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According to the broadcaster, US bombers used to be rare guests in Norwegian airspace, but this is rapidly changing. Sweden, which declared itself neutral over a hundred years ago, is experiencing the same.
"Recently we saw US bombers cruising over Sweden and Norway. The fact that the modern strategic bomber B-1B Lancer is flying over previously neutral Sweden is brand new. We have not seen that before," military adviser Per Erik Solli at Northern University in Bodø told NRK.
The flight in question took place about a month ago. Two US B-1 supersonic bombers based in Ellsworth, South Dakota flew over Sweden accompanied by Swedish jets. After a refuelling, they continued over Norway and were flanked by Norwegian F-35 fighter jets over Trøndelag County.
Since 20 May, several other US bombers, including B-52s and B-2s appeared near Norway, accompanied by US tankers and often Norwegian fighter jets.
"The exercises strengthen the partnership with our allies, and demonstrate our ability to respond worldwide, from anywhere," Jeffrey Harrigian, Commander-in-Chief of the United States Air Force in Europe said.
Norwegian Defence Minister Frank Bakke-Jensen ventured that NATO has "in many ways returned to its old mission of deterrence and reassurance", calling it "a desired policy". According to him, the inclusion of Sweden into this cooperation reflects an understanding of the fact that a war or crisis would affect all the Nordic countries.
"Sweden and Finland previously referred to themselves as neutral countries. They no longer do. Now they refer to themselves as non-allied, but are part of Western defence cooperation. This is new, but it's also something Sweden and Finland want," Bakke-Jensen said.
According to military adviser Per Erik Solli, Russian military activity, which is often listed as the reason for NATO's defence measures, has been "more consistent" than that of the Allies in recent years.
"The Russians have been more consistent in their military activity in the north in recent years than NATO. We have seen bombers from the US and the Allies in the northern areas in the past, but the no increase in volume has occurred until the past year," Per Erik Solli said.
The Norwegian defence said they have no record of how often allied aircraft appear in Norwegian aerospace, which makes it difficult to exactly evaluate the increase.
"If we compare activity over the last couple of years, US and Allied activity is increasing faster than Russia's," Solli said.
According to Solli, however, the US is "showing its teeth" not only against Russia. The US is building up in other border areas as well, such as the Baltic States, Alaska, the Pacific and Asia in general.
"What we see now, which is also new, is that the Americans have begun to use their modern naval ships and bombers to send geopolitical signals. The fact that Sweden is also involved in this signalling together with the US is a whole new development. We see that the US is returning to a more traditional deterrence. And in addition to balancing militarily against Russia, the Americans are doing the same to China now," Solli said.
Labour leader Jonas Gahr Støre, who during his tenure as a foreign minister about a decade ago, expressed concern that NATO didn't pay enough attention to Russia's northern areas, now appears to have changed his tune.
"We must never get into a situation where other states are pushing up the level of tension in our proximity without us being involved. It is in Norway's interest to ensure low voltage. There is every reason to pay attention," Jonas Gahr Støre said.
Earlier, several Norwegian parties, including the Socialist Left and the Reds expressed their concern about increasing superpower tensions between Russia and the US, which, according to them, could compromise Norwegian security.
In recent years, bilateral Russian-Norwegian relations have been marred by reciprocal spying accusations. Norway is increasingly disturbed by the upgrade of the Russian military in the North, which it sees as self-assertive, whereas Russia is alarmed by Norway's increased cooperation with the US and its NATO allies. This features, among others, the upgrade of the polar radars in Vardø and a rotating deployment of US marines, which Moscow sees as a provocation.
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It's mid-March and there's still almost a foot of snow on the ground. We've had some days in the upper 50s this month, but then it dropped back into single digits!
Every year around this time, I take a chance on some cold-tolerant plant seeds. If it works out, I get a little head start on the early spring garden. Otherwise, I just have to start over with those plants.
I keep track each year how the really early stuff goes. The Brassicas that would normally come up in 2 to 4 days can take three weeks…but they come up. Then I have to get them outside so they don't bolt when the greenhouse temps hit the 80s.
This year, I got a soil thermometer, so I actually know what's going on when I do these plantings. I was amazed that the soil in the containers in the greenhouse had gotten up to 60°F as of a few days ago. The min/max thermometer said the air wasn't going below freezing in there from around the 10th to the 12th of March (when the outside lows were in the 20s). But then… the weather went back down to single digits, which brought the greenhouse's air temp down to 9°F, and the soil temp to about 40°F. Sigh…
This year's list of seeds planted either in the unheated greenhouse, or in a taped-up milk jug for winter sowing outside:
Echinacea Purpura
Onions, nodding
Onions, bunching (old seed, thickly planted_
Feverfew (also really old seed)
Garlic, wild
Spinach, Bloomsdale Long Standing
Good King Henry
Chives, Garlic
Lettuce, Kweit
Swiss Chard, Ruby
Butterflyweed
Celery, Amsterdam Seasoning
Watercress, English
Added to that list are the mâche seeds I put in the ground back in December, and some older thyme seeds I put in a pot in the house.
Let's see how they do. The rest of the week is going to be much warmer; we might be done with single digits for the season!
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2021 Seed Purchases
I've placed my first set of plant orders: from Fedco and Prairie Moon. I got these orders in earlier than usual because of the the dramatically-increased demand in 2020. I put more emphasis this year on getting non-hybridized seeds, because we're still a little nervous about the supply chain holding up. We did more seed-saving in 2020 than I've done before: lots of cucurbits, and some lettuces which probably cross-bred. (But hey, we'll still get lettuce from them!)
Allium seeds (like chives, onions, garlic) don't last as long as other seeds, so my Prairie Moon order included two native perennial Alliums: nodding onions, and wild garlic. I already have chives and a row of Egyptian onions, which are both perennials and produce a lot of seeds (or top-bulbs, in the case of the Egyptian onions). Many other Allium species are biennials, so it's rare that I get seeds from those.
There were some seeds I wanted that Fedco just didn't have, or I knew I could get cheaper locally. I'll be checking the hardware stores and WalMart for some cheap zucchini seeds, pie pumpkin, Brussels sprouts, and rosemary seeds, plus some more tomato seeds (Roma and Fourth of July). I'll be buying an orange pepper at the grocery store for its seeds because the small variety I kind of wanted from Fedco was really expensive, and a hybrid, so I couldn't even justify it to myself by saying I could save the seeds.
If I can't find what I want at those cheaper stores, we are lucky enough to have a great source for less-common seeds right near us: Gardeners Supply Company. I expect to be getting at least the Malabar Spinach and some edamame seeds from there. Fedco sells edamame normally, but didn't have any available when I placed my order. Those are delicious when steamed and salted.
FEDCO order:
295A — Blue Coco Organic Pole Bean, 1/2oz — 1 × $2.50 = $2.50
818A — Oregon Giant Snow Pea, 2oz — 1 × $2.50 = $2.50
826B — Oregon Sugar Pod II Snow Pea, 8oz — 1 × $6.00 = $6.00
1226A — National Pickling Cucumber, 1g — 1 × $1.75 = $1.75
1392A — Telegraph Improved European Long-Fruited Cucumber, 1g — 1 × $3.00 = $3.00
1504A — Saffron Yellow Summer Squash, 1/8oz — 1 × $2.00 = $2.00
2558A — Winter Bloomsdale Organic Spinach, 1/4oz — 1 × $2.75 = $2.75
2592A — New Zealand Spinach Specialty Green, 1/4oz — 1 × $2.25 = $2.25
2712A — Black Seeded Simpson Organic Looseleaf Lettuce, 1g — 1 × $2.25 = $2.25
3022A — Arugula, 1/16oz — 1 × $1.75 = $1.75
3159A — Gigante d'Italia Organic Parsley, 1/16oz — 1 × $2.50 = $2.50
3203A — Garland Serrated Chrysanthemum Asian Green, 1/16oz — 1 × $2.25 = $2.25
3335A — Speedia Brussels Sprouts, 0.25g — 1 × $4.50 = $4.50
3443A — Champion Collard, 2g — 1 × $2.00 = $2.00
3465A — Dazzling Blue Organic Dinosaur Kale, 2g — 1 × $3.00 = $3.00
3688A — Rosita Organic Bell-shaped Eggplant, 0.2g — 1 × $3.00 = $3.00
4140A — Amish Paste Organic Paste Tomato, 0.2g — 1 × $2.75 = $2.75
4250A — Sun Gold Small-Fruited Tomato, 20 seeds — 1 × $3.00 = $3.00
4471A — Flowering Thai Basil Organic, 0.5g — 1 × $2.50 = $2.50
4536A — Fernleaf Dill, 0.5g — 1 × $2.50 = $2.50
4592A — Lovage Herb, 0.5g — 1 × $2.25 = $2.25
I REALLY like Oregon Sugar Pod II, and don't care about growing any other peas (other than "sprouting peas" grown for their leaves, because they do great in a windowbox in the greenhouse really early in the year–see the picture above this post) but I wanted to try the Oregon Giant to see whether it's as sweet and tender.
Prairie Moon order:
Allium cernuum – Nodding Onion
Allium canadense – Wild Garlic
Asarum canadense – Wild Ginger
Cimicifuga racemosa – Black Cohosh
Total: $12 ($3.oo each)
All of the Prairie Moon seeds I ordered are documented as native to my area: either our home county specifically, or just a county or two away from our farm. They should all do well in shade, too.
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Garden put to bed, but still some plants to harvest
So…it's mid-December. We've had hard frosts and snow, and melt and more snow several times, killing off MOST of the garden, but not all. The kale and the Egyptian onions are still thriving and plentiful. There's still a nice little patch of parsley, and some cilantro that needs to be picked because I doubt it will revive whenever the next warm spell comes. There's some spinach and chickweed under a "solar plant cone," which is a season-extender I first read about in the Solar Gardening book by the Poissons.
Parsley, mid-December
We also still have a small patch of radishes and Hon Tsai Tai under a larger plastic dome. Hon Tsai Tai is like a purple-stemmed, Asian version of Broccoli Rabe, but mild. I picked a sprig of it today, and it's almost sweet. The frost has removed all of the sharp brassica taste.
Other than those cold-tolerant plants, mulch covers the garden. Under one section of mulch, next to the row of Egyptian onions) there's a small bed of mâche (Valerianella locusta, a.k.a. corn salad, nut lettuce, field salad, and so on) that I planted at the beginning of this month, hoping for a nice little crop in early spring, when there's not much else poking out of the ground except dandelion leaves.
Egyptian onions, mid-December
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Late autumn flowers
There's an article in the local paper about late-autumn flowering plants. There are still some asters and goldenrod blooming here, but most of it has gone to seed. Henry Homeyer mentions some late-blooming shrubs. I've had Witch Hazel growing elsewhere, and can't wait to get some here for Sunny Woodlands.
What we do have now is our fall crop of Shungiku, an edible chrysanthemum. So bright and cheery, with beautiful foliage. It makes a beautiful, edible bed border about 20 inches tall.
We've also finally got some Jersusalem Artichoke flowers, which didn't even really start to bud until the weather got chilly.
And then there's the fall foliage. Now's the time of year when you can most easily see all the places the invasive burning bush has escaped to! Our Japanese maple is the same brilliant red.
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October gardening
About 5 or 6 nights of light frost have hit so far. Not all in a row; there's been nice weather, even 70°F days in-between. So what's still growing in our part of New Hampshire?
We covered up the basil to protect it from the first few nights of frost. We processed a lot of it for freezer storage. There should be enough to make Pho all winter and Spring. Then we brought most of the remaining plants into the greenhouse, which still gets up to 90°F at times!
Giant basil, in the greenhouse
We've been covering up the tomatoes and tomatillos when frost is expected. Their leaves have been taking hits from the light frosts but are still ripening a bit more. Some tomatoes that have started to turn have been brought in to ripen indoors. The volunteer plants are ripening slightly more quickly than the others. The tomatillos continue to get bigger inside their husks as the weather gets cooler.
Tomatillo (the husk starts off way bigger than the fruit inside)
We had already harvested the squash from the new clearing we made this spring because their leaves got hit by frost and the stems shriveled up during an extended period with no rain. But the Butternut squash in the compost bin held out longer and yielded two very large squash. What a great volunteer!
Compost-bin Butternut squash!
The Malabar spinach got hit earlier by the frost than the New Zealand Spinach. Both are not true spinach varieties, but heat-loving substitutes. As of mid-October, the NZ spinach is still thriving under a clear dome we use to protect plants during the early and late ends of the growing season.
The beets and regular spinach I planted in early August are thriving. I take a leaf to nibble now and then when I'm in the garden.
Fall beet crop
We're getting a great crop of Shungiku, which is an edible chrysanthemum. I use the leaves in stir-fries. I'm leaving one plant to go to seed. The scattered chamomile and Jerusalem Artichoke (a sunflower with edible tubers) are still going strong, too.
The Shungiku is loving the cool weather
What's in your fall garden?
Squash in the Pick-up Truck (2020)
We were expecting a big rain about a week after some light frosts killed all the leaves on the squash except the butternut growing on the compost pile. So we grabbed the ripe ones that remained unpicked and got them into dry storage to cure.
The results confirm our interest in specializing in Blue Hubbard squash in our newly-cleared cucurbit patch. We have until June (2021) to work on the usability and fertility of that area so we can have a field full of large blue alien eggs by the end of next fall!
Also see: Plants we grow and recommend for our climate
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Notes on a Videocast about Mermaid Hill Vineyards; and Our Attempt to grow Grapes at Sunny Woodlands Farm
2020-10-22 2020-08-27 by Bonnie
I'm listening to the NOFA-NH Zoom presentation about Mermaid Hill Vineyards' methods, and something they say about leaving certain native wildflowers in place when they weed, and not leaving areas bare reminds me of my own "selective weeding" practices.
We'd love to have a small vineyard area
We tried planting some grapes 2-3 years ago (just enough for our family). It was on a south-west-facing slope with, as it turned out, giant rocks in the soil. Those two Springs in a row were incredibly wet, with water draining down the slope mostly under the topsoil, and pooling in the holes we dug for the vines. We didn't have enough fill handy to replace the volume of large rocks removed, and then as the months went on, not enough time or mulch to keep the weeds away from the small vines.
So when I read about this Zoom presentation, I was interested, because we need to re-start that project from scratch.
I took some notes on Mermaid Hill Vinyard's presentation:
* They are using biodynamic methods, transitioning to organic
* Copper and Sulphur are the only things sprayed on the plants
* Natural pest control:
* nettle, horsetail,
* experimenting with yarrow, elder buckthorn, dandelion tea
* They don't prune off the lead section of the vine. The hybrids they grow, grow a lot, and they let them grow where they want during the growing season.
* They start pruning in February, cut 80-90% of the growth.
* Rebuilding the environment for the grape vines:
* It was a dustbowl when they first got there, no cover on the soil
* They try to mimic forests, riverbanks
* Species to plant in the understory (of the grape vines): vetch, clover, deep-rooted plants
* Species growing naturally in the understory: Queen Ann's Lace and Goldenrod
* They remove thistles from the understory
* They have native dewberries, which are also spikey, but they keep them around anyway under the vines.
* What to look for, for your grapes:
* South-facing-facing, sunny, good air and water drainage
* It's important to have enough sunlight (both for growth/ripening and to deter fungus).
* They like their elevation for the microclimate. [Sunny Woodlands is at 1300 feet, which gives me hope for our second attempt with grapes.]
* Winds dry out the plants (which is a good thing in a wet climate. Where we are, technically qualifies as a rain forest).
It was a great Zoom conference–a video tour of the vineyard followed by Q&A. The session was recorded and will be released at the end of their tour season.
Mermaid Hill Vineyard is in Concord, NH. They offer tours, tastings and wine bar by reservations (See: https://www.mermaidhillvineyard.com/events)
They are on Instagram @mermaidhillvineyard
Grapes for us, Take Two
At Sunny Woodlands Farm, we shall attempt table and wine grapes again, probably in a different location after we cut some more trees down on a drier slope, and probably after a tour and wine-tasting at Mermaid Hill to see first-hand how they do it. The Marquette grapes they grow are one of the types I tried to grow, and I'd love to see how wine from them turns out in a New Hampshire climate.
This year [2020], my goal is more modest and low-effort. I'm thinking of lashing together (with my son, a Scout) an arbor out of some of the birch staves we cut while clearing some land this Spring. I want to make the most of the wild grapes that grow elsewhere in that "bowl" that I made my first grape-growing attempt in, and maybe we can make some jelly out of them next year.
in vino, veritas
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ProgrammableFlow has been selected as a finalist for The Microsoft Best of TechEd (BOTE) North America Awards, produced by Windows IT Pro, SQL Server Pro, SharePoint Pro and Dev Pro, which recognizes innovative products and services being showcased this week in Orlando at Microsoft TechEd. More than 300 products were nominated with finalists selected in 15 categories. ProgrammableFlow is a finalist in the Networking category.
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As reported in a previous press release, we demonstrated a ProgrammableFlow Virtual Switch for Windows Server 2012 at Microsoft BUILD last fall. We are continuing to march forward, in lock-step with Microsoft, leveraging the Hyper-V Extensible Switch application programming interface (API) to deliver the exciting benefits of OpenFlow and Software Defined Networking (SDN) to Windows Server 2012 customers.
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The University of Hong Kong
Pokfulam Road
Hong Kong, Pokfulam HK
Substitution between Real and Accruals-Based Earnings Management after Voluntary Adoption of Compensation Clawback Provisions
Accounting Review, Forthcoming
Lilian H. Chan, Kevin C. W. Chen, Tai-Yuan CHEN and Yangxin Yu
The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Department of Accounting, HKUST Business School, Hong Kong University of Science & Technology and City University of Hong Kong
clawback provisions; real transactions management; accruals management
The Effects of Firm-Initiated Clawback Provisions on Earnings Quality and Auditor Behavior
Journal of Accounting and Economics, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 50 Posted: 29 Nov 2011 Last Revised: 02 May 2012
Downloads 905 (39,842)
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Dodd-Frank Act, clawbacks, restatements
Reexamining the Relation Between Audit and Non-Audit Fees: Dealing with Weak Instruments in Two-Stage Least Squares Estimation
Lilian H. Chan, Tai-Yuan CHEN, Surya N. Janakiraman and Suresh Radhakrishnan
The University of Hong Kong, Department of Accounting, HKUST Business School, Hong Kong University of Science & Technology, University of Texas at Dallas - Department of Accounting & Information Management and JSOM, University of Texas at Dallas
Audit and non-audit fees, Two stage least squares, weak instruments
Clawback Adoptions, Managerial Compensation Incentives, Capital Investment Mix and Efficiency
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 27 Sep 2017 Last Revised: 21 Dec 2022
Gary C. Biddle, Lilian H. Chan and Jeong Hwan Joo
University of Melbourne - Faculty of Business and Economics, The University of Hong Kong and Business Administration School, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology
compensation clawback provisions; capital investment mix; performance-based pay; equity incentives; real effects; capital investment efficiency
The Effects of Firm-Initiated Clawback Provisions on Bank Loan Contracting
Journal of Financial Economics (JFE), Forthcoming
Posted: 23 Jun 2013
Lilian H. Chan, Kevin C. W. Chen and Tai-Yuan CHEN
The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology and Department of Accounting, HKUST Business School, Hong Kong University of Science & Technology
Voluntary Clawbacks, Bank Loans, Information Uncertainty, financial covenants


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Q: jquery - Play one audioElement at a time I'm using mySQL to pull all the existing song data from a table. Everything is working fine, except multiple songs can be played at once. I've tried going about it in various way, but nothing has been working, nor do I get any errors.
It can be viewed here: http://www.sensationshowband.com/videomusicgallery/
and if you view the source, the code I'm working with is at the bottom of the page.
This will look a bit messy, but here's the code that my query loops though before it gets rendered:
echo "var audioElement".$row[0]." = document.createElement('audio');\n";
echo "audioElement".$row[0].".setAttribute('class', 'div-".$row[0]."');\n";
echo "audioElement".$row[0].".setAttribute('src', '".$row[4]."');\n";
echo "$.get();\n";
echo "audioElement".$row[0].".addEventListener('load', function() {\n";
echo "audioElement".$row[0].".play();\n";
echo "}, true);\n";
echo "$('.play".$row[0]."').click(function() {\n";
echo "if (audioElement".$row[0].".paused == false) {\n";
echo "audioElement".$row[0].".pause();\n";
echo "$('.play".$row[0]."').css('background','url(/wp-content/themes/sensation/images/play.png) 0px 8px no-repeat');\n";
echo "} else {\n";
echo "audioElement".$row[0].".play();\n";
echo "$('.play".$row[0]."').css('background','url(/wp-content/themes/sensation/images/pause.png) 0px 8px no-repeat');\n";
echo "}\n";
echo "});\n";

Where it initiates the play function (echo "audioElement".$row[0].".play();\n";), I tried adding this:
$("audio").on("play", function() {
    $("audio").not(audioElement.$row[0]).each(function(index, audio) {
        audio.pause();
    });
});

That didn't work though. Is it because I'm creating an element rather than having an actual audio tag?

A: Yeah, that's pretty messy.  Anyway, here's a solution that should work.
Javascript:
playing=false;
function play(index) {
     eval('audioElement'+index+'.play();');
     $('.play'+index).css('background','url(/wp-content/themes/sensation/images/pause.png) 0px 8px no-repeat');
     playing=index;
}
function pause(index) {
     if(index==false) {
          return;
     }
     eval('audioElement'+index+'.pause();');
     $('.play'+index).css('background','url(/wp-content/themes/sensation/images/play.png) 0px 8px no-repeat');
     playing=false;
}

PHP:
<?php
...
foreach($column as $row) {
?>
var audioElement<?=$row[0]?> = document.createElement('audio');
audioElement<?=$row[0]?>.setAttribute('class', 'div-<?=$row[0]?>');
audioElement<?=$row[0]?>.setAttribute('src', '<?=$row[4]?>');
$.get();
audioElement<?=$row[0]?>.addEventListener('load', function() {
    pause(playing);
    play(<?=$row[0]?>);
}, true);
$('.play<?=$row[0]?>').click(function() {
    if (playing==<?=$row[0]?>) {
        pause(<?=$row[0]?>);
    } else {
        pause(playing);
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Why we'll miss #EricTheActor
September 22, 2014 in Broadcasting, Obituary | Permalink
What makes Howard Stern's radio show so compelling, besides Howard himself, is that everybody who contributes to the show is a character. That goes for all the staff members who come on the air, and all the callers — especially the oddballs called the Wack Pack. There's Mariann from Brooklyn, Bigfoot from the backwoods of Vermont (and sometimes its jails), Sour Shoes, High Pitch Eric and too many others to name. But the biggest character of them all was physically the smallest: Eric the Actor, first known as Eric the Midget, who died Saturday. He was just 39 years old.
Eric was a tiny dude with bad diseases and a voice like a kazoo. He was demanding, selfish, obsessed with celebrities, professional wrestling, the Oakland A's, large breasts and other stuff Howard and his crew loved to goof on. He was also the kind of guy Monty Python called "a gentleman of unshakable negativity." He liked to complain and loved to fight. When he did, he sounded like a duck getting goosed.
Eric also felt completely deserving of the fame he gained on Howard's show, which commenced at 3am for Eric's home in Sacramento, California. He called almost every day. He didn't always get on the air, but it seemed like he got more air time than any character on the show other than Robin Quivers and Howard himself. In the end his fame proved huge, with coverage of his death in People, Variety and countless other celebrity rags. Yet every Stern show fan knows that if Eric could still call in, he'd be complaining about what the reporters got wrong. And it would be funny as hell.
Eric was pepper on the show's steak. It'll still be tasty without him, but it won't be the same.
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James White's situation is less than ideal, you might say.
The Wisconsin running back has the misfortune of being stuck behind a Heisman Trophy candidate, Montee Ball, on the depth chart.
And when Ball announced he'd return for his senior season, it meant White, a junior, would get just one season as a starter, if that.
But White didn't transfer. He stuck around, and on Saturday against Minnesota in the battle for Paul Bunyan's Axe, White stole the spotlight usually reserved for Ball by rushing for 175 yards and three touchdowns in 15 carries in Wisconsin's 38-13 victory.
"We try to outdo each other," White said of he and Ball, "and it's a healthy competition trying to get the most yards possible."
White won that battle against the Gophers, but not by much: Ball rushed for 166 yards and two touchdowns in 24 carries.
U.S. Olympic gold-medal swimmer Ryan Lochte visited ESPN's College GameDay set as its "guest picker" and proceeded to make a fool of himself.
When asked who would win between No. 6 Louisiana State and No. 20 Texas A&M;, Lochte picked . . . Auburn.
Lochte went to the University of Florida, a football power and a member of the Southeastern Conference, so that he made such a gaffe is a real head-scratcher.
Of course, Lochte is known for head-scratching comments, so much so that "Saturday Night Live" parodied him in the show's season opener in September.
The State University of New Jersey — also known as Rutgers — and its undefeated record trailed Temple by 10 at halftime on the road in Philadelphia.
Then, No. 19 Rutgers woke up, scored 35 straight and won, 35-10, to move to 7-0.
"It was more technical coaching" than motivational, first-year Coach Kyle Flood told reporters when trying to explain Rutgers' second-half surge.
Sure it was. Either way, Rutgers is 7-0 for the second time since 2006 and the fifth time in school history.
And in this week's college football fashion report . . .
• Oklahoma State, an emerging player on the stylish-uniform ensembles front in recent seasons, debuted an all-orange helmet with Cowboys mascot Pistol Pete's glaring mug on the side.
The grade: Fashionable, especially because the Cowboys manhandled Iowa State, 31-10, to improve to 4-2 overall and 2-1 in the Big 12 Conference.
• Boise State donned new matte black helmets against Nevada Las Vegas and those domes looked quite intimidating, with the outline of a furious-looking bronco staring through a fire-red eye emblazoned on one side.
The grade: Quite fashionable, and not just because the No. 24 Broncos rolled UNLV, 32-7.
• Northwestern opted for a black helmet with a growling Wildcat on the side against Nebraska rather than its normal purple crown with a "N" on the side.
The grade: Fashionable, but not enough as the 'Cats lost to Nebraska, 29-28.
• Michigan State sported green "HydroChrome" helmets against No. 23 Michigan, and those hats were polished to a mirror shine with a silver stripe over the top.
The grade: Thumbs . . . down. The Spartans did this act last season, wearing new helmets against rival Michigan, but these helmets were just a tad too shiny. And whether under the lights of a night game or the sun during the day, "too shiny" can be trouble.


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There may be as many components needed to form Washington's public policy for driverless cars as the actual vehicles. It's a challenge the Washington's Autonomous Vehicle Executive Committee faces as it begins the first of many meetings with private and government stakeholders to create recommendations to the state legislature on how to integrate autonomous vehicles (AV). At the same time, industry members in the group say it's vital the private sector's voice be sufficiently heard throughout the process.
"We don't want to create obstacles for this industry to grow," Mike Ennis said. He is the director of government affairs on transportation for the Association of Washington Business (AWB).
"We want to send a message that Washington is open to this new technology and is willing to sit down and listen to the industry," he added.
It's a message Ennis articulated at the work group's first meeting on June 27 as its members considered a proposed organizational structure. Although the draft structure has industry in the different subcommittees, the executive committee that ultimately makes the recommendations includes no private sector members. The work group voted to adopt the structure as is, but plans to address the matter more closely at their next meeting.
It's one of the differences he sees between the new work group and one created by Governor Jay Inslee last year via an executive order whose members were all from the public sector. This year the legislature approved HB 2970 sponsored by Rep. Zack Hudgins (D-11), one of the work group members representing the state House.
Industry is just one of many sectors at the table, indicated by the work's group five subcommittees. That perhaps speaks to the far-reaching influence AVs may have when they begin to roll out in significant numbers. Their broad impact was reflected in opening statements made by work group members during their first meeting ranging from insurance policy and public safety to road infrastructure and data security.
Another complication for the work group is that AVs are already rolling out onto the roads, and the technology is rapidly progressing. Right now, AVs still require driver attention, but that could soon change. In 2020, Google plans to release a vehicle with no pedals or steering wheel. BMW says it will be able to product fully autonomous cars by 2021. Kroger recently announced plans to experiment with grocery deliveries using AVs, while the city of Bellevue wants to use a carpool fleet of AVs to reduce road congestion.
"We are going to have both kinds of vehicle on the roadway for quite some time," she added.
The work group's executive committee meeting is in October.


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Laura Ingraham issued a dire warning for Republicans applauding Facebook's so-called "whistleblower"
Laura Ingraham has been in the world of news, media, and reporting for a long time and she's seen a lot.
She's also no stranger to controversy and has witnessed the Left's underhanded political moves firsthand.
Now, Laura Ingraham issued a dire warning for Republicans applauding Facebook's so-called "whistleblower."
Frances Haugen made headlines as a "whistleblower" calling out Facebook's toxic environment for young girls and how the algorithms the social media platform uses actually perpetuate the spread of misinformation.
Many were applauding Haugen's bravery for speaking out against Big Tech and powerful left-wing activists like Mark Zuckerberg.
During her testimony to Congress, Republican Senators treated her as a legitimate whistleblower.
Now many are questioning Haugen's motives.
Laura Ingraham is calling out the Left and so-called "whistleblower" Frances Haugen for setting a trap for the GOP ahead of the 2024 Presidential election.
"The Left doesn't care if the culture or big business spreads content that's not appropriate for children. Republicans may be walking straight into a trap," Ingraham warned.
Turns out, she was right.
Some digging into Haugen's background revealed she has donated exclusively to Democrat candidates including the radically liberal, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
Also, at one point Haugen worked for the same public relations firm that Jen Psaki once worked for.
Even more, the lawyers who defended Eric Ciamerella, the alleged whistleblower who leaked Trump's phone call with the Ukrainian President, were hired by Haugen in her case.
During her testimony, Haugen couldn't hide her radical views and desire for the government to create a federal agency to censor the internet.
Laura Ingraham's warnings were solid.
The entire situation appears coordinated and like one big stunt to give the Left more control.
It's sick to think just how far the Democrat Party is willing to go to win.
The Left's plan to censor conservative speech ahead of the 2024 election is already in motion and it's only going to get worse.
Republicans need to be alert and very careful what they accept as truth.
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Final Pre-Primary Poll, Two Pairings Decided Today in Illinois
By Jim Ellis — June 28, 2022
Kathy Salvi
Illinois: Final Pre-Primary Poll — The Illinois primary is today, and the Ogden & Fry research firm tested the GOP field (June 24; 518 likely Illinois Republican primary voters). The results find Kathy Salvi, whose husband, Al Salvi, was the 1996 US Senate nominee, and who at the time was a conservative radio talk show host. She leads the field of seven candidates but with only 20 percent preference. Tonight's winner will face Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D) in the Autumn, and begins this race as one of the bigger Senate underdogs in the country.
IL-6 and 15: Two Pairings Decided Today — The Illinois primary also features two sets of incumbent House members battling for two seats. In the Chicago suburbs, Democratic Reps. Sean Casten (D-Downers Grove) and Marie Newman (D-La Grange) square off for the state's new 6th District. Downstate, Republican members Rodney Davis (R-Taylorville) and Mary Miller (R-Oakland) are vying for the new safely Republican 15th CD. The 6th is the more competitive of the two seats for the general election. Both primaries are viewed as tight contests.
NE-1: Special Election Today — Two state senators are competing for the seat, and regardless of what happens tonight both will advance to the regular general election for the succeeding term in November. Both Sens. Mike Flood (R-Norfolk) and Patty Pansing Brooks (D-Lincoln) were nominated by the party leaders for the special election and the voters for the fall campaign.
The seat is rated R+17 and is 89 percent intact when overlaid with the current district. Former President Trump carried the seat 56-41 percent in 2020. Therefore, the stats make Sen. Flood the favorite to win tonight and in November. The competition from Sen. Brooks, however, will likely make this race closer than in the recent past.
RI-2: Surprising Poll Results — Though Rhode Island's open 2nd District is rated as heavily Democratic — D+17 according to the FiveThirtyEight data organization — a new Suffolk University poll (June 19-22; 423 likely Rhode Island general election voters; live interview) finds former Cranston mayor and 2014 and 2018 Republican gubernatorial nominee Allen Fung (R) taking a 45-38 percent lead over state Treasurer Seth Magaziner who is the Democratic primary polling leader. If this trend continues, we will see a surprisingly competitive race come forth in the New England region.
Illinois: Governor's Race Could Be More Competitive — The Ogden & Fry firm also tested the Republican governor's field (see Illinois Senate above). The GOP contest looks to be a competitive battle among state Sen. Darren Bailey (R-Louisville) and venture capitalist Jesse Sullivan and ex-Aurora Mayor Richard Irvin. Gov. J. B. Pritzker (D) is the clear favorite for the November election, but this race appears to be a bit more competitive than the companion US Senate contest.
Rhode Island: Gov. McKee Wins Party Endorsement — Gov. Dan McKee won a solid 56 percent endorsement vote at the Rhode Island Democratic convention, and he will be the official party supported candidate for the Sept. 13 primary. The Ocean State's Secretary of State, Nellie Gorbea, however, leads in a new Democratic poll (Suffolk University; 353 likely Rhode Island Democratic primary voters; live interview), 24-20 percent.
Posted in 2022, Election Analysis, Governor, House, Polling, Primary, Senate, Special ELection and tagged Allen Fung, Darren Bailey, FiveThirtyEight, Former President Trump, Gov. Dan McKee, Gov. J.B. Pritzker, Illinois, Jesse Sullivan, Kathy Salvi, Mayor Richard Irvin, Mike Flood, NE-1, Nebraska, Nellie Gorbea, Patty Pansing Brooks, Rep. Marie Newman, Rep. Mary Miller, Rep. Rodney Davis, Rep. Sean Casten, Rhode Island, RI-2, Seth Magaziner on June 28, 2022 by Jim Ellis. Leave a comment
Poll Shows Kelly Strong in Ariz;
Lee Declared Winner in PA Primary
By Jim Ellis — May 26, 2022
Sen. Mark Kelly (D) strong in new polling
Arizona: Sen. Kelly Strong in New Polling — Democratic pollster Blueprint Polling ran a survey of the Arizona electorate (May 12-16; 608 registered Arizona voters; live interview) and tested the top three Republican candidates against Sen. Mark Kelly (D). They find the senator leading each member of the trio by almost identical substantial margins. Against Attorney General Mark Brnovich, Sen. Kelly posts a 50-33 percent advantage. Venture capitalist Blake Masters similarly trails, 49-32 percent. Former solar energy company owner Jim Lamon is in the same realm, behind the Senator, 48-34 percent.
North Carolina: Rep. Budd Takes Early Lead — East Carolina University released the results of their post-primary statewide survey (May 19-20; 635 registered North Carolina voters; SMS text) that shows US Rep. Ted Budd (R-Advance) opening the general election campaign with a substantial 47-39 percent advantage over former state Supreme Court Chief Justice Cheri Beasley (D) as the two battle in the open Senate campaign.
President Biden fares poorly on the job approval question. He is a full 20 points upside down in North Carolina, 35:55 percent favorable to unfavorable. Republicans, according to this survey, are up 47-44 percent on the generic question. Incumbent Sen. Richard Burr (R) chose not to stand for a fourth term.
IL-6: Rep. Casten Leads in Paired Dem Race — An internal Garin Hart Yang Research Group poll conducted for Illinois Rep. Sean Casten's (D-Downers Grove) campaign (May 12-16; 402 likely IL-6 Democratic primary voters; live interview) finds the poll sponsor developing a substantial lead over his paired Democratic incumbent opponent, freshman Rep. Marie Newman (D-La Grange). The GHY results give Rep. Casten a 36-27 percent lead heading toward the June 28th primary. According to the poll analysis, Rep. Casten has an all-encompassing edge over Newman including men, women, progressives, liberals, and moderate/conservatives.
NY-17: Dem State Senator to Challenge DCCC Chair Maloney — Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee chairman Sean Patrick Maloney (D-Cold Spring) continues to draw fire from his own party for entering into a paired campaign with freshman Rep. Mondaire Jones (D-Westchester County) even though the latter man has moved to the New York City 10th District to seek re-election.
Late Monday, far left state Sen. Alessandra Biaggi (D-Bronx), granddaughter of the late ten-term US Rep. Mario Biaggi (D) who was both a decorated police officer and convicted of political corruption and accepting illegal gratuities thus forcing him to spend 26 months of his post-congressional time in prison, announced that she will challenge Rep. Maloney. Biaggi referred to the congressman as a "corporate, selfish Democrat" while criticizing him for the move against Rep. Jones. Sen. Biaggi represents a Bronx/Westchester district in the Senate, but originally declared for the Long Island/Queens open seat of US Rep. Tom Suozzi (D-Glen Cove) who is running for governor. Under the new court map and Rep. Maloney's decision, she is instead launching a Democratic primary challenge for the newly drawn Westchester County anchored 17th CD.
PA-12: Victory Declared — On Monday, we indicated that state Rep. Summer Lee (D-Braddock) was increasing her small lead over lobbyist Steve Irwin in the open Democratic primary but votes remained in a Pennsylvania counting system that seems to be moving only at a glacial pace. Yesterday, Lee was officially projected the winner. As a result, she becomes the prohibitive favorite for the general election over Republican Mike Doyle, and will replace retiring Rep. Mike Doyle (D-Pittsburgh), no relation to the new Republican nominee, from the downtown Pittsburgh anchored district.
Posted in 2022, Election Analysis, House, Polling, Primary, Senate and tagged Alessandra Biaggi, Arizona, Cheri Beasley, IL-6, Illinois, New York, North Carolina, NY-17, PA-12, Pennsylvania, President Biden, Rep. Marie Newman, Rep. Mondaire Jones, Rep. Sean Casten, Rep. Ted Budd, Rep. Tom Suozzi, Sean Patrick Maloney, Sen. Mark Kelly, Summer Lee on May 26, 2022 by Jim Ellis. Leave a comment
Redistricting-Forced
Contested Pairings
By Jim Ellis
March 25, 2022 — Redistricting has largely been responsible for six sets of congressional pairings — that is where two incumbents are forced to compete against each other in one new district. Each party sees three intra-party pairings, with the first being decided in West Virginia on May 10.
New polling was released in the Mountain State contest, which features Reps. David McKinley (R-Wheeling) and Alex Mooney (R-Charles Town) battling in a new northern 2nd District. West Virginia lost its third district in national reapportionment, and even though the GOP controls the redistricting pen, the party obviously had to absorb the lost seat since all three current House members are Republicans.
Rep. Mooney, being in the middle district of the original three, always the least advantageous geographical position, had his district split between the northern and southern seat. All but one percent of Rep. McKinley's current 1st District is contained in new District 2, while just 49 percent of Rep. Mooney's current 2nd carries over to the new 2nd. All of Rep. Carol Miller's (R-Huntington) current 3rd District is fully contained within the new 1st as well as 51 percent of Rep. Mooney's current WV-2.
Two early 2022 surveys, in January from Public Opinion Strategies and February from WPA Intelligence, found similar leads of 45-32 percent and 43-28 percent for Rep. Mooney. This week, however, the West Virginia Chamber of Commerce released their North Star Opinion Research survey (March 13-15; 400 WV-2 likely voters) and their results found Rep. McKinley rebounding to record a 38-33 percent edge. With polling showing a tightening of the race, we can expect a close finish in what should be regarded as a toss-up campaign.
The Georgia Democrat pairing between Reps. Carolyn Bourdeaux (D-Suwanee) and Lucy McBath (D-Marietta) in the new Atlanta suburban 7th CD looks to be leaning toward the latter woman even though she sees a very low constituent carryover factor from her current 6th District.
This race will likely be decided on May 24, but since Georgia is a runoff state, there is always the mathematical possibility that the minor candidates could force a secondary election because their combined vote could be enough to keep both major contenders from reaching the 50 percent plateau.
An early January Data for Progress survey found Rep. McBath holding a nine point lead, 40-31 percent, despite the fact that only 12 percent of the new 7th comes from Rep. McBath's 6th, as compared to 57 percent of the new population base who currently live in Rep. Bourdeaux's district. On the other hand, McBath is much stronger with the regional Democratic base voter than is Bourdeaux.
Two other paired contests are even tighter. Though the Michigan Democratic pairing between Reps. Haley Stevens (D-Rochester Hills) and Andy Levin (D-Bloomfield Township) won't be decided until the Aug. 2 Democratic primary, two recently released surveys already detect a dead heat.
Lake Research Partners released data from their Feb. 15-20 survey that found the two Democratic members tied with 36 percent support apiece. Earlier in the month, Target Insyght found an almost identical conclusion from their ballot test question, with Reps. Stevens and Levin tied at 41 percent. In January, Impact Research released their study that posted Rep. Stevens to a seven-point advantage, 42-35 percent.
In this situation, Rep. Stevens sees a 45 percent carryover factor from her current 11th District, while Rep. Levin will have only 25 percent of his current 9th District constituency in the new 11th.
In Congressman Levin's favor, however, is home base status. The Bloomfield Township region, which provided the base vote for his father, Sander Levin, whose career in the House lasted 36 years, and his uncle, the late Sen. Carl Levin who served his own 36 years in Congress, is fully intact within the new 11th. Conversely, Stevens' home precincts within the Rochester Hills area are not included in the new 11th. This likely gives Levin the advantage of having the more driven supporters, which matters greatly in a lower turnout primary election.
Turning to Illinois, in a race that will be settled in the June 28 primary, Reps. Sean Casten (D-Downers Grove) and freshman Marie Newman (D-La Grange) also appear locked in a tight battle for political survival in the western Chicago suburbs. Unlike all the other paired districts that are safe for the winning paired member, the IL-6 CD could become a general election battleground.
In the new 6th, Rep. Newman sees more of her constituents comprising the new district, as just over 41 percent of her current 3rd District voters will be present in the new 6th. This number compares favorably to Rep. Casten's constituent carryover factor of just 23.5 percent coming from the current 6th. Like in the aforementioned Michigan pairing, one member's home base is within the district, in this case Casten's, while the other, Newman's La Grange region, is not.
Also, as in two of the other pairings, we see an early cycle even split between the two candidates. According to a Victoria Research Feb. 10-15 survey, the two House members were tied at 37 percent apiece.
No polling data is available for the other two pairings — the Illinois Republican battle between Reps. Rodney Davis (R-Taylorville) and Mary Miller (R-Oakland) in the new 15th CD, and Michigan Reps. Bill Huizenga (R-Holland) and Fred Upton (R-St. Joseph) in their state's new District 4.
Davis has the advantage with the establishment Republicans while Rep. Miller, with former President Trump's endorsement, is the ideological base vote favorite.
Despite running more than $200,000 in ads for the upcoming primary, Michigan Rep. Upton still says he has not yet committed to running again. He has until the April 19 candidate filing deadline to make a final decision. Upton has the geographical advantage in the new 4th (64 percent carryover to 25 percent), but Huizenga has the Trump endorsement and is stronger with the ideological base.
House redistribution statistics can be found on the Daily Kos Elections website.
Posted in 2022, Election Analysis, GEORGIA, House, ILLINOIS, MICHIGAN, Polling, Redistricting, WEST VIRGINIA and tagged Former President Trump, Georgia, Illinois, Impact Research, Lake Research Partners, Michigan, North Star Opinion Research, Redistricting, Rep. Alex Mooney, Rep. Andy Levin, Rep. Bill Huizenga, Rep. Carolyn Bourdeaux, Rep. David McKinley, Rep. Fred Upton, Rep. Haley Stevens, Rep. Lucy McBath, Rep. Marie Newman, Rep. Mary Miller, Rep. Rodney Davis, Rep. Sean Casten, Target Insyght, West Virginia, WV-2 on March 25, 2022 by Jim Ellis. Leave a comment
Illinois 2022 Candidate Filings Close
Illinois Congressional redistricting map; to see an interactive map, click here: FiveThirtyEight
March 17, 2022 — Candidate filing in Illinois closed on Monday, and while the post-filing qualification process (most notably insufficient or invalid petition signatures) could disqualify some of those submitting documents, the candidate field for the delayed June 28 primary election is basically set.
Originally, the Illinois primary was scheduled for its typical calendar slot in March, but the legislature decided to delay the primary before redistricting began, incorrectly anticipating that they would have trouble completing the process. Instead, the Illinois Democratic political leadership produced and passed into law arguably the most gerrymandered map in the country.
Though Illinois is a strongly Democratic state, Gov. J.B. Pritzker (D) will seek a second term opposed by a surprisingly large Republican field. The most notable contenders, though none are likely to topple the governor in November, are state Sen. Darren Bailey (R-Louisville), Aurora Mayor Richard Irvin, former state Sen. Paul Schimpf, and venture capitalist Jesse Sullivan.
Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D) is on the ballot for a second term and has drawn a field of eight Republican candidates, with the likely leader being attorney Kathy Salvi, wife of former US Senate nominee Al Salvi, a favorite of conservatives. Sen. Duckworth will be safe for re-election.
While the US House map is designed to produce 14 Democrat victories in the delegation's 17 seats, adopting the maximum partisan map could make some of the majority party seats weak, thus creating some unexpected competition in the general election.
Incumbents with safe seats are:
Rep. Robin Kelly (D-Matteson)
Rep. Jesus "Chuy" Garcia (D-Chicago)
Rep. Mike Quigley (D-Chicago)
Rep. Danny Davis (D-Chicago)
Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-Schaumburg)
Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-Evanston)
Rep. Brad Schneider (D-Deerfield)
Rep. Mike Bost (R-Murphysboro)
The lineup features four open seats and two paired incumbent situations. Rep. Bobby Rush (D-Chicago) is retiring after serving 15 terms in the House. The Democrat primary will determine his successor, and the fight is among 20 candidates, including former Chicago Workforce Partnership CEO Karin Norrington-Reaves, who Rep. Rush has endorsed; Jonathan Jackson, son of Rev. Jesse Jackson and brother of former Chicago US Rep. Jesse Jackson, Jr.; and state Sen. Jacqui Collins (D-Chicago).
The new 3rd District is a created open seat — one drawn through redistricting. This seat is 44 percent Hispanic and is designed as the city's second Hispanic influenced district. The leading candidates for the seat, again to be decided in the Democrat primary, are state Sen. Delia Ramirez (D-Chicago) and Chicago Alderman Gil Villegas.
The new 13th CD is also a created open seat, and one that stretches from Champaign through Decatur then Springfield and all the way into the Illinois side of the St. Louis suburbs. The district is also designed to elect a Democrat, but the general election could become at least somewhat competitive. Former Obama Administration official Nikki Budzinski appears to have the inside track to the party nomination, thus making her the favorite in the general election.
Posted in 2022, Election Analysis, Governor, House, ILLINOIS, Primary, Redistricting, Senate and tagged Darren Bailey, Delia Ramirez, Esther Joy King, FiveThirtyEight, Gil Villegas, Gov. J.B. Pritzker, Illinois, Jacqui Collins, Jesse Sullivan, Jonathan Jackson, Karin Norrington-Reaves, Kathy Salvi, Mayor Richard Irvin, Nikki Budzinski, Paul Schimpf, primary, Regan Deering, Rep. Bill Foster, Rep. Bobby Rush, Rep. Cheri Bustos, Rep. Darin LaHood, Rep. Lauren Underwood, Rep. Marie Newman, Rep. Mary Miller, Rep. Rodney Davis, Rep. Sean Casten, Sen. Tammy Duckworth on March 17, 2022 by Jim Ellis. Leave a comment
House Incumbent Primaries, Part I: Republicans
Feb. 18, 2022 — As the states complete their individual redistricting processes and candidate filing deadlines appear on the political horizon, some incumbents find themselves facing serious primary challenges. Today, we look at Republican nomination situations in states where redistricting is complete, and Monday next week, we'll look at the Democrats.
CA-5: Rep. Tom McClintock
Primary: June 7 (Jungle)
• McClintock Cash-on-Hand (Dec. 31, 2021): $372,569
FiveThirtyEight Statistical Rating: R+17
Dave's Redistricting App Historical Voting: 56.6% R
The California Citizens Redistricting Commission made significant changes to the Golden State congressional map. As a result, veteran northern California Rep. Tom McClintock (R-Elk Grove) had his choice of two districts, one less Republican that contained more of his home area, and the other more strongly favoring the GOP but stretched from the Sacramento suburbs all the way to the Fresno area. McClintock chose the latter.
The congressman's most serious opponent is Fresno County Supervisor Nathan Magsig (R). California imposes a jungle primary system meaning that the top two finishers in the June qualifying election advance to the general election. Considering the Republican trends in this district, it is wholly possible that both Rep. McClintock and Supervisor Magsig will advance into the general election, especially with three Democratic candidates dividing the liberal base.
IL-15: GOP Pairing
Primary: June 28
Rep. Rodney Davis (R-Taylorville)
Rep. Mary Miller (R-Oakland)
• Davis Cash-on-Hand (Dec. 31, 2021): $1,234,171
• Miller Cash-on-Hand (Dec. 31, 2021): $414,795
The Illinois Democratic gerrymander created a new uber-safe Republican 15th District that attracted both Reps. Rodney Davis and Mary Miller. Therefore, the new member here will be chosen in the June 28 Republican primary.
The race is shaping up as a clear GOP establishment versus movement conservative contest. Virtually all of the state and national Republican leaders, including House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, have endorsed Davis. All of the movement right-of-center groups such as the Club for Growth and Freedom Works, along with former President Donald Trump, have endorsed Rep. Miller.
Davis also has a major fundraising advantage. Miller, on the other hand, sees 31 percent of her constituents carrying over to the new 15th, versus 28 percent for Davis. Rep. Darin LaHood (R-Peoria) has the largest contingent of current constituents in the new IL-15 (36 percent) but he is running for re-election in the new 16th CD.
MI-4: GOP Pairing
Primary: Aug. 2
Rep. Bill Huizenga (R-Holland)
Rep. Fred Upton (R-St. Joseph)
• Huizenga Cash-on-Hand (Dec. 31, 2021): $1,141,056
• Upton Cash-on-Hand (Dec. 31, 2021): $1,467,055
FiveThirtyEight Statistical Rating: R+9
With Michigan losing a seat in reapportionment, two of the state's western members were destined to be paired. The new 4th District features a potential contest between Reps. Huizenga and Upton, though the latter man has not yet decided whether to seek re-election. A third candidate, state Rep. Steve Carra (R-Kalamazoo), who carries former President Trump's endorsement, is also in the race.
Carra is not likely to be a major factor because he represents very little of the new 4th Congressional District constituency in the state legislature. This race will come down to Rep. Upton's decision whether to seek a 19th term in the House or retire. If he runs, this will be a major summer primary contest. Should he retire, Rep. Huizenga becomes the prohibitive favorite in the primary, with the inside track for the general election, though the new 4th is more competitive than his current 2nd CD.
MS-4: Rep. Steven Palazzo
Primary: June 7 | Runoff: June 28
• Palazzo Cash-on-Hand (Dec. 31, 2021): $ 385,211
A congressional ethics investigation into Rep. Steven Palazzo's (R-Biloxi) use of campaign funds is an obvious negative as he strives to win re-nomination for a seventh term.
The investigation prompted state Sen. Brice Wiggins (R-Ocean Springs) and Jackson County Sheriff Mike Ezell to launch a primary challenge against the congressman, in addition to four others. Local business owner Carl Boyanton has thrown $550,000 of his own money into his campaign, making him a factor, too. This field could grow or retract as the March 1 candidate filing deadline looms on the political horizon.
It remains to be seen whether the investigation hinders Rep. Palazzo to the point of forcing him into a runoff — he has survived other tough primary challenges with larger than expected percentages — but the possibility of going to a secondary vote is certainly real. Should Palazzo be forced into a runoff, his re-nomination could be in serious jeopardy.
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Ohio Congressional Map Tossed
The Ohio State Supreme Court invalidated the state's newly enacted congressional map and returned the plan to the Ohio state legislature to be redrawn. The state lost a seat in reapportionment. (Map: Dave's Redistricting App)
Jan. 19, 2022 — The Ohio State Supreme Court, on a 4-3 vote with the Republican Chief Justice Maureen O'Connor voting with the three Democratic members, last Friday invalidated the state's newly enacted congressional map and returned the plan to be redrawn. The decision may result in a blow to Republican hopes of re-capturing the US House majority as the Ohio draw is one of the party's most important maps.
The high court's action followed a similar 4-3 decision the previous day to reject the state House and Senate maps. All of the plans were invalidated for the same reason: they did not meet the competitiveness provision in the Ohio redistricting proposition that the people's vote enacted prior to the commencement of the re-mapping process. The justices claimed the plan must better reflect the partisan statewide voting pattern, a measure that favors Republicans but not to the extent of the district ratios projected for the jettisoned maps.
The current Ohio congressional map stands at 12 Republicans and four Democrats. The state lost a seat in reapportionment, so the advisory redistricting commission members and the legislature were tasked with creating a new 15-district congressional plan.
By most accounts, the new map would have likely elected 10 Republicans and two Democrats, while featuring three politically marginal districts, those of Reps. Steve Chabot (R-Cincinnati) and Marcy Kaptur (D-Toledo) and an open seat largely created because Reps. Anthony Gonzalez (R-Rocky River) and Tim Ryan (D-Warren) are leaving their seats to retire and run for the Senate, respectively. Therefore, the state's electoral split could have swung anywhere from 10R-5D all the way to 13R-2D.
The ruling likely creates the greatest change for two of the aforementioned members. The court specifically cited the Hamilton County draw in Rep. Chabot's seat that attached a swath into downtown Cincinnati. This created a city attachment to Butler County, thus placing it in Rep. Warren Davidson's (R-Troy) strongly Republican 8th District. As a result, the 1st District became more Republican for Chabot, but still left him with a swing seat at best.
Posted in Election Analysis, House, OHIO, Redistricting and tagged Butler County, Chief Justice Maureen O'Connor, Cincinnati, Cleveland, gerrymandering, Hamilton County, Illinois, Ohio legislature, Ohio State Supreme Court, Rep. Anthony Gonzalez, Rep. Marcy Kaptur, Rep. Steve Chabot, Rep. Tim Ryan, Rep. Warren Davidson, US Supreme Court on January 19, 2022 by Jim Ellis. Leave a comment
New York Rep. John Katko to Retire
New York Rep. John Katko (R-Syracuse)
Jan. 18, 2021 — New York Rep. John Katko (R-Syracuse) announced Friday that he will not seek a fifth term later this year, creating a 47th open seat for the 2022 US House elections.
Katko, who indicated that he and his wife buried all four of their parents during the past three years, which he said was "gut-wrenching," says he now desires more time with his family. He leaves a seat where he has averaged 56.5 percent of the vote as one of only eight Republicans from the 27-member Empire State delegation.
Other factors may also have played a role in his retirement decision. Redistricting appeared to be creating some re-election problems for Rep. Katko, as had former President Donald Trump.
New York lost a seat in reapportionment — a district collapse that will come from the Upstate region. Early maps suggested that Katko's Syracuse-anchored seat would be combined with Rep. Claudia Tenney's 22nd District, which would result in a paired incumbent situation before the primary winner likely would face another competitive general election campaign.
In the past two election cycles, Rep. Katko's opponent was college professor Dana Balter (D), and her challenges resulted in expensive and hard fought 53-43 percent (2020) and 52-47 percent (2018) victories. Balter spent $2.7 million and $3.3 million in her two successive races against Rep. Katko, totaling $6 million, which he countered with a combined $6.3 million. Additionally, both candidates received hundreds of thousands of dollars in support from their respective political parties and outside groups.
The NY-24 seat is one of only nine districts where the electorate supported President Biden and elected a Republican to the House. In the current Congress, the 24th is one of just three districts that Hillary Clinton carried while electing a Republican Representative. Katko had repeatedly proven himself as an effective and successful political candidate.
In a paired 2022 situation against Rep. Tenney, however, the retiring congressman would have faced increasing pressure from his political right largely because of his vote to impeach former President Trump. Additionally, the New York Conservative Party leadership said they would not allow Katko to run with their ballot line in the 2022 general election. In New York, a candidate can run with more than one party designation.
Posted in Apportionment, Election Analysis, House, NEW YORK, Redistricting, Retirement and tagged Dana Balter, Hillary Clinton, Illinois, New York, New York Conservative Party, NY-22, NY-24, President Biden, President Donald Trump, Redistricting, Rep. Anthony Brindisi, Rep. Claudia Tenney, Rep. John Katko, Syracuse on January 18, 2022 by Jim Ellis. Leave a comment
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A Kennedy Tries To Tell The Bishops How To Be Catholic
DIARY / Dan McLaughlin // Posted at 11:26 am on December 9, 2009 by Dan McLaughlin
For all their protestations to the contrary, liberals have an awful habit of trying to tell people of faith, notably the Catholic Church, what their faith means and how it should apply in the political sphere. If you can stomach the irony, let's take a look at the latest example of this genre, an opinion piece in the Politico by Robert Kennedy's daughter, former Maryland Lieutenant Governor Kathleen Kennedy Townsend.
Kennedy (I use her maiden name because it's the only thing that gets her published) starts off well enough, with the title "On health care, the bishops have lost their way". There, we agree; the Bishops have inserted themselves into the health care debate by calling for a national health insurance scheme – including their call for it to cover illegal aliens – that may be well-intentioned but will have many dire practical consequences, and which confuses the individual duty of Christian charity with the power to compel others to give to Caesar. These are not problems of Catholic doctrine, they are problems of practical economics and practical politics, two areas in which the Bishops do not have the most sterling record. Worse yet, as far as their purely political judgment, the Bishops seem unable to understand that positive aspects of the proposed bills – restrictions on funding for abortion, conscience protections for Catholic hospitals – may be necessary for their passage into law, but will forever be subject to unilateral renegotiation by Congress, which when it comes to massive entitlement programs always operates on the principle of Darth Vader at Cloud City: "I am altering the deal. Pray I don't alter it any further."
Pray indeed.
But of course, Kennedy wants the Church to agitate for precisely this program; what she objects to is that the Church, having come this far in support of the bill, insists that it can't support a bill that doesn't include the Stupak Amendment's restrictions on abortion funding.
Kennedy can't resist dripping scorn at the sorts of folk the Bishops have associated themselves with:
As Catholics, are we so laser focused on the issue of abortion that we are willing to join tea partiers…
Presumably, tax collectors and prostitutes would be even worse. No, on second thought, considering who supports this bill, perhaps not. But in making an argument about how the Bishops should prioritize their moral teachings, Kennedy makes not the slightest effort to explain why the Church shouldn't be "laser focused" on abortion, given that the Church teaches that abortion is a grave moral evil that entails the willful taking of a human life. That failure to consider the core nature of the Church teaching at issue vitiates the entirety of Kennedy's argument.
Kennedy goes on to defend the weaker provisions of a substitute provision that would not include the Stupak Amendment's bar on the use of federal dollars to purchase any insurance that covers abortion. As I have explained previously, the intrusive nature of the bill makes any such "middle ground" wholly illusory; either you accept the Stupak Amendment's functionally pro-life provisions, or you accept a bill that is functionally pro-abortion; the bill leaves no room for a middle ground on this issue. But in doing so, she adds calculated insult to injury:
Catholic organizations like Catholic Charities receive hundreds of millions of dollars in federal funding for nonreligious services as long as those funds are separated from religious work. If this solution is good enough for Catholic organizations, then it is certainly good enough for health care reform.
So, now she just told the Catholic Church that it should regard the work of Catholic Charities as equivalent to the work of abortion mills. I'm sure that's an applause line at MSNBC and the New York Times, but if it's supposed to persuade the Bishops, she should maybe consider also comparing them to the Nazis.
If Nelson's amendment is a Senate version of the Stupak amendment, as expected, it will ban abortion not only in the public option but, effectively, throughout the exchange created by health care reform.
This is the point by which she has completely forgotten that she's still putatively talking to the Bishops, who obviously regard such a ban as a very good thing, perhaps the best thing the bill could do.
There are millions of pro-abortion rights Catholics who understand that women faced with unintended pregnancies or complications in wanted pregnancies have to make difficult, complex decisions for themselves and their families.
By now, the pretense of talking to the Bishops is completely gone, as she's instead pitching for the support of Catholics who reject the Bishops' teachings on a core issue. There are also millions of Catholics who are adulterers, drug addicts and hoodlums. The Bishops are supposed to minister to them and seek correction and forgiveness of their sins, not accomodate their embrace of sin.
The U.S. Senate recently took an important vote toward improving women's access to preventive health care under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. The women's health amendment would guarantee health insurance coverage, at no cost sharing, for women's preventive care, including lifesaving screenings, well-woman exams and contraception to prevent unintended pregnancy.
This amendment captures the very essence of what health care reform is supposed to be about…
Again, Kennedy ignores here the possibility that perhaps the Bishops don't consider access to artificial contraception to be a good thing either.
I want Catholic bishops to heed the Vatican's call for charity and justice for all, not just for the wealthy and well connected.
The irony of this last coming from a Kennedy is staggering. Ted Kennedy, in his dying days, managed to get the ear of the Pope himself, and to get a Catholic funeral despite not only his personal sins – which after all, may be forgiven – but more importantly his lifelong, public and utterly unrepentant advocacy of legal abortion. There is perhaps no greater stain on the American Catholic Church's commitment to any sort of egalitarianism than the persistent favor and preferential treatment it has showered on the Kennedy family. There can be no less persuasive messenger to make such a claim than a Kennedy.
The Catholic Church is a human institution. As such, has been slow, terribly slow, to recognize the practical dangers presented by the healthcare bill. But even its belated efforts to avoid lending its support to a pro-abortion bill are apparently too much for Kennedy-style "Catholics" to bear. They have the right, of course, to reject the Church's teachings. But the last thing the Catholic Bishops need is a lecture on moral judgment by a Kennedy.
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Great prop ladder. This can be used in lots of ways including Memory Ladder, About Us Ladder (pictures of the happy couple and their journey) or just for additional decoration.
The ladder has deep shelves which is great for putting those picture frames and larger items on. Height 154 cm and depth of shelf 36 cm.


I can't believe it's taken me three months to write this review, but every time I sat down to attempt it, I just couldn't get the right words on paper. This book meant so much to me. I honestly went into it not expecting very much, but something about it just resonated so strongly with me that, even now, months later, I read the quotes I highlighted and I get instant chills. I think Emily Lloyd-Jones is an incredible artist, and I'm unspeakably eager to read her future works.
Hearts is set in an alternate reality, in which demons walk among humans, offering wishes for a price. Dee never thought she'd be taking a demon up on his offer, though, until her scholarship ran dry and she was suddenly faced with the prospect and leaving her entire life, her future, for days spent cowering in fear of her father.
She was a girl held together by knitted yarn and magic.
Dee is such an enjoyable protagonist; she's tough, bright, caring, and brave. When you read as much YA as I do, the characters sometimes begin to run together, but Dee stands out in my mind as a really special one. She's also funny and I related so much to her spiel about being a child of the internet, raised on stories and fiction that gradually grew darker as her world did, too.
The abuse that Dee undergoes is brutal to watch – partially because it feels so authentic and real, and partially because she is so likable that my heart broke every time she had to go home. The genuine feel behind the abuse portrayal is downright nausea-inducing, and I'd strongly caution readers to be in the best possible mental state before going into this story if abuse is a trigger in any way for you.
That made her feel safer; nothing truly bad could happen while there was a herd of toddlers trundling about like slightly drunken wildebeests.
From the moment James was introduced, and I got to witness his bizarre nature and his witty banter, I loved him. He's the "weird artist" stereotype in all the best ways, but he's so genuinely kind-hearted and precious. He's been through his own hell, like most who make these deals, but it never tarnishes his edges. Plus, he's a super Harry Pottergeek, and that's worthy of a few brownie points on its own.
There are a few twists regarding James throughout the story, and while I won't spoil any of them for you, I will tell you that he broke my heart more than once, and I welcomed every tear-filled moment of it.
Side note: It wasn't enough to warrant its own section in the review, but James' and Cal's banter is everything I want in a friendship portrayal. It's precious and it made me laugh out loud so many times.
She had walked willingly into a fairy tale, into a world where she could trade her heart for her freedom. She may as well have donned a red cloak and strode into a darkened forest.
While the story is fantastical, and the characters are lovable beyond description, I think what sold me the fastest on The Hearts We Sold was Emily's writing. It's so stunning, truly; the above quote is just one example of many in which her phrasing is flawless. There's a lyrical quality to the story without being over the top, and the metaphors she uses seemed to fit the situation without fail.
Actions fueled by desperation. They were the worst kinds of decisions, because desperate people could see the error of their ways and simply not care. They would rush headlong into a bad situation because they could see no other options.
There is only one thing in this book that I disliked. Without spoiling it, a character makes a very poor decision that directly causes a terrible thing to happen to another character. Her decision is fueled by desperation, and is irrevocable and horrific, but it's never really addressed thoroughly enough. It felt a little bit like it was written for shock value more than anything, which isn't something I generally ever appreciate in stories.
This was how normal people survived their own fairy tales. They became their own kind of monster.
All in all, I cannot recommend this book highly enough, especially if you enjoy paranormal fantasies, gorgeous prose, and lovable characters. There is some incredible rep portrayed, including a lesbian character and a trans character, both of them being precious and hilarious. I would only like to advise caution as there are some content warnings for abuse, alcoholism, body shaming, depression, and transphobia (all of which are challenged in the text).
oh my god, same. this book was so fantastic and meant the world to me.
What a great premise. I will definitely check this out.
Great review. Sounds like a wonderful read!
I don't know how you do it, but all your reviews make me want to pick up the book. I can't even afford to add any more books to my tbr, but here I am doing so.