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Answer: I think so. It'd be one thing if Press Secretary Robert Gibbs kept getting hounded by Fox News' Major Garrett and some blogger standing in the back representing WheresTheBirthCertificate.com, but the it's the cream of the mainstream media crop who are now scoffing at Gibbs. When Helen Thomas burns you during a press conference and later calls your administration more contemptuous of the press than Richard Nixon's, there may be a bumpy road ahead:
Some have said this episode demonstrates Gibbs as roughly on the same plane as Scott McClellan when it comes to White House public relations. But in Gibbs' defense, what exactly was he supposed to say? A constant refrain from the left during the Bush administration was that Bush only spoke at town hall events where the questioners were pre-selected. Obama promised a new age of governmental transparency, yet won't even break free from his own handlers. The press is finally catching up on the president's barrage of broken campaign promises, starting with the middle-class tax cuts and continuing today with this. Also, color me impressed by Helen Thomas. I had previously assumed she was simply a crazy person, but now understand that she is an enormously principled crazy person. She's a liberal true believer, not a Democratic hack.
MSNBC, the Huffington Post, Media Matters, Think Progress, etc. have been maintaining radio silence on this all day, by the way.
Is the Honeymoon Finally Over?
Hotair.com picked up this video from this morning's White House press briefing. Remember how those nutty right-wingers kept claiming during the 2008 campaign that Obama would raise taxes…even though, as liberals wearily kept pointing out, Obama had promised tax cuts for 98 percent of Americans? Yeah…
What's most astonishing here is not that Obama may break another campaign promise. With economists warning that America may lose its AAA credit status if we keep spending recklessly and China balking at the idea of gobbling up any more American debt, the revenue for Obama's government bloating was going to have to come from somewhere. The real shocker is that the press finally seems to have had its fill. Reporters in the briefing room just openly laughed at Robert Gibbs! With cameras rolling! Who do they think he is, Scott McClellan?
So is the media honeymoon finally over? I mean, to be sure Democrats' engaged in political kneecapping during the cap and trade debate. And there may be criminal investigations into to why Obama's EPA covered up a major study demonstrating climate change wasn't particularly dire. And the president is amping up taxing and spending to unprecedented levels, despite his campaign pledges. But look at how funny and affable he is! And he bought Brian Williams Five Guys! And how about his wife, huh? She's so damn sheik and…
Ahem, sorry.
Follow up question: Obama's favorite economist Paul Krugman has repeatedly blamed the prolonging of the Great Depression on President Roosevelt's decision to bow to conservatives and raise taxes in order to reduce the deficit. How is this even remotely different?
Confessions of a Teenage Torturer
PFC Lynndie England, the soldier seen mugging for the camera in the notorious Abu Ghraib abuse photos, is promoting a new book Tortured: Lynndie England, Abu Ghraib and the Photographs That Shocked the World. According to an interview with AOL, England's life has been less-than-glamorous since her debut as a naked pyramid aficionado.
More than two years since leaving her prison cell, the woman who became the grinning face of the Abu Ghraib prisoner abuse scandal spends most of her days confined to the four walls of her home.Former Army reservist Lynndie England hasn't landed a job in numerous tries: When one restaurant manager considered hiring her, other employees threatened to quit.She doesn't like to travel: Strangers point and whisper, "That's her!"In fact, she doesn't leave the house much at all, limiting her outings mostly to grocery runs."I don't have a social life," she says. " … I sit at home all day."She's tried dyeing her dark brown hair, wearing sunglasses and ball caps. She even thought about changing her name.But "it's my face that's always recognized," she says, "and I can't really change that."…"They think that I was like this evil torturer. … I wasn't," she says. "People don't realize I was just in a photo for a split second in time."
As I'm sure you've already heard, the House of Representatives passed one of Obama's pet initiatives on Friday: legislation which caps the total amount of emissions allowed for American corporations and then forces them to pay for whatever share of pollution they deem necessary to survive. What has gone virtually unreported was the contentious battle that erupted on the House floor. Nancy Pelosi allotted a whopping five hours of total floor debate for what is one of the most landmark economic bills in American history. That morning, a 300-page amendment was added to the bill with virtually no time for review by congressmen. Needless to say, Republicans were outraged. For those with some sort of social life who weren't transfixed to C-SPAN Friday evening, here were some of the highlights.
Rep. Mike Pence (R-Ind.) gave a passionate speech admitting Republicans couldn't outvote Democrats and pleading with the American people to call their congressmen and speak out:
Rep. Charlie Rangel (D-N.Y.) called the inevitable passage of the legislation a great achievement for "humankind". Rangel evidently thinks polluting corporations don't pay enough taxes, and he knows what it's like to not pay enough taxes:
Rep. Steve Scalise (R-Louis.) questions how a bill containing 55 pages addressing job losses will not cause job losses.
Things got pathetically hilarious towards the end of the debate as Republicans, led by Rep. Joe Barton (R-Texas), realized that no official copy of the bill, complete with the 300-page amendment that had been added that morning, had been distributed. Barton asks and asks and asks, but denied the right even to check to see if the official document was anywhere in the House chamber. Democrats, alerted to Republicans' sneaky tactic of reading bills before they vote for them, shut him down:
It was later determined that the copy of the bill in the chamber was not integrated with the amendment and thus incomplete. I'm thinking it's time to retire the niceties of Congress and create an atmosphere more like the House of Commons where Barton could have pounded the podium and screamed, "For God's sake, where's the fucking bill???"
Minority leader Rep. John Boehner (R-Ohio) showed up at the end and engaged in the House equivalent of a filibuster, spending nearly 20 minutes mocking the 300-page amendment that Democrats inserted at the last minute.
The kicker comes here, when Rep. Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) objected to Boehner and was shot down, prompting applause from Republicans and an epic, awesome, kickass scolding from Boehner.
In watching these videos, please, please don't let the shameless efforts of Democrats to ram this legislation through without even the most cursory consideration make you to lose your already rock-solid faith in our legislative process. Oh, and if you happen to work for an energy company, you may want to start checking the classifieds.
What the GOP Lost in Mark Sanford
I was first introduced to Governor Mark Sanford at a panel discussion at the Cato Institute. The topic was national ID cards, which had the libertarians at Cato in high dudgeon over the looming specter of a federal police state. When discussing such issues, garden variety libertarians have an occasional tendency to jump the sanity rails, warning of shadowy conspiracies and federal stormtroopers and barcodes on every ankle. Not Sanford. For nearly half an hour he spoke with incredible articulateness, citing John Locke and the Federalist Papers on one hand while explaining the messy details of national ID cards and their potential for abuse on the other. He was calm, measured, optimistic, witty, and intensely bright. His co-panelist, Senator John Tester (D-Mont.), seemed muted by comparison.
I had gone with a friend who insisted that I had to see Sanford speak. "He should run for president," I said after the event. "I told you," my friend said.
If that sounds like a love note more appropriate for an infatuated middle school girl to give to her first boyfriend (or perhaps for Brian Williams to give to Barack Obama), then so be it. Sanford had floated the idea of running for president in 2012 and I would have supported him wholeheartedly without further consideration. When I heard his Appalachian trail hike excuse for his leave of absence questioned after he was spotted at the airport in Atlanta, I secretly hoped he was laying the groundwork for an exploratory committee or meeting with a wealthy donor. When I saw the MSNBC chryon blaring that Sanford had admitted to an affair on the television screen in a Piccadilly Pub, I immediately ordered another beer, hoping it might start to diffuse the knot in my stomach. The GOP's brightest hope had just been dimmed.
Unlike any Republican presidential candidate of recent memory, Sanford was smart. His speeches are brimming with references to classical liberal philosophers from which his practical ideas consistently spring. When asked by the American Conservative why he supported term limits, Sanford gave the following incredibly dorky answer: "The 'beta' is the correlation between an individual stock and the market as a whole. Term limits change the beta of a political decision. Some politicians look at a single political decision and say, 'Man, this could affect my career for the rest of my life.' But with term limits, if it only affects you for the next two years, it's not a life-changing event." He couldn't even admit to a sexual dalliance Wednesday without beginning his press conference with a reflection on how "God's law is indeed there to protect you from yourself."
There is a toxic wing of the Republican Party that seems to despise the intellectual. Filled with hatred of pointy-headed professor in ivory towers and moderate urbanites schmoozing at cocktail parties, these conservatives have lustily supported inarticulate, uninspiring, lightweight presidential candidates like George W. Bush and Sarah Palin because they "understand the common folks" and "don't speak the language of Washington." Sanford, simultaneously brilliant and folksy, had the power to shed the image created for the GOP by these populists while keeping the party base entertained and satisfied. He had the ability to calmly and illuminatingly explain true conservatism to an American public rapidly growing weary of Barack Obama's statist economics. He had the potential to give the Republican Party leadership and direction at a time when its power structure was constantly in flux. Rush Limbaugh said Sanford could have been "our JFK" for a reason.
But more importantly, Sanford was the necessary corrective to years of big-government Dubya neoconservatism. Most libertarians who didn't ditch the GOP years ago have watched Republicans for the past decade with gritted teeth, as they passed the largest prescription drug entitlement bill in history, as they collaborated with Ted Kennedy on No Child Left Behind which resulted in further federalization of education and the stripping of anything reminiscient of a voucher from their signature legislation, as they rammed through a farm bill that increased subsidies, as they increased government spending and regulation at record rates, as they spent the United States into the largest deficit in American history, as they invaded Iraq without constitutionally-mandated congressional approval on flimsy pretenses, as they ardently defended the torture of prisoners, as they passed the Patriot Act, as they authorized warrantless wiretaps and imprisonments.
By contrast, Sanford was wedded to the Constitution. As a congressman, he often joined Ron Paul as one of two dissenting votes in the House against unconstitutional legislation. As a governor, he term-limited himself, opposed pork barrel projects of every stripe, and attempted to remodel South Carolina's education system using competition and school vouchers. Even some of his less advisable iniatives, like his attempt to reject Barack Obama's stimulus money, were rooted in libertarian principle. There is a small charter club of conservatives on the national scene who have consistently advocated constitutional, classically liberal ideals, even if it meant swimming against the tide of the Republican Party. The most extreme of these is Ron Paul, and others include Senator Tom Coburn, Senator Jim DeMint, Representative Thaddeus McCotter, and Representative Jeff Flake. Mark Sanford was their unofficial leader and first potential presidential candidate.
There is little doubt that this scandal will consume Sanford's political career. Sanford's wife could stand by him, his sons could forgive him, he could raise Farrah Fawcett from the dead, and he would still be damaged goods. According to a SurveyUSA poll (taken last night at 1 am apparently), 60 percent of South Carolinians think Sanford should resign as governor. FDR's image recovered after he shipped every Japanese-American on the west coast to a detainment camp, but no politician can survive the stinging stigma that results from an exposed affair. The public will forever see you as genetically dirty, the political equivalent of a neighbor peeping through the fence to look at the swimming pool. One imagines the German people would have abandoned Hitler if his affair with Eva Braun had been blasted on the front of Der Spiegel, racist ideology or no racist ideology.
It's a damn, heartwrenching shame. Sanford could have been the most promising Republican presidential contender since Ronald Reagan threw his cowboy hat into the ring in 1976. Instead, he'll go down as a tawdry footnote in South Carolina history. Who will scoop up the GOP nomination now? Palin? Romney? Pawlenty? Who cares? Without Sanford, the race will be infinitely less interesting and promising.
Bimbo Eruptions in the Forecast
It was Bill Clinton's flamboyant former political consultant Betsey Wright who coined the term "bimbo eruption" to describe the constant surfacing of women who claimed sexual affairs with Clinton during the 1992 presidential campaign. The term became a mainstay in the American political lexicon as Clinton's pants continued to fall during both terms of his presidency. Although it sounds more like a geological phenomenon in which women are blasted out of a volcano, "bimbo eruption" continues to summon forth memories of the 1990s for politicos everywhere.
The latest victim of a bimbo eruption is Senator John Ensign (R-Nev.). A powerful player in the Republican caucus, the most conservative senator according to the National Journal, and floater of trial balloons for a potential 2012 presidential run, Ensign's admission of an affair with a campaign worker has rocked the GOP leadership. Rumors abound that Ensign was blackmailed by his mistress' husband who threatened to go to Fox News with evidence of the affair, and that he cheated on his wife with another woman in the past. Ensign has called the affair "absolutely the worst thing I've ever done in my life" and has stepped down from his committee leadership positions in the Senate. His hairpiece has yet to comment on the brouhaha.
Marital infidelity is among the thorniest political issues. Its two poles of thought are the conservative line that elected leaders are supposed to be virtuous statesmen who set an example for their citizens, and the liberal tack that politicians are human like the rest of us and a thick wall of separation should be established between their private and public lives. Neither one seems adequately realistic. Politicians may be statesmen, but they're subjected to human nature just the same as the rest of us. And yet the Clintonian defense that "everybody does it" is simply untrue: not everyone cheats and those who do face enormous consequences in their relationships. Ironically, politicians are often met with the opposite fate. Their spouses forgive them (as Ensign's wife has said she does) but their careers are promptly ended.
Ensign is probably the least guilty political cheater of recent years. He did not solicit a hooker (as did Elliott Spitzer and David Vitter), his wife didn't have cancer (as did John Edwards'), and he is not a serial philanderer (as was Bill Clinton). But Ensign will face additional scrutiny and ridicule from the media because he was a so-called family values Republican (Beltway code for: he disapproved of gay marriage). There is undoubtedly a specter of hypocrisy about a man who denies others the right to get a legal union while running about flagrantly violating his own marriage vows and Ensign will be publicly flogged for it. But does his career deserve to suffer irreversibly for what is ultimately a very human mistake? Conversely, can a republic function when its allegedly purehearted statesmen are often so personally corrupt? As Barack Obama might say, those questions are above my pay grade.
That's probably overstating things a bit. Long-time Virginia politician Creigh Deeds is a Democrat. He supports abortion rights, stem cell research, government-funded preschool, and tougher regulation of commerce. He buys into liberal pipe dreams about a "green economy" and sponsored a bill that offered tax credits for land preservation, which he calls "one of the most progressive environmental protection laws in the country."
Still, a cursory examination of Deeds' website will bring a few smiles to the cigar smoke-wreathed, petroleum-stained face of any evil Republican. Here are a few highlights:
"Every day there are millions of transactions between individuals and businesses in Virginia, and the truth is the vast majority of them are good for everyone. Because of low taxes and regulation, Virginia is rated the best state in the country to do business. Senator Deeds believes we need to continue that approach."
"For two decades Senator Deeds has been fighting in the legislature for tougher penalties for violent criminals and giving our law enforcement officers the training and tools they need to keep Virginians safe."
"Deeds passed the legislation requiring that over-the-counter drugs used by illegal drug makers to manufacture meth be taken off the shelf and put behind the counter."
"Earlier this year, Creigh supported legislation to provide tax relief for disabled veterans across Virginia. As Governor, he will fight to ensure that this becomes law."
Deeds is also opposed to most forms of gun control and even managed to scoop up the endorsement of the Virginia NRA during his 2005 candidacy for state Attorney General against none other than Bob McDonnell (who won by the slimmest of margins and now features a prominent section on his campaign website trumpeting his support of 2nd Amendment rights). Even more surprisingly, the rural Virginia Democrat proudly supports the death penalty and has stated repeatedly that he opposes any legal restrictions that prevent a jury from applying the ultimate sentence as they see fit. In 2005, he went so far as to denounce the Supreme Court for ruling that juveniles couldn't be sentenced to death!
A pro-gun, pro-death penalty, anti-drug farm boy who is tough on crime and likes taxes low? Up north, we have a word for that: Republican.
Of course, if Democrats want to turn the South blue, they can't nominate a Blackberry-wielding yuppie who grew up in Old Town Alexandria. Democrats win in Virginia by playing up their tough conservative credentials and running against Republican train wrecks, as with Tim Kaine in 2005 and Jim Webb in 2006. Despite the exodus of Washingtonians to its suburbs and exurbs, Virginia remains a culturally conservative, southern red state. Deeds, a talented and experienced pol who understands his state, will advertise his support for health care reform and green jobs in northern Virginia while making sure southern Virginia remembers his stances on guns and the death penalty. The equally skilled and likeable Bob McDonnell will have his work cut out for him over the next year.
That CUA alum Terry McAuliffe lost the Democratic primary is a colossal buzzkill for any McDonnell supporter. The loudmouthed McAuliffe — with his liberal positions, bloodshot eyes, New York roots, and Bidenesque tendency to generate staggeringly moronic soundbites — would have been up there with Chris Dodd as one of the greatest gifts for the beleaguered GOP this election season. Terry can add this recent loss to his proud wall of electoral accomplishments, which includes presiding over the DNC during the 2002 and 2004 national elections. But hey, there's always hope. Bob Shrum is still kicking around, after all.
Letterman apologizes, Palin appalls
It's hard not to comment on such an absurd story, which extended another chapter between last night and sometime this morning. David Letterman, the high-profile comedian of some 30-odd years, took to his chair and apologized. It was a full-throated, thoughtful, soulful and unequivocal apology to the Palins, taking no road but the high one with clear regret in his eyes and voice.
"All right, here – I've been thinking about this situation with Governor Palin and her family now for about a week – it was a week ago tonight, and maybe you know about it, maybe you don't know about it. But there was a joke that I told, and I thought I was telling it about the older daughter being at Yankee Stadium. And it was kind of a coarse joke. There's no getting around it, but I never thought it was anybody other than the older daughter, and before the show, I checked to make sure in fact that she is of legal age, 18. Yeah. But the joke really, in and of itself, can't be defended. The next day, people are outraged. They're angry at me because they said, 'How could you make a lousy joke like that about the 14-year-old girl who was at the ball game?' And I had, honestly, no idea that the 14-year-old girl, I had no idea that anybody was at the ball game except the governor and I was told at the time she was there with Rudy Giuliani … and I really should have made the joke about Rudy …" (audience applauds) "But I didn't, and now people are getting angry and they're saying, 'Well, how can you say something like that about a 14-year-old girl, and does that make you feel good to make those horrible jokes about a kid who's completely innocent, minding her own business,' and, turns out, she was at the ball game. I had no idea she was there. So she's now at the ball game, and people think that I made the joke about her. And, but still, I'm wondering, 'Well, what can I do to help people understand that I would never make a joke like this?' I've never made jokes like this as long as we've been on the air, 30 long years, and you can't really be doing jokes like that. And I understand, of course, why people are upset. I would be upset myself.
"And then I was watching the Jim Lehrer 'Newshour' – this commentator, the columnist Mark Shields, was talking about how I had made this indefensible joke about the 14-year-old girl, and I thought, 'Oh, boy, now I'm beginning to understand what the problem is here. It's the perception rather than the intent.' It doesn't make any difference what my intent was, it's the perception. And, as they say about jokes, if you have to explain the joke, it's not a very good joke. And I'm certainly – " (audience applause) "– thank you. Well, my responsibility – I take full blame for that. I told a bad joke. I told a joke that was beyond flawed, and my intent is completely meaningless compared to the perception. And since it was a joke I told, I feel that I need to do the right thing here and apologize for having told that joke. It's not your fault that it was misunderstood, it's my fault. That it was misunderstood." (audience applauds) "Thank you. So I would like to apologize, especially to the two daughters involved, Bristol and Willow, and also to the governor and her family and everybody else who was outraged by the joke. I'm sorry about it and I'll try to do better in the future. Thank you very much." (audience applause).
To be sure, many on the left will call Letterman weak and wavering while many on the right will protest he didn't apologize enough, but really the only significant players are Letterman and the Palins. And after the silly outrage the governor and her snowman manufactured, and after the political dance they did on behalf young girls who were somehow raped because of Letterman's joke, this was their last chance to show some class, err, grace, err, decency. And did they?:
"Of course it's accepted on behalf of young women, like my daughters, who hope men who 'joke' about public displays of sexual exploitation of girls will soon evolve. Letterman certainly has the right to 'joke' about whatever he wants to, and thankfully we have the right to express our reaction. And this is all thanks to our U.S. Military women and men putting their lives on the line for us to secure America's Right to Free Speech – in this case, may that right be used to promote equality and respect."
Let's play "Count the Hidden Agendas!"
1. "…like my daughters…" It wouldn't be a Palin statement if her children weren't dragged into it somehow.
2. "…who hope men who 'joke' about public displays of sexual exploitation of girls will soon evolve." She rehashed her whole spiel about how Letterman's joke is directly relates to crimes or exploitation against young women.
3. And this is all thanks to our U.S. Military women and men…" The classic conservative line which apparently now can you get out of a debate on late night TV jokes! Of course, she fails to understand that saying "Thanks to our U.S. military women and men" actually ranks below doing anything about it, like crafting or enacting policy helping our military.
4. "…putting their lives on the line for us to secure America's Right to Free Speech" This is less of uncovering a hidden agenda, and more about educating the governor: Stop using "freedom of speech" as a weapon to whine. Prohibiting Congress to abridge freedom of speech has nothing to do with Letterman telling a joke or your subsequent noise on the matter.
Would it have killed her to be gracious or focused or even just concise to an apology she did not earn or even deserve? Sarah Palin seems to be about squandered opportunity. She was given a platform almost for free, and she just keeps on screwing it up, opting for politics over policy or even civility. She is officially not worth my time anymore.
Meet the Palins
I am in complete agreement with Sarah and notary in baton rouge Todd Palin that joking about raping a 14 year old is absolutely wrong, heinous, shameful, and inexcusable, and the person or people responsible for this evocation are deserving of an uprising against them. Those responsible are the Palins themselves. By twisting the premise, subjects, and meaning of a late night joke, Mrs. and Mr. Palin have shown tasteless and offensive ambition that knows no bounds, using their daughter Willow as mere waste to fuel their politically motivated smear campaign against – well, who ever is convenient at the time.
By now, most are familiar with the controversy. But with all the spinning in the last week, let me transcribe David Letterman's crime verbatim:
"One awkward moment for Sarah Palin at the Yankee game, during the seventh inning, her daughter was knocked up by Alex Rodriguez."
The joke was in poor taste and uncalled for and indeed almost anybody would have sided with the governor and her man-boy husband on the issue: imagine as parents if your child was the premise of a national joke regarding sex. And their response should have resembled something like:
While we understand David Letterman and other comedians like him earn a living making fun of celebrities and politicians, joking about our daughter having sex is vulgar, inappropriate, and in poor taste – Mr. Letterman, being a father, should have known better.
But something like that would have been too articulate and thoughtful for the arctic hillbillies. Instead, they said:
"Concerning Letterman's comments about my young daughter (and I doubt he'd ever dare make such comments about anyone else's daughter): 'Laughter incited by sexually-perverted comments made by a 62-year-old male celebrity aimed at a 14-year-old girl is not only disgusting, but it reminds us some Hollywood/NY entertainers have a long way to go in understanding what the rest of America understands - that acceptance of inappropriate sexual comments about an underage girl, who could be anyone's daughter, contributes to the atrociously high rate of sexual exploitation of minors by older men who use and abuse others.'" (Sarah Palin)
Todd was less verbose but naturally more charming:
"Any 'jokes' about raping my 14-year-old are despicable. Alaskans know it and I believe the rest of the world knows it, too"
The Palins 'response was incredibly provocative and disingenuous, purposefully using the word "rape" to manipulate the situation and mislead the public in a desperate effort to garner attention. Mission accomplished Sarah and Todd, but you overplayed your hand. David Letterman did not joke about their daughter being raped. Perhaps it was their signature ignorance, or as I suspect, their signature media-whoring, but rape is not interchangeable with statutory rape. A bishop is not an archbishop, tea is not iced tea, and rape is not statutory rape. In saying rape, they explicitly said that David Letterman joked about a man forcibly violating one of their daughters. Through statements and on public television, the Palins accused Letterman of conjuring an image of Alex Rodriguez raping their daughter. Even in the most outlandish interpretation of Letterman's joke, the criminal act of rape does not emerge. Instead, the Palins consciously tailored their own interpretation and manufactured such a horrible image in an effort to victimize a comedian who at worst told an inappropriate joke. Many Americans families know the pain of enduring a rape, so for the Palins to jump to such a sensational and ignorant conclusion is filthy.
It is their prerogative to accept or reject Letterman's explanation that he implied Bristol and not Willow: after all, any joke is equally hurtful. But in context of the debate, this point is important. In choosing to interpret Letterman's joke as targeting Willow, the Palins made the controversy even more sordid by emphasizing Willow's age over and over again. I am inclined to believe Letterman's defense that he was referencing Bristol, who at 18 and with an infant son, made headlines during her mother's campaign for vice president when it was known she was pregnant. Comedians are topical and relate jokes to true events. Therefore, a Palin daughter being knocked up, well, makes for a topical joke (made ironic by the governor's staunch support for abstinence-only programs). This does not make the joke any less vulgar, but it certainly takes the target off of Willow's back: after all, it's Letterman's joke and he said it was Bristol. But in refusing to believe Letterman on an ambiguous joke, the Palins reveal their classless motivation in insisting their 14 year old was targeted to augment support for team Palin.
Furthermore, joking about a pregnant Palin – the crux of Letterman's joke- is made all the more topical because of Bristol's abstinence and teen pregnancy reduction advocacy in the recent months – most notably her People Magazine cover story. As is the law of the media land, if you seek the spotlight, you will also get the heat. Thus, Letterman's joke looks more and more like a lambasting on the Palin family and abstinence advocacy (as well as a womanizing Alex Rodriguez) and much less about the rape of a 14 year old (as the Palins would want us to believe).
And if we here to suspend all disbelief and take Sarah Palin's side, accepting her feigned, or rather agenda-ed, outrage as real, then why would she joke about it in a follow-up statement declining an invitation on the Late Show, via a spokesperson.
"Plus, it would be wise to keep Willow away from David Letterman"
If she were serious, and let's pretend she was, she just called David Letterman a pedophile – which of course means she's an idiot who completely missed the point of a simple joke, and has no business being a governor, much less a vice president or president. But chances are she was being cheeky, but there is nothing funny about rape or accusing someone of rape. And again, by invoking her daughter's name in the way the statement did, she further advances the idea of rape, but now with a twist of pedophilia: That's all you governor.
Finally, Palin has taken this controversy to crusade against the, as she calls it, "Hollywood/NY entertainers." So another agenda emerges, this one against the media: the Katie Courics, Tina Feys – and now the David Lettermans – of the world, who had a role in handicapping her candidacy. So we can see why she would want to call into question the morals and credibility of the media, at the detriment of her daughters of course.
One final point:
"Gov. Palin announced over the weekend that her 17-year-old unmarried daughter is five months pregnant. And you thought John Edwards was in trouble before! Now he has really done it." – Jay Leno 9/2/08
Letterman wasn't the first, nor will he be the last, to make such a joke, as evidence by his once-competitor Jay Leno and his joke, substituting A.Rod with the older and married John Edwards. Where was the outrage? Where was the insanity? Where were the calls for uprising? Becoming vice president I guess was more important than standing up for her daughter then – that and she already had all the media attention she could ever want.
The saddest part is that Palin was given the perfect opportunity to show this country she was more than the caricature the media portrays; that she could articulate a thoughtful response, act statesmanlike and engage with the media respectfully and intelligently – but in fact, she did the opposite, looking more like a reality TV diva than a poised and respectable politician. The Palins owe apologies all around, but most of all to their daughter, who was used as batting ram, instead of being protected.
A Sad "I Told You So"
Political junkies will be quick to remember back in April when Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano was heavily criticized –urged to resign by some even- for a memo circulated by her department titled "Rightwing Extremism: Current Economic and Political Climate Fueling Resurgence in Radicalization and Recruitment." As the title suggests, the memo outlined concerns of possible acts of violence by rightwing domestic terrorists – driven by issues such as immigration and gun control concerns, the troubling economy and the election of the first black president. Republicans and conservatives swiftly took exception, purporting to be victims of a partisan report and claiming that it targets your everyday conservatives as threats to our country -despite the word "Republican" or even "conservative" ever appearing in the report. Republican criticism was swift, unified, and across the board. Napolitano, who's not one for controversy or media attention, apologized for the report, especially when Republicans sought to paint her – and President Obama by association – as opponents of our men and women in uniform, due to the report's finding that disgruntled military veterans are at risk to carry out an act of terror. Recent events, like yesterday's Holocaust museum shooting or the killing of abortion physician George Tiller, seem to prove Secretary Napolitano and the memo correct and more importantly, how shamefully mistaken the Republican Party is. The GOP lately has shown that they are not just the party of "No," but the party of "NObama," blindly and foolishly opposing anything the president supports. It is a knee-jerk reaction that resembles a twisted equation or some backwards syllogism: If Obama likes it, it must be bad. For them, the hate is so palpable and unjustifiably bitter, so little thought is put into their responses. This is what is poisoning the efforts and discourse of Washington. The politics has taken over the policy, at the expense of countless. The DHS report reads like a premonition of yesterday's events:
"Rightwing extremist chatter on the Internet continues to focus on theeconomy, the perceived loss of U.S. jobs in the manufacturing and construction sectors,and home foreclosures. Anti-Semitic extremists attribute these losses to a deliberate conspiracy conducted by a cabal of Jewish "financial elites." *The man charged with the Holocaust shooting, James von Bruhn, made his radical and prejudice opinions known on his website.
"Rightwing extremism in the United States can be broadly divided into those groups, movements, and adherents that are primarily hate-oriented (based on hatred of particular religious, racial or ethnic groups), and those that are mainly antigovernment, rejecting federal authority in favor of state or local authority, or rejecting government authority entirely. It may include groups and individuals that are dedicated to a single issue, such as opposition to abortion or immigration. *von Bruhn is a known racist and anti-semite (and war veteran I might add), and the murder of Dr. Tiller was motivated by the abortion issue.
"DHS/I&A assesses that lone wolves and small terrorist cells embracing violent rightwing extremist ideology are the most dangerous domestic terrorism threat in the United States."
With all this information aimed at protecting Americans and keeping them vigilant, Napolitano was laughed off as a left wing nut. She can now take dubious solace in the fact that she told us so. And perhaps these atrocities where unstoppable, regardless of the reactions the memo elicited, but what is most disconcerting is that many in the Republican Party wrote this off – laughed it off- only to, one could imagine, desperately score some political points. They just wanted to make noise. This should serve as a lesson: LISTEN TO THE PRESIDENT AND THE OFFICIALS HE APPOINTED. Listen, then digest, then meditate, then form, then articulate. All this rush to stick it to Obama, to find some fault or some leeway to reasonably manipulate and attack just to make the evening news or circulate some statement attaching the president with some negative adjective – this is a disservice to their own party, to their constituents, and to their country.
I assume this is why they GOP reacted the way they did. The alternative explanation is that they find the threat of domestic terrorism negligible, and considering the Republican slippery claim on "protecting this nation" as their crowning (read: only) achievement, well, it makes even less sense to decimate a memo outlining a possible, real threat to the security of Americans.


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various options for the CO2 supply for its pilot project. Also during the
period, Magellan continued to experiment with and evaluate production enhancing
technologies on existing wells at Poplar, including water shut-off and stim-oil
treatments. Evaluation of the effectiveness of these treatments is ongoing.
VAALCO 65% operated intervals. Under the terms of our Lease Purchase and Sale
and Participation Agreement with VAALCO (the "VAALCO PSA"), VAALCO is required
to spud and complete three test wells in the deeper Formations at Poplar by
December 31, 2012, in order to earn a 65% working interest in these Formations.
VAALCO's second test well, EPU 133-H, was completed as a horizontal well in the
Bakken/Three Forks Formation in September 2012. This well was found to be
water-bearing and is temporarily shut-in while VAALCO evaluates its options.
Palm Valley. The Palm Valley gas field, which is operated by MPAL, produced a gross average of approximately 0.4 MMcf/d of natural gas for sale for the three months ended September 30, 2012, compared to 4.5 MMcf/d during the same period in 2011. Gas sales volumes at Palm Valley decreased due to the termination of the gas sales contract with Northern Territory Power and Water Corporation (the "PWC Contract") during January 2012. Gas volumes during this period were sold under a long-term gas sales contract with Santos. To date, gas volumes sold under this arrangement have been significantly lower than under the PWC Contract, although volumes are expected to increase by fiscal year 2015 to levels similar to, and at prices significantly higher than, those realized under the PWC Contract.
Dingo. During the period ended September 30, 2012, the Company has continued its marketing efforts to identify and attract long-term customers for Dingo's gas resources.
NT/P82. During the three months ended September 30, 2012, Magellan worked to permit and commission a 3-D and 2-D seismic survey over its NT/P82 Exploration Permit in the Bonaparte Basin, offshore Northern Territory, Australia. The permitting process, which included an environmental assessment, was satisfactorily completed in October 2012. Simultaneous with the permitting, Magellan held discussions with several contractors to conduct the seismic survey, and, in October 2012, the Company executed a contract with Seabird Exploration FZ-LLC for the seismic recording vessel Voyager Explorer to undertake a 75 square mile 3-D and an 84 square mile 2-D seismic survey within its NT/P82 permit area. The seismic survey is expected to commence during the second week of December 2012, and to take approximately two weeks to complete. Magellan plans to process and analyze the seismic data over the following three months to assess the presence of hydrocarbons in NT/P82. This is an important milestone in Magellan's strategy to prove up the value of its assets. United Kingdom
Celtique Energie Operated Licenses. In the Weald Basin, Magellan and Celtique Energie each own a 50% working interest in four licenses (PEDL 231, 232, 234, and 243) covering a gross total of approximately 270,000 acres, all expiring on June 30, 2014, unless extended. During the three months ended September 30, 2012, Magellan, in conjunction with Celtique, focused on evaluating the prospects for an exploratory well in one of these licenses. Such a well would serve to assess the hydrocarbon potential of the Kimmeridge and Liassic Formations which are considered to have significant non-conventional hydrocarbon potential.
Northern Petroleum-Operated Licenses. In the Weald and Wessex Basins, Magellan owns working interests of between 23% and 40% in five licenses operated by Northern Petroleum (PEDL 126, 155, 240, and 256 and P1916), which expire between June 2014 and January 2016. During the three months ended September 30, 2012, the Markwells Wood-1 well drilled in 2011 remained temporarily suspended following a long-term production test conducted during fiscal year 2012. During the same period, the Company continued to evaluate the exploration options for its most recently acquired license, P1916, which lies offshore, west of the Isle of Wight, and is prospective for a Wytch Farm extension play.
Magellan Operated Licenses. In the Weald Basin, Magellan owns a 100% interest in two licenses (PEDL 137 and 246), which expire in September 2013 and June 2014, respectively. During the period ended September 30, 2012, the Company allowed PEDL 135 to expire at the end of its term on September 30, 2012. Magellan had previously owned a 100% interest in the license. Magellan acquired PEDL 135 to target similar to those targeted by its licenses co-owned with Celtique, but subsequently determined that the prospectivity of this license had been downgraded and did not warrant further exploration in this area. Also during the period, Magellan renewed its license for PEDL 137, originally set to expire on September 30, 2012, for an additional year.
Withholding Tax Liability
During the third quarter of fiscal year 2012, the Company identified a potential liability of approximately $2.0 million related to the Company's non-payment of required U.S. Federal tax withholding in the course of its initial acquisition of a part of NP. In October 2009, Magellan acquired 83.5% of the membership interests in NP (the "Poplar Acquisition"), from the two majority owners of NP, White Bear LLC ("White Bear") and YEP I, SICAV-FES ("YEP I"). Both of these entities are affiliated with Mr. Bogachev, a Director of Magellan and a foreign national. Due to the status of YEP I as a foreign entity and the members of White Bear as foreign nationals, Magellan was required to make U.S. Federal tax withholdings from the payments to or for the benefit of White Bear and YEP I. Of the
$2.0 million liability, $1.3 million was estimated to relate to the interest
sold by White Bear, $0.6 million to the interest sold by YEP I, and $0.1 million
to Magellan's interest on late payment of the U.S. Federal tax withholdings.
Upon the filing of U.S. income tax returns in relation to the Poplar Acquisition
and payment of corresponding income taxes by White Bear and YEP I, Magellan is
deemed to be relieved of its liability for the U.S. Federal tax withholdings as
well as related penalties and interest except for Magellan's interest on late
payment of the U.S. Federal tax withholdings. With regards to White Bear,
Magellan has confirmed that as of the date of this filing, Mr. Bogachev has
filed his U.S. income tax return and paid taxes due on the Poplar Acquisition,
which were estimated at $0.3 million. Magellan has paid Mr. Bogachev $0.3
million in additional compensation during the quarter ended September 30, 2012.
Had Mr. Bogachev not filed and paid his tax return, Magellan's liability in
relation to its U.S. Federal tax withholdings requirements was estimated at $1.3
million. With regards to YEP I, Magellan continues to seek from YEP I or,
because YEP I is a now defunct entity, from its successor entities, the filing
of its U.S. income tax return.
As of September 30, 2012, we have recorded a total liability of $0.7 million under accrued and other liabilities in the consolidated balance sheets related to this matter. That amount is comprised of the $0.6 million in withholdings, penalties, and interest related to YEP I and $0.1 million related to Magellan's interest on its late payment of the U.S. Federal tax withholdings. There was no effect on the unaudited condensed consolidated statements of operations for the three months ended September 30, 2012, related to this transaction. Sopak AG and Glencore International plc
On September 28, 2012, Sopak AG, Glencore International plc, and various related entities (together, "Glencore") filed a Schedule 13D with the SEC stating that Glencore had acquired beneficial ownership of 9,264,637 issued and outstanding shares of Magellan common stock (the "Issued Shares") and beneficial ownership of a warrant to purchase 4,347,826 shares of Magellan common stock (together with the Issued Shares, the "Transferred Shares"). The Transferred Shares were previously pledged by Young Energy Prize ("YEP"), an entity controlled by Nikolay Bogachev, a Director of Magellan, pursuant to the Pledge and Security Agreement dated July 7, 2009, amended as of July 8, 2009, and March 11, 2010 (the "Pledge Agreement"). On September 21, 2012, Sopak AG delivered a letter to the Company instructing the Company to cancel the original certificate for the Transferred Shares and deliver a replacement certificate to Sopak AG. On October 11, 2012, the 9,264,637 Issued Shares were re-registered in the name of Sopak AG.
CONSOLIDATED LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES Historically, we have funded our activities from cash from operations and our existing cash balance. Following the recent end of the long term PWC Contract and the completion of the Santos SA, the source of the Company's funds for the implementation of its strategy will come primarily from the Company's existing cash balance. In addition, we may fund our development strategy through a prioritization of assets which may include farmouts, or a partial or total divestiture. The Company has limited capital expenditure obligations related to its leases and licenses, which allow for significant flexibility in the use of its capital resources. Based on its existing cash position and the various alternative sources of funds generally available to the Company, the Company believes it has sufficient financial resources to fund its ongoing operations and to finance projects that will further establish the full value of its assets.
Uses of Funds
Capital Expenditures Plans. At Poplar, the Company does not face significant mandatory capital expenditure requirements to maintain its acreage position. Substantially all of the leases are held by production and contain producing wells with reserves adequate to sustain multi-year production. Approximately 80% of the acreage has been unitized as a Federal Exploratory Unit, which is held by production from any one well. Currently, Poplar contains 35 producing wells. In the shallow intervals, which are 100% owned and operated by the Company, discretionary capital expenditure plans over the next two years will be determined by the results of ongoing engineering and technical analysis. In fiscal year 2013, the Company intends to evaluate the potential of CO2-EOR in the Charles Formation at Poplar by drilling a five-well pilot, including one CO2 injector well and four producing wells. Magellan expects to incur up to $10.0 million in capital drilling costs on these wells. Timing of the drilling of these wells will depend on the permitting process and drilling rig availability. The four producing wells are designed to yield conventional oil production from the Charles Formation in addition to enhanced production as a result of the CO2-EOR. As such, these four wells will constitute a portion of the wells to be drilled in the projections of our proved undeveloped reserves reported at June 30, 2012.
In the deeper intervals, which are operated by VAALCO and in which the Company has a 35% working interest, capital expenditures will be determined by the results of the three test wells that VAALCO is required to spud by the end of calendar year 2012, and for which VAALCO will bear 100% of the capital expenditures. If these test wells are deemed successful, the Company plans to fund its 35% share of the cost of the future drilling program in the deeper formations of Poplar.
At Palm Valley, the Company's interest in the field is governed by Petroleum Lease No. 3, which expires in November 2024 (and is subject to automatic renewal for another 21 years). The Company is not obligated to undertake significant mandatory capital expenditures in order to maintain its position in the lease. The Company's discretionary capital expenditure plans are primarily focused
on maintaining gas production from the existing facilities to meet the Santos
Gas Contract demand while maintaining a safe and efficient operation, conducted
in accordance with good oil field practice.
At Dingo, the Company's interest in the field is governed by Retention License No. 2, which expires in February 2014 (and is subject to renewal for a further 5 years). No mandatory capital expenditure is required until new gas sales contracts are secured. Dingo contains two suspended wells which are capable of production. The Company is currently evaluating a number of options for the future development of this field and is in the process of identifying potential new gas customers.
In the Bonaparte Basin, offshore Australia, the Company holds a 100% interest in the NT/P82 Exploration Permit. In October 2012, the Company executed a contract with Seabird Exploration FZ-LLC (the "Seabird Agreement") for the seismic recording vessel Voyager Explorer to undertake a seismic survey within its NT/P82 permit area. The estimated cost of shooting, processing, and analyzing the seismic survey is approximately $4.5 million.
In the United Kingdom, the Company's interests are governed by various Petroleum Exploration and Development Licenses. The majority of these licenses expire in 2014, and all are subject to "drill-or-drop" terms.
Contractual Obligations. As of September 30, 2012, the Company is committed to make future payments for seismic data survey services under the Seabird Agreement of approximately $4.5 million within a twelve month period. Please refer to the contractual obligations table in Part II, Item 7 of our Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2012, for information on all other material contractual obligations.
Sources of Funds
Cash and Cash Equivalents. On a consolidated basis, the Company had approximately $37.9 million of cash and cash equivalents at September 30, 2012, compared to $41.2 million as of June 30, 2012.
The Company considers cash equivalents to be short term, highly liquid investments that are both readily convertible to known amounts of cash and so near their maturity that they present insignificant risk of changes in value because of changes in interest rates. Cash balances totaled $19.3 million as of September 30, 2012, with the remaining $18.6 million held in several Australian banks in time deposit accounts that have terms of 90 days or less. Due to the international nature of its operations, the Company is exposed to certain legal and tax constraints in matching the capital needs of its assets and its cash resources. As of September 30, 2012, $19.3 million of the Company's consolidated cash and cash equivalents, representing 51% of the total, were deposited in accounts held by MPAL. To the extent that the Company repatriates cash amounts from MPAL to the U.S., the Company will potentially be liable for incremental U.S. Federal and state income tax, which may be reduced by the U.S. Federal and state net operating loss and foreign tax credit carry forwards available to the Company at that time.
Existing Credit Facilities. A summary of the Company's existing credit facilities and borrowing base is as follows:
September 30, June 30, 2012 2012 (In thousands) Outstanding borrowings: Term loan $ 738 $ 870 Line of credit 100 50 Total $ 838 $ 920
The Company, through its wholly owned subsidiary NP, maintains its only credit
facility with Jonah Bank of Wyoming. As of September 30, 2012, the Company's
borrowing capacity under these facilities totaled $2.3 million, consisting of a
$1.3 million term loan and a $1.0 million line of credit. Of the $1.0 million
line of credit, $0.1 million was drawn, $25 thousand secured business credit
cards used by NP, $25 thousand secured a line of credit in favor of the Bureau
of Land Management, and $0.8 million remained available to borrow. As of
September 30, 2012, NP was in compliance with its financial covenants as set
forth in the term loan agreement. The credit facilities are collateralized by a
first mortgage and an assignment of production for Poplar and are guaranteed by
the Company up to $6.0 million but not to exceed the amount of the principal
owed, which was $0.8 million as of September 30, 2012.
Other Sources of Financing. In addition to its cash and existing credit facilities, the Company has various alternatives to fund the development of its assets. These alternatives could potentially include entering into a corporate credit facility, a reserve-based loan facility, a farm-out of a portion of the development program of some of the Company's assets, and an issuance of new shares to equity investors.
Cash Flows The following table presents the Company's cash flow information for the three months ended: September 30, 2012 2011 (In thousands) Cash (used in) provided by: Operating activities $ (3,650 ) $ (2,027 ) Investing activities (385 ) 11,476 Financing activities (82 ) (2,824 ) Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents 841 (1,319 ) Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents $ (3,276 ) $ 5,306
Cash used in operating activities during the three months ended September 30,
2012, was $3.7 million, compared to cash used of $2.0 million for the same
period in 2011. The increase in cash used in operating activities primarily
related to a decrease in revenues of $2.1 million over the same period and a
$0.4 million decrease in exploration expense.
Cash used in investing activities during the three months ended September 30, 2012, was $0.4 million, compared to cash provided of $11.5 million for the same period in 2011. For the three months ended September 30, 2012, the cash used in investing activities consisted of expenditures on the development of our assets. For the same period in 2011, $5.0 million in proceeds was received from the VAALCO PSA and a $10.9 million deposit related to the Evans Shoal Asset Sales Deed was refunded both of which were offset by $0.8 million spent on the purchase of non-controlling interests in Poplar, and $1.2 million in expenditures on the development of our assets.
Cash used in financing activities during the three months ended September 30, 2012, was $0.1 million, compared to cash used of $2.8 million for the same period in 2011. The increase in cash provided by financing activities for the three months ended September 30, 2012, related to the Company's $3.4 million purchase of the non-controlling interest in Poplar in the prior year. During the three months ended September 30, 2012, the effect of changes in foreign currency exchange rates positively impacted the translation of our AUD denominated cash and cash equivalent balances into USD and resulted in an increase of $0.8 million in cash and cash equivalents, compared to a decrease of $1.3 million for the same period in 2011.
Adjusted EBITDAX
We define Adjusted EBITDAX as net income (loss) attributable to Magellan, plus
(i) depletion, depreciation, amortization, and accretion expense, (ii) exploration expense, (iii) stock based compensation expense, (iv) foreign transaction loss (gain), (v) impairment expense, (vi) gain on sale of assets,
(vii) net interest income, (viii) other income, (ix) income tax benefit (provision), and net income attributable to non-controlling interest in subsidiaries. Adjusted EBITDAX is not a measure of net income or cash flow as determined by accounting principles generally accepted in the United States ("GAAP"), and excludes certain items that we believe affect the comparability of operating results. Our Adjusted EBITDAX measure provides additional information which may be used to better understand our operations. Adjusted EBITDAX is one of several metrics that we use as a supplemental financial measurement in the evaluation of our business and should not be considered as an alternative to, or more meaningful than, net income (loss) as an indicator of our operating performance. Certain items excluded from Adjusted EBITDAX are significant components in understanding and assessing a company's financial performance, such as the historic cost of depreciable and depletable assets. Adjusted EBITDAX, as used by us, may not be comparable to similarly titled measures reported by other companies. We believe that Adjusted EBITDAX is a widely followed measure of operating performance and is one of many metrics used by our management team and by other users of our consolidated financial statements. For example, Adjusted EBITDAX can be used to assess our operating performance and return on capital in comparison to other independent exploration and production companies without regard to financial or capital structure, and to assess the financial performance of our assets and our company without regard to historical cost basis and items affecting the comparability of period to period operating results.
The following table provides a reconciliation of net (loss) income to Adjusted
EBITDAX for the periods ended:
THREE MONTHS ENDED September 30, 2012 2011 (In thousands) Net (loss) income attributable to Magellan Petroleum Corporation $ (5,310 ) $ 940 Depletion, depreciation, amortization, and accretion expense 316 474 Exploration expense 622 987 . . .


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BOWLING GREEN, Ky (WBKO) -- Construction for Bowling Green's largest roundabout project is wrapping up, but are you comfortable driving on it?
Use caution, yield and never assume you have the right of way. These are important rules to keep in mind while adjusting to the roundabout.
The purpose of the new road is to relieve traffic congestion at the intersection of Hwy 31-W, University Boulevard and Loving Way.
"There are no stop lights, stop signs, or traffic signals. At the roundabout, it is a constant flow of traffic which is what is great about the roundabout," said Wes Watt, Kentucky Transportation Cabinet.
However, there are a few situations to avoid while using the roadway.
According to the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet, you should avoid switching lanes while using the roundabout.
If you want to exit right off of the roundabout, enter in the right lane. Same rule of thumb if you want to exit left off of the road. If you are driving straight, with no intentions of exiting the road, either lane is an option.
"Be in your lane before you get to the roundabout. Most importantly, folks don't need to stop in it. If you get in the wrong lane, or are unable to get to the transition point, go ahead and exit the roundabout. Stopping inside of the roundabout could be dangerous and we don't want that," said Wes Watt, Kentucky Transportation Cabinet.
If you feel your direction of travel will be affected, no worries. Once the roundabout is open, all directions will be accessible. However, there is a major change for one side street.
"Chestnut Street will be a right in right out turn only," said Wes Watt, Kentucky Transportation Cabinet.
Road officials say drivers should not be in fear of driving this new road, simply use caution and pay attention.
"There are a lot of people unfamiliar with roundabouts so there is always that learning curve," said Wes Watt, Kentucky Transportation Cabinet.
As a reminder, the entire roundabout will close Sunday, August 3, until its grand opening, August 8.


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Diabetes Health Center
Survival Worse After Pancreas Transplant
Dec. 2, 2003 -- People with severe type 1 diabetes may be better off on the pancreas transplant waiting list than actually getting the organ.
A new study shows that people with diabetes and normal kidney function who had a whole-organ pancreas transplant were more likely to die within the first four years after getting the transplant than those under conventional care on the transplant waiting list.
Researchers say whole-organ pancreas transplants are a treatment option for some people with advanced forms of type 1 diabetes in order to achieve normal sugar levels and reduce or eliminate their dependence on insulin shots. In people with type 1 diabetes, the pancreas is no longer able to produce enough insulin to meet the body's needs in order to regulate blood sugar levels.
The American Diabetes Association recommends pancreas transplants only for people with type 1 diabetes who have had or need a kidney transplant or those patients with frequent episodes of extremely low blood sugars or extremely high blood sugar levels with a buildup of blood acids (known as ketoacidosis).
But researchers say pancreas transplantation alone remains a controversial option because of the high rate of complications, risk of death, and expense of the procedure and a lack of proven benefits in easing or reversing some of the health risks associated with diabetes.
Study Questions Value of Pancreas Transplants
In the study, researchers compared data obtained from 124 transplant centers in the U.S. on 11,572 people with type 1 diabetes who were on the transplant waiting list for a whole-organ pancreas.
After four years of follow up, researchers found that patients who had type 1 diabetes and normal kidney function, who received a pancreas transplant alone had a 57% higher risk of death compared with those on the waiting list receiving conventional therapy to treat their diabetes.
For example, survival rates for pancreas transplant alone recipients were 97% one year after the procedure and 85% after four years compared with survival rates of 98% and 92% among those on the pancreas alone transplant waiting list.
"Our data suggest that patients with complicated diabetes who are considering a solitary pancreas transplant must weigh the potential benefit of insulin independence against an apparent increase in mortality for at least the first four years posttransplantation," write research Jeffrey M. Venstrom, BS, of the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive Kidney Diseases, and colleagues.
"Benefits not accounted for in this analysis (e.g., improved quality of life) may justify pancreas transplantation, and it is possible that transplant recipients may show a survival advantage with longer-term follow-up," they write.
But even if that is true, researchers say it's hard to weigh the cost of an increased risk of death within the first four years after transplantation against a hypothetical survival advantage beyond those four years.
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Cerebrotendinous xanthomatosis
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lipid storage disease. Symptoms of this condition include diarrhea in infants, cataracts in children, tendon xanthomas, and progressive neurologic dysfunction. It is caused by mutations in the CYP27A1 gene. Treatment may involve chenodeoxycholic acid (CDCA), inhibitors of HMG-CoA reductase, and surgery to remove cataracts.[1]Cerebrotendinous xanthomatosis is a type of
Last updated: 9/12/2013
- Federico A, Dotti MT, Gallus GN. Cerebrotendinous Xanthomatosis. GeneReviews. August 1, 2013; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/bookshelf/br.fcgi?book=gene&part=ctx. Accessed 9/12/2013.
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The name says it all.
What's in a name? Well, with the Outdoor Research Maximus Men's Jacket, pretty much everything. It's a full-blooded alpine workhorse, designed to handle the nastiest weather in the burliest places with the least amount of fuss possible. It's simple, sure, but that doesn't mean it isn't ruggedly built and thoughtfully designed to maximize what it does have. It starts off with a Gore-Tex Pro waterproof and breathable membrane to keep you dry, and accents that with a Gore-Tex Pro Stretch membrane on key points like the elbows, underarms, and hood for comfort and freedom of movement when you're climbing, hiking, or skiing down after. Each and every seam has been taped to ensure complete weather protection, all the zippers are water-resistant, and the stowable hood—it rolls into the collar if you don't want it out—is designed to fit over helmets with ease, and has a wire brim to keep water out of your eyes. It also cinches up with a Halo closure, which seals out weather without blocking your peripheral vision.
The Maximus is designed to be worn under harnesses and packs, so it's no surprise that it has pack- and harness-compatible hand pockets, along with articulated elbows and a Movement-Mirroring stretch design that makes it easy to maneuver in tricky alpine spots. If the sun peeps out and you start getting warm, unzip the underarm-to-hem TorsoFlo vents to get some air moving and grab a quick snack out of one of the Maximus' plethora of pockets. When you're ready to move again, cinch up the hem drawcord, lock down the hook-and-loop cuffs, and boogie up to the summit before the next squall rolls in.
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This shell is my favorite jacket for long days on the splitboard. The super tuff goretex pro fabric is surprisingly light, yet keeps you dry and warm when a heavy wet storm hits. For ski touring and splitboarding i think its important to have a lightweight packable jacket you can easily stuff inside your pack, yet you need something that will stand up to the abuse of shredding day in day out.
One of my favorite features on this jacket is the TorsoFlo hem-to-underarm vents. These dump heat and provide air flow unlike any other system i have tried. You can zip your vents down, and buckle the waist strap of your pack under your shell, to eliminate bulk and really cut down on heat build up. Huge vents!
The fit of this jacket was designed around the movement involved in alpine climbing. The articulated arms and under arms keep the jacket in place when moving your hands around for ice climbing or funny snowboard movements. Very nice when your ridding deep snow and cant afford your jacket rising up, leading to your pants filling with snow.
I've been using an OR Inertia shell in a Large and it is a nice athletic fit for my 6'2" & 200 lb frame.
Is the Maximus sized the same as the Inertia?
The Maximus has a trimmer fit than the Inertia. The Maximus was made with a climbing focus where the Inertia has a more ski focus with its development. So you would still be a large but, it will fit a little smaller so there is no excess fabric kicking around when you are climbing with it. If you sized up to an XL it would fit too big everywhere.
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NY – Totally Awesome Hulk #1 Signing
November 18, 2015 by Colin Solan
Filed under Comic Books, New York, Signing and Appearance Profiles
Writer Greg Pak (Incredible Hulk, Storm, Skaar, Action Comics, Code Monkey Save World) appears at Aw Yeah Comics on Wednesday, December 9, 2015 from 5:30 pm – 7:30 PM!
Aw Yeah Comics
313 Halstead Ave, Harrison, NY 10528
(914) 732-3600
NYC – Totally Awesome Hulk #1 Signing
November 13, 2015 by Colin Solan
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Writer Greg Pak (Astonishing X-Men, Skaar, Kingsway West) appears for a special event at Midtown Comics Downtown on Wednesday, December 2, 2015 at 7:00 PM to sign the first issue of Totally Awesome Hulk!
Midtown Comics Downtown
64 Fulton Street, New York, New York 10038
(212) 302-8192
NYC – Halloween ComicFest 2014
October 21, 2014 by Colin Solan
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Press Release:
JHU Comic Books celebrates Halloween ComicFest on Saturday October 25th!
It's a day full of free comics, "The Greatest Halloween Costume Contest Ever," signings, sales and more for comic and Halloween fans to experience together. During Halloween ComicFest, 19 new full-sized and mini comics will be available at JHU Comic Books for anyone who wants to participate!
Signing Schedule:
10am – Noon – Jacob Chabot (Hello Kitty, Skullboy, Strange Tales)
Noon – 2pm – Diana Leto (My Little Pony, Co-creator and co-illustrator of the Dark Horse graphic novel, The Halloween Legion ™)
Noon -2pm – Paul Castiglia (Archie's Weird Mysteries, Midnight Marquee Vincent Price, Scared Silly)
5pm – 6pm – Greg Pak (Planet Hulk, Action Comics, Batman/Superman, Storm)
5pm – 6pm – Fred Van Lente (Archer & Armstrong, Cowboys & Aliens, Incredible Hercules, The Delinquents)
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32 East 32nd Street, New York, NY 10016
(212) 268-7088
NYC – Thanos: The Infinity Revelation Signing
July 14, 2014 by Colin Solan
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Jim Starlin appears at Barnes & Noble to sign Thanos: The Infinity Revelation on Saturday August 2, 2014 at 2:00 PM
About the book:
There is an imbalance in the universe. And, since his latest return from oblivion, Thanos himself feels… incomplete. Now the so-called Mad Titan would put both wrongs right. A pilgrimage to Death's dark domain, and the revelatory waters of the Infinity Well, leads Thanos on a new quest, with a once sworn enemy at his side. A crusade that will bring confrontation with the Silver Surfer and the galaxy's mightiest heroes, the Annihilators. An odyssey that will change everything. Cosmic maestro Jim Starlin returns to his signature character in a tale of death and rebirth that will transform the Marvel Universe once more!
Barnes & Noble – Union Square
33 East 17th Street, New York, NY 10003
DE – Turok: Dinosaur Hunter Signing
January 14, 2014 by Colin Solan
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GREG PAK appears at THE COMIC BOOK SHOP on Thursday FEBRUARY 6TH! The writer of Planet Hulk, Batman/Superman, Action Comics, and now TUROK will be in store from 5-8PM signing, answering questions, and being a generally cool guy. We're so excited about Greg's visit and Turok's release that we're doing all kinds of cool stuff that day, including special sales (like 25% off graphic novels), dino-themed games, and costumes! DON'T MISS IT!
**Stay after the signing for amazing music from POP CULTURE & HIP HOP artists Adam WarRock & Tribe One!**
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1855 Marsh Road, Wilmington, DE 19810
UK – The Walking Dead Magazine Signing
October 17, 2012 by Colin Solan
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Artist Charlie Adlard launches the first issue of The Walking Dead: The Official Magazine at the Forbidden Planet London Megastore at 1:00 on Saturday 10th November.
From Robert Kirkman's Eisner Award-winning comic book series, best-selling graphic novels and Emmy-winning AMC television series comes The Walking Dead: The Official Magazine, a new Titan Magazines and Skybound production. This zombie-saga is an international success in 120 countries and 250 million homes and has risen as a phenomenon among the wildly diverging fans of horror and character-driven drama.
Only in The Walking Dead: The Official Magazine will fans gain exclusive access to the most successful adaptation of a comic ever, including in-depth interviews with executive producers and writers Robert Kirkman, Glen Mazzara and David Alpert as well as lead cast members Andrew Lincoln as Rick Grimes, Sarah Wayne Callies as Lori Grimes and Jon Bernthal as bad boy Shane.
"This magazine will be your one stop destination for all the news pertaining to the comic, TV show, video game, toys, games, and whatever else exists in the ever-expanding Walking Dead universe! If it's happening, you'll find out all about it right here!" – Robert Kirkman
Forbidden Planet are thrilled to announce their own limited edition variant cover edition of the magazine, featuring sensational new artwork by Charlie Adlard.
Artist Charlie Adlard began his work in the UK on White Death with Robbie Morrison and many 2000 AD series including Judge Dredd, Armitage, and Savage.
He is well known for his work on The X-Files, Astronauts in Trouble and, of course, The Walking Dead from Image Comics. He is currently the regular penciller on The Walking Dead.
His other work includes Mars Attacks!, The Hellfire Club, and Warlock for Marvel Comics, Batman: Gotham Knights and Green Lantern / Green Arrow for DC Comics and a great many others.
Please note that, due to time constraints, Charlie Adlard will not be sketching at this event – and there may be restrictions on the number of items to be signed.
Forbidden Planet London Megastore
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America's toughest-talking therapist is now hosting his own TV show. Susan Karlin pulls up a couch and analyzes what he's got in store for us.Even in his best 15-minutes-of-fame days, Andy Warhol couldn't have predicted that a burly, 52-year-old, no-nonsense Texan who made a living helping lawyers pick juries would become the man Oprah calls America's Therapist.
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I want photographs that I upload to be exactly as wide as the column in my blog. Is there a way to simply (and automatically) do that?
Failing that, how can I find out exactly how wide a column is (in pixels) so that I can insert pictures that match it? I've played around with choosing 90% and 80% etc and that sort of thing, but it's just a guessing game, and I don't know exactly what the software is doing.
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My Saturday morning went south the moment I found out I had not become a multimillionaire overnight.
Oh, I knew a single Mega Millions lottery ticket wouldn't give me a real chance at Friday night's record-setting $654 million jackpot.
But I didn't have just one ticket.
Last week, 20 of my fellow Addison Independent employees and I each threw $2 into an office pool. While one ticket offered only a 1-in-75-million chance of winning, we had 42.
It was all we could do not to clean out our desks Friday afternoon.
You're sitting down, right?
Bad choice.
Recent studies indicate that sitting for any length of time is only slightly better for your health than riding a motorcycle drunk, while smoking, without a helmet. By the time you reach the end of this column, in fact, you'll be lucky if you haven't had a coronary.
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Back in December, when the weather failed to live up to standard expectations for a Vermont winter — that is, cold, dark, snowy and generally miserable — no one panicked. "There's still a lot of winter left," everyone said, in a tone of optimism or, at least in my case, dread for what the next three months might hold.
And when January similarly broke tradition by depriving us of the usual treacherous weather and its associated crankiness, that was OK too, because we still had February and March to look forward to/endure.
I used to look at the covers of celebrity gossip magazines at the supermarket checkout and wonder about the headlines: What is Kim Kardashian's "painful secret"? Is Jennifer Aniston really pregnant?
But I could never bring myself to buy a copy; other shoppers might think I was the kind of person who cared about the vapid lives of Hollywood stars.
Turns out, that's exactly the kind of person I am.
Since moving into our old farmhouse five years ago, Mark and I knew we'd eventually like to make some improvements. With a combination of indecision, insufficient funds and outright hostile disagreement, however, we've never gotten around to any renovations. But this winter's oddly pleasant weather has given us the opportunity.
It's not easy being scatterbrained.
My mind is constantly running in different directions, and I forget things. Just keeping track of my car keys occupies a good portion of my brain each day, and the portion that's left can't handle the remaining workload. I forget not only what things I need to do, but also whether I have — or have not — already done them. You can't imagine the trouble this gets me into.
I have a confession: December's unseasonably warm weather was my fault.
This summer I purchased an old, unfashionable Honda Civic that gave me no trouble (other than the mild bruising of my ego) until the first really cold morning in November, when the shifter got stuck in park.
Being lazy, I thought I'd wrap up 2011 by copying the Addison Independent and making a chronology of all the noteworthy events in my year.
But I got stuck early on, when I realized that in January I only had two items to report: I finally replaced the burned-out light bulb in the fridge and I broke the handle on my windshield scraper.
For me, 2011 was not a year of living dangerously.
It's Dec. 15. For those of us who celebrate Christmas, that gives us 10 days to get ready. Nine, really, because the 15th is almost over. Eight, if you count Christmas Eve as part of the holiday. It's almost here.
I don't know about you, but I'm good to go.
For years, I've spoken out against shopping on Black Friday. But this year, for the first time, I almost joined the wild, deal-grabbing crowds.
I'm not opposed to Black Friday in theory. On the contrary; I can think of no better way to kick off a joyful Christmas season than by abandoning all goodwill toward others in the shameless and maniacal pursuit of cheap material goods. I just prefer to celebrate the day after Thanksgiving the way our Founding Fathers intended it, by lying around all day eating leftovers and napping.
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