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Vagrant Queen: Tim Rozon's Comedic Skills Shine in His Goofiest Role Yet
Bridget Liszewski | March 26, 2020 | TV News | 2 Comments
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As much as we love his previous characters on Wynonna Earp and Schitt's Creek, Tim Rozon isn't known as the one bringing most of the laughs on those shows. Sure, we've definitely seen glimpses of Rozon's comedic skills, but the new series Vagrant Queen will be one of the first times Rozon plays a flat out goof of a character. He'll be starring as Isaac in the new SYFY series that premieres Friday, March 27 at 10 p.m. ET in the U.S. and Sunday, March 29 at 10 p.m. ET on Citytv in Canada.
Isaac is the old friend of Elida (Adriyan Rae), a former child queen who has become a scavenger in a galaxy that's not ours, as they both try to stay ahead of the Republic government out to extinguish Elida's bloodline. Elida and Isaac are joined on their quest to find Elida's not-so-dead mother by a new ally and mechanic, Amae (Alex McGregor), and together the trio battles the evil Commander Lazaro (Paul du Toit).
Rozon recently spoke with The TV Junkies during a break from production on Season 4 of Wynonna Earp. He shared how Wynonna's break in production last year allowed him to land the role of Isaac and how he's had so much fun showing off his character's goofier side. He also previews what fans can expect to see between Vagrant Queen's main trio this season.
The TV Junkies: I know you were on the break from Wynonna Earp last year with its hiatus, but how did this opportunity to be a part of Vagrant Queen come about?
Tim Rozon: I didn't know what I was doing during the Wynonna break and I was in limbo. I had just finally shaved the mustache because I heard we weren't coming back at that time, and my agent started sending me out for stuff. There were some good projects, but when Vagrant Queen came along, I was in Florida. I drove up to Orlando to do a self tape and loved the audition. If anyone has heard me talk about my first experience with Doc Holliday, it reminded me of that and just one of those parts I thought, 'I can be this guy. I gotta get this guy. I can do this.'
I remember I did the audition in a Mickey Mouse shirt I had from Florida, and it felt right because Isaac is this goofy Earth guy. Then I didn't hear anything for awhile, and that happens, but I was a bit heartbroken at that point. Normally I don't take things to heart, but when I found out they weren't pursuing me anymore, for whatever reason, I was a bit heartbroken. I was sad for about a week, and then oddly enough my agent called and said they wanted to test me for it. I was heading off to do Christmas Town with Candace Cameron Bure and couldn't fly out to test because I was in Vancouver for the movie.
I did a self test instead, and showrunner Jem Garrard had left some notes, and I went in and did it. I remember thinking, 'No matter what, I'm having fun with this. I'm going balls to the wall and all the way.' So I went super fun, super goofy, and the opposite of cool. When I was doing Christmas Town they called and said I got it. I was so excited and boom! I was home four days after shooting Christmas Town and then flew off to Cape Town, South Africa.
TTVJ: But you had just shaved the mustache!
TR: It meant I had to keep facial hair for the Hallmark movie, which is a big deal in Hallmark! I didn't realize that, but there's no way I would've been able to grow the beard in time. My whole life is about facial hair as an actor. [laughs] Hallmark was super cool, and actually, Candace pushed for my stubble. So thank you, Candace. She had me keep the stubble and that let me grow the beard for Isaac. I wanted to make sure I had the right beard.
I also broke another rule, that you should never do, but when I did the second screen test, I went and bleached my hair kind of orange. I had read the comic book and knew the character, and it's very important for me to look as much like the character as possible. I went in there with the spiky hair and bleached red-orange. I felt bad for the Hallmark movie, but they did a great job and made me look great considering I showed up with three different colors in my hair. It was all because I really, really wanted to get that Isaac part.
TTVJ: Your life really IS all about hair and facial hair. It's amazing.
TR: Look, I'm not complaining, but I want those beards and mustaches to be the right length. It takes time in between, and sometimes I lose some other jobs, and sometimes it works out. I'm very lucky.
TTVJ: We truly appreciate all the thought, love, and care you give to it.
TR: Doc Holliday is just under 3 months for the mustache. Mutt Schitt is 21 days exactly for the beard, and we're talking Season 2 beard there. Vagrant Queen's Isaac needs 6-7 weeks. Christmas Town stubble was 2 weeks. I've got it down to a science, Bridge.
TTVJ: You mention Isaac being a bit of a goof, but what else can you share with us about him?
TR: He's the only person from Earth and the only human in the entire series. It takes place in another galaxy and you'll learn how he got there. I won't give too much of that away. Obviously, I don't think he really wanted to end up in another galaxy, but we'll find out Isaac's backstory as it goes along. He's a great guy and the opposite of cool, and even if he's trying to be cool, he's not going to look cool. He uses humor a lot, but as you learn, he uses that as a defense mechanism. I actually think there's a lot of heart to Isaac, and while you will be disappointed from time to time, you'll also be inspired from time to time. At the end of the day, he's a good guy who has been through some stuff.
TTVJ: Is he similar to the Isaac in the comic?
TR: Yes, and If anybody wants a sneak peek, go read the comic by Magdelene Visaggio and illustrated by Jason Smith. There's some obvious changes, and some characters that aren't there, but as far as storyline, it's very similar to the comic. It's a great and really fun comic, and the Isaac/Elida dynamic is pretty much the same. On the show, we just get to go back more in both of their histories to find out how they got there.
TTVJ: Something I love about Isaac is that he allows you to really show off your comedic skills. What was tapping into that part of the role like for you?
TR: Oh my gosh it was so fun! I love Doc, but man that guy can be Debbie Downer sometimes. [laughs] We need it, but Isaac gets to be fun. I'm also coming off Schitt's Creek, one of the biggest comedies around these days, but Mutt Schitt wasn't really funny either. He was more of the straight man with everyone around him being funny. Isaac is the first time I really get to be just a goof. I feel lucky that I've been working with all these comedic actors like Annie [Murphy] and Melanie [Scrofano] because I learned and stole little bits from them. I brought those to Isaac and they really taught me comedic timing. It's super fun to just be funny, or try to be funny. He's kind of a goof and you shouldn't take him too seriously.
TTVJ: As a fan who has watched you in many projects, that was definitely one of the joys for me in watching the show.
TR: Just wait, we do some crazy stupid things later on! I'm telling you.
TTVJ: Were all of those crazy things in the scripts?
TR: From the audition process to the end, pretty much all the scripts from Jem Garrard are some of the best scripts I've ever read. They were just so complete and it was crazy how good they were. The pilot was so strong to read. I understood so much and it's so hard to try and establish all the characters. I just remember her flow staying throughout all the episodes and it was some really, really good stuff.
TTVJ: What's Isaac's relationship like with Elida and Amae, and then, what was it like working as a trio with Adriyan and Alex?
TR: Isaac and Elida's relationship isn't what it seems on the surface. At first it seems like she hates him, but throughout the season you'll learn more and how they all ended up together as a team. They're like BFFs but one really wants to be the BFF more than the other one. Adriyan was great and is a fantastic actor. We had a lot of fun discovering the friendship of our characters together. We're not love interests, but we need that relationship to in some ways be even more than a love relationship. We had to find those moments of friendship, and sometimes you hate your friend. We had to find those moments together and we had so much fun doing that.
Then this isn't a duo, it's a real trio and you add Amae into the situation. She was the piece that was missing and she really holds the trio together. When she joins is when we really start rooting for them as a team. She's the glue that sticks the other two together because sometimes things get a little strained between Isaac and Elida. She's definitely the heart of the show.
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Vagrant Queen premieres Friday, March 27 at 10 p.m. ET on SYFY in the U.S. and Sunday, March 29 at 10 p.m. ET on Citytv in Canada.
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Errrrgh, not fair you getting to hear the tidbits out of these shows. Don't deny it, you get along so well and ask all the right questions I just KNOW Ms Bridget can get them to let stuff slip. Oh and let's not forget seeing the show early!! 😉😂😂
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I'd never want to spoil anything! It's worth waiting, promise!


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Changes to the rules of succession are not all plain sailing
Posted on October 31, 2011 by Robert Hazell
The announcement at the Commonwealth conference in Perth of changes to the rules of succession suggested it was a done deal. David Cameron has the agreement of the heads of government of the other countries of which the Queen is head of state (the realms). But all the realms now have to change their laws, in a process which will take years.
It has been a longstanding aim of British governments to end the discrimination in the laws of succession. 11 private member's bills have been introduced into Parliament to reform the Act of Settlement. Successive governments have supported the change in principle, but have said that only the government could legislate; because only the government could negotiate with the other realms. But getting all the realms signed up seemed daunting.
Gordon Brown went to the Commonwealth conference in 2009 with the same objective as David Cameron, but failed. Since then there has been a lot of work behind the scenes to get the other 15 realms on board. The tide of goodwill towards the monarchy following the royal wedding in 2011 and the Queen's diamond jubilee in 2012 provides the perfect window of opportunity to make the change.
The fanfare of David Cameron's announcement is intended to give maximum momentum to a project which is not all plain sailing. The UK can give a lead, but cannot legislate for the other 15 realms. In Australia the six states claim a separate relationship with the Crown, and the change may require their separate consent. In Canada the federal government will certainly have to gain the consent of the provinces, including Quebec. In both countries it will revive the republican issue.
Questions will also be asked about why the discrimination against Roman Catholics is only to be partially removed. The prohibition on the Monarch being a Catholic will remain. Even if it were removed, no Catholic could satisfy the requirement to be 'in communion with' the Church of England and thence Supreme Governor of the Church of England. Catholics in Britain might be willing to accept that, although their numbers are now broadly equal to Anglicans. While welcoming the removal of the 'unjust discrimination' against Catholics, the Archbishop of Westminster, Vincent Nichols, said 'At the same time I fully recognise the importance of the position of the established church [the Church of England] in protecting and fostering the role of faith in our society today'. But in the 15 realms Catholics outnumber Anglicans by three to one, and they may be less understanding.
The ending of male primogeniture is less controversial. Most other European monarchies have changed their rules of succession already to make them gender neutral. Sweden changed their law in 1980, Holland in 1983, Norway in 1990, Belgium in 1991, Denmark in 2009 (with a referendum), Luxembourg in 2011. Only Spain, Monaco and Liechtenstein retain male primogeniture.
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david bentley says:
I'm not a Catholic,so there's probably a good answer to this query, but does Matrimonia Mixta, Apostolic Letter 1 October 1970, present a problem ?
"Furthermore, the Catholic partner in a mixed marriage is obliged, not only to remain steadfast in the faith, but also, as far as possible, to see to it that the children be baptized and brought up in that same faith and receive all those aids to eternal salvation which the Catholic Church provides for her sons and daughters."
Does 'as far as possible' mean that a Catholic parent could avoid the obligation if the child were heir to the throne, and Catholics were still barred from the succession ?

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 Boquitas pintadas, novela de 1969 del escritor argentino Manuel Puig (1932-1990);
 Boquitas pintadas (película), film argentino de 1974 basado en la novela, dirigido por Leopoldo Torre Nilsson y Juan Sires;
 Boquitas Pintadas (banda), grupo musical mexicano dirigido por la cantante Mary Boquitas.

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The Swiss franc used to be a good trading currency until the authorities in that country decided to intervene in the market to ensure that it would not fall below the level of 1.20 to the Euro. They did this because there was a fear that its status as a safe-haven currency would make it appreciate so much that the market for all kinds of Swiss exports would be damaged.
Now there is a new dispensation and safe havens are not as much in demand as they were. The global economy is on the rise. The Swiss franc has been quietly falling (USDCHF and EURCHF pairs have been rising), since the middle of last December. As can be seen in the chart above, higher highs and higher lows have been the order of the day. That is, until yesterday, when the franc took on a sudden burst of strength. This was caused by the Swiss monetary authorities significantly increasing the reserves that Swiss banks must hold. In order to fulfil their obligations they have had to buy Swiss francs, which resulted in the surge yesterday.
We believe this is a one-off and represents a possible opportunity. As soon as the effect is worked out of the system, the pairs involving the Swissie and the other majors can be expected to start to rise again. As soon as we perceive that this is happening we will look at the possibility of taking a position.
P.S: The bar with the long tail on the chart represents Dec 27th, in the middle of the Christmas and New Year holiday, when trading was very thin. We therefore regard this as an outlier, to be ignored for the purposes of deciding where a higher low occurs.
One of the greatest customers on the planet for Iron Ore is China. While they have their own mines for this hard commodity, they also import quite an amount of it from other countries, particularly Australia. While the Winter months in the Northern Hemisphere have traditionally been the time when Iron Ore prices went up, due to the fact that Chinese steel mills used this time of year to restock, this year the Iron Ore spot price is at the lowest it has been for the last six months.
This is bad news for the Australian dollar, for two reasons. One, it is a better measure of the way in which the Chinese economy is rationalising at present than any trade or business activity survey and, two, it means that the Chinese will be both buying less Iron Ore from Australia, and paying a lower price for whatever they do buy.
The sell-off of the Aussie this morning is linked into perceived weakness in China, combined with the racing certainty that QE in the US is on the way out. The fall in equities yesterday is part of the same process – the Federal Reserve does not believe that equities impinge that much on the real economy, and were ripe for an adjustment due to the fact that stocks were overvalued because of the availability of cheap money that followed QE when it was introduced in the first place.


The best-known use of misting systems is to lower the temperature in terraces and outdoor restaurants. It is an efficient and an economic way to climatize these spaces for consumer comfort.
The misting or nebulizing cooling procedure consists of dissolving water in air by removing latent heat; in other words, extracting the energy that is released with the change from liquid to gaseous phase (vaporization heat).
When installed on a terrace or in a restaurant, you have to provide enough moisture to get the right volume in order to cool the area, as long as the client on the floor below doesn't get soaked while taking a coffee.
What will determine a facility as efficient is the balance between supplied water and the alleged decline in temperature.


Local pastors remember Martin Luther King, Jr. while serving their congregations and encouraging change.
Warren Stewart Jr. speaks at the beginning of the service as the praise team sings at First Institutional Baptist Church on Sunday, Jan. 20, 2019.
Phoenix churches helped the state recognize Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
King's legacy has influenced the career of other pastors.
King's legacy has taught the importance of inclusion and strength.
King taught how to deal with law enforcement.
Before he became internationally known as a civil rights leader, Martin Luther King, Jr. first was a pastor.
He provided his congregation's strength and refuge when many African-Americans needed hope.
More than a half-century after King's death, African-American pastors are using King's legacy to provide hope to their diverse congregations and communities at a time when society is still dealing with frustration.
"Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was a black Baptist preacher who was born, bred, led and died in and for what the black church believes," said Rev. Warren H. Stewart, Sr., pastor of First Institutional Baptist Church.
During his time as a civil rights leader, King shepherded churches across the South. He was the pastor of Dexter Avenue Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama, during the Montgomery Bus Boycott, a campaign against racial segregation of buses that lasted more than a year in 1955-56.
As part of that protest, Rosa Parks, an African-American woman, was arrested for refusing to surrender her seat to a white person.
In 1960, King became the co-pastor of Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta. He co-led the church until the time of his death in 1968.
King became the president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference in 1957. During his leadership, he was jailed in Birmingham in 1963 after leading a protest in the business district. That same year, he led a march on Washington, D.C., at which he gave his famous "I Have a Dream" speech.
King's legacy is celebrated in Arizona. Many cities in the state host events honoring him during the holiday weekend.
Members of churches like First Institutional Baptist Church in Phoenix helped the state recognize the leader.
"Dr. King was America's revolutionary prophet for love, justice, nonviolence and racial equality," Stewart said.
Stewart said the church helped organize coalitions starting in the mid-1980s to push for a paid state holiday. Voters approved the state holiday in 1992 on the second attempt, and it was first celebrated in 1993.
For the Rev. Camille Pentsil, King's legacy is at work in her own career as a leader of Tempe First United Methodist Church. The church, with a mostly older congregation, is across the street from Arizona State University.
Pentsil preaches to a congregation that is not predominantly African-American.
Terry E. Mackey, who recently became the pastor of Pilgrim Rest Baptist Church in Phoenix, said King's humor made a lasting impression on him. King's wife, Coretta Scott King, said in an interview with PBS-affiliate WTTW, the leader could keep people laughing for hours.
"This is important to me because you can become so enraptured in the maze of ministry that you can become so heavenly-minded that you do not take the time to find laughter," he said.
On Sundays, dancers and singers lead First Institutional Baptist Church's congregation in worship before a sermon from Stewart.
King's legacy reminds congregants of the importance of spiritual strength, Stewart said.
"We have experienced and continue to experience the best and worst of people," he said.
Stewart said he believes African-Americans can help lead the world to justice and equality because of a history with dealing with harassment.
King taught Andre Miller about the importance of inclusion.
The pastor of New Beginnings Christian Church in Mesa said people of all racial backgrounds should know that the struggle for equal treatment is still raging on.
In his "I Have A Dream" speech, King mentioned the support of white people in the civil-rights movement. He also called on African-Americans to remember that they could not walk alone.
"They have come to realize that their freedom is inextricably bound to our freedom. We cannot walk alone," King said. "As we walk, we must make the pledge that we shall always march ahead. We cannot turn back."
King and others in the civil rights movement had frequent encounters with law enforcement. King mentioned in his "I Have A Dream" speech that as long as there were victims of police brutality, activists never would be satisfied.
Discussions about law enforcement are being held in Arizona and across the country.
Nearly 100 people protested the death of a 14-year-old boy who died last week while holding an airsoft gun in Tempe. The family of a 19-year-old questioned why officers fatally shot their son in Phoenix.
Mesa's police department has faced scrutiny over claims of using excessive force.
New Beginnings hosted a community conversation with law enforcement and area pastors. Miller said civil dialogue can help lead to change.
Miller said he believes there is a culture within the agencies that must be addressed.
However, he said, there should also be conversations within families that not all law enforcement is bad, and some do serve and protect.
Pentsil said King taught her that love is one of the greatest tools a pastor can have because it helps people look beyond differences. Also, she said, the civil rights leader taught her that change can happen.
She encourages her congregation to find ways to create change, including being involved in the community.
Mackey said he believes all churches can make a difference in society and should seek to stop injustice regardless of creed or race.
Pastors nurture hope in their communities in various ways. For Stewart, it's reminding the congregation to be a Christ-centered church with a Afro-centric consciousness.
"I have advocated throughout my nearly 50 years preaching the good news of Jesus Christ, that I am 'unashamedly Christian and unapologetically black,'" he said.
Miller said he tries to make his congregation understand that progress is progress.
Pentsil said that it is a challenge for pastors to help people understand that they may not see the fruits of their labor, but someone will.
In his last speech, "I've Been to the Mountaintop," less than 24 hours before his assassination in Memphis, Tennessee, King spoke to the city's striking sanitation workers.
"I may not get there with you. But I want you to know tonight, that we, as a people, will get to the Promised Land."


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Get serious velvet vibes with this jumpsuit. featuring a high-neck tie back design, low back and ultra- flattering wide legged design this jumpsuit is a must this party season! Style with some platforms a clutch bag to complete the look! Ready for a night on the town with the girls.


Jesus, his disciples, and the authors of the New Testament believed in the Biblical account of Creation, with a literal Adam and Eve, and a literal Noah living through a literal global flood. Literally. Most people do not deny these as facts about Jesus and his disciples. Jesus and the New testament authors do refer to the creation, garden of Eden, and flood of Noah as actual events of history (even including Noah and Adam as names in the Genealogy of Jesus).
1. Jesus and his disciples are right about their view of recent, six day creation.
2. Jesus was wrong when he made statements like these (As were the other New Testament writers).
3. Jesus knew better, but he PRETENDED to be a YEC because he knew his audience were YEC.
#1. seems to me to be the only rational position for a Christian. Like I said above, you can be wrong about a lot of things and still be a Christian, but you cannot be a Christian and believe Jesus was a liar or just wrong about things. He was God incarnate, people. Your fifth grade science education and subscription to the Discovery Channel do NOT put you in a position to school Jesus about the way the world was made.
Jesus didn't have to read Genesis and then try to interpret what it meant. HE WAS THERE WHEN IT HAPPENED. HE is the Creator!
And when did Jesus EVER tell people merely what they wanted to hear? If he was willing to lie to people, he could have avoided getting crucified, but he did not. He could have been more popular and gotten a book deal and done the talk show circuit. Jesus told the truth, no matter who did or did not want to hear it.
Gungor here is not alone. There is even a head of a major Christian publishing house who has said similar things in recent years. He admitted that the New Testament does seem to indicate that Jesus was a YEC, but that, in this man's educated opinion, Jesus was simply mistaken.
Remember when heresy was a thing? When did that stop being a thing?
This becomes one of the top reasons why all of this matters: Once you abandon the Biblical account of creation, you have to do something with the other parts of the bible which agree with the YEC interpretation. If Adam and Eve and Noah aren't real people, then you have fictional characters in the family line of Jesus, just as if you found Winnie the Pooh in there somewhere. The sweater begins to unravel. Suddenly, Genesis is false for at least the first twelve chapters, the other references to creation through the Bible are mistaken, including in Exodus, Psalms, the words of Jesus (who, on this view, must have been wrong or lying) and the writers of the New Testament (who, while perhaps inspired and directed by the Holy Spirit to write other things- were wrong about all of this Creation and global flood nonsense). Eventually everyone decides that they aren't sure what part if any they should trust, and so they abandon Christianity all together to go play beer pong.
The fact is, Jesus treated the Genesis accounts as real history and I think if anyone has the authority to make a stand one way or the other, it's the Creator of the universe himself. Next time I'll dive a bit deeper into the Old Testament and see that Jesus' opinion- while controversial and radical to us today- is nothing new.
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If you elect to proceed with a Jury Trial, jurors from the Town of Trophy Club will be summoned to appear for service. You, as a pro se defendant and the Town Prosecutor will have the opportunity to question the jury pool to determine any biases which could prevent a fair and impartial trial. Both sides may also strike up to three potential jurors during the voir dire process. From the remaining jury pool, six jurors will be selected to hear your case and determine guilt or innocence.
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If you elect to proceed with a bench trial, the presiding Judge will hear all evidence presented for your case and determine guilt or innocence.
The Trophy Club Municipal Court is a Court of Record. Appeals will be limited to a review of errors present in the record of the trial. You will not be given a new trial in the appellate court unless the appeal is successful. A transcript and statement of facts will be necessary if you choose to appeal and you will be responsible for cost of the preparation of those items.
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Richland Library names entrepreneur-in-residence
Richland County Library has named Bayne Dangerfied, owner of Soda City Sewing, its first entrepreneur-in-residence.
Dangerfield is the owner of Soda City Sewing, an embroidery and sewing company in Columbia which she launched Soda City Sewing in 2012. The company provides personalized children's clothing that helps customers celebrate special occasions, according to a news release.
Dangerfield started her business on Etsy and later expanded to her own website and an Amazon store.
She will hold weekly office hours at the Richland Library's main branch at 1431 Assembly St, answering questions and sharing knowledge about business and self-employment. One-on-one appointments, which are each about 30 minutes, are available from 6-8 p.m. Mondays and Wednesdays.
Dangerfield, who will be in residence through June 30, will also work with the library's Studio Services Department and its Business, Careers and Research Center.
The entrepreneur-in-residence program is part an effort to "remove barriers and level the playing field for diverse entrepreneurs" the library began after it was awarded a $50,000 grant in 2018 as part of the Google Impact Challenge, according to the release.


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Bill The DNC For The Mueller Report!
Daniel Greenfield April 20, 2019
After 22 months and $32 million, a team of 19 prosecutors with twice as many staff members, wielding 2,800 subpoenas, 500 witnesses, and 500 search warrants, produced nothing multiplied by zero.
Nothing except over 400 pages of allegations, innuendo and slime with a great big hole in the center.
Mueller and his intrepid team of Democrats had set out to investigate a great conspiracy. After all those millions of dollars, the raids and indictments, there's no collusion. The supposed counterintelligence investigation turned up nothing on President Trump except his hostility to the witch hunt against him.
If firing an FBI director is a crime, then Bill Clinton should have been impeached or imprisoned. But if a former FBI director can treat the firing of an FBI director by the president as a crime, then is the country really run by the presidents and the voters who elect them, or by the FBI directors?
Mueller and his Democrats painstakingly document Trump's dislike of their efforts. And then they imply that there is something criminal about an innocent man trying to fight back against a witch hunt. If you don't defend yourself, it's perjury. If you do defend yourself, then it's obstruction of justice.
Heads I win, tails you lose.
President Trump had the right to fire Comey. He had the right to find an AG who would give Mueller the boot. And the Mueller report, with its swill of unsubstantiated innuendo, is the best evidence of that.
The fact that Mueller and his people were allowed to finish the spiteful 400+ page contribution to the Democrat 2020 campaign and that it was then made public, is the best evidence of Trump's intentions.
Mueller wasn't fired. The report wasn't buried. And it doesn't indict Trump. It indicts the Russia hoaxers.
President Trump would be well within his rights to send the DNC a $32 million bill for it. American taxpayers should not be on the hook for funding Democrat opposition research. That's what George Soros, Pierre Omidyar, and Tom Steyer are for. The Mueller investigation was the last refuge of efforts by Democrat operatives to target Trump using the government. After losing the White House, they resorted to a special prosecutor. And after Mueller, the investigation will be run out of the House.
But what, after all these years, all the millions of dollars, the hundreds of witnesses and search warrants, the countless lunches, subpoenas, and media leaks, is there left to investigate?
The Mueller report is a dog chasing its tail.
In a fitting end to an investigation, whose momentum of indictments was built mostly on perjury traps, of indicting people for lying to the FBI, without there actually being a crime that they were lying about, the Mueller report's best shot at President Trump depends on implying that he obstructed its investigation. But how can an investigation that never even comes close to a crime be obstructed?
The Mueller investigation was often described as a fishing expedition. After nearly 2 years fishing in the D.C. swamp with the world's biggest fishing pole, the 59 fishermen and fisherwomen discovered that there were no fish. Certainly not the big fish that the partner at one of the most lefty law firms had hoped to land. The Mueller report is a 400+ page excuse for wasting the time, money and nerves of hundreds of millions of people in a nakedly partisan campaign to undermine a sitting president.
The Mueller report, like every previous incarnation dating back to the Obama era, dangerously conflates a counterintelligence investigation of Russia, with an investigation of the Republican opposition. It follows in the footsteps of the Clinton campaign's Steele dossier, right down to a search for the 'pee tape' that never existed outside the perverted fantasies of Clintonworld and its creepy power couple.
It should never have existed. And the only item meriting an investigation is that very investigation.
The Obama administration spied on Trump allies under the pretext of counterintelligence. Mueller and his team of Obama and Clinton supporters went after Trump and his allies under the same pretext. After years of investigations, eavesdropping, raids, leaks, violations of lawyer-client confidentiality, the Mueller report has no choice but to concede that one of the most intensive investigations in the country has failed to make the case for the entire premise of the witch hunt that has been going on for years.
And that should be the real story.
Instead, the media declares that the Mueller report fails to exonerate President Trump. In America, you're innocent until proven guilty. In the media, if you're a Republican, you're always guilty. And in Muellerworld, no one is truly innocent, they just haven't been subjected to enough raids, wiretaps, misleading questions, indictments, threats and flashlights in their eyes, to confess to the right thing.
The Mueller report, like its predecessors, was never meant to find definitive evidence of guilt because it never existed. Collusion could never be proven, only sleazily implied. The purpose of the investigation was the investigation. The original collaboration between the Obama administration and the Clinton campaign to target Trump, turned into the Mueller investigation, and now that the report is in, will be reborn as a House Democrat campaign, championed by Rep. Nadler, to go after President Trump.
Each phase of the investigation never turned up a smoking gun, but its existence maintained the justification for actual or potential action against Trump and his political allies. And so the investigation isn't over. It can't end. Instead, it gets passed along from campaign operatives to DOJ personnel, from former spooks to current spooks, from FBI directors to retired FBI directors, from disgraced prosecutors to disgraced congressmen, not for the purpose of fighting the Russians, but of fighting Americans.
The dangerous precedent of accusing political opponents of working for foreign governments extends far beyond Trump or this current phase of the investigation. It strikes at the very heart of America.
During the Bush years, a million lefty cars were proudly stamped with bumper stickers reading, "Dissent is the Highest Form of Patriotism". The Mueller investigation is only the latest example of the criminalizing of political dissent with normal presidential campaign behavior such as opposition research, and backchannels to foreign governments, being targeted by intelligence agencies.
The only people who have paid a price for this travesty have been Trump allies and taxpayers.
And that ought to change.
The Mueller report is indeed an indictment, not of Trump, and not only of its investigation, but of the entire Russiagate smear. Democrat conspiracy theorists will not allow their lie to die. They will dig it up and keep it alive in any branch of government they control. And, as the Mueller investigation shows, even in some that they do not. The only way to end the smear is to investigate the investigation.
22 month, millions of dollars, 2,800 subpoenas, 500 witnesses, and 500 search warrants, amounting to nothing won't end the lies, the smears, the investigations and the accusations.
The lie will not die until its authors, its perpetrators and its accomplices are investigated and exposed. And until then, Democrats, not taxpayers, should be forced to pay for the cost of their Russiagate hoax.
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My name is Daniel Greenfield. I am a blogger and columnist born in Israel and living in New York City. I am a Shillman Journalism Fellow at the David Horowitz Freedom Center and a contributing editor at Family Security Matters.
My original biweekly column appears at Front Page Magazine and my blog articles regularly appear at Family Security Matters, the Jewish Press, Times of Israel, Act for America and Right Side News, as well as daily at the Canada Free Press and a number of other outlets. I have a column titled Western Front at Israel National News and my op eds have also appeared in the New York Sun, the Jewish Press and at FOX Nation.


Five months after the first NATO airstrikes opened Operation Unified Protector, the Gaddafi regime has collapsed.
The battle began with the Colonel's declared intent to "cleanse" Libya of its protesting "vermin." And with every rebel advance or retreat, observers remain poised to call the Libyan campaign either a victory or defeat for international efforts to protect civilians from governments that turn against them.
The decision to authorize force to counter Gaddafi's explicit threats was steeped in the rationale of a political principle known as the Responsibility to Protect, or R2P. Its final outcome will undoubtedly impact the way global leaders view their self-professed responsibility to protect civilian populations from genocide, crimes against humanity, ethnic cleansing and war crimes.
But Libya is far from the only data point tracking the progress of global policies to prevent and respond to mass violence.
R2P has motivated direct international engagement in crises as diverse as Kenya, Guinea, Kyrgyzstan, Ivory Coast and South Sudan. Key global and regional leaders have recently ratcheted up pressure on Syrian President Bashar al-Asad, calling for him to step down.
Maligned as "interventionist" by some, heralded as a positive step forward in atrocity prevention by others, R2P is proving to be transformative.
The United Nations, a product of the experience of two world wars, was created to prevent violent conflict between nations, not within them. For much of its existence and within very recent memory, insistence that the UN could not intervene in any matter that was "essentially within the jurisdiction of any state" kept state-generated violence against civilians off the agenda of the UN Security Council.
Such arguments, however, have been merely marginal to debates over threats to civilians in Libya and Syria. UN member states have questioned whether and what kind of action the Security Council should take to counter such threats, but never the basic right of the council to do so. "It's not your business" is no longer a viable argument when it comes to internal violence targeted at civilians—a recent and striking shift in the history of global politics for which R2P deserves its share of credit.
Far from a checklist that mandates uniform action, R2P is a dynamic policy framework that is meant to twist, bend, and adapt as best it can to the complex realities of the world it hopes to improve.


Caramelizing the lemon slices softens their acidity and makes them edible, peel and all. Eating them is optional, but highly recommended. The lemons' tangy, slightly bitter flavor is a bright complement to the rich, salty prosciutto in this recipe.
Trim a thick slice off each end of one of the lemons, and then cut 1/8-inch-thick slices from the lemon center—you need 12 slices, so you may need a second lemon. Juice the ends and enough of the remaining lemons to obtain 1/4 cup juice. Set the slices and juice aside.
Heat the oven to 200°F. Set a heatproof serving platter and a baking sheet lined with a paper towel in the oven.
Trim and cut the pork tenderloin into 6 thick medallions of roughly equal weight. Place a piece of plastic wrap on the countertop. Put one pork piece on top of the plastic with one cut side up and cover with a second piece of plastic wrap. With a meat mallet (or heavy skillet), pound the meat into 1/4-inch thick scaloppine. Repeat with the other pieces. Sprinkle both sides lightly with salt and pepper. Top each scaloppine with two to three sage leaves and then a prosciutto slice, folding any of the overlap underneath the pork scaloppine.
Put the flour in a shallow bowl. Dredge the scaloppine in flour, shaking off the excess.
In a 12-inch skillet, heat 1-1/2 Tbs. of the oil over medium-high heat. Cook three of the scaloppine, prosciutto side down first, until lightly browned and just cooked through, 1-1/2 to 2 min. per side. Transfer the scaloppine to the baking sheet in the oven. Add the remaining 1-1/2 Tbs. oil and repeat with the three remaining scaloppine. Transfer them to the baking sheet and keep warm in the oven. Remove the pan from the heat and pour off any remaining oil.
Add 1 Tbs. of the butter and let it melt. Add the lemon slices to the pan in a single layer. Return to medium heat and cook the lemon slices until lightly browned on one side, 2 to 4 min. Turn the lemon slices and add 2 tablespoons of the vermouth to the pan. Continue to cook until the vermouth cooks down to a glaze, 2 to 3 min. (The lemon slices will resemble bicycle wheels, with much of the flesh going into the sauce.) Transfer the lemon slices to the scaloppine in the oven, placing two slices on each one.
Pour the remaining (approximately 3 Tbs. ) vermouth into the pan, bring to a boil over medium-high heat, and deglaze the pan by scraping up the browned bits from the bottom. Add the chicken broth and lemon juice and boil until reduced to 1/4 cup, 3 to 5 min. Remove from the heat and stir in the remaining 1 Tbs. butter.
Taste the sauce for seasoning; if it's too acidic, add a touch more vermouth to the pan.
Transfer the scaloppine to the serving platter, spoon the sauce over, and serve immediately.
Serve with salad and Sour Cream & Leek Mashed Potatoes.
Excellent!! I didn't have vermouth so I used Sherry. Easy, fast, elegant!!!
This dish was delicious! I used pancetta instead of prosciutto since thats what I had on hand. I miss-read the directions and rolled the pancetta and sage in the scaloppine instead of wrapping. It worked perfectly but next time I will definitely make as directed since it makes such a pretty presentation. The sauce is incredible and so easy.


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From far and near
Conflict in Ukraine
Mikheil Saakashvili
Azerbaijan-Armenia
Traveling the Caucasus
Georgian-Abkhaz context
What's better – being a parent to a son or daughter?
Gayane Mkrtchyan
Statistics show, in Armenia, sons are more prone to send their elders to nursing homes.
Half-a-century's worth of memories are treasured in this photo album which covers an entire life, the bad and good days, achievements and losses. The Riffle of the album pages is the only thing that interrupts a heavy imminent silence in the room.
"This is my wife, our three sons. It's me, when I was young. You can see me here with my junior son, and here – me with my daughter. This is our house with all its conveniences… I was raising them (children), providing them with everything.
"Today, these four walls are my home. Despite that I keep on living. I have brought this carpet, TV-set and bed. I can open the wardrobe for you – look how many clothes I have. When I adorn myself with fine clothes, wear cologne and go out, people turn their heads to look at me. I continue living though I am without my children," says Haykaz Atoyan, 85, residing in the Yerevan-based residential care facility #1, and who has three sons and a daughter.
Haykaz's wife died three years ago. In the residential care facility he got acquainted with Araksya Petrosyan, 80, and offered to marry her. They have been living together for five years.
Araksya also has children – three daughters and a son. She tells aggrievedly: "To have a house, to raise children, to arrange their weddings and then finally find yourself in an old people's home?! My daughter brought me here. Before we left the car, she warned me: "Tell them that I am your neighbor's wife."
Araksya told her story frankly, but she refused to have her photos taken. The other old-age home inmates allowed us to take photos of them, but most of them refused to share their sad stories with a stranger.
For various reasons, 250 residents of the residential care facility found themselves here. The majority of them have children, whom they expect to come any minute, and they have their eyes on the road.
"Many dwellers receive visitors, but some old people are not visited by anyone at all, though we know they have relatives. Communication is of great importance to them.
They are longing. It is noteworthy that daughters visit their parents more often. They are more attentive and caring than sons, who come less frequently," said Lilit Pogosyan, a residential care facility social worker.
Harut Mkrtchyan, 82, a Yerevan-based Nork residential care facility inhabitant, has three daughters and a son. He also claims that in most cases, daughters take more care of and are more concerned about their parents.
"Sometimes it happens so that sons fail to cope with problems in their families. For example, a son has already two children and matrimonial difficulties appear. He cannot take his parents' side or his wife's side – as his parents will be disappointed.
You create them, raise them, transfer your home and property to them, and what you get in return is just indifference – insulting. You try to find a way out: either go to your daughter or rent a flat. Anything can happen in life," notes Harut Mkrtchyan.
In 2015, the Armenian Office of the UN Population Fund conducted a survey among persons under care in three residential care facilities in Gyumri and in two facilities in Yerevan.
The aim of the survey was to find out the number of residential facility inhabitants, who had children, as well as the daughter/son ratio. According to the survey findings, 284 people out of 623 residential care facility inhabitants had no children.
Of the inhabitants, 365 people had sons, with 61 percent of these sons not visiting their parents.
Anna Hovhannesyan, coordinator of the UN Population Fund's Population Policy Promotion Program, notes: "Much is said about Armenian families giving preference to sons. This will result in a gender imbalance in future.
The Armenian society's patriarchal structure provides more preferential conditions for boys. Data revealed that both sons' and daughters' parents find themselves in residential care facilities.
However, the number of people with daughters is less than those having sons. Herewith the data: 354 people have daughters, 173 of them – 49% do not visit parents.
According to another study, conducted by the UNFPA "Prevalence of and Reasons for Sex-Selective Abortions in Armenia', 7200 cases of sex-selective abortion were reported in Armenia over the past five years. It means that an average of 1500 girls were not born in Armenia within a year.
Hermine Virabyan, 36, has two daughters and a son. She says she has had three sex-selective abortions.
"Each time I was waiting for the 12th week to know the child's sex and three times I was going to have girls. We have already had two daughters and it was very important for us to have at least one boy. We, Armenians, believe that a son should continue the family line, take care of us, live with us. Daughters get married and go to another family," Hermine noted.
According to the survey, there are six times more families willing to have sons, than those expecting daughters. Two women out of five noted they would want to have a son – the first birth. Only one woman out of seven questioned wanted their first-born to be a girl.
If selective abortions continue in Armenia, the country is going to lose approximately 93 thousand girls – potential mothers.
Armenia is rated the third in the world as to the gender disproportion after China and Azerbaijan. Armenia is followed by Georgia and Albania.
Thus, the dream of a son – a bearer of the family name and the parents' supporter do not always come true and old people live far from their families. Sometimes they get news from their children on a phone or by Skype.
Vaan Asatryan, the Head of the International Center for Human Development, notes that the above-mentioned survey in the residential care facilities proves the need for changing people's views and attitudes.
In the expert's opinion, the problem could be solved through work with the broader layers of the population – through raising people's awareness and establishing dialogues.
Marusya Sargsyan, 86, a Nork residential care facility resident, has never had her own children, but she raised her husband's five children.
"I had lived with them for 17 years, I had raised them, and married them off. But after my husband had died, they no longer needed me.
I moved to Yerevan, to my brother's place. I used to work as the State Standard building supervisor, then at a dairy factory. Then the country disintegrated and I shared the same lot. There was no way out.
I have been here since 2006. I have nobody to wait for, but I see how other people are waiting.
I know that some children come with a kilo of sweets, but then they take the whole pension of a mother or a father and just go away.
There are even people with three sons, who have ousted them from home. I am told:
"You have no children and you can say, that you don't have them, that's it. As for us, we act as if we have children, but there are actually none of them. What should we do?"
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What about Bill?
By Doris O'Brien
There's a Beltway insiders' tale about how Hillary Clinton, upon becoming first lady in 2000, was invited to a welcome-to-Washington luncheon by the Washington Post's Sally Quinn. When Hillary declined, the offended hostess spread the word: "There's just something about her that pisses people off!"
Millions of Americans are now saying – or thinking – the same thing. Hill has a credibility deficit that's bogging down her presidential bid. This may especially surprise Bernie Sanders, who tiptoed into the national spotlight from the small state of Vermont, better known for maple syrup than sweet-talking politicians. But Bernie has tapped into something that some Democrats find lacking in their front-runner.
The presumption had always been that candidate Clinton would enjoy smooth sailing on her journey to becoming the 2016 Democrat standard-bearer. For years she has been homing in on that lofty ambition with laser-like intensity. She and Bill have raised buckets of money toward that goal. And they would raise cain, too, if a popular progressive like Elizabeth Warren had dared to throw her Native American headdress into the ring.
Some speculate that a deal was struck between the unfriendly Clintons and Obama, whereby Bubba's charm and influence on behalf of Barack's 2012 re-election would be gratefully reciprocated four years hence. The agreement may have stipulated that at the end of his second term, Obama would, in effect, lie low and let the Clintons boomerang back into the White House.
But the road to that end has been plagued not only by Benghazi-gate and server-gate, but by unflattering jokes about Hillary's reception at the gates of heaven. As a result, her political survival could come to depend on the role played by Bill Clinton. Democratic strategists disagree as to whether he would be an asset – I cringe even writing the word! – or a liability. According to one pollster, Bill is "good for money… strategy … and … turnout." Another, however, worries that he will end up attacking opponents like a loose cannon, rather than harking back to the economic calm of his own presidency.
Bill Clinton's resurgence from disgrace to embrace with the majority of Americans is a national political enigma worthy of his designation as "the Teflon president." So should he hit the hustings or remain mostly in the background as Hillary's Svengali?
For some, Bill Clinton oozes charm. For others, he is Slick Willy. Thus, he could grease his wife's ambitions in either direction. If he becomes too prominent a figure, it opens up the Clinton campaign to charges of a possible "co-presidency," the "two for the price of one" premise they advanced almost a quarter of a century ago. This might not sit well with those who actually respect the laws of the land. However, Hill and Bill are not among them.
The Clintons own four expensive domiciles and are rarely in the same one at the same time. So since we're not asking "if" Bill Clinton would be moving back into 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue with Hillary, shouldn't we be asking "why"? Will he preside in the East Room over high tea for congressional spouses? Will he continue to mulch Michelle Obama's vegetable garden on the White House lawn, and lecture the nation on the values of good nutrition?
The fact is that Bill Clinton, whatever his shortcomings and prior sins, enjoys a level of popularity that Hilary and other present politicians can only dream of. His 56% approval rating is at the very least a dozen points higher than that of Hillary, Obama, and George W. Bush. Can the Democrats mine that vein of gold without making the candidate's persona seem dull by comparison?
There's as much as a 25-point gap between Hillary Clinton's popularity among women and men. The reason is mostly the desire of women to elect the first female president. For some, it is also a way of taking revenge on philandering Bill by putting his put-upon wife in the Capitol catbird seat.
Hillary supporters can boast all they want about her accomplishments. But the ironic fact is that her career in politics has been made possible due to her being married to Bill Clinton. It's the reason she has stuck with him through any number of personal humiliations – and against all her righteous rhetoric about the prideful empowerment of women.
So it is not surprising for Hillary to feel entitled to whatever she can get from the spousal connection this last time around. Subtlety is hardly the Clintons' long suit. So far, Bill has kept – or been kept – on the periphery. That could quickly change.
There's something else that has come to the attention of observant voters: the stunned recognition that Bill Clinton is now a shadow of his former self. He's pushing 70, after all, so one expects some signs of slowing down. Even so, Bubba often seems, well, rather tentative – as if he's there, but he's not. When a reporter asked him about his excessive speaking fees, the former president's response ("I have to pay the bills!") seemed more distracted than facetious. On a deeply personal level, he may be paying big time for Hillary's run. But no one doubts that it's become his obsession, too.
Is there a chance that a testy Bill could blow a fuse on the campaign trail, or a fading Bill could burn out altogether? Is anyone speculating about what Hillary might do if her husband slips farther? In searching for the answers, perhaps it's time for Hillary's medium to once again summon up the ghost of her client's idol, Eleanor Roosevelt.


Adrienne Raphel is the author of What Was It For (Rescue Press, 2017), winner of the Rescue Press Black Box Poetry Prize, and the chapbook But What Will We Do, winner of the Seattle Review Chapbook Contest. She writes for the New Yorker online, and her work has also appeared in the Paris Review Daily, the Atlantic online, and Lana Turner Journal, among other publications. Raphel earned an MFA from the Iowa Writers' Workshop, and she is currently a PhD candidate in English at Harvard University, where she studies poetics.
Vanessa Jimenez Gabb is the author of IMAGES FOR RADICAL POLITICS (Rescue Press, 2016) and the chapbooks midnight blue (Porkbelly Press, 2015) and Weekend Poems (dancing girl press, 2014). She received her MFA in Poetry from CUNY Brooklyn College and is from and lives in Brooklyn.
Lindsay Turner is the author of Songs & Ballads, forthcoming from Prelude Books in 2018. Her translations include adagio ma non troppo, by Ryoko Sekiguchi (forthcoming, Les Figues Press) and The Next Loves, by Stéphane Bouquet (forthcoming, Nightboat Books), as well as a book of philosophy by Frederic Neyrat, Atopias (co-translated with Walt Hunter, Fordham University Press, 2017).She is the recipient of a WPR Creative Grant from Harvard's Woodberry Poetry Room for 2016-17 and a 2017 French Voices Grant for her translation of Stéphane Bouquet's Vie Commune (currently seeking an American publisher). turner photo 2018Originally from northeast Tennessee, she holds an A.B. from Harvard College, a Masters in cinema from the Université Paris III Sorbonne-Nouvelle, and an M.F.A. in poetry from New York University. As of May of 2017, she holds a PhD in English from the University of Virginia, where she wrote a dissertation about the relationship between contemporary American poetry and global labor transformation. Starting in fall 2018, she is a Visiting Assistant Professor of English and Creative Writing at Furman University in Greenville, South Carolina.
Sara Deniz Akant is a Brooklyn-based educator, poet and performer. She is the author of Babette, selected by Maggie Nelson and published by Rescue Press in 2015, as well as Parades (Omnidawn 2014) and Latronic Strag (Persistent Editions 2015). Sara Deniz is Turkish-American. She holds an MFA from the Iowa Writers' Workshop, and is a doctoral candidate in English at the CUNY Graduate Center. She has taught poetry and writing at the University of Iowa, Baruch, Medgar Evers, and John Jay College. She has been the recipient of awards from the Academy of American Poets, and an artist in residence at Yaddo, Art Farm, and MacDowell. Her poetry has appeared most recently in Paperbagazine.com and at the Poetry Foundation. She co-runs the GC Poetics Group, and is related to Dracula by marriage.


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How to Fix the NSA Mess
If the Internet is ever to be trusted again, the EU needs to set a new standard that limits surveillance
By Ben Scott and Georg Mascolo Nov. 01, 2013
The Summer of Edward Snowden has given way to a Winter of Mistrust. The revelations from the former NSA contractor triggered all manner of responses—vocal support, shrugs, cries of outrage, and dismay. But now that he's settled into legal limbo in Moscow, we're left to confront what may be his most dismaying revelation: the basic expectation of private communications on the Internet is now commonly seen as fiction. The already fragile trust that supports the global Internet—the greatest marketplace of ideas and commerce the world has ever enjoyed— has taken a heavy blow. Though people may not share the same view of Snowden, most of us share a common interest in finding a way back to trusted communications online. The question is how.
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Of course, Snowden hasn't told us much that most people in the business of technology or law enforcement didn't already suspect was happening. Many nations follow the same logic for conducting digital surveillance. If it is legal, technically possible, and affordable—it's happening. As for U.S. intelligence agencies, we learned the intersection at the heart of that Venn diagram features a very large area of activity. But the muted response from most of the world's governments (with the exception of Brazil and Germany) suggests they weren't that surprised either—or have been enjoying cooperation with the NSA. Snowden's documents helped demonstrate the difference between what governments will tolerate from one another—in secret—and what the public will tolerate from other governments in the light of day.
The irony for Snowden is that his professed goal in releasing the documents—to protect the free and open Internet from mass surveillance and technical balkanization in pursuit of security—has perhaps never been more in jeopardy. In fact, his revelations may have made things worse. There may now be more recognition and agreement that the current balance between security and liberty has come unmoored from democratic values. But the prevailing responses to this epiphany have not steered things back towards guarantees of the rights of citizens on the Internet. Many nations have simply shrugged, confirmed in their belief that the digital world is ruled by the Lord of the Flies. Others—most notably in Brazil and in some European capitals—have responded by a turn inward towards "technological sovereignty." For supporters of Internet Freedom, neither one of these outcomes is positive. We are headed towards a world in which the logic of intelligence agencies— "trust no one"—contaminates the Internet and degrades its social and economic value to the world.
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The way back from this abyss is not a magic formula of technical solutions or digital Maginot Lines around national Internets. The only answer is a steady march through difficult politics. First, we must have a public debate about these issues. Second, we must come together to devise common standards. Third, we expect Europe will have to lead this process, and present a unified case to the U.S. Brazil's threats have the spirit of righteous outrage but would not produce the right policy or produce change at the international level. Europe has the right incentives and geo-political influence to lead—if it can get organized.
To begin, Europe has to put its own cards on the table. We know a lot about the NSA now and their closest partners at the British GCHQ. But the same facts about how the European intelligence systems work remains unknown. You can't protest against Washington's secret surveillance systems that target foreigners if you're doing the same thing yourself. A new study points out that Europe and the United States are more alike than you'd think when it comes to surveillance law and policy, even if the scope of their practical capabilities is different.
We need the courage of strong convictions here for two reasons. One, it would prompt a declaration of what a new standard of digital surveillance should look like (a return to "necessary and proportionate" under a strict oversight regime). Second, it would blaze a path for domestic reform that sets an example for what others should do. Surveillance will not go away. It is a critical tool of law enforcement and counterterrorism, but its growing power in the Internet age must be circumscribed.
Germany is a logical choice to lead this work because of its own history with totalitarianism in the 20th Century and its strong cultural support for privacy and limits on state control over individual liberty. And with recent reports that Chancellor Angela Merkel's phone may have been tapped by the NSA, the political pressure for answers will grow. If Berlin lifts up the banner, Europe could organize itself around a new policy of restricted surveillance practices that are applied to all citizens of the EU—actually enforcing what they are already theoretically bound to do in protection of privacy under the European Convention on Human Rights.
If the EU united around a new standard, it would almost certainly count the global Internet industry as an ally, led by the titans of Silicon Valley. These companies are caught in a tug-of-war between governments and customers and would jump at the chance to be a part of a solution. Together, they could join forces with a growing chorus among civil society groups in the US and around the world that change must come sooner than later to Washington.
The old adage about history repeating itself is ringing in our ears. This road through hard politics is more or less what the European Parliament embraced as the path forward after the last major scandal over electronic surveillance—the exposure of the Echelon program in 1999. The final report and recommendations from Brussels were issued to member states in July of 2001. These were not dissimilar to what must be done now, but the events of 9/11 swept all of that aside. Just as President Obama has declared his intention to end the war on terror, he should also take a strong interest in leading an effort to reset his policies on surveillance to restore the balance between security and liberty—and in so doing, restore some of the trust that the Internet has lost.
Ben Scott is Senior Advisor to the Open Technology Institute at the New America Foundation and directs the European Digital Agenda program at the Stiftung Neue Verantwortung in Berlin. Georg Mascolo is the former Editor-in-Chief of Der Spiegel is now a visiting scholar at the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs at Harvard University. Scott and Mascolo recently co-authored a paper called Lessons from the Summer of Snowden. This article was originally written for New America Foundation's WeeklyWonk.