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This Joan Walsh Piece
by John Cole | January 1, 2020 4:07 pm | 107 Comments
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Steeplejack (phone)
Being ornery, I'll date it to 2009, and the beginning of Barack Obama's presidency. However we count them off, we have to admit: These last 10 (or 11) years saw the rise of a sometimes violent right-wing American extremism, fueled by racism, and an even bigger story—the utter failure of political elites and mainstream media to figure out how to handle it.
Duh. But a great piece to spread the word.
Lapassionara
Agree. Thanks for posting it.
DCrefugee
These last 10 (or 11) years saw the rise of a sometimes violent right-wing American extremism, fueled by racism, and an even bigger story — the utter failure of political elites and mainstream media to figure out how to handle it.
I don't think political elites and mainstream media have failed to figure out how to handle it. I think those of this group who don't call it out for what it is are happy with the new status quo and hide behind whatever excuses they conjure up to avoid making their true feelings known.
(Edited to correct typo)
Catherine D.
Excellent piece, and I'm sure it will be entirely ignored
Has Colbert ever apologized for the mushy middle fest? Stewart never will.
zhena gogolia
I'm not thrilled with the Dem-bashing at the end. Biden may be our nominee. Don't bash him. We're in a fight with Nazis.
SFAW
Interesting that most of the comments there were from persons attacking Walsh from the left, calling her a "neoliberal," etc. I was tempted to ask if they're hoping to heighten the contradictions even more, in ten months, but decided it would be a lost cause.
@Catherine D.: Jon Stewart's detached "too kool for skewel" both sides guilty shtick has contributed to cynicism about politics and government. I detest him and am glad he no longer has a platform on TV.
@zhena gogolia: I agree with you. I thought she made some great points but the piece overall is uneven. I have to remember she writes for The Nation.
call_me_ishmael
My God, the comments on that article. I really want to like Bernie, but his supporter cult doesn't make it easy.
Citizen Alan
@SFAW:
I wish you had. I'm not in the mood to register with the fucking Nation. Otherwise, I would have commented on my often expressed desire that Bernie Sanders heart explode out of his chest like an alien face huggerin the middle of one of his finger wagging speeches.
@call_me_ishmael:
It's The Nation. They indulged in Seth Rich conspiracy theories for a while.
Elizabelle
Would not have seen it, so thank you for posting the article.
Happy New Year's Day to all.
@Elizabelle:
Toi aussi.
@Baud: Merci.
Yeah, it's The Nation, forget it.
Great article. On a different subject, do broken Christmas balls go in recycling? Asking for a friend.
@Steeplejack (phone):
It isn't that they couldn't handle it .. you have to look at it from a marketshare point of view. They don't want to lose that so they have to show balance.
It's changed now because the right wing is easily lead and fear will open their pocketbooks ..that's the market.
@call_me_ishmael: his supporters and Bernie ain't your friend. He/they expect You and I to support Bernie. He/they have never and will never support the non-Bernie candidate.
Also, Driftglass and Bluegal had Jay Rosen on their pod and followed it a week later by calling out Chuck Todd and his "sudden realization" schtick- and unlike Joan Walsh, they stuck the landing. Well worth your time to give a listen.
@Citizen Alan:
I'm not in the mood to register with the fucking Nation.
Nor was I. Maybe we can find some sucker convince some dedicate Juicer to do it in our stead.
I agree that everyone in the Village should read it, but I am not sanguine about the possibility of a change in how they protect and promote Trump and the Republicans. They are just so used to doing that it is the RW is the press/media's default position on every point in contention.
And Walsh writes
My party, the Democratic Party, was utterly unprepared for the carnival of racist bigotry the Republican Party was becoming, and remains mostly unready to confront it even as it has become unmistakably what it is.
Walsh must not recall what happened when Hillary Clinton called Trump's racist supporters deplorable. The entire press/media world went DefCon 1 on her. This is what they have always done to people who point out racism in America: refuse to acknowledge the racism, make excuses and employ euphemisms for the racists, and attack the people who raise the issue
See also what happened to Mann & Ornstein when they wrote a book explaining what happened to the Republican Party. Banished.
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Interesting that most of the comments there were from persons attacking Walsh from the left, calling her a "neoliberal," etc.
I saw that, too. Those people are beyond our powers to inform or persuade.
Richard Guhl
@PST: Not recyclable.
Mike in NC
Don't read The Nation very often, but two thoughts as we start 2020:
(1) Joe Scarborough recently had a Washington Post op-ed where he basically called out Trump as a fascist. Probably will only be dismissed as more 'bothsiderism'. I believe the odious Matt Gaetz is sitting in the Florida US House seat once held by Joe.
(2) Just read that last year saw a record number of mass shootings in this country. We should probably expect a couple more before the end of the month, followed by the usual "but there's nothing we can do" laments from the media.
@laura: Hell, they wouldn't even support Bernie if he won the election and became president and then at some point had to make some concession to people who are not also socialists in order get anything accomplished. Saint Bernie would last 6 months tops before Jacobin magazine started deriding him as a neoliberal sell out.
@zhena gogolia:
Biden may be our nominee. Don't bash him.
Don't bash the clueless dimwit who said he was prepared to consider a Republican as his running mate? And of all threads on BJ, you chose this particular one to promote your horseshit?
Oh the ironing.
@DCrefugee: I think you are right on.
@Mandalay:
Happy New Year, asshole.
I'm off to a party now. Enjoy your next four years of Trump.
Ooh, maybe he has a private e-mail server too!
justawriter
Quite honestly, as I enter my sixth decade, the same article could have been written about each of the last five. Just the names change, and sometimes not even that.
@James E Powell:
pretty sure that Walsh remembers what happened.
She said " The Party", not "Hillary Clinton" or "Some Members".
It was about the Democtratic Party's lengthy and continued failure to have a unified message.
HeleninEire
I got to the paragraph where Walsh quoted Joe and Mika and I had to stop reading. I just can't.
Walsh must not recall what happened when Hillary Clinton called Trump's racist supporters deplorable. The entire press/media world went DefCon 1 on her.
I think it would be interesting to see whether Joan Walsh was one of the people who were critical of Hillary for that. I don't follow Joan Walsh, or any of them anymore, but I wouldn't be the least bit surprised if Walsh was part of the pack who criticized Hillary. Good for her if she wasn't.
Don't bash the clueless dimwit who said he was prepared to consider a Republican as his running mate?
Biden wasn't a clueless dimwit for saying that. He was just being Biden. He isn't going to have a Republican running mate. It's one of those ridiculous rules that the press/media only impose on Democrats: they must spout bi-partisan bullshit or they will be attacked.
sukabi
@laura: re: difference between Joan Walsh' take and blue gal & driftglass' take — Walsh is part of the Village and is insulated / influenced by that very privileged bubble, driftglass and blue gal are not and probably don't have the "right temperment**" to get into the Village.
** Family, other connections, $$$$$, acceptable political leanings
Litigation in the era of Trump:DOJ says the president had nothing to do with its decision to fire former FBI agent Peter Strzok. His lawyers respond by quoting President Trump's remarks last week taking credit for firing him and others. pic.twitter.com/nDGlmiqttz— Brad Heath (@bradheath) December 30, 2019
Lawyers of Balloon Juice, you will like this protest.
A bunch of lawyers in Uttar Pradesh take out a mock funeral procession for the state government, led by the saffron clad Ajay Bisht who calls himself Yogi Adityanath.
What they are saying
Hai Hai Yogi ( Booing Yogi)
Mar gaya Yogi (Yogi is dead)
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Formerly disgruntled in Oregon
I gave it a chance, even after seeing the source. Glass house alert!
Unsurprisingly, the article has a huge blind spot when it come to how folks on "the professional left" (like The Nation) are constantly employing their own "both sides" inferences, in their unrelenting criticism of the mainstream Democratic Party.
And sure enough, the both sides criticisms show up about half-way though the article. Did you know that the whole Merrick Garland fiasco was Obama's fault? Did you know that Joe Biden gives lip service to working across the aisle? Mainstream Dems are failure! Only Bernie can save us (and maybe Warren). Alert! Alert! 🚨 🚨 🚨
It's the same old in-group/out-group BS that drove me away from that crew in the first place. Fuck their lack of self awareness. Take a look at yourself for change.
Trump told the troops in his Christmas videoconference call that they used to have old planes three years ago, but "now you have all brand new."As of late 2018, the average age of an Air Force plane was 28 years — 26 for fighters, 42 for bombers, 54 for tankers.— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) January 1, 2020
@SFAW: I let my subscriptions to it and TNR expire over 20 years ago.
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Did you see that Bronks is back?
@WaterGirl: I wouldn't be the least bit surprised if Walsh was part of the pack who criticized Hillary
Not sure why you would say that. Walsh certainly isn't my cup of tea, but she was a rock solid Clinton supporter throughout her campaign, and stood by her when she lost.
Actually I couldn't find Walsh saying anything about the "deplorables" comment which makes me suspect that she didn't embrace it, but didn't want to dump on Clinton for it either. (The rest of the media was busy doing that anyway of course.)
@WaterGirl:
I think it would be interesting to see whether Joan Walsh was one of the people who were critical of Hillary for that.
In fact, Walsh was right where we wish everyone else had been. She called it "more media malpractice."
@Citizen Alan: A big problem with many Bernie supporters is that they subscribe to the Green Lantern theory of the Presidency. They believe he will be able to pass his agenda by sheer dint of his will or by fiat. It's as if the obstacles and veto points within and without the system simply don't exist.
I predict that should Bernie be elected, on January 20, 2021 at 12:01 pm, Joe Manchin will give him the middle finger, and all of Bernie's proposals will lie in a heap of ashes.
@Jay: When one party is required to represent the entire range of sane political opinion, it is a little difficult have a unified message.
Yes! (now I'm out the door)
@DCrefugee: Yeah.
I only made it a few paragraphs into the piece before I had to close the tab. It's just too painful.
driftglass has had their number for a very long time:
I Was Going to Write a New Years End-Of-The-Decade Thing…
…lamenting how the American political press has helped sabotage American democracy by following an insane dogma of reflexively loathing Liberals for being right while excusing the grotesque failures of Conservatives in order to maintain a wholly false "Sensible Center".
And then I remembered that I already wrote one.
A decade ago.
From me on January 1, 2010: "…If Christ Is Not Risen Then Our Preaching Is in Vain"
@Jay:
I read what she said. I cited Hillary Clinton because it is the latest example of what happens to Democrats who raise racism as an issue.
When one party is required to represent the entire range of sane political opinion, it is a little difficult have a unified message.
This has been the Democratic burden since Reagan.
I find this expectation that the Democratic Party have a "unified message" to be frustrating, unreasonable, and misguided.
The USA is a diverse country. The Democratic Party is an even more diverse Party. We have a big tent, with lots of allies – we don't agree on everything, and why should we? We're not Fascists, Communists, or Republicans.
But everyone wants things exactly their way, and when they don't get what they want, they blame "the Party", or the DNC, or the "Democratic Establishment", or some other fantastical boogeymen.
True allies would see our Party's diversity as a strength, not a weakness to be overcome through adoption of a "party line".
They filmed a hungry man eating at a Whole Foods. Then @nypost assigned 3 reporters to call a person in need of help: "A drooling and pungent homeless man." "Grungy gourmand." "Unidentified chowhound wet with drool and framed by a scraggly beard." "Free loader." Call them out. pic.twitter.com/lpgafq1LFV— Scott Hechinger (@ScottHech) January 1, 2020
@Richard Guhl: Yes, it's the cult of the Presidency, and it thrives due to general lack of in-depth civics education in this country, which has led to widespread ignorance of how shit actually gets done in Washington…
…as well as the psychological biases that make us predisposed to thinking in terms of independent actors – people with names, instead of groups of people organized into complex and interdependent systems.
Spinoza Is My Co-pilot
Quite good article by Walsh, overall. But the comments by the goddamn leftier-than-thou assholes over there (as others here have noted)! The fucking Nation. Used to be all right, I think, but I unsubscribed over a dozen years ago, and probably should have done that sooner. Yes, fascists (all of them) are the enemy of humanity (and the whole living planet, for that matter) but useful tool leftist motherfuckers are just that — useful motherfucking tools.
They were, and it's worth noting that the book was written years before Trump ran for president.
But I suspect the larger reason they became outcasts was that they savaged the media as well as the Republican Party.
Chuckles the Toddler "naive"?
Chuckles the Toddler a willing gullible sack of rancid shit who should be frog marched into a tumbrel?
@Spinoza Is My Co-pilot: Looking at the fucking Wilmer crowd here. Staring them down.
@Omnes Omnibus: That is an excellent point.
@Mandalay: I'm happy to hear that. As I said, I don't follow her work, and it's been at least a decade since I did so.
@James E Powell: Very happy to hear that. Thank you.
Joan Walsh @ The Nation, via John Cole @ Top:
I've always resisted the notion that new decades are news events, bestowed on us in pre-measured pallets of history to be analyzed later as self-contained units of meaning. But as we ring in 2020, it's hard not to feel like we've been through an epoch we should pause to acknowledge. Being ornery, I'll date it to 2009, and the beginning of Barack Obama's presidency.
I'll date it back to either Bush's election in 1999 or 9/11/2001.
This is the decade that lasted 20 years. It was a shit score of years and I'm glad it's over.
And I hope it is over, because I'm not entirely convinced this epoch is done with us yet. We've still got 10 months until the election in November – and even if, FSM willing, we get a Democratic president, she/he won't take office until Jan. 2021.
That said, I can see what looks like light at the end of the tunnel (or the oncoming train of climate-change-induced armageddon, not sure which) and I guess I can put up with another year or so of this fucking decade, if it finally ends sometime within the next 12.75 months – because I really don't think we'll make it through another 10 years of this so far 20-year-long fucking decade.
@Kathleen:
Jon Stewart's detached "too kool for skewel" both sides guilty shtick has contributed to cynicism about politics and government. I detest him and am glad he no longer has a platform on TV.
@Another Scott: The "January 1, 2010" link didn't work. Here it is.
http://driftglass.blogspot.com/2009/12/if-christ-is-not-risen.html
@HeleninEire:
For me it all goes back to Jamelle Bouie's observation that for too many white people, especially media white people, racism is just bad manners. So Olbermann's histrionics were just like Rush's "Barack, The Magic Negro", or god knows what else went on with him back then.
@Nicole:
When he's appeared on Colbert's show (several times), he sure hasn't been both sides about Trump.
@zhena gogolia: Yeah, it's The Nation, forget it.
Forget it, Jake, it's the Nation.
@James E Powell: he also said that (something like) no living Republican would be right. And whether screechers like Mandalay, who would rather lose righteously then win with a horrible rhetorical taint that offends their adolescent righteousness, it's the kind of thing that appeals to voters we need to win. That's the way the Electoral College crumbles, or rather, doesn't.
ETA: and this is the second time I've seen the Rally About Nothing dragged out of moth-balls for the shitshow it was. Good. I was sympathetic with Stewart in the run up to the 2010 midterms when he said "Fuck you" to Dems who complained he wasn't being supportive enough, but that was such a fucking orgasm of precious, tote-bagger, above-it-all-ness, more on his part than Colbert's, but Colbert was part of it.
@JGabriel: Nope. To the professional left, "it" (whatever it is) will always be Obama's fault.
@Jim, Foolish Literalist: We don't have to like it. But we need to acknowledge it and work with it.
@WaterGirl: Whoops. Thanks muchly.
@debbie: That's great, but when he was upset about funding for 9/11 rescue workers being held up, he went and yelled at the House of Representatives, which was Democratic controlled and was going to pass it anyway, and studiously avoided pointing his finger at McConnell and the Senate, which is where the problem was.
I got mad all over again reading Walsh's recollection of Stewart's "return to sanity" or whatever the hell that dumb "both sides do it" tour he did was… I'm grateful to the show for launching John Oliver over here, as I think Last Week Tonight is an excellent program, but The Daily Show was part of the problem for the last several years of Stewart's run on it. Trevor Noah is a much better host. As far as I know, he's never described Hillary Clinton's expression as "where boners go to die," like Stewart did.
Biden was a clueless dimwit when he said the Republican party will have an epiphany once Trump leaves office and when he called Dick Cheney and Mike Pence decent guys.
@Nicole: +1
I was at The Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear. The forced both-siderism of it was infuriating, and I wasn't the only one there who felt that way. I think Colbert tried to salvage it with his performance, but Stewart really did mess it up. And as you say, it's not just a one-off with him.
@HeleninEire: I got to the paragraph where Walsh quoted Joe and Mika and I had to stop reading.
Why? Walsh wasn't quoting them with affirmative intent, she was calling them out for being centrist both-sides assholes. At least, that's the way I read it.
Yowsa!
@Another Scott: I don't know how forced it was on Stewart's part. He's a smug fucker.
@jk: not invalid points, but he hasn't been enough of a clueless dimwit to embrace Berniecare, which is something Normals actually care about.
@Formerly disgruntled in Oregon: Nope. To the professional left, "it" (whatever it is) will always be Obama's fault.
"It" is the epoch – the last decade, or last score of years, depending on when you define it's beginning – that Walsh hopes is finally ending now (or soon).
I don't think Walsh is blaming the epoch on Obama; I think she's just dating its beginning to racist backlash against his election.
Which makes me wonder, am I reading a different Walsh post than everyone else? Because a lot of people seem to have different interpretations of an essay I thought was pretty straightforwardly written.
@Another Scott: I was there too. And Stewart was as ridiculous as others say.
Has he ever done a mea culpa about that one? Talk about missing the plot.
@Another Scott:
The forced both-siderism of it was infuriating, and I wasn't the only one there who felt that way.
I remember being really bothered by the bits I saw on TV about it, because until then I'd so firmly believed that Stewart was one of the good guys, and it was so very obvious to me that this was not "both sides are the same." Interesting to hear from someone who was there.
And I'm not trying to knock people here who still really enjoy him- I adored, adored The Daily Show in the late nineties, early aughts- it was must-see every night for me (back when I could stay up past 11PM). But by the end of Stewart's run I'd realized how overwhelmingly white and male its perspective was. I didn't see it in the 1990s because virtually every other show was the same way. Fish don't notice the water.
I've said it before here, but it was John Oliver taking over as host for awhile that made me realize how mean Stewart could be, and even then I didn't realize it while Oliver was hosting; I only saw it after Stewart came back. And after that I fell off watching.
But again, it's not a judgment on those who still enjoy him; in the end, he's just another entertainer, and we like what we like, and once upon a time, I too was a huge fan.
@jk:
I guess we'll just have to agree to disagree – in the spirit of Democratic Collegiality that I hope characterizes this year.
I don't think Biden really believes the things he says about Republicans. I believe he says them because it's part of his brand. And if he does, who cares? It's not going to cost us votes.
l gave up on Jon Stewart when he continued to bring on wingnuts like Jim Demint and Dick Armey and let them projectile vomit their propaganda without any pushback whatsoever. He can DIAF.
@JGabriel: Oh I agree. Not complaining about Joan. I agree with what she said. I just could not listen to Joe and Mila be assholes ONCE AGAIN. Those two exhaust me.
@Another Scott: Would you like me to fix it in your original comment?
@jk: Perhaps I am getting the wrong impression, but it strikes me that if there were a book of all your comments, nearly every one would be anti-Biden.
Wondering if I might be wrong about that?
@justawriter:
The 90's weren't so bad.
Compared to today, through the misty lens of nostalgia, they sometimes seem like halcyon days when the worst controversy we had to contend with was a bunch of Republican philanderers impeaching and trying to remove a president from office for the apparently unpardonable sin of philandering while Democratic.
@WaterGirl: You're not wrong. jk is a one trick pony.
Oh I agree. Not complaining about Joan. I agree with what she said. I just could not listen to Joe and Mila be assholes ONCE AGAIN. Those two exhaust me.
Ah, okay, got it. Thanks for enlightening me. I was clearly misinterpreting the context of your comment. My bad.
@WaterGirl: Thanks, but it's not necessary. I'll own my mistake. :-)
Seriously, interested people can get to driftglass's home and see the piece with just a click.
via @Jay:
Litigation in the era of Trump:DOJ says the president had nothing to do with its decision to fire former FBI agent Peter Strzok. His lawyers respond by quoting President Trump's remarks last week taking credit for firing him and others. pic.twitter.com/nDGlmiqttz— Brad Heath (@bradheath) December 30, 2019
Funny how that whole authoritarian unitary executive theory never seems to apply when Barr has to defend/ignore Trump's stupidity in court.
@Villago Delenda Est:
Maybe. I've certainly felt that way about him in the past. But for now, Todd seems to be making an effort at least, so I'm taking a wait and see attitude.
But that's mostly because I see optimism as an ethical obligation that I should at least give lip-service to once in a while, as opposed to my generally dismal and dyspeptic opinion of humanity.
@JGabriel: That's more than mist, it must be a downpour. The 90s were stage three of the current GOP pattern (1: elect a criminal to bring more criminals into government, 2: pour millions into Dem neglected small states (Sagebrush Rebellion) and purple states to overcome their lack of popularity) where any D must be prepared to face a new scandal every month – The Arkansas Project, Mena Airport, Troopergate, the list goes on and on. Don't forget they actually fired special prosecutor Fiske because he was going to close the Whitewater investigation and they stuck history with Ken Starr and his pet pornographer Bret Kavanaugh for two more election cycles. Gore felt forced to put Lieberman on the ticket because he had denounced Clinton and over the course of the election he denounced so many other Democrats he handed the election to Bush the Lesser. Any attempt to push back on Clinton for mouthing GOP nostrums (End Welfare as we know it, for one) were quashed because we needed to support him in the face of GOP insanity.
@Elizabelle: Predictable and boring.
edit: I suppose the same could be said about my comments!
If Biden wins, I think Mitch McConnell will eat his lunch every single day, so yeah I'm a little bit concerned about Uncle Joe's skills and abilities.
In the era of Black Lives Matter and the #MeToo movement, I think Biden's support for the 90's crime bill and his failure to defend Anita Hill reveal how badly out of step he is in 2020.
@justawriter: Fair enough. Nostalgia is … (sighs) … nostalgia is a helluva drug.
@jk: tell me which Democrat will figure out how to work around Majority Leader McConnell, and give me at least a notion of how that will work. So far the most detailed plan I've heard is "Look out the window, Mitch"
Shorter:
Both-siderisim is a lie.
We're only talking about the most powerful office on the planet, so I don't like the fact that many pundits and voters have given Biden a free pass for his lousy Senate record.
If you don't lament the fact that a boring, over the hill, bumbling white guy has so far out polled accomplished inspiring figures like Kirsten Gillibrand, Kamela Harris, Cory Booker, and Elizabeth Warren that's your problem.
@Jim, Foolish Literalist:
McConnell will be a tough nut to crack regardless of which Democrat wins, but I'd trust the judgement of Warren, Booker, Klobuchar, and Buttigieg in a heartbeat over Biden. To me, Uncle Joe has always projected an aura of buffoonery and cluelessness.
inspiring figures like Kirsten Gillibrand, Kamela Harris, Cory Booker, and Elizabeth Warren that's your problem.
If Gillibrand and Booker couldn't "inspire" more than 5% (2% in KG's case, I believe) of the Democratic primary electorate to support them, to say nothing of the fact that they couldn't even come close to the support "inspired" by the bumbling, boring old white guy, is "inspiring" the right word to describe them?
but I'd trust the judgement of Warren, Booker, Klobuchar, and Buttigieg in a heartbeat over Biden
Before their judgement matters, they have to beat trump, and their judgement matters a lot more if they have enough coattails to make McConnell move into a smaller office
… their judgement matters a lot more if they have enough coattails to make McConnell move into a smaller office.
I'm thinking coffin-sized would be nice.
My strongest memory of Jon Stewart during the Tea Party debacle was him saying piously that their rage was "clearly coming from a very real place."
It was. It was coming from fear of colored people having the nerve to try to be in charge of anything but sportsball positions and blues music. It was coming from delusions of their own importance in the American scheme, as white people.
trump knows that, which is why he never, ever misses a chance to stoke that rage, which he correctly identifies as the engine that drives his ugly little train.
So yeah, Stewart is one of the people who let us down when it mattered most — during the first year of Obama's first term. Either he didn't see it (hard to imagine, b/c he's a smart mofo), or he made a choice to let it pass (unforgivable).
I was at that rally; it was beyond infuriating. The worst thing is that by that point Stewart had become exactly the "both sides" media figure he'd spent years ridiculing. During the Bush admin., the daily show trained most of its fire on the MSM for being lazy, too chummy with the in crowd, and failing to speak truth to power. As soon as Obama took office he adopted the same pose.
@JGabriel: Human nature. I also remind parents who despair about the behavior of their children what evil motherfXXXers they were at the same age. (I am of the opinion that kids these days are better than me)
I will happily vote for Biden if he is our nominee because he is far FAR superior to Trump. Hell, I will canvas for him and sing his praises. But the man is not beyond criticism. He is corporate friendly at a time that has laid bare that we need to be far more skeptical of corporate beneficence. He does not emphasize the problem of wealth inequality nearly to the extent I believe is warranted. His stances on Iraq, on bankruptcy law, on pro choice, etc. have been hugely problematic, and I don't think he represents the best of what the party can offer. We are supposed to be having that conversation right now until we select our nominee. Then we can fall in line.
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Caucus member Sherrie Cohen has been a very supportive and approachable presence at many WE (and TAG) events. Sherrie's parents were icons in fighting for social justice in Philly and Sherrie honors them each day. Sherrie's work as an attorney representing vulnerable tenants against exploitation from landlords has prepared her well for her legislative plans to foster development without displacement and keep families in their neighborhoods. She has a strong record of fighting for essential public services and spaces for our families, a highlight being when she successfully kept the city from closing 11 Free Libraries. As she showed on countless occasions including marching on 4/15, Sherrie has been a dedicated advocate for a living wage for all workers. Sherrie is the first out and proud LGBT candidate to be endorsed by the Democratic Party in Philadelphia. We are thrilled to help Sherrie make history and take the next step in her lifelong fight for equality for all this November.
Derek Green
As the former aide and special counsel to longtime City Councilwoman Marian Tasco, Derek Green gained a lot of valuable experience working in City Hall. Derek is seeking a spot on Council to fight for the rights and careers of hardworking lifelong teachers like his retired mother Anita. Derek also experienced first hand how much our students need and deserve by teaching part time at Olney High while attending Temple Law School. Through raising their autistic son Julian with his wife Sheila, Derek has been very interested and invested in helping our students with special needs. Derek has been an important part of many civic associations and looks to continue that advocacy work by making the crucial issues around the Black Lives Matter movement a big part of his work at City Hall. We were very impressed by Derek's commitment to many issues that mattered to us most and the wide range of support his campaign is building across the city. Derek is more than ready to make an important contribution to City Council and we look forward to helping him get there.
Helen Gym
A former public school teacher at Lowell Elementary, Helen Gym has continued to honor the work of her colleagues and the parents of her students through her own work on behalf of families in Philadelphia. An incredible communicator, there is no candidate running for any office in this primary who can make a more dynamic case for what our students and families must have than Helen. She has a deep appreciation for what public spaces like schools, libraries, parks, and Rec centers did for her growing up. As she has raised her own children in our public schools, she has been one of our city's greatest champions in fighting back against the chronic neglect of the public spaces and the absence of vital resources our students deserve. Through her tremendous organizing work with Asian Americans United and Parents United for Public Education, Helen has been an inspiring example of what coordinated, cooperative activism within our communities can do to energize and revitalize our city. We know there would be no greater advocate for our families in City Hall than Helen Gym.
Caucus members have been very interested in the City Council primary election this year. We heard from the at-large candidates at our PFT political forum and had additional questions we wanted to personally ask the candidates. WE's Political Secretary Luigi Borda invited several of them to the first of our monthly "Teacher's Lounge" happy hours. The candidates who could be there participated in wide ranging interviews with members of the WE political committee (consisting of active and retired educators, along with parents) and spent a lot of time in between talking with the crowd of public education supporters. After much deliberation, the Political Committee decided on these three candidates.
Stay tuned for news about future events, especially as caucus members and supporters of our candidates prepare for a massive canvass of this year's Broad Street Run!

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Meet the Colorado cellist who performs in trees
Posted 4:57 pm, November 15, 2019, by Tribune Media Wire
FORT COLLINS, Colo. - As he scrambles over rocks and branches near Horsetooth Mountain, Russick Smith scours the Fort Collins landscape for the perfect spot.
He's not searching for a photo or for a place to rest, but rather a venue for his next concert.
As the sun dips below the horizon, he sets his eyes on a dead pine tree. A recent wildfire has left it stripped of its previous beauty. To Smith, it's perfect.
Setting up a small ladder, he begins to climb, mounting his makeshift deer stand roughly 15 feet above the ground.
It's here that Smith has made a name for himself.
"In nature, you're just playing music for the sake of music," he told KDVR. "It seems like the music resonates at a different level."
Smith, now 32, started playing the cello when he was just 9.
Just before he turned 30, he realized he needed a change.
"I was feeling a little cynical about re-hashing some of the same old ruts," Smith said. "I wanted to feel this wondrous feeling that I had never felt before."
At an art festival in Breckenridge, he saw his chance.
"I just took my cello and put the case on my head, and I borrowed some waders from somebody, and waded out there with my cello, and then sat down and played a concert," he said. "And people just came and sat down."
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From there, he began experimenting with canopy performances.
"I got a tree stand and I modified it so I could set my end pin down on it, and I went and climbed into this aspen grove and just let people discovery it," Smith said. "One woman told me she was walking with her friend and she goes, 'You may call me crazy, but I hear cello music right now.' And her friend goes, 'Yeah! So do I!'"
Smith has turned those impromptu performances into regularly scheduled gigs, with people driving from states away to see him perform.
"When you hear of a cellist in trees, it's like, I don't know what to expect from this," he said. "As a result, there are less barriers to pass by for the music to make an emotional connection."
He routinely performs alone and with his group, aptly named "Tree-O."
"There's nothing I feel like that's off-limits," Smith said. "If it's possible, and even if it seems impossible, I'm game. Let's give it a shot."
Smith will resume his outdoor performances when the weather warms up in the spring. You can find a list of his upcoming shows on his Facebook Page or on his website.
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Climate change is hurting forest regeneration in the Rockies. In some places, forests aren't coming back at all.
Local | March 12, 2018
Deepan Dutta
The Peak 2 wildfire burning 2 miles south of Frisco in July, 2017. The fire burned 84 acres of forest.
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SUMMIT COUNTY — Forests are pretty resilient. They can regrow in the wake of wildfires and insect infestations, sometimes even stronger and denser. However, rising temperatures and larger wildfires are heavily testing that resiliency. For Colorado, it may mean that forests will look very different in the future. In particularly hot and dry areas, forests may not come back at all.
A presentation given at a bimonthly Forest Health Task Force meeting recently in Frisco offered sobering statistics about the impact climate change and wildfires are having on forest resiliency in the Rockies.
Giving the presentation was Dr. Camille Stevens-Rumann, a fire ecologist and assistant professor of Forest and Rangeland Stewardship at Colorado State University. Stevens-Rumann's research focuses on post-disturbance and post-fire forest recovery. Her research is informed by her experience as a former hotshot firefighter, those who are the best trained and experienced wildland firefighters in the country.
Stevens-Rumann explained that several factors play a part in forest recovery: local ecology, elevation, aspect or side of the slope the forest grows on and seed availability. Much of the data was derived from the planting of over 60,000 seedlings at wildfire-affected sites across the Rockies. Over the course of her presentation, Stevens-Rumann showed the impact global climate change was having on seedling growth and forest regeneration.
"We found at time periods where it was hotter and drier, there was a higher likelihood of regeneration failure," Stevens-Rumann said. Regeneration failure occurs when trees fail to grow in an area, or it becomes more like grassland or some other topography.
If a large area of forest is destroyed by wildfire, then distance from seed-bearing trees becomes an issue, as well. "Regardless of climate, if you don't have a place where your seeds are coming from, you're not going to regenerate," Stevens-Rumann said.
She added that even when forests do grow back, they often grow back with a different variety of tree species because of the changing climate conditions.
A subalpine forest made up mainly of tree species that do well in cool, moist habitats, such as the lodgepole pine, might grow back as a mixed-conifer forest with more trees such as the ponderosa pine, which is usually found in hotter, drier habitats and at lower elevation.
While elevation and other conditions affect regrowth, Stevens-Rumann said that climate has become an overriding factor in all habitats. "All of the forests were affected somewhat," she said. "We've seen an increasing proportion of forests regrow with trees of the dry forest type."
Another finding in the presentation came from observations at hotter, drier areas that had been hit by multiple wildfires of increasing intensity. The heat of those fires, increased because of abundant wood fuel and a lack of moisture, rendered the area inhospitable to tree regrowth. Years afterward, there was little to no forest regrowth, aside from short shrubs and sagebrush.
While Summit County won't have to worry about total forest regeneration failure due to high elevation, there are other ways the forests may change. Howard Hallman, executive director of the Forest Health Task Force, said that Summit's forests may not look the same or be as safe in the future.
"As temperatures warm up, and as it becomes drier, we may not be as insulated or resilient against wildfires and other problems," Hallman said. "My suspicion is that there are going to be areas around the county that have lost forests that may not regenerate in the same way as before. They may regrow as a different species, or no forest at all."
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In suggesting how to manage forests to account for these changes, Stevens-Rumann prescribed increased efforts to thin and manage fuel-heavy forests susceptible to wildfires, as well as to grow the right type of trees that account for the changing habitat of the regrowth area.
Hallman said that knowledge from the presentation should lead to better forest management practices. "I think these are prescriptions that should be taken into consideration for the forestland around here," he said.
Hallman added that it also showed how mountain residents should not take the forests for granted and assume that nature will always be able to recover in this age of accelerating climate change.
"They may never grow back, or it might taken hundreds of years to recover," he said. "What's important to me is that we can't necessarily assume that forests will always grow back as they were."


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Davis, Frank Allen (3/21/1873 - 6/1/1953) (10) + -
Rowe, Marguerite H. (1886 - 1967) (10) + -
World's Fair (Chicago, Ill., 5/1 - 10/30/1893) (10) + -
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May Bragdon Diary, July 8, 1893 – July 10, 1893, p. 155
Bragdon, Katherine Elmina (12/30/1837 - 9/6/1920), Best, Mary Nina (7/19/1864 - 5/5/1895), Vickery, Ellen M. (6/28/1836 - 4/30/1895), Best, Edward Walter (b. 1858?), Orchard, Helen Elizabeth (7/21/1872 - 2/6/1899), Joiner, Edith M. (7/3/1868 - 7/4/1935), Cutler, James Goold (4/24/1848 - 4/21/1927), Cutler, Joseph Warren (7/13/1857 - 1934), Randall, Mary Louise (b. 1867?)
May Bragdon Diary, April 29, 1893 – May 1, 1893, p. 75
Bragdon, Katherine Elmina (12/30/1837 - 9/6/1920), Randall, Mary Louise (b. 1867?), Cutler, James Goold (4/24/1848 - 4/21/1927), Cutler, Joseph Warren (7/13/1857 - 1934), World's Fair (Chicago, Ill., 5/1 - 10/30/1893)
May Bragdon Diary, June 20, 1895 – June 21, 1895, p. 112
Gilmore, Joseph H. (b. 9/9/1863), Cutler, James Goold (4/24/1848 - 4/21/1927), Cutler, Joseph Warren (7/13/1857 - 1934), Siemer, Martha A. (1876 - 1960), Bragdon, Katherine Elmina (12/30/1837 - 9/6/1920), Stull, Joseph A. (12/28/1828 - 6/13/1903), Stull, Sarah H. (1836? - 1912?), Stull, Otho Sibley (1867 - 1916), Orchard, Helen Elizabeth (7/21/1872 - 2/6/1899), Humphrey, George P. (1864 - 1952), Bragdon, Claude (8/1/1866 - 9/17/1946), Behn, Margarette (1854? - 7/1899), Sibley's (Rochester, N.Y.), Miner and Fisk (Rochester, N.Y.)
Bragdon, Katherine Elmina (12/30/1837 - 9/6/1920), Bragdon, George Chandler (4/29/1832 - 8/7/1910), Cutler, Joseph Warren (7/13/1857 - 1934), Siemer, Martha A. (1876 - 1960)
May Bragdon Diary, June 26, 1893, p. 144
Cutler, James Goold (4/24/1848 - 4/21/1927), Cutler, Joseph Warren (7/13/1857 - 1934), Bragdon, Claude (8/1/1866 - 9/17/1946), Orchard, Helen Elizabeth (7/21/1872 - 2/6/1899), Gilmore, Joseph H. (b. 9/9/1863), Gillis, James W. (1845? - 1900), Sibley's (Rochester, N.Y.), Lake Ontario
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May Bragdon Diary, July 11, 1893 – July 15, 1893, p. 156
Orchard, Helen Elizabeth (7/21/1872 - 2/6/1899), Jennings, Ella (1864 - 1939), Cutler, Joseph Warren (7/13/1857 - 1934), Wallace, Fredericka (10/23/1871 - 1953), Nourse, Lilla (1857 - 1951), Page, Goodyear, Katherine M. (b. 1861?), Bellamy, Charella (1865? - 2/16/1920), Lyceum (Rochester, N.Y.)
May Bragdon Diary, August 8, 1893 – August 11, 1893, p. 176
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Cutler, James Goold (4/24/1848 - 4/21/1927), Cutler, Joseph Warren (7/13/1857 - 1934), Hawley, Mary Cornelia (8/27/1868 - 1/12/1939), Rogers, Mabel S. (b. 11/17/1870), Rogers, Mary J. (1865? - 1911)
Wolfe, Alice Louise (b. 1857?), Cutler, Joseph Warren (7/13/1857 - 1934), Bragdon, George Chandler (4/29/1832 - 8/7/1910), Bragdon, Katherine Elmina (12/30/1837 - 9/6/1920), Sibley's (Rochester, N.Y.), Duffy-McInnerny Co. (Rochester, N.Y.), Flinch
May Bragdon Diary, July 4, 1906 – July 7, 1906, p. 142
Goulding, Gertrude (3/17/1867 - 6/12/1933), Bragdon, George Chandler (4/29/1832 - 8/7/1910), Hutchinson, Bessie J. (1877 - 1954), Dickins, Mary Belle (9/9/1876?), Cutler, James Goold (4/24/1848 - 4/21/1927), Cutler, Joseph Warren (7/13/1857 - 1934), Sibley's (Rochester, N.Y.), Flinch
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May Bragdon Diary, July 31, 1905 – August 4, 1905, p. 23
Cutler, James Goold (4/24/1848 - 4/21/1927), Cutler, Joseph Warren (7/13/1857 - 1934), Bragdon, Claude (8/1/1866 - 9/17/1946), Shipherd, Jacob Rudd (6/12/1836 - 5/7/1905), Bragdon, Katherine Elmina (12/30/1837 - 9/6/1920), Hutchison, Laura B. (b. 1870), Ampersand (Saranac Lake, N.Y.), Flinch
May Bragdon Diary, May 8, 1907 – May 11, 1907, p. 256
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May Bragdon Diary, June 30, 1905 – November 25, 1905, p. 76
Cutler, Joseph Warren (7/13/1857 - 1934), Cutler, James Goold (4/24/1848 - 4/21/1927), Bragdon, George Chandler (4/29/1832 - 8/7/1910), Davis, Helen Alling (4/19/1871 - 4/12/1950), Steinhausen, Meta (1879 - 1969), Steinhausen, Theodore D. (1874 - 1944), Behn, Arnold G. (1877? - 1943?), Turpin, Therese (b. 1870?), Davis, Lillian May (1871 - 1910), Davis, Frank Allen (3/21/1873 - 6/1/1953), Sibley's (Rochester, N.Y.)
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On December 9, former IBF 130-pound titlist Steve Forbes will make his debut as a promoter, in his hometown of Portland, Oregon. Bill Tibbs reports.
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After discussing his art and acting career, Viggo talks about The Lord of the Rings--book and movies. "In this movie, I had three directors: Tolkien, Peter Jackson and, of course, my own conscience. Tolkien and Jackson are different media, different men, but I've worked for both of them. While the first was very interested in exploring codes, poetry, history, the second is a film maker who likes entertainment, and that's why he centered his work more in the action episodes than in the reflective ones." He continues, "I found my strongest link to this author when I got to know the tongues, the languages that he made up for each race. That is why I miss certain things from the book, like some of the songs and above all, the languages that were born of this incredible man."


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At Specs Appeal we understand how a red eye can show up out of nowhere and that emergencies don't follow a schedule. Red eyes can be due to a number of reasons. Eye infections, allergies, a scratched cornea, dry eyes, a foreign body embedded into the eye, injury are some common reasons for red eye.
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The Minister for Health yesterday announced that private hospitals will be enlisted to work in concert with the public system in the coming months, as the nation's health systems scale-up to manage the anticipated demand on beds as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
A formal partnership agreement between the Commonwealth, states and territories and private hospitals is expected to be negotiated and signed this week, which will see an estimated 34,000 additional beds brought online, and staff totaling over 105,000 full and part-time hospital workers being made available for redeployment within the public health system.
Half of the costs of integrating the two systems will be borne by the Commonwealth, which will provide funding certainty to the private sector, after a significant curtailing of non-urgent elective surgery procedures was announced last week, followed by claims from the private sector that closure of hospitals would result.
The uncapped deal is expected to total $1.3 billion, and is contingent on private hospitals retaining their workforce to work in their current facilities or for redeployment into the public system at the direction of the Commonwealth or states and territories.
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Ethical Clothing Australia to receive a $2 million funding from Labor government
YarnsandFibers News Bureau 2021-12-15 11:13:48 – Australia
Ethical Clothing Australia (ECA), Australia's only ethical compliance body, will receive a $2 million funding boost from the Labor government over the next three years. The funds will enable ECA to accredit more enterprises in the Australian textile, garment, and footwear industries, allowing it to bring more local businesses into compliance with its code.
The ECA code assures that workers are paid legal salaries, get all of their legal entitlements, and work in safe conditions, as well as allowing annual audits of supply chains, resulting in a more transparent and ethical sector.
ECA not only defends the rights of Australian garment workers, but it also assists consumers in navigating greenwashing and misleading brand statements so that they can spend their money on certified ethical products and businesses.
Since the Liberal Party cut ECA funding by $1 million in 2014, the Construction, Forestry, Maritime, Mining and Energy Union, Australia's major trade union in textile, clothing, and footwear manufacture, has been pleading with the federal government for financial assistance.
Jenny Kruschel, TCF National Secretary of the CFMEU Manufacturing Division, said that the union has long advocated for the funding of this national code to be restored. They appreciate Labor's promise to protect workers and guarantee a more sustainable sector in Australia. When companies join up for the Ethical Clothing Australia code, they promise to pay legal wages and allow annual audits of their supply chains. It benefits their business and safeguards vulnerable workers.
According to a recent global study, nine out of ten consumers prefer to buy ethically sourced items, but local and small firms are finding it difficult to compete with overseas competitors who can keep prices low for consumers by underpaying workers and cutting corners.
The proposed $6 million funding boost would help the fashion industry create more employment while also giving Australian manufacturers a competitive advantage over their international competitors.
The textile, apparel, and footwear industries also played an important part in the epidemic, with many local enterprises and supply chains switching to the creation of personal protective equipment (PPE) when global supply systems failed.
Ed Husic, the Shadow Minister for Industry and Innovation, said that Australia must be a country where things are made. Last year, they saw how the textile, apparel, and footwear industries responded to the global scarcity of personal protective equipment, including face masks. They know that establishing transparent and ethical supply chains provides a competitive advantage to local firms. It gives them a competitive advantage over foreign opponents, a secret weapon that results in increased revenues and job opportunities.


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Clayton S. Friedman
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With over 100 years of combined experience, members of our State Attorneys General practice are widely recognized for handling some of the most high-stakes State AG enforcement matters.
State and federal agencies are becoming increasingly active in areas of law that impact companies engaged in advertising and marketing. Knowing if your company will be the next target of an investigation can be difficult, creating an unexpected crisis situation. When a Civil Investigative Demand or subpoena arrives, we provide clients with the legal guidance they need to proceed. Our State AG practice has strong relationships with state and federal regulators. These relationships add instant credibility and allow us to act quickly to analyze each situation. With an eye towards narrowing the scope of the investigation, we get in front of regulators early and often in order to contain the matter, achieve a resolution, and avoid litigation.
Four key areas in which our State Attorneys General practice provides guidance to clients are:
Enforcement actions. We regularly assist clients with matters that involve State Attorneys General, the Federal Trade Commission, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, and various local and county DA offices. This includes defending claims of unfair and deceptive trade practices in the marketing and advertising of products and services, including false advertising and unfair competition cases brought by the FTC or the State Attorneys General, and consumer class action litigation. Our State AG team has handled over 100 matters and dozens of multistate cases.
Government relations. Throughout the year, we attend meetings of the various Attorneys General associations including the Republican and Democratic Attorneys General Associations, Attorney General Alliance, (f/k/a Conference of Western Attorneys General) and the National Association of Attorneys General. Through attendance at these meetings, and the enforcement matters mentioned above, we have developed close relationships with most of the State Attorneys General and their senior staff members.
Day-to-day advice. We routinely advise clients on a variety of consumer protection regulatory issues including those related to advertising, Internet marketing (including use of social media), telemarketing, consumer finance, auto-renewal and continuous billing plans, promotional marketing, and laws that impact specific industries such as automotive and network marketing.
Regulatory audits. Clients retain us to perform "regulatory check-ups" to ensure their practices are compliant with the various regulatory laws. These include audits of network marketing companies, automotive repair chains, and online lead generation companies. In addition, we have lent our regulatory knowledge to help conduct internal investigations.
In the case that litigation is unavoidable, we are uniquely equipped to represent our clients. We have several members of our practice who have worked in State AG offices, including a former First Assistant AG in New Jersey and a former Deputy Assistant Attorney General for the U.S. Department of Justice's Antitrust Division. In addition, other colleagues in our firm were formerly employed with government agencies and have worked directly with state AG offices, so they understand the processes and strategic thinking behind many of these matters. For example, our team includes the former FTC Chief Privacy Officer and a former Assistant Director and trial attorney in the FTC's Bureau of Consumer Protection, who has worked extensively with and against State AG offices throughout his career.
Represent a chemical company in litigation brought by the Michigan Attorney General over per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS).
Represented a department store in connection with a civil investigative demand from the Washington State AG related to alleged violation of the Children's Safe Products Act.
Represented an e-commerce company in a Washington State AG investigation into children's product chemical issues.
Represented several mobile content providers in eight consumer class actions filed throughout the country alleging violation of the TCPA and various state consumer protection statutes stemming from alleged unauthorized charges to cell phone customers.
Represented a retailer in investigations by state attorneys general regarding product disclosures and qualification of customers.
Represent an e-commerce/telephone sales-based retailer with FTC rulemaking and enforcement issues.
Defending several major oil companies in State AG litigation over product liability claims for the use of a chemical known as MTBE in gasoline, which a number of states allege rendered gasoline a defective product.
Defended dietary supplement maker in conjunction with litigated Washington State Attorney General (AG) matter alleging deceptive advertising.
Represented a national retailer in an investigation by the New York Attorney General's Office in connection with the importation and sale of certain children's products containing levels of lead in excess of limits established under the Consumer Product Safety Act.
Represented a national manufacturer in a voluntary disclosure of a product-related issue to the FTC and related voluntary remediation action.
Represented a managed care company in a state AG investigation into potential violations of state and federal mental health parity laws.
Advised two affiliate marketing networks in responding to third-party subpoenas issued by the Arizona Attorney General.
Defended executives and other professionals of financial institutions in connection with simultaneous DOJ, SEC, and state attorneys general investigations regarding mortgage-backed securities.
Defended a securities-rating agency in multiple state AG actions alleging unfair trade practices related to its ratings on structured finance securities.
Defended automobile executive in multi-state AG consumer-protection investigations arising out of the VW diesel emissions scandal.
Represented several mobile phone content providers in the defense of state attorney general inquiries and class actions filed throughout the country alleging violations of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act and various state consumer protection laws based on unauthorized charges to cell phone customers.
Defended one of the world's largest generic drug manufacturers in the nationwide Average Wholesale Price litigation, coordinating the defense of more than 15 separate lawsuits pending in state and federal courts around the country, including a qui tam action under the Federal False Claims Act and numerous civil enforcement actions brought by state attorneys general alleging violations of a variety of state statutes, including state false claims acts.
Represented financial institutions in connection with state attorneys general investigations regarding residential mortgage-backed securities.
Represented a healthcare company on opioid issues, with activities including the coordination of a team of state AG consultants.
Assisted major telecommunications provider in responding to multistate inquiry regarding advertising and billing disclosures. Advised same client regarding compliance obligations and when the FTC later sought to bring "copycat" complaint.
Additional matters that have been handled by our team's members include representations of the following types of clients:
A major automotive manufacturer in a large multistate matter involving the manufacturing of certain parts.
A telecom company in connection with a multistate enforcement investigation into an entire industry segment.
An online clothing and shoe retailer in connection with a large multistate investigation into advertising, pricing and related issues.
An international manufacturing company in a multistate investigation involving safety and advertising issues.
A publishing company in connection with a state investigation into its subscription sales.
An international based media company concerning a state investigation into its door-to-door sales structure.
A media based service provider in connection with a state investigation into its product and fees.
A broadcast satellite service provider in a two-year, nationwide consumer protection investigation brought against the client and other satellite TV providers.
Multiple clients to settle a multistate regulatory inquiry launched by 47 states and the District of Columbia.
An American broadcasting company in connection with a consumer protection matter by 47 states related to advertising, auto-renew subscriptions, and similar customer service issues.
A for-profit education services company in connection with a settlement with the Iowa Attorney General regarding marketing and financing of the company's higher education programs.
An installment credit company against FTC based on allegations that the company failed to disclose all of the terms and conditions of its computer sales program.
A national fitness center chain, in connection with an investigation under the Texas Unfair and Deceptive Acts and Practices statute and health club law relating to debt collection and renewal practices.
A ticket sales and distribution company in connection with an investigation by numerous state attorneys general relating to the company's resale ticketing practices.
Several membership service companies in individual and multistate actions relating to negative option marketing, telemarketing and the use of pre-acquired account information.
One of the nation's largest mortgage lenders in concluding a matter that involved 49 state attorneys general and nearly 30 other state agencies from across the country.
A broadcast satellite service provider in a 25-state investigation involving advertising and related marketing practices.
A dozen companies in more than 50 separate, state Do Not Call investigations.
A national fitness center chain in over a dozen separate state attorney general matters, typically involving both advertising and consumer finance issues.
A company in responding to over 15 state inquiries in connection with consumer protection matters relating to ticket purchases for a pop artist's national tour.
A transmission-repair franchise in completing an investigation with the New Jersey attorney general.
A for-profit post-secondary education company in concluding a matter with the California attorney general.
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Fue creado para suministrar una central hidroeléctrica, actualmente operada por la compañía FerroAtlántica.

Su construcción cambió la vida de los habitantes de esta región, ya que inundó grandes valles y extensas áreas de cultivo. Además, provocó que cambiara ligeramente el clima de la zona, aumentando la humedad y provocando espesas nieblas con frecuencia.

En 2007, los responsables de la gestión llevaron a cabo un vaciado de la presa para aumentar la producción de electricidad, obteniendo unos beneficios de 610.000 euros. Esto causó un gran desastre ecológico provocando la muerte de miles de peces. Por ello, los responsables fueron condenados a una multa de poco más de 300.000 euros.

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As we first reported earlier this year: According to a draft Fiscal Responsibility report for the massive Balboa Reservoir project, the projected $560 million development, a total which doesn't include the price of the land or community benefits which have yet to be negotiated, could break ground "as early... Read More »
Timing and New Details for Massive Balboa Reservoir Redevelopment
According to a draft Fiscal Responsibility report for the massive Balboa Reservoir project, the projected $560 million development, a total which doesn't include the price of the land or community benefits which have yet to be negotiated, could break ground "as early as 2021," which is right in line... Read More »
Towering Plans for City College Site Densified
While the effective height of the proposed tower to rise up to 250 feet in height upon the City College of San Francisco site at 33 Gough Street hasn't changed (too much), two stories have been added for a total of twenty-five (25) and the tower's floor plates have... Read More »
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In a move which shouldn't catch any plugged-in readers by surprise, City College of San Francisco has formally submitted plans for a tower to rise upon their 46,000-square-foot Hub District parcel at 33 Gough Street. As envisioned by David Baker Architects, the 23-story tower would rise to a height... Read More »
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Latin History For Morons Broadway Show
In the Latin History For Morons Broadway Show, John Leguizamo takes audiences to school with his lessons in Latin History for Morons. The solo show by the comedic, energetic and street-smart Leguizamo (dressed like a college professor in a smart-casual vest-jacket combination) is a joke-laden telling of Latin America's past that makes room for dancing, wacky antics and, of course, a few lessons.
Even the proudest history buff hasn't heard a culture's historical retelling quite like this. Leguizamo injects his own persona into the Latin History for Morons narrative that doesn't disappoint. You can catch it at Studio 54 through February 25, 2018.


Akhtar [bottom left] is enthusiastic about the Cubs prospects.
Chicago, IL – The atmosphere is electric on the eve of game seven of the World Series. Legions of long-suffering Cubs fans are busy getting hammered at local bars in preparation for the first pitch, but not so for 35-Year-Old Evanston native Jameel Akhtar. Attending a game with "a bunch of [his] college buddies," Akhtar is huddled inside a North Side bar, repeatedly declining rounds of alcohol being served to his friends and colleagues.
"Cubs all the way, baby!" exclaims Akhtar, seemingly growing aware of his deteriorating social circumstance.
He estimates he's declined "at least four or five rounds" of beer ordered by his friends, and is currently being asked if he'd like a shot of tequila.
"Go Cubbies!" added Thornwood, moments prior to urinating himself on the way to the bathroom.


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Consideration is rarely given for the financial and support needs long down the road. The seduction of build it fast and pay as little as we can is prevalent. I think the worst people can be developers themselves. I've met a bunch who just jump right into development with little regard for the future. This is something that Don recently wrote about and had some good thoughts on.
This has been discussed quite a bit lately and it has really struck home. I think when you're developing software you hope it can be used by lots of people. Every new feature you add will be a dealbreaker for just one more person. By keeping software simple, more people can adapt it to work for their purposes. I think Celoxis is a perfect example of what to do wrong. This is a product we actually used about 3 years ago for a few months. It's more complex than MS Project and Outlook combined to give you an idea of how massive it is. It has a steep learning curve, too. Consider Notepad. It's so basic yet I use it all the time.
I think the lesson here is develop a web application that answers only a few burning problems and not try to build the space shuttle, just build a little SpaceShipOne. If you remember, the SpaceShipOne was towed off the runway with a pickup truck. Compared to the NASA space shuttle, it's simple.
Great software shouldn't have a learning curve. I should be able to get started right away. This goes back to the lure of adding to many features. If your web app is too big people won't want to spend the time to learn it. The Celoxis program I linked to above took weeks to learn.
Having to work with developers I find a common characteristic among some developers and it is that they jump before they look. I've handed far too many projects over to developers who didn't take a realistic look at the overall project. They think "oh, I can do this, easy" and then get in over their heads dramatically underestimating the project. Far too often they end up bailing and ruin their reputation. So watch out.
Who is it for and how many users do you need?
Get feedback from test users and beta users, and calculate how many units you need to sell in order to recoup your investment. Sounds simple, but it's important. Lastly, if you're developing the application for yourself and planning to sell it to others, make sure your developers know this so it can be built with this in mind.
Think about your marketing first. The guys at 37signals have this area covered and it's easy to watch and learn from the ways they market their products. If anything, think about maximizing the number of eyes who see and try your product.
There are two types of people in this world: Employees and Owners. Working with people who have an owners mentality is your best bet. You don't have to "own" a business to have an owners mentality. You just need to "own" your projects, "own" your desire to get up every day and do great work, and "own" your career choice. I'll be talking about the owners mentality more soon.
I think a little bit of the problem is that the folks making the crummy/hastily done web applications don't really have any sort of passion for that type of thing anyway. All they want to do is get it done, and they take no pleasure in creating (or even using) a really nice, sleek, well designed application. I think if you have that passion, and take that type of care in creating your app, and do what it takes to ensure its growth and success, good things will happen.
Jason: I post links to web apps almost all the time. Are you thinking I should ask people to say what the best designed ones are?
Yes – the public would be aware of the best gui web apps around.


The road to Japan starts in earnest this summer with two huge Tests in Cardiff. Warren Gatland's Wales face England & Ireland at the Principality Stadium this August.
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Postassault Substance Use and Coping: A Qualitative Study of Sexual Assault Survivors and Informal Support Providers.
Alcohol Treat Q 2018 25;36(3):330-353. Epub 2018 Apr 25.
Department of Criminology, Law, and Justice, University of Illinois at Chicago.
More than Taking a Chair: The Perceived Group Social Dynamics of Alcoholics Anonymous Related to Changes in Spiritual Practices.
Alcohol Treat Q 2018 8;36(3):314-329. Epub 2018 Jan 8.
University of New Mexico and the Center for Alcoholism, Substance Abuse and Addiction.
Older Former Prisoners' Pathways to Sobriety.
Alcohol Treat Q 2018 17;36(1):32-53. Epub 2017 Aug 17.
VA Portland Healthcare System, 3010 SW US Veteran's Hospital Road, Portland, OR 97239.
Alcoholics Anonymous-Related Benefit for Urban Native Americans: Does Urban Native American Gender Moderate AA Engagement and Outcomes?
Alcohol Treat Q 2017 12;35(1):34-45. Epub 2016 Dec 12.
University of New Mexico, Center on Alcoholism, Substance Abuse and Addictions, Albuquerque, NM.
Relationship between Provider Stigma and Predictors of Staff Turnover among Addiction Treatment Providers.
Alcohol Treat Q 2017 12;35(1):63-70. Epub 2016 Dec 12.
RAND Corporation, Santa Monica, California, USA.
Bringing alcohol treatment to driving under the influence programs: Perceptions from first-time offenders.
Alcohol Treat Q 2017 20;35(2):113-129. Epub 2017 Mar 20.
Center for Health Services and Society, Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, 10920 Wilshire Blvd. Suite 300, Los Angeles, CA 90024, USA.
Relationship Themes Present between Parents and Children in Recovery Homes.
Alcohol Treat Q 2017 16;35(3):200-212. Epub 2017 May 16.
Center for Community Research, DePaul University, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Does Age Moderate the Effect of Spirituality/Religiousness in Accounting for Alcoholics Anonymous Benefit?
Alcohol Treat Q 2017 20;35(2):96-112. Epub 2017 Mar 20.
Center on Alcoholism, Substance Abuse, & Addictions, University of New Mexico.
The Reliability and Reciprocity of a Social Network Measure.
Alcohol Treat Q 2017 17;35(4):317-327. Epub 2017 Aug 17.
Counselors' Perspectives of Positive Psychology for the Treatment of Addiction: A Mixed Methods Pilot Study.
Alcohol Treat Q 2016 5;34(4):370-385. Epub 2016 Oct 5.
Department of Social Work, Eastern Nazarene College, Quincy, Massachusetts, USA.
The Role of Ego Networks in Studies of Substance Use Disorder Recovery.
Alcohol Treat Q 2016;34(3):315-328. Epub 2016 Jun 21.
Reducing Economic Disparities for Female Offenders: The Oxford House Model.
Alcohol Treat Q 2016;34(3):292-302. Epub 2016 Jun 21.
Love and Service in Adolescent Addiction Recovery.
Alcohol Treat Q 2016;34(2):197-222. Epub 2016 Mar 30.
Center for Medical Humanities, Compassionate Care, and Bioethics, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York USA.
Humility and 12-Step Recovery: A Prolegomenon for the Empirical Investigation of a Cardinal Virtue in Alcoholics Anonymous.
Alcohol Treat Q 2016;34(3):262-273. Epub 2016 Jun 21.
Program for Prosocial Behavior, Institute for Studies of Religion, Baylor University, Waco, Texas, USA.
Important Activities Among Justice-Involved Individuals with Substance Use Disorders in Posttreatment Aftercare Settings.
Alcohol Treat Q 2016 5;34(4):415-424. Epub 2016 Oct 5.
Department of Psychology, DePaul University, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Abstinence Self-Efficacy and Substance Use at 2 Years: The Moderating Effects of Residential Treatment Conditions.
Alcohol Treat Q 2016 5;34(4):386-401. Epub 2016 Oct 5.
Trajectories of Drinking Urges During Individual- and Couple-based Cognitive-Behavioral Treatment for Alcohol Use Disorders.
Alcohol Treat Q 2015;33(2):161-184. Epub 2015 May 5.
Rutgers University, Center of Alcohol Studies, Piscataway, NJ USA.
Conditional Effects of Appearance and Performance Enhancing Drugs (APEDs) Use on Mood in Powerlifters and Bodybuilders.
Alcohol Treat Q 2015;33(4):444-457. Epub 2015 Oct 13.
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Center of Alcohol Studies, New Brunswick, NJ, USA.
An Exploratory Investigation of Important Qualities and Characteristics of Alcoholics Anonymous Sponsors.
Alcohol Treat Q 2015;33(4):367-384. Epub 2015 Oct 13.
Daily Spiritual Experiences and Adolescent Treatment Response.
Department of Psychiatry, Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio USA.
Smartphone-Based, Self-Administered Intervention System for Alcohol Use Disorders: Theory and Empirical Evidence Basis.
University of Alaska, Anchorage Department of Psychology.
Associations between Relationship Satisfaction and Drinking Urges for Women in Alcohol Behavioral Couples and Individual Therapy.
University of New Mexico, Center on Alcoholism, Substance Abuse, and Addictions, Albuquerque, NM 87106, USA.
Does Mandated Treatment Benefit Youth? A Prospective Investigation of Adolescent Justice System Involvement, Treatment Motivation, and Substance Use Outcomes.
Massachusetts General Hospital, Center for Addiction Medicine, Department of Psychiatry, and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114.
Interpersonal Climate of 12-step Groups Predicts Reductions in Alcohol Use.
Center on Alcoholism, Substance Abuse, and Addictions, 2650 Yale S.E., Albuquerque, New Mexico, 87106.
Hartford Hospital/Institute of Living, Center for Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Hartford, Connecticut 06106.
The Brief Treatment Cost Analysis Tool (TCAT-Lite) for Substance Abuse Treatment: Reliability and Application.
Alcohol Treat Q 2012 Oct 12;30(4):377-396. Epub 2012 Oct 12.
Schneider Institutes for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA.
Behavioral Couples Therapy When Both Partners Have a Current Alcohol Use Disorder.
Alcohol Treat Q 2012 Jan 12;30(4):407-421. Epub 2012 Oct 12.
Cincinnati VA Medical Center and University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio USA.
Comparison of Objective Screening and Self-Report for Alcohol and Drug Use in Traumatically Injured Patients.
Alcohol Treat Q 2012 Oct 12;30(4):433-442. Epub 2012 Oct 12.
Baxter Healthcare Corporation, One Baxter Parkway, Deerfield, IL, 60015.
The Relationship between Substance Abuse Performance Measures and Mutual Help Group Participation after Treatment.
Alcohol Treat Q 2012 13;30(2):190-210. Epub 2012 Apr 13.
Re-envisioning Addiction Treatment: A Six-Point Plan.
Alcohol Treat Q 2012 Jan 4;30(1):109-128. Epub 2012 Jan 4.
Addiction and "Generation Me:" Narcissistic and Prosocial Behaviors of Adolescents with Substance Dependency Disorder in Comparison to Normative Adolescents.
Alcohol Treat Q 2012 13;30(2):163-178. Epub 2012 Apr 13.
Case Western Reserve University, Department of Psychiatry, Division of Child Psychiatry, Cleveland, OH.
Impressions of Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) Group Cohesion: A Case for a Nonspecific Factor Predicting Later AA Attendance.
Center on Alcoholism, Substance Abuse, and Addictions, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico USA.
Does Pathway into 12-Step Programs Influence 12-Step-Related Benefit?
Alcohol Treat Q 2012 13;30(2):179-189. Epub 2012 Apr 13.
University of New Mexico, Center on Alcoholism, Substance Abuse, and Addictions (CASAA), Albuquerque, NM.
The Effects of Self-Regulation and Self-Efficacy on Substance Use Abstinence.
DePaul University, Department of Psychology, Chicago, IL, 60614, USA.
Facilitating comprehensive assessment of 12-step experiences: A Multidimensional Measure of Mutual-Help Activity.
Center for Addiction Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.
Incentive-Related Human Resource Practices for Substance Use Disorder Counselors: Salaries, Benefits, and Training.
Institute for Behavioral Research, University of Georgia, Athens, GA.
Brief Intervention for Emergency Department Patients with Alcohol Misuse: Implications for Current Practice.
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center Paul L. Foster School of Medicine, El Paso Department of Emergency Medicine.
How Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) and Narcotics Anonymous (NA) Work: Cross-Disciplinary Perspectives.
University of Michigan Addiction Research Center, Ann Arbor, Michigan USA.
12-Step Therapy and Women with and without Social Phobia: A Study of the Effectiveness of 12-Step Therapy to Facilitate AA Engagement.
Department of Psychology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque.
Service to Others in Sobriety (SOS).
Alcohol-Related Problems among Sexual Minority Women.
Alcohol Treat Q 2011 12;29(4):403-435. Epub 2011 Oct 12.
University of Illinois at Chicago, College of Nursing, Department of Health Systems Sciences, Chicago, Illinois USA.
An Internet-Based Computer-Tailored Intervention to Promote Responsible Drinking: Findings from a Pilot Test with Employed Adults.
Pro-Change Behavior Systems, Inc., West Kingston, RI.
Developing a Group Motivational Interviewing Intervention for Adolescents At-Risk for Developing an Alcohol or Drug use Disorder.
Current and Previous Residents of Self-Governed Recovery Homes: Characteristics of Long-Term Recovery.
DePaul University, Center for Community Research.
Adolescent Self-reported Alcohol/other Drug Use Consequences: Moderators of Self and Parent Agreement.
University of New Mexico, Department of Psychiatry, Albuquerque, NM.
Enabling or Engaging? The Role of Recovery Support Services in Addiction Recovery.
Alcohol Treat Q 2010 6;28(4):391-416. Epub 2010 Oct 6.
Program for Recovery and Community Health, Department of Psychiatry, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut USA.
Alcoholics Anonymous-Related Helping and the Helper Therapy Principle.
Alcohol Treat Q 2010 Jan 19;29(1):23-34. Epub 2011 Jan 19.
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry, Division of Child Psychiatry, Cleveland, Ohio USA.
Spirituality, Religiousness, and Alcoholism Treatment Outcomes: A Comparison between Black and White Participants.
Alcohol Treat Q 2010 7;28(2):128-150. Epub 2010 Apr 7.
University of Michigan Addiction Research Center, Ann Arbor, MI, and The Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH.
Office versus Home-Based Family Therapy for Runaway, Alcohol Abusing Adolescents: Examination of Factors Associated with Treatment Attendance.
Natasha Slesnick and Jillian Prestopnik are affiliated with the University of New Mexico, Center on Alcoholism, Substance Abuse and Addictions (CASAA).