Remember how we thought it was so hard when our kids were little?  How we thought it was just so stressful to be the mother of a 2-year old or a 5-year old?  I mean, it was hard, and it was stressful, for that time, but God, little did we know that one day, those baby/toddler years would seem so easy.  

Looking back at my life between ages 18 to 25 with some sense of perspective, I was remarkably headstrong but emotionally immature. I had so much (over-)confidence in my own abilities and charm that I had a very hard time accepting "No!" as an answer, which eventually led to a major meltdown on my part when personal rejection actually had the last laugh. (That's how I ended up in Hawaii. At age 25, I literally ran away from home.)

I often wonder how my own mother ever put up with me during my insufferable years, but she did. So please hang in there, and have faith in your own incomparable abilities as a parent. Your boy's presently navigating uncharted waters as a young man, and I can definitely assure you that for some of us, it takes a while to gain our sea legs. Just because the law says that at 21 years of age, you're legally an adult, doesn't necessarily mean that you really ARE an adult.

But just like in his early adolescence, I'm sure he'll eventually find himself and this phase too shall pass. And before you know it, he'll no doubt become someone of which you can be proud.

I think Jung was referring more to Europeans in general though..

It's obvious that there are unhinged people - sometimes in high places - with a perverse love of death and destruction. Hitler and his sycophants and people like General Curtis Lemay and the rest of the Bircher wing of the Joint Chiefs who literally wanted to start WWIII over Cuba "going communist".

Further, we know from his early writings and manuscripts that Shirer had been predisposed to actually regard Adolf Hitler in a rather favorable light, though to his credit those initial impressions were very quickly dispelled as the harsh reality of Der Fuhrer's dictatorship soon enveloped Germany in a particularly virulent nationalism and racist ideology.

Following the U.S. entry into the Second World War, Shirer became an enthusiastic advocate for the Morgenthau Plan, which had it ever been implemented would have stripped Germany of its industrial capacity in its entirety and reduced the country to the status of a Third World agrarian state.

As the Third Reich quickly disintegrated in the winter and spring of 1945, Shirer became one of the founders and directors for The Society for the Prevention of World War III, which advocated for the imposition of a very harsh peace upon Germany, including the abolition of the State of Prussia and the country's wholesale breakup and reconstitution as an independent nation, both of which were accomplished during the subsequent Allied occupation.

So in that regard, Shirer's views were not unlike the contemporary expressions of many of his fellow Americans, who similarly held a very dim view regarding the likelihood of any future European union, given the two successive and disastrous world wars which that continent had engendered in only a quarter-century.

If you're interested in further exploring this subject, I highly recommend that you also read William Shirer's "Berlin Diary," which is a fascinating and contemporaneous first-hand account of his years as a correspondent and journalist in Nazi Germany, prior to the U.S. entry into the Second World War. Of note, Shirer was one of the pioneering correspondents who originally co-produced (with Murrow) the "CBS World News Roundup," which remains the oldest radio broadcast show still on the air anywhere in the world today.

Reston's book is absurdly slanted, and he never misses an opportunity to criticize the Crusaders or praise the Muslim forces. His bias is not even consistent, as an act by the Crusaders is bad, but the same act by the Muslims good. Every bad act by the Crusaders is wicked. Every bad act by the Muslim forces is justified.

A historian is entitled to an opinion, and while there may have been good and bad on both sides, I do not believe that means an author has to write with a kind of "everybody was equally good and bad" equivalency. But, a historian should at least recognize the complexities involved with a topic like the Crusades, recognize that there was good and bad on both sides, and at least attempt a fair characterization of those complexities rather than a cartoonish caricature.

Regarding historical accuracy, I don't claim to be an expert on this period ....

Oh and Richard the Lionheart is most definitely gay.

With their constant crowing about things like school prayer and public schools promoting "secular humanism", opposing federally-funded birth control, wanting the President to publicly declare the U.S "a Christian nation", and carping about and attempting to undermine the traditional separation of church and state, it's obvious that for the True Believer mind-set, whether it's in Islamic countries or here in the U.S, for many it's God's Way or the Highway.

Jesus said the following..."Give back to Caesar what is Caesar's and to God what is God's."   Essentially establishing the separation of Church and State.

Yes, Israel is a state for Jews but it is a nation of 8 million people (of wich 75% are Jewish) and has laws protecting freedom of religion.

Much of the Islamic world has no such distinction nor laws.  The law of Islam is the law of the land.

Do you really not see a difference?  

The link I provided is written by a Muslim and states exactly what I'm saying.  That Islam is different exactly because it is "A way of life".

The real concern is planes and airports, and the millions of people in close quarters spreading all over the planet in under a day.

If the outbreak works it's way to the south of us, people border crossing won't be the fear, it will be the illegal drug chain that goes into every nook and cranny of America.

ragebot: "If someone crossed the boarder illegally suffering from ebola no one knows who they have been in contact with or where the virus may have possibly spread."

... health threat from within our own borders than from without, specifically from U.S. parents who for some unfathomable reason have either declined to have their children vaccinated in a timely manner against formerly common childhood diseases such as chicken pox, measles and whooping cough, or have refused to do so outright.

As a result, we've experienced significant outbreaks of illnesses that were otherwise considered all but eradicated in the United States, once upon a time. And in my considered estimation, that's both stupid and unconscionable.

I've suffered from chicken pox as an adult; it was a highly unpleasant experience that left me hospitalized, and one which I wouldn't wish on anyone. But for older adults and those persons who suffer from compromised immune systems, the varicella virus that causes chicken pox and shingles can be very deadly.

So, rather than work ourselves into an incoherent frenzy over the highly unlikely prospect of an African-borne virus like Ebola ever taking root here, I'd consider it a far better use of our time and efforts to instead consider seriously those matters about which we can actually do something to either solve or mitigate.

That might be the problem, people deciding to be a cop because it's viable.  I don't even know what that means, is there a job former members of the service are not viable for ?

Not sure how much plainer the reports can be when they state that the officers were not wearing their badges or their name tags and refused to provide this information when requested. Really, really impossible for people to read a badge number when the police refuse to wear their badge.

Don't know how much clearer it can be that it is extremely difficult for a citizen to lodge a complaint against an officer who refuses to wear his badge, refuses to wear a name tag and refuses to identify himself when asked to do so.

The Ferguson Police department and the St. Louis County Police department (at least in print) stand by their regulations for a police officer to wear their badge and name tag, yet police officers are defying their chain of command. The DOJ has requested that officers patrolling in Ferguson abide by their regulations and wear their name tags while on duty, not once but twice and yet, they continue to defy that request.

So in the future you could shorten your comment by stating that the Police should just throw out their rule books because they are above any rules or regulations. By your stated standards, Fck rules, Fck regulations, Fck their chain of command, they are the police and they can do anything that they damn well please. Which BTW is pretty much what is going on in Ferguson.

Braley's gaffes have been widely chronicled: complaining about the lack of towel service in the House gym during the 2013 government shutdown, a tussle with his vacation property neighbors over wandering chickens, and his disastrous Texas trial lawyer speech where he famously stated, "If you help me win this race, you may have someone with your background, your experience, your voice. Someone who's been literally fighting tort reform for 30 years, in a visible and public way, on the Senate Judiciary Committee. Or you might have a farmer from Iowa, who never went to law school, never practiced law, serving as the next chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee."

The liquor cart speech, which insulted farmers, non-lawyers and Grassley supporters, was a true "47 percent moment," which may ultimately spell the political death of Braley. Emily Schul Theis of The National Journal recently wrote, "The ambitious lawyer-turned-congressman has become the Democratic version of Mitt Romney, and with the election approaching, he's working overtime to combat the image before it's the only thing that defines him." Jennifer Duffy, of Cook's Political Report, said, "The problem hasn't been the campaign or even the message, but rather the candidate."

He also hasn't exactly had it easy in previous elections, even though he ended up winning.

However, Braley had difficulty beating unknown candidate Ben Lange in 2010. Lange nearly upset the sitting Congressman, who only won by a scant 4,000 votes out of more than 200,000 cast. Braley's district, which is more heavily Democratic, seems to have had a hard time fully embracing him.

As for the caucuses, the GOP one is a joke and the Dem version has less accuracy over the years in picking the eventual nominee than a coin flip.

The following examples are intended to clarify the circumstances when a supervisor is required to complete a Use of Force Report

1.A police officer places a suspect under arrest. The officer directs the suspect to place his hands behind his back. The suspect refuses to follow direction, stating he does not want to be handcuffed. The officer grabs the suspect s hand and applies a wristlock to control the individual. The suspect, experiencing pain as a result of the wristlock, complies with the officer s request and is handcuffed. A Use of Force Report (F-080) is required because pain compliance physical force was used. Notification must be made to the watch commander as required by the Order.

2.A police officer places a suspect under arrest. As the officer is applying the handcuffs, the suspect pulls his arm free and attempts to run from the officer. The officer chases the suspect, tackles the suspect and applies the handcuffs. Due to the fact that there were extraordinary circumstances, a Use of Force Report must be completed.

After reading Wilson's narrative in the Incident Report for Brook, it appears that similar circumstances existed in the arrest of Brooks and a Use of Force report was warranted.