What with the Tory sent commissioners overseeing operations alongside their appointed Chief Executive, Will Tuckley, (£200k per annum) it is hard to see whether Mayor Biggs has any influence on the Council at all. The cuts to public services in the latest budget shows compliance to the Conservative government austerity line. We know Biggs' party leader Jeremy Corbyn is against cuts, but perhaps Corbyn isn't the man who he is trying to please, and after Biggs took Rachel Saunders to meet Conservative MP and Secretary of State Greg Clark (why not Deputy Mayor Sirajul Islam?), with still no invitation from Mayor Biggs for Corbyn to visit, it does pull into question whose side are they on?
Tower Hamlets Labour have made a budget that will see redundancies, cuts to front line services, a reduction in employment opportunities previously made for impoverished and minority groups, a reduction in children's health and education services, an end to burial subsidy services, cuts to elderly care and abolishing entire funding for Police officers.
How will John Biggs deliver cleaner streets when 10 environment officers are made redundant?
Is cutting £4.3m from Children Services, that will likely see the closure of Queen Mary Nursery, bettering schools?
Is taking £270k from Police conducive to reducing anti-social behaviour?
What is more baffling about the budget is the unnecessary spending and lack of initiatives to raise money, as pointed out by Tower Hamlets Independent Group's (THIG ) alternative budget, where they note that £140k on fireworks is far too much, especially when they are cutting £20k on burial subsidies, taking £50k from school trips and £41k from incontinence laundry services. The council itself owns properties and yet they've set aside £20k for hiring external venues, not to mention the £100k kept for catering when hosting events. How can we as a society celebrate festivities without insuring the wellbeing of everyone?
The worst of Biggs and his cabinet's budget are the cuts to Child, Adolescent and Mental Health Services and cuts to Social Care and Learning Disability care users, our truly most vulnerable citizens. Perhaps children, the elderly and the incapacitated are not pulling their weight enough, and therefore until they have the get-up-and-go to start paying their way, don't deserve services like everyone else.
From the £71m Lutfur Rahman kept in reserves to counter government cuts, John Biggs is using £25 million and still planning to cut £17 million of services on top of £4 million that he has already signed off. This was brought up by Hugo Pierre who petitioned at the budget council meeting, to not make any cuts to public services. In order to avoid discussing this point, the most vicious Labour councillors took the opportunity to attack Pierre for not winning local elections as a TUSC candidate (watch video).
When Biggs was campaigning for mayor, there was a lot of talk about Lutfur Rahman's advisors and personal staff – where as Biggs has kept £605k for his office and advisors, recently appointed Head of Marketing for £100k, as well as an extra £25k for publicity. Which brings us to the scrapping of East End Life – how are the council supposed to inform Tower Hamlets residents of changes to services? Are they expecting the whole of Tower Hamlets to attend council meetings? Not everyone has the internet, nor the inclination to find out information that should be sent to them. This certainly does not feel like transparency, without the paper the workings of the council is practically invisible.
With so much resources available to the council for innovation, planning and improvement for the future, the budget decided on for Tower Hamlets is at best uninspiring and at worst a reversal of every progress it had going.


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A new billboard campaign by the Upper Cumberland Tourism Association will focus on outdoor attractions like Cummins Falls.
UPPER CUMBERLAND – Tourism officials are taking an outside approach to attracting new visitors to the area.
The Upper Cumberland Tourism Association is launching a billboard campaign that will highlight several of the region's waterfalls, lakes and trails. It's the first time UCTA has participated in such advertising. But it's been a long time coming, said Executive Director Ruth Dyal.
UCTA is partnering with the Upper Cumberland Development District on the project. UCDD recently launched its own branding project for the region. The billboards are just one part of the initiative.
"I think it's fantastic. I've been wanting to do this for years," Dyal said. "I'm a billboard person. I think, in the right location, it will draw people's attention to what we have here. Because a lot of times, people have no idea where the Upper Cumberland is."
Dyal said there will be four "gateway" billboards total – two situated on Interstate 40, eastbound and westbound, and two on Highway 111, north and south – roughly at the region's entry points.
They will have a simple design – scenery, a logo, and website (uppercumberland.org).
The theme will focus heavily on the outdoors: Welch's Point, Cummins Falls, the Twin Falls at Rock Island State Park or the recently launched Eagle Cam at Dale Hollow Lake.
Why? "The outdoors is our biggest selling point," Dyal said. "I think our photos are going to say a million words."
UCTA will use the billboards in conjunction with its more traditional marketing methods: trade shows, magazine publications and other print and online advertising. Dyal wants to keep the momentum. In 2015, the UC saw 3.52 percent bump in tourism spending. Visitors spent an all-time high $122.15 million in the region, which generated 910 jobs and $18.68 million in payroll. Putnam (16) and Cumberland County (19) ranked among the top 20 counties for tourism dollars in the state.
"Tourism, like everything, you have to find different avenues to catch your customers," she said. "I think a lot of people are beginning to see its necessity, that tourism dollars actually mean something."
She declined to cite the cost of the billboard campaign, of which UCTA and UCDD will split. The signs will be active for one year.
Mark Farley, UCDD executive director, said the billboards are considered "a kickoff" to a broader branding campaign his agency is leading. To that effect, they received some funding from USDA Rural Development, and have contracted with WDStone & Associates to fine tune the message. The initial logo includes an image of an owl and the pitch line, "What do UC?" He, too, stressed the outdoor attractions.
"We're really trying to figure out, how do we identify the region as a whole compared to Nashville, Knoxville and Chattanooga, those three major metropolitan areas?" Farley said. "Our region is very diverse. When you throw in 14 counties, everybody has a little different identity, but we've tried to keep it based around the natural beauty, and obviously that's the common bond between all of them."
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Good Morning and Happy Caturday!!
Today's images are from the book Why Cats Paint: A Theory of Feline Aesthetics, by Heather Busch and Burton Silver. It's a delightfully tongue-in-cheek discussion of "cat artists" that is really fun to read. Here's some commentary on the book at Goodreads.
Today's news is full of Ukraine stories. It's looking as if Putin really plans to go through with an invasion. Here's the latest:
CNN: Biden says he's now convinced Putin has decided to invade Ukraine, but leaves door open for diplomacy.
President Joe Biden on Friday said he is now convinced Russian President Vladimir Putin has made the decision to invade Ukraine, but emphasized that room for diplomacy remains.
"As of this moment, I am convinced he's made the decision," Biden said during remarks at the White House.
The President also said the US believes Russian forces intend to attack Ukraine "in the coming week" or sooner, and that an attack will target the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv.
US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Saturday said Russia was "moving into the right positions to conduct an attack," echoing Biden's assertion that Putin had made up his mind on invading.
"They're uncoiling and now poised to strike," Austin said, speaking from Vilnius, Lithuania. Austin said the US would pursue a diplomatic solution "until the very last minute, until it's not possible."
Biden plans to spend the weekend monitoring the ongoing Ukraine crisis from the White House as he meets with his national security team and remains in close contact with world leaders, multiple officials say. Biden had considered traveling to Delaware, as he typically does, but decided to remain in Washington.
Vice President Kamala Harris is in Germany today for the Munich Security Conference. Reuters: West puts up united front as Russia begins nuclear exercises.
MUNICH, Feb 19 (Reuters) – Russia must not attempt to move Ukraine's borders by force, Western leaders warned on Saturday, saying they would be ready to respond even if Russia created a pretext for an invasion by accusing Ukraine of aggression.
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U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris said the United States would reinforce NATO's eastern flank to act as a further deterrent to any Russian military action in addition to the threat of sanctions.
"National borders should not be changed by force," Harris said at the Munich Security Conference.
"We have prepared economic measures that will be swift, severe, and united," she said. "We will target Russia's financial institutions and key industries."
Western leaders were meeting in Munich amid reports of explosions just inside Russian territory to Ukraine's east and in the parts of eastern Ukraine that are controlled by Moscow-backed rebels.
But most also added that diplomacy had not yet run its course.
"History has not yet been written: there is an exit that the Russian government can choose at any time," said German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock after a meeting of Western foreign ministers.
"Our common message to them is very clear: Don't make this fatal mistake. Withdraw your troops … Let's talk."
But she warned against being misled by misinformation coming from separatist regions , saying Ukraine had done nothing to give the separatist leaders a reason for the evacuations they ordered on Friday.
Read more about the Munich meeting at The Washington Post: Harris, Blinken navigate Munich Security Conference as Europe holds its breath.
NBC News: Russian-backed separatists in Ukraine call to mobilize as Putin oversees nuclear drill.
Pro-Russian separatist leaders in eastern Ukraine ordered a full military mobilization Saturday, amid a spike in violence that has heightened fears that Moscow is planning to use an escalation in the conflictas a pretext to invade.
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The announcements came ahead of planned large-scale drills involving Russian nuclear forces, overseen by President Vladimir Putin, offering a timely reminder of the country's nuclear might, as Europe faces its gravest security crisis since the Cold War. Ballistic and cruise missiles were launched from land, air and sea the Kremlin said in a statement Saturday.
In eastern Ukraine, where the Moscow-supported separatists have been fighting government forces since 2014, Denis Pushilin, the head of the self-proclaimed "Donetsk People's Republic," urged reservists to show up at military enlistment offices in a video released on the chat app Telegram on Saturday.
In neighboring Luhansk, Leonid Pasechnik, leader of the self-proclaimed "Luhansk People's Republic," also signed a decree calling for "full combat readiness."
The separatists control an enclave about the size of New Jersey, where it's population of around 2 million speak Russian use the Russian ruble and hundreds of thousands have Russian passports.
Their statements came as the evacuation of civilians from the rebel-held territories in those regions to neighboring Russia continued.
The New York Times interviewed Russia expert Fiona Hill about Putin's motives: Explaining Putin's Decades-Long Obsession With Ukraine. Here's the beginning of the interview:
How would you evaluate the administration's handling of this crisis so far? What's worked and what hasn't?
I think they're handling it as well as they can be, given the circumstances. Writ large, what the administration is doing right now is certainly what I would recommend doing. But I don't know whether we can say if it's going to work or not. The real test is going to be over a long period of time. I don't think this is going to be a short, sharp crisis.
Tiger the spontaneous reductionist
Putin's been trying to get a grip on Ukraine for years now. They cut off the gas to Ukraine in 2006. He's been in power for 22 years, and the whole of that time, he's had Ukraine in the cross hairs one way or another, and it's intensified over time. Putin wants to be the person who, on his watch, in his presidency, pulls Ukraine back into Russia's orbit. And he could be president until 2036, in terms of what's possible for him.
Is this fundamentally ideological for him, or geopolitical?
It's about him personally — his legacy, his view of himself, his view of Russian history. Putin clearly sees himself as a protagonist in Russian history, and is putting himself in the place of previous Russian leaders who've tried to gather in what he sees as the Russian land. Ukraine is the outlier, the one that got away that he's got to bring back.
Head over to the NYT to read the rest.
Back in the USA, we continue to learn more about Donald Trump's many crimes.
The Washington Post: National Archives confirms classified material was in boxes at Trump's Mar-a-Lago residence.
The National Archives and Records Administration confirmed in a letter Friday that it found items marked classified in boxes of White House records that former president Donald Trump took with him to his Mar-a-Lago residence.
In a letter to Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney (D-N.Y.), U.S. Archivist David S. Ferriero wrote that officials had "identified items marked as classified national security information within the boxes" at Mar-a-Lago and had been in touch with the Justice Department over the matter.
The Washington Post reported last week that some of the Mar-a-Lago documents were marked as classified, including some at the "top secret" level — a revelation that seemed likely to intensify the legal pressure that Trump or his staffers could face.
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Ferriero's letter, though, provides the first official confirmation of classified material being in the boxes, and it is likely to reignite calls that the Justice Department investigate to see how the information got out of secure facilities, and who might have seen it.
It remains unclear how many classified documents were in the 15 boxes of materials, or what the Justice Department might do. An FBI spokeswoman declined to comment, and a spokesman for the Justice Department did not immediately return a message.
Ferriero wrote that the National Archives was conducting an inventory of the boxes' content and expected to complete that process by Feb. 25. He wrote that the agency also had "asked the representatives of former President Trump to continue to search for any additional Presidential records that have not been transferred to NARA, as required by the Presidential Records Act."
CNN: Judge says Trump could be culpable for January 6 and says lawsuits against the former President can proceed.
Civil lawsuits seeking to hold Donald Trump accountable for the January 6, 2021, insurrection can move forward in court, a federal judge said Friday in a ruling outlining how the former President could conceivably be responsible for inciting the attack on the US Capitol.
Trump's statements to his supporters before the riot "is the essence of civil conspiracy," Judge Amit Mehta wrote in a 112-page opinion, because Trump spoke about himself and rallygoers working "towards a common goal" of fighting and walking down Pennsylvania Avenue.
"The President's January 6 Rally Speech can reasonably be viewed as a call for collective action," Mehta said.
Democratic members of the House and police officers who defended the US Capitol on January 6 sued Trump last year, claiming he prompted his supporters to attack. Friday, Mehta wrote that the three lawsuits could move to the evidence-gathering phase and toward a trial — a major loss in court for Trump.
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"To deny a President immunity from civil damages is no small step. The court well understands the gravity of its decision. But the alleged facts of this case are without precedent," Mehta wrote.
"After all, the President's actions here do not relate to his duties of faithfully executing the laws, conducting foreign affairs, commanding the armed forces, or managing the Executive Branch," Mehta added. "They entirely concern his efforts to remain in office for a second term. These are unofficial acts, so the separation-of-powers concerns that justify the President's broad immunity are not present here."
While he homed in on Trump's legal liability, the judge ruled in favor of three close allies to Trump who also spoke at the rally on January 6 — his attorney Rudy Giuliani, his son Donald Trump Jr. and Republican Rep. Mo Brooks, saying he would dismiss the claims against them.
Philip Bump offers an analysis of Mehta's decision at The Washington Post: The president, the extremists and the conspiracy to storm the Capitol.
There were three things that jumped out at me from D.C. District Judge Amit Mehta's decision that lawsuits targeting former president Donald Trump and two extremist organizations could move forward.
That is, three things beyond this remarkable paragraph:
" … the court concludes that the Complaints establish a plausible §1985(1) conspiracy involving President Trump. That civil conspiracy included the Proud Boys, the Oath Keepers, [Proud Boys leader Enrique] Tarrio, and others who entered the Capitol on January 6th with the intent to disrupt the Certification of the Electoral College vote through force, intimidation, or threats."
Before moving forward, it's very important to qualify those sentences in two ways. The first is that Mehta is not saying that this conspiracy was proved; rather, that it was not implausible that it might be. It's the difference between going to trial and reaching a verdict. The second important qualifier is that Mehta is describing only a civil conspiracy, in keeping with the nature of the lawsuits (brought by several members of Congress) that he was considering.
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A civil conspiracy, Mehta writes, does not require that conspirators "entered into any express or formal agreement, or that they directly, by words spoken or in writing, stated between themselves what their object or purpose was to be, or the details thereof, or the means by which the object or purpose was to be accomplished." They don't need to know all the details of any plan or all of those participating in affecting it. They need only have come "to a mutual understanding to try to accomplish a common and unlawful plan … [the] general scope of which were known to each person who is to be held responsible for its consequences."
The evidence at hand, Mehta concluded, suggests that such a conspiracy may have been in place between Trump and members of those right-wing extremist groups.
Read the rest at the WaPo. It's very interesting.
One more January 6 story at Law and Crime: Stuart Rhodes is still locked up.
'Clear and Convincing Danger': Federal Judge Refuses to Let Oath Keepers Founder Stewart Rhodes Out of Jail Pending Seditious Conspiracy Trial.
Stewart Rhodes, the founder of the Oath Keepers militia group accused of seditious conspiracy in connection with the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, is a "clear and convincing danger" who must stay behind bars pending trial, a second federal judge has ruled.
Rhodes, 56, has been in custody since his arrest in January, after a U.S. Magistrate Judge in Texas deemed him to be a "credible threat" to the public. Prosecutors say Rhodes has weapons caches and unregistered cars stashed in multiple locations, and that he saw Jan. 6—when hundreds, and possibly thousands, of Donald Trump supporters overran police at the U.S. Capitol to block Congress from certifying Joe Biden's win in the 2020 presidential election—as "an initial skirmish or battle in a larger war."
Smokey at work
Prosecutors say Rhodes and other Oath Keepers planned to bring years of military experience and a variety of weapons to support the pro-Trump mob, going so far as to prepare for ferrying a trove of firearms and other weapons across the Potomac.
"My observation at this point [is] if the conduct alleged is true, the danger that it poses cannot be [overstated]," U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta said at the start of Rhodes' bond hearing Friday, signaling his intention to keep Rhodes in behind bars.
Mehta said that the government hadn't convinced him that Rhodes is a flight risk, but they won on their arguments that he posed a risk of future dangerousness to the general public.
Judge Mehta was busy yesterday.
So . . . what else is happening? What stories are you following today?
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Have a great President's Day weekend!!
More National Archives info. If you click over to Twitter, you can make the print bigger.
Double-bonus club of Trump officials who violated BOTH the Hatch Act and potentially the Presidential Records Act:
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— Peter Strzok (@petestrzok) February 19, 2022
It'll take decades to sort out every crime committed by the Dump admin. Then there are the legal but highly unethical things….I seem to remember Vanky hawking jewelry in interviews on television. They'll never find all the money that went into that inaugural fund IMO.
I'm hoping we get to see the older Dump Org money laundering crimes being hashed out in public, like that dildo hotel in Azerbaijan Vanky worked on bringing to fruition.
That this crime family got away with all this stuff for decades and then in plain view of the entire world is an indictment on the U.S. "justice" system. The one for rich white people.
'is an indictment on the U.S. "justice" system'
Caturday mood.. pic.twitter.com/TbRGEG9XJp
— Buitengebieden (@buitengebieden_) February 19, 2022
The cat pix are adorable! Wonder if I can get my two to paint a little rather be little pillows on the couch?
And I bet, being cats, if you told them it was time to start being useful as pillows, considering that's all they planned to do in life, you'd hear the yowls in Arabi!
"Russia's challenge to the West today, as it amasses its troops on Ukraine's borders, is predicated on its belief that American power is retreating," @TomMcTague writes. Europe's response has been to reveal how powerful America remains. https://t.co/xYRlyTgCEC
— The Atlantic (@TheAtlantic) February 19, 2022
Experts say they have identified the originators of the QAnon political cosplay conspiracy hobby. One is running for Congress. https://t.co/ws8QicrXbC
— Bud Kennedy / #ReadLocal (@BudKennedy) February 19, 2022
Very interesting!
It remains unclear how many classified documents were in the 15 boxes of materials
Doesn't matter. None of the materials were legal to take out of the White House. That some are classified makes it even more egregious. Can you imagine if Hillary had done this? Not that she would, but the Republicans would be frothing at the mouth while making daily calls for her imprisonment. Now it's more than a year later and Trump's still free. A regular Federal employee who stole classified papers would be in a holding cell now.
Why doesn't the media call it stealing classified documents ? I havn't heard the word steal. Did he borrow them?
— Martin A Perseo (@perseoregon) February 19, 2022
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— Gustavo Vela (@GustavoVela71) February 19, 2022
NEW: Jeffrey Epstein-linked fashion agent found dead in cell
Detained associate of late billionaire faced charge of underage rape https://t.co/97KmlOaRir
— Travis Akers (@travisakers) February 19, 2022
Something Putin-esque about how these pimpmasters, who just might know too much about some powerful people, keep winding up dead in cells. First Epstein, now this guy. Too many coincidences.


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Reaction Round-up to Iowa's Gubernatorial Succession
Republican and conservative elected officials and leaders react to Iowa's change of leadership from Terry Branstad to Kim Reynolds.
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Below is a round-up of reaction from Republican and conservative elected officials and leadership over Terry Branstad's resignation as Governor of Iowa to be sworn in as Ambassador to China, as well as, Kim Reynolds being sworn in as Iowa's 43rd and first female Governor.
Iowa House Speaker Linda Upmeyer (R-Clear Lake) issued the following statement:
I'd like to thank Governor Branstad for his decades of public service to the people of Iowa and congratulate him on his appointment as Ambassador to China. The future of our state is on a bright path thanks in part to the hard work and dedication of Terry Branstad. The people of Iowa are thankful for all that he has done as we look forward to his next endeavor working for all Americans.
While Iowans are losing a tenacious champion for our state, we're getting someone that's equal in Terry Branstad's passion and enthusiasm with Kim Reynolds.
Kim Reynolds has the knowledge and experience to take on the role of Governor and move Iowa forward. Few rival her passion and dedication to improve our state and the people of Iowa's lives.
Congratulations to Iowa's 43rd Governor, Kim Reynolds. I look forward to working with her next session to make Iowa a great place to raise a family or grow a business.
U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) released the following statement:
The position of U.S. Ambassador to China is one of the most important ambassadorial positions in the world, and I am pleased to see Iowa's longest serving governor and my friend, Terry Branstad, confirmed for this position. As evidenced by his confirmation hearing, Governor Branstad knows China and its leaders well and will not only work tirelessly to advance our trade and economic interests with China, but will also skillfully tackle our other complex bilateral issues. I am so grateful for his service to Iowa, and I wish him and his family the very best.
Additionally, Iowa will be in good hands under now Governor Reynolds, who has made history today as our first female governor. Her leadership on critical issues over the last seven years, and her work alongside Governor Branstad, has prepared her well for this new role. Under Governor Reynolds, Iowa's future remains bright.
Today is an extraordinary day for our state and our nation. It has been an honor to serve the people of Iowa alongside Terry Branstad and Kim Reynolds, and I look forward to continuing to work with both of these outstanding leaders in their new roles.
Governor Scott Walker (R-Wisconsin), the chairman of the Republican Governor's Association, issued the following statement:
As a dedicated public servant, Governor Kim Reynolds will continue moving Iowa in the right direction. After serving more than six years as Iowa's Lieutenant Governor, Reynolds has the experience and leadership to hit the ground running and build upon Governor Terry Branstad's successful legacy. The RGA congratulates Governor Kim Reynolds on becoming Iowa's 43rd governor and the state's first female governor, and we look forward to her continued leadership.
RNC Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel released the following statement congratulating Kim Reynolds:
I want to express my most sincere congratulations to Governor Reynolds. Today, Iowans not only gained a true conservative leader, but the first woman to be sworn in to the state's highest office. As Governor Reynolds takes over for Ambassador Branstad, I'm confident she will be a firm and effective leader for the state of Iowa. Iowans are in good hands, and I look forward to working with her in advancing a conservative agenda.
Iowa GOP Chair Jeff Kaufmann released the following statement:
With this mornings transition of power, Iowans can rest assured that they're in more than capable hands with Governor Kim Reynolds. Thanks to her deep and experienced background – as a mother, and as an elected official on state and local level – she's the single best prepared individual to assume the office. We are proud to have played our part in supporting Iowa's first female Governor in Kim Reynolds, and we look forward to working with her to build a better Iowa.
SBA List President Marjorie Dannenfelser issued the following statement:
Kim Reynolds is an outspoken champion of unborn children and their mothers. She has fought to prevent taxpayer dollars from being used to fund the abortion industry, promoted the multitude of women's health services in counties across Iowa, and helped shepherd crucial pro-life bills like the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act through the Iowa legislature. We are proud to see her advance to the Governorship and confident she will hit the ground running as she takes the reins of the most pro-life administration in state history.
Former Congresswoman Marilyn Musgrave, SBA List's Vice President of Government Affairs, made the following statement:
Kim Reynolds is a stalwart defender of the innocent unborn and a longtime ally of SBA List. As a founding member of SBA List's National Pro-life Women's Caucus, she is in the vanguard of pro-life, pro-woman leadership and will make a fine Governor. We look forward to working together to build on the Branstad administration's legacy and make even more pro-life gains in Iowa.
Congressmen Rod Blum (R-Iowa) and David Young (R-Iowa), as well as, U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley tweeted their congratulations to Reynolds.
Congratulations to @IAGovernor @KimReynoldsIA on becoming Governor of our great state today!
— Congressman Rod Blum (@RepRodBlum) May 24, 2017
Congratulations to the 43rd Governor of our great state – Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds. #IA03 pic.twitter.com/PkGlpkxEco
— David Young (@RepDavidYoung) May 24, 2017
Congrats 2our new Governor Reynolds I look fwd 2working w u You're fully qualified working w Gov B over last 6 yrs +you're ready 2 take off!
— ChuckGrassley (@ChuckGrassley) May 24, 2017
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The Athens and Epidaurus Festival has put together a special concert at the Odeon of Herodes Atticus on Wednesday, August 29, to pay tribute to the celebrated writer, poet and composer Manos Eleftheriou following his death earlier this summer.
All ticket purchases will be donated to the victims of July's deadly Attica wildfires. The event, which has been organised and directed by singer Giorgos Dalaras, who will also take the stake, will include performances by: Giorgos Andreou, Fotini Velesiotou, Manolis Lidakis, Lavrentis Macheritsas, Giorgos Dalaras, Christos Nikolopoulos, Miltos Paschalidis, Hero Saia, Aspasia Stratigou, Tania Tsanaklidou, Maria Farantouri and a large orchestra, in a evening paying tribute to some 400 favourite songs by Eleftheriou.
Those who wish to support the event and help raise funds for the fire victims can purchase tickets (cost from 10 to 60 euros), from Viva.gr.
For more information about the event (in Greek), click here.
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Q: Segmentation fault when using FILTER_VALIDATE_REGEX with long regular expressions in PHP When running the following PHP code, I get a "Segmentation fault: 11" :
$pattern = '#^([\+-]?\d{4}(?!\d{2}\b))((-?)((0[1-9]|1[0-2])(\3([12]\d|0[1-9]|3[01]))?|W([0-4]\d|5[0-2])(-?[1-7])?|(00[1-9]|0[1-9]\d|[12]\d{2}|3([0-5]\d|6[1-6])))([T\s]((([01]\d|2[0-3])((:?)[0-5]\d)?|24\:?00)([\.,]\d+(?!:))?)?(\17[0-5]\d([\.,]\d+)?)?([zZ]|([\+-])([01]\d|2[0-3]):?([0-5]\d)?)?)?)?$#';
$horas = "2012-05-15 11:23:56";
echo filter_var($horas, FILTER_VALIDATE_REGEXP, array("options" => array('regexp' => $pattern))) ? "1" : "2";

If I use a shorter regular expression, I don't get any segmentation fault:
$pattern = '#^([\+-]?\d*)$#';
$horas = "2012-05-15 11:23:56";
echo filter_var($horas, FILTER_VALIDATE_REGEXP, array("options" => array('regexp' => $pattern))) ? "1" : "2";

In this case, the value is "2".
I decided to use strace (or dtruss, since I'm using OSX) and compare the output for the different regular expressions. Although I didn't know where to go from here, I realized that the first scripts stops here :
open("/opt/local/lib/libmemcached.9.dylib\0", 0x0, 0x0)      = 3 0
pread(0x3, "\317\372\355\376\a\0", 0x1000, 0x0)      = 4096 0
mmap(0x103532000, 0x24000, 0x5, 0x12, 0x3, 0x100001F)        = 0x3532000 0
mmap(0x103556000, 0x1000, 0x3, 0x12, 0x3, 0x100001F)         = 0x3556000 0
mmap(0x103557000, 0x15098, 0x1, 0x12, 0x3, 0x100001F)        = 0x3557000 0
close(0x3)       = 0 0
stat64("/opt/local/lib/libsasl2.2.dylib\0", 0x7FFF61CDD430, 0x7FFF61CDE2B0)      = 0 0
open("/opt/local/lib/libsasl2.2.dylib\0", 0x0, 0x0)      = 3 0
pread(0x3, "\317\372\355\376\a\0", 0x1000, 0x0)      = 4096 0
mmap(0x10356D000, 0x14000, 0x5, 0x12, 0x3, 0x100001F)        = 0x356D000 0
mmap(0x103581000, 0x1000, 0x3, 0x12, 0x3, 0x100001F)         = 0x3581000 0
mmap(0x103582000, 0x3848, 0x1, 0x12, 0x3, 0x100001F)         = 0x3582000 0
close(0x3)       = 0 0
__sysctl(0x7FFF61CDE14C, 0x2, 0x7FFF61CDE138)        = 0 0

I'm not sure it this helps at all or if it has anything to do with libsasl.
I recently upgraded php5, apache2 and some other packages using macports. This code used to work before the upgrade.
This is the output for php -version :
PHP 5.3.12 (cli) (built: May 11 2012 14:31:01)
Copyright (c) 1997-2012 The PHP Group
Zend Engine v2.3.0, Copyright (c) 1998-2012 Zend Technologies
    with Xdebug v2.2.0, Copyright (c) 2002-2012, by Derick Rethans
    with Suhosin v0.9.33, Copyright (c) 2007-2012, by SektionEins GmbH
Thank you in advance.

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I do not purport to be the next great hip hop star. But as an admirer of language, poetry, and wit; I strive for "literate rap" that is smart, unexpected, and funny.
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High school student invents a cheaper hearing aid
by Ahiza Garcia @ahiza_garcia April 9, 2016: 5:47 PM ET
Teen invents hearing device for grandpa
A summer with his grandfather was all it took for him to be inspired.
When Mukund Venkatakrishnan was 14, he visited India and was tasked with helping his grandfather get tested and fitted for a hearing aid. He saw what a costly and difficult process it was and resolved to find an alternative.
"Since audiologists are specialists, even finding and getting an appointment with one in India was really hard," said Venkatakrishnan, who is now 16. "And then we got ripped off."
Venkatakrishnan said they spent about $400 or $500 on doctor's appointments and about $1,900 on the hearing aid itself.
He realized that hearing is a luxury many people in developing countries can't afford.
"In India, the median household income is $616 a year," Venkatakrishnan said. "If someone in India saves all year without spending a penny, they still can't afford a hearing aid."
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Venkatakrishnan's device is unique because it not only tests a person's hearing with a series of beeps, but it also programs itself to become a hearing aid. It only costs about $50 to make and can be used with even the cheapest set of headphones.
Unlike with traditional hearing aids, if the ear piece gets damaged it isn't costly to replace -- you just buy another set of ear buds.
In its current form, the device is about two inches and looks like a computer processor. Venkatakrishnan is planning to bring it down to about one inch and encase the operating system. He envisions the device, which has a standard headphone port, fitting into someone's pocket.
What makes the device ideal for developing countries is that it works with any pair of headphones.
Venkatakrishnan even created a way for users to calibrate the device themselves.
Each device has an audio file of the sound of hands rubbing together. To calibrate it, a person just has to rub their own hands together and match the volume of the audio file with the volume of their own hands.
If the user can't hear their own hands, someone else can calibrate it for them.
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Venkatakrishnan, now 16, spent two years teaching himself to code, building the audio program and developing the device. He made it completely on his own but received guidance from engineers, like his father, and audiologists.
Working with the doctors, he conducted tests on patients with hearing loss to make sure his device was accurate.
The device works by first administering a hearing test -- press green if you hear the beep, yellow if you don't.
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Venkatakrishnan said there's also a fair amount of stigma associated with wearing a hearing aid.
"Getting my grandpa to first admit he needed a hearing aid was difficult," he said. "I'm hoping that since my device uses headphones and isn't in-ear, it will reduce some of the stigma."
Venkatakrishnan said his 81-year-old grandfather is already really excited about the device. He plans to show it to him when he visits India this summer.
While Venkatakrishnan is eager to make a difference, he isn't trying to make money off his invention.
He's adamant that the audio software remain open source so other developers can modify and tweak it.
And he's hoping an organization that already has connections in developing countries will want to mass produce and distribute the device.
"I've just started talking to someone from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation," Venkatakrishnan said.
His device could have broad appeal. There are roughly 360 million people around the world who suffer from hearing loss. And in the U.S., only about 2% - 3% of people with mild loss use a hearing aid. (His device is targeted to people with mild to moderate hearing loss.)
Medicare doesn't cover hearing aids and hearing aids cannot be sold over the counter in the U.S.
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When he isn't teaching himself to code and trying to combat hearing loss, Venkatakrishnan said he likes listening to music and running long distances. He's already run "quite a few half marathons" and has been playing violin for 12 years.
Venkatakrishnan, who was born in India and moved to Louisville, Kentucky, when he was three, said he's beginning to consider colleges. He's a junior and is looking at Stanford, Georgia Tech, Berkeley and MIT -- his "stand out choice."
He thinks he may want to do something with coding or engineering but he's also interested in business.
For now, he still has tweaks to make to his device, which he hopes to use to help others "amplify life."
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Canada, U.S. and Mexico reach deal to lift Trump administration's steel and aluminium tariffs
by Apma	May 17, 2019
Adrian Morrow, Lawrence Martin, Globe and Mail
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland have scheduled an announcement in Hamilton Friday, where they are expected to announce a deal to lift the Trump administration's steel and aluminum tariffs on Canada and Mexico.
Mr. Trudeau spoke with U.S. President Donald Trump Friday on tariffs and other trade matters, the Prime Minister's office said. A Canadian official said Mr. Trudeau and Ms. Freeland will announce the deal today.
The agreement will end the continental trade war that has raged for most of the last year. But sources in industry and government on both sides of the border cautioned that Canada is not out of the woods yet: Canada will likely have to agree to tough new export rules on its metals industry that will benefit the U.S. in exchange for the end of tariffs.
In exchange for getting the tariffs lifted, Canada and Mexico would agree to actions meant to stop steel and aluminium from China and other countries being sent to the U.S. through Canada and Mexico. They would also lift their retaliatory tariffs on the U.S.
Industry sources listed two specific measures: One is a "rules of origin" requirement on Canadian and Mexican-made steel and aluminium that would mandate a specific per centage of the metal had originated in Canada and Mexico – a move meant to discourage, for instance, a Canadian company importing scrap from China and melting it down for sale to the U.S.
The other measure would require Canada and Mexico to better track and monitor steel shipments to make sure China wasn't passing the product through them to get around U.S. tariffs.
One industry source said a tariff deal would likely be tied to the ratification of the renegotiated NAFTA, dubbed the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement by Washington. None of the three countries has yet ratified. Canada has said it will not bring the deal for a ratification vote in parliament until the tariffs are lifted. In the U.S., meanwhile, congressional Democrats are still calling for changes to the deal before they will vote for it.
The rules of origin requirement could also be an impediment to Canadian exports, creating additional red tape for U.S. companies importing steel and aluminium from Canada and pushing them to choose American suppliers instead.
Daniel Ujczo, an Ohio-based trade lawyer, said the Trump administration will still find a way to impose import rules even without the tariffs in place.
"The idea we're going to have unbridled free trade in steel and aluminium – that's unlikely," said Mr. Ujczo, a laywer with Dickinson Wright who represents companies in all three countries.
U.S. President Donald Trump imposed the tariffs of 25 per cent on steel and 10 per cent on aluminium nearly a year ago on Canada and Mexico. At the time, his administration said the measures were meant to pressure the two countries in NAFTA talks. But even after a NAFTA deal was made in September, Mr. Trump left the tariffs on.
Canada and Mexico imposed a suite of retaliatory tariffs on U.S. steel and aluminium and other goods, ranging from bourbon to ketchup to lawnmowers.
The U.S. demanded Canada and Mexico agree to quotas capping their exports in exchange for lifting the tariffs. Canada and Mexico said they would not accept quotas, though one Canadian official said Ottawa would agree to a quota provided it was far higher than Canada's pre-tariff exports.
After months of deadlock, the U.S. agreed in recent weeks to discuss a metals deal without a hard quota requirement, the industry and government and sources said.
Mexico's point-man on the file, Jesus Seade, told The Globe and Mail this week that his country initiated the most recent talks with the U.S. three weeks ago. They paused the discussions to give Canada time to negotiate with the U.S., he said.
A flurry of negotiations over the last two weeks – including phone calls between Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Mr. Trump and Vice President Mike Pence – culminated in Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland jetting to Washington Wednesday to sit down with U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer.
That meeting ended without a deal, but the sources said the two sides have remained in touch to keep negotiating.
Flavio Volpe, the head of Canada's auto parts industry group, said the tenor of talks had markedly improved.
"This is the most optimistic we've been in a while that there is a deal to be done," he said. "It appears all parties are negotiating in good faith this time."
Via: Globe And Mail
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NUJ backs reasoned amendment to deregulation bill
In the House of Commons today, Monday 3 February 2014, MPs will discuss the deregulation bill and the NUJ is calling on MPs to support a reasoned amendment tabled by Caroline Lucas, Jonathan Edwards, John McDonnell and Jeremy Corbyn MPs.
The amendment states:
"That this House declines to give a Second Reading to the Deregulation Bill because, whilst acknowledging that removing unnecessary burdens on small businesses is welcome, the Bill fails to recognise the social, economic and environmental benefits of effective regulation and contains a number of extremely damaging proposals including: the watering down of safety protections for employees that will leave workers at greater risk of injury, ill-health and abuse; the erosion of protection of journalistic sources and against police seizure of journalistic material, which threatens the basis of the free press; and the imposition of a growth duty on non-economic regulators such as Natural England and the Health and Safety Executive, which is irresponsible and risks undermining their core roles; further considers that this Bill is another illustration of a Government which is embarking on a deregulatory path without due consideration of warnings, including from businesses, that effective regulation is essential to create jobs and innovation and that ripping up vital green legislation risks locking the UK into polluting industrial processes for decades to come, jeopardising future competitiveness, damaging the UK's attractiveness for green investment, and undermining new industries; and further believes that this Bill represents a race to the bottom and an obsession with GDP growth at any cost which is not in the public interest."
The NUJ is particularly concerned about clause 47 of the bill and the proposals to make changes to the process to obtain journalistic material using production orders.
Clause 47 of the deregulation bill:
47 25Criminal procedure: powers to make Criminal Procedure Rules (1) In the Administration of Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1933, in section
2 (procedure for indictment of offenders)—
(a) in subsection (6), for "Rules" substitute "Criminal Procedure Rules";
(b) omit subsection (6A).
(2) 30In that section, in subsection (2), in paragraph (i) of the proviso, for "section 57D(1)" substitute "section 51D(1)".
(3) In the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984, in Schedule 1 (making of orders and issue of warrants in respect of excluded or special procedure material)—
(a) omit paragraphs 7 to 10 (which deal with the procedure for applications 35for production orders);
(b) after paragraph 15 insert—
15A Criminal Procedure Rules may make provision about proceedings under this Schedule."
(4) 40In the Terrorism Act 2000, in Part 1 of Schedule 5 (making of orders and issue of warrants in respect of obtaining information in terrorist investigations:
England and Wales and Northern Ireland), in paragraph 11 (which deals with Deregulation Bill Page 34 the issue of warrants in respect of excluded or special procedure material), after sub-paragraph (4) insert—
"(5) Criminal Procedure Rules may make provision about proceedings relating to a warrant under this paragraph."
(5) 5In the Criminal Justice and Police Act 2001, in section 59 (applications for the return of seized property etc), after subsection (12) insert—
"(13) Criminal Procedure Rules may make provision about proceedings under this section on an application to a judge of the Crown Court in England and Wales."
(6) 10In the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002, in section 352 (applications for search and seizure warrants), after subsection (7) insert—
"(8) Criminal Procedure Rules may make provision about proceedings under this section on an application to a judge entitled to exercise the jurisdiction of the Crown Court in England and Wales."
Background information:
Hidden in the Deregulation Bill: is this another backdoor threat to journalism? by Gill Phillips, Director of Editorial Legal Services at Guardian News and Media
Update - Monday 3 February - transcript of parliamentary debate
Mr John Whittingdale (Maldon) (Con): My right hon. Friend said that the Bill's provisions were being introduced on the advice of those who were most affected by the regulations, but he will be aware of the concern that has been expressed by a wide range of media and broadcasting organisations about the effect of clause 47 in removing important journalistic protections. Is there anything he can say to reassure them that it will not have the effect they fear?
Mr Letwin: I am grateful to my hon. Friend, the Chairman of the Select Committee on Culture, Media and Sport, for raising that issue, which is indeed important. It was a late entrant, in the sense that it was no part of the intention of clause 47 to have the effect that some of the media organisations are worried about. Those organisations have been worried that the clause would obviate the need for both parties to be in court when a court orders what is called a production order, which typically requires, for example, a bank to produce the accounts of a person accused of a particular malfeasance, where those accounts are relevant to the trial.
In the case that the media are concerned about, a production order would be used to ask a media organisation to produce some piece of information it holds. Those media organisations were worried that they would no longer have the guarantee of their day in court to contest such a production order, because the effect of clause 47 would be to replace the need for the existence of primary legislation governing inter partes rules with the criminal procedure rules committee. The media were afraid that the criminal procedure rules committee might in some way weaken the inter partes rules. I have good news for my hon. Friend and his Committee, and indeed for the media organisations—which, incidentally, I have offered to meet later in the week or next week. As it was no part of the intention of clause 47 to do that, we are now looking for ways specifically to exempt journalism and all such media items from the clause. If I may, I would like to discuss with him and his Committee the precise drafting of that change, so that we can be sure that the media organisations themselves and the Select Committee are content with the changes we make.
Transcript taken from Hansard, on the parliamentary website.
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ERAS performed a Phase 2 soil and groundwater investigation under permit requirements and work scope approval of the San Mateo County Department of Environmental Health (SMCDEH). A total of 6 soil borings were drilled. Soil samples were collected for appropriate analysis under the former USTs, pump island and oil/water separator inside and outside the newer building where the former items could be accessed. Groundwater samples were collected in areas down-gradient of the former USTs and pump islands that were located under inaccessible areas of the current structure. The concentrations of petroleum hydrocarbons were low enough and the investigation comprehensive enough for the SMCDEH to not require additional investigation and the building was successfully financed.
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Cat scratch fever: Banderas back in action as Puss in Boots
By Mark Burger
With a tangy Latin flavor, Puss in Boots: The Last Wish is a belated sequel to 2011's Puss in Boots, which showcased the title character (voiced by Antonio Banderas) first introduced in Shrek 2 (2004). That the film took 11 years to be made is the quintessential Hollywood development hell. There were numerous false starts, tossed concepts, and production permutations. Indeed, the tykes of yesteryear who flocked to Puss in Boots are now teens, many of whom wouldn't be caught dead at what they'd perceive as a "kiddie movie."
That said, The Last Wish easily establishes its own identity and offers plenty of entertainment for kids and adults alike. Like the Shrek franchise, the film's bouncy, nicely balanced sense of humor is not limited to children.
As the story opens, Puss comes to discover that he has used up eight of his nine lives. He impulsively buries his cape and attempts, rather amusingly, to settle into retired anonymity. But when he learns that "the Wishing Star" has been located in the vicinity of the "Dark Forest," he reasons that he can wish for more lives and embarks on a quest to this end, accompanied by old sparring partner Kitty Softpaws (voiced by Salma Hayek) and a new companion, the perennially optimistic pup called Perrito (voiced by Harvey Guillen).
They aren't the only ones seeking the Wishing Star, and here the filmmakers have incorporated some inspired reinvention of traditional fairy-tale characters. Goldilocks (voiced by Florence Pugh) and the Three Bears (voiced by Olivia Colman, Samson Kayo, and reliable Ray Winstone) are portrayed as a Cockney crime ring, and "Big" Jack Horner (voiced by John Mulaney) is the blubbery baker's son bent on absolute power, and essentially the villain of these proceedings.
There is another menacing presence: The black-cloaked red-eyed, sickle-wielding Wolf (voiced by Wagner Moura). He's not after the Wishing Star, he's after Puss in Boots. Wolf represents death, and his relentless pursuit genuinely petrifies Puss. He's also one of the scarier characters in an animated family film in quite some time, and he's never played for laughs. When he appears, the tone of the film becomes distinctly darker.
Amid the colorful, occasionally overblown action sequences, Puss in Boots: The Last Wish is one of the (very) few animated features in which the main character confronts his own mortality, which — surprisingly — is its strongest attribute. For smaller children who might not grasp the concept of death, there's more than enough flash and panache to keep them entertained, but The Last Wish is not without some resonance for grown-ups, too.
Banderas invests the character with his trademark bravado and savoir-faire but also a touch of melancholy. This may be reading too much into it, but it seems entirely plausible that Banderas, who suffered a heart attack in 2017, had a hand in shaping the character's emotional arc. This time, Puss in Boots has found himself in something of an existential quandary, and who would have expected that?
It wouldn't be fair to reveal how it all turns out, but the last scene indicates that we've not seen the last of Puss in Boots, and that we may well be seeing some old friends in the next installment, but let's hope it comes to pass more quickly than it took this film to reach the screen.
Leave it to that wily feline of the title — "outlaw to some, hero to others, legend to all," as he modestly boasts — to extract some unexpected, but undeniably welcome, magic from a well-worn but still-potent franchise. Puss in Boots is still the cat's meow.
See Mark Burger's reviews of current movies on Burgervideo.com. © 2022, Mark Burger.
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There have been tipping points and bombshells, walls closing in and turning points. And there have been so, so many declarations of "The beginning of the end!" that the comedian John Oliver had a recurring "We got him!" segment on his late-night HBO show, complete with a jubilant marching band and sequined majorettes celebrating President Trump's downfall.
"I think it's a moment when the public conversation favors partisans who are totally convinced in the rightness of what they're saying and doesn't favor reporters who are cautions about what they know and are trying to get things right," Mr. Smith said.


One of the things that those of us who are cynical cranks knew beyond onotological certitude is that the release of the Mueller Report initial findings by Attorney General Bill Barr would mean absolutely diddly squat to the vast Democrat Media Industrial Complex. The spinning up of the Trump Derangement Syndrome is the only result that was possible. Anyone who thought the Dems would accept the Mueller Report finding needs to put her unicorn in the stable and leave Fairyland.
The heaving bosoms waiting for the Report were all convinced that Donald Trump colluded with Russia, obstructed justice and killed several paraplegic kittens. Trump is guilty, guilty, guilty. No other outcome was acceptable. Even though only a few completely deranged Dems would say the "I" word, the impeachment of Donald J. Trump was the only endgame. They all new it to the bottom of their gnarly feet. The goal was to teach all of us "Deplorables" a lesson. Stay quiet and let our betters "RULE" us.
– 675: The number of days from when Mueller was appointed to the day he turned in his report to Barr.
– 34: people indicted as a result of Mueller's investigation, including Russian nationals and several former Trump aides and advisors.
– 19: lawyers who were employed by the special counsel's office, according to a letter Barr sent to Congress on Sunday.
– About 40 FBI agents, intelligence analysts, forensic accountants and other staff that assisted with the investigation.
– More than 2,800 subpoenas issued by the Special Counsel's office, that's an average of at least four per day.
– Nearly 500 search warrants executed.
– More than 230 orders for communication records.
– Nearly 50 authorized orders for the use of pen registers, a tool that lets the government know who someone is communicating with and when, but not what they said.
Could anyone of us withstand that kind of scrutiny?
But the spinning on the legacy and cable channels was legit beyond deranged. Skimming through channels, I saw one man say that the Mueller Report doesn't matter because Trump commits two to three impeachable offenses every day. This morning on the unwatchable "Morning Joe" on MSNBC, the hosts and their guests called AG Barr "Trumps hand picked" AG, like, um, wasn't he confirmed by the Senate. And, of course, Robert Mueller was misread in his conclusions.
Yeah, Joe, this was all about a Tower in Moscow. Douche.
Spinning, spinning, spinning. Naturally, the Dems want the full report and will subpoena Mueller and make him confess, and they will continue to investigate until Donald Trump and those of us who voted for him learn our lesson.
There is no cure for Trump Derangement Syndrome. Sadly.
There is one undeniable cure for TDS. A rope.
If the MSM stops covering the Trump-Russia Collusion, they'll have to start covering the Dem Pres Nomination Candidates, and even they won't be able to cover up the incompetence for the amount of time left before the Dem convention. So, back to Collusion, and Orange Man Bad, and, Look! A Squirrel!, to avoid covering Creepy Joe, Creepier Bernie and Space Between The Ears Beto, and the others.
The poor deluded fools don't seem to understand, the AG cannot release the unredacted report because to do so would be unlawful and would do severe damage to many individuals who have done nothing wrong.
Don't give them the benefit of the slightest shred of doubt. They understand it perfectly; indeed, they are counting on it and that Trump and Barr are bound by the law. That way, they can continue to use any redactions as proof of guilt.
Yep! I think there has been more than one instance in the last two years that they have specifically included classified data in a report so that the White House would have to redact it or keep it under lock and key. And, naturally, if Trump does declassify it, they can scream about his war against the intel agencies and putting Americans and allies at risk and such.
I agree with those demanding that, if the full report is released, so should be all the FISA requests, the dossier, etc.
The Dems and MSM talking heads (but I repeat myself) might want to be careful about what they openly wish for with the "full Mueller report"… I suspect there are some rather incriminating morsels in there that do not implicate their nemesis in the White House, but rather themselves.
Not true. It can be done. It involves a gas oven, a snuffed out pilot light and a little physical contortion to get your head deep in, but it will solve TDS. Guaranteed.


Robby Gordon likes to show up on the Dakar with surprises. Back in 2016, the American took with him an 18-year-old wonder-kid by the name of Sheldon Creed. For 2019, the new kid on the Gordon block will be 19-year-old Cole Potts who impressed during the Stadium Super Truck season and appeared alongside his mentor at the recent Baja 1000. While he doesn't yet have the experience of the Dakar old-timers, Potts will be counting on the navigation skills of former biker Max Eddy a winner of all the biggest Baja races on the US off-road scene (Baja 500, Baja 1000, Vegas to Reno). Both will hope to take their Textron Side by Side to the finish of the world's toughest rally.


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Microsoft on Android: Groove Music and Microsoft Account (video)
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Groove Music and Microsoft Account are two apps that we've wanted to cover for a while but haven't really fit in with many of Microsoft's other Android apps. Groove Music especially has gone through a lot of change since it was originally introduced as Xbox Music and Microsoft Account is so simple it's easy to get overlooked. Let's see if they stand up to their competition.
Groove Music is Microsoft's cloud music player, built to integrate with their Groove Music Pass. The Android app's list of features is pretty thin overall though it does have support for all the basics you'd expect from a music player. The real disappointment comes in all the things that it doesn't support. While it does support things like playback from Groove Music Pass and OneDrive, actionable notifications, and caching music locally, there's no support for playing songs in device storage, no way to move between tracks in notifications, and no way to control the quality of the tracks being played. We could go on. The app is also pretty uninspired in its design, which is a shame because so many of Microsoft's Android apps are just gorgeous. It also doesn't support the Google Cast standard either, making Bluetooth the only easy way to stream music to another device. The app works well enough if you have a Groove Music pass and also happen to own an Android phone, but if you primarily use Android there are a number of other services available that run circles around the features of Groove Music.
The Microsoft Account app has one purpose in this world: to generate codes and provide authorization for account access requests. If you setup Two-Step authentication on your Microsoft account, this app is what you use to generate that code so that you don't need it filling up your text messages. It doesn't do much but what it does is exceptional, particularly the way Microsoft handles the code requests themselves. In most situations, rather than forcing you to type a code when you're logging in, the app will allow you to just accept or deny a request in real time. It can even come up in a notification! Though it seems like a small detail, when you sit back and think about how many times you may login in a day it saves a lot of time. It's a feature we haven't seen in two step implementations from most other companies and we love it.
They're both apps that don't generally see a lot of love from Microsoft in updates, one that really needs it and one that doesn't. We hope that Microsoft will give Groove Music some TLC in the near future. It has the potential to be a fine music app if Microsoft will let it shine.
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Windows 10 crosses the 1 billion devices landmark
By Craig Risi
One billion. It's the kind of massive number that most of us will never be able to understand. In fact, most of our brains probably start to switch off when we encounter far fewer zeroes than that. As large a number as it is though, it is also apparently the number of devices that now run Windows 10, according to Yusuf Mehdi, Microsoft's corporate vice president of Modern Life and the Search & Devices Group.
Today we're delighted to announce that over one billion people have chosen Windows 10 across 200 countries resulting in more than one billion active Windows 10 devices. We couldn't be more grateful to our customers, partners, and employees for helping us get here.
That is certainly a stellar accomplishment and proof that the company that started the Windows platform more than 30 years ago has certainly not lost any love from its many consumers. This despite the fact that it has now faced more competition than ever from the likes of Apple and Google's Android platform.
One thing the competition has affected though is the growth at which Microsoft has reached this point. When Windows 10 first came out in 2015, Microsoft had set a goal for that one billion milestone to be hit in three years. After the failure of the Windows Phone however, it was clear that goal would not be hit and its since taken 2 more years to hit that number of devices. However, with Microsoft hitting 900 million less than six months ago, it does show that it remains widely popular. That and the forced updates for many people kind of helped.
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Khashoggi's fiancée: 'I will follow Jamal's path'
'Jamal is and will always be my idol'
October 31, 2018 at 12:27 pm | Published in: Europe & Russia, Interviews, Middle East, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Videos & Photo Stories
Over the last 30 days the world has come to know Jamal Khashoggi as the journalist who was killed inside the Saudi consulate in Istanbul. MEMO speaks to his fiancée about the man she knew and loved.
Turkish researcher Hatice Cengiz first met Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi at a conference in Istanbul. Four months later they were engaged.
It was so beautiful… when I first met him he was mature, thoughtful, very compassionate and emotional.
Jamal had given years and years of his life to being a Middle East journalist. I am a young researcher who is also interested in the Middle East so when we came together we had many shared goals, dreams and values.
On 2 October they entered the Saudi consulate in Istanbul for Jamal's divorce papers.
We didn't have any fears before we entered the consulate building on 2 October. When we first went on 28 September Jamal was worried that something could happen but everything went OK and the atmosphere was comfortable. That's why on 2 October we were talking generally about our house and preparations for our marriage.
But Jamal never left the embassy. Turkish officials have shared audio recordings that prove he was tortured and killed.
People do not want to understand what you feel, the pain you have experienced, the tragedy you lived which is now worldwide news. The first 20-25 days I tried to understand what happened while being away from cameras and from journalists. I think it's time to put the emotions away and talk to people about Jamal in order to understand what happened. For Jamal, we will all start to work for his case.
Jamal was a respected journalist and columnist for the Washington Post.
If Jamal were alive today I believe he wouldn't have imagined such a big reaction to his murder. He wouldn't have anticipated that these events would have such an impact. Nobody imagined. If Jamal were here today he would see how important it was to fight for what he believed in. His struggle and principles were not in vain. When he was alone he used to ask himself whether he was doing the right thing. Now he would know that he did the right thing. In fact, the current worldwide reaction and the international solidarity are exactly what he would have loved to see and hear. At last, he would realise how valuable his cause was for humanity. He would be very happy.
Although journalists across the world have called for justice, Cengiz has said the response of world leaders is disappointing.
European governments and US President Donald Trump should have taken more serious measures and should have supported Turkey's position in the case. We have a premeditated crime in a consulate in a foreign country. Trump isn't yet solving the issue, but that doesn't mean he will not in the future. European countries and Trump should start a real investigation as soon as possible.
From now on I will remember Jamal as a teacher to follow, as a friend. Yes, it may be an incomplete marriage, but for me, he is the person I was happy with and happy to live with, even if we lived for a short period of time. I will keep learning, thinking. I will always wonder: what if Jamal was living, what would he do; what would he like me to do; what would he advise me. Jamal is and will always be my idol. I will keep following his advice and principles and I will follow his path.
Jamal Khashoggi's fiancée Hatice Cengiz in London on 29 October 2018 [Jehan Alfarra/Middle East Monitor]
Jamal Khashoggi's fiancée, Hatice Cengiz, is visibly moved as she listens to speeches about her 'beloved Jamal' in London on 29 October 2018 [Jehan Alfarra/Middle East Monitor]
In association with the Al Sharq Forum, Middle East Monitor is hosted an international memorial in honour of Jamal Khashoggi on 29 October 2018 [Jehan Alfarra/Middle East Monitor]
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