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Dr. Temple Grandin has served as inspiration and role model to hundreds of thousands of families and persons with autism. In this unique presentation, Temple eloquently and candidly describes the challenges she has faced and offers no-nonsense ideas on how others dealing with autism can meet these obstacles and improve the quality of their lives. Backed by her personal experience and evidence-based research, Temple shares her valuable insights on a wide variety of topics, and offers useful do's and don'ts.
Raun D. Melmed is a developmental and behavioral pediatrician and Director of the Melmed Center in Scottsdale, Arizona. He is also co-founder and Medical Director of the Southwest Autism Research and Resource Center, and Adjunct Senior Researcher at the Translational Genomics Institute in Phoenix. Dr. Melmed has established physician-training programs for the early identification of infants and toddlers with autism and other developmental and behavioral concerns. He is currently investigating the genetics and phenotypes of autism, as well as the use of novel therapeutic agents in the treatment of ADHD and autism.
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Dr. Temple Grandin, PhD, was born in Boston, Massachusetts. Temple's achievements are remarkable because she was an autistic child. At age two, she had no speech and all the signs of severe autism. Fortunately, her mother defied the advice of the doctors and kept her out of an institution. Many hours of speech therapy and intensive teaching enabled Temple to learn speech. As a teenager, life was hard with constant teasing. Mentoring by her high school science teacher and her aunt on her ranch in Arizona motivated Temple to study and pursue a career as a scientist and livestock equipment designer.
Dr. Temple Grandin obtained her B.A. at Franklin Pierce College in 1970. In 1974, she was employed as Livestock Editor for the Arizona Farmer Ranchman and also worked for Corral Industries on equipment design. In 1975, she earned her M.S. in Animal Science at Arizona State University for her work on the behavior of cattle in different squeeze chutes. Dr. Grandin was awarded her Ph.D. in Animal Science from the University of Illinois in 1989 and is currently a Professor at Colorado State University.
She has done extensive work on the design of handling facilities. Half the cattle in the U.S. and Canada are handled in equipment she has designed for meat plants. Other professional activities include developing animal welfare guidelines for the meat industry and consulting with McDonalds, Wendy's International, Burger King, and other companies on animal welfare.
Following her Ph.D. research on the effect of environmental enrichment on the behavior of pigs, she has published several hundred industry publications, book chapters and technical papers on animal handling, plus 63 referred journal articles in addition to ten books. She currently is a professor of animal sciences at Colorado State University where she continues her research while teaching courses on livestock handling and facility design. Her book Animals in Translation was a New York Times best seller and her book Livestock Handling and Transport, now has a fourth edition, which was published in 2014. Other popular books authored by Dr. Grandin are Thinking in Pictures, Emergence Labeled Autistic, Animals Make us Human, Improving Animal Welfare: A Practical Approach, The Way I See It, and The Autistic Brain. Dr. Grandin has received numerous awards including the Meritorious Achievement Award from the Livestock Conservation Institute, named a Distinguished Alumni at Franklin Pierce College and received an honorary doctorate from McGill university, University of Illinois, and Duke University. She has also won prestigious industry awards including the Richard L. Knowlton Award for Meat Marketing and Technology Magazine, the Industry Advancement Award from the American Meat Institute and the Beef Top 40 industry leaders, and the Lifetime Achievement Award from The National Cattlemen's Beef Association. Her work has also been recognized by humane groups and she received several awards. HBO has recently premiered a movie about Temple's early life and career with the livestock industry. The movie received seven Emmy awards, a Golden Globe, and a Peabody Award. In 2011, Temple was inducted into the Cowgirl Hall of Fame.
Dr. Grandin is a past member of the board of directors of the Autism Society of America. She lectures to parents and teachers throughout the U.S. on her experiences with autism. Articles and interviews have appeared in New York Times, People, Time, National Public Radio, 20/20, The View, and the BBC. She was also honored in Time Magazine's 2010 " The 100 Most Influential People in the World." In 2012, Temple was inducted into the Colorado Women's Hall of Fame. Dr. Grandin now resides in Fort Collins, Colorado.
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Sean Barron is a journalist, public speaker and the co-author of two books about autism. There's a Boy in Here: Emerging from the Bonds of Autism was written with his mother, Judy Barron. With Temple Grandin he co-authored Unwritten Rules of Social Relationships: Decoding Social Mysteries Through the Unique Perspectives of Autism. Barron is a graduate of Youngstown State University.
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Protiviti has published a two-part series on finding equilibrium in uncertain times. In this podcast, Protiviti Managing Directors Dolores Atallo and Jim DeLoach discuss key points from Part 2, "Resilience is the North Star."
Most discussions concerning the COVID-19 global pandemic aspire to a path leading to some form of normalcy – a new normal. That pathway is often framed in terms of phases, with each phase leading to an equilibrium of sorts. In other words, the state of equilibrium will be defined differently with each phase.
This is Kevin Donahue, senior director with Protiviti, welcoming you to a new edition of Powerful Insights. There is no roadmap for what is about to happen soon or next, but each iteration requiring a search for equilibrium results from changes in market and individual behavior, as well as adjustments in business processes to address those changes. That is why resiliency is the North Star that will guide the most successful companies forward.
Protiviti has published a two-part series on finding equilibrium in uncertain times. I recently spoke to Protiviti Managing Directors Dolores Atallo and Jim DeLoach about part two in this series, Resilience Is the North Star, which can be found at Protiviti.com/Bulletin. Dolores, based in New York, is a leader with Protiviti's Risk and Compliance and Enterprise Risk Management groups. Jim is based in Houston and heads Protiviti's Global Thought Leadership Program and is a member of the firm's Global Solutions Leadership. Dolores, thanks for joining me today.
Jim, great to speak with you as well.
Glad to be here, Kevin. Thank you.
So, Jim, to get things started off for us today, let me ask you this. What do we mean by "North Star," and why is resilience the North Star?
Well, this is a concept Dolores and I talked about a lot, and for all of you stargazers out there, Polaris is the North Star, because the Earth's axis is pointed almost directly at it. So, during the course of a night, Polaris does not rise, nor does it set, but it remains in very nearly the same spot above the northern horizon year-round while the other stars in the sky circle around it. So, said another way, if you were standing at the North Pole, the North Star would be directly above you, so true north lies directly under the star.
The meaning of the North Star, as Dolores and I had intended it, is that it facilitates navigation. To find your latitude, for example, using the stars, you only need to find the North Star. You can do that by locating the Little Dipper constellation. Metaphors around true north, and the northbound train, are very common in business as a focusing concept for creating the vision and meaning that can energize an organization and propel it toward its success. So in terms of navigating through these uncertain times, we've chosen to reference the North Star, and in that context, resilience is the North Star. It's the North Star to propel an organization forward in these unprecedented times.
In our prior podcast, Dolores and I set the context for resilience by discussing the reality of companies having to face the need to seek equilibrium now, soon, next and eventually. And the idea we were trying to articulate is that companies must be resilient enough to achieve equilibrium again and again as the market and circumstances change, and because no one can reliably predict the future in this current fluid environment, an organization's capacity to recover quickly from difficulties and its toughness under fire and its ability to change and adapt will likely do more than anything else to determine the strength of its positioning in the marketplace when we all finally emerge on the other side of this terrible pandemic. So, this is the concept of resilience, and it is, in our view, the North Star for navigating through these times. Dolores?
Thanks, Jim. I think we all have our personal North Star in terms of how we want to operate in this pandemic environment. And I think we are truest to ourselves, and to the value that we bring to our organizations, when we follow our own North Star, and that makes us resilient in very tough times.
Thank you both. Great insights there. Dolores, in your view, why is it so important that organizations be authentic to be successful, and where does a trust-based culture fit into this?
Well, as Jim was talking about the North Star, the North Star helps us stay on course and be authentic. We don't have the time, the patience or the extravagance of being anything but authentic right now to be resilient. It's very important to be the organization and the person that you want to be, and hope to be in the future, so that you can set a tone for your organization to continue to be successful.
This is really a seize-the-day kind of opportunity to demonstrate behaviors, and leadership, and tone at the top – to show the world, show your competitors, your customers and your employees, who you are, and that you can be trusted to do what you say you're going to do. Part of that is the demand for social awareness in our environment, to basically say, "We understand what's going on in our culture, we understand what's going on in our business, and we see a view to the future that combines those to be our true and authentic self, where we trust each other and can talk about challenging issues together to solve business problems, and to be a more resilient organization."
Certainly, this goes to enhancing reputation, but more importantly, it goes to building trust. If someone you know and trust tells you something or asks you to do something, you do it with very little reservation, if any at all. And if somebody you don't trust asks you for something very simple, you can be highly suspect of it. In these pandemic times, we really have to think about who we want to be, and how we want to be with each other to prosper going forward to be a better culture going forward, and to think about things in a way that will help us continue to grow and evolve – not only to have the vision to do it, but to have the bravery and the authenticity to have the actions to do it so that we get the results that benefit everyone.
Dolores, a quick follow-up for you. This is so important for a company's customers or clients, but it's just as important, if not more so, for an organization's employees. Isn't that right?
Absolutely. Employees want to be associated with authentic companies where they can trust that their contributions are valued, where they can trust that they are valued as human beings, as individuals, and also that they can trust that they have the professional freedom to be their true self, and to be recognized for differences in a very constructive way, and to be recognized for aligning around organizational goals together, but maybe from different perspectives.
It's always great to have different kinds of input into an organization to be able to understand how your different customers might perceive you. I mean, not everyone likes the same shirt or the same food. I mean, you need differences in order to really cover the marketplace, and when you trust each other, you can express those differences comfortably.
That's great. Thanks, Dolores. Jim, let me ask you. With markets in a state of flux, and the uncertainty around community spread of the COVID-19 virus, how do companies navigate this unprecedented environment?
Well, Kevin, I think that a pandemic experience strongly suggests the need to prepare for disruption. Interestingly, according to a recent survey, over 70% of companies indicated that their primary business continuity concern is further disruption from a second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. In addition, 21% of companies reported that they still did not have a pandemic plan and process in place, and there was also an indication of concern over mental health issues posing a major threat in the coming year due to people having to work at home, being isolated and the stress of the unknown taking its toll.
It strikes me that when we're talking about 70% of companies, we're not just talking about our own organization. We're talking about customers, suppliers, third-party service providers and channel partners too. Don't forget that we're learning big-time that today's business ecosystem is built on third-, fourth-and even fifth-party relationships, sometimes referred to as second-, third-and fourth-tier suppliers in the supply chain. So, bottom line, the economic and business disruption wrought by COVID-19 are not going to end any time soon.
The good news is that the pandemic and transition to a remote workplace has elevated the general level of knowledge of these dependencies. So, going forward, companies are going to be asking smarter questions, not because they're required to, but because they know how important it is to do that. And paradigms are changing as well. For example, third-party risk management is now being thought of more as a business enabler rather than a compliance requirement. So, companies are realizing that getting better information from and about their third-party vendors, and getting that information faster, enables them to make better business decisions and continue to serve their customers securely and without interruptions.
So, I think the point is that leaders need to reimagine their crisis management, business continuity planning and even their wellness programs to prepare for simultaneous natural disasters, widespread power or technology outages, civil or political unrest, and other events that could conceivably threaten business operations in a larger scale. This goes beyond traditional continuity risk assessment, incident response planning and crisis management plan development because companies need to focus on developing a flexible and resilient culture, as Dolores was talking about, that is capable of responding to upheaval with a business-as-usual approach. I guess what I'm saying, Dolores, is that until further notice, we almost have to expect disruption as a matter of course. I mean, we certainly don't have to like it, but we need to expect it.
Well, Jim, as you wisely point out, we have to be agile and adaptive because there is no playbook. I mean, you've said that many times. There is no playbook, and you must remain agile and adaptive, so I'll quote you in that case. I'd also like to say, many companies are used to launching products, or responding to changing business environments, and this is kind of an exaggerated version of that. After the initial wave of change, there is learning, and there is adaptability that can be put into the process to help push equilibrium along the continuum of what's next. So, Jim, you brought up a lot of great examples of how companies are doing that, because they now have the awareness that they can get this information, and be less impacted by the change, if they plan accordingly.
You know, given that Kevin's question refers to "How do companies navigate this environment?" it occurs to me there are some tactical and strategic considerations. So, given that many companies have announced their intention to extend remote-working initiatives to the end of the year, and some have announced plans to allow employees to work from home permanently, or even decentralize their workforce, they also need to adapt their response plans to incorporate how a permanent remote or distributed workforce will react to a different crisis, or to multiple crisis events.
For example, we're seeing companies do things like conducting more frequent meetings between incident response and crisis management teams, and integrating after-action reports into a continuous improvement program. We're seeing a lot of companies evaluating their supply chain disruptions that they experienced and identifying alternatives for critical supply chains, and, at the same time, evaluating their reliance on third parties providing critical business services and ensuring alternatives in case of a loss of these providers.
We're also seeing companies plan when and how to ramp up alternative operations in response to specific events, and, in that respect, evaluating how they're digitizing work to ensure that employees can access what they need remotely. I think of something that I'm seeing and reading about from different vantage points: the importance of workers being able to access these crisis management plans on their mobile devices from anywhere in the world, at any time, to be fully prepared.
So, these are some tactical considerations companies are looking at, and beyond those, companies should also assess their business model's resilience, including its ability to adapt and recover from disruptions and manage future crises by reducing cost as necessary in the short and intermediate term. This will entail a review of how crisis command centers are responding to COVID-19, and identifying areas that need improvement, and addressing and correcting shortcomings that have been experienced.
I think, to sum it all up, what it all means is that crisis response plans should include the critical components of speed and flexibility which allow organizations to quickly adapt to rapid change, and that's the key. Flexibility, adaptability and speed will differentiate in this environment. And with emphasis on giving executive leaders and employees fact-based information and tested alternatives to enable good decision-making, a comprehensive approach will help build operational resilience and prepare the organization for future disruption of any kind. I think that's the world we're living in right now.
I certainly agree. Great thoughts from both of you. I want to close out our discussion today to tie some of these issues back to environmental, social and governance approaches and reporting for companies. Both of you can respond to this. Dolores, I'll ask you to respond first. How is the current situation an opportunity for organizations to better articulate their perspective on ESG?
I think Jim brought up so many relevant points that are opportunities for organizations to think about how they did things prior to the pandemic, and even the earlier part, and how they want to address the ESG-related issues in the future. It's an opportunity to build this into their reopening plan. It's an opportunity to build it into their strategy. It's something that Jim can speak to – the role of the board – from his many publications in this area around how this is so much on the mind of the board, but when you are redesigning your workplace, considering your carbon footprint, considering your workplace design, you have an opportunity there to think about your environmental considerations.
Certainly, a very significant emphasis on the social aspects of employment, and social justice issues, that are very much in the forefront of our culture currently and should remain at the forefront of our culture as we consider going forward – employment practices, and evolution of policies, and the choices that we make in organizations. This makes us more sustainable as an organization to appeal to a broader menu of issues that need to be covered under the S in ESG. Really, from a governance perspective, it's an opportunity to come back better, and come back more aware of ESG issues and potentially greener as we all enjoy a cleaner environment due to the absence of commuting right now. Jim, I'd be interested in your thoughts, particularly in the area of the board.
I agree completely with that. Dolores, I think to your point, as the pandemic eases, I think there are going to be choices to be made around the cost of safeguarding the environment versus the return to pre-pandemic norms and behaviors. Issue eight of The Bulletin, where we talk about resilience as the North Star, we gave some examples of that, and so we talked about, for example, how will marketplace expectations evolve for ESG initiatives, and is management proactively considering ESG-related objectives, targets and strategy-setting? How can organizations derive value from their ESG efforts, and does the company's sustainability reporting provide enough insight into its nonfinancial activities related to ESG matters? Most importantly, is the company sufficiently focused on the ESG criteria that investors and asset managers following the industry use?
They are speaking with loud voices, the institutional investors, asset managers, that are using ESG criteria to screen trillions of dollars of investment assets. I think what this all boils down to is making sustainability and ESG reporting a strategic imperative. Each company, to your question, Kevin, has its own unique story, so senior management and the board should focus on telling that story. ESG reporting should be viewed in that light and approached as a continuous narrative, what I call a story line – a story line, so to speak, that portrays the company's continuous journey to become and sustain a business committed to delivering value to customers, employees, suppliers, communities and shareholders. So, the question now is, does the market get the story the company attempts to tell – does the market get it? That is a question every CEO and his or her board needs to ask themselves.
Thank you for listening today. I hope you enjoyed this discussion with Dolores and Jim speaking about organizations' need to find their equilibrium in these uncertain times. I want to remind you that you can visit Protiviti.com/Digital to take our complimentary Digital Maturity Self-Assessment, which is a key to establishing organizational resilience. You also can find part two in this series, Getting There Eventually: Finding Equilibrium in Uncertain Times – Resilience is the North Star, at Protiviti.com/Bulletin. Finally, I encourage you to please subscribe to Protiviti's Powerful Insights podcast series wherever you find your podcast content.
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David Corn, The Lies of George W. Bush: mastering the politics of deception, Crown Publisher, September 2003
Paul Krugman, The Great Unraveling: Losing Our Way in the New Century, W.W. Norton & Company, September 2003
Kevin Phillips, American Dynasty: Aristocracy, Fortune, and the Politics of Deceit in the House of Bush, Viking Press; (January 1, 2004)
Ron Suskind with Paul O'Neill, The Price of Loyalty, Simon and Schuster, January 2004.
Eric Alterman and Mark Green, The Book on Bush: How George W. (Mis)leads America, Penguin Books, 2004.
Craig Unger, House of Bush, House of Saud : The Secret Relationship Between the World's Two Most Powerful Dynasties, Scribner; (March 16, 2004)
Richard A. Clarke, Against All Enemies : Inside the White House's War on Terror--What Really Happened, Free Press; (March 22, 2004)
John W. Dean, Worse Than Watergate: The Secret Presidency of George W. Bush, Little Brown & Company; 1st edition (April 2004)
Joseph Wilson, The Politics of Truth: Inside the Lies that Led to War and Exposed My Wife's CIA Identity--A Diplomat's Memoir, Carroll & Graf; (April 30, 2004)
Jeff Lomonaco and Murray Waas, "The United States v. I. Lewis Libby," Union Square Press, Feb. 2, 2007.
Chalmers Johnson, The Sorrows of Empire: Militarism, Secrecy, and the End of the Republic
Paul Rutherford, Weapons of Mass Persuasion: Marketing The War Against Iraq
Danny Schechter, Embedded: Weapons of Mass Deception
Lou Dubose and Molly Ivins, Bushwacked
Norman Solomon, Target Iraq: What The News Media Didn't Tell You
SourceWatch Articles
Bush lies and deceptions: The Pakistani Exception
Bush lies and deceptions: Uzbekispin
'A war sold on deception'
Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq Resolution of 2002
Bush administration flip flops
Bush administration propaganda and disinformation
Bush administration rationales for war in Iraq
Bush administration smear campaigns
Bush administration talking points on Iraq
Bush's 2002 LA "hijack" Story
"Bush brings in an Iraqi ringer (again)"
Bush regime charades
Bush Teleconference with Soldiers in Iraq Staged
Compassiongate
Cooked intelligence
Richard A. Clarke
Safia Taleb al-Suhail
September 11, 2001: 4th Anniversary "Freedom Walk"
State of the Union 2003
Swift Boat Veterans for Truth Republican Connection
Tammy Pruett
The Cheney-Rumsfeld Cabal Deception
The leaked Cabinet Office briefing paper, July 21, 2002: "Iraq: Conditions for Military Action"
The secret Downing Street memo, July 23, 2002
Weapons of mass deception
Searchable Data Base by "Topics" or by "Speakers" at Center for American Progress.
"All the Presidents's Lies," Selected Articles from The American Prospect.
bush-lies.blogspot.com, with citation links to the most current articles.
Barry Yeoman, "Lying is a key part of the way the Bush administration governs,"barryyeoman.com, February 18, 2004.
Tom Daschle, Floor Statement of Sen. Daschle on the Abuse of Government Power, U.S. Senate, Office of the Floor Leader, March 30, 2004: Richard A. Clarke "did something extraordinary when he testified before the 9-11 Commission last week. He didn't try to escape blame, as so many routinely do. Instead, he accepted his share of responsibility and offered his perceptions about what happened in the months and years leading up to September 11. ... The retaliation from those around the President has been fierce. ... The point was to damage Mr. Clarke in any way possible. ... This is wrong-and it's not the first time it's happened. ... There are some things that simply ought not be done - even in politics. Too many people around the President seem not to understand that, and that line has been crossed."
Sidney Blumenthal, "For Bush, lies follow lies. For those who backed Bush, the argument over the Iraq war has moved beyond facts and on to pure fervor," Guardian/UK, May 3, 2004.
Thom Hartmann, "Bush Family Wounds America Below The Belt Line", Published on Tuesday, September 7, 2004 by CommonDreams.org
Columbia Journalism Review observes major news organizations fact-checking the lies told at Republican National Convention speeches. [1]
After a dismal performance by the major news organizations in fact-checking the Wednesday night assertions and accusations of Vice President Cheney and Sen. Zell Miller, Campaign Desk woke up this morning to a new world: the Associated Press, the New York Times, and the Washington Post, as if the scales had fallen from their eyes, rose up as one and subjected the speakers at the last night of the Republican National Convention -- including the president -- to a rigorous fact-check. Moving at last beyond he-said/she-said reporting, all three news organizations struck back in their own voice at the mis-statements and subtle distortions of the record that the evening's speakers produced.
The Times history review found that "President Bush's acceptance speech last night included assertions about his accomplishments and Senator John Kerry's past statements and voting patterns that were at best selective, and in some cases challenged by the historical record."
As the Post put it in its summary, the Republican National Convention speakers time and again put forth claims that were "at best selective and in many cases stripped of their context."
Jonathan Weiler, "On Bullshit," The Gadflyer, June 13, 2005: "By contrast, in the world of bullshit, the world that President Bush now commands, there is no standard for judgment and, hence, no basis for accountability."
Paul Craig Roberts, "Enabling Evil. Bush's Willing Executioners," Counter Punch, June 14, 2005.
Robert Kuttner, "Head in the sand," Boston Globe, June 15, 2005: "Somewhere, in a parallel universe, real leaders in a country very much like our own are dealing with real problems. Imagine what America might be like if our top officials were addressing the genuine challenges that confront us."
Eric Alterman, "Lying Liars & the Presidents Who Employ Them," The Nation, June 29, 2005.
Randolph T. Holhut, "'Even Karl Rove's lies can't save President Bush now'," The Smirking Chimp, June 30, 2005: "It's a sign that the Bush administration is now so tapped out, so intellectually bankrupt and so without scruples that it is reduced to attacking the patriotism of the 60 percent or so of Americans who now think George W. Bush is running this country straight into the ground."
"Liberally use Rove's rules against Rove," Atlanta Journal-Constitution, June 30, 2005: "Karl Rove, the president's top political adviser and deputy chief of staff, had himself a little fun a week ago. ... 'Conservatives saw the savagery of 9/11 in the attacks and prepared for war,' Rove said in a New York speech. 'Liberals saw the savagery of the 9/11 attacks and wanted to prepare indictments and offer therapy and understanding for our attackers.' ... That's a harsh indictment of a substantial portion of the American people. It's also patently untrue."
Helen Thomas, "Rove Crosses Line With Attack On Liberals. Bush Adviser Comes Close To Calling Democrats 'Appeasers'," Hearst Newspapers, June 30, 2005.
M. Kane Jeeves, "Bush's Damaged Control," mkanejeeves.com, July 5, 2005.
Robert Scheer, "Bush Is Serving Up the Cold War Warmed Over," Los Angeles Times, July 5, 2005.
Mary deJuliis, "Texas protest changes columnist's perspective," Muskogee Phoenix, August 18, 2005.
Patricia Goldsmith, "Government by Dirty Tricks," Dissident Voice, August 22, 2005: "That's the kind of government we have now. It's run by people who have the mentality of 13-year-olds who repeat everything you say. Everything is carried out in the spirit of a very nasty practical joke whose very stupidity is a tremendous insult. Unfortunately, these puerile tactics do accomplish their purpose: they make us disengage."
Carla Binion, "Cindy Sheehan, mainstream media and Bush propaganda," The Smirking Chimp, August 31, 2005.
Dana Milbank and Walter Pincus, "Asterisks Dot White House's Iraq Argument," Washington Post, November 12, 2005.
Craig Unger, "The War They Wanted, The Lies They Needed," Vanity Fair, June 6, 2006: "The Bush administration invaded Iraq claiming Saddam Hussein had tried to buy yellowcake uranium in Niger. As much of Washington knew, and the world soon learned, the charge was false. Worse, it appears to have been the cornerstone of a highly successful 'black propaganda' campaign with links to the White House."
Margaret Carlson, "Bush Mired in Stealth, Lies and Cover-Ups," Bloomberg News, April 26, 2007.
SpinSanity citations; "Bush's rhetoric bears no resemblence to his policies".
68 of One Thousand Reasons, with citation links.
The 'Left Coaster' Bush Administration Lies Archives.
The Photographic History of the Bush Administration Putting Its Mouth Where Its Money Isn't, produced by the House Appropriations Committee.
Blame the CIA? Top 30 Bush - Iraq Lies Debunked BEFORE The Invasion. Even before the invasion began, both the CIA and the FBI said the administration was wrong.
MisLeader.org.
TruthIsBetter.org.
BushLies.net.
BushWatch-The Complete File, AFL-CIO.
BushWatch tally.
DBunker, setting the record straight on campaign lies.
"Incomprehensive List of Bush Lies and Dirty Tricks."
Iraq specific
Henry A. Waxman's "Iraq on the Record: The Bush Administration's Public Statements on Iraq"
Our Nation Betrayed: The Iraq WMD Intelligence Deception
"A Chart of Bush Lies about Iraq,", BuzzFlash, July 22, 2003.
Sam Smith, "Revision Thing: A history of the Iraq war, told entirely in Lies," Harper's Magazine, September 2003.
David Sirota, Christy Harvey, and Judd Legum, "Iraq: One Year, Many Distortions,", Center for American Progress, March 19, 2004: "Underestimated Cost," "Underestimated Troops," "Underestimated Violence," "No Exit Plan," "No WMD," and "War on Terror Weakened by Iraq."
Jim VandeHei, "Old Forecasts Come Back to Haunt Bush. Erosion in Confidence Will Be Hard To Reverse, Say Pollsters, Strategists," Washington Post, March 21, 2006.
"Video Surfaces of Cheney, in 1994, Warning That An Invasion of Iraq Would Lead to 'Quagmire'," Editor & Publisher, August 12, 2007. Video: "Dick Cheney '94: Invading Baghdad Would Create Quagmire", April 15, 1994; posted August 10, 2007, by GrandTheftCountry on YouTube.
Dated Material
William Rivers Pitt, "We Used to Impeach Liars," Truthout, June 3, 2003.
Timothy Noah, "Why This Bush Lie? Part 1. It wasn't his first," Slate, July 15, 2003.
Robert Parry, "Lying -- a Bush Family Value,", Consortium News, July 18, 2003.
Steve Perry, "The Bush administration's top 40 lies about war and terrorism," City Pages, July 30, 2003.
Democratic National Committee, "Meet the Truth," democrats.org, February 8, 2004: "President Bush's February 8 campaign stop on Meet the Press failed to answer the questions the American people deserve to hear about his failed policies. Instead, Bush took the opportunity to spin the facts and continue misleading the American people." See research report "Responding to Bush on NBC's Meet The Press" (pdf).
David MacMichael, "Untruth and Consequences: What We Know We Know," Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity, March 17, 2004.
Ehsan Ahrari, "A War (At Any Cost) President," TomPaine, March 24, 2004. Editor's Note: This piece originally appeared in Asia Times online on March 23, 2004.
John Kerry, "Bush and Cheney in the Tank," U.S. Newswire, March 24, 2004: "George Bush and Dick Cheney campaigned promising to make energy a centerpiece of their Administration's agenda. They told us they knew how to manage the nation's energy policy because they had worked in the energy industry. But almost four years later, big oil company executives are earning record profits, and today a new Automobile Association of America (AAA) study confirms that consumers are now paying the highest gas prices ever."
Lolita C. Baldor, "Kennedy Compares Bush to Richard Nixon,", AP, April 5, 2004: "Iraq has become 'George Bush's Vietnam,' Sen. Edward M. Kennedy said Monday, calling the president deceitful and for the first time comparing him to former President Nixon, who resigned in disgrace. ... Saying that truth has become the biggest casualty of the Bush administration, Kennedy said Bush misled the public about the war, the economy, health care and education, eroding the nation's reputation at home and abroad. ... 'As a result, this president has now created the largest credibility gap since Richard Nixon,' Kennedy said in a speech at the Brookings Institution, a think tank. 'He has broken the basic bond of trust with the American people.'"
Paul Krugman, "Yes He Would," New York Times, April 10, 2006.
Jim Boyd, "Editorial Pages: Why Courage is Hard to Find," Nieman Reports, Spring 2006.
Edward M. Kennedy, "Roberts and Alito Misled Us," Washington Post, July 30, 2006.
Eleanor Clift, "Lies and Obfuscations. A look back at some of the biggest falsehoods of 2006," Newsweek (MSNBC), December 22, 2006.
Manuel Valenzuela, "The Unearthing: An Awakening Has Arrived. With Truth Comes Awakening," Information Clearing House, May 3, 2007.
On October 22, 2006, on ABC's This Week with George Stephanopoulos, President Bush was asked about James Baker's "plan to develop a strategy for Iraq that is 'between stay the course and cut and run'," to which Bush responded "We've never been stay the course, George!" [2][3]
Karen Ryan for the Medicare plan, with public funds no doubt.
Iraq WMD
Although there is documentation for any number of Bush lies and deceptions, the one which could perhaps be called the "Grand Daddy of Them All" originated with the events of September 11, 2001 and "ended" with the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq (Operation Iraqi Freedom) on March 19, 2003.
Op-ed columnist Paul Krugman, in the March 19, 2004, New York Times, points directly to President George W. Bush, who, merely a year ago, "had a global mandate to pursue the terrorists responsible for 9/11 (i.e. Al Qaeda), [but] went after someone else (Saddam Hussein) instead." [4]
This "bait and switch" has not gone unnoticed, albeit that it has taken some time for some folks to catch on, as they say. See the SourceWatch article coalition of the willing: beginning of the end, beginning with what journalist Jim Lobe calls "Spanish blowback," for articles on the growing awareness among members of the coalition of the willing for unfolding events.
Another interesting event is something the Salon blogspot calls "Truth by Decree": "In case there was any question whether our invasion of Iraq has made the nation and the world safer, Congress has passed a resolution to that very effect." On March 11, 2004, Henry Hyde (R-IL) introduced House Resolution 557 which "affirms [among other things] that the United States and the world have been made safer with the removal of Saddam Hussein and his regime from power in Iraq." It passed 327-93 on March 17.
"The president's speech was misinformation, pure and simple," said Anthony D. Romero, ACLU Executive Director. [5] "The administration is making a series of deliberate misstatements to deceive the American public." about the PATRIOT Act.
Pete Yost, writing for the Associated Press announced February 17, 2005, that it had uncovered two private meetings between former Homeland Security Director Tom Ridge and Republican pollsters during the Presidential campaign. "Ridge's get-togethers with Republican strategists Frank Luntz and Bill McInturff during a period the secretary was saying his agency was playing no role in Bush's re-election campaign were revealed in daily appointment calendars obtained by the AP under the Freedom of Information Act."
photographic manipulation
Optical Delusion: Maureen Dowd writes in the April 7, 2004, New York Times Op-Ed "Mired in a Mirage" that "All White Houses spin and lots of presidents stray into fiction. ... Johnson on Vietnam. Nixon on Watergate. Bill Clinton trying to squeeze through silly semantic loopholes on his sex life. And when Ronald Reagan made statements that turned black into white -- trees caused pollution or welfare queens drove Caddys -- his aides said that authenticity was irrelevant because the Gipper was sharing 'parables' or 'notions,' reflecting larger truths as he saw them."
However, she adds, "By holding back documents, officials, information, images and the sight of returning military coffins, by twisting and exaggerating facts to fit story lines, by demonizing anyone who disagrees with its version of reality, this administration strives to create an optical delusion."
"Just as they once conjured a mirage of a Saddam sharing lethal weapons with Osama, now the president and vice president make the disingenuous claim that Al Qaeda is on the run and that many of its capos are behind bars. Meanwhile, counterterrorism experts say terrorism has become hydra-headed, and one told Newsweek that the spawned heads have perpetrated more major terror attacks in the 30 months since 9/11 than in the 30 months before. Experts agree that the nature of the threat has shifted, with more than a dozen regional militant Islamic groups reflecting growing strength."
"The president did not want to mar the gay mood of his fund-raiser here Wednesday night, so he did not mention the ghoulish slam dance in Falluja. As The Times's David Sanger wrote, 'In the Bush campaign, casualties are something to be alluded to obliquely, if at all.' In the Bush alternative universe of eternal sunshine, where the environment is not toxic and Medicare is not a budget buster, body bags and funerals just muddy the picture.
"Bush strategists say that good or bad Iraq news is still good for Mr. Bush; they think scenes of desecration will simply remind voters of his steely presidential resolve.
"The Bushies are busy putting a retroactive glow on their terrorism efforts, asserting that their plan was more muscular and 'comprehensive' than Mr. Clinton's. To support that Panglossian view, they held back a load of Clinton documents on terrorism from the 9/11 commission.
"If we can't take a cold, hard look at reality, how can we protect ourselves from terrorists? And how can we rescue Iraq from chaos? Now we're told the military is preparing an 'overwhelming' retaliation to the carnage in Falluja. You can hear the clammy blast from the past: We're going to destroy that village to save it."
Congressional investigation into "intelligence failures" behind the Iraq invasion: "like many Congressional investigations, this one has been set up to avoid answering key questions while wasting millions of taxpayer dollars that do not even exist because of huge budget deficits. The focus of the investigation was limited so that it addresses only the gathering of intelligence but not how forthright the administration presented intelligence to Congress, the U.N. or the American public. The Bush administration is also appointing all committee members so the investigation can hardly be independent. In addition, the scope was expanded to include intelligence on other countries such as Libya, Syria and North Korea and the time frame was pushed into 2005 so that the findings would not impact the 2004 election. Since the Congressional investigation has been corrupted, [Garland Favorito, author of Our Nation Betrayed, has] produced the following analysis of the exact intelligence known PRIOR to the invasion and what the investigation will never reveal to the American public."
Moe Blue, in his March 29, 2004, Bad Attitudes posting "Reliable Numbers", puts it this way: [6]
"The Bush administration has a proven proclivity for doctoring the output of government agencies to suit the agenda of the moment. Whether it's messing with EPA reports (deleting all references to global warming, falsely claiming the air at Ground Zero is safe, etc.) or submitting known-false cost projections to Congress over the prescription drug benefit, the White House has shown time and time again its willingness to lie about anything and everything.
"All of which leads to the real dilemma: The reliability of the data issued by the White House is questionable, and that makes it difficult or impossible to govern the country, and impossible for business to flourish. The president's economic forecast, issued last month, was quickly proven to be so much fantasizing to meet the political needs of Team Bush. With that document now on the trash heap, how can Congress or the White House do any substantial planning for the next year?
"Similarly, the Bush budgets famously leave out known extreme expenses (i.e., the cost of the Iraq occupation). Again, this makes it impossible to prepare a budget that's based on anything other than blue-sky fantasies.
"All this should disturb voters of any political stripe -- from far-right to extreme left. If the data upon which our government governs is twisted or fabricated to suit instant political needs, governing is impossible. And that poses far more of a threat to our system of government and our way of life than any possible terrorist attack."
Compare THIS: George W. Bush's Address to the Nation, March 17, 2003: "Intelligence gathered by this and other governments leaves no doubt that the Iraq regime continues to possess and conceal some of the most lethal weapons ever devised. This regime has already used weapons of mass destruction against Iraq's neighbors and against Iraq's people. The regime has a history of reckless aggression in the Middle East. It has a deep hatred of America and our friends. And it has aided, trained and harbored terrorists, including operatives of al Qaeda. The danger is clear: using chemical, biological or, one day, nuclear weapons, obtained with the help of Iraq, the terrorists could fulfill their stated ambitions and kill thousands or hundreds of thousands of innocent people in our country, or any other." TO THIS: "Just a Thought" by Joshua Marshall, Talking Points Memo, March 17, 2004: "One of the things we hear again and again from the administration is that Saddam Hussein still had both the intention and the capability to build and possess weapons of mass destruction. ... Isn't this a logical fallacy? ... I mean, if you have the intention to build WMDs and the ability to build them, then you have WMDs. It's about as close to 2 + 2 = 4 as you get in human affairs. ... We can infer from the fact that Saddam had no weapons of mass destruction that he lacked either the intention or the ability to have them. Something is missing from the equation. Maybe he had the intention to build them later. Maybe he was working to get back the ability. But he really couldn't have had both."
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Lacquered tobacco-leaf artwork is featured in each of the renovated guest quarters.
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Bidens honor Pearl Harbor's fallen in visit to WWII Memorial
Updated: 9:23 AM CST Dec 7, 2021
By AAMER MADHANI
President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden on Tuesday marked the 80th anniversary of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor with a somber visit to the World War II Memorial in the nation's capital.The Dec. 7, 1941, attack on Pearl Harbor and other locations in Hawaii killed 2,403 service members and civilians and was a defining moment that led to U.S. entry into World War II.Joe Biden touched a wreath and saluted. The wreath contained a wild sunflower, the state flower of Kansas, in honor of former Sen. Bob Dole, a war veteran who was a driving force in getting the memorial built on the National Mall and who died Sunday at age 98.The first lady laid a bouquet of flowers at the base of the memorial below the New Jersey pillar and softly touched a wall, where she and the president spent a moment. The bouquet was in honor of her father, Donald Jacobs, who served as a U.S. Navy signalman in the war, the White House said.The Bidens then paused at the Pacific arch on the southern side of the memorial plaza for one last moment of reflection before departing.Joe Biden, in a White House proclamation issued last week to recognize National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day, gave "thanks to the Greatest Generation, who guided our Nation through some of our darkest moments and laid the foundations of an international system that has transformed former adversaries into allies."Biden made the Tuesday morning visit just hours before he was to hold a highly anticipated video conference call with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Biden is expected to use the call to express concern about Russia's troop buildup near its borders with neighboring Ukraine and to make clear to Putin that an invasion would lead to economy-jarring sanctions against Russia.
President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden on Tuesday marked the 80th anniversary of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor with a somber visit to the World War II Memorial in the nation's capital.
The Dec. 7, 1941, attack on Pearl Harbor and other locations in Hawaii killed 2,403 service members and civilians and was a defining moment that led to U.S. entry into World War II.
Joe Biden touched a wreath and saluted. The wreath contained a wild sunflower, the state flower of Kansas, in honor of former Sen. Bob Dole, a war veteran who was a driving force in getting the memorial built on the National Mall and who died Sunday at age 98.
The first lady laid a bouquet of flowers at the base of the memorial below the New Jersey pillar and softly touched a wall, where she and the president spent a moment. The bouquet was in honor of her father, Donald Jacobs, who served as a U.S. Navy signalman in the war, the White House said.
The Bidens then paused at the Pacific arch on the southern side of the memorial plaza for one last moment of reflection before departing.
94-year-old WWII veteran returns to Pearl Harbor in search of friend's grave
101-year-old returns to Pearl Harbor to remember those lost
Joe Biden, in a White House proclamation issued last week to recognize National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day, gave "thanks to the Greatest Generation, who guided our Nation through some of our darkest moments and laid the foundations of an international system that has transformed former adversaries into allies."
This Day in History: Pearl Harbor is bombed by Japan
Biden made the Tuesday morning visit just hours before he was to hold a highly anticipated video conference call with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Biden is expected to use the call to express concern about Russia's troop buildup near its borders with neighboring Ukraine and to make clear to Putin that an invasion would lead to economy-jarring sanctions against Russia.


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SEC and DOJ Adopt Memorandum of Understanding to Formalize Interagency Cooperation in the Securities Industry
By Bill Margeson on July 21, 2020 Posted in Antitrust Counseling and Compliance
On June 22, 2020, Assistant Attorney General Makan Delrahim, head of the Antitrust Division at the Department of Justice, and Jay Clayton, Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, signed a Memorandum of Understanding ("MOU") concerning "Cooperation with Respect to Promoting Competitive Conditions in the Securities Industry."
Citing the "substantial benefit" to the agencies' administration of their enforcement missions—a cooperative relationship that inures to the public interest—the MOU provides broad guidelines for their continuing collaboration in the securities market. Most significantly, the MOU lays out the DOJ and SEC's continued public commitment to coordinate their regulatory and enforcement agendas through regular meetings and information sharing. Specifically, the MOU provides details of certain inter-agency initiatives:
Biannual Regulatory and Enforcement Review. The MOU establishes that "[t]he agencies will confer at least twice annually . . . to discuss and review law enforcement and regulatory matters related to competitive conditions in securities market . . . ."
Guidelines for Information Sharing. The MOU further encourages information sharing between the SEC and DOJ by specifying guidelines for exchanging information "potentially relevant to . . . oversight and enforcement responsibilities" and expressly authorizing the "use of nonpublic information shared by the other agency for enforcement investigations and proceedings."
Agency Interfaces. The MOU requires that "[e]ach agency shall designate a primary contact person to facilitate communications between and among attorneys, economists, and technical experts of the agencies."
The DOJ and SEC announced the MOU during a virtual discussion of equity market structure hosted by MIT. While the MOU was tangential to the focus of the event, both Deputy Attorney General Delrahim and Chairman Clayton addressed the significance of the MOU as a mechanism for cementing the coordination of the DOJ and the SEC.
Illustrating that coordination, Chairman Clayton and Brett Redfearn, who heads the SEC's Division of Trading and Markets, discussed the Antitrust Division's contribution to the SEC's rulemaking around access to and pricing of market data, including the effort to formulate a framework for evaluating "exchange fees for market data and connectivity." (See Webcast at 49:40). Pursuant to the Exchange Act, the SEC has a "compelling regulatory responsibility to analyze concerns about fairness and reasonableness of exchange fees for proprietary data." Chairman Clayton identified the Antitrust Division as a source for expertise to whom the SEC has and would continue to look to in developing a framework for ensuring that exchange fees are consistent with Exchange Act standards.
After the delivery of prepared remarks, Chairman Clayton and Deputy Attorney General Delrahim were prompted to get more specific about the anticipated focus of their collaboration. (See Webcast at 65:00-68:30).
Takeaways from Deputy Attorney General Delrahim's Stated Expectations for Collaboration Under the MOU
Deputy AG Delrahim projected that the agencies would partner on evaluating existing "regulatory infrastructure," including the Hart-Scott-Rodino program, and explained that the DOJ would engage the SEC on reevaluating certain filing thresholds and "whether or not those have stood the test of time or whether or not we need to make some changes."
Deputy AG Delrahim emphasized that the DOJ would continue to look to the SEC for insight on "market infrastructure," and mentioned, as examples, the DOJ's reliance on the SEC's expertise in its review of the London Stock Exchange's proposed acquisition of Refinitiv and in recent activity in the areas of "foreign exchanges and municipal bonds."
Deputy AG Delrahim characterized the MOU as intended to "preserve the relationship we've had," and explained that the DOJ will continue to coordinate with the SEC on the development of "rigorous" antitrust analyses, including with respect to "platforms," "access to data," "barriers to entry," and promotion of "market-based forces."
Takeaways from Chairman Clayton's Stated Expectations for Collaboration Under the MOU
Noting his intention not "to scare anybody," Chairman Clayton stated that he "hope[d]" the SEC could be "helpful" in spotlighting where "people are misbehaving," particularly in relation to "classic collusion and things like that."
Chairman Clayton expressed that the SEC is well positioned under the MOU to provide the DOJ with an "understanding of the market infrastructure" relevant to the activity of the Antitrust Division in the securities industry.
Chairman Clayton noted his expectation that the DOJ would continue to play a "very helpful" role in coordinating with the SEC on building the economic analyses necessary to support SEC rulemakings.
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Friday the 13th: The Game General Discussion
Friday the 13th: The Game
I got banned.
Harassment Will Not Be Tolerated
By Sgonofe, May 28, 2018 in Friday the 13th: The Game General Discussion
Qcici 221
? Cup of Quetz ?
Location? Well I'd tell you' that I'm somewhere out in the world.
1 minute ago, BrokenFattHardy said:
That should be on Guns next Kickstarter campaign.
Sgonofe 2
1 minute ago, pApA^LeGBa said:
if it is a glitch, don´t do it. simple. don´t exploit and you are on the safe side.
are we talking PC here? or console?
No one would ever exploit that glitch if it was fixed, we aren't talking about a glitch that just happened to come with the last update, it's been there for months. I tried it once, I got pernabanned without even a warning.
24 minutes ago, HuDawg said:
A while back i saw some kind sitting behind the fire place all glitched. Actually arguing with me thats its' legit' because YOU can do it.. so its fine.
It takes only a few IQ points to understand whats wrong with it...lol
You're either acting stupid or are stupid. Take your pick.
I'm neither, I did it out of curiosity, I did it only a single time, I even asked Jason to kill me. If they fixed their shit no one would be able to exploit a glitch.
pApA^LeGBa 273
yes it should be fixed for a long time now. no you still shouldn´t use it, no matter how long it´s there. Yes, a permaban is a bit harsh imo. Still PC or console?
AdrianBlackbear 173
Any ban for using exploits at this point is 100% warranted. No exceptions.
Ste_Wolf 228
Location: Higgins Haven
Well its good to know Gun are banning glitchers.
BrokenFattHardy 913
13 minutes ago, Sgonofe said:
I got pernabanned without even a warning.
Not true. I think they clearly state in their rules that they'll ban you for exploiting glitches. You should always read the fine print.
jameson87 519
Dissident Aggressor
LocationSouth of Heaven
Even though it is still there, a quick read of the ToS should tell you that exploiting glitches is a bannable offense. It states as much, follow the rules and you will be fine. Personally, they need to uphold the ToS they have in place, and am glad for once they did. Just like in the real world, if something is illegal, and the means to do said something is there, it does not make it any less illegal to do. Fact is using a glitch of this nature is bannable and should be. Not excusing the dev team for not fixing things, but we know how that goes. Still does not mean you should use the glitch just because it is there. Live and learn, don't exploit glitches and you will have no worries about catching a ban.
1 hour ago, pApA^LeGBa said:
Oh, I missed that, sorry, PC.
1 hour ago, jameson87 said:
There isn't anything mentioning glitching in the ToS: https://steamcommunity.com/app/438740/discussions/0/2579854400752466921/
But it does, and is even addressed here on the forums by Ben. And they have a report site specifically for reporting, hackers/glitchers/exploiters/and people involved in harassment. And is also stated they will look over the videos submitted and will issue a permaban as they see fit. Learn to play games as intended and don't do shit that is against the rules, pretty simple.
Just click on home at the forums and look at the thread about rules. There is a thread about specific bannable offenses. Glitching and exploiting is named in that thread.
Charlie Chainsaw 690
LocationThe Wisconsin Chainsaw Massacre
You need it specifically spelled out to not play like a dick???? You deserve the ban.
The Gloved One 250
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I don't think coming to the forums and asking anybody here is gonna get you in-banned .Doesn't matter if your new or not Glitching is against the rules and is Scummy for anybody to do(Depending on the Glitch).
Could you please show me where, in the ToS, it says anything about glitching?
There's this link, too: http://f13game.com/f13game-tou/
Honestly, I'm not proud of doing what I did, but it's not like I abused that glitch, I did it only once, I asked to be killed and that's it. Even though it's not a good thing to do, and, as you say, bannable, a permaban without a warning is overkill, I have barely played the game, I was still a new player, level 16.
1 hour ago, Charlie Chainsaw said:
Did I say, at any moment, I didn't deserve a ban? You know, I could really have played like a dick and kept healing myself instead of asking Jason to kill me.
55 minutes ago, The Gloved One said:
Yeah, I got your point, I should've never done that, but I did and got stuck there unable to get out, I never intended on abusing it the whole time.
2 minutes ago, Sgonofe said:
You know, I could really have played like a dick and kept healing myself instead of asking Jason to kill me..
You already played like a dick when you exploited a glitch. Too late for that defense, sir.
Oh wow. They started banning. I didn´t see any flying pigs tough. Sucks for you ofc, but this is good news, basically.
Here you go. Here's the rule. You violated it. You're banned. Case closed.
Deliberate Abuse of Exploits – Exploit usage that results in the deliberate griefing of others to gain an advantage and overall reduce enjoyment for other players will result in a ban.
You would need to have Video proof anyways for a fighting chance. Devs don't accept anything else besides that .I think your only choice is rebuying the game for another Platform.
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There is a code of conduct page as well as the ToS. You exploited a glitch. That breaks the game mechanics for the other people playing, you got reported to the site specifically handling this and they made the decision to ban, and in their ToS they state very clearly they do not have to give warning to taking action against any bannable offenses. Learn to follow rules and play games as intended, or man up and deal with the consequences. No one here has any sympathy for players who do these things, which breaks the game for the other players. Again live and learn.
Just now, Charlie Chainsaw said:
9 minutes ago, The Gloved One said:
Oh, that's true, I might be able to do it, a friend who was playing with me was streaming and he was dead by the time I tried to glitch, so he was watching me all the time. Can dead spectators hear what alive players talk? If they can, this friend has it recorded. How can I contact the devs?
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Can dead spectators hear what alive players talk? If they can, this friend has it recorded. How can I contact the devs?
It depends on the platform and what the player settings are.
I can see both sides of this problem. On one hand you have a glitchy bug filled mess of a game, where a player could unknowingly stumble on to a glitched spot, look like they were trying to exploit and get banned.
On the other hand you have people that know this game is a glitchy bug filled mess and enjoy taking advantage of it and spreading awareness of how to best use these exploits.
It sucks if someone gets banned for doing something accidentally, it also sucks because most of the people that use these and other exploits don't get banned.
My advice, don't spend another $40 to play this game on another platform. Don't give these companies another dime until they make a decent product. There's other games out there, you can find one you like.
No need for a new platform. On steam you just make another account. I would be surprised if they actually IP-ban. Would be new, i know that a lot came back on new accounts on steam.
Would never buy this game again tough.
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3 hours ago, Sgonofe said:
How am I supposed to know that was a bad thing? Everyone said that this glitch's been there since the map was released and looking even further Jarvis House map was released on October 13th, so It's been 7 months and it hasn't been patched yet
So, I'm not complaining, to begin with, I just want to know the reason since the warning message doesn't say anything.
I'm glad they banned you cheater, I've seen a bunch of people use that cheat and make everybody else in the room wait 8 minutes, good riddance , now you can go play another game and just stand in a corner and do nothing.... sounds like fun
MrDaggert 17
LocationPortland, OR
is there a way to tell if someone is banned ? like a list maybe?
14 minutes ago, MrDaggert said:
You've already asked this in another thread. Posting it everywhere won't get things moving any quicker and it'll make the mods mad. Trust me.
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A Scandalous Hugh Hefner BioPic Is Officially In The Works With One Of Your Favourite Actors
I smell Oscar!!
2017 has been the year of some serious tragedies so when happy news like this breaks, it's nice to get excited instead of sad when reading a headline. When the world lost Hugh Hefner a couple of days ago, we were sad to see him go. But Hef and Playboy will always remain eternal, not only through the magazine and famous spreads of celebrities like Marilyn Monroe, Kim Kardashian and Pamela Anderson, but in his very own bio-pic.
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Hefner lived a life so lavish and wild that it was truly meant for cameras which is why producers and directors are so keen to get the film right. The film's been in the works since 2007 and is now being directed by one of Hollywood's most successful filmmakers, Brett Ratner - best known for The Revenant.
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While the film originally cast Robert Downey Jr. to depict Hef throughout his life, he since left the project. Jared Leto, a of Ratner and extremely talented actor, heard that his pal had the rights to the Hef biopic and jumped at the chance to play the role.
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"Jared is an old friend. When he heard I got the rights to Hef's story, he told me, 'I want to play him. I want to understand him.' And I really believe Jared can do it. He's one of the great actors of today," says Ratner.
Ratner even brought Jared Leto to the Playboy Mansion for his 91st birthday in hopes of meeting Hef, but due to Hef's heart condition at the time, he was not receiving guests.
When it comes to Leto's prep for the role, Ratner says,"There's enough footage on Hef out there that Jared will be able to get as much information as he wants." So it's still uncertain as to whether or not Leto will go full method for the roll. If you see Leto with drastically younger women, smoking an old-fashioned tobacco pipe, you have answer.


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Friday, April 21, 2023 - Sunday, April 23, 2023
Galena, once home to nine Civil War Generals, celebrates it's connection to it's most famous general who went on to become president, Ulysses S. Grant. Experience living history through battle reenactments and encampments, a Civil War era Sanitary Fair (a Civil War Ladies Bazaar supporting our troops) with handmade items for sale, and other activities.
Saturday 9am-4pm, battle at 11:30am
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Philippine Librarians Association Annual Congress
Connected Actions, Collective Vision: Libraries Transforming Society
The Philippine Librarians Association, Inc. (PLAI), in partnership with the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) through the National Committee on Libraries and Information Services (NCLIS), will be conducting its Annual National Congress on 20-23 November 2018 at the at the Novotel Manila, Araneta Center, Cubao, Quezon City.
With the theme "Connected Actions, Collective Vision: Libraries Transforming Society", PLAI envisions to lead the country's library community in a collective call to connected actions towards transforming society. Libraries have the capacity to transform societies, thereby contributing to the development of a nation.
The PLAI Congress 2018 aims to:
Understand the role of libraries and information centers in building literate, informed, and participative societies, thereby contributing to societal, cultural, and economic growth of a nation;
Recognize that connected actions and collective vision of the library community will help libraries address the challenges of the future;
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Yah, Apparently we have entered Medieval Times.
The play will explain how people were back then in medieval times.
Give me a week to get some new land, If you quit then you get no protection and i will arrest you.
king Charlemagne is upset because he may have to deal with riots. His Knights will keep him safe thought. so what, What's the worst that could happen he's the king.
The people are upset because the king hasn't given them there land they need to make crops for the king. If they can't make crops then they don't get protection.


It seems today will not necessarily offer any more promising crypto market momentum compared to yesterday. While fewer markets are in the red at this time, there is still a lot of unease to contend with. As far as the top markets are concerned, nothing is moving in a decisive manner. However, it seems the Basic Attention Token price is losing ground again after an unexpected bullish run yesterday.
It has been a pretty interesting week for Basic Attention Token, at least in the price department. Following some new developments and partnerships, it appears the interest in this token is moving up again nicely. However, most of that positive momentum which materialized yesterday has all but disappeared today. The result is a decline in price, which was entirely to be expected.
More specifically, the Basic Attention Token price has decreased by just over 5% across the board. Not entirely surprising, as there was a very strong uptrend just yesterday. It is only normal traders start taking profits when the momentum works in their favor. Especially with BAT, one has to take profits quickly, as the momentum can easily sour where this token is concerned. For now, one BAT is valued at $0.1768, or 4,588 Satoshi.
As is always the case in the crypto industry, the overall trading volume tends to take a serious hit on Sundays. For BAT, the volume sits at just $21.74m, which is a lot lower compared to yesterday when the price was getting pumped. As such, it seems likely to assume the price decline will continue for a few more hours to come, unless something changes out of the blue.
What is rather peculiar is how traders shared an interesting chart yesterday. TQ Crypto confirms Basic Attention Token successfully broke above the 200-day moving average for the first time since November of 2018. To most people, that seems like a major bull flag, yet the market has capitulated as a result. This creates a lot of short-term uncertainty, although no massive losses are to be expected at this time.
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Although this new BAT price decline will make some traders anxious, it was to be expected this market would not remain bullish for very long. The overall market circumstances do not favor a strong uptrend as of right now, although Bitcoin has begun showing minor signs of recovery. This will not be the last time the value of Basic Attention Token rises, but it seems the $0.176 level will need to begin acting as support first.
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