Exemption For The Vaccine – Huge Victory For Navy SEALs With Mike Berry – A huge victory for Navy SEALs and the U.S. military was won at the courts this week. Mike Berry from First Liberty Institute joins us to share the details of this important case.
Air Date: 01/31/2022
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I’m Rick Green, former Texas legislator, and America’s Constitution coach. And I’m here with David Barton; he is America’s premier historian and our founder at WallBuilders and Tim Barton, national speaker and pastor, and president of WallBuilders. And guys, later in the program, Mike Berry will be with us.
Of course, I love the guys over First Liberty Institute, they do incredible work. Mike, specifically a Marine, he does a lot of their cases that deal with religious liberty for folks in the military, and has one of the biggest cases in the country and just got a great victory. So he’s going to be sharing that with us later.
But it’s so good that we have these legal organizations out there that fight these battles for people that can’t afford to go get an attorney to fight these kind of battles, most of the time are churches that would go broke if they tried to pay all the legal fees. Thankfully, we got First Liberty and Liberty Counsel and all these groups out there, really a blessing to have these Christian attorneys fighting for us.
Yeah, it’s a weird thing that with this medical pandemic that we’ve had two years now, it’s spent more time in court than anything we’ve had in a long time and it spent time in court because so much of it has been geared against not only just government tyranny, but government tyranny against religious belief and expression. So whether it’s shutting churches down, governors trying to do that, or whether it’s mayor’s trying to do that, or whether it’s saying, hey, you can’t have a religious exemption, you’re going to do this, you’re going to take the jab, didn’t matter what you believe is, I mean, there’s been so much coercion that’s gone on the last couple years, and so many lawsuits that are out there.
And it’s been interesting that a lot of the coercion has really gone with the military. And quite frankly, this is something we’ve been covering 2, 3, 4 years. I mean, I go back to the President Obama when he was in and he said, well, we’re not going to do the just war theory anymore for our soldiers. And that’s a huge thing because that deals with conscience.
If I’m in war, and I have to shoot someone, on behalf of my country in defense of my own life, even though it’s justified, how do I not feel guilty for the rest of my life? And there’re answers to that. I mean in the Bible really does lay out what you can do in the sense of taking life when it’s justified and when it’s not justified. There’s clear example.
Yeah. And let me jump in. I think that’s a really significant point of this Just war theory is that Just war theory teaches there are some wars that are justified, and some wars that are not. And so if you find yourself in a justified position, then if you have to take a life in a justified position, right, just like somebody at home, if you’re having to defend your home and your family against a violent intruder, and to defend your home and your family –
You have to use lethal force to stop this violent intruder, right, that that’s not something that you need to carry that moral burden of oh, my gosh, what have I done, because you were actually doing the morally right thing to protect your family, to protect the life of your kids, of your spouse, whatever the case might be.
And this is kind of the notion of Just war theory that there are some situations that are justified in what you are doing. And dad, even as you’re mentioning, we’ve seen the federal government change things with the military. It’s worth noting, it’s really probably big picture beyond the military, it’s all federal employees, or anybody that the federal government thinks they can influence based on financial dollars. Because even when the US Supreme Court said that the federal government has the authority to tell medical workers, right, because these facilities that are getting government dollars for these hospitals, well, then therefore, you’re kind of like a federal worker.
And so if the hospital requires you to have a vaccine, you don’t get an exemption from that. Even though we saw the Biden administration, specifically or the president, and maybe more generally could not force businesses to do a vaccine mandate, that was a positive thing. But because I said, well, but really federally, anybody that falls under the federal system, the government can control. And this is where the military now is a major target of not recognizing basic religious exemptions, basic medical exemptions, etc, etc, etc. They’re pretty much telling everybody you get the jab or get out.
And really, it almost comes down to who’s going to be compliant and do what they’re told. And if you’re not going to do everything, you’re told, if there’s any level of questioning or resistance, then we don’t want you in our military anymore. And that is a very scary place to think about a military that would not question what is morally right or wrong or to remove people that my question was morally right and wrong that you want people that are simply going to follow orders no matter what they are.
And it’s interesting that in this aspect of COVID, and religious exemptions in the military, the military is given exemptions if you’re not religious. But if you are religious, no, no, you don’t get those. And the last time they did, there were 1,200 military members who have said, look, military guys take vaccines all the time, but from a religious standpoint, I can’t take this one because of what’s in it or what it does to me or alters DNA. I can’t do that religiously.
And at this point, we had not seen a single medical exemption granted on religious grounds until just recently when two Marines finally got an exemption. That’s first we’ve seen. So we’ve gone a year and a half, and nobody in the military is able to get this. And that’s why the court case came up.
And that’s why you have so many of these legal groups now defending SEALs, and defending Marines and an Army and Air Force and all these other officers and medical workers in the military, etc. They have religious conscience objections, and we’ve not been able to go anywhere until we finally had this win.
So Mike Berry, part of First Liberty, this was a case they had representing the military guys. And again, this is not over vaccinations because these guys take vaccinations: over this particular one, and religious objections, so this one, is there a ground in the military for religious objections, and up to now it’s been no.
As Tim said, you’re going to do what you’re told. We want people who do what they’re told. Well, you can have an objection and not be religious, and we’ll let you get away with that. But if it’s religious, not so. This is a big one that Mike Berry is going to tell us about.
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Welcome back WallBuilders Live. Thanks for staying with us. Great to have Mike Berry back with us from First Liberty. Mike, thanks for coming on, man.
It’s great to be with you again.
You guys are running like crazy. You’ve got so many cases right now, huge cases. These aren’t small wins. I mean, but lots of victories and you all continue to be on the frontlines. We’re just so thankful for you. Firstliberty.org is the website. I encourage everyone to go there, get on the email list, donate to them, they do phenomenal work.
And Mike, you’re leading the charge on this defense of military members who are being forced out potentially if they don’t get the jab, and just an incredible. I mean, to me, completely illogical thing, they claim it’s for readiness, yet they’re creating chaos in our military that’s making us not ready and wanting to get rid of a bunch of the SEALs. I mean, come on, these are the healthiest guys on the planet. It just makes no sense.
But anyway, you are right there already got a great fantastic victory at the district court level. So let’s talk about that victory, and then don’t let me forget, before we get off this interview to also talk about where you think all of this is going in light of what the Supreme Court did on the employer mandate and the health care thing. So first of all, your clients in your case, you’ve got a mix, right, you got some seals and a bunch of other military folks?
Yeah. First Liberty represents 35 Navy SEALs and other members of the Naval Special Warfare community. So, predominantly vast majority of them are SEALs, and then you’ve got a few other members who are technically not SEALs, but work very closely with the SEALs. And they’re also in the Special Warfare and Special Operations community. And every single one of them has a sincere religious objection to the vaccine.
And they’ve submitted requests for religious accommodation. And every single one of them has been told either you can submit your request and it’s never going be approved, or even if your request is approved, you can’t be a Navy SEAL anymore, or you can’t be in Special Warfare anymore because we’re going to medically disqualify you because you won’t get the vaccine.
Meanwhile, so that sort of on the one hand, right; if you ask for a religious exemption, you’re either not going to get it and get kicked out or you might get it and I’ll talk about the might get it in just a second, but you might get the religious exemption but even if you do, you can’t be a Navy SEAL anymore.
These are guys that have been through the most rigorous training. I mean, no kid, not just the healthiest, the toughest guys on the planet. And we’re going to say, you’re no good to us anymore because you won’t get the jab. I just got to emphasize that because there’s zero logic there and zero science there. But go ahead.
Yeah. Well, I mean, collectively, right, our clients have more than 350 years of military experience, more than 100 combat deployments among them. And these are the types of warriors and elite fighters that we want, and we need defending our nation, defending our freedoms, and instead they’re fighting for their careers, which is just atrocious to me.
So, the Navy’s telling them you’re never going to get a religious exemption granted. Meanwhile, the Navy has now said, well, but we have granted hundreds, possibly even thousands of medical exemptions, administrative exemptions. And look, it doesn’t take a lawyer to figure out that when you say you can get a medical exemption or an administrative exemption, but you can’t get a religious exemption, that’s called religious discrimination: you’re treating religion less favorably than you are treating other categories. That’s unconstitutional. And that is illegal.
And thankfully, the Federal Court, US District Court Judge Reed O’Connor from the Northern District of Texas, that’s what he held in his ruling, which was on the preliminary injunction that we filed. He said the Navy is discriminating against these SEALs and others. And he said look, in this religious exemption process that the Navy has where they say you might get one, he called it theater, right, it’s a sham process. And that’s because First Liberty was able to uncover and produce as evidence a document that was a 50 step process that the Navy claims that they are using to review religious exemption requests.
But nowhere in that 50 step procedure was there ever the option to approve the religious exemption request. The only option ever given was disapproval. And the judge obviously noted that and said, it doesn’t matter how many steps you put in there, how many different offices it sent to; if the only option is to disapprove, then it’s a sham process, right?
And so we knew that. I think everybody in the military who’s gone through this process, they instinctively and intuitively knew that it was a sham, and then everything was a predetermined outcome. And it wasn’t until First Liberty produced that document in court that we sort of had the smoking gun to prove it. And again, thankfully, the judge read the document, understood exactly what it meant and what it implicated and ruled the way he did.
Well, it’s very, very good news on what these guys are going through, I mean, to add insult to injury, what is this I read about where they’re also warning them, they’re going to take away, confiscate their Special Warfare devices, like the trident and things that are literally, I mean, this symbolizes what these guys fight for. I mean, so they’re literally just trying to, I don’t know the nice way to say it, I mean, they’re just trying to ‘go’ these guys.
Rick, it’s vindictive. So to become a Navy SEAL, if anybody who’s ever watched discovery chain or the movies knows, you go through buds which is one of the most demanding intensive military training schools that are in existence in the world, and to make it through buds and then come out as a seal, once you’ve completed all your training and become a SEAL, you earn what’s called an NEC device. And the nickname they give it is the ‘Bird’, right, because it looks like a little bird when you’re looking at it from a distance. Or sometimes people refer to it as the ‘Trident’ because it’s the eagle holding a trident in talents.
I mean, it’s instantly recognizable to anybody in the military right and it says, this person is a Navy SEAL. And yes, even in the military, when you’re around Navy SEAL, you kind of in awe of them because they hold like a mythological status in the eyes of Americans, and rightfully so. I mean, they make movies about Navy SEALs and write books about them.
And the Navy has told our clients and probably others, okay, if you asked for this religious exemption, we’re going to take away your ‘Bird’, right, we’re going to take away your ‘Trident’ or your Special Warfare device: which is really just what that is it’s just vindictive, and it’s just trying to rub salt in the wound and to say you’re no good to us. You don’t belong in the SEALs because you have a religious belief and a religious conviction, and you’re a person of faith. And I think that’s the part of this that a lot of people are missing, Rick, is it’s not just about the vaccine and whether to get the vaccine because every one of these SEALs believes in individual choice…
Oh, these guys have had tons of vaccine. Yeah, they’ve have had tons of vaccine too.
They believe in individual choice and individual freedom. If one of their buddies wants to get the vaccine, then by all means, go get the vaccine. But why is it that the Navy is only punishing those who have a religious objection? Those are the only ones getting punished and getting kicked out. And so I think that it’s something deeper than just health and welfare and readiness, etc. I really think this is politically motivated. And this really smells and looks like an ideological purge. That’s just my opinion.
No, I was going to throw that word out there and see how you reacted, but you already said it. I mean, it seems like that all over the place, especially for the military, I mean, we’re in precarious times right now for our country, and where our country is going to go and what the proper role of the government is going to be and how the government’s being used against its own citizens in some ways.
So this is an important fight. Because we want the good guys in there, we want the people that believe in freedom and faith and have that foundation to be these frontline best of the best; and to remove them, it’s a dangerous, dangerous thing. And that’s why yours fight is so, so important. And let all your clients know that our audience is praying for them, that we appreciate them, that we are thankful, we can do what we do because of what they do.
And we are appalled at the fact that our own government is essentially turning on them. And the very people that put their lives on the line over and over and over again for us are being treated in this way. It is truly appalling. So we’re thrilled that the victory occurred. What happens next? I’m assuming that DoD is going to appeal and in this fight continues.
Well, the ball is certainly in their court, and the DoD and they’re represented by the Department of Justice, the ball is in their court. They have a certain amount of time to appeal. And so we’re waiting to see what happens there. And obviously, if they do decide to appeal, we’re fully prepared for that.
And we’ll take this fight as far as we need to go. If we need to go all the way to the US Supreme Court, that’s what we’ll do to vindicate our client’s rights, and it really send a message that obviously the case is about 35 Navy SEALs, but it’s about so much more than that, right? It’s about what are the values that we want our country to stand for, and to be built upon?
Because what the DoD and what the Navy is really saying, right, and so you go to firstliberty.org and read the court’s opinion and read the briefing that we filed, but what the DoD is really saying is, we only want people who unquestioningly follow every order they’re given. They don’t stop to think, they don’t question, they just do it, and without asking, and without hesitation. And that leads to a very, very dark place. Right? What you’re asking for there is just nothing more than hired mercenaries.
And I’ll say this, as somebody who served in the military, I can tell you the reason we have officers in the military, Rick, is not to follow orders. A trained monkey can follow orders. What we need good officers in the military to do is to know which orders not to follow, or which orders not to issue. Right?
And so right now, we don’t have that. We’re missing leadership in our military. We’re missing those leaders who are willing to step up and say, wait a minute, this sure looks like it’s going to infringe upon constitutional rights of our soldiers, sailors, airmen and Marines. Are we sure we want to be doing this? There was no adult in the room that stood up and said that, and I get it.
I know why they’re fearful for their careers. They don’t want to be fired or demoted or lose out on their next promotion. But sometimes, you’ve got to count the cost and do what’s right. In the military, we said, that’s why you were the ranking your color. Right? You have to have the moral fortitude to stand up and do that, and right now, we’re missing that.
And so that’s what this case to me is about beyond just the actual case. It’s about what kind of country do we want to have going forward? And what kind of military do we want to have that’s going to defend us? Do we want paid mercenaries? Or do we want people who are there for the right reason?
So true, Mike, man, I mean, you’re hitting on some really important topics here that we don’t talk enough about. Because when you combine what you just talked about in terms of the individual member of the military, with the lack of teaching, just war theory and all of those things that we’ve allowed to happen, instead of having a moral compass and a moral guiding principles that can help you make those decisions, it’s exactly what you just described, you end up with essentially hired mercenaries.
And I think it was like 1750s Samuel Davies sermon, where is it that David Barton put in his book, ‘Celebrate Liberty’, that’s all about that, and saying, hey, you got to know why you’re going to war. And I mean, you and I’ve talked about this before, but I mean, that’s part of why I think you end up with a higher number of PTSD situations because people haven’t been taught the moral reason why they’re there.
But men, I can’t imagine what happens to our military going forward if they do purge all the guys and gals that have a moral compass: very dangerous place. Your battle is critical, not just for the SEALs and for the military, but for us, for the entire nation, and the direction of the country. How can people help you guys pray for you? What can they donate? What can folks do to come alongside the SEALs, and you guys and all your other cases?
The easiest way is just go to firstliberty.org. You can read about the SEALs and our other cases in the military, you can read about the other cases that First Liberty is fighting for across the nation to defend religious liberty. And if people feel led to donate, obviously, we appreciate that too. We’re 100% donor-funded. And we’re a nonprofit, which means none of our clients, whether it’s the SEALs, or any other clients that First Liberty represents, they never ever receive a bill from us because we do everything free of charge. So firstliberty.org is the place to learn more.
Our most important question today how often do the SEALs complain about the fact that they’re being represented by Marine?
No. We’re blood brothers now. You know, I haven’t…
You been in battle together now. Yeah.
I don’t have a ‘Trident’ or ‘Bird’. I’m not quite at that point yet. But this is as close to I’ll ever get to working with Navy SEALs in my career, so it’s definitely one of the highlights. If it weren’t for the actual issue that we were dealing with, and how terrible it is, if it weren’t for that, I’d say this was the highlight of my professional career.
Well, congrats on the on the victory at the district court level. And, Mike, you’re a patriot man. I appreciate you. God bless you. We love you guys. You all keep up the great work. And we’ll talk to you soon.
Alright, thanks, Rick.
That was Mike Berry. We appreciate him being with us. We’re back with David and Tim Barton now. Thanks to Mike Berry and all the good work First Liberty does for us and frankly, the whole country in the future of freedom, if I can say it in a way that it sounds like hyperbole. But guys, this is a fight to literally make sure that people can stay in the military and not be thrown out of the United States military for a religious objection to something that is even scientifically now people are saying doesn’t work and isn’t doing what it was meant to do. So I think they really are helping to save the country in this particular fight.
They really are. The foundation of what the country is built on, recognizing the rights of religious conscience, the freedom of religion, the freedom of choice, and some of these regards, so to speak. And as you and Mike pointed out, it’s just crazy that we now have leaders in government, leaders in the military who would be so vindictive, and I would even say, petty, that you’re going to say, hey, we’re going to take this little emblem, this ‘Trident’, this ‘Bird’, whatever the case might be, we’re going to take this thing from you because we’re not going to recognize what you accomplished by going through buds, by graduating from buds. We’re going to say, we don’t recognize that anymore because you won’t do what we’re telling you to do right now. That’s just crazy on so many levels.
And so I am grateful to see that there are military members who, even beyond whatever their fate is, there are individuals involved in these lawsuits who recognize what they are doing as they’re fighting for religious freedom for all future members of the military. So, I mean, we know some of the individuals involved in this scenario, we’ve heard some of the stories. And they’re not just doing this for their career. They literally are doing it for the future of the military and what that means. And this is yet again one great example of military individuals putting their life, their careers on the line for the sake of other people.
And certainly, it was encouraging to see what the court said here. Dad, I would imagine the government is going to pick it up, Department of Defense, whoever else is going to pick this case up, they’re going to appeal it because this would look very bad for them at this point to have not granted this and a court overturned what they’re doing. So I would think this probably goes to Supreme Court. But it’ll be interesting to see what happens.
It will be interesting to see what happens. And the thing that I think is at stake here is really the moral conscience of the nation. Because going back to Obama, when they took at Just war theory since then, they’ve been saying, hey, you do whatever we tell you. And as Mike said, and as you said earlier, Tim, is they’re looking for people who follow orders, regardless of what that order is.
And I’m reminded of Israel. and Israel and their military, they always have one person and every group that’s required to say no to what the commander says. You have to do that so you can think of the consequences, think of the other side, think of, well, I hadn’t thought about that. If everybody’s a yes, man, then you’re going to get into areas you don’t want to get into.
And specifically, they do this in strategy sessions. So not like on the battlefield when the commander gives command, he’s like, no, I’m not doing it. But when they’re discussing what’s the best strategy, what’s the best tactics, if everybody agrees, there has to be at least be one person, this voice of dissent, to come up with what would be the problems with this to make sure they’re seeing a full picture. And that’s certainly not something we’re seeing with the US military.
And even on the battlefield with Israel. If you say no to a direct order, you’re not necessarily court-martialed as long as you can give the right moral justification for that. I think Israel does that more than any other nation because Israel went through World War II and saw what Germany did when they had a military they did everything they were told to do and no conscience exemptions, no individuality.
I think Israel understands the consequences of where that leads if you lose your moral conscience, and you become a military that only takes orders and only follows what they want you to do.
And so that’s just a dangerous place for America to head. And fortunately, Mike has won one this case. And Tim, I think you’re right, this probably keeps going up. I don’t think the administration will let this stop. We’ll see where it ends.
Special thanks to Mike Berry for joining us today. Firstliberty.org to learn more about the good work that they’re doing. And in fact, Mike also helps us with our military Patriot Academy program that’s held at the state capitol of Texas the first week of August.
So if you’re in the military or former military member, we’d love for you to learn a lot of the things that David and Tim have been talking about today. So come join us on that as well. You can learn more at patriotacademy.com Thanks for listening today to WallBuilders Live.
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A 5.2-magnitude earthquake shook southeastern Turkey early Tuesday morning, and was followed by more than half a dozen aftershocks.
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In recent years, natural disasters, including destructive wildfires and hurricanes have ravaged millions of trees and forests across the United States.
Following beneficial rain last Friday and Saturday, parts of the southern Plains still suffering from extreme to exceptional drought will receive more help from Mother Nature at midweek.
Old Man Winter's reluctance to "give it up" is largely responsible for the lack of tornadoes counted across part of Tornado Alley so far this year.
London Marathon organizers confirmed the death of a 29-year-old man who died after collapsing at the Sunday race, the hottest race on record for the event.
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Blac Chyna Is THISCLOSE To Posing Completely Naked AGAIN As She Dishes About Her Stripper Past & That Kylie Jenner Drama For Elle!
Chris Brown ARRESTED Amid LAPD Investigation That He Threatened A Woman With A Gun!
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The options have been narrowed! And boy are they intriguing!! While we highly doubt Gossip Girl is one of the main four (too much explaining to do),… Read more…
Juliet is a good one! Shes definitely present in the finale- for unknown reasons…
Apart from Chair.. This is ultimately what GG is about- it better be a good surprise!!
One of the peeps below is GG. I love this .
I kinda have a feeling it might be Dan, but now that you mentioned it, it could totally be Dorota!
anyone wondering why nelly uki has appeared so prominently in the final series? she also made a connection with dan who knows the identity of gossip girl….xoxo
it has to be Juliet
Juliet doesn't seem probable and it would be pretty lame if a newbie to the series ended up being the titular character. Additionally Jenny and Eric have been so absent that it wouldn't make sense for either of them to be gossip girl. I think Dorota would be a stellar surprise. For the whole series she has been Blair's right hand and has had access to every other character, so she has kind of always been an insider influencing events yet always seems to be on the sidelines when major events come to fruition.
Oops, I was actually referring to Sage…not Juliet. I really hope Juliet isn't gossip girl. As with Jenny and Eric Juliet has been completely absent from the final season. I feel like the character deserving of the title to the series should be someone, like Dorota, who has been on screen from the beginning.
I don't think it will be Dorota. She's been by Blair's side and would not have posted such horrible things about her. I think it will be someone like Penelope or Nelly Yuki who was just on the outside of things.
Gossip Girl is a man for sure. It's William, or Rufus.
Start spreading the news!!!!
This is really happening!!!
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Located on the white sands of the Anse Takamaka Beach on the beautiful north-east coast of the island of Praslin, the Raffles Seychelles is set against a magnificent backdrop of spectacular granite rocks and lush tropical landscapes.
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The pace of Americans signing up for privately administered insurance through President Obama's health care law slowed down in February, according to a new report from the Department of Health and Human Services, and youth enrollment is well below target levels set before the program's launch.
Weeks before the health care law's exchanges launched Oct. 1, an HHS memo projected that 5.7 million individuals would enroll in a plan through one of Obamacare's exchanges by the end of February. In reality, HHS said Tuesday, just 4.2 million Americans had signed up in the first five months.
HHS still hasn’t disclosed how many Americans who have signed up for a plan through the website have consistently paid their premiums, which is how enrollment is typically measured. Thus, HHS figures could overstate enrollment by around 20 percent to 25 percent.
With the open enrollment period set to expire at the end of March, the pace of signups is slowing down.
In January, 1,146,071 individuals signed up for insurance on the exchanges, according to HHS. In February, that number declined to 942,800.
That difference cannot be explained away merely because there are fewer days in the month in February. Originally, HHS projected that 212,000 more Americans were going to enroll in a health care plan in February than January, the belief being that enrollment would accelerate over time.
The slower pace of signups is potentially worrisome for the health care law, as the administration needs to build momentum in the final weeks of open enrollment, which ends March 31.
Further worrisome for backers of the law is that young people still aren’t signing up in the numbers the administration once deemed necessary for the program’s viability.
The White House had originally said nearly 40 percent of the 7 million Americans initially projected to enroll would have to be young and healthy to offset the cost of covering older and sicker Americans. When initial signs pointed to low youth enrollment, many supporters of the law argued that younger individuals would enroll later in the process.
But in February, individuals between 18 and 34 years old made up just 27 percent of those signing up — the same as January. Cumulatively, just 25 percent of signups have come from that age demographic.
This makes it highly unlikely that the administration will meet enrollment goals. If March enrollment roughly doubles from February, and the exchanges end up with 6 million signups, roughly two-thirds of March enrollments would have to be from the 18-34 age group to achieve the target demographic mix.
It should be emphasized that the national number is less important than the state-by-state numbers, because each state has a different risk pool that needs to have the proper mix of enrollees to remain viable.
On that front, West Virginia and Oregon had just 18 percent enrollment among that key demographic, whereas Utah was at 31 percent and the District of Colombia (which got a boost from an influx of congressional staffers) was at 45 percent.

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We take a few guesses as to who the recently-announced actors will play in the film.
A review of 3D Super Hang-On, an M2-developed port of a classic Sega arcade game for Nintendo 3DS.
USgamer's weekly Japanese gaming column continues with a report on the upcoming chibi spinoff RPGs Persona Q from Atlus, and Planet Destroyer Black Heart from Compile Heart.
Nintendo is offering retailer-exclusive Pokemon X/Y 2DS bundles this Friday.
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I grow hundreds of heirloom tomato starts each year...I tend to keep about 40 to 50 for myself and sell the rest.
Each year, I have folks highly anticipating the summer season, the delicious crop of tomatoes, and so asking me when I am going to finally start selling my tomato plants ... By the way, they ask this while wearing their heavy spring coats, as the warm spring weather is often slow in coming, especially this year, it seems.
Yep, you guessed it, you are so right.
Is way too cold to plant tomatoes for a really long time yet here on Vancouver Island. And I do mean everywhere on Vancouver Island, even the southern most tip!
Tomatoes are heat lovers and should not be planted in the garden until night time air temps are consistently around the 10C mark.
The soil will be then also be warm and you will be fine to pop the tomatoes into the ground. This occurs anywhere from the May long week-end on till sometime during the first week of June.
However, what kind of friend would I be if I did not give you some options?
If you really want to plant your tomatoes out a few weeks earlier ...
Black plastic being used to warm the garden soil.
First, you will want to warm your soil with some black plastic or landscape fabric for a few weeks. You can then make holes in the plastic and plant right into it.
Then, when you do plant, you will want to plant your tomato into either a tomato cage cloche, a hoop frame, or a Wall-O-Water.
Tomato cage cloches or greenhouses...
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Make a little greenhouse for each tomato plant with a tomato cage and some clear plastic or clear plastic garbage bags.
A hoop house is a great idea to get an early start for your tomatoes...
This system also works at the end of the season as the cover keeps the fall rains off of your foliage,
preventing blight from ravaging your tomatoes.
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The tires soak up the heat to keep the tomatoes happy.
Wall-O-Waters have tube shaped pockets that you fill with water. The sun heats up the water all day long and the water then emits the heat all night long to keep the plant warm and toasty. These guys really work, my parents have been using them for years! They also protect the plant from cold winds and animal nibbling!
Or... You can also pop your tomato into a larger pot and leave it outside during the day and bring it in each evening.
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If you do none of these things and simply plant your lovely tomato transplant into the garden too early, this is what will happen...
You will start to get purple foliage, especially on the under sides of the leaves.
This purple is caused by a deficiency of phosphorous.
It is due to that fact that your plants roots system is stunted by the cold soil and it is thus unable to take up nutrients from the cold soil. Most importantly, it is unable to take up any phosphorous (the middle number of N-P-K).
Phosphorous deficiency in tomatoes, peppers, and/or eggplants
occurs when planted in too cool soil and too cool temps.
Plants that have had their roots stunted and are unable to take up nutrients properly, will sulk and pout, sometimes as long as for several months. Really!
You can try to add a high phosphorous fertiliser around the plant to help it recover faster.
In general, tomatoes that have been planted too early will produce less fruits and will take a long time to recover, grow, flower, and fruit.
Is well worth your while to wait that extra two or three weeks for lovely tomatoes on happy tomato plants!
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Abercrombie & Fitch is looking less cool than ever.
The down-and-out teen retailer warned that sales and profits are tracking even worse than Wall Street expected — a disclosure that hammered its shares to a two-year low and stoked fresh fears about teen spending.
“The teen customer appears, frankly, uninterested in apparel shopping,” said Wunderlich analyst Eric Beder.
Abercrombie shares lost nearly 17 percent to close at $29.50.
The mall-based chain’s third-quarter sales fell to $911.4 million from $1.03 billion, missing the $982 million expected by analysts, according to Thomson Reuters.
Abercrombie expects to report per-share earnings, excluding special items, of 40 cents to 42 cents. Analysts had called for 67 cents a share.
“We are clearly disappointed with our results,” CEO Mike Jeffries said, blaming weak store traffic, particularly in Europe, and growing distaste for its logo-centric clothing.
The carnage is likely to continue, Beder, the retail analyst, told clients in a research note.
“We do not see a change in sentiment in the near term and we believe the teen segment is in for a rough few years as it shrinks and refocuses,” Beder wrote.
The analyst added that “there are too many stores, too many players, aggressive new entrants by lower priced chains and, perhaps most important, a customer base that is not interested in logos and who views apparel as a somewhat commodity-based item.”


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He succumbed to his ongoing battle with cancer on Tuesday.
Steve Aoki and Kaskade are just the beginning of the long list of EDM superstars that are feeling the loss of such a talented and esteemed musician and contributor to the world of electronic music.
Paul Bäumer, DJ of the hit group Bingo Players, died this week at age 37 from cancer.The DJ passed away on December 17, 2013 after a long battle with cancer and the grave news followed the next day.Dutch DJ/producer Afrojack encouraged his fans to take a moment of silence for Bäumer.Bingo Players announced Bäumer's death on Facebook on Wednesday (December 18).Last night, Maarten also announced that all upcoming shows have been canceled.He fought strongly until the end, the initial news hit like a ton of bricks.12/18/2013, from, dJ Pauly D to, afrojack, DJs, producers, and dance music enthusiasts from all over the world are mourning the tragic death of Paul Bäumer, one half of electronic music group.Since the devastating loss, Maarten has carried on with the Bingo Players legacy to Pauls wishes.Post by, bingo Players.
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"Jersey Shore"-star-turned-DJ Pauly D also shared a meaningful goodbye."really saddened to hear about the loss of a wonderful human." Steve Aoki tweeted.Bäumer's musical peers are not the only people feeling this major loss.Friends and colleagues of Paul have taken to Twitter to express condolences to him, casino 2000 wisconsin his friends, and his family.Bingo Players Remembering Paul Bäumer, photo via.Bäumer lost his fight against cancer on Tuesday, Bill Board.From DJ Pauly D to Afrojack, DJs, producers, and dance music enthusiasts from all over the world are mourning the tragic death of Bäumer, MTV said.Bingo Players / Bingo Players's Facebook Page.


text: Both men and women each face challenges when it comes to overcoming addiction and beginning a new life in recovery. However, women statistically struggle to recover from addiction more than men. Why is this, and what needs must be addressed so that women can succeed at sobriety? Physiological Hurdles Women respond differently than men to drugs and alcohol. This is largely to do with the physiological differences between genders. Women require less drugs and alcohol to become intoxicated, experience adverse reactions more rapidly and severely, and become physically and psychologically dependent faster than men do. Hormones play a part in addiction for women. Menstrual cycles, pregnancy, childbirth and menopause all impact addiction and the effects of substance abuse. While these physiological differences are significant, they are only a small part of the hurdles that women face. How Addiction Impacts Women Addiction is a huge struggle, whether you are male or female. For women, there are struggles that are unique to them or are more pronounced. For example, while both sexes often experience violence as a result of addiction, women are much more likely to suffer from domestic violence as well as sexual violence, assault, and exploitation. Because of societal expectations around women and sexual behavior, intense guilt and shame often keep women continuing to use. Women often have different motivations for substance abuse than men. Men are more likely to use substances as a social activity, where women are more likely to turn to substances as a response to negative feelings or to self-medicate depression or trauma. Mothers And Addiction Women are often the primary caregivers of children. Even when both parents are using, the women will often have parental rights terminated before the man. Again, societal expectations of women means that there is far more stigma and judgment attached to mothers with substance abuse disorder than fathers. 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These attitudes and the behaviors they cause can make it difficult for women to feel safe and supported in the recovery environment. It’s especially important that women seek each other out for support in early recovery, and avoid unhealthy relationships and situations that could lead them to relapse. Statistically, women relapse more frequently than men. This is often due to untreated trauma and other mental illness, or due to unhealthy, toxic relationships with people who are still using. Guilt and shame also play a role in relapse, and for mothers of children and women who have been sexually exploited, this guilt and shame can be a particularly powerful force. Another issue that women face in recovery is trying to find time for recovery and caring for children. Because women are often single mothers or the primary caregivers of children, their responsibilities may make it more difficult to concentrate on their recovery and take care of themselves. Helping Women Recover Given the differences in addiction and recovery between men and women, it’s important that women take a different approach to healing. One way this can happen is through treatment that is geared specifically toward women. Co-ed addiction treatment facilities don’t always address the unique needs and challenges that women face. Not too long ago, there was little to no attention or research given to women’s addiction and recovery. Treatment programs were created for men, not women. While women attend these rehabs, their needs are often not addressed. A women’s treatment center solves this problem, as well as others. Women in co-ed treatment centers often don’t feel safe. A women-only treatment center allows for healing and recovery in a safe and secure environment. Programs created for women can address issues around guilt and shame, trauma recovery, parenting, self-esteem, and self-worth while addressing the addiction and teaching tools that allow women to develop confidence and self-sufficiency. Get Help For Addiction If you are a woman struggling with substance abuse disorder, Wayside House can help. Our program is created for women age 18 and older, and our treatments and therapies are specifically designed with you in mind. We offer a safe, secure and serene environment that promotes healing and a sense of community. For more information about Wayside House, call 561-278-0055 to learn more.


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Expanding the Nation's Cybersecurity Workforce: A National Imperative. Want to see highlights of our recent panel event with @CyberSecurityFL, "Expanding the Nation's #Cybersecurity Workforce: A National Imperative," which featured remarks from National Cyber Director @NCDInglis @ONCDpress Check out this new short video!
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DISA Chief Offers ‘Cool’ Wish List of Asks For Industry. The Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) Lt. Gen. Robert Skinner pointed private sector IT firms to numerous areas on his technology wish list during his opening keynote address on April 26 at AFCEA International’s TechNet Cyber event in Baltimore and asked the industry to help DISA work through those problems. “Every great innovation started when somebody said, ‘wouldn’t it be cool if…’” Skinner said in recounting the private sector’s help over the years in providing the Federal government with better technologies at scale.
Lawmakers Implore VA to Pause EHRM Rollout Until Issues are Addressed. As the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) continues to see problems arise with its Electronic Health Records Modernization (EHRM) program, members of the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs implored VA to pause any further deployments of the EHRM system until issues are addressed at the existing deployment sites. At a Subcommittee on Technology Modernization hearing on April 26, lawmakers agreed that the agency must address the existing concerns with the EHRM system – and the Cerner Millennium system it runs on – such as pharmacy and prescription errors, unannounced shutdowns, and a growing backlog of tickets, among others.
Information Sharing a Key Component to Securing Software Supply Chain. Historically, Federal agencies have been instructed to be secretive on cyber matters, but a key step in fortifying the software supply chain is clear and constant information sharing, according to Jeanette McMillian, the assistant director for Supply Chain and Cyber at the National Counterintelligence and Security Center. McMillan emphasized that constant information sharing is important not just amongst Federal agencies but for industry as well. “Over the past year, we’ve already seen substantial cyberattacks against critical infrastructure and supply chains,” McMillian said during her keynote address at an Intelligence & National Security Alliance event on April 26.
OMB names chief statistician to lead data goals. The Office of Management and Budget is naming Karin Orvis as its chief statistician and branch chief for statistical and science policy at OMB’s Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs. OMB hasn’t had a permanent official to lead these efforts in more than two years. Orvis, prior to joining OMB, served as the director of the Defense Suicide Prevention Office, which leads suicide prevention programs across the Defense Department.
Federal Employees Are Growing Less Engaged and Less Satisfied with Their Jobs. Federal employees reported decreases in both their engagement and job satisfaction when they responded to the government’s annual survey of workplace attitudes, although officials warned that the COVID-19 pandemic continues to color those results. Response rates for the annual Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey also fell 10 points from 2020, amid an abbreviated fall survey period due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Transforming the Paperwork Reduction Act to tackle administrative burden. The PRA is not a terribly well-known, or well-loved piece of legislation. The original intent of the PRA was to “minimize the Federal paperwork burden for individuals, small businesses, State and local governments.” Thus, the new guidance could be seen as better fulfilling those original goals of the PRA.
GSA Is Launching a New Tool to Simplify the Federal Buying Process. Federal Acquisition Service Commissioner Sonny Hashmi said the new buyer experience tool "was built using human-centered design to address pain points in the acquisition process." He announced the launch of buy.gsa.gov on Tuesday afternoon and said in a blog post that the buyer experience tool "was built using human-centered design to address pain points in the acquisition process."
Coronavirus Roundup: A Watchdog Highlights Concerns of Payment Integrity in COVID Funds. Payment integrity continues to be a pressing issue with pandemic relief funds, the Government Accountability Office said in its 10th comprehensive report on the federal government’s coronavirus response released. The watchdog reiterated its previous recommendations “that Congress consider amending the Payment Integrity Information Act of 2019 to designate all new executive agency programs—such as those created specifically to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic—making more than $100 million annually in payments as ‘susceptible to significant improper payments’ for their initial years of operation.” GAO also recommended that the Office of Management and Budget “require agencies to certify the reliability of submitted improper payment data;” OMB neither agreed nor disagreed.
DoD to Improve Technician Workforce Data After GAO Flag. The Department of Defense (DoD) will look for ways to improve how it tracks workforce data for technicians so that it can more accurately assess how much funding it needs to hire technicians for future missions. In a new report, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) said it interviewed Pentagon officials about technician hiring, and learned that DoD’s ability to hire nonpermanent technicians helps the agency to quickly fill critical jobs and carry out missions.
Effective leaders embrace deliberate curiosity. Leaders should be more intentional in their curiosity to fuel better results, growth and success, writes Diana Kander. Encouraging deliberate curiosity means identifying and remedying your unwitting gaps in perception, getting rid of initiatives that are not creating value and fostering accountability among team members. Chief Executive
Here are basic strategic planning flaws. Strategic planning can go awry if managers get stuck in one way of thinking, rely only on one familiar model or if budget guides strategy, writes Graham Kenny, CEO of KMS Education and Strategic Factors. Kenny offers three examples of how CEOs overcame these barriers to come up with workable and flexible strategic plans. Harvard Business Review (tiered subscription model)
Your mindset is a powerful driver of how you'll feel. Your expectations can affect how you experience events or even how you feel, writes science writer David Robson. "We can't simply ignore the feelings we get from unpleasant experiences, but we can reframe our interpretations of the sensations to create powerful expectation effects," Robson writes. Next Big Idea Club Magazine
Reframe negotiations as deal-making instead of winning. Framing negotiations as simply a "deal" instead of "as win-win or win-lose" can ease aggression and return the focus to creating a sense of satisfaction on both sides, writes INSEAD professor Horacio Falcao. "If, in our negotiation, we can help the counterparty get something, marginally or significantly, better than a no-deal scenario, they are likely to accept the deal, and that should be considered a win for both sides or just a deal," Falcao writes. INSEAD Knowledge
Next Week on The Business of Government Hour: A Conversation with Jane Datta, Chief Human Capital Officer (CHCO). Next week on The Business of Government Hour. What is the human capital strategy for NASA? How did NASA respond to the pandemic and keep its workforce performing? Join host Michael Keegan as he explores these questions and more with Jane Datta, Chief Human Capital Officer, at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) on next week's The Business of Government Hour.
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As Alabama goes to the polls on Election Day today, it has finally been revealed that George Soros, the biggest anti-American financier in the world today, is behind a PAC to get Democrat Doug Jones elected to the U.S. Senate.
If you are unsure about supporting Roy Moore for the race, understand that the biggest America-hater in the entire world, billionaire Soros, is in Doug Jones’ corner. That really should be all you need to know to vote for Roy Moore!
As Daily Wire reported, that there has been a mystery super PAC that has poured $4 million in outside money into the Alabama race for U.S. Senate to get Democrat Jones elected. And until today, it wasn’t known who was behind this PAC.
Doug Jones has tried to pretend that he is an independent liberal voice, not connected to the establishment in Washington D.C. But, it turns out that nearly every establishment Democrat in D.C. has come to his support both in public and in donations. Even if he wanted to be independent, Jones is now 100% beholden to the D.C. liberal establishment.
But, even worse is the person behind the super PAC that has dumped millions from outside Alabama into the race. The group is called PAC Highway 31. Politico describes it this way:
Highway 31 was created in November, Federal Election Commission filings show. Though Birmingham lawyer Edward Still is listed as the group’s treasurer, it was, in fact, founded jointly with Senate Majority PAC, the outside group closely tied to Democratic leadership in the Senate. Highway 31 has been funded jointly by Senate Majority PAC and Priorities USA Action, the Democratic super PAC that backed Barack Obama in 2012 and Hillary Clinton in 2016, the Democrats briefed on the arrangement told POLITICO.
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The group’s backing has remained secret until now because federal laws do not require it to disclose its donors until after the election. Jones’ camp has kept its distance from the group, and no information has surfaced until now about its background.
Folks, this pretty much proves that Doug Jones is no “outsider” but will instead represent quintessential Washington insiders if Alabama is foolish enough to send him to the Senate.
But being supported by these insiders is far from the only problem with this PAC. As Daily Wire notes, “George Soros has given millions of dollars to both Senate Majority PAC and Priorities USA Action.”
So, with this being true, we now know who Doug Jones really is and what he really stands for. And all of it is against what the people of Alabama want and believe in.
Daily Wire also reported some of the spending from Soros in the last few years:
- $400 Million to manipulate Higher Education: Journalists who thought the Koch brothers were dominating college funding with a mere $7 million should check out Soros. He’s given more than 50 times more and even helped establish his own university, Central European University, which teaches his own bizarre political/social philosophy of “open society.”
- Global Scandals Largely Unreported: Soros has admitted to helping start revolutions, funding radicals and attacking national currencies. His insider trading conviction in France cost him $3 million and has been upheld by European courts repeatedly. His foundations have been opposed by nations around the globe, yet almost the only negative press he has received on ABC, CBS and NBC was linked to a sex scandal with a 28-year-old Brazilian actress.
- Political Contributions to Most Major Liberal Politicians: Soros has personally funded some of the top names in America’s left from Barack Obama to Nancy Pelosi. Soros donates hundreds of millions to politically active liberal organizations as well. He’s even given $500,000 to the allegedly neutral Center for Responsive Politics, which is the source for much of the information on political donations.
- More Than Half a Billion Dollars to Finance the Left: George Soros aids hundreds of left-wing groups in America each year under the auspices of his Open Society Foundations. Since 2000, Soros has given more than $550 million to liberal organizations in the U.S., underwriting every major liberal initiative – pro-abortion, pro-euthanasia, pro-gay marriage, pro-drug legalization, pro-union, pro-government-funded media and even attacks against the concept of free elections and voting for judges.
All of these millions have been spent to undermine and destroy this country and Democrats have greedily lapped it all up and done their best to help Soros do his worst to our country.
And this is the man whom Alabama Democrat Doug Jones has cozied up to.
It is the perfect reason why Alabama voters should vote for Roy Moore.
[Note: This post was written by Warner Todd Huston, the views expressed in this article may not represent those held by the site itself]

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The House of Representatives voted Wednesday to set up an expert commission to investigate the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol. But a majority of Republicans voted against the commission ― part of a broader effort from the party to distance itself from an attack encouraged by its own leader, then-President Donald Trump.
The bipartisan vote sets up a showdown with the Senate, where Republicans led by Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) may filibuster the bill because the investigation would probably not look great for the Republican Party.
The bill would establish a “National Commission to Investigate the January 6 Attack on the United States Capitol Complex,” with five members appointed by Republicans, five by Democrats, and a final report due to the White House and Congress by the end of the year.
The panel’s appointees would have to come from outside of government and have “national recognition and significant depth of experience” in fields like public service, law enforcement, technology and counterterrorism.
The bill was written by House Homeland Security Committee Chair Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.) and the committee’s top Republican, Rep. John Katko (R-N.Y.).
Some things about the riot are already well-known, such as the fact that Trump incited the violence by lying for months that the 2020 election had been stolen from him. Many Republican lawmakers repeated the lies, and most voted against certifying on election results even after the mob attack on Jan. 6.
But Republicans have sought to rewrite history. House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) has said the president didn’t provoke the attack. Other Republicans have suggested the mob consisted of “fake Trump supporters” or that the violent storming of the Capitol wasn’t so bad.
Both McCarthy and McConnell have said the commission ought to examine riots connected to the Black Lives Matter movement in 2020, as though protests against police brutality had something to do with an insurrection against valid election results. The text of the bill would already task the commission with examining “the influencing factors that fomented” the attack, which could include Black Lives Matter if the panel’s experts think it is relevant. Republicans don’t think that’s good enough.
Trump, too, has insisted the commission is a sham because it does not deal with unrelated matters.
“It is just more partisan unfairness and unless the murders, riots, and fire bombings in Portland, Minneapolis, Seattle, Chicago, and New York are also going to be studied, this discussion should be ended immediately,” Trump said in a statement on Tuesday.
Even though Republicans opposed the bill, relatively few actually spoke out against it on the House floor. One who did was Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.), a Trump ally who was previously stripped of committee assignments for extremist and hateful speech and was recently in the news for harassing Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.). Greene argued that the commission was unnecessary.
“The media is going to use this to smear Trump supporters and President Trump for the next few years and cover up the damage ― the real damage ― that’s happening to the people of this country,” Greene said on the House floor.
Thompson said it was a “big shock” to him and others when McCarthy announced his opposition to the bill this week. He told reporters that McCarthy had been engaged in the bill’s development from the start and was supportive of it behind the scenes.
“There was no issue on his part,” Thompson said. “But, I guess that’s politics.”
Republicans opposed the bill in spite of urging from a group of Capitol Police officers, who released an anonymous letter not long before the vote expressing “profound disappointment” with Republican leaders for saying a commission was unneeded. The letter came from a group of officers, according to Rep. Jamie Raskin’s (D-Md.) office. The U.S. Capitol Police said it was not an official statement from the department and that USCP does not take positions on legislation.
“It is inconceivable that some of the Members we protect, would downplay the events of January 6th. ... It is a privileged assumption for Members to have the point of view that ‘it wasn’t that bad,’” the letter reads. “That privilege exists because the brave men and women of the USCP protected you, the Members.”
A bipartisan commission would lay down an authoritative account of what happened and make recommendations for policy changes to prevent it from happening again. That’s what Congress did after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, and it’s something leaders of both parties have previously said would be appropriate for Jan. 6, 2021.
But on Wednesday, McConnell said the ongoing investigations by the Justice Department and congressional committees should suffice. “It’s not at all clear what new facts or additional investigation yet another commission could actually lay on top of existing efforts by law enforcement and Congress,” McConnell said. (The 9/11 commission also complemented existing congressional and law enforcement investigations. )
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) dismissed McConnell’s claims that a Jan. 6 commission would be duplicative of congressional work on the issue. On the contrary, she said, congressional investigations can only help the independent panel collect all the information it will review.
A bipartisan commission “commands the respect of the American people by dint of the caliber of people who will serve on it,” she told reporters. “I certainly could call for hearings in the House with a majority of the members being Democrats with full subpoena power, with the agenda being determined by the Democrats. But that’s not the path we have chosen to go.”
Asked if she’s reserving the right to take that other path, Pelosi replied, “I don’t want to.”
Tom Kean and Lee Hamilton, the chairman and vice chairman of the 9/11 commission, endorsed the Thompson-Katko bill.
“Americans deserve an objective and an accurate account of what happened,” the pair said Wednesday. “As we did in the wake of September 11, it’s time to set aside partisan politics and come together as Americans in common pursuit of truth and justice.”
Elise Foley contributed reporting.


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The Food and Drug Administration is proposing current good manufacturing practice regulations for dietary ingredients and dietary supplements
To ensure consumer's access to safe dietary supplements
Summary of RSP Comment:
The FDA uses consumer survey results indicating that they do not view dietary supplements as safe and believe there is need for increased federal oversight in the production of the supplements. These survey results are conditional on the respondents actually using dietary supplements, suggesting that there is a disconnect between what consumers do and what they say. The FDA ignores this apparent inconsistency and uses the survey results as pretext for expanding its role in the dietary supplement market.
Further, FDA discounts the viability of private oversight methods such as third-party certification of a producer's manufacturing process. Despite the FDA's admission that some certification organizations have begun to offer these services and consumers are likely to be willing to pay for the benefits provided by them, FDA asserts that private certification will not provide sufficient safeguards.In its cost benefit analyses, the FDA compares its regulatory regime to one in which private certification does not exist.
Lastly, the FDA ignores the possibility of state and local regulation because of its concern that state regulators will use their authority for protectionist purposes. Such a possibility is entirely precluded under Interstate Commerce jurisprudence, and, as such, should not serve as a bar to considering the option of regulation by lower levels of government.

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Big food chains are an overwhelmingly American affair and a big brand export. That makes restaurant stocks a popular investment choice as well.
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Brandt Brauer Frick shares first single from upcoming album, feat. Jamie Lidell
‘Miami’ To Feature Jamie Lidell, Nina Kraviz, Om’Mas Keith, Gudrun Gut
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Brandt Brauer Frick is a trio of classically-trained musicians from Berlin that make dance music. The group has performed at music festivals around the world, including Coachella, Glastonbury, Moog Fest, Bestival, Sonar, etc.
Brant Brauer Frick will release their third album Miami on !K7 Records, out March 19. Hear the album’s first single featuring vocals by Jamie Lidell.
Sometimes what you don’t do is as important as what you do. Brandt Brauer Frick have made name for themselves producing techno without the technology, using classical instruments in preference to synthesizers and computers. It’s a negative that’s had positive results.
On the Berlin trio’s third album Miami, once again it’s what Brandt Brauer Frick are not doing that is important: they aren’t slavishly following the formula of the album’s two predecessors. “Mr Machine [2011’s sophomore album,recorded with the a ten piece classicalensemble] especially was very planned and strict,” says Paul Frick. “We wanted to be more spontaneous this time. We wanted to do something very different, more dark and more rough. We wanted to write songs rather than tracks that slowly evolve.”
Another major difference is the appearance of a number of guest vocalists who had a big influence on the album’s direction. There are appearances from Jamie Lidell, Om’mas Keith (Grammy nominated producer of Frank Ocean’s Channel Orange, Kanye West, Jay Z), Gudrun Gut (Einsturzende Neubauten and German punk band Malaria!), Erika Janunger and Russian DJ and producer Nina Kraviz.
The album is accompanied by a new stripped-down live show: no ensemble this time, just the three protagonists and a specially-built stage set. The visuals will be created by Brandt Brauer Frick affiliated production company Park Bennett, which makes all of the band’s videos and is responsible for the overall visual concept for the album, inspired by Fluxus art of the ’60s.
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02/28 – HOLLAND, Utrecht, Vredenburg
03/01 – HOLLAND, Eindhoven, Muziekgebouw / De Effenaar
03/02 – HOLLAND, Amsterdam, Paradiso
03/03 – HOLLAND, Rotterdam, De Doelen
03/04 – HOLLAND, Groningen, De Oosterpoort
03/06 – GERMANY, Frankfurt, Zoom
03/07 – GERMANY, Berlin, Berghain (event – ‘Certain People)
03/08 – GERMANY, Cologne, Gloria
03/09 – GERMANY, Hamburg, Uebel & Gefahrlich
03/11 – AUSTRIA, Vienna, Chaya Fuera
03/12 – SWITZERLAND, Crans-Montana Caprices Festival
03/13 – FRANCE, Lyon, Le Transbordeur
03/14 – FRANCE, Metz, Les Trinitaires
03/15 – FRANCE, Paris, Point Ephemere
03/16 – BELGIUM, Brussels, Rotonde
03/19 – UK, Glasgow, Cottiers
03/20 – UK, Manchester, Islington Mill
03/21 – UK, London, XOYO
Street Date: March 19, 2013
01 Miami Theme feat. Erika Janunger
02 Ocean Drive (Schamane)
03 Plastic Like Your Mother feat. Om’Mas Keith
04 Skiffile It Up
05 Broken Pieces feat. Jamie Lidell
06 Miami Drift
07 Verwahrlosung feat. Nina Kraviz
08 Empty Words feat. Jamie Lidell
09 Fantasie Mädchen feat. Gudrun Gut
10 Miami Titles
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