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Bill Maher wants economic collapse for America so that Trump loses in 2020 (Video)
Millionaire Bill Maher wants economic disaster in America so that Trump can lose 2020 elections.
Bill Maher: "Bring on the recession."
Comedian and neo-liberal Trump hater Bill Maher wants economic collapse for America in order to "get rid of Trump."
According to Zerohedge the HBO host who makes $6 million/year on top of his estimated $100 million net worth, made some brash and arrogant comments on his show about the US economy and those Americans who would suffer from a crash…
"This economy is going pretty well," Maher said (total jobless claims remain the lowest they've been in 44 years, for example) before telling political commentator Shermichael Singleton "I feel like the bottom has to fall out at some point. And by the way, I'm hoping for it. Because I think one you get rid of Trump is a crashing economy.So please, bring on the recession. Sorry if that hurts people, but it's either root for a recession or you lose your democracy."
Maher proved once again that Hollywood liberal clowns are completely out of touch with the plight of the average citizen. Tell us what you think of Bill Maher's remarks highlighted in the video below.
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Maher, a multi-millionaire, would hardly be affected if the economy crashed, unlike millions of low and medium income Americans whose lives would be immeasurably worse if the HBO host's dreams come true.
or example, Maher could continue to attend Dominus – an elite $75,000 / year members-only sex club that requires a "blood oath" to join.
Bill Maher said last night:
"I hope for a recession to get rid of Trump. Sorry if that hurts people"
The left would like to America fail just so they can blame Trump for the suffering
— Charlie Kirk (@charliekirk11) June 9, 2018
"I feel like the bottom has to fall out [of the economy] at some point, and by the way, I'm hoping for it."
"I think one way you get rid of Trump is by crashing the economy. So please, bring on the recession." #ApexOfLiberalSanity https://t.co/h9rSaHCkdS
— James Woods (@RealJamesWoods) June 9, 2018
Anthony Bourdain on New Atheist Bill Maher.https://t.co/mwhCejofPf pic.twitter.com/bOHXpiGJbe
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Maybe he'll get what he wishes for and loses his 100 Million net worth…
Exemplification of ignorance???
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Airline wars heat up, as industry undergoes massive disruption (Video)
The Duran Quick Take: Episode 145.
The Duran's Alex Christoforou and Editor-in-Chief Alexander Mercouris examine the global commercial airline industry, which is undergoing massive changes, as competition creeps in from Russia and China.
Reuters reports that Boeing Co's legal troubles grew as a new lawsuit accused the company of defrauding shareholders by concealing safety deficiencies in its 737 MAX planes before two fatal crashes led to their worldwide grounding.
The proposed class action filed in Chicago federal court seeks damages for alleged securities fraud violations, after Boeing's market value tumbled by $34 billion within two weeks of the March 10 crash of an Ethiopian Airlines 737 MAX.
According to the complaint, Boeing "effectively put profitability and growth ahead of airplane safety and honesty" by rushing the 737 MAX to market to compete with Airbus SE, while leaving out "extra" or "optional" features designed to prevent the Ethiopian Airlines and Lion Air crashes.
It also said Boeing's statements about its growth prospects and the 737 MAX were undermined by its alleged conflict of interest from retaining broad authority from federal regulators to assess the plane's safety.
Boeing said on Tuesday that aircraft orders in the first quarter fell to 95 from 180 a year earlier, with no orders for the 737 MAX following the worldwide grounding.
On April 5, it said it planned to cut monthly 737 production to 42 planes from 52, and was making progress on a 737 MAX software update to prevent further accidents.
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Step aside (fading) trade war with China: there is a new aggressor – at least according to the US Trade Rep Robert Lighthizer – in town.
In a statement on the USTR's website published late on Monday, the US fair trade agency announced that under Section 301 of the Trade Act, it was proposing a list of EU products to be covered by additional duties. And as justification for the incremental import taxes, the USTR said that it was in response to EU aircraft subsidies, specifically to Europea's aerospace giant, Airbus, which "have caused adverse effects to the United States" and which the USTR estimates cause $11 billion in harm to the US each year
One can't help but notice that the latest shot across the bow in the simmering trade war with Europe comes as i) Trump is reportedly preparing to fold in his trade war with China, punting enforcement to whoever is president in 2025, and ii) comes just as Boeing has found itself scrambling to preserve orders as the world has put its orderbook for Boeing 737 MAX airplanes on hold, which prompted Boeing to cut 737 production by 20% on Friday.
While the first may be purely a coincidence, the second – which is expected to not only slam Boeing's financials for Q1 and Q2, but may also adversely impact US GDP – had at least some impact on the decision to proceed with these tariffs at this moment.
We now await Europe's angry response to what is Trump's latest salvo in what is once again a global trade war. And, paradoxically, we also expect this news to send stocks blasting higher as, taking a page from the US-China trade book, every day algos will price in imminent "US-European trade deal optimism."
Below the full statement from the USTR (link):
USTR Proposes Products for Tariff Countermeasures in Response to Harm Caused by EU Aircraft Subsidies
The World Trade Organization (WTO) has found repeatedly that European Union (EU) subsidies to Airbus have caused adverse effects to the United States. Today, the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) begins its process under Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974 to identify products of the EU to which additional duties may be applied until the EU removes those subsidies.
USTR is releasing for public comment a preliminary list of EU products to be covered by additional duties. USTR estimates the harm from the EU subsidies as $11 billion in trade each year. The amount is subject to an arbitration at the WTO, the result of which is expected to be issued this summer.
"This case has been in litigation for 14 years, and the time has come for action. The Administration is preparing to respond immediately when the WTO issues its finding on the value of U.S. countermeasures," said U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer. "Our ultimate goal is to reach an agreement with the EU to end all WTO-inconsistent subsidies to large civil aircraft. When the EU ends these harmful subsidies, the additional U.S. duties imposed in response can be lifted."
In line with U.S. law, the preliminary list contains a number of products in the civil aviation sector, including Airbus aircraft. Once the WTO arbitrator issues its report on the value of countermeasures, USTR will announce a final product list covering a level of trade commensurate with the adverse effects determined to exist.
After many years of seeking unsuccessfully to convince the EU and four of its member States (France, Germany, Spain, and the United Kingdom) to cease their subsidization of Airbus, the United States brought a WTO challenge to EU subsidies in 2004. In 2011, the WTO found that the EU provided Airbus $18 billion in subsidized financing from 1968 to 2006. In particular, the WTO found that European "launch aid" subsidies were instrumental in permitting Airbus to launch every model of its large civil aircraft, causing Boeing to lose sales of more than 300 aircraft and market share throughout the world.
In response, the EU removed two minor subsidies, but left most of them unchanged. The EU also granted Airbus more than $5 billion in new subsidized "launch aid" financing for the A350 XWB. The United States requested establishment of a compliance panel in March 2012 to address the EU's failure to remove its old subsidies, as well as the new subsidies and their adverse effects. That process came to a close with the issuance of an appellate report in May 2018 finding that EU subsidies to high-value, twin-aisle aircraft have caused serious prejudice to U.S. interests. The report found that billions of dollars in launch aid to the A350 XWB and A380 cause significant lost sales to Boeing 787 and 747 aircraft, as well as lost market share for Boeing very large aircraft in the EU, Australia, China, Korea, Singapore, and UAE markets.
Based on the appellate report, the United States requested authority to impose countermeasures worth $11.2 billion per year, commensurate with the adverse effects caused by EU subsidies. The EU challenged that estimate, and a WTO arbitrator is currently evaluating those claims
Mueller report takes 'Russian meddling' for granted, offers no actual evidence
Special counsel Robert Mueller's 'Russiagate' report has cleared Donald Trump of 'collusion' charges but maintains that Russia meddled in the 2016 US presidential election. Yet concrete evidence of that is nowhere to be seen.
The report by Mueller and his team, made public on Thursday by the US Department of Justice, exonerates not just Trump but all Americans of any "collusion" with Russia, "obliterating" the Russiagate conspiracy theory, as journalist Glenn Greenwald put it.
However, it asserts that Russian "interference" in the election did happen, and says it consisted of a campaign on social media as well as Russian military intelligence (repeatedly referred to by its old, Soviet-era name, GRU) "hacking" the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC), the DNC, and the private email account of Hillary Clinton's campaign chair, John Podesta.
As evidence of this, the report basically offers nothing but Mueller's indictment of "GRU agents," delivered on the eve of the Helsinki Summit between Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin in what was surely a cosmic coincidence.
Indictments are not evidence, however, but allegations. Any time it looks like the report might be bringing up proof, it ends up being redacted, ostensibly to protect sources and methods, and out of concern it might cause "harm to an ongoing matter."
'Active measures' on social media
Mueller's report leads with the claim that the Internet Research Agency (IRA) ran an "active measures" campaign of social media influence. Citing Facebook and Twitter estimates, the report says this consisted of 470 Facebook accounts that made 80,000 posts that may have been seen by up to 126 million people, between January 2015 and August 2017 (almost a year after the election), and 3,814 Twitter accounts that "may have been" in contact with about 1.4 million people.
Those numbers may seem substantial but, as investigative journalist Gareth Porter pointed out in November 2018, they should be regarded against the background of 33 trillion Facebook posts made during the same period.
According to Mueller, the IRA mind-controlled the American electorate by spending "approximately $100,000" on Facebook ads, hiring someone to walk around New York City "dressed up as Santa Claus with a Trump mask," and getting Trump campaign affiliates to promote "dozens of tweets, posts, and other political content created by the IRA." Dozens!
This is what it takes to bring down an empire! https://t.co/PXrlsfYp8j
— Yasha Levine (@yashalevine) April 18, 2019
Meanwhile, the key evidence against IRA's alleged boss Evgeny Prigozhin is that he "appeared together in public photographs" with Putin.
Alleged hacking & release
The report claims that the GRU hacked their way into 29 DCCC computers and another 30 DNC computers, and downloaded data using software called "X-Tunnel." It is unclear how Mueller's investigators claim to know this, as the report makes no mention of them or FBI actually examining DNC or DCCC computers. Presumably they took the word of CrowdStrike, the Democrats' private contractor, for it.
However obtained, the documents were published first through DCLeaks and Guccifer 2.0 – which the report claims are "fictitious online personas" created by the GRU – and later through WikiLeaks. What is Mueller's proof that these two entities were "GRU" cutouts? In a word, this:
That the Guccifer 2.0 persona provided reporters access to a restricted portion of the DCLeaks website tends to indicate that both personas were operated by the same or a closely-related group of people.(p. 43)
However, the report acknowledges that the "first known contact" between Guccifer 2.0 and WikiLeaks was on September 15, 2016 – months after the DNC and DCCC documents were published! Here we do get actual evidence: direct messages on Twitter obtained by investigators. Behold, these "spies" are so good, they don't even talk – and when they do, they use unsecured channels.
Mueller notably claims "it is clear that the stolen DNC and Podesta documents were transferred from the GRU to WikiLeaks" (the rest of that sentence is redacted), but the report clearly implies the investigators do not actually know how. On page 47, the report says Mueller "cannot rule out that stolen documents were transferred to WikiLeaks through intermediaries who visited during the summer of 2016."
Strangely, the report accuses WikiLeaks co-founder Julian Assange of making "public statements apparently designed to obscure the source" of the materials (p.48), notably the offer of a reward for finding the murderer of DNC staffer Seth Rich – even though this can be read as corroborating the intermediaries theory, and Assange never actually said Rich was his source.
The rest of Mueller's report goes on to discuss the Trump campaign's contacts with anyone even remotely Russian and to create torturous constructions that the president had "obstructed" justice by basically defending himself from charges of being a Russian agent – neither of which resulted in any indictments, however. But the central premise that the 22-month investigation, breathless media coverage, and the 448-page report are based on – that Russia somehow meddled in the 2016 election – remains unproven.
Rumors of War: Washington Is Looking for a Fight
The bill stands up for NATO and prevents the President from pulling the US out of the Alliance without a Senate vote.
Authored by Philip Giraldi via The Strategic Culture Foundation:
It is depressing to observe how the United States of America has become the evil empire. Having served in the United States Army during the Vietnam War and in the Central Intelligence Agency for the second half of the Cold War, I had an insider's viewpoint of how an essentially pragmatic national security policy was being transformed bit by bit into a bipartisan doctrine that featured as a sine qua non global dominance for Washington. Unfortunately, when the Soviet Union collapsed the opportunity to end once and for all the bipolar nuclear confrontation that threatened global annihilation was squandered as President Bill Clinton chose instead to humiliate and use NATO to contain an already demoralized and effectively leaderless Russia.
American Exceptionalism became the battle cry for an increasingly clueless federal government as well as for a media-deluded public. When 9/11 arrived, the country was ready to lash out at the rest of the world. President George W. Bush growled that "There's a new sheriff in town and you are either with us or against us." Afghanistan followed, then Iraq, and, in a spirit of bipartisanship, the Democrats came up with Libya and the first serious engagement in Syria. In its current manifestation, one finds a United States that threatens Iran on a nearly weekly basis and tears up arms control agreements with Russia while also maintaining deployments of US forces in Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan, Somalia and places like Mali. Scattered across the globe are 800 American military bases while Washington's principal enemies du jour Russia and China have, respectively, only one and none.
Never before in my lifetime has the United States been so belligerent, and that in spite of the fact that there is no single enemy or combination of enemies that actually threaten either the geographical United States or a vital interest. Venezuela is being threatened with invasion primarily because it is in the western hemisphere and therefore subject to Washington's claimed proconsular authority. Last Wednesday Vice President Mike Pence told the United Nations Security Council that the White House will remove Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro from power, preferably using diplomacy and sanctions, but "all options are on the table." Pence warned that Russia and other friends of Maduro need to leave now or face the consequences.
The development of the United States as a hostile and somewhat unpredictable force has not gone unnoticed. Russia has accepted that war is coming no matter what it does in dealing with Trump and is upgrading its forces. By some estimates, its army is better equipped and more combat ready than is that of the United States, which spends nearly ten times as much on "defense."
Iran is also upgrading its defensive capabilities, which are formidable. Now that Washington has withdrawn from the nuclear agreement with Iran, has placed a series of increasingly punitive sanctions on the country, and, most recently, has declared a part of the Iranian military to be a "foreign terrorist organization" and therefore subject to attack by US forces at any time, it is clear that war will be the next step. In three weeks, the United States will seek to enforce a global ban on any purchases of Iranian oil. A number of countries, including US nominal ally Turkey, have said they will ignore the ban and it will be interesting to see what the US Navy intends to do to enforce it. Or what Iran will do to break the blockade.
But even given all of the horrific decisions being made in the White House, there is one organization that is far crazier and possibly even more dangerous. That is the United States Congress, which is, not surprisingly, a legislative body that is viewed positively by only 18 per cent of the American people.
A current bill originally entitled the "Defending American Security from Kremlin Aggression Act (DASKA) of 2019," is numbered S-1189. It has been introduced in the Senate which will "…require the Secretary of State to determine whether the Russian Federation should be designated as a state sponsor of terrorism and whether Russian-sponsored armed entities in Ukraine should be designated as foreign terrorist organizations." The bill is sponsored by Republican Senator Cory Gardner of Colorado and is co-sponsored by Democrat Robert Menendez of New Jersey.
The current version of the bill was introduced on April 11th and it is by no means clear what kind of support it might actually have, but the fact that it actually has surfaced at all should be disturbing to anyone who believes it is in the world's best interest to avoid direct military confrontation between the United States and Russia.
In a a press release by Gardner, who has long been pushing to have Russia listed as a state sponsor of terrorism, a February version of the bill is described as "…comprehensive legislation [that] seeks to increase economic, political, and diplomatic pressure on the Russian Federation in response to Russia's interference in democratic processes abroad, malign influence in Syria, and aggression against Ukraine, including in the Kerch Strait. The legislation establishes a comprehensive policy response to better position the US government to address Kremlin aggression by creating new policy offices on cyber defenses and sanctions coordination. The bill stands up for NATO and prevents the President from pulling the US out of the Alliance without a Senate vote. It also increases sanctions pressure on Moscow for its interference in democratic processes abroad and continued aggression against Ukraine."
The February version of the bill included Menendez, Democrat Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire, Democrat Ben Cardin of Maryland and Republican Lindsey Graham of South Carolina as co-sponsors, suggesting that provoking war is truly bipartisan in today's Washington.
Each Senator co-sponsor contributed a personal comment to the press release. Gardner observed that "Putin's Russia is an outlaw regime that is hell-bent on undermining international law and destroying the US-led liberal global order." Menendez noted that "President Trump's willful paralysis in the face of Kremlin aggression has reached a boiling point in Congress" while Graham added that "Our goal is to change the status quo and impose meaningful sanctions and measures against Putin's Russia. He should cease and desist meddling in the US electoral process, halt cyberattacks on American infrastructure, remove Russia from Ukraine, and stop efforts to create chaos in Syria." Cardin contributed "Congress continues to take the lead in defending US national security against continuing Russian aggression against democratic institutions at home and abroad" and Shaheen observed that "This legislation builds on previous efforts in Congress to hold Russia accountable for its bellicose behavior against the United States and its determination to destabilize our global world order."
The Senatorial commentary is, of course, greatly exaggerated and sometimes completely false regarding what is going on in the world, but it is revealing of how ignorant American legislators can be and often are. The Senators also ignore the fact that the designation of presumed Kremlin surrogate forces as "foreign terrorist organizations" is equivalent to a declaration of war against them by the US military, while hypocritically calling Russia a state sponsor of terrorism is bad enough, as it is demonstrably untrue. But the real damage comes from the existence of the bill itself. It will solidify support for hardliners on both sides, guaranteeing that there will be no rapprochement between Washington and Moscow for the foreseeable future, a development that is bad for everyone involved. Whether it can be characterized as an unintended consequence of unwise decision making or perhaps something more sinister involving a deeply corrupted congress and administration remains to be determined.
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Happy new year, UCLA fans. Anthony Barr is staying one more season.
The Bruins' best defensive player became an All-Pac-12 first-team selection in just his first season at outside linebacker and was a second-team All-American. The junior was widely thought of as a potential first-round pick had he decided to declare for the NFL draft.
Barr first announced his return Monday afternoon on Twitter: "As close as I am to my dream of playing in the NFL, I believe one more year with this awesome coaching staff and my teammates is what's best. I will be returning for my senior season to further develop as a player and a person, to help lead this team to a Pac-12 championship and ultimately a national championship."
Measuring 6-foot-4 and 235pounds, Barr made a remarkable transformation after switching from offense under former coach Rick Neuheisel. He was slotted at F-back, a hybrid position designed as a mix of running back, tight end and receiver. His athleticism was poorly used for two years in the pistol offense as he had just 15carries and 12 catches.
Frustrated with his lack of production, Barr thought about transferring until new coach Jim Mora arrived late last year. Soon after UCLA hired Mora in December, Barr and the coaching staff mutually agreed that he should switch to outside linebacker.
Even after losing parts of training camp to injury, Barr made an impact in his first appearance at the position since he was 14. Debuting with a cast around his hand to protect a broken finger, Barr notched six tackles and a sack against Rice on Aug.30.
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Before the Holiday Bowl last Thursday, Mora said he was excited at the thought of having Barr back for another year. The linebacker said after the 49-26 loss to Baylor that he was still undecided on his future. For weeks, Barr had said he was leaning toward staying another season at UCLA, but was waiting for his NFL evaluation to come in.
"I have carefully explored my options and have decided to continue my football career with UCLA," Barr said in an official release from the athletic department. "I felt a strong connection with my teammates and coaches that I do not want to see end. I will continue to pursue my degree and take part in the team drills after the holidays. The time will come soon enough to live my dream of playing at the next level."
Added Mora: "Anthony considered his options and we are glad he has chosen to stay with his teammates to continue the mission to move Bruin football forward in the new year."


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Evil has many faces. This episode proved evil comes in many sizes, too.
A young girl is dropped off at Briarcliff by her mother, who believes her daughter Jenny stabbed her child playmate, Josey.
Jenny told police that a tall, bearded man with a brown coat was the murderer. Maybe if Kit blamed Alma's death on Jesse James or Santa Claus instead of aliens, he'd be free too.
Sister Jude doesn't know what to do with the mini homicidal sociopath so she entrusts Jenny to the perfect babysitter -- Satan Mary Eunice.
Among the invaluable advice Mary Eunice gives Jenny:
"She deserved it, that Josey."
"You were born with the gift of authentic impulse."
"Don't be a whiner. You're smarter than they are. Maybe you just need to learn how to defend yourself."
Jenny's tenure at Briarcliff doesn't last long, as Sister Jude sends her home prematurely. Coincidently, Jenny's whole family ends up dead. Her brothers and sisters are found with their throats slashed and her mom with a knife in the back.
That tall, bearded man with the brown jacket is really keeping busy.
The origins of monstrosity
Zachary Quinto continues to shine in his portrayal of Oliver Thredson, convincing as both the once soft-spoken doctor and now hostile maniac.
The episode's title refers to both Thredson and Arden, as we're treated to more backstory on both characters.
Thredson's mental illness stems from abandonment issues. His mother left him as a child and the future Buffalo Bill was raised in an orphanage.
That's unfortunate for Thredson, but it doesn't fully explain his behavior. Mogli from the "Jungle Book" was raised by wolves and he didn't go on a killing spree.
Lana tries to appeal to Thredson's emotions in hopes that he will relate to her. And it works. With his Bloody Face mask on, Thredson attempts to kill Lana but she lets him call her mommy and the situation is diffused.
Thredson crawls into the fetal position and all is well. Of course, everything would have been fine in the first place if Kit didn't call Thredson a liar on the phone and the psychiatrist's plan wasn't discovered by those meddling kids/mental patients.
Anyway, back to Thredson's upbringing.
The doctor had to experience somewhat of a normal adolescence, as he was able to ride his intelligence to medical school. It was there that he realized his obsession with skin. But the cold subjects used for medical research weren't warm enough for his liking. So Thredson developed a routine to capture living subjects.
From beauty to the beast
Speaking of living subjects, Dr. Arden's experimentation on Shelley rendered her unable to breath properly and last episode, the creature was terrorizing school children.
Monsignor Timothy Howard visits Shelley in the hospital and does both of them a favor by ending her miserable existence.
The condition of Shelley surprises the Monsignor and a flashback of his first encounter with Arden shows us Howard may not be as bad as we were led to believe.
Monsignor Timothy Howard had good intentions when he allowed the asylum to be run by Arden or Hans Gruper or SS Nazi or whatever his name is these days.
Arden promised the monsignor that his experiments were for the greater good and that they would help prevent future disease.
At the time, Arden was treating cases of tuberculosis.
It wasn't until the monsignor saw Shelley that he saw the truth. Presenting the truth didn't go so well in a conversation with Arden.
"Briarcliff is a receptacle for human waste," Arden tells the monsignor. "Each patient, the perfect example in evolutionary failure."
"Have you lost your mind? Why on Earth would you do this?" answers Howard.
Dr. Arden wins the argument by reminding the monsignor the men are in a joint agreement. If Arden goes down, so does little Timmy.
Arden uses that to his advantage to turn the monsignor against the other person majorly affected by the pact between the two men ... Sister Jude.
Never can say goodbye
Sister Jude is abruptly fired by the monsignor and told that she's been recommended to run a home for wayward girls in Pittsburgh.
The news stuns Sister Jude, but she decides to be a good sport by sharing a glass of wine with Dr. Arden before packing her belongings.
Not one to go quietly or live up to her holy standards, Sister Jude slips drugs in Dr. Arden's drink as a parting gift.
Final thoughts:
Arden tells Sister Mary Eunice, "I'm not a monster. I'm a visionary." He also says his creatures are being designed to rival weapons being created by opposing nations.
What kind of nation is going to be threatened by legless creatures with stubby arms that can barely see or breathe?
What we learned:
Mommy issues give you a license to kill, at least if you're Dr. Thredson.
Some former Nazis are exceptionally gifted at using blackmail as a means of manipulating others.
Sister Mary Eunice refuses to let anyone bring down Dr. Arden. She kills Sister Jude's private investigator Sam Goodman (Arden calls him the Israeli Sherlock Holmes) and she hid Shelley when Sister Jude was poking around the laboratory. I'm still trying to determine what motivates the possessed Mary Eunice and what she's trying to accomplish at Briarcliff.
What to expect next week:
A character resembling the angel of death pays visits to Grace and Sister Jude.
Next week's preview showed Sister Mary Eunice throwing Dr. Arden around. It's time for her to stop playing nice with Dr. Arden.
Lana will try to survive another week in the basement of Bloody Face. Her livelihood will depend on her ability to keep playing house.


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Jan Brewer's spokesman, Andrew Wilder, said Friday that conditions at the center are so dire that federal officials have asked the state to immediately ship medical supplies to the center in Nogales.The U.S. Department of Homeland Security started flying immigrants to Arizona from the Rio Grande Valley in Texas last month after the number of immigrants including more than 48,000 children traveling on their own overwhelmed the Border Patrol there.Immigrant families were flown from Texas, released in Arizona, and told to report to an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) office near where they were traveling within 15 days. ICE has said the immigrants were mostly families from Central America fleeing extreme poverty and violence.The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because there was no authorization to discuss the matter publicly, said the holding center opened for unaccompanied children because the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services had nowhere to turn."They became so overwhelmed and haven't kept up with planning," the official said.At the holding center, vendors are being contracted to provide nutritional meals, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials. The Federal Emergency Management Agency, meanwhile, will provide counseling services and recreational activities.The Homeland Security official said the number of children at the warehouse was expected to double to around 1,400. The warehouse has a capacity of about 1,500.The warehouse began housing children flown from South Texas last Saturday. About 400 were scheduled to arrive Friday but, because of mechanical issues with the planes, only about 60 came, the Homeland Security official said. Saturday's flights were canceled, also because of mechanical problems. There are flights scheduled through mid-June.Federal authorities plan to use the Nogales facility as a way station, where the children will be vaccinated and checked medically. They will then be sent to facilities being set up in Ventura, California; San Antonio, Texas; and Fort Sill, Oklahoma.The Homeland Security official said that the children would be moved out of the Nogales site as soon as Health and Human Services finds places for them.But the official said: "As quickly as we move them out, we get more. We believe this is just a start."The children being held in Nogales are 17 or younger. The official estimated three of every four were at least 16.Wilder said reports from consulates that the Department of Homeland Security was stopping the program to fly migrant families to Arizona and then bus them to Phoenix were incorrect. Instead, the program that has shipped unknown thousands of adult migrants and their children to Arizona since last month shows no sign of stopping, he said."The adults, the adults with children, families that continues unfettered and we have no idea where they are going," Wilder said.In a statement Friday, Homeland Security officials said "appropriate custody determinations will be made on a case by case basis" for migrants apprehended in South Texas.Brewer sent an angry letter to President Barack Obama on Monday demanding that the program of dropping off families at bus stations in Phoenix stop immediately. She called the program dangerous and unconscionable, asked for details and demanded to know why state authorities weren't consulted or even informed.The governor said she hadn't received a response to her letter by Friday."I have reached out to Federal Homeland Security Director Jeh Johnson for answers. Meanwhile, I reiterate my call on President Obama to secure our southern border and terminate this operation immediately," Brewer said in a statement.Brewer's staff spent Friday in a series of calls with officials from FEMA, Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Homeland Security.Wilder said FEMA's Region 9 administrator was being sent to the holding center in Nogales on Saturday to oversee efforts to deal with the hundreds of arriving children.The federal emergency supplies are held in Arizona warehouses, and Wilder said the state is working to send them to the holding center.On Friday night, the U.S. Department of Justice announced that young lawyers and paralegals are being sought for the community service program AmeriCorps to provide legal assistance in immigration proceedings to children who come to the U.S. illegally. Officials say about 100 lawyers and paralegals will be enrolled as members of AmeriCorps in a new division called "justice AmeriCorps."Immigration officials can immediately return Mexican immigrants to the border, but they are much more hard-pressed to deal with Central American migrants who illegally cross into the U.S. In recent months, waves of migrants from nations south of Mexico have arrived in Texas.The Homeland Security official said that legally, only their parents or guardians can take custody if the government makes the children eligible for release.Officials in Central America and Mexico have noticed a recent increase in women and children crossing the border. Father Heyman Vazquez, the director of a migrant shelter in Huixtla in the southern Mexico state of Chiapas, said he and others advise children that it's too dangerous.Yet Vazquez is seeing more and more youths heading north."I remember a little boy of 9 years old and I asked if he was going to go meet someone and he told me 'No, I'm just going hand myself over because I hear they help kids,' " Vazquez said.The perception that some immigrants could be getting a free pass into the U.S. could lead to more attempts to cross the border.Illegal immigration increased heavily under a "catch-and-release" strategy during the George W. Bush administration. Under that policy the government issued notices to appear in immigration court to migrants from countries other than Mexico until Bush stopped the practice.Federal officials then established a 210-mile stretch of the Texas-Mexico border as a zero-tolerance zone for illegal immigration. Instead of merely getting sent back home, migrants were arrested, prosecuted and sometimes sentenced to prison before being formally kicked out of the country.By August 2006, border agents in the Del Rio, Texas, sector said daily arrests had dropped from 500 to fewer than 100.___Spagat reported from Tijuana, Mexico. Associated Press writers Alicia A. Caldwell in Washington, Terry Tang in Phoenix and Maria Verza in Mexico City contributed to this report.


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Joost Luiten of the Netherlands won the Lyoness Open by two shots for his second European Tour title.
After holding a three-stroke lead overnight, Luiten shot a 71 in the final round Sunday to finish at 17-under-par 271 on the Diamond Country Club course.
"It's a great feeling, it's been a great week," said Luiten, whose previous win came at the Iskandar Johor Open in Malaysia in November 2011, two months after finishing third in Atzenbrugg.
The victory was Luiten's third European Tour top-10 finish of the season and 20th overall. The win will move him up from 137th to just inside the top 100 of the world rankings.
Thomas Bjorn of Denmark (68) finished second at 15 under, while Liang Wen-chong of China (66) and Romain Wattel of France (69) shared third, another stroke off the pace.
Luiten bogeyed the first hole but led throughout the day. His closest challengers after the third round, Spaniards Jorge Campillo (72) and Eduardo de la Riva (73), failed to threaten.
"It was a long day. It started off with a bogey but I hit the ball nice," Luiten said. "I made some mistakes on the greens, I didn't make a lot of putts. Luckily I made a birdie on the 16th, and it's always nice to finish with par and par."
At the event two years ago, Luiten also led for most of the final round, but bogeyed the last hole and finished third, trailing winner Kenneth Ferrie of England by one stroke.
This time, the Dutchman had a solid finish to his round to keep Bjorn, who followed up Saturday's 64 with a 68, at a distance.
Before Luiten teed off on the 14th hole, play was suspended for an hour because of thunderclouds.
"At that time I wanted to play on, but I think it was good to have a break," Luiten said. "I wasn't playing really well before the break, so I got some food and tried to focus again."
Defending champion Bernd Wiesberger shot a 69 to finish 14th at 8 under. The Austrian dropped a shot at the last hole, which might have cost him a starting spot at the U.S. Open, which begins Thursday at Merion in Ardmore, Pa.
"The bogey on the 18th was very disappointing," said Wiesberger, who needed a top-10 finish to stand a reasonable chance of qualifying. "I've just made too many mistakes the whole week."


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Ron Howard's time across the pond looks like it has been good for him. With the exception of Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby, I've never been a fan of racing movies. I realize that death lurks around every curve, but, from a spectator's perspective, auto races are about as thrilling as Major League baseball games. There's a lot of monotony in those laps (and innings).
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"On the corner of Lexington Avenue and Walnut Street in Independence, Missouri a Peace Plaza commemorating the 50th Anniversary of the United Nations and serving as the only memorial in the world to those persons serving in the Peacekeeping Forces of the United Nations has been developed. In addition to the lovely bronze casting of a young woman releasing a dove, the flags of the USA, the United Nations and the State of Missouri are displayed."
The United States is one of the most diverse countries on earth, jam packed full of amazing sights from St. Patrick's cathedral in New York to Mount Hollywood California.The Northeast region is where it all started. Thirteen British colonies fought the American Revolution from here and won their independence in the first successful colonial rebellion in history. Take a look at these rolling hills carpeted with foliage along the Hudson river here, north of New York City.The American south is known for its polite people and slow pace of life. Probably they move slowly because it's so hot. Southerners tend not to trust people from "up north" because they talk too fast. Here's a cemetery in Georgia where you can find graves of soldiers from the Civil War.The West Coast is sort of like another country that exists to make the east coast jealous. California is full of nothing but grizzly old miners digging for gold, a few gangster rappers, and then actors. That is to say, the West Coast functions as the imagination of the US, like a weird little brother who teases everybody then gets famous for making freaky art.The central part of the country is flat farmland all the way over to the Rocky Mountains. Up in the northwest corner you can find creative people in places like Portland and Seattle, along with awesome snowboarding and good beer. Text by Steve Smith.


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One seemingly irreversible trend in American homes is the growing refrigerator. This is particularly puzzling because the average household size is shrinking. What do people put in there? We haven't read the market research to answer that question; however,we can tell you that SUV refrigerators are not necessarily inevitable members of future American households. One justification for buying larger refrigerators is the need to store larger volumes of milk (presumably necessary because our shopping expeditions are becoming less frequent and larger). But is storing so much milk necessary? In Europe, most of the milk sold in grocery stores is ultra-high pasteurized.This milk can be safely stored at room temperature for several months. The typical European refrigerator holds only open milk containers plus any milk needed in the next few hours. A gallon in the fridge will probably be sufficient for 99% of American households. And ultra-pasteurized milk is typically cheaper than fresh milk, because stores need less refrigeration space for it and shipping would be cheaper without refrigerated trucks. So why isn't ultra-pasteurized milk widely available in ...
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Column: Media, Myths, and the Minimum Wage
WASHINGTON - Right-wingers like to convince themselves that something is true then repeat it ad nauseum hoping that the rest of us will come to believe it as well. Surprisingly, they have had some success with this strategy.
If you pull someone off the street and ask them about the media, they are likely to repeat the hackneyed talking point that there is some sort of liberal bias. This falsehood has been repeated so many times that even members of the media are starting to believe the lie and doubt themselves. As a result they over-correct and try to give equal time to both sides of every issue even if the facts of the matter show that one side is clearly wrong.
A case in point is the current discussion about raising the minimum wage. Every time the issue arises you can count on the supposedly liberal media to trot out some right wing economist to tell you that supply and demand dictate that higher wages will mean fewer jobs. They might even spice that up with some anecdotal "evidence" of some shop owner who says that they can't afford to pay their teenage workforce any more than they already do.
Such an analysis is a vast oversimplification of the matter. Jobs are not consumer goods. If you want a new TV, but they are too expensive, you can decide to wait until the price comes down. However, if wages aren't high enough, most people are not in a financial position to wait until they go up before they find work.
To analyze this issue you need to use a macroeconomic outlook, not try to force the labor market, which is incredibly complicated, into a simple microeconomic model. We might not expect the average reporter to be privy to all the inside baseball, economics stuff, so we can forgive them for that. What is inexcusable though, is that there are easily accessible facts out there that show that the right-wing talking points are nothing but fantasy.
South Dakota has not raised its minimum wage in the last 25 years except when forced to by federal legislation. That has happened seven times during that period. Here are the state level stats:
April 1990 – The unemployment rate was 3.7% from March through June. It ticked up briefly and was down to 3.6% a year later.
April 1991 – The unemployment rate was 3.6% from March through May. It ticked up briefly and was down to 3.5% a year later.
October 1996 – The unemployment rate was already falling to 3.4% in September. It held steady at 3.3% until December and was down to 3% a year later.
September 1997 – The unemployment rate fell from 3.1% in August. It held steady at 3% until December, ticked up briefly and was again at 3% a year later.
July 2007 – The unemployment rate was steady at 2.7% from June through September. It fell to 2.6% before the Great Recession hit, raising unemployment dramatically. It had gone up to 3.1% a year later.
July 2008 – The unemployment rate was steadily rising from February. It was 3% in June and rose continuously until peaking at 5.3% the following May. It stood at 5.2% a year later.
July 2009 – The unemployment rate was 5.2% in June, fell and held steady at 5.1% until October. It rose briefly to 5.3%, but stood at 4.9% a year later.
Did you notice any sort of pattern there? Except for the anomaly of the onset of the Great Recession, unemployment was always the same or lower a year later than it was whenever a new minimum wage was instituted.
There is a good explanation for this. It is worth noting that minimum wage increases don't just put extra money in the paychecks of fast food employees, but also into the hands of the tens of millions of workers who are paid just slightly above minimum wage. Sure there are a few places that will decide to layoff some teenagers, but that is overwhelmed by the additional spending in the economy by those who get to keep their jobs.
These people are the working poor, and every additional cent they make is likely to be spent almost immediately. All the extra money pouring into malls, cinemas and chain restaurants means that the handful of jobs that were lost early on are more than compensated for; hence the lower unemployment rate found a year later.
Right-wing claims about the minimum wage killing jobs are demonstrably false, but the corporate media was so busy trying not to appear biased that they forgot to do their job and just tell you the truth.
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ASIS&T president Diane Sonnenwald marks the start of 2012 by applauding the many ways the organization is helping the membership stay current with industry trends. Members are volunteering to promote the organization on numerous fronts, from Facebook to webinars to planning and volunteer recruitment for the 2012 Annual Meeting in Baltimore. ASIS&T membership renewals have been simplified with conditionally lower rates, including special rates for members in less developed countries, and there are proposals for holding future meetings in countries outside North America. Volunteers and headquarters staff work collaboratively on many aspects of meeting planning through the year and the variety of other activities that keep ASIS&T a vibrant organization. Members are encouraged to renew their memberships, take advantage of offerings, participate actively in the organization and provide their support as volunteers.
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Best wishes for the New Year!
As we celebrate the beginning of 2012, there are many reasons to pause and reflect. Some members are experiencing challenging times due to illness, reduced salaries or even the loss of a job. To help these members, ASIS&T allows them to renew their memberships for only $40 per annum. And retired members can renew their memberships for $70 per annum. There were some problems with the renewal web page during the autumn, so if you tried but were unable to renew your membership, please try again. We believe the problems have been corrected; however, if you experience difficulties please contact Dick Hill (rhill<at>asis.org). As many of you know, Dick is very good at solving such issues. For details regarding all aspects of membership renewal, please see www.asis.org/Renew/renew.html.
There are also reasons to give thanks. Many colleagues have been hard at work on behalf of all members.
The ASIS&T Facebook page has a new look thanks to the efforts of Misty Weaver (headquarters staff) and the Publications Committee, co-chaired by Neil Smalheiser (University of Illinois) and Robert B. Allen (Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand). Check it out! And be sure to add posts! All chapters, SIGs and members are welcome to post on the ASIS&T Facebook page. You can bookmark the page to access it more easily. The URL is www.facebook.com/pages/ASIST/209226365809427.
Reserve the dates, October 26-31, 2012, on your calendar for the 2012 Annual Meeting, which will be held in Baltimore, Maryland. The 2012 Annual Meeting co-chairs, Crystal Fulton (University College Dublin, Ireland), ShanJu L. Chang (National Taiwan University, Taiwan) and Julie Hersberger (University of North Carolina at Greensboro) continue to plan the meeting and recruit additional volunteers to help in this process. Michael Olsson (University of Technology Sydney, Australia) and Sanna Talja (Uppsala University, Sweden) have agreed to co-chair the information track. Sanda Erdelez (University of Missouri), Catherine Johnson (University of Western Ontario, Canada) and Chirag Shah (Rutgers University) will be the co-chairs of the interaction track. Hsiao-Tieh Pu (National Taiwan Normal University, Taiwan), Luz M. Quiroga (University of Hawaii at Manoa) and Gerald Benoit (Simmons College) are the co-chairs of the innovation track.
In addition to paper, panel and workshop submissions to the Annual Meeting, interactive submissions are also invited this year. Interactive submissions include demos, videos and posters. Details regarding all submissions to the conference can be found at www.asis.org/asist2012/am12cfp.html.
Annual meeting co-chairs and track co-chairs work many hours voluntarily organizing the event in collaboration with the ASIS&T headquarters staff. ASIS&T members, meeting attendees and students, as well as academics and practitioners who read the meeting proceedings over the years, all benefit from their efforts. We owe this years volunteers as well as previous volunteers our thanks.
ASIS&Ts Special Interest Group/International Information Issues (SIG/III) under the leadership of Daniel Alemneh (University of North Texas) prepared a thoughtful proposal recommending reduced membership fees for individuals residing in countries categorized annually by the United Nations as medium or low with respect to human development. The United Nations analyzes human development across the globe from a human-capabilities perspective that is, the range of things that people can do or be in life (http://hdr.undp.org/en/humandev/). The ASIS&T Board recently considered the proposal and adopted it unanimously. (See details in Inside ASIS&T.) For more information about SIG/III, including its officers, see www.asis.org/SIG/SIGIII/index.htm.
The International Relations Committee, chaired by Mei-Mei Wu (National Taiwan Normal University, Taiwan), is investigating different opportunities with respect to holding an Annual Meeting outside North America. The Online Education Task Force, under the leadership of Diane Neal (University of Western Ontario, Canada) continues to provide interesting webinars. Most of the webinars are free to members; see www.asis.org./Conferences/webinars/.
As you can see many colleagues have been donating their time and expertise to support ASIS&T and increase the benefits our organization provides to each member. I encourage everyone to continue to renew their membership and take advantage of, and contribute to, ASIS&T.
Many thanks to everyone for your continuing efforts on behalf of ASIS&T, and, again, best wishes for the new year.
Diane Sonnenwald is 2012 president of ASIS&T. She is head of school and professor at the School of Information and Library Studies at University College Dublin and an adjunct professor in computer science at the University of North Carolina. Prior to joining academia she worked at Bellcore. Her research has been funded by the National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, National Science Foundation, European Science Foundation, as well as private corporations and foundations. She can be reached at diane.sonnenwald<at>gmail.com.
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Preservation: The Final Frontier
How to Identify Ducks in Flight: A Crowdsourcing Approach to Biodiversity Research and Conservation
Museum Informatics: Something New, Something More: Introduction
CollectionSpace: A Story of Open-Source Software Development and User-Centered Design
Unintended Consequences: Unlimited Access, Invisible Work and the Future of the Information Profession in Cultural Heritage Organizations
A Haystack Full of Needles: Scholarly Access Challenges in Museum Video Archives
Advanced Imaging Tools for Museum and Library Conservation and Research
OpenART: Open Metadata for Art Research at the Tate
The Future of Museum Scholarly Catalogues
Teens, Virtual Environments and Information Literacy
Computer Refurbishing: Environmentally Reducing the Digital Divide
IA Column: What Happens When Context Thwarts an Information Architect's Vision?
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The CIA recruited double agents from droves of suspected terrorists held in Guantanamo Bay in a program that lasted for several years post 9/11, promising prisoners freedom, safety, and a lush payoff in exchange for helping the U.S. infiltrate al-Qaeda abroad. According to the Associated Press, the classified operation was carried out in a series of relatively swank cottages dubbed "Penny Lane" from 2003-2006:
Candidates were ushered from the confines of prison to Penny Lane's relative hominess, officials said. The cottages had private kitchens, showers and televisions. Each had a small patio. Some prisoners asked for and received pornography. One official said the biggest luxury in each cottage was the bed -- not a military-issued cot but a real bed with a mattress. The cottages were designed to feel more like hotel rooms than prison cells, and some CIA officials jokingly referred to them collectively as the Marriott.
Conditions at Penny Lane must have far exceeded those at Guantanamo Bay, where detainees -- many of whom were incarcerated for years without trial -- were allegedly tortured. However, some of the men who went through the program, which ended in 2006, did indeed help the CIA hunt down and kill other al-Qaeda operatives. Others disappeared. According to the AP, at least 16 percent of those freed from Gitmo were identified as rejoining the fight against Washington, with another 12 percent suspected of doing so. It is unclear whether those tapped at Penny Lane were a part of either group.


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A year ago, we watched as one nation as our fellow citizens faced the unprecedented destruction of Hurricane Katrina. Every American wanted to do something to help our fellow citizens from New Orleans and the Gulf Coast to revitalize that treasured region and rebuild their lives. We donated money, time, and volunteered to do our part, because that's the kind of people we Americans are -- concerned about our country, our neighbors and the common good.
But our values and commitments don't seem to be shared by the White House and the Republican leadership in Congress. One year ago, we saw how ill-prepared FEMA was. And now a year later, we see little progress by the Bush Administration as thousands upon thousands of Americans still can't go home, still can't find jobs, still can't find a place for their children in school or even a doctor.
The people of the Gulf deserve a response from their government that's as good as the American people. Instead the White House "recovery plan" starts and stops with public relations. In the meantime, the Gulf Coast sits vulnerable -- almost defenseless against the next storm -- with schools in desperate need of repair and displaced workers in need of help.
We need a real plan -- one that lives up to our values and ideals -- one that respects the history and culture of the vibrant Gulf and doesn't let it wither away.
Tell the White House to take three simple, critical steps:
rebuild the levees to withstand another Katrina
focus on rebuilding schools and colleges, and
extend unemployment benefits to displaced Gulf Coast workers.
These are clear steps that must be taken, and this administration needs to hear from ordinary Americans that the people demand it.
Instead of real recovery, the White House gives us false promises. But a year after the President's speech at Jackson Square, Katrina debris still sits on New Orleans streets. Forty percent of the city has no power, and half its hospitals and schools remain closed. Down the coast in Mississippi, some towns are seeing as few as five percent of their homes rebuilt.
While our fellow citizens suffer, the aid that Congress finally approved is going to waste. Sixty percent of Americans say that rebuilding funds have gone to waste and they are right. Last week, Rep. Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) caught the Administration wasting parts of 19 rebuilding contracts worth $8.75 billion. Every one of those wasted dollars could have contributed to rebuilding peoples' lives.
At the same time, 23 percent of displaced Katrina survivors still face unemployment -- and Republican leaders stand in the way of extending their unemployment benefits. Colleges and universities on the coast struggle with $1 billion in damage -- and try to make do with just $95 million in rebuilding assistance. New Orleans educators do their best to pull their schools together while still needing 300 more teachers just to serve the students who've returned so far.
Our fellow citizens deserve better than the Republicans' neglect. We owe them a plan to fix the federal levee system that should have held, and that says in no uncertain terms that we can, and will, renew the Gulf Coast. Tell the Bush Administration to build levees that can withstand a Category Five storm, to rebuild schools and colleges and to extend unemployment benefits to Gulf Coast workers.
The Corps of Engineers told Americans last week -- a full year after the President promised us a levee system "stronger than it has ever been" -- that the New Orleans levees could unravel in the face of a new storm. It's no wonder that only half of New Orleanians have returned.
But if they did return to brave the weak levees, where would they live, and how would they survive?
Last year, Congress set aside $17 billion in housing aid to Gulf Coast homeowners. Only $100 million of that aid has been spent. In Louisiana, aid checks reached Katrina survivors just last week; in Mississippi, a scant two dozen aid checks have gone out. Local governments that relied on federal promises of aid to rebuild their fire departments and sewer systems have found themselves mired in paperwork with little federal help in sight.
Displaced survivors have gone without unemployment pay since June. Republican leaders have rejected $200 million to help Gulf Coast schools get ready to teach. And the Corps of Engineers has a plan in the works to build the New Orleans levees to full strength -- but which it plans to complete only in 2007 -- well after hurricane season ends.
We can't leave the fortunes of hundreds of thousands of Americans and the fate of a great city hanging in the balance. Please join me in telling Republican leaders to stop the PR games, and to take three simple steps: promise to build Category Five levees, extend unemployment pay, and rebuild the schools of the Gulf Coast:
Senator Edward M. Kennedyhttp://www.tedkennedy.com/rebuildthegulf
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