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Presented by Shortly after receiving a White House counteroffer, Sen. Shelley Moore Capito’s (R-W.Va.) office blasted out an email to the Washington press corps saying no dice. | Greg Nash-Pool/Getty Images
DRIVING THE DAY
After weeks of back and forth about infrastructure — over the cost of President
"Yeah, I do too. But I don't think it stands a chance."
"I'd rather have it win than McGovern."
"Well, I'd rather have it win in California than McGovern, if McGovern's going to lose nationally.... Thing is if Nixon wins, we're all going to need marijuana for the next four years."
By John Martin, Nov. 23, 1972 | Read full article
Dr. Ferazi said his wife Mary didn't believe in Amway until she got her first check for $2000. Last year the Ferazis got a $10,000 end-of-year bonus. And they've gotten four paid vacations, including Disneyland and the French Riviera.
So this was pyramid selling: recruiting other people to recruit other people to recruit other people to sell. It seemed as though Bestline's approach could more properly be called pyramid selling than Amway's. Bestline kept playing down the fact that eventually, someone was going to have to sell the product.
Many people in the art world wish that contemporary art were taken more seriously by the rest of society, by people in different fields who are not even drawn to art. They dream about politicians, policy makers, educators and philanthropists alike recognising its value. They have been dreaming, maybe without ever realising it, about Eli Broad, the self-made homebuilding billionaire who was, until his death on 30 April, Los Angeles’s most prominent arts patron without exhibiting any particular affinity for or sensitivity to visual art.
To be fair, he was a dedicated art collector, buying thousands of works by major artists over the course of several decades and ultimately building a museum in Los Angeles, the Broad, to showcase them. He clearly appreciated contemporary art as a financial investment, as a philanthropic tool and as a public good that could play a dynamic role in revitalising cities, including his beloved downtown Los Angeles.
If JCPOA participants return to the Iran deal, which is still on the table at the present moment, then Benjamin Netanyahu is almost certainly screwed. International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Rafael Grossi has recently said that JCPOA participants “want to come back. But of course … there are a number of issues that still need to be clarified. So it’s not impossible. It is difficult, but not impossible.”[1]
Grossi, unlike the mad man in Tel Aviv, believes that Iran has already offered a “diplomatic window of opportunity” for the deal to take place. He concluded: “In this time period, the parties involved will hopefully be able to achieve, or at least start to move back to the JCPOA.”[2]
U.S. Army Military Police escort a detainee to his cell January 11, 2001 in Camp X-Ray at Naval Base Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, during in-processing to the temporary detention. The detainees will be given a basic physical exam by a doctor, to include a chest x-ray and blood samples drawn to assess their health, the military said. The U.S. Department of Defense released the photo January 18, 2002. (Photo: Petty Officer 1st class Shane T. McCoy/U.S. Navy)
Gitmo is Still Open
Back in 2008, the Guantanamo Bay detention camp was rightly regarded as a symbol of everything that was wrong with the Bush administration’s “War on Terror” policies. Torture. Indefinite detention. Violations of the Fifth and Fourteenth amendments. A brazen disregard for anything resembling international law. As a Democratic Senator running for president, Barack Obama vowed to close the camp if elected.
The first local punk show was the Dils from Oceanside at the Adams Theater. “The majority of the people didn’t know exactly what it was all about. They were wearing ripped clothes with safety pins in them and thinking it was punk."
By Jeff Spurrier, Aug. 3, 1978 | Read full article
The Zeros, in typically unpretentious fashion, have assumed the empty throne as San Diego's best New Wave band, and they show little sign of wanting to leave. “Javier does a lot to encourage the bands in L.A. to come down here and play. That helps a lot,” according to Griswold. "He tells them about bands down here and why he likes them. It's not like he’s ashamed to be from San Diego.”
Miriam and Sheldon Adelson present Trump with a menorah, Dec. 7, 2019. Israeli American Council national summit. Screenshot.
Sheldon Adelson, who died last night, set out to destroy the Iran deal and the peace process and succeeded through his campaign contributions to Republican presidents. A fierce advocate for Israel, he wielded an incredible degree of power over U.S. policy.
Miriam Adelson’s announcement of her husband’s passing is extremely moving and also blunt about his influence.
He crafted the course of nations. Some of the historical achievements he helped effect — in the United States, Israel, and elsewhere, are publicly known. Others are not.
Miriam Adelson was often credited with increasing the late Sheldon Adelson's interest in Israel. Right-wing politicians will be watching to see what happens next