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About a month ago I wrote about Rachel Kane, the girl who runs WTForever21, a blog that pokes fun at Forever 21′s often ridiculous clothing. Forever 21 had contacted her, demanding she take her site down before they press legal charges, and I was pretty sure she would have to do it because of Forever 21′s monstrous legal department and capabilities. It was pretty much a huge infringement on her First Amendment rights.
BUT. This awesome girl totally stood up to Forever 21, hired lawyers and is back in action!
She posted her first post-hiatus entry on Tuesday. Here's what it said:
Dear Lovers of Gnarly Fashion:
After two legally baseless cease-and-desist letters from Forever 21, two painstakingly researched responses, and zero substantive replies from Forever 21′s legal team, I have no choice but to interpret the company's non-responsiveness as an admission that my blog, WTForever21.com, does not infringe any of Forever 21′s rights.
Through my attorneys, Charles Colman of Charles Colman Law, PLLC, and Scott Burroughs of the Doniger/Burroughs Law Firm, I recently imposed my own deadline on Forever 21 which the company has failed to meet. My attorneys and I will not permit Forever 21 to use silence as a strategic tool or intimidation tactic, particularly when the company stood idly by for over a year as I blogged about their design disasters.
As such, please enjoy today's long-overdue offering of WTFashions. This is a dark defeat for MC Hammer pants, floral jumpsuits and blinged out mini hats, but a joyous triumph for those who like to make fun of them. Which is pretty much anyone with eyes.
With love and lulz,
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By: Bill Palmer
Updated: March 8, 2013
Three more Erie police officers were added to the force this morning.
A ceremony was held to welcome them aboard.
In front of friends and family at City Hall this morning, Erie Mayor Joe Sinnott swore in 24-year-old Adam Edmonds, 25-year-old Justin Stidham and 29-year-old Michael Sorokes.
Edmonds enlisted in the army in 2008 and graduated from the Mercyhurst Northeast Police Academy.
Stidham also graduated from the Mercyhurst North East Police Academy and was an officer for the Albion Police Department.
Sorokes was an officer at the Bradford Police Department.
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"A well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the People to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed." --Second Amendment to the United States Constitution
On Thursday, we began a critical push for American Patriots across this great nation to pledge: "We, the People, affirm that we will support and defend Liberty as 'endowed by our Creator,' enshrined in our Constitution and empowered by its Second Amendment, against all enemies, foreign and domestic." Please take a moment and join the thousands of your countrymen who answered the call. Share it with your family, friends and colleagues via social media and email, as well. Let's stay ahead of the curve.
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The Left certainly won't relent in their effort to destroy Liberty. Neither should we tire of pledging all that we have to defend it, as Mark Alexander did yesterday when he made public his intention to resist the Left's unconstitutional assault on our Second Amendment.
Threats to our God-given right "to keep and bear Arms" abound. Chief in the news has been the renewed defensive weapons ban to be introduced by Sen. Diane Feinstein (D-CA) on Jan. 22, conveniently close to the State of the Union address. We outlined last week just how atrocious this bill is. Feinstein plans to redefine "assault weapons" to apply to a wider and entirely subjective list of firearms, which will be subject to invasive registration procedures and forfeiture upon death of their owners. Of course, these firearms would better be defined as "defensive" rather than "assault weapons." But the senator's radiant incompetence about the subject of guns is eclipsed only by her utter lack of respect for the Bill of Rights.
We strongly urge you to contact your senators and representatives, as well as GOP leadership in both houses, to express your opposition to this and any other gun grab.
Meanwhile, Vice President Joe Biden has been leading a task force (read: tragedy exploitation team) to determine what draconian measures will be "necessary" to restrict and confiscate guns in an effort to provide the illusion of safety. He plans to announce his findings next Tuesday. "The president is going to act," Biden warned, mentioning executive orders as a possible avenue. Biden also advocated for the destruction of Liberty as a "moral issue." And since the Left operates under the presumption that the ends justify any means, Biden said that if these actions "result in only saving one life, they're worth taking." In the case of Feinstein's legislation or any executive order, however, they'd be lucky if it actually did save one life. Of course, saving lives isn't the real agenda of the Abortion Party, is it?
The feds aren't the only ones making a target of the Bill of Rights, either. Last week, we noted that Illinois and New York both are working on expansive gun bans. On Wednesday, New York Democrat Gov. Andrew Cuomo proposed "the toughest assault weapons ban in the nation", asserting, "We respect hunters and sportsmen. This is not taking away people's guns. I own a gun. I own a Remington shotgun. I've hunted. I've shot. That's not what this is about. It's about ending the unnecessary risk of high-capacity assault rifles. No one hunts with an assault rifle! No one needs 10 bullets to kill a deer!"
A word to the wise: Whenever a politician says, "I'm a supporter of the Second Amendment" or "hunting and sport shooting" and then adds a "but" or some other caveat, beware. That's how the 1994 ban passed -- hunters and sport shooters decided the bill didn't affect them, and we all lost a large measure of Liberty.
Neighboring New Jersey Democrats introduced an astonishing 18 civilian disarmament bills this week. Likewise, the New England states of Connecticut, Massachusetts and Rhode Island are joining the tyrannical bandwagon, as is Colorado, which expects to see 14 to 20 gun bills in the wake of its own tragic murders in Aurora last July. And Chicago, the murder capital of the nation in part because of its strict gun laws, will soon propose even more.
There is some hope, however. Wyoming is considering a bill that would specifically nullify "any federal law which attempts to ban a semi-automatic firearm or to limit the size of a magazine of a firearm or other limitation on firearms in this state." We would only suggest that they expand their definition to include any unconstitutional federal gun legislation. There are other states on the side of Liberty, too.
We often recall the words of Samuel Adams, who said, "It does not take a majority to prevail ... but rather an irate, tireless minority, keen on setting brushfires of freedom in the minds of men." If we wish to preserve our Liberty, and that of our posterity, we must be tireless and we must remain intent on setting those brushfires of freedom. You can start by affirming the Second Amendment and getting others to do the same. We must win this battle.
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In the wake of the Sandy Hook murders, CNN's Piers Morgan has become a leading media assailant on the Second Amendment, pointing to his native Great Britain as an example for the U.S. to emulate.
But watch as Ben Swann, a local Fox anchor in Cincinnati, systematically dismantles Morgan's argument. Yes, Great Britain has far fewer gun murders than the U.S., but that's to be expected in a country that has confiscated firearms. Britain is also the most violent country in the EU. But that's just scratching the surface of Swann's report.
From the Left: Publishing Info About Gun Owners
Groucho Marx once quipped, "Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it, misdiagnosing it, and then misapplying the wrong remedies." Nothing better describes how today's Democrats react to firearms. In fact, recent "outings" (if you can call them that) of gun-permit holders in New York provided unexpected comic relief. As we noted last week, New York's Journal News took it upon itself to publish the addresses of gun permit holders in two New York counties. As should have been anticipated by such sanctimonious and agenda-driven reporting, karma inexorably bit the paper in its collective rear end, and editors soon decided to hire armed guards to protect its premises and reporters -- all while hypocritically seeking to shame gun owners, many of them former law enforcement officers, who likewise protect themselves with firearms.
Not to be outdone in the stupidity honors club, the lefty website Gawker published the names of all licensed gun owners in New York City under the headline, "Here Is a List of All the A--holes Who Own Guns in New York City." Because firearm registration does nothing to prevent crime (criminals have been known to ignore laws), registered firearms in the area belong to law-abiding citizens who are accused of no crimes.
As is often the case with hypocritical actions taken by leftists, there are consequences. Prison guards who own firearms as part of their job requirements suddenly found themselves and their families being threatened by hostile inmates who discovered their home addresses thanks to these Second Amendment-hating news organizations. On top of that, government officials from whom the permit information was originally obtained also admit that north of 25 percent of the information is inaccurate.
In related news, Bank of America recently froze a gun manufacturer's account because the bank apparently was displeased with the manufacturer's booming sales -- thanks, of course, to Barack Obama, the Gun Salesman of the Year. It was a stunning display of hostility toward the U.S. Constitution and utter contempt for the rare law-abiding business that's performing well in the Obama economy. The bank's action may eventually be proved illegal. We also note the irony of concurrent reports that the FBI says drug cartels used this same bank to launder their money.
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News From the Swamp: More Taxes?
If you were under the illusion that last week's fiscal cliff deal was the final word on taxes, we would hereby disabuse you of the notion. The same could be said about spending. According to House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), "[T]he president had said originally he wanted $1.6 trillion in revenue. He took it down to $1.2 as a compromise. In this [fiscal cliff] legislation we had $620 billion ... changing the high-end tax rate to 39.6 percent. But that is not enough on the revenue side." So she's looking for another $1 trillion in taxes.
Other Democrats are calling for a continued "balanced approach" for any deal on spending, whereby they mean, as Sen. Jon Tester (D-MT) put it, a "one-for-one" ratio of tax increases to spending cuts. And by spending cuts, of course, as always, they mean minuscule reductions in the rate of growth.
For his part, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) says, "The tax issue is finished, over, completed. That's behind us now." He promised to focus on spending, but we'll see if the GOP can hold the line.
As for spending, some Republicans are advocating that any deal on the debt ceiling be contingent on the Democrat-controlled Senate actually passing a budget for the first time since 2009. Tuesday marked the 1,350th day since the last budget passed, but Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) has shown no interest in breaking that streak. Having no budget has contributed heavily to the constant refrain of cliffs, ceilings and other manufactured crises -- which are all the better for the Left to continue down their current path.
Meanwhile, House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) told The Wall Street Journal's Stephen Moore that Barack Obama isn't about to give an inch on spending. Boehner says the president even told him during negotiations, "We don't have a spending problem." White House Press Secretary Jay Carney added this week, "Deficit reduction is not a worthy goal." Such blatant denial of the truth is part and parcel of Obama's socialist agenda, however. It will help if Boehner actually begins to understand that.
Finally, Obama has tapped current White House Chief of Staff and hard-core Keynesian Jacob Lew to take the helm at the Treasury Department after Timothy "Turbo Tax" Geithner abandons ship. The choice escalates Obama's already confrontational pattern for choosing cabinet nominees. Lew is also a great example of the corporate "fat cat" that Obama loves to publicly denigrate. He received a $950,000 bonus from Citigroup after the too-big-to-fail bank cashed in on the taxpayer bailout. Soon he could be signing off on massive quantities of newly printed cash, and as the nearby image shows, his signature is, unfortunately, just the cartoonish final touch our increasingly worthless currency needs. After all, there are a lot of circles in $16,000,000,000,000.
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"While I will negotiate over many things, I will not have another debate with this Congress over whether or not they should pay the bills that they've already racked up through the laws that they passed." --Barack "The Buck Stops Over There" Obama
Reality check: It is Obama and his NeoCom cadres who have proposed every dime of deficit spending in the last four years, and none of it was spent until Obama signed those bills into law.
From the 'Non Compos Mentis' File
Some Democrats are proposing one of the most mind-numbingly stupid ideas we've heard in a long time. Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) explains, "There is specific statutory authority that says that the Federal Reserve can mint any non-gold or -silver coin in any denomination, so all you do is you tell the Federal Reserve to make a platinum coin for one trillion dollars, and then you deposit it in the Treasury account, and you pay your bills."
"I'm being absolutely serious," he said. "It sounds silly but it's absolutely legal. And it would normally not be proper to consider such a thing, except when you're faced with blackmail to destroy the country's economy, you have to consider things." By blackmail, of course, he is accusing those who advocate fiscal responsibility.
The White House has refused to rule out the coin, though we still think it's highly unlikely. Then again, the White House called GOP plans for using permanent tax rates and spending restraint to stabilize our debt as "magic beans and fairy dust," so maybe anything goes.
Step 1: Run up an astronomical debt.
Step 2: Mint trillion-dollar coin.
Step 3: ???
Hope 'n' Change: Health Costs Going Up
The pipe dream that ObamaCare will keep insurance costs down is giving way to reality as insurance companies across the country seek steep increases in premiums to stay ahead of the market. Insurers in California, Florida, Ohio and elsewhere are proposing increases or have already increased premiums by 20 percent or more for certain groups. Among the hardest hit are small businesses and individuals.
The health care law mandates that regulators must review any insurance rate increase greater than 10 percent, and legislatures in 37 states have given regulators the power to reject or modify such increases if they seem excessive. Insurers are also mandated to spend at least 80 cents of every dollar in revenue on customer care or be forced to refund the balance. This effort at a centrally managed economy won't work. In some high-risk insurance pools, medical costs are rising much faster than the average.
Fans of ObamaCare seem surprised that the law hasn't had any positive impact on costs. In fact, the original title of the New York Times article on this topic was "Despite New Health Law, Some See Sharp Rise in Premiums." If reporters and the dumbstruck Democrats who voted for ObamaCare had actually read the bill before passing it, they would've realized that premiums are going up because of ObamaCare, not in spite of it. Some of them understood this in advance, which is even worse. ObamaCare mandates that insurers take all comers regardless of pre-existing conditions, and then it compels insurers to charge only specific amounts for that coverage. In order to make up for the revenue lost to cover high-risk, more expensive customers, insurers are charging more for everyone else.
There is a bit of good news, however. Though last week's fiscal cliff deal was largely a dud, it did succeed in repealing the ObamaCare's Community Living Assistance Services and Supports (CLASS) Act. CLASS was an entitlement designed to provide assistance for long-term care, but it was so poorly crafted that it was doomed to failure before it even got off the ground.
The program was supposed to be funded entirely through the premiums paid by its beneficiaries without taxpayer help. But private insurers' long-term care premiums are cheaper than those offered by CLASS. One CLASS administrator warned Congress in 2011 that without the support of healthy purchasers who would be attracted to better plans elsewhere, CLASS premiums would have to rise to make up the difference. This in turn would continue to drive away purchasers, sending the program into a death spiral that could be saved only by a taxpayer bailout. Congress mercifully, and surprisingly, thought better than dumping another burden on taxpayers, and now CLASS has been cancelled.
New and Notable Legislation
Rep. Jose Serrano, one of the left-most members of New York's congressional delegation, reintroduced a bill to repeal the 22nd Amendment this week, presumably so that his idol Barack Obama can continue to serve as president in perpetuity, or at least until the people wise up and stop re-electing him. Serrano introduced this bill last year, but it never made it out of committee.
Punishing the Lenders
Mortgage lenders that were told by the federal government how to operate will now be forced by that government to compensate certain customers for damage done by federal regulations. In a dispute over "robo-signing" on consumer financial documents, the government's Independent Foreclosure Review decided that banks should be liable for a cool $8.5 billion, payable to some 3.8 million borrowers who had become seriously delinquent on payments in 2009 and 2010.
But even with $8.5 billion, those who were hopelessly behind on mortgage payments won't receive enough to cover their deficit. Instead, this cash will largely reward those who bought more house than they could afford and then, in the wake of declining home values, simply walked away from their commitments. One survey by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency estimated that just 6.5 percent of these borrowers actually suffered financial harm from the banks -- but all will receive a piece of the pie.
Meanwhile, gun-hating, drug-money laundering Bank of America has agreed to take back $7 billion in bad loans it sold to Fannie Mae and to pay an additional $4.85 billion in reimbursements and fines to the federal government. But neither the bank's customers nor taxpayers will soon recover from the poor decisions made at the insistence of a government that felt home ownership was less a privilege than a right that should be granted to just anyone.
The Index of Economic Freedom
Each year, the Heritage Foundation releases its Index of Economic Freedom. The 2013 index is out, its 19th edition, and the U.S. continues its Obama-managed decline. From 2009 to 2010, the U.S. fell from being a "free" economy to just "mostly free." The U.S. now stands at 10th in the world, far from where we should be. But Obama's agenda has been to take the nation down a few pegs.
Income Redistribution: Food Stamp Nation Continues Record Growth
Federal spending on food stamps reached $80.4 billion in fiscal 2012, a new record, exceeding FY 2011's previous record by $2.7 billion. Before Obama took office, spending on food stamps, now dubbed the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), was $55 billion. It has skyrocketed during his presidency to the point that one out of every nine Americans is now enrolled in the program.
In 2009, Scientific American referred to a study showing that the rise in food stamp enrollment may be linked to the rise in obesity. The study noted that food stamp users have an average body mass index (BMI) one point higher than nonusers. Additionally, BMI rose in individuals the longer they participated in the program. This is only one study and it doesn't prove causation, but it would be worth looking further into the matter if the government is truly interested in tackling America's obesity problem.
And with so much taxpayer money thrown around, the bureaucracy, too, is becoming even more obese, making fraud and waste inevitable. In Massachusetts, for example, the state's Department of Transitional Assistance couldn't locate 19,000 addresses for people receiving welfare benefits. Democrat Gov. Deval Patrick tried to downplay the issue by noting that the 19,000 accounted for just 4 percent of the total mailings. With a population just over six million, at what point does the number of fraudulent or missing welfare recipients become a problem?
Regulatory Commissars: Keystone Forced EPA Head's Hand?
An EPA insider insists that possible Keystone XL pipeline approval only altered Lisa Jackson's departure by a year or so, but a published report suggests that the EPA administrator abruptly resigned earlier this month because she didn't want to be in charge of the EPA when the State Department gave the cross-border project the green light, perhaps as early as this spring. "She will not be the EPA head when Obama supports [Keystone] getting built," said the unnamed source.
But Keystone approval is far from a sure thing in an administration that's only grudgingly moving forward on a proposed southern extension to the Gulf Coast in Texas. It's far more important to note, as we did last week, that Jackson was also under question for having a phony email account under the moniker "Richard Windsor" in order to communicate with environmentalist supporters while skirting disclosure laws.
Yet if the predicted Keystone approval really occurs, "carbon-intensive development," as the Radical Green crowd calls it, will continue to make Texas a winner among the several states. Thanks to energy development, Texas -- which is one of a handful of states without a state individual income tax -- is enjoying an $8.8 billion surplus to carry over to its next biennial budget. While Keystone is unlikely to produce the same results, it makes sense to allow job creation rather than oppose progress as Windsor-Jackson and her allies insist.
Doves for Defense
Obama certainly knows how to pick lackeys. One case in point is Chuck Hagel. For secretary of defense, one of the most important cabinet positions, ideally, the nominee should have strength of character to sometimes oppose popular opinion and make the right choice. Unfortunately, notwithstanding his honorable service as an infantryman in Vietnam (with two Purple Hearts), the narcissistic former Republican senator is not only a political spine-donor but is also oblivious to the relationship between defense and foreign policy. Accordingly, he is among our last choices for SecDef.
For example, calling the 2003 invasion of Iraq a "war for oil," then-Senator Hagel nonetheless voted to authorize the invasion, apparently not wanting to be branded as unpatriotic. When the going got tough in 2006, however, he quickly jumped ship, and subsequently voted against the 2007 surge that largely secured the peace. The flip-flop was driven simply by taking the "crowd favorite" position when it became politically expedient to do so. Hagel staked out a similar position on Afghanistan.
Nor does Hagel agree that a solid foreign policy requires a strong military capability should it be necessary to back words with deeds. Favoring "engagement" with Syrian, North Korean and Iranian despots rather than dealing with them from a position of strength, Hagel also claims that the U.S. cannot afford and does not need its current defense capability. Furthermore, he opposes the deployment of ballistic missile defenses on the basis that Russia objects.
Finally, as Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) notes, if confirmed as SecDef, "Chuck Hagel ... would be the most antagonistic secretary of defense toward the state of Israel in our nation's history." Hagel favors direct negotiations with the terrorist group Hamas and was one of only 12 senators who refused to sign a letter to the European Union that the Iran-backed group Hezbollah be designated a terrorist organization. He has also made disparaging remarks about what he termed the "Jewish lobby," and in 2000 was one of only four senators who refused to sign a statement of support for Israel. Thus Hagel hardly presents the face of support we should show Israel, our only long-term, steadfast, democratic friend in the Middle East.
Meanwhile, Barack Obama reached into the pond of muck comprising his nominee pool and drew out an equally unsavory choice to head the CIA, John Brennan. He's most remembered as the architect of the "drone surge," i.e., using drones as a policy arm to try, convict and assassinate "enemies of the state" overseas -- including U.S. citizens. He was also less-than-forthcoming about the way the raid on Osama bin Laden really went down, and undoubtedly he knew or should have known the truth about the Benghazi attack, as well.
These nominations demonstrate what every clear-thinking American already knows: Obama has no intention to slow down his attack on the structural fabric of the nation's political and economic systems. With the nominations of Hagel and Brennan, he has signaled once again that it's open season on America.
Department of Military Correctness: Back Pay for DADT Discharges
We have previously highlighted how political correctness has infected the U.S. military, from the Fort Hood shootings ("work place violence"), to allowing the Fort Hood murderer to keep his Islamic beard (don't want to hurt his feelings by shaving it), to a recent draft U.S. Army manual that instructs our warriors to play nice with our jihadi enemies. And in 2013, the military's descent into irrationality continues.
The Pentagon, in a landmark settlement announced this week, has agreed to full back pay for former U.S. service members who were discharged due to their sexual disorientation pathology under the military's former "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy. The back pay will be given to service members who were dismissed under the now Obama-repealed policy after November 2004. Under DADT, service members who were otherwise honorably discharged had their separation pay cut in half.
"This means so much to those of us who dedicated ourselves to the military, only to be forced out against our will for being who we are," said former Air Force Staff Sgt. Richard Collins via a statement from the American Civil Liberties Union, which brought the lawsuit against the government. Collins failed to state why he fraudulently signed documents saying he wasn't a homosexual when he joined the military, but we guess playing a victim means never having to tell the truth. Just one more victory in the Left's efforts to turn the U.S. military into a Petri dish for their disastrous social engineering.
Climate Change This Week: Was 2012 the Hottest Year Ever?
Surprise! The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) reports that 2012 annual temperature measurements were the warmest on record for the United States. That shouldn't be surprising given that the very warm winter of 2011-2012 was followed by a dry spring and summer for many of the states. Wherever there's a drought, there's likely to be extreme heat. Unfortunately, that's what often happens in a cold Pacific Decadal Oscillation (PDO), warm Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation (AMO) pattern in portions of the lower 48. On the flip side, many saw this type of pattern coming. It's important to note that while it has been warm in the U.S., other parts of the globe are experiencing record cold.
There are two key elements here. First, as pointed out by meteorologist Anthony Watts, there are glaring inconsistencies with the data, as well as two sets of bookkeeping -- data from the National Climatic Data Center (NCDC) State of the Climate that's issued each month, and the end-of-the-year report issued to the public domain. Watts' research depicted serious inconsistencies. Of particular interest is July 2012 -- a month that scientists now consistently point to as "the hottest month ever." Yet NCDC's own data contradicts this with two different sets of data, and the inconsistency appears in other data as well. "In almost every instance dating back to the inception of the CONUS Tavg value being reported in the SOTC report, there's a difference," Watts says. "Some are quite significant. In most cases, the database value is cooler than the claim made in the SOTC report." Obviously, this raises many credibility issues that we've documented before.
Second, as meteorologist Joe Bastardi writes, "[W]hy are [Anthropogenic Global Warming believers] pushing an agenda for the entire globe based on evidence covering less than 3% of the earth? In fact, if the global temperature was only .04C above normal, it had to be as cold somewhere to counter the US warmth." A quick look at weather around the globe reveals record cold in China, India and Russia. And once again, Alaska is wondering if the next Ice Age is upon them after suffering another cold winter following last year's record chill. Funny how the media forgot to mention that.
The whole story paints a picture of a globe that is not significantly warming, and in fact as actual data shows, may have begun to cool. Even the UK Met Office issued a press release this week, revising their previous predictions downward: "The latest decadal prediction suggests that global temperatures over the next five years are likely to be a little lower than predicted from the previous prediction issued in December 2011." Haven't we heard this before?
Frontiers of Science: The Fracking Truth
Even as Americans crave energy independence, Hollywood has once again joined ideological forces with environmental leftists and foreign exporters of oil to ensure the U.S. doesn't tap into its own vast natural gas resources. The latest effort, a film called "Promised Land" starring Matt Damon, attempts to persuade Americans of the evils of hydraulic fracturing, or "fracking," as a means of mining natural gas. Judging by the success of previous anti-fracking films, Promised Land seemed poised to come out swinging. Instead, the flick proved a flop at the box office. Why the fade in fracking fascination? Perhaps it's because Americans are tired of hearing the rhetoric. Perhaps it's because they would rather see Matt Damon as Jason Bourne, or maybe because Damon's $15 million propaganda was financed by OPEC oil tycoons. Or perhaps it's because a lie can stand only so long before it falls before the truth.
The truth is that not only has fracking been safely used in the United States for more than 60 years, but that it also has actually contributed in recent years to a drastic decline in energy-related carbon emissions in the U.S. Just don't expect the green goons to give up too quickly.
Meanwhile, someone should tell them that while "water-destroying" fracking is actually fine, it seems eco-friendly light bulbs might cause skin cancer. Oops!
And Last...
The White House petition site has become quite the attraction for people with one pet cause or another. Whether it's a petition for a man with amnesia to be able to obtain a Social Security number, or Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Awareness Week, these are the important issues of our time. Our favorite, however, is the one to authorize the production of a recurring television program featuring Vice President Joe Biden. We might actually watch that. We even have a helpful suggestion for a title: "Biden: Funny Dude," or BFD.
Then again, the idea is so absurd that the next thing you know, they'll be giving Bill Clinton an award for being "Father of the Year." Oh, wait...
Semper Vigilo, Fortis, Paratus et Fidelis!
Nate Jackson for The Patriot Post Editorial Team


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Bay Area: Souley Vegan deal on Groupon! »
You heard it, kids! Get 52% off at Souley Vegan in Oakland. Let's all thank Kate K for the tip! Good lookin' out!
∞ posted at 11:59 by youtalkfunny
Oakland's Beer Revolution opening a veg eatery next door?! »
SUCH VERY EXCITING NEWS. We love Beer Revolution because we love beer and sitting outside in the sun and drinking beer while sitting outside in the sun, and so we were VERY EXCITED when we heard that they're opening an all-veg eatery next door.
All the info we could gather from our thorough investigation (phone call) is that It's going to be called Old Depot Public House, they'll serve "European food," and it'll open sometime in the early fall. Obviously, you can now enjoy Beer Revolution with a side of next-door's tasty Souley Vegan, but now you can enjoy appetizers at Souley Vegan and then move to Old Depot Public House< for main course and then back to Souley Vegan for dessert and then back to Old Depot Public House for second dessert. If this sounds like too much eating to you then you're not a real vegan and need to rethink your priorities in ALL of your life, and maybe just jump off the Bay Bridge jk jk be cool.
Man, Oakland, you are really, truly the BEST lately—you know that, right? Yeah, you do. Come here, Oakland. (I'm making out with Oakland, you can go now.)
∞ posted at 08:51 by laurahooperb
It's Pi day! Another excuse to eat pie!
Back in January it was National Pie Day, a fake holiday made up by pie marketers, god bless 'em. But today, the 14th day of the third month, is International Pi Day, a real holiday made up by math nerds, god bless 'em.
Get yourselves some pie, people! If you're too lazy busy to bake it yourself, make go to Mission Pie in SF or Souley Vegan in Oakland or perhaps Watercourse Foods in Denver or, um…somewhere in NYC? Help me out, guys! Anyway, the point is to EAT PIE. Do it.
[Pie photo by veganbaking.net on Flickr]
∞ posted at 12:43 by reportingrzurer
Souley Vegan going into the frozen food aisles! »
More dispatches from the Fancy Food Show are coming soon, and please excuse the terrible photo because I was honestly stuffing my face at the same time that I was taking it, but: SOULEY VEGAN IS GOING INTO THE FROZEN FOOD AISLES! They're taking their famous deliciousness and looking for a distributor for their line of frozen entrees. There are eight different frozen entrees total, and I got to sample quite a few of them. DON'T HATE.
The barbecue tofu was legit; it tasted just like the real deal. I'm a little bit more skeptical about the ability of the crispy fried tofu to stay all crispy fried but hell, if that's the closest the sad-sacks in NYC are gonna get to it, at least they'll have something. I mean, there's really nothing else there. So sad for them.
∞ posted at 08:36 by laurahooperb
Souley Vegan & Food Mill on Living Social! »
Photo by quarrygirl is making me HUNGRY
Oakland you are so damn lucky today!! Living Social has it made for you. Not only can you get $25 of Souley Vegan for $12, but ALSO snag $30 of groceries from The Food Mill for $15.
If you're reading this blog and live in Oakland you best know about Souley Vegan, but maybe you haven't heard of The Food Mill? It's rad. It's got the best bulk section of anywhere I've ever seen, even better than Berkeley Bowl or Rainbow Grocery. Maybe not Rainbow. But it's good! It's where I bought dried sassafras and sarsaparilla for making root beer.
Anyway, these two deals combined are almost enough to make me move back to the Bay Area. Promise me three meals at Souley Vegan and I may even come visit? EAT THIS BECAUSE I CAN'T RIGHT NOW I'M JEALOUS! Can you mail Tasty Crispies? Arg!
∞ posted at 12:29 by reportingrzurer
Thanksgiving 2011: Where to eat outside of your home in the S.F. Bay Area! »
We love cooking! But maybe you don't! Or you find a huge Thanksgiving dinner way too much work. That's OK! Here is a list of places you can celebrate your Thanksgiving, at restaurants or homes. You can volunteer to work and eat for free, or bring a dish to a potluck, or just show up, eat yourself silly, and roll on home. So many options!
What's the difference between this and our earlier post on vegan Thanksgiving celebrations? These are happening in the SF Bay Area! We'll add to this list as we get more information, so please, send us tips!
We also have a list of places to buy your dinner to take home, and where to get delicious baked goods like pies! Happy Holidays!
Wednesday, Nov. 16BerkeleyThanksliving at U.C. BerkeleySee our earlier post for details!10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
San RafaelMarin Vegan Drinks Does Thanksgiving!Sampling Tofurky, $1 vegan cupcakes, $5 drink special is a Spiced/Spiked Cider.6 p.m.
Saturday, Nov. 19PetalumaNorth Bay vegan Thanksgiving potluck!Bring a dish to share! Mulled spiced cider provided6:30 p.m.
Every day until Thanksgiving Golden Era is offering a three-course vegan special (but they're closed on actual Thanksgiving!)
Thursday, Nov. 24Berkeley, San Francisco, San RafaelFree Thanksgiving meal at Cafe GratitudeContact the three participating locations to volunteer (they need servers, bartenders, dishwashers, line cooks, and opening and closing crew), or call (415) 824.4652.noon to 3 p.m.
Menlo ParkRaw vegan Thanksgiving food partyHosted by Elizabeth and Charlie of Bay Area Vegetarians; RSVP required.noon
San FranciscoBAV Vegan Thanksgiving CelebrationHosted by Kim and Jamie; RSVP required.2 to 5 p.m.
San FranciscoFive-course Thanksgiving dinner at MillenniumReservations no longer taken, but first-come, first serve places available at the barContact Millennium for more information at (415) 345.3900, ext. 10.2 to 6 p.m. [time is for bar seating only]
San FranciscoPlant Cafe at Pier 3/the EmbarcaderoTwo $60 prix fixe menus, one "traditional" with turkey, and one vegan!Contact Plant Cafe for details via email, or call (415) 984.1973. Reservations required.3 to 9 p.m.
San FranciscoVegan Thanksgiving at Source, including pumpkin spice snowballs by our Jenny Bradley!Contact Source via email, or call (415) 864.9000 for details/reservations.
Saturday, Nov. 26San RafaelPost-Thanksgiving Vegan Food PartyHosted by Alicia of BAV; RSVP required.3 to 6 p.m.
Anywhere in the Bay Area, throughout the four-day weekend!Want to host a vegan Thanksgiving with BAV pals? Contact Tammy of BAV to volunteer!
[photo by Emilie Hardman via Flickr]
∞ posted at 09:20 by seriousmeaveness
Souley Vegan canceling brunch, starting 6 a.m. breakfast! »
So, bummer news! Souley Vegan has a sign in their window that reads:
Souley Vegan will no longer be open for brunch on Sundays starting August 28, 2011. We will be offering Breakfast from 6 to 9 a.m. Fridays and Saturdays… BEGIN date to be announced soon. Thank you!
And that's almost 100 percent verbatim because the fantastic Rick went to check it out for us. So—6 a.m. breakfast on Friday and Saturday and no brunch FOR NOW. They're supposed to move the brunch to weekdays, but I'm not sure when that'll happen. I don't know what kind of business plan this is! I am a little worried! I don't think I've ever been up at 6 a.m.! Like, not once in my life! However, for all you earlier birds and club kids, have at that breakfast and let me know how it is. If it's amazing, which I'm guessing it might be, I need you to bring some elephant-grade No-Doz and come at me.
Now, let's all stare at the Toasty Crispy and relax.
∞ posted at 08:31 by laurahooperb
Five tips for starting a vegan business! »
You have to admit, the vegan community has come up with some pretty awesome ideas and businesses. Ten years ago, we didn't have Souley Vegan, Pepple's Donuts or Never Felt Better Vegan Shop. But now, there are vegan businesses and vegan products popping up all over the place. But what is it,exactly, thatmakes vegan businesses different (ie- more special) than other business ventures? Over the past few months, my best friend and I have been going through the steps of starting our own vegan business, and it's been quite the learning experience, lemme tell you.
So, if you're thinking about starting a vegan business, here are some tips to help you get started:
1. Be legit.
I'm sure you read that and thought "oh, OK, sure! Check!" but that's not what I mean. This is one of the most important pieces of advice that I'm going to give you, so if you decide to stop reading this article at any point, just make sure you get through this point.
By starting a vegan business, you are representing the vegan community as a whole. You might be the first real vegan or the first exposure to vegan products that one of your customers experience, and you know how quick omnivores are to write vegans off. Here's your chance to stick it to them.
Step 1 in being legit: Make sure you have a plan. Call it a business plan, call it a DIY guide, call it your business [insert religious book of choice here]. I don't care what you call it, just write one. Your business plan will help you map the ins and outs of your business before you get started, and will help you predict situations and, that's right, plan for them. You can be as detailed as you want, but just having something is a start. This will force you to realize what you're about to do, how big you want to do it, and what you need in order to get it that far. What happens if you don't make enough money to keep your business afloat? What are you going to do to market your business?
Starting a vegan bakery or restaurant? OK, what forms do you need to turn in to the county? What protocol do I need to go through so I can avoid being shut down? A lot of vegan businesses involve food, and rightfully so because we love food and we make awesome food! So make sure you follow your county's specific regulations. This will probably involve finding a production kitchen or cafe/restaurant space, taking some food safety handling classes, getting an inspection of your production space or storefront location, and turning in a buttload of forms.
Step 2 in being legit: Make a solid budget. It's important to plan ahead in these types of situations. Don't expect to start a business and suddenly be rolling in money. A good budget will include things like startup costs and the first six months to a year of production. Add everything into your budget, like business cards, internet hosting and domain names, marketing supplies, ingredients for your food, the costs of any certifications or forms that you'll need to turn in to your county, insurance, etc. Another thing to account for is employees! Will you need help? Is it feasible to do this all by yourself, or will you have to look at hiring some help? If you'll need help, then make sure you account for a competitive wage for your employees. You don't have to pay them $100 an hour, but make sure you offer them enough to where they can live comfortably, and represent your business happily.
If you're budget is suddenly huge, and your having a hard time coming up with the money, your business plan will be a key solution. If you are going to apply for a loan, a lot of banks will ask to see your business plan to make sure that you're not just going to take the money and blow it on a lifetime supply of Pepple's or something.
2. Be a proud vegan business, but don't be obnoxious.
Here's the kicker: don't be an asshole. Use your business to spread knowledge about veganism, but don't shove it down your customer's throats. The vegan community is really tight-knit and supportive of each other, so you're almost guaranteed to have vegan customers, but you have to consider your omni customers as well. You don't have to praise their dietary choices, but don't alienate them. If you force-feed them vegan information or make them feel stupid for not being vegan, they won't be regular customers. Also, I'm sure they'll leave a detailed comment on Yelp, and we all know that word of mouth is huge in recruiting new customers to your business. Enlighten, don't alienate.
If you're not sure about how to go about doing this, turn your passion toward your product. What are the benefits of your products being vegan? Maybe it's that your products are naturally cholesterol-free. Maybe it's because you donate a percentage of your profits to a vegan charity.
3. Start small and expand.
Starting a business is really exciting, and once you really starting thinking about it, ideas start piling on top of each other. But don't get in over your head. Start with a reasonable goal or product base. Not only will starting small help keep your budget small, but it will also allow for easy expansion. Also, don't burn yourself out too quickly. You're starting a business because you want to enjoy the benefits of loving what you do, not hating every moment of your life because it's too much to handle.
If you start small, it will also be easier for you to network without being overwhelming. Find out what other vegan businesses in your area can help you with, and what you can do for them. Get involved in vegan events, and build up a strong following!
4. Know your competition.
This one is easy: If you know your competition, it's easier to do things differently or better. There's nothing simpler than doing competition research with a quick Google search. If you make vegan muffins, Google "vegan muffin companies" (be location-specific), and see what comes up. Finding your competition will alsohelp you set your prices. You may think $10 for a cookie is a good price, but if someone else is offering the same flavor cookie for $2.50, well—you know how it goes.
5. Love what you do.
Starting a business involves a lot of hard work, but it can be really satisfying when you make progress. Celebrate your little achievements, and remember to reward yourself. Don't let yourself get overwhelmed with the stress, and don't feel like you have to do everything overnight. Give yourself time, and don't forget to factor in time to do things for yourself.
If you have questions about starting a vegan business, or want more info on any of the five points above, feel free to email the Sweet Cups team at email@example.com.
∞ posted at 10:35 by youtalkfunny
Interview with a vegan: Kate Dollarhyde! »
You know who's great? Kate Dollarhyde! She brews vegan beer, helps run Craft Bar—remember the upcycling plastic class?—and has excellent taste in shoes. No wonder Laura wanted to interview her!
Vegansaurus: Are you vegan for health, environmental, animal rights reasons, or a combination?
Kate Dollarhyde: When I first decided to go vegan it was absolutely for animal rights reasons. How could I see the evidence of animal abuses and torment and not act, especially when the act, for me, would be so easy? I was lucky to go vegan where I did—right in the center of San Francisco: a block from a forward-thinking Safeway, a quick jaunt from Rainbow Grocery, mere feet from the Castro farmers' market. It was like magic, the convenience of it.
As I matured in my veganity, I read over and over about how destructive animal farming is to our ecosystems, our soils, and that's what really sealed the deal. And health? I was never concerned with health! Do you guys know how many cupcakes I eat? I'm at like at least 1,000 per day. I might have a problem.
Vegansaurus: How long have you been vegan? Why did you become vegan?
Dollarhyde: I've been vegan for four-ish years. I'm not completely sure, but I know my veganniversary is in April sometime. I was a vegetarian for two years before that, though that was much more difficult than the veganism is because my family was less willing to accommodate me, especially during holiday meals. But my dad is vegan now, so it's all good.
Vegansaurus: What do you do to make monies? Tell us all about it.
Dollarhyde: I do very thrilling desk work for a biotech start up in Berkeley; you know, research, coffee brewing, presentation compiling, dish-doing, all the exciting stuff. I was wary of taking the job because (in the interest of full disclosure) the company I work for contracts with labs that do animal testing. I didn't have a lot of options when I graduated from college with a useless BA in a field that requires a doctorate, so when I was offered a job that would pay me a living wage with health and dental insurance included, I couldn't turn it down.
The device they're developing could save millions of human lives a year, but I still find it difficult to square with my vegan beliefs. Of course I'm against animal testing, but if one of my family members contracted the disease they're trying to cure would I be glad the device existed? Heck yes I would be.
Vegansaurus: I know you volunteer with various organizations—what's up? How can we get involved with some of them?
Dollarhyde: I volunteer at the Museum of Craft and Folk Art every Saturday, down in the museum district near the SFMOMA and the Contemporary Jewish Museum. It's a fantastic space and the people I work with are phenomenal. The museum works hard to engage the community for education and fun times, so every first Thursday we host a crafting event in partnership with Etsy called Craft Bar. It's always hugely crowded and rowdy because of the cheap beer and is always the highlight of my month.
The best way to get involved with the museum (and other small, under-funded museums like them!) is to ring them up and ask if there's anything you can do to help. Small museums are chronically understaffed and could always use a helping hand at the front desk or during events. And unlike at the large museums with competitive volunteer waitlists, small museums will usually give you the opportunity to do a variety of work. I was asked to help with aspects our recent exhibit installation and it was too dang fun.
Vegansaurus: Do you have any companion animals? Tell us all about them!
Dollarhyde: I have two cats! Boris, a giant bruiser of cat, and Rhubarb, a feisty little spitfire my partner and I adopted from the SFSPCA. Some complete jerk abandoned her in a cardboard box in the parking lot outside of the shelter at night, in the winter. Boris is a total weirdo, really vocal, and needy in a completely adorable way. He likes to wake my partner up in the morning by standing on his chest and licking his hair. Rhuby is a much more normal cat; she'll roll on her back and lure you in with the promise of sweet, sweet belly rubs, and then just bite your shit like it ain't no thing. She likes to sleep under the covers with us so she'll usually stand by my head at 2 a.m. and meow until I lift of the covers so she can come in for a snuggle. It's too cute to be annoying.
Vegansaurus: Do you have any super-cute photos of animals to share with us?
Dollarhyde: Have you seen this video of someone's pet fox licking a window? Because it's amazing.
Vegansaurus: What is your favorite animal? I know, this one is REALLY TOUGH.
Dollarhyde: I'm boring—I've always been a panda person. And my family was really weird about it! Every holiday someone would give me a panda stuffed animal until suddenly I was 18 and there were like 30 stuffed pandas in my room and people would come over and be like, Kate, wtf?
Vegansaurus: Favorite vegan cookbook?
Dollarhyde: That is an impossible question, Laura. You know that is like the meanest question ever. But, well, fine. It has to be Vegan with a Vengeance. When I first went vegan I, like most newly hatched vegans, had no idea what or how to cook. Isa showed me the way, and now I cook every damn day and I'm actually not too bad at it. The book is the stuff of dreams.
My other favorite cookbook is Strong Waters but it's not exactly vegan, just full of exciting recipes for exciting alcoholic beverages. I like to brew when I have the free time and Strong Waters covers all the esoteric weirdness I love to make the most.
Vegansaurus: What's your favorite vegan dish to make? What about for a vegan bakesale?
Dollarhyde: Call me Garfield, baby, because I love lasagna. For a bakesale? Carrot cake! Always! Carrot cake is my second favorite food; it should be a food group all on its own. And it should have the biggest part of the food pyramid.
Vegansaurus: Favorite vegan dish at a restaurant?
Dollarhyde: How could you do this to me? How could you make me choose? Southern fried tofu and collards at Souley Vegan, or curry soba soup at Cha-Ya? Is there even a God?
Vegansaurus: Favorite vegan restaurant?
Dollarhyde: Ugh, it's impossible. Souley Vegan.
Vegansaurus: Are you willing to have Vegansaurus over and cook us a vegan feast? If so, what day?
Dollarhyde: Yes, absolutely! Party at my house! You bring the booze, I'll make the tacos!
Vegansaurus: Any questions for Vegansaurus? Anything!
Dollarhyde: Is there a secret clubhouse I can visit? [Ed.: We wish! Someone finance the rent on a secret clubhouse/large cardboard box we can use as a mobile office!]
Are you a great vegan? Are you doing great vegan things? We want to to know more about you! Email Laura for more information on The Vegansaurus Interview!
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The duration of the control spell and the distance from yourself that the control would hold would depend on your Illusion magic skill.
The distance of the thrown dagger would depend on your One Handed ability.
It would only get a few tosses before it requires recharging. You could only use a Grand/Black soul gem with a Grand soul inside (to prevent overuse).
This dagger would not work on creatures or Daedric enemies; Only humanoids.
Retrieval of the dagger would depend on a few factors.
Inside a body: You would have to sneak up to the person and "Remove Dagger". Interaction with the dagger would take precedence over Pickpocketing.
Otherwise: The dagger is enchanted to return if it does not collide with a target. It would fly straight out, reach its distance limit, and fly straight back to your hands.
Colliding with any target other than a humanoid would result in the dagger fizzling and falling to the ground. This would make it possible to lose the dagger if you threw it a wall and did not retrieve it.
Coating the dagger with any kind of poison would simply result in a failure of the control of the target. One would still have to remove the dagger from them. This also prevents the dagger from becoming overpowered through the use of poisons that increase the Illusion skill, for example. Many other poison combinations would break this already powerful item. So simply enough it cannot be enchanted or have any poisons applied.
It would be called Puppeteer's Shiv.
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One-act plays can often be sketchy but even in this mode, the late great playwright Horton Foote reveals his mastery of the dramatic form. His plays, mostly all set in his rural Texas homeland, depict in splendid detail the hard truths of small-town life. And in finding the comedy and tragedy of his characters' quiet existence, he echoes the intuitive grace notes of Anton Chekhov.
The intermissionless slate of three one-acts are connected only through their setting, Harrison, TX. It begins with the amusing "Blind Date." Set in 1928, it's a character study essentially about decorum and misplaced notions of southern propriety. Led by the playwright's daughter, Hallie Foote as a warmly chatty matron, the piece could easily turn into sketch comedy. But Ms. Foote takes us right to the brink of stereotype without ever stepping over the line. It's a consummate portrait and the highlight of the production.
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What do you get when you mix food, literature and puns? Edible books, and it wasn't an April Fool's Day joke. About 50 participants and curious onlookers spent the afternoon of Sunday, April 1, checking out literary references created with food. When it was over, they ate them. The book-eating party was hosted by Salt City Book Arts and Szozda Gallery, 501 W. Fayette St.
Entrants were encouraged to be creative and take liberty with the concept. Food was shaped like books, sculpted to replicate a book's cover art and used for tongue-in-cheek jokes. You may have read Of Mice And Men, but have you eaten Of Mice And Clem(entines)? For many reasons, the novels of John Steinbeck were a popular choice, most notably a stack of tortillas with cilantro binding with carrot shavings atop that spelled out Tortilla Flat.
Just because the books were edible did not mean they were tasty. The selection of ingredients used to decorate or create some of books was based on utility more than flavor. Then again, maybe gummy worms and cream cheese are your thing. Those were the ingredients spread between two layers of crackers for a more literal interpretation of Diet of Worms, usually a reference to a religious tract by Martin Luther. Back in 1521, "diet" referred to a religious assembly, which was held in Worms, Germany. Dear readers, literary love was afoot.
The event was the brainchild of Carrie Valenzuela, a letterpress printer at Boxcar Press who also binds books, real books. Edible book parties have been popular among book nerds since the early 1990s, but this seemed to be a Syracuse first, says Valenzuela. Beyond the works already on display, crafts and artwork by local artists were raffled off during the event to raise funds for Szozda Gallery.
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