idea just occurred to me reading Allan's post of gerrymandering above, but imagine if a state were to divide up its districts based on the first letter of the last name? One could use Department of Motor Vehicle records to decide where in the alphabet to draw the line, but if your name fell between A-F, your would be in Representative 1's district.... It would divorce locality interests from Federal Representation, but, then all of Congress, whether Democratic or Republican, would be based on that state's overall vote, and more in tune with a majority of thinking going on across the whole of that state, than instead of basing one's votes on keeping the most extremist of extremes happy with your service.....
It would necessarily grease the wheels of cooperation in Congresss, since that is how one would get ahead in the new system...
Mike from Delaware
Tue, Feb 26, 2013 5:30pm
Kavips: The problem with your A-F idea is those folks would be from all different parts of the state. Someone from Milford or Seaford would have different issues they'd want their Senator or Rep to work on vs. someone from Wilmington. Some things would cross over, but not all. That's why the districts are for a given local area. The problem is both parties have gotten pretty slick in gerrymandering. THAT shouldn't be allowed. You draw a square and keep expanding it until you have the correct number of voters that are to be represented. THAT's how it should work.
Tue, Feb 26, 2013 6:06pm
Allan: Carper and Carney are not good examples of what you're talking about, as Carper is a gentleman and Carney is a drone.
The Democratic hierarchy (Pelosi, Reed, Feinstein) typically go on TV and call Republicans nasty names and go into a dissertation about how the right wants dirty air, and children and old people to starve to death. I sure wouldn't call that capitulation.
Mr. Boehner gave me a slight glimmer of hope today when he said that Senate Democrats need to get their --- in gear.
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Thompson stated the school district will be hiring an independent investigator because she says they have no proof that there is anything going on at MPS with regard to grade changing.
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Requirements of removing conditions through I-829
Let's first examine the applicable regulatory language governing I-829 removal contained in 8 CFR Sec. 216.6 (c).
Sec. 216.6 Petition by entrepreneur to remove conditional basis of lawful permanent resident status.
(c) Adjudication of petition.
(1) The decision on the petition shall be made within 90 days of the date of filing or within 90 days of the interview, whichever is later. In adjudicating the petition, the director shall determine whether:
(i) A commercial enterprise was established by the alien;
(ii) The alien invested or was actively in the process of investing the requisite capital; and
(iii) The alien sustained the actions described in paragraphs (c)(1)(i) and (c)(1)(ii) of this section throughout the period of the alien's residence in the United States. The alien will be considered to have sustained the actions required for removal of conditions if he or she has, in good faith, substantially met the capital investment requirement of the statute and continuously maintained his or her capital investment over the two years of conditional residence.
(iv) The alien created or can be expected to create within a reasonable period of time ten full-time jobs to qualifying employees. In the case of a "troubled business" as defined in 8 CFR 204.6(j)(4)(ii) , the alien maintained the number of existing employees at no less than the pre-investment level for the previous two years.
Since (i) and (ii) requirements were already established at the time I-526 petition was approved, the only requirements to show are (3) and (4) requirements listed above. It should be relatively easy to prove the requirement (3) if you have not pulled out your investment from the Limited Partnership in the meantime; and therefore, the only real requirement to devote time and effort is the requirement (4) that the alien investor created or can be expected to create within a reasonable period of time ten full-time jobs to qualifying employees.
Some people argue that for Regional Centers the job creation is not needed because the job-creation has been "pre-approved", but let's delve into this issue further. While it is true that for Regional Centers, certain job-calculation methodologies has been approved at the time of Regional Center designation and also I-526 petition approval, it is not true that the job-creation has been "pre-approved". How can the jobs which have not been actually created be pre-approved without any conditions? That just defies common sense. What is true is that is the specific job-calculation study document analyzing how and how many new, full-time jobs are expected to be created under specific material assumptions made by such job-calculation study has been pre-approved. Then, it logically follows that at the I-829 stage, USCIS can demand proof or evidence that such material assumptions underlying the job-calculation study have been fulfilled or has taken place. We cannot overemphasize this point. Any competent economists or consultants will list the key assumptions underlying a specific job-calculation study. For example, if you ever examine an appraisal report of a real property, it contains specific assumptions.
Therefore, we would say that this last point is of paramount importance in the approval of I-829 case. We would like to hear opinions of actual, practicing economists on this point.
You should recivee an extension letter from USCIS extending your Permanent Residency status for 1 year while the I-751 is being processed. This letter is usually sent out within a few weeks of receipt of your I-751.If you don't recivee the extension letter in time, you can make an infopass appointment as ask for a temporary stamp in your passport. You will need to provide evidence of your upcoming trip though. USCIS does not issue the temporary stamps as readily as they used to.All you need to re-enter the US is the extension letter, passport and/or temporary stamp. Was this answer helpful?
So what happens if you relied on gross revenue as the input at the I-526 to drive the job creation model for a hotel project that takes 2 years to building. USCIS approved the I-526 (and thus agreed with your pro-forma estimates and assumptions driving the job creation model). At the 829 stage, you won't have operating history to prove out the pro-forma (assuming you opened for business in 2 years and can evidence that). What will USCIS look for in term of (iv)? Will they just make sure that you've executed the business plan, spent the money you said your were going to spend, and open the doors to the hotel you said you were going to build, and assume the the gross revenue will follow (the jobs will be created within a reasonable amount of time)?


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What makes you happy? A new pair of shoes? A profound understanding of your life's purpose? The first one? We thought so. Problem is, if you rely too heavily on momentary mood boosters, you could be robbing yourself of real, feel-it-in-your-soul satisfaction. "Truly content people understand what energizes them and what they believe in," explains Dan Baker, PhD, director of the Life Enhancement Program at Canyon Ranch spa and author of What Happy People Know.
Luckily, you don't have to take a mystical trek into the desert to arrive at this point. In fact, all it requires is a shift in your point of view. These simple yet powerful exercises will help you see your life in a whole new light.
The way you view daily events can profoundly affect your mood. Happy people don't live in bubbles of perfection: They get caught in the rain, they lose their keys, and their relationships falter just like everyone else. What sets them apart is the way they choose to characterize these situations. Was it a disaster or a mere inconvenience, a sign of a pervasive problem or a temporary setback? By changing the way you portray your circumstances to yourself and others, you change their emotional effect.
For this exercise, pretend that you're telling a story about a big work project. Think of this as the first draft. Next, craft a story from the other side of the fence -- don't change the facts, just your interpretation of them. Rather than say you're stressed out by tight deadlines, talk about how the fast pace keeps your mind limber. If office politics are causing you grief, instead of carping about gossipy colleagues, mention how working with so many interesting characters has enriched your knowledge of people.
Then ask yourself which version would be more fun to tell at a cocktail party, the one that's all "woe is me" or the one where you're pretty fortunate? Which would you rather hear? "It's human nature to automatically tell ourselves the bad version, but that doesn't mean you have to accept that as the official story of your life," Baker explains. To get started, jot down one negative thought, then rewrite it to give it a more positive spin.
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Last week, I had the chance to talk to Leslie Bennetts about candidates and infidelity for a piece she wrote for The Daily Beast (Newsweek's Internet counterpart).
I was excited about the conversation because as a longtime fan of Vanity Fair, I've been reading Leslie Bennetts' reporting forever. To my delight, we had a great long chat that covered everything from whether stay-at-home moms are more likely to put up with a husband's affair than working moms (My opinion? Definitely.) to whether or not Herman Cain's wife, Gloria, had to have known about Ginger White (I say no).
The meat of Leslie's story, though, concerned what I had to say about Newt Gingrich. Unlike Herman Cain, whose alleged sexual shenanigans brought his campaign to a halt, Newt's doing well with Iowa's female social conservatives, despite his checkered past. Here's why.
Recently, Newt Gingrich has made a point of publicly apologizing for the mistakes in his past -- and his humbleness seems to be having an impact. During the Thanksgiving Family Forum a few weeks ago (which CafeMom covered in depth), Gingrich said that there was a time in his life when he felt hollow inside. After that, he said, he began reading his Bible and decided to refocus his life on God and to seek forgiveness for his mistakes.
Regardless of what you or I think of these claims, the fact is that the Iowa moms in the audience bought Gingrich's story, hook, line and sinker. I talked to a focus group of 30 moms who had been in the audience for the forum and they were absolutely swooning over Newt afterward -- and many of these women said they had been supporters of other candidates before watching Newt Gingrich during the forum, so his words were obviously very persuasive.
I was surprised that he managed to have so much of an impact on female social conservatives -- they're the voters one would think would never be able to forgive Newt Gingrich for his past -- but the women all spoke of how smart he was (if you've never seen him speak, Gingrich peppers his comments with historical references -- you feel like you're being lectured to by a college professor), and how they loved seeing his "sensitive side" during the forum. Hearing that he had repented for his sins and turned to God was all they needed to hear to give him their support.
Interesting, isn't it?
Gingrich knows this strategy is working, too. Expect to see a kinder, gentler Newt this election cycle -- As it turns out, 'smart and sensitive' may well be a winning combination when it comes to winning the Republican women's vote.
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This Iowa mother will not be voting for him. He's a bad man!
He has my vote from Texas!!
Newt didn't ask for a divorce as his wife lay dying of cancer. Newt's daughter has clarified the story - the couple was separated and were intending to divorce prior to the wife's surgery; when they visited the hospital, she was not dying - she was recovering from surgery to remove a benign tumor; Newt accompanied his daughter's to the hospital so they could visit their mother.
I'm still undecided on voting, but Newt has been very impressive in the debates - he's definitely on my short list.
Thanks for adding that, hoticedcoffee. I just watched an interview with Newt's daughter on MSNBC and the reporter also gave the true version of events according to his daughter. I do think it's telling that Newt and his kids are on good terms-- Clearly amends have been made (if there were any to be made in the first place) or they wouldn't be speaking out on his behalf.
Lindsay, from what I understand the daughter that gave that interview also asked her Mom's permission to tell the story. So it seems to me, that there is mutual respect all around in that family.
Okay, so even if the story about how Newt took his legal pad to the hospital to discuss divorce terms isn't 100% accurate...does this change the fact that he was cheating on her? That he cheated on his next wife -- whom he divorced (quelle coincidence!) shortly after her MS diagnosis? That he made naked power grabs while Speaker and was nearly deposed by his own people for it? That he had more ethics charges than any other Speaker? That he pursued a president for infidelity (I know, I know...it was *perjury*) while involved in a 6 year affair of his own?
He changes religions as often as he changes wives...has a hugely overinflated image of himself as a 'transformational figure'...plays fast and loose with ethical rules...and expects everyone to stand in awe of an intellect that is broad but exceptionally shallow. Oh, and he thinks poor children should clean up after wealthier ones while he hauls judges off to the hoosegow if he doesn't agree with their rulings.
Vote Perry, vote Romney, heck, vote Paul....but stay away from Gingrich.


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