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BREAKING: Bob McDonnell found guilty of 11 counts, all corruption; Maureen McDonnell guilty on 8 corruption counts, obstruction of justice. #McDonnellTrial
Pat Robertson: Prosecuting Bob McDonnell For Corruption Is 'Destroying This Nation'
Is Bob McDonnell the latest Religious Right "victim" of President Obama's purported persecution of conservatives?
Today on "The 700 Club," Pat Robertson and Jay Sekulow did their best to paint the former Republican governor of Virginia as the victim of a "political prosecution," decrying his corruption trial as a "political witch hunt" spearheaded by Attorney General Eric Holder.
Robertson alleged, without any evidence, that Holder wanted to stop Mitt Romney from tapping McDonnell as his running mate in 2012 and is "behind all of this stuff."
"It is just one more reason why this administration is just destroying this nation and destroying its own credibility."
Both Robertson and Sekulow are close to McDonnell, who attended the televangelist's CBN University (now Regent University), where he wrote his controversial thesis. McDonnell was a member of Regent University's board of trustees and Robertson donated to his campaign.
h/t: Brian Tashman at RWW
Former Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell Indicted On Corruption Charges
The former Republican governor and his wife were indicted Tuesday on corruption charges stemming from their acceptance of gifts from a Virginia donor.
Federal authorities charged former Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell and his wife with illegally accepting gifts from a Virginia donor in exchange for helping promote the donor's business.
McDonnell and his wife, Maureen, were indicted on 14 counts in a Richmond federal court, the Washington Post reported.
The McDonnells accepted more than $165,000 in loans and gifts, including a Rolex inscribed personally for Bob McDonnell, from Jonnie R. Williams Sr. The McDonnells promoted Williams' business, and helped Williams meet with Virginia officials.
The couple was informed late last year they were going to be indicted, but authorities later deferred the decision about whether to indict to the new year.
McDonnell, a Republican, was elected in 2009 and concluded his single term this month.
#VAGov: Six Reasons We Won't Miss Bob McDonnell
Gov. Terry McAuliffe was inaugurated Saturday, succeeding now-former Gov. Bob McDonnell (R-VA). Over his tenure as a state Delegate, Virginia Attorney General, and Governor, he amassed a shockingly right-wing record.
Here are six of the biggest disappointments of his two decades as a public official:
1. He and his family took tens of thousands of dollars worth of gifts from a supporter — and helped his controversial business. In what Republican state legislator Bob Marshall called the "type of activity" that "undermines public confidence," McDonnell and his family reportedly accepted $145,000 in gifts and/or loans from Jonnie R. Williams Sr., the CEO of Star Scientific Inc. The McDonnells then helped promote the scientifically-unproven dietary supplements line made by the controversial tobacco company-turned-supplements manufacturer. While Virginia's lax gifts law allows elected officials to accept unlimited gifts — even from lobbyists and those with business before the state — McDonnell may still have broken the law by not fully disclosing what he and his wife received. A possible federal indictment was reportedly put on hold until after McDonnell left office. This was not McDonnell's first time under ethical fire: in 2005, he exploited a loophole to evade disclosure requirements, hiding corporate contributors to his attorney general campaign.
2. He consistently opposed LGBT equality. As a legislator, McDonnell launched a crusade against LGBT rights. In 2004, he authored a resolution calling on Congress to pass a federal marriage inequality amendment. A year later, he helped to write the state's constitutional amendment which bans same-sex marriages, unions, and partnerships. He even voted against a proposal in 2000 that would have changed Virginia's unconstitutional law banning consensual sodomy between two adults from a felony to a misdemeanor and used that antiquated ban to oust a state judge he believed might be a lesbian. Among his first acts as governor was rescinding protections for gay and lesbian state employees via executive order (though he later issued a less potent "executive directive" telling his appointees not to actually discriminate). McDonnell said that this decision was made because LGBT Virginians don't face widespread discrimination. He has opposed adoption rights for same-sex couples and signed bill allowing child-placing agencies and clubs on public college and university campuses to discriminate based on sexual orientation if their "conscience" so dictates.
3. He worked tirelessly to block women's reproductive rights. As a graduate student at Pat Robertson's Christian Broadcasting Network University (now Regent), McDonnell wrote a thesis laying out a far-right agenda for the Republican Party that included significant restrictions on women's reproductive health. He brought that agenda to the House of Delegates, where he voted for numerous abortion restrictions and actually voted against a bill to clarify that "abortion" was not defined to include "contraception." As governor, he has backed a radical "personhood for fetuses" bill and signed TRAP restrictions aimed at closing abortion clinics and an unfunded mandate requiring women to receive a medically unnecessary ultrasound before having an abortion.
4. He dismissed climate science and pushed for more fossil-fuel use.Falsely claiming that the science showing that climate change is real and caused by humans is "mixed," McDonnell eliminated his predecessor's state climate change panel. He strongly supported the coal industry (for whom his wife worked as a consultant) and touted off-shore oil drilling at a BP-funded conference in Texas. He amended a 2010 bill to weaken state air pollution regulations.. And last year, he pushed for and signed a transportation bill that lowered the gasoline tax and shifted highway costs to bikers, pedestrians, and people with hybrid vehicles.
5. He rolled back voting rights. In 2012, McDonnell signed a voter ID law aimed at combating virtually non-existent voter impersonation fraud. The bill was cleared by the U.S. Department of Justice as it included enough options for types of valid identification as to not disproportionately disenfranchise minority voters. After the 2012 elections were marred by long lines, confusion about voter ID laws among poll workers, and insufficient staffing and equipment, McDonnell decided to respond by making it harder still to vote. Last March, he signed a strict photo ID law that will cost the state hundreds of thousands of dollars annually.
6. He rolled back gun violence legislation, while working to slash mental health funding. Despite Virginia's history as a haven for gun trafficking, McDonnell signed a bill repealing the state's one-gun-a-month law. He also signed a bill to allow guns in bars and another which he used to bring the National Rifle Association's controversial "Eddie the Eagle" gun safety program into elementary school classrooms. As he rescinded gun violence prevention laws, he simultaneously proposed major cuts to mental health services. The NRA and many Congressional Republicans have often suggested that an improved mental health system, rather than gun laws, is the way to reduce gun violence.
In 2009, Virginia was rated the nation's best state in which to do business. But thanks in no-small-part to his backwards-moving policies as governor, Virginia has dropped significantly and, in 2013, tied for fifth-best.
Rolexes, Clothes, and Wedding Catering: Gov. Bob McDonnell's Gifting Scandal | Politic365
Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell, aka Bob for Jobs, seems to know how to create jobs at Neiman Marcus and the Rolex store. Over the past few days, it has been revealed that the Governor and wife have received luxury gifts from Virginia businessman Jonnie R. Williams. Some of these luxury gifts included:
1) $6,500 Rolex watch
2) $15,000 wedding catering for the McDonnell Family
3) $10,000 suede Oscar De la Renta jacket
4) Two pairs of designer shoes
5) Louis Vuitton handbag
Beyond the gifts list above, Mr. Williams also made generous contributions to the McDonnell campaign. While this gift giving might seem innocuous from the outside, lets dig a little deeper. The governor has repeatedly ignored Virginia's financial disclosure laws and violated the state's ethics rules. To add insult to injury, Jonnie Williams' diet company, Star Scientific, is currently fighting to avoid paying the state of Virginia more than $1.5million in back taxes and penalties.
The relationship between the Mr. Williams and the McDonnell family is currently under federal investigation. However, there is a loophole that Bob for Jobs might be able to utilize to get out of this pickle. According to Virginia law, gifts given to members of elected officials' families do not need to be disclosed. This loophole will cancel out the shopping spree and the wedding catering, but the Rolex could still get him into some trouble.
Whether he wants to admit it or not, Bob McDonnell and his family are not above the law and should have disclosed these items to the people of Virginia. Meanwhile, the Republican party continues to present themselves as the party that will end fraud, waste, and abuse. As I write this, Gov. McDonnell can now add his name to a long list of GOP leaders such as Tom Delay, Dick Cheney, Mark Sanford, and former President Richard Nixon who not only engage in fraud, waste, and abuse, but lavish in it!
So much for trying to clean up fraud, waste and abuse! I guess the Governor's mansion and the Attorney General's office have some cleaning up to do within!
BREAKING: Virginia Board Of Health Passes Regulations Meant To Shut Down Abortion Clinics
The Virginia Board of Health voted 11-2on Friday "to require abortion clinics to meet strict, hospital-style building codes" that many women's health advocates say will put abortion providers out of business and prevent women from accessing essential medical services.
Pending final review by conservative state Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli (R) and Gov. Bob McDonnell (R) — which is almost definite — Virginia is now one step closer to joining other GOP-led states such as North Dakota, Mississippi, and Alabama in imposing stringent regulations meant to arbitrarily shut down abortion clinics.
Friday's vote represents the latest skirmish in an ongoing conservative war on abortion clinics. In the past three months, states have proposed an astonishing 694 provisions restricting or rolling back women's reproductive rights. Efforts to shutter local abortion clinics disproportionately impact low-income women and significantly increase the incidence unintended pregnancies.
Bob McDonnell Comes Out Against GOP Electoral College-Rigging Plan
Vogel, a former Republican National Committee election lawyer, said she saw no problem with the bill's legality, but objected to the image it creates for her party so soon after Obama's victory last fall.
"It's the timing of it," she said. "It's just an awful impression it makes."
Riiiiiight. By "awful," of course, she means "an accurate assessment of what our party is all about."
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Ken Cuccinelli: "I'm Fighting The Contraception Mandate Just Like Martin Luther King, Jr." | TPMDC
Virginia chooses a new governor this November, and Democrats are already firing with both barrels at state Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli, the likely Republican nominee to replace Gov. Bob McDonnell (R).
Cuccinelli makes a very easy target, especially when — like he did once again Monday — he compares his fight against the contraception coverage mandate found in 'Obamacare' to the non-violent civil rights struggle led by Martin Luther King, Jr.
On Monday, MLK Day, Cuccinelli again made the comparison between his fight against the federal requirement that birth control be offered with no copay by insurance plans to King's fight for equal rights for African Americans. Cuccinelli earned some headlines earlier this month when he told an Iowa show that opponents of the mandate need to be prepared to "go to jail" in protest of the law. (He later tried to walk that back a bit.)
Cuccinelli was asked Monday about the controversy on The John Fredericks Show, a conservative talk show in Virginia. He was shocked Democrats would raise the issue, casting the battle as a struggle for rights rather than an attack on contraception.
"Whenever I talk about religious liberty, you know they turn it around. All they talk about -they don't talk about denying religious liberty. They talk about contraception. And I'm not talking about contraception. Government doesn't have a role in contraception," Cuccinelli told the radio show. "Government does have a role in protecting your civil rights especially today on MLK Day. The man who really came up with the American non-violent protest theory of civil disobedience. It's pretty egregious that they can't get any higher than contraception when we're talking about protecting people's religious liberty."
It's not the first time Cuccinelli has compared the fight over the contraception mandate to King's fight for civil rights. From the Virginian-Pilot last week:Last year, he shared the anecdote about his chat with the bishop [who he said should be prepared to go to jail] at an event for a prison ministry group and obliquely invoked Martin Luther King Jr. for emphasis, asking the crowd "Ever read a little item called Letter from Birmingham jail?"
Democrats leapt on Monday's remarks, seeing a fresh vulnerability for the conservative Cuccinelli, who is best known nationally as a tea party rockstar. The state Democratic Party sent over a blistering statement from former Delegate Ferguson Reid (D), the first African American legislator elected in Virginia in the 20th century. Reid was a leader during Virginia's civil rights struggle, and a founder of the state's Crusade For Voters in the 1950s.
Top 10 Republican Presidential Contenders for 2016 - Yahoo! News
If Republican challenger Mitt Romney doesn't emerge triumphant on Election Day, the party will have a deep bench of contenders to draw from in 2016. Here is a list of the top 10 to watch.
1. New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie
In 2008, Republicans begged Christie to make a run for the White House. In 2016, the combative governor may be better positioned to seek the presidency, and there are signs that Christie wants the job: He used his keynote speech at the Republican convention mainly to tout his own accomplishments. Republicans love to see Christie play the role of partisan warrior, but Christie also projects a real sincerity that voters on both sides of the aisle appreciate. Christie's tough talk didn't stop him from winning in a left-leaning state.
2. Florida Sen. Marco Rubio
The Cuban-American senator is widely seen as a top pick for 2016, particularly as the GOP desperately needs to win over Hispanic voters as the electorate becomes more diverse. Rubio also has strong ties to the tea party, credentials that could help him in a Republican primary. In order to get the nomination, however, Rubio would need to prove that he's a leader with substance commensurate to his celebrity. He's also not the only Latino Republican with star power: New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez's fiery speech at the convention blew Rubio's remarks out of the water.
3. Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell
The outgoing chairman of the Republican Governors Association has been both charming on the campaign trail and adept at pushing his agenda through a bipartisan Legislature. As the governor of a swing state, he's well-positioned for a run at the White House once he's term-limited out of office in 2013. An Army veteran, McDonnell also has military credentials that many other contenders lack. McDonnell has positioned himself as a problem-solver, not an ideologue, but his willingness to sign legislation regulating abortion hasn't endeared him to those who are moderate on social issues.
4. Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush
Former President George W. Bush's little brother has been out of politics for a while—he currently works in the private sector and is an active proponent of education reform— but he's indisputably an elder statesman in the Republican Party. With a strong record on education and immigration reform, Bush represents a moderate brand of conservatism that could appeal to swing voters and Hispanics. In a party increasingly motivated by tea party sentiments, however, Bush may be less natural a fit. He has even publicly criticized the direction the GOP is moving in.
5. Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan
If GOP nominee Mitt Romney loses in 2012, his vice presidential pick is well-positioned for a run at the White House in 2016. Ryan, the policy-focused chairman of the House Budget Committee, is widely viewed by Republicans as one of the party's best spokesmen for its legislative agenda. His vice presidential nomination ensures that he's nationally known. The biggest downside to a Ryan bid: As a member of the House who has spent his life in Washington, Ryan has little executive or business experience. So far, however, that hasn't slowed his rise.
6. Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul
Libertarian icon Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, may have run for the presidency for the last time, but he has an heir waiting in the wings: his son, Rand. The elder Paul's cult following showed its strength during the 2012 Republican primaries, and his minimalist-government philosophy has made its mark on mainstream Republican thought. Rand, who endorsed Romney for president in 2012, is seen as less ideologically rigid than his father, an impression that hurts the younger Paul among die-hard Ron Paul supporters but helps him garner wider GOP support.
7. Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal
The young and wonky governor of Louisiana coasted to a second term last year, and 2016 might finally mark a good opportunity for Jindal to take a run at higher office. Jindal has been viewed as an up-and-coming star in the party since he won the governorship in 2007. He will serve as chairman of the Republican Governors Association next year. Jindal didn't shy away from raising his national profile this cycle, stumping for Romney and heading to Iowa to back Texas Gov. Rick Perry in the Republican primary. Jindal returned to Iowa this fall, traveling the state with former Sen. Rick Santorum in a campaign to oust a state Supreme Court judge who has supported same-sex marriage.
8. South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley
When Nikki Haley rode a wave of tea party support into the South Carolina governor's mansion, she was hailed as the party's newest breakout star. As a woman and an Indian-American, Haley represents two demographics—women and minorities—that Republicans struggled to win over in 2012. Haley's governorship hasn't been all smooth sailing, however; she has alienated both opponents and former supporters with her management style, The State has reported. Haley may be more well-regarded nationally than she is locally.
9. South Dakota Sen. John Thune
Rumored as a potential candidate in 2012, Thune chose instead to stay in the Senate and focus on ascending in the Republican leadership. The Senate Republican Conference chairman doesn't have strong name recognition nationally, but he's well-known in Washington as a legislator who has the fundraising and retail politicking skills—not to mention the good looks—of a presidential hopeful. Strong D.C. ties have their downsides; in Thune's case, it could include his vote to bail out Wall Street in 2008.
10. Indiana Rep. Mike Pence
Pence, a six-term congressman, looks set to win the Indiana governorship on Tuesday. Some Republicans are already calling on him to consider a run for even higher office. Pence—who describes himself as "a Christian, a conservative, and a Republican, in that order"— is well-regarded in the tea party and is an able fundraiser.
h/t: Yahoo! News
Religious Right Roars at RNC | The Nation
Tampa—The Republican National Convention has presented the Romney campaign with a conundrum: how to placate the religious right without alienating independents. The compromise has been giving social conservatives a handful of speeches that are in prime time for the delegates and Fox News viewers, but safely out of the 10 pm EST hour for the broadcast networks. On Tuesday night, the token social conservative slot was given to Rick Santorum. On Wednesday, it was Mike Huckabee.
But Christianists are experts at outside organizing. They played nicely with the Romney campaign in public, but they were sure to demand their pound of flesh. For weeks leading up to the RNC, the Family Research Council (FRC) blasted emails to their members informing them of the high stakes in the platform negotiations. Back in June they sent an e-mail titled "Protecting Life & Marriage—from the Republicans," in which they asked for donations to send a larger lobbying team to the Platform Committee meetings last week. They warned that many leading Republicans were going wobbly on gay marriage. More recently, though, FRC President Tony Perkins breathed a sigh of relief over the fact that allies such as Governor Bob McDonnell (R-VA) and Representative Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) were overseeing the process. And, sure enough, the platform has planks opposing marriage equality and abortion rights.
Once the actual festivities started, social conservatives kept the pressure on. On Tuesday, the FRC honored Santorum, Representative Michele Bachmann (R-MN), Governor Rick Perry (R-TX) and Representative Louie Gohmert (R-TX) for their leadership in opposing abortion rights. It cannot possibly be a coincidence that they chose to recognize three of Romney's primary opponents, one of whom left the Senate six years ago. One interpretation would be that FRC is thanking them for pushing social issues into the campaign. Another interpretation, not mutually exclusive, is that they are implicitly drawing a contrast with Romney.
Santorum is trying to set himself up as the leader of the middle-class social conservative wing of the GOP, in opposition to Romney's country club set. He has organized a group, called Patriot Voices, that is focused on mobilizing his supporters and like-minded voters in the Rust Belt swing states where Santorum gave Romney a tight race in the primaries.
On Wednesday afternoon Patriot Voices held a rally for a few hundred supporters. Leaders of the major social conservative organizations all came to speak and show their support. It was apparent that if Romney loses and Santorum runs again in 2016, he would receive organized social conservative support from the get-go.
At Santorum's event, away from the official RNC podium, the religious right let loose. Gary Bauer, president of American Values, hosted. Bauer referenced the ludicrous, Islamophobic wingnut theory that Hillary Clinton's longtime aide Huma Abedin is a Muslim Brotherhood operative. Bauer's theme was getting America to "come back" to its principles such as, "when American foreign policy promoted American values and interests, instead of the interests of the Muslim Brotherhood." And, of course, Bauer invoked, "When the President knew the capital of Israel was Jerusalem." Bauer went beyond merely opposing gay marriage to also inveigh against gay adoption. "It's not bigotry to believe marriage is between a man and a woman, and it's not discrimination to know a child needs a mother and a father."
Even though he is known for his fiscal conservatism, Paul Ryan is clearly more popular than Romney among social conservatives. Ralph Reed, founder of the Faith and Freedom Coalition, mentioned Ryan before Romney. "Are you as excited about Paul Ryan being on this ticket as I am?" He asked to big cheers. "Ryan is a full spectrum conservative: pro-marriage, pro-life, pro-family," Reed assured the crowd, although it seemed unnecessary. "It says a lot about Mitt Romney that he had the guts and intestinal fortitude to pick Paul Ryan," said Reed, damning Romney—as conservatives often do—with the faint praise of being only as good as his vice-presidential pick.
In a recurring theme of the RNC, Bauer attempted to disprove the existence of the Republican War on Women with patronizing tokenism. "We've got more articulate women who know the issues than the other guys," asserted Bauer.
Ted Cruz, the Republican Senate candidate in Texas, previewed a religious right effort to drive a wedge among Catholic Democrats. "The Democrats used to be proud of having nominated two Catholics for president," said Cruz. "What would an Al Smith or Jack Kennedy think of a Democratic president who tells the Catholic Church, 'change your beliefs of we'll shut you down?'" Considering that Jack Kennedy's brother Ted was a major supporter of the Affordable Care Act, to which Cruz is referring, it's probably safe to say he would not mind.
Perkins, as he always does, argued that government can not be shrunk without a stronger family unit.
The room was filled with Santorum's former primary supporters, and the event was, to some extent, a swan song for his campaign. When he was introduced the audience stood and cheered, and then had to stand awkwardly for several minutes as a video lionizing Santorum played before he came out.
Santorum referred back to his speech on Tuesday, in which he heavily emphasized abortion and odiously suggested that Democrats do not care for the disabled because they would allow parents to abort a future baby with a disability. After talking about his love for his developmentally disabled daughter, Bella, Santorum had said, "I thank God that America still has one party that reaches out their hands in love to lift up all of God's children—born and unborn—and says that each of us has dignity and all of us have the right to live the American Dream." The irony is that disability rights advocates are unified in their support for the Affordable Care Act, which Santorum would repeal. Santorum's compassion for the disabled does not extend to making sure they can obtain healthcare. (Santorum also opposes funding the Individuals with Disabilities in Education Act, which protects disabled children from discrimination.)
"When I said 'born and unborn' last night, 51 percent of the people didn't stand up, 95 percent of them stood up," Santorum boasted. "We are the pro-life party. There is no division. There is no dissension." Santorum also bragged about having helped lead opposition to ratifying the United Nations Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities. More than 120 countries and the entire European Union have ratified it, and it enjoys bipartisan support in the US Senate. The purpose is to assure protection from discrimination for people with disabilities in education, employment and voting. Disability rights advocates support it. But religious extremists such as Santorum worry that it could be bad for parents who home school their children. And so, thanks to Senator Jim DeMint (R-S.C.), it has not been approved by the US Senate.
Santorum devoted less than a sentence to the importance of excluding gays and lesbians from the institution of marriage, but Huckabee gave it more attention. He also, like Reed, took up responsibility on selling Mormon Mitt to the Evangelicals. "Let me clear the air about whether guys like me would only support an evangelical," said Huckabee. "Of the four people on the two tickets, the only self-professed evangelical is Barack Obama, and he supports changing the definition of marriage, believes that human life is disposable and expendable at any time in the womb or even beyond the womb, and tells people of faith that they must bow their knees to the god of government and violate their faith and conscience in order to comply with what he calls healthcare… I care far less as to where Mitt Romney takes his family to church than I do about where he takes this country."
My recap of the RNC: Day 1
Here is my recap of the RNC for the 1st night.
Afternoon Session:
Note to NRCC Chair Pete Sessions: We'll make Barack Obama a 2-term President and retire John Boehner from the Speakership. #RNC2012 #GOP2012— Justin Gibson (@JGibsonDem) August 28, 2012
#RNC head Priebus: "Obama hasn't even run a lemonade stand"news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/r… /@yahoonews #ReincePriebus #rnc2012 #gop2012— Justin Gibson (@JGibsonDem) August 28, 2012
BREAKING: Mittens The Job Cremator has officially clinched the 2012 GOP nomination. #Mittens #romney #rnc201 instagr.am/p/O4yATDnRRd/— Justin Gibson (@JGibsonDem) August 28, 2012
Evening Session:
#RNC Chairman Priebus and Romney/Ryan are making this nation horrible. #current2012 bit.ly/O9hbXD #rnc2012— Justin Gibson (@JGibsonDem) August 28, 2012
Reince Priebus is lying his ass off about media bias. #rnc2012 #gop2012 #current2012 bit.ly/O9hbXD— Justin Gibson (@JGibsonDem) August 28, 2012
Priebus: "Obama is harming free enterprise." Shut the fuck up, Reince! #rnc2012 #gop2012 #current2012 bit.ly/O9hbXD— Justin Gibson (@JGibsonDem) August 28, 2012
Mia Love: "The American people are awake, and we're not buying what you're selling." No, Mia, we're not buying your lies. #GOP2012 #RNC2012— Justin Gibson (@JGibsonDem) August 28, 2012
Janine Turner's a lying idiot, and is baselessly accusing Obama and the Democrats of having a "Gimme, Gimme" mentality. #RNC2012 #GOP2012— Justin Gibson (@JGibsonDem) August 28, 2012
Turner: "Obama's stifling the American Dream. Romney/Ryan will restore it." #JanineTurner #RNC2012 #GOP2012 #P2— Justin Gibson (@JGibsonDem) August 28, 2012
Sher is lying about how Romney lives. #rnc2012 #gop2012 #shervalenzuela— Justin Gibson (@JGibsonDem) August 29, 2012
@reince: No, Reince, @shervalenzuela1 did NOT built it fully by herself. Quit lying. #rnc2012 #gop2012— Justin Gibson (@JGibsonDem) August 29, 2012
Hey Kelly Ayotte, we are NOT rolling back the PPACA. #RNC2012 #KellyAyotte #GOP2012— Justin Gibson (@JGibsonDem) August 29, 2012
Ayotte: "Obama has never even run a lemonade stand." You're lying, Ms. Kelly. #GOP2012 #RNC2012 #KellyAyotte— Justin Gibson (@JGibsonDem) August 29, 2012
John Kasich is lying about his role as #OHGov. #RNC2012 #GOP2012 #JohnKasich #KasichFail— Justin Gibson (@JGibsonDem) August 29, 2012
Mrs. Fallin, your attacks about Obama is ridiculous and egregiously stupid. #RNC2012 #GOP2012— Justin Gibson (@JGibsonDem) August 29, 2012
McDonnell baselessly calls the EPA the "Employment Prevention Agency." #EPA #BobMcDonnell #2012GOP #RNC2012 #GOP2012— Justin Gibson (@JGibsonDem) August 29, 2012
Mischevious asshole Scott Walker (who should've been recalled) is now speaking at the podium. #ScottWalker #RNC2012 #GOP2012— Justin Gibson (@JGibsonDem) August 29, 2012
I have some advice for @scottkwalker and @rebeccaforreal: Your policies have destroyed the state of Wisconsin. #RNC2012 #GOP2012— Justin Gibson (@JGibsonDem) August 29, 2012
REMINDER: Scott Walker promised his right-wing policies would create 250K jobs. He's way way way off schedule thkpr.gs/RkMPSt— ThinkProgress (@thinkprogress) August 29, 2012
Santorum: "If we are to succeed, we must stop the assault on 'traditional' marriage." #RNC2012 #GOP2012 #RickSantorum— Justin Gibson (@JGibsonDem) August 29, 2012
Santorum: "Obama rules like he's above the law." Wrong, your BFF Bush 43 DID rule like he was above the law. #RNC2012 #GOP2012— Justin Gibson (@JGibsonDem) August 29, 2012
RWNJ moron Man-On-Dog speaking at #rnc2012. #manondog #ricksantorum #gop2012 #ig #instagraminstagr.am/p/O5Mev1nRVo/— Justin Gibson (@JGibsonDem) August 29, 2012
Ted Cruz: "We have 2 stark choices: Obama's 'destruction' or Mitt's 'freedom." #TedCruz #RNC2012 #GOP2012— Justin Gibson (@JGibsonDem) August 29, 2012
FUN FACT: Ted Cruz opposes the Voting Rights Act thkpr.gs/RkMPSt— ThinkProgress (@thinkprogress) August 29, 2012
Artur "Turncoat" Davis takes a dig at #OWS protestors. #RNC2012 #ArturDavis #GOP2012— Justin Gibson (@JGibsonDem) August 29, 2012
Now up: Nikki "There's No Such Thing As The 'War On Women'" Haley. #WarOnWomen #RNC2012 #GOP2012 #NikkiHaley— Justin Gibson (@JGibsonDem) August 29, 2012
Haley: "Obama has failed to secured the borders." She is a liar. #NikkiHaley #HaleyFail #P2 #RNC2012 #GOP2012— Justin Gibson (@JGibsonDem) August 29, 2012
Nikki Haley supports Voter ID laws. #NikkiHaley #HaleyFail #P2 #RNC2012 #GOP2012— Justin Gibson (@JGibsonDem) August 29, 2012
Nikki Haley: "Obama and the NLRB sued Boeing for political reasons." #NikkiHaley #HaleyFail #P2 #RNC2012 #GOP2012— Justin Gibson (@JGibsonDem) August 29, 2012
1%er Nikki Haley: "America needs a President that won't rely on 'union bosses.'" #NikkiHaley #HaleyFail #P2 #RNC2012 #GOP2012 #1u— Justin Gibson (@JGibsonDem) August 29, 2012
Nikki Haley: "We need to send Obama back to Chicago, and put Mitt and Ann at 1600." #NikkiHaley #HaleyFail #P2 #RNC2012 #GOP2012— Justin Gibson (@JGibsonDem) August 29, 2012
Nikki Haley at the #rnc2012 telling fibs. #gop2012 #NikkiHaley #p2 #gopinstagr.am/p/O5QXKunRYZ/— Justin Gibson (@JGibsonDem) August 29, 2012
Mitt Romney's wife Ann now speaking at the RNC. #rnc2012 #annromney #gop2012 #mittromneyinstagr.am/p/O5RBodnRZA/— Justin Gibson (@JGibsonDem) August 29, 2012
Ann Romney claims her speech will be about love? It'll likely be more of the same. #AnnRomney #2012GOP #RNC2012 #GOP2012— Justin Gibson (@JGibsonDem) August 29, 2012
Ann Romney (@anndromney) is an embarrassment to women in this nation, just like the rest of the GOP. #AnnRomney #RNC2012 #GOP2012 #P2— Justin Gibson (@JGibsonDem) August 29, 2012
Ann Romney knows a lot of struggling people. Her husband shipped their jobs overseas.— Paul Conrad (@Paul_Conrad) August 29, 2012
Shut the hell up, Ann Romney! Your hubby WAS indeed handed success, instead of earning it. #AnnRomney #TrickyMitt #RNC2012 #GOP2012— Justin Gibson (@JGibsonDem) August 29, 2012
Ann Romney: "No one will work harder than Mitt Romney to make this nation a better place to live." #RNC2012 #GOP2012 #AnnRomney— Justin Gibson (@JGibsonDem) August 29, 2012
.@anndromney, we do NOT need your or @mittromney elected into the White House this November. #AnnRomney #Romney #RNC202 #GOP2012 #Obama2012— Justin Gibson (@JGibsonDem) August 29, 2012
Chris Christe makes me ill. #rnc2012 #gop2012 #chrischristie #ig #instagraminstagr.am/p/O5T1FDnRbU/— Justin Gibson (@JGibsonDem) August 29, 2012
Christie: "They believe in teachers unions. We believe in teachers." He's a liar. #ChrisChristie #RNC2012 #GOP2012— Justin Gibson (@JGibsonDem) August 29, 2012
Chris Christie: "We need real, not absentee, leadership." #ChrisChristie #RNC2012 #GOP2012— Justin Gibson (@JGibsonDem) August 29, 2012
.@maddow calls Chris Christie's speech "One of the most remarkable acts of political selfishness that I have ever seen"— msnbc (@msnbc) August 29, 2012
Worst Persons: B: Ann Romney. S: Chris Christie. G: Nikki Haley
6 Right-Wing Zealots and the Crazy Ideas Behind the Most Outrageous Republican Platform Ever | rightwingwatch.org
The official 2012 Republican Party platform is a far-right fever dream, a compilation of pouting, posturing, and policies to meet just about every demand from the overlapping Religious Right, Tea Party, corporate, and neo-conservative wings of the GOP. If moderates have any influence in today's Republican Party, you wouldn't know it by reading the platform. Efforts by a few delegates to insert language favoring civil unions, comprehensive sex education, and voting rights for the District of Columbia, for example, were all shot down. Making the rounds of right-wing pre-convention events on Sunday, Rep. Michele Bachmann gushed about the platform's right-wing tilt, telling fired-up Tea Partiers that "the Tea Party has been all over that platform."1. Bob McDonnell. As platform committee chair, McDonnell made it clear he was not in the mood for any amendments to the draft language calling for a "Human Life Amendment" to the U.S. Constitution and legal recognition that the "unborn" are covered by the Fourteenth Amendment – "personhood" by another name. McDonnell is in many ways the ideal right-wing governor: he ran as a fiscal conservative and governs like the Religious Right activist he has been since he laid out his own political platform in the guise of a master's thesis at Pat Robertson's Regent University.His thesis argued that feminists and working women were detrimental to the family, and that public policy should favor married couples over "cohabitators, homosexuals, or fornicators."2 Tony Perkins. Perkins heads the Family Research Council, whose Values Voter Summit is the Religious Right's most important annual conference, at which movement activists rub shoulders with Republican officials and candidates. Perkins bragged in an email to his supporters how much influence he and his friend David Barton (see below) had on the platform. Perkins was an active member of the platform committee, proposing language to oppose school-based health clinics that provide referrals for contraception or abortion, and arguing for the strongest possible anti-marriage equality language. Perkins also introduced an amendment to the platform calling on the District of Columbia government to loosen its gun laws, which Perkins says still do not comply with recent Supreme Court rulings.The media tends to treat Perkins, a telegenic former state legislator, as a reasonable voice of the Religious Right, but his record and his group's positions prove otherwise. Perkins has been aggressivelyexploiting the recent shooting at FRC headquarters to divert attention from the group's extremism by claiming that the Southern Poverty Law Center was irresponsible in calling FRC a hate group. Unfortunately for Perkins, the group's record of promoting hatred toward LGBT people is well documented. Perkins has even complained that the press and President Obama were being too hard on Uganda's infamous "kill the gays" bill, which he described as an attempt to "uphold moral conduct." It's worth remembering that Perkins ran a 1996 campaign for Louisiana Senate candidate Woody Jenkins that paid $82,600 to David Duke for the Klan leader's mailing list; the campaign was fined by the FEC for trying to cover it up.3. David Barton. Texas Republican activist and disgraced Christian-nation "historian" Barton has had a tough year, but Tampa has been good to him. He was perhaps the most vocal member of the platform committee, and was a featured speaker at Sunday's pre-convention "prayer rally." During the platform committee's final deliberations, Barton couldn't seem to hear his own voice often enough. He was the know-it-all nitpicker, piping up with various language changes, such as deleting a reference to the family as the "school of democracy" because families are not democracies. He thought it was too passive to call Obamacare an "erosion of" the Constitution and thought it should be changed to an "attack on" the founding document. He called for stronger anti-public education language and asserted that large school districts employ one administrator for every teacher. He backed anti-abortion language, tossing out the claim that 127 medical studies over five decades say that abortion hurts women. Progressives have been documenting Barton's lies for years, but more recently conservative evangelical scholars have also been hammering his claims about American history.4. Kris Kobach. Kris Kobach wants to be your president one day; until now, he has gotten as far as Kansas Secretary of State. He may be best known as the brains behind Arizona's "show me your papers" law, and he successfully pushed for anti-immigrant language in the platform, including a call for the federal government to deny funds to universities that allow illegal immigrants to pay in-state tuition – a plank that puts Kobach and the platform at odds with Kansas law. Immigration is not Kobach's only issue. He is an energizing force behind the Republican Party's massive push for voter suppression laws around the country, and he led the effort to get language inserted into the platform calling on states to pass laws requiring proof of citizenship for voter registration. He also pushed language aimed at the supposed threat to the Constitution and laws of the US from "Sharia law"; getting this language into the platform puts the GOP in position of endorsing a ludicrous far-right conspiracy theory. Kobach hopes that will give activists a tool for pressuring more states to pass their own anti-Sharia laws. In the platform committee, he backed Perkins' efforts to maintain the strongest language against marriage equality. Even an amendment to the marriage section saying that everyone should be treated "equally under the law" as long as they are not hurting anyone else, was shot down by Kobach. Kobach alsoclaims he won support for a provision to oppose any effort to limit how many bullets can go into a gun's magazine.5. James Bopp. James Bopp is a Republican lawyer and delegate from Indiana whose client list is a Who's Who of right-wing organizations, including National Right to Life and the National Organization for Marriage, which he has represented in its efforts to keep political donors secret.Bopp is also an annoyingly petty partisan, having introduced a resolution in the Republican National Committee in 2009 urging the Democratic Party to change its name to the "Democrat Socialist Party."
6. Dick Armey. Former Republican insider Dick Armey now runs FreedomWorks, the Koch-backed,corporate-funded, Murdoch-promoted Tea Party astroturfing group – or, in their words, a "grassroots service center." Armey has been a major force behind this year's victories of Tea Party Senate challengers like Ted Cruz in Texas and Richard Mourdock in Indiana, both of whom knocked off "establishment" candidates – FreedomWorks also backed Rand Paul in Kentucky and Mike Lee in Utah in 2010. As Alternet's Adele Stan has reported, FreedomWorks's goal is to build a cadre of far-right senators to create a "power center around Jim DeMint," the Senate's reigning Tea Party-Religious Right hero.To put Armey's stamp on the platform, FreedomWorks created a "Freedom Platform" project, which enlisted Tea Party leaders to come up with proposed platform planks and encouraged activists to vote for them online. Then FreedomWorks pushed the party to include these planks in the official platform:
An Ohio Tea Party Group, The Ohio Liberty Coalition, celebrated that 10 of 12 made it to the draft – everything but the flat tax and eliminating the department of Defense. But FreedomWorks gave itself a more generous score, arguing for an 11.5 out of 12.
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Republicans Fume At 'Liar' Harry Reid Over Romney Tax Claims | TPM2012
On the Sunday talk shows, Republicans expressed outrage over Sen. Harry Reid's (D-NV) unsubstantiated claim that Mitt Romney has not paid taxes in 10 years, flatly accusing the Senate majority leader of lying.
On ABC's "This Week," an incensed Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus called Reid a "dirty liar," saying he "complains about people with money but lives in the Ritz Carlton here down the street."
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) said Reid's accusation "is so out of bounds."
"I think he's lying about his statement — knowing something about Romney's [taxes]," Graham said on CNN's "State of the Union." "I think he's created an issue here. I think he's making things up at a time when the country is just about to fall apart."
On CBS' "Face The Nation," Virginia's Republican Gov. Bob McDonnell called Reid's charge "reckless and slanderous."
Reid initially lobbed the claim in an interview with the Huffington Post published Tuesday, saying an unnamed investor to Bain Capitol told him Romney "didn't pay any taxes for 10 years." He has since repeated the charge, including on the Senate floor, and emphatically vouched for the credibility of his source.
Top Obama campaign officials declined to repudiate Reid's claims, and instead called on Romney to release the 23 years of tax returns that he privately provided John McCain's 2008 campaign during its search for a vice presidential nominee.
Democratic Governors Association Releases Video Attacking Palin, GOP Govs On Health Care
As the National Governors Association conference kicks off Friday, the nation's Democratic governors are attacking what they say are lies being told by three current Republican governors — and Sarah Palin — regarding the Affordable Care Act.
The Democratic Governors Association released a web video Friday morning featuring the four GOP leaders discussing health care with DGA captions from political fact checking organizations. The NGA is expected to take up health care reform at the state level during a committee meeting Saturday morning in Williamsburg, Va.
The video includes a recent appearance by Palin on Fox News discussing the Supreme Court's ruling , with the former Alaska governor elaborating on what she believes are "death panels" empowered by the law. The DGA includes a caption from PolitiFact calling "death panels" the "Lie of the Year" in 2009 and notes that Palin's clip was recent.


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5 Steps to Social Media Success
"Social media is a marathon, not a sprint. You just have to start," says Toby Tamaye (@atmarketing), president of AT Marketing. He outlines five social media platforms that can help you connect better with your customers.
On Facebook, provide content that your target market wants to hear from your business. That way they will share the information with their friends. Provide enough detail for those who no longer look at your website and update your Facebook page three to five times a day; if you don't have time, hire someone to do it.
Twitter is growing faster than Facebook, so it may be the most important social medium. Think about how you want your Twitter account to look: Use your logo as your image and include a clean, concise company description. Your followers will promote you and your brand, especially if you are updating your Twitter feed every few hours. Don't be afraid that people will talk stink about you; it happens, but not often.
Yelp is a fast-growing review site and is often the No. 1 search term on Google for your business. You can't control it, but you can encourage reviews. Register your business and provide content so reviewers can identify and associate with your business. If someone gives you a bad review, address what happened in an email and offer an incentive for the person to come back. Never ask anyone to change their review, but encourage them to give you another chance.
All of your business reviews are combined in Google Places. You can register your online accounts on Google Places through Yelp and Twitter. It identifies who you follow and who follows you.
Foursquare is a check-in system that allows people to sometimes get discounts and offers. It allows you to build alliances with your good customers and it's free. Go online to establish your profile, create a deal with an expiration date and you're done. When people check in, they are indirectly telling their friends, "I like this place." Some will compete to become your most frequent visitor so they can be named "mayor."
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Though just two Baltimore officers accused of taking kickbacks from Majestic Auto Repair are on trial this week in federal court, witnesses, prosecutors and attorneys have broadly described police behaving badly.
One of the defendants falsified police reports to curry favor with a woman, and he let a drunken driver who had just crashed his car stumble into a liquor store, according to witnesses.
Other officers had drivers' cars towed when they didn't need to be, and looked the other way as damage was added to pad a crooked body shop's insurance payouts.
Seventeen officers were charged with accepting kickbacks, most of whom have pleaded guilty to various charges. Testimony in the trial of Officers Kelvin Manrich and Samuel Ocasio has not only brought to light new details but indicated that more than 60 officers were involved over the course of about two years, making the scandal probably the largest in the department's history.
"This was something concocted by a police officer, and it got too big and out of control," said Paula Protani, the owner of a licensed city towing company who helped sparked the investigation by tipping off investigators. She has sat in on parts of the trial. "The corruption and insurance fraud was just one leg of what they were doing. That's a frightening thought."
Lt. Gene Ryan, vice president of the city's Fraternal Order of Police lodge, said the officers on trial are innocent until proved guilty, but the accusations unearthed during the investigation and prosecution have been jarring to the department's honest officers.
"Let's not lose sight — we've got close to 3,000 sworn officers," Ryan said. Those implicated represent "a small percentage, and they're giving the rest of us a black eye. ... It's up to every individual officer to not sell his pride or ethics. These guys sold their soul for a couple dollars."
The scheme worked like this, prosecutors say: Officers on the take would recommend that drivers have their vehicles towed to Majestic, which would "take care of them" by waiving deductibles. Many times, the body shop owner Alex Moreno testified last week, damage was added to the cars to inflate the insurance payments. And for their referrals, officers typically received $300 payments.
Caught in the middle were scores of unwitting drivers, such as Olivia Williams. The counselor for a nonprofit organization testified that she was involved in a fender-bender on Loch Raven Boulevard in May 2010 while driving her new Chrysler convertible to a music video shoot.
She said the officer who responded to the scene, Manrich, told her that her axle appeared to be damaged and the car should be towed for repairs. It didn't seem damaged, but, she said, "men know more about cars than women."
Williams said she later learned she had been dropped from her insurance coverage just before the accident. She asked Manrich, who she said had made sexual advances and asked for her phone number, if he would revise the accident report to reflect that the incident occurred while she was covered. No problem, she said Manrich told her. He came to her house while on duty and gave her a new copy of the report, balling up and throwing away the old one, she said.
The insurance company wasn't buying it, Williams testified. Not only that, an investigator had looked at her car and said it had no axle damage. Meanwhile, Majestic had added dents to Williams' vehicle, which was now uninsured and not eligible for the promised repairs. So Williams drove off in a damaged car.
"I'm still waiting for my date," Williams said on the witness stand.
Manrich is fighting the charges, including conspiracy and extortion under color of official right. His lawyer, Michael E. Marr, hasn't yet made any statements in his defense.
FBI Agent Rob Guinn testified that Manrich admitted to his involvement in a post-arrest interview with law enforcement, and prosecutors produced a damning "fact-finding" report performed when Manrich applied for unemployment benefits from the state.
"I was friends with the owner of Majestic, and I accepted money and gifts from them in exchange for sending them business," Manrich told an unemployment claims processor, according to the document. "I was involved in the conspiracy and accepted kickbacks as a result. It is grounds for immediate termination for a police officer to be involved in a conspiracy."
Manrich, who has been suspended without pay, later said at a claims appeal hearing that he should have used the word "accused" when describing the circumstances.
The other officer on trial, Ocasio, said he only made recommendations to drivers and did not get paid. His attorney, Thomas Crowe, said officers aren't prohibited from making such recommendations.
Baltimore cops behaving badly on display at kickbacks trial
Testimony alleges misconduct beyond taking payments from body shop
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A 1945 British film directed by David Lean, written by No�l Coward and starring Celia Johnson (who got a Best Actress nomination) and Trevor Howard.Laura is a suburban housewife in a rather dull marriage; one day, while waiting in the refreshment room of a train station, a doctor called Alec helps her remove some grit from her eye. He is also married, but over time the two of them strike up a friendship, which blossoms into something more. But this being middle-class suburban Britain in the 1940s, they cannot possibly be together; Alec is called away for medical work in South Africa, and the two lovers are parted.The story is told In Medias Res from Laura's point of view after the pair separate as she travels home


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William Kent (1685?-1748), Architect
Sitter associated with 8 portraits
Artist associated with 4 portraits
Architect, painter and landscape gardener. Kent came from humble origins but gained knowledge of the classics when his early patrons took him on a Grand Tour of Italy. One of the leading architects working in the Palladian style, he published Designs of Inigo Jones, 1727, and worked at Houghton, Holkham and Stowe, as well as in London on the Horse Guards and the Treasury Buildings. Kent's garden designs for mansions at Stowe, Rousham and Chiswick combine naturalism with classical allusions. He replaced formal terraces and clipped hedges with open spaces, irregular clumps of trees and classically-inspired monuments, which bore witness to the taste, education and political identity of his patrons.
by John Simon, after William Kent
mezzotint, circa 1726-1742
by Bernard Baron, after William Kent
line engraving, published 1727?
Monument to Sir Isaac Newton in Westminster Abbey
by B. Cole, after William Kent, and after John Michael Rysbrack
line engraving, 1731 or after
Anne, Princess Royal and Princess of Orange; William Charles Henry Friso, Prince of Orange
by Jacques Rigaud, after William Kent
etching, 1734
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Claremont Landscape Garden, Esher, Surrey
Ditchley Park, Enstone, Oxfordshire
Euston Hall, Thetford, Norfolk
Holkham Hall, Holkham, Norfolk
Houghton Hall, Houghton, Norfolk
Kensington Palace, London
Rousham House, Nr Steeple Aston, Oxfordshire
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American Express and the US Travel Association are back with their annual Daily Getaways promotion, during which they offer several travel packages — this time with some competing rental car promotions. The exact offer changes every day, but there are some good deals. Fortunately they … [Read more...]
Daily Getaways 2014: Which Rental Car Promotion Should You Choose?
The Cheapest Rental Car Might Be Silvercar
Silvercar closely resembles what I'd like to see as the future of renting a car: less paperwork, more included services and benefits, and one vehicle model to cut down on complicated rate structures. Done right, it has the potential to save customers a huge amount of money while delivering … [Read more...]
Daily Getaways Return on May 19
Daily Getaways is an annual promotion run by the U.S. Travel Association in collaboration with American Express. Each day for four weeks there is a new travel deal from a selected merchant (sometimes with multiple price points, like a choice between buying 10K, 20K, 50K, or 100K hotel … [Read more...]
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It's no secret that I have probably been the biggest Hertz fanboy for the past few months. I went as far as buying into their Platinum status for close to $1,400 just to get better upgrades. However, they have me rethinking my loyalty today after they just massively devalued their … [Read more...]
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Experimenting in the bedroom can be quite fun and that is never more the case than if there are some sex toys introduced into the equation. My girlfriend and I decided some time last year that it would be worth investing in some sex toys to see how much fun we could really have in the bedroom. It did take some debate though and it was fun to discuss the ins and outs of our relationship in the bedroom. When you boil down most relationships, the most important thing is communication. Without communication, there is a good chance that someone is going to be upset about what is going on in the bedroom or anywhere else in the relationship.
I know from my own experiences with my girlfriend, outside the bedroom, that is we start having an argument, the most important thing is to be communicative. It is easy to disagree with someone and that will happen because no one agrees with one another all of the time. The important part is starting a dialog to make sure that if a disagreement does occur, just how you are going to fix the situation. The exact same rule applies in the bedroom. Everyone has their own opinion about how they want to exercise and feel pleasure. A great way to make sure that your partner is having a good time is by checking in. Ask them how they want to be treated and what feels good to them. This is the most important step and definitely a huge piece in the relationship before moving toward introducing something like a vibrator. Trust is the most important factor in the bedroom and until that is achieved, you are not going to be able to try new things. Boiling that down even farther, it is important to keep those communication channels open so that each party feels comfortable in the bedroom.
If the parties are not comfortable in the bedroom, it is important to address why that is the case. Sex should be comfortable for both parties, so if there is something that is taking place that is uncomfortable for one of the parties, it is important to figure out how that position or movement can be avoided. These things are stuff that come along in any relationship and that is why it is so important to have them addressed. It is easy to start slow, but through the process of communication, each party should be happy with their sex life.
That is not to say that it is not fun to spruce things up every once in a while. A great way to do that, in my opinion, is through lingerie. This is a great way for the female to interest her partner and this is something that I love when my girlfriend does. It makes both people feel very sexy and it's a great way to keep things intimate with an immediate injection of sexuality. It is the little things that keep a lot of relationships strong.


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Rumored for a very long time now, the future Porsche Baby Boxster has been confirmed for the first time by Volkswagen's chairman, Martin Winterkorn. In an interview with AutoCar he said: "The Porsche model range is firmly based on the 911, Boxster, Cayenne and Cayman, and it will stay that way. We are also investigating opportunities for a smaller sports car and a smaller SUV - but I cannot say more at the moment."
Known as the "new 356", the new model will be built on a new steel and aluminum platform that will also be used for the future Audi R4 (that has also been confirmed for June 2011). New for the 356 will also be the engine, a forced induction flat four that is currently under development and that will deliver a total of 250 HP.
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Almost a year after food safety standards were tightened in Georgia, restaurants that normally score on the A-B level are still feeling the effects. One of the latest is Luigi's Pizza Restaurant of Dacula.
After a consistent record of higher scores, the eatery at 2300 Liam Ave., Suites 211 and 212, in Dacula received a 63 (U) recently, according to the reports. The citations were related to temperature controls, date-marking of food items, and storage of chemicals.
In response to citations – all of which were marked new – the manager made sure all were corrected during the visit, the inspector noted. While the manager supports adhering to food safety standards, as previous reports show, he declined an on-record comment.
Luigi's expects a follow-up in about a week.
Here are other recent inspection scores from restaurants across the area.
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Jalen Parmele RB ARI 4 Months
Cardinals signed RB Jalen Parmele, OT Cory Brandon, WR Kevin Ozier and CB Jimmy Legree.
Parmele is the "name" signing. A 2008 sixth-round pick, Parmele carried the ball 40 times for the Jaguars in 2012, but has only 47 career totes. He's a camp body.
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Titans waived RB Jalen Parmele.
He was a longshot behind Chris Johnson, Shonn Greene, and Jackie Battle.
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Titans agreed to terms with RB Jalen Parmele, formerly of the Jaguars.
He's replacing Jamie Harper, who was waived on Wednesday. Per the Nashville Tennessean's John Glennon, the Titans view Parmele as a better receiver and special teamer than Harper, who was used as a battering ram brute in the running game. Parmele averaged just 3.6 yards on his 40 carries last season, but the depth chart is wide open behind Chris Johnson and Shonn Greene.
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The Titans hosted RB Jalen Parmele for a free-agent visit on Friday.
Parmele visited the Seahawks in early April but has otherwise generated no legitimate interest. He's a plodding runner with some special teams value.
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Free agent RB Jalen Parmele visited the Seahawks.
As part of the Jaguars' injury-ravaged backfield last year, Parmele recorded 40 carries for 143 yards and no touchdowns. But in reality, he's a borderline NFL player that focuses mostly on lead-blocking and special teams. Parmele can also help out on kick returns in a pinch.
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Jaguars RB Jalen Parmele (injured reserve) underwent surgery Thursday to repair his partially torn groin.
There's no word yet on a timetable. If it was sports hernia surgery, Parmele could be running again in a few weeks. A fringe roster type, Parmele is due to reach free agency in 2013.
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Jags RB Jalen Parmele (IR, groin) will visit a specialist on Wednesday to determine if he needs surgery.
Parmele earned a game ball for fighting his way back into last week's win despite a pulled groin. He ended up with a partial tear in his muscle. The injury won't help Parmele's chances of earning a 2013 roster spot.
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Jaguars placed RB Jalen Parmele (groin) and CB Will Middleton (concussion) on season-ending injured reserve.
Parmele returned to the game after injuring his groin on the first drive and appears to have done more extensive damage while dragging his leg on a fourth-quarter run. It's a multi-week injury, suggesting surgery will be an option. With Parmele and Maurice Jones-Drew out, Rashad Jennings has another shot at feature-back duties at an improving Buffalo defense in Week 13. Parmele can be discarded in Dynasty leagues, as he won't be guaranteed a roster spot in 2013.
Jalen Parmele RB ARI Nov 27 '12
Jalen Parmele (groin) is considered questionable for Sunday's game against the Bills.
Parmele pulled his groin early in the first quarter against the Titans and spent 1.5 quarters trying to get it loose on the sideline. He briefly returned in the second half, but was running on one leg. Coach Mike Mularkey had high praise for Parmele's effort. "You're talking about a guy dragging his leg, literally, through the hole while he's running over defenders. One of the toughest performances I've seen a player have since I've been in this league." If Parmele can't go in Week 13, Mularkey will have to turn back to Rashad Jennings. Maurice Jones-Drew (foot) still isn't ready.
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Jalen Parmele aggravated his leg injury in the fourth quarter of Sunday's Week 12 game versus the Titans.
Parmele spent 1.5 quarters on the stationary bike and standing on the sideline after injuring the leg early in the first quarter. He had eight carries for 45 yards and one reception for 7 yards before limping on a pitch like a wounded bison in the middle of the fourth quarter. He's almost certainly done for the day, and the injury may put his status in jeopardy for Week 13 at Buffalo.


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September is a prime month for shorebird bird migration in Georgia. One of the most interesting is the buff-breasted sandpiper, a bird that prefers open, grassy habitats and not ocean shores. The "buffies," as birders sometimes call them, show up mostly in late August and September and are most often seen on sod farms across the state. Because buffies breed on the arctic Alaskan and Canadian tundra, they prefer treeless open grasslands for foraging. When they stop through Georgia, they are en route to the pampas of Argentina near Buenos Aires as well as similar ecosystems in Uruguay, Paraguay and Bolivia. Their long migration, covering about 11,000 miles one way, is a miraculous phenomenon. When buffies find a good place to take a few days of R & R from flying such as a sod farm, they feed on insects by walking along the ground and picking them off the grass.
I photographed the buff-breasted sandpiper in the photos below in Bostwick, Georgia near Madison on 31 August 2010. At that time, the sod farm had some puddles of rain water that the birds were using for drinking and bathing. This bird appears to be a juvenile. Imagine that it was born this past summer and is finding its way on its own to South America. Its parents don't accompany it. The bird somehow knows when to leave the arctic tundra, where to go and how to get there! It will also know exactly when to leave South America next spring in order to arrive on the arctic tundra in time for the thaw and nesting. It will likely return to the same place where it was hatched this year. For someone who can't always find his way around Atlanta, such a feat is breath-taking and miraculous.
The population of buff-breasted sandpipers is relatively small. Birdlife International (www.birdlife.org) estimates that the current population stands between 16,000 and 84,000 individuals and is decreasing. The decrease is probably due to the conversion of its winter habitat in South America. It is vulnerable to the destruction of its nesting habitat from oil drilling such as has been proposed for the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWAR) in northern Alaska.
Let's hope that this buffie doesn't stop off in Barbados, where the British aristocracy continues to shoot thousands of threatened and endangered species for pleasure at their shooting clubs. They don't seem to care that our current diminished shorebird populations are still trying to recover from being decimated by market hunters a long time ago. The Eskimo Curlew is probably extinct today because of market hunting.
If you want to see a buffie next September, try one of our Georgia sod farms. A spotting scope is usually needed since the birds are often some distance from the roads. Remember: the best thing we all can do to protect wildlife is to conserve land.


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I'm catching up on last weeks episode of Grey's Anatomy (love that show)
and I must say I'm kind of sad - for once not because of the drama going on in the show.
April Kepner - the virgin little christian girl on the show is being dogged on so bad.
She had sex with a friend and colleague and is regretting it and feels guilty because of her commitment to God to stay a virgin until marriage. She is now trying to "revirginize herself". Yes, its a silly term but she is trying to not make the same mistake she previously made.
Basically in this episode, the guy she had sex with is angry because it meant something to him and he feels shes just trying to pretend it never happened. Everyone is being insensitive to her and making fun of her "little christian" belief system.
I'm really sad and angry about this. Yeah, its just a TV show…
But this is pretty accurate to real life.
PRAISE GOD (even in a TV show) there is a character who realized her mistake, feels guilty, and has prayed to God for a second chance and is following through on it.
I dislike how they are making her seem ridiculous and silly.
She's awesome.
We have set sex so high on our world view that it's going to be impossible for sex to live up to its promises. It's tied to person-hood and identity… it's tied to fullness of life and all of that's ridiculous…
Sex, given by God, in the confines of a relationship where a man says to a woman, "I'm not going anywhere and I've seen the crazy part of you. This is a covenant before God, it's not an emotion; this is not a feeling. I'm committing to you, come hell or high water. I'm a mess, you're a mess. Let's see what the Lord's gonna do," and the woman says, "I will respect and honor you; you and you only; this is not an emotion, not a feeling; this is a covenant before God Almighty…"
…In those confines, you have an opportunity of intimacy, friendship and togetherness that all the promiscuity in the world would never be able to deliver.
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Instructor Bios
Gaby Beston Edwards
Studio Owner
Gaby is a certified pilates and yoga teacher, and is now pursuing her "inspired" status as an Anusara™ Yoga teacher. Gaby has studied with John Friend and Christy Punnet Eames to name a few in her journey of deepening her Anusara practice. She has also been to India to participate in a Moksha Yoga teacher training led by Ted Grand and Jess Robertson amoung others. She is the owner of Akasha Studio Trinidad, and has been teaching yoga and pilates for 7 + years.
Gaby is also an artist, and infuses her teaching with a deepening connection to the heart to fully express our inner creativity. By encouraging us to engage and participate in the rocking, pulsating dance of our practice, we create art/yoga that is uniquely us. She plays the edge of a challenging, nurturing, yet playful practice that allows us to see our bodies in a new light; as a tool of expression and expansion of our innate "Divine Sparkle"!
Paige Tim Pow
Studio Owner
Paige has been practicing Anusara yoga for 5 years and in April 2012 completed her teacher training. She has studied with Christy Punnet and Amy Ippoliti both versed in the philosophy of yoga and credits them for her love of the ancient yoga texts. She is also keenly interested in the study of Sanskrit. Paige is an avid reader and brings the poses to life with stories of their origins, which adds an air of fun and playfulness to her teaching. Besides yoga, her favourite things are watching cricket games, jigsaw puzzles and running, she also enjoys just being with family and friends. For Paige, yoga has been the key to reset and reconnect with herself and her family, her friends and her community at large and it is her deepest wish that through her classes, she can encourage her students to be curious and to explore and deepen their experience of yoga.
Jade Solis
Jade is Yoga Alliance registered and began her teaching journey in 2009 at New York City's Sonic Yoga which she entered as a means of self exploration and growth. She discovered a deep resonance with the ancient teachings and continued her studies into the world of holistic bodywork with therapeutic massage and energy healing modalities in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Her evolution continues with the component of integrative nutrition which she is currently studying. All these trainings have provided Jade with the understanding of both the physical and subtle human anatomy and the tools to facilitate this exploration and healing in others.
Her teaching style tends towards light heartedness and creativity, often set to music with instructed movement guided by students' individual needs and comfort levels. She believes that the true nature of our being is one of happiness and love. Her intention for each class is to inspire students to step into the expression of their own heart and soul. An eternal student, she hopes to offer others the encouragement and space to explore their own inner wisdom and light.
Jacqueline Quesnel
Studio Owner
Jacqueline is a Registered nurse and Certified Yoga Instructor with a B.Sc. degree in Nursing from Barry University in Miami, Florida. After working as a staff nurse and then Clinical Educator at Jackson Memorial Hospital, she trained and certified with Dr. Deepak Chopra M.D. as a Mind Body Health Educator and Meditation Instructor. Certified in a Sivananda practice in Florida, Jacqueline's continued study in Yoga includes Integrative Yoga Therapy with Joseph Le Page, training with the founder of Anusara Yoga, John Friend, and ongoing study with certified Anusara teachers Amy Ippoliti, Zhenja La Rosa and Christy Punnett.
With a fervent belief in the benefits of Yoga and great joy in teaching, Jacqueline leads Anusara Based Hatha Yoga Classes and Private Yoga Therapy Sessions in Trinidad W.I. It is her intention to create a space through practice, play and sharing, for students to remember their Universal connection and grow into their own inherent happiness, peace and power.
Troy Hadeed
Troy has been trying to live yoga long before he was ever introduced to the asana practice. Since yoga and asana practice came into his life, he has been bringing his dedication and focus onto his mat and into his teaching. Troy has aspired to aid his students on their journey of self realization and empowerment through breath, alignment, and fun. He was originally trained as a Moksha yoga instructor under the guidance of Ted Grand and Jess Robertson and has since studied with Ryan Leier, Baron Baptiste, Seane Corn, and Eugene & Jesse Poku. He believes that our practice on the mat is a direct representation of our daily lives in many ways and in an effort to change the world, he encourages yoga practitioners to begin with themselves, on their mat. Into every class he leads, Troy aims to offer his students an avenue to connect with mindfulness, their body, the GOD of their own understanding & LOVE.
Founder of One Yoga Trinidad
Lorraine O' Connor
Lorraine O'Connor is a certified Integral Hatha Yoga teacher, trained under Karen Stollmeyer's Bliss Yoga, incorporating pranayama (breathing techniques), asanas (postures) and relaxation. Although Lorraine has been practicing yoga since 1999, she has always had a keen interest in Eastern philosophy and lifestyle. She has a Masters degree in Mandarin Chinese and has travelled and lived in China and India. Lorraine is a certified doula, a care-giver to women in labour, and has assisted in over 30 births. Lorraine also has a BS in Naturopathy from the Clayton College of Natural Health, USA. She is very interested in all aspects of natural health techniques, and brings to her teachings her nurturing compassionate nature, her calming presence and her joy for life.
Melissa Hadden
Melissa Hadden has been working in the fitness industry for the last six years and will be using that knowledge here at Akasha studios with her main focus on Pilates. She began her fitness journey at Fanshawe College in London Ontario in September 2006, where she worked and studied for two years. In June 2008 she obtained her diploma in Fitness and Health Promotion. During her time as a student at Fanshawe College she was able to gain valuable work experience as an employee of a successful Canadian gym; "GoodLife Fitness". Her main focus was in the women's only section employed as both a floor and personal trainer. Upon graduating from Fanshawe College she decided to move back to Trinidad to pursue her career options.
She started an "At Home" training service providing individual and small group sessions. During this period she became very passionate about Pilates and with the encouragement of her Pilates instructor she went on to train and become certified. She trained under "STOTT Pilates" a Canadian based institution with teaching and training centers situated all over the world. In August 2011 Melissa proudly became a part of this community and continues to train annually to upkeep her certification and to further her knowledge.
Melissa believes that "Pilates is not only beneficial for one's body, but also for one's mind and overall attitude about fitness and living a healthy lifestyle". She looks forward to working alongside the other inspiring teachers at Akasha studio and to sharing her love of the practice with others.


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Lord John Manners (1818-1906)
Manners was Tory MP for Newark (1841-1847), Colchester (1850-1857), North Leicestershire (1857-1885) and East Leicestershire (1885-1888), entering the House of Lords in 1888 on succeeding his brother to become the 7th Duke of Rutland. He was a member of Young England, Disraeli's political group within the Tory party, and the author of the famous lines from England's Trust:
Let wealth and commerce, laws and learning dieBut leave us still our old Nobility.
Manners was chosen to fight Lionel at the City of London bye-election in 1849, but did not oppose him on the question of Jewish emancipation, preferring to appear as an upholder of the constitutional status quo under which the House of Lords had the right to veto legislation. The election was conducted without rancour, with Lionel winning 6,017 votes to Manners' 2,814.
Lord John Manners features in several places in this exhibition. He is mentioned in Disraeli's letter to Lionel, and in Louise's diary.


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Jon McClure explained how his mum came to the rescue when he gambled away his Soccer AM hat-trick ball.
The Reverend and the Makers singer has been a regular on our show and was rewarded with our customary signed football when he made his third appearance.
However, he returned to the orange sofas with a confession to make after losing the ball in a bet over a game of park football in his home town of Sheffield.
But he said his mother, Cheryl, ultimately saved the day.
"I go to my mum's on a Sunday afternoon, y'know, Sunday dinner business," he explained.
"Me and my dad went to the pub and had a few pints and then young Harry and Calum on our road knocked on the door and said 'do you want a game of football in the park?'
"So I rounded a few of my lads together and we had big lads versus little lads at football.
"They said we needed to put something on it and I had my Soccer AM ball, so I put that as my prize, which is bad, I know. They didn't have anything that was worth anywhere near as much.
"Subsequently we lost, which was a bit of a shame so they took this ball. I was gutted. I'd gambled my Soccer AM ball away.
"I was worrying about it and I keep all my valuables at my mum's. She rung me up and said: 'Where's that Soccer AM ball?' I told her I'd lost it to Harry and Calum playing football.
"So my mum marched to their house, knocked on the door and said: 'I want the ball back.' She walked back down the road with the ball under her arm.
"She's a bit of a gangster my mum..."
Hit the video at the top of the page for more from Reverend and the Makers, including:
- Their views on the promotion race between Sheffield Wednesday and Sheffield United
- Why Jon regrets suggesting that the two Sheffield clubs should merge
- Why they might enact a real life 'Royal Rumble' for their new music video


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Cleveland Ave & E Cooke Rd has a Walk Score of 62 out of 100. This location is Somewhat Walkable so some errands can be accomplished on foot.
This location is in the North Linden neighborhood in Columbus. Nearby parks include Cooke Park, Huy Road Park and Innis Park.
Nearby schools include Columbus Spanish Immersion Academy, Columbus Spanish Immersion Elementary School and North Linden Elementary School.
The closest grocery stores are Mogadisho Store, Hamza Mini Market and La Michoacana #1.
Nearby coffee shops include Salama Cafe, Tim Hortons and Safari Coffee House Inc. There are 13 restaurants within a 15 minute walk including Blue Star Restaurant, Darbos Restaurant and Terita's Pizza.
Cleveland Ave & E Cooke Rd is near Malone University, Ohio Dominican University and Limited Brands Headquarters.


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The Germantown Charity Horse Show is ready to saddle up and ride for a good cause.
It's the fifteenth year the show has sponsored
and raised money for the Exchange Club Center. It's celebrating its 65th
If you have never been to the Germantown Horse Show the first thing you will notice upon arriving at the show grounds, just down the street from Germantown High School, is that along with all the beautiful horses you will see mostly women.
Sure there are a few guys, but mostly
women. Something Phil Devita says has
been evolving over the past thirty years. "Originally the Olympics and higher
end show jumping was always done by military equestrian riders from different countries
around the world and it was mostly male dominated and in the last twenty five
to thirty years I think the women have taken over."
Devita grew up around horses. His
father was a horse trainer but he says the fact that females far outnumber
males in this sport is largely an economic factor.
Devita says, "the men if they rode as
a young man they get a job a career and move on and have a family and then
their the money maker and the kids and/or wife ends up doing the riding and I
think that's a part of why so many women and females are in the horse industry."
No matter what the reason is, if you're
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Horse Show.
You say you know nothing about a
hunter jumper horse show? Well it's really very simple. "We got two different
types of jumpers. Here we have the hunters and jumpers. The hunters would be
like watching figure skating. They are being judged on a performance, their
agility and their style form. The jumpers are jumping clear rounds not knocking
any fences down. Not having any refusals and speed against the clock<" says
Another thing that's great about the Germantown
Horse Show is how close you can get to the athletes. "If you've never seen show
jumping if you've never seen these horses jumping you can't miss it. It's the
place to be in town right now."
Young men, if you like barbeque, Pronto pumps and all kinds of other good food; watching great looking horses and oh yeah girls, head to Germantown.
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I don't think our hero will be too fond of tomatoes after this chapter.
He snapped himself out of it to find his door key, and let himself in. The room was very neat and orderly, just like Guy himself, with the bed made perfectly and the sink gleaming. Even the chocolates from his pillow were carefully arranged in a geometric pattern on the bedside table. But tonight he didn't care for these fiddly little things. Instead, he kicked off his shoes (the autographed one ending up, somehow, in the bin), crawled under the cool white sheets, and pressed his face into the fresh pillow. He had suddenly become tired, and had abandoned all ideas of going to the Cobra concert to slip into dreamland instead. With one last thought to Victoria, he fell into a deep sleep.
Before he knew what was happening he was being swept out of the window of the hotel room, clinging to his pillow, struggling to rise above the current. He was being dragged along by some unstoppable red liquid, though what it was he wasn't sure. And something smelled delicious… but now wasn't the time to worry about that. Guy struggled and struggled, but eventually gave in and decided to hold his breath for a while. He took a sharp breath and let the current drag him under.
Next thing he knew, he was on top of a skyscraper. He could see, miles below, or so it seemed, the red liquid beginning to subside, leaving wrecked cars and destroyed buildings behind. 'Wow,' he thought to himself, 'I haven't been this high since university.'
But the silence was quickly broken with the roar of a terrible beast. Before Guy could escape a huge monster swooped down on him, its purple cloak flapping across his face. It was relentless, coming at him again and again, but never actually doing any physical harm. Eventually the beast came to land, and Guy looked up slowly, absolutely terrified, to see a faintly familiar face. It was Justin Timberlake.
He held out his hand. 'Come on, Guy! What're you waiting for?!'
But Guy made no response. He had already seen his life flash before him, lying petrified on the cold concrete: his first teddy bear, Arthur; getting sent to Eton; his first kiss with Julie Baker from down the road; the time he graduated with his journalism degree. He realised then, that life was far too short. Lying there, covered in tomato sauce with a giant Justin Timberlake towering above him, he made a decision.
And so Guy woke up, wiped the drool from his mouth, and went into the bathroom. He had to get ready for tonight.