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India All India 02 Apr 2020 Coronavirus death toll in Maharashtra surges to 16
Coronavirus death toll in Maharashtra surges to 16
Published : Apr 2, 2020, 9:59 am IST
Updated : Apr 2, 2020, 9:59 am IST
One of them died at the civic-run Nair Hospital while two succumbed at private hospitals in the city
A man uses a handkerchief to cover his face in the wake of novel coronavirus or COVID-19 outbreak at a hospital. (Photo- PTI)
Mumbai: Six coronavirus patients died in Maharashtra on Wednesday, five of them in Mumbai, taking the death toll to 16, health officials said.
Three men and as many women, all confirmed coronavirus patients, died during the day, he said.
The women patients were 84, 73 and 63 years old, respectively.
"One of them died at the civic-run Nair Hospital while two succumbed at private hospitals in the city," the official said.
A 75-year-old man and another, 51-year-old man died at Mumbai hospitals.
A 50-year-old man died in adjoining Palghar district, officials said. It was the first death reported from Palghar, a predominantly tribal district.
The number of coronavirus cases in Maharashtra increased by 33 to 335 on Wednesday, a health official said.
Thirty of these cases were found in Mumbai alone, two in Pune and one in Buldhana, he said.
The state has recorded 335 coronavirus cases so far.
Health Minister Rajesh Tope had said earlier in the day that the number of cases would increase further because there were around 5,000 persons in "high-risk" category.
Relatives or close friends of these people had tested positive for COVID-19 (making it likely that they might have caught the infection too), he said.
Tags: mumbai coronavirus, coronavirus infected, covid 19 cases, maharashtra coronavirus, coronavirus deaths, coronavirus deaths in india
Two more covid19 positive patient dies in Maharashtra, taking toll to 12
Covid19 cases climb to 230 In Maharashtra after 17 more test positive
Maharashtra reports first death in Mumbai, coronavirus cases in India climb to 125

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Braunwald (toponimo tedesco) è una frazione di 308 abitanti del comune svizzero di Glarona Sud, nel Canton Glarona.

Geografia fisica

Storia

Già comune autonomo istituito nel 1939 per scorporo da quello di Rüti, si estendeva per 10,13 km² e comprendeva anche la frazione di Bergeten. Il 1º gennaio 2011 è stato accorpato agli altri comuni soppressi di Betschwanden, Elm, Engi, Haslen, Linthal, Luchsingen, Matt, Mitlödi, Rüti, Schwanden, Schwändi e Sool per formare il nuovo comune di Glarona Sud.

Monumenti e luoghi d'interesse

 Chiesa riformata, eretta nel 1904;
 Führlihaus, eretta nel 1780.

Società

Evoluzione demografica
L'evoluzione demografica è riportata nella seguente tabella:

Economia
Braunwald è una località di villeggiatura estiva (sanatori, escursionismo, alpinismo) e invernale (stazione sciistica).

Infrastrutture e trasporti

La località, interdetta al traffico automobilistico, è servita dalla funicolare Braunwaldbahn che la collega alla ferrovia Ziegelbrücke-Linthal (linea S25 della rete celere di Zurigo).

Amministrazione
Ogni famiglia originaria del luogo fa parte del comune patriziale che ha la responsabilità della manutenzione di ogni bene comune.

Note

Altri progetti

Collegamenti esterni

Frazioni di Glarona Sud
Comuni del Canton Glarona soppressi
Località del Canton Glarona
Stazioni e comprensori sciistici del Canton Glarona

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Q: How can search escaped string from a table in mysql My problem is while insertion I'm using addslashes() function then the string is inserted as kadavath\'s , but at time of select I'm using LIKE operator at that time result is empty. Please help me.

A: If this is how your data looks in the database:

kadavath\'s

then you're doing something wrong.
The right function to escape data for mysql_query() queries is mysql_real_escape_string(). There is no need for addslashes(), in adding that breaks your data, as we see here.

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.Located in a prized Cheltenham location with an unbeatable level of convenience to schools, local parks and shopping, this comfortable family home represents a golden opportunity for families in this sought after area. Secured behind a traditional picket fence, the home is comprised of a wide and generous entrance leading to 3 bedrooms serviced by a central bathroom and separate toilet. The updated kitchen with glass splashback is bathed with natural light via a skylight and leads into the formal lounge and dining room as well as the family room at the rear. Gorgeous timber floors are a feature throughout the home with carpet in the bedrooms and formal lounge & dining room. Year round comfort is assured with gas heating in the family room and lounge area, ceiling fans as well as a wall A/C providing cooling on hot summer days. Car accommodation is also taken care of with a single lockup garage as well as a carport with additional space in front. Located in the Cheltenham Secondary School Zone, walking distance to Kingston Heath Primary School, Farm Road Pre-School and a short drive to the Private Schools in Mentone, this much loved family home set in pretty and mature gardens with a covered alfresco area for entertaining and gazebo with spa is now ready for the next generation to love and enjoy. Inspection will not disappoint!


Every child who wears glasses will know just how Arlo feels, and will feel better because of it. And every parent will want that child to know that glasses are cool and fun and enable us to do the things we want to do. Take Arlo: He's a shaggy, free-spirited dog who loves to play catch, until one day he can't. He can't see the ball anymore. He needs glasses!
Arise is the second book in the Hereafter series by Tara Hudson. The first book, Hereafter, was amazing. I loved it. The story of a living boy falling in love with a ghost was so fresh (at the time) that I found myself completely caught up by their romance.
Summer is a time for reading. Whether you're catching up on books that you've been meaning to read, or looking for something new, now is the time to get started.
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From Anne Ursu, author of one of the most widely acclaimed and beloved middle grade novels in recent memory, comes a new fantasy adventure of magic, fear, and friendship.
Aliera Carstairs just doesn't fit in.
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Aliera's starting to wonder...where does she belong?
I am a HUGE fan of Jane Yolen books. The variety behind the different types of stories she writes always amazes me. When I came across this book while browsing for graphic novels with my son, I snatched it up for myself. This was Jane Yolen so it had to be good.
ELIN JEAN HAS always known she was different from the others on their remote island home. She is a gentle soul, and can't stand the annual tradition of killing seal babies to thin the population. Even Tam McCodron, the gypsy boy to whom she is strangely drawn, seems to belong more than she does.
It's just a matter of time until Elin Jean discovers the secret of her past: her mother, Margaret, is a selkie, held captive by her smitten father, who has kept Margaret's precious seal pelt hostage for 16 years. Soon Elin Jean faces a choice about whether to free her mother from her island prison. And, as the child of this unusual union, she must make another decision. Part land, part sea, she must explore both worlds and dig deep inside herself to figure out where she belongs, and where her future lies.


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Fox Bucks Trend, Offers Free iTunes Shows
Published Sep 6, 2011 at 11:32 AM | Updated at 11:41 AM PDT on Sep 6, 2011
Fox may have led the charge for networks to change their Hulu habits.
The home of "The Simpsons" and "Family Guy" is embracing the web after all but on its own terms.
Fox announced it will stream its new show the "New Girl" on iTunes and Hulu for free before the show even hits the network's air.
It's a clever way for Fox to gadge audience interest and get early feedback on the show that stars Hollywood veteran Zooey Deschanel.
But after the free window closes, Fox will go back to posting shows, including the "New Girl," after eight days.
The free shows will be available until the show's network debut on Sept. 28.


I'm new on iOS develpment, but if you want to make the application with swift I can help you in my free time.
We could use Xamarin or something similar to be able to distribute the same app across different mobile platforms.
Hi, any new after over 3 years and a half?


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AOC accuses Ted Cruz of trying to have her murdered during attack on Capitol
Progressive Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez alleged that Texas Sen. Ted Cruz "almost had [her] murdered" when pro-Trump protesters stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6.
Ocasio-Cortez made the allegation after Cruz agreed with a comment she made on Twitter in reference to the current GameStop stock controversy. The Democrat called out the investing app Robinhood for blocking retail investors from purchasing several stocks, including GameStop, amid a Reddit community's war on hedge funds. Ocasio-Cortez said that she would support a hearing to get to the bottom of Robinhood's decision.
"This is unacceptable," she wrote of the app. "We now need to know more about @RobinhoodApp's decision to block retail investors from purchasing stock while hedge funds are freely able to trade the stock as they see fit. As a member of the Financial Services Cmte, I'd support a hearing if necessary."
In response, Cruz said he fully agreed with her message. He was immediately pounced upon by her followers, who accused him of having tried to get Ocasio-Cortez killed during the attack on Capitol Hill.
"Ted playing nice after he tried to get AOC killed during an insurrection," wrote YouTube entertainer Blaine Gibson. "We all see you Ted."
Ocasio-Cortez said that she would be happy to work with any other Republicans on the issue of Robinhood, but alleged that Cruz almost had her murdered and demanded that he sit the issue out.
I am happy to work with Republicans on this issue where there's common ground, but you almost had me murdered 3 weeks ago so you can sit this one out.
Happy to work w/ almost any other GOP that aren't trying to get me killed.
In the meantime if you want to help, you can resign. https://t.co/4mVREbaqqm
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) January 28, 2021
"I am happy to work with Republicans on this issue where there's common ground, but you almost had me murdered 3 weeks ago so you can sit this one out," she wrote. "Happy to work w/ almost any other GOP that aren't trying to get me killed. In the meantime if you want to help, you can resign."
In response to the Democrat's accusations, Cruz only had this to say, according to a reporter on Capitol Hill: "You know, there's a lot of partisan anger and rage on the Democratic side. It's, it's not healthy for our country, it's certainly not conducive of healing or unity, but everyone has to decide how they want to interact with others."
American politics Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
No world peace or chance of prosperity for Canada without "good relations" with Communist China, according to Canadian senator
By Drea Humphrey
Is pedophilia becoming normalized? A therapist for sexual offenders weighs in


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"Let's Play Gaming Expo (July 28-29): Two-Player Demos"
Every year we have our two-player setup with Hyper Fighting modded out to a projector so you can watch people play. This year, we're going to be showcasing not only HF, but Mario Tennis, TicTacToe, and 3D Battlesnake!!!
If you're in the North Texas area, I highly recommend coming out. We'd do more setups, but I kept getting out bid all year on new units.
Awesome! I love the "official" game link graphic. If Nintendo isn't going to make one, then ours is as official as it gets!
That was designed by STEREO BOY I think in the Mario Tennis thread. I think he has some updated designs, but this is the one I thought popped nicely. I asked if it was okay to use it, spk.
If you could bring a setup by the Irving Convention Center Thurs/Fri of next week, I think we have a third VB, which would mean two, 2-Player setups.
There is a chance we'll actually have four sets of 2-Player games for the VB and we'll swap them in/out over the course of the weekend. Will confirm when items are in hand!
Every year we have our two-player setup with Hyper Fighting modded out to a projector so you can watch people play.


These guidelines set out the conduct expected of interpreters in a hearing and explain court protocol.
If an interpreter doesn't follow the guidelines, a complaint could be made against them.
Interpreters working in courts and tribunals act strictly in the interests of the court or tribunal they serve. This overrides any duty to the parties in a case.
The interpreter's main task is to help the court or tribunal by interpreting statements, evidence, and legal exchanges for those who can't communicate effectively in English. An interpreter is not an advocate and must not act as one.
not conduct research into the case or come to any conclusions about the facts of the case or the law.
involvement with the parties or other person connected to the case such as a lawyer, witness, or victim.
It is important to avoid a conflict of interest, and even the appearance or perception of a conflict of interest. Interpreters should speak to the case manager if they are unsure if a conflict of interest exists.
Interpreters have a duty to interpret accurately and to remain impartial. Professional detachment must be maintained at all times.
When interpreting a court or tribunal hearing, being impartial means setting aside personal, religious, or cultural beliefs or circumstances. It also means avoiding unnecessary contact with witnesses, victims, jurors, and parties to the case including their families and lawyers. This should not limit contact that is appropriate such as when it is necessary to prepare adequately for an assignment.
Being impartial also means an interpreter must not give advice of any kind to the person they are interpreting for, or express a personal opinion on the case before the court or tribunal. If the person the interpreter is interpreting for is confused about the proceedings, the interpreter must tell the person's lawyer or representative, case manager from the court or tribunal, or the presiding officer.
If an interpreter feels their objectivity is threatened they should withdraw from the assignment.
speak clearly, and loud enough to be heard in the hearing room.
interpret in the first and second grammatical person - that is, using "I" or "you", except when summarising legal argument or exchanges between parties.
not alter, add, or omit anything when interpreting - the interpretation should be precise including, as far as possible, translating offensive language such as derogatory terms and swear words.
ask for a statement to be repeated, rephrased, or explained if it is unclear.
immediately acknowledge mistakes by informing the court and parties. The interpreter can ask for a pause, and inform the court when they are ready to continue.
immediately inform the court or tribunal if the interpreter and the person who requires the interpreter need to have a conversation for the sake of clarifying something.
immediately inform the court or tribunal if a statement or question cannot be accurately interpreted because of cultural or linguistic differences between the 2 languages. If possible, the interpreter should help the lawyer, representative, party, or presiding officer to re-phrase the statement or question so it can be accurately interpreted.
decline to interpret in a case, or ask to be replaced if the case has begun, if they feel their interpreting skills are not adequate for it.
An interpreter must keep all case details confidential, unless they are ordered to disclose information by a court or tribunal.
An interpreter may be given documents about the case in advance to help them prepare for the hearing. If this occurs, the interpreter must keep these documents confidential. The documents may include a copy of the charges, summary of facts, witness statements, and expert witness briefs. In cases where there is simultaneous interpretation, such as a jury trial, the interpreter may be given the lawyer's opening and closing addresses or the judge's summing up.
An interpreter must not take advantage of knowledge obtained when acting as an interpreter or through access to court information, facilities or privileges, for their own personal gain or to benefit another person.
If an interpreter feels their role as interpreter is being misused by any party they must inform the court or tribunal.
The court or tribunal will authorise payment for an interpreter's services (unless the interpreter has been engaged by a party in a civil proceeding). An interpreter must not accept any other payment (remuneration), gift or gratuity.
It is expected that interpreters will maintain the appropriate dress standard to reflect the function of the court or tribunal. No jeans or casual clothes are to be worn.
An interpreter must arrive on time for the start of the court or tribunal hearing, and must return from breaks on time.
A judge is addressed as "Your Honour", "Sir" or "Ma'am".
An associate judge, chair, or referee is addressed as "Sir" or "Ma'am".
Interpreters must not interrupt the presiding officer when they are speaking.
Interpreters do not need to stand when speaking to a presiding office, or when a presiding officer speaks to them.
A judge of the High Court, Court of Appeal, and Supreme Court is referred to as "Justice" followed by their surname.
A judge of the District Court or other court (such as the Employment Court or Environment Court), are referred to "Judge" followed by their surname.
A presiding officer of a tribunal or authority is referred to by their specific role. For example, Disputes Referee, Tenancy Adjudicator, Chair, Member.
Court and tribunal officials can help interpreters with any questions about court or tribunal procedure. Officials in the courtroom such as the Registrar (court taker) or Crier (in a jury trial) oversee the mechanics of the court and tribunal process including swearing in witnesses and interpreters. This can include the transfer of documents between lawyers and the presiding officer, and displaying evidence (exhibits) to witnesses and the jury.
Interpreters are allowed to take notes in hearings but those notes should be kept secure to ensure information about the hearing remains confidential.


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A philosophical question; if four birds are sitting on a wire and three of them decide to fly away, how many of them stay behind? The answer is four. You can see the difference between decisions and actions. To make up your mind to get a job can be a good start, but only this is not going to take you very far. So what else is needed to be done by you to get a job? Let's make a list!
At the Employability Week at Anglia Ruskin, I received a basket of tools and tips to how to get a job- even concrete help from the Employability Service and CV Surgery on campus!
Seek opportunity. Sign up for newsletters on gov.hu and job-seeker websites by giving the keywords of the job you're looking for, like accounting, human resources, manager, etc. Upload your CV to the CV library and join networks, groups, clubs and societies where you can hear about an upcoming job opportunity.
Do research about the company. Get familiar with the profile of your future employer – is it a small company or a blue chip? What knowledge can you get about the position you're applying for, what charity groups do they support, can you see the way your career will develop at the company? Create a few questions you may be able to ask at the interview.
Create a CV that makes a difference from the other ones that HR workers have to go through. First your curriculum vitae should contain the keywords and links to the position you are applying for, because most of the time an algorithm chooses your document from the 10,000 other ones by the number of the keywords appearing in the content. Afterwards, the selected ones are read by an HR worker who decides who those few lucky people are who have a chance to have a personal interview or can go to the next tests.
Dress and behave to fit to your wished position. Dress smart casual when you present yourself, and when it's appropriate do not be afraid of suits, ties and grey skirts – in business life it is essential to create a picture of you as a person who is reliable, trustful and nice to work with. Always think through what you're going to say, choose your words and use your knowledge from the previous research you did and link to the theme.
Networking. Imagine yourself as a product: you need to sell yourself. Try to spread the information about your knowledge in different ways – events, volunteer work, write articles in a theme that fits to your knowledge or your future work.
Google yourself. What you find is what everybody finds about you. Check the articles you were involved in about sport happenings or comments you left under that 'crazy cute kitten video' you found last month. Maybe you should edit them. Don't forget the pictures. HR workers can appear as members on LinkedIn and also on Facebook, so change your precious party photos to private or ask your mates not to upload the latest photos from the weekend.
At last, trust in yourself, in your personality as a positive, creative and active future-co-worker, who gets the job done well. Good luck!


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Abramoff and Bush, sitting in a tree...
Hmmm, I thought Bush didn't know who Abramoff was?
The emails written by Abramoff were addressed to Kim Eisler, the national editor of Washingtonian magazine. The Washingtonian recently reported on the existence of several photographs showing Abramoff and Bush together. Eisler is also the author of Revenge of the Pequots, a book about tribal politics for which Abramoff was interviewed.
In the emails, Abramoff describes meeting Bush "in almost a dozen settings" [...]
The White House has continually downplayed the relationship between Abramoff and President Bush. At a January 26 press conference, President Bush said "You know, I, frankly, don't even remember having my picture taken with the guy. I don't know him."
But according to Eisler, Abramoff told him that the two have met almost a dozen times, shared jokes, and spoke about details of Abramoff's family:
HE HAS ONE OF THE BEST MEMORIES OF ANY POLITICIAN I HAVE EVER MET. IT WAS ONE IF [sic] HIS TRADEMARKS, THOUGH OF COURSE HE CAN'T RECALL THAT HE HAS A GREAT MEMORY! THE GUY SAW ME IN ALMOST A DOZEN SETTINGS, AND JOKED WITH ME ABOUT A BUNCH OF THINGS, INCLUDING DETAILS OF MY KIDS. PERHAPS HE HAS FORGOTTEN EVERYTHING. WHO KNOWS.
Yeah, we've had some db issues the last couple of days. It's not a repeat problem, it's new problem after new problem. We're working on it.
Is it any wonder the GOP is the party of racists? Not every Republican is a racist. But the opposite (every racist is a Republican) is just about right. The legacy of the politics of division and the "Southern Strategy".
Jane Hamsher on Time's disgraceful "reporting" on the Plame Affair is a must read. So is her take on hatchet-woman Kate O'Beirne.
Josh has more on political opportunist Heather Wilson's sudden concern about Bush's illegal spying. Of course, Wilson also expressed outrage at the Abu Ghraib scandal, then voted against efforts to investigate. So let's see if she follows through, or whether this is just another cynical election-year ploy to curry favor with a district far more moderate than she is.
Former Chris Matthews producer getting paid speaking gigs on "reaching conservative voters". He must've learned quite a bit from his tenure with Matthews.
1,570 contributors to Ciro. It'd be nice to break 2,000. In addition to financing the election just under four weeks away, that milestone would help Ciro generate more media attention (good) and offline contributors inspired by the netroots activism and media attention. It's a nice little circle.
Tim Russert tries to intimidate college newspaper columnist. Pathetic.
Boehner -- new boss, same as the old boss. And an oopsie:
When asked about the contacts between his office and Abramoff's, including a dinner Boehner attended in May 1996, Boehner told NBC's "Meet the Press" on Sunday: "Some of his (Abramoff's) underlings worked with some low-level employees of my office. I'm telling you I never met the man."
Boehner spokesman Don Seymour said Tuesday that Boehner now does recall meeting Abramoff once, in "a brief, incidental conversation at a widely attended event that he estimates was about five years ago."
That darn Antony, he had to turn Julius Caesar's funeral into a political circus!
You wondering how bad Roberts and Alito will be? These water-rights cases will be the first indication.
Rasmussen has new polls on the Maine governor's race (bad), the Wisconsin governor's race (pretty good), and the Alabama governor's race (better than expected).
Kerry & Clark Coming to Band of Brothers Event Tonight!
This morning's Band of Brothers rally on the National Mall in Washington, DC was AMAZING. Cleland was absolutely inspiring. And it was just tremendous to see so many Fighting Dems arrayed together. I'll have some pictures later.
But I also wanted to tell you some very exciting news: Two more veterans are coming to tonight's fundraiser at the Frederick Douglass House (320 A Street NE, 6pm-8pm). You may have heard of them: John Kerry and Wesley Clark. I'm extremely excited. If you were wavering about coming, now you have no excuses! See you there!
(Click here for more details about tonight's event.)
P.S. Check out Puckish's diary here - she was there at this morning's event.
Update: More at the DNC's blog.
Bush's dishonest budget
Seriously, can this administration be straight up about anything? Anything at all?
On paper, President Bush's budget seems to meet his promise of cutting the federal deficit in half by the time he leaves office.
But in practice, the budget is much less realistic than it appears because it omits nearly a half-trillion dollars in costs that are likely to be incurred over the next five years.
The omissions include any costs for the war in Iraq after 2007, any additional reconstruction costs for New Orleans after 2006 and any plan for preventing a huge expansion in the alternative minimum tax after the end of this year.
And because Mr. Bush's blueprint is limited to the next five years, it offers little guidance on how he would restrain the soaring costs of Medicare and Social Security as the nation's 70 million-plus baby boomers begin to retire in 2008.
If all of the White House proposals and projections are taken at face value, the budget deficit will climb to $423 billion this fiscal year and then shrink to $208 billion by 2009.
That would fulfill Mr. Bush's promise to halve the deficit, but only if he manages to avoid the gremlins that have bedeviled his previous plans.
In addition to costs that will assuredly be included in further budgets -- the wars, AMT reform, and Gulf Coast reconstruction -- there's the matter of budget cuts that have been met with hostility from key Republicans.
From the subscription-only CQ Today (2/6):
The $2.77 trillion fiscal 2007 budget proposal would cut non-defense discretionary spending for the second straight year, saving about $15 billion by eliminating or significantly reducing 141 programs, including 42 education programs and a food subsidy for poor seniors.
Bush also proposed saving $65.2 billion over five years by slowing the growth of entitlement spending, including $35.9 billion in Medicare cuts [...]
"It is scandalous to provide insufficient funding for our nation's two greatest capital investments, health and education," said Sen. Arlen Specter, R-Pa., chairman of the Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies, saying he would not support a budget resolution that included such cuts [...]
Senate Finance Chairman Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, cautioned that cutting Medicare and Medicaid this year could be especially difficult, noting that achieving $11 billion in savings from the two programs in last year's package "wasn't easy."
Moderate Sen. Olympia J. Snowe, R-Maine, expressed surprise and dismay at the nearly $50 billion in cuts over five years proposed from Medicare and Medicaid, including $12.2 billion in Medicaid savings that the White House is seeking by regulation rather than legislation.
"I have long fought to protect access to Medicare and Medicaid, and as the budget process moves forward, I will continue to fight against any cuts that would impact those in greatest need," Snowe said. She and Grassley again took aim at a $10 billion stabilization fund for insurance companies included as part of the Medicare drug benefit, which they said should be eliminated.
Bush's $65 billion savings package proposes to pick up $16.7 billion by increasing pension insurance premiums paid by corporations. It also carves $5 billion from agricultural subsidies as well as smaller amounts from Medicaid, food stamps and federal employee health benefits. The plan also includes $4 billion from opening up Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil drilling, a dim prospect as long as it is coupled with the other cuts.
Senate Agriculture Nutrition and Forestry Committee Chairman Saxby Chambliss, R-Ga., meanwhile, criticized the budget for "unfairly" targeting farmers for savings.
"We will continue to work for deficit reduction that will not burden farmers, particularly after the high fuel costs and extreme weather of the 2005 crop year," Chambliss said.
And then, for good measure, we see once again how much this administration loves the troops:
Bush's budget also assumes $43 billion in various fee increases over five years, including many that Congress has rejected in the past. Among these are higher charges for soldiers, veterans, air travelers and pensions. Higher aviation security fees would raise $9.7 billion over five years, and veterans would face $6.8 billion in new fees on medical care.
And this can't be good news for GOP efforts in Minnesota, where even Coleman is outraged at the budget:
Even the state's Republican U.S. senator says Minnesotans would feel federal cuts if President Bush's budget proposal passes.
"While fiscal discipline must be our priority, there are some places where the president's budget either cuts too deeply or fails to recognize the positive impact of a program, such as our agriculture program, Pell grants, Medicaid and Medicare and the Community Development Block Grants program," said Sen. Norm Coleman, usually a Bush ally. "I will urge my colleagues to proceed cautiously and measure twice."
Oh, and the Army Corps of Engineers budget has been cut again. Sen. Vitter (R-LA) is outraged about that.
These sorts of cuts in the past are what led to cutting corners. And that led to catastrophic flooding in New Orleans. The Administration has to remember that most of that flooding was a man-made, not natural, disaster."
Well, If Congress Passed FISA....
Reading through the transcript of Attorney General Gonzales's testimony and reflecting on the utter ineptitude of our nation's top lawyer, I feel almost sorry for Gonzales. Almost:
BIDEN: How will we know, General, when this war it over?
GONZALES: I presume the straightforward answer, Senator, is that when Al Qaida is destroyed and it no longer poses a threat to the United States.
Whenever that may be, we know it's not today. We know we're still at war today. We know we'll probably be at war still tomorrow. And so we know it still continues today.
BIDEN: The truth is, there is no definition of when we're going to know whether we've won, because Al Qaida, as the president points out, has mutated into many other organizations that are not directly dealing with bin Laden and are free agents themselves.
BIDEN: Is that correct?
GONZALES: It is certainly true that there are a number of terrorist groups who share many of the same objectives of Al Qaida in terms of destroying America.
BIDEN: So as long as any of them are there, I assume you would assert you have this plenary authority.
GONZALES: Well, Senator, obviously if Congress were to take some kind of action, and say the president no longer has the authority to engage in electronic surveillance of the enemy, then I think that would put us into the third part of Justice Jackson's three-part test, and that would present a much harder question as to whether or not the president has the authority.
Putting aside the Rumsfeldian "known unknowns" aspect of Gonzales's interpretation of the WoT, um, didn't Congress "take some kind of action" and explicitly say that "the president no longer has the authority to engage in electronic surveillance of the enemy" when it enacted FISA?
That's what happens when you spin like crazy, folks. Sometimes, you end up bumping up against the facts.
Blogging Coretta's Funeral
[Promoted from the diaries by SusanG. Note some problems reported with CSPAN.]
This blog is to log in comments and impressions about the funeral now on C-Span and on CNN.
If you are at work, you can access on the C-Span webpage.
Lines are still forming to view Mrs. King's body. But thousands will not let her go.
Copy of the funeral program is here.
Bless you, Mrs. King.
Update [2006-2-7 13:25:28 by blksista]: C-Span 1 and 2 now showing King funeral.
That Far-Sighted Father of Our Country
From the Senate NSA hearings yesterday, via Crooks and Liars:
Gonzales: President Washington, President Lincoln, President Wilson, President Roosevelt have all authorized electronic surveillance on a far broader scale.
Rumor has it that President Washington also suggested legislation leading to the Do-Not-Call list and penalties for unsolicited commercial spam flooding your inbox. Lincoln, as we all know, issued several white papers on the admissibility of DNA evidence in court and guidelines for stem cell research. And President Wilson? Let's just say Mr. Bush wasn't the first to voice concern over that human/animal hybrid problem.
Cheers and Jeers: Tuesday
From the GREAT STATE OF MAINE...
Top Ten Surprising Facts About Osama Bin Laden:
10. Plans to release next threatening videotape in high-definition
9. In the seventies, had a gay fling with the blind sheikh
8. Secretly likes Kosher pickles
7. Middle name: Duane
6. Stole "Death to America" catchphrase from Fran Tarkenton
5. Got cave hooked up with Sirius so he can listen to Howard Stern
4. Knows all the words to the Black Eyed Peas song "My Humps"
3. After Colts loss to Steelers, declared jihad on Mike Vanderjagt
2. Has a bumper sticker that reads, "Don't blame me, I voted for Kerry"
1. The son-of-a-bitch is still alive
---Late Show with David Letterman
And whose fault is that, I wonder. Cheers and Jeers starts in There's Moreville... [Swoosh!!] RIGHTNOW! [Gong!!]
We are a nation conceived in crises, forged under the looming threat of imminent destruction, by Constitutional Craftsmen who put their heads on the chopping block for a piece of paper. Since our fiery red, white, and blue birth, we have been recast many times in that same unforgiving furnace of burning hostility and unending global warfare; Redcoats; Napoleon; the Blue and the Gray; Mustard Gas; Kamikaze; Duck & Cover; Chosen Reservoir; JFK; My Lai; Apocalypse Now; Oklahoma City; Mutual Assured Destruction.
It's scary stuff, made all the more frightening because it really happened. But we survived and freedom spread.
In the Revolutionary War the world's greatest superpower landed large forces on American shores and marched into battle against a poorly trained collection of farmers and tradesmiths armed with muskets. After being beaten, at great cost to ourselves in both blood and treasure, the same nation did it again in the War of 1812; this time they succeeded in capturing Washington, DC., and burned much of it to the ground. Yet freedom spread.
In World War One, German forces attacked allied lines with poison gas killing thousands, some soldiers and civilians died quickly, some took years to succumb. But freedom spread.
In World War Two, Nazi Germany, Fascist Italy, and Imperial Japan, attacked the free world and communist states alike. In the Pacific, Pearl Harbor was decimated, and hundreds of suicide bombers in explosive laden planes gleefully smashed their human guided missiles into military and civilian targets for years. In Europe, the death camps opened, millions of Jews and other minorities were turned into slave labor to run the gas chambers and ovens, or to manufacture the weapons of war; and they were arguably lucky ones. That conflicted ended with the US and our allies victorious. And freedom spread.
Thus began the Cold War. The USSR and the US building ever more sophisticated methods of incinerating one another. Within just a few decades, each side could utterly destroy their opponent and much of the civilized world with the push of a button. But we prevailed, and freedom spread.
In that bloody light of conflicts past and won, as a son of parents who grew up in a Depression and the ensuing World War, and as a child of the Cold War, let me make this crystal clear: If you think you're going to scare me or my nation into reversing two hundred years of history, becoming a Police State, and subjecting ourselves to a tyrannical Overlord in the form of the President of the United States, then you damn well better come up with a significantly greater threat than that posed by a handful of religious maniacs armed with explosive belts and boxcutters.
OH-07, 08 & 16: We Need Candidates
Ohio's filing deadline is just 10 days away (Feb. 16th). Unfortunately, we appear to have several holes in our lineup. Barry Welsh's Congressional race tracker site is a terrific resource. However, in some cases, it's over-inclusive, listing candidates whose names have been floated but who aren't necessarily running. Here are the problem districts:
OH-07: Sharen Neuhardt is not running. I am unsure of the status of Tony Bourne, another listed potential candidate, but his website appears to be down. Fortunately, a knowledgeable e-mailer tells me that a fellow named Dan Saks is planning on getting into the race. Hopefully this candidacy will in fact pan out.
OH-08: I haven't heard a peep about this CD, the home of the new GOP Majority Leader John Boehner. We need someone to run here so that we can keep pressure up on Boehner and make sure he stays linked to the GOP's corruption scandals. Yes, this is a super-red district, but simply running against the GOP's top guy ensures you'll get at least some media coverage.
OH-16: This is the district I'm most concerned about, particularly because it's the most viable of the three. The 16th CD has actually gotten a bit more Democratic recently: It went to Bush in 2000 by 11 points, but in 2004 by just 8 points. You may recall that this seat is held by Republican Ralph Regula, who demolished one-time blogosphere darling Jeff Seemann the last time out. (Regula won 67-33.)
Welsh's site lists Seemann as our candidate for this district once again, but this is very problematic:
Seemann's website isn't working.
His Blogspot blog hasn't been updated since 2004.
His TypePad blog hasn't been updated in over two months.
He never filed his final FEC report in 2004. An apparent proxy posting under Seemann's account claimed that he raised $130K in 2004. However, the reports he did file only cover some $60K in expenditures. If the $130K raised claim is true, that leaves $70,000 unaccounted for.
He has received a whopping six notices for his failure to file from the FEC, on 10/22/04, 12/17/04, 2/16/05, 5/2/05, 8/2/05 and 11/01/05.
He was fined $9,075 by the FEC in October of 2005 for his failure to file.
According to the DCCC's site, he has not yet filed to run.
In short, this is not the portrait of a responsible candidate. There is simply no way anyone will take you seriously if you're in arrears to the FEC and haven't even completed all your legally mandatory filings. Moreover, Seemann (with his $130K and broad netroots support) did only two points better than the Dem who ran in 2002 - and that guy didn't raise any money. The bottom line is that we need someone else to run in this district.
Again I say, Ohio's filing deadline is right around the corner, and we're three candidates short. Given the toll that scandal has taken on the OH GOP, and the seemingly resurgent fortunes of the Ohio Democratic Party, it would be a tragedy if we let three Republican seats go uncontested. Hopefully we'll see some last-minute filings, because 2006 is the year to be a Dem in Ohio.
McCain Flips Out Because Obama Won't Play His Game
Senator McCain is putting together a bipartisan task force to address lobbyingcorruption reform in Congress. Of course, when any Republican mentions the word "bipartisan" they really mean Republican and Joe Lieberman, which, in essence, isn't really bipartisan at all. True to form, ol' Joe has signed aboard McCain's task force, as has the reliable Democrat Ben Nelson. Today, an angry and vitriolic McCain express outrage that Senator Obama has refused to play in his bipartisan sandbox.
First, Obama's reasoned and articulate explanation for why he is declining to join the task force:
I know you have expressed an interest in creating a task force to further study and discuss these matters, but I and others in the Democratic Caucus believe the more effective and timely course is to allow the committees of jurisdiction to roll up their sleeves and get to work on writing ethics and lobbying reform legislation that a majority of the Senate can support. Committee consideration of these matters through the normal course will ensure that these issues are discussed in a public forum and that those within Congress, as well as those on the outside, can express their views, ensuring a thorough review of this matter.
And now, McCain's response, which reads like the wail of a screaming banshee:
Dear Senator Obama:
I would like to apologize to you for assuming that your private assurances to me regarding your desire to cooperate in our efforts to negotiate bipartisan lobbying reform legislation were sincere. When you approached me and insisted that despite your leadership's preference to use the issue to gain a political advantage in the 2006 elections, you were personally committed to achieving a result that would reflect credit on the entire Senate and offer the country a better example of political leadership, I concluded your professed concern for the institution and the public interest was genuine and admirable. Thank you for disabusing me of such notions with your letter to me dated February 2, 2006, which explained your decision to withdraw from our bipartisan discussions. I'm embarrassed to admit that after all these years in politics I failed to interpret your previous assurances as typical rhetorical gloss routinely used in politics to make self-interested partisan posturing appear more noble. Again, sorry for the confusion, but please be assured I won't make the same mistake again.
While I go off to wash my eyes (which certainly need a good bleaching after reading that trash), please reflect upon the real purpose of McCain's "bipartisan" task force, which is to whitewash a purely Republican scandal. Maverick McCain is just pissy that Obama's not stupid enough to meekly follow along while McCain carries out Bush's promise at the SOTU (about the only Bush promise that has survived the 24-hour retraction deadline he's imposed on almost every SOTU proposal).
McCain continues by calling Obama a political opportunist (projection, anyone?) and claiming Obama isn't acting in the public interest:
As I noted, I initially believed you shared that goal. But I understand how important the opportunity to lead your party's effort to exploit this issue must seem to a freshman Senator, and I hold no hard feelings over your earlier disingenuousness. Again, I have been around long enough to appreciate that in politics the public interest isn't always a priority for every one of us. Good luck to you, Senator.
Obama, bless the man's restraint, sets the record straight in more gentlemanly terms than McCain afforded him:
[I] am puzzled by your response to my recent letter. Last Wednesday morning, you called to invite me to your meeting that afternoon. I changed my schedule so I could attend the meeting. Afterwards, you thanked me several times for attending the meeting, and we left pledging to work together.
As you will recall, I told everyone present at the meeting that my caucus insisted that the consideration of any ethics reform proposal go through the regular committee process. You didn't indicate any opposition to this position at the time, and I wrote the letter to reiterate this point, as well as the fact that I thought S. 2180 should be the basis for a bipartisan solution.
I confess that I have no idea what has prompted your response. But let me assure you that I am not interested in typical partisan rhetoric or posturing. The fact that you have now questioned my sincerity and my desire to put aside politics for the public interest is regrettable but does not in any way diminish my deep respect for you nor my willingness to find a bipartisan solution to this problem.
A freshman Democrat shows class, a senior Republican acts likes an ass.
Al Qaida sometimes forgets
Groan.
BIDEN: Thank you very much.
General, how has this revelation damaged the program?
I'm almost confused by it but, I mean, it seems to presuppose that these very sophisticated Al Qaida folks didn't think we were intercepting their phone calls.
I mean, I'm a little confused. How did it damage this?
GONZALES: Well, Senator, I would first refer to the experts in the Intel Committee who are making that statement, first of all. I'm just the lawyer.
And so, when the director of the CIA says this should really damage our intel capabilities, I would defer to that statement. I think, based on my experience, it is true -- you would assume that the enemy is presuming that we are engaged in some kind of surveillance.
But if they're not reminded about it all the time in the newspapers and in stories, they sometimes forget.
Al Qaida isn't that stupid. This is called "grasping at straws".
(From the Stakeholder.)
Update: Digby explains how it all shakes out. Very plausible, actually.
Operation Backfill and the NSA Hearings
In the immediate days and weeks after 9/11 - we heard the dates repeated today in the Senate hearings: September 14, September 18, early October of 2001 - this nation was in fear of immediate, continuous, coordinated attacks. As a people we were reeling in shock, fear, rage and grief. We were understandably reacting from our place in the midst of a severe national emergency, like a nation with its house on fire.
And when your house is on fire, you grant privileges to the rescue personnel you would never allow under any other circumstances: permission for total strangers to enter your house, whisk your baby out of sight to safety, toss your belongings out the window, hose down your Reniors, hustle you off to the nearest Red Cross center. We granted intrusions into our lives in those shaky days right after 9/11 (appropriately so, in light of possible other follow-up attacks) that we would never allow under any other circumstances.
But we are now in a preventive phase and have been for several years. The questions we're grappling with as a country now are not about putting out a current fire; rather, they focus on any and all ways to avert another one. To carry out the fire metaphor: We know there is an arsonist in the neighborhood who wishes us ill. The powers we granted to the rescue workers during the fire are no longer appropriate, and at any rate would not yield the results we need. After all, four years after a home fire, we don't allow firefighters to roust us from our beds at 3 AM, to kick down our doors, to destroy our property in the name of "rescuing" us when there are only rumors of planned flames some vague time in the future.
What struck me today listening to Gonzales was that he is relying on us - and emphatically trying to rouse in us - a regression to that "Oh, my God! The house is on fire! Again!" mentality. Leahy did a nice job of cutting the attorney general short when Gonzales started his warm-up to panic pitch, beginning to evoke the dreaded day in verbal sketches clearly designed to make us see those planes flying into the towers over and over and over again. Leahy deserves a great deal of credit for shutting down that attempt to once again reduce us to a primitive, quivering state with his brusque You don't need to recap for me. I was there. We all were there. The American people were there. He couldn't have signaled sanity more clearly: That was then, this is now, and we're having a very serious constitutional discussion here, so knock off the scare tactics.
Taking the most extreme powers granted under emergency conditions - and interpreting even those powers as extremely as possible - the current administration has undertaken a vast backfill operation. On 9/11, they jumped to the very bottom of the civil liberties-limitation ravine and have systematically shored up, over the past four-and-a-half years what I'm now thinking of as Operation Backfill. For example, in the past few days I've run across repeated accounts of how they considered shooting down Flight 93 on the fateful day. Well, if we were willing to do that, the reasoning seems to go, what's wrong with torture, surveillance, killing without trial an individual suspected of plotting terror? Isn't granting the administration the right to shoot down a plane with a majority of innocent civilians aboard evidence enough that we can undertake namby-pamby warrantless surveillance? In other words, we already turned over, in our panic after 9/11, the right to do anything - anything - to protect us. Any objections we make now to lesser violations than loss of life (which we implicitly agreed to), the administration intimates, are silly.
Aside from continuing actions that are appropriate during an emergency - an attack happening this very minute - there's been a dilution and spreading of definitional terms on the proverbial slippery slope as well, making the slope not only steeper, but wider. Consider how we've gone from discussing a foreign terrorist piloting a plane to foreigners suspected of actively planning to pilot a plane to foreigners vaguely wishing they could pilot a plane into a landmark. And notice too the smudge between foreign and domestic, as well as the intentional blur from known terrorist to suspected terrorist to anyone who aids a terrorist to anyone who is "affiliated" with a terrorist (with "affiliation" totally defined by the executive branch), and from Al Qaeda to Al Qaeda enablers to Al Queda affiliates to people who mighta sorta kinda agree with Al Qaeda to American citizens who don't agree that the proper response to Al Qaeda's attack was invading Iraq (like Quakers).
What we are faced with is, as numerous observers have pointed out, is a perpetual, never-ending war, kind of a general war declared on "bad stuff" - bad people who think bad thoughts about America. This is declared to be an emergency situation, and one that will obviously never end because people will always resent and have bad feelings about the most powerful nation on earth, and thus the crisis is deemed - conveniently for the executive branch - eternal.
In short, this administration wants to argue that we will never, ever, ever be in a rational, analytical prevention phase, but more of one in which an arson unit is trying to come up with detection and preventive standards while the roof is raging on fire above their heads.
I'm not buying it.
Someone's got to tell Mr. Bush the fire's out and that what this country needs more than boogeyman visuals from its attorney general are firm, well-reasoned, coordinated, legal policies to ensure we don't catch fire again. Don't like the surveillance restrictions in FISA, Mr. Attorney General? Well, now's as good a time as any to offer calm rationalizations in front of the cameras of this country, using old, verifiable, truthful instances (the Brooklyn Bridge plot doesn't fly, Mr. Gonzales) or clear-cut, specfic hypotheticals in which these "backfilled" rights violations should be legalized to spare us an attack. Then we can have a national conversation about what rights we're willing to give up in the trade-off for personal security. Simply relying on crisis-granted powers - and even those considered by most legal scholars as illegal - is not selling me.
Gonzales Hearing Open Thread VII
While Gonzales takes his break, caption this Reuters photo.
"How much of what I'm saying is true? About this much. Mebee less. Mebee much less."
Gonzales Hearing Open Thread VI
More questions. Let's cut to the chase.
Yes or no, is the President using this program to spy on his political enemies?
Yes or no, is the President using this program to spy on the communications of groups critical of White House policy?
Evidence has emerged that the FBI and government Joint Terrorism Task Forces have kept files on peaceful citizen groups like the Quakers, Greenpeace, the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee, PETA, and the American Civil Liberties Union. If the Joint Terrorism Task Force, as evidence has shown, has kept files on such peaceful domestic groups, does that constitute a "link" to terrorism which would bring these peaceful groups under the umbrella of the domestic spying program?
Yes or no, is the program used to spy on members of Congress, either in their domestic or international communications?
In Katz, the Supreme Court stated "The Fourth Amendment does not contemplate the executive officers of Government as neutral and disinterested magistrates...[] those charged with this investigative and prosecutorial duty should not be the sole judges of when to utilize constitutionally sensitive means in pursuing their tasks." Why then, does the executive branch believe that NSA staff can act as neutral and disinterested magistrates? Also, what makes you believe the Supreme Court would approve of the Executive Branch being the sole judge of the constitutionality of its own actions?
You hid this program from Congress. You hid it from the Intelligence Committees, save eight members of Congress who could not take notes at your "briefings" and could not speak of the program to anyone, including attorneys. You hid it from the super-secret FISA court. The key question, Mr. Gonzales, is what do you have to hide?
By the way, Feingold is doing a great job.
Gonzales Hearing Open Thread V
Some questions for Gonzales:
The Washington Post, citing current and former government officials, and private sector individuals recruited by the government to aid in the domestic spying program, reports that that the program as implemented is indeed a data-mining program, one which spies on thousands of Americans and sorts through hundreds of thousands of American communications. Is this an accurate representation of the program or are current government officials, former government officials, and private sector individuals lying?
After September 11th, the Bush administration began a program called 'Total Information Awareness' or, alternatively, the "Terrorism Awareness Program." The program used highly sophisticated and far-reaching data collection technologies. Out of constitutional concerns about the privacy of American citizens, Congress explicitly banned the Terrorist Information Awareness Program on Sept. 23, 2003, and also banned any similar program. The software technologies used in the banned program were transferred to the NSA. If this is the same or similar program that was explicitly banned by Congress(and you may not be able to answer that, that may be something for the Intelligence Committee to resolve) but if it is such a program, does the President's repeated renewal of the program break the law?
The General Accounting Office reported in 2004 that the government is using or will be using 199 data-mining programs, of which 122 collect personal information. With the disclosure of this domestic spying program, that number reached 200. Yes or no, without disclosing the nature of such programs, are there other data-mining or surveillance programs which have not been reported to Congress, which are not included in the GAO report, and which the President implemented as a response to 9/11?
You state that "we are at war" and the President is exercising his wartime powers. Do you interpret the AUMF to be a formal declaration of war by Congress? If not, do you believe the President has the authority to unilaterally declare us to be at war?
The chief of the FISA court, both Judge Lamberth in 2002 and current chief Judge Kollar-Kotelly, were briefed on the program and expressed grave reservations about its legality. Why did you not inform the remaining members of the FISA court?
The Washington Post reports that in 2002, when then Chief Judge Lamberth first learned of the program, "he agreed to a system in which prosecutors may apply for a domestic warrant after warrantless eavesdropping on the same person's overseas communications. The annual number of such applications, a source said, has been in the single digits." Can you explain what system Judge Lamberth established to accomodate you needs, and why you decided to use his accomodation only a handful of times per year?
Gonzales Hearing Open Thread IV
(Bumped -- kos)
To catch up a bit on where we're at in the hearings, we've heard Gonzales say, essentially "We're not spying on al Qaeda, we're spying on Americans." Interestingly, he says that the outcry against such surveillance would be worse that what is going on now. Huh?
I think Gonzales has it backwards. Democrats have criticized Bush for NOT going after Al Qaida. At Tora Bora. By diverting for the Iraq Debacle. For not finishing the job in Afghanistan. For not protecting the "homeland."
For getting an F from the 9/11 Commission.
The Bush Administration is failing us in the fight against Al Qaida AND demolishing the Constitution at the same time.
As for Gonzales' justifications thus far, as SusanG says, "I'm detecting NOT a slippery slope, but a backfill operation."
Feingold up now. Reiterates Bush's "Pre-1776 view of the world."
Update [2006-2-6 14:10:24 by Armando]:This is what Feingold is referring to:
Does the president, in your opinion, have the authority, acting as commander in chief, to authorize warrantless searches of Americans' homes and wiretaps of their conversations in violation of the criminal and foreign intelligence surveillance statutes of this country?
GONZALES: Senator, the August 30th memo has been withdrawn. It has been rejected, including that section regarding the commander in chief authority to ignore the criminal statutes.
. . . And so what we're really discussing is a hypothetical situation that...
FEINGOLD: Judge Gonzales, I've asked a broader question. I'm asking whether, in general, the president has constitutional authority -- does he at least in theory have the authority to authorize violations of the criminal law when there are duly enacted statutes, simply because he's commander in chief?
FEINGOLD: Does he have that power?
GONZALES: Senator, in my judgment, you phrase it as sort of a hypothetical situation. I would have to know what is the national interest that the president may have to consider.
What I'm saying is, it is impossible to me, based upon the question as you've presented it to me, to answer that question.
I can say is that there is a presumption of constitutionality with respect to any statute passed by Congress. I will take an oath to defend the statutes.
And to the extent that there is a decision made to ignore a statute, I consider that a very significant decision and one that I would personally be involved with, I commit to you on that, and one we would take with a great deal of care and seriousness.
FEINGOLD: Well, that sounds to me like the president still remains above the law.
GONZALES: No, sir.
Gonzales NOW says the President's power as King as Commander in Chief trumps the law.
He is, and always has been, a liar in service of BushCo.
He is, and always was, unfit to be Attorney General.
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2005 total: $3.3 million
COH on 12/31/05: $2.4 million
Vilsack
Heartland PAC (not a federal PAC)
COH on 12/31/05: $1 million
All America PAC
2005 total: $379K
COH on 12/31/05: $819K
Keeping America's Promise PAC
Progressive Patriots PAC
Unite Our States PAC
HillPAC
COH on 12/31/05: $71K
WesPAC
One America Committee
This is money that these candidates will theoretically spread around contested races this year, building goodwill and loyalty as they gear up their presidential bids.
Ahem: Give Ciro Rodriguez a hand. There's the generic netroots ActBlue page, but if you'd prefer, you can go through the Atrios page or the Firedoglake page. At the end of the day, the money all goes to the same place -- Ciro HQ. Oh, and people ask about the $0.01. Really, that's no longer necessary -- the important thing is that campaigns realize where their money is coming from -- special and corporate interests or regular people. And only regular people give $25, or $50, or $100 contributions.
Fighting Dem Vet Chris Carney on the Band of Brothers event in DC next Wednesday.
The Department of Homeland Security prepares kids, and King George, for the next disaster.
Sallie Mae and John Boehner, sitting in a tree...
The iPod accessory market is now a $1 billion industry. That's a lot of muscle vested in keeping the iPod the premier digital music in the world. Meanwhile, USA Today gives us some obvious iPod workplace etiquette tips.
Reddhedd updates us on today's Libby hearing.
New Yorkers in the house can check out Laughing Liberally tomorrow night, from the folks who brought us Drinking Liberally. The long-term plan is to get a traveling political comedy troupe. Maybe even get them to do YearlyKos?
The Art of Free Speech
A series of cartoons, depicting the Prophet Mohammed, has sparked an uproar of protest from Muslims around the world. Today, Iraq's top Shiite cleric joined in condeming the cartoons. The cartoons were initially published in September, but were recently republished in a Danish paper. Other papers in turn printed the cartoons. The publication caused such an uproar in the Muslim world, that numerous editors who chose to publish the cartoons in their respective publications have been fired.
Some context for the printing of the cartoons is needed. Danish writer Kare Bluitgen wrote a children's book about Mohammed, but was unable to find any artists willing to illustrate his children's book. Clerics have interpreted the Quran as forbidding depictions of the Prophet Muhammad and other major religious figures to prevent idolatry.
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AOP research reveals publishers are broadly optimistic about preparations for cookie deprecation
The 2023 survey is now live! Please share your thoughts before January 9th 2023 for your chance to win £100 Amazon voucher. Complete the survey here.
London, UK, 24th February: New survey results from the Association of Online Publishers (AOP) see publishers rate their confidence levels at 6.5 out of 10, when asked how they felt about their plans for the demise of third-party cookies. Furthermore, while advertising remains a significant source of revenue for publishers and underpins the creation of quality content, new revenue streams represent a greater opportunity over the next three years, according to those surveyed.
'Digital Publishing: Meeting the Future' was a study conducted by AOP, aiming to understand how digital publishing companies in the UK are responding to current industry challenges. Carried out between 5th January and 9th February 2022, there were a total of 111 respondents, with 83% making up publishers, and 17% from organisations providing solutions to the publishing sector.
When asked specifically about collaboration with other publishers in the wake of the cookie demise, publishers said they are either already collaborating on alternative data initiatives (20%), discussing collaborating (16%), or are open to the possibility of collaboration (40%).
Investment in audience data remains important, with 75% of publishers working to ensure insights from audience data informs every decision across the organisation and investing in tools to help achieve this. However, currently only 17% of publishers say all their teams are aligned internally around audience data.
Survey participants were asked to rank their top five organisational priorities, with developing new revenue streams through product innovation coming in first place. Also high on the list were: data privacy compliance and transparency; recruiting and retaining talent; ensuring a diverse and inclusive workplace; and developing new first-party data strategies.
When analysing the data breakdown between b2b and b2c publishers, there were expected variations on some of these priorities. For example, developing first-party data strategies was less of a priority for b2b publishers, as their business models often have subscribers or logged in users, meaning they may face less challenges around first-party data than some b2c publishers.
Revenue potential
When it comes to revenue opportunities, over half (55%) of publishers see subscriptions as the biggest area for growth in the next three years, while a third (33%) rank lead generation. The creation of new audio opportunities – audio, podcasts, or internet radio – is also high on the agenda, with 31% seeing it as an area for potential growth, the same amount who saw ecommerce as an important revenue driver. Display advertising came in bottom of the list, considered as having the most potential for growth by only 20% of publishers.
Richard Reeves, Managing Director at AOP, said: "We already know that publishers have successfully weaned themselves off a sole reliance on advertising and continue to focus on new and alternative revenue streams, which is mirrored in the findings. The survey also presents a real snapshot into how publishers are feeling in anticipation of the demise of third-party cookies. Confidence levels are broadly optimistic, with publishers realising that the year ahead heralds a new era, where they can begin to truly harness their unique understanding of their audiences. Collaboration is going to be key factor, and we're already seeing the value of shared testing and learning through our dedicated working groups."
In response to the survey findings, AOP will facilitate ongoing discussions on the key themes outlined in the report, including subscriptions, ecommerce, and first-party data strategies.
About the 'Digital Publishing: Meeting the Future' survey
This research, carried out between 5th January and 9th February 2022, surveyed 111 stakeholders in the publishing industry, 83% of whom were from publishers and 17% from organisations providing solutions to the publishing sector. Its intention was to capture how digital publishing companies in the UK are responding to current industry challenges.
Half of respondents were heads of departments, while a further 17% were at board level. Half of those who responded work for a publishing brand which targets a consumer audience, 25% target B2B and 27% a combination of both.
About Association of Online Publishers
Association of Online Publishers (AOP) is an industry body representing digital publishing companies that create original, branded, quality content. AOP champions the interests of media owners from diverse backgrounds including newspaper and magazine publishing, TV and radio broadcasting, and pure online media. For more information, please visit
www.ukaop.org.
Kerry Ritchie, GingerMay
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As bike share stations hit the streets, 550 annual memberships are sold so far
Posted by Michael Andersen (Contributor) on July 5th, 2016 at 9:27 pm
An empty bike share station near Tilikum Crossing.
(Photo: Portland Bureau of Transportation)
The first publicly visible news of Portland's long-awaited Biketown system has arrived.
Its vessel: 100 rows of simple, sturdy metal tongues painted fluorescent orange, each with an oversize eyelet through which bike share users will thread the system's built-in U-locks.
These rows ("stations") will be spread around the 8.1-square-mile service area that opens for business July 19. Twenty of them will have solar-powered pillars with digital screens ("kiosks") that let you purchase a one-time ride or a daily or annual membership on site with your credit card.
The station map and service area. Click here for the zoomable online map and here for a PDF version that has more details.
People who've used bike sharing in other U.S. cities may be surprised to see that these stations are different from many: instead of the wheel-grabbing "smart docks" developed for the widely used B-Cycle and PBSC systems, Biketown is the continent's biggest launch for "smart bikes" and (therefore) for what you might call dumb docks. They don't require wiring or even moving parts. They're just bolted into the pavement.
The fact that all the necessary electronics are on the bikes themselves is what's supposed to make Portland's system cheaper than most on a per-bike and per-station basis. Smart-bike systems from the same manufacturer are in use in Phoenix, Santa Monica, Tampa, Topeka, Boise, Orlando, Ottawa, and Hamilton.
The stations will continue arriving around town over the next two weeks, Biketown manager Dorothy Mitchell said Tuesday. Then just before launch, the 1,000 bikes will be distributed for the first time.
For the moment, as the short promotional video below shows, the 1,000 bikes are stored together in an undisclosed location:
Mitchell said Tuesday that 550 annual members have registered via the Biketown website. That's up from 428 on June 15. The first 1,000 who sign up before launch are receiving a free t-shirt and a special card identifying them as a "founding member."
Seattle's Pronto system had 1,154 members by the end of the month it launched, but its pricing model is very different.
Seattle's Pronto system had 1,154 members by the end of the month it launched, October 2014, peaking at 3,186 a year later. Seattle has in the past projected that a 1,000-bike Pronto system would aim for 8,000 members to be healthy. But Pronto's pricing model is very different than Biketown's; among many differences, Seattle's annual memberships cost $86 per year to Portland's $144 (billed in $12 a month installments).
In any case, to succeed Biketown will need to do better as a business than the moderately troubled Pronto has so far. Motivate, the New York-based bike-share operator that has assumed all the risks and half the rewards of Biketown's performance over the next three years, is counting on Portland's advantages (flat terrain, no adult helmet law, a beginner-friendly pricing model, spillover bike parking, a bike-friendly culture, some of the nation's best station density and a generally larger network of destinations) to make up for Portland's challenges (lower density and lower transit commuting rates).
Some companies and institutions are likely to offer discounted or free memberships to their employees, students or members. Any memberships that result won't start coming into the system for another month or two.
Considering that Tuesday was the second business day of the Biketown launch month, it's anybody's guess what'll happen with memberships by the end of this month — especially as brightly colored objects continue to appear on 100 street corners around the city. Some of them will even take credit cards.
Update 7/8: We've removed the lead photo because it featured my bike leaning against a bike share station for scale. We didn't want to set a subconscious bad example — people shouldn't park their private bikes there.
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Ted Timmons (Contributor) July 5, 2016 at 9:52 pm
I think (hope?) that memberships/signups will expand rapidly after launch. It's a lot easier to consider buying something when you can actually interact with it.
ethan July 6, 2016 at 9:15 am
What's the legality of locking a non-bikeshare bike to the orange racks?
Is that picture the "final installation" or will the black curbs be added (like the ones that exist on bike corrals)?
Does anyone want to take bets on how long it will be before one of these "stations" is hit by a car? That one on 39th looks like it might be the first to go. I'm optimistically saying 2 months.
Michael Andersen (News Editor) July 6, 2016 at 9:41 am
As I understand it, it'll be legal to lock bikes to the Biketown racks, though IMO it'd be sorta jerky to do so. The city expects to rigorously enforce its abandoned-bike rules, but those don't kick in for a few days.
Hopefully it'll be more incentive for the city to keep up with providing enough standard bike parking in high-demand areas.
Buzz July 6, 2016 at 10:20 am
I believe you can only leave a bike in one location for 72 hours.
Hello, Kitty July 6, 2016 at 11:36 am
It's a rule zealously enforced by our thriving bike theft culture.
Ted Timmons (Contributor) July 6, 2016 at 11:37 am
Adam H. July 6, 2016 at 11:41 am
I imagine this rule is enforced equally as much as the same rule for parking a car on the street – i.e. not at all.
lop July 7, 2016 at 12:24 pm
How long do personal cars parked in a reserved Zipcar spot last before being ticketed/towed?
Steve Hoyt-McBeth, PBOT BIKETOWN Project Manager July 6, 2016 at 11:51 am
Please, please do NOT park private bikes at BIKETOWN stations. Our operator Motivate will be removing them after providing warning.
As Michael states, our smart bike system provides a lot more flexibility – along with the aforementioned challenge. Please help us out by getting the word out.
ethan July 6, 2016 at 1:09 pm
Will there be any signage indicating that other bikes can't be parked there?
What about places that have no other bike parking?
m July 6, 2016 at 2:18 pm
Above Michael says it will be legal to park a personal bike to these racks but you say they will be removed by Motivate.
Is it legal or illegal? If it is legal, how can Motivate be allowed to remove them?
JeffS July 8, 2016 at 12:48 am
Motivate is definitely trying to get the word out to stay off their, currently empty, racks.
That people are using them indicates that we have a shortage of racks in the area. I'm a little concerned that giving this public space to Motivate could actually hurt our chances of getting needed bike racks in place.
dan July 6, 2016 at 4:27 pm
Motorists are much more respectful of anything that will damage their cars appreciably. These locking posts look like they would do a number on a car, and I suspect that collisions will be infrequent.
GlowBoy July 7, 2016 at 3:00 pm
Slick system, having the electronics entirely on the bikes instead of the kiosks, as opposed to the Nice Ride system I'm used to. I got a close up look at this last week. There's a decent sized solar panel built into each bike's rack/lock/electronics module to provide power. And of course this also allows the bikes to be "returned" at non-kiosk locations.
I bet not having to wire them in must save on installation cost, not to mention allowing a lot more flexibility in relocating/adding stations in the future. Can't wait to try this out when I'm there again next month.
Michael Prasuhn July 8, 2016 at 7:58 am
For what it's worth, most B-cycle stations don't require any wiring either. I just moved to Philly and was super excited to find a new station installed close to our house, and it was installed and finished in only a few hours. They typically use solar panels on the kiosk, and have an antenna that I assume communicates over cellular connection, because I usually get a text about my rental within a few seconds of checking out a bike.
andrew July 7, 2016 at 9:17 pm
Saw one at 19th and Johnson this morning. Doesn't seem to be on the map, what gives?
TheCat July 8, 2016 at 8:26 am
I just registered, and apparently customers have to memorize both a six digit account number and a four digit PIN to unlock bikes. That seems a bit user unfriendly. Will there be any way to get a card (like ZipCar and Car2Go) that will unlock a bike?
Adam H. July 8, 2016 at 8:56 am
Yes, users also get a card that they tap on the bikes.
Great. That wasn't at all clear from the registration pages or confirmation emails they sent.
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An ambitious Nazi discovers in a concentration camp a man he recognizes from his pre-war job as a police officer: the world's greatest counterfeiter. Recognizing an opportunity, he puts the man, along with a team of talented printers and engravers culled from the general population of the camp, to work making English pounds and American dollars. Classic conflicts ensue: the counterfeiters eat well and sleep in beds while literally on the other side of the wall people are being murdered. Should the counterfeiters sabotage the Nazi project, salving their consciences but likely losing their lives? Should they do anything they must to stay alive? Small, but effectively claustrophobic film based on true events.


The remains of ex-president Joao Goulart will be exhumed next month to determine whether he was poisoned during his exile in Argentina in the 1970s, Brazil announced on Monday.
One day after the November 13 exhumation, the remains, currently in a family mausoleum in Sao Borja in the southern state of Rio Grande do Sul, will be transferred to Brasilia to receive the full state honors which Goulart did not get when he died, Human Rights Minister Maria do Rosario said.
"It's the duty of the Brazilian state to shed light on the circumstances of the death of president Joao Goulart," the official Agencia Brasil quoted her as saying.
The exhumation will be conducted at the request of the late president's family which has long pressed for a probe of his death. Experts from Argentina, Uruguay and the International Committee of the Red Cross will take part in the exhumation.
Popularly known as "Jango", Goulart served as president from 1961-1964 and was ousted in a military coup. He took refuge in Uruguay and Argentina, where he died on 6 December, 1976.
The official account says the cause of death was heart attack. However the death occurred after lunch when the healthy Jango started to complain about stomach pains. There was no autopsy and his body was flown back to Brazil to the family's pantheon.
The military went on to rule in Brazil from 1964-1985. The military regimes of the time in the southern cone were concerned that the popular Jango was holding a round of political contacts which could threaten stability.
In March 1964, although he had support from some divisions of the Army he decided against armed conflict among Brazilians and took exile in neighboring Uruguay. He owned farms both in Uruguay and Argentina.
In 2008, former Uruguayan intelligence officer Mario Neira said while in detention in Brazil for arms trafficking that Goulart was poisoned by Uruguayan operatives at the request of Brazilian military rulers.
His allegation that Goulart died following a swap of the heart medication he was taking has not been confirmed. But the National Truth Commission tasked with probing crimes perpetrated under the military dictatorship, has said the body's examination would help shed light on the case.
A rich farmer from south Brazil, young Goulart had been Labor minister of Getulio Vargas, the most popular and loved Brazilian president last century.
Tags: Argentina, Brazil, Getulio Vargas, Jango exhumation, Jango Goulart, Mario Neira, Uruguay.


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Q: How to drag an object in any side of the 2D canvas with everything inside in it I am having little difficulty here. working on 2D canvas and I can create rectangle with dragging mouse button in 2D canvas with four corner angles. This rectangle is flexible and can move in any direction with dragging mouse.
This rectangle should look like exactly same what I have in Image1, no matter where I am moving it. It looks perfect when I create this rectangle from top to bottom by dragging mouse but when I turn this to left side, you can see Image2, corner angles is outside of the box and weird. This same happens when I move cursor to upper side, see Image3.
I want this rectangle look like Image1 in every side. Please can anybody help me, how to fix this?

Image1 - Desired Image. No matter which side mouse cursor point is.

Image2 - When I move mouse point Left side of canvas

Image3 - When I move mouse point Upper side of canvas
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Seattle Spotlight: June 2009
Up for Rent
Miryam Gordon
Anthony Rapp, Lexi Lawson, and Adam Pascal in Rent
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Adam Pascal and Anthony Rapp repeat their starring roles of Roger and Mark in the touring company of Rent (Paramount, June 16-21), along with another original cast member, Gwen Stewart. Book-It Repertory soars in its borrowed home of the Moore Theater with Night Flight by Antoine de Saint-Exupery (June 4-14), as a flight chief keeps his planes flying dangerously through the night to get the mail through. Seattle Shakespeare Company predicts stormy weather with Shakespeare's The Tempest (June 4-28). Acclaimed actor Michael Winters stars as Prospero, with the production including original music by Jesse Sykes and Phil Wandscher from the local "porch-noir" band Jesse Sykes and The Sweet Hereafter.
ACT presents the break/s (June 17-July 12), a one-man tour de force by Marc Bamuthi Joseph, described as a hip-hop renaissance man who acts, dances, writes poetry, and always pushes the boundaries. New Century Theatre Company presents Craig Wright's Orange Flower Water (June 23-July 20), featuring two married couples in a series of scenes set in or around a single bed. Our American Theater Company's full annual production is Eyes for Consuela by Sam Shepard (June 4-27), where an American tries to hole up in a rundown Mexican hotel and finds himself caught in a mysterious triangle.
Comic performances abound as Live Girls presents the West Coast premiere of Vrooommm! A Nascomedy, by Janet Allard (June 19-July 11), a super charged spoof of America's fastest sport! Phoenix Theatre moonlights with Moonlight and Magnolias (June 5-28), as David O. Selznick hires Ben Hecht to write the screenplay of Gone with the Wind, when Hecht has never read the book and filming starts in five days. Hamlet gets skewered in I Hate Hamlet by Paul Rudnick at SecondStory Repertory (June 5-27).
Driftwood Players leads the laughter with Leading Ladies by Ken Ludwig (June 12-28). Jack and Leo hear of an old lady about to die and deed her fortune to two long-lost English nephews, so they resolve to pass themselves off as her nephews and get the cash, but the old lady is expecting nieces. Driftwood also presents Love is a Divine Accident (June 21-29), featuring Carissa Meisner Smit's new adaptations of Anton Chekov's "A Little Joke" and Sherwood Anderson's "Sophistication," short stories examining the moment in time when a boy and girl begin to understand one another as man and woman.
Washington Ensemble Theatre hosts the third annual QTET: Queer Teen Ensemble Theater (June 26-29), an original collaborative piece developed with gay teen performers. Rebecca Gilman's The Crowd You're In With is read by Mirror Stage Company (June 6-7), and asks: Is the chicken done? Does the band need a new tune? Is this the right time to have a baby? Four Strange Loves (June 5-14) is the world premiere presentation of local playwright Daniel Tarker at Seattle Playwrights' Collective. In it, Sarah Dunn finds herself in a most bizarre love triangle with her former college sweetheart and the ghost of her recently deceased husband. Harlequin Productions introduces a musical mosaic of the singers and songwriters who gave a female voice to an era of social and political upheaval, in Sixties Chicks (June 18-July 18).
Children have a new production company to explore as Anything is Possible Theatre performs It's a Whatchamadoozie with a Whaddayacallit with a Thingamajigit on Top (June 5-21). Fearful, the Mayor declares a state of emergency and orders all of the children inside for the summer. It's up to Lucy Margaret and her plucky pals Cecil and Gracie to save the day by transforming fear into wonder and fiction into fact.