On October 24, 2016, the Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) and British Columbia Securities Commission (BCSC) released joint reasons for their decision, In the Matter of Hecla Mining Company and Dolly Varden Silver Corporation (available here), denying an application by Hecla Mining Company (NYSE: HL) ("Hecla") to cease trade a private placement by Dolly Varden Silver Corp. (TSX.V: DV) ("Dolly Varden") that had the effect of thwarting an unsolicited take-over bid by Hecla for Dolly Varden. The background and facts of the case are described in our July 26, 2016 Update, OSC and BCSC Permit Dolly Varden Private Placement Impeding Hecla Mining Take-Over Bid (available here).
Market participants have eagerly awaited the decision as it represents the first opportunity for securities regulators to apply National Policy 62-202 – Take-Over Bids – Defensive Tactics ("NP 62-202") to an alleged defensive tactic – and in particular, a private placement – since the recent amendments to Canada's take-over bid regime took effect in May 2016. The reasons establish a new framework for evaluating when securities regulators will intervene in a private placement implemented during an unsolicited take-over bid, and highlight a number of challenges that securities regulators face in regulating private placements as defensive tactics. However, the relatively unique facts of Dolly Varden leave open a number of important questions regarding the circumstances in which issuers can proceed with private placements in anticipation of, or in response to, an unsolicited take-over bid.
On May 9, 2016, the rules applicable to take-over bids in Canada were amended to, among other things, require all non-exempt bids to (a) remain open for a minimum bid period of 105 days (unless the target board reduces that period to a minimum of 35 days), and (b) receive tenders of more than 50% of the shares subject to the bid (excluding shares owned by the bidder). These amendments effectively render the primary tool historically used by target boards – the shareholder rights plan or "poison pill" – irrelevant as a tactical response to a hostile bid (because, unlike in the U.S., rights plans in Canada generally can only be used to delay – not prevent – a take-over bid that is made to all shareholders). At the same time, private placements can be used by boards to potentially frustrate hostile bids under the new regime by making it more difficult for bidders to satisfy the mandatory minimum tender condition. As a result, there has been an increased focus on the potential use of private placements as part of target boards' responses to hostile bids. These developments, and the principal legal and practical issues raised by the use of private placements in the new bid regime, are discussed in detail in our May 9, 2016 article, The Role of Private Placements in Canada's New Take-Over Bid Regime (available here).
whether the private placement has been planned or modified in response to, or in anticipation of, a bid.
whether the target's board appropriately considered and balanced the benefits of the private placement and its impact on the bid.
Based on the "relatively straightforward" facts in Dolly Varden, the Commissions determined that the private placement in question was instituted for the non-defensive business purposes of addressing an immediate need for financing and implementing the Dolly Varden board's business strategy of continuing its exploration program. In doing so, the Commissions focused significantly on the fact that Dolly Varden was already contemplating an equity financing considerably in advance of Hecla's announcement of its bid (notwithstanding that certain key details – including the size of the private placement – were apparently not determined until after Hecla's announcement) and that the size of the private placement was appropriate given Dolly Varden's financing needs and business objectives.
1. Private placements can be an effective tactical tool in appropriate circumstances. The Hecla bid was withdrawn within hours of the release of the Commissions' order denying Hecla's application to cease trade Dolly Varden's private placement. This case provides a clear illustration of the potential tactical effectiveness of private placements that survive regulatory scrutiny under the new bid regime.
2. The importance of establishing a proper record. The Commissions engaged in an extensive examination of the evidence – including minutes of Dolly Varden board meetings – in concluding that Dolly Varden's private placement was not a defensive tactic. Had this evidence not been available, the Commissions would likely have been required to engage in the more difficult analysis of balancing the alleged benefits of the private placement against its impact on Dolly Varden's shareholders' ability to tender to Hecla's bid. A clear and consistent record is likely to assist targets both in establishing whether the transaction is a defensive tactic and, if so, in persuading regulators that deference to the board's business judgment is warranted.
3. Deference to business judgment. Unlike the approach that regulators have taken with respect to rights plans, the business judgment of a target's board will play a much more prominent role in the review of private placements, both in the context of determining whether the private placement was undertaken for a defensive purpose and the balancing exercise of determining whether to intervene. In particular, the Commissions' willingness to consider longer term business objectives (such as Dolly Varden's exploration aspirations) beyond immediate liquidity needs is somewhat of a departure from prior decisions evaluating tactical private placements. These developments further underscore the importance of establishing a robust process for, and appropriate record of, directors' decision-making and strategy.
issues regarding forum and deference if a stock exchange has already approved a private placement (in this case the TSX Venture Exchange deferred its decision regarding the private placement pending the regulatory review).
5. Proxy Contests. The Commissions did not comment on the potential tactical use of private placements in other contexts, such as proxy contests or voting transactions. We expect both targets and activists to make similar arguments to those advanced by Dolly Varden and Hecla if and when those issues come before securities regulators, and that the guidance under the new bid regime will at least influence regulators' approach to addressing those situations.
Ultimately, we do not believe private placements will be an appropriate response to all bids, or that the Commissions' reasons in Dolly Varden establish a "just say no" defence in Canada. However, the new framework established by the Commissions in Dolly Varden does provide an opportunity for target boards to use private placements as a response to a bid (or potential bid) if it can be demonstrated that the benefits of the private placement outweigh any adverse impact on the ability of shareholders to tender to the bid.
Somewhat overshadowed by the defensive tactic analysis was Dolly Varden's application to cease trade Hecla's bid on the basis that, among other things, Hecla failed to obtain a formal valuation of the Dolly Varden shares as required by MI 61-101 – Protection of Minority Security Holders in Special Transactions ("MI 61-101"). Given that Dolly Varden's current Interim Chief Executive Officer had been a consultant of Hecla until January 2016, Dolly Varden disputed Hecla's position that it was exempt from the formal valuation requirement on the basis that it had no board or management representation within the previous 12 months and no knowledge of any inside information. The OSC determined that Hecla had not discharged its burden of establishing that the exemption was available, and accordingly cease-traded the Hecla bid until Hecla provided the formal valuation, and required that the bid, if it proceeded, not expire until at least 35 days after the valuation had been provided. Interestingly, the BCSC, which considered this issue under its general public interest jurisdiction (given that MI 61-101 has not been adopted in British Columbia), neglected to intervene on the basis that failure to provide the valuation did not amount to an abuse of shareholders or the capital markets. The juxtaposition of these rulings reinforces the notion that regulators will intervene where material breaches of statutory requirements occur, without the need to further establish that such intervention is required in the public interest.
Please contact any member of our Corporate Securities Group to discuss the implications of this decision and for more information about the potential use of private placements in the context of hostile take-over bids.


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Obama's MSM Makeover
This Time Magazine cover is from November 2008, shortly after Obama was elected into office:
And this one is the new Time cover for February 2011:
I'm wondering what the nuances of this media makeover are. Obama's base despises Reagan. One of the local 'old media' writers here even went so far as to write a book belittling Conservatives for 'distorting the Reagan legacy.' (I'm assuming he's representative of most of the MSM as he's an unabashed Obamatron and a 'journalist' for a large, urban paper all rolled into one...and they complain that Fox News is biased!)
So is this the MSM admitting that the majority of the country admires Ronald Reagan and his legacy?
USA Today says Obama is moving to the middle. HuffPo claims he's moving to the middle...but no Conservative think tanks are buying it as far as I can tell. Is this a concerted shift in the media to help Obama kick off his 2012 bid...or, is this the MSM actually highlighting that Obama is going to TRY and feign a Clintonian move to the center to hornswoggle Americans into voting him into a second term?
And that being said, Red State has a post on a subject near and dear to my heart, We Need A Conservative Not Mitt Romney. No Romney in 2012. It's my greatest fear. It's the way the GOP operates. Always nominating the last election's cast off. Romney is NOT the way to ensure a one term Obama.
JFK & Me?
You Are Most Like John F. Kennedy
You live a fairy tale life that most people envy.
And while you may have a few dark secrets, few people know them.
What Modern US President Are You Most Like?
So this might be the most ridiculous quiz thus far... Other than wanting to sleep with Marilyn, I'm quite sure Jack and I had nothing in common ;)
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Sorry Egypt, Sympathy Fatigue
I can't seem to muster up any feelings for what's going on in Egypt --and my only real thought during the 24/7 coverage has been, 'Thank God that I was born here...thank GOD I live in a country where the thought of parading through the streets with a dead body is unheard of even in the worst and poorest parts of the country!'
This is an email from a friendly lefty that used to come around these parts of the blog'o'sphere...RBP. He said I could post his email since I am obviously experiencing sympathy fatigue...
"Hey Blondie,
I think our country has to support the people on the street first and foremost. From the cold war and on to the war on terror our country has to often supported dictators who did our bidding. But we should walk the walk as well as talk the talk on this one. We can't be afraid that every country is going to love us or not. The populations of those countries need to decide for themselves what is right for their country. Is this not the Bush doctrine of "spreading democracy?" I don't want a fundamentalist regime to take over in Cairo. But I don't think, at least for the time being that is what is happening now on the street. What do you think? To me and from what I've read and seen, this seems to be a populist uprising directed specifically at Mubarak. Now what comes after him? I don't know. But I'm hopeful at least for now. Are you?
Do I have to care?
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Toning Down the Rhetoric
"[The Republican successes in the 2010 elections] happened for the same reason the Civil War happened in the United States. It happened because the Southern states, the slaveholding states, didn't want to see a president who was opposed to slavery.
"In this case, I believe, a lot of people in the United States don't want to be governed by an African-American, particularly one who is liberal, who wants to spend money and who wants to reach out to include everyone in our society…." ~Rep. Jim Moran D-VA (SOURCE)
Even worse than believing this and saying it, is saying it to an Arab-language station. What this guy and other's of his ilk don't comprehend is belittling the 2010 elections and the Tea Party movement either means you really don't get that people are concerned about our country (not the color of the man leading it) or you do indeed get it and would jeopardize the country by diminishing it to keep your party in office... Either option is disheartening and yes, I'll say it...un-Patriotic.
And we won't even get into Meghan McCain...the poor man's Whitney Thompson.
Personally, I don't care about the tone of the rhetoric. I've said for years that I think all is fair in patriotism and politics...BUT, if you're the party out there preaching Hug O War --don't turn around and spew crap like this. You hypocrites.
So, if you're bored this weekend and feel like messin' with the worst of them... The liars, the dis-information spreaders, the misinformed...You can find a lot of them here.
Muslim Backlash
...or should I say backlash against Muslims in Germany. A new book released that claims Muslims have weighted down the welfare rolls and dumbed down the schools has been giving frustrated Germans a reason to let out pent up anger.
"...A bitter debate continues to dominate German talk shows over whether the nation's 4.2 million Muslims are dragging the nation down, a charge made by a work published last year that argues the nation's growing minority is bleeding the welfare budget and lowering the intelligence of German society.
"Germany is Doing Away With Itself," written by Thilo Sarrazin, a former member of the German Central Bank, has already sold more than a million copies. And while the book has been repudiated by the government of Chancellor Angela Merkel, there's no question it has hit a very raw nerve in German society.
"When I go on talk shows and we discuss the book, callers say 'I'm not a Neo-Nazi, or a Nazi, but this book has finally allowed me to tell you that the Muslims in this country are here to get welfare and they don't want to accept our values,' " Wolfgang Benz, the former head of the center for anti-Semitic research at the Technical University in Berlin, told FoxNews.com. "The scholarship is awful in this book, but the guy at my gas station, who didn't read it, thinks it's great, and so do many others who find out what it says about the Muslims. Their pent-up feelings come out."
Germans are now openly discussing the failure to integrate Muslims, a problem that has been largely ignored for decades..." (Read the whole story)
We have talked here in the past about Germany's permissive ways giving way to many of the 9/11 hijackers. And as much as we understand that after the Holocaust they are weary about singling out any group for anything...maybe they could look at shutting down Islamofascism as small way to start repaying the Jews and the world for WWII...
I fear this is our fate also. This country has gone so far out of it's way to be tolerant that we have bred the likes of Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan. And there will be more.
I don't know how you shut down the fanatics without the moderates being caught in the sweep...Which is why most Conservatives say it is up to those 'moderate Muslims' to be the ones to turn in their brethren instead of making excuses for them...
(it's Hillary btw...)
An Inconvenient Foot of Snow
Those are not reeds blocking the view of my snow covered back yard...that is snow still pelting down at a record pace. Earlier today they said 5-10 inches, but we're easily at a foot already with no slowing in sight.
I am calling on Al Gore to be at my house to help shovel in the morning. It's the least he can do right now...
(This morning's total: 15.1 inches)
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Confessions of a Backslidden Blogger
So, I feel I must admit, I didn't watch the State of the Union for the first time in over 12 years...
I know the state of the union. I just couldn't stomach hearing how we need to be more civil and work together more. I couldn't sit there and watch the facade of a political move to the middle to garner 2012 votes.
And, the Flyers were in the midst of schooling the Habs. I know I'm a political blogger...but I have three boys. Imagine turning off a game against bitter rivals for political blathering... They would have missed a 5-2 win and a P.K. Suban spanking. Then what kind of mom would I be?
When I look through the SOTU news, I keep finding articles such as this:
"Democrats and Republicans sat together. Applause breaks were shorter and more subdued. Booing and heckling were nonexistent. And the president took pains to appeal to both sides." (SOURCE)
I'm wondering if it came across as this cozy to everyone that isn't employed by the Associated Press...
But, much more provocative to me than the SOTU was the Oprah announcement. I know everyone is bellyaching about how she's once again exploiting for her own gain...but Oprah isn't really the story here. It's the half-sister. Many adopted kids have fantasies that one of the biologial parents that gave them up was someone famous (even Marilyn Monroe believed that Clark Gable was her father). And here's this women that languished in foster homes for the first years of her life, became a teen mom and then struggled for years to support two children on her own working two and three jobs...and one day she realizes that Oprah Winfrey is her half sister. I'm no Oprah fan by any means...but this is a cool story...
Other than that, thank the Lord for Global Warming! It's been like 9° here and snowing every other day...I guess without GW it would be -10°...
The Fairness Doctrine Begins?
Glenn Beck's show has been cancelled here in Philly (WPHT) as of January 17th. It has also been cancelled in New York (WOR NY) as of the 14th. Sean Hannity has also been taken off the air here in the 8th largest radio market in the country.
The radio station (The Big Talker 1210 am) is owned by CBS and claim they are "making the lineup more local." This is a total crock as one of the Beck replacements is from Kansas ( Chris Stigall ?). How is that LOCAL? They have also given Obama-endorser Michael Smerconsih Sean's spot with Rush's lead in.
WOR NY cites "ratings" as a reason for the show's cancellation. But, according to Arbitron, Glenn is the third most listened to talk radio show in the country.
So if wanting LOCAL talent is a lie and low RATINGS is a lie...what's the REAL REASON?
Now, I understand that Glenn is pissed. He basically started The Glenn Beck Program here on 1210 am. It was this city that gave him the audience that opened up the other doors (CNN and eventually FNC), so reading about his rant on Philly the other day did annoy me--though I hope it was just venting. Then to see on his website:
"Stay in Touch: Don't despair New York, there are plenty of ways to get your Glenn Beck fix..."
New York? What about Philly Glenn? Don't take it out on us. We were your first big Conservative talk audience. The folks that cancelled you probably don't even LIVE HERE --they're probably CBS execs living in NYC... There are pages and pages of comments on every article about this here from Conservatives and Beck listeners vowing to banish WPHT from their radio pre-sets.
Anyway, despite his slight lapse in judgment while talking smack about Philly, he is offering the radio show streamed live until new stations can be procured.
I am curious if there are other stations around the country that have yanked Sean and/or Glenn. I have a bad feeling this is a trend that we'll be seeing. That the Arizona shootings will be used an excuse to justify blatant censorship of Conservative ideals... that the Fairness Doctrine will indeed come to fruition through actions if not formally through legislation...
Celebrated Signage...
Have you seen the heralded placard that is making it's rounds amongst the Lefties on Facebook? I have posted many of the "best" Tea Party signs here and they have been damn funny... I have always admitted when something/someone on the other side of the aisle makes me laugh (like the Obama/Hillary 'Bros before Hos' shirts) --but this? This is getting the fanfare?
Though, I indeed may be biased -as people invoking Jesus that don't even believe in him has always irked me. And I guess they shouldn't let the fact that the Bible is the most war-laiden book out there ruin their little anti-tea party fest... Funny, it was making the rounds of my lefty friends yesterday and I kept thinkinng...they might as well have posted a sign that said, "Obviously, I've never read the Bible and have no idea what Jesus taught!"
If THIS lame sign is the BEST they have to offer --we TOTALLY win the funny/witty war! ;)
No Wrongdoing by the Children? What About Their Parents?
"A teacher at a California primary school has been suspended amid shocking claims that children engaged in oral sex and took off their clothes in class.
Pupils aged just seven or eight are believed to engaged in the acts at Markham Elementary School in Oakland last week. The male second-grade teacher, whose name has not been released, told investigators he did not see any of the alleged incidents.
Mr Flint stressed that none of the pupils was accused of wrongdoing.
'It's an incident of kids expressing their natural curiosity that went too far because an adult didn't step in,' he said." (SOURCE)
Really? No wrongdoing? Natural curiosity at SEVEN? I didn't even know a penis was called a 'penis' until THIRD grade (before a girlfriend told me in the school bathroom, it was just 'the snake.') I didn't know what oral sex was until middle school (maybe high school).
Oral sex in the classroom in SECOND GRADE? I'm thinking the parents should be subject to serious psychiatric interviews and possibly criminal questioning. When I first heard this, innocent curiosity was the furthest thing from my mind. I was thinking, 'well, now they know that these kids have been/are being sexually abused. Am I alone in being shocked at how this is all being put on the teacher? Not absolving him by any means...but he didn't raise these kids... Oral sex at 7?! Ugh, makes me sick to my stomach...
I'm Not Down With Censorship, BUT...
Have you seen MTV's newest series, Skins? Everyone keeps talking about the sex in it...
"To give you an idea of what we're talking about here, a character named Chris (Jesse Carere) wakes up with an erection clearly visible through his briefs, goes to urinate and sprays himself in the face. He ends up urinating in the bathtub, wrapped in a shower curtain. We see a label for something called "Erectagra" and his erection becomes a running gag for much of the episode...." (SOURCE)
There are charges of 'child porn'...which might seem a bit overboard. But then you Google Skins and Drugs. Geez.
...but that wasn't what shocked me most. The absolute glorification of drugs floored me. (And yes, this is why I keep up with pop culture...so I know what my kids are watching...)
With addiction galloping through The Man's family, drug use and experimentation is on my mind a lot as my two oldest are soon to be teens. Since they were small I have told them true-life stories of what happens when boy meets beer. I have made them watch A&E's Intervention with me for years.
I love Intervention. It shows the ugly truth of drug use. The disgusting teeth. The embarrassing/illegal acts. The horrid complexion. The absence of hygiene. The violence. The absence of loyalty.
Normally, I am the one saying 'even if we don't like this, it has the right to be on.' But this time...ugh. This show could serve to undo so much that parents have done... I was more than happy to hear that big companies were pulling their cash/advertising from the show (Taco Bell, General Motors and H&R Block).
And maybe MTV does have the right to have this show on the air. And maybe it is my job as a parent to say my kids can't watch it and then simultaneously stand in front of all six televisions in the house to make sure they comply. ...But after all the props I gave MTV for 16 & Pregnant and Teen Mom (two shows showing the REALITY of poor life decisions) --they go and destroy that credibility with a show that so blatantly glorifies things that can/will kill their target audiences...
Are You a Radical?
You Are 40% Politically Radical
You've got a few unusual political ideas, but overall you're a pretty mainstream person. Chances are that you're turned off by both the radical right and looney left.
Are You a Political Radical?
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Women in Combat, Cont.
Should women be allowed to serve in combat units? Last week, the Military Leadership Diversity commission, said yes. If approved by the Defense Department, this could be the second large change in policy, following the repeal of Don't Ask Don't Tell just a few weeks ago. American Women Veterans' Genevieve Chase and BLACKFIVE's Jim Hanson debate.
The New American Military?
"Following a dramatic and eloquent speech, on Dec. 22 President Obama signed the legislation that will launch the repeal of a 17-year-old law that prohibits openly gay people from serving in the military." source
"Gay service members who have been unceremoniously – and unwillingly – removed from careers that they loved now hope to go back into service, after President Barack Obama signed into law the repeal of the DADT policy that cost them their military service." source
"A high-level military commission is set to recommend that the Pentagon reverse its long-standing policy that bars women from being in combat. Hundreds of thousands of women are currently serving in the U.S. military, and many of them are in Iraq and Afghanistan. According to the Pentagon's policy, women are, and always have been, barred from taking part in any ground combat operations. But in reality, women are already in the thick of the fight — and an upcoming report will recommend that the Pentagon acknowledge the reality on the ground and allow women to be assigned to combat units." source
"So as the Pentagon prepares to welcome openly gay, lesbian and bisexual service members for the first time, Sandeen is not alone in hoping the United States will one day join the seven other nations - Canada, the United Kingdom, Spain, Israel, the Czech Republic, Thailand and Australia - that allow transgender troops. "There is really no question, it's just a matter of when," said former Army Capt. Allyson Robinson, 40, a 1994 West Point graduate who has spoken to sociology classes at the alma mater she attended as a male cadet. "There are active-duty, as well as reserve and national guard transgender service members, serving today." source
Individual Rights VS. Collective Safety
It seems this will be the dilemma as we head forward. Actually, I guess this has been the dilemma since 9/11....hence the Patriot Act.
Last week we spoke about the conundrum of reporting someone 'on a bad feeling' and then the subsequent 'why didn't anyone report him' cry from the public when something does happen.
It's playing out again in the court here in Pennsylvania:
"A 21-year-old loner from Armstrong County had an arsenal in his bedroom, a radical Islamist online persona and videos suggesting paramilitary training before his arrest last week for biting two FBI agents, federal prosecutors charged in court Thursday.
Emerson W. Begolly "has a strong desire to kill non-Muslims and many other groups of people," said Assistant U.S. Attorney Soo C. Song. "He was preparing, and he was getting closer and closer to bringing his words and aspirations to fruition."
Federal public defense lawyer Marketa Sims, representing Mr. Begolly, countered that his actions before agents startled him -- legally owning guns, posting unpopular views online -- were constitutionally protected. "They had no probable cause to believe that he committed any crime." (SOURCE)
Again, this is a kid that obviously has some mental problems (and I'm not just saying that because he's a white kid that converted to Islam). I did a bit more reading and found that before his jihad obsession -he had a penchant for Nazis.
So the dilemma remains...what can be done? Luckily he bit the FBI agents so they can hold him for something tangible...but what then? Court-mandated lithium?
There's a kid that looks like this in my local Whole Foods...little, rich, libby white kid wearing a gross, straggly beard, crocheted skull cap and pants cut off above the ankles. I want to give him my email address and ask him to write me about how embarrassed he is by this phase ten years from now...
Congress & the Constitution
Back in October I posted a link to a pretty comprehensive Constitution Quiz. I'm an 'average citizen' right? College educated, stay at home mom, married mother of three... I Scored a 10/10 the main test and a 44/50 (B+) on the Advanced test.
So, I'm assuming our elected officials would blow our scores away...these are the people being elected and PAID to legislate according to this document...
"The survey asks 33 basic civics questions, many taken from other nationally recognized instruments like the U.S. Citizenship Exam. It also asks 10 questions related to the U.S. Constitution.
So what did we find? Well, to put it simply, the results are not pretty.
Elected officials at many levels of government, not just the federal government, swear an oath to "uphold and protect" the U.S. Constitution.
But those elected officials who took the test scored an average 5 percentage points lower than the national average (49 percent vs. 54 percent), with ordinary citizens outscoring these elected officials on each constitutional question. Examples:
Only 49 percent of elected officials could name all three branches of government, compared with 50 percent of the general public.
Only 46 percent knew that Congress, not the president, has the power to declare war -- 54 percent of the general public knows that.
Just 15 percent answered correctly that the phrase "wall of separation" appears in Thomas Jefferson's letters -- not in the U.S. Constitution -- compared with 19 percent of the general public.
And only 57 percent of those who've held elective office know what the Electoral College does, while 66 percent of the public got that answer right. (Of elected officials, 20 percent thought the Electoral College was a school for "training those aspiring for higher political office.")
Overall, our sample of elected officials averaged a failing 44 percent on the entire 33-question test, 5 percentage points lower than the national average of 49 percent." (SOURCE)
The Quiz they used.
How is MLK Remembered?
"Reverend Sharpton, you're saying that my uncle sought help from government. I say, no, my uncle sought help from God, so that the people elected to govern would seek help from God," said Dr. Alveda King (Dr. Martin Luther King Jr's niece). "When we look to government, I believe we're diluting the source of strength from which our power comes." (SOURCE)
"In advising men and women on questions of personal behavior 50 years ago, Uncle Martin sounded no different than a conservative Christian preacher does now," said Dr. Alveda King. "He was pro-life, pro-abstinence before marriage, and based his views on the unchanging Word of the Bible. Today, Planned Parenthood would condemn Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. as part of the 'religious right.'" (SOURCE)
This morning I was remembering the first time I was assigned to read Letter from a Birmingham Jail. I was 16 and there was no preconceived notions...no political agenda. And I was moved. Impressed with this man that seemed not to waiver despite what what thrown at him. Impressed he never seemed to impart a victim mentality. I remember the concept of 'just and unjust laws' and 'non-violent civil disobedience' reaffirming my support of blocking the doors to abortion clinics. I remember thinking he would be proud of those being jailed to save the innocent... Even back then I remember wondering if he would have been a member of Operation Rescue...
The American People Come Through
I was worried that the majority of Americans would buy into the whole 'Sarah Palin and the Conservatives caused this shooting' line being sold to them by the MSM.
I figured the average Joe wouldn't take the time to find out that Jared Lee Loughner was on a rampage since 2007...long before Palin was a thought in any of our minds. Or that he was a fan of the Communist Manifesto and Mein Kampf. Or that he was a major pot head that thought the government was behind the attacks on 9/11.
I don't know what your local print media is peddling, but the Philadelphia Inquirer is still praising Sheriff Dupnik. I was actually compelled to email this women my rebuttal...and I haven't done that in ages...
But, despite all the misinformation being disseminated... the American public isn't buying the left's line.
The latest USA TODAY/Gallup Poll:
A 53% majority of those surveyed call that analysis mostly an attempt to use the tragedy to make conservatives look bad. About a third, 35%, say it is a legitimate point about how dangerous language can be.
And there is little sense that stricter gun control laws in Arizona might have averted the tragedy. Only one in five say they would have prevented the shooting; 72% say tighter controls wouldn't have prevented it. (SOURCE)
Those rushing to immediately enact strict gun restrictions should remember that Joseph Zamudio had the where-with-all and nerve to run to the scene and subdue the suspect because he was carrying a gun...
I feel like just his drastic change in appearance should have been a tip off...
Could Obama Have Done Right In Our Eyes?
Here are my thoughts...
The Positive:
Obama's speech yesterday was a really good one. It was the right tone. He put in there that this shooting was NOT a result of political speech (and that wasn't in his prepared remarks). It was nice to see some genuine emotion from him.
The Negatives:
The speech was a few days too late in terms of telling his party to stop taking advantage of a tragedy.
The speech probably should have been given the next day from the Oval Office.
My mom disagrees, but the cheering seemed inappropriate to me. I am not blaming Obama for that --I think he too was surprised to be interrupted 50+ times. I think a separate "come together" event would have been fine, but a memorial service doesn't seem to be the place for cheering...IMO. But, my mom thinks it was in celebration of the heroes of the day and seemed fine to her...
Obama's interaction with Sheriff Dupnik was an example of actions speaking louder than words. He gave a speech telling people not to use political blame and then thanked the sheriff that let the warning signs slip and then started the political firestorm. Obama was probably in an awkward position as far as that meet/greet was concerned, but I think it was a bad move.
What non-political types don't seem to get it that we aren't just going to be overly critical because it's Obama and the opposing party --but because we're raw from days of being falsely skewered on every mainstream news outlet. I have really had to turn off TVs and hide people's FB statuses...
So yeah, the speech was nice, but like they said about Bush's Katrina efforts --maybe too little too late...
When To Report Someone?
"T]wo law enforcement sources said that FBI agents had found a 2007 letter from Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.) to the shooting suspect, with the words "Die, bitch" and "Die, cops" scrawled on it. The letter, which thanked [Jared] Loughner for attending an event of hers, was found in a safe in his Tuscon home, the sources said.
In 2007, there was no Tea Party movement and Sarah Palin was the obscure, recently elected governor of Alaska. If anything, the overhead heated political rhetoric at the time was coming from the left and was directed largely at President George W. Bush. It is time for all those whose reflexive reaction was to capitalize on this tragedy by blaming their political opponents (eg. the New York Times editorial page, the Daily Kos and Paul Krugman) to start issuing some apologies. They can start with Sarah Palin." (SOURCE)
As the MSM (namely CBS and NBC) continues to link the horrific shooting spree in Arizona to Sarah Palin, we should talk about the actual problem here. When do you report a colleague, neighbor, relative or friend that is exhibiting odd behavior? How many "weird things" constitute a call to a police officer?
The Man and I have had two neighbors that seem comparable to Jared Loughner. If either ended up on the news, neither of us would be in the least surprised. YET, we never had anything TANGIBLE to call authorities about. Bad feelings, odd noises, strange hours of operation...but nothing illegal.
And once I did call Philly's Child Protective Services about a couple that was shooting heroin with their kid in the house and putting wine cooler in his bottle and do you know what I was told? There had to be a prior police report before they could take my report?! Really...I thought my call was so we could avoid a police report.
That experience made me more than reluctant to delve into the bureaucracy of preemptive telephone calls.
The reports coming out about this kid's lunacy seem never ending. But this 20/20 hindsight had a high death toll. It seems he's been pining about Giffford since 2007 (long before Sarah Palin was a blip on the political radar)... Kicked out of college... Numerous campus police calls... skull shrines... email suggesting students were scared he was to be the next Dylan Klebold...
So when do we know to make the call?
At the end of the day, is Pima County Sheriff Clarence Dupnik (one of the first to turn this tragedy into a political firestorm) the one to ultimately blame for ignoring the repeated blips from this kid on his radar?
The Donald in 2012?
"He was reportedly telling friends over the recent holidays, when Rod Stewart was among guests for a lavish New Year's Eve party at his Palm Beach estate, that he will "definitely" make a White House run as a Republican.
He confided that he would make the announcement after The Apprentice finishes its current season in spring, according to Ronald Kessler, the well-respected chief reporter of the conservative political website Newsmax..." (SOURCE)
The good news for Mr. Trump?
"President Obama's reelection in 2012 won't be easy, the chairman of the Congressional Black Caucus says.
Rep. Emanuel Cleaver (D-Mo.), the new chairman of the CBC, told the group IMPACT to expect a bruising fight to secure the president a second term.
"It's realistic for our party to understand the enormous challenge we're going to have, to get him back in the White House in 2012," Cleaver told the group..." (SOURCE)
I don't know enough about Trump's personal views to even venture an opinion on this. I do know he didn't like Bush and voted for Obama...so that doesn't bode well for him in my eyes... At least Justin Bieber has made his long-time running joke hair somewhat fashionable...he'll have to make him VP for accomplishing that.
Jared Loughner is not a RIGHT WINGER
The above map is from the website of the Democratic Leadership Council. "Targeting strategy" "Behind Enemy lines...?"
Even FNC keeps letting people label this guy a right winger and talk about how he was motivated by right-wing hate speech against Obamacare, stimulus, etc. Now Rep. Bill Brady wants frivolous legislation that would make it illegal to put a target on a map. That law WOULD NOT HAVE STOPPED this kid. He wasn't browsing through SarahPac.
Unlike the MSM and most of my liberal friends, I decided to read through about 100 news stories on this kid before I made any proclamations. Well, now I'm making them. Jared Loughner's ramblings are fairly devoid of politics. Some of the LEFT WING blogs caught wind of a statement made about American currency not being backed by gold and aligned that with a Gordon Liddy commercial perhaps...and assumed that made him a right winger? No, his theory is actually that there was a secret plan with American money to allow "social elites and bureaucrats could control the rest of the world."
He was a conspiracy theorist. A 9/11 Truther. A pot head. Someone that attended literature festivals. An avowed atheist.
He seems to be much more concerned with linguistics than politics.
Brady's bill would have done nothing.
Sarah Palin's map OR the DNC's map with targets (shown) meant nothing.
This was not a political shooting.
This kid is probably bi-polar or schizophrenic.
Let's be divided when it comes to ideology that we seriously disagree on.
Let's not inflate tragedies and assign motives that just aren't there.
It distracts from the tragedy.
It distracts from Congresswoman Gifford's fight for life.
And, worse than that, it's a lie.
JGFP deplores the terrible actions against Rep. Gifford. Our sympathy and prayers go out to the victims families and we hope justice will be served. JGFP in no way encourages or condones violent or antisocial behavior, and would not be associated with those that do....
...er wait... stop the presses. Hold it. Hold it! HOLD IT!
No body at JGFP shot any body did they? I should know, JGFP is one guy, and I'd know if I had. In fact, I haven't' done anything wrong at all have I?! I don't have anything to do with this woman's murder... nothing at all! WHY THEN SHOULD I APOLOGIZE FOR HER KILLING?
I'm so irritated this congresswoman got shot. Now for months on end we're going to hear all the libs cry and whine that the evil Tea Baggers are violent psychopaths out to kill everybody and that they're all Hitler just because two wack jobs pulled off a hit.
So much for watching any other story on the news for six weeks....
It's already starting.
There is reason to believe, he said during the news conference, that the shooting suspect "may have a mental issue," adding that people like that "are especially susceptible to vitriol."
"That may be free speech, but it's not without consequences," he said.
-Some Random Sheriff in Arizona.
Well guess what Sheriff? I got news for ya. Political "vitriol" didn't kill Rep Gifford. A crazy person did. Free speech doesn't turn people crazy. Debate doesn't turn people crazy. Stop making excuses for these criminals as to why they did what they did. Why not instead of crying about "vitriol" you go find the accomplice to this murder? I engage in quite a bit of "vitriol" myself there Sheriff and guess what? I don't bear one ounce of responsibility for this CRIME at all. Not. One. Bit. Stop linking me and a whole movement of millions to her murder... asshole. Fuck you.
Just so that we won't apear to give in to the will of murderers, lunatics and left wing journalists; we here at JGFP will be turning our rhetoric and "vitriol" up to ELEVEN for the next few weeks because we all know all we're going to hear for a while is- "GUNS ARE EVIL. REPUBLICANS ARE MEAN AND ENCOURAGE THEIR CRAZY BASE TO MURDER!" and I won't be intimidated by left wing douche-baggery.
It won't matter when all the Tea Party groups line up and apologize for something they didn't even do. I can hear the statements now-
Tea Party Nation deplores the terrible actions against Rep. Gifford. Our sympathy and prayers go out to the victims families and we hope justice will be served. Tea Party Nation in no way encourages or condones violent or antisocial behavior
- and despite this inevitable statement which shouldn't even be required because anyone with a shred of common sense already knows this, the libs will scream "Blaaaah blaaah murdering Tea Bagger, Racist, Militia, Redneck blaaah blaaah!"
...Just like they always do.
They're already blabbing on about how Palin's "crosshairs" campaign caused these criminals to get voting and shooting people confused. Seriously.
It's sooooooo irritating. And predictable. And typical. And weak.
(You can read Free daily at John Galt for President)
Noteworthy (from the comments):
From Markos' Daily Kos:
(Via HIllBuzz)
"My CongressWOMAN voted against Nancy Pelosi! And is now DEAD to me!" — eerie Daily Kos hit piece on Gabrielle Giffords just two days before assassination attempt; repeated use of word "dead" in relation to Giffords just 48 hours before she and a dozen others were fired upon. UPDATE: Daily Kos scrubs "dead to me" thread but screengrabs document everything; UPDATE: school classmates and former friends describe shooter Jared Lee Loughner as committed Leftist."
Read this WHOLE article b/c I guarantee you won't hear it on CNN!!!
(H/T: Steve in Tulsa)
Also from Daily Kos:
(H/T: Zelda)
Hockey and Super Heroes!
Marvel creator Stan Lee has created 30 new super heroes (well, 29 and some Penguin thing)...one for each NHL team. This, of course, is the coolest one. They are part of The Guardian Project (the NHL's newest publicity stunt --which is fine because it combines two of my favorite things...) and will be fully revealed at the All Star game in Raleigh on January 30th.
Free Speech? Not Really.
My 12 year old and I were recently arguing about whether there was actually free speech in America. He said his teacher said there was and I told him to go down to 30th Street station -or the airport- and yell "bomb."
I'll have to let him read this story when he gets home today:
"UFC lightweight Jacob Volkmann, following his UFC 125 win over Antonio McKee, declared that he wanted to fight President Barack Obama for his next fight.
His words got him a visit from the Secret Service on Tuesday.
That comment got the government's attention, as just days later, the Secret Service came to chat with the fighter.
"It happened on Tuesday, I was coaching youth practice, and then two guys came up and one of the other coaches that was helping me out, they said there was a cop and another guy out there waiting for me," Volkmann told MMAWeekly.com. "I went out there and the guy introduced himself and said he was from the Secret Service and he wanted to ask me some questions about UFC 125 and my quote. He said there were people calling in to D.C. telling them that somebody, me, was threatening the President." (SOURCE)
Bachmann 2012?
I heard yesterday that Michele Bachmann's people said nothing was off the table for 2012 and that she was heading up to Iowa to speak with party leaders.
She's only been in Congress since 2007. State Senate before that. Actually her Congressional bio reads a bit like Obama's did...
She's a lawyer.
But, that being said, she does have some pretty attractive qualities also. She's a real conservative --not someone that switching on the issues just to get in on the Tea Party momentum. She was raised a Democrat, yet was still working as an anti-abortion advocate before she switched parties. AND, like my family, hers isn't just against abortion but put her time and money where her mouth was and took in 23 foster kids in addition to her 5 biological children (actually, that's almost identical to my family...)
"Bachmann had grown up in a Democratic family, but says she became a Republican during her senior year at Winona State. She told the (Minneapolis) Star Tribune that she was reading Gore Vidal's 1973 novel, Burr: "He was kind of mocking the Founding Fathers and I just thought, 'I just remember reading the book, putting it in my lap, looking out the window and thinking, 'You know what? I don't think I am a Democrat. I must be a Republican.' (SOURCE)
As far as political ideology, the only thing on paper I can find to disagree with her on is her support of DOMA.
But, once again, experience is the stickler. I prefer a governor to a senator... Though, unlike Obama she HAS "run something." Her and her husband own a Christian counseling center.
The Left despises her --which is a good sign.
Though this article implies that she is being shunned by the mainstream of the party.
Obama Hearts Michael Vick?
"Eagles owner Jeffrey Lurie was surprised to hear the president's voice on the phone. Barack Obama had two things to discuss with Lurie: the redemption of Michael Vick and the alternative-energy plans Lurie unveiled this fall for Lincoln Financial Field. I talked about the Vick story on NBC last night.
"The president wanted to talk about two things, but the first was Michael,'' Lurie told me. "He said, 'So many people who serve time never get a fair second chance. He was ... passionate about it. He said it's never a level playing field for prisoners when they get out of jail. And he was happy that we did something on such a national stage that showed our faith in giving someone a second chance after such a major downfall.''
Lurie said Obama and he talked football. "He's a real football fan,'' Lurie said. "He loves his Bears. He really follows it. He knew how Michael was doing. It was really interesting to hear.''(SOURCE)
For the rest of the country, the story then shifted to Tucker Carlson who said Vick should have been executed (first time PETA and Tucker were lock-step I'm sure...).
But here in Philly there's a real struggle. Eagles fans are die hard...serious, 'I'll kill you if you come in my house with a Dallas jersey' kinda fans. (Personally I don't get it...the whole defense on the field, now offense's turn is just way to annoying for me...) Lifelong Eagles fans are torn...especially since Philly is Pitbull capital of the world (<-that's surely an embellishment).
There are now three types of Eagles fans... Those so die-hard that at this point they're ready to buy Vick a dog of his own or let him kick theirs if we get to the SuperBowl.
Those that LOVE the Eagles, but have stopped watching because they just really can't stomach him.
Those, like my dad and my sis, that disapprove of what he did but still watch because they are Eagles fans...not Vick fans.
I get off easy...Vick absolutely disgusts me, but I have never been a football fan so it doesn't pose a dilemma for me... (See, with hockey's 80 regular season games the boys are too tired to beat their wives and dogs...)
The divide is serious though, as my sister found the other day when she posted a positive message about the Birds on her facebook page and promptly received 42 nasty replies from all her uber-libby, vegan minions... SO when I heard about Obama PRAISING Vick I couldn't believe she didn't post that to her page... Her anti-Vick friends are hard-core Obamatrons. I was dying to see which would prevail -love of the leper messiah or devotion to the dogs... But SHE DIDN'T POST IT. Are she and I really sisters?! ;)
Future of the RNC
Should Michael Steele be replaced as head of the RNC?
My first reaction was to say no. But then I had to admit that if he were white I would say get him outta there. I think I like having an African American at the helm as a tangible rebuttal to the inevitable 'Republicans are racist' arguments... He can go out there and slam Obama without being accused of being a secret KKK member. Having him there gives the RNC a certain amount of leeway that I don;t think it would have with some old, white dude at the top... But, we have to win in 2012 and he hasn't been a great money man... It's a dilemma...
Things You Might Have Missed in 2010
Found this article called While You Were Sleeping: 2010 and added a few of my own...
A New Trend: New Peer-reviewed paper concludes there's an "absence of correlation between temperature changes and CO2″
"The dramatic and threatening environmental changes announced for the next decades are the result of models whose main drive factor of climatic changes is the increasing carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. Although taken as a premise, the hypothesis does not have verifiable consistence. The comparison of temperature changes and CO2 changes in the atmosphere is made for a large diversity of conditions, with the same data used to model climate changes. Correlation of historical series of data is the main approach. CO2 changes are closely related to temperature." (SOURCE)
You know those freaky psychological thrillers were people are drugging tourists and removing their kidneys...that really been happening!
"Netcare, South Africa's largest private medical group, has pleaded guilty to performing illegal kidney transplants at a hospital in Durban. Poor donors, some of them children, were flown in from Brazil and Romania and given thousands of dollars to have a kidney removed. Netcare agreed to pay fines of nearly $1.1 million. The charges are related to more than 100 operations carried out between 2001 and 2003. Those involved in the transplant scandal have been fired by Netcare.
Source: BBC"
People are so busy complaining about CEO's and Wall Street...what about college tuition and the fact that University Presidents are making $1 million year?!
"Touro College paid President Bernard Lander $4.7 million, the highest salary in the country. The president of Southern Methodist University in Dallas earned $2.7 million. Quinnipiac University in Connecticut paid its president $1.8 million. The Chronicle report predicts more presidents will surpass $1 million annual salaries as the baby boomers retire and receive large payouts.
Source: Boston Globe"
"The Troubled Assets Relief Program's $700 billion bailout is now expected to cost the federal government $25 billion. The Congressional Budget Office's report released on November 29 said when TARP was created in 2008 it was not apparent that the cost would turn out to be this low, but the financial system stabilized and improved. So far, $389 billion has been distributed through TARP, which expired in October. The CBO estimates that an additional $44 billion will go to American International Group and federal mortgage programs. That would bring total TARP spending to $433 billion, of which $216 billion has been repaid.
Source: Washington Post"
Gas Prices! I don;t know if it was an Urban Legend, but I recall hearing Obama wanted gas prices to stay around $4 gallon so Americans wouldn't forget about the environment?
"Five dollars per gallon of gas by 2012! A former president of Shell Oil considers this likely. The average price on Christmas Day for a gallon of regular gas reached $3.28 in Los Angeles County, the highest price since October 2008. In one month, the price rose 13 cents, up 35 cents year to year.
Where are the calls to sic Obama's Justice Department on Big Oil to hold the oil companies accountable for "market manipulation"? Why aren't we hunting down the amoral "oil speculators" responsible for repealing the law of supply-and-demand in order to line their pockets?" (SOURCE)
Resolutions?
Maybe this email I received from a girlfriend across the pond will put things into perspective for 2011 :)
This woman is 51.
Gillian McKeith is a TV "health guru" advocating a holistic approach to nutrition and health, promoting exercise, a pescetarian diet high in organic fruits and vegetables. She recommends detox diets colonic irrigation and supplements, also making statements that yeast is harmful, that the colour of food is nutritionally significant, and about the utility of lingual and faecal examination.
Nigella Lawson is a TV cook, who eats nothing but meat, butter and desserts. So forget "join a gym and eat more celery"...remember "everything in moderation."
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First, please do not arrive to Lincoln until after 3:45 PM. The school administration team will be working to get students out of the building quickly but school is not dismissed until 3:25 PM, so arriving any earlier than 3:45 PM will mean you are hitting the chaos of dismissal time.
Second, please get your entries and judges entered as soon as possible so we have a true count of competitors and enough judges.
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Male Students Hold Feminine Products Drive at New Haven School
By Jennifer Joas	• Published at 12:26 pm on May 24, 2016
A group of male students from James Hillhouse High School in New Haven is holding a feminine products drive through June 2 so they will be readily available for women in public restrooms.
The idea came about after the founder of The Kiyama Movement (http://www.kiyamamovement.com/#what-is-the-kiyama-movement) read an article about how 86 percent of women do not always have the necessary products with them.
"We don't argue about the cost of toilet paper, they just make it available. So why should we argue about the cost of feminine products? They should be made available to females of all ages and they're not," Michael Jefferson, the founder of The Kiyama Movement, said.
The Kiyama Movement is made up of a group of 15 to 20 young African American men focused on promoting self-improvement. It teaches students about respect for life, sexual responsibility, commitment to fatherhood, respect for womanhood and economic accountability.
The group of young men is raising awareness and gathering supplies in the hopes that if a female classmate or teacher needs feminine products, they will have them.
They also hope it will inspire a nationwide movement.
"We care about women and we feel they should have the things they need just as much as we should," Terrance Mallory, a senior, said.
The students said the response from their female classmates has been positive.
"It is a little embarrassing to talk about at first, but they've actually come to like it and have supported us, donated very well," Patrick Moye, a senior, said.
Students said they hope raising awareness will help to eradicate gender inequality.
"I am extremely proud of each and every one of them for attacking this issue," Kermit Carolina, the supervisor of youth development and engagement for New Haven Public Schools, said.


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Keeping Score: Brittney Griner Is Released; Iranian Female Actresses Arrested For Supporting Protests; Oregon pardons thousands of people on marijuana charges
In each number of Millisecond., we track research on our progress in the fight for equality, catalog must-see quotes from feminist voices, and keep track of the many milestones of the feminist movement. Were keeping score also online, in this fortnightly summary.
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"Make no mistake: Donald Trump's racist, conspiracy theory-based, and extreme rhetoric was and remains the greatest threat to American democracy. The legacy of hate from him took this country back. He continues to be a serious threat to all of our rights, including the right to a safe and legal abortion.
"In 2020, voters overwhelmingly rejected his divisive and dangerous agenda, and they will reject it again, whether the agenda comes from Trump himself or one of his imitators."
—Jenny Lawson, executive director of Planned Parenthood Votes in the ad of Donald Trump's 2024 presidential candidacy.
"The women who wrote to you represent the backbone of our economy. They are retail, hospitality, healthcare, transportation, sanitation, manufacturing, education, and utility workers. Women are tired of being told their health and financial security aren't worth it. Investing in women is an investment in our economy.
"Enough is enough. The onus is on you to pass the Pregnant Workers Equity Act this year. The time is finishing. Treat pregnant workers and those who have recently given birth with the respect and equality they deserve".
—an open letter to Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (DN.Y.) on the urgency of passing the PWFA at the end of 2022.
Parents, pregnant people and children gather in front of the US Capitol on September 28, 2022 to deliver boxes of petitions urging Congress to vote on the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act. (Paul Morigi/Getty Images for Parents Together)
"We are horrified and heartbroken by the targeted gun violence that occurred in Colorado Springs. … Clubs hold an important place in LGBTQ+ history. They were often the only safe gathering place for LGBTQ+ people and this horrific act hits directly at the community's sense of safety.
"It cannot be ignored that this cruel act came as a result of hateful rhetoric against the LGBTQ+ community coming from all angles: from our schools, within our health care system, and from the mouths of state and federal legislators. Queer, trans and gender diverse people deserve to be able to live authentic and joyful lives, free from discrimination and threats of violence. PRH stands in solidarity with the queer community in Colorado Springs and all LGBTQ+ people as we work to create a world where all queer people can thrive."
-A statement by Physicians for Reproductive Rights Board Chair Dr. Kristyn Brandi about the shooting at an LGBTQ+ nightclub, Club Q, in Colorado Springs on Saturday, November 19.
"Between 2020 and 2024 alone, there will be more than 600,000 Latino youth eligible to vote in Texas. That is the margin by which Beto lost."
—Maria Theresa KumarPresident and CEO of Voto Latino
Voto Latino President and CEO Maria Teresa Kumar speaks during the 'Power to the Polls' Women's March voter registration tour on January 21, 2018 in Las Vegas. Voto Latino is a grassroots political organization focused on educating and empowering a new generation of Latino voters. (Ethan Miller/Getty Images)
+ Associated Press announced a update your style guideadvising writers not to use the harmful and medically inaccurate phrase "late-term abortion." Instead, the AP recommends that writers use "abortion later in pregnancy" or "abortion at xx weeks," medically accurate language endorsed by the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists.
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— APStylebook (@APStylebook) December 6, 2022
+ State judges are gambling with the health of Georgians: On Tuesday, November 15, a Georgia judge blocked the state's six-week abortion ban, legalizing abortions up to 22 weeks for the first time since July. However, just a week later, on November 23, the state Supreme Court decided to allow the six-week abortion ban to take effect again while the state's appeal continues.
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+ Alliance Defending Freedom, a conservative anti-abortion organization,sued the fda on Friday, November 18 to revoke your approval of the abortion drug mifepristone.
"For decades, women in this country have had access to FDA-approved medical abortion as a safe and effective option," according to the Department of Health and Human Services. "What [HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra] He said, denying women access to any essential care they need is downright dangerous and extreme."
+ iranian security forces actresses Hengameh Ghaziani and Katayoun Riahi arrested for their open support of national demonstrations. Both had protested the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini, who was in government custody for not wearing the hijab as required.
"This could be my last post. From this moment on, if anything happens to me, know that I will always be with the people of Iran until my last breath," Ghaziani said in the caption of an Instagram post showing his hair.
+ Oregon Governor Kate Brown officially pardoned 45,000 residents convicted of marijuana charges on November 21. The pardon applies to anyone convicted before 2016 of possession of one ounce or less of marijuana, as long as they were 21 or older at the time of the offense.
"Oregonians should never face housing insecurity, employment barriers, and educational obstacles as a result of doing something that is now fully legal and has been for years," Brown said in a statement. statement. "And while Oregonians use marijuana at similar rates, Black and Latino/o/x people have been arrested, prosecuted, and sentenced at disproportionate rates."
+ The Department of Education published a statement on November 22 extending the national pause on student loan paymentsand launching a review of lower court orders preventing debt relief for millions of Americans.
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+ Los Angeles Mayor-elect Karen Bass will be sworn in by Vice President Kamala Harris on Sunday, December 11, becoming the city's first black female mayor.
+ WNBA star Brittney Griner has been released from Russian detention. "This is a day we have worked for a long time," President Biden said.
Brittney Griner was sentenced to nine years in a Russian penal colony in August for having two vape cartridges containing hashish oil. Here, she is seen on a screen via video link from a remand prison during a court hearing to consider an appeal against her sentence, at the Moscow regional court on October 25, 2022. (Kirill Kudryavtsev / AFP via Getty Images)
+ The US commemorated Equal Pay Day for Latinas on December 8, a day to recognize the wage gap facing Latina women. In the last decade, the wage gap for Latinas has widened to 49 cents on the dollar, compared to what non-Hispanic white men are paid.
"This Equal Pay Day for Latinas, there will be people who will say that we have to ask for more," wrote Mónica Ramírez in Millisecond. "They are wrong. Employers need to do better, as do our political leaders."
+ Latin women are some of those most at risk in the wake of Dobbs, with 6.5 million living in states that have or are likely to ban abortion. The number constitutes 42 percent of all Latinas of reproductive age, and half of the Latinas in these states already have children.
+ Sixty-one percent of adults think that the legalization of same-sex marriage would be a good or very good thing for American society.
+ At least 34 transgender and gender non-conforming people were killed in the US so far in 2022, according to the Human Rights Campaign. Still, the report's authors emphasize that violent crime against transgender people is substantially undercounted.
"Until we as a country address and remove the barriers that transgender and gender non-conforming people face, they will continue to face higher rates of discrimination, poverty, homelessness, and violence," the report says. fixed. "Yet at the same time, even in the face of physical danger, hatred and discrimination, sometimes ruthlessly endorsed and enforced by those at the highest level of our government, many transgender and gender non-conforming people live courageously and they overcome unfair barriers in every corner of our country."
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Champions League: Moldova's Sheriff Tiraspol stun Real Madrid, Messi scores first PSG goal
Salah and Firmino scored twice Liverpool hammered Porto 5-1 and Suarez claimed a 97th-minute winner as Atletico Madrid edged AC Milan 2-1.
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Lionel Messi opened his Paris Saint-Germain account as the French side beat Manchester City while new boys Sheriff Tiraspol shocked Real Madrid in the Champions League on Wednesday.
Messi's top-corner finish added to Idrissa Gueye's first half goal as PSG moved top of Group A with the 2-0 win over last year's runners up. Pep Guardiola's side hit the bar twice in the first half with Portugal playmaker Bernardo Silva failing to score two metres out with PSG goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma helplessly on the ground.
"The important thing was to win, against an immense opponent, one of the contenders for the trophy," Messi told broadcaster Canal+.
"I had only played here (Parc des Princes) once, but little by little I'm adapting and integrating to the team," he added.
In Group D, Sheriff, playing in just their second ever game in the group stage of the competition, upset record 13-time winners Real Madrid 2-1 in the Spanish capital.
Uzbekistan winger Jasur Jakhshibaev put the Moldovans in the lead before the half hour mark as Karim Benzema equalised after 65 minutes to score for a 17th different season in the competition, a feat only also achieved by 34-year-old Messi.
But the hero for Sheriff, who are based in the region of Transnistria on the Moldovan-Ukrainian border, was Luxembourg attacking midfielder Sebastien Thill.
The 27-year-old Thill fired home a sublime half volley with 62 seconds of regular time remaining at the Santiago Bernabeu two week after Sheriff had beaten Shakhtar Donetsk earlier in the month in their opening group game.
"After this match we all went crazy. There are a lot foreigners in the club, we come from all types of countries. It's our strength," Thill told Canal+.
"We played both matches to 100%. We're all happy now," he added.
Madrid's Casemiro rued his side's lack of efficiency in front of Sheriff's Greek goalkeeper Georgios Athanasiadis.
"It's football, we had 20 shots or more and we scored one, they had two shots scored both," he told Movistar+.
"We have to pay more attention, especially defensively. We started well, we had total control of the game, we had opportunities to get ahead, but they scored a great goal at the end," he added.
Earlier in the group, Serie A champions Inter Milan remain winless in Europe this season following the 0-0 draw at Shakhtar.
Ukrainian Oleksandr Usyk was a spectator in Kiev days after beating Anthony Joshua on points to become just the third boxer to win both the cruiserweight and heavyweight world titles.
Salah, Firmino doubles
In Group B, Mohamed Salah and Roberto Firmino scored twice as Liverpool hammered Porto 5-1 and Luis Suarez claimed a 97th-minute winner as Atletico Madrid edged AC Milan 2-1 in Italy.
Jurgen Klopp's side wore black armbands after former Liverpool striker Roger Hunt died earlier in the day aged 83.
Milan played an hour with 10-man after Franck Kessie's red card and the seven-time European champions were unable to claim a first win in the competition since 2013.
Earlier, Ivory Coast striker Sebastien Haller took his tally to 10 goals in as many games this season as Ajax beat Besiktas 2-0 to stay top of Group C in the Champions League on Tuesday.
Netherlands winger Donyell Malen also scored for his new club as Borussia Dortmund overcame Sporting Lisbon 1-0 and trail the Dutch champions on goal difference.
American Jesse Marsch lost his fifth game in nine matches in charge of RB Leipzig in the 2-1 home defeat to Club Brugge. Leipzig face a tough ask to reach the last 16 in a group alongside PSG and City.
On Wednesday, champions Chelsea head to Juventus, Manchester United host Villarreal and Benfica welcome Barcelona in the pick of the ties.
Champions League: Manchester City, PSG and Real Madrid qualify for last 16, Dortmund knocked out


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 Titre : Alibi
 Réalisation : Roland West
 Scénario : Roland West et C. Gardner Sullivan d'après la pièce Nightstick de John Griffith Wray, J. C. Nugent et Elaine S. Carrington
 Production : Roland West
 Photographie : Ray June
 Montage : Hal C. Kern
 Direction artistique : William Cameron Menzies
 Présentation : Joseph M. Schenck
 Pays d'origine : États-Unis
 Format : Noir et blanc - Mono
 Genre : Policier
 Durée : 91 minutes
 Date de sortie : 1929

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 Eleanore Griffith : Joan Manning Williams
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As promised in the previous post, I wish to light on an outstanding scrip in this new fiscal year. The following lines are my plain conclusions, compilations or suppositions to have this stock or all of the following grounds are collectively compelled me to hold this stock even in extreme provocative times. I am watching this scrip by a couple of years and day by day feeling more comfortable on the horizon developing by this company. When I search for good scrips to invest, it is one of them I found with alluring rationales and feels the path ahead is promising. If you feel comfy after a read, go ahead.
Parekh Aluminex Limited (PAL) is the leading conglomerate and exporter of Aluminium Foil Containers (AFCs), Aluminium Foil Rolls (AFRs) and Aluminium Lids. PAL is the single largest player in the organized sector in India with more than 75% market share in the business of supplying Aluminium packaging stuffs to Airways, Railways, Reputed Hotel networks and major caterers who serve food on travels/parcels. The ISO 9001:2000 and ISO 22000:2005 certified company is an apex name in AFCs in the globe and especially in the sub-continent.
The flexibility and recyclable nature of Aluminium Foil Containers makes them the most appropriate packing/serving solution of the time and to the fore. AFCs are 100% recyclable and are far better for the environment than plastic or other alternatives. AFCs can be easily made as per specific requirements to suits user choices on temper, gauge and styles. These are defensive to extreme temperatures; idle from freezer to oven without trouble or damage. An AFC puts a resistant metal wall around the content, which assures product freshness and increased shelf life as well as capable to counter infections/micro-organisms.
Parekh Aluminex Ltd has around 80 avant-garde varieties of molds to form products that can pack every kind of solid, semi-solid and liquid eatable products in a hygienic, standardized and practical way. The company lead the market in the AFR segment with their ME brand of aluminium rolls and are also manufacturing the same on a job-work basis for Hindalco, the largest manufacturer of aluminium in the country, which markets it under the Fresh Wrap brand. The strategic three-year liaison with Hindalco gives the advantage of sourcing raw materials at privileged rates. It has an agreement with ALCAN, one of the established producers of aluminum in the world, to market AFCs and AFRs in Germany; and an agreement with the Danone group for supply of AFC.
The two production units are located in the Union Territory of Tax safe Dadra and Nagar Haveli with high-end production bases. PAL exports products to the United Kingdom, Bahrain, Turkey, Greece, US, South Africa, Dubai and Germany. It has acquired a Singapore-based company DES along with its customer base and has added Etihad Airways, Emirates Flight Catering, Gulf Airways, Thai Airways, and Singapore Airlines along with others as its customers. With over a decade of presence in international markets PAL has established a good name with international buyers for quality, variety and for punctual supplies. PAL has also in endeavor to trial exports to fresh markets like Nigeria, Yemen and Sri-Lanka with positive outcomes.
PAL is the first company in its category to receive the prestigious ISO 9001:2000 certification from BVQI, UK and the only company from India shining in the highly quality conscious European markets. The company assures a zero human touch to the end-product in their whole manufacturing process to preserve strict quality standards and drugs-related hygienic requirements set by international standard setters. By focusing on R&D, Parekh Aluminex is in endeavor to introduce innovative product variants which have not yet been familiar with the global markets. The promoter holding has been steadily increasing in the last few years. The company is under finishing of a 250Cr expansion project and it will boost their production in a great way.
The financial result of PAL for the current year and past 5 years are showing an increase of more than 35% CAGR on both sales and profit. In its first year of operation (1994-95) the company registered sales of Rs.4.40 million, rocketed to Rs.4212.60 million in 2008-09 and expect around Rs. 5400 million in FY 2009-10(It is one of the very few companies on which I usually sit with a calculator after every qtrly results). I hardly consider the transitory technicals while suggesting any stocks but here, having a book value of RS.205.18/- per share, and with Rs.32.98 trailing 12 month EPS, CMP around Rs. 150/- I think it will be a great buy even at current levels. Net Sales, PAT, EPS and BVPS all denotes, this business is heading to the right direction with a right pace. I think the following quote by Buffet, suits best for such scrips. "If a business does well, the stock eventually follows"..
I hope multiple fold returns from this scrip if you have patience. The revenue growth of this company is sustainable and the business model is outstanding. The gifted management has set few realistic goals which are likely to achieve in very near future, considering the history and current growth pace. The business has huge growth potential in the future and their products sell like FMCGs where the demand will keep increasing. The company has made big moves to penetrate the foreign markets. In addition, the booming retail spectrum, fast changing consumer trends, involvement of starred or reputed hotel chains, increasing fast food outlets, escalating Air & Rail traffic numbers and sizzling tourism scenarios will surely bless us in the long run. The stock has very low downside risk and the upper side is unimaginable. We will talk about this scrip after 2 more Aprils and hope you may secure your positions well before..
Dear clients , An anticipated ban on plastic is ahead and we may say "bye" to Manjushree at the right time and I hope PAL is the most appropriate substitute. Accumulate till that time and don't skip the following link.
I brought this stock at Rs. 98 according to your recommendation. The company is increasing dividend every year. Book value of the company is also increasing. I think business related to fast food have bright future.
Thanks for the comment. You are one of the few who bought this scrip in cheaper valuations. Thanks for the trust and Parekh is still a good buy even in current levels, keep buying in every falls.
i feel this stock is for long term investment and unknown to many people.The are some issues (which is unknown ) pulling this stock down and trading below book value.
There are many stocks like this but only patience Investors will be benefited these type of stocks.
Shabu, the company is expanding very well. Also it is showing good profits. Already the company is the market leader, and in India, and India is yet in a very nascent stage right now in this field. Hope we will get multifold profit from this company.
Thank you for wonderful article.. You have a nack of picking of Gem stocks..
Your recommended "Serious Toy" is really made a serious gain off late and now last week another gem pick - value ind is coming north with good pace :).
You are absolutely right and I see bright days ahead. Accumulate..
Thanks for the comment and remembering good things.
As usual, excellent analysis. Keep up the good work.
Parekh is good but I always prefer which have substantial promoter holding as it gives me confidence.
Thanks for the inspiring comments. Every such comments motivate me in a great way and boosts my energy level to further researchs.
The promoter's holding is an important factor in most of the cases. But few promoters are there, holding majority of shares with negative intentions. I think there is much more gimmicks behind this counts beyond our understandings. I know few stocks where promoters holding 90% or more. But according to me its not only an alluring reason to have that scrip.
Regards & Thanks again for the comment.
can i buy these stocks(value ind and parekh )today,with current market price.
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A very good report as always. Keep up the good work.
PAL hits upper circuit limit of 286.80 today at around 9.30 Am.
Do you think one could still invest in this scrip or wait for a fall of some sort?
I am a late comer for this and so wondered if any more steam is left in this.
Thank you very much for the encouraging comment. I beleive, this company will surprise us in a great way in the long run. From the high of 340 levels, surely its taking a breath now. Accumulation in small batches at falls may be the right strategy for this scrip,at this point of time.
Of-late I was going through few agriculture sector stocks.
I found few good companies which have the potential to give good steady returns in future.
I went through their last 5 years performance.
I think they are value buys compared to other stocks and are less risky.
They seem give 25% to 70% returns CAGR in future.
Excellent stock! I have got in at 53.95 and made a whopping 800% in 18 months and have still not sold a single share. I plan to add some more.
Now we are in fast food generation. There is no doubt on that, fast food have brightful future. Shall we start fast food.


The EU Network and Information Systems (NIS) Directive, which comes into force on 10 May 2018 will result in legislation in the UK to protect essential services from cyber threats. The directive covers many sectors that provide essential services to the public and the UK economy, such as energy and utilities, transport, health and digital platforms. Operators of essential services (OES) are likely to need to make a step change in their cyber resilience preparedness to ensure they are compliant to the NIS security principles and guidance and avoid the significant fines being proposed for non-compliance.
Awareness of the NIS Directive, and its implications, is still low across the affected industries, as it has been eclipsed by its 'bigger brother,' the GDPR. The Directive may come as a shock to some companies as the legislative timetable leaves little time for implementation before it comes into force on 10 May 2018.
Back in August, the Government revealed its thinking on the directive and released a consultation for industry. The Government is currently reviewing the consultation responses and is expected to publish the detail of its approach around the end of this year.
Around the same time, the Government's National Cyber Security Centre will be publishing the generic cross-sector implementation guidance for OES. Meanwhile, the relevant lead government departments or authorities (designated as Competent Authorities) will be defining the sector specific interpretation on the generic guidance in early 2018. This means that although the direction of the Government's thinking is clear, the detail of what will actually be in the legislation will not be known until early 2018, leaving OES only a few months to comply.
What will operators of essential services need to do?
Capabilities exist to minimise the impacts of a cyber security incident on the delivery of essential services including the restoration of those services where necessary.
OES will be expected to have these in place for their essential services by 10 May 2018 with additional timescales for implementing detailed implementation requirements, as NCSC or the competent authorities publish them.
Owing to the potentially significant impacts of cyber incidents on essential services, the government is proposing that a 'high bar' penalty approach is set for non-compliance that is similar to GDPR. For example, fines of up to 20M Euros or 4% of global turnover for major breaches (such as failure to implement appropriate and proportionate security measures) and 2% for minor breaches (such as failure to report an incident or failure to cooperate with a competent authority).
Although OES will have already done much to protect their critical infrastructures, NIS will require further work to make these essential services even more resilient.
1)Better understanding of threats and vulnerabilities: One of the many challenges facing OES is how to tell whether systems are secured and whether there are any vulnerabilities lurking in them. Often, it isn't possible to perform penetration testing on live systems as this could potentially cause disruption to the systems, so other techniques are called for. This is where a Threat Hunting approach can be very useful. This involves a proactive approach of searching through networks and systems to detect and isolate advanced threats that evade existing security solutions.
>2)Incident response and reporting: Another key challenge that OES will face in their NIS programme is ensuring that their incident response capabilities are up to scratch. The Government has proposed that a similar approach to GDPR will be followed where organisations will identify and report incidents to the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) "without undue delay and as soon as possible, at a maximum of no later than 72 hours after having become aware of an incident". Whilst many OES will already have incident response and reporting capabilities in place, experience from GDPR implementation programmes shows organisations need to enhance these capabilities to meet the timelines required.
A great way of testing out an organisation's response capabilities is to conduct a cyber war game. This is much more than running a simple table top exercise and would involve thoroughly testing the incident response procedures and decision-making processes. A wide range of staff should be involved including operations security, legal, regulatory, communications and business leadership.
Come and join us at the Cyber Security Summit & Expo on 16 November 11:20 – 12:05 in Theatre 1 to learn more about the NIS directive and how threat hunting and cyber war gaming can help ensure preparedness for NIS.


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Q: Lenovo 3000 N100 7pin miniDIN pinout (TV-out adapter) I have this laptop, and, despite of its being old, I want to know all its capabilities. My question is only regarding 7 pin DIN socket on rear side of the laptop:

I couldn't find any specification regarding this socket on official Lenovo web pages. But I found an Intel specification of Intel 965 Express Graphics (p.283) 7pin DIN socket (Lenovo 3000 N100 has 945) and this is what I found:

I tested it with 7pin DIN to Composite/S-video/Component adaptor and I can confirm that Composite and S-video match the specification. Cannot test Component part though.
According to Intel specification pin 7 is not used. However, Dell Inspiron 1520 according cnet has Intel 965 graphics and uses pin 7 for S/PDIF (according to Dell forums).

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Dave Wallace
David William Wallace
Height 5' 10", Weight 185 lb.
School New Haven College
High School Sacred Heart High School (Waterbury)
Debut July 18, 1973
Final Game May 19, 1978
Born September 7, 1947 in Waterbury, CT USA
Pitcher Dave Wallace played in the Philadelphia Phillies (1970-1977), Toronto Blue Jays (1978) and Boston Red Sox (1979) chains. He pitched in the major leagues during parts of three seasons, including 6 games for the Blue Jays in 1978.
Wallace retired after the 1979 season, and coached the Vero Beach Dodgers (1981-1982), San Antonio Dodgers (1983), and Albuquerque Dukes (1984-1986). He was the Los Angeles Dodgers minor league pitching coordinator from 1987 to 1994. He also served as pitching coach for the Dodgers from 1995 to 1997 and New York Mets in 1999 and 2000 and was interim GM of the Dodgers during the 2001 season.
Wallace became pitching coach for the Boston Red Sox in 2003, when he took over after Tony Cloninger left the team due to illness (cancer). He missed half of the 2006 season due to hip replacement surgery and left the club for good following the season. In 2007, Wallace joined the Houston Astros as pitching coach. In 2008 he was the "Special Assistant to the Executive VP, Pitching Development" for the Seattle Mariners, then was appointed minor league pitching coordinator for the Atlanta Braves. In 2011, he filled in briefly for Braves pitching coach Roger McDowell who was placed on administrative leave while the team was investigating allegations of homophobic slurs and threatening behavior.
In 2014, he was named pitching coach of the Baltimore Orioles, replacing Rick Adair and stayed until the end of 2016. Wallace is the Atlanta Braves' minor league Director of Pitching for 2019.
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Jack White announces solo tour, San Diego concert

Jack White -- The former White Stripes member scored big with his album "Blunderbuss," which is up for album of the year and best rock album, as well as best rock song for "Freedom at 21."

SAN DIEGO (KGTV) - Off the release of two new singles, singer Jack White is going on tour for the first time in nearly four years, with a stop in San Diego.
White will headline the Viejas Arena at San Diego State University on August 21. General public tickets for the show go on sale January 26 at 10 a.m.
Fans have two presale options for the show as well. Third Man Records Vault members will be available to buy tickets beginning January 22 at 10 a.m. Presale for Ticketmaster Verified Fan members starts January 24 at 10 a.m.
RELATED: San Diego's top concerts heading to town in 2018
As an added bonus, U.S. online ticket purchases come with a free physical copy of White's upcoming album "Boarding House Reach," due out in March.
White released two new singles, "Connected by Love" and "Respect Commander," this month through his record label Third Man Records.
White's show hits San Diego following a busy season for the artist, who's also scheduled to headline the Shaky Knees, Boston Calling, and Governors Ball festivals.