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Tuesday, March 03, 2015
Private police carry guns and make arrests, and their ranks are swelling - The Washington Post
Private police carry guns and make arrests, and their ranks are swelling - The Washington Post:
By Justin Jouvenal February 28, 2015
http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/crime/private-police-carry-guns-and-make-arrests-and-their-ranks-are-swelling/2015/02/28/29f6e02e-8f79-11e4-a900-9960214d4cd7_story.html
Michael Youlen stopped a driver in a Manassas apartment complex on a recent night and wrote the man a ticket for driving on a suspended license.
With a badge on his chest and a gun on his hip, Youlen gave the driver a stern warning to stay off the road.
The stop was routine police work, except for one fact: Youlen is not a Manassas officer. The citation came courtesy of the private force he created that, until recently, he called the “Manassas Junction Police Department.”
He is its chief and sole officer.
He is a force of one.
And he is not alone. Like more and more Virginians, Youlen gained his police powers using a little-known provision of state law that allows private citizens to petition the courts for the authority to carry a gun, display a badge and make arrests.
The number of “special conservators of the peace” — or SCOPs, as they are known — has doubled in Virginia over the past decade to roughly 750, according to state records."
http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/crime/private-police-carry-guns-and-make-arrests-and-their-ranks-are-swelling/2015/02/28/29f6e02e-8f79-11e4-a900-9960214d4cd7_story.html
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By Justin Jouvenal February 28, 2015
http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/crime/private-police-carry-guns-and-make-arrests-and-their-ranks-are-swelling/2015/02/28/29f6e02e-8f79-11e4-a900-9960214d4cd7_story.html
Michael Youlen stopped a driver in a Manassas apartment complex on a recent night and wrote the man a ticket for driving on a suspended license.
With a badge on his chest and a gun on his hip, Youlen gave the driver a stern warning to stay off the road.
The stop was routine police work, except for one fact: Youlen is not a Manassas officer. The citation came courtesy of the private force he created that, until recently, he called the “Manassas Junction Police Department.”
He is its chief and sole officer.
He is a force of one.
And he is not alone. Like more and more Virginians, Youlen gained his police powers using a little-known provision of state law that allows private citizens to petition the courts for the authority to carry a gun, display a badge and make arrests.
The number of “special conservators of the peace” — or SCOPs, as they are known — has doubled in Virginia over the past decade to roughly 750, according to state records."
http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/crime/private-police-carry-guns-and-make-arrests-and-their-ranks-are-swelling/2015/02/28/29f6e02e-8f79-11e4-a900-9960214d4cd7_story.html
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Monday, March 02, 2015
History News Network | This Is When Muslims in the Middle East Turned to Extremism
History News Network | This Is When Muslims in the Middle East Turned to Extremism:
by Richard Drake - - Richard Drake is the author of The Education of an Anti-Imperialist: Robert La Follette and U.S. Expansion (University of Wisconsin Press, 2013).
- See more at: http://historynewsnetwork.org/article/158616
"In his Messages to the World, Osama bin Laden identified the Treaty of Sèvres as the starting point of Islam’s vendetta against the West. Sèvres is one of the five treaties that concluded the First World War. Of the five, the Treaty of Versailles received the most attention at the time because it dealt with Germany, still, even in defeat, the strongest single power on the European continent and the chief worry of the victors.
The harshness of the Versailles Treaty, the continuing blockade of Germany, and the brutal military occupation of that country paved the way for Adolf Hitler and the Nazis, who are best understood as a revenge party. Had the Germans been treated differently at the end of the First World War, in accordance with Woodrow Wilson’s Fourteen Points, instead of with contempt and vindictiveness, their newly installed democratic republic would have had a much better chance to survive and to withstand the Nazis.
Similarly, Sèvres departed in every key respect from Wilson’s Fourteen Points. The President on 8 January 1918 had spoken loftily about the higher aims of America’s war policy."
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- See more at: http://historynewsnetwork.org/article/158616
"In his Messages to the World, Osama bin Laden identified the Treaty of Sèvres as the starting point of Islam’s vendetta against the West. Sèvres is one of the five treaties that concluded the First World War. Of the five, the Treaty of Versailles received the most attention at the time because it dealt with Germany, still, even in defeat, the strongest single power on the European continent and the chief worry of the victors.
The harshness of the Versailles Treaty, the continuing blockade of Germany, and the brutal military occupation of that country paved the way for Adolf Hitler and the Nazis, who are best understood as a revenge party. Had the Germans been treated differently at the end of the First World War, in accordance with Woodrow Wilson’s Fourteen Points, instead of with contempt and vindictiveness, their newly installed democratic republic would have had a much better chance to survive and to withstand the Nazis.
Similarly, Sèvres departed in every key respect from Wilson’s Fourteen Points. The President on 8 January 1918 had spoken loftily about the higher aims of America’s war policy."
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Sunday, March 01, 2015
Why I’m Coming Out as a Christian - The Daily Beast by Ana Marie Cox
Why I’m Coming Out as a Christian - The Daily Beast: By Ana Marie Cox
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/02/28/why-i-m-coming-out-as-a-christian.html
"I’m not scared that non-believers will make me feel like an outcast. I’m scared that Christians will.
Who do I need to prove my faith to—and why should I try?
I’ve lately observed conservatives questioning Obama’s faith with more than professional interest. Because if Obama’s not Christian, what does that make me?
I have not been public about my faith. I am somewhat tempted to embrace the punk-rockness of being a progressive, feminist, tattooed, pro-choice, graduate-educated believer—and then I have to remind myself that believing in God is about as punk rock as wearing pants, maybe even less so.
Almost nine in ten Americans believe in God; in any given moment, how many are wearing pants?
In my personal life, my faith is not something I struggle with or something I take particular pride in. It is just part of who I am.
The only place where my spirituality feels volatile is in my professional life; the only time I’ve ever felt uncomfortable talking about my faith is when it comes up in conversation with colleagues."
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http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/02/28/why-i-m-coming-out-as-a-christian.html
"I’m not scared that non-believers will make me feel like an outcast. I’m scared that Christians will.
Who do I need to prove my faith to—and why should I try?
I’ve lately observed conservatives questioning Obama’s faith with more than professional interest. Because if Obama’s not Christian, what does that make me?
I have not been public about my faith. I am somewhat tempted to embrace the punk-rockness of being a progressive, feminist, tattooed, pro-choice, graduate-educated believer—and then I have to remind myself that believing in God is about as punk rock as wearing pants, maybe even less so.
Almost nine in ten Americans believe in God; in any given moment, how many are wearing pants?
In my personal life, my faith is not something I struggle with or something I take particular pride in. It is just part of who I am.
The only place where my spirituality feels volatile is in my professional life; the only time I’ve ever felt uncomfortable talking about my faith is when it comes up in conversation with colleagues."
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Thursday, February 26, 2015
Three Va. State Troopers struck and injured in one day
February 25, 2015
Be careful out there: According to WUSA9…
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WASHINGTON (WUSA9) -- Three Virginia State Troopers were
struck by cars in a twelve-hour period on Tuesday.
"Not common to have two in one day, but it is common to
have a trooper or another law enforcement officer struck while working on the
side of the highway," Virginia State Police Sergeant Steven Mittendorff
explained.
The troopers involved in the accidents all suffered non-life
threatening injuries, according to Virginia State Police.
The first accident occurred at about 3:30 a.m. along the
southbound lanes of I-95 near the 152 mile marker in Prince William County,
police said.
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Sunday, February 22, 2015
Rob Richards, a Marine sniper who served three tours in Afghanistan, has been laid to rest in Arlington Cemetery
Rob Richards, a Marine sniper who served three tours in
Afghanistan, has been laid to rest in Arlington Cemetery
Semper Fi brother.
Rob Richards, a Marine sniper who served three tours in Afghanistan,
has died of an accidental overdose of painkillers. Read the full story, by
Washington Post writer Greg Jaffee, here: http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/marine-sniper-is-saluted-as-more-than-the-video-scandal-that-defined-him/2015/02/21/e0a8492a-b7ba-11e4-9423-f3d0a1ec335c_story.html?tid=hybrid_default_strip_2
Mr. Jaffee did a good job with a difficult story and for
that I salute him… Thank you.
In part, Jaffee wrote, “His
three combat tours in Afghanistan had been boiled down to a 38-second video
clip, played and replayed on YouTube more than a million times…
[…]
“More than two years
later — long after the rest of the country had moved on to other scandals —
Richards, 28, died at home and alone from an accidental painkiller overdose.
Now an ammunition can
carrying his cremated remains sat on the table of a hotel bar in Arlington,
Va., as his family, friends and fellow Marines swirled around it.
Almost everything
about war is complicated, messy or morally fraught; in this case even more so.
A Marine vilified by his country’s leaders and court-martialed for “bringing
discredit to the armed forces” would soon be buried at Arlington National
Cemetery, the country’s most hallowed ground. On this mid-February night before
the funeral, dozens who knew Richards beyond those 38 seconds gathered to
celebrate his life…”
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As the months passed,
Richards worried that the 38 seconds would follow him for the rest of his life.
The investigation and court-martial took nearly two years before the Marine
Corps offered Richards a plea deal that reduced him a rank to corporal and
allowed him to leave the military with an honorable discharge. Richards felt
abandoned by the Marine brass who had heaped praise on his unit when they were killing
Taliban. He had hoped to get into defense contracting after the military, but
he worried that no one in the industry would ever hire him.
“He felt backed into a
corner,” his wife recalled. “He always said, ‘It’s all I’ll ever be known for.’ ”
After the military,
Richards fell into a depression and became addicted to opiates. Eventually, he
went through drug counseling. He and his wife separated briefly and then
reunited after he had finished treatment.
[…]
A few days before he
died, Richards and his wife had put in an offer on a house near Orlando, where
they both had attended high school. They had already begun to box up their
possessions for the move from their home in Camp Lejeune, N.C.
[…] Read the rest of
the story here: http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/marine-sniper-is-saluted-as-more-than-the-video-scandal-that-defined-him/2015/02/21/e0a8492a-b7ba-11e4-9423-f3d0a1ec335c_story.html?tid=hybrid_default_strip_2
She came home from
work that evening and found his body on the floor outside the kitchen. Later
doctors would speculate that his weakened liver had been unable to metabolize
the prescription painkillers that were slowly building up in his system.
There are many
reactions to seeing death: Raechel’s was disbelief. “Not like this,” she would
remember screaming as she stood near her husband. “Not like this.”
Greg Jaffe covers the
White House for The Washington Post, where he has been since March 2009.
God Bless him for his service to our country.
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Saturday, February 21, 2015
Services at Grace Lutheran Church in Westminster Md are cancelled for Sunday February 22, 2015
According to an alert released by the Maryland Institute for
Emergency Medical Services Systems (MIEMSS) early Saturday evening, February
21, 2015, “Hazardous road conditions exist due to winter storm - stay off the
roads to allow the crews to clear them and to allow emergency providers to
respond during this time. Check in on family, friends, and neighbors -
especially the elderly or disabled. Keep devices charged to follow weather and
local emergency information. Be cautious when shoveling snow to avoid over
exertion.”
Out of an abundance of caution, Grace Lutheran Church at 21 Carroll
Street in Westminster Md., cancelled all services and Christian education on
both Saturday evening and on Sunday, February 22, 2015.
Please join us for worship this coming Wednesday at 7 p.m. with
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Wednesday, February 18, 2015
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Saturday, February 14, 2015
On February 14 around the year 278 A.D., Valentine, a holy priest in Rome in the days of Emperor Claudius II, was executed.
On February 14 around the year 278 A.D., Valentine, a holy
priest in Rome in the days of Emperor Claudius II, was executed.
Under the rule of Claudius the Cruel, Rome was involved in
many unpopular and bloody campaigns. The emperor had to maintain a strong army,
but was having a difficult time getting soldiers to join his military leagues.
Claudius believed that Roman men were unwilling to join the army because of
their strong attachment to their wives and families.
To get rid of the problem, Claudius banned all marriages and
engagements in Rome. Valentine, realizing the injustice of the decree, defied
Claudius and continued to perform marriages for young lovers in secret.
When Valentine's actions were discovered, Claudius ordered
that he be put to death. Valentine was arrested and dragged before the Prefect
of Rome, who condemned him to be beaten to death with clubs and to have his
head cut off. The sentence was carried out on February 14, on or about the year
270.
Legend also has it that while in jail, St. Valentine left a
farewell note for the jailer's daughter, who had become his friend, and signed
it "From Your Valentine."
Also read: Valentine's
Day Massacre takes place, 1929
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Thursday, February 12, 2015
Anarchist hackers go to cyber war with ISIS | TheHill
Anarchist hackers go to cyber war with ISIS | TheHill: "By Elise Viebeck - 02/12/15 06:00 AM EST
Anarchist hackers go to cyber war with ISIS | TheHill: "By Elise Viebeck http://kevindayhoff.blogspot.com/2015/02/anarchist-hackers-go-to-cyber-war-with.html
The global hacker collective known as Anonymous is storming the international political scene with a brash hacking campaign against the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS).
The shadowy anarchist group, which is known for waging online attacks on everyone from the U.S. government to the Church of Scientology, is trying to dismantle the vast social media operation that helps ISIS recruit new followers.
By exposing and disabling hundreds of Twitter accounts, email addresses and websites purportedly affiliated with ISIS, hackers with Anonymous are all but inviting the notoriously Web-savvy terrorist group to an online war.
“In an interesting way, they are set up as perfect nemeses,” said Gabriella Coleman, anthropologist and author of Hacker, Hoaxer, Whistleblower, Spy: The Many Faces of Anonymous. “There are a lot of similarities in terms of how they use social media. It doesn’t surprise me that they would battle each other online.”
Anonymous first became a force online in 2003, when like-minded users of the website 4chan began staging pranks on social media networks...
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Tuesday, February 10, 2015
Maryland ranked one of the ten worst states for retirement in the universe
Maryland ranked one of the ten worst states for retirement
in the universe
10 worst states for retirement By Chris Kahn • Bankrate.com
Not dated – Retrieved February 10, 2015
Retirement » 10 Worst States For Retirement
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It's hard to be flexible on a fixed income. That's why some
of America's prettiest, most vibrant locations are also some of the toughest on
retirees.
They're usually more expensive, for example, with higher
rents and more expensive restaurants. Tax rates also tend to be higher in urban
areas. They also may not be as safe.
With that in mind, Bankrate ranked each state based on a
variety of factors that everyone should consider before making a move into --
or out of -- their home state. They include a specialized cost-of-living index
for retirees, crime statistics, tax rates and comprehensive weather data that
factor in sunshine and humidity. Also new this year: Bankrate beefed up its
ranking for health care quality, and consulted an extensive survey called the
Gallup-Healthways' Well-Being Index. The index gauges the level of satisfaction
residents report about their surroundings.
The states that fell to the bottom of our list still have a
lot to offer. In fact, many are home to the top tourism destinations in the
world. The problem, in the end, is that choosing a good place to retire isn't
as easy as picking a vacation spot. Costs matter more. The local culture and
infrastructure also matter.
Here, in descending order, are 10 of the lowest-ranking
states for retirees based on our criteria.
[…]
The primary knock on Maryland is that it's more expensive to
live there than in many other states. The cost of living for retirees is
especially high, and residents pay one of the highest tax rates in the country.
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Beware of currency conversion fees By Claes Bell, CFA • Bankrate.com
Beware of currency conversion fees By Claes Bell, CFA •
Bankrate.com
[…]
Rick Steves’ Europe: Card Fees (and How to Avoid Them) http://kevindayhoff.blogspot.com/2015/02/rick-steves-europe-card-fees-and-how-to.html
By Rick Steves https://www.ricksteves.com/travel-tips/money/card-fees
Retrieved February 6, 2015 https://www.ricksteves.com/
… Capital One has a
particularly good reputation for no-fee international transactions on both its
credit cards and its debit cards linked to a checking account. Most credit
unions have low-to-no international transaction fees. Bankrate has a good comparison chart of major credit cards and their
currency-conversion fees….
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Beware of currency conversion fees By Claes Bell, CFA •
Bankrate.com
Credit Cards » Beware Of Currency Conversion Fees
If you do a lot of international traveling, you've probably
been stung by an unpleasant surprise lurking at the bottom of your bank
statement or credit card bill: a currency conversion fee. While the CARD Act
has done plenty to reduce sometimes exorbitant credit card fees, it left
currency conversion fees untouched, ensuring travelers will have at least one
unpleasant vacation memory.
Consult this chart to see the fees charged by the largest
U.S. credit card issuers. http://www.bankrate.com/finance/credit-cards/beware-of-currency-conversion-fees.aspx
ATM withdrawal: None for online accounts, $1.50 for some
accounts opened in bank branches
Credit card purchase: None
Debit card purchase: None
Credit card cash advance: None
Fees charged even if transaction is in U.S. dollars?: No
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Rick Steves’ Europe: Card Fees (and How to Avoid Them)
Rick Steves’ Europe: Card Fees (and How to Avoid Them)
By Rick Steves https://www.ricksteves.com/travel-tips/money/card-fees
Retrieved February 6, 2015 https://www.ricksteves.com/
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Travelers returning from Europe often open their mail to
discover they paid more for their trip than they thought they had. Over the
last decade, banks have dramatically increased their fees for overseas
transactions. While these fees are legal, they’re basically a slimy way for
credit-card companies to wring a few more dollars out of their customers.
[…]
So, how can a smart traveler avoid — or at least reduce —
these fees? Here are a few suggestions.
[…]
If you’re getting a bad deal, get a new card. Some companies
offer lower international fees than others — and some don’t charge any at all.
If you’re going on a long trip, do some research and consider taking out a card
just for international purchases. Capital One has a particularly good reputation for no-fee
international transactions on both its credit cards and its debit cards linked
to a checking account. Most credit unions have low-to-no international
transaction fees. Bankrate
has a good comparison chart of major credit cards and their
currency-conversion fees.
[…]
Avoid dynamic currency conversion (DCC). Some European
merchants — capitalizing on the fact that many Americans are intimidated by
unusual currencies — cheerfully charge you for converting their prices to
dollars before running your credit card. Read more: https://www.ricksteves.com/travel-tips/money/card-fees
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Memo to Md Gov. Larry Hogan: Always understand the context in which you serve.
The newly-elected Md. Gov. Larry Hogan, is a likeable-enough
guy; but now is the time to stop campaigning and start governing.
Memo to Md Gov. Larry Hogan: Always understand the context
in which you serve.
Kevin E. Dayhoff, February 9, 2015
Apparently, the Baltimore Sun sees it as many do; now is the
time for Gov. Hogan to govern. Gov.
Larry Hogan’s State of the State address February 4, 2015 http://kevindayhoff.blogspot.com/2015/02/maryland-gov-larry-hogans-state-of.html
was a page from the playbook of President Barrack Obama that has failed so
miserably.
That is, know when it is the time to be a statesperson and
govern and when to stop campaigning.
Now President Obama cannot help himself. He suffers from a destructive
narcissistic personality disorder.
But the newly elected Republican governor of Maryland ought
to have known better.
As much as many in his base agreed with every comment uttered
in the state of the state address, it was mistake to say it. We get it. And it
was an unnecessary exposure to say it.
To say much of what he said in the hallowed halls of Md.
State Senate President Mike Miller and Md Speaker of the House Mike Busch is
tantamount to the old adage, don’t tug on superman’s cape, and don’t spit in
the wind….
Now is the time to move-on to the business of governance in
the Maryland General Assembly, a government whose feudal middle-ages roots were laid before the
birth of the modern Westphalian State in 1648 - a medieval byzantine environment
that is ruled by feudal lords of the manor that are inherently hostile to dissent and have
no concept of accountability or being held responsible for their behavior.
The governor should take a memo; now is the time to stop
preaching to the choir and reach out into the Maryland General Assembly audience
and start winning folks over. In this business one accumulates enemies, do not
go out of your way to make any.
All the state of the state did was feed red meat to the
liberal lions of the Maryland General Assembly and they reacted predictably. It
was the mistake of someone who had never held elected office before. It was the
sophomoric mistake of a rookie and candidly, the governor is surrounded by
enough veterans that the mistake ought to have been avoided.
That said, it is often been stated that the reaction to a
problem is often as critical as to the problem itself. Fortunately the governor
is a likable-enough guy who roots in real estate transactions have taught him
that it is better to be loved than feared.
The Senate President on the other hand, is so powerful –
arguably one of the most powerful elected officials in the entire nation - - that
he does not care whether or not you like him. He is simply to be feared.
In this case the reaction by the Senate President Mike
Miller was the mistake of someone so arrogant as to believe that he so powerful
that the rules do not apply - that he would not be held responsible for his actions
or behavior. President Miller’s behavior was a manifestation of how dare this
conservative Republican upstart tread into my pond and row around spewing such
blasphemy.
It brings to mind another rule: Always understand the
context in which you serve.
Candidly, if the shoe were on the other foot, and a liberal
had rowed into a conservative stronghold and thumbed their nose at the
powers-that-be; conservatives probably would not have reacted any better. We
hope they would have, but maybe not.
In this case, the case of the Senate President; the reaction
was so over-the-top and cringe worthy that even the Baltimore Sun cringed.
Read the first two paragraphs of the Sunpapers’ response
here and be sure to go to http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/opinion/editorial/bs-ed-hogan-miller-20150209-story.html
and read the rest. It is well worth the time.
Baltimore Sun Editorial: Miller overreacts, Hogan benefits
February 9, 2015
We doubt Gov. Larry
Hogan intended to make Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller's head explode
with his State of the State speech last week, but it might wind up working out
for him politically, if not for the people of the state substantively. The
governor's address was heavy on recycled bromides from his stump speech and not
equal to the occasion, but it looks downright statesmanlike in comparison to
the ensuing petulant overreaction from the Senate president and his loyal
lieutenants. Nonetheless, it may have given Democrats an excuse to kill
legislation they didn't like anyway.
On Friday, the Senate
delayed confirmation votes for the first five of Mr. Hogan's cabinet secretary
nominees to come before it, and senators were not at all subtle about the
connection between that decision and the State of the State speech. The
contrast with Mr. Miller's attitude on the opening day of the legislative
session, when he predicted before even holding any hearings that all of Mr.
Hogan's nominees would be confirmed, is not flattering. It suggests that the
Senate's role to advise and consent is a function of the Senate president's
mood and not the quality of the nominees… http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/opinion/editorial/bs-ed-hogan-miller-20150209-story.html
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