Politicians are people, too: the tragedies that shaped Biden and Ryan

Sometimes I suspect that at least 85 percent of our political gridlock is driven by a failure of empathy, a failure to imagine what it might be like to believe something else. And I mean that for everyone--citizen, candidate, pundit, and office-holder alike.

Like most people on the left, I spent the years 2000 to 2008 in a state of more or less constant indignation. I got mad when I looked at George W. Bush, when I heard George W. Bush, and when I thought about George W. Bush. The conservative commentator Charles Krauthammer coined a phrase to diagnose this liberal malady, Bush Derangement Syndrome, which he described as ?the acute onset of paranoia in otherwise normal people in reaction to the policies, the presidency--nay--the very existence of George W. Bush.?

My own personal Bush Derangement Syndrome, while chronic, turned out to be manageable, all things considered. Among my liberal friends, though, things got pretty gnarly. When Bush endorsed the surge in Iraq, I remember listening to a few of my friends dismiss the whole plan as doomed. The glee with which they voiced their alarming predictions disgusted me, because it meant they were tacitly wishing failure on our nation, and more death and pain to our soldiers and the Iraqi people, all because they couldn?t stand to see Bush succeed. I?d been to Iraq as an embedded journalist, and wrote a book about the Vietnam War, and thus had pondered the American responsibility to Iraq quite a bit. My personal view of the Iraq war was that it was a grievous error, but I nevertheless believed that pulling out of Iraq in 2007 would have served only to transform a stupidly, tragically bad call into an even bigger catastrophe.

What allowed me some measure of empathy and compassion for Bush was an apocryphal story widely shared among political journalists. The story went that members of the Bush clan were so stunned that feckless, temperamental George was on the verge of capturing the highest office in the land that they?d barely been able to contain their bafflement when he showed up with his hand on a Bible at an inauguration. The presidency was an office the Bush clan had long assumed the more reasonable and even-keeled Jeb was born to inhabit--and who knows? Maybe he was. George W., intimately familiar with his family?s regard for him, is said to have used this tacit, gentle disdain as one of his chief wellsprings of motivation in the second half of his life. Among other things, this would go some way toward explaining Bush?s decision to finish what his father left unfinished--namely, the continued existence of Saddam Hussein?s odious regime.

Now, I have no idea how true any of this is, but there?s considerable anecdotal evidence to back it up, some of which can be found in Jacob Weisberg?s excellent book, ?The Bush Tragedy.? Viewing Bush as a man humanly trapped in a complicated web of family tension and expectation, as someone who spent much of his 20s and 30s prodigiously screwing up, only to assume the most powerful position on the planet ... well, I?ll tell you what: with such a rich lode of psychological material, Shakespeare would have gone to town.

This stuff never made me like or admire Bush, but it certainly--and usefully--kept me from hating him. There is nothing so poisonous to the tree of antipathy than an honest effort to imagine the how and why of another human being. Except for Dick Cheney, since I fail to see how understanding the mindset of the alien Skrull race who carved him from space rocks and rocketed him to planet Earth would in any way enrich my understanding of the former vice president.

We have a new syndrome now, of course, Obama Derangement Syndrome, though, curiously, Dr. Krauthammer has yet to formally diagnose it. I will go out on a limb and say that Bush Derangement Syndrome is to Obama Derangement Syndrome what a sore throat is to the Ebola virus. Judging from their Facebook posts, I have otherwise intelligent, rational family members who appear to believe that Barack Obama dropped out of Satan?s womb at an all night abortion party. And judging from last week?s conservative effort to remind America that it elected a black president, it would appear that there?s literally nothing certain citizens among us will forgive President Obama, not even using a so-called black accent when speaking to a predominantly black audience. (To my conservative pals: That people change or modulate their speaking style depending on the audience and occasion is something you learn in Toastmasters 101, as it?s one of the oldest rhetorical tricks in the book. ?To the Jews I became like a Jew, to win the Jews.? That?s Paul of Tarsus, a man I suspect most conservatives think was an OK dude.)

Believe me, all sorts of things irritate me about President Obama, especially after his snoretastic debate performance last week, but when I imagine him as a young stoner in Hawaii, pining for a father he didn?t know--a father, no less, who appears to have been a notably crummy human being--struggling with his racial identity, struggling with his ambition, struggling with the weirdness that is growing up Hawaiian, struggling his entire sense of self, I see that his careful adulthood modulations and infuriatingly cool temper are the arc of something recognizable and even something grand: the first black American doing his best to survive within the incomparably severe pressure cooker of the modern presidency. Even if you don?t agree with his policies or politics, looking at President Obama as a hateful creature fished from the ponds of a global Islamist-Marxist conspiracy probably suggests more about your basic goodness and humanity than his.

In light of that, I?ll tell you what I?ll be thinking about on the day of our vice-presidential debate: the tragic and cruelly shaping backdrop looming behind both candidates.

One day, a 16-year-old Paul Ryan walked upstairs in his Janesville, Wis., bedroom to tell his father he was late for work. But Ryan?s still-young father was dead of a heart attack. Looking at Congressman Ryan, I?ve often thought about the dreadful moments that followed his 911 call. Did he sit at his father?s bedside? Did he pray? Did he run outside and weep? In thinking about that, I feel closer to him, and less willing to dislike him, and I actually get a little amazed by how clearly I imagine I can trace that heartbroken teenage boy to the fiercely assured and rugged-individualist Midwestern conservative he became.

As for Vice President Joe Biden, in 1972 he suffered what I think we would all accept as one of the most nightmarish turns of fate imaginable. His wife and daughter were killed in a car crash in Delaware only weeks after he was elected to the Senate. And from here, too, I imagine I can trace the growth of Biden?s strange fusion of goofball serious-mindedness, his tendencies toward grandiosity (and carelessness), his apparently sincere concern for the down and out, the lost, and the broken.

It may or may not be true that people are stronger at the broken places, but the broken places are absolutely where people are most compelling. This is true for your accountant, your spouse, your children, and your presidential candidates.

I?m almost 40 years old, and one life truism I?ve discovered is that it?s virtually impossible to hate someone you bother to get to know well. Our national discourse would be far better off if we made an honest effort to think of our politicians as men and women with verifiable histories and complicated humanness rather than as phantasms of ideologies we hate. Doing so might also make us more willing to see the best in one another, which would be nice, seeing that habitually assuming the worst in others remains a fine way to ruin what?s best in oneself.

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Oil prices rise on wholesale stockpiles and sales

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Jeter triples, Yanks and O's tied at 1 in Game 3

NEW YORK (AP) ? Derek Jeter hit an RBI triple just past bubble-blowing center fielder Adam Jones, moving the New York Yankees into a 1-all tie with the Baltimore Orioles after three innings Wednesday night in Game 3 of their AL division series.

The best-of-five series was tied at 1 game apiece, with all remaining games in the Bronx.

With Russell Martin on third following a one-out double off Miguel Gonzalez, Jeter hit a ball deep to right-center. Jones, a blowing a big, pink bubble as he tried to track it down, didn't anticipate it tailing to right as much as it did. The ball dropped just beyond the All-Star's outstretched glove as he crashed into the wall.

Ryan Flaherty homered over the right-field short porch in the top of the third, putting the Orioles ahead.

Taken by the Orioles from the Chicago Cubs in December's winter meetings draft of unprotected players, Flaherty connected on an 82 mph slider from Hiroki Kuroda for Baltimore's first postseason home run since 1997. It was just the second at-bat of the series for Flaherty, who platoons with Robert Andino at second base.

Kuroda, making his first postseason start in three years, gave up three hits in the first three innings, walked none and struck out one. Gonzalez, in his first playoffs start, allowed three hits, struck out two and walked none.

In Game 4 on Thursday night, Phil Hughes (16-13) starts for the Yankees. The Orioles had not decided between lefty Joe Saunders (9-13) or righty Chris Tillman (9-3).

Gonzalez, a 28-year-old rookie, was released by Boston in December, started the season in the minor leagues and made his first major league start on July 6. He went 9-4 with a 3.25 ERA.

Kuroda, a 37-year-old veteran of 11 seasons in Japan, is completing his fifth year in the big leagues and first with the Yankees. He was 16-11 with a 3.32 ERA and won his final two regular-season starts after struggling for much of the second half.

Nate McLouth led off the game with a single to right but J.J. Hardy flied out and McLouth was caught stealing at second by Martin. McLouth reached the base in time but Jeter slapped him on the back of his left leg, pushing McLouth off the base. Orioles manager Buck Showalter argued unsuccessfully with second base umpire Mike Everitt.

Nick Swisher, who had been 0 for 6 with five strikeouts against Gonzalez, singled up the middle with one out in the second to become New York's first baserunner. Mark Teixeira, who had been 4 for 8 in the opening two games, bounced into a 3-6-3 double play.

Martin hit a one-hop double off the left-field wall leading off the bottom of third. Martin advanced when Eric Chavez grounded sharply to first as Mark Reynolds made a diving stop. After Jeter's first triple since August 2011, Ichiro Suzuki flied out to center.

NOTES: Injured Yankees closer Mariano Rivera threw out the ceremonial first pitch.

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Blogging Business 101: Know How To Protect Yourself In The Eyes ...

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The fashion, the photos, the writing, the social media ? that?s all the fun stuff about blogging. But if you want your blog to be a?serious business, it?s time to get serious about how to protect yourself in the eyes of the law. To get an expert opinion, IFB asked Brittany Rawlings,?an attorney that deals with fashion professionals and entrepreneurs and helps them with her website?FashionBoss, for some basic legal advice to help get you get started. [Note: This advice is based on laws in the United States.]

Here?s what you need to know to protect yourself legally?

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See Yourself As An Entrepreneur

If your blog is a business, you should see yourself as an entrepreneur ? and with that, you should take the proper precautions a traditional business would. For example:

  • You should establish a corporate structure for liability and accounting. For instance, are you a LLC, a sole proprietor, or something else? Figure out how you want to establish your business.
  • You should also make sure your business operations and dealings are safeguarded by valid contracts; such as employment agreements, independent contractor agreements, web design agreements,?confidentiality agreements, sponsorship agreements, advertising and affiliate agreements. Everything should be written out and signed. Verbal agreements may seem easy now, but can be difficult to hold up in a court of law.
  • Furthermore, if you?re using a web developer and/or web designer to create your blog, a work for hire agreement may not be enough. Bloggers should seek a copyright assignment of their website in order to properly commercialize their blog, as well as warranty the ownership of the site.

Protect Yourself From The Internet

Since your business exists on the internet, this means you must also be wary of legal issues inherent of the internet. This means that proliferation of proprietary content and images are easily subject to copying, downloading, altering, sharing and misappropriating. It?s YOUR work, you don?t want anyone stealing it and getting away with it, right?

Since the Internet is so accessible, it has increased opportunities for the following:

  • copyright and trademark infringement;
  • violations of rights of privacy, publicity;
  • added exposure to defamation claims through the use of Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and blogs;
  • cybersquatting, meta-tag infringements, and domain name infringements

How can I fight against these possible situations of unwanted infringement?

How do I know if someone has violated my copyright?

The following may be grounds for copyright and trademark infringement, as well as privacy and publicity violations.?Without the permission of the blogger:

  • A third party ?does not have the right to reproduce,?distribute or publicly display your work (ie. written original articles or photographs)
  • Or utilize your name and likeliness, your work, or any other proprietary information

How do trademarks work?

  • By registering trademarks, you are protecting your domain name, logo, and/or symbols.
  • Also, you should state your registered trademarks on your site. One way to do it is by writing something similar to the following: ?All content and materials available on ________, including but not limited to text, graphics, website name, code, images and logos are the intellectual property of ____________, and are protected by applicable copyright and trademark law. Any inappropriate use, including but not limited to the reproduction, distribution, display or transmission of any content on this site is strictly prohibited, unless specifically authorized by ___________.?

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Need more help? Visit Brittany?s website, FashionBoss, or?email her at brittany[at]fashionboss.com with the subject ?IFB fashion law inquiry? for a discounted rate!

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Czech Microsoft manager claims Office 2013 will reach Android and iOS, rest of company is less certain (update: more direct denial)

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The story of Office for the iPad has been something of a rollercoaster. Depending on who you've talked to this year, the mobile app has been on, then off, then on again... if it was ever real to start with. Imagine our surprise, then, when IHNED says Microsoft Czech Republic product manager Petr Bobek "confirmed" native Android and iOS ports of Office 2013 during a press conference. The Office division higher-up reportedly outlined a strategy where the productivity suite would reach Windows for large businesses and individuals in December and February respectively, but would reach "other platforms" later on through more than just mobile-optimized web versions. It sounds promising, but we have reason for skepticism -- assuming the testimony is accurate, there's still a history of employees at Microsoft and other companies overstepping their boundaries without direct guidance from the corporate mothership. We reached out to Microsoft ourselves, and a spokesperson gave us a relatively conservative answer. While the company reiterated statements that "Office Mobile will work across Windows Phones, Android phones and iOS," it added that there was "nothing additional to announce" regarding Office's retail availability. As much of a glimmer of hope that might represent for some Android and iOS fans, it doesn't equate to a direct Office 2013 port with a release schedule.

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Update: To underscore its point, Microsoft has issued a further statement that casts doubt on the very remarks in question. "The information shared by our Czech Republic subsidiary is not accurate," a spokesperson told us. "We have nothing further to share."

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Nokia Belle Feature Pack 2 returns, hopefully for good this time

Nokia Belle Feature Pack 2 returns, hopefully for good this time

Nokia's Belle Feature Pack 2 has suffered more false starts than a race meeting burdened with a dodgy starter pistol. However, it looks like the on-again, off-again saga is at an end, now that the company has remedied an issue with the Nokia Music app with a separate hotfix. Toting one of the company's 603, 700, 701 or 808 handsets? You should be able to snag the update as we speak, if not sooner.

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Vitamin C prevents bone loss in animal models

ScienceDaily (Oct. 9, 2012) ? Researchers at Mount Sinai School of Medicine have shown for the first time in an animal model that vitamin C actively protects against osteoporosis, a disease affecting large numbers of elderly women and men in which bones become brittle and can fracture.

The findings are published in the October 8 online edition of PLoS ONE.

"This study has profound public health implications, and is well worth exploring for its therapeutic potential in people," said lead researcher Mone Zaidi, MD, Professor of Medicine (Endocrinology, Diabetes and Bone Disease, and of Structural and Chemical Biology, and Director of the Mount Sinai Bone Program.

"The medical world has known for some time that low amounts of vitamin C can cause scurvy and brittle bones, and that higher vitamin C intake is associated with higher bone mass in humans, "said Dr. Zaidi. "What this study shows is that large doses of vitamin C, when ingested orally by mice, actively stimulate bone formation to protect the skeleton. It does this by inducing osteoblasts, or premature bone cells, to differentiate into mature, mineralizing specialty cells."

The researchers worked with groups of mice whose ovaries had been removed, a procedure known to reduce bone density, and compared them with control mice that had "sham" operations, which left their ovaries intact. The mice with ovariectomies were divided into two groups, one of which was given large doses of vitamin C over eight weeks. The scientists measured the bone mineral density in the lumbar spine, femur, and tibia bones.

The mice who received an ovariectomy -- and no vitamin C -- had a much lower bone mineral density (BMD) versus controls, whereas mice who received a ovariectomy and large doses of vitamin C, had roughly the same BMD as the controls, suggesting vitamin C prevented BMD loss in this group.

"Further research may discover that dietary supplements may help prevent osteoporosis in humans," said Dr. Zaidi. "If so, the findings could be ultimately useful to developing nations where osteoporosis is prevalent and standard medications are sparse and expensive."

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  1. Ling-Ling Zhu, Jay Cao, Merry Sun, Tony Yuen, Raymond Zhou, Jianhua Li, Yuanzhen Peng, Surinder S. Moonga, Lida Guo, Jeffrey I. Mechanick, Jameel Iqbal, Liu Peng, Harry C. Blair, Zhuan Bian, Mone Zaidi. Vitamin C Prevents Hypogonadal Bone Loss. PLoS ONE, 2012; 7 (10): e47058 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0047058

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ZOE RAYMOND: Zyan's Baby Shower!

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Zonia and I all dressed in blue/ white for Zyan's baby shower! We are always so excited to see baby Zyan! Sorry for the grainy picture because it's taken by my iPhone 4S + front camera. iPhone5 is coming up and i really hope it has a better camera! (:?

Another grainy shot taken at our bus stop, waiting for bus 132 to town! We were headed for town to meet up with En for nails at TNS! (:

I am in Hollyhoque's Floral Playsuit!

A shot of me in TNS! (:


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One shot before we left for Jing's place! (:?

Party started with a short with my bff mommy, En and Zonia!?

photo 2 (28) There's Zonia in Hollyhoque's Contrast Panel Military Dress in Blue/White!

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Hey Beautiful

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Andy and En (:

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JJ and Swee Guan

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JJ super a lot of patterns can!

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Alvin with his commando guys.

Enough of photos of the guests haha! Pictures of the food cause i'm famished. The buffet is just so so. Angelia Catering is still my favorite. Stamford Catering is the other good one too.?

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Fried Rice

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Sweet n Sour Fish Fillet

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Tofu

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Honey Glazed Chicken Wings

This chicken wings is the best dish! I had like 3 wings lolol!?

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Curry Vegetables

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Prawn fritters

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Laksa

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The gravy is too blend and too much coconut milk!?

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Cheng Teng for dessert!

It was a pretty unique baby shower because there was a black out after dinner. Jing had to light up her wedding candles around the house and we were talking in the dark lol!?

The lights only came up after we got help two hours later and it was baby shower cake segment!?


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Pretty cake against the pretty deco we did the day before lolol!

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Love the baby cubes that read ZYAN

All i did was to tell Jess the colors I want and the designs (Bibs, shoes, clothes) and she piece them all up! (:

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Pacifier!!!! :D

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Little shoes and a teddy bear!

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A picture of Denson and his family (:

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and us! (:

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Rainbow!!! :D

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Greedy Jing and I with a big piece of cake each! hehe!

We also took a lot of polariods, which explains the lack in photos using my camera ):

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Quote Zoe Raymond for a special promotion for 2-tiered cakes! Sorry that we cant put the exact discount code because the prices of customized cakes varies!

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Some of Zyan's pressies!

And how can we forget a shot of the star of the night? (:

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Happy 1st Month Zyan!
Godmama loves you! (:?

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Squaremouth Answers a Question from Fodor's Travel Forum ...

From Fodor?s Travel Forum (you can find the discussion here):

I am looking for a travel insurance police that ONLY covers my airfare and apartment rental. I do not need nor do I want, medical, lost baggage and all the other stuff that most companies offer. I already know about?comparison sites, and all the companies on their sites sell packages, not what I want. I know I might be out of luck, but it?s worth a try.

Squaremouth?s Response:

Unfortunately, travel insurance polices are designed as packages, and it isn?t possible to pick and choose the benefits you need and don?t. ?I know you mentioned comparison sites, and one option would be to visit one and generate a quote for cancellation. Then, select the cheapest policy that will offer the cancellation benefits you need. There will likely be other benefits included, but if you choose an inexpensive policy, they will likely be fairly nominal. This will help keep the premium low.

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