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This is a rush transcript from "The Five," June 13, 2016. This copy may not be in its final form and may be updated.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: They started shooting. And that was when we knew something was wrong, and everybody just dropped to the ground.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: People started screaming and shots rang out. It's not a show anymore. You got to do what you have to do.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: It can't be real. It's like the movies.
JAMES COMEY, FBI DIRECTOR: This is a federal terrorism investigation led by the FBI.
PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA: This is an example of the kind of home grown extremism that all of us have been so concerned about for a very long time.
COMEY: There are strong indications of radicalization by this killer, and a potential inspiration by foreign terrorist organizations. We are also going to look at our own work to see whether there is something we should have done differently. So far, the honest answer is I don't think so. If you see something, tell us, so we can look at it. In every single one of our cases as we look back, somebody always sees something they should have told us and they didn't.
DANA PERINO, CO-HOST: Hello, everyone. This is The Five. I'm Dana Perino. And that was FBI director James Comey addressing the media earlier on Omar Mateen, the 29-year-old Islamic terrorist who murdered 49 people in a nightclub yesterday and injured dozens more, some gravely. Several are still fighting for their life tonight. Comey said Mateen called 911 during the massacre and told the dispatcher he was killing for ISIS. He also pledged solidarity with the Boston bombers. There is a lot to get to tonight. We begin by going live to the site of the unspeakable horror. America's Newsroom host Bill Hemmer joins us now from Orlando, Florida. And, Bill, I know you have so many observances today, but could you start with the FBI director's press conference and what you took away from that?
BILL HEMMER, AMERICA'S NEWSROOM HOST: I sure will. (Inaudible) was the most interesting bit of information all day, Dana, frankly. It's been five hours since we have had a briefing. Normally, in circumstances like these, you get a briefing every three hours. That has not been the case. There was one locally at 7:00 a.m., then the FBI director came out a little bit after 12 noon Eastern Time. What he described and confirmed is that this gunman went inside at 2:00 a.m. Sunday morning, had engaged with a security guard, still got inside the nightclub, and then, called 911 and hung up. Then he called again and pledged his loyalty to ISIS and the ISIS leader. It was then that they did a reverse 911 call and called him back inside the nightclub, Dana. And that's when he mentioned the Boston bombers. He also mentioned an American suicide bomber who blew himself up in Syria from the state of Florida, mentioned him on the phone call. And James Comey concluded by saying they are highly confident he was radicalized. Clearly, all the indications, all evidence would suggest that. I think the other thing he said was quite interesting, remember, we are still in the early days of this, literally, and in the early hours you can make an argument as well. Think of how much more we learned about Nidal Hasan after the weeks went by at Fort Hood. Think what we learned about San Bernardino as the weeks went by there as well. Think about what we learned in Paris and Brussels after that. Think about the Boston bombers, at the marathon, as the days went by and the weeks passed, how much unfolded about the investigation, what they're up to, the travel they had overseas. Today, we learned he went to Saudi Arabia twice, 2011 and 2012. FBI says he checked out. He was OK. But he was interviewed in 2013 for making these comments at work and everybody thought it was strange. Interviewed again in 2014 because of his relationship with this American who blew himself up in Syria, he was on the terror watch list in 2014, and then was removed. So, he did not come out of nowhere. Now, it's possible he went dark, hide his media social blueprint, lied low, didn't want to give the authorities any reason to think he was up to anything. But as I say in the early hours of this investigation, Director Comey said this, I don't see anything that we would do differently. I wonder in a day, or week, or a month, if that statement stands out. We shall see.
PERINO: That's a strong statement to make in the early stages of an investigation, and probably one that might have to be revisited. Kimberly, we're going to take it around the table. Kimberly Guilfoyle will go next.
KIMBERLY GUILFOYLE, CO-HOST: Bill, as you are going through the chronology, the time line, where people are trying to figure out the FBI to determine at what point radicalization could have happened, did he self-radical self-radicalize, was it online or was it during some of the visits he made, we have information he visited Saudi Arabia in March of 2011 and in 2012. Do you have more information on that and if the FBI is planning to send agents there to discuss and meet with anybody he may have had contact with?
HEMMER: The local FBI earlier today, at 7:00 in the morning said that a great amount of electronic evidence is now being gathered. They also believe he acted alone. They don't believe he -- they don't believe he acted in concert yet with anyone else, and they don't believe he was commanded from overseas. We'll see if those facts stay the way they are. But, Kimberly, the fact they talked about the great amount of electronic evidence, you have to think that this investigation right now is in hyper- speed. There is a line. Just so you know, the nightclub is behind me about 400 yards. It is block after block after block, Kimberly, of sheriff's vans, investigative units, we saw the DEA here, loads of FBI agents. They are going to that crime scene, they're trying to put it together the best they can in these early stages. But this is active. It's ongoing. They blocked out Orange Avenue. It's been that way now for the past day and a half.
PERINO: Julie Roginsky is next.
JULIE ROGINSKY, GUEST CO-HOST: Hi, Bill. You mentioned that the director of FBI said that in fact, he had mentioned the Syrian suicide bomber, who was radicalized, right before he shot up the club. And then, James Comey basically goes ahead and says he wouldn't have done anything differently. They had investigated him for that alleged tie. Anymore color on that? Is there a tie? Was this something that he said just to say it or was it there actually any evidence he had been radicalized or attached with the Syrian suicide bomber?
HEMMER: At the moment, I can't say factually what the answer is, Julie. What the Director Comey said next was our job is very difficult. It's like a needle in a haystack. And he's right about that. They have a very difficult job. There are hundreds or as he said today, thousands of investigations ongoing all the time. It is difficult. But it's our job to get it right because they only have to be right one time. This is really tough stuff. Julie, if you think about over the past nine years, think about the battle in Sauder City, the neighborhood in East Baghdad, think about the American lives that we put into that battle. You can argue outside of Afghanistan, this whole strain of Islamic radicalism was contained. I mean, after a tremendous effort on behalf of General Petraeus and others there, building a wall in the middle of Baghdad that divides the city and isolate the cancer. And now, you take the lid off that pot nine years later, and what you have is you got Syria, you got Western Iraq, Afghanistan continues. As General Jack Keane will tell you, you got 7,000 ISIS fighters in Libya today, which could very well be the next hotspot. If you are the president, what is your calculation? I can go in to Raqqah and destroy them, but where do I have to stop? Do I have to go to Libya next? And the point of that comment is that this is how far behind we have gotten as a country in nine years.
PERINO: Eric Bolling.
ERIC BOLLING, CO-HOST: You mentioned the needle in the haystack. You also mentioned today. I was wondering why that would be a needle in a haystack when you have co-workers complaining about this guy being radical. You have an ex-wife complaining that he was dangerous. You have friends from earlier in high school saying that he jumped up and cheered the World Trade Center bombings saying America deserves it. If that was a needle in a haystack, we are actually screwed. That's just a point of thought. I'm wondering also what it takes to be taken off the FBI watch list, the terror watch list, where you can do something like this. Here is my question. Do you think President Obama is premature by saying - - was premature today saying that there is apparently no ties to a greater plot so far. I mean, we are only 48 to 52 hours outside of this thing happening.
HEMMER: Eric, the president said it and Director Comey said it as well. And we don't know what all the loose ends -- we don't know how they are going to fill in just yet. I'm urging caution on this, because we don't really know where it goes. I mean, yeah, a needle in a haystack, but certainly, there were signs. And I agree with you on that. But then you wonder how much the FBI can survey, how many people at one time, what are our resources, and how are they directed, and what can they keep up with? What is essentially overwhelming, who knows? Maybe they are hot on another potential story here in Orlando or Port St. Lucie, that we frankly have no information about. That could be potentially much greater in it's deadliness. It's a possibility. But the fact they got this electronic footprint, and they're going through this, tells me that he just did not go in a corner and lie down. It tells me that he was sending out information. How do you, as an investigator, find that and keep an eye on it? Yes, it's your job, how much is out there? I'm just trying to get my head around this and try to understand the scope of it, because Director Comey is a good man. He wants to keep this country safe. He doesn't want this garbage happening in downtown Atlanta, this filth.
HEMMER: He makes that argument. So we will see how these points fill in. I think at the moment.
BOLLING: I'm not pointing a finger at an FBI failure or anything like that. I'm trying to point out we could be so overwhelmed, if this guy is a needle in a haystack with all these indications and all these signs, the ones that are needles in the haystack are the ones without these red flags flying all over the place. We could in be in danger, that's all.
PERINO: And also, I would say.
BOLLING: Loud and clear.
PERINO: And also I would say this actually probably is the greater plot which is to utilize social media to get ISIS activated all over the country and targeting these like the ones at the Pulse nightclub. Gutfeld has a question.
GREG GUTFELD, CO-HOST: Yeah, Bill, mainly about the media, my problem with terror is that our job and ISIS' aims overlap. ISIS is here via proxy, whether they are lone wolves or not, they are here. But they use the media to expand their brand, so hostage incidents kind of make ISIS bigger than they really are by appearances and therefore, their size. Actually, it becomes a reality. We are terrified of them. And I think about this and I understand that there is research that shows when you publicize suicides and homicides, suicides, there's an immediate copy cat effect. These murderous acts increase and they spread like a contagion. And I keep thinking to myself, and I know that we have to do our jobs, but can the media stop providing ISIS with free PR and stop showing this over and over again? This face does not need to be seen. Shouldn't the media somehow examine how they report this?
HEMMER: I think the American public is scared and rightfully so. I think they are angry and rightfully so. I think they feel deeply for the people here in Orlando, and Boston, and San Bernardino, and Chattanooga and Fort Hood, deeply. And I understand that, and I think you do as well. We have an obligation, Greg, to figure out what the story is.
GUTFELD: I agree.
HEMMER: And get as many facts as we can. That's why we are here. Because there are millions of viewers all over the country, Greg, trying to figure out, you know, why did this happen and how did we not catch it beforehand and could we have caught it?
GUTFELD: Right.
HEMMER: And the emotions run rampant down here. But I will tell you, I saw the community in Fort Hood, I saw the community in Boston, and you are going to see this community in Orlando, too, showing their American strength through all this. But we, as a media, we have a job to do. And, yes, perhaps the attention goes away from him for a time, once we get nor answers. But, right now, what was he up to? He was 29 years old, he was born in New York, how the hell did he get to this point?
GUTFELD: I just don't want to see his (inaudible) face.
PERINO: We might end it there.
HEMMER: I can understand that.
PERINO: All right, Bill, thank you. You are going to be on air much later in the evening.
HEMMER: Thank you, Dana.
PERINO: Thank you so much. More to come on "The Five." Is political correctness putting America in grave danger? A former colleague of the shooter says he raised concerns with his employer about Mateen, but those concerns were ignored because Mateen was Muslim. You are going to hear from him next.
NEWT GINGRICH, FORMER SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE: . in the Obama administration told me they have to be really, really nice about the Muslim brotherhood and care because otherwise, they won't get any cooperation out of the Muslim community. The tone is so bad when people see somebody who hates America as they did in San Bernardino, where people actually thought they saw bombs, but they were afraid to call it in because people might think they are Islamphobic.
SEBASTIAN GORKA, AMERICAN WRITER: But are they even allowed to use words like Jihad? Well, then, what is this, what is happening in Orlando, what is happening in Philly, in San Bernardino? It is people who say they are Jihadists, who say that they are doing it for Allah, it is time to get political correctness out of it.
GUILFOYLE: Welcome back to The Five. And that was Newt Gingrich and Sebastian Gorka on one of the biggest obstacles to the terror fight, political correctness in America. A former coworker of the Orlando Jihadist didn't stay silent about suspicious behavior he witnessed while working with Omar Mateen. Daniel Gilroy says he reported to his employer several times, but his concerns were ignored because Mateen was a Muslim.
DANIEL GILROY, OMAR MATEEN COWORKER: There was never a moment where he didn't have anger and rage, and he always loud and cursing. And anytime either a female or a black person would come by, he would use horrible words. And the company wouldn't remove him from the position. It was toxic. He started, for the lack of a better word, harassing me and stalking me. My family was scared. I quit the job.
GUILFOYLE: This is the problem, political correctness in America, making us less safe. And the problem is it starts from the White House, Eric, and trickles down. And you saw, even unfortunately, FBI director Comey mirroring the same language when in fact someone calls and says that he pledges allegiance to ISIS, you think why are we still so confused about what was the nature of this attack and what was the specific focus.
BOLLING: OK. Sure. OK, so 50 dead -- 49 dead in Orlando, radical Islamic did it, San Bernardino 14 dead or radical Islamic, Chattanooga 5 dead where radical Islamic did it, the Oklahoma beheading. In New Jersey, my son's friend was killed in response to things going on to people overseas in the Middle East, Boston Marathon, Fort Hood, Islamics have done this, radical Islamists have done this. Call me crazy, call me politically incorrect, but I am radical Islamphobic. These are the people who are killing Americans. If President Obama can't say it, I understand it's just words, but it also sends a message he can't put the two together.
GUILFOYLE: Uh-huh.
BOLLING: Hillary Clinton won't put the two together. She says I can say it was radical Islam that caused some of these things, but she didn't blame this one on radical Islam. You need to do it. We are at war. They want to kill us, and we are at war, and we need to all join together and realize that is the enemy.
GUTFELD: But actually, you know what's funny? They do put it together. He refuses to link Islam -- Islam to terror, but he will link criticisms to Islam to terror. How can that be? If one is not linked to the other, how can criticism lead to it? If there's no connection between the doctrine and death, why is there a discussion of the doctrine leads to backlash? Is it complete contradiction? Is Islamophobia a phobia out there? They are afraid to name what is dangerous because they don't want to appear bigoted. We talked about this so long, our heads will explode. At some point, they are either going to be gone, they're going to be voted out of office, or they got to admit they are wrong and do something about it.
ROGINSKY: There are a couple things, one is, let's not forget that this man, this terrorist, went out and beat his wife. If she had reported it to police, he probably would have prevented him from getting a weapon. Secondly.
GUILFOYLE: We don't want to blame the victim.
ROGINSKY: I don't want to blame the victim, but secondly, this man -- I agree with you on that. But this man that accused him of stalking him, if he had gone to the police, maybe something would have been different. Look, I have no problem whatsoever -- and by the way, this man, this terrorist has said horrible things about gay people, about women consistently. He showed up at a gay club. It wasn't by accident. That was a strain of homophobia that existed in him, whether because of his religion or because he just hated gay people.
ROGINSKY: We have a lot of homophobic people, where it's directly consistent with their religion, and they're not Islamic either. We have a lot of homophobic people here.
ROGINSKY: Wait a second.
GUILFOYLE: I don't think that's a fair statement.
GUTFELD: I understand the kind of homophobia where people see men kissing and go oh, I can't handle that. They don't throw them off buildings.
ROGINSKY: Wait a second, wait a second. Let me just say this. I will give oyu one example. I'm not comparing what Eric Rudolph did to this because this is worst mass killing in the history of the country. You have Eric Rudolph, who said -- and I'm going to use a quote, the truth is that I'm a Christian. Religiously, I'm a traditional Catholic. He bombed a lesbian nightclub in Atlanta about a decade ago, if not longer. So the point is I have no problem calling it Islamic terrorism because these people to me pervert the teachings of their faith. But if that's the case, let's not blame -- unilaterally blame 1.6 million Muslims, as the presidential nominee from the Republican Party did today, by essentially saying the Muslims have to work with us to know what's going on.
BOLLING: Can I respond?
GUILFOYLE: They read newspapers, they teach, they work, they watch television, they do know what is going on.
BOLLING: Let me reiterate the words of one of the smartest people I know who said it this afternoon, somewhere midday today. Radical Islamic homophobia is the reason for this. But radical Islamic homophobia stems from radical -- I mean, Islamic homophobia. He's saying because z it's in their culture, as you pointed out, it is in Sharia law, it becomes radicalized and then they kill.
ROGINSKY: . if you go to the original sourcing, not what they evolved into supports.
GUTFELD: We get that. The three religions don't like homosexuality. At least of the three, two have progressed to a point they are not murdering them.
GUTFELD: You have one example.
ROGINSKY: Wade Mitchell Page.
ROGINSKY: Paul Jennings.
GUTFELD: Add them all up, please. It will not come to a fraction of the Islamic hatred and violence.
ROGINSKY: I'm not diminishing this.
GUILFOYLE: If I can get Dana, in which I keep asking.
PERINO: I'm just going to approach this segment from a different perspective. Because on the political correctness piece, which is about your neighbors and your friends and your co-workers, so Mateen's co-worker says I tried to report it. But here is the thing, Americans, you are taught from an early age, not just in America, don't be a tattletale. That's early on. I remember that admonishment for telling on my cousins for doing something wrong. Don't be a tattletale. And also, you are taught to be kind and to be tolerant. And also, later on in your life, you just don't want to get involved with the police or law enforcement.
PERINO: There's a cultural thing we have in America where you don't want to tell on your neighbor in San Bernardino because you look like yeah, it looks like they are doing something weird, but then this weird thing that makes you look intolerant or bad. And even though our government officials tell us, if you see something, say something.
ROGINSKY: Right.
PERINO: Sometimes you feel like it might be too much and you are afraid to do that. Again, this idea, you don't want to get involved, and maybe our law enforcement can do a better job of assuring people that if you come to us with a report, we promise some anonymity, we won't drag you into some sort of a long, drawn out legal process.
GUTFELD: You know what it is, it is leaders saying if you see something, say something, unless it might be a Muslim. We much prefer our villains to be white.
BOLLING: And if you are wrong, you are an Islamphobic or homophobic.
GUTFELD: Even in the ads, they make it so it's all races. They don't want to make it look like perhaps it might be one religion. We are OK with that. It's possible. You are right. There are other awful people in other religions. But unfortunately, right now, there seems to be one that seems to be doing the most damage.
GUILFOYLE: The majority of gay people in this country were not murdered by Muslims. I hate to say this. They were not murdered by Muslims. You can't say the entire religion is responsible for this behavior.
GUTFELD: There is a catch up going on.
GUILFOYLE: No one is saying the entire religion is responsible. People responsible know who they are. The point to the matter is, you cannot have -- political correctness cannot be part of the terror threat equation, period. And when you don't have leaders to even say the word, my God, we are asking the average citizens to be more courageous than the people that are in the White House than one that wants to be.
GUTFELD: I don't need a leader to tell me that I need to change.
GUILFOYLE: Right. Why don't they do it?
GUTFELD: Yeah.
GUILFOYLE: The president still hasn't blamed radical Islam for the attack, but he is blaming guns and calling for more gun control. Would fewer guns stop terror? We debate that next.
GUTFELD: The left labels Orlando as gun violence. Where did they learn this?
PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA: We are also going to have to make sure that we think about the risks we are willing to take by being so lax in how we make very powerful firearms available to people in this country.
HILLARY CLINTON, PRESUMPTIVE DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE: I believe weapons of war have no place on our streets.
We have to make it harder for people who should not have those weapons of war. And that may not stop every shooting or every terrorist attack, but it will stop some and it will save lives, and it will protect our first responders.
GUTFELD: But if Orlando is gun violence, then what was 9/11? A box cutter violence? Shall we blame hardware stores for that act? Pressure cookers caused the Boston bombing. Shall we blame Crate and Barrel?
Blaming an inanimate object absolves you of actual guts. It wasn't the availability of weapons that caused these acts. It was a hateful, murderous, homophobic, misogynistic ideology, one that sees murdering gays as an act of compassion. And it's a belief ignored by multiculturalists. Islamism has killed gays for a while. So lefties, if you never spoke out about that, shut up about guns.
Now the pope is lashing out -- at guns, not Islamism. He says guns circulate too freely. Doesn't he know that ISIS hits soft targets, not hard ones like the Vatican? It's all based on hard versus soft. If the Vatican were as unarmed as Pulse -- the club -- the pope would not be alive. But ISIS knows that the pope is surrounded by a military force consisting of 100-plus ex-Swiss soldiers, who carry muskets but also submachine guns, with heavily armed agents nearby. If that club, Pulse, had three percent of the pope's arms, he wouldn't be lecturing on guns.
The pope complained that aid and food to poor countries are often blocked, but guns are not. Doesn't he see that, if it weren't for armed men from our country, most aid would get nowhere?
He says he's pro-life. Not here, I'm afraid.
Dana, I'm against guns going to crazy people. But calling this gun violence absolves the purpose and the intent of the cause of what went on. Right? I know that wasn't a question.
PERINO: It gives them another way to stop -- to avoid talking about terrorism, the war that has come to us.
GUTFELD: Yes.
PERINO: We did not seek out this war. They have declared war on us. And I understand President Obama's posture and that he wants to be calm, wants to make sure that it looks like everything is just fine, everyone is going to have to just, like, accept this. It is unacceptable, both from a legal standpoint.
And I have to say, if I thought this could all be absolved [SIC] by a ban on guns, I'd be for it.
GUTFELD: Yes.
PERINO: But it's not going to stop there. A much harder one to deal with is one culture, our own, and meaning that how do we figure out a way, as we were talking in the previous block, to turn people in if we see something and say something? But the harder thing is, how do you deal with an ideology that is hell-bent on destroying us?
GUTFELD: They find a way, Eric. If it's not guns, it's pressure cookers. It's knives. It's whatever they get their hands on.
BOLLING: Can I show you two headlines today? The New York Post headline says "ISIS Vs. Us." I'd say that's pretty accurate.
GUTFELD: Right.
BOLLING: Most Americans would agree with that.
And this despicable headline.
PERINO: Yes.
BOLLING: Really? "Thanks, NRA"?
GUTFELD: Yes.
BOLLING: I mean, the day after this, your headline, you hang this on the - - not even a crazed gunman, the NRA. It's insane.
President Obama mentioned guns; Hillary Clinton mentioned guns. Sally Cohen, the crazy radical liberal, mentioned Christians.
GUTFELD: Yes.
BOLLING: It's Christians' fault. The pope says guns. I don't know what's going on here. It's ISIS. We're at war with them.
One quick thought: the AR-15 is not an assault weapon.
PERINO: Right.
BOLLING: It's a semiautomatic long gun. That's it. One pull, one gun.
GUILFOYLE: But people don't get it, because they don't know guns.
BOLLING: They keep calling that -- you can -- how's this? You want to ban assault weapons, knock yourself out. The AR-15s, all eight to ten million of them, will still be legal.
GUILFOYLE: But they don't understand, because they're just speaking out of ignorance. And you don't even have Hillary Clinton who understands fully the nature of the laws and guns.
The gun laws that we have are very good. They need to be enforced.
And then people who see someone behaving in a way, inappropriately or violently, they need to come forward and notify the authorities. And then the authorities, like the FBI, need to check those systems and CIS and whatnot. Dana, we talked about that earlier. And make sure that people that are a threat risk like that are put on a delayed gun list until they are fully investigated and questioned and blocked from getting the weapon if they do pose a serious threat or danger to others. It's that simple.
And guess what? All of those books are on -- all of those laws are on the books right now, as we speak today.
GUTFELD: I know, Julie, you like to bring up the other kind of terrorism. So I thought Oklahoma. Two people, no guns, 163 -- 163 people killed. They blew up a building.
ROGINSKY: But let's look at the -- listen, by the way, I think you have a constitutional right to a gun, and nobody is talking about banning all guns. But can't we have some rational thought? The AR-15, you're right; it's not a -- it's a semi-automatic assault weapon. It's not a...
BOLLING: No, no, no. You can't say "assault weapon." It's not...
ROGINSKY: It's a semi-automatic rifle, fine.
BOLLING: Right.
ROGINSKY: But the problem here is that, when I walk in with an AR-15, I can kill everybody in this room within a span of seconds. What do you need that gun for? Do you need it?
GUILFOYLE: Well, guess what? Guess what? I can come in here with a Glock or a Beretta and I can do it, too.
ROGINSKY: Not as quickly.
GUILFOYLE: Semi-automatic.
ROGINSKY: Not as quickly, though. That's the problem.
BOLLING: The vast majority of mass murders are committed with a handgun.
GUILFOYLE: That's why he had a handgun.
ROGINSKY: But listen, you have -- I mean, look at the common denominator here. You're talking about this shooting.
GUTFELD: Radical Islam.
ROGINSKY: You're talking about Sandy Hook. No, you're talking about Sandy Hook. I mean, you're talking about all sorts of mass murder. Why do you need that particular weapon? And I'm not for banning guns.
BOLLING: It's a long gun. It's a rifle.
ROGINSKY: Why do you need a gun with that many cartridges, with that many rounds, why?
BOLLING: So you're making a case on how many rounds you can put it?
ROGINSKY: Yes. There are laws before different states.
BOLLING: There's a debate to be had with that.
ROGINSKY: Well, there are laws, fine, but...
BOLLING: Don't ban the gun. Ban the...
ROGINSKY: Fine.
BOLLING: ... the number of bullets you can put in the gun at a time, I guess. I'm against -- there's the debate.
ROGINSKY: Great, but the NRA is -- the NRA IS against that, as well. That's my point. Why can't we have a rational discussion about this where people are just calm about it?
BOLLING: Because -- because Julie, you can take a Glock. You can take -- you can take 16 bullets in a handgun, reload it within a second. So you're basically saying pull all these things off the market?
GUILFOYLE: You set it back up, click. Put it in. It takes seconds.
ROGINSKY: I'm saying, listen, there are different ammo rounds. I mean, why can't we have a discussion about that?
PERINO: But we can have a discussion about that. The thing is that Mateen, had he not had the weapon, because he was become -- he had become radicalized -- and remember, he's friends and buddies with the Floridian who goes to Syria and blows himself up -- he would have found a way. Maybe his own suicide vest, whatever it might have been. That's the difference between talking about -- we can have a debate in this country about gun -- the gun culture.
GUTFELD: Yes.
PERINO: That's not going to do anything to go with the ideology that we're facing.
GUILFOYLE: They go where the guns are. Soft targets. Look at the Bataclan. Look at Pulse nightclub. Because nobody is there. Schools. Look at it.
BOLLING: And there...
GUILFOYLE: Schools. Look at it. History. The facts are there.
BOLLING: And there is a ban on -- on extended bullet magazines.
ROGINSKY: Except for the fact that states that actually have stronger gun laws have less gun violence. It's just a fact.
GUTFELD: That's not true. We have to go, but that is not true. And we do know for a fact that this happens in gun-free zones.
GUILFOYLE: That is absolutely true. Those are the facts.
GUTFELD: It's true. It's a fact.
BOLLING: Chicago.
ROGINSKY: Well, there is Chicago. Look at the 50 states and look and tell me where you have fewer gun violence.
GUTFELD: Up next -- all right. The presumptive nominees, how would they confront the terror threat if they were elected to the White House? Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton ahead.
BOLLING: Welcome back. Americans have a very important decision to make in November. Will they elect a president who will confront the radical Islamic terror threat who calls it by name? Or will they choose a president who will perpetuate President Obama's failed counterterror strategy?
DONALD TRUMP (R), PRESUMPTIVE PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE: Hillary Clinton, for months, and despite so many attacks, repeatedly refused to even say the words "radical Islam," until I challenged her yesterday.
Hillary Clinton's catastrophic immigration plan will bring vastly more radical Islamic immigration into this country, threatening not only our society but our entire way of life.
They have put political correctness above common sense.
CLINTON: We know, already, the barbarity that we face from radical jihadists is profound.
We face a twisted ideology and poisoned psychology that inspires the so- called lone wolves.
Millions of peace-loving Muslims live, work and raise their families across America.
We should be intensifying contacts in those communities, not scapegoating or isolating them.
BOLLING: Jules, can I go to you first on this? I know you don't like Donald Trump's proposal to temporarily ban Muslims, all Muslims from coming into the country. What about the refugee program?
ROGINSKY: What about them?
BOLLING: I think they -- I think Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump have vastly different ideas on the refugees. Obviously, Donald Trump would say no refugees whatsoever. Hillary Clinton would probably continue what President Obama is saying: we need more refugees. Bring more.
ROGINSKY: Well, look, first of all, they're talking about a very, very small number of refugees, and they're talking about refugees that are vetted for 18 months. And I understand that Comey, the FBI director James Comey, said you can't vet everybody 100 percent. Nothing is 100 percent. You have no guarantees I'm not going to be radicalized tomorrow. I mean, there's no guarantees in life.
BOLLING: You're not worried about radical extremism?
ROGINSKY: But I will say this. Let me just read you a quote, OK? It's a very important quote, I think.
"Those who commit evil in the name of Allah blaspheme the name of Allah. The terrorists are traitors to their own faith, trying, in effect, to hijack Islam itself. The enemy of America is not our many Muslim friends. Our enemy is a radical network of terrorists and every government who supports them." You know who said that? George Bush, September 20, 2001.
I think that is the finest moment of the Bush administration. I thought the president was 100 percent right, and I'm sad -- I think it's tragic that a decade and a half after he said those words, the Republican nominee for president essentially is saying that the entire Muslim religion is culpable for the act.
BOLLING: Well, I'm not sure he's saying they're culpable. But Dana, is it -- can you understand where Donald Trump is coming from: at least temporarily stop, and then figure out how we vet them? Do we -- are we vetting these people properly?
PERINO: Well, I think the refugee program is separate and apart from the ideology and the war against terror. Because Mateen was born in America. He's an American citizen, so he's -- that comes with all the benefits and the rights that we were born with.
And so, if I were Trump or Hillary, I would also be focusing and asking the administration during this transition period, "I don't want to walk into the Oval Office on January 20 at noon and not have some sort of a plan that is a grander strategy to deal with this from a recruitment standpoint, from social media standpoint." And also the refugee program has to be part of that, but I think it's pretty small.
And at this point, actions are going to speak a lot louder than words. And I don't think we can wait six months to get a new president in there, who then is going to have to wait another six months to get his appointees confirmed, before we can actually have a strategy to deal with this.
ROGINSKY: You're absolutely right.
BOLLING: Greg, your thoughts? By the way, can you separate the two? The refugee program and Muslim immigration?
GUTFELD: I think it's hard at this point, because you see in Germany where some of the terrorists have gone in with the immigrants and have -- and have tried -- the migrants and have tried to plan and have been stopped.
Trump's speech was strong and then bad, and then strong. It was strong when he said radical Islam will kill members of the LGBT community when given the chance. That was an opportunity that Hillary missed and President Obama missed. He was so strong on that.
Selling immigration based on a U.S. terrorist is an error on his part. Still, what he did, as messy as it was, beats the platitudes...
GUILFOYLE: Yes.
GUTFELD: ... of Hillary saying -- whenever they're saying we're against hate, that we're better than hate. We are not stupid. This is so -- we understand it. Hate's bad. This is not about hate. This is about action.
BOLLING: Which one works better, K.G.? There are very -- two extremes.
GUILFOYLE: And guess what? We're dealing with two times in history. There was a time then when, you know, President Bush was president. And now what do we have? Now we have ISIS, OK, which is meaner, worse than, you know, AQAP, I think, and some of these other groups that we have dealt with before.
So what you do is you react in real time and in good measure, and you respond with force, militarily. And you respond, like Dana said, by attacking the recruitment. And you respond with intelligence gathering.
This is a time that you should be fortifying the military and making sure that we have the resources in place immediately, yes, not six months and then six months from now, because we are in a crisis. It's ISIS versus us. And by us, I mean internationally, this is of concern.
Just ask Angela Merkel. Look at the problems that she's having there. So then you tie in, yes, you have to look at the refugee and immigration program, as well. Because when ISIS tells you that they're going to be sending in fighters and terrorists that way, taking the path of least resistance, wake up. Take them for their word.
BOLLING: All right. Well, we're going to leave it right there.
Ahead, the Muslim reaction, the Muslim reaction to the latest Islamic terror attack on U.S. soil. Will America's Muslim community step up to stop the bloodshed? Stay tuned.
ROGINSKY: Welcome back. There's mixed reaction in the Muslim community to this latest attack. Some leaders say we shouldn't draw conclusions about Islam's role.
IMAM MUHAMMAD MUSRI, ISLAMIC SOCIETY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA: I want to also caution many in the media from rushing to judgment and from, you know, sensationalizing the story, because we do not want this story to be shifted from the focus where it is.
It's a horrible tragedy. We are mourning. We are sad. We are heartbroken. And it's not really time for any sensational news, just -- and rushing to judgment.
ROGINSKY: Well, you know, I think those are not mutually exclusive terms. I mean, you can condemn what happened and say you can't blame the entire religion. And Greg, I mean, you tell me. Do you think, in this case, that they have a point about this?
GUTFELD: I don't know. There's another imam saying that gays must die. So you know, we -- you know, I'd like -- I wish all imams and everybody in the Muslim faith were like that. But unfortunately, they've got to police the people that are there.
And I think the left has to start looking at this and stop seeing grievance groups on the same level. The fact is that there are people that don't like you. This is -- there were 49 people died. This is, you know, 48 more than Matthew Shepard. The outrage has to be -- has to be commensurate.
ROGINSKY: Kimberly, you worked in law enforcement.
GUILFOYLE: Yes.
ROGINSKY: I've heard law enforcement actually deals a lot with Muslims in terms of cooperation and finding out who among them is somebody they should focus on. Is that something you ever dealt with?
GUILFOYLE: Well, I mean, in prosecuting gang cases and homicides and sexual assaults and all that, it just depends on who the bad guy is on that particular day. But of course, there's always law-abiding people in communities that want to help out, that want to be part of the solution and give information, you know, that's helpful.
And with respect to this gentleman's comments, you know, I appreciate the majority of, you know, what he has to say, but when he says don't try and sensationalize it, my God.
I think it's impossible to sensationalize a tragedy like this that is so unspeakable and so horrifying, what happened to those victims and to their families that are now suffering. I mean, you know, that's not where we need to focus. We need -- he needs to be saying, "Everyone in the Muslim community, let's be part of the solution and work together as Americans to combat radical Islamic terrorism." That's what needs to be said.
ROGINSKY: Dana.
PERINO: I would say here's an idea in terms of rooting out the imams who are radicals. I mean, they need to be ousted in some way. And I think one of the things that a responsible person like the gentleman we had on could do is, if you read the obituaries and the remembrances of the victims, these are young people. Young -- so much happiness and joy in their lives. Their families' lives are ruined. Focus on -- they should focus on those people rather than themselves and always thinking of themselves as the victims here.
GUILFOYLE: Largely Latin and very young, in their 20s.
BOLLING: So look, radical Islam is under scrutiny right now. Muslims in America realize that -- and they're saying, "Don't blame all of us for what a few people do." But that being the case, where are they calling these people out?
GUILFOYLE: Right.
BOLLING: Where are they saying, "I'm not sure about this -- this Mateen guy, but I'm not real comfortable with him. And he's Muslim, I'm Muslim, but you know what? Keep an eye on him." There's got to be more of that, and it's got to be more publicized and make it OK to do it across the board.
ROGINSKY: All right.
ROGINSKY: All right. Stay with us. Some final thoughts straight ahead.
PERINO: A final thought now, on our final moments, on the terror in Orlando -- Kimberly.
GUILFOYLE: You know, when I was thinking about this and really want to focus about the victims of this violent, horrific crime, who did nothing but to love one another and show up, you know, on an evening to have a good time. They didn't have a choice. They were cut down in the middle of their life.
Be courageous on their behalf. If you see something, say something. Get involved. Do something to be part of the solution here so we can stop this carnage. And encourage your leaders to show the courage that they need to to keep us all safe.
PERINO: All right. Thank you so much, everybody. Stay tuned to the FOX News Channel throughout the night for new developments on the terror attack in Florida. We know that Donald Trump will be on "O'Reilly" at 8 p.m. Eastern, so don't miss that. "Special Report" is next.
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I've been away from Facebook for a few weeks. After writing a journal entry in which I listed 7 reasons gale leave Facebook, without even having to pause to consider them, I realized it was definitely time to make the leap. And since I'm an "all or nothing" sort of personality (is that part of having an addictive personality?!) I had to deactivate the account, not just log out indefinitely. (Since my husband is also an administrator for the Orange Plume page on Facebook, that's still up.)
Before I list the reasons, I want to be clear that I'm fully aware that at one time or another I've been guilty of at least half or more of them! This list isn't meant to be judgmental as much as it is drawing a line in the sand for some perspective.
7 Reasons Why I Quit Facebook
1. Selfies. Facebook, by its very nature, promotes vanity and the fosters the need to impress, a "look at me," sort of mentality is perpetuated by how many "likes" someone can attain. Especially susceptible seem to be the younger set and bored homemakers. Related to this point–basing one's value on how many "likes" can be acquired for a post. Unfortunately, our culture has evolved to that point, even my second-graders want to be esteemed for their creative play by having me post it on Facebook (oh dear, what have I done!?)
2. Play-by-plays. During major sporting events or season finales on television, you can often see someone's play-by-play on their feed, up to 20 entries! They read something like, "Seriously Manning? Get with the program!" or "I cannot believe the mother was the killer!" (thanks for the spoilers, by the way.) Not really interested in anyone's virtual emoting. If I was watching on the couch next to you, then I'd care.
3. Hostile People. There are a lot of land mines out there. I've stepped on many of them by naively offering my opposing point of view thinking the recipient would (surely) understand my good intentions. I've even had a couple of people I thought were real friends "un-friend" me. Never mind the people I only met online or at a party once and then had them unfriend me. It's just too much drama and so easy to misinterpret people–and be misinterpreted–online.
4. Brag Book Syndrome. Related to selfies but not quite the same thing are the brag book entries. I want to care about all of humanity, but I just can't. Instead I'm left with the feelings "uhh," "meh," or worse, envy. It's just too many people out there sharing too many things for me to genuinely care. An acquaintance from high-school got a raise, wonderful for them! A friend I haven't seen in years is buying their dream home, fantastic. So-and-so's kid got the leadership award at school, good for them! But it's just too much information, literally.
5. Too Much Information Which brings me to my next point: it's all just too much information. I don't watch television news anymore because I don't believe God intended us to be aware of every murder, theft, and minor event in the 100 mile radius of our homes. I've realized that Facebook is just too much information about people for me to digest, even if I'm just on it for 1/2 hour a day (less than the average person but way more than I personally can handle.) When I deactivated my account I had upwards from 665 Facebook connections. I probably "followed" 100 of them. I've decided my brain's energy is too precious to dedicate to people I hardly ever see. The ones who are super important to me–and I have several long distance friendships I hold tight and dear–I've always kept close bonds with even without Facebook. The others who are local can expect me to be calling them up for some face time a little more often now.
6. MLM Promotions. I understand the need to promote your business, and for about five minutes in my life I even had my own Multi-Level-Marketing company, so I get it. But I'm tired of being casually pursued as a candidate for a business. I have a couple of people I patronize for their products, but I pursued them. I have never bought anyone's stuff because they reached out to me. And I hate dissing people's online parties, too. I don't need any added guilt in my life! No Facebook = no problem.
7. Quality vs. Quantity Relationships. How easy is it to "like" someone's feed? That is obvious and I'm as guilty as anyone for the "I'm clicking 'like' to show you I read this and care" response to someone's post. I've just gotten to the point where that feels so hollow. I've always been old-fashioned and written snail mail letters, even with the advent of email. But once Facebook came about, my snail mail correspondence nearly died. I thought it was because my children were born at nearly the same time as Facebook started into the mainstream (2007), but I'm thinking it also has to do with the insta-connection I felt with Facebook. It took me a long time but I think I've finally come to a place where I'd rather be missing out on every single event that happens to people than try to keep up and spend my energy on it. This comes from a person who hates missing out on anything! But I'm striving for quality now. In fact, I'm feeling relieved being away from the social network.
I'll be the first to admit that I don't know if this is forever, but for now I'm feeling so much peace that I hope more people will follow suit.
December 2015 UPDATE: After six months' resting time I'm back on Facebook. I value its uses for social and business connection, and feel rested from its downsides. Here's hoping!


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National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
Commercial quota harvest.
NMFS announces that the summer flounder commercial quota available to the State of Virginia has been harvested. Vessels issued a commercial Federal fisheries permit for the summer flounder fishery may not land summer flounder in Virginia for the remainder of calendar year 2000, unless additional quota becomes available through a transfer. Regulations governing the summer flounder fishery require publication of this notification to advise the State of Virginia that the quota has been harvested and to advise vessel permit holders and dealer permit holders that no commercial quota is available for landing summer flounder in Virginia.
Effective 0001 hours, December 7, 2000, through 2400 hours, December 31, 2000.Start Further Info
Paul H. Jones, Fishery Policy Analyst, (978) 281-9273.End Further Info End Preamble Start Supplemental Information
Regulations governing the summer flounder fishery are found at 50 CFR part 648. The regulations require annual specification of a commercial quota that is apportioned on a percentage basis among the coastal states from North Carolina through Maine. The process to set the annual commercial quota and the percent allocated to each state is described in § 648.100. -
The initial total commercial quota for summer flounder for the 2000 calendar year was set equal to 11,109,214 lb (5,039,055 kg)(65 FR 33486, May 24, 2000). The percent allocated to vessels landing summer flounder in Virginia is 21.31676 percent, or 2,368,546 lb (1,074,354 kg). -
Section 648.100(e)(4) stipulates that any overages of commercial quota landed in any state be deducted from that state's annual quota for the following year. In the calendar year 1999, a total of 2,130,553 lb (966,403 kg) were landed in Virginia, creating a 9,857 lb (4,471 kg) overage that was deducted from the amount allocated for landings in the State during 2000 (65 FR 33486, May 24, 2000). The resulting 2000 quota for Virginia is 2,358,689 lb (1,069,883 kg). -
Section 648.101(b) requires the Administrator, Northeast Region, NMFS (Regional Administrator) to monitor state commercial quotas and to determine when a state's commercial quota is harvested. The Regional Administrator is further required to publish a notification in the Federal Register advising a state and notifying Federal vessel and dealer permit holders that, effective upon a specific date, the state's commercial quota has been harvested and no commercial quota is available for landing summer flounder in that state. The Regional Administrator has determined, based upon dealer reports and other available information, that the State of Virginia has attained its quota for 2000. -
The regulations at § 648.4(b) provide that Federal permit holders agree as a condition of the permit not to land summer flounder in any state that the Regional Administrator has determined no longer has commercial quota available. Therefore, effective 0001 hours, December 7, 2000, further landings of summer flounder in Virginia by vessels holding summer flounder commercial Federal fisheries permits are prohibited for the remainder of the 2000 calendar year, unless additional quota becomes available through a transfer and is announced in the Federal Register. Effective 0001 hours, December 7, 2000, federally permitted dealers are also advised that they may not purchase summer flounder from federally permitted vessels that land in Virginia for the remainder of the calendar year, or until additional quota becomes available through a transfer. -
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By Mark Belko for Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
May 10, 2016
At one time, trains and barges converged on a massive South Side cargo warehouse to deliver the goods and supplies that helped fuel an early 20th century Pittsburgh.
Now a local developer is preparing a major overhaul of the historic old terminal with its thick floors, sturdy walls and riverfront prominence in hopes of attracting those shaping a 21st century city.
After finalizing the purchase of River Walk Corporate Centre last week, McKnight Realty Partners plans to spend tens of millions of dollars to convert vacant floors into creative office space and to turn an asphalt street that runs through the complex to the Monongahela River into a public green space it has dubbed the "High Line."
It also intends to complete the missing link to the South Side riverfront trail that now detours around the complex, even as it adds 650 parking spaces.
McKnight bought the real estate from Pittsburgh Terminal Properties. The price has not been disclosed.
The Downtown developer sees the terminal project as its most ambitious to date. This from a company that transformed the iconic former Gimbel's department store Downtown into the Heinz 57 Center office complex and rehabbed the Grant Building on Grant Street.
"This is the most exciting project we've worked on in a long time, maybe since Gimbel's," said Izzy Rudolph, a McKnight principal. "This is a building that needs a true transformation."
Finished in 1906, the old terminal appears to be two buildings with a street running between them. But it is actually one built on a hillside. What typically would be seen as street level to a visitor is really the third floor of the complex. The terminal lies off East Carson Street between South Third and South Fourth streets.
When first completed, the terminal was considered the largest warehouse between New York City and Chicago, Mr. Rudolph said.
It was built to accommodate street traffic, barges and trains — as many as five at one time, according to the Pittsburgh History & Landmarks Foundation. Visitors can still see old train tracks running into one of the bays at ground level.
George Westinghouse was one of the original investors in the terminal. It was designed by Charles Bickel, who also was the architect behind the original Kaufmann's department store, the Granite Building Downtown and the South Side Market House. Two brickyards took a year to make enough bricks to build the terminal.
In addition to the main terminal, the complex features a powerhouse building overlooking the river and a 9-foot-wide "skinny" building at its entrance that apparently was built to create the illusion of a "grand entrance" into the complex, Mr. Rudolph said.
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Designed originally as a transfer point and storage warehouse for goods and products, the terminal has since evolved into an office complex measuring 868,000 square feet. It is now nearly half vacant and will be two-thirds empty by the end of the month.
McKnight plans to turn the vacant 60,000-square-foot floors into creative office space, with lots of open space. It will keep historic elements such as the exposed brick and beams, and the thick concrete floors strong enough to hold tanks, Mr. Rudolph said.
"Young people want creative office space and there's not a lot of it [in Pittsburgh]," he said.
The company also hopes to keep existing tenants, which include the Green Building Alliance and Friends of the Riverfront.
McKnight believes one thing that has held back the complex is the limited parking in and around the facility, about 200 spaces in all. It will address that by adding 650 spaces in the building's bottom floors.
But the centerpiece of the rehabilitation is the High Line. McKnight plans to rip up the asphalt drive, sometimes known as Terminal Way, and "make it the open public green space it's screaming out to be," Mr. Rudolph said.
The developer will install LED lighting, benches and other amenities to upgrade the space, which ends on a deck overlooking the river with views of the Liberty Bridge and the city skyline. McKnight sees the space as a potential venue for farmers markets, concerts and other events.
"We want this to be a public asset," Mr. Rudolph said.
Making room for bikes
The developer also intends to create a "bike-centric" environment at the river level, with the connection to the trail, more green space, and a place to rent and service bicycles.
For McKnight, the redevelopment represents a challenge unlike those it has dealt with at Gimbel's, the Grant Building and the rehab of the Henry W. Oliver Building.
"This is something totally different. This is different in every way. It's the most Pittsburgh project we've ever done," Mr. Rudolph said.
McKnight is seeking a $10 million state redevelopment capital assistance grant to help fund the work. It also is looking for help from the city Urban Redevelopment Authority for the public riverfront upgrades.
Gerard McLaughlin, executive managing director of Newmark Grubb Knight Frank in Pittsburgh, said the property has potential despite being a "little bit off the track" with no direct link to Downtown. He noted that office space in and near Downtown is still very tight.
"I think it's a great property. It's one that if you have the money to put into it to make it a Class B-plus office space, I think it can be very successful," he said, adding, "The building has great bones."
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Rangers Level Boston Again
Win Puts the Blueshirts at 3-0 This Season Against the Reigning Champions
The way Boston Bruins goaltender Tim Thomas saw it—or didn't—Derek Stepan teed up at the top of the left circle and let fly with a low slapshot. Thomas knew it was heading to his left. At the same moment, he thought he saw a blue-shirted, Ruslan-Fedotenko-shaped blur skate across his line of vision. The puck was gone. The next moment Thomas was certain of its location, it was in the back of his own net.
"I might have picked it up, and it was three feet from my shoulder right before it hit me," Thomas said, not entirely sure what he had seen or when.
Stepan's disappearing-reappearing bullet trick proved to be the moment of magic the Rangers needed on a mediocre afternoon to defeat the defending Stanley Cup champion Bruins, 4-3, at Madison Square Garden.
Bos 3
Having already beaten the Bruins twice this season, the Rangers went into Sunday's game with a chance to stamp their authority over their rivals just six weeks from the onset of the playoffs. Now, with a 3-0 record against them this year, the Rangers know that their statement has been made, regardless of the outcome when they face off for the fourth and final time this regular season on April 1, again in New York.
Sunday's victory was the Rangers' 10th in their last 12 meetings with the Bruins and, more importantly, extended their lead at the top of the Eastern Conference to 12 points. They have not been in first place this late in a season since 1996, according to the Elias Sports Bureau.
"You look at these games as four-point games," defenseman Michael Del Zotto said. "Every time we play them it's a war, and we've had quite a rivalry with them in the last couple of years. We just get up for these games so much more, knowing that they're trying to catch us in the standings."
The Rangers showed that energy in the first period by striking twice in two minutes, not to mention mixing it up in three fights. Fedotenko opened the scoring with a long-range shot after 5 minutes and 5 seconds. Just 70 seconds later, speedy rookie Carl Hagelin pounced on some sloppy defending and flicked the puck home off a body in the crease.
But by the start of the second period, after the Bruins had pulled one back, the Rangers looked spent. Their schedule was catching up to them. They had beaten the Carolina Hurricanes on the road last Thursday and then lost in overtime in Tampa Bay on Friday before coming home for Sunday's game.
The result was a miserable 20 minutes, spent mostly in their own territory. So there was a sense of inevitability about Jordan Caron's shot over Henrik Lundqvist's shoulder to tie the score at 2-2. The Rangers, who only managed three shots in the period, were lucky not to suffer more—the Bruins also clanged a shot off the goal post instead of taking the lead.
"The second period, they were all over us and we were a little tired," said Lundqvist, the Rangers' all-world goaltender who had 30 saves. "I think we felt pretty good having a tie game after two periods with the way the game was played."
Star forward Marian Gaborik put the Rangers back on top in third period, with a goal that would have been far from typical for him in years past — he stuck by the crease under pressure and capitalized on a mistake from close range.
"It's a huge part of his game this year," Rangers coach John Tortorella said. "He's not swinging out. He has played in traffic all year long."
Yet again, the Bruins clawed back, firing shot after shot at Lundqvist until David Krejci's got through at 11:42. Boston would finish with 33 shots on goal. The Rangers, meanwhile, managed just over half of that with only 17. It might have been New York's second lowest since November, but there were enough to seriously trouble Thomas.
"Everything was a screen or a weird, goofy bounce or what have you," Thomas said after taking a dig at the Garden's lights. "There may have been a few thrown in there, don't get me wrong, but it wasn't a normal game for a goaltender."
Typical of the way the cranky game had unfolded, another brawl broke out as time expired. Boston's Milan Lucic took issue with a muscular body check behind the Rangers' goal and clocked Ryan McDonagh. A punch to the face was never going to help the Bruins, though.
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MONROE, Conn. -- "Art for Adults: Meditative Design Mandalas" events will be held at the Edith Wheeler Memorial Library, 733 Monroe Turnpike, Monroe.
You can choose from one of two dates Monday, Jan. 11 or Wed. Jan. 20. Both events take place from 6:30 to 8 p.m.
It is presented by Kathy Vincent of ArtSmart! Studio. During this evening, come for relaxation and work through creativity. You will work with an India ink technical pen on hot pressed watercolor paper. Each participant will design a personal mandala, incorporating both symbolic design motifs and organic/geometric patterns.
This will be accented with a watercolor wash. Also, to encourage reflection, a selection of both classical instrumental and meditative new age music will be played during the session to help relax.
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Editor's Note: This piece took first place for The Larry L. Stewart Prize For Critical Essay On Entertainment. Thanks to everyone who entered this year!
Like many people, I imagine, I spent most of The Lego Movie thinking I had it all figured out. This was a self-aware love letter to a great toy line that proudly waved its age-old banners of "be creative" and "everyone is a special individual." Then, of course, came the third-act twist that the whole scenario of ragtag-band-saving-the-world is actually being played out by a boy named Finn in a basement with his dad's Legos. The dad comes down, tells Finn off for messing up his perfect, super-glued diorama, and the revelation comes that the Lego villain Lord Business (and his obsession with order) has been an allegory for the father this whole time.
But do the father and son represent a further allegory? It's easy to see Emmet, the everyman-Lego-turned-Chosen-One-who-gets-to-hang-out-with-Batman, as a sort of power-fantasy self-insert character for a child defying a strict parent. But it wasn't until the final confrontation between Emmet and Lord Business, paralleled by Finn's reconciliation with his dad, that I recognized a similar relationship being played out: that of creators and their fans.
One of the great pop culture debates of the past few decades has been the validity (and legality) of fanworks: creative endeavors undertaken by fans in which they make their own material based on someone else's intellectual property. Is it art? Is it legal? Should it be allowed? There have been many creators over the years who have denounced fanfiction written about their worlds and characters: calling it "lesser" and "derivative," being highly protective of their own material, or saying that fanwork sullies or otherwise lessens the value and credibility of their original work. George R.R. Martin, for instance, has stated that:
Every writer needs to learn to create his own characters, worlds, and settings. Using someone else's world is the lazy way out.[1]
My characters are my children…I don't want people making off with them, thank you. Even people who say they love my children. I'm sure that's true, I don't doubt the sincerity of the affection, but still…No one gets to abuse the people of Westeros but me.[2]
I still believe the best defense of fanworks is that people who make them are, in fact, the original work's best fans. They spent their time, energy, and in the cases of things like cosplay and fan films, money on projects that are purely labors of love. Of course, anyone can create a story with their favorite worlds and characters with a little imagination. But what's one of the biggest providers of physical components to help children get started on these adventures for themselves? Lego. When they put out a playset of Star Wars, Lord of the Rings, Batman, you name it, they're handing beloved universes over to new minds to let them go wild with them.
When the dad looks down a second time at his son's work, with an intrigued "did you make this?", he begins to see it more as a new creation instead of vandalism. Finn wasn't destroying his dad's hard work, he was using it as the basis for something creative and new. If we continue with the parallel that Emmet and Lord Business are Finn and his father, respectively, then Emmet's last speech that talks Lord Business down is not a statement of resistance, but of respect. "You are the most talented, most interesting, most extraordinary person in the universe." And I'm sure that's something that any fan would love to say to the people who made their favorite books or movies or TV shows or video games.
In this final scene, The Lego Movie may very well be appealing not just to the creativity of children and fans everywhere but also to the original creators themselves, particularly those who frown upon fanworks. It's saying "look how much you inspire people. Look how much they love your creations and want to create more." As a creator myself, I've experienced that sad-but-proud feeling of giving your content to the fans who will take it and make it their own. I've seen completely new ideas spring from it, things I would have never thought of or things that weren't what I had planned but were still so much better. I do still understand Martin's attitude of characters being children that you don't want anyone else to spoil, but I also understand that feeling of someone else, especially someone who looks up to you, really liking a thing you made.
Was Finn rude for playing with his dad's stuff without permission? Maybe. Was the dad being greedy by not letting his son touch things that were meant to be played with? Maybe. Did it all work out when they compromised and played together? Yes. Sometimes you just need to let the kids play with your toys.
[1] http://www.themillions.com/2012/04/fifty-shades-of-fan-fiction.html
[2] http://grrm.livejournal.com/151914.html


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11 Ohio Congressmen agree with Todd Akin: some rape isn't really rape
The GOP etch-a-sketch team is currently on red alert, trying to make the public relations problem created by Congressman (and candidate for US Senate) Todd Akin go away. Akin's offense? Suggesting that victims of "legitimate rape" are unlikely to get pregnant.
Here's the latest fallout from Akin's unfortunate statement:
- RNC Chair Reince Preibus doesn't want him at the GOP convention.
- Speaker John Boehner has suggested he think about his political future.
- And Mitt Romney said his comments were "insulting, inexcusable, and, frankly, wrong."
Akin's beliefs about the magical powers of a woman's body under stress may be out of step with the GOP majority, but he is exactly on message with the other half of his statement. In the view of today's GOP, some rapes are "legitmate" and some are not.
When asked to clarify what he meant by "legtimate," Akin explained:
"I was talking about forcible rape," he said. "I used the wrong word."
Forcible rape? To make sense of that, you must get to know a bill introduced last year, co-sponsored by Akin and current Romney running-mate Paul Ryan called the No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act (HR3), which included the following language carving out an exception to a ban on abortions paid for by Medicaid:
Sec. 309 (1) – if the pregnancy occurred because the pregnant female was the subject of an act of forcible rape
The bill would sharply limit the definition of rape, excluding 'statutory' rapes of young girls, date rape, rape involving drugs or alcohol impairment, or where a woman's mental capacity is otherwise limited.
In other words, Paul Ryan, Mitt Romney's running mate, agrees with Todd Akin that the popular definition of rape is far too broad and needs to be narrowed. And so do 222 other members of Congress, including 11 from Ohio.
And those members are:
Steve Austria, Steve Chabot, Bob Gibbs, Jim Jordan, Steve Latourette, Bob Latta, Jean Schmidt, Mike Turner, Pat Tiberi, Steve Stivers and Bill Johnson.
This is 100% in lockstep with official Republican party policy. The GOP believe that far too many women are having the other, non-legitimate type of rapes and taking advantage of it to get free, taxpayer-funded abortions. (damn, girls, they're on to us!)
And, reports suggest that next week at the RNC, we'll see an anti-abortion plank with no exception for rape, forcible or otherwise.
Who is the genius who thought that was a good idea, post-Akin? The Chair of the RNC platform drafting committee, Bob "forced vaginal ultrasounds" McDonnell. Seriously, you can't even make this stuff up.
If you are talking about the Governor of Virginia in the last paragraph, it's Bob McDonnell. Unless of course the McDonalds clown is writing the GOP platform. Which wouldn't surprise.
Oh, you're right. I have the wrong clown!
What's that I hear?….nails in the GOP coffin….
The pearl clutching would be more believable if Democrats had not poured 1.5 million into the primary to ensure that Akin would be the Republican challenger in the general election.
I'm tired of women's issues being used as a wedge issue.
clambake, it was a political move on the part of the mccaskill campaign….they wanted him to be her opponent, knowing full well he was an extreme right nut bag and eventually he would say something stupid
……i'm thinking it's worked for claire…..
as for the "wedge issue" comment…..i will take that to mean you're NOT a female….suffice it to say, MOST women don't want to go back to a reproductive life from the 40's & 50's….at least that's not what I want for my daughters….
No, what I mean is that I would prefer that the Democrats were not complicit in promoting these extreme views– yes, great fundraising opportunity and all but I would prefer that things such as paternalistic parental notification laws and waiting periods do not become the default "moderate" view.
You can say you don't want to go back to the 40's and 50's but for many women, for all intents and purposes we might as well be in the 40's and 50's. There are some states that do not have a single abortion provider. And, of course if you don't have any money you don't have a choice.
BTW: Here her record on abortion rights votes in the senate:
And it appears the president knew in 2007 that he would be running for president so shied away from controversial votes. Or something: http://votesmart.org/candidate/9490/barack-obama-ii?categoryId=2
I'm not pearl clutching. He is a caveman for whom I wouldn't vote if you paid me. But if the Dem strategy works to get him out of office, I'm all for it.
here's the thing. In Ohio we have plenty of DEMOCRATS who vote this way. They are only too happy to help the GOP unravel all the progress we've made for the last 4 decades. Sometimes it takes highlighting these extreme cases like Akin to get the average voter to pay attention and stop electing anyone who won't fight for what's right. They're not all Akins, but we sure have a lot of Lorraine Fende's out there, which is just about as bad.
I don't understand this at all – the guy's sick philosophy that is. Whatever happened to let's find the guys that do this evil deed and hold them responsible for the evil they have committed. The woman ought not to have to bear a reminder of the horrid event, nor ought the man get away without a price to pay.
Craig Miles
ummm no, not at all….why would you think that? people really truely don't care in any number large enough to change a percentage point come november
Ramona Hauenstein
It's not a "wedge" issue. This is what these people truly think. Women and children are property and to be used as men see fit. This just really brought it into some focus. If you don't think the war on women is real, I really question how informed you are.
If you don't think that this is political theater and do believe that Senator McCaskill is a strong proponent of abortion rights, then I question how informed you really are.
we'll see an anti-abortion plank with no exception for rape, forcible or otherwise.
Actually when anti choice activists show they are willing to carve out an exemption for rape, this belies their true motives- punishing women for the act of sex. After all, if they are against abortion and feel that it is murder why should they make an exception for rape?
Actually, as far as her record goes it is good but hard to tell from the name of the legislation that she voted on.
Ramona Hauenstein
I'm not defending Senator McCaskill one way or the other nor did I mention her. I am stating that this is the mentality of the current Republican/TEA Party. Obviously, there are women who support them. There are Democrats that that have beliefs that aren't much better. He has every right to bring up McCaskill's voting record on abortion issues or whatever. But this was not a "misstep". This is actually what he believes. There is "legitimate" rape (very few actual cases) and the rest are women lying to get back at the man or so they don't look like sluts, or whatever the case may be.
David Bersen
People are so sick of these irresponsible comments. please boot this guys ASAP! This cause to boot him has spread across Facebook.
Yes, I agree that the whole idea of there being a class of "legitimate" rape is truly what he believes. He's pretty awful and It would be best if he returned to the rock he crawled out under from.
But as we've seen that he is all about saving the babies if he wins I shall look forward to his strong voice against Iran sanctions, drone warfare, and the drug war. Not.


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A mysterious person left Simon a clue in a bottle last week which was washed up on the beach…
This mysterious person wrote it through poetry.
Your task this week is to write a poem back in response.
You will need to think about:
- What would Simon say?
- Who is he addressing it to?
- Is he going to accept this person's offer of help?
I've helped you before,
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For when we are two,
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One of the best thing about buying our house was the swag that came with it. That mirror? Totally found it just sitting in the closet. Totally worth the stress and cost of homebuying, obviously. Kids, buy a home; it comes with FREE STUFF.
Anyway, now that I'm done with school I can finally read read read read read. This basically translates to checking out a trillion library books and letting them pile up as I read a chapter of each and waffle around from book to book. I am the bumblebee of book commitment, buzz buzz.
This may sound like a no-brainer, but in rearranging things to make room for the new housemates, I have discovered that having some of the bookshelves in the bedroom makes it feel 100% more lived-in and more homey. So even though moving and splitting up the office shelves was (while a familiar library task) an annoying home chore, in the end, I ended up much happier with the outcome than I had originally anticipated.
At this point, the only thing I feel I need to get done is a proper set of beanbag/cornhole. Everyone and their dog seems to have one, but I do not, and this is something that needs to be fixed STAT. It's already nearing the end of July and I have yet to lounge on my front stoop throwing beanbags. This is a problem. So the first month's rent money is definitely going to a) washer & dryer and b) cornhole supplies. These are household essentials.
I just have to figure out what design I want (for the cornhole set, not the washer/dryer, PRIORITIES PEOPLE I HAVE THEM). I'm thinking a Zoidberg-theme would be faaaaaaabulous. Because why not Zoidberg?
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Pyro is unlockable from the Tech Tree after unlocking the Tesla payload. It is also worth mentioning that fire spreads through touch, meaning that if a player comes into contact with a burning player (friend or foe), the fire will spread to them.
Stats are accurate to 19/04/2014
- Does 25% of reported damage up front, and the remaining 75% damage over time
- Being on fire increases all incoming damage by 10%
- After-burn does a damage of 6-7 every second.
- An enemy who is on fire takes 10% extra damage from all sources.
- Rolling reduces duration of after-burn at the rate of 1-1.3 seconds per roll.
- Picking up a health pack instantly puts out the fire.
- Pyro overheats an opponents beam faster.
- When on fire, bumping into friend or foe will ignite them, doing 50% of the damage which you will undertake.
- Damage done to shields, turrets and deployable shields will be the total 100% of pyro damage, done upfront.
It is generally recommended that you do not use the pyro payload on bolt action snipers as the main purpose of sniping is to kill the quickly. Also, due to the 10% damage bonus on burning enemies, it can be used to set enemies alight and then use a powerful secondary, to finish your enemies off. Fire Grenades can be used to set a group of enemies on fire which will make them more vulnerable to attacks in Blitz , allowing you to clear the point quicker. However, one must question their usefulness when slug or tesla grenades do enough damage to kill enemies outright.
Pyro also makes an enemy's Beam weapon heat faster, as well as making them unable to passively cool down, therefore limiting their ammo. In thise way, it can be used as a counter to the Beam chassis.
Also, the Pyro payload is not recommended for Death Snatch, as Death Snatch is about killing the enemy quickly and then retrieving their vial. However, it is very useful on more teamwork-oriented gamemodes, especially Blitz, which allows both you and your teammates to take advantage of the 10% damage bonus it provides. In addition, it is further useful on Blitz due to players' tendencies to roll around repeatedly after being attacked with a pyro weapon, in an attempt to put the fire out. This lull in enemy counter-fire can be quickly capitalized upon by you and your team to get on the point.