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Liberal insiders say Michael Ignatieff would prefer more time to rebuild the party and prepare for an election, rather than possibly topple the government next week by refusing to support the budget.
Liberal strategists see little upside to Ignatieff taking the reins of government at the start of what is promising to be a deep, severe recession.
They'd rather let Prime Minister Stephen Harper take the blame for the economic pain.
We just had an election, which gave Harper a strengthened mandate, although a minority. The Liberals were reduced, and the task at hand is considerable, on every front. The Liberals have a new leader, who has barely had time to get his team together, never mind the required policy work, fundraising, finding new, compelling candidates- rebuilding the Liberal brand. Within that reality, to feel any surprise that people in the party are preaching patience, is well, surprising.
There was nothing worse, than watching the Liberals continual abstain, time after time, during the previous regime. I believe that this routine greatly damaged our electoral chances, it created an atmosphere of weakness and an ineffective alternative. With that in mind, how can one now argue the opposite, the Liberals should bide their time in the short term, wait and pounce when optimal opportunity arises?
For the reasons stated above, the fact we just had an election and the party has a new leader, the dynamics have clearly changed. Couple the challenges of rebuilding the party, with a desire by the public to see politicians "get on with it", and in many respects it makes sense to allow a semi-acceptable budget to pass. If the goal is to rid Canada of the Harper Conservatives, you can make a pretty compelling case that conditions will be more favorable in a few months. I see nothing crass, or an abdication of responsible opposition, to take some time to get our house in order, while simultaneously watching Harper's crumble, as the economic bottoms out. In a practical sense, the economic road ahead is already paved, regardless of any government initiatives in the coming months, so it is a false frame to argue Ignatieff's short term decisions will really matter. Longer term, I completely agree, but government is simply powerless in the immediate, to offset our course. With that knowledge in mind, it is easier to "justify" any political consideration.
I don't want the Liberals to simply forget strategy and just plow ahead, guided only by our idealist want. Politics is necessarily a tension between core convictions and cold calculation- always has been, always will, with every party, every day of the week. To simply scoff at the "gameplan" is perfectly fine, it just shows no relationship to the real world.
One of the main reasons I argued against the Liberals abstaining, wasn't just a policy consideration, but the simple fact that the weakness projected was hurting our fortunes, it was reducing Dion's stature, it allowed other parties to pounce on themes of "real opposition", it made Harper look strong in contrast. I saw the abstaining strategy as a political loser, counter-productive to the ultimate goal of toppling Harper. The wanted "conditions" would never really occur, because the strategy undercut the chances of realizing those "conditions". In this new case, the dynamics are completely different, the landscape decidedly changed, which makes a temporary dodge and weave the best course.
I don't want an budget that meets all the Liberal demands, because then Harper receives a partial pass, through collective responsibility. I don't want to force an election, wherein the Liberals are forced to re-assemble a slate of recently rejected candidates, armed with a thin and hasty platform, lacking the proper planning to make a campaign hum. If conditions demand, then so much for the "best laid plans", but sitting here today, you can see better scenarios.
It is completely reasonable to give the new party leader time, when you look at the challenges, they aren't immediately remedied. Let the team put forth an agenda, let Ignatieff attract some new blood, let the party rebuild where it has too, let all the various parts begin the work, until there is a sense we can reasonably achieve our goal. Maybe we're better prepared in late spring, maybe the fall, maybe next budget, but if you detach yourself from personal want, focus solely on "when" constitutes the optimal opportunity to send Harper packing, next week isn't top of the list.


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Late leveller for Lynch
Defender Joel Lynch equalised four minutes into injury time as Nottingham Forest earned a well-deserved point in a 1-1 draw with 10-man Brighton.
On-loan striker Sam Vokes' goal appeared to have been enough to ensure the Seagulls completed an east midlands double following victory over Derby on Tuesday.
But substitute Matthew Sparrow was sent off for the visitors in the closing stages and the hosts took full advantage when Lynch pounced to poke in from close range.
It was the least Forest deserved after they struck the woodwork three times and created the bulk of the chances.
Andy Reid's curling free kick crashed off a post but the Seagulls woke up just after the hour mark when Vokes timed his run to perfection to head Vicente's free-kick into the net.
Adlene Guedioura and Dexter Blackstock saw efforts come back off a post but, minutes after Sparrow was dismissed for two cautions, Lynch popped up with the leveller.
Guedioura scored Forest's first in a 7-3 victory at Leeds in midweek with a piledriver from distance and the home crowd encouraged him to replicate that in the 21st minute but he flashed his effort wide from distance.
Lewis Dunk cynically fouled Guy Moussi on the edge of the box and Reid bent the resulting free kick around the Brighton wall but his effort crashed off a post.
That galvanised the lacklustre Forest and Reid's hanging delivery was nodded just wide by Blackstock.
Guedioura's personal mission to eclipse his stunning strike on Tuesday continued as he chested the ball down before fizzing a fantastic volley narrowly wide.
The visiting side had struggled to fashion any chances but in Vicente they possessed the one player capable of creating an opportunity, and the Spaniard's free-kick led to the opening goal in the 62nd minute.
Vokes broke the Forest offside trap and met Vicente's enticing set piece with his head to score with Brighton's first effort on target.
Forest refused to let their heads drop and Blackstock teed up Guedioura whose fierce shot was punched away by keeper Peter Brezovan.
Guedioura continued to hammer in efforts from distance and he slammed a 25-yard chance against the post.
The impressive Vicente was withdrawn as Poyet looked to consolidate his side's one-goal advantage.
Substitute Ishmael Miller created havoc from a Reid corner and Blackstock's tame effort rolled against a post before the ball was cleared.
Sparrow, a second-half replacement, was dismissed in the closing stages for a second yellow card after he pulled back Guedioura and Forest still had time to make use of their numerical advantage.
A long ball into the Brighton box was flicked on by Blackstock and, after Brezovan had flapped at the ball, Lynch lashed in a dramatic equaliser.
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Is Facebook Violating The Law Just By Encouraging You To Share?
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Again, we agree that the implementation is poor, but EPIC takes this to a whole different, and absolutely ridiculous level, suggesting that merely encouraging people to choose to share info is a violation of their privacy:
Encouraging or prompting users to share personal information is detrimental to consumer privacyWait, what? That makes no sense. I would agree that tricking people into sharing personal info is detrimental, but merely providing services and encouraging people to share info they want to share? How is that possibly detrimental? It's only deterimental in the eyes of organizations like EPIC, who think that they need to block people who want to share from doing so.


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Let's Talk About Love: A Journey to the End of Taste by Carl Wilson
I don't know where I first heard about Wilson's book -- probably via Bookforum -- but it's gotten plenty of press, including a mention by James Franco at the Oscars and an interview of Wilson by Stephen Colbert. The concept of the book is seductive: Wilson, a Canadian music critic and avowed Céline-hater, spends a year trying to figure out why she is so popular and what his hatred of her says about himself. I kept away from the book for a little while because I thought it couldn't possibly live up to its premise, and that in all likelihood it was more stunt than analysis. Nonetheless, the premise kept attracting me, because I am fascinated by the concept of taste and I, too, find Dion's music to be the sonic equivalent of a Thomas Kinkade painting.
What makes Wilson's approach so effective and insightful is that it avoids the fanboy defensiveness marring everything from internet discussions to scholarly studies such as Peter Swirski's From Lowbrow to Nobrow. Wilson isn't grinding axes or settling scores; he's more interested in exploration than proclamation, more inclined toward maps than manifestos. The result is one of the few books I know that is as likely to expand its readers' view of the world as it is to provide the choir with an appealing sermon.
By focusing on Céline Dion, Wilson is able to discuss a wide range of topics: the details of Dion's career, of course, but also the history of popular music, the globalization of certain styles and tastes, the power of local cultures, the role of class and aspiration in forming and policing personal taste, the demonization of sentimentality and excess, the promotion of irony and transgression, etc. Wilson also provides a good, basic overview of histories and traditions of aesthetic philosophy, showing that even the most eminent thinkers and critics tend to do little more than construct elaborate sleight-of-hand routines. Because his goal is not to debunk so much as it is to explore, Wilson is able to use the best of what he encounters -- most fruitfully in his clear-eyed application of ideas from Pierre Bourdieu's Distinction: A Social Critique of the Judgement of Taste. Taste is not, for Wilson, merely an expression of social influences and aspirations, but it is partly so, and those parts are often what is most invisible to us when we discuss our aesthetic judgments. He examines a marketing survey of Dion's fans and discovers some surprises:
Widows and grannies aside, what occurs to me is that this midlevel cultural-capital audience is not as far from the average white pop critic as we might have expected. We usually make middling incomes or worse, and while most have university degrees, our expertise is usually more self-taught than PhD-certified, a pattern Bourdieu believed would produce an anxious, fact-hoarding intellectual style in contrast with the relaxed mastery of a fully legitimated cultural elite. (If you've met any pop critics, you'll see his point.) When a critic or heavily invested music buff says, as they often do, that discovering music or writing "saved my life," I think what lurks behind the melodrama is a feeling that a facility with pop culture and words has saved us from the life of subservient career, suburban lifestyle and quiet desperation we imagine befalls people like Céline Dion's white American fans, as well as fans of Billy Joel, Michael Bolton and other midlevel musicians whose names so often serve as epithets. Perhaps our scathing tongues are enacting what Freud called the narcissism of small differences, in defense of what Bourdieu might call a very fragile distinction.Small differences, though, are essential to anyone's taste ("To have taste at all," Wilson says, "is to exclude"). This is especially true now, in an age of media proliferation, where tastes tend to be at least superficially omnivorous, though to like or even appreciate everything is to like and appreciate nothing, making the subtle distinctions within any omnivorous aesthetic especially powerful. Even omnivorous taste, though, tends to correlate to class and education levels: Wilson cites studies showing that when class includes cultural capital and education (rather than just economic power), the people with the broadest tastes tend to be higher class than people with narrower tastes -- and the few sorts of music that higher class people are willing to categorically dismiss as not to their taste are the sorts of music lower class people tend to cite as their favorites (in 1993 this included rap, heavy metal, country, and gospel; there might be some differences in the catagories today, but the effect would likely be similar).
Wilson explores Dion's appeal and his own antipathy to it from many angles (one chapter includes interviews with four very different Céline fans), then tries to apply what he has learned to his life as a music critic, writing a review of the album Let's Talk About Love that is, apparently, different from any he has written before. It begins with a consideration of his own taste -- not merely the sorts of music he likes, but the sorts of artistic expressions that provoke emotion and pleasure within him, and why this is, admitting, "the truth is that my so-called adult life is mortifyingly similar to that of a teenage girl, or at least the bemused existentialists who stand in for them on TV: It's a comedy-drama, centered more on groups of friends than family or workplace." His admission, and his extrapolation of it, is funny and amusing, but it leads to a serious confession: that he lives a life separate from "the center ring of adult life, the hurlyburly of business and domesticity, where the normal grownups live."
His personal approach avoids narcissism, though, by using the personal as a launching pad rather than a reflecting pool. Wilson speculates on Dion's appeal within a cultural moment, giving us both a self-deprecating portrait of himself and an assessment of each song on the album that feels astoundingly fair -- it preserves distinctions without seeming dismissive. And he even manages to link The Magnetic Fields song "The Book of Love" to Let's Talk About Love, uniting many of his ideas in a single, elegant move.
The final chapter of the book provides a summing up and opening out. It mixes practicality and idealism, asserting a kind of aesthetics that is, Wilson says, fundamentally about democracy: "...not a limp open-mindedness, but actively grappling with people and things not like me, which brings with it the perilous question of what I am like." It's not all about me, though, so much as us -- but to get to us, we start from what we can best know: ourselves. There are many ways to love works of art, to revel in culture and creation, and there is no reason we need to accept just one:
You ... can love a song for its datedness, for the social history its anachronism reveals. You can love a song for how its sentimentality gives a workout to the emotions. You can love it for its foreignness, for the glimpse it gives of human variability. You can love it for its exemplarity, for being the "ultimate" disco floor filler or schmaltzy mother song. You can love it for representing a place, a community, even an ideology, in the brokenhearted way I love "The Internationale." You might love it for its popularity, for linking you to the crowd: being popular may not make it "good" but it does make it a good, and a service, and you can listen to learn what it is doing for other people.It's a gorgeous ideal: "When all these varieties of love are allowed, taste can seem less like a bunch of high school cliques or a global conspiracy of privilege and more like a fantasy world in which we get to romance or at least fool around with many strangers."
Wilson doesn't stop with this polyamorous vision, though, because he ties it to the ideas of Richard Sennett:
Sennett says the moral value of public life depends [...] on sympathy: to be able to say, "Your issues are not my issues, but I want to understand what they are. That, in my view," he told the CBC, "is a more respectful way for people to deal with cultural differences than, as it were, to consume them [...] Something that acknowledges both the effort to understand and social distance is a better way for people in complex communities to live. It actually allows you to have more relationship with them than if you pressure yourself to get as intimate and as close as possible ... which is tyrannical: you tyrannize yourself and you tyrannize the other."I could quote the entire last chapter of the book with pleasure and excitement, because it is all so provocative and yet also so reasonable, but I will end with a single paragraph, one that I would like to write across all the skies of the world:
The goal is not that we all end up with the same taste, no matter how broad. That seems to be the tacit wish when someone claims to know a work's true value, or when Kant and Hegel suggest that under ideal conditions, we'd all reach aesthetic agreement. As philosopher Alexander Nehamas said in a 2001 lecture, this is an awful vision, out of Invasion of the Body Snatchers. To say everyone ought to like what I like is to suggest everyone should be alike. Taste, after all, is part of the character you present to others. Personality is a creative medium, of its own. People depend on you to exhibit some consistency of taste, some sensibility, as they rely that you won't adopt diametrically opposed political views from one day to the next or keep switching in conversation into various foreign accents. So we ought to have musical loves and personal tastes, so long as we're not naive enough to think personal is all they are, or so selfish as to exclude other tastes from legitimacy.


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The first results are in for the seat of Blain in the Northern Territory, and the Country Liberals are leading with 53.2 per cent of the votes.
Port worker Nathan Barrett currently leads police officer and Labor candidate Geoff Bahnert, who holds 46.8 per cent of the vote on a two-party preferred basis.
On a first preference basis, Mr Barrett is sitting on 45.5 per cent, Mr Bahnert is on 37.5 per cent, and independent Matthew Cranitch holds 8.3 per cent.
The Greens' Sue McKinnon is on 7.3 per cent and the Citizens Electoral Council's Peter Flynn is on 1.4 per cent.
Electoral officials have counted 3871 ballots so far, and there are just under 6000 enrolled voters in Blain, which covers several suburbs of Palmerston, a city about 20km east of Darwin, but fewer than 4000 were expected to turn up to vote.
Palmerston is considered to be CLP heartland and the party has never lost Blain, which was held by former chief minister Terry Mills for 15 years before he resigned from politics in February.
He led the CLP back into power after almost 12 years in opposition, and was dumped for the top job just six months later.
Mr Mills sat on the back benches for almost a year before resigning in February, and although he held the seat with a 13.2 per cent margin, the government is anticipating a large swing against it - historically, 12 per cent has been the average swing against the government in by-elections in the greater Darwin area.
The government won the NT election in August 2012 with 16 seats in the 25-seat Legislative Assembly, but Mr Mills vacated his seat and then three Aboriginal backbenchers resigned last week after weeks of instability, leaving the government with only 12 seats.
If it fails to win back Blain it will have to cut a deal with independent Gerry Wood to retain power, but that is looking less likely with almost all the votes counted.


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Le fou, c'est moi
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Las Vegas, NV, USA
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KV-1S are dangerous opponents, but they can be derp'd to death if they have some other trouble to occupy their attention. I'm not sure running a pack of T-34-85's would do all that well in comparison.
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So I need to ask, just what's the proper way to transfer crew from a Premium tank without having to shell cash to retrain them. Because that's one of the supposed benefits, but it doesn't seem to be working in my case.
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Thats my point. However, does this means that when I transfer them FROM the premium to the tank I like (for example the LL Churchill to a KV-1s, both heavies), I'd still have to shell out credits to retrain them again?
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Yeah, if you're doing crew training, you're supposed to get the Premium tanks after you get your other tanks, otherwise you pay money.
Right now I have the T-25 (and, well, the Pz S35) training my German medium crews, the T-15 training my German scout crews, and the Dicker Max trying to kill my German TD crews.
However, I did buy the Churchill III waaaaaay in advance of getting the KV-1, so that the KV-1 could start with a better crew than average. But I knew that I'd have to pay for it.
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Le fou, c'est moi
Join Date: Dec 2007
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Forgot this.
Just what is the timeline of this "mandatory"? I don't object to riding up this line, since I wanted to try fast Soviet scouts anyway (it does miff me up a bit to abandon pure MURRICA exceptionalism...), but I'm not getting out of my M4 and M4E8 until I'm actually good with both tanks.
Moreover, I have no intention of saving 2 garage slots for when I'm a welfare warrior with very limited garage slots. 1 slot, sure. So do you want me to roll the T-34, and if so, when do you want me in it?
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T-34/85s are no longer the focus, just T-34s. Use whatever tier 6 you're good at in the company battles.
As for "'Murrican exceptionalism", consider it the redneck's addition to his armored collection out on his Texan ranch. (ooh gotta get me one of them commie Tee-furty-thors! Yee-ha!)
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^You want us to diversify, and I got that.
But there's a kind of appeal in sticking to just one theme, y'know. A...purity of experience, you could say. When I started I could have gone for any nation (in fact I was partial to the French and their awesome dark marine blue color scheme), but since I went up the US, I chose to stick to the US...
Good to hear it's not bolded mandatory or with a timeline. I'm still fine with riding up that line at a later date/at my leisure for some fun with the fast BT's (aside from the Stuarts, do the Americans have any scout worth playing, well, as a scout?), and for solidarity with the clan and all. Just give some advance warning about clan events, and I'll grind for the T-34 in time for training and matches.
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Crossroads residents looking to make a difference can soon take their issues to the state. Victoria Day at the Capitol, a biennial event that allows Victorians to keep Texas legislators abreast of key issues for the region, is March 6, according to a Victoria Chamber of Commerce news release.
The daylong event includes briefings by state officials, a group photo, evening reception and delivery of commemorative gifts to key elected officials, according to the news release.
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Waters Corporation has welcomed chemist Sunghwan Kim from Kyungpook National University (KNU) in South Korea to its Centers of Innovation (COI) Program. Kim is a leading expert on developing and applying analytical techniques for assessing the impact of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in the environment and for crude oil processing. KNU is the first institution in South Korea to be recognized by Waters COI Program.
"Professor Kim is an expert in mass spectrometry and chromatographic separation. He set up one of the most advanced mass spectrometry and chromatography laboratories in Korea at Kyungpook National University," said Hong-In Lee, dean of KNU's College of Natural Science.
"Dr. Kim's research is unique and contributing greatly to what we know about the effects of PAHs on our environment," said Eric Fotheringham, director – Waters COI Program. "Dr. Kim can see the potential of new technologies and he puts them to new uses before many of his contemporaries. We couldn't be happier to have him and KNU in our program."
PAHs are a component of crude oil, coal and gasoline, and are a byproduct of wood and fossil fuel combustion. Known as persistent organic pollutants, once in the environment they are hard to get rid of and their long-term effects are not well understood. Kim employs analytical chemistry to test for and identify these pollutants in soil, air and water; in the aftermath of the BP oil spill in 2010, he was hired to consult on the effectiveness of the clean-up, and to assess the harm done to marine and plant life.
The Waters COI Program recognizes analytical scientists facilitating breakthroughs in health and life science research, food safety, environmental protection, sports medicine and other areas through the use of liquid chromatography and mass spectrometry.
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relatively, i think maths is hard and sometimes very complicated. it has too much things to learn, and some of the things are not that essential in everyday life, but still life doesn't stop, you will have to learn all the facts to get a high grade in your exam, or else you might suffer afterwards, and you may want to improve it at a later date.
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I bet you didn't know it, but I'm a fiddle player too.
And if you'd care to take a dare, I'll make a bet with you.
What you say makes sense, kkk.
Basic maths has applications in everyday life. For example fractions, ratios, etc. you use when shopping, cooking and so on.
And some of the advanced maths you may never, or it may be absolutley essential, *depending on your career*.
But there is one other very important thing that maths teaches us - an orderly way of thinking. You will always be faced with problems in life, and you can either try things at random hoping one of them might solve the problem, or you can try to analyze and solve the problem clearly and logically.
"The physicists defer only to mathematicians, and the mathematicians defer only to God ..." - Leon M. Lederman
MaTHEMATICS IS THE HIGHEST DEGREE OF LOGIC
It is no good to try to stop knowledge from going forward. Ignorance is never better than knowledge - Enrico Fermi.
Nothing is better than reading and gaining more and more knowledge - Stephen William Hawking.
that simply isn't true, there is next to nothing to learn, all you need to learn is how to use brackets, powers, division , multiplication, add and minus, all the others are just different forms of this, EVERYTHING is a different form of this and as long as you relate it to basics you will be just fine, all fractions are is
1/3, now if i substitute / with divide, which you often use anyway you get 1 divided by 3, which is your answer, you can do the same with decimals, and all minus is is 0 - 3 if it is - 3, think of it as 0 + n. so if n were positive it would be 0 + + 4 which is 4, if it were minus it would be 0 + -3 which is clearly - 3
Look, it's the Klu Klux Klan.
~I think its KU klux klan, not klu klu klan
i wanna be a teacher next time!
teaching rox!
I am in year 6 and I seem to find division(long and short)really complicated and I have gone to my teacher and told him and he has tried to explain it to me, but I just cant get the hang of it!!!
Someone please help!
Have you read the pages on this website? For example Long Division ?
Or for a more basic introduction Long Division - Why and How
You could also try the Long Division Worksheets. They are useful becausee you can go to the answers page to see how it is done. Once you get the idea, you can print out a few and fill in the blanks.
"The physicists defer only to mathematicians, and the mathematicians defer only to God ..." - Leon M. Lederman
Is maths hard?
It depends what topic your doing-
but now we have an evil maths teacher and he never smiles
He does maths and doesn't smile?? That is wierd. The funniest teachers I have known taught maths. The business studies guys were the serious ones.
"The physicists defer only to mathematicians, and the mathematicians defer only to God ..." - Leon M. Lederman
Here's my current maths teacher's favourite joke: What do you get if you integrate one over cabin with respect to cabin? A natural log cabin by the C!
I once had a maths teacher called Mr Weir (no guesses what people nicknamed him) and he kept going off on wild unrelated tangents.
I remember him talking for half an hour about how soap wasn't as good as it used to be.
Why did the vector cross the road?
It wanted to be normal.
hi 7/10+1/2 is how many miles
thanks for youe help
7/10 = 0.7
1/2 = 0.5
0.7 + 0.5 = 1.2 miles
"The physicists defer only to mathematicians, and the mathematicians defer only to God ..." - Leon M. Lederman
I think calculus is okay (some parts are hard eg vector calculus) but linear algebra and advanced matrices are almost intolerable.
orange said:
but now we have an evil maths teacher and he never smiles
I feel your pain. I had two like that for 6th and 7th grade.... even my MOM didn't like the second one!
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Monday, August 15, 2011
Morning Mail - 8.15.11 (Ignorance is Bliss)
(Source: Rendition)
You've got a choice as an American. This is a choice that for some strange reason most Americans will never take advantage of. You have a choice not to know. You have the choice to go to sleep at night and wake up the next morning turn on the news and the worst news that you'll probably see is a homicide or maybe a house burned down and a family lost their home. Worst case scenario, Casey Anthony is allowed to adopt a child. What you won't hear is that at the Starbucks near your job, 30 people were killed and 70 injured in a bombing. That's a liberty that Americans take for granted every day, they can rest assured that they are protected.
I've posted this here before, but I'll post it again, as some of you are new to the blog.
Col. Jessep: Son, we live in a world that has walls, and those walls have to be guarded by men with guns. Who's gonna do it? You? You, Lt. Weinburg? I have a greater responsibility than you could possibly fathom. You weep for Santiago, and you curse the Marines. You have that luxury. You have the luxury of not knowing what I know. That Santiago's death, while tragic, probably saved lives. And my existence, while grotesque and incomprehensible to you, saves lives. You don't want the truth because deep down in places you don't talk about at parties, you want me on that wall, you need me on that wall. We use words like honor, code, loyalty. We use these words as the backbone of a life spent defending something. You use them as a punchline. I have neither the time nor the inclination to explain myself to a man who rises and sleeps under the blanket of the very freedom that I provide, and then questions the manner in which I provide it. I would rather you just said thank you, and went on your way, Otherwise, I suggest you pick up a weapon, and stand a post. Either way, I don't give a damn what you think you are entitled to.
(Source: A Few Good Men)
In my personal opinion, most people in this country think they have some clue of what's going on in this country and what we are doing internationally to protect our interests. We've been subject to so many #gotems over the years, that I'm fairly sure most Americans are convinced they have a clue and have no clue whatsoever. I might have been the only one who noticed that a helicopter went down in Afghanistan that was carrying the Navy Seals who took out Osama Bin Laden. I might have been the only one who then noticed that the terrorists who we said were responsible for this were taken out a few days later. Am I the only one who wants to see some fucking due process? I'm sorry I'm sure they are all guilty, but I would like to hear what these people have to say for themselves.
But then again, do I really want to know? Because my life is pretty peachy and fine today.
I've posted this here before too:
Durant: My government will never negotiate for me.
Abdullah 'Firimbi' Hassan: Then perhaps you and I can negotiate, huh? Soldier to Soldier.
Durant: I am not in charge
Abdullah 'Firimbi' Hassan: Course not, you have the power to kill, but not negotiate. In Somalia, Killing is Negotiation.
Abdullah 'Firimbi' Hassan: Do you think if you get General Aidid, we will simply put down our weapons and adopt American democracy? That the killing will stop? We know this. Without victory, there will be no peace. There will always be killing, see? This is how things are in our world.
(Source: Black Hawk Down)
We'll go to work today, we'll think we're safe. We'll get on public transportation and we'll go to our jobs and we'll imagine that somehow our lives are all working to help keep us safe. But we're all just plugged in safely to the Matrix. I am not a conspiracy theorist, but I will tell you this much, WMATA scares the shit out of me. If someone really wanted to set it off, that's probably where they'd start. I've rode trains in NYC too and the same exists there. There's just nothing stopping a terrorist attack from happening. Terrorist, I really hate that word.
I think terrorism is a ploy. It actually doesn't exist, it's a term that we created to make people scared and legitimize wars that are fought over issues that we really don't want to talk about publicly. And if it does exist we've got no way of dealing with it. It's just war, and it's a war that under the current way America does business we can't win. This happened before in history too and we just didn't peep it all that well. Actually when you study it, every superpower always falls because they a new form of warfare comes out and does away with the old. England was able to overthrow Spain because of a superior Navy. America was able to overthrow England because we stopped fighting wars with our chests puffed out and started wising up to using our environment to tactfully win. And Germany almost took over the world with the machine gun. Until of course America installed our current Air Force which has left us as the "superpower" that we are today. But terrorism… or what we define as terrorism today is a new beast.
Around the time that Osama was killed I said that I actually think that he was already dead, or that he never existed in the first place, or maybe they always knew where he was and just neglected to pop him. You see, we needed Osama more than we'll ever know. We needed to see war the way that we grew up seeing war. For example, kill Hitler and stop the Nazis. What we are not capable of conceptualizing is that you can kill the presumable leader of Al-Qaeda and nothing changes. That's why you needed to sell Americans on the fact that we were looking for this ambiguous figure called Osama. As long as we were looking for him then we were coming THIS much closer to ending the War on Terror. Well they killed him, and nothing has changed. So what's the excuse now? And seriously, when do we see this War on Terror ending?
But then again, you have a right not to know any of this and to just plug into the Matrix.
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When I first found out Osama was killed I was so nervous for the future of this country. I was literally scared to go outside for a few days. Im still concerned.
And I am always anxious about being on the subway in NYC. If it were to happen, there would be no way to stop it & I am not confident with the pre-cautions currently being taken. I mean there are alot of police around but if something went down are they equipped to handle it? I really don't think so.
Also when law enforcement gets a tip about "terrorist activity", that must be b.s because ummm wouldn't the terrorist be discreet enough to strike when no one expects it i.e during the NYC subway morning or afternoon rush???
Yeah, I'm scared of the subway... & it doesnt help that I'm an extremely paranoid person.
- August 15, 2011 at 1:23 PM
- Marvie said...
Unitl you said what you said about Osama really being alive or existing in the first place, I never thought about it. That's a good point. I've known men who have come back from war and told stories about having destroyed entire communities of innocent people just to fish out one "bad guy" so I believe that anyone who participates could be considered a terrorist, depending on who's doing the labeling. I personally choose to stay informed but to put my life's energy into endeavors that I can control.
- August 15, 2011 at 2:17 PM
- Dee said...
We'll have part 2 of this convo next time we have brunch. I can't comment on this, and you know why lol
- August 15, 2011 at 9:01 PM
- Lenore said...
I see things just a little bit differently. When Osama was killed most of the people celebrating and getting drunk were in their 20's. Kids in their 20's grew up with terrorism, they had to bring the terrorist kits to school with the bottled water, the snacks and the tissues. Osama was like the boogie man to them post September 11th. The celebration was because the boogie man was finally dead and now the world is safe and democratic because who is going to commit terrorist acts when they have no leader to gIve a directIve?
We all remain safe in our solItude...the subway doeSnt scare me because in all me 40+ years in NYC it's never blown up so I have to rest assured that consistency is key. Sleep tight my beloveds!
- August 15, 2011 at 9:10 PM
The war on terror wasn't about Osama it was about control. If you think about it "terror" was the best thing to happen to the American government in terms of their ability to control its citizens. They used Shock Doctrine. We are so afraid that we are willing to spend billions of dollars on war while spending 2 dimes on Healthcare and Education. We signed the Patriot Act and allowed Bush to spend billion on "war on terror". People who are afraid are much easier to control then those who feel safe.
I was never afraid of Osama because I knew it wasn't about 1 person. People all over the world have the same goals he had. Some in our own country.
- August 15, 2011 at 9:32 PM
- Dr. J said...
@Dee - You know I can only say so much myself, but yes we will.
@Lioness - Yep, I agree with you.
- August 15, 2011 at 9:33 PM
- Adonis said...
I am rolling with @Dee on this one...
Dr. J, I pay attention to that type of stuff... But once I have learned that being a mature man is coming to terms that you will die someday, the only thing left for me it to extort my demons...
My only fear in life right now, is fear of being tortured... But that builds character...
Well definitely have this conversation in person someday...
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So people, it's that time of year again. You know, time for the Taliban spring offensive!
In case you had forgotten to mark your calendars or buy tickets, the group officially announced that the offensive will begin on May 12th!
Now personally I find the Taliban offensive 24/7/365, but you gotta admire their confidence, no?
Hey infidels: we are coming for you next Monday and we don't care if you know it or not!
Funniest part of the article though is this:
The Afghan government and Nato have not yet responded to the Taliban's announcement.
What are they supposed to say? Thanks for the warning numbnutz? Don't bother, we give up? I know you are but what am I?
I love the phrase, Taliban spring offensive. Like rush week or fashion week. Also a good name for an indie band.
Friday, May 09, 2014
The revolution will be pre-announced
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This reminds me of the headlines from earlier in the week about Iran stating that they would attack our ships in the Persian Gulf if war broke out between us. Example here: http://www.foxnews.com/world/2014/05/06/us-ships-are-target-in-case-war-iran-admiral-says/
This was "everywhere", not just Fox. Very much a "no shit, Sherlock" headline.
- 11:14 AM, May 09, 2014
But they're going to use "complex military techniques". Perhaps they'll attack on 5/11 or 5/13. Then who will have the last laugh?
- 8:37 PM, May 09, 2014
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10. Quizno's--I'm always hungry for the turkey-bacon-guacamole on wheat and always have a two-for-one coupon somewhere.
9. Cilantro's--doesn't inspire confidence from the outside, but authentic Mexican food inside. But don't try fried ice cream.
8. The Perfect Cup--perfect sandwich-soup-salad place and close by.
7. Restaurante Orso--great service and pasta but all their desserts have coffee or booze in them, yuck!
6. Milano's--best Greek gyros (pronounced?) and nicest owner.
5. The Downtown Deli--good sandwiches, great hot chocolate, great cinnamon rolls, always quiet.
4. The Glacier Brewhouse--smoked salmon fettucini or portobello mushroom pizza.
3. The Double Musky--a beautiful ride to Girdwood and the best peppercorn steak you could wish for and Double Musky cake is the best chocolate dessert on the planet.
2. The Moose's Tooth--cheese bread with house sauce for $5.95, best deal and bread in town.
1. The South Side Bistro--the cream of sun-dried tomato soup with the chevre salad.
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10. Quizno's--I'm always hungry for the turkey-bacon-guacamole on wheat and always have a two-for-one coupon somewhere.
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- Mo Mommy said...
I try to explain Moose's Tooth to people here all the time and they just don't get it.
I just heard they closed all the Taco Del Mar's up there or I'd say add that to the list. And what about Gallo's? Good stuff. Club Paris steaks, yum!
You're making me so homesick! Glad I found ya!
- scribbit said...
Yup, Club Paris reportedly has the best steaks in town. I've eaten there and agree with the assessment, I'm just not a big steak eater--I'm more a carb queen.
Here's an update on several things:
Cilantro's has, sadly gone out of business and has been replaced by a sad little gumbo shack. I weep for the salsa I'm missing. I haven't found a Mexican restaurant to replace it in my heart--Gallos and Garcia's just don't cut it in my book.
The Downtown Deli no longer serves dinner but has gone the way of all delis in town and closes in late afternoon. That's what happens when Tony Knowles jumps ship.
As a replacement for those two favorites I would offer:
Jack Sprat's in Girdwood. Best crusty bread with warm olive oil and a little bit of something for everyone on the menu. Once again, you can't beat the drive.
Sak's Cafe. It's small, intimate and has the best lemon souffles for dessert (the BEST). Everything's a la carte but that just gives you a chance to sample the individual tastiness of each item.


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Baby bumps, Britney tributes and Bruno bashing — oh my! The MTV Video Music Awards were filled with many buzz-worthy moments last night, but the style choices of several stars gave us just as much to talk about.
Lady Gaga started the two-hour show as her male alter ego, Jo Calderone, wearing Brooks Brothers pants, a men's jacket, little makeup and a short black wig. She convincingly stayed in character (and costume) all night, even hitting on Britney Spears while presenting her with the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award.
Meanwhile, Nicki Minaj hit the black carpet in a jagged bodysuit accessorized with plush creatures, knee-highs and lots of colorful hair. "Tokyo inspired this outfit," she told reporters during the show. "Harajuku is something I have been absorbing for a long time."
Though Justin Bieber one-upped her in the shock-value department — he brought his pet snake, Johnson, along for the ride — his accessories were slightly more demure; namely, his DITA Senator glasses. "I was just going for something fun and youthful and not too put together," he told reporters. "Something that would go good with the cheetah shoes."
But Beyoncé's accessory was the best of all: she debuted her baby bump in a flowing orange Lanvin gown, later revealing it for the television crowds in a Dolce & Gabbana tux following her performance of "Love on Top."
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"I just felt like being colorful and fun and with me, I am okay with self-deprecation," Perry told reporters. "I am all right with being laughed at and laughed with and just laughing, so that was the inspiration of tonight: just to have a laugh."
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