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Schlafly Pumpkin Ale - The Schlafly Tap Room
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5/5 rDev +18.5%
A-poured into snifter glass. A deep red amber color with a white head
S-wonderful aroma of pumpkin, cinnamon, and nutmeg
T-wonderful taste of the same smell with cloves
M-very rich and smooth malts maybe graham cracker
O-an absolute great pumpkin ale especially for a 12oz best taste for the money compared to other pumpkin ales
11-28-2013 13:39:53 | More by reebtaerG
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4.47/5 rDev +5.9%
I was able to pick up a twelve pack of this one. I had heard very good things and this was as solid as a pupkin ale as I was gonna get this year. Served cold, this will be my official review after drinking this one for a couple months. Consumed on 01/07/2009.
The pour was classic for the style. Rich light amber in color with a smooth and delicate looking carbonation that bubbled up from the bottom of the glass throughout. A nice touch of white on the top and it settled down lightly into a small broken crown,
The aroma was light, nicely spiced and full of grain. lIght notes of fresh hops bouncing around in here with lots of nutmeg and cinnamon. The flavor was very solid. Light grains, nutmeg, cinnamon, pumkin, and touches of light grass flavors. Really very well done. No hint of alcohol at all. I actually just saw this was 8%, what the hell, I thought it was like four. This was really well done and very sessionable. I had no idea how strong this was.
Overall one of the best, most drinkable pumkin ales I have come across. Not really anything bad to say here. Solid all the way around!
01-08-2009 03:46:47 | More by mikesgroove
4.05/5 rDev -4%
Thank you Schalfly for making a worth-while Pumpkin Ale. Rarely does the world get to sample a hearty pumpkin flavor, a very well-made base beer, and spices that contribute to the beer without overpowering. This beer does all this-- doesn't seem too difficult. This beer seems to have a very firm Amber malt toastiness, sweetness, cleanliness, and crispness. The low (but detectable) hop rates make way for the pumpkin and spice variety to shine. The pumpkin delivers a creamy, earthy flavor very similar to fresh-baked pumpkin pie. Mild notes of cinnamon, nutmeg, and all-spice decorate the beer without bringing undue attention to the frills. A mild buttery flavor also brings the beer into desert-range. This is all evedent in the aromas and flavors. The body remains firm, creamy, and relatively round; allowing the flavors to settle into a mellow finish of creamy-sweet pumpkin and caramel. This is likely the best Pumpkin Ale that I have had.
10-20-2007 03:22:18 | More by BEERchitect
4.1/5 rDev -2.8%
Glowing, jack-o-lantern orange with butternut edges. Pumpkin Ale is the perfect color for a pumpkin ale and is darker and richer than most. The three finger cap is palest ecru with a subtle infusion of palest orange. Too bad there's nothing remarkable about it. That, and the fact that there's very little lace, pulls the appearance score down a half notch.
I could smell the spices as soon as the cap was removed. The nose is nicely pumpkin pie-like and complements the base beer--a big amber ale--very well. While cinnamon and nutmeg are easily identified, the mystery spice is still a mystery (see more below). I've smelled better pumpkin ales, but not very damn many.
Given the ABV and the 'Special Release' designation, I was expecting something a little more bold. I'm not complaining though; this is still good beer and is one of the better versions that I can remember drinking. One of the most amazing things is that alcohol is next to absent on the palate.
I love the understated, almost honeyish, sweetness. Whether it's due to pale malt, caramel malt, pumpkin or butternut squash, I couldn't say. There isn't a huge amount of squash flavor, but there is a pretty big spice load. The website lists the spices as cinnamon, nutmeg and clove. The label lists them as cinnamon, nutmeg and ginger. My guess: ginger.
The mouthfeel is deserving of big beer status. It's firmer than it is soft, with a pleasing heavy silkiness and a supreme smoothness. A restrained amount of carbonation is the perfect match and keeps pumpkin spicy burps to minimum. Not that I mind pumpkin spicy burps.
I know that early February isn't the most opportune time to be drinking a pumpkin ale, but I figured that an 8.0%'er would hold up well being holed up for a few months. And it has. Schlafly Pumpkin Ale is one of the best damn gourd beers that I've ever had. Thanks jpm30.
02-09-2007 16:46:39 | More by BuckeyeNation
4.5/5 rDev +6.6%
08-17-2014 19:25:57 | More by mojohawk21
4/5 rDev -5.2%
10-26-2013 01:23:36 | More by OhioBobcat
4.25/5 rDev +0.7%
11-17-2012 08:57:50 | More by Schlais
4.6/5 rDev +9%
Pour/Appearance: A reddish hue with a deep copper when held to light. Minimal head that frothed a bit immediately after the pour and quickly spread to the edges only. Full lacing disappears in a few seconds.
Smell: Like face planting in a homemade pumpkin pie. Nutmeg and other spices. Some grassy hops.
Mouthfeel: Sharp carbonation and relatively light on the palette with a dry finish.
Taste: Slightly bitter from the earthy hops smelled, but the most noticeable is the pumpkin and cinnamon/nutmeg spices.
Overall: As ready as I was for a good seasonal ale, I was still pleasantly surprised by this selection. The brewer has done an excellent job bringing out robust pumpkin flavor without crafting something overpowering or too bitter. I'm glad I purchased this in a 6-pack and might well be back for more.
09-18-2012 01:13:11 | More by Breen
New York
4.25/5 rDev +0.7%
01-19-2013 14:26:03 | More by SkiBum22
4.5/5 rDev +6.6%
05-28-2014 23:37:09 | More by sdsimkins
5/5 rDev +18.5%
08-17-2012 23:44:29 | More by sabitu
4/5 rDev -5.2%
05-02-2014 23:55:46 | More by danthehopslamman
North Carolina
4.25/5 rDev +0.7%
11-29-2012 22:20:50 | More by oteixeira
New York
4/5 rDev -5.2%
10-15-2013 05:18:30 | More by joel66
3.75/5 rDev -11.1%
09-06-2012 01:53:54 | More by Dangerrangerjas
4.25/5 rDev +0.7%
05-11-2014 05:24:22 | More by DaftPatrick
4.5/5 rDev +6.6%
07-12-2014 22:35:13 | More by DuckDodgers
3.5/5 rDev -17.1%
06-30-2014 01:20:57 | More by jal_005
New Jersey
4/5 rDev -5.2%
05-22-2013 22:42:47 | More by megamass
New York
4.19/5 rDev -0.7%
12 ounce bottle. "Bottled with love on 9/10/2013" on the bottom of the front label. Nice-fresh, highly rated seasonal beer.
Pours hazed darker amber, very minor head, leaving some fine strands of lacing.
Nose has a good dose of pumpkin pie spicing.
Full flavor and full bodied, rich pumpkin notes, more typical spicing, but everything tastes and smells fresh and pungent here. Nicely done. 8% flexing its attitude, but exhibiting no boozy bite.
If ya enjoy the style, this is one to seek out and enjoy.
Gonna try to put some away for thanksgiving. Gonna be nice with Turkey day dessert and as a night capper.
09-24-2013 00:41:49 | More by Billolick
4.75/5 rDev +12.6%
05-31-2013 01:53:05 | More by burninggoat
New Jersey
4.5/5 rDev +6.6%
08-24-2013 21:14:24 | More by lostandwandering
4.1/5 rDev -2.8%
Pours a beautiful orange color. The nose is awesome. Makes you jump back and go "woah". Smells like pumpkin pie, spicy, a bit of cinnamon, very nice. Tastes like pumpkin pie. No sign of the ABV. Nice spice. Mouthfeel is medium to light with a decent amount of carbonation. This is a really good pumpkin ale. My first of the season this year. Glad they produced this. I recommend trying this if it is in your area.
09-04-2011 01:56:23 | More by 1Adam12
4/5 rDev -5.2%
06-25-2012 21:17:22 | More by fo1ksguitar
4.5/5 rDev +6.6%
01-21-2013 22:38:42 | More by Prospero
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By Danny the (Solar) Manatee on 10/11/2013
Here's a scary statistic: about fifteen percent of households in the United States are food insecure. Fifteen percent. Even in the world's largest economy, millions deal with hunger daily. As a group, food insecure households are incredibly diverse. These households include fixed-income elderly individuals, single parent households, individuals with medical emergencies, and the unemployed. Luckily, there are […]
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Bury FC were found out as being 'CHEATS' recently, and they aren't too happy about it. At the present time, a selection of bury fans have started a petition too re-instate them in to this season's FA Cup. I, however, believe that they don't deserve to be back in and therefore, would like to start a petition to 'KEEP CHESTER IN THE CUP' Bury deserve everything they get, so get signing this petition.
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Thread: Players To Draft At #12
Players To Draft At #12
Usually before draft day I make an imaginary list of all the players I want the Vikings to draft in the first round. This could mean players that I would be everywhere from ecstatic to at the very least contented with using our first round selection on.
One of the big questions is always: will I end up with more or less players than the number we draft? In case I come up with more than 12 players then I can lean back and watch the draft much more confident that we will draft a good value player.
This time I figured I might as well type it down and share my thoughts. It would also be interesting to see how many players you guys are willing to take and who they are.
Here it goes! (in order of how satisfied I will be with the selection):
[li]Defensive lineman, Marcell Dareus[/li]
[li]Defensive back, Patrick Peterson[/li]
[li]Linebacker, Von Miller[/li]
[li]Defensive lineman, Nick Fairley[/li]
[li]Wide receiver, A.J. Green[/li]
[li]Quarterback, Blaine Gabbert[/li]
[li]Defensive end, Robert Quinn[/li]
[li]Quarterback, Cam Newton[/li]
[li]Wide receiver, Julio Jones[/li]
[li]Defensive back, Prince Amukamara[/li]
[li]Offensive tackle, Tyron Smith[/li]
[li]Quarterback, Jake Locker[/li]
[li]Quarterback, Ryan Mallett[/li]
[li]Defensive lineman, J.J. Watt[/li]
[li]Defensive end, Cameron Jordan[/li]
[li]Defensive end, Ryan Kerrigan[/li]
YES! I named 12 players, plus four more. :cheer: The best thing about this is that one or more players will most likely go in the top 11 that I don't have there.
Feel free to post you own list and vote in the poll when you've figured out how many players you want to draft.
Re: Players To Draft At #12
For those who think defensive end Ryan Kerrigan is a reach at # 12, let me just say that this guy has grown on me over the past weeks. He's just rising on my chart almost every day. What makes him such a good draft choice? He really doesn't have any big flaws.
- He has excellent size combined with power and speed. Fastest 40-yard for a DE at the combine next to Robert Quinn.
- He is a great pass rusher with an excellent first step and snap awareness.
- Strong against the run and not afraid of contact.
- High motor with a never say never attitude.
- Versatile, he can play both sides on the line.
- Faced top notch competition in college and consistently put up numbers for three seasons. He was named the "2010 Defensive Player of the Year in the Big Ten" for a reason.
- He's known for good work ethics, was the team captain, and seemingly has no character flaws.
Just watch him dominate a big school like Michigan!
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Re: Players To Draft At #12Originally Posted by "HEY" #1094840
And remember, this tape is from 2009, he has had another year of experience and improved.. Really good player.. He dominated all of his matchups at the Senior Bowl as well..
I was actually surprised to see his weight because he plays and looks like he is way bigger..
Re: Players To Draft At #12
Nice list, I view the draft in a similar way, ranking my top 12, knowing we'll have a shot at atleast one of them.
While I like Mallet I think he is a reach at 12, though it would be exciting and I'd probably be ok with it.
I think I agree that DeQuan Bowers shouldn't be the pick. With his knee he is very boom or bust, and at number 12 there are plenty of guys with less red flags that could be pro bowl talents.
I don't think I would take Julio Jones. One I don't think it's a need and the team will find a way to bring back Sidney. If he's there at 12 I would like to see them trade back a couple spots with someone that has a big need.
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I voted 1-5 because I am being realistic, but of course, there are many more that will not be there I would be happy with (i.e. A.J. Green, Von Miller, Cam Newton, Blaine Gabbert, Marcell Dareus, Patrick Peterson).
Of the ones we actually have a shot at I would be happy with Jake Locker, JJ Watt, Nick Fairley, Prince Amukamara and Julio Jones.
I don't think it would be horrible to end up with Quinn, Bowers, Jordan or Tyron really.
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Re: Players To Draft At #12Originally Posted by "midgensa" #1094883I am NOT here to provide good football insight or rational observations. I am an emotional 19 year old Viking fan and I expect you to adjust your expectations from my posts.
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Re: Players To Draft At #12
My Top 12 for the Vikes here on Draft day
Like won't change
1. QB Blaine Gabbert
2. WR AJ Green
3. CB Patrick Peterson
4. DT Marcel Dareus
5. DE Robert Quinn
6. QB Ryan Mallett
7. WR Julio Jones
8. DE Ryan Kerrigan
9. OT Tyron Smith
10. DE JJ Watt
11. CB Prince Amukamara
12. OG Mike Pouncey
Re: Players To Draft At #12Originally Posted by "12purplepride28" #1094893
Why would you want a Qb that was responsible for over 50TDS?
Why would you want a QB with no hiccups in his throwing motion?
Why would you want a QB that can make all the throws?
The guy can ball and will at the next level.
Re: Players To Draft At #12Originally Posted by "kevoncox" #1094979
I admit, Newton is more NFL ready than Young, definitely smarter(it's hard not to be) and throws the ball much better.
But they both came from super friendly QB systems in college which allowed them to play on athleticism alone.
I don't know how quickly Newton will be ready to play in the NFL, and I fear that the process of becoming an NFL QB mentally will get to him and kill his confidence. The fans will demand him on the field way before he's ready, then when he gets out there and makes a dozen rookie mistakes and the media starts talking I can see him having a major freak out, he let himself slip with the "entertainer" comment at the combine, what's he going to say with some real adversity?
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Draft day so here's mine.
There are 4 critical areas every team needs filled.
3. Pass rush (end, tackle,or linebacker)
4. CB that cover (yes, even in a base cover 2 he gives you so many more options, can cut the field in half as well as shut down the opponants best receiver.)
If you are missing any of those, that's the place to start.
How strong are the Vikings in these 4 areas?
There are 4 outstanding players atop this years draft board.
1.Marcell Dareus
2.Patrick Peterson
3.Von Miller
4.AJ Green
They will be gone in the first 5-7 picks.
There are several more who could also be great but may carry a little more risk.
Listed in no particular order.
5.Julio Jones
6.Robert Quinn
7.Nick Fairley
8.Prince Amakamara
9.Da'Quan Bowers (If his knee checks out)
10.Tyron Smith
11.Cameron Jordon
12.JJ Watt
13.Aldon Smith
14.Corey Liuget
15.Ryan Kerrigan
Now throw in the 2 QB's that are likely to go before the 12th pick and it is evident the Vikings will have the opportunity to get a very good player at 12.
I would take one of the players between 5-15 with the 12th pick.
I would target Kaepernick with my second pick.
I know he's developmental, but in my mind, so are the rest.
The only QB I would take in the first is Newton if for some crazy reason he slid down close to us. Would I move up to get him? Yes.
So there is my crazy draft day scheme.
I still expect the Vikings to take Locker at 12. His accuracy issues seem troubling to me though.What takes a quarterback to the next level is not arm strength or mobility or any of that stuff. Its the ability to play on critical downs. Manage third downs, or red zones or four-minute or two-minute situations"
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About two weeks ago, there were questions as to whether the Washington, D.C. Metro system would stay open late on nights when Nationals postseason games might run past normal operating hours.
The dispute was over money that the Metro authority, the WMATA, required to keep the lines running late. The Nats were willing to pay, but Major League Baseball balked, claiming they didn't want to set a "precedent", even though no other city's transit system required such a late-operations fee.
Thursday, the problem appears to have been solved, according to the Washington Post:
Metro will announce Thursday afternoon that a "third party" will fund extended service during any playoff game that ends late, according to a person familiar with the deal. The private entity will put down the $29,500 deposit required by Metro to keep the trains running for an extra hour.
There's no word as to who this "third party" might be, though it was suggested by at least one person that perhaps a Nationals player could pick up the tab.
The WMATA is holding a news conference late Thursday at the Navy Yard Metro stop, the one closest to Nationals Park, to announced this deal. So, Nats fans, if a Nats postseason game goes into extra innings or there's a rain delay, you can still get home.
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The men and women who gathered there could have heard many things
- Barack Obama, speaking of the people who listened to Dr. Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream" Speech (on August 28, 1963) during his Democratic Convention Nomination Acceptance Speech in Denver, Colorado, August 28, 2008.
Barack Obama's grandiose oration before 84,000 listeners at the Democratic National Convention in Denver last Thursday night was a masterpiece in the combined arts of mass propaganda and managed democracy.
Brand Obama directed anger and criticism at the arch-regressive Republican agenda, the "failed policies of George W. Bush," and the dangerous and deceptive John McCain. Obama delivered clever and biting lines on McCain and the Republicans' aristocratic distance from the lived realities of economic pain in the American heartland. Obama mocked the Republicans' self-serving notion of an "Ownership Society," observing that this phrase translates into the abandonment and shaming of ordinary working people.
His eyes flared as he skewered McCain and the Republicans for supporting "tax breaks for big corporations," the privatization of Social Security, and the like.
He invoked the difficult experience of working Americans struggling to reap "the American promise" of upward mobility and economic security for those who "play by the rules" and work hard while exercising "personal responsibility."
He showed a glimmer of the populist outrage that has been so sorely missing from his campaign, leading many observers to see him as Dukakis/Gore/Kerry 2.0.
Fine, but anybody who wants to believe that Obama's Latest Greatest Speech placed his campaign outside the standard capitalist, and imperial parameters of the American political tradition is living in a dream world. They are interpreting power as they wish it to be, not as it is.
Beneath occasionally populist-sounding rhetoric, Obama offered no fundamental challenge to dominant domestic and imperial hierarchies and doctrines. His populace-pleasing anger was for show. It was meant to provide deceptive rebel's clothing for a deeper underlying commitment to empire, inequality, and American exceptionalism, incorporated.
Obama's latest celebrated sermon made no effort to transcend the narrow and elitist boundaries of the American "one-and-a-half party" system and authoritarian, narrow-spectrum business- and Empire-friendly U.S. political culture. Its proposals came nowhere close to meeting the real needs of the poor and working-class majority whose plight the millionaire senator Obama used as a rhetorical device to recapture his recently faded standing in the daily tracking polls. It did not begin to match the monumental misery caused by U.S., institutions, policies, "values," and practices at home and abroad.
Like John McCain, Obama made no call for an immediate end to the criminal occupation of Iraq – an occupation Obama will clearly continue and which he has long supported in numerous ways both fiscal and rhetorical.
Like McCain, Obama made no mention of the 1.2 million Iraqi's killed by America's wicked invasion – an attack Obama has absurdly attributed to the Bush II administration's supposed noble but excessive commitment to exporting democracy.
Obama had nothing to say about the illegal, immoral, and brazenly imperial, oil-driven nature of "America's" rape of Mesopotamia.
He did not call for an end to the equally illegal occupation of Afghanistan, a bloody imperial incursion Obama hopes to escalate.
He repeated his offensive claim that the U.S. is "a nation at war" – a preposterous way to describe an imperial state that is waging one-sided colonial campaigns on another side of the world. Most Americans go through their daily lives entirely free of "war's" demands and sacrifices while "their" government imposes a veritable Holocaust on Iraq and murders civilians in Afghanistan.
Obama did not call for deep cuts in the U.S. military budget to free up billions and even trillions of dollars for social programs to end poverty and reduce inequality in America. He did not pick up on the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. to argue that the U.S. should stop spending half of its federal budget on a mammoth "defense" (actually about what the Pentagon calls "forward force projection") system that maintains more than 720 foreign military bases (located across nearly every nation on Earth) and accounts for half the world's military spending.
Obama did not note that this vast and expensive Empire poses a grave threat to the physical and economic security and the political freedom of U.S. citizens by diverting money from social programs, provoking "anti-American" anger and "blowback" around the world and justifying U.S. attacks on civil liberties at home and abroad.
Obama did not join King in observing that a nation reaches "spiritual death" when it spends hundreds of billions of dollars each year on a cancerous military-industrial complex while millions of its own children live in poverty.
He did not call for the introduction of free health care for all, paid for by the federal government.
He did not propose a government guarantee of meaningful, socially useful and decently remunerative employment to everyone who needs a job.
He did not call for massive government housing relief for millions dealing with foreclosure and eviction.
He did not call for a guaranteed national income set at the real cost of a minimally decent living in the U.S.
He did not denounce the grotesque mal-distribution of wealth in the U.S., the world's most unequal industrialized and wealth top-heavy state by far – a nation where the top 1 percent owns 40 percent of the wealth and a probably larger share of its politicians and policymakers. He said that "this country of ours has more wealth than any other nation" without bothering to mention the profoundly regressive way in which that "national wealth" is allotted insides the U.S. He said nothing about the harshly fixed lines of class immobility which ensure that the children of rich parents tend to stay rich (no matter how "personally irresponsible" the Few's progeny may be) while children of poor parents tend to stay poor no matter how "personally responsible" they may be in the U.S.
He did not mention the shocking and growing number of Americans living in poverty and extreme poverty
He did not call for radical changes in the nation's tax and spending policies to fund social uplift and reconstruction.
He did not advance union organizing rights to rebuild and expand the labor movement, the single greatest anti-poverty program in American history.
He did not call for the introduction of participatory and egalitarian labor process and workplaces or for the re-orientation of the nation's core economic activities around social utility and use value, not hierarchy and private profit.
He gave no mention to the deep and persistent problem of institutional racism in American life, a difficulty so great that the median black household's net worth is equivalent to seven cents on the median white household dollar.
He did not call for an end to the racist War on Drugs, which feeds a globally unmatched U.S. prison state that places a million black Americans behind bars and saddles one in three adult black males with the lifelong mark of a felony record.
He did not note the danger that his candidacy and the success of other prominent, upper-class blacks threatens to deepen "post-Civil Rights" America's chronic national blindness to persistent underlying racial oppression while reinforcing white America's toxic habit of explaining racial disparities purely in terms of black Americans' own alleged personal and cultural failures. This is a habit that Obama has furthered on more than one occasion, both directly and indirectly.
For all his claims of anger at the "politics of the past," Obama did not call for the full public financing of U.S. elections or for other measures to end the wildly disproportionate influence of the privileged and corporate Few on America's "dollar democracy" – the best that money can and did buy.
He did not call for the reform of election laws to open political debate and contest up to progressive non-corporate parties and thereby to create electoral choices that accurately reflect the real spectrum of U.S. public opinion on key policy issues.
He did not call for restricting the right of corporations to draft laws governing their industries.
He did not advocate making it illegal for corporations to use shareholder funds for political purposes.
He did not call for forbidding former high-level politicians from becoming business lobbyists for ten years or more.
He did not advocate forbidding former high-level corporate officers from sitting on commissions with regulatory power over their industries.
He did not call for making it illegal for corporations to try to influence their employees' votes.
He did not call for the repeal of "investor rights" clauses in trade agreements, which let foreign and multinational corporations sue a national government for passing environmental, safety (job and consumer), labor, and/or anti-discrimination laws.
He did not call for the break-up the powerful corporate media monopoly through the vigorous enforcement of antitrust laws and the introduction of strict limits on what percentage of local and national media can be owned by single firms.
He did not call for the expansion of public media and the provision of significant new public subsidies and other resources for alternative and grassroots citizen's media.
He did not call for new corporate charters that redefine big business as a public entity required to serve the public interest and the common good and to be accountable to the broader community.
Blaming America's problems almost entirely on the Republicans, Obama gave no indication of knowing that his own corporate-captive and militantly militaristic party has been fully complicit and centrally involved in crafting and implementing the corporate-neoliberal policies of Empire and Inequality that have done so much interrelated harm at home and abroad. Corporate Democrats remained invisible in his discourse.
Of course, there is nothing surprising about Obama's deafening silence on policies and other matters that would be at the forefront of any serious progressive left "change" agenda. As Howard Zinn noted last March, "the Democratic Party has broken with its historic conservatism, its pandering to the rich, its predilection for war, only when it has encountered rebellion from fellow, as in the Thirties and the Sixties." There is no radical or populist "rebellion from below" worth mentioning right now. There's nobody holding Obama's feet to the fire on the left and from the bottom up at present. Indeed many of the people who should be doing precisely that have become captive, Kool-Aid-drinking Obamaniacs. The "antiwar movement's" miniscule showing in Denver was due in part to many "Left" leaders' childish and/or cynical notion that Obama is a progressive antiwar candidate.
Serious progressives need to get over that illusion – they might need to see their hero operate in the oval office to do so – and to aggressively embrace the progressive agenda that Obama did not give voice to last night. Along the way they need to appreciate the wisdom of
"A huge propaganda campaign is mounted to get people to focus on these personalized quadrennial extravaganzas and to think, 'That's politics.' But it isn't. It's only a small part of politics. ..The urgent task for those who want to shift policy in progressive direction – often in close conformity to majority opinion – is to grow and become strong enough so that that they can't be ignored by centers of power… In the election, sensible choices have to be made. But they are secondary to serious political action. The main task is to create a genuinely responsive democratic culture, and that effort goes on before and after electoral extravaganzas, whatever their outcome" (Chomsky, Interventions [San Francisco, 2007] pp. 99-100).
It is true that Obama couldn't say much of what I criticize him for leaving out without opening himself up to massive and deadly corporate assault. The big money actors who run the hidden ruling-class primary behind the egalitarian façade of America's "managed democracy" have their ways of undermining anybody who seriously questions concentrated power. So yes, the deeply conservative Obama's silence on issues that matter to true progressives reflects the rules of the U.S. electoral game. Those rules must be followed by any candidate who is seriously "in it to win it."
Fine, but then maybe – as Chomsky suggested right before the last great presidential freak show – progressive U.S. politics aren't primarily or even all that much about presidential elections. Maybe progressives need to do more to demote the capitalist ballot game and focus more on movement activism across and between election cycles. Maybe the real and urgent politics that matters most is about rebuilding and expanding popular organization and democratic institutions and values and capacities beneath and beyond the big clashes of mass-marketed candidate brands. Maybe it's about developing a grassroots political culture and movement and a regularly engaged and participatory citizenry, not expanding a managed "electorate" that is "bamboozled" and "hoodwinked" by Democrats and Republicans alike. Maybe true progressives need to de-emphasize the Masters' personality-focused political burlesque and "Election Trap" (Charles Derber's excellent term) and focus more on "serious political action" before and after the partial, deceptive, and predictably betrayed promises and telling silences of the quadrennial election spectacles.
Paul Street's latest book is Barack Obama and the Future of American Politics (order at http://www.paradigmpublishers.com/Books/BookDetail.aspx?productID=186987) Paul can be reached at [email protected]


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Sooooo excited to wear these DMC4 costumes again! It's been two years!!
Building a second Kalina Ann for pincushioned's Lady costume for PAX Prime. Carving styrofoam is the actual worst.
Sooooo excited to wear these DMC4 costumes again! It's been two years!!
Cosplay by The Eggplant on Flickr.
Aw yeah, finally finding some DMC ones! I'm so worried my hair was showing in a lot of these. Damn you, white wigs!
Old pic, reblogging for posterity. :)
Allegra's Cos-Friends - Peabody Tailoring: Aziza and Cae
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I first "met" Aziza and Cae about a year ago. I had just posted pictures of my Izzy cosplay from PAX East 2011 to the Dragon Age LJ (hey guys, remember LJ?), when I received a comment from Cae that was, incredibly paraphrased: "Hey! We're working on an Isabela costume! We should talk about things!" Saying: "Okay!" and adding them as friends was probably one of my better, albeit seemingly inconsequential decisions, not only as a newly minted cosplayer, but also as someone who had barely graduated from college and who didn't have as quite many friends left in NYC as she had hoped.
You see, as it turns out that they were also based out of NYC, which naturally led to dinners and gaming nights and cosplay sessions and friendship. "Friendship." Peabody Tailoring, as they are known, is named after the "best" Dragon Age II PC ever, Mr. Peabody Hawke. No, seriously. The best. Ever. He's so beautiful. "Beautiful."
Cae, the seamstress of the duo, is phenomenal—have you seen her corset work? Damn. I continue to be impressed by the talent she exhibits every time she makes a costume (and she always makes two in one, so double the growth per project). She considers Isabela to be her first full costume, so given how beautifully it turned out, there's really nowhere to go but up! Cae is also the one who sat down with me when I started the Smuggler and gave me tips on how to get started, because prior to the Smuggler I honestly had no idea of how to make clothing. She is definitely on the (short) list of people who I will unquestioningly turn to if I'm dealing with tricky sewing BS.
Aziza is the propmaker, but has done her fair share of fabric work as well—her Balthier was a solo project, and she'll do some sewing and detailing to help ease some of the slack for Cae (that Mirania skirt I think was entirely her?). So while Aziza is definitely more of a jack of all trades than she'll let on, she is frankly gifted when it comes to props. Seriously let's talk about those props. I was impressed enough by Sebastian's bow when I first saw it (seriously, Dat Bow), but a year later, she made a damn glass sword and I just couldn't. I couldn't. A GLASS SWORD. CAN WE TALK ABOUT THAT FOR A SECOND.
Besides just being proud to call these two my friends ("friends"), I highly recommend that you ask them for tips—or, if commissions are open right now and you want a corset, Cae is really awesome at this shit.
While I always knew that Aziza and Cae were awesome, it was really around September or so that I came to really appreciate how awesome they are. Without going into too much detail, I had a really horrible time last autumn, which, coincidentally, is when I did the bulk of the work on the Smuggler. Naturally, Aziza and Cae did what they do best: they invited me over for cheesecake brownies, Heavy Rain (JAY-SON), and some good old fashioned cosplay work, because we couldn't forget NYCC looming in the distance. I still had a few more bumps to go over before I got out of that nasty slump, but that kind of silliness, derpery, and "normalcy" is exactly what I needed.
We all have friends that we turn to at different times. When I need to be very, very silly—be it because I need to forget something or just because it's Tuesday—I know that I can turn to Aziza and Cae. "turn" "to" "Aziza" "and" "Cae"……..
oh my god this is the nicest thing, how do I even other than THANK YOU~! <3<3<3 You were so super amazingly helpful when I contacted you out of the blue—even giving me your Izzy bandana fabric pattern, that is generous, I mean "generous," for reals—and I was so excited when I realized you were NYC-based. I really didn't know anyone who cosplayed other than Aziza, so it was fantastic that my first cosplay friend could be an IRL friend, too!
It's been a wild and awesome year, and we couldn't have done it "without" you. "<3"
…so when are we doing that Heavy Rain cosplay group, amirite? I'll be Jason.
OH. MY. GOD. Ian Travis Barnard (also here on tumblies), you are a GOD.
Here are the pictures he took of Trish at PAX East, including one of our full, sexy DMC group. (Look at that group. LOOK AT IT. Aziza and Cae, why you so fine) I think the moral of the story with this costume is would you take a look at how well the paint details came out *flail flail flail*
Okay, I'm going to calm the fuck down, work a bit more on cosploo, and then share the two I have of Isabela…!
Hey Trish, lookin' good, grrrrl. Our DMC group = best DMC group, y/y?
Did I say later tonight? I meant tomorrow morning, herp. I don't post enough detail shots, so here are my favorite pieces that I've made from each of the four costumes.
1. Brigand's boots—I love these. They are real suede and are just gorgeous! If I'd had more time I would have made them more functional, but they'll manage.
2. Lady's jacket—I was worried about this one, but I think it turned out great. I'm delighted by the collar especially.
3. Nero's vest—jesus the hand stitching, my hand cramps up just thinking about it. And the hood was a bitch, but I'm so glad it worked out.
4. Vanguard's hat—pretty simple? tbh this is my favorite piece mostly because I'm so frustrated with the rest of it. e_e
General status:
Brigand: 100% complete
Nero: 98% complete
Lady: 95% complete
Vanguard: alsuhrgsnglsdfjlsdj


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Home prices rose 5.2 % through November 2012, according to Zillow but the year saw huge divergences in performance. While cities such as Phoenix, Las Vegas and San Jose saw strong double-digit growth, other markets such as Chicago and Atlanta experienced declines.
Investors looking to buy property in 2013, however, should focus on markets with healthy fundamentals rather than chase recent performance, according to Jed Kolko, chief economist at real estate information provider Trulia.
"Just as losing lots of weight might be part of an unhealthy cycle of yo-yo dieting, big price gains aren't necessarily a sign of a healthy housing market if they're being driven by a post-crash rebound, rather than solid fundamentals," Kolko said in a recent blog post.For instance, while home prices have gained 26% and 16% respectively in Phoenix and Las Vegas, these markets continue to be plagued by high foreclosure inventory rates that could limit further upside. Healthy housing markets, however, are those that could see more sustainable rise in home values. These are cities where there is strong job growth, low vacancy rates that would encourage new construction (but not so low that inventory and sales are constrained) and low foreclosure inventory. The post lists the 10 healthiest housing markets for 2013. TheStreet followed up with Trulia and came up with this list of where to buy and where not to buy in 2013 based on the above parameters.
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Great letter in North Star (Wednesday Nov. 28) Cat Problem not my problem.
The Georgian Animal hospital have gone out of their way to deal with the abundance of cats, kittens, and also the odd dog.
I myself acquired two cats and one dog from this facility.
These animals where at one time some ones pet that without Georgian Animal Hospital would not have survived.
The owners did not care enough to provide for them.
The letter submitted by the Georgian Animal Hospital should be a wakeup call to the town and townships of Parry Sound.
When you read the amount of cats and kittens adopted out of this facility bells should be ringing in our heads and not because of Christmas. We need a shelter for all animals not just a dog pound.
When the OSPCA moved out of our town there were, at that time many interested persons willing to give their time to get a shelter going to provide for all animals.
But sadly, to no avail.
Believe it or not five years have gone by since that bleak day in December when the doors of the animal shelter closed for our animals and they were left out in the cold.
Winter is here again and the cats have nowhere to go.
Last year I acquired another person's "hand me down."
Cold, starving, full of infection from fending for his life. This was not a feral cat but someone's pet.
Very domesticated.
Someone lost out on a precious pet, as he is the most loving guy you would ever want.
I now say if you can't afford to care for your pet in a loving caring way then don't acquire one. You have the choice to say no! The animal hasn't that choice.
Also, please, if you choose to have an addition to your family, spay or neutering is the way to go. Keep them safe healthy and out of the cold and you'll have a friend for life.
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This whole tragedy could have been avoided, but more than that Barack Obama shouldn't have put the prestige of the office of the President out on Trayvon Martin's limb. Which, to me, is the purpose of this graphic. (I know Morsi is there too, but the Martin side is more relevant at this point)
Obama executes on his Alinskyite tactics with pretty good precision, but that's only because the media covers up the dishonesty and never calls him out. The truth has always been the man is a complete fool. Narcissistic, charismatic, and just not that smart. Moments of truth like the Zimmerman verdict really bring this fact to light (particularly because he took "ownership" of Trayvon paternally).
That said, this will probably tick off some people, but I actually have a relatively even mind about the whole George Zimmerman/Trayvon Martin ordeal. It's easy for people to pick one side over the other given the way the media and politicians all the way up to the president used this as an opportunity to polarize people on this and make it about racism.
People on Travon's side saw what they've been seeing happen to black people for a long time in America, that Trayvon wasn't actually all the much of a saint was irrelevant to the arguable injustice they saw.
People on Zimmerman's side see a case of "there you go again" with the liberal media and politicians erroneously painting this well-meaning guy as the next Grand Wizard of the KKK, and I think for a lot of people in the Zimmerman camp it became about giving those demagogues a well-deserved smack down.
The truth very likely lies somewhere in the middle. Trayvon wasn't a very good kid (especially the way the media painted him), but he didn't deserve to be killed. Zimmerman didn't deserve a guilty verdict for murder, but one can argue (playing Devil's advocate...assuming he truly didn't know what he was doing) he should probably be more adept at defending himself if he's going to patrol his neighborhood with a gun.
Whether Zimmerman's guilt is real or not it now rests between him and God, and unlike a jury in this life nothing gets by him. Hopefully people unhappy with the outcome can find solace in that. Unfortunately, I'm not terribly optimistic on that front.Add a comment
Fresh from the Image Gallery. Brilliance from iOwnTheWorld.
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Big h/t to iOwnTheWorld for the information that inspired this graphic.
We live in bizarro world. Abortion is a barbaric act, but liberals call it "progressive" policy, and any attempts to reign it in is "barbaric."
Also, liberals always want to look to Europe to show how "backward" we are. Well let's see how they handle abortion...
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Naturally, liberal politics runs a very very close second to this...
On a totally separate note, I admittedly haven't followed this case too much. I don't follow "celebrity" trials because I fear that granting them legitimacy will dilute what real celebrity is.
For instance, if guys like George Zimmerman have their 15 minutes of fame patronized what will eventually happen to the Kardashians?
Eventually Kim will get desperate and commit another crime (against nature) by having another child (not with Kanye West, I'm pretty sure that's against one of the only rules Hollywood a-holes live by) just so we'll give her the kind of attention a "white" trial defendant gets.
Think that's an improbable slippery slope? Ask yourself this, would anyone in that family be upset if the public ever broke out in a riot for them?
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Remember when Biden said this?
I wonder if he gets really giddy on this day and tries to come up with other joking-not-joking jokes.
I'll bet the people who work at 7-11 say they can't serve the guy unless they have a "slight idiot accent."
Biden has a brain only the brainless could love.Add a comment
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I was thinking about a piece I could do that would parody World War Z, iOwnTheWorld's piece here is brilliant.
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Here's a little break from politics...
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I'm glad the pro-life fight in Texas has given me an opportunity to work on some more pro-life graphics. I constantly feel like I don't devote enough time to cultural issues, which are more important than politics because culture drives politics.
Full disclosure: I don't have a vagina, and I know that disqualifies me in the eyes of liberals from being pro-life...but I am a former fetus...that's probably more relevant.
As silly as that, it actually is a prime example of the ugly underbelly of pro-abortion rhetoric. The one greatest revelation of all the pro-abortion protesting is how ignorant and unintelligent the arguments FOR abortion are.
When you peel back the "keep your laws off my body" and "war on women" bumper stickers you'll find the real lack of moral clarity and logic behind their arguments. It's why they start to demonstrate what being infected with rabies is like when you present any pro-life argument before them.
It's almost as if the pro-abortion movement can be boiled down to one simple statement, "we don't wanna think critically about the creation of life we just wanna f*** and chuck."
Sometimes the best response you can give to evil politics is a simple, unequivocal, unassailable response. Hence the pieces below, as well as here and here....
I hope to do more of them going forward. A culture that demands life be protected is the greatest and only defense from the forces depicted above.
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The use of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM), holistic therapies, integrated medicine, or whatever you choose to call that diverse group of health care practices and products not generally offered as part of conventional medicine, is on the rise. And spine and joint conditions (such as arthritis) are high on the list of reasons why people engage with this type of treatment.
The National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) reports that in 2007, the National Health Interview Survey revealed back pain was by far the most common reason people used CAM, and neck pain was the second. Other muscle and joint conditions, such as arthritis, were also high on the list. Types of therapies commonly tried by people dealing with chronic pain included nutritional supplements, herbal therapy, massage, acupuncture, guided imagery, chiropractic treatment, yoga and more.
Related: Back Pain Statistics
Complementary medicine may feel nice, and some studies even suggest it can yield as good as or better than results as certain medical treatments for neck or back pain. But the age of medical research in the area of CAM has just begun, and we are far from knowing everything about how to apply CAM to the spine.
The marketplace abounds with holistic therapies that promise relief for your pain. But only a few -- generally speaking, the most well-known -- have passed the test of medical research. Mind you, the term "passing the test of medical research" refers to an ongoing process. New studies are done all the time that help researchers and practitioners to hone their understanding of what's safe and effective for your back, but this is not completed all at once. So while research studies have shed some light on the effectiveness of CAM therapies, we by no means know everything at the current time.
Just the same, for a safe and cost-effective foray into the world of CAM therapies for your back, it is a good idea to familiarize yourself with the research findings in this area.
Natural Remedies for Back Pain - What the Research Says
Though little is confirmed, here is what we do know about the most commonly used CAM therapies for pain.
Reviews of studies show that acupuncture, massage and spinal manipulation may be beneficial to management of chronic low back pain.
Related: Is Chiropractic For You?
NCCAM also says that the American College of Physicians/American Pain Society recommends the above therapies as well as five other non-drug approaches to treating back pain, should medication, education and self-care not work. The other approaches they recommend are: cognitive-behavioral therapy, exercise therapy, progressive relaxation, intensive interdisciplinary rehabilitation and yoga. Although NCCAM doesn't mention yoga's value for chronic low back pain management in the context of medical research studies, recently there have been some studies that found a connection.
As we move out to the "fringe", or the less well-known CAM therapies, the few studies that have been done found either mixed or little to no evidence of effectiveness for chronic low back pain. Some CAM therapies included in this group include herbal remedies and prolotherapy injections.
Studies done on several types of acupuncture for arthritis found that this treatment may yield a small improvement in pain and functioning. The studies done may have included spinal arthritis, but were not limited to that type.
Manual therapy (mainly chiropractic manipulation and mobilization given by a physical therapist) is recommended in clinical guidelines as a treatment for chronic neck pain. Even so, NCCAM warns that medical research studies done so far show only mixed evidence for the benefits of manual therapy for chronic neck pain. The same is true for acupuncture.
As far as other types of CAM for neck or back pain, many people try hypnotherapy, meditation, qu gong, magnets and more. What does the research say about these therapies? For the most part, more research is needed, although some studies do suggest they may be helpful. The one exception is magnets for pain. Research does not support this therapy.
The good news is that if your favorite CAM therapy isn't on my short list here, over time you may see it entered. As I mentioned before, new research studies on CAM for back pain are done regularly and over time, we should know a lot more about how best to use holistic medicine for your back.
NCCAM Chronic Pain and CAM: At a Glance. NCCAM website. Accessed July 2012. http://nccam.nih.gov/health/pain/chronic.htm


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Stourport police station to move to Civic Centre
Updated 8:54am Friday 22nd February 2013 in A-B
STOURPORT police station could close and be relocated to the Civic Centre according to money-saving plans announced by West Mercia Police today.
The plans, set out in a new policing model, include suggestions to close Bewdley police station, in Kidderminster Road, as well as a small police base in Comberton, in Queen Elizabeth Road.
Chief Constable David Shaw and Police and Crime Commissioner Bill Longmore announced the force needed to save £20.1 million by 2015 and plan to do this by closing stations and bases.
Stourport plans could see West Mercia Police working with local authorities to share facilities at the Civic Centre while the station, in Bewdley Road, closes.
Despite the planned closure of Bewdley station, services are unlikely to be affected as officers already respond to incidents in the town from Kidderminster and there is currently no staffed front desk.
Plans also include reducing the number of police patrol bases from 30 to 11 across the West Mercia force area, closing 11 police buildings entirely and enabling officers to be stationed at schools, community centres or shopping centres.
Mr Shaw said: "We can no longer afford to have as many police buildings as we do. Buildings provide no protection but people do."
Mr Shaw stressed that no stations would close until alternative services had been provided.
Mr Longmore said: "I hope people understand the very difficult financial situation the police are in and that changes have to be made to make better use of the funding that's available.
"By looking at the police estate we can save £1.5 million which is the equivalent of 30 police constables or 51 PCSOs."
A consultation is now underway until the end of March. Two public sessions will be held for people to find out more about the plans.
The first will be at Shropshire Food Enterprise Centre, in Shrewsbury on Thursday, February 28 at 1pm, followed by an event at Worcester Whitehouse Hotel, in Foregate Street, on Tuesday March 5 at 1pm.
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6:27pm Thu 21 Feb 13
stour67 says...
7:23pm Thu 21 Feb 13
jon cooper says...
With the latest revelation of the closure of Bewdley Police Station, it is of some concern that the district will be served by only two police stations in the future. With regards to Stourport Police Station possibly relocating to the towns Civic Centre, this proposal is some way off, as i believe the transfer of the management of the Civic Centre complex is still not quite near to a positive conclusion. Worryingly this means that not only another police station is facing an uncertain future here in Wyre Forest; but other frontline services that are hoped to be re-housed in Stourport Civic Centre are still at risk too.
Grim days indeed ...
7:38pm Thu 21 Feb 13
Stephen Brown says...
As for Bewdley Police Station being closed, I fail to see how services are to be unaffected? Try asking someone who lives in Bewdley who wants to visit the non-existent Bewdley police station and talk to someone in person if the service is 'unaffected'. Not everyone wants to deal over the phone or the internet and this disconnection of policing from local communities is part of the reason for some of the issues that society currently faces.
More backward steps in my view.
10:13pm Thu 21 Feb 13
FranOb says...
4:27pm Fri 22 Feb 13
Shibdrift says...
Haven't seen any for ages?!
Bit like useful councillors etc. - rare as hens teeth!
1:13pm Sat 23 Feb 13
Bewdlay says...
11:03am Sun 24 Feb 13
happyness 21 says...
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