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Monday, March 4, 2013
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James Carville: Less Christie And More Palin Is 'A Good Day'
Carville states less Christie and more Palin is 'a good day'
CARVILLE: Any day that you have more Sarah Palin and less Chris Christie, is a good day for James Carville.
Below you can find some of the notable comments made Sunday on "This Week with George Stephanopoulos." Guests included White House economic adviser Gene Sperling; Sen. Kelly Ayotte, R-N.H; and former NBA Star Dennis Rodman. Plus the powerhouse roundtable with ABC News' Matthew Dowd and Cokie Roberts; Democratic strategist James Carville; Wall Street Journal editorial page editor Paul Gigot; and Mia Love, Republican mayor of Saratoga Springs, Utah.
Love urges Republicans to stick together and stop 'eating each other'
LOVE: Look, I think we need to have a debate. I don't like the fact that Republicans are eating each other. If you think about this, Democrats tend to, tend to stick together based on one issue. And we tend to divide based on many different issues.
Dowd likens the Catholic Church's problems to the Republican Party
DOWD: I think we're at that moment in time where they have to make a decision. Actually similar to the Republican party in the same exact thing. They can either retrench and become a minority institution, or they can expand. Youth are leaving the Church. Minorities in the developed world are leaving?women don't feel a real role in the Church at this time and it's dominated by mostly older, white men.
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Pee Diddy? Combs 'fesses up to bed wetting
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By Alexis L. Loinaz, E! Online
Blame it on the Kool-Aid.?In a candid mea culpa (or a brilliant case of TMI -- you decide), Sean "Diddy" Combs reveals that as a child, he was prone to a nighttime sleeping habit that led to anything but morning glory.
Yep: The musician was a bed wetter.
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The 43-year-old came clean about it in an interview with Ellen DeGeneres airing Friday, as Diddy swung by with pal Mark Wahlberg to chat about their partnership to launch a new water brand called AQUAhydrate.
Turns out, it wasn't water but a certain uber-sweet kiddie drink that was the culprit behind his nighttime dilemma.
"One thing I want to say is, I grew up as a Kool-Aid kid," Diddy said, admitting he never drank water. "I used to pour a half a pound of sugar into the Kool-Aid. Besides it having me bouncing off the walls, I used to be a bed wetter."
We'll let that revelation, um, soak for a little bit.
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"OK, I guess I'm confessing that I used to be a bed wetter," he continued. "So I went on this quest to stop wetting the bed, and the first day that I had a sleepover and I didn't wet the bed, it was, like, one of the greatest days of my life. It gave me the swagger that I have today because I stopped wetting the bed." (So that's the reason behind Diddy's swagger!)
He also had some advice for DeGeneres' young viewers.
"There is something about sugar that makes you wet the bed. So to all you boys and girls out there, as Muhammad Ali used to tell you (to) brush your teeth, I'm telling you to drink water, OK? It will stop you from wetting the bed, and you won't be embarrassed in front of the girls at sleepovers."
Wait -- girls? That was exactly what DeGeneres wondered, to which Diddy replied: "I grew up in the 'hood. Whoever would take the kids, that's who was sleeping over."
Here's hoping everyone was prepared for a change of sheets.
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Rev. Dr. Cindi Love: Cedarville Baptists Send VP and President Packing
I want to give a big shout-out to The New York Times for its persistent and intriguing coverage of Christian colleges and universities in the United States that are sifting and sorting their theological and ministry positions on homosexuality and gender expression. And I want to thank Times writer Mark Oppenheimer for specifically mentioning that my beloved Soulforce was again blamed by the conservative Cedarville University trustees for raising the question of whether a person can be Christian and gay on their campus. As I mentioned in a previous blog post, those of us at Soulforce feel like we have done a good day's work when people have to think about and talk about what it means to be gay and Christian.
Cedarville's Vice President for Student Life, Dr. Carl Ruby, was a gracious host when we visited the campus in 2007. Unlike some school leaders who arrange to have our Riders arrested for trespassing when they try to speak about the Bible and homosexuality, Dr. Ruby allowed us on campus, organized a series of chapel talks about homosexuality and encouraged students to welcome us with love. Though Dr. Ruby persists in his belief that the Bible condemns homosexual acts, he thought that our visit was an opportunity to teach Cedarville students how to gracefully engage those with whom they may disagree.
It is Cedarville's loss that Dr. Ruby resigned under pressure last month. He was like a refiner's fire on the campus, helping "faculty, students and trustees at Cedarville try to figure out what kind of Christians they are." Oppenheimer writes, "Are they sectarian or broad-minded? Fundamentalist or open? Republicans, or independent of political parties? Those who want a less fundamentalist, more open Cedarville believe that Dr. Ruby is a martyr to their cause."
Cedarville University, founded in 1887, was affiliated with the General Association of Regular Baptist Churches, an insular fundamentalist organization that firmly legislated conduct of all kinds. Lately, though, liberalism has encroached upon their safe space. For example, some kinds of dancing are now allowed on campus. Some professors did not vote for Romney and told their students why not. And some resident theologians suggested that the creation story might not be literally true. But as Oppenheimer explains, "The departures of William Brown, the president, whose resignation is effective June 30, and of Dr. Ruby, are widely viewed as strengthening the hands of the most conservative trustees, fearful of a more open Cedarville."
Oppenheimer quotes the Rev. Chris Williamson, who resigned from the Cedarville board of trustees last month, as saying, "[The trustees] were threatened by Carl's approach not to theology but to ministry, in terms of his ministry to people struggling with gender identification, how he ministers to people on the margins." Dr. Ruby sounds just like Jesus to me, the radical includer.
For now, the conservative faction is having its way with Cedarville -- but not for long, I predict. Love trumps ignorance and exclusion. Dr. Ruby was a true educator and a compassionate Christian. He influenced students and faculty alike. He told them that he wanted them to be sincere engagers with the culture, just as Jesus instructed his disciples. If Cedarville wants to persist in its mission as a Christian institution, it will have to sort out what it means to really be Christian in the world. What does it mean to be trustworthy in the name of Christ?
I am grateful that Dr. Ruby was trustworthy in the ways that really matter. Rather than driving young people out of church and convincing them that God doesn't love them, he created a safe haven where they could be themselves and sort out their own beliefs without exclusion.
"In the end we all have to trust someone with our spirits and inner thoughts. Caution is wise is making this decision. A bad haircut grows out, but a broken spirit is slow to mend."
--Rev. Joshua Love, my son
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Feb. 28, 2013 ? Crane operators, technicians and engineers practiced lifting and stacking techniques this week as they moved a 6-ton replica escape rocket called the LAS, for Launch Abort System, from a trailer to the top of a mockup Orion capsule.
Though stacking the real thing for a Space Launch System mission is still a few years off, engineers said performing the task now, using the same procedures and demands that will accompany the actual assembly, helps them anticipate difficulties ahead of time.
The practice also keeps the crane operators proficient in handling spacecraft components that must be moved gingerly and placed precisely. The exercise took place inside the Vehicle Assembly Building, or VAB, at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida using the same equipment and operators that stacked space shuttles for launch.
"The breakover, taking the LAS from horizontal to vertical, is not as easy as it sometimes seems, but the VAB guys are exceptional, they are really good at what they do so they really didn't have a problem," said Douglas Lenhardt, who is overseeing the Orion mock-up and operations planning for the Ground Systems Development and Operations program, or GSDO.
During missions, the LAS will be ready to ignite its solid-fueled engines and lift the Orion and its crew away from disaster in the unlikely event that the booster fails during the first part of launch. Its design is similar to that used during Apollo launches, though the LAS is larger than the escape rocket used before. A test flight in 2010 saw the LAS produce 500,000 pounds of thrust, about the same as the Titan II rockets that launched Gemini spacecraft into orbit.
As powerful as it is for an escape rocket, the LAS's power is a fraction of the overall thrust the Space Launch System is designed to produce to lift Orion into orbit and then propel it to deep space.
The LAS stacking topped off a mockup Orion and service module that has been standing at the north end of the transfer aisle in the VAB for several months. It will remain there so engineers and designers can continue to refine their plans for the spacecraft as it evolves from a concept that exists only on a computer screen to a spacecraft carrying humans into deep space.
"The number one thing people say about real hardware is, the computer-aided design (CAD) model doesn't do it justice," Lenhardt said. "Things seem to almost always work on a CAD mode. Real-life, things don't always work perfectly and that's why it really does help having a physical model."
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Friday, March 1, 2013
PM Note: Obama, Eastwood Unite (sort of), Fasten Your Sequester Belts, The Return of Amtrak Joe
People Signing On Urge SCOTUS Against Prop 8 Today - Eastwood and his 'Empty Chair' - 1. Obama Admin. To Urge Overturning Prop 8 - Solicitor General Donald B. Verrilli, plans to file a brief today with the Supreme Court in favor of challengers of Prop. 8, according to an administration source. It would mark the first time that the Obama administration has come out in court against the California ballot initiative that defines marriage as between one man and one woman. http://abcn.ws/VQIo8B
2. Clint Eastwood and 80 other Republicans - A growing split in the Republican Party deepened today when Clint Eastwood, the movie star who rocked the GOP convention by interviewing an invisible President Obama, joined the ranks of Republicans who are in favor of legalizing gay marriage. http://abcn.ws/VeK1Od (Shushannah Walshe)
Fasten Your Sequester Belts - Sometime between the next two midnights President Obama is going to engage sequestration, something we've known about for a good long while now. Also tomorrow - President Obama and leaders from Capitol Hill will have their first face-to-face working meeting since December 17th. That's about 73 days.
If cuts happen, "all of us should be fired," said Sen. Lindsey Graham. "This is a low point for me in the US Congress"
The full wrap on all of the ins and outs of Sequester is here from Devin Dwyer and a full cast of ABC characters - http://abcn.ws/XJ8YOu
Despite what Graham said (and despite furloughs and potential pink slips for government workers), no lawmakers are going to get fired any time soon (the next election is 2014? and Graham is up for reelection, tho).
But if they did?
How to Say Goodbye - It's out of our beat, but we wish resigning cabinet officials and lawmakers would take a cue from former Groupon CEO Andrew Mason's Sayonara: "After four and a half intense and wonderful years as CEO of Groupon, I've decided that I'd like to spend more time with my family. Just kidding - I was fired today. If you're wondering why? you haven't been paying attention. http://bit.ly/15UnM3k
White House Denies Threatening Bob Woodward - The White House today adamantly denied that Gene Sperling threatened Bob Woodward, adding that the president's top adviser on economic policy was "incredibly respectful" in his emails to the veteran journalist. http://abcn.ws/15lPW6j (Mary Bruce)
Sequester May Revive 'Amtrak Joe' Biden- Choo, choo! Coming soon, Amtrak Joe may be riding the rails once again. Even though President Obama flew a few hundred miles on Air Force 1 to coastal Virgnia this week, Joe Biden is going to do the sequester slim-down by hopping onto his old Acela (Sarah Parnass and Arlette Saenz) http://abcn.ws/WkqygB
Communities Predict Teachers, Prison Guards, Elderly Will Feel Pain of Sequester Cuts - The automatic budget cuts of the legislation called the sequester kick in Thursday. http://abcn.ws/Y2hB60 (Sarah Parnass)
Can Cuba Get Off 'Terror' List? - According to the U.S. State Department, the world's most prolific terrorist groups are supported by the government of Iran, Sudan, Syria and Cuba. http://abcn.ws/12dvkiz (Dana Hughes)
House Passes Violence Against Women Act - On to the president's desk: The House voted today to pass a Senate-approved version of the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act, sending the bill to President Obama for his signature. An earlier vote on a controversial Republican version of the legislation was voted down. http://abcn.ws/Y809zJ (John Parkinson)
Michelle Obama Announces Active Schools Initiative - First Lady Michelle Obama today launched a new "Let's Move!" Active Schools initiative, in an effort to encourage more physical activity in the nation's classrooms. With the help of a $50 million investment from Nike, the program will help schools to "create active environments where students get 60 minutes of physical activity before, during and after the school day." ____ (Mary Bruce) Sequestration: Surrender is in the Air - On the eve of sequestration, there's a tone of surrender on Capitol Hill - even from the Senate Chaplain who offered a poignant prayer this morning for senators. http://abcn.ws/15loDJf (Sunlen Miller)
Manning Offers Pleas to Judge in WikiLeaks Case - An Army private charged in the biggest leak of classified material in U.S. history offered guilty pleas Thursday to 10 of 22 charges against him and a military judge said she would allow the soldier to read a statement explaining his actions. http://abcn.ws/WrMocW
The Politics of Picking a Pope - VATICAN CITY - In a U.S presidential campaign, the New Hampshire primary is thought of as "retail politics," where the candidates actually get to meet and have contact with real voters. That's Walmart, compared to a Vatican conclave. This process is more of a boutique. http://abcn.ws/YJ9Upu (David Wright)
With Benedict's Departure, World's Attention Turns To Who Will Replace Him As Pope Benedict XVI flew off from Vatican City today to start a secluded life at the papal retreat outside Rome, the world's attention turns to who will replace him at the helm of the Roman Catholic Church. http://abcn.ws/XF8xYC (Matthew Jaffe)
By the Numbers: Catholics in America - With Pope Benedict XVI's departure, Catholics will soon have a new leader, who will no doubt hold sway over a good chunk of American voters. http://abcn.ws/YDrglJ (Sarah Parnass)
Has Ted Cruz Hit The Tipping Point? - The Ted Cruz headlines just won't stop. http://abcn.ws/15l6L15 (Michael Falcone)
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