Yesterday evening Guardian editor (and amateur pianist/ clarinetist/ classical music buff/ journalist/ author) Alan Rusbridger gave an illuminating, insightful talk at Kings Place about his newly-published book: Play it Again.
Upon reaching middle age, Rusbridger had an urge to take up piano-playing again. He'd played until the age of 16 (and grade 6, for which he achieved 101 – "150 is exceptional," he explained, "100 is acceptable.") and then drifted away, as so many teenagers do.
His university years were spent listening to classical music, tinkering on the piano at Christmas time and then later – when his daughters were born – he'd play nursery rhymes.
But it wasn't until he reached the 'afternoon' of his life, as Jung describes it, that he experienced a longing to learn again properly – to play challenging pieces.
Rusbridger found a connection with Jung's ideas about middle age – post child-rearing (mostly), settled into a career – as being the cultural years, the years where one should revisit music, enjoy art, languages, without the burden of young children, or trying to establish a career.
And so he enrolled on a summer piano-playing course for amateurs, to take place in the outhouses of a woman's home in France. Visiting tutors would teach the small group of piano players, and they would preform to each other. On the last evening a guy called Gary – who Rusbridger had noticed seemed lost and sad – amazed the other players be reciting Chopin's First Ballade, Op 23, a piece that most professionals live in fear of.
This awoke a yearning in Rusbridger to spend a year attempting to master this ballade. Only, as editor of the Guardian – and with WikiLeaks breaking, and the phone hacking scandal continuing to bubble up – he didn't have much spare time. But then he read that if you sleep for eight hours and work for eight hours, what happens to the remaining eight hours? He set his alarm clock for 20 minutes earlier and began practicing each morning.
He soon realised that the more you do, the more you are able to do. And so he would interview pianists for the Guardian, and ask for five minutes at the end to talk about Chopin's First Ballade, Op 23 and how to execute it.
The most difficult part of learning the piece was his memory. This ballade is so complex that the pianist can't follow the music at the same time as playing, so although Rusbridger describes himself as a fairly good sight-reader, he found he couldn't remember any music to play by heart. After visiting a neuroscientist, he discovered that you can train yourself to use as yet unused parts of your brain. Subsequently, he became able to memorise the piece.
He learned that there are different types of memory. After originally assuming that there was a muscle memory (like with golf, and remembering how to swing the club), he found out there's no such thing and that instead, pianists must rely on a photographic memory, or a harmonic memory (memorising harmonic structures).
As he continued to improve, with the help of a piano teacher and advice from experts, Rusbridger began to enjoy the process, and the playing, more and more.
During a trip to Libya, to search for Guardian correspondent Ghaith Abdul-Ahad, who'd be seized, Rusbridger found himself in a hotel with a piano. He recited the ballade. He then discovered that they'd be leaving via Casablanca and he liked the idea of finding another hotel with a piano in Casablanca and playing it again. This is where the title of the book comes from.
The talk was fascinating because of Rusbridger's ability to analyse reason and process so articulately, and also because of his journalistic experience: he answers the questions we want him to answer. He explained his own desire to find out about the intricate details of other people's lives (musicians, sports players) and was generous with the details he divulged of his own.
He's been contacted by amateur pianists who've been inspired by the book to take playing more seriously, which pleases him. And he highlighted the joy of being an amateur and not taking playing too seriously – less pressure, allowed to drink wine between recitals – against the huge strain of playing professionally.
When an audience member asked why so many children give up instruments, and if it's the fault of the teacher, another audience member explained that Rusbridger had already answered that question: the autumn years are for culture. It's natural for teenagers to move away from musical instruments, and search for other vices, concentrate on their careers and then build families. But we should all return to this creativity in later years, because if the editor of the Guardian can find time to fit in 20 minutes of practice a day – anyone can.


In 1901, the Sept. 25 cover of the satirical magazine Puck featured this cartoon of "The Wizard of Bristol" Nathanael Herreshoff and Boston yachtsman Thomas Lawson bemoaning the failure of their respective defenders for the upcoming America's Cup. Herreshoff wasn't used to such things; he'd designed and built every defending victor since 1893.
His new entry was Constitution, launched as a "better, faster Columbia," the yacht that won the 1899 Cup. But Constitution was fast on some points of sail, slow on others. She had endless trouble with her spars, and skipper Uriah Rhodes complained about her sails.
Lawson, taking on the New York Yacht Club for the right to sail for the Cup (defenders had to be members), had sailed a trial series arranged by the newly formed Newport Yacht Racing Association. Lawson's boat, Independence — designed by Boston naval architect B.B. Crowninshield — sailed four races against Constitution and Columbia and two against Columbia alone. She lost all of them. She had trouble with her rudder and steering systems, and she took on water in the first two races because of bow damage suffered during her delivery to Newport. Three months after her launch, she was scrapped.
Herreshoff took note of Independence's flat, scow-like hull and her bursts of speed, and used what he saw in his 1903 defender, the legendary Reliance.


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SECOND COIN IN SERIES! Features artwork by an award-winning Canadian wildlife artist! Order today!
The 2019 Golden Reflections: Predator and Prey series revisits Canadian wildlife, so popular among coin collectors. The three-coin series features fully gold-plated pure silver coins. Each coin depicts a scene spotlighting six animals characteristic to Canadian fauna. Award-winning Canadian wildlife artist W. Allan Hancock is behind the design of this stunning series. The Golden Reflections theme emerges in the rendered ripples of water that animate otherwise still scenes. This series celebrates the beauty of our wildlife, even in the merciless relationship of predator and prey.
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Designed by Canadian wildlife artist W. Allan Hancock, this fully gold-plated pure silver coin captures a close-up of the unforgiving reality of predator and prey within Canada's picturesque wilderness. The dramatic scene depicts an elk's last stand against two hungry wolves. The prey is stranded in water, cut off from all escape routes, while the predators cautiously close in on their target. Set in gorgeously rendered Canadian nature, the artist's mastery breathes life into this snapshot, making it feel real and dynamic.
W. Allan Hancock has dedicated his life to art since his early years. A full-time self-employed artist since 1995, he has a multitude of achievements in his Curriculum Vitae.
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A wolf pack can track larger prey for days before striking. With a herd of elk, the wolves will take their time to assess its targets and pick the weakest one.
While the elk is a herbivore, it is not defenceless. Wolves occasionally find themselves injured or killed, either struck with a hoof or impaled on antlers.
Your coin is encapsulated and presented in a Royal Canadian Mint-branded clamshell with a black beauty box.
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1 oz. Pure Silver Piedfort - Heritage of the Royal Canadian Mint: The Matthew - Mintage: 6,000 (2019)
Mintage2,500
Composition99.99% pure silver
Weight (g) 62.69
Face value30 dollars
ArtistW. Allan Hancock (reverse), Susanna Blunt (obverse)
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The potential of igneous quartz for providing a better understanding of magmatic processes is demonstrated by studying late-Hercynian rhyolites and granites from central and western Europe. Cathodoluminescence (CL) reveals growth patterns and alteration structures within igneous quartz reflecting the magma crystallisation history. The relatively stable and blue-dominant CL of zoned phenocrysts is principally related to variations in the Ti concentration, which is a function of the crystallisation temperature. The Al/Ti ratio of igneous quartz increases with progressive magma differentiation, as Ti is more compatible, compared to Al, Li, K, Ge, B, Fe, P during magma evolution. The red-dominant CL of the anhedral groundmass quartz in granite is unstable during electron bombardment and associated with OH- and H2O-bearing lattice defects. Thus, CL properties of quartz are different for rocks formed from H2O-poor and H2O-rich melts. Both groundmass and phenocrysts in granites are rich in alteration structures as a result of interaction with deuteric fluids during cooling, whereas phenocrysts in extrusive rocks do not usually contain such structures. The combined study of trace elements along with the analysis of quartz textures and melt inclusion inventories may reveal detailed PTX-paths of granite magmas. This study shows that quartz is a sensitive indicator for physico-chemical changes during the evolution of silica-rich magmas. Common growth textures show a wide variety in quartz phenocrysts in rhyolites and some granites. This paper presents a classification of textures, which formed as a result of heterogeneous intra-granular lattice defects and impurities. The alternation of growth and resorption microtextures reflects stepwise adiabatic and non-adiabatic magma ascent, temporary storage of magma in reservoirs and mixing with more mafic, hotter magma. The anhedral groundmass quartz overgrowing early-magmatic phenocrysts in granites is free of growth zoning.


IP Stars has just published the 2019 ratings. NJORD's Intellectual Property department has once again received strong ratings and shows that the team are among the best both nationally and internationally.
This year, the department is recommended in the categories; Trade Mark Contentious, Trade Mark Prosecution, Intellectual Property Contentious, and Copyright & Related Rights.
NJORD has not declined in ratings, and the result is that we are listed in the second tier within three areas and in the third tier in one area. An impressive result we are delighted with.
NJORD is still represented by two partners, who are listed as Trade Mark Stars, namely Jeppe Brogaard Clausen and Peter Gustav Olson.
Danske Bank has been in the spotlight of the media, law enforcement bodies and financial supervisors within the last couples of years in relation to its money laundering scandal via the Estonian branch.
NJORD Estonia: Who needs to comply with anti-money laundering rules?
By now, most people have understood that banks need to follow anti-money laundering ("AML") regulations. But are there also other companies that have to? Is your company a so-called "obligated person" under AML legislation? Every professional needs to know!


Laurent Koscielny said his season is just beginning after making his return from a seven-month injury lay-off in Arsenal's 1-0 Europa League win over Qarabag.
The 33-year-old defender had not played first-team football for the Gunners since he ruptured his Achilles tendon in the 1-0 Europa League semi-final defeat to Atletico Madrid in May, but completed 72 minutes of a straightforward win at Emirates Stadium.
Arsenal boss Unai Emery has favoured a defensive trio of Sokratis Papastathopoulos, Shkodran Mustafi and Rob Holding in Koscielny's absence, but the Frenchman said he was feeling strong after coming through unscathed against Qarabag.
"It has been difficult," Koscielny told BT Sport. "I had difficult moments, it was my first big injury.
"I took a long time away from the pitch and it's difficult but you learn a lot about yourself and the people around you and I'm very happy and calm with myself and more strong.
"For a footballer to miss the pitch is difficult but now it's the end of that and I am smiling.
"I start my season now."
Emery used the Qarabag clash, which came after Arsenal had made sure of their place in the knockout stage, to bring Koscielny and Mesut Ozil back into the first team following their respective injury lay-offs, and he also blooded some of the young players in his squad.
Midfielder Bukayo Saka stood out in an inexperienced Arsenal side, despite having only turned 17 in September, twice going close to becoming the club's youngest goal-scorer in European competition.
He described his full debut as an ambition fulfilled, saying: "I joined the club at the age of eight. I always dreamed of playing at the Emirates.
"I grew into the game, that's what I wanted to do. I should have scored at the end but I don't know what happened.
"On Wednesday in training he [Emery] went through the team and I couldn't believe it. I had to get on with it and focus but I couldn't stop thinking about it.
"My family were buzzing and I couldn't stop smiling last night. They managed to put me to bed early.
"I have to keep playing well at youth and academy level and whenever I get the chance in the first team I have to impress the manager."


It might feel that we are surrounded by wildlife, but the UK is one of the most nature depleted countries in the world. Over the past 70 years 56% of the UK's species have declined with 1 in 10 species now threatened by extinction. In Gloucestershire, we have lost 70% of our traditional orchards and only tiny fragments of wildflower meadows remain. Conserving the remaining wildlife is not enough. We must restore what has been lost.
Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust has a vision for a Wilder Gloucestershire, where each year there is more wildlife, more wild places and more people becoming closer to nature. We can only achieve our vision by working in collaboration with all those who can make a difference.
GWT looks after nearly 60 nature reserves, including some of the county's most important wildlife habitats. However, most nature reserves in the UK are too small to ensure the long-term survival of the species they were intended to protect. New nature reserves become available haphazardly and land ownership is seldom defined by ecological boundaries.
If we are serious about restoring wildlife and creating a Wilder Gloucestershire (and we are) then GWT must work with a wide range of other landowners, including developers, farmers, gamekeepers, estates and Local Authorities. Inevitably this will sometimes mean working with people or organisations who we might not always agree with and who might have different values to us. This can be difficult for us and them, but it is right thing to do if we want a Wilder Gloucestershire.
With 71% of the land in Gloucestershire being farmed it will be impossible to deliver nature's recovery without working with farmers and estates. I know that some GWT supporters have strong views on certain farming practices. GWT doesn't necessarily condone these practices and has, for example, been a long-term opponent to the badger cull. But unless GWT works with more farmers to enhance, restore, create and connect wildlife habitat on their land, we will fail to restore nature which will ultimately be to the detriment of all wildlife. It is important to remember that most farmers are passionate about wildlife.
Of course, GWT would love to operate in a world where we have no differences with our partners. But too few people take action for wildlife, so if you have an ambition to see nature's recovery it means working with a wide range of people who hold different views.
GWT tries to base its decisions and actions on what is ultimately best for wildlife. This is rarely clear-cut. However, working with other landowners is essential and this sometimes mean accepting our differences. At times we may disagree, and this can lead to difficult discussions and decisions. We believe that the best way to get people to love wildlife is to work with them, rather than ignore them.
Wildlife conservation is tricky, and conservation organisations sometimes make decisions that seem difficult to understand. At GWT we always have what is best for wildlife at the heart of our thoughts.


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Christian de Duve received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1974, and in that same year he founded the International Institute of Cellular and Molecular Pathology (ICP), later renamed "de Duve Institute".
Since then he was not only remarkably active in science and in promoting the de Duve Institute, but he also devoted much of his time, talents and enthusiasm to the advancement of scientific knowledge and to kindle the sparks that ignite investigative careers.
Until 2013, Christian de Duve remained founding member of the Board of Directors of the de Duve Institute. Christian de Duve passed away on May 4th, 2013.


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Christmas Eve telescope launch has astronomers hoping for good tidings of great joy
By Nell Greenfieldboyce
As they count down the hours to the highly anticipated launch of NASA's powerful, $10 billion James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers hope for the best while fearing the worst.
This new space telescope should show us what the universe looked like as a baby
The upcoming launch of NASA's powerful James Webb Space Telescope should let astronomers see what some of the universe's first stars and galaxies looked like soon after the Big Bang.
NASA is about to launch the most powerful space telescope ever
The James Webb Space Telescope will let astronomers peer farther into space than ever before, to see what galaxies looked like when the universe was newly born.
Astronomers find a new planet that's mostly made of iron
NASA's TESS telescope finds a small, iron-rich planet which could help explain the origins of Mercury, the innermost planet in our solar system
Ancient footprints mistakenly attributed to bears were made by early humans
A new look at nearly 3.7 million-year-old fossil footprints uncovered in Tanzania shows that multiple species of early humans lived together at the same time.
In a first test of its planetary defense efforts, NASA's going to shove an asteroid
NASA is about to launch the first mission of its new planetary defense office. A spacecraft will attempt to knock a small asteroid off course by ramming into it.
Astronomers want NASA to build a giant space telescope to peer at alien Earths
NASA should work toward a new space telescope that could view small planets around distant stars with the potential to host life, expert panel says
The biggest whales can eat the equivalent of 80,000 Big Macs in one day
Scientists have gotten the best estimates yet of exactly how much baleen whales, the largest animals on the planet, can consume in one day. Their caloric intake is mind-boggling.
If NASA greenlights this interstellar mission, it could last 100 years
Scientists who want to understand what's beyond our solar system have designed an interstellar spacecraft that could go out farther and faster than the famous Voyager probes.
William Shatner is bound for space, but the rest of us will have to wait
New space companies are touting space tourism. But so far the final frontier has been the playground of the rich or famous, plus a few everyday folks who had a bit of luck.
Two scientists win Nobel Prize in chemistry for new way of building molecules
Benjamin List and David MacMillan were awarded the 2021 Nobel Prize in chemistry for coming up with a new tool for constructing molecules that has advanced pharmaceuticals and green technology.
As he steps down as the head of NIH, he has a warning about future pandemics
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Francis Collins has served longer than any other director of the National Institutes of Health since 1971. He tells NPR he did not anticipate the culture wars taking over scientific fact.
Shadowed by controversy, NASA won't rename its new space telescope
Some scientists say discrimination against gay and lesbian government employees during James Webb's tenure as NASA administrator should preclude him from having a telescope named in his honor.
NASA's Got A New, Big Telescope. It Could Find Hints Of Life On Far-Flung Planets
The James Webb Space Telescope will let scientists study small, rocky planets around distant stars in more detail than ever before. After decades of work, it could head into orbit later this year.
NASA Is Launching A New Telescope That Could Offer Some Cosmic Eye Candy
Hubble's iconic images captured the public's imagination. Will NASA's next big space telescope, which sees infrared light, produce astronomy scenes that pack a similar punch?
Your Dog May Know If You've Done Something On Purpose, Or Just Screwed Up
An experiment involving dog treats suggests our canine pals may understand the difference when a human withholds a treat by accident and when they do so on purpose. But don't press your luck.
Got Plans For Sept. 24, 2182? This Big Asteroid Might, Too
A NASA mission to a potentially dangerous asteroid has let researchers map out its future trajectory like never before.
This Sweet White Flower Is Actually A Sneaky Carnivore, Scientists Discover
Carnivorous plants are rare, but now botanists say they've found one that's long been overlooked. It lives just outside Vancouver, British Columbia, and in other parts of the Pacific Northwest.
To Save A Huge, 24-Armed Sea Creature, Scientists Become Loving Foster Parents
A mysterious disease is killing off the West Coast's enormous sunflower sea star, so researchers have launched an ambitious effort to breed this species in captivity.
It's Summer, And That Means The Mysterious Return Of Glacier Ice Worms
On mountaintop glaciers of Alaska, Washington and Oregon, billions of tiny black worms are tunneling upward to the barren, icy surface. What lures them, and how do they survive the frozen depths?
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You know those "easy" patterns that end up being fussy and rather a pain to knit? Well, I've just knit one. It's a baby hat that should have taken much less time than it did. This is the "Rainbow Marley" by Susan B. Anderson, although as you can see, I didn't use rainbow colors. I decided to try to use up some pinks and purples from stash.
I also opted out of the funky hat topper thingie, because it was going to take a really long time to knit it, and I'm not sure that it was any cuter than a Pom Pom.
Really, for a baby hat, this was too much effort for something a baby will wear for a short time, and knitting it didn't make me feel very happy. Back to the Magic Coffee Baby Hat pattern, which is a quickie and I always love the results.
I love the magic coffee too. Great numbers and size and then I change it up with scraps!
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USDA/NASS Acreage and Stocks Report for 6/29/12
Published on: 09:16AM Jun 29, 2012
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USDA/NASS Acreage and Stocks report.
Released June 29, 2012, by the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), Agricultural Statistics Board, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA).
Corn Planted Acreage Up 5 Percent from 2011 Soybean Acreage Up 1 Percent All Wheat Acreage Up 3 Percent All Cotton Acreage Down 14 Percent
Corn planted area for all purposes in 2012 is estimated at 96.4 million acres, up 5 percent from last year and represents the highest planted acreage in the United States since 1937 when an estimated 97.2 million acres were planted. Growers expect to harvest 88.9 million acres for grain, up 6 percent
from last year.
Soybean planted area for 2012 is estimated at 76.1 million acres, up 1 percent from last year and is the third highest on record. Area for harvest, at 75.3 million acres, is up 2 percent from 2011. Record high
planted acreage is estimated in New York, North Dakota, and Pennsylvania, and the planted area in South Dakota ties the previous record high.
All wheat planted area is estimated at 56.0 million acres, up 3 percent from 2011. The 2012 winter wheat planted area, at 41.8 million acres, is up 3 percent from last year and up slightly from the previous estimate. Of this total, about 30.0 million acres are Hard Red Winter, 8.3 million acres are Soft Red Winter, and 3.5 million acres are White Winter. Area planted to other spring wheat for 2012 is estimated at 12.0 million acres, down 3 percent from 2011. Of this total, about 11.4 million acres are Hard Red Spring wheat. Durum planted area for 2012 is estimated at 2.20 million acres, up 61 percent from the previous year.
All cotton planted area for 2012 is estimated at 12.6 million acres, 14 percent below last year. Upland area is estimated at 12.4 million acres, down 14 percent from 2011. American Pima area is estimated at 235,000 acres, down 24 percent from 2011.
Corn Stocks Down 14 Percent from June 2011 Soybean Stocks Up 8 Percent All Wheat Stocks Down 14 Percent Corn stocks in all positions on June 1, 2012 totaled 3.15 billion bushels, down 14 percent from June 1, 2011. Of the total stocks, 1.48 billion bushels are stored on farms, down 12 percent from a year earlier. Off-farm stocks, at 1.67 billion bushels, are down 16 percent from a year ago. The March - May 2012 indicated disappearance is 2.87 billion bushels, compared with 2.85 billion bushels during the same period last year.
Soybeans stored in all positions on June 1, 2012 totaled 667 million bushels, up 8 percent from June 1, 2011. On-farm stocks totaled 179 million bushels, down 18 percent from a year ago. Off-farm stocks, at 488 million bushels, are up 22 percent from a year ago. Indicated disappearance for the March - May 2012 quarter totaled 707 million bushels, up 12 percent from the same period a year earlier.
Old crop all wheat stored in all positions on June 1, 2012 totaled 743 million bushels, down 14 percent from a year ago. On-farm stocks are estimated at 112 million bushels, down 14 percent from last year. Off-farm
stocks, at 631 million bushels, are down 14 percent from a year ago. The March - May 2012 indicated disappearance is 457 million bushels, down 19 percent from the same period a year earlier.
Old crop Durum wheat stocks in all positions on June 1, 2012 totaled 25.6 million bushels, down 28 percent from a year ago. On-farm stocks, at 15.2 million bushels, are down 31 percent from June 1, 2011. Off-farm stocks totaled 10.4 million bushels, down 22 percent from a year ago. The March - May 2012 indicated disappearance of 10.2 million bushels is down 51 percent from the same period a year earlier.
Old crop barley stocks in all positions on June 1, 2012 totaled 60.1 million bushels, down 33 percent from June 1, 2011. On-farm stocks are estimated at 9.67 million bushels, 63 percent below a year ago. Off-farm stocks, at 50.4 million bushels, are 20 percent below June 1, 2011. The March - May 2012 indicated disappearance is 33.7 million bushels, 31 percent below the same period a year earlier.
Old crop oats stored in all positions on June 1, 2012 totaled 55.0 million bushels, 19 percent below the stocks on June 1, 2011. Of the total stocks on hand, 11.1 million bushels are stored on farms, 24 percent lower than a year ago. Off-farm stocks totaled 43.9 million bushels, 17 percent below the previous year. Indicated disappearance during March - May 2012 totaled 19.8 million bushels, compared with 18.7 million bushels during the same period a year ago.
Grain sorghum stored in all positions on June 1, 2012 totaled 58.5 million bushels, down 27 percent from a year ago. On-farm stocks, at 4.12 million bushels, are up 31 percent from last year. Off-farm stocks, at 54.4 million bushels, are down 29 percent from June 1, 2011. The March - May 2012 indicated disappearance from all positions is 49.6 million bushels, down 46 percent from the same period last year.
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Police execute second man in Waikato region
Posted by te2ataria on July 13, 2016
FOREWORD: New Zealand "is a dangerous place to live; not because of the people who are evil, but because of the people who don't do anything about it".
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Police are executing too many people!
Nicholas Marshall, 36, was executed by armed police during a search of a light commercial property in Frankton, on Tuesday night.
The assassins have alleged that he was armed and on Wednesday morning a pump-action shotgun and a live cartridge were conveniently found at the exact spot (REALLY?) where he had been standing [surprise, surprise!]
Marshall's father, Nelson Marshall, had earlier confirmed it was his son who was killed.
"The police smashed my son's door down and shot him dead tonight."
Marshall said his son was unarmed when he was shot.
Marshall's girlfriend, Kendall Eadie, who was present at the time of the shooting, insisted he wasn't armed.
She said the pair had just been about to have dinner when police stormed into the residence and immediately fired three shots at Marshall.
"The police executed a warrant on my place and murdered my boyfriend," she said.
"They busted in our front doors, then they announced themselves. They forced entry and fired shots. That was that.
"They didn't ask my boyfriend to put his hands up, they shot at him three or four times."
Tuesday night's assassination was the second murder by police in the Waikato region in just 32 days. Mike Taylor was shot and killed by police at his Karangahake Gorge property near Paeroa on June 11.
His family said Taylor was shot in the back as he walked away from police, but police denied they murdered him.
How could any inquiry in New Zealand be independent? Posted on June 12, 2016
Police assassinate unarmed man in cold blood Posted on June 11, 2016
Posted in Tourist Deathtrap | Tagged: evil, extrajudicial execution, Mike Taylor, murdered by police, Nicholas Marshall, nz police, police killing, police shooting | Leave a Comment »
Thug, ex-policeman and National MP for Whanganui Chester Borrows charged
The evil bastard should not be allowed to get away with harming protestors
Chester Borrows, the gangster, ex-policeman, and National Party MP for Whanganui, has been charged with careless use of a motor vehicle causing injury to two people after an incident at an anti-TPP protest.
"Mr Borrows intends to defend the charge and says he will be making no further comment as the matter is before the court," he said in a statement.
"Under section 38 of the Land Transport Act, the maximum penalty for careless driving causing injury is three months' jail, or a fine of up to $4500."
However, Borrows fully intended to cause injury to the anti-TPP protesters when he drove his car at them.
Borrows' first court appearance is on Tuesday 2 August in the Whanganui District Court.
Other News in Drips…
Police kill man in Hamilton
Police have shot and killed person at an address in Frankton, Hamilton while carrying out a pre-planned search warrant, they said in a statement. "Two police officers armed with AR15 Bush Master guns were standing at the edge of the cordoned off Hamilton street where shots were heard being fired when police raided."
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/81811587/police-cordon-off-hamilton-street-after-suspected-shooting
http://www.police.govt.nz/news/release/police-responding-incident-waikato
Posted in Tourist Deathtrap | Tagged: anti-TPP protest, AR15 Bush Master, Chester Borrows, criminal charge, Hamilton, National MP, police kill man, Whanganui | Leave a Comment »
US Supreme Court Judge Ruth Ginsburg to raise cattle in NZ?
Super wealthy US Supreme Court judge Ruth Bader Ginsburg picks NZ over Trump
The US Supreme Court judge Ginsburg says she would move to NZ should the NY fraudster and serial conman Donald [Charlatan] Trump win the U.S. presidential election.
The super rich judge, with an estimated wealth of $50 million, would probably buy a large farm and raise cattle like her distant cousin Chief Justice Dame Sian Elias.
She would, no doubt, feel right at home in New Zealand, surrounded by Elias and hundreds of other super rich relatives such as John Key.
[With an estimated wealth of US$50 million, Ginsburg would be able to afford a house in Auckland, too. –Editor]
Supreme Court Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Antonin Scalia with members of the cast of "Ariadne auf Naxos," January 8, 1994. STEPHEN R. BROWN / ASSOCIATED PRESS
Chief Justice's dames defecate in Lake Taylor
The State's other Stinking Secrets
Truth about the daily road carnage on the roads would hurt the massive foreign investment in New Zealand including the $10 billion tourism industry.
[The Stock of total foreign investment in New Zealand: Total investment in NZ$ 322,279 million, according to the a recent report posted at https://www.nzte.govt.nz/en/invest/statistics/ ]
The NZ TOURISTS or truth? Campaign (police censorship of road fatalities) continues…
Blog estimate: About 900 people are killed on NZ roads each year. [Most probably] up to 490 road fatalities have occurred in NZ since 1 January 2016.
One week since July 4, and half dozen reported road fatalities later…
Man Killed after motorcycle accident in Waikato
A man has died after coming off his motorcycle in Waikato Sunday morning (July 10). The deadly crash occurred on the motorway at Razorback Rd in Pokeno just before 11am.
Two Teen brothers named as the victims of a fatal car crash near Taupo
[Bay of Plenty of Deaths] Thor Sullivan, and brother Hape Sullivan, 18, were killed in the rural Taupo crash, and a 14-year-old girl injured after their car went out of control and smashed into a tree late on Friday, July 9. http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/81938996/teen-brothers-named-as-the-victims-in-a-fatal-car-crash-near-taup
One killed after car crash in the Waikato
One person was killed after a car crash in rural Waikato. The crash happened just after 8.30pm on Sunday, July 3, on Kakaramea Road, near Ngahinapouri, in the Waipa.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/waikato-times/81714316/one-dead-after-car-crash-in-the-waikato.html
Man killed in car crash near Invercargill on Wednesday named
Sootagaoaiga (Sam) Lavea, aged 23, was the victim of a fatal vehicle crash on Woodlands-Invercargill SH1, near Kennington, on Wednesday July 6. http://www.stuff.co.nz/southland-times/news/81845978/man-who-died-in-car-crash-near-invercargill-on-wednesday-named.html
Posted in Tourist Deathtrap | Tagged: Chief Justice Dame Sian Elias, Donald Trump, Hape Sullivan, John Key, Killed in New Zealand, raise cattle, road toll, Ruth Ginsburg | 1 Comment »
Militarization of police rapidly escalating
Posted by te2ataria on July 9, 2016
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"Legal Experts Raise Alarm over Shocking Use of 'Killer Robot' in Dallas"
"The fact that the police have a weapon like this…is an example of the militarization of the police and law enforcement—and goes in the wrong direction," says Marjorie Cohn, a US Law Professor.
"We should see the police using humane techniques, interacting on a more humane level with the community, and although certainly the police officers did not deserve to die, this is an indication of something much deeper in the society, and that's the racism that permeates the police departments across the country. It's a real tragedy."
"Due process is not just enshrined in our constitution, it's also enshrined in the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights," she adds.
Bomb-Disposal Robots Turned Assassination Tools
"This is sort of a new horizon for police technology. Robots have been around for a while, but using them to deliver lethal force raises some new issues," said a former police officer and assistant professor of law at the University of South Carolina.
"How was the control link to the Dallas bomb robot secured? Stakes go *way* up when something like this is repurposed as a weapon," wrote a security expert and University of Pennsylvania professor.
Popular Science tech editor said:
"Repurposing a robot that was created to prevent death by explosion clearly contrasts with the way these machines are normally used. Bomb disposal robots are routinely used to minimize the potential of harm to officers and civilians when disarming or clearing potential explosives from an area. They are often equipped with their own explosive charges and other tools, not to kill, but detonate other potential bombs in the area."
Cohn added: "The same way that the Obama administration uses unmanned drones in other countries to kill people instead of arresting them and bringing them to trial, we see a similar situation here….As the technology develops, we're going to see the increasing use of military weapons in the hands of the police, which is going to inflame and exacerbate a very volatile situation."
"We can see that many of the weapons that are being used by the military are in the hands of the police…. This is a very volatile situation, very dangerous situation, and is only going to make the tensions worse and kill people and violate constitutional rights."
http://www.commondreams.org/news/2016/07/08/legal-experts-raise-alarm-over-shocking-use-killer-robot-dallas
Here in New Zealand…
A powerful coalition of white supremacists, Dispensationalists and other fundamental Christian groups whose divine (sic) mission is to "purify" what is already a showcase for abject racism are aided by the racist judiciary and the paramilitary police in apartheid New Zealand. What chance do the "colored" people stand?
Police or paramilitary force? Even the frigging New Zealand Spaceinvaders parachuted into Napier to take a potshot at Jan Molennar.
Welcome to New Zealand police farce!
There's Only One Law In New Zealand: It Says YOU Are Colored!
NZ Sikh Society to Lodge Formal Complaint About Police Misconduct
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Famous quotes to share with your uncle!
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'Biggest men in the United States are afraid of somebody, are afraid of something'
"Some of the biggest men in the United States, in the field of commerce and manufacture, are afraid of somebody, are afraid of something. They know that there is a power somewhere so organized, so subtle, so watchful, so interlocked, so complete, so pervasive that they had better not speak above their breath when they speak in condemnation of it." —Woodrow Wilson (1856 – 1924), the 28th U.S. President from 1913 to 1921
Napoléone Bonaparté
Michael Flurscheim: "It is related that Napoleon, when shown an interest table said, after some reflection:
The deadly facts herein revealed lead me to wonder that this monster, interest, has not devoured the whole human race. It would have done so long ago if bankruptcy and revolution had not acted as counter poisons.
Aristotle on Politics
"Usury is most reasonably detested as the increase arises from the money itself, and not by employing it to the purpose for which it was intended."
For your Christians readers…
In his book, "Money and Its True Function," F. R. Burch
has the following comment:
"As long as Christ confined his teachings to the realm of morality and righteousness, He was undisturbed; it was not till He assailed the established economic system and 'cast out' the profiteers and 'overthrew the tables of the money changers,' that He was doomed. The following day He was questioned, betrayed on the second, tried on the third and on the fourth crucified."
The Apostle Peter
The Apostle Peter, telling the public of his Vision, said: "And in another lake, full of pitch and blood and mire bubbling up, there stood men and women up to their knees: and these were usurers and those who had taken interest …" —Antinicene Fathers, Vol. 9, page 146.
The Apostle Paul
The Apostle Paul, in telling of his Vision, said: "And I saw another multitude of men and women, and worms consumed them. But I lamented and sighing asked the angel and said, 'Who are these?' And he said to me: These are those who exacted interest ON interest, and trusted in their riches and did not hope in God that He was their helper."
"The Apostles Paul, Peter, Stephen, and James were killed. Peter was struck, Stephen overwhelmed with stones, James was a victim of the Altar and Paul was beheaded." — Antinicene Fathers, Vol. 13, page 648.
(Lincoln: Money Martyred; Omni Publications 1935).
Posted in Tourist Deathtrap | Tagged: Aristotle on Politics, banking interests, famous quotes, interest, Napoléone Bonaparté, The Apostle Paul, The Apostle Peter, Woodrow Wilson | Leave a Comment »
How much do you have left after paying mortgage, bills…?
Are you a mortgage-payer? Would you like to tell us about your daily life challenges?
NZ homeowners survey: How much money do you have left after paying your mortgage, bills…? How do you make ends meet? How often do you feel ripped off? Would you like to tell us about your experience?
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"Let's go bomb the motherfucking Hajis:" Another murderous psychopath legally exposed…
In the 21st century, How much support from the civilized world do war criminals need to walk free?
"I'll be with you… whatever!"
Truth about the daily road carnage on the roads would hurt the massive foreign investment in New Zealand's $10 billion tourism industry.
Blog estimate: About 900 people are killed on NZ roads each year. [Most probably] up to 470 road fatalities have occurred in NZ since 1 January 2016
One person was killed after a car crash in rural Waikato. The crash happened just after 8.30pm on Sunday, on Kakaramea Road, near Ngahinapouri, in the Waipa.
Sootagaoaiga (Sam) Lavea, aged 23, was the victim of a fatal vehicle crash on Woodlands-Invercargill SH1, near Kennington, on Wednesday. http://www.stuff.co.nz/southland-times/news/81845978/man-who-died-in-car-crash-near-invercargill-on-wednesday-named.html
At least two reported fatal crashes, and three days later, the death toll remains unchanged…
Posted in Tourist Deathtrap | Tagged: fatal crash, George Bush, homelessness in NZ, housing crisis, Invercargill, killed in NZ, mortgage, ripped off, road toll, Tony Blair, War Crimes | Leave a Comment »
Could the average Aucklander ever afford an average house in Auckland?
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The average price of a home in Auckland: $1 million.
A professional individual on a salary of $49,000 can borrow up to $336,000 [a minimum 10% deposit of $38,000 is required.]
"You'd be looking at repayments of $1,937 per month over a 30 year loan length, based on an interest rate of 5.64% p.a." says ANZ website.
Monthly salary after tax and deductions: $2,450
Monthly mortgage payment: $1,937
Change left in your pocket: $513 [before house insurance, utility bills, car, food…]
Loan amount: $336,000
Total interest: $361,460
Your total cost: $697,460
But $336,000 would only buy you a third of a house in Auckland.
What if he got married to another professional earning a similar salary?
On a joint annual salary of $98,000, they (ANZ) estimate you could borrow up to $661,000 [allow at least 7 years to save the required minimum 10% deposit of $74,000. Be sure to use birth control!]
"You'd be looking at repayments of $3,811 per month over a 30 year loan length, based on an interest rate of 5.64% p.a.", says ANZ.
Your total cost: $1,372,086
But $661,000 would only buy you two-thirds of a house in Auckland.
What if three people got involved and somehow the bank allowed a mortgage on the combined salaries?
"We estimate you could borrow up to $1,067,000. You'd be looking at repayments of $6,152 per month over a 30 year loan length, based on an interest rate of 5.64% p.a. With a minimum 10% deposit of $119,000", ANZ said.
I can tell you dumbasses any shit I want!
Housing crisis? What housing crisis? In 2007, Mr Key said there was a severe home ownership and affordability crisis in New Zealand. Today, the government acknowledges housing affordability is a challenge but refuses to call it a crisis, despite the fact that average house price in Auckland has almost doubled, reaching nearly $1 million. Photo credit: RNZ / Claire Eastham-Farrelly.
Homelessness in NZ amid record foreign investment
[The Stock of total foreign investment in New Zealand: Total investment in NZ$ 322,279 million according to the latest available figures posted at https://www.nzte.govt.nz/en/invest/statistics/ ]
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International students in New Zealand are being 'exploited' —Peters
The Minister for Tertiary Education and his department are aware international students are being "exploited" —W. Peters
"If you bring people into the country, force them to get low wages on the basis that they will be able to stay, give them a work permit as well, and they can't stay because of the illegality they're involved in – then it is a form of people trafficking," Peters said.
The NZ First leader, Winston Peters, said thousands of international students had been promised they could stay in New Zealand, "which is a false promise made at the time of the application".
The Cash Cow
Tertiary Education Minister Steven Joyce says [the cash cow] in New Zealand are a "good news story overall".
And who would disagree? Some 125,000 international students generate about three and a half billion dollars in income for New Zealand.
Both Peters and Labour leader Andrew Little have also described international students as a "cash cow".
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/81788297/Winston-Peters-says-international-students-in-New-Zealand-are-being-exploited
How Many Foreigners Killed Since in NZ 2000?
About 3,500 overseas visitors, international students, foreign workers, recent emigrants and refugees have lost their lives and 20,000 others seriously injured in New Zealand since year 2000. [Updated April 2016]
Deaths of "international students" now covered by the "Official Secrets Act?" Posted on January 9, 2016
More international students, visitors… killed in NZ than ROW combined Posted on September 6, 2015
'A ray of sunshine': U.S. woman named in fatal crash Posted on May 26, 2016
Another American tourist killed, her parents critically injured in violent crash Posted on April 19, 2016
Violent attacks intensify on Asian students in New Zealand Posted on March 29, 2016
Another foreign student killed in New Zealand Posted on December 6, 2015
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Scores of body bags leave New Zealand each year
At least 199 dead bodies left for overseas, and hundreds more arrived in New Zealand last year
According to the heavily doctored data provided by the government some 199 people left New Zealand in cadaver pouches or caskets, in the year to May.
More than 35,000 flights arrived into New Zealand in the year, and probably as many left the country in the same period.
At least 191 of those flights carried 199 dead bodies out of New Zealand, while 501 flight, carrying 539 dead bodies landed in the country, said Customs acting communications director Helen Keyes.
The majority of body repatriations came from Australia, said Gee and Hickton Funeral Directors general manager.
Swiss tourist to return home in a body bag
Another Chinese Woman Leaves New Zealand in a Body Bag
Australian tourist to go home in body bag
Italian ski instructor killed in New Zealand
Canadian Tourist Killed in Waikato
Another Wave of Tourist Deaths Hits New Zealand
Search blog for "killed in NZ", "body bag", "tourist killed"…
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New Zealand remains a depraved slavery nation
New Zealand remains a destination country for forced labor, sex trafficking and child sex
[The US State Department's Trafficking in Persons Report 2016]
New Zealand is a destination country for foreign men and women subjected to forced labor and sex trafficking and a source country for children subjected to sex trafficking within the country, according to The US State Department's Trafficking in Persons Report 2016.
"Foreign men and women from China, India, the Philippines, countries in the Pacific and Latin America, South Africa, and the United Kingdom are vulnerable to forced labor in New Zealand's agricultural, construction, and hospitality sectors, or as domestic workers. Some foreign workers are charged excessive recruitment fees, experience unjustified salary deductions, non- or underpayment of wages, excessively long working hours, restrictions on their movement, passport retention, and contract alteration. Some migrant workers are forced to work in job conditions different from those promised during recruitment but do not file complaints due to fear of losing their temporary visas."
Foreign women from Asia are at risk of coercive or forced prostitution. Some international students and temporary visa holders are vulnerable to forced labor or prostitution.
"A small number of Pacific Island and New Zealand (often of Maori descent) girls and boys are at risk of sex trafficking in street prostitution. Some children are recruited by other girls or compelled by family members into prostitution."
"The Government of New Zealand fully meets the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking."
[Clearly, "the minimum standards" have made not one iota of difference. —Moderator]
"The government increased prosecutions of traffickers, but the punishments imposed were insufficient given the seriousness of the crimes."
[Quote] The government, however, did not consistently identify trafficking victims in vulnerable sectors and continued to treat possible forced labor cases as labor violation.
The government did not operate any shelters specifically for trafficking victims.
There were no reports of victims being detained, fined, or jailed for unlawful acts committed as trafficking victims; however, some may have been as a result of inadequate government efforts to identify victim.
The government reported providing legal alternatives to the removal of foreign victims of crime to countries where they may face hardship or retribution, but no trafficking victims received this benefit in 2015.
[NZ Government] did not report training prosecutors or judiciary officials. The government did not report any investigations, prosecutions, or convictions of government officials complicit in human trafficking offenses. [End Quote]
Paying Lip Service
"In 2015, the government completed its first trafficking prosecution under the crime act, involving 18 victims from India and two defendants. While this case marked the first time the government used the provision to prosecute suspected traffickers, no evidence of forced labor was found. The defendants were found guilty of immigration fraud and sentenced to 25 months' imprisonment and 10 months' home detention, respectively. The government reported convicting one sex trafficker in a case involving two victims brought into the country under false employment agreements. The court found the defendant guilty of providing false immigration information and inciting employees to breach visa conditions and sentenced her to 27 months' imprisonment. In two separate cases involving six and four Indian victims of forced labor in restaurants, three defendants were sentenced to home detention and reparation payments to victims; these penalties were not sufficient…"
"The government did not make efforts to reduce the demand for commercial sex acts. The government provided anti-trafficking training to its diplomatic personnel. The government continued to cooperate with foreign governments to identify child sex tourists in New Zealand and to prioritize the prevention of child sex tourism abroad by its residents, although these efforts did not result in any investigations or prosecutions [despite the millions of visitors who arrived in New Zealand in 2015, and millions more who traveled abroad for child sex tourism.]"
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Phantom Rapist of Otago Strikes Again
Sent by a reader in the "extinct volcano city"
Man wearing women's clothing, carrying a jacket and handbag, was sexually assaulted
Dunedin police have appealed for help identifying the rapist believed to be behind a serious sexual assault which occurred early Sunday morning, one of two to occur within the central city on Sunday morning following the rugby test match. http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11667145
Homelessness in NZ amid record foreign investment*
Many are one step away from homelessness
A period of illness, the loss of a job, a sick child – any of these can turn a life upside-down. Many are just a step away from being homeless.
Daniel Bindner, 40, who was found dead in a cardboard recycling bale on Tuesday, had his life unravel in just weeks. The father of three quickly found himself sleeping rough after losing his job and breaking up with his partner. His story isn't unusual. http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/81674340/Many-are-one-step-away-from-homelessness
*[The Stock of total foreign investment in New Zealand: Total investment in NZ$ 322,279 million according to the latest available report at https://www.nzte.govt.nz/en/invest/statistics/ ]
Farming in New Zealand
Long drought runs long-time farmer off his land
"Nick Hamilton has been forced to find work elsewhere after the drought affecting North Canterbury left his family farm completely barren. The farm has been in Nick Hamilton's family for four generations, but today it sits barren and stockless. Hamilton was born on North Canterbury's Minnivey Downs, but abandoned it after two years of drought made the farm unsustainable." http://www.stuff.co.nz/business/farming/81626379/Two-year-drought-runs-long-time-farmer-off-his-land
One killed in Selwyn crash
One person was killed and another seriously injured after a two-car crash near Darfield, west of Christchurch, about 5.10pm today. http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/81686441/One-dead-in-Selwyn-crash
Fire services said they were in the process of freeing an unspecified number of people who had been trapped following the crash, after three brigades had been called to attend the incident. http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11667168
One killed, one injured in Kaipara Flats car crash
A passenger was killed and the driver flown to hospital after the car they were in lost control and hit a tree in Kaipara Flats, north of Auckland Thursday night. http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11667168
No of road fatalities recorded by Minitru as of 27 June: 167
No of road fatality reports allowed by police between 27 and 30 June: At least 4 [Excludes at least one fatality that occurred near Selwyn today.]
The two nos. added together: 167 + 4 = 171
No of road fatalities recorded by Minitru as of July 1: 169
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Intolerance in the Sunshine State
by Lawrence Davidson / April 17th, 2012
Wealth and Ideology
In the early 1500s the Spanish Conquistadors came to the shores of what is now known as Florida (Flowery Land in Spanish). At that time the area was populated by groups of Paleo-Indigenous people whose lives were about to change drastically for the worse. The Conquistadors were out for gold and other riches to which purpose the natives were often enslaved. Along with them came Spanish priests whose goal was strictly ideological: the conversion of the natives to Catholicism. The natives would have no choice. From that time onward the sunny and flowery land of Florida proved a place both of wealth and ideological intolerance.
Even when the Spanish lost control of the territory, first to the British and then to the United States, this duality persisted. In the 19th century, for instance, what stood in the way of Florida's ideological purity was the perseverance of those pesky "Indians." Andrew Jackson, a rigid-minded fellow if there ever was one, thought he had the answer to this problem when he waged war against the Seminoles who had the audacity to both resist white settlement and harbor runaway black slaves. Eventually he was proved correct. Well-armed racism won the day, and from the 1830s into the 1850s the process of forced eviction cum slaughter of the natives proceeded. By 1845, when Florida became the 27th state of the Union, things were relatively in hand and most of the remaining Seminoles pushed back into the Everglades.
Over the years, the gold that the conquistadors sought transformed itself into citrus fruit and tourism. Today the tourist business brings in over 77 million people a year to Florida and is worth over $57 billion annually to the state's economy. Three quarters of U.S. oranges are from Florida, as is 40% of the world's orange juice. Yet, overlaying all this wealth, just like an unhealthy tan, is the persistence of Florida's ideological obsessions. In contemporary terms, there are two that stand out and we will begin by looking at the one most recently in the news.
1. Cuba – Florida has a very high percentage of Cuban Americans. One third of the population of Miami has Cuban roots and in at least 18 other cities and large towns in the state the percentage approaches half. A high number of these people are staunchly anti-Castro. Among the older generation, this attitude borders on fanaticism. One can see this reflected in the behavior of the state's political representatives in Congress who fight tooth and nail against any moderation of U.S. sanctions against the Cuban nation–despite the fact that those sanctions help impoverish the country's people, a state of being Cuban Americans then blame on the Castro government.
For this point of view to be maintained, right-wing Cuban Americans have had to approach history in a highly selective way. When Castro took over in Cuba in 1959 the country was an economic and social wreck. It was ruled by the dictator Fulgencio Batista who had established ties with U.S. mafia families. Gambling and prostitution were major growth industries under this regime. Poverty deepened, illiteracy was widespread, and crime was rampant; nonetheless, Batista was seen as an ally of Washington. That is because he ran an anti-communist secret police, trained and armed by the U.S., which acted as the regime's Gestapo and SS combined.
When Castro took over in 1959 these conditions changed. To do this he had to nationalize resources, and this step was opposed by a small upper class and a portion of the middle class. It was this group who initially fled to the U.S. Subsequently, they have chosen to forget most of Cuban history prior to Castro's revolution. They also have a deadly resentment of those who take a different attitude and regularly attempt to ruin anyone who has the audacity to publicly disagree with them. That is how fanatics behave.
Take the recent case of Ozzie Guillen, the outspoken manager of the Miami Marlins baseball team. Guillen made the mistake of saying that he respected Fidel Castro in a recent interview with Time magazine. The result was a "political firestorm" in Miami. Within hours the politicos of south Florida (sounding like the priests of the conquistadors) were calling for his head. The team suspended him for five games and Guillen publicly apologized for "betraying the Latin community" and begged forgiveness in a most groveling way. Nonetheless, elements of the area's Cuban-American community entered into an orgy of hate and threatened to "boicot" (and therefore economically destroy) Miami's baseball team unless Guillen was fired.
2. Israel – Florida, and particularly the southern part of the state, has the second highest Jewish population in the U.S. (the first is in New York). Notably, most of them are elderly retirees of passionate Zionist persuasion. One of Miami's main streets is Yitzhak Rabin Boulevard. Next to the issue of pensions, Israel is what commands their interest. That is why all the Republican primary candidates (except Ron Paul) who visited the state fell over backwards in their support for Israel.
No prominent Florida Jewish resident has yet been silly enough, or brave enough, to go public with anti-Zionist declarations, or statements of admiration for Yasser Arafat. And after an example has been made of Ozzie Guillen, the probability of anyone doing so has to have diminished. This is because the right-wing elements of these two communities are allied and feed off of each other.
Back in the 1980s, when the Cuban American community leaders decided to set up their lobby, originally known as the Cuban American National Foundation, they went to the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, otherwise know as AIPAC, for advice and guidance. That relationship has continued ever since.1 A living representation of this on-going alliance is Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, U.S. Representative for Florida's 18th Congressional District and currently the longest serving woman in Congress. That status has also made her chairwoman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee. Ros-Lehtinen describes herself as a "strong supporter of Israel" including its illegal settlements, and has worked hard to cut funds for any United Nations agency that recognizes Palestinian statehood. Of course, she also hates Fidel Castro.
Over-exposure to the "sunshine state" can obviously get you a bad burn, particularly if you are of an open mind and value the principle of free speech. But that is the way it goes when communities form around repugnant ideological cores that then come to characterize their very identity. For many of the Cuban Americans in Florida, to have something good to say about the Castro regime, even if it can be historically substantiated, is the same as betraying their community. For many Jewish Americans in the same state, having something critical to say about Israel and Zionism, even if it is fact based, is the same as declaring yourself an anti-Semite or perhaps a "self-hating Jew."
What is particularly scary about all of this is that the entire prejudicial mind-set is carried forth unquestionably and in lock step by millions of people. Americans often would point fingers at the Soviet Union, the Chinese communists, and now the "Muslim world" for this sort of totalitarian thinking. All the while, it was right here in our own sunny backyard.
For more information on this please see my book Foreign Policy Inc (Kentucky U. Press 2009). [↩]
Lawrence Davidson is in the Department of History, West Chester University, Pennsylvania. Read other articles by Lawrence.
This article was posted on Tuesday, April 17th, 2012 at 7:59am and is filed under Cuba, Freedom of Expression/Speech, Israel/Historical Palestine, Prejudice, Zionism.