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Sunday, May 16, 2004
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Saturday, May 15, 2004
NOTE TO READERS: We are having continued problems here at Blogspot. The latest (if you scroll down) is whole sections of old posts showing up in boldface. We have not done any editing on these. Please bare with us on this...it's as unacceptable to us right now as it is to you. Original posts will resume on Sunday...but you may see some in boldface.
Friday, May 14, 2004
WHOOPS! WE MADE A BOO-BOO!!! We're still over at Dean's World -- and will be posting over there today (back to normal here on Sunday).
Thursday, May 13, 2004
HEED OUR ADVICE!!!!!!!!!!!! Here's why you should never put your picture on the Internet...
I haven't seen it yet but the unspeakably cruel video of the beheading of Nick Berg is being viewed on the Internet by many. Here's one reaction to what is becoming one of the most widely viewed "snuff films" in history.
IS PRESIDENT BUSH'S CAMPAIGN IN SERIOUS TROUBLE? The New York Times and the Washington Post think so. We still think it's too early, although you easily state these facts:
"AHHNOLD" continues to dominate the California political scene as a force almost bigger-than-life -- as much the "star" of state politics as he was in the movies...and highly convincing in his new role as governor. One of his key tactics is to run rings around the politicosl, essentially planning to governor without them if they don't go along with his plans. Would The Moderate Voice mislead you on this? Nope. Read this...
(NOTE TO READERS: We have no idea why part of this post has gone into BOLD FACE. It is one of our many problems here at blogspot, notwithstanding the impressive upgraded package. There's no symbol on our editing to show why it's in boldface...but it is NOT intentional and we apologize. Stay tuned for changes here, hopefully later next week....)
On Tuesday evening, he ripped into his successor for neglecting the real menace of Osama bin Laden to go after Saddam Hussein, and for gratuitously turning world opinion against America. "We had unanimous support for going into Afghanistan, they [the United Nations] participated in the hunt for Bin Laden and supported giving an ultimatum to Saddam Hussein to open his country to weapons inspections," Mr Clinton told a business gathering in New York on Tuesday night. "We were in good shape. What happened?"
What happened was the Bush team's obsession with toppling Saddam, he claimed, regardless of the facts about Iraq's WMD and Baghdad's non-involvement in the 11 September attacks. It was an unprecedented volley. Former presidents largely follow a code that sees them keep quiet about the performance of their successors. But Mr Clinton appears ready to re-enter the fray and his book will give him the platform to do so.
"I've been in writer's jail," he told his audience. "For three months I've been reliving my life - and it was hard enough the first time." But now, the 900-page volume My Life is ready. In barely three weeks, the hoopla will start, at a convention in Chicago. Then comes a worldwide tour to accompany publication in late June.
We can expect to see some of the following:
(1)Democrats love Clinton and he will be out on the hustings. Despite all the conspiracy theories about him and Hillary wanting to sandbag John Kerry's tepid campaign, the former President craves an audience and loves political battle. He'll be out there to help the Kerry campaign.
(2)Republicans will try to link Clinton to Kerry. UPSIDE: There are some independent voters and (that vanishing breed) conservative Democrats who are happy Al Gore didn't win because Bush came down so strong on terrorism. DOWNSIDE: Some voters long for the happier times of the Clinton years...especially the economy. So it'll be a wash if the GOP uses Clinton.
(3)Clinton's book will probably be one of the most successful ex-president memoirs and suck up a lot of summertime media attention that would otherwise go to Kerry.
(4)If Clinton takes an activ e role in going after Bush (either on his own or in a surrogate role) and he is joined in his criticism by former President Jimmy Carter it again could influence on swing voters. Various pollsters and experts note that there are fewer swing voters around but in a close election they will be more vital than ever.
(5)Clinton's real value to the Demmies will be as a talking head. He can get on virtually any news show or news magazine he wants to. Will he use this access to go after the Bush administration aggressively? And what would the Bush administration's response be...and how would that response impact the election?
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Article Link - Joe Gandelman 10:27 PM
NEW POSTS WILL APPEAR LATE TONIGHT due to all day and early evening schedule today in Salinas.
GOOD BY "FRASIER" ("WAHH!" or "THANK GOD!"): Finally someone expresses our view about Kelsey Grammar.
Here's the real buzz, honey.........
Wednesday, May 12, 2004
ARE BLOGS GOOD OR BAD? Are blogs a new form that competes with, supplements or undermines journalism? You can get some answers by listening to an NPR show featuring David Adesnik of Oxblog (one of The Moderate Voice's favorite blogs) by clicking here.
THEY SAW THEM: And they were revolted.
SO HOW IS THE LIBERAL TALK SHOW RADIO NETWORK AIR AMERICA DOING? It truly sounds as if they are blowing it, and we aren't referring to the top executive resignations and problems with some radio stations. Their problems are more profound.
ARE ALL ARABS IN THE MIDDLE EAST DANCING IN THE STREETS WITH JOY BECAUSE AN AMERICAN WAS DECAPITATED? Not all: some consider it barbaric. And it's more than one lucid voice.
IN THIS CASE IT WAS THE HUSBAND WHO WAS FRIGID: From Reuters:"A Portuguese woman confessed to murdering her husband and hiding his body in a kitchen freezer for three years, Lusa news agency reported." If she wanted him stiff she could have given him Viagra.
MORE ON NICK BERG'S LONG NIGHTMARE..DOES THIS NEWS STORY REVEAL HE WAS TARGETTED?: More details are coming out about the illfated journey of Nick Berg, who was beheaded by terrorists in a public execution carried via the Internet (and further spread by websites and talk shows).
WHAT IT SUGGESTS TO US: Someone in the police tipped off the thugs who picked him up and butchered him. Which means terrorist forces in Iraq maintain strong ties with "moles" in Iraq's security forces. In other words, this tidbit suggests he wasn't just picked up off the street randomly. Like journalist Daniel Pearl who suffered the same exact fate, his religion had much to do with his fate.
FOOTNOTE: After seeing the glee with which they slaughtered this young man, can any sane person suggest that these terrorists would not hesitate for second to explode a nuclear device if they got their blood-stained hands on one? Their goal is a body count.
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Article Link - Joe Gandelman 9:08 PM
NOT EXACTLY A COINCIDENCE: Jeff Jarvis notes a fact that seems to get lost in the media coverage: Nick Berg, the young American beheaded on camera by his extremist Muslim terrorist captiors in Iraq, was Jewish...as was journalist Daniel Pearl, also beheaded by his extremist Muslim captors.
MCCAIN FOR DEFENSE SEC? John Kerry says his first chioce for Secretary of Defense would be Republican Arizona Senator John McCain. Smart move: McCain remains one of the most respected figures in American politics.
IS THE NEOCONSERVATIVES' MOMENT IN HISTORY IS OVER? Columnist, talk show host and former third party candidate Patrick Buchanan thinks so and spells it out in a column titled "Time for Truth."
Is Pat jumping the gun? Maybe not.
There's a sense that there's a lot of institutional rethinking going on these days -- that the original assumptions on which recent U.S. policy was formulated may have been seriously flawed. The Moderate Voice personally feels the jury is still out, but Buchanan sees it differently:
He offers some suggestions, all of which in one way or mean withdrawing U.S. troops from Iraq or from "any Arab country that wishes us to leave."
Indeed, this is a point that Democratic and Republican partisans refuse to believe...although we cast it in a far different light than Buchanan: there is a basic CONSENSUS between the two parties' leadership on U.S.foreign policy's basic outline and on American goals. To Buchanan, Ralph Nader and Howard Dean supporters that may not be a good thing. But to the majority of Americans it may be.
But all that can change. As we've said here many times, external events more than ever seem in control of U.S. policymakers' -- and the electorate's -- choices.
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Article Link - Joe Gandelman 9:06 AM
DID THE IRAQI PRISONER PICTURES CAUSE A BEHEADING? The Centrist Coalition's Rick Heller thinks it's a possibility. And he explains exactly why.
TRYING TO CREATE KARMIC BALANCE BY SPREADING THE GOOD: How do you make sense of the beheading of Nick Berg? While you're sorting that out you can do something to help strenthen the good.
Tuesday, May 11, 2004
THE BUTCHERING OF AN AMERICAN: SALINAS,Ca: I heard the news on the radio with a sinking feeling bordering on nausea.
The next day, April 6, Nick Berg was released. He told his parents he had been riding in a taxi on March 24 when he was arrested by Iraqi officials at a checkpoint in Mosul.He told his parents he had not been mistreated Nick Berg said he would come home through Jordan, Turkey or Kuwait. But by then, hostilities in Iraq had escalated, and Michael Berg said they have not heard from their son since.
The Bergs have hounded the State Department, the FBI and the International Committee of the Red Cross, seeking information. Michael Berg said the State Department sent an official to Nick Berg's hotel, where an employee told the official they had not heard of him. The Bergs hired a private investigator, who talked to an American hotel guest who said he remembered Nick Berg.
Sometimes, they tell themselves their son "is a resourceful fellow who can take care of himself," Michael Berg said."Other times we think perhaps he was dead on April 10," he said. "My worst fear is that I'll never hear anything."
So this 26-year-old with personal ideals and modest business aspirations was released. And just think of the sense of relief he must have felt that he'd soon be going home....
Then he was captured by terrorists.
Those final days and moments must have been hell. Just think about it as you read this:
The video showed five men wearing headscarves and black ski masks, standing over a bound man in an orange jumpsuit similar to a prisoner's uniform who identified himself as Nick Berg, a U.S. contractor whose body was found on a highway overpass in Baghdad on Saturday.
Sitting in a chair, Berg made the following statement: "My name is Nick Berg, my father's name is Michael, my mothef's name is Susan," the man said on the video. "I have a brother and sister, David and Sarah. I live in ...Philadelphia.".
The video then changes to a scene of masked men, with Berg sitting in front of them.After reading a statement, the masked men were seen pulling the man to his side and putting a large knife to his neck. A scream sounded as the men cut his head off,
Just another death? Not quite:
(1)This 26-year-old man was slaughtered like an animal by people wanting to make a political statement. If they could make one by killing you, me, your infant daughter,
your son, and your grandmother they most certainly would. The death of Pearl, an Italian contractor, now Berg, is clearly part of a pattern. Expect more of them. Possibly LOTS more. It gets them publicity and spreads fear.
(2)Some politicos and commentators on the left immediately suggested it was cause and
effect. Their "WE TOLD YOU SO!" attitude stemmed from their contention that Berg was murdered in retaliation for the way Iraqi prisoners were abused by American prison guards. And that is indeed what Berg's killers said, except it doesn't make sense:
If there had been no guards' scandal they wouldn't have taken him out for a nice dinner and camel ride and released him.
Berg was doomed to be butchered on some pretext the second he was caught.
(3)Some politicos and talk show hosts on the right began inching towards the position that this somehow negates the scandal over how Iraqi prisoners were abused -- and that it shows Iraqi prisoners deserve it. Or suggesting that since American guards didn't cut anyone's head off then what happened to Iraqis prisoners was not that bad and the inquiry should be dropped or buried.
So let's be blunt:
The fascists masking themselves in religious rhetoric gleefully holding up a head sliced off a terrified, screaming young American moments before contrast starkly with the smug jailers in the photos humiliating Iraqi prisoners in one important way.
The terrorists will be cheered by many on the Arab Middle East street and won't face consequences unless governments rub them out. The American guard jailers will be tried, punished -- and likely shunned. And that'll happen because Americans value law and life.
But even with all the political implications I return to one all-encompassing thought: those stressful last weeks of Nick Berg in a foreign land, under arrest, kidnapped, then having his young life ended in such a horrorific way.
We can't forget our values in the Iraqi prisoner scandal; we can't forget our goals in the war against terrorism. And we can't forget Nick Berg.
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Article Link - Joe Gandelman 11:06 PM
Now you can walk a mile in John Kerry's shoes (from world famous shoe designer John Hawkins).
If It's True How Could That Date POSSIBLY Be Of Any Significance?: Josh Marshall writes: "There is chatter in Pakistani intelligence circles that the US has let the Pakistanis know that the optimal time for bagging 'high value' al Qaida suspects in the untamed Afghan-Pakistani border lands is the last ten days of July, 2004."
WHAT HAPPENS WHEN ONE OF THREE PEOPLE ON ONE OF THE INTERNET'S MOST THOUGHTFUL BLOGS GOES ON NPR? Read about David Adesnik's baptism of fire here...
IS JOHN KERRY REALLY DOING MUCH BETTER THAN SOME POLLS INDICATE? That's what Democratic analyst Ruy Teixeira argues here, citing specific data that he says shows Kerry gains overall and on specific issues. He concludes: "Bush is running out of options. And, as Bush is sinking, Kerry is cranking up his campaign. Stay tuned."
MAN BITTEN TO DEATH BY SEXUALLY AROUSED HORSE: Rosie O'Donnell on the rampage? Nay...(The Real Dummy thanks Steven Taylor aka Poliblogger for the tip).
HEAVY READING: Bill Clinton sent a 900 page memoir to his publisher. And that's just the part where he discuses what "is" is.
Monday, May 10, 2004
THE MODERATE VOICE ON THE ROAD: Joe Gandelman & Friends will be appearing at the Salinas County Fair in King City, CA May 13 through May 16. Tonight and tomorrow will be travel times so original posts will resume tomorrow evening. (If there are no new posts tomorrow night then check back often because it could be a technical problem while on the road).
THE LATEST SEE-SAW POLL: More signs this election is likely to be a nail-biter:
That's not entirely surprising, given the tidal wave of bad Iraq-related news in April. The GOOD news for the GOP is that even with the BAD NEWS Bush pulled AHEAD of John Kerry...yet another documentable sign that Kerry's campaign is exciting voters as much as a handful of cold spaghetti (but he has a half-year to get his act together).
Meanwhile, Ralph Nader clearly is poised to reprise his 2000 role as the spoiler (if you're a Democrat) or a savior (if you're a Republican).
But the truly bad news for Bush was the fact that his approval rating has now nosedived to its lowest level:
Other highlights:
--People think Bush would do a better job on terrorism than Kerry -- a whopping 17 percent margin over Kerry.
--Only 44 percent think the war is worthwhile, "another low," notes CNN, while 54 percent think the invasion of Iraq was a mistake.
--On the economy, 54 percent think Kerry would do a better job.
--Only a third think Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld should resign over Iraqi prisoners scandal.
What does it all mean? If there's a massive reactivation of terrorism (such as another attack on U.S. soil or a huge attack on U.S. interests abroad) it's likely to draw people closer to Bush. Otherwise, Iraq is proving to be a negative and all trends so far on this issue are downward.
Still, Bush has a secret weapon: the ineptness so far of the Kerry campaign. And so far there are few signs that the Kerry camp is taking it away from him.
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I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT ART BUT I KNOW WHAT I LIKE and I don't know if I like this. Violent art. So violent the artist wound up in the hospital with a concussion due to an for an offended art-gazer. (NOTE: The piece with the plastic dummies offended my wooden employees.)
Where the losers win.
NOW HE HAS SEEN THEM but you know how he is when he makes a decision. And he made a big point of letting everyone know, too...
Here's another hero.
IS THE ELECTION JOHN KERRY'S TO LOSE? Pollster John Zogby thinks so.
DON'T COMPARE THE PRISONER ABUSE SCANDAL IN IRAQ WITH THE MY LEI IN VIETNAM OR TO THE FRENCH IN ALGERIA: That's what Glenn Reynolds, AKA, Instapundit says. He writes:
Indeed, this international scandal is on relatively new turf for the United States (the mistreatment of prisoners in a way that conflicts with American values). And this story is like any crisis story: it has a beginning -- and will produce a slew of endless follow-ups until it starts to die out.
This story has not even reached its peak yet -- with talk of more (and worse) photos and videos to come, court martials, continued clamors for Donald Rumsfeld's resignation and the inevitable political analyses about the impact on the presidential election.
So Reynolds is correct: avoid simplistic comparisons...and get ready to see a lot more about this in coming weeks (and months).. If you look at a news story as shaped like a mountain (you climb it, reach the top, then climb down), then from the news media's standpoint we're not even at the top yet.
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Sunday, May 09, 2004
COMEDIAN ALAN KING DIES. Subtitle: Death of a transitional comic revolutionary: The death of comedian Alan King at 76 due to lung cancer is another sad indication of a rapidly changing of the generational guard, as a noble and classy generation exits the stage.
He'd appear outraged, talk about family or modern day annoyances, be impeccably dressed in suit and tie, often clutching a cigar, and have a look on his face that could only be described as dismay peppered with a dose of nausea at the absurdities and outrages swirling around him. But it wasn't a threatening he's-gonna-punch-me-anger...but a common sensical anger.
Indeed, audiences saw King so much they seemingly took it for granted that his style and schtick had always been that way.
Not true.
In his superb book Seriously Funny Gerald Nachman chronicles King, as well as other "Rebel Comedians of the 1950s and 1960s." He writes:
He quotes King: "I did not offend people. I offended institutions. I became not just more topical but more angry....All my personal frustrations were put into my act."
And if you watched the ever-adapting King from the standpoint of performance art, he was on top of the comedy heap until the end. Impeccable timing. Perfect use of face and body language. And he truly had something to say. And we do too:"You pleased every generation that watched you and did an act that was worthy of their attention, time and love."
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DID YOU KNOW THIS? When is Mother's Day? Nine months after father's day...
It sounds like a lot of crap to me..
WHAT IF THE RIGHT AND LEFT COULD BATTLE OVER IDEAS AND A PANEL OF JUDGES FROM ALL VIEWPOINTS COULD JUDGE THEM? What if such a force existed in the often bitterly-divided Blog World? Could you get some of the top writers from right blogs and left blogs to take the challenge? Could you get others agree to be on a panel of judges?
A FAMOUS MOTHER enters the political fray for her baby.
ARE YOU FRUSTRATED IN YOUR SEARCH FOR A NEW COMPUTER? Then just build your own the way this person who's active on the Internet did. A store lost a sale and he got a better machine......
MILITARY UNEASE OVER U.S. IRAQ POLICY is filtering out via unnamed source press reports. And some believe the use of media leaks by senior military officials is a disturbing trend.
SHE MUST BE A LIBERAL DEMOCRAT: Nancy Reagan calls for stem-cell research. Will Ann Coulter attack her?
THEY'RE ON A ROLL AND FLUSH WITH VICTORY: Danes rushed to help end Norway's toilet paper shortage. The crisis has since bottomed out. Now they should celebrate, with dancers doing some clogging.
HOW IS OUR FRIEND THE PSYCHIC DOING? When I started my blog in January one of my first posts was on Lyndia Anderson's predictions for 2004. Here's her updated list. To her credit she hasn't changed anything and marks her hits and misses. (To give you the answer you are waiting for: she predicts President George Bush will not win re-election but the GOP will retain both houses of Congress).
SHAMELESS SELF-PROMOTION: After just getting in from Orange County I got on the trusty 'ol (and I DO mean 'ol) computer and found this....which shows you The Moderate Voice in one of his three (performer, journalist, blogger) incarnations. (Joe Gandelman & Friends will be spending three weeks in Wyoming this summer performing at fairs).
Saturday, May 08, 2004
HERE'S JUST ONE REASON WHY I LIKE CITIZEN SMASH: The conservative war veteran blogger has pointedly responded to suggestions by talk show giant Rush Limbaugh that anyone who gets upset over allegations that American guards abused Iraqi prisoners is a wuss reflecting the "feminization" of America (The Moderate Voice says that's a blatant LIE and if you suggest otherwise I'll hit you with my bra).
EVEN IF JOHN KERRY WINS THE DEMOCRATS ARE TOAST: A Kerry win in November could be the beginning of a long, difficult four years. That's what former Clinton labor secretary Robert Reich suggests in a column in UK's Prospect.
Reich then recounts on how it seemed as if Democrats had the country behind them during the early Clinton years, and then it fell apart. What happened?
He also makes other points including:
(1)Democratic centrists give various explanation for the situation, including changes in the electorate. But in reality the Democrats and centrists have abandoned the playing field, leaving it all to the Republicans when they "could have turned themselves into a populist movement to take back democracy from increasingly concentrated wealth and power."
(2)Democrats who embrace centrism are often just avoiding taking a firm stand on issues. There really is no center in America because "the so-called centre has continued to shift to the right because conservative Republicans stay put while Democrats keep meeting them halfway."
(3)Bill Clinton was gifted but he basically blurred what the party stood for.
(4)Democrats should pay close attention to why Republicans win.
(5)" First, it is crucial to build a political movement that will endure after elections. Second, any movement derives its durability from the clarity of its convictions."
Clarity: is John Kerry listening?
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Article Link - Joe Gandelman 5:19 PM
Here's how to make sure you lose an election.
'HOW MANY WARS ARE WE FIGHTING AT ONCE?" Dynamo conservative blogger Michele Catalano lists an amazing number of them (more than you may realize) here in this truly perceptive post -- then gives you her never EVER shy opinion. A MUST read no matter what your political affiliation.
STATES WITH HIGHER IQ VOTE DEMOCRAT: At least that's what The American Assembler item seems to show. From our standpoint we would think states with a high percentage of "NONE OF THE ABOVE" or "THE MODERATE VOICE" write-ins would be have highest IQs. If these states have the highest IQs, they probably also don't broadcast Rush Limbaugh (see our post here).
HEY HEY 16 K: A cool computer related animated song jest 4 U. Click here.
IS ISRAEL PLANNING TO STRIKE IRANIAN NUCLEAR FACILITIES WITHIN A YEAR? There are rumblings that such a plan is indeed in the works. According to The Jerusalem Post:
Indeed, Washington's attitude towards the evident growing threat from Iran -- both in terms of nuclear facilities and the encouragement of terrorism -- has always been curious. It's a more difficult military threat to eliminate than Iraq or Afghanistan and the administration acknowledges the threat yet seems to publically confront it in a perfunctory way, making the threat an apparent throw away boiler-plate line in officials' speeches.
It's reminiscent of the famous scene in the MGM's 1962 production of the circus musical "Jumbo' when Jimmy Durante is trying to hide the elephant. He's asked:"Where are you going with that elephant?" Replies Durante: "What elephant?"
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Friday, May 07, 2004
YOU GET MORE FOR YOUR MONEY AT COSTCO: Reuters reports:"A California woman claimed she swallowed a live bullet and bit into a second round while eating a hotdog, and says she has the X-rays to prove it.
CONSERVATIVES HAVE A NEW QUEEN (insert your own inappropriate joke for that obvious set-up line HERE). She is, in fact, a blunt blogger who has just launched her own super-lively blog after being on a certain other blog with the initials D.W. She is also married to a prominent blogger who has the intials D.E. And she takes no prisoners (in a couple of weeks when we get our chaotic blogroll links straightened out and EXPAND it as we make some other major changes she'll be on it...)
WHEN IS CENSORSHIP CENSORSHIP AND WHEN ISN'T IT CENSORSHIP? A libertarian explains the difference.
COMMON SENSE ON LOAN FROM SADAAM? Rush Limbaugh on the Iraqi prisoner abuse scandal:
Ahh. So all of the high-profile conservative bloggers who denounced the abuse are a bunch of wimps. I just MUST email John Cole and Citizen Smash.....And more:
I'm waiting for the tie-in with Bill & Hillary...We digress:
Fortunately, this doesn't represent mainstream Republican and certainly not mainstream conservative thinking. We will not characterize this kind of thinking -- but you can do it for us... in the comment box below. (The Real Dummy thanks The American Assembler for the tip.)
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BE CAREFUL DONALD RUMSFELD WHEN YOU TESTIFY BEFORE CONGRESS TODAY: SARS may be spread by sweat.
MORE TAPES AND EVEN VIDEOTAPES OF ABUSED IRAQI PRISONERS are rumored to be "out there" which means they'll eventually see the light of day. We'd rather not describe what they may include, since it's speculation, but you can read it for yourself here. (The Real Dummy thanks skippy the bush kangaroo -- whose name is never in caps -- for this tip).
A (screamingly funny) newspaper front page we're unlikely to see. (NOTE: The Moderate Voice loves humor from both sides of the political aisle.)
Guess who John Kerry has invited to speak at the Democratic convention on live TV? Guess what kind of impact this could have on Middle America and swing voters? Why, it's enough to make us suggest some convention planners need therapy sessions.....
Thursday, May 06, 2004
ANALYSIS: A 'TURNING POINT'? THE PRISONER PHOTOS, BUSH, RUMSFELD & THE IMAGE: The controversy over American military guards' abuse of Iraqi prisoners has reached a new level (or low). And that's bad news for the Bush administration, Karl Rove and U.S. policy planners.
OTHER VIEWS ON THE CLAMOR OVER RUMSFELD: Read these two great posts in full to get their complete flavor. They're quite intriguing.
And from Seattle blogger Greg Piper's highly-thoughtful (as usual) analysis:
Now THERE'S something you don't often see among talking heads, radio talk show hosts, etc. -- someone who wants to get MORE INFORMATION FIRST before just spouting off....
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Now it turns out he lied to get publicity. What does that tell you? And will you still help him get rich?
YET ANOTHER VIEW OF BUSH'S APOLOGY: This from Hugo Zoom.
A MODERATE VOICE EXCLUSIVE! I was talking to a 90-year-old woman today (I think she was Mick Jagger's younger sister) and she was talking about how tough it was in San Diego these days with funding cuts.
BOUNTY FOR MURDER: Osama bin Laden has issued a statement offering gold for anyone who kills top U.S. and U.N. officials in Iraq. Still, MSNBC adds a cautionary note:"A senior U.S. intelligence official told NBC News that the authenticity of the statement could not immediately be verified. Bin Laden has never before been known to offer rewards for missions he has described as the religious duty of followers to carry out."
COKE AND PEPSI ARE COMING OUT WITH MID-CALORIE SODAS and Dean Esmay is right...
PRESIDENT BUSH SAID HE'S "SORRY" about the humiliating physical and sexual abuse of Iraqi prisoners at the hands of a their U.S. prison guards. The setting for the comments: in the Rose Garden.
TRULY DELIGHTFUL!!!!! Watch and listen to "Bananaphone" by clicking here.
NOW THE IRAQI PRISONER SCANDAL IS GETTING MUCH UGLIER: The new photos published in the Washington Post that were mentioned in our extensive post below is setting off a new firestorm...and clear political fall out for President Bush.
Meanwhile, as we noted in our earlier post linked above, Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld is under intense fire including some calls for him to step down. This crisis' latest developments, indicating international and political bleeding is far from over and damage control is full throttle, suggests Rumsfeld faces difficult days ahead of him. A L.A. Times article today told of Bush's ire at a cabinet meeting in which he took Rumsfeld to task, feeling he had been blindsided on the issue.
Politicians aren't dumb (although at times we wonder). They know that during a crisis the best way to stem it is to toss someone overboard. Due to Rumsfeld's strong ties with the Bush family and the authentic guts he showed at the Pentagon minutes after the plane struck there on 911, it's possible he'll survive this and some lower-run heads will roll. But that might not be enough to defuse the issue. So the administration faces two tasks: a)correct the systemic and training failures that made an American operated prison almost look like a Sadaam operated prison and b)move swiftly to defuse this issue by taking strong administrative action.
If Rumsfeld did leave, who would replace him? Condoleeza Rice? Paul Bremer? Hey, wait! Richard Clarke's available....
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ON GWB SAYING REPORTS OF ABUSE OF IRAQI PRISONERS BY U.S. SOLDIERS "DOES NOT REPRESENT THE AMERICA I KNOW": Says Skippy the Bush Kangaroo:"Now, if the soldiers had given the Iraqi prisoners huge tax cuts, that would represent the America that he knows."
ANOTHER VIEW ON THE IRAQ ABUSE SCANDAL comes from Betsy Newmark, who runs the content-and-link-heavy blog Betsy's Page:
Yep. That American prison guard could have been there.
Sometimes it does seem as if the American news media has come to this.
QUOTE OF THE DAY: Seth Farber, aka, The Talking Dog on President George Bush trying to defuse Arab outrage over the growing scandal over the treatment of Iraqi prisoners by American soldiers:"If the Arab world reacts to the President the way, say, I personally do, then we can probably expect a wave of suicide bombings in American cities starting this summer."
Wednesday, May 05, 2004
NO COMMENT DEPARTMENT: George Bush's campaign bus with the letters "Yes, American Can" was made in Canada.
IRAQI PRISONER SCANDAL CONTINUES TO RAGE: Will Donald Rumsfeld be the one to go?: The scandal over the treatment of Iraqi prisoners by American military officials at the Abu Ghraib Prison in Baghdad has now formally taken on a life of its own and the long term prognosis for it dying down soon is slim.
But fingers are pointing like crazy and some of the fingers will be seen in public, according to Reuters:
And then there was this tidbit in Bush's interview with Arab journalists:
Not exactly the loudest ringing endorsement we've ever heard. Meanwhile, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer made its feelings plainer in an editorial titled Remove Rumsfeld:
This is actually a bipartisan firestorm and some of the angriest people so far are conservatives. Yet, if the heat gets worse, this being an election year, it wouldn't be surprising to see some party line movement on this issue with one side trying to downplay the issue to gain control of the debate -- and another side trying to exploit it for the same reason.
There may have to be a sacrificial lamb and, if there is, we bet his initials will be D.R.....
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MAJ. GEN. ANTONIO M. TAGUBA'S INVESTIGATION OF THE 800th MILITARY POLICE BRIGADE: Here is the complete text of Taguba's report on alleged abuses of Iraqi prisoners at Abu Ghraib Prison in Baghdad.
CARTOONIST TED RALL GETS BLASTED FROM THE LEFT: For all those who insist Rall is indicative of mainstream Democratic and/or liberal thinking, you're full of nitrite treated luncheon meat (politically correct term). The Moderate Voice reads ALL sides...so read what Ezra Klein writes at Padagon.
PRESIDENT BUSH SAYS IRAQI PRISONERS' TREATMENT WAS 'ABHORRENT' BUT THE ISSUE REMAINS ALIVE: President Bush forcefully told Arab TV that allegations that Iraqi prisioners were physically and sexually abused were "abhorrent." And he also said there was "more than an allegation, in this case, actual abuse -- we saw the pictures. There will be a full investigation."
THE WALT DISNEY COMPANY IS BLOCKING ITS MIRAMAX SUBSIDIARY FROM DISTRIBTUTING MICHAEL MOORE'S NEW FILM "Fahrenheit 911" which blasts President Bush's handling of 911 and also goes into allegations that the Bush family is connected to Osama bin Laden. And, in the process, Disney has made Moore a very very very rich man (the film will be seen in the U.S. eventually and make a ton of money.)
PROPER BLOGGING ETIQUETTE: Dean Esmay tells you all about it if you're thinking of starting a blog or want to increase hits on your blog.
A COMPARISON OF THE BUSH AND KERRY ADS shows one candidate's ads are great but he should shut up, and the other's ads reek but he's better in public. Guess which ones or find out here.
IS DONALD RUMSFELD RIGHT? IS THE SYSTEM WORKING ON THE IRAQI ABUSE SCANDAL? Rumsfeld thinks so but others say no.
NOW SHE'LL HAVE TO LEARN HOW TO MAKE A LOVELY FLOWER DISPLAY OUT OF AN OPEN TOILET AFTER ALL: Martha Stewart lost her bid for a new trial. (Well, if she had only offered them MORE MONEY maybe she would have won the bidding!)
TRAINING DEFICIENCIES IS NO EXCUSE for the abuse of prisoners in Iraq, writes former Army officer Phil Carter of Intel Dump. He gives a detailed analysis of the Army's official report and takes strong issue with it.
HE DESERVES TO BE FIRED: The head coach of a middle school basketball team in Pleasantville, N.J. is in hot water for giving a "Crybaby Award" to a 13 year old player at a sports banquet.
He wasn't told what the trophy signified.
Yep. We have to make sure those honor roll students who get all that attention for anything as dumb as academic achievement know their place. The AP goes on:
Indeed, many of us can remember bad experiences with teachers. The Moderate Voice was lucky. He wasn't a star athlete but his gym teachers were almost always wonderful friends. They even laughed at his (rotten) jokes.
We say "almost always" because in 7th grade there was one who was sarcastic and mocking. And The Moderate Voice -- who does an anti-teasing/no bullying program in schools and always tells kids how the pain can last for years -- remembers that teacher as if it were yesterday.
Yet, as he travels schools all over the country, he meets many wonderful, dedicated teachers who work with dwindling financial resources in often deteriorating schools (as governments divert more money to building prisons, which will be increasingly needed as schools decay and school funding is cut).
These teachers try to encourages kids of all ages so they know they can succeed. These teachers are the country's heros. And Guillen isn't one of them.
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WOMAN HAS HITFISH ATTACK HER BOYFRIEND: The fish probably worked for scale. But this much is known: according to the Saginaw News she hit her boyfriend with a mounted fish. She did it for the halibut.
IS BILL CLINTON'S MEMOIR RELEASE DATE A PLOT? Former Clinton consultant and friend (now Clinton foe) Dick Morris thinks so. He thinks the fact that the memoir is coming out in June and, in a column, says it's is no mere happenstance:
Ahhhhhhh, so that's it. Or is it? He offers this possibility, too:
Either way, Clinton must know the impact his publication is likely to have. Kerry did not have a very good introduction to the American people. His post-primary period has been, thus far, a disaster, with his own flubs emphasizing Bush's accusation that he is unready to lead America during wartime.
The Moderate Voice doesn't dispute that at all. Kerry has proven to be an inept, awe-uninspiring, almost absent candidate and at this point if he wins it's because Bush lost the election. He presents an agenda piecemeal, as if it's obligatory but doesn't have (apologies to Mel Gibson) The Passion to present it convincingly as another vision of options for the U.S.
John Kerry is starting to look like Al Gore with better hair.
Morris goes on:
Verryyyy interesting. But The Moderate Voice continues to be amazed at the conspiracy theories spun by Clinton's bitter foes (who make a big deal about Bush hating Democrats). We suspect they will soon try to see if he was in Dallas, Texas on a certain day in November, standing in the shadows on a grassy knoll......
UPDATE: Poliblogger and Political Scientist Steven Taylor has an even more logical explanation for the timing of Clinton's book here.
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IT'S STRAIGHTEN OUT THE PROBLEMS OF AGING: Singapore's oldest Viagra user is 99. (He has to be careful not to fall asleep under a ceiling fan.)
WHAT'S REALLY GOING ON WITH SOLDIERS IN IRAQ? Read this letter from Iraq.
OPRAH UNDER FIRE: More than 1600 complaints have flooded the FCC about indecency on the Oprah Winfrey show. Of course, most of them have been nudged on by Howard Stern, FCC Chairman Michael Powell's favorite target. Stern contends there is a double standard (Stern contends the real reason he is being hounded is because he publically broke with George Bush and the problems followed immediately after that). The Smoking Gun has a sampling of these often hilarious complaints.
THOSE HORRIFIC BUNNIES: The Shining enacated in 30 seconds...with bunnies. You've been warned...
NOW WE'RE BACK TO NORMAL: Our Guest Blogging stint at Dean's World has come to an end (although we are likely to do it again for him). In the future we'll just leave a little note saying to check Dean's World for our posts if we're over there (it'll make things a little simpler.) And now, back to The Moderatevoice Land........
THERE'S A GREAT NEW GUILTY PLEASURE SITE: The site is named Defamer. When I read the name I first thought it MUST be the website of cartoonist Ted Rall who rubbed the late football and war hero Pat Tillman's name in the mud recently. But nooooooooo it is a site by Internet giant Nick Denton, who also created Gawker and Wonkette.
IRAQI PRISONER CONTROVERSY FOSTERS SENSATIONALISM AND EXTREMISM: Click here to read my long analysis on Dean's World as guest blogger. (The stint is over but I may do this for him periodically).
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Srinagar: Clashes between protesters and government forces erupted in Mimender and mini secretariat areas of south Kashmir's Shopian on Wednesday.
Government forces were deployed in large numbers in the area when scores of youth defying restrictions started raising slogans and pelting stones on forces.
Local sources said the forces retaliated with tear smoke shells to disperse the stone pelting protesters.
Clashes between protesters and forces also erupted in the mini secretariat area of the south Kashmir town.
Authorities had locked the Shopian town to thwart a protest march called by the resistance leadership against the recent killings.
Four civilians and two militants were killed in force's action in Puhnoo village of Shopian on Sunday evening.

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I had to fast after midnight until I had blood drawn this morning at nine a.m., which meant NO COFFEE until I was finished. Naturally, I brought a cup in a travel mug, and as soon as my arm was bandaged I started drinking it. I am still way behind in my daily caffeination, and as I have a strict no coffee after twelve rule, I have got to up my game.
Or I'll be sluggish all day. And it is Friday.
I also reschedule Wacky Russian to tomorrow morning, and I think I am going to see if I can just make Saturday our regular day rather than Wednesday; I hate getting up early on Wednesdays and I am going to be alternating late nights weekly on Tuesdays and Wednesdays, so having an early morning workout on Wednesday just doesn't work anymore. Nobody wants to be around a physically exhausted and sleepy Gregalicious. And if I work out at ten, then I'll be awake and endorphined and ready to get shit done, plus that night I'll sleep really well. It really makes the most sense.
Yay for that!
Let's just hope that it works out.
And next weekend is a three day weekend, which is absolutely lovely. So much to do, so little time, which is, as always, the story of my life. But I want to finish reading About the Author, not only because I want to see how it ends but because I want to move on to another book in the TBR pile; I am leaning towards the Pulitzer and Edgar award winning The Sympathizer, but there are so many others in the pile that are begging for my attention…and I was thinking it might even be nice to reread Mary Stewart's Airs Above the Ground. I am enjoying The Affair of the Poisons, my current non-fiction read, as well. We have this week's episode of The Handmaid's Tale to watch, and we are also bingeing–and enjoying–The Mick on Netflix. There are some movies available for streaming now also that I want to see. Huzzah! Should be a lovely three day weekend….might even be a That's Amore deep dish pizza kind of weekend!
It also pleases me to no end that I can fit into size 33 waist pants and shorts again. I may need to do a bit of reorganizing in my closet again…(a chore for the three day weekend) and the book purge is also going splendidly. Now I need to get back to writing…although I am still in the aftermath of having edited/revised a manuscript, which usually makes it harder to get back into writing again. I did do some work on my short story "Quiet Desperation" this week; being a total rewrite of the original draft, trying on another way of structuring and telling the story, which I am not entirely sure is working, but I am also getting some lovely ideas that maybe I can use in the final version of the story. It's kind of cool, actually. Like I said, I am enjoying writing again, and am even enjoying the revising/editing that I usually despise.
Okay, back to the spice mines.
Here's a Friday hunk for you:


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Restoration Ministries
11700 Mukilteo Speedway suite 201
Mukilteo, WA 98275
Memo Line: Nathan and Janelle
But like I said, more important is that they receive prayers for safety on their journey to their new home, prayers for encouragement, strength, and that they can reach many people through their ministry who need the amazing program, Celebrate Recovery.
We are going to miss the Flint's so much, but I cannot tell you how excited I am for them. This is something they've talked about doing (going into ministries) since I met them almost 10 years ago. Their family has been a major part of my life.. heck, they ARE my family. Not only are they going on this incredible mission but they are also blessing us by allowing us to rent their home. So in April we will be moving out of this apartment and into a home. A real home without neighbors attached above, below, or beside us... a real home with a yard that we can watch our children run around and play... a real home where we can live and grow and play without worrying how our lives are affecting those living around us. We will have wonderful neighbors (aka Janelle's parents who are honorary grandparents to our children) and we are within walking distance to a great park and library. Can you believe it? We can't! We're looking forward to seeing where God leads both of our families, and doing everything in our power to ensure that our children still "see" and spend time with their godparents and "godsiblings"... whether that's by snail mail, facebook, blogging, or maybe skype!
We love you Flint Family. Thank you for blessing us throughout the years and sharing in some of our most memorable moments... our lives wouldn't be the same without you in it!


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Citrix receiver on Fedora 29
After upgrade from F28 to F29 I can start VDI however the client is irresponsive and unusable. I am running ICAClient-18.104.22.16809380-0.x86_64
(I know the latest version is 13.10, however a little googling showed that there are definitely problems with citrix receiver)
In the first place, I get this error:
/opt/Citrix/ICAClient/wfica: error while loading shared libraries: libidn.so.11: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
I fixed that by creating a symlink as suggested here.
However, Citrix Workspace doesn't start. It crashes with a segfault as described in @kkanswer


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Well, in a not entirely unexpected manipulation of user's personal information, Facebook is facing criticism after it emerged it had conducted a psychology experiment on nearly 700,000 users without their knowledge.
The test saw Facebook modify news feeds to tailor which emotional expressions the users were exposed to. The research was done in collaboration with Cornell University and the University of California at San Francisco to assess if "exposure to emotions led people to change their own posting behaviours".
Facebook said there was "no unnecessary collection of people's data". Quite who the arbiter of "unneccessary" is, we are not told. "None of the data used was associated with a specific person's Facebook account," the social networking behemoth added.
Some, though, have criticised the way the research was conducted and raised concerns over the impact such studies could have.
"Let's call the Facebook experiment what it is: a symptom of a much wider failure to think about ethics, power and consent on platforms," Kate Crawford posted on Twitter. Meanwhile, Labour MP Jim Sheridan, a member of the Commons media select committee has called for an investigation into the matter.
"This is extraordinarily powerful stuff and if there is not already legislation on this, then there should be to protect people," he was quoted as saying by The Guardian newspaper. "They are manipulating material from people's personal lives and I am worried about the ability of Facebook and others to manipulate people's thoughts in politics or other areas. If people are being thought-controlled in this kind of way there needs to be protection and they at least need to know about it."
The research was conducted on 689,000 Facebook users over a period of one week in 2012.
According to the report on the study: "The experiment manipulated the extent to which people were exposed to emotional expressions in their News Feed".
The study found that users who had fewer negative stories in their news feed were less likely to write a negative post, and vice versa.
I think, in the REAL world, we call that "empathy".
Adam Kramer of Facebook, who co-authored the report on the research, said: "We felt that it was important to investigate the common worry that seeing friends post positive content leads to people feeling negative or left out. At the same time, we were concerned that exposure to friends' negativity might lead people to avoid visiting Facebook."
"I can understand why some people have concerns about it, and my co-authors and I are very sorry for the way the paper described the research and any anxiety it caused."
So, no apology for the gross infringement of privacy, or the cynical manipulation of Users in a social experiment with almost zero validity, then.


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Just a few miles from where I live in the Columbia River Gorge, something remarkable happened this week. The Condit Dam, which has been around for 100 years, is a dam no more! The White Salmon River is now running free!
It's rare to see a better example of nature reclaiming then a dam coming out! Huge kudos to Columbia Riverkeeper who were instrumental in the dam removal. Riverkeepers share:
In the late 1990s, Columbia Riverkeeper (then Columbia River United) joined the Yakama Nation and conservation, fishing, and whitewater groups in opposing the relicensing of the dinosaur dam that produced only a tiny amount of power but blocked miles of critical salmon habitat. In 1999, we signed an agreement with PacifiCorp and several state and federal agencies that required the demolition of the dam. It's been a long journey, but it all came together with one big boom.
Watch the explosion and the White Salmon River restored:
Watch the explosion plus some history leading up to the removal of Condit Dam:
The steelhead and salmon can now return to their native habitat, after a 100 year break!
Friends of the White Salmon River share more about the river:
From its origin in meadows on the southwest side of Washington state's Mt. Adams, the 45 mile long White Salmon River travels through the Mt. Adams Wilderness to connect with Cascade Creek, a major tributary that begins on the White Salmon Glacier at about 11,000 feet altitude…Condit Dam lies about 3.3 miles (5.3 km) upstream of the confluence where the White Salmon River empties into the Columbia River. The area below the dam is part of the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area, while parts of the river upstream belong to the National Wild and Scenic Rivers system. The area is famous for its natural beauty and recreational activities such as whitewater rafting and fishing. Impoundment of the river in 1911 removed 33 miles (53 km) of steelhead habitat and 14 miles (23 km) of salmon.
For more on what some humans are doing to create a more sustainable ecosystem, check out EcoApprentice


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Directory of yoga centres and yoga teacher trainings in Chennai and throughout Tamil Nadu, India!
For descriptions of Yoga Styles and various Yoga Schools, please see our Glossary
Across Tamil Nadu Chennai Coimbatore Cuddalore District Dharmapuri District Dindigul District Erode Kanyakumari District Mudurai Nilgiris District Salem Tiruvannamalai
Related Pages: Yoga in India (all states), Yoga in Sri Lanka, Online Yoga Classes
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|Concept of the mission is free teaching of Kundalini Meditation to everyone to reach GOD. It is teaching Guru -sishya method to self realize with philosophical analysis (with all religious concepts agree to analysis in advitham). Methods and techniques for meditation practice to be given after getting initiation (that is theetsha -vibration initiation).
Tel: 9841686177 / Email: wingsmeditation[at]gmail.com, contactus[at]wingsmeditation.com
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|Plot No.:29, Arunodhayam Nagar III Cross Street, Nanmangalam, Chennai - 600117
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|Awakening the Inner Voice is the one and only aim for 8thSenseYoga. In order to explain about 8th Sense, one need to have calm mind. Hence, I will start with a few Asanas, Pranayamam. However, the purpose of 8th Sense yoga is to ensure that one can live without the Mind by activating Inner voice. Living in present moment will be the benefit for the learners.
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Contact course coordinator: 91 9496240989, email: amritasanjeevaniyoga[at]gmail.com
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|16, 21st Main Road, Anna Nagar West, Chennai - 600 040
|Dr. Asana Andiappan, Yogananth Andiappan, Krishnamoorthy
|The Centre is well known throughout the world for its contribution to Yogic Science. Run by Dr. Asana Andiappan and the Trust Members, who have over fifty years of therapeutic experience in Yogasana, and Naturopathy. Modern residential facilities.
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|No.6 Vedhachalam Street, Saligramam, Chennai - 600093
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Yoga Camps Languages: English, Tamil, Hindi
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Contact: Tel: 43565248 / Email: pursot[at]gmail.com
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|Gurujiravisir - Teaching, email: gurujiravisir[at]rediffmail.com
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Kundalini will be raised within 30 seconds - Concentration and Meditation will be taught - student will sit for 30 minutes. Course fee US$2000 to be paid in Indian currency.
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Yoga Teacher Training Languages: Tamil, English
|Shri Krishna Mandiram 19, Canal Road Thiruvanmiyur, Chennai 600 041.
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Yoga Studio Yoga Teacher Training Course (200hr)
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|Foundation Yoga Courses Kundalini Yoga Meditation Courses Languages: Tamil & English
|19/40 Sayeenagar first mainroad, Vigurgambakkam, Chennai 92.
|We give outline of our Vedas, Upanisheds, some important Mantras like Gayathri, etc. Besides this we will be teaching Kundalini Yoga for those who show some interest, but boys and girls will be taught Yogasana.
|Shree Shiva Yoga
|Personal Yoga Coach Meditation Courses Yoga Therapy Corporate Yoga Residential Facilities
Languages: Tamil, English
|We are conducting at Urapakkam & CIT Nagar, Chennai.
Urapakkam: No 03, APG Residency, Railway Gate Road, Urapakkam-603211. Weekly 3 days classes visit at CIT Nagar.
Mobile: 9677199467 & 7401441176 / Email: email@example.com
|Mrs. E. Sangeetha B.Sc., Dip In Yoga., P.G.Dip In Yoga & Naturopathy., M.Sc (Y.Sc)
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Academic Yoga Institute Foundation Yoga Courses Yoga Teacher Training (200hr & 500hr)
Yoga Retreat Vacations Residential Facilities Language: English
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|Sri Madhwa Yoga Academy
|Yoga Studio Personal Yoga Coach Yoga Therapy Corporate Yoga Languages: English, Tamil
|7, Lakshmiammal Street, Ayyavoo Colony, Chennai - 600 107
|At Madhwa Yoga we teach asanas based on Iyengar Yoga, Psycho Spiritual Yoga based on Sri Bhagavad Gita, Pranayama and Meditational Chanting. Yoga is a means for bliss and not only for body fitness, so one has to practise Karma Yoga, Bhakthi Yoga, Japa Yoga and Jnana Yoga.
|Sri Matha Yoganandamayi Ashram
|14/17 Narayani Apartments, Sringeri Mutt Road, R.K.Nagar, Chennai 600028 Tamilnadu
Sri Matha Yoganandamayi
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Languages: English, Tamil, Hindi, Telugu, Malayalam
|7, 25th Cross Street, Besant Nagar, Chennai
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|Founded by Dr. N. Chandrasekaran, Viniyoga Healing Foundation of India (VHF) is a centre for higher learning in Yoga, Yoga Therapy and Vedanta.
Our main focus is to develop teachers of the highest standards with complete practical knowledge and teaching experience in the field of yoga and yoga therapy.
Photos are of yoga instructor Lara Abiesheikh
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|Academic Yoga Institute Ayurvedic Clinic Yoga Therapy + Reiki, Reflexology, Acupressure
Foundation Yoga Courses Yoga Therapy Courses Yoga Teacher Training (200hr & 500hr)
Residential Facilities
|Karamadai, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu. Cell No: +919443274720 / Email: alternativetherapycourses[at]gmail.com
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|Astanga, Hatha, Kundalini, Medical Yoga, Yoga for kids, Yoga Therapy, Fitness, and Mind Power.
25 years experience in Medical Yoga, M.D. (Acu), Ph.D. in Yoga.
|We have taught Yoga and Alternative Medicine to thousands of people all-around the world. We give special training for Yoga Teacher Training / Higher Education & Research / M.D / Ph.D. / D.Sc. in Acupuncture / Alternative Medicines / Homeopathy / Yoga Courses
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Foundation Yoga Courses Yoga Therapy Courses Yoga Teacher Training (200hr & 500hr)
Residential Facilities Languages: English, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Hindi
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|The Isha Yoga Center is located on 150 acres of lush land surrounded by thick forests. It is a powerful sthana, this popular destination attracts people from all parts of the world and is unique in its offering of all the four major paths of yoga - gnana (knowledge), karma (action), kriya (energy), and bhakthi (devotion).
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Conducting these classes for the past 15 years.
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Yoga Retreat Vacations Residential Facilities Languages: Tamil & English
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Wednesday, April 20, 2011
Is having kids worth it?
Anyway, the kids ate dinner in the kitchen while we ate in the dining room. We stayed around the DR table after the boys were done, and they would occasionally wander in, climb in one of our laps, chit chat and then go off again. After one of these visits, one of our guests asked "So, they're worth it, right?". If anyone has ever asked you this question, you know how hard it is to answer.
The question seems to provoke joke responses. Yesterday's chart summarizes one direction in which my jokey responses might have gone. After the joke responses, the interrogated brain turns to cost-benefit analysis, which is a useful tool for deciding whether to expand a factory but falls a little flat here. How could one possibly articulate the benefits and weigh them against the costs? I wanted, though, to give my friend a real answer beyond the jokes and the impossibility of valuing human lives and relationships. In the end, I asked if she remembered what it was like to fall in love with her husband. Whatever relationships we've had before, we typically recognize that the love that's strong enough to commit to marriage feels totally different from any love we've experienced before. I can say the same about parental love for my sons. I feel about them differently than I feel about anybody else in the world. My relationships with them produce a variety of strong emotions that make for a different cost-benefit analysis at different times (were I to dare to undertake that).
Are they worth it? I don't think I can answer that. Would I want to go back to a world where these two boys don't exist? Absolutely not.
Have you been asked this question? Do you have any helpful responses to it?
7 comments:
- Azure said...
I read about a study that found that parents are less happy on a moment by moment basis than childless couples. The parents reported, however, that the times of extreme parental happiness (child reaching a milestone, child showing love and affection, child performing in a show or sporting event) made up for it. So it is worth it in the big scheme of things.
One difference between parenting and marriage is that parenting dramatically drops off after about 20-25 years. Hence, the time and money expended are substantial, but diminishing. (Hopefully we won't be supporting our kids when they are in their 30's.)
- April 21, 2011 at 11:54 AM
- JFo said...
Azure, if you just jinxed us into supporting our kids in their 30s, I'm gonna be really mad.
- April 21, 2011 at 11:58 AM
- Anne H. said...
You lost me with this one. Cost benefit analysis? Are you kidding? I ADORE my children and grand children. I would give my life without hesitation for any one of them. My life is immeasurably richer and happier than it would have been without motherhood and children.
- April 22, 2011 at 9:48 PM
Having kids looks like a huge waste of time. Why not live up to your own potential? Motherhood looks like oppression to me, and i love giving my husband the undivided attention he deserves. I won't succumb to the thankless, tiring, money pit that is offspring.
- September 4, 2012 at 7:41 AM
- JFo said...
Um. Wow?
- September 4, 2012 at 8:10 AM
The logic Anne H. uses is problematic. She says: "Cost benefit analysis? Are you kidding? I ADORE my children and grand children. I would give my life without hesitation for any one of them. My life is immeasurably richer and happier than it would have been without motherhood and children." If this is true, Anne H., then why didn't you have one additional child? The additional child you failed to have would have made your life even more "immeasurably richer and happier than it would have been without" that additional child. You say you would "give my life without hesitation for any one" but what about for the one you didn't have? You didn't give your life for that one. This is a problematic rational when looking at any n+1 child, whether n=0, n=1, or n=2.... To put it more simply, say someone has 1 child, the person who has 2 children can say the person with 1 child is missing out "immeasurably" by not having a second child. But someone with 3 children can say that the person with 2 children is missing out "immeasurably" by not having a 3rd child. Someone with 8 children can say that someone with less children is missing out "immeasurably" on what they could have had, and how every single one of their 8 children makes their life that much "richer and happier" and how they would give their life "without hesitation for any one of them." They couple with more children than Anne H. could say that Anne H. was being selfish for conducting a cost benefit analysis of limiting herself, her love, and the beautiful gift of life to only the limited number of children that she had. At some point Anne H. (or any parents) stopped having additional children due to some reasoning of costs and benefits. So to get to the heart of the matter, the real question should be why did Anne H. decide NOT to have the n+1 child?
- March 18, 2013 at 2:50 PM
- JFo said...
Anonymous commenter of March 18, you clearly assume that Anne H is an economist, which she is not.
FWIW, "Is having kids worth it?" is the single highest search term with which people have found this blog.
- March 31, 2013 at 2:37 AM


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We thought Meghan Markle looked absolutely beautiful on her Wedding Day; from her elegant up-do and subtle makeup, to her timeless Givenchy dress, her entire look was graceful and modern.
Annabel Davidson, Jewellery Editor at Vanity Fair, commented: "The whole outfit will be deemed as chic and elegant in 300 years' time as it was today".
Meghan chose equally understated and classic jewellery to complement her wedding look. She covered all four bridal good luck accessories with these jewels alone - an old pair of Cartier earrings, a new bracelet (also by Cartier), a borrowed tiara from the Queen's collection and, as part of her evening look, a blue cocktail ring that belonged to Princess Diana.
Read on to find out more about each piece of wedding jewellery, and the bespoke Zofia Day gold bracelets Meghan gifted to her best friends.
Meghan's Wedding Day Jewellery
Meghan's Tiara
The Queen lent Meghan a beautifully intricate art-deco style tiara for her wedding day. The platinum and diamond bandeau was made for Prince Harry's great-great-grandmother, Queen Mary, in 1932, and features a detachable brooch at the centre, which Mary was given as a wedding gift in 1893.
We love Meghan's contemporary choice, which features geometric patterns and no fussy crown-like protrusions.
Kensington Palace hasn't confirmed who the tiara was made by, simply stating that it is "English", but Garrard was the Crown Jeweller at the time.
The historic piece is rarely seen and was last worn by Princess Margaret in 1965.
Photo credit: Getty Images
Meghan's Earrings
Markle chose Galanterie de Cartier earrings as a lovely accent to her wedding look. The 18K white gold and diamond studs subtly emulated her art deco tiara, with its circular brooch in the centre, offset by an interwoven geometric pattern.
The earrings, featuring brilliant-cut diamonds, could well have been the bride's 'something old', as she has worn them on various occasions, most recently at a reception to celebrate the Invictus Games Sydney 2018.
You can view the earrings on the Cartier website. As for the price, if you'd like to find out, you'll need to contact Cartier directly.
Photo credit: Karwai Tang
Galanterie de Cartier earrings
Meghan's Bracelet
Meghan also wore a bracelet from the renowned French jeweller on her right wrist. The 18K white gold Reflection de Cartier bracelet is composed of baguette-cut (rectangular), princess-cut (square) and trillion-cut (triangular) diamonds. A similar style is listed on Cartier's website for £136,000.
Photo credit: Alexi Lubomirsk
Meghan's Reflection de Cartier bracelet
Prince Harry designed Meghan's three stone diamond engagement ring himself, with the help of Cleave and Company, Court Jewellers and Medallists to the Queen. The ring is set in yellow gold, Meghan's favourite.
Harry used an ethically-sourced centre stone from Botswana, a country that has special significance to the couple (they first holidayed there and fell in love).
Harry flanked this three-carat cushion cut diamond with two round diamonds from a brooch that belonged to his mother, Princess Diana. In an interview with the BBC, Harry commented: "The little diamonds on either side are from my mother's jewellery collection to make sure that she's with us on this crazy journey together."
On her wedding day, Markle moved her Cleave and Co engagement ring onto her right hand, as is traditional on a bride's wedding day. After the ceremony, she placed the ring back on her left ring finger.
Photo credit: John Sibley/Getty Images
Meghan's Wedding Ring
Cleave and Company, the official royal jewellers (who made Meghan's engagement ring), were behind the couple's wedding rings.
The ring was crafted in the Cleave workshop from a piece of Welsh gold, gifted by the Queen.
The slim gold band is similar to those worn by the Queen, the Duchess of Cambridge and the late Princess Diana. The royal tradition of Welsh gold wedding rings stretches back 95 years to the wedding of Harry's great-grandparents (the couple were gifted gold from Clogau St David's mine in Wales).
Prince Harry's ring is a platinum band with a textured finish. The 33-year-old's decision to wear a wedding ring is out of line with his father and brother, both of whom choose not to wear one.
Photo credit: REX/Shutterstock
Meghan's Evening Reception Jewellery
Meghan's Earrings
When Meghan emerged from Windsor Castle with her new husband (on their way to the evening reception), it was a jaw-dropping moment.
From the beautiful silhouette of her dress to Harry's dapper tux and that vintage Jaguar, it was like something out of a James Bond film.
The new Duchess of Sussex was wearing a bespoke white Stella McCartney gown in a glamorous high-neck style, accented by a pair of breath-taking diamond earrings from the same Reflection de Cartier collection as her earlier bracelet.
The £60,000 earrings can be found on the Cartier website. The long drop style features sparkling brilliant-cut and baguette-cut diamonds.
Photo credit: Steve Parsons/WPA Pool/Getty Images
Reflection De Cartier Earrings
Meghan's Cocktail Ring
Meghan also wore a striking aquamarine ring on her right hand, which reportedly belonged to Prince Harry's mother, the late Princess Diana.
Prince Harry is said to have given it to his new bride as a wedding gift (although the Palace has not confirmed this). Princess Diana was pictured wearing the ring at a private viewing of a Christie's auction of her dresses in 1997.
The soles of her Meghan's white Aquazurra shoes were also painted baby-blue.
Princess Diana wearing the Asprey aquamarine ring at a private viewing of a Christie's auction of her dresses in 1997
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Meghan's Bespoke Wedding Bracelets for her Best Friends
Meghan gifted six of her closest friends, including the Duchess of Cambridge, sweet gold bracelets as a thank you for supporting her through the nuptials.
The new Duchess of Sussex, 36, commissioned California-based jeweller Lisette Polny, founder of Zofia Day, to make the six bespoke solid gold disc bracelets, which her friends wore to the Royal Wedding.
As well as Kate, Meghan's best friends Jessica Mulroney and Benita Litt also received the gift. Their children walked down the aisle with Meghan as bridesmaids and pageboys.
The subtle design is, rather surprisingly, now available to buy online. Fittingly called the 'Kensington' in homage to the newlywed's home, the bracelet is priced at $450 (around £335).
Meghan's Zofia Day Kensington Bracelet ($450)
Jewellery Designer Lisette Polny commented exclusively to PEOPLE, "It's a really simple, elegant piece that's just very true to her personal style."
Zofia Day also designed two necklaces for flower girls Remy and Rylan Litt, who are Meghan's goddaughters.
The girls were each made a bespoke petite necklace, which are also available to buy online. One is a gold heart pendant called the 'Windsor Heart', the second a diamond-encrusted bow called the 'Charlotte Bow'.
"It's an overwhelming honour to be part of history and for my pieces to be given as a keepsake for this momentous occasion," Lisette Polny told PEOPLE.
Meghan has been a fan of the California-based brand long before she became a royal fiancée. Last year, Meghan wore a pair of Dash Ear Studs by the up-and-coming jeweller on the cover of Vanity Fair, and in January she wore their Bar Stack Ring, a 14-karat yellow gold design that retails for $715.
If you are inspired by Meghan's bespoke bracelets, you can find out more about our Burrells bespoke design service by contacting us here.
The Duchess of Cambridge, with Meghan's best friends Jessica Mulroney (in blue) and Benita Litt (in light pink) on the steps of St George's Chapel with the bridesmaids.
Photo credit: Ben Stansall/AFP/Getty Images
Meghan's best friend Jessica Mulroney and The Duchess of Cambridge arriving at St George's Chapel with Princess Charlotte and the other bridesmaids.
Photo credit: Jane Barlow
Thank you for Reading
We hope you've enjoyed lusting over Meghan Markle's breathtaking wedding jewellery. The modern princess looked the epitome of refined elegance, whilst making a powerful statement at the same time.
If you are feeling inspired (we definitely are!) and would like to 'get Meghan's look', we have a beautiful collection of jewellery to match her style, in our stores. You can find your nearest one here.
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