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The rise, and apparent fall, of President Bannon
What does Steve Bannon really think?
By Ronald Beiner
What we are witnessing now is the birth of a new political order.
— Stephen Bannon
A guy named Adolf Hitler won an election in 1932. He won an election, and 50 million people died as a result of that election in World War II, including 6 million Jews. So what I learned as a little kid is that politics is, in fact, very important.
— Bernie Sanders
Steve Bannon, who became Donald Trump's "senior strategist" soon after Trump won the November election, has enjoyed a meteoric rise, and a seemingly equally spectacular fall from grace, in the short time since Trump improbably became President. The rise and fall are closely connected. As soon as the mainstream media began dubbing the chief strategist "President Bannon," it was obvious to anyone with any familiarity with Trump's psyche – and no one who isn't a total hermit cut off from all media can get away from Trump's psyche – that Trump would quickly sour on his top adviser in the West Wing. Hence Trump, all too predictably, now assures us that he's his own strategist. When dealing with Trump, what could be a worse sin than shoving him out of the limelight for which he so palpably hungers?
Bannon may hang on, or he may resign, or he may get the axe. We don't know. But whether he's in the White House, or back at Breitbart News, or somewhere else, Bannonite politics expresses something important and disturbing about the contemporary zeitgeist. Regardless of how much longer he lingers in the White House, we still have a real interest in penetrating Bannon's hyperactive political brain. Hence the following attempt to sketch a political-intellectual profile of this cantankerous and wily operator. If this turns out to be a political obituary of Stephen K. Bannon, so be it.
A short history of Bannonism
Up until the point when he joined the Trump campaign in August 2016, Bannon was a manically voluble communicator. He gave strident lectures to right-wing groups. He made films celebrating conservative icons from Ronald Reagan to Sarah Palin – there are reports that as a filmmaker Bannon modelled himself on Leni Riefenstahl. He even collaborated on the script for a rap version of Coriolanus, "drawn to Shakespeare's Roman plays," according to the woman with whom he co-authored the script, "because of their heroic military violence."1
Then Bannon closed up like a clam. Presumably, the time for words had ended; the time for deeds had begun. Bannon is on record as welcoming darkness and destruction. And in Trump, Bannon seemed to have found the suitable political instrument of the darkness and destruction for which he yearns.2
Yes, there has been the odd interview with Bannon, often for the purpose of denying that he is a racist. Were those denials reliable? If so, one has to ponder why white supremacists like Richard B. Spencer were so visibly enthused by the Bannon-Trump consortium. Spencer, one will recall, immediately became the most visible face of the alt-right (neofascist) movement in America by greeting the Trump victory with the proclamation, "Let's party like it's 1933," and by eliciting Nazi salutes from his followers when he shouted "hail Trump!" at a postelection alt-right conference in Washington.3 In any case, soon after earning this notoriety, Spencer released a provocative podcast in which he offered the following astonishing commentary on Bannon:
I think Bannon is a wild card, and a wild card is good … Bannon has made gestures towards us; he's said Breitbart is a platform for the alt-right. He's apparently read Julius Evola and Alexander Dugin. Make of that what you will … We want a wild card; we want change. So, I think Bannon is a good thing.4
Julius Evola (1898–1974) was a ferocious racist and anti-egalitarian who characterized his politics as being to the right (!) of European fascism and who helped inspire far-right terrorism in Italy; Aleksandr Dugin (born 1962) is a Russian fascist who despises liberal democracy and believes in Russian imperial expansion far beyond anything aspired to by Vladimir Putin. Clearly, Spencer refers to Bannon's awareness of Evola and Dugin because he sees it as a further indication that Bannon is with "us." (Spencer is an English-language publisher of Dugin.)5 In the same podcast, Spencer also tellingly pointed out that the final video ad of the Trump campaign (surely inspired by Bannon) "reminded me quite a bit" of videos produced by NPI (National Policy Institute, Spencer's far-right, white-nationalist outfit).
Perhaps the most salient commonality between Bannon's ideology and Dugin's is the yearning for a grand apocalypse (World War III) expressed in both. In fact, the yearning for a cleansing apocalypse seems to be a conspicuous feature of several of the scariest ideologies that confront us today, including the ideology of the Islamic State, Duginism and now Bannonism.6 (And one should hasten to point out: even if Bannon is turfed out of the West Wing tomorrow, that doesn't guarantee that "Bannonism" as a far-right populist movement is finished. In fact, there have been pointed suggestions from the Bannon camp that Bannon's removal would prompt "the movement" to retaliate against Trump for having betrayed it; that very possibility of rebellion against Trump by the populist base may well be precisely what is currently keeping Bannon in place.)
When an earlier version of this article was posted on the Crooked Timber blogsite, a comment by Bruce Wilder cited a disturbing exchange between Bannon and David Kaiser, in which Bannon expressed his strong conviction that "the current crisis" will lead to a conflagration "at least as big as the Second World War in the near or medium term." Kaiser, as quoted by Wilder, said that Bannon "did not seem at all fazed by the prospect." As a comment by Andrew Brown on the Crooked Timber thread rightly pointed out, this is fully consistent with what Bannon said in a discussion in which he participated via Skype in the context of a 2014 conference held in the Vatican.7
Given the paucity of direct evidence with regard to how Bannon thinks politically, what his policy agenda is and what might define his vision of a desirable politics, it is not surprising that the transcript of this discussion (which is the "text" alluded to in the Spencer podcast discussed above) has gotten substantial attention. The Skype exchange can be employed as a preliminary window into Bannon's political thinking:
Bannon claims that there is both a crisis of capitalism and a crisis of Judeo-Christian values, and the two crises are interwoven. Bannon endorses a Christian rejection of liberal secularization; in fact, the contempt for Christianity on the part of ruling elites constitutes proof for him of the cultural arrogance of those elites. He suggests that Christianity was a key part of what sustained the health of capitalism, so secularization is simultaneously antireligious and anticapitalist.
Again and again, Bannon rails against "crony capitalism" (this from a former investment banker who worked for Goldman Sachs!). At the same time, he attacks what he calls "state-sponsored capitalism" (in China and Russia). Bannon endorses a quasi-Marxist critique of the kind of Wall Street capitalism that treats people like commodities. But this doesn't deter him from also saying, "We are strong capitalists; the harder-nosed the capitalism, the better." He claims that God favours capitalism ("divine providence" intends for us to be committed job creators and wealth creators). But Christian capitalists must support "putting a cap on wealth creation and distribution."
Bannon endorses a Samuel Huntington–type thesis of a clash of civilizations between the Judeo-Christian West and Islam. He suggests that the coming fight between Christianity and Islam will be of the same order of magnitude as the civilizational cataclysms associated with the First and Second world wars. He more or less assumes that jihadi versions of Islam are what represent Islam in this coming civilizational struggle.
Bannon aligns himself with a Tea Party critique of the Republican establishment (the fight against which is more urgent than the fight against the Democrats); with right-wing Catholic anti-abortion and pro–traditional marriage politics; and with far-right European populist parties like UKIP and the National Front. He repeatedly refers to the National Front as "centre-right" because it represents a backlash of "the middle class, the working men and women in the world" against arrogant cosmopolitan elites. Washington, Beijing and Brussels all belong to the same international elite that disdains ordinary people and bosses them around. Bannon even goes so far as to suggest that the centralized U.S. government is as elitist and detached from the ordinary citizenry as the European Union. Should both be disbanded? Bannon definitely gestures in that direction. (Tellingly, when Bannon allegedly called himself a "Leninist," he elaborated what he meant as follows: "Lenin wanted to destroy the state, and that's my goal too. I want to bring everything crashing down, and destroy all of today's establishment" – what has been aptly referred to as Bannon's "right-wing-revolutionary schtick."8 As is fairly clear, many of Trump's cabinet appointments have been suggestive of such an agenda.)
While conceding that Putin's Russia is a kleptocracy, Bannon defends far-right ("centre-right"!) populist movements in Europe with respect to admiring Putin because Putin stands for a firm concept of committed nationality. Insofar as Putin's nationalism draws sustenance from fascist sources, that doesn't seem objectionable to Bannon. (He cites Julius Evola and alludes to Aleksandr Dugin; hence the remarks made by Richard Spencer.) Overall, Tea Party themes (particularly outrage at the complicity between big government and the bankers responsible for the 2008 financial crisis) seem much more salient than alt-right themes, though Bannon puts a lot of emphasis on the "Judeo-Christian" foundation of the West. He believes (or says he believes) that racial and ethnic aspects of contemporary populism will fade as populism attains its ends, which largely consist in the humbling of ruling elites.
One suspects that Bannon consistently refers to "Judeo-Christian" morality for the same reason that he calls far-right politics "centre-right" politics: to mask (though not with any real effectiveness) the ugly radicalism of his commitments. As Spencer rightly points out in the podcast discussed above (and as was evident to countless people who viewed the ad), the Bannon/Breitbart-inspired final ad of the Trump campaign featured a visibly anti-Semitic subtext. Also, it's hard to believe that Bannon and Trump were unaware of the unpleasant lineage of the inaugural address's slogan of "America First."
Putting it all together, his worldview comes across as a hodgepodge of incompatible ideologies whose common thread is hatred of (liberal) elites.9 One can speculate that Trump was drawn to Bannon because Bannon gave expression to the political opportunities ripe to be exploited in European-style right-wing populism: the idea was that whatever is driving the rise of populism in Europe can drive populism in America as well.10 Beyond this strategic instinct or insight, Bannon fails to articulate a coherent set of ideas, apart from the notion of a conspiracy on the part of a sinister liberal-cosmopolitan elite ("the party of Davos") against common folk in Kansas and Colorado. As the statement of a political philosophy, one has to say that it is pretty shallow and poorly thought through.
How do Bannon's professed Christian beliefs consort with his commitment to hard-nosed capitalism ("the harder-nosed the better")? How does his vehement antistatism mesh with his forbearance for authoritarian Putinite nationalism? Why are Bannon and Trump themselves exempt from membership in the despised elite? It suggests to me that people whose whole life revolves around making money and consolidating power (including media power) – and this is true of Bannon no less than Trump – haven't made it a priority to reflect on what their actual positive political principles are (insofar as it's appropriate to speak of "principles" in this context). Needless to say, we saw a lot of that in the the hollowness and inconsistency of Trump's campaign; and we've been seeing more of the same (a conspicuous lack of thought-out principles) during the early months of Trump's chaotic and flip-flopping Administration.11
Of course, Bannon has some very strong opinions, and those opinions follow identifiable patterns. What's less clear is whether those opinions (the nefariousness of ruling elites, the evil of the dominant liberal-secular culture, the threat posed to the West by "Islam," the need to shake up the political culture in a thoroughly radical way) jell into something that's particularly coherent, with intelligible or predictable policy implications. To be sure, there is a distinctive Bannonite ideology, but it is, to say the least, a highly tension-ridden ideology, and all the various contradictions between thought and practice in Bannon's career (Harvard Business School, Goldman Sachs, Hollywood, and now membership in the ruling elite) reflect those very tensions.
It should not be assumed that speech and deeds, logos and praxis, will be in harmony. Bannon and Trump are ruthless operators, playing the political game in a hyper-Machiavellian fashion. Words are not used primarily to express political intentions or to articulate a sincerely held political vision. To a much greater extent, they serve to keep people guessing, or to provide active smokescreens for their real designs, or to manipulate people by pushing the right buttons – or maybe it's just a question of getting a "buzz" from knowing that one has the power to stir up millions of people with one's words and images (hence the Riefenstahl fixation). The Bannon-led Breitbart News is reported to have had 45 million readers.12 That's a lot of power – especially when one considers that fewer than 63 million votes sufficed for Trump to win the presidency. If Bannon insists that he's not alt-right,13 yet also says that he was content to turn Breitbart into "a platform for the alt-right," then that in itself is a clear acknowledgement that purposes were being served other than the expression of actual political commitments (the pursuit of truth not being one of those purposes!).
Bannon the political agitator railed against what the bankers got away with during the crisis of 2008; Bannon the senior strategist almost certainly supported a relaxation of post-2008 regulatory controls on Wall Street.14 The political activist Bannon cast "crony capitalists" as the root of all evil, yet the Trump cabinet (surely with Bannon's encouragement) has exhibited no lack of crony capitalists – on the contrary, they seem to predominate. "Globalism" was supposedly the enemy, but that obviously didn't rule out appointing Goldman Sachs and ExxonMobil executives to positions of consummate power. Bannon famously told the Wall Street Journal that his whole commitment to populist politics flowed directly from the plunge in his father's AT&T stocks owing to the 2008 financial crisis.15 But it would require pretty twisted political reasoning to see the personnel or policies of the Trump administration as a reasonable redress for Marty Bannon's anguish about his ravaged savings.
Ross Douthat, an astute New York Times columnist, summed up the first 72 days of the Trump Administration as follows: "A core weakness of this White House … is the absence of anyone who seems to have thought through how one might translate Trumpism, the populist nationalism on which the president campaigned, into substantive policy on any specific issue except a temporary visa freeze." Douthat explicitly directed this judgement against Bannon: "It was probably unreasonable to expect a sixtysomething whose life experience is all in media and Hollywood to suddenly turn into a one-man think tank, no matter how many French far-right agitators he name-drops."16 This fits neatly with my argument that Bannon/Trump's philosophical and policy incoherence was perfectly apparent even before the Trump administration took office.
The politics of The Joker
In truth, the disparate balls being juggled in Bannon's ideological juggling act – Tea Party libertarianism, compassionate conservatism, Christian piety and moralism,17 European-style populist nationalism (not excluding its Putinophile aspects), clash-of-civilizations Islamophobia, with ominous "gestures" to the alt-right – are too eclectic to be taken at face value.18 Still, the overall political effect is in deadly earnest. At the end of 2016, it was reported that the Trump crew had welcomed the leader of Austria's far-right Freedom Party at Trump Tower.19 This was fully consistent with the pattern of Bannon's political alignments as we've come to know them. Despite what he says, Bannon is emphatically not a political thinker or political doer of the "centre-right" – or at least, what he takes to be centre-right is very far removed indeed from what the vast majority of us understand by it.
At one point we got the bizarre news that Trump had reportedly offered Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., who has promoted the theory that vaccines are responsible for autism, a position as "vaccine czar."20 Surely, that could only have been Bannon's idea, and tells one everything one needs to know about the Bannon style of "governing." It's his perverse sense of humour, which then supplies the foundation for his politics (or antipolitics). Responsible government is all a big joke. The point is to laugh in the faces of the established political class, and to make sure that they know that you're laughing in their faces. As Bannon himself more or less suggested in his Hollywood Reporter interview, and as seemed to be subtly intimated in Trump's inaugural address, it's a politics of The Joker.21 The Vatican correspondent for Breitbart News, Thomas Williams, gave his then-boss, Bannon, the following excellent advice: "If you are going to tear down, you better know what you are building." Yet Williams knew that Bannon was incapable of taking that advice: "I think he prefers tearing down to building up, honestly."22 The overriding purpose was to throw a brick through the window of the political establishment, and Trump was that brick.
Another initiative of the Trump administration that had Bannon's fingerprints all over it was the startling plan to require weekly publication of crimes committed by immigrants and/or aliens: "This proposed list is a move reminiscent of Breitbart News … Infamously, Breitbart had a 'black crime' section, opened as a response to Black Lives Matter." And the relentless attacks on the mainstream media during the first weeks of the new administration unquestionably represented another area where Trump and Bannon thought as one, as Bannon himself made clear in a characteristically pit-bull interview given to the New York Times.23 In short, we have good reason to suspect that Trump's most radical early initiatives were all Bannon-inspired (or at least, Bannon encouraged and cheered on Trump's most radical impulses). Also fairly disturbing was something reported in the wake of the initial defeat of Trump's anti-Obamacare American Health Care Act. Bannon and Trump, according to this report, insisted on a roll call in the House of Representatives, despite being assured by Speaker Paul Ryan that the vote was sure to fail. The idea was to use this roll call as the basis for an "enemies list" (what Bannon himself apparently referred to as a "shit list") – with all its sinister Nixonian echoes. Ryan, to his credit, refused to play this game and cancelled the vote.24
Prior to being put in charge of the Trump campaign, Bannon famously confessed that Trump is "a blunt instrument for us. I don't know whether he really gets it or not."25 Well, blunt instrument for the pursuit of what political project exactly? And who exactly is the us in Bannon's "for us"? How does this us relate to Spencer's us when he said in his podcast that "Bannon has made gestures towards us"?
To keep our sanity in the Trump era, I think we'll need to hold before our mind's eye a picture of some imaginable scenario that might redeem this absurdity of a Steve Bannon occupying a prominent office in the West Wing (which, as of this writing, he still does). Here's mine: Trump makes a complete fool of himself every day for the next four years. (So far, that's pretty much what he's been doing.) The 2020 Democratic nomination goes to Andrew Cuomo, who picks a dynamic young Hispanic (Julián Castro?) as his running mate. They make mincemeat of Trump and Pence in the election and win by a landslide. Then, as soon as a vacancy opens up, Cuomo appoints Obama to the Supreme Court. The bad guys lose and the good guys eventually have the last laugh.
This is not impossible. If it were, it's hard to see how we would be able to fend off the despair of witnessing the current political ascendency of Bannon and his Tea Party philosophy. In any case, of one thing we can be absolutely certain: the inauguration of Trump's successor as president, hopefully no later than January 2021, will attract a far larger crowd than Trump's.
1 See, for example, "Steve Bannon Lays Out His AMAZING Political Philosophy," November 18, 2016, retrieved here, in which Bannon claims that he gives such lectures "three times a week all across the country"; Matt Pearce, "Stephen Bannon Found Inspiration in Ancient Thinkers, Ronald Reagan and Nazi Propaganda," Los Angeles Times, December 9, 2016, retrieved here; Daniel Pollack-Pelzner, "Bannon's 'Coriolanus' Rewrite," New York Times, December 18, 2016, p. SR 2.
2 Ronald Radosh, "Steve Bannon, Trump's Top Guy, Told Me He Was 'A Leninist' Who Wants to 'Destroy the State,'" Daily Beast, August 22, 2016, retrieved here; Daniella Diaz, "Steve Bannon: Darkness Is Good," CNN, November 18, 2016, retrieved here; Scott Shane, "Combative, Populist Steve Bannon Found His Man in Donald Trump," New York Times, November 27, 2016, retrieved here.
3 John Woodrow Cox, "'Let's Party Like It's 1933': Inside the alt-right World of Richard Spencer," Washington Post, November 22, 2016, retrieved here.
4 "Crunch Time for Immigration Restrictions," December 1, 2016, retrieved here; on the question of the Bannon/Breitbart quasi-endorsement of the alt-right, see Sarah Posner, "How Donald Trump's New Campaign Chief Created an Online Haven for White Nationalists," Mother Jones, August 22, 2016, retrieved here, and Allum Bokhari and Milo Yiannopoulos, "An Establishment Conservative's Guide to the alt-right," retrieved here.
5 For an account of Dugin's ideology and why he's so dangerous, see my "Russia's Ecumenical Jihadist," Inroads, Summer/Fall 2015, pp. 92–99. The Bannon-Dugin connection also arouses the interest of David Brooks in a helpful and perceptive column in the New York Times (January 10, 2017) entitled "Bannon Versus Trump," retrieved here. However, Brooks makes two mistakes. First, he's wrong in referring to Dugin as "Putin's ideologist": Dugin was purged from the Putin circle after berating Putin for failing to grab the whole of Ukraine. Second, Brooks reproduces a mistake in the Vatican transcript. In the section referring to Evola and Dugin, Bannon is not speaking of "traditionalism" but of "Traditionalism" – the source of Dugin's zany and deranged worldview. The fact that Bannon refers to it respectfully proves that Bannon too is zany and deranged. See Mark Sedgwick, Against the Modern World: Traditionalism and the Secret Intellectual History of the Twentieth Century (Oxford, England: Oxford University Press, 2004). Jason Horowitz takes note of Julius Evola's influence on Bannon in the New York Times of February 10, 2017 ("Taboo Italian Thinker Is Enigma to Many, but Not to Bannon," retrieved here. For a helpful diagram of some of the relevant interconnections, see the amusing February 1, 2017, Facebook post by Andreas Umland (a leading scholar of Dugin) here.
6 Bannon has also raised the possibility of war with China. See Andrew Griffin, "Donald Trump's Closest Advisor Steve Bannon Thinks There Will be War with China in the Next Few Years," Independent (London), February 1, 2017, retrieved here. We need to take this very seriously.
7 A transcript of Bannon's Vatican remarks is available at J. Lester Feder, "This is How Steve Bannon Sees the Entire World," BuzzFeed, November 15, 2016, retrieved here. See also Griffin, "Donald Trump's Closest Advisor Steve Bannon Thinks There Will be War with China." Bannon's apocalypticism is on display as well in the movie trailer of a Bannon documentary titled Torchbearer, torchbearermovie.com. For the Crooked Timber thread, see here, comments 10 and 27.
8 See Radosh, "Steve Bannon, Trump's Top Guy"; John Cassidy, "Steve Bannon is Losing to the Globalists," New Yorker, April 6, 2017, retrieved here.
9 In the version of this essay posted on the Crooked Timber blogsite, I referred to Bannon's worldview as "a fairly incoherent hodge-podge of incompatible ideologies." A comment by someone named J-D (comment 12) objected to the word fairly in this sentence. Fair point.
10 Rosie Gray, "A 'One-Stop Shop' for the Alt-Right," The Atlantic, January 12, 2017, retrieved here.
11 I think it's fair to say that Trump's inaugural address communicated a consistent message. Its animating themes were angry populism and aggressive economic nationalism (which are also familiar Bannonite themes). This isn't an especially attractive political vision, but it's better than the alt-right.
12 Shane, "Combative, Populist Steve Bannon."
13 For Bannon's denial that he is a white nationalist, see Michael Wolff, "Ringside with Steve Bannon at Trump Tower," Hollywood Reporter, November 18, 2016, retrieved here, and Kimberley A. Strassel, "Steve Bannon on Politics as War," Wall Street Journal, November 18, 2016, retrieved here. It appears that these were Bannon's only postelection interviews. In the Hollywood Reporter interview, he volunteers this memorable self-characterization: "I am Thomas Cromwell in the court of the Tudors." This is a rather curious suggestion, especially since Thomas Cromwell's career ended with his execution, with his decapitated head displayed on a spike on London Bridge.
14 Trump went on to announce support for precisely this policy. Bernie Sanders was right to point out (fairly indignantly but justly) the rank hypocrisy of these supposed "populists" (David Edwards, "'This Guy is a Fraud': Bernie Sanders Blasts Trump for Selling Out Voters to Help Wall Street," Raw Story, February 5, 2017, retrieved here.
15 Michael C. Bender, "Steve Bannon and the Making of an Economic Nationalist," Wall Street Journal, March 14, 2017.
16 Ross Douthat, "Trump Needs a Brain," New York Times, April 2, 2017, p. SR 9. As regards the name-dropping, Douthat is likely alluding to the following: Paul Blumenthal and J.M. Rieger, "This Stunningly Racist French Novel is How Steve Bannon Explains the World," Huffington Post, March 6, 2017, retrieved from here.
17 As regards the right-wing Catholic aspect of Bannon's multiplex ideology, see Samuel G. Freedman, "Church Militant Theology is Put to New, and Politicized, Use," New York Times, December 30, 2016, retrieved here, and Jason Horowitz, "Steve Bannon Carries Battles to Another Influential Hub: The Vatican," New York Times, February 7, 2017, retrieved here. Horowitz suggests quite clearly that Bannon regards Pope Francis as unacceptably left-wing, and is not above conspiring with other right-wing Catholics with a view to trying to undermine the Pope's authority within the church.
18 Consider the following comment by someone named Pamela on the New York Times website in response to David Brooks's "Bannon Versus Trump" column: "David Brooks, you are giving the Trump administration way too much credit for having a deep-rooted political philosophy. Even if Bannon has spouted a bunch of nonsense about the end of Judeo-Christian morality and humane forms of capitalism, he certainly doesn't care about that. Trump is a symbol of the spread of globalism, anti-Christian morality, inhumane capitalism, and relativism, practically everything you mention (except diversity). The Trump administration is a bunch of rich old White men who believe that rich old White men should run the show. Their beliefs are not rooted in any conception of morality. They are corrupt." A comment by "passer-by" (comment 39) on the Crooked Timber thread similarly complains that it is foolish to expect coherence in any ideology designed for mass consumption. I agree: an ideology is an ideology, not an exercise in philosophical reflection. But that's not a reason not to do what one can to expose it as (mere) ideology.
19 Tina Nguyen, "Trump's National Security Adviser Met Group with 'Nazi Sympathies,'" Vanity Fair, December 20, 2016, retrieved here. Also, Marine Le Pen was spotted in Trump Tower in January 2017. At least one source claims that the visit "was handiwork" (Eliana Johnson and Eli Stokols, "What Steve Bannon Wants You to Read," Politico, February 7, 2017, retrieved here.
20 "Vaccine Sceptic Robert F Kennedy Jr Says Trump Asked Him to Lead Safety Study," BBC News, January 11, 2017, retrieved here. At the time, the Trump people denied that Trump had offered Kennedy such a position. See Dan Merica, "Trump Team Denies Skeptic Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was Asked to Head Vaccine Commission," CNN Politics, January 10, 2017, retrieved here.
21 See Nathan Amzi, "Oh Man This Is Good. Thought I'd Heard That Somewhere Before …," January 20, 2017, retrieved here.
22 Jason Horowitz, "Breitbart's Man in Rome: A Gentle Voice in a Strident Chorus," New York Times, January 10, 2017, retrieved here.
23 Annalisa Merelli, "The White House Will Publish a Weekly List of Crimes Committed by Immigrants," Quartz, January 25, 2017, retrieved here; Michael M. Grynbaum, "Trump Strategist Stephen Bannon Says Media Should 'Keep Its Mouth Shut,'" New York Times, January 26, 2017, retrieved here.
24 Amy Siskind, "Week 19: Experts in Authoritarianism Advise to Keep a List of Things Subtly Changing Around You, So You'll Remember" (March 25, 2017), item 65, retrieved here; Asawin Suebsaeng, "Bannon Tells Trump: 'Keep a Shit List' of Republicans Who Opposed You," Daily Beast, March 24, 2017, retrieved here.
25 Ken Stern, "Steve Bannon, Trump's New C.E.O., Hints at his Master Plan," Vanity Fair, August 17, 2016, retrieved here.
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Ronald Beiner is Professor of Political Science at the University of Toronto. His books include Dangerous Minds: Nietzsche, Heidegger, and the Return of the Far Right (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2018). Read More


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Written by:Danielle SolzmanPosted on: February 12, 2018
Cool Runnings is able to defy everything formulaic about sports movies and manages to rise up as a crowd-pleasing comedy.
Directed by Jon Turteltaub from a script written by Lynn Siefert and Tommy Swerdlow & Michael Goldberg, the film stars Leon, Doug E. Doug, Rawle D. Davis, Malik Yoba, and John Candy. Interestingly enough, none of the four actors starring as the Jamaican bobsled team are even from Jamaica. Three are from America and Lewis is said to have been born in Trinidad.
Cool Runnings is inspired by the true story of the Jamaican bobsled team competiting during the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary. Derice Bannock (Leon) is one of the elite Jamaican sprinters and when his Olympic dreams end for making the track team, he does whatever he can to fulfill his dreams no matter what sport. Learning that ex-United States gold medal bobsledding winner Irv Blitzer (John Candy) is living somewhere in Jamaica, he seeks him out with his friend, Sanka Cofie (Doug E. Doug). Irv is reluctant to say yes but Derice is not about to take no for an answer.
After holding a meeting, it just so happens that the two other sprinters in the fall, Junior Bevil (Lewis) and Yul Brenner (Yoba), are the only other people with an interest in joining the newly formed bobsled team. Because Junior prevented both derice and Yul from competing in the summer games, there's some animosity. It takes a while but the team is finally able to get it together.
I like what John Candy brings to the role as the coach. The Second City alumnus brings a nice mixture of both comedy and drama in what would sadly turn out to be among his final roles before his untimely passing in 1994 (the last released while he was living). Addressing the fictional International Alliance of Winter Sports after the team was disqualified due to rule changes, Blitzer gives a passionate speech that Candy puts so much into the delivery.
Released in October 1993, one of the best things about Cool Runnings is that the film introduced wider audiences to the great winter sport that is bobsledding. Filmmakers made a lot of creative changes from the inspiring true story that the film is based on. While the dramatic changes on the creative side help to make the film more of a crowd-pleaser, it also means that audiences don't learn the true story without looking it up. For example, the film ignores that the Jamaicans also had a two-man bobsled team that was able to complete all four of its runs.
While Cool Runnings is able to work as a comedy, it could have just as easily been one of the great sports dramas of our time. While we're never truly know what could have been, we'll just have to settle for what was. Regardless, the film comes together so well–even if the Jamaican underdogs didn't win or even come close to medal contention.
Walt Disney Pictures released Cool Runnings on October 1, 1993.
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Q: Ajax Not Working Right In Chrome/FireFox This script I wrote works perfect on IE! It works on Chrome and FireFox the first time you do an action but it fails on the rest.
The script is simple. You can Add or Delete a user and each time you Add or Delete a user it updates the Updates the list.

function Add() {
  http_request = false;
  cache=Math.random();
  var username=document.getElementById('username').value;
  if (window.XMLHttpRequest) { // Mozilla, Safari,...
      http_request = new XMLHttpRequest();
      if (http_request.overrideMimeType) {
        http_request.overrideMimeType('text/html');
      }
  } else if (window.ActiveXObject) { // IE
      try {
        http_request = new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP");
      } catch (e) {
        try {
            http_request = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
        } catch (e) {}
      }
  }
  if (!http_request) {
      return false;
  }
  http_request.onreadystatechange=function(){ if (http_request.readyState==4 && http_request.status==200){ if (http_request.responseText=="OK"){ Update(); } else { document.getElementById('Response').innerHTML=http_request.responseText; } } }
  http_request.open('POST', 'add.php?username='+username+'&cache='+cache, true);
  http_request.send(null);
}

function Delete(username) {
  http_request = false;
  if (window.XMLHttpRequest) { // Mozilla, Safari,...
      http_request = new XMLHttpRequest();
      if (http_request.overrideMimeType) {
        http_request.overrideMimeType('text/html');
      }
  } else if (window.ActiveXObject) { // IE
      try {
        http_request = new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP");
      } catch (e) {
        try {
            http_request = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
        } catch (e) {}
      }
  }
  if (!http_request) {
      return false;
  }
  http_request.onreadystatechange=function(){ if (http_request.readyState==4 && http_request.status==200){ Update(); } }
  http_request.open('POST', 'delete.php?username='+username, true);
  http_request.send(null);
}

function Update() {
  http_request = false;
  if (window.XMLHttpRequest) { // Mozilla, Safari,...
      http_request = new XMLHttpRequest();
      if (http_request.overrideMimeType) {
        http_request.overrideMimeType('text/html');
      }
  } else if (window.ActiveXObject) { // IE
      try {
        http_request = new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP");
      } catch (e) {
        try {
            http_request = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
        } catch (e) {}
      }
  }
  if (!http_request) {
      return false;
  }
  http_request.onreadystatechange=function(){ if (http_request.readyState==4 && http_request.status==200){ document.getElementById("list").innerHTML=http_request.responseText; } }
  http_request.open('GET', 'list.php', true);
  http_request.send(null);
}

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A: Use jQuery. You will have to write much less code and it will work in all browsers.

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This is a bit longer and more technical than normal. Be forewarned.
As you probably already know, the Bible was written in Greek and Hebrew (and a little bit of Aramaic). But you probably need to read them in a translation. And for us English speakers, we are both blessed and cursed with a plethora of translations. ESV, NIV, CSB, NASB, KJV and others are all translations of these Greek and Hebrew texts of the scriptures.
So, in a manner of speaking, one could say that these various versions or translations are not the scriptures. They are not the actual texts themselves, they are only translations of the actual texts. Now, of course these Greek and Hebrew texts are texts that we still have and are studied by the people who can read them, usually scholars and some pastors.
Clear as mud, right? Naturally, the issue is that unless you have gone through the trouble of actually learning the forms of these languages used in the scriptures, then you can't read them. In a manner of speaking, you can't read the actual text of the scriptures. You can only read translations.
Now you might object to all this elitist seminarian talk and say that if the English translations are generally faithful and accurate, then we are in fact reading the text of the scriptures, in the same way that I can say that I've read Les Miserables even if I've only slogged through an English translation of this unnecessarily long French novel. It's the meaning after all that matters, not the words themselves, as if it were some kind of magic incantation.
Furthermore, most English translations are fairly decent. Obviously none are perfect since they all have to make decisions and interpret the text as they translate it. They have different philosophies about how to translate and have different biases as they come to the text. But in general this isn't really too much of a problem.
I'm not here to tell you that your English translation is trash and you don't have the Bible if you're not reading it in Greek and Hebrew. That is NOT what I'm saying. What I am saying is that when you do read your English translations, you have to recognize what it is: a translation. It is not the text, not in the strictest sense. Because of this, one has to be aware of a few things lest one end up misunderstanding or abusing the text.
First off, I feel the need to make this clear. There is nothing magical about the languages used in the scriptures. I can't tell you how many times I heard in various ways growing up that Greek was this magically precise language or all this weird pious stuff about Hebrew, yet none of this is true. Greek and Hebrew are languages just like any other languages. They have their own quirks and ambiguities. Sure some things are necessarily more precise in one language, but then other things are not as precise.
Usually what will happen is that people will talk about individual words in Greek or Hebrew and treat them as if they in themselves hold so much more meaning than any English equivalent. And to be sure there are some words that are hard to express succinctly in English. For example, the word κοινωνία [koinohnia]. Paul uses this word a lot and it means something like commonality, fellowship, even generosity or participation/sharing. However, the fuller meaning is a bit harder to grasp than that. The idea is wrapped up in the idea of holding things in common, like how the church in Acts sometimes literally held everything in common, all their wealth and possessions. So in Paul's context he has in mind the unity all the believers have since they all have the same faith, hope, and Lord. There's quite a bit more to the idea than merely "fellowship" which is how the word is normally translated.
However, other words are often purported to hold far more meaning that they actually do. One of the most common ones has to do with the various Greek words for love. There are a few words in Greek that can be translated as "love," such as ἀγαπάω [agapaoh], φιλέω [fileoh], στέργω [stergoh], and ἐράω [eraoh]. Often a lot of hay is made out of the differences between these words. And to be sure they are different. However, there's also a lot of overlap between their meanings. It's not as if these are strictly separate and distinct categories. In fact, some times writers in the New Testament will use these words interchangeably, like in John's Gospel.
Other times people will point to word origins or how a word has come into English and derive meaning from that. For example, often people claim that the word δυναμις [dynamis], meaning power, is an explosive kind of power, like dynamite. Now, the word dynamite is derived from the Greek word, but that has nothing to do with what the word means in a first century context nearly two millennia before dynamite is even invented.
This is all to say that Greek and Hebrew are not magical. These are not mysterious mystical languages. They're just normal everyday human languages that God happened to use because those were the common languages within the context he was working.
Okay, so first off one has to recognize that the meanings of English words, phrases, or sentences may not completely match up with the meanings of the Greek/Hebrew words, phrases, or sentences. Words don't mean just one thing, but have a range of meaning. The full range of meaning of a word in one language will never completely match the range of meaning of a corresponding word in another language. For example, in Romans 6:13, Paul uses the word ὅπλα [hopla], which is often translated as "instruments," as in "present your members to God as instruments of righteousness." The word ὅπλα [hopla] however has a range of meaning that includes concepts such as "tool," "instrument," or even "weapon." The word "instrument" in English can be a musical instrument, a mechanical tool, a means by which something is done, a device for measuring, etc. Now, "instrument" has a lot of overlap in meaning with ὅπλα [hopla], but it's not perfect. There are shades of meaning of "instrument" that are not conveyed by ὅπλα [hopla] and vice versa.
What this means is that if you're reading just English you may be drawn to meanings conveyed by the English meanings that are not present with the Greek word (the left side of the Venn diagram). Furthermore you will be blind to meanings potentially conveyed by the Greek word that are not present with the English word (the right side of the Venn diagram). Now, this is generally not a problem most of the time. For example, with this verse, the potential meaning of "instrument" as "musical instrument" is not supported by the context, so you're not likely to go for that meaning of the English word. Although the potential meaning of "weapon" for ὅπλα [hopla] is actually quite possible here. So, that would be a meaning that someone reading the ESV would likely miss.
But, what's the point of all this? My point is that when you're reading in English, you have to hold the English text at arm's length, in a manner of speaking. That is, don't put the English text under a microscope and try to unpack the meaning of particular words or phrases in English in a really detailed way. It's misguided to do this since the range of meaning of a word or phrase in English will not match up exactly with the range of meaning of the word or phrase in Greek/Hebrew.
For example, you might do that here if you were to somehow conclude that when we are presenting our members to God we are making music of righteousness, since that is what the English, "instruments" means.
Generally, translators do their best to convey the core meaning of the words in the original language in English, but this is not always possible, since translators are forced to make choices about a text. There may even be multiple reasonable ways to read a text in Greek/Hebrew, but all of these readings cannot be expressed in English at once. This is especially tricky when the difference in meaning is important or controversial, unlike our previous example.
No problem, right? Well, some translations render this differently.
There are two points of difference here. The first is the name Junia(s). The ESV gives the feminine form of the name, Junia, whereas the NASB gives the masculine form of the name, Junias. While the name is common in Latin, it's quite rare in Greek. Therefore, it's not perfectly clear whether the masculine or feminine form is intended here. Secondly, there is the question of whether Junia is "well known to the apostles" or whether she is "outstanding among the apostles." In other words, is Paul saying that the apostles know about Junia, who is not an apostle or that she, being among the apostles, is an outstanding member of that group.
TLDR: The controversy is about whether or not Junia is an example of a female apostle.
This has potential implications (especially for some) for the role of women in the church, especially concerning the issue of women's ordination. In other words, for some it would be difficult to maintain that there is a scriptural prohibition of female pastors if there are indeed clear examples of female apostles.
This is a situation where a translator has to make a decision. The Greek genuinely appears to be ambiguous, but it is not possible to render this ambiguity into English. Thus the translator has to do the work researching and studying the text and making their own decision of the best way to read the text, but in the end it is a choice made by the translator. There isn't necessarily a clearly "correct" solution. And of course in an instance like this, the translator may very likely be guided one way or another because of their own feelings about the larger controversy regarding this text and the issues it brings up.
Translators have to make these sorts of decisions all the time, but when you're reading the English text you won't necessarily know where they're making these kinds of decisions about how to translate the text and what the potential alternatives might have been, unless it's been footnoted in the translation text. There is a serious danger in being blindly led by the translator if you're not careful.
And you could do that. That would be pretty cool. But short of doing that there are a few things you can do to hold the English text at arm's length and mitigate some of these issues.
1) Keep in mind that whatever English text you have in front of you might not be the best or the only way to translate something.
If something seems odd, or if you have a question about why something is the way it is, remember that there might be a translational issue. There are almost always multiple legitimate ways to translate something and your issue may disappear with a different translation.
It's always a pretty good idea to check other translations to see how they handle a text. There are a plethora of translations in English so there are no shortage of second opinions available. Be aware of different translation styles and check translations of different styles. Some are more literal like the ESV, others are slightly less literal like the NIV, others take more liberties with the text like TLB or like a paraphrase like the Message. Different translations also come from different perspectives. The ESV translators are rather conservative and in my experience tend to show a Reformed bias in their translation. Other translations will show other biases.
A good study bible might help you out here. Sometimes you may need to look at an in depth commentary. Other resources like Blue Letter Bible (here) or The NET Bible (here) can be very helpful. I particularly like the NET Bible. It's available for free online and contains a whole bunch of notes that explain why the translators decided to translate it the way they did. Since it's online, they have the freedom to have far more expansive notes than in any English print bible.
Of course in all of this it's important to remember that amidst all of these uncertainties and difficulties of language, it's amazing to realize that the same God who created all things has chosen to reveal himself using human language. He uses our words and communicates his eternal Truth in our languages. Sure, sometimes it can be hard to understand, but it is understandable. He's given us brains so that we can understand and study his word and his promises for us in Christ.


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Through various pieces of legislation the criminal investigation process is highly effective at achieving justice for offenders and the broader community. Specifically, the Law Enforcement (Powers and Responsibilities) Act 2002 (NSW) grants law enforcement the powers necessary to detain and investigate suspects. This ensures that the community is protected from potentially dangerous individuals and assists in an efficient investigation process.
However it is essential that these powers are controlled and that law enforcement can be held accountable for upholding the rights of offenders and society as a whole. This is achieved through the Police Code of Behaviour- Practice for CRIME (Custody, Rights, Investigation, Management, Evidence), warrants, and the NSW Ombudsman. The Police Code of Behaviour also outlines some of the rights of an offender including right to communication with a friend or family member, right to request and seek counsel from a lawyer and 'right to silence'. This legislation and practice is crucial to establishing justice in the first step of the criminal system. However the criminal investigation process does not always achieve justice for victims in Australia. There is a negative perception among the Australian people that nothing will be done about the crimes they report and thus a significant number of crimes are never reported; this is especially true of sexual assault crimes. This belief is created by the treatment of some victims who are often subjected to embarrassment and questioning of their character when they report these crimes. The NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research reported in 2006 that "90% of reported sexual assaults did not lead to conviction".
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An article published by ABC News (3 September 2016) by an anonymous victim titled "How the justice system lets sexual assault victims down" is an insight into the way the justice system deals with victims of sexual assault. The author described the criminal investigation process as "invasive, uncomfortable and mentally draining", claiming "the system is designed to defend the rights of the offenders with seemingly little regard for the victim". Thus it is evident that the justice system is not always effective in providing justice for victims during the investigation process. Elements of the criminal trial process are highly effective in providing justice for offenders, victims and the broader community.
Adversarial systems have worked for common law countries for years. Both sides follow rules of evidence, witnesses are examined orally, the offender is given the presumption of innocence, and any past record of the accused cannot be considered during the trial. Another element of the adversarial system is the inclusion of a jury in criminal proceedings. The jury determines the guilt of the suspect with the evidence given to them creating a fair process and allowing members of the community to partake in the justice system. Furthermore the establishment of the right to legal representation in the Dietrich case (1992) extends the rights of the offender during their trial. Consequently, the NSW government has funded programs that provide legal aid to people from a low socioeconomic background, increasing access to justice. Other rules of evidence such as standard and burden of proof also ensure a fair trial is achieved.
Barristers have defences to provide the court with a range of circumstances around the alleged crime to consider when determining guilt or innocence including mental illness, self defence and consent. If the defence is successfully proved the offender can be cleared of the crime or given a reduced sentence. It is essential that these defences are considered as they may somewhat justify the defendant's actions or provide more insight into the circumstances surrounding the crime.
All of the above are all essential components of the trial process in order to achieve justice. The practice of charge negotiation does not always provide just results for offenders or victims thus negatively impacting the effectiveness of the criminal justice system. Charge negotiation can result in the accused getting a lighter sentence in return for them pleading guilty for a crime, potentially one they are or are not guilty of. Conversely charge negotiation can leave the victim feeling as though the offender wasn't punished sufficiently.
This was demonstrated first hand by a woman, told in "Forced to take on the system", Sydney Morning Herald (Ruth Pollard. August 8 2009). Nanette May was the victim of a violent attack that almost killed her, and left lasting brain injuries. The prosecution engaged in charge negotiation without the knowledge of the victim and the offender faced charges of malicious injury with intent instead of attempted murder. These charges hold significantly different sentences: 25 year prison sentence to non-parole period of seven years. The sentencing judge was not impressed with this outcome stating: "Had I noticed that the so-called agreed facts had been signed by the police officer in charge of the case as opposed to the Crown, I would have refused to accept a plea. I'm not at all impressed by that course of action on behalf of the crown". Hence it is clear that charge negotiation can be a hinderance to the achievement of just process in the criminal trial process.
The sentencing process in the criminal justice system is mostly effective in ensuring justice for offenders, individuals and wider society. Statutory and judicial guidelines are enforced to limit a judge's discretion in order to maintain fairness and consistency. Judges are also required to consider aggravating and mitigating factors of the crime to guarantee that sentences are appropriate for each differing circumstance. The sentencing process also allows for the perspective of the victim to be considered through victim impact statements, balancing the needs of the offender and the victim.
However if the sentence is not seen as satisfactory then the sentencing appeal process can be followed. Alternative sentencing methods have become increasingly popular in order to promote understanding and rehabilitation in the sentencing process. One way that alternative sentencing achieves justice is through a program called circle sentencing. Circle sentencing gives vital support to Aboriginal offenders by helping to reduce cultural barriers in the trial and sentencing process by combining police, the courts and the Aboriginal community to enact a plan that promotes the rehabilitation of the offender whilst achieving justice for victims. The positive effects of circle sentencing are highlighted in an article published by SBS "Circle sentencing helping to keep our mob out of jail" (By Karina Marlow 01/04/16). An Indigenous elder spoke of the positive influences of circle sentencing; "it changed the way he looked at life and he didn't commit any further offences". The use of judicial guidelines, victim impact statements and alternative sentencing are some of the many effective tools that achieve justice in the criminal sentencing process.
However there are some areas of the sentencing process that do not achieve justice for offenders; one of these is the introduction of mandatory sentencing. Mandatory sentencing does not allow the judge or magistrate to consider aggravating or mitigating circumstances. Recently in NSW mandatory sentencing was introduced for 'one punch' offences after the case R v Loveridge (2013 NSWSC 1638) which involved the death of a young man after a one punch attack. The legislation is very controversial and many legal experts believe that mandatory sentencing whilst stripping the rights of offender, does not actually prevent reoffending.
This is echoed in an article by the Sydney Morning Herald, "Ineffective one punch mandatory sentences should be scrapped, says Law Council" (Jane Lee April 15 2016) with the Law Council claiming "One punch mandatory sentences do not reduce crime or reoffending and can have unjust outcomes for offenders". Mandatory sentencing is an area of the criminal sentencing process that prevents the achievement of justice for offenders. The justice system is very effective in protecting young offenders while achieving justice for victims and the community, through various legislation and alternative programs and initiatives. In NSW the law has two underlying aims when it comes to young offenders; to provide the offender protection whilst still achieving justice, and to rehabilitate them. Protection is given to young people through the concept of doli incapax and the age of criminal responsibility, and throughout the criminal investigation, trial and sentencing process. The importance of doli incapax is highlighted in the case R v LMW (1999 NSWSC 1109). The defendant dropped the victim in a river, knowing the victim couldn't swim. The defendant was found not guilty of manslaughter; the jury agreeing with the case made by the defence; the drowning of the victim had been 'an act of bullying that went wrong'.
This case raised the issue of doli incapax, which deems any child under the age of 14 incapable of criminal intent unless proven otherwise. The emphasis of rehabilitating and educating young offenders is also evident through the various alternative sentencing and rehabilitation programs. One example is highlighted in an article by the Sydney Morning Herald "Racist attack on bus: offender's Youth Justice Conference" (Lisa Robinson. December 14, 2014) which discusses the use and role of youth conferences in the criminal justice system. A young man attacked a group of jewish children with antisemitic slurs and threats. The offender attended youth justice conference, where the victims spoke of how the verbal abuse had impacted them. The results of the conference were the offender was encouraged to visit the Jewish museum, read novels by holocaust survivors and enrol in a school harmony program.
This shows the emphasis of education and rehabilitation in youth conferencing and by extension the justice systems dealing of young offenders.To conclude, overall the criminal justice system provides a just system for offenders, victims and the wider society. However, there are still areas for improvement or reform to ensure a consistent, just and fair process for all victims and offenders including the treatment of sexual assault victims, charge negotiation and mandatory sentencing.
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Fret not, all you freebie-hunting music fiends you! This playlist here may not be available to download for free (well, not all of it is anyway), but I have a killer Christmas mixtape coming up for you over the next week or so. Keep your eyes peeled out for it!
"Real Love" radiates sunny, pulsing, light-hearted electronic progressions with poppy synths and a brilliant pounding beat. As far as laid-back, catchy pop goes, this is pretty epic. The cheery vibe and atmosphere is easy to tap along to. It's one of those songs you'd hum, if only you knew how.
How can anyone go past this amazing single from Aussie electro-rockers Midnight Juggernauts this summer? As infectious as swine flu, but less likely to alienate you from your friends, this will have you jumping around and launching off sofa's and anything else 3 feet off the ground into a party-mood-induced frenzy of coolness. In case you didn't gather, this is a pretty good song.
Blissed-out sample electronic rock with amazing hooks and brilliant variations in tone throughout. The keyboard sections almost sound sorrowful, but contrasting against the bursts of brass and the colour throughout the song, this is a surefire winner that feels too bright to not be a summer song.
Appropriately titled, this is a slower track about the a time gone by, and the juxtaposition of that with the present. Wishing you could live life like you did before. Pyke's acoustic guitar and his voice join together largely on their own, and as has been shown before, quite effectively as well. This is one for comtemplation.
Merging soulful rap and bluesy guitar, this is a one of those groovy songs that just sound, well… groovy. Play whilst strutting up the main street holding a massive beat-box for maximum coolness.
I've saved one of the best for last. El Guincho has a way with tropical pop samples. It's that simple. You know when you daydream, and just imagine you're lying on a beach in the Caribbean sipping piña coladas? Nah, me either. But it happens in movies, and this would be the perfect soundtrack for such a moment on the big screen. Check it out.


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package com.codahale.metrics.cloudwatch;

import com.amazonaws.services.cloudwatch.AmazonCloudWatchClient;
import com.amazonaws.services.cloudwatch.model.MetricDatum;
import com.amazonaws.services.cloudwatch.model.PutMetricDataRequest;
import com.codahale.metrics.*;
import org.hamcrest.Description;
import org.hamcrest.Matcher;
import org.hamcrest.TypeSafeMatcher;
import org.junit.Before;
import org.junit.Test;
import org.mockito.ArgumentCaptor;
import org.mockito.Matchers;
import org.mockito.internal.matchers.And;

import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.SortedMap;
import java.util.TreeMap;
import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;

import static org.junit.Assert.*;
import static org.mockito.Mockito.*;

public class CloudWatchReporterTest {
    private final long timestamp = 1000198;
    private final Clock clock = mock(Clock.class);
    private final AmazonCloudWatchClient cloudwatch = mock(AmazonCloudWatchClient.class);
    private final MetricRegistry registry = mock(MetricRegistry.class);
    private final CloudWatchReporter reporter = CloudWatchReporter.forRegistry("namespace", registry)
            .withClock(clock)
            .prefixedWith("prefix")
            .convertRatesTo(TimeUnit.SECONDS)
            .convertDurationsTo(TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS)
            .filter(MetricFilter.ALL)
            .build(cloudwatch);

    @Before
    public void setUp() throws Exception {
        when(clock.getTime()).thenReturn(timestamp * 1000);
    }

    @Test
    public void doesNotReportStringGaugeValues() throws Exception {
        reporter.report(map("gauge", gauge("value")),
                this.<Counter>map(),
                this.<Histogram>map(),
                this.<Meter>map(),
                this.<Timer>map());

        verifyNoMoreInteractions(cloudwatch);
    }

    @Test
    public void reportsLongGaugeValues() throws Exception {
        reporter.report(map("gauge", gauge(1L)),
                this.<Counter>map(),
                this.<Histogram>map(),
                this.<Meter>map(),
                this.<Timer>map());

        List<Matcher> asserts = new ArrayList<Matcher>();
        asserts.add(hasMetricDatum("prefix.gauge", 1));
        asserts.add(ofSize(asserts.size()));

        verify(cloudwatch).putMetricData(Matchers.<PutMetricDataRequest>argThat(new And(asserts)));

        verifyNoMoreInteractions(cloudwatch);
    }

    @Test
    public void reportsDoubleGaugeValues() throws Exception {
        reporter.report(map("gauge", gauge(1.1)),
                this.<Counter>map(),
                this.<Histogram>map(),
                this.<Meter>map(),
                this.<Timer>map());

        List<Matcher> asserts = new ArrayList<Matcher>();
        asserts.add(hasMetricDatum("prefix.gauge", 1.1));
        asserts.add(ofSize(asserts.size()));

        verify(cloudwatch).putMetricData(Matchers.<PutMetricDataRequest>argThat(new And(asserts)));

        verifyNoMoreInteractions(cloudwatch);
    }

    @Test
    public void reportsCounters() throws Exception {
        final Counter counter = mock(Counter.class);
        when(counter.getCount()).thenReturn(100L);

        reporter.report(this.<Gauge>map(),
                this.<Counter>map("counter", counter),
                this.<Histogram>map(),
                this.<Meter>map(),
                this.<Timer>map());

        List<Matcher> asserts = new ArrayList<Matcher>();
        asserts.add(hasMetricDatum("prefix.counter.count", 100));
        asserts.add(ofSize(asserts.size()));

        verify(cloudwatch).putMetricData(Matchers.<PutMetricDataRequest>argThat(new And(asserts)));

        verifyNoMoreInteractions(cloudwatch);
    }

    @Test
    public void reportsHistograms() throws Exception {
        final Histogram histogram = mock(Histogram.class);
        when(histogram.getCount()).thenReturn(1L);

        final Snapshot snapshot = mock(Snapshot.class);
        when(snapshot.getMax()).thenReturn(2L);
        when(snapshot.getMean()).thenReturn(3.0);
        when(snapshot.getMin()).thenReturn(4L);
        when(snapshot.getStdDev()).thenReturn(5.0);
        when(snapshot.getMedian()).thenReturn(6.0);
        when(snapshot.get75thPercentile()).thenReturn(7.0);
        when(snapshot.get95thPercentile()).thenReturn(8.0);
        when(snapshot.get98thPercentile()).thenReturn(9.0);
        when(snapshot.get99thPercentile()).thenReturn(10.0);
        when(snapshot.get999thPercentile()).thenReturn(11.0);

        when(histogram.getSnapshot()).thenReturn(snapshot);

        reporter.report(this.<Gauge>map(),
                this.<Counter>map(),
                this.<Histogram>map("histogram", histogram),
                this.<Meter>map(),
                this.<Timer>map());

        List<Matcher> asserts = new ArrayList<Matcher>();
        asserts.add(hasMetricDatum("prefix.histogram.count", 1));
        asserts.add(hasMetricDatum("prefix.histogram.max", 2));
        asserts.add(hasMetricDatum("prefix.histogram.mean", 3.00));
        asserts.add(hasMetricDatum("prefix.histogram.min", 4));
        asserts.add(hasMetricDatum("prefix.histogram.stddev", 5.00));
        asserts.add(hasMetricDatum("prefix.histogram.p50", 6.00));
        asserts.add(hasMetricDatum("prefix.histogram.p75", 7.00));
        asserts.add(hasMetricDatum("prefix.histogram.p95", 8.00));
        asserts.add(hasMetricDatum("prefix.histogram.p98", 9.00));
        asserts.add(hasMetricDatum("prefix.histogram.p99", 10.00));
        asserts.add(hasMetricDatum("prefix.histogram.p999", 11.00));
        asserts.add(ofSize(asserts.size()));

        verify(cloudwatch).putMetricData(Matchers.<PutMetricDataRequest>argThat(new And(asserts)));

        verifyNoMoreInteractions(cloudwatch);
    }

    @Test
    public void reportsMeters() throws Exception {
        final Meter meter = mock(Meter.class);
        when(meter.getCount()).thenReturn(1L);
        when(meter.getOneMinuteRate()).thenReturn(2.0);
        when(meter.getFiveMinuteRate()).thenReturn(3.0);
        when(meter.getFifteenMinuteRate()).thenReturn(4.0);
        when(meter.getMeanRate()).thenReturn(5.0);

        reporter.report(this.<Gauge>map(),
                this.<Counter>map(),
                this.<Histogram>map(),
                this.<Meter>map("meter", meter),
                this.<Timer>map());

        List<Matcher> asserts = new ArrayList<Matcher>();
        asserts.add(hasMetricDatum("prefix.meter.count", 1));
        asserts.add(hasMetricDatum("prefix.meter.m1_rate", 2.00));
        asserts.add(hasMetricDatum("prefix.meter.m5_rate", 3.00));
        asserts.add(hasMetricDatum("prefix.meter.m15_rate", 4.00));
        asserts.add(hasMetricDatum("prefix.meter.mean_rate", 5.00));
        asserts.add(ofSize(asserts.size()));

        verify(cloudwatch).putMetricData(Matchers.<PutMetricDataRequest>argThat(new And(asserts)));

        verifyNoMoreInteractions(cloudwatch);
    }

    @Test
    public void reportsTimers() throws Exception {
        final Timer timer = mock(Timer.class);
        when(timer.getCount()).thenReturn(1L);
        when(timer.getMeanRate()).thenReturn(2.0);
        when(timer.getOneMinuteRate()).thenReturn(3.0);
        when(timer.getFiveMinuteRate()).thenReturn(4.0);
        when(timer.getFifteenMinuteRate()).thenReturn(5.0);

        final Snapshot snapshot = mock(Snapshot.class);
        when(snapshot.getMax()).thenReturn(TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS.toNanos(100));
        when(snapshot.getMean()).thenReturn((double) TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS.toNanos(200));
        when(snapshot.getMin()).thenReturn(TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS.toNanos(300));
        when(snapshot.getStdDev()).thenReturn((double) TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS.toNanos(400));
        when(snapshot.getMedian()).thenReturn((double) TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS.toNanos(500));
        when(snapshot.get75thPercentile()).thenReturn((double) TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS.toNanos(600));
        when(snapshot.get95thPercentile()).thenReturn((double) TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS.toNanos(700));
        when(snapshot.get98thPercentile()).thenReturn((double) TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS.toNanos(800));
        when(snapshot.get99thPercentile()).thenReturn((double) TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS.toNanos(900));
        when(snapshot.get999thPercentile()).thenReturn((double) TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS
                .toNanos(1000));

        when(timer.getSnapshot()).thenReturn(snapshot);

        reporter.report(this.<Gauge>map(),
                this.<Counter>map(),
                this.<Histogram>map(),
                this.<Meter>map(),
                map("timer", timer));

        List<Matcher> asserts = new ArrayList<Matcher>();
        asserts.add(hasMetricDatum("prefix.timer.max", 100.00));
        asserts.add(hasMetricDatum("prefix.timer.mean", 200.00));
        asserts.add(hasMetricDatum("prefix.timer.min", 300.00));
        asserts.add(hasMetricDatum("prefix.timer.stddev", 400.00));
        asserts.add(hasMetricDatum("prefix.timer.p50", 500.00));
        asserts.add(hasMetricDatum("prefix.timer.p75", 600.00));
        asserts.add(hasMetricDatum("prefix.timer.p95", 700.00));
        asserts.add(hasMetricDatum("prefix.timer.p98", 800.00));
        asserts.add(hasMetricDatum("prefix.timer.p99", 900.00));
        asserts.add(hasMetricDatum("prefix.timer.p999", 1000.00));
        asserts.add(hasMetricDatum("prefix.timer.count", 1));
        asserts.add(hasMetricDatum("prefix.timer.m1_rate", 3.00));
        asserts.add(hasMetricDatum("prefix.timer.m5_rate", 4.00));
        asserts.add(hasMetricDatum("prefix.timer.m15_rate", 5.00));
        asserts.add(hasMetricDatum("prefix.timer.mean_rate", 2.00));

        asserts.add(ofSize(asserts.size()));

        verify(cloudwatch).putMetricData(Matchers.<PutMetricDataRequest>argThat(new And(asserts)));

        verifyNoMoreInteractions(cloudwatch);
    }

    @Test
    public void reportsMoreThan20MetricData() throws Exception {

        final Timer timer1 = mock(Timer.class);
        when(timer1.getCount()).thenReturn(1L);
        when(timer1.getMeanRate()).thenReturn(2.0);
        when(timer1.getOneMinuteRate()).thenReturn(3.0);
        when(timer1.getFiveMinuteRate()).thenReturn(4.0);
        when(timer1.getFifteenMinuteRate()).thenReturn(5.0);

        final Timer timer2 = mock(Timer.class);
        when(timer1.getCount()).thenReturn(1L);
        when(timer1.getMeanRate()).thenReturn(2.0);
        when(timer1.getOneMinuteRate()).thenReturn(3.0);
        when(timer1.getFiveMinuteRate()).thenReturn(4.0);
        when(timer1.getFifteenMinuteRate()).thenReturn(5.0);

        final Snapshot snapshot = mock(Snapshot.class);
        when(snapshot.getMax()).thenReturn(TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS.toNanos(100));
        when(snapshot.getMean()).thenReturn((double) TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS.toNanos(200));
        when(snapshot.getMin()).thenReturn(TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS.toNanos(300));
        when(snapshot.getStdDev()).thenReturn((double) TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS.toNanos(400));
        when(snapshot.getMedian()).thenReturn((double) TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS.toNanos(500));
        when(snapshot.get75thPercentile()).thenReturn((double) TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS.toNanos(600));
        when(snapshot.get95thPercentile()).thenReturn((double) TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS.toNanos(700));
        when(snapshot.get98thPercentile()).thenReturn((double) TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS.toNanos(800));
        when(snapshot.get99thPercentile()).thenReturn((double) TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS.toNanos(900));
        when(snapshot.get999thPercentile()).thenReturn((double) TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS
                .toNanos(1000));

        when(timer1.getSnapshot()).thenReturn(snapshot);
        when(timer2.getSnapshot()).thenReturn(snapshot);

        reporter.report(this.<Gauge>map(),
                this.<Counter>map(),
                this.<Histogram>map(),
                this.<Meter>map(),
                map("timer1", timer1, "timer2", timer1));

        List<Matcher> firstCall = new ArrayList<Matcher>();
        firstCall.add(hasMetricDatum("prefix.timer1.max", 100.00));
        firstCall.add(hasMetricDatum("prefix.timer1.mean", 200.00));
        firstCall.add(hasMetricDatum("prefix.timer1.min", 300.00));
        firstCall.add(hasMetricDatum("prefix.timer1.stddev", 400.00));
        firstCall.add(hasMetricDatum("prefix.timer1.p50", 500.00));
        firstCall.add(hasMetricDatum("prefix.timer1.p75", 600.00));
        firstCall.add(hasMetricDatum("prefix.timer1.p95", 700.00));
        firstCall.add(hasMetricDatum("prefix.timer1.p98", 800.00));
        firstCall.add(hasMetricDatum("prefix.timer1.p99", 900.00));
        firstCall.add(hasMetricDatum("prefix.timer1.p999", 1000.00));
        firstCall.add(hasMetricDatum("prefix.timer1.count", 1));
        firstCall.add(hasMetricDatum("prefix.timer1.m1_rate", 3.00));
        firstCall.add(hasMetricDatum("prefix.timer1.m5_rate", 4.00));
        firstCall.add(hasMetricDatum("prefix.timer1.m15_rate", 5.00));
        firstCall.add(hasMetricDatum("prefix.timer1.mean_rate", 2.00));
        firstCall.add(hasMetricDatum("prefix.timer2.max", 100.00));
        firstCall.add(hasMetricDatum("prefix.timer2.mean", 200.00));
        firstCall.add(hasMetricDatum("prefix.timer2.min", 300.00));
        firstCall.add(hasMetricDatum("prefix.timer2.stddev", 400.00));
        firstCall.add(hasMetricDatum("prefix.timer2.p50", 500.00));
        firstCall.add(ofSize(20));

        List<Matcher> secondCall = new ArrayList<Matcher>();
        secondCall.add(hasMetricDatum("prefix.timer2.p75", 600.00));
        secondCall.add(hasMetricDatum("prefix.timer2.p95", 700.00));
        secondCall.add(hasMetricDatum("prefix.timer2.p98", 800.00));
        secondCall.add(hasMetricDatum("prefix.timer2.p99", 900.00));
        secondCall.add(hasMetricDatum("prefix.timer2.p999", 1000.00));
        secondCall.add(hasMetricDatum("prefix.timer2.count", 1));
        secondCall.add(hasMetricDatum("prefix.timer2.m1_rate", 3.00));
        secondCall.add(hasMetricDatum("prefix.timer2.m5_rate", 4.00));
        secondCall.add(hasMetricDatum("prefix.timer2.m15_rate", 5.00));
        secondCall.add(hasMetricDatum("prefix.timer2.mean_rate", 2.00));
        secondCall.add(ofSize(secondCall.size()));

        ArgumentCaptor<PutMetricDataRequest> captor = ArgumentCaptor.forClass(PutMetricDataRequest.class);
        verify(cloudwatch, times(2)).putMetricData(captor.capture());

        assertTrue(new And(firstCall).matches(captor.getAllValues().get(0)));
        assertTrue(new And(secondCall).matches(captor.getAllValues().get(1)));

        verifyNoMoreInteractions(cloudwatch);
    }

    private Matcher ofSize(final int size) {
        return new TypeSafeMatcher<PutMetricDataRequest>() {
            @Override
            protected boolean matchesSafely(PutMetricDataRequest item) {
                assertEquals(item.getMetricData().size(), size);
                return true;
            }

            @Override
            public void describeTo(Description description) {
            }
        };
    }

    private <T> SortedMap<String, T> map() {
        return new TreeMap<String, T>();
    }

    private <T> SortedMap<String, T> map(String name, T metric) {
        final TreeMap<String, T> map = new TreeMap<String, T>();
        map.put(name, metric);
        return map;
    }

    private <T> SortedMap<String, T> map(String name1, T metric1, String name2, T metric2) {
        final TreeMap<String, T> map = new TreeMap<String, T>();
        map.put(name1, metric1);
        map.put(name2, metric2);
        return map;
    }

    private <T> Gauge gauge(T value) {
        final Gauge gauge = mock(Gauge.class);
        when(gauge.getValue()).thenReturn(value);
        return gauge;
    }

    private Matcher<PutMetricDataRequest> hasMetricDatum(final String name, final double value) {
        return new TypeSafeMatcher<PutMetricDataRequest>() {
            @Override
            protected boolean matchesSafely(PutMetricDataRequest item) {
                assertEquals(item.getNamespace(), "namespace");
                MetricDatum metricDatum = findByName(item, name);

                assertEquals(metricDatum.getMetricName(), (name));
                assertEquals(metricDatum.getValue(), Double.valueOf(value));
                assertEquals(metricDatum.getDimensions().get(0).getName(), "hostname");
                assertEquals(metricDatum.getDimensions().size(), 1);
                assertNotNull(metricDatum.getDimensions().get(0).getValue());
                return true;
            }

            private MetricDatum findByName(PutMetricDataRequest item, String name) {
                List<MetricDatum> found = new ArrayList<MetricDatum>();
                for (MetricDatum datum : item.getMetricData()) {
                    if(datum.getMetricName().equals(name)){
                        found.add(datum);
                    }
                }
                assertEquals(found.size(), 1);
                return found.get(0);
            }

            @Override
            public void describeTo(Description description) {
            }
        };
    }

}

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New Bremen senior Ryan Bertke, seated center, will attend Grace College and play baseball for the Lancers. Seated with Ryan are his parents Russ and Heather Bertke. Standing, from left, are Grace pitching coach Ryan Roth, New Bremen baseball coach Chad Wells, Ryan's sister Kira Bertke and Grace head baseball coach Cam Screeton. Photo courtesy of Gary Jones/New Bremen High School.


Haisla Framework Agreement gives them option to buy or least 700 hectares.
Sep. 18, 2012 3:00 p.m.
A newly announced Haisla Framework Agreement between the province and the Haisla Nation will give the area First Nation the option to acquire land for future natural gas export developments.
This would allow the Haisla to work directly with companies in developing projects.
Haisla Chief Councillor Ellis Ross, along with Ida Chong, minister of Aboriginal Relations and Reconciliation, and Rich Coleman, B.C.'s minister of energy and mines, signed the agreement from Vancouver on Friday.
Haisla councillor Joanne Ross was also in attendance for the signing of the agreement.
The land available comprises approximately 700 hectares along the west side of the Douglas Channel, plus 102 hectares of what Chong called "unsubmerged land" along the waterfront.
He said he has been encouraged by the B.C. government's progress in finding "new ways to get things done" away from the treaty table.
"[This agreement] allows the Haisla to look at land in Haisla territory in a different light. It gives the Haisla and associated projects this certainty for the LNG proposals and other projects coming forward in our territory," he said.
He said the land, which surrounds the Haisla's own territory, referred to on maps as Haisla Reserve #6, has a lot of interest from potential developers.
Aside from the already known liquefied natural gas (LNG) proposals for this area — Shell, BC LNG Co-Op and KM LNG — speakers in Vancouver alluded to a fourth, unnamed LNG proponent for Kitimat, as well as another unnamed one for Prince Rupert to complement their two already in the works.
Ross said that the Haisla intent is to develop projects responsibly.
Chong said that Japan is the most interested market for B.C.'s natural gas, while South Korea, China and India also have expressed a lot of interest.
Coleman told reporters that the overseas price for natural gas exceeds four times the value available in North America.
Chong remarked that up to now natural gas from B.C. could only be sold in the North American market, and new LNG developments will mean getting more value for the resource.
She added that LNG proposals in the area add up to 1,400 potential ongoing jobs, and could generate $600 billion over 30 years.
The B.C. Liberals, through their B.C. Jobs Plan, have a goal to have three LNG terminals operating in the northwest by 2020.
Coleman said that it is anticipated that one could be running by 2015, while larger projects like Shell's plant would open around 2018, with the remainder reaching to 2020.


I'm not sure what to think about a world in which "social media influencer" is an actual career.
I suppose it's a modern version of being a professional celebrity. Ten years ago, we would have looked to, say, Paris Hilton, for aspirational living; I suppose this is a little more democratic.


text:
Alanson Skinner (May 21, 1794 in Westmoreland, Cheshire County, New Hampshire – June 7, 1876 in Brownville, Jefferson County, New York) was an American manufacturer and politician from New York.

Life
He was the son of Timothy Skinner and Ruth (Warner) Skinner. In 1814, he removed to Brownville, and later ran a foundry and stove works there. On September 29, 1819, he married Mary Woodward (1794–1851), and they had four children.

He was Supervisor of the Town of Brownville in 1839, 1840 and 1846; and President of the Village of Brownville in 1836. He was President of the National Union Bank of Watertown.

He was a member of the New York State Senate (5th D.) in 1850 and 1851. He was among the 12 state senators who resigned on April 17, 1851, to prevent a quorum in the Senate.

On November 4, 1852, he married Olevia Moffat (1794–1858). On September 23, 1862, he married Ermina Pheatt (1809–1881). He and his three wives were buried at the Brownville Cemetery.

State Senator Avery Skinner (1796–1876) was his brother.

Sources
The New York Civil List compiled by Franklin Benjamin Hough (pages 136 and 145; Weed, Parsons and Co., 1858)
Skinner genealogy at Family Tree Maker
Bio transcribed from Jefferson Co. History by L. H. Everts, at US Gen Net

External links

1794 births
1876 deaths
Democratic Party New York (state) state senators
People from Westmoreland, New Hampshire
People from Brownville, New York
American bankers
19th-century American politicians
19th-century American businesspeople

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