Anyone know how Wordpress works and why I keep having to reset my password ?

I tried to comment there as well and I hate using Google because I don't want all my idiotic comments on the net traced back to that account or to Google+.

Rick Perry, of course, has never been able to shake the mantle of the original Gov. Goodhair, bestowed upon him by the late, great Molly Ivins. I do miss her.

In a perverse sort of way, I like Mrs. Governor Goodhair III, who reminds me of one of the title characters in the black comedy "Heathers." She's a girl who knows exactly what she wants and isn't afraid to ask for it bluntly. And the men in her life, God bless 'em, fall all over themselves at her command to do her bidding.

And I'm sure that being a former cheerleader, for that football team from Washington whose racially derogatory nickname will never again be mentioned by me until they change it, probably helped Mrs. Governor Goodhair III hone and perfect that particular skill, which got her to where she is today -- standing in the docket in federal court, pleading not guilty to public corruption charges.

Look at what's been said about Sherman as a result of those clips, such as this from USA Today: "An hour after Richard Sherman mocked him in the end zone then ripped him in a memorable postgame interview, ..."

Simply put, where was the mockery in the end zone? That USA Today article unintentionally established a false narrative from its very outset, by first making an assumption merely on the basis of what we all saw postgame on Fox, and then stating it as though it were fact. And obviously, they weren't the only ones who did so. But as the NFL video and audio shows, that initial assumption was wrong.

If you're looking for full context, there's little doubt that there's been some bad blood boiling between Sherman and Crabtree over the past two seasons, which well predates this particular game. And I'll freely admit, Sherman is overtly brash and sometimes intemperate. That choke gesture he made toward 49ers' QB Colin Kaepernick following the game-deciding interception was certainly uncalled for, and further constituted a violation of NFL rules. He doesn't enhance the Seahawks' public image when he makes it all about him.

But then, the bad blood between Sherman and Crabtree also has its own context, as part of the larger storyline about the suddenly explosive rivalry that's developed between the Seahawks and 49ers. What happened last Sunday certainly underscores that there's no real love lost at all between these two high-caliber teams.

I don't expect the media to apologize for once again manufacturing a controversy out of whole cloth, which sells papers, garners viewers and brings eyeballs to their respective websites. I daresay a good portion of our own discussions over the years here at TL have concerned themselves with the antics of a manipulative and disingenuous American media

But I would hope that the rest of us can look at this particular NFL video, which I think speaks for itself, and realize that a lot of people have gotten the wrong take on this so-called controversy. And I'd really like to believe that we can do so, without raising the bar by demanding further evidence, before we consider disabusing ourselves of our own previously-held negative views and opinions on Richard Sherman, which were grounded solely upon a mistaken first impression.

It's a big to do about nothing, the tape recording only proves both are poor sportsman, which in the NFL covers most, including some fans.  We all have our not made for TV moments.

I'm not saying what Sherman did was right. And I freely admit that I did not like what I saw from that afternoon after the game, and thought his outburst to be both juvenile and self-aggrandizing.

But I'll also admit that perhaps I jumped the gun in my initial judgment of him, because given its context in the NFL video, I now find his emotional reaction to be perfectly understandable.

And because of that, I'd really like to see the media at least move on from their now-unraveling "Sherman = thug" storyline, and not continue to belabor the issue at his expense.

It would be useful to know people though was important problem facing the country.  Which I would imagine is always related to whatever is making the news cycle that week.  Like this week, maybe terrorism and relations with Russia, last week maybe abuse of power by government officials.  And just because people don't find abortion to be 'the most important problem facing the country', doesn't mean it's not in the top 5.

The better measure of what is an important problem facing the country is by the debate.  Things like guns, abortion, taxes, politics, and religion are always fire-starters because people think they are very important issues and are willing to go toe to toe for them.  Where as other, but less important, issues people are more likely to let it go in order to keep the peace.

You know very well that Snowden will not get "killed" if he surrenders to American authorities and stands trial. However, you are stuck repeating the lie that he will get killed by extra legal methods to justify his avoidance of a trial. Pathetic!

Lots of people (not just the FSB but the ultraorthodox in the Russian Church and Russian ultranationalists)also wanted the Pussy Riot team to get killed by extra judicial methods. Putin, also put them in Russian labor camps and imprisoned atleast one member in Siberia. However, the Pussy Riot group was courageous enough to stand trial in Russia. They have earned their street credentials about activism.

also curious as to why the Pres.decided to address this particular issue at this time.

The president placed the issue in context of a larger push to address sexual violence, noting that his administration has already cracked down on the rapes that occur in the military and expanded the protections in the Violence Against Women Act. He called for reforms to the criminal justice system, like ending the rape kit backlog, to ensure that sexual assault cases are taken more seriously.

But Obama specifically emphasized the sexual assault crisis on college campuses, an issue that has gained prominence over the past several years as college activists have filed dozens of federal complaints against their universities for failing to protect victims. Citing the one in five statistic in the new report, Obama called the sexual assault rate among college students "totally unacceptable."

Police said a dazed Bieber, who is too young to legally drink, smelled of booze and started cursing at the officer who pulled him over.

Bieber said he'd just come from recording music at a studio and failed a field sobriety test, according to police records. When the officer tried to arrest Bieber, he resisted, pulling his arm away, the arrest report said.

Police Chief Ray Martinez said at a news conference that the singer also had an invalid Georgia driver's license and admitted to smoking marijuana, taking prescription medication and drinking.

In addition to the drunk driving and resisting arrest without violence charges, Bieber was charged with having a suspended license. No drug charges were filed.

Although the charges are misdemeanors, some attorneys said that Bieber could be in serious trouble if he gets rapped with a drug charge.

Bieber has made himself inextricable from American pop culture, but he is not actually American. A Canadian citizen -- reportedly in the U.S. on an O-1 performer's visa -- he can be deported if convicted of a serious crime or if officials deem him a big enough troublemaker, attorneys say.

And there's this:

When Bieber was arrested early Thursday morning, he was already under investigation on suspicion of egging his neighbor's house in Calabasas earlier in January.

The Los Angeles County sheriff's investigation brings the possibility of felony charges after Bieber's neighbor claimed at least $20,000 in damages. Officials with the sheriff's department also said drugs were found in Bieber's home during a warrant raid. Bieber has not been charged

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Carl Shusterman, a Los Angeles attorney specializing in immigration law and a former immigration prosecutor, added that if Bieber admitted to police that he abused drugs, it could be a big problem.

Shusterman pointed to a provision in U.S. immigration law that states, "Any alien who is, or at any time after admission has been, a drug abuser or addict is deportable."

Immigration law also allows U.S. officials to deport visitors for "moral turpitude," which is a hazier area of U.S. law, immigration attorneys said.

When I was going to college in the early '80s, the share of public university revenues derived from college tuitions was about 23%, which meant that the public financed two-thirds of a student's education at a public college or university.

This used to be called an investment in our society's future before Ronald Reagan and the Republicans started playing the politics of resentment and envy, in which they've successfully mischaracterized it over the years as some sort of undeserving public giveaway to freeloaders and left-wing intellectuals.

As of 2012, that share of public university revenues from tuition stood at 47%. This means that accounting for inflation, student tuitions at public universities have effectively more than doubled in the quarter century since I was in college. Correspondingly, and again accounting for inflation, legislative appropriations to our public universities have declined over the last three decades by about 25-30%.

The net result of this radical shift in public higher ed funding has rendered a college education evermore unaffordable for increasing numbers of young people from middle- and working-class backgrounds.

For those students who are determined to pursue higher education many are compelled to borrow significant sums to pay steadily increasing tuitions, which has saddled no small number of them with enormous debt right out of the starting gate at graduation.

The only ones who've been making out handsomely in this particularly inequitable arrangement are the banks.

you start a post, get busty with something else,

Ans)He will try to create a traffic jam in Pennsylvania Avenue.

Q) How will Christie stop Huckabee from winning the GOP nomination in 2016?

Ans) He will be the radar controller and refuse to watch Huckabee's radar returns so that he can pretend that the former Arkansas governor is not even in the radar.

It was amusing when Michelle Bachmann insisted that there would be a separate Tea Party response, a few years ago. This year, people will have more choices-eccentric, crazy and batsh*t crazy.