Friday, August 9, 2013

Don't let it stay that way ladies and gentleman


Tinker:

I think that I'm going back up on the roof:

President Obama is a cheap reflection of what we were hoping that our new American president would be like, We hoped for a man who was much different then the corrupt men we elected before. The "Yes we can" slogan became just another broken promise, breaking all the people heart who trusted him enough to vote him into American highest government office.

 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7F_opWg9_qI

Congress seems to think that their are Special with a capital "S" because they are the gatekeepers to the American government power and influence.

That they are the aristocrats running our America social scheme of things for all the American people. That they deserve relief from the tortuous harsh obligations dragging on the American people body and souls from the selfsame American governments laws and regulations that they the congressman voted into American law.

This attitude of the men and women running our American government is the true American people social reality today.

And to think about how the American people went along with that kind of corruption over the past history of the United States is very disgusting to me now. That inability to say no and mean it, is what is so seriously wrong with to many of the American people now. Making up a large part of the population living in America these days.


Are women becoming more willing to turn a blind eye to the pious arms hurting the American citizens because they are female and to rock the American government boat would go against the best interest of the equal opportunity for women in America today, and into the future?

What kind of a future America society would that be then, a country where women take advantage of other people because they are female?

Together we stand divided we fall is very true unless we are going along with despair and destruction. What we do is who we are, so the responsible of loving honestly is our personal choice alone. Whether we are a man or a woman, rich or poor, in good health or not. The choice is ours given to us from god.

Our country's government is what we make it to be, in the end the harm that is done is ours. The blame is ours because we have the free responsibility to vote for the people we want to run our government. I'm trying to vote to get along with the right people, for the right reason, not for taking anything away from someone else but rather for a civilization with civilized people.

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http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/08/07/usa-health-congress-idUSL1N0G820F20130807?feedType=RSS&feedName=rbssHealthcareNews&rpc=22

UPDATE 1-U.S. Congress wins relief on Obamacare health plan subsidies

By David Lawder

WASHINGTON, Aug 7 (Reuters) - Congress has won some partial relief for lawmakers and their staffs from the "Obamacare" health reforms that it passed and subjected itself to three years ago.

In a ruling issued on Wednesday, U.S. lawmakers and their staffs will continue to receive a federal contribution toward the health insurance that they must purchase through soon-to-open exchanges created by President Barack Obama's signature healthcare law.

The decision by the Office of Personnel Management, with Obama's blessing, will prevent the largely unintended loss of healthcare benefits for 535 members of the Senate and House of Representatives and thousands of Capitol Hill staff.

When Congress passed the health reform law known as Obamacare in 2010, an amendment required that lawmakers and their staff members purchase health insurance through the online exchanges that the law created. They would lose generous coverage under the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program.

The amendment's author, Republican Senator Charles Grassley, argued that if Obamacare plans were good enough for the American public, they were good enough for Congress. Democrats, eager to pass the reforms, went along with it.

But it soon became apparent the provision contained no language that allowed federal contributions toward their health plans that cover about 75 percent of the premium costs.

This caused fears that staff would suddenly face sharply higher healthcare costs and leave federal service, causing a "brain drain" on Capitol Hill.

But Wednesday's proposed rule from the OPM, the federal government's human resources agency, means that Congress will escape the most onerous impact of law as it was written.

The OPM said the federal contributions will be allowed to continue for exchange-purchased plans for lawmakers and their staffs, ensuring that those working on Capitol Hill will effectively get the same health contributions as millions of other federal workers who keep their current plan.

Read more...http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/08/07/usa-health-congress-idUSL1N0G820F20130807?feedType=RSS&feedName=rbssHealthcareNews&rpc=22
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Wed Aug 7, 2013 6:05pm EDT
 
* Congress, staff, to keep federal health premium payments
* Ruling aimed at avoiding "brain drain" on Capitol Hill (Adds comments from Republicans, Pelosi, edits)
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AFL-CIO President: Labor movement in crisis | Capital Download

Video...
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 Exclusive: IRS manual detailed DEA's use of hidden intel evidence

ReutersBy John Shiffman and David Ingram | Reuters – 3 hours ago
By John Shiffman and David Ingram

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Details of a U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration program that feeds tips to federal agents and then instructs them to alter the investigative trail were published in a manual used by agents of the Internal Revenue Service for two years.

The practice of recreating the investigative trail, highly criticized by former prosecutors and defense lawyers after Reuters reported it this week, is now under review by the Justice Department. Two high-profile Republicans have also raised questions about the procedure.

A 350-word entry in the Internal Revenue Manual instructed agents of the U.S. tax agency to omit any reference to tips supplied by the DEA's Special Operations Division, especially from affidavits, court proceedings or investigative files. The entry was published and posted online in 2005 and 2006, and was removed in early 2007. The IRS is among two dozen arms of the government working with the Special Operations Division, including the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the National Security Agency and the Central Intelligence Agency.

An IRS spokesman had no comment on the entry or on why it was removed from the manual. Reuters recovered the previous editions from the archives of the Westlaw legal database, which is owned by Thomson Reuters Corp, the parent of this news agency.

As Reuters reported Monday, the Special Operations Division of the DEA funnels information from overseas NSA intercepts, domestic wiretaps, informants and a large DEA database of telephone records to authorities nationwide to help them launch criminal investigations of Americans. The DEA phone database is distinct from a NSA database disclosed by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden.

Read more...http://ca.news.yahoo.com/exclusive-irs-manual-detailed-deas-hidden-intel-evidence-005747393.html
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Tinker:

Sarah looks like good people to me I hope that she flourishes with good health and good company. Something that was hard to find around the republican party who said that they would support her running for vice president.

Now it looks like that she is much better off than the double crossing people who are fighting for TV money now. Stabbing other friendly people in the back.


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 http://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2013/08/07/computer-simulation-says-49ers-most-likely-to-win-super-bowl-eagles-0-5-chance/

CBS Philly

Computer Simulation Says 49ers Most Likely To Win Super Bowl, Eagles 0.5% Chance

NFC Championship - San Francisco 49ers v Atlanta Falcons
By Spike Eskin

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) – So you’re saying there’s a chance.

A computer program called The Predictalator created by Prediction Machine simulated the NFL season 50,000 times, says that the 49ers are the most likely team to win the Super Bowl this season, winning in 20.1% of the simulations. The Eagles won the Super Bowl in 0.5% of the simulations.

Here’s how the simulations work:
Just as the Predictalator plays each individual NFL game 50,000 times before it’s actually played, it can also play the entire NFL season 50,000 times before it’s actually played. The actual 2013 regular season and playoff schedules have been played 50,000 times, allowing us to compute average records and likelihoods of each team making the playoffs, winning its division and bringing home the Super Bowl trophy.
Denver, the AFC’s top-seed, wins the Super Bowl 14.6% of the time. The Green Bay Packers (10.5%), New England Patriots (8.9%), Seattle Seahawks (7.2%) and Houston Texans (7.1%). No other team has more than a 3% chance of winning.

There are 11 teams that win between 1.5% and 3.0% of

Read more...http://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2013/08/07/computer-simulation-says-49ers-most-likely-to-win-super-bowl-eagles-0-5-chance/

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http://espn.go.com/dallas/college-football/story/_/id/9549053/tcu-coach-gary-patterson-not-fan-lsu-voting-discipline

TCU's Gary Patterson jabs at LSU

Updated: August 8, 2013, 11:17 AM ET
ESPN.com news services
Patterson Criticizes Miles, LSU
Big 12 blogger Jake Trotter reacts to TCU coach Gary Patterson's critical comments of LSU coach Les Miles for reinstating RB Jeremy Hill after his teammates voted to allow him to return to the team.Tags: Gary Patterson, Les Miles, TCU Horned Frogs, LSU Tigers, Jeremy Hill, SEC, Big 12, Devonte Fields
TCU coach Gary Patterson is not about to let his players vote on a teammate's discipline.


Patterson, whose Horned Frogs open the season against LSU on Aug. 31, criticized Tigers coach Les Miles for reinstating running back Jeremy Hill after his teammates voted to allow him to return to the team.

Patterson
"I'm sure if it was some opponent they'd beat by 100 points, [the players] wouldn't have a vote."
-- TCU coach Gary Patterson
"I'm sure if it was some opponent they'd beat by 100 points, [the players] wouldn't have a vote," Patterson said, according to the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. "It's not my worry. I've got to play whoever they put on the field."

Hill had been suspended from all team activities since his April 29 arrest for punching a man outside of a Baton Rouge, La., bar. He was already on probation for pleading guilty to a 2012 misdemeanor stemming from his sexual relationship with a then-14-year-old girl while he was in high school.

Hill pleaded guilty to misdemeanor simple battery for the bar fight charge in July and practiced for the first time Monday.

Miles wouldn't rule out Hill missing games, saying he wanted to keep his punishment internal.

TCU has its own key player facing a suspension for the LSU game, with defensive end Devonte Fields banned for the first two games of the season for violating team rules during the spring. But Patterson said a similar vote to the one LSU used with Hill is out of the question.

"My whole team would vote Devonte to be back on the team because they all want to win," Patterson said. "That doesn't teach life lessons."

See Video...http://espn.go.com/dallas/college-football/story/_/id/9549053/tcu-coach-gary-patterson-not-fan-lsu-voting-discipline

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 Thomas Williams · Im not telling u
This kind of noise makes you wonder what kind of a competitive problem TCU head coach Gary Patterson is having with his college football team. If he feel like he need to smart mouth his opponent student athletes imperfect behavior. I'm sure that his TCU student college football players are straight laced angels, who don't need a second chance from making a bad choice in their everyday life.

So I feel like if Gary Patterson needs to talk ugly publicly like that he must really feel like his teams chances to win is in more trouble then we the football fans know.
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Miles on Hill, “There will be withholding.”


August 8, 2013   -   © 2013 Tiger Rag


Peterson likely done for the year, Rasco and Maclin stand out to Miles.


 

By LUKE JOHNSON
Tiger Rag Assistant Editor


The last time LSU coach Les Miles met with the media, he was reinstating sophomore running back Jeremy Hill.

The only news that day was that Hill would resume practice with the team and would go through some form of punishment, though what type wasn’t immediately clear.

Miles reiterated that point again Thursday evening, though an interesting choice of words might give some glimpse into what’s in store for Hill.

“He’s serving punishment currently, and there will be withholding,” Miles said.

Withholding? Miles has only used that phrase once, and that was when he “withheld” Tharold Simon, Tyrann Mathieu and Spencer Ware from the Auburn game in 2011. Does it hold the same meaning now?

“From playing time,” Miles clarified. “That’s my thought.”

Miles took some criticism from just about every facet for his decision to let Hill back on the team.

Some fans were unhappy, some national columnists took him to task and TCU coach Gary Patterson didn’t seem to like the fact that part of Miles’ decision rested on what the team wanted.

Miles was asked about Patterson’s comments, but didn’t take the bait.

“I coach my team, I only think about the guys that are significant to my team,” Miles said.

Thankfully, the majority of the press conference focused on football, and through four days of fall camp, there was plenty of football to discuss.

The team goes into its first fully padded full-squad practice tomorrow, giving Miles and his staff a glimpse of how some players react to contact. The main focus of the first four days, Miles said, were installment and giving some of the younger players a chance to get reps they might not otherwise get.

“It allows twice the reps, twice the teaching, twice the experience in a shorter amount of time,” Miles said of his split-squad approach. “It’s the only chance the young guys have to play.”

INJURY UPDATE
Miles updated the status of tackle Vadal Alexander, receiver Avery Peterson and tight end DeSean Smith, all of whom were absent from practice Thursday.

Peterson, the younger brother of former LSU All-American Patrick Peterson, is unfortunately out for an extended period of time.

“I don’t think he’ll be back this season,” Miles said. “He’s really improved tremendously, and it’s a shame. … Avery had really improved and was really in position to do something special.”

Alexander and Smith sounded like they sustained minor injuries, though the prognosis was a little less clear on Alexander, who hasn’t been at practice either of the last two days.

Miles said he had an injury that was less significant than a sprained ankle, but wouldn’t go any further.

“I would say that he’s being held out until tomorrow so he can be fresh for a padded practice,” Miles said.

Miles said Smith’s injury was, a “slight ankle.”

NOTABLE
A pair of defensive ends have stood out to Miles through four days of camp, which is convenient, because the coach has a handful of defensive ends to replace after this year’s NFL draft.

“Justin Maclin, he has turned heads,” Miles said. “He’s had a really nice camp, he’s going to have an opportunity to play. Much improved. He’s a veteran that is getting looks and it’s making a difference.”

Maclin, a redshirt junior, has appeared in three games in his career thus far.

Miles also singled out junior defensive end Jermauria Rasco, who as of Thursday morning was still wearing a green non-contact jersey after undergoing shoulder surgery in the spring.

“Rasco has come back in great shape,” Miles said. “… He’s fast and dangerous. I like him. His start of camp … has really been a great start.”

From the sounds of it, Miles is excited to see offensive linemen try to block Rasco.

“I think he’ll be miserable to block,” Miles said. “As a pass-rusher at the line of scrimmage, he’s strong, and uses his hands well.”

QUOTABLE
“I think he’ll end up being one of the better corners to come out of here.” Miles, on Jalen Mills. Quite the lofty praise for the true sophomore.

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Thursday morning practice report, 8/8


August 8, 2013   -   © 2013 Tiger Rag

Coaches appear pleased with new look offensive line


Offensive Report by CODY WORSHAM
Tiger Rag Editor


Another morning practice with the veterans today at the Charles McClendon Practice Facility, and I took my first extended look at the offense.

I started and finished with the offensive line, who were without Vadal Alexander again. Joining him among the absences was center Elliot Porter. We’ve yet to see Alexander out there, which makes me think there’s some kind of injury or illness keeping him off the field. If he could physically be out there, he would, so we’ll be sure to ask Les Miles today what his status is.

As for Porter, I’d chalk his absence up to rotation. In his place was freshman Ethan Pocic, who is still getting used to the position. That said, he’s miles ahead of where he was in the spring, where we saw a lot of bad snaps and awkward footwork. All of that is ironed out. For him to be getting reps with the first team as a true freshman says a lot about his future.

Jerald Hawkins was back at right tackle, and as we’ve been saying since the Spring, he’s LSU’s best option there, regardless of Alexander’s health. He’s quicker than Vadal, and he got plenty of praise from Miles and Greg Studrawa today for his run blocking. (Check out our photo gallery on our Facebook page to see Miles and Studrawa working with Hawkins).

While working with the guards and tackles on zone blocking, with an emphasis on the guards chipping and working to the second level, Miles told Evan Washington and La’El Collins (working at left tackle) to watch how Hawkins leveraged his man to the sidelines.

“You were the best in the Spring at doing this,” Miles told Hawkins. “Show them how it’s done.”

Hawkins obliged, and Miles and Studrawa heaped on the praise.

The line looked like this:
LT - Collins, Washington
LG - Williford, Austin
C - Pocic
RG - Turner, Dodd
RT - Hawkins


After that, I worked over to the receivers, quarterbacks, and tight ends. Not much new there. Zach Mettenberger continues to look sharp. He only missed one throw that I saw, and it was to a still target in a drill where he was working on reads with Cam Cameron. Stephen Rivers was the only other scholarship QB working, and he looks sharp too. He’ll make one ugly throw in every 10, but his touch on timing passes is quite good.

The wide receivers were Odell Beckham Jr., Jarvis Landry, Travin Dural, Kadron Boone, and James Wright. Based on what I’ve seen and heard from the rest of the receiver corps, I don’t know that any of those top five lose their spots, especially not the top three.

Travis Dickson, Dillon Gordon, and Jake Franklin, a William & Mary College transfer, worked at TE. What a contrasting bunch. Dickson is smallish for a tight end at 6′3, 230, but he’s crisper in his breaks than the guys he worked with. Gordon is a behemoth, 6′5 and 286 pounds, and while he’s no Dickson in terms of quickness, he moves really well for 286 pounds. Good hands, too. Franklin is somewhere in between and probably won’t factor this season. Lots of depth at this spot, and variety, too.

Running backs were pretty standard fare today: Blue, Hill, and Hilliard. Connor Neighbors got first team fullback reps.

Last note, Cam Cameron was very hands on today while LSU ran through the route tree. Lots of concept talk, and no one seemed to miss a beat. I’ve still yet to see Jarvis Landry drop a pass this fall.

Defensive Report by HUNT PALMER
BBI Senior Writer


The first words I heard from John Chavis today were, “I’m not going to yell and scream today, we’re just going to do it right.”

The freshmen working with the defensive line were Christian LaCouture, Greg Gilmore, Lewis Neal and Tashawn Bower. Those guys formed the second DL unit. I love Neal’s explosiveness. He’s always going to be undersized, but he’s quick and getting stronger. Bower looks like a star in the making. Gilmore had a little trouble with the dummy chop, letting the ball hit his knees instead of swatting it way. He’s probably a step slow right now, but I still think he factors in on the interior because of his size.

I thought Jordan Allen was moving very well. It’s tough for a 6′6″ guy to get his pads down, but Allen does it well. Danielle Hunter was not with the morning group. Allen looks like the leader there to me.

Thee were roughly 87 linebackers out there today. Six were on scholarship to for a solid two-deep. Lamin Barrow looks great. So does Kwon Alexander. We talked to him the other day, and he said he felt as healthy as ever. Lamar Louis joined those guys in the first unit. D.J. Welter and Tahj Jones were not there. The second group was Beckwith and Riley on the outside with Melvin Jones in the middle. Beckwith is so impressive in every drill. He catches the ball well, his feet are light. No way they keep him off the field this year. He should be on every special teams unit. Melvin Jones’ feet aren’t as quick as the rest of the group. He struggled a bit changing direction. I like Riley’s athleticism.

Finally to the DBs where the energy is just not the same as it was back a coupel of years ago. I used to love hanging around the group that had Taylor, Mathieu, Claiborne, Reid, Brooks and Loston. They talked the whole time. They challenged each other. They carried themselves with a presence. Granted, that group was all time awesome. I just miss the attitude. This group is fairly quiet an almost boring. Still, there are some good looking players over there. I’ll echo many of the early sentiments about Rickey Jefferson. He jut looks so natural doing everything. And wow has he put on weight since the last time I saw him. I took a note that Micah Eugene lined up at corner in the interception drill while a walk on lineup at safety. Not sure where he fits in these days. I kept an eye on Derrick Raymond today, and he looks much more comfortable in the backpedaling drills. He misjudged a deep ball in one of the drills. I’m not certain his ball skills will every be great, but he’s certainly talented. He can help on special teams right now.

I’ll add that Rasco and Mills are still in green.
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Saw this on the TCU board  (Posted on 8/8/13 at 11:45 am)



They have an LSU Look a Like thread going. As expected there are a few slams at Jeremy Hill but a few are kind of funny. Some are so off the mark its not even worth mentioning

LSU Look a Like
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Videos: Fall Camp Day 4 Footage  (Posted on 8/8/13 at 11:19 am)



DL Drill

Moar DL line

Everything video
LBs drill

Cam working w/ wideouts

Offense/Defense/Special team video

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Video: Cam Cameron working with QB's & WR's  (Posted on 8/8/13 at 9:48 am)



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Mathieu impresses in Cardinals Camp  (Posted on 8/6/13 at 4:41 pm)



Rooting for TM7 (now TM32).

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Ha ha ha ha.. Wow!

Packers

Saints vs. Packers Thursday Night Football: Live Reactions to Tonight's Game

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As the teams prepare to battle in the opening game of the 2011 NFL season, I prepare to write about all the bone-crunching hitting, tightly-threaded spirals and X's and O's of this beautiful game.

Sean Payton and Drew Brees have talked all week about how much last season's opening-season game, as well as 2007's opener at Indianapolis, would help this team in this game at Green Bay.
And of course, Green Bay has the monkey on their back in many ways. They're expected to win this game. The Saints are obviously expected to give them a fight, but they certainly are not expected to win.

And going back to 2006, Sean Payton's team has generally played their best football as an underdog.

So those are just a few of the storylines going into tonight's game that I want to cover on this Quick Hit of Thursday Night's season opener on NBC.

Additionally, here are my Saints' offensive and defensive game plans for tonight's game. These are basically what I expect the Saints to do offensively and defensively tonight against a tough Green Bay team.

Honestly, I was in favor of Sean Payton's play calls both on fourth down when he chose to go play-action, though I agreed with Tony Dungy in his assessment that the particular play he called should've been run from a different formation. And I was also in favor of the final call of the game that was a one-yard run for a touchdown, err it would have been if the Saints had executed well against the Green Bay defense. Read more http://bleacherreport.com/articles/841747-saints-vs-packers-thursday-night-football-live-reactions-to-tonights-game
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