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The Quit India Resolution endorsed by All-India Congress, August 1942.
Text of the resolution adopted by the All-India Congress Committee on 8th August 1942
The All-India Congress Committee has given the most careful consideration to the reference made to it by the Working Committee in their resolution dated July 14, 1942, and to subsequent events, including the development of the war situation, the utterances of responsible spokesmen of the British Government, and the comments and criticisms made in India and abroad. The Committee approves of and endorses that resolution, and is of opinion that events subsequent to it have given it further justification, and have made it clear that the immediate ending of British rule in India is an urgent necessity, both for the sake of India and for the success of the cause of the United Nations. The continuation of that rule is degrading and enfeebling India and making her progressively less capable of defending herself and of contributing to the cause of world freedom.
The Committee has viewed with dismay the deterioration of the situation on the Russian and Chinese peoples its high appreciation of their heroism in defence of their freedom. This increasing peril makes it incumbent on all those who strive for freedom and who sympathise with the victims of aggression, to examine the foundations of the policy so far pursued by the Allied Nations, which have led to repeated and disastrous failure. It is not by adhering to such aims and policies and methods that failure can be converted into success, for past experience has shown that failure is inherent in them. These policies have been based not on freedom so much as on the domination of subject and Colonial countries, and the continuation of the Imperialist tradition and method. The possession of Empire, instead of adding to the strength of the ruling power, has become a burden and a curse. India, the classic land of modern Imperialism, has become the crux of the question, for by the freedom of India will Britain and the United Nations be judged, and the peoples of Asia and Africa be filled with hope and enthusiasm.
The ending of British rule in this country is thus a vital and immediate issue on which depend the future of the war and the success of freedom and democracy. A free India will assure this success by throwing all her great resources in the struggle for freedom and against the aggression of Nazism, Fascism and Imperialism. This will not only affect materially the fortunes of the war, but will bring all subject and oppressed humanity on the side of the United Nations and give these nations, whose ally India would be the moral and spiritual leadership of the world. India in bondage will continue to be the symbol of British Imperialism and the taint of that imperialism will affect the fortunes of all the United Nations.
The peril of to-day, therefore, necessitates the independence of India and the ending of British domination. No future promises or guarantees can affect the present situation or meet that peril. They cannot produce the needed psychological effect on the mind of the masses. Only the glow of freedom now can release that energy and enthusiasm of millions of people which will immediately transform the nature of the war.
The A.I.C.C. therefore, repeats with all emphasis the demand for the withdrawal of the British power from India. On the declaration of India's independence, a provincial Government will be formed and free India will become an ally of the United Nations, sharing with them in the trials and tribulations of the joint enterprise of the struggle for freedom. The provincial Government can only be formed by the co-operation of the principal parties and groups in the country. It will thus be a composite Government representative of all important sections of the people of India. Its primary functions must be to defend India and resist aggression with all the armed as well as the non-violent forces at its command, together with its Allied Powers, and to promote the well-being and progress of the workers in the fields and factories and elsewhere to whom essentially all power and authority must belong. The provincial Government will evolve a scheme for a constituent assembly which will prepare a constitution for the Government of India acceptable to all sections of the people. This constitution according to the Congress view, should be a federal one. With the largest measure of autonomy for the federating units, and with the residuary powers vesting in these units. The future relations between India and the Allied Nations will be adjusted by representatives of all these free countries conferring together for t heir mutual advantage and for their co-operation in the common task of resisting aggression. Freedom will enable India to resist aggression effectively with the people's united will and strength behind it.
The freedom of India must be the symbol of and prelude to this freedom of all other Asiatic nations under foreign domination. Burma, Malaya, Indo-China, the Dutch Indies, Iran and Iraq must also attain their complete freedom. It must be clearly understood that such of these countries as are under Japanese control now must not subsequently be placed under the rule or control of any other Colonial Power.
While the A.I.C.C. must primarily be concerned with the independence and defence of India in this hour of danger, the Committee is of opinion that the future peace, security and ordered progress of the world demand a world federation of free nations, and on no other basis can the problems of the modern world be solved. Such a world federation would ensure the freedom of its constituent nations, the prevention of aggression and exploitation by one nation over another the protection of national minorities, the advancement of all backward areas and peoples, and the pooling of the world's resources for the common good of all. On the establishment of such a world federation, disarmament would be practicable in all countries, national armies, navies and air forces would no longer be necessary, and a world federal defence force would keep the world peace and prevent aggression.
An independent India would gladly join such a world federation and co-operate on an equal basis with other countries in the solution of international problems.
Such a federation should be open to all nations who agree with its fundamental principles. In view of the war, however, the federation must inevitably, to begin with, be confined to the United Nations, such a step taken now will have a most powerful effect on the war, on the peoples of the Axis countries, and on the peace to come.
The Committee regretfully realizes, however, despite the tragic and overwhelming lessons of the war and the perils that overhang the world, the Governments of few countries are yet prepared to take this inevitable step towards world federation. The reactions of the British Government and the misguided criticism of the foreign Press also make it clear that even the obvious demand for India's independence is resisted, though this has been made essentially to meet the present peril and to enable India to defend herself and help China and Russia in their hour of need. The Committee is anxious not to embarrass in any way the defence of China or Russia, whose freedom is precious and must be preserved, or to jeopardise the defensive capacity of the United Nations. But the peril grows both to India and these nations, and inaction and submission to a foreign administration at this stage is not only degrading India and reducing her capacity to defend herself and resist aggression but is no answer to that knowing peril and is no service to the peoples of the United Nations. The earnest appeal of the Working Committee to Great Britain and the United Nations has so far met with no response and the criticism made in many foreign quarters have shown an ignorance of India's and the world's need, and sometimes even hostility to India's freedom, which is significant of a mentality of domination and racial superiority which cannot be tolerated by a proud people conscious of their strength and of the justice of their cause.


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Lisa Medford may seem like just another retiree living out her golden years in the suburbs of Las Vegas.
But the 74-year-old brunette is the embodiment of Sin City history with a thousand stories to tell, reports the Los Angeles Times. Medford claims to be the first nude showgirl, when she bared her breasts while performing in singer Harry Belafonte's show at the Riviera casino. She was also a family friend of legendary gangster Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegal, letting him braid her hair when he came over to play poker.
The beauty also captivated actor Cary Grant, who she says asked her to bear his child, an offer which she still regrets not making. "I spent nights crying, thinking, 'What if I had Cary Grant's baby?"' she told the Times. "Would my parents really disown me? But I didn't want kids. He was basically gay, and I wasn't in love with him."
In her 2010 autobiography, "I Can Hear the Applause: Adult Language... Some Nudity," she also recounts her time getting shot while photographing the Russian occupation of Prague in 1968, selling marijuana, working as a chauffeur for call girls and racking stock cars.
Even into old age, Medford retains her toughness. In 2005, while working as a limousine chauffeur, two young thugs tried to leave without paying. But she dug her nails into the neck of one "right where his tattoo was" and pulled him out of the car. "Remember, I grew up with the mob," she bragged to the Las Vegas Sun.


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As I walked with my daughter Amy through the city streets one winter evening, the wondrous decorations shone down, showering us in an orgy of colours. Happy snowmen, radiant reindeer, and smiling Santas hung around our heads, and at the end of the road stood a 50-foot fir tree adorning glowless lights, waiting patiently for The Celebrity and their ceremonial switching-on. The season of goodwill was rapidly approaching. Personally, I felt good will for no man.
"Can we put our tree up tonight, Daddy?" Amy asked again, tugging on my arm.
"No!" I snapped. She looked up at me with solemnity hardly seen in a face so young.
"Because it's November the tenth." Anyone who says Christmas comes earlier every year is right. The local paper has been running advertising features since the end of September. "Eat Out for Christmas!" they joyously proclaim. "Party at Our Place!" The shops soon join in, exulting for their yuletide discounts and their ringing tills. Worse still, a nightclub put a tree on display to remind their patrons to book early for Christmas - in June! Normally I love the festive season, but there's a time for everything, in this case from December the first onwards.
"Oh, please," pleaded my darling child. She was preparing to turn on the tears, hoping they would get her what she wanted. "Christmas trees are what Christmas is all about."
"Actually, Amy, it's about the birth of Jesus, the Son of God. How he was born in a stable in Bethlehem. It's about how the shepherds and the three wise men came to see him and brought him gifts. Remember your Nativity play last year?" She nodded.
"It was boring. Anyway, if the wise men were so clever why didn't they give Jesus a Nintendo?"
"Shut up!" I ordered. I can't stand smart alec 8 year olds. At this point our conversation died, partly because Amy was moody, partly because she was admiring the multicoloured illuminations above her.
As we strolled on we spotted a familiar figure emerging from a toy shop. It was a fat old man lugging an enormous bag. His hair was pure white and in a glimpse of his face we noticed round-rimmed spectacles, red rosy cheeks and a huge bushy white beard. Amy reacted in a second.
"Look! Daddy! Santa Claus!" she blurted uncontrollably. I had to agree there were similarities, but I couldn't imagine Santa shopping in Toymaster, especially not in the battered old grey suit this man was dressed in.
"Don't be stupid," I sighed., "It's November the tenth."
"It is him," she insisted, slipping her hand deftly out of mine before darting off. I chased her, but she was too swift and had already found her target, greeting him with a shriek. "Hi, Mr Claus!" The poor bloke jumped in surprise, dropped his bag, and swivelled around to glare at my daughter.
"You moronic little brat," he boomed fearsomely. "You made me drop my sack. If anything's broken there'll be hell to pay." I arrived on the scene, and just in time.
"I'm terribly sorry. I'll pay for am damage." I hoped that would placate him as he glared at me over his glasses.
"You should control her," he advised me sternly. "Kids can be a real nuisance."
"I know. She just thought you were Father Christmas."
"He is, aren't you?" Amy cried again. "You are Father Christmas!" The man didn't answer. He was too busy checking his bag. Out of it he took a doll with a porcelain head. For a face it had a dark, jagged hole.
"This seems to be the only thing broken," he said. I took it from him, and while he waited I went into the shop and bought a replica. On my return he seemed to have calmed down. "Now I believe it's my turn to apologise. I shouldn't have barked at your lovely child. It's just that this is my busiest time of the year and the stress is beginning to get to me. "I handed over the doll. "Oh, thank you. Young Tracey Gillings will be delighted with this next month."
"You're welcome," I told him as he placed the doll back into the safety of his bag.
"Let me buy you a drink, a coffee or something," he insisted. I felt I had to accept. Amy had annoyed the poor fellow enough already, I didn't want to offend him further.
Down the road was a small teashop. I was sure it would be closed at this time of evening, but our new friend assured us it wasn't. The three of us walked briskly and as promised it was open, if empty.
"What would you like?" asked the man. I only wanted a coffee.
"Can I have a coke, please?" asked Amy.
"NO!" scowled our elderly companion., but he quickly realised how harsh his voice was and softened it. "I'm sorry. Have a milk shake."
"Okay, that'll be nicer anyway." As we sat with our beverages I asked the man about his business.
"You could say I'm an annual gratuity distribution agent." Amy looked at me with a blank face. My expression matched hers.
"Insurance?" I asked. The man laughed aloud; a bellowing, well-rounded "ho-ho-ho"
"No. I.., he paused for effect, "am Santa Claus." Amy's face radiated delight.
"I told you so," she shouted. I shushed her and stared quizzically at our confidant.
"You've got to be joking."
"I wish I was," he answered glumly. "I can't take the pressure anymore. This year will be my last I think. Children can get their presents from someone else in future." Amy became distressed.
"Why?" she asked. Santa placed a gentle hand on her shoulder.
"My dear, do you know what commercialisation is?" Amy shook her head." Let me explain. About a hundred years ago, the Victorians had the perfect Christmas. They would decorate their tree, send each other cards, and on Christmas morning they would find in their stocking an apple, and orange, and a penny."
"That must've made your sack a lot lighter," I sneered. Santa seemed to miss my sarcasm.
"Indeed it did. You see in those days it was all about Jesus. People even went to church on Christmas morning. It was wonderful, but since then things have slowly changed. At first the children wanted toys instead of fruit. That wasn't too bad, until the Big companies realised they could use Yuletide to make lots and lots of money. Christmas has got real selling power." Amy was most confused.
"I don't understand." Santa took out a small silver flask from his jacket pocket and poured something into his drink, winking at me.
"It's what keeps the cheeks colourful," he smiled before returning his attention to my enthralled daughter. "Here's an example. What do I wear when I drive my sleigh?"
"A big red costume with lots of white furry bits," she replied enthusiastically.
"I never used to. My job is to deliver all the presents to all the children, but without being seen. It's hard enough being inconspicuous flying around in a sleigh pulled by reindeer. I didn't want to wear a scarlet monkey suit to make me stand out even more. Then the Coca-Cola Company paid an artist, Haddon Sundblom, to paint my portrait to help them sell more fizzy drinks. He dressed me in red and white, the same colours as the Coca-Cola trademark. The image stuck, and my job became a million times more impossible."
"Is that why you don't like coke?"
"Exactly." He took a deep gulp of his intoxicating coffee. "It's not just Coca-Cola. Look at the Post Office. You send lots and lots of cards?" We both nodded (I was becoming captivated too). "Everyone does. In this country 700 million of them. All those stamps make £135million for Postman Pat. Then there's the toys. The victorians wanted toy soldiers and skipping ropes. I could make those with help from my elves. Nowadays I'm lost. How on Earth do you make a Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers Red Dragon Thunderzord? I don't even know what one is? Now I've got to go to the shops like everyone else. They make a fortune! And don't forget all the pop stars who wanted to be number one on Christmas Day, the restaurants who want to cook you Christmas dinner, the milkman who tries to flog you a yule hamper. It's all about cash. The only Christmas spirit around is sold in pubs. I'm sick of it all. No-one believes in Christmas anymore, and no-one believes in me!" There was a long silence as Santa guzzled the rest of his coffee.
"I believe in you, Father Christmas," said Amy softly.
"Pardon?" The old man was startled.
"I believe in you. Everyone does. You just need to look a little closer." Santa scratched his snowy head.
"What do you mean?" Amy took a deep breath.
"Look at the face of a little baby when he sees his first Christmas tree. He believes in you. Look at the faces of the children when they open the gifts that you brought them They believe in you. Look at my Daddy's face when Nanny gives him a horrible jumper she made for him which is so long it covers his knees. He doesn't say 'this is rubbish'. He says 'thank you' because he believes in you. Christmas might be about Jesus. It might be about money. But it's really about happiness. It tells us the world isn't so bad really. You give us that Santa, so please don't stop. We may not tell you, but we all need you, even if it is only once a year" Santa listened carefully, and just sat in wonder. I was stunned too. "Please don't give up now." The weary old man stood, picking up his sack, then leaned over and gently kissed Amy's head.
"You are so wise," he whispered. "Drink up now, my angel." He walked to the door.
"Are you giving up?" Amy asked. He looked back for a second, gave a knowing smile, then winked. An instant later he was gone.
Like Santa (I don't doubt that is who we were talking to you), I was overcome by my daughter's little speech. "Where did you learn all that?" I asked her as we walked home.
"A book."
"What book?" She grinned at me.
"One you gave me last Christmas." He little face glowed in the lights from the street decorations, and I just had to smile back. I knew of just one thing that could make that smile grow.
"Let's go home," I said. "We've got a tree to put up." I knew it was going to be a really Merry Christmas.


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Get out of your mom's basement f#ggot.
he then spent many days and hours reasearching everything he could get his hands on...and the circumstancial evidence was overwelming....I don't put anything past the "nut jobs" running this World...
Are you serious? The first picture I posted shows the plane behind the black beam, following it.
Just real quick to get in there with a post that hardly gives anything of worth to the conversation.
You have no idea who I am, how much education I've had or how my mental health is. Just because I'm aware and conscious of rapid changes that I am able to observe every day, and do plenty research, doesn't mean I'm mentally unstable. You're a really small man behind that keyboard, and I too can fill a post with ridiculous smiley faces and ignorance. "Bwahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha " Get out of your mom's basement f#ggot.
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I can't speak for others here, but I am 50 yrs. old, I have a Bachelor Degree from CAL POLY, SLO in Ornamental Horticulture.......I have been a nature lover and sky watcher from an early age.......and I know what I'm seeing isn't normal !
Why are tests being taken on fresh snow on the top of the Sierra Mountains showing toxic levels of Aluminum and Barrium ? Seems quite odd since the heavest spraying I have observed is over Central CA, too many things just don't add up.
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Are you serious? The first picture I posted shows the plane behind the black beam, following it.
Of course at this point no one knows for sure what these "new" types of "contrails" are exactly....hence the conspiracey. What we do know is that is SOMETHING is going on that is not normal.
I have read all those links before.
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Do you have a link to those tests? I'd like to see those results for myself
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Are you serious? The first picture I posted shows the plane behind the black beam, following it.
Originally posted by InhaleExhale
Thinking is good,
Circumstancial evedence can be used to make reasonable deductions...it's done in courts of law all the time...but in this case we also have eye witness testimony too......
•Sadly, we cannot get enough people on board to complete the agenda of initiating a Lawsuit to stop Geoengineering. We've been unsuccessful in getting our members to obtain attorneys in their states and cannot get members in CA to submit the letters requested by Attorney Joe Marman.


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Joel C. Rosenberg
Last Days
Joel C. Rosenberg
Last Days
Political Thrillers Series, Book 2
Release Date: 10/21/2003
Osama bin Laden is dead. Saddam Hussein is buried. Baghdad lies in ruins.
Now the eyes of the world are on Jerusalem as Jon Bennett--a Wall Street strategist turned senior White House advisor--his beautiful CIA partner Erin McCoy and the U.S. Secretary of State arrive in the Middle East to meet with Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat.
On the table: a dramatic and potentially historic Arab-Israeli peace plan, of which Bennett is the chief architect. At the heart of the proposed treaty is the discovery of black gold deep underneath the Mediterranean-a vast and spectacular tract of oil and natural gas that could offer unprecedented riches for every Muslim, Christian, and Jew in Israel and Palestine.
With the international media closely tracking the story, the American message is as daring as it is direct: Both sides must put behind them centuries of bitter, violent hostilities to sign a peace treaty. Both sides must truly cooperate on drilling, pumping, refining, and shipping the newly found petroleum. Both sides must work together to develop a dynamic, new, integrated economy to take advantage of the stunning opportunity. Then--and only then--the United States will help underwrite the billions of dollars of venture capital needed to turn the dream into reality.
But in the shadows lie men whose hearts are filled with evil--men who do not relish a post-Saddam era, men for whom the prospect of a Palestinian peace accord with Israel goes against everything for which their fathers have fought and died. Such men--and the countries that finance them--are ready to do anything necessary to slaughter those who stand in their way. The clock is ticking. Can Bennett, McCoy, and the American President make peace before the Middle East once again erupts in war?
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I haven't blogged in forever, and honestly wasn't really planning to until the other day I got a random comment on my blog that needed moderating. Now here I am writing an new blog post that, at this very minute, I'm not sure I'll even post.
I stopped blogging because I really didn't have time to blog, and also because the internet had sort of gotten out of control. Well, in the past year it has only gotten worse, but I also find myself with a lot more free time, and just a lot on my mind in general.
Since the last time I've blogged J and I have moved back to our hometown and with that came so many emotions. I was excited to be near family and close friends, but also a little apprehensive that I would quickly lose that excitement and remember all the reasons I wanted to leave in the first place. A year in and I can happily say that I have loved this year. I have a new job that has been such a nice change of pace for me. I have loved being closer to family and friends. Jamey has been loving his job, and overall things have gone really well. We have had a few growing pains over the year and I'm sure those will continue for at least a little while, but I feel blessed to have had such a smoothe transition overall.
We have taken a few trips over the year, and maybe I'll detail those in future posts I do here on the blog if I do any. I'm also training for a half-marathon at the moment. I'm really into the idea of running right now, but I'm not sure how that will translate to miles on the road in the future….
Jamey is currently beginning to train for the same half and then going to continue training for a full. He is very busy with work and has just recently gotten over several sicknesses. Hopefully, he will have a little better work-life balance and better health in the future months! We are both hoping for better running weather in the future.
Okay, I've said all I want to say for the current moment and just maybe I'm coming around to the idea of hitting post on this blog…


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X-Men Legacy #240
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- Mike Carey
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Maybe "X-Men Legacy" needs a big event after all. It's not that this issue lacks direction, it's that the direction given is dull and somewhat ludicrous, at least in execution. Rogue and Magneto acting as mentors to young mutants has a lot of possibilities based on their past history, Magneto's desire to prove himself, and Rogue's longtime growth into one of the most mature and dependable members of the X-Men. What's in this issue is passive heroes and a bad idea for a threat meant to replace Magneto and his comrades with mutants more united now than ever. Ostensibly, there's a focus and clear direction to the title, it simply doesn't show up in this month's issue.
In Mumbai, Rogue, Magento, and Paras, a younger mutant, are taken down by the Children of the Vault, a group of man-made superhumans, that see all humans and mutants as infestation to a better, more perfect world. They want a member of their group back, Luz, who has fled the Children, and will stop at nothing to get her back, including nearly killing the three mutants. When she volunteers to go back, they take Rogue and Magneto – the former to kill as punishment for accidentally killing one of the Children and the latter to use as power for their scheme. Seems like a fairly simple rescue mission, no?
No. Because Paras has agreed to take his comatose brother's place in an arranged marriage and that marriage is… tomorrow! Zounds!
The rescue operation to save Rogue and Magneto is derailed because of a wedding ceremony. It would be funny if it weren't so ludicrous. No wonder Cyclops is worried about the future of mutantkind if this is one of the next generation of X-Men. The 'conflict' here is such a false, dumb one that it brings down the entire issue. Instead of showcasing this young mutant's ingenuity and skill as he somehow frees two more experienced and powerful mutants, he has to get married even though it wasn't supposed to be his wedding anyway. There's no emotional stake in the wedding for readers, so it's just a lame nuisance.
If the rest of the comic was brilliant, it would balance out somewhat, but the Children of the Vault are too two-dimensional and flat to be taken seriously. Carey doesn't even mine the fertile territory of Magneto's similar past for comparison beyond one throwaway line.
Clay Mann's art doesn't help matters with inconsistent line work. In the opening fight (https://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=preview&id=6491), some panels feature crystal clear detail, while others are unpolished or cluttered. On the fourth page, the first panel is overly complicated, not presenting a plain, direct vision of what's going on. Magneto being taken out seems like an afterthought, thrown in behind other characters. Sometimes, his characters look stunning, but that's rare. Mann can obviously draw gorgeous pictures, just not consistently.
From a conceptual point of view, "X-Men Legacy" #240 has a lot going for it: a threat powerful enough to take down two powerful mutants and a young mutant needing to prove himself to save them. Then, it gets derailed by stock characters and a roadblock that's absurdly cheesy.


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UFC "The Time Is Now" Press Conference Highlights NEVERMIND. MOVE ALONG, NOTHING TO SEE HERE.
(That about says it all. via @JeremyBotter)
In a classic example of their Run-Before-You-Can-Walk approach to business, the UFC held a press conference in Las Vegas this afternoon, auspiciously dubbed "The Time is Now." The promotion had been teasing a quote unquote "huge announcement" for quite awhile in the lead-up to today's conference, which was held in the legendary Smith Center as if to remind us that, yes, epic shit was about to go down. While the UFC has become nothing if not a river from which hyperbole flows like the mighty Ganges, their decision to name this conference what they did would lead you to believe that a) the event would start on time and b) something big was headed our way.
Of course, to assume either of those things would be to turn a blind eye to everything you've learned about MMA this year. So instead, Dana White kicked things off by announcing that Matt Brown vs. Tarec Saffiedine will headline "Fight Night Broomfield" in January, and when asked point blank what the big announcement (aka the reason the press conference was being held) was, said that they "didn't get it done in time" and that everyone could go home.
Seriously. That's what happened. No announcement was made, and not one "reporter" in attendance had either the interest or the spine to even press Dana further about what the announcement was supposed to be. Instead, what followed was an hour and half of awkward silences, occasionally punctuated by the MMA media's usual brand of fluff and fan questions that made the MMA media's fluff seem thought-out and insightful by contrast. It was the most MMA thing ever, basically, and a bright, blaring warning sign of what's to come in 2015.
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Lindsay Lohan hops on a plane and arrives in Maui, Hawaii for some shopping at the Gucci and Louis Vuitton boutiques at Wailea Beach Mall on Sunday (April 26).
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With the Supreme Court case looming, it's good to get multiple perspectives on marriage, so here's a guest column from Peter Barber Gallagher-Sprigg. It was originally published elsewhere a couple years ago, but it remains relevant today, and he's kindly granted us permission to reprint it.
A Modest Proposal
by Peter Barber Gallagher-Sprigg
Children have a right to a mother and a father.
That's uncontroversial, right? Any opposite-sex couple, no matter how callous, abusive, or drunken, will make better parents than any same-sex couple. Protectors of traditional marriage have made this point so often that it must feel truthy by now.
The problem is this: they don't go far enough. If every child has this right, and if parenting is about the needs of the child, not the wishes of the adult, then let's take the next logical step. And so, full of courage, I modestly propose the following law:
The federal government will strip widows of their children.
That's right. Take them away and give them to women who had enough sense to keep their husbands. Does this need explanation? Is it not obvious? Truthfully, how many of you are smacking your head right now, saying, "D'Oh! Of course!" But for those of you who have no respect for the traditional family, let me anticipate your objections.
Why only widows? Why not divorcees? That's easy. A child of divorced parents still has a mother and father. Even in unbroken homes, the mother and father are often in different rooms — it's the same for divorced parents, except the rooms are really far apart. That's why we focus on making "gay" marriage illegal even as we ourselves are remarrying and remarrying and remarrying.
Why only widows? Why not widowers? This is a really stupid question, one that only a liberal could ask. We spit on you, stupid liberals! But we'll answer your question. As our anti-homo colleagues have pointed out, mothers and fathers are different: two fathers could never raise a child because children need a mother's nurturing instinct, the kind you see in a mama grizzly or a good retriever bitch. Obviously, then, a single dad — good lord! — will quickly abandon his kids, dumping them by the side of the road along with the family cat and any dog not used for hunting. Once the children are safely deposited on a random street corner, we can be sure someone will see to their well-being. A single mother, though, will cling to her children (that's how boys become homosexuals). So we must take them away.
What if the widow promises to remarry? That's a great question. It nails the real purpose of the law: Getting those widows to find their kids a dad. What could better accomplish that than threatening to take their rugrats away? So we'll give mom some time to hitch herself back up. Not too long, though. The longer a child stays with an unmarried mother, the more likely he is to accept the unnatural as natural. And become homosexual.
How much time is the right amount of time? A year is too long, obviously. A week seems hasty. Let's say eight weeks. If that's long enough for a newborn puppy to be ready for adoption, it's plenty for kids, too.
What if the government can't find an opposite-sex couple to take care of the kids? We put them in orphanages. Anything is better than letting them think their single-parent family is normal. We ought to make the orphanages as unpleasant as possible, all the better to make the kids long for a mother and father. We don't want them to be homosexuals, so we'll segregate them by gender. The boys can reinforce each other's masculinity by competing in sports, and wrestling, and playing snap-towel in the showers. The girls can sew.
Right now you're thinking the plan is perfect, but actually it's not. This may surprise you, but I'm a feminist (the real kind, not one of those fakes who want unequal genders treated equally). I know it's hard for a woman to raise her children and have a job and find a husband. Who would want such a creature?
We need to make men desperate enough to take her.
This is where the plan turns genius. It's part 2 of the law:
The federal government will dissolve childless marriages.
Marriage is about procreation. That's it. There's no reason to let a marriage stand if it's not churning out babies. That goes for the elderly, too. By dissolving those worthless marriages, we'll free up men, depriving them of sex, ready to be caught in our widows' webs. Hopefully by week 5, so there's time to plan a proper wedding. We want this to be a traditional family, after all.
Not only is this plan morally sound, it's fiscally conservative, too. By shmushing families together, we'll eliminate the need for programs like Welfare and Aid to Families with Slacker Children — oops, sorry, let's be politically correct: dependent children. This will cut federal spending and open the door to lower taxes and a smaller, less intrusive government. God, I'm good. I'm Peter Barber Gallagher-Sprigg, and I'm here to make the world better.
Priya Lynn
The idea isn't just that children have a right to a mom and dad, its that they have a right to their biological mom and dad. So, divorce has to be made illegal.
No the idea is that its reasonable that each child be educated to know that he has a biological link to a male and to a female.
Rob Tisinai
AnotherLook, if you wish to be understood you will need to link your comment more directly to the content of those post or other commenters.
As far I as I can tell, no one has suggesting hiding the basics of reproductive biology from children. Well, except for a number of social conservatives.
It's hard to believe that anyone would take this seriously.
Why don't we just open debtor-prisons again and make those pesky free loading children and widows work?
BTW, where do I send my $240.00 donation for the audio/VHS tape?
At first he thought he was some mutant combination of Peter Sprigg, Matt Barber and Maggie Gallagher
I think the author misses the boat on dissolving childless marriages.
What he should speak to is dissolving marriages once parents are no longer fertile and their children are no longer minors.
Besides, we wouldn't need to dissolve anything if people would just step up and allow vaginal and scrotal ultrasounds and other invasive medical testing to determine their fertility up front (besides, that dovetails nicely with vaginal probes for abortions, so it makes total sense).
Regan DuCasse
Well, they reiterate ad nauseum the biological impossibility of two men or women making babies.
But believe fully in the biological impossibility of a virgin having a baby.
You can NEVER please these people dammit!
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That Boris Johnson has chosen not to attend just shows his interest in the matter. I'm glad in a way that he did not attend, hearing what his views are, because I don't think Africans should be used as a political tool, but on another level he has a duty to show up to show the institutional support of London.
Tuesday, 27 May 2008
Boris Johnson goes on holiday as team double fares
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He's already gone on holiday! The new serious hard working Boris johnson didn't last for very long now did it? How much are we paying him exactly?
- 27 May 2008 at 12:41
What a line-up :D Is this the 'strong team' we heard so much about?
- 27 May 2008 at 12:46
- angelneptunestar said...
He has just campaigned for four months solid, seven days a week, so anyone reasonable would deduce that the poor so and so was entitled to a holiday.
As for what we are paying him, he has taken a huge cut in salary, to under half of what he was earning before. so he isn't exactly doing the job for the money.
- 27 May 2008 at 13:18
- The Tory Troll said...
'he has taken a huge cut in salary.'
No he hasn't. He's starting his column again, so he's actually earning more.
'the poor so and so was entitled to a holiday'
Tell it to the poor so and sos who have had their travel costs doubled.
- 27 May 2008 at 13:33
- angelneptunestar said...
With the greatest respect, Mr. TT, Boris Johnson used to earn about £450,000 p.a.
Of the £250,00 he will be earning from his column, he is donating £100,000 p.a. to charity. The Mayor's salary is £137,000, so he is still taking a decrease.
- 27 May 2008 at 13:37
- The Tory Troll said...
With even greater respect Angela, he is only donating £50,000 to charity and will retain his MPs salary and expenses plus royalties from his books. The extra status he gets from being London's Mayor will also greatly increase the offers he will receive for any books, appearances, speeches he does from here on in and after he leaves/loses the job. The idea that taking the job will make him poorer is ridiculous.
- 27 May 2008 at 13:54
I wonder where he's gone? Even Tony Blair didn't have the luxury of sneaking off without telling anyone where he was going. Is there a reason why his destination isn't being reported?
- 27 May 2008 at 21:25
- Tom said...
He's probably hanging around Colindale. That's not Iain Dale's brother, in case you were getting confused.
Interesting PR from TfL on Tube crime. Substantially down. Crime is now just 'one of Boris' number one priorities'. Wonder what the rest are. Keep up the good work.
- 28 May 2008 at 11:20
- angelneptunestar said...
Guys, do you honestly think it is reasonable for us to expect to be told where our Mayor goes for his holidays? I loathe this sort of thing, as Adam knows, because I do believe our public figures have a right to a private life and snooping on someone when they are on holiday to me seems appalling.
It is half term, isn't it, so I am sure he is chastely enjoying a sea side break with his wife and kids, but if the Mayor was blowing his salary at the casinos in Monte Carlo, I don't believe we would have the right to approve or disapprove.
- 28 May 2008 at 17:07
- The Tory Troll said...
He was on a yacht in Turkey. And he valued his privacy so much he got his picture in the Daily Mail.
- 28 May 2008 at 18:52
- angelneptunestar said...
My point is the Mayor should be allowed his privacy, if he wishes to keep his holiday destination to himself, but if he doesn't, that is up to him.
Your baby niece is so going to cry her eyes out at how mean you are to him..... (JOKE).
- 29 May 2008 at 10:23
- Andy said...
Whilst I'm not a fan of Boris, I don't get what all this fuss is about. You'd think nobody ever started a job with a holiday already booked. I've done it myself, accepted a job and gone on holiday within the first month because it was booked/organised before I was offered the job.
Mayors are allowed the same employment rights as the rest of us.
Also tell me how much a CEO of a listed company with a yearly budget of £11 billion would get paid, then you'll see how little the mayor gets paid.
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The Empire and Garden states ranked second worst and dead last, respectively, for the second year in a row in the Tax Foundation's annual business-tax climate rating.
This time, New York's 49th-place finish was based on a snapshot six months into Cuomo's new administration.
"Our tax rate is too freakin' high," said New York Assembly Minority Leader Brian Kolb (R-Canandaigua). "All of us in the Legislature, and the governor, have to put policies in place that reverse that course. When we do that, jobs will follow."
The 75-year-old conservative-leaning think tank based its rankings on 118 variables led by a weighted mix of income, sales, corporate, property and unemployment-insurance tax rates, in that order.
New York's 8.97 percent top income-tax rate — since reduced — as well as its 7.1 percent corporate tax and 8.48 percent combined state and local sales-tax rates put it near the bottom.
New Jersey won its dubious basement honor with the help of an equally high top income-tax rate and property-tax rate, a 9 percent top corporate-tax rate and its 7 percent state sales- tax rate. Christie has proposed slashing Jersey's income tax rates by 10 percent.
Cuomo and lawmakers reduced the top tax rate on New Yorkers earning $40,000 to $300,000 this year. Although the top rate for millionaires was cut to 8.82 percent, it remains among the nation's highest and well above the 6.85 percent rate that had been scheduled to go back into effect Jan. 1.


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Republican gubernatorial candidates Bruce Cuff, of Marion County, and Knute Buehler, a state representative from Bend, shared this concern Thursday afternoon during presentations at a meeting of the Union County Republican Central Committee at the Flying J Travel Plaza.
"We have to fix our (Oregon's) runaway pension system," said Buehler, a physician who was elected to the House in 2014.
Buehler was referring to the unfunded liability of the Public Employees Retirement System, which state employers, school districts, cities and others with employees on PERS now pay more than a
$100 million a year into it to keep it solvent so that it can fund pension payments. This dollar figure number is expected to rise significantly in the future according to state officials.
Buehler and Cuff agree that the PERS problem is robbing the state of money needed to help schools and the less fortunate in our society, including those with mental health issues.
Buehler said that although the Legislature boosted school funding by $630 million for the 2017-19 biennium, most of the money will not be used to improve education in the classroom.
"Fifty-five percent of it went to (PERS) retirement accounts," the gubernatorial candidate said.
He said if he were elected governor, PERS would be one of the first things he would address.
"I would not sign any additional spending bills until a PERS reform bill was on my desk," Buehler said.
Cuff said one way to address the PERS issue would be not to have new state employees be part of it.
"New (state employee) hires should instead get a 401(k) (retirement account)," he said.
Cuff said another solution would be to promote school choice by having the state issue vouchers to parents who put their children in private schools. By boosting the enrollment in private schools, the number of teachers in public schools would fall, reducing the total number of teachers on PERS.
The candidate for governor said a big roadblock to fixing the PERS systems is that those who could enact reforms, legislators and judges, all benefit from PERS.
"Why do elected judges rule on PERS when they are in it?" he said. "We should get elected officials out of PERS."
Cuff, a lifelong Oregonian, lives in Mehama, 24 miles southeast of Salem. He has a bachelor's degree in political science from Willamette University and has worked as a Realtor since 2001.
Buehler, a native Oregonian who grew up in Roseburg, has a degree in microbiology from Oregon State University and a medical degree from Johns Hopkins University. He has been a state representative since 2015 and a physician for the past 25 years.
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Buehler echoed this sentiment.
"Natural resources in this region have been badly mismanaged. There is enormous potential in rural Oregon that is not being used," he said. "I'm optimistic about Oregon's potential because so many resources are not being fully used in the state."
Cuff, like Buehler, said allowing more timber to be taken in Oregon would boost the state's economy.
"It would create more manufacturing jobs, which would have huge impact on Oregon," Cuff said.
Buehler and Cuff are seeking the Republican nomination for governor and the opportunity to take on Gov. Kate Brown, a Democrat, in her bid for reelection in the Nov. 6 general election. Both Republican candidates spoke out against Brown Thursday, criticizing her support of additional taxes, which they both said they oppose.
See complete story in Friday's Observer


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Welcome to the Jolliest blog on the block! Each month we have a different theme. You choose your OWN chart, fabric and threads. Share your progress as you go along and post your finished piece by the last day of the month. You can join at anytime throughout the year and choose which months you wish to stitch with us. Happy Xmas everyone!
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A new Christmas freebie and dare, I say it a new SAL for you....
The lovely Maryse from Les Grilles des Maryse has a wonderful Christmas freebie, which you can find here. I have also put the link on our Jolly Xmas Freebie Links page. Thanks to our lovely Jo from Serendipitous Stitching for the heads up!
Maryse is also offering a Christmas SAL of seven postcard size designs for a relatively small fee. If you are interested, you can sign up on the same link above.
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The Nevada Museum of Art offers free admissions on certain days, while general admission is free in the Fleischmann Planetarium and Science Center, as of 2015. Tourists visiting Reno, Nevada, in late summer also enjoy watching the Great Reno Balloon Race in Rancho San Rafael Regional Park in September.Continue Reading
The city of Reno is mostly known for its casinos, golf courses and first-rate hotels, but it also boasts and encourages a rich artistic culture. Every second Saturday of each month, the Nevada Museum of Art holds a free hands-on activity where parents and children ages 3 and up make art together. Each July, the city hosts month-long art festivals that feature over 400 events. Most of the admissions to the events are free. The Fleischmann Planetarium and Science Center's main hall contains permanent exhibits that are open to the public in a daily basis. Some of the exhibits include a 6-foot rotating Earth and moon globes as well as a collection of meteorites found in Nevada. General admission to the center is also free of charge.
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Degas and the Ballet: Picturing Movement
Degas delights at the Royal Academy
The double doors creak open onto a chilly, darkened room which is eerily hushed despite holding many people. The whirring of an old film reel alerts you to the moving silhouette of a dancer in arabesque above. This is the entrance to the Royal Academy's latest exhibition and sets the scene for the beautiful whirlwind of an journey to come.
Great rooms, the perfect size for a ballet class, house Degas' famous studio scenes alongside his endless sketches of ballerinas in a variety of positions. The exhibition highlights how Degas captured movement in his art and this is extremely evident in the second gallery where the famous Little Dancer Aged Fourteen poses. Unknown to most admirers of this playful statue, Degas drew the statue from every possible angle and the results displayed on the circular walls of the academy create a dizzying and never ending moving picture.
The exhibition is less about the pictures as I had imagined and more about the artist himself. Visitors gain a real insight into Degas and are left with an appreciation for where Degas gained inspiration from and also about how he lived his life and how it ended. The exhibition rather poignantly ends with a short video of a nearly blind Degas being filmed walking slowly down a Parisien street.
Degas' work concentrates on the backstage element of ballet – the classes, the rehearsals and the anguish of dancers as they strive for perfection. Rather than immortalising the perfection of dancers on the stage as many artists would, he is fascinated with the process to reach perfection. This process is mirrored in his own work. Every one of his paintings and sculptures is preceded by dozens of sketches of the dancers as Degas tried to perfect his depictions in much the same way a dancer practices each position.
The exhibition is well worth a visit. Housed in the beautiful Royal Academy, it is a surprisingly traquil oasis in the manic surroundings of Piccadilly. Visitors have the oppurtunity to purchase Degas themed merchandise and some beautiful books on his work and ballet more generally.
Exhibition details:
Degas and the Ballet: Picturing Movement
17th September – 11th December
Royal Academy of Arts
Adults: £14, Students: £9, Children under 7: free


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The One Year Chronological Bible, NKJV (Tyndale, 2013), February 7
A community without rules is like a prison full of dangerous criminals turned loose. No one feels safe in a community without rules or fences.
Imagine the chaos that would transpire if your city removed all driving ordinances and signs. A dramatic increase in accidents and loss of life would immediately occur.
Imagine 2.5 million people living together in community without laws, rules, and regulations to guide their behavior. God brings Israel out of Egypt and immediately begins to form them into community and gives them rules to guide their behavior. He takes Moses up on Mount Sinai and gives him laws. First, He gives Israel the ten commandments, which are divided into two sections: spiritual and social. Spiritual, because men are sinners, and God is holy. He will not be treated as others treat their gods. Social, because they are sinners whose natural selfishness will implode a community. Later, God gives them further instructions regarding worship, economics, and annual celebrations.
The Ten Commandments cannot save men, but they do the following:
- Regulate human behavior by establishing boundaries that protect men from acting out of their natural selfish inclinations and hurting themselves and others. They also demonstrate man's inclination toward corrupt worship.
- Reveal human depravity and man's need of salvation.
- Reflect the holiness of God, His desire for community, and His standard of righteousness.
Rules are powerless to save people from their sins, but they are beneficial in that they regulate communal life (though they don't prevent sin) and demonstrate man's need of redemption.
Questions from today's reading (Exodus 20:1-22:15):
How does God reveal His care for women and the marginalized in the laws that He gives at Mount Sinai?
How does God reveal His concern for interpersonal relationships in the laws that He gives at Mount Sinai?
What does the giving of communal laws reveal about human nature?


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WASHINGTON (AFP eWire - March 29, 2004) - There's good news and bad news in the recent report Foundation Giving Trends: Update on Funding Priorities issued by the Foundation Center in New York City. 'Foundations largely stuck by their missions and grantees in the bleak economic environment of 2002,' said Loren Renz, vice president for research at the Foundation Center. Nevertheless, foundations did make adjustments reflecting the economic climate. 'Given declining endowments, foundations shied away from making as many major capital commitments and tried to shore up grantees with increased operating support,' Renz added.
First, the good news. General operating support reached a record-high share (19 percent) of grant dollars in 2002 and 24 percent share of grants. In addition:
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- Religion and science and technology also posted fast growth in grant dollars in 2002.
- Among specified beneficiaries, for the first time the economically disadvantaged accounted for the largest share of grant dollars in 2002 (16.7 percent). Children and youth received 16.4 percent of grant dollar commitments but the largest share of the number of grants (more than 22 percent). Also, giving for gays or lesbians, crime or abuse victims, and the economically disadvantaged showed the fastest growth between 2001 and 2002.
Now the bad news. Total new grant commitments by a sample of more than 1,000 of the largest private and community foundations decreased 5 percent to $15.9 billion between 2001 and 2002. Also, the median grant size decreased to $25,000. The report also revealed that:
- when looking at giving by subject focus, for the first time since 1994 health declined, slipping 15 percent to $2.9 billion.
- capital support declined to a record-low 19 percent share of grant dollars in 2002.
- support for people with AIDS, the disabled and single parents posted sharp declines.
- overall international giving declined 11 percent to $2.2 billion, although giving to overseas recipients increased.
To read the entire report, which includes the survey methodology, visit the Foundation Center's website.


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From advising us on the initial company charter, to serving as formal advisors in roles on the Board of Directors and credit committee members, to providing fellows and business advice, the range of support that Shell Foundation has offered has enabled us to hit the ground running and put in place the foundations for scale.
Shell Foundation has been a committed advocate for IntelleGrow's model and pushes us to strive for operational excellence. Simon (Desjardins) and his colleagues work in the trenches alongside our staff and board to help us solve our business challenges. As partners we are both equally committed to success, and we look forward to deepening our relationship as we continue to grow in India."
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