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The 25th of December is a memorable day in chronicles of history. It is the birthday of the Quaid-e-Azam; the founding father of Pakistan and a great statesman. The nation will celebrate the birthday of "Baba-e-Qaum" in a befitting manner. Rich tributes will be paid to the great leader for liberating the Muslims from the dominance of the Hindus and the subjugation of the British. The entire nation is indebted to the Quaid who fought against the stubborn British and the cunning 'Banya' and inflicted a crushing defeat upon them. We must remember that it is because of him that we are in a free independent and sovereign country.
Our beloved Quaid was born in Karachi on December 25, 1867. His father was an affluent business-man. He received his preliminary education in Karachi. After passing Matriculation examination, he proceeded to England where he studied law. He passed Bar-at-law from London and returned to India. He started practicing as a lawyer and soon made his mark as a successful lawyer. He was revered for his honesty, integrity and efficiency.
This was a period when the people of India were struggling to win freedom from the British who were ruling Hindustan against the will of the Indians. Initially Jinnah, who was an advocate of the Hindu Muslim unity, joined The Congress. But the Quaid, who was blessed with piercing intellectual vision, soon realized that the Congress was only working for the rights of the Hindus. Therefore, the Quaid joined the Muslim League to safeguard the rights and interests of the Muslims.
The Quaid took up the command of the Muslim League. Under his able and courageous leadership the Muslim League became the protector and banner holder of the Muslims. In 1940, the Pakistan Resolution was passed in Lahore. His political activities and responsibilities increased manifold. He was leading the Freedom Movement. He had to travel from one part of the country to the other to organize the Muslims of India at this crucial juncture. He was working selflessly for the attainment of Pakistan, so that the Muslims of the sub-continent could have a country which they could call their own. During this epic struggle the Quaid had to face stiff opposition from those who did not wish that the Muslims should have an independent and reverential life. Despite the overwhelming magnitude of this opposition, the Quaid did not for once resort to questionable political tactics. The means he adopted to achieve his aim were lawful and aboveboard. Speaking of Jinnah, Divan Chaman Lal maintains, "He was a loveable and unsophisticated man. And he was not purchasable."
Quaid-e-Azam worked day in and day out to convince his stubborn adversaries by strictly constitutional methods. He was endowed with exemplary political wisdom, amazing foresight and power of lucid argument. He adhered to his principles and did not adopt any foul, unlawful or underhand means. He believed in reason and logic condemning the emotional approach to politics. He said to the Hindu leaders, "You try to find out what will please the people, and you act accordingly. My way of action is quite different. I first decide what is right and then I do it. The opposition vanishes." Giving advice to the students at Aligarh University in 1938 the Quaid said, "Think a hundred times before you take a decision, but once a decision is taken, stand by it as a one man."
Aziz Beg, a renowned journalist and a writer paying tributes to the Quaid in his book "Pakistan faces India" says, " With the fire and the faith of a Lincoln , the courage and conviction of a Napoleon , the shrewdness and statesmanship of Disraeli , Jinnah rose like a mountain which overshadowed his worst detractors."
The Quaid's efforts bore fruit and Pakistan came into being on August 14, 1947. The Muslims got a county of their own where they could live freely as an independent and sovereign nation. The Quaid worked day and night to establish and strengthen this newly born country.
Excess of work adversely affected the Quaid's health. His doctors advised him to take rest. But he did not pay any heed to their advice and continued to work. His frail and weak body succumbed to over-work and he breathed his last on September 11, 1948.
We must remember that it is because of him that we are proud and respectable inhabitants of an independent country. The best way to show our gratitude to the great leader is to follow his principles of unity, faith and discipline and work for the progress of our country. On this historic day we should make new resolutions and fresh promises to work earnestly and conscientiously for the integrity, prosperity and solidarity of our country. If we follow his footsteps, there is no reason why Pakistan should not be able to attain the stature which our beloved Quaid had visualized.
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Gender roles in marriage: What do they mean for girls' and boys' school achievement?
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This study explored the implications of parents' traditional vs. egalitarian marital roles for girls' and boys' patterns of math and science achievement in 67 families with young adolescents. Marital roles were measured in terms of parents' relative involvement in child-oriented activities (e.g., in egalitarian families mothers and fathers participated equally in child-oriented activities). Findings revealed that girls from egalitarian families maintained a high level of achievement across the transition to the seventh grade, whereas girls from traditional families declined in math and science performance. For boys, no significant patterns emerged. Additional analyses revealed that egalitarian and traditional families differed in terms of absolute levels of paternal involvement, parents' sex-role attitudes, and indices of marital power. Our findings were consistent with a person-process-context model of development: Egalitarian and traditional contexts were characterized by different family processes and had different implications for boys and girls.
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N2 - This study explored the implications of parents' traditional vs. egalitarian marital roles for girls' and boys' patterns of math and science achievement in 67 families with young adolescents. Marital roles were measured in terms of parents' relative involvement in child-oriented activities (e.g., in egalitarian families mothers and fathers participated equally in child-oriented activities). Findings revealed that girls from egalitarian families maintained a high level of achievement across the transition to the seventh grade, whereas girls from traditional families declined in math and science performance. For boys, no significant patterns emerged. Additional analyses revealed that egalitarian and traditional families differed in terms of absolute levels of paternal involvement, parents' sex-role attitudes, and indices of marital power. Our findings were consistent with a person-process-context model of development: Egalitarian and traditional contexts were characterized by different family processes and had different implications for boys and girls.
AB - This study explored the implications of parents' traditional vs. egalitarian marital roles for girls' and boys' patterns of math and science achievement in 67 families with young adolescents. Marital roles were measured in terms of parents' relative involvement in child-oriented activities (e.g., in egalitarian families mothers and fathers participated equally in child-oriented activities). Findings revealed that girls from egalitarian families maintained a high level of achievement across the transition to the seventh grade, whereas girls from traditional families declined in math and science performance. For boys, no significant patterns emerged. Additional analyses revealed that egalitarian and traditional families differed in terms of absolute levels of paternal involvement, parents' sex-role attitudes, and indices of marital power. Our findings were consistent with a person-process-context model of development: Egalitarian and traditional contexts were characterized by different family processes and had different implications for boys and girls.
JO - Journal of Youth and Adolescence
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Choroba Derzsyego (wym. "choroba derżjego"; parwowiroza gęsi) – niebezpieczna, wysoce zaraźliwa choroba wirusowa drobiu wodnego (gęsi i kaczek piżmowych; sporadycznie notowane zakażenia u gęsi śnieżnych i bernikli kanadyjskich). Została zidentyfikowana przez węgierskiego badacza Domokosa Derzsyego (1914–1975) w roku 1967, a w roku 1974 World's Poultry Sciences Association nadała jej nazwę Derzsy's disease. Jest uważana za najgroźniejszą chorobę zakaźną gęsi i powoduje znaczne straty ekonomiczne. Choroba dotyka tylko młode ptaki, począwszy od wyklucia do osiągnięcia wieku pięciu tygodni. Im starsze jest zwierzę w momencie zarażenia, tym większa jest szansa na przeżycie. Wirus pozostaje w organizmie, a ozdrowieniec może zarażać inne ptaki. Choroba podlega obowiązkowi rejestracji.

Etiologia
Choroba jest wywoływana przez należący do rodziny Parvoviridae wirus choroby Derzsyego (DDV), znany też jako parwowirus gęsi (GPV). Jest on odporny na pasteryzację, zamrażanie, pozbawienie wody i większość typowych środków dezynfekcyjnych, co czyni pozbycie się go bardzo trudnym zadaniem.

Zakażenie i patogeneza
Wirus może rozprzestrzeniać się zarówno z osobnika na osobnika, jak i z matki na niewyklute potomstwo. Druga z tych dróg nie ma praktycznego znaczenia, gdyż zachorowanie wewnątrz jaja niemal zawsze prowadzi do obumarcia płodu. Wirus bardzo łatwo przenosi się między gęsiami poprzez kał chorych ptaków, zanieczyszczoną wodę lub pokarm, sprzęt hodowlany. Replikacja DDV następuje w komórkach ściany jelit, następnie przedostaje się on z krwią do narządów wewnętrznych i powoduje ich zniszczenie.

Objawy
Okres inkubacji trwa od trzech do dziesięciu dni i w znacznym stopniu zależy od wieku zarażonego zwierzęcia (im młodsze, tym krótszy). Ptaki tracą apetyt, szukają ciepłych miejsc, występuje apatia i utrata upierzenia. W niektórych przypadkach mogą wystąpić także: biegunka, wodobrzusze, zapalenie spojówek, martwica tkanek jamy ustnej. W przypadku piskląt młodszych niż dwa tygodnie choroba jest zazwyczaj śmiertelna, odsetek rekonwalescentów rzadko przekracza 20%, niekiedy jest zerowy. W ostrej postaci choroby główną przyczyną śmierci jest martwica wątroby. Gdy zarażone pisklę jest starsze, jego szanse na przeżycie wynoszą nawet 70–80%, ale proces zdrowienia trwa bardzo długo. Ozdrowieńcy często są trwale upośledzeni, szczególnie zauważalna jest niska masa ciała i zniszczenie układu odpornościowego; wiele ptaków umiera później wskutek wtórnych zakażeń.

Rozpoznanie i diagnostyka różnicowa
Zachorowanie podejrzewa się przy wystąpieniu typowych objawów, a potwierdzenie podejrzeń jest możliwe przy pomocy testów laboratoryjnych. Obecnie (rok 2016) badania takie w Polsce wykonuje jedynie Zakład Chorób Wirusowych Drobiu Państwowego Instytutu Weterynaryjnego w Puławach. Diagnostyka różnicowa obejmuje przede wszystkim krwotoczne zapalenie nerek i jelit gęsi, chorobę groźną dla drobiu wodnego w późniejszym okresie życia i wywoływaną przez inny czynnik (poliomawirusa).

Leczenie i zapobieganie
W niektórych wypadkach próbuje się leczenia farmakologicznego, ale z uwagi na jego wysoką cenę i marne rezultaty kluczowe jest zapobieganie. Dostępna jest szczepionka, ale jej skuteczność jest uznawana za wątpliwą mimo wyraźnego zmniejszenia śmiertelności. Ptaki szczepi się w pierwszym dniu i w trzecim tygodniu życia, a także dwukrotnie przed każdym okresem nieśności. Istotne w zapobieganiu jest także unikanie używania tych samych aparatów lęgowych do jaj z różnych stad.

Historia
Po raz pierwszy chorobę wykryto w 1956 roku w Chinach. Następnie odkrywano ją niezależnie w wielu krajach Europy, nadając różne nazwy. Obecna nazwa upamiętnia węgierskiego profesora Domokosa Derzsyego, pierwszego badacza tego zagadnienia. W 1971 roku Schettler udowodnił, że chorobę wywołuje parwowirus. Szczepionka jest dostępna od lat osiemdziesiątych.

Przypisy

Choroby wirusowe
Choroby zakaźne zwierząt
Choroby wywoływane przez parwowirusy
Choroby ptaków

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Trump's oval office meeting Transcript 1/16/18 HArdball with Chris Matthews
Jackie Speier, Ken Vogel, Sabrina Siddiqui, Toluse Olorunnipa, Steve Levitsky, Daniel Ziblatt
Guest: Jackie Speier, Ken Vogel, Sabrina Siddiqui, Toluse Olorunnipa, Steve Levitsky, Daniel Ziblatt
CHRIS MATTHEWS, MSNBC HOST: The s-hole shutdown. Let's play "Hardball."
Good evening. I'm Chris Matthews in Washington.
President Trump faced a barrage of anger from Democrats today for his
explosive comments about African countries with the threat of a government
shutdown growing by the day.
On Thursday, last Thursday, the President reportedly told several lawmakers
the country should have more people coming from places like Norway and he
referred to countries in Africa as s-holes. That's how he phrased it here.
He brushed aside a question about his comment. Here he is.
Mr. President, did you say that you want more people to come in from
Norway?
DONALD TRUMP, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: Thank you very much.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Is that true, Mr. President?
TRUMP: Thank you very much. I want them to come in from everywhere.
Everywhere. Thank you very much, everybody.
MATTHEWS: Well, the President's secretary of homeland security defended
him in testimony today before the Senate Judiciary Committee.
Kirsten Nielsen said she did not hear Trump call African countries s-holes
during that fiery oval office last week. But a new report from the
"Washington Post" tells a very different story. Quote "the meeting was
short, tense and often dominated by loud crosstalk and swearing including
the President's use of the expletive to refer to African countries."
According to "the Washington Post," President Trump began the day telling
Senator Richard Durbin at 10:00 a.m., he was pleased with the immigration
compromise worked out by six senators including Durbin and Senator Lindsey
Graham. The President invited the two of them to meet in the oval office.
But when the senators arrived at noon just two hours later they were
surprised to find the President surrounded by hardline lawmakers and
dismissive himself of the bipartisan compromise. What happened in those
two hours?
Conservative White House staffers seemed to have intervened with the
President. According to the "Post," some White House officials including
conservative advisor Stephen Miller feared that Graham and Durbin would try
to trick Trump into signing a bill that was damaging to him, it would hurt
him with his political base.
Well, additionally in the late morning, Chief of staff John Kelly quote
"talked to Trump to tell him that the proposal would probably not be good
for his agenda," White House officials said. Well, Senator Graham today
was deeply critical of the White House interference. Here he is.
SEN. LINDSEY GRAHAM (R), SOUTH CAROLINA: I will say, I don't think the
President was well served by his staff. I think the President's that we
saw on Tuesday is that that Donald Trump exists. And somehow by 12:00 on
Thursday, something happened. And I don't think he was well served by his
staff, but he is responsible for the way he conducts himself and so am I.
I think somebody on his staff gave him really bad advice between 10:00 to
12:00 on Thursday.
MATTHEWS: Well, joining me now is one of the authors of that "Washington
Post" article Robert Costa.
Robert, two points here. One was the word s-hole used in that meeting?
ROBERT COSTA, REPORTER, WASHINGTON POST: "Post" stands by its reporting,
Chris, that that kind of language was used, that specific word was used.
There has been some spin out of the White House that it was a different
variation of that vulgarity. But the bigger point is the headline in
today's "Post" might as well as have been blindsided. Senator Durbin and
Senator Graham, they felt they had a deal on Tuesday, a deal on Wednesday
and it all fell apart on Thursday.
MATTHEWS: Well, let's talk about that because last Tuesday, the President
was there in that sort of grand minute 15-spray where the reporters were
allowed to watch him engage in negotiation. I thought it was (INAUDIBLE),
but it looked good. He was talking. He was listening. Everybody was
having a say. Looked like they wanted to actually come together on a deal
to keep the government going and allow for the DACA people to stay in this
country legally.
And then Thursday, at 10:00 that morning it looked like they still had
something going thanks to Lindsey Graham and Dick Durbin. Two hours later,
there is people who walked in the White House and they are basically
bushwhacked in there in the White House by a couple of right wing aides, at
least one Steve Miller. And by the time that they brought in the senator
from Arkansas and the one from Georgia that basically killed the deal.
How does that – you know the White House and you know Trump. Why was he
affected so much by the hardliners having made it look like he was willing
to deal?
COSTA: Every side was playing on the different impulses of the President.
The moderates, the Democrats knew the President wanted a big victory.
Something to follow up that tax bill. So Durbin and Graham, those senators
thought they could bring the President along. But the right wing of the
Republican Party was watching all of this closely. They kept telling him
privately, Senator Perdue, Senator Cotton, White House chief of staff John
Kelly, Stephen Miller, all telling him your base may desert you if you cut
this kind of immigration deal. So the President had these warring sides
inside of the oval office telling him to go in a different direction. And
so far he has sided with the right.
MATTHEWS: Well, the dark side won this fight.
Thank you, Robert Costa. Great reporting as always.
But that same "Washington Post" article in that article, Donald Trump is
quoted dismissing concerns by the congressional black caucus. When is
Senator Durbin told Trump the caucus would be more likely to go along with
the deal if certain countries were included in proposed protections, Trump
was curt and dismissive saying he was not making immigration policy to
cater to the black caucus and did not particularly care about that black's
depend according to people briefed on the meeting.
I'm joined now by Congressman James Clyburn of South Carolina, a member of
the congressional black caucus.
Mr. Clyburn, what do you make of the preemptory rejection of the cause
confident black caucus by this President?
REP. JAMES CLYBURN (D-SC), CONGRESSIONAL BLACK CAUCUS: Thank you so much
for having me, Chris.
Well, we are not surprised at that. The fact of the matter is the members
of the Congressional Black Caucus have been observing this President for
decades. And we are all – we were all caught up in what happened to the -
- to those kids up in New York that he insisted upon debilitate penalty for
that he refused to even capitulate when it was shown by DNA evidence that
they were not guilty. This guy we have been watching for a long time. And
that's why so many of us were very, very concerned about his campaign and
his election.
Now that he is in office, we don't expect much more from him. And so, what
we would hope, because many of us have relatives and close friends who are
Republicans, my parents were Republicans, I would hope that the Republican
Party will do what is best for the country irrespective of what Mr. Trump's
attitudes are.
We don't expect any more from him. As we are not surprised at any of this.
I am a bit surprised at some of the Republicans who seem to fall into that
category that we were warned about by Dr. King when he said to us that the
people of ill will in society seem to be making a much better use of their
time than the people of good will. And Mr. Trump is using his time very
good and the good people in the Republican Party seem not to be willing to
be – make good use of their time.
MATTHEWS: What do you make of the President – I didn't know you were
going to say this, but we all know that he said he wanted those kids
executed in that wilding incident where it turned out they weren't the
guilty parties. They did not rape that young woman who was jogging that
day. It was clear and chemically proven they were not guilty.
Why do you think he would want to execute people who were proven to be
actually innocent? Why would he want to execute, end the lives of young
people who were proven in this case to be innocent, actually innocent? Why
would he want to do that?
CLYBURN: Well, you know, Chris, I think that there's a little thing that
we talk about a lot and it's already been mentioned on this show. It's one
thing to have a base of support. It's something else to have base
supporters. Those are totally two different things.
I beg to differ with those who say that this President is doing things
because to appeal to his base of support. No. He is doing things to
appeal to his base voters. Those people who are ignoble in their pursuit
of stuff.
And I would ask any of your listeners to look it up and you see a base
voter is totally different from a base of voters. And that is what's going
on here. And so every time I hear them saying his base supporters, I think
of the real meaning of a base supporter and the word, the best word I can
think of is ignoble voters.
MATTHEWS: OK. Thank you. U.S. congressman James Clyburn of South
Carolina. It is great to have you on, sir.
As I mentioned, the secretary of homeland security was in that Thursday
oval office meeting where that word was used said she never heard the
President slur African countries in that way, using that word. Let's watch
her in action.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: What did the President say about immigrants from
KIRSTJEN NIELSEN, HOMELAND SECURITY SECRETARY: I heard him repeating what
he had learned in a meeting before that they are industrious, that there
are a hard working country, they don't have much crime there. They don't
have much debt. I think in general, I just heard him giving compliments to
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: You said on FOX News that the President used strong
language. What was that strong language?
NIELSEN: Let's see. Strong language, there was – apologies. I don't
remember specific word. What I was struck with, frankly, as I'm sure you
were, as well was just the general profanity that was used in the room by
almost everyone.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Did you hear me use profanity?
NIELSEN: No, sir, neither did I.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Did you hear Senator Graham use profanity?
NIELSEN: I did hear tough language from Senator Graham, yes sir.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Do you recall the strong language he used repeated
exactly what the President had said prior to that?
NIELSEN: I remember specific cuss words being used by a variety of
MATTHEWS: Well, that was dodgy.
Anyway, Senator Cory Booker of New Jersey criticized Secretary Nielsen, the
person just speaking there, for what he called convenient amnesia. And he
delivered a strong message to the President himself. Let's watch Cory
Booker.
SEN. CORY BOOKER (D), NEW YORK: Our greatest heroes in this country spoke
about people who have convenient amnesia or who are bystanders. King said
a man dies when he refuses to stand up for what is right. A man dies when
he refuses to stand up for justice. A man dies when he refuses to take a
I'm sure you remember the six words from our President, the six words that
he said after Charleston, Virginia, when he said there are very fine people
on both sides. When the commander-in-chief speaks or refuses to speak,
those words just don't dissipate like mist in the air. They fester. They
become poison. They give license to bigotry and hate in our country.
MATTHEWS: I think we just heard the democratic keynote address for 2020.
For more, I'm joined by "USA Today's" Washington bureau chief Susan Page
and "New York Times" columnist Brett Stephens, both of you.
First of all, Susan, we have been sitting here watching all this, so what
seems to be happening is a collision coming that really is going to be the
worst possible collision because of the word the President used.
Using that word s-hole, we have to keep saying it that way, we chose to,
the President can say it his way. We have to say it the nice way, he seems
to have poisoned deal making. The chance of a democrat sitting down next
to him and said where are the deal? Let's sign the bill together is almost
remote now. They don't want to be in the same room with this guy now.
So whatever challenges there were prior to getting the government rolling
again after this deadline Friday night, seems to be gone. The best we are
going to do is a week or two delay and keep the government vaguely open.
And it's a disaster for the greatest country in the world I think to keep
operating like this.
SUSAN PAGE, WASHINGTON BUREAU CHIEF, USA TODAY: We may get a short-term
extension. But we may not - I mean, it's not clear to me they will get a
deal on anything.
MATTHEWS: So they turn the lights out at the zoo and hurray, the
Smithsonian.
PAGE: I don't think it's clear. I think before the meeting where the word
was said, we thought they are going to do a short term deal so that they
can make arrangements for a long-term deal. I don't think that is
necessary. (INAUDIBLE). Did he look like somebody who is eager to make a
And you know, the consequences of the President's use of this offensive
word go beyond that. We now have Senator Cotton and Senator Perdue
accusing senator Durbin of lying about that word and whether he actually
heard it in the meeting. What's going to happen the next time that they
need to be involved in a conversation about coming to some kind of
agreement which requires some level of trust?
MATTHEWS: Let's talk about the Republican side. Bret, thanks for coming
on. It seems to me that he has put Republicans in a position, either you
defend me or you tell the truth. I mean, that's not a nice position to be
in. And it is certainly poisons this atmosphere completely. You have to
lie to be loyal.
BRET STEPHENS, COLUMNIST, THE NEW YORK TIMES: That's exactly it. I mean,
it's one of the many reasons why I remain a never Trumper even though I
have agreed with some of the President's policies which is that he has a
talent for turning anyone who might be on his side into a toadies. And
it's sad to see that happen with Cotton and Perdue. It's particularly sad
to see the way in which Lindsey Graham rubbles consider the man of honor
has twisted himself into a pretzel to maintain - to stay on the President's
good side and to maintain radio silence as to what exactly the President
And more than that, it is trashing I think the Republican brand among
anyone, certainly under the age of 30. I think it's trashing the
Republican brand among minority voters that the party, the long-term
desperately has to attract if it's going to remain a viable party. This is
a short-term gain for a long-term disaster for conservatism in America, at
least the one that I recognize from growing up under the Reagan
MATTHEWS: But there's a free choice involved here. Donald Trump had to
choose between apologizing for unfortunate word. All people make mistakes.
And he could have said - should have said that I meant poor countries. I
meant countries in great economic difficulty (INAUDIBLE). He can say
anything he wanted to say except that word because he made fun of the
people of those countries. Or by denying it, he has taken away the chance
to apologize for it. So he is stuck with it.
This is going down to history books. This word is now attached to the
Republican Party. I'm going to ask Brett about that. I think it is
attached. If I were a moderate African-American voter who occasionally
votes Republican, I would feel a little embarrassed by this guy.
PAGE: Well, in fact, what could happen to the Republican Party national is
what happened to the California Republican party after 1994 when Pete
Wilson signed on to an initiative that offended minority voters, diverse
voters in its fundamental way.
MATTHEWS: Hispanic voters mainly.
PAGE: Hispanic voters. Now in California, there's not a single statewide
elected Republican. And they may not even be fielding candidates after the
jungle primary for senator and governor.
MATTHEWS: They might not even be coming in second.
PAGE: Yes. They might not come in second. They might have two Democrats
come in second in these primaries. So as Brett was saying there are
consequences, long-term consequences for political parties from incidents
MATTHEWS: Bret, he was calling around the other day, the President.
(INAUDIBLE). How is it playing? Is it playing bad? Is it playing good?
My s-hole comment. He seemed to be trying to figure it on for size. In
other words, will this help me with the base to make up for any possible
fallout in the media? To me, that was a decision he was making slowly
which I'm going to stick with the s-hole. I can live with that. It seems
to be his decision.
STEPHENS: Yes. Well, first of all, I think it's a tacit admission that in
fact he used exactly that word. It's clear that he was attempting to
replay the tactic that he used with the football players which I think he
is convinced went well for him.
And it goes to the sort of nature of modern Republican politics which has
been to sort of sharpen divisions rather than broaden the party's base.
You know, one of the demographic groups that ought to be mentioned of
course, here, are immigrants. There are millions of American immigrants.
One of them is my mother. My mother came to the United States as a
displaced person, a refugee from wartime Europe. You can rest assured she
is not thrilled with this President. She is someone who used to consider
herself a conservative.
Millions of immigrants are looking at this and saying, this is the country
that we came to? This is the President that we want representing us? And
I think those are permanently alienated constituencies. So whatever the
Republicans think they are gaining in the short term, they are losing for a
MATTHEWS: I get the feeling Trump's satisfied with the idea of people
voting along tribal or racial or ethnic lines. If all the whites vote for
him and all the blacks in this vote for the other guy, he seems to be happy
with that. That seems to be his deduction here and it is awful because it
is tribal voting. It is where haunts some other countries in the world
where everybody votes their tribe. And if that is all we do, democracy is
a joke.
Anyway, Susan Page, thank you. And Bret Stephens, thank you for coming
Coming up, the Russian investigation. Steve Bannon has been subpoenaed now
by special counsel Robert Mueller. And today Bannon testified before the
House intelligence committee. We are going to find out what investigators
hope to get from Trump's former chief strategist. He knows a lot. And
they have got him legally now.
Next, plus, Trump's vulgar talk about immigration is an attempt to shore
support among the base. We are talking about that. Out of the top 2018
and 2020 elections, he wants people to vote tribally. And there's already
talk inside the White House about the kind of Democrat the Trump crowd is
most scared to face in a Presidential campaign. I think it is Biden.
And how democracies die. Trump is taking us dangerously close to the edge
of that of dying here democratically. We are going to talk to two experts
who have watched the trends around the world and found out what can we do
to save our democracy. We need to know that.
Finally, we finish tonight with Trump watch. He won't like this when this
is "Hardball" where the action is.
MATTHEWS: Rear admiral Ronny Jackson, White House physician who conducted
President Trump's recent physical exam brief the reporters early this
afternoon. Doctor Jackson said that while the President is overweight, he
remains in excellent health. He also said that Trump asked for a cognitive
screening and that the results were normal. Let's listen.
DR. RONNY JACKSON, WHITE HOUSE PHYSICIAN: The reason that we did the
cognitive assessment is plain and simple because the President asked me to
do it. He came to me and he said is there something we can do, a test or
some type of screen that we can do, to assess my, you know, my cognitive
ability. We picked one that was a little bit more involved. It was
longer. It was the more difficult one of all of them. It took
significantly longer to complete but the President did exceedingly well on
it. So that was not driven at all by any political concerns I have. It
was driven by the President's wishes. And he did well on it.
MATTHEWS: We will be right back.
Embattled former Trump strategist Steve Bannon has emerged this week as a
witness in both the congressional and the federal Russia investigations.
Bannon was on Capitol Hill testifying before the House Intelligence
Committee today when "The New York Times" broke the news that he was also
subpoenaed last week by the special counsel, Robert Mueller, to testify
before a grand jury.
As the story notes, the move marked the first time Mr. Mueller is known to
have used a grand jury subpoena to seek information from a member of Mr.
Trump's inner circle.
And this comes just weeks after the president disowned his former confidant
for the damaging quotes he gave to author Michael Wolff. Bannon said in
that book, among other things, that Mueller's probe of potential money
laundering would ultimately lead to the president himself – quote – "This
is all about money laundering. Their path to 'expletive' Trump goes right
through Paul Manafort, Don Jr. and Jared Kushner."
Separately, Politico is reporting that Bannon did not cooperate fully with
the House Intelligence Committee during his testimony today – quote –
"Bannon refused to answer questions about his time in the White House,
prompting panel members to subpoena him on the spot."
So, he's got two subpoenas coming for him now. The committee is also
expected to question former campaign manager Corey Lewandowski and current
White House Communications Director Hope Hicks in the next several days.
I'm joined right now by a congresswoman, the Congresswoman Jackie Speier,
who sits on the House Intelligence Committee.
Congresswoman, thank you so much.
I have 50 questions to ask you. But the first is, I want to get to the
heart of this. I think Steve Bannon has got it out for Trump now. He went
and talked to all stuff to Michael Wolff. He seems to think that the route
for prosecuting and removing President Trump from office potentially are
the business dealings engaged in by his son and namesake Don Jr., by Jared
Kushner and by Paul Manafort.
Money laundering is the root to the demise of Donald Trump's presidency.
What do you smell here?
REP. JACKIE SPEIER (D), CALIFORNIA: Well, I would basically agree with you
that money laundering is a component of what the problem is with the Trump
Organization and the Trump presidency.
I will say, though, that Steve Bannon today wanted to cooperate more fully
than he was able to. And I think that he will be called back again. His
attorney did not make available any production of documents, which was very
regrettable.
And, again, I think we're going to have to demand that as well. You can't
do a legitimate investigation if you don't get the documents in which you
can compare them to other documents you have received and ask the kinds of
questions that will give us the answers we need.
MATTHEWS: You said Bannon was trying to tell you the truth. What stopped
SPEIER: Well, I think there's a question that is being discussed right now
as to whether or not there will be an assertion of executive privilege.
And I think that that will be determined in the near-term.
I will say though to you, Chris, that whenever a president has asserted
executive privilege, more often than not, when it goes to court, they fail
in that. So, I don't anticipate that the president's going to be
You could only assert executive privilege if it's national security or the
privacy is important to protect the public interest. And that's just the
reverse of what we're trying to make available to the public right now.
MATTHEWS: I got a sense that, whatever you think of Bannon's politics and
weirdness, if you will, politically, he's smart. And he has a good memory.
I sense he has a good memory, don't you? And he overheard a lot in that
White House when he was a confidant of the president about all kinds of
things he heard sitting in that room in that Oval Office.
He heard telephone conversations. He heard scuttlebutt. He heard all sort
of political strategizing. He also probably heard the president's fears,
his fears of prosecution and what he's – the president's worried about.
So he shows up to your committee today, his hair combed. He didn't have
the military jacket on, his barber jacket on. He looked like a gentleman,
not that that is good.
SPEIER: He was shaved. Yes.
MATTHEWS: Well, he obviously wanted to make a good impression on you
folks. Was he there to tell the truth?
SPEIER: Well, I think he's – everyone who comes before this committee has
to swear under oath. So, he would be perjuring himself if he wasn't going
to be telling the truth.
And I hope that that was not the case. But, again, there were many
questions he was unable to answer, at the request of his attorney.
MATTHEWS: Well, if he knows about money laundering, knows the president's
involvement in it, the son's involvement in it, Jared's involvement in it,
Manafort's involvement, will your subpoena get that information from him?
SPEIER: We will have to wait and see.
What we will attempt to get certainly are the documents. And then the
invocation, if that's what is in the offing from the White House, of an
executive privilege, I think would fail miserably in a court.
MATTHEWS: OK. Thank you so much, U.S. Congresswoman Jackie Speier of
California, members of the Intelligence Committee.
SPEIER: Thank you, Chris.
MATTHEWS: Up next: Is Trump's vile description of African countries just
a play to his base ahead of the '18 and '20 elections coming up?
There's already talk that one Democratic presidential candidate is striking
fear in Trump world. I think it's Biden. We're going to find out from the
Well, President Trump is looking ahead to what promises to be a difficult -
- I would say – midterm election this November. According to a Gallup
poll, he's capping off the year in office with the lowest average approval
rating of any president during their first term ever.
Isolated and angry, the president often turns to his base for comfort.
"The Washington Post" reports Trump wasn't particularly upset with that
initial coverage of his derogatory language last week. He was also told by
his supporters that the comments would actually help with the base. At
least some thought that.
Here's what is Democratic Senator Mazie Hirono of Hawaii had to say,
however, about the president's choice of words.
SEN. MAZIE HIRONO (D), HAWAII: The president's immigration policies, which
he made clear that day that he met with Dick Durbin and Lindsey Graham that
he wants basically white people to come to our country.
QUESTION: So, that is your interpretation? You believe…
HIRONO: It's hard not to have a that interpretation. It's not just my
MATTHEWS: Well, that was a pretty good comeback.
Lashing out against criticism that he's a racist, the president spent the
morning today indulging in some executive time, tweeted his approval
ratings with black Americans had doubled, he said.
Well, that's not true.
Meanwhile, there's new reporting today that the kind of Democrat the White
House is most afraid of facing in 2020, who that is, we will get to that.
Let's bring in the HARDBALL Roundtable, Ken Vogel, of course, political
reporter for "The New York Times" – that's impressive – Sabrina Siddiqui,
a political reporter for "The Guardian," also, and Toluse Olorunnipa, who
is White House reporter for Bloomberg, all impressive people.
Let's talk about this thing.
Trump seems to be happy – not that that's the right word – content,
satisfied with everybody thinking he said that word, the S-hole word, about
black countries. It doesn't seem he's ready to apologize for or try to get
out of his craw. It's there and he seems to be happy with it.
KEN VOGEL, "THE NEW YORK TIMES": Yes.
And as that "Post" reporting and other reporting suggested, immediately
afterwards, as takes story broke out, he felt out the people around him and
kind of boasted gleefully about this comment and how it would play.
And there is some suggestion, looking at the polls, that his hard-core base
of support likes the hard line on immigration.
MATTHEWS: Of course, but that's never been his problem.
VOGEL: Well, I mean…
MATTHEWS: Sabrina, his problem is enlarging his 30-something base to
something like 40-something to eventually get 5-0 and win an election.
SABRINA SIDDIQUI, "THE GUARDIAN": I think, certainly, that would be the
conventional wisdom. But one thing that we actually saw in the 2016
election was that, yes, there is an evidence to support that Trump did
especially well among working-class white workers, but he also did well
among white voters of a higher median income household – household income.
SIDDIQUI: And you saw Republicans rally around him at close to 90 percent,
including those suburban voters who Hillary Clinton had thought that she
could potentially convert, because he had already made so many
disqualifying comments by then, calling Mexican immigrants rapists and
killers, campaigning on banning Muslims in the U.S.
And that was not actually deemed disqualifying in the end by the majority
of Republican voters who turned up in the election. So, I don't think that
he necessarily sees any reason to stay away or shy away from making the
same comments that he's made in the past.
MATTHEWS: Toluse, I think your country of heritage is probably on his list
of bad news countries, Nigeria.
TOLUSE OLORUNNIPA, BLOOMBERG NEWS: Yes. Well, according to "The New York
Times," the president said the fact that 40,000 people had come from
Nigeria to the U.S. means they are never going to go back to their – quote
– "huts."
So, obviously, the president has some views about various countries that is
reprehensible to a number of people who are American citizens or who have
friends and family from these various countries. And he doesn't seem to be
upset by the fact that there's this large swathe of the country who, as we
saw from Senator Booker, is really emotionally affected by the words that
are coming out of the Oval Office.
And he seems to be really focused on his base, the people who put him in
office. And he believes that, even though that's a very small number of
people when you take the broader electorate, and when you look at the
broader electorate, he believes that catering to those people will keep him
politically popular and give him an opportunity to win reelection.
It seems like he's getting a lot of information that really sort of feeds
his ego, and not really the hard numbers, the low approval rating and the
fact that the midterms are looking really bad for Republicans. Those types
of numbers would probably cause him to change his mind. But it's not – it
doesn't seem like…
MATTHEWS: Well, doesn't he seem to talk like a real estate developer all
the time? He judges people's value by the value of their real estate.
Huts, S-holes, right? This should be a gleaming gold tower here, not the
way they live.
Anyway, meanwhile, fellow Republicans have been forced to answer tough
questions about the president's behavior lately.
Take a look at this recent town hall exchange with Iowa Senator Joni Ernst.
This is a lot of fun in a dark way. Let's watch.
SEN. JONI ERNST (R), IOWA: He is standing up for a lot of the countries
that – where we have seen.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Name a few. Could you name a few?
ERNST: Yes, you bet. Norway is one of them.
ERNST: No. Well, OK.
How many of you think – you know, you laugh, but, folks, who borders
Norway? Russia.
MATTHEWS: What do you make of that, Sabrina? He's standing up for
countries – it sounded like Sarah Palin, and I can see Russia from here.
He's standing up for Norway.
I mean, I didn't know that was a big threat there.
SIDDIQUI: Well, Republicans have been in this position time and again,
where they're forced to somehow come up with a defense for comments that
are ultimately indefensible.
But I think that that actually highlights why this is not just about the
politics. This is very revealing about Trump's actual attitude toward
immigrants and how he views the system.
He doesn't want us to just…
SIDDIQUI: … on illegal immigration.
MATTHEWS: Non-European immigrants. Non-European immigrants.
SIDDIQUI: He wants to slash legal immigration by half.
And he – his administration moved to revoke temporary protective status
from Haitians, as well as people from El Salvador. That affects roughly
60,000 Haitians, roughly 200,000 people from El Salvador.
SIDDIQUI: And so there's a lot more context to his questioning as to why
we should be accepting people from certain countries.
He certainly has proposed policies that seek to discriminate immigrants who
are brown or black and predominantly support white immigrants in his
policies.
MATTHEWS: Well, President Trump is barely through his first year in
office, as I have noticed, actually just barely. He's already handicapping
the 2020 election.
According to Politico, the president's team is most worried about Vice
President Biden, who they feel appeals to Trump's base. The concern,
according to one White House official, is that "Trump's policies will
continue to be popular all the way through his reelection campaign, but his
approval rating will never crack 45 percent, creating an opening for Biden
or someone like him to recapture the loyalty of white Rust Belt Democrats,
who helped elect Trump in 2016."
That's fairly understandable. I'm not sure it's true, but that makes
sense, except how does Biden get through the primaries? That's always my
VOGEL: Right. And that's a smart bit of political analysis, that someone
who could eat into that base that continues to support him, and just erodes
maybe a little bit around the edges, would be the biggest threat, because
Democrats are automatically going to win – whoever the Democratic nominee
is going to win all those people who have been alienated by Trump that we
just talked about.
MATTHEWS: They're going to win the East Coast and they're going to win the
West Coast.
And the problem is Wisconsin, Pennsylvania – Wisconsin, Pennsylvania,
Michigan, those kind of states. The trouble is, none of those primaries
come early, Sabrina. The primaries the Democrats contest in are Iowa, New
Hampshire, South Carolina, Nevada, and now California.
So, they're never going to get to those Rust Belt states, where a guy like
Joe Biden would do well.
SIDDIQUI: Absolutely.
But I think that, ultimately, the point that I made earlier, there's been
so much focus on this idea of reclaiming white working-class voters. And I
think that, in some ways, that ignores that this election was about a lot
more than just economic populism.
It was very much about nationalism in the context of the changing
demographics of America.
MATTHEWS: So, how do you win, if you're the Democrats?
SIDDIQUI: Well, you have to – I think Obama's campaign is one of the few
that effectively showed how you can build a coalition that includes people
of color, that includes single women and millennials, while also prevailing
among working-class white voters.
And that's because of a message of optimism that is rooted more in framing
around the middle class.
MATTHEWS: Great.
We will be right back. The Roundtable is sticking with us.
And up next, these three will tell me – well, they will give me some
headlines for tomorrow. We like them, headlines that last through the
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CHRIS MATTHEWS, MSNBC HOST: We're back with the HARDBALL roundtable.
Ken, tell me something I don't know.
KEN VOGEL, REPORTER, THE NEW YORK TIMES: Well, a lot of focus on Oprah
Winfrey –
VOGEL: – among the Democrats and professional class. I talked to a
number of operatives who are trying to figure out who are the political
people around her and what they have found, my sources tell me, is she has
none. She's so distant from politics that she doesn't really –
MATTHEWS: A lot of celebrities have one political aide.
VOGEL: She doesn't, as far as I can tell.
MATTHEWS: Which says she doesn't want to run.
VOGEL: Or she hasn't been active in politics before.
MATTHEWS: I don't know. The lure may come.
Anyway, Sabrina?
SABRINA SIDDIQUI, REPORTER, THE GUARDIAN: While we're talking about
immigration, according to the U.S. citizenship and immigration services,
nearly 15,000 DACA recipients have already lost their status since
September when Trump moved to rescind the program that averages to roughly
122 Dreamers a day who are losing their protections. The numbers projected
to rise from 15,000 to 22,000 by March.
MATTHEWS: Toluse?
TOLUSE OLORUJNNIPA, REPORTE,R BLOOMBERG NEWS: This question about, is the
president – is President Trump a racist or not? The White House has a new
strategy for sort of responding to that. They say because the president
had a television show for 10 years, that means he can't be a racist.
Obviously, that's a very specious argument and the president lost his
television show after he started attacking Mexican immigrants during the
beginning of his campaign.
So, is the president a racist? The answer: he had a TV show, so maybe not.
MATTHEWS: It's amazing how these arguments work these days.
Thank you, Ken Vogel, Sabrina Siddiqui and Toluse Olorunnipa.
Up next, the president has attacked the press again, shown contempt for the
judiciary and threatened to jail political rivals. It all rise raises the
question can our democracy survive Trump? We'll talk to two experts with a
fascinating new book on that very subject.
MATTHEWS: "The New York Times" reports the president's vulgar comments
could set back U.S. interests in Africa. According to "The Times," South
Africa and Nigeria have joined a chorus of nations condemning President
Trump's inflammatory remarks on immigration. The State Department
meanwhile has instructed diplomats not to deny Mr. Trump's remarks but
simply to listen to complaints.
We'll be right back.
Well, the new book "How Democracies Die" takes a look at the demise of
democracies around the world and seeks to answer the question, does Donald
Trump's presidency put our democracy in danger?
The authors write: Anti-democratic leaders are often identifiable before
they come to power. Trump even before his inauguration tested positive on
all four measures on our litmus test for autocrats.
The authors go on to outline four key indicators as follows: a weak
commitment to the democratic rules of the game, the denial of the
legitimacy of one's opponents, the toleration or encouragement of violence,
a readiness to curtail the civil liberties of rivals and critics. They
add: with the exception of Richard Nixon no major party presidential
candidate met even one of these four criteria over the last century.
That is until Donald Trump. Let's listen.
DONALD TRUMP, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: You remember when I said
that some of the voting is rigged. OK, everybody knows.
The FBI and the department of justice created a fraud in allowing Hillary
Clinton to get away with her terrible, terrible crimes.
I love the old days. You know what they used to do to guys like that when
they were in place like this? They would be carried out on a stretcher,
folks. That's true.
I'd like to punch him in the face, I'll tell you.
If I win, I am going to instruct my attorney general who get a special
prosecutor to look into your situation because there has never been so many
lies, so much deception.
MATTHEWS: Well, for more, I'm joined by the authors of "How Democracies
Die", Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt, both are professors of government
at Harvard University.
Steve, thank you. And also, Daniel, in that order, why don't you talk
about Trump, it seems to me in the video we just show, it seems to have met
all the standards. And one of them is this rigged elections.
All my life I've been reading newspaper. And I'm not going to mention
names of the countries. But some countries every time somebody loses they
claim the election was stolen and when they win, they hung the loser. It's
always corrupt, it's always unfair, and they always tell people don't
believe anything that causes us total – any loss of total rule.
Steve?
STEVE LEVITSKY, CO-AUTHOR, "HOW DEMOCRACIES DIE": Right. I mean, that's
the part of the world that I study. I study Latin America and I study
regimes that either fail democracies or authoritarian. As you said, very,
very common in non-democratic regimes or failing Democratic regimes is that
losers in elections claim that the election was rigged and refuse to accept
the results of elections.
We were both shocked and we began really thinking about this book when we
heard Donald Trump prior to the election claim that he might not accept the
results of the election. Calling into question the integrity of the
American electoral process. That was pretty unprecedented.
MATTHEWS: And as for the First Amendment and free press, Daniel, it seems
to be Trump is notorious here. Everything is fake news. He makes fun of
reporters personally. He makes fun of any opponent.
He calls – just the other day, Dicky Durbin. I mean, everybody respects
Richard Durbin. They disagree on the account of the meeting. He calls him
Dicky, just diminutive, it's like Little Marco or Pocahontas.
What do you make of that in terms of the international experience we've had
with the declining democracies?
DANIEL ZIBLATT, CO-AUTHOR, "HOW DEMOCRACIES DIE": Yes. So, I think
there's two points you just made there, Chris. One is attacking media
certainly is something that electoral authoritarians and authoritarians
around the world have always done. It's a way of empowering themselves to
weaken their – and silence their critics.
But also, the point about Senator Durbin, you know, by ridiculing electoral
rivals for power and, in some ways, often of course, Trump did this with
Hillary Clinton, as well, ridiculing Hillary Clinton, not really accepting
his rivals as legitimate contenders for power. That's also very dangerous
MATTHEWS: Let's talk about the verbal thuggery of this guy. It is verbal
thuggery. We showed the clip what he said what to do with protesters, free
protesters. I mean, everybody in politics gets used to hecklers. It's
part of the business of public expression.
He says beat them up. Steve, he says beat up those people that are
protesting me. That's pretty close to thuggery.
LEVITSKY: Again, it's an autocratic response, right? One of the key
elements of leadership in a democracy as you well know, Chris, is
tolerance, right? You've got to get a lot of ugly stuff thrown at you and
essentially turn the other cheek if you're a political leader in a
democracy. You're not allowed to hit back at the press or at your critics.
You have to take it. That's part of the responsibility of an elected
leader in a democracy.
And Trump's instincts are obviously other. Luckily, so far, the press
hasn't backed down, it hasn't been intimidated. And that's a good thing
for our democracy.
MATTHEWS: Daniel, tell us about what good is going on now? You noticed
resistance began the day after he was inaugurated. We saw the huge
expression of people pouring down from southern Manhattan all the way up
Fifth Avenue. It was amazing flow of human beings, mostly young women.
And there was this reaction and the resistance seemed real. Do you think
it's been buoyant enough, powerful enough, the resistant to him, to offset
his negatives?
ZIBLATT: Yes. So, you know, as Steve just said, Trump, President Trump
certainly has these authoritarian tendencies. But our checks or societal
checks as well as institutional checks have actually worked quite
effectively, I would say, and not allowing him to implement things that he
threatened on the campaign trail.
One of the major factors, certainly it's been societal resistance, societal
organization, the robustness of civil society. And this is something when
we look around the world, that plays a major role in helping support
democracies. This is a robust civil society. So, this has been all to
great benefit I think in the United States. I mean, there's other things
more worrisome though.
MATTHEWS: I think America reactions pretty well. They don't always take
the initiative but they react pretty well in this country. Anyway, when
all else fails, we do the right thing.
Steve Levitsky, professor, thank you, and Professor Daniel Ziblatt of
Harvard. The book once again is "How Democracies Die." That is stark.
When we return, let me finish tonight with Trump Watch. He won't like
MATTHEWS: Trump Watch, Tuesday, January 16th, 2018.
President Trump has decided, it appears, to let the word which we on
television can only intimate as s-hole stand in the record books as his
personal attitude toward the black populated countries of this world. But
why would he want that word, the s-word, to go down into the history books
at how he viewed men and women of children of color? Why would he want to
be seen as so, to use the best possible word for it, tribal?
Why? Because this is one of the changes he is working in American
politics, all of which are tearing down what we have long prized as our
American democracy. To have people voting on ethnic lines, the majority of
whites for Trump, most blacks and Latinos voting against him, is what
happens in many countries. You don't vote the candidate. You simply vote
your tribe. And so, the largest tribe wins.
But is that what we call democracy? This is only part of the Trump assault
on a truly free society.
A free press is another of his targets. From the moment he arises in the
morning, he assaults news people as fake media. He thinks it's a punch
What it really is at a punch at one of the key elements of a democratic
society. If people are not free to criticize those in power, can we truly
claim to live in a free democracy? Same goes for our judicial system.
Trump has dumped on our courts, claiming they cannot be fair because of the
ethnicity of a particular judge.
Trump has dumped on our elections claiming he won the most votes notice
2016 but had them overwhelmed by the votes of people here illegally. Trump
mocks his political rivals most recently, calling the Democratic senator
from Illinois "Dicky", just as he's called from the senator from
Massachusetts "Pocahontas" and as he called a Republican senator from
Florida "Little Marco". Ending civility and debasing your rivals is
another way to denigrate democracy.
On all these fronts, this Trump has acted less like an American leader and
more like those leaders of lesser democracies where dictators denounce any
threat to their power, where newspapers and TV stations are intimidating to
tow the government line where people are pushed to vote strictly along
tribal lines, thereby permitting the widest possible berth for corruption.
This is what is happening assure as the turning of the earth. We're
entering into Trumpland and leaving the land of our Founders.
That's HARDBALL for now. Thanks for being with us.
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You are reading page 2 of Failed fit test. If you want to start from the beginning Go to First Page.
BurnedoutICURN has 6 years experience.
It shouldn't be an issue. Where I've worked, you would just be given the PAPR helmet. Another comment said it looked like an astronaut. I always thought they made you look like a Hazmat team member entering a nuclear contaminated site. We have a few people who failed the fit test and they have to wear the helmet.
Not every person can wear an N-95 respirator. The option is to use a Powered Air Purifying Respirator, PAPR. The Occupational Health Nurse should be able to discuss this with you.
Am I crazy for PREFERRING the PAPR helmet/mask?
Not at all. I'm in agreement. It is a little strange to look through the face shield, but, for me, way better than wearing a mask.
I am going to confess here. I always fail it to, but I lie and say I cannot taste it. I know for a fact I am not the only one.
I think most people I work with do this. Everyone could probably eventually pass but no one wants to waste time moving around and trying different sized and putting their hair up and such so everyone just instantly says "Yes! Can't taste a thing!"
Nature_walker has 3 years experience as a ASN, RN.
I fail it every year too. PAPR for the win!
Interesting. Any idea what TB tastes like?
osceteacher has 15 years experience and works as a Practice educator.
I really doubt 90% of the staff I train in fit testing ever put it on properly, its almost worth faking the test just so you don't have to fart about with the helmets.
It seems like it is semi-common knowledge that people fake this, and that most (or at least many) N95s don't fit.
Any employee health nurses out there know about this?
Is this like a "wink, wink, nod, nod," type of deal where you guys also know all these folks are faking it, or have you been duped?
Does anyone have any mask fit tips?
If you wear glasses....take them off, put mask on, THEN put glasses back on.
If you have long hair.....pull back in a tight ponytail.
These tips work for me.
So I went for my pre-employment physical and I failed the fit test. I tried on 4 different masks and still tasted the liquid sprayed in the mask. Will this be an issue for my orientation? The lady told me it happens to some people and I should be fine I just might not be able to go into airborne isolation rooms. Anyone with the same issues?
Yes. That happened to me as well. Don't worry.
bebbercorn has 10 years experience.
I know it's a hassle but I prefer the PAPR. Personal fan in an isolation room? Yes, pleeeeeease.
I much prefer the hood to the N95 mask, but I've never failed a fit test.


Aldi & Lidl: Future market leaders?
The face of the UK grocery market is changing. Until 2013, the 'Big 4′ supermarkets (Tesco, Asda, Sainsbury's & Morrisons) held a combined share of 76.7% and appeared set to increase their grasp on British consumers' wallets by expanding non-food offerings. Somewhat unexpectedly however, the tide seems to be turning and the 'Big 4' is today losing an estimated £3 billion annually. The beneficiaries? Discount stores.
Discount stores' promise is simple; at a time when household budgets are constantly squeezed, why not pay less for the same quality food? It sounds too good to be true, but sales growth of 36% and 23% for Aldi and Lidl in 2014, respectively, suggests consumers are starting to believe it. And it's easy to understand why shopping habits are changing; a recent study by The Grocer magazine found a basket of 33 items to be 16% cheaper at Aldi than Asda, 20% less than Tesco and a substantial 40% cheaper than Waitrose.
So how can Aldi & Lidl do it, when the supermarket giants' mammoth economies of scale should put them in position to offer consumers the best price?
Every product retailers stock creates a cost to display, store back-up inventory and additional labour. Whilst the average supermarket holds 30,000 SKUs (items) at any one time, the likes of Aldi & Lidl manage to hold a fraction of that (1,000) by focusing on staple items such as basic foods and cheap household goods. Furthermore, whilst supermarket offers numerous sizes and brands within each product category to provide choice, discount stores generally limit to a maximum of two options for any product, meaning they rely on a smaller number of suppliers who in turn cut costs by focusing on producing fewer products.
Other cost-cutting initiatives include; efficient store design by displaying certain items in the delivery crates in which they arrive to store, and refusing to offer home delivery. The growing popularity of grocery home delivery is a concern to the 'Big 4', as the average online shop costs supermarkets an extra £15-20 to fulfil extra activities traditionally undertaken by consumers, such as putting food into a basket and transporting home – yet only a minor proportion is recuperated through a 'delivery charge' to consumers.
Aldi in particular is very clear in its message of high-quality own-label brands at low prices through the highly successful "Like brands. Only cheaper" campaign. By selling predominantly generic brands, the retailer avoids paying a premium to well-known brand manufacturers and can pass these savings onto consumers. In addition, Aldi & Lidl replicate the packaging of market-leading brands to provide familiarity, which instils confidence without deceiving buyers that they are buying a well-known brand.
Even so, discount retailers still manage to stock some big-name brands without bearing the same cost as supermarkets. Just like fixed-price retailer Poundland, Aldi undertakes "special buy" programmes in which end-of-life branded goods are bought at cut-price as it's an opportunity for vendors to shift excess stock quickly.
To impose themselves on the supermarket industry, Aldi and Lidl have acknowledged the need to lure middle class shoppers into their stores. In turn, retail research company, Verdict, has calculated that 18.6% of Aldi's regular customers now come from the AB socioeconomic group – a rise of 5.7% since 2012. This demonstrates how the recession has shifted UK shopping patterns, with more people willing to shop around for a bargain and a growing 'reverse snobbery' culture of wanting to pick high quality products up for a bargain price, instead of middle classes being ashamed to shop at budget supermarkets.
Importantly for discount stores, claims of high quality for less are now beginning to win critical acclaim. In 2013, Aldi's own-label chocolates, yoghurts, bacon and biscuits gained more awards from The Grocer than any other supermarket and a £12.99 champagne from Aldi beat a £130 bottle of Veuve Clicquot in blind taste tests at the 2013 International Wine Challenge.
The UK grocery industry is entering a new era and the future is uncertain. The development of online grocery shopping could become a pivotal issue as continued growth and pressure on discount retailers to offer the service, in order to compete head-on with supermarkets, may negatively impact Aldi and Lidl's business models. In truth however, it is arguable that discount stores will never replace supermarkets as the destination for a weekly shop, but instead continue to thrive on sales of 'staple' products as consumers shop around for offers.
Either way, what has become clear is the genuine impact that discount retailers are now having on the 'Big 4', with Tesco's expansions plans for 60 supermarket projects on hold despite planning permission. Aldi & Lidl understand their customers' willingness to compromise on choice if offered high quality and low prices in return; and the 'Big 4' must take note. For supermarkets, constant price wars can no longer raise them above the competition which means the emergence of other forms of differentiation is becoming ever-more crucial. Let's wait and see their response.
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