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Top Stories: Business and Finance
Dec. 10 (Bloomberg) -- The following are the day's top business stories:
1. U.S. Consumer Confidence Climbs to a Six-Month High, Benefiting Retailers 2. Treasuries Drop, S&P 500 Index Gains as U.S. Economic Data Beat Forecasts 3. China's Trade Surplus Adds Liquidity as Inflation Threatens to Surpass 5% 4. Goldman Sachs's Hylander to Retire After Leading Principal Strategic Group 5. GE Boosts Dividend a Second Time in Six Months as Immelt Unlocks War Chest 6. China's Sky-mobi Posts Biggest First-Day Drop in U.S. Since 2007 After IPO 7. Roche's Avastin Fails to Beat Chemotherapy in Early Breast-Cancer Patients 8. Madoff Trustee Sues Vienna's Medici Bank, Founder Kohn for $58.8 Billion 9. Junk Bonds Buck Debt Slump With Tightest Spreads Since '08: Credit Markets 10.Best Buy's `Episodic' Consumers Back Bernanke's Cautious View on Recovery 11.Mystery Shopper Learns to Haggle for 18% Breaks on Cartier, Rolex Watches 12.Fink Builds Wall Street's Brain as BlackRock Marks Rise of Asset Managers
1. U.S. Consumer Confidence Climbs to a Six-Month High, Benefiting Retailers
Confidence among U.S. consumers increased in December to a six-month high, coinciding with stronger holiday sales that show the economy is gathering speed. The Thomson Reuters/University of Michigan preliminary index of consumer sentiment rose to 74.2 from 71.6 at the end of November. A Commerce Department report showed the U.S. trade deficit shrank more than forecast in October to $38.7 billion as growing economies overseas propelled exports to a two-year high. Retailers such as Neiman Marcus Group Inc. have benefited during the biggest shopping period of the year as Americans grew more optimistic about the labor market. Treasury securities fell after the trade report signaled the U.S. economy is getting a boost from a jump in exports stemming from growing demand in markets like China, Brazil and South Korea. "There´s a groundswell of good news right now," said Jonathan Basile, an economist at Credit Suisse in New York. "That to me is a sign that households and businesses can make purchases with a little more confidence."
2. Treasuries Drop, S&P 500 Index Gains as U.S. Economic Data Beat Forecasts
Treasury 10-year notes fell, pushing the yield toward its biggest weekly increase this year, and U.S. stocks gained as better-than-estimated reports on consumer confidence and the American trade deficit boosted optimism about the economy. The euro fell against most major counterparts. Yields on 10-year Treasuries rose 12 basis points to 3.32 percent at 4:04 p.m. New York time, up from 3.01 percent a week ago. The Standard & Poor´s 500 Index added 0.6 percent. The euro dropped versus the Swiss franc and pound as leaders from Germany and France said they are against increased funding to quell the sovereign-debt crisis before next week´s summit of European Union leaders. S&P GSCI index of 24 raw materials dropped 0.5 percent after advancing up to 0.9 percent. U.S. government bonds have tumbled this week amid speculation President Barack Obama´s agreement with Republicans to extend tax cuts enacted under his predecessor, George W. Bush, will spur growth in the world´s largest economy and drive down unemployment from the highest levels since the early 1980s. The S&P 500 is poised to post its second straight weekly gain. "Animal spirits are starting to come back," said Hank Smith, chief investment officer at Haverford Trust Co., which manages about $6.5 billion in Radnor, Pennsylvania. "That´s part of a strengthening economy. The latest figures, including consumer confidence, indicate that. It´s certainty replacing uncertainty."
3. China's Trade Surplus Adds Liquidity as Inflation Threatens to Surpass 5%
China´s rebounding trade surplus threatens to make it tougher for policy makers to contain consumer prices forecast to have climbed by the most in 27 months in November, approaching a 5 percent pace. The excess of exports over imports was $22.9 billion last month, the government said yesterday, the fifth reading this year exceeding $20 billion. The influx of cash from trade has contributed to a 20 percent jump in money supply in the past 12 months, stoking liquidity in the fastest-growing major economy. The central bank´s third increase in lenders´ reserve ratios in five weeks, announced yesterday, may be insufficient to rein in inflation, Credit Suisse Group AG said ahead of today´s report on consumer prices. The risk to Premier Wen Jiabao´s government of foregoing a rise in interest rates is an erosion of households´ purchasing power that impairs efforts to reduce the nation´s reliance on exports. "China seems to have fallen behind the process of normalization," said Dong Tao, chief regional economist for non-Japan Asia at Credit Suisse in Hong Kong. "The central bank is only keen to move on quantitative tightening, leaving interest rates little changed for fear of hot money inflows," he said, referring to the potential lure for speculative funds.
4. Goldman Sachs's Hylander to Retire After Leading Principal Strategic Group
Goldman Sachs Group Inc., which makes the most from equity trading of all Wall Street banks, is losing the head of a unit that invests in securities exchanges and two senior executives from its London equities division. Phillip Hylander, 42, who leads the Principal Strategic Investment Group, will step down at the end of the year, according to a Dec. 8 memorandum sent to employees and obtained by Bloomberg News. He will become an advisory director to the firm on retirement, according to the document. Matthew H. Cyzer, head of sales trading in Europe, and John A. Ashdown, 42, head of trading in the region, are retiring, said a person with knowledge of the matter who declined to be identified because the departures haven´t been publicly announced. Cyzer and Hylander joined Goldman Sachs from Deutsche Bank AG in 2002. While Hylander joined the firm as a partner, the New York-based firm´s highest rank, Cyzer and Ashdown were promoted to the position in 2004. "These guys have been doing it for a while, they´ve had enough time to raise and grow people beneath them," said Jason Kennedy, chief executive officer of Kennedy Group, a London- based executive search firm. "Those who have made enough to retire like Hylander and Ashdown are seeing a good reason to step down."
5. GE Boosts Dividend a Second Time in Six Months as Immelt Unlocks War Chest
General Electric Co. raised its dividend for the second time in five months, giving investors a 17 percent boost as Chief Executive Officer Jeffrey Immelt unlocks a war chest of cash hoarded in the financial crisis. The quarterly payout will jump to 14 cents from 12 cents, after climbing from 10 cents in July, GE said today. The dual increases are GE´s first in a single year since 1992. "Strong cash generation, accelerated recovery at GE Capital and solid underlying performance in our industrial businesses" drove the decision, Immelt said in a statement. The higher dividend, payable Jan. 25 to shareholders of record on Dec. 27, marks a return to GE´s pattern of announcing annual increases in the fourth quarter, which the company did from 1983 through 2007. In February 2009, GE cut its quarterly dividend to 10 cents from 31 cents, about 68 percent, as the recession deepened.
6. China's Sky-mobi Posts Biggest First-Day Drop in U.S. Since 2007 After IPO
Sky-mobi Ltd., the operator of China´s biggest mobile application store by sales, posted the biggest first-day decline in the U.S. since 2007 after pricing its initial public offering at the bottom of the forecast range. Sky-mobi slid 25 percent to $6 in Nasdaq Stock Market trading today. The company, located in the city of Hangzhou in Zhejiang province, sold 7.25 million American depositary receipts for $8 apiece after offering them for as much as $10 each, according to its filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission and data compiled by Bloomberg. While Beijing-based online companies Youku.com Inc. and E- Commerce China Dangdang Inc. surged after their IPOs this week, the six other mainland companies that completed sales from Nov. 17 through yesterday retreated as the government said it may impose price controls to combat inflation, data compiled by Bloomberg show. Bona Film Group Ltd., China´s largest privately owned film distributor, yesterday posted the steepest first-day loss for a U.S. IPO in 2010 before Sky-mobi´s slump exceeded it. "When you put the two themes of China and Internet together, it creates good conditions to bring a company public," said Walter Todd, co-chief investment officer at Greenwood, South Carolina-based Greenwood Capital, which oversees about $900 million. "You can´t necessarily translate that to other industries. Issuers may be assuming that because it´s a Chinese IPO, they can ask for lofty valuations, and they´re getting some pushback."
7. Roche's Avastin Fails to Beat Chemotherapy in Early Breast-Cancer Patients
Roche Holding AG´s Avastin failed to eradicate tumor cells better than standard chemotherapy in women with early stage breast cancer, a finding that could limit the efforts to expand use of the oncology drug. The 1,190-patient trial found 15 percent of women on chemotherapy had no signs of disease when they underwent surgery, compared with 17.5 percent of those also given Avastin. The difference wasn´t statistically meaningful, researchers said yesterday at the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is due to decide by Dec. 17 whether to revoke Avastin´s marketing clearance for breast malignancies. Outside advisers to the FDA in July voted to rescind an accelerated approval after a study failed to show Avastin was better than chemotherapy alone. The FDA will rule on Avastin´s use with various chemotherapies. Results from four more Avastin trials in early breast cancer are pending. "We´re still waiting for the results of the definitive trials, but it´s a little concerning," said Eric Winer, chief of the division of women´s cancer at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston. "I don´t think people are thinking necessarily so positively."
8. Madoff Trustee Sues Vienna's Medici Bank, Founder Kohn for $58.8 Billion
The trustee liquidating Bernard L. Madoff´s company sued Bank Medici AG and its founder, Sonja Kohn, calling her the con man´s "criminal soul mate" and demanding $58.8 billion for victims of his fraud. Kohn, 62, used a relationship with Madoff that began in 1985 to help build the Vienna-based bank, feeding more than $9.1 billion of investor money into his company, trustee Irving H. Picard said today in a complaint in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in New York. "The illegal scheme enriched Kohn, her family, and scores of other individuals and entities, including the largest banks in Austria and Italy, at the expense of the BLMIS estate and on the backs of Madoff´s victims," Picard said in the complaint, referring to Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC. The lawsuit names Kohn, Bank Medici, Bank Austria, UniCredit SpA and dozens of other parties. It seeks $19.6 billion trebled to $58.8 billion under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act. It´s by far the biggest claim filed by Picard, who has sued investors, banks, feeder funds and others seeking money to pay investors with valid claims.
9. Junk Bonds Buck Debt Slump With Tightest Spreads Since '08: Credit Markets
Junk bonds are becoming a haven for fixed-income investors roiled by mounting losses in government, investment-grade corporate and municipal debt. Gains of 0.8 percent this month on high-yield, high-risk bonds compare with losses of 1.9 percent for Treasuries, 1.5 percent on high-grade company notes and 1.4 percent on state and local debt, according to Bank of America Merrill Lynch index data. Relative yields on junk bonds versus higher-rated corporates narrowed to 388 basis points, or 3.88 percentage points, a level that hasn´t been breached in three years. "Junk bonds have benefited greatly by the fact that they´re the only place in the fixed-income world you can get some nice return," said Dan Sheppard, a New York-based director in fixed-income at Deutsche Bank AG´s Private Wealth Management unit, where he helps oversee $12 billion. Bonds of borrowers from credit-card processor First Data Corp. to Camp Hill, Pennsylvania-based Rite Aid Corp. are gaining as Pacific Investment Management Co. raises its forecast for U.S. growth next year. Other debt is tumbling after President Barack Obama agreed this week to extend tax cuts enacted under his predecessor and Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke said the central bank may expand bond purchases, spurring speculation inflation will accelerate.
10.Best Buy's `Episodic' Consumers Back Bernanke's Cautious View on Recovery
Best Buy Co., whose electronics make it a barometer of discretionary spending, is opening its U.S. stores an hour earlier than usual this holiday season in a bid to win over consumers battered by job losses. With the unemployment rate at a seven-month high of 9.8 percent and a quarter of U.S. homes worth less than their mortgages, consumers are holding back spending until occasions such as Thanksgiving and Christmas, said Scot Ciccarelli, an analyst at RBC Capital Markets in New York. "The episodic consumer is becoming even more apparent," said Robert Yerex, chief economist for Kronos Inc., a closely held Chelmsford, Massachusetts-based maker of payroll and hiring software for retailers and other businesses. "Unemployment is really holding back the recovery." Even as Americans are poised to boost holiday spending by the most in four years, according to the National Retail Federation, short-lived gains underscore Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke´s concern the recovery may not be sustainable. "The unemployment rate is just not going down," he said in an interview broadcast this month by CBS Corp.´s "60 Minutes" program.
11.Mystery Shopper Learns to Haggle for 18% Breaks on Cartier, Rolex Watches
It started with an e-mail. Second to None, an Ann Arbor, Michigan-based field research company, was looking for people in the New York area who would pretend to shop for a luxury watch, negotiate on the price, then complete an online questionnaire about the experience. Training would be provided, and I was to receive $80 for each negotiation, plus the occasional bonus. Many companies hire mystery shoppers -- just like regular shoppers, except nosier -- to find out if their front-line customer-service representatives and sales associates comply with corporate guidelines, Bloomberg Businessweek reports in its Dec. 13 edition. They hire outfits such as Second to None to oversee the fieldwork. It´s a $1 billion industry with more than 250 companies and 1.5 million independent contractors worldwide, according to the Dallas-based Mystery Shopping Providers Association. I love shopping for watches. And the idea that I might be paid to shop for them trumped my innate fear of e-mails that seem too good to be true -- even if I wasn´t actually purchasing a watch. (Transactions were ended by, for example, claiming I´d forgotten my credit card.)
12.Fink Builds Wall Street's Brain as BlackRock Marks Rise of Asset Managers
As chairman and chief executive officer of BlackRock Inc., Larry Fink controls more money than Germany has gross domestic product. BlackRock is the world´s biggest asset-management firm, a $3.45 trillion powerhouse that is Wall Street´s largest trading partner, set to pay investment banks $1 billion in fees this year. It manages $1.4 trillion for public pension funds in states including New York, New Jersey and California, and invests $240 billion for central banks and sovereign wealth funds such as the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority. The company serves as the U.S. Treasury Department´s go-to source for private-sector financial expertise and managed at least $150 billion in toxic assets on behalf of U.S. taxpayers after the 2008 bailouts of American International Group Inc. and Bear Stearns Cos. While running the company is a team effort, Fink, 58, is BlackRock´s brain, and BlackRock, increasingly, is Wall Street´s, Bloomberg Businessweek reports in its Dec. 13 edition. "There´s no bank, no sovereign wealth fund, no insurance company that´s as large as BlackRock," says Ralph Schlosstein, a co-founder who left in 2007 and is now CEO of Evercore Partners Inc., a New York-based investment bank. "BlackRock today is one of, if not the, most influential financial institutions in the world."
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Obamateurism of the Day
posted at 8:05 am on July 14, 2011 by Ed Morrissey
One of the easiest ways to identify an amateurish negotiator is the issuance of obviously empty threats. Yesterday, Barack Obama issued one of the emptiest political threat in modern American history when he stomped out of the debt-ceiling negotiations yesterday in a fit of pique:
"Eric, don't call my bluff. I'm going to the American people with this."
Really? Then Obama will be in for a very rude awakening when he finally meets the American people:
- Gallup: Americans paying attention oppose debt-ceiling increase almost 2-1
- CBS poll shows 69% opposed to a debt-ceiling increase
- Poll: Majority support a balanced budget amendment
- Poll shows more people concerned about national debt than national default
- Poll shows Americans getting more pessimistic on economy, want spending cuts
- Americans oppose raising debt ceiling by more than 2-1 in Gallup survey
- CBS poll shows Americans oppose debt-ceiling hike 2-1
- Hill poll shows 62% opposed to raising the debt ceiling
The people have been taking it to Barack Obama since the midterm elections. Maybe he should do less stomping and a lot more listening.
Bonus Obamateurism: Whose idea was it at the White House to start whining about Eric Cantor's manners as a reason for Obama's fit of petulance? If he can't handle Eric Cantor without losing it, just how can we trust him to deal maturely with foreign leaders who might harbor actual animus towards American and Obama?
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"Eric, don't call my bluff."
Obooba doesn't even know what this means.
If I call your bluff, I have paid to see your cards moron.
If I call your bluff and my cards are better -since you're bluffing- you lose, idiot.
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In network mode, is there a way of hiding the My Sites option which displays everyone else's site as well? When users click on other sites which they don't have access to, they get;
>You do not have sufficient permissions to access this page.
I would prefer they simply not see the other sites.


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Skip to comments.McCain: I think Palin should be the VP nominee
Posted on 04/04/2012 7:11:17 AM PDT by RobinMasters
click here to read article
And..... someone should care what McQueeg thinks, because ....... why?
Works for me.
I am still not convinced that Romney will be the nominee. Kissenger promised China that Jeb Bush would be the president in 2012.
I'd have to think on it.
Kissinger didn't give a date he just said Jeb Bush would be the next president....
Old Hank?
Is he even part of the RNC?
I don't have to think about it. I saw how it played out in 08. She learned not to run second fiddle to a rino then anyways. I doubt she is willing to do it again.
nobody listens to what this crazy manchurian candidate thinks...that is why he wasn't elected.
I hope for a brokered convention and Palin chosen as the candidate.
no one else has her conservatism.
Republican Candidates could improve their Primary vote count by campaigning with the following idea:
Due to the FHA, Fannie and Freddie Bankruptcies of September, 2008, American home owners lost 30 % of the value of their homes. That is a 30 % cut in just one month. Home values are still down 30 %.
Thus, let us cut the total compensation to all elected Federal politicians, and their staffs by 30 %, and an additional 10 % cut to elected Federal politicians each year until Federal Spending is LESS THAN the average of the previous 2 years of Federal income.
BTW, since slightly less than half of the US House, and 2/3 of the US Senate are Millionaires, it will be a great opportunity for Congress to lead by example that EVERYONE should give up their fair share of the American Dream.
What better way can there be to demonstrate that Federal politicians are on the same page as the voters?
Sarah has not declined to run for the presidency, she stepped aside. If Sarah Palin is called to be the Republican Convention nominee, she'll probably take it.
Always the bridesmaid never the bride? They need her to turn up the base for this RINO, so they can place blame again like last time.
Couldn't imagine Palin even wanting to get near that dead weight to begin with. First thing that would happen is the Romney people would start backstabbing her and using her as a scapegoat for their own sinking campaign.
Signing on with Romney would make Palin a hypocrite. I'd lose a lot of respect for her.
At least McCain had a pro-life record.
hm.. I would vote for Romney is he picked Palin as his VP. But he will never pick Palin.
Correct. Palin said she would help any way she can.
Maybe Sarah Palin could convince Romney to change his mind on some things.
I'd rather see Sarah Palin as president but if vp is all we can get ....
Juan McCain, turned in Hanoi, says nothing anyone needs to hear.
In 2008 we had two Manchurian candidates. One took a dive, The other one is in the White House.
And don't you ever mention Palin's name again.
Romney will only nominate (if he is actually the nominee) some who does not over shadow him. He is not very bright so the the VP will have to be stupid.
I mean REALLY???
I think she should BE the nominee, McLame! so there!
Shut up RINO.
I think you have Romney confused with Obama. (I know; on many issues, it's easy to do.)
I like Sarah, but McCain shoud STFU. And retire while he is at it. But definitely STFU.
Might as well. Then, Willard would have a convenient scapegoat when/if they lose.
Nobody cares what you say.
She should have learned her lesson that a token VP Conservative on a loser RINO Candidate Ticket is not a good plan and will NOT gain Conservative votes. If she was the top-of-the-ticket, I could care less about the VP, but she wouldn't put a RINO there, herself.
That said, prepare for Obama for 4 more years, because the GOP-e has selected Romney-the-RINO, and he won't win in this lifetime.....he's Obama-lite.
Oh, NOW McCain begins to appreciate Sarah. Eff Off Queege, we don't need your advice.
first sensible thing I've heard McCain say in years
The problem is that I do not think that even Palin can help Romney with the base. I can not vote for Romney and I am tired of the games the GOP plays with their base. When you ignore your own base for your own agenda at some point enough is enough and your voters walk.
Much as it burns me arse, I have to agree with Mclame here. Bigger question is why was he not more supportive of Sarah in 2008?
This guy's brain is not on planet Earth.
Jindal would be by far the best choice, but he'll never get it because he isn't a part of the establishment and doesn't aspire to be as evidenced by his endorsements.
Nominees don't pick running mates who will overshadow them. There's no way Palin will be picked.
It won't work a second time.
Yeah, if she'd share a ticket with you she'd probably share a toothbrush with Mitt Romney.
But it won't help him, and it might hurt her.
Come to think of it, McCain is probably mocking her. There's bad blood between Palin and Romney people and he knows it.
They did it once, they'll do it again. Sarah is about as 'authentic' as it gets ..... I can't imagine her hooking her star to a fraud like Romney. She'll be stained with his RINO manure & it won't come off ... and of course, if Romney loses as he is likely to do, it would ALL be her fault. If she has any thought of ever running for president, she needs to stay clear of Romney. If Romney loses to Obummer, I'm for chucking the GOP-e's who keep nominating losers, can't run Congress, won't stand up to Obummer, etc. and going 3rd party with Sarah leading the troops. There will be time & there will be the anger/energy for a 3rd party if we get O for another 4 years .... the question is, will we have a country.
"Maybe Sarah Palin could convince Romney to change his mind on some things."
Talk about an unnecessary job... Romney's mind is like Chicago weather: if you don't like it, wait 15 minutes and it will change.
Sorry. The Tea Party needs to head the ticket. No more back of the bus.
I viewed it as a smarmy comment also.
"I'd have to think on it."
Our choice is Obama OR ....
Not too much to think about.
Maybe if Obama was running as a "moderate" against Kim Jong-un or Mahmoud Ahmadinejad I would give it serious consideration...
Well, she certainly has been vetted. They they would have to focus on issues, where she could shine.
I don't think accepting the VP slot is a suggestion of total agreement with the candidate. On the contrary, it gives balance to the ticket.
I would respect Palin for accepting the offer so that she can keep an eye on Romney. We need someone we can trust.
It's all a moot point anyway. Romney would NEVER pick Sarah, and I don't really believe McCain truly meant this.
"First thing that would happen is the Romney people would start backstabbing her"
Indded I can see that happening.
I got the impression last time that McCain and Obama made a deal not to hurt each other, and Obama would use his heavy artillery on Palin, not McCain. When McCain said that there was no need to fear an Obama presidency, he'd be fine, I thought I had confirmation of that. Certainly there was no battle between the two men.
And the press was getting lots of stuff about Palin that was irresistible to them, so they were kept busy researching that and not Obama.
is this some kind of late April Fools joke on McCain's part? Hard to believe that this would come out of his mouth.
And to be sure that they get some women. The fight over the contraception has moved a number of women over to Obambi.
"On the contrary, it gives balance to the ticket."
If the VP would actually fulfill the constitutional role of presiding over the senate, maybe there would be some balance. But when was the last time that happened?
As far as policy and implementation, the VP might as well be Mickey Mouse. Gore used the office to push his AGW scams, and Biden is a potted plant. The office of VP these days is useless.
If Romney picked the most conservative person in the USA, he might fool people on the balance issue, but that conservative would not necessarily have any influence on Romney's plans for nationalized health care, gay marriage and radical judges.
... not falling for that trick again.
A pile of Mitt in the punchbowl plus anything else is still polluted.
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International Bestseller
Hakan Nesser is firmly established as one of the world's bestselling crime novelists. And now the novel that introduced Chief Inspector Van Veeteren is available for the first time in English.
The swift conviction left Van Veeteren uneasy: Janek Mitter woke one morning with a brutal hangover and his wife dead in the bathtub. With only the flimsiest defense, he is found guilty and imprisoned in a mental institution. But when Mitter is murdered in his bed, Van Veeteren regrets not following his gut and launches an investigation into the two murders. As the chief inspector delves deeper, the twisted root of these violent murders will shock even him.
About the Author
HAKAN NESSER was awarded the 1993 Swedish Crime Writers Academy Prize for new authors for "Mind s Eye" (published in Sweden as "Det Grovmaskiga Natet"); he received the best novel award in 1994 for "Borkmann s Point" and in 1996 for "Woman with Birthmark". In 1999 he was awarded the Crime Writers of Scandanavia s Glass Key Award for the best crime novel of the year for "Carambole". Nesser lives in Sweden and London.
Praise For…
"Lean, atmospheric and full of existential uncertainty. . . . Nesser isn't interested in life's pretty offerings. His detectives expect the worst because they have seen the world go wrong too often." —Richmond Times-Dispatch
"Snappish, sardonic, unsentimental, depressed, and quite possibly psychic, Van Veeteren is the most appealingly unlovable hero since TV's crabby physician House." —O, The Oprah Magazine
"In a class of its own. . . . This stunning novel by one of Sweden's foremost crime writers might have been written as a script for Alfred Hitchcock." —The Sunday Times (London)
"Mind's Eye satisfies on every level. It is an intelligently written, cleverly plotted tale, populated with believable characters. . . . Nesser was superb right out of the gate." —BookPage


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User talk:Aotake
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Since you have mentioned it on the article's talk page and the user's talk page and gotten no response, you should remove the copyrighted material from the article. If it has been very substantially changed from the original in the intervening time though, it's probably ok to leave it. Cheers, Mak (talk) 15:06, 18 May 2006 (UTC)
はじめまして、Hattoです。えっと、Aotakeさんは翻訳の仕事をしていらっしゃるそうですが、実はある英語版の日本の有名人の記事を日本のウェブサイトの情報を元に加筆してもらいたいんですけど依頼していいですか?もうその記事は十分に詳しくなっているように見えるものなのですが、俺はさらなる拡大を目指してこのインターネットを通じて世界に発信したいのです。さらに、日本語が解るユーザーは英語のそれよりも圧倒的に少ないので、英語版を詳しくすれば例え日本語が解らない人が多くても英語版から様々な外国語で記事を翻訳してもらえると思ったから依頼しました。20、いや30言語以上の言語で作成することを目指して、先日俺が各言語を解するユーザーに新規作成も依頼させてもらいました。今のところドイツ語、ポーランド語、朝鮮語で記事の作成をリクエストしており、作成されたらまた色々な言語で同様のことを各ユーザーに頼むつもりでいます。ちなみに俺のメインページには外国語による新規作成を募集していて、その一覧を載せています。あと、Wikipedia:Translation into English/Japaneseで新規作成を依頼した日本の社会問題になっている記事があるのですが、それを英語で新規で作ってもらえませんか?ちなみに、その関連人物の記事は英語版で既に2人作りました。お返事待ってます。--Hatto 12:56, 22 May 2006 (UTC)
- もしこのメッセージを見たのであれば、お返事下さい。--Hatto 01:38, 25 May 2006 (UTC)
Chopin's piano music is one of the splendid heritages of the world!I have the hopeful opportunity of sharing the amazing wiki-world with Aotake!--From Japan 10 May 2007
- メッセージありがとうございます。英語版でもご活躍のようでなによりです。--Aotake 08:48, 14 June 2007 (UTC)
こんにちわ/ 안녕하세요/ Salut[edit]
Hello, I saw you first on the Korean Wikipedia, and just wanted to say hello. ^_^ I respect all cultures and languages, including Japanese, and I am Korean. It would be nice if we can work together in the Korean and Japanese Wikipedia. I'm living in New Jersey, USA right now. I was born in Seoul though. I am currently learning Japanese, like you are currently learning Korean :). I am thinking of living in Japan (probably Dong-Gyung (To-kyo)). So, I am happy that I got to meet you, and I hope that we can work together in the future. ^_^ はじめまして。 どうぞ夜しく。
- 私は 尹一荷 です。 私は 大韓民國人 です。...ありがと。Amphitere 18:35, 12 June 2007 (UTC)
- 안녕하세요. 반갑습니다! Thank you for your message. My Korean is deficient for working on KOWP articles but I hope someday I can make some contributions. I wish your plan to live in Tokyo be realized soon! またどこかでお会いしましょう。--Aotake 08:48, 14 June 2007 (UTC)
Just being nosy - Robert Frost[edit]
Hi, I noticed your recent edit to Robert Frost (I assume this is the Korean (?) version of his name). Are names translated phonetically, or literally - i.e. is "Frost" translated to something that sounds like "Frost" or to something that means "Frost"? I assume the former, but you never know... Tomandlu (talk) 17:26, 21 November 2007 (UTC)
- Hi, thanks for your notice. Actually it was a Japanese version, but at any rate, names are in general translated phonetically in modern Japanese (and also in modern Korean). Read by ordinary Japanese speaker, it would probably sound like "lobaato fulosto", though. --Aotake (talk) 09:49, 22 November 2007 (UTC)
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PD's New Message[edit]
I want to ask if it is possible for you to translate the Japanese texts from NSJAP's website on their position on various cults like Aum_Shinrikyo, Branch Davidians, the International Federation for Victory Over Communism created by Sun Myung Moon, leader of the Unification Church, the two big Japanese texts on both Aum Shinrikyo and the Holocaust as well as placing your mouse on this roughly translated text of NSJAP's website so you can get the Google boxes that show the Japanese text explaining NSJAP's ideology and explain why NSJAP should establish a moral state as a national community on the basis of the idea of National Socialism. Meaning why would they think National Socialism is morally good?
NSJAP says on its website that it will "fight for the FREEDOM OF THE WORLD against communism". However the Wikipedia article on NSJAP says this party's "theories allow them to be placed within the wider context of the Eurasianism that forms a part of National Bolshevism." There are three ideologies and any one of them can be combined with Nationalism to form the ideology called National Bolshevism. These ideologies are on the extreme left wing and are "Bolshevism", "communism" and "socialism". Like all the questions above, I want to ask if NSJAP's support for the ideology called Eurasianism, that's part of National Bolshevism means that NSJAP supports these two ideologies? Does this mean NSJAP supports National Bolshevism, or does NSJAP oppose communism? I am asking you all these questions because your answer will help me develop a message on NSJAP's position on National Bolshevism. I intend to send this message to the talk page on that ideology so that I can ask all Wikipedians if National Bolshevism is or is not anti-Semitic.Please call back soon, thank you.
Political Dweeb talk —Preceding unsigned comment added by Political Dweeb (talk • contribs) 21:07, 19 May 2009 (UTC)
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It has been seven days from today since I put the above message on your talk page last week on Tuesday 19th May 2009. I want to understand if because you find my message so long that is why it may take some time for you to read and understand it.
You can give answers to questions of my "PD's New Message" here or on my talk page. The information you give as answers to the questions will help me contribute new information to the article on National Bolshevism by explaining in that article whether this ideology is anti-semitic or not.
I want to know when you will reply to it and also if there is anything you find you cannot understand in the "PD's New Message" could you explain that to me here or on my talk page, thank you, please reply soon.
Political Dweeb talk —Preceding undated comment added 11:15, 26 May 2009 (UTC).
- Technically I may be able to help you translate some of the texts, but I think just copying and translating them on Wikipedia will violate copyright lows, for it will exceed the limit to be exempted as a quotation. --Aotake (talk) 12:45, 26 May 2009 (UTC)
3rd Reply from PD[edit]
I think what you are saying is that explaining and translating every word of these Japanese texts and putting the long translation of these texts up on Wikipedia violates copyright laws, depending what those laws may be. Yet would it be possible for you to explain to me not by using long English translations of the Japanese texts but with a few words in English on what these Japanese texts are generally saying? Political Dweeb talk —Preceding undated comment added 15:24, 26 May 2009 (UTC).
- That depends on how much you ask me to explain. I am not an expert in this area. Reading such text and trying to understand their position will require me a lot of work. --Aotake (talk) 16:01, 26 May 2009 (UTC)
When you say it depends on how much you should explain to me about these Japanese texts, do you mean how many texts you should translate for me? Or is it that because that when I say you should use few words to explain each of NSJAP's various positions, that is not saying a particular amount needs to be explaned.
Well I think the amount I would want you to explain to me is where you give a small summary in English on every Japanese text you have read that explains whether NSJAP opposes or supports the Branch Davidians, communism, National Bolshevism, Aum Shinrikyo, Unification Church, International Federation for Victory Over Communism and the Holocaust.
It just depends on how many days it will take you to read all of these Japanese texts and create a summary you could give me on each of those texts. If possible you try to scan through the Japanese texts and explain to me the important parts of them. Yet please let me know if there is there any other way I could possibly work with you on this. Please reply here or on my talk page soon, thank you.
Political Dweeb talk —Preceding unsigned comment added by 18.104.22.168 (talk) 20:51, 26 May 2009 (UTC)
I will just give some short comments. As I said before, if you cannot read these text by yourself, and cannot find reports on these topics in the language you can read, I think you should give up writing something on it on Wikipedia.
- Branch Davidians
- http://www7.plala.or.jp/nsjap/davidian.html just explains about Branch Davidians and David Koresh. The tone does not sound very sympathetic, but it is not critical either.
- communism
- I assume they oppose it.
- National Bolshevism
- I don't know. The words Bolshevism or Bolshevik mostly appears in translations, and those usages appear to be critical.
- Aum Shinrikyo
- according to http://www7.plala.or.jp/nsjap/kiji05.html , they are neutral. They do not directly support Aum but they admire what they did.
- Unification Church and International Federation for Victory Over Communism
- They oppose it.
- Holocaust
- they are Holocaust revisionists, yet they use the word holocaust to refer to other genocide or oppression by the USA, Israel, Jewish organizations, etc. --Aotake (talk) 13:28, 27 May 2009 (UTC)
...for merging the pictures of the List of National Treasures of Japan (sculptures) into the table. Following a request in the FLC, I moved them out of the table because there were too few of them. Thanks to User:ReijiYamashina this has changed since then. Still there could be many more. If you have any images of National Treasures (sculptures or others) to upload, that would be really great. Since you seem to be interested in National Treasures maybe you'd like to help out here? bamse (talk) 09:43, 6 January 2010 (UTC)
- Thank you for the message. I thought there should have been a reason that the images were not in the table, but decided to go on rather than asking ^^; Sorry if I messed up something. I will try to follow the todo list and see what I can do. Hope to see you soon again. --Aotake (talk) 15:19, 6 January 2010 (UTC)
- Glad that you are interested. Feel free to edit the Ongoing effort section when you decide what to do.bamse (talk) 16:15, 6 January 2010 (UTC)
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A team of American-led divers in the South Pacific have discovered a lobster covered in fur.
If the Kiwi hirsuta isn't to your taste, may I suggest the wolf eel?
that is the fucking nastiest thing i have ever seen in my entire life it makes me want to die
and it wants to give you a KISS!!
I would rather see naked pictures of the bassist from Fall Out Boy then think of kissing that thing.
Those pics are all over the internet today however for all the 14 year old girls who might be interested.
Nature is evil.
I await the discovery of the Chickenfish.
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that lobster should be shipped to provincetown, MA, where they make a mean lobster salad roll and there are plenty of well-dressed homosexuals that would appreciate such a fancy crustacean.
I saw an exhibit on bioluminescence at the Pacific Science Center. They only had pictures of bioluminescent fish. I asked the docent why they didn't have any taxidermied or live examples, and he explained that all the fish were found at extreme depths where sunlight couldn't reach - exactly where they found this blind hairy lobster. He also said that when they bring fish from that depth up to the surface, the difference in pressure makes the creatures "fall apart." So I doubt we'll be seeing this on any restaurant menu.
Crustaceans aren't fish. They have hard shells. The guys who found the thing managed to bring it to the surface OK, and photograph it. I doubt it was very happy, but it didn't look like it was falling apart.
Wolf eel is fucking delicious. We got one out of the net when I was fishing in Alaska and the cook poached the meat. It had a sweet flavor and a firm, meaty texture. I'd eat me some wolf eel again if I didn't have to work on the deck of a Factory Trawler to get it.
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If he wins the election this November, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ), at 72, will be the oldest President in history to take his first oath of office. Some say that's too old, while others say it's just a number. When I think about it, I know a lot of grandparents, in their 60s, 70s and 80s, who are spry and completely able-minded — even more so than I am at 24! With all the modern advancements in medicine and nutrition, 72 isn't as old as it used to be.
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of COURSE it is TOO OLD!!! MUCH TOO OLD! This would make McCains VP choice all the more important, as that individual would probably have to finish out Johnny's term after he kicks the bucket!! and Johnny, no matter how hard he tries, will never be able to relate to normal, 9-5, working-class Americans!! I'm voting for Obama...
Why is it that Ageism is deemed just as unacceptable as other "isms" like Sexism or Racism, in other venues, but perfectly acceptable in this instance? Additionally, so much of the campaign to this point has been about dispelling notions that factors such as Sex and Race could hinder ones ability to govern. The focus needs to be on competency, character, and what a candidate stands for, not there age. By the way, I'm 31
I feel it is too old. Elections are about the future and he represents the past. How can a 72 year old man represent me, a 24 year old, or even my parents, who are in their fifties? I think he is too old to be in touch with new ideas and new technologies. I think he is too old to best serve America going into the future.
No its not too old! I would much rather have an older wiser President.
we ask our candidates to have physical exams to check their heart, lungs, etc.; why not take ageism out of the verbiage and simply add an increment of brain exam to the mix. Younger people can be very forgetful too.
how old was Ben Franklin?
Daniel Schoor is brilliant, we should ask him.....
Joe Paterno, enough said
I completely disagree with your guest and caller, I'm 32 from generation X if you'd like to label me. i agree John McCain and his views, I can't stand it when some thinks that they can speak for and generalize so many people. I think he is a strong leader and it's what this country needs since we've had such a lack of leadership.
The wisdom of the older people? wasn't it them that got us--the younger generations--into this mess in the first place? We don't need an artifact for a president. We need a reformer!
I don't think age is an issue. Rather, I believe that to run for President, every candidate should have to have a certain IQ!!
personally, I like to watch my president's hair color change. I won't be able to with John!
With regard to wisdom, my 90-year-old grandfather likes to say, "Stupid young, stupid old." That said, I would agree that as long as a person is mentally fit for the job, age should be irrelevant.
Nobody has mentioned McCain's genes. His mother is something like 96? She's sharp as a tack. Does McCain have a really good chance of having those amazing genes?
should we also look at the opposite question? How young is too young? The founding fathers put 35 as the minimum age, which 200 years ago was more than middle age. Today, adolescence has been extended into the late 20s, as evidenced in the returning home youth. That in mind, are today's 35 year olds as mature and experienced as those 200 years ago?
Some of the greatest presidents of both parties were suffering from major conditions. FDR had polo and Regan had Alzheimer's. Both of these people were greatly respected by there parties and are still role models for there parties. On the flip side both parties had great young presidents. JFK was the youngest president ever and Teddy Roosevelt was the youngest president when he was elected.
A candidate's age will also show in who that candidate chooses to help him or her run the country. Looking at the differences in our current two candidate's campaigns gives us a good idea of how they might run the country and who they would choose to help them do it.
Using statistics to assess an individual is a poor use of statistics. We just had a 41 year old woman get on the olympics swimming team.
all 72 year olds are not created equal, neither are 37 year olds. as it relates to John McCain he was not and is not presidential at any age. We are not electing an age or birthday we are electing a president. We are not electing John McCain's mother either.
I am a 70 year old Vietnam era combat veteran. It's not 72 years old, it's John Sidney McCain III. I am tired of being embarrassed by incompetence in the White House.
Would you rather buy an old Yugo or a new Lexus for $60,000?
To not elect Barack Obama as the 44th president of the USA is to be uncivilized.
The real question should hinge on the politics of managing an aging president. Should a president begin showing signs of dementia (either frontal lobe or Alzheimer's) would the handlers and politicians around him continue to make excuses and carry him past his capability to govern and lead? Look at the movie "Dave" where the president was incapacitated and his handlers found a stand-in rather than allow the vice president to take over. Or, what if the VP pushed the issue saying that the president was incapable of governing so he could assume the position.
It depends on the person and given that criteria, John McCain is too old. He suffered horribly as a POW, he's had every skin cancer there is, his medical status in general is poor to fair. President of the United States is possibly the most stressful job in the world, and I want someone who I have the confidence will be able to physically and mentally handle it - and I don't think McCain is up to the job.
Just because someone is old, doesn't mean they're wise. Just because someone was a POW, doesn't mean they should be Commander in Chief.
McCain has embraced Karl Rove with open arms as a strategist - obviously, he's forgotten what kind of character Rove is (a sure sign of early dementia).
Are there any examples of elected officials that were too old, really screwing things up?
I think this is a poorly worded question that does not address the real issue in question. I believe the issue is whether or not a candidate is mentally and physically fit to carry out the duties of the Presidency. A person my suffer from any number physical or mental ailments that may make them unfit to serve as President, but age itself should not determine whether or not someone is fit for office. We should decide who to vote for based on their policies, not their age.
I am a 36 year old doctor, and my observations are that people all age differently depending on how they have chosen to live their lives, their environment and their genetics. Some 70 and 80 year olds are in great shape and extremely sharp! Conversely, some 30 and 40 year olds are unhealthy and incompetent. I think some of the caller's comments are biased based on populations that typically haven't aged well ... such as in a nursing home. (btw ... I won't vote for McCain, but his age isn't the reason why)
What do mortality tables suggest for someone 72 years old? Although we have had some great VP's, would we be more likely to have an un-elected President, if the President dies in office?
If you wonder about decision making capabilities...G.W.Bush is only 62
I don't believe age, per se, should be the most important factor...it's the individual that matters. I think people are discussing McCain's age because he acts old,looks old, talks old & thinks old.
Winston Churchill has been mentioned several times during the show, as an example of an elder statesman who performed well in office...but Churchill was sick in his last years in office...he had a stroke in 1953, when he was 78, though it was hidden from the world at large...it's thought that he probably had dementia in his last year or two as Prime Minister.
I would argue that a primary reason history repeats itself is due to ageism - a failure to learn from the wisdom of those who have come before and have learned from their mistakes. What is normally lost in quick thinking is replaced with a gain in wisdom - the key human asset that facilitates the positive progression of a society from one generation to the next.
While taking McCain as a very healthy guy with great genetics, and a mom that's more active than I am at 35, that still doesn't take into account that he's looking to take on the most stressful position in the world. There hasn't been a president who's entered office with dark hair who's finished his service without white hair. McCain will be positively decrepit should he manage to deal with the stress long enough to last out his term.
I am 66, a democrat and would never vote for someone over 65 for president.
Some of my republican friends would not either. Age matters as much as party politics.
People are in denial about what happens to them when they get older, both mentally and physically.
Sure you can cite exceptions to anything but as a rule age causes all types of significant physical and psychological changes.
Some 30+ years ago I attended Hastings College of the Law in San Francisco-as I understood it, Hastings had been instrumental in starting the Over-65 Club-Professors who were at the time "to old" to be teaching in other institutions because of mandatory retirement rules. Because the administration was open to having older professors teach at Hastings, we received an education that was in many ways exceptional and of great depth and many of the alumni went on to become top attorneys and judges in their fields. On the other hand, we did have several professors over the years that were clearly past their prime, and because they were not tenured, were susceptible to removal.
John McCain may be capable at the moment of taking command of the Ship of State, but during the next four years, what will happen if his abilities should deteriorate and his decisions put the country or the world in danger. There is already a question about his temper; who will make the decision that he should stand down when the members of both parties have such a difficult time agreeing on anything, let alone if a Republican in office should be removed due to his mental capacity.
Age does bring wisdom, but it also brings weakness in both physical and mental capabilities. The wisdom may remain longer than the weakness' which come with age, but any way one looks at it, age takes it's toll and it is a slippery slope to take as leader of the free world.
NO it was the younger Presidents who got us into, this so called "mess". Generally that is true. Looking at Europe, we are better off. It could be worse!
Your focus was on cognitive ability, if that is to be the focus then why wasn't GW given an intelligence test before we considered him for President. Perhaps you should consider the fact that Winston Churchill was 65 when he took office and preserved England and the western world. By the way I am an Obama supporter.
Are we going to elect a seventy two year old man to the most important, stressful and dangerous position in the world? As people age, their ability to handle stress diminishes, while stress increases the rate of aging and diminishes the ability to fight off illness. The presidency involves intense unremitting stress and comparing the responsibilities and stress of the presidency to any other position now or before is simply not valid. Yes it is possible that a 72 year old could function well and not deteriorate, but is this a chance we want to take?
I am a long time listener of NPR, and did not appreciate the comments made by your guest, when saying that being a drug addict and a moselm which are some of the things that would be problematic to the American public...really shocked me and made me pause for a second and made me think if maybe I wasn't listening to the right radio station?!
The comment has been made and it's too late because millions of people have listened to it. I all of a sudden feel distanced from my favorite and only reasonable,entertaining media in the country, and would like to know how this could be rectified on the air if at all?
This was hosted by Guy Raz discussing how old is too old to be president.
First of all moslems shouldn't be equated to drug addicts. Second of all, if some extreme media sources are carelessly and purposefully using intimidating and false terminologies about Islam, then it shouldn't be used or expanded on by other responsible media sources (in this case one of your guests). Some people are working very hard to remove these false and intimidating labellings that are being carelessly cast upon many moderate law abiding citizens, simply by association of a small group of extremists, then it's frustrating and truly ...what can I say..unfair, especially when being a moslem is part of the American Public.
I am writing to you because I feel upset, and feel that somehow you will rectify the situation to your loyal listeners including myself.
I rarely listen to Guy Raz, but I'm sure if Neil Conan, Steve Inskeep, Melissa Block or if Diane Rehm amongst others, would have quickly said something on the air to rectify what your guest has said.
I'm truly upset he never even commented on it...a shame
I believe that age has more impact on a candidate's ability to handle modern day issues than it does their capability to make rational decisions. As mentioned during this broadcast, McCain has already admitted that he doesn't touch those boxes with blinking lights (read computers), and his favorite movie (Viva Zapata) was released in 1952, so I'm thinking that we're lucky he's not scared senseless by them new-fangled horseless carriages. The leader of the free world should be capable of guiding us into the future, not taking us back to the past.
I take particular offense to the caller from Phoenix, who says that he works with elderly people. By his own admission he "deals" with people from age 55 to 95. And he broadly painted a picture of mentally instable and unreliable people. First, there's a huge difference between 55 and 95, not just in terms of physical well being but as well as of mental stability. Second, I don't appreciate "Jason" from Phoenix talking about my generation like he was appointed the spokesperson. He does not share my sentiments.
I, myself am 27; my parents are of an older generation. My Father is 74 and my mother is 70, today. Both my parents are of sound mind, body and soul! Both my parents are well accomplished individuals in their own right. Both earned their Masters degree, as well as multiple undergraduate degrees and both my parents are just as sharp today as they were in my childhood and teenage years. And for the sake of my parents, I say that we all should be proud of anyone who reaches the age of 70 or older. It's an achievement, something that should be honored and revered. Not so long ago, say 200 years ago, the idea of living to 70 years of age, perhaps seemed more like a dream than a reality. I hope someday that the age of 70 is thought of as middle age rather than old age.
The problem with Jason inferring that people of age 55+ (say the age of my parents 70 or 74) are mentally unstable is that it breeds resentment toward the elderly. And that resentment turns to contempt and that can be a dangerous thing especially for those that work in the health care system, specifically those that treat the elderly. There are far too many elderly individuals who are abused at the hands of their caretaker's everyday, every year in this country and the world over, that it is frankly disgusting.
I hope someday Jason; you learn what splendor and achievement old age is additionally I hope you learn to respect it.
Don't speak for me, Jason from Phoenix, I respect the elderly for what they have already done and for what they still endeavor to achieve.
Charles Blow is 37. When I was 37 I thought anyone over 60 was too old for everything. What I've learned is that sometimes we mellow; consequently we make more prudent decisions. I'm 66 and I'm voting for John McCain. He has experience.
I think McCain's age and Obama's youth should be taken off the table. These two men are unique individuals who should be not be stereotyped based on their age. Assuming ALL elders are wiser with more valuable experience is as foolish as claiming that this population is also slow, and prone to dementia. It is equally foolish to assume youth means naive, poor judgment or a fascicle brain and energy.
Let's stop the stereotypes and judge these two candidates on an equal footing.
Of course we want our leaders to be thoughtful, wise and be able to make good decisions. Sometimes age brings this -- sometimes age also brings stubbornness and impatience (temper?). Perhaps the really great "older" leaders in history had these latter attributes in small portion.
I forgot who said it this afternoon on the show, but that comment about not trusting a 72 year-old to pick up dry cleaning. Ridiculous! What's next -- are we going to toss McCain out onto the tundra if he loses? Senior is not synonymous with senile. My fiancee's dad is a 75 year-old dentist, STILL PRACTICING, and probably gets more done in a day than I do in a week (and I'm 26!).
The inherent ageism of the whole discussion made me want to scream. Especially the "Gen-X" caller who so arrogantly stated that John McCain's campaign and proposals are not in line with Gen-X values. Ugh, speak for yourself, pal. Sure, I'm behind Obama, and you may be behind Obama, but guess what? There's a LOT of people out there in that age bracket with conservative values and that's OKAY. Doesn't make them traitors to their demographic. It's exactly that kind of absurd generalization that gives liberals a bad name.
(See, in my world, being a liberal means you're allowed to be a Republican and I won't harass you, insult your intelligence or morals, or suggest your voice is any less noteworthy than mine.)
Age would not be an issue IF McCain could run intellectual circles around other people. But McCain is infected with the same lack of curiosity as George Bush, and has NOT delved into the details of economics and has NOT pioneered on a better way for Iraq. Given his age, he should have learned to use computers, MySpace, and the Internet just to prove he is up to date.
It is beyond any doubt that he is too old for THIS job..as a nation we deem "retirement age" to be 65, this is the standard we use as a "general rule of thumb",in part based on their optimum job effective work years.The other equally important fact to remember is that he is NOT as forward thinking as his younger opponent. To those who say young people aren't "wise" enough to understand/lead...do you not remember it was the young who forced the anti-war movement of the Vietnam era.
I don't know if Dr. Cooning on June 8th's Talk of the Nation was just splitting hairs when he told a caller that MRI can't detect dementia, but I think he was misleading at the least. I recalled seeing a documentary that showed very obvious differences in brain images of people with Alzheimers -- even the early stages -- and people who didnt have Alzheimers. So I went to the Web and found the article below published last year. I think a correction, or a clarification at the very least is due your listeners.
MRI may detect early Alzheimers disease
By Anthony J. Brown, MD Tuesday, Sep. 25, 2007 2:27 PM
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - An imaging technique called functional MRI, or fMRI, can spot an abnormality in brain function that may help identify people in the early stages of Alzheimers disease, according to a new report.
SOURCE: Radiology, October 2007.
As Sarah wrote, it is not some unidentified 70+ vs some unidentified 40-something. It is McCain vs Obama. McCain is not in a nursing home. He was ahead of Bush on changing strategies in Iraq, and way ahead of him on global warming. Obama is beginning to show signs of being unwilling to make judgements -- is he flip-flopping? Or is "new information" coming in that makes him change his mind on several issues?
It's McCain vs. Obama, not a 70-something vs a 40-something. And if you think that age means an inability to identify outside your generation, consider Diane Rehm's compassion, ability to multi-task and use a computer, energy, ...
And Ida, I wish that it were the case that Neil Conan or other NPR hosts would correct absurdities from guests and callers, but they do not. Listen to Diane Rehm's interview with President Carter, and she sounds as deferential as Larry King. Neil Conan let a caller essentially insult his guest Daniel Pipes.
I want to know why when you talk about presidential candidates you do not include Ron Paul? He is a very viable candidate. I for one am sick of democrates and republicans alike! It is time to get an independent in the presidency to straighten out our government!
THIS one is too old, yes.
So are his policoes and tired ideas.
I believe that the Democrats will run away with the congress AND the White House. To me, its the pendulum swinging in it's reverse-arc. It went to an extreme, and age in that arc is part of the reason it's correcting itself now.
John McCains Grandfather died at 61 and his father died at 70. John McCain is a male not female. Right? Females usually live longer. John McCain has gone to war and was hurt and tortured for 5 years. That has to shorten your life a fue years. So, having a mother living to be in her 90s with a different life style probably will not help him.


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Scott reportedly swung at his 17-year-old daughter who was holding his infant grandchild, but missed her and struck his wife in the face, Houma Police spokesman Lt. Dana Coleman said.
When Scott's son attempted to intervene, Coleman said, he pulled a gun and threatened to use it.
The wife reportedly had bruises on her face, police said. No other injuries were reported.
Scott is charged with domestic abuse battery in the presence of a juvenile, simple assault and aggravated assault.
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