No one noticed a group of men who rode into Liberty, Missouri on February 13, 1866. But, a short while later, when they rode out, everyone noticed them, because they had just done what no one had ever done before.
It was Febr uary of 1866. The Civil War was over. Supposedly, Jessie James was at his mother's home in Kearney, Missouri recovering from a war wound, and his brother Frank was spending his time with Jessie reading books.
About ten miles away, on February 13, Valentine's Day, a dozen men rode into Liberty, Missouri. They wore long military coats. It was a cold day, and the streets were deserted. Three men dismounted and took casual positions on the street. The others rode up to the Clay County Savings Association. Two went inside.
A clerk and cashier were inside. One of the men in long coats walked up to the clerk and asked him to change a ten dollar bill. The long coated man then pulled his pistol, and casually asked for all the money in the bank.
These men were doing something that had never been done before…holding up a bank during operating hours. A gain sack was filled with gold and silver coins, paper money and securities totaling $60,000.
After the robbery, the men mounted their horses, and riding at full gallop, whooped, and shot their way out of town. Unfortunately, a 19-year-old college student, George Wymore, was walking down the street. One rider fired at him four times, and Wymore fell dead. A later examination of Wymore discovered that any one of the four shots would have killed him.
In spite of their alibis, this first bank robbery was led by the two James boys from nearby Kearney. Over the next few years they robbed at least twelve other banks, more than a handful of trains, almost a handful of stagecoaches, and even a county fair.
We all think of Doc Holliday as a deadly shootist, killing scores of men. But, in this case our thinking is wrong. In reality, it can only be verified that Doc killed two men…One of them on this date back in 1879.
Doc Holliday was a partner in a saloon in Las Vegas, New Mexico. A former army scout named Mike Gordon tried to persuade one of Holliday's saloon girls to quit her job and run away with him. When she refused, Gordon became upset, and he went out to the street and began to fire bullets into the saloon. After the second shot, Holliday calmly stepped out of the saloon and dropped Gordon with a single shot. Gordon died the next day.
Incidentally, the second killing took place the following year. You may have heard about it. It's was during the OK Corral Shootout.
Here's another Old West Myth and Fact. Tradition and the early Colt Pistol manuals says to load only five cartridges in a pistol and leave the empty cylinder under the hammer. The reason being if the hammer is accidently hit with a live cartridge under it, it could go off…Incidentally; modern pistols have a safety bar to prevent accidental firing.
So, did they load only five cartridges? Not always. Wyatt Earp's pistol fell to the floor in a saloon and it went off. Lawman Dallas Stoudenmire was being interviewed by a newspaper reporter. During the interview Dallas showed his shooting skills. The reporter said all six shots hit the target. A couple of years ago we published an article in Chronicle of the Old West from 1898 where two men went into the back room of a saloon, and while there a pistol was fired. The people in the saloon though it was a gun fight. Actually, one of the men dropped their pistol.
My feeling is if you were an average Joe you probably loaded five cartridges, but if there was a chance of gunplay you wanted as much firepower as possible. And that extra cartridge could mean the difference between life and death.
We're going to add another element to the posts on Cowboy to Cowboy. And that is "Old West Myth and Fact." As with anything that has happened in the past, even my exploits, when time gets between the event and the present, a lot of myth begins t o surround the fact. And this is very true with the Old West.
So, we're going to look at things that we accept as fact and see if it truly was fact. We're asking you to put in your two cents, because we could be wrong. The desire is to discover the truth about how it really happened.
The first topic we'll cover is cowboys and pistols. From everything I've been able to discover cowboys normally didn't carry pistols. First, anytime they were working cattle, the pistol would get in the way. On a cattle drive a long gun was much more practical. Any pistols stayed in the chuck wagon.
Many a cowboy never buckled on a six-shooter because gunmen normally never bothered a man without a gun, and a man without a gun sure wasn't going to bother a man with one.
In addition, most western towns wouldn't allow guns to be carried within the city limits.


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Tokyo: According to media reports, Japan will declare a state of emergency on Tuesday to stop the corona virus. The Japanese government is preparing to introduce a stimulus package to reduce the economic blow that seeks to avoid a recession.
In Japan, more than 3,500 people have tested positive for coronavirus and 85 people have died, compared to some hotspots, this is not a major outbreak. However, this number is increasing, especially shocked by the spread of more than 1,000 cases in Tokyo.
Yomiuri Shimbun newspaper reported that Prime Minister Shinzo Abe may announce his contingency plan later on Monday, while Kyodo News said the new measures could take effect on Wednesday.
The emergency will give the governor the right to ask people to stay at home and close businesses, but they cannot impose the kind of blocking measures seen in other countries. In most cases, ignoring requests is not punished and law enforcement depends more on peer pressure and respect for authority.
Although Shinzo Abe expressed concern that he was too rushed, pressure for the government to take this step continues to rise as the resulting actions and activities are limited.
Hundreds of billions of dollars in incentive plans are being launched this week.
The Japanese government's top spokesperson, Yoshihide Suga, said no decision has been made.
The emergency appears to be receiving public support. In a survey hosted by JNN hosted Monday by the broadcaster TBS, 80% of respondents said Shinzo Abe should announce this, while 12% of respondents said it was unnecessary. The survey found that its approval rating fell 5.7 points to 43.2% last month.
Kenji Shibuya, director of the Institute of Public Health at King's College London, said the emergency is late due to the increase in business in Tokyo.
"It should have been declared by April 1 at the latest," he said.
Six months?
Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike issued a warning last week about high-rate, untraceable cases, saying she chose a state of emergency to help her residents abide by stricter social welfare measures.
An expert from the government's Coronavirus Expert Group said Japan could prevent explosive growth by reducing human-to-human contact by 80%.
Under the Coronavirus law, revised in March, the Prime Minister can declare a state of emergency if the disease poses a "serious threat" to life and the rapid spread of the disease can have a significant economic impact.
According to media reports, the Japanese government is likely to introduce a state of emergency in the Tokyo metropolitan area and in Osaka and Hyogo prefectures in western Japan.
TBS stated that the government is considering a six-month period and that each designated state will determine the duration of its own measures.
While the coronavirus epidemic in Japan alone has had 335,000 infections and more than 9,500 deaths in the United States alone, experts fear that a sudden wave may overwhelm the Japanese medical system.
Before deciding to continue the state of emergency, Abe should consult the expert group's formal recommendations.
Governors in Tokyo and elsewhere require citizens to stay home on weekends, avoid crowds and nighttime outings, and work from home. This has produced some effects, but not as many experts have said.
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The Wall Street Journal editorial board is slamming President Trump Donald John TrumpRouhani says Iran will never seek nuclear weapons Trump downplays seriousness of injuries in Iran attack after US soldiers treated for concussions Trump says Bloomberg is 'wasting his money' on 2020 campaign MORE over his press conference with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday, calling it a "national embarrassment."
"Details from the private Trump-Putin talks in Helsinki will spill out in coming days, but Monday's joint press conference was a personal and national embarrassment," the conservative newspaper said in a scathing editorial.
"On stage with the dictator whose election meddling has done so much harm to his Presidency, Mr. Trump couldn't even bring himself to say he believed his own intelligence advisers like Dan Coats Daniel (Dan) Ray CoatsSchiff schedules public hearing with US intel chief Rod Rosenstein joins law and lobbying firm DHS issues bulletin warning of potential Iranian cyberattack MORE over the Russian strongman," the piece continued.
Trump drew swift, bipartisan backlash on Monday after he refuted his own intelligence community's conclusion that Russia interfered in the 2016 election, saying while standing next to Putin that he doesn't "see any reason" why Russia would have been behind the hacking.
He also said that Putin was "extremely strong and powerful in his denial" during the summit on Monday.
"Denials from liars usually are strong and powerful," The Wall Street Journal said. "The charitable explanation for this kowtow to the Kremlin is that Mr. Trump can't get past his fury that critics claim his election was tainted by Russian interference. And so he couldn't resist, in front of the world, going off on a solipsistic ramble about "Hillary Clinton Hillary Diane Rodham ClintonThe Hill's Morning Report - Trump trial begins with clashes, concessions Trump on Clinton's Sanders comments: 'She's the one that people don't like' Hillary Clinton tears open wound with her attack on Sanders MORE's emails" and Democratic 'servers.'"
The editorial went on to say that for a "rare moment" in his presidency, Trump "projected weakness" during the press conference.
"He was the one on stage beseeching Mr. Putin for a better relationship, while the Russian played it cool and matter of fact," the Journal said. "Mr. Trump touted their personal rapport, saying the bilateral 'relationship has never been worse than it is now. However, that changed as of about four hours ago. I really believe that.' In four hours?"
The editorial board said that Trump went "soft" on Putin, adding that will make it "even harder" for Trump to make deals with the Russian leader in the future.
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The Journal has occasionally criticized Trump in the past. In late June, the publication's editorial board tore into his trade policies and warned that Republicans may suffer in the 2018 midterms due to the president's tariffs.
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Will Jacinda Ardern Win a Second Time period? New Zealand's Election, Defined
SYDNEY, Australia — New Zealand's in style prime minister, Jacinda Ardern, is predicted to return to energy on this week's basic election, with polls giving her Labour Celebration a snug double-digit lead over the extra conservative Nationwide Celebration.
An particularly robust exhibiting may even give Labour the nation's first majority authorities since an electoral overhaul within the mid-Nineties that empowered minor events and favored coalitions.
However New Zealand's proportional voting system may additionally result in some surprises, and Ms. Ardern has been obscure about her plans for a possible second time period.
Right here's how the marketing campaign has performed out, and what to look at for because the outcomes are available in on Saturday.
1 What points are shaping the race?
2 Had been New Zealanders pleased with Ardern earlier than Covid?
3 If she wins huge this time, what is going to she attempt to accomplish in her second time period?
4 What else do I must know?
What points are shaping the race?
Assist for Ms. Ardern has been surging for months, primarily due to her profitable administration of the coronavirus pandemic.
She led a complete marketing campaign for elimination of the virus centered on a "go arduous, go early" method, with borders locked down starting in March, expanded testing and make contact with tracing, and a four-level alert system that made clear what was anticipated of everybody.
Her day by day briefings with Ashley Bloomfield, the director basic of well being, grew to become appointment viewing partly as a result of Ms. Ardern deployed consolation and solidarity whereas letting science form coverage.
She additionally linked instantly together with her constituents, usually turning at night to Facebook Live, the place she clarified complicated choices, answered questions and empathized with what she known as New Zealand's "group of 5 million."
New Zealanders, who warmed to Ms. Ardern after her response final 12 months to the Christchurch terrorist assaults and the White Island volcano eruption, grew to become much more loyal and proud as their prime minister got here to be seen because the antithesis of President Trump and his response to the pandemic.
New Zealand first introduced the top of neighborhood transmission of the virus in Could. After a new cluster emerged in August, the nation returned to a focused lockdown in Auckland, its largest metropolis, till the virus faded again.
In all, the nation has recorded fewer than 2,000 circumstances and simply 25 deaths.
"On this election marketing campaign, all the pieces that occurred earlier than the virus not mattered — the primary two years not matter, and the one factor that persons are voting on is the previous eight months, and which celebration's going to be the strongest and the most secure over the following three years," stated Morgan Godfery, a political commentator who makes a speciality of points affecting the Indigenous Maori. "And that's the rationale why Jacinda Ardern and the Labour Celebration are so broadly in style — they're the one reply for that."
Had been New Zealanders pleased with Ardern earlier than Covid?
It was a blended image. Ms. Ardern's world reputation as a liberal standard-bearer has usually outpaced the love for her at dwelling.
As just lately as January, the election was anticipated to be fairly shut, partly as a result of Ms. Ardern had failed to meet a lot of her 2017 marketing campaign guarantees — particularly these associated to creating an economic system targeted on well-being that narrows the hole between wealthy and poor.
Earnings inequality has barely budged, together with little one poverty, as housing prices have continued to rise, pricing increasingly more New Zealanders out of the market. And the federal government's efforts so as to add provide have achieved little to alleviate the issue.
Labour pledged to extend the housing inventory by 100,000 in a decade, however reduced its own target last year after solely 258 reasonably priced houses had been constructed.
Ms. Ardern has pointed to a rise within the minimal wage as proof of her authorities's dedication, however usually, the laws her authorities has handed labored across the edges of the economic system. Even the pandemic has yielded what economists describe as an orthodox response targeted on stimulus for infrastructure, small companies and exports.
If she wins huge this time, what is going to she attempt to accomplish in her second time period?
It's powerful to inform. Throughout the marketing campaign towards Judith Collins, the chief of the Nationwide Celebration, Ms. Ardern was disciplined — and really obscure.
"It's a really establishment form of marketing campaign. There aren't any huge guarantees from it," stated Ben Thomas, a former Nationwide Celebration press secretary. "'We saved you secure; we steered New Zealand via Covid.' That's the gross sales pitch."
Mr. Godfery agreed. "At no level has it been clear — not within the debates the place Jacinda Ardern appeared to do her finest to not discuss on coverage — precisely what she stands for over the following three years, apart from what's already been achieved," he stated.
The election outcomes might dictate the extent of her boldness. If Labour wins a majority, Ms. Ardern may very well be extra cautious as she appears to be like to carry on to conventional Nationwide Celebration voters who've forged ballots for Labour.
"Theoretically, she is unshackled now. She may do no matter she wished to," Mr. Hartwich stated. "However I don't assume she would, as a result of she'll most likely be interested by the following election. The extra profitable she turns into, the extra centrist she is more likely to be."
If Ms. Ardern and Labour should type a coalition authorities with the Greens, nevertheless, she could also be pushed to the left, and pushed to maneuver extra shortly.
Local weather change would most likely turn into a much bigger precedence, together with efforts to disrupt the cycle of intergenerational poverty and intergenerational wealth — points that may be discovered elsewhere, however which are particularly urgent in New Zealand, the place there isn't a capital features tax, and poverty has turn into entrenched in some elements of the nation. Granting extra native autonomy for Maori communities is also within the playing cards.
"Working with the Greens will give her the chance to broaden her repertoire of the right way to enact coverage that appears after individuals," stated Jennifer Curtin, director of the Public Coverage Institute on the College of Auckland. "She truly might have extra room to enact the issues she's aspired to with the form of language she's used."
What else do I must know?
New Zealanders can even resolve two poll initiatives. The primary entails voluntary euthanasia. The Finish of Life Alternative Act would give New Zealanders the choice of legally requesting assist to finish their lives, in the event that they meet sure standards, which incorporates affected by a terminal sickness that's more likely to trigger their deaths inside six months.
If it passes, as anticipated, New Zealand would turn into the sixth nation to approve assisted dying, together with a number of states in america and Australia.
The second referendum, if authorised, would legalize leisure use of marijuana.
Throughout the marketing campaign, Ms. Ardern acknowledged her own marijuana use ("a very long time in the past," she stated), inserting her squarely within the nationwide mainstream.
Roughly 80 percent of New Zealanders have tried marijuana, in response to unbiased research — greater than double the speed for Australians, and much above what Americans report, too. However polls recommend that the initiative, which requires voters to approve particular rules for the creation of a authorized market relatively than only a basic precept of legalization, is more likely to fail. Solely Greens voters help the marijuana proposal by a large margin in polls.
Natasha Frost contributed reporting from Rotorua, New Zealand. Yan Zhuang contributed analysis from Melbourne, Australia.
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Atlético Madrid, will forfeit the points for Bilbao in the hunt in the CL-ticket
14th June, 2020 15:59
Update: 12 hours ago
Atlético Madrid, Sunday, for the resumption of the season in La Liga two points to get it. The team's coach, Diego Simeone, is on the hunt for a Champions League ticket and remained at Athletic Bilbao stuck at the 1-to-1.
The trophy was created in the first half, constantly under pressure from Bilbao, which is in the grey one in La Liga, but will be able to qualify for the final of the Copa del Rey. Iker Muniain brought in the 37th minute for the deserved opening goal.
The response of the Trophy was followed just two minutes later. Diego Costa's shot and touch on the reference to the captain Koke and four have been hit by the t-shirt from the Virginia Torrecilla to the show. The 25-year-old player of Atlético Madrid, were a couple of weeks ago to have an operation to have a tumour removed.


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The Hoover Institution (officially The Hoover Institution on War, Revolution, and Peace; abbreviated as Hoover) is an American public policy think tank and research institution that promotes personal and economic liberty, free enterprise, and limited government.[2][3][4] While the institution is formally a unit of Stanford University, it maintains an independent board of overseers and relies on its own income and donations.[5][6] It is widely described as a conservative institution,[3][2] although its directors have contested the idea that it is partisan.[7][8]
In 1919, the institution began as a library founded by Stanford alumnus Herbert Hoover prior to his presidency in order to house his archives gathered during the Great War.[9] The Hoover Tower, an icon of Stanford University, was built to house the archives, then known as the Hoover War Collection (now the Hoover Institution Library and Archives), and contained material related to World War I, World War II, and other global events. The collection was renamed and transformed into a research institution and think tank in the mid-20th century. Its mission, as described by Herbert Hoover in 1959, is "to recall the voice of experience against the making of war, and by the study of these records and their publication, to recall man's endeavors to make and preserve peace, and to sustain for America the safeguards of the American way of life."[10]
The Hoover Institution has been a place of scholarship for individuals who previously held significant positions in government. Notable Hoover fellows and alumni include Nobel Prize laureates Henry Kissinger, Milton Friedman, and Gary Becker; economist Thomas Sowell, scholars Niall Ferguson and Richard Epstein, and former Speaker of the House of Representatives Newt Gingrich. In 2020, former U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice became the institution's director. It divides its fellows into separate research teams to work on various subjects, including Economic Policy, History, Education, and Law.[11] It publishes research through its own university press, the Hoover Institution Press.
In 2021, Hoover was ranked as the 10th most influential think tank in the world by Academic Influence.[12] It was ranked 22nd on the "Top Think Tanks in United States" and 1st on the "Top Think Tanks to Look Out For" lists of the Think Tanks and Civil Societies Program that same year.[13]
30th U.S. President Herbert Hoover and founder of the Hoover Institution.
Early history[edit]
In June 1919, Herbert Hoover, then a wealthy engineer who was one of Stanford's first graduates, sent a telegram offering Stanford president Ray Lyman Wilbur $50,000 in order to support the collection of primary materials related to World War I, a project that became known as the Hoover War Collection. Supported primarily by gifts from private donors, the Hoover War Collection flourished in its early years. In 1922, the collection became known as the Hoover War Library (now the Hoover Institution Library and Archives) and had collected a variety of rare and unpublished material, including the files of the Okhrana, as well as a plurality of government documents.[14][15] It was originally housed in the Stanford Library, separate from the general stacks. In his memoirs, Hoover wrote:
I did a vast amount of reading, mostly on previous wars, revolutions, and peace-makings of Europe and especially the political and economic aftermaths. At one time I set up some research at London, Paris, and Berlin into previous famines in Europe to see if there had developed any ideas on handling relief and pestilence. ... I was shortly convinced that gigantic famine would follow the present war. The steady degeneration of agriculture was obvious. ... I read in one of Andrew D. White's writings that most of the fugitive literature of comment during the French Revolution was lost to history because no one set any value on it at the time, and that without such material it became very difficult or impossible to reconstruct the real scene. Therein lay the origins of the Library on War, Revolution and Peace at Stanford University.[16]
By 1926, the Hoover War Library was the largest library in the world devoted to the Great War. It contained 1.4 million items and was becoming too large to house in the Stanford Library so the university allocated $600,000 for the construction of the Hoover Tower, which was to be its permanent home independent of the Stanford Library system. The 285-foot tall tower was completed in 1941 on date of the university's golden jubilee.[17][18] The tower has since been an icon of the Stanford campus.[19]
Expansion and later history[edit]
In 1956, former President Hoover, under the auspices of the Institution and Library, launched a major fundraising campaign that transitioned the organization to its current form as a think tank and archive. In 1957, the Hoover Institution and Library was renamed the Hoover Institution on War, Revolution and Peace—the name it holds today.[20] In 1959 Stanford's Board of Trustees officially established the Hoover Institution as "an independent institution within the frame of Stanford University."[15] In 1960, W. Glenn Campbell was appointed director and substantial budget increases soon led to corresponding increases in acquisitions and related research projects. In particular, the Chinese and Russian collections grew considerably. Despite student unrest in the 1960s, the institution continued to develop closer relations with Stanford.[21]
Reagan governorship (1967–1975) and presidency (1981–1989)[edit]
In 1975, Ronald Reagan, who was Governor of California at that time, was designated as Hoover's first honorary fellow. He donated his gubernatorial papers to the Hoover library.[22] During that time the Hoover Institution held a general budget of $3.5 million a year. In 1976, one third of Stanford University's book holdings were housed at the Hoover library. At that time, it was the largest private archive collection in the United States.[19] For his presidential campaign in 1980, Reagan engaged at least thirteen Hoover scholars to support the campaign in multiple capacities.[23] After Reagan won the election campaign, more than thirty current or former Hoover Institution fellows worked for the Reagan administration in 1981.[19]
In 1989, Campbell retired as director of Hoover and replaced by John Raisian, a change that was seen as the end of an era.[24] Raisan served as director until 2015, and was succeeded by Thomas W. Gilligan.[25]
George W. Bush administration (2001–2009)
President George W. Bush awarded the National Humanities Medal to the Hoover Institution in 2006.[26]
Former United States Secretary of Defense Ash Carter speaks about defense innovation at the institution in Washington, D.C.
Trump administration (2017–2021)[edit]
Former Secretary of States Condoleezza Rice and Rex Tillerson during a public session in the institution's forum.
The Trump administration maintained close ties with the institution and multiple Hoover affiliates were assigned top positions in government. Scott Atlas, one Hoover fellow, was known for pushing against public health measures as a top Trump advisor in the COVID-19 pandemic, and was condemned in a Stanford faculty vote.[27]
In August 2017 the David and Joan Traitel Building was inaugurated. The ground floor is a conference center with a 400-seat auditorium and the top floor houses the Hoover Institution's headquarters.[28]
In 2020, Condoleezza Rice succeeded Thomas W. Gilligan as director.[25]
Present[edit]
At any given time the Hoover Institution has up to 200 resident scholars known as Fellows. They are an interdisciplinary group studying political science, education, economics, foreign policy, energy, history, law, national security, health and politics. Some hold joint appointments as lecturers on the Stanford faculty.[29]
During Stanford University faculty senate discussions on closer collaboration between the university and the Institution in 2021, Rice "addressed campus criticism that the Hoover Institution is a partisan think tank that primarily supports conservative administrations and policy positions" by sharing "statistics that show Hoover fellows contribute financially to both political parties on an equal basis", according to the university's newsletter.[5]
Campus[edit]
The Institution has libraries which include materials from both the First World War and Second World War, including the collection of documents of President Hoover, which he began to collect at the Paris Peace Conference of 1919.[30] Thousands of Persian books, official documents, letters, multimedia pieces and other materials on Iran's history, politics and culture can also be found at the Stanford University library and the Hoover Institution library.[31]
View of the Hoover Institution's headquarters, including the Hoover Tower, among the Stanford University campus.
The Hoover Institution's in-house publisher, Hoover Institution Press, produces publications on public policy topics, including the quarterly periodicals Hoover Digest, Education Next, China Leadership Monitor, and Defining Ideas. The Hoover Institution Press previously published the bimonthly periodical Policy Review, which it acquired from The Heritage Foundation in 2001.[32] Policy Review ceased publication with its February–March 2013 issue.
The Hoover Institution Press also publishes books and essays by Hoover Institution fellows and other Hoover-affiliated scholars.
Funding[edit]
The Hoover Institution receives nearly half of its funding from private gifts, primarily from individual contributions, and the other half from its endowment.[33]
Funders of the organization include the Taube Family Foundation, the Koret Foundation, the Howard Charitable Foundation, the Sarah Scaife Foundation, the Walton Foundation, the Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation, and the William E. Simon Foundation.[34]
Details[edit]
Funding sources and expenditures, FY 2018:[35]
Funding Sources, FY 2018: $70,500,000
Expendable Gifts (50%)
Endowment Payout (40%)
Misc. Income and Stanford Support (4%)
Revenue from Prior Periods (6%)
Expenditures, FY 2018: $70,500,000
Research (51%)
Library & Archives (13%)
Outreach and Education (17%)
Development (11%)
Administration and Operations (8%)
Members[edit]
In May 2018, the Hoover Institution's website listed 198 fellows.
Below is a list of directors and some of the more prominent fellows, former and current.
This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (May 2016)
Directors[edit]
Ephraim D. Adams, 1920–25
Ralph H. Lutz, 1925–44
Harold H. Fisher, 1944–52
C. Easton Rothwell, 1952–59[36]
W. Glenn Campbell, 1960–89[37]
John Raisian, 1989–2015
Thomas W. Gilligan, 2015–September 2020
Condoleezza Rice, September 2020–Present
Honorary Fellows[edit]
Margaret Thatcher, former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom[38] (deceased)
Ronald Reagan, former President of the United States[22] (deceased)
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, Soviet dissident and Nobel laureate in literature[22] (deceased)
Friedrich Hayek, philosopher and Nobel laureate in economics[22] (deceased)
Distinguished Fellows[edit]
George P. Shultz, former U.S. Secretary of State[39] (deceased)
Senior Fellows[edit]
Fouad Ajami, political scientist, former director of the Middle East Studies Program at Johns Hopkins University (deceased)[40]
Scott Atlas, health care policy scholar and physician, former professor and former Chief of Neuroradiology at Stanford University School of Medicine
Richard V. Allen, former U.S. National Security Advisor
Martin Anderson, former advisor to Richard Nixon and author of The Federal Bulldozer (deceased)
Robert Barro, economist
Lee Ohanion, economist
Gary S. Becker, 1992 Nobel laureate in economics (deceased)
Joseph Berger, theoretical sociologist
Peter Berkowitz, political scientist
Russell Berman, professor of German Studies and Comparative Literature
Michael Boskin, chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers under President George H. W. Bush
David W. Brady, political scientist[41]
Bruce Bueno de Mesquita, political scientist, professor at New York University
Elizabeth Cobbs, historian, novelist, and documentary filmmaker
John H. Cochrane, economist
William Damon, professor of education
Larry Diamond, political scientist, professor at Stanford University
Frank Dikötter, chair professor of humanities at the University of Hong Kong
Sidney Drell, theoretical physicist and arms control expert (deceased)
Darrell Duffie, Dean Witter Distinguished Professor of Finance at Stanford University's Graduate School of Business
John B. Dunlop, expert on Soviet and Russian politics
Richard A. Epstein, legal scholar
Martin Feldstein, senior fellow at the George F. Baker Professor of Economics at Harvard University (Deceased)
Niall Ferguson, historian, professor at Harvard University
Chester E. Finn, Jr., professor of education
Morris P. Fiorina, political scientist
Milton Friedman, 1976 Nobel laureate in economics (deceased)
Timothy Garton Ash, historian, columnist for The Guardian
Jack Goldsmith, legal scholar
Stephen Haber, economic historian and political scientist
Robert Hall, economist
Victor Davis Hanson, classicist, military historian, columnist
Eric Hanushek, economist
David R. Henderson, economist
Caroline Hoxby, economist
Bobby Ray Inman, retired admiral
Shanto Iyengar, professor of political science, and director of the Political Communication Laboratory at Stanford University
Ken Jowitt, historian
Kenneth L. Judd, economist
Daniel P. Kessler, scholar of health policy and health care finance
Stephen D. Krasner, international relations professor
Edward Lazear, economist (Deceased)
Gary D. Libecap, Bren Professor of Corporate Environmental Policy and of Donald R. Bren School of Environmental Science
Seymour Martin Lipset, political sociologist (deceased)
Harvey Mansfield, political scientist
Michael W. McConnell, legal scholar, former judge, professor at Stanford University
Michael McFaul, political scientist, United States Ambassador to Russia
H.R. McMaster, former National Security Advisor
Thomas Metzger, sinologist
James C. Miller III, economist
Terry M. Moe, professor of political science at Stanford University
Kevin M. Murphy, economist
Norman Naimark, historian
Douglass North, 1993 Nobel laureate in economics (deceased)
William J. Perry, former U.S. Secretary of Defense
Paul E. Peterson, scholar on education reform
Alvin Rabushka, political scientist
Raghuram Rajan, Katherine Dusak Miller Distinguished Service Professor of Finance at the University of Chicago's Booth School
Condoleezza Rice, former U.S. Secretary of State
Henry Rowen, economist (deceased)
Thomas J. Sargent, 2011 Nobel laureate in economics, professor at New York University
Robert Service, historian
John Shoven, economist
Abraham David Sofaer, scholar, former legal advisor to the U.S. Secretary of State
Thomas Sowell, economist, author, columnist
Michael Spence, 2001 Nobel laureate in economics
Richard F. Staar, political scientist, historian (Deceased)
Shelby Steele, author, columnist
John B. Taylor, former U.S. Undersecretary of the Treasury for international affairs
Barry R. Weingast, political scientist
Bertram Wolfe, author, scholar, former communist, (deceased; 1896–1977)
Amy Zegart, political scientist
Research Fellows[edit]
Ayaan Hirsi Ali, author, scholar and former politician
Clint Bolick, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Arizona
Lanhee Chen, political scientist, health policy expert, former policy director for Mitt Romney[42]
Robert Conquest, historian (deceased)
David Davenport, former president of Pepperdine University
Williamson Evers, education researcher
Paul R. Gregory, Cullen Professor Emeritus in the Department of Economics at the University of Houston
Alice Hill, former federal prosecutor, judge, special assistant to the president, and senior director for the National Security Council
Charles Hill, lecturer in International Studies (Deceased)
Tim Kane, economist
Herbert S. Klein, historian
Tod Lindberg, foreign policy expert
Alice L. Miller, political scientist
Shavit Matias, former deputy attorney general of Israel
Abbas Milani, political scientist
Henry I. Miller, physician
Elena Pastorino, economist
Russell Roberts, economist, author
Kori Schake, foreign policy expert, author
Kiron Skinner, associate professor of international relations and political science, author
Peter Schweizer, author (former fellow)
Antony C. Sutton, author of Western Technology and Soviet Economic Development (3 vol), fellow from 1968 to 1973
Bruce Thornton, American classicist
Tunku Varadarajan, writer and journalist
Distinguished Visiting Fellows[edit]
John Abizaid, former commander of the U.S. Central Command[43] (former fellow)
Spencer Abraham, former U.S. Senator and Secretary of Energy (former fellow)
Pedro Aspe, Mexican economist, former secretary of finance
Michael R. Auslin, American writer, policy analyst, historian, and Asia expert
Michael D. Bordo, Canadian economist, professor of economics at Rutgers University
Charles Calomiris, financial policy expert, author, and professor at Columbia Business School
Arye Carmon, Founding President and senior fellow at the Israel Democracy Institute (IDI)
Elizabeth Economy, C. V. Starr senior fellow and director for Asia studies at the Council on Foreign Relations
James O. Ellis, former commander, United States Strategic Command[44]
James Goodby, author and former American diplomat
Jim Hoagland, American journalist and two-time recipient of the Pulitzer Prize
Toomas Hendrik Ilves, former President of Estonia
Raymond Jeanloz, professor of earth and planetary science and of astronomy
Josef Joffe, publisher-editor of the German newspaper Die Zeit
Henry Kissinger, former United States Secretary of State in the administrations of presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford
James Mattis, former commander, U.S. Central Command and former Secretary of Defense
Allan H. Meltzer, American economist (Deceased)
Edwin Meese, former U.S. Attorney General
David C. Mulford, former United States Ambassador to India, former Vice-Chairman International of Credit Suisse
Joseph Nye, American political scientist, co-founder of the international relations theory of neoliberalism
Sam Nunn, former United States Senator from Georgia
George Osborne, British Conservative Party politician, former Chancellor of the Exchequer and former Member of Parliament (MP) for Tatton
Andrew Roberts, British historian and journalist, Visiting Professor at the Department of War Studies, King's College London
Peter M. Robinson, American author, research fellow television host, former speechwriter for then-Vice President George H. W. Bush and President Ronald Reagan
Gary Roughead, former Chief of Naval Operations
Donald Rumsfeld, former Secretary of Defense (deceased)
Christopher Stubbs, an experimental physicist
William Suter, former Clerk of the Supreme Court of the United States
Kevin Warsh, former governor of the Federal Reserve System
Pete Wilson, former Governor of California
Visiting Fellows[edit]
Alexander Benard, American businessman, lawyer, and commentator on U.S. public policy
Charles Blahous, U.S. public trustee for the Social Security and Medicare programs
Robert J. Hodrick, U.S. economist specialized in International Finance
Markos Kounalakis, Greek-American journalist, author, scholar, and the Second Gentleman of California
Bjorn Lomborg, Danish author, president of Copenhagen Consensus Center
Ellen R. McGrattan, professor of economics at the University of Minnesota
Afshin Molavi, Iranian-American author and expert on global geo-political risk and geo-economics
Charles I. Plosser, former president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia
Raj Shah, former White House Deputy Press Secretary, former Deputy Assistant to the President
Alex Stamos, computer scientist, former chief security officer at Facebook
John Yoo, Korean-American attorney, law professor, former government official, author
Glennys Young, American international relations scholar
Media Fellows[edit]
Tom Bethell, journalist[45]
Sam Dealey, journalist, former editor-in-chief of Washington Times
Christopher Hitchens, journalist (deceased)[46]
Deroy Murdock, journalist[46][47]
Mike Pride, editor emeritus of the Concord Monitor and former administrator of the Pulitzer Prizes
Christopher Ruddy, CEO of Newsmax Media
National Fellows[edit]
Mark Bils, macroeconomist, National Fellow 1989–90[48]
Stephen Kotkin, historian, National Fellow 2010–11[49]
Senior Research Fellows[edit]
John H. Bunzel, expert in the field of civil rights, race relations, higher education, US politics, and elections (deceased)[50]
Robert Hessen, historian[51]
James Stockdale, Navy Vice Admiral, Medal of Honor recipient, 1992 US vice presidential candidate (deceased) [52]
Charles Wolf, Jr, economist (deceased)[53]
Edward Teller, physicist (deceased)[54]
Footnotes[edit]
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Jay And Silent Bob Strike Back
7 Days Of Hell
Most of the movies listed above are satirical and use the guise of a documentary/mockumentary to poke fun with human society. Humor is often the best way to highlight cultural issues and how things are in certain areas of life, without the danger of hurting anyone's feelings.
1. Borat Subsequent Moviefilm (2020)
2. Anchorman: The Legend Of Ron Burgundy (2004)
3. The Dictator (2012)
4. Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas (1998)
5. The Death Of Stalin (2017)
6. This Is Spinal Tap (1984)
7. Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping (2016)
8. Idiocracy (2006)
9. Jay And Silent Bob Strike Back (2001)
10. C.S.A.: The Confederate States Of America (2004)
11. Best In Show (2000)
12. Bob Roberts (1992)
13. A Mighty Wind (2003)
14. 7 Days In Hell (2015)
15. Vice (2018)
16. Nightcrawler (2014)
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Director: Jason Woliner
Cast: Sacha Baron Cohen, Maria Bakalova, Tom Hanks, and Dani Popescu
It's been fourteen years since Kazakh reporter Borat Sagdiyev experienced a cultural shock on his investigative visit to America. Borat is called into Kazakhstan's Premier Nursultan Nazarbayev's office and given a life-or-death task to perform.
Borat needs to redeem himself and his country by visiting Donald Trump's America and delivering an exceptional gift to Vice President Mike Pence. Borat did not expect his newfound teenage daughter, Tutar, to enter the picture and change his well-thought-out plans.
The now-famous Borat takes a detour, and he and his daughter dive into U.S. politics, learning a thing or two about racism, feminism, and a virus called Covid-19. Add some more direct jabs at the American society. With real-life scenes at political rallies, Borat gets under the skin of the American people.
Will the fourth-best journalist in Kazakhstan complete his mission and deliver the exceptional gift?
Director: Adam McKay
Cast: Will Ferrell, Christina Applegate, Steve Carell, Paul Rudd, Dawid Koechner, and Fred Willard
Journalism was a well-respected profession in 1970's San Diego. The top anchorman in the business at that time was Ron Burgundy. Ron's team consisted of a former baseball player, jock Champ Kind as a sports journalist, slightly dim-witted weatherman Brick Tamland, and ladies' man Brian Fantana, who was responsible for on-field reporting.
The rampant sexism you found in the workplace is about to be addressed by Ron's T.V. station, as they decide to embrace diversity and hire the first female news anchor, the beautiful Veronica Corningstone. The male-dominated broadcasting world is about to change.
Veronica's arrival threatens the fragile egos of the all-male award-winning crew. The men try every trick in the book to make her quit, or better yet, leave. Their derogatory remarks only fuel her ambition, and while Ron's team is busy drinking, flirting, and fighting with rival news teams, Veronica slowly works her way to the top.
Ron can't handle Veronica's success; it drives him crazy. Veronica's meddling eventually leads to Ron being fired from the station. The question is can Ron make it back to the top, the same top that Veronica has taken over?
Director: Larry Charles
Cast: Sacha Baron Cohen, Anna Faris, John C. Reilly, Ben Kingsley, and Rocky Citron
Admiral General Hafez Aladeen rules the Republic of Wadiya with an iron fist and is one of the last old-school dictators. The Admiral enjoys unlimited wealth due to the rich oil fields located in his country. He loves to execute anyone that disagrees with him.
He has staged an Olympics where he wins every gold medal and substituted 300 words in his native language with his name. He is that self-obsessed.
Aladeen is summoned to New York by order of the U.N. to speak at an assembly regarding his country's nuclear weapons program. Unbeknownst to him, his minister, Tamir, is plotting to topple him. The person assigned to protect him is a torturer that has instructions to kill him.
When the assassination attempt goes wrong, Aladeen manages to escape with his trademark beard cut off in the process.
Aladeen meets a young protestor, Zoey, who takes him in and offers him a job. Just another face in the New York crowd, and already replaced by a body double acting like him, can Aladeen save his country that is about to be sold to the highest oil bidder.
Director: Terry Gilliam
Cast: Johnny Depp, Benicio Del Toro, Tobey Maquire, Mark Harmon, and Michael Lee Gogin
The movie is the adaption of the Hunter S. Thomson novel by the same name. Raoul Duke, a reporter, and his crazy lawyer, Dr. Gonzo, purchase enough drugs to fit in a suitcase. The pair uses the advance given to them by a magazine that wants them to cover a desert race called the Mint 400 in Las Vegas.
They fill up the Red Shark, a red convertible, and start their search for the "American Dream."
Armed with a cocktail of drugs, including liquor, marijuana, cocaine, mescaline, ether, L.S.D., ludes, the trip turned out to be a fearful, loathing, and at times hilarious adventure. Throw in a diverse pool of people, including police, gamblers, reporters, racers, and a hitchhiker, and you get hilarious interactions while chasing the dream.
"Our trip was different; it was to be a classic affirmation of everything right and true in the national character. A gross physical salute to the fantastic possibilities of life in this country, but only for those with True Grit."
Director: Armando Iannucci
Cast: Steve Buscemi, Simon Russell Beale, Jeffrey Tambor, Andrea Riseborough, Tom Brooke, and Paddy Considine
Soviet dictator, Joseph Stalin, has been in charge for nearly thirty years of the Soviet Union. The people who live under the Great Terror's heavy cloak of daily arrests leading to torture, execution, or banishment are used to the leader's cruel ways and paranoia.
During a concert in 1953, Stalin collapsed and presumably died in his office. His body is discovered hours later, as even those close to him are wary of intruding in his personal space. Like a spreading virus, the senior members of the Council of Ministers scramble to weed out competition among themselves, maintain some form of order, and take over the country.
It's a mad rollercoaster ride of tireless machinations, plotting, and weak alliances. No one is safe in the race for absolute power.
Director: Rob Reiner
Cast: Christopher Guest, Michael McKean, Harry Shearer, Kimberley Stringer, and David Kaff
Documentary filmmaker, Marti DeBergi, gets a whiff of the English heavy metal band Spinal Tap plans to tour the U.S. to promote their new album "Smell the Glove." He decides to film the band's journey across America. The rockumentary starts well, with sold-out venues, but the audiences begin to dwindle, forcing the band to play at charity events and private parties.
Spinal Tap's popularity is not what it once was. Besides low audience attendance, they have to navigate canceled events, a sexist album cover resulting in low record sales, and an interfering girlfriend who wants to manage the band.
A series of incidents keep shooting the band in the proverbial foot, and this mockumentary (which it is) is a satirical and spoofy look at the rock and roll scene as a whole. Can Spinal Tap rescue this tour from hell?
Director: Akiva Schaffer and Jorma Taccone
Cast: Andy Samberg, Jorma Taccone, Akiva Schaffer, Sarah Silverman, Tim Meadows, Maya Rudolph, Joan Cusack, and Imogen Poots
Conner4Real is a former band member of the rap group Style Boyz. When he left them for a solo career as a pop artist, he became a famous artist with a glittering career. That is until his latest solo album, ConnQuest, fails to sell the number of records needed to stay on top of the pops.
As his life is spinning out of control and his celebrity status at stake, Conner4Real will do anything to stay relevant in the music business. He is not the first artist that sells his soul to the devil and won't be the last. He will not reunite with his old band, the Style Boyz, as they resent each other.
The public, on the other hand, is all for this reunion. Instead, Connor4Real is involved in some severe public relations nightmares that only further destroy his image. Will he be able to cast aside his humongous ego, make amends with his old crew, or will he star fade out like hundreds before him?
Director: Mike Judge
Cast: Luke Wilson, Maya Rudolph, Dax Shepard, Terry Crews, and Justin Long
Private Joe Bauers is an average soldier with an average I.Q., selected to participate in a highly classified program called Human Hibernation Project. Officer Collins picked Joe for his averageness. The mission is to hibernate in a pod with a prostitute called Rita as a test subject for one year.
When Officer Collins is arrested for participating in a prostitution ring, Joe and Rita are left in the secret pods. An incredible five hundred years later, Joe manages to escape the pod, and what he finds is a dumbed-down nation, where he is the most intelligent person alive.
He is nonetheless imprisoned due to not having any identification or money. After the powers that be learn that he is "super" intelligent, President Camacho offers him a pardon if he can help with the nationwide problems regarding the crops. Joe accepts the role of Secretary of Interior, and with the help of Rita, tries to help the dumbed-down society.
Director: Kevin Smith
Cast: Jason Mewes, Kevin Smith, Ben Affleck, Jason Lee, Will Ferrell, Shannon Elizabeth, Eliza Dushku, and Ali Larter
The popular comic book "Bluntman and Chronic" is about to be made into a big-screen adaptation. Real-life stoners Jay and Silent Bob is the inspiration for the comic. When the pair are excluded from any profit derived from the movie, they decide to set out and wreck the production side of things.
They learn about the road's rules from a hitchhiking George Carlin, get a ride with some beautiful jewel thieves, and manage to infuriate a wildlife marshal when they liberate an orangutan named Suzanne. All of this transpires and more as they move from New Jersey to Hollywood, where a big showdown awaits.
Director: Kevin Willmott
Cast: Greg Kirsch, Renee Patrick, Molly Graham, and William Willmott
The B.B.C. is examining the history of the American nation, set in an alternative world where the Confederate States of America won the Civil War. The documentary retells the history beginning in 1863, where the Southern States, with the assistance of British and French troops, won the decisive victory at the battle for Gettysburg.
A short time after the battle is "lost," Ulysses S. Grant surrenders to Robert E. Lee, Abraham Lincoln escapes to Canada, and Boston and New York are burned to ashes. The right to own slaves is now part of the Constitution. The Confederate State of America today is now the most powerful nation in the world.
Slavery is the economic backbone of the C.S.A., and leaders regard it as endemic to the nation's quality. This government is blind to the human rights of black people until a slave brings forward some shocking information, information that can rupture the political structure of the C.S.A.
Director: Christopher Guest
Cast: Fred Willard, Eugene Levy, Catherine O'Hara, Jennifer Coolidge, and Jay Brazeau
It's the prestigious Mayflower Dog Show, and the owners of five show dogs prepare themselves for the competition. A documentary film crew joins the contestants at Philly's Taft Hotel and proceeds to capture both the excitement and tension on camera.
The eccentric bunch of dog owners comes from across the country, and each has their unique way of communicating and preparing their dog for the contest. Throw in an inept commentator who tries his best to provide tidbits about the breeds, and you have a recipe for hilarious satire. The dog show brings out the essence of each owner, be it good or bad.
Director: Tim Robbins
Cast: Tim Robbins, Alan Rickman, Giancarlo Esposito, Ray Wise, and Rebecca Jenkins
The race for the U.S. Senate is on. Bob Roberts is a conservative millionaire folk singer who plans to run against an incumbent senator. Bob has a different approach to campaigning; he sings at the rallies he organizes. The message is in his 60's styled songs, evoking far-right themes on the people.
Bob also has no qualms using smear campaigns and dirty tricks to gain an advantage over his opponent. The mockumentary style of the movie offers an inside look into how propaganda is used in modern-day politics. Seeing that this is a political movie, a journalist is investigating Bob's potential involvement in a drug ring, and there's also an assassination plot developing.
Cast: Christopher Guest, Eugene Levy, Michael Mckean, Harry Shearer, and Mary Gross
Folk icon, Irving Steinbloom, passed away, leaving a legacy of folk music and a "family" of performers behind. A family he has guided to folk stardom. Irving's son Jonathan decides to hold a memorial concert for his dad to properly celebrate his life that was intertwined with folk.
Contacting three disbanded folk groups, Irving's best-loved musicians, they agree to perform at this unique memorial and reunion concert. The movie pokes fun at everything folk, the 60's, and show business in general. Join the three groups as they gather together and perform the music that nearly made them famous.
Director: Jake Szymanksi
Cast: Andy Sandberg, Kit Harrington, Fred Armisen, David Copperfield, Howie Mandell, and John McEnroe
Aaron Williams was found on the streets by Venus and Serena Williams' father, Richard, who adopted him.
Aaron trains to be a tennis star and reach the 1996 Wimbledon Final. During the match, one of his servants hits a linesman, who has a heart attack and dies on the court. Aaron never recovers and loses the championship.
At the ceremony, Aaron pushes Prince Edward, and the "Bad Boy of Tennis" disappears.
Aaron resurfaces in Sweden, where he creates a male underwear line. He soon runs out of funds as the underwear chaffs the wearers' groin, descending into pornography and a P.C.P. addiction. Soon he finds himself locked up in a Swedish prison.
Charles Poole, a child prodigy, is forced into a tennis career by his mother. She threatens to disown him if he loses matches. As a fifteen-year-old, he was asked who his tennis idol was, and he answered that it was Aaron Williams.
Two weeks before Wimbledon 2001, he declares that he is a better player than Aaron.
Aaron hears about the claim and forces himself into the tournament. His first-round opponent is the very same Charles Poole. What follows is the longest match in Wimbledon history, an astonishing seven-day match.
Cast: Christian Bale, Amy Adams, Steve Carell, Sam Rockwell, Alison Pill, and Tyler Perry
The movie tells the story of the "Vice," better known as Dick Cheney. From dropping out of Yale University, doing odd jobs in the early '60s, to becoming Vice President in the Bush administration from 2000-2008.
Taken under the wing of Donald Rumsfeld when he was still an intern in the Richard Nixon administration, the mentorship paved the way for his rise through the White House ranks. He lost his job during the Jimmy Carter administration; he became the CEO OF Halliburton. He held this position until the relatively inexperienced George W. Bush asked him to be his running mate.
The decision would grant him the power to be the man that pulled the strings regarding foreign policy. Manipulating the system for his benefit, he gets elected as Vice President, where he got to work behind the scenes, becoming a much more powerful politician. Cheney becomes even more powerful than if he had been elected as the President of the United States.
Director: Dan Gilroy
Cast: Jake Gyllenhaal, Rene Russo, Bill Paxton, Riz Ahmed, and James Huang
Lou Bloom is an unemployed petty thief loner, making ends meet by selling anything he gets his hands on. One night he comes across a horrific car accident and is amazed to see seasoned "Nightcrawler" Joe Loder taking video footage of the scene, which he sells to the local network stations.
Lou decides there and then that "night crawling" is his new profession. He buys a police scanner and an old video camera, hires an assistant navigator, and starts capturing newsworthy crime scenes. He sells the footage to one of Joe's regular buyers, Nina, a local T.V. producer.
The nocturnal underbelly of Los Angeles is a cutthroat and dangerous place for a "Nightcrawler," and Joe is not against manipulating a crime scene to create a picture that will get him higher pay. When he starts hiding evidence for future use, two homicide detectives become suspicious.
The lines between observer and participant slowly become blurred as Lou becomes the star of his own story.
If you enjoyed the movie Borat, then the above-listed movies are for you. Although no movie can match the Borat phenomenon's spectacle, each one of the movies has an element of Borat in them. The films force you to think about how fickle our society can be at times through the use of parody, and I hope there is a laugh or two for you when making your way through the list.
ScreenRant: 10 Films To Watch If You Liked Borat
Bilbr: 12 Best Movies Like Borat
The Cinemaholic: Movies Like Borat | 7 Best Comedy Films Similar to Borat
IMDB: Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2006)


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3 Inches of Blood war eine kanadische Metal-Band aus Vancouver, die von 2000 bis 2015 bestand.

Geschichte
Die Musik 3 Inches of Blood zeigt den Einfluss von Death Metal (besonders das Growling im Gesang), True Metal/Power Metal und klassischem Heavy Metal. Jamie Hooper singt mit hohen Growls, Cam Pipes singt im Heavy Metal typischen Falsett. Textlich handeln die Songs unter anderem von epischen Schlachten, blutrünstigen Orks und ähnlichem.

Ihr Song Deadly Sinners gehört zu den Soundtracks der Videospiele Tony Hawk's Underground 2, Saints Row 2 und Brütal Legend. Letzteres enthält außerdem den Song Destroy the Orcs.

Am 27. September 2009 verstarb Ex-Bassist Brian Redman bei einem Rollerunfall. Er wurde nur 31 Jahre alt. Im Juni 2015 gab die Band ihre Auflösung bekannt.

Diskografie

Alben
 2002: Battle Cry Under a Winter Sun
 2004: Advance and Vanquish
 2007: Fire Up the Blades
 2009: Here Waits Thy Doom
 2012: Long Live Heavy Metal

EPs
 2001: Sect of the White Worm
 2007: Trial of Champions
 2011: Anthems for the Victorious
 2012: Split-7" mit Angelus Apatrida

Singles
 2003: Destroy the Orcs
 2003: Ride Darkhorse Ride

Weblinks

Einzelnachweise

Metal-Band
Kanadische Band

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Have you ever wondered what happens before an illustrator is offered a book project, or what happens after of the illustrations are complete? There is a lot more to illustrating a children's book than just drawing and painting. In this episode we will go through the whole process of how a story goes from an idea all the way to a finished book, and what it does all along the way. We'll also cover some of the nitty gritty such as how advances work and other practical details in the process.
Our latest episode just launched! Check it out here.
Feel free to discuss any insights or questions in the comments below.
Oooh! A new one! I'll check this out immediately.
I thought it was "F&Gs" not "FNGs"...? For books that are "folded and gathered" but not yet bound. Right?
@jake-parker thanks for putting the time and effort in with the podcasts. I've just discovered them.
@Jake-Parker @Lee-White @Will-Terry Regarding the opening comments; It's an eye opener to see that even the pros have insecurities and compare themselves to others. If we think about always trying to improve I guess that part of it will never go away. I'm glad you three are so open about it all. Thanx for keeping it real!
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Q: Convertir expresión a fecha con formato 'dd/MM/yyyy hh:mi:ss' en sql server Tengo una aplicación Java basada en Oracle, y tengo que hacer una migración a SQL Server, donde necesito hacer convertir la función TO_DATE A CONVERT ya que SQL Server no admite TO_DATE.
La expresión que se usa actualmente para Oracle es:
sqlRestriction("{alias}.D_INSERT_DATE >= TO_DATE('"+ fecha +"','"+dateFormat+"')"))

Donde f y fecha son:
private static SimpleDateFormat f = new SimpleDateFormat("dd/MM/yyyy
HH:mm:ss");
String fecha = f.format(gregorian.getTime());

Ahora quiero convertir esa expresión en datetime con formato dd/MM/yyyy hh:mi:ss utilizando la función CONVERT de SQL Server que sustiutye a TO_DATE() de Oracle.
Lo que he hecho es:
crit.add(Restrictions.sqlRestriction("D_INSERT_DATE >= CONVERT(DATETIME, '"+ fecha +"')"));

El problema es que CONVERT(DATETIME, expresión) convierte la fecha en formato yyyy-mm-aa hh:mi:ss.
He probado a usar CONVERT(VARCHAR(N), expresión) pero me devuelve un string.
También he usado los styles de CONVERT()
CONVERT(DATETIME, fecha, 120) y otros, pero ninguno me convierte al formato que quiero.
He pensado que alomejor usando f.parse() en lugar de f.format obtendría la fecha y podría comparar sin usar CONVERT() pero no se si sería lo adecuado o si se podría hacer.
SOLUCION:
No ha hecho falta convertir la fecha a formato dd/MM/yyyy HH:mm:ss ya que en sql server las fechas se guardan con formato yyyy-mm-dd hh:mi:ss por tanto no tengo que convertir fecha a otro formato.

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Law, Politics, State Government
Election Integrity Act would require that absentee ballots be turned in sooner
Johnny Kampis
Senate leader Phil Berger, R-Rockingham. (CJ photo by Maya Reagan)
New legislation filed in the General Assembly would reduce the time voters have to turn in their absentee ballots, making the outcome of elections clearer in a shorter time.
Senate Bill 326, the Election Integrity Act, would require that absentee ballots be requested at least 14 days before the election. Only ballots received by election officials by the close of business on Election Day would be counted.
The legislation would also require that any challenges to absentee ballots be made between noon and 5 p.m. the day after the election.
Current election law in the state allows absentee ballots received three days after the election to be counted as long as they are postmarked by Election Day. But due to the COVID-19 pandemic, which also caused delays at the U.S. Postal Service, the N.C. Board of Elections extended the deadline to 12 days after the election last year.
State lawmakers argued they, and not the elections board, had constitutional authority to set the state's voting laws. The U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear their emergency motion, and the decision from the elections board stood. Senate Leader Phil Berger, R-Rockingham, issued a written statement after the ruling that he was disappointed "that the legislature's authority to determine the time, place, and manner of election is subject to being set aside by a partisan panel of unelected bureaucrats."
Jon Guze, senior fellow in legal studies at the John Locke Foundation, told Carolina Journal that requiring absentee ballots to be received by Election Day not only helps prevent fraud, but it also reduces the appearance of malfeasance.
"Whether there is fraud or not, when elections change due to late absentee ballots, people get suspicious," he said.
S.B. 326 would also prevent county boards of elections from accepting private monetary donations to help with administering elections. Capital Research Center recently discovered that Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg was among the left-leaning influencers who poured money into various states before the 2020 General Election, CJ previously reported.
Guze applauds the concept of keeping private money out of elections.
"It gives the appearance of undue influence, and that's just not healthy for our democracy," he said.
Sen. Paul Newton, R-Cabarrus, one of the co-sponsors of the Election Integrity Act, told WITN the 14,500 ballots election officials received and counted after Election Day last year gave pause to some about the trustworthiness of the election process.
"That breeds suspicion in the mind of some North Carolinians," he said. "What could go wrong with 14,500 votes coming in after election night? So this bill will fix that."
S.B. 326 would also appropriate $5 million from the General Fund to the State Board of Elections for fiscal 2021-22 to establish a program to identify residents of the state who lack photo identification to vote in person and help them get the proper ID.
Johnny Kampis is a freelance writer for Carolina Journal.
Legislative Democrats file abortion bills; some House Dems have not signed on
On Thursday morning, North Carolina Democrats held a press conference introducing legislation to codify abortion protections into state law. The legislation is based on two U.S. Supreme Court cases that were overturned, Roe v. Wade (1973) and Planned Parenthood v. Casey (1992).
Hall introduces bill forcing sheriffs to cooperate with ICE
On Wednesday, Rep. Destin Hall, R-Caldwell, introduced a bill to require N.C. sheriffs to contact U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (I.C.E.) if they cannot confirm the citizenship status of someone in their custody accused of serious felonies and violent crimes.
Victim in Wood's alleged hit-and-run says her "silence speaks volumes" as new video surfaces
North Carolina's State Auditor Beth Wood released a statement Jan. 23 apologizing for a hit-and-run accident in December that resulted in her state-owned vehicle partially sitting atop another parked car.
Bishop secures committee to investigate 'Deep State.' What could it uncover?
Now that the dust has settled from Kevin McCarthy's speaker election, second-term congressman from the Charlotte area Dan Bishop may have played the most significant role. After voting "nay" on McCarthy's speakership for 11 cycles, Bishop changed to an "aye" on the promise of a new committee investigating the activities of federal intelligence agencies like the FBI and NSA.


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Man Freed From Prison After 30 Years Charged Again in Rape
By Associated Press	• Published at 1:58 pm on May 4, 2019
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A Massachusetts man who spent three decades in prison for a rape he says he did not commit before being freed in 2016 is now accused by police of raping a woman in January.
The Republican newspaper reports 50-year-old George Perrot is scheduled to be arraigned Monday in Essex Superior Court on rape and other charges in connection with a Jan. 4 incident in Lawrence. He has pleaded not guilty.
Perrot is being held without bail. It's not clear if he has a lawyer who could respond to the allegations.
Perrot was convicted and sent to prison on allegations he raped a 78-year-old woman in Springfield in 1985 when he was 17. But he was freed in 2016 based on flawed testimony about microscopic hair evidence.


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