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1. The Great Adventure (1963–1964)
Episode: Go Down, Moses (1963)
60 min | Drama
The excellent Ruby Dee plays the escaped slave Harriet Tubman and her attempts to rescue enslaved family members and friends through the pre-Civil War Underground Railroad.
Director: Paul Stanley | Stars: Ruby Dee, Brock Peters, Ossie Davis, Ethel Waters
2. Dr. Kildare (1961–1966)
Episode: Immunity (1961)
An elderly Polish man is admitted to the hospital with smallpox, and Kildare and Gillespie try to find people he has been in contact with to prevent an epidemic.
Director: Boris Sagal | Stars: Richard Chamberlain, Raymond Massey, Gail Kobe, Ted Knight
A filmed series of one-hour dramatizations of the lives of famous historical people, as well as important historical events.
Stars: Russell Johnson, Van Heflin, Kent Smith, Eddie Little Sky
4. Markham (1959–1960)
30 min | Crime, Drama
Roy Markham, a former successful New York attorney, becomes a private detective and his cases take him worldwide. For the first two months of the show, Markham had an assistant, John Riggs,... See full summary »
Stars: Ray Milland, Simon Scott, Henry Corden, Gail Bonney
5. Surfside 6 (1960–1962)
Episode: Masquerade (1962)
Dave goes undercover at a circus to discover why an accident during a performance has resulted in tensions rising among the circus' European members.
Director: Paul Landres | Stars: Lee Patterson, Eva Norde, Charles H. Radilak, Robert Dowdell
6. G.E. True (1962– )
30 min | Adventure, Drama
Episodes based on stories from "True" magazine.
Stars: Jack Webb, Felix Reinsch, Kurt Kreuger, Charles H. Radilak
7. Telephone Time (1956–1958)
Anthology series featured plays by host, John Nesbitt. Beginning in September 1957, world from other authors were presented, as well.
Stars: John Nesbitt, Frank Baxter, Maurice Marsac, Florenz Ames
8. The Greatest Show on Earth (1963–1964)
60 min | Drama, Family
Johnny Slate is the big boss who successfully keeps the circus running as it moves from town to town. He manages to deal with the unexpected frequently and uses Otto King, the accountant, as a sounding board.
Stars: Jack Palance, Stuart Erwin, Michael Consoldane, Del Graham
9. T.H.E. Cat (1966–1967)
The cases of a reformed cat-burglar turned bodyguard.
Stars: Robert Loggia, Robert Carricart, R.G. Armstrong, Robert Duvall
10. Adventures in Paradise (1959–1962)
60 min | Adventure
Adam Troy was an American Korean War veteran who stayed in the Pacific after the war. As captain of the schooner "Tiki III", Troy drifted from adventure to adventure while carrying ... See full summary »
Stars: Gardner McKay, James Holden, Lani Kai, Guy Stockwell
11. Waterfront (1954–1956)
30 min | Adventure, Crime
John Herrick was the Captain of the tug "Cheryl Ann" in Los Angeles harbor. His family consisted of wife May, Police Detective son Jim, and the crew of the tug, his son Carl, Tip, and ... See full summary »
Stars: Preston Foster, Douglas Dick, Lois Moran, Willie Best
12. The Outer Limits (1963–1965)
TV-PG | 51 min | Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi
An anthology series of insightful science fiction tales.
Stars: Bob Johnson, Ben Wright, William Douglas, Robert Culp
13. Temple Houston (1963–1964)
60 min | Western
The adventures of frontier lawyer Temple Houston, son of the legendary Sam Houston.
Stars: Jeffrey Hunter, Jack Elam, Frank Ferguson, Chubby Johnson
14. Perry Mason (1957–1966)
TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The cases of a master criminal defense attorney, handling the most difficult of cases in the aid of the innocent.
Stars: Raymond Burr, Barbara Hale, William Hopper, Ray Collins
15. The Wild Wild West (1965–1969)
50 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Two Secret Service Agents, equipped with a wide array of gizmos, work for the government in the Old West.
Stars: Robert Conrad, Ross Martin, Dick Cangey, Whitey Hughes
16. The Gallant Men (1962–1963)
60 min | Action, War, Drama
The 36th infantry is fighting its way through Italy under the spirited leadership of Captain Jim Benedict. His men include flirt D'Angelo, who carries his guitar along, plus pals Lucavich and Hanson. McKenna is the free wheeling Sergeant.
Stars: Robert McQueeney, William Reynolds, Robert Ridgely, Richard X. Slattery
17. Dr. Kildare (1961–1966)
Episode: The Sleeping Princess (1963)
Responding to a call at an apartment where an elderly man has collapsed, Kildare discovers the man's teenage daughter living inside. She has not ventured outside the apartment for years and... See full summary »
Director: Lamont Johnson | Stars: Richard Chamberlain, Raymond Massey, June Harding, Charles H. Radilak
18. Hogan's Heroes (1965–1971)
Episode: The Flame Grows Higher (1966)
TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy, War
There seems to be a traitor in the escaped prisoner pipeline and Hogan has to find him by following the escape route.
Director: Howard Morris | Stars: Bob Crane, Werner Klemperer, John Banner, Robert Clary
The inmates of a German World War II prisoner of war camp conduct an espionage and sabotage campaign right under the noses of their warders.
Stars: Bob Crane, Werner Klemperer, John Banner, Richard Dawson
20. Mission: Impossible (1966–1973)
TV-PG | 50 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
An elite covert operations unit carries out highly sensitive missions subject to official denial in the event of failure, death or capture.
Stars: Peter Graves, Barbara Bain, Greg Morris, Peter Lupus
21. Surfside 6 (1960–1962)
Ken, Dave, and Sandy are three hip private detectives living on, and working out of, a houseboat in Miami, Florida. A yacht, belonging to socialite Daphne, is anchored next to their ... See full summary »
Stars: Van Williams, Margarita Sierra, Lee Patterson, Troy Donahue
22. The Ford Television Theatre (1952–1957)
30 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
This show started in New York City, with Broadway actors and actresses. It then moved to Hollywood, California, where Hollywood actors and actresses headed the cast.
Stars: Philip Carey, Laraine Day, Willis Bouchey, Thomas Mitchell
23. 77 Sunset Strip (1958–1964)
Episode: The Catspaw Caper (1962)
TV-PG | 60 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A young woman who escaped from Communist Hungary asks Stu to help her find her mother, a refugee whom the Communists want badly.
Director: Paul Landres | Stars: Efrem Zimbalist Jr., Roger Smith, Edd Byrnes, Louis Quinn
Episode: The Phoenix (1968)
When the curator of a museum plans to turn an experimental alloy over to a foreign power, the IMF creates a diversion - an attempt on his life.
Director: Robert Totten | Stars: Peter Graves, Martin Landau, Barbara Bain, Greg Morris
25. The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1964–1968)
50 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
The two top Agents of the United Network Command for Law and Enforcement (U.N.C.L.E.) fight the enemies of peace, particularly the forces of T.H.R.U.S.H.
Stars: Robert Vaughn, David McCallum, Leo G. Carroll, John Herman Shaner
Stu Bailey and Jeff Spencer were the wisecracking, womanizing private detective heroes of this Warner Brothers drama.
Stars: Efrem Zimbalist Jr., Edd Byrnes, Roger Smith, Jacqueline Beer
27. Route 66 (1960–1964)
The adventures of two young drifters across America.
Stars: Martin Milner, George Maharis, Glenn Corbett, James Brown
28. Outlaws (1960–1962)
The adventures of a Marshal and his young Deputies in a section of Oklahoma infested with bandit gangs, gunmen, and robbers.
Stars: Don Collier, Barton MacLane, Bruce Yarnell, Slim Pickens
29. The Virginian (1962–1971)
Episode: The Wolves Up Front, the Jackals Behind (1966)
TV-PG | 75 min | Western
Randy goes to Montana to pick up a mare and see his childhood friend Georgie Sam with whom he plans to start a horse ranch. Randy is introduced to a rancher's daughter who he falls in love with but her family is suddenly in a crisis.
Director: Paul Stanley | Stars: Lee J. Cobb, Doug McClure, Clu Gulager, Randy Boone
Personable Western series based in Wyoming from the 1890s onward.
Stars: Doug McClure, James Drury, Lee J. Cobb, Sara Lane
31. It Takes a Thief (1968–1970)
The adventures of suave cat burglar Alexander Mundy, who plies his trade for the U.S. Government.
Stars: Robert Wagner, Fred Astaire, Malachi Throne, Murray Pollack
32. Blue Light (1966)
30 min | Drama, War
An American correspondent pretends to go over to the Nazis in World War II but is instead working for the officially neutral United States against Hitler.
Stars: Robert Goulet, Christine Carère, John Van Dreelen, Eva Pflug
33. The Dick Powell Theatre (1961–1963)
60 min | Comedy, Drama
Powell served as host and, in early shows at least, occasional star in this dramatic anthology. It was his last television series and contained his last filmed acting (episode: 'The ... See full summary »
Stars: Dick Powell, June Allyson, David Niven, Oscar Beregi Jr.
34. The Young Lawyers (1969–1971)
David Barrett heads an organization in Boston that supports poor and indigent clients with the aid of young lawyers, Aaron Silverman is the young idealist, Pat Walters is the black ... See full summary »
Stars: Zalman King, Judy Pace, Lee J. Cobb, Phillip Clark
35. Code 3 (1957– )
Stars: Richard Travis, Eugene W. Biscailuz, Fredd Wayne, Christopher Dark
36. The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. (1966–1967)
Episode: The Horns-of-the-Dilemma Affair (1966)
60 min | Action, Adventure
In Mexico, Thrush operative DeSada covets Project Gamma, a "rocket transport" that can travel 5,000 mph. Scientists who are developing the aircraft are being abducted by DeSada and their ... See full summary »
Director: John Brahm | Stars: Stefanie Powers, Noel Harrison, Leo G. Carroll, Fernando Lamas
Episode: The Night of the Wolf (1967)
Jim and Arte are assigned to protect a soon to be crowned King. But first, they must stop a kidnapping plot to force him to renounce his throne.
Director: Charles R. Rondeau | Stars: Robert Conrad, Ross Martin, Joseph Campanella, Lorri Scott
38. T.H.E. Cat (1966–1967)
Episode: The System (1966)
Adventure, Drama
Cat rescues a kidnapped scientist and tries to keep him safe from a ruthless monarch.
Director: Don McDougall | Stars: Robert Loggia, Robert Carricart, Joseph Wiseman, Lynda Day George
Episode: The Young Lawyers (1969)
Attorney Michael Cannon leaves his Boston law firm to become director of the Neighborhood Law Office, where he guides three law students on a case involving two visiting musicians accused of robbing and beating up a cab driver.
Director: Harvey Hart | Stars: Jason Evers, Judy Pace, Zalman King, Tom Holland
40. Sugarfoot (1957–1961)
Correspondence-school law graduate Tom Brewster travels west to seek his fortune. Unfortunately, his "cowboy" abilities leave a lot to be desired and earn him the nickname "Sugarfoot", ... See full summary »
Stars: Will Hutchins, Charles Fredericks, Gil Perkins, Don 'Red' Barry
Episode: The Blue, Blue Danube (1969)
Mundy is sent in to bring back William Dover, an SIA executive, so the SIA won't have to kill him. So, Al goes undercover as a ballet expert, seeking to break a catatonic Dover out of the hospital, but the bad guys are on to him.
Director: Bruce Kessler | Stars: Robert Wagner, Liliane Montevecchi, Martine Beswick, John Russell
Episode: The Case of the Fugitive Fraulein (1965)
Perry is asked to help retrieve the granddaughter of a scientist from East Germany, which wants him back. During the negotiations, a go between is murdered with the wife of the scientist charged so Perry defends her in East Germany.
Director: Arthur Marks | Stars: Raymond Burr, Barbara Hale, William Hopper, Susanne Cramer
Episode: The Case of the Two-Faced Turn-a-bout (1963)
Elihu Laban, a political refuge from the Balkans, hopes to obtain the papers from a leader who supposedly committed suicide. He and a group assemble a plan using a former member of the OSS. When the seller is killed, he is charged.
Director: Arthur Marks | Stars: Raymond Burr, Barbara Hale, William Hopper, William Talman
44. 36 Hours (1964)
Approved | 115 min | Thriller, War
Germans kidnap an American major and try to convince him that World War II is over, so that they can get details about the Allied invasion of Europe out of him.
Director: George Seaton | Stars: James Garner, Eva Marie Saint, Rod Taylor, Werner Peters
Episode: The Storm Gate (1968)
Trampas receives an unfriendly reception when the tries to visit an old friend. Once he finally sees Jason, he learns not all is as it seems. They clash over the building of a dam in Nebraska after Trampas learns about an earlier dam.
Director: Richard A. Colla | Stars: John McIntire, Doug McClure, David Hartman, Sara Lane
Episode: Hell Is Empty, All the Devils Are Here (1962)
Tod is in Thousand Oaks, California "wrangling camels" at the Jungleland zoo. The zoo's owner has nightmares about the tiger which killed his first wife, a famous animal trainer. His second... See full summary »
Director: Paul Stanley | Stars: Martin Milner, George Maharis, Peter Graves, Eva Stern
47. Gomer Pyle: USMC (1964–1969)
Episode: Love and Goulash (1968)
TV-G | 30 min | Comedy, War
Gomer tells the story of Romeo and Juliet to bring two feuding Hungarian families together whose children are dating against their wishes.
Director: Coby Ruskin | Stars: Jim Nabors, Frank Sutton, Lillian Adams, Oscar Beregi Jr.
48. Ship of Fools (1965)
Not Rated | 149 min | Drama, Romance, War
A varied group of passengers boarding a ship bound for pre-WWII Germany represents a microcosm of early 1930s society.
Director: Stanley Kramer | Stars: Vivien Leigh, Simone Signoret, José Ferrer, Lee Marvin
The misadventures of a bumbling U.S. Marine named Gomer Pyle.
Stars: Jim Nabors, Frank Sutton, Ronnie Schell, Roy Stuart
The dramatic relationship between a young medical intern and his surgeon mentor.
Stars: Richard Chamberlain, Raymond Massey, Lee Kurty, Jean Inness


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How Republicans Are Trying to End Abortion Access Through Obamacare Repeal
Analysis Law and Policy
Jun 22, 2017, 5:02pm Christine Grimaldi
"People living at the intersections ultimately are the ones who suffer under this bill, although again, I think we can't forget that they're coming for you if you have private coverage too."
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) can still pass the bill if he loses two votes and brings in Vice President Mike Pence to break the tie, mimicking what happened in March when the GOP shredded Obama-era Title X family planning protections.
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Congressional Republicans want to use their Obamacare repeal bill to prohibit any health insurance plan, private or public, from covering abortion care.
But that goal could sink under the weight of its own ambition.
The American Health Care Act (AHCA) in the U.S. House of Representatives and the Better Care Reconciliation Act (BCRA) in the U.S. Senate prevent private health insurance plans, individual plans, and at least some employer-sponsored plans, from covering abortion. Republicans impose the restrictions through federal tax credits that are less generous than those enacted under the Affordable Care Act (ACA), President Obama's signature health-care reform law. The structure of the tax credits differ between the two chambers.
Senate Republicans included the restrictions in the BCRA discussion draft they released Thursday morning, contradicting initial projections by the Washington Post and other news outlets. The working group of 13 Republican men and zero Republican women who crafted the repeal plan behind closed doors had toyed with the restrictions, given concerns that they might not have the procedural power to limit abortion access. Ultimately, they pulled the restrictions from the version that their counterparts across the Capitol forced through the House in May.
Overtly partisan abortion restrictions could violate the rules of the special fast-track "budget reconciliation" process that Republicans are using to pass a repeal bill in the Senate with a simple 51-vote majority, rather than the 60 votes typically needed in that chamber for controversial legislation. Banning abortion coverage so broadly appears to be on the same uncertain footing as a separate provision in both the House and Senate versions "defunding" Planned Parenthood via a one-year moratorium on reimbursements for Medicaid patients.
Senior GOP Senate staff told reporters on a press call Thursday that Republicans will continue discussions about the hits to abortion and Planned Parenthood access with the parliamentarian, the arbiter of the chamber's rules and procedures.
Senate Republicans turned to other House GOP provisions that reproductive rights advocates have said will disproportionately hurt women. Both versions of the health-care bill allow states to waive guaranteed essential health benefits (EHBs), including maternity care.
"If states can waive the EHB requirements, millions of women could be left without the coverage they need or forced to pay more for plans that include the coverage of critical services, such as maternity care, prescription drugs and mental health services," National Partnership for Women and Families President Debra Ness said in a statement.
Ness pointed to a nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) forecast that detailed the vast human cost of the House-passed AHCA. The CBO estimated that maternity coverage could cost more than $1,000 per month.
GOP Sens. Ted Cruz (TX), Ron Johnson (WI), Mike Lee (UT), and Rand Paul (KY) issued a joint statement saying they were "not ready to vote for this bill" because it didn't go far enough to repeal Obamacare. Two other Republicans, Sens. Susan Collins (ME) and Lisa Murkowski (AK), may defect over the Planned Parenthood provision. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) can still pass the bill if he loses two votes and brings in Vice President Mike Pence to break the tie, mimicking what happened in March when the GOP shredded Obama-era Title X family planning protections.
Destiny Lopez, co-director of All* Above All, a reproductive justice group that fights the Hyde Amendment and other discriminatory abortion restrictions, identified the hypocrisy underlying Senate Republicans' plan.
"Not only is this bill going to make it harder to prevent unintended pregnancy and nearly impossible to get an abortion covered by insurance, they've also added provisions that would penalize folks for having children," she said in a phone interview. "So, you're kind of damned if you do, damned if you don't."
The Senate's BCRA phases out Medicaid expansion over a longer period than the House-passed AHCA but cuts the program more deeply. Andy Slavitt, the former acting administrator for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services under President Obama, described on Twitter how Senate Republicans provide incentives to decimate Medicaid through state waivers.
Provisions like these will disproportionately hurt people living at the intersection of marginalized groups.
"We know that low-income people, in particular communities of color, gender nonconforming folks, are the ones who bear the brunt of these kinds of political ploys," Lopez said, adding that one in five U.S. women of reproductive age enrolled in Medicaid breaks down to one in three Black women of reproductive age and one in four Latina women of reproductive age.
"People living at the intersections ultimately are the ones who suffer under this bill, although again, I think we can't forget that they're coming for you if you have private coverage too," Lopez said.
That warning circles back to the abortion restrictions that could leave even those with private insurance on the hook for the cost of what can be a cost-prohibitive procedure. Will congressional Republicans ultimately place abortion out of reach for all but the wealthiest or most privileged Americans who can pay for it in full?
#ThrowbackThursday Abortion Restrictions Burden Women
For all of House and Senate Republicans' bluster about abortion, they're recycling the anti-choice playbook from the original Obamacare debates in 2009 and 2010.
The abortion restrictions in the House-passed AHCA mirror the ACA's failed Stupak-Pitts Amendment, according to Guttmacher Institute Senior Policy Manager Adam Sonfield, who spoke with Rewire in the lead-up to Thursday's reveal in the Senate. Senate Republicans also appear to rely on the Stupak-Pitts model.
For the uninitiated, then-Reps. Bart Stupak (D-MI) and Joe Pitts (R-PA) in 2009 played into the GOP myth that taxpayer money is fungible. Their amendment sought to bar the ACA's tax credits from subsidizing any health insurance plan that covers abortion, not just abortion care itself in compliance with longstanding federal policy. The amendment passed the House with the help of 64 Democrats.
Congress ultimately went with the Nelson Amendment from then-Sen. Ben Nelson (D-NE). The ACA's tax credits can subsidize any plan that covers abortion as long as insurers wall off abortion care into a separate fund that only draws money from individuals' or employers' private contributions to premiums.
"The way it works in practice is that the insurance company has to segregate the dollars and make sure that the federal dollars aren't touching abortion," Sonfield told Rewire.
That's bad enough from Sonfield's perspective; the Nelson Amendment empowered legislators in 25 states to enact restrictions of abortion coverage in their exchanges. Ten of those states apply the restrictions to all private health insurance plans that they regulate and are available in their borders. Two states, California and New York, require private plans to cover abortion care, and AHCA puts them "in an untenable position," Sonfield wrote in an article for Health Affairs. "They might be forced to reverse or stop enforcing their abortion coverage requirement, or state residents might find themselves unable to use federal subsidies to buy any insurance plan offered in the state— effectively, an abortion surcharge of thousands of dollars."
If congressional Republicans get their way, they'll apply the restrictions to the tax credits for all private health insurance plans sold to people and families available in the United States, à la Stupak-Pitts. Republicans will hold the existing ACA subsidies, including those for small businesses that offer employer-sponsored plans, to the restrictions until phasing them out, per Sonfield's article. Doing so "could have a chilling effect on some employers' willingness to include abortion coverage in the plans they sponsor," Sonfield warned.
The bottom line: Republicans "are trying to make it the norm for insurance plans to exclude abortion," Sonfield said.
That's already the norm for cisgender women, transgender people, and gender nonconforming people enrolled in public insurance plans like Medicaid and a companion program, the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP). For 7.5 million women of reproductive age, more than half of whom are women of color, legal abortion is often a right in name only, according to Guttmacher figures from January.
People with private insurance could soon join their ranks.
Four in ten abortion patients who have private insurance use it to pay for abortion care, according to Sonfield's Health Affairs article. Those who don't use it may face high deductibles or any number of hurdles, including abortion stigma.
Republicans may try to claim that people can purchase a separate "rider" at additional cost to cover abortion care. Rep. John Shimkus (R-IL) sparked an uproar in March when he suggested that women buy maternity riders, even though insurance works by pooling risks, not by spinning off specific benefits. The disconnect became all the more evident after Michigan in 2013 banned private insurance from covering abortion care—and no insurance companies subsequently stepped up to offer abortion riders on the individual market. A limited number of insurance companies offered the riders for employer-sponsored plans.
And employers aren't going to want to buy separate abortion coverage for their employees with so many disincentives at play, warned Andrea Flynn, a women's economic security policy expert and fellow at the Roosevelt Institute.
"What you're seeing now is that the government is basically saying, 'You can either have our subsidies or provide abortion coverage,' and that's a tough place to put small businesses in," Flynn said in a phone interview. It's a tough place for women, too, she said, since so many work for small businesses.
Where does that leave them?
Abortion, Planned Parenthood Provisions Face Test
There is good reason to believe that restricting abortion access and defunding Planned Parenthood won't get through Congress—at least, not in their current forms.
Both are on the Senate parliamentarian's radar. The parliamentarian has "flagged" the abortion restrictions, according to a June 8 report in The Hill. The report, citing unnamed Senate sources, indicated that the parliamentarian had issued a formal warning to Republicans, who were undeterred.
"There's still not a clear ruling from the parliamentarian about the House Hyde language…I don't think we go to contingencies or Plan Bs until we know that. But I do think there's been some gaming out of how you address it if the House language isn't acceptable," Sen. John Thune (R-SD), a member of the group, told Politico the same day as The Hill report.
Republicans are trying to figure out how to maneuver around the Byrd rule, the linchpin of budget reconciliation. The Byrd rule kills provisions that are "merely incidental" to the budget. In other words, Congress can't wield the reconciliation process with a lower vote threshold for the sake of a political agenda—or a partisan vendetta against abortion and Planned Parenthood.
One potential workaround for some of the abortion restrictions: The Senate bill funnels a "stability fund" of more than $100 billion at the expense of taxpayers to brace for the impact of dismantling the ACA's state exchanges through CHIP, which can't cover abortion care due to the Hyde Amendment. Doing so prevents that money from going to abortion coverage too, Guttmacher's Sonfield said.
The anti-abortion restrictions baked into the tax credits for private insurance remain.
It's hard to know how the parliamentarian will rule on any of the restrictions. Elizabeth MacDonough, who was appointed to the role by then-Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) in 2012, now serves at the behest of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY). MacDonough in 2015 gave the green light for the ACA repeal bill that defunded Planned Parenthood for one year. Obama vetoed that bill.
But this time around, reproductive rights advocates appear to have the CBO on their side. The CBO unequivocally determined that Republicans intend to defund Planned Parenthood, and only Planned Parenthood in the House-passed AHCA bill. Many Senate aides believe that violates the rules of reconciliation, according to a recent CNN report.
"Experts agree the 'defund' Planned Parenthood provision is a violation of the Byrd Rule because it is politically-motivated policy, similar to the tax credit provision related to abortion," Planned Parenthood Federation of America said in a statement.
"It has no place on reconciliation because it violates these rules, and it has no place on any legislation because it is the epitome of a mean-spirited policy that hurts millions of women."
All* Above All's Lopez advised people to remain vigilant, regardless of the short-term outcome. If the abortion restrictions on the state stability fund fail to pass muster with the parliamentarian, she said, Republicans could try to include them in must-pass CHIP reauthorization this September.
"I don't know that there aren't some tricks that they could figure out to make that not be the case," she said. "That's how it would normally be—this is not a normal political environment that we're working in."
No one can predict with certainty the fate of the abortion restrictions—or for that matter, the fate of the Planned Parenthood provision. Only the consequences of Republicans' anti-abortion machinations are clear, per a new Kaiser Family Foundation report that now seemingly applies to the Senate's BCRA too: "If the AHCA's restriction of the use of tax credits for any plan that covers abortion beyond the Hyde restrictions becomes law, there will be very limited abortion coverage in private plans in all states."
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Kids have a way with words. If you have your own, you know what I mean. And even if you don't, chances are you still have experienced the honesty of a small child.
When they have a question, they don't understand there are certain things we talk about … and certain things we don't. So they will blurt out pretty much anything to any one, at any time.
It's a simple question, and one that a lot of kids ask people all around them. Yet its also a question that can make a great many people uncomfortable.
It all comes down to how we define "rich".
To some it may be material things – I've known many people who judge "richness" based on the current car they are driving and the clothes they are wearing.
To some it may be the wealth in their bank accounts.
To some it may be the experiences they live on a daily basis.
All are correct. And you can define it any way you choose.
Yet in many ways, "richness" changes every day, depending on how you want to view it.
When something clicks and you look at things through different "glasses", you wake up to a whole new perspective of the world.
We did that a couple of years ago.
We began putting travel back on our priority list. Yet when we left for a two week vacation in the middle of summer, the only feeling we couldn't escape was one of worry. Would the lawn survive? What if a water main broke? What about our landscaping?
Everything that held us back was house related.
So we began to talk. What if we didn't have a house? Did we really need a ton of space for three people? Could we be just as happy in 1200 square feet as we were in 3300?
The answer of course is yes. We've been in a condo for seven months now and have never looked back. And in fact, our future thinking is planning out a six week trip to Europe with zero worries about landscaping and grass.
So our idea of "richness" changed from what we owned to what we can experience.
Yet along the way, that translation also was lost in our daughter. Of course things are a bit different between six and sixteen, and they ask questions in slightly different ways. As we were discussing college financing, she finally got around to asking "Are we rich?" in her own special way. And it brought up a several hour discussion on what the term "rich" really means.
What makes your life "rich" now?
What could you change to improve your "richness"?
For every person, it means something different. But if you haven't asked yourself those two questions, you may be surprised at the answers.


The idea is to list five different board games you want to play at least five times through out the year.
Each time you play one of the games, you advance the little meeple token one space on the game tracker.
Get all five meeples to the 5 and you have completed the challenge.
It has the ability to stand on a table or hang on a wall.
It's hand-crafted natural wood and comes unfinished for you to paint or stain and you see fit.
It comes with a white dry erase marker board to list the names of the games you want to play year after year.


The New York Mets are the fourth major league team to try their hand at taming Yoenis Cespedes and getting all he is capable of giving from him. But this year, signs are pointing to something better than that – the man is taming himself.
Every once in a while in baseball, a player appears on the scene who confounds fans, teammates, his manager, and anyone who comes into contact with him. He possesses immense talent, but more often not his behavior results in shooting himself in the foot. Manny Ramirez, as an example, would be in the Hall of Fame today if he hadn't been "Manny Ramirez." Yoenis Cespedes has been on a similar track over six seasons in the big leagues.
Over those years, Cespedes was traded three times before he landed with the Mets on July 31, 2015. His value as a player is seen in the caliber of who went to the other teams in those deals. Michael Fulmer (Mets to Tigers), Rick Porcello (Detroit to Boston), and Jon Lester (Boston to Oakland), all have high value in their own right, but every time it was Yoenis Cespedes who was seen as the key component on the receiving end who would provide lightning in a bottle.
It happened once, and the New York Mets were the recipient in 2015 when Cespedes arrived for the final two months of the season and single-handedly propelled the Mets to an appearance in the World Series, their first since 2000. For both the Mets and Cespedes though, that was the last hurrah.
In 2016, Sandy Alderson, many would say, was blackmailed into signing Cespedes as a free agent when the "do-nothing Mets" were being crucified by fans and media. Cespedes is due to receive $87.5 million on that contract from the Mets through 2020.
Cespedes was okay in 2016, appearing in 132 games, batting .280 with 31 home runs, and driving in 86. But it was last season when the old questions about the makeup and work ethic about Cespedes began to surface again when he appeared in only half of the Mets games providing a meek total of 17 home runs and 42 RBI.
Injuries are one thing, and all athletes suffer them causing a loss of time in whatever sport they are engaged in. But is there another athlete on the planet besides Yoenis Cespedes who didn't get the memo about the importance of ingesting fluids (preferably water) into their body as part of their daily regimen? The Mets were flabbergasted when they learned Cespedes had an "affinity" to water if there is such a thing, and the team had to instruct him accordingly. Thus, the reason for the hamstring pulls that permeated his season.
Then, during the Subway Series with the Yankees, Cespedes had to pull himself from the lineup, only to have reports surface later from fans who saw him playing golf that morning. Sandy Alderson complained about the "optics" of the episode and though no one ever medically connected his injury to golf; it was clear Yoenis Cespedes was wearing out the patience of everyone connected to the Mets.
Now comes a story in the New York Daily News reporting that Yoenis Cespedes is "giving up" golf for the 2018 season. Of significance, he wasn't asked to by the Mets, and it was he who informed the team of his decision to do so. Over the winter, Cespedes also took it upon himself to enroll in Yoga classes to increase his flexibility, and to adjust his weight-lifting to get away from muscle-building, with an approach (again) to add flexibility to his repertoire.
If all of this is true, and like a recovering addict you have to count the day by one, the Mets may become the first team to have gotten through to Cespedes. Or maybe, he's just one of those cases where maturity cannot be judged by age alone (he's 26), and some of us take longer to grow up than others.
Whatever the case, it goes without saying the New York Mets need Yoenis Cespedes at full-strength if they intend to compete for a Wild Card spot in the playoffs. The man has proven he can carry a team on his back over an extended period. And with Jay Bruce and Michael Conforto complementing him in the Mets lineup, together with a revitalized starting rotation, there is every reason to suggest the Mets can't rise to the occasion.
'15 was the Mets' 4th WS appearance, not their third.
The mets made world series in 2000.


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ST MARTIN'S SOCIETY OF CHANGE RINGERS - PERTH (WESTERN AUSTRALIA)
Bell ringer Existing
C/- The Bell Tower PO Box 5589 St George's Terrace Perth WA 6831 Australia
St Martin's Society of Change Ringers was established in 2000 to provide regular ringing at the Bell Tower.
Since then we have trained many new ringers and welcomed visiting ringers from around the world.
Regular ringing takes place three times a week, with additional practices at various times each month.
We also provide ringing for weddings and other functions at the Bell Tower. The society also rings for important occasions such as Anzac Day; we rang for HM the Queen during her most recent visit to Perth; and we have rung several times with the West Australian Symphony Orchestra. In August 2020 we rang as part of the official VP Day (Victory in the Pacific) commemorations.
There are social events throughout the year including:
The semi-formal annual dinner at which the St Martin's Award is presented to a ringer who has substantially improved in his or her ringing, or has made another significant contribution to the life of the society, and the
Informal summer party which is held on the roof-top level of the Bell Tower.
The society owns a sizeable library of ringing reference books which members may borrow and has the use of several sets of handbells.
The society is also the custodian of the Cygnet Ring, a mobile ring of mini bells, that was donated to the Swan Bells Foundation by Dr Alan Collings. Mini rings are fast and furious fun and, while similar to tower bells, require a different set of skills to ring.
The annual membership fee is $20 for ordinary and associate members and $10 for full time students. For further details, please refer to the membership nomination form.
RINGING TIMES
General ringing 12:00 to 13:00
Handling 11:00 to 12:00
Check the monthly calendar for variations and extra sessions.
If you're a visitor, please let us know your arrival and departure dates; whether you would like to ring a quarter peal (Thursdays at noon); and the methods you ring.
You are assured of a warm welcome.
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Al Gergawi shares UAE vision for digital future with UN panel
WAM September 26, 2018
NEW YORK, 26th September, 2018 (WAM) — Mohammad bin Abdullah Al Gergawi, Minister of Cabinet Affairs and the Future, participated in the first meeting of the High-Level Panel on Digital Cooperation, convened by UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres in the margins of the UN General Assembly in New York on 24th and 25th September 2018.
"The issues this panel is working on affect practically every aspect of modern, digitally enabled life. Digital technologies have already delivered incredible advances in human development, and we have only begun to tap their potential for improving the way governments deliver services, companies create new products, and people interact and connect" said Al Gergawi.
"However, there are also an increasing number of unseen challenges that rapid technological advancement can bring, many of which are global in nature. There is a clear need for a system of cooperation among relevant stakeholders in the digital space, and for clear recommendations on how to build on opportunities and address challenges," he added.
The Minister continued, "I firmly believe in our collective ability to work together, through agile and more inclusive approaches to governance. This is why I am excited about the work of this panel."
The panel is co-led by Melinda Gates, co-founder of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, and Jack Ma, Executive Chairman of the Alibaba Group. Al Gergawi was selected by the UN Secretary-General as one of 20 eminent experts on digital technology to serve on the panel.
"The speed and scale of change in society today is unprecedented. Cooperation on digital technology is critical and we're looking for new ideas from this high-level Panel," said Secretary-General Guterres.
The Minister invited the panel members to leverage the UAE's convening power to connect with stakeholders from around the world and test new ideas.
Reflecting on the panel's work, Al Gergawi said, "I am a practitioner. My hope is that this unique group of experts and thought leaders will produce ideas that have impact and are sustainable in the real world. That will be the true measure of our success."
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The Cuauhtemoc Tall Ship in Mazatlán
Quick! Do you know who Cuauhtémoc was? If you are an expat in Mexico, you should. Check your answer at the end of this post. The gorgeous tall ship that anchored in our bay this afternoon is named the Cuauhtémoc. She is scheduled to put into port in an official ceremony at the docks at 10:00 am on Sunday.
The Cuauhtémoc is a training vessel of the Mexican Navy with two main purposes: to train officer cadets in seamanship, navigation, leadership, and teamwork, and to spread the message of peace and goodwill from Mexico around the world. It sails with 55 officers, 74 cadets/midshipmen, and 120 enlisted crew members. The Cuauhtémoc was built in Bilbao, Spain in 1982, in a style similar to a 1930s German design. She has sailed around the world for the past 32 years, logging over one million kilometers. She is 90 meters long by 12 meters wide, with a sail area of 25, 500 square feet.
The ship and her crew have won many awards, including the prestigious Cutty Sark Trophy, which it received twice—during the Races for Great Tall Ships in both 1998 and 2000. In 2002, the ship won the Boston Tea Pot, a trophy awarded by the International Sailing Training Association ISTA for its nonstop sail of 1,342.7 nautical miles in 124 hours, at an average speed of 10.83 knots, setting the second-best record in the history of this competition. This record is better than all other ships in Europe and America that have received the trophy in the 12 years since then. It's tough to get clear shots of a gorgeously lit ship floating and bouncing at night in the bay! My respects to those who do, and please teach me! Here you'll see photos of the afternoon of its arrival (Saturday), sunset that evening, Saturday night, and Sunday's sunrise. Click on any photo to see it larger or view a slideshow.
Sunset after arrival
Sinaloa Tourism photo
Sunrise on Sunday
It arrived in Mazatlán this afternoon, Saturday November 8th, and anchored itself out in the middle of the bay. Oh is it gorgeous! It is supposed to put into port tomorrow, Sunday, though I'm unsure of the time. There will be tours while it's docked here in town, so don't miss out! Tours are Sunday and Monday from 11 am to 10 pm, and Tuesday and Wednesday 11 am to 5 pm. The Cuauhtémoc will remain docked here until its departure on Thursday, November 13th at 10 am. It last visited Mazatlán in 2005.
Track the Cuauhtémoc's current position
History of the Cuauhtémoc by the Secretaría de Marina
UPDATE ON SUNDAY NOV. 9th
We had the BEST time this morning! We followed the ship as it made its way to the port. It was accompanied by loads of smaller boats. As it rounded the lighthouse hill heading into the port, there were still no midshipmen up on the masts. But as they headed for the breakwater, the masts were gradually filled, and by the time the ship approached us on the outer edge of the breakwater, the masts were filled with cadets! It was a sight to behold. We were accompanied by ten or so other people looking to get good photos. I hooted and hollered and welcome them to Mazatlán, and quite a few of the cadets waved back at me. Oh so cool! As they got into the dock, we heard them singing the Marina anthem. So awesome! Because we climbed out on the breakwater, and I didn't have the right shoes, we missed most of the opening ceremony back at the dock, but it was so worth it! Just to have them wave and know we were some of the first to welcome them in! So cool!
Our mermaid and the Cuauhtémoc
Three islands and the Cuauhtémoc
Midshimen up on the masts
Me taking the mermaid pic 😉
Rounding El Faro hill–no one on the masts
The gang of photographers on the breakwater
Everyone's up on the masts as it heads into port
We hadn't seen our friends in quite a while. Nice to reconnect!
Cuauhtémoc was the last Aztec emperor, who was executed by Hernán Cortés, Spanish conquistador, in 1525. Quite a few Mexican boys, streets and plazas are named in his honor.
Posted by Dianne Hofner Saphiere in Life in Mazatlán
Tagged: Cuauhtémoc sailing ship, marina México, Mazatlan, Mexico, port, Sinaloa, tall ship, travel in Mexico
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Old Crow Medicine Show är en amerikansk musikgrupp, bildad 1998 i New York.

Via North Carolina omlokaliserades bandet så småningom till Nashville, där man 2003 fick kontrakt med skivbolaget Nettwerk. De gav 2004 ut fjärde albumet Old Crow Medicine Show, som producerades av David Rawlings. Banduppsättningen på albumet bestod av Critter Fuqua (banjo, gitarr, sång), Kevin Hayes (gitarr), Morgan Jahnig (ståbas), Ketcham Secor (banjo, fiol, munspel, sång) och Willie Watson (banjo, gitarr, sång).

Uppföljaren Big Iron World gavs ut 2006 och producerades även den av Rawlings. På sitt sjätte album, Tennessee Pusher (2008), bytte bandet producent till Don Was. Den 17 juli 2012 släpptes det sjunde albumet Carry Me Back producerat av Ted Hutt. 2015 vann gruppen en Grammy för albumet Remedy i kategorin Best Folk Album.

Medlemmar

Nuvarande medlemmar
Critter Fuqua – banjo, resonator gitarr, guitjo, gitarr, dragspel, slagverk, sång
Kevin Hayes – guitjo, gitarr, sång
Morgan Jahnig – ståbas, slagverk, sång
Gill Landry – banjo, pedal steel guitar, dobro, gitarr, resonator gitarr, ståbas, slagverk, dragspel, sång
Chance McCoy – violin, gitarr, banjo, mandolin, sång
Ketch Secor – violin, munspel, banjo, gitarr, bajo sexto, mandolin, sång
Cory Younts - mandolin, gitarr, trummor, slagverk, keyboard, munspel, munharpa, sång

Tidigare medlemmar
Ben Gould – ståbas
Matt Kinman – mandolin, sång
Willie Watson – gitarr, banjo, violin, slagverk, munspel, sång

Diskografi

Studioalbum

Referenser

Noter

Externa länkar

 Officiell webbplats

Amerikanska countrygrupper
Amerikanska folkmusikgrupper
Musikgrupper bildade 1998

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaWikipedia


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World Hockey Association 1974/1975 var den tredje säsongen av World Hockey Association (WHA). Fjorton lag spelade 78 matcher var, totalt 546 matcher i ligan, följt av slutspel om Avco World Trophy. Säsongen inleddes den 15 oktober 1974 och avslutades den 7 april 1975.

Houston Aeros vann Avco World Trophy för andra året i rad efter finalseger mot Quebec Nordiques med 4-0 i matcher.

San Diego Mariners-spelaren André Lacroix vann poängligan på 147 poäng, 41 mål + 106 assist.

Michigan Stags inledde sin enda säsong i ligan, men i början av januari lades klubben ner på grund av sviktande publiksiffror. Klubben ersattes av den ligaägda klubben Baltimore Blades som övertog Michigans resultat och resterande matcher för säsongen.

All star matchen spelades i Northlands Coliseum i Edmonton och vanns av West 6-4 mot East.

Grundserien
Not: SM = Spelade matcher, V = Vinster, O = Oavgjorda, F = Förluster, GM = Gjorda mål, IM = Insläppta mål, MSK = Målskillnad, Pts = Poäng

Lag i GRÖN färg spelar slutspel
Lag i RÖD färg har spelat klart för säsongen

Canadian Division

Eastern Division

Western Division

Poängligan i grundserien
Not: SM = Spelade matcher, M = Mål, A = Assists, Pts = Poäng

Slutspelet

 Åtta lag gjorde upp om Avco World Trophy.
 Samtliga matchserier avgjordes i bäst av sju matcher.
 Slutspelet inleddes den 8 april och avslutades den 12 maj.

WHA awards

Externa länkar
 Samtliga sluttabeller för WHA på webcitation.org
 WHA 1974/1975 på hockey-reference.com
 Samtliga resultat för säsongen 1974/1975
 Tabellerna på hockeydb.com
 Skytteligan, Assistligan, Poängligan och Utvisningsligan på hockeydb.com
 Slutspelet på hockeydb.com

1974 i Kanada
1974 i USA
1975 i Kanada
1975 i USA
Ishockeysäsongen 1974/1975
1974/1975


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Design Is Driven By Goals, Not Visuals
Design Is Driven By Goals, Not By Visuals
It's been a couple weeks now that Facebook has launched its newly redesigned news feed. Despite the many mixed feelings about it, the redesign brings the web interface closer to its iOS counterparts -- which is great for product consistency, but is it conducive to Facebook's business goals and (perhaps more importantly) a better user experience?
Dustin Curtis, a well-known designer and startup advisor, was one critic who was pretty vocal about the decisions and reasoning behind the Facebook redesign (see "Whatever goes up, that's what we do"). In his writeup, Dustin claims Facebook chose an avenue of a design that was more beneficial to short-term numbers -- meaning ad sales and immediate revenue -- as opposed to designing a better user experience.
In response, Julie Zhou, Facebook's Product Design Director wrote about the rationale of the redesigned news feed, and she drives home several important points (see "Whatever's Best For The People, That's What We Do") that can be applied to design as a whole. Here's what we can take out of it…
1. Your Screen Is Not Everyone's Screen
Those working in the web industry can easily forget that they are not making products for themselves, but for people out in the "the real world." Designers are sometimes trapped in a land that is often a small bubble of the highest denominators, whereas the user base -- the true users -- may be having an entirely different user experience.
"It turns out, while I (and maybe you as well) have sharp, stunning super high-resolution 27-inch monitors, many more people in the world do not." - Julie Zhou
The bottom line for designers? Learn your users. Target audience research is a must -- you are designing for them, not for you. What can clients take away? Just because you see and use a service / product / web site in a particular way, does not mean your users will too. Embrace fluidity, and respect that your design has to work for the lower denominators, not the highest.
2. Delight Users First and Foremost
Your users -- your audience, your market, your people -- should drive the way your product performs, functions, and looks. The research must dictate what and how people are using your product, and will steer the direction of future iterations. A more beautiful approach may not mean more usable, and a more usable approach does not mean less beautiful.
"The old design was worse for many of the things we value and try to improve. … most of the people we showed the [the first version of the] design to told us they didn't like it more than what they previously had." - Julie Zhou
3. Always Iterate, Always Improve
Products are finished on launch; publishing a design is in fact just a step in a long line of constant analyzing, optimizing, and refining. Heck, even perhaps completely redesigning. Every step you take after measuring should be to take the data and plot out steps to refine your design.
"The new design we're currently rolling out to everyone delivers richer and larger photos, videos, and statuses. It cleans up a lot of clutter." - Julie Zhou
Don't be afraid of change. Something is working "fine" right now, but there is always room for improvement. That is why we at Custom Fit Online call ourselves a "data-informed consulting company," because we look at the information, we measure it, and we make appropriate changes to affect the bottom line of the products we make.
4. Love the Work You Do
Design Is Driven By Goals, Not By Visuals #WebDesign
If you are not happy with the kind of work you are doing, it is time to find an alternative. Clients, if you cannot trust your designers to make and execute decisions that will reinforce and improve your bottom line, it's time to look elsewhere. Designers, be proud of the work you are doing; you are making someone else's life better, and that is absolutely wonderful.
"As a designer, that's something I'm proud to stand behind." - Julie Zhou
How do you feel about the new Facebook news feed redesign? Is it a step up -- or down -- for you? After reading Julie's insight, does it give you a new appreciation to the reasoning behind some of the changes done? Let us know in the comments below, or on Twitter and Facebook.
Giving and Receiving Better Feedback In the Design Process (44%)
Design vs. User Experience: Build What We Want to Use (33%)
The Responsibility of Design (33%)
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Obama and the Hopey-Changey Fairy
A few weeks ago, Timmy highlighted an article by Glenn Greenwald that ran through some of the continued abuses and illiberal actions by the wonderful new Obama-Caring government of the US.
The most recent liberty-abridging, Terrorism-justified controversies have focused on diluting the legal rights of American citizens (in part because the rights of non-citizens are largely gone already and there are none left to attack). A bipartisan group from Congress sponsors legislation to strip Americans of their citizenship based on Terrorism accusations. Barack Obama claims the right to assassinate Americans far from any battlefield and with no due process of any kind. The Obama administration begins covertly abandoning long-standing Miranda protections for American suspects by vastly expanding what had long been a very narrow "public safety" exception, and now Eric Holder explicitly advocates legislation to codify that erosion. John McCain and Joe Lieberman introduce legislation to bar all Terrorism suspects, including Americans arrested on U.S. soil, from being tried in civilian courts, and former Bush officials Bill Burck and Dana Perino -- while noting (correctly) that Holder's Miranda proposal constitutes a concession to the right-wing claim that Miranda is too restrictive -- today demand that U.S. citizens accused of Terrorism and arrested on U.S. soil be treated as enemy combatants and thus denied even the most basic legal protections (including the right to be charged and have access to a lawyer).
This shift in focus from non-citizens to citizens is as glaring as it is dangerous. As Digby put it last week:
The frighting reality is that not even Dick Cheney thought of stripping Americans of their citizenship so that you could torture and imprison them forever --- even right after 9/11 when the whole country was petrified and he could have gotten away with anything. You'll recall even John Walker Lindh, who was literally captured on the battlefield fighting with the Taliban, was tried in civilian court. They even read him his rights.
I think this says something fairly alarming about the current state of our politics.
No shit.
Even further back, the wife highlighted the fact that Obama has not even restored the freedoms that Bush removed through the Patriot Act, for example—a piece of legislation that Obama specifically promised to repeal.
Having campaigned on a platform that consisted largely of reversing the mahoosive mistakes of the Bush administration, once in office, he immediately set out to… not reverse any of them. Patriot Act? Still there. Guantanamo? Still there. Wars? Still there. Bailouts and stimuli? Still there.
Bella even commented on Obama's approval of extra-judicial killings of US citizens on foreign soil.
Several weeks ago I saw a story on a blog somewhere about Obama's authorising the assassination of an American citizen abroad (sans due process, naturally) because he was suspected of terrorist activity. I didn't write about it then because I was sure it was a right-wing conspiracy lie.
Apparently it's not.
Other restorations of our civil liberties include proposals to deny terrorist suspects arrested on US soil their Miranda rights, strip American citizens accused of terrorism of their citizenship, and treating American citizens arrested for terrorism as enemy combatants and barring them from trial in normal American courts.
I'm a bit confused about this, because while I obviously think restoring civil rights is a wonderful thing, these plans all sound to me like stripping Americans of every possible legal and Constitutional protection based solely on an accusation of a particular crime.
Perhaps the definition of 'civil liberties' has Changed™ since 2008. Perhaps, as appears to be the case, this legislation has been proposed by eeeevil Republicans. But if the latter is so, why are the good and kind Democrats in charge not screaming bloody murder about it? Why are they not swearing with their every last breath to use their Congressional majority to kill these bills stone dead?
And why, in the name of all that is holy, has the era of Hope and Change not only not reversed any of the rights-abuses perpetrated by the previous administration, as was promised, but perpetrated new ones itself?
So, I think that it's fair to say that Obama has not been an unmitigated boon for the citizens of the US: indeed, when touching base with friends and relations in that country, the wife reports that even Bush wasn't hated as much as some people loathe Obama.
And, it seems, they have good reason. Because one thing that The Boy Blunder most definitely is not is some kind of libertarian, liberal, liberty-loving chappie who definitely won't take more freedoms away from the US people.
But despite the litany of shit (of which the horrors listed above are but a fraction of the infractions), via Obo, I see that The Keepers Of The One True Libertarianism™ have decided that any libertarians who don't praise Obama—even had they not noticed the story—for allowing openly gay people in the military are, in fact, traitors to the cause.
Which is slightly bizarre because only a few weeks ago, The Keepers Of The One True Libertarianism™ were complaining that libertarian bloggers who extended a cautious welcome to the stated intentions of Our New Coalition Overlords™ were, in fact, traitors to the cause.
All my fellow libertarians are either celebrating, silent, or seemingly willing to give the new guys a go.
What does this mean? Well, it means there will be less reason to listen to libertarian bloggers and less reason to visit their sites.
And where is the fun if there is no counter-authority sentiment, no insurgency, no angry voice of revolution to rally around? People have flocked to libertarian bloggers because they generally attack 'the Man' and create a vibe.
So, welcoming the promises for more freedom, fewer laws and more transparency in the people who have taken over our government is a betrayal of the libertarian cause because Our New Coalition Overlords™ are "statist, high taxation, anti-individual, social democratic, social engineering, tinkering, meddling authoritarians. I.e. more of the same."
However, failing to "applaud and give credit" to Barack "The Man" Obama—a man who is so far from being libertarian that he... Ah, fuck it. The man's authorised extra-judicial killings of his own citizens merely because they have been accused of a crime, for crying out loud!—because the Obama's US has "taken an important step" that "paves the way" to allow openly gay people into the military (replacing the current "don't ask, don't tell" policy) is "weirdly partisan and aggressive" and a failure "to support and encourage the rights, freedoms and liberties of people regardless of their wealth, standing and status as property owners".
Well, here we go, boys: I wouldn't want anyone to question my commitment to libertarianism, least of all you two, so here's my tribute to The Boy Blunder.
"Well done, Obama, for offering this derisory fig leaf of freedom to gay people, whilst fucking everyone else up the arse with the rest of the tree."
As for the whole issue of gays in the military...
OK? 'Kay? 'Kay.
By Devil's Kitchen at May 31, 2010
Labels: blogging, libertarianism, misplaced optimism, The Boy Blunder, USA
John Demetriou said...
Sean Gabb isn't part of Boaty & D. So the point is?
Sad to hear this, Felix. Oh no, an anonymoron idiot thinks B&D are cocks. What is a boy to do.
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The wisdom (or otherwise) of Richard Murphy
Social Security Assurance
Questions to which I don't know the answer...
How long do you work for the tax man?
Janet Street-Porter: contradictory crone
Pensioned off
The Change Coalition: lies and bullshit
Libertarian Roundup #13
A sincere plea to Labour supporters
Flying by the seat of their pants
"Labour is not the opposition... The civil service...
In Europe, ruled by Europe...*
Like the turn of a page, or a change of gear...*
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The illusion of sovereignty
Climate denier
An open letter to Byrne Tofferings
DK Archives
CRUdGate - Why this can't be swept under the carpet
The Coalition: Energy
Dim bulbs become a moot point
Common Purpose
Brown has gone
The Rainbow Coalition...
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Hands in the cookie jar
There's many a slip...
Setting the regions free
Election 2010 fall-out
It's on!
There's an easy solution to this...
Lisbon Treaty - back again?
Understanding the computer market
Voter quote of the day...
EU rulz OK!
Licensing life
Screwing business—the LibDem way
Just for emphasis
The scale of the crisis
This is how it should be done
Cameron finds some balls
The hidden Conservative agenda
Er... Really?
On Apple
BigotBottom
More bollocks on immigration


Oh my goodness – what a book! This was an eARC provided to me through NetGalley. Dark and twisted, it follows an ordinary married couple. Or so you think. He's a tennis coach, she works in real estate. What they both share is a twisted secret. One that starts to spiral out of control and threatens everything they hold dear, including the wellbeing of their children.
I'm really trying not to give away any spoilers but it's so hard with the biggest shock being delivered in the opening chapters. C.J. Tudor described it as "Dexter meets Gone Girl" and I couldn't agree more. Especially as the book starts to draw to a close and the twists start coming thick and fast! The only drawback of this one was the middle which starts to lose pace, but it opens strong and ends even stronger.
If you think thrillers are getting predictable then this is the book for you!! Amazon (affiliate) link below to take a closer look.
This was one that I grabbed from a charity book sale and I think cost me £1. It a was quid well spent!!
Lila is seventeen years old and has two big secrets. 1. she's in love with her brother's best friend Alex, and 2. she is telekinetic. Her brother Jack and Alex work for an organisation called The Unit, which she finds out is in place to hunt down people like her. What's more, they're after the people who murdered her mother 5 years before. Hunting Lila follows her as her entire world fall apart, and she learns that everything she knew about her abilities and her mother were a lie.
This is really well written, and I loved Lila as a character. She's a fun combination of feisty temper, teenage angst and courageous young woman. A light read that is well paced, I flew through Hunting Lila. Although there were a few quiet spots when it came to action, these were filled seamlessly with a little romance. Not enough to switch you off, but enough to give you a few warm fuzzies. Needless to say, that this is a series I'm DEFINITELY going to carry on with and I can't wait to check out Alderson's other books.
After enjoying the first book so much I headed straight into the second without much pause. Lila is on the run with Alex and Jack – her brother – is critically hurt. Intent on rescuing not only him but also her mother who has been held by the Unit all this time, Lila heads back into battle using some quickly developing psy skills.
I won't lie – this one doesn't quite have the grip that the first book did for me. Maybe I did too much too soon, but I just found the pace of this one a little bit too slow in the middle. However, it starts well and everything picks up again in the end. There are some fun twists to be had and although everything ends a little to neatly and nice for my usual taste, Losing Lila is a good end to a two book story. A great solid read for any young adult / supernatural readers out there.


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Relient K – Collapsible Lung
August 15, 2013 · by NoCoda. Record Reviews	· in 7 Star, Newest Releases, Pop, Pop-Rock, Top-40.	·
Mono Vs Stereo
What It Sounds Like: If you thought Relient K was too poppy before, wait until you hear this thing. Gone are almost all of the pop-punk influences, while the differentiation between pop and rock clocks in with a very heavy 80/20 split.
Sometimes it's better to start at the end and work your way backwards a little bit.
Let's cut to the chase. Collapsible Lung is getting a 7/10 (or maybe a little more by the time I'm done writing this!) It's a fun, enjoyable record that will make you feel good and have you singing along. It is also insanely different than anything that you have heard from Relient K in the past, because this is a huge pop record, through and through. Yes yes, they've always made pop music. But – forget any dose of punk. Forget the little bits of rock we find here and there. This is Relient K at their extreme mainstream poppiness.
Most Relient K records are written by singer/guitarist Matt Thiessen and lead guitarist Matt Hoopes. Collapsible Lung features an array of outside sources, from Evan Bogart (Rihanna) to the huge hit-maker Ari Levine (Bruno Mars, Cee Lo Green). I'm not sure what made the RK boys want to go down this avenue other than saying, Hey, we're seven official records into our career. Let's make the poppiest, catchiest and most diverse thing we can think of! If that sounds good to you, oh baby – believe me, you're gonna find a lot to love here. Not only is Relient K in over-the-top pop mode, but it's about every type of pop that you can think of, from the quirky indie pop of Disaster, to the new-wave pop of If I Could Take You Home, to the straightforward pop-radio-rock of Boomerang.
You could call it a blessing or a curse, but the outside songwriters "influence" plays a huge dominant role here. PTL could without a doubt me the next Maroon 5 single, and also without a doubt could climb the Billboard charts (if only Adam Levine was singing it; if this record picks up, I'd love to see Matt up there)! I frigging hate The Lazy Song by Bruno Mars (side note: did you know that song gives writing credit to four different songwriters? FOUR? How simple is that stupid song to need four writers?), but every time I hear the intro to the reggae-influenced Can't Complain, all I can think of is Bruno with that smug smile on his face, and I want to hit "next" faster than the time my finger allows itself to get to the button. But that slide guitar on the chorus? Catchy, man. Would it surprise you to learn that steady, driving heavy-pop/light-punk anthem Gloria was co-written by Sugarcult's Tim Pagnotta? Yeah, me neither.
Lyrically on the record overall, a good friend of mine stated it like this:
If you dove into that pool, you'd probably break your neck.
I certainly understand that mindset, and agree with it for the most part. The lyrics aren't necessary bad, but the trademark wit that Relient K is known for is certainly lacking. What was a special part of Relient K shows up on Collapsible Lung as simply commonplace and stereotypical; songs about meeting girls and taking it easy and…whatever Boomerang is about (answer: a girl. a relationship. but nothing really specific). The two best lyrics for me come at the end, as I can get behind Sweeter and Collapsible Lung, the title track.
For those of you that grew up while these guys were making waves in the "Christian" industry, it's noteworthy to mention that without any prior knowledge, you wouldn't have any idea of their faith concept. It's not that I am asking for, or even expecting anything as in-your-face as For The Moments I Feel Faint. It's not required at all. What I am expecting, however, is some sort of depth beyond relationships and girls. Sadly, we don't find it.
But for the shallow pool lyrically that this record may be, it could be a heck of a lot worse too. If Relient K set out to make a "fun" record and nothing else, they've accomplished it. Tons of this stuff you can sing along too, and tons of it can get stuck in your head. As previously mentioned, there is also an enormous amount of diversity here for being a simple pop record, with absolutely no two tracks sounding the same. It's not redundant, and there is no filler.
This isn't the Relient K that you grew up loving.
This also isn't the Relient K that I want to see for the rest of their career.
But what this record shows us is that they wanted to change it up, and try something different.
They succeeded. I'm a fan. Because this group has proven themselves again and again, and if this is what they wanted to do this time around, more power to 'em. I can't wait to see what else they have in store.
Go try to listen to Lost Boy and stop yourself from whistling along. And those bass piano notes….
Just try to hate it. I dare you.
If you had to listen to two tracks: Don't Blink / If I Could Take You Home
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Not to be confused with Fallout Tactics: Brotherhood of Steel, which is an entirely different game, Fallout: Brotherhood of Steel is an action variant of the popular RPG franchise that received pathetic scores from critics, was received angrily by fans who preferred the turn-based gameplay of the original, and was even wiped from series canon by embarrassed designers.
Carbon, the first town in the game.
The game revolves around an initiate (or group of initiates) of the Brotherhood of Steel, who are chosen from several playable characters. At first, the players' mission is to find out what happened to several missing Brotherhood paladins in the city of Carbon. But things derail as the city's Mayor sells the town out to raiders, who immediately begin their siege. After dealing with the raiders, the initiate(s) heads to the city of Los. There a cult called the Church of the Lost is found, along with a Brotherhood paladin named Rhombus. Rhombus has the initiate kill the cult leader Blake, and the initiate finds a key card to a secret Vault. After heading to the vault, the initiate learns of a massive army of mutants, and fights the mutant general Attis, but is seemingly defeated and left for dead. Thanks to the survivors in the vault, the initiate is able to once again find Attis, who has now mutated into a giant blob creature. The initiate kills Attis, and flees the Vault's self-destruction sequence.
Fallout: Brotherhood of Steel is built upon Snowblind's Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance engine framework, and plays very similarly to it. Players kill monsters and complete quests for experience points, and can put points into abilities when leveling up after achieving a certain number of experience points. The game also balances melee weapons and ranged weapons.
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The strongest of the first three characters. He can wield the heaviest of weapons.
The quickest of the first three characters. Nadia also has the ability to dual wield, which makes up for her lack of strength.
A ghoul (which is odd, because the Brotherhood only accepts human membership) that is neither as fast as Nadia nor as strong as Cyrus. He can gain a "RadChild" ability that allows him to gain health when in contact with radiation.
Unlocked after completing the first chapter. Patty has similar abilities compared to Nadia, but with some bonuses.
Unlocked after ending the second chapter, Rhombus is a Paladin of the Brotherhood of Steel. He is similar to Cyrus, but with additional benefits.
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Unlocked after beating the game, the Vault Dweller is the protagonist of the original Fallout, whose actions in that game changed The Wasteland forever. He is the most powerful character in the game.
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Supposedly because of inconsistencies with previous Fallout games, Fallout: Brotherhood of Steel is not considered part of the official Fallout Canon, however some of its content could be used as "flavor" material as long as it does not contradict Fallout Canon.
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Byjoejanish on March 2, 2006
One of the greatest, most illogical blasphemies occurring at all levels of baseball is the notion of limiting the pitch count.
Don't get me wrong, I do believe that a pitcher's pitches in a game should be counted, and that the count can help a manager decide whether it's time to pull a guy out. What confounds me are two major issues: the 100-pitch limit and conditioning athletes to stay within that limit.
For the first hundred years of baseball, the term "pitch count" did not exist. Every game, a team would have their best available pitcher for the day start the game, and keep throwing until he was pooped. Starters were expected to also finish, and even the #3 and #4 men in the rotation would go at least to the seventh inning, guaranteed. (Oh, and by the way, NO ONE used a 5-man rotation until the 1970s.) Through the years, thousands of pitchers threw and threw and threw, many for 250 or 300 innnings or more in? a season. And they did it without the benefit of today's medicine (and drugs).
In the late 1960s, Mets' manager Gil Hodges started counting pitcher's pitches. It was unheard of at the time, but it was a good idea. Unfortunately, somewhere between that idea and today, a whole lot of "experts" decided that no pitcher should throw more than 100 pitches in a game, and today no starting pitcher is expected to go beyond the sixth inning.
Despite the geniuses coming up with these asinine, unfounded rules, we still have pitchers injuring their arms, and to me, arm injuries seem a lot more common than before. I'm convinced it's because pitchers don't pitch enough.
There is no reason a healthy young man, with good mechanics, throwing fastballs the majority of the time, can't throw 140-160 pitches per game — especially with four days' rest between starts. However, the key is to condition the pitcher to reach that plateau. It can't be done immediately; a sound throwing program will build up to that goal over an 8-10 week period. But, once a pitcher builds up to that level, and maintains the conditioning program throughout the season, he should breeze through 150 pitches or more during? a game, without tiring.
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WASHINGTON – The U.S. embassy in Kabul was locked down Thursday as Covid cases rise in Afghanistan, pushing the country's fragile health system to its limits.
At the embassy, 114 employees tested positive for the coronavirus and are currently in isolation, one person has died and several people have been medically evacuated.
"The resources of the intensive care unit of the military hospital are running at full capacity, which is forcing our health units to create temporary Covid-19 wards to care for oxygen-dependent patients. 95% of our cases are people who are not or not fully vaccinated." The embassy wrote in a statement.
With immediate effect, the embassy said, employees would be restricted to their quarters, except to fetch food from restaurants or to exercise or relax in the open air alone.
"Individuals can walk, run, or relax outdoors without a mask provided they are ALONE, which means they are at least 6 meters away from others. Any further need requires a mask, "the statement went on, adding that face-to-face meetings indoors are prohibited unless" absolutely ". business critical. "
People who do not adhere to the guidelines could be removed from the post "on the next available flight," the embassy added.
"The restrictions will continue until the chain of transmission is broken," the statement said.
Afghan hospitals are quickly running out of medical equipment and other resources as infection cases increased 2,400% in the past month, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies said Thursday.
Last week the US embassy in Kabul shut down all consular visa services to deal with an "intense third wave of Covid-19 cases" that may hamper visa status for thousands of Afghans who have supported the US military through the conflict .
Lawmakers on Capitol Hill on Thursday raised concerns about whether the backlog of more than 10,000 Afghan translators and their families would be cleared before remaining US troops withdraw from the war-weary country.
Army General Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, told the Senate Armed Forces Committee during a hearing on the Pentagon's budget proposal that "planning is underway" to protect Afghans who have served alongside US and NATO forces.
The country's senior military officer added that the U.S. military would be able to accommodate any request as the State Department is running the thorough visa process for eligible Afghans.
On Tuesday, the Pentagon said it had passed the center of its Herculean task of withdrawing troops and equipment from Afghanistan.
The US military has removed approximately 611 loads of material that were flown out of the country by large cargo planes, according to an update from US Central Command.
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Biden's withdrawal deadline breaks with a proposed deadline that the Trump administration negotiated with the Taliban last year. Accordingly, all foreign armed forces should have left Afghanistan by May 1st.
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The coursework and year-long apprenticeship that I completed has given me a really comprehensive and hands-on training. At one point, Mr. Kurz brought a 105 year old upright piano over to my house that had been sitting in a storage unit for several years and was in very rough shape. His only instruction - make it work. As I would complete my lessons, I would work on the part of the piano being taught. Many times I would have to refer back to the manual to figure out exactly what I was supposed to do, and a few times even got stuck and needed to consult with Mr. Kurz. I removed rust, reset pins, replaced key tops, flanges, springs, felts and punchings, hammer butts, shanks and hammer heads, voiced hammers, shored the bottom so the pedals would work, and tuned it up. I got the poor old piano into working order and even managed to coax a little music out of it.