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Live with Regis and Kelly: Season 13: Episode 130
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Starring: Kelly Ripa, Regis Philbin
Summary: Regis and Kelly welcome guests film critics Roger Ebert & Richard Roeper and The Chieftains are LIVE's House Band for the Day all join in for a raucous performance of "When Irish Eyes are Smiling". Plus, LIVE's Pop Music Week concludes with The Irish Tenors singing "Courtin' in the Kitchen".
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Daily Archives: 26 Jan 2016
The Paul Krugman Bernie Sanders Giving Game
Posted on 26 Jan 2016 by Frank Moraes
You have no idea! Right now, you're thinking, "Not another article where Frank complains about Paul Krugman complaining about Bernie Sanders!" But really: this is nonsense. There was a time in 2008 when I looked forward every morning to checking out Krugman's blog. Friday's were a special day because I knew he would have a column out. And I still greatly admire him. But when I clicked over to him on Monday I saw, Bernie, Hillary, Barack, and Change. That's where he argues that Obama thinks Clinton is his true heir — as though that's a compelling argument to the leftists in the party. "Hooray! Clinton will bring eight more years of us not knowing if we'll get Medicare turned into a block grant!" It does not help that Krugman has spent the last eight years complaining about the same things.
But then I scrolled down and found, How to Make Donald Trump President. Let's see how that goes, "Step 1: Democrats nominate Bernie Sanders." Of course, as I discussed in The Complete 'Bernie Sanders Can't Win' Liberal Pundit Article Kit, no one like Krugman will ever make a straight attack on Sanders. Krugman doesn't "think Sanders is unelectable." He just takes it as a given that electing Bernie Sanders would give the election to Trump. But that's not quite fair — to Bernie Sanders supporters.
Krugman really should be worried about the economy going to hell and about how the Federal Reserve is doing exactly the opposite of what it should be doing. But instead, every day is a day to claim that Bernie Sanders is going to put a Republican in the White House.
Krugman's cunning plan to get Trump elected involves a second part: Michael Bloomberg enters the race and takes votes away from the Democrats, but somehow he takes none away from Republicans because "two-thirds of them currently support Trump, Cruz, or Carson." Okay, but data — Remember data, Krugman?! — indicates that even among Republican supporters of Carson and Cruz, Trump is not popular. Among Republicans, Cruz has a 51% net approval rating. Carson has a 47% net approval. And Trump: 27%. So Trump still isn't that popular even among the craziest of the Republican. But only Sanders would lose with a Bloomberg run.
And we know why that is: because it is the only way that Krugman can make his argument sound at all reasonable. Because otherwise, his post would have been six words long, "Step 1: Democrats nominate Bernie Sanders." Because that's all Krugman is saying. It amazes me that Krugman can be so smart, and yet write post after post where he shows himself to be stupid — or at least completely out of his depth. Under ordinary circumstances, I know that Krugman would mention the fact that the economy trumps all other aspects in an election. If Krugman weren't so emotionally attached to Clinton, he could have come up with the actually reasonable — fact and researched based — description of How To Make Donald Trump President:
Republicans nominate Donald Trump.
The economy goes into recession.
"Trump wins a yuuuuge victory."
Krugman really should be worried about the economy going to hell and about how the Federal Reserve is doing exactly the opposite of what it should be doing. But instead, every day is a day to claim that Bernie Sanders is going to put a Republican in the White House. As long as Krugman is suffering from this brain fever, I think we can make a game of it. It's called The Paul Krugman Bernie Sanders Giving Game. The rules are simple:
Every time Krugman writes something stupid about Bernie Sanders, you contribute to the Sanders campaign.
You can set your own level of giving. You've got to be careful, though. Because I suspect that Krugman is going to say a lot more stupid things about Bernie Sanders. And if Sanders wins in Iowa, you might be required to donate to Sanders several times a day.
Of course, it really shouldn't work this way. It's Krugman who should have to provide the money. After all, he's the one saying stupid things that show none of the depth of thought that have made him a respected pundit. But I'm afraid, we aren't going to get that. So we'll just have to pay ourselves.
Afterword: If Paul Krugman Is Ill
In case Paul Krugman is suffering from undiagnosed early-onset Alzheimer's disease, then I am sorry. But for his benefit and that of the nation, he should not be writing in public. This doesn't seem to be the case however. His articles about economics are still as good as ever.
Image of Paul Krugman is my own, based up his once official NYT picture, licensed under Fair Use.
The Case Against the Case Against Bernie Sanders
Over the last few days, I've written two articles about liberal attacks on Bernie Sanders. First, there was, Erik Loomis Is Wrong About Sanders and Politics. And then there was my not so serious, The Complete 'Bernie Sanders Can't Win' Liberal Pundit Article Kit. My point has not been that liberals are attacking Sanders. That's a given. There are perfectly acceptable reasons that one might not want to support Sanders. But the arguments have been bad — from Loomis' "liberals will be disappointed like they were with Obama" to Krugman's argument that Sanders is campaigning too much like Obama.
I was pleased to see Monday morning that Brian Beutler is thinking the same things I am, Is Nominating Bernie Sanders a Worthwhile Gamble? Because that's the question. Back in September, I wrote an article with an almost identical title, What Risk Is Bernie Sanders Worth? My point was that Sanders was worth some risk but not a lot of risk. But those were the days when the liberal establishment wasn't afraid of Sanders. So they didn't care. But now that it looks like Sanders is an actual threat, the liberal establishment's answer is not only that Sanders is worth absolutely no risk, but also that Clinton represents no risk whatsoever.
Beutler's argument is summed up in his subtitle, "Hillary Clinton's supporters have yet to make a persuasive case that Sanders is too great a risk." And that is quite right. In all the writing about the subject, the unstated assumption is that Clinton — the ultimate Wall Street insider — will easily destroy Donald Trump — the ultimate populist demagogue. On that one issue, I think that Sanders has a distinct advantage. But you would never know that from the garbage that is coming out of the "practical" wing of the party.
The Case For Bernie Sanders
Beutler made one of the stronger practical cases for Sanders. It goes back to something that I was complaining about for years under Obama. And it is, interestingly, something that Obama learned. But Clinton has regressed on it:
But if we're imagining both of their agendas as opening bids in negotiations with Congress, why fault Sanders for not negotiating with himself? Ask a future Democratic Congress for single payer and a $15 minimum wage and you might get laughed at… but you also might get the public option and a bump to $12. Ask it for the public option and a $12 minimum wage, as Clinton might do, and you'll get a fair hearing from the outset, but you might end up with advancements barely worth fighting for. President Obama, as Sanders is fond of noting, negotiated with himself, and progressives paid an unknowable price as a result.
He went on to note that although the Clinton camp wants to paint Sanders as a pie-in-the-sky idealist, "He's been a relatively effective and pragmatic legislator." What's more, "This is Sanders's strongest non-idealized appeal to progressives: he would appoint tougher regulators and conduct a more cautious, dovish foreign policy than Clinton." It may be true that Clinton knows everyone, but what does it matter if she turns to Goldman Sachs to help regulate Wall Street? And finally, "But in a party that has become increasingly dovish and alarmed by increasing concentrations of income and wealth, he would have a strong claim to being a safer bet than Clinton — if he were to ever push the point."
The Case Against Bernie Sanders
I think there is a strong case against Sanders. And it is a practical one. Sadly, it is not the practical case that Clinton supporters suppose. It is the case that Glenn Greenwald touched on in a recent article, The Seven Stages of Establishment Backlash: Corbyn/Sanders Edition. I have been amazed that so many Labour Party leaders seem to think that it is better to destroy their party than to support Jeremy Corbyn. And given the increasingly hysterical claims that we've heard from Clinton surrogates, I fear we would see the same thing here if Sanders won the nomination.
This makes me angry and not at all inclined to switch to the Clinton camp. If a Sander nomination destroys the party, it won't be because people like me voted for him, but because party elites just couldn't deal with our preferences. But apart from that, I think Clinton is a marginally stronger general election candidate than Sanders. The question is how big that margin is. Thus far, I'm not hearing much in terms of arguments about that — probably because it is really hard to say.
Moring Music: White Light/White Heat
I certainly could have spent the whole week on Velvet Underground & Nico. I do think it is the most fulfilling of their studio albums. Loaded has some of my favorite material and I really like the production. But I think it's uneven. I'll probably come back to that later. But today we are going to start on White Light/White Heat.
The album has a bit too much rock jam to it. And I'll admit, Velvet Underground jams tend to be more interesting than other jams of that period. But still, "The Gift" is a bit much and "Sister Ray" (which I rather like) is too long. I do know this: after the first album (which was the first that I bought), White Light/White Heat was a disappointment. I do think there's a tendency to see certain bands like the Velvet Underground (And good God: The Beatles!) as constantly brilliant and perfect. None of them are, as great as they may be.
The song "White Light/White Heat" is a gem. For one thing, I like that it doesn't much make me think of speed, which it most clearly is about. The background vocals are simultaneously sweet and hilarious. It's another song that Reed was never able to properly sing during his solo career. I might just have to spend another day on this album. We'll see. Not a lot of time.
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Anniversary Post: 2004 Exploding Whale
On this day in 2004, an exploding whale event took place on its way to the Sutsao Wild Life Reservation Area in Taiwan where scientists were going to perform an autopsy on it. This was not an intentional explosion. When organic material decays, without the presence of oxygen, it creates hydrocarbons — most notably methane. This is what happened inside the whale. The methane built up and eventually: boom!
Although many people were present to watch the transport, no one was harmed. They did get covered with blubber and blood, however. The whale was eventually transported to its destination. And the autopsy was performed. It seems that the whale was hit by a ship, crushing part of its spine, and subsequently killing it. It's very sad. I always find it hard to believe that ships can do this kind of damage. But they are moving very fast, and there is a great deal of inertia in the water.
Dead whales explode reasonably often. But when most people think of an exploding whale, they are thinking of something rather different. Back in 1970, a dead sperm whale had washed up on the cost of Florence, Oregon. As humorist Dave Barry noted at the time, "The responsibility for getting rid of the carcass was placed upon the Oregon State Highway Division, apparently on the theory that highways and whales are very similar in the sense of being large objects." But things didn't go that well. The officers loaded the whale with a half ton of dynamite, which blew large pieces of blubber very far away. One car over a quarter mile away was crushed. But luckily, no one was injured.
Clearly, care must be taken when dealing with dead whales. Although in the case of Taiwan, I give them credit for being interested in what had happened to this poor creature.
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The painter Jon Groom envisions his art in terms of life experience. As art and experience begin to unfold in relation to one another (as earlier suggested by the philosopher John Dewey), the artist may begin to see himself more definitively within the context of an evolution. This is not a forced intention, but the reality by which a work of art reveals itself. Throughout his career as a painter, Groom has sought the foundation of intelligent feeling as a preeminent focus in his work. Over the years, this has become a perennial concern. Through color, line, texture, and form, the artist transforms the surface into a luminous phenomenon by giving an exemplary holistic presence. In Groom's case, this is largely contingent on the knowledge he has obtained through spiritual practice, corporeal understanding, and geographical awareness. Together these learned attributes cohere as a form of nature.
The Welsh-born Groom (currently living in Munich) has argued that the most advanced painting today does not succeed as a static form acquired solely through conceptual or academic learning. While aware of the achievements of other painters in the history of Modernism, Groom understands his artistic jour- ney as a personal one. Just as breathing oxygen nourishes the body, so painting nourishes our visual senses. There is something fundamental about the bristling sensate paintings of the past three years - whether on paper, linen, or tin - that suggests they are meant to fulfill a certain essential rhythmic, bio-psychological necessity. We learned this from Groom's previous large-scale exhibition last year at the Stadtischen Museum Engen, titled "A Luminous Night's Journey," where the brushwork and geometry of these paintings tend to be generally darker, yet paradoxically more earthy in its range of tonalities - as if the light were emanating out of the earth itself - than in brighter primary works from 2005-07.
To paint is not something that appears from the outside realm of existence but is fully within it. By being fully within it, the opportunity for a transcendent view of reality may begin to happen. While this may be difficult to objectify - perhaps, because it should not be either objectified or quantified - this has become the criterion by which Groom judges for himself the success of what he paints. This exhi- bition in Copenhagen is perhaps one of the most naked examples of what it means to be a painter that I have witnessed by a living artist in recent years. It is an exemplary exhibition in that it touches us through a form of heightened senso- ry cognition, a term I have been known to use in the past. Even as, this essentially aesthetic experience is something that is neither bound by a particular time and place or is it limited to one kind of art or one genre being offered in today's art world. Historically, the singular concept of a criterion in art has expanded into a pluralistic criteria. Therefore, when I look at Jon Groom's paintings - constructed from the mind and heart, as he works in a self-assured, tactile way, reminiscent of Cezanne, Morandi, or Georges de la Tour - I recognize that he has literally and unequivocally pushed through the imminent surface of wet pigment, modulating a shape or revealing a previously unseen or unknown form of luminosity. This offers the viewer a precise, yet heroic consolation, an exhilarating rebuttal, to all the virtual excess, poisonous aerosol, and dismemberment of passion, love, and psychic power that has filtered mistakenly into art in recent years under the aegis of mindless investment.
Traditionally, Groom's work appeared geometric in its subtle displays of hard-edge pictorial organization, even if the edges were blurred and the shapes bled openly into surrounding areas of color as seen in his watercolors, the concrete square and rectilinear shapes were carefully measured in relation to one another and in accordance with the peripheral dimensions of the painting's edges. The recent work seen this exhibition is selected from three new series, titled Om, Hrim, and Herald, and reveals a development in which the geometry is entirely hand-painted without superimposed measurements or taped edges. Another important aspect of the paintings is the move away from acrylic paint to oil pigments. Until recently Groom employed the use of water-based polymers on large canvases in relati- on to a minimal vocabulary of clearly defined hard-edge shapes. This has changed. Now many of the smaller scaled paintings are painted directly on unpri- med tin while the larger ones are painted on unbleached linen stretched over panels. The use of oil instead of acrylic allows the artist to paint directly into the wet ground by mixing pigment into the color that is already applied. As Groom explained during a recent studio visit, he often feels in the act of painting that the surface is in the process of evolving on its own accord. Paradoxically, Groom feels that he is "into the work" on a fully conscious level at the same time that he obser- ves himself in the act of painting. This recalls the philosopher Edmund Husserl's phenomenological concept that the perceiver may be engaged in perceiving him- self in the act of perception.
In taking the Sanskrit letters of the sacred Om, used in Hindu chanting, or the equally sacred Hrim (literally meaning "heart chakra"), Groom has given the script-like calligraphy a more geometric, angular appearance. This linear geome- try becomes a determining architectonic element in both the Om and the Hrim paintings, many of which are painted on tin in a smaller square format. While not appropriated from any specific language, Groom has also painted another series, titled Herald, in which the forms begin to resemble banners, but are held in check by the rectilinear forms and spatial ambiguities contained within the slightly irre- gular square format.
Given the artist's emphasis on the spiritual aspect of these paintings - largely inspired by the artist's experiences of "awakening" during regular visits to India, in which he spends time in both Hindu and Jain temples - he is paradoxically within and outside the act of painting simultaneously. This offers a certain clarity. As the British mystic Colin Wilson once explained at a lecture in New York in the early nineties, the way toward enlightenment cannot be achieved by trying too hard or by relaxing to the point of not trying at all. Rather it is most likely to occur when one is hovering between these extremes. In Groom's case, the experience obtai- ned through these paintings - as referenced by the sacred Sanskrit of the Om and Hrim - occurs in suspension between a clear awareness of the physical act of painting and a relaxed observation of the evolving surface. In either case, it is a matter of a tenacious, though subtle movement between levels of consciousness without necessarily being in opposition.
This suggests that Groom's journey as a painter has begun to move further Eastward. While this journey may appear slightly off-center, the true center of consciousness - if we are to accurately observe the history of painting in middle and central Asia - normally tends to reside this way. In other words, the center is never exactly the center. To bring this visual concept into Western painting is a bril- liant ploy that not only shows the potential for living in a new transcultural geography, but also suggests a more flexible reality relative to our origins as we acculturate to the inevitable transformation of our global positioning.


You can't choose to believe the headline number and refuse the components that went into it.
'Leaked NSSO data' on employment. How real was the data?
There is an old saying that if you have a favourite food, never find out how it's made. You may no longer be able to eat it.
Today we will apply the same principle to liberals' favourite 'fact' about the Indian economy: the 'leaked NSSO data' that shows that unemployment has reached a 45 year high.
Today we will find out how this number was calculated (cooked?). What are the components that went into this number?
So let me tell you some 'facts' about India.
Did you know who was the greatest beneficiary of demonetization? It was the casual workers, the ones who work in the informal sector and have to live on daily wages that are mostly paid in cash.
And do you know who suffered the most? It was salaried workers, usually the ones who get their pay credited directly to their bank accounts every month by their employer.
When demonetization hit, the formal economy apparently ran out of internet connections. Instead, the informal economy did very well, apparently because demonetization increased the availability of ready cash they do business in.
Don't believe me? I'm not kidding. The 'NSSO data' actually found this. Real wages (i.e, inflation-adjusted wages) of casual workers are up by 22% between 2011 and 2017. On the other hand, the real wages of salaried workers are down by nearly 20% since 2011 and 2017.
Thank you demonetization for ushering in economic justice on a scale unprecedented in world history. And thank you, Surjit Bhalla, for uncovering all the good news in the 'leaked NSSO data'.
You've all heard about the 'leaked NSSO data'. The one that Modi sarkar is apparently trying to suppress. You know, the one that supposedly shows unemployment in India has reached a 45 year high. The liberal media just can't stop talking about it.
But what the liberal media won't tell you is how much good news is there in the same 'leaked NSSO data'.
For instance, did you know just how well the rural economy is doing? It's going so good that people are leaving the cities and going back to villages to enjoy the boom in the rural economy. According to 'NSSO data', India's urbanization has dipped from 31% in 2011 to 29% now!
Rural distress? What rural distress?
And to think that all our media have left behind their comfortable homes in Lutyens Delhi to understand the 'rural distress' in the countryside. Come back! Stop wasting your time. Come back to the big city, which is now less crowded according to 'NSSO data'! Leave the crowded villages behind and come back to our empty cities!
As if that was not good news enough, did you know that India's population has declined too? The 'NSSO data' also finds that India's population is just 107 crore people and not 130 crore people.
There is only one explanation for this is that 23 crore Indians must be currently on vacation abroad, enjoying the sights of New York and Paris. And liberals say the economy isn't doing well! Come on!
Defines belief? Yes! But these are the numbers that went into calculating (cooking?) the number of 'unemployment at 45 year high'. You can't choose to believe the headline number and refuse the components that went into it.
What is shocking is that until now, nobody in media or intelligentsia seems to have put in the bare minimum effort to carry out a sanity check on the 'leaked NSSO data'. The media simply ran with it and the secular establishment was only too happy to weaponize the headline into a stick to beat the government with.
You might remember that recently an 'auspicious' number of economists wrote an open letter attacking the government over these supposed figures. These were supposed to be scholars, people with research credentials, people who have been trained to read beyond the headlines and cross-check facts. Could they not have caught these obvious mistakes in the 'leaked NSSO data' with five to ten minutes of effort? But they didn't. They jumped on the propaganda bandwagon. No surprise that most of these 'eminent economists' were members of the left-liberal complex, some had signed up with their entire families and academic descendants and some were even associated with the Congress campaign.
This is a betrayal of the trust of the Indian people in media and intelligentsia on a scale never seen before.
Propaganda newspapers, propaganda news channels and propagandist intellectuals created a storm of outrage around a piece of 'unemployment data' that was obviously wrong.
There is only one question left to ask. How did NSSO make such massive and glaring mistakes? Surjit Bhalla attributes this to a bizarre change in sampling and survey methods. Very well, that's one possibility. But considering the scale on which the 'leaked data' was publicized and used as a propaganda weapon, we common people have to consider other possibilities. Was their deliberate malpractice involved? Did deep assets in the bureaucracy try to help a certain political party by rigging the data or the methods of data collection? We don't know. But we do have a right to ask.


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Anthrax tests all negative
Suspicious white powder found at several locations in Harrison and Crawford counties have all tested negative for anthrax.
Det. Richard Bauman said eight samples collected by the Harrison County Sheriff's Dept. are not the deadly bacteria that people have become fearful of since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.
Two samples were taken from hotels in Corydon. Bauman said one turned out to be residue from toilet paper and the other was cocaine.
Also testing negative were two items residents received in the mail. One was in New Salisbury, the other in Palmyra.
A resident in the north part of the county reported a white substance on their porch. It turned out to be residue from a fire extinguisher, Bauman said.
Two other reports, one involving a book purchased at the Goodwill Industries store in Corydon and the other at the photo lab at the Corydon Wal-Mart Supercenter, also were unfounded.
Milltown Chief Marshal Ray Saylor said two suspicious packages found in mailboxes in Milltown tested negative.
More than 370 samples have been tested for anthrax at the Indiana Dept. of Health, none of which have resulted in the deadly bacteria.
The only recent reported case of anthrax in Indiana was after a postal worker contracted the disease when contaminated equipment was shipped to an Indianapolis post office from an Eastern state.
While the lab has been working overtime to test the suspected items, the staff has not been overtaxed. They are receiving assistance from the Indiana University School of Medicine and the Marion County Health Dept.
Indiana State Health Commissioner Greg Wilson cautioned Hoosiers against inappropriate use of antibiotics as a result of fear of exposure to anthrax.
"I understand the reasons for taking the antibiotics as a preventive health measure in cases where there is a credible threat," he said, "but I caution that antibiotics not be overused. The overuse of antibiotics can cause side effects in the patient and can lead to antibiotic resistance in bacteria that cause disease."
Symptoms of exposure to anthrax usually occur within seven days but can vary depending on how the disease is contracted. Common symptoms include a low-grade fever, swollen lymph nodes and a rash.
Wilson said that a "runny nose" and a sore throat are not common symptoms of anthrax.


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Labour for Independence - A Grim Fairy Tale
When the Referendum is analysed after September 18th there will be no shortage of material for commentators to draw on - factual, fictional; serious, frivolous; real, surreal and imaginary. I predict that it will be hard to beat the fairy tale of Labour for Independence for sheer bizarre invention.
Let me say right away there is absolutely nothing bizarre about a handful of Labour figures coming down on the Yes side of the argument. In the historical context, there was Jim Sillars forming his breakaway Scottish Labour Party in 1976. Then on all the big political issues there are those from all parties who take a stand separate from the party line- Tory Ken Clarke on Iraq; Labour's Kate Hoey on Fox Hunting. The Labour for Independence campaign has not been about the handful of mainly retired ex Labour politicians who have come out for Yes but rather an SNP front; a shell designed to act as a proxy for real Labour supporters who might be persuaded to support Yes in the vain hope that this might be the only way to get rid of the Tories or recapture some romantic ill-defined real Scottish Labour Party. I am not saying that there are not Labour supporters out there disillusioned with the way Labour has lost touch with some of its traditional roots particularly as a result of the New Labour project and the Blair years. Labour had to change and adapt to regain the trust of the electorate but these changes sometimes left our traditional supporters feeling ignored. It is this strain of thought that the SNP and Yes side have tried to cynically exploit.
When the story is finally told it will contain a timeline of picture after picture of Labour for Independence banners being held up for the camera by groups of SNP councillors; staffers; and office bearers - because, we must assume, the real Labour for Independence people all had to rush away for a toilet break just at that photo opportunity moment. The Labour Party has been out on Ayr High street most Saturdays campaigning for a No vote. I usually pay the Yes camp a visit and ask whoever is handing out Labour for Independence leaflets that day why I have never seen him (always a 'him') at any Labour Party meeting. Sometimes they lie and claim they have only recently joined, more usually just that they have every right to give out information that might appeal to Labour supporters. The leaflets call for a Yes vote to fight for a real Scottish Labour Party, an independent Scotland with the founding principles of Labour at its heart. They repeat the mantra that voting Yes is the only way for Scotland to get the government it votes for.
Put in context, this is part of an attempt by the Yes Campaign to recreate an Obama like grassroots campaign focusing on slices of the electorate - Business for Scotland; Women, Christians, Crofters, Lawyers, Unionists for Independence (OK I made up the last one but if it did exist the Yes side would be able to find plenty of volunteers to hold the banner). Labour for Independence is designed to appeal to that slice of the grassroots - traditional labour supporters and those frustrated by the lack of social progress in society and perplexed by the complexity of countering the appeal of an ever adapting capitalism.
The truth is that the SNP and supporters of Scottish Independence have spent the last 70 years doing everything they can to prevent Scotland getting the Government it votes for - especially a Labour one. The SNP opposed the Attlee Government most associated with 'old Labour values' because they didn't like the sharing and pooling of resources approach of an NHS and single Welfare State across the whole of the UK and abhorred Attlee's approach of centralised planning. They ignored the achievements of the Wilson years - the Open University; the abolition of capital punishment; legalisation of homosexuality; and the Abortion Act passed thanks to Government support. What did the Wilson years ever do for us?
The SNP brought down the Callaghan Government and forced the election that gave us Thatcher (against the urging of Jim Sillars at the time) They were able to do this because traditional Labour values meant nothing to them in the 1970s (or in any other decade) The SNP carried out an in depth survey of their burgeoning membership in the 1970s and found that 80% did not identify in any way with social class and less than 1 in 4 saw social reform as a primary objective. No surprise then that they remained unimpressed by the achievements of Labour Governments post 1997. They turned their nose up at Labour's devolution package while grabbing the advantages it offered to them. They set at nothing Labour's record of tackling pensioner poverty, lifting children out of poverty, staying up all night to secure a national minimum wage (while the SNP MPs were safely tucked up in bed), doubling the Aid budget, bringing in sweeping equality legislation. The reforming successes of the Labour led Scottish Executive were also erased from memory.
This is not meant to be a whitewash of Labour's record in office - we made many mistakes and failed to address matters we should have addressed. But one thing is certain - the SNP have never hankered after 'the founding principles of the Labour Movement' or sought to propel a 'real Labour Party' into Government in Scotland or anywhere else.
Perhaps with the distraction of the Referendum behind us after September 18th, we will be able to concentrate on the task of ensuring that Scotland does get the Government it votes for - a Labour Government sharing, pooling and redistributing resources across the UK.
Alastair Osborne
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Remembering Gary Neville's admirably sh*t 'invincible' final Man Utd season
Benedict O'Neill
In his last season at Manchester United, Gary Neville looked about 100 years old. But he was something of a lucky charm.
"When you've got average players causing you a problem, you know you're in trouble." In 2017, that was Gary Neville's honest verdict on his performances over the 2010–11 season, his last as a professional footballer.
He wasn't exaggerating about the "average". When a 35-year-old Neville took to the pitch that season, he wasn't going toe to toe with famous adversaries like Marc Overmars and Arjen Robben; he was getting rinsed by the likes of Steven Pienaar, Matthew Etherington and Jerome Thomas.
In total, Neville made just three Premier League starts in his last campaign, looking a liability in each of them. He shipped three goals in one match and escaped blatant red cards in the other two.
Although Neville would later describe himself as a "passenger" in that United team, there was something admirable about the knackered veteran trying to keep up with those around him.
There was something else too. Despite no longer being able keep up with the tempo of the Premier League, Neville had a protective charm about him in his final days as a footballer. Impervious to defeats, invulnerable to red cards, the defender was – statistically, at least – invincible.
Ten years on from the full-back's mid-season retirement on February 2, 2011, we take a look back at Neville's final games for Manchester United and his own analysis of those performances.
Everton – 11.09.2010
Neville had originally planned to retire at the end of the 2009–10 season but was convinced to stick around by Sir Alex Ferguson — partly because of good performances at the back end of the campaign.
"For some reason I played 10 games on the run, I was playing really well," Neville told Premier League TV. "And what was making me play really well was that I knew it was my last 10 games at Manchester United. I had this feeling in my mind of freedom, of just thinking I'm going to really enjoy this."
He might have played slightly too well. In hindsight, he admitted that those games effectively "conned" United – and himself – into thinking there was another year in him.
Neville's team-mate Edwin van der Sar had a more cautious outlook regarding the club's veterans. "You can't keep relying on the likes of myself, Scholes, Giggs and Neville," said the goalkeeper ahead of the new campaign. "You have to bring through young players."
For the first three matches of 2010–11, Ferguson favoured the relatively youthful John O'Shea (29 years old) at right-back, but Neville got his chance in the fourth: a trip to Goodison Park to face Everton.
The game was a disaster, with United blowing a two-goal lead in stoppage time. "We were 3-1 up and it finished 3-3 and the two goals came down my side," Neville admitted.
Fergie swiftly returned O'Shea to the line-up, and Neville didn't make the squad for the next four games.
READ: A tribute to John O'Shea, Manchester United's great court jester
Stoke – 24.10.2010
The capitulation at Everton was infuriating for United and Neville, but the full-back wasn't really singled out for criticism. The Manchester Evening News game him a 6/10 and called him "solid".
That wasn't the case six weeks later, when Neville got his second start of the season, making his 600th United appearance away at Stoke.
At this point, the painfully slow Neville began living a charmed life. The defender left a high boot on Matthew Etherington in the 35th minute and was booked. Seven minutes later, he made an even worse challenge, lunging in on the winger but somehow escaping punishment.
United went on to scrape a 2-1 win courtesy of two goals from new arrival Javier Hernandez, including one with the back of his head.
"Let me ask you this," Stoke boss Tony Pulis fumed after the game, "if it was a Stoke City player at Old Trafford and he committed those two fouls, would he have been sent off? I am off to have a glass of wine with Sir Alex now and I doubt very much that he will disagree with me."
While Neville escaped an early bath, he ultimately a bigger price for his errors: his dignity.
In a confusing sequence of events, Neville returned to the field alongside his team-mates for the second half. Only once he had taken up his position did he see his number being held up by the fourth official, prompting him to leave the pitch with a sheepish expression on his face.
Had Ferguson been too embarrassed to tell Neville in the dressing room?
"Honestly, I'd gone by then," Neville later recalled. "I'd retired there. Even though I played on for another two months and another couple of games, in my mind I'd gone."
READ: Remembering the week Gary Neville became Man Utd's deadliest goalscorer
West Brom – 01.01.2011
Neville made a brief League Cup cameo two days after the Stoke fiasco but then watched from the stands for more than two months. He got an unexpected call-up on New Year's Day 2011, with top-of-the-table United travelling to West Brom.
"After 20 minutes I knew that was my last game for United," Neville later said. "The fans were singing my name."
Using up the very last of his luck, Neville escaped another blatant red card, hacking down Graham Dorrans in the box in the first half.
Baggies manager Roberto Di Matteo was as perplexed as anyone: "I'm not saying we would have won the game with a first-half penalty and United down to 10 men, but it would have been nice to find out."
Neville, for his part, wasn't even enjoying his good fortune. "At half-time I sat in the toilet for 10 minutes on my own thinking, 'I want this to end.' I'd never felt that playing for United, but I knew I had to go. I had to finish.
"I was subbed after 60 minutes. Mick Phelan came over to me [and said], 'You're done, aren't ya?' I went, 'Mick, I'm done.'"
United scraped another 2-1 win, but the next day Neville told Ferguson he was quitting. The Scot tried to dissuade him, telling him to go on holiday to clear his head, but ultimately accepted Neville's decision. He did, however, encourage the veteran to keep coming into training to act as a mentor to the younger players.
In the end, even that modest task proved too painful. "I was embarrassed every day going in," Neville said. "Thinking that this highly elite football club was having a guy in there as a passenger."
United and Neville eventually announced the captain's retirement on February 2, a month and a day after the West Brom match.
"I have been a Manchester United fan all my life and fulfilled every dream I've ever had," Neville said. "I have played in the most incredible football teams, playing with some of the best players in the world, as well as against them, and I have been lucky to be a part of the team's achievements and the club's great success."
And while nobody could have argued that Neville, almost 36, could have kept on playing important matches for United, Fergie was quickly vindicated for wanting to keep his club captain around the training ground.
Until the day of Neville's retirement, United had been unbeaten in the league. Three days after the announcement, however, in the very first game of the post-Neville era, United lost 2-1 away to Wolves.
With just three appearances to his name, Neville didn't receive a medal for United's 2010–11 Premier League title. And given his brutal honesty about his performances, he surely wouldn't have wanted one.
He can, however, claim to have gone the season – his part of it – unbeaten. Perhaps, even at 35, he added more to the team than he realised.
By Benedict O'Neill
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ADAM J. PECHIN, CPA, MST
The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act provides financial relief for those who have been negatively affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. One of its provisions allows eligible individuals to withdraw up to $100,000 this year from IRAs, 401(k) plans and certain other retirement accounts without triggering the 10% early withdrawal penalty. Account owners can avoid taxes altogether by redepositing the withdrawn amounts to their accounts within three years.
This provision extends a welcome lifeline in challenging economic times. However, withdrawing retirement funds, even penalty-free, comes at a steep price and may be viewed as a last resort.
Let's look at an example of how withdrawing funds from an IRA account can take a big bite out of retirement savings.
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President Vargo called the meeting to order with the following in attendance: Vernon, Strayer, Buirge, Nagie, McNamee, Bosco, Dorenkott, Moyta, Prindible, Miller, Bailey, Carnegie, Thornton, and Chapter Members John Bliss and Josh Telenko.
PRESIDENT: A written report was submitted that included the following highlights: upcoming events for Chapter, Middle Atlantic Region, and local industry meetings; Chapter election information; summary of the "Specifications for Non-Specifiers" presentation to Art Institute; and a proposed modification regarding membership loyalty program to Chapter Policy. Vargo stated that term of 'Chapter Convention Ambassador' will remain in Chapter Policy Manual. MOTION: To accept written Chapter Member Loyalty Program and Policy as submitted; proposed by Miller, seconded by Nagie; motion unanimously approved.
SECRETARY: MOTION: To approve the minutes of January Board Meeting as submitted; proposed by Miller, seconded by Nagie; motion unanimously approved. Note: There was no board meeting in February.
TREASURER: Reviewed monthly reports; and Food Bank cashed gift check from December meeting. MOTION: To approve January and February financial reports as submitted; proposed by Strayer, seconded by Prindible; motion unanimously approved.
HOSPITALITY: April - Cefalo's Restaurant; May - catered at tour; and June is tentatively scheduled at Cefalo's Restaurant.
PROGRAMS: April - "Are You Smarter Than a Specifier" (questionnaire was sent to CMU and Chatham College); May - tour of Lampus manufacturing plant in Aliquippa, PA; and June - Awards program.
WEBSITE: Still working out issues on how to use PayPal on website, which should be resolved by next month; and Nagie will create a form as a paper trail for verifying PayPal.
PUBLICITY: Bliss will forward information for next month's tour for distribution to membership.
MEMBERSHIP: Monthly total is 138; and reviewed names of expiring memberships.
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CERTIFICATION: Early registration ends on 01-31 for spring Institute examinations, while late registration ends 02-28 for tests being given between 03-31 and 04-26.
AWARDS/SPEC COMPETITION: Nine Pittsburgh Chapter members received 6 Region awards; and one group of Institute Awards are due 05-02-14 and another on 07-15-14, some requiring endorsements.
LONG RANGE PLANNING: Announced current slate of candidates for upcoming Chapter elections, which includes a strong mix of individuals having different job positions and equal gender representation.
COMMITTEES NOT LISTED: No report.
OLD BUSINESS: Reimbursement is available for those attending Middle Atlantic Region Conference.
MOTION: For adjournment at 6:10 PM, since there was no additional business before the Board; proposed by Prindible, seconded by McNamee; motion unanimously approved.
Minutes respectfully submitted by Dennis Buirge - CCS, CCCA.


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sondragayle, wrote review 17/01/2020
Morning Smiles and Energy
What wonderful hospitality by Mabel! Every morning we were greeted with a smile and energy...and terrific service. Mabel and the team worked to accommodate every need at breakfast and helped start the... more
What wonderful hospitality by Mabel! Every morning we were greeted with a smile and energy...and terrific service. Mabel and the team worked to accommodate every need at breakfast and helped start the day off right. less
raeb622, wrote review 17/01/2020
Mabel in the cafe is AMAZING
The hotel is really great, and the staff is amazing. I've never felt more at home than when I was in the restaurant. Mabel and the rest of the staff there was so welcoming and incredible. Will come ba... more
The hotel is really great, and the staff is amazing. I've never felt more at home than when I was in the restaurant. Mabel and the rest of the staff there was so welcoming and incredible. Will come back again. less
ranvirk2020, wrote review 12/01/2020
Great food at the restaurant
Food was delicious at the this cafe restaurant. It's like home made food. Mabel is so friendly and always wants to provide the best service . She's the happiest person I ever met. Will definitely visi... more
Food was delicious at the this cafe restaurant. It's like home made food. Mabel is so friendly and always wants to provide the best service . She's the happiest person I ever met. Will definitely visit her restaurant when I'm back in this area. Try her hot wings. Soooo goood. less
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Dear ranvirk2020, Thank you so much for taking the time to write such a complimentary review of our property, the Best Western Plus Windsor Inn. We are thrilled to hear you enjoyed our cafe and will be sharing your kind words with Mabel, Please do come to see us again, All the best, Customer care
maxwG2709HG, wrote review 03/01/2020
Overall Good Experience.......EXCEPT
My stay was good EXCEPT when signing in, I was hit up for a $1 fee for the safe. I informed the clerk that I had no intention of using the safe and would like that fee waived. She was friendly and s... more
My stay was good EXCEPT when signing in, I was hit up for a $1 fee for the safe. I informed the clerk that I had no intention of using the safe and would like that fee waived. She was friendly and said "no problem" and would waive it. The next day it was still on the bill. Another clerk took 10+ minutes trying to figure out how to remove it. The $1 is not going to make a difference in my life but I don't want to be nickle and dimed for something that is already in the room and fairly standard. It I am paying $139 for a room, just simply add $1 to the room and skip the nonsense of an additional mandatory "convenience fee." less
Dear maxwG2709HG, We are truly sorry you were "hit" with a $1 convenience fee. It also includes pool towels and newspapers between other amenities such as parking lot attendants. Please keep in mind we do not charge any resort fees like other hotels in the area. That said, we will use your review for further training. On a positive note, we are happy to hear you had a good stay and our front desk agent was able to return the $1 fee to your credit card. All the best, Customer care
johnathonw228, wrote review 30/12/2019
Best western Miami experience
Excellent service from the ladies Ailyn and tangela they had a smile and very proactive workers assisting and helping my stay. Enjoyed the atmosphere.very clean rooms and answered all questions with a... more
Excellent service from the ladies Ailyn and tangela they had a smile and very proactive workers assisting and helping my stay. Enjoyed the atmosphere.very clean rooms and answered all questions with a smile. less
Dear johnathonw228, Thank you so much for taking the time to write a review of the Best Western Plus Windsor Inn. We are happy to know you found the room to be clean and our staff to be smiley and proactive, Ailyn and Tangela are so happy to see their names were mentioned on your review and they both say hello, : ) All the best and we hope to see you again in the near future, Customer care


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The festival, organised in co-operation Haapsalu City, Haapsalu Culture Centre and the Black Nights Film Festival, will screen in the hall of Haapsalu Culture Centre a selection of classic and new horror films from a variety of countries (see the programme). Main character this year is Dracula, who is featured in three films.
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Bristol Rovers have signed Leicester City defender Cian Bolger on a one-month loan deal.
The 18-year-old centre-back is a product of the Foxes' academy programme but has not made a senior appearance for the club.
He told the Bristol Rovers club website: "I am a tough tackler and good at passing the ball, and have scored a few for the youth team at Leicester."
Irish-born Bolger could start against Hartlepool in League One on Tuesday.
"I had my first training session today and the lads were very welcoming. I cannot wait to be involved tomorrow night," the 6ft 4in defender added.
"I'm looking forward to making my league debut and getting as many senior games under my belt as possible."
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