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Age: 30-35
Skin: Combination, Fair, Neutral
Hair: Black, Straight, Fine
Eyes: Brown
I do not know how, but it got into my eyes, and stung! Very creamy so i found it a bit difficult to tissue off efficiently esp. around the eye area. I still love cleansing waters, they are the best! :)
The smell is also pretty overpowering, and too oily to be used on its own without double cleansing.
Age: 36-43
Skin: Sensitive, Fair, Warm
Hair: Blond, Curly, Fine
Eyes: Brown
This had way too much fragrance and orange oil for my sensitive, rosacea-prone skin. It does smell lovely but alas, won't work for me. I swear the second I opened it, I could feel my skin getting blotchy. I returned it.
Age: 56 & Over
Skin: Sensitive, Fair-Medium, Not Sure
Hair: Blond, Straight, Fine
Eyes: Green
I use this to clean my makeup off and cleanse my skin. Love how my skin feels and looks. Non irritating for this sensitive skin. I also use Reve de Miel Ultra Comfortable Face Cream. My 57 year old skin never looked better.
Age: 19-24
Skin: Acne-prone, Fair-Medium, Warm
Hair: Black, Straight, Fine
Eyes: Blue
I used this cleansing milk back when I had acne prone skin and it worked perfectly as a rinse-off milky cleanser. However, now that my skin is clear and free of acne this cleansing milk has been become way too drying on my skin even in humid and hot environment. In fact, not only did I get a few dry rough patches now because of this cleansing milk I also felt that my skin produced more oil after it was dried out by this cleansing milk (yes more oily with dry patches). I just can't use it anymore.
Age: 30-35
Skin: Other, Other, Not Sure
Hair: Other, Other, Other
Eyes: Other
I liked this product. It smells delicious, the texture is light and it cleans my skin as it should. I hate those cheap smelly and greasy cleansing milk. The price is okay and I would buy it again just for the smell.
Age: 25-29
Skin: Acne-prone, Fair-Medium, Not Sure
Hair: Brunette, Other, Other
Eyes: Brown
Although this product smells great, it is only ok as far as milk cleansers go. I usually use the Clarins cleansing milk, either the Alpine Herbs or the Gentian, but decided to give this one a try due to its cheaper price point and the fact that the company is associated with Clarins. The worst part of this product is the fact that its really hard to rinse away from your skin, making me feel like a layer of it is left even after tons of rinsing. I have also noticed that I developed a few breakouts since I've started using it--not 100% sure if its the cleanser causing them (will update). Would not buy again.
Age: 19-24
Skin: Sensitive, Fair, Not Sure
Hair: Blond, Straight, Other
Eyes: Green
I like to use this cleanser when my skin gets dry. However, I notice that it leaves a film on the skin and, whether it is because of this film or not, I always end up breaking out when using it. I love the smell and the texture, but this product is not working for me.
Age: 25-29
Skin: Acne-prone, Fair, Cool
Hair: Red, Straight, Fine
Eyes: Blue
I'm usually wary of cleansers with a 'tissue-off' option, because I like to rinse not rub, so I'm always expecting the cleanser to be either too oily to remove with water or simply ineffective unless used with a cloth/cotton pad. Thankfully, this does not fall into that category! It's a thick lotion you can apply to dry or wet skin, although to remove makeup, I find dry skin to be more effective. It's not quite as effortless in removing makeup as Nuxe's Reve de Miel gel cleanser, and will need a little extra rubbing with fingertips to help it along. But it can handle my heavy makeup with a bit of patience and I do an occasional double-cleanse just to make sure. Like the Reve de Miel, it has a lovely sweet scent and doesn't aggravate either my acne nor my hyper-sensitive rosacea. Strangely, I find this very slightly more drying than the Reve de Miel, but that may be the slight astringent qualities of the hazelnut oil and rose extracts, but nothing some moisturiser can't handle. Someone with more normal/oily skin than mine may well be able to skip moisturiser with this product. All in all, this is a close 2nd to the Reve de Miel in my book, and a few �'s cheaper - it cost me �10 from beautyboxx.co.uk. A lovely all-round cleanser with no oily residue and excellent results. An over-looked, understated little gem.
Age: 19-24
Skin: Acne-prone, Medium, Not Sure
Hair: Black, Other, Other
Eyes: Brown
I think this is a good makeup removal. I usually only use loose powder, blusher and sometimes liquid foundation as well. It removes them well and smells great. The bottle is quite big so it can last me for some time. I think it's more worth it to stock up during the big 30% sales, the usual retail price is quite expensive in my opinion. I do not use the 3 roses toner to remove the cleansing milk like the instructions but just remove with a facial cotton pad, it seems to work okay for me. Like most Nuxe products, this one smells great as well and it's very creamy.
Age: 25-29
Skin: Combination, Olive, Warm
Hair: Black, Kinky, Coarse
Eyes: Brown
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My new favourite cleansing milk. I found this to be a dream come true. It actually gave me a deep clean and its a super thick milk cleanser. When I brought this home I was waiting to see spots on my skin, but the opposite occured. I actually peeled a little on my cheeks. This can be used on the eyes as well, but because I almost never wear makeup I couldn't tell you how effective it is at removal. I always rinsed this off and it smelled awesome. While I was using this I was also using Creme Fraiche, Soleil Prodieuxe, and the micellar water as my toner. I would definately repurchase and I highly recommend this to everyone!
La Mer Cleansing Lotion or Bobbi Brown Rrich Cream Cleanser - From experience I've learned that these are the same product just packaged differntly. These two cleansers are almost as thick as the Nuxe and they have a aromatic lavender scent, but they kind of melt quicker. I feel that these two are better for normal to slightly dry and the Nuxe for normal to slightly combo. I like all three and would not rate one better than the other, but the Nuxe is the cheapest and most natural.
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This one night, my flatmate and I decided to play an ill-conceived game called Drink Everything In The House. One thing led to another, and, well, you know how girls get after half a bottle of week-open wine and a can of Smirnoff Ice. So this guy I matched with on Tinder came over, let's call him Niev. Fair cop, Niev knew his angles; I felt a little catfished by a Tinder profile strategically curated to give the impression he was significantly taller than he actually was. Being the embodiment of the Take Her Swimming On The First Date meme myself, don't think I didn't see the irony. Looking at him, I did a cost-benefit analysis: ok I'm so uncomfortable with this / he's got alright chat? / eee ok this guy is barely my height / but you're really horny Sash. Naturally — after graciously declining a lukewarm Lion Brown — Niev ended up in my bed. After hours, I'm not exaggerating, hours of forced chat (me, way too anxious to make the first move; him, who the fuck knows because he sure as hell wasn't genuinely enjoying me struggling to maintain a "chill girl" façade for four hours), I awkwardly went to kiss him and we were off. I'd be generous in giving Niev three minutes. Which makes you more anxious, having to spend the night next to him, or having to ask him to leave? The threat of the former proved too much; he assured me he was just about to suggest that he got going.
NOPE (seriously are those Dirty Dogs?)
NOPE (I'm sorry I imagined your face on top of mine and—)
(long hair) YES
NOPE (seven other guys in each pic? hon,)
NOPE (an American flag is a red flag, ammirite)
NOPE (tell me you looked in the mirror and said, yup, that's the amount of hair gel I'll wear today)
This one night, I was at a friend's 21st and came across someone I'd matched with on Tinder; someone who is fondly referred to in my flat as Douche Lord. He was good looking — especially without my contacts in, especially seven gin and tonics deep — and his admittedly good bar stool chat offset the qualms I had about his snapback. I can only blame the gin and tonics for Douche Lord finding himself in my bed — snapback and all — later that night. Douche Lord was one of those guys that you're physically attracted to, but intellectually and emotionally repulsed by. Highlights from our passionate encounter include his aversion to condoms, when he somehow decided it was a good idea to ask me how much I weigh, and when I had to ask him to leave at 3am. Apparently some guys just wanna say "f*ggot" more than they wanna have sex.
NOPE (finger guns)
NOPE ("also I'm a massive nerd" — good for you, Brad)
(goddamit long hair) YES
NOPE (one picture and it's of your ute? for real?)
NOPE (oooooooooooh maybe — oh god no why do I even have 18-year olds on here)
NOPE (the screen wouldn't load, tough luck Doug)
NOPE ("Barbell Connoisseur")
(arrested development reference) YES
NOPE (imagine that sick beard from the Hunger Games, barbered by a literal goat)
No one is as cool as their Tinder profile would have you believe, which is why if a guy has two pictures and both of them are of him wearing Dirty Dogs… it's gonna be a no from me, dog. In an effort toward full transparency, my Tinder bio right now is "but how many girlfriends do you have," so I may not be an authority on the authentic Tinder experience. I've also cancelled approximately seven different Tinder dates this year alone, and generally greet men I don't know with the devil in my eyes and murder in my thoughts. So. Functional is a relative term. Tinder is the fucking worst, but as I sit in the Hunter Lounge, listening to some shit lord whine about how this girl wouldn't fuck him all the while trying to snake his hand up some other girl's skirt, it's starting to sink in that this is only because people are the fucking worst. Limit your interactions with the opposite sex to drunken hookups at 3am in Siglo, is my advice. Better living everybody.
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Use extra virgin olive oil in your cooking. Unlike hydrogenated oils that can clog arteries, extra virgin olive oil is high in monounsaturated fats that can protect you from heart disease. It can reduce the level of bad cholesterol and raise the level of good cholesterol. It also plays a role in the prevention of colon cancer.
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You might be drinking soy milk to make sure you're getting the calcium you need. But you must shake it each time you pour a glass in order to be sure you benefit from the calcium it contains. The calcium in soy milk slowly settles to the bottom of the carton, so if you don't shake it each time, it won't end up in your glass.
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Just removing soft drinks from your diet can go a very long way to changing your tastes. The amount of sugar or sugar substitute in soft drinks is unbelievably high, and it will very quickly cause you to have a sugar addiction. This problem changes everything about what you think you want to eat.
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Today, May 16, marks the 90th anniversary of the US Sedition Act. It's purpose? From History.com, hardly a radical information source, here's the gist.
"Aimed at socialists, pacifists and other anti-war activists, the Sedition Act imposed harsh penalties on anyone found guilty of making false statements that interfered with the prosecution of the war; insulting or abusing the U.S. government, the flag, the Constitution or the military; agitating against the production of necessary war materials; or advocating, teaching or defending any of these acts."
This was the Act that resulted in Eugene Deb's ten-year-sentence for anti-war organizing, a case in which the US Supreme Court ruled that the state had the right to constrain free speech in order to prevent something called "substantive evils".
Now, with the end of the First World War the Act was abolished, and Debs' sentence commuted in 1921. It's still important, though, because it is a direct fore-runner of the legislation we've been seeing since the attack on the World Trade Centre, and because it reminds us that such laws are no knee-jerk reaction, but part of an ongoing criminalization of dissent whose history is continuous for all its ebb and flow. In Debs' time, it was the IWW that was the number one threat to domestic order; not so many years ago it was the eco-anarchists targetted in the green scare. And in-between it's been indigenous activists, black nationalists, student radicals and more. And in each instance, the goal of the legislation is to cast a wide net, to inspire fear, to encourage self-censorship, to bolster faltering myths of consensus.
And are surprised? Not really. I mean, liberal appeals to universal rights aside, it's pretty logical that a state apparatus will always impose whatever legislative and coercive tools it can to prevent threats to order. No, not surprised, nor even morally offended. Such acts are just expected of states and other institutions of control. That doesn't, however, make resistance any less necessary. Rather, it means we need to recognize that the strategy and tactics of resistance take place in a wider social context, which at various times is more or less conducive to using the "universal rights" call to generate support from political liberals. And it means that we need to expect that in times of crisis such appeals are less likely to fall on fertile ground – and indeed in such times much of the left can and probably will actively move to identify and isolate radicals in order to protect itself from association with lawlessness and to carve out a greater legitimacy with the state.
But now I'm just ranting, and that wasn't entirely the point of this post. Rather, the point is to remember. Remember that, in the eyes of the state, any meaningful protest is sedition. Remember that, in the eyes of capital, any autonomous organization of workers is a terrorist act. Remember that appeals to liberal values are only ever a tactic, because that line between liberalism and fascism is a thin one.
Remember the Wobblies who were hanged from trees and railway trellises, the Black Panthers and AIM activists killed in manufactured "shoot-outs", the women anti-war activists raped as censorship, and the kid, Eric McDavid, just sentenced to 19 years in jail because an FBI plant seduced him into talking about direct action.
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Spoiler alert: Everyone is going to die.
I'm sorry to break that news to you, but it's true. I'm also sorry to report that, despite what Democrats would have you believe, it's not a lack of net neutrality or a tax cut that will ultimately do you in. The simple fact is that death is part of the human condition. It's coming for you, and it will eventually get you – whether or not you have Medicare.
You may stave it off for a little while but, one day, you're going to feel the icy grip of the reaper.
For most of us, this is not news. However, for Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, it may come as something of a shock. It seems she's under the impression that Medicare-for-all (otherwise known as single payer) will save us a huge amount of money that we're currently spending on funerals.
Yes, really:
"So, we're paying for this system. We — Americans have the sticker shock of healthcare as it is, and what we're also not talking about is, why aren't we incorporating the cost of all the funeral expenses of those who died because they can't afford access to healthcare? That is part of the cost of our system."
Ocasio-Cortez: Socialized medicine is cheap because people will no longer have to pay for funerals pic.twitter.com/36rJRWFF0H— Ryan Saavedra (@RealSaavedra) August 9, 2018
This has to be the single worst argument for national health care that I've ever heard. At best, single-payer might – possibly – delay some people's need for a funeral. At worst, it would end up incentivizing euthanasia, which would move that timetable forward. In either case, no matter how well insured you may be, eventually you're going to need a pine box.
Perhaps more important than her daily inane rant is the fact that the Mercatus study Ocasio-Cortez is referencing in no way suggests that Medicare-for-all would be "cheaper." In fact, it states the exact opposite. According to the study Bernie and Ocasio-Cortez would need an additional $32 Trillion over the course of ten years to make their plan work – and that's if health care providers accept 40% of what they charge now.
In other words; it's a colossal, unworkable boondoggle that even the Washington Post was unable to sell.
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Software vs hardware RAID
So called "hardware" based RAID systems have been around for a while, but have always been expensive, while also offering hardly any options, for the price that you have to pay. I have a client who still uses two of these systems and while their performance is good, they certainly lack in features, compared to the "software" RAID system that comes with Centos. I have some RAID systems set up using the software that is built into Centos and they have been running well, with only the occasional email from some of the older systems, because of how old the drives are. One of the big problems that I have with vendor based RAID systems, is the strategy that they have with firmware updates. The use the firmware to control what features are available on a system and also to limit the size of the drives that will be accepted, which means that you have to buy a whole new box, when you want to have any extra features. These systems have a very limited control panel on the front of them, with a few more features being available via the serial or telnet interface, but you will still not have anywhere near the number of features that are available with the RAID system that is in Centos. There was a time when I was glad for these extra features, because I managed to end up with a degraded RAID array, that had a drive with bad blocks on it. In a vendor based RAID system, your data is usually gone if you have a disk go bad in a degraded array, because the interface does not have any extra array assembly options, with the manual also seeming to imply that this is the case. I ended up having to upgrade the system, with a new motherboard and case, with everything still working ok afterwards, because open source operating systems do not care about when the hardware changes. I then cloned the bad block drive onto a new one and assembled the array, then added a new drive so that the parity could be rebuilt. The end part was easy, but it was the middle part, where the extra assembly options were needed, because there was a time when the array would not assemble, due to the access counters not being in sync. To get the array back on-line, I had to recreate the array, with the original settings, because any other settings would cause the data to be wiped. The first handy feature that I made use of was the option to start the array in read only mode, so that the disks would not be written to, in case the settings were wrong. I then tried to mount the file-system in read only mode and it was ok, so I knew that the RAID settings were correct. The other handy feature that I used was the ability to create a RAID with missing disks, which doesn't make sense for a new RAID setup, but it certainly helps when you are trying to recover a damaged array. A final useful feature that the RAID system in Centos has is the ability to create arrays with a bitmap, that keeps track of which parity blocks are synced. This comes in handy if you have disks that are on different buses, which might then cause the array to be assembled with a disk missing. If the array has a bitmap, then the missing disk can be re-added, without the array having to go through a full re-sync. A full re-sync is also avoided if power has been lost to the machine unexpectedly.


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I look quite good in plaid. Red plaid, to be specific. Red plaid pants with a matching red plaid vest to be even more specific. Red plaid pants and matching red plaid vest with a pumpkin colored shirt underneath just to make the plaid really "pop" according to my mom in 1979.
I am at my friend Eve's 9th birthday party. It is February and I have slept over the night before as she is my best friend and I have special 2 nights in a row privileges. My red plaid suit is packed in my overnight bag, along with my brother's long underwear that has been handed down to me after he outgrew it. Until I was 19 years old, I have never had a pair of long underwear without a penis pouch in the front. Why do men's long underwear last for so long?? It is cold and the long underwear is necessary, according to my mom, who turns out is almost always right, especially when part of the birthday party involves going for a horse and buggy ride in central park. Did I mention it is February?
I bring the overnight bag into Eve's bathroom to change into my special birthday outfit and to see if I can hide all traces of the boy penis pouch long underwear so I am not made fun of by any other guests. Because I have no penis and not a trace of hair in the area that might help to fill out the pouch, it hangs there puffing out, looking lonely and unfulfilled. The long underwear is close to 2 sizes too big for me since my brother is not only 4 years older than I am but also a lot bigger, so it sags down towards the knees. The undershirt is stained and a lifeless grey, with the arm cuffs edging beyond my skinny wrists. I stand there and peer at myself in the mirror. This would not be the outfit I'd use to impress a parent or 4th grade crush, but I know my red plaid get up will soon cover the flaws and boyishness of this undergarment and I'll be looking pretty snappy soon! I pull out said pants, shirt and vest and as soon as they are on, with the traces of my brother's lumpy leftovers well hidden, I exit the bathroom and make my way into the living room where a few kids from our class have collected.
I try to act casual but I know I look pretty darn good especially after applying some Carmex which gives my lips extra shine to match my shiny belt buckle. No one says much, but I can see their appreciation in their eyes. Plus, it's Eve's Birthday. I don't want to take away too much attention. The excitement about our equine adventure is palpable and the four of us giggle with anticipation about the ride, the horses, the potential bumps and the chill.
The walk down Columbus Avenue commences and I can already smell the horses blocks away. As we approach, they whinny in what sounds to be praise for my outfit, giving me the eye in the way that horses do – somewhat shy but very directed and intentional. Donned themselves in white and gold frilly horse regalia atop their heads, and bright red material braided into their manes, they clearly appreciate my 9 year old fashion statement and I appreciate their appreciation. Horses know panache when they see it. I climb aboard with my fellow one digit aged pals and snuggle under blankets as the horses and driver ready themselves to carry aboard one small and skinny mogul of style. Fortified by the warmth of my brothers' long underwear, I let my pants leg sneak out of the side of the blanket and into the chilly afternoon so all of New York will have a chance to witness the tantalizing patterns of my ensemble and perhaps be inspired to think to themselves " Red plaid plants and matching vest. Bold. Beautiful. Now that's an outfit I might just need to add to my wardrobe." I sit back and smile to myself, cozy with my pals, celebrating the best birthday party ever, ( and we hadn't even eaten cake yet!) and knowing this was just the beginning of my lifelong relationship with plaid until two years later, when my mom bought me an argyle sweater and everything changed. Turns out I look even better in argyle.


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Posted by the inimitable PZ Myers at Pharyngula.com.
Plaintive logic
It's phrased as a syllogism, so William Lane Craig ought to love it.
Also, 100% of all creationist arguments. Therefore, philosophy is better than creationism.
I agree, except I think the 99% figure is just a tad on the high side. But PZ knows that – he's just messin' with 'em. But I have no quibble with skipping 100% of creationist arguments.
You can Google William Lane Craig. Or you might try Googling "Broken Record" or "Pompous Asshole."
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Given my tendencies and proclivities, philosophy should appeal to me: I have never shied away from difficulty or complexity, and syllogisms do not flummox or intimidate me. Actually, philosophy does appeal to me, although mostly in principle. After all, it was the precursor of science.
Unfortunately, when I venture into the philosophical realm, I usually come away with this reaction: WTF??? What has this got to do with anything that matters? What has this got to do with making better real-life decisions? And most importantly, what has this got to do with understanding the natural world?
Now It's important to define understanding: I think we can be said to truly understand something only when a proposed explanation passes the test of prediction – better yet, prediction and control. Of course some sciences are predominantly descriptive – astronomy and paleontology come to mind. In those sciences, control is not possible, but prediction is. So I'm arguing that to qualify as a science a field of inquiry has to do more than just make observations. We can claim to understand something when we are able to predict outcomes or actually use our knowledge to cause specific outcomes.
Therefore it seems to me there's something fundamentally wrong with the idea that we can learn anything about the nature of reality only by thinking and arguing. Our thoughts and arguments have to be grounded in and supported by reliable observations and measurements, observations and measurements that constitute our premises, if you will. Deductive logic can't tell us if premises are true.
And if someone makes a deductive error, someone else will point it out sooner rather than later. So I figure I'm covered without having to expend much time wrestling with the fine points of deductive reasoning. There is this emerging field called experimental philosophy that sounds promising, and I'll be reading and writing about it.
As far as I know, philosophy per se never gave us any accurate predictions. You simply can't think your way to an understanding of the natural world, aka all there is. To quote Thomas Huxley, "The great tragedy of Science: the slaying of a beautiful hypothesis by an ugly fact." I would add that many beautiful hypotheses and theories are confirmed by facts – facts that came from observation and experiment, a recent example being the Higgs particle. Will the fallout from this discovery serve to draw physicists into another, deeper, more complex level of potentially discoverable reality? Scientists will love that.
So if there is some something or other besides the natural world, or if there is some way to divine useful, i.e., predictive, facts about the world from an armchair, I would like to know about it. Now some might be tempted to say that that's just what the theoretical physicists did with respect to the Higgs particle. But of course their mathematical equations didn't come from thin air but were grounded in and consistent with mountains of observational and experimental data. The interplay of theory and experiment defines science at its best.
To repeat: if we truly understand something, we should be able to make accurate, reliable predictions and, where possible, use that understanding to make things come out as predicted. Reliably.
So science works in the only ways that count. And does it ever work! Some would argue it works too well for our own good, that it has given us Sorcerer's Apprentice power over nature that we are not mature enough to handle responsibly. There is undeniably much truth in that assertion, and now we're at the point where we have no choice except to turn to science to help save us from the harm we've done to ourselves through the inadequately restrained use of its progeny, technology. It's all summed up very well in E.F. Schumacher's ironic expression, "A breakthrough a day keeps the crisis at bay."
On second thought, more science (i.e., reliable knowledge and understanding) won't be enough; there must be a basic change in human nature. I'm not talking about genetic modification, which is a ways off, but behavioral change: we must use our hard-won knowledge and understanding to transcend our natural intuitions and tribal impulses. We must adopt a rational, evidence-based approach to decision-making at both the individual and collective levels. There is no better source for this argument than Keith Stanovich's marvelous book, "The Robot's Rebellion: Finding Meaning in the Age of Darwin."
The combination of advanced technology and unenlightened, dogmatic human nature (i.e., conservatism) has certainly brought us to the brink of catastrophe.
Humans must change in fundamental ways or they are fucking doomed.


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du jour
[duh zhoo r, doo; French dy zhoor]
as prepared on the particular day; of the kind being served today: The soup du jour is split pea.
fashionable; current: environmentalism and other issues du jour.
Origin of du jour
< French: of the day
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019
Related Words for du jourchic, current, fashionable, hot, latest, now, popular, stylish, trendy, faddy
du jour
(postpositive) informal currently very fashionable or popularthe young writer du jour
Word Origin for du jour
C20: from French, literally: of the day (as used on restaurant menus of items that change daily)
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
from French plat du jour "dish of the day," early 20c. on restaurant menus, abstracted as an all-purpose modifier 1989.
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North American stock indices rallied ahead of the Victoria Day long weekend as oil broke the $50 barrier for the first time in nearly a month.
The July crude contract was up $1.01 to $50.67 (U.S.) per barrel.
In Toronto, the S&P/TSX composite index advanced 181.26 points to 15,458.46, recouping much of its nearly 300-point fall Wednesday.
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The Canadian dollar gained 0.36 of U.S. cent to an average price of 73.83 cents U.S.
Elsewhere in commodities, the June gold contract rose 80 cents to $1,253.60 an ounce, the June natural gas contract gained 7.4 cents to about $3.26 (U.S.) per mmBTU and the July copper contract advanced five cents to $2.58 a pound.


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TORONTO — Canada's major wireless carriers are apologizing for long customer service wait times as consumers scramble to cash in on limited-time promotional offers.
While the holiday season is always competitive for the telecom companies, a low-rate plan offered by Shaw's Freedom Mobile and a recent update of Canada's code of conduct for wireless carriers are among the drivers spurring a flurry of special promotions this year.
"This doesn't happen every year," independent technology analyst Carmi Levi said from his base in London, Ont. of the new Wireless Code that came into effect on Dec. 1.
One of the major changes prevents carriers from charging to unlock phones so they can work on another network, making it much easier to switch to a rival.
"We're seeing evidence here that Canada's wireless market can be very competitive," Levi said.
"So I would expect this to continue as consumers continue to look for every opportunity available to them to save money and get more in the process."
Also on HuffPost: Wireless prices are crazy-high in northern Canada
Starting late last week and into the weekend, Rogers, Bell and Telus, as well as their respective secondary brands, Fido, Virgin and Kodoo, started advertising 10 gigabytes of data for $60 per month, with certain conditions.
Freedom's promotions in the Toronto area had begun to gain traction — prompting Rogers, Telus and Bell to respond, Aravinda Galappatthige, a telecom analyst with Canaccord Genuity, said in a research note Monday.
"We saw a little bit of this in late 2016 when Fido (Rogers) and Public Mobile (Telus) temporarily matched Freedom with $40/4GB offerings," Galappatthige wrote.
The promotional offers were set to expire within a few days, putting pressure on consumers to respond quickly or face missing the bargain.
"We're seeing evidence here that Canada's wireless market can be very competitive."
Numerous Facebook, Twitter and chat room commenters reported two- to three-hour wait times for call centres and online chats — sparking social media complaints and calls to extend the deadline.
Rogers issued a media statement that said, in most cases, the weekend promotional offer would expire for new customers on Monday but would be honoured for existing customers until Tuesday. The exception, it said, would be a Fido bring-your-own-phone offer that would go until end of day Tuesday in Ontario.
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|With bags packed, food and drink and of course the dog, a few days at the beach cottage began on boxing day.
A pact was made that no work other than household chores would take our holiday time.
In between long walks on the beach and making coffee in our new machine, I've simply relaxed and read.
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Watch My Fair Wedding
My Fair Wedding with David Tutera mixes the magic of a wedding with the relationship experience with the wedding planner. One thing is for certain, when a bride sees David Tutera pull in, they know they are in for a treat. This show takes weddings to the next step to ensure the viewer's delight.
One of the things that makes this show work is the relationship David has with his brides. The show focuses mainly on this relationship and the groom is not usually seen much till the end. David's choice of brides is usually those who have an eclectic mess of dollar store wedding decorations and little money. This show has a similar flare to that of a Cinderella story in most episodes. There is a lot of emotion and the tears flow when David changes the wedding gowns, the venue and the decorations.
Some of the brides have it more together in bridal gowns than others. Some of the brides become hostile when David tries to change their wedding gown. Trying on many dresses, the brides choices are narrowed down to three and she must select. She will not know until the day of the wedding which dress David has selected for her. The same process of dress selection also occurs for the bridesmaids.
These wedding have to be million dollar affairs, because of the elaborate decorations and food selections. There is always some food and drink testing done with David and the bride. Characteristically, the bride is given three choices of food and drink and must pick the one she wants. She will not know until the day of her wedding which one David has selected for her. He usually always goes with the food and drinks the bride chooses.
The venue seems to always be changed and the transformation from drab to fab is unremarkable. In fact, David focuses more on the party and less on the ceremony itself. It is not just the overall wedding picture that he portrays but the relationship that is formed with each bride that makes this show worth watching. Oftentimes, these brides are down and out and trying to throw together a wedding. David gives them their dream wedding and additional little things to make their day memorable. Viewers tune in because of the kind and gentle nature of David and the way he bonds with each of his brides.
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My Fair Wedding Full Episode Guide
- Episode 14 - Brenchel
In the season finale, David attempts to keep reality star Rachel Reilly's inner bridezilla at bay.
- Episode 13 - Family Feud Bride
The momzilla of the year arrives and unless David can give her a huge reality check, she might miss the most important day of her daughter's life.
- Episode 12 - Bollywood BBQ
Bride Amber wants to wear an Indian sari, but her stunt man fiance insists she wear white. Things get wild when the groom's loud-mouthed buddy intervenes.
- Episode 11 - Best Brides
David shares details of some of his favorite brides, the ladies who have left a a bad impression, and he reveals the biggest meltdowns of the show.
- Episode 10 - Baroque, Pin-Ups and Hot Rods
A wedding with a "Casablanca" theme is planned for a couple who are failing to please the mother of the bride.
- Episode 9 - Momzilla
A wedding with a "Casablanca" theme is planned for a couple who are struggling to please the mother of the bride.
- Episode 8 - Inspired by Kim K.
David deals with three strong-willed sisters as he plans a Kim Kardashian-inspired wedding.
- Episode 7 - David, Divas, and Disasters
Behind-the-scenes footage of drunk brides, fashion nightmares and David's picks for the worst wedding themes.
- Episode 6 - Ancient Rome Bride
David must deal with a bride who wants togas and tigers as part of her Ancient Rome themed wedding.
- Episode 5 - Heaven and Earth Bride
A groom struggles with the theme of the wedding, while the bride has a problem with the gown that her mother wants her to wear Meanwhile, David gets a tattoo.
- Episode 4 - Traveling Teacher Bride
A high-flying event is planned for a pair of teachers who love to travel.
- Episode 3 - Mexican Polynesian Wedding
A bride has decided on a Mexican-themed wedding, but the groom's parents insist she honor Samoan tradition.
- Episode 2 - Mermaid Bride
David must incorporate the 40's for the groom and mermaids for the bride.
- Episode 1 - Burlesque Bride
The sixth season kicks off with David Tutera being tested by an over the top, burlesque bride-to-be. Sophia knows what she wants for her big day including pasties, a latex dress and no compromises.
- Episode 18 - Paint The Wedding Red Bride
Amber wants a red wedding filled with peace and love; but, some things just don't add up. David Tutera decides to paint the whole wedding red!
- Episode 17 - Under the Sea Bride
Diamond wants an under the sea theme for her wedding, even if that means wearing a scuba suit with a veil! This over-the-top bride has twelve bridesmaids she wants to dance the wobble, and centerpieces filled with live goldfish.
- Episode 16 - Masquerade Bride
Bride Berda is getting married on Halloween. Her wedding décor features plastic pumpkins, spider webs, and skulls. David Tutera transforms her ticky-tacky theme into an elegant masquerade ball.
- Episode 15 - Mad Men Bride
Bride Taylor and her fiancé Jason love the TV show "Mad Men," so David gives their wedding a classic 60s style.
- Episode 14 - Asian Fusion Bride
High school sweethearts Lauren and Justin want to marry Chinese and Indian traditions at their wedding.
- Episode 13 - Control Bride
A bride faces big decisions three weeks before her wedding.
- Episode 12 - Snow White Bride
A Snow White-themed wedding is staged in a small backyard with fairytale touches.
- Episode 11 - Shabby Chic Bride
David Tutera creates a "shabby chic" wedding for a bride who lost her mom at a young age.
- Episode 10 - Hawaiian Luau Bride
After bride Kristin suffered a stroke, she went from a size 24 to a size 6. Her fiancé has stayed by her side through thick and thin and now they get a luau wedding that is a real tropical dream.
- Episode 9 - Picnic Wedding Bride
Danica dreams of a red and white checked picnic wedding.
- Episode 8 - Motown Bride
Bride Sashani dreamed of being a pop star and now dreams of a Motown wedding. David Tutera creates a triple platinum event, featuring over-the-top sequined gowns, wall-to-wall music and a Grammy-award-winning star!
- Episode 7 - April in Paris Bride
David creates an April in Paris wedding for Kristina, a bride who has suffered from an eating disorder.
- Episode 6 - Hollywood Glam Bride
Bride Benita is an actress dreaming of a Hollywood Glam wedding, but her procrastination may end up ruining her big day.
- Episode 5 - Dragonfly Bride
A woman wants a dragonfly-themed wedding.
- Episode 4 - Tuscany Bride
A bride wants a romantic Tuscan-style wedding. Trouble is, her mom is taking control and everyone just lost their jobs. Can David rescue her Tuscan dream wedding?
- Episode 3 - Goth Bride
A couple wants a Goth wedding that includes a black wedding gown and bridesmaids' dresses.
- Episode 2 - Fasionista Bride
A fashion-obsessed bride who spent her the wedding money on a designer gown and shoes gets help in creating her "Marie Antoinette"-look wedding.
- Episode 1 - Make-A-Wish Bride
When Ryan, the son of bride Wendy, received a life-threatening cancer diagnosis, she and her fiancé put their wedding plans on hold to tend to his medical needs. Now, Ryan generously wants to pay his good fortune forward, and David steps in to help with the surprise.
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Join us this Saturday 27 Jan from 1.30 – 4:00pm.
Special day: join Angie Baker & learn all about willow planting and weaving.
Gloves, tools and hot drinks provided.
All welcome. Come and hear about our activities since our last AGM in Feb 2017 and help us shape our priorities for campaigning and activities in the coming year.
After the meeting at 3pm we'll plant some wild Spring bulbs. Tools provided. All ages welcome.
Lots of pics of our recent festival are available on our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/Friends.of.Chestnuts.Park/
Join us outside Chestnuts Cafe at 3pm on Sat 9 September for a walk round the whole park, to note what's working well and what needs attention or improvement. This will help us prioritise our next ten year plan, now we've completed the willow garden and all the major items in our previous plans. All welcome
On 15 July we'll be focussing on activities in the Willow Garden, Orchard and unwrapping the new benches from 11am -12.45pm only, so make sure you arrive in time!
Here are the dates when we'll be gardening in the park prior to our big festival on Sat 15 July. All welcome to all sessions. Tools provided.
Sun 25 June 3-5 Gardening and watering, willow garden and orchard
Tues 27 and Thurs 29 June 10 – 4pm, with tcv vols working on hedge around park
Sat 8 July 11am – 2pm Learn how to maintain the live willow sculptures, with Angie Baker
Wed 12 July 6-8.30pm Gardening with Haringey Goodgym, willow garden and orchard
Next Friends of Chestnuts Park (FOCP) activities – All welcome to all events
Sat 10 June 2.00pm
FOCP Committee, held in Community Centre. Possibly following by gardening and watering session
Tues 27 June and Thurs 29 June 10-3pm
Caring for hedge trees around park perimeter, with tcv
Wed 12 July 6.30pm-8.30pm
Gardening in the willow garden with Haringey Goodgym
Sat 15 July 11- 4pm
Festival in the park held jointly with Chestnuts Community Centre, St Ann's Hospital Redevelopment Trust (StART) and FOCP
Following our open Friends meeting with him on 2 April, (see previous post for more information on this), Cllr Ayisi phoned on 5 April to tell us officially that Chestnuts Park, and any other public green space, has been taken out of the frame for any giveaway to Onside.. We were pleased to hear this news, but of course remain vigilant, in case it comes back into the frame.
As agreed at the 2 April Friends meeting, we will reconvene another open Friends meeting to continue conversations about the park and the Community Centre, (and for any update on Onside and Chestnuts Park) at 3.30pm on Saturday 6 May in the Community Centre. All friends welcome.
Questions remain about the whole process of how Chestnuts Park ever got into the frame to have public green space fenced off and given away to an outside organisation, and about the proposed contract with Onside. Some members of Friends of Chestnuts Park, as Haringey residents, will continue to ask questions about this in other forums. However, as Friends of Chestnuts Park, our constitutional objective of "protecting" the park is achieved once it is fully confirmed that Chestnuts Park has been removed from the list of Onside locations. We will then be able to resume our usual activities connected to improving the park, with full energy. Watch this space for posts about forthcoming events and celebrations.
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Taiwan's Stolen Election, Part III
The Most Successful Assassination Attempt in Modern History
Bevin Chu
April 09, 2004
Executive Summary: On March 19, 2004, the eve of election day, President Chen Shui-bian and Vice-president Annette Lu were traveling in a motorcade in the DPP stronghold of Tainan. Both Chen and Lu were standing in the rear of an open Jeep Wrangler, clinging to the rollbar. At 1:45 pm, the two candidates were allegedly subjected to a hail of semi-automatic pistol fire from the right shoulder of the roadway. Miraculously, the two candidates received exactly one gunshot wound each. No more, no less. More miraculously, the two candidates received only "flesh wounds," the kind suffered by lantern-jawed leading men in 50s Hollywood movies. Most miraculously of all, the two candidates, who were trailing by 10% in the polls, were "re-elected" by a 0.2% margin the following day, making this failed assassination attempt the most successful assassination attempt in recent memory.
Cui Bono?
The expression "Cui bono?" is Latin, and means "Who benefits," or more literally, "For whose benefit is it?"
Whenever a wealthy individual is found murdered, the first question homicide investigators ask is, "Who benefits?" Anyone who benefits from the victim's unnatural death is added to their suspect list. The main beneficiaries listed in the victim's Last Will and Testament are added to a special short list as the prime suspects.
Who benefits from the "assassination attempt" on Chen Shui-bian?
Chen Shui-bian, who else?
A Smoke Screen for Election Fraud
The "assassination attempt" unquestionably won Chen an undetermined number of sympathy votes. Sympathy votes however were probably not its primary purpose. They were merely a fringe benefit.
The primary purpose of the "assassination attempt" was to serve as a smoke screen for election fraud, allowing Chen to falsely attribute his unbelievable and implausible Reversal of Fortune to "sympathy votes" instead of creative accounting by the Central Election Committee.
The Timing was Too Perfect
The "assassination attempt" on Chen Shui-bian occurred on the afternoon before election day, just late enough to leave the opposition no time to react before the polls opened the next morning.
The "assassination attempt" occurred just late enough to avoid negatively impacting the day's stock market close, but just early enough to make the evening news.
The "assassination attempt" occurred just in time to force the opposition to cancel crucial election eve campaign activities, and to preclude media coverage of opposition campaign activities had they taken place anyway.
The afternoon of the "assassination attempt" pirate radio stations in southern Taiwan dedicated to Taiwan independence accused the KMT and PFP of collaborating with the CCP to "assassinate a Taiwanese president representing the Taiwanese people."
This accusation is so obtuse one despairs for democracy on Taiwan. As noted in Taiwan's Stolen Election, Parts I and II, Lien/Soong were way ahead in the polls. Would anybody in the Pan Blue camp be so stupid as to assassinate Chen/Lu on March 19, when Lien/Soong were leading by a margin of 10%?
Wouldn't such an accusation be more plausible if Chen/Lu had won, and an assassination attempt had been made on March 21? Who's kidding whom?
The Weapon was Too Crude
The weapon used in the "assassination attempt," according to local prosecutors, was a converted handgun replica, firing a handload with only one-third the normal powder charge.
Anyone with an IQ higher than a carrot need only ask himself the following questions.
Q: Doesn't the CCP have thousands of agents on Taiwan?
A: Taiwan independence Quislings and Chinese patriots agree. The CCP has thousands of agents on the island.
Q: Doesn't the CCP have the ability to smuggle vast quantities of small arms and explosives onto the island, including mint-condition, full-automatic assault rifles, machine pistols, RPGs, C4 and Semtex?
A: ROC authorities know only too well the CCP has the ability to provide a team of assassins with whatever weapons or explosives they might need to take out a local target.
Q: If the CCP wanted Chen Shui-bian dead on March 19, does anybody really believe he would he still be breathing two weeks later?
A: Chen Shui-bian would be rotting flecks of flesh splattered over a Tainan roadway. Flies would be nibbling on what little remained of his chubby body.
The Bullet was Too Weak and the Aim Too Low
Chinese-American forensics expert Henry C. Lee is the director of the Connecticut State Police Forensic Laboratory. Lee is a real life version of Gil Grissom, the character played by Wiliam Petersen in the runaway hit TV series, "CSI: Crime Scene Invesigation" (2000, created by Anthony Zuiker). Lee is known for his role in the high profile O.J. Simpson and JonBenet Ramsey cases.
Lee is currently investigating the March 19 Chen/Lu shooting incident. So far Lee has drawn two conclusions.
One, the wound was not self-inflicted, i.e., Chen Shui-bian did not shoot himself, as no powder burns were in evidence on Chen's clothes.
Two, the shooting was not an assassination attempt, as the ballistic characteristics of the bullet were too weak and the point of aim too low to kill.
In case that went by too fast: The shooting was NOT an assassination attempt.
Lee notes that "One type of speculation is that the Chinese Nationalist Party and the People First Party were behind the shooting." Lee rules this out "because an assassin would have aimed at the chest, heart or used a more powerful gun."
"In my experience, if it was a political assassination, a high-powered rifle would have been used. Even if the assassin opted for a handgun, it would be a high-powered one. If the aim was to kill, why not take it to the extreme?"
Tongue-in-cheek forensic analysis of Chen's "Wag the Dog" assassination attempt, posted on the Internet by local Taiwan wags
The Wounds were Too Light
Chen Shui-bian and Annette Lu were both wounded, allegedly by a hail of pistol rounds fired amidst the swirling smoke and deafening cacaphony of noisy firecrackers, blaring loudspeakers, and cheering supporters. Yet neither candidate was killed. Neither candidate was permanently disabled. Neither candidate was seriously wounded. Neither candidate required hospitalization. Neither candidate ever lost consciousness. Neither candidate required more than emergency room outpatient treatment. Both were patched up and released from hospital custody in just one hour.
The day of the "assassination attempt" the Secret Service contingent guarding Chen Shui-bian and Annette Lu was reduced [ ! ]. Several agents were sent back to Taipei, along with their weapons and ammunition.
Every day preceding the "assassination attempt" Chen and Lu wore Kevlar vests whenever they appeared in public. Every day following the "assassination attempt" Chen and Lu wore Kevlar vests whenever they appeared in public. Only on the day of the "assassination attempt" did Chen and Lu not wear Kevlar vests when they appeared in public.
The First Lady was Too Calm
The First Lady of the ROC is Wu Shu-chen. At no time following the "assassination attempt" did a tearful, overwrought Wu Shu-chen ever appear before the television cameras, demanding to know her husband's condition, wondering where was the bullet was lodged, or whether he would survive his gunshot wound or wounds.
Why not?
Because the First Lady was inside the loop. She knew in advance the "assassination attempt" was a monumental hoax.
Oddly enough, no one but my mother seems to have noticed this. Not the talking heads on the boob tube. Not the pundits in the print media. Not the spokesmen for the Pan Blue opposition.
My mother noticed it because she recently lost her husband, my father, to brain cancer, and has been tormented by his loss ever since. Wu Shu-chen's apparent indifference to her husband's fate disturbed my mother so much she marched into KMT Headquarters and gave KMT officials an earful. They could only nod their heads in agreement, wondering why such an obvious question never occurred to them.
The Location was Too Convenient
The "assassination attempt" occurred in Tainan, Chen Shui-bian's home town, where it would generate the most sympathy for Tainan's Native Son.
More importantly, Tainan is home to the Chi Mei Hospital. Chen's motorcade drove past the Tainan City Hospital, past the Hsiang-Tai Hospital, the one officially assigned to treat the president and vice-president in the event of a medical emergency, and arrived at the Chi Mei Hospital, five kilometers away.
The Chi Mei Hospital is owned and operated by notorious right-wing tycoon Hsu Wen-long. Hsu is a crony of former president Lee Teng-hui, a friend of neofascist Japanese political cartoonist Kobayashi Yoshinori, and a major financial backer of the Taiwan independence movement. Hsu claims that the Rape of Nanking "never happened," and that "comfort women" rounded up in Korea, Taiwan, and the Philippines "eagerly volunteered" and considered their sexual slavery "a high honor."
Would someone like Hsu Wen-long have any qualms about ordering his hospital to participate in a "Wag the Dog" assassination hoax, when the "just cause" was Taiwan independence, and those being duped were "traitors to Taiwan" who advocated reunification with mainland China?
Investigators from the Tainan District Attorney's office who rushed to Chi Mei Hospital were prevented from entering by Chen's Secret Service agents. What were medical personnel inside doing that the DA's investigators couldn't be permitted to see?
Keep reading, and draw your own conclusions.
The Ninth Commandment, according to the Presbyterian Church of Taiwan
As part of his election campaign, Chen Shui-bian ordered Chen Yu-hao, former chairman of the Tuntex Group and a fugitive exiled to the US, placed on Taiwan's "Ten Most Wanted" list. Chen Shui-bian was desperate to cast himself as a squeaky clean political reformer at Chen Yu-hao's expense.
A furious Chen Yu-hao responded by appearing on television and revealing the ugly truth. Chen Shui-bian had eagerly pocketed a fortune in political contributions from Chen Yu-hao over the past decade.
When Chen Shui-bian tried to deny the charges, Chen Yu-hao revealed that ROC legislator Shen Fu-hsiung, a DPP "elder" with a reputation for honesty within DPP circles was an eyewitness who saw Chen Yu-hao hand First Lady Wu Shu-chen a bag full of cash.
Considering Shen was also Chen Shui-bian's campaign manager, Chen Yu-hao's revelation put Shen in a somewhat awkward position. Rather than lie, Shen went into hiding for the following week.
What happened next was like a scene out of a black comedy by Stanley Kubrick.
A delegation of ministers from the Presbyterian Church of Taiwan, a long time abettor of Taiwan independence, paid an emergency visit to Shen. What textual truth did these supposedly devout Christians share with him? They solemnly assured Shen that it was not a sin to lie as long as it was in a good cause. In other words, "Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor, unless of course it advances Taiwan independence."
Are you getting a sense of the moral character of the people involved in the Taiwan independence movement?
Chen Shui-bian, Repeat Offender
In 1985 Chen Shui-bian was running for Tainan County Commissioner. His three rivals took part in a public debate held at a local elementary school. Chen Shui-bian was a no show. Debate organizers called out his name three times. No response. They declared the debate officially over.
At that moment, Chen appeared, carried in on a stretcher. Chen's aides seized the still live microphone and handed it to Chen, who announced, "I was poisoned by agents of the KMT!"
As you can see, this was not the first time for Chen. Chen pulled this stunt before. Unfortunately the public forgot. Had they recalled Chen's record of shameless deceit, citizens of the Republic of China might have been able to preemptively expose Chen's "Wag the Dog" assassination attempt for what it was.
But then this is all Monday morning quarterbacking.
In the Line of Fire
Let's pretend for a moment we believe Chen Shui-bian when he insists that the assassination attempt was real, and that he more than anyone on the island wants to know who tried to assassinate him.
If that is the case, the president and vice-president could have been killed instantly.
If that is the case, the Secret Service team assigned to guard the two was guilty of gross incompetence.
Wouldn't you expect the officials and agents responsible for such a major screw-up to be reprimanded, reassigned, demoted, or forced to resign?
Is that what happened?
Would you believe the exact opposite?
A week after the "assassination attempt" the Secret Service agents who failed utterly to protect President Chen and Vice-president Lu, and allowed them to get shot, were promoted. Not only were they promoted, they were awarded a bonus of 3,000,000 NT, the first installment of more to come.
Only after opposition leaders pointed out this outrageous inconsistency did key Chen administration officials tender their resignations.
Is it any wonder local TV talkshow hosts joked that had any Secret Service agent taken a bullet for the president, the way Clint Eastwood did in Wolfgang Petersen's "In the Line of Fire," he would have been fired for dereliction of duty!
Elections as Usual during a State of Emergency
But what if Chen didn't fake the assassination attempt?
By now it should be obvious Chen staged his "assassination attempt." Chen did it, just as surely as OJ murdered Nicole. But just for argument's sake, let's suppose the assassination attempt wasn't a hoax.
Even assuming Chen didn't fake the assassination attempt, Chen nevertheless issued an illegal and unconstitutional Emergency Decree, mobilizing 300,000 soldiers, sailors, marines, airmen, MPs, and police officers.
Perhaps I should say "immobilizing" 300,000 military and police personnel. These citizens of the ROC were ordered to remain on duty all day election day, denying them their constitutionally guaranteed right to vote. Leaving to vote was inconceivable. Anyone caught abandoning his post would have been subjected to the harshest possible punishment under military rather than civilian law.
The Republic of China's military and police personnel are predominantly true blue KMT/NP/PFP voters. Their political loyalties are well-known to everyone on the island, Green and Blue alike. The Officer Corps in particular are deeply loyal to the Republic of China, to the ROC Constitution, to Sun Yat-sen's Three People's Principles, and consider Taiwan independence treason. Their 300,000 votes are 10 times the number of Chen's "official" winning margin.
Chen knows this better than anyone. That's why every time he speaks before ROC military personnel, he never fails to shout "Long live the Republic of China!" and "Long live the Three People's Principles!"
The fact that Chen issued his Emergency Decree without any legal basis is not merely sufficient grounds to nullify the election, it is sufficient grounds to demand his impeachment.
After all, if the country was indeed in a state of national emergency, why did Central Election Committee Chairman Huang Shih-cheng, who takes his marching orders from Chen, insist that everything was normal, therefore the election would take place as scheduled?
Aren't a "State of National Emergency" and "Elections as Usual" mutually contradictory propositions?
ROC, ROK, and ROT
A week before the ROC Presidential Election, Koreans impeached Republic of Korea President Roh Moo-hyun. The charges were "illegal electioneering" and "incompetence."
Is that all?
Chen Shui-bian's flagrant lawlessness and gross incompetence make Roh Moo-hyun's offenses look like driving infractions. Were ROC citizens to hold Chen to the same high standards that ROK citizens held Roh, Chen would have been impeached a hundred times since he assumed office on May 20, 2000.
What ills Taiwan today is an advanced case of ROT, the remarkably apt acronym for "Republic of Taiwan." The cure for terminal ROT is a liberal dose of Constitutionalism and the Rule of Law, in this case, from the good Doctor Sun Yat-sen, Founding Father of the Republic of China, the first constitutional republic in Asia.
Taiwanese Fascism and US Media Complicity
Several years ago I began characterizing Taiwan independence as a fascist political movement. Some readers probably thought I was exaggerating. Now however, the Taiwan independence nomenklatura's "democratic" and "progressive" mask has been cast aside, and its fascist visage is clear for all to see.
Many US journalists see themselves as latter day Carl Bernsteins and Bob Woodwards. They flatter themselves. Few are interested in telling the truth about Taiwan. Most parrot the US government's simplistic catechism, "China bad, Taiwan good." The complex reality of a "China steadily improving, Taiwan rapidly degenerating" serves neither liberals who demand Humanitarian Intervention, nor neoconservatives who demand Benevolent Global Hegemony, so it is self-censored out of existence.
If these cheerleaders for "a growing sense of ethnic Taiwanese national identity" were genuine investigative journalists with moral consciences and historical memories, they would be denouncing this atavistic phenomenon for what it is, the rise of Taiwanese Fascism.


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