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Daniel Henninger / Wall Street Journal:
Sen. Jim DeMint to Head Heritage Foundation — South Carolina U.S. Senator Jim DeMint will replace Ed Feulner as president of the Heritage Foundation. Mr. DeMint will leave his post as South Carolina's junior senator in early January to take control of the Washington think tank, which has an annual budget of about $80 million.
Discussion: ThinkProgress, Mother Jones, The Fix, Booman Tribune, CBS News, Post Politics, NationalJournal.com, The Heritage Foundation, Little Green Footballs, Democracy in America, The New Republic, Roll Call, The Daily Caller, Business Insider, Hot Air, Advocate, Outside the Beltway, Michelle Malkin, New York Magazine, Hit & Run, Liberty Unyielding, The Week, The Atlantic Online, Red Alert Politics, Washington Monthly, A plain blog about politics, Guardian, Daily Kos, Weasel Zippers, American Prospect, Mediaite, Firedoglake, The Right Scoop, The Democratic Daily, Taylor Marsh, The Maddow Blog, Weekly Standard, Washington Post, Hullabaloo, Congressman Tim Scott, The Raw Story, Towleroad News #gay, Wake up America and The PJ Tatler
Dana Liebelson / Mother Jones: Jim DeMint Is Resigning: Here Are His 7 Craziest Moments
Aaron Blake / The Fix: The case for Tim Scott
Brian Montopoli / CBS News: Jim DeMint leaving Senate for Heritage Foundation
Rachel Weiner / Post Politics: Jim DeMint leaving the Senate
Reid Wilson / NationalJournal.com: Who Will Replace Jim DeMint?
Mike Gonzalez / The Heritage Foundation: Jim DeMint to Become Heritage's Next President
Charles Johnson / Little Green Footballs: Jim DeMint Quits Senate to Run Right Wing Propaganda Outfit
Timothy Noah / The New Republic: Jim DeMint: Requiem For A Wingnut
Niels Lesniewski / Roll Call: DeMint Resigning to Head Heritage Foundation
Matt K. Lewis / The Daily Caller: Tim Scott for U.S. Senate [UPDATED]
Grace Wyler / Business Insider: There Is A Civil War In The GOP, And So Far, Conservatives Are Losing
Ed Morrissey / Hot Air: Breaking: DeMint retiring from Senate
Julie Bolcer / Advocate: Senator Jim DeMint to Step Down
Dan Amira / New York Magazine: Jim DeMint Cashes In
Dustin Siggins / Liberty Unyielding: Breaking: Heritage Foundation to get a new President — Senator Jim DeMint (Update)
David A. Graham / The Atlantic Online: The Case for Tim Scott Replacing Jim DeMint in the Senate
Ed Kilgore / Washington Monthly: DeMint Goes Guerrilla
Jonathan Bernstein / A plain blog about politics: Old, Old Senate Update
Richard Adams / Guardian: Fiscal cliff: hopes rise for deal as Jim DeMint quits Senate
Jamelle Bouie / American Prospect: Exit Jim DeMint. Enter ... Tim Scott?
Noah Rothman / Mediaite: Jim DeMint Announces He Will Leave The Senate, Join Conservative Think Tank
Jon Walker / Firedoglake: Republican Jim DeMint Is Leaving the Senate
Laura Conaway / The Maddow Blog: DeMint resigning, Republicans take fight to the states
Michael Warren / Weekly Standard: Jim DeMint to Resign, Lead Heritage Foundation
Digby / Hullabaloo: Cold DeMint Tea: Buh Bye
Stephen C. Webster / The Raw Story: DeMint resigning from Senate to lead right-wing think tank
Andrew Belonsky / Towleroad News #gay: Anti-Gay Sen. Jim DeMint Resigning To Run The Heritage Foundation
Susan Duclos / Wake up America: U.S. Senator Jim DeMint Resigning, Will Be President Of The Heritage Foundation
Jennifer Rubin / Right Turn:
Good riddance, Mr. DeMint — Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) is leaving the Senate to take over the Heritage Foundation. He will replace Ed Feulner as the conservative think tank's president. He expressed no qualms about leaving the Senate before his term is up, nor did he reflect on his legislative achievements, of which none come to mind.
Discussion: Wonkette, Democracy in America, Politico, Weasel Zippers and Riehl World News
Rebecca Schoenkopf / Wonkette: Jim DeMint's Chosen Successor Maybe Has Had Sex Outside Of Marriage, Burn Him
Dylan Byers / Politico: Jennifer Rubin loses the conservatives
ZIP / Weasel Zippers: WaPo "Conservative" Blogger Jen Rubin Says "Good Riddance" To Jim DeMint, Accuses Heritage …
Scott Keyes / ThinkProgress:
11 Reasons You're Glad Jim DeMint Is Leaving The Senate — In an unexpected move, Sen. Jim DeMint (R-SC), an arch-conservative and leader of the Tea Party movement, is resigning his seat in order to head up the Heritage Foundation, a conservative think tank in Washington DC.
Discussion: Crooks and Liars, Esquire, The Hill, The National Memo, BuzzFeed, The Plum Line, The Impolitic and Talking Points Memo
Charles P. Pierce / Esquire: JIM DEMINT AND THE HERITAGE FOUNDATION: A MATCH MADE IN HEAVEN
Cameron Joseph / The Hill: Primary challenger yet to emerge for Graham
Henry Decker / The National Memo: DeMint Returns To Obamacare Roots With Move To Heritage Foundation
Greg Sargent / The Plum Line: Jim DeMint will be at least as damaging outside the Senate as he was inside it
Libby Spencer / The Impolitic: One less lunatic on Capitol Hill - Jim DeMint resigns
Benjy Sarlin / Talking Points Memo: Jim DeMint Leaving Senate For Heritage Foundation
Cameron Joseph / The Hill:
Sources: DeMint wants Rep. Tim Scott to take his place in Senate — Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) has made it known in South Carolina that he wants Rep. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) to replace him in the Senate, two state Republican sources tell The Hill. — The sources, requesting anonymity to speak candidly …
Katie Pavlich / Townhall.com: Who Will Replace Jim DeMint?
David A. Graham / The Atlantic Online: One From the Vault: Is Stephen Colbert the Dark Horse S.C. Senate Candidate?
Cameron Joseph / Ballot Box: South Carolina state senator doesn't want DeMint's seat
Perry Bacon Jr / theGrio: Could Tim Scott become the black senator?
ZIP / Weasel Zippers: Report: DeMint Wants Gov. Nikki Haley To Appoint Tim Scott As His Replacement...
Mike Lillis / The Hill:
Pelosi jabs DeMint on his way out — House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on Thursday linked outgoing Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) to one of the "saddest" Senate votes in years and suggested DeMint's values won't be missed on Capitol Hill. — Pelosi criticized the resigning South Carolina lawmaker …
Discussion: Mediaite
Sen. Jim DeMint will step down from Senate
Sen. Jim DeMint will step down from Senate
Discussion: Reuters, The Heritage Foundation, Politico, Truthdig, Roland Martin Reports, The Political Carnival and Connecting.the.Dots
Lachlan Markay / The Heritage Foundation: Jim DeMint Addresses Heritage Staff: "This Is a Homecoming for Me"
David Catanese / Politico: All eyes on Nikki Haley to pick Jim DeMint successor
Robert Stein / Connecting.the.Dots: Scurry, Scurry From a Sinking Ship
Erick Erickson / RedState:
Two Roads Diverged: Jim DeMint Leaves U.S. Senate for Heritage Foundation Presidency
Two Roads Diverged: Jim DeMint Leaves U.S. Senate for Heritage Foundation Presidency
Evan McMorris-Santoro / Talking Points Memo: South Carolina Conservatives Ready For Sen. Tim Scott
John Podhoretz / Commentary Magazine: DeMint Takes Over the Heritage Foundation
Don Frederick / Political Capital: DeMint Departure Could Seat Black Senator: Tim Scott
Zachary Roth / msnbc.com: Tea Party turmoil? Not so fast
Siobhan Hughes / Wall Street Journal: DeMint to Leave Senate to Run Heritage Foundation
Paul Waldman / American Prospect: Jim DeMint's Smooth Move
Alexis Levinson / The Daily Caller: DeMint to resign from Senate, lead Heritage Foundation
Brett LoGiurato / Business Insider: Tea Party Senator Jim DeMint Is Leaving The Senate To Head The Heritage Foundation
Tarini Parti / Politico:
Think tank jobs a lucrative landing spot
Think tank jobs a lucrative landing spot
Discussion: LewRockwell.com Blog
Lew Rockwell / LewRockwell.com Blog: Hooray for Jim DeMint
Aaron Blake / The Fix:
Gov. Nikki Haley to fill DeMint's seat by appointment
Gov. Nikki Haley to fill DeMint's seat by appointment
Discussion: Ballot Box and Post Politics
Alexandra Jaffe / Ballot Box: South Carolina's GOP chairman: DeMint resignation 'a shocker'
Natalie Jennings / Post Politics: DeMint announcement 'shocker' to S.C. GOP chair, and other reactions
United States Senator Jim DeMint:
DeMint to Leave Senate to Lead the Heritage Foundation
DeMint to Leave Senate to Lead the Heritage Foundation
Discussion: FreedomWorks blogs, The Daily Dish, Business Insider and Sister Toldjah
Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish: DeMint Exits, Stage Right
Brett LoGiurato / Business Insider: Meet Tim Scott, The Man Conservatives Want To Replace Jim DeMint
Manu Raju / Politico:
Jim DeMint to resign to head Heritage Foundation
Jim DeMint to resign to head Heritage Foundation
Discussion: CNN, The Huffington Post, Associated Press, The Right Scoop, ABCNEWS, Red Alert Politics and Connecting.the.Dots
Michelle Jaconi / CNN: CNN's GUT CHECK for December 6, 2012
Ross Luippold / The Huffington Post: Stephen Colbert For Senate? Jim DeMint Resignation Opens South Carolina Senate Seat For Comedian
Caitlin McDevitt / Associated Press: Colbert waiting for Haley's call
The Right Scoop: Rush Limbaugh interviews Ed Feulner and Jim DeMint on Heritage Foundation presidency
Sunlen Miller / ABCNEWS: Jim DeMint to Resign From Senate
Robert Stein / Connecting.the.Dots: Beauty and the Senate Beast (No Fairy Tale)
Michael McAuliff / The Huffington Post:
Debt Ceiling Bluff Called By Harry Reid, Leaving Mitch McConnell To Filibuster Himself … REACT: — FOLLOW: — Debt Ceiling, Harry Reid , Mitch McConnell, U.S. Senate, Video, Barack Obama Debt Ceiling, Fiscal Cliff, Mitch Mcconnell Filibuster, Politics News
Discussion: The Plum Line, Booman Tribune and The Raw Story
Eric W. Dolan / The Raw Story: Democrats watch in awe as McConnell filibusters himself
Sahil Kapur / Talking Points Memo:
McConnell Filibusters His Own Bill To Lift Debt Ceiling — Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) wanted to prove on Thursday that Democrats don't have the votes to weaken Congress' authority on the debt limit. Instead they called his bluff, and he ended up filibustering his own bill.
Discussion: The Impolitic, Mediaite and Wonkette
Libby Spencer / The Impolitic: Flustered McConnell filibusters his own bill
Tommy Christopher / Mediaite: Filibusterbating: Watch Mitch McConnell Filibuster His Own Bill
Sahil Kapur / Talking Points Memo:
How Democrats' Main Filibuster Reform Would Work
How Democrats' Main Filibuster Reform Would Work
Discussion: A plain blog about politics, American Prospect, Daily Kos and ACS Blog
Jonathan Bernstein / A plain blog about politics: What Talking Filibuster Reformers Are Missing
Jonathan Bernstein / American Prospect: Speaker Harry Reid?
Ramsey Cox / The Hill:
Reid blocks Senate vote on Obama's deficit-reduction plan
Reid blocks Senate vote on Obama's deficit-reduction plan
Discussion: Roll Call, NewsBusters.org, Scared Monkeys, Michelle Malkin, Politico, Wake up America and Weekly Standard
Meredith Shiner / Roll Call: Cliff Drama Turns Page to Debt Ceiling
Ken Shepherd / NewsBusters.org: Nets, WashPost, NYT All Fail to Report Harry Reid Refused to Allow Senate Vote On Obama 'Fiscal …
Doug Powers / Michelle Malkin: White House aide: Difference in Obama 'closed loophole revenue' amount from 2011 vs. 2012 a matter of context
Seung Min Kim / Politico: McConnell: GOP won't hand debt ceiling reins to Obama
Daniel Halper / Weekly Standard: Harry Reid Denies Senate Chance to Vote on Obama's Plan
Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Republicans wave the white flag — Speaker John Boehner emerged from his weekly huddle with House Republicans on Wednesday morning to take his place behind a mahogany lectern in front of a brown backdrop. The dark tones provided ideal camouflage for the deeply tanned speaker — as though he were trying to vanish into the background.
Discussion: The Plum Line, The Week, The Moderate Voice, The New Republic and Washington Monthly
Greg Sargent / The Plum Line: The Morning Plum: A way out of the impasse?
Joe Gandelman / The Moderate Voice: Poll Gives Obama Edge in Poll Over Republicans on 'Good Faith' Bargaining Efforts Amid Shifting Political Dynamics
William Galston / The New Republic: How to Solve the Fiscal Cliff? Start With a Gag Order
Jennifer Steinhauer / New York Times:
Boehner Gains Strong Backing of House G.O.P. — WASHINGTON — With a daunting fiscal crisis looming and conservatives outside the House torching him at every turn, Speaker John A. Boehner might be assumed to have a shaky hold on his gavel. Instead, it appears he is enjoying the broadest support …
Kevin Cirilli / Politico: Jim DeMint tells Rush Limbaugh how to fix GOP, tweaks Boehner
Alec MacGillis / The New Republic: GOP Lacks Leverage, but It's Still Got Spin
BooMan / Booman Tribune: Unified House Republicans?
Tom Cohen / CNN: Fiscal cliff deal down to wrangling over details
Steve M. / No More Mister Nice Blog: FEVER BREAKING? I DON'T THINK SO — Yes, Jim DeMint is leaving …
Ashley Southall / The Caucus: The Early Word: Togetherness
Susan Duclos / Wake up America: Twitter New Hashtags #PurgeBoehner , #FireBoehner
Joan McCarter / Daily Kos: Some Republicans say they'll cave on taxes in exchange for gutting entitlements
Prairie Weather: Boehner's in-House support seems solid for now, but top tax rate increase is likely inevitable
Devin Dwyer / ABCNEWS: WH 'Absolutely' Willing To Go Off 'Fiscal Cliff'
Ned Ryun / RedState:
Fire Boehner: We Only Need 16 Votes to Depose Boehner
Fire Boehner: We Only Need 16 Votes to Depose Boehner
Discussion: msnbc.com, iOwnTheWorld.com, AMERICAblog, Doug Ross, Wonkette, Business Insider and The Hill
John Flowers / msnbc.com: And so begins the 'Fire Boehner' campaign
John Aravosis / AMERICAblog: "Fire Boehner": Speaker's head demanded over Tea Party purge
Directorblue / Doug Ross: FLUSH HIM: We Only Need 16 Votes to Depose Boehner
Rebecca Schoenkopf / Wonkette: Wingnuts Have Super Great Idea For House Speakership: Why Not Try Anarchy?
Grace Wyler / Business Insider: TOP CONSERVATIVE BLOG: Fire John Boehner
Molly K. Hooper / The Hill: Boehner to members: Leadership is watching your voting patterns
Josh Tyrangiel / Business Week:
Tim Cook's Freshman Year: The Apple CEO Speaks — Prior to his death on Oct. 5, 2011, Steve Jobs made sure that the elevation of Tim Cook—his longtime head of operations and trusted deputy—to Apple chief executive officer would be drama-free. "He goes, 'I never want you to ask what I would have done,'" recalls Cook.
Discussion: New York Times, Quartz, AllThingsD, Fortune, Daily Mail, VentureBeat, Guardian, TechCrunch, The Verge, New York Magazine, The Week, The Tell, The Consumerist, Engadget, GigaOM and Mashable!
Victoria Shannon / New York Times: Apple to Resume U.S. Manufacturing
Gloria Dawson / Quartz: Is Apple starting to move manufacturing back to the US to get away from its competitors?
John Paczkowski / AllThingsD: Tim Cook: Apple Will Build Some Macs in the U.S. Next Year
Philip Elmer-DeWitt / Fortune: Tim Cook tells NBC Apple will be building Macs in the U.S.
Mark Prigg / Daily Mail: Apple set to move manufacturing from China to the US for new line of Mac computers
Charles Arthur / Guardian: Apple CEO Tim Cook pledges to shift production of some Macs to US
Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch: Apple CEO Tim Cook Talks Transparency, $100M U.S. Mac Manufacturing Investment, Forstall, Maps And More
Dan Seifert / The Verge: Tim Cook speaks to Bloomberg Businessweek about Apple, his personal life, and his first year as CEO
Kevin Roose / New York Magazine: Apple Announces It's Going to Make Computers in America, Momentary Disaster Ensues [Update]
Laura Northrup / The Consumerist: Apple Moves Some Mac Manufacturing To Job-Hungry Nation Of United States
Donald Melanson / Engadget: Bloomberg: Foxconn plans US expansion to fill demand for American-made products
Todd Wasserman / Mashable!: Tim Cook Explains Why Scott Forstall Had to Go
Ronnie Polidoro / Rock Center with Brian Williams:
Apple CEO Tim Cook announces plans to manufacture Mac computers in USA — In an exclusive interview with Brian Williams airing tonight at 10pm/9c on NBC's "Rock Center," Apple CEO Tim Cook announced one of the existing Mac lines will be manufactured exclusively in the United States next year.
Discussion: Politico, Bloomberg, The Atlantic Online, Towleroad News #gay, Guardian, The Verge, GigaOM, Daily Download, VentureBeat, Engadget, Via Meadia, emptywheel, BBC and The Daily Caller, more at Mediagazer »
Jordan Weissmann / The Atlantic Online: Reborn in the USA: What to Make of Apple's American Manufacturing Plans
Andrew Belonsky / Towleroad News #gay: Tim Cook, Nick Gruber, Nevada, 279
Aaron Souppouris / The Verge: Apple bringing some Mac production back to the US in 2013
Devindra Hardawar / VentureBeat: Apple to spend 'over $100M' to bring some U.S. Mac production back in 2013
Daniel Cooper / Engadget: Tim Cook confirms one line of Macs will be exclusively US-manufactured in 2013 (video)
Walter Russell Mead / Via Meadia: Apple Brings (Some) Manufacturing Back to the US
Jessica Stanton / The Daily Caller: Made in the USA: Apple Mac production to be shifted from China [VIDEO]
Rick Ungar / Forbes:
Papa John's, Applebee's And Others Pay Huge Price For Anti-Obamacare Politicking — (Image credit: Getty Images via @daylife) — It turns out that being a good corporate citizen is as important to selling pizzas as the thinness of the crust or the quality of the cheese.
Discussion: Alan Colmes'Alan Colmes' and Hot Air
Annie-Rose Strasser / ThinkProgress:
Olive Garden Suffering From Bad PR After Anti-Obamacare Comments
Olive Garden Suffering From Bad PR After Anti-Obamacare Comments
Discussion: Business Insider
Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Looking ahead to 2016 — PPP's newest national poll finds Marco Rubio as the early choice of Republicans for 2016. 18% would like him to be their nominee to 14% for Chris Christie, 12% for Jeb Bush and Paul Ryan, 11% for Mike Huckabee, 8% for Condoleezza Rice, 7% each for Sarah Palin and Rand Paul, and 4% for Rick Santorum.
Discussion: New York Magazine, Business Insider and The Hill
Dan Amira / New York Magazine: Republican Voters Hate Chris Christie
Brett LoGiurato / Business Insider: POLL: Marco Rubio Is The Early Republican Frontrunner For 2016
Justin Sink / The Hill: Poll: Rubio leads GOP pack for 2016
Harry J Enten / Guardian:
Clinton 2016: what makes Hillary a Democratic primary winner
Clinton 2016: what makes Hillary a Democratic primary winner
Discussion: Washington Free Beacon
Police Arrest, Spray Protesters at Mich. Capitol — Michigan State Police say they have used chemical spray on right-to-work protesters who to tried rush into the Senate chamber at the state Capitol, and minority Democrats in the Legislature accuse Republican leaders of taking a "shameful step" to undermine free speech.
Detroit Free Press:
LANSING — There was chaos and high emotion at the Capitol today after Gov. Rick Snyder …
LANSING — There was chaos and high emotion at the Capitol today after Gov. Rick Snyder …
Discussion: Firedoglake, WILX-TV, Lansing State Journal and Balloon Juice
David Dayen / Firedoglake: As Right To Work Push Begins in Michigan, Police Arrest Protesters, Use Pepper Spray, Lock Down Capitol
David Bauder / Associated Press:
FOX'S CORRESPONDENT ON FRONT LINES WITH OBAMA — NEW YORK (AP) — Ed Henry's assignment covering the White House would be a challenge for any journalist, no matter his employer. — Yet Henry works at Fox News Channel, home base for viewers who longed for President Barack Obama's defeat.
Meenal Vamburkar / Mediaite: Fox News WH Correspondent: Some Of Our Commentators Covered Benghazi 'More Than It Needed To Be Covered'
Mariecar Mendoza / L.A. Daily News:
Seniors decry ban on Christmas tree in their complex in Newhall — Residents in a Newhall senior apartment complex are protesting an order from management to remove their beloved Christmas tree from the community room because, they were told, it's a religious symbol.
Discussion: Rush Limbaugh, Weasel Zippers, Questions and Observations, Wake up America, The Daily Caller and The PJ Tatler
Bruce McQuain / Questions and Observations: Christmas tree ban: PC, stupidity or both?
Susan Duclos / Wake up America: Contact Info- JB Partners Group Inc. Forces Seniors To Remove Christmas Trees And Menorahs
Jim Treacher / The Daily Caller: I tend to be skeptical of the whole "War on Christmas" thing, but this one is just mean.
Judy Kurtz / The Hill:
Lawmaker chews out staffer for riding on members-only elevator — Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-N.C.) chewed out a House staffer after catching her riding on a "members only" elevator, according to an ITK tipster who was on the scene. — But Foxx's office is calling our lookout's description of events in the elevator an "exaggeration."
Discussion: The Impolitic, Daily Kos and Gawker
Kaili Joy Gray / Daily Kos: Virginia Foxxxxxxxxx fights to uphold traditional elevator values
George F. Will / Washington Post:
Bewitched by Obama — Even Jonathan Swift, who said that promises and pie crusts are made to be broken, might have marveled at the limited shelf life of Barack Obama's promise of a "balanced" deficit-reduction plan — substantial spending cuts to accompany revenue increases.
Discussion: Vodkapundit, Hot Air, Stinque and Betsy's Page
Stephen Green / Vodkapundit: It's the Spending, Stupid
Serolf Divad / Stinque: Quote for the Day: The Lies We Tell Ourselves edition.
Alex Hern / New Statesman:
FT loses its motherloving mind with ill-advised rap-themed front page opinion piece — "Stay Middling And Retire Disappointed" — The FT has an incredible front-page opinion piece today. The print version has the headline "G-Dawg splashes out tax cuts like P Diddy with Dom Pérignon in his blingiest giveaway".
Discussion: Mediaite and New York Magazine, more at Mediagazer »
Ryan Cooper / Washington Monthly:
Liberals, the Fiscal Thingy, and Message Discipline — The last several weeks of negotiations have have provided a good example of one of the left's biggest weaknesses: message discipline. Ben Bernanke came up with the phrase "fiscal cliff," and it stuck.
Discussion: Mother Jones, A plain blog about politics and Slate
Kevin Drum / Mother Jones: Sorry, But "Fiscal Cliff" is Here to Stay
Jonathan Bernstein / A plain blog about politics: Talking "Fiscal Cliff"
Matthew Yglesias / Slate: The Fed Is Making The Fiscal Cliff Problem Worse
Travis Waldron / ThinkProgress:
What Jovan Belcher's Murder-Suicide Says About Our Attitudes Toward Guns, Football, And Domestic Violence — Almost immediately after Kansas City Chiefs lineback Jovan Belcher committed suicide outside the Chiefs' practice facility — less than an hour after police say he murdered his girlfriend …
Discussion: The Atlantic Online
Ta-Nehisi Coates / The Atlantic Online: The Killing of Kasandra Perkins by Jovan Belcher Cont.


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We get a lot of requests from developer seeking a review or some form of publicity for their game or app. Unfortunately, we cannot accommodate even a fraction of the emails, tweets, or messages that come across our desk. The result is that readers and followers miss out on discovering new and wonderful titles. To help alleviate the problem we have created an ongoing series of posts called APPTEASERS.
APPTEASERS is a collection of apps and games that are new to Android, recently updated, discounted, etc. Whatever the case, we think they're worth exploring and are willing to bet that many of you would enjoy a few of them. We understand that we won't get every single app that crosses our path but we hope to filter things a bit and pass them along to you, dear reader. Also, be sure to follow us on Facebook and Google+ as we showcase a different app each day.
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Shape Buster
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Wondershare PowerCam
PowerCam is a powerful yet easy-to-use camera app. All the tools that you need to capture and share fantastic photos can be easily found right here in this elegant and easy-to-master Android app. Features include 8 Capture modes (Panorama, Tilt-Shift, Color Splash, etc), 36 lively real-time effects, collage options, and post-image editing. FREE
Super Bunnies Show
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Moment Me
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Briquid is a brand new puzzle game that features physics action with water and bricks. Using swipe motions on the touch screen to build bricks and the tilt functionality, along with gravity, to move water, players are tasked with transporting water from one part of the screen to another using only a certain amount of moves each time. While this may sound easy, each level becomes increasingly more difficult, leaving even puzzle game gurus scratching their heads. FREE
Refresh Me
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A Sandwich a Day: Dungeness Crab Cake Po' Boy at Starbelly, San Francisco
A different sandwich profiled every single day.
In this great country of ours, one could eat a different sandwich every day of the year--so that's what we'll do. Here's A Sandwich a Day, our daily look at sandwiches around the country. Got a sandwich we should check out? Let us know. --The Mgmt.
Considering Starbelly has some of the best Caifornia-style pizza I've ever had, it didn't surprise me that they serve up a distinctly Bay Area-breed of po' boy, as well. The Dungeness crab cake po' boy ($15), available at lunch and brunch, is as fresh and produce-oriented as a sandwich involving fried fish can be. Couched in a warm, fresh roll, the sandwich is certainly smaller than its New Orleans' cousins, and seems to have tomato slices as thick as the red pepper-laced crab cakes. Still, the flavor of the crab most certainly shines through, and an ample dollop of Old Bay aioli keeps the sandwich from feeling too healthy.
Definitely don't miss out on the chance to add a side of fries or a salad ($2 extra); the salad is generously studded with sweet grape tomatoes and crumbles of goat cheese.
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- Introduction & Quick Facts
- Land
- People
- Economy
- Government and society
- Cultural life
- History
- Iraq from c. 600 to 1055
- Iraq from 1055 to 1534
- Ottoman Iraq (1534–1918)
- Iraq until the 1958 revolution
- The Republic of Iraq
- The 1958 revolution and its aftermath
- The revolution of 1968
- Iraq under Saddam Hussein
Agriculture, forestry, and fishing
About one-eighth of Iraq's total area is arable, and another one-tenth is permanent pasture. A large proportion of the arable land is in the north and northeast, where rain-fed irrigation dominates and is sufficient to cultivate winter crops, mainly wheat and barley. The remainder is in the valleys of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, where irrigation—approximately half of Iraq's arable land is irrigated—is necessary throughout the year. The cultivated area declined by about half during the 1970s, mainly because of increased soil salinity, but grew in the 1980s as a number of large reclamation projects, particularly in the central and northwestern areas, were completed. In addition, droughts in Turkey frequently reduced the amount of Euphrates water available for irrigation in the south. Although the Tigris is affected less by drought—because it has a wider drainage area, including tributaries in Iran—it has been necessary to construct several large dams throughout the river system to store water for irrigation. Careful management of the soils has been necessary to combat salinity. Increases in water usage in the upstream states, Turkey and Syria, and the poor condition of Iraq's water infrastructure have contributed to recurring severe water shortages, forcing farmers to abandon farmland.
Agriculture, which has traditionally accounted for one-fourth to one-third of Iraq's GDP, now accounts for about 10 percent. The country's agricultural sector faces many problems in addition to soil salinity and drought, including floods and siltation, which impede the efficient working of the irrigation system. A lack of access to fertilizer and agricultural spare parts after 1990 and a lengthy drought in the early 21st century led to a decrease in agricultural production.
Before the revolution of 1958, most of the agricultural land was concentrated in the hands of a few powerful landowners. The revolutionary government began a program of land reform, breaking up the large estates and distributing the land to peasant families and limiting the size of private holdings. The Baʿthist government that took over in 1968 originally encouraged public ownership and established agricultural cooperatives and collective farms, but those proved to be inefficient. After 1983 the government rented state-owned land to private concerns, with no limit on the size of holdings, and from 1987 it sold or leased all state farms. Membership in a cooperative and the use of government marketing organizations ceased to be obligatory.
The chief crops are barley, wheat, rice, vegetables, corn (maize), millet, sugarcane, sugar beets, oil seeds, fruit, fodder, tobacco, and cotton. Yields vary considerably from year to year, especially in areas of rain-fed cultivation. Date production—Iraq was once the world's largest date producer—was seriously damaged during the Iran-Iraq War and approached prewar levels only in the early 21st century. Animal husbandry is widely practiced, particularly among the Kurds of the northeast, and livestock products, notably milk, meat, hides, and wool, are important.
Timber resources are scarce and rather inaccessible, being situated almost entirely in the highlands and mountains of the northeast in Iraqi Kurdistan. The resources that are readily available are used almost exclusively for firewood and the production of charcoal. Limited amounts of timber are used for local industry, but most wood for industrial production (for furniture, construction, and other purposes) must be imported. Afforestation projects to supply new forest area and reduce erosion have met with limited success.
Iraq harvests both freshwater and marine fish for local consumption and also supports a modest aquaculture industry. The main freshwater fish are various species of the genus Barbus and carp, which are pulled from Iraqi national waters and from the Persian Gulf by Iraq's small domestic fleet. Inland bodies provide by far the largest source of fish. Various types of shad, mullet, and catfish are fished in the lakes, rivers, and streams, and fish farms mostly provide varieties of carp. There is no industrial fish-processing sector, and most fish is consumed fresh by the domestic market. Fishing contributes only a tiny fraction to GDP.
Resources and power
Petroleum and natural gas
Petroleum is Iraq's most valuable mineral—the country has some of the world's largest known reserves and, before the Iran-Iraq War, was the second largest oil-exporting state. Oil production contributes the largest single portion to GDP and constitutes almost all of Iraq's foreign exchange. Iraq is a founding member of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), but disagreements over production quotas and world oil prices have often led Iraq into conflict with other members.
Oil was first discovered in Iraq in 1927 near Kirkūk by the foreign-owned Turkish Petroleum Company, which was renamed the Iraq Petroleum Company (IPC) in 1929. Finds at Mosul and Al-Baṣrah followed, and several new fields were discovered and put into production in the 1940s and '50s. New fields have continued to be discovered and developed.
The IPC was nationalized in 1972, as were all foreign-owned oil companies by 1975, and all facets of Iraq's oil industry were thereafter controlled by the government through the Iraq National Oil Company and its subsidiaries. During the war with Iran, production and distribution facilities were badly damaged, and after Iraq's invasion of Kuwait—which was itself partly prompted by disagreements over production quotas and disputes over oil field rights—the UN embargo on Iraq halted all exports. Under the embargo Iraq exported little or no oil until the oil-for-food program was implemented. By the early 21st century, oil production and exports had risen to roughly three-fourths of the levels achieved prior to the Persian Gulf War. Oil production rebounded slowly following the initial phase of the Iraq War.
Oil pipelines
Because Iraq has such a short coastline, it has depended heavily on transnational pipelines to export its oil. This need has been compounded by the fact that Iraq's narrow coastline is adjacent to that of Iran, a country with which Iraq frequently has had strained relations. Originally (1937–48) oil from the northern fields (mainly Kirkūk) was pumped to the Mediterranean Sea through Haifa, Palestine (now in Israel), a practice that the Iraqis abandoned with the establishment of the Jewish state. Soon thereafter pipelines to the Mediterranean were built to Bāniyās, Syria, and through Syria to Tripoli, Lebanon. In 1977 a large pipeline was completed to the Turkish Mediterranean coast at Ceyhan. When the first Turkish line was completed, Iraq ceased using the Syrian pipelines and relied on the outlet through Turkey and on new terminals on the Persian Gulf (although export through Syria briefly resumed in the early 1980s). By 1979 Iraq had three gulf terminals—Mīnāʾ al-Bakr, Khawr al-Amaya, and Khawr al-Zubayr—all of which were damaged during one or the other of Iraq's recent wars. In 1985 Iraq constructed a new pipeline that fed into the Petroline (in Saudi Arabia), which terminated at the Red Sea port of Yanbuʿ. In 1988 that line was replaced with a new one, but it never reached full capacity and was shut down, along with all other Iraqi oil outlets, following Iraq's invasion of Kuwait.
In December 1996 the Turkish pipeline was reopened under the oil-for-food program. Later the gulf terminal of Mīnāʾ al-Bakr also was revived, and in 1998 repairs were begun on the Syrian pipeline. Following the start of the Iraq War in 2003, Iraq's pipelines were subjected to numerous acts of sabotage by guerrilla forces.
Other minerals and energy
Exploitation of other minerals has lagged far behind that of oil and natural gas. It seems likely that Iraq has a good range of these untapped resources. Huge rock sulfur reserves—estimated to be among the largest in the world—are exploited at Mishraq, near Mosul, and in the early 1980s phosphate production began at ʿAkāshāt, near the Syrian border; the phosphates are used in a large fertilizer plant at Al-Qāʾim. Lesser quantities of salt and steel are produced, and construction materials, including stone and gypsum (from which cement is produced), are plentiful.
Iraq's electrical production fails to meet its needs. Energy rationing is pervasive, and mandatory power outages are practiced throughout the country. This is largely because of damage by the Persian Gulf War, which destroyed the bulk of the country's power grid, including more than four-fifths of its power stations and a large part of its distribution facilities. Despite a shortage of spare parts, Iraq was able—largely through cannibalizing equipment—to reconstruct roughly three-fourths of its national grid by 1992. By the end of the decade, however, this level of energy production had decreased, in part as a result of a reduced level of hydroelectric generation caused by drought but also because there continued to be a lack of replacements for aging components. Damage from the Iraq War has been less severe, but energy production remains below installed capacity.
The bulk of electricity generation is by thermal plants. Even in the best of times—despite the many dams on Iraq's rivers—the hydroelectricity produced is below installed capacity. The largest hydroelectric plants are at the Mosul Dam on the Tigris, the Dokan Dam on the Little Zab River, the Darbandikhan Dam on the Diyālā in eastern Kurdistan, and the Sāmarrāʾ Dam on Lake Al-Tharthār. A Chinese company completed a new plant near Kirkūk in 2000.
The manufacturing sector developed rapidly after the mid-1970s, when government policy shifted toward heavy industrialization and import substitution. Iraq's program received assistance from many countries, particularly from the former Soviet Union. The state generally has controlled all heavy manufacturing, the oil sector, power production, and the infrastructure, although private investment in manufacturing was at times encouraged. Until 1980 most heavy manufacturing was greatly subsidized and made little economic sense, but it brought prestige for the Baʿth regime and later, during the Iran-Iraq War, served as a basis for the country's massive military buildup. Petrochemical and iron and steel plants were built at Khawr al-Zubayr, and petrochemical production and oil refining were greatly expanded both at Al-Baṣrah and at Al-Musayyib, 40 miles (65 km) south of Baghdad, which was designated as the site of an enormous integrated industrial complex. In addition, a wide range of industrial activities were started up, some of which were boosted by the Iran-Iraq War, notably aluminum smelting and the production of tractors, electrical goods, telephone cables, and tires. Petrochemical products for export also were expanded and diversified to include liquefied natural gas, bitumen, detergents, and a range of fertilizers.
The combined results of the Iran-Iraq War, both the Persian Gulf War and the Iraq War, and, most of all, the UN embargo eroded Iraq's manufacturing capacity. Within its first two years, the embargo had cut manufacturing—which was already well below its highs of the early 1980s—by more than half. After 1997, however, there was an increase in manufacturing output, in both the public and the private sectors, as replacement parts and government credit became available. By the end of the decade, large numbers of products long unavailable to consumers were once again on the market, and almost all the factories that were operating before the imposition of the embargo had resumed production, albeit at somewhat lower levels.
All banks and insurance companies were nationalized in 1964. The Central Bank of Iraq (founded in 1947 and one of the first central banks in the Arab world) has the sole right to issue the dinar, the national currency. The Rafidain Bank (1941) is the oldest commercial bank, but in 1988 the state founded a second commercial bank, the Rashid (Rasheed) Bank. There are also three state-owned specialized banks: the Agricultural Co-operative Bank (1936), the Industrial Bank (1940), and the Real Estate Bank (1949). Beginning in 1991 the government authorized private banks to operate, although only under the strict supervision of the central bank. The Baghdad Stock Exchange opened in 1992.
By 2004, after three major wars and years of international isolation, the national accounts were in disarray, and the country was saddled with an enormous national debt. At the end of the Persian Gulf War, the value of the formerly sound dinar plummeted in the face of rampant inflation. The UN embargo made it difficult for Iraqi banks to operate outside the country, and, under UN auspices, numerous Iraqi assets and accounts, including those in Iraq's financial institutions, were frozen and later seized by host governments in order to pay the country's numerous outstanding debts. Under the stipulations of the oil-for-food program, all revenues derived from the export of Iraqi oil were placed in escrow and supervised by the international community. After the initial phase of the Iraq War, portions of Iraq's external debt were canceled by creditor nations beginning in 2004. By mid-2007, inflation had returned to safe levels.
Before the UN embargo, Iraq was a heavy importer. The chief imports included military ordnance, vehicles, industrial and electrical goods, textiles and clothing, and construction materials. About one-fourth of import spending was on foodstuffs. Exports—though dominated by oil, which accounted for nearly all of total export value—were relatively diverse and included such items as dates, cotton, wool, animal products, and fertilizers. All legal international trade ground to a virtual halt following the invasion of Kuwait and the imposition of the embargo. Only with the start of the oil-for-food program did Iraq again begin to engage in international trade—albeit under strict UN supervision. Beginning in 2002 the UN eased trade restrictions to allow a broader range of imports, and the following year the embargo was lifted. Foodstuffs are still imported in large quantities, as are consumer goods of all types. Exports now consist mostly of petroleum and petroleum products, which are shipped to a number of countries, including China, India, and the United States. Imports come largely from Turkey and China.
Like every other part of the economy, the service sector suffered during the embargo. Retail sales fell off as unemployment rose and as the buying power of the dinar sharply decreased. A large portion of every Iraqi's salary—even among the once-thriving middle class—went to such necessities as food and shelter. Iraq's somewhat isolated geographic location and its decades of near perpetual political instability have seriously impeded the possibility that tourism, in spite of the country's deep historical wealth, might soon become a major source of national income. The only sector of the service economy that consistently thrived throughout the embargo was the construction industry. The government invested a large portion of its limited resources in repairing the damage of the Persian Gulf War (particularly in and around Baghdad) and to constructing grandiose monuments and palaces for the regime and its leader, Saddam Hussein.
Labour and taxation
Labour laws enacted following the revolution offer protection to employees, including minimum wages and unemployment benefits; traditionally there have also been benefits for maternity, old age, and illness. It is unclear how these measures have been honoured since the early 1990s. Trade unions were legalized in 1936, but their effectiveness was limited by government and Baʿth Party control. Iraq's only authorized labour organization is the General Federation of Trade Unions (GFTU), established in 1987, which is affiliated with the International Confederation of Arab Trade Unions and the World Federation of Trade Unions. Under the Baʿth government, workers in the private sector were allowed to join only local unions associated with the GFTU, which in reality was closely tied to, and controlled by, the party and was largely a vehicle for Baʿthist ideology. Collective bargaining traditionally has not been practiced, and workers effectively have been barred from striking. Under labour laws adopted in that period, children under 14 years of age are allowed to work only in small family businesses, and those under 18 may work only a limited number of hours. In reality, however, the extreme economic situation that began in the 1990s forced many children to enter the workforce. Unemployment and underemployment have been extremely high since the 1990s—a considerable change for a country that had traditionally imported labour. As in many Islamic countries, the standard workweek is Sunday through Thursday, but many labourers toil six or seven days per week, some at more than one job.
Since the oil boom of the 1970s, the overwhelming majority of government revenue has been generated by the export and sale of petroleum. As a consequence, Iraq's system of taxation is only poorly developed. The government scrambled to find new sources of revenue after the UN embargo was imposed in 1990, but these were few and consisted largely of sporadic taxation, property confiscation (mainly from enemies of the regime), and the government monopoly over export trade—largely clandestine shipments of oil—in defiance of the embargo. After the oil-for-food program was established, oil revenues were held in escrow by the UN. Following the start of the Iraq War, the country relied on international aid to augment income from oil exports.
Transportation and telecommunications
Iraq's transport system encompasses all kinds of travel, both ancient and contemporary. In some desert and mountain regions, the inhabitants still rely on camels, horses, and donkeys. Despite the disruption caused by events since 1980, the country's transportation systems are, by the standards of the region, reasonably high.
The road network has been markedly improved since the 1950s, and more than four-fifths of the road mileage is paved. There are good road links with neighbouring countries, particularly with Kuwait and Jordan. The most extensive road network is in central and southern Iraq.
The rail system is controlled by Iraqi Republic Railways. The main lines include a metre-gauge line from Baghdad to Kirkūk and Arbīl and a standard-gauge line from Baghdad to Mosul and Turkey. To the south a standard-gauge line from Baghdad reaches Al-Baṣrah and Umm Qaṣr. A line links Iraq with the Syrian railway system. International rail service was interrupted during the political turmoil of the 1980s and was not reestablished with Syria until 2000 or with Turkey until 2001. The rail lines were damaged by looting during the Iraq War and required significant repairs.
Rivers, lakes, and channels have long been used for local transport. For large vessels, river navigation is difficult because of flooding, shifting canals, and shallows. Nevertheless, the Tigris is navigable by steamers to Baghdad, and smaller craft can travel upstream to Mosul. Navigation of the Euphrates is confined to small craft and large rafts that carry goods downstream. Oceangoing ships can reach Al-Baṣrah, 85 miles (135 km) upstream on the Shatt al-Arab, only through regular dredging. Until the Iran-Iraq War, Al-Baṣrah handled the great bulk of Iraq's trade, but since then—and even more so since 1996—Umm Qaṣr has been developed as an alternative port. It is linked with Al-Zubayr, 30 miles (50 km) inland, via the canalized Khawr al-Zubayr. Much Iraqi trade also passes through the Jordanian port of Al-ʿAqabah, from which goods are carried overland by truck. Since 1999 merchandise also has come through Syria's port city of Latakia.
The national airline, Iraqi Airways, was founded in 1945, and domestic air traffic was relatively light at the outbreak of the Persian Gulf War. A ban on flights south of latitude 32° N (since 1996, 33° N) and north of 36° N (the so-called "no-fly zones") that was established after the war forced domestic air traffic virtually to cease until late 2000. There are international airports at Baghdad (the country's main point of entry) and Al-Baṣrah, as well as four regional airports and several large military fields.
Iraq's telecommunication network, once one of the best in the region, was heavily damaged during the Persian Gulf War and was further degraded in 2003. The network has been repaired only partially and has suffered from inadequate maintenance and a chronic lack of spare parts. Services that are available are of a poor quality. There are approximately three main telephone lines per hundred residents and only slightly greater access to television, with less than one set per 10 residents. About one-fifth of the population has regular access to radio. All television and radio broadcast stations were either directly or indirectly controlled by the government, but after 2003 restrictions were dropped, and television service via satellite boomed. Cellular telephone service, unavailable under the Baʿth government, is now accessible in urban areas, and Internet access is available to a much wider audience.


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Skip to comments.Egypts Islamic Group Calls for Jihad to Force Sharia into Constitution
Posted on 10/14/2012 4:09:48 PM PDT by george76
Egypts al-Gamaa al-Islamiyya or Islamic Group is warning it could use violence as a means to ensure Sharia law is adopted in the latest draft of the countrys constitution and is calling on Egyptians to wage jihad and fight in support of Sharia.
This call was made by Mohamed Salah, the leader of the group which the U.S. designates as a terrorist organization. Al-Gamaa al-Islamiyyas spiritual leader was the blind Sheikh Omar Abdel-Rahman who is imprisoned in the U.S. for his role in blowing up the World Trade Center in New York in February 1993 and for plotting to assassinate then Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak.
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Nice work, jackass.
Glad to see the Arab Spring is helping to bring Egypt in the 21st century. Of course, if these people get their way, the 22nd century could look a lot like the Dark Ages.
It's well past time for us to eliminate our reliance on the middle east for crude, or anything else for that matter.
We need an aggressive domestic development effort. First, get the damnable EPA out of the way, along with BLM and OSHA.
Second, let the domestic producers produce.
Third, tell the ME islamo-nut-jobs to pound their damn sand.
I've written it before, and will write it again. A doctrine of quarantine is the most reasonable solution. Keep trade, cut immigration and most travel, encourage emmigration from the west to islamic states for muslims, and live seperate lives in peace.
Unexpected /sarc.
I'd like to see the ME become the main global source of radioactive sand.
Yeah, ya see...sharia is such a swell and just law system that you MUST USE FORCE to get it made the "law" of what is left of the Egyptian civilization.
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The U.S. State Department responded to Mohamed Morsi's grab of near dictatorial powers, and to the protests of the Egyptian people thereto, with this statement:
The decisions and declarations announced on November 22 raise concerns for many Egyptians and for the international community. One of the aspirations of the revolution was to ensure that power would not be overly concentrated in the hands of any one person or institution. The current constitutional vacuum in Egypt can only be resolved by the adoption of a constitution that includes checks and balances, and respects fundamental freedoms, individual rights, and the rule of law consistent with Egypt's international commitments. We call for calm and encourage all parties to work together and call for all Egyptians to resolve their differences over these important issues peacefully and through democratic dialogue.
Even by State Department standards, this is mush. There is no condemnation of Morsi's power grab, only a meaningless expression of concern, coupled with a call for calm and dialogue. In effect, the Obama administration is asking the protestors who insist on democracy to stand down and hope that Morsi will compromise with them. But a compromise power grab should be unacceptable, and "calm" is precisely what's not called for in response to Morsi's move towards dictatorship.
Accordingly, Mohamed ElBaradei, a leader of the democratic opposition and a Nobel Peace Prize winner rejected out of hand the idea of a dialogue with Morsi under the present circumstances. He declared that there can be no discussion with Morsi until he rescinds his "dictatorial" decree that gives him the powers of "a pharaoh."
ElBaradei also said that he is "waiting to see, I hope soon, a very strong statement of condemnation by the US, by Europe and by everybody who really cares about human dignity." Clearly, he saw no such thing in the State Department's initial serving of pap. Nor should he hold his breath.


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Tips for 2013
We are looking for new acts for our new music company (we're sort of a label and management company... or whatever we can be). We know that a lot of you have impeccable taste as we just flicked through the tips for 2012 thread and found great things like FOE, I Break Horses, Purity Ring, Stay+ and Jessie Ware (the latter has obviously done pretty well of late): http://drownedinsound.com/community/boards/music/4295832
Who should we be checking out or keep an eye on over the coming months?
To give you an idea, the things we like include: Tom Waits, Luke Abbott, Nicolas Jaar, Cat Power, Prince, Twin Shadow, Metric, Nick Cave, dEUS, Actress...
weren't they around in about 2005?
how's your label going? remember seeing you post about it when we were lurking http://drownedinsound.com/community/boards/music/4352647
- ma0sm, p_a_u_l, rainmaker, youplayjazzflute, and whynot this'd this
a couple of things we have found and liked recently (not sure if they're 2013 tips)
Night Class https://soundcloud.com/night-class/three-hours
British Theatre http://britishtheatre.bandcamp.com/releases (one of Oceansize's new bands)
Lots of Fleetwood Mac meets RnB seems to be being tipped, these two especially
HAIM https://soundcloud.com/haimtime/forever
Saint Lou Lou http://disconaivete.com/post/28846050648
...not sure if either of them will do as well as Lykke Li or Robyn, may end up lost in the hipster bargain bin with Deap Vally and Friends.
Any of you heard Stumbleine? https://soundcloud.com/stumbleineuk
Or the guys from Foals and Friendly Fires new project? https://soundcloud.com/annie-mac-presents/free-music-monday-ed-congreave
- this'd this
predictable reply from someone named after a Seafood song
as I'm sure you know, the chances of making money in music are slim to none these days (if we wanted to make money, we'd be setting up some horrible MySpace-like site for unsigned bands, and charging them money to stream and share their music...).
Chill. Don't be so cynical about everything, people like you give this place a bad name, which is a shame as there seems to be a lot of passionate people here. Looking at your profile, we suspect you'd probably like these guys: http://www.clashmusic.com/news/watch-pale-seas-bodies
We were just looking for some music that might excite us, and we noticed there wasn't a tips for 2013 thread after finding the 2012 one, so thought we'd start some. Simple as that.
cos of guntrip and his seafood-worshipping ways.
just as a matter of interest
do you always refer to yourself/selves in the plural, even when you're talking about actions that most usually are performed by one person?
Smoke Threw A Wond
Clapping Cats
Tins of Tuna
I Can't Believe It's Not Battles
Ultimate Batman
Exit The Wizard
Dave Harper's Angry God
Her Parents
Shaking Bulgarians
Famished Locksmiths
Bear Shark Robot Monkey Horse AttackAnthonyc this'd this
you forgot
Sweet Jane Andrews Lane Theatre Saturday October 17th @ 10.30pmshucks, p_a_u_l, CillaCrack, ma0sm, WhiteLightWhiteCity, coolerthantv, Blackjack_Bauer, Pale-eyedBadger, littlebirds, and no-class this'd this
- Vian this'd this
"Her Parents"?
sounds fakeandyvine this'd this
for someone who has been 'lurking' on the boards for a while
you surely knew this wouldn't go well
- Royter-Hatfood and JaguarPirate this'd this
Sylver Tongue
Charlotte Hatherly from Ash's new project could do quite well next year. Touring with Bat for Lashes soon. Saw a show earlier this year, which was pretty special. Couple of great singles already https://soundcloud.com/sylver-tongue
Blanck Mass / Fuck Buttons
Might be a chance of them crossing over (or at least getting a bit bigger) post-Olympics? This is obviously a very good sign of things to come: https://soundcloud.com/softwarelabel/blanck-mass-white-math
Rory Phillips
Another thing we've found when digging around the web. He was involved in Trash with Erol and has done some great remixes, but is not really a 'tip' sort of thing. If you're into ginormous electronic/house music he's well worth checking out https://soundcloud.com/roryphillips
F*ck Buttons sold out Heaven (1100 tix) in 2009
2 critically acclaimed albums. I think they're pretty established already
is that really the capacity of Heaven? as a night club, maybe. It just doesn't seem THAT big.
I meant more crossing over into the Underworld, Orbital, Justice, Crystal Castles, etc league...
F Buttons
Have also sold out Koko and have done way bigger venues in Europe.
Toba Caldera
Crystal Head
Creatures Of Love
Hold Kiss Kill
Oh! Ruin
Two Skies
thank you, just flicking through these now
https://soundcloud.com/hookworms - friend saw them at Leeds, and I like their cheeky genre tags on their Soundcloud. Can imagine them touring with A Place to Bury Strangers.
Toba Caldera - a few things came up, is this them? http://tobacaldera.bandcamp.com/album/demo-1 Liking the intensity of it if so. Not totally sure about the vocals on first listen.
https://soundcloud.com/crystalhead - a little bar-rock in places for my taste, but can imagine it going down well live. Some killer QoTSA riffs.
Creatures Of Love - this them? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7ZuA9wXfhI
https://soundcloud.com/holdkisskill - they don't seem to have done much for a while. Be curious how this has progressed.
Guile - not an easy band to search for, got a link?
Eaux - Thanks for the reminder. Saw them supporting Chromatics earlier this year. Got potential if they can go beyond the Esben & the Witchiness of what they do (and maybe turn up their Factory Floor side). Seems like a very interesting band incubating in amongst what they're doing. https://soundcloud.com/moringritualrecordings/eaux-no-more-power
Oh! Ruin - quite different from the other stuff you suggested if this is them. Will come back to this http://thedailygrowl.co.uk/2010/04/06/oh-ruin/
https://soundcloud.com/two-skies - quite similar to the others above, but will give them another go. Seem like an act to see live?
also, is Two Skies Dan from Lyca Sleeps project? if so then he's seemingly cursed.
Guile - http://soundcloud.com/guilemusic/deep-by-the-dockery
Toba Cladera have yet to capture their live intensity on record yet.
Hold Kiss Kill have been quiet for a few months sorting out their sound. Not been going long (since early 2011) and only played a few gigs.
That is the Creatures Of Love. Very good friends with The Joy Formidable
Oh! Ruin are mixing new stuff at the moment. The music currently on the internet for them is not a representation of what they are doing now.
All of them are really good live bands.
Eaux are 3 ex members of Sian Alice Group (Sian, Ben & Steve). Rupert (SAG's Drummer) is now in Oh! Ruin.CCCLX this'd this
liking the new EAUX track
popped it on my new mixtape http://seaninsound.tumblr.com/post/32600988276/sunday-mixtape
Seems to be one of the best of the current crop of floor-tom loving R&B loving ladies from London. Signed to Neon Gold, so can imagine she'll do quite well https://soundcloud.com/iamfoxes/in-her-arms
Seems to be talked about by a lot of the same people. On Tri-Angle, and sounds a bit Nicola Roberts and Annie-ish but odder (not quite gone as far as Azelia or Minaj, but can imagine some of the album won't be too far) https://soundcloud.com/tri_angle_records/alunageorge-just-a-touch-1rainmaker this'd this
Also from London. Saw him at the DiS gig with Exitmusic earlier this year. Something quite special. Signed to No Pain in Pop. https://soundcloud.com/halls/colossus
Fragile EP is pretty good.
I guess these threads work better when you're able to delete posts you don't like eh?
ps hi sean
I deleted some posts and nonsense tags, yes
but only because it seemed like some genuine enthusiasm for music was up against the usual suspectsp_a_u_l and Lililololaure this'd this
just curious why
this person/organisation gets an easy ride/content controlled whilst other JAG masters burned at the first sign of promotion
He does seem like he genuinely gives a hoot
And he burnt guntrip and shucks (although my post about that was apparently deleted...)
that was my fault it got deleted, damn threadsmash made me think it was a reply to something else. Sorry.
yeah this guy's cool.
call off the guard dogs you cynical tossers.
thank you for being nice.
Depressing thread
it's barely half way through 2012. Stop it.furio and WhiteLightWhiteCity this'd this
it's September, month 9 of 12 of 2012
...and about 100 or so days until Xmas (I know This Morning did a countdown when I was having a tea break yesterday).
...and the BBC Sound of Poll will come out in first week of December.
...and websites will start running albums of the year lists from the end of October (as magazines December issues hit shelves first week of November)
Surely any 'band' that's going to make a name for themselves next year has done alright at all the festivals? Or maybe had some blog love for their demos? Or stuff like that?
Anyway, last year this thread started in July.
saw these guys on the BBC intro stage at Leeds
cut Ribbons
We Were Frontiers
both worth a punt if no one has them already
also Best Friends, Drenge, Oxo Foxo, Algiers round these parts
When I was actively looking for the NBT
I'd randomly download shit off indietorrents. Which is how I came onto Washed Out and etc.
I will give you an invite if you want it. Plenty of great unsigned bands.
Try Great Cop, a great li'l punk outfit from Glasgow. Severed799 from this here website is a member.
thanks guys! :)
£20 says Twigs make a bit of a splash
ache: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kyB61XiggvM
hide: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nIapN9bzyNU&feature=plcp
Tipped by Grimessean this'd this
thanks for this
I thought it was TOPS that she was tipping. Easily confused.
I can see why Grimes would like this
Seeing as it sounds basically identical to Grimes' quieter tracks
So, er, yeah, CCCLX is my new label/management company
This was partly a bit of trolling to amuse myself, but mostly a thing to see how you'd all react to an enthused outsider, and also I did want some recommendations of stuff to check out.p_a_u_l this'd this
Not sure about this myself, but he's being talked about and is managed by a former DiS Editor http://iambrolin.com/
Deaf Club
Speaking of former editors of DiS, Mike Diver is working with these http://deafclub.bandcamp.com/ - similar-ish to Esben & the Witch that he also manages, etc.
never gets old
they camped near at Latitude. WOULDN'T SHUT UP! Kept shouting their stage time. Went to see them. It was loud.
weirdly successful. only primarily because they annoyed me so much, I wanted to write a horrible review.
did you get anywhere with the horrible review?
i'd love to read it
I really like David's Lyre
.. might be slightly too MOR indie for some people here, but that means he would cross over really well to the masses (maybe?).
Nice voice, great tunes ... what more would a new label want?
I think he's stopped being David's Lyre and is working on something new. Did really like his LP tho. Up there with Keaton Henson in the young-sensitive-souls of 2012 list.
look like they'll blow up next year, keep hearing more and more people talking them and of course their appearence on Jools.
they seem destined to be the new Terris. Saw them at Great Escape, and watched the Jools footage, I'm just not hearing what other people can hear. Am sure they'll end up being tipped all over the shop, and then the album will get some 'i told you so' and lukewarm reviews, and then they'll either disappear like Wu Lyf or come back with some fresh take on Electrelane, and do a Horrors inspite of the hype... They seem like a good bunch, but not really worthy of ALL of the buzz. That's a heavy load of hype for any band to carry, and they can probably only disappoint people. Then again, maybe they're new Fall or something, but it'll take decades to know that...
I think they're brilliant
Stunning live and I liked the single they put out. I'm looking forward to a full-length when it comes - hoping they give themselves/get given enough time to make the kind of record they're capable of making, rather than rushing it to cash in on the attention. Although there's been a shit-ton of hype around them, their attitude so far has suggested they won't get railroaded into that. Hope I'm right.
Actually heard a chap from my hometown this year
Very impressed by his work. Am not associated with him in any way, just think he's a talented dude.
He's just supported Tom Williams and The Boat down in Kent, and also happens to be the best drummer I know by some distance.
Give him a look, Sean.
Went to Liverpool Psych Fest last month.
Mightily impressed with
Drop Out Venus
Any of you heard them? Seem like a bubble-gum twist on Hole. First British rock act I've heard for a while that has made me step back a bit and wonder if I could be a fan. Haven't seen them live yet, and not sure about some of the other tracks, but this single is a bit special: http://wsspresents.tumblr.com/post/34225606281/augustation-drop-out-venus-elastic-teen-rent
just wait
live they're a completely different band. Easily the best thing I saw at the Great Escape.
- sweetverbs this'd this
Arctic postrock alchemists from Finland: http://soundcloud.com/handlingnoise
Little Green Cars and Bleeding Heart Pigeons!
Two bands from Ireland. Little Green Cars have recorded an album with Markus Dravs (Arcade Fire etc.) and Bleeding Heart Pigeons have quietly been burrowing their way onto the agendas of various labels!
Little Green Cars: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJEVkuNsEi0&feature=player_embedded
A couple from me.
The best new band I've seen recently and have been telling anyone who'll listen are SeaWitches. https://soundcloud.com/seawitches
I do like everything I've heard from Woman's Hour, looking forward to seeing them again next month, enjoyed them last year when I saw them but didn't blow me away live. Blessa in a similar vein and hae been enjoying their track.
Lots more but that's enough for one sitting. Oh, you're all welcome to start to love Lockets too, debut album coming out on vinyl in December - https://soundcloud.com/lockets/sets/camera-shy-full-album
BBC list will surely include Haim and Daughter and probably Savages too I guess.
- seedler this'd this
news from Eaux
ep released november 19th.
Lovely. Look forward to this.
Really like Luther/No More Power.
Definitely have a listen to...
Solomon Grey. Kind of like a more danceable TV on the Radio. This is their first single:
- seedler and The_Living_Year this'd this
this thread makes for really weird reading
especially the replies from cclx now knowing it's evil sean adamsstupidsexyflanders and p_a_u_l this'd this
pronoun abuse!
guntrip snarking!
My pals band Fans of Faye
from Stourbridge, 100% will get somewhere. Got management, booking agent, pluggers, etc & just released a great album!
Really digging Vision Fortune recently, London band, done a couple of releases on Conan from Mazes label Italian Beach babes. Would fit in well on labels like Thrill Jockey, Sacred Bones etc, kind of like droney guitar music focused strongly around repetition and rhythm. Haven't seen them live yet but they're playing White Heat tomorrow so going to check them out. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=25o6Ul3ghJs
A band from Canada called Each Other, actually on tour in Europe at the moment or about to be, kind of sound like Women but they can sing/do group harmonies live(Mike from Women actually freely admits to this). Metz sound guy described them a sounding like the Fall playing the Bee Gees. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j3rw8jHi1As
Talking of Women, Mike and Matt have a new project together the name of which escapes me, start recording this month.
Diana from Toronto seem to be riding a wave of hype, played their first proper shows at CMJ and killed it, single coming out Forst Family(Gorilla vs Bear's label) and in negotiations with a few big indies, a remix from a pretty huge UK electronic producer on the way as well. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uSSaEDqfLp0
Merchandise have every big indie falling over themselves to try and sign them, shame they're terrible live. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FdIlsTpf5wM
Port St Willow should do pretty well, Katie who used to play in Braids is playing keyboards for them, kind of sounds like The Antlers/2nd Bon iver album http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UikdZ3D8TOY
Mozart's Sister have a lot of people pawing over her, managed by the woman at 4AD who signed Grimes and Tune-Yards. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oy1u4v2LIfU
The Skaters (not James Ferraro's band) were getting talked about my a lot of Major Label people at CMJ, had the Strokes tweeting about them, feature a member of The Paddingtons(LOLZ) in the line up. http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=6tA3ddJSrNw
Yet more canadians, a band called Solar Year from Montreal, dark electronic two piece, one of the guys used to be in that band Clues with Olden from The Unicorns and a guy who was in Arcade Fire. Grimes did guest vocals on a track of their's. http://www.gorillavsbear.net/2012/07/22/solar-year-brotherhood-feat-grimes/
Slight JAG as he's on my label, but a guy from Chicago called J Fernandez, featured in Sean's weekend listening a while back and with support from Pitchfork, Noisey etc, kind of sounds like Broadcast meets Grizzly Bear. Hasn't played live yet with his first two EPs being recorded in his apartment with him playing every instrument but currently putting together a live band to tour with and record a studio debut with. https://soundcloud.com/moringritualrecordings/no-luck
Ryan Hemsworth is one of the most in demand new producers/remixers around, remixed Grimes and is working with a fair few big name rappers http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0uO-jKZoHU
great shouts, JAG and all
would love to hear what those women dudes are up to.
Mike was playing drums in Porcelain Raft for a while, and had a band called Friendo with his ex girlfriend who did a little tour over here with Cold Pumas a couple of years back, and was also playing with Jordan who he was in Azeda Booth with on a project called Ram Hoss.
Matt's been touring with Chad Vangaalen quite a bit. Don't think Pat is doing anything.
Pat is doing Androgynous Mind
http://androgynousmind.bandcamp.com/ 'Knock on my door' and 'Juanita' are great.
it was the matt/mike project you mentioned that piqued my interest on that front.
azeda booth
Fantastic, thanks
Port St. Willow are the best thing I found here, the first 2013 tip I've heard which actually sound genuinely amazing
How about
These Are Flashes http://soundcloud.com/these-are-flashes/push-aside
High/Low http://wearehighlow.bandcamp.com/
Hookworms album is due out early next year I believe
It will be excellent.cronenberg this'd this
Young + Sick, just did guest vocals on a track by Mmoths, nice R&B sounding stuff, voice kind of reminds me of Alexis Taylor if he could hit the higher notes, first track he's posted on soundcloud has had nearly 25,000 listens since it went up a month ago https://soundcloud.com/youngandsick
- GoatmeatMF this'd this
Radar Men From The Moon
Dutch instrumental Band playing Stoner Rock. I f*cking love it.
Echo Forever and Atomic Mother in particular from the Album Echo Forever
Gonna try and book them to play for us early next year in London.
Add also the new album Heartthrob from Tegan and Sara in January 2013
It seems it will be more electronic than previous releases. The songs released so far (Closer, I'm Not Your Hero) are both great.
No worries.
Hello OchoJambo31 this'd this
Hi sean
judging by your past musical tastes, I think you'll really like Little Lungs.
meant to say thank you for this
I did indeed enjoy it
No Ceremony///, PINS, Death At Sea, Serafina Steer, Enfant
Shy and the Fight, MYSTRYS, Woodpecker Wooliams and Heart-Ships.
Put these on the DiS stage at Sounds From The Other City and they've just put this monster of a song out (for fans of Hope Of The States, Jenniferever etc.)nowheresnigh, Jambo31, twosips, Jordan_229_2, and seedler this'd this
But they are already signed to 4AD. (Debut album, "No World" - Feb 2013).
The EP was one of the highlights of last year - was expecting something else to break, but have had to wait.
By The Sea....
.....a band from the Wirral. Available here: http://www.piccadillyrecords.com/products/ByTheSea-ByTheSea-DellorsoRecordsGreatPopSupplement-86452.html
Ah now this is lovely
Wearing the British Sea Power influence very heavily on their sleeve, but that's not such a bad thing. Lots of potential here.
Dan Crollseedler this'd this
ctrl+f Disclosure
I know they haven't had an album
but they are kind of huge already
Mister Lies
Debut Lp Mowgli (with creepy artwork) out in Feb...am looking forward to it myself, his EP this year was very good. http://misterlies.bandcamp.com/album/hidden-neighbors-ep
Released a single through Rolo Tomassi's label Destination Moon earlier this year. Their album was released on Bandcamp today. It's lovely.
Just gonna stick this here as well
Keep the suggestions coming...
so how was tipping season for you?
any shocks or pleasant surprises?
Meanwhile I discovered some good surprises like
Benzel, MONEY, Lulu James, Swim Deep, Daughter, Astronauts, Etc., London Grammar and
As Elephants Are


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So that is it, a new champion has been crowned. During the time from October to now, someone could have conceived and given birth to a child. A 9 month ride is now behind us and the hockey season is officially over.
The 2011-2012 season, or rather the off season cast a dark shadow over the hockey world as we lost the likes of Wade Belak, Derek Boogard and Rick Rypien from the ranks. The entire hockey world was ground to a halt on September 17th 2011, when the entire Yaroslav Lokomotiv team lost its lives in a plane crash just before their opening game of the season.
The game itself is the best way to celebrate the lives of those we lost and what a ride it has been. I guess at the start of the season, no-one had pegged LA Kings and New Jersey Devils as the Stanley Cup finalists, but once again, hockey shows us why nothing is ever certain. There have been many upsets during the year and some great battles. Perhaps few of the most memorable ones of the season will be the Winter Classic between the Rangers and Flyers (and its accompanying HBO documentary) or the battle of Pennsylvania in the first round of the playoffs.
However, there was some doubt whether the European continent would be able to watch the season as the NHL kicked off the regular season with no TV deal in place for Europe and it wasn't until a lot later on to October that things started to unfold and deals were put in place. For the Scandinavian/Nordic countries, the TV deal was quite sensational as they had the option to watch every single game if they so chose.
For the UK, the rights moved from ESPN America to Premier Sports. At first I was sceptical of Premier Sports' capability and to be fair, it took the guys there some time to find their feet with the sport, but as the season went on, the coverage got better. The only thing that Premier Sports needs, is availability on the Virgin Media TV package as at the moment it is not an option. Also, the techie nerd in me wants the channel to get an HD channel to its ranks. All in all, I think they have done admirably well after getting started with no experience for hockey and covering ten games per week. Now that's pretty good going for a non-hockey market TV channel.
On a team level, I think the Penguins are one of the most talked about teams of the season, even if they fell at the first round. If the season showed anything of the Penguins roster is that it is deep. With Sidney Crosby sidelined again for long period of time, Yevgeni Malkin pretty much single handedly put the team on his back and took a big leadership role. He was dominant the whole season and carried on dominating in the World Championships as well.
The other individual effort that probably came through this season was the emergence of Flyers' Claude Giroux. The Flyers team was embattled and faced a lot of adversity with injuries and played without captain Chris Pronger the whole year. Giroux, despite his young age showed tremendous leadership and the play he showed through the Flyers' playoff run was a true showing of what he is capable of. He is definitely one of the leagues' brightest stars going forwards.
I can only say, what a season it has been. It has been (on most part) a fitting tribute to hockey and the thrills it provides. Right now, I think the two main benefactors of the season wrapping up is the family and my sleep rhythm as I don't need to stay up till the early hours of the morning to watch games.
I could wax poetic about the season and its nuances till the cows come home, but in the tired state, it is difficult to recall all the highlights and lowlights of the season. In either case, it's only 52 days to go till the next puck drop and the season I follow starts with the traditional Pitsi Tournament in Finland.
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