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Rob Ford utterly cringeworthy on Jimmy Kimmel Live
Jimmy Kimmel didn't pull many punches in his interview with Rob Ford last night. For half an hour, the late-night talk show host roasted the mayor on everything from his crack cocaine use to his bizarre drunken behaviour and decision to attack the Toronto police chief in the aftermath of the crack video scandal.
"I feel like I've been waiting for this night my whole life," Kimmel said at the start of the show, which you can watch below (if you can stand it.)
Ford, wearing a black shirt and bright red tie, sweated and laughed nervously through the half-hour segment, often talking as though he was in front of a local audience. He said that he had saved the taxpayers a billion dollars and helped build a subway.
During the show's most uncomfortable exchange, Kimmel had Ford stand in front of a large TV and watch a series of videos that included his drunken rage at the home of a friend and his rambling, expletive-laden Jamaican patois rant at Etobicoke's Steak Queen restaurant.
Ford maintained he didn't know whose throat he was threatening to rip out and insisted he often speaks in patois with his Jamaican friends when they are in "a private setting."
The mayor also continued to bait Police Chief Bill Blair, urging him to release the crack cocaine video. "They followed me around for five months and came up empty-handed. I just want him to come clean with the taxpayers," he said.
"I want the world to see this video ... I keep saying show the video."
Kimmel finished the interview, which had top billing ahead of Gonzo the Muppet, by urging Ford to seek help if he was an alcoholic. "It's nothing to be ashamed of, and I think it's a good example for other people who might be in a similar situation."
"I'm just a normal, average. hard-working politician that's real, and I guarantee you call me and I will go to your front door," Ford replied.
"You are not the average politician, my friend," Kimmel said.
Chris Bateman is a staff writer at blogTO. Follow him on Twitter at @chrisbateman.
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The amount of sweat coming off Ford during the interview is a sign of someone soooo out of shape or someone high on crystal meth. Could be a bit of both in this case.
(BTW... there is no clip posted as indicated in the article.)
Dare I say, Ford: 1 - Kimmel: 0?
Before he became Mayor of Toronto, Rob Ford was the Chief Financial Officer of Deco.
Shoulda stayed with "The Man Show" playin' second fiddle to the great Adam Corrola.
Rob Ford makes Toronto's sh*t real.
FORD: We've got the TIFF
annnnd that's it
They weren't applauding him they were applauding the mention of Toronto. People still like Toronto in spite of this train wreck.
I do love the fact that Ford mentioned TIFF on Kimmel's show. Especially after he voted against the TIFF subsidy.
Deco Label PR folks.
This guy is a clown who is doing damage to reputation of Toronto. He goes to LA to "promote the Toronto film industry" then spends his time in the spotlight telling everyone that the chief of police and city council are corrupt. what in the fuck.
Life is not a frat party, cheering for the biggest oaf who can shotgun a dozen beers gets old once you reach 25.
They have been on strike 8 times since 1952, which is about once every 8 years. simple, easy information to look up.
you're an utter piece of shit, and I'm glad you don't live in my city. now fuck off.
Deeply delusional on his part, esp about being a normal hardworking guy,still trotting out the old canard about saving on taxes & "cleaning up the mess he inherited at city hall".
Hopefully he loses more of his Ford Nation supporters after this.
Let me wrap it up for you folks. The last 3 1/4 years for The Honourable Rob Ford have been filled with hate, personal attacks and slander in the media and the oppositions part. Many jokes have been made regarding his weight. These are automatically viewed as OK because it is attacking Mr. Ford. If he had been Gay, a woman or a visible minority, he would have all kinds of support by one, or more specialty interest groups. There are millions of people struggling with weight issues, and these jokes are not funny. Because he is a overweight middle aged white man, many people find it amusing to attack his physical appearance. Ford supporters have to make a stand to not sit idly by and let these ignorant people make these fat jokes, totally ridiculous.
Also, many many many people keep referring to Mr Ford as a crack addict. Learn how to use your words properly. From whatever has been mentioned in the media (what the public knows) he tried crack once, so until there are multiple occurrences, people hiding behind monitors, should stop using that term in this case.
Here is the definition for all the people that obviously don't know what an addict is!
ad·dict [n. ad-ikt; v. uh-dikt] Show IPA
a person who is addicted to an activity, habit, or substance: a drug addict.
verb (used with object)
to cause to become physiologically or psychologically dependent on an addictive substance, as alcohol or a narcotic.
to habituate or abandon (oneself) to something compulsively or obsessively: a writer addicted to the use of high-flown language; children addicted to video games.
As a Torontonian, taxpayer and citizen, I see, even in the constant barrage of attacks, sticks to what he has been saying from the very beginning. Respect the taxpayer.
It ALL stems from this video:
As soon as this video was released the attacks began, and have not subsided.
I know will be attacked for sharing my view, but I rest comfortably knowing he will win again. Ford More years!. I am not a paid worker at Deco, or at Ford Nation.
Our idiot Mayor referred to an LA based audience as 'tax payers.' They don't know what the TTC is... If he had any brains he would've just said 'subways.'
People in LA are taxpayers as well, not Toronto taxpayers but still as a taxpayers I can understand what's good or bad for other taxpayers.
I'm sure there are a few rich ones who are vs. the regular drug addict who ends up spending all of his money on drugs leaving little for food.
Stintz, Soknacki, Tory, and Chow will just eat up the votes from each other! Ford is poised to win again!
As soon as this video was released the attacks began, and have not subsided."
Heaven forbid that the people responsible for managing these services actually look into how they operate once in awhile.
If city councilors were forced to commute to work on the TTC at least 4/5 times per year we would probably end up with an amazing system.
Keep hiding behind a computer tough guy!
NON-ISSUE! No problem with Rob spreading the gospel to a wider audience, smart move, alot of Torontonians were caught up in the hype/buzz. If Ford was to be on the National, The Agenda with Steve Pagan, George Strombo show, Rick Mercer, how many would've tuned in, watched, PVR'd it? Alot less than with this Kimmel hype! Rob Ford is a political, power house PR machine~
The front door of my apartment in the Village?
Bush, Obama, Clinton, etc. etc. all go on these late night shows as well. Maybe if we actually had a decent late night show in Canada that people like he could've done it here.
But we do need Stephen Harper playing Beatles tunes with his band all over Canada and internationally NOW EVEN IN ISRAEL
Ford in '14? Don't Count Out Canada's Most Embarrassing Mayor Just Yet
By Robyn Doolittle
also if he runs the city like a business..show me a CEO that wastes his time neglecting his actual CEO duties and instead individually visits customers hoping he can be the CEO again so he can again not do his CEO job of running the big picture by once again visiting people. if he likes Customer Service so much he should apply for a job at the 311 call centre......and lastly...the ford math...i saved over a billion dollars broken down by over $840,000,000 in efficiencies + the negative lost revenue of $240,000 from the car reg tax....yikes I cringe everytime he says it and yet he really believes it himself i think. let's hope to gawd that no one else buys this bs this time.
You mentioned that you 17 year old thinks he is awesome. Maybe I am stating the obvious, but I think Ford is shrewd enough to realize that his behaviour is swaying older supporters, and he is now trying to court the younger/new voter population that sees him as a new novelty and thinks he's "awesome". While going on a talk show seems embarrassing, I think it will win points with younger/new voters who generally don't consider the future impacts of voting in this idiot for a second term. Call it the "Jackass factor". If Ford jumped from a moving car onto a shopping cart rolling down a hill, I would expect that your 17 year old would love him all the more.
I hope I don't offend anyone with my cynical view of late teen/early 20 year olds, and I hope that I am proven wrong about them. I just know that when I was in my early 20's I know that I wasn't necessarily thinking about the consequences when I was voting. I am ashamed to admit it, but I know that I once voted solely on the basis of name recognition. So I guess I am saying, I hope younger people today (including your 17 year old) are smarter than I was at that age, and see through his shenanigans and identify him as the truly incompetent bully he really is.
Ford was vocal about his dislike of the last budget, and yet it still passed with majority council approval. How is that "getting the job done"? Whether or not a mayor can "get the job done" is almost entirely based on their communication skills and abilities to WORK WITH OTHERS.
Joseph and Irwin Of Mimico, That ass works for blogTO. Two thirds of the posts in this thread belong to him/her. Don't waste your time reacting. I just skip over all those posts.
The whole show was scripted, and Rob knew what was coming before he stepped on stage. Rob did a good job. Had to laugh at Toronto media to put a negative spin to it. As a Torontonian I'm not the least embarrassed by Ford being on Kimmel. It takes gutts to do what he did, and he looked great. What's embarrassing for Toronto, is the nastiness surrounding Ford: by the media; third rate jealous city councillors, who rip off tax payers; union members who post derogatory comments on blogs like this one (that includes cops, EMT's, fire, CUPE); and our embarrassing corrupt police force who runs interferance for members of organized crime, all the while stating what hero's they are, and how they're lives are in danger. Yeah right you chicken shit assholes! When it comes to embarrassment look no further than to the rude, nasty, leftees who live and work in TO, who are for taxing the impoverished, and educating children in the area's of oral sex and fisting, because God knows a child should know how to do these things, because sexual preditors shouldn't have to.
Joseph and Irwin Of Mimico, That ass works for blogTO. Two thirds of the posts in this thread belong to him/her. Don't waste your time reacting. I just skip over all those posts.
The whole show was scripted, and Rob knew what was coming before he stepped on stage. Rob did a good job. Had to laugh at Toronto media to put a negative spin to it. As a Torontonian I'm not the least embarrassed by Ford being on Kimmel. It takes gutts to do what he did, and he looked great. What's embarrassing for Toronto, is the nastiness surrounding Ford: by the media; third rate jealous city councillors, who rip off tax payers; union members who post derogatory comments on blogs like this one (that includes cops, EMT's, fire, CUPE); and our embarrassing corrupt police force who runs interferance for members of organized crime, all the while stating what hero's they are, and how they're lives are in danger. Yeah right you chicken shit assholes! When it comes to embarrassment look no further than to the rude, nasty, leftees who live and work in TO, who are for taxing the impoverished, and educating children in the area's of oral sex and fisting, because God knows a child should know how to do these things, because sexual preditors shouldn't have to.
Joseph and Irwin Of Mimico, That ass works for blogTO. Two thirds of the posts in this thread belong to him/her. Don't waste your time reacting. I just skip over all those posts.
The whole show was scripted, and Rob knew what was coming before he stepped on stage. Rob did a good job. Had to laugh at Toronto media to put a negative spin to it. As a Torontonian I'm not the least embarrassed by Ford being on
i'll bet his kids will ask him something about school and all he can reply is.....i've saved the taxpayers over a billion dollars, i give customer service, i build subways, my partying is in the past. the kid's like ...but dad, can i go.....rob's all....i'm focussed now and the people want me and their gonna kick those leftie counsellors right out....
how long will it be before this ford nightmare is over..let it be just 7 more months
Oh, and by the way "Joseph", it's probably wise to avoid using the terms "Ford supporters", "ignorant people" and "ridiculous" in the same sentence since they are redundant words.
My big disappointment from the appearance is that whenever Ford spat out one of his usual lies -- saved money, built a subway, inherited a mess, etc. - Jimmy didn't have the ability or interest to say "Let me stop you right there, as it is well known that that is not true, so you can just skip that line of defence and move on to your next point." One of these days, maybe in a political debate setting, Ford won't be able to spew such talking points unchallenged.
Viewership for Strombo is hardly what it is for Kimmel.
Rob has given Canadian Media more than enough to work with.
No, the only bullying that's going on is how tight you're holding your teddy bear and blankie. A real man would step out into the light of day and maybe meet with the people he's badmouthing to have a real discussion, man-to-man. But that's not your style, is it?
You just hide now, JoeyBoy, in your Mommma's basement, whining about how bad the world is now that people who are LGBT (and the people who love them) have stood up to anonymous bullies like you. Your world really IS getting smaller by the hour, isn't it?
There's nothing to fear about the LGBT community, about feminism, about minorities taking their place alongside everyone of us, JoeyBoy. And the sooner you accept the world has changed, the sooner you'll see there's always been a place for you. Well...once you lose the hatred, of course.
What's it going to be?
1. He cares about this city and it's residents
2. It gives him a database of names, address's and numbers of those to be considered in Ford Nation calling on his help and direct access to them. Robin Doolittle reported on The Agenda that we keeps a paper copy of everyone that's called and that's been assisted. He has thousands and thousands and thousands of thousands of people he's helped. He's been collecting the names since he was a councilor.
I'm a bit older than you, so maybe this won't resonate. But I will say that when I was 18, my father sat me down and impressed upon me the importance of civic duty and elections and making your vote count. And further to your point, the one thing I worry about with my son is the world has turned upside-down in recent years where politics are concerned and it's getting harder and harder to point to common role models.
Back in the day you could point to a Broadbent or a Davis or an Eggleton and compare and contrast why they were good for their constituents and for governing. These days, at all levels of government, who am I to point to for my son?? It's almost a relief that he will not be old enough to vote for the next 3 elections (which will all happen almost on top of one another). But he'll be able to vote shortly after that, and who knows what circuses will exist then to trick him into voting this way. Your Jackass show comment is pretty spot-on, in that light, because my kid spent 20 minutes with his friends laughing their butts off watching the You Tube of the show last night.
2. a mayor's job is to attend council meetings and run the other big picture city items. it is a waste of resources for him to be inefficiently wasting time visiting little old ladies in their homes. if that worked well, we'd abolish 311 and just have rob visit everyone in their homes. just try to think what the cost is to taxpayers, every time, rob and some staffers get in that suv and spend an hour or 2 in some far flung corner of the city. the cost is probably $1,000 or more per visit that he does all for his own personal glory...a big waste of resources that we cannot afford.
You can support Ford without being so mean-spirited about it; why does politics always have to be so zero-sum for the people who espouse intolerance and hatred, anyway?
It might also bar him from the politics for until he gets help. You have to be of sound mind to hold a position on local city councils. Is there not a provision that city councillors and employees are obligated to pass mandatory drug testing. The City of Toronto pays this man for his time does that make him basically on a four year contract.
Use the laws for what they are, this is not an abuse of power, it is only a protection of both the city and the council that work with him.
Also, how does throwing Ford Nation t-shirts out to an audience promote Toronto's film industry, or even Toronto in general? Is there a vote coming up and could this just be cheap electioneering?
No one cares about Robyn Doolittle. What people care about is the interesting man she wrote about.
iSkyscraper: Still trolling from New York? No one cares what you think Bloomberg supporter! Bloomberg threw a bunch of senior citizens (famous actors, musicians, directors, ballet dancers) out of Carnege Hall. Scumbag!
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Ford Those of you who are rude, crap slinging losers will have to suffer for at least Ford More years!
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All are speaking wild gibberish, and none exactly mental giants.
Will be fun to watch his brain explode when Olivia Chow pulls a Robbie Ford and marches right up the middle between all the other candidates and takes the Mayor's Office in October.
Ford More years!
This is the type of people that are opposed to Mr. Ford, Thank GOD he is in the minority. Go put your 1 vote in on October 27th 2014. I am not anyone else on here but myself, I haven't posted under any other aliases, the problem here is because this blog is un-monitored, we have clowns like the guy who keeps attacking people here posting multiple times. He hides behind his computer and acts tough. In person he is a pussy cat. Ford More Years!
Jan - Oh yes please, bring on the Chow! LMAO. She's got that Jean Cretien thing going on with her mouth. Should be good for a laugh.
gurgle, gurgle - Don't flatter yourself.
Jan - Oh yes please, bring on the Chow! LMAO. She's got that Jean Cretien thing going on with her mouth. Should be good for a laugh.
BIG SHOUT OUT TO TORONTO ON KIMMEL TONIGHT! FORDS a genious.
Work 1 hour per day! Lie!Lie!Lie! Say you Save $$$ but don't! Don't help stupid Irwin mimico!
Ford is great--he did well
whatta about all that sweat though??
Montgomery triangle is awesome
Gotta love Bowness
Don't hate the playa--hate the game!!! kids
Ford is great--he will be around for a while
the haters show go fly their rainbow flags
Montgomery triangle is awesome
When Tory or Stintz, Chow or Solnacki creams Ford, they are going to be gobsmacked. They are in complete denial about the coming storm. Worse, they think things are only going to ge better. Emboldened by a Harper majority and serious stumbles by McGuinty/Wynne, they're all set for Ford to rise, Hudak to take Queens Park, Harper to squash Trudeau like a bug and for Doug Ford to finally work his way into provincial politics to continue the dynasty.
Only, the worm has turned, Ford Nation, and the outlook is cruel.
Folks, whether you want to believe it or not, Ford is going to get 15% of the vote, tops. And the kicker here ---the REAL twisting-in-the-wind moment for y'all-- is that your demographic is dying. It's literally evaporating as every year passes. So you will never, EVER have the numbers again to pull off a candidate like Ford again. Which means you will never, EVER have representation at City Hall again.
Think about that for a moment.
This is your LAST moment in the sun. This is the last time anyone who even remotely resembles you will represent you and your interests. From this point forward, it'll only be the people you loathe: young, educated, progressive, proactive, consensus-building, computer/social media-savvy, LGBT-positive. Fun, right?
Oh, and these kids you hate, well they're also old pros at building via grassroots, which--as a million tiresome townhall meetings have shown me over the past 8 years--is pretty much kryptonite to all you rant-y, shout-y, willfully ignorant dinosaurs. You're DONE. The era you revelled in is GONE.
Those of you who like to suck up oxygen at town halls --but never have anything positive to say, let alone constructive to add, where fancied yourself a maverick everyman leader, a pillar of common sense standing tall over the clueless elites, that golden age where you got to be seen yelling into a microphone about what YOU aren't getting for YOUR tax dollars...poof, gone!
Instead, you'll be shunted to the margins, pushed back behind waves of people who can't comprehend your anger, let alone understand your (increasingly bitter) blather. The microphone will still be open to you, but you'll find it harder to ever get to it, because all the community-minded people ahead of you with great ideas and a willingness to work with people they disagree with.
Over time you'll stop attending those meetings, finding them a waste of time. Eventually your only avenue will be leaving wild, hate-filled voicemail for anyone who will still return your calls. You audience for your tiresome brand of bullying will be some poor administrative assistant in a Councillor's office; all your rage reduced to a four-word email to 311 Toronto: fill pothole, citizen irate.
Ford Nation, no one like to see people get badly bloodied, but Rob Ford is headed for a harsh fall. He isn't going to just get beat, he's going to have his ass handed to him. And the electorate? They'll never repeat the same mistake twice. Too, as demographics change, candidates like Ford will no longer even HAVE a chance in the suburbs because the suburbs will be full of youth voters, who will vote much more in line with the urban blocks, so it'll never actually be POSSIBLE again for candidates like Ford to prosper.
So enjoy your time, Ford Nation, because the clock is counting down on this party. You can exit gracefully, or you can go down screaming, but this is one light that is about to be permanently snuffed out.
Lovin my moment in the sun!
That was the whole point.
Watch for Ford on Jon Stewart--that will be funny not like lame ass Kimmel.
Don't be a playa hater
Montgomery triangle is awesome
Are you not pissed that the police chief spent millions following Ford around and came up with nothing? Where's this illegal activity?
When was he charged with extortion?
No criminal charges against Ford that I'm aware of. Again, you should be demanding the charges be brought forward by Bill Blair if your so sure of all the evidence.
Do you have the facts and can provide a link or not? OR are you just spreading hearsay that has never been tried in court.
Everyone on here seems to know all the facts and evidence so what are the police waiting for? Are you not outraged that the police have given you just enough arguing points but you loose the argument everytime because in the end the police are backing up your story by doing nothing. Job Well Done. Case Closed.
"All of the evidence that was gathered in that case has been reviewed by the investigators and with Crown prosecutors in this case and where reasonable and probable grounds to lay a charge exists, charges have been laid," Blair said. "But that's up to the investigators in consultation with the Crown.
"I think we've done our job. I don't believe it's appropriate for the police to comment on the evidence. Our job is to put it before the courts. We have done that job and the courts have done what they see fit to do with it."
Playa haters--hate the game not the playa!!
Bodyboys go fly your rainbow flags
Montgomery triangle is awesome!
Obviously this guy can't stand Ford being the Mayor. I think he is moving to Montreal on Oct 28 2012
In fact, I think they should levy a small property tax increase (0.5%??) on all residents in Etobicoke because most of them are crooks and gangbangers, anyway, so we might as well be taxing that income, right? Then we could use that money to better keep tabs on our disgraced "Mayor". Anyone who doesn't use quotes when dealing with Rob Ford and the Mayoral chair is delusional.
Call your councillor, ask that they back the 'Tax Our City's Crooks' tax for Etobicoke! And send an email to Bill Blair urging him to run for Mayor...or at least to run against Doug Ford. I mean SOMEONE has to clean up the cesspool that is Etobicoke/Mimico.
I don't comment on ongoing investigations, but i was disgusted in it.
Plus, going fishing with the people that decide your budget, is a definite conflict of interest.
Now you'd be hard pressed to find anyone with a brain in their head who DOESN'T think Slick Robbie grabbed a handful.
Ford is almost as much of a scummy creep as Lisi. See that weirdo scumbag in the photo with him, the kid with the dyed hair giving the finger to the camera. Brr...what trash Ford associated with.
Face it...you're just an dumb, old, windbag prude with body issues who hasn't laughed in years. Do us all a favour, sourpuss, and kindly fall into an elevator shaft.
1: It is run by people who are totally biased.
2: If they don't like what you write, they will delete it!
3: Also, if you disagree with the opinion of the monitors, they ridicule you, and attack your intelligence.
4: People will act childish and if you examine some of the previous comments, they have nothing to contribute but write idiotic comments to keep opposing view silent.
Good Luck having an opinion here!
This post should be deleted shortly, so keep what I am saying in mind and choose a different website for blogging.
Clap! Clap! Clap!
And, no I am not homophobic, this is always the excuse given to attack contradicting positions!
Don't Worry!
Carry on!
Montgomery triangle is awesome
You silly man-child. I'm surprised you even know how to SPELL Muay Thai, let alone what it is.
Oh wait..you DON'T know how to spell it (See: Google)
Look, I don't mean to be a jerk, but the way you are acting, it's impossible not to believe you're anything but a closet-bound gay-hating clown who hides behind the internet so you can keep the LGBT community down. That ain't cool. And you know what, hon? We ain't going anywhere.
You're free to have your homophobic opinions, but in a place like Toronto, you are going to feel very lonely the moment you start trying to push your hatred down other people's throats. You might even get some pushback, which by the looks of it, you have too thin of skin to be getting into debates.
Look...you don't have to JOIN our naked parade, but you ARE invited. Isn't that the Christian way...turn the other cheek? Well, I'm doing that, and I officially invite you on behalf of the entire community. Don't knock it unless you try it. Heck, maybe you might find something you like and stay awhile. ;)
Just don't bring that potty mouth. Otherwise we'll have to bend you over a pommel horse and use you for rawhide tanning, or some, or other creative punishment.
Ford is awesome!! --I say him training at good life fitness this morning. He be shaping up mon!
Schooling you seems to be a full time job for people on here. It's almost as if you never WENT to school. Or maybe you never finished?
God is GREAT!
Jesus is GREAT
Mohammad is GREAT!
Jehovah is GREAT!
Corinthians 6:9-10 - "Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral nor idolaters nor adulterers nor male prostitutes nor homosexual offenders nor thieves nor the greedy nor drunkards nor slanderers nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God."
Have fun while on Earth!
But, while I'd argue there is zero afterlife, I defend your right to believe there is one and to celebrate your associated beliefs. See...that's the beauty of being Canadian, it's called tolerance.
But if hiding behind a keyboard is one kind of cowardice, then hiding behind religion is an even bigger one. and you won't find many Canadians that stand for cowardly bullying under the banner of religion--it ain't right.
If you can't turn the other cheek, I'm wasting my breath. But the offer to join us for our celebration is still extended, regardless. It may sound a trifle religious, but the Canadian in me really wants to convert the hater in you. :)
xoxo (mwah!)
Rob Ford, although he isn't perfect, did a great job getting bombarded against Kimmel. It was humourous as well as entertaining. Ford More Years!
And part of it comes from sidestepping haters when and where I encounter 'em.
But, in my defense, when you get into the zone with some guy who is talking out their butts, you kinda tend to forget what the hell you were doing there in the first place.
Nicely called, I'll quit replying to this bullying asshat.
But Ford came away yet again with a mountain of egg on his face, even more tarnish to his reputation, and only cememented the fact he'll be an also-ran.
Looking forward to that intolerant hater/homophobe being shown the door.
Sexual harassment is bullying or coercion of a sexual nature, or the unwelcome or inappropriate promise of rewards in exchange for sexual favors.[1] In most modern legal contexts, sexual harassment is illegal. "It is unlawful to harass a person (an applicant or employee) because of that person's sex." Harassment can include "sexual harassment" or unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, and other verbal or physical harassment of a sexual nature.
Keep in mind that a ruling by a Canadian court. Brian Burke lawsuit: B.C. court grants him permission to sue online
So make sure what you type is not slanderous or harassment like the previous sexual advances would be sue-able under this precedents setting court case. I would demand your info from the blog owners in an attempt to sue for slander as well as sexual harassment. These are unwelcome sexual advances. There are more than one instance in this blog alone, and looking through this website you have harassed others with your posts.
Govern yourself accordingly!
(kiss me, you fool!)
(P.S. Ford ain't getting our vote...and a lot of us live in the burbs now!)
I thought you knew karate. Or are your hands of death no match for a warm hug from a compassionate fellow human being?
Sigh...why do you torment so, Tough G.? And why can't I quit you????
Your sexual advances are very offending!
Because I AM Tough Guy (but I have fooled myself into thinking no one else can see that). Jeez...I think some people would find me kind of OFFENSIVE.
Ford More years!
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I can delete all of them at will, so no one will ever know you exist.
BWOO HOO HA HA...tremble before my SERIUZ internetz POWER!!!!
(+1 infinity)
Ford More years underground!
Ford More years underground!
Ford More years underground!
Ford More years underground!
Like...SERIOUSLY believe it??
Outta my sunbeam, tubby...Poppa needs a new tan!
Fact is our Mayor is a wide person. Maybe his BMI is spot-on for all I know...but my eyes tell me he occupies a lot of space horizontally, and if he's standing in front of me while I'm suntanning, there's no chance I'm getting downtown brown, and THAT, my friends, is probably the biggest news stoy of the day because I needs me some sun!
Ford More Years!
Ford is great
The blog would blow far less if you used proper english.
Jimmy likes stopping on L.A. highways to look at car crashes. He always stops at train wrecks. The Ford Boob You Tube Show will be replayed on Jimmy's show to gales of laughter.
Both the Ford brothers are hateful bullies,thugs
and racist anti-semites and vile low life unholy bastards!
It is only fitting that Rob Ford is now in hospital waiting for results of the medical investigation of his tumor.
Four unholy Ford years of abuse will hopefully soon come to a final end on October 27th,2014.
Ford Nation: Bullies and antisemitic trolls like "Personal Jesus",
"Abba", etc, vomit to death all of Ford Nation!
But then,Ford Nation,like the Ford Brothers Rob & Doug,are a filthy virus,a cancer that Toronto has for 4 rotten years been invaded by!
To the troll who responded to my post: go away!
I don't care how many publicity photos are /or were taken of Mayor Rob Ford at United Bakers Dairy Restaurant,he is still a hater of Jews and in short,a poor excuse for a human being. The man is a thief,a bully,a racist thug,without class nor sensitivity or compassion. Four years of Rob Ford have made this city a poor laughing stock to other people around the world. Typical of the rotten cancerous Ford Nation and their fascist supporters: attack like the foul vermin that you are.
Want to reply to my comments troll? Then use your own name,or I will simply delete your miserable reply. Marc Bernstein.
He is totally unfit to be Mayor of Toronto,or any other city. Rob Ford and his filthy brother Doug are lying thugs & bullies. They have no culture,no class,devoid of sensitivity,compassion,
I don't care that this miserable fat piece of crap is in the hospital with a tumor!
Frankly I have no sympathy at all for Rob Ford. If he had behaved in a manner supposedly fitting of a Mayor of a first class city such as Toronto,and truly cared about his health and image and the people of Toronto he would have stopped drinking,ceased taking drugs and lost weight. Yes,cancer is indeed a terrible killer.
But Rob Ford was and continues to be totally self-destructive and acts like a foul,rancid clown and a damn pitbull!
As far as "Ford Nation" goes,well,to me they are a bunch of despicable bigots and culture-vultures! To the rotten troll who insulted me earlier in an email:
typical abusive hostile ugly behavior from members of the bigoted Ford Nation,who in my opinion are a bunch of mean spirited trolls! Don't bother sending me a hostile reply Ford Nation thugs,
I'll block you and delete your emails without reading them.
Marc Bernstein,Toronto.
Regarding Rob Ford phony publicity appearance at United Bakers Dairy Restaurant in Lawrence Plaza a few weeks ago,photos of Rob Ford in one of Toronto's oldest and finest Jewish Kosher-Style Dairy legendary restaurant in North Toronto do not impress me at all. Ford and Ford Nation remain bigots and anti semitic racist bullies.


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Today, April 2, is the second annual World Autism Awareness Day. Last year, the United Nations' celebrated the first and this year the festivities have been expanded. I even received an email inviting me to the party but alas, I am on the other side of the country.
For me, autism awareness is about understanding all of the different attributes that a person on the spectrum may have. I have met dozens of people on the spectrum and no two have been alike in every way. I find that a lot of people that aren't well-versed in the autism spectrum try to pigeon-hole people as nonverbal, noninterested and noncaring.
In our house, my two spectrum kiddos show love and affection. My daughter requires a hug and a kiss before we depart ways and my son requires a hug and a kiss before bed every night.
My kids make eye contact and my daughter has a never ending smile on her face.
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Think Outside the Cup: Cantata Coffee serves as a base for a variety of food and drink recipes.
By Molly Folse
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The new kid on Birmingham's coffee block is Cantata Coffee, the brainchild of New Orleans transplant Bebe Goodrich, her husband Thomas and longtime friend Richard Rodriguez.
"I was born and raised in New Orleans, one of the world's top coffee producing — and drinking — cities. I grew up on great coffee," Goodrich says. "Upon leaving New Orleans in 2003, I realized that New Orleans coffee, and its coffee culture, is unlike any other place. Why not share my coffee memories with others?"
Cantata's cold-brew method extracts flavor compounds from premium coffee beans, avoiding the bitter oils and acids found in other coffee. The result is a New Orleans-inspired blend of coffee and chicory.
"Our goal is to simplify the coffee experience for everyone," Goodrich says. "People want consistent, convenient solutions that are cost effective, and we plan to be that solution."
By itself, Goodrich compares Cantata's concentrate to a strong shot of espresso. One ounce of the product diluted with water or milk can turn into anything from a creamy latte, iced coffee or traditional cup of Joe.
"Cantata Coffee doesn't just open up to a multitude of drink options; it's a great ingredient for a number of sweet and savory recipes," Goodrich says. "You can enhance ice cream and cheesecake recipes with Cantata Coffee or add it to chili or a meat rub to bring out new flavors in your dishes."
A friend concocted Cantata Coffee Cheesecake, and ever since Goodrich says it's become a staple in their fridge.
"Cantata Coffee is to us what butter and cream are to the French – something that can be added to any dish to make it better. With that in mind, we are always experimenting with new recipes. What's most enjoyable is sending a recipe out, only to get a response enhancing it. Cooking is a personal thing; we're just providing a blueprint."
Cantata Coffee is available locally at Freshfully, Neighborhood Hops and Vine, V. Richards and Western Supermarket in Mountain Brook. You can also order it online at cantatacoffee.com.
Cantata Ice Cream
1 1/2 cups heavy cream
3 egg yolks
3/4 cup sugar
1 1/2 cups milk
2 whole eggs
4 oz. Cantata Coffee
Heat milk and cream in a medium saucepan. Do not let it boil. Turn off heat when mixture reaches near-boiling.
Combine eggs, yolks and sugar in a bowl and whisk for 3 minutes. Slowly pour in 1 cup of the hot milk mixture into the egg mixture,
beating rapidly with a whisk until mixed. Pour the egg mixture into the saucepan with the mix mixture while beating.
Heat mixture over medium low heat, stirring constantly until the consistency is thick enough to coat the spoon. Chill mixture overnight or put in the freezer for a few hours. Pour mixture into an ice cream maker and add Cantata Coffee. Add chocolate chips or shaved chocolate. Freeze for 2 hours before serving.
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1 oz. Cantata Coffee
2 oz. vodka
1/2 oz. Kahlua
1/2 oz. half and half
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7 Tbsp. butter
1/3 cup sugar
1/8 tsp. salt
For filling:
16 oz. cream cheese
8 oz. ricotta cheese
1 cup sugar
3 Tbsp. flour
1 tsp. vanilla
3 eggs
3 oz. Cantata Coffee
For optional garnish:
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Fresh raspberries
Raspberry, caramel or chocolate syrup
Preheat oven to 375˚ and grease sides and bottom of a springform pan. Put pan on a cookie sheet in case of overflow. Combine butter, sugar and salt with ground Oreos. Press into bottom of the pan and refrigerate while making filling. Combine cream cheese, ricotta, sugar, flour and vanilla. Mix with an electric mixer until it is the consistency of peanut butter. Slightly beat the eggs and stir in mixture. Stir in Cantata Coffee. Pour mixture into cake pan and bake 45 to 50 minutes or until the center no longer jiggles. Cook on a rack for 15 minutes. Release pan sides and let cool for 30 minutes. Cover and refrigerate for 4 hours. Garnish to taste.
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2 cups white vinegar
1 cup apple cider vinegar
1/4 cup sugar
1/2 cup Worcestershire sauce
1/2 cup soy sauce
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Mix all ingredients to create marinade. Cover meat in marinade and let sit at room temperature for at least 2 hours prior to cooking. Marinade may be stored for up to two weeks at a time.
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THE committee of St Micheal's graveyard are urgently appealing for volunteers to assist in maintaining the cemetery to the standard it has reached today.
Following a public meeting in 1999 chaired by Canon Seamus Linnane, a committee was formed and it was here that Cllr Maria Gorman suggested that, as a millennium project for the town, a group of interested people should spearhead a campaign to clear up the "old cemetery", parts of which were undeniably descending into wilderness. With that in mind, voluntary workers were recruited and so the work began.
To date, the oldest part of the graveyard has been cleared of rubble and the overgrowth of entangled bushes and trees, reseeded, paths relayed and gravestones repaired and restored. The practice of the annual Mass in the graveyard has also become part of the work of this committee.
The work, the time and the effort that this committee have put into this St Micheal's graveyard has been phenomenal. It has been a long slow process but the transformation itself has made it all well worth while.
While the millennium has been and gone the committee continued with its commitment to St.Micheal's Graveyard, under the beady eye of Micheal O'Sullivan, who was totally dedicated to the organisation and steered the committee in the direction which has resulted in the cemetery being maintained to the highest of standards.
However, the hard working committee of the St Micheal's graveyard are always concerned about the constant up-keep and maintenance of this very large cemetery and are now looking for recruits to help out.
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How did this new album and overall concept for it come about, and what are your ultimate goals with it?
The concept for this album was actually inspired by the great Quincy Jones and his classic Back on the Block album. As a producer/songwriter, I wanted to create a platform to display and highlight talented singers who could really sing but needed an outlet. Since I produce different genres of music, I thought it would be cool to create a project, which mixed elements of soul, jazz, neo soul & hip-hop. My ultimate goal for this album is for my music and the artists associated with this project to receive global exposure and for us to sell lots of records!
What do you find to be the most challenging aspect of recording a new album?
The most challenging aspect of recording a new album is staying within the budget constraints working as an indie label. I also find that with a compilation album like mine, it was important to make sure the album, along with the artists had a smooth, cohesive flow to it and that the songs didnt feel forced or out of place.
How would you describe what inspires you to do what you do?
What inspires me to do what I do is a love of music and the creative process of making records and running an indie label. I have been inspired to see if I can reach the musical/business heights of Berry Gordy & Smokey Robinson, Quincy Jones, Gamble & Huff & Clive Davis. To go in the studio, create a melody, transfer my ideas to the artists and have them deliver a great product that the masses enjoy is a rush unlike any other I have experienced.
What artists do you feel akin to or in the same tribe with?
The artist I feel akin to as a producer is Quincy Jones. However, the featured artists on Nu Indie Soul, Vol. 1 are akin to Ledisi, Erykah Badu, Angie Stone & Donny Hathaway.
Who are some of your current favorite artists, Smooth Jazz or otherwise?
Some of my current favorite artists are Kem, Angie Stone, Fantasia, John Legend & Anthony Hamilton
What are you most proud of at this point in your life and career?
What I am most proud of at this point in my career is that I have been able to use my business acumen and musical gifts to help other aspiring artist realize their dreams of singing, performing and selling records to a mass audience. I am also proud of the fact that even when the major labels rejected my music, I kept pursuing my dreams and proved that there was a market for the music I create.


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Rudy Bakalov wrote: > Hello all, > > As I am getting closer to having the new tower and antennas go up, > questions that I have never considered in the past keep on coming up. One of > them is the choice of coax. > > As the title suggests, I am trying to decide between LMR400 and BuryFlex. > I estimate that I will need a total of 1000' to connect all 4 beams, the > phasing lines, 2 cables to the shack, etc. The max distance between an > antenna and the shack will be less than 300' (or 0.3db loss). > > I like the LMR400 option due to its lower cale loss and cost. However, I > don't understand the practical impact of the fact that LMR400 is NOT > non-contaminating- is there going to be any impact from bundling cables, > attaching them to the tower legs, etc.? Probably not. I've never noticed any adverse effects from taping the coax (I have 5 runs up the tower) to a tower leg. > The cables will go in a PVC conduit between the tower and the shack. > As do mine. > > I do recognize the difference in flexibility (and its applicability to > rotating antennas) and my solution is to have a 10' BuryFlex attached to each > yagi, followed by whatever length of LMR400. I have to install Polyphaser > coax in-line protectors anyway and I will install them between the 10' > BuryFlex and LMR400 sections. > > I'm replacing my runs with LMR-600 and using LMR-600UF for rotator loops. As to the Polyphasers, I'd never put one at the top of the tower or at the antenna. Remember they are sacrificial devices and when one does its job it may fail and need to be replaced. The bottom end of my rotator loops go to bulkhead connectors mounted in 1 1/4 X 1/8" Aluminum angle fastened to the tower legs using saddle clamps. The coax shield is again grounded at the base of the tower before it goes into the conduit. All polyphasers are mounted at a grounded bulkhead at the entrance to the house. http://www.rogerhalstead.com/ham_files/cablebox.htm has some earlier photos of the installation. However I think the Davis Buryflex is much more rugged than the LMR UF versions and would not hesitate to use it instead of them for the LMR-400 rotator loops. I think you will find Buryflex is easier to handle (pull through conduit) than the LMR-400 but I think both are good cables. So far I've had no problems with the LMR 400 except some rotator loops made from LMR-400UF, but that really wasn't the fault of the cables although Buryflex may have withstood the abuse a bit better. The rotator limits failed and the big array wound the rotator loops tight around the top of the tower and over the edge of the top plate. Where they skidded over the edge of the top plate it peeled the jacket right off. Using tape and "heat shrink" I repaired them instead of replacing them which would have easily have been a full day's job. Now, as everything is coming down they are getting replaced with the LMR-600UF IF I stay with the present antenna set up. If I go with the 4L "shorty fourty" then most likely the UHF/VHF antennas up top will not go back up and I'll have less need for the LMR-600UF. > Any thoughts? The difference in cost is about $150 at 1000' > I think either will work fine, but even using Buryflex all the way I'd still put in bulkhead connectors to ground the shield at the top and bottom of the tower. My runs are about 230 feet from rigs to the antennas up top. However I'm using a "six pack" at the base of the tower for HF which eliminates 4 100' runs of LMR-400 and lets me use those antennas from either the den or shop, or rater it will once I'm finished with the overhaul. <:-)) http://www.rogerhalstead.com/ham_files/tower.htm (It's a big page with lots of photos) 73 Roger (K8RI - ARRL Life member) www.rogerhalstead.com N833R (World's oldest Debonair) > > Thanks, > > Rudy N2WQ > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > _______________________________________________ > TowerTalk mailing list > email@example.com > http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/towertalk > > _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ TowerTalk mailing list email@example.com http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/towertalk
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Europe's Lehman moment
By Jeffry A. Frieden
The opinions expressed are his own.
Europe is in the midst of its variant of the great debt crisis that hit the United States in 2008. Fears abound that if things go wrong, the continent will face its own "Lehman moment" – a recurrence of the sheer panic that hit American and world markets after the collapse of Lehman Brothers in October 2008. How did Europe arrive at this dire strait? What are its options? What is likely to happen?
Europe is retracing steps Americans took a couple of years ago. Between 2001 and 2007 the United States went on a consumption spree, and financed it by borrowing trillions of dollars from abroad. Some of the money went to cover a Federal fiscal deficit that developed after the Bush tax cuts of 2001 and 2003; much of it went to fund a boom in the country's housing market. Eventually the boom became a bubble and the bubble burst; when it did, it brought down the nation's major financial institutions – and very nearly the rest of the world economy. The United States is now left to pick up the pieces in the aftermath of its own debt crisis.
Europe's debtors went through much the same kind of borrowing cycle. For a decade, a group of countries on the edge of the Euro zone borrowed massively from Northern European banks and investors. In Spain, Portugal, and Ireland, most of the borrowed money flooded into the overheated housing market. "At the height of the building boom," Menzie Chinn and I write in our new book, Lost Decades: The Making of America's Debt Crisis and the Long Recovery:
One Spanish worker of every seven was employed in housing construction. Half a million new homes were being built every year—roughly equal to all the new homes in Italy, France, and Germany combined—in a country with about 16 million households. The amount of housing loans outstanding skyrocketed from $180 billion in 2000 to $860 billion in 2007. Over the ten years to 2007, housing prices tripled,second only to Ireland among developed countries; by then, the average house in Madrid cost an unheard-of $400,000. (pp. 49-50)
Greece was a different story. It borrowed, as we write, "mostly to finance a continual budget deficit and an American-style consumption boom."
Greek borrowing went beyond the sensible: at its peak, in one year Greece borrowed an amount equal to nearly 15 percent of GDP, so that more than one euro in seven spent locally was borrowed from abroad. By 2009, the country's eleven million people owed more than $500 billion to foreigners, more than the foreign debts of Argentina, Brazil, and Mexico combined (with thirty times the number of people and ten times the economic output of Greece). (pp. 186-187)
Europe's experience differs from that of America's because of the existence of the euro, a common currency for both the lenders and the borrowers. The monetary policy of the European Central Bank (ECB) kept interest rates very low, even for rapidly growing countries in Southern Europe that had previously had high interest rates. And the expectation that other members of the Euro zone would step in if a debtor member state got into trouble led lenders to believe that lending within the Euro zone was close to riskless.
But as in the United States, the boom was not sustainable. When the global financial crisis began in October 2008, the European debtors were largely frozen out of financial markets. As their economies spiralled downward, they faced grave difficulties in servicing their debts.
The problems of Europe's debtors were not just worrisome for the debtors themselves. Most of their debts were owed to Northern European banks and investors, and the crisis threatened the very solvency of major European financial systems. This – not some abstract desire to extend a hand to the Greek and Portuguese people, or to save the euro – has been the principal reason for Europe's ongoing debt bailout:
The rationale here was like that of bailing out a bank: a collapse of Greek or Portuguese finances could harm the rest of the euro-zone financial systems. If Bank of America was too big to fail, then so was Greece. And since a deepening of the financial crisis that drew in the entire euro zone would affect the entire global financial system, the International Monetary Fund was also drawn into the rescue….And because the Greek emergency triggered a crisis of confidence in other euro-zone countries whose failure could harm the region as a whole, the European Union was driven into a massive trillion-dollar package for other troubled European debtors. (page 188)
But the first bailout was not enough. It seems clear that the Greek and Portuguese austerity measures will not be sufficient to allow the countries to continue to service their debts; Spain seems on the verge of a similar slide into default; and even Italy is now at risk of going the way of the other debtors. Some or all of these debts will have to be restructured, the interest rates reduced and maturities extended. If not, there will be a wave of defaults whose reverberations will rival those of the Lehman failure.
For two years, Europe's governments have been grappling with how to address this continuing debt crisis. But most of the public discussions have been highly misleading. In Northern Europe, and especially Germany, the tone has been one of outraged indignation. This high moral tone is misplaced. Certainly many Southern European banks and households, and the Greek government, borrowed irresponsibly; but German and other Northern European banks and investors lent just as irresponsibly. It's not clear that there's any real ethical distance between irresponsible borrowers and irresponsible lenders.
And most Northern Europeans also seem to believe that the bailouts have gone to lazy Southern Europeans. In fact, their purpose has been to shore up the fragile Northern European financial systems. German banks are among the weakest in Europe; some of them (especially the state-owned landesbanks) are effectively bankrupt. If they were forced to mark down their Southern European debt, they might well collapse in a heap, and the European financial system could grind to a halt. Just as in the United States, the real impact of the European bailout has been to shore up the continent's banks – not to help the continent's debtors. The recent downgrading of two of France's most important banks, due to their holdings of Greek debt, reminds us of how exposed Northern Europe's financial systems remain. And rumors of a recent IMF report that European banks are over $270 billion short of the capital they need to confront their current problems served to drive the point home.
Some of the European debates end up considering whether the euro has been good for its members. Most Germans seem to think that the European Union has become what in Eurospeak is often called "Transfer Europe," a mechanism to channel honest Northern European money to lazy Southern Europeans. This makes it hard to understand why any German government would put up with such a thing. But it ignores the gains that Germany has realized by being the leading economy in the eurozone. For a decade, Germany's growth has come almost exclusively from its exports; and the eurozone and its periphery have been central to this export growth. German industrialists, at least, seem to believe that the euro has been crucial to their business. Just as bailing out Nevada and Florida may be the price people in Massachusetts and New York pay for sharing a continental economic and monetary union, so too does this calculation apply to Germany. Certainly many Germans would prefer not to have to contribute to resolving the European crisis; but these skeptics seem not to understand that the alternative might be, in the short run, a gut-wrenching collapse of the German banking system, economic distress in the rest of the eurozone, and in the long run, a loss of a major source of German economic growth.
There is also an air of unreality about European discussions of how to deal with the debts themselves. In just about every debt crisis, the eventual workout requires both debtors and creditors to pay some of the price for crisis resolution. Delay in recognizing this only makes matters worse. In the aftermath of the Latin American debt crisis that began in 1982, the U.S. government tried to maintain the fiction that the debts would eventually be paid – forcing a decade of austerity on Latin America that led to the region's lost decade. Ultimately, in 1989 the George H. W. Bush Administration recognized reality and engineered a regional write-down that allowed the banks to get the bad debts off their books, and allowed the countries to resume growth.
Eventually Europe's creditors and its debtors will have to admit that these debts will not be serviced as contracted, and the debts will be restructured. Pretending otherwise will only prolong the agony – not just for the debtor countries imposing austerity, but also for the financial systems that are now crippled by debts that nobody believes will be repaid. When major central banks, earlier this week, threw a lifeline to the European financial markets, they undoubtedly helped avoid what appeared to be an imminent panic. However, this initiative will only postpone the final reckoning with the region's underlying financial weaknesses.
In Europe as in America, the real question is how the costs of this devastating debt crisis will be distributed. Who will pay – creditors or debtors? Taxpayers or government employees? Germans or Greeks? More realistically, what combination of sacrifices will be politically tenable, both across countries and within countries. The aftermath of every debt crisis sinks into conflict over who will bear the burden of adjustment to the new reality. The sooner Europeans recognize the true nature of the debates they're having, and the inevitability of working out some mutually acceptable conclusion, the better off they will be.
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Very insightful piece by Frieden, as usual on this sort of topic. Most of the press coverage treats a Greek default as a disaster–but Frieden rightly views it as natural and necessary. Instead the questions are when it will occur, whether it will be orderly, and, most importantly, how the costs will be distributed. I would have liked to see more detail on the sources of Germany's export interest: the 40% price advantage German exporters enjoy due to an undervalued euro (for them). This explains why 90 million Germans have a trade surplus that was only recently exceeded by 1.3 billion Chinese.
Prof. Andrew Moravcsik, Princeton University
[…] Decades: The Making of America's Debt Crisis and the Long Recovery. This article first appeared on Reuter's Opinion. Europe's Lehman Moment By Jeffry Frieden Europe is in the midst of its variant of the great debt […]
The usual outstanding analysis and exposition from Prof. Frieden. His new co-authored book, that is mentioned in the essay, is published at an opportune time.
I am nor sure how likely it is that politicians or governmental policy-setters in Europe or in the USA or elsewhere for that matter will pay attention to what Profs. Chinn and Frieden write, but perhaps relevant individuals will read the book and act on the basis of its analysis. One can always hope for a modicum of intelligence, competent action and non-ideologically-determined perspective on the part of nation-level politicians or policy-makers.
But much as at least USA policy-setters and politicians have almost entirely ignored the facts and competent analyses offered by the likes of such academic luminaries as Profs. Krugman, Stiglitz and Sachs concerning current macro-economic and political-economic issues, I suspect much of this analysis will fall on intentionally deaf ears.
Would you explain how the Spanish government got so deeply in debt. You said that the problem in Spain was overbuilding in the housing market. But that doesn't involve the Spanish government. The Spanish government was apparently not running a deficit up to the collapse of the housing bubble. So what happened to it?
Also, if the point of intervention by the ECB is to save the northern European banks, why don't they just do that directly? Let Greece (and the others) default and recapitalize the banks. Isn't that the simplest solution?
I agree with some points and disagree with others.
The disagreements concern whether the analogies are the relevant ones.
There are important differences between the 1980s in Latin America and Europe today. The most important is that this will be a repeated game. No one expected the US government to bail out the Brazilians in 1999 or the Argentines in 2001. The current situation is more analogous to the founding of the US. The Federal government initially consolidated both state and national debt under Hamilton. The states naturally expected future bailouts. Congress did manage to say no in the 1840s, which led to several defaults, but this is a precedent no northern European wants to repeat.
The situation in Europe is also more complex than the US prior to Lehmann. As you indicate, two countries within the Euro had property bubbles (as did one European country outside the euro–the UK). These states, however, are probably going to be fine–Ireland is now ahead of schedule on its consolidation, and Spain's debt to GDP ratio is 20 points lower than the German one. There are of course risks, but the real problem cases are the states that have had chronic public debt problems. Greece was on the way to default prior to euro entry; the only question was at what level of debt-to-GDP would markets pull the plug. Italy has managed to stabilize its debt at a high level the past fifteen years, but it has not taken any steps to build it down. But one needs to look at why this has been the case to proscribe solutions. Clearly, structural reforms that increase potential growth top the list.
Finally, I am nervous about the "Lehmann" precedent being used every time someone–be it a country or firm–needs a bailout. I would like to see the counter-factual even in the Lehmann case.
But you are absolutely right that both creditors and debtors need to pay, and will pay. Some delay is warranted–the EFSF needs to pass in the eurozone countries, and before that happens markets will remain nervous. After that, I hope they reach a consensus on a rescheduling of Greek and maybe Portuguese debt. They also need to signal that the EU will not simply bail out states in the future to avoid Lehmann moments–that is textbook moral hazard. Put another way, they need to get from the equilibrium that emerged under Hamilton to the equilibrium today at the American state level (the federal level is another ballgame). This is going to be really tricky, and how to do it would be another response. But they do need to settle on who bears the costs when as you wrote.
Thanks for your post! –Mark Hallerberg, Hertie School of Governance, Berlin
For RussAbbott, the Spanish (and other non-Greek) fiscal deficits are very different from the Greek ones. They are the *result* of the crisis, not the cause. The Spanish government (like the Irish) went into substantial deficits as a result of the difficulties of the country's financial system, and more generally due to the recession and the large increase in unemployment. This is one reason that the focus on large fiscal deficits is a little misplaced: the *origin* of the deficits varies greatly from country to country. There's a big difference between running Greek-style deficits (and lying about them) in the runup to the crisis, on the one hand; and being forced into big deficits by the need to backstop the financial system and provide unemployment benefits, on the other.
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Moderately increased albuminuria (microalbuminuria) in type 2 diabetes mellitus
- Authors
- David K McCulloch, MD
David K McCulloch, MD
- Clinical Professor of Medicine
- University of Washington
- George L Bakris, MD
George L Bakris, MD
- Editor-in-Chief — Nephrology
- Section Editor — Hypertension
- Professor of Medicine
- The University of Chicago
Topic Outline
- Section Editors
- Richard J Glassock, MD, MACP
Richard J Glassock, MD, MACP
- Editor-in-Chief — Nephrology
- Section Editor — Glomerular Diseases
- Emeritus Professor
- The David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
- David M Nathan, MD
David M Nathan, MD
- Editor-in-Chief — Endocrinology
- Section Editor — Diabetes Mellitus
- Professor of Medicine
- Harvard Medical School
- Deputy Editor
- John P Forman, MD, MSc
John P Forman, MD, MSc
- Deputy Editor — Nephrology
- Assistant Professor of Medicine
- Harvard Medical School
Increased urinary protein excretion may be an early clinical manifestation of diabetic nephropathy [1-6]. However, when assessing protein excretion, the urine dipstick is a relatively insensitive marker for initial increases in protein excretion, not becoming positive until protein excretion exceeds 300 to 500 mg/day (upper limit of normal less than 150 mg/day, with most individuals excreting less than 100 mg/day).
Using a specific assay for albumin is a more sensitive technique. The normal rate of albumin excretion is less than 30 mg/day (20 mcg/min); persistent albumin excretion between 30 and 300 mg/day (20 to 200 mcg/min) is called moderately increased albuminuria (the new terminology for what was formerly called "microalbuminuria") [2] and, in patients with diabetes (particularly type 1 diabetes), may be indicative of early diabetic nephropathy, unless there is some coexistent renal disease. Albumin excretion above 300 mg/day (200 mcg/min) is considered to represent severely increased albuminuria (the new terminology for what was formerly called "macroalbuminuria" [2], and which is also called overt proteinuria, clinical renal disease, or dipstick positive proteinuria) [7].
Although these cut-offs defining moderately increased albuminuria and severely increased albuminuria facilitate determining the risk for progression of nephropathy, the risk of developing overt diabetic nephropathy is probably directly related to albumin excretion rates at all levels.
The clinical significance, screening, and management of moderately increased albuminuria in patients with type 2 diabetes will be reviewed here. In addition to being a possible marker of early diabetic nephropathy, moderately increased albuminuria is also associated with cardiovascular disease in both diabetic and nondiabetic patients. As will be described below, moderately increased albuminuria is often present at diagnosis in patients with type 2 diabetes and may reflect underlying cardiovascular disease rather than diabetic nephropathy.
The significance of moderately increased albuminuria in patients with type 1 diabetes, the mechanisms of moderately increased albuminuria, the association of moderately increased albuminuria with cardiovascular risk, and the treatment of overt diabetic nephropathy are discussed separately. (See "Moderately increased albuminuria (microalbuminuria) in type 1 diabetes mellitus" and "Moderately increased albuminuria (microalbuminuria) and cardiovascular disease" and "Treatment of diabetic nephropathy".)
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- Approach to detection
- Urine albumin concentration
- Urine albumin-to-creatinine ratio
- - Predictive value
- - Limitations
- Prevalence
- Progression to severely increased albuminuria
- Regression to normal albuminuria
- Mortality
- ACE inhibitors/ARBs
- Calcium channel blockers
- Glucose control
- Intensive combined therapy
- Glycemic control
- ACE inhibitors or ARBs
- - Normotensive patients
- - Hypertensive patients