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Kevin Owens Reveals He Considered Retirement Before WWE Re-Signing
By Alex Podgorski. Published 31st December 2022.
Kevin Owens has had a remarkable career in WWE. in the eight years he's been there, Owens has had show-stealing matches with John Cena, won singles gold on all three brands, and even main-evented WrestleMania 38 against opposite Stone Cold Steve Austin.
That last accomplishment, which took place earlier this year in April, must've been a reward for Owens. After all, he got paid a small fortune and got to share the ring with his childhood idol. But it almost didn't happen because Owens was wrestling with the idea of leaving the ring altogether.
Everything was "Up in the air" for Owens until Christmas 2021
Kevin Owens' WWE contract was set to expire on January 31st, 2022. Once December 2021 rolled around, Owens was still undecided whether he'd re-sign with WWE or go elsewhere. The lack of clarity on Owens' contract situation at the time caused some to speculate that he'd jump to AEW.
But by Christmas, Kevin Owens knew he wanted to stay with WWE. During an interview with WrestleRant, Kevin Owens explained what was going through his mind at the time.
"By Christmas time last year I knew I was sticking around. But before that, I really had no idea. I didn't even know, honestly I didn't even know at that time if I still wanted to be in the ring. You know, not because I didn't enjoy being in the ring anymore but everything was kind of up in the air.
Then I made the decision to stay in WWE and I'm certainly glad I made it because like I said, just the year I've experienced things that I couldn't have imagined."
Kevin Owens went on to explain that his wrestling mindset has changed as well. Now, instead of worrying about the future about going onwards and upwards, Owens has decided to focus more on "enjoying everything he can."
I used to always want more and I used to always want bigger and worry about what's next and stuff and I really don't do that anymore. Not that I don't want more, everybody would like more, it's great.
I'm really more worried about just doing good stuff and stuff that people enjoy and I'm also worried or thinking about just enjoying everything I can enjoy. I've said in interviews in the past, I've missed out on enjoying moments I really should have enjoyed because I was always worried about what's next. I'm not gonna do that anymore, I've had an incredible career that I'm so lucky to have.
So many matches, so many moments that people would give anything they could to have [them]. So I just wanna enjoy everything I can from here on out for as long as I can. My mindset's definitely shifted, but I think this one's a lot healthier. It's probably gonna help me be a better performer as well."
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Popular speaker and media personality Rabbi Lionel Blue entertained an audience of congregants and non-members at the synagogue last week with jokes on how to cope with the trials that life throws up. He also offered some tips on how to cope with the difficulties of ageing, speaking for nearly two hours without notes.
Rabbi Shillor said: "He charmed us all with his wisdom and wit. It was an impressive and enjoyable performance."
A collection raised almost £200 for Leo Baeck College.
Harlow Jewish Community celebrated its 60th anniversary at a service representing all the generations and attended by MP Robert Halfon.
Cheder pupils delighted the congregation when they read extracts from the synagogue newsletter in the week of their birth and showed their baby photos. Congregants representing all the generations were called up to the Torah and Movement for Reform Judaism's synagogue partnership director David Jacobs presented the congregation with a certificate.
Also present were Harlow Chairman Maggie Hulcoup, and guests from many local organisations
Chairman Ian Jackson said: "It was a wonderful opportunity to mark our 60th anniversary. We were delighted to welcome former rabbis and old friends as well as current congregants. We're now busy preparing for our garden party with a 50s theme to mark the year of our birth. It's on Sunday July 15 and everyone is invited."
On Sunday 15th July we celebrated our 60th Anniversary with a garden party. The weather was kind to us and the event was a great success. Party goers enjoyed a tradtional cream tea and competed at the various games on offer. There were stalls selling wares including cakes, clothes and books.
Here are some more photos from the Party
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Centerville's character and spirit impress lieutenant governor
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CENTERVILLE, Ind. — Downtowns are the heartbeat of communities, especially more rural communities, said Lt. Gov. Suzanne Crouch.
In Centerville, that heartbeat is stronger than ever after the town became the state's 315th community in the Indiana Main Street Program.
Crouch was in town Wednesday for the Centerville Community Fest in Maplewood Park as the town celebrated receiving the Main Street designation from the Indiana Office of Community and Rural Affairs, which Crouch heads as lieutenant governor.
"It takes community leaders to come together and develop projects to actually increase the quality of life and place," Crouch said about the hard work necessary to become a Main Street community. "And that is what Centerville has done. The governor and I are so proud of what they've done."
Centerville began development of a revitalization plan years ago, said Dan Wandersee, president of town council, so Main Street Centerville was formed with an active board to drive the city toward Main Street recognition.
Now Centerville will receive assistance from the Indiana program that helps revitalize the economy, appearance and image of downtown commercial districts. According to Indiana Main Street, there was more than $369 million invested during 2018 with 494 buildings rehabbed, 500 buildings renovated and 50 buildings built. There also were 278 new businesses created during the year.
Thriving downtowns, Crouch said, spur the local economy, attract tourists and even add to property values.
"It is so important in Indiana, particularly in our rural communities, to have thriving downtowns," she said.
Crouch presented the Main Street Centerville board with its Main Street Program recognition, and she, in turn, received a giant gift basket from the board that was put together by Warm Glow Candles.
At the program's conclusion, she then listened to the Centerville High School Blue Regiment band perform a selection before visiting booths set up with kettle corn and Ullery's ice cream. Crouch was then headed for a tour of downtown, but Centerville had already made an impression.
"The community spirit," she said about what stood out in Centerville. "The coming together of people, the commonality that brings people together and then just the wholesome, down-home feeling that you get. Centerville is the best Indiana has to offer. It's a small, connected community, but it's thriving."
During her speech to the dignitaries and residents gathered under a large, shading tent, she said one thing makes a community stand out, especially when it's attempting to become a Main Street community.
"I would say it is character, and Centerville has that character," Crouch said. "It demonstrated it by becoming a Main Street organization."
Several photos were on display of beautification efforts other downtowns had undergone as Main Street communities. There were fountains and planters, fancy brick sidewalks and designer crosswalks. Jackie Carberry, Warm Glow's owner, said Centerville could do those kinds of things and more.
"We can do that and we can do more because we're strong and we love our community," she said.
The next step is for Main Street Centerville to plan projects. The organization fully expects resident input to drive that process toward improving the downtown and the community.
"We really, on our Main Street board, want your input, need your input and your guidance and what you would like to see," Carberry said.
Kyle Turner, the president of the Main Street Centerville board, said that buy-in from the community was important and would help Centerville build.
"We'd love to grow this grassroots effort into something tremendous," he said.


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Bernard was Head of Government and Public Affairs for VisitBritain, the national tourist board between 1997 and 2010. He was a Board Director of Marketing Manchester, 2001 - 2010, and Chairman of VisitManchester, the Manchester tourist board, 2008 - 2010. He was founder and Co-Chair of British Tourism Week, 2008 - 2010, launching the initiative and securing the patronage of HRH The Prince of Wales.
Between 2015 and 2017 he was Chairman of the Tourism Alliance, which ALVA was instrumental in founding in 2001. It is the representative body for over 200,000 businesses across the whole of the tourism sector in England; from airlines and airports, cities and destinations, the hospitality industry, restaurants, attractions, B&Bs, caravan parks and business conferences and events. Between 2014 and 2015 he was Deputy Chairman of the Tourism Alliance.
He has been an appointed member of the Cathedral Council of St Paul's Cathedral, London since 2008; a Trustee (2002 - 2013) and Fellow of the Tourism Society. In 2012 he was appointed a Trustee of 'Kids in Museums' and became Deputy Chairman in October 2014 and retired in 2019. He was a Trustee of The Geffrye Museum, now The Museum of the Home in Hoxton, London, between 2012 and 2019, and a Trustee of The Heritage Alliance between 2102 and 2018. He was a Trustee of The Prince's Regeneration Trust's social enterprise boars between 2015 and 2018. He became a Trustee of the People's History Museum, Manchester, in 2018.
In 2017 he became a member of the Exhibition Advisory Board of Two Temple Place, the spectacular neo-Gothic Mansion in central London owned by the Bulldog Trust which showcases publicly owned museum and gallery collections from around the UK.
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Prior to VisitBritain Bernard held lobbying, policy, campaigning and communications roles for the National AIDS Trust; Sense - the National Deafblind and Rubella organisation; and Disability Daily, a national campaigning consortium of disability and carers' organisations, which he founded. Bernard has worked as a policy and communications advisor in the House of Lords and Commons for various MPs and Peers; for the Secretary-General of the Council of Europe, based in Strasbourg; and for the late Diana, Princess of Wales. He was a member of the Prime Minister's Communications Advisory Group between 2007 - 2009. He is the author of the 'British Tourism Framework Review', published in 2009 and commissioned by the then Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport.
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By Lori E. Sizer on June 7, 2022 Festival producer
Tickets are now available for the 2022 Tribeca Fest, which runs from Wednesday June 8 to Sunday June 19. Held in New York, the annual film festival is organized by Tribeca Enterprises, which was founded in 2003 by film legends Robert De Niro, Jane Rosenthal and Craig Hatkoff. Tribeca's diverse lineup includes a selection of movies, TV episodes, panels and talks, music, and more. Its film schedule includes a plethora of categories, from American narrative competition to gala premieres. The first category, in particular, will host the world premiere of the comedy-heist film Four samosas by actor-writer-director Ravi Kapoor (Miss India America).
With Venk Potula (who also served as the film's producer), Sonal Shah, Sharmita Bhattacharya, Nirvan Patnaik, Karan Soni, Summer Bishil and Meera Simhan, Four samosas tells the story of Vinny (Potula), a creatively stuck and aspiring rapper, who hatches a plan with his friends to steal his soon-to-be married ex-girlfriend's family's diamonds from the supermarket safe of her father in order to stop the marriage. The film is set in Los Angeles, specifically in the city's Little India neighborhood, which deliberately highlights elements of Indian culture, from food and music to tradition and values. By Deadline, Ghosts star Utkarsh Ambudkar has signed as Four samosas' executive producer, with Verve Ventures set to handle its sales.
Four Samosas Tribeca tickets sold out in ten minutes
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In our interview before Four samosas world premiere in Tribeca, Potula expressed her excitement at finally being able to "share [the movie] with the world," the tickets the actor says sold out in ten minutes. "When you make a movie, it's like a baby. You [have] to let it grow and let everyone experience it and ingest it as they should." More importantly, for Potula and the rest of the film's cast and crew, Tribeca will effectively mark the first time that 'it will be seen by an audience. .' I can't wait to see it with a [audience], mostly a comedy," he says. "It's always fun to see where people laugh, and I can't wait. I've seen it so many times, but seeing it with an audience I guess is like watching it for the first time."
Related: Exclusive Trailer: An Act Of Worship Will Premiere At The 2022 Tribeca Documentary Competition
Four samosaspremiere in Tribeca is a sure sign of a change in the industry. It's no secret that Indian cinema, especially Bollywood films, has long been a cinematic juggernaut, but for the majority of North American audiences, it's rare to see a set of South Asian characters. on the screen. come on the heels of RRR in particular, which recently broke Netflix's streaming records, it looks like we're on the cusp of a surge in the desire for South Asian stories. "The fact that we're here with an all-South Asian film in Tribeca is so huge," says Potula. "I can't imagine anything like this happening even three or four years ago."
Four samosas will have several in-person screenings in Tribeca — with its first screening on Friday, June 10 marking its world premiere — before becoming available virtually throughout the festival on Sunday, June 12.


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How Rwanda could be the first country to wipe out cervical cancer
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Worldwide, cervical cancer is the fourth most common cancer in women. There were an estimated 570,000 new cases in 2018 — and over 310,000 deaths, the vast majority in low- and middle-income countries. Sub-Saharan Africa has lagged behind the rest of the world in introducing the HPV vaccine and routine screening, which means the cancer often isn't identified and treated until it has reached an advanced stage.
Almost all cases of cervical cancer are caused by HPV. It is one of the commonest sexually transmitted infections globally, and most of us are infected with at least one type of genital HPV at some point in our lives — usually as teenagers or young adults. In most cases the virus is harmless and resolves spontaneously without causing any symptoms such as genital warts.
There are more than 100 strains of HPV, at least 14 of which can cause cervical cancer and a range of less common cancers, including of the penis, vagina and anus. Persistent infection with two strains of HPV, 16 and 18, is responsible for 70 per cent of cervical cancer cases.
The first vaccine against HPV became available in 2006. This was the culmination of decades of work, notably by scientists in Germany, who in 1983 discovered the link between HPV infection and cervical cancer.
Ian Frazer and Jian Zhou at the University of Queensland, Australia, then jointly developed the technology that enabled the HPV vaccine. Using recombinant DNA technology, they built the shell of the virus from scratch and made an 'empty' human papillomavirus in the lab.
"This was something nobody had achieved before," Frazer says. They realised this empty, non-infectious HPV could be used as a vaccine to prevent HPV and cervical cancer.
The news that there was a new vaccine which could drastically reduce the number of women getting cervical cancer went around the world. But with the excitement about the new vaccine came the realisation that not all girls would have the same opportunity to receive it. It was likely that at least a decade would pass between its introduction in high-income countries and in low-income countries.
Today there are three HPV vaccines — Gardasil and Gardasil 9, made by Merck, and Cervarix, made by GSK. All are highly effective at preventing infection with virus types 16 and 18. The newest — Gardasil 9 — was licensed in 2014 and protects against nine types of HPV, which between them cause around 90 per cent of cervical cancers.
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More than 800,000 people died in the Rwandan genocide, and its widespread destruction left the country devastated. Coverage of most World Health Organization-recommended childhood vaccinations plummeted to below 25 per cent. But within 20 years, the number of babies in Rwanda receiving all recommended vaccinations, such as polio, measles and rubella, had increased to around 95 per cent. Rwandans' life expectancy more than doubled between 1995 and 2011. The Rwandan government had demonstrated the determination and thoroughness of its approach to vaccinations. Could it now have the same success with HPV?
Before the HPV vaccine arrived in Kanyirabanyana, 63-year-old Michel Ntuyahaga, a community health worker, spent weeks canvassing his village, going to each of the 127 mud-brick houses to inform parents about the upcoming vaccination campaign.
Joined by a nurse, he explained to parents that if they had an adolescent daughter, they had an opportunity for her to be vaccinated against a deadly women's disease — cervical cancer.
"I explained to parents that the cancer is a disease and that the one measure to prevent it is vaccination," he says.
Ntuyahaga wasn't the only person educating the community about the vaccination campaign.
Constantine Nyiransengiyera has been a primary school teacher in Kanyirabanyana for the past 13 years. In addition to teaching maths, science, French and English, she was — and continues to be — responsible for gathering all the 12-year-old girls at the local school to educate them about the HPV vaccine.
Silas Berinyuma, a leader in Kanyirabanyana's Anglican church for the past 24 years, preached about the importance of the vaccine for weeks before it arrived in the village. The church used drama to depict scenes of cervical cancer's devastating impact. This continues today.
The same awareness campaign was taking place around the country — Rwanda has a network of 45,000 community health workers, volunteers who are present in every village. Bugesera is a district in the Eastern Province, not far from the border with Burundi. Billboards line roads through the district, advertising soft drinks alongside public health messages. One says: "Talk to your children about sex, it may save their lives."
Not far off the main road is Karambi, a village surrounded by banana plantations. Toddlers roll tyres down the red-earth roads, teenagers carry handfuls of firewood on their heads, and adults herd cows and goats.
In 2013, the then 12-year-old Ernestine Muhoza was vaccinated against HPV at her school. "The teachers called just girls for assembly and told us that there was a rise of a specific cancer among girls aged 12 and that it was time for us to get vaccinated," she says.
The Rwandan government had demonstrated the determination and thoroughness of its approach to vaccinations. Could it now have the same success with HPV?
When she went home to tell her parents about the vaccination, they'd already heard about it on the radio and via community health workers.
Muhoza's parents readily agreed. But not every parent did. Some were sceptical. Why, they wondered, would their girls be getting vaccinated now, at this age? Why couldn't all girls and women receive the vaccine? And rumour had it that the vaccine would make girls infertile.
Community health worker Odette Mukarumongi worked tirelessly in Karambi to counteract the rumours. "I told parents that a girl will go into constant menstruation — like endless bleeding — if she gets cervical cancer," she says.
Mukarumongi says parents eventually "surrendered" and allowed their daughters to be vaccinated. Today, she says, parents rarely refuse, now that they can see the widespread acceptance of it in the community.
In Kanyirabanyana, Ntuyahaga worked similarly hard to convince parents that the vaccine wouldn't stop their daughters from being able to conceive.
"Parents had heard that the vaccine made girls infertile. We struggled to explain to them it wasn't true — that it was better to vaccinate their daughters against the cancer because if they got it they would become infertile," he says.
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An infield fly situation includes many variables for umpires to take into consideration. The wind or sun affects the calling of the infield fly. Interference can occur. A fielder may intentionally drop a ball after an infield fly call. There are many more possible scenarios. Let's examine a few of them.
The effects of wind or sun.
On a windy day, the umpiring crew must discuss that element and remind each other not to call an infield fly too soon. The wind could carry the ball away from the infielders so the ball cannot be caught with the required ordinary effort. Remember, the infield fly rule was designed to protect the offensive team from an unfair double play on a pop up and not to obtain outs for the defensive team that failed to catch the ball.
If a fielder loses the ball in the sun on an infield fly situation and cannot catch the ball, executing an undeserved double play would still be possible for a fielder who quickly recovers the ball. Umpires must strive to interpret rules realistically rather than legalistically.
Interference after an infield fly.
If a runner interferes with a fielder in the act of fielding a batted ball after an infield fly has been declared, the runner is out. The ball is dead and the batter is out on the infield fly. However, be ready to explain your call to the wild-eyed offensive coach who had two on and no outs just 30 seconds earlier.


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PUBLIC EMBARRASSMENT: We only discuss one species of death!
These are the ways Our Town rolls: We were struck, perhaps even a bit disappointed, by something we saw last night on cable TV's Maddow Show.
Maddow was speaking with Sherilyn Ifill, current head on the NAACP's Legal Defense Fund.
According to our cynical staffers, Maddow was posing, as always. Whatever the truth of that may be, this exchange occurred:
MADDOW (5/25/21): Today, on the first anniversary of George Floyd's death, Mr. Floyd's family visited the president and vice president at the White House. They met with congressional leaders. They are attempting to use the momentum from this somber anniversary to try to move the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act. This is a bill that's passed the House. It is currently stuck in the Senate. Mr. Floyd's family and frankly the Biden White House are trying everything they can to get it unstuck, to get it passed.
Sherrilyn Ifill leads the NAACP's Legal Defense and Educational Fund. The Legal Defense and Educational Fund at the NAACP is also marking this anniversary today by, among other things, reflecting on the progress toward police reform that has happened in the last year. The progress that's been made possible by the outcry and the protests that has happened ever since Floyd was killed.
She said this today online, she said, quote: "Much will be said about where things stand a year after the murder of George Floyd. Did protests make a difference? Has anything changed? The answer is yes. Is there much more to do and are we facing a strong backlash? Yes and yes."
Joining us now is Sherrilyn Ifill, president and director counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund.
Ms. Ifill, it's an honor to have you here tonight on this really big day. Thank you for being with us.
IFILL: Thank you, Rachel.
MADDOW: Tell me about the progress that you—that you see as having been made in the past year and what you think made that progress possible.
IFILL: Yes, it's important to take a moment and to recognize what shifts have happened because, you know, the truth is black people are still being killed by the police. They're being killed by police during the Derek Chauvin murder trial, after the Derek Chauvin murder trial. And so, I don't in any way want to suggest that we're out of the woods, or that the kinds of shifts that need to happen have happened...
The discussion continued from there.
For Maddow, it was an honor that Ifill was there on such a really big day. For ourselves, we were struck by Ifill's highlighted statement, which was of course perfectly accurate.
The statement was perfectly accurate! One year after George Floyd's death, black people are still being killed by police officers.
Also, black people are still being killed by police officers even after the Chauvin trial. Those are just statements of fact.
No one could say that those statements are false. Those statements are perfectly accurate.
It's also true that lots of people are still being killed, whether justifiably or not, by police officers. We were struck, and also a bit disappointed, to see Ifill address herself only to such decedents who are understood to be "black."
Let's cite one large subset of such decedents. According to the Washington Post's Fatal Force site, just under three people per day are shot and killed by police officers somewhere in the U.S.
Just under three per day! And yes, this pattern continues even after the Chauvin trial.
According to that site, just over half of those decedents are "white;" roughly one quarter are "black." But in recent years, Our Town has adopted the practice Ifill displayed last night—a practice in which we only discuss such incidents if the decedent is black.
By any traditional norm, that's an astonishing way to do business. It's also very much the way Our Town currently rolls.
It's very much the way Our Town's deeply flawed news orgs roll. Despondent experts routinely say there's no other way our deeply flawed species can hope to do business, given the way our deeply imperfect human brains are wired.
We were a bit disappointed in Ifill's remark because we've actually met her. Long ago and far away, we did radio with Ifill on one or perhaps on several occasions.
She wasn't a huge public figure back then. What she was was extremely sharp.
(We refer to the now-defunct Marc Steiner Show. In 2013, The Nation selected it as the country's Most Valuable Radio Program.)
You rarely run into people that sharp. It disappoints us to see someone so sharp adopt this new tribal practice. We don't expect better from Maddow, who recently expanded on her account of why she never owned a TV set until she and Susan got blackout drunk and ordered a TV set online while they were in that state.
(The network backed her up on that rather strange claim. This is also the way Our Town rolls!)
One other way in which Our Town rolls involve the essay by Talmon Joseph Smith in last weekend's Sunday Review. While still in high school, Smith was stopped by police while driving his parents' SUV, but the white girls got him off.
(For Smith's text concerning the incident, see yesterday's report. The white girls were well-dressed.)
That traffic stop could have ended as one recently ended for Daunte Wright, Smith wrote in his essay. And yes, that certainly could have happened!
It especially could have ended that way if Smith had outstanding warrants on gun charges, and if Smith had then tried to avoid arrest by driving away. Also, if one of the officers had the misfortune of making a tragic mistake, as seems to have happened in the tragic case of Wright.
Smith's highly selective presentation is one other way Our Town rolls. His essay appeared in the New York Times, a newspaper which isn't inclined to tell you why Wright was being arrested that day.
That said, the sanitization of these incidents—these incidents which are selected for your attention on the basis of "race"—is a major and remarkable part of the way Our Town currently rolls.
The woods are lovely, dark and deep, but this is the best Our Town can hope to do, or at least so we've been told.
Our brains aren't wired for post-Enlightenment "rational" conduct, major top experts persistently tell us. This even explains why we can't get straight talk about Godel's incompleteness theorems, or at least so we've come to suspect.
More tomorrow on the sanitization of these extremely high-profile fatal events. It has become a mandated part of the way Our Town currently rolls.
This is all Our Town is capable of. Top major scholars have said that!
Tomorrow: Reverend Barber remembers
Posted by bob somerby on Wednesday, May 26, 2021
"We were struck, and also a bit disappointed, to see Ifill address herself only to such decedents who are understood to be "black."
Somerby is an idiot. He himself highlighted the part of Ifill's statement where she was introduced as "Sherrilyn Ifill leads the NAACP's Legal Defense and Educational Fund." That means that her concern in her job is the wellbeing of black people -- not people of all ethnicities. Of course, she is going to mention that black people are still being killed by police, on this anniversary of Floyd's death. That is her role and her struggle, and her full-time paid job.
If Somerby wants to bemoan the white people killed by cops, he can call upon the Proud Boys, or the NAAWP (an organization that doesn't exist because apparently no white people care about this abuse of authority against white people).
Blaming black people for caring about racism against black citizens by saying that they care insufficiently about racism against white people, just makes no sense at all.
Somerby know he has no leg to stand on if he tries to pretend that these black deaths are not happening, so he instead attacks Ifill and the NAACP for being an organization specific to black problems. That is about as ridiculous as it gets on the right, and Somerby cannot pretend to be anything other than an apologist for right-wing concerns.
And then he pretends that us liberals don't think too good. What an asshole!
Your assumption about NAACP is incorrect, you should always check your premise before building a tower on top of it.
"The mission of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is to ensure the political, educational, social, and economic equality of rights of minority citizens of the United States".
Colored people refers to black people specifically. This is not the National Association for the Advancement of Minorities.
The phrase "people of color" is not the same as "colored people" which was a synonym for Negro or black and did not refer to Hispanic or Asian or Indian people, as POC now does. Minorities are not a monolithic group. Women are considered a minority, as are people with disabilities and the elderly.
Greg May 27, 2021 at 12:45 AM
The fact that her organization works for black people is not a license to pander and mislead. Bob is correct.
The fact that the GOP works for white people is not a license for Republicans to pander and lie.
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Back in the bad old days, Mexican and Mexican-American residents of present-day California were lynched from trees, just like blacks were in the South. So did Asians. Would it be right to try to reduce the significance of lynching as a form of terrorism against Southern blacks by claiming that lots of different people got lynched? If the occasional white cattle rustler was lynched, would that mean that lynching were not a means of social control of black people in the South?
These are racist arguments that Somerby is raising today. His insistence that Ifill is wrong because she doesn't mention white police shootings is inappropriate given that the focus of her job and her appearance on Maddows show was abuses against black people specifically, because that is what her organization exists to address.
If there were a guest talking about dental hygiene for children, addressing how parents can best teach their kids good dental habits, should Somerby complain that the pediatric dentist isn't talking enough about adults? In what universe!
Somerby's goal is to minimize the threat to black people, not to obtain equality for white victims of cop shootings. His is a racist intent, defending the police and the status quo. This isn't about equal time for privileged white people. It is about denying attention to those who are the targets of police abuse of authority. Somerby reveals himself as the racist he is.
Mao Cheng Ji May 26, 2021 at 11:25 AM
Mocking your dembot girl Rachel is like shooting fish in a barrel, dear Bob. Leave her be, she needs money.
Once again: what about the miracles happening at the place where Saint Floyd was martyred?
And the UFOs, dear Bob, tell us about the UFOs, please.
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What does Somerby mean by "one species of death?" If death has different "species," presumably death-by-cop is one of them. Death by covid is another. Death by natural causes, yet another. It would be wrong to refer to white versus black people's deaths as different species, not simply because black and white people are not two distinct species, but also because it is offensive to refer to them as such. But then, Somerby has been offensive a lot lately.
"It especially could have ended that way if Smith had outstanding warrants on gun charges,"
Daunte Wright did not have outstanding warrants on gun charges. He had a misdemeanor warrant for missing a court date. Wright's public defender has stated that neither he nor Wright was informed of the court date they missed.
Somerby keeps referring to made-up gun charges because it makes it seem like Wright had a gun on him and may have been menacing the cops with it when he was shot. That is untrue. It also makes it seem like the cops may have been worried about Wright's gun when they stopped him and shot him, but the warrant did not mention gun charges at all. It mentioned a missed court appearance.
This is how Somerby puts his thumb on the scales.
AC/MA May 26, 2021 at 2:28 PM
anon 11:31 - TDH discussed this previously, There was a Snopes item about Wright's history. This is the incident, as described in Snopes - Wright and another man were at a party. At 2:30 a.m., two women, who were the tenants in the apartment where the party took place, told Wright and his friend they should leave. The men said they had no rife, and the women agreed that they could stay the night. The next morning, one of the women went to the bank to get $820 for rent money. Wright and his friend, at gun point, demanded that the women hand the money over to them, and choked them. Wright was arrested and charged with first degree aggravated robbery, and was released on $100,000 bail. However, bail was revoked on the basis that Wright was alleged to have been in possession of a hand gun, in violation of his release on bail. A court hearing was scheduled, at which Wright didn't show up, and a warrant for his arrest was issued. This the warrant on which the officers attempted to arrest Wright sat the traffic stop. So your version of the facts is quite deficient.
But why do these liberal media outlets sanitize these incidents with a focus only on race? Why don't they bring up other races?
The woman said she thought Wright was joking. It is true that Wright's public defender said he was not informed of the hearing.
That is what he was charged with. Now, there won't ever be a trial. But TDH is right that it's painted so often that he was stopped for a minor traffic violation. If she thought he was joking, if that actually happened, why did she report it to the police?
Somerby is not right. He is exaggerating in the opposite direction in order to portray Daunte Wright as worse than he was, because Somerby wants to justify the cops. Wright was originally stopped for a stupid traffic violation and THEN they ran his license and found out about the warrant. The original stop was unjustified.
As to why the woman at the party reported anything to the police, who knows? I certainly wasn't there. I just believe that Somerby should ALSO report all the facts, not just the ones that paint the picture he wants to portray. He wasn't charge with robbery but with a gun possession charge and his warrant was for missing a zoom hearing that his lawyer says they were never informed of. It is a much muddier picture of drunken stupidity among young men, not the dangerous criminal Somerby wishes to tell us about. Daunte Wright was shot for trying to drive away, not for waving a gun at officers, and he shouldn't have been stopped in the first place, and wouldn't have been, except he was black.
Somerby thinks that if he calls Ifill "very sharp" then it is OK to go on and malign her in whatever way he wishes.
"The woods are lovely, dark and deep, but this is the best Our Town can hope to do, or at least so we've been told."
About 10+ years ago, Somerby talked about this poem by Robert Frost, attributing it to him. Today, he doesn't bother giving credit to the author when he lifts phrases from Frost, such as this one: "The woods are lovely, dark and deep..."
Lifting phrases from other authors and pretending they are your own is called plagiarism. Somerby needs to stop this misuse of other people's work.
It would be more interesting to address why faux-liberal media sanitizes these incidents which are selected to focus their audience's attention on race. Why don't they bring other races into it? Why is it only blacks?
Because blacks are disproportionately killed by police for reasons related to race. That's why.
@2:44, you do realize the comment you responded to is about Robert Frost and not race?
Yes. That's the point. The comment about Robert Frost is in response to a column about liberal media sanitizing these murders only to focus their audience's attention on race. The Frost comment avoids the issue. It's a strawman. That's my point.
Disproportionality is *never* mentioned. Bad try. You lose again. You always lose.
Sanitizing the gun owners. You'd think the corporate-owned press would mention the lack of good guys with guns in each and every one of these instances.
It's not necessary to take a jab at the goofballs who say the 2nd Amendment is to fight the tyranny of the government, but it too would be nice.
"Disproportionality is *never* mentioned."
Right, that is Somerby's fault. He has been avoiding this issue continually but it is what makes his arguments specious and racist.
You're a pathetic, stupid child.
This is the kind of impotent remark a commenter makes when he has no arguments left.
True. I have no arguments left for someone who pathetically reasons like an 8 year old. Talk about specious. You're obtuse!!
Gloucon X May 26, 2021 at 12:00 PM
This does raise the question how this bill would somehow keep only Blacks from dying during cop encounters while leaving the other non-Black 75% of incidents unaffected.
mh May 26, 2021 at 12:32 PM
That isn't its purpose. But it contains language to address bias:
"It [the bill]establishes a framework to prevent and remedy racial profiling by law enforcement at the federal, state, and local levels."
"...it [the bill] directs DOJ to create uniform accreditation standards for law enforcement agencies and requires law enforcement officers to complete training on racial profiling, implicit bias, and the duty to intervene when another officer uses excessive force."
https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/7120
Also: "The bill creates a national registry—the National Police Misconduct Registry—to compile data on complaints and records of police misconduct. It also establishes new reporting requirements, including on the use of force, officer misconduct, and routine policing practices (e.g., stops and searches)."
A national database mandated by the Feds would allow these incidents (not just ones involving deadly force) to be analyzed for evidence of bias.
This kind of thing shouldn't be left to the incomplete, volunteer effort of the Washington Post.
Of course the bill is also designed to help where the victims are white, because it circumscribes police behavior in general, such as no-knock warrants.
A de-funded police rises all boats, as it were.
Also, never discussed or even noticed: Black people kill black people on a daily basis, many times more than what the police do.
And white people kill white people on a daily basis, many more times than what the police do.
Also, Al Quaeda is much more honest on a daily basis than a Right-winger is.
"Black people kill black people" - something idiot, white BLM, faux-liberals could care less about and never bring up.
anon 1:14 you keep pointing out that when whites commit homicide, they tend to kill other whites, and that blacks generally kill other blacks. You miss the point entirely, as if this somehow proves something. The whole mega-narrative about police racism is based on certain incidents of white cops killing blacks. Our side of the medial seems only concerned when it is a black victim, as if cops don't also kill whites. The fact that blacks themselves kill maybe 10 times more other blacks than cops do is also ignored by our current woke approach of perceiving reality. If black lives matter, isn't it the case that murders committed by blacks against blacks is a serious issue - but the attitude seems to be 'meh' about all these black on black murders. Presumably, these blacks who kill other blacks - sometimes shooting wildly and killing innocent children who got in the way of a bullet- presumably don't do so as a result of racism. I venture that it a fair assumption that blacks, as a proportion to their population, commit a lot more murders than whites. That whites kill whites just like blacks kill blacks is irrelevant to the point anon 12:03 makes.
The commenters here could not give a single shit about black on black murders or black poverty. Those issue don't even exist to them.
All that is real to them is what they see on TV and read in their balkanized news feeds.
"The whole mega-narrative about police racism is based on certain incidents of white cops killing blacks."
So not about the harassment of blacks by police officers, unaccountable police, the white-washing of police shootings by prosecutors who depend on them, and/ or qualified immunity (which costs the municipalities millions, but doesn't touch police budgets)?
Thanks, I feel so better informed now. (sarcasm)
anon 3:21, do you have any evidence the shortcomings you claim to know so much about don't apply just the same in cops treatment of whites? Do you have actual experience with the system? And your take on the situation isn't what the vast bulk of the narrative has been - its about police homicides overwhelmingly. Back in the 50's and 60's, the situation was stark, and laws were changed. Now, there is an enormous effort to paint the picture like it was back then, objectivity be damned.
AC/MA -- you can tell by the statistics
You can also read some sociology. The black experience with the justice system is very different than the white one and many people have written about it.
Now, the Washington Post has been keeping statistics on shootings and that provides an objective measure of what is happening NOW.
Centrist May 26, 2021 at 10:05 PM
AC/MA
The issue is that Somerby is a Trumptard, so he has a clear preference for the way things were in the 50s and 60s, and seems to think (using the term losely) that is the way things ought to be.
Ifill and the other NAACP lawyers should come up with a bill that would reduce the super-high rate of violent crimes committed by Blacks so that their victims won't have to call the cops so much. Or as I have proposed, these victims need the option of calling an all-Black force to protect them.
How is this relevant to the George Floyd or Daunte Wright incidents?
Gloucon X May 26, 2021 at 1:10 PM
Most of the incidents a have been the result of someone calling the cops (usually a Black victim).
Black people have been calling for programs that reduce poverty in black neighborhoods for more than half a century.
It must be exhausting to not notice.
"programs that reduce poverty in black neighborhoods" - something idiot, white BLM faux-liberals could care less about and never bring up.
"programs that reduce poverty in black neighborhoods"
Maddow would eat a car before she ever talked about that on TV. In her world, poverty in black neighborhoods does not exist. Unless it can be trotted out to demonize Republicans.
Republicans should be demonized because they are responsible for the persistence of black poverty.
Leave the worrying about what Maddow says to the President of the Women Haters Club, who runs this blog.
The fact is, every "black on black murder" whatabouter also refuses to talk about it. BLM and the black community? They talk about it all the time.
White BLM faux-liberals could care less about and never bring up programs that reduce poverty in black neighborhoods. Their focus on police on black murder is faux.
Take your head out of your ass, it'll be easier to see.
BLM calls for defunding the police so that money can be redirected to social services that will address poverty. What did you think "defund the police" meant? Do you think that is a slogan that originated outside of BLM?
https://www.vox.com/2016/4/28/11510274/black-on-black-crime-poverty
https://www.brookings.edu/blog/social-mobility-memos/2015/12/14/the-other-side-of-black-lives-matter/
https://www.hrw.org/world-report/2021/essay/poverty-pandemic-police-violence-in-us
Centrist May 26, 2021 at 5:56 PM
'Our brains aren't wired for post-Enlightenment "rational" conduct, '
Naturally not. Your brain (using the term loosely) is wired to worship Donald Trump, and defend Roy Moore, Ron Johnson, Matt Gaetz and Devin Nunes. In short, it's the classical Trumptard 'brain'.
Bob does not worship these people. He thinks he is too high above them to critique them in any serious way. Therefore he only looks at half of "our Town", so what he has to offer is slanted and of limited use.
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Seven-year-old shot and (not) killed!
Starting tomorrow: BANALITY AND TOWN!
Lock up Rudy, lock up Gaetz!


I am 28 and have had acne since I was 13. This is ruining my life (not really but it makes me feel better to say it) LOL. I recently went back to school and every time I get stressed out I get a huge flare up. I am tired of it. I am on Minocyclin 100mg a day, Retin-A (generic that my derm makes in office), Clindomycin gel & Tazorac. I am telling you this is making me sick. My mom is 55 and still gets and occasional pimple!!
And if this makes you feel any better...I don't have insurance! I pay for all this crap and it still doesn't help me!
I think insurance companies deny things because of cost which is unfortunate. Good luck w/ your appeal.


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using Orchard.ContentManagement.MetaData;
using Orchard.Core.Contents.Extensions;
using Orchard.Data.Migration;
using Orchard.Environment.Extensions;

namespace Orchard.Tags {
    public class TagsDataMigration : DataMigrationImpl {

        public int Create() {
            SchemaBuilder.CreateTable("TagsPartRecord",
                table => table
                    .ContentPartRecord()
                );

            SchemaBuilder.CreateTable("TagRecord",
                table => table
                    .Column<int>("Id", column => column.PrimaryKey().Identity())
                    .Column<string>("TagName")
                );

            SchemaBuilder.CreateTable("ContentTagRecord",
                table => table
                    .Column<int>("Id", column => column.PrimaryKey().Identity())
                    .Column<int>("TagRecord_Id")
                    .Column<int>("TagsPartRecord_Id")
                );

            ContentDefinitionManager.AlterPartDefinition("TagsPart", builder => builder.Attachable());

            return 1;
        }

        public int UpdateFrom1() {
            ContentDefinitionManager.AlterPartDefinition("TagsPart", builder => builder
                .WithDescription("Allows to describe your content using non-hierarchical keywords."));

            return 2;
        }
    }

    [OrchardFeature("Orchard.Tags.TagCloud")]
    public class TagCloudMigrations : DataMigrationImpl {

        public int Create() {

            ContentDefinitionManager.AlterTypeDefinition(
                "TagCloud",
                cfg => cfg
                           .WithPart("TagCloudPart")
                           .AsWidget()
                );

            return 1;
        }
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}

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Based on everything I see on social media, I believe the vast majority of Weber owners grill 365 days a year. This fact is not an outlier; it is simply our way of life.
While some grillers actually have awesome weather for 12 months out of the year - yes, I'm talking to those of you who post kettle pictures of perfectly grilled steaks on eighty degree sunny December days - jealous! A lot of us grill through harsh snowy winters. We do not appreciate the cold, but we do relish the grilling.
It is safe to say cold weather does not slow us down, but it does, at least in my case, change my tactics. When the weather is really bad, I'm still grilling, but I try to minimize how many trips I take out the backdoor and how much snow and water I traipse back in the house.
I'm looking for meals and methods which are forgiving and most importantly, allow me only three trips outside. One to start the grill, one to place my food, and one to take it off.
Using a cedar plank to grill chicken is like having an extra layer of safety under the hood. Cooking with planks is incredibly forgiving, as it acts as a barrier between direct heat and the meat. Not only does the cedar give a little bit of protection over the hour long cook, it generates some incredibly tasty smoky flavors.
In order to minimize trips outside, use an iGrill- a digital app-connected thermometer. Connect up to four temperature probes to monitor food from beginning to end. The app notifies users once grilled foods, like steak, chicken or roast has reached the perfect degree to serve. Why walk outside to check on the temperature of your food when you can check from the warm confines of your kitchen window? *Use grill in conjunction with the instructions of your owner's guide.
1. Soak two cedar planks in water for at least an hour.
2. Take the whole chicken, cut off the wing tips, remove the backbone, and cut the breastbone in half to separate. Brush lightly with olive oil and season all over with salt and pepper.
3. Grill over indirect medium heat (350 F) for approximately an hour and fifteen minutes or until the internal temperature of the thigh reaches 165 F.


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Reclamation funds stall final sale of Kemmerer coal mine
The sale of the Kemmerer coal mine to Virginia billionaire Tom Clarke's Western Coal Acquisition Partners has hit a snag. The delay stems from uncertainty among Westmoreland affiliates regarding who will be responsible for paying for federally-mandated reclamation funds at the Kemmerer mine.
At this point, Westmoreland Resource Partners — which remains in Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings — is still responsible for the reclamation funding. Clarke's company is a division of Merida Natural Resources. The company's $215 million bid in February was the sole offer for the Kemmerer mine.
The Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 was the first legislation to require that mining companies post a bond that would pay for environmental reclamation of the site if it were to go out of business.
The Department of Environmental Quality has granted Clarke's company a license to mine. But the permit transfer from Westmoreland to Merida Natural Resources cannot be finalized until the buyer can prove they have the funding to pay for the federally-mandated cleanup.
Lawyers for the recently-organized Westmoreland Mining Holdings filed a complaint in bankruptcy court in Houston, Texas, on March 21.
"We understand that WMLP and Merida intend to consummate the sale in the next few days," the court filing reads.
The court documents explain that the creditors learned that Westmoreland Resource Partners and Clarke's company would be violating the Kemmerer Purchase Agreement if they close on the sale of the coal mine without issuing replacement bonds for reclamation.
The creditors' lawyers state in the complaint that Westmoreland is not even close to reaching an agreement with Merida Natural Resources regarding the reclamation bonds for the Kemmerer mine. The complaint calls for the court to enforce the reclamation bond agreement before the sale of the Kemmerer mine is finalized.
Clarke was unsuccessful in his bid to buy Westmoreland coal mines in Ohio in February.
The Ohio Department of Natural Resources filed an objection to Clarke's bid, citing concerns about his company's ability to pay for environmental liabilities and reclamation funding at the mines.
This is not the first time the Kemmerer coal mine buyer's financial stability has been called into question. In February, a bankruptcy judge in Texas ruled that Westmoreland could end the collective bargaining agreements with the United Mine Workers of America at the Kemmerer mine. The decision effectively froze retiree pensions and health care benefits. The union then turned its attention to negotiating with the new buyer.
Clarke stated that paying the Kemmerer retiree health care and benefits is not financially feasible for his company, but that he wants to work with the union and the miners to build a "strong, stable future for Kemmerer."
"I think the surety bond provider may have some concerns about Clarke's ability to either complete the reclamation or maybe doesn't have the collateral that they need to backstop the loan," senior Sierra Club attorney Peter Morgan told Wyoming Public Media earlier this week.
According to the Wyoming Mining Association, reclamation standards at coal mines are heavily regulated before mining even begins. Top soil and the overburden soil that covers the mineral is removed and saved.
Once mining operations are finished, that soil is used to fill in the holes left by mining and restore the land to the original topography. The Wyoming Mining Association states that nearly 50 percent of land in Wyoming that has been coal mined has been reclaimed or is in the process of being reclaimed.


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Catch the Volvo from Delhi to Manali in the evening at 5.30 P.M .Overnight in the Bus.
Arrive Manali in the morning , Half Day sightseeing of Local Manali including Hadimba Temple, Vashist Temple, Club House, Monasteries.leisure. Dinner & Overnight stay at hotel.
Manikaran. At 1737 meters, on the right bank of river Parvati is Manikaran. This place is famous for hot sulphur springs revered by both Hindus & Sikhs pilgrimages. The water of the spring is also said to be radio-active which cures many skin diseases. According to an ancient saying Manikaran is also connected with Lord Shiva and his divine concert Goddess Parvati. Kullu valley, Beas river, Dashehra Maidan and also visit Kullu Shawl factory. On this day you can also take enjoy of water rafting at Babeli Kullu.
The cost of adventures activities is on direct payment basis.
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Paul Franklin Crouch, co-founder of Trinity Broadcasting Network (TBN), is dead at age 79, reported his grandson Brandon Crouch on Saturday.
"Today, my grandfather, #PaulCrouchSr went home to be with Jesus in heaven. Thank you for your prayers…" Brandon Crouch tweeted.
TBN's official Facebook page later released the announcement about Crouch's death: "Dr Paul F Crouch passed into the presence of the Lord on November 30, 2013. We are grateful for the life of this amazing servant of God. Please pray for the Crouch family during this time. #paulcrouch #tbn"
Crouch was born March 30, 1934 in St. Joseph, Mo., and is the son of Assemblies of God missionaries. His father died when he was seven-years-old, and he was raised by his mother and grandparents. He has a degree in theology from Central Bible Institute and Seminary in Springfield, Mo., and an honorary Doctor of Laws degree from Oral Roberts University in Tulsa, Okla., among other honorary doctorates.
He met his wife, Janice Bethany Crouch, in 1957 and they married in Missouri. They have two sons: Paul Crouch Jr. and Matthew Crouch.
Crouch Sr., co-founder along with his wife, Jan, of the world's largest Christian-owned cable station, had been treated for chronic heart problems for over a decade and had received a pacemaker in 2012, TBN revealed earlier this year.
Crouch was hospitalized on Oct. 22 in Dallas, Texas, and returned home to California in early November. On Nov. 5, TBN released a statement by TBN attorney and spokesman Colby May that said doctors had taken Crouch off the ventilator and he was breathing on his own.
Two years earlier in September 2011, Crouch was also hospitalized for congestive heart failure. It was during this time that Crouch allegedly wrote a letter identifying that he wanted his son Matthew Crouch to take over the position of president of TBN. Then Paul Crouch Jr., who was presumed the heir of TBN, suddenly announced in October 2011 that he would leave TBN to pursue other ministry opportunities.
In recent years, the Crouch and TBN have been embroiled in family lawsuits, with their granddaughter Brittany Koper, former director of finance and human resources, filing a lawsuit saying that the family was distributing more than $50 million for luxury goods, such as jets, estates, and vehicles, to company directors. When Koper refused to keep quiet about the illegal money use, she was fired and allegedly threatened with physical and lethal violence. Her uncle, Joseph McVeigh, who never worked for TBN, filed another lawsuit against TBN at the Orange County Superior Court in early 2012, saying that TBN was maliciously targeting him as part of a "campaign of retaliation" against Koper.
With TBN officially announcing Crouch Sr.'s death on its Facebook page, within less than 20 minutes of the posting there were more than 450 comments, pledging to pray for the Crouch family and offering condolences.
"My prayers are with Jan and everyone in the family. So sad b/c I thought he was doing better. Now he is doing MUCH better. He opened his eyes to see Jesus! WOW!" posted someone identified as Kathy Boulter.
While someone identified as Apostle Doreen Thornton wrote, "Dr. Paul Crouch is loved and will be missed, he was an amazing obedient servant that gave God all that he had, and I am sure great is his reward. God bless the Crouch family you are in my prayers."
And a Jefferson Elicerio Viloria posted, "I really admired this guy..he had his critics, though, although not perfect, and who is, i regard him as a true man of God. I will miss him because i always enjoyed his enthusiasm on TV....God bless the Crouch family."


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USC Scandals Take Center Stage At LA Mayoral Debate
BY SULLIVAN MARLEY, REAGAN SMITH AND JOSH FLOWERS
LOS ANGELES (USC ANNENBERG MEDIA) -- Candidates Karen Bass and Rick Caruso clashed over each others' involvements with the university, as well as homelessness, crime and other issues.
Los Angeles mayoral candidates Karen Bass and Rick Caruso addressed their ties to USC and their roles in various university scandals in a debate Wednesday at the Skirball Cultural Center.
Following the L.A. County Sheriff debate, Caruso and Bass took the stage to present their positions on pressing issues like homelessness and safety in the community. Moderators Gabriela Teissier, Elex Michaelson and Erika D. Smith directed the debate, with some audience members having the opportunity to share questions and concerns.
Initially, the debate was supposed to take place at USC, but the university announced in August that, "accommodating the timing and logistics required to host the requested two back-to-back debates simply was not possible."
USC student James D'Ambrosi, who works as a campaign intern for Caruso, believes the debate taking place at USC could've created an, "environment [in which] students don't feel comfortable."
The moderators questioned Caruso and Bass about conflicting information regarding their involvement with two separate USC scandals. Bass, accused of accepting a $95,000 scholarship without any formal application, claims she received the award under merit, citing her history of youth advocacy as justification for her place in USC's social work program.
After awarding Bass the scholarship, the then-dean of USC's School of Social Work, Marilyn Flynn, pled guilty in a federal bribery case. The investigation involved her execution of an illegal money transfer for then-LA County Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas in exchange for his assistance in negotiations for a new USC telehealth contract. Bass' scholarship was cited by prosecutors as being "critical" to demonstrating Flynn's corrupt intent.
"The federal prosecutors have said there was no application. She got a $95,000 scholarship [and] she failed to report it in Congress," Caruso said. "She got her degree taking less classes than her fellow students took and then worked with the dean to fashion legislation… to have taxpayer dollars go back to that same school and she is named critical in a federal bribery and corruption case."
Bass stated that Caruso was "totally misrepresenting" the situation, but failed to explain how. Instead, Bass pivoted the spotlight back to Caruso for his handling of the scandal surrounding sexual assault allegations levied against former USC gynecologist George Tyndall.
"The victims of the gynecologist who sexually assaulted hundreds of students at USC have asked you to release the report," said Bass. "As the Chair of the Board of Trustees, [Caruso] committed to do an investigation, to do a report and then he decided afterwards that he wasn't going to release it."
Caruso then accused Bass of using the subject as a deflection, asking her if she believed that federal prosecutors were lying about the questionable elements of her scholarship. When Bass responded, "No, I'm saying you are," Caruso claimed he was reciting the words of the prosecutors, to which Bass was not given a chance to respond.
The candidates made their differences clear on other major issues, including homelessness and crime in Los Angeles. Bass accused Caruso of not having a comprehensive plan for homelessness, claiming his shelters-first approach would not keep people off the streets.
"My problem with Rick's plan is that it just calls for shelters," said Bass. "You have to have shelters, but you have to move people into permanent, supportive housing and then you have to mainstream them out of that."
In response to a question from a Loyola Marymount University senior about the affordability of local college graduates staying in L.A., Caruso blamed excessive regulation for the rapidly surging cost of living in the city.
"We have over-regulated [development] in this city to the point that it's so expensive to build in the city. People aren't building," Caruso said. "That's why affordability is so upside down."
While Bass agreed that some over-regulation exists, she first pointed a finger at the job market in Los Angeles, saying the city needs more, "decent-paying jobs that will allow you to afford a place."
The race's most recent polls show Bass carrying a sizable lead over Caruso. Election day is Nov. 8.
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