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T.J. Miller Accused of Sexual Assault by Former College Classmate
"I kept staring at his face, hoping he would see that I was afraid and would stop."
By Hilary Weaver
TJ Miller does press for The Emoji Movie in July 2017.By Jim Spellman/WireImage.
A woman who says she was in a relationship with former Silicon Valley star T.J. Miller has come forward with accusations of sexual assault against him in a statement to The Daily Beast.
These accusations date back to when Miller and the woman, whom The Daily Beast has given the pseudonym "Sarah," were involved at George Washington University, where they were both members of the comedy troupe receSs, in 2001.
"He just tried a lot of things without asking me, and at no point asked me if I was all right," she told The Daily Beast. "He choke[d] me, and I kept staring at his face, hoping he would see that I was afraid and [that he] would stop . . . I couldn't say anything."
Miller and his wife, Kate Miller, who also attended George Washington University, responded in a statement to Vanity Fair. It reads, in part:
"We met this woman over a decade ago while studying together in college, she attempted to break us up back then by plotting for over a year before making contradictory claims and accusations. She attempted to discredit both of our voices and use us against one another by trying to portray Kate to be a continuous abuse victim of T.J. (further efforts to hurt the two of us). She was asked to leave our university comedy group because of worrisome and disturbing behavior, which angered her immensely, she then became fixated on our relationship, and began telling people around campus "I'm going to destroy them" & "I'm going to ruin him."
We are confident that a full consideration of accounts from and since that time will shed light and clarity on the true nature of not only this person's character, and also on the real facts of the matter.
In her statements to The Daily Beast, the woman alleged that Miller "[shook] her violently" and punched her in the mouth during sex on one occasion. She said that she woke up with a bloody lip, and Miller told her she had fallen down while she was drunk the previous evening. A few days later, she said she was asked to leave ReceSs.
Soon after, the woman said she met Miller at a college party, after which they had consensual sex at her apartment. It was then that she said Miller began choking her. She said that her roommates heard her audibly choking and knocked on the door to ask if she was O.K. She went to the door in her bathrobe, said she didn't know, and dismissed them.
"We started to fool around, and very early in that, he put his hands around my throat and closed them, and I couldn't breathe. I was genuinely terrified and completely surprised. I understand now that this is for some people a kink, and I continue to believe it is [something] that should be entered into by consenting parties. But, as someone who had only begun having sexual encounters, like, about three months earlier, I had no awareness this was a kink, and I had certainly not entered into any agreement that I would be choked. I was fully paralyzed."
One of the roommates from that night told The Daily Beast she remembered the incident and wished she and the other women had intervened further.
"This is a girl I didn't know very well, but it didn't mean I didn't have the power to go into that room, and remove her from that situation, and protect her," she said. "We did what we thought was the right thing at the time. It wasn't enough."
The woman took the incident to university court, where she was told after a few weeks that the "issue had been resolved."
According to The Daily Beast, word of these allegations made their way around the comedy industry; four female bookers and comedians told the publication that they had heard of these allegations and warned other women in stand-up comedy against Miller.
In an interview with Vanity Fair in August, Kate Miller addressed the drama that had already surrounded her husband following his exit from Silicon Valley and controversial statements about the showrunner Alex Berg and women in comedy.
She told V.F. that she had no intention of distancing herself from her husband's public persona.
"I think the trouble with defining people based on the people around them or putting them in a specific box or in a specific category is that you don't really then have an opportunity to look at all of the aspects of the well-rounded person," she said then.
Garrison Keillor Fired After Improper Behavior Allegations
The former Prairie Home Companion host delivered this news in an e-mail to the Associated Press.
Russell Simmons Steps Down from Companies After Second Sexual Assault Accusation
This, after screenwriter Jenny Lumet wrote a guest column in The Hollywood Reporter about her alleged 1991 sexual assault by Simmons.


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Source: Syria and Hezbollah Will Hit Israel if US Strikes
Posted by Sandboxer September 8, 2013
Informed insiders have confirmed that Syria and Hezbollah plan to retaliate against Israel in the event of an American-led military attack on Syria. Says one: "if even one US missile hits Syria, we will take this battle to Israel."
An official who spoke to me on the condition that neither his name or affiliation is published, says the decision to retaliate against Israel "has been taken at the highest levels within the Syrian state and Hezbollah."
Why attack Israel after a US strike?
"Israel has been itching for a fight since their 2006 defeat by Hezbollah," explains an observer close to the Lebanese resistance group. "They have led this campaign to draw the US into a confrontation with Syria because they are worried about being left alone in the region to face Iran. This has become an existential issue for them and they are now 'leading' from behind America's skirts."
The "Resistance Axis" which consists of Iran, Syria, Hezbollah and a smattering of other groups, has long viewed attacks on one of their members as an effort to target them all.
And Israeli aggression against this axis reached a new high in 2013, with missile strikes and airstrikes unseen for many years in the Levant.
Israel has reportedly conducted at least three separate, high profile missile strikes against Syria this year, effectively ending a 40-year ceasefire between the neighboring states. The last overt violation of this uneasy truce was in 2007 when the Jewish state destroyed an alleged nuclear site inside Syria.
Then two weeks ago, Israel launched its first airstrike in Lebanon since the 2006 war, bombing a Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine–General Command (PFLP-GC) target in an entirely unprovoked attack. Earlier, four rockets had been launched into Israel from Lebanese territory, but an unrelated Al Qaeda-linked group took credit for that incident.
When asked whether Syrian allies Russia and Iran would participate in retaliatory strikes against Israel or other targets, the official indicated that both countries would back these efforts, but provided no information on whether this support would include direct military engagement.
The Russians have stated on several occasions that they will not participate in a military confrontation over Syrian strikes. Iran has not offered up any specifics, but various statements from key officials appear to confirm that strikes against Syria will result in a larger regional battle.
On Tuesday during an official visit to Lebanon, Iranian parliamentarian and Chairman of the (Majlis) Committee for National Security and Foreign Policy Alaeddin Boroujerdi told reporters: "The first party that will be most affected by an aggression on Syria is the Zionist entity."
His comments follow a steady stream of warnings by senior Iranian officials, which have escalated in tenor as western threats to attack Syria have intensified.
"The US imagination about limited military intervention in Syria is merely an illusion, as reactions will be coming from beyond Syria's borders," said the Commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps Major General Mohammad Ali Jafari last Saturday.
Even Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has stepped into the fray, warning the US and its allies: "starting this fire will be like a spark in a large store of gunpowder, with unclear and unspecified outcomes and consequences".
Concurrent with these warnings, both Iran and Russia have been urging the West to avoid further confrontation and return to the negotiating table to resolve Syria's 29-month conflict. But instead, western officials and diplomats in the Mideast have spent the past few weeks hitting up their regional sources for information on how Syria's allies will react to a strike.
An unusual visit to Tehran by UN Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs Jeffrey Feltman (a former senior US State Department official) was one such "feeler."
According to several media outlets, the Iranians had a singular response to Feltman's efforts to gauge their reaction to a US strike: if you are serious about resolving the Syrian crisis, you must first go to Damascus, and follow that by launching negotiations in Geneva.
Gunning for a fight
While Israel plays heavily in the background, by turns provoking and encouraging western military intervention in Syria, it publically denies any role in this business.
Just this week, Israeli President Shimon Peres attempted to distance the Jewish state from events in Syria by insisting: "It is not for Israel to decide on Syria, we are in a unique position, for varying reasons there is a consensus against Israeli involvement. We did not create the Syrian situation."
He's right about one thing. Any visible Israeli military intervention in Syria will likely raise the collective ire of Arabs throughout the region. But Peres is being disingenuous in suggesting that Israel hasn't played a pivotal role in dragging the region to the brink of a dangerous confrontation.
In fact, since its establishment as a state, Israel has possibly never been more motivated to force a military confrontation in the Mideast:
The Arab uprisings, a shift in the global balance of power, increased isolation and the waning influence of Israel's superpower US ally have all served to remind Israel that it stands increasingly alone in the Mideast in confronting its longtime adversaries – Iran, Hezbollah, Syria and various Palestinian resistance groups.
Before a US exit from the region becomes patently clear to one and all, Israel needs to disarm its foes – and it needs the Americans to do that. For years, the Israeli establishment has regularly threatened military strikes against Iran, in most part attempting to inextricably embroil Washington in this military venture.
Forcing 'red line' narratives into western political discourse – whether it be the use of chemical weapons in Syria or a civilian nuclear program in Iran – has become a clever way to commit allies to an Israeli military agenda.
When US President Barack Obama last week appeared to suddenly revise his plans to launch a strike on Syria by deferring the decision to Congress, Israel went into overdrive:
Two Israeli missiles were launched off the Syrian coast in the Mediterranean Sea to raise temperatures again. Whether this was meant to be veiled threat, a provocation, or an attempt to pin the deed on Syrians is unclear. What is certain is this: Russian early radar systems caught the activity and publicized it quickly to ward off misunderstandings that might trigger counterstrikes.
This quick reaction forced Israel – under US cover – to acknowledge it had participated in unannounced ballistic missile tests. The Iranians reacted very skeptically. Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces General Hassan Firouzabadi said the missiles were "a provocative incident" conveniently executed as western nations withdrew from plans to attack Syria, and called Israel "the region's warmonger." He further charged: "If the Russians had not traced the missiles and their origin, a Zionist liar would have alleged that they belonged to Syria in a bid to pave the way for breaking out a war in the region.
On an entirely different front, Israel has been amassing its considerable army of US supporters and lobbyists to ensure a compliant Congressional vote on strikes against Syria.
All its heavy hitters have now stepped up to push US lawmakers into backing military intervention, even though polls continue to show the majority of Americans rejecting strikes.
The Israeli lobbying effort has been particularly critical to ensure there is bipartisan consensus and that Obama's Republican opponents join the bandwagon. To ensure this, the scope of the "surgical strikes" had to be expanded for GOP members opposed to a cursory punitive strike against Syrian government interests.
Key Republicans have since piled on, and already there are soundings of 'mission creep.' Obama told lawmakers on Tuesday that his plan "also fits into a broader strategy that can bring about over time the kind of strengthening of the opposition and the diplomatic, economic and political pressure required – so that ultimately we have a transition that can bring peace and stability, not only to Syria but to the region."
This suddenly sounds remarkably like President George W. Bush's plans to remake the Middle East. And it is everything Syria and its allies have both feared and suspected from the start.
Existential for you, existential for me
If ever there was a real 'red line' in the region, this is it. Any "limited" or "broad" military intervention in Syria is simply unacceptable to Syria, Iran, Russia, Hezbollah, China and a whole host of other nations that want to turn the page on US hegemonic aspirations in the region and beyond.
Washington has miscalculated in thinking that an attack in any shape or form would be palatable to its quite incredulous adversaries. They are all intimately familiar with the slippery slope of American interventionism and its myriad unintended consequences.
Israel, in particular, appears to be victim to a false sense of security. Analysts and commentators there seem to think that the lack of a Syrian military response to recent Israeli missile strikes is a trend likely to continue. Or that Hezbollah and Iran would have no 'grounds' to climb aboard a counterattack if Syria were attacked.
But the fact is that, to date, no member of the Resistance Axis has faced a collective western-Israeli-GCC effort to strike a blow at their core. This promised US-plus-allies strike against Syria makes their calculation an easy one: there is nowhere to go but headfirst into the fracas.
As Israel warplanes pounded Lebanon during the 2006 war, then-US Secretary of State Condaleeza Rice got one thing right. Refusing to call for a ceasefire, Rice explained that battle was sometimes necessary to break free of the status quo and emerge with a new regional order. The carnage, in short, was simply "the birth pangs of a New Middle East" – something to endure in order to reach a desired outcome.
But in 2006, conditions were not yet ripe for an all-out confrontation on multiple fronts. Today's confrontation, however, has all the ingredients to fundamentally shift the region in a clear new direction, depending on which side emerges victorious.
What Rice did not anticipate seven years ago was that a few thousand Hezbollah fighters could shake the region beyond Lebanon's small borders in a mere 33 days – simply by emerging from battle with Israel, leadership and capabilities intact.
The US has never predicted outcomes successfully in the Middle East and is unlikely to do so this time given that its strategic and military objectives seem even more muddled than usual. What we do know is that Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah has promised that the "next battle" will take place inside Israel's borders and that he will fight proportionately this time – striking Israeli cities when Israel hits Lebanese ones.
On the Syrian front, Israel imagines a war-weary adversary. But the Syrian armed forces have the kinds of conventional weapons and ballistic missiles that can level a town in short shrift – that is not an outcome Israel has the capacity to endure.
In yet another corner is Iran, boasting a rare combination of military manpower, hardware, technology and tactical skills that Israel has never faced in any adversary on the battlefield. Russia looms large too – it may provide military intelligence to its allies or it may just use its clout in the UN Security Council to intervene at opportune moments in the fight. Either way, Moscow is a huge asset for the Resistance Axis – and will be joined by China to coach and calibrate responses to the fighting from the 'international community.'
Meanwhile, as if unable to stop a 'war trajectory' once it starts, the US Senate's Foreign Relations Committee has just voted to widen and deepen the scope of a US attack on Syria. The new goal? To "reverse the momentum on the battlefield" against the Syrian army and "hasten Assad's departure."
This is no different than Libya, Afghanistan or Iraq. Israelis and Americans need to understand that language and behavior threatening 'regime-change' gives their adversaries only one choice: to retaliate with all their capabilities and assets on all fronts. Washington just made this existential. No more games, no more rhetoric. Any strike on Syria will be 'war on.' In US military parlance: a 'full-spectrum operation' will be heading your way. And you can call it Operation "Tip of the Iceberg" out of sheer accuracy, for a change.
This article was first published by Al Akhbar English on September 6, 2013.
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Movie Review: Robocop
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"Robocop" on IMDB
Sci-fi/Action, 117 Minutes, 2014
You can't review this movie without comparing it to the classic 1987 original [IMDB]. Directed by Paul Verhoeven [IMDB], the original was a brutally violent action flick that hid a disturbingly snarky satirical commentary on modern society (a formula he would leverage again 10 years later in "Starship Troopers" [IMDB]). This reboot? Well, it's very pretty.
Being pretty isn't necessarily a bad thing. The remake has an undeniable polish that the original lacked. The effects, the sets – even to some extent, the script and acting – are clearly top-shelf quality and surpass the original. It's just that the movie has no, for lack of a better word, balls.
The stories are similar. A dedicated, moral cop, Alex Murphy, is killed in the line of duty and his body used to construct a crime-fighting cyborg. In the original the death scene is three solid minutes long. It's a direct encounter between Murphy and the antagonist (along with several of his henchmen). They mock him, laugh at him, torture him cruelly and, finally, gruesomely gun him down. When he still fails to die, the villain himself puts a graphically rendered bullet through his head and leaves laughing.
In the remake, Murphy is blown up by a car bomb. The scene is about 12 seconds long. It gets the job done, in a perfectly valid, totally sterile, studio-friendly, pandering-for-a-PG-13 way. The rest of the movie is the same. It looks great and works well (enough). It also deserves praise for giving the sadly underutilized Michael Keaton [IMDB] a decent amount of screen time. It also, absolutely, has no balls.
It's not surprising that a movie would be purposefully castrated to hit a rating target. That's the way of the world when you're spending $100 million of somebody else's money. It's not surprising, but it is a god-damn shame.
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Update: Fashionandyou has announced USD 10 Mn funding round led by new and existing investors. Sequoia Capital, Smile Group, Norwest Venture Partners, Intel Capital and Nokia Growth Partners are believed to have participated in this round.
Smile Group's fashion ecommerce venture Fashionandyou has raised Series D round of funding led by Chinese discount retailer Vipshop and its existing investors Norwest Venture Partners and Intel Capital, states the latest reports. Though there has been confirmation about the funding by the company.
Since its inception, fashionandyou.com has grown at a remarkable pace with almost 5.5 million members and growing in its 4 years of operation. It delivers to over 10000 pin codes pan India and distribution centers in north and west India. The goal of the campaign is to highlight the fact that fashionandyou.com has over 15 new sales every day, enabling their customers to choose from a large variety of fashion and lifestyle products at up to 80% off.
Prior to this round of funding Fashionandyou had raised $40 Mn from Norwest Venture Partners and Intel Capital, Sequoia Capital India and Nokia Growth Partners in November 2011. In 2010, it had raised $8 Mn from Sequoia Capital India in December 2010 and it had also raised a funding round in November 2009.
Fashion segment appears to be the hottest segment in ecommerce in India, this year we have already seen players like Jabong, Myntra raising funding and Flipkart acquiring Myntra to strengthen its fashion and lifestyle segment. Recently, Amazon India has also entered the fashion segment, thus posing a tough competition for the ecommerce players in this segment.
Fashionandyou, which had lost its position in past years due to the competition from the other players in the market let's see how this funding round helps the e-retailer to gain its position back.


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Dan and Anthony = Awesome!
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They say when life hands you lemons to make lemonade, but how many of us actually do? Well my friends Dan and Anthony have taken that saying to heart and have devoted their lives to making lemonade in the form of helping the Nepalese community.
Dan and Anthony first came to Nepal six years ago to trek and volunteer on farms. The experience forever changed them. They immediately fell in love with the beauty of the country. Yes, the beauty of the landscapes, but more importantly the beauty of the people. Both men are outgoing, charming guys who can easily win over the heart of any old Nepalese woman. I saw it firsthand when we went to the coffee farm and Ama, the matriarch of the family, treated Dan and Anthony as her sons. It was evident that she loved them and even more evident that they loved her.
It's clear that Nepal got in their bones and heart and wasn't an experience they could shake. It was something that would be with them forever. When Dan got back and I was talking to him about Nepal, I knew I had to go with him someday. There are a few people in my life who I think feel so passionate about a place, it becomes their second home, a place so close to their hearts and a place I want to experience with them. For me, it's Ireland. For my friend, Kelly, it's El Salvador and I was blessed to have experienced that with her last year. For my friend, Sarah, it's China and for my friend, Raj, it's India. For Dan, it's Nepal. I knew I had to experience Nepal through Dan's eyes. I distinctly remember seeing him at Jine's Restaurant in Rochester one snowy December morning after recently returning from Nepal and Dan saying how he'd love to start an organization to help Nepal. He'd love to have volunteers come over and work on rebuilding efforts for part of the time and trek for part of the time. I remember telling him what a great idea it was and how I'd happily go on the first trip to try it out and help him. Who ever would have guessed that it would only be a few short years later until that idea became a reality?
But that's Dan. He's a passionate, loving person who is optimistic and embraces life and all its opportunities at full speed. When the earthquake hit Nepal, he led fundraising efforts for the Nepali people and left his job and the comforts of home to come to a devastated country to help pick up the pieces and rebuild. It wasn't a thought for Dan, but a necessity. After all, we're all humans and why shouldn't we help each other out?
Dan and his best friend, Anthony didn't stop there though. At this point, they had only squeezed a lemon and hadn't fully made the lemonade. When so many of us would have been satisfied and even delighted with ourselves for making a donation, the boys decided their love and passion for Nepal was too great to stop there.
Gandhi so beautifully said, "Be the change you wish to see in the world." Instead of think it, the guys did it. Both men have left their jobs to fully devote their lives to Elevate Nepal, Inc., the amazing organization that they have put their blood, sweat and tears into in order to help with the rebuilding and relief efforts that still plague the country even two and a half years later. They spent all summer traveling to markets and festivals to raise money and awareness for Nepal. They quit their jobs to focus on their work with the organization and live off their savings, not taking a penny from the money raised. They take to heart the saying, "Live simply so others can simply live."
I have always been impressed by Dan and his life of traveling the world, helping others and taking advantage of every opportunity that comes his way. He continually inspires me and has helped me make some pretty important life decisions such as moving to Australia. But of all the cool things I've seen Dan do over the years, this takes the cake. Watching Dan and Anthony work in Nepal is amazing and inspiring. They are well loved and respected by the people here and they return that love and respect. All they want to do is make this country beautiful and strong again. The beauty of Nepal though is the beauty wasn't lost. Even in the devastated areas, the people still have beautiful souls with so much love to give. Rather than focus on what they don't have, they focus on what they do.
I'm so proud to call Dan and Anthony my friends. They are incredible people doing incredible things to help rebuild this gorgeous country of Nepal. I'm so inspired by their abilities to walk away from their own comforts to help bring comforts to others. They have inspired me to live simpler, be grateful for what I have, love a little deeper, embrace life a little more passionately, to always show kindness and to not just squeeze a lemon, but it make sweet, sweet lemonade.
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Joe Biden Owns Afghanistan Disaster: The Worst Policy Failure In American History
by Justin O. Smith
The American Flag is flying at half-staff in the aftermath of two bombs being detonated in Kabul on Thursday, August 26th 2021, around 8:30 AM CST; one at the airport and one at the nearby Baron Hotel. Yet all Taliban Joe can do is continue denying any real responsibility for what has unfolded, since he ordered U.S. troops to close Bagram Air Base and seven other installations in the first week of July.
Everything from that point on facilitated an increase of terrorist attacks around the country and the fall of the Afghan government. It emboldened the Taliban, and resulted in the "A Team" of terrorists being assembled and placed in the Afghan seat of government and a predictably dangerous situation and a worst case scenario for the evacuation of American citizens and the terrorist attacks that left thirteen U.S. Marines dead and eighteen wounded, along with scores of Afghan casualties.
This is the worst U.S. policy failure in all American history.
Joe Biden owns this bloody, deadly attack on our U.S. Marines, since his evacuation of Bagram Air Base and the retreat of our forces allowed the Taliban to release some of the worst Al Qaeda and Isis terrorists known to the free world, and put them back on the battlefield. He owns this because he has allowed the Taliban to dictate to him the terms of America's retreat, essentially America's surrender, as well as following such an incredibly weak security plan for the Kabul Airport that it boggles the mind.
Biden left the U.S. evacuations operations and process reliant upon the Taliban for help in assuring the security of Hamid Karzai International Airport, which is akin to putting the fox in charge of the hen house. Whether one speaks of the Taliban, Al Qaeda, ISIS Khorasan or the Haqqani, they are all one in the same and interchangeable in their hatred for America and their desire to kill Americans. We can rest assured that the Taliban allowed this bomber to creep through the perimeter unnoticed until he got to his target and unleashed hell and death all about him.
Does anyone really believe the Taliban were sincere in their condemnation of this terrorist attack? They are ecstatic and jumping for joy on the inside, no matter how well they disguise their outward facial appearances in somber concern for the dead and wounded, as they continue to demand all U.S. forces must be out of Afghanistan, with or without our fellow countrymen.
As reprehensible and disgusting as it is to note, the Biden administration had warning of impending ISIS Khorasan attacks on Hamid Karzai International Airport for several days, which made specific note of a bomb being carried or placed outside the airport gates, so it's hard to understand why more wasn't done to tighten security and even to step out and neutralize these terrorists, to kill them with extreme prejudice.
Please note that the Biden Administration had even released an official warning the very day before the explosive devices unleashed their destruction and the horrific deaths that followed. The Level 4 Travel Advisory from "The U.S. Embassy in Afghanistan" [operating from the airport now] read in part:
"Because of security threats outside the gates of Kabul airport, we are advising U.S. citizens to avoid traveling to the airport and to avoid airport gates at this time unless you receive individual instructions from a U.S. government representative to do so."
We haven't had anyone killed in Afghanistan since February of 2020, and now, after Biden's hasty retreat and policy of appeasement, America has suffered the worst loss since the Extortion 17 tragedy on August 6th 2011, when we lost 30 Americans — Special Warfare Operators/ Seal Team Six — to the terrorists in Wardak Province. And we more than likely would have stopped this attack on Kabul, if our Afghan allies and eyes on the ground, local intelligence operatives, weren't having to deal with thousands of newly released Al Qaeda and ISIS, fighting as they also run for their lives.
Looking tired and defeated, Biden insisted his decisions to this point were correct and necessary, but nothing could be more false. This is the man who has overturned every single Trump policy that he possibly could, whether we speak of the Keystone Pipeline or the border and our nation's overall security. Nothing prevented him — the "President" and Commander-In-Chief — from demanding a feasible, effective evacuation plan from his Top Military Brass and telling the Taliban we would withdraw our military after we had seen all our American citizens safely home.
He didn't have to stick to any timetable that leaves Americans behind, as he now insists on doing. With incredible gall and temerity, he stood before the cameras on Thursday and mumbled about continuing to try to get any and all Americans out, "who want to leave", AFTER U.S. troops completely withdraw by August 31st, essentially signing many of these Americans' death sentences and ensuring that those who aren't murdered right away will become the Taliban's hostages, to be done with as they wish, and used as leverage against the Biden administration for God only knows what.
But every day, each time he takes to the podium, it's as if he is unsure of whether or not he is actually in charge of anything, much less the most powerful office in the entire world, and this was made painfully obvious Thursday as he suggested he "was instructed to call on" certain reporters for the question and answer segment that followed his national address. He is at the head of the United States of America, still the most powerful nation on earth; but, all that power means absolutely nothing, if it's not properly put to use.
It's important to tell America that Afghanistan fell because Taliban Joe made sure it had to fall. He undermined the Afghan government at every step, violating President Trump's original withdrawal agreement by excluding Ashraf Ghani's government from talks the Biden administration had with the Taliban. He pulled much needed funds to maintain air support from the Afghan Security Forces, which gave them their edge over the Taliban in July, and when he pulled most of the U.S. military out too and closed Bagram, our Afghan forces saw the writing on the wall.
Many operatives who kept our own intelligence agencies appraised of the situation on the ground in various parts of the country went dark, as they had to find new ways to hide, run and fight, yes fight. Many Afghanis are still fighting in Afghanistan despite what Joe has asserted, especially in Northern Afghanistan.
And, even though we have spent $2 trillion in Afghanistan over twenty years, the sum spent had dropped to a pittance of the $6 trillion Taliban Joe plans to spend on absolutely NOTHING here stateside for his "woke" Marxist "social infrastructure" programs; $40 billion has been given to many Afghan governments since the days of Representative Charlie Wilson's War against the Soviets in Afghanistan, and that was the amount we have spent for several years after the heavy front loaded expenditures on equipment, some $83 billion worth, that has now simply been left in the hands of the terrorists of the Taliban to use against all opposition, including U.S. soldiers.
The environment in Afghanistan had been largely stabilized and the Taliban couldn't have mounted so successful a campaign and seized so many provinces so rapidly, if not for actions by Joe Biden. It was almost as though he was their ally much more than an ally to President Ashraf Ghani and the Afghan National Army. And such as it was, we would have been significantly better served by keeping a military presence there to fill the power vacuum in Afghanistan and retain leverage over China and Russia in the region and our own influence in the Near East Theater, for a litany of reasons that do, in fact, serve America's vital national security interests, in light of both China's and Russia's most recent aggressions against America.
On August 26th, Biden swore he would hunt down those behind the bombings and extract vengeance for America, but he didn't go into any details on how he proposed to do so. However, it's a certainty that he won't be able to do so without boots on the ground or, at the very least, the Afghan intelligence network that had been nurtured by our soldiers through the years.
Rather than continue down this path of folly and continued defeat, Biden, or whoever is pulling his strings, must reverse course and tell the Taliban we will leave in our own good time and not until every last American has been evacuated safely; and then Biden must reinsert whatever number of soldiers necessary to successfully complete this mission, with orders to enter the streets of Kabul and kill anybody carrying a rifle, who isn't an ally or an American trying to leave Afghanistan.
Exhibiting some of the most dishonorable actions seen from any Commander-In-Chief in many long years, Joe Biden is essentially handicapping our U.S. Armed Forces right out of the starting gate, but all need not be lost. Except it is going to be for the lack of any real leaders in his administration and the lack of a capable president.
Biden's stubborn belief that he is right, above all the military strategists who say he is more than just wrong, has already enabled the growth of a stronger and more capable Terrorist Association led by former Gitmo prisoner, Khairullah Khairkhwa [released in 2014 by Obama], armed with U.S. weapons, and an Al Qaeda that's much stronger than when we first invaded Afghanistan, and his callous indifference to the lives of our Afghan allies and American lives has set the stage for thousands of Americans to be left behind to be held hostage or murdered. And, his numerous lies, told with an air of self-righteousness, has set the stage for another attack similar to 9/11 in the not-too-distant future, as he attempts to wash his hands of Afghanistan, with the blood and sacrifice of American soldiers and citizens alike.
However, despite all Biden's disingenuous talk of getting America out of "a forever war", no one should believe that leaving Afghanistan will end Islam's and the new, improved Terror Association's war against America. He's just surrendered to the Taliban and ensured that Afghanistan will once again become a way station for terrorists and Islamic jihadis who want to bring harm to America.
It was a disgusting sight to see, as Biden referenced the Book of Isaiah and called upon the Lord with his usual false piety, so much so as to make one physically ill. The irony of hearing him say "Send me" even as he leads America in a misguided and ill-conceived full-blown retreat was just too much.
Aside from all this, there isn't a detergent or solvent strong enough to remove the blood of our good and decent young Marines from Biden's hands. His hands will remain stained with their blood 'til his own dying day.
by Justin O Smith
Hailing from the Great State of Tennessee, Justin O. Smith is a patriotic American and regular contributor to The Blue State Conservative whose work has been published by American Thinker and The Rutherford Reader. He can be found on Gab, MeWe, and Clouthub.
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kellica1 August 30, 2021 at 2:52 pm
"Oh … And one more thing … " ___ Doug Gabiel ___ Trump's plan included talks between both the Taliban and the Ghani Afghan government that had the ultimate goal of the U.S. leaving the region controlled by a COALITION GOVERNMENT [using caps to help You comprehend the error of Your own analysis better]. Not only did Biden cut Ashraf Ghani out of the talks his administration held with the Taliban, he cut funding to Ghani and undermined his government at each step of the way until it reached this point, and then he simply allowed the Taliban to take the country, province by province, and the government seat in Kabul.
Despite your weak observation, this absolutely would not have been allowed under the plan that the Trump administration was following and the record is replete with proof of this.
Please stop watching so much CNN and MSNBC. It's turned your brain to pudding.
This current imbroglio in Afghanistan has occurred now precisely due to people in the Biden administration who have the same mush for brains, as you do, void of any cogent or rational thought.
~ Justin O Smith
Mr Doug Giebel … You fail to properly understand the U.S. government and the powers of the Executive Branch. Biden is "president" now. He was not obliged to hold to Trump's "agreement", and neither should he have.
Please also recall that Trump's administration had made their agreement in the optimistic view that Trump would receive a second term and be there to enforce its terms that were, in fact, CONDITIONS BASED with qualifiers that led to a step by step staged withdrawal of U.S. troops, as opposed to just handing Afghanistan over to the terrorists and running for cover in a full blown retreat, as we now see under Biden.
So yes, Giebel, you are positing your own fallacy through a stark misunderstanding of everything that has transpired in Afghanistan to this point, and this absolutely IS the worse policy disaster in American history at the hands of Joe Biden — Taliban Joe — who facilitated it, embraced it and continues to brag about it as if it's something to be proud of having done.
Your own knowledge of "history" more closely resembles something straight out of Fractured Fairy Tales, since You, like nearly all other liberals, Leftists and Marxists never fail to deliver half the known facts while nonchalantly and disingenuously ignoring the most pertinent information at hand.
Doug Giebel August 30, 2021 at 1:23 am
The excessive "worst policy disaster in American history" comment is not based on a knowledge of history.
As an old friend of Frank Capra, I hope THIS Mr. Smith does not go to Washington.
Was it Mr. Trump who agreed to release 5000 Afghan prisoners and who set the original
exit timetable? Oh . . . And one more thing . . .


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The iconic yellow smiley face—with its perfect circle, two oval eyes and a large, upturned semi-circular mouth—is immediately recognizable worldwide as the symbol for happiness. However, the story behind the graphic motif isn't as cheerful as you might expect.
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The classic smiley dates back to 1963 in Worcester, Massachusetts, when graphic designer Harvey Ball was commissioned by State Mutual Life Assurance Company to create an image to boost staff morale. Apparently, Ball spent just 10 minutes drawing up a deconstructed smiling face on yellow paper—a surface he chose simply "because it was sunshiny and bright." Ball was paid a whopping $45 for his now world-renowned visual.
At first, the insurance company printed Ball's design on buttons and posters to give out to its employees, hoping to cheer them up. It's unknown whether the "happy" memorabilia did the trick; however, the image quickly gained popularity. Yellow smiley faces started popping up on everything, from greeting cards and stickers to T-shirts and key rings. And although it is widely accepted that Ball invented the smiley, neither he nor the insurance company trademarked the now-iconic design.
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Over time, there were many legal battles over who could truly claim ownership over the smiley face design. During the early 1970s, Hallmark owners Bernard and Murray Spain copyrighted the design with the slogan "Have a Happy Day." The brothers sold more than 50 million smiley buttons and countless other products featuring Ball's original graphic. Their aim was to turn a profit while attempting to gain back America's optimism during the Vietnam War. The brothers publicly took credit for the feel-good symbol in 1971 when they appeared on the television show What's My Line (despite knowing that Ball was the original designer).
In 1971, French journalist Franklin Loufrani launched The Smiley Company, which grew into a global licensing giant that still exists today. Even Walmart tried to copyright the Smiley in 2006, but lost the case to The Smiley Company, which now holds the rights to smiley face symbols in over 100 countries.
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There's been countless variations of the iconic smiley face over the years. Along with its design, its meaning has also changed according to social and cultural values of the time. What began as a simple symbol of optimism in the '60s became a commercialized logo in the '70s, and an emblem of rave culture in the '90s. Today, the smiley appears on fashion items, and even as its own visual online language in our text messages and social media posts. It's interesting to wonder; would we still have the same emojis we know today if it wasn't for Harvey Ball's 10-minute doodle?
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s. 227(4A)(c) words inserted by S.I. 2015/1810 art. 7(2)(c)
s. 227(4A)(c) words omitted by S.I. 2017/468 reg. 4(2)(c)
s. 227(4C) substituted by S.I. 2017/468 reg. 4(5)
s. 227(4C) words substituted by S.I. 2019/201 art. 7(4)
s. 227(4AA) inserted by S.I. 2017/468 reg. 4(4)
s. 227(4AB) inserted by S.I. 2019/201 art. 7(3)
s. 227(5A)(5B) omitted by 2011 c. 11 Sch. 17 para. 3(5)
s. 227A inserted by 2011 c. 11 Sch. 16 para. 45(2)
s. 227A omitted by 2014 c. 30 Sch. 1 para. 66(1)
s. 227B-227G inserted by 2014 c. 30 Sch. 1 para. 65(1)
s. 227B(1)(b) word substituted by 2017 c. 32 s. 7(3)
s. 227B(2) word substituted by 2017 c. 32 s. 7(3)
s. 227B(3)(c) words omitted by 2015 c. 33 Sch. 4 para. 4(2)(a)(i)
s. 227B(3)(c) words omitted by 2015 c. 33 Sch. 4 para. 4(2)(a)(iii)
s. 227B(3)(c) words substituted by 2015 c. 33 Sch. 4 para. 4(2)(a)(ii)
s. 227C(2)(a) and word omitted by 2015 c. 33 Sch. 4 para. 4(2)(b)
s. 227C(2)(b) words substituted by 2015 c. 33 Sch. 4 para. 4(2)(c)
s. 227D(4) word substituted by 2017 c. 32 s. 7(4)
s. 227D(6) omitted by 2015 c. 33 Sch. 4 para. 4(2)(d)
s. 227E omitted by 2015 c. 33 Sch. 4 para. 4(1)
s. 227ZA inserted by 2014 c. 30 Sch. 1 para. 64
s. 227ZA(1)(b) word substituted by 2017 c. 32 s. 7(2)
s. 227ZA(4) inserted by 2015 c. 33 Sch. 4 para. 11(3)
s. 228A applied (with modifications) by 2011 c. 11 Sch. 17 para. 29 30
s. 228A inserted by 2011 c. 11 Sch. 17 para. 5
s. 228A(8) inserted by 2014 c. 30 Sch. 1 para. 67(1)
s. 228B inserted by S.I. 2015/80 art. 11
s. 228C inserted by 2015 c. 33 Sch. 4 para. 6
s. 228ZA 228ZB inserted by 2015 c. 33 Sch. 4 para. 10(1)
s. 229(4) inserted by 2011 c. 11 Sch. 17 para. 6(4)
s. 229(5) inserted by 2015 c. 33 Sch. 4 para. 8
s. 230(5B)-(5BC) substituted for s. 230(5B) by S.I. 2015/80 art. 12(b)
s. 230(5C) words inserted by S.I. 2015/80 art. 12(c)(ii)
s. 230(5C) words substituted by S.I. 2015/80 art. 12(c)(i)
s. 232(4A) inserted by S.I. 2015/80 art. 13(b)
s. 232(6A)-(6C) inserted by S.I. 2015/80 art. 13(d)
s. 232(6D) inserted by S.I. 2015/80 art. 13(e)
s. 232(8)-(8D) substituted for s. 232(8) by 2011 c. 11 Sch. 17 para. 9(8)
s. 232(8B)(a)(b) omitted by S.I. 2015/80 art. 13(f)
s. 232(8D) words substituted by S.I. 2015/80 art. 13(g)
s. 233(4) inserted by S.I. 2015/80 art. 14
s. 234(5A)-(5C) inserted by 2011 c. 11 Sch. 17 para. 10(4)
s. 234(5B)-(5BE) substituted for s. 234(5B) by S.I. 2015/80 art. 15(b)
s. 234(5C) words inserted by S.I. 2015/80 art. 15(c)(i)
s. 234(5C) words inserted by S.I. 2015/80 art. 15(c)(iii)
s. 234(5C) words substituted by S.I. 2015/80 art. 15(c)(ii)
s. 236(8)-(8D) substituted for s. 236(8) by 2011 c. 11 Sch. 17 para. 12(6)
s. 236(8D) words substituted by S.I. 2015/80 art. 16(f)
s. 237A-237F inserted by 2011 c. 11 Sch. 17 para. 15
s. 237B(2A) inserted by 2014 c. 30 Sch. 1 para. 68
s. 237B(4) words inserted by S.I. 2017/468 reg. 5(3)
s. 237B(4) words inserted by S.I. 2019/201 art. 8(2)
s. 237B(4)(a) words inserted by S.I. 2015/1810 art. 7(3)(a)(i)
s. 237B(4)(a) words inserted by S.I. 2015/1810 art. 7(3)(a)(ii)
s. 237B(4)(a) words omitted by S.I. 2017/468 reg. 5(2)(a)(i)
s. 237B(4)(a) words omitted by S.I. 2017/468 reg. 5(2)(a)(ii)
s. 237B(4)(b) words inserted by S.I. 2015/1810 art. 7(3)(b)(i)
s. 237B(4)(b) words inserted by S.I. 2015/1810 art. 7(3)(b)(ii)
s. 237B(4)(b) words omitted by S.I. 2017/468 reg. 5(2)(b)(i)
s. 237B(4)(b) words omitted by S.I. 2017/468 reg. 5(2)(b)(ii)
s. 237B(4)(c) words inserted by S.I. 2015/1810 art. 7(3)(c)
s. 237B(4)(c) words omitted by S.I. 2017/468 reg. 5(2)(c)
s. 237B(4A) inserted by S.I. 2017/468 reg. 5(4)
s. 237B(4B) inserted by S.I. 2019/201 art. 8(3)
s. 237B(5)(a) applied (with modifications) by 2011 c. 11 Sch. 17 para. 32
s. 237B(6) words omitted by S.I. 2015/80 art. 17(a)(ii)
s. 237B(6) words omitted by S.I. 2015/80 art. 17(a)(iii)
s. 237B(6) words substituted by S.I. 2015/80 art. 17(a)(i)
s. 237B(8) words omitted by 2013 c. 29 Sch. 46 para. 129
s. 237B(9) words substituted by S.I. 2015/80 art. 17(b)
s. 237ZA inserted by 2015 c. 33 Sch. 4 para. 9
s. 238 title words inserted by 2015 c. 33 Sch. 4 para. 2(a)
s. 238(1)(a)(i)(ii) substituted for words by 2011 c. 11 Sch. 17 para. 16(2)
s. 238ZA 238ZB inserted by 2015 c. 33 Sch. 4 para. 3
s. 239(3)(b) and word inserted by 2014 c. 26 Sch. 5 para. 12(1)(b)
s. 241(1)(aa) and word omitted by 2011 c. 11 Sch. 16 para. 74
s. 242C-242E inserted by 2017 c. 10 Sch. 3 para. 1(1)
s. 244A-244N and cross-heading inserted by 2017 c. 10 Sch. 4 para. 11
s. 244C heading words substituted by S.I. 2019/689 reg. 12(2)(a)
s. 244C(2)-(5) words substituted by S.I. 2019/689 reg. 12(2)(b)
s. 244C(2) words substituted by S.I. 2019/689 reg. 12(2)(c)
s. 244C(6) inserted by S.I. 2019/689 reg. 12(2)(d)
s. 246(4)(c) words substituted by 2012 c. 14 Sch. 16 para. 121
s. 251(4)(c)(d) inserted by 2014 c. 30 Sch. 1 para. 93(2)(b)
s. 251(4)(ba) inserted by 2015 c. 33 s. 21(6)
s. 251(5)(aa) inserted by 2010 c. 13 s. 49
s. 254(7A) applied (with modifications) by 2011 c. 11 Sch. 17 para. 33
s. 254(7A)(7B) inserted by 2011 c. 11 Sch. 17 para. 18
s. 255(1)(ca) inserted by 2011 c. 11 Sch. 17 para. 19
s. 255(1)(da) inserted by 2017 c. 10 Sch. 4 para. 16
s. 255(1)(ea) inserted by 2014 c. 26 Sch. 7 para. 17
s. 266A(1)(b) words substituted by 2014 c. 26 Sch. 7 para. 14(2)
s. 266A(5) word inserted by 2014 c. 26 Sch. 7 para. 14(3)(a)
s. 266A(5) words substituted by 2014 c. 26 Sch. 7 para. 14(3)(b)
s. 266B(1)(b) words substituted by 2014 c. 26 Sch. 7 para. 15(2)
s. 266B(3) word inserted by 2014 c. 26 Sch. 7 para. 15(3)(a)
s. 266B(3) words substituted by 2014 c. 26 Sch. 7 para. 15(3)(b)
s. 266B(5) inserted by 2014 c. 26 Sch. 7 para. 15(4)
s. 270(2)(c) and word inserted by 2014 c. 26 Sch. 7 para. 9(1)(b)
s. 272A-272C inserted by 2014 c. 26 Sch. 7 para. 19
s. 272A(7)(a)(ii) omitted by 2016 c. 24 Sch. 5 para. 3(1)(b)
s. 273(1A) inserted by 2014 c. 26 Sch. 7 para. 20
s. 273A(1)(b) word omitted by 2014 c. 30 Sch. 1 para. 17(a)
s. 273A(1)(c) substituted by 2011 c. 11 Sch. 16 para. 76
s. 273A(1)(d) inserted by 2014 c. 30 Sch. 1 para. 17(b)
s. 273B inserted by 2014 c. 30 Sch. 1 para. 79
s. 273B(1)(fa)(fb) inserted by 2015 c. 11 Sch. 4 para. 11
s. 274B and cross-heading inserted by 2018 c. 3 Sch. 3 para. 1(5)
s. 279(1B)-(1E) inserted by 2018 c. 3 Sch. 3 para. 1(6)
s. 282(A1)(A2) inserted by 2009 c. 10 s. 75(1)
s. 282(1A) word substituted by 2011 c. 11 Sch. 17 para. 23(a)
s. 282(1A) words inserted by 2011 c. 11 Sch. 17 para. 23(b)
s. 307(6) words inserted by 2010 c. 13 Sch. 17 para. 2(7)
s. 308(2)(za) inserted by 2010 c. 13 Sch. 17 para. 3(3)
s. 308(6) inserted by 2012 c. 14 s. 215
s. 310A applied by 2014 c. 26 s. 284(11)
s. 310A 310B inserted by 2014 c. 26 s. 284(2)
s. 310C inserted by 2015 c. 11 Sch. 17 para. 1
s. 312A(2A) inserted by 2015 c. 11 Sch. 17 para. 5(2)
s. 312B inserted by 2013 c. 29 s. 223(2)
s. 313(6) inserted by 2015 c. 11 Sch. 17 para. 6
s. 313A(1) words substituted by 2010 c. 13 Sch. 17 para. 4
s. 313C heading substituted by 2015 c. 11 Sch. 17 para. 12(4)
s. 313C(1)(1A) substituted for s. 313C(1) by 2015 c. 11 Sch. 17 para. 12(2)
s. 313C(3) words substituted by 2015 c. 11 Sch. 17 para. 12(3)
s. 313ZA inserted by 2010 c. 13 Sch. 17 para. 6
s. 313ZB inserted by 2013 c. 29 s. 223(3)
s. 313ZC inserted by 2015 c. 11 Sch. 17 para. 9
s. 316(2) word inserted by 2014 c. 26 s. 284(3)
s. 316B inserted by 2015 c. 11 Sch. 17 para. 16
s. 316C 316D inserted by 2015 c. 11 Sch. 17 para. 17
Sch. 6 para. 28(3) words inserted by 2016 c. 24 Sch. 4 para. 28(2)
Sch. 8 para. 8C 8D words substituted by S.I. 2006/207 Reg. 14(3)(ba) (as inserted) by 2014 c. 30 Sch. 1 para. 33(3)(a)
Sch. 8 para. 22C 22D words substituted by S.I. 2006/207 Reg. 14(3)(ea) (as inserted) by 2014 c. 30 Sch. 1 para. 33(3)(c)
Sch. 9 para. 3A excluded by S.I. 2014/512 reg. 167
Sch. 11 para. 14A inserted by S.I. 2009/1890 art. 6
Sch. 11 para. 8(6) inserted by S.I. 2015/789 art. 2(a)
Sch. 11 para. 8A inserted by S.I. 2015/789 art. 2(b)
Sch. 11 para. 12(9) inserted by S.I. 2015/789 art. 3(a)
Sch. 11 para. 12A inserted by S.I. 2015/789 art. 3(b)
Sch. 15 para. 8(4) inserted by 2017 c. 32 Sch. 8 para. 19
Sch. 28 para. 27E(3)-(5) applied by 2003 c. 1 s. 646B(5) (as inserted) by 2015 c. 11 Sch. 4 para. 17(1)
Sch. 28 para. 27FA(2) applied by 2003 c. 1 s. 646B(6) (as inserted) by 2015 c. 11 Sch. 4 para. 17(1)
Sch. 28 para. 27E(4)(5) applied by 2003 c. 1 s. 646C(9) (as inserted) by 2015 c. 11 Sch. 4 para. 17(1)
Sch. 28 para. 27E(3)-(5) applied by 2003 c. 1 s. 646D(5) (as inserted) by 2015 c. 11 Sch. 4 para. 17(1)
Sch. 28 para. 27FA(2) applied by 2003 c. 1 s. 646D(6) (as inserted) by 2015 c. 11 Sch. 4 para. 17(1)
Sch. 28 para. 27E(4) applied by 2003 c.1 s. 579CZA(9) (as inserted) by 2014 c. 30 Sch. 2 para. 25(5)
Sch. 28 para. 10(6A) inserted by 2011 c. 11 Sch. 16 para. 8(7)
Sch. 28 para. 10(11) inserted by 2011 c. 11 Sch. 16 para. 8(12)
Sch. 28 para. 10A 10B inserted by 2011 c. 11 Sch. 16 para. 9
Sch. 28 para. 14A-14E and cross-heading inserted by 2011 c. 11 Sch. 16 para. 10
Sch. 28 para. 24(6A) inserted by 2011 c. 11 Sch. 16 para. 18(7)
Sch. 28 para. 24(11) inserted by 2011 c. 11 Sch. 16 para. 18(12)
Sch. 28 para. 24A 24B inserted by 2011 c. 11 Sch. 16 para. 19
Sch. 28 para. 24C-24G and cross-heading inserted by 2011 c. 11 Sch. 16 para. 20
Sch. 28 para. 2(4B) inserted by 2013 c. 29 s. 51(2)(b)
Sch. 28 para. 3(1)(ba) inserted by 2014 c. 30 Sch. 1 para. 43
Sch. 28 para. 3(1A) inserted by 2014 c. 30 Sch. 1 para. 37
Sch. 28 para. 3(2C)(za) inserted by 2014 c. 30 Sch. 1 para. 44(1)(a)
Sch. 28 para. 3(2E) inserted by 2014 c. 30 Sch. 1 para. 44(2)
Sch. 28 para. 6(1)(ca) inserted by 2014 c. 30 Sch. 1 para. 45
Sch. 28 para. 6(1ZA) inserted by 2014 c. 30 Sch. 1 para. 38
Sch. 28 para. 8(1A)(aa) inserted by 2014 c. 30 Sch. 1 para. 2(c)
Sch. 28 para. 8A-8D and cross-headings inserted by 2014 c. 30 Sch. 1 para. 3(1)
Sch. 28 para. 17(1ZA) inserted by 2014 c. 30 Sch. 1 para. 39
Sch. 28 para. 17(4)(za) inserted by 2014 c. 30 Sch. 1 para. 49(1)(a)
Sch. 28 para. 17(6) inserted by 2014 c. 30 Sch. 1 para. 49(2)
Sch. 28 para. 20(1)(ca) inserted by 2014 c. 30 Sch. 1 para. 50
Sch. 28 para. 20(1C)(za) inserted by 2014 c. 30 Sch. 1 para. 51(1)(a)
Sch. 28 para. 20(1E) inserted by 2014 c. 30 Sch. 1 para. 51(2)
Sch. 28 para. 22(2)(aa) inserted by 2014 c. 30 Sch. 1 para. 21(c)
Sch. 28 para. 22A-22D and cross-headings inserted by 2014 c. 30 Sch. 1 para. 4(1)
Sch. 28 para. 27A-27K and cross-headings inserted by 2014 c. 30 Sch. 2 para. 3(1)
Sch. 28 para. 27AA and cross-heading inserted by 2015 c. 11 Sch. 4 para. 3(2)
Sch. 28 para. 27FA and cross-heading inserted by 2015 c. 11 Sch. 4 para. 3(3)
Sch. 28 para. 15(2A)(2B) inserted by 2016 c. 24 Sch. 5 para. 6(2)
Sch. 28 para. 16A(1A) inserted by 2016 c. 24 s. 21(2)
Sch. 28 para. 16AA-16AE inserted by 2016 c. 24 s. 21(3)
Sch. 28 para. 16B(6) inserted by 2016 c. 24 s. 21(4)(b)
Sch. 28 para. 11(6) modified by 2010 c. 31 Sch. 3 para. 4
Sch. 28 para. 8(1A) modified by 2011 c. 11 Sch. 16 para. 88
Sch. 28 para. 10(7)-(8A) modified by 2011 c. 11 Sch. 16 para. 90(8)
Sch. 28 para. 22(2) modified by 2011 c. 11 Sch. 16 para. 96
Sch. 28 para. 10(11) omitted by 2014 c. 30 Sch. 1 para. 32(1)(e)(i)
Sch. 28 para. 10A(11) omitted by 2014 c. 30 Sch. 1 para. 32(1)(e)(ii)
Sch. 28 para. 14A-14E omitted by 2014 c. 30 Sch. 1 para. 32(1)(e)(iii)
Sch. 28 para. 24(11) omitted by 2014 c. 30 Sch. 1 para. 32(1)(e)(iv)
Sch. 28 para. 24A(9) omitted by 2014 c. 30 Sch. 1 para. 32(1)(e)(v)
Sch. 28 para. 24C-24G omitted by 2014 c. 30 Sch. 1 para. 32(1)(e)(vi)
Sch. 28 para. 2(4B) omitted by 2016 c. 24 s. 20(3)
Sch. 28 para. 2(5A) omitted by 2016 c. 24 s. 20(3)
Sch. 28 para. 16C(13)(14) omitted by 2016 c. 24 s. 21(5)(h)
Sch. 28 para. 17(1)(za) substituted by 2014 c. 30 Sch. 1 para. 47
Sch. 28 para. 10(A1)(1)(1ZA) substituted for Sch. 28 para. 10(1) by 2011 c. 11 Sch. 16 para. 8(2)
Sch. 28 para. 16C(4) substituted for Sch. 28 para. 16C(4)(5) by 2016 c. 24 s. 21(5)(c)
Sch. 28 para. 24(A1)(1)(1ZA) substituted for Sch. 28 para. 24(1) by 2011 c. 11 Sch. 16 para. 18(2)
Sch. 28 para. 9(1A)(b) word inserted by 2014 c. 30 Sch. 1 para. 2(d)(i)
Sch. 28 para. 22(2)(b) word inserted by 2014 c. 30 Sch. 1 para. 21(d)(i)
Sch. 28 para. 22(3) word inserted by 2016 c. 24 Sch. 5 para. 6(3)(b)
Sch. 28 para. 8(1A) word omitted by 2014 c. 30 Sch. 1 para. 2(a)
Sch. 28 para. 22(2) word omitted by 2014 c. 30 Sch. 1 para. 21(a)
Sch. 28 para. 14A(2) word substituted by 2014 c. 26 s. 41(3)
Sch. 28 para. 24C(2) word substituted by 2014 c. 26 s. 41(4)
Sch. 28 para. 27E(3)(b) word substituted by 2015 c. 11 Sch. 4 para. 13(4)(a)
Sch. 28 para. 27K(3)(b) word substituted by 2015 c. 11 Sch. 4 para. 13(6)(a)
Sch. 28 para. 16C(6) word substituted by 2016 c. 24 s. 21(5)(d)(i)
Sch. 28 para. 10(1B)(b) words inserted by 2011 c. 11 Sch. 16 para. 8(3)(a)
Sch. 28 para. 24(1B)(b) words inserted by 2011 c. 11 Sch. 16 para. 18(3)(a)
Sch. 28 para. 27E(3) words inserted by 2015 c. 11 Sch. 4 para. 13(4)(b)
Sch. 28 para. 27E(4)(b) words inserted by 2015 c. 11 Sch. 4 para. 13(5)
Sch. 28 para. 27E(5) words inserted by 2015 c. 11 Sch. 4 para. 13(5)
Sch. 28 para. 27K(3) words inserted by 2015 c. 11 Sch. 4 para. 13(6)(b)
Sch. 28 para. 16C(8)(b) words inserted by 2016 c. 24 s. 21(5)(f)
Sch. 28 para. 2(8) words omitted by 2016 c. 24 s. 20(4)
Sch. 28 para. 16C(3)(a) words omitted by 2016 c. 24 s. 21(5)(a)
Sch. 28 para. 22(2)(a)(aa) words omitted by 2016 c. 24 Sch. 5 para. 6(3)(a)
Sch. 28 para. 8(1A)(a) words substituted by 2011 c. 11 Sch. 16 para. 6(3)
Sch. 28 para. 8(4) words substituted by 2011 c. 11 Sch. 16 para. 6(5)
Sch. 28 para. 10(1B)(b) words substituted by 2011 c. 11 Sch. 16 para. 8(3)(b)
Sch. 28 para. 10(8A) words substituted by 2011 c. 11 Sch. 16 para. 8(10)
Sch. 28 para. 22(2)(a) words substituted by 2011 c. 11 Sch. 16 para. 16(3)
Sch. 28 para. 22(3) words substituted by 2011 c. 11 Sch. 16 para. 16(4)(a)
Sch. 28 para. 22(3)(a) words substituted by 2011 c. 11 Sch. 16 para. 16(4)(b)
Sch. 28 para. 24(1B)(b) words substituted by 2011 c. 11 Sch. 16 para. 18(3)(b)
Sch. 28 para. 24(8A) words substituted by 2011 c. 11 Sch. 16 para. 18(10)
Sch. 28 para. 3(2C)(b) words substituted by 2014 c. 30 Sch. 1 para. 44(1)(b)
Sch. 28 para. 8(1A)(a) words substituted by 2014 c. 30 Sch. 1 para. 2(b)
Sch. 28 para. 8(1A)(b) words substituted by 2014 c. 30 Sch. 1 para. 2(d)(ii)
Sch. 28 para. 17(1A) words substituted by 2014 c. 30 Sch. 1 para. 48
Sch. 28 para. 17(4)(b) words substituted by 2014 c. 30 Sch. 1 para. 49(1)(b)
Sch. 28 para. 20(1C)(b) words substituted by 2014 c. 30 Sch. 1 para. 51(1)(b)
Sch. 28 para. 22(2)(a) words substituted by 2014 c. 30 Sch. 1 para. 21(b)
Sch. 28 para. 22(2)(b) words substituted by 2014 c. 30 Sch. 1 para. 21(d)(ii)
Sch. 28 para. 16B(3)(c) words substituted by 2016 c. 24 s. 21(4)(a)
Sch. 28 para. 16C(3)(b) words substituted by 2016 c. 24 s. 21(5)(b)
Sch. 28 para. 16C(6) words substituted by 2016 c. 24 s. 21(5)(d)(ii)
Sch. 28 para. 16C(8)(a) words substituted by 2016 c. 24 s. 21(5)(e)
Sch. 28 para. 16C(11) words substituted by 2016 c. 24 s. 21(5)(g)
Sch. 29 para. 13(1) Sch. 29 para. 13 renumbered as Sch. 29 para. 13(1) by 2011 c. 11 Sch. 16 para. 33(2)
Sch. 29 para. 4A amendment to earlier affecting provision S.I. 2006/207, reg. 15 by 2014 c. 30 Sch. 1 para. 96(10)
Sch. 29 para. 3(4A)(4B) applied by 2003 c. 1 s. 646B(7) (as inserted) by 2015 c. 11 Sch. 4 para. 17(1)
Sch. 29 para. 3A excluded by S.R. 2014/310 reg. 167(1)
Sch. 29 para. 1(3A) inserted by 2011 c. 11 Sch. 16 para. 24(3)
Sch. 29 para. 2(7A) inserted by 2011 c. 11 Sch. 16 para. 25
Sch. 29 para. 3A(4A) inserted by 2011 c. 11 Sch. 16 para. 27(3)
Sch. 29 para. 4(3) inserted by 2011 c. 11 Sch. 16 para. 28(3)
Sch. 29 para. 7(4A) inserted by 2011 c. 11 Sch. 18 para. 4(3)
Sch. 29 para. 12(1A) inserted by 2011 c. 11 Sch. 16 para. 31
Sch. 29 para. 13(2) inserted by 2011 c. 11 Sch. 16 para. 33(4)
Sch. 29 para. 15(1)(e) and word inserted by 2011 c. 11 Sch. 16 para. 35(2)(b)
Sch. 29 para. 17(2)(d) and word inserted by 2011 c. 11 Sch. 16 para. 37(3)(c)
Sch. 29 para. 18(1A)(1B) inserted by 2011 c. 11 Sch. 16 para. 38(3)
Sch. 29 para. 20(3) inserted by 2011 c. 11 Sch. 18 para. 6(3)
Sch. 29 para. 2(9)-(11) inserted by 2013 c. 29 Sch. 22 para. 8(2)
Sch. 29 para. 5(2A)(2B) inserted by 2013 c. 29 s. 52(8)
Sch. 29 para. 1A inserted by 2014 c. 26 Sch. 5 para. 1
Sch. 29 para. 1B inserted by 2014 c. 26 Sch. 5 para. 2(1)
Sch. 29 para. 3(8A)(8B) inserted by 2014 c. 26 Sch. 5 para. 4
Sch. 29 para. 11A and cross-heading. inserted by 2014 c. 26 Sch. 5 para. 5(2)
Sch. 29 para. 4A and cross-heading inserted by 2014 c. 30 Sch. 1 para. 57
Sch. 29 para. 7(1)(aa) inserted by 2014 c. 30 Sch. 1 para. 71(1)(a)
Sch. 29 para. 12(4)(aa) inserted by 2014 c. 30 Sch. 1 para. 59
Sch. 29 para. 17A and cross-heading inserted by 2014 c. 30 Sch. 1 para. 24
Sch. 29 para. 18(2A) inserted by 2014 c. 30 Sch. 2 para. 15(2)
Sch. 29 para. 20(1A)(1B) inserted by 2014 c. 30 Sch. 1 para. 74(3)
Sch. 29 para. 3(4B) inserted by 2015 c. 11 Sch. 4 para. 14(3)
Sch. 29 para. 4(2A) inserted by 2016 c. 24 Sch. 5 para. 1(5)
Sch.. 29 para. 4(2A) inserted by 2016 c. 24 Sch. 5 para. 1(5)
Sch. 29 para. 13(1)(a) omitted by 2011 c. 11 Sch. 16 para. 33(3)(a)
Sch. 29 para. 13(1)(c) omitted by 2011 c. 11 Sch. 16 para. 33(3)(b)
Sch. 29 para. 15(1A) omitted by 2014 c. 30 Sch. 2 para. 19(1)(b)
Sch. 29 para. 13(2) omitted by 2015 c. 33 s. 21(8)(b)
Sch. 29 para. 3A(5) substituted by 2011 c. 11 Sch. 16 para. 27(4)
Sch. 29 para. 4(1)(ca) substituted for Sch. 20 para. 4(1)(c)(d) by 2016 c. 24 Sch. 5 para. 1(4)(a)
Sch. 29 para. 3A(3) word substituted by 2014 c. 30 Sch. 1 para. 70(1)
Sch. 29 para. 13(1) words inserted by 2011 c. 11 Sch. 16 para. 33(3)(c)
Sch. 29 para. 8(a) words inserted by 2014 c. 30 Sch. 1 para. 22
Sch. 29 para. 2(10) words inserted by 2016 c. 24 Sch. 4 para. 28(1)
Sch. 29 para. 7(1)(aa) words inserted by 2016 c. 24 Sch. 5 para. 7(2)
Sch. 29 para. 13(1) words omitted by 2015 c. 33 s. 21(8)(a)
Sch. 29 para. 1(6) words substituted by 2011 c. 11 Sch. 16 para. 24(4)
Sch. 29 para. 3A(2) words substituted by 2011 c. 11 Sch. 16 para. 27(2)
Sch. 29A para. 10(4) words substituted by 2010 c. 4 Sch. 1 para. 431(5)(a)
Sch. 29A para. 17(3) words substituted by 2010 c. 4 Sch. 1 para. 431(2)
Sch. 29A para. 19(8) words substituted by 2010 c. 4 Sch. 1 para. 431(5)(b)
Sch. 29A para. 21(3)(a) words substituted by 2010 c. 4 Sch. 1 para. 431(3)(a)(i)
Sch. 29A para. 21(3)(b) words substituted by 2010 c. 4 Sch. 1 para. 431(3)(b)(i)
Sch. 29A para. 21(3)(b) words substituted by 2010 c. 4 Sch. 1 para. 431(3)(b)(ii)
Sch. 29A para. 21(5) words substituted by 2010 c. 4 Sch. 1 para. 431(5)(c)
Sch. 29A para. 22(3) words substituted by 2010 c. 4 Sch. 1 para. 431(5)(d)
Sch. 29A para. 24(6) words substituted by 2010 c. 4 Sch. 1 para. 431(5)(e)
Sch. 29A para. 15(8) words substituted by S.I. 2013/636 Sch. para. 7(a)
Sch. 29A para. 15(8) words substituted by S.I. 2013/636 Sch. para. 7(b)
Sch. 32 para. 14A and cross-heading inserted by 2011 c. 11 Sch. 16 para. 44(2)
Sch. 32 para. 7(4)(5) inserted by 2014 c. 30 Sch. 1 para. 76(1)
Sch. 32 para. 14B 14C and cross-headings inserted by 2014 c. 30 Sch. 2 para. 24(3)
Sch. 32 para. 15(ba) inserted by 2014 c. 30 Sch. 1 para. 61
Sch. 32 para. 14B words substituted by 2015 c. 11 Sch. 4 para. 7(c)
Sch. 32 para. 14B cross-heading words substituted by 2015 c. 11 Sch. 4 para. 7(c)
Sch. 32 para. 14C cross-heading words substituted by 2015 c. 11 Sch. 4 para. 7(d)
Sch. 32 para. 14C(1) words substituted by 2015 c. 11 Sch. 4 para. 7(d)
Sch. 34 para. 2(1) Sch. 34 para. 2 becomes Sch. 34 para. 2(1) by 2017 c. 10 Sch. 4 para. 3(2)
Sch. 34 para. 7B inserted by 2010 c. 13 Sch. 2 para. 4
Sch. 34 para. 1(3)(ca) inserted by 2011 c. 11 Sch. 16 para. 81(2)
Sch. 34 para. 4A inserted by 2011 c. 11 Sch. 16 para. 81(3)
Sch. 34 para. 9A 9B inserted by 2011 c. 11 Sch. 17 para. 24(3)
Sch. 34 para. 1(3)(da) inserted by 2014 c. 30 Sch. 1 para. 95(2)
Sch. 34 para. 1(4)(a) inserted by 2014 c. 30 Sch. 1 para. 95(3)(a)
Sch. 34 para. 1(4)(b) and word inserted by 2014 c. 30 Sch. 1 para. 95(3)(b)
Sch. 34 para. 5A inserted by 2014 c. 30 Sch. 1 para. 95(4)
Sch. 34 para. 7(2)(ba) inserted by 2014 c. 30 Sch. 1 para. 95(6)
Sch. 34 para. 9ZA 9ZB inserted by 2014 c. 30 Sch. 1 para. 95(7)
Sch. 34 para. 12(2)(ba) inserted by 2014 c. 30 Sch. 1 para. 95(9)
Sch. 34 para. 1(3)(db) inserted by 2015 c. 33 s. 22(10)(a)
Sch. 34 para. 1(6A)-(6F) inserted by 2017 c. 10 Sch. 4 para. 2(2)
Sch. 34 para. 2(2)-(5) inserted by 2017 c. 10 Sch. 4 para. 3(4)
Sch. 34 para. 3(8) inserted by 2017 c. 10 Sch. 4 para. 4(4)
Sch. 34 para. 9ZB(4) inserted by 2017 c. 10 Sch. 4 para. 7(3)
Sch. 34 para. 7ZA omitted by 2011 c. 11 Sch. 16 para. 81(5)
Sch. 34 para. 4A omitted by 2014 c. 30 Sch. 1 para. 32(1)(f)
Sch. 34 para. 1(3)(ca) omitted by 2016 c. 24 Sch. 5 para. 3(1)(d)(i)
Sch. 34 para. 1(4)(b) words inserted by 2015 c. 33 s. 22(10)(b)
Sch. 34 para. 2(1) words inserted by 2017 c. 10 Sch. 4 para. 3(3)
Sch. 34 para. 9ZB(2) words inserted by 2017 c. 10 Sch. 4 para. 7(2)
Sch. 36 para. 17A applied (with modifications) by 2011 c. 11 Sch. 18 para. 14(8)
Sch. 36 para. 17A applied (with modifications) by 2013 c. 29 Sch. 22 para. 1(7)
Sch. 36 para. 17A applied (with modifications) by 2016 c. 24 Sch. 4 para. 5
Sch. 36 para. 49(3) inserted by 2009 c. 10 Sch. 35 para. 22
Sch. 36 para. 22(6A) inserted by 2014 c. 26 Sch. 5 para. 7(1)
Sch. 36 para. 29(4) inserted by 2014 c. 26 Sch. 5 para. 8
Sch. 36 para. 20(4)(c) inserted by 2014 c. 30 Sch. 1 para. 28(1)(b)
Sch. 36 para. 23ZA inserted by 2014 c. 30 Sch. 1 para. 78(1)
Sch. 36 para. 20(4)(a) words inserted by 2014 c. 30 Sch. 1 para. 77(1)
Sch. 36 para. 20(4)(b) words inserted by 2014 c. 30 Sch. 1 para. 77(1)
Sch. 36 para. 22(7J) words substituted by 2010 c. 4 Sch. 1 para. 432(3)
Sch. 36 para. 37H(5) words substituted by 2010 c. 4 Sch. 1 para. 432(4)
Sch. 36 para. 20(4)(b) words substituted by 2014 c. 30 Sch. 1 para. 28(1)(a)
Sch. 36 para. 11D(2A) words substituted by 2010 c. 15 Sch. 26 Pt. 1 para. 59(a) (as inserted) by S.I. 2010/2279 Sch. 1 para. 5
Sch. 36 para. 11D(2B)(b) words substituted by 2010 c. 15 Sch. 26 Pt. 1 para. 59(a) (as inserted) by S.I. 2010/2279 Sch. 1 para. 5
Sch. 36 para. 14(3A) words substituted by 2010 c. 15 Sch. 26 Pt. 1 para. 59(a) (as inserted) by S.I. 2010/2279 Sch. 1 para. 5
Sch. 36 para. 14(3D)(a) words substituted by 2010 c. 15 Sch. 26 Pt. 1 para. 59(a) (as inserted) by S.I. 2010/2279 Sch. 1 para. 5
Sch. 36 para. 11D(2A) words substituted by 2010 c. 15 Sch. 26 Pt. 1 para. 59(b) (as inserted) by S.I. 2010/2279 Sch. 1 para. 5
Sch. 36 para. 11D(2B)(b) words substituted by 2010 c. 15 Sch. 26 Pt. 1 para. 59(b) (as inserted) by S.I. 2010/2279 Sch. 1 para. 5
Sch. 36 para. 14(3A) words substituted by 2010 c. 15 Sch. 26 Pt. 1 para. 59(b) (as inserted) by S.I. 2010/2279 Sch. 1 para. 5
Sch. 36 para. 14(3D)(a) words substituted by 2010 c. 15 Sch. 26 Pt. 1 para. 59(b) (as inserted) by S.I. 2010/2279 Sch. 1 para. 5
Commencement Orders yet to be applied to the Finance Act 2004
Commencement Orders bringing legislation that affects this Act into force:
S.I. 2010/409 art. 2 Commencement Order
S.I. 2010/862 art. 2 3 commences (2008 c. 17)
S.I. 2010/2317 art. 2 3 commences (2010 c. 15)
S.I. 2010/3019 art. 2 commences (2010 c. 13)
57(1)The [F1percentage] of the assets of the fund or scheme which at any time is the protected [F1percentage] of those assets does not at that time constitute relevant property for the purposes of Chapter 3 of Part 3 of the Inheritance Tax Act 1984 (settlements without interest in possession).U.K.
(2)"The protected [F2percentage]" of the assets of the fund or scheme at a time is—
V is the market value of the assets of the fund or scheme at that time, and
ACV is the adjusted commencement value, that is an amount equal to the market value of the assets of the fund or scheme on 5th April 2006, but subject to the adjustments provided by sub-paragraph (3).
(3)The adjustments are—
(a)an increase by the percentage by which the retail prices index for the month of September immediately preceding the time in question is greater than that for April 2006, and
(b)a reduction by the amount of any relevant payments made under the fund or scheme on or after 6th April 2006 and before that time.
(4)"Relevant payments"are payments other than—
(a)payments of costs or expenses, or
(b)payments which are (or will be) income of any person for any of the purposes of income tax.
Textual Amendments
F1Word in Sch. 36 para. 57(1) substituted (6.4.2006) by Finance Act 2005 (c. 7), Sch. 10 paras. 58(2), 64(1)
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Facebook's 'real names' policy is legal, but it's also problematic for free speech
Jillian C York
From trans people to activists, there are some good reasons for some Facebook users to use a pseudonym. And yet, Facebook is unrelenting
Mon 29 Sep 2014 00.17 EDT Last modified on Wed 5 Jul 2017 08.17 EDT
'Facebook has remained steadfast about their real names policy'. Photograph: Rainier Ehrhardt/Getty
Facebook again made headlines this month for its refusal to allow users to represent themselves with their chosen identities. A number of users of the site, mainly drag performers, reported that their accounts had been taken down in violation of the company's "real names" policy that requires individuals to use their legal name for personal accounts.
Opposition to Facebook's "real names" policy dates back to the early days of the platform, not long after its public launch. In 2007, the BBC reported that certain names were being rejected by Facebook, in an attempt to prohibit abuse and profanity in the name field. Amongst those rejected were a woman named Beta Yee and another called Rowena Gay.
While these early problems were fixed, Facebook has remained steadfast about their policy, stating that, "On Facebook people connect using their real names and identities" and requiring users whose names are reported to be "fake" to submit legal identification to prove their identity.
Drag performers are not the only ones whose accounts have been shut down as a result of the policy. Over the years, a number of individuals, from Egyptian activist Wael Ghonim to author Salman Rushdie have run afoul of the "real name" rule. Michael Anti, a Chinese journalist who was told by Facebook that he would have to use his birth name – Zhao Jing – spoke out against the policy on the grounds that no one would be able to find him under that name. The Guardian reported that "[E]ven Chinese friends know him as An Ti."
Over the years, a number of proposals have been made by activists and commentators on how Facebook could improve its policies to be more accommodating to those whose names don't meet muster, from an "activist exception" to private identity verification for public pseudonyms. To their credit, Facebook has made some accommodations for users, allowing them to set up fan "pages" under pseudonyms or professional names (see, for instance, Lady Gaga's Page).
But for some, the accommodations aren't enough. A blogger in Honduras who was kicked off the site for using a pseudonym pointed to the country's press freedom ranking, noting that pseudonyms are important because "many journalists and bloggers freely admit to self-censorship for various reasons."
Drag performers and trans people form a different category of users for whom the policy is unfair; their gender identities are often not expressed by the name on their passport. Worse yet, as Nadia Kayyali writes: "For trans women, who make up 72% of the victims of anti-LGBTQ homicide, being forced to reveal their birth names can be deadly." According to the Washington Post, LGBT activists recently met with Facebook to tell the company that they felt "targeted by the policy," but Facebook was unrelenting.
Unlike in those early days, Facebook claims not to use an algorithm to detect violators of the rule. The company recently acknowledged that profiles are only taken down and requests for proof of identity sent out when an individual is reported by another for breaking the rules. The group of drag performers recently kicked off the site would then appear to have been victims of a coordinated attack aimed at removing them from Facebook.
This begs the question: What prompts someone to report another Facebook user for using a "fake" name?
Scholars Kate Crawford and Tarlteon Gillespie have studied the use of community reporting, or "flagging," on social media platforms. In a recent paper published by New Media & Society, they describe the mechanism as "understood [by many sites] to be a genuinely important and necessary part of maintaining user-friendly spaces and learning from their community." Flagging, they argue, "act[s] as a mechanism to elicity and distrubte user labor—users as a volunteer corps of regulators."
Facebook relies upon flagging to apply its many rules and regulations. Rules against graphic content, nudity, hate speech, or harassment are enforced not by algorithms, but by individual users who come across such content. This is why, explained GigaOm's Mathew Ingram earlier this year, crucial information and videos coming out of Syria frequently disappear.
In Vietnam, Facebook users have accused the government of reporting their accounts for abuse of the rules in order to silence them.
While the use of flagging mechanisms to remove threatening or harmful content might be understandable, it seems that users also sometimes employ the "report" button out of malice.
Journalist Sultan Al Qassemi has seen this firsthand. While his name (which is verified on the site) hasn't been put into question, the art fan regularly shares notifications he receives from Facebook that indicate that someone has reported his images—typically of museum-quality art—for violations of policy.
In Vietnam, Facebook users have accused the government of reporting their accounts for abuse of the rules in order to silence them. The government employs online "opinion shapers" who recognise the importance of Facebook in the daily lives of Vietnamese citizens – and exploit that by monitoring and reporting them.
While some are able to successfully utilise Facebook's appeals system, those whose accounts are removed for violating the name policy and who cannot– or refuse to – submit identification may be out of luck.
Facebook is well within the law to restrict content any way it sees fit, but as Jane Ruffino recently asked, "a real names policy might be legal, but is it ethical?" Invocations of the law matter little to the many users who have suffered under this policy, which is arguably antithetical to free speech.
Fortunately, there are other options. Platforms such as Google+ have relented and now allow pseudonyms, while new contenders like Ello are pseudonymous by design. Facebook users may have good reasons to stay on the site—after all, you can't take your network with you – but in the face of the company's stubborn unwillingness to listen to its users, perhaps they should consider making a move.


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