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As próximas eleições legislativas portuguesas terão lugar até 11 de outubro de 2026 para eleger os membros da Assembleia da República para a 16ª Legislatura de Portugal. Estarão em jogo todos os 230 lugares da Assembleia da República.

Contexto
O Presidente da República tem o poder de dissolver a Assembleia da República por vontade própria. Ao contrário de outros países, o Presidente pode recusar a dissolução do parlamento a pedido do Primeiro-Ministro ou da Assembleia da República e de todos os partidos representados no Parlamento. Em caso de renúncia do Primeiro-Ministro, o Presidente deve nomear um novo Primeiro-Ministro após ouvir todos os partidos representados no Parlamento e, em seguida, o programa de governo deve ser submetido a discussão pela Assembleia da República, cujos deputados podem apresentar uma moção de rejeição ao novo governo.

Data da eleição
De acordo com a Constituição portuguesa, as eleições devem ser convocadas entre 14 de setembro e 14 de outubro do ano em que termina a legislatura. A eleição é convocada pelo Presidente de Portugal; no entanto, o Presidente deve ouvir todos os partidos representados no Parlamento e o dia da eleição deve ser anunciado pelo menos 60 dias antes da eleição. Se uma eleição for convocada durante uma legislatura em andamento (dissolução do parlamento), ela deve ser realizada pelo menos após 55 dias. O dia da eleição é o mesmo em todos os distritos eleitorais e deve cair em um domingo ou feriado nacional. A próxima eleição legislativa deve, portanto, ocorrer até 11 de outubro de 2026.

Mudanças de liderança

CDS – Partido Popular
Nas eleições de 2022, o CDS – Partido Popular perdeu representação no Parlamento pela primeira vez em 47 anos de democracia. O líder do CDS, Francisco Rodrigues dos Santos, demitiu-se na noite das eleições e anunciou que seria realizada uma votação para a liderança. Em 11 de fevereiro, foi anunciado que um novo líder seria eleito em congresso do partido nos dias 2 e 3 de abril de 2022 realizado em Guimarães. O eurodeputado Nuno Melo, o ex-deputado Nuno Correia da Silva, o candidato à liderança de 2016 Miguel Mattos Chaves e Bruno Filipe Costa anunciaram que vão disputar o escrutínio. Durante o congresso, Bruno Filipe Costa e Nuno Correia da Silva desistiram da prova. Nuno Melo foi facilmente eleito líder com mais de 77% dos votos. Os resultados foram os seguintes:
|- style="background-color:#E9E9E9"
! align="center" colspan=2 style="width:  60px"|Candidato
! align="center" style="width:  50px"|Votos
! align="center" style="width:  50px"|%
|-
|style="background:#"|
| align=left | Nuno Melo
| align=right | 854
| align=right | 77.5
|-
|style="background:#"|
| align=left | Miguel Mattos Chaves
| align=right | 104
| align=right | 9.4
|-
|style="background:#"|
| align=left | Outros
| align=right | 144
| align=right | 13.1
|-
|- style="background-color:#E9E9E9"
| colspan=2 style="text-align:left;" |   Total
| align=right | 1,102
| align=right |
|-
| colspan="4" align=left|Resultados: Resultados
|}

Partido Social Democrata
Após a derrota do Partido Social Democrata (PSD) nas eleições legislativas de 2022, Rui Rio anunciou que não voltaria a concorrer à liderança do PSD e que convocaria uma votação antecipada para eleger um novo líder. A votação foi realizada em 28 de maio de 2022. Luís Montenegro, ex-líder da bancada parlamentar do PSD (2011-2018), e Jorge Moreira da Silva, ex-ministro do Ambiente (2013-2015), foram os únicos candidatos na votação. Cerca de 45.000 membros do partido, de mais de 85.000 membros ativos, registaram-se para votar. Montenegro derrotou Moreira da Silva por uma vitória esmagadora, tornando-se o 19º líder do PSD. Os resultados foram os seguintes:
|- style="background-color:#E9E9E9"
! align="center" colspan=2 style="width:  60px"|Candidato
! align="center" style="width:  50px"|Votos
! align="center" style="width:  50px"|%
|-
|bgcolor=orange|
| align=left | Luís Montenegro
| align=right | 19,241
| align=right | 72.5
|-
|bgcolor=orange|
| align=left | Jorge Moreira da Silva
| align=right | 7,306
| align=right | 27.5
|-
| colspan=2 align=left | Brancos/Nulos
| align=right | 437
| align=right | –
|-
|- style="background-color:#E9E9E9"
| colspan=2 style="text-align:left;" |   Total
| align=right | 26,984
| align=right | 60.46
|-
| colspan="4" align=left|Resultados: Resultados oficiais
|}

Partido Comunista Português
A 5 de novembro de 2022, o Partido Comunista Português (PCP) anunciou que Jerónimo de Sousa, líder partidário desde 2004, se afastava da direção por motivos de saúde e pelas exigências que o cargo exige. O partido elege Paulo Raimundo, funcionário e filiado desde 1994, como novo líder, cuja nomeação foi confirmada em reunião do Comité Central a 12 de novembro de 2022 por unanimidade, com uma abstenção, do próprio Raimundo. Os resultados foram os seguintes:
|- style="background-color:#E9E9E9"
! align="center" colspan=2 style="width:  60px"|Candidato
! align="center" style="width:  50px"|Votos
! align="center" style="width:  50px"|%
|-
|bgcolor=#f00|
| align=left | Paulo Raimundo
| align=right | 128
| align=right | 99.2
|-
| colspan=2 align=left | Contra
| align=right | 0
| align=right | 0.0
|-
| colspan=2 align=left | Abstenção
| align=right | 1
| align=right | 0.8
|-
|- style="background-color:#E9E9E9"
| colspan=2 style="text-align:left;" |   Total
| align=right | 129
| align=center |
|-
| colspan="4" align=left|Resultados: Resultados
|}

Iniciativa Liberal
Em 23 de outubro de 2022, o líder do partido João Cotrim Figueiredo anunciou que abandonava a liderança do partido e convocou uma nova votação para a liderança. Pouco depois do anúncio de Cotrim, o deputado bracarense Rui Rocha, deu um passo à frente e anunciou a intenção de concorrer à liderança. Dois dias depois, Carla Castro, deputada por Lisboa, também apresentou a sua candidatura à direção. Algumas semanas depois, o partido definiu data e local para o escrutínio da liderança e o novo dirigente foi eleito em Convenção Nacional entre 21 e 22 de janeiro de 2023 em Lisboa. Um terceiro candidato à liderança, José Cardoso, crítico da liderança e estratégia de Figueiredo, anunciou sua candidatura em 2 de janeiro de 2023. Cerca de 2.300 membros do partido se registaram para votar na convenção, que elegeu Rui Rocha como novo líder do partido.

|- style="background-color:#E9E9E9"
! align="center" colspan=2 style="width:  60px"|Candidato
! align="center" style="width:  50px"|%
|-
|bgcolor=#0b95fd|
| align=left | Rui Rocha
| align=right | 51,7%
|-
|bgcolor=#0b95fd|
| align=left | Carla Castro
| align=right | 44%
|-
|bgcolor=#0b95fd|
| align=left | José Cardoso
| align=right | 4,3%
|-|
|- style="background-color:#E9E9E9"
| colspan=2 style="text-align:left;" |   Total
| align=right | 100%
|-
| colspan="4" align=left|Resultados: Resultados
|}

Bloco de Esquerda
A 14 de Fevereiro de 2023, Catarina Martins anunciou que vai deixar a liderança do Bloco de Esquerda na próxima Convenção Nacional do partido, que está agendada para 27 e 28 de Maio.

Sistema eleitoral
A Assembleia da República tem 230 deputados eleitos para mandatos de quatro anos. Os governos não exigem o apoio da maioria absoluta da Assembleia para ocupar o cargo, pois mesmo que o número de opositores ao governo seja maior que o dos apoiantes, o número de opositores ainda precisa ser igual ou superior a 116 (maioria absoluta) para que o Programa do Governo seja rejeitado ou seja aprovada uma moção de censura.

O número de assentos atribuídos a cada distrito depende da magnitude do distrito. A utilização do método d'Hondt permite um limiar efectivo mais elevado do que alguns outros métodos de atribuição, como a quota Hare ou o método Sainte-Laguë, que são mais generosos para os pequenos partidos.

A distribuição dos deputados por distrito eleitoral nas eleições gerais de 2022 foi a seguinte:

Partidos
A tabela abaixo lista os partidos atualmente representados na Assembleia da República.

Agregações de votação

Veja também

 Eleições em Portugal
 Lista de partidos políticos em Portugal
 politica de portugal

Referências

Eleições legislativas de Portugal
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Q: Failed to launch debug adapter in Visual Studio 2022 If I create an ASP Core MVC (Target Framework 5.0) with Docker support enabled and start it I get:
"One or more errors occurred.
Failed to launch debug adapter. Additional information may
available in the output window.
The operation was cancelled."
This is the debug output:

Enabling DebugAdapterHost.Logging with
DebugAdapterHost.Logging /On /OutputWindow

Gives the following output:
1> DebugAdapterHost version: 16.9.50429.2 commit:ca34bde2a8dfef71e1d0b3bafd2804978bfbe6a9
 1> Starting 'docker' with arguments 'exec -i 7ce0da2e24860812b487ef583433deee7b411229b69c5631dc73027fd0864f1f /bin/sh -c "ID=.; if [ -e /etc/os-release ]; then . /etc/os-release; fi; if [ $ID = alpine ] && [ -e /remote_debugger/linux-musl-x64/vsdbg ]; then VSDBGPATH=/remote_debugger/linux-musl-x64; else VSDBGPATH=/remote_debugger; fi; $VSDBGPATH/vsdbg --interpreter=vscode"'
 1> [DebugAdapter] --> C (initialize-1): {"type":"request","command":"initialize","arguments":{"pathFormat":"path","clientID":"visualstudio","clientName":"Visual Studio","adapterID":"coreclr","locale":"en-US","linesStartAt1":true,"columnsStartAt1":true,"supportsVariableType":true,"supportsRunInTerminalRequest":true,"supportsMemoryReferences":true,"supportsProgressReporting":true,"SupportsMessageBox":true,"supportsHandshakeRequest":true,"supportsVsAdditionalBreakpointBinds":true,"supportsHitCountsChange":true,"supportsVsCustomMessages":true,"supportsVariableEnumerators":true},"seq":1}
 1> ERROR: Debug adapter error output: /bin/sh: 1: /remote_debugger/vsdbg: not found
 1> ERROR: Debug Adapter did not respond to initial requests.
 1> ERROR: Unexpected error

AggregateException: One or more errors occurred.

Aggregate exception:
    DebugAdapterLaunchException: Failed to launch debug adapter.  Additional information may be available in the output window.

    Failure Location: UserCanceled
    Inner Exception:
        OperationCanceledException: The operation was canceled.
Inner Exception:
    DebugAdapterLaunchException: Failed to launch debug adapter.  Additional information may be available in the output window.

Microsoft.VisualStudio.Debugger.VSCodeDebuggerHost.Engine.Implementation.DebuggedProcess.<StartDebugAdapter>b__114_3(Exception ex)
Microsoft.VisualStudio.Debugger.VSCodeDebuggerHost.Utilities.TaskExtensions.<>c__DisplayClass11_0`1.<Catch>b__0(TException ex)
Microsoft.VisualStudio.Debugger.VSCodeDebuggerHost.Utilities.TaskExtensions.<>c__DisplayClass10_0`1.<Catch>b__0(AggregateException ex)

    Failure Location: UserCanceled
    Inner Exception:
        OperationCanceledException: The operation was canceled.

 1> Debug adapter process exited.
 1> ERROR: One or more errors occurred.

Failed to launch debug adapter.  Additional information may be available in the output window.

The operation was canceled.

I have tried re-installing Docker Desktop and Visual Studio 2022. Windows 11 is fully updated.
I can build and run an Nginx image directly in Docker Desktop without errors so I think it has something to do with my Visual Studio 2022 install.
My setup:
Docker Desktop 4.5.1
Microsoft Visual Studio Community 2022 (64-bit) - 17.1.0
Windows 11 Home
I also tried downgrading to:
Docker Desktop 4.4.4
Microsoft Visual Studio Community 2019 (64-bit)
But with exactly the same result.

A: For me this worked out:

*

*clean and rebuild the solution.

*Disable script debugging in Visual Studio, in the drop-down of green arrow, from where we run the project.

A: It turns out that /remote_debugger/vsdbg is indeed missing. It is expected to be found in C:\Users\username\vsdbg\vs2017u5 on the host.
Deleting the whole directory (C:\Users\username\vsdbg\vs2017u5) and then pressing F5 forces Visual Studio to re-create the directory and debugging now works.

A: I was getting the same error message box when trying to use python. For me, enabling native code debugging in the Debug Properties window fixed the issue. You can find Debug Properties under the Debug menu item.
I also had to download debugging symbols: Microsoft has documentation on how to do so here but the quick run-down is to re-run the python installer, click modify, select both box checkboxes regarding debug symbols, and click Next/Install. Now everything works for me again.

A: I got the exact same error  "The terminal process terminated with exit code: 4294967295"
Tried  some of the ways

*

*Clean/Rebuild

*Restarted the Visual Studio.

*Deleting the directory (which was mentioned above)

*Changed the settings (tools -> options-> Debugging -> General ->enabling the "enable JavaScript debugging" and "multi-target JavaScript debugger"
I tried some of these links
TheWindowsclub
VSCodeIssues
Finally the problem solved by restarting my PC.

A: In my case I did a Clean & Rebuild for the project. After this I closed an opened instance of the browser that I used previously to test.
After this I ran the project and a new instance of the browser opened for testing as usual.

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Messiaen 2015
Pianist Cordelia Williams presents 'Between Heaven and the Clouds: Messiaen 2015', a year-long series of performances and events exploring Messiaen's piano masterpiece Vingt Regards sur l'Enfant-Jésus. The work was written in occupied Paris, 1944, yet is suffused with themes of love, colour, passion, silence and faith. The project will delve into Messiaen's compositional style, his historical and musical contexts, and his rich variety of inspiration.
Cordelia is commissioning poetry from award-winning British poet Michael Symmons Roberts and former Archbishop of Canterbury Lord Rowan Williams, as well as a Suite of paintings by British artist Sophie Hacker. All three of these contributors will take part in events throughout the year, alongside Messiaen experts and scholars in the fields of music, the arts and theology.
Join Cordelia Williams, Michael Symmons Roberts and Sophie Hacker for an exclusive performance, poetry reading and exhibition to celebrate the launch of this exciting project.
4th December 2014, 49 Queen's Gate Terrace, London SW7 5PN
Tickets £15 (to include drinks and canapés) from www.messiaen2015.com
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The Warriors Ran A Beautiful Play For An Alley-Oop Last Night
Kevin Draper
Played well, basketball is a spectacularly beautiful game. Despite having a 9-2 record, the Golden State Warriors offense has frequently been bogged down by careless turnovers. The team has a trigger-happy reputation, but it's actually their defense—tied for best in the league with the Spurs—that has won them most of their games.
When they are not sloppily giving the ball away—and they're slowly improving in this respect—the Warriors offense is developing into a well-oiled machine. They've always had the other-worldly shooting of Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson, but coach Steve Kerr has made some changes to the offense to get the most out of the rest of the players on the court.
One of the biggest adjustments he has made is to give Andrew Bogut, seen ball handling at the top of the key, more responsibility. Bogut is averaging just about the same number of minutes per game as he did last season, but his touches per game are up from to 53.8, from 40.7 (per NBA.com), and he's on pace to finish with the most assists per 36 minutes of his career. He's a naturally gifted ball handler—it is a bit hard to tell in this gif, but he actually throws the pass to Curry behind his back—and Kerr has wisely decided to have him initiate more of the offense.
Another improvement is more purposefully using the threat of Curry or Thompson shooting to get other players open. Bogut isn't just randomly wide open running down the lane, but because Curry and Thompson got him open. You can see Thompson setting a small screen on Trey Burke, freeing up Curry just enough to receive the pass from Bogut behind the three-point line. Derrick Favors is cognizant of Curry's threat, so he takes a step-and-a-half towards Curry. It is probably the smart play, but it is just enough of hesitation to open Bogut up. The only other man that could help out, Gordon Hayward, doesn't dare leave Thompson open for three to bump Bogut on his roll.
It still takes a nice one-handed pass by Curry and grab by Bogut to complete this beautiful alley-oop, but it was set up by a very smartly-designed play.
Here's the full play:


When I think of PC gaming devices, the first thing that pops into my head is flashy lights. From colourful LED covered keyboards to gaming mice pads. But not everybody uses these. Over the past couple of years, console controllers have also started to appear for PC's. Especially since consoles are still as popular as ever before. So let me introduce you the Speedlink Xeox Pro Wireless controller!
It's a simple gaming controller for those quiet Sunday mornings when you don't have anyone nagging on you. I'm often bored of having to use a mouse and a keyboard and sometimes miss holding onto that console controller. Not to mention the endless nights of playing playstation action games. It kind of reminds me of my childhood. And that's exactly what the Speedlink Xeox Pro is for. Plus it's quite budget friendly as well, so you don't need to feel bad for getting a gaming accessory.
Just like many other Speedlink gaming controllers, the Xeox Pro wireless version looks very similar to the original Xbox controller. It makes sense as the original Xbox controller was known for its ergonomics. And the Xeox Pro controller design is just as comfortable to use. It just feels natural in your hands. For me, it took some time getting used to as I'm a Playstation dude myself. But I got used to the new shape quite fast. The controller is also covered with a rubber like texture, which makes it feel soft and smooth against skin.
The wireless design also gives the Xeox Pro controller another extra 10 points in my opinion. Without any cables you can freely move the controller in any direction you want. Plus you don't need to worry about hitting anything in between or pulling it out of the port. And we all know plenty of games where it can happen. That said, you can still use it with a cable as well. While it's charging for example. I really like that they added the USB port to the front of the controller. Shows that they actually thought about it.
The Speedlink Xeox Pro is equipped with two joysticks. They move smoothly and you don't really need to apply any force to move them. I'd personally like it more if there was some sort of a resistance. But it comes down to personal preference. I have gotten used to it after a week of playing every day.
My only real complaint is with the rest of the buttons. I understand that they are made out of plastic but do they have to actually feel like it? I'd like it more of the surface was textured and not just smooth. It's obviously not a deal breaker but something that would make it even better in my opinion.
What I do really like are the built-in motors. They bring you right in the middle of the action by making the controller vibrate. It's exactly the same as on gaming consoles.
Overall the Speedlink controller is extremely reliable. Even the wireless connection is solid. According to Speedlink the wireless range is up to 10 meters. I have no idea why it's that long but it is. Plus it actually works as well, I even tried it myself. So you definitely don't need to worry about losing connection.
Besides the Xeox Pro wireless controller, you also get a USB stick, which is actually the receiver, and a 1 meter long charging cable. You don't really need to go through any complicated installation guides to setup the controller. Simply insert the receiver into your computer's USB port and that's it. Your computer will recognize it instantly. No need for any drivers or installation CD's. The controllers Dual-Mode technology makes sure that your computer will recognize controller while playing most games.
Since the Xeox Pro controller is wireless, then it runs on a 550 mAh Li-Po battery that's built into it. As in you can't take it out. The plus side is that you have free range of movement and not worry about a cable getting in the way. The battery also lasts long (10 hours) enough so that you don't need to spend most of the time charging it. What I like about this device is that you can still play games with this controller even when it's charging. It will just be attached to the cable.
The Speedlink Xeox Pro is an excellent companion on a quiet Sunday morning. This controller is absolutely perfect for everyone who is tired of having to use their mouse and keyboard, and want to experience the touch of a controller. The wireless model does everything that it's designed for and does it well. Especially considering how affordable it actually is.
Author Bio: Marcus Hagen is a typical Sunday gamer who occasionally likes to play video games. In his spare time he likes to review gaming accessories for Tenpire.com. He is also a first year journalism student at Columbia University.
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Charles Koch Complaining About Crony Capitalism Is Like Osama bin Laden Complaining About Mixing Violence With Religion
March 1, 2011 — Ron Chusid
The old definition of chutzpah was to murder your parents and then beg the court for mercy because of being an orphan.
The new definition of chutzpah should be for Charles Koch to justify his actions based upon opposing crony capitalism.
Charles Koch has probably done more than anyone else to try to destroy capitalism and democracy and replace it with plutocracy, along with making his fortune off of practicing crony capitalism. He shows tremendous chutzpah in writing an op-ed for The Wall Street Journal pretending to justify his career trying to subvert American capitalism by claiming he is doing so to fight crony capitalism. Well, I guess that isn't any more chutzpah than the Republican Party claiming to support capitalism, small government, and freedom when they actively oppose all three. I might include the Tea Party supporters claiming to represent the views of the Founding Fathers, but in this case I think it is more often ignorance than chutzpah as they actually believe the misinformation they pick up from the right wing noise machine (which receives much of its funding from Koch).
Think Progress has posted just Part I of their demonstration of how Koch is the biggest crony capitalist of them all. Here is a portion:
– The dirty secret of Koch Industries is its birth under the centrally-planned Soviet Union. Fred Koch, the founder of the company and father of David and Charles, helped construct fifteen oil refineries for Joseph Stalin before expanding the business in the United States.
– As Yasha Levine has reported, Koch exploits a number of government programs for profit. For instance, Georgia Pacific, a timber company subsidiary of Koch Industries, uses taxpayer money provided by the U.S. Forestry Service to provide their loggers with taxpayer-funded roads and access to virgin growth forests. "Logging companies such as Georgia-Pacific strip lands bare, destroy vast acreages and pay only a small fee to the federal government in proportion to what they take from the public," according to the Institute for Public Accuracy. Levine also notes that Koch's cattle ranching company, Matador Cattle Company, uses a New Deal program to profit off federal land for free.
– Koch Industries won massive government contracts using their close relationship with the Bush administration. The Bush administration, in a deal even conservatives alleged was a quid pro quo because of Koch's campaign donations, handed Koch Industries a lucrative contract to supply the nation's Strategic Petroleum Reserve with 8 million barrels of crude oil. The SPR deal, done initially in 2002, was renewed in 2004 by Bush administration officials. During the occupation of Iraq, Koch won significant contracts to buy Iraqi crude oil.
– Although Koch campaigned vigorously against health reform — running attack ads, sponsoring anti-health reform Tea Parties, and comparing health reform to the Holocaust — Koch Industries applied for health reform subsidies made possible by the Obama administration.
– The Koch brothers have claimed that they oppose government intervention in the market, but Koch Industries lobbies aggressively for taxpayer handouts. In Alaska, blogger Andrew Halcro reported that a Koch subsidiary in Fairbanks asked Gov. Sarah Palin's administration to use taxpayer money to bail out one of their failing refinery.
– SolveClimate recently reported that Koch Industries will reap huge profits from the proposed Keystone XL Pipeline, which runs from Koch-owned tar sands mining centers in Canada to Koch-owned refineries in Texas. To build the pipeline, politicians throughout the Midwest, many of whom have received large Koch campaign donations, have used eminant domain — government seizures of private land. In Kansas, where Koch-funded officials advise Gov. Sam Brownback (R-KS) and the Republican legislature, the Keystone XL Pipeline is likely to receive a property tax exemption of ten years, a special loophole that will cost Kansas taxpayers about $50 million.
– Koch Industries has been the recipient of about $85 million in federal government contracts mostly from the Department of Defense. Koch also benefits directly from billions in taxpayer subsidies for oil companies and ethanol production.
Koch is also able to make his fortunes by pumping pollutants into the air and acting as if the environment is his own personal property, using his political clout to oppose any efforts which would force him to pay for his actions:
The American public want clean air, safe water, and a healthy planet. If Charles Koch actually believed in the "open market" and raising our "standard of living," he would allow our democratically elected government to take action to protect Americans from global warming pollution.
The virulence of the Koch brothers' opposition to climate policy — to anything that would make polluters instead of society pay for the cost of their pollution — is purely a matter of self-interest. The immense profitability of their carbon holdings depends on their freedom to pollute without consequence.
If their pollution was fairly priced in a free-market system such as the cap-and-trade markets the Koch successfully demonized in Washington, the Kochs would be facing costs of anywhere from $1 billion to $40 billion a year. Spending well less than $1 billion a year on their political and philanthropic activities, the Kochs have made a brilliant investment to defend their killer business model.
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Bob Woodward Accuses Donald Rumsfeld of Distorting History on Iraq
Bob Woodward has often been frustrating in recent years as he repeats the establishment line far too often for someone who once helped force a corrupt president from office. If he had investigated the Bush administration as vigorously as he investigated Richard Nixon, perhaps recent history might be different. The lies of Donald Rumsfeld in his new book are too much even for Woodward, who has a column at Foreign Policy exposing many of them. Before getting to the specifics, Woodward wrote:
Rumsfeld's memoir is one big clean-up job, a brazen effort to shift blame to others — including President Bush — distort history, ignore the record or simply avoid discussing matters that cannot be airbrushed away. It is a travesty, and I think the rewrite job won't wash.
The Iraq War is essential to the understanding of the Bush presidency and the Rumsfeld era at the Pentagon. In the book, Rumsfeld tries to push so much off on Bush. That is fair because Bush made the ultimate decisions. But the record shows that it was Rumsfeld stoking the Iraq fires — facts he has completely left out of his memoir.
What a shock–Rumsfeld lied. It looks like both Bush and Rumsfeld (along with Cheney) are responsible for what is one of the most vile acts imaginable by a government–going to war unnecessarily based upon lies. I still don't understand why the Tea Party people weren't out on the street protesting this one. (Oh yeah, its because they are a far right wing movement which has absolutely nothing to do with the ideals of the American Revolution.)
I am glad to see Woodward exposing several of Rumsfeld's lies. It is a shame that his lies, along with those of Bush and Cheney, cannot be investigated more thoroughly by a war crimes tribunal.
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(in...The Object of My Affection)
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He's impossible not to watch
(and has insured that his debut film won't be his last.)"
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"But the real star of the show is Amo Gulinello as Eddy the Clown. Gulinello performs extended sequences in the first and second act and each time he involves members of the audience in wild improvisations. His skills as a mime, physical comedian and fast-thinking improviser are consistently surprising, delightful and unforgettable. He's not above bathroom humor, but even then he delivers it with such skill and imagination that anyone would laugh at the results."
-The Kansas City Star
"Immediately he brought the stage and audience together... Perhaps the most memorable part of the show came in the second half. Eddy returned to the stage..."
-The Shreveport Times
"The lowly jester, Eddy, however, was by and llarge the crowd favorite."
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Taking the Bloom off the Rose (Fernandez) – Part 2 →
by Thomas J. Mertz | April 3, 2009 · 8:44 pm
Taking the Bloom off the Rose (Fernandez) – Part 1, Updated
Updated (see below in italics)
On Tuesday, April 7th, Wisconsin voters will chose between Tony Evers and Rose Fernandez for the post of State Superintendent of Public Instruction. For a myriad of reasons having to do with experience, knowledge, recognition of key problems with state finance and accountability measures, the proven ability to work with a wide variety of stakeholders, a string record of working to improve the public schools where the vast majority of our youth will continue to be educated — I'm backing Tony Evers.
In her campaign, Fernandez has belittled experience and knowledge, and attacked those who have been in the trenches working everyday to maximize the opportunities of Wisconsin's children.
The contrast with Fernandez in both qualifications and policy is huge. There is also a enormous disparity between the version of events portrayed by the Fernandez campaign that thrust her into the public eye and the actual reality of what took place.
In defining her narrative, she has continually constructed an image of herself as an outsider, a "mom on a mission." Her campaign has made much of her role in the passage of a bill, that after a legal ruling that threatened virtual charter schools, was able to rewrite the rules on licensing, accountability and preserved funding levels. The short version of this chronicle is that Fernandez, with a scrappy band of fellow parents, "took on the educrats and the powerful teachers union and won."
For example, her website biography reads in part: "As the leader of a grassroots' parent-student-teacher coalition, Rose has taken on the education establishment…and won." A recent press release included this version:
In recent years when public online charter schools, otherwise known as virtual schools, were threatened by a WEAC- and DPI backed lawsuit, Rose Fernandez led the counter attack. In 2008, together with her fellow coalition members, she mobilized a legislative, legal and public relations strategy that saw WEAC and the education bureaucracy crushed by a rare feat in Madison, a bipartisan legislative compromise-in an election year, no less.
The same release also says: "How a person campaigns says a lot about how they will behave if elected." I agree with this, that's why I think it is worth giving the central claims of the Fernandez campaign a thorough examination.
Cory Liebmann, Jay Bullock, and especially the One Wisconsin Now and their FiveMillionForFernandez project, have been doing great work along these lines (click on the links to get caught up). From their work it is clear that far from being an outsider, Fernandez is well connected to the right wing, anti-public education establishment, both nationally and in Wisconsin.
I've got a slightly different take and a few things to add.
I want to start with some information about the Wisconsin Coalition of Virtual School Families (WCVSF) and related organization in other states. A review of IRS records makes it clear that the WCVSF is something other than a local grassroots group.
Liebmann recently posted on his efforts to obtain an IRS form 990 for the organization (all non profits are required to make these available). I'm not sure what year or years he was after or obtained, but I was able to find the 990s for 2005, 2006 and 2007 online.
There is no donor information, but there are some things of interest. First, no lobbying expenses are reported (and the Wisconsin Lobbying database for these years contains no entry for the WCVSF). As a 501 (c) organization there are limits on lobbying efforts and expenses (more so for 501 (c)(3), than a 501 (c)(4), but I'm not clear which 501 (c) version WCVSF is operating under, presumably a 501 (c)(4). There was lobbying activity in 2008, but I can't find that 990. This lobbying is the topic of Part 2.
In fact, the vast majority of expenses are for "consulting," with no further details about who was consulting, who were paid which legal fees, and little about the purposes for such expenses. In 2005, $56,327 of a total of $78, 003 in disbursements were for consulting; in 2006 it was $86,478 of $122,658. In 2007 there were $59,123 in legal fees, with $42, 140 paid for consulting out of $118,761 total expenses.
Interesting expenses and relatively strong fund raising considering how few virtual school families there were in the state (see here for the enrollments in various years)
In describing their "Statement of Purposes Accomplishments" for 2007, the WCVSF told the IRS:
Maintained a website to communicate with interested citizens regarding advancements and advantages of virtual education and distance learning opportunities. Conducted an ongoing media campaign. Provided interested parties with regular updates via email and the website.
All at a cost of $52,010. The same language appears in 2006 when the cost was $113,781, and the 2005 filing contained the additional word "built" and a cost of $70,558.
Here is where things get interesting. That same language appears on the 2007 Indiana Families for Virtual School IRS filing, as well as the 2005 and 2007 Florida Coalition of Virtual School Families forms (the 2006 is ever so slightly different), the 2005 Ohio Coalition of eSchool Families report, the 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008 Arizona Coalition of Distance Learning Families 990s vary the language only slightly, the same can be said of the 2005, 2006, 2007 Arkansas Coalition of Distance Learning Families paperwork, the 2006 and 2007 Missourians for OnLine Education reports, and the 2006 and 2007 paperwork for Pennsylvania Families for Public CyberSchools filings.
One might suspect that these organizations are linked. One would almost certainly be correct.
One might also suspect that rather than being grassroots organizations, these are in fact AstroTurf front groups for companies seeking profits via taxpayer supported virtual schools or people wishing to undermine support for traditional public education. One would almost certainly be correct.
I took another look at the 990s for the various front groups and found more to report.
The accountant on all the 990s I checked — including the three from WCVSF — is one Joseph O'Brien of Non-profit Accounting Services of Scottsdale Arizona. The 990s for all I checked — including the three fromWCVSF — also list the organizational books being kept by "the Treasurer" at 2340 E. Beardsley Rd..Ste 100 Phoenix, Arizona. This, despite the fact that in the case ofWCVSF the treasurer is listed as a Robert Reber, with a Madison PO Box.
The address where the books are located is shared by "strategic public affairs and global issues management firm" the DCI Group. The DCI web page says they:
…use a campaign-style approach to help corporations, trade associations, and nonprofit organizations address their most critical communications and public policy challenges.
SourceWatch notes, " The firm has been linked to several industry-funded coalitions that pose as grassroots organizations" and links them to Feather Larson & Synhorst DCI (who have been involved in Madison and Wisconsin school politics), doing PR for the repressive regime in Burma and much more, even garnering some extremely positive accolades from Karl Rove.
Clearly these are not local, independent parent groups, they are tools of corporate interests. Rose Fernandez is a tool of corporate interests.
A few more clues to the connections. Beyond the nearly identical IRS filings, there are also some connections among the websites. Birds of a feather, flock together.
About half of these organizations are registered via a masking proxy via "OneAndOne" web hosting out of Pennsylvania (as is the case with WCVSF).
Some other clues are even more interesting. They are registered by a Tim Vickey of Level 671. The charter advocacy organization, National Coalition for Public School Options also use his services and he has links to DCI/New Media, (now the Aderfo Group, an infamous right wing PR, lobbying and AstroTurf firm).
No direct links to Fernandez here, and some of this could be dismissed as circumstantial, but when combined with the reporting of Liebmann and One Wisconsin Now, it should be clear that the WCVSF families and the similar organizations in others states aren't a bunch of underfunded parents stumbling against the powers that be. The parents may be sincere, but the expertise and direction is coming from some of the best in the business.
Stay tuned for part 2, which will look at lobbying reports to show that the WCVSF was hardly a lonely David going up against the mighty Goliath (there is also an old, related post here).
Thomas J. Mertz.
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5 responses to "Taking the Bloom off the Rose (Fernandez) – Part 1, Updated"
T Mulligan, NBCT
Are you going to do the same detailed analysis of Evers?
Thomas J. Mertz
If I found similar false representations by Evers and his campaign, I would give them the same treatment (time allowing).
I am not aware of any, or you?
It seems to me that Evers is selling himself as what he is, an experienced educator and administrator. Have you seen anything different?
Well, its pretty well known that he misused government resources to advance his campaign. But hey, he's a lefty (not to mention the tired old policy stances) so lets give him the vote.
By all accounts, Evers received an email on his state account that mentioned a fundraiser and continued the conversation re. the fundraiser from a non-governmental account.
I recall reports that his initial response to the email was via his state account. A small error and one that has been well-aired others. As you said, it is "pretty well known."
The larger violation, minor is it is, was on the part of the sender who initiated the discussion, also via a state account, not the recipient (Evers).
If this behavior disqualifies him in your mind, if it induces you to ignore years of dedicated service and vote for an unqualified mouth-piece of profit-seeking privatizers whose public image is based on fabrications, that's your choice.
The things I have posted about Rose Fernandez had not previously been given attention. I thought they should be part of the decision-making process.
Arlen Walker
You say "registered via a masking proxy" as if it were somehow mysterious. I checked the link. It's not. The email masking is a common service registrars began to offer in response to the the abuse by spammers of customer's email addresses. In the case of a controversial website, I'd do the very same thing, myself, to prevent enemies of whatever cause I was espousing from flooding that email and drowning any real messages in the flood.
More useful info for your purpose would have been to check the dates registered. If organizations from multiple states all registered their domains on the same day, you'd have a better case for linking them.
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Germany Legalizes Same-Sex Marriage After Merkel U-Turn
by David Rising
Green Party's gay rights activist Volker Beck, center, and fellow faction members celebrate with a confetti popper after German Federal Parliament, Bundestag, voted to legalize same-sex marriage. (Source:AP Photo/Michael Sohn)
German lawmakers voted Friday to legalize same-sex marriage after a short but emotional debate, bringing the country in line with many of its Western peers. Though Chancellor Angela Merkel voted against the measure, she paved the way for its passage by freeing other members of her party to vote their "conscience."
Lawmakers voted 393 for legalizing "marriage for everybody" and 226 against, with four abstentions.
Merkel said Monday that lawmakers could take up the issue as a "question of conscience," allowing members of her conservative coalition, which has been against same-sex marriage, to individually vote for it.
That prompted her center-left rivals to quickly call for a snap vote on the issue, adding it to the agenda Friday on parliament's last regular session before Sept. 24 elections.
While some in Merkel's conservative bloc spoke against the measure, Berlin Christian Democrat Jan-Marco Luczak urged his fellow party members to vote for same-sex marriage.
"It would be absurd to try and protect marriage by preventing people to marry," he told lawmakers.
Many applauded Merkel's comments that opened the way for the vote, but Social Democrat lawmaker Johannes Kahrs noted in the debate that the chancellor had been a longtime opponent of gay marriage.
"Many thanks for nothing," he said bluntly.
Germany has allowed same-sex couples to enter civil partnerships since 2001, but has not granted them full marital rights, which include the possibility to jointly adopt children.
The new law won't take effect for several months because it still needs to pass the upper house of Parliament and be approved by the president, though those are formalities. It is also expected to face legal challenges.
Merkel told reporters after the vote that her vote against the measure was based upon her reading of the country's law concerning marriage and that she did think gay couples should be able to adopt.
Germany's basic law is vague, saying only that "marriage and the family shall enjoy the protection of the state," but Merkel said that for her "marriage as defined by the law is the marriage of a man and a woman."
She added, however, that she stood by her contention that the interpretation was a "question of conscience" and urged all views to be respected.
"It was a long, intensive, and for many also emotional discussion, that goes for me personally too, and I'm hopeful not only that there will be respect for either side's opinions, but that it will also bring about more peace and cohesion in society," she said.
All of Merkel's potential coalition partners after the September election, including the center-left Social Democrats of her challenger, Martin Schulz, have been calling for same-sex marriage to be legalized.
It is not clear whether Merkel thought her Monday comments would prompt such a quick vote, but many analysts have suggested that by opening the door to gay marriage the chancellor removed yet another issue that might have helped her opponents in their campaigns against her.
In nearly 12 years as chancellor, Merkel has moved her party to the center and away from conservative orthodoxy, speeding up Germany's exit from nuclear power and ending military conscription among other moves.
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Jimmy Pitaro
How to Prepare for Anything and Crush Your Next Big Opportunity
Like many who are just starting out in their careers, Jimmy Pitaro was uncertain of the direction he was headed in as he prepared to enter the workforce. He was attending Cornell University where he had secured a spot on the football team, but Jimmy knew that the odds of him becoming a professional athlete were slim to nonexistent.
Nonetheless, sports had always played an influential role in his life and he was determined to incorporate the world of sports into his career path. As the now Chair of ESPN, it's safe to say that Jimmy had reached this goal, but not without learning many important lessons along the way.
In this episode, Randall and Jimmy discuss the progression of Jimmy's career, how to recover from a huge disappointment, determining when you should stay on course or move on to something else, identifying the subject matter you are most passionate about to lead your career direction, finding opportunities to work with like-minded people, and so much more.
-How Jimmy's early love of sports shaped his future
-Importance of having a support network
-Why having compassion and respect for others is advantageous
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-Creating a culture of innovation
-Why work ethic is the single greatest determinant of our success
-The relationship between fear and courage
-Networking
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Jimmy Pitaro was named Chairman, ESPN and Sports Content on October 12, 2020. His focus is the entirety of ESPN's multimedia offerings - including live sports programming, sports news and original and non-scripted sports-related content, audio, digital and social endeavors - plus all sports-related content for Disney's cable channels, ESPN+, and ABC.
He was named ESPN president and co-chair, Disney Media Networks, on March 5, 2018, after serving eight years as a top Disney executive. In making the announcement, Bob Iger, then The Walt Disney Company chairman and chief executive officer, said, "Jimmy's appointment was the result of more than 20 years spent at the intersection of technology, sports and media."
Pitaro's record of success leading businesses focused on consumer products, digital initiatives and sports made him the quintessential selection for ESPN at a pivotal point in its then 38-year history: a time of unprecedented technological advancements and rapidly changing consumer habits.
Pitaro originally joined The Walt Disney Company in 2010 as co-president, Disney Interactive, where he successfully led the turnaround of the digital media and gaming division.
He serves on a variety of industry and charitable boards, including the NCTA, the Paley Center for Media, The V Foundation, The National Football Foundation and College Football Hall of Fame, Pacer and CoachArt. Pitaro also serves as Co-Committee Chair of the March of Dimes, and is a Board Observer at Draft Kings. He is a member of the Cornell Athletic Alumni Advisory Committee.


The University of Waterloo has caught the attention of China.
The Qingdao Academy of Intelligent Industries (QAII) and the State Key Laboratory for Management and Control of Complex Systems (SKL-MCCS), Chinese leaders in autonomous driving technology, are partnering up with the university to advance that technology.
This isn't foreign territory for the school, which has multiple research partnership agreements across the world.
Last year, researchers from the university, in partnership with Renesas Electronics America, created computer programs and mechanisms to help a car drive autonomously in different driving scenarios. The latest agreement with Chinese institutions will lead to the development of a shared research centre for automated driving, faculty and graduate student exchanges, a Waterloo PhD program focused on autonomous vehicles and the potential for Chinese startup companies to create research and development facilities in the Waterloo Region.
The Chinese partners will provide up to $1 million CAD per year for five years, while Waterloo has committed to providing $4 million CAD to build a new autonomous lab facility in 2018. It's also seeking further government matching funds to support this initiative.
President of QAII and director of SKL-MCCS Fei-Yue Wang said he's looking forward to building on his existing ties to the university's engineering department. Wang said he's been connected to the school for 30 years.
"Waterloo has been a world leader in engineering and computer science education and research and the Waterloo mechatronic vehicle research program has provided a solid foundation for the success of our collaboration," he said.