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Thunderstorms kill 1, submerge cars in San Bernardino County – LA Times
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Thunderstorms kill 1, submerge cars in San Bernardino County – LA Times.
Thunderstorms kill 1, submerge cars in San Bernardino County
San Bernardino County thunderstorms cause flooding in Forest Falls area.
By SCOTT GOLDcontact the reporter
Floods and Flooding
Thunderstorms wreak havoc in the mountains and desert of San Bernardino County
Storms clog key access roads with rocks and mud, submerging cars and prompting 'shelter in place' orders
County resources are stretched thin by the storm
Thunderstorms wreaked havoc in portions of the mountains and desert of San Bernardino County on Sunday, killing one person, clogging key access roads with rocks and mud, submerging cars and prompting "shelter in place" orders for at least 3,000 people.
One person was killed in the Bear Creek community, near Mt. Baldy, when debris swept a car off a roadway and into a swollen creek, authorities said.
Separately, several people rescued from fast-flowing water were treated for hypothermia, officials said.
An official of Forest Home Christian Conference Center in Forest Falls, Calif., inspects damage on the property following thunderstorms on Sunday, Aug. 3, 2014. (David Bauman / Associated Press)
One man in the Forest Falls mountain community was forced to escape a debris flow by climbing a tree. Most vehicles that were submerged in streams or floods were searched and found empty, authorities said.
County resources were stretched thin by the storm. Scores of swift-water rescue teams and fire engines had been dispatched to far-flung reaches of the county, said county Fire Capt. Josh Wilkins.
"Every rescue unit we have, every fire engine we have in San Bernardino County" had been sent out, Wilkins said. "We are literally approaching the maximum right now in terms of our call volume."
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The storms showed little sign of easing up. Typically, weather patterns in the area calm down at night. But by about 7 p.m., some of the more significant weather cells appeared to be circulating back toward the Forest Falls area after pummeling the San Bernardino Mountains and stretches of the Angeles National Forest.
"The whole thing could be repeating itself," Wilkins said. The county was considering putting out a call for assistance to neighboring communities.
We are literally approaching the maximum right now in terms of our call volume.– San Bernardino County Fire Capt. Josh Wilkins
The first days of August have been surprisingly wet in Southern California, with unusual humidity and showers throughout the region. The troubles in San Bernardino County appear to have started with a thunderstorm that began in the Claremont area Sunday and spun off like pinwheels into the mountains and the desert.
In Bear Creek, several hikers were lost in bad weather and were rescued. Heavy flooding was reported.
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In the Mt. Baldy area, debris flows were heading toward homes. Creeks swelled into rivers, submerging cars, Wilkins said. Authorities issued an order telling residents to shelter in place. One group rescued by emergency crews had been trapped in a home that was threatened by flooding and moving debris.
There were also reports of exploding propane tanks. Rescue teams were planning to search mountain cabins one by one.
The primary roads leading to Mt. Baldy were effectively blocked by rocks, mud and other debris. Rescue crews from the county, the city of Rancho Cucamonga and Los Angeles County fanned out in the area.
The community of Forest Falls was particularly hard-hit. Valley of the Falls Drive was also blocked by debris, and a bridge was washed out — and it's "one road in, one road out," Wilkins said.
Flooding was reported throughout the mountain community, which was teeming with both residents and campers and other recreational visitors.
"The rest of the town is still cut off," said public information officer Ryan Beckers.
At one point, more than 500 people were headed to a one-day conference in the area, and their convoy of cars was trapped in a debris flow. All have been accounted for, Wilkins said. It was unclear what sort of conference had been scheduled.
Two people were rescued from fast-moving water and were not injured, and a shelter had been established at a community center.
Between Mt. Baldy and Forest Falls, about 3,000 people had been ordered to remain where they were until the weather cleared.
Also, a swift-water rescue team had been dispatched to a remote area along California 62, where two parallel flash floods had trapped eight to 10 cars. Compounding the problem, at least 150 people had stopped to watch the rescue operation from the edge of the water, which "creates even more concern for us because they could become victims too," Wilkins said.
Authorities also reported flooding in Fontana, Mentone and Crestline.
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Attempted second-degree murder of Justina Pelletier by DCF Boston
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An oath of ethical professional behavior sworn by new physicians and attributed to Hippocrates.
I swear by Apollo the Physician, Asclepius, Hygeia, Panaceia, and all the gods and goddesses, making them my witnesses, that I will fulfill this oath and this covenant according to my ability and judgment:
To regard him who teaches me the art of medicine as equal to my parents; to share my life with him and, if he is in need, my sustenance; to regard his children as my brothers and to teach them this art, if they wish to learn it, without fee or covenant; to give instruction, written, oral, and practical, to my sons and the sons of my teacher, as well as to any students who have signed a covenant and sworn an oath according to the canons of our profession, but to no others.
I will apply therapeutic measures for the benefit of the sick according to my ability and judgment, and will abstain from harm and wrongdoing.
I will not give a lethal drug to anyone requesting it, nor will I recommend the use of such. Likewise I will not give a woman an abortive drug.
I will live my life and practice my art in purity and in holiness.
I will not perform surgery, even on sufferers from stone, but will not interfere with those who engage in such work.
Whatever houses I enter, I will do so for the benefit of the sick, refraining from all intentional wrongdoing and misconduct, particularly from sexual involvement with persons of either gender, whether free or slaves.
I will not divulge anything of a private nature regarding people's personal lives that I see or hear, whether in the course of my professional activities or not, because I recognize the shamefulness of revealing such information.
If I carry out this oath and do not break it, may I find satisfaction in life and the practice of my profession and may I deserve honor among men forever. If I violate it and swear falsely, may the opposite be my lot.
Executive leadership Boston Children's Hospital
Sandra L. Fenwick, President and Chief Executive Officer Kevin Churchwell, MD, Executive Vice President of Health Affairs and Chief Operating Officer
President and Chief Executive Officer: Sandra L. Fenwick
Executive Vice President of Health Affairs and Chief Operating Officer: Kevin Churchwell, MD
Physician-in-Chief, Pediatrician in Chief, Chair of Department of Medicine: Gary R. Fleisher, MD
Surgeon-in-Chief: James Kasser, MD
Executive Director, Heart Center: Michael J. Anderegg
Senior Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer: Dick Argys
Executive Director, Satellite Clinical Operations: Julee Bolg, RN, MS, MBA
Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing and Communications Officer: Margaret Coughlin
Chief Innovation Officer: Naomi Fried, PhD
Vice President, Clinical Services: Michael Gillespie
Vice President, Research Administration: Gus Cervini
Vice President, Government Relations: Josh Greenberg
Senior Vice President, Chief Safety and Quality Officer: Kathy Jenkins, MD
Vice President, Strategy: Jean Mixer
Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer: Daniel Nigrin, MD, MS
Senior Vice President and General Counsel: Stuart Novick, Esq.
Chief Investment Officer: Phil Rotner
Senior Vice President, Patient Care Services and Chief Nursing Officer: Laura J. Wood, DNP, MS, RN
Vice President, Human Resources: Inez Stewart
President, Children's Hospital Trust: Lynn Susman
Vice President of Support Services: Henry Tomasuolo
Chief Financial Officer (CFO): Doug Vanderslice
Executive Director, Satellite Administrative Operations: Jane Venti
Senior Vice President, Network Development and Strategic Partnerships: Wendy Warring, JD
Vice President, Real Estate Planning and Development: Charles Weinstein, Esq.
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Division of Cardiac Anesthesia: James A. DiNardo, MD
Division of Critical Care Medicine: Jeffrey Burns
Division of Pain Management: Charles Berde
Division of Perioperative Anesthesia: Lynne Ferrari
Department of Cardiac Surgery: Pedro Del Nido
Department of Cardiology: James Lock, MD, Cardiologist-in-Chief
Department of Dentistry: Man Wai Ng
Department of Laboratory Medicine: Orah Platt
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Frederick Lovejoy, Associate Physician-in-Chief
Division of Adolescent and Young Adult Medicine: S. Jean Emans
Division of Clinical Pediatric Oncology: Lisa R. Diller
Division of Developmental Medicine: Leonard Rappaport, MD, MS
Division of Emergency Medicine: Richard G. Bachur, MD
Division of Endocrinology: Joseph A. Majzoub, MD
Division of Gastroenterology/Nutrition: Wayne I. Lencer, MD
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Ellis Neufeld
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Division of Hematology/Oncology: David A. Williams, MD
Division of Immunology: Raif Geha, MD
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Department of Orthopedic Surgery: James R. Kasser, MD, Surgeon-in-Chief
Division of Sports Medicine: Lyle J. Micheli, MD
Department of Otolaryngology: Michael J. Cunningham, MD
Department of Pathology: Mark Daniel Fleming, MD, DPhil
Department of Plastic Surgery: John G. Meara, MD, DMD, MBA
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Stephan D. Voss, MD, PhD
Laura Drubach
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Department of Surgery: Robert C. Shamberger, MD
Division of Gynecology: Marc R. Laufer, MD
Department of Urology: David A. Diamond, MD
Genomics: Louis Kunkel, PhD
Informatics: Isaac Kohane, MD, PhD
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MURDER! by depraved indifference it's attempted second-degree murder by Boston DCF
To constitute depraved indifference, the defendant's conduct must be 'so wanton, so deficient in a moral sense of concern, so lacking in regard for the life or lives of others, and so blameworthy as to warrant the same criminal liability as that which the law imposes upon a person who intentionally causes a crime. Depraved indifference focuses on the risk created by the defendant's conduct,not the injuries actually resulting.
the People were required to establish also that defendant's act was imminently dangerous and presented a very high risk of death to others and that it was committed under circumstances which evidenced a wanton indifference to human life or a depravity of mind. . . .
Yes WE THE PEOPLE find that Central Office of the Department of Children and Families: involved in the Justina Pelletier case have and are acting in imminently dangerous way and presented a very high risk of death to Justina Pelletier. Further more WE find that the DCF and ALL those involved in this case, that their action demonstrates a "callous disregard for human life" that may results in death. WE demand the immediate removal of DCF officials pending charges for the attempted second-degree murder of Justina Pelletier.
Central Office of the Department of Children and Families:
Address: Department of Children and Families. 600 Washington Street, Boston, MA 02111
YES I DID EMAIL THIS TO THEM AND YOU SHOULD TOO!
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Olga Roche, Commissioner
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Paul Fitzsimons, Acting Deputy Commissioner, Field Operations
Christina Joyce, Acting Deputy Commissioner, Policy, Planning & Programs
David O'Callaghan, Chief Financial Officer
Mary Ellen Bennard, Chief Information Officer
Virginia Peel, General Counsel
Ruben Ferreira, Assistant Commissioner, Continuous Quality Improvement
Robert Wentworth, Assistant Commissioner of Planning and Program Development
Mary Gambon, Assistant Commissioner of Adoption and Foster Care
Cayenne Isaksen, Director of Public Affairs
Colin Moore, Director of Legislative Affairs
Kevin Barboza, Ombudsman
Leo Farley, Adoption Support
Joy Cochran, Foster Care Support
Debora Sullivan, Adoption and Foster Care Recruitment
Maureen Fallon-Messeder, Adolescent Services
Lucille Lovanni, Accounting/Bill Paying
Neal Michaels, Early Intervention and Special Projects
Ros Walter, Data
Tammy Mello, Domestic Violence
To contact any of the individuals above, please call the Central Office of the Department of Children and Families at (617) 748-2000, or, write to them at the following address:
For any comments or questions, please email the Commissioner at: dcfcommissioner@state.ma.us.
I do know that Justina IS at risk maybe I should fill out this form Report of Child(ren) Alleged to be Suffering from Serious Physical or Emotional Injury by Abuse or Neglect
We will respond to your inquiry as soon as possible.
If you are writing to report a case of abuse or neglect, please call the Child At Risk Hotline at: 1-800-792-5200.
For a listing of local DCF offices , please visit: mass.gov/dcf.
Boston, MA – Today, A contempt of court motion was filed against the Massachusetts Department of Children and Families (DCF) in the Justina Pelletier case.
Three weeks ago on March 3, Judge Joseph Johnston approved a written agreement transferring care to Tufts Medical Center. Despite this enforceable order, DCF still has not made appointments with Tufts. The Pelletiers have spoken several times to Dr. Korson, who was treating Justina before this debacle began, and they obtained an appointment date. Dr. Korson said that he wants to see Justina and resume her treatment immediately, but on Friday, March 21, DCF said it will not honor any appointments with Tufts until the judge rules on Tuesday.
"A child's health and welfare are hanging in the balance. We cannot continue to withhold treatment from this young girl," said Mat Staver, Founder and Chairman of Liberty Counsel. "It is obvious to everyone but DCF that this disease is physical, not psychiatric. DCF should stop delaying, obey the court order, and send her to Tufts for medical treatment today!" Staver continued.
The Pelletiers are preparing other legal pleadings to remove DCF from this case. "DCF has abused its authority. DCF had no right to come between Justina and medical care," Staver said.
Last Monday, Mat Staver was in court before Judge Johnston. Two matters were brought up: (1) Staver's (second) motion to be admitted to the case, and (2) a request to return Justina home to the parents. Judge Johnston said he would rule on both matters by the end of the week. On Friday afternoon, the clerk of the court stated the judge will rule next Tuesday. In 14 months, Judge Johnston has not issued a single written opinion. He continually kicks the can down the road.
On February 24, Mat Staver first appeared in the Boston court seeking to represent the family. DCF objected. The judge said that DCF had 48 hours to file any written objections. DCF did not, but the judge did not rule. "The delay tactics, hoping that the press will lose interest in this case, must cease. Justina must be returned to her parents' custody and Tufts' care," Staver said.
A Massachusetts judge ruled Tuesday that the Connecticut teen in the middle of a contentious custody battle between her parents and the state will remain in the custody of the Massachusetts Department of Children and Families.
The Boston Globe reported that Suffolk County juvenile court Judge Joseph Johnson granted"permanent" custody to the state DCF. This decision was in response to a motion filed by Lou and Linda Pelletier, Justina's parents, and her court-appointed lawyer for a "conditional custody" plan. Up until this point, DCF only had temporary custody of Justina, which it had maintained for more than a year.
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Phone: 617.725.4005; 888.870.7770 (in state)
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Address: State Capitol, 210 Capitol Avenue, Hartford, Ct 06106
"Please let me go home right now."
Those are some of the first words that the public has ever heard from Justina Pelletier since she was taken out of her parents custody and into the care of the Massachusetts Department of Children and Families 16 months ago.
"This is the first time they can actually hear her in her own voice," Rev. Patrick Mahoney told TheBlaze Monday of the video posted to the "A Miracle for Justina" Facebook page, showing the 16-year-old in a wheelchair.
"All I really want to be with is with my family and my friends," Justina said in the video posted Sunday night.
"You can do it. You're the one that's judging this. Please let me go home Judge Johnson and Gov. Patrick," Justina continued directing her comments to Suffolk County juvenile court Judge Joseph Johnston and Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick. "Please, right now. Please let me go home right now. I need to be home with my family and just please do it."
Justina's video comes after she was allowed a brief visit at home and attended her sister's dance recital over the weekend, Mahoney said. It also comes after the DCF filed a motion last week to reconsider and dismiss the case against Justina Pelletier's parents, Lou and Linda Pelletier.
"We are pleased that the family has engaged around the reunification plan and we have filed papers in court to support our shared goal of bringing Justina home," Alec Loftus, a spokesman for the state's Health and Human Services department, said in an emailed statement.
The teen's parents lost custody of their daughter after a disagreement with Boston Children's Hospital over a medical diagnosis. Since then, they have been fighting for her return in and out of court.
Mahoney told TheBlaze the next set date when Judge Johnston could rule on the case in light of DCF's motion is June 20, but the family hopes for something sooner.
"The Pelletiers have completed all four elemnts of DCF reunification plan. Based on DCF filing this request for dismissal and the Pelletiers completing reunification plan, there is no reason at all why Justina should not be released immediately," he said, noting that Father's Day was coming up this Sunday.
While Mahoney could not comment on any further legal action that the Pelletiers might take, he said, that "one would expect the Pelletiers to use every recourse to hold government accountable to ensure this never happens again."
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Cochran staffers to commit massive voter fraud
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Cochran Campaign Manager, Staffer Busted in Illegal Vote Buying Operation
Charles C. Johnson and Joel S. Gilbert
Democrat black reverend, who brought "hundreds" to the polls for promise of payment, exposes alleged massive voter fraud, vote buying operation by Cochran campaign.
A black reverend stiffed by the Cochran campaign has exposed an alleged criminal conspiracy by Cochran staffers to commit massive voter fraud ahead of Tuesday's controversial U.S. Senate Republican runoff election in Mississippi.
Reverend Stevie Fielder, associate pastor at historic First Union Missionary Baptist Church and former official at Meridian's redevelopment agency, says he delivered "hundreds or even thousands," of blacks to the polls after being offered money and being assured by a Cochran campaign operative that Chris McDaniel was a racist. "They [the Cochran campaign] told me to offer blacks fifteen dollars each and to vote for Thad."
It is illegal under several provisions of Mississippi law and federal law for campaign officials to bribe voters with cash and punishable up to five years in jail. (MS Code 97-13-1; MS Code 97-13-3 (2013) (Federal Code 18 U.S.C. 597, U.S.C. 1973i(c)) Voter fraud schemes are not unusual for Mississippi. In 1999 Mississippi's attorney general reported massive voter fraud allegations throughout the Magnolia state. In 2011, a Mississippi NAACP leader was sent to prison for voter fraud, according to the Daily Caller.
It would seem that laws were broken here, too. At the direction of the Cochran campaign, Reverend Fielder went "door to door, different places, mostly impoverished neighborhoods, to the housing authorities and stuff like that," telling fellow blacks that McDaniel was a racist and promising them $15 per vote. "They sold me on the fact that he was a racist and that the right thing to do was to keep him out of office," Fielder says.
Text messages released to Got News and a recorded interview with Reverend Fielder confirmed that Saleem Baird, a staffer with the Cochran campaign and current legislative aide to U.S. Senator Roger Wicker, and Cochran campaign manager, Kirk Sims, were involved in a $15-per-vote cash bribery scheme to target members of the black community.
"They said they needed black votes," said the Reverend Fielder on the phone. He says Baird told him to "give the fifteen dollars in each envelope to people as they go in and vote. You know, not right outside of the polling place but he would actually recruit people with the $15 dollars and they would go in and vote." Fielder said he received thousands of dollars in envelopes from Baird and distributed them accordingly. Fielder also says he went to the campaign office on another occasion to pick up $300 in cash and was among a room full of people who were doing the same thing he was.
Fielder said that Saleem Baird was doing the same thing with people all over the state. Fielder believes that the racism charge against McDaniel and the promise of $15 a vote motivated 'thousands' of black Democrats like him to vote for Cochran in the runoff. When asked if Fielder would have been more suspicious of Baird's promises had he been white, Fielder replied, "Yes, definitely."
For his efforts, Fielder says the Cochran campaign and Baird promised him $16,000 for paying black voters $15 a vote, but Baird wound up stiffing him. Baird even asked him to delete all texts between the two of them. In addition to Baird, Fielder says he spoke with Kirk Sims, the Cochran campaign manager, and a woman named "Amanda" with the campaign, most likely Amanda Shook, director of operations to re-elect Thad Cochran. All refused to pay him the agreed upon amount of $16,000.
Baird realized he had been lied to when he "took a good look at the campaign ads" and realized "McDaniel was not a racist…me and other people were misguided and misled."
Fielder confronted Saleem the weekend before the election and asked about whether or not McDaniel was actually a racist and Baird confirmed it. Baird "personally confirmed that McDaniel was a racist." Baird 'manipulated me to manipulate many other people," says Fielder. Baird did not disclose that he worked as a paid legislative staffer for Senator Roger Wicker. Fielder also says he spoke with campaign manager Kirk Sims about getting paid and about the ethical complaints he had.
Fielder is a Democrat but said he has voted for Republicans in the past. And though Fielder is being paid for his story by Got News, he says he'd come forward anyway. "I thought what I did was wrong." Fielder said he was motivated mostly by concerns that McDaniel was a racist, not money.
As to what should happen next, 'definitely the election should not be allowed to stand," says Fielder, who says he'll support McDaniel in event of a special election. 'He's been done wrong. He's not what they said that he is.'
Got News tried calling both Baird and Sims with Fielder on the line. We got through to Sims but Sims insisted that there was a bad connection when Fielder asked about the racist smear campaign against Chris McDaniel and hung up. Were Baird found to have violated any laws in this matter, this would not be his first time he had a brush with the wrong side of the law. In 2011, Baird, who is a legislative staffer with U.S. Senator Roger Wicker, was allowed to keep his job with the senator after being arrested on charges of running an illegal strip joint in Jackson.
Fully aware that we have helped reveal the Cochran campaign may be involved in a criminal conspiracy, Got News will turn over any and all evidence to law enforcement.
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ISIS militants outline chilling five-year plan for global domination | Mail Online
ISIS militants outline chilling five-year plan for global domination | Mail Online.
The ISIS map of the world: Militants outline chilling five-year plan for global domination as they declare formation of caliphate – and change their name to the Islamic State
Sunni militants have announced formation of Islamic state in Middle East
They demand Muslims around the world swear allegiance to the caliphate
Claim leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi now has authority over all Muslims
Group has also now changed its name from ISIS to just the Islamic State
By JOHN HALL
PUBLISHED: 02:06 EST, 30 June 2014 | UPDATED: 06:54 EST, 30 June 2014
ISIS has formally declared the establishment of a caliphate, or Islamic state, in the vast stretches of the Middle East that have fallen under its control, and has outlined plans to expand into Europe and beyond.
Upon declaring a caliphate, the Sunni militants – whose brutality in attempting to establish control in Iraq and Syria has been branded too extreme even by Al Qaeda – demanded allegiance from Muslims around the world.
With brutal efficiency, ISIS has carved out a large chunk of territory that has effectively erased the border between Iraq and Syria and laid the foundations of its proto-state.
Caliphate: A map purportedly showing the areas ISIS plans to have under its control within five years has been widely shared online. It includes Spain, the Balkan states, the Middle East, North Africa and large areas of Asia
Announcement: ISIS militants (pictured) have formally declared the establishment of a caliphate, or Islamic state, in the vast stretches of the Middle East that have fallen under its control
Leader: ISIS declared the group's chief, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi (pictured left and right), the head of the new caliphate under the name Caliph Ibrahim and called on all Muslims around the world to swear loyalty to him
Extremist: A gun-brandishing Islamist loyal to ISIS celebrates the announcement of the Islamic State by waving an Islamic flag in the Syrian city of Raqqa yesterday. The area is considered ISIS' main operational base
The announcement, made on the first day of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, could trigger a wave of infighting among Sunni extremist factions that have until now formed a loose rebel alliance.
A spokesman for ISIS declared the group's chief, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, as the leader of the new caliphate, or Islamic state, and called on Muslims everywhere, not just those in areas under the organization's control, to swear loyalty to him.
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'The legality of all emirates, groups, states and organizations becomes null by the expansion of the caliph's authority and the arrival of its troops to their areas,' said Abu Mohammed al-Adnani.
'Listen to your caliph and obey him. Support your state, which grows every day,' he added in an audio statement posted online.
Al-Adnani loosely defined the state territory as running from northern Syria to the Iraqi province of Diyala – a vast stretch of land straddling the border that is already largely under ISIS control.
He also said that with the establishment of the caliphate, the group was changing its name to just the Islamic State, dropping the mention of Iraq, Sham and the Levant.
Muslim extremists have long dreamed of recreating the Islamic state, or caliphate, that ruled over the Middle East, North Africa and beyond in various forms over the course of Islam's 1,400-year history.
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Support: Following ISIS' demands that Muslims around the world declare their allegiance to the caliphate, some already appear to be doing so. This photograph, apparently taken in the Netherlands, has been share online by ISIS supporters
Execution: With brutal efficiency, ISIS has carved out a large chunk of territory that has effectively erased the border between Iraq and Syria and laid the foundations of its proto-state
IN DECLARING A CALIPHATE, ISIS NOW CLAIMS TO LEAD ALL MUSLIMS
A caliphate is an Islamic state ruled by a 'caliph' – in this case Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi – who is seen as the successor to Prophet Mohammed by those swearing allegiance.
In much the same way as the Pope is considered the head of the Catholic church, a caliph would consider themselves leader of the world's Muslims.
They would hold themselves responsible for establishing policy – based strictly on the Quran – for all Muslims and territories.
One of the first things ISIS did after announcing a caliphate was to declare all emirates and sultanates illegal.
Therefore anybody swearing oath to the new Islamic state would simultaneously be declaring that they no longer recognise either the borders, laws or authority of current Muslim-led states.
On announcing the Islamic state, the militants repeatedly described it as being 'restored'.
This is a reference to the last widely-acknowledged caliphate – which existed under the Ottoman Empire and effectively ended with the founding of Turkey in 1923.
Many Islamists – including ISIS – blame this collapse on the geographical carving-up of the Ottoman Empire by Allied Forces after the First World War.
In declaring a caliphate, ISIS now claims to partly 'corrected' the century-old dispute.
It was unclear what immediate impact the declaration would have on the ground in Syria and Iraq, though experts predicted it could herald infighting among Sunni militants who have joined forces with the Islamic State in its fight against Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki and his Shiite-led government.
'Now the insurgents in Iraq have no excuse for working with ISIS if they were hoping to share power with ISIS,' said Aymenn al-Tamimi, an analyst who specializes in Islamic militants in Iraq and Syria. 'The prospect of infighting in Iraq is increased for sure,' he added.
The greatest impact, however, could be on the broader international jihadist movement, in particular on the future of Al Qaeda.
Founded by Osama Bin Laden, the group that carried out the September 11 attacks on the U.S. has long carried the mantle of the international jihadi cause.
But the Islamic State has managed to do in Syria and Iraq what Al Qaeda never has – carve out a large swath of territory in the heart of the Arab world and control it.
'This announcement poses a huge threat to al-Qaida and its long-time position of leadership of the international jihadist cause,' said Charles Lister, a visiting fellow at the Brookings Doha Center.
'Taken globally, the younger generation of the jihadist community is becoming more and more supportive of [ISIS] largely out of fealty to its slick and proven capacity for attaining rapid results through brutality,' he added.
Al-Baghdadi, an ambitious Iraqi militant who has a $10 million U.S. bounty on his head, took the reins of ISIS in 2010 when it was still an Al Qaeda affiliate based in Iraq.
Brazen: An ISIS fighter holds a jihadist flag in one hand and an assault rifle in the other in a public square in the Iraqi city of Mosul last week
Protests: The group has called for Muslims around the world to swear their allegiance to the Islamic state. In Shi'ite-dominated Iran, however, there have been widespread demonstrations against the Islamist militants
Fighting back: Members of Kurdish security forces sit in a vehicle as they keep guard during clashes with ISIS militants in the village of Basheer in Iraq yesterday
Since then, he has transformed what had been an umbrella organization focused mainly on Iraq into a transnational military force.
Al-Baghdadi has long been at odds with Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahri, and the two had a very public falling out after al-Baghdadi ignored al-Zawahiri's demands that the Islamic State leave Syria.
Fed up with al-Baghdadi and unable to control him, al-Zawahiri formally disavowed ISIS in February.
But al-Baghdadi's stature has only grown since then, as his fighters strengthened their grip on much of Syria, and have now overrun large swathes of Iraq.
The Islamic State's declaration comes as the Iraqi government tries to wrest back some of the territory it has lost to the jihadi group and its Sunni militant allies in recent weeks.
On Sunday, Iraqi helicopter gunships struck suspected insurgent positions for a second consecutive day in Tikrit – the predominantly Sunni hometown of former dictator Saddam Hussein.
The Iraqi military launched its push to wrest back Tikrit – a hotbed of antipathy toward Iraq's Shiite-led government – on Saturday with a multi-pronged assault spearheaded by ground troops backed by tanks and helicopters.
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Julian Castro & brother Joaquin (in congress) fed their political affiliations by their mother Rosie.
Mother Rosie founded radical, anti-white, socialist Chicano party called La Raza Unida (literally "The Race United") that sought to create a separate country—Aztlan—in the Southwest.
Today she helps manage her sons' political careers, after a storied career of her own as a community activist and a stint as San Antonio Housing Authority ombudsman.
Castro wrote fondly of those early days at Stanford and basked in the slogans of the day. "'Viva La Raza!' 'Black and Brown United!' 'Accept me for who I am—Chicano.' These and many other powerful slogans rang in my ears like war cries." These war cries, Castro believes, advanced the interests of their political community. He sees her rabble-rousing as the cause for Latino successes, not the individual successes of those hard-working men and women who persevered despite some wrinkles in the American meritocracy.
Rosie named her first son, Julian, for his father whom she never married, and her second, who arrived a minute later, for the character in the 1967 Chicano anti-gringo movement poem, "I Am Joaquin." She is particularly proud that they were born on Mexico's Independence Day. And she was a fan of the Aztlan aspirations of La Raza Unida. Those aspirations were deeply radical. "As far as we got was simply to take over control in those [Texas] communities where we were the majority," one of its founders, Jose Angel Gutierrez, told the Toronto paper. "We did think of carving out a geographic territory where we could have our own weight, and our own leverage could then be felt nation-wide."
A bit on Jose Angel Gutierrez –
Jose Angel Gutierrez, professor, University of Texas, Arlington; founder of La Raza Unida political party; and beneficiary of American generosity: "We have an aging white America. . . . They are dying. . . . They are ******** in their pants with fear! I love it!" "We have got to eliminate the gringo, and what I mean by that is if the worst comes to the worst, we have got to kill him."
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Removing all doubt, Gutierrez repeated himself often. "What we hoped to do back then was to create a nation within a nation," he told the Denver Post in 2001. Gutierrez bemoaned the loss of that separatist vision among activists, but predicted that Latinos will "soon take over politically." ("Brothers in Chicano Movement to Reunite," Denver Post, August 16, 2001).
Gutierrez made clear his hatred for "the gringo" when he led the Mexican-American Youth Organization, the precursor to La Raza Unida. According to the Houston Chronicle, he "was denounced by many elected officials as militant and un-American." And anti-American he was. "We have got to eliminate the gringo, and what I mean by that is if the worst comes to worst, we have got to kill him," Gutierrez told a San Antonio audience in 1969. At around that time, Rosie Castro eagerly joined his cause, becoming the first chairwoman of the Bexar County Raza Unida Party. There's no evidence of her distancing herself from Gutierrez's comments, even today. Gutierrez even dedicated a chapter in one of his books to Ms. Castro.
One of La Raza's most powerful leaders, Frank Shaffer-Corona, an at-large member of the Washington, D.C. school board, even visited communist Cuba for a conference on Yankee imperialism and conferred with Marxists in Mexico. He was prone to conspiracy theories, decrying the "pervasive influence of the Central Intelligence Agency on American politics and what he says is a conspiracy of the multinational corporations against all minorities and the people of Latin America," in the words of the Washington Post. ("His Pitch: Populism, and Very Latino; Shaffer-Corona Unruffled After Trip to Cuba," Washington Post, August 28, 1978). The radical organization's second most successful candidate, Texas gubernatorial aspirant Ramsey Muñiz, remains in prison on drug charges. La Raza Unida members periodically call for him to be pardoned, saying without evidence that the corrupt Muñiz is a "political prisoner.")
Now the interesting thing is that Saudi Oil backed Citibank is a major donor to "La Raza" and their influence is HIGH in Mexico to the wealthy Latinos.
Carlos Pelayo, another founder of La Raza Unida, clung to communism even after the breakup of the Soviet Union in 1991, telling a San Diego paper that "the desire of people for social justice will never end." "If it doesn't work [the Soviet Union's] way, it doesn't mean it doesn't work," he said. "So we capitalists have 20 different cereals and Nike shoes. Over there [in the Soviet Union], they have free education, free medical care." ("Fall of Communism Fails to Deter Local Communists," San Diego Union Tribune, September 14, 1991)
Is Ms. Castro repentant in the slightest over her involvement with La Raza Unida? Not in the least. She sees the rise of her sons' political fortune as the fulfillment of her promise—some say threat—in 1971 when she lost her bid for San Antonio city council: "We'll be back." "When Julian was installed, it was just such an incredible thing to be there because for years we [the Chicano activists and La Raza Unida] had been struggling to be there," she told Texas Monthly in 2002. "There was so much hurt associated with being on the outside. And I don't mean personal hurt, but a whole group of people [the activists] being on the outside—the educational, social, political, economic outside." Now she has not just one, but two men on the inside—her sons.
Castro's speech below:
My fellow Democrats, my fellow Texans, my fellow Americans: I stand before you tonight as a young American, a proud American, of a generation born as the Cold War receded, shaped by the tragedy of 9/11, connected by the digital revolution and determined to re-elect the man who will make the 21st century another American century — President Barack Obama.
The unlikely journey that brought me here tonight began many miles from this podium. My brother Joaquin and I grew up with my mother Rosie and my grandmother Victoria. My grandmother was an orphan. As a young girl, she had to leave her home in Mexico and move to San Antonio, where some relatives had agreed to take her in. She never made it past the fourth grade. She had to drop out and start working to help her family. My grandmother spent her whole life working as a maid, a cook and a babysitter, barely scraping by, but still working hard to give my mother, her only child, a chance in life, so that my mother could give my brother and me an even better one.
As my grandmother got older, she begged my mother to give her grandchildren. She prayed to God for just one grandbaby before she died. You can imagine her excitement when she found out her prayers would be answered — twice over. She was so excited that the day before Joaquin and I were born she entered a menudo cook-off, and she won $300! That's how she paid our hospital bill.
By the time my brother and I came along, this incredible woman had taught herself to read and write in both Spanish and English. I can still see her in the room that Joaquin and I shared with her, reading her Agatha Christie novels late into the night. And I can still remember her, every morning as Joaquin and I walked out the door to school, making the sign of the cross behind us, saying, "Que dios los bendiga." "May God bless you."
My grandmother didn't live to see us begin our lives in public service. But she probably would have thought it extraordinary that just two generations after she arrived in San Antonio, one grandson would be the mayor and the other would be on his way — the good people of San Antonio willing — to the United States Congress.
My family's story isn't special. What's special is the America that makes our story possible. Ours is a nation like no other, a place where great journeys can be made in a single generation. No matter who you are or where you come from, the path is always forward.
America didn't become the land of opportunity by accident. My grandmother's generation and generations before always saw beyond the horizons of their own lives and their own circumstances. They believed that opportunity created today would lead to prosperity tomorrow. That's the country they envisioned, and that's the country they helped build. The roads and bridges they built, the schools and universities they created, the rights they fought for and won — these opened the doors to a decent job, a secure retirement, the chance for your children to do better than you did.
And that's the middle class– the engine of our economic growth. With hard work, everybody ought to be able to get there. And with hard work, everybody ought to be able to stay there — and go beyond. The dream of raising a family in a place where hard work is rewarded is not unique to Americans. It's a human dream, one that calls across oceans and borders. The dream is universal, but America makes it possible. And our investment in opportunity makes it a reality.
Now, in Texas, we believe in the rugged individual. Texas may be the one place where people actually still have bootstraps, and we expect folks to pull themselves up by them. But we also recognize there are some things we can't do alone. We have to come together and invest in opportunity today for prosperity tomorrow.
And it starts with education. Twenty years ago, Joaquin and I left home for college and then for law school. In those classrooms, we met some of the brightest folks in the world. But at the end of our days there, I couldn't help but to think back to my classmates at Thomas Jefferson High School in San Antonio. They had the same talent, the same brains, the same dreams as the folks we sat with at Stanford and Harvard. I realized the difference wasn't one of intelligence or drive. The difference was opportunity.
In my city of San Antonio, we get that. So we're working to ensure that more four-year-olds have access to pre-K. We opened Cafe College, where students get help with everything from test prep to financial aid paperwork. We know that you can't be pro-business unless you're pro-education. We know that pre-K and student loans aren't charity. They're a smart investment in a workforce that can fill and create the jobs of tomorrow. We're investing in our young minds today to be competitive in the global economy tomorrow.
And it's paying off. Last year the Milken Institute ranked San Antonio as the nation's top performing local economy. And we're only getting started. Opportunity today, prosperity tomorrow.
Now, like many of you, I watched last week's Republican convention. They told a few stories of individual success. We all celebrate individual success. But the question is, how do we multiply that success? The answer is President Barack Obama.
Mitt Romney, quite simply, doesn't get it. A few months ago he visited a university in Ohio and gave the students there a little entrepreneurial advice. "Start a business," he said. But how? "Borrow money if you have to from your parents," he told them. Gee, why didn't I think of that? Some people are lucky enough to borrow money from their parents, but that shouldn't determine whether you can pursue your dreams. I don't think Gov. Romney meant any harm. I think he's a good guy. He just has no idea how good he's had it.
We know that in our free market economy some will prosper more than others. What we don't accept is the idea that some folks won't even get a chance. And the thing is, Mitt Romney and the Republican Party are perfectly comfortable with that America. In fact, that's exactly what they're promising us.
The Romney-Ryan budget doesn't just cut public education, cut Medicare, cut transportation and cut job training.
It doesn't just pummel the middle class — it dismantles it. It dismantles what generations before have built to ensure that everybody can enter and stay in the middle class. When it comes to getting the middle class back to work, Mitt Romney says, "No." When it comes to respecting women's rights, Mitt Romney says, "No." When it comes to letting people marry whomever they love, Mitt Romney says, "No." When it comes to expanding access to good health care, Mitt Romney says, "No."
Actually, Mitt Romney said, "Yes," and now he says, "No." Gov. Romney has undergone an extreme makeover, and it ain't pretty. So here's what we're going to say to Mitt Romney. We're going to say, "No."
Of all the fictions we heard last week in Tampa, the one I find most troubling is this: If we all just go our own way, our nation will be stronger for it. Because if we sever the threads that connect us, the only people who will go far are those who are already ahead. We all understand that freedom isn't free. What Romney and Ryan don't understand is that neither is opportunity. We have to invest in it.
Republicans tell us that if the most prosperous among us do even better, that somehow the rest of us will too. Folks, we've heard that before. First they called it "trickle-down." Then "supply-side." Now it's "Romney-Ryan." Or is it "Ryan-Romney"? Either way, their theory has been tested. It failed. Our economy failed. The middle class paid the price. Your family paid the price.
Mitt Romney just doesn't get it. But Barack Obama gets it. He understands that when we invest in people we're investing in our shared prosperity. And when we neglect that responsibility, we risk our promise as a nation. Just a few years ago, families that had never asked for anything found themselves at risk of losing everything. And the dream my grandmother held, that work would be rewarded, that the middle class would be there, if not for her, then for her children — that dream was being crushed.
But then President Obama took office — and he took action. When Detroit was in trouble, President Obama saved the auto industry and saved a million jobs. Seven presidents before him — Democrats and Republicans — tried to expand health care to all Americans. President Obama got it done. He made a historic investment to lift our nation's public schools and expanded Pell grants so that more young people can afford college. And because he knows that we don't have an ounce of talent to waste, the president took action to lift the shadow of deportation from a generation of young, law-abiding immigrants called dreamers.
I believe in you. Barack Obama believes in you. Now it's time for Congress to enshrine in law their right to pursue their dreams in the only place they've ever called home: America.
Four years ago, America stood on the brink of a depression. Despite incredible odds and united Republican opposition, our president took action, and now we've seen 4.5 million new jobs. He knows better than anyone that there's more hard work to do, but we're making progress. And now we need to make a choice.
It's a choice between a country where the middle class pays more so that millionaires can pay less — or a country where everybody pays their fair share, so we can reduce the deficit and create the jobs of the future. It's a choice between a nation that slashes funding for our schools and guts Pell grants — or a nation that invests more in education. It's a choice between a politician who rewards companies that ship American jobs overseas — or a leader who brings jobs back home.
This is the choice before us. And to me, to my generation and for all the generations to come, our choice is clear. Our choice is a man who's always chosen us. A man who already is our president: Barack Obama.
In the end, the American dream is not a sprint, or even a marathon, but a relay. Our families don't always cross the finish line in the span of one generation. But each generation passes on to the next the fruits of their labor. My grandmother never owned a house. She cleaned other people's houses so she could afford to rent her own. But she saw her daughter become the first in her family to graduate from college. And my mother fought hard for civil rights so that instead of a mop, I could hold this microphone.
And while she may be proud of me tonight, I've got to tell you, mom, I'm even more proud of you. Thank you, mom. Today, my beautiful wife Erica and I are the proud parents of a three-year-old little girl, Carina Victoria, named after my grandmother.
A couple of Mondays ago was her first day of pre-K. As we dropped her off, we walked out of the classroom, and I found myself whispering to her, as was once whispered to me, "Que dios te bendiga." "May God bless you." She's still young, and her dreams are far off yet, but I hope she'll reach them. As a dad, I'm going to do my part, and I know she'll do hers. But our responsibility as a nation is to come together and do our part, as one community, one United States of America, to ensure opportunity for all of our children.
The days we live in are not easy ones, but we have seen days like this before, and America prevailed. With the wisdom of our founders and the values of our families, America prevailed. With each generation going further than the last, America prevailed. And with the opportunity we build today for a shared prosperity tomorrow, America will prevail.
It begins with re-electing Barack Obama. It begins with you. It begins now. Que dios los bendiga. May God bless you, and may God bless the United States of America.
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Imprisoned Marine Calls Glenn Beck From Mexican Prison, Shares Disturbing New Details About His Confinement | TheBlaze.com
Imprisoned Marine Calls Glenn Beck From Mexican Prison, Shares Disturbing New Details About His Confinement | TheBlaze.com.
U.S. Marine Sgt. Andrew Tahmooressi has been detained by Mexican authorities since March 31, when he says he accidentally drove across the border with three legally registered firearms in his vehicle. Much of his time has been spent in La Mesa Penitentiary, one of Mexico's most dangerous and notorious prisons.
On Monday, Tahmooressi called Glenn Beck from prison with the help of his mother, Jill Tahmooressi, for a live radio interview about the circumstances that led to his arrest, and what has happened since. The 25-year-old also divulged a number of disturbing new details about his confinement.
"I was put in a small cell that was meant for six people," Tahmooressi told Beck, speaking calmly throughout the entire interview. "There was about 15 to 20 people in there. … There were murderers in there, and kidnappers and drug dealers and all these people. And there I was, someone who's not a criminal, never done a crime before, never been to prison. I was nervous."
Tahmooressi said the other inmates threatened to rape and kill him, terrorizing him until, he said, he was "fearful to the point where my heart was pounding and I couldn't have gotten a single word out if I had to yell for help." Tahmooressi said he knew if he stayed in that cell, he was "not going to see tomorrow."
That was the night he tried to escape.
Jill Tahmooressi has shared with TheBlaze how she received a gut-wrenching phone call that day from her son. She said he begged her not to come down and investigate if he didn't survive, or she would be killed, too.
Tahmooressi didn't make it far before he was was caught and shot at by a prison guard, at which point he surrendered.
"After that, I got punished physically for maybe, like, 20 minutes to 30 minutes," Tahmooressi told Beck. "After that I was stripped naked and I was handcuffed, both my legs and my hands around the post of a bunk bed. And I was there for maybe 12 hours, or maybe 10 hours, overnight, you know, shivering in the cold, naked."
Tahmooressi said the next day, one of his legs was chained to one wall, and his arm was chained to a separate wall roughly 2 feet above his head.
"I was there with my hand dangling above my head with no circulation going to my — or a very minimum circulation — going to my fingers there for about maybe, I think it was maybe 24 hours with no food, no water," he continued.
Tahmooressi said that after all the threats he had received, he was still afraid the prisoners were going to find him and torture him for information about his family.
"So I said I'm not going to let them do that," Tahmooressi told Beck. "There was a light bulb on the ceiling, and I took this light bulb and I broke it and I stabbed myself in the neck. I said I'm not going to let them take my life, I'm going to take my own life. That was my train of thought then. And I was there on my knees praying with blood pouring out of my neck, puddled on the floor, and thankfully, thank God, the prisoners were outside the door and I think they heard the smash of the light bulb, and they came in. And I blacked out from there, and I remember waking up on a bed in a room in the prison with IVs in my arms."
After Tahmooressi received medical care, he was sent back to solitary confinement where his hands and feet were handcuffed to a bed for roughly 30 days.
Beck asked Tahmooressi if he could give him his word that he is innocent, and that he had no illicit intentions in Mexico.
"God as my witness I was not there doing any criminal activity," Tahmooressi said. "I had no intent on doing any harm or breaking any laws or selling any guns or anything of that sort. I've never been like that before in my life. I've always been a peaceful, loving man and I don't break the law. I did not intend to do anything of that sort at all."
Tahmooressi, who faces up to 21 years in prison if convicted, said he is "confident" the judge is going to see he is innocent. He is also grateful for the lawmakers who have taken up his case, and that Secretary of State John Kerry recently got involved.
"I think it's just a matter of time, just a matter of me going to court and I think they're going to realize that I'm not guilty," he said. "And I think it's gonna move pretty quick from here, I hope."
Beck and his radio co-hosts remarked on how calm Tahmooressi was throughout the interview, saying he didn't seem bitter or out of control in any way.
"He's not angry. He's not a guy who's saying crazy thing things, accusing everybody of everything," Stu Burguiere remarked. "He's calm. He's rational. This seems like an obvious case of one wrong turn. And how this takes 63 days to turn around, I don't understand."
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The Real Story Behind The Bundy Ranch Harassment | The Dana Show
By now you're familiar with the standoff between the federal government, i.e. the Bureau of Land Management, and 67 year-old rancher Cliven Bundy. (If not, check the backstory and my radio interview with him here.) The BLM asserts their power through the expressed desire to protect the endangered desert tortoise, a tortoise so "endangered" that their population can no longer be contained by the refuge constructed for them so the government is closing it and euthanizing over a thousand tortoises. The tortoises, the excuse that BLM has given for violating claims to easements and running all but one lone rancher out of southern Nevada, is doing fine. In fact, the tortoise has lived in harmony with cattle in the Gold Butte, Clark County Nevada for over a hundred years, or as long as Cliven Bundy's family has lived on the land as ranchers. In fact, the real threat to it is urbanization, not cattle.
A tortoise isn't the reason why BLM is harassing a 67 year-old rancher. They want his land. The tortoise wasn't of concern when Harry Reid worked BLM to literally change the boundaries of the tortoise's habitat to accommodate the development of his top donor, Harvey Whittemore. Whittemore was convicted of illegal campaign contributions to Senator Reid. Reid's former senior adviser is now the head of BLM. Reid is accused of using the new BLM chief as a puppet to control Nevada land (already over 84% of which is owned by the federal government) and pay back special interests. BLM has proven that they've a situational concern for the desert tortoise as they've had no problem waiving their rules concerning wind or solar power development. Clearly these developments have vastly affected a tortoise habitat more than a century-old, quasi-homesteading grazing area. If only Clive Bundy were a big Reid donor.
BLM has also tried to argue that the rules have changed, long after Bundy claims he secured rights and paid his dues to Clark County, Nevada. BLM says they supersede whatever agreement Bundy had prior; they demanded that he reduce his living, his thousand-some-odd head of cattle down to a tiny herd of 150. It's easy for the government to grant itself powers of overreach, but it doesn't make it right. Many bad things are done in the name of unjust laws. Just look at Obamacare. This heavy-handed tactic has run the other ranchers from the area and now Bundy is the last one. He's the last one because he stood up to the federal government.
So why does BLM want to run Bundy off this land and is Reid connected?
I discussed this on "Kelly File" tonight, video via Jim Hoft.
*UPDATE: Those who say Bundy is a "deadbeat" are making inaccurate claims. Bundy has in fact paid fees to Clark County, Nevada in an arrangement pre-dating the BLM. The BLM arrived much later, changed the details of the setup without consulting with Bundy — or any other rancher — and then began systematically driving out cattle and ranchers. Bundy refused to pay BLM, especially after they demanded he reduce his heard's head count down to a level that would not sustain his ranch. Bundy OWNS the water and forage rights to this land. He paid for these rights. He built fences, established water ways, and constructed roads with his own money, with the approval of Nevada and BLM. When BLM started using his fees to run him off the land and harassing him, he ceased paying. So should BLM reimburse him for managing the land and for the confiscation of his water and forage rights?
Cliven Bundy's problem isn't that he didn't pay — he did — or that his cattle bother tortoises — they don't — it's that he's not a Reid donor.
**One last thought: For those conservatives saying that since BLM arrived in the late 90s, it's the law now, well, so is Obamacare.
via The Real Story Behind The Bundy Ranch Harassment | The Dana Show.
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Tweets about "#BundyRanch"
Militia groups are rallying behind a rancher whose cattle are being seized by the federal government.
The Las Vegas Review-Journal reports that two militia members from Montana and one from Utah have arrived at Cliven Bundy's ranch.
"We need to be the barrier between the oppressed and the tyrants," Ryan Payne of the West Mountain Rangers told the Review-Journal. "Expect to see a band of soldiers."
Payne said that militias from New Hampshire, Texas and Florida are likely to join and stand with Bundy and stay at his ranch.
"They all tell me they are in the process of mobilizing as we speak," Payne told the Review-Journal, adding that hundreds of militia members are expected.
Tweets about "#BundyRanch"
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The Break-Up of the American Family Can Be Traced Directly Back to Liberalism – The Rush Limbaugh Show
via The Break-Up of the American Family Can Be Traced Directly Back to Liberalism – The Rush Limbaugh Show.
The Break-Up of the American Family Can Be Traced Directly Back to Liberalism
BEGIN TRANSCRIPT
RUSH: Eric, Newtown, Connecticut. It's great to have you on the program. Hello.
CALLER: Hi, Rush. I really do appreciate you taking calls, giving the few the opportunity to speak to the millions.
RUSH: Well, I'm glad you waited. I appreciate your patience.
CALLER: I gotta also give you a huge pat on the back, too. I'm not sure… You know, fame, it doesn't come in one flavor that everybody wants a piece. What you're doing is really a courageous thing for truth, simply being truthful. It's quite a burden that you have to carry to do that. I really appreciate it. But the point I wanted to make, Rush, was that the problem that's going on in this country right now is broken hearts.
These people, these dysfunctional females are making these young people. Everyone starts off with youth, and if they don't have a father who's showing them how to do life, they want to cling to anything. They really do trust Obama, period! They trust him, and, let me tell you, they'd reelect him. I know. I live and work with these people. They really would reelect Obama right now.
They don't care about the Constitution.
They don't care about how many people died for them to have the right to do anything that's going on around them. It's an every-man-for-himself existence that they live right now, and it really is a sad thing. If people looked at it from this point of view, the people who have had Pops… God bless him. Like you've shared so much of your life, your personal life with us, Rush.
Not everybody had Pops in their life. I did have a strong moral father in my life, but that's where we learned how we don't have to be afraid, and then where did we learn our morals from? We learned it in the church! There's a whole other thing that young people and people in general want to stay away from because that's the place where people gonna get judged.
RUSH: I know.
CALLER: There's no judging these people. That's like a personally attack!
RUSH: I know. People have not been taught to take risks. They have not been taught to learn how to get along on their own.
CALLER: They're scared to death, Rush, and they trust Obama. You know, it's not happening by accident, this whole Obamacare thing. It's not called the Affordable Health Care Act for nothing.
RUSH: I know. It's called the Obama phone. It's called Obama stamps.
CALLER: It's because they trust him.
RUSH: Well, look, that argument that he made is irrefutable when applied certain people. He's basically saying that the breakup of the traditional family causes it. He's focused on lack of father 'cause they're the ones that vamanos mostly and the government comes right in and assumes the role of father — and it doesn't just affect young boys, Eric. Single women likewise end up looking at government as provider, protector, you name it.
None of the rest matters. You exactly right. "Constitution? The hell with that! Free speech? I don't care! Where is my phone? I don't care! Where are my food stamps or whatever. I mean, you gotta eat, and you've got to live, and I don't care about the Fourth Amendment and searches and seizures. I don't care! Where am I gonna get my whatever?" So I know. That's also by design, by the way.
The breakup of the family, you can trace it. You can trace this. You can trace it right back to 1964 and the Great Society and Lyndon Johnson. You can trace it. You can trace the bust-up of the family — you can trace the dissolution of black families, you can trace the rampant increase in poverty, you can trace the amount of money that has been transferred to deal with these inequalities and inequities — and you will see that all of this "charity" quote/unquote has just given rise to the need for more of it.
It hasn't solved anything.
Eric, I appreciate the call.
END TRANSCRIPT
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How the ObamaCare Tax Penalty (fee) Works
Your tax penalty (shared responsibility fee) for not having insurance is paid on your federal income taxes at the end of the year. If your taxable income is below 133% of the federal poverty level you are exempt from this tax.
2014 = $95 per person per year or 1% of your Income
2015 = $325 per person per year or 2% of your Income
2016 = $695 per person per year or 2.5% of your Income
2017 = Tax Penalty will increase by the rate of inflation going forward, or 2.5% of your Income
• If you're uninsured for just part of the year, 1/12 of the yearly penalty applies to each month you're uninsured.
• The penalty is based on modified adjusted gross income and is paid on your federal income taxes.
• The total penalty for the taxable year cannot exceed the national average of the annual premiums of a bronze-level health insurance plan offered through the health insurance marketplaces.
• The maximum penalty per family is capped at no more than 300% of the minimum penalty (e.g. $695 x 300% = $2,085).
• Children under 18 are assessed at 50% of the minimum penalty.
• The penalty is pro-rated for the number of months you are without health insurance, though there is no penalty for a single gap in coverage of less than 3 months in a year.
• Health insurance plans will provide proof of coverage for their customers so as long as you have health insurance you don't have to worry about the details.
http://obamacarefacts.com/obamacare-individual-mandate.php
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ANJRPC Permitting StrikeForce! – Association of New Jersey Rifle and Pistol Clubs
Help Them Out When You Can
ANJRPC Permitting StrikeForce! – Association of New Jersey Rifle and Pistol Clubs.
ANJRPC LAUNCHES STATEWIDE CRACKDOWN
ON PERMITTING ABUSES!
Contact ANJRPC'S Permitting StrikeForce™ Today
With Permitting Abuses You Have Suffered!
On February 25, 2014, ANJRPC announce the launch of its Permitting StrikeForce™ program—an ambitious statewide initiative to address firearms permitting abuses throughout the entire Garden State. The program is aimed at ending, once and for all, the extensive delays, unauthorized conditions, and other widespread abuses plaguing the issuance of firearms ID cards and handgun purchase permits.
"We are serving legal notices covering each and every one of New Jersey's 565 municipalities, informing them of their obligations in no uncertain terms," said ANJRPC Executive Director Scott Bach. "Once we complete this legal sweep of the entire state, we intend to systematically crack down on specific abuses town by town until they are addressed."
The notices will facilitate possible legal action against non-compliant towns, and include a detailed 10-page analysis of current law, together with copies of controlling legal documents, including an important new court decision forbidding additional conditions on permit applications beyond what state law already requires. Many towns impose outrageous, unauthorized conditions including employer notification, spousal consent, disclosure of all household member names, and passing a written exam.
Many municipalities also ignore state law requiring application decisions within 30 days; some applicants wait over 8 months or longer before getting a decision. Other municipalities improperly ration handgun purchase permits, which is explicitly prohibited. Some towns also deny applications based solely on residency in public housing
"Permitting authorities need to understand that we have entered a new era after the groundbreaking U.S. Supreme Court decisions in the Heller and McDonald cases," said Bach. "It is unlawful to interfere with Second Amendment rights by abusing the permitting process, and ANJRPC will spare no effort or expense to stop further abuse."
ANJRPC first began addressing permitting issues on a case-by-case basis in 2009. Recent legal developments made it viable to launch ANJRPC'S Permitting StrikeForce™ as the first-ever comprehensive compliance sweep over the entire state. The program is synergistic and complementary with the efforts of other organizations on permitting issues.
ANJRPC's Permitting StrikeForce™ needs YOU! Please tell us about unauthorized conditions, delays, permit rationing, and public housing denials in your town. Your identity will be protected, but your input will help us get the job done! Please email strikeforce@anjrpc.org or leave a message at (973) 697-9270. Please include as much detail as you can, including (if possible) the following:
Municipality, Town, or Barracks
Type of Permit applied for (FID or Handgun Purchase Permit)
Date application was submitted & current status
What was submitted (what forms, documents, etc.)
Copies of unusual forms or requirements (if available)
Detail all contact with permitting authority since submission (dates, content, contact name, what you were told, etc.)
Your name and contact information
Any other pertinent details
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147 Gun Companies Boycott New York | Implied Inference
147 Gun Companies Boycott New York | Implied Inference.
147 Gun Companies Boycott New York
This is a list of the firearms-related companies (gunsmiths, dealers, trainers, armorers, etc) that are either refusing to do business with http://thebonfiremedia.com/tag/new-york/" title="View all articles about New York here">New York State altogether, or are restricting sales to http://thebonfiremedia.com/tag/new-york/" title="View all articles about New York here">New York State Law Enforcement and http://thebonfiremedia.com/tag/government/" title="View all articles about Government here">Government Entities, limiting their options to the same ones that civilians in http://thebonfiremedia.com/tag/new-york/" title="View all articles about New York here">New York State are allowed to purchase (e.g. magazines of only up to 7 rounds).
Current # of boycott participants: 147 (Updated 02/03/2014). Previous update: 136 companies, 03/14/2013. NOTE: "NEW" denotes a new addition to the list (since last update), not necessarily how long the company has been publicly supporting 2nd Amendment rights.
Company Website Social
2A Armament http://www.2a-arms.com FB: 2A Armament
2A Firearms http://www.2afirearmsdealer.com FB: 2A Firearms
Twitter: @2A_Firearms
3 Rivers Precision LLC http://www.3riversprecision.com FB: 3 Rivers Precision
3R1 Technologies http://www.3r1technologies.com FB: 3R1 Technologies
556 Tactical LLC http://www.556tactical.com
Able Company Sports LLC N/A Twitter: Able Company
NEW AdeQ Firearms Company http://www.adeqfirearms.com Twitter: @AdeQFirearms
Aero Precision http://www.aeroprecisionusa.com
Alex Arms http://www.alexarms.com
Allegiance Ammunition http://www.allegianceammunition.com
Allied Armory http://www.alliedarmory.com
Allstar Tactical http://www.allstartactical.com
Alpine Guns http://www.vtalpineguns.com FB: Alpine Guns
American Spirit Arms http://www.americanspiritarms.com
NEW Ammo2U http://www.ammo2u.com Twitter: @Ammo2U
AmmoClip http://www.ammoclip.com
Ammodump International LLC http://amodmp-int.com
NEW Arms of America LLC http://www.armsofamerica.com
Antares Arms http://www.antaresarms.com
Armtac http://www.thearmouryguns.com/
Badger Peak http://www.badgerpeak.com FB: Badger Peak
Badlands Arsenal http://www.badlandsarsenal.com/
Barrett http://www.barrett.net/ Twitter: @BarrettRifles
Battle Creek Supply http://battlecreeksupply.com/
Big Horn Armory http://www.bighornarmory.com Twitter: @BigHornArmory89
Big Sky Ammunition http://www.bigskyammunition.com
Bison Armory http://www.bisonops.com
Bison Tactical http://www.bisontactical.com
NEW Black Dragon Firearms http://blackdragonfirearms.com/
Black Mountain Survival http://www.blackmountainsurvival.com
NEW Black Weapons Armory http://www.blackweaponsarmory.com/ Twitter: @BlackWeapons
Black Hat http://www.blackhatfirearms.com/
Boise Tactical LLC http://www.boisetactical.com
Bravo Company USA http://www.bravocompanyusa.com
Bullwater Enterprises LLC http://www.aandtfirearms.com
C. and H. Arms http://www.gotnfa.com/
NEW CDNN Sports Inc http://www.cdnninvestments.com/
Cheaper Than Dirt http://www.cheaperthandirt.com
Citizen Arms http://www.citizenarms.com
CMMG http://www.cmmginc.com
Competition Machine Inc http://www.competitionshootingstuff.com
Controlled Chaos Arms http://www.controlledchaosarms.com
Critical Survival LLC http://www.criticalsurvivor.net
Crusader Weaponry http://www.crusaderweaponry.com
Csspecs Magazines http://www.csspecs.com
Daniel Byer FFL N/A Facebook
Dead Bang Guns http://www.deadbangguns.com
Deep South Ammo http://www.deepsouthammo.com
Delmarva Shooting Supply http://www.delmarvashootingsupply.com
Dogleg Arms http://www.doglegarms.com
DownRange Defense, LLC http://www.downrangedefense.com
Element Arms http://www.elementarms.com/
Evolution Weaponry http://www.evolutionweaponry.com
Exile Machine http://www.exilemachine.net Twitter: @exilemachine
Extreme Firepower Inc, LLC http://www.extremefirepower.com
Franklin Armory http://www.franklinarmory.com
Gadsden Guns, Inc. N/A FB: Gadsden Guns
GunUp http://www.gunup.com
Gwacs Armory LLC http://www.gwacsarmory.com
Hansohn Brothers http://www.hansohnbrothers.com
Hawkstactical.com http://www.hawkstactical.com/
Head Down Products, LLC http://www.headdownproducts.com Twitter: @ar15site
Huntertown Arms http://www.huntertownarms.com
III Arms Company http://www.iiiarms.com/
Iron Goat Guns http://www.irongoatguns.com
J&G Sales, Ltd http://www.jgsales.com Twitter: @JGSALESLTD
J&T Companies –
Ace LTD, Doublestar Corp,
DoubleStar Training, J&T Distributing http://www.star15.com Twitter: @DoubleStarCorp
JABTAC http://www.jabtac.com Twitter: @JABTAC
JCW Industries http://www.jcwindustries.com
Jeremy Kupper's Gunsmithing N/A FB: Jeremy Kupper's
King Armory MFG LLC http://kingarmory.3dcartstores.com/
Kiss Tactical http://www.kisstactical.com
Lanco Tactical LLC http://www.lancotactical.com Twitter: @LancoTactical
LaRue Tactical http://www.laruetactical.com Twitter: @LaRueTactical
Lauer Custom Weaponry http://www.lauerweaponry.com
Liberty Suppressors http://www.libertycans.net
Lone Star Shooting Supply N/A FB: LSSS
Lono Group Ltd http://www.lonogroup.com/
Magpul http://www.magpul.com Twitter: @Magpul_HQ
MFI http://www.mfiap.com
MidwayUSA http://www.midwayusa.com Twitter: @MidwayUSA
Midwest Industries, Inc. http://www.midwestindustriesinc.com
Midwest PX LLC http://www.midwestpx.com
NEMO Arms, Inc http://www.nemoarms.com
Next Step Tactical, Inc. http://www.nextsteptactical.com/
NFAGear, LLC http://www.nfagear.com/
Norton Firearms http://www.nortonfirearms.com Twitter: @nortonfirearms
OCS Guns http://www.ocsguns.com
OFA Tactical http://www.ochsnergroup.com
OJ's Gun Shop http://www.facebook.com/ojgunshop
Old Grouch's Military Surplus http://www.oldgrouch.com Twitter: @OldGrouchSurp
Olympic Arms http://www.olyarms.com Twitter: @OlympicArms
One Source Tactical http://www.onesourcetactical.com Twitter: @onesourcetact
Oregon Precision Arms LLC http://www.oregonprecisionarms.com/
Paige Firearms N/A FB: Paige Firearms
Precision Firearms http://www.precisionfirearms.com
Predator Intelligence http://www.predatorarmament.com
Predator Tactical http://www.predatortactical.com
Primary Weapons Systems http://www.primaryweapons.com
Progressive Micro Devices http://www.progressivemicro.com
Quality Arms Idaho http://www.qualityarmsidaho.com
Reaper Tactical LLC http://www.reapertactical.com
Red Jacket Firearms http://www.redjacketfirearms.com Twitter: @RJFGear
Rhino Arms LLC http://www.rhinoarmsllc.com
RL Hydro-Graphix http://www.rlhydrographix.com
Rock River Arms http://www.rockriverarms.com
Rocky Top Tactical http://www.rockytoptactical.com
RRC Firearms, LLC http://www.rrcfirearms.com
NEW Safety Harbor Firearms Facebook: SafetyHarborFirearms
Sarco, Inc. http://www.e-sarcoinc.com/
Semper Fi Arms http://www.semperfiarms.com
NEW Serbu Firearms, Inc. http://www.serbufirearms.com/ Twitter: @markserbu (Founder)
Shade's Landing http://www.firearmsandliberty.com
Smith Enterprise, Inc http://www.smithenterprise.com Twitter: @SmithEntInc
Snake Hound Machine http://www.snakehoundmachine.com
Southern Appalachian Arms http://www.southernapparms.com
Southwest Shooting Authority http://www.southwestshootingauthority.com
Spike's Tactical http://www.spikestactical.com Twitter: @spikestactical
SRT Arms http://www.srtarms.com
Stoner Arms http://www.stonerarms.com
Tactical Solutions http://www.tacticalsol.com
NEWTacticool Products http://www.tacticoolproducts.com/ Twitter: @tacticool22
Templar Custom http://www.templarcustom.com
The Tactical Toolbox http://www.thetacticaltoolbox.com
Thunder Beast Arms Corp http://www.thunderbeastarms.com
Tier One Arms http://www.tieronearms.com
TJ General Store http://www.tjgeneralstore.com
Top Gun Supply http://www.topgunsupply.com Twitter: @tgstom
Trident Armory http://www.tridentarmory.net
Truly Tactical http://trulytactical.com
Umbrella Corporation Research Group http://www.ucwrg.com
Umlaut Industries LLC
Bonus: Umlaut Bloomberg(er) Edition U4 Carbine http://www.umlautarms.com Twitter: @Umlaut_Arms
NEW Urban-ERT Slings, Inc. http://www.urbanertslings.com/ Twitter: @URBAN-ERT
Facebook: UrbanErtSlingsLLC
Victory Defense http://www.victorydefense.com
Vltor http://www.vltor.com
Volquartsen Custom http://www.volquartsen.com
Warbirds Custom Guns http://www.warbirdscustomguns.com
NEW Warner Pistols http://www.warnerpistols.com/
West Acre Sporting Goods http://www.westacresportinggoods.com
West Desert Tactical N/A FB: WDT
West Fork Armory http://www.westforkarmory.com Twitter: @WestForkArmory
West Michigan Tactical http://www.westmichigantactical.com
Wilson Combat http://www.shopwilsoncombat.com
Wolfpit Tactical N/A FB: WT
Wolverine Technologies, LLC http://www.wolverinetechnologiesllc.com/
Wrigley Ammunition http://wrigleyammo.com
York Arms http://www.yorkarms.com
Source: ThePoliceLoophole
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I've been trying to ignore all the discussion in the presidential campaign about Bain Capital and leveraged buyouts and private equity, but pull is too strong and I can no longer resist. Must….write…blog…entry.
First off, let me say that buyouts* are neither inherently good nor bad. People who are completely bashing buyouts as inevitably bad, as rapacious tools for the 1%, are simply wrong. People who are utterly defending buyouts as inevitably good, as the perfect form of free market capitalism, are also wrong. I mean, duh. Nothing as complicated as a buyout is going to just be good or just be bad.
Rather than delve more into the good or the bad, I do want to point out one thing that isn't often mentioned: how similar the buyout business is to the mortgage business as practiced on Wall Street. Both businesses are leveraged gambles with the government picking up at least some of the tab if you lose. We all know how Wall Street borrowed massively to bet on mortgage-backed securities. And they made jillions, paying out huge bonuses, until it went wrong, and the government bailed all of Wall Street out. Heads they win, tails we lose.
Buyout barons have a similar deal. Not quite as good, but similar. They borrow heavily to amplify the returns on their deals. If it goes well, they make tons; that is why Mitt Romney is so rich. But if it goes poorly, the Bains and KKRs of the world get to walk away, using the government bankruptcy code, and leaving the workers' pension plan in the hands of the Pension Benefit Guaranty Program, a government agency. I don't want to overstate the case: sometimes private equity firms lose money on bad deals. They don't fully socialize their losses. But their losses are limited to that deal; the structure is such that they can walk away from bad deals.
Finally, I should also note that buyouts are structured as giant tax dodges. Again, this is not inherently bad; we expect companies and investors to legally minimize their taxes. But the fact is that a big part of the value of buyouts is their tax efficiency. That is why buyout firms continually sell companies to each other in a round robin of tax avoidance; they aren't all adding "operational value." There is only so much a bunch of ex-investment bankers can do to change the operations of a company, but each time a company is sold there is a new set of tax avoidance strategies.
How does this work? First of all, because interest payments are tax deductible, the leverage applied in a buyout is essentially subsidized. Much like homeowners are encouraged to take out larger home loans by the tax deductibility of mortgage interest, buyout firms are encouraged to leverage up as much as possible. This enables the company's operating income be used on debt payments, amplifying returns, rather than going into taxable income. In addition, at the time of acquisitions, assets of the company can be written up to fair market value and then depreciated, with the non-cash depreciation expense also tax-deductible. That step-up in asset value at acquisition is precisely why buyout firms keep flipping companies to each other. In a perfect deal, the post-acquisition company will have taxable income below zero, but positive cash flow. In other words, regardless of whatever operational improvements a buyout firm might implement, a huge part of the value that accrues to that buyout firm is due to financial engineering, specifically financial structuring to avoid taxes.
* I will use the term "buyouts" here, which are usually leveraged but don't need to be. Since "private equity" also refers to venture capital, I will avoid using that term.
"According to Kosman, "Bain and Goldman—after putting down only $85 million … made out like bandits—a $280 million profit." Dade's debt rose to more than $870 million. Romney had left operational management of Bain that year, though his disclosures show that he owned 16.5 percent of the Bain partnership responsible for the Dade investment until at least 2001.
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HANSARD 1803–2005 → 1890s → 1892 → March 1892 → 15 March 1892 → Commons Sitting → ORDERS OF THE DAY.
§ Considered in Committee, and reported, without Amendment; read the third time, and passed.
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Forward to METROPOLITAN POLICE DISTRICT (OPEN AIR MEETINGS).


Most people aspire to be followers – "Get me a well-paying (and stable) job where I will be a replaceable cog in a company"; others end up living on welfare or in retirement. The ones who take the risk to lead society are the business people – coming up with creative solutions to the problems and needs of society, generating revenues for the companies, jobs for their communities and taxes for the government. If there were no businesses, there would be no economy… businesses are what makes the world go around, and money is how society keeps score.


text:
"…like the Movie tough guys"
Hendersonville Times-News
"Ridge Lines" Column for January 10, 2021
The world around and within is restless…
There are chords of memory that bind us together. These fundamental experiences are what Christopher Flannery calls "the necessary beginnings of any wisdom we might hope to find."
In the November issue of "Imprimis," a monthly publication of Hillsdale College, Flannery speaks of the impact of "a true American story." For Flannery, "it will be impossible to hear it without awakening the better angels of our nature."
It takes a poet's sensibility to re-create the past, to give meaning to pieces. We need to find the poet within us.
What follows is the story of a friendship…between Sandy Sherman and me, Tommy Orr.
The experience first appeared in column from Feb. 6, 2011. I wasn't, by any stretch of the imagination, a daredevil — not like my friend Sandy Sherman. He wasn't afraid of anything or so it seemed. Sandy would climb the tallest tree and hang by his legs from a limb. Like Tarzan, he would swing on a vine across a creek and land on the other side. He didn't look for a fight, but he never backed down from one.
Once he said to me, "Tommy, I want to show you something. I've been studying jujitsu. Give me your hand."
He took me by the hand. He then, without warning, jerked me over his body to the ground where my head struck a root of a tree. I literally saw stars and, in the twilight of early evening, I thought for a brief moment that I was dying. The large lump on my head was evidence enough that there was cause for tears.
Sandy, of course, was concerned; but he was more upset that it had not worked out the way it was pictured in the magazine. Sandy was afraid of nothing.
Just about everyone I knew could ride a bicycle. In my neighborhood on 3rd Avenue it was a right of passage. I remember my first ride.
My feet barely touched the pedals. I was unable to sit on the seat. Sandy held onto the back fender; and, when I said I was ready, he gave a quick push and sent me off, down Buncombe Street, with comforting shouts— "Keep pedaling" "You're doing it."
Suddenly messages of encouragement turned to alarm -- "Slow down…you're going too fast." "Put on the braaaakes." I crashed.
With no bones broken, but skinned-up and a bit bloody, I jumped to my feet and acted like there was nothing to it.
Once I took Sandy's bicycle for a quick ride around the Lily Pond where Whitmire Park is now. I remember I was riding around the pond when I hit a bump causing me to turn the handlebars too sharply. I lost control and rode into the pond. All wet and frightened, I dragged myself out of the pond, leaving the bicycle submerged. I then ran all the way home. I telephoned Sandy to tell him that his bicycle could be found in the Lily Pond.
"Thanks a lot, Tommy," he snorted.
There came a day when Sandy and I decided we were going to smoke our first cigarette. Sandy's father ran a grocery store on Seventh Avenue, so Sandy "borrowed" a pack of cigarettes from the grocery. Hiding away in our secret fort, we put three or four lighted cigarettes in our mouth at the same time. We laughed, coughed, laughed. We acted tough. We experimented with cuss words we had heard but did not know their meaning. We spit through our teeth. We played like we were the movie tough guys.
I remember, as I "smoked" the cigarettes, I imitated James Cagney -- "All right you guys…." I could always get a laugh with my imitations. Cagney was among my best. My friends encouraged me. And Sandy thought I was great. He laughed.
Suddenly, without warning, Sandy bolted. "Where're you going?" I shouted after him.
I turned to look outside of our hideout -- and there was my father, an imposing giant of a figure. He stood holding a large switch, which he tapped methodically against his trouser leg. Upon seeing him, I was reduced once again to the 5- year- old child I was.
Sandy, later that evening, was eager to learn the gory details -- "Did it hurt?"
If there was one thing that stood out about Sandy Sherman -- it was his loyalty.
Norman MacLean, author of "A River Runs Through It," was given advice by a teacher at Yale. She told him that he was "concentrating so on telling a story that he didn't take time to be a poet — to express a little of the love he had for the earth."
Back when Sandy and I were in the 5th grade, our teacher Miss Pace left the room and Sandy and I stood at the second floor window of Rosa Edwards School. We had a spitting contest.
We watched as the droplets, like bombs, reached the ground below. Miss Pace discovered us – spit in mid air -- and asked with a scowl: "Are you expectorating out the window?"
There was silence…then Sandy answered, "No ma'm. We're not expectorating. We're spittin'."
It has been 70 years. Sandy is now deceased. He was there when I needed a best friend.
It takes history to bring us together. I still remember Sandy's telephone number back then.
This is Tom Orr's final column. Orr died Sunday, Jan. 3. The Times-News joins the community in mourning his passing and is grateful for his numerous contributions over the years.
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