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ALL ARTICLES, Gun Cult, Rethuglicans June 6, 2019
Debate Over NRA Promotion Of Gun 'Silencers' Resurfaces Following Virginia Beach Shooting
Opponents note silencers make it harder for potential victims and police to identify gunshots. Pro-gun advocates say they're important hearing protection. By Julian Shen-Berro HuffPost (6/5/19) The mass shooting in Virginia Beach last week has reinvigorated the debate over the regulation of gun suppressors — also known as silencers — which muffle the sounds of gunfire. The shooter behind the attack, which left 12 people dead on Friday, used a suppressor on his firearm. One survivor described the sounds of his weapon as something like a nail gun. Gun-control advocates have argued that suppressors add to the threat of gun violence…
Virginia Shooter Attack Featured A Deadly New Twist
Suppressors are currently legal in 42 states and gun activists are pushing to deregulate them. By Matthew Chapman Raw Story (6/1/19) The shooting in Virginia Beach, in which a disgruntled city employee killed 12 people at a municipal building, is the deadliest mass shooting so far in 2019. But it is also "ominous" for one other unusual reason, wrote Harvard professor and former Homeland Security official Juliette Kayyem in the Washington Post: the shooter used a suppressor, or as it's known in common language, a silencer. "What ends lives? Gunfire. What saves lives? The sound of gunfire," wrote Kayyem. "Gun violence in America…
ALL ARTICLES, Climate Change, Gun Cult, Resist! May 23, 2019
From Greta Thunberg To Parkland: Courageous Young Citizen Activists Rattle The Right-Wing Smear Machine
They are citizens with rights who deserve to be heard. By Christian Christensen Common Dreams (5/20/19) I recently hit the age of 50, but let me tell you one thing I don't think as I enter the second half-century of my life: that younger citizens around me are lazy, apathetic, entitled snowflakes, ensconced in cocoons of political correctness. Younger citizens—and, yes, they are citizens even though they can't vote—must navigate a social universe of public-ness, information overload and surveillance unthinkable to those of us who grew up in the pre-Internet, pre-social media era. And, they must do this while dealing with…
ALL ARTICLES, Gun Cult May 20, 2019
80% Guns Are 100% Deadly: Ghost Guns Showing Up Everywhere In California (And Spreading Into Other States)
What happens in California doesn't occur in a vacuum. Ghost guns are now spreading across the United States. By Alain Stephens The Trace (5/17/19) For the better part of a year, Kevin Savangsy allegedly sold caches of weapons to federal agents out of parking lots and garages in Sacramento. The 29-year-old told his customers that he could get "hella shit," including guns that police would never trace. Court documents suggest he lived up to that promise. At first, Savangsy's offerings were conventional: handguns, AK-47s, and AR-15s. Then, on the morning of October 23, 2018, he unveiled his newest product: a…
Happy News! Leaked NRA Documents Reveal Gun Group Drowning In Legal Fees
By Sebastian Murdock The HuffPost (5/11/19) A week before former National Rifle Association President Oliver North said he would not seek reelection after a failed attempt to oust CEO Wayne LaPierre, he warned the group that extraordinary legal fees threaten the future of the NRA. A series of documents posted anonymously online and verified by both The Daily Beast and The Wall Street Journal show the inner machinations of a group plagued by deep financial troubles to the tune of $24 million. In a letter North and NRA official Richard Childress sent to top NRA officials last month, North said he…
ALL ARTICLES, Gun Cult May 9, 2019
Just Another Day In The United States Of Amnesia: March For Our Lives Demands End To 'Generation Lockdown' Following Latest School Shooting
As of Tuesday, the 116th mass shooting of 2019 (and counting). Since 1999 228,000 American students have been exposed to gun violence and 234 schools have been attacked. [Editor's Note: Over the past three years the above Commoner Call cartoon has frequently run with stories about the latest mass shooting. It's depressing to think how often we have run it … and will be running it in the future. The nation and our children are held hostage to the gun cult industry and the bloody NRA. — Mark L. Taylor] By Andrea Germanos Common Dreams (5/8/19) March For Our Lives,…
Backbiting, Betrayal & Blackmail: The Backstory To Blustery NRA's Fall Into Chaos
The association stands at one of the gravest moments of peril in its nearly 150 year history — presenting a rare opportunity for the gun lobby's opponents to kick it while it's down. By Tim Dickinson & Andy Kroll Rolling Stone (5/3/19) Chaos broke out at the NRA's annual convention in Indianapolis last week. The gun group's figurehead president, Oliver North, backed by its longtime PR firm Ackerman McQueen, allegedly tried to oust the NRA's powerful CEO, Wayne LaPierre. But LaPierre hit back — forcing North to step down, while winning unanimous reelection by the NRA board. "a small group of NRA executives, contractors and vendors has extracted hundreds…
#GenerationLockdown — This 'March For Our Lives' Video Should Make Every Supposed Adult In This Nation Hang Their Head In Shame.
March for Our Lives photo. This what we are allowing to happen to our children. Shame on us! Link to Story and 2-Minute Video
ALL ARTICLES, Gun Cult April 11, 2019
The Trace: Threats, Mass Shootings, Political Betrayal & Electoral Paralysis
The Trace (4/9/19) A South Carolina Republican was threatened online for not advancing a permitless carry bill. State Representative Peter McCoy said police were monitoring his home after a threatening Facebook comment was posted on a local gun rights page. It read: "Totally sucks that one guy has that much control. Maybe we should shoot him?" The comment has since been removed by the page administrators, who say that they do not advocate "even the hint of a threat of violence." Meanwhile, in Texas: A gun rights activist agitating for the passage of a permitless carry bill turned up at the home of the GOP state House…
ALL ARTICLES, Gun Cult, History They Don't Want You To Know, Resist! March 21, 2019
David Hogg: Putting Kids, Communities & Our Nation's Future Over The Selfish Interests Of The NRA
Parkland, Florida school shooting survivor David Hogg. Make sure the young people in your life hear this amazingly courageous and eloquent teen speak out about gun violence, white power and the need to bring about a humane society. Westminster Town Hall Forum / MPR (3/19/19) David Hogg is a survivor of the 2018 mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida. He is among twenty Parkland students who founded Never Again MSD, a gun control advocacy group, and he is a founding member of March for Our Lives, one of the largest youth-led movements in the world….
ALL ARTICLES, Gun Cult March 18, 2019
U.S. Gun Makers Send Weapons South Causing More Migrants To Flee North
The State Department export process allows far too many guns to be sold into areas where they might be used to harm civilians or supply criminals. By Alex Yablon The Trace (3/8/19) When Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández was re-elected in November 2017, in a vote that outside monitors described as tainted by fraud, protesters around the country took to the streets. Hernández's first term had been marked by violent crime and corruption; many voters wanted change. In the ensuing days, military police opened fire on the demonstrators, killing more than 30 people and wounding hundreds. Photos published in the Miami Herald showed officers shooting…
The CDC Says Gun Injuries Are On The Rise. But There Are Big Problems With Its Data.
"unstable and potentially unreliable" By Sean Campbell, Daniel Nass & Mai Nguyen The Trace (10/4/19) For journalists, researchers and the general public, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention serves as an authoritative source of information about Americans' health, including estimates of how many people are killed or injured by guns. The agency's most recent figures include a worrying uptick: Between 2015 and 2016, the number of Americans nonfatally injured by a firearm jumped by 37 percent, rising from about 85,000 to more than 116,000. It was the largest single-year increase recorded in more than 15 years. But the gun…
ALL ARTICLES, Gun Cult January 17, 2019
Gun Cult Nation News Update
The Trace (1/16/19) Libertarian gunsmiths hope to skirt federal regulation with a 3-D printed bullet.Tennessee-based nonprofit gun research collective Atlas Arms (named after the Ayn Rand novel, which gives a sense of its ideology) is raising funds a home-printed 9mm round meant to circumvent a 1986 law banning the sale of armor-penetrating ammunition. In a promotional release, Atlas Arms argues that because government personnel can use ammo qualifying as armor-piercing, civilians should have access to it as well. The outfit says it will work with a "well respected firearms law firm" to submit prototypes to the ATF to ensure the product's legality. At…
ALL ARTICLES, FEATURE, Gun Cult December 13, 2018
Members Played For Chumps: NRA Pays Lavish Executive Perks Even As It Cuts Costs
The NRA recently rolled out its second dues increase in two years. By Mike Spies & John Cook The Trace (11/28/18) The National Rifle Association paid more than $100,000 in personal expenses for an official who is now leading an austerity campaign within the organization, new tax filings show. The official, Josh Powell, is the NRA's executive director for general operations. The Trace and Mother Jones reported two weeks ago that Powell, along with the NRA's new treasurer, Craig Spray, is seeking to impose steep cuts to the gun group's budget. The effort is so stringent that the NRA did away with free coffee and…
ALL ARTICLES, Gun Cult December 13, 2018
Congratulations, NRA & Congress! U.S. Gun Death Rate Hit 20-Year High in 2017, CDC Data Shows
By Alex Yablon & Daniel Nass The Trace (12/10/18) Nearly 40,000 people were killed by guns in the United States in 2017, according to new data released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The total brings the country's gun death rate to its highest point in more than two decades. The CDC's WONDER public health database shows that 39,773 people died from firearms last year. That works out to a gun death rate of 12.0 per 100,000 people — higher than the rate of death from car accidents of 11.5 per 100,000 people, once the leading cause of fatal…
ALL ARTICLES, Gun Cult December 6, 2018
The Trace: Guns News Updates From Around The Country
The Trace (12/5/18) Police arrested an armed man in a school cafeteria. Police are trying to figure outhow the man was able to enter the North Carolina high school on Monday with a backpack filled with bullets and two handguns, which he pointed at officers before he was detained. Law enforcement agencies and gun shops are getting a heads up on the bump stock ban. A Minnesota TV news team obtained a copy of a memo circulated by the Department of Justice laying out new details about an upcoming reclassification of devices that allow semi-automatic weapons to approximate machine guns. According to the memo,…
ALL ARTICLES, American Fascism, Gun Cult November 22, 2018
Why America? Gun Culture, Mass Shootings & White Nationalism Share Deep Cultural Roots
"Capitalism tends to become fascism when it no longer has something to really offer most of the people." Empire Files (11/12/18) Since October 2017, America experienced three of the deadliest mass shootings in modern history. This epidemic coincides with a frightening resurgence of white nationalism. Sometimes the two trends overlap. But why here? Both phenomena can be explained by a common historical thread—to unravel it Abby Martin sits down with indigenous scholar Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz to discuss her latest book "Loaded: A Disarming History of the Second Amendment". Empire Files is now produced by your donations! Keep us going on…
ALL ARTICLES, Gun Cult November 19, 2018
Doctors Call Out Medical Lobby's Donations To Pro-Gun Politicians
By Alex Yablon The Trace (11/16/18) For the past two weeks, the National Rifle Association has raged at doctors in a very public feud over the place of physicians in the national gun debate, and doctors have been happy to hit back. At the same time, another quieter battle is brewing within the medical profession over just how far doctors should go to fight for stronger gun laws. After the American College of Physicians published a position paperdemanding government action on gun laws, the NRA issued a now-infamous tweet telling "self-important anti-gun doctors to stay in their lane." Outraged doctors railed against…
Thoughts & Prayers! Budget Crisis Forces The NRA To Kill Off Free Coffee For Employees
By Mike Spies & John Cook The Trace (11/15/18) The National Rifle Association is doing away with free coffee and water coolers for employees at its Fairfax, Virginia, headquarters — a cost-cutting move that has NRA insiders "freaking out," The Trace has learned. "The whole building was freaking out," said one former employee who remains in contact with current staffers. Three other sources familiar with the gun group's operations confirmed the story to The Trace. The coffee cutback is the just latest indication that the NRA is hurting for cash. Membership revenue declined by $35 million last year, and the NRA…
Practical Advice For Life In Our Modern America: What Experts Want You To Know About Being Caught In An Active Shooter Situation
No one should ever have to prepare for a mass shooting, but these safety tips might save your life. By Nicole Pajer Huffpost (11/9/18) It's a dreadful reality of living in America right now that there are, and likely will be more, mass shootings. Though it may be impossible to predict where and when they'll occur ― and the odds are very small that you'll encounter one ― security experts have some basic safety tips that can help you prepare for the unlikely but horrific situation. "During an active shooter situation, it is estimated that law enforcement response time may…
ALL ARTICLES, Gun Cult October 22, 2018
'The Trace' — Tracking The Latest News On America's Gun Epidemic
The Trace (10/18/18) Support for gun laws remains near a two-decade high despite a dip. And a sustained loss of advertising on a Fox News program shows the power of activist-led boycotts. Those stories and more, below. —Beatrix Lockwood, contributor Six in 10 Americans support stricter gun laws, a Gallup poll published Wednesday found. The share is down 6 percent since the month after the Parkland shooting but remains near a two-decade high. Among Democrats, support for tighter regulations is at 87 percent, compared to 31 percent of Republicans. Did the NRA influence the government's decision to put education funds toward guns? That's the…
ALL ARTICLES, FEATURE, Gun Cult October 18, 2018
MAD Magazine's School Shooting Cartoon Feature Is A Poignant & Horrifying Commentary On America's Tradition Of School Shooting
(Cartoon by Marc Palm / Mad Magazine, 2018.) This is shocking. It's also very smart. By Ryan Britt Fatherly (10/5/18) Satire about school shootings might seem overwhelming in the face of so much tragedy, but a new powerful and artistic statement is calling out the complicity many Americans have about gun violence. But this razor-sharp indictment isn't coming from Sacha Baron Cohen or even Stephen Colbert.Instead, the most affecting commentary on gun control you'll see this month was just been published in Mad Magazine. In the latest issue of Mad Magazine (which is out on newsstands and in Barnes and Noble bookstores right now), there's a brilliantly sad…
Round-up Of Firearms News From 'The Trace'
The Trace (10/10/18) New from the Trace: The NRA's midterm spending is way down. The NRA has paid out just $4.9 million in the 2018 midterms, less than it had spent at this point in any of the previous four elections. Using our NRA Campaign Finance Tracker, we dug into the numbers. Some things we noticed: The gun group is active in fewer races than in past cycles. And federal campaign spending by pro-gun control organizations is keeping pace with the NRA's this year. Daniel Nass breaks it all down. The NRA is still using a possible shell company for election work. On Friday,…
ALL ARTICLES, FEATURE, Gun Cult October 1, 2018
Great News For Mass Shooters: One Year After Las Vegas, A New Texas Company Is Selling Murderous Bump Stocks
By Alex Yablon The Trace (9/28/18) When a gunman perched in a Las Vegas hotel room used rifles affixed with bump stocks to commit the deadliest mass shooting in American history, Slide Fire Solutions went from an obscure Texas manufacturer of a gun world novelty to the main purveyor of a notorious and widely condemned product. As federal and state lawmakers of both parties called to ban bump stocks, and attorneys filed lawsuits, Slide Fire announced in April that it was shutting down. But on the one-year anniversary of the massacre at the Route 91 Harvest Festival, bump stocks remain not only…
ALL ARTICLES, Gun Cult August 6, 2018
In Court Papers, NRA Stresses Financial Pressures & Says It May Have To Shut Down NRA-TV
By Alex Yablon The Trace (8/1/18) The National Rifle Association typically portrays itself as an indomitable force. But an ongoing court case has the gun group taking inventory of its wounds. In a new legal filing, it contends that New York Governor Andrew Cuomo's campaign to pressure insurers and financial services companies to cut ties with the NRA could deeply harm its financial health and ability to "fulfill its advocacy objectives." In the complaint, entered July 20 and first reported by the New York Law Journal, the NRA claims it has lost income and access to banking services as a…
Did Alleged Russian Spy Maria Butina Trigger NRA Leadership Shake-Up?
By David Corn Mother Jones (8/3/18) On May 7, the National Rifle Association released a curious press release declaring that Oliver North, the key player in the Iran-contra scandal and an NRA board member, was "poised to become" the group's president. Earlier that day, Peter Brownell, then finishing his first term as NRA president, had announced that he would not seek a second annual term in order to devote more time to his family business, a firearms retail company. This changing of the guard—and how it happened—was odd. For fifteen years, the NRA leadership had followed a specific pattern: an officer…
ALL ARTICLES, Gun Cult, Paul Ryan, Ron "RoJo" Johnson, Ron "Wall Street" Kind June 18, 2018
Suddenly Gun Shy: The NRA Dropped Lawmaker Ratings From Their Website, But They're Not Saying Why
By Hunter The Daily Kos (6/12/18) Over the weekend, reporters noticed an odd thing about the National Rifle Association's website: The NRA "ratings" for lawmakers, giving them letter grades for their willingness to block new gun restrictions and weaken existing ones, had vanished without explanation. Was it a glitch, or something else? The nation's largest domestic terrorism lobby is clamming up about the change, but the Washington Post's Phillip Bump was able to pry the barest hint of information from an unnamed NRA staffer when he called for an explanation. "I think our enemies were using that," he said. He…
ALL ARTICLES, Gun Cult June 4, 2018
While Congress Enables & Protects Shooters, AMA Considers 'Unprecedented' Gun Reforms
By Bruce Japsen Forbes (5/27/18) Physician members of the American Medical Association are pushing the nation's largest doctor group to back an "unprecedented" number of measures designed to curb gun violence and coax Congress into action. Early next month, the AMA's policy-making House of Delegates will consider nearly a dozen proposals on gun control and public safetymeasures in the wake of 28 school shootings this year alone including last week's at Noblesville West Middle School in Indiana. Action at the AMA meeting, which runs June 9-13 in Chicago, will put the group's considerable lobbying clout behind legislation heading into November's…
ALL ARTICLES, FEATURE, Gun Cult May 28, 2018
Gun Cult: New School Shooter Video Game Has Players Gunning Down Teachers, Cops & Kids
By Martin Cizmar The Raw Story (5/26/18) A video game maker is facing mounting backlash over a game in which the player takes the role of school shooter. The game is called Active Shooter and set to be published by Valve for the Steam platform. Steam attempts to steer around the controversy by announcing a disclaimer to be placed on it: "Please do not take any of this seriously. This is only meant to be the simulation and nothing else. If you feel like hurting someone or people around you, please seek help from local psychiatrists or dial 911 (or applicable). Thank…
Jimmy Kimmel Commentary On Texas School Shooting Goes Beyond Usual Post-School Shooting Angst
(Editor's Note: The Commoner Call runs this cartoon after every major mass shooting. If we were to run it after every mass shooting in America we would have to run it pretty much every day. — Mark L. Taylor) On Friday evening Jimmy Kimmel took a few minutes to address the latest school shooting in Santa Fe, Texas. Kimmel called out Trump and congressional NRA enablers who care more about the support of the National Rifle Association "than they do about children." "So they sit there with their hands in their pockets, pockets that are full of gun money, and…
An Open Letter From Hunters About Gun Reform
By Daniel Ashe The HuffPost (5/9/18) We are Republican, Democratic and independent. We come from the East, South, Midwest and West. We are conservative, progressive and liberal. We are men and women. We include eight members of the Circle of Chiefs, the highest conservation honor of the Outdoor Writers Association of America. We are all different in many ways, but we have important commonalities. We are Americans; we are gun owners; we are hunters; and we support responsible firearm regulation. Yes, the Second Amendment conveys a right to "keep and bear" firearms. But rights come with responsibilities, and we…
Russian Armor Piercing Sniper Rifle Promoted By NRA Poses Deadly Threat To US Soldiers.
(Editor's Note: Wisconsin's own, former Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke was with the NRA delegation promoting Russia's new Orsis sniper rifles. Way to go, Dave. — Mark L. Taylor) By David Corn Mother Jones (5/7/18) In late 2016, the US Army released a report noting that the Russian military, through experience gained during fighting in Ukraine, was undergoing a transformation and becoming a more potent battlefield threat to American forces. One troublesome development identified by the report's authors was the increased proficiency of Russian snipers. "The capabilities of a sniper in a Russian contingent is far more advanced than the precision…
ALL ARTICLES, FEATURE, Gun Cult April 30, 2018
Americans & Guns: A United State Of Insecurity
The Why Factor/BBC (4/23/18) In the USA, those least likely to become victims of gun violence are the most likely to carry guns. So if they are not likely to become victims of crime, what are they really afraid of? We speak to people getting their gun licence to try and untangle what lies behind their anxieties and discover it's about something much less tangible. Link to Story and 23-Minute Audio (Commoner Call photo by Mark L. Taylor, 2018. Opensource nd free for non-derivative use with link to www.thecommnercall.org )
All American Story: Toddler Shoots Pregnant Mom With Dad's Gun In Parking Lot
By David Moye The HuffPost (4/18/18) A 3-year-old in Indiana accidentally shot her pregnant mother, leaving the woman in a critical but stable condition, local media reported. The child shot Shaneque Thomas, 21, who police said is six weeks pregnant, in the shoulder Tuesday outside a Plato's Closet thrift store in Merrillville. This incident is similar to a 2016 case that happened in Florida. The 4-year-old son of a gun-rights advocate accidentally shot her as she was driving. Police said Menzo Brazier, the victim's boyfriend and father of her two kids, ages 3 and 1, left his legal 9-millimeter handgun loaded in between the…
Dick's Sporting Goods Is Destroying Its Stock Of Unsold Assault-Style Rifles
By Dominique Mosbergen & Nick Wing The HuffPost (4/17/18) Dick's Sporting Goods won't be returning their unsold assault-style rifles to manufacturers. Instead, the company says it's chosen to destroy all of them. Dick's announced in February ― following the school shooting in Parkland, Florida ― that it would stop selling assault-style rifles and high-capacity ammunition magazines in all of its Field & Stream stores, where these items had been sold by the large sports retailer. The company also announced that it would no longer sell guns to people under the age of 21 at any of its stores. A company…
ALL ARTICLES, Gun Cult April 5, 2018
Parkland Kids Faced Death So The Cowardly Adults Give Them Clear Backpacks. What They Do With Them Is Bold Genius
By Fabiola Santiao The Miami Herald (4/3/18) "Sorry for the inconvenience. I'm just just trying to change the world. Don't piss on my bonfire. #Neveragain"— Sam Fuentes, who took shrapnel to the face at the Parkland shooting, on Twitter. Just when you thought the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School students couldn't get any more eloquent, they do. Enter the school leadership mandate that they must all carry see-through backpacks — and instantly, the students turn the violation of privacy into #NeverAgain message boards, a new weapon for activism risen from inside the halls where the worst high school shooting in…
ALL ARTICLES, Gun Cult, History They Don't Want You To Know, Russia Monitor April 5, 2018
Inside The Decade-Long Russian Campaign To Infiltrate The NRA & Help Elect Trump
Femme fatales, lavish Moscow parties and dark money – how Russia played the National Rifle Association. By Tim Dickinson The Rolling Stone (4/1/18) In November 2013, the president of the National Rifle Association, David Keene, was introduced as an honored guest at the conference of the Right to Bear Arms, a gun lobby in Moscow. "There are no peoples that are more alike than Americans and Russians," Keene said. "We're hunters. We're shooters. We value the same kinds of things." Keene underscored his friendship with Alexander Torshin, a top politician in the ruling party of Vladimir Putin; for the past three…
Could It Be? There's No Going Back From What Happened This Weekend. The Gun Debate Is Over.
By Andrew Cohen Esquire (3/25/18) ur national debate about guns is over. It ended in a dark movie theater in Aurora, Colorado, and at an outdoor concert in Las Vegas. It ended in a first grade classroom in Connecticut and at a high school in Florida. It ended a thousand times on the streets of Chicago, or Baltimore, or Memphis, with a thousand grieving mothers who never got invited to come onto cable television. It ended the last time a child found his daddy's gun and killed his sister in their living room. It ended the last time a person in crisis found a…
From Car Break-ins To Cops: Where Criminals Get Their Guns
The Center For Investigative Reporting (12/2/18) Across the country, criminals are arming themselves in unexpected ways. In Florida, they're stealing guns from unlocked cars and gun stores. In other places, they're getting them from the police themselves, as cash-strapped departments sell their used weapons to buy new ones. On this episode of Reveal, we learn where criminals get their guns and what cars can teach us about gun safety. Laura Morel of the Tampa Bay Times reports on an epidemic of gun thefts in Florida and how many of those guns are being used to commit crimes. Some of…
March For Our Lives: Teens Challenge The Callousness Of A Nation
High school activist Emma Gonzalez. (Illustration by Seth L. Taylor, 2018.) Emma Gonzalez's Powerful March For Our Lives Speech In Full (Video) (Editor's Note: Truly, this speech is one of the most powerful speeches given in American history. — Mark L. Taylor) The Guardian (3/25/18) Parkland shooting survivor Emma Gonzalez – who had been a leading voice immediately after the attack on her school – took to the stage in Washington DC for six minutes and 20 seconds, much of that in silence. She says it was the amount of time it took a shooter to kill 17 people at…


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Rossel eyes WRC2 upgrade
WRC3 champion Yohan Rossel has teased plans to step up to the WRC's premier support category in 2022.
Rossel clinched the title at FORUM8 ACI Rally Monza last Sunday (21 November) after a rally-long tussle with Škoda Fabia Rally2 rival Kajetan Kajetanowicz which went down to the very last stage.
However, the Citroën C3 Rally2 star is not resting on his laurels and has already revealed plans to progress to WRC2 - the division between WRC3 and the WRC's top-flight - in 2022.
"Honestly, I hope this will just be one step for my career and in 2022 I hope for a full programme in WRC2," Rossel admitted.
"I think [the plan is to drive in] WRC2 with Citroën, but it is not clear at the moment. In a few days I think it is okay, because Monte-Carlo is just two months away. If we need to win then we [need to] prepare now," he added.
If he were to make the step to WRC2, Rossel would likely come up against stiff competition.
His fellow WRC3 driver Chris Ingram is also planning an assault on the series next year, whilst current champion Andreas Mikkelsen has confirmed he will defend his crown at the season opener. Nikolay Gryazin, who set the WRC2 pace in Monza, is also expected to return.
But the Frenchman also wants to savour his 2021 success. He has had a strong year, with victories in Monte Carlo, Italy and Belgium.
There were lows too, including his disqualification from EKO Acropolis Rally Greece in September and the loss of his co-driver Alex Coria, who was snapped up by M-Sport Ford hotshot Adrien Fourmaux part-way through the season.
Greece disqualification was a blow
Rossel's championship win came right at the death. He started the final Monza test 1.6sec behind Kajetanowicz, but edged the Pole by 4.7sec with a late charge and moved ahead to seal glory.
"It was crazy," he explained, "I had a lot of issues with my season, with a change of co-driver and being disqualified after Greece and things like that. For the whole team and everyone helping me it's just perfect to end like this.
"The feeling was just crazy at the end. It was so close with Kajetan and I had just one target and that was to go flat out. I pushed for the Power Stage and all was okay and my concentration was on the driving. It was perfect."

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Last year, I had the opportunity to meet with Harvard Business School Associate Professor of Business Administration Mikolaj Jan Piskorski. Prof. Piskorski had heard about the Cisco Learning Network, and decided that he wanted to learn more about Cisco's innovative use of social strategy and our collaborative approach to IT education that addresses the challenges and opportunities of the networked economy.
The Cisco Learning Network represents a fundamental shift in education strategy for Cisco and the technology industry as a whole. The site serves as a meeting place for social learning and is a community resource designed to help new students and new customers to get into the networking industry by reinforcing the skills and competencies it takes to achieve certification. The community also offers an unprecedented model for recruiting individuals to IT careers and filling skills gaps in key technology areas.
Prior to the introduction of the Cisco Learning Network, learning resources and communities for Cisco certification candidates were decentralized on the web. It was clear that this traditional web approach (Web 1.0) to presenting information about Cisco certifications was not adequate for training our employees, partners or customers. So our team began to look for new ways to communicate, through collaborative social networking tools including shared wikis, blogs, discussion boards and assessment-based learning tools to provide rich feedback. From this research, the first social learning community, the Cisco Learning Network, was born. Launched in 2008, the community today boasts more than 2 million users.
Based on our preliminary conversation, Prof. Piskorski decided to undertake the creation of a Harvard Business School Case Study about the Cisco Learning Network and Cisco's social strategy. After meeting with everyone from our Cisco Learning Network site moderators to Rob Lloyd, Cisco President, Development and Sales, the Professor and his team created a case study that is now being taught in business school classes around the world.
It is an honor to have our innovative approach to talent development used as a teaching tool for future business leaders. We are excited about what the future of social learning will enable! Stay tuned for even bigger and better collaborative learning approaches as we continue to reinvent the Cisco Learning Network. We will add even more powerful capabilities that significantly enhance the ability for our customers to connect, share and mobilize their work and learning information.


Grandpoint Bank on Tuesday introduced cyber insurance policies to reimburse business customers for fast-growing wire-transfer fraud schemes.
Los Angeles-based Grandpoint, a commercial bank with operations in Southern California, Arizona and Southern Washington, said it is the first bank to market such policies.
The approach is similar to mobile phone carriers offering customers insurance for lost or stolen phones, which is also available directly through insurers.
Grandpoint said the coverage includes losses from wire-transfer scams including business email compromise.
In business email compromise schemes, fraudsters pose as executives or vendors from a business, sending requests for money transfers to accounts controlled by criminals.
The US Federal Bureau of Investigation last week warned that business email compromise scams have grown dramatically over the past year.
FBI data shows that criminals have sought to use such scams to steal more than $3 billion since June 2013.
Grandpoint said the policy, which is underwritten by Hiscox Inc, a unit of Hiscox Ltd, costs $30 to $70 per month for up to $1 million in coverage.


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The anti-hate hate mob grows
Posted by William A. Jacobson	Monday, July 30, 2012 at 10:45am | 7/30/2012 - 10:45am
We've seen the Mayors of Boston and Chicago abuse their power to drive a lawful business out of their jurisdictions by threatening to withhold business permits because the founder and President support the definition of marriage as one man – one woman.
When those threats generated an outcry even from many liberals, the same politicians, joined by the Mayors of San Francisco and D.C., used their governmental perches to try to demagogue the business out of the city by telling the business to stay away.
A Philadelphia City Councilman is getting in on the act:
The Philadelphia City Council will consider a resolution condemning Chick-fil-A for what one city leader called "anti-American" attitudes that promote "hatred, bigotry and discrimination."
City Councilman Jim Kenney sent a letter to Chick-fil-A president Dan Cathy telling him to "take a hike and take your intolerance with you."
"My effort is to allow people to understand that in certain segments of corporate America there are folks who are using their dollars to promote hatred, bigotry and discrimination," Kenney told Fox News.
He is introducing a resolution to "condemn this anti-American attitude of trying to deny civil liberties that every American enjoys."
When challenged on Twitter last night, here was his response:
Also add New York City City Council Speaker (and possible next Mayor) Christine Quinn, who is demanding that New York University sever a contract with Chick-fil-A unless the President of Chick-fil-A changes his view on gay marriage. As reported by The Village Voice:
Enter City Council Speaker Christine Quinn. The future mayoral candidate drew her line of opposition to the chicken sandwich purveyor, stating, "Chick-fil-A is not welcome in New York City as long as the company's president welcomes continues to uphold and promote his discriminatory views."
She is referring to President Dan Cathy's remarks on his defense the 'biblical definition of marriage' and how America should stop questioning God – these statements were mentioned in yesterday's piece as well. For Ms. Quinn, the 'biblical definition of marriage' is a far cry from reality, especially since she recently wed her longtime partner, Kim M. Catullo.
And, with that, she has started her campaign to boot this organization from NYC's restaurant ranks.
Yesterday, Ms. Quinn wrote an open-ended letter to NYU President John Sexton – just like Mayor Tom Mancino's letter to the Chick-fil-A establishment – that called for him to throw Chick-fil-A out of the dining hall. She writes,
"I urge you to sever your relationship with the Chick-fil-A establishment that exists on your campus. This establishment should be replaced with an establishment where the ownership does not denigrate a portion of our population."
Liberals love the quote "When fascism comes to America, it will come wrapped in the flag and waving a cross."
No it will not.
Quinn Letter to Sexton
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Pasadena Phil | July 30, 2012 at 10:58 am
Maybe the Philadelphia City Council will hire Dick Cheney to spearhead this effort now that he has come out of the closet.
tazz | July 30, 2012 at 11:04 am
This is sick. These are government officials attacking a private business. I hope Chick-fil-A sues for discrimination.
In the meantime, my family and I enjoyed our first delicious dinner at Chick-fil-A last Saturday We will be repeat customers.
pfg | July 30, 2012 at 11:33 am
Article VI reads, "The Senators and Representatives before mentioned, and the Members of the several State Legislatures, and all executive and judicial Officers, both of the United States and of the several States, shall be bound by Oath or Affirmation, to support this Constitution."
The phrase "this Constitution" refers of course to the written one, the one which contains the First Amendment.
Do you see the importance, the vital, sine qua non importance, of electing an individual whose yes means his/her yes and whose no means his/her no.
Who has more trust in terms of an oath, a professing Christian or a vacillating leftist who believes that truth is relative?
FrankNitti | July 30, 2012 at 12:10 pm
just another attempt to keep your eyes off of barry's fail policies.
shroutr | July 30, 2012 at 11:10 am
I said this on a prior article about Chick-Fil-A, but it warrants repeating.
Compare the left's reaction to the American Cancer Society denying funding to Planned Parenthood with their reaction to Chick-Fil-A.
They said that Planned Parenthood does a lot of good (free birth control, cancer screenings, etc.) and that, even if you disagree with abortion, you should praise them for the good they do. Of course, this means that denying funding because of one facet of their business is improper.
Why does the same not apply to Chick-Fil-A. Even if you are for same sex marriage, why not appreciate the good Chick-Fil-A does (jobs, benefits, economy, really freakin' good chicken!). You can disagree with one facet of the president's political views without condemning the business as a whole!
This analogy needs to be pointed out to these hypocrites.
VetHusbandFather | July 30, 2012 at 3:21 pm
Oh they do a lot more good than that.
Charities / Scholarships
WinShape Foundation was founded more than 20 years ago by Truett and Jeannette Cathy. Under the WinShape Foundation umbrella, there are several programs, including WinShape Homes®, which currently operates 11 foster care homes in Georgia, Tennessee and Alabama. The WinShape College Program℠ at Berry College in Rome, Georgia, is a co-op program offering joint four-year scholarship funding to incoming freshmen of up to $32,000. WinShape Camps℠ offers boys and girls summer programs at the college, which will be attended by more than 15,000 campers in 2012.
Additionally, WinShape also operates the WinShape Retreat℠, which offers a sequestered setting for marriage support and counseling and other gatherings on the Mountain Campus of Berry College. Held at WinShape Retreat, WinShape Marriage℠ aims to help married couples by offering intervention for couples in crisis, preparation for engaged couples and enrichment for those interested in growing their marriage.
WinShape Wilderness℠ is dedicated to using adventure to equip people to experience real change, not just in a team setting, but also through personal transformation. WinShape Wilderness is an outdoor adventure program that facilitates experiential learning for all audiences in ropes course settings as well as canoeing, rock climbing and backpacking venues.
Finally, WinShape International℠ was founded in January 2005 with a mission to mobilize leaders to transform young people and communities around the world.
Chick-fil-A Leadership Scholarship Program: Chick-fil-A separately offers $1,000 college scholarships to certain qualified franchised Operator Restaurant employees, a Chick-fil-A tradition that has awarded over $30 million in scholarships.
From: http://www.chick-fil-a.com/Company/Highlights-Fact-Sheets
J. W. | July 30, 2012 at 4:29 pm
(I think you meant to refer to Komen, not the ACS.)
The two responses make sense together when you realize that the issue is this: You must actively support the leftists' cause(s) or you are the enemy. All that talk about the "good" that PP does was a euphemism for abortion. PP did not and to my knowledge still does not perform cancer screenings. If anything, they merely refer women elsewhere — you know, to places where Komen money would be more helpful for actually dealing with breast cancer.
So Komen was condemned for ceasing their support of "a woman's choice." And Chick-fil-A is condemned because it doesn't support "same-sex marriage." The two responses are perfectly consistent.
BannedbytheGuardian | July 30, 2012 at 9:43 pm
Yes . Shrouts ' formula is way too soft. They will stamp on any appeal to moderation as a weakness .
Keep it short -2 words. Plenty of choice there eg
F..k off.
Get f…ked.
Drop dead.
P*ss off.
Up yours.
Tp personalize it add creep /sh&tface/limpimp & good old Motherf***ker is always a hit.
theduchessofkitty | July 30, 2012 at 11:13 am
As I said before,
Every bite, every morsel any of us take of a Chick-fil-A's chicken sandwich, wrap or tender into our mouths is yet another flip-of-the-bird we lovingly strike back at those bastards who don't believe in the First Amendment freedoms of religious exercise, speech or peaceful assembly.
Henry Hawkins | July 30, 2012 at 11:25 am
This is the best thing that ever happened to Chick-fil-A and they ought to send checks to these all-mouth libs.
secondwind | July 30, 2012 at 11:49 am
You are right H.H. Chik fil A is getting national exposure the big chains pay big bucks for. On the other side it also gives the nimrod local lefty politicos their 15 minutes of fame. . . I hear future NYC mayor Ms. Quinn at her recent nuptuals served hot pockets and slim jims. They ended with a circle fist.
Henry Hawkins | July 30, 2012 at 12:55 pm
1. These Chick-fil-A boycotts-by-government will fail.
2. More people than ever now know the brand Chick-fil-A.
3. Even more people than ever now know of the owner's religious commitments.
4. All the free publicity cost Chick-fil-A nothing. In fact, they undoubtedly made money by folks coming in to support them, plus increased business from those who are indifferent to the issue, but just want to try it out.
If I owned a burgeoning or struggling restaurant chain that cannot afford national advertising, the next thing I'd do is announce "I'm pro-traditional marriage and closing on Sundays from now on."
"Believe as I do I'll kill your business."
-Assorted grandstanding liberal politicians.
"I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it."
-Voltaire (Hall/Tallentyre)
I'm one cynical son of a bitch, but not so cynical as to have any doubts whtsoever as to which of the above two sentiments will prevail among the American people.
secondwind | July 30, 2012 at 2:09 pm
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JackRussellTerrierist | July 31, 2012 at 2:28 am
Not only that and what Henry Hawkins pointed out, but consider this: When you go into a Ckik-fil-a, there will be no leftist pissers, moaners, or smooching queers with their hands in each other's panties around to ruin your meal.
strawberrygirl | July 30, 2012 at 11:26 am
I really hope chickfila sues the crap out of these ppl. I have always thought the gay marriage issue was really about imposing antichristian bigotry. Sure is turning out that way.
Maybe one of the legal types that comments here can clarify this more, but I don't think Chick-fil-a can sue… yet. If any of these cities do block their building permit for any reason or NYU kicks them off campus, it seems like Chick-fil-a could then use their statements/letters as evidence of discrimination. That being said, I think all these useful idiots have done is guarantee that Chick-fil-a will have restaurants in their communities (unless they are looking forward to a long legal battle). I wonder if anyone could explain that to their supporters.
Henry Hawkins | July 30, 2012 at 5:19 pm
They have no intention of blocking Chick-fil-A franchises; they know they'd lose a court action. They are just posing for their respective local liberal base voters in advance of election day, knowing full well that nothing will come to a head prior to November. It's pure politics.
Rick | July 30, 2012 at 11:28 am
A new Chick-fil-A shop is being built in our area, and our family will go out of its way to patronize it.
I am disgusted at the increasing belief-police who want to enforce their PC views on all Americans. It has been going on for a while but seems to be reaching a fever pitch. To me it is evidence of the further disuniting of America and is extremely troubling.
We are being destroyed from within by the left.
We keep relying on the courts to uphold the constitution, but it isn't happening enough. Remember, these judges are products of the American education system and many have bought into the leftist views and interpretations. Even those who haven't bouoght into it still cave. Look at Roberts, and Souter before him. Relying on the courts to put things right is a crap shoot at best. The left are noisy as hell, and the media is a stalwart underpinning of their cabal, so elected and appointed people succumb to the political pressure of that noise.
Our institutions have been taken over by the left. We have only ourselves, not the system that they control now, to turn to.
impeach obama | July 30, 2012 at 11:29 am
First the left says, 'keep private lives – private'
Then the left says, 'live and let live'
Next comes, 'I won't tell you how to live your life, don't tell me how to live mine'
Finally 'RAAACIST – HOMOPHOBE – How dare you have different beliefs – get back under the bed and hide!'
of course all in the name of brotherhood, you know brother 'loving' brother and sister 'loving' sister especially in bed – it's for the children or is it lack of children – go PP, pelosi, bawny, etc
Frank Koza | July 30, 2012 at 11:40 am
Funny how a gay rights activist like Ms Quinn fighting against bans against same sex marriage by saying she doesn't "believe in denigrating others" and preaching celebration of "diversity" concurrently fights for conformity of her lowly subjects by denigrating and banning smokers from her precious city and now wants to kick out franchisees of a food service private enterprise no matter their own personal views, but simply because of the personal views of the chain's CEO.
Apparently she believes she can preach to the masses from her soapbox of holding a government office with money expropriated from taxpaying citizens who may not hold her views, but Kathy, who receives no government funds to speak his mind may not. Worse yet, anti-smoking government officials like Ms Quinn impose excessive excise taxes directly on the people they disdain, stealing their own money and forcing them to fund her own personal and bigoted campaigns of hate against them.
If that doesn't convince all of the evils of unchecked government power, nothing will.
retire05 | July 30, 2012 at 11:43 am
Meanwhile, Jeff Bezos, CEO of Amazon, and his wife recently donated $2.5 million to same sex marriage organizations. Funny, I don't see any conservative pols demanding that no one in their state be allowed to purchase products from Amazon.
This broo-ha-ha over Chick Fil-A is nothing more than political correctness gone ballistic a.k.a. Cultural Marxism. Antonio Gramsci is smiling in his grave at how many useful idiots the U.S. has.
It used to be that gays just wanted to fit in. Now they are resegregating the world into "gay" vs "not gay" again. I think they will discover that from a marketing point of view, "gay" is a small market niche. The official term for the "not gay" segment is mass market. Guess where most of the investment will go? And you don't have to advertise "not gay". Just don't make those contributions and official statements. "Zip it" is free.
As you pointed out, the bigot card is the new race card.
I sent an email to Chicago alderman Moreno last week. In about two relatively short paragraphs, I told him he is Un-American for publicly expressing his willingness to violate the First Amendment by threatening to use the force of governmnet to subvert the Chick-fil-A owner's freedoms of speech and religion; I told him those First Amendment protections were put in place to protect citizens against government officials who want to behave like petty tyrants by imposing their values on others and silencing dissenting political opinion; and I told him that his actions demonstrate that he is a hateful, anti-Christian bigot.
I think every word I wrote is accurate and defensible. I don't believe I engaged in hyperbole or stretched the truth.
We can't rely only on a couple of editorials, just because they appear in left leaning rags, to sway these people. Use their own tactics against them. We don't have gulags as an institution for political repression. YET. Write them emails. It's ok, I think, to he sharp and cutting in your critisism, so long as you're accurate and don't devolved into profanity and unnecessary name calling (maybe I went over the line a bit in that regard by suggesting he's Un-American and tyrannical. Oh well.)
BTW, neither Moreno nor his staff bothered to respond.
JP | July 30, 2012 at 12:03 pm
The patients are running the asylum. They have tried for many years to be in the position, they are now.
44 green-lighted them. The hate and *vitriol, will not lessen with a change in administration (hope to God it happens) and the reason that it will not change, as Stephanie said: 'we now go to Brian, Brian what can you tell us'..Brian says: 'Gorge, it's the citizens of the Soviet, also called, the Tea Party'that I just checked in the local phone book…
It will continue, until a NOT SO Le'gal In'sur'rec'tion takes place. Just ask the Brits of the mid to late 1,700's and early 1,800's..
*asterisk explained:
I change my vitriol every 3000 miles or so, as indicated in the little booklet located in my glove box..
Browndog | July 30, 2012 at 12:06 pm
For those that think this is some kind of "good thing"…I'd rethink it.
Have we learned nothing? This is not about selling chicken sandwiches.
There is no telling how far this will go, what it will morph in to, and what/who is next-
but, we do have an idea, don't we?
From Change.org:
"WASHINGTON, DC – Students from seven schools across the country have launched petitions on Change.org in the past 48 hours demanding the removal or prevention of Chick-fil-A franchises on their campuses following this week's media blitz over the fast food chain's public stance against same-sex marriage.
The petitions target officials at the University of Illinois, University of Kansas, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, Ball State University, College of Charleston, Wichita State University, and Minnesota State University."
Operation #occupyhatechicken well under way..
Pasadena Phil | July 30, 2012 at 12:37 pm
If only the occupy movement had half as many members as they have targets they might be a threat. But the entire occupy movement has dissipated as the early sympathizers fled once they learned who they were teaming with.
syn | July 30, 2012 at 1:16 pm
One would think that these brilliant Higher-Thinking students-
who face $1 Trillion in Student Loan for Higher-Thinking Debt,
who face a lifetime of serfdom paying for a lifetime of Boomer Entitlements,
who face a lifetime of struggle, poverty and joblessless,
who face a lifetime of high taxation,
would not actively kill their future with their own Liberal Fascism.
Then again, 68% of Higher-Thinking students voted for Obama.
(I am so happy I am not under 30 years of age!!!)
theduchessofkitty | July 30, 2012 at 1:52 pm
Yeah, for all their "education", they have no brains whatsoever!
2nd Ammendment Mother | July 30, 2012 at 3:16 pm
All those University students and not a single student who can read Contracts and understand Contract law? I'm just saying I wouldn't hire one of their grads, if they don't understand the basics of Contracts.
FX Phillips | July 30, 2012 at 12:07 pm
Perhaps the "esteemed" councilman ought to address the Mogadishu like state of the cesspool black hole that is the City of Philadelphia rather than defame someone else's point of view. The place is a first class disaster and the quintessential blue model failure.
It should be pointed out that the only one advancing un-American ideas are morons like councilman Kenney as his preferred method of governance and his religious bigotry and intolerance of ideas that don't fit into his demented cultural marxist paradigm(not to mention his pea brain) are what have dragged this country to the edge of ruin.
NC Mountain Girl | July 30, 2012 at 12:08 pm
If these cities were thriving it would be one thing for officials to say conform or get lost but all of them have fiscal problems and most have been bleeding population, particularly stable middle class families with children. This type of talk is likely to accelerate that decline.
Sally Paradise | July 30, 2012 at 12:13 pm
The thought police are putting fascism's boot on the necks of Amerioan citizens.
… and American citizens.
SmokeVanThorn | July 30, 2012 at 12:19 pm
Their true colors are shining through.
And – way to stay classy, Councilman!
There was another similar famous quote first uttered by Tom Wolfe:
"…the dark night of fascism is always descending in the United States and yet lands only in Europe,"
janitor | July 30, 2012 at 12:48 pm
Well, it's lunchtime here. I've never been to a Chick-fil-A, but I'm going to go out of my way to try it today.
janitor | July 30, 2012 at 8:44 pm
UPDATE: delish. 🙂
LukeHandCool | July 30, 2012 at 1:14 pm
Wreckovery Summer To Do List
1) Kill the Business Goose that lays the golden egg
2) Decide which goes first: the nest egg or Chick-fil-A?
Obama: "Hey, how about: if you wanna make an omelet, you gotta break some geese."
Staff: "Um, no, Mr. President…"
ReneeA | July 30, 2012 at 1:19 pm
More then half of all children in Philadephia are in single parent homes, resulting in the over whelming majority of families in poverty.
While the father is always legally obligated, children have better outcomes with mom and dad living with one another. How is that hate or bigotry to acknowledge that?
n.n | July 30, 2012 at 10:33 pm
It is neither. It is an affirmation of the natural order.
There may be reason to believe the human ego and ingenuity can overcome the constraints imposed by the natural order, but this is an experiment with the most fundamental of consequences, and cannot be pursued with the lightest of evidence and cause.
Consider that while homosexual behavior does, in fact, constitute evolutionary dysfunction, it is not an exclusive contributor to this process; it is not even the most observable. The most consequential transgressions of the natural order are committed by heterosexuals when they prioritize sexual gratification over reproduction; when they prioritize personal gratification over the life of their developing child and choose to terminate its life prematurely.
The behavior of both classes of individuals has contributed to a proliferation of sexually transmitted diseases, with homosexual males leading the way. It has engendered a near-term dysfunction that challenges the integrity of relationships. It has motivated a "rights" movement to normalize elective termination of voluntarily conceived human life. It has, most noticeably, resulted in a majority of the population reproducing in the minority — the quintessential example of evolutionary dysfunction.
That said, the desire for physical gratification without perceived consequences is a subset of a general dream for instant gratification, which includes: physical, material, and ego. It is these dreams that engender progressive corruption. While it is popular to say that "money is the root of all evil," the fact is that money is not a cause but a means to an end. The worst corruption occurs through denigration of individual dignity and devaluation of human life. It leaves individual humans as interchangeable and disposable, from conception to grave.
It's my opinion that the effort to normalize homosexual behavior is only one aspect of normalizing dysfunctional behavior in general. As it is a behavior with no redeeming value to either society or humanity, the progress they record with this effort will set the standard for efforts to normalize similarly dysfunctional behaviors, the most notable and significant of which is the elective termination of developing human life.
Anyway, the purpose of laws of morality and ethics is to promote behaviors which engender positive progress and benefit for society and humanity. Homosexual behavior engenders neither; but, until it reaches critical mass in a society, it can likely be tolerated. However, there is no legitimate reason to normalize it.
The judgment expressed on this issue is becoming a litmus test for mental "solvency." If we use the natural order, including evolutionary principles, as our objective standard, then there is only one reasonable conclusion: tolerance — neither normalization nor rejection. Efforts to normalize a clearly dysfunctional behavior are evidence of ulterior motives by its proponents.
jdkchem | July 30, 2012 at 1:20 pm
The only thing Kenney has ever done is run for office. Like chocolate gumby he could not be bothered to enlist. Every one of these turds ran from enlisting yet they're the first to scream un-American.
ldwaddell | July 30, 2012 at 1:22 pm
The charge of "hate" is not a contribution to argument; it's the recourse of people who would rather not have an argument at all. Not that long ago, "to hate" meant: "to feel hostility or animosity toward; to detest." In recent years, however, the Contemporary Lexicon of Political Correctness and Sensitivity to Sexual Orientation has expanded this definition of "hate" to include: "to hold to Judeo-Christian principles and values; to stand for biblical morality," and, quite specifically, "to take issue with homosexual practice." It now appears that no matter what you say and no matter how carefully and graciously you say it, if you dare to differ with the GLBT agenda, if you believe that it is immoral for a man to have sex with another man, if you do not support same-sex marriage, then you are an extremist, a bigot, a Nazi, and a jihadist. To take this one step further, could it be that the tables have now turned so dramatically that most of the hate speech is coming from the lips and pens of those who perpetually push the hate button, namely, the gay and lesbian community?
NC Mountain Girl | July 30, 2012 at 2:26 pm
Actually like the term racist hater now means simply that you openly disagreed with the speaker on an issue close to their heart. Unfortunately its use is not confined to the GLBTG community or even to the political left.
A couple of years back I was called a hater and removed from the mailing list by the local Tea Party head after I sent a polite but firmly worded e-mail about a candidate they had endorsed. I noted I'd been vetting candidates for years and found this fellow an attention seeker drawn to whatever applause line thrilled his current audience. I also opined that most voters would reject him as a blowhard and a phony. Guess what happened? Not only did he lose the primary, he didn't make any of the fiscal issues central to the Tea Party endorsement session central to his campaign!
Daiwa | July 30, 2012 at 1:27 pm
The politicians threatening Chick-Fil-A are nothing but wannabe Mafiosi. But that's really being kind – wannabe Mussolinis is closer.
dmacleo | July 30, 2012 at 1:28 pm
wish there were some in Maine.
Jaynie59 | July 30, 2012 at 1:35 pm
The gay rights movement had tried for something like 11 years to get a gay rights bill passed in Rhode Island. Around 1990 or so it actually made it to the floor of the general assembly for debate. Witness after witness for the bill testified that homosexuals would NEVER demand or want gay marriage. No way, no how, would that ever happen. Never. Gays, after all, would never want something as "traditional" as marriage. Gay people were far too free spirited to ever want something as confining as marriage, all they wanted was the same legal rights. But they would never demand marriage. I remember reading many stories and letters-to-the-editors in The Providence Journal that concurred and accused opponents of the bill of using the marriage argument as an excuse to deny gays equal rights by using the "slippery slope" argument.
It would be very interesting to dig up the testimony in the states as these bills came up and see if any of those witnesses are still around. Useless, but interesting.
Iowa Jim | July 30, 2012 at 1:52 pm
I'll be in Des Moines on Friday to give plasma at the blood center there. Usually, after doing so, I go to a place called El Bait Shop for lunch (it has about a hundred different beers on draft), then to West Des Moines for Trader Joe's, and then home. This Friday, though, I'm going to go to West Des Moines first, to have lunch at the only Chick-Fil-A in the area. It will be hard to pass up El Bait Shop, but duty calls (and I mean that somewhat seriously).
Next time I'm there I'll have to get a couple extra to go because I bet a Chick-fil-A sandwich would be great with a cold beer.
MicahStone | July 30, 2012 at 1:57 pm
The closest Chick-fil-A to my home is nearly 40 miles away – but I'll travel there on August 1 just to show my support for the owners to have religious views that do not blindly conform to socialist extremist mandates.
FYI: The Nazi boycott of Jewish businesses in Germany took place on 01 April 1933, soon after Adolf Hitler was sworn in as Chancellor on 30 January 1933. The boycott was the first of many measures against the Jews of Germany, which ultimately culminated in the "Final Solution". — DO YOU SEE THE SIMILARITIES ?????
avan | July 30, 2012 at 2:15 pm
Don't these people realize that they will have to do the same with Muslum owned businesses as well as Orthodox Jewish ones? They only want to attack the Christian ones. I hope to see them stop all the Nation of Islam pie and water selling on the streets of Philly.
jimg | July 30, 2012 at 2:30 pm
I always get a kick out of leftists decrying hatred, intolerance and bigotry.
All the while they're doing what?
Correct. Spewing hatred, intolerance and bigotry.
We really should start posting pictures – I live in the bluest city in the bluest county in Texas. For the last 4 days, the parking lots at our local Chick-fil-a's are full to over flowing and the drive thrus have lines out to the street.
William A. Jacobson | July 30, 2012 at 3:55 pm
As the employees at Chick-fil-A usually say after you say "Thank You" for a great service… "My pleasure!"
I'll get my camera ready!
TrooperJohnSmith | July 30, 2012 at 8:03 pm
She means that she lives in Travis County (Austin)! 😆
Miata Shinsen | July 31, 2012 at 12:25 am
Which, if memory serves me, was the ONLY county in Texas that voted against defining marriage as between a man and a woman. Good to hear business is booming for Chick-fil-A there.
Aggie95 | July 30, 2012 at 3:52 pm
I wonder what the good councilman thinks of this … remember no one gets elected in Philly without union support
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Great idea over at CNS News, take a Boy Scout to Chick-fil-A day. Here is the link. http://cnsnews.com/blog/j-matt-barber/tick-liberal-take-boy-scout-chick-fil
Jusuchin (Military Otaku) | July 30, 2012 at 8:11 pm
So, this is why the gay rights movement gets no traction with me. i am alright with gay people, hell, I come from a nation that is the largest Catholic nation in Asia, yet we're totally fine with our gay people and whatnot. I have nothing against them. I have something against their purported voices in the government, et,al.
The beauty of America is that we are allowed our voices. The ugly side of it is that recently, we're all told that anything 'traditional' or 'conservative' is founded truly and fully in bigotry, ignorance, and racism when they cannot see themselves being that way when they look in the mirror.
As Professor Reynolds would say "Civility for thee, not for me."
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Qatar buys from Eni 35% in a giant oil field in Mexico.
Russian Novatek and Italy's Eni are exploring the shelf of Montenegro for the presence of hydrocarbons.
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The rain showers throughout Southern California have left dozens of motorists stranded and injured because of crashes and spin-outs all day on Wednesday.
The first SigAlert was issued at just before 5:30 a.m. when a vehicle overturned on the southbound 55 near the connector to the 73. The road reopened at 6 a.m.
California Highway Patrol officer Gabe Montoya said that problems seemed to be clearing up at about 7 a.m.
"The frequency of collisions has gone down to a more normal level for this time of day," Montoya said.
The CHP advised drivers to slow down and to leave extra room between vehicles to compensate for the limited visibility and wet roads.
Other crashes were reported throughout the area, including:
A vehicle swerved off the road into the bushes near the Magnolia Street on-ramp to the eastbound 22 at 6:30 a.m.
A Chevy Tahoe crashed into a right shoulder-fence on the northbound I-5 just south of Jamboree Road at about 6:05 a.m. No injuries were reported.
Traffic was tied up near the Harbor Boulevard on-ramp on the northbound I-5 at 6 a.m. after a truck went off an embankment there.
A vehicle spun out on the westbound 91 west of Knott Avenue at about 4:45 a.m.
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Lexington in Fayette County, Kentucky — The American South (East South Central)
Sam Hildreth
By Ken Smith, July 12, 2012
1. Sam Hildreth Marker
Sam Hildreth. Admonished by his father that one could not settle down if he wanted to be a racing man, Sam Hildreth wrote years later of such family sojourns as himself and all nine brothers and sisters being taken by wagon train from Missouri to Texas. His father had about a dozen race horses and had heard of an owner in Texas who wanted some action. The Hildreth star of the time, Red Morocco, was called on to oblige. Sam Hildreth was ever held by the "The Spell of the Turf," as his autobiography was titled. He was a jockey and blacksmith before forming a stable of his own in the East. When racing was shut down in New York, he ventured to France to train steeplechasers. Hildreth was America's leading trainer in earnings nine times between 1909 and 1924 and the leading owner three times. He later trained for oilman Harry Sinclair's Rancocas stable, which led the owners list three years. Among the many champions Hildreth trained was Zev, which defeated the English derby winner Papyrus in a pioneering international match race in New York in 1923. . This historical marker is in Lexington in Fayette County Kentucky
Admonished by his father that one could not settle down if he wanted to be a racing man, Sam Hildreth wrote years later of such family sojourns as himself and all nine brothers and sisters being taken by wagon train from Missouri to Texas. His father had about a dozen race horses and had heard of an owner in Texas who wanted some action. The Hildreth star of the time, Red Morocco, was called on to oblige. Sam Hildreth was ever held by the "The Spell of the Turf," as his autobiography was titled. He was a jockey and blacksmith before forming a stable of his own in the East. When racing was shut down in New York, he ventured to France to train steeplechasers. Hildreth was America's leading trainer in earnings nine times between 1909 and 1924 and the leading owner three times. He later trained for oilman Harry Sinclair's Rancocas stable, which led the owners list three years. Among the many champions Hildreth trained was Zev, which defeated the English derby winner Papyrus in a pioneering international match race in New York in 1923.
Location. 38° 2.504′ N, 84° 29.389′
W. Marker is in Lexington, Kentucky, in Fayette County. Marker can be reached from the intersection of East Main Street (U.S. 60) and Midland Avenue (U.S. 60), on the right when traveling west. Located in Thoroughbred Park. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 100 Midland Avenue, Lexington KY 40508, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. John W. Galbreath (here, next to this marker); William T. Young (here, next to this marker); Robert A. Alexander (here, next to this marker); Samuel D. Riddle (here, next to this marker); Harry Payne Whitney (a few steps from this marker); Capt. Harry Guggenheim (a few steps from this marker); Mrs. Henry Carnegie Phipps (a few steps from this marker); Andrew Jackson (a few steps from this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Lexington.
Also see . . . Start with this plaque. The page for this plaque has a Related Markers list of all the plaques in Thoroughbred Park. You can use that list to easily page through all of the markers. (Submitted on August 19, 2012.)
Categories. • Animals • Entertainment • Sports •
More. Search the internet for Sam Hildreth.
Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. This page originally submitted on August 11, 2012, by Ken Smith of Milan, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 378 times since then and 3 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on August 11, 2012, by Ken Smith of Milan, Tennessee. • Craig Swain was the editor who published this page.


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Redcentric : What is Public Cloud? A Comprehensive Guide
Public clouds are one of the most recognised models of cloud computing today. They're an efficient and economical way to pool tech resources and infrastructure in a virtualised environment. Those cloud services are then offered to multiple customers by the cloud provider. Today, people and companies use public clouds for everything from online software applications, hosting, storage, and cloud-based development environments.
Companies are spending billions on public cloud services globally, and Gartner forecasts that spending will grow over 23% this year alone to just over $332 billion. Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) is still the leader in public cloud services. However, the explosion of enterprise remote work is driving growth for Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) and Desktop-as-a-Service (DaaS) this year.
Whether you're already a seasoned public cloud customer or are looking to migrate to one, we've got you covered. We put together this comprehensive guide to public clouds that goes over what they are, their benefits, why you'd want to migrate to one, and more.
Features of the public cloud
A public cloud is a virtualised IT model where computing resources are owned and operated by a third-party provider, delivering on-demand computing services and infrastructure to multiple organisations and users using the public Internet. For example, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud, IBM Cloud, and Amazon Web Services (AWS.)
(Take a look at our public cloud connectivity article that covers securing access to AWS and Azure).
Public cloud providersoffer cloud-based services on an as-needed basis and typically charge a pay-per-use fee, eliminating the need for customers to host these services on their own servers or data centres. Providers use groups of virtual machines and servers at data centres to offer services to multiple customers.
Customers can rent the use of the services on the virtual machines as a whole, or they can pay for each service individually, such as software apps, app development tools, or storage. Companies and enterprises often use public clouds for less-sensitive applications that handle unpredictable usage spikes or store infrequently accessed data.
Contrast this with a private cloud hosted on a company's private servers, often on-premise on their own data centre. Users must be on the corporate network or cloud to access their private cloud.
The difference between public, private, and hybrid clouds
Before we delve deeper into the public cloud topic, we thought it wise to discuss the difference between public, private, and hybrid clouds. Public and private clouds are similar in that they offer the same types of services and capabilities (computing, storage, networking, and scalability,) but they differ in how they operate and provide those services.
Runs on multi-tenant, shared infrastructure.
Hardware and other IT infrastructure are owned by the provider, not the customer.
Accessible via the Internet.
Bandwidth and connectivity performance depends on the public Internet.
Pay-as-you-go model that offers easy scalability and flexibility.
This model is ideal for companies:
With predictable computing needs.
That may need additional resources occasionally to address spikes in demand.
That use general apps and services to perform IT and business operations.
Runs on single-tenant architecture.
The underlying hardware and IT infrastructure can be owned by the customer or a cloud service provider for exclusive use by the customer.
Only accessible by employees of that company and only on the company network.
Consistent bandwidth and connectivity as there are only limited people accessing it.
Can be a cost-effective solution if companies use a managed private cloud hosted by a cloud service provider as the provider is responsible for investing in infrastructure and maintenance.
Depending on the private cloud topography, it can be difficult to scale up or down as the flexibility relies on the infrastructure at hand.
In highly regulated industries.
That deal with sensitive data and information.
That require robust control and security over their IT infrastructure.
That can afford to invest in high performance and highly-available technologies.
Combination of private and public clouds.
Companies can decide which model to use for their specific needs. E.g., Store sensitive data on a private cloud and use a public one for non-sensitive business services.
Highly flexible as companies can move workloads between the two cloud types as needed for optimal performance and cost-effectiveness.
Offers the right blend of security and compliance for companies working within industry- or country- specific guidelines.
Apps and data workloads can share resources between the public and private cloud based on organisational business and technical policies around security, performance, scalability, and cost-efficiency.
Facing different IT security, regulatory, and performance requirements.
Wanting to increase their security posture on existing cloud solutions.
Looking to optimise their cloud investments without compromising on the value that public and private clouds deliver.
Seeking to strategically approach their cloud investments to ensure they're always using the best cloud service model available in the market.
How public clouds work
Looking deeper into the technical details, providers supply the infrastructure needed to host, deploy, and use apps and services in the cloud, so customers don't have to. Public clouds generally encompass many different technologies, features, capabilities, hardware, and software. Generally speaking, they consist of:
On-demand computing;
Self-service provisioning;
Resource pooling;
High scalability;
Pay-per-use pricing (usually by service or number of users;)
High availability and resiliency;
The latest in security; and
Broad network access, usually via the Internet.
Public cloud providers typically also offer tools and services to help customers manage their cloud applications, such as data storage, security, and monitoring. Customers can usually check in on the health of their public cloud services through a provider portal to see stats on performance, usage, and more.
Users who connect to a public cloud typically don't notice anything different from their usual computing experience. The apps or services they use every day, such as a file-sharing app, CRM, or video conferencing tool, are connected to the cloud on the backend. To them, the apps or services just "work."
Security in the public cloud
Previous public cloud versions were a bit of the wild west, and security breaches were common. That made every IT leader hesitate to move sensitive data or applications to the cloud. Today, however, the public cloud security is the highest it's ever been and often outstrips on-premise security solutions.
McAfee found that 52% of companies today experience better securityin the cloud than in on-premise environments. And Gartner found that cloud IaaS workloads experienced 60% fewer security incidentslast year than those in traditional data centres.
Cloud security is at such a high level partly because large players like Google, Amazon, and Microsoft Azure have had to become experts if they wanted to stay in business. Hackers worldwide have been attacking them for years, so they had to invest heavily in security.
While public cloud providers do their expert best to keep the cloud safe, the weakest part of the security net is user access. According to SailPoint, 97% of cloud IaaS customers reported user access problems (that could be anything from defining incorrect user access profiles to omitting to develop a user removal process for employees.)
Regardless, public clouds are very safe today as providers have robust security protocols and processes created, maintained, and enforced by experts in cybersecurity. Companies can rest assured that their data is safe both in the cloud and as it moves to and from it.
Why use public clouds?
Many companies look to public clouds as a way of scaling their existing IT resources. They can do it on-demand without committing to an expensive investment in new physical IT infrastructure. For example, it's easier to buy more cloud storage space if you need it today without having to buy more servers and deploy them into your network.
Many companies are moving portions of their infrastructure to the public cloud because:
They're flexible and scalable, adjusting as needed to their variable workload demands through logically separated cloud locations.
They offer greater efficiency, and fewer wasted IT resourcessince they pay only for what they use.
They reduce spendingon hardware and on-premises infrastructures by passing the cost of purchasing and maintaining IT equipment to the cloud service provider.
They free in-house IT staff from overhead maintenance tasksand leave them available to work on higher-value tasks such as developing new products or refining business processes.
They give early and instant access to new technologies, such as machine learning and AI, which many customers can't afford on their own.
They let companies try out a servicebefore committing to a fully paid contract or licence agreement.
They're highly reliable and resilientbecause of the geographically dispersed data centres with redundant configurations and features.
They give companies more visibilityinto the data they store and the resources they use through built-in data analytics. Most companies don't know what they have and how they use it, and public cloud services can perform analytics on high volumes and different data types to generate business insights.
While these are great benefits to using the public cloud, some drawbacks may still give IT managers pause. For example:
Exponentially increasing costs:Companies today use an average of 805 distinct cloud apps per monthin a combination of free, freemium, and paid services. Cloud apps are typically cheaper than on-premise, but complex cloud costs and pricing models could make it difficult to track spending.
Control challenges within the tech stack:Each cloud provider has different configuration options and control features, making it challenging for IT staff to integrate them all into the tech stack. Add in the data separation issues for remote users, and adherence to industry- and country- specific guidelines and overall control becomes a nightmare.
Vendor lock-in:Many companies are restricted to apps and servicesfrom vendors they already have a relationship with. You may be forced to purchase inferior services that don't quite meet your requirements or, on the other hand, use one that is overkill for your needs. And all because of a prior relationship or licensing agreement.
Security challenges:Public clouds are generally more secure today, but trying to deploy the same security policies used on your internal resources to a public cloud service may be very difficult. You may be constrained to use the cloud's security options, which may not meet your company's or industry's standards.
Your public cloud options
Today's public cloud market (including IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS services) is dominated by five companies holding nearly 40% of the market: Amazon Web Services (AWS,) Microsoft, Salesforce.com, Google, and Oracle. That leaves more than 60% of the marketto others to deliver targeted IaaS, PaaS, SaaS, and Desktop-as-a-Service (DaaS) apps and services. For example, ServiceNow, Workday, MuleSoft, Cloudways, and DigitalOcean. Spending on public cloud services is forecast to grow to over $332 billion in 2021, with IaaS and DaaS experiencing the highest growth, according to Gartner.
Here's a quick list of the categories of public cloud services.
Software-as-a-Service (SaaS): The category most people are familiar with, SaaS delivers cloud-hosted software apps to users. Instead of installing them on a local computer or device, these apps reside in the cloud and are accessed through a web browser or an API.
Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS):This category offers on-demand computing, networking, and storage resources over the Internet or through dedicated API connections. Access can be done directly to the underlying hardware, also known as bare metal, or, more commonly, through virtualised services.
Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS): PaaS offers application developers a complete platform to build, run, and manage applications. It includes all the necessary hardware, software, and infrastructure and the entire platform is managed by the cloud provider.
Desktop-as-a-Service (DaaS): This category securely delivers virtual apps and desktops from the cloud to any device through a web browser or secure app downloaded to the device. It's typically used to provision secure SaaS and legacy apps for employees.
Disaster recovery-as-a-Service (DRaaS):This category reliably and cost effectively replicates your critical systems for disaster recoverypurposes. It supports your continuity plans to mitigate risk while maintaining up time for your company if disaster strikes.
There are different types of public cloud services within each category, such as computing, storage, serverless products, containers, and more. Each one offers features and benefits that make them a good choice for your company.
Migrating to a public cloud
Companies have various reasons for migrating to a public cloud. Security and data protection is the top reason, according to one survey.
Source: Deloitte
Data modernisation and cost and performance improvements of the IT organisation round out the top three, but there are many other reasons to migrate to the cloud.
1. Upcoming IT contract renewals
Many companies have contracts with data centres, software companies, and other providers that must be periodically renewed. You look at the performance, usage, and cost as you decide whether to renew or move to a new service, like a cloud solution. Public cloud agreements are less restrictive as they're usually just a pay-as-you-go model, making it more cost-effective.
2. Increased capacity or needs
It can be challenging to scale up tech, no matter if it's because your business is growing or you have seasonal needs. Being able to rapidly and efficiently scale up or down is a huge benefit to moving to the public cloud. You skip the overage penalty costs and simply move up or down to a new subscription model as you need.
3. Product development benefits
Companies who use public clouds often save time and money when developing new productsbecause of the dynamic provisioning and pay-as-you-go cost model. They can quickly prototype new ideas, release finalised products to market faster, and realise the new revenues in shorter timelines.
4. Acquisitions
Merging companies is challenging because of the different tech landscapes and data involved. Doing this across multiple private clouds or data centres while juggling all the different service contracts and licences can be confusing. Not to mention, it can lead to unintentional cost overruns and duplication of services. Moving data and apps into the cloud after an acquisition can be much easier with a public cloud. You can accommodate new locations, applications, and employees more efficiently, resulting in a smoother transition for all involved.
5. New or existing data compliance needs
Various industries like finance and healthcarehave strict data regulations that must be followed. And if you're a global company, you can add in additional local laws like GDPR too. All of which makes it challenging for IT teams to manage on their own. Most public cloud providers are already compliant with these regulations, removing some of the compliance burden from your company's IT team.
6. End-of-life or sunsetting processes
IT teams are always looking for the right time to replace old software or hardwarewith the latest version. Increasingly, companies are looking at ways to replicate or replace those services in a public cloud instead of replacing them with a newer model. Migrating to the cloud means companies can decommission old hardware and let licences lapse while getting all the benefits of the cloud.
Today, many companies are using public cloud services, from the front- to back- end of their business. They deliver both the operational and business-critical apps and services today's companies need. Public clouds provide infrastructure and services to companies in an efficient, cost-effective, and secure way, even better than private clouds. And without the added time, effort, and cost of other solutions.
Redcentric has the experience, skills, and technology to deliver the right public cloud solution to our customers. We'll help you migrate to a public cloud and set you up with the right mix of IaaS, storage, PaaS, and backup systems that'll transform the way your company works. Contact us todayto discover your unique cloud roadmap. We're here to help.
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